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The Wingham Advance, 1906-06-21, Page 3tered it. An ordinary table knife which ' had lain open five mouth* did not show the slightest stain. Prof, Brunn as• cots that he will be able to make roads dust, germ and waterproof, thus giving a commercial value to hundreds of mil - loins of tons of slag which is now utie- less in the mining and smelting districts. His discovery will at the very least, be says, double the life of metals exposed to the air, such, as in bridges, railroads, vessels and tanks. y++++++++++++++++++++++++++$*+++++++++++++++++++ -++-+++•4 Read Signacs of Nature Observers Always Find Warning Where a Danger Exists +++•++'+++++•+++++•+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ An experienced farmer on the lookout for a farm shies at the eight of a fallow oovetsrd with the reddish spikes of the sorrel. He knows at once that the soil le poor and thin, and will cost more than the crops will ever be worth ie fertilizers of various, kinds. Weeds toll him a whole story at a single glance. If the leaves of the colts. foot rear their heavy heads lie at once suspects tho presence of thick, sticky, blue clay, hard to drain and cultivate. Saadwort and thyme proclaim a hun- gry, sandy soil; myrtle, the heaths and tormentilla tell of peaty land valuable only for summer grazing; sheep's sorrel speaks of iron, the valerian and ranuncu- lus of marsh, while veronica, silene, the hybrid poppy and other similar plants are sure signals of chalk and flint below the surface. For those who have eyes to see them kindly Nature hangs out signals of all kinds. She only asks that Hien will use their eyes. If they can, and do so, she will never betray them, She ]las both geed and bad signs which aro as plain in their way as red or green lights to a railway engine driver. For instance, what is called the low country of the northern Transvaal is partly healthy, partly feverish. In one spot you may camp in safety for a month, in another not a mite away the dreaded fever will seize you in a single night. Yet to uneducated eyes there seems lit- tle or no difference in the outward aspect of the two places. But your old prospec- tor is never caught camping on fever ground. He knows the fever tree too well. The fever tree is an old and sin- ister -looking pieve of vegetation with twisted greenish trunk, and.branehes, and grows only in those spots where fever mist hangs at nightfall. So, too, in Florida, when a hunter is traversing the immense swamps—"ham- mocks," as they are called—which cover huge tracts in the southern part of that state, he searches for a spot where pine trees rear their tall heads among the cypresses and gums. There he can camp and sleep In safety, though to spend a night but a few hundred yards away from the pines might mean a bonerack- •ing dose of ague. Many an Australian explorer has been saved from a horrible death by thirst be- cause he has known the water mallee. This tree, though it may stand in the midst of a burning desert, invariably tells of water below the surface. If the traveller be not too far gone to dig, he will find the precious fluid below the malice roots, The old shepheld crossing Dartmoor or ono of the Scottish moors travels with dry feet, while the stranger is perfectly certain to tumble knee, perhaps waist, deep in a horrible black compound of mud and water. The shepherd avoids the bogs, because he has learned to read na- ture's danger signal. He does not walk on places where the sphagnum covers• the surface, and so avoids the pitfalls hid- den beneath its pale green fronds. Most of us know something of weather signs, those warnings which are hung out for all to read in ,the sky, and yet how many never notice them at nil, so that when there conies a really great convus- s)on of nature they are caught unpre- pared. That awful cycline which overwhelmed the great seaport of Galveston three years ago; drowning thousands of people, was heralded by an immense ground swell, which was seen forty-eight hours before the tempest broke. The Mississippi storm of 1784, which io generally supposed to have been the worst gale that has ever been recorded, and the result of whieli eyes to wipe out nearly twenty settlements, flood 10,000 square miles of land and permanently change the course of tho great river, was preceded by a strange and at the time in- explicable moaning sound, which went on for three days, and seemed to come from the upper air, although below all was still. The Indians heard it and left for the high ground; the whites heard it, stayed where they were and were drowned. In the winter British Columbia and all the western slopes of the Rockies aro at times visited by a strong easterly wind, which, blowing off the warm sur- face of the Japan current, will rapidly melt the mountain snows, causing sud- den disastrous floods. But no inhabitant of the slopes is ever caught unawares, because for many hours before the waren gala there ap- pear over the heads of the mountains long lines and bands of the so-called "Chinook" clouds. These are a certain sign of the hot winds and are never known to fail. Desert dwellers are never surprised by a "khamisn," or dust storm, unless it comes too quickly to be avoided. Before such a visitation the horizon changes col- or and according to the color, which var- ies from dull yellow to deep red, so will be the strength and fury of the storm. As strange a danger signal as may be found on the surface of this planet is the so-called "Quesbrada Encantada," the en. chanted ravine of the Uloa valley, in Honduras, of which an account written by George Byron Gordon, who visited the place,is to be found in the memoirs of the Peabody museum. When rain is approaching there conies from this ravine a melodious whistling bound, which varies in intensity ac- cording as t6 whether the coming storm will be heavy or light. Before one of the terrine tropical thunderstorms which at times devastate that part of the world the sound is a deep organ note, which is heard many miles away in every direc- tion. Even earthquakes and volcanic erup. tions, moat terrible of all nature's visi- tations, do not comp without warning, Sir Norman Lockyer has said that the most disaatrou* volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur like the rain pulses of India, at tho dates of the sun spot maxima and minima, At the minimum in 1887 Mauna Loa„ Vesuvius, South America and Formosa were involved. At the maximum in 1872 Martinique and St. Vincent. In 1883 camp the frightful ex- plosion of Krakatoa and, to give a recent Instance, the Martinquo eruption eamo at a maximum of solar disturbance. Also just before an earthquake there are other aid plainer warning signs. Just before the catastrophe at St. Pierre came news that the Martinquo cable was broketth. This sort of thing has happen- ed more than once before similar vlsi- tatione. On the western coasts 61 South AM - erica., where earth tremors are constant, severe shocks are usually heralded by iisturbanoss of the sea. Such heavy quakes also almost invariably happen at high tide. In 1 await, another vol- canic centre, certain springb atop flow• kVA before an outburst. 7a► the eratelr 01 Mauna Loa the lava always rises stead• ily for some weeks before an eruption. Indeed, it may truly be said that to those who have eyes to see nature in- variably gives due warning before a coming catastrophe of any kind what- soever.----Pearson's Weekly. COMMONS IN A DUMB SHOW. Quaint Procedure Attends Election of Speaker ofHouse. A gond many people are under the im- preseioi, that the first business of the house is to hear the king's speech. But as a matter of fact there can bo no king's spech till the House of Commons is constituted and that can not bo con- stituted until the members havo been sworn in and the speaker has been elect- ed. Agaiu, it is a mistake to suppose that the members are sworn in before the election of the speaker; as a mato tor of fact the speaker will be first elect- ed and then the swearing in will com- mence. It is a curious sight the election of the speaker. For the moment you will well imagine that you were suddenly transferred to a city of the dead. The chair is of course empty and that in itself gives a certain spectral air to the house. Then nobody has a right to speak until the signal is given. The person to give the signal is the chief clerk for the house— at this moment Sir Coutt- u_ey Ilbert. But Sir Courtney- Ilbert, though he is for the moment the leading officer of the ]house and though it is he who has to give the signal, would violate every tra- dition if his lips were seen to even mur- mur a name. It has all been arranged beforehand, of course, and everybody therefore knows who it is who will pro- pose the new speaker. But when that member stands up all the clerk can do is to stretch out his hand solemnly and point silently to this figure which at- tracts his eye. When the member rises who has to se- cond the nomination it is the clerk again but again it is done in dumb show and the clerk again simply stretches out his the clerk again simply stretches out bis hand, keeping his lips sealed, It is only when the speaker has been nominated and when the vote, if any has been giv en that the house recovers its powers of speech. The transformation scene comes almost immediately. The speaker to bo has come into the house dressed like an or- dinary individual in simple black frock coat, with the ordinary pair of parti- colored tweed trousers which legislators affect. He is still in this attire when he is taken by his two sponsors and led to the chair. Then he disappears and re- turns soon after in what may be called. undressed uniform. He has a small wig instead of the full-bottomed wig of his full uniform, he wears the short swallow tailed coat, but not the flowing robe which will by and by surround hiin. All these changes havo to be postponed un- til such time as the sovereign has signi- fied his approval of the choice of the commons. It will take some days before the house is constituted after this, for mem- bers have to take the• oath and sign the book on the speaker's table. And after he has taken the oath and signed the book every legislator is supposed to approach the speaker and shake him cor- dially by the hand. It is the ancient wel- come carried on through all the long cen- turies during which the House of Com - mous has existed. .s.s BABY ALWAYS WELL. "I have nothing but good words to say for Baby's Own Tablets," says Mrs. A. Dupuis, of Comber, Ont., and she adds: "Since I began using the Tablets my +little bay has not had an hour of sickness, and now at the age of eight months he weighs twenteathree pounds. I feel safe now with Baby's Own Tablets in the house, for I know that 1 have a medicine that will promtptly cure all the minor ills from which 'babies suffer. 1 would advise all mothers and nurses to use Baby's Own Tablets for their little ones." These are strong words, but thou- sands of other mothers speak just as strongly in favor of this inedicine. Sold by all medicine dealers or by mail. at 25 cents a .box by addressing the Dr. Wil- liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Co. DISCOVERY DEFIES TIME. Liquid Chemical Compound Will Double the Life of Metals. . The Hungarian chemist, Brunn, says he has discoveed a liquid chemical com- pound which renders certain kinds of matter proof against the effects of time. He asserts that it doubles the density - of nearly every kind of stone, and ren- ders it waterproof, reports the Brook- lyn Eagle. It imparts to all metals qual- ities which defy oxygen and rust. It is also a germicide of hitherto unequalled powers. The profesor says that while travelling in Greece some 25 years ago he noticed that the mortar in stones of ruins which were known to be over 2,000 years old was as hard, fresh and tena- cious as if it had been made only a year, He secured a piece of the mortar, and has been working on it ever since until now, when, he says, he has discovered the secret. The compound is a yellow liquid, which the professor has christen- ed zorene. He describes the following experiments: A piece of ordinary and easily breakable slag, after. immersion in zorene, defied the full blow of a hammer. There was the same effect on ordinary bricks and a block of red jarrah wood. All three were then immersed in water for a long time. When taken out and weighed with delicate scales the pres- ence of a single particle of added mois- ture could not be detected. Two pieces of steel submitted to an anmtonia test equal to five years' -exposure to the air emerged from the bath as they en - WIIAT WOMEN SUFFER. At A11 Ages They Need the Blot, Red Blood That Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Actually Make. A women needs medicine more than a man. Iter organism is more complex, her more system y 1 delica te. Her health is disturbed regularly in the course of nature, if anything happens to intertere with that natural course she goes through unspeakable suffering. In fact, the health of every function and the health of every moment in a womants life depend upon the richness and regularity of her bleed supply. That ds the sample scientific reason •why Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are worth their weight in gold to women of all ages from early girlhood up—they actually make the rich, red blood all women need. Mrs. Edwin Ward, Brooked:ale,' Ont., says: "For years I suffered from those ailments that snake the dives of so many of my sex miserable. I would take weak spells andbecome so nervous that 1 could not go about. My stomach was out of order, and I frequently vomited the food I took. Headaches and back- aches afflicted me nearly all the 'time. Then. I took a severe cold which'settled on my lungs, and I •wenit to an hospital for treatment. I had the best of caro, but the doctors gave me little hope of • recovery. My face and limbs imcsene swollen and any system racked with a harsh, dry cough. As the doctors did not look hopefully upon ally case 1 decid- ed to try Dr, Williams' Pink Pills. By the time I had taken half a dozen boxes there was a great change for the better. I skill continued to take the pills until 1 hud used thirteen boxes, and I am now enjoying perfect health. I Glave no hesi- tation in saying that I believe Dr. Wile liauis° Pink Pills saved my life.'; Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cured Mrs. Ward .by actually making the new blood her system needed. That is all Dr. Williams' Pink Pills do, but they do it well. They don't act on the bowels. They don't bother with mere symptoms. They go straight to tits coot of the trouble in the blood. That is why they cure all blood and nerve trou- bles like anaemia, female irregularities, indigestion, rheumatism; headaches, and backaches, sciatica, nervous prostration and St. Vitus' donee. Substitutes and iimtations won't cure, purging medicines only make you worse, therefore you .must get the genuine .pills with the full shame, "Dr. Williams' Pink flats fon Pale People," . on the wrapper around every box. Sold by all medi- cine dealers or by mall at 60 cents a box or six ,boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co,. Brockville, Ont. .......+44.4...+4,4444.+4+4, -4,-,..-s+.4. 'cows, and the door to guarded by a pair of ant*. I (/here the'',there are other ants which keep apt - dere to spin for them Theo which are Feathers Go , . (Toronto Star.) Small profits and quick returns are the order in the sale of feathers, and chicken -killers find a most remunera' tive market for them in Toronto. "A solitary turkey carried some six or seven dilfeeent grades of feathers," said Mr. M. 1'. Mallon, of 33 Jarvis street, to the Star, "and ds by far the anost accommodating bird in the mar- ket. The feathers of other birds sell according to texture. "The goose! feathers, owing to their particular softness and availability for g the finest quality of bed -stuffing, fetch as much a 60 cents a pound, and as much as 60 cents when they are mixed with tturkey or chicken feathers. Duck featliere sell at about 35 cents a pound. "Goose and ducks' feathers are the most sought after by bed -makers, as in combination they make the best second grade stuffing. They are mi- nus all aroma, and aro fit for use after a little elementary cleansing. They never pack or corrode when they are put up in bulk. "The next best combination is goose and turkey feathers. The strong; dis- advantage of turkey feathers is that no matter to what chemical cleaning ,process they are subjected a certain smelt about them can never be en- - tirely eliminated. But for downiness the turkey has few superiors, Of course the finest feathers that are swan's, for beds are hbough these have yet to become within the range of the ordinary mane' pocket, and have shown no signs so far of becoming a drug on the market. "Owing to the enormous quantities of chicken feathers we get they are the cheapest article in the market. Gener- ally they run at 5 and 10 cents a pound. They are packed up in bales or sacks, and so shipped. During the busy killing season, between September, when poul- try keepers are getting rid of their sur- plus stocks ready for winter, and relling for the Christmas market, we dispose of from 200 to 300 a day, as wet las tur- keys, geese and ducks . It will be thus seen that the feathers accumulate at an alarming, rate, and at the end of the killing time we could easily fill a large roam with them. "'There is one grade of feathers that we have not yet found purchasers for, and that is the tails and wings. Orig- inally they were taken by a firm in Monbreal, but they seem to have dropped out of business. I think they were made up into dusters, though they may have been arranged for la- dles' bonnets, when they had been suitably dyed. "There seems to be plenty of room for such an industry- here in Toronto, as, according to advices from the States, they have no difficulty there in fixing up the smaller feathers into imitation wings of rarer birds, and judging from the price they sell at, to people who are not well acquainted with the class of feather they are .purchasing, there are big profits in it also. The tails go at 40 cents a pound. "How r ny chickens will it take to make a pound of feathers?" Mr. Mal- lon was asked. "Taking birds of a 'normal size, the average is five to the pound, so the ' ordinary chicken doesn't have much extra weight to carry around with it." TO MARK SCISSORS. Inexpensive Way of Identifying Them, Permanently, as Your Own. SHOULD BE SUPPRESSED. The porter or janitor who sweeps re- fuse into the street. The teamster who drives through the streets with dirt sifting through cracks in his wagon or falling from the running gear, where it was left after dumping. The smoker who throws signs or cigar- ette stubs, cigarete boxes, tobacco sacks or burned matches to the pavement. The man who mows his lawn and throws the grass into the street or alley. The woman who is neat and tidy at home, but who drops theatre programmes, candy boxes and equally offensive things on the street. The man who reads a letter, tears it up and throws the pieces on the pave- ment. The fruit vendor who throws tissue paper wrappers, banana stems and refuse into the gutter in front of his stand. The ice cream merchant who places freezers on the curb and lets briny water run into the gutter, leaving a sediment of salt. The conduit digger who never pre- tends to clean the street after tearing up the pavement. The store clerk who does his •sweeping out after the streets have been cleaned. The man who repairs buildings and throws the refuse in the street. Drivers of meat wagons who litter the streets with brown paper. The man who gathers garbage from residences and restaurants and scatters it about. The billboards, which are constantly discarding slabs of old posters. The foregoing are some of the enemies of a clean Kansas City. If the ordin- ances were enforced the people who do the thing& mentioned would be subject to arrest and fine. Until these practices are stopped clean streets will be impos- sible.—Kansas City Times. THE COLORS OF SYRIA. The crowning glory of a Syrian landscape is its brilliant coloring. Be- fore I left America, it seemed to me that the vivid tints of Tissot's pictures must be exaggerated, but they fall short of the reality. Of course, no artist can hope to reproduce the mar- velous warmth and depth of the colors in an Eastern landscape, or to imitate the vague soft hues that are so char- aeeristic of the Syrian atmosphere; but it would bo almost as impossible for hiin to find tints that were over - bright or to arrange them in an order too daring to be matched by the Syrian sun. - The very nights are full of color. Tho moonlight is so brilliant that it is easy to read a guide book; and, even on a moonless night, and in the wilderness, far from any city's glare, the starlight has been so bright that I could see the second hand of my watch and could find quite a distinct shadow east by Jupiter. A moonlit scene at home gives only the impres- sion of light spots and dark spots; everything is black or white or gray; but here in Syria the moonlight shows all the colors of the rainbow. The green of the trees and grain,` the red kilt the tile roofs, the blue of eel and sky, and the white of the distant mountains are softer and more deli- eate, but hardly less distinct, ono from the other, than in the sunlight. 13ut the sunset colors are the boat of all, especially where the mountains Dome close to•the sea, I hesitate to eompare Beirut with Naples; yet we havo as clear skies here, the sweep of the bay is much the same, and, hi stead of smoky Vesuvius, there le the splendid range of Lebanon, culminat- ing in Jebel f unpin, almost twice as high as the Italian mountain, and for half the year crowned with dazxiing snow -Lewis Gaston Leary in the World To -dap. 'rime ages the whiskey, and whiskey ages/ the man. L..,..w.1L11.ui1�ini um,uninwml found in New Zealand, make 'their nests of leaves and flowers spun together. They cannot apin the zee -emery threads themselves, so they keep spiders, which. lin some way they compel to do the work Ifor them, Another species of ant whieli requires spinning uses its own young for the purpose. For, strange to say, the :oldie have jrsilken thread whiche is yrnet possessed of r�by the adults, Taking a pupa n its mouth 'the ant will attach the thread to the re• quired place, then carry its Jiving shut- tle to the next point, and fix it there land so on, until the requisite drawing i together of leaves and branches is ee- icomplished. I The case of a blind beetle found in the nests of eertai,i ants is peculiar, as it is not obvious that it is of any use to them. Nevertheless, the ants seen to be verymuoh at h o. tache to the beetles, and t n , if the nest is disturbed it is said that they will carry them off before their own young. Is it possible that the beetles are kept as pets, as dogs are by men?—London Globe. In an office where nearly all of sev- eral clerics employed makes such con- stant use of scissors that each one has bis own particular pair, the question of ownership is naturally often in dispute. Sometimes the -scissors are identified by a piece of colored string tied around one of the handles and sometimes by a nick, or by being of a different make from any of the others. The other day a new clerk, who had just got a new pair, was seen to open the blades and write his initials in ink on the inside of each, close up to the point. "That marking won't last as long as it takes you to do It," said another clerk who observed him. "That's all you know about it," re- plied the marker. After I get these initials on, which you see I am doing very carefully, I am going to let them dry, and when they have I'in going to go over theta with more ink. There is acid in the ink, and when the blade is clean and free from grease it etches the steel so that a permanent mark is left. When you clean off the superflu- ous ink you can see the marks quite plainly. When the blade gets dirty the marks become dim, but when you polish it they come up again and you cannot get them off without grinding or de- stroying the surface. You want to use a fine pen and make the marks thin. Sulphuric acid would do better than ink, but It's harder to see while you're doing It, and, besides, good ink is plenty good enough:' "DOMESTICS" OF ANTS. "We'll set three to school to an ant," And there have been many distinguished (students at this teademy. One of these, 'Father Wessman, has recently given to the, world the result of his studies, under Tithe title of Comparative Studies in the Psychology of Ants -and of Higher Ani- mals. Weissman has made a special study of the remarkable relations which exist between ants and their "domestic 'animals." And, indeed, there is nothing more curious about these strange insects than their habit of keeping other animals for their use. Of these so-called domes- tic animals the authority enumerates 1; 248 species! 1 On one point the above two distin- guished graduates of the school of the ant differ fundamentally. Wessman, as la result of his observations, concludes 'that ants are destitute of even the rudi- ments of intelligence, defining intelli- encs as "the power of acting with de- liberation and self-consciousness, of in- venting new meane for attaining various purposes, and thus making progress in civilization." Lord Avebury, on the other land, finds it "difficult altogether to deny to them the gift of reason," and conoludos that their mental powers dif- fer from those of men not so anuch in kind as in degree. The "domestic animals" kept by cer- tain species of ants have been studied by many observers. It was Iluber who first +wrote of ant keeping end milking "eonis"---theao cows being species• of Aphides front which they get a sweet liquid. One of the most interesting of these ams -keeping ants it one which nifty be said to build byres for its herds. This epecies Is found in Australia, arid, its cows are a species of aphis which feeds on the young ahoets of the eucalyptus. lAs the aphides sit an the branches the t ants build over hem little, donned lamed tures of bits of balk and gram. Reach little, *re eatable front three to ten CRADLES OF MANY LANDS. In Guiana Infants Are Buried in Sand Up to the Waist. When a baby is born in Guinea ail sorts of funny things happen to it, Its mother buries it in the sand ur, to its waist so that it can not get into mis- chief and this is the only cradle it knows anything about. The little Lapp infant is cradled in a shoe—his moter'sh. This is a big affair covered with skin and etuffee with soft anoss. This can be Bung on a tree and covered up with snow while mamma goes to church or any place where babies are not invited. The baby of India rides in a basket which hangs from its motheh's head, or from her hips, or in a hammock. in some parts the baby';, nose is adorned with a nosering and in others its face is wraped. in a veil like its mother's. The Chinese baby is tied to the back of an older child. Tho Mongolian infants travel about in bags slung ,a is camel's back, In some countries the mothers Iny their babies where a stream of water falls on their Beads. This is to make them tough, -which it does, unless the babies die as a result of this treatment. Another rnother covers her baby's head with paste, while the Tartar baby is covered with butter. The Turkish baby is salted—perhaps to keep it sweet—while the worst fate of all falls to the lot of the newly -born children in Bulgaria. Their mothers put a hot omelette on the little ones' heads to make them solid and protect thein from sunstroke. The Bulgarian baby does not like it any better than . you would. He makes a great howl about it. but it is not a bit of use. His mother thinks she knows better about some things than he does, so he has to submit, which he does with a very bad grace in. deed. TWENTIETH CENTURY MUSINGS. The sails of economy bhould be trim- med to suit every wind that blows; then, whether the fair breezes of prosperity or the gales of adversity surround thee, thy bark will ride with ease. Each day gather up the loose threads of thy life, that if thou die without warning the ends may not ravel. When the clerical shepherd slips on the path of rectitude the sheep bleat and the wolves howl. Although the world is full of love it is so precious that money cannot pur- chase it nor begging obtain it. Refrain from parading thy virtues lest thy neighbor parade thy faults. Grossness, However bedecked, is gross- ness still. When a man goes to sleep under an apple tree trusting that apples may fall into his anouth it is an evidence of faith that makes industry marvel. Earn thy loaf honestly by day, that thy conscience may sleep at night. The field of knowledge covers the uni- verse, and the grass is always long for thouse who would browse therein. If thou wilt record the acts -of each day there will be at least one from width, thou wilt desire to clip the rough edge. The life song of many is riches, of others pleasure, power or learning, but the truest notes ever sounded are the grand chords of justice. Be direct. If asked the way to Rome do not point to the moon. If thou prepare for a storm in dry woather it will save thee much discom- fort and 'thou nayest also •enjoy the storm. Solitary indeed is lie who has no ono to think about but himself. To predict the future consult the pres- ent.—Clay Burbridge. Weed Out Unworthy Charities. There are in every large city worthy charities in which the expense for office maintenance and for "red tape" gener- ally are kept as small as possible, and in which the major part of every dollar re- ceived goes directly to relieve pressing need or secure work for those out tad employment. But even the best of these agencies fall under suspicion because the appeals made for spurious charities sound so like those for the genuine. The best thing possible for the useful organized charities would be the weeding out and branding of all these spuriors ar aniza- tions.—Brooklyn Eagle. HOW DOES A MOSQUITO BITE YOU? She Carries a Set of Lancets, and Her "Bite" is in Reality a Surgical Operation. Perhaps up to this time you have been couteut to be bitten by Miss Mosquito --for only the female mosquito bites—and havo never taken the trouble to find out how she does it, Sketch No. I will show you how the mosquito's head looks when greatly magnified. A to E are four sbarp lancets. Upon settling on your skin, Mise Mosquito brings these lancets into one close bunch and presses their united points through your akin, Then she pulls out the lancets, puts he herproboseie,or trunk (D), and sucks up the blood. Nut content with that, elle inserts a drop of an irritating fluid, and it le this that cause- the keen avert- ing ane, itch- Moe tch-iu '. ecu see, thotefer°, that every mug aito bite :s in reality a small cut, and that into every cue drop of irsatating oisonattsflakd is injected. Hero is just whore the value of Zani. Buk is easily ,Aj'�/; demonstrated, t • Zara-Buk is not only a healing balm, which soothes, 1 doses up and D Beals euta wounds, etc., Mosquito's head highlg in marvel- lously short time ; but it is also an anti- septic. What harm may poison in a wound not do? It is well known that mosquitos spread fever by injecting their poison ! 'Lam-Buk is good for insect stings, but it is gond in a far wider sense. It prevente harm arising from poison in any wound, not ouly in the bites or stings of insects. After a long series of experiments, testing the effects of Zam-Bak on harmful and poisonous bacteria and disease germs, Mr. V.Lascelles-Scott, the noted analyst, re- ported that "the antiseptic and baotorieidal powers of Zam-Buk exceed those of the caustio carbolic acid of commerce." Think what that means! Everybody knows that crude carbolic acid will kill every disease - germ with which it is brought in contact. But nobody would dream of putting this powerful irritant on to a wound or sore. Yet Zam-Buk has more power to kill germs than this highly caustic substance, and still it can be applied to wounds, ulcers, bites, stings and skin diseases, and injuries of all kinds. When so applied it soothes the pain, while its antiseptic powers 'aro in full oper- ation. It stimulates the cells immediately under the epidermis and builds up new; Healthy skin. It combines germ -killing power of the highest order with soothing and healing. While being one of the most powerful antiseptics yet discovered, it is so mild and so soothing that the skin of a newly born babe is benefited by its application. " My baby had a rash on the skin some - MAKING LOVE IN LAPLAND. Primitive Methods of Courtship Gener- ally Result in Happy Unions. As soon as a Lapp female child is born and has been duly rolled in the snow— a ceremony which seems to take the place of baptism—she is dowered by her father with a certain number of reindeer, which are branded with her initials and kept apart as her special property. In proportion as they increase and multiply does Her chance of making j a good match improve. When an aspir- ant to her hand discoveres that he has •lost his Heart he goes in search of a faithful friend and a bottle of brandy. • The friend enters the tent of tho bride's father and opens simultaneously the bottle and his business. The lover mean- while stays outside busying himself with hewploying wood or some like menial em - If, after the brandy and the proposal have been thoroughly discussed the elo- THE SKUNK. He's a beauty. He Has the right of way. Ile should change his name. He has a magnificent coat. A snow-white stripe parts over this back. Save for than white stripe ho is jet black, He is eatable if the scent -glands be quickly removed. He flourishes all the way from Ilud- son's Iiay to Guatemala. He's a foot and a half in length, count- ing his tail. IIo grows largest and whitest from Texas to Patagonia. New Blood in Oklahoma. An Oklahoma historian raises the question whether seen of the European races saw that country before John Smith landed at elamesstown. Doubtless they did not, since De Soto did not go so far west and Coronado hardly so far east. Bat the white matt has been mak- big up for lost time by getting into that garden patch of America with both feet and to the number of nearly 1,000,000 in the last sixteen years. And he is there to inorense and multiply.—St. Louis Re- public. A fellow annot e p his ways Siaseonset, Mass., June 4.—The steam- er Kronland, from Ani/Warp, was in wire- less communication eedth the station here when 70 miles west of Nantucket lightsiltip at 8 a. to. She will probably dock about 7.30 a, nt.. Tuesday, thing like eozerna, Writes Mrs. 3. Reeser of Aurora. It was very troublesoata Real made the child very ill. I tried all wets of ointmuits and salves, but no good same of their use. Thou Zan-Buk was brought to me and the third supply cured the little one completely." "I never saw anything heal so quickly iq my life as a deep cut on my husbaud's chin healed when we applied ,dam-Buk," says Mrs. I3. T, Parks, of Wa*hago, Ont. Airs, J. a'.Baker, of Aultsvillo, ergs: "1 think Zan-Buk just tine for skin diseasm Having once proved it, I would not be without it in the llouee," Tim ex'ahampion wrestler of America, Mr. Ilugh hasten, says of it : "Za'u-Buk heals cute and bruises as nothing oleo does that I have even met with, I had a piece of fieeh badly tore on my arm, and anticipated being unable t9 use any arm for a long time. In two days Zam-];uk closers the wound and in a few days it was covered with new skin, I shall always give Zarn-iSuk a good name." Tho Itev, W. C, Loeper, of Mellis Rectory, Suffolk, save: "For years I Buffered from piles, but 'am•Buk cured me. I havegrese coniilicnco in recommending it." And so, wherever y' u may bo, or in whatever station of life, you inquire, Zam- Buie is praiecd ay all. It ie made from vegetable essences and contains no trace of any animal fst or any mineral coloring mattes 11 le easy to apply, is always deadly, never stains or dyes, and in all ways as an ideal healer, All druggists sell it at 50 cents a box, or you may obtain it direct from the Zane-Buk Co., Colborne St., Toronto, upon n easel ,t of price. While of general service for all skin injuries and dis- eases, 'Lane-Buk is espeoially good for insect A A s A Gadfly (A), and one of his saw -like jaws (B), with which he saws through the skin to suck the blood. bites and stings, cuts, burns, bruises, eczema, pimples, ruining sores, spreading scabs, scalp diseases, poisoned wounds. festering sores, piles, ulcers, bad lege, abscesses, boils, ringworms, erysipelas, scrofula, psoriasis, barbers' rash, stiffness, rheumatism, and all injured, chafed, diseased or inflamed con- ditions of skin and tissue. To obtain a free trial box cut out this article and write across it the name and date of this paper. Then mail it to the Company at above address together with your full name and address, and a one•cent stamp to pay return postage. Your appli- cation will then receive immediate attention quence of the prototype of John Al - ted to the conclave and the young folks are permitted to rub noses. ' The bride then accepts from her suitor a present of reindeer's tongue and the espousals are considered concluded. But the mar- riage does not take place until two or three years afterward, and during the interval the prospective bridegroom is obliged to labor in the service of his intended father-in-law as diligently as did Jacob for Rachel. When the marriage day arrives a priest perforins the ceremony, should one happen to be available, but if not the young woman's papa merely strikes n spark from a flint and steel and pro- nounces the couple irrevocably man and wife. When either of them dies the flint and steel are buried with them in order that they may be able to keep warm during the long journey to the unknown shore. The marriages are generally hap- py and might be used by the advocates of the simple life as a strong argument in favor of their cause. Modern Soc- iety. WORkNG WOMI3N Their Hard Struggle Made Easier—Interesting State. ments by a Young Lady in Quebec and One in Beauport, Que All women work ; some in their homes some in church, and some in the whirl of society. And in stores, mills and shops tens of thousands are on tho never -ceasing treadmill, earning their daily bread. All are subject to the same physical laws ; all suffer alike from the same phy- sical disturbance, and the nature of their duties in many eases, quickly drifts them into the horrors of all kinds of female complaints, tumors, ulceration, falling and displacements or perhaps irregula- rity or suppression, causing backache, nervousness, irritability and lassitude, They especially require an invigorat- ing, sustaining medicine which will strengthen the female organism and enable them to hear eadly the fatigues discharge. no more pain, So I have every of the day, to sleep well at night, and reason to praise the Vegetable Compound, to rise refreshed and cheerful. and I consider it without equal for the ills of wommanen. struggling hto earno tliveliho d orsee ai per. Lydia R. rinL•ltant'b Vegetable Comte flow form her household duties when her pound is the unfailing cure for all their back and head aro aching, she is so tired troubles. It strengthens the propel she can hardly drag about or stand up, rnueeies, incl displacement with all its and every movement causes pain, the horrors will no more crush you. origin of which is dne to some derange- Backache, dizziness, fainting bearing. ment of the female ore -mane down rains, disordered stomach, moods' Mlle. Alma 1:obit:elle, of 78 rue at. Francois, Quebec, Que., tells women bots to avoid such suffering; she writes Dear Mrs. Pinkbam :-- "Overwork and long hours at the otllee. together with a neglected cold, brought on a very redone female trouble until finally I was unable to go to work. I tl,t n thought of a friend who had taken Lutist 11. I'iMk- han's Vegetable Compound when her health was in the sante gnu lit ion that urine was, and etra)ghtwee sent tett for a battle I finishedl Haat aunt took ted more before I really began to improve, Last after that any recovery was very rapid, and I was noes4 well and able to go back to work again. I certainly think your medicine for sick wo- men worthy of praise, and am indeed glad to indorse it." Miss Clara Beaubier of Beauport, Quebec, writes: Dear Mrs. Piukham :-- "For several years I have suffered with female trouble which has beer a serious dram on my vitality, sapping my strength and causing severe headaches, bearing -down parks and a general worn-out feeling, until T really had no desire to live. I tried many medicines but did not get permanert relief until I took Lydia E. I'inkhatr's Vegetable Compound. In two months I was very much better and stronger, and in four months I was well, no more disagreeable ness, ielike of friends and soder--all pyo )t{nus of the ono cause-- will bi quickly dispelled, and it will make yvla strong and well. You eats tell the story of your antfer- int s to a Woman, and receive helpful advice free of cost. Address Mrb. Pink. ham, Lynn, Mass The preeert Mal. l'inkhaut is tate daughter-in-law of Lydia E Pink -haul and for twenty-five yeast she has, under her direction raid since her deem*, been advising eiek women free Mf charge Lir& Pilakh snt's 'G'enptilbie Commit' $u a ds 'Story Awn ;Alt.