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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1919-09-18, Page 34 There is more energy in be pound of good bred made in the home with Royal Yeast Cakes than in a. pound of meat. Bread making is n, simple operation and requires no pre. TiOITS experience. Full* instructions in Royal Yeast Bake Book, mailedrfree on request. E.W. GILLETT CO. LTD. TORONTO 'sea CATTLE BREEDING REAL SCIENCE, animal breeding, it has for ages been an accepted principle that the sire •is half the' herd. It is so with cattle, with horses, with poultry; ie fact, with all litestock. But, notwithstanding the cor- rectnees of this principle, entirely too Many breeders Ignore it in practice. The ;skilled breeder does not need to be re - Minded of this fact, for his experience hats taught him the wisdom of proper sel- ectfoh er the male line. Malting use of taacrub,or grade sire, an account of mis- taken economy in cost, is the proper way of .going. backwards. wwr THE,SIRE SHOULD BE. It is needless to say that the selected glee ehould be pure bred of the same breed te which the females belong, In case of ' grading up cross -bred females, theasireishould be of the breed best suited forathe Object in view. A sire whose an. eatitors have bon bred for many genera- tions. for a single purpose is eminently :better fitted to transmit his charesteria- tiesa than ono whose aneestry i Mixed. T�bettor understand thia the breeder *Wild' have some knowledge of the laws of (heredity, -With' respect to the relation between the. offspring and his ancestry, it must flat beborne in mind that the individual striimsa pcissesses all the characters of the bredtowhich he belongs.,and that these may be either well developed or unde- aelegrettla In the case of a good pure bred (ire we,ha.ve an animal with certain well developed aesirable characters which are due to „ontinued selection with a difinite -putposean view. The same animal also poeseases tha.undeslrable characters, bat in a potential form. The greatest single improvement poa- gable in present-day animal breeding in, mast lines would be to free the situation` tram upimportant characters. At least th6 breeder must pay attention to a asap; namber of considerations in mak- lniaselactIona Constitutional yigor, high productive powers and utility for the pur- porge in• mind are fundamental considera- tions, and the latter (atility) is very apt to cover many points. Continued selec- tion of animals with certain characters tv111 shift the type in any. desired direc- tion, and after several generations it will 'red tam, The facts of heredity go to ehow that all good breeding requires that the type shall be unchanged for at least six generations if we hope to get anything like uniformity of offspring. AVOID:CROSSBRED OR SCRUB SIRES. . The rion-purebred or crossbred sire may POesess all the characters of the breeds to which he belongs, yet we have in such rah animal one with greater possibilities Of variation, one which may or may not have well-developed charaoters, but Whica characters at any rate are not due to continued selection or conceraration of blood, e.nd therefore cannot be relied upon to be transmitted to his offspring. -The scrub animal may be either pure bred or non -pure bred. In either case he represents on with many undeveloped and tutdesirable characters, If a pure bred he may be used to better advantage for improvement purpokes than •a, grade eire, Opecialla if he has aa good ancestry, .betatise there will be less probability or variation. Even though he be a poor in- diviaual hinthelf, yet this concentration of blood makes him transmit the char- acteristic or his pure bred ancestry. It higaaridestry 'were better individuals than hiteeptate there is a possibility of his off - erring • being better than himself. The ecrub gradeowever, has nothing In his favor, being a poor individual and with a wide:variation of charactera Hb ehould not be used under any considera- ,tionSfor breeding purposes. . (axle of the chief difficulties in regard to selecting the sire is that practically noth- ing.. can be predicted from the looks of the animal as to how he will transmit bie assialitiers. For breeding purposes it is derlired that the sire transmit certain character:a and how to select such an apimal is the question. Experience has proven that in •many cases. the qualities( of a remarkable cow are not inherited by her Offspring, The chances that the abaractera Will be transmitted are great- ly increased if found in the ancestry of .botha aarente, and still more so. if the eliaractere are peculiar to the grand- ' parents as well. It is said that an ani- aoal inherits 50 per cent, of its blooa teem Its parents, 25 per cent. from its grandparentss and 123a per cent. from the third generation back. a Its. Solectint pedigetes, therefore, the relative value of the ancestors should be reeked aceradiairlY, and too much, Inn- porteace should not be attached to an aneestor found in the third or fourth gen- eration. However, it is to be expecte( that an animal possessing the Intensified characteristics of his ancestors will in turn be more certain to transmit those chersotteristies to his offspring. .A. sire that transmits characteristics with uni- formity to his offspring Is said to be pro - potent and without doubt purity of blood le the real basis of prepotency. Hence the value of a pure-bred sire for improv - leg tiveNtock. The system Of breeding to be followed 'appends upon the purpose to be accom- plished. Grading is the practical meth- od of improving common aback and of quickly and Cheaply getting acquainted with the.ealentlal characters of the breed. If the purpose is breed ithprovement trough the perfection of family lines, line -breeding and even in -breeding Will be the Ardent, found moat effectate. The great business of all Mae -bred herd* is the prodtietien Of SOM. The saga tent of trading gaioUld be More exteneives W preetleed. FARM. NEWS AND VaEWS. If straws tell the direetkin of the Wind they ought to be a some value. They are of Value to enterprising Atmore who reek* the proper Use at them, Wheat and oat Straw lute peine Vela° as a teed, the value depending very largely Upon the kiwi o straw, the evialition when harvested and the inanner of Curing the grain. For fertility it Is alWaye worth saving and returning to the soli, AO. cording to Investigations made by Dr. C. E. Hopkins, of the Univeraity of II, hoots, a ton of straw contains about 10 pounds of hltrogen, 18 pounds or 'Wash and two pounds of phosphorous. At present prices of these constituents when bought in commercial fertilizers, the straw is certainly worth returning to the soil. The vegetable matter and the fer- tility contained in wheat and oat straw are certainly worth eavIng. Future crops will depend very largely upon the manner of (saving fertility. Those .who use the straw in this way are pointing the way for soil maintenance. They are saving fertility needed for larger crops and better profits. Mor 'natures, even If lands are higher than they were formerly, would be a good investment on dome farms. Animals must have a chance to feed themselves, for withexpensive labor farmers can hardly afford to teed them. More pas- tures will enable farmers to Wee more animals. Every farmer should have a few pros- perous colonlea of bees. The honey bee is our expert carrier of the pollen from flower to flower of fruits, vegetables and other cropa. The fertilizing of one flowef by pollen from another is the rule among hooey plantand self-fertilization is the exception. It fruit blossoms fail to set • fruit perhaps a few colonies of bees would help. From the point of view of honey alone there is no legitimate entefa prise from which a larger percentage or profit can be secured oa the necessary capital invested and labor expended.. No other enterprise fits in so well with gen- eral farming and offers such attractive inducements to the faithful and indus- trious. Look to the future or soil fertility. and save the soil. If a cover crop seems de- sirable, make a sacrifice or get and US* *manure. Better soil is the need on many farms. Harrow the orchard about once In 10 days -especially after rains and before a hard crust forms. In some dietrasts cow -testing assecia- tiens have resulted in the butchering of one-fifth of the dairy cows as unprofit- able producers. It pays to get rid of tha "boarder" cow. The fanner who burns wood for heat- ing or cooking should carefully store the ashes and not permit them to leach, as they have a peculiar fertilizing Value. They not only contain potash and phos - 'Merle acid in appreciable amounts. but also contain maghesia and lime, and when applied to the land they also act indirectly to Increase the &Tellable nitro- gen content of the organic matter in the soil. ,Ordinary house wood ashes contain on the average about 8 or 9 per cent. of pots ash and 2 per cent. of phosphoric acid. Investigators have considered that there is enough potich and phosphoric ttcid in bushel of as es to make it worth 20 to 25 cents. Bes des that, some 10 or 15 cents additional might be allowed for the allcali power of the ashes to rot weeds and to ferment peat. The potash content of ashes will be lost if they are permitted to leach, and care should be taken to store them In a dry place. Wood ashes may be profitably applied as a top dressing to grass land and to pas- tures, where they will encourage the growth of clover and the better kinds of grass, which will then orowd out Inferior kinds of weeds. Wood ashes may also be used for corn and roots. Because of their lime content they &mallet so good for potatoes, although sometimes used for this crop. es Good Things to Know. To give cauliflower a better flavor cook it in milk and water. It will also look whiter than just cooked in water. In sewing buttons on garments that are to have hard wear, always slip a pin across the face of the butte's and sew through the eye holes of the but- ton, over this pin. This allows suf- ficient play of thread to add to the durability of the button. Before rolling a jelly cake up, damp- en a napkin with warm water, wring dry and then cover with a sheet of paraffin paper. Turn the cake, on this paper and roll quickly. The aake is not as apt to break as it is is rolled. Hand-picked, choice salt codfish or other salt fish may be replaced by an •inexpensive grade of boneless salt fish, ground In the food grinder and stored in a glass case for use. Gravy, fishballs, hash or thowder are quickly made with this prepared fish. OMPOMMommollovommowndiwootrain • WANTED 1 50 GIRLS With, or without experience on Hosiery and Underwear. .1..earriCra taught. Highest wages paid. Stesidy work guaranteed. We have a Oat of desirable boarding house*, which provide ali home 00rYttOrtil at reason- able figure*. Apply personally or by mail. Working esuidltlene are !dee In title MIIL IMMERMAN-RELIANCE Ltd Oundurn and Aberdeen Ste., HeeeilitOrt, Ont., Oari. Soothes Irritable Throat nuicklv Cures Bronchitis BABY COVERED Q: Willi ECZEMA When. 4 Days Old. Cross and Cried. Cuticurafieals. .betty brother hoed eczema which began when he was about four days old. It came In little pimples and then a rash, and be was cove wed. He was so cross that be could not sleep, -and,he cried. .1-..seeN "This WOO about two 'Aesee' e- monthsbefore we used Cuticura. It helped him so webought snore, and he was all 14..10 after wet had titled two cake, of Soap and two boxes of Ointment." (Signed) Miss Almeda WiIlkns, Youngs Awe, N.13., May 22, lais. Ne 'Use Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Talcum for a11 toilet purposes. (1'1 emooliefrei=1:: :Peg fiPatt°41:, asps, a, sites, 17, , A,' Eivid everywhere, "KER-C1100!" I • +4.44 -0 -0 -•-**4-4.14-* It is about this time of the year that a clam of unfortunate human beinge may be remarked upon the streets and other public placee, gaz- ing at one through red, bleary eYes, and announcing their presence by hu- mid 0xaggerated sneezes, Hay fever! - What is the nature of thie pestifer- ous malady that returns, year after year, visiting the satins deVoted heads and ignoring intiniate aesociates - fastening, perhape, upon on.; in a family of a dozen, while the others, leading the same life, exposed, ap- parently, to the eame circumstance's; remain untouched? The sufferer, himself, usually de- nominates it a derned nuisance, or somethipg unprintable with the ,eame meaning. Medical men describe it as an infeetious disease 'of the membrane • lining of the nose; due to an infection by a vegetable protein contained in the the pollen ef certain. grasses, ouch as ragweed and. goldenrod. They say that a person falls a Victim to thie dieeaee because hist body ia in a state of eeneitization to that particular -pro- tein. Sensitization may be regarded 118 a lowering of the resistance -a weakening of that defensive mechan- ism which the human system natural- ly possess to protect it ga,inet the in- vasion of foreign bodies, whether the intruders be in the form of common wooden splinters or in the form of protein contained in plant pollen. .‘ In. experiments (ne guinea. pip it was found that if a normal guinea-pig was 'inoculated with even large am- ounts; of horse eerum (which is a pro- tein), no harmful reselts were appar- ent; but that if the inoculation were repeated in a couple of weeks the animal developed bronchial trouble and wae likely to die a rapid death from asphyxia. In other ,worde, the first inoculation, while apparently harmlees, really sensitized the guinea pig and made poesible the palpable No Drugs to Take. No Sicken- ing Stomach Medicine to Use ails, Just Breathe "Catarrhozone" (30unt ten -a bad cold is .relieved by Cattarhesone-wait one minute and you will feel its soothing influ- ence on a sore irritated _throat. No failure with "Catarrhozone"-it cures because you can breathe a healing vapor to the very spot that needs help. The big thing to remember about Catarrhozone is this - you just breathe a healing piney vapor that is full of the purest balsams, that is rich in the greatest healing agents known to science. This wonderful vapor dispels all soreness, kills all germs, gives nature a chance to complete te real cure. Colds and throat troubles can't last if the pure healing vapor of Ca- tarrhozone is breathed. Catarrh will disappear, bronchial -attacks will cease, coughs and winter ills will be- come a thitig of the past. Complete outfit laets two months, price $1.00; •smaller size 50c; sample size 25d, all dealers, or The Cattarhozone Co., Kingston, Ont., Canada. • LAYING LINOLEUM,. * ginning with InintIte amountet of opium and gradually increasing the doeee, may in the end take *with im- punity quantitiee large enough to kill a normal mem, tio st stutterer from hay fervor may acquire an immunitY (temporary, at last) from the 111 et - recto of pollen. 'Medical men have turned the tables on dieease germe by the lifie of antitoxins; and vaccines and they proceed on analogous princi- plein the treatment of hay fever, Minute amounta of pollen extract -- too email to produce appreciable et - feet -are injected into the (sufferer. The doisee are gradually increased, and injected at carefully timed inter- state until very large quantities can be administered without • caueing unto- ward restulte, Thus the tideuee are made tolerent of the pollen. And if. 011 aoMe eubeequent occasion, during a quiet etroli across a field, say, the individual' takers a casual and uncon- eci011s sniff of the mistchievous stuff, the chances are good that the amount inhaled is too email to cantle trouble. However, an important precept in all modee of treatment is to avoid the caw. le** There's a Certain Way to Do It Just Right. When linoleum is first laid it should have a little eareful attention, which win repay the owner. leineleum is not intended to "Wear forever," as a brick or stone floor Inight, but it does; weer wonderfully,: and providee a sanitary, artistic and'dIlrable covering at a Moderate toot. When one takes into coneideration the fact that it gete as • hare wear art ontee ehoee, one all eaeily cedivinted that only the beet quality will pay. Linoleum should never WS tacked to the floor; the cement which comes for the purpose of holding it in 'plate keeps water from getting underheath, • and intrealiee fee durability. A 12 - filch layer of the eenrient around efteh edge of the linoleum, firstly preetted to the Hoer and weighted dotnt, wfll Melte watertight atal,1115 and edges. On a Oommermal Basis. Gerald gave his grandmother a little gift for her birthday, Arid the said: "Well, you ere a good lad; I shall • give yOtt st nieltel for yourself," to • Which, the little chap reviled, "But Steeditalt, the getesteat *Ott IS Oath," Ctitton Root Compoun& .4 eals. reNebie regettating enedrasne. Sold in three de- grees of etrength-No. 1, $1; No. 2, 33; No. 8, ea alt. box. Sold by all.drugeistssor sent prepaid on receipt of price. Free eemphIct. Address: THE COOK MEDICINE CO.; TORONTO, ONT. (forma Wafter.) Not Nervous. /n the same compartment as a well known comedian was one of -those nervous old ladies who travel in fear of collision. At every jolt oe sudden stop she cried out: "Have we left the metals? Is it an accident? Are we going to be killed?" Presently she addressed the com- edian ; "And you, sir, are you not afraid of railway acitlents? ' "Not I," replied the funny one, re- assuringly. "It has boon foretold that I'.nl to die on the Oliffold." . Catarrh Cannot Be Cured LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can- not reach the seat of .the disease. Ca- tarrh is a local diseaae, greatly influ- enced by constitutional conditions. HALL'S CATARRH ',MEDICINE will euro catarrh. It is taken internally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Systeart. HALL'S CA- TARRH MEDICINE is:composed of some of the best tonics known, combined with some of the best blood purifiers. The perfect combination of Vie ingredients in HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE is what produces such wonderful results in ca- tarrhal conditions. • - -Druggists 75e. Testimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo, Ohio. • ste NEW IN WARFARE. Highlanders Repulsed Raid With Hot ' A wounded officer rescribes the novel way in which. it small party of eurprised Highlanders ,net an unex- pected enemy attack. "The Germans got further into the trenches," he writes. "So far, in- deed, that they stirprised a party of Highlanders in the peaceful occupa- tion of porridge making for a section due for night duty. The porridge makers had no. time to seize weapons. Instead they seized their precious pot Of porridge and flung it in the face of the advancing foe. There were yells of rage as the scalding porridge fell among the soldiers of the ,,kaiser. One of the funniest sights of the whole war, I am told, was to see a German officer trying to look digni- fied before his men in a uniform cov- ered with porridge. The method of repelling the attack was novel, but effective. It was more deadly than liquid. fire, I fancy, for it put an end to the attack in that quarter. disastrous results followitig the Sec- ond inoculation. What the process is within the body that brings about sensitization Is not definitely knewn. One of the most plausible theciriee takes into ac- count the fact that the ordinary for- eign proteins; ("fernigne becattee they differ from thdee of the body tis- suee) contained in the different kinds of food undergo a digestive process by which they are broken down and built up again in the inteetines, and thus; are made ready fer a natural ab- sorption into the eyetern. A foreign protein, however, that haa never been operated upon by this digestive pro- cess becomes; a disturbing influence -It remains an unnaturelized foreign- er, as it were, and, considering the amount of damage which it is capable of, might even be called a Bolshevik. Such a dieturbing inflUence le plant pollen which has entrenched iteelf in the nasal paseabe. It is .eupposed that when such a foreign protein gains lodgement in the body certain body et juf- 1-:n be shr shr ehrdluuuabh organisms, known ,a enzymes, are called into being, whoee epecific duty it is to attack and deetroy the invad- er. When this duty has been accom- plished, howevet, tt peculiar poisonous product is liberated (a sort of battle debris), which when generated in euf- ficient quantity, renders the tiseues extremely eusceptible to subsequent visite of the came protein. Thus; it would aeon that the first time the unfortunate individual in- hales goldenrod Wien he does not become one of those miserable human beings referred to in the opening sen- tence. No! before he becomes such a pitiable object, he hes lehaled the in- sidious pollen a eufficlent number of times; to leave the tiesuee of his nasal pee:lege thoroughly eettlrated with the "seneitizing fluid." Arid then conlee a final sniff that produced the outward and visible (and audible) eigrat of hay fever. • The niethode of &eating this disease are varlotie; one involves it surgical operation. But, ironically enough, one of the methods; whieh gives gotel re- eults eoneiste in Utilizing the same factor whith cauees the trouble. In the sante way as a drug addiet by be - 0 HAT is wIt•rt 44 1 slily *bon we g6 to Toronto, )4111111111 sap* she silwiyo tikes to ltety there because they aye u• Such splendid tten. don. the says It is Pit 1110 blitntb,6ts8 esty It's better 'esuse rlisArc Oh, seal I like it too, 'amiss WitIone seents to notieb tlie ind Mims sitploven poise is not tilontg reeilsti the ittentlen sults the 084. il iTheUttieGrt Right. - The WALittat 1160.81t Kestelt., mete tots epeeist 04,Ingi 1,, olithrinst te womon srsi swam v•ilat averesie wheat gemtesteit seeisets. lei it 1444 tbr itiCS•fielmA birltelaY %Wed In dui Cit$ of 'retstiltri The'VVALKER HOUSE, itiagilte% oer e 0. wittlAtAiAt • Old Have Rosy Cheeks! Look Prettier! Feel Better! Simplest Thing In the World to Do at the Small lCoat of Quarter. You seldom !see a woman who is pale, dull -eyed, thin -checked, and utterly worn Out, who doesn't euffer more or lees from headache and constipation. Her poor looks are more ete.gely due to neglect than anything Most women can have sparkling eyes and ruby cheeks if they will bat vsc regularly a blood cleansing and laxative medicine like Dr. Ham- ilton's Pills. JUst follow these sim- ple direction% To -night take two Dr. Hamilton's Pills and note how much fresher you feel to -morrow morning. 'Your face will be clearer, yetis' ap- petite better, your spirits brighter. Next night take cne or whales two as mentioned in the company's direc- tp,iolulsagain. Gradually reduce the d ,kose Day by day you will note a steady gain. You'll quickly have back those happy girlish looks you epee were proud to think about. No other medi- cthe can do so much for you as Dr. Hamilton's Pills of Mandrake and Boe.uxttesrnui. Sold everywhere in 25c b "When we rellewee. the Highland porridge makers we found them in a terrible funk, they didn't mind facing the worst attack the enemy • could make, but they were quaking at the prospeet of explaining to hungry comrades what had happened to the porridge. I tried to console the man with whom this brainy idea originat- ed by telling' him he ought to have the V. C. He would have none of my consolation. "That may be,' he answered, but what aboot 'Wee Jock 's paritch? He'll hammer h- out o' me velien he comes back and finds it's a' wasted on they Ger- man devils!' " 4 • FREQUENT HEADACHES 1 The Jap "What manner of folk are the Jap- anese?" "What Sint of gods do they wor- ship?" ' "What kind of laws do they have?" "These,are a few of the questions of the universal interest aroused in Japan' a controversy with China about the Shantung concession," says a bul- letin • from the U. S. National Geographic Society. • By way of reply the bulletin quotes from a communication to the society by Baton Kentaro Kaneko, written be- fore the world war gave rise to these controversial questions as followe: "The Japanese have a peculiar char- acter. • When they come in contact with a foreign civilization they always go through three stages of evolution. First, they pass through the stage of imitation. At this period they imi- tate everything that comes from a for- eign seurce, and I might say that they blindle copy. But after some years of imitation they arrive at the stage of adaptation; then at last they reach the stage of origination. These three stages are cleae-..y shown by our his- tory, if we roily examine into the inner rkings of the Japanese mind. bout 1500 years ago, when we in- Ucte. the Chinese civilization into our country, we copied everything. af- ter Chinese fteshion. At that time we had no national alphabet. There were some sorts of signs to express ideas in writing, and even these signs differed in different parts of the coun- try. The Chinese had a highly de- veloped type of hieroglyphic to ex- press their ideas; therefore, at one time the Qhinese hieroglyphics took such a bold on the mind of the Japan- ese that we adopted them as our na- tional language. adapted the theory of Monotheism att well as Polytleelene by Wire; that there is Only one SUprerne Power, which le personified in the form of variouts gods and gotidesteee, according to the different countries and different institutions. Thus they reconcile the principle of the one upreine Power in (Buddhism with the Polytheletic theory of Shintoisre. "In order to convince the Millar mind with this theory Emperor Shoum patronized a movement to erect a lerge bronze etatue of Daibutsu or Buddha at Nara, and this statue was erected in 752 A. D., after 14 years in Casting and conStruction. "In the beginning of the 13th cen- tury there was one priest by the name of Shinran, who ia considered in our religious history as a Japanese Martin Luther. He revolutionized the funda- mental principles of Buddhism by a new doctrine, for up to that time Buddhism strenuously upheld a mo - nestle life and the priests were coed - pelted to live in celibacy and abstain from eating any animal food. But this fettous priest, Seeing the popular mind already turned toward Budd- hism,'started a new doctrine that a priest, being human, is just as much suaceptible as laymen, and abstinence frm, human wants is against the laws of nature; moreover a priest must live among the people so as to under - Mend the real nature and feeling of man and woman; therefore a monastic life should be given up and priests should eat animal food andget mar- ried, if they desire to do so. From this period the progress of Buddhism with hie new doctrine was wonderful and took complete hold of the, popular Mind." SINCE 01870 A SORE SIGN THAT THE BLOOD IS WATERY AND IMPURE, People with thin blood are much more subject to headache than full- blooded persons, and the form of anae- mia that affects growing girls is al- most always accompanied by head- aches, together with disturbance of the digestive organs. Whenever you have constant or re- curring headaches and pallor of the face, they show that the blood is thin and your efforts should be directed -to- ward building up your blood. A fair treatment with Dr. Williams' Pink Pine will do this effectively, and the rich, red blood made by these pills will remove the headache. More disturbances to the health are caused by their blood than most people have any idea of. When your blood is impoverished, the nerves suf- fer from lack of nourishment, and You may be troubled with insomnia, neuritis, neuralgia or sciatica. ;Muscles subject to strain are ander-nourished and you may have muscular rheuma- tism or lumbago. If your blood is thin and you begin to show symptoms of any of these disorders, try bailding up the blood with Dr, Williams' Pink Pills, and as the blood is teetered l*o its normal tondition every symptom of the trouble will diea,ppear. There are more people who owe their pre - 'sent state of good health to Dr. Wil- liams' Pink P1119 than to any other medicine, and most of them do not hesitate to any so. You can get Dr. Williams' Pink Pills through atey dealet in medicine or by mail at 50 cents a box Or six boxes for sue from The Dr. Williams' eledichie Co., Broekville, Ont. s�. French Matches. French niatches are how even poeter than usual, betause the French GoVernMent, in a lendable desire for economy, sold the timber Of Ileveral tondemned barracks tO bared that abont tett years ago the the matchMakers. Nobody renieni- thoroughly fireproofed. timber in these barracks had been South Africa Raised 150,040 Mn 'Thanksgiving serrices throughout the Union of South Africa, some held pertly in English and partly in Dutch, emphasise the fact that ltt all war operations in Africa. and 01,010101, the lidera gave the therVietig of nearly 160,- 000 men, of -whom Ins officers and fi,240 men were killed in action, 11,e61 oftU ranae were wounded. and I,S44 Wet tlidironat and MI MiNifflis 30 grtc8R-COUGHS 4, • RELIEF AT LAST I want to help you it you are suffering from bleeding, itcb.ing, blind or pro- truding Piles. 1 can tell you how, in stein- own home and without auyone's aselstance, you can apply the best of all trelitneats, PILES TREaDE AT I promise to send you a FREE trial of the new absorption treatment, and re- ferences from your own locality if you will but write and ask. I assure you Of immediate relief. Send no money, but tell others of this offer. Address MRS. M. SUMMERS, BOX 8„ Windsor, Ont. Complete Information, All who have vieited Epeom have eeen the big gates on which are perched two atone dogs. An American officer eaw them recently for the firet time. He approached a native with a joke on his lips," expecting to see it fall flat. "When do they feed these dogs?" he aeked. "Every time they bark," said the Epeomite, and now thee particular American is more of an admirer of Engliehmen than ever.-Argonatit. .• "Corps") of Latin Derivation. Corps is a French word, derived from the Latin corpus, a body, and means au organized body • of men, either civil or niilitary, as a police corps, marine corps, etc. It does not signify any partieular number, but an organized body. In the United States army a corps consists of two or more. divisions, each containing three bri- gades and each brigade three regi- ments. The term first came into use In this coUntry during the Civil War period, "This period might be called the erste of imitation. Fortunately there Etnie a scholar - the most famous scholar we ever had -by thesname of Maele, who returned trom China in 735 IC D. He was in China many years for, his education at Chinese schools. Ten he came back he saw what was ''siet needed in his native country aturelle invented out of the Chinese hierogly- phics the 47 characters of our alpha- bet, founded upon the principle of proentic language, As you knowk the Japanese language is phonetic, where- as the Chineee is hieroglyphic. ,. "We have passed through three stages in our religion just as much as in our literature. "Buddhism was first introduced Into Japan through Korea in the year 552 A. D. At first Buddhism was eta - braced by the higher classes, particu- larly among scholarly circles, but the lower classes, or common people, till clung to the old faith in Shintoism. Those who believed in Buddhism went so far as to copy the ceremonies and ritualisms. The doctrine of Buddhism was written in the Chinese language, and the believers offered their prayers In that tongue. "At one time Buddhism nia.de such a stride as to become almost a state religion, but the common people still opposed it, with a determination to uphold their own Shintoism. Conse- quently a most terrible struggle began between the two religious-Buddhisin in the hands of the upper classes and Shintoiem 111 tne hearts of the common People. Such a contest as this block- ed every step in Japan's progress, but finally the statesmen and priests; be- gan tdunderstand that they no longer could force upon the people a blind Imitation of Buddhism and they thanged their policy and tried to find out some means to meet the require - merits of the time. Here again we reach the stage of adaptation. "They inveated an ingenious theory of explainieg and interpreting the re- ligious principle of littddhism. 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Eons memo, so mare Street. . 4 * * Pizarro's Famous Voyage. December 28 le the anniversary of the fifth etart of Pizarro, in 1530, from Penton& of Peru. The daring voyager refused to give up his dream ef find- ing gold in the Andean klrigdom. The surress of his enterprise front a money standpoint astounded the world and resulted in the conqueet of the, Itteet. =Salliff="=1=4103610==, Light, Convenient ' Economical X THEN you buy a washtub, V V a washboard, or a pail, keep those three qualities in mind. And see that you get the product which will save effort, and time and money. EDDY'S INDURATED FIBREWAltit WASHTUBS PAILS, ETC. save all three. They are easy to lift and easy to carry, They will not absorb liquids or odors, and It is no trouble to keep, them clean. They will not leak either, oor become battered or dented. And they cost much less than metal, and last longer into the bargain, Ask your dealer for them. The E,13. EDDY CO. Limited HULL, Geode Aloe makers of the Famous I Eddy Matches • 040 - — — ---- e-easer-e•-•444-40-11.-044 4.4.4444-44-11-•-• The Dazzle in the Diamond CONtelerriete. "I wouldn't marry tbe beet men "I'm ieirry you fcel that way about me . but 1 epprecrate the cemplinaent." --epee ee- Pe Nivel - "fa °11.13eaLrItUlieNoan. fire with We air you! aly very tool ia aflamel alertrUdc-Paps, will put yeti out: -- • s• .1.ff IIEPOIVI"r It UK Woman -I've been told that every time :Me calls at her husband's office ae 15 QUt. 11(0052(1 f 1Voinanalli warrant lie at, at lead-. car had 13lcipped 00 a lonelyroad)aa can't Start my engine; the thing violet Ite (somewhat embarrassed, after the A I rstiottus,zoN. jyrtu (The ()live Branch.) ahc-laust be lika axle people I knew. D1ENDING SLOWLY. She -And how is your bachelor friend? lle-When 1 sew him last be was mead- inlighe81-°IsvniriCed, I did:4,7111e has been eome buttons en his clothea, Ilealle hasn't been, he was sewing, Tittle; DISTINCTION. Stranger -Does this man, Amos Darby, thaoulgyany place of distinction in the via down to Guy Parkinson's grocery store, tit' postman brings Oa weekly newspaper Amos is the Drat reader. Vitlager-le judge ter y'rself. When SO FOOLISH: "John," site said to her 'submit!, "tell me about. Ulla Irish matter. It seems awfully foolish to me." "What's foolish about it?" "Why, I overheard a man on the car say that tiouble was about an ulster - fancy quarreling about an old ulster in au Ulla hot weather," NOT JUST WII at 1115 MEANT. Gray -Come home to dinner with me. I don't suppose there will be much, but If you'll take us me we are -such as it is - pot -luck an.c_1—__. Green (11e51til3')-011, don't apologize, old fellow I've dined at your house be- fore, you know. • VER HOT. First One. -"Who aroke that Pane of glass in your house last night, old bean?" Second One -"()h, It was only a bur - War getting in at the bedroom window." First One -"I bet lie caught it rather hotZrhaOtnle" Seco -,eyes. rather! The wife mistook, him for 01e," • * AN OLD PROVERB. A Chinaman was inuela worried by a viclous-loolcing dog which barked at him in an angry manner. "Don't be afraid or said a friend. "You lasaw the old proverb: 'A barking dog never bites.' " "'les." Said: the Chinaman, "you 'know proverb, I !mow proverb, hut does dog know proverb?' • \rjfl S WAS ANXIOUS. ita a. A. (betore the full-length portrait of a girl. 011, If 1 only knew the painter orA'til,timil;litt1P°1(11s'e,cn liL1PtiPtiirtd iigforward joyfully); ".tet'ain, to introduce my- self as the painter. Mrs. A.: What extraordinary good luck. Now, you will tell me, won't you, • the address of the dressmaker who made this gars dress?" In olden times the diamond was regarded not only as a mark of royalty or nobility, to be worn only by those favored individuals, but it was looked upon as the emblem of purity, and by some nations believed to possess the wonderful power of not having only binding marital vows, but of healing dissensions between hus- band and wife and magically recon- ciling and reuniting parted couples; or, as one filiterate iconoclastput it, "mending martial breeches." That probably originated the mod- ern custom of presenting diamond on. gagement rings before marriage and diamond brooches and earrings after marriage, escepially after some do- mestic explosion, and it is only fair to admit that even in these progressive days of woman suffrage, etc, a dia- mond does appear to have a magical effect on preventing wifie from going home to mother. THE DARKER SIDE. Notwithstanding its great reputa- tion for good luck, the diamond, if all the "whales of travelers"are true, that is, the great historic diamonds, have acquired a reputation far bad luck and grewsome misfortune to their owners, which have furnished some of the darkest pages of history. Hundreds of tales have been told of all the great beilliants stolen from the regalia of the moguls, but those best known to English readers are the lists of dark crimes perpetuated for the possession of the famous Kohinoor, Regent and Orloff brilliants. ' The Kohinoor and Orinoff were at one time part of the • famous Peacock throne of Delhi and were stolen by Nadri Shah. The Regent, however, was stolen from the mine in which'. it was found and was never in the pos- session of the Mogula. R had a dark history, however, and was the cause of at least three deaths. The. slave who stole it, by concealing it In a slit in the calf of his leg, was The Pubnox. The fultnar, a eels bird comradtt On the Wand of St. Kilda, is 80 oily that when the natives kill one they sim- ply pass a wick through his body and use it as a lamp. In St, Midst it is legal to hill the fulmars only during One week in the year, but during that week from 1,000 to n0.000 birds 00 destored. Wood.'s nonlodine.. The Great English • Remedth Tones and invigorates the who nervous e,vstem, makes new Blood in old Veins, Cures Nervous Debility, Mental and Brain WorrIle DesPon- dencp, Loss of Enern, Palpitation of the Heart, Faaing Memory. Price 31 per box, six for 35. Ono will plasm, eix will cure. Sold by all druggists or roiled in pain pkg. on receipt of price. New pamphlet mezfledfree. THE WOOD MEDICINE CO., TORONTO, Olif. (astasta Maim) 'thrown overboard and drowned by the captain to whom he offered it for a passage on the latter's ship. The captain who stole it from the original thief and sold it to the English resi- dent at Calcutta drank himself into delirium tremens and hung himself, and the last thief, who stole it from the French collection in the Louvre, was guillotined. BUILT THE HOUSE OF PITT. Thomas Pitt, the grandfather of the great English statesmen who finally drove Napoleon the Great from power, made the fortune of his house, how- ever by the sale of the stone to the Regent. of France early in the eigh- teenth century, the Prince of Orleans paying over half a million dollars for it. The stone also made the fortune of Napoleon, as the Directory pledged it to the Dutch Government ie 1800 for 6,000,000 francs, thereby raising the money with which Napoleon con- ducted the great campaign which won hi mthe battle of Marengo and else- vette& him to the imgerial throne. Just dow it is evidently seucky stone. for it is still the principal ornament of the French regalia. The Orloff and Kohinoor had inuch darker histories. Nadir Shah, who stole them from the Mogul, was as- sinated; the rebel who stole them from Nadir lost his eyes. After that the two brilliants were separated. The Orloff was stolen by an Afghan, who turned it over to another Oriental, who placed it in the keeping of a false friend, and for a time the stone was lost, The Af- ghan however, located it and, after three murders had been committed for its possession, the last robber succeeded in getting it to AMsterdsen, where he sold it to Prince Orloff, the favorite of Catharine 11 for $600,000, a title of nobility and a pension of • 20,000 roubles. You never can tell. Just because Man throws bouquets ate'himeelf delve- n't Prove that he pays the floriet. MADE HER NERVOUS. (London Anwers.) "Do you know of a good dog dealer?", eked Banks, as he met his friend in the street. "My wife wants to sell her toY terrier." "What? That one you gave her?" ex- claimed the -other man. "Why, I thought that it was said te be the smallest dog in the world.": "That's just the trOuble, It is so small that she keeps mistaking, it for a Mouse:" 4 • 11, TOO MUCH. "You love my daUghter?" eaia the old man. "Love her," he exclaimed passionately. "Why I would die for her. For one soft glance from those sweet eyes I would hurl myself from yonder cliff and perish -a bruised mass upon the rocks 200 feet below." The old man shook Ills head. "I'm somewhat of a liar myself," he said, "and one is enough for a small family like mine." MAYBE THIS EXPLAINS IT. . An American teacher was trying to ima press upon a class of small chtldren the lesson suggested by the anniversary of George Washington's birthday, Special emphasis Wat3 laid upon the fact that he never told a Ile. One little tot was much impressed by this unusual degree of virtue, and in her effort to account for It startled the teach- er with the question: "Couldn'the talk?" DISCUSSING- TIIE SERMON. Tile squire and 1113 faintly were walk. ing isioiniineal.t the close of the church ser - '7100, 8151(1 were discussing the points of ttse cot "I'm bound to admit," said the squire, "that old 'lagers can certainly dive deep- er bavlent coy triheleatitadtla than any preacher 1 can stay sua:_tiltd1c1iitisit,egielnatt__,tiglitera "and he Cia.rence, "and he cOilwt Up VISITOR Olt BOARDER. Ile was a very clever inan-at least ho thought so -and he wished to show off before his rather quiet -looking friend, BO says all exchange. Ills roving eye,:i espted a tramp. "Ifa! 'Watch me get a rise out of him!" said he, tie listened with assumed Intereet to the story of bad Inca spun by Tom, the tired hobo. "That's the same story you told me the last time I saw 'oil," said the clever On* at the end of the narrative. "Is it. When did you hear it?" "heat week." "011, inebbe I did tell it to yea but I didn't remembes your face. I was in prison all lest weeltia BERRY NITES, What berry to" Ina a letter of the alphabet and a .010111011.3 insect'? it -asp -berry. What berry ineludes a kind of hay? Straw -berry. What berry is the opposite to white? Blaek-berry. What berry is lie.e the wind? Blue- bl ew- torry. What berry -contains a kind of tows ening and an initial? Iluck1e-huck4- berry. What berry euegeste a great Ameri- can general? Logan -berry. What berry contains natural mois- ture? Dew -berry. What berry has something that Will soon be banished? Bar -berry. What berry .contains four-fifths of a bird? Cran-e-berry. Two taxemburgs. There is a province in Lexetnbileg, the largest ot the eight provincee of Belgium, and a. grand duchy of LOX- entburg, Whig southeaet or Belgium, which is an independent state. The Iwo fartnerly constiteted a province of Holland, but the eeparation of Bei- eitim from Holland in 1830 wag f&. lowed by various adjusttreente and changes, ending with the division of l.rxemburg, one part beloisgileg to Belgium and -the other independent. Prior to the war both were ruaran- teed as neutral territory. Yon never tan tell. Even the gill wire freckle.; may have st SPalleas let Met '011,