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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1909-07-29, Page 6THE SILO AND THE CORN CRIB. On many farina, when the Silo comes in, the cern crib goes out. Dri lug In steed at the rate of half a bushel per acre, takes the place of hill Planting in check rows. With early corn, grown in hills or drills, rigidly thinned, and properly culti- vated, well -eared stalks will enrich the silo content. Ideal silage is sup- posed to combine the high nutritive value with succulence. But we are nut so sure that we can afford, with- out losing More than variety in diet, to discard rota and corn in the ear. Once a man gets the silo habit, he does seem to grow averse to dry -cur- ing fodder, and husking corn, and oaring for both. The labor problem worries him, and after the grain har- vest he appears to become busier than before; so the surplus corn remain- ing after the silo is filled is slashed down, shocked up, and all fed to the cattle unhusked, . But then, after all„ /or feeding hogs, horses,. cattle and poultry, what better adjunct have, we than a long, airy crib, packed with well -hardened ears of corn? It has Made savings -bank deposits grow, and helped to pay for countless farm. Canadian farmers who throw a fele ears of corn in the feed box, with' about half or two -third e the usual quantity of oats, generally have sleek - looking horses, that stand a heavy day's work without flinching. And there is reason for it, The Ohio Ex- periment Station made a comparative study, of the value of oats and corn for work horses, and the conclusions of the investigation, given elsewhere, are worth study, and suggest the gees - tion, Is it not worth while to con- tinue or revive the corn crib in silo districts? What say our readers: (1) What has been their experience in feeding corn to horses? (2) What is to be said about good silage as a horse food? (3) Is it not practicable to utilize the corn crib and the silo on the same farm?-1Partriers' Advo- cate. HOGGING DOWN* CORN'. Turning hogs int the corn field, to pull down the stalks and 'fatten on the ears, is a method practiced not infre- quently in the corn -belt States, where the crop is grown for grain, the stalks being little thought of. We understand it. is occasionally resorted to in Essex County, but were surprised, the other day, to run across a farmer in Middle- sex who had tried it, with satisfactory results. Charles Fitzgerald, of East Mid- dlesex, having more corn last year than was needed to fill his silo, fattened his hogs on the balance. His silo, by the way, Is 14 x 30 -foot stave structure, built nine years ago, and still keeps the corn fairly well. He grows early -matur- ing varieties of hill corn to fill it, hav- ing, last year, Longfellow'Compton's Early, and White Cap Dent. This year, about, a bushel and a half of King Phil- ip was planted. About 15 acres of corn was put into the silo last fall, leaving about four acres for the hogs. This was a well -eared crop, which would probably have husked 100 bushels or more to the aore. The method adopted was to go through and pull off the ears, throwing them on the ground, and hauling the stalks off to feed the cows. Part of the corn, however, was left standing for the hogs to pelt down. Twenty-seven or twenty-eight shoats, averaging about a hundred pounds apiece, were turned in, and left there till marketed, at about 200 pounds weight. A little peas and chip was also fed. Accounts were not kept, but, from a calculation suggested by Ms interviewer, Mr. Fitzgerald figur- ed roughly that a probable 2,700 or 2,- 800 pounds of live -weight increase, fig- ured at the selling price of 6 cents per pound, realized in the neighborhood of $160 from the four acres of corn. .Against this should be set the chop and pose fed, but, on the other hand, the stalks drawn off should be redited, leaving $40 an acre as an estimate of the value of the crop marketed as pork. The labor is a small item, and would be more than balanced by the manure. "The Farmers' Advocate" would like to hear from others who Mere tried this method, keeping accurate account of the pro. coeds and profit. s POULTRY POINTS. An old-time theory said that hens without the attention of a mile would lay just as well, but not be so apt to becotne broody, as those mated. Our , records show they will lay as well, but Unmated flocks are not broody -proof by any means, The past season our unmated birds, with. a few exceptions, became broody first, while two-year- old hens were the last to show any Signe. Old hens make the best mothers, bilt the pellets are the better layers. Shells, grit and. charcoal should be accessible to the fowlat all times. The laying stock in one coop should 61.1111Mixii•OLMIk all be of tho same age. Hens and pullets do not mix well together. To gain knowledge of chicken grow- ing we must Teed and profit by the experience of others. One cannot learn it all in one year. Plain, commoilesense business man- agement is the way to make money in rowing poultry. Don't attempt too much at the outset, Increase the flock as you grow in knowledge. In haying beef .scrap be sure to buy only the best grade. A cheap beef Scrap is a very expensive purchase in the end. Better to pay $4.00 a hun- dred than $2,00. It is better to have the brooder hover a little too Warm than to lot the heat get down, If too warm, the chicks will stick their heads out; if too cold they will erowd. Eggs for hatching should be kept on racks in a cool place and turned half round three times a week until ready to place under the hese The people who get the most eggs are not the ones who are all the time counting their steps and consulting their watches, Successful poultry raising and egg production go hand in hand with good care and shelter. If the poultry business is worth do- ing at all, it is worth doing right. The mongrel is a thing of the Pa.st in profitable poultry culture. Give the hen a clean and comfort- able housel wholesome food and pure water, and she is a money-maker for farmers. -- A FACTORY PATRON'S THRIFTY CALVES. How to raise good ' 'calves Is one of the most difficult problems the aeese faetory patron has to solve. The pot- bellied runts commonly produced by a diet Of grass and sour whey, with such contributory favors as hot sun and flies, are almost enough to discourage a stockman from patronizing a cheese fac- tory, and drive him the length of add- ing buttermaking to, the duties of his herd -working wife, Where the whey is pasteurized and the tanks kept clean, so that each day's whey is pumped in- to the patrons' cans sweet, -and contain. hug its due residuum of fat, it makea fairly good feed for calves that have got a good start o smailk. Sour, putrid whey, as too often delivered, should not be fed to young calves at all. The temptation to send every pound of milk to the factory should be. resist- ed. 'Whole milk may be expensive calf food, if the youngsters are given all they want, but if calves are to he raised at all, a little milk fed to them will real- ize better reaurns than if -sent to the factory. It means the difference be- tween thrift and stunting, which is us- ually the difference between profit and loss.—Farmers' Advocate. THE KIND I LIKE. Toll you what I like the best - 01m -um it an' take the rest— Jes a fiddle an' a bow. Tune 'er up an' let 'or go. Don't want no fatly truck-. Somehow I halal stuck— On 'at 'ere fancy Sa:WIte Hop-scotehin' an' a-gnawin' Here an' there on a string, Not a-plcyln' ennything 'At a feller understands— Bet yout don't meet my demands. Palley musie hain't no good— Druther be arsawin' wood Than listenieto fancy. stuff, . Scatealin', rakin', raspfn', roagh— Jes notes strung on a string, Not a -meaning ennything, My kind 0' flddlin' is The kind 'at gits down to biz, An' thins out all your care, Hangs on to you ever'where— Makes you want to pat Your ,feet— Olt out somewhere an' meet All the neighbor gals 'at feet Like dancin' el' "Virginy 'At'e the roust.) makes a man Peel like be was borned ag'irr. Gim-me tunes like "Leather Driches," Want 'em, too, 'thout fancy stitches— Finest tune ever played—. , Take my music all ho' -made! "Nigger in. a Woodpile, Run,. Boys, Run," Golly. 'at .ol` tune makes fun! Seems to me I hear 'em call, "Honor pardners, balance Ar,' the "Dell Cow"—drive 'Cr iu— "All dance purty, swing 'em again, Down the contra, fored an' back" Fairly make the rafters crack. "Dance to the gal 'at loves you beat"— I'm livinover ether days, 01' time, borne -spun ways; 'Ate the kind 'at ketches me— Sidi music sets my omit free. An' I -want to raise an' fly Fancy fiddlia' ain't deuce bight • Tell you 'what / like the best— Gim-me it an' take the rest— Jes a fiddle an' a bow, Tune 'en. up an' let, Or' go, —Tem. U. Morgan. • Friendship's Tribute, Ehmeralda—Mildred has such a speak- ing countenance I" Givemclolen— Vas; it seems to be al- ways saying 'I've never been kissed!". A woman will sacrifice all for the man she loves, but she begrudges her sister- inelaw her worn-out gloves. THE ART OF CANNING FRUIT Material Currants, one quart; sugar, four ceps; vinegar, three- fourths pint; ground doves, one tea- spoonful; ground cinnamon, one tea- spoonful. Utensils — Porcelain -lined kettle, measuring cup, tablespoon, teaspoon, wooden spoon. Directions—Wash and stem the entrants, then measure and arrange proportions as given. Put the Vine- gar into the kettle with the sugar, stirring until dissolved. Acid the fruit and spices and boil slowly two Mine, or until it jellies. Watch carefully that it doe e not burn, Turn When clone into sterilized glasses and finish 441110 as Hips gooseberries and cherries are delimits spiced in this manner, and all are nice served with Meats, RASPBERRY ROLYPOLY. Mix together ono pint of Sifted fleur, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoonful sugar and one teaspoon- ful baking powder, and rub in two tablespoonfuls of butter, Mix With sufficient meet Milk to make a soft dough, turn out on ft floured board, work with the hands for a moment, then roll Out in a sheet one-half of an Inch thick. Spread thickly with black or red raspberries, sprinkle with a spoonful or tevo of sugar, and roll up like a jelly roll, pinching the ends to keep in the juice. Lay on a greased Pie Plate and steam for half an hour, place III ft het OV.411, for 10 milve MRS, ALICE G. CLARK. SPICED CURRANTS. utes to dry oft the crust. Serve with 0\100114d cream or hard suttee. CORNS CURE Hotle You can painlessly remove any porn, elder hare, soft or bleeding. Ly applying Putnam's corn Extrema, st never aunts, leaves no soar, rontains no acids ; is harmless because composed ones of healing gunis and balms. Fifty years in use, Vero guarauteed. kohl by nil groggists See, bottles. Refuse substitutes. PUTNAM'S PAINLESS - CORN EXTRACTOR" CANADIAN PEAT, Interesting Report on Deposits Is! sued by Department of Mines. The importance of the peat fuel in- dustry to the central portion of Canada, where. real fuel is non-existent and its importation so comparatively costly, re- quires no demimetration. The mines branchi of the Department - of Mines, Ottawa, iseued a year ago a. report on "Peat and Lignite, Their Man- ufacture and Uses in Europe," with the object of giving io Cenaelicins as com- plete a review as possible of this indus- try in those countries in which it has been most successfully carried on. This report is now followed by a bul- letin entitled "The Investigation of the Peat Bogs and Peat Industry of Can- ada During the season of 1008,00, by Erik Nystrom, lat. E., peat expert.' This bulletin comprises twenty-five pages of text, and includes six large scale maps of the following peat bogs: 1, Her Bleue, near Ottawa; 2, The Alfred peat bog, about forty miles from Ottawa. 3. The Welland peat bog, about six miles north of Welland. 4. The Newington bog, on the New York & Ottawa Railway, and about forty miles, from Ottawa. 5. The Perth bog, a mile and a half from Perth. 6, The Victoria road bog, about a mile from Victoria road etation on the Mid- land division of the Grand Trunk Rail- way. The bulletin contains a descriptive re- port of each bog, showing the location, area and structure, and giving an esti- mate of the available supply of peat fuel with records of analyses, calorific values, etc,, and should be of particular interest to those engaged- in or connected with the development 'of Canadian peat re- sources, • A fuel testing plant is now being erected at Ottawe, in whieh the value csf peat for the production of power gas will be demonstrated, and the depart- ment propose e to carry on a very thor- ough investigation of this subject, Copies of the above bulletin and re- port on peat may be had on application to Dr. Haisnel, Director of Mines, Ot- tawa. 4 • ito FRED DETAILS of latest Scientific Cure for all Stomach Troubles and Indigestive Die - orders, and which may be applied at home, lent on applicatio to "Pree Co.neutatiort Deet„" Dr, Howard Medicine Co., Drovkvine, Ont. NEW CHANCELLOR. DR. VON BETHMANN-HOLLWEG, German philosopher and statesman, who succeeds Prince Von Buelow as Chancellor, the office created for Bismarck. 45* RECIPE FOR KEEPING COOL. , (Ottawa Free Press.) Say to yourself eloud, slowly and con- vincingly, -the following: "I am seated in e wicker chair on the northwest corner of a country porch. The breeze is from the northwest.. At my elbow is a table. Out this table is a tall glass containing a cooling eon: - 1 pound. .At regular intervals I raise thie tall glass to my lips. Tite chinking of ice falls pleasantly on my ears. I am about to -light a. 5 -cent eager and send for more of the cooling compeunde Repeat this formula until ohilied through. • Giving Dad Away. "id, what does yet' dad work at :Ur a lisle'?" "He don't work at nothine He's a paicenian at one o- the railroad deepoa." 4 * is— • Asparagus in abundance grows wild in in Poland. SMELT CARS Made Wholly of Stee4 Trial to, be Given in Chicago. The Chleago Reilly:tea Vompeny is con - dotting an experiment in buuding street ehrs entirely of steel that is intereeting the Btroet railway Men thrOUVU011t th'S ("emery, Fifty of them all steel cars are about to be put into serviee. The that ones received Irom Om Madera are new mit the shops being fitted and Mashed, Thay are all steel in reality, and not a picoe of Wood is ivied it them excepting ii, wood- ), Strip on the step, wooden hand grips for mom:ling, a stunning board on ion for the trolley basee, and the :loose, which will pronaley be inede of steeei in Me future. steel is used even for the window ealehies, frame were of tile pane sto.lts, and the panel finishing us the sides n'lliet1°Lbuilding of this lot of steel vete Wild recommended by the lewd of super- vieing eiesineere, of which Bien ,I, Arnold is chief engineer. The fact that teel oars are used universally in ubways, the constantly increasing cast of eine strunting Car in which wood is used, and the possibility of getting Yonger ser- vice and decreasing the depreciation mid cost of maintenance of the :etre, are some of the important questions that make the experiments with all.ewel rare inter. e°leletigt BllEle of greater safety in ease of fire, collisions or derailmentethe ear is the only type now used in sub- ways. It also has many advantegee for use on surface' linet, and reped strides are being made in Its use for that service alone. CHOICE FROM THREE THINGS, The increasing' scarcity of good wood is -an inipohstant factor in determining the economy in the use of steel ears in place of thole in which wood is need. -ahem is a choice between three propositions, First, the ese of good wood in building ors, which, at the increasing cost of tim- ber, will soon make the cost of the car more tnen that- of a steel car. Seeend, the use of cheaper or inferior wood in order to keep down the cost of construc- tion to the present standard, but which would hasten deterioration and deprecia- tion, Third, to build care of steel entire- ly, which would met but a small parent - a -go more than a good type of ear, such as the type the railways have put into service during the last year, with the expectation that the increased cost would be offset by increased length of service, lower maintenance, and in the saving of power that could be canon: - pelted by decreasing the weight of the cars and thus decreasing the total load. To decrease the weight of a Car is an important economic lector, Red it has been found that steel cars can be built lighter than oars with wood used in the construction. On the steel ears now be- ing put into service it is estimated that a. seeing of about 1,000 pounds per car will be obtained. They will weigh ap- proximately 52,000 pounds each. It is She con -slant aim of the operating de. partment-to keep down the weight of all cae apparatus end equipment if it can be done without decreasing the effi- ciency and durability or increasing the cost of maintenance. The necessity of this will be epprociate ed when it is understood that the cost of power alone for operating the cars is estimated at about 5 cents per pound per year. Consequently, if the weight of each car is reduced by 1,000 to 1,20.0 pounds, there would be a saving of from $50 to $60 pee year for each car. If there were 1,000 ears, and each of the companies operating in Chicago have many more, the total saving per year would be from $50,000 to $60,000 per year on Dower alone, GREIA.TER SAFETY IN NEW CARS. It is expetted that steel ears will pro. vide a greater degree of safety to the public on surface lines. In cam of a col. lision or derailment there will be no smash-up. Of ten in collisions the side of the ear is smashed in or the tongue of a wagon penetrates into its interior, and the occupants are injured by splin- ters and broken pieces of wood. Such eenidents cannot happen with cars made of steel. The sanitary. conditions will undoubt- ediy be better. in the steel cert. The lit- tle pieces of molding Ansi other similar dust -catching nooks and corners are eliminated. The floor is made of le Com- position material that is fireproof and that will not absorb impuritiea. The whole interior can be washed, scrubbed and cleansed more thoroughly than can the types with wooden finislangs. In appearance the steel cars resemble the other new cars so much that a casual observer would not detect the difference, No important departure has been made from the dimensions, electric equipment, and other standard specifications adopt- ed, by the board of supervising engineers for the new cars that have been put into service during the last year.--01iloago Tribune. Destructive Rats. According to a recent report of the biological survey of the Department of Agriculture, rats destroy annually $100,-, 000,000 worth of American grain. It is estimated thateone rat will eat 60 col& worth of grain in a year, while of oatmeal 'it -will consume $1.80 worth. Rat -proof construction, especially the use of concrete . foundations, is urged, as well as some rational method of dis- posing of garbage And storing food. SHOE POLISH shines instantly at the &St brush or Cloth. Will not nib off. IS waterproof. Softens and preserves the leather. No sub- stitute even half as goo& I Go. and Sc. Tins rub or tura a the ACHINO IN THE. STOMACH BONUS liefulftche, Sluggish Liver, Indigestion Ana stomach Disorders. Dr, Hamilton's Pills, Cured, "Prom using a cheep remedy reeoill- mended by an uneerupulous druggist, ' my -condition was .made munch worse,' writes Mao Minerva 1.1. IViiehle, daughter of. a well known citizen of Portland. "I suffered so terribly with indigestion nail biliousness that the very sight of food made nut shudder, It was two yeara ago my health began to fail. At first I had constipation, Jiver sluggishness met ace:isle:ad headaches. My appetite was variableeel wanted too many •sweets— then I lost all desire to eat ape had con- stant aching in the stomach, Attacks of dizziness, pante between the shoulders, stifling feeling After mealsend. felt I wasn't going to recover. "The moment I used .0r. Hamilton's Pills. I felt better. After I had taken a few pills my chest and back were reliev- ed of pain, and my head felt clear and no longer wasfull of blood and rushing as well as ever end attribute may .present Pills and slowly but surely. my appetite ilton'e Pills." strength, color and spirits. To -tiny I am splendid condition entirely to Dr, Ham- ilivotilslersii.e (II itkicupi t oin ugsii.ttligaulaSitt.1,,yitilsaa:englillatiioniexi'aes If •you are troubled like was (and most people occasionally are) no medicine will do you so much lasting good as Dr, Hamilton's Pills. Beware of the druggist that asks you Ito take anything in piece of D. Hamil- ton's Pills which alone Can help and cure you, 26e per box, or five boxes for $1 at 1 all dealers or the Caterrhozone CQIII• . pall, Kingston, Out. - After making a roost careful • ----4.........._ Istudy of the matter, U. S. Govern- ment scientists state definitely that the common house fly is the principal means of distributing typhoid fever, diphtheria and smallpox. Wilson's Ply Pads kill the flies and the disease germs, too. 4 0 0, . Sugar Trust Director. JOHN E. PARSONS, Joists E. Parsons, "uncle of the sugar trust," who is under indict- ment for conspiracy in the famous Segal ono, is one of the oldest cor- poration lawyers in the States. He is father of Congressman Herbert L. Parsons, Republican leader in New York. Parsons is accused of loaning Adolph Segal money as a means of wrecking. Segal's business later by the trust. Segal was the trust's individ- ual rival. `••••••••••44•••••••• • SOCIETY QUESTION. What Should be the Social Status .of a. Hangman ? An American paper puts the question, V hat should be,, in a civilized country, the social status of a. hangman? This has been asked before now, but is surely a somewhat idle query. Nevertheless, the position of the 'executioner has un- doubtedly varied at different periods and, in defferent countries. In France, "Monsieur de Paris," as the representa- tive of la haute justice was called, seems usually to have been held in some esteem, and students Of French history are familiar with the tradition that the executioner Tristan was one of the favorite gossips of that powerful, eccentric SoveTieen Louis XI. At a very recent eexdution in France, the manipulator of- the guillotine, Diebler, was cheered both on enterifig and on leaving the town, In Russia at the pre- sent day an executioner would scercely be received on these terms, but the min- ion of the law ought not to be blamed for the law's =righteousness. Dr. Mer- cier discusses the subject in the chap- ter entitled "Wrongdoing„, in his tree - ties on "Criminal Responsibility." The haegman does not merit execration as such if he fulfils his ugly duty in a pro- per and seemly manner, it was rightly held to be misbecoming when an execu- tioner, some years ago„ pretending to lecture ort his business, exhibited his ropes, Straps anti -white cap, and • at- tempted to show ow a victim was "worked off"; but this was an abuse of the hangman's °Mee and position. Dr. Mereier says: "No -doubt a hangman dervee it cer. tain satisfaction from turning off Ms victims hi a workmanlike manner—the satisfaction that we all derive from dexterity and suceess in whatever un- deaaking—but, though we look askance upon this occupation, we do not regard hint as a wrongdoer, so long as his primary motive is to earn his wages, to carry out the contract he has made, or to perform a -public duty. But the man who should hang another merely to gratify hie own desires, merely to ob- taiti gratification by so doing. . . or to Obtain his victim's clothes, or In any way to obtain satisfaction to himself would do wrong.' The ease of the hangman is, of course, an especial one. We ehould not, as Dr. Mercier earl, care to at with him, drink with him, or shake hands with him; but, though we May and do look esikanee upon his call - big we cannot fairly class hint with the bravo who stabs in the dark to satisfy the private vengeance of the permit who has hired him. We feet er should feel that the hangman, though he worke for hire, dotes not work solely for hire. He undertakes to kill .or a • rotten wags some person whom Roddy, an permuted by the law, hae deeided mutt he Mein for the •,voneoei of the community. The hangman who :tete 1 firtin Is merely giving effect to the Wish totpressed by society—is, in fact, and to title teeteet. eel -operating svith flool- e1y,--4,aw Times, OLD SALT SCOFFS Recalls Days When Sailors Were Hardened to Endure AlL (Moetreel Herald-) Ile salt on the wharf and eliewed ibis quid in true eaorly style, 'white nearby two Wrquentioes raised thoir lobs mitts, gaily decked out with flaw, sad hung with ropes innumerable, A puzzling 'Make to the eye of the entrained lend - lubber. The decks were deserted oi nearly 40, 'for all who could get leave bed gone aeltore to eidelnute—also in -true sallorly dytyle---their arrival in port. :041: he sat there quietly and eociphieent- ly, working his jeeve, gazing out at time gieset :steamships widen Jaw beside the giant wharves not far away, while the only two sailing vessels to arrive in Montreal amen three yeare Swung at ;weber close by, relies of old times, and an era almost forgotten in the reek of modern conumeree, And was also a retie, but hardy one, One of bite old sehoel was the !sailor, who, for aloes on fifty years, hod sailed to every quarter of the globe, and whose seamed and weather-beaten emintennence, which put on a Welcoming -sailor !smile, as the reporter approached; bora freeze which told of accidents in -battles with wind' and wave, The sight -of -the huge steam:ere, end the contrast bewteen there and his awn small ship, in a city which ate had not -seen for many, -may yeas's, unlooeed his tongue and brought a reminiscent mood upon him The offer of tobacco, even though it was but chopped hay to this own. strong brand, made him even suore cone anunisetive. Hie language was inianttable; but, Oven in ordinary English, bereft of its quaint accent, what he said was inter- esting. He would not go ashore bent on a good time with the others—not he, He wae too old for that kind of fun, al, though he could still lie face down on the sixth spar, in a howling gale, and, reef hie sail with the best of them, NEVER INSPECTED MODERN BOAT, He had never been over a modern pas. senger boat, and so lie accepted readily the invitation to visit one. Amazement at times held him dumb; as the report - or told hint of the comforts of the mod- ern sailor; then he would break into ekelamations of disgust, as he expressed freely his opinion that such methods would develop- "molly coddles," There will never be sailors like there used to be, thinks he. The old clays, with the captain in supreme command for weeks, end the rough and ready life of the Open sea, when hard knocks and rough living were the usual thing, were what he longed for. That was what harden- ed and made men. That, in fact, was what had made Great Britaia supreme on the sea. But it took the sight of special hospi- tals on a ship to really rouse him and commence him yarning. Hospitals and doptors on board a. ship! It seemed to him incredible. When he was young the men shipped, and if they got sick they werP, generally hammered till it was more comfortable to be well. If rough treatment had no effect in restoring them they were allowed to lie up for a us -bile; but if they got well there was always rough work for them to make up when they regained their feet, If they did. not recover it was "Davy Jones' locker," anti that. quickly — corpses are nasty things to carry about, and one may rest as peacefully, sewn in a hammock, with a chunk of load tied to one's leg, as in- the stateliest vault ever erected. "But did you have no medicines at all?" the reporter queried, Oh, yes, indeed, they'd had medicines, and the "old man" (the captain, he ex- plained) was always doctor; but it was -wiser to 'suffer than to go to him. Black draughts and doses of salts were his two remedies, and were given on every oc- casion. He'd seen some funny things, he had—funny! they seemed more like tragedy than comedy to the reporter; but the old sailor was hardened and laughed eveh as he spoke. He gave a glimpse into the sufferings, which sail- ors once had to endure through ignor- ance and carelessness on the part of owners and captains; but to him it was all a part of the day's work—surely sail- ors were intended to suffer, it hardened them and made them reel men; and he longed fcr the good old times, which fa modern and educated people seem so filled -with cruelty and brutality,' dim- ming the romance and the glamor which should rightly be theirs. • TWO ETERNAL MEDICINES. Black draughts and salts! Everything, all kinds of suffering, the 'skippers thought, should ehrink before their po- tent power. He had seen it man, who accidentally :hopped a mailing spike on his hand, go to the "old man," his hand streaming blood from a gaping hole. The "old man" glanced at it. "Rum I hum I a bad case; I guess a dose of salts will -do you a world of good." So the man had salts for three days, till his stomach gave out, and, to avoid them longer he swore -he was better; -while to check the bleeding, he put on Canada Balsam, bandaged it roughly, and kept on at work, as best he could. Tooth -ache, raging tooth -ache, broken limbs, headache, biliousness, and every enplaiut received either one or the ()thee remedy, and if one bottle vds -empty the other could be as usefully employed, If tt Man was nearly drowned, it was not gentle artificial resuscitation, but black draughts and salts eor Fever and cold were treated alike by skippers. "Later they got more civilized, didn't they?" he was asked, His opinion was interesting. Did they; why yes, of course they did. The captains were given chests of medi- cine, with a list of climates and their remedies. Well, sir, before long one nieditlino would run out, and what was the skipper to do.Medicines were fool things anyway, and did no good, but his orders called on hint to treat the euffer- er, so like as nob he closed him with the next, Oh, yes, it Was a rough way of doing business, but it served for many years all right, end the sailors thee were the best ever, The old fellow believed in the theory of the survival of the fittest; if a man wasp% strong enough to tail atop the water the sooner he 'WAD twenty fathom:: ender it the bottet; but this doctor and hospital business was ridiculous and unnecessary, The old times amid the Men who were men, were surely best. He walked back to his ship with the . . . 1110T ERS W.110 AVE. .DANIITE Find Help in Lydia E. 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Pinkham's Vege- table Compound. Thousands have been restored to health by its use. If you would like special advice about your ease write a conildero tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham,. at Lynn, Mass. lier advice is free, and always helpful. o,+•••••••••••••••••••••imetramr.*.e.,••••••,. reporter, and there saidgood-bye-.Even that ship was not pleasing to him, it was for too comfortable for the young fellows, X. K. se. PROSECUTOR OF SUGAR TRUST, U. S. DISTRICT ATTORNEY ChiM. U. S. District Attorney Crim will have the job of convicting the sugar trust and its directors on charges of conspiracy in the federal courts of New York. Crim is one of the young- est district' attorneys in the United States. He will be pitted against some great corporation lawyers when the trust magnates are brought to trial. A MURDEROUS GUN. A Weapon That Reloads Itself Automatically. Ever since inch began to kill each other, which was very soon. after selfish interests began to clash, 'a good share of, their leisure time has been devoted to the elevating pursuit of inventing in- struments for that killing. From the time when the early prowler in the prim- eval forest discovered that, by tying to the end of a stick the stone destined to crack the skull of his enemy, he could make the crack more surely deadly, his inventive genius, sign as it is of his high rank among the creatures, has been busy over this problem. lloW to strike, with fatal effect upon his foe and -with safety to himself has been his study and he has given birth to many au idea tending more and more from age to age to enable ,him to do this work by me- chanical contrivano. It is curious that crudities still appear in the weapons which the geniuses of centuries have labored to perfect and that our eye should be opened at this litto day to almost ludicrous imperfec- tions in our most cherished killing ma- chine, the rifle. Yet it is only a few years since the smoke of black powder was done away with and comparatively a matter of days since young Mr. Max- im produced his sound -choking Same' suppressing device. And now comes news from SWeden that an inventor there' has found means- at last, to stop the kick which has made sore shoulders from the time of the first blunderbuss was dis- charged, and has constructed a weapon that will drop men so fast that, a single - marksman may dispose of a regiment in an hour, Eleven hundred and twenty-five abets to the hour from a gun that is carried in the hand and fired from the shoulder is a high reord. If the gun is smokeless end kiekless, it is convenient to handle and but little trouble to operate. Seed. ishhfr. Sjogren has made a distinct sub- traetion front the demerits of the rifle from the standpoint of the user, for his new gun has made this record and has the new feature. And the weapon hat already taken rank with the most ap- proved and will doubtless became a part of the armament of many of the world's aredes.—Pront "Making the Nick Ite. load the Gun," in the Technieal World Magazine for August. devainsiossimalemestdatelmissamenistest School of Mining A COLLEGE OF APPLIED SCIENCE, Militated is (Seth's University, KINGSTON, ONT. Pet eatletidar Of the Se.1001 end further leforication, applyto the aseretery, Sobbed Of Mining, Xingstoe, Wares, The following *Yarns arc onera: ' 1 -.Pour Veen.' Course for Doyen of D.Sc. 11.-Threc Yeare' Course for Diplome. a—Mining ItnginecrIng, b. -Chemistry and Mae:elegy, e—Mlneralogy sod Geology, it—Chetnital Pmglneet Mg. Ungitirering, /—Methellical 1:agintering. it-gtlentrieal Engineering, k—Ilielot, and Public /teeth. J-..kower Deyemettiet 1, FOREIGN AMMONS. (Rela S. Lyles D, D.) Resides, how can we help foreign Mii4,U stens better than by developing strong liberal .4ml churches at home? Prom such elturehes we get our missionaries and their support. If the extremities Are to be healthy) full .of it:fndplay the rtat.4ai"117thteOrgansn,:tIeheartmi t )eitsbeti1Agnitta„ pure, A weak, diseased heart aims an enfeebled and dying body. A el:web whose heart is not tight in God's sight, and whose every pulse -beat is low, slow aml fitful, will not, and cannot, go forth conquering, and to conquer. The world's hope, humanly speaking, centres on the chureles health and heart. In the in- terests of the foreign field let the hOnle be cultivated with all .care and all dill - Renee, and all cost, Whether of men or /newts. Canada is the key to India, to ciaaa, to Japan, to Africa, and to the islends of the Sea. In the great work of harveSting the world—the urgent, transeeidently important work of Christ —the congregations, oiled. into exiet- eece as mission stations, nursen into the it ofself-support by augmentetion, take a first piece 14 foreign mission work. They give not less, often much more, than $70,000 a yew. to schemes of our elle relhntslieornvHaratrvoefstawhinieh;lagoneys to fireign i Lands, PRAYER. 0 Lord, grant to us BO to love Thee with all our heart, with all on mind, and all our soul, and our neighbor for Thy sake; that the grace of &suety and brotherly love may dwell in us, And fill our hearts with feelings of love, kindness and compassion, so that, by constant rejoicing in the happiness and good success of others, by sympathizing with them in their sorrows, and putting away all harsh judgments and envious thoughts, we may follow Thee, who art Thyself the true and perfect Love. Amen, WHAT IS PAIN FOR? (Marianne Farninghtun.) God might have kept us withsat pain! And C4od is Love. There must be better things than ease - For Us. to prove; The furl owed brow, the patient heart, The pale, sad face, • The soul that heels what He has sent, Are Signs of grace, Pain takes us to His feet, which else We might forget; We cry to Him for help, and He Ne'er failed us•yet Much illat.pain brings is molten gold And richest gain; More than we else could know is taught in schools of pain. Dear heart that suffers, by this way Life's crowns are won; And is it -hard sometimes to say "Thy will bo done"? But He permits the pain, and Ire Sends strength to bear. Try to keep still for Hie clear sake Who answers prayer. Pain, is swift- passing things and life Is God keeps em. land so glad that there You will net know The :likening of a pain, and there IS no regret; He will remove the curtain soon, And you forget! ._ How May I .Know My -Sins Forgiven. (j. W. Mitchell in the Presbyterian.) We may know. The Jew under Moses knew. The disciples of our Lord knew. Christians in apostolic times knew. Countless thousands upon the earth to- day go beyond hoping they are forgiven. They know .it with a certainty that can- not be shaken. It.. is important for our peace, joy and fruitfulness that we should know. This assurance may be reached and buttressed in various ways—most direct- ly and simply by accepting the testi- mony of Cod regarding those who be- lieve on His only begotten Son. There is an uncertainty on this matter hi the minds- of many that quenches joy and paralyzes efforts Thousands are build- ing on unstable foundations. They rest on some experience of bygone years—a sign, a vision, a voice from heaven, a flood of light; or on victories won over self -and sin; or on growth in knowledge and Activity in service; or on the emo- tions that well up within. They feel -sore that they are accepted. But the exixirience dims, or they stumble in the way, or emotion dries up like Elijah's brook, or they cease to make progress and Tie becalmed: "As hue as a painted. ship 'Upon a painted ocean." Their eeeurance is gone. They oink into lethargy. They are enveloped in the darkness, or tossed on a sea of doubt. If we would build securely it must be on an ever-present, and Unchangeable foundation'—"the word of the Lord that endureth forever." Do you accept him then as the way to the Father -teas your atonement—es Ile whodied, the just for the unjust that He might bring you to Goat Have you launched out in' this confidence? Theu you. believe on the Son of Cod and have a right to all the gate that the Father bestow on those who accept Have you tented away from .self- righteous devicesfor reconciliation, front eofidenee in ',,•ron? church -going and alma. giving, your prayers and team, your re- formations and resolutione your holy eepirations and good \Yorke?' Are you eattking Mist your only plea for for- giveness? Are you banding, on his atoning wok AS your only ground d hope? Do you come to Rim through S'brist? Have you responded in heart? 'Titenagain let me say, that is believing iii the name of the 8011 of God—that is believing with the beatt vials Clotho with righteousitess—that is taking your place within the thole of those to whore Goa speaks When He Says through Ais PerVantey "Every one that believeth lit Ihirn 'ball merle° remission of sins," Ade 10:43; "All that, believe are inetified 'from all things." Acts 13130; "Whom- ever helieveth cii Min -hall riot perish,. huS have everiaeting life." John 3:10, You have as good; ground of assurance (hot your eitie ere forgiven es the para. lythe who heard the living VOICa Of Jo- sue, for the essurenees given you have been tested and proved by the expert - muse of raillioite through DM Ages, and your sitts Are forgiven and you know it, not on the ground of ,some past experi- cure, nor on that of fluctuating feeling not even on that, of your growth in holt. no9s, but on the Authority of Him who eanytot lie, who 'says to YOU.: "SOU) daughter, be of good ehrers thy sins are fotilitea."