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The Wingham Advance, 1905-05-25, Page 3AN OLD COAT. Stephen Dirt end Mary, his wife, had. ler upon the floor. Then, his head dropped !ellen out, not by apy means for the uplit liandds awl his eyes were wet. first time, leoth were young, hot tem, trenWdle Sool% Ve!cri(ticeftefptt°:44111:e !Itife5; pored, 'high spirited and, prone to jeel- ; tion, Then, indeed, he did not love her. ousy, ' Site had expeoted pleeding, protestations; To -day mattere had come to a climax. The two young people, white, angry, with blazing eyes„ stood facing one an- other. It did not make ipatters any bet- ter that they spoke :slowly and deliber- sktely. "1 am tired of these scenes," Mary said, "sielc to death of them. I can't go .oet, I ceeet talk to an od friend, but what yea eCcuse ine of flirting, 1 can't spend a day with a girl friend, but what yea say I neglect you. I can't-" "Yon never spend a day with nte; she had meant to forgive :him; she bad thought, indeed, they might begin again, "Ile never loved me," she said to her- self. "I did not mean to leave him. 1 shall go now; I owe it to my pride, to go now." She dragged tier steps to her room; she must put her things together. Where she would go she did not know -and did it matter? If she was not with him she did not care where she wets, There were plenty of hotels, but how lonely she would bel She opened her wardrobe and flung you heven't given me a whole day since dress after &Tea upon the floor. She we returned from our honeymoon. 1 • might be the greatest stranger, instead of your husband of six months, for fill the notice you take of me. You're cold as an ice, and indifferent as -as-" "You are, I shape my course entriely must take something with her; it didn't matter what. Wherever she was he would not be there to see her, The light was growing gray outside; the room seemed cold; she wondered what he was doing. Ile had not gone an accordance with yours. If we do go from the house; be was waiting to see mit together you are never at my side her off, perha.ps-wondering why she was from the time we enter a house to the so long. Could she have looked at. Min time we leave it. You enn laugh and ; then she would have seen him sitting talk with other women; you never enea : with a miniature in his hand, looking never ought to liave married. Pm sorry, I -would have heard his words, "My little at the pretty face with tear dimmed eyes 4- a joke to tell me, or a smile for me, We heartily sorry, we ever did." i wifel"-seen him lift it to his lips His hanee resting on the back of al She had taken out all the dresses now. chair, gripped it tightly. There was still something at the back "You mean that," he said, his tone changing, his expression hardening; "you really mean it?" Her clasped hands gripped one another. "So much so, that I mean to do what of the wardrobe -something soft. She took it down, drew it out, and a swift rush of color swept her face. In her hands she held an old velvet smoking coat; but the sight of it brought back a flood of memories. She I eitii to rectify our mistake. We can't live in peace together. 1 have tried; remembered so well he had strolled over to her father's house wearing it; he had I dare say- I do you that much justice found her in the conservatory, tending -you have tried, it seems impossible. That being so" -her voice was level, the plants; he had told her then that lie loved her, had taken her for the first hard, though her heart was beating in time in his arms, kissed her, gained her loud thumps -"the best thing we can do 1 is to part. Fortunately I have my own promise that she would, be his wife. income• I have only. to leave this house As she stood with the coat in her hand she remembeed she had been so happy; and male a twine for myself elsewhere."; she could recall each word he had said, Her words startled, staggered . him. 1 each kiss he had given; and his arms, his He made a step forward, caught her dear arms, how tenderly, how closely hands. 1 ' how fondly they had held her! "You mean that," he asked again.) She sank into a °hale, the coat now "You are serious." close against her breast. A little sob "I I never was more serious in my lifer rose in her throat, tears came into her 1 eyes. It WaS all over-all over! His "You would leave me?" arms would never hold her again, his lips "This is your house. Since it is best would never kiss her more! we should part, I must leave you." 1 Outside it grew darker still. She felt "Did you ever love me?" She tried sad, lonely, and she must go soon. She to draw her hands from his, but failed; had out the ground under her feet, burn - he held them closely clasped, waiting ed her boats behind her; he would he for her answer. ! wondering why she did not go. "Perhaps we were both too young to If only he would come to her! After understand what love should be," she all he did love her; she knew that well. answered. "Perchance we took mutual , They had been folish-proud., If only he admiration for a deeper feeling. Any- would come! way" -she felt a fear tightening round She lifted the coat. Then, while in the her heart as she spoke --"it is gditeclear semi -darkness the color burned in her the love has waned. Anything is better face, she threw it around her -threw the than being together with constant scenes. arms right across her. A faint smell of It will be wiser to part." smoke clung to it yet. She could almost i He tried to draw her to him; she held fancy she was n his arms, that their away. quarrel was a dream, that she was not "I will not let you go" he said; "you leaving his home and hers forever. are mine -my wife- I love you. If I He had laughed at her often for keep - have seemed different, it -it has been ing the old coat, for loving it almost as only this -a man expects Ms wife to though it were something human. She know he loves her, not to need telling would take it away with her; he would day after day; that is a lover'et busi- never miss it. ness. Mary, if we have made mistakes And when, quietly, she began to cry, surely we can put them right; if we her soft cheek pressed to the old velvet, have disappointed one another -and you sometimes her quivering lips. If only I must confess, have disappointed me- he would come to her! How could she can't. we begin all over again, wipe out go away? the last six months?" How long she cried, quietly, but bit - Her face softened for a minute; now terly-how soon, utterly exhausted ,she once more it hardened. So she had dis- dropped to sleep -she did not know. The appointed him -she who had done every- thing she could to make him happy - while he— "I have no wish to beglie again," she answered. 'We have triedelb be happy, I suppose we have been miserable. I you say, have disappointed you, you have disappointed me. I would rather not talk any more, I will tell the servants I am going on a journey. I don't want to make things disagreeable for you. And I shall go to -day." He dropped her hands, he looked at her for st moment -at her white, set face, her eyes that did not soften in the least as his glance met her. Then a proud boyish rage entered his heart. If she could go, if she could leave him'then, in- deed she did not, never loved him. 'You will please yourself, of courser he answered, but whether you remain with me or leave me you are still my wife -you are still bound to me; be good enough not to forget that." He scarcely saw his way as be crossed the room and left her -left her with a great anger in his heart against her. 'She never loved me," he said to him- self; "never, never; let, her go." He, found his way to his study, sat down, staring blankly before him, for a while, and scattering his papers heedless - 11 opening of the door aroused. her; the switching of the electric light. And once more husband and wife -almost children both -looked at one another. • Looked, and understood that, parting was impossible, the lose was still there; looked: white, as his eyes fell upon the old velvet coat, and he understood, a flush swept her face. Then, with one swift stride, wife and eoat were all tak- en into a passionate embrace, words of love and forgivepess stumbled aeross their lips, and parting was somebhing that would never come while life should last.-Ohicago Tribune. Tips for Clerks. Keep awake. Keep interested. Keep cool. Keep your mind concentrated. Keep from envying those who appear to be inore successful than yourself. Keep your thoughts away from busi- ness out of business hours. Relax-reereate. Be progreesive but not reckless. Be business like. Be courteous to all. Be accurate in keeping accounts. Be prompt. -The Hustler. Chatham incubators Hatch Spring Eggs into Fall Dollars. s 4"fay and June are the best months to start in. Juno hatched chicks grew like weede during the early summer and many of the risks of the business are avoided if you start now. Every chthk you can mature and Market in October is worth 60cents, if not Moro. Tho next three months aro Mao right ones in which to get started in the chicken.raising business. There's good money in it and the women folks and children can do all the work that needs to be done in about one-half hour daily. Tho way to make poultry pay is to got "broiler" chicks of uniform Vilt size and weight ready for the kot whon prices aro highest, and the only way this can be done is with a Nf a good Thoubater. The one' that is , o asto ay sure end noVer.failitig le the CHAT- [ Until Pall, 1905. HAM. If the egg Is ertile tho chick is sure to he hatched every time by a Ch P 1 Chatham Incub 1 So euro ate wo of results that we take chatecs on your success before we got our meow* for the Machine, We vvill ship yott a Chatham Incubator, freight prepait4 and give you two years to pay Lir it. Nothing to pay until November, 1003. The Chethant Incubator Days for PAW dotty batch, and if you got started new, :Cb YOb sbould, the Juno hatched chicks will littVe a Mar, ket Willie of 500. each by October, thug enabling you to pay for the 1neuhatot3without Using one Cent of Monty not (tattled by the Machine itself, Ger bettutifnl and complete book, "NOW to Make Montle Otlt Of Chielts; tend the Whole stor'. No pealtry raider can ttiford to- be Without it. US+ FE. Send for it Now. TIIE MASON CAMPBELL en" Limited Dept.:33 Cif VIII Att. ON f. Distributing Warehottfele at Mentronl, *Melon, Mae.; Calvary, Atte.; New Westrolte,..ce, B.C., and Halifax, N.S. raeteriee at Ohathatn, Ont., and Detteit, etch. Atte monuottturett or do retuiong thethettn rarirkikitflh1e and Chatham' EU* Semites Manor, Campbell 14011$ ARE pLgrawni,. Thrilling Adventure 0 South Africa* Farmer. News is to band from two independent ourcee, says South Africa, of an ex- traordinary adventure that recently befell Mr. Dickert, a farmer living some fifteen miles from Malludi siding, on the Wanklee line, Mr. Dickert went to bed at 10 o'clock, and was just going to sleep when, be heard what he thought Wtte a pig grunting and sniffing out- side the door. He got up and stepped outside to call his dogs, when he was seized by a lion. IIe shouted, and Mrs, Dickert ran out With a rifle, with which ho hit the aniinal on the head, causing it to loose ite hold. Diekert immediately snatched at the rifle and fired, point blank, fortun- ately killing the lion at the first shot. The whole affair was over in a few seconds and occurred close to the bed. room door, where the hungry animal had evidently been waiting. Mr, Dick- ert was badly scratched and had hie arm lacerated where the lion seized him. Though sufficiently serious at the thne, he now looks upon the adventure as ono of the most novel he his experi- ences. The people of Malindi siding bay° been annoyed by a lion that developed the habit of coming right up to the station and was heard, In the neighbor- hood of the railway men's houses. A short time ago the conductor of the Falls train and several of the passen- gers saw two young lions playing be- tween, the rails near the Gwaai. Further up the line, In the direction of the Zambesi, the lions appear to be much more numerous. Not long SitiCe the native commlueioner at Islatetsi is reported to have had fifteen head of live stock killed hi broad daylight by nine lions which were hunting together. Quite lately two or three lions have been seen close to the .Victoria Falls, on the south side of the river, but, for tho reassurance of visitors, it may be mentioned that they only appeared at night and were exceedingly shy of any human being. At Dett, which is on the same line of railway, a few weeks ago the remains were found of a white man who could not be identified, and who appeared to have been killed and partly.. eatea by lions. Another European when accosted for travelling without a, ticket hastily left the train in the same district, made off in the darkness and has not been seen since. All of which shows that there is plenty of work awaiting the sportsman, even in southern Rhodesia. BABY'S BATTLES. • "Baby's Battles" is the title of a valu- able little book on the care of infants and young children, published by the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont., which will be sent post free to any mother who asks for it. It tells you also something about Baby's Own Tab- lets, a medicine that cures all the minor ailments of infants and young children- & medicine praised by every motliffr who has -used it. Mrs. Richard Smiley, Leon- ard, Ont., says: "We -had a very sick baby in our house unil we got Baby's Own Tablets. They were the first thing that did her any good, and I think were the means of saving our little one's life. I praise them to all mothers." Aelemedi- eine dealers sell these Tablets, or you can get them at 25 cents a box by writing the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brock- ville, Ont. - S1V1OKE OPIUM AS MEDICINE. Patrons of an Institute Now Treated by Pyrolitic Inhalation. •WiIMillions of Ave Called Into Daily Requisition Teapots to Infuse Ceylon Tca. Ita matchless twenty la known and appreciated. Sold. only in sealed lead packets, 131acic, lYilxed or Green. By all Orocere. Eigheet Award, St. Louis, rooa. .......044-.,•-•-•-...-++.44,44-4+4,,t IWHEN IN MEXICO. 1 What to Do, When and flow to Do i it, Properly Told in Detail. to• If one Is contemplating a vita to Mexico, here are some points which It might be well to remember: When beckoning to a person the Mexican extends hie hand, Palm down, and gives it a downword and inward sweep, instead of holding the palm upward and giving it an upward and inward sweep, as Americans de. Mexicans employ the American motion in beckoning to dogs. To indicate the height of an animal Mexi- cans extend the hand with the palm down- ward (as Americans Indicate tbe height of any persons or thing); the height of a thing by holding out the palm vertically, ane the height of a person by extending the fiet with the index finger pointing upward. To beckon to a person as one would to a dog or to indicate a person's height as one would that of an animal or thing might give of- fence. When Mexican, and particularly the wo- men, wish to greet ono another from such a distance that speook is Impracticable, as across the street, they hold the right hand even with the eyes and wiggle the fingers. The handshake in Mexico is a great insti- tution. When ono stops to chat or talk a little business with a parson on the greet, no matter tour many times one may have met him the same day, they shake hands at the meeting and likewise at tho parting, In the meantime inquiring about and telling healths To say "howdy" here is a matter of two or three mtnutes at tho very best. When one drops into a man's office on busi- ness likewise, these pleasant little formalities . must be scrupulously observed, else one woitti:d be set down as an ill-mannered boor, to rdestreteltntod afortignre:t?lanttnhr i tate hake. It is the only thing to do. When one meets a friend whom he has not seen for some time it Is the proper thing to embrace him. This consists in fall- ing upon his neck, throwleg the right arm about him and patting him lovingly just above the small of the back. Women indulge In this custom with their own sex. Mexican pedestrians turn out for each other on either side, but seem to have a prefer- ence for the left. In meeting women, how- ever one must always give them the inside of the walk. This rule ale° olds good when one meets superiors, always granting that an American will acknowledge any man to be his superior. One may frequently see these courteous Mexican men almost quar- relling to make the other fellow take the Inside track. "Please, senor," they implore each other. It Is customary for men to raise their bats Upon passing each other in tbe street The carrying of oanes is very general here. When acquaintances of opposite sex meet, as upon the street, the man Is expected to bow first. This, as may readily be seen, is important if one has any acquaintances among Mexican women. Pass oue without bowing and she may not know one next time. One's only hope lies in the possibility that she knows enough about American cue - toms to condone the offence on the score of your Ignorance of the customs of the country. To 'call a servant, hold up a street car or that sort of thh3g, clap the hands. "Adios" is employed as a passing greeting, as well as an adieu. In passing a friend with no intention ot halting, one may say. "Adios," which covers the greeting as well as tho parting. This form of greeting is much more commonly used than "good morning," "good evening," etc. The Mexicans are inveterate smokers, but they never chew tobacco. That practice is monopolized by the superior "Americanos." Moreover, the :Mexican is seldom offensive with his smoking. The practice is permissible nearly everywhere—In hotel or other din- ing rooms, after or even at meals, in rail- road coaches, in street cars, in places of amusement, etc. Clerks in dry goods stores may frequently be seen taking a few whiffs at a cigarette, and policemen on their beats smoke whenever they can get a cigarette. But no matter how sensitive 0110 may be to the fumes of tobacco, one is not likely to suffer from the Mexican's style of smoking. The bare announcement that an insti- tute for the accommodation of those who would smoke ()mum has been estab- lished in the prosoic neighborhood of Red Lion square is calculated to give imagin- ation rein; the fact that it is discreetly titled "The Pyrolitic (0, P.) Institute," suggesting a theatrical flavor to those who are not acquainted with all the pos. eible meanings -of 0. 1'. is enough to make imagination take the bit between its teeth. There would naturally be found within the dull shell a riot of luxurious ele- gance. One could see mirrored, gilded rooms with thick Oriental carpets, on which the foot fell noiselessly; a soft, subdued light, from shaded lamps; lan- guorous couches that invited ecstatic dreams, and, of course, beautiful hand- maidens flitting to and fro bearing light refreshments. The reality: A evaiting-room, like a thousand, other waiting -rooms, in which patients glare at each other before they see the .dootor, ansi a consulting room, rather barer of furniture than most, with a couple of not very easy chairs, a small table, on whieh is a spirit lamp, and two or three opium pipes, and if it were pet- mitted to give the name of the doctor who receives you it would be that of a most distinguished physician and sur- geon of the highest possible repute, who has gained fame for his treatment of one terrible disease. It has long been known that :the Chin- ese opium pipe so much abused in that country, and elsewhere, is yet of consid- erable therapeutic value. The late Dr. J. K. Shadichum endeavored some years ago to introduce it into the medical prac- tice of Europe, prescribing it extensively for chest complaints, neuralgia and other maladies, involving pain, spasm or pro- gressive wasting, Although "pyrolitic inhalation,' as this mode of administer- ing medical substances is termed, is said to be often more effectual than any other'his attempt failed, partly on ne- count.of rootesi prejudice, parely because the medical faculty were not conversant with the peculiar art of smoking the pipe. With stringent precautions against misuse, there is no apparent reason, ac- cording to the eminent authority who hste established the institute in Red Lent square, why the opium pipe should not be resorted to it suitable cases. As a nuttter of fact, he says, the effect of opiubit vapor is stimulant., tot narcotic. At each whiff the quantity of nsorphia ) which is conveyed to the lungs and , theneei hit.° the system is extremely min- I ute. An excessive dose is utterly Mmes.' sible, as a voluntary net, for opium - smoking is a slow asul relatively tedious ' process. The kiln& of rtecomplishing it at all demands intelligence, end even when thie knack hes been acquired colt- siderable time is needed for the absorp- tion of a very tiny dose of the opium alkaloids. It thus presents an emphatic; oontrast to all other :methods of adinieie- tering these eubstanees. Neinterous distressing maladies, it ice eontended, can be more sneeeesfully treated by pyrolitie inhalation than by; any method previously known. Nervoue eleeplessiiese is tounteraeted itt ohee and ; the most direct mid useful effeete aro produced in spasmodic ana eonvulsive af- fections of the nervous system. Itt van - der it lute been tried with great etletieee, liOt tflere13;' for elleviatims pain, but with the objeet of holdieg the disease direetly in &wk. -Landoll. Chronicle. Blebbs-IIA the most, disagreeable man I know. Slobbs-That's right. No- body insreea With itim-not even the things he Oates He will light his eigarethe—in rare instanCel agar -take a few deliberate puffs, end quit. Iie never smokes in that feverish fash- ion or relsee the dew° smudge that is the delight of the average American. StElOkt% who seems bent upon getting the full worth of hls big cigar. Most Mexican women of Commoner claws love their cigarettes, aria tnay be seen puffing complaeently la their hennas, on the streete, In the street care or as they tend their little street corner :Mmes. Even those people do not create much of a smudge. The universal molting habit re- veals Itself to tho "uninitiated "Gringo" sometimes in the most amazing manner. it is calculated to jar the sensibilities of the raw American to see some reputable looking woman of the fair, fat and forty type, in a railroad coach or In zoom other equally public place, clutlayET SlI DICSIitth.eoou 2 smoke contentedly for a few minutes. No one seems to mind that sort of thing or even notice it, and one soon comes to take it as a matter of couree. It Is no uncommon thing to Fee a boy of three or four years smoking cigarettes. Large quantities of ci- gars are coneutned here, but the cigarette is the national smoke. Mexicana are not given mueli to pipe smoking. The priests are reputed to be habitual snuff takers, and are not infrequently seen in the streets smoking cigarettes. la sheet, the smoking habit Is not here considered disreputable In any de- gree, It is customary for men to lift their hats as a funeral procession passes through the Street, and the custom is generally observed among all classes. Many men, chiefly of the peon Mass, raise their hath when they pass , a church or meet a priest. Mexican women never go to church or to tho grave when thelr relatives 'are buried. They remain at home and mourn. In case the dead man was a person of substance, large numbers of carriages accompany the body to the grave, but they are never occu- pied, The friends of tho dead man either walk to the cemetery or go in street cars. The bodies of the poor are conveyed to the cemetery on the shoulders of four peons, the friends following on foot. The coffins, which are usually cheap affairs, painted in gaudy colors, are an a general thing only rented for the occasion. After the bodies are taken from them and deposited' in the grave the coffins are returned to the dealer.--Guadia- Jere, Mex., cor. N. Y. Tribune. I Spraying Plum Trees. Leaf -blight or Fruit -spot. Leaf -spot. 1. Before blossoms open, Bordeaux mixture; 2, after blossoms have fallen, repeat 1; 3, 4, repeat 1 at intervals of two to three weeks as appears necessary. Leaf -blister. L Before buds swell in spring, kerosene emulsion, diluted five to seven times.--- Psylla 1. When first leaves have un- folded in spring, kerosene emulsrion dilut- ed fifteen times, or whale oil soap, one pound to ten gallons of water; 2, 3, etc., at intervals of two to six days, repeat 1 until the insects are detroyed. Leaf -blight. (1. When first leaves have unfolded, Bordeaux mixture); 2. When fruit has set, Bordeaux mixture; 3, 4. etc. repeat 2 at intervals of two to three weeks, use a clear fungicide after bruit is three-quarters grown. -Black -knot. 1. During first warm days of early spring, Bordeaux mixture; 2, repeat 1 when buds are swelling; 3, during latter part of May, repeat 1; 4, repeat 1 during middle of June (5, repeat. 1 in July.) Circulio, spraying is not always satisfactory; jar the trees after fruit has set, at intervals of one to three days, during two to five weks.-Plum scale. 1. In autumn when leaves have fallen'kerosene emulsion, di- Ined four times; 2 and 3, in spring, be- fore buds open. repeat 1. A landslip, covering an area of about 400 square yards, started on the 12111 ult., at New Tredegar, Rhymney Some thousands of tons of rock, falling from a height of 100 feet, causecl the hillside to move gradually down. Actual Sterility in Women is Very Rare—Healthy Mothers and Children Make Happy Homes. Many women long for a child to bless their homes, but because of some de- bility or displacement of the female organs they are barren. Preparation for healthy maternity in accomplished by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound more stiecessfully than by any other medicine, because it, gives tone and strength to the entire female organism, curing all displace- mentsoileeration and inflammation. A woman who is In good physieal condition transmits to her children the blessings of a good constitution. Is not that an incentive to prepare for a healthy maternity If expectant mothera wcrald fortify themselves with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, which for thirty years has sustained thousands of women in this condition, there would be_a great decrease in miscarriages, in aUfferitig, and in disappointments at bit following letters to Mrs. Pink - hare demonstrate the power of Lydia K. Plialtham's Vegetable Compound in Such eases. Mrs. AL Keener, Hebron, Yarmouth, N. S., writes: Dear Mrs, Pinkhenu-- ,, Before my baby was born I was in very poet health, hardly able to get out of bed in the mornings and often so diasy that ell would look blaek to me and nfe really did not eeena worth the liviug, bet et moon as 1 began to Wm Lydia E. PirtlthataRS Vegetable Oota• maul 1 bogsias to get bettet, fa foot I feel that this medbsine really eo,vediny Meted the life Many Wookozi 11106 �con lioadlted by of my ehild, for it helped mo give birth to ray boy and also made me strong after the child Caine, I ant, therefore, very glad to recom- mend your Vegetable Compound to all ex- peetaut mothers% and feel sure that it will help them ns it did me." Mrs Mae P. Wharry, Secretary of the north Shore Oratorical Society, The Norman, Milwaukee, Wis., writes. Dear Mrs. Pinkkamt- " I was married for live years and gave birth to two premature c,hildren. Lydia E. Pinkhatres Vegetable Compound was recom- mended to me, and I am so glad 1 took it, for it chatiged nus from a weak, nervous woman to a strong, hops, and healthy one within seven months. Within two yews a lovely little girl wee born, wbich is the pride and icy of our household. livery day 1 bless E Pinkhatels Vegetable Compound for the light, health andhappinese it brought to our home." If any woman thinks she is sterile, or has doubts about her ability to earry a child to a mature birth let her write to 'Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., whose adviee le free to all expectant or would-be mothers. She has helped thousands of women through this anx- ious period, Women suffering with irreguler or ptinful menstruation, leneorrhose„ dis- placement, ulceration or inflammation of the womb, Halt bearing down feels Ing or ovarian trouble, baekaelse, bloats ing or Itertg1116 prostration, eluntid res 'member that Xletlia, E. Pinkharn'e Vege- table Compound holde the reeord for the great:et nurabbe di *dual cures of tvoinates Ills, itna Recopt ise substi. tato. firs. Plitithies /Arks awl *Mdse. • *4 ••••••••-• • R • ++++-14 • • +4 10141 a-******** 4e. -+ *4 -4.+**** -t *Sof SUM A RY OF INFORMATION FROIYI STUDY OF THE COMPOSITION OF *ONTARIO' FEEDING STUFFS, Press Bulletin front the Ontario Ag rieulture College. (By W. P. Gamble.) The animal body is made up mainly o four messes of substeeces-water, asi or mineral matter, nitregenous matter good. quality. In some instances we have found the ltutritive materials, especial- ly protein, present in smaller nuanti- f tiee than we might have expected, but in most cases this deficiency was LIA10, not to adulteration, but to the poor qual,- , ity of the grain from whielt the by -pro, e duct was obtained, . There are serious objections, how- . ever, to some of our food stuffs which contain a very large quantity of pro. tein. Cotton seed meal, for out best feed - f ers do not consider it a safe food to pittee in the hands of hired men. Many , eases of milk fever and other diseaoss in dairy herds have been attributed to. - indiscriminate use of the cotton seed meal. The food may, of course, be fed to advantage if care is observed as to the e amount fed per day, the age of the anis f mal, etc. The addition of cotton, -seed meal to a ration for calves or pigs, re- - sults in serious derangement of the di- gestive organs of these animals. Regarding mill feed, oat hulls, and such low grade materials little need be said. The tables of composition show them to be entirely unfit to feed as sub- stitutes for pea meal, linseed cake, and such nitrogenous tnaterials. There are cases in which these stuffs might be used to advantage, but the feeder is likely to be misled in their purchase, bemuse the price asked, judged from the cost of standard foods, would indicate value which they do not possess. In some cas- es finely ground materials are sold un- der fancy names and feeders of live stock should not be deceived by false claims or a fancy name, suggesting good quality or good origin. At present time the prices asked for cattle foods bear very little relation to their feeding value. That is, feed is retailed at so much per ton whether it is rich in protein and well suited to supplement our ordinary for foods or whether it is a starchy food, and therefore, of much less value in mak- ing up a ration. Such being the case care in the purchase of feeds and some know- ledge of their composition will be found of paramount importance in the econom- ical feeding of farm animals. ansi fat, the proportions m which thee four climes of substanees occur depend ing mainly upon the age of the ani mat its treatrneut, and the purpose for which it is kept. EntrUL of a certain kind is neeessary to keep up the supply o these substances and to furnish the ani mai hod,x with heat and energy. It will therefore, be seen that to supply food in the right proportions to meet the re quirements of the animal, without waste of food nutrients, eonititutes seientifia feeding; hence the advantag of a knowledge of the composition o the common feeding stuffs. The percentage of protein, or nitrogen ous mater, in a food is invariably censid. ered of prime importance because our home grown crops are more likely to be deficient in that than in any other com- ponent, In selecting a food, therefore, we should ains at obtaining the great- est amount of protein for our money. Pea meal, linseed meal, maize gluten, gluten feed, middlings, and wheat bran, are by products which contain a large ration intended for dairy cows. For fattening pigs, good results have been obtained from a mixture of skim milk and low grade flour. Shorts is an excel- lent food for young pigs. Oat dust and other feeds of like composition, if pure, furnish nutritive material at economical prices. The purchaser must, however, be sented for sale on our markets wide' on his guard as feeds are frequently pre - are heavily adulterated with foreign matter of little value. Only to -day a sample of what was supposed to be wheat bran was sent to our laboratory, which, upon examination, was found to be adulterated with large quantities of finely ground barley bran, From the re- sults of our investigations, however, we are convinced that goods obtained from the local manufacturers are usually of QUEER POSITION FOR QUEEN. 44444-44-44+44-4-4444-4444-4444* 1 Great interest was aroused recently by the circumstance that in a grave nation- al crisis, when the King was for the mo- ment inaccessible, tbe Ministers of State were summoned to the presence of Queen ' Alexandra for consultation, with, as was generally understood, most satisfactory results. This was quite a new depart- ure for the present reign. ; Of course, Queen Victoria played this sovereign part constantly, but her late Majesty was the head of the state and it was the proper course for her to purl sue. Except when considered as part ot the King and Sovereign Queen Alexan- dra is not the head of the state. She enjoys a position of her own which is• absolutely unique. While it differs from that of any other lady, marriedor sin- gle or of any rank, in some material ways it is also different from that of previous queen consorts. - (inc of the most curious and interest- ing provisions in the law and customs of : the state is that the Queen is for pri- vate business purposes not regarded as a married lady at all. She is the only lady in Great Britain Who does not come within the scope of the married woman's property act. , The principle of the law is that the i Ring is entirely different from all other i married men and that his time is too I fully taken up with the affairs of e.tate 1 for him to have any left to devote to ! domestic matters and that therefore the Iwhole management of the Queen's pri- vate business matters must devolve upon her Majesty singly and that no responsi- bility whatever in respect to them rests upon the Ring. Therefore, if such a thing could be imagined as the Queen contraeting debts in her husband's name the King wouid not be responsible for them, as any oth- er husband would be, unless he had given due notice to tradesmen and all others concerned that he would for the future decline to settle all such ac. counts. If the Ring contracted debts the law which says that His Majesty can do iso wrong would prevent anybody from tot- ing him for recovery to the amount due, but no such protection is granted to the Queen, who could be proceeded against In the ordinary manner. She has her own attorney -general and solicitor -general to represent her In all legal matters, though of course except for ordinary private purposes, their services are scarcely ever neNeldel While the ronetitution is glad to re- cognize the Queen as part of the mon- archy, it can not lose sight of the faet that after all her position is limited to that of Queen consort, and, therefore, she is in a large sense one of His Ma- jesty's subjects, and in eertain cases, which there is to human possibility of occurring in these times, she would be treated as a subject. But in other re- spects she is accorded privileges by the realm which are given to no other per- soit except the Ring. Particularly there is no question of high treason. It is generally under- stood that the Ring is the only person evleem it is high treason to plot against, but it would be high treason also to plot against Queen Alexandra. The signiture "Edward Rex" is at- taelied to all state documents of such hn- portanee as to dtmand it. But in no circumstance whatever would the cor- responding one, "Alexandra Regina" be allowed to be attached, either in con- junction with that of his Majesty or Without it. If it should happen that the Queen should survive the Ring, many of the privileges which she at pre- sent posseses evould be withdrawn from her, only nominally in some cages, but itetually in others, svhilst constitutional law provides that some eueious restrie- none shall be placed, upon her, It would he no longer high treason to plot against her mut it is held by at least Orie high authority that she could not marry again if elle Wished to do se without the seeeitel license mut permission id tho Isleg's sueeeesor.-London lit -Bits, -,.....,,,,,,ssessa.s........ His Story of tlie War. (Attest ta Comettutiorie "eo you were ell through the civil seer. were you?" someone asked the ole color:a:I veteran who yes -Omit,* the band. "Fiver' Step Of It, enb.' "At the surrender, too?" "Ever' step ot it, euli." "What did Nit, Led AV tti (Watt" , "Naval. 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