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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1909-08-12, Page 3- Raising fligh.Class Colts. Ai to the cost ofraising. a colt to the age ef three years, there le such dif. ferenee In indivilluals eyen of the saute weight and breed, andthere are so mealy °lasses end breeds requiring. different quantities of food, that it is 21111)03.4ible to make a, stetemeot of wet that will apply too all; and. many producers (Wier greetly in management as well as in quelity and kinds of food used., that anv statement must, of neoelesity, eiffer tvith Ole practice anO experience of many. $o 1 will endeavor to show rea- sonable cost of proclueing colas up to three years of age of the wedium draft class, having coat feelete about the laat of March or first of April. It the mare Ls worked, carefully up •to foaling time, which is better for her than idleness, the work eliould pay for fooe consumed and depreciation of value auriug four maths previous to foaling, so that I will calculate iron birth of foal. COST FOR FIRST YEAR. aralue of mare, $275; interest on value at 6 per tent. for seven months ...$ 8 02 Service fee, $15, and interest on same for 14 Inouths 15 8744., Food for mare during April— bran, 60 lbs., at $20 per ton 60 Oats, 10 lbs. per day,„A.pril and. pert of Mayl. 12 bush., at 40e 4 80 Hay, 12 ales. per dqy, 360 lbs., at $8 per ton .., .. 1 44 Pasture, mare and foal, nix months, at $1.50 ... ... 9 00 Winter food /or six months: hay, mixed clover and time othy, 7 lbs. per day, 1,260 lbs., at $8 per ten • • • • • • • • Bran, 1 lb. per day, 180 lbe„ at $20 per ton 1 80 Otite, averaging 6 lbs. per day 32 bush., at 40c... 12 80 • Reots, 2 lbs. per den.° tush., at So 49 Straw and chaff, 1 ton, at $4.. 4 00 Total ... ... • ..$63 85% SECOND YEAR'S COST, FROM MAY 1. Interest on service fee ... ...$ 0 75 Pasture, six months, at $1 ... 6 00 Winter feed, six month—mixed hay; clover and timothy, 10 lbs. per day, 1,800 lbs., at $8 perton ... • .. , . . • • • • • Bran, 114 lbs. per day, 270 ilea., at $20 per ton. 2 70 Oats, 7 lbs. per day, 241.2 bush., at 40e ... 13 80 Roots, 4 lbs. per day, 12 bush., at 8o . 96 Straw and chaff, 11-2 tone, at 5 04 7 20 Total ... ... • • .$37 41 THIRD YEAR'S OOST. Interest on services fee ... , ..$ 0 75 l'asture, 6 months, at $1.50 per month ... , 9 00 Winter. Mixed hay, clover and . timothy, 12 lbs. per day, 2,160 lbs., at $8 per ton , . 8 64 Bran, 2 lbs, per day, 360 lbs., at $20 per ton ... 3 60 Roots 4 lbs. per day, 12 bush., Straw a,nd Chaff, 2 tons, at $1 8 00 Oats, 9 lbs. per day, 472.3 bush., at 40c 19 10 require veterinary attention, and many died without such attention, I believe that about 8 per cent. of all foals the either in utero or before they reach three years of ne°e. The loss ie difficult to estimate, but it ie three times great- er than with mares, requiring, so.y $15,110 to cover. Much of this loss could be aeaided by better care of the mares and sires. I have not ereilited anything for work that uuty be done by the mare, Re that requires favorable circume stances to be probable. Brood mares and two-year-old teeth can do desirable wok, but it le doubtful if it is profit- able to pay the was current and have it man earn it with either it mare mees- ing a foal or with it two-ytsar-old colt. alio probabilities are that the foal or older colt will be injured or kept beck considerable, but when light work in earefulltr performed. neither will be in. jiSrea. Colts of the light class require omethirl to one.lialf less than heavy colts, as it costa about the same per pound to grow either class, providing they are equal in conformation and disposition. My experience is that it re - •quires as much food to produce beef as horse weight, and a higlieclass liglit- arness horse will laving thtee or four tunes as much money as will a good steer, So that the man who possesses the skill necessary, and applies it to the successful procluction of a lagInclass colt, whether heavy or light, need not fear being well remunerated for his time, while the man who does not take en in- terest in colts but does in steers, had better raise steers. The price a horse - raiser should reoeivo for good draft colts at three years of age, or it fesy months older, should average $250. Cost of pro- duction, $194.22; prefit, $55.78. Many other foods may be employed than those named, but the cost will be almoat the same, and for the bulk of the feed nothing is better for colts and horses than mixed clover and timothy hay and oats, all harvested in erime condition. Horsebreeders should endeee vor to prime condition. Ilorse-breedera of high class, and the misfits will sup-. ply all the general-purpose horses de- manded, they being a class without a generalla-accepted definition. Many not well-informed horse -owners aud talkers claim what they have as general-pur- pose, regardless of form and action. General-purpose horses are always cheap On the market, and should not be aimed at by breeders, as it takes as much food to produce a pound of inferior as of supl erior horse. As to the care of colts vs. steers, there is not much difference. To produce good ones of either class, intel- ligent attention is necessary, and, value considered, the colt does not require any more room than does the steer. j. Standish; V. S. Walkerton, Ont. 4-4* Atlantic City Excursion. ' $11.00 round trip from • Suspension Bridge, via Lehigh Valley Railroad, on Thursday, A.ugust 12th; tickets good for 15 days.. Partioulars, 54 Ring street east, Toronto, Total . . . .850 05 karst yearia cost ...$63 85% Second year's cost .., 37 41 Third year's cost ... 50 05 Annual depreciation of mare . 22 91 Mortality and veterinary ex- pense for mare ... . 6 00 Mortality and. veterinary ex- pense for foal ... 15 00 Total for three years ... ...$194 2214 In estimating for summer, I have as- sumed the pasture to be good inixad grasses, clover and timothy, which is all that will be necessary, but if pas- ture is poor it will be advisable to sup- plement it with other food, which will increase the cost of food in summer. The quantity of food advised for first winter is too much to commence with; about one pound of oats per day is enough before weaning, to be gradually increased until the middle of winter, when the full ration should be fed. and tbe grain continued in May, making the quantity required for first year 32 bushels. The first year is important, and any stinting that retards growth then it is •difficult if not impossible to recover from and acquire ono pos. Bible size. For a colt to consume and assimilate that quatitity of food it will require considerate exercise twice a day. I take it for granted that all the water desired by the colt will be given it at last three times a day, and that asit will be placed tyliere it can be got at evill. The breeding life of mares is about la years'and ten. foals may be looked for, so that the mutual depre- elation of a brood mare would be $22.91. The mortality in brood Meads is dif- ficult to estimate. In several thousand cases in my practice it was 8 1-2 per cent" but as there, were it largo per- centage that did not require vterin- ary and it few that died with- out an oportunity to see them, I be- lieve that 1 per centmortality would be it full average where proper atten- tion is given during pergnancy and at time of delivery. Therefore, to cover death less and veterinary attention to Mures, $5.00 is allowed, and by Intel'''. gent care this can be reduced. The mortality In fettle is also diffieult to /temp. In thousands of cases under my observation from all conditions and, diseases, such as abortions. difficult parturition, joint ill, and other dis- eases, the percentage Of deaths Was twenty-two. As many .101te did not TORMENT HARD T ()BEAR, (Life.) A modern lx‘tily died and went to Hades. His majesty met her defet,en- tially at the gate. "Will it be possible for me to secure an establishment here?" she asked. "Certainly, madam." "In a desirable location?" "I, think so." "I don't care to be near the riff-raff. And. I should like to be sure and get suitable servantet "You should experience no difficulty. There are several good agencies." "I could give dinner parties when I likedi" • "Dear me, yes." "And. make a splurge. at it?" "Oh, certainly,' "I should expect to spend my sum- mers abroad." "Quite right.. Return tickets free." "You have operas?" "Severaldevoted to the haut ton." The lady lifted her lorgnette. She smiled plightIy. "Do you know," she said, "I am agree- ably surprised. I was afraid this place was not kept up to conform to*the best staticlards. It troubled ine to think naight possibly have to associate with my inferiors. I am glad to se,e that you have such it sense of the fitness of things. T am very glad to have renewed our brief acquttintanee Made on earth, and I will trouble you to see that my arrival is chronicled in the society col- umns of the papers." His majesty bowed. respectfully. "Sorry, midair', but that will be im- possible." • She gazed at hint haughtily. • "How is that?" she asked, stearnly. "There are no papers here. There are no society columns. No matter what you are doing, the public is in absolute ignorance of it." And sinking back she muttered softly to herself; "This is indeea hell!" c 0 N Sa CURE N 24NattatIS You can palniesslY remoye any 'NM, Num, hard, soft or bleeding. Ly applying Putnam's Vern Extractor. et never eurns, leaves no sear, onteinsno acids ; Is earmiesa •betieuse comPettea only of beating gime and balms. laity yeara in use. Cure guaranteed. sold by ell ((negate see. bottles. Refuse tiebstitittee. PUTNAM'S PAINLESS - cowl EXTRACTOR "SWIMMING BOLE, Back of the Yer(le Where the Small goy Disports Himself. "Come MI, 3111114; let's go swinuoina" is a cry that is hoard all over the laud at this time of the yew; when the smell boy enters with gusto into his natural state of sehoolless freedom., and his great, burning need for a stieto of cone- ploto lieppinese is en "or ewimmin' hole," a place to splash ant tumble in to his heart's couteut. Unlike ids country cousin, tb.e city boy doesn't get his swimming pool an naturel. The tanner lati throws the lines over the horses iu the field, lopes for the nearest creek, and goes in with bonielt shouts of gladness, disturbing the sum- mer quiet. There always is) a creek—he calls it "crick" ---nearby, and if he has to wear it bathing suit he feels that he's being cheated. lie gets the real article as nature melees it, and as a real, gen- uine tradition of American small boy- hood the "Old Swiinming Hole" just about takes first rank. But in the city it is different. "Hey, Jimmie," calls the little west side urchin to his "pal." "Conte on, let's go swimmin'." "Sure, where at?" ""Down to the lake." Then follows it long, hot dusty walk through the heart of the city to the lake front. There in some • secluded spot, where the eyes of tho vigilant officer of the peace do not see, and where no other oyes serve to cause Jimmy to ar, ray his near inanly foam in a bathing suit, he strips counts: 'One, two, three: • and diges head first off the weather worn pier, LAKE BETTER FOR COLD STORAGE. The instant he strikes the water he lets out a yell of surprise, "What's oatin' yell?" demands the pal, stopping iu the proceeiteof %Manes- ing. Jirainie swims back to the pier, catch- es a stringer, and climbs up, shivering and blue with cold. "Cold?" he repeats in answer to the inevitable question. "Why; say; ice is red b.ot c,ompared to what the water is. 'Ugh! Gimme my clothes. No more of that for me. I don't want to get frozen to death, not just yet, anyhow." "Honest? Is it too cold to go in?" begs the pal. "Sure thing la chatters Jbrerny be- tween rattling teeth. "They ought to have steam heat out in that old lake this year. Sr, say., melabe the janitor's on a strike, eh?" It is it sorrowful pair that turns sad, ly from the tempting water and goes back toward the hot, dusty streets that they call home:They had looked forward to the plunge in the lake as the realize - tion of their fondest expectations, and now, suddeuly anti rudely, •the cup of bliss had been dashed from their lips by the unaccommodating climatic condi. tions of Chicago. The lake was "too cold." Pity the kid who wants to svtim, but "can't go in." "Hey, Jimmie, don't youse remember dero's sivimmin' out at Armour square, and do suits are free? 0, 'kat,! Why did- n't we think 0' chit before? Como on; lot's beat it, quick." PLA.YGAOUND POOL "JUST RIGHT" Then, like hundreds of others, they start on a dog trot for the big pity - ground with the big swimming pool, at Thirty-third street and Wentworth ave. nue. Breathlessly they rush up to the pool. "Is it warraP" they call: "Sure t'ing. Come on in." A minute later two diminutive figures are _seen emerging from the dressing room, tying the tights around them as they come; thirty seconds more and they stand poised on the brink of the water. A. pause and then the pair cleaves the air, goes out of dikht, head first in the cooling water, and ,Timmy and his pal aro splashing around with scores of oths or little swimmers, thoroughly happy be- cause the water is just right in this new swimmin' hole. And by the looks and sound of them they appear to enjoy thenaselvei even more than the loons - tem in Riley's famous "OF Swiminin' Hole." There aro other pools than the one at Armour square. The city is waking up to the need for gratifying the small boy instinct for good, dean play. On these summer days, when, despite the „heat, the perverse lake persists in remaining too cold for comfortable swimming, the playground pools betome veritable god- sends to the city small boy. What would vacation be 'without a place to swim? Not much. 33ut with it—eh! then, "whp so happy as a boy in summer thne?"— even in the city.—Chicago Sunday Tri- bune. AN IMPERTINENCE. "Do you ever write on an empty stem- itchP" asked the mere man. "Sir!" exelaitned the literary person, am a poet, not a tette artist!" NATURIa, FAKER. Kermit (in the jungle)—Why doe; the hyena laugh, father? Theodore—Maybe he asked the leopard if be ever tried benzine Per &tinging his spots. • 111 fflI Used moan! miimmumithammiimiummotomini ago by the best Bakers and Caterers everywhere also by Chefs in the large hotels and on Dining Cars, Steamships, Steamboats, etc. It is wise to use food products that are produeed hi clean &dories. t 1:* WIL,LZ`rit, o . % 1 111101011 ,,10111111111111111miiiiiiiiii i I • am TORO/toe, ONT. LAUGH HERE Amazing Answers- Culled. Frdm the Recent History Papers, Ontario Pupils Have Hazy Know, ledge on the Subject. „ One of the midsummer csaminatione held under theeauspices and control of the Education Department of Ontario is for entrauce into the Provincial Normal Schools. Those who ere applicants for admission to these institutions ere as- sumed to be about eighteen years of age and to have already obtaluett non -pro. fessiouel certificates guaranteeing it stantlard of "'"attaiiii7Criit " higher"- than that of university nuttriculation. The question paper in history for this examination has on it eight questions: two on the history of Canada, three on the history of Great Britain, one on the history of Rome, and two o*t the history of Greece, The paper is aaparently somewhat long, but is not for tateuding publie school teachers too tlif ficult, The answer papers were read by a committee of high school teachers of history. The readers eerly noticed the latex Absurd- ity of some of the answers, and then they began to make a collection of them. The following list of .egregious but amusing blunders is the outcome; CITAMPLAIN. The Hurons and Algonquin deadly friends of the Iroquois. When Champlain, and his men were suffering from the cold at Hochelaga., Florence Nightingale knit long hose for them. The Indians thought Champlain his men were gods or something human. Champlain was the secretary of the IL 33. Co. for several years. Champlain •• was successful in finding Quebec in 11308, THE HUDSON BAY COMPANY, As soon as the H. 13. Co.'s ships laud - eel they dismounted. The H. 13. Co. brought to the Indians whiskey, tobacco, blankets and other condiments, and aetieles pertaining to civilization. Champlain formed the Indians into the IL B. Co. The H. B. Co. was a Family Camped in control of the game and fisheries around Hudson Bay. The 13. 33. Co. was given a charter by the Pope. If every housekeeper would use Wilson's Fly Pads freely during the Summer months the house fly peril would soon be a thing of the past. e. • The. Ice Problem. The ice bill ie no small part Of the 'housekeeping expenses, this weather. • All housekeepers who eart afford it at all feel that they cannot do with- out ice, but, while worrying ever the bill, they often allow waste, by not giving proper care or thought to the matter. It seems absurd to tell people to keep the door of the ioe chet • but it is a fe.et that time after time, ellen in careful famines, the door of • one or more of the tompartmeets is It ft on tt crack. Thi, of course, lowers the tempera. tute of the eharnber• and wastes ice •rapidly. It is no economy, for the saMe • son, to use to little ice for the size of the refrigerator. no temperature riSeS, Larough laek of sufficient lee to keep it down, and hte next pieee that is put in gots melt faster than it should. It is better to get a largo blook of ice several times A week, as large a ono as your refrigerator will hold, then 0, small one every day. As to ice water, At is not neeessittr, no matter what poop% say, and near. ly alt doctora agree that We Would be melt bettor without it, It would eertainly take it great deal lese ice, to abstain from its use. A water tank pl..ced side of the ire will furnish water eool enough for • health. Where people boil their water, they often place it in bottle in the ice chest, cooling it this way. were the and 121 CONFEDERATION. An advantage: We now have Domin- ion Day as a holiday. The Specific Scandal turned. Sir John A. Macdonald out of office. Egerton Ryerson, afterwards Lord Stratheona, was one of the "Fathera of Confederation," Lord Durham might be called the ancestor of Confederation. British Columbia, joined Confederation in 1876, because sae was so near the water. The political deadlock was the Father of Confederation. Sir George Brown handled the reigns of government for some time, and then retired to the Senate. Sir John A. Macdonald was the founder of our school system. British Coluinbia, joined Confederation condition that England should build a bridge across the Pacific Ocean in ten years. Sir John A. Macdonald was Governor- General of Canada for several years. A deadlock was formed in Canada for the purpose of gaining *presentation by population. The Peniens made up the new pro- vinee. Sir John A. Macdonald was . a better Premier that Laurier, for Ltturier mere- iy drove the team of colts that were broken in by Sir John. The colonies taxed each other and thus retarded progress. The provinces were united physically as well as mentally. ,SOCIAII. CONDITION OF ELIZA- BETH'S REIGN. Shakespeare's works were "The Mer- chant of Venice" and Lamb's "Tales front Shakespeare.' In Elizabeth's time the people were polished, though they blew their soup and wore their hats at the table. When Elizabeth came to the throne all the good. men had been done away with. Elizabeth slapped it courtier, cense- equently many incolelled'themselves by 'bet. During the reign ofrElizabeth the peo- ple enjoyed much posterity. Elizabeth swore, chewed tobacco and did many other unladylike things. There was /midi distress amongst the • ladies because they did not poseess freckles and red hair. Itt Elitabeth's reign a man could be. lieve what he liked without parting with his traniuni. Elizabeth tickled the kneeling knight with it sword. • PETITION AND BILL OP RIGHTS, HAY FEVER Mr. Melte ie the Dep- uty Collector of bawl Revenue, and ble deciar- ;Won. is euneequently of greet importance to every Ilay Fent' eufferer. "1 used 'hundreds of dollars' worth of remedies but until I tried Cetiirrit- Mlle 1 never even ex- perienced relief. "It was on the• recent- Mcittlation of Mr. trearge Ingersoll, druggist, that I used Catarrhotomse He knew of °there it had eared; and advised me strongly to try it. "Catarrhozone worked marvels almost innuedi- etely, and 1: experienced grateful relief in it few hours, "Cat arrhozone perman- ently- ("urea me of Hay Fever, and I Call most_ heartily recommend it as the moat speedily effee- tive 'remedy on the mar- ket. It will cure any tem of Ifay Fever ever onknwa' ETAEOINE JI known." This is the only remedy stooleisloa that cues beyond liabil- ity to relapse, Rmi at once relieves coughing, sore eyea and. itehing nose. Complete outfit„ suffident for 'two months' use, guaranteed to euro,costs $1.00. All dealers or the Catarhozone Co., Kingston, Ont, Asquith is now the Poet Laurier, but is greater as a prose writer. In the reign of Queen Victoria Mr. Ryerson. introduced the public wheel system into England. As writers of historic fiction, we have Macaulay, Carlyle and Goldwin Smith. Sonne of the poems of Victoria's reign are "Robinson Crusoe," "She Stoops to Caniquer," "The School for Scandal." Burke was oue of our greatenen who tried to restore the country with poetry. Literature seemed to have taken the form of -literary work instead of poetry. The literature was both historical and. selec tions. • . Queen Victoria hadn't a literary taste, but trainedherself ire the various branches. THE FIRST TRIUMVIRATE. Caeser was very clever, for he was able to borrow more then a million dol- lars, . Caesar- cast the die into the Rubicon. Caesar crossed the Boyne and defeated Pompey. Marius made it list of friends to be killed. Marius looked like a huckleberry just beginning, to spell. Carthage was destroyed to the tune of the bagpipeee The Romans hued down their city. The women of Carthage cut off their hair for eaterpillars (catapults). LITERATURE AND ART OlaGREECE. The Greeks had open air hells of amusement when they played scenes from .the Bible. Sophia, (Sappho) was A dramatist. Socrates woulil snake it man think in no time that he didn't know anything about nothing. Demosthenes carried it lantern around Athens in the daylight; he said he was looking for a man, and wouldn't live in Athens because it was so wicked, so he lived in a tub on the bay. Greeian art was very beautiful and consisted of three columns. Greek society was composed entirely of men. In the Rae of Pericles, literature was the main manoeuvre, The Sophists were very instrumental in literature. Greek literature Was very gentle and beautiful, Gredan homes were deeked out with the best poems, paintings, etc. Socrates, a great speaker, went through the country preaching. The climate of Greece Was so em- bracing. The Homeric poems were not written by Honer, but by another man of the S%0 name. all his bad That marital law should cease, That no member of the crown should marry under 26 without the Ring's con- sellil Wen William III, died, by this 13111 of Rights, the sucession was given to Ge'rartge°1Ia.11nLg could tot raise e, standing army without the lawful judgmebt of his peers. • The ICiug could not levy tam bran - just means without the consent of Par- Ifitilittt elit. Tsoldiers eliould not hide in pri- vate houses. (Territorial changes and moral advance Drinking arid gambling were two vices. The 'United 'States aeknowledged their indepexalence. 'George III, had the 13ilele translated into English, and he also had several diorama built. &Wilde was invented in this reign, in - eluding Physics and Chemistry. In George.111's reign England gained the Austrian colonies by the War of the Austrian Succession. Dilring his fits. of insanity George 111. showed the greatest of patience; In all these things the people strove to be like their knit, VICTORIAN faltA 010 LiTrettATtlItt. Macaulay, !Zitehary, Sir Colin Camp- • bell, Cooke, Adam Beck's "Wealth of Natiobs" was Mao written. The literature of the Vietoriatt Age ineludea such dailies its The Globe aud The Mail and Ilnipire. • Itelph Connor is one of the Meet pop- ular writers of the era. Tommy Borne wrote his famous • peems in her reign. Bunion wrote the "PilgrIm's Progress" in Vietoriee reige target. reek -fight, boll-fightiog, throw - lug the hammer. The great Amp -Maputo games were held on the 'Wend of Delphi. It was at one of the Olympic game that Romulus and his noldiers eaptured their wives. Women brought their sewing to be exhibitedat the games, , Tit ITHISTOCLE8.. Themistocies was More like a coda tutionel than a tyranny. A mut of unmatched cunning, who ereated the wooden horse of Troy, GENERAL. "Please, Mr, Examiner, may I swear at this paper ? ? ?" - "Ifeve pity on us poor creatures." "Friend, 1 want to be it teacher And do great good to man, But since I'm poor in history I don't see how 1 can." Notee-Chtimptain is not on the cur - Opium. A candidate, having (lone . poorly, added: "The blow will almost kill father," •. • 'el,. • • BEARS AS HONEY HUNTERS. In Their Search They Destroy Apiari4 of Texas Farmers. The beekeepers,, of the Wliarton sec- tion frequently eater lessee frone the eiepredatious ot beam Venous kinds of devices are used to protect the apiaries from tha invacion of these animals. The trap -gun is olio of the most effeative guardians of the beehives. The fact, however, thet more or less danger is in- turree to innottent; human beings who nneht accideutally throw ttie spring of trap gun eleuses many ot the apierists to prefer to keep an turned guard ovar tbet • The Caney bottoms, sittfated a short distance from Wharton, ere the natural habitat of many black bears. 'Me ani- mals seem to have a keen scent fer honey, and they make nightly ineursions into the adjacent territory in search of a feast of their favorite sweets, One bear can piny havoc with an apiary in sbort order. He knocks the stands over one, by one with his ponderous paws and quickly obtains an opening into the honey cempextments. The average, bear has a large capacity for houey and one of the animols has bene known to clean up a score of bee stands in a single night. Henry Carter, who has i large apiary the Boling neighborhood, had an ex- citing experience with two heney-loving bears reeently. Hellas it pack of bear dogs, which have been used principally to guard his bees against the attacks of bruin. The kennel of these dogs is close to the hives, and no bear coxed tb ven- ture close to the spot. A neighbor bor- rowed the pack to trail down some bears that had been giving him trouble, and failed to return the dogs at night. Mr. Carter was awakened about, midnight by a noise which totene from his orchaad, where his bee colonies were located. .H,e quickly divined that a beer raid was on. He grabbed a rifle and hurried out of the house toward the apiary. He took a sudden backward punp when a big black bear rose upon its lund feet front behind a beehive and started toward •him. Mae Carter fired at the animal at close range. The bullet wound- ed bruin and stopped his progress tem- porarily. At this moment Mr. Carter noticed another bear running off from • avother part of the apiary. He took a shot at it, but must have missed, as no sign of blood was found afterwerd, The • first bear which he had wounded soon regained its feet and got so close' to air. Carter as to strike at him viciously with one of its paws. Mr. Carter bounded behind an adjaeent tree, where he got in two more shots frors his rifle before the bear could reach him. The beats had completely deetroyed *axes before he arrived on th- scene,—Wharton eor- respondene,e Memphis Commercial Ap- peal. GRECIAN NATIONAL GAMES. The Olympic games were held at Delhi, and consisted' of running, swim- ming, shooting Mut football. They were originated, to please the spirits of the dead,who found life in. Hades rather monotonous and uninter- esting. The games included skating, climbing, throwing dice, tilting in it boat at a IRD OPERATION PREVENTED By Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg- etable Compound Chicago, 111. — "I want to tell you what Lydia 13, Pinkhara's Vegetable Compound did for 3110. I was so sick that two of the best doctors in Chicago said I would die If I did not have an operation. I had already had two opetatpns, and they Wanted me to go through a third one. I suffered day and tight from in= ilammation and a small Ulmer, and never thought of seeing it well day again. A friend told MO how Lydia E. Finkhain'S Veg. °table Compound had helped her, and I tried it, and after the third bottle was cured."—Wirs,ALMASMLING, 11 Langdon Street, Chicago, Ill. if you are 111 do not drag along at home or in your place of employment until an operation Is necessary, but build up the feminine system, and re., inove the cause of thee° distressing aches and. pains by taking Lydia 11. Pinkheres Vegetable Compound,reade from roots and herbs.. rot thirty years it has been the stan- dard remedy for female ills, and has positively restored the health of thou- sands of wornettwho have been troubled with displacements, itillaMtlittien, ul- eerafinn, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodie pains, backache, bearing -down reeling§ ilatuleney, indigestion, dini. nes, or nervous prostrittion. Why don't you try it? 4 s • • TIM DEAD ONE. BrVathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself has said: "My trade of late is getting bad; I'll try another ten -inch ad." If suet there be, go mark him Weil, For Aim no bank account will swell, The man who never asks for trade, By local line or ad displayed, Cares more for rest than worldly gain, And patronage but gives him pain, Tread lightly, friend, let no rude sound Disturb hie solitude profound. Here let hint live In calm repose, Unsought except by men lie owes, And when he dies se plant him deep, That naughtmaybreak his restless sleep, Whet- no rude clamor May dispel The quiet that he loved BO well. Aud when the world may know Its loss, , Place on his grave a wreath et mese, And bn the stone abevet "Here Iles A man who wouldn't auvertise," REVISED. Ye mariners of England That guard our native seas, Whose flag has braved a thousand years The battle and the breeze, Your glorious standard launch again To match it modern foe, • And fly, through the sky While the stormy windt do blow— While the navies grapple In the blue, And the %term), winds do blow. 'The spirits ot your fathers • May start from every wave, For oak decks were their field of fame And 00e811 was their. grave. But now where Phaeton once fell Your manly hearts shall glow, While you flare through the air ,11.8 the stormy winds do blow— While the navies grapple in the blue And the stormy winds do blow. Britannia needs no bulwarks; Her tower.. are out of date, Now fa: above the mountain svaaos • Her warriors aviate, With thunders tom their aeraetanes She quells the foreign fee; And they hinge and they plunge, While the stormy winddo bl w— 'While the navies grapple lit the blUe And the stormy winds do blow. —Chicago Tribune. ^-4 Weak kidneys Kill Quickly Are you Irritable, Depressed? Does Ayr Rack Ache? Have you Nervous Fears? Any Illness of the Kidneys means a Sick Body all over. Note the Symptoms, A,re you weak? Feel tired out? Pull of aches, patina? neve yoa bad headataes? Does your back drag? ' Are your loins painful? Have you rheumatic patios? Are your ankles weak, sweliedi Any puffineas under your eyes? If you have any of the above symp- tome, give your overworked kidneys help at once. They Are diseased, but ow be restored by Dr. Hamilton's Pills. Thousands of men and women use Dr. Hitinilton's Pills every day—thousands have added years to their Jives by this best of all kidney inedicinee. airs. Rossiter, wife of a well-known mere chant in Kensington, writes as follows; "Ten years ago my kidney trouble started. I suffered areadful pains io my spine anti around my waist, any back feeling as if hot irons were running through. r couldn't sleep, had no appe- tite, was pale, thin and very nervous. Cruel headaehes and despondency added to my burden, Not until I had used Dr, Hamilton's Pills did I get any relief. They proved capital toad helped • Pie immediately. Eight boxes xnade me well and now I do my ewn housework, feel and look the picture of health." Your eomplete restoration to health Is certain with Dr. Hamilton's Pills of Mandrake and Butternut refuse sub- stitutes 26c. per box, or five boxes for $1.00, at all dealers or The Catarrh - ozone Company, Kingston, Ont. * . RUSSIAN CALEN,onR. ••••••• New Year's Day Without a Week • 'tat' Maine. A new calendar for Russia marks progress in the Czar's domain. Prof. Solodlleff is a prime ;never in favor of radical referee in Calendar making, The year, he explains, should begin at the spring equinox and the quarters should be reckoned from the equi- noxes and solstices, The firs ttwo months of every quarter should have thirty days and the third thiry- one days. Thus each quarter would have ninety-one days, making 364 days for the year. As the solar year has 365 days 6 hours 48 minutes and 49.7 seconds, one day in the year should oe sic.ply called New Year's day without a weekday name. This disnoees a the extra day, leaving the difference of five hours and the min- utes and seconds. These on four years' time wculdt, but for forty-five minutes, make an extra day, which Prof, Saledileif croposza to call the Day After New Ye -r, The forty- five minutes would amount up o a day in 128 years, and so the Day After New Year should fall but once in 128 years, There is still a difference of a few seconds, but ad this does not amount to a day in 5,000 or 6.000 years it tnay be disregarded. tinder this system every first day of a quarter would be it Monday, the first day of the second month always a Wednesday and the first day of the third inenth always a Friday. It Is also proposed to make Baster, from which all churoli festivals are reckon- ed. occur at a fixed date, which the ecclesia- stical authorities are invited to name.— Chicago Tribune. • WHITE ROSES. They were gathered for a bridal: rkansewthIesummer t bytl em i r ho uo ne —right Upon the sleeping dew. From their fair and fairy sisters They were borne without it sigh, For one remembered evening To blossom and to die. They were gathered for a bridal, And fastened in a wreath; • But purer were the roses Than the heart that lay beneath; Yet the beaming eye was lovely, And the coral Hp was fair, And the gazer looked and asked not For the secret hidden there. They were gathered for a: bridal, Where a thousand torches glistened, Whenthe holy words were spoken. And the false and faithless listened And, answered to the vow • Which another beart had taken; Yet he was present then— The once loved, the forsaken! They were gathered for a bridal, And now, they are dying, And young Love at the altar Or broken faitlt is sighing. 'Their summer life was stainless; And not like hers who wore them; They are faded, and the farewell ot beauty lingers o'er them! —Sarah Louisa P. Smith. Some Camping Hints. When selecting it spot In which to pitch your tents see that 14 18 Well drained dila level. • A brown waterproof eloth spread over the floor tvill make the quarters more comfortable. Old campers also use folding beds, folding Attire and 'cookies' utensils evhieli evil' ga inside of tech other. "The cheapest and best stove is the kerosene burner. Kerosene can be found any place, and Is a demi, inexpensive substitute for wood. Per cool days atid !nights a snlallt round stove or tet heater will add materially to the eomfort of the camp, The submbah camper takes care to pitch near some farmhouse, from which he can buy fresh vegetablea. A. tent eeven by nine feet Will tteeem- moilate two people if cots are luta for sleepaig. IlltrAlKrAST A LA MOM. (Houstott Post.) "Jobe, I believe the new girl had stol- on the whit& broom; 3 left it on the din. lug room table last night." "I guess the joke's oit itte, Marys it WAS not quite light when 3 got op this morning mid I thought you ma left %breaded Wheat biscuit out foe - Ineekfast," 6 di, • The silly tietisort is getting so it taste all the year News. 1. Food Productg Likby's Cooked Corned Beef There's a marked distinc- tion between. Lakes Oookod Oornod Beef and even ithe best that's sold in bulk. . Evenly and mildly cured and scientifically cooked in Lilakee Groat White Mohan, all the natural flavor of the fret's, prime beef is retained. It is pure wholesome, delicious and ready toserve at tneal time, Saves work and worry in SUMITICT. Other Libby "Healthful" Meal -Time -Hints, all ready to serve, are: POOPIOSS Dried Beef ' Vienna Sanglige VOSII loaf Evaporated! Milk Raked Beane Ohow Ohow Mixed Pioldee "Ptirity goes hand in hand with Products of the Libby brand". Write for free Booklet)... "How to make Good Things to Eat". Insist 0 n abbess t your grocerts LIbbY, ttoNsill & Libby 416 AO* "Cernegle."---Skiho's laird will be 74 years old, on..1cov. 25, 1009, --• • During the first half of thie year 25 hotels: in Canada were destroyed or Imaged by fire. The total 1084 wile $207,050, late insurance wee only $91,000, The hotel trede would Beene to have been hard hit. 4.* The United. States postai department are 'vigorously prosecuting the inrindier6 who have been operating an "endiese chain" suit club. Tbey appear to have found a large number of suckers who hoped to get a good suit of clothes at eoniebody else's expense. Canadians were bitten. too. . e • - Tile gypsy moth, which has caused millions of dollars of expense to the Now England Stats, and which bas been threatening calamitous damage, has net with it new enemy. What ia knowa as the "wilt disease," is ataeking and kill- ing its caterpillars by milliens and the State forestere are in hopes that its ut- ter extermination may be near et• eeeee The L'iliteti States' Goveenment is ir- vestigating the effects of using alum in food preparations. Various pickle and retiring powder firms have filed briefs pro and eon. It is pOillted out itt 80410 of these arguments that Englaiel, France, Belgium, Switzerland Gel many, Italy, and others have laws against the use of alum. It is also alleged that bread made with tut alum bakhar powder contains alum, and that it is deleterious to health. A 'United S•tat cial firwhich hos large investmentsefhi47tm in Canada writes to the Financial Post urging that its serieS of articles on the great danger of exe.exisive borrowing by munielpalities should be printed in pamphlet form aid eireulatea far the information of muni- cipalities anti members of the Provincial Perliament, There Is it danger that municipal borrowing muy be overdone. The defieit in tl7e-licated Stat'g trea- sury for the fiscal year ending June 30, Was $96,000,000. It is worth noting that in the last two years the expenses of • the lanited States Government have in- creneed over $112,000,000. In the year before the Spanish-American war, 1890. 97, the expenditures amounted to $365,- 7;4,159; in 1909-09 they were $690,892e 076. That is taking up the white man's burden with a vengeance. The London Laneet 18 oI the opinion that tl transit which are making walking an almost lost accomplishment are not in the in- terest of the vigor of the race. How few denizens of the cities are good for a brisk walk of folly or five miles? How it brief stair climb makes them puff? If we Would retain capacity to walk and climb .stairs we must exercise our powers. Nature maintains no unused organs or capacities. • ••- The United States. Interstate Commis- sion has ruled that railways are not prohibited from advertising vommuta- tion rates for children; but it holds that if a rate is given to bona fide seised • pupils or students, the same rates must be given to all children within the ages stated in the tariff, "re- gal dless of their mission, errand or Imeinest." The object of travel cannot ebeallowed to influence the rate charg- d. e 4 • • The gypsy moth is doing much damage in Massachusetts, which State is spend- ing vast sums of money in the endeavor to exterminate the pest. The commis- sion reports the discovery of o great breeding pound of the moths' on tale shore of Buzzard's Bay. Twenty-five acres of woods will have'to. be burned over, .almost every twig. and branch bearing nests of the moths. It is one of the most dangerous and destructive of tree pests against which our people will do. well to guard. • • *I,* Abeut it year ago 3,000 motormen and concludore on • Pennsylvania deetvie lines found their wages reduced. Those getting the highest rate of pay, 181-2 cents, were reduced 1 1,2 ante, and those getting 15 cents were reducell 21-2 cents. There was c,mgiderahle dissatis- faction, of Celine. but fortunately, no strike famed. Now notices are posted along these lines that at the first ot August the old wage rates will be re. stored, No demands have been made by the men) but _thenotice intimates that the railways regretted the cut was liecoi• eery and are elad to be able to restore the rates with rea.ir.noing nroeperity. The peach -basket or clothes -basket hats are to be succeeded by the Russian toque, deseribed as the latest Monstrosi- ty of the oldevorla milliners' art. The Kronprinz Wilhelm is said to have brought over 200 to New York, by way of feeling how much the American lir0- 133531 Will Stand at ;the bands of Autocrat Pashion. They are the skyscrapers of millinery; made of fur; bigh-prieed enough to suit the richest, and look like it cross between it seeona cousin to the betted:in of the old :perils and the top - arming of it kelithumpian chief of a generation ago. Nome of them, it ie said. cost as much as $1,000; but Oven et that price they may be cheap if they save the Otis from turning their heads into umbrellas. High doorways will tat - orally be it feature of house arehitee- ture when they are in vogue, some of t them—the hats, of tentrse—tising to about three tinies the height of u duly importent alderman's :plug, from the ball of hair which bolas it on the crown of milady's hetta to the tip of the aigrette whitl finiehee it Aloft. Bat, the length of the confeetion 110 .ilidieatiOrt of the Flee,