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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1915-10-07, Page 3r.......„......„........0.044. TUB I POULTRY WORLD Calk, OCT YOUlt Fiaaeg. Culling the Roche or rejection ell but the best ot upeenitetie. reilterve /ATM and bf`eillIN,' UMW, poultryieseepere Mee etaleittial May fail. V) the Illeet tett eutittry by routinize; mealy tome Utile um stet up to stantiurit anti elevelvp late /star heartiers. it ie teen the ea us er keeps peuttry when lam'WY Om" Item) hiin. The keeping of. rowle at the Pot eosin up, to stueuera goes turther there euet. the poor proquetion of hen fruit. lila when. wee, as ereeders the oerepring are not up to the mark and in many case* wont, than the perm tame, tor in tee umierity ettees like begets 11lee. with the experienced. poultry -keeper cullings begins tte tt nuoultl, at an early axe. The weaaer chices, those pot de- veloping are :chi tor maritet. TheY are generally wild at the broiler age, waen weighing iron), 1-4 Le 1-3 Peallaa. The chielte that ehow normal growth for the age and variety of the breed are re- talned. The inalee with best standard qualifications are kept tu licatt the breed- ing Pena pext year. The remainder tire aold as rooters weighing then erom 3 to 5 Lemma. All finnulte ahould leapt that tome up to standard weight ter the breed mai show rapid maturity, rejeet- inn ael those Butt do not show thritt in their develoPillent from chit:10°0d, Ninth many up-to-date breeders theme pullets are out under the trap -nest 13ystem and the practice of tonne et' the leouing breed- NrN iS to reject aU pullets that do not lav front le) eggs; upward in 305 dttys. The great majority a uoultry-Iteepers do not care to go to the extra trouble of trap -nesting the pullets, and in this case a creditable floelt can be inaintained by seleeting thoee pullets that are strong and healthy and have developed without undue forcing' to titanclard weight at the age of maturity. By selecting these good specimens one can Owen rest assured with. a good poultry house and well-bal- anced weeds a profitable return can O- lean be assured. But with a flock where no culling has been done too many or the poor specimens are retained that are but veer producers, cutting down the Profits of the flock by their poet- work. In other words, they are the star board- ers of. the flock, and the rest of the fowia must keep them. Again -they may bY chance of their developing in size, as the season goes on, look almost as good as some of the faster -developing- fowls and be retained as breeders, and that means more culls. Nothing goes forwara In poultry, onlY by selecting, and the experienced breeder recognizing the fact is a close culler. But the average poultry keeper with quantity In his mind before quality of- ten loses sight et this fact. Even with many of the more experienced breeders closer culling could be practiced with bet- ter results in the end. Beginners should not lose eight of the fact that the prof- its derived from poultry do not eome from quantity. but from quality Good management, such as housing, feedin.g and care, play important parts In •poultry success. 'But -without good breeding and a high grade flock of or from known producers, the greatest suc- cess cannot be obtained. With many a chickens is a chicken, and if given feed and the proper attention a. profit can be made. The day la coming when the blood lines of each strain of fowls will be known to Play a big part in the profit to be de- rived from poultry. The future fowl must have a reputation for productiveness, not one, but the mas Jority in the flock. and the culling out of all poor specimens is the first step towards its improvement. RIGHT EQUIPMENT NEEDED. The chief cause of failure in poultry Is due in many cases to underestimation of the east in properly equipPing and conducting a plant until a profit is de- rived. In the poultry press we see the. oft -repeated statement that more moneY could be made for the money invested than in any other line of busiliess, never- theless those who have notaattempted to emderstand this statement tully, have to, their sorrow, found that while the state.' ment was true, tho expenditure of money was far greater than was to be expected from the oft -time article of the cheapness of a start in poultry. The one man plant, the plant that will enable ono to make a living arid something over, cannot be started on practically nothing. The Proper poultry buildings and equipment must be provided. No one could run a drug or grocery business without the store and stocic. So in poultny, one must have the buildings and the proper equiles ment to handle the business on a profit. able basis'. This does not mean expene sive buildings, but should mean poultry houses that will give the right airaiunt of floor space per fowl and the best .6f eentilation, aud ea arranged as to give the caretaker the least labor in caring for the poultry. This is economy in the right ailrectien. With the present price of lumber the average well -made house will cost el per bird, allowing four square feet of floor space for each fowl, which is a safe num- ber for the average beginner to carry. This does not include the outside fenc- ing of poultry yard. It will bo seen that to house 1.000 layers which. is close to in the number that one should have tO attain a comfortable livIng from fowls, that it will cost in the neighborhbod of $1.000. Then there are the incubators, brood-. era. the colony, or brooder -house, in which the brooders must be placed. No amount of poultry knowledge can over- come baa poultry equipment, and each year the poultry expert realizes more and more that oroper poultry equipment PlaYs an important part. The fact is now generally known that in the past overeroWaing has caused much loss, When poultry. confined to ill - ventilated bundinge and crowded together in large flooks, the resulte. have been • not alwatif a large death rate, but loss in size ahd stow maturity, and with it the loss of vizor in the future breed- ing stock. While these slow maturing fowls may' lay a number of eggs later they will never prove profitable to hold over or to be used as breeders for the foundation of one's flock: In obtaining good 'drone; stock the running of a plant ter greeting profits. poultry equipments Wave a big part. and the best suceess cannot' be obtained tylthout it, 1101TS. Keen the palate growing steadily. It ia these fowls that have received re, check In growth due to poor ha,ndling that will lay on seehedule. time. The hells that have been retednia for future breeding should receive good gaze daring the moult which Is now ou with the nutiority of hens. Too few realize the importance of giving these breeders the care they should have. Neglect now will tell in January, February or March when strong hatching eggs are 'wanted. This is the season when the beginner Is purchasing breeding • stock for the 1916 hatching season or pullets that are est- Dected to lay this fall and winter. In the purchase of stock avoid tho bargain counter kind, but few breeders ot repute: tion can afford to sell stock at market =Ices, or but a few cents above the corns mercial quotattons. Be willing to pay a fah, price and thus obtain ate& that will Drove satisfactbrY. Barked Plymoth Rocks are being exhib- ited at the different fairs In the garde nuMbers, showing that this old strain Is keophig at the head of the procession. With good utilitY quelities and a large number of loyal breeders, this variety will not soon be displaced bY any other breed now in the standatd. Any all around variety with utility qualities will always bo in demand, The turkeys should have a. shady eilaco on their range during the au/miter, and If part of It is low, damp ground they -Will get more natural food. Be sure to put the drink dish or Min- taln In a shady, cool place and renew, the water tit least three times a day in hot weather. Ducklings are very -likely' to stiffer from sienstrolte during the hot 'weather unless given ptenty of shade. If theta are no trees, make some shade foe them. During hot weather, it is best to have only a few elticks in each brood. Twin Ilthere is lets danger that they will oreeed together and overheat, or suffocate, or both. ' 'Unless the young stock is free from ilce, It is uselesz to expect profiteele grOwth Use tante of lice -killing powder for the ordinary lice. Do not comuel the fowls or chicks to drinIc etc& or filth 'water, but be sure that they always have clean, fresh drink within easy reach and given in clean, frequent disinfected dishes or fountains, All kinds of chieltene and fowl Ilee breed rapidly in hot weather, and, as they wilt meet men the profits If allowed to live, they meet be aestroyea by the ute et Ifert- killing Inwdere on the fowls and Bees killing liquids on the perches, etc. spite of the fact that many wrItera warn poultry iteepere not teed too nitwit corn because it le fattening, torn •:s the best terole /mein for poultry that ese lave And very fine lots of °leeks 4ave been grown en tracked cern and free t`ntlee. The fall months ern the ones to :Ruhr(' sealnet warding colds. More poultry **retract colds. ninny leaditig to ths RECOMMENDED l5v (3000 esP-00=Q$ OV5P2. 40 NEARS ROYAL YEAST ES MADE IN CANADA :W.CILLETT COITD. TORONTO , ONT. WINNIPEG MONTREge dreaded roue, during the fall months than any other time M the year. Fresh eggs • should command just as high a tnece this fall and winter as last year. and the poultry keeper with a welt - matured flock, properly eared for, should Inake money. . Like all business lines, there are the fat and lean years, and the sticker is the one who makes the most out of poultry. AP SHOTS. Some politicians wear rubber heels. Others never stir from home without the accompaniment of a full brass band, There are various ways of express- ing gratituae. A Los Angeles man left a fortune to a giel who refused to marry htm. Buck Kilby, (who has tried every other plan, says the only weer he can keep a. penknife b to have a surgeon perform. an operation and afterward sew the knife up in the incision, The unwritten law which compels the father -of a new -poen baby to buy cigars for his freeele is an abuse so far untouched by reform. The father of a new baby should receive cigars, not give them. You doubtless have nodes(' that when mother makes a soft pillow It is a cushion for father's rocker. • 1n Bulgaria bachelors over 30 are taxed ;50 a year. And it is the con- sensus a opinion among bachelors of all nations that it is worth it. The average ana.n's notion of good music is th,e 6 o'clock whistle. A criminal Wiehout. money is known as a "-crook." But if he is rich he is referred to as a "malefactor." A town. man figures his boy as a liability. A farmer figures him as an asset. They say there ds ,but one purple rat in the world. Still, one is enough for my purpose. I very seldom have oc- casion to use a purple rat. -Buck Kil- by. Willle-Sis wanted to send Pa a book to read. He's lonesome aD In the city. V-I•liager-Well, did she? Willie-iNo, ma sale ha had the thermometer to read. • fr WENT BY THE RULE. But He Should Have Halted a Moment and Noted the Exceptions it is not newildered foreigaers alone who fall ixtto the traps for the unwary that Our confusing grammar and or- thography lay. Many a deepairing American with no. nature aptitude for spelling hesitates or flies tie the diction- ary long after his student days are oVer because although he remembers the rale. he does not remember the excep- tions. "And in our rules of spelling," Pro" tested one unfoktunate professor -not of orthograpity-"it isn't even a case er enaiortty rules,' it isn't even a case of Somethnes, Ian sure, the helhority of ex - motions to a rule isn't beaten by the Words that comely with it by more than one." A. correspondent of the New York Sun recalls an illustrative incident' Of hie settee' dare His teacher wee self sat. Isfied and seining, thought he knew_it all -but dld not. There Vas iti the class a young ladY who rejoiced In the good Soots name of Galles. When the class was organ. izing the "professor" read her name ".11111es." The young lady protested, but in vain: "g" befote-"i" is soft." Well. of course an eighth of a quart Is a Jill, but what of a fish's gill? And the "knew it all" teacher should have been hanged en a ginibbet, bid °vete...Lel would not have asked the hardware man for a ilmlet. Not iit his jiddieet moment of tiedagorate authority would he have' need, "elibert. Jive me a, Jlt wheeled Ng," if he wanted the liveryman to isuppiy him with a gig with ;tilted apokes for his htilidttY diVersioes. Not even he, sittee, shot arbiter of linguletle niceties. 'would have asked at the library for .711abOn'a "decline and Pall." And if he haft a daughter will she be a ilia? But Gillie* alma be called elutes beceuse "g" before "1" is mott.-Youtles Compertion. — ** - Men in retti0OfttS, It will probablY be neater of sine, priie to the general reader to learn that the pettieoat was first worn ex? elusively by men. In the reign. of Xing Henry VIL the drese of the Eng - Hal waa so fantastie and absprd that it Vas diffieult to extinguish'ene sex from the other. In the inveetory Henry V. appears a "petticoat of red damask with open. Sleeves." There is rto Mention of a worrian's petticoat before the Tueor period. 1 • 4•10 She 'Knew It. He -Didn't it ever oetur to you that I was hi 161re With yen? She-Certain- lyi haven't yeti over betieed loUgh- Int to Plyself7--Topeka jotreal. iv DWI TERRIBLE PANGS 44,544 OF KIDNEY SUFFERING DAN BE CURED SUAtei eiLe: POINTelItie The etudy of twee iti latereetineeitna the protits of keeping them are law, conetiterims the amount investeil. Tee worker bee hatches in 41 duSs irom fersh eggs, and a drono in 21 days, The queen (lees mit go to the Beide in eearcli of lioneY, but devnte$ Ler time to depositing egge, A com- pany a workers follow and attend to all the wants Of the queen. elie, theme fore, does Peit ineve the hard struggles and she will ltve to the ripe old ago )t.lieearow.orkers have wleeli froin of two, three and semettmee four For a. few days after hatching the worker bee devotes its time as a nurse in the hive, either feeding the queen or young brood, or maybe la helpina to build comb, on pleasant days tak- ing exercise flights in front of the hive to develop wing power and learn- ing to make theli? home location. When three or five tleys old, If the bite wee hatched during the honey tlow, it wIll begin its field labor of gathering honeY, leaking many trips per dee', working night and day as if the destiny of the entire colouy depended upon her, so that the We or age of suclt a worker bee is front three to few' weeks. In normal conditions, when a swarm leaves the hive, the old queen goes with a greater portion of the Workers to make tor themselves a new home in some distant tree. There is left in the hive a email colony of worker bees and an, abundance of drone bees, and all the way from, two or three to twenty or fifty queen cells, and the most of them nearly ready to hatch. If one bee hatches a few moments before her rival sisters, she, with at- tendant workers, at once begins to gnaw in. the side wall of the queen cells, end when opened the outside queen caa easily send her death sting into her sister. But often before all such queens are killed there will be several hatched, aad wheel they meet there is a. pitched battle, biting off each otherb legs and wings, at the same' time- each one thrusting their sting with all their strength against their rivals until one or both are dead. Only one queen WM stay in a hive, So it often happene that there will be two or three of these young queens, who, rather than fight for life, will take a portion of the beee in the hive and go to thq woods. Such second or after swarms are seldom of alb, profit unless returned where they came from. All queens when four to seven. days old will, if weather permits, take their wedding flight, select the drone 01 her choice, and while on the wing become Mated, only once and for life. When several colonies of bees are near to- gether, as in an apiary, it is not neces- eaty to allow but a few drone.s to hatch in each colony. Better select the colony and raise all in that one, as the above mission is all the drone is good for. The drone bee never gathers any honey nor helps in the household duties. He is simply an extravagant eater and a loafing gen- tleman. • The queen, when from eight ta ten 1 days old, or three to five days after mating, will begin to by eggs, only a few 'the first day, bat rapidly increas- trig the number until during the beet . of the brood -rearing season 2,000 to • 3,500 eggs are deposited daily. Some bee men. clip every queen as •, soon as she is laying. It is eo dam- age to her. She will live as long and i produce aa Much brood aa if She had both wings, mid it will prevent her from going in the woods with a colony of bees. They clip the feathery Dor- ; tion of both -wings of one side of her ; body. To clip her tbey take her in t thdir left hand, holding her by. tile waist or Mores with thumb and finger, leaving the legs and wings free. Often she is held by the• left wing With 'With thumb - and finger, letting her stand on the thumb with the right wing loose, and then -with small -round - pointed scissors clip the feathery por- tion of both wings of sight. side of body. It is as cruel to cut the bony part of a queen bee's wing as it would be' to (shop otf the whole wing of a barnyard fowl. If several colonies of bees are ready to eveatm, It is a great convenience to the tenter on a bright mornieg when swarms are coming out to take their leisure time, to go to each hive where a awe= has juse issued, and in the grass near the hive find a bunch of bees wee the queen with them. He has no tall tree to climb to get • the colony. Simply return. the queen after taking out ill the queen cells, and if necessary remove one or two brood denies for empty ones. In elicirt, he does with the bees as he thinks best, and he has to bees going to the woods or trouble in getting them hived. lopimomoavor VAR1VI NEWS AND VIEWS. Alfalfa. is rich in protein. So is cot- ton -seed Cake. Corn is low lu protein, and somethipg like alfalfa or cotton- seed should be fed with .11. Which is cheapest? Farm and Fireside thinks it depends on conditions. A. test made in Nebratika.showS that the use of Oa tonseed cake la place of alfalfa in that State increatied the cost of 'the meat and lowered the profits of the feeder. The reason is that the alfalfa can be predated on the farni arid the cottOnseed had to be ,brotiglit from afar. A. feeding test in Alabama or Georgia might have shoWn opposite results. We must study our own con- ditione, that's isere. The ;loll provides the plant not oftly with certalh 'plant teethe but also with' water and air; ttna the extent and na- ture of these suppliee go more to de- termine the crap than anything else. Therefore, although manuring is often necessary, it is of vital inlpertance that the soil Should lee well cultivated and properly. Young pigs are often afflieted with &Liter& Or St. Vitus tbute. It usuelly follows vshere la.ck of vitality is found. The eyniptome show mostly hi the hind legs, which kick out often. fubreeding Is the commen dense, but 'thief is not well understood by veterin. Arians. Cows are nervous, timid and emit eitiVe and they auffer with lionlesiek- nese. The newly -purchased cow is ept to fall off in her milk flow for a time until she gets used to new sur- reundings. t • • • Wifee-Never tiled if MI have lost everything, You still have Me. Poet give up: lea eau be cured tem Immo welt again. That Inteatteliti and dragging Wealle twee eau 110 stopped, for asi time. Theme snare etatelat Mien Deudiug over, and titat lamenees in .the morn- ing can also- be overcome. e:very ache and petit duo to kiirney net:linen will disupeear quickly once you heart to use Dr, Iiamilton's Pills, marvelloue etenady long ago made famous by its teatime healing -effect epon tho kkincye and liver, Don't wait tie that dragging pain in the lotus grov worse. Start the cure to -day. belay will mean evened ankles and limb% sharp rheumatic. palate in the mimeo ana jointee and other painful symptoms as well, if you are always tired, have cm- tipuous beadaehe, dizzy spells and specs before your eyes In ringing noises in. tbe ears • thew? ere common symptome tbat warn yeti of the Mime- diate need of Dr, Hamirton's Pills. of Mandrake and Butternut. Sold in 25c hexeS by all floalmv. in ntelicine. DANCE FROCK OF PUSSY WILLOW TAFFETA. Ilhistrated is an especially simPle and attractive frock fashioned in Pate pink pussy -willow siat with dainty puffinge and rualles of self materiel. This quaint tr.:muting and the bascpee , trinmaed sleeves is deChledlY eiceur- esque and girlish. Ae soft rose atiords bottice wita a "V" neck and ruffle a pretty eorsage. CHASINC4 TH• E RAINBOW. Curious Legends That Are Told in Different Countries. NORTIIRWEST .Oar Lots Oat to Ohieago From T.ener Slave Lake. Notable develai are teltiag olige ctalteadfaa.11 Tinhattaenntiosutretesmeontt Made by the arena Trunk Pacific au- therilles that White Elsh is now being ehippee la car late. from Lesser Slave Lake in Nerthern Alberto. to Chicago, The construction of the liklmentoe, Denvegau Britieh Columbia Rail- way northwara from the main, line ot the G. T, P, has Made tine leite go- ceseible and In its 'watere aro great numbers of fish. Two companies have been forMed to Carry oa the fishing in the lake and the Canadian Muesli - Company is being calice upon to tin- :\ e la :rill gyerae e ec:r:g way of the Grand Trunk Pacific to the fish to Edmonton and thence by tloiaetatiktoe A great distributhig point for fresh fisli, the Chicago Market, states Wet it can take all the white fisli ;that eau be sent from Western Canada ana the transportation. companiett, it is ex- pectee, will have to enlarge their ar- rangements next year to Meet the growing traffiC. Chicago is else taking from Canada large quantitlea of fresh Priace Ru- pert halibut, and the fisalag industry is very brisk at the new Pacific Coast port. Over fifteen million pounds Of fish handled in the month of August Wile Prince Rupert's Mord. 'While the Salmon end of the industry was the Itirgest part ef the bulginess, halibut ehowed up well, with 2,105,400 pounes landed at this Port, The salmon pack ror the month represented 12,999,700 pounds Of fish, representing at a mod- erate ealuation well on for three- quarters of a million dollars. Of the salmon catch, 4,069 hundredweight was used fresh or shiPeed fresh. There was about 223 Inindeed weight that was mild cured, while the reftlainder was Canned. In the canning process, 149,- 527 cases were taltce care of during August, There were 14,000 pounds of °Bored' rteapkreenseanntedduls,e0d0ofilTosuhndasAd flowed- * * . RE-1NFORCEMENTS rOR THE PRINCESS PATRECIA'S, C. L. P. The Univeraities of Canada have now foe some time been working 10Y - ally together to reinforce that gallant regiment the Princess Patricias' Cana- dian Light infantry Three companies have already gone oversee, numbering 900 me, and a fourth company is now under formation at Montreal. • The 'University Companiea are now known throughout the length and breadth of Canada, so that there is a continuous flow of men Of the right type to Montreal. Net only do iuch men find entry to a famous regiment, but they are rapidly equipped and trained and Sent Witheilt delay over- see to England, where they are cam- fortably billeted in hub at an excellent camp near the sea on the South Cotiet of England. Moreover, the men secure • the greateadvantage ot good comrade- ship with congenial spirits of similar I tastes and antecedents. • The first company, under a netab/e ' officer, Captain Gregbre Barclay,. has been declared by regular officers of ee- • perience to be second to none compat- ed with aey company of any army in the world. The second compatlY was raised over -strength in seven weeks by Cap- ' taln G McDonald and Captain Pre:, Matson. Both companies are now in France. . The third companY sailed eighty over strength beeause the newspaper publishers of Canada are good enough to make -known, 'through their col-, umns that the company was being formed. This resulted in such a rush of recruits that it was liceseary to apply to the Militia Council of Ot- tawa for a, special autliority to in- crease the strength from 260 t 330 men. •Bach man before embarkation writes to a friend. who hi a likely re. unit and tells him of the advantages of the Universities Company so- that even before the men have disembarked fresh company is assembliag on the McGill, Campus at Montreal. Recruits are examined locally bY an Army Medican Officer and are at- tested by a Magistrate In the nearest city, after which an application' is made for transportation, 'which is speedily furnished .from Montreal. This system is effective and rapid, and free from red tape. There are in nearly every city, representatives of le var ous un. Versities, Who are al - Ways ready to help forward the good work, and to give information to men anxious to enlist. The regulations respecting enlist- ment, pay and 'separation allowances are precisely the Sallie 41.s. those 1 or other Canadian troops. At Montreal, the 'University bowie buildings for barracks, and the cam- pus for drill ground. Affiliation with the McGill Officers' Training Corps is a great benefit, and interesting tacti- cal work is earried otit on the slopee of Mount Royal. There is competent instructien in tattles, Musketry, bayonet fighting and trench Making, The C. P. R..is kind enough to lend theft gallery for shooting practice. A machine. gun is available and signalling, now of lin- niense importance, in also taught. Ail ihformatiell ean be obtained from Capt A, S. Eve, 3s2 Sherbrooke street west, the headquarters of the successive companies, The neswpapers have proved them- eelves to be the west efficleat means . ot raising recruits, and every reader who ctumet himself ge ta the front ean help in the present struggle by calling the attention of his friends to this. ormorttinity. ss • • 'Wh3r Milk Sours. We are told by those who study the ways and ravages of the mlechieveue microbe that he is very fond of sugar, and that he delighLe to gratify this liking by twining the supply In milk into an acid whioh sours the WM. These Microbee are conetantly the air, alive thOilgh invisible, end ready to drop into the milk when they can. It it Were possible to keep the Milk from the air after the Cow 18 ntilked it 'would uot tura sour. Wenn milk le pettlettlarly inviting to the Mietebe ane favorable to his 'operatiohs. does- not get along welt under ehilling conditions, and thatis why the sweet- ness of milk can be preserved if it be ltrieptneogaldr. ninot.ilLgehtreashwinastilkthealitautio: microbe Wince feed upon more Aniericiat. The Zan Whe weal* squeaky shoed na tousle in hit iole. We have all of us heard stories of the treasure at the end of the rain - aim. There Is a pot of gale there, • you know, And it ,we could only walk far enough, run fast enough, we mignt find it and be ever enerafter That is what our nurses tell us, when we tire children, 'isn't it? And sometirtme we learn that the rainbow IS a bridge, and the thunder is the roar of the heavy wheels going over it. These are the stories that we hear In childhood about the rainbow. Child- ren of other lands hear many other stories. In Greece nurses tell the, children that .if any orie by chance -stumbles over the end of the rainbow his or her sex is changed. A fine story that to tell a child! The little Greeks must run away from the ends of the rain- bow instead. et seeking them to find our Dot of gold, The little Turk hears from hisemree that if he can but touch the band of orange that spans the heavens in the rainbow his head will turn to silver, with rubies for eyes and teeth of gold. In many parts of Rumen. the rain- bow is called a pump, and in Hungary it is called "God's pump" and "Noah's pump." In, Russia, in some provinces, the a -ells are covered with serong Plat- forms, eo that the water cannot be drawn from them by the rainbow, and in other provinees it Is said that three angels have charge of the rain- bow -only to draw water through, it from the earth, another to give water from it to the eloutls. and another to return the water to the earth in the form of Min. -Boston Herald. Out of the IdIonthe of Balm. "*Tomnet," said the tetteher, "can you tell Me who Joan. of Are was?" "1 guess she Wing the Wife of Noah, whey built it," answerea Tommy, Little Margretta-I dess my dolly mutt' be sick, mamma. Itilemma-What seems to be the 'Mat- ter With her, dear? • Little 'Itirgretta-I dess her tan't digest te sawdust what her's eated, Little Prank had lust returnee froei chureh one Sunday morning. "Grandma," he queried, are you a Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterlati Or what?" "I ata not a ineelber Of any Mitten, my dear," she replied. contienea Prank, "don't yet think It's about time you were catch,- ing on toreewhere?"-Excitange. tONSIVERATE KATE. (New Vork Weekly) "StealtY, IWO," Said the young Mete In considerable agitation. " 1 am vete" Mg& 111'41tri kgitint ehrt Of tereporary inso.nity in our fame "Weil. Roy, replied the yowl% *omit% Mr. Iluatup-Itut you're not an asset. eotoing oil, yott had better °omit, eight yettie6 et running 01n6n56._sloge. hoe where pour iftfirmit.yets Itateesa, and We Win take CU* Of "if you ever feel any mote Sue attacks ConstipationRelieved Or "Money Back." No Druis Dr. Jackson's Roman Meal *4 sold with title guarantee. It Is ISIO5PlY itiost delicieue toad. It meltee por- ridge, paucakes and all baked proe dads, All may be eaten hot witheut dIstrese, end ilouriah better than meat. 130 eallelblei At least try it. Costs little, only 10 cents and 1.,L5 cents. At all grocers, DID GOOD WORK British Railways and Their Share Oreat War. The experience, of tlie great Caine ledge has shown how much Germany is indebtetl to raihvaye for her strat- egy. It la no email tribute to Carmen railway management that it has been Wee to build up a railwey system with special referenc(7 to means of offenee and tlefenee, without mit to the Ger. man taxpayer, In connection with both the °est= ana -western cam- paigns, GermanY her3 been a•ble to mow large niasses of men from peint to point with great rapidity, The national railway has been. a cardinal point in the German campaign, In the ease of Britain, an island defended by the see, the rallwaYe Wye been only needed to assemble trews ana supplies at, ports of departure, and to move bodies ef men M trailing about the country. Thep are im. Portant funetions it wae; altogether impoesible to eontinue with A beet of independent railway managements. It was also out of the questioa to enter at short spaee upon a ocheme cf nationalization by purclease. But tor- •tunately it had been foreseen, in drafting the Regulation of the Forcee Act in 1871, tliet occasion inept arise for the Government -to take over the railway services. Section 16 of that act runs that when the Crewn by order-lei-Couneil decleres that au em.ergeney ha. -3 arisen in which it is expedient for the public service that the Government should have control over the railroads of the United King-" dom, or any, of them, the Secretary of State may empower any person or per- sons to take possession. in the name of the Crown :of any British tailroaa elle to use it en any such manner as the Government may direct., Further, that the directors, officers and ser- vants of a, railroad so taken over shall obey the directions of the Government. In accordance with this enactment the British Government, on Aug. 4s the very day on which it declared war against Germany, issued an order -in - Council declaring it expedient that the Government should have control aver the railroads in Great Britain, this centre' to be exercised through an executive committee composed of gen- eral managers of railways. which had been formed- for some time, and which had prepared plans with a view to facilitating the working of the ad, Thus, by a etroke of the pen, under an agt Of Parliament forty-three years ela,. the British Government took con- trol of the:. railways of the United Kingdom. The national control has been ex- ceedingly" successful. The National Executive has bee table to move troops to the ports by night and -by day -with few hitches. A great armle ehe precise number of which has not been divulged, but which Is known to be enormous, has been successfully convoyed to the south coast for trans- port across the Channel, together with gigantic quantities of military stores, from ammunition to horses, and from food to attillery, The National Board has been In complete control of the gelation. Each company has had to do what It ivas told and to make anY arrangements necessary for the safe and speedy conduct of the abiformal traffic: The ability of a picked body of 13ritieh railway managers has shown itself equal to the occasion, and gone far to prove what a very 'different thing can be made of the British railway service in peace if the best men in it were given a real chance to show what they could do. - L. G. °Mezzo. Money in the October Metropolitan. • • BEAUTY IN BLACK. Real and False Widows of Paris Know 1VIourning's Magic. once a worral wife in Paris feared that her husbaed's affections 'were co:citiiiii:lagry little old woman. 'Madame She had the luck to know an extra - Isabelle is shabby, shrunken, wrinkled, but she hae been everything, doae everything, enjoyed everything, and to -day -though you might laugh at hee looks -she has a greater part then any other ih the neysterioUs function of creating new Paris styles. I Shall tell you about her some day. "I have tried everything," said the wotried svife, "beauty specialists, smart gowns and every fad and frivolitY which he admires in other women." Madame Isabelle smiled. "Go into mournlitg," she said. "Watch yOur chance, and go into black for three months." The W. W. went and did it, and in the Success whieh resulted she con- fided the tip to her dear friends. So, later, I got to hear it. (An American girl painter, Whose secret arabition was just ordinary happy marriage, gave out that she was mourning for an„Nauonuti,i)tig so enhances a woman ha mourning," said Madame Isabelle. "It briny out the eolitpleXion and every good polhe Mtrarning attracts by its mYstery, by the picntancy of contrast,. and by the chivalry which its exeltes, And there is a vanity In. men whith is flattered to tarn MournIng into Sole" The Dreseht pliehomenon in Paris proves her wisdom. Never were there se many real *id- eeVe-and 80 Mane' imitatietts, Real grief mourns, neglectful of arLesess8' er grief Makee the discovery ef moureing's charel. Almost eversanut Inta lost sotto rela- tive. And the black does the reg. It sciftene ,the thOughtless, -maim gentle the forward and inclinea the heatt to goTolatnees144811,C.Cees Is collosaal, and the queer thing is. they de not realtze that their own souls have been tweeteiled-e q..44,44444-.444•444+444-4,4, I re) GERN,ANT P The Firefly Is a Puzzle erellsteireet+leteetetereee-ireirletateass. WitY ale, ef tile firefly? Textbooks do not tell, awl eneyolo- pediaki mut give no reason ead at the Academy of Natural Sciences eXPerta on insects admit that they do net knew. It is true that -the lightning hug bae unusually veil developed eyes and &mine students believe that because of this fact the Itght le employed to aid eight. But there is also a belief that the flying beetle does not gather fot;e1 waile in the air, So whY ellotild it want to see? Another thing that le Mysterious. Observers pay that the Muth of the firefly generally Is upward. Some- times it is a titationarY flesh and sometimee it le horizontal etreak, Only on rare occasione is it bent downward, In the suburbi just as duel( is failing and the pleantont mist settles across lawns and fields, millions of tinY flashee sparkle like diem:lends floating 4a the air. At first. the earth seeeus carpeted with, gems, while the bushes gleam in soft greenish hue. A little later the lights rlso, seemingly clinger- arOund the treeat 'then they' awing higher and higher until the faint sig- nals have reached the topmost bran* es of the tidiest oalt or Teeter. Ever emittliag a.sdencling out,' barst of phosplaorescence it would seem that the firefly flew so far into the sky that It never came back, for no person hae ever•seen those millione of greenisbewhite streaks deseenditig toward tbe earth, As a matter of scientific fact the firefly teildom goes more than, a hun- dred feet into the atmosphere. It does not 'remain in the air all night, but after a few hours returns to the trees, buihes or grass. At Me Academy of Natural Sciences the nightly flights are ascribed to the mating instinct. Female fireflies are more luminous than the males, and there are some va- rieties weere the male is non -sparking. Also the intervals .of flashing differ - with different varieties and with ate ferent atmospheric coadttiens, Many persons have noticed that the lightning bugs with us now seem to be larger and more brilliant than during early June. This is true. They are not the same beetles, but are a totally different variety. The glow worm which. has no wings is a female ef another species. This rests in the grass and gives forth, a steady light in- stead of itliermittent flashes. Still some more information. why are some of the brilliant fellows seen in the suburba,n citstriets and near lawns than in the countrY fields? Do they like ctvilization? Here's why. The firefly is a beetle. When whiter comes it burrows into the ground and lies dormant until late spring. Lawns and large grass plats are seldom plow- ed so that the beetle is not killed. On the other hand, .fields have to be culti- vated and that means destruction to the bug& Not only Is the lightning bug a pretty thing, but its friends hold that it is valuable. It is carniverous as a general thing and finds a livelihood by crawling under grass, !stones and bark and eating the larvae and eggs of other insects, .many of which are destrustive to plant life. It is eepecially fond of small snails. Under no circumstances can the arefly be considered deatruc- tive to crops. Smith America produces the great- est varieties of fireflies as well as the largest. When early explorers des- cribed somaof the flies the world was Incredulous. . There are skeptics to- day who doubt the assertion that ono species found in Paraguay carries a red headlight and a red stern light, with green lights on each side. It is called the railway beetle. There is'anather which carries two yellow side lamps and a green stern light. In some yart or South America women pin big fireflies in their hair as a nifty sort of •decoration. Still an- other big beetle gives out such a steady, powerful glove that if several are placed in a glass jar they furnish enough. Illumination to read by. From an economic viesvpoint the light generator of the firefly is the most perfect thing known. The insect Produces •its luminosity without lees of heat or ehemical rays. If the pro- cess Could be discovered and applied industrially, the value to the world would be althost incalculable. Tilt s far the firefly has held Its immensely valuable secret and it remains as it has 1been tor eenturies, the wonder of scientists, the admiration of nature lovers and the pretty plaything chased by ohildren.-Philadelphia North Am- erican. • • - • THIS STONE BENDS. Itakoluraite, of Sandy Composi- tion, Startles Its Handlers. A great deal of interest has been recently directed to samples of stake- lumite, a atone which is found in Brae. lArhen etexibie, itekolupalte is cut into thin plates, and When exeni- ined with e tnicroseope it is found to, be composed almost entirely of fine graitis of sand of peculiar shape, with indented edges, which Interlock like the fiagers of clasped hands. The flexibility of the nultetall Violin from this interlocking of the grains of sand, of which it is chiefly cotuposed. Al- though but few parolee know that stone can be anything but hard, the flexibla stone Is not so much of a curiosity.as it seems, for it is found in North Carolina, and, there are specimens of it in the cases of a Philadelphia, Collection. Tile sense - time ef handling o fhandlIng a piece tioh Of hittidltng a piece of shale which betide like a plate of rubber is a strange experierice. If handled too toughly the stone breaks. Animals That Never Drink. It would eeein that water is so indis- pensable to Me that ne arilinels could exiSt without drialellig. Neve:010es% ler. Million' asserb that tho antelopes which live In the sand detert betWoeh the emit lake C•hilica and the sea never drink. That haa beer% donbted hy phy- Etiologist% who deny that existence Ss possible in such conditions, but con- firmatory evidence 18 nov adduced by Dr. Drake.13rockman.- It ermearS that Ante 1.110 a troupe of gazelles, have lived le the Mail Wane Beall -tut -Ilia, Oil the side ef Somali‘ane„vhere there is ito tource pf water and where the minuet rainfall Is less than three inch- es, so that thee° gaz(eleS cannet obtain Water except after very rare showers. 44 1114 - Those troubled with Warts' should Mite titeth now while milkweed eau be procured, Ilres.k the Stalk and corer 1 the Wart With the white, milk -like whith is more then half the setret. fluid. Do this three er toar times a' It it tile Iateet Work Of Peels -the dear and the Wont kind of Wart Will Zfinito Of illoilititit. . &taw"; I .: L.... )3xitieb, (Mora Ojearly 'Bud All Wio Seadinest. 1u. ttin novisw lireze lierelle•-iituart-tltepheite de- 7 (lame that be predieted the, war ale most year Previous(irivmetaleitjj-tiuttrobrrtseardtot 0'1411T:it ttoefd iailwaye en the lielgiae. froutier wed wee imprisoned by tee Ceratans 14 a fortre.;e at Leipzig for his anWelcome aeitilleitehasiil in his article: "11 was At e euarter to three on tlie afternoon of Uctolwr tee thirl, 1013, that I saw 4 tho lan spike driven alto the .1aet chain of the five anti a half miles long liqo that eompleted the Meisel- 'btwocanrtilngthea ttrja4licnrcia lianco between therraalfirl;:y4styeasinitie;s000; (Jemmy and its destine4 prey. That l'eenntilii•In till al ceravae ou an'cairnsi; and no quertione- asked': 'If Is were you, me dear fellow, I wOuld send the ladiee cf my family to Brighton next o.5.1ifnalueniti'rratitl•l°01iPlagu(,)rneittiftitAaluttgflubsctrigatigiteh flank Holiday the Gorman trilowitia:(enr.. question le that be- tweee Malmedy and Staveiot. DECLARGION,i, 'Since the beginning of the Great Wer, the following tweety-one dealer- atlens of war have been made, says the semi-official Cologne Gazette: July 28, 1914-Aeeeria-liungary 00 Serbia. Aug, 1, 1914 -Germany on Ituseia. Aug, 3, 1914 -Germany on France. Aug, 3, 1914 -Germany ou Belgium. Aug. 4, 1914-13ritain on Germany. Aug, 5, 19/4-Austrie-Hungary on Russia. Aug. 11, 1914 -Montenegro on Awl- tria-itungary. . Aug. 11, 1914 -Montenegro on -Ger- many. Aug. 11, 1914 -France on Austria- Hungary. Aug, 13, 1914 -Britain on Austria-. Ilungary, Aug. 23, 1914 -Japan on Germany. Aug, 2e, 19I4 -Austria-Hungary on Javan. Aq. 28, 1914 -Austria-Hungary on 13elgium. Nov. 2, 1914 -Russia on 'turkey. Nov. 5, 1014 -France on TurkeY. Nov, 5, 1914-.E3ritain on Turkey. Nov. 7, 1914 -Belgium on Turkey. Nov. 7, 1914 -Serbia on Turkel% May 21, 1915 -Italy on Austria- Hungary. Aug, 22, 1915--Itely on TarkeY. O•wing to the faet that on' tile side of Germany'e enemies altogether eight etates are standing, twenty-four war deciaratiems should have been made. There are three lacking -namely, Italy has not yet declared war on Germany, and Montenegro and Japan have • de- aeclared war only on the two central Powers. Diplomatic relations between Montenegro and Turkey have been • broken off, Between Japan and Tur- key there were no diplomatic retie- . Lions before the war. -Halifax Chron- icle. LET US HAVE ENGLISH. (New 'York Sun) Tide is toe evueue ler tile weenies; ex SkAiUulb Flay. .x4 - b,,11 LLLLL v1t3 Laval Lvr asn.a.vat 14“. Liame . 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VAIL/LW. tia 1. yr, 1Z 4110,let ui tne lacupic, SY tile peopie unu tor tee 1,VOI)Le. aloe itteiee iw.t. ..stv eay is good anti should tnerefore be ad- ittlteutaLe tauciteetitt,iaespeto,,c,i,a,tyLdi a 1.ton 9. •CatittlettrasatuniKe3uttii" tretispaceug tee people aio not et,1,(1i.i). as that Lew can say anynutar ue Lae old ituationeu oirect ease 21.11 oecatne su itecuetoineu to tne uee el. smug ..teat the <gammon speech Is no longer common; it is uecome a curiosity, twee:ewe to 10.) ebbe-are hoeints or the -Ingewrows" anti treatea with scan:lily tuhaeaamacarticaearisy ogtg: nwiuulcig.Job NtNeliPaze.Ofessor 13re.nder Idacthews, it saddens some old fogies. who mourn the ueuarture of eaeller and more elegant ways or speaking, as they mourn the de- cadence of earlier and better manners. Veritaps th'e two were unrelated, but they Net:Ial'sVoidsa ttnolotsrtir Oct polmae ibipAteni itoleinii, if the "old guys" or yeung "geezers." to refer to other Jaeople's mothers as "skirts" or "rags," and gen- erally began to lift their terminology to- wards levels of a decorum less figurative, if' more prosaic, they might also improye their manners? At any rate is there anY overwhelming reason why the youth of this time should be almost wholly un- acaaainted with the plain English tongue atul unable to say the simplest thing ex- cept in slang? It is a matter worthy of the eonsideration of those teachers and professors who may perhaps not agree wali the Columbia sage that "everything goes." .TRIBUTE FROM AN AMEMIGAN. A Xing has called upon the rainS, A King has called upon the sea, And teemed to it dike and drains That the drowned land at least be free. If the Oath holds that held before? And, answering; thy bugles ring, 0 Englandl-as they rang of yore, And the Red Rag Is up once more: While there remains within our veins, A :angle drop of Englieh blood, ?or every English drop that stains summoned flood and bloody mud, No a'ankee heart that shall not Diced, No Yankee heart that shall not ache, ale Yankee lip that shall not plead With God that England win the stake alto drew the sword for Christ's own sake! -Robert 'W. Chamber% in the Khaki Magazine. ENGLAND AT HER BEST. (Nei, York Herald) It is an axiom that the Englishman al- waes riees to the greatest heights when his country is in its worst straits. Iiis- tory showe that the kingdom has al. waye had to go throgh the meet severe trial beton) it found itself. What is happening uow is, only on a larger scale, multiplied mattyfeld, the tepetitleu of his. tory. Men may gltbly talk abopt Great itietale not doing her fall duty to her ale lies. But when one considers that het navy bee given the Allies indimited com- mand of Um sea when conemand of the Rea for Germany would have lost the War to them long ago, wilco one considers the rtern rosnive with which the British eatien is feting this great burden of debt, the rteenunt met stove:VC as etarelIng very evelay balanced. A HEAP TO UNLEARN. Giutfalo Express) After the war, GerManY Will be out lifter the world's trade again and wilt ties. it tuaess British (and Americans, too) 'mead their methods in the meantime. he elerintiee were capturing the markets of the world because they adapted their goods. sealing methods and credits ta the demands of the euslonier, Instead of try - Silts te makt: the cuotomer buy what they had to sell. and on the setter's terms, tie bay° tho Britisb and the ArnerIcaiim. There is no seatiment about trek'. The amid buys in the cheapest market and from the mest accommodeting „salesman. The Britith and the Americans have a heap to unietirn before they C0.11. DrAintrA. 4:StlY temelant tterniany in the world's matitete. "Pa, what la an eebo?" "An echo, me so, is the Wily thing that can cheat woman out of the last word." --Iloston Transcript.