HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1911-08-25, Page 6A Jil.'lTE1'S PEAT.
eirtl Ativenttkra-s-While Capturing
Cubs of Lioness.•
Manelaideen w:3 ltd an adventure
itIl'sa lion which appears x quite
•ume in' comparison with the doings
M. Iud'ian hunter, Nizam Shah;
vho recounts hiestory- in "Saras-
ati" (1.liahabacl).• The ..record of
is feat has been translated for the
iterary Digest whence the follow -
ng is taken
The hunter followed • a trail
-trough a. rocky: ravine iThtil he
ame to a point xa heee the jungle
vas dense and the rocks rase high
n all smiles. He climbed a tree to:"
•ecc:rnnoitre, and from his high
ereh gazed right into the cave m-
--whieh the lioness had jumped. It
as. eau. darka so&-Mizam made him
s seeure as he. c;:uld in the tree
11 day dawned. The lioness left
ier den shortiy after daybreak, hut
e could not get a shot, and an
our after her departure began
lowly to make his way to the cave.
he rest of the story is given in='•tlie
narrator's own words: On looking
into the pit I foiled the lioness' •two
cubs -.about as. large as eats—play-
ing e .th each other. This specta-
ele delighted my heart . . , but
since the cave was about eight
cubits deep and the rock was• per-
fectly perpendicular, I felt puzzled
A.s to haw to get into it. .!After
much eolitation I found that a low
branch of a tree was hanging part
way into the pit. This would help
me to get down. I deposited my gun
on the rock, and made up my mind
to use the limb of the tree to as-
sist me in entering the cave. My
weight made the branch hang a
little lower down, .and I was thus
able to reaeh the bottom of the
hole. Presuming that their mother
had returned; the cubs came out of
their :look and slowly walked over
to where I was. Thereupon I took
off my coat and bound the Tittle
beasts; up in it, then taking hold of
it I began to figure how I could get
away with my booty. Now, for the
first. time I missed the branch of the
tree which had helped me descend.
But horror of horrors, it was not
within my reach. After I had got the trip. I burrowed a cup 'r in
them and traded two bananas for
a cup of coffee and some dried
beef. They are a fine jolly crowd
in this car, and there is all sorts
of fun all the time, especially at
- roiled them, so that .a, number of
LETTERS OF
.little bridges have been don) away
with. Long trestles. have been
filled in the same way with .o11.<l
A SON IN ThE MAORI banks in, some places thirty; or
forty feet high. The line emeses,
deep. valleys on these high }amts,
' and if there is a stream in the bot-
-see Rex MoEVov tom of it, the railway may. cut a
r t 1 the
for i th of t
new channelf t �.
solid rock. I would like to see how
TO HIS DAD
[Mr. McEvoy will write for
this paper a sn•ies of letters
from the west, They will
appear from time to time un-
cle. the above heading, and
will give a picture of the
great Canadian west from
the standpoint of a young
Ontario mall going out tlhere
to make his way, 'These let-
ters should be ball of inte,e,,t
for every Ontario father,]
Heron Bay, Ont., Aug. 0th.
My Dear Father,—
Perhaps
ather,Perhaps it would be well to ex-
plain the shakiness of my hand-
writing before going any further in
this letter. Although everybody in
our ear is in excellent spirits, we
are all sober. The fact is, however,
that in spite of the little movable
table which the porter has fitted
up for me, the motion of the ear
occasionally makes my writing ra-
ther shaky. They are great little
tables that fit into the side of the
car near the windows and they are
supported at the other end on one
leg. They come in useful for all
sorts of things. We use them as
dining tables, and just now an old
man and his three sons just across
the aisle are playing a game of
cards on their little table. They
are going out to take up some of
the irrigated lands of Alberta which
are water -yd by the G ..P. R. irri-
gation canal. I got acquainted
with them through mother not put-
ting a cup in my valise when she
packed the grub for me to eat on
down, the minute my weight was
removed, it had resumed its former
position, leaving me absolutely
helpless.
Now I began to hear a noise
which 1 at once took to be proceed-
ing fr•em the lioness. I quietly sat meal times.
'crown. Instead of looking into the I am mighty glad already that
cave, she turned her back toward i we decided I should conte out
it, ,esee` s ttraeted by the rifle west this summer, even .if I don't
.t stop'here: Why; •I never realize
Which I lige. deposited epee a stone S r
P p a
n,
F io
1 s
➢r Place On x
man- c
irarirtg at it ail a terrifying l before n�liat a leie'' p
tier. The rays of the sun, falling is. Of course, that big. map of the.
direetly .upon the steel barrel, made Dominion hanging on the school
the an shine brightly, and claim- , house wall, showed that the Prov-
ed the attention of the big beast,
who :witched her tail, which was
hanging into the pit. My very de -
ince was some size, but here 1 have
been travelling along for pretty
near twent3--four hours, and we
;aeration made me think and acthave to go over fourteen hours
last 1 at once grabed hold of the act!
more before we get to Manitoba.
We cross the boundary at Rennie,
just 1161 miles from the Union Sta-
tion, Toronto, where you saw me
off when I climbed up into this car
in the Canadian Pacific train fur
Vancouver.
.ail that was hanging over the edge
if the pit. The lioness gave a jump
'and crnick as a, flash I was landed
sutside, and, as luck would have
tt, near my rifle. I had the pre -
cure of grind left to grasp the gun
aid fire it at the lioness, killing her
nstantly. After 'this the rest was
,asy. .
HOME HINTS.
Before laying carpets spread
tewspapers over the floor, and if raised the blind at my window and
1)o you know, Dad, for all they
talk of the West, we have a good
line of country in Ontario. , \Ye
didn't see much of Muskoka, as we
passed through there at night, but
I woke, at Muskoka station and
eon have any fear of moth, seat- saw the trunks of the nearest trees
;er some pryethrum powder nbaet.
Stlained boards are quite easily
nan,nged. Scrub the boards and
Then quite dry apply a very thin
oat of glue ease. When quite
nerd paint on 'the strain, using it
evenly and not too dark, as that
oir,= s with wear.
Wrap stale loaves in a cloth, morning of our trip, we were in
trip into hot water for half a mina'the Sudbury district, and it's some -
ate, take off the cloth, and take thing to make us throw out our
chests, and feel proud to think that
the rie/rest nickel and copper de-
posits in the whole world are right
here in Ontario. Moose Mountain
Range is close here, too—the great-
est known iron range in Canada.
This ought to be a great manufac-
turing district some day. •
There is not much timber round
the line just near Sudbury. The
trees die when they get to be six
or nixie inches through. Poplar
trees grow about twenty feet high
and then they die, and everywhere
you can see these young trees cov-
ered with dead, shrivelled leaves.
Low bushes give the only touch ofe
green to be seen, and everywhere
there are rucks of all kinds, sizes
and shapes. There are rocks that
you could play duck on the rock
with, and others,that are bigger
than our barn at home; with all
sizes in . between. It must have
been a tremendous job putting the
railroad through here. It seems
like railroad building was what
mother says woman's work is—it's
never finished. Every littlewhile
we pass a gang of men who are
busy doing something to the track.
They build culverts of concrete
sections and turn `streams through
them, then .they fill in solid all
..a
looking ghostly in the electric
lights of the station. Behind them
was black mystery, Of course, I
couldn't see much, but it looked as
though the folks that go there for
their holidays ought to get a
pretty good .change from the cities.
At breakfast. time, on the first
for a quarter of an hour :ii a
shady oven. This will make them
like new bread.
When sink pipes are stopped up,
have a ketltle of (water, put in a
handful of washing soda, boil up,
and then pour the water down the
sink. If necessary, use a. second
kettiefu1,
Neter sweep dust from one room
to another, nor from upstairs to
the Iower part of the house. Al-
ways takeaft ea in a tltist'pan where
yoir have previously placed some
cramp teaeleaves.
To Preserve Patent Leait'her
Shoes and Boots,—Rub the leather
with a little' fresh butter as soon
as the beets or shoes are removed.
erirn the feelt, and leave the but-
ter on'them.till next required for
wear. Tfie-•n polish with a. sipft
...duster. Treated in this way the
Te•athee will neve crack.
To elean +carpets rub the surface
oaf the carpet clean wdcn this mix-
,ture, then ritb dry with deign
elealhs. Dissol.Y,e ong quarter of a
Pound of soft sQ,ap •.11) one gallon
of warm water, then add tlwo'oun-
•oes of :?quid ammonia. Botale for
usr; Only do a small pia e of the
ctweet at a time, and .constantly
altar ge your flannel,
they managed to get over this
country in the days when: they
used to go to Winnipeg by ox -cart.
I saw my first real live Indian
to -day, There are lots of lakes all
through this country, you ai'e
hardly ever out of sight of water
in this part of Ontario, •end jeet.
as we passed one lake I Naught
sight of an Indian tepee on an e-
land, with •a squaw bending. ease K'.
fire. There was a birch hart. anee
—the genuine thing—drawn alit of
the water and lying upside ilow.*,
close to the tepee. You gra ,lar
miles and miles in the train' with
out seeing anybody, and thaat you
may come on a little clearing; with
a little bit of a wooden house,• un
painted and looking 'more like a
box with windows than a house.
But there may be a Ug -pole .along
side, where the Union Jack is •rtrn,
up on holidays. The ehildreu mho
run out of these cabins and xt Ve
at the train, as it goes by, sat 7i)
ENGLAND'S .LARDER,
It
Hight be Stripped Pretty Quicle-
ly if She Had a War.
Witb ~ships bringing foreign food
supplies into. England at' the rate
of 2434 worth every minute of
every day in the year 'Great • Bri,
tarn cannot accumulate a stock of
provisions large enough for a
year's supply,. some ,eXperts say
not enough for halfa year, •
"Others doubt if We could hold
out for throe menthe without fore
ign supplies," says the Queen,
"and all agree that three.' weeks
war, or even threat of war, would
:enormously increase t'ho price of
foodstuffs. • In the ordinary way
the proportion of food and drink
brought over the sea is over 42
per cent. of our total imports, be-
ing in round figures 2250,000,000
out of a total "of. 2550,000,000. Of
this sum £70,00o,000 goes for, grain
and flour 'alone, and nearly fifty
millions for -meat, in addition to
sixty-three millions. for food and
drink not otherwise. specified, and
excluding fifty, millions for food,
drink and tobeeco subject to duty.
""What we as a nation have to
fear is not inti>asi•on but starvation.
To the great mass. :of the people of
this country the question is not
Shall we win or lose in war! but,
quite glad to' see someone, .shall we have enough food to lire
it's only to sb_out "howdy,'.': iii ,'•e on When the next big war comes?
train rushes by. -
We passed a grave to d:
I suppose, some settlerr
It was all alone in a small
space among the trees and
It lookted awfully 'lonely •rn
wilderness, but there mast
been someone to think
the man who is taking` 1a
there, for a wooden'
had -been built earned
and a weather -worn sae:
stood at its head. �,>l
•Say, Dad, I do wish's
have been. with me chi .,;
hour. We: have just
view' of Lake Superiges"
we have been rolling:;,
tween fairly high hills,.
t7,,. . -shadows of evening
ing on we. turned down..
of a river, and suddenly
full view of the wide` ,....
Lake Superior. It w i,s 4,z
lake was a bright bhie .
the horizon, where a ul'
tainous island 1, emeel, :
shore, a huidred feet,a
us, th a • i' ; t ��,, w
snowy'breakw't r',-
about
,about the lake wt
hills, their wooded sa
the mellow rudely ligb•
The track here winch
around the hills, andea
goes through tunnels; ,
other times it runs aloes,`:;
ous wall, at the foot ex
waves constantly dash. •
For some reason thy'
those great hills, • and tee
lake in the sunset li.gta
think of us singing
Me" in the church • e
especially that verse:
"Swift to its close bhp
little day;
Earth's joys grow c1i,r.xa
pass away;
Change and decay it
nee; Sae
0 Thou, Who changest a•'a
with me."
Perhaps it was the thong
the waves of this lake e.'
ing about that distant isles
at the feet cif those hills,'
told centuries without change
made me think of the hyrih. -. It
was a sort of glimpse of eternity.
We are running on with, ooh-.
stantly changing views of t''G''er
which is disappeariz g in tho o '•koAl-
ering night. It is :inunt neat • I
would sort of like to hear the `;hu;!n
of the separator at home riow,' and
I can imagine that you are about
hitching up Nellie to go to 'the
Post office. Well, I mast Sr v good-
bye now as the porter is beginning
to make up the beds. Tell mother
I will write to her.
Your loving son,
1' f,
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It is to meet such an emergency
that the use in this country of silos
for : grain, or national granaries,
has been advocated.
"The cost of creating and main-
taining silos might be consider-
able, though we suppose the cost
of a 'siugl'e dreadnought would
•easil3r cover it; bat as an insur-
anoe against panic it would well
lie worth- the expense, while as a
safeguard in 'time of war and
agaizist imminent famine it would
Abe invaluable, . and might easily
'turn' defeat into victory and dis-
•`,aster to safety.
• "Gibraltar is provisioned for two
years and Malta; has silos which
keep cern good for as long as four
years, thus supporting the truth of
the-Biblicai statement that Joseph
in the dry climate of Egypt fed the
people with corn 'stored for seven
years. The idea is the gradual
collection of an amount of wheat
equal to one year's import and its
automatic renewal by exchanging
it for a new- ;grain as it arrives
.
the 'different parts."
GET POWER.
The Supply Comes Frons Food.
If we get power from food why
not strive to gest all the power we
can, That is only possible by use
of skilfully selected food that ex-
actly fits 'thee requirements of the
body.
Por fuel makes a poor fire and
a poor fire is not , a good steam
pre ucer. . .
"ram net knowing how to select
the right food to fit ..my needs, 1
euftored grievously, for a long time
from stonlaeh troubles," writes a
lady from a little town in Missouri.
"It seemed as -if I would +••,aver
be able to find oat the sort of food
h.tt was best for the. Hardly any -
ening ,that T could eat would stay
on my stomaeh. Every attempt
gave me heartburn and filled' my
stomach with gas. I got thinner
and thinner until I literally became
a• living skeleton and in time was
compelled to keep to my bed.
"A few months ago I was per-
suaded to try Graps-Nuts food,
and it had such good effect from
the very beginning that I have
kept up its use ever since. I was
surprised,at the ease with which I
digested it. It proved to be just
,what.I needed.
• "All my unpleasant symptoms,
the heartburn, the inflated feeling
which gave me so much pain dis-
appeared. My weight gradually
increased from 98 to 116 pounds,
my figure -rounded out, my strength
came back, and I am now able to
do my housework and dnjoy it.
Grape -Nuts feed did it." Name
given by Postum Co.,Battle Creek,
ich.
A ten days' trial will show any-
one some facts about .food.
Read the little book, "The Road
to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's
a reason."
Ever read the above tetter 7 A new one
aupoars from time to time. They aro gen-
uine, true, and( full of human interest.'
,rtfTED, FOR A LAWYER•'S
OFFICE.
Mrs. Casey (answering "boy
wanted" ad) "S'htire, sor, he's•
that truthful he wndn'
t tell a, lie
V5
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WATER AND SALT FOR CALVES
Calves, like ether far,m.. a:,imals;.
get thirsty even though milk forms
a large part of their ration.
Calves three months .,of age will
drink as much as five ctuates of
water clail'y per head. They like
too drink often, sipping -alittle ab.
a, time. A half barrel cleaned and
replenished twice daily, will serve
nicely as a water trough. An-
other good device is an automatic'
waterer which may be oassily,
,cleaned, situated a little, above the
3lo•or to keep out the litter. Safi
ds essential to the development of
the calf, as of other animals, and
should be kept continually avail-
able.
r anything, but Oi hov another
bboy that isn't so pertikler; if ye'd
maybe loike to see 'im."
It's easy enough to he good na-
tured if you have nothing else to
de,
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TILE SECRETARY BIRp.
An Interesting African Bird of
Malty Curious Ways. •
One of the most interesting birds',
in. both appearance and habits, is
the secretary bird from t'ha dry
and open parts of central and
southern' Africa,. The male is fully
four feet high, the greater part of
,that length "being contributed by
his neck and legs." The general
color is ashy -gray,' the breast
white, the wings, thighs, and ab-
domen black. The micteue tail fea-
thers nearly reach the ground, and
on each side of the head are two
long black tufts which give the
bird its popular name of secretary,
because, in the days when quill
pens were' used,. writers were in
the 'habit of carrying then 'stack
over their ears,'says Saint Niche-
Ias.
The bird's ''food- consists of
snakes, rats, lizards, and other
living animals, which it hills with
its feet, and swallows whole, un-
less too big, when the beak tears
them to pieces. ' When ready to
kill, the bird lifts either leg as
may be convenient, and beings
clown the foot in aterrific blow
like that of a great hammer, usu-
ally striking the victim on the head.
If the first blow fails to kill, the
bird follows it with oth'ei•s in rapid
snceession.
When the dead animal is too big
to'be swallowed whole, the bird,
seizing the head in his beak, holds
the body down under his foot 'and
stretches and pulls it until its flex-
ibility pleases him, when he swal-
lows it, generally head first. '
Secretary birds, are usually
found in pairs, each pair "having
a certain hunting -ground which
they defend fiercely .against intru-
sion by their neighbors." The
nests are very large. They are
built of sticks, and are, generally
placed in a dense thicket or in a
small tree. The two eggs are
bluish white.
NEW OFFICIAL SECRETS BILL.
Great Britain to Draw 'Line
Against Spies Altogether.
The publication of .the text of the
new hill which is to take the place
of the official secrets act of 1880 in-
dicates the changed opinion in the
British Isles upon the subject with
which these legislative measures
deal. While the existing not was
mainly directed against the theft
or misappropriation of confidential
documents, the new bill is of a dif-
ferent
ifferent character.
In it spying is specifically de-
scribed as aa ,offence, and any per-
son who, with a purpose prejud-
icial to the safety or interests of
the state approaches a prohibited
place incl makes plans and sketch-
es or obtains plans which might be
useful to an enemy, will he liable
to penal servitude.
In the old law this punishment
could only be awarded to a person
communicating or intending ria
communicate secrets to a foreign
state, but the last named term is
absent from the new bill. in which
the wrongful communieati.on of in-
formation to' "any unauthorized
person," is treated as a misde-
meanor.
Another new feature of the bill
just introduced is the widening of
the scope of the clause which' de-
fines a "prohibited ' place." As,
Lord Haldane said, the places bar-
red from public access under the.
old law were too few. Nowadays
it might be just as important 'that
persons should not go into a pri-
vate dockyard where a British man-
of-war was building as that they
should not go into a government,
dockyard.
Therefore the definition' in elause:
three of she new bill is madee very
comprehensive, and now embraces,
any work of defence, factory or
stockyard, camp or office, telegraph
or signal station, belonging to the
government, or any
other placefor.
the storage of instrumenti or plans
of war. a:
Beyond this, power it ltvesi''te b
exercised in time of emergence' ..Ce
prescribe other places as prohibited'
on the ground that information con-
cerning them, or their actual de-
struction, would be useful to an
enemy. Thus, any railway, road or
channel could be declared prohibit-
ed for the time being as well as airy
works where war materials ..were
being stored or repaired.
COULDN'T HELP IT.
"Since you got married you art
late every morning," co'mplainea
the boss.
"Well," explained the breath.
less clerk,' "I have to button up
the ashes, and shake down a shirt
waist, and carry out the furnace
every morning.""
Mrs. M. Barrett,
Eos Moreau St.,
Mammal, says:
"A horrid
rash came out all over my baby's face and
spread until it had totally covered his scalp.
]t was irritating and painful, and caused
the little one hours of suffering. We tried
soaps and powders and salves, but bo got
no better. He refused his food, got quite
thin and worn, and was reduced to a very
serious condition. X vin, advised to try
Zam-Duk, and did so. It was Wenderf&.
ihow it seemed to cool and ease thechild's
burning, painful skin. Zatn-Buk from the
very commencement secured to go right to.
the spot, and the pimples and sores and, the
irritation grew less and less. Wlthiii' "a
few weeks my baby's skin was healed
completely. He has now not a trace" of
rash, or eruption, or eczema, or burning
sore. Not only so, but cured of the tor.
melting skin trouble, he has improved in
general health."
°J.atn•tulc is sold at all stores and;tnedittue von.
dors, soc. a box, or post fres from tam flak C.
Teronco, for price, 6boxes for $x.5a. Acertsin cern
far n11 akin ,!,states, outs, burns, ere., ens roc p,1es