The Brussels Post, 1908-7-2, Page 2•
MOTES AND COMMENTS
It
is nothing loss than remarkable that
so tntellteont a man as Themes A, edi-
tion should advance the theory that sleep
1s altogether a matter of habit and whet -
'll' unnecessary to We or health. Just
as remarkable is the reasoning by which
Ise attempts to support tits theory. Stoop,
dtr• says, is a habit induced by the alter-
nations of day and slight, But he for -
/gets apparently that nothing shows
{greater differences than these anemic.
!tons. In high letttudes the days and
nights are six months in length. In
every latitude from the poles to the
equator .they are of different length at
different seasons, If sleep is a habit,
'depending on -the darkness of night, the
'babit should certainly bear some ratio
',te the darkness, and the natives of very
high latitudes should either sleep for
six months ata time er not sleep at
rah,
Even in the temperate zone, on Mr,
Edison's theory, people should sleep
longer in the winter than In the sum-
mer. But they do not, as a general rule,
and one of the greatest inconveniences
'Ghat some sleeping apartments labor un-
der is the interference of the early sun
evlth the desire, to sleep. If sleep is a
habit, anything that breaks up the ha-
bit, and especially anything that de-
stroys the desire to steep, ought to be
en advantage. But, on the contrary,
nothing is more deadly. There is no
suffering comparable to insomnia and
totorture equal to that Inflicted by the
hlnese, who sometimes put criminals
oto death simply by pricking them with
/bayonets as fast as they fall asleep. Ex-
tremists, however, including Mr. Edison,
are always a blessing to sootety. Al•
though very few people follow them,
they always neutralize and correct the
opposite extreme, Some such theory
as Mr. Ediscn's, emanating from such
a respectable source, Is greatly needed
to moderate the exaggerated habit of
eieap. The truth Is that too much sleep
is almost as bad as none. Too little
sleep tends to insanity and too much to
stupidity.
Y
Sugar paper is the newest kind, 1t is
a product of the island of Trinidad and
the invention of a sugar planter, who
has found how to use the stalks of
sugar cane. The increasing scarcity of
spruce, which Is the wood most used for
paper making, is w'elI Iceman. Active
search is being made in many parts of
the world for material to take the place
of pulp wood. Enormous quantities of
ground sugar cane go to waste at the
sugar factories. Some of it is used Por
fuel under the beIlees, but a Large part
is left to hot. From tune to time experi-
menls have been made to convert the
bagasse or cane refuse into paper, but
with limited, success commercially un -
leas the Trinidad planter's claims are
tit ell founded, lie is confident that he.
has made a valuable discovery and has
built an $85.000 paper mill as an adjunct
to his sugar factory. He has turned out
paper worth $24 a ion. About a ton
end a quarter of cane makes a ton of
'puip. It is reported that t}1e process
of manufaeturing Is comparatively in-
expensive, and that it will pay to grow
oane for paper alone, leaving the sugar
as clear profit.
GOOD INTENTIONS GONE WRONG.
'Twas midnight, and all was still in
the house. Suddenly the door -bell rang,
and the doctor, whose ear was well.
trained, awoke.
Someone needed his services, he one
eluded, and he walked softly down the
stairs and opened the door,
"Miss Caroline Tomkins," said the late
caller. Miss Tomkins was the dootors
cook.
"She has retired," said the worthy
doctor.
"This 1s for ter," said the man, hand-
ing the doctor a tissue•paper package,
from which peeped flowers and bills
and loaves.
The man departed, and the doctor
closed the door. Some admirer of
gook's, he supposed, had brought her a
beequet,
He walked into the kitchen, placed
the package In a dish of water, and re-
An indignant cook stood before him
next morning. "I wish to give notice,"
the announced, "Ill not stay another
day in a house where sdme varmint puts
my now fiat In a basin of water!"
TO BE THOUGHT OVER.
'A man must be honest to admit his
dishonesty.
Where there's a will there's always a
well—to dodge It.
I1 is better to he a good enc *'yoo than
a poor employer,
Wesel is the man who can correct a
mistnlse before he makes it,
Common-sense and rennince have a
knack of oppeeing each other,
Sono per,pie can do nothing wen ex -
telt!, eat, sleep, and ltnel fault.
II we could sreoutsoites aS olh;'rs sea
us. wo would all be pessimists:
Work is veilobllfl ,;but SO many now-
adays are opposed to the neletity.
It is easy for the man who isn't rte
detested to tell the moan who Le to hope.
In making theinselvesr at home, sonic
people lee
meke 0Unore wish they wore,
IL an ma ,o..tib1O for au girl t0 wear
tit g g without a new en a emhent,rin t h
lraut lotting
ceverybody know it.
Consumers of Mette in New Yore are
now paying about 11 per cent, more for
their feed than trey did one year ago,
HAT IS A CIIRISTA'IN?
It 'Is the Simplest and Yet One of the Most
Far Reaching Things Imaginable.
"Whosoever doth not bear hes cross
and come after me cannot be my dls-
ciple. Luke, xiv., 27.
A Christian is a disciple of Jesus
Christ, Yet there are many who are
called Christians who are not the dis-
ciples of the lowly prophet of Naeareth,
and there are many who are truly his
disciples who are not known as Chris-
tians.
It may be that there are those who
are Christians and do not know it; it's
certain that there are those who arena,/
Christians, according to uta simple
standard of the founder of Christianity,
who nevertheless comfort themselves
with the delusion that they belong to
his followers.
Organizations, churches, and seals do
not make Christianity; they are only tho
instruments for its work, the vehicles
fer its expression. One might, have his
name emblazoned in the largest possible
letters on the officiary or the plain
membership of the church and sail be
altogether a stranger to Christianity.
There are many able to prove by sr -
guineas elaborate and carefully erect-
ed the historic accuracy of the various
accounts of the life and ward of Jesus,
usually proving more for him than ue
Maimed for himself, who yet are utter
,s/rangers to his spirit; who, while bite
tarty defending his reputation by all
their lives entirely
MISREPRESENT HIS CHARACTER.
Those are they who, while with their
lips they Invite men to become the dis-
ciples of the Great Teacher, with all
their powers are meeting barriers and
creating difficulties. They say you can-
not be a Christian unless you will go
through these motions or unless you
will bring yourself to accept these and
the other notions.
The most striking evidence of the
value and vitality of the ideas and
ideals of Jesus lies in the fact that, de-
spite the mistaken zeal in which his fol-
lowers have endeavored to make discip-
leship an intricate and dieticujt affair of
intellectual propositions, ritual, and or-
ganisms, Christianity still stands in the
world as' on the whole synonymous with
the highest in character and conduct.
To be a Christian means only that
any man or woman takes lite on the
Mims that this one whom men call the
Christ took 11, that his is the type of
life to which they seek to conform, and
its service to the world that which they
seek to render.
The distinguishing /narks of that life
of long ago were ids sense of the infi-
nite, so clear a consciousness of the
most high that 1t expressed ib if in
terms ot relationship and so taught men
to cry "Our Father,'' and a clear faith
in hwnentty, a consciousness of the
worth of character, that led him to see
Uta brother in every man and to give
his lite in sincere service for
EVEN THOSE WHO OPPOSED HIM'.
Here, too, was a lila lived tar the
higher values and on the highest lev-
els. A We that ever reminded us !tow
much more the man himself is worth
Man the sheep, the person than the pose
sessions, the toiler than the tools. And
so he lived, not only for character in
himself, but that all might have the
right to the freedom, fullness, and joy
of lite,
The essential elements eif such a char-
acter are few and steeple, We readily
recognize its faith in God, ,hot in any
narrow or dogmatic sense, but in the
consciousaesS of the infinite spirit
working for good; faith in man, in his
worth and possible goodness, and faith
in that high goal of alt society which
the teacher called the kingdom of hea-
ven,
Whoever turns his life teward these
things, whoever looks out en life with
eyes of faith and love, whoever seelcs
the ideal ends for humanity, whoever
serves the external propaganda of righte-
ousness, peace, and brotherly love, even
though he never had heard of Christ,
elite belongs to him,
To be animated with that spirit, de-
liberately to choose to live that kind of
life, to take its pains and joys, to do its
work, to strengthen ones self with its
motives and dynamics, to be satisfied
with its high gains, to pay its price,
to follow this path, is to be a Christian,
because it is to be a full elan and bro.
ther to all Hien.
HENRY F. COPE.
THE S. S. LESSON
INTERNATIONAL .LESSON, JULY 5,
Lessgn I. Israel. Asks for a .King.
Golden Text, Prov, 8. 45.
THE LESSON WORD STUDIES.
(Based on the text of the Revised
Version).
Introductory.—We resume our study
of the Old Teotement at rho point in the
history of Israel where we discentnuod
It six months ago. The twelve tribes
have entered the land of Canaan, and
tor a period roughly estimated at from
two to four hundred years have been
under the rule of Judges who governed
115 different parts of the country with
varying degrees of strength and faith-
fulness
aithfulness to the people's welfare. Samuel
was the last of these Judges, and is. sur-
vey of his early lite as helper in the
tabernacle and of his later years as
ruler in Ramah (I. Sane, 7. 17), dispens-
ing justice throughout the country (1.
Sam. 7. 16), performing the functions of
priest en behalf of the people (i. Sam,
. 9), and standing as the .prophet , f
Jehovab brings us to the time of our
study for this Quarter which includes
the remainder of Samuel's lito and the
e leer tent and early years of the
monarc' in Israel. The materials for
this study are to be found in tho first
and second books of Samuel which were
originally one, The books received their
name from Samuel, not as an indicattan
that he wrote them, but because he is
the central figure throughout much of
the period which they cover. Their
author is unknown, but 11 is generally
thought that he included in his work
several very old accounts dating back
to Davids reign and, ,perhaps, even
earlier contemporary -prophetic records
and oral traditions. If this bo so, the
rather broken narrative and the repeti-
tion of stories differing in their details
are easily understood. A knowledge of
this period ot transition from the loose
tribal lite of the contcderaey to the cen-
tralized national lite of the kingdom is
indispensnble to an understanitng of
Israel's history and the reading of ,some
tlstory of Israel, such; ate that by Wade
u' by Miley. end of the articles "Judges,
Period of," "Samuel," and other appre-
pIlale ones in 'Ilasting's Dictionary of
the Bible, is recommended to anyone
who wishes to mato a more thorough
study of tens period.
Verse 10. Ml the words of Jehovah—
Which ,ho received in private consulla-
ton. with him.
Unto the people—That 18, to the "El-
ders z,f Israel who brought the peoples
request, and were an official represonla-
ive body of much Importance.
That asked of him -a king --For the
o:'tcusihlo venom sac the first ,pert of
resp 5 and for the real reason the int-
tee ,part of the canto versa (re(ct verses
1 to 0).
11. The me.nner of the Icing — The
custom" or law (compare 2 Kin'ga
l; 26), There is some ambiguity as to
emitteI'a attitude here. According to 1
Sant. 8. 0, this is a solemn protest and
learning to the peotple against the desr
polism which the king will exet'alse;
e''sewherc it appears to be simply an
explanation of what was necessarily in
'volved in lsrael's demand given them
eo that they /night not choose hitndJy,
While In 1'am, 10, 25, it Is seedy "Sam-
uel told the people the memo of the
Iingdcm, and wrote 1t in the book, and
aid ib up befere Jehovah," tllcreJly �tv"
ing it his sanction and setting apart
these customs as the constitutional
aright of the monarch. Perhaps his ao-
gtuescence was given reluctantly when
he saw the determination of the people;
and in the interests of order he him-
self helped formulate the "manner of the
kingdom." In any event, 1t is clear
that, as a whole, the attitude of Samuel,
beth personally and as the representa-
tive of Jehovah, was unfriendly to the
proposal of the elders and the people.
leo will lake --All service from the
most honorable to the most mental was.
le be compulsory, The price of the
kiWing's luxury was the people's personal
arly,
For hes chariots, and to be itis horse-
men—Either os grooms and drivers in
the king's ,personal setinua, or its offi-
cers in the impertal troops. Probably
the latter, ht view of Solomon's cus-
tem of taidng Israelites for the higher
places in his service and foreigners for
the lower ones (1 Kings 9. 22), The
idea of oharlols and Horses was always.
hateful to the prophets and .associated
with regal pomp and independence of
Jehovah (Hos. 14. 3).
They shall run before his chariots—
Ttunners were used by Oriental Icings
as a personal bodyguard, as heralds
who preceded the royal train, and as
messengers in peace and war,
12. Captains of thousands . . . . fif-
ties—Local officers in the military or-
ganizations 0f the country. The divis-
ions were roughly made according to
nt'mbers, but aeon became territorial,
so that a district was a "thousand," a
smaller one en "hundred," and so on.
His ground—The royal lands, which
would be very extensive and fertile.
To make his . . , chariots—Royal are
morers and blacksmiths. To men who
are used to agriculture end herding
these occupations wero all unproductive
and to Isnaolites they indicated a dis-
loyalty to Jehovah.
13; Deughlers—The need of their ser-
vices was especially unreasonable be-
cause occasioned by the whim of the
king who could wall have employed
mon for all of these duties.
Perfumers — Compounders of spices
and ointments, the use of which at this
time was Molted upon es an effeminate
luxury,
14, Bo his servants—Court favorites
who were especially hateful because for
the most part they were foreigners.
They Ind no interests in common with
the people of the land.
15, The kothi Tha more formai levy
Mr defraying rte great expenses of the
icing's household,
Olflcets—Chamberlains,
16. Young men—One of the earliest
manuscripts reads "herds" instead. This
weuld seem to be the more probable
emitting as "rnen-servants" have already
been mentioned.
17. And yo shall be his servants —
The summing up. The /royal aggres.
slam having touched all their properly
and fa/nines roaches their own poison,
The end Is slavery,
10. Nay --Notwithstanding all the good
rea'ons to the contrary, They had al-
ready made up their minds.
20. That we also mayrybo like --Israel's
sinful habit of copying her heathen
reighhoa's Wes early developed,
All the nations -Not only the groat
renes such ns Egypt and Assyria, but the
adjoining Canaantto bribes whose con-
taminating influence was oven more
da gerieus,
That our king may judge us , ,
ha—Mese—The threefold functions of the
eastern ruler—(1) la ndreinlster internal
011x.178, (2) to represent, the people ren
pu,b110 cacastons, (3) to be the leader in
time of war, Samuel had done an
Minae but 1101 with the ostentation and
display which they deetrod,
fZ1. Fla rehearsed them in; the ears Of
Jehovah—Notice the striking l
1op1It
L
Y
at the Hebrew thought and language.
A'l of Samuel's dealings with the peo-
ple and itis relation with God are told
la the quaint terms of leaking and list-
ening.
22, Go yo every man unto itis city—
This was a set form for dismissing a
oounele on assembly.
NEWS FROM THE MINES
LOWER LORRAIN GOING AHEAD AS
A MINING REGION.
Good Ore ;Icing Taken Out Along Mont.
real Liver—Townslte in
Tudbope Township.
In the !ower Lorrain section consider.
able interest is being taken beth local-
ty and by outsiders, and it is reported
on good authority that -some of the
prominent mining men of the Cobalt
camp have spoken favorably ot the new
district, On tate Keeley property a
force of about 30 men is at work. The
open cut made by the former owns
wilt be squared eip as the beginn(ng et
the new shaft, which will be sunk to a
depth of 75 feet or more, when exten-
sive underground work will be under-
taken, Parties visiting the camp from
week to week claim that substantial de-
velopment work is under way in many
places, .and that good progress Is being
made, also that several tine showings
are expeoted to materialize into well-
ntineralized veins, and that no wonder
should be expressed at the camp show-
ing about half a dozen shipping propo-
sitions during the next twelve months,
says a Globe correspondent.
MONTREAL RIVER.
In the Montreal River section develop-
ment work is being carried on through-
out the entire mineralized area on a rea-
scnably large scale, The past owe
weeks have produced a throng of buy-
ers, many of whom have purchased
outright, and others have taken work -
mg options with a view to carrying on
development to deutonslarte the exist-
ence of values believed to exist before
making final payment of the fancy prices
which are generally asked. Prospec-
tors coming down from the Montreal
River section have expressed consider•
able satisfaction at the showing the dis-
trict is making, es well as the number
et sales that have been made and the
options being taken by practical mining
concerns who can be depended upon to
put on a large force of men and prove
uo the district as being rich in silver.
Willett township is coming in for more
mention this season than last, The
West claim has a shaft 12 feet deep on a
vain from which several sacks of rich
or.: of amaltite, necolite and silver have
been taken. Several thousand feet of
stripping has been done on a series of
veins which are very close together and
look very promising, In Tudhape town-
ship, a vein 26 inches in width of mete
and calcite, with plenty of native ,silver,
which was found some time ago, has
been opened up furter and Is also very
promising.
NEARLY A CARLOAD,
On the Ouse claim at Silver Lance
nearly a carload of high-grade silver
cre has been taken from an open cut,
A shaft is being sunk on one of the
veins and active development work is
being carried on. in James township
extensive prospecting and development
work is being carried on. James Mc-
Gregor of Maasville, wino is manager
for both the Gault and Toronto syndi-
cates, is working a force of 12 men, A
shaft is being sunk on a 14 -Inch vein
of smaltite, with cobalt bloom and na-
tive silver. This shaft will be sunk to
e depth of at least GO Leet before drifting
wili be commenced. This properly is
in lot 2, concession 2. On the adjoining
property, Messrs. Bickford and McKay
ay
are actively engaged in plospeeling on
a number of flne showtnggs, many of
which show native silver. Wilbur Iditch-
cock, manager of the St. Lawrence Lum-
1'er & Mining Company, has a force of
12 men at work on the mining rights of
the company close to the new townslte.
A NEW TOWN.
In the new townsite in Tudhape on
the east side of 'Mk Lake, /the dols have
been surveyed and the building of a
$20,000 modern hotel has 'been started,
Mr. Allgard of Cornwall, who is also
said to be interested in the townsite,
]las built a flne residence for himself
and has moved his family. IL is anti-
cipated that within the next few weeks
a real live town will spring up. Being
at least live miles south of Elk Lake
City, the riew town should be a boom
to the large number of propeetfes which
pretense to develop into mines nearby.
The aleamboat company hes put on a
flue new passenger steamer running be-
tween Mountain Chute and Elk Lake,
which Is further evidence of ineroasing
business in the Montreal River district.
TONNAGE IS LESS,
in the Cobalt camp the shipments
from week eo week continue to be heavi-
er than at this time last year, although
some of the mines making ,the heaviest
tonnage last year have been putting In
cc:ncentrathg plants and the tonnage
from (hese properties is very much less
than a ,year ago, although much more
silver is being sent out titan. last year.
This is notably the case with the Buffalo
mine, wht.eh is sending out practically
three lines as many ounces of silver
per month as 11 did is year ago. On
the 11.1110 Niplssing property a diamond
next taw days lab aross-cut several veins
Allowing en the surface. The Lunnet Is
in 170 foot, but nothing particularly new
has been reported. Machinery will bo
installed When sinking will be com-
mcneed on the big vein already develop-
er] in the tunnel. On the Peterson Lake
tease a new shaft house has been erect
ed and is cemnoceed with the ore house.
The mein shaft is down 60 feet, and the
vein continues to Jmprov° from day 1:0
day. The vein is upwards of .a feet in
width, with six inches of very rioh are
fun of native sliver, A force of 25 men
is employed, This week the company
pained the list of shippers, sending out.
a carload at twenty tons, the greater
pinion of which is high-grade and 15
expected to .net the tempary a hand,
40150 return,
TIIE LEASING F NG SYSTL'M,
Supt. Madden of the Little Nipissing
has always been en exponent of the
leasing system and has just seeped a
Ic!ago on the t Amalgamated properly ad -
Joining the Gonlega,s and another 101 to
rho north of the Silver Leaf, on both
of which development work will be car -
tied on on an extensive scale, Mor. Mad-
den has associated with hhn several
parties who have unlimited means to
invest in leasing propositions, but who
do not buy stociks in any ocher cow -
parties ot the camp,
ROCHESTER AND COBALT CENTRAL,
At the Rochester mine, which has
been idle for several months, werlc was
resumed last week with a snail force
of men. About five feet to the east of
the main shaft high-grade ore blas been
enooutilered, The vein is about pftcen
inches i0 width,
The Cobalt Central Is a scene of great•
ee activity than at any time since min-
ing operations were commenced on the
property. On the lot adJoining the 131g
Pete a shaft has been started and is
now down twenty-five feet on a vein
which Is said to be from len 10 twenty
feel in width, four feet of which Is well
mineralized, having given good sliver
assays, The main shalt on the Big
Pete,properly is down 185 feat, with over
1,500'feet of underground work on the
flrst and second levels, and a station
cut ready for the third level. The, com-
pany is working a force of over 100
men, using six big machines on devel-
opment work and sloping wtth five
small machines on the first and second
Levels. The concentrator is doing good
work, running through 00 tons daily.
Experimenting is being carried on with
finer grinding of the tailings, with a
view to installing a Pebbles tubular
mill.
At the Silver Leaf No. 5 shaft Is
down 130 feet, wtth 75 feet of drifting
at the 75 -foot level. This shaft will ire
sunk to a depth of 135 feat or belle,'
when the station will be cut for the
second level, The company is working
a force of thirty-eight men, using all
available power on the drills, pumps
and hoists, A considerable amount of
surface prospecting has been done dur-
fnb the summer. A carload of 35 tons
of ore sent out recently is expected to
net the company $105,000.
�I+
AN ASTRONOMICAL CLOCK
WONDERFUL INVENTION OI'' A
SCOTCH STONE -MASON.
Mr, James Scott, of Selkirk, Ls an Ama-
tour Astronomer and
Inventor.
The other day a member of the Royal
Scctety had en interesting conversation
with Mr. James Scott, a Selkirk stone-
mason and amateur astronomer and in -
venter. It took place ie. the ArLisatrs
Section in the Exhibition at Edinburgh,
*tad the meeting was a chance one. The
astronomer had come up to see the as -
trimmer -mason's cloches, and while ex-
amining
xamining them the constructor Wiesen
d' . 'Mrs ype, w
rarturneer thanupit used. toScott leei, oaf tthe inlenolll-
gent Scottish craftsman who has an en-
thusiasm for scientific knowledge, and
more than a full share of the Scots-
man's mechanical skill, He is at the
same time without salt-consebousness or
affectation, of an alert and -cheerful dis-
position, and with a touch of homely
humor in his talk. The conversation
between him and the member of the
Royal Society was largely astronomical,
and as between two persons who had a
subject of common and genuine inter-
est. Yet they had probably approached
this common ground by widely differ•
ant ways. The meson's astronomy was
not acquired In Lhe schools', He has
gained his knowledge pectic -ally with-
out the assistance of teachers of any
1103; and in his conversation with the
ofilolally sCientlllo visitor he was apolo-
eetie abeut being only an amateur and
Informal student, It ttaas easy to other,
however, that the retnarlcablc clocks
were megaly the partial expression of a
profound (knowledge of the movements
of the spheres in ail their intricate de-
tails. The Royal Society visitor ques-
tioned sante detail 'in the mechanical
working of the clock it might have /e-
lated toa question of sidereal tiro, or a
meohanieal correction of the suns de-
viations, or the cermet path of some
of the large planets' apparent wander-
ings amongst the stars. The device
seemed to be defective in some respect
to the astronomer, and he took from his
pocket a book of astronomical tables
which ho carried about with him, as
Don Quixote might carry Mout with
him a pocket history of kntght.errantry,
"He's quite right, quite righll" was the
pronouncement after the clock's record
bad been checked by thee means.
A ROUND OF NINETEEN YEARS,
Nannette he had reached the age of
forty-two—he was sixty-four last week—
did Air, Scott take up the study of astro•
nomy. The first of the two large Astro-
nomieal clocks which he constructed will
suggest mechanical genius end patent
study of no ordinary degree. The clock,
which is driven by a single weight,
keeps the correct time, and mimeos the
aiuotiVe power for the various systems
01 7vhich ,it is the centre. Below it Is
a series of concentric dials whittle, se-
vclving Independently, are turned 10 in-
dicate the revolutions of Mercury, Venus
and the earth and moon round the ,sun;
and the moon's .revolutions sound the
earth, showing the correct posilaon ot
any of .these bodies at any )tout' of the
day, The •accuracy of this cloak Is such
that it works to the !motion of a sec•
and in the year. One of the sooLion le
slow by a second ,in Ove yenta, There
18 a wheel regulating the eclipse Mai
which takes 18 years 224 days 14) revolve.
IL has only revolved once serve the
clock wee made. 1t will readily be un-
derstood that to get the varied readings
which the clock gives there moist be
much complicated workmanship in the
interiotr. Fifty-four of the toothed wheels
in the wo'Icsr Mr, Scott measured and
made with his 0110 hand.
TELLS MOON AND SEASON.
The outer rim of the circle in whialn
flu anovemonis of the planets are rep.
resented is marked with the days of the
"month,
andapoinlo'showstmdab
aw tills 1'1115 tevolvess, Over the clod
faoe is another Ingert:aus devIGe. 1
shows the rising end reIIisag of Ile
moon in
a!1
ls ephaaes
the 0
dei
tou
Molding with tho movements of
moon Miele t+
Milne than this, the mogu'r
altitude above the earth's 1to11z011 is n1
ways correctly iudicak'd, 11 was a po:nl
which appealed to the Rental Society vie
atm, The arrangement is 00 ingealou
ono, it is not the position of the moo.
which varies, but the linteseepe, repro
senting earth's ltarteon, over which tie
ntcon In its duo season appears, rise+
and falls according as the Moon is low
or high in the sky. The landscape l:
suspended by cords [man two pulleys,
10 which the cards wind and unwind in
accordance with the almanac anal the.
constr'uctor's calculations, AnoM r fea-
ture of interest In the clock, rather high
to be 7vithin easy reach of inspection.
terming as it dons the finial or the en-
tire mechanism, is a globe wlUeil shows
the earth's daily revolution; and which,
oscillating in ac0Ordonee t'llll tic'
ca1'ties eccentric movement, also indi-
cates from day to clay and hour to hour
the portion of the globe which is in
darkness and Iltat which Is lit by the
sum. In this way the shortening and
lengthening of the days in any part 01
the globe Is indteated, with the dura-
tion of daylight 111 the various seasons,
With the examination of these features
the versatility of the clock .f.s not ex-
hausted. On the right side will bo found
anter modern system with the sun
and other planets in their relative posi-
tions, and 1cvotving so as to show when
and at what ,pert of the globentelipsats
are to be looked for. In the correspond.
hog position on the otter' side is ca diol
showing the sidereal time.
GREAT fl5LP TO SAILORS,
The second clock which Mr. Scott con-
structed shows, amongst other things,
the movement of Jupiter and fits few'
moons, as seen through a telescope, and
as known. to the scientific world at ate
tinge of els conshmetlen, The moon,. ore
suspended from above by Invisible
threads, which impart the revolving
movement, Mr. Scott explained to hls
learned vister that, of course, he had
not put in the eight moons, for the rea-
son indicated; and the latter Informed
him that recently a ninth noon had been
discovered. No attempt Is made Lo show
these planetary models to scale. A anod-
e in the Royal Scottish Museum, rema-
ke to the visitor, illustrates the difRaui-
toe of astronomical scale models, in
this ease the earth and *neon ata shown
at the proper relative distance; but on
the same scale, small as it is, Venus
would be somewhere d:ehind the Signet
Library, and the nearest fixed star would
be in the West Indies, A third clock
is one which greatly interests nagjga-
tots. The varlalions of solar time and
the deviations of the compass are per -
Vexing difficulties for beginners, Mn
Scott's Mock simplifies matters be a con-
siderable extent. By turning a button
so as to show the date, the Mork auto-
matically gives the difference bettvec:n
the solar time and Gneonwich mean Limo
en any day of the year. A contrivance
made on the suggestion of a toachee for
.showing the movements of the seasons
end the line of shadow and light on the
earth's surface at any period of the year,
so as to be intelligible to children, Is
etmitar 10 idea to the arrangement sur-
mounting the first clock,
MARE USE OF RATS,
In Paris the Animals aro Kept in Pit for
Commercial T'urposes,
Parisians have Pound u way of turning
the rat into a prnntable cammedlty. 10
that city there is a rat -pound. 11 is a
deep -welled pit, in which some thou-
sands of rats are kept. A dead horse
is thrown into this pit overnight, and
It is their duty to strip the carcase of its
flesh. In the morning the bones only re-
main, white and polished. Those ore re-
moved by the men in charge. Once a
month there is a general slaying of
rats. This Is done by means of gas 115
quite a scientific manner. The rats by
that time ass sleek and plump, and
their hides in excellent condition. Their
skins are removed and treated, and
eventually are made Into "kid' gloves,
while another colony of rats is Tatro-
duced to the pound.
BEING CANDID,
Speak out and get right down to tacks;
Tell grafters they are stealing,
Telt doctors they are wretched quakes
That make a bluff aL healing,
Tell politicians that they 11e
In natters they have slated,
11's very easy when you try,
13e candld—and be haled.
Tell singers that they sinipty_equall;
1'f honest they'll admire you,
Tell prosy people when they coil
They're awful bores who lire you.
Tell pompous persons that with gas
And wind they ata inflated,
Let ye good chance to prick them pass,
13e candid—sod bo hated,
Tall hypocrites tlley'ta.talleingcant,
And, war with humbug waging,
Toll actors that they strut and rant,
'/'ell women they are ageing.
Conduct yourself upon the line
That I have indicated
And as a critic you will shine!
Do candid—and be hated,
.F
HORSES DY THE IIUNDRJeD.'
The 11oree is one of the most, Import-
ant Meters in modern wterfara, and las
edueatlnn for the purpose to undertaken
at great expense by every nation in the
world. In, tines of peace only two.
thirds of the Meaty of the Bt'1tLsh.
Artny is horsed. In times of war—such
as during the Boer War•–ats many as
280,000 horses have been required, at
(short notice. Germany would need
Mint 1,000,000 horses for cavalry and
ctrtlnemy to put her eolossal forces in
the field, while lrrnnce could manage
witty 750,000, Britain's bill for Arany
horses ie estimated at about $400,000 a
year, F111rte0 290110 upwards of $500,-
000 annually; while Germany, 11 hes
heir calculated, must ;pay .at least $.1,-
600000 on this. feature of military ,life.
SLLEC'i'ED,
The tittle 'Mesonso now and; then
Thais relished by the wisest men
is yea will nearly always tlitd,
Net 'the Other tallow's, (kind.
TheFrm
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•l SLIDING SCALE OF Milne PRICES.
Nature has decreed that cows shall put
varying percentages of fat and non-fat
solids into their ntillt, according to their
breeds, their feeds, their ages, their conn
dillons and their environments, The na-
tural rang* or butter fat is from 1,5 per
cent, up to 10 per cant. The law makers
of New York, through some unexplained
and inexplicable beeloudrsent of their in-
tellectuals, have decreed that the cows
when they put less than 3 per cent, of
butter tat into their milk aro law -break•
ors and "adulterate" their product, says
the New York Farmer, The same law
makes the owner of the cow the adulteiw
*for if he offers their milk for sale just
as they give 11. To adulterate means to
put In foreign substances, Nothing in
that way is done by either the cow or
her owner. Of counse, if milk, as the
cows give it with less than 6 per cent,
cf butter fat is adulterated by analogy,
all miilc with more than 3 per cent. of
butter fat is adulterated, The "state stan-
dard" should work both ways, but in this
case it does not. The standard hae only
forbearance, comfort, profit and legal
safeguarding for middleman, who, be -
rause of the standard, are at perfect lib-
erty to insist that the milk producers
shall !hand over to .them at 2 or three
cents a quart, milk that contains from
4. to 0 percent, of butter fat, which they,
the middlemen, are permitted W sten-
ardize, that is to skin down to the stan-
dard of 3 per cent„ and then sell it at
9 to 12 cents a quart, while the removed
butterfat is sold at cream prices. No
"adulteration" theta of course. It is
"adulteration" when the producer's cows
give mine below the standard. It is not
"adultaralion" when the middleman
skims out 1 to 3 per cent, of butter fat
and sells tate skim milk at, fullenilk
prices. Was there ever a more mon-
etrous absurdity than the "standard fee
nettle?" 1t lobs the producer. It ignores
nature. It outrages common sense. It
protects the middleman in his exactions
from the producer and its extortions
from the consumer. The middleman can
lest a producer's milk, find It below the
standard, accuse hire of a crone and
have hint punished. The middleman can
take milk above the standard and rob
i; down to the standard, and sell it as
whole milk to the consumer, and neither
the producer nor the consumer can have
the middleman punished, because he
keeps in line with the unjust and absurd
standard which simply sets the limit for
the rnlddleman's wrongdoing and pro-
tects him in the injustice he practices
clary: It would be interesting to see some
expert attempt to justify the milli stan-
dard. The state can regulate the sale of
milk on its percentage of fat and other
solid contents. This method would mean
a sliding scale of prices, such as a price
Mr skim milk, other prices for 1 per cent.
un to 6 per cent. tat„ contents, of from
10 per cent. to 15 per emit. total solids
gelle milk. Then the ex exactly what be wisihest
mer would
tand would
pay for what he gels. Then the producer
wqudd get the real market value of !hair
milk. Then the anlddleman would have
to deal honestly.
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
Oats and bran make a better balanced
ration than oats alone. Since bran con.
thins four times as match material to
make bone as oafs, IL is plain that a
small portion must be healthy for all
hems, and especially beneficial in grow -
the colts.
Milk always has a value in the feeding
of young animals beyond its elements
of nutrition. It is an aid in the digest-
ing of dry foods, and those concentrat-
ed in character. Milk and meal of any
kind aro improved by utixteu'a. 11 gives
dry foods the succulent form, which is
the most digestible form, which food
can be furnished to animals, and espe-
cially to young ones.
I believe that the main source of rev-
enue to the dairyman is the ability of
each particularly cow of his herd to eat
digest and assimilate more than enough
food to maintain the animal at rest, and
to convert that surplus food Into milk.
We get from a maintenance ration noth-
ing; from a producing ration, revenue.
Cows must be born to produce butter fats
for a butter 'dairy,
FARM NOTES.
Whole potatoes give hooch larger yields
than pieces cut to one or two eyes, The
only danger in planting large tubers is
that too many stalks will appear. 11
would bo some trouble to destroy the
weaker eyes, and also to thin out tho
stalks,
The farmer Is the most resourceful per-
son 011 the face of the earth when he Is
disposed to help himself. Therefore, he
need not look to any source outside itis
lon.d for fence poste or fuel. A grove or
catalpas, black locusts, cottonwood and
other quick -growing braes, will, in a few
years, supply all the fence material and
fuel needed on the farm.
As a rule, pastures got but little care.
No crop gels less attention .and none
would batter repay it, Double the pro -
duet could be realized by proper caro
and attention. Pastures should never be
grazed foo close early in the season.
Stetted the tools be exposed to the hot,
dry weather of the summer it would re•
cult in serious damage. Some fall'
gloevlh is n00essery to glvo the plants
strength for a gond start he the spring.
A 111110 grass left upon pastern; In Juno
should not be a ;source of anxiety.
-- --Me
TIME FOR A CHANCE,
Sha --is my het on straight?
[Io (looldng)--Yes.
"Then. It leant right, Why don't you
tet ine about. .It?'
WOULDN'T TAKE IT,
"Look hero, Doa'othy, I dont hike
young nosh/nen Wittig here so much.
Next tm0 ho calls Jest give hint the cold
shouleene
:but, papa, he is a. vegelertan," att4
mend tin unibashed .Dorothy,
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