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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1909-10-07, Page 34 ten " WIlY 1 POISONED DR. WILSON" TOLD BY HIS MURDERER. Strange Cpnfession Sent to New York Newspaper by Man Who Tells Details of Plot in FafinOtin Me Poisoning Case. *-4,*****-s,9****4.+Ire•-t-****++++ IOn the night of june goth, 100$, waned ale. He arank it and daeil. sent Dr, Wilson a bottle a non delpina and other deice nave been Foe monthe the police of Phila.- delphie, physician, was mysteris Er. Willinut H. Wilson, a Phila- ously mutdered, Somebody had endeavoriog to trace the bottle and lay their hands upon the per. sen who sent it More than a year has passed. and there is, appar- ently, no elms te the niurderer. A few days ago the Plinaden pine ,Anierican came beta posses- sion of what purports to be the confession of the man who murs demi Dr, Wilson. To one of the staff was sent a, letter by ,a wan wile aaserts that he is the 'exam- 0 toner" of Dr ninlson. Following, the letter came an express pack- age containing the confeseion and certain bits of evidence whiela the "exeoutioner" ferwarded to prove his genuineness, his evidence in- cluded the type from whiele the Iblank in the decoy envelope was printed; the die with which the top of the bottle was sealed; the Initial with which the letter was stampede end a nuplicate of the decoy letter sent to the physieian. All of these compare perfectly with the partial evidence now In the hands of the Philadelphia police. This remarkable conies - don is reprinted, in part, below. +++++++•-++-e-esese,e-ons THE POItONER'S CONFESSION. "Dr." William IL Wilson, professional murderer a the innocent, was executed by me June 26th, 1908. Tbis is the first correct end full statement of the history of "Dr," Win sena execution, and I write the fo1. lowing details as an explanation and vindication of my act. I deetroyed Wil- son, and I have no regrets. Read, and you will understand. The facts that led nee to sweep with meanness certainty to the worldly ex- tiection of Wilson were principally, as ha e been correctly assumed, from the deathbed confession of my poor, dear, erring wife. Owing principally to some unplea- sant, but not serious, financial reverses I had sustained, she was unwilling to ogain become a mother. A wqman neighbor in whom she had confided in- troduced Wilson to her. He persuaded her, as n understand it, to become his patient. • My sorrow did not drive me to a frenzy, but to something deeper and more intense. 1 resolved that my grief should not be impotent, but bear good fault. That it has done so I am fully convinced. My conscience is absolutely clear. However, it was not for revenge that Wilson was removed, but for the public good. Although the time between my wife's confession and the final lapse into up. - consciousness was all too short, it was long enough to secure details that might help me to avenge her death and perhaps prevent such occurrences In other homes. There were a num- ber of detain related, but only three of them of real importance—name, ad- dress and the fa.et that he drank ale and ale only. STUDIED POISONS. I read up Dr. Lenman's little hand- book on poisons, and concluded that cyanide of potassium would be about the best agent for my purpose. It does not have the strong each ker- nel flavor of prussic acid, is much easier to get, and getting it does not arouse suspicione nor does one have to give a receipt—a mighty import- ant point. I went to a photographic supply. house and represented, myself as corning from a prominent profes- sional photographer ana had no trou- ble about getting what I wanted. It tight be interesting to know that Wilson's fare to the next world cost ine exectly one dollar in money. e Anticipating that the ale would taste wrong and that probably only one swallow would be taken, I aeeeatained by pmetiee that the smallest ewallow P. person would be Uleeln to take is one drachm. Then fixinn up the caanide so that every dined= a the liugid wmki eontain four grains of cyanide, which I believe Leffman considers tele minimum fatal close, I proceeded to experiment on this basis. s Knowing that the sample bottle might not be used at once I thought it would be a good thing en see what action the chemicaa had on the ap- pearance of the beverage, tether at once or hi a week's time. To my con- eiderible disa.ppoisibment I found that It darkened the °color very much and foimil, however, that by filet add- ing About one-half wator the (nominal darkened it to about th•e riglit shade. I then allowed it to settle for some time and poured off the •dear portion. One point in niy pleat than nevir seems to liana been ought by the students of the ase won my direc- tion la the lettee tu Wile= that• the bottle be kept in a vertical position. This Ives liecause 1 was afraid that more precipitation might form and if this wore poured • Into the glees It would be a good. tante for suspicion. Another poiht was the ilireetion to keep the ale cold. 'Many ale deinkers do not keep their beverage very cool, but I figured that in a cent drink nn' pectill.arity of flexor would not be so readily noticed, 'The reason I wrote that the *Ale would. not be on the unerket until Joly was because he might chence to speak •of the' sample to some dealer, who wouln naturally tell him that there is nei such thing as Soh -emu's "Stand - ern Ale." The explanation that the ale was not yet attually. on the mean ket wouln put at rest any doubt that might be caused in this wan. Next came the question of bottling. in order to give the appearanee of an original paeleage to the bottle, I purchased at a statoinery store non 'ninth and Oliestnut streets a seal for an cad Eniglieli letter "8," intending to impress it in 'seining wa.x on top of the eork, but here a difficulty wa.s eneountered. I could not get the oork lusek, try as I would. Then it oe- marred to me to try. forcing the crown cork off the bottle with a softeptece of wood." It worked well, and by lightly hammering the crimpied edges in again, it snapped baek again tight - on being preseal firmly against bite top el the bottle. Not having suits able type with which to make ae pre- sentable label, and still bearing in -Wind the necessity for waking it plain that the bottle had never been open- ed, 1 eeeled it twite on the neck, con- necting the seals by a narrow strip of paper running over the top of the crown cork and containing the words 'Peter Schemm & Son,' the paper having been from one of the blanks upon whieh was to have been written an opinion of "Standard Ale." THE DELIVERY OF THE PACKAGE. I --made a nuniber of efforts at get- ting a suitable box to 'enelose my agent of retribution, but without suc- cess, so that I had finally to knock pne together myself. lenseh thought eves spent on the best way in delivering the package, and I with obliged to conclude thet this step could not be taken without risk. To Minimize the risk I went to an express office where they see many people, and would therefore be likely to forget me. This was the Adams office at Seventeenth and nforket streets. I planned to be waited on by quite an old man with white heir, knowing that an old person would be less likely to remember me, After taking these precautions so carefully, great was • my eieeppoin anent to be told thot the Adams Com- pany makes no eity deliveries. The old gentleman, however, re/outline:tiled me to the express cempany on Thirteenth street, above•Arch, I decided to accept hie advice, no matter whet the place looked like. In winking down there thooght it would be a good hies% to get somebody else to take the package to the 'office. The police would be then mu& less likely to find persons who had, actually seen me. AN INNOCENT ACCOMPLICE. At Thirteenth and Filbert streets 1 saw a likely -looking fellow, and, walk- ing rapidly up to him, asked_ him to take the package to the express office, as I had just two minutes to get a train at the Terminal Station. I gave him the package and a quarter and hurried down Filbert .street, but soon retraced my steps to see whether he had attend- ed properly to any little errand. Bening him comeaut of the express office (imp- ty-handed, I was satisfied, and went home to finish some final details prepar- atory to an indefinite trip for the bone-, fit of my health. That was on Monday. I knew Wilson -was home only Tuesdays and Fridays, whereas, he is now probably at home every day. On Tuesday I went to Bur- lington, N. J., to await results. While leaving the city does not now seem to have been necessary, I would do the same thing again under the same eircum- stances, for by some possibility 1 might• be recognized either by the man who so obligingly went to the express office or the young man who had sola rue the type several weeks previously.. As this good fellow was also good enough to for- get me, there is absolonely not the slightest description of my appearance to be had by the authorities. The most serious fear I entertained was -due to oleo took absolubedy all "fizz" away. the fact that my wife might have writ- CORNSCURED IP IN 24 et on eta You can painlessly reineee any cora, tomer hard, son or bleeding, Ito APPIAN; kunninns Coro. notractor. It never burns, leave* no eon coutains no eekle ; le baradese because connionni only of healing gums and balms. nifty years in use. Cure guaranteea. Sold oy alt druggists 9-lest:tittles. noble's substitutes. PUTNAM'S PAINLESS CORN EXTRACTOR ten to Wilson, and that the police might find her letter. This wae the one point upon whiela I forgot to question her. .A.VTER THE CRIME,. Wilson took hive machos on Friday. On natuieley moreung I read about it in one of the papers. It would be total- ly impossible to describe my feelings as 1 clevouren those lines. I had faith that the plan would work, but was tremolo dously surprised to find that it haa ae- tually dime so. I asked myself whether I was sorry to have taken a life that 1 could not now give back, for the death even of a wholesale murderer is a seri- ouss—yes, a solemn matter, I could find no cause for reproaele neve found none since, and don't expect `to find any, for reasores already explained. Crossing over to Bristol, a first letter to the coroner was mailed at the Bristol post office Saturday afternoon, • I did not buy a long distance ticket at Bristol, A4 that might attract some attention, 1 went to Trenton, then got A ticket for New York, and from there went to Bos- ton by rail, arriving early in the morn- ing, As scion as 1 got leaden. I wrote a second letter to the coroner, and mailed it from a station evhich I believe was on Copley Square. 'From • this point my movements were uneventful, spending most of my tittle in13oston with a side trip to Portland a,nd other points on the coast of Maine, but going nowhere that could not keep, in touch with the Phila- delphia and New York papers. HOW THE CONFESSION CAME. For weeks.after the murder the police of the entire eountry were occopiedin searching for the slayer. A printer, Frederick Gies, was arrested, but soon proved he had nothing to do with the murder. The affair was fast being pigeon -holed as another unsolved mys- tery of crime, when another letter was received, by the Associated Press of Phil- adelphia. It had been written on the same typewriter as had been those sent to the Corouer, and contained an offer to sen the full confession for the bene- fit of the six-year-old daughter of Dr. Wilson, Vera The letter purported to be from the murderer of the physician, and provided a code for communication. ' The Associated Prestanut the matter before the Philadelphilf police, who, counselling secrecy, laid plans to capture the writer. He was communicated with regularly through the medbine—an after- noon paper—he had suggested. Negotiations progressed, and then the police thought it time to spring their trap. This was baited by a decoy letter, Wen thinking innocently that the murderer would walk into the postoffice at Philadelphia, call for it, and be captured by the detectiyes. The posting of the letter was duly an - =tinged, through the medium selected, and while a squad of detectives waited, a hopeful Delaware poetess, who had seen the advertisement, and had thought it referred to some rejected manuscript, got the letter. Rage was rampant at headquarters, and another was prepared. While again the detee- tives waited, a woman called at the women's§ general delivery, and as the clerk had not been let into the plot of the police, and. as they never thought of watehing more than one window, had it transferred from the Iran's window and walked away with it. This was too much. The murderer sent another quite insulting letter, complaining of police stupidity and unfair treatment, and the police decided tin all the whole thing the work of a crank, as has been the custom of police ever since the first force was organized. It happened that during the height of the interest in the ease that Miss Ada Patterson, a member of 'the staff of the Philadelphia American newspaper, wrote an article upon malpractitioners In—general, which evidently attracted the "teacutionens" attention. Not long ago she received a letter from Phila- delphia that read In part: "I am the person who killed Dr. William H. Wilson just one year ago today. For purpose's which you will' later understand, I have prepared an article upon the subjeet for whieh I wish an audience. "I shall take the liberty of express, ing you a small box containing the entire *natter and everything pertaining to it that I have. I bespeak for it your thoughtful consideration." In due course the box came along. The box being opene.d proved to con- tain the confession, a number of copies of oorrespennenee with the widow'of Dr. Wilson and others another letter to Miss Patterson, a steel die marked with the initial "8," as type initial "8" of thirty-six point Stuyvesant, a small piece of wood marked by a blow from tonne square -headed instrument and two bits of type, set- up and • bound Do You Realise the Danger of a DEATH OFTEN LURKS IN A CUT. VOU see this danger illustrated in. the case of Mr. • W. C. Edwards, a well-known Friendly Society leader, of Peter Street, Toronto, He cut Otte of his fingers with a piece of glass, and instead of applying Zam-1141‘ to prevent blood poison and to heal it, he neglected the cut, and blood poison 'followed. He says :—" The blood- polsbn train the finger spread up my hand and arm and caused Inc terrible agony. Alter bob MOnthe treitment the doctor said there Was no cure, and amputation would have to take place if I *tended to save My atilt 1left that doctor and consulted another. After a few weeks' treatment, he also told Inc that, operation ''would be necessary. He said the bone had become diseased and the finger welbgl are t* he opened so that the bone could he scraped. 1 Weld ateitY to tomider when 1 'Midst have the operation performed and Met *Mend who adviewl me to try ZattieBnh. ' "that Wight 1 bathed the 'remind and put on some Zain./Ittk. 1 got., a little sleep for the Stet Mae foinaany Mena. in the snorting the wottad began to bleed instead of the foul dia. chant* In the pasts Thle Writ a healthy sign sol Watt on With the &mega, Well, to Orte et 104 *My short, lu few &ye I put away the sling, end hi few weeks the finger Was keeled toaoletely. TO.day that, finger Se es insipid de a ben end 1 owe it. te Zata.nuk* Vent, crier 020 ht doot.ora fee* and when? 1 think hole 7,4U11.80k at isitett trtillnee Obits 'Wed MO treat egepatetiOlt 1 eta Sratethl for the halea I Cart tell you. • A I / WHAT ZA1,1143111( CURES. Zamauk tilted auto, burns, sprain', festering *Orem, Uloers. Wads, blood -poisoning, eczome, bad lig, d1detse04 anklet!, running itores, riegworin, cold -creeks, ellitPPed hands, eliillibtfais, and all -other skin dieetises Mid trijuries. All dreiggiete end !torte toll at 600. box, 8 for $115 or past free frota, ZaM-Buk Co., Toronto, for price. Refuse anything offered. "just u good,' together witt. a bit of grins iit true printer style. The secona letter naid that these things were e part ef the machinery with which the erime had beet en- gineered, owl wee in part as MOWS: "Wishing to do as much good as possible, I have prepared an artiele relating to my act, the . purpose -el which is principally to arouse poblie sentiment against nunpractice. "I sent yini• an impression of tbe same laninier with which I nailed. the box containing the poisoned ale, Tile wood is of the Bowe usen in the hex, Ibis merely to prove authenticity. I eleo *end a duplicate ef envelope Wilma. Tins is the only dupliente isi existence. To the sivitial "S" I send you I attach the greatest importence. After printing ane side of the letter I nicked the typo twice with a pen- knife so as to give it an identity, and should the police ever capture the wrong person I could have this to send them proofs Some to show that the execus tioner was still free. Tho picks will absolutely rorreepond with the letter- head whieh the Philadelpliia authorities have, These could, never be aiseovered in the rough reproductions made in the newspapers. I have reason to 'believe that the Philadelphia, Olive would like to get hold of every bit of evidence and smother it. "Now this event closes for Inc a year of extraordinary events. My grief has been 'more than word, ean wieid, the matter'—n grief 'that makes breath poor and speech unable "My actions do not cause me one inoment's regret, but 1 shall feel re- lieved to have out of my house forever evidence which, in the cause of my sudden death, might bring sorrow to those I love," AFTER SIX YEARS OF INDIGESTION Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Made a • Permanent Cure. There are many medieinesnthat will relieve indigestion for a time— there are few that will make . a permanent cure. But there is one medicine that is a sure cure—that medicine is Dr, Williams' Pink Pills, They have cured thousands of cases—many of them years' standing. Cases like that of Mr, John E. ,Seale, of Montreal, Que., after many other medicines have been tried and found worthless. Mr, Seale says: 'For nearly six years 1 suffered with indigestion. During all that time I was constantly taking medicine for the trou- ble, but never got more than temporary relief. Finally I decided to try Dr. Win limns' Pink Pills and .after using them for some time the trouble disappeared, and I am now anle to eat heartily with- out the least trace of the suffering I formerly endured. I can, from my own experience, strongly recommend Dr, Williamse Pink Pills as it permanent cure for indigestion." Dr. William& 'Pink • Pills for Pale People are good for every disease that good blood le good for simply because they make good blood—lhat is why they cure rheumatism, heart palpitation, In. digestion, neuralgia, SC Vitus' dance and the ailments of girlhood and wo- manhood. Dr. Williams" Pink .Pills for Pale People are sold by all medicine 'dealers or direct by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr, nirilliarne Medicine Co,. Brocknille, Ont. • • Billy Patterson. "Who struck Billy Patterson?" in a question that has gone into history. It is asked frequently by persons who have no idea who Billy Patterson was, for it has become a stock expression signifying a mystery. But now comass T. ItinIsitke, formerly of Fouquier county, Vit. and now a re - then merehent of this elty, who lays he knows all about the striking .of Patter- son. Mr. Lake was it young fqend of the man who struck the. blow. Billy Pat- terson, according to Mr. Lake, was the bully c)f Richmond, Va.„ almost 75 ears ago. Ile wee a big man who loved fight- ing almost as Well as he loved whiskey and preferred the two together, . The day Patterson was struck the blow which thrust his name -into immortality, he had obtained, liquor, but was finding It difficult to get' a fight Ire had taken up a position in the centre of a mueb- tra,velled sidewalk and was malting all passers take to the street. Ile was par- tio-alarly insulting to se crowd of medical students who passed Oil their way to a nearby students? hotel. Among those students was Albyn Payne, a young num from ,Fseiquier. county, a relative of Admiral Raphael Semmes, and a man of fighting blood. When the group of students subuntted to the indignities offered by Patterson, his fighting blood was oroueed. "Let me ot the bbvine," he said, as he walked up to Pntterson. Perhaps Pat- tern= was too much surprised to defend himself, for only one blow was struck, and Billy Patterson went down with a thud. It was believed at first that Pat- terson was killed, and the students fled to their hotel, where a hasty conference was held end they vowed not to tell who striek the blow. Hardly had Payne been taken out a side way to another students' lodging - house when the pollee arrived, demand - Ing the matt "who struck Billy Potter - son," All the students were questioned, bet esteh denied •bht be had struck Pat- terson„ Though it soon benzine apparent that Patterson was riot dangerously in- jurea, the students kept their vow, Pityne—preeerring to ovoid notoriety. Poyne afterward liecame widely known as a physician in Virginia, and attained :some note. as a magazine writer under the nom de plume cif Nicholas Spicer.— Chicago Recker& AWFVL CHICAGO. (Sup. Galeener a Illinois Moth. Coin fetence.) In the capitol city itself we have all the problems of the greater cake. Two hundred and fifty craters of hell cons throe to pour forth the senoke of the bottoutlese pit. Gamblers, searlet Wos men, and worse men haunt the street with tempting bait to lur iinsuepectin youth into the jaws of dealt. Politioians under the plea of expedieticy bargain with thee depraved eleineute and hell virtue and litiman flesh and Mood for a ptice. nevi race hatred smolders and Swede only the fiery stinuiletion of in- toxicants te break forth again some day into a flame of frenzy. Cildtt't Wear 'Eat, Jimmy giggled When the testeher read the story of the Roman wilts swam ticrose tho Tiber three timee before breakfast. "You do not tibulit a trainta swimmer tout& ao that, do you, jeniee?" "Xo, sir," absevered Jimmie, "but wohdered Why ° he didn't Make it frier and get beck to the Mae his clothes *nen riti,'*---SUceets Magazine. teleneleeessietnellensesitlenesetS THE FARM .4******le040seereeeerereset THE SHE -GOAT AS A etilLKER CALVES CURED OF SCOURS, The muleb goat, Jinn ell pate, can nuiko a livillg an brushy and hilly lend, where most other animals would stern. They are very beneficial to load in cleaning it of weeds, sprouts and brush. %hey menet endure low, wet land, bit thrive perfect/es on roogits hilly land Time giving inilk 84°144 be fed on goo nrase, hay fodder encl evileat bran, Int no groin of any kind. The cost of mail taming a got in milk isabout live Cents.. a day, and she will give hei» one to tWo quarts of milk e day. A stock man says lie has saved sevs trial valuable calves that were down with the amens by taking a teacupful of wheat flour and giving a tablespoonful every minute. He repeated this two or - three times a day before feeding, and edairtingiostheNciveitl.Iie feea one-half until the ale of the heart we, 'have two scto ef valvee, whose eblect it is to pre Inuit blond, nempecl out from caelt aide of the heart, ronreturning into the heart's cavities. There ere certain beautiful flip valves which fall back to let blood enter but whieh float upon the blood, meet in the middle and form a er" fect temnorary pertition, Preventing reflux. These flaps are provided wit cords which allow of their meeting together, and these cords, attached to the well of the heart pull down against the force of the blood Which t would ceinso them to float up toe fari and $0 the fluid must pass awes by ,; the proper channel. " Again we have poeltet-like valves placed around the great blood vessels' to which blood paeses Irene the heart. Imagine three pockets set in eirele round the entrance to the veseel. The mouths of the peckot open away fronTheart. Tieyal:lowbloodeesilyopassrohem but when the tendency to back flow occurs the pockets fill tensely and their edges meet, end so again there is found et temporary barrier. against reTglIregittedtlian, The here is very. wide, for animals and plants have learned by experience and by outward condi- tions acting on them to adopt their structure to meet the exigencies of their live. It was said that Brunel adoted the, plan of the tereclo or ship worm he his mode of constructing the original Thames tunnel. The teredo is a boring shellfish, which burrows into wood by means of the two shells which envelop its head extremity. It lines its burrow with a Hinny secretion, and it was Ibis ,prectioe which is said to have given Brunel the idea of protecting it as he worked. The tools of mankind have been over and over again foreshadowed and enticipated 4y animals. Sawa, files and lancets are common among the insect species, and the gizzard ef certain insects and of grain -eating birds recalls the grinding action of a mill, as indeed does the duty of our own molars or back teeth. The case of "little wanton boys that swim on bladders" is represented by certain memberskof the Jellyfish clam The Physalia or Portuguese man -of - wear floats on the sea by aid of a large bladder -like structure, to the under side of which the little animal colony is attached, Near by is tne WW1% which hoists a veritable sail on its fair disc and is blown over the sea by the aid of the contrivance. . • r A Sermonette. (Fadette in Chicago Tribune.) nestle said, "Consider the lillies, how they grow. They toil not, neither do they spin. Yet I say unto you that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed hibe one of these." Jesus thus indicated the effortlessness of the liliee. These lovely flowers burst through the huge weight of earth pressing heavily over them, They spring up from below the ground. g• Tb' put forth green shoots and tall, ownyinstem. They bloom with immaculate efflores- cence, ravishingly perfumed. And all silently. The falling dews fill their uplifted bowls with refreshing nectar. The sunbeerns bathe stalk and. petals with the light of heaven. . The air distills its pure vitality into the .gossainer pores and veins. The lilies simply stand still in their places. simply awake to the beauty evbich envelopes them, They merely receive the overflowing wealth of life and light and power that pours lavishly upon them. They merely allow the sweet our- roueding influences to play over them, to filter through them, to mould them. Why should they hurry for a living? Why be ambitious? Or concerned Why give a thought for the morrow Every thing is done for there. They need only to let It be done. And thereby they furnish fables for souls. Ermine the horse's teeth frequently und find if they ere in a good condition for grinding the feed. Many horses lose flesh and aro in poor health simply be- cause their teeth are too uneven for**nye- per grinding ortne feed, A. veterinarian van file them to the proper ellape, A fruit professor 'says that the pear came bao this world before the apple. To this a wit adds that the professor's theory is, presumably, that the first pair ate the first apple. But going ba.ek Still further, it is agreed that Eve was . a perfect peach, and there was no pair until this peachi bad come into the world. The average ewe requires from three to five pounds of salt a year, the varia- tion depending lergely upon the amount ofins.ateral salts contained in the pas- tures. — The bee e should have plenty of water. They COIISIMIe a great deal, and will tra- vel a long distance to get it, Should there be no running stream or lake of pure water near, it is well to place a pail of fresh water near the apiary ev- ery day. Water is used by the bees to dilute the heavy, thicky honey left -over from winter to make it suitable for the young larvae, anneals° to make the cell wax pliable. A cow with her second or third calf is the mostlenirable of all, and this ie un- doubtedly tbe most profitable age to buy *Mean. As milkers and breeders, they have all their best days in front of them aud with sufficient time to pay hand- somely, Young and old cows are very distinct appearance. The former ba.ve an tuimiatakable appearance of fullness of flesh and. coat, while the old ones are more or 'less Blinn*. The teeth give an indication of age, and the horns are °it - en looked to as a guidnnthe ming hay- ing Smooth horns while those of the ag- ed are wrinkled. If cross -breeds are bought, get the best breed the cross has been secured from. Cows with a male or bull type of head are rarely good 'milkers. The head should be refined, neck thin, forequarters wide, square and robust, with deep, broad thighs, The Cornell Experiment Station fouucl that two tons of horse manure in on ex- posed. place in five months lost nve per lent. In gross weight, 00 per cent, of its `nitrogen, 47 per cent, of its phosphorus and 76 per (mut. of its potash. The total loss of plant food was Ell per cont. It is reported that no evergrden trees hone ever beep struck by lightning, and some people are a_deocating the planting of them for protection, The Ohio Experiment Station recoms mends as a treatment for killing peach and plum borers, three pounds of naps tha soap emulsified by boiling in three gallon of carboltneurn avenarnas, which cart be -obtained through dealers in mar- ket gardeners' and fruit growers' sup- plies. This can best be mixed by the use 'of a carbolineum. use of a force pump, When the soap solution and carbolineum are thorough- ly Mixed add four gallons of water and app1Y. with a spray pump, being careful to protect hands and face when using. COW TESTING ASSOCIATIONS' LESS. EXED PRODUCTION, Dominion ,Department of Agriculture, Branch of the Dairy and Cold Storage Commissioner.. August records received at Ottawa from members of cow testing associa- tions indicate that in most districts the flow of milk is well up to the average. In sonata localities there is but a very slight decrease from July yield of naiIk, so light that the increasing richness shows a trifle higher yield of fat. In -other 1. cantles, unfortunately, there is a eery marked shtinkage, as much at 120 lbs. and. even 180 lbs. of milk per cow less than in July. Many dairy farmers have accordingly vowed that next year will not see them caught withoutseany provision for maintaining the Dose, but they have determined to provide some soilleg crop, and if pos- sible build a tile, so as to enst se sue - *talent feed for probable hot spells in July and August. Such men are wise. Some districts have as bigh averages tee 870 lbs. of milk and O0 114. at fat in August. Sueh wise dairymen had made provisioo of suitable feed. Others, less provinent, had to be contbnt with a yield of 580 lbs. milk and 21 lbs. fat per tow; whilehere and there the aver- age yield was down to ssog lbs. milk and 16 lbs. fat. Such men might well copy the methods of than...brothers farmers who regularly secure the larger, Selection of the best cows ean be made intelligently when records nre kept of each cow. C. F. W. Ottawa, September,. 1000. we • A GREATER INVENTOR. Oertipated With Whom Even Edison Is a Mere Also Ran. A list of Woe of the mechanical de - Which nature introduced in the human body and Which man has been cerituries in finding out was printed in I the Sun not long ago. lere are a feser more examples ef the genius of nature. It looks as if the old party had Edison even with his 700--er Is It 7,000—line:station% , beaten, to a The aetion of the valves Of the heat was the original of the idea now in use in valves everywhere, from those of a pump to thOee of a steam engine. Their purpose is to reguL.te the flow of Hun% or vapors in par. goiter direetions and to prevent back flow or regurgitation. The valvein the belit of pump pre. vents the water ne have drawn up from returning to the well so that the next movement of the pump handle lIV send it ettt Of tut spout. In the • • • Carefully Guarded Trade Secret. Among the finest and most distinctive varieties of textile fabrics...nee the cloths teehnically known as quiltings, whieh, however, have nothing. to do with bed quilts, 'Cut include swill fabrics •as Ogees, diamonds, wettings and materials for gentlemen's light waistcoats. The important processes in the nuenio facture of quiltings aro zealauely guard- ed AA there secrets. They represent the finest achievements in cotton cloth. The extreme delicacy of their manu- facture may be gathered from the fact that down to even twenty-five years ago they were still largely made on the hand loam, the work being done not in mills hut given out to the workere in their own homes. By constant experiment and after many failures A, quilting loom was constructed which could be driven Ly power, though its Production was only slightly faster than the hand loam Dur- ing the last twenty yeats great improve- ments have been introduced, especially at Bury, England, which tame to be the centre for the making of aniltings.— From the London Daily News. No Testimonial. Advertising Agent—Your pardon for intruding, noulane but I understand thot you have been sick and ere now perfectly well, and that during your Walesa six bottles of Dr, Curein's Elixir were bov.gla at the corner drug store. Madam—Yes. The num who mine to take care of me got side, and order- ed the bottles for heeself. I did not take any of itO "Irml Can 1 :tee her?" "She's dead,"—New York Weekly. e• Looking foe Lot's. Ite—So poor old Monty has been run over by a motor ear. How end it bap - p011'? She—The poor chap was stooping to pick up a horseshoe for lueke—Town and Country. • Mether'e Breakdown Her Health SV, Shattered tier Child'- , too Were Taken NM Hort It is a tool etory, one that is net of, tea heard now-a-daya that is told in the follosviug letter by Mr. Marion U. Char- lotte. written froze her home ia Pitts- burg: ‘" about jlYeY:rsi°thriveinplieioofslirders,tIei- gin of which my (lector wise unable to discover. It was undoubtedly owing to imperfect action of the liver and sto- mech. I OM sure of thie beeause there IVAS a continual weight and painful full - mew in my right side and seemly any- thing X ate 0,48 digested. X Also suffer- ed agouy with hemorrhoids. A succession oe sleepless nights, cruel pains in my aide and beck, combined with the tors rible state of my eerves ntade Inc wish for death. "I could do no housework, my aieters otofoekvemrgy:tug rnanliconuild:;u,etga aodaIdienspaired "eye memorable day a neighbor brought ine a box of Dr. Harailtie's Pills which had cured her of troubles similar to mine. To my astonishment, I felt better next day. Gradually ell my paina disappeared, I put on flesh, looked healthy, had lots of spirit and a desire to work. Dr, Hamilton's Rills cured rae and X know they will work marvels for every woman that esee thTeillhe"one safe d.ependable medioine /es men and women in poor health is Dr. Hamilton's Pills —refuse any substituen At all dealers, 25e per box„ or fist) for $1,00. By mail from The Catarrho- zone eompany, Kington, Ont. 4 1 • Seizing the Opportunity, In a certain Ontario local option town is a citizen, who despite the legal precau. tion for his salvation, pereists in his ad- herenee to the oup that eheers. He is a thorn of vexation in the sides of his virtuous fellows. Especially, does old John, Smith, the cobbler, feel sore (Us - tressed at heart at the•habits of the 0011- 0 110. Recently, olcl John came to the 'conclusion that extreme measures for reformation must be taken. Oe night he saw the wayward soul steering it weird gait down a Side street. Suddenly, to his consternation; he saw liim plunge to the left, and, in his wild career, through the white gate of the little village cemetery. John Smith went home. He would teach this desecrator is lesson. Ten minutes tater he, too, entered the cemetery. But he came through another gate, and he sneeked along with some- thing white under his arm. He stepped behind a huge tombstone. In a moment, when he reappeared, the old cobbler was garbed in folds of white—a sheet. He atood still, raised himself to his full height, and gazed about him. His eye bit upon the figure of the drunkard Lying there upon the ground in the pale light of the moon, old Sohn Sinith began to speak: "Behold, I am the Apostle Paul." No reply. Down in the village, the town bell strnek the hour of twelve. . Again the deep, sepulchral voice: "Behold, I am the Apostle Paul." Then a voles drawled out with a bor- ed air: "Oh you be, be you? Well—welL Say, did you ever get an answer to that long letter you wrote to the Ephesianer And the wraith vanished into the night.—Canadian Courier. 4 *I What We Have to Learn From Ger- man Schools. Dr. George Parton Haney, director of art and manual training in the New York public schools, who made a study of European educational in- stitutions during e foreign. trip, says that one of the chief things we have to learn from Europe is to teach work- ers how to improve their work. "Definite means will soon be de- vised," he says, "for educating the best equipped pupils in drawing in the pilblic schools in higher drawing classes or schools by means of scholar- ships. This is a system used in the English schools, the pupils who show the greatest, proficiency being ad- vanced to the art school at the great South Kensington museum. I found many fine things in the German in- dustrial schools. There are three `continuation schools' in Munich, each with a score of rooms devoted Vo various induetries. In the day- time they give instruction in theory to those who are at work in annals, each apprentice being required to at- tend for one day a week, from 7 in the morning till 6 at night, feiTure to do so being punishable with a. fine for his employer. The evening and Sunday classes are devoted to instruo. tion for advanced workers. In the third year they go into the workshops. "There are cooking schools, where gas stoves are used. Often there is a -kitchen garden, to be cared for by the pupils. Advaneed classes in domestic science for girls are also popular. Printing is another branch that re- ceives much attention." •4* The Retort Corteous. Bather (to nustorner)—Razor ell right, sir? Custonter—My dear man, if you hadn't mentioned it, I'd never have known there WAS a. razor on my fime. Parber—Thanic you, sirl Customer (eoutintring)—I thought you were using a filet • *- Family Discipline. "So you are going to send your young- est boy to college?' "Yes," answered Farmer Corntaeeel. "Hen too big for me to haat& in the woodshed, and I guess VII hove to have him hazed."—Washington Star. 4,4 Immune. A kind old gentleman, seeing a very small boy carrying a lot of newspaperi unaer his arm, wet moved to Pity. "Don't all those papers make you tio ed, my boy?" "Xope," the mite cheerfully replied 'I can't read."—Youthn Corapanioh. • Q 14,9.4.1121.iim Tilt Inn TEST LI6011311 MAIM IN CANADA. ENGILLEIT (Arra TORONTO.,ONT. e Ain d ih a 1' plea is t.".5p eople NAGIC MAIN POWDER PUR].04WHOLESONE Ap grt. Come ye yourselves and rest awhile, Weary, 1 know it, of the press throng. Wipe from your brew the meet ma dust of toil, And in My quiet etrength again be etrong. Come ye aside from all the world bolds dear, For converse which the world has neve er known' Alone with Me, and with My Father here With lde and with My Father not Come, tell me all that ye have said and done, Your victories and failures, hopes and. fears, I know how hardly souls aro wooed and woe; My choicest wreeths ere always wet • with teen, Come ye and rest; the journey is too greet, ,AntLye will faint 'Weide the way and sulks The bread of life is here for you to eat, Mid here for you the wine of love to drink. Then fresh from converse with your Lord retern, And work till daylight softens into even; The brief hours are uat lost in which ye learn More of your Master and His rest in • hen1-e1, —Selected. Prayer. Holy and moat merciful God, in whose image we were at first created, we thank Thee for Thy purpose manifested in the MiSSi011 of Thy San Of restoring to us the image which we have lost. We have be= -taught that God is love and in Christ Jesus we have seen the divine love incarnate upon earth. We thank Thee for His life of pure unselfishness and sacrifice for others. 0 grant that we, who by Ifis saerifiee have been re - &Ranee, may have bestowedupon us that same spirit of selfless love. Teach us in all the affeirs and relations of life to consider »ot merely our own welfare and happiness, but the welfare and happi- ness of others also.. Thus may we be true followers of, Him of which it was Reid, He pleased not Himself. In His own nameetee aek it, Amen. Purity of Heart. (By Margaret Stewart-) • "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." What is it to be pure le heart? What must we do to fulfill the ,conditions of "seeing God" right here in this material -world? Long I poildered tide question and searched through God's laws and man's experi- ence for an enswer. And it came with a joy and inspiration horn of God. Puri- ty of heart is not ignorance. Nay, the picture of the heathen world in the first chapter of Romans proves that ignor- ance is the very cesspool df uncleanness. Purity of heart is riot mere innocence. No, for the purest hearted men and wo- men of all ages are those who have fought sin and impurity with full knowl- edge of its scope and power. Neither is purity of heart mere separation and non -participation in all that God has or- dained, as is the practice of the recluse and the celebate. We find what we seek in this simple faet--purity of heart is seeing every part and function of God's creation just as God meant it. The Clouds Will Break. Phillips Brooks once preached a ser- mon from the text, "Who passing ,..rough the valley of weeping make it a Well." He said there were two ways of treating sorrow. One may say, "This that I have to bear is hard, but the clouds will break and there will come better days. Compensation is in store for Me. It rimy got be in this world, but some time it will tin be made up to me." Or he nasty say, "I will do just what Scripture tells me to do. I will make of any valleys of weepings, well- springs of joy. I will turn sadness in- to occasions for rejoicing." The Apos- tle says, "In everything give thanks." Assuredly We can not be thankful for everything, but in every experience that comes to Use we may find some reason for giving thanks. When Jeremy Tay- lor's home had been plundered, all his worldly possessions squandered; his fam- ily nerneci out of doors, he congratulated hiniseIf that his enemies had left him "the sun and the moon, a loving wife, many friends to pity and reliey, the pro - many friends to pity and relieve the pro - Gospel, my religion, any hope of Heaven and my charity toward my enemies." Can you see the glory of the Lord in the cloud? 0••••••••••••••••• Sin's Greediness. There ia no form of sin that does not affect in every departmint of one's life the one 'who commits itse man who was making a special effort to succeed in an entirely secular matter which was nevertheless of great import- ance to his welfare, was at the same time having a fight to keep his spiri- tual life itt its highest and best. Then he reelized that he had uo right to ex- pect to emceed in the first detail, which called for the most watchful care, un- less lie, won the victory also in the other seemingly remote effort. Failure in the ono would surely tend toward failure in the otlor. Victory in the one would give added strength for the other. We are uob, like ocean eteaniere, built hi sops aritte watertight compartments. (Inc lives are intercommunicating !native= head, Heart, hands and spirit. theett is to such thing as a "ow sin" men. Sin's love of eompany is beyond the cons trol of ono who gives any sott of de a welcome. --S. S. Times. rottener Ruled by Love. Let your temper be under the rule of the love of Jesus, Ile can not =In curly it—Ile can make xisgentle and patient. Let the gentleness Windt refuses to take offeatee, winch is always ready to ex- citilisre,htltooltvlotev and hope the best, owok o withail. Let our life be one of selfaaerifice, intweys steadying the welfare cif others, finding our highs est joy itt blessing others, And let ea in studying the -divine ort of doing good. vield ourselves as obedient learners of the gunlante of this itoly f5pirit. fly Hie grace, the most emeinionploesi life ean be trenefinured With the brightness of heavenly beauty ns the infinite love of a divine nature shinee etit through out' frail humaoity.—Atideew Vinton enffere in hthe end. t fellow who tel A kiss. Cynicuse.-110 Ohtani Ina to Marry the gitl.