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The Wingham Times, 1915-12-16, Page 6Vag e fi THE WINGHAM TIMES EQUATORiAL ECUADOR. A Land of Earthquakes Nearly Ali a Mile Above Seat Level. The traveler arrives lit (,timya'lalil laden with quinine rills, itut lea imitate that in a journey of a (lay he can r' t. h tlae temperate zone. He brings s•.m- mer elothiug for a country crossed by the equator and nearly perishes ou the frozen elopes of high inountainee E1e finds a, governmeut as unstable as the volcano shaken soil. He notes int - portant industries that thrive upon -these turbulent shores. Ecuador i.a st land of contradictions. It is the laud wt.ere the Incas ruled after they came into Peru. It was the birthplace of Atahualpa. who fell be- fore Pizarro. It was from his capital at Quiuetn along the mountains that Gonzalo Pizarro rode out with Orel - lana to dis. over the Amazon. The laud which bears the name of the equator rivals her sister republics In variety of scenery- and climate. Her feet rest nu the dazzling chrome green shore of a tropic river; her head wears the fleecy crown of eternal snows. —Witt) one hand she points to the wide Pacific; with the ether. to the matted •^'jungle of the Amazonian valley. Colom- bia, Cirazii and Peru are her uei,tili- bore, but who can say where the te.- ritory of (he one actually begins and the other ends? Two-thirds of the peo- ple of L ,nador are Indians. pure and simple. Nine -tenths of the populatioa live a reale above the sea. HIer territory Is three times as large as Pennsylvania. Her domain is pram -fealty unexplored, but co merr•ialty site is forging ahead. ,,,—Ntitionel Magaziue. EDUCATING THE INDIAN. Difficulties the Student Facies After He Has' Left C31Ieye. The eouditions to which Iu'st 13'iiar students return are bard, far bar.3t•r than the average easterner tan reerne . Many of the reservations are 1. ng tames from railroads. so that sus plies are bard to get ae well as exl'ensive, while in phew. water is a real luxury. The standards or the community must also be taken into consider -to -ion. and in all too many localities the white people Iiving near are not of a type to prove either helpful or elevating. With all these didieulties. and many, many more. we expect far more of the Indian than we would of a white student who had enjoyed equal advantages. A n'bite boy who has been in school until he is perhaps twenty and in that time has had to master in addition to the usual studies a new language and accept an entirely strange system of living is not expected- to raise the standards of his home community to any very great extent. Tile Indian is. He must not only have acquired a trade and be able to do skillful work, but he must speak English well enough to act as interpreter, understand the Bible and teach in Sunday school, as well as be prepared to advise in the councils of his people regarding various phases of their legal standing and land questions. And when be is unable to fulfill all these requirements we hear that In- dian education is a failure.—Southern Workman. Masked Women. Upper class Swahili women wear en. rious masks, which are made of leather and beads in a wooden frame. The mask is derived from the traditional usage of Moslem women, who must keep their faces covered in the pres- ence or men. For sereral centuries Arab traders have frequented this east African coast. and to their influence are due most of the civilized customs found today among the natives of the district. The clothing worn by these prosperous dames is of silk; their shoes are partly of silver, and they wear much silver jewelry. The Moslems in Zanzibar, ly the way. are less fanati- cally strict about religious usages than their brethren in Morocco and Turkey. —Wide World Magazine. A Big Birdcage. A very peculiar institution In the New York zoo is what is known as "the flying birdcage." This magnifi- cent aviary 1s the largest of its kind in the world, being 55 feet high, 72 feet wide and 150 feet long. Large oak and other trees grow in this cage, and the birds live within its wire net- ting bounds in the utmost freedom. The frame of the cage is built of iron pipes, which are covered over with thin meshed netting. By Proxy Perhaps. A well known metropolitan choral conductor was once bolding voice trials preliminary to the organization of a colored choral club of jubilee singers. One of the soprano applicants was ex- tremely reticent when asked to sing a scale. Finally the director, becoming Impatient, asked, "What's the matter --don't you sing?" "IVell." she hesi- tatingly replied, "not puhsonally."— Argonant. 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" A farm horse, which has several periods of rest in the stable, eating dry food only during this tinter such as hay, straw and cats, will enjoy a small daily ration of mangels. This addition would not be so necessary, however, if the horse eats hay only. and no oats, Mangeis assist digestion and the cir- culation of the blood in horses which eat a large quantity of oats, becoming thereby somewhat heated and enervat- ed by this exciting diet. In this case carrots also are particularly recommend- ed for keeping the animal in good health. Carrots are nearly as watery as man- gers, but they contain a strengthenit,g principle which is particularly useful for the horse. They niake the coat glossy, and, by facilitating the diges- tion, increase the weight of the body to an extent that is noticeable even after a few weeks only of this feeding. Signs of Eidne3• Tiouble. In the early stages kidney troubles are known by backache and urinary disorders. 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In dealing with the finished steer it is rightly remarked that to succeed the requirements of the purchaser must be complied with. The standard of the beef market has changed greatly in recent years. The bullock that com- mands the highest price is a compact, web finished animal weighing not more than 1,500 lbs. on foot and if he weighs only 1,200 lbs. he will fetch the top figure, provided he has the form, quality and finish. Even the thousand pound "baby beef" is looked for by the best buyers on this side of the Atlantic, but such cattle are not shipped abroad. The change is greatly to the advantage of the producer, as other things being equal, the younger the animal goes to market, the less is the cost of food and the greater the profit to the producer. To secure delicate flavour and tender- ness a certain proportion of fat is necessary and this should be incorpor- ated with the flesh or lean meat rather than appear only as a covering to the muscles. 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