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LIGHTNING- DOES NOT KILL UN-
HATCHED CHICKS
An old theory ie that a severe thun-
der and lightning storm will kill the
unborn chicks in the shell, $houll that
storm come up P. weelc or so before
tae batch is due.
While living in New England the
writer one day made a trip to the
poultry men of Lowell, Mass„ and
among the places visited was a poul-
try plant rim by William Nichoie. We
were told on this visit that one day
while Mr. Nichole w in—the barn
looking after a. number of setting
hena a thunder and lightning storm
arose, All ot a sudden the lightning
struck the edge of the roof of the
building, tearing out a big piece, and
then, traveling to the trona ripped
off a board, All thie happened while
rolls of thunder fairly shook the build-
ing.
The next day the neighbors, becom-
ing acquainted with the facts, assured
Mr. Nichols that the eggs under those
hens would not hatch; that such a
storm invariably killed all life within
the egg under incubation.
Nevertheless, Mr. Nichols did not
brea,k up the hens nor throw away
the eggs. He was anxious to see
what the results would be. In every
case, the hen came off with two-
tlairds of a hatch.—Troy Budget.
GROUND DONE IS VALUABLE IN
DEVELOPINGFLOCK
No doubt some poultry growers
wonder what is the especial value or
ground bone, that all writers on the
subject of making hens lay in winter
invariably include in the prescribed
rations.
It is not that lime is the important
constituent, although bones supply
this in its enoet available form, and,
no soft shelled eggs are laid by hens
to which this is fed. The element of
prime importance, however, is the
large proportion of protein contained
in the freshly ground bones of all the
larger animals.
This we have °ova° to know is the
most important of all the nutrients
for man and all animals, strengthen-
ing and building muscle and bone,
but it contained in but small quanti-
ties in the grains, of which, therefore
when these mainly are partaken or
fed, large rations must be used,
In the case of laying hens this in-
duces excessive fattening with conse-
quent diminution of the yield of
eggs. As the latter are among the
most concentrated forms of animal
foods, they are largely composed of
this element. And to produce them it
Is very important that some portion
of the feed should be principally com-
posed of it.
Ixi ground bone there are also other
minerals and albuminoid constituents
that contrieeLe to the beauty and
healthfulness of the fowls and their
general well-being, especially in win-
ter, when they cannot obtain any in-
sect foo l.—The American 'Weekly.
Excellent rem.edy for chicken lice—
Mix well two tablespoons dry sulphur
In one pail of mash. Give fowls twice
per week which will make them and
surroundings perfectly free frorn the
pest,.
TO FIND THE AGE OF EGGS.
The following method of determining
the age of eggs is said to be practiced
on the markets of Paris: About six
ounect of e0a1111011 cooking salt is put
into a Lap glase, which is then filled
with water. When the salt is in the so-
lution an egg is dropped into the glass. If
the egg is only one day old it immedi-
ately will sink to the bottom; if any
older it does not reach the bottom of
the glass. If :three days old it sinks only
just below the surface. From five days
upward it floats; the older it is the
more it protrudes out of the water.
Whitewashing is not a very hard job,
but if one attempts to do it with a
small brush as is used to do cellars, he
will find his work tedious. The rough
boards eat up the liquid so fast that the
work becomes tiresome before the
rounds are made. Ilse a spray pump,
and spray every portion of the houses
and sheds nrith the whitewash. Have
crack and crevice of the hen houses.
This will take more whitewash, but it
:may be diluted, and the cost will not be
very much( to say nothing of labor sav-
,ed, and the surety of forcing the liquid
into the cracks. Anything may be put
into the mixture, carbolic acid, copperas
or soapsuds, and the effect will be bet-
ter. The lice will be destroyed.
If anyone thinks it is an easy job to
rtin a poultry bueinces I would like to
dieabuse their mind of any such idea.
If a person has a proper idea of busi-
ness methods and a love for the feather-
ed race ancl does not put dollars and
ceute above the pleasure of the busi-
ness, they can no doubt derive botb
pleasure and profit out of it. To be a
thorough fancier you must not eount
the cost of your labor and must be
ready at all timeto anticipate the
wants of your feathered dependants. If
you can make it a pleasure instead of a
labor, then you are truly a fancier and
In time will be able to take a place am-
ong the leading ones and reap your
share of the regards.
When the fowls have a good range
two feed e a day is sufficient.
When several fowls in a Rock are at-
feeted with sore heads, it will be found
that lice abound. somewhere and that
the heads of these fowls are attacked
by them. The parasites- may be so
small as not to be noticeable to the nak-
ed eye, but they will be found in near-
ly all eases. They are not exactly the
snme as the body lice. They are so
small that they appear like the.scale of
the fowl's flesh. bet upon eloee eXam-
ination it will be foetid to be minute
parasites. which are prtle ing upon the
heads. Separate the fowls from the
others which are not affected and an-
Oint the heads onee a day with erride
petroleum and. cedar oil, equal parts.
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This will in nearly all cases destroy the
peste and the heads will heal, it souie
fowls in a flock are troubled -with these
mites watch the whole flock, for they
are liable to be affected the same way.
WASTE PAPER,
Accumulation of a Chleago Office
Sold for $1,331.
The management of one of the largest
office buildings In Chicago made a pro-
fit of $1,331.67 last year by :selling the
'waste paper whieh the janitors removed
each night from the offices of tenants.
Comparatively few persoms ever stop to
think that there is any value to a scrap
of paper thrown into a. waste basket.
There really isn't when a eIngle sheet or
even a basketful is considered. But when
thousands of, basketfuls are dumped into
one big pile it Is worth considerable.
Removing the clay's accumulation of
waste paper is an obligation whic,h the
management of every big building must
perform for hits tenants, so a profit of
$1,831.57 is really lust ailce finding that
anuola money. Handldng waste paper
has been reduced to a scien-ce, and tons
and tons of -it Is sold eaoh year by the
proprietors of the hund•recl,s of skyscrap-
ers in Chicago This scrap paper is ,pur-
c,hased by the second hand paper corn-
panias, -who in turn dis.pose of it at pro-
fit to ooneerns that make It up into cheap
grades and perhaps sell It back to the
persons wno origtnaliy threw the scrap
away.
The office building management that
Wears $1,831.57 annually from this souroe
employs a man at $60 a. 111011th, W1/00
sole duty it is to look after the waste
paper. Atter It Is brought -down in his
big sacks to the basement ezeh day the
paper is carefully sorted over and exam-
ined to discover any valuables that might
possibly have been thrown away by mis-
take. This done the paper Is placed in
a •big oompressIng machine and it comes
out In bundles similar to baled hay.
These trundles aro sold by weight and
the market twice of waste paper is about
IP a ton. To realize a profit of $1,331.5;
over and above the salary of the man
who handles the waste paper this one of-
fice building must dispose of more than
three hundred tons a year—Prom the
Qhleago Tribune.
SEND IN NAMES
Ex -Members of Thirteenth May Now
Register for Semi -Centennial.
Arrangements have been made for
tha registration of names in connection
with the celebration of the semi -cen-
tennial of the Thirteenth Royal Regi-
ment, end it is hoped that all ex -mem-
bers will Bend in their names. The
registration of names will be made at
Nordheimer's music store, 18 King
street west, This is the only means
the officers have of getting into tenth
with ex -members. and it is hoped that
'the members and exenembers who
know of the celebration will inform
any ex -members whose whereabouts
they know, so that they may accept
this notice of the affair as an invita-
tion to send in their namos. As soon
as mimes are received personal invi-
tations will be sent out and informa-
tion given regarding tile celebration.
Through the co-operation of all mem-
bers and ex -members who know of the
arrangements that tirP being made, the
affair een be made the success the of-
ficers hope, and as elaborate arrange-
ments are being, made it is believed
that the attendance will be very large
on September 13, 14 and 15.
SECRET LOCKETS.
Would you have something quite new
and different to wear on your pretty
long chain? Then here are some fee -
cheating loekets with a compartment for
a hidden picture, They may be turned
and twisted and examined most minute-
ly and. still retain the secret of the en-
closed. portrait. Neither hinge nor ere -
vie is to be seen and the bejewelled
and ornamented cover will defy the de-
tection of the secret pieture.
These locketsare handsomely tarred
In many beautiful designs, and they
ere shown in the jewelry shpps in
various shapes and sizes. Some are
studded. with diamonds or pearls and
others with the colored stones.
One charming locket is set with an
amethyst and three beautifully tinted
baroque pearls, while from it is ells-
pended n. large baroque pearl aa a pen.
dant.
Another is set with a large topaz, Ana
this gold locket is heavily carved and
eltaSed.
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A SHV BRIDE.
Atlas Violet Shy of Mishawaka, Win.,
Is to be married Suly 0.
"There was a strange man here to see
you to -day, papa," said little Is.lary, ai
She ran out to mot- father."
Di
"d he have a bill?"
"No, papa; he had Stitt a. plain nose."
Most .Anything Editor: Why doret you
muzzie those poetand poetes4es? Or
de you use their stuff E‘018 yo -u won't
have to write itnythiug?---W. 3.
.A. man will do a lot the,se blistering
day* to keep froat weeking.
When an ltlotel1811 l'a i two y ativer timed
foe too wooden 'sleepers-, a, clergyman ofs
(erect his entire (ongregation.
soss taw
THOSE POPULAR AIRS.
In rn. eertain office a jilted youth wee
ahietitng -I Wender Whoa) Itleeime Tter
Now?" when the beolskeeper, mate beaded
hid Sertien, answered with "alverylmay's
laota' It." The Stilton wee of heavy wire;
no fateattleseasatchison (Kan) CharniplOtl.
AFRIONOT FARR
Applee Main OropeaSiavery of Na
-
Jive Women.
London. —Another story of an African
faim
is told by .11re. 11. 1.Lengridge,
who has just returned to 'Loudon lifter
four yeare' re4dence in British Africa,
where elie has engaged in fruit growing,
Mrs. Langridge is of opinion that the
vouutry offere one of the greatest Heide
in the world to energetie agriculturists
who have eapital of from 810,000 1;9
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5tieO0
Sbae had great S1104'048 in her pres-
ent enterprise and when she returns in
.few months he le going to turn her
attentiou to eoffee, which she will grow
on a tract of land whieli he has pule
eltased, adjoining her linehand'e pinata -
tion, and ease:Tea miles from her Kee-
ent farm. Coffee, f$Ite says, is easy to
grow, peede less capital than any other
product, end le sure of a eontinuous and
expanding market.
MIS. Langridge's fruit farm ie known
43 the N' Gelani estate, and it is near
aftincliako Town, about thirty miles
from the Uganda Railway, in the High-
lands, of British Etiet Africa. She has
about a laradred acres and it is alt un-
der cultivation. The farm ha e been laid
(Jut for more than twenty-five years, but
It is only recently under her manage-
ment that it Me; been made a paying
propoeition.
It is at present the only actual fruit -
bearing farm in the colony, although
others are under cultivation,- it con.
tains 7,000 apple trees, besides oranges,
lemons, pineapple, tangerines, peaches,
plums, lige, apricots, greengages, guavas,
quinces, pomegranates and vines.
She has on it fifty ostriches, thirty
head of cattle, a small flock of sheep
and a poultry farm. The main crop so
far, however, comes from the apple trees.
It pays beet at present to push this crop
'because it can be easily packed and
shipped to Uganda, German East Africa,
Zanzibar, Aden and other parts.
"The apple crop is truly remarkable,"
said Mrs, Langridge. "We start picking
apples in December and continue with-
out break until August, In August
strip the trees of their leaves and whitte
wash the bark all the way up in order
to give the trees a foreed rest. The trees
are blossoming, fruiting and ripening all
at the same time, You can see the bud,
htossone eniall and large fruit on the
tree at one and the same period.
-The singulq r e v'ti of elimate fle•
counts for this remarkable fertility.
The sun rises at 6 a.m. and sets at 6
p.m., with unswerving regularity, and
every night a 0301 mist comes down on
the hills, tio that every morning every-
thing Is moistened. There are two
rainy seasons ---in November and March
—but the elements are very obliging
and the rain descends only at night
time,"
Mrs. Langridge says that there ie not
much difficulty fie regards labor. The
natives work very well and are very
quiet and teachable, Only male help,
however, is possible, as the female na-
lives work only in their own allotments.
In their ordinary life the native woman
is an absolute slave to the nan,
She rises at 4 a.m., milks the ewe,
fetches the wood and water, eooke the
food, and then goce to work in the fields
from 6 in the morning until 0 in the
evening. At 6 she again fetches the
wood and water, again milks the cows
and prepares the evening meal.
But her duties are not over even then.
Her lord and maker, who spends has
time between sleeping and drinking,
wants a midnight meal, and this she
has to prepare, 80 thee her average al-
lowance for sleep is from 1 to 4 a.m.
These women are enormously strong, and
are frequently seen carrying on their
baeke burdens considerably over a hun-
dredweight, supported hy straps fas-
tened round the forehead 80 that the
main weight is borne by the head.
Girls are sold. at 16 years ef age to the
highest bidder in cows, the eatiees trad-
bag entirely in cattle and goo le. “irls
are never allowed to enter domeetic ser-
vice, and. the British Government will
not allow Europeans to purehnee
for that purpose. Tiebee:, native male
servant is foend in the boy, who 1 tak-
en away from hie surroundings at about
ten or twelve ere n:ae tied given a
thorough training in European ways. He
is then very quick aul willing to learn.
eeete.
IN A WORLD'S SERIES.
"Some men are born great," remarked
the Man on the Oar, "and some make a
home run with the haws full." ---Toledo
a-aes
Wig—hat fellow Biomes le awfully
conceited. He thinks lee knows it all.
Wagge—Oh, he'll soon got over that.
Ilea plug to be married next month.
Eight Years of Bad
Eczema on Hands
Ittivs man?
titt_olu3skatioyi
Cured by Cuticula Soap and Ointinent
Male Mary A. Bentley, 03 University Ste
Montreal, writes, in a recent letter: "Some
nine years ago I noticed small pimples brealz.
ing out on the back of my hands, They
became very irritating, and gradually became
worse, so that r could not 81cPp at night. I
consulted a physician who treated me a long
time, but it got worso,_and I could not put
my hands water. I Vrag treated at tho
hospital, and it was lust the same. X was
told that it Wa3 a very bad case of eczema -
"Well, Ijust kept on using everything, that I
could for nearly eight years until I was
advised to try Cuticura Ointment. I did so,
and 1 !maul after a PM'', applications the
burning sensations were disappearing, I could
sleep well, and did not have any Itching
during the night. X began after a while to
use Outten= Soap. 1 stuck to the Cutioura,
treatment, and thought if 1 could use other
xemedies for over seven years with no result,
and after only having a tesv applications and
finding ease from Ceticure Ointment, it
deserved a fair trial witla a severe and stub-
born case. 1 used the Cutieura Ointment
and. Soap for nearly six months, and X ana
glad to say that I have hands as clear as
anyone. It is my wish that you publish this
letter to all the world, and if anyone doubts it,
let them write me."
Cuticure, Soap and Ointment are sold by
druggists and dealers everywhere. For a
liberal free sample of each, with 32-p. book,
send to Potter Drug & Chem, Corp., NI
Columbus Ave,. Boston 17. . A.
SCIENCE ODDS AND ENDS.
There are 50,000 unclaimed .Afrlean
war medale stored in the office of the
Engibah army.
Great Britain eats 5,000,000 bunches
of bananas every year.
The fashion followed by the Japanese'
woman in the matter of her clothing
lute remained practically the same for
more than 2,500 years.
µ
The Texan cattle ranch of Mrs. Hen-
rietta M. King embraces 1,953 square
miles, 7110111 than that of the State of
Rhode Island.
Nearly one-half of the people of Den-
mark live exclusively by agriculture.
Ireland's largest railroad system has a
mileage of 1,121.
The library of the British eiaseum
contains 1,000,000 volumes.
.A rain which follows a drought con-
-tains a htege percentage of ammonia,
which is of great value to the plant life.
The pawnbrokers of London must dis-
play their names prominently in front
of their places of business.
All efforts to "reconstruct" the emer-
ald have failed.
The popularity of the automatic light-
ers has greatly effected the sale of
matches in Europe.
The world's leading exporters of iron
and steel, according to official figures
covering the latest period for which sta-
tistics are available, are the United
Kingdom, Germany and the United
States, with totals ranging from a little
less than $44)0,000,000 down to about
250,000,000,,
Russia occupies one-eixth of the terri-
torial surface of the globe. •
Great quantities of honey are shipped
out of Australia, inueh of it going to
England.
Palmistry- was practiced by the anci-
ent Greeks.
Snakes killed 22,000 people in. Africa
last year.
More than 200,000 tons of silt and
voomonzep.
sand ere taken from the leames River
eery eek.
The energy released by a et1110,
burning steadily for two lull slays
equal to one horsepower.
The use of waste for wiping maebite
ery lute become ouch a serious source ot
(Nelson. that efforts are being made in
more than one establishment to ent
down Ole item, with the result that in
one largo maeldne establishment of tale
eamitry gawkish towelare now math
UR(' OF ao a eubstitute. aud the chauge
has tillOWIt a V017 0011Sideraido economy.
Fresh towels are loipplied at regular in-
tervals 00(1 the soiled 01)05 are colleeted
and eared for until it sufficient number
has tie -emulated to mane It worth
while to pet them through it washing
process, by which the alt lo recovered
and made use of a secoud time. This re-
covered oil Is available for lubricating
rellroad switches and shnilar work, but
Its field of usefulness is more or lees
limited. All efforts to find a substitute
for wool waist° in the capacity of pack-
ing for the journal box of a railroad
car have bean unsueessful.
TRIBUTE TO APPLE SAUCE.
Now the little green apple has Cattle
and the delicate sparkling apple
sauce appears on the table. It offers
one all the compliments of the season.
One can taste it in the morning sun-
shine and the zest of tile dew. It
may not take the place of the straw-
berry or the cherry-, but it is a mod-
est companion, like a lily among the
roses. With nice bread and butter, it
constitutes a trinity of ioy and health.
Mak.? a meal of it and 9oe how the
coneeienee spruces ,up and your views.
of life all .sprinkled with stars. What-
ever can make the best home bread
and purest butter taste better is surely
a Messina. Tbis, the young andspark-
ling apple sauce can do; not possibly
for thoee who eat to make MII.5:,!1;., and
bone, but for those who feed the eeirit
and ri attar the annetite for the (alarm
of Woe. It is a *help f o ail the virtues
to wbleb 'heart ac-MITPS. We com-
mend it to youe—Ohio State Journal.
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NOT AFFECTION -ATE.
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"Waiter, this steak isn't very ten-
der."
"What d'ier expect? Want it to
jump up and kiss you?"
Lighting the House of Commons.
The House is very often sparing of
the gas bill. On a (Het summer after-
noon the debate will go on in the fad-
ing light of day till members can hard-
ly- see one another's face, and then the
clerk of the lionee suddenly realizes
that he cannot see the. paper under his
nose. He looks up and finds the House
wrapped in shadows. He toushes a bell,
a servant comes and receives the direc-
tion for the
The light is turned on in the attic
above the glass panele with the render-
ing of the red rose. It arrives in the
House like a shower of rain on a sum-
mer night. First e faint tenatire stir-
ring, a softening, a sponge in the face,
then after that the deluge, and the room
below is drenched in a mellow down-
pour. The dark spacee.beneath the gal-
leries drink it up like a thirsty land.
The whole seene is refreshed. Strang-
ers in the House look up into the roof
and. then they it up and begin a more
intelligent reading of the men and
things below. —Manchester Guardian.
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FISHERMAN'S TIME.
The fisherman is beginning to prepare
his annual summer yarn about the fish
he caught or .did not catele—Memphis
alommercial Appeal.
WHO CAN TELL WHAT GRANDPA DREAMS?
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Mistress of 1,358,000 Acres and Man-
sions and Castles Galore Wants
To Live in a Cottage
London.—"We are living in i most
difficult age, an want eomething they
have not got. I want a cottage.
°tilers want castles."
This from the lips of Her Grace,
the Duchees of Sutherland, mistress
of Stafford Hausa, Dunrobin Ca.etle,
the House of Tongue in Sutherlend,
Lillesliall House, Goleple and other
stately reeldences too nytunerou$ to
mention! Wife of the greatest land
owner la England, mistrese of 1,358,-
000 acre$ of land, she wants a cot -
Anyhow, she eald so the other day
in an tuldress before tl,n, association of
teacherand domestic science.
She said that she wanted P. cottage
to finl a little quiet azniAd the rest.
iessuess of modem life, And she
wanted to take care of it herself, and
coolher own meals in her own kit-
chen,
"Uurest is the word," she said,
"Directly you sit down something or
uomeone wakes you get up. It may
be an aeroplane; it may be Mr. Lloyd
Gorge --but there it is ---nothing but
change from morning to night!"
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THIS 18 HER GRACE, DUCHESS
OP SUTHERLAND, WHO WANTS A
COTTAGE.
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THIS IS THE KIND OF A 110
She went on to say that for wo-
men a reaction to the study of the do-
mestic sciences Wad the cure for the
restlessness of the age.
l'It seems tuna:dug that we should
make any rues about domestic sub-
Jeots at all," She Bald. "In the six-
teenth century the maiden who knew
Latin and Greek as the twentieth cen-
tury maiden never will, could weave,
spin and embroider in a fashion that
has never beell equalled.
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USE .HElt GRACE CAN'T HAVE.
"But during the late Victorian
period we passed through a time of
foolishness in the educational line,
and 111 -fed and ill -developed families
and many it faded and disappointed
spinster are left to tell the sad tale
of incompetence and Ignorance.
"Domestic service may be a cure
for the restless of the age. If I were
a man I wouldn't marry a woman who
hadn't been taught domestic science,
and couldn't do her own housework."
THE WHY OF POVERTY.
The *06(11 reform.er set out blithely
upoli hie task ni abolishing poverty. He
ceme upon a politieiun and aeked. hie
"1' .o bade' replied the politieleu: "I
.should like to ()Wig* you, but poverty
is not an issue just nee'. Pm afraid yoxt
heve to mute on."
The social reformer went 011 a bit far-
ther and met a phrlieill11, tin asked the
physician to help.
"Really, good sir," kesid the physicien,
"3.011. NVin 11;t1'e to evmse me. Without
poverty 1 shoule have to go oat of bush
nees, for it ie the ease of many of the
dieeases 1 am celled upon to trest."
"Can't do it at ell sir," declared tile
manufaelurer emphatically. "It would
he ruinone to y beehives. Without
poverty I could riot hire little ehildren
or get adults at smelt low wages. You
will have to move on. sir."
The social reformer weer on a bit far-
ther and came upon a charity worker
whose help he requested.
"I cannot deny flint it would be a
fY00(.1 thing 3111 a way," replied the char-
ity worker. "but 1 eannot aseist. )7on
see, there is a vast quantity of capital
invested in this anti other charity or-
ganizations. Also they employ a great
many people and give a great many
others an opportunity to ease their con-
seiences through eontributions. IVithout
poverty. of eourse, all this effort would
be wastett"
The soeial reformer went on a bit
farther Etna, meeting a, pauper. asked
him to help abolish noverty,
"A splendid idea," declared the peu-
per, "and 1 should be delighted to help.
but as 1 have neither iob, money nor in-
fluence, there is nothing,: I can do."
The eaeial reformer moved ou and at
latest reports was still moving. ----From
Life.
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ENGLISH VIEW OF WAR OF 1812.
Preparations already afoot le cele -
bra te the eel: t ens ry of Anglo-Saxon
peaee in 1915, writes a Daily Chronicle
correspondent, add interest to the cir-
cumstance that the war whose termin-
ation will then be commemorated began
100 years ago to -day.
In order to lind crews for the great
fleet that wasnecessary for the check'
making of Napoleau, Srialeh captains
were authorized to seareh any American
warships or merchant vessels if they
suspet led that there were deserters ou
board. The 1, iti Led Stales submitted to
this indignity for fourteen years, during
which thousands of Americans were tak-
en from under their own flag and foxed
to serve in British ships; but war at
last became' unavoidable, and was de-
clared on June 18.
Probably most people in this country
remember the war for the victory of
the Shannon over the Chesapeake, .As
matter of fact, however, the Amerieans
had five sound. triumphs to their credit
before the Shannon came along to vary
the monotony of our disasters. Before
the end of 1812 we had lost thirty-eight
gun frigates, Guerriere, Macedonian and
Java and the eighteen gun Frolic, while
early in 1813 the eighteen gun Peacock
fell an easy vistim to the American
Hornet. Altogether there were fifteen
of thete single ship eneounters, and the
Britieh ship was beaten in ten of them.
In every case save one, however, the
American vessel was superior in force.
The American navy at the outset of
the war comprised only sixteen vessels,
while Great Britaiu possessed. over 800.
The war lasted over three years, and
we lot twenty-one ships before peace
Was proclaimed..
Lieutenant Provo Wallis, who was an
officer in the Shannon at the time of
her fight with the Chesapeake, died an
admiral of the fleet in 1802, at the age
of 100—From the London Ohronicie.
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months ellow A total of 1,011,577, Italy
sending 133,377.
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nrOWnhigii in Canada are rapidly mut-
tiviying. The toil of death 80 far this
summer le extremely heavy.
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The June fire loses of Canada and the
United States aggregated $10,103,450,
one of the big fires of June Wat3 a $500,.
Wig in Saskatoon.
A New York justiee says that the
Praeeaeo of bedbug.; in a houee juetifiee
the breaking of ft lease. Send that man
to the Supreme Court.
-
A Yanaee fooa ev.pert says: "Quit
Wing meat and the priee will drop."
albalas all very well; but when you
begin to eat it again the priee will
L.) up.
1
'Health C01111TItio1011er LederIe, of New
York, luxe notified the milk dealer;
that city that he will hereafter aek
for prison sentences for those who vio-
late tbe pure milk law. He intends to
make the punishment fit the erima
*4-4
Birds are dying off in great numbers
in New Jersey, and the cause is said
to be the intense heat and the sprink-
ling of oil on the streets to allay the
duet. Robins, bluebirds, starlings, and
even the hardy English parrows are
following victims.
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New Zealand has been short of hirde,
and the settlers:, have been active in
introducing them. Among them. the Eng-
lielt sparrow has been given a hearty
welcome; and it is not the only pest.
The skylark and the blackbird, the lat-
ter a relative of the American robin,
would not now be so heartily welcomed.
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President -Venn Shi Kai is imploeing
the people of China to practise the vir-
tue of economy. Not only does he con-
demn 8300,000,000 loans, but he advises
them to reduce wedding and funeral ex-
penses, and. to practise thrift in all
walks of life. We fear Yuan. $hi Kai
would be rather too thrifty to make a
successful politician.
The German Government has taken
alarm at the "perilous decrease" of the
German birthrate, which has declined
from 1876, when it stood at 4.26 per 1,-
000 to 30.7 in 1911, ,The decline is great-
est in Protestant communities, and a
Government inquiry into the situation,
and the, eauees, is promised, Is Germany
patterning after France?
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A Chineee testified in San Francisco
on January 9, 1911, that "27 stowaways
were put on board the Manchuria to be
smuggled into San Francisco. For their
passage $5,000 was said. to have been
paid. for each woman, and $1,100 for
each man. The witness also testified
than an organized opium ring operated
on the ship% 42,950 tins of opium having
been sent through on one ship.
A syndicate, of which Miss Barrie Till
and Miss Brockley Davis are members,
is preparing to go to seek the treasure
cave on Coco Island, 550 miles south-
west of Panama. The women, who were
with the. Navajo expedition, which re-
turned from Cocos Island a year ago and
said nothing had been tound but three
skeletons, claim to have discovered. a
cave in which the pirate Bomto buried
$100,000,000 worth of gold, which he had
seized from the Spanierds,
The Winnipeg Tribune lute a word to
say on the fly question. It remarks
that experienced campers knew that if
eerape of fated and other camp &brie
are carefully burned or buried there will
be no trouble from flies, provided, the
camp 18 at a. distanee from other habi-
tations. It is no well known. that if
food. ecrape are left lying about a camp
fifty miles from the nearest house -there
will soon be plenty of fliee, hatched aaid
that their numbere will inerease, though
the sport camper spends hie whole time
matting them. It is worth evialle keep-
ing this in mind when. trying to exter-
minate flies iu eitles by catching them in
traps) or hitting them on the back. The
citizen who keeps hie back yard cleaned
doe -s much to keep down the fly popula-
tion and to save bie family and neigh -
bare from annoyance and disease The
garden rake is one oti the best exter-
minal ore.
The utilization of aluminum as a sub-
stitute for tin is gradually meeting an-
ticipation. The London Times says:
"Production of aluminum now exeeede,
20,000 tons a year and is likely to great-
ly inereaee. But for the expansion in
the produetion of aluminum it is eer-
tain that the pricec of tin would be high-
er even than it ie to -day. Suitable, how-
ever, as it has been found for some pur-
poses where formerly tin only woisid
have been admissible, alurninum has not
been found eatisfaetory in the manuthe-
titre at tin Plat('. "nu being nearly
three times heavier than. almnimun, One
pound *weight of the latter would cover
118 mueh surfaee of a bleak plate t„t44
titIT0 panels of the former. It follows
that et present pilees a10 worth of
eimninum wonid do the work, if it could
he aiedad 111 the St1/110 Way, whieh neev
rennires 00 worth of tin. tatforto-
eately that metal doe,. net appear to ho
ih alt eeeee as preserveCve
wrapper or vonteitter of ,111, kinds of
foodsilh5Iquet,4. the +world. nvo,t,
;01, apparently, be &Temkin( upoa the
more azielent 10001; and poee!ble &vel -
e ipinettis in new tin disitiete ail main -
'Min their public. inte.rest and intrinAv
impaianee.,"