Exeter Advocate, 1901-11-21, Page 6LIAIE AND PLASTIt31L
Lime and plastee are pretty much.
tho ;same thing, Lane is simply the
bornt limostono with Which
wo aie fain/liar, kno WU, chem-
ically as sulphate of Um%
combined with sulptairie acid.
It is known chemically as sulphate
Of lime. Both aro useful in correct-
ing acid soils, but lime is the better
of the two. Plaster is more especial-
ly beneficial on heavy soils, but is
also useful ou light sandy soils. It
is probable, howevor, that lime is as
geaerally useful as plaster, and as it
is cheaper should liave a more tree
use.
All soils contaiu plant food, sonles
times in largo quantities. Now, this
plant food is in such form that water
alone will not dissolve it. It hap-
pens that plant food (that is, nitro-
gen, /offish and phosphoric acid)
must be soluble in ordet. to be use-
ful to plants, therefore, it matters
little how ricli a soil may be in
plant food elements, it may fail to
produce paying erops simply because
the plants cannot roach this food.
Lane o,nd plaster have long been
used to make this soil plant food
soluble and available, and with
great success, but there always
conies a, time when such applications
NO LONGER GIVE RESULTS.
This is because all tho plant food
capable of being released by the
lime or plaster has been made solufr
ble, and also has been used by grow-
ing plants, it has been taken from
the soil In the shape of crops.
When soils fail to give usual c,rops,
supposing the weather conditions
have not been markedly irregular,
there is always some very good rea-
son. If the fault lies in improper
tillage the trouble is easily corrected
but as a matter of fact the best til-
led farms show- this trouble. Ban -
urea were first used because it was
, discovered, probably accidentally,
that -they increased the yield. This
improvementwe now know to be
due simply to the plant food con-
tained in the manure. It is evident
that -the soil was lacking in enough
plant food to grow full crops else
the manure would not have increased
. the yield. Lime and plaster both
give similar results in increasing
. yields, but they do so by hastening
the solubility of plant food already
present in the soil. Manures supply
plant food in addition to what the
noil naturally contains, and though
the amount of soil plant food made
available each year may be short of
what is needed for a full crop, the
manure applied makes good the
shortage, and lull crops are restored.
The. next stage we reach is the
gradual failure of crops even with
the manure application—all farmers
are only too familiar with this
stage. The causo is the gradual re-
duction in the yearly- supply Of avail-
able
SOIL PLANT FOOD.
-until the point is reached where the
'usual manure application does not
supply plant food enough to make
the shortage good. The remedy is,
of course, more manure., but how few
farmers have More manure. It was
this demand that introduced to agri-
ciilture the enormoits business in '.ar-
tificiar ' manures, that is, fertilizors.
After all the manure produced eco-
nomically on the farm is used and al -
50 supplemented by applications of
fertilizers or chemicals, and Crops
ago'n commence to fall off, the
shortage in plant food becomes more
Pressing and more fertilizer must be
used. Lime or plaster at this stage
are of very little value, except for
their physical action on soils.
It may be asked will this increas-
ing demand on the part of the soil
for plant food ever be met in full.
When farmers return to the soil all
the plant food they take off in crops,
making allowance for natural losses
through drainage, etc., yields will no
longer fall off. It is not easy to say
just how much plant food is needed,
and how Luncli of each of the three
elements should be used, but the
chemical analyses of crops are a
good guide, and these may be ob-
tained from any experimental
farm. They form very interesting
reading for the thinking farmer, and
the unthinking farmer these days will
sooner or later find it necessary to
...hire himself out."
THE CHESHIRE PIG.
The Cheshire is ,a good-sized,, long -
bodied white hog, writes Mr. E. W.
Davis. Some people call their heads
long, others short. The headin pro-
portion to length of body is as short
.as that of any breed. When slaugh-
tered for market the heacl weighs
less in proportion than that of any
. other hog, as there is very little
meat on it. • One specially good
quality bf Cheshire, is that it gives
a large proportion of lean meat, Put
a *Cheshire and a pig of another
breed into the sante pen, feed them
in same trough and when the two
pigs are butchered the' Cheshire will
hatre a,larger proportion. of ,loan
:neat than any other. This Makes
thorn. pre-enainen UST .the pig 1 Ore mar-,
ket ,purposes. When Cheehires are
well known 'they being higher prices
than other .hogs.. The larger propor
tion of leanmeat explains- the fact,,
that according to appeaganceso Ches-
hires, when alive, weigh more than
other hogs. A stecloriam says: "i
find, that 'buyers are not. able to
guess the weight of Choshires. Ono
lot of 18 culls I offered at 325 Pia,
Oath. 1h1s0 buyers thought they
wolild not 'weigh. over 300,. They avt
craged 300. Another lot Of 20 mills
offered at 150 lbs. average? They
weighed 185. I have grotvo all
kinds and when fed together, ,Ches-
hire, whites, Poland Chinas, Berk-
shires and Cheshires mixed in lots of
25 to 75, the Cheshites outgrow and
atit-weigh all otliert." The quality
of the flesh is most a:tee:tient: AIM
Lab is firm, The bones aro small e and
very hard, 1 have, often heard the
rainark from .Onfookers at fairs;
'do not see how Such small bones
hold up suck big pigs.
One charaeleristio of the breed is a
peculiarly quiet disposition, I have
inany times kuown children to got in-
to a pen. and play with the little
pigs, f.11to best weights that 1 cau
vouch for are as ia1lows A litter of
seven, killed when nine months and
Pho day ohil averaged drossed weights
406 lbs. One pig from a litter from.
which I shipped the others was cas-
trated and fattened. Ile was butch-
ered whoa eight monthstand 14 days
old, and dressed 11.6 lbs. I do not
claim that Cheshires will, by any
means, average SUCII weight. 1 give
the above as the best weight I
know, when grown under the best
condi Lions. "
.LOPTS OVER STABLES.
Lofts Were very frogeently plaeod
over stables as oonvonient receptits
cies for stering,tuty, etc, with aper-
tures in the flooroyer the overhead
raehs below, through which hay 1(11
)oral tato therm Thi8 plan can-
not bo recommended, hay, etre., i2e-
Corningtainted by the etnanations
rising from below, .and men.are alSO
rr. atheapt to overloadthe racks to
satan going up to the -racks
and Waste results.. in such caees
ventilating 'shafts of WOod or 'zit'c
should be ran through front. the sta-
ble te the rook, at distances of,, say,
twelve . feet apart, . intoned on tact
ridge by zinc yeatilittors, of which
there are many patterns on tho mar-
ket. '
Tne openings in the floor over 'the
hayracks should be boarded- up, and
a Lin 2010:0(1 in one corner of the
stable, with a doors .at .the foot,
through which ,a good supply of hay
.may be loweited tu
at a tie, and care
ried, whou reqUirOd, to tlio .Staii.S. It
would be an itoproyement if the o1'01'-
head racks Were done, away with,
and riieks of half the width of the
stall' put in on a level, with .1116 Man-
gers, The existing racks cart 'ol
ceirese, be usecl. again, as only half,
the length of . racks and mangers
would hen tbe required, those not
wanted in the stable, might 001110 in
handy few a cattle shed or` field slier -
ter. lf tho 'stable :is Very dark, as
inanY old Mies are, eomeeMeans
should be provided of admitting
plenty of light, as nothing helpsto
propagate clise,a.Se More than dark-
ness, ,and the dtrt which generallY
accompanies it, , As good and cheap
a Way as any is to put a feWglass
slates in Vic reef, when there will
te no risk of glass being :broken, as
in windows, ' and no extra WeodWork
to paint.
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PHENOMENAL MEMORIES,
Seientists Who Could ReCaIl Names
of 25,000 'Plants.-
Many of tho greatest Men :have
had phenomenal, memories,. - Caesar
knew the Mimes :of thousands of
soldiers in his legions. A modern
h ,
Man of science .often as . a prodig-
ious memory for Special terminology.
Professer.Asa 0 -ray eatild- at once re-
call the names of poniethinglike:25a
060 plants"; 'Professo-r Theodore Gill
can clo the same ...for fishes,' Our
ineinory for 'mere words .is in '.itaelf,
much more extensive than ie general-
ly admitted. -The average well-to-do
childof two years.'of age has a vo-
cabulary OE some 500 worde, and its.
father may have the, cOmtnand . of
20,000 mere.. The 10,000 verses of
the itleuIrecia hat -.6 .for 3,000: 'Years
been accurately preserved' in the One,
merles ,Of the, Brahmins.' Not one
Brahmin alone, but .thousands, can
to -day a recite 11, ward for word.
Thottsa.nds of Mohatinnedans, tike -
wise; know the •Koran by .heart, as
all learned Chinese .know their ,clas-
sicalebooke. The ohiefe Of Polynesia
can, and 'do, repeat hds undre'of
thousands of worile in their geneaols
ogies—taking days and even weeks
for the recitation.
Hundreds. of Pittaiste can': play all
day, and Many clays,' b3r memory.
Chess Pla.Yers have a Visualizing- mme-
11101'y,while -arithmetical. prodigies
may have any one Of the three or a
combination of all.
A 'BIG SWELL.
Of Sir William Harcourt the story
is told that .01 one occasion when at
the seaside he visited 0 man -of War
lyiug off the Haaupeaire coast. Af-
ter dinner, the weather proving.
Lher rough, the captain (an unusual-
ly small and dapper Mall) suggested
that Sir *William should sleep on
board, and thaeghtfully Surrendered
his own berth. Next monsting, at
the early hour .cvlion the "captain us-
ually rose, the latter's sailor servant
who knew 'nothing of the change of
berths, brought a. cup of coffee to the
cabin door, and knocked once ma
twice without receiving an answer.
Somewhat alarrned, the servant pop-
ped d a
in his head asked, "Do you
want 370(11'colte1 this „morning, sir?"
The only reply was in the nature of
a growl, and the terrine(' sailor be-
held a gigantic figure turning oyes
under the bed clothes. Dropping the
cup of coffee, the faithful oervant
reshed ' to the , ship's surgeon, ex-
claiming, "For heaven's sake, sir,
come to the captain 1110110e!
speechless, and swollen to Len times
Ole natural size!''
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KHEDIVE'S PRESENT.
During the ree0111; ViSit 01 1110
CliVO to Cemstantioople, Sir 'Nicholas
O'Connor gave a lunch in his honor.
According to the' Wiener Tagblatt,
quoted by the LoncIon Daily' Mall's
correspondent, the Rhedive sat next
to Mrs. Barclay, wife 'of the second
secretary of the Embassy, and it
transpired that both were enthusias-
tic stamp collectors. The inhedive
asked Mrs. Barclay if she would per-
mit him to present 1101' with a few ti
stamps from his collection, and n
the following day an aide-de-camp
brought the lady the entire valuable
collection of the 'Khedive.
WILL 13,3 S DILEMMA.
MMA.
time you must
not interrupt me when if am talking-
to visitors, Willie."
Willie ---"But,. mother, 'by the time
you'd finished I 141(001(1 have forgot -
tee what I 'wante(1 to say 1 '
About the
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IniMPKIN
lithabed ,Orane is not, alone in his
fondness for the "most luxurious of
Pies," But, as times and cooks im-
prove, a pumpkin pie with the real
old-fashioned crisp crust and rich
flavor is not' often ia eyidence.
A good pumpkin pie should be half
squash—a Sole:els/a, worthy of Pat—
bet, nevertheless, true. It should be
deli and golden in hue with a shade
of red, But how to obtain 'it?
One wornan says, "CUL your pump
kin in cubes and put in a simnel/it
with a cupful of nice inolassos; plac
on the back ot the range and let i
cook until soft, but add no \voter
ind it wilt be of the right chlor an
i'achness when done. 5111 011(1 acl
two egg's for eaoh pie, ginger, sal
and nutmeg to taste, milk ancl suga
int_. 1110 IlliXture is sweet enoug.1
ond thick enough for filling. Bak
the crust first and then fill and bak
and PaSS' through the screw eyes at
the back of tho frame and up again
to the picture moulding. Passing
the wire behind the picture makes it
more secure and also easier to regu-
late n height. Plain brass moulding
hooks, two for each picture, should
be used, their size also regulated by
the weieht of the picture. Chains
are never used.
If there are a number of small pic-
tures they should notbo hung fin
the picture moulding. it is better
to draw 1110 WIN,/ tight aCrOSS the
back of the picture from screw eye to
screw eyo and then hang them on
small brass wall hooks 01 11110
nails. Either of these mar the wall
very little and ,0111011 pictures count
for more in this waY.
WHEN PITTING SHOES. •
" w
People ould find less difficulty
with ready -mode shoos," says an ex -
n perun,ced salesman, "if they would
o statici up to fit them on, instead 01
EA' 1ing. down. Nino persons out of
, ten. 9(111cula01y ladies, want a corn -
:1 fgrtalle chair while they are fitting
d u shoo_ and it is Wi 01 the greatest
t difficulty you can get thetn to stand
r for a„feiv minutes, even after the
silo is fitted. Then, when they be-
e gin walking about, they wouder why
O the SilOOS are not so comfortable as
*
Cut (59[Saro high arid there is ye
pie that wiil make it hungry man
wish a seeond and even a third
pieece-if he doesn't say so.
Stew your pumpkin (hall of which
is squash). until tender, dra1n. and
m w
1sh ith .0_ wooden spoon until.
soft and smooth. Pour on it about
half es much milk. as it will need; set
on the range and stir until it scalds
11
anothor way to make a toothsome
11)037 11010 sat. first trial, A woman's
foot is considerably smaller Whall she
sits 10 0 camir than when she
about , Es erciee brings a larger
(1110111 1;7 of blood into the feet, and
w
Cloy sell appreciaoly. The muscles
elso rermiro certain space. In buy-
ehees 'this fact should be borne
in 10110(1."
'''ONTE SIMPLE . 11[111ASURES,
flicked with incurable ulcers. Elastic
stockings , seem te hasten rattierthan
retard the* coming of
OONSEQUElaTCES.
Try, this plan and you may keep the
ulcers away, altogether, ' 'Whenever
you hate any spare time on your
hands, sit down, and lift your foot
on to a chair, or the table, or the
mantelpiece, The blood will how out
of tho turgid veins, and give you
immense relief. By friction trom the
heel upwards you can encouritge the
return of the blood to the heart, as
well as give tone to the feehle veins.
When the opportunity does 1101
'offer for curing your varicose veins,
attend to your nose. The nose is
not .onl3r the seat of cold in the
head, but, as one becomes older, it
grows rather ill -looking through
chronic congestion. Now, you can
ward oft cold's in the head, you can
cure them when they come. 00 and
you can preserve the youthful an-
rearanco ofthe noso if you 11ri11 de -
volt; a few Sparc nionierits to it ev-
ery day.' *
All you have to.do is togi'asp the
tip between thumb and forefinger,
and illassmee the nose upwards to the
root- Th's operation emPties the
nose of used -up blood, and allows
fresh blood to flow in. , The conse-
quence is that tlie nose is always in
' healthy condition and quitc
triateli for the boUlltless cold' rule-
•
rones you breathe into it. And its
Shape is decidedly
IM131.3 0 V DID AS WELL.
Yoi could have, teeth as White 115
SliOW il' you cared to attend to them
ahcasionally. ' Carry a. piece, of
s on ;e which has been soaked in
no rrh iii your pocket, and when you
are doing nothing else polish your
teeth
or an ordinary in il kp an full ot w th it. Ilie brushing once or
twice a cloy is very useful, but it is
pumptin ready for the pies, roll to To
a. powder ,four or tour and a half the frequent cleaning that tells.
crackers. Stir into the warm Punin- Why da the teeth become discolor -
It i n and milk: add t iv° cep f ifl s of ed and carious? 13ecause the 100(1
which sticks to them decomposes arid
gr nulated sugar, one teaspoonful of
salt, one 1 easpo on ft a gingen, the becomes acid. But this cannot oc-
some of chmamon, and one cupful of cut. if you polish them a dozen times
a clay. It seems troublesonie. but
molaeses. Stir well, and put it
atvay in the refrigerator or smite freedom from toothache, and avoid-
ance of the dentist, aro an ample re-
IWIPROVE YOUR HEALT.H
IN SPARE TIME.
„.
Various Ways in Which You May
Save a Doctor's Bill and
Enjoy Life.
Most ef our ailments are slight,
at a, distance by very simple meae-
ures. Take chilblains.
'I had
ese re ue to sluggish circula-
tion of the
short pie CrSt• If you have it use -dug 1100'mON 8pull4 14) anj gra
When ready to bake mako some blood, causing congestiongradually
oclernsmootriem, qoztcrtl
liiyse;
0101(10for shortening, With.. tiny port on a dowy morning-, to have U, WAR 37011 can run up and down -half
pinch of soda and salt. 'Roll then, iOW moments to spare, do not weak- a do 'en times without becoming
ar tor mixing find kneading quite ee your heart Still further by the us- b athless. You will soon have a
hard. Don't choose too thick- piates ual habit of lighting a cigarette; heart as strong as a horse's.
for these pies, nor too thin,—iust but raise one band to the level oi Are your eyes ever tired and pain -
about medium. Then add' milk the 11010, grasp it between the fingers fel? They ought to be, roe you do
again to Your pumpkin, stirring un- and thumb of the other hand, and not snare them. athey require rest
cool place fora day or two imtil the
vand neaely all of them may be kept compense. arious ingredients blend, as the ar-
tists say, together. The flavor is, Is you have a wealc heart' 101 1111.X 111an if 05011 at once.
much better for standing awhile af-
iipstmirs. First do, it once, slowly.
stt. engthen it. In odd moments run
(11 it is about the consistency of slowly and firmly squeeze the blood as much as any other
thick cream. Bake -until done, and out from fineei tips to wrist. 12 PART OF THE BO:DIZ,
then bake awhile longer. They will - - - - and if donit ti it 1 them
you do this [-egg morning. and eve -
you g ve .o iem
tae cold niontlis, v
be a rich golden bi nvn on top, arid um- during
•011 they will wear out too fast. You
have a delicate flavor in which net -
them spice predorninate.s.
NOW if YOU have more piinnikins
,•
than you ca.n use, can them
will never have chilblains.
could preserve your sight to the last
days of your life by closing them
when you have no use for them.
Do' you suffer fvoin sluggish liver?
Most people do; and; in fact, this
condition is the cauSe of half the en -
T With a friend,' listening to
spline lahey twill not come araISS. 01111110 cornplairi of so nnteli. If ,von mosie at a concert, or to a. sermon
• • hare spat e five ininutes a id don t
arid cut in <lice a until' • Is NOW Il OW TO (.'PEN D •
As your uit cans get empty, paret at church, • close your eyes. They
m water, with sugar enough, to he ;it, you cannot turn it to better ac- tion.
any ruit. At any toile it will 122 les -up, so to speak. Just press your la,ir frem falling, or turning grey,
ready for pies, only -requiring- less hand heavily' on, Chg. right' sine - at yciii .began. early 'enough in life.
sweetening the lower border of the ribs; and The hair Mlls out for want of a sin --
Our foremothers dried the pump- 1110V0 11 down slowly four or five in- ficient supply of blood to the roots.
kin in slices, looking. like new moors che.s. Do this dozer:. or twenty Your hat is partly the CaUSO of this
eficiencon Now, whenever you have
a few minutes off, remove your hat,
and rub your head vigorously. This
is far mare effectual than all the
hair -washes in the market. If you
do it habitually you will never be
bald,
Any part of the body is tile better
for occasional friction.. RFieuniatisna
which comes to most of us sooner or
later. could be .entirely pre -vented by
rubbing. the joints. Do the shoulders
one day: the _wrists another day, the
knees a third:
p 1 iin. Cook 11
to • will be deeply grateful for tile atten-
real sweet, rind seal -up as you would ,coitnt. than by giving your liver a You could probably j)revent your
on poles lay tile kitchen fire, the times, and you will empty the over- '
same as dried apples. But this is a full liver of its super -abundant con -
better way: Cook soft, sift. on to tents. Not only does this raa,noeuvro
flat baking tins, dry in the oven un- relieve tho liver, but it cures heart -
til it is quite hard. Break into bits burn. It also curesi critinP hi the
and put up in paper bags or jars as to or calf, by removing acidity from
you please. It will keep as long as tile stornach.
glue, which it now reaembles. Soak Dyslattesia would be as rare as
in warm water or milk until it black roses if we devoted a portion
CO3/103 back to the resemblance or of our spare time to preventing it.
pemplein, and inake into pies. In nine cases out of ten dyspepsia is
Pumpkin sauce and pumpkin brown due to the food remaining too long
broad are other dishes easily made, i11 the stomach, teementing, becom-
but the first is not delicate in flavor; ing acid, and causing painful, infiam-
the last very/good.
motion. Instead of using drugs,
which never efTe.et, a permanent cure,
try the plan of assisting the stomach
to get rid of its contents. Place
your Intial at the extreme edge of tho
lett side, immediately under the ribs
HINTS TO ITOUSEREEPERS.
1-Iow to maid: silver polish cloths,
by a process probably allied, to the
"witch kloth" of the bazars. Get
two ounces of powaered hartshorn
and dissolve it in new milk milk. In
the solution boil soft cloths for five
minfites, drop into cold water, wring
quickly, and dry before the lire. Af-
ter the silver has been washed and
wiped in its daily use, rub briskly
with one of these cloths and a fine
high,polish is the result. This does
not 'wear tho silver as does the con-
stant use of polishing. powders.
Sometimes the fishy smell will
cling to knives and forks atter oily
fish like salmon and macgeret has
been served. Out a lemon, rub them
with it, and the disagreeable odor
Will vanish.
In washing paint, if any scouring
preparation is used, it should be ap-
plied on flannel, as it is then less li-
'able to injure the paint.
To cook corned beef and salt hams
so the meat will be tender and juicy,
put over the fire hi cold water and
bring to a boil very slowly. Allow
it to boil five minutes, skim it, then,
set on the back of the stove, where
it will simmer very gently. When
tender, let it cool in the water in.
which it was cooked. lf part is to
be eaten hot, send to the table; keep
the liquor in the pot boiling, ana
when the meal is done put what re-
mains back in tho pot and let it.
Hygienists are insisting 00 much
upon the : greater healthfulness of
bread that is thoroughly baked that
crusty loaves are 1/1 greatOr dtatand,
EVOil the bakers are beginning to
give loaVes. with More crust and lesS
crumb, and the up-to-date housca
keeper bakes 'small loaves, bakeS
them in small pans, and prolongs the
baking ,Process. Tho aeries of loaves
baloul in the dripping -pan is mit of
fashion and each loaf demands its
own pan,
a
II A NG I NG PICTURES .
Pictures ehoulcl always be hung on
the level of the eye. and not strung
up so litgai that one musL crane the
neck to see them, so low that; tho
furniture of the room is Continually
knocking against them. Gold twist-
ed wire is used ehttrely, and the si'ie.
is governed by the weight of the pic-
ture. . Any good sized picture is
hung with double wire, which le sua-
pearled fron1 the 'picture Moulding
SLIGHTLY OVERLAPPING THEM.'
Then work it round to the right by
pressing the fingers as hard as you
can and drawing the hand., towards
them. Or stand with your hands ex-
tended in front. Then swing daaund
SIZE OF ICEBERGS.,
the first time in history, a largo and
When an iceberg towers 200 or 300 wellecquiPPed British force was total -
feet above the sea, it means t -hat but ly routed in fair fight, some -four
tinaeighth of its tremendous bulk i,s thousand men 'retired northwards in -
exposed. A berg which rises .900 to tho hills. So terrible had been
font above the 'Atlantic has a bulk the loss of officers, however, that
h
of 1,100 feet under the sea. • Cap-- only ono, a sixteen -year-old ensign
tains give icebergs all the room they named Hunt, was left unwounded to
acalisiarse striking
jakicnugllissipolni'dwolu_oldd2che asTicaoti; tako over,;11-TeDicDomliniiiisncBUEST,
and was ably assisted by several old
non-commissioned Officers. Neverthe-
less, not, more than 5.0 per 00111.'01
his command reached their objective,
Valencia. Of .the rest., hundreds per-
ished of starvation, many were kil-
led by the.. armed guerillas ,who
swarmed on the rear, sind not a few '
doserted and eettled among the peo-
ple of -the country, where their des-
cendants, so it is said, May be COMA
to y.
however, the most ,
remarkable'instance of boys -acorn--
mantling armies is furnished by that
pathetic, and awful tragedy known to
lusfery as the Children'e Crusade.
Here, not only the leaders, but the
rank. ,and fite wore children. ,None,
but innocent' hands, it was argued,
could successfully undertake the con-
quest .of the Iloly city. •__So,in the
I
WANTED A SHOW . . spring 01 2 there set out from
sa
ac° soine 30,000 boys and girls
,
There was a hatless man ^overed under the leadership of a lad named
with mud standing at the corner of Stephen, tyhile Germany contributed '
the, street the, other clay, - and there .another similar army, commanded by
were a policeman and thirty pereons 0, Iifteen-year-old peasant named
surrounding him, a and as tho man Nicholas. The result was precisely
scraped at the mud on his legs the 1 what might have been foreseen. The
policeman said ; . sea, devoured thousands. Thousands
"Well, Yoe see, 30)0 ought to haye more Perished miSerablY of sta"at
boort More carefid." , tion and exposure. Others were cars
"ButtI waS .careful," protested the l'ioU atwity captive :by the wild.' Be -
victim. , °tans oi thc d ma Not one, ,
,'.`Then how did you happen to get ,ainong all the vast multitucre, even
knockedoVer so much as sot eyes tapon Jerusalem.
"Why, it was this way. As I was And few, very few, lived to return to
crossing the street a bike was; Colna the homes *- and parents they had
ing airing from one direction and a quittoo so lightly and man tutn high
horseless carriage from another di- hopes,
motion, ,and right on the corner '
stood a lima waiting to dun me for
$2.50, I, had borrowed. There wore
three ,things to dodge at once, and
the first 1 know the 'bike hit '1110 00
one side, the horseless carriage on,
the other, and tho man yelled at, me armor, ait. slimily', and weights
TllgY GOIMANDED ARMIES
INSTANCES IN WHICI-1 BOYS
ORGANIZED REBELLION,
A Youth of Sixteen Sowed th?
Seeds of a United Italy
Movement,
The story, telegraphed to Brussels
from Pretoria, that ono of the com-
mandoes now operating in Ca pg
Colony 18 being led by Andreas 1.11eY-
ors, a lati of only sixteen, rimy or
May not be true. It is certain,
however, that children fully as young
have played equally tis peomineut 0
part in foriner Wars.
Carlo Vella, for instance, tho
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Y01)at'r1elbai
lS of 101
0113, as7:ertibeearlid,v110
hti'n100-
1, ,_
in the summer of 1659, ho raised the
peoplo of Ferrara, proclaimed a free
and United Italy, and set out to
march, on Item°. lie was taken
prisoner and shot, and his following
dispersed, but he isowed, the ...seeds of
a. matter:neat which culminated soott
afterwards in the triumph of the
cause lio hail so deeply at heart.
alien again, there was the sandal.,
gallant attempt, made in May, 1E366,
by Stamakati, the filleem-year-old
Cretan patript, to shake off tho
Turkist rule. Gathering. round him)
a band of youthful nimmtaineers as
bravo and as hardy as himself, he for
months defied successfully t the entire
Turkish army of occupation. Ai
length, however, he was besieged in
the morntetery of Arkaalt; nett in or -
dor to olvoid capture, blew it, him-
self, and bis followers into the air.
AithOlIgh SOltla accounts place tht
age of. the fisher -lad Masanielmwho,
in 1617,. led the Neapolitans to via
tory against their Spanish oppres.
sors al - twenty-four, there is little
real doubt but that he was a moan
younger Itlaa, probably not more
than seventeen or at the most eigh-
teen, years old. 'Phis is partlsrprota
cd by the fact that it wits his parti-
cipation in o, boyish game, which led
to the uprising. .0n. Um feast of St.
Maria del Carmine, it was (and is)
customary for the youth of Naples,
to build a. sort of miniature castle.
which was, defended by one body of
lads armed with sticks and
ATTACKED BY ANOTHER.
Masanielo WaS chosen the leader of
one of theso parties, and seized the
opportunity to raise the cry al'
''clown,_ with the taxes.'' The cry
was eagerly taken up by a popu-
lace already seething with discon-
tent*. in a few days Masanielo found
hiniself at the head of an army or,
150,000 men; while an incredible
number of women; armed like Ama-
zons, also obeyed his orders.
The loader of the big. insurrection
directed against the French in Sicily
and known to this cla.y- as the "Sicil-
ian Vespers," was a youth of be- ,
tween seventeen and eighteen, whose
sweetheart had been insulted.' by a
French soldier. Ile strangled the
ruffian with his bare hands—the Si-
c -Flans had been forbidden to carry
arms under pain of dea.th—and rush-
ed through the streets of Palermo
excitedly calling on the 'citizens to
rise against their oppressors. This
they immediately did, and to such
good purpose that by evening not a
single ono of tho hated race was left
alive within the walls. Then, put-
ting himself at the head of a hastily -
organized, force, kirmed with the.
weapons looted from their dead en -
em es, the instigator of the revolt
stormed in rapid succession Conigio,
Carina Mazer°, IsIarsala, and several
other places of lesser note, every-
where putting the garrismis to the
sword and confiscating their arms
and possessions. It .is said that,
some 28,000 Frenchmen periShed hi
this terrible uprising.
After the disastrous battle of Al-
manza (Spain), where, for almost
proximity is generally indicated by
to the right, throwing the aim forde it cooling Of .the :atmosphere arid the
bly back. Then swing to the left. Falai but if the steamer' ancl the wind
T1443.iniontoy1.01T nriaghotcatogalointino ono hurl_ are both approaching the berg dim-
dred times in each direction, you
will bo greatly relieved. And if you
practise it daily while waiting for
breatfast and for dinner you will
never experience tho horrors of dys-
pepsia. e
If you are punctual at your ap-
pointment, and the other party is
lat,e, do net fidget, but 'place your'
hand at the back of 3rour neck whore
the hair joins it, and- rub down-
wards. You will thus empty the
glands, and prevent them from swel-
ling, and turning into boils. Or
put your fingers on the neck. -at the
angles of the jaw, and draw them
sinartly downwards ever the coarse
of the jugular vein. You will remove
tho used -up blood from the brain,
and make that organ feel light and
clear. This will prevent ,fits of an-
ger, and ward off apoplexy.
ANOTHER EXCELLENT WAY
of utilising spare moments is by tak-
ing deep inspirations.: Stand. with
shoulders thrown back, and take a
deep breath every -minute for five or
six aninittes. You will astonish ev-
ery microbe' of consumption,. bron-
chi tis„ or influenza, that may be 01 -
side, and thoy will probably Lake
your deep breath inspirations as 06 -
{deo to (mit. If you do this daily,
you stand a good chance of escaping
most lung diseases.
An admirable practice is that of
taking a, few minutes' non 'whenever
you get the chance. Observe your
dog or your cat. He lies down
twenty -Unica a day, and gives his
brain a rest. But tho human brain
18 much. more in need of occasional
relaxation, Yet not: one in a thotrs-
and permits it to be completely at
rest from the time he gets up in the
.
morning, ' until he goes to bed at
night. Try this plan, and you will
find that 'yea are always fresh and
fit for work.
'If you have, 'varicose Velna, yea are
, ,
almoet ,eertain,
mg the night or in thick tveather,
the danger may not be seen until too
'late. As these icebergs travel south,
their natural to/looney is to melt,
and this causes them to give out a
clinking, tinkling sound as the mo-
tion of the Sea knocks broken pieces
against each other, which may be
heard for a considerable distance.
Icebergs. often' assume odd shapes.
One recently reported b'y a skipper
Wits formed exactly like a church.
The square bulk formed the body of
the church, while a spire of leo rose
in the air to form the steeple on the
front of the frozen edifice. in-
dentation seemed to form a main en-
trance.
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Suletnitrirm divers liave not vet silo-
.
ceedecl in reaching 200 fefti, belorr the
Sl1rftee with all tile advatit.age oit
that heat sup inc before night if I sink (-Item. 'Ilio effort licts been mode,
(11(1111 square up. Hang it ail, a, to reitch a 000001-1 in 240 ft. of \valor,
fel len ought, to have sorrie sort, of a, illie adcounts sin Le that a t 130 ft,
show, oughtn't he ?"' the (liver begat). to es:eerie:nee soirees
. .
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