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The Wingham Advance, 1907-05-23, Page 31O G[ R' S LIFE NOT SO F U N N land malA to the north of the supposed dreds of miles to the east between Danica Land and Cape 13athuret, Where whale era can count on their appearance lu the latter part of July. Mikkelsen also learned some very in- teresting leets about the migration of "In the late fall," said the old camp Utes until he reoovru'S '}uis 'breath,after! birds, Myriads of birds parrs Point Bar- row in the spring traveling, like the Whales, to the northeast. It is well known that millions of them must breed elsewhere than on tate main- land, for they do not live on the coast of Alaska, but pass over it to the north and they are not seen again till in the fill, when they are traveling south. Geese erne flying out of the north to Herschel !eland as late as Aug 18. So the birds give the whalers additional reason for believing that Mikkelsen and Loffingwrell will find land this spring not very far to the north of the Alaska coast.. The only time when this land is be- lieved to have been seem by civilized man was in the '70's, when. Captain John Kee- nan was in command of the whaler Stamiboul, He said that be was standing to the north under easy sail in a fog somewhere between Harrison and Cam- den bays on the Alaskan coast when the fog lifted and be and all the men of his crew distinctly saw land to the north. Ho could not take time to visit it, for he was obliged to turn south in search 7 whales, as the success of hie voy- age depended on seeing them. The Ea- knnos near Camden and Harrieon bays say that in the brightest days of early spring they can see land far to the north. Tho party expecte to winter next year in Banks Iand and in the spring of 1008 they will start on another sledge trip toward the west from Cape Prince Alfred. These two sledge journeys should solve the problem as to the existence of land of any magnitude between 76 degrees north latitude and the comet of Alaska. Hardships of the Lumber Camp in Winter. Telt next that is .seen of them is hun- boss, Ben Hyali, to a correspondent of the Boston Herald, "a man who is out of wor'.; and hes no money or; credit stili. retains the blessed privilege of making his a lt.etio•t from three jobs. "In +melte first place ho can die,' which seems bad erot.gh f.,r a fellow who has not rowel his wild oats as yet and who car et111 fire pleasure in looking at the nights, when the len& are permitted leo .world through the bottom of a whiskey stay out of their bunks an hour later than uRua1, no more than one moose is skinned in an evening, because ea play or mirthful Turin of torture is permit- teti to interfere with tee working hours, and a man who i„ expected to work must get his regular strep. A lees, dnngermee though equally in- teresting form of initiation is called "rid- ing the sidehill winder." The first act of this performance is to give some out- line of what the nature of a sidehill winder is to the candidate. According to woodcraft a ak1 h ll win- der is a fierce and untractable animal Shaped like a wild rabbit, but as big as whieli he 19 put through leis paces again until he is tunable to stand. As a rale this intensely humorous phi, of skinning the mooso continues half an h.nu, though when a particularly de- termined and surly t-ubject is put ou the pole the performance: busts as long as a fall hour, Anyhow, except on Saturday glass. "Failing to rise, as some of us do, he can go to jail for three months and find easy worts and good board, though his trips to the treatre and bar -rooms are cut off, and his tobacco is denied unless he can frtrr1sli the money for buying it from th3 turnkey. 4t "Worst of all, if Is. fails to die, and cannot get drunk enough to have a lieontan arrest him and send him to all, he ';an hire oet for an all winter job iu the weotlu, an spend six months of time in '•egretting his selection." The Suitor at camp sees the baking powler biscuit and the fat beans and the uiolnssee and the big tins of strong ten. Ho w-,t:hes the men as they raven the food done, and he hears them pass rough jokes, and watches their play high -low -jack to an accompaniment of tobacco smoke and profanity --and, see- ing and hearing the pleasanter side of and knowing nothing of the work and exposure, the visitor returns to the city and relates wouderful tales concerning the free snd happy outdoor life led by the workmen. Ae a natter of cold record, no man hires r in the woods runless he has snug t and failed to find employment • elsewhere. Such few old hands as go into the woods for years in succession are either bosses under good pay or part owners in the enterprise, who are on the ground to get the most possible work out of the hands. The plain laborers who attend to the , sleds or swamp roads or chop down trees, and who continuo for any time in the woods, are lacking in ambition, and sim- ply seek a winter in the forest to avoid rie a horse, It is so powerful that it can slay a moose with one blow of its paw and so fleet that it can overtake a deer. Owing, leowevor, to the fact that the legs of the sidebill winder are fivetimes as long on one lido as they are on the other, the creature dwells on the sides of steep mountains, an the long lege can bo plaee on the downhill _ side and the short legs on the upper side. Thus the creature may run with its body level. ,When a man is out in the woods and finds a sidehill winder is on his track, hie only chance of safety lies in learn- ing the direction of the creature's pro- gress and them turning and going back is if to meet it. The fierce animal can travel of course, in one direotion only, and by moving in another direction the man can dodge and gradually wind his way down the mountain side end ranch camp. Initiation to the sidehill winder degree is conducted by a committee of five, who take the candidate to the hovel where the camp horses are kept and strip him to the skin. Ills hands tied behind him something more disagreeable at home and Itis ayes blindfolded, he is lifted to The pay of $1 a day and board, which is the very highest given for good men, is no adequate compensation for the task which is undertaken by every man who enlists. If the burdens aro irksome for the old hands, they are appalling to the green- horns who find work in the woods as swampers, and who for the first time are made to realize how much torture and injustice a person can be forced to endure in a free country, perhaps within a dozen miles of ,ailroads and electric • the back of a home which hae been swathed in many blankets. The' horse is led back and forth between the camp and the hovel for half an hour or longer, exposing tho candidate to the frosty air of midwinter until he is chilled through. Last of all the horse is led inside the camp and before the roaring fire., A sheet -which hays been smeared in hot tar is wrapped about the 'body of the victim and he is taken from the :back of tlhe horse and placed on the deacon's seat where lie can remove the clinging sheet lights and churches. If the defiling pitch at his leisure. 1f he bas stood the ordeal witholet. Every camp, in addition Lo its boss and whimpering .his disc;,.trded garments are its scaler, who are usually men of dis- brought in and placed at his disposal, cretion, has its bully, to whom all must but if he has winced or complained In pay homage. So long as the bully can ' any way, he must hunt up and resume hold his own against all comers with his clothing without help. his fists and in a rough and tumble fight Fun in the lumber campsl 4•e SEEKING NEW ARCTIC LAND. ' be selects the trees he desires to cut, the place where he cares to sit at table, and the spot where he wishes to lie in the common bed. Explorer Hopes to Find It by Following He may order his subordinate to fill r . his pipe or remove his moccasins or run Track of Birds. his errands. Nobody who is not ready ; A letter from the Arctic which came to fight to a finish for dignity and honor south by slow stages last winter, is dares to disobey the commands. published in the April Bulletin of the The particular piece of delicate comedy American Geographic society. It is filled which the new arrival at camp is select- with news from Captain Mikkelses, the ed to perforin for the delight of the Arctic explorer. It was carried in Oc- company is called "skinning the moose:' toter last from the winter quarters of To skin the moose according to the rule the explorer 150 miles along the Arctic the table is removed from its place in Beast of Alaska to Herschel island, near the middle of the camp floor. , the mouth of the Mackenzie river, a Two short upright pieces of timber hard journey of five weeks in the grow - aro fastened to the flooring. Through t ing darkness. rho top ends holes are bored with a two I Late in November the mail that goes inch auger. A stiff round pole is in-,eoait once during the Arctic night starts serted in a hole in each upright, making on it' way in charge of two or three it look something like re horizontal bar . race who carry it from one mounted po- for dwarfs. Then they are ready to skint liee station or Hudson Bay post to an - the moose. I other, stopping a few days at each point The victim is etnippod to his under- to replenish supplies and rest from the clothes • and made to sit on top of the arduous march. round pole, with his. legs running out In midwinter it reaches Dawson in the along the stick in such am—miler that he Klondike and thence its southward jour - must retain his balance with his .bare Stay is cxped!ted. Thus we have one mail bare hands, assisted as much as pas- in winter from the northern eoast cf sible by his stockinged feet. As soon an North America. he is in position the camp cook begins Mikkeltten and his little party spent play what he calls music on a wheezy lest win tc n their schooner the Duch- nvouhh organ, and the members of the ess of 13edicrd ate Flaxman island, about camp crew file in singly, every one arm- 240 miles west o the Mackenzie river ed with a large short sack stuffed tight- delta. V with hay. Captain Mikkelsen had mingled much l i Like all spectacular •performers, they with the whalers who told him of theivt• march twice around the man on top long experience in those waters, and he of the bar. The mouth organ begins a Was able to collect valuable facts bear - quicker tune. The mein, continuing their ing upon the question cif the land ho march, begin to beat the novice over the has gone to seek. head and about the body with the bags It is a curious fact that in the spring of hay. a narrow lane of water opens in the Having all he can do to retain his bag- thick peek ice to the north of Cross is- anoe without interference, the butt of land. Iiere the Eskimos carry on their the sport slips first to ono side .and then spring, fishing. The ice pack is almost the other, as the blows of gravitation motionless c Weide e.f that lane of water, impel him, until, exhausted. he lets go which extends far to the r.: et i;east, and falls to the cloor, covering his face In the latter part of May the whales with his arms to shield his eyes from clieaplear from the neighborhood of injury. Here he is pounded with hay un- Point Barrow. They swin off to the til the spires of the ,grass prick through northeast and nobody knows where they his skin and his body is bathed in blood go unless they follow this lane of open when lie is permitted to rest a few min- water through the pack, which perhaps TWENTY-FIVE YEARS' SUCCESSFUL RECORD ONEY can buy advertising space, but it can't bay a quarter century's successful record of wonderful and almost miraculous cures of the most difficult and intricate cases of throat, lung and stomach troubles. Such is Psychine's record. 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Nothing could be more cruel than to induce a weak, anaemia person to take a purgative medicine in the hope of finding relief. Ask any doctor and he will tell you that a purgative medicine merely gallops through the bowels, weakening the tender tissues. Ile will tell you oleo that a purgative cannot possibly cure disease, or build up bad blood. When the the blood is weak and watery, when the system is run down, a tonic is the one thing needed—is the only thing that will put you right. And in all this world there 1s no tonin so good as Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. Every dose of these pills actually makes now, rich, red blood, which fills the veins, reaches every organ in the body and brings health and strength to weak, despondent ppeople. Mies Annie Beaudreau, Amherst, Mngdaiene Islands, Que., says: "1 was pale, my heart would palpitate violently at the least exertion, and I suffered greatly from severe headaches. I tried several medicines which seemed actually to leave me worse. Then I was advised to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and a half dozen boxes have made ase as well as ever I was. They have done me so much good that I would like every weak girl in the land to try them" It was the new blood Dr. Williams' Pink Pills actually made that re- stored Miss Beaudreau to health and strength, and in the same way they will restore all sufferers from anaemia, indigestion, heart palpitation, neuralgia, rheumatism and the secret ailments that make the lives of so many women and growing girls a burden. Sold by all medicine dealers or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams Medicine Oo., Brockville, Ont. Zam-Buk is compounded from pure herbal extracts, is highly antiseptic and applied to a wound or More hill, all bacilli and di'easo germs which otherwise set up festering, blood poison, etc. It heals outs, burns, scalds, bruit;ea; and cures eczema, prairie itch, salt rheum, poi oned wounds, ulcers, etc. All stores awl druggists sell at 50e. per box, or pea free from Zarn- Buk Co., Toronto, for price. 6-brixes for $2.60. Send le, stamp for trial box. It is claimed that during the past few years America and $nglaud have bought, nearlw all the meerschaum proitucd in Asa Enter. "This induFhiy is quite extensive in Austria, but up to the present there sae been no etxiotess coneplaint regarding the lack of crude mcersehatun, though the cffrct of torch a scarcity may bo serious- ly felt later. The production of amber is said to have considerably decreased during the past two yeasts and as the demand is greater than the supply prices are steadily advancing!' TO DRAIN THE EVERGLADES, Vast Area of Swamp Land in Florida to Be Reclaimed. To save and use some 6,000,000 or 7,000,000 acres of land, which has been -.-. supposed to be waste and which has been given over to reptiles and wild ratline's, is the project which the (Gov- ernor of Florida and certain of the State's capitalists have undertaken, The SUBSTITUTION. AN EVIL OF THE DAY AND A FRAUD ON THE PUBLIC. Of substitution. "the disreputable prac• - tice of selling counterfeits of standard articles, or persuading unwary custom- ers to buy articles `just the same as' or `just as good as' those they have desig- atedsays:," the Philadelphia North American H { If this, from the standpoint of a news- ! paper, is a business question, it is also , a moral question. The ;forth American rejects about $75,000 to $100,000 worth of advertising each year; it refuses to print at any price the announcements of "wild. cat' financial schemes, of ques- tionable medical concerns, and of other i projects palpably fraudulent, objection -e able or deceptive, even though the same advertisements are published in contem- poraries. Fraudulent advertising, then, is an en- emy of newspaper influence which can be stamped out. But the evil of substi- tution is beyond a journal's control. It can be combated only through the co- operation of the public. " . ` Their advertisement in our columns gives more than the force of purchased publicity— it puts basic of thein the character of the newspaper. Impelled by such an advertisement, a reader often goes to purchase a stan- dard article, and through the cajolery of an unprincipled tradesman or clerk has unloaded upon him a cheap Counter- feit under the plea that it is "just as good." Deliberately, tho tradesman perpetrates a fraud; unconsciously, the costumer assists in it, and is himself a victim; and both the advertiser and the newspaper suffer. Substitution has become an evil of such. universal practice that newspapers which aim to enforce honesty in their advertising columns are embarrassed. The retail buyer is confronted with bold counterfeits in soaps, perfumes, drugs, medicines, paints, varnishes, cloths, trim- mings, corsets, hardware, food products, liquors, and, indeed, in nearly every ldnd of article in common use. We protest against this, not only on behalf of the manufacturers of standard goods, but on behalf of honest newspa- pers and deluded customers. And it is to the buyers themselves that we must look for help. It is their right to de- mand that tradesmen at all times shall deal squarely and not try to foist counterfeits upon the unsuspecting; it is also their right to accept the fraudulent substitutes if they desire. But we wish to impress upon them the danger of dis- appointment, and to ask that, when dis- satisfaction follows the acceptance of a cheap substitute for a standard article, the newspaper be held blameless. FEW COLORED GLOBES NOW. Once Conspicuous in Drug Store Win- dows, But Slowly Disappearing. "The big glass globes filled with col- ored water which were once in the front windows of every drug store are not seen now as frequently as of old," said a drug clerk. Of course, many are -still in use, but in the readjustment of the window displays in drug stores by rea- son of the installation of the eleotrrio light they have been displaced. With the old gas pet arrangement there were but two or three separate illuminations, mostly placed behind the globes in ques- tion. "The colored contents of these globes and their chemical constituents are a mystery to most persons and I have had women ask me if they contained col- ored perfumes, while bibulous mon have not infrequently asked for a drink of the good stuff that was going to waste in those big bottles. The globes are made in all sorts of fancy and elaborate shapes and designs and some are costly. Their history is buried in antiquity, but as they contain chemical compositions thoy were primarily, as they are now, the emblem of the chemist. "Tho water is filtered and beautifully colored by chemical admixtures which are conponed of such chemicals that they will withstand the rays of tho sun and not fade. The exquisite pale green which is one of the popular selections for coloring is a solution of nitrate of nickel, and most persons will be sur- prised to learn that it is derived from rissolving the common 5 -cent nickel piece in nitric acid. A few 5 -cent nickel pieces dissolved in this acid will produce enough coloring body to tinge several gallons of water and give a coloring which is most pleasing to the eyes. "The rod, which is also a very bright, beautiful and permanent color and which shows very effectively, both by day and when illuminated at night, is made from rosublimated or metallic iodine. Tho blue is made from sulphate of copper and ammonia and the yellow is produced by an admixture of bichromate of pot- ash and sulphuric acid. Any person can make these beautiful coloring:, es- pecially the green, but as the acids used are very powerful, it is best to have tlnont prepared by a chemist, as a drop of nitric acid on the hand will eat a hole in the flesh. "In fact, even druggists make mis- takes. I remember one who tried to get a fine new color that other druggists didn't have, so he mixed tincture of chloride of iron with antipyrine. It did, in fact, make a fine color in the globes, but when the sun's rays rested on it for n few hours explosive gases were gener- ated which sent the globes flying in a thousand pieces and wrecked the con- tents of the window." •8 Missing the Greatest Fun. Wisoman—No, of coarse, liateheller doesn't keep house. Ilse just has apart- ments at his club. (iaileye--Wolf, then, he doesn't know what life is. Iialf of the fun of going to your chub is lost unless you've got a home to stay away frog --Philadelphia Prow famous I":verglades aro to be drained -- are being drained, in fust—and a vast area, of land which has been lost to the use of men, much of which has been overflowed with water and thousands and thousands of aeres of which are al- most impassable swamp, are to be brought under cultivation. Florida is to become a much mote wonderful state even than it has been heretofore, and that means a good deal. A. B. Clark in an interesting article in the Technical ',Vorld Magazine explains the difficulties in the way of saving this immense acreage ad the benefits which will accrue to the state from the carry- ing out of the enterprise. "The importance of this immense un- dertaking can with difficulty be com- prehended," says the writer. "It is esti- ' prated in figures which can scarcely be I understood by the ordinary mind. The : reclamation of this land means the addi-, tion to Florida of nearly as much cults- i vated land as she now has. It will mean t the throwing open to cultivation of an area twice as large as the State of Con -1 necticut. i "It means that Fliroda will be come the sugar producing state of the union, and that for her sugar products the $150,000,000 will be paid which is now annually sent abroad for itnported sugar, i an amount expended for an import which ' exceeds by several million dollars the value of our united exports of corn, wheat, flour, beef and naval stores. It means that Florida will in a few years • become one of the richest and most im- portant states in the union." STARVING BABIES. The baby who suffers from indiges- tion is simply starving to death. It loses all desire for food and the little it does take does no good and the child is peevish, cross and restless. Mothers will find no other medicine as prompt to cure as Baby's Own Tablets ---they always do good—they can't possibly do harm. Mrs. James Savoy, Little Lamequo, N. B., says: "I believe that had it not been for Baby's Own Tablets my child would have been in her grave. She was com- pletely run down, would refuse food, and was rapidly failing. Nothing I gave her did her any good until I began the use of Baby's Own Tablets, and these have changed her into a well and growing child." Sold by druggists or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. TRADE IS NEARING ITS END. Small Supply of Meerschaum is Con- trolled by Two Countries. From current reports it seems .the meerschaum industry is now facing a situation for which there appears to be no remedy, and the manufacturers of meerschaum pipes, cigar holders, etc., will have to go out of business or into some other line. They are unable to secure anything like an adequate supply of raw material, and for the trifling quantities they can secure must pay a greatly increased price. In the last three years prices of raw meerschaum have about doubled, and; at the same time America and England have secured control of practically all the meerschaum still to be had. Recent - 1 a small shipment has been received in C}emany front Asia Minor—the first in sometime. An advanoo of about 30 per cent. in price followed immediately. "Practically all known deposits of merschaum have been exhausted, it be- ing now found only in the mines of Eski- Schchir, in Asia Minor, and the output there is very small, Agents of American and English man- ufacturers can count on no more sup- plies from that source, In the last five months the price of raw meerschaum has advanced 50 per cent. "The manufacturing town of Ruhla, in the Thuringian forest, will .be the most affected. There from 3,000 to 4,000 worinnen have for years past been em- ployed in this industry. A Ruhla specialty is the meerschaum pipe, and 'with it goes 'grand in hand the manufacture of pipe stems, pipe lids and mountings, cigar holder) and mouth- pieces. The annual output averages about 27,000,000 pipe lido, 10,000,000 pipe cases, 15,000,000 pipe stems, 10,000,000 mouthpieces 10,000,000 porcelain pipe bowls (covered), 5,500,000 imitation and 540,000 genuine meerschaum pipes with amber mouthpieces, 5,000,000 wooden pipe bowls and 15,000,000 completed pipes—a production of the value of about 6,000,009 marks ($1,428,000) per annum. The first meerschaum factories were founded in Ruhla in 1767. For Ruhla the paesing of the meers.ohaunn industry is a blow from which it will scarcely be able to recover, practically the entire popula- tion being dependent upon this indus- try*. Consul U. J. Ledoux makes the fol- lowing report from Prague on the meer- schaum supply in Austria: "According to reports from Germany the manufacturers of meerschaum pipes and cigar holders are passing through a serious crisis on account of their being unable to secure sufficient raw material. • FOR THE GIRLS, NEW YORK DEPARTMENT STORE'S SUMMER -COTTAGE -HOSPITALITY. • 11I$3Y'S mr For Painting Homes, Ratpsay's Paints cost little enough to be economical ---and cost enough to be good. Any practical painter will tell you that P.amsay's Paints are cheapest in the end. They told their fresh, bright colors—, won't fade, crack, peel or "blister." They are scientific mixtures-- blended in ouch proportions as 65 years' experience in paint making has proved best. No matter what shade or color scheme you have planned for your home, you'll find just the right paint in Ramsay's Paints. Write us for Post Card Series " C," showing how some houses are painted. A. RAMSAY & SON CO. - MONTREAL Paint Makers Since 1842. e4 4.4.4444-44-4,44-0-4.4-4÷S-4-4-44 7. A STUDY OF BREEDS OF SdINE An instructive pamphlet dea-otcd to breeds of swilu sus linen issued from Ot- tawa as Bulletin No. 11 of the Live Stock Branch. It deals with the history, characteristacs and points of excellence of the six principal breeds reared in Canada. Oonunenneing with is review of the origin of donee:tie swine the bulle- tin teaches that the ninny varieties that are found in various parts of the world HOW TO QBTAIN A PATENT, First Steps to be Taken and the Probable Cost of Getting It. If you have thought out some im- provement in tools, machines or other articles in daily use, some laborsaving device, a new design of any kind or any process of value you probably want to protect your idea by obtaining a patent. The first step in obtaining a patent after perfecting the idea is to snake a rough pencil sketch showing in detail the various parte of the device. A define ite description should also be made ex- plaining all the features, advantages and how to work tbo invention. It is a good plan to number the dif- ferent parts in the sketch and refer to the numbers in writing the deseriptaon. are all descended from one original stock 1 I£ it is easier to explain by the use of of wild hogs. The variations that were , a nnodiel a small ono should be made or effected by domestication upon the pro- genitors of our present breeds are fol- lowed out briefly. It icy pointed out that confinement along with an ample sup- ply of food soon affected great and last- ing changes in comformation., disposi- tion and aptitudes of the animals. With these changes there came about a breed- ing to type and color in various locali- ties as suited the requirements and de- sires of the beg raisers resulting in the course of time in establishing the present pure breeds. The breeds described in the bulletin and represented by illustrations of typi- cal animals are the Yorkshire, the Tam- worth, the Berkshire, the Chester white, the Poland -China and the Duroc-Jersey. The first and second are described as bacon breeds, the third and fourth as midway between the bacon and the lard. type and the two remaining breeds as be- longing to the lard producing class of hogs. The improvement of the Yorkshire is traced down from 1700—the time of Ro- bert Bakewell. It was not until 1860 that this breed was given a separate classification et English shows, Among Of all the summer vacation plans of department stores that of a New York eonern is perhaps the most elaborate. The firm has its own cottage, expen- sively furnished, down at Long Branch, where the girls are asked in groups of sixty to a week's entertainment. At first the scheme was unpopular. The girls did not take kindly to a plan that seemed to have a scent of charity in it. But a tactful move of the firm's welfare secretary brought success out of failure. Instead of the little cards announcing coolly that one was "eligible to a week's outing at the company's expense," formal invitations were issued, requesting the pleasure of Miss So-and-So's presence ae the "company's guest" for the week beginning such a date and ending such a date. Now scarcely a girl refuses the gay visit to the shore. Set in the midst of beautiful grounds, in which are swings and hammocks and rustic seats and trim tennis courts, surrounded by wide ver- andas and but a stone's throw from the beach, the cottage is a fascinating spot to spend a week. Every hour there is something to do: The daily trip to the surf, the sun bath, the long walks, and in the afternoon the social pleasures thoughtfully arranged beforehand by the company—theatre parties, trolley rides, clam bakes, lawn fetes—then the long, Been sleep with the salt air filling one's lungs and the boom of the sea in one's ears. It is not surprising that the girls return from these jaunts rosy, tanned and several pounds heavier.—From "Smoothing the Way of the Working - Girl," in the May Circle. The rsc. Shave. (Toronto Star.) rho general distaste for whiskers is encouraged by the barbers, who, tak- ing afiveantrage of our vanity, now announce that they are contemplating mounted photographs of a model often make good substitutes. After getting this material ready it is time to consider whether to employ a patent lawyer or send the idea direefly to the patent office. If there is any doubt about your being able to obtain a patent on your device the best course would be to employ a regular lawyer, for the government charges a fee for making a preliminary examination of the patent records to ascertain whether or not the device is patentable. This service is performed by most of the good patent law companies gratis and if the chance of securing a patent seems small they will not smdertake the work. The government fee for filing an ap- plication for a patent is $15, payable in advance. Whether the patent is allowed or not, this fee is retained by the pat- ent office. The ordinary lawyees fee would be $5 for the preliminary exam- ination; thus, if there is any doubt the originator would save $10 by first con- sulting a patent attorney and hiring him to conduct a preliminary oxaminor tion, the chief classifications of the Yorkshire The government fee for the allow- anceof the pre�eent day arc its docility, vigor, of each patent is $20 payablewith- muscular development and its excellent in six months, thus making a total of crossing qualities. They are said to be early maturing, reaching with good care a marketable condition, weighing from 180 to 220 lbs. at from 6 to 7 months old. The Tamworth which is also described ae belonging to the large breeds is trac- ed from about 1815, when it is said to have been introduced into England from Ireland by Sir Robert Peel. The author of the bulletin claims that this breed is purer than any of the others inasmuch as its improvements Inure been brought about almost entirely by selection of animals within the breed itself. It is stated to have received little attention outside of the Counties of Leicestershire, Staffordshire and North Uamptonshire campaign against the then fashionable short, fat and heavy shouldered pig, which they found quite unsuitable for bacon production. The Tamworth then came into prominence as an improver of sc•me of the other English breeds. It seems to have maintained from the fir t He disposition to put on lean meat dur- ing its growth. The Berkshire is stated to have assum- ed a fairly uniform and desirable type about the year 1825. It was at that time a fine appearing animal, very hardy, of good size and length yet without coarse- ness. Unfortunately, owing to a fashion which prevailed some eaters afterwards, the Berkshire was developed into a thick, short animal with heavy jowl, thick meek and fat back. Later this style of hog beoane,unpopular ,and the attention was givens to developing gamier length, sym- metry and fleshine t,. As now found, the Berkshire exhibits desirable quuaeifica.- tions as a packers' animal. The history of the C!heettereenite is ex- tremely interesting. It is said to trace back to a pair of white hogs imported into Cester County, Pa., from England in 1816. This importation made a .mark- ed change in the swine of the district with the result that the Chester -White rapidly grew in favor. In ite early years it was a fairly lengthy type of hog, but for many years past few breeders in Canada, the bulletin ,states, have sought by selection and management, to develop the form and quality of the animal looked upon with favor by the packers and to some extent they have been suc- cessful. The Poland -China and Duroc-Jersey have during the past ten years grown Iese and less popular in Canada, accord- ing to the author s f the Bulletin. In 1005 only eight menul:ars of the Domin- ion Swine Breeders' '•.• elation bred Po- land -Chinas and three bred Durac-Jer- seys. With the description of each breed is the fifteen -cent shave. The fifteen- I oent shave must not be allowed to get away without some argument on our part. If fifteen cents means that the tip is to be cut out, if it means that the barber will not press on leis patrons his hair restorers ane unguents and sham- poos and race massages, if it means that he will provide .a more intelligent line of conversation than he does at present for ten vents --•then well and good. But if it means the same old annoyances for more money than do our very hairs rise in mutiny. Every chin writhes, every razorable cheek will have something to say about 1t. blie twenty-five cent hair cut anen endured because it could not be cured. No men tiles to wield the scissors on his own account, chiefly for the reason that he cannot, without a great deal of trouble, get a clear view of the back of his neck. But shaving is another - okra mother. The world is full of 1 a g glosoes and razors, and eight hands just as cunning as the barber's. The very .relics of barbarism --•-the outs on .one's face -••protest against an increase of five cents, It is within every man's power to eat as deep and draw as anus blood as the best barber that aver put red etripes on a white vole to flint that sometimes he grade eengtt iaey mistakes. 'the fiftherecent Weave is a #step that needte a great deal cif explaining. And the harbors siuwt 6o the explaining. We refuese to split any Snore being with thorn, until we know what 'tic are getting. $35 in fees to the government. A law- yer's total fee is usually from $25 to $35, providing theme are no communi- cations in the granting of the patent. Thus the cost in full of properly secur- tee a patent would be from $60 to $75. The patent office will not respond to inquiries concerning the patentabil- ity of novelties and advises the appli- cant to employ a competent attorney to prosecute his case for him, as the value of a patent depends largely upon the specifications and claims which it cov- ers. Information as to what may be pat - anted will be found in the revised sta- tutes under section 4,886, the substance of which is that "any new and useful art, machine, manufacture or oomposi• tion of matter or any new and useful improvements thereof" can be patented. A change of an old device is patent- able, no matter how simple the change may be, es long as it produces a new and useful result. Any combination of previously ,patented devices may be pat- ented. The substitution of a material or an equivalent, an abstract idea or a prin- ciple are none of them patentable. Separate pateiits must be obtained for setparate inventions; no patent oovers more than one device. —Chicago Chroni- cle. Reviving the Gaelic Tongue. It will be fourteen years next July since Dr. Hyde in Dublin founded the Gaelic League for the restoration of the Irish language, which is now 50,000 strong, with important centres in New York, San Francisco and the Argentine Republic. In the national and other schools of Ireland the native tongue of the fathers is being taught to more than 200,000 children. The speech which in 1840 was spoken by more than two- thirds of the population of Ireland and which half a century later had fallen into disuse and contempt, has taken a new lease of life. The corpse has needed only to be touched to spring to its feet. Is there a parallel case of linguistic re- suscitation on record?—New York World. The Out -of -Door Boy. The out-of-door boy Is the fellow for me Who finds a companion in reountain and sea; Who mete to go camping, ,who likes to he =MY Ma good mother nature all thro' the long year. Ville never complains 'when a rough spot to met Whose flag at the masthead of honor Is set who's strong to his labor sand sirens in published a "scala of peinta by which, Its 1'1i p Who has an embltton to bolter seas day. with the illustrations of topical animals. a valuable service ie nfferded in teaching The boy who loved mature and all *hat she the correct ideals to he loose l for in sel- ecting breeding animals. The author of the Bulletin is Mr. J. 13. Spencer, 13. S. A., who has in this work presented a systematic study of swine that should be highly appreciated not only by stud- ents of animal husbandry, but by swine raisers in all parts of Canada. Copies of the Bulletin are obtainable by applying to the Live Stock Commissioner at Ot- tawa. tends. And with all creatures living is bound to bo trtonds,-- lie may be a huntsman or fisher, and still 13e prince of the river and king of the hill. The out-of-door boy is the fellow for rue, Wino betters his pasttmee what ever they the: May he grow in .his numbers till every boy Is an out-of-door scholar. partaking Ire a --Selected. S Y� + Convalescents need a large amount of nourish. Inent in easily digested form. Scott's Emulsion is powerful nourish- ment—highly concentrated It makes bone, blood and muscle without putting any tax on the digestion. ALL DRUOQla l'S: 60o. ANU $1.00.