The Brussels Post, 1914-5-21, Page 6POiOiiOY GAB IN POTATOES
PAMPHLET ISSUED lir AGRI-
CL1LT CIt tL DEPARTMENT.
Methods Are Outlined to Prevent
the Spread of the
A. white paper has been publish-
ed by the Department of Agricul-
ture at Ottawa giving descriptions
of the disease of potatoes known
as powdery scab, null instructions
how to guard against the spread
of the disoa,se, and what precaution
should be 'taken to purify land on
which diseased potatoes have been
found, The United States has re-
cently prohibited the impartation
of potatoes front. Canada unless they
are certified as having been
grown in an area in which neither
potato wart nor powdery scab ex-
ists. It is only recently that the
existence of powdery scab has been
discovered in Canada, though in-
vestigation has shown that the dis-
ease must have been present for a
number of years.
Circular Pustules.
The following description is giv-
en of powdery scab:
"There is only one other disease
with which powdery* scab is likely
to be confused, and that is the
common scab, one of the commonest
troubles of the potato grower. On
examining a typical case we find
that the skin of the potato is raised
up in circular, oval, or elliptical
pustules. These have an even out-
line, and when young are covered
by the smooth unbroken skin of the
tuber. They only bb few in number
or so numerous es to cover a large
portion of the surface. In the lat-
ter case several spots often coalesce
to form one large scab.
"A case of common scab oompar-
ed with this stage of powdery scab
differs in the more irregular mar-
gin of the spots, and by the, surface
being rough, irregular and corky,
or sometimes forming an irregular
pit in the surface of the tuber in-
stead of being smooth and even.
"As the powdery scab spots
reach maturity, the skin covering
them is easily broken, when there
is disclosed a mass of greenish or
browvlish powder, from which the
disease takes the name of Powdery
Scab. On rubbing away this pow-
' der, it will be found that the pus-
tule is mounded ben -oath by a
smooth brownish membrane, which
limits it quite sharply from the nor-
mal tissue."
No Other Crop Affected.
The report gives the following
instructions for fields in which pow-
dery arab has been discovered.
"Until we are in a position to say
definitely how many years the dis-
ease may persist in the soil, it will
be found necessary to avoid grow-
ing potatoes again on any land
which has once shown this disease.
"Although the disease is only
. known to attack the underground
parts, the vines and any refuse
from an infected crop should be
raked together and burned.
"The implements, containers,
etc., used for sueh a. crap should
be disinfected before being taken
to other fields, or used for oths?r
purposes.
"Sines no" other clop is known
to be liable to attack, the infected
land may be put into any erop
thought suitable. However, when
the disease is very bad, and spores
are correspondingly numerous in
the soil, it is conoeivable that the
wind blowing over the surface of
the field may catch up quantities of
the spores and deposit them on land
previously uncontaminated.
May Eat Potatoes.
"The affected crop is not injured
for con•stunptiun except, according
to our experience in Canada, in
very rare instances. If the crop af-
fected is a small one it may be used
for duan,es,fie purposes ; if larger, a.
part of it maty 'ba fed to stock,. and
it may he desirable to add a number
of pigs to the .live. etc =lc kept, if the
quantity to be eunsumed is. large,
No potatoes from an infected erop
-eahiottld be fed to stock without bc-
ing cooked, for there is danger that
the spores may pals g
1 pass through the
digestive organs of an animal, and
slid retain their vitality, thus ren-
dering the manure a means of
spreading the disease,
„The affected crop Edtaulal be
' elurecl in pits or on the field, or, if
brought indoors, should be placed
in a cellar separate from the sound
potas.to•c.s, with which it should not
be allowed to come in contact.
Another Prtoaution,
"Similarly, a
e 'r: any cilnrtainer uise,cl
fair the of infected pots -
thee in a basket, and then to pet
sound potatoes s perhaps subse-
quently :used for ee d, in the mane.
basket, would bre to undo the tffeete
of previous case., .
If the pot -nits -se are peeled for
cooking purposes, the parings
ehaiudd be burned or honed, and o l
aro
sweetest thrown out raw to the
menurc Leap. If it is intended th.
bairn infected potrte s and •they
•
are waehed first in a bucket or bar-
rel of water, and this water then
emptied out in the barnyard where
it .an drain away to the manure
heap, er be carried about on the
feet of poultry, the seeds of a fresh
crop of disease are. being distribut-
ed.
Directions Summarized.
The following is a suncmary of
the directions given fur the control
of powdery scab :
1. Use only "seed" from a crop
free from the disease. '
2. Disinfect such "seed" to de-
stroy any stray disease germs.
3. Use land known to be free fret
n
the disease. In most areas this will
have to be land not previously
planted to potatoes.
4. Do not plant potatoes again in
land which ,has shown the disease.
If possible seed such land down to
grass.
5. Isolate the crop from any field
showing the disease, and take all
possible precautions to avoid the
spores from this crop being scat-
tered where they may infect other
potatoes.
6. Pay special attention to the
cleaning, and, if necessary, disin-
fection of implements which may
carry the disease.
In polite society the powdery scab
is called spongospora subterranea.
F
SOUTH SEA. HORROR.
French Seamen !filled and Eaten at
Cannibal Feast.
Three of the crew of a French
schooner have been killed and eaten
in the New Hebrides by savages.
The news was received at Sydney
(New South Wales) when the Mes-
sageries Maritimes steamer Ville de
]a Ciotat arrived from Noumes.
The schooner Guadeloupe, a
French vessel engaged in the re-
cruiting of South Sea natives to
work in the Fijian plantations, Call-
ed at Malekula, one of the many
islands' of the New Hebridean
group, for the purpose of ascer-
taining the possibilities of recruit-
ing, or, as, it is generally styled,
"blackbirding."
Embittered by the prolonged ab-
sence of so many of their kinsmen
at the plantations, the natives of
the New Hebrides, says the Daily
Citizen's Sydney correspondent,
have become extremely hostile to
white men, and the traders who
land on the island are invariably
well armed. It was therefore with
considerable trepidation that Cap-
tain Combey, of the Guadeloupe,
decided to land three of his crew
on Ielalekirla.
When the mate, the super -cargo,
and a seaman of the Guadeloupe set
foot on shore, everything seemed
quiet, and there were no natives to
be seen.
The three men, however, had only
just reached a belt of thick brush-
wood near the beach when a horde
of savages, armed with .trade guns
and stone clubs, attacked the help-
less visitors.
The hate's head was battered
from behind, and his companions
were wounded and carried inland
with the body of the mate.
Captain Combey heard the sound
of shots, and, fearing trouble, pull-
ed ashore, accompanied by two
white men, He was received with
a volley of shots from the ambush-
ed savages. A desperate running
fight ensued, but when one of his
men was badly wounded the cap-
tain decided to retreat to the ves-
sel.
Another landing was effected
about midnight, and the captain
and one of his lien proceeded in -
laird, to discover that the three un-
fortunate men captured by the sav-
ages a few hours before had been
eaten by their ferocious captors.
The only traces of the cannibal feast
were three smouldering &res and
parts of the bodies of the victims.
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CAUSE AND EFFECT
Good Digestion Follows Right Food
Indigestion and -the attendant
discomforts of mind and body are
certain to follow•continued use of
improper food.
Thue,rrwho aro still young and
robust aro likely to overlook the
fact that, as drupping water will
wear is stone away at last, so will
the use of heavy, greasy, rich food,
finally cause loss of appetite and
indigestion.
Fortunately many are thoughtful
enough to study themselves and
note the principle of cause and
effect in their daily food. A young
woman writes her experience thus;
"Sometime ago I had a lot of
trouble from indigestion, caused b
joo riot) food. I got so I was un-
able
to digest scarcely anything,
and medicines seemed useless,
"A friend advised me to try
Grape -Nuts food, praising it highly,
and as a last resort, I tried it. I
am"thankful to say that Grape -Nuts
not only relieved me of my trouble,
bat built me up and strengthened
my digestive organs KO that I can
note eat anything I desire, But I
stick to (Irape-Nuts,"
Name given by Calnadils.n-Postnm.
Co., . Windsor, CTnt. Read "The
Read Wellvills," in pkgs.
Nnire,'s a Its sen,"
Ryer read. the ewes lame? A. now
cue Vippears from tine to thio, whey
are essieses, true, Ana fun of bumas
interest.
SOME ROYAL '1'IIK;ASL1RES.
1lenutiful Works of Art Owned h
Dlone rehe.
y
Among the royal treasures of
Persia is a pipe set with diamonds;
rubies and emeralds to the value,
it •is estimated, of no less than
$500,000. This pipe was made for
the late Shah, and is said to be
even more valuable Than his lam-
oue sword.
In the Inatter'of swords it is said
that the Gaekwar of Bangle, who,
on the oecasion of the coronation of
George V. in India, added to his
fame by snubbing that monarch,
possesses the most precious blade in
existence. Its hilt and belt are in-
crusted with diamonds, rubies, sap-
phires and emeralds, and its value
has been put at $1,000,000.
There are mahy costly swords in
the treasure rooms of eastern and
European rulers notably those of
the Czar of Russia, the Sultan of
Turkey and the Ding of Siam, but
the sword of the Gackwas outshines
them all: The most valuable sword
in Europe is that presented by the
Egyptians to Lord Wolseley, The
hilt is set with brilliants and the
whole saber is estimated to be
worth $10.000.
The Maharajah of Melted is the
owner of the most costly brougham
in the world. The handles of the
doors are of solid gold, while the
rest of the vehicle is of silver.
The new emperor of Morocco came
into possession of a curious piano,
manufactured to the, order of his
predecessor, which is probably the
most expensive instrument of the
kind ever made. This piano was
made in parts, each being small
enough to be carried by a slave, as
it appeared that the former emperor
firmly refused to trust them to the
care of his camels, which formed the
only other available means of trans-
port. Dhis expensive musical in-
strument was made principally of
tulip and orris woods, inlaid with
unpolished jacaranda parquetry
and decorated with scroll work of
pure gold. The actual sum paid for
it was 820,000.
ARTIFICIAL MILK NOW.
Free Froin All the Disadvantages
of Cow's Milk.
Synthetic milk, containing all
things needful, even to bacillus
bulgaricus, is the latest product of
the laboratory. The discovery,
which is expected to be of great in-
terest to mothers, is a process of
manufacturing a pure and whole-
some milk of high nutritive value,
possessing all of the virtues of the
natural product, none of its many
dgngers. It can be made up in
proportions desired; that is, with
more or less casein, fat, sugar, or
salts, and thus can be supplied to
children and invalids according to
a medical prescription.
The discovery originated many
years ago as re result of the ingenu-
ity of a Chinese, who saw a possible
substitute for milk in the native
drink prepared from the soya bean.
His efforts, however, met with only
partial success, owing to the foot
that the fluid prepared by him had
an exceedingly penetrating and—to
Western palates — disagreeable
taste. It was left to a German
chemist to lay the foundations of
the present synthetic milk by sug-
gesting a composite fluid made up
of all the ingredients of cow's milk
in correct proportion.
The fluid, as far as its appearance
is concerned, is indistinguishable
from rich cow's milk. It is delight-
fully smooth to the palate. On the
other hand, the'taste seems to some
persons slightly different from that
of ordinary milk. It is said that
even this slight "taste" ca,n be re-
moved at will,
The advantages of the new milk
are obvious. It is, of course, free
from all,suspicion of being con-
taminated with "milk borne" dis-
eases, like tuberculosis, scarlet fe-
ver, or diphtheria,
F
"Was a Little D
The Duke of Wellington, if he did
not confer commissions in the army
lupon little boys, went one better
n the way of promise, It is Grant
Duff who tells the tale in Isis diary,
"Dined with the Speaker Walpoles,
She told a t,tory of playing 110 a
(.hill in the gardens of Apsley
House. The old Duke came out and
the children stood in a row while
he passed. He stopped and said to
fine of them, 'You use a very nice
lit Ie fellow 1 when you are .old
enough I will give yon a commis-
sion in the Guards',' `Brut I am a
dirl, Mar. Doolc,' said the child,''--•
London Daily;.Ch•ronicle.
INFORMATION 'ENT FOR INVENTORS
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• Pigeon, Pigeon & Davis; patent;
solicitors, Montreal, report 1971 tt
Canadian patents Termed for the lin
week ending April 21st, 1911; 84 of i Sl
which were granted to ANlericans, l 1?n
18 to Canadians, 14 to residents of
foreign countries, and 11 to reel- ca
dents of Great Britain aard colo-
nists of the (,anadians who re -
r iivc'il patents, 12 were of Ontario,
f Qtic'.r.:c, 2 of Manitoba and ] of
Sask at_liswan,
MORMON TEMPLE IN WEST
First of hindeu 'British Soil V
Cost About $3110,0'00.
Work on the lira Mormon tote
ple on British soil is nowell
tier way in the Mormon centre fo
Canticle, Casdstun, Alberta. T
strut'tere will be' of granite fro
the Rocky Mountains of British Co
amities Machinery valued at $1'
000 has been installed on the temp
ground, aril cutting will be d.
there as fast as the Tough nlateri
can be delivered. As each stone
cut and dressed it will be placed
the wall.
The structure will cost at lea
$300,000. This money will co
mostly from tithing sent to hea
quarters at TTtall, and the coartr
tors have the assurance of t
church that all money needed w
be forthcoming when asked fo
'.Nibley, who has charge
the business affairs of the Mormo
Church throughout the world, w
have direct control of the work, lit
will nob be on the ground. A Inc
inspector and superintendent
construction will direct the local
tivities.
The Church of Jesus Christ of L
ter Day Saints have no temples
present outside of the State
Utah, where the great Salt Lak
telilple stands. The new Canadi
building will be the first to b
erected on British soil and the fir
ou'tsice'•of the State of Utah. T
Salt Lake temple cost $4,000,00
and was 45 years in building. Th
other Utah temples, Manti, 5
George and Logan, cost all tol
about $3,000,000. Material at tl
time they were erected was ver
costly and transportation difficult
It is stated by' the authorities to
day that as good building -ern b
done to -clay for about one-third o
the cost. So it would seem that
the Canadian temple will compar
favorably with any of the Utai
structures outside of the great Sal
Lake Temple,
There are in Canada to -day clo
to 10,000 Mormons, and the Cards
ton temple will be for their ow
use. Mormons in the norther
United States, who are much neare
to the international boundary than
the State of Utah will also have the
Canadian temple as their shrine for
receiving the higher "ministrations
of the church.
As a regular place of meeting the
Mormons of Cardston have a taber-
naele seating, some 1,500 people,
and this .= all special occasions is
filled to overflowing. It has been
necessary to divide the' Cardston
church, making two separate orga-
nizations.
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TEETH, HAIR AND NAILS.
No Longer Necessau'y—Nature Will
Get Rid of Tilem.
There is no doubt that the human
race is fast losing its teeth, hair
and nails, and that sooner or later
many other parts of the body which
m•an has possessed for ages will be-
gin to disappear,
This fact, however, is no cause
for alarm. It is, on the contrary,
u, matter for congratulation, be-
cause experience shows that every
part of the body= which nature dis-
cards is a part which we have out-
grown. The human body can never
be brought to its highest efficiency
until its parts have been reduced to
a minimum and it is not under
handicap of having to carry around
things like hair and nails, which
no longer serve any useful purpose.
Take the teeth, for example.
Who wants or really needs gorilla -
like jaws and teeth to -day? They
were necessary in the days when
our .ancestors had to crack cdco•a-
nuts with them, but our civilization
is rapidly approaching a stage
where they will no longer be
needed, '
The nails on our fingers and toes
have long since ceased to be claws.
The toe nails, in particular, have
dwindled to such minor importance
that it is nothing unusual for a baby
to be born With only the most rudi-
mentary nail on its little toe. All
this is duel to the fact that we have
found a way of dispensing with the
use of elates.
Although most of us do not realize
it, the race's, sense of smell is weak-
ening rapidly, and there is a'inark-
ed lois of power in the olfactory
tract of the brain. This is not at all
surprising when you stop to think
how smell a part the. nose plays in
mean's life to -day..
Smell is of little service to us in
snaking a living or, eneeen.g one,
and we seldom if ever refer to it
except in such figurative expres-
sions as a newsliapea' man's "nose
for news," or he "smells a rat,"
Our tails are almost gone, and
we miss them so little that many of
us do not ]snow that we ever had
diem, All that remains of thein
now is four or five joints, which are
detached anti movable at birth, and
]rich do not fuse into a, angle bone
til We ,are about 30 years of age.
sere joints would, however, even
w, make quite respectable-leok-
g tails if they were allowed to
me throiigh the skin.
Cynthia—"IIow do you like my
new bail" Margie --"I think it
charming. 7 had one just like it
last year."
BONNIE SCOTLAND
NQ"l'liS OF INTEREST FROM 111:I2
RANKS AND DRABS..
Wbat is Odh„111nnds
aatl Lolrlorngands orte AIlluld
ECOon tlao,
Port Glasgow's new station will
be completed some time in May.
The Fife Electric Power Co, are
doubling their .plant at their works
at Townhill, Dunfermline.
The bridle which spans the Rede
on the Old Town Road from Otter-
burn, has given way and is danger-
ous for traffic.
Mr. Archibald Torrance, young-
est soar of the late Capt. Torrance,
Saltcoats, has been killed in an ex-
plosion at Haskell.
The oddest inhabitant of Strath-
Hadladale has just passed away in
the person of Mrs. Angus Suther-
land, in her 94th year.
An official statement just issued
shows the recruiting fortnight in
Glasgow had added 656 men to the
Territorial force.
After nearly 40 years serviee, Ro-
bert McGill, the oldest engineer in
the Union Company's service, has
resigned his post.
Foxes have apparently been re-
sponsible for depredations among
the swans in Linlithgow Loch. Sev-
eral have been found dead.
The discovery of a mysterious
work shop in the Partick district of
Glasgow has given rise to a deal of
talk. It is thought to be a. coiner's
en .
The Dundee Fae.e Library Com-
mittee have decided to accept from
Sir Thos. Dewar a black -maned lion
and dither specimene of the fauna of
British East Africa,
One of the oldest and best known
of Banffshire farmers has died in
the person of Mr. George Garden,
Bannaehil•1, near Buckie, at the age
of 82.
The time-honored custom of ring-
ing tlhe curfew, which was allowed
to fall into disuse in the burgh of
Newton -Stewart, has now been re-
introduced.
Tlhe Glasgow Medical Officer of
Health has reported that there -are
in the city hospitals and under sani-
tary supervision, at least 6,792
cases of infectious diseases.
In Edinburgh Police Court Tho-
mas Hyland pleaded guilty to hav-
ing been drunk in Grassmarket. It
was stated that out of the 365 darts
in the year he had spent 336 in pri-
eon.
In the hope of minimizing the
number of deaths of cattle in farm
fires, Mr. William Buret Aultmore,
Nethybridge, Iuvernesshire, has
patented a "binder" for cattle.
q.-
IHow a Sick. Wonsan
Caii Regain Qoaltli
READ THIS VERY CAREFULLY.
"For years I was thin and delicate.
I lost color and was easily tired; a
yellow pallor, pimples and blotches on
my face were not only mortifying to
my feelings, but because I thought my
skin would never look nice again I
grew despondent. Then my appetite
failed. I grew very weak. Various
remedies, pills, tonics, and tablets I
tried without permanent benefit. . A
visit to my sister put into my hands
a box of Dr. Hamilton's Pills. Sho
placed reliance upon them and now
that they have made me a well woman
I would not be without them whatever
they might cost. I found Dr. Hamil-
ton's Pills by their mild yet searching
action very suitable to the delicate
character of a woman's nature. They
never once griped rue, yet they estab-
lished regularity. My appetite grew
keen—my blood red and pure—heavy
rings under my eyes disappeared and
to -day nay skin is as clear and un.
wrinkled as when I was a girl. Dr.
I-Iamilton's Pills did It all,"
The above straightforward letter
from Mrs. J, Y,'Todd, wife of a well-
known miller in Rogersville, is proof
sufficient that Dr. Hamilton's Pills aro
a. wonderful woman's medicine. Use
no other pill but Dr, Hamilton's, 250.
per 'box, All dealers or The Catarrh -
ozone Co., Kingston, Ontario.
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An Excellent Excuse.
. The late Sir Robert iliall enjoyed
a joke at, all tines, even against
8'
himself. On one occasion he was
to lecture in a remote part of Ira -
land, and on his arrival at the sta.
tion, looked in 'Vain for the ex.
peeted conveyance,
Wllen all the other passengers
had dispersed, a tnnically Irish ser-
want came up to him with, "Maybe
you're Sir Robert Bali 1"
On receiving an affirmative reply,
the man broke out apologetically,
"Oh, sure, ,your honor, I am sorry
I have kept you waiting, but 7 was
told to look out for an intellectual -
looking genticman."
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MOST PERFECT MADE
THE 'INCREASED NUTRITI-
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IN THE HOME WITH ROYAL
YEAST CAKES SHOULD BE
SUFFICIENT INCENTIVE TO
THE CAREFUL HOUSEWIFE
TO GIVE THIS IMPORTANT
FOOD ITEM THE ATTENTION
TO WHICH IT 16 JUSTLY EN-
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HOME BREAD'BAKING RE-
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LIVING BY LESSENING THE
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WINNIPEG MONTREAL J,
Comment on Events
Getting at the Heart.
It is a great gift to be able to sift the
wheat from the chaffand it was a habit
of mind with Goldwin Smith always to
let the mud settle. He wanted to see
Clear to the heart of a question after all
the irrelevancies had blown away. and
Ms was an lntdlloct which could pierce
through clouds of rhetoric and seize up-
on the one little central bit of fact or
theory over which rival writers or talk-
ers were beating the air. Says 5tr. Ar-
nold Haultaln In his book on Goldwfn
Smith:
Numberless instances spring to my_
mind of this Ills faculty of seeing
through layers upon layers of misty ar-
gument and laying hold of the one small
solid fact beneath. Thus when the
whole economic world was looking on
and wondering whether New Zealand
had really solved the problem of strikes
by the institution of arbitration courts
which should ax the rates of wages, he
quietly asked: "Can any Court force an
employer to pay what he can't afford to
pay, or force an employee to accept a
wage lower than he can obtain else-
where?" So with the whole duestlon of
paper money and the right and"•ability
of the state to manufacture dollar bills
ad libitum which once so agitated the
western continent of America. People
do not See," he said, that a dollar bill
is not money. It Is a mere promise to
Pay. When it changes hands credit
passes at the bank of issue from tho giv-
er to the receiver." So with the whole
question of Socialism. "Socialists,"
over and over again he has said to me,
"tell us that 'the state' should be the
sole owner, manufacturer, landlord and
what -not. What 1a the state'? Is It
not the people themselves? The state
Is not a person who can put his hand in
his pocket and make everybody rich."
it is well perhaps now and again to
recall these 'small solid facts beneath"
the surface of life. The World still goes
on the same old way, establishing the-
ories and mistaking them for practice.
Wheat Harvests of the World,
January—Chili, Australia, and New
Zealand, and is the finishing up of har-
vest In Argentine.
February and March—Upper Dgyst
and Southern India.
April—India, Asia Minor, Lower
Egypt, and Mexico,
May—Northern Africa (excepting
Egypt), Central Asia, and Japan. May
also ushers in the harvest for the
United States, in Texas.
June—Southern Russia, Austria-
Hungary, Roumania, Bulgaria, Ger-
many, France, Southern England, and
Eastern Canada. In the United States
the harvest has worked northward, and
1s now general In the Central and. Nov
England States, and in Nebraska and
Iowa. The Paelaq States, Oregon and
Washington, are harvesting, and even
South Dakota is at work. July Is the
greatest harvest month of the year.
August—Belgium, Holland, Poland,
Denmark, and Great Britain. In the
United States, the North-West, West-
ern Canada, also is cutting.
September and October—Northern
Russia, Norway, Sweden, Scotland,
Western Canada.
November—Peru, South Africa. In
fact, this month is the beginning of the
wheat harvest in the southern hemi-
sphere. Argentina does a little in this
month.
December—Argentina. This country
finishes In .TanuarY..
By the distribution of Ole seasons Na-
ture preserves a• balance .and prevents
the entire harvest from corning on the
market at 0110 tiine, •
Something' to Apprehend.
The aged Emperor Francis Josef of
Austria-drrungary, eighty-four years
old, may expire at any time, Fust race
Is nearly run; What will happen to
his conglomerate empire when he passes
away has long been an anxious query
in the chancelleries of Europe, For the
comdotion has always been held that
the unity of the ]Empire hung on the
Emperor's life and that when he should
die it would fly apart. German and
Magyar, Hungarian, Slav, Croat, Pole,
Italian and other races make up a pop-
ulation more curiously mixed than any
outer in. Europe, and no two that are
not racially antagonistic, Emperor
Francis Josef has been reported 111, and
the cable may at any moment flash the
news of .his death: When that event oc-
curs liurope will have something to ap.
prehend.
Lfttst Sive Up To Standard,
Henry Ford's foreign -born employees
are hiding out tttat when the Detroit
motorcar king practically doubled their
wages by his profit-eharing plan he diel
hot intend that 1111 the extra money
should go Oslo the saving banks, Many
of these people Itr.their native lands ex-
isted in SrMand hovels, bare, dirty and
Unwholesome. 11.ir. Forts has served ne-
tice upon than that they must clean up
their homes and lire cleanly, decently
and comfortably. 'Chore must bo no
more crowding their abodes with 'Ward-
ers of their own nationalities; -110 Moro
bathtubs used as duck ponds. American
wagesmust moan American standards
of 1liing.
11-11S 1S 1 1VESi .' ENT
1rAS PAID 7% PER ANNUM
half yearly autos the Socurfties of 'this Corporation were
placid o1 the, market 10 years ago. Business established
22 years. Investment may bit withdrawn lis apart or .whole
any time after one year, 145Oa. ns a, mortgage. Full Isar-.
Uuptarsand booklet gladly furnished on request.
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THIN MEN LIVE THE LONGEST
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES
LI1(11 '1`111131 111151'.
C0i'pera tious :slake One Lazy, 11o•
toad, and li Poor 1nsnl'antet
ilislr.
Beware of the big, hearty, hale
and robust mall, .say the life innur-
alllee agents, The 'thin man of 35 or
more, who doesn't lcscic as !hough
his physical machinery would last
a year, is the pride and joy at every
regular actuary in the life insur-
ance field.
This situation has developed as
the result of the "cost of high liv-
ing" that has beooane so popular in
recent years -among those successful
in the hastiness field.
Ab sessions of the Medical Direc-
tors' Aeso•eiatiou and the Actuarial:.
Society, of America, it was founol
that the mortuary tables showed a
steady rise in large, heavy men of
45 pears or over, while the average
expectation of life, elle teeth -sisal'
phrase which covers the law of aver-
ages in deaths, is really higher.
Death Rate Is LOSS.
"The death rate is less to -day
because of sanitary conditions," de-
clared an actuary. "Much of this
is due to the tremendous fight
which has •been made a-mainrt tuber-
culosis. Infectious diseases are also
being successfully fought by the
physicians.
"But the deaths of men over 45
years of age has increased. At that
period of life men have outgrown
most of the marks heredity has left
on them. Dcatlh,s are usually due
to heart disease, Bright's disease,
apoplexy, cancer and diseases of
the arteries. The mortality from
cancer alone is 30 per cent.
"Diseases of childhood leave their
effects, also. Scarlet fever, for in-
stance, may be the cause of kidney
disease in men who are 45 years of
age or odder. The United States
reports show that mere alcohol is
consumed in this country than ever
before, and deaths from alcoholism
have increased according to our
tables, one investigation bearing '
out the results of the other,
Eat Richer Food.
"The standard of living appe,aas
to be responsible for the increase in
deivbhs of men over 45. People east
more food and riches- food than
they should. The plain fare of our
fathers dos not satisfy the men of
to -day.
"Another cause of increased
deaths—and this may astonish many
is the growth of corporations.
The corporation has taken away tam
initiative of the individual. They
have taken the zest out of life. They
have reduced the amount of work ,
that many men would perform 'if
they were in business for them-
selves. Result—men grow lazy and;
fat.
"The heavy man is distinctly far
bad favor. We have found that
they as'e not isf the best class of
risks. We had a man in the office
the other day; but 41 years okl,
yet we had to insure him as though
he were 56 years old. He isin a
new classification. So are all other
heavy men. '
"Ams age continues large men
usually grow fatter, 'Thin lien. re-
main the same or increase but little`
in weight. They are not so subject
to pneumonia•. They really have it
all over the big man, and make the
best risk. And the tables of deaths,.
prepared after many years and from
many hundred thousand cases, bear
this out."
5.
THOUGHTS FOIL THE DAV.
Nobhi•ng is aehieyed before it is
thoroughly attempted.—Sir Philip
Sidney.
A tvoman
without a laugh in,her
is the greatest bore in existence.--.
Th acskeaay.
Blessed is he who has found his
work ; let hint ask no other blessed-
nes.—Carlyle.
Better far you should forget and
smile than (hitt you should remem-
ber and be sad.—Christina Rossetti,
Beauty does not consist merely in
the shape or coloring of the face.
Bea.11ty is expression.—jean Fradl-
coie M.1,11et.
So long as we, love weserve; so
long as we are loved by • Viers I.
would Say that we are rntlispense.-
ble.—R.' L. Stevenson.
We dote upon this world as if it
were never to end; and we neglect•
the next as if it were n,evet' to have
a beginning—Femeiop, •
Preju•cl lees are most _difficult tel
eradicate from the heart whose soil
has nevem been loosened or ferti-
lized by ud,ucati•on. They grow there•
firm as weeds among stones.---(:lrar-
lotte Baronte.
As chips nl.cct at sea, a moment
together, when words of greeting
must he spoken, and then away
into the creep, so ileal meet in tlils
world; and I think we eltciulcl :cross
rro Inan's path without hailing him,.
afuil if he ee.ede,'giving him supplies..
—Henry Ward Beecher
A new ilttt is to a women what a
new sing is to a mane seexeithing tar
talk. about.