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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1918-12-26, Page 3
, 7 a 1IIEULTUREOF TIIE SILiKWORM, AtasCBIBED_, BY A TRAVELLER M��.rtwa P. IN JAPAN of Trois Delicate Creature Trow Time It Ceases to be an Egg Until. 1Viaking of Its Cocoon. Few oeupatione seem more delicate and kindly than that of the silkworms •culture, In Japan at First Mand, Mr, Joseph I. C. Clarke gives all unusually interesting picture of it as seen under the guidance of a young girl in a -gray 'kimono, who enhibted in A: lov- ra way the vurioms 'stages of worm • lite. First, soya the litho; the shoji, •or sliding door of a wooden shed,. was 'pushed open; revealing a dusky inter nor, and a boy came carefully forward bearing a tray out .of many scores , seen dimly on racks'within. The tray '"wasabout two feet .by four, covered . with shredded mulberry leaves -and aihowiug the silver.white bodies of ' ' u radsof silk -Worms s writhing lazily' ly ' '4111ring the bright green Arai o ea All seemed one wriggling mass at first, but the dainty fingers of 0 Suza. San pointeci•to differences, These par- ticular . worms, two inches long, she said, were rieariug their fourth sleep, Tao must not approach too• .close to them; they .are sensitive to human breath.. They sicken with, a blast of. air. They die of bad odors. "They take. cold," she said. "Do they sneeze?" I asked. '"No,.they.de not sneeze." Then she ,, gave me a sidelong glance, •as if ask- ing viwhether I meant it.. , I noticed that the worms' had, faint -4i t pretty marking of yellowish brown. Evermore of them 'seemed to be vworiking up tothe surface through 'the mulberry leaves, and surely they ,did eat voraciously,; their little" jaws '.;closing onthe. juicy .scraps, like little 'pincers. .Listening closely, ,I heard a Faint,low munching sound like a wills- ' per of mastication They eat likeat all the time for dive . days. .7lhey'";'must be fed, with fresh leaves. five ..or •six times a day •and,two times at might. Look,fhere one gone to sleep!",'• The worm in question had raised its head : until it looked like -a• miniature Contour of the raven , ships of the Norsemen with their figureheads, and . so it remained •u T ere . one that will be asleep in few minutes," She said. d. . m n ,. • It was not eating, but was'. swaying, lifting and .dropping its., head "And then•wjiat?" "Then it be transferred to maks its cocoon." , • . It takes thirty-threedays• for a worm,.fromthe time it ceases to .be nn egg, to teeth 'the. -Making of its ',cocoon. With every' batch of worms certain few of the finest are selec- d for breeding. These are laid aside, ' d the butterfly is. •permitted to eat way out of the completed: cocoon-. 'ch it does after twenty-one days: ... -handsome butterfly, but it never flies; . Without any feeding it is placed in a: little round box an inch- saw t.a half in diameter, :one •of many, that are laid in rows on a sheet of thick paper. `In, those boxes the but terfiies lay their hundreds of .eggs- t little dots—in concentric circles. • "Then they die," said 0 Suza San ._:. a: th. real:_pity in her tone. - •� .:: - The -eggs hatch, and the resulting little thread,;like worms' br _are ushed `, riff with a fine hair brush,, placed on `the tenderest buds" of the inul{berry. • and 'at once .begin to feed for four or live days until their first sleep. They. sleep two days, and then repeat the sequence a second, third and,fourth time.. They grew, rapidly, and after: the fourth. sleep they are fed for a :week and' are. ready to spin: Then they are placed on mats to. Which bent straws. are fastened: They climb"the straws: to, tire, highest point, and, th re they t ey begin .giving` forth the :Silk in a fine golden stream that • as. it• hardens to a thread they Wind about them. .He --or, is it she?—has had a grand time, for a month, but' that is the end of hint -or her: About the time he. feels. ready tb Come .out the farther 'Places him . in. a . lethal •ehambel•, where he is heated and. over- heated until -he , gives tip„ hisghost. ' 11ut then the glory 'of his silkiness begins, for O+Suza San or somi other fine -fingered, .dear -eyed ,daughter of Japan w ilitear off the ;outer skin of the cocoon and, finding an' end of the miraculous glistening thread, ' will •place it in a'little -filature machine invented. iris Italy, .and unwind it all upon,, a •rest. Penty of Fresh Air . Is Good Health Insurance, • ' • »o'not close itp the house the first ico"1'd .:day; The best protection against Colds and influenza is plenaty:of fresh air; Open alt the doors several tinea a day ' and thoroughly trig the whole boute. Fresh air 3s mors guieklY,.lieated. than Stale, hence it saves fuel as well as health to have good ventilation, All winter leave at least one screen' it1. a window in 'bath room. Cover it With Muslin --an old flour sack is taz- eellent. for ,this purpose. to •this way fresh air is secured without. a draft and dirt is kept out. Bleep ht night :with the windero,a diCtn. en. The body replaces the waste. the day during the sleeping hours kill plenty of 'Ia„vger: is its first aid: SOLDIERS YANT4• A, ftl gest101) leo MOSFs iso+ase Sending gifts te. soldiers overs comes from Lt. Col. (Canon) Frederickcor;e Silt; moor . Chaplain of First Division,,, ail a Ca la received by . Wend; : in ,' Montreal, lie says ¢"Phe men- wanttayying cards and chewing tobacco." ea' �tota pout .at Pt?. St Sri Pt ntt RoyWO• rise . T STRANGE CUSTOMS OF -THE -ORIENT WAYS '0l'. THE EAST STRANGE TO OCCIDENTAL EYES, Persians Object to Type -Seting and Employ Lithography' Or" Pro- , duction of .Books. Mohammedanism is as much; a so- `tial system as a religion. The mosque• is ne -more like a church than .it is like a clubhouse. People do not con- sider it improper toeat or sleep in it, to discuss secular Matters, or to read books or newspaper*. It serves as a 'refuge for homeless strangers and as a meeting place. for the folk of• the town. Soinetifrtes the- mosque sees even stranger sights: In ,-this' relation, an American tells ofa curious incident, On the last day of Ramadan, or the period sof fasting, a tumult arose. in the town • where he was stopping. • It might keve had a serious ,consg- quence, though the cause of the.dis-, turbance• was absurdly trivial. et A. ---man- who -belonged -to,tite, ,ham ical 'W;ahabi sect was in' theoni'ogge while soorrie persons were visiting the tomb 'of a prophetawho is supposed to be buried 'there. These visitations consist ing standing in front of the vault and reciting a long salutation. By the Wahabis they are held to be idolatrous. A Strange Riot. • a, This man started to declaim against the custom arld attracted' a consider- able audience, one of whom, a Meccan Arab, a learned man, put an' end to the sermon by hitting the preacher. on- the head. The ,governor of the -city, who happened to be in the. mosque at the time, observed these indecorous proceedings andordered the arrest of the `Arab without troubling to make inquiries, Nothingfurther happened until eve- ning, when' a crowd began to gather in front of the Government offices and demanded that . the prisoner be re- leased. When the crowd began to assemble the American was }index the impression that they had seen the new moon, which marks the end of • �Over'106,Q00,000 People in Europe Face Starvatioq Reliable Experimental Station testa show that. ° Fertilizers have increased yields of grain, potatoes, etc., 25% to 1300. ' The 1917 Report of : the Board of Agriculture, • England, records the fact that in a genera. report from English farmers who Undertook to grow more ' food, 40% of the farmers made special :mention of - the great servile rendered by fertilizers. ' • ' You can help stave ori famine and make, profit yourself by preparing to fertilize your springcroPs,, and to top -dress your fall Wheat next spring. Write for our Free .Bulletins on Crap Increase. THE 5011. AND CROP IMPROVEMENT BUREAU OF THE CANADIAN FERTILIZER ASSOCIATION: ' 1111 Tern Je Building - Toronto • eigium arvin it Under Allied Flags Immediate Help Needed to Relieve Starvation : and • of Hold 11 mResponsible' Silflering— Cann o Ger any NOW ! fI�helpell +here is Tessin need -for our in B um R,f-+irpressingg today, and there will be formanymonths to come. e• it Weekly eelly r Fat3biou i WHAT' the fasb'.and'i$ always an occasion far rejoicing. • He at once sallied forth to see what ixed m lriigltt=be:=goiAg'on,aA�•'so ot_ _ � ---- up With the crowd just as the row began. The nrowd broke open the door and'rrlshed into the building, from the balcony of -which a • strong lunged orator addressed' thein. The arrival of several companies of infantryput an end to his speech; the soldiers retook the,building and drove the intruders out. ' Reenforeements coming up charged the crowd. The people retaliated with sticks, stones and anything else that came handy: Several were injured, but none seri- ously. The troops threatened to fire, but fortunately for the crowd, did not do so., At midnight, the whole place be- ing in ,an uproar, the Governor gave way and released the prisoner, who was carried home in triumph and amid general enthusiasm.. The American had;been rather roughly /handleddur- ing the sctiffle,•in which he could not avoid taking part. Lithography in Persia. Type printing is unpopular in Per- sia. .The straightness of the lines of- fends the.Persian's artistic sense, and he feels that in printed . books the character of*.the letters is entirely lost ° Persia is to -day largely dependent. upon lithography for its own produc- tion of books. Naturally: these ate very scarce.: At the beginning of the .nineteenth century a press with,mev-• .able types : was set up in Tabriz, and' a certain number of books was print- ed.. The effort met'with n0,encourage- ment, however, and- had shortly to be abandoned. V The game taste which makes a Per- sian esteem se highly the great calif- graphists makes him deplore the ab- sence of character in a type printed • book. What delights him most in this relation is a well written manuscript, and' he takes the same delight in the. copyist's work that we :'take ¢in the touch of anold master. Failing this, he contents himself with a lithograph, which is usually a -facsimile., of . the writing of some fairly good scribe, and.has,, at any rate, a human element in it.• - It is 'hard for us to credit the vast amount of attention that is -paid to- ealligraphy in the' East, wheremen of learning . devoteyears to its ac- !� quirement add their best days to mak- ing artistic copies of classical Works? Although this art is to a certain ex- tent • dying ;out, owing to the cheap- ening of 'lithography, a man may even yet in Persia become as•famous\for. •his writing as a poet isfor his verses. A curious, contrast is thus present- ed by the Persians, who cling towrit- •ten books, while elsewhere in the East thereis a rapid spread of type printed books, printing, bookselling and, jour- nalism in the Orient in the last twenty years "or sohaing developed . to' ' acomparatively 'high degree: Both Cairo and Constantinople possess ex- cellent printing presses, which turn out numberless books and journals. ' Gambling in India. ' ` An'odd form of gambling has .de- veloped 'in India, for wlhich ,the New. York . cotton market is indirectly re- , sponsible. Five. quotations from the New York market are cabled to India • d1 a :, - _ i�hat-zt<-fax ' ' n ', t► crnstx .lit dealgnal the kiddie! The fulness 'at either side of front 'and back may be smock- ed, shirred or tiny tucks used as il- lustrated, McCall Pattern. No, 86543, Child's Dress. In 5 sizes, 6 months to 6 years. Price, 15 gents: As our hoops occupy the evacuated territory, untold misery stares them in the face. .Emaciated children, hollow. - eheeked 'smart, 'roofless homes, • clothing so worn it offers no protection freer Evinter'e . terrors-- miseries • that. 4,:annot`wait but MUST' be relieved at. Once to avert DEATH t - - Need you be reminded how Belgium was'tlie feat to jump into the bireach and so make our Victorious Puce possible? • ' „ ' Don'tlet it be said. WE let Belgium starve. Let u$ cable over your offering to the mothers and children of Bra Little Belgium ATONCE I " Make cirequespaysbisenddsendcontriliutions to r. m (Registered under the War Charities Mt) 122 to CoMm or tO Ontario Blr-anch... 4glam Re Local Fund --45 Pun 45 Khigt. W.., .� , Toronto • '�ft,a°a;lt>-0-,rh ROYAL YEAST iikoyAL ra1.1�141T�„" �6ROPiiO= Has tro.noritaehea favorite. gent for over a llartrr of as soiut*sy. dryad sow) with, Royal vows sou troop flesh old reelet loltgor than that Fads w$ttr e.y l0001i 01 that s fsi4 wwlNit'tsacl hf OS* • wildly be wad, eat ono bald.%, and too list iieaf will *1 just as Vogl As thh Wit NAM IR CANADA EWGIJ LPTTCOMPP .Ian i11rlr�N !R G 'rQRO NTC, O 't', Miami To the Sleeping Heroes. '%'or you ho answered duty's call .Waaaieeply grieve to -day. You, who vent forth to win or fall,. Yours was the warrior's way..,.. •Wliere'er you lie 'tis honored dust. Of you be truly :said: Our comfort is the old-time trust, God rests his own bravo dead. And now at Iast the dove of peace O'er us her'pinions spread. Our thanks to you shall never cease,. 'Twas victory's fires you fed. ...• iiiaa d s <Ynirnost Ogres e Garget in COWS Quite a Feat: A sergeant was drilling - anawk ward squad• • "Company! Attention, company; lift up your left leg . and hold it. straight out in front sof you•I" One of the squad held out his right' leg- by mistake. - This brought his.. right-hand conlpuri•ion's left leg and• hisown right leg close together. The officer, seeing this, exclainteQd'angrily;, "And who is that bloonci�ing galoot over there holding up 'both legs?" A double boiler shoal& have a good large base, so that the water will not boil away quickly. ,•• The Hospital far. SIEk Children Hospital TORONTO War I -aid Heavy Hand on Children's charity., - Dear Mr. Editor:-- • • ' • - . The annual report of, the • Respite' for Sick Children, Toronto, marks a • new record,• despite the heavy handi- cap the war placed upon. ,its work. - The task of ministering; to the•suf• wvGLR..- TUMORS, LUstre. ]LTO.. n Ind a:tar cured wit*. no light one In yiew o1 the Hos. ital'S ` evt p�1n t sour Ume tr est gpnat Writel • . -g a Detore too tete. .Di: i3ellmai 7irdloai; Tonnage Lost During War. The world's total losses of merchant tonnage from the .barrinalna #f ram war to the end of October, 1918, by ,enemy action and marine tisk . was 15,053,780 gross tons, according to official announcement issued in Lon- don ort'Dec. 6th. During the same period vessels to- talling 10,849,527 tons were construc- ted, and enemy tonnage totalling 2,- 492,675 was .captured, making a nets' loss of tonnage dgring the war of 11,811,584. *tIusizti�e Lintmeat Cures Distemper.. a t friendembraces A wiz r o :-' b e 'acts mss- " own.--,--We-feel-another- mind wn: We -f rs-- a 1-a oil r�-- e Yste h mind bent on the .value end, enjoying it, *nearing it, reilectin ,1'"• .it, and de- lighting in. our devotion to it.".-- Channing. MONEY ORDERS. ' ' The safe way to send money by mail. Is by Dominion Express' Money Order, Mix salt and pepper ten -to. one, n a large bottel fs�ki.tch r use. POB SLLM". • �ELI. EQUIPPED NEwzpM'Ef V xnd fob printing plant in ]Eastern Ontario. insurance carried 11,600. Will o for 11.200 on culet sale. Box 'St Wilson Publishing Co., .Ltd.: Tornnto. /17., X ;VEWSi'AP'Enc PO* ISA L/3 in ,New Ontario. Ownt Frarce. Will •sell *2.000. W:411°14%10: that amount. Apply J, K. cis Wilsos PuhHrhtnit Co.. Limite& Toronto. s'roans WINDOWS rum with:. '/NET OUR PRICE LIST SROWIN4 c - cost of, windows glazed'complete, any size. Hallr,4ay Company.- Box E. 6L .HamiltoxS. . , . imnc .craxnov$ f}. faring youngsters of this•province was internal soil, splendid•,response to the national call ,, .Ttrmtea, a o111ngwood. Ont, ° 25 doctors and .43 nurses from its forces have seen service overseas.:' Yet the number of -patients treated is 6,048, or 1,308 more Ulan last year. these in- atien 769 w re from Of t8 e p ©•liicoa 266 places oliiside'lof Toronto: ... effortso • thestaff. �• The ti#,less 2 made possible also a reduction in' the An entirely new idea for .n. house average length of stay necessary for dress, The belt and' :pockets are in the little patients from 24 day s'ain one,. being •connected ' *Kith' the back 1914 to 14 this. yea}. Hos- belt. McCall Pattern No. 8G87, These resultershow that the Hos- Ladies' House Dress. In . 'sizes pita! has again pal to the children rich dividends of health upon the in - small, 34 to 36; medium, 38 to 40,{ vested kindness of its supporters. °large, 42 to 44 bust: Price, 25` cents.] • . There has been carefutstewardship These. patterns May be obtained of the funds entrusted to the Ilospital. from your local. McCall dealer.,. or.There has•been-saahlg—almost scrimp, from the McCall Co.,. 70. = 1 ing Bond St.,—In every direction . except where Toronto, Dept:' W. it •would prevent'the.Hospitals soothe •' ing the suffering or 'shortening the -- -- sickness; of -one child. The daily coot finer has' come out .of` this ofaoperrttibn .was held at the lowest Nothing point which •would still allow the war than this line from an: epitaph in, children entrusted to the Hospital to a' British graveYard in_ France: "Porgy get the best. medicine and the best of: your to -morrow they, gave: their. to- : care.` day'." And yet so high has risen the cost of • I was cured of Rheumatic Gout by MINARD'S LINIMENT.: ` falifax. ANDREW KING. 1 was cured of Acute Bronchitis y MINARH'S LINIMENT.. • . LT: COL. C. CREWE READ"` Sussex. - • ' • . I was cured of Acute Rheumatism by MINARW'S LINIMENT. Markham, Ont. C. S. BILLib1G. • 4 - Lakefeld, Que.,- Oct: 9, 1907:. "Heroism is the brilliant. triumph Of the soul over the fresh—that is to say, over fear; fear .of poverty, of suffering; .of calumny, of sickness, of •isolation and death. . There is .no serious piety' without heroism: Hero- im is' the dazzling and glorious con=a eentration of courage."-Arniol: • !smarty. :Dint. merit Cares. Cotes, •*vas." Canada is a land of -otos cars, holding third place in the number of everyday, and the natives conceived automobiles .in use. In 1917 there :this to be a direct invitation to. them were 199,302 'cars registered in Can- to ;establish a simple but' none the ada, an increase of .47,705 over 1916, less` absorbing form of gambling,. while tho' rflinrtiei of new cars regi$- The. gambling consists in guessing' tered in that year' was nearly 76,000. what the five figures would amount. The increase for 1918 is expected to to and the persons most nearly ap- be on a,proportionate scale. One Can- - roximatrng the right amount wins. iazt in . ever. 40 own a: car and Pad y s, , 1 Sa..ia$cinating ilk! this gal#'1e:•>pxtrr e. t�rmugiily::speaking.=tiLrtais -:lint ;.otrtoa- that the authorities became greatly mobile for every eight families. worried over .the indulgence of the poorer class of natives in it. Efforts, have Veen made to lessen it, and it is believed that at last some success has been attained by those who are unwilling that the poorer people should Wander their scanty funds in this lrastinie. . a'Tirllst , men and, they will be true to.,you i treat thein greatly and they will show theryiselves•_grcat, though they make SA exception in your favor , to all their rules of trade."—Emerson. Whole 'making pie /or a change, fill a pie plate with Sliced apples sea- soned es nand; or apple prepared as for frying,.,then Pan]," 'over~ it a thin cern or johnnycake batter, and bake. lialnard's 2.1711suent Mire* Diratttlietia, Durdioaets ai'7eAi IN HOE POLI -...HES WIIITE,TAN, DARR BROWN DR' tits ao►, O SHOES MRESERVEthe LEATte nehmen 'tomtit -4%o mkt lIt LM.CPat„)y........ _.. ED. 7. ISSUE 51-,.48. every item 'in'the•Hospital's budget -in labor, in fuel;• In food, and,. above 'all, 'In :medical supplies—that the mini- - mnm expense of taking care .Of one child. for one day has risen from $2.34 back ,4n, 1914 to $3:21% 'lir 1918. Of that, •$1:66% -the amount Per patient per day that the ofticittl Government grants do• not' cover-2-muht come -front - voluntary contributions: miring -'the past • four years debts - were incurred. t the extent t of $100= 000,. whfch. the Trustees felt assured would be wiped out -.by the ptibiic.as soon as the war :drew to its close, and hoose heavy . demands • cease - .which have been ,made • upon the generosity: of..the loyal people of .this .province. The time has now come when it is ne- cessary to make known the Ho'spital's: .dife need of fi lncial assistance:. • •If this 43rd •Christmas appeal fails . to rally the friends of this Charity to its .supporta IC will be necessary to • mortgage its land, .buildings and .plant. By the bounty of the late John Roas :Robertson that property has jest been •cleared of. debt for the first time since it began its minlstry•of healing mercy, Little . liildren • have lost a big hearted friend,' and the province a noblo benefactor. It is 'for .the public to • decide..witethor his. life -work •.shall .be. shadowed with -a mortgage within lese. than a year of his "passing.' . • What think you? • Send 'your answer' an soon as 'pos- sible to the Secretary -Treasurer, Iles• pital f6 Sick Children;. College Street. Toronto: Meanwhile the Charity will_ "Carey on." trusting in •your support. • I•RVING E. ROBERTSON, Thairmaa of Appeal Committee • AG11ESAND PAINS QUICKLY RELIEYED You'il find Sloan's Liniment softens the severe rheumatic ache Put it on freely. Don't rub it hi. -' Just let it {penetrate naturally. Whata • sense of soothing relief soon follows! - • External aches, stiffness, soreness, cramped •inuscles,; strained sinews, -back "cricks,"—those :ailments .can't.. fight off the relieving qualities of . - Sloan's Liniment. Ciean, convenient, economical: Made: in Canada. , Ask • any druggist for it. . 30c., 60c:, $1.20. Cuticura Promotes Beauty Of lam'gri _- If tate Soap is used for everyLdaq: toilet purposes assisted by occasional touches of Cuticura Ointment"to first ligns of pimples, redness, roughness or dandruff. Do not confound these fragrant super - creamy emollients with coarsely medicated, often dan- .. gerous preparations urged as substi- tutes. ,'• ,. Sample Eec1,' Free BrIViall. Address pest- - ost- - card: ticurs Deal. N,Boston. eoto U. aS.A. gold by dealers ihroughot'the world, llotcll' Coronado Beach, California Where the balmy yet invigorating climate makes possible the enjoyment of outdoor sports Umiak- . the Winter 'months. POLO, GOLF, TENNIS, 'MOTORING, 'ISIIING, BAY AND SURD' BATHING . Write for 'Winter . I+'older and Golf Ir'(Pgranl., JOHN J. HERMAN, • Manager 1 4 4 4 1