The Wingham Advance, 1909-09-09, Page 3Oil
(Pram the Inaaadion Farm.)
The hot weather peeled is thee:mese
trainn Season in the life of the young
tent. It should not he ea if itn were
properly Ineleed after. But, as a rule,
the young oelf is very much neglected at
time newton. It is left a'pettly tie' flies, the
heat of nee auu, and soon beeoinee atunt-
td, its hair rough, and it general op -
Lawrence untieritty. Tele seenonetay of
outline present evleen a week or two old.
nee liven Way ot 0., rotundity of body„
,fanni arly known al "pot bellied," When
a ealf reaohee this oondition it Miglit
better be turned to other purpoees then
the defier, 'Die value of the calf is de-
neneintett ene-lealf when it becomes stunt'
e4 in growth, and no matter how good.
its auceati7 may be, it cannat reath the
development that it would have hail,
had proper teen, men care been extended
to it every day of its growth.
VAN CALYneS BB BATS= WITHOUT
MILK?
There are more calves of this stunten
nharaeter in the country than manly Mite -
gine. The cheese fax:tory mut the supply.
.ug of whole lank to citiee and town
are some of the factors conerinuting to
this end. Where the whole milk is di-
verted from the farrn it is difficult to
anise calves properly.. Good calves have
.been raised, without milk, ement for the
Meet two weeks. Some experiments eon-
alueten at the Penneylyania Experiment
;Station a few years ago showed that
tine could. be done. In these exnern
anents a good sabetitute was found in a
;mixture oontaining -Wheat flour, 0000a -
Milt meal nutrium linseed meal and dried
blood. But what'may be done at an ex -
Tel -intent station may not alwane be
ennetioted on the average farm. Milk is
the natural food for the caef,. and it
eihoulci have it in some forth clueing four
to six months of its life, depending largeIly upon the vitality and vigor possessed
lby the calf at birth. It is true -with the
atilf as with other young, that its future
illepends in a very large degree open
the care end feeding of the dem before
ti' e calf is born. But that is another
story, and not pertinent to the question
at isszae—that of feeding and oaring for
tele cafe during the hot weather and
afterwarns.
SKIM -MILK FOR CALVES.
Premising that the calf being raised
this season have had proper ease and
feeding up to the present, we have reach -
en a period when they are from three to
four Months old. At this age they should
.still be reeeiving some skim -milk daily.
:And we might point out just here that
i skim -milk is a better food for the calf
Untended for the dairy than whole milk.
lit should have whole milk for a maple
tor weeks. Then a gradual change to
eskim-milk should be effected se that
when three or four weeks old it should
mot be reoeiving any whole milk, Skim-
enitik Is rich in protein, win& -will do-
ve '' ' neusele, bone and sinew, thus lay-
ing Naze foundation for a, strong, healthy,
✓ ignenhates aniala But skimemilk alone
is none finfficient. Some linseed meal
enenid .n,o ,supplied, about • a cuptol to
wen fee:\ •nehe'jelly is simply,made by
steering gr 'laved flax seed or linseed meal
into a pot c. Ithniling water, until a jelly-
like oonsiste, W.' iS reached.
One of Ohe ttflubles in calf -rearing is
scours. A lite, 1 flInnr added to the lin.
eeed meal alone eninli the skinamilk, is a
good prevents -live. \ But by thls time
calves will have got Vx?yand the scouring
stage.
now xuar IV -VMD.
ne amount of skim -m ilk nalf Wen.'"
be fed daily will depend Lenifenten• upon the
calf. Same calves will tante tine') gallons
or two and. a haf gallons p 'yr dee el whiln
others may not take over7salon anniete
,),
half, The caef raiser m11e exerciee
judgment J3 in the matter. on yothat* ver
is done do not stint the inef. Give. i'
all it will take and digest. properly. Calle .'
hood is the growing time5 and tete exit Gather a single. blade of grass, and ex -
should be ke t growlnee and in good, amme for a minute quietly its narrow,
woranhaped strip of fluted green. Nettie
e• . a as it seems, there ornotable good -
t or beauty. A very little strength,
m
-eery little tallness, and a few deli -
'mg. lines meeting in a point—not
neapteenlee -t point, either, but blunt and un-
einieneen, -by no means a. creditable or ap-
,,cailelocared-for example of us-
parently
tni•ioraa'dseir rn‘e1.4.41"0-aellinsniiiiPandelte'odane o('rerloYev too be
over; and a little pale and
east into tha
Feeble and flaccid, leading
hallow stalk,- e
down to ten neene, brown fibers of roots.
yet, *Mole of it well, and, judge
gorgeous flowers that
And
whether, of alt' tfute
beam in summer a4, e, and of all strong
tely palm tole pine,
min goodly tnenn-e4h4...eented citron and
etrong ash avid oak,
burdened viele—there le.' ahnichry nigrnaren et
deeply loved, -ley God se'
as that IlaltOW point on feeble green.
And well does et fulfill Me itiNsion, Con -
eider what we owe merely to the mea-
dow grass, to Alm covering' af the dark
grotma by that glorious eteeeeel Inn the
companiee of. those soft nnel eaten:nese
and peaceful spears. All peering and
aummer is in aliene—the walk* en ellent,
ecented, paths—the rest e en oseanly
the food doe::: not agree with it, A calf heetts—the joy of herds and fine —the
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off its feed is injured more than a
growu anima
SPRING Ole VALI, CALVES,
The majority of ealves raised fee the
dairy are spring calves. Fall calves are
Mare easily raised thall Spring calves,
intim they mem very early in the spring
aud ore well advanced before the hot, wea-
ther comes. Calves dropped in Nevenn
bee or December, or even a month or
two later are 'erne enough by the fon
lowing Awe to go on grass in the day
time, until it gets hot, aud then they
had better no kept in a box stall in
the flay tizne and turned out to grass
at night. If the pasture is good and
they have come along well, they will
probably need very little -grain at this
time, However, the feeder must use
nis judgment. The calf must be kept
growing and grain feeding may be
necessary, though it should notebe givea
to such an exteet as to maim the ealf
unduly fat. A calf raised for beefing
purposes should be kept in fat conda
tion eight along. Not so a dairy calf.
Growth is neoessmy, but not fat con-
dition. Foe this reason the dairy calf.
requires more Care in the rearing than
one desired for the Mock.
During the summer a good place for
a calf is in a paddock vonvoinently lo-
cated for feeding, where there are trees
and a small she for shelter. If this
cannot be provided then the calves
anould be kept ie. a box stall in the
stable during the day when thyun is
hot.
SOME CALF RATIONS
Primrose McConnell, an English au-
thority, recommends the following rat,
ions for calves depending upon the age
and maturity:
No. 1—Milk 20 lbs., barley meal 1
Ib., linseed cake meal, I lb,
No, 2—Milk 20 lbs. barley meal, 1 lb.,
'Unwed eake meal, 1 'lb.
No. 8—Calf meal 20 lbs., barley meal
lb., pasture say 20 lbs.
The same authority summarizes calf
feeding as follows:
"Colostrum to a newly -dropped calf
(albumineld ratio 1.05). and afterwards
;ordinary milk (ratio 1.33), 11/2 to 2 gal -
lona daily; gradually substitute linseed
cake meal and barley meal raised, or
"cal meals" up to 2 lbs. for a portion
of the milk; also replace railk -with but-
termilk or erhey; wean at 4 to 6 months.
Pleanehay or forage within reach as soon
as it chews the cud. eare must be taken
to keep the food rich in hone and fleeli
formers."
VALUE Ole SPRAYING letkinfONe
• STRATED.
Becaueempraying is not invaainbly re-
quired to Insure a satisfactory aeop of
fruit, there is ever 0, strong temptation
to neglectIt, trusting to Providence for
immunity ,from Attack. 'The•peserit sea-
son ehould seive to convince many peach
growers that Providence helps the or-
chardist who sprays his trees. To the
cold, wet weather of late spring and
early summer.is attributed. the unusual
prevalenee and severity of leaf -earl,
winch defoliated many peach trees in the
tender -fruit belt, &teeing. the fruit to
fall. The weather, which favored the
development of the eurnleaf, also, in
many oases, prevented the spraying that
would Ita•ve been done to hold it In
check. The defoliated. trees will, of
course throw out a new leafage, but
at emisiderable expense of vigor, while
all badly -attacked ones will produce no
crop of fruit this year. if. S. Peart, 13.
S. A,, Director of the Hortioultural Ex -
pediment Station at Jordan Harbor,
Ont.; informs us that, alter looking over
the Niagara District, he is of °pillion
that most orchards which were sprayed
WHEN THE GRASS IS GREEN.
healthy ma ion from tlee stnat.
orvm A LITTLE CORSE TOM.
Early in its career the calf should
be accustomed to taking a, lit-
tle conene feed. Plane some nice,
'bright clover hay in a rack and the
calves will begin to nibble at it. .A, good
plan is to drop a handful of wheat -
bran into the pail about the time the
calf is clone drinking. It will soon team
to lick it up. Some dairymen recommend
beginning to feed the meal ration in this
way: after the calf has learned to eat
bran, a little ground oats can lee added
and a very small quantity of oil, cake
meal, In this way the young oaf may
be educated to digest the mope cone,en-
trated foons. Sugar beet meal makes
a very good suramter food fot naives,
especially for young ones, that ate not
on the grass much.
Xf the calf has been well fed mid oared
for, after five or six months the Akirn
milk ration may be gradualln desematin.
ued. It will by this time leave become
accustomed to a meal ration, sad id the
pasture is good, will thrive 'even, But
the calf should be earefully weitchect lest
is different from any 'other —'the
best --the btrightest and blackese.
Quickest to shine -r- longestito stay
shined.
Itis real Insist on' 4! Z
Shoe Insur- i n t." No
ance, other is eyed
Feeds avid ktall as goodA
„p re sreirves
the leather
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only of healing gums and Mean nine Years in
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PUTNAM'S PAINLESS
CORN EXTRACTOR
power of all shop:heed life and meditation
—the life of slunight upon the world,
failing in emerals1 etreans and. falling in
sat, blue shadows, where else it would.
strike Upon the dark mold or scorching
austral/oh-a leuelcin.
An III -Behaved Cluck,
ne-enly one cluck hung six chides 121
two days. I never had. such a peculiar
experience and can find no reason for
It. Can you? A.—You giveyour hens
too many eggs or too small a nest box;
result, broken eges that smear 'the
feathers, which sticking together make
loops which catch Wein: by the neck.
Mateo box eighteen inebes spare ann
set front thirteen to fifteen eggs, ne,
coining to the size of ben and seam.
—Cape May Star and Wave,
, • • * • •
BRITAIN'S SHARE OF THE
WORLD'S SHIPPING.
• (N. Y., Sun.) •
There bas just beenf issued from the
offices of Lloyd's in Fenchureh steeet,
London, a. new register, destined, no
doubt like its predecessors to be an
indispensable desk compel -doe of every
one associate& with the shipping. in-
dustry. The appendices to the peesent
volume will be found. more than usually
serviceable especially that in which are
collected from the most authoritative
sources the facts showing Britain's
place among the ship owning nations
of the world.
From the returns made to Lloyd's
Register it appears that of the 30,540
steamers and sailing ships now i ex-
isterae Great )3ritain must be credited
with 11,565, orinnre"than one-third. In-
asmuch, moreoven as many of the
foreign owned vessels are small coasters
and river or lake steamers, Britain's
proportion of the total towage Is con-
siderably greater. From the point of
view of capacity the figures for the
world's tonnage are 41,440,767 tons, or
over 45 per cent., are owned. by the
British empire. The fact reminds us
that when determining the relative
strength of defence forces we must eon -
eider the shipping as well as the ter-
ritory to be defended.
The two to one keel standard nifty
seem not far amiss if we keep in view
the fact that Britain owns four and e a
half times as much tonnage as does
Germany, and three and a half times as
much tonnage is belongs to the United
States—including the lake tonnage—the
aggregate tonnage under the Stars ,and
Stripes being 4,053,812 tons. In respect
of her merchant fleet's capacity, Nor-
way comes next to Germany, but has
only a little more than a tenth of the
British total. .France Is fifth, with
scarcely more than a tenth. Italy takes
the sixth position, Japan the. seventh,
Russia, Holland, Sweden, Austria,
Nun-
may, .Demnark and Spain following in
the order named. Considered as a com-
mon carrier, Britain's superiority is still
more marked, -because in her case the
proportion of steam tonnage to the total
is very nigh. British steamers, for in-
stance, contribute 1'7,702,000 tons, where-
as GerMany's aggregate is, only 3,889an
000 tons, or about a fifth. In this re-
spect thhe United States takes thethird
Place, aur total being 3,662,332 tons.
' The British trade journal Engineer-
ing by,,which the above data are repro-
duced from Lloyd's Register, has found
It possible by an analysis of the figures
given to arrive at some indication of
the inerease in the number of high
speed vessels.- It appears' that If all
countries are taken into account there
are now 101 stea,mers capable of •ex-
ceeding twenty knots an hour, as com-
pared with fifty-eight in 1901 and eight
in 1891. Of the 101 steamers, 34 are
propelled by Parsons turbines and one
by the Curtis turbine, so that evidently
the new system of propulsion has had
a very direct lufluence on. the develop-
ment of speed. Of the twenty knotters
no fewer than sixty-one are British
owned, as compared with thirty-two in
1901 and eight in 1891. With the ex-
ception of the United States, the addi-
tion to the number of fast ships be-
longing to foreign powers Is very slight.
Even of steamers of between ineteen
and twenty knots there has not been a
great increase. There • were seventeri
of these in the world in 1891. The num-
ber was exactly doubled In 1001, but
since that only eight vessels of the
speed named have been added, making
the total tow fortw-two, of which the
United Kingdom owns. twenty-seven.
Of the vessels makieg between eighteen
and nineteen knots the aggregate num-
bes Is at presenteighty-five, as com-
pared with forty-seven at the begin-
ning Of the century. Of the total fifty-
nine are British owned. If, indeed,
we take into view -all vessels making or
exceeding seventeen knots in speed—
these number 358—we find that Great
Britain owns 206.
When we turn lastly to the intrease
in the number of vessels of great size
eve learn that there are now 133 ships
each exteeding 10,000 gross tons, of
ethich sevetty-two are owned by coin -
reales practically belonging to the
Milted Kingdotn. Ciermany comes
next in the list with thirty:three, and
the United ntates follows with nine.
Ohly. the Mauretania and Insitania are
weer 30,000 tens, but of ships betweee
20,000 arid 25,000 tone Britain has our,
Germany two, end America, .and Hol-
land one eitcle
s
HER it
Captain In P. Noe, of the Celtic, was
regaliine a little group of ladies With sea
stories.
"One trip,' he said, "there was a
woman who bothered the offieete Med
ree to death about whales. Iler elle de-
sito was to see it whale, A dozen tittles
aeo, she besoughe lie to lave her dol-
ed if a Whale hove- hi eight.
"I said rather impatiently to her one
ivf ter000n
"flun madam, Why are you so atoci-
ons abont this *Miele question?'
"Centailli' she answered, 11 watt to
see a evliale,bhibbet, It must be Ocry
irepreteive to See Stich an erionnoue
ereatetre ety."
Rehearsals VV011 Attended.
"In your Amateur theatricals do they
redly kise in the love Making menas?"
"In the publie perforelatices of Worse
not! What would people thitik I Only
et the reneareals1"—Boston lilobe,
61.• 4.66.4.•
Taking Less Risks.
Itottstoo-.The Frenett Intty now buy
our stocks on their bourlo. Islotherry--
They would fitel it atter to marry them, ;
itn Ututti.—Ptielc,
HOW TO MEET
HOT WEATHER.
HEAT PROSTRATION DIFFERENT
FROM SUNSTROKE.
Blondes More Liable Than Brunettes
to Heat Trotoblea—Eat Only Abs
Solutely Fresh Fruit—Wear Light
Clothing, Sleep Much and Drink
No Stimulants.
:TlmbitTiul°fjulY4rultgtrt
eaeerlettdlreetilsuponinaid,
and two direct Pie nib!" says a writer
in Hampton's Magazine, "toutstroke,
which, all tillage considered, is compare,.
tively rare, told what is poptilarly known
fte heat pee/80040n, which, though gen-
erally avoidable, ita commou,
"Bemuse they demand, rapild diagnosis
and prompt relief, the aympteons of this
pair of dengera are frequently confused,
and not infrequantlywith inset:tin:cm re-
sults, but the truth is that they are en-
tirely independent of each other,
"Sunstreke is a sudden los of control
by the heat regulating centres of the
brain, whereas heat prostration is mere-
Ihyealat.iet perhaps more -perilously the ex-
haustion of certain vital organs, due to
the patient's continued exposure to the
"Nature in order to guard the brain
against ettnetroke has established in it a
beat regulating mechanism of a, charm -
ter quite adequate to ordinary circum-
fitances. This is a aerve centre which
automatically controls the blood vessels.
Cold contracts these vessels, but heat
expands them, end when expanded. they
pour out the sweat winch, by its evapor-
ation, relieves the superheated body,
"The heat regulator is to the brain
what the eutometic spreaker ie to the
factory or warehouse. When the factory
Or warenouse acquires a dangerous tem-
perature that -eery temperature dissolves
the plugs in the sprinkler and releases
the water. Thus, when the brain grows
too wenn the heat regulator permits the
vessels to expand end they proceen, at
once to pour out the relieving fluid,
"This is adequate in ordinary eireunn
stances, But civilization has created for
man some circumstances which are not
In nature's conception of the term 'ordi-
nary' In such circumstances, when the
brain is worn by disease, when it is
wearied by ,overwork, when it is fagged
by abnormally long heat exposure, or
when it is subjected to sudden exposure
of excessive 'violence, the cerebral cen-
tres are whipped, into a condition which
requires more relief, than the berinkicr
can give, and then the result is that col-
lapse which WO call sunstroke.
"It is the action of the heat on several
vital organs which causes heat proetia-
tion, tend this is usually metter not of
one hour but of several days. The heart
action weakens, the stomach is upset,
newels, kidney noel liver linty suffer, and
the prospective patient cto keep going'
uses up more and more of the energy
ezhich he will later need in resisting the
final breakdown.
Consequently prostrations occur as a
rule in those who are exposed to intense
heat for a long period, or who are in bad
health. The ultimate result is likely to
be more serious than in cases of sun-
stroke. Often the patient emovers only
to run the same risk again end to en-
counter altimeter disaster.
The delicate mechanism of the brain
makes the immediate services of a plinsi-
clan imperative in all cases of sunstroke,
but in the ordinary cases of prostration
mune may be none before the physician
eaalves. Stimulation is required, and this
la the form of mrface friction is easily
administered. The fatal 'temperature'
is generally believed to be 106 degrees,
yet I have seen 'patients brought into
hospitals with a temperature of 110—
and going up by leaps and bounds—who
were cured by ice 'baths and rubbing.
"Recent investigations seem to ShOW
that the lighter the color of your com-
plexion the greater are your chances of
disaster. The Medical staff of the United
States army has been paying particular
attention to this matter and hasfound
that as a rule bondes cannot long sur-
vive in a tropical climate,
"On the average they die within three
years, probably because the clear skin,
being practically without pigment, offers
little protection against the sun's rays.
In any event blonde or brunette should
reraember that the skin's natural relief
from beat lies in the throwing off of
that secretion of water, salts or excre-
mentitious matter which we know as
sweat.
"The cessation of the flow of sweat is
the first danger signal. When that hap-
pens get out of the sun and into the
shade, stop work, drink plenty -of Water
and do not hesitate to use a fan. It is
raoreesatisfactory to be ladylike and
alive than masculine ann. dead. Of
course if you can Word it you,can al-
ways avoid both sunstroke and prostra.
tion by the simple process of keeping
out of the heat, but you should at any
rate take things easy and. (1rink to stim-
ulants at all..
"Chief among the ills from heat that
are less direct but more frequently fatal
are diseases of the lower alimentary
cenat. Two general causes ere, roughly,
assignable—cold and bacteria. Probebin
96 per coneof the diseases evhieh we
aro tow mraidering have their origin
in the eating of nentarainated fruit.
"By this 1 de not necessarily mean
fruit which is so far rotted that its de-
composition is evident to the mimes. It
is true, I believe, that in many cheap
eating places and in some dint are not
'cheap, contaminated fruit is frequently
served' as fruit salad or in some highly
seasoned or skillfnlly prepared form.
"But the far inore frequent source of
distress is in fruit which our muses could
not at all detect as decayed aud which
if pointed out to us eve should describe
as just on the turn. 88011 decay is due
to the presence of bacteria, and its result
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eltolera morbus, wluelt may be avoided,
by avoidiug contaminated fruit.
".Plain, ottl fashioned—yea; but 4
laughing matter—ate. Oat of my pre-
feesional experience, on the contrary, I
would say that symptomutically amera
morbus is often quite 43 deadly as As-
iatic eholera. It eertaluly has been far
; more deadly in America, anc't know of
hut one general rule against it—when
in doubt, cook the-froit,
"It would be hest if we Americans
could get ever the abeordities of our
summer fashions in clothes, which ere
in literal truth, frequently suicidal. One
summer some yeers ago I paesed several
weeks in the pleesant town of Bristol,
N.H., and, there I found that the dress
of the richest man was pretty much
that of the poorest. Moecasins, serge
trousers held loosely by 4, Skato strep,
a five tent ehip straw hat end a hickory
shirt, Um colter open and the sleovea
rolled up to the elbow—so much and no
more.
"But Bristol is the happy exception,
Women as a vile fare passably well be-
eanse they affect such felines as pongees
and lewus, which give an adequate eva-
porating surface and because the too
frivollusly :necked peekaboo waist has
about solve n the problera of not weather
attire for femininity; yet, save in taro
commuuities as that of the lucky New
Hampshire town, we poor men continue
to carry fora layers of clothes upon our
backs and lam death at every sunny
corner.
"Above all, you should be eareful dur-
ing -warm weather not to overworlt your
stomach, It has served you more or
lees faithfully all winter and its mn-
ployer should grant it a sort of vitae, -
tion. Avoid, therefore, mainly+) am -
°unto of feed, bub especially of all heat
making foods—allstaecti aud fats, greasy
dishes and Irish potatoes.
"Green vegetables are the best fea-
tures in, the menu, and lean meet and
eggs are 11 close second, became they are
not fat makers, but muscle mincers. As
for fruit, be euro that it is not con-
taminated; avoid the dust blown eorner
fruit stand, and if you drink alcoholic)
beverages at all, drink only light wines
and bans. It is better to avoid all
such drinks.
"The question of how long at the sea-
side the sumneer bather ahould remain
in the surf is a question of individual
idiosycracy. I frequently remain in the
water for two or three hours, weile many
ofmtee.
my friinenedscan endure no more than
t
"There be theta but one rule, which is
to go in the first day and stay until you
feel the first sign of chill, then leave at
once, rub down th,oroughly, and there-
afteri always quit the water at least ten
minutes sooner than on that first day.
"The secret of escaping the evils of
summer lies largely in the regulation
of personal Imbibe. It would be well if
in July and August we oanopied our
sidewalks as the sidewalks are cetiopied
in Italy, and it would be well for us
to adopt the open air cafes of Europe
in general, the nearest substitute for
which is the still too tare roof garden
of New York.
"Safety from the danger of heat pros-
tration may kw almost positively secured
by observing the following rules:
Make your work as light as pos-
eib1(`28.. Wear only the lightest clothing
and as few garmettts as the law allows.
"3. Eat speringly„ principally fresh
vegetables, shunning all fats and starchy
foods, avoiding the deadly fruit egad
and taking no fruit which has not been
either washed or peeled imraediately be-
fore it is served.
"6. Drink no spirituous liquors.
"6. Sleep, if it is possible, at mid-,
day; alwaye slay abed eight hours every
night and always sleep under a mosquito
netting. make
yieur vacation absolutely
different from yo4ur„idaily life."
After making a most careful
study of the matter, U. S. Govern-
•ment scientists state definitely
that the common house fly is the
principal means of distribiding
typhoid fever, diphtheria, and
smallpox. Wilson's Fly Pads kill
the flies and the disease germs,
tee.
ar- •
RIVALS OF THE • POTATO. '
Edible Roots Much Prized in South-
ern Lattitudes.
Efforts are being made to introduce
in the Southern States certain useful
vegetables hitherto .unknow o to this
country, which ate known in tropical
regions as the yautia, the dasheen and
the taro. The last named ia already
familiar as an one -mental plant, under
the - name of caladium or "eleeltant's
eear." All three are nearly related, and
their starchy, edible roots are higbly
prized in warm latitudes
: -
These roots, Indeed, resemble thn can -
mon potato in coemosition and in flavor.
That of the yautla, for exainple, when
properly cooked, is not easily distin-
guished. from the "Irish" tuber, It is
sometinies white, sometimes •red and
sometimes yellow, according to variety.
So rich is it in starch that it yields
nearly one-third of its weight hi /lour,
mid its leaves are prepared for the
table after the manner of spinach.
Orte -reason why it is deemed desir-
able to introduce these plants le that
they flourish in lanl that is too wet
for ordinary crops. It hat been aeon -
tinned that they will grow wellein this
comitry as far north ta the Carolinan-
Not only -are they useful by teason of
their edible qualities, but their leigh
yield Of starch affords a prospect of
great usefulness for them as stock food.
or in the production of aleonol.
The yautia stems to lave been orig.
Inally native to the West Indies. It
Was cultivitted by the aborigiues in
those paets centuries before Columbus
discovered America, t'ven to the ism.
sent day its roots,a,which look some -
What liko seveet potaNt, are raised on,.
the ielatids of that arthipeltego hi great
quantitite, the production often retteh-
ing ten tons to the acre. Did the white,
potato not exist . --,they would take the
place of i admirably.
LOOltING FOR 'TROUBLE. •
n(1eatinal Herald.)
"Ifterold/' elie said, soothingly, "What
you ask is impessiblee'
"Well, said Harold, dejeeteely, "my
friends were right after all."
"How so?" ihe asked euriously.
"When I spoke to them about you
they lensed their hands and said, 'What,
her? 011, she's impossible, impossible!'
At that tine I ilian't know what they
meant, leut,-of mune, now I doe' and
Harold turned end drummed weetirefinly
on the window pane.
Feinted and 1.esvyeN
oAtivivo," said tTucle Eben, "is osump.
in' laic singin". You either gits it free
yole$1 tiitil tit listvolOY or else it's AO
exiniteive y e ten :Ilford ecenely etuy."
"Expected to Uie
„c
tlgo 44443 Pain JD.44;,,iit.
f)wo3 lila Lite to tho k.ur.
ativo Power*. ol
Dr1Ilaroiliton's Plito.
Lack of eetTelee And overwmk were
the cause that eenasned to aanost hill
Samuel S. Stephens.,..jup., tole of the best
known and most noluentlal eitizene m
,
Woodstock, In 1118 convinehto letter
stephen Boys;
'A year ago I returned home after
a long .trip„ vompletely worn out. J.
was so badly afteeteo. by chronic bit -
i0 iuuvh overcome by constant
headaches, dizsiueas, that I. despaired
of over getting well. I was IdWayS tired
and languid, Had no energy and spirit,,
fodt,fficttlt toieleatformreArtueututAyapwtevaso
tha e
at next to nothing and i11 eon
-
sequence lost' weight and !strength. 1
wee 'pale and had dark rings under my
eyes that made me look like e shadow.
"It was a blessing that I used Dr.
Ifainitton's Pills. In one week I felt
like a new man. The: feeling of weight
and nausea inmy stomach disappeared.
lely eyes looked brigleter, color grew
better, and best of all I began to enjoy
my meals. The dizziness, languor and
feeling of depression passed away and
I fast regained- any old time vigor and
spirits. To-tbay I am well—thanks to
Dr. Hamilton's
The regular use of Dr. Hamilton's
keepe the system clear, healthy,
and thereby prevents all manner of Klett-
nes. One 'pill when retiring will make
you feel like new. For enealtn, strength,
comfort and good spirits there is no
medicine like Dr. Hamilton's Pills. 13e -
ware of substitutes and don't let •any
dealer palm off some other pill on which
he can make more money; 25e. per box,
or five boxes for $1.00, by mail from
Tbe Catarrbozone Company, Kingston,
Ont.
LONELY LIFE OF A HERDER.
All farms of eighty acres and up
ought to have a small flock of sheep,
When fumed for them there is little
expense in keeping them, as they eat
meetly what would' be wasted by the
other stock, They kill out the weeds
and bring in money for the wool at a
time when the farmer iteually has little
else to turn into money.
Nearly. all the wool rased in the
United States east . of the Missouri
River is medium eyool. This is because
the best mutton sheep are of this illass.
The Ohio, Kentucky and ludiana wools
bring the highest price; they are
cleaner and consequently shrink less
and, are mostly staple wools,
Wools from the above sections and
neighboring States are called bright
weeds; these from western.. Minnesota
western Iowa and Dakotes and eastern
Nebraska and Kansas are called semi -
bright.
The range wools are usaally known
as western wools and are quoted gen-
erally by the name of the state in
widen they are raised, such as Montana,
Oregon, Colorado and Utah wools. They
all have characteristic* which distin-
guish thern, owing to the soil, climate
and the' range conditions.
The mange wools, according to Fur
News, are much better in breeding and
staple than a dozeyears ago, because
the sheepenen have been steadily grad-
ing up their flocks with the best blood
that could be secured, regardless of
pries. The . result is that their wools
are bringing nearly as if not quite as
much ae the easternebrights wools of
the sanie grades.
Some of the, wool growers of Montana
and Wyoming own or control 50,000 to
100,000, !sheep, Frequently these big
floeks are dividedup into ,half a, dozen
flocks .in the hands of share men who
CaTO for the sheep for a share' Of the
wool and Iambs.
Except in lambing time the sheep are
divided into bands of about 2,000, efien
band in care of a herder. During the
summer the mountains make the beets
range, spell ae the Big Horn Mountaini
of -Wyoming. In the winter when there
Is swan snow on the ground: lots of
ranges can be used that at other times
are useless on account of no water.
The sheep herder's life is a very lonely
.,orie. He is provided with a covered
wagon, which is liauled out on the
range, where he is left with hie sheep
and perhans a dog or two and provi-
sions for a couple of weeks, His duties
consist of following and watching the
band as they feed out (from the bed
ground around the wagon) in the morn-
ing till about zioon, when they lie down,
rest and chew their cods. About 2
o'clock he gets them up and starts them
bade so as to gram back to the bed
grounds for the night. In about two
Weeks the camp mover comes around
and moves him three or four miles to
another bed ground.
When shearing time comes the bands
are (Moen up to some favotable 'spot in
turn and shorn. Oftenthnes this takes
place en the open prairie. The wool is
sacked and piled up and sometimes lies
there mmovered for a month before it
is hauled, in some cases fifty to sev-
enty-five miles, to the railroad.
...wirmiraiwYmenammeoftw
AMONG Mt KWS
New* Nato About Them tnsto
Over the Woild.
The •.ale of Anglo -Palestine sharss in
Moult a (m(1mma to) int"leamt' at ti high•
ly satisfactory rate. Purehase of Ian!
in Palestine has 'eon receiving great
impetus awl. will Ile still further stimu.
Wed by the aeticu of the twelfth eon.
vention of the Federation of Anterlean
'Zionists 10 introducing the formation of
Aellusath Naehla companies 88 the one
that Is proving so successful in St.
LOON. Mr, Simon Goldman, founder of
the St. Tamis eompany and newly elected
chairman of the Palestine committee of
the Federation, has undertaken the ris-
ing of amillion dollar haul for Pal^s-
tine land development during 1110 00181225
Year.
The Zionists of Constantinople entered
the name of Enver Bey, one of,the mast
prominent of the Young Turks, in the
Golden Book.
Mrs. Emily van Praagh, the widow
of the late William yen Praagh, who
was a pioneer of the oral instruction for
the deaf mute in England, was given a
pension of 50 pounds, to be paid from
the civil list, This is a high honor be.
stowed. on persons of superior merit In
the fields of science, art and public.
welfare,
This year the Olive crop in Jaffa is
very good. The barley erop of Giutzza
is estimated at 2,497,200 bushels, of
which 1,920,000 bushels are intended for
export. Advicefrom. Ilaiffa Say that
tbe crops of both Syria and Palestine
are good and will exceed those of 1007.
, The organized Zionists of Switzerlend
recently held o conference in Basle,
The report of the propaganda committee
allowed that 900 ,Zionist brochures and
many hundred circulars were distributed.
Over 12,000 francs were collected for the
National fund, 900 francs for Shekolirin
150 francs for the party fund, and or-
ganization receipts 890 francs. Various
„resolutions were adopted as to future
propaganda work for the movement.
The late nir, Ellis A. Franklin, of
London, left 22,000 pounds for charitiea,
of which 1,000 pounds each were be-
queathed to the Jeivs' College and the
Anglo -Jewish College, with which insti-
tutions the late benefactor had been
'intimately eonnected, while the other
20,000 pounds should he distributed ac-
cording to the discretion of the execu-
tors.
Local journals report that the Alliance
Israelite Universe/le has decieedto pur-
chase some forms in the villayette of
Smyrna, which belonged to the ex -Sul -
811(1 were ceded by him to the
Sta'te.
Consequent on an appeal to the nation, •
made by a. Turkish. evening paper, for
subscriptions to build some warships, a
large number of Jews have promised
monthly contributions.
In a recent issue of a Jewish paper
it was stated that a certain learned
rabbi had been Invited to preach, and
did preach, upon a non -controversial
subject in the Roman Catholic Chruch
of Our Father, Detroit. This church
is not Ronan Catholic—it is Universal-
ist.
Dr. Milton 5J Rosenau, director of
the hygienic laboratory of the United
States public health and marine hoepital
service, has accepted the position as
professor of hygiene and preventive
medicine at Harvard University, where
he will take up his duties in the fall.
The board of managers of the Or-
phans'. Home, Philadelphia,Pa. has
awarded a contraet for the erection of
the new orphanage, which will cost $50,-
000. The building will be a three-storey
Acme structure, and wilt contain all
modern improvements and conaeniences.
The oholera, which is raging at St.
Petersburg with, many fatal remits, has
spread among the inmates of the Jewish
orphan asylum in the capital. Typhus
has idso reached several important Jew-
ish centres in the Pale, where large
numbers of people are daily succumbing
to the disease.
Just recently Mr. Hertz, it manufac-
turer in Lodz, donated 200,000 rubles
for the establishment of a girls high
school, in spite of the fact that experi-
ences prove deity that from schools of
this kind the Jews will not derive any
benefit.err
H
Edward Frankfort, the well-
known Amsterdam painter, has gained
the gold medal at the International Ex-
hibition of Pictures held in. Arnhem.
Four years ago, at an exhibition in
Amsterdam, Herr Prankfort WaS award-
ed the gold medal presented by the
urre hmei eMoth.netjetr
u
tional law prize given
by the 'Faculty of Law in Paris—one of
the- hightse awarded by this faculty
ealias been won by a young Jewish law-
yer, lel, Pierre Frederic Simon.
Mrs. Henrietta Loeb, of Philadelphia,
Pa., in memory of her husband, Marx
13. Loeb, has presented $1,500 to the
United Hebrew Charities, 1,000 to the
Jewish Prater Rome and n600 to the
Young Women's 'Onion. .
06,01,"..61,retv.6r Aso roslotrwsvoR 4 APPArkvoa .
DR. H. W. WIL4Y Al WORK IN HIS LASORATORY IN WASHINGTON
dOciarea thtt tho modern ha usewivbs art Lucretia Borgros, poison.
Ing thclr holooliold:i through lack of k nowiedge of hygienic principlts,
ON GROWING OLD.
To grow old is sad Indeed, if what
you want is to hold baelt the reoeding
years, to keep your hair from growing
white, your eyes from becoming 41m,
and the wrinkles from chiseling their
way across your brow. But if from all
these vicissitudes to whielt life autvjecte
you, you draw t bit of wisdom, of profit,
of goodness, to grow old is to beeome
free and large. One of the most beauti-
ful things in the world is an old person
who, made 'better by experience, more
indulgent, more charitable, loves man.
kind in spite of its wretehedneaS and
adores youth without the slightest ten-
dency to mimic U. Suck a venom 19
like an old Stradivarius whose tone has
become so sweet that its value is in.
creased a hundredfold, and it seems id.
most to hays a soul.--Oltartes Wagner.
Our Father i:811AeasfveT,'we thank
that Then hest revealed 1:11ywlf to tie
not only AS 414 All-powerful and the All-
wiae, but as the We Lissa
l'hee
or that wondrous risssAge that
God is love, and for the manifeetetiona
of that love irk the gift of Illy Son. We
pray that we may be ,mado partaki,re
of Thy nature and that Thy ,grstt an I
eTheleansing love may fills,our 801118.
Then Shall we be, redeemed from all
base things and grow in Thy liketuse
aud men shall see, Oltriet reflected 111
our lives.May we ever remember that
an the things that the world values pale
into 'grinificance in comparison with the
great Divine attribute of love. May our
love to Thee more and more manifest
itself in love to one another. Amen.
WHAT IS. IMMORTALITY?
Rev. Dr. Horton, the well-kuown Brit-
ish minister, has recently preaehed
rather striking sermon on the subject of
immortality. Reports of the sermon in
full have not yet come to land, but quo-
tations from it indicate that Dr. Horton
has departed fora the generally accept-
ed ideas touching thia matter. A sen-
tence or two will give the heart of his
belief and theory touching immortality:
"Aceordieg to our Loard, immortality
is not forced upon us. It ie an inealeo-
table prize offered as tbe 'heirloom of
humanity, but, we are to be 'counted
‘vorthy! The more I lave thought
about this phrase the more the convic-
tion has grown upon me that our Lord's
meaning is simply this: Being counted
worthy is having the real desire for
eternal life. Those wbo ha,ye no such
desire Inc unworthy, If we Jong for
pinta and righteousness and love, which
are implied in the immortal life, that
passionate yearning is ia God's eyes our
worthiness to reeeive His gift." Such a
yearning, Dr. Horton pointed out, was
Invent from base men, but never from
noble: meinCarlyle, Ruskin. Tennyson
and Browning all expressed in different
ways the passionate and ineradicable
craving for God and immortality. With
them he contrasted the Swinburnes and
Sohn Davidsons of literature. The soul
which bas lost faith in the beyond, he
said, must wither_.—Christian Guardian.
THE HIGHER PURPOSE.
To follow Christ is to became like
Him. To serve Him is to carry out His
spirit into all relations of our lives..
Tine cannot be done without a daily ly-
ing to self, the giving up a multitude of
things, in tbemselves not sinful, not evil,
but good,' because we have a larger plan
of life, a higher purpose of existence --
namely, the establishment among men
of Christ's kingdom of truth, righteous -
nein and joy. Row we shall work for it
it determined by the conditions of our
lives, and also by our use of these con-
ditions—for by the faithfulness we
may measurably clange them. institute
new relations, broaden our range of in-
fluence, create oportunities, make re-
nunciation of certein modes of service
easy, by rising to larger apd better
. If there is sacrifice in nick a
life„ it is for us the only true life—if
there is a croes iri it, it is a cross to be
gloried in -if it leads to death—death is
but the augel that swings open the por-
tals of heaven's triumphs. — Egbett
Sn..yele
• AERIAL TRAVEL.
(By a Banker.)
Now that the science of aviation has
'been so successfully developed that a
flight across the English Channel has
been achieved, perhaps it may be per.
missible to give rein to the imaginatioh
and to indulge in speculation as to the
eventual potentialities of this strange
mode of locomotion. There can be no
question whatever now that it has been
so practieally peeved that it is possible
to.construct machines capable of making
long fterial aoya,ges at rapid speed that
in the nettr future travelling by aero-
plane will not ,be regarded with greater
wonder than was travelling by motor
car it few years ago; and ie is possible
that the flying machine of the future
will be 08 great an advance over that
by which, the brave Frenehman crossed
the channel, both ill mannittide and also
in speed, es the great Atlantie liner of
the present day exeels the little wicker
oracle in which the aneient Briton ven-
ticintleltk.
oecross river, or went fishing
i
And if this supposition be fulfilled
how it will revolutionize travel, warfare
—if indeed it would not put a stop to
is altogether—even civilization ttnd nae
tional life generally. For if theairship
of the future were eqtati in sine And car-
rying capaeity to the great steal:119111p
of 1 edity; its speen of course immeratia-
ably increased hi the ratio of the differ-
ertee between the resistaate of air and
that of water; it great army could be
transporten from oue country to any
part .of another in a few hours, and In-
VutSiOli
WOUla be so eray, and reprisals
so feasible, that it is menifest that iit.
ternationat evarfare must by universal
tohseut bo dineontitued. And as hearty
a mile a mintite hes been attebied, it
may fairly be assoited that a speed ot
very much mote then tt, inindred iniles
an hour will in the futtire he practicable,
so that it journey. wont the Atlantic,
or from London say to- the Pyramids, or
to Serra:aloe, could be performed in a
few hours: aud 1110 tourist agent of the
future 'will perhaps be advertising a
journey round the world, even vitt the
north Ana eolith poles, to be •racomplisla
ed 18, say, a week 1
All this tray appear to- be kneiful ithd
extravagant; but so Mao in the Old
eefiching days would a preaietion be te-
gelded that journeys would be perform -
el without horses at it imeca of a mile
a militate. 13ut whether it be Se• or hot,
this we may be certain of, Mutt in the
raver eluting hereofter thou who, in
virtue of the vetrittallee achieved tor
thein by the SaViOr Of the world—who
Himself bore thfi retribution Which WM
their iitieeetettein to an itheritance tit.
the gloty-land, will on atigel Wing, lend
with the rapidity of thought, travel
frenn ephere to sphere, itnli doubtless
visit, the atopendons And Amazing won -
dere Of the great universes.