The Wingham Advance, 1913-10-02, Page 7f
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THE
I POULTRY WORLD
444 •
, THE CAltIVINE.
The Campine m Amesica 1 a vastly
inmeoved bird over the engine' Belgian
Campine. They are perpetual layers of
Urge white egga, -which find favor with
the majority of egg consumere, and no
breed in recent years; /me gained faster
in popularity than the Campine. At the
Poultry Show, in Madienn Square One -
den, January, 1913, Om were more
Campines Ii eompetltdon than
there wtre single comb. White Le:shone,.
3n fact, at ell the national poultry shelve
het year Oampines were well represented
and. this year tatinpinea will be among
the largest Masses exhibited,
The queation of size has been a cons
teation of all Lreedere, told was fatly
enswered by the semetary of the (*m-
inus) ChM of (-treat Britain in his note
in the 11112 Year Book, whic1t is as fol -
/ewes "This tronble is al3vays with us.
The wording of the Stans.drd, 'the largs
er the better: is worae than uselees„ for
It Is misleadine. 'The club should alter
it anti replace it by the weights which
were settled upon at the annual general
meeting at the palace as beirig Ideal:
Malts,7 pounds; females, 31/4 pounds.
These weights ere quite high intone:hand
ebould be maintained in order to guard
aginet the size being smeller than the
Belgian Cantpine. Any attempt to in-
erease the size :41teu11 be deprecated.
The size of the birds at present is the
meximum far the grentest prolificacy."
Large size is not desired, sts it Brae-
Isel or a Hamburg is not wanted. '.t.'he
true test of a table valie. of any bird is
the percertege of meat that it will yield
and not in mere weight. The ideal table
bird. then, tnust be small and. fine in
bone and must be trimly built, with it
frame suitable for carrying a lot of
breast meat. A ribeasant will yield
nearly three-quartere as muds meat AS
the ordinary fowl which has double its
weight. The exeellenee of the Oampine
ae a table fowl eonne in the feet that It
yields AR high a pereentage as any. -St.
Louis Post•Despateh.
THE 200 -EGG ITEN.
There are still those who do not be.
lieve that the 200 egg hen exist in any
great numbers anil that the few which
have made such reeerds officially are
freaks end the oneffieial record lies. The
fact flint about lo per cent. of the hens
in the Conncetieut laying contest passed
the 200 mark is euffitient evidence that
such hens do exist in appreciable num-
bers. Every poultry keeper who trap-
nr•ste for a whole year knows they do
exist in larger numbers then many sup-
pose. That iR, he knows this if he traps
nests right.
One might instel trapnests and go on
trappine Ids hens fry years and never
find
it 200 hen. Not that 911011 hens, or
the making of them, th»tot exist in his
flock, but became lie has uot developed
them. To make a 200 egg record the
pullets must have the thne between de-
velopment and the molt to lay this
niimber of eggs. It is out of the question
for them to lay evry day. They can do
this for it time. but there must be times
when the hens are not laying. Thes:: per-
iods cannot be of long duration.
The hula that ere to _make a record
cannot lode time by being broody' or
molting. They should commenee laying
late in September or early in October,
but do net make the mistake of starting
their yearly receid with their first eggs,
as they may lay only a few the first
clutelt and remain idle for several weeks.
This they certainly will do if brought
to laying before they are fully develop-
ed, or if hatehed so early they will molt
after completing the first dutch.
FIVE HENS PASS 200 MARK.
In' the Missouri national egg laying
contest five hens passed the 200 mark
in eight and a half months. Langshine
lead in the average with 132 for thirty.
hens. Plymouth Rocks, foot the list with
an average of 106 for 120 birds. The
leading hen up to August 1 le a buff
Wyandotte from Vermont with a total
of 216.
NOTES.
Select a location that has natural
drainage away front the building.
A dry, porous soil, such as sand
or gravelly loam, • is preferable to a
clay got].
In moat localities the building should
face the south, as this insures the
greatest amount of sunlight during the
winter.
Allowat least two square feet of
floor apace per bird.
Proper ventilation and sunlight mean
a dry house and healthy birds.
The partial open -front house is con-
ceded to be the beet type for most
:sections.
The colony plan of housing poultry
may be adopted to good advazeage on
may farms. This eyetent does away
with the danger of tainted soil.
The roosts should be built on the
same level, two feet six inches from
the floor, with a dropping board about
eight inches below them.
Good rooets may be made of 2 by
2.inch material with upper edges
rounded.
The nests may be placed on the
side walls or under the dropping boards.
It is beet to have thetn darkened, as
the hens prefer a secluded place in which
to lay -
Don't try to wi-nter more male birds
than are needed. It doee not take long
for surplus males to cost all they will
bring.
Fowls fattened at the broiler stage
require lees feed to put on it pound
than when fattened later.
The average hen outlives her useful-
ness; in two years and le more profit-
able sent to the market. Old, hems are
more likely to contract diseases than
younger ones.
It is the medium Ate egg with the
strong shell that gives the beat results;
in setting. Weak shelled eggs are liable
in break and stop up the pores of the
others.
Old fable '43crapit, mouldy bread - or
grain, salt meat and miscellaneous Atli&
are alt disease breeders.
1 : 1
Mixing Paints for Tints.
-sited and black make brown.
-Lake and white make rose,
--Red and yellow make oran e.
-.White and carmine make pink.
--White and brown inake chestnut.
1iie and lead color make pearl.
1-- -White and Purple make Presto's White.
- White blue and lake make pea green.
-White and green make bright green.
--Lampblack and white make lead cols
Or.
-*Indigo and lampblack make eihree
grey.
-Black and Venetian red make choto-
late.
-Amber, white and Venetian red make
drab.
-White, lake and Verrelllion make nests
(.01or.
--Whites Yellow and 'Venetian red make
eream.
-Yellow, white and & little Venetian, red
make butt . .r: •
NAL
10
Dizzy Headaches
Cured in One Night
If Troubled With Head -Fullness,
Ringing Noieee, Specks Before
the Eyes, the Stomach Is
at Fault.
QUIck Relief and Certain Cure Came
roM Dr. Pamilton's
itte„
"I had terrible pains in my head. My
appetite faded away, and when, 1 did
eat anything it disagreed and made me
very sick for hours after each meal. The
pains in ruy 'stomach and the dizzy head.
• vehes 1 had to endure almost set one
wild. Sometimes attacks C111110 on so
severely that I had to go to bed. r
would feel so worn, depressed and.
utterly miserable that for hours
'wouldn't speak to 311y family. My sys-
tem was poisoned with waetes and noth-
ing helped me URI used- Dr, Hamilton's
Pills. Withortt this grand system -clean-
ing remedy I would still be sick, but.
each day brought rne better health and
spirits. 1 was cured and made strong,
ruddy end healthy, and will always use
and recommend Dr. Hamilton's Pills."
"MRS, B. C. CURRAN,
"Westport P. 0."
Thousande •who are in an :tiling, low•
state of health need, nothing else but'
Dr. Hamilton's Pills. 27e. per box, or
five boxes for $1.00, at all druggists and,
'storekeepers, or the Catarrhozone Com-
pany, puffelo, N. Y„ and Kingston, Oa -
Fancy Pockets in
Fall Gowns
We can make our pocketesserve as
trlitiming 49 does this Parts designer
who sends &or an illustration of a
fall costume In black oharraeuse *with
a pabel reaching from neck to knees
on the tunic, the latter Showdne pack-
ets of passementerie oar each side.
This sinsple costume would be
charmingly carried out in dull blue
:silk ratine, with pockets of bronze -
beaded embroidery.
SENSITIVE PLANTS.
The clover shuta its leaves before rain
and. also at night, bringing two of its
three leaves face to face, and folding
the third over the top, says a correspon-
dent. The young blossoms are also care-
fully sheltered by enclosing leaves which
move forward, in the evening, and wrap
them round. I have a half-hardy blue.
pea, with it trefoil leaf, which faiths up
so accurately at night that the triple
leaf looks like one pendant heart -shaped .
leaf. Plants which have no connection
with the pea -flower family, but which
possess a similarly shaped leaf, suck as .
wood. sorrel, fold their leaves at night-
fall. There are two plants in the ger-
den whose flowers sleep by day -the
night -blooming stock and Lychnie ves-
pertina. The former is withered and
shrivelled In daylight, but expands and
exhales it vaunts -like odor at night. The
Lyehnis is white, and in bright sunshine
every flower closes and hangs limply
down, As the sun Sets this Endynnon
plant awakens, expectant of the moon.
The drooping calicos raise themselves .
and elowly expand and fade, and. the
plant, which almost died by day, is ad-
orned stnew. Its sister, the red Lychnis,
shines by day, and is called (Burns, but
this white one has long left the beaten ,
ancestral path and bee become vesper-
tine. As it opens, small flies appear and
visit it; the ealyx is of that reddish hue
which they approve. The sundew which
atracted flies shows the same dull red
in its leaves. It Is not D. rarity, but
few have seen its blossoms opened. A
friend tent me a plant last week, atom./
ing me that it was warranted to open, ss
ea it had already done so. Sure enough
the prediction cante true, and for the 1 Helve+ is a pietere one
first time 1 .aw the open flowers. They Isigreat 41l9ttieS Of heathen India,
awoke to gaze not on leagues of sneer-iAt Hes ilantUrtan, the monkey -god,
land, but on Edinburgh dust and. smoke. ktatd (ti much worahipped by the
PatriVatk lbettge of the far east.
-Sheffield Eng„ Independent.
• t The henclic acts of Hurtaman are
"The Women of the Fiji islands don't- tad. ;about In a great Indian epie
wear any clothes," remarked the return-, ' Wan called d'hes sqbanlayana" and
ed traveller. "Graeious!" exclaimed the tetten'Ute little boys and girls of East
Mere Man, "I wonder 'what they findi andia.;k314aV his exploits by heart.
to :talk about, - • 1,1tosytturattyans, ;twIlich. l held in
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FOR THE HANDS COVERED
FARMERS
WOUNDS OK THE 1100F.
Nature Often repairs wounds on the
horse's hoof without help frOill MAO. AR
man van do is; to stesiet nature; hut of-
ten he hinderes the reparative procese,
and sometimes his interferences Iipos-
itively harmful. Thie is so when he
soak's an injured foot in an old, dirty
tub and forgets to change the water
eaelt tinie it is ueed. The foul soaking
tub it; A Veritable abomination, it
should be aceounted it relic of barbar-
ous days not to be need by modern man,
Tide advice refers especially to the
treatment of a nail -puncture ease. It
nuty, however, be admiesible in some
eeees to treat sonm of the eoronet, or
euppurs.ting corns, by /soaking in a tub-
ful of antiseptie solution.
The average pOultiee also is an abom-
ination, and positively damage in many
a cane. This eertainly is SO as regards
the cow -dung poultice. (lams teem and
multiply in it, and these germs induce
pus or poesibly may <muse tetanus (lock-
jaw). Any hot, moist poultice in which
an antiseptic is not mixed will harbor
and grow noxious; germs. 11 a poultice ot
- any sort is used, it should be made up
with it solution of good disinfectant or
germ -killer.
Modern treatment seldom employs it
poultice in the nail -prick ease, When
a nail bass been found and removed, the
horseman often is contented to pour
some turpentine on the wound and al-
low the opening to dole. (terms may be
retained, and in the abeenee of air they'
may cause tetanus; for the tetanus
germ can live and grow only in the ab-
sence of oxygen. The right way to han-
dle the case its to remove the shoe:
cleanse the hoof thoroughly with soap
and hot water, pare away all soiled horn
of the sole and rinse it off with a 1,500
solution of corrosive Sublimate (bidder -
id of mercury) or five percent. solution
ooneacid. fcoacltar , disinfectant, lysol or car-
bThen cut down upon the puncture
with a sharp, sterilized hoof -knife, re-
moving enough horn to expose the
wound and allow blood, serum or pus
to escape. When this has been done
the wound should be well Swabbed
with the 1-500 solution of corrosive
sublimate and at once covered with
a mixture of one part of idofonn and
seven parte of boric add, fresh ab-
sorbent cotton and a dean • bandage,
etloeabne around
dd ttile puarentellt:iiith a square of
If there is objection to the strong
odor of the iodoform mixture, substi-
tute oue part each of calomel and. sub-
nitrate of bismuth and six parts of
boric caid as it dry dressing powder.
Renew the dressing daily. Often the
treatment will lead to it speedy and
perfect recovery. If it fungus-like growth
comes down through the wound tn the
4sole, add an equal part of powdered
i alum to the dressing powder, and cover
the dressing with a wail of oakum to
cause pressure. -
If joint oil (eynovia) flows like liquid
vaseline from the wound the synovial
bursa has been opened by the nail. Such
a serious case should have the immedi-
ate attention of a skilled veterinarien.--
•• Farm and Fireside.
' A NEW MILK .RECORD.
• A new world's milk record for Jersey
cows was recorded by Eminent Bess,
owned in Houghton County, Mich. Her
yearly record, under the supervision o
the Michigan Agricultural Collegs, nhows
it Praduction of 18.783 pounds of milk,
testing 1,132 pounds, nine ounces of but-
ter. The former Jersey record, held by
Jacob's Ireene, was 17,258 pounds of
iniikl;
le new record also exceeds the
Guernsey breed, record held by Spots-
wood Daisy Poarl by 179 pounds of milk.
•
NOTES.
The more palatable the food the more
of it a dairy cow will consume. Variety
increases palatability. Much of the ra-
tion should be succulent in nature to
stimulate proper action of the aliment-
ary machinery. Lack of sufficient
water will cause serious hnpairment to
the cow's capacity.
Alfalfa is one of the best feeds when
properly handled alter being cut. When
.1*
WITH HIKES
Itched So Kept from Sleeping,
Passed the Nights Scratching.
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Oint-
ment Stopped the Itching at
Once and Entirely Cured,
09 3rd MO.; VIII° Emard, Montreal, Quo.
-"My trouble started with small pimple*
on iny hands, which itched so that It kept
In0 from sleeping, and I passed the nights
_ scratching it, X did not know what to do
with myself. X became so discouraged that
I did not base the heart to do my work.
My hands were all coveredavith little watery
- pimples. For three weeks I had my bands
clone up to keep thein from touching the
7 bed, for I tossed and scratched so that I
made them all bloody on the bed -board.
• had euirered for three years like this when
X saw an advertisement for Cutletza Soap
and Outicura Ointment. I decided to send.
for samples of them.
"As soon us I received. them; I applied
. the Outirtira Ointment and washed my
hands with Cuticura Soap at night before
- going to bed. This stopped the itching at
- once. I continued to use them, using nob
quite two boxes of Oldie= Ointment with
the Cuticura Soap, and I was entirely cured..
My husband had a burn on one of Ills hands.
Re anointed it two nights with Cuticura
Ointment and has not felt It since. We
have great confidence In Colcura Soap and
Ointment, and I assure you I shall tell all
who suffer with the same disease about
them." (Signe(1) Mrs. Roger Hebert, Dec.
28, 1011.
Otiticura, Soap and Calcium Ointment are
sold by druggists and dealers everywhere.
For it liberal free saniple of each, with 32-p.
book, send post card toPotter Drug &Ohem.
Corp., Dept. 31D, Boston, U. S, A,
•
,
it is allowed to dry out and rained on
in the field so that it Is bleached out
and most' of the leaves lost, it does not
have a very high feeding value. Alfalfa
hay is bulky and often muck of it can
be reduced to meal or cut up fine into
it granulated product to advantage.
A good harness dressing is made as
follows; Three ounces of turpentlue and
two ounces of refined. beeswax are dis-
solved together over a slow fire. Then
add one ounce of ivory black and a
dram of indigo, well pulverized and mix-
ed together. When the wax and, tur-
pentine are dissolved add the ivory
blade and the indigo, and stir until
cold. Apply -i,ery thin. Wash after-
ward and, there will be a beautiful pol-
ish, The blacking keeps the leather
hsoafrtn.esIs.tis excellent for buggy tops and
Ensilage may form a good part of the
winter ration for mature hogs or shoats
over six months old. It is much used
and liked mostly for the feet that it
provides variety. It is laxative in
character and has a tendency to distend
the digestive tract. It should not be
fed to sows nursing young.
Sheep on pasture should be transfer-
red front one lot to another occasional-
ly. By this method they will not be
allowed to crop the pasture too close,
and the change will give the grass or
clover a chant% to spring up again to
make fresh forage.
-One of the chief causes for the num-
erous failures of the clover crop lies in
the fact that most of the seed is sown
broadcast and is not well covered4 To
make sure of a stand of clover the seed
muet be in the ground instead of merely
on the surfaee.
IVatch the lambs and ewes closely for
indkations of stomach worms or other
pests. Keep the stable darkened and
accessible so they may get away from
the thee in muggy weather. Flies are
more annoying to sheep than many
would suppose and every possible pre-
caution should be taken to prevent the
attacks of the pests.
One acre of corn well grown and put
in the silo will furnish more feed for the
cows than can be obtained by any other
manner of handling the soil.
Don't allow young horses to wear a
set of shoes 3nore than a month. Have
them removed, the hofs leveled and the
shoes reset if they are worth it.
Silos are not luxuries. A good silo is
equal to many acres of pasture, and is
always reliable. The area of corn neces-
•
Quaint Customs of the World's
•ueer eople
of
IIANU atArt.
of
the
•
practically the same esteera as our
rtenstets of seven books in
%bout 24,000 verses. Some of its fol-
lowers can reeite them all.
The gods of heathen India eeem
Ito be the queerest gods of all the
(human family, Many animals are del.
tied, enth as the elephant and the
'cow, and worshipped along with Ho -
tureen the monkey -god, by the people
101 the; Country.
eery to fill the elle seed need not bp
large end the corn stubble is practleally
I sure to produce 4 good calm of small
' grain the followipg year. It always
pays to raise the corn for the increased
yield of wheat that follows.
'te lime may be used with benefit
011 801110 soils has become it stern fact,
based on the experience uf fanners of
many countries'extending through many
eenturite. Roman farmers praetived
marling more than 2,000 years ago. The
use of lime for agricultural purposes waa
wen known to the English more than
260 years ago. No dotibt the Chinese
were the Bret to use lime on the soil.
:
A NEW AILMENT,
Telling Tall Stories Said to be a
' Disease,
Da you like to stretch a story you
bear so it will be it bit more interest -
mg for the next person that comes
along? Do you exaggerate everything for
effect? Then you have the latest form
of insani ty-seuperla 11 W18U).
"Superlativism," :says Dr, Max Nor-
dau, the famous peychologiet and fol-
lower of Lombroso, "needs Ito explamt-
tion. It simply means the mania for
putting into the most exaggerated form
every etory, every idea, every feeling.
"2here are two kin& of people who
have it natural tendency to this hug-
uage of excese. They are either madmen
or charlatans. These unbalanced peo-
ple receive few .impressione, but they
are tremendously strong, and each one
tries to outdo the other in startling
:statements.
"And while it is stilly in the extreme
caoes that the tendency gets beyond
the control, thousands of people go
about every day in the incipient stages
of this malady."
Dr. Norden elehne the disease origin-
ated in Germany, but that it traveled
the world over in A remarkably short
:I!
LEGAL TALENT
• ••
"Yes, I went to two lawyers and
got- their opinions."
"And what were they?"
nen dollars each."
•
A SAFE TONIC
FOR MOTHERS
Who Do Not Recover Their Strength
as They Should.
Every mother WhO rani to regain her
health and strength after confinement
needs it tonic. The years of weariness
and suffering whielt so often follow ate
unnecessary and easily aveided. The
fact that her strength does not return
is it certain Indleatien that her blood
supply has been overtaxed and is im-
poverished. This condition is ef ten
made worse when the mother takes up
her household duties while ehe ie still
weak, when a complete breakd iten re-
sults. The strength a weak mother r•ceds
earl be quickly found itt the tonic treet-
ment with Dr. %VIM:me' Pink Pills.
These Pilis inerease and enrich the
blood supply, and thus bring health and
strength to the exhansted system. Mrs.
Robt. Little says; "I have nursed fur
upwards of twenty-five yeate, and
could relate many 'eases. relieved and
cured, through the use of Dr. Willieens'
Pink. Pills. In maternity eases -which 1
nurse I always use them, and I know ot
no other medicine that so speedily builds
up the mother at thie critical time.
have aleo found them of great value in
the ease of young girls, and 1 ean add
that as for myself they have saved me
many a doctor's bill. 1 feel safe in say-
ing that they are the best tonic medi-
cine I know of,"
"Nursing mothers Will fina 3)r. Wil-
liams' Pink Pills will f.0170 her just
th6 strength she needs. ani they will
at the same time alit in keeping her
child healthy. .11 you do not finethese
Pills at your dealer's, they will he sent
by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxers
for .$2.50 by writing The Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
-
Curious Fishing.
In the Hawaiian Islands some of the
native fishermen literally go into the
water and chase the fish into their nets.
The sea round the 'shores of the island
ie studed with coral reefs, in which are
numerougybolee and tiny caves In which
the lien lade. The natives row out over
the reefs, taking with them a brush
about three feet in length, with very
long bristles, and shallow net., someth-
ing reembleing a paper bag, es they are
closed at one end.
.As they row over the surface seeking
it likely spot, they chew it very oily
fruit known as the candle nut. When
they consider they have reached a good
fishing ground they emit out this nut,
which forms it thin film on top of flu
water, over which the wintj passes with-
out leaving a rippli. This; enables them
to see right down into the clear sea,
and if they are eatislied with the out-
look they prepare to fish.
Taking the brush in one hand and
the net, the mouth of which is propped
open by means of a ewig or two in the
other, they dive noiselessly and quietly
overboard. Having arrived at the face
of the coral reef, they literally brush
the frightened Belt out of their dent,
endeavoring to catch them in the net
as they dart away.
There is one place at least on the
coast of Belgium wheYe they go ehrimp-
ing oti her:min:4A, The trawling nets; are
attached to the sides of saddleo carried
by horses or big donkeys, and un their
back men, and women, too, for that mat.
ter, ride into•the eea until the animals
are almost under water, when they drag
the trawler behind them, walking parallel
to the shore.
Tragedies in- Headlines.
"The Automobile Was a Borrowed
One."
"Party at Other End of Wire Was
the Mother Instead of the Daughter."
"He Didn't Mind Losing the Borrow -
"ed Rod -but the Fish Got away."
"Shykes Pays His Dental Bill and.
Postpones His Vacation."
iticantiotts Doctor Tette Rich Pa-
tient Her Symptoms Are Those of
liousernald's Knee."
'He Wrote It "Ralsted to the nth
Power,' It Was Printed 'Raised to the
'lith Power.' Chicago Tribune.
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turn by Edward Phillips' "New World
of English Words" (1656), a small folio
containing 13,000 words; and by the
time it reached its sixth edition (1700)
the number had grown to 20,000 odd.
Johnoon's dictionary, published on April
15, 1755, though it improved all pre-
decessors off the face of the earth 1:y
the perfection of its system and the
soundness and breadth of its wording,
contained only 50,000 words, and it re -
Ambled master of the field, even at this
modest total, until Noah Webster's; ensue
along in 1828, and Worcester's "Com-
prehensive Pronouncing and Explana-
tory English Dietionary," in 1830, with
160,000 amt 105,000 words respectively.
The latter part of thenineteenth cen-
tury kept the bail rolling. Tho "Idiper-
ial Dictionary" contained 200,000 words,
and Dr. Funk's "Standard Dictionary"
(1894) entered the field with half as
many again --318,000 words in all. There
have been half a dozen editions of this,
end the new oue reaches high water
mark with a total of 450,000 words, most
of which tire English beyond question.
A talk with the editor of this Under-
taking, Dr. Frank II. Vizutelly, produces
another batch 01 interesing figures in
the same connection. There are some-
thing like 3,500 languages or sub -lan-
guages in use upon the globe, and of
these the main European languages are
spoken by the following number of per-
"ns
English is spoken by 100,000,000.
German is spoken by 130,000,000.
Russian is spoken by 100,000.000.
Emelt Is spoken by 70,000,000.
Spanish is spoken by 50,000,000.
Italian is spoken by 50,000,000.
Portuguese is smokes:. by 25,000,000,
"You will bear in mind," said Dr. Viz-
etelly, that though the business and
editorial work of the New Standard Dic-
tionary is done in NOV York, it is Eng-
lish in its sources, if it is American in
its energies and system, and the het of
its contributors includes all of the great
speeialists in the English intellectual
world. By the wass, it may interest
you to know that onong the men who
have introduced many new words into
the language during the last few years
Mr. Roosevelt comes high, and hie friend,
Mr, Gifford Pinehot, the conservator of
forests. comes next; 8ir Ernest Shackle-
ton beats them both.
• "An interesting point or two which
occurs to any one like myself," Dr. Viz-
etelly went on, in reply to questions,
"is the extent to which American pro-
nunciation is assimilating itself more
and more surely with English. Obsolete
versions recommended or admitted by
Webster like 'advertisement' and 'Belay'
(for sofa) are disappearing fast and
steadily. Of course there are differ-
enees of pronouniiiation between dis-
tricts, and Boston and Massachusetts
prefer •glahse' and `balith' in contrast
to the -short vowel which is used in New
York; but then you have the same kind
of variance over here in England. And
in the case of words like 'vase,' where
there are half a dozen pronunciations
In English use, we have given them all.
"It is it gratifying thing that Dr.
Joyce and, Dr. Douglas Hyde have pro-
vided me with many fine old English
words which have died out except in
Ireland, and 1 am glad to say that Am-
erica is giving many of them it new lease
of life,"
"Why the noise?" "The barber is
shaving himself." "But why the argu-
ment?" "He is trying to persuade him-
self to have it shampoo."-Lottisville
Courier -Journal.
A BATCH or SMILES.
to
",:ersuyy•oouurr wife often grieve because
she threw over it wealthy man in order
"She started to once, but I clred her
of It the first rettle out of the box.,
'
"I wish you would tell me how."
'I started right in grieving with her.
And I grieved herded and longer than
she did.' -New York Globe.
"What was the happiest moment ot
your life,
? ' asked the sweet girl.
"'The happiest moment ot my lite," an-
swered th old bachelor, "was when the
jou eler took hack an engagement ring
and gave tne sleeve links In exchange.'"
-New York Globe.
A friend of the f—anilly had been sum -
°t
niseedbotiod.testify, much against Ids will,
as to domestic disturbances In a certain
;Io
"You saw those blows administered?"
asked the counsel.
"Yes, sir," replied the witness.
10010).7.0 witness the beginning. of the
ettiaZenbewtsavseeint .,.?•,:fr. and Mrs. Dash"
'Si
xx yYeettari: aaggoof " How is that possible?"
"I was a guest at their wedding," said
the witness. -New York Globe.
"Of course," said the lady to the drug-
gist, "it may be perfectly harmless, Just
as you say; but then, you know there
has been so much exposure of patent
medicines and such goods I--"
"WY dear madam," Interrupted the
druggist. "I beg to assure you in the
s tronges t that you need not ap-
prehend any—"
"I know; but I read in one mazazine
where lots of people had acquired the
drink and, drug habits through using such
remedies, and--"
"Impossible in this ease. Why, you
can see for yourself that--"
"Will you give me your work of honor
that it contains no alcohol."
"Would swear it on a stack of Bibles,"
answered the druggist.
"Then 111 take it."
And then the druggist wrapped up the
porous plaster for her. -New York
Ca°obre.
For a long timer -he friendly relationa
between two little girls whose famillee
aro next door neighbors in Washington
were unbroken by any untoward cireum-
stances. Finally however, there came a
"falling out," and Louise hestened to
communIcate to the parents of her erst-
while friend . Blanche certain details
of the distressing occurrence.
When next the two children met se-
vere recriminations were exchanged. Said
, Blanche:
•
"You're just as mean and hateful as
you
'in
be-telling my father and mother
that I bit N,'OU. YOU ought tole ashamed
of yourself."
"You ought to be ashamed to bite mei"
retorted Louise.
"Suppose I did," came vehemently from
Blanche. "You bite, too, don't you"
whereupon the other showed the great-
est Indignation. "Let Inc tell you one
thing." she added; "if I do bite, I never
bite any one outside my own family!"-
Lippincott's.
A. man who was dining in a vintage
hotel gazed at the second oourse for a
moment and than asked the waiter;
"What is that leathery stuff?"
"That is a filet of sole, sir," replied
the waiter.
"Well, you may talco it away." said the
diner, after attacking it with his fork,
"and see if you can't get me a nice,
tender piece of upper, with the buttons
removed." -Magazine of Fun.
t
Easily Identified,
Congressman Seaborn Roddenbury, of
Georgia, gently smiled when the talk
topic dwelt on the lord and master of
tile doineetie ranch, lie said he was re-
minded of little Johnny's visit to the
ZOO,
While rambling around among the
animals' with his father one afternoon,
so ran the story of the congressman,
little Johnny came to it 'miniature
lake on which two swans were swim -
"Tapas" said Johnny, pointing.a chub-
by little finger out over the late, "is
that the father swan or the mother
pecked off his head, and isn't allowed to
swan?"
"Which one do you mean, Johnny?"
asked the old man, glancing in the direc-
tion Indicated by the boy.
"I mean the one orfer there," answered
Johnny. "The one with all the feathers
have (ho biscuit or nothing."
"Yes, my son," promptly rejoined pa,
with just a suspicion of a sigh. "That's
the father swan, all right." -Philadel-
phia Telegraph.
t
The dollar dad earns looks three time
as big to him as it does to the son who
dows it in.
Here's That Old Chesnut in
German Style
- From t lty
"You can't unlock the door wit 11 your cigar."
"This is 110 vigar; it's a yey ?"
"Sure not; it's it cigar."
"Ath ninumv. .rilcv. niust have smoked the key!"
TO MD FARMERS
Bankers Planning to Finan
Their Threshing
Officers Elected at Winni.
peg Conference.
Winnipeg &spats:its The loaning of
money to larmere to finance their
threshing wad one of the most int -
Portant enbjeete of discussion at the
meeting of the Canadian BankerAs.
soeisttion to -day. The proposal met with -
general sympathy by the banker's anti
a committee was appointed to snore ful.
Is investmsste the question. The detail's
of the disco:mien were not given. Tide
an11 other importaot features of the
new bank stet, which came into force ou
July 10 Mat, occupied the attention01the meeting at nome length. Matterof ;
interest, nisast partieularly to the haulm
in Western Canada, ouring the past year':
were dealt with.
ernment returns; called forth Uniformity in makine• up the, Cow;
conSider-
. ,
able sliecueelon. With regard to ft! com-
munication revolved. front Queen's.> 'raj.'
versity, Kingeton, Ont., that extra ,elass.-'
es be established in banking and allied.,
subjects for the bank clerks, thd sug;,
gestion wee received favorably nnd
committee waa formed for the msrpoest.
of looking into the matter.
The resignation of John T. P. 1irtght,1
who since the formation of the ors!.
ganization Into been secretary, was 1.0.1
('eived and accepted, the selection et:
DOW eeeretary 15116 left in the liande-••
10)frriet.4111.iti(e,he,ciflo(t)11,tin(i)e)ui..1i.nitg.
Wilkie; Honorary rv.
officers were eke tit'
sitlent, (1, W, Ifitgue; Sir Eat ond':,
Walker, 11, B. Angus, 1). Ceet;sions'
\leo-Presidents: George Burne; Ot-:
Pease, 'Alontreal; II , V, meivutii,:
t.Aalout•lat;reals.klex. Laird, Toronto; .E. L.
; ••
The following, all of whom ate!,
general managers, form the nejv
eeutive council: E, Hebtlen, ! Mere
chants Bank, Montreal; F.
Bank of Toronto, Toronto; B. 13.'
Steveneoe, Quebec Bank, 'Montreal;
James Elliott, Moleone Bank, Montreal:
"mettle, fet Banque Nationale, Que-
bec.; .P. Sehofield, Standard Bank,
Tiwouto; C. A. Bogert, Dominion Bank,
'l'oronto; If, Balfour, Union Bunk,
Union Bank, Winnipeg; IL A. Richard -
,.on, Bank of Nova Scotia, Toronto; T.
Bienvenn, La Banque Procineiale Du
Canada, Toronto; H. B. McKenzie, Bank
of liritivdi North Ameriea, Montreal.
I I
OUR FERTILE NORTH
Splendid Crops Grown Near
the Arctic Circle,
Ottawa. Ont., Sept. 20. -Number ono
hard wheat, grOW11 NO 113110e north of
Edmonton, prize vegetables raised on
the .Aretie Circle, am) epruee trees six
feet in diameter, are some of the WOO-
dei:s of the northern territories, which
:\ fr. Ilenry Conroy, inepector of In-
dian ageneies, On 11 northern in-
sees:lien tour. from which he IOW .11181.
returned.
'
Known officially.. es "treaty umber
87 the territory over which Mr. Con-
roy exercises supervision, is inhabited
by about 8,000 Indians. Once it year
Inspector Conroy visits the 18 agencies
located in treaty eight and distributes
to the lndians about $35,000 in money
and several thousand dollats' worth of
food, ammunition, fishingnets, and
other necessities of aboriginal life.
Mr. Conroy is evidently proud of the
achievement of the agency at Fort
Simpson. This is 800 milei north of
Edmonton. "Our agent there last year,
Mr. Card, experimented with three var-
ieties of wheat, the yields from which
were taken down to Edmonton and
graded number one hard. He grew also
300 bushele of OiltS, a sample bag of
which f took out with me. .They
weighed 38 pounds to the bushel. Rye
ninl barley were also successfully
grown. This year, when 1 was there,
111 ,Thly, the grain cropa and vegetables
looked well, although the weather bad
Leen
i'l(ti.tryi
`lolood Hope, still further north,
within the Arctic* Circle; the very best
gardens I saw on the whole route are
there. in the 'Upper MacKenzie Valley.
there is a conotry 115',ATV AR Arttlai•
It:Inv:rid every bit of it fit for settle-
MORg RELICS FOUND IN ROME.
- Rome, Sept. 28 -Important •discov-
cries have been made in the Romus
Mavis on the Palatine by Commen-
datore Boni, idle distinguished arch-
aeologist who is director of the ex-
cavations in the Forum and the Pala-
tine.. Several houses of the time of
Sight and the Gracchi Pave been
brought to light, and trader the house
or Livia subterranean apartments
were discovered full of debris of !ali
kinds and all the centuricts,
the, numerous objects and utensils of
:he fifth and sixth centuries left be -
bind by the barbarians who burnt
Rome, Excavating deeper Bonl laid
bare some huts, with the hearths 'still
intact, which are believed to have
been inhabited by shepherds before
the foundation of Rome in 753
SCIENTISTS ESCAPED CANNIBALS
Philadelphia, eSpt. 23-Aecording
to a telegram received to -day by P. It.
Perkins. of this city, the four ecitta-
Uses who were reported killed by
cannibals in German New Guinea are
vote on Murray Island, off the coast '
a Australia. David Ililt Tennent, or
Bryn Mawr College, Dr. E. Newton
Hardy, or Princeton, and. H. I. Clark,
of Harvard, were in he expedition.
Dr. Hardy is a brother of Mrs. P, R.
Perkins. Her husband interested the
State Department in their case and
te-day received the following message,
• "Dr. Mayer reports party all well
:itt Muprray Island, Australia.
• .•
GUELPH POLICE INVESTIGATION.
Guelph, Sept. 28. --The investiga-
tion into the charges preferred against
; Chief of Pollee Randall by Sergeant
Kickley was coneluded before the po-
lice commissioner:4 Saturday after-
noon. The evidence of a number of
parties was taken, tending to prove
that there bas been an entire lack of
harmony in the police force sinee dif-
ferences MVO arisen between the chief
and the sergeant. While the hearing
'was held behind closed doors, enougli
of the evidence given has leaked Out
to give the citizens the Impression
that drastic action must be taken by
the COMMIE:810110rd 10 restore hattrIony
1)1 the throe,