The Brussels Post, 1918-8-29, Page 2DAUGHTER CHOOSES TIIE EARA
By Katharine Henry:
If you can make farm life attrac-
tive to your daughter she will love her'
home but elle rennet live on nothing'
but hard work: On some farms the'
work is newer done. The worsting
t
day begins at four o'clock odt in the
ing and ends at eight in the evening
and if the sun set later, the work!
would keep on lunger.
True, in one sense the wank is,
never done; one can always find an-
other weed to pick, another plant to:
hoe or another window to elean. But
a man ought to be master of his farm
and sometimes- call a halt on work
rather than let the farm drive him
and his children, Every one on the'
farm is willing to work to the utmost
during a period of stress like haying
time and harvesting but there must be
periods of fun to make up for the,
hard work.
Probably her work could be made i
much easier by the use of labor-sav-i
ing machinery, especially in the house.
You do not use th sickle or the grain
cradle your grandfather used. 'You,
have bought two or three improved
reapers s:nee his day; but are your'
wife and daughter still washing with
the old-fashioned wash -board in the
heavy wooden tabs that grandmother
had and are they still cooking over
the same style of :stove she used?
If your daughter has been fortune.
ate enough to attend or even to visit
a sehool where the home-nnaking arts
are taught, she will not he satisfied
to use the awkward, heavy, worn-out
tools of her grandmother's day.
A running stream on the farm will
supply power for an electrlc plant at
no great expense and save the mother
and daughter hours _and hours of
hard work. An electric washer. ele-.
ctrie iron, motor for the butter churn.
and the new sewing machine ami mod-
ern oil stove, will not cost as much
as one large piece of farm muchinery
and they will- malty life a different!
thing, for ,your home -makers.
A well-equipped bathroom is some-
thiag which eeery farm house needs'
and which the family has a right to:
demand. It need not be any more:
expensive in the country than .n the
city --lees expensive if you ran run!
the water under its "w•n nresure,
Health, time and labor are conserved-
by
onser ed;by the installation of a bathroom. I
Sometimes our farmers' daughters
are deprived of pleasures they might
easily have. If your daughter de -1
sires to take piano i. r.a let her
at
p
l 1
have them and hp h plan o an fur an'
• hour each day when she may be free'.
to work on that lesson. When the
heaviest summer work is over and she
lenge to invite a group of friends for:
a week -encs or to go away fur a few l
days of rest and pleasure, let her do,
so if you possibly can.
It would not teed much to keep a'
nice little saddle horse for your,
daughter's use tit could be used for:
light work tool and I can thank of no
other one thing that would go so far
toward keeping her happy and cell
-
tented with her life or the farm.
There are so many heautifol and
interesting things for a girl to enjoy
in the country ---skating, driving, the
sunsets, the wild flowers and animals,
the biros, the farmyard pets• --but of
site is in r.eadmiil, all heart le work-
ei out of her and ehe is toe tired to -
enjoy the wonderful beauties sat•
rounding leer. It is a small matter,
to bring home a pair of skates for •
Annie'e airtielar er to pick up a new
book for her but how often do you do
it.?
I know Dee ftunter'A daughter when
in ep!te of many obstacles, became al
stenographer. Her birthday falls dur-1
Ing her summer vacation but she new•
er spends :t at home. For weeks'
before her twenty-first 'birthday she
planned fro, a hit of leisure end a lit-
tle pleasure on that one day; but her'.'
father chose that date for beginning
work on the new shed and she spent
her birthday over the kitchen stove,
cooking for the carpenters. Do you;
wonder she vowed then and there that;
before another birthday she would'
leave the farm?
There may be a County Young We-,
men's Christian Association in your,
district: Encouenge your daughters
to join and help the cause all you can.
They will seek associates somewhere.
Help them to find worthy and elevat-
ing companions; I£ you can get in
touch with the public library of yotir
nearest city or secure a travelling Ile
braxy from your state library come
mission you can have a supply of ex-
cellent books at very little cost. Read
some of them yourself and di cusss
r11 y s
them with your children This makes
conversation worth whileat table, on
the road or at tench tedious work as
rending or (ern husking. j
'4.if you have not already done sat
read, in the life of Harriet Beecher,
Stoevehow her father, Lyman Beech-
er, turned drudgery into fun by his
stories, evit and conversation. At one,
time when the family spent a long
evening preparing apples for their,
winter's supply of "cider apple-;
teanee" lair. Reedier and his boys (of
whom Henry Ward Bee her was sale)
vied with eneh other to eee who mild
tell the most about given book, 1 inn•
hoe or some other• standard heel M
Beecher tanned into a game ,;t til
hard task of chopping mod •ne,rntg
the great pile of wood each autumn.,
Then when the last Mee. or +weed wits!
stored and the last Chip ri nta.l ate ,V
he deemed a holiday and took every:
otos in the big wagon far a
trip
The question of money is often ki
utause far ?: cunt,aet pt lilt/ farm
daughter.
The fact !hat you provide year
family with ample food, clothaig tied
shelter doe; not met: Ow ;maiden':
An old darkcy who was tutee h poorer,
after the Civil War than when he was
under the plots t tion of his master, ex
plainel his h app t e tis by ',eying., •Free
air to tee good it '
Voter daughter would rather have
ten dollars to spend ju.et as she
please than to have you pay is hill of
twice that amount for her. Suppose
she dots make mistake; and spends
some °tit foolishly; so do you. 'low'
is she to learn to use looney if she
never has any to a e?
When my three-year•old nelphoev
wanted to see my wateli I shoved it •
to him but I held on to it. He kept.
saying: "Let me eee it! Let me
see it!"
' Said, "Well, look, there it is."
He looped me squarely in the face
and said. "I want to tee it in my own
hand-."
Your daughter wants tome money
'in her own hand,"
Of what benefit is it to her if you
have an immense farm end ten
thousand dollars in hank, if she has
not tive cents to use as she pleases?
''She will smite day inherit a nice
sum." Yes_ _but she needs some of
it new.
Try to keep the nay open between
her heart and yours. Try to see her
side of it. When you sell a tract of
timber for two thousand dollars what
does she stet out of it? Or if you do
things on a smaller scale, when you
sell the cow she helped to raise or the
turkeys she fed all summer, does her
loads get recognition'! Does she feel
that she has been redompensed?
Perhaps you have a mortgage on
your farm and feel that you cannot
afford some of the things I have men-
tioned. Then give her the things
you can afford. There are a thou-
sand little pleasures you can give
-without money and without price.
Lawn swings, porch rockers, croquet
sets, quoits (old horse shoest cost lit-
tle and they have great possibilities
in pleasure -giving and homemaking.
If you can afford nothing else you
can bring your daughter a handful of
wild flowers or a specially choice ap-
ple because it is her birthday; yeti ran
select a fine chicken for the table be-
:ause it is a holiday. It will cost
nothing for you to give each of your
parte els a smallg�
rat of ground that
P
shall t very be he • own to plant •and
market. Her zeal and industry will
bring results that may even give you
some pointers.
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Yards of Beauty.
I was once wiled upon to plan the
landscape gardening around a mil-
lionaire's home, and the only stipula-
tion he made was that I must make
use of the native wild shrubs. Nor
was this a difficult restriction. The
stately elder, the sweet brier, the
modest wild rose, the unassuming
pokeberry, the clinging bitterseveet,
the ever -gracious wild grape, the ivy,
sumac, dogwood, mountain ash—all
these and various other varieties of
plants converted the bare grounds',
into an attractive estate.
. Beautiful grounds need not be ex-
pensive. The most lovely flowers
and plants that God ever made grow,
are found in the woods, along the,
banks of streams, in fence corners, in
fields and shady nooks. They are
our for the asking and the
s
digging.,
What 's prettier and et o rare as a
1 p y s
large bed of wild violets in a shady
place near the house? Plant gen-
; erously of perennials so that they will
bloom and grow year after year with
little attention and give stability to;
"Lights out!" along the land ,Your landscape effects.
"Lights out!" upon the sea. Select them so that you will Rave'
O'er peaceful towns where children
The night must put her hiding hand ,blossoms from early spring until late
sleen, of trees
frost. While the best arrangement'
d shrubs on large grounds]
e services of a landsca e'
and peaceful ships that darkly creep requires th p
t f hi1]
cross the waves, as if they were exper , a ew :imp1 e nt
s wi serve
across
not free. !tet prevent the inexperienced person'
from making serious mistakes. Plant',
in masses, with the larger shrubs in
back and the smaller ones in front.;
Leave plenty of mien space, which is'
generally made into a lawn, Avoid I
Y', straight lines and exact symmetricalI
The dragons of the air,
The hellhounds of the deep,
Lurking and prowling everywhere,
Go forth to seek their helpless pre
Not knowing whom they maim
slay—
Mad harvesters, who care not wh
they reap.
Out with the tranquil lights,
Out with the lights that burn
For love and law and human rights T
Set back the clock a thousand years;
All they have gained now disappears,
And the (lark ages suddenly return.
or, arrangement, unless you desire a
at' formal effect, which is generally
avoided in beautifying the home
grounds:.
Use vines profusely wherever pos-
. sihle, selecting, those which are hardy
.and not seriously affected by pests.
s applies also to other shrubberry.
In selecting trees consider the nutter
of litter and the shedding of leaves.
Some trees, such as horse chestnuts,
are beautiful, and have many desir-
able qualities, but the flowers which
they shed litter the ground and will
cause stains on clothing that are
difficult to remove. While a great
many interesting and valuable points
about nursery stock may be learned
from books and the pamphlets of
nursery companies, observation is
equally important. Consider the ulti-
mate size of the trees which you
'plant, Oaks, elms, and other large
trees should not be planted near the
house, as in time they will shut out
too much light, unless pruned heavily,
which will destroy their beauty.
The improvement of one's home
grounds is usually•as contagious as
idle gossip, once it is well under way.
It is much more interesting and
worthy of respect. I feel that the
exterior of my own home does not
belong to me alone. I have a moral
responsibility to add to the attractive-
ness the neighborhood in whit
il l
live, and therefore my grounds in
part at least belong to the owner of
every eye that gazes upon it. The
architecture of the house, the decora•
tion of the grounds, the walks, fences,
and general surroundings are each
man's contribution to his community.
It is one way in which we can give
pleasure and enjoyment to other peo-
ple,
Whether the house is a log eahin m
a mansion, it is, after all, a hornet, a
place of love and adoration, 11
should be the most restful glare an
earth. To make it so casts mostly
thought and play. The tenant'; pro.
}dem .s somewhat. different, lett a
i, w , rd.' sill make t pivif 1.i :n „f
pr,,tty Pants some of +.hieh may p
Ably I., moved. But that :Meat
e;, ee,rm of a tenant's horne » ! :
quality tbat easily ares, 1 lt•:
scruill that. landowners ale tire ill-
neat
nmeat And'taTioient tenant. I'l.,t' • •i
flowers :Wool the Mitac shoe; ; ,
}raracter. A note u•'
Kaiser who loosed wild death,
And terror in the night—
God grant you draw no quiet breath,
Until the madness you began
Is ended, and long suffering man,
Set free from war lords, cries,
"Let there be lights."
—Henry Van Dyke.
Removing a Stubborn Nut.
Scarcely anything is more tantaliz-
ing than trying to remove a nut from
a bolt that turns in its spoken The
following method will almost always
overcome this difficulty and enable
the rut to be screwed off with com-
parative ease: With a cold chisel
make an incision in the heart. of the
bolt similar to that found in the heads
of screws. Often the chisel incision
is sufficient to enable the screwdriver
to get a good grip; sometimes, how-
ever, it may be necessary to deapen
t t er
.h ,erosion with a 81e Frequently
e i Y
the chisel itself answer very well
for a screwdriver. Thus gripped it
le a comparatively easy matter to
start the stubborn nut.
Saturating the threads of the nut'
with kerosene a few minutes before
attempting to un,crew it, often makes
the attempt easier, for the kerosene'
eenctrrtie, quickly to the meted re-''
ce es ,f the net ate( eaten., the rust'
matte per,eptibly.
If fel any r(n•;on it is not a ivi+•ableI
le ;mien: ill•,int hest"] with a roll
rhlne.l r t�,,. a .niers of the head may
he wee -way I tont ee as i.0 E;nnlde
h , .xl rh air , to get a Ilei grip•
IN ill/ r .Illi' l hl . t nil , mom ant'•
toe ire he i .it. hit regale
ed to :I , ' b (:,'It I it.,.,: i' •ntt, e'I
ee• a -I i to tt ui n •ti
:It•.,,.r t fir t t Lir, 1 :i.: i,. a..
er a t••: ;e, , In
ehd r �en.ett.+ the metal
isle .. : L i that go wil.h c 1 y,.v
may be the means of attracting con-
genial people and making friends.—
Mrs, J. L. Nesbitt.
Weather -Tight SilJea
The sill for a frame house should
be set in mortar on the foundation
wall to prevent the cold air front chill-
ing the floors. If that is not done
the furnace will have to be forced
just so much more in order to heat)
the rooms on the first story.
The average contractor will tell
you that it is not necessary to use
mortar. His argument is that the
weight of the house bearing down on
the sill will force a tight joint be-
tween the masonry and the wood.
That is true only when the top of the
wall is as smooth as glass, and would'
happen about once in a thousand
cases.
If you wash to save on your fuel bill
and obtain the best results from your
furnace, see that the joint is made
perfectly tight with mortar. The cost
is so slight that it will not be noticed.
Frequently one is in a quandary to
know why the first floor cannot be
properly heated, and is likely to place
the blame, on the furnace when the
opening under the sill is the whole
trouble.
A little foresight at that place when
you build will avoid serious annoyance
in the future,
Good Advice.
Robert Louis Stevenson was once
called upon to address a Sunday
school class of young•girls. He told
them the parable of the talents, and
then went on to say that there were,
three talents everyone possessed and
ought to matte use of: "Tongues that
they must use to cheer and make
happy all around them; faces that
they must keep bright as new shill
ings, so that they might shine like,
lamps in their homes; anti hands that'
must be kept employed ,in useful work'
cheerfully done," Very good advice.
in these war days for all of us, what-
ever our age or sex.
—
A Frenchman has invented an effec-'
tive silencer for aeroplane motors
that is said to reduce the power but 2
, per cent. i
Current in a new electric iron is
controlled by a button on the handle„
which shuts it off automatically when
the implement is idle,
I
GHRH HEALTH QUESTION BOX
By Andrew r,
Dr. Currier will answer all signed
Ogestion Is of general interest it will
if not, it will be answered personally
closed. Dr. Currier will not prescribe f
Address Dr, Androw P. Currier, care
8t, West, Toronto.
Anaemia.
Anaemia means deficiency of bloods
If a person loses it quart or more of I
blood by a hemorrhage, or severe
surgical operation, or in connection
with childbirth, it is very evident that
he or she has a deficiency of blood,
for there has been a loss of a con-
ply
portion of the normal sup
ply o£ the body, consequently he or
she is anaemic.
It a man cuts his throat o r rum
tures a blood -vessel in his brain, or'
a dilated artery, culled an aneurism
breaks there is so great and sudden
a loss of blood that he dies, for blood;
is essential to life.
It used to be thought that because
the blood carried humors and diseases,
over the body, it was a good plan to
occasionally draw some of it off, and
bleeding for hundreds of years was
fashionable practice for almost ever
kind
kind of ailment.
Sometimes it worked well and peo-
ple were relieved by it, but very often
it was mischievous and a person who
had been bled several times in the:
course of a disease became so anaemic!
that he was practically or actually
killed by the treatment he had receiv-
ed.
A vigorous sugar maple may lose e
portion of its sap every spring, it is
one evidence of the prodigality of
nature in supplying the means which
are concerned with life, but let a tree
that is sickly or poor or withered,
lose a similar quantity of sap and it'
will promptly die.
A person who has plenty of, blood
may be anaemic from the poverty of
its quality, especially when it lacks
the proper quantity of coloring ma-
terial called haemoglobin which con-
tains iron and oxygen; iron and oxy-
gen therefore are essential to the
body and to the blood.
A person who is anaemic is pale,
not for a few moments only as in
fright or sudden emotion but all the
time, the face, the lips, the entire skin
are colorless like those of the dead.
The same is true when the skin is
of greenish color as is often the case
in poorly developed and poorly nour-
ished young girls or in those who are
Currier, M.D.
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be an werect through lse co1' ns'
if stamped, addressed envelope
Is en•
or individual cases or make diagnosis,
of Wilson Publishing Co., 73 Adelaide
suffering from tuborculoais, cancer'
malaria or lead poisoning.
When there is anitennia there is al-
most always los: of uPPetits,
strength, and weight, and poor nutri-
tion.
The anaemic often suffer from
buzzing in the ears, dizrineas, feint•
ness, and shortness of breath,
All of these symptom, mean not
only that the blood is insufficient,
poor and deficient in the subetaneee
which build up the body, but that the
heart by the action of NS i( the blond
is kept in motion is unable to do pro-
per work, that the kidneys cannot per-
form their task, that the lungs de not
contract vigorously enough to supply
the blood with the proper amount of
oxygen, and consequently that the
brain ie unable to respond to the
usual demands by which thought is
created.
An anaemic person under tiny cir-
cumstances is therefore more or less
disqualified front doing wort.: and in
many cases he is entirely he1pices.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
X.—Please tell me how I can get
rid a a very troublesome corn. Have
used various means of removing it,
but it has always returned. Do you
think it would be dangerous to have
the doctor cut it out?
Answer—In matters like this, at
least two courses are possible, You
can use a felt corn plaster which pro-
tects the toe from the shoe and fre-
quently is. all that is necessary, or you
can have the corn removed by a com-
petent chiropodist. Of course, it
will come back again, as long as you
continue to wear shoes.
Reader—Please tell me the course
and cure for varicose veins,
Answer—They are due to the pres-
sure of the blood current in the veins
working against gravity. This results
in dilatation and weakening of the
veil walls and frequently causes drag-
ging sensations and even pain. Some-
times relief is procured by support-
ing the veins by a bandage or some
other means of support, and if this is
not effectual, it is necessary to tie the
veins and cut off the circulation from
the vessels which are thus diseased.
N THE I'ANIILY
I abet!" at. she cried. "Yon are too
I.
fill
:-...1i tired." But her dutiful father con -
"Yes there is some feeling between tinued to read of poor Aunt Matilda':
the Farrar sisters—" grief when she discovered the theft of
"And a very sweet sisterly feeling I her Christmas bank, A minute or
hope it is," said n gentle old lady who two later he looked over his glasses
was passing through the room. The at his daughter, who was intent upon
door closed; the two women in the her embroidery, closed the magazine
window seat continued their discus- quietly and picked up a paper at his
elboe,v, Aunt Matilda was forgotten.
"Eleanor," he presently demanded,
"did you know that it was estimated
daughter foundh' in the library so
!m
g
"FEELING"
"O father, d 't est time
d engaged.
THAT
on waste your .tet
sion of the sisters whose feeling for
each other was in no wise friendly.
Why is this "feeling" so often ob• that about seven hundred million clol-
served between members of the same lars' worth of material is wasted in
family? A certain man who for this country in a single year?"
three years has worked night and day "No, father, I didn't," replied the
inventing an electrical laborsaving young woman; about whose lips there
machine meets a friend and pours lurked onlv the suspicion of a smile.
She was not aware of this stnrtling
state of affairs and, after five mi-
nutes, could not have told whether the
country wasted millions or billion, of
dollars. But she loved her father
and admired him for his knowledge of
many subjects that inferested her not
at all. She knew that her father
itely attentive friend probably enough loved her and that he cuss proud of
tolls the first man ho moots that ha her work, which others admired,
hits wasted tan minutes that morning There was not the slightest "feeling"
listening to Brown "rave over that between them.
crazy notion of his"; and that very A broad-minded person can live
day Brown's brother whirls roundin peaceably With anyone —even the
his office chair and confides to his members of his own family.
partner: "I don't know one thing
ia
about electricity,—the subject gets on
my nerves,—:but I have faith in John. They Fool Themselves.
When he needs more cash he can call Some people think they are never
on me. Some day there will be one talked about because they never hear
mems`"" f our family to be proud ,a
_. of!"
Now, this brother does not weary
John with a recital of the names and Colonel—Didn't you hear nee glee
I business reliability of all his custom- the command to fix bayonets?
CUT, OUT D FOLD ONDOTTEDLl�ES ! era; why should John be offended be- Private—Yes, Colonel, but lily Levi -
1 cause the 'merchant cannot patiently net .ie all right: there's nutting
listen to his ".ravings"? Members of Wrong about it to be fixed.
' a family, as individuals, have rights
Ithat are too -often overlooked, "I have learned that mistakes can
1 • A theological student produced sev- often be set right, that anxieties fade,
' orad of his sermons one morning and that calamities have sometimes a conn
I began to read them to an admiring pensating joy, that an ambition re-
' !father and mother, and to a married alined is not alevays pleasurable, that
�, !brother who waS suppoSed to be filled a disappointment is often of itself a
! se with admiration, Ae he turned page rich incentive to try again,"—Arthu •
° ; after page he noticed that his brother Christopher Benson.
a �•was nodding
and
grimacing
ac
in
to the
in -
'fent that lay gurgling in his Arms.
At last he could stand it no longer.
"I care no more about your baby'
than you do about my sel•monsl" he
forth, perhaps in more or less tech-
nical terms, his faith in the work to
which he is devoting his life, He
passes on, comparing his attentive,
sympathetic friend with his brother,
who sometimes leaves the room with a
frown when he tries to talk about the
subject nearest his heart, The pol-
Another Raw Recruit,
TARDY SNEAKS ALONG THE: rolce,
WEIL HAVE TO li]ATCH THE SINNER.
Foto MtNAtte - r •...., +:-.,r-.
UHILE FIDO'S SPEAKING FOR 1115 t.UNLH
SHELL STEALTi1L POOR DOG'S DINNER --
fetn�
�-Cried hotly as he left the room, I
That ,young man had neve. held a
I baby in his arms and did not know
' the overpowering sensation it given --
I especially when the baby ie your own.':
! The. young father, an accountant, had
Clever rieen to the heights to which a
, man ascends when he reads the words:
he has written for the help and hest -i
teenag t. of mankind. It was sasy
I enough fel• "feeling" to areae; »nisi
I both learn tolerance, it will not, :,lib
YI(te1n .
ideal situation exists in a familyi
l in which the (laughter is a writer of
lin
short stork.; Her unimagrn•1•I
1) live fattier revels n. feet,; lett veru
ebthing for fiction. He considers it'
av kik duty, hovocer, to read itis'
daughter's stories, One night his;
,
Partners who ship their wool
direct to us get better prices
tban farmers who sell to the •
general store.
ASK ANY PARKER II
who has sold his wool both
ways, and note what he says • -
or, better still, write us for our
prices; they will show you how
muct you lose by selling to the
General Store,
Wo pny lite highest ta• a•a daily fir in
it) Ui a country cud are tic to rae91 wont
deshns to Canada, f'm amat Is n•.
witted the aatua daywaul Is recelvad.
Slitpuo yourwoot to day --von will he
mare Elms pleated if you c7e, and are
taenial of a armare deal frets us
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Most Days of the Year Some Nation
is Not Working
According to statistics d'awn up
by the Guaranty 'frust Company of
New York, during the present year,
there are only eighty-four days on
which banks are open everywhere in
the world, On every one of Hut other
two hundred and (i?;hty-ane days
some nation somewhere will he cele-
brating a civil or religious holiday,or
observing the Sabbath. Only one of
these holidays is universal. This in
New Pear's Day, and eleven differ -
eat dates are observed by various
countries as the beginning of a new
year. Sumo countrie•e observe more
than one during the calendar ,year,
I''ive Christian countries do not ob-
serve chrlstmaa as a legal holiday.
Brazil leads the nations in tho
Brazil te
number of its holidays. It. has
eighty-four, and the United States is
second with fifty-four. •
Franco observes eighteen formal
holidays during the year, and Italy
twenty-three. Among the other bel-
ligerents, Germany, it is presumed,
will observe twenty days; Great Brit-
ain sixteen; Japan fifteen, and Russia
seventeen. In most of thew coun-
tries numerous local holidays ordin-
arily observed have been abandoned
during the war.
Among the favourite months for
holidays the world over, November
leads, with twenty-six out of its pos-
sible thirty clays. May comes next;
with twenty-five.
Christmas Pay is not so generally
observed as New Year's Day, Whits
'Moreover, only three different dates.
The only country whose holidays re-
veal little of its political , racial, or
religious origin is Natio). This is
its calendar: January 1st, dedicated
to universal brotherhood; .January
81st, dedicated to the memory of all
those who fought. and died to estab-
lish the rebublic of Portugal; May
3rd, in memory of the discovery of
Brazil by the Portuge;e; ,Tune lith,
municipal holiday at. i,isbon; •June
29th, municipal holiday at Oporto;
October oth, the date of the estab-
lishment of the Portuguese 'republic;
December 1st, Flag Day. to comntcm-
orate the independence of the coun-
try; December :15th, Family Day.
A WASP THAT USES TOOLS.
Intelligent Use of implement to Ac-
complish a Purpose.
So far as known, only ono small in-
sect- a wasp of the sphex family --
awning
the millions of creatures b+
-
longing to a lower order than men has
ever employed the aid of a tool !„ ec-
oomplish it desired result. The Mother
wasp of this family digs a tunnel in
the ground. deposits her egg 1n it and
provides a caterpillar stung to death
or to a condition or paralysis for Iter
baby to reed' on when hatched. The
grub subsists on this caterpillar until
it pusses through the pupa :doge Into
the perfect -winged insect. 'Then it
digs Its way out of the tunnel and be-
gins its lifer abovo ground as a wasp.
But after the mother wasp hue made
its tunnel and deposited the egg, it
/hushes its task by ra.uuntng clown mil-
lets of earth, little stones, etc., into
the month of the tunnel. This is the
duce habit of the,,ee WORTS. It is re-
corded on undoubted authority that
one inventive nunlier, when the pintail
of the tunnel was ruvcred to a is vel
with tho rest of th:: ;;round about it,
brought. a gmunt.ify of line grains .•f
dirt to tate shot, and Melting up a small
pebble in bur lnundib L}:, u:ed it u; n
bautmer in pounding them dawn wen',
rapid sirokes, thus ntaking• the spat ;s
firm and as hard as 11:e surrounding
surfeeii. Then ohe depitited, brought
diads. dirt, picke! nit the pebble a eat
and used It as a LO.mtuor as before.
The lenglish thrush liritiry its snarl e
to a rennin evnvenient :Inde, on
which it will crock Weir :.hulls by
beating them upuu it. ;tome sea bird:,
carry shellfish to a L.dgl,l and drop
them on the reek to break their ::hells,
but title brings only the an; II into use,
not the hat11111a1•, 'like r t,,•t a the N1:.1)
le the only one will, eevords the
seemingly intelligem "'nee of n thee( t.e
accomplish a given patep.a:.e.
Suppressing [ants.
A successful poultry Lecpce has
found traps the beg ITI alit al' combat-
ing rat:. Ile has real hane, ()ousel
in several building+; turd a d.,zen steel
anti spring traps, always set, fie a
rats out. --
' Ile adopted traps after first t y ing
poisun anti then the- rifle Poise w•ls
effective, but there N1141, ,Itch a shalrh
front tht,, dead iats tit ails u:•c i . .•.
and tittle could not lv•
,l 1a i; t
tried t small 2' ilii, ! fle. i a,
rifle required a 'o un a,t n.
that waA ilteileteLil.
Shen he tried trees, :eel he• i, t Mid
them in constant ass. me. it lite
a leap iu the ebnmi-,r of at•b i•v-
mash boppor, NoN1 h•r loc.:11.0.1tt•,
points at whi,ll !n'• et, el •d tit i:n•,
'rbis was nett d;.T:•n,t t Ilk LN°e•;
have dirt floors At n el+ et entrance
I he plated t1 (yialarieel nee, ix itr 11,1
::,;ural lrrc! n rilti:on Lc
ends being fleet', :incl da ;rp eian.
the bon en., Intl+ in tier grou:•:I r'•
movable. in tit•: e ane a•s
erect trllpa 14t1r Sit.
,t •
"like hntiery of �•_t;,. i.!„ +, r,�•,.t-
ed out 11.1t.. .
nuts.
• Thu W01.% of i:.
john: T hear won ih.Ii r.ot+
'hit: :.illi in the dee-•nl Srhli,,,,, n'.rttr,
lye, limn. hal yt t:.;.t• thin ilnu,•tl fir•
wor;sa. Tie w:is VR. tin' mit ,•, rl,t
watch an the aril Lhat was luso