The Wingham Advance, 1907-06-13, Page 3a
TIiE REST CURE WIU. LUXURY.
New Style Sanitaria for New York Women,
For the time being appendicitis can't
hold a candle to nervous prostration—in
New York, that 1s, and among fashion-
able women. Both in the munber and
the variety of cases the latter leads.
The spring of the year is nervous pros-
tration's bannner season. At that trate
specialists in nervous disorders come out
ahead of the surgeons and there is no
indication that in this respect the spring
of 1007 is backward. The number of
nervous prostration eases, the medical
men say, us now above the average, al-
though there is no increase in the num-
ber of serious cases.
This will explain the recent multiplica-
tion of private sanitariums not far from
New York. It hue come to pass that the
private sanitarium is almost as ladle-
aapensablo a feature of fashionable life as
the automobile or the steam yacht.
The old time sanitarium was a hospi-
tal under another name. The now style
sanitarium is something quite different.
Once upon a time for a woman to go
to a sanitarium generated the suspicion
that her health was in a very precarious
condition, that she was in a state of
mental or physical collapse, or that she
was at loggerheads with her family.
Relatives of patients sent to a sanitar-
ium were inclined to keep the fact secret
and friends delicately refrained from
asking questions and discussed the case
behind closed doors.
The choice of sanitariums then was
very limited, and the very best of them
Was a more or less cheerless place not
calculated to appeal to any but a per-
son too ill to care much for anything
save a comfortable bed. There are sani-
tariums of that order now, plenty of
t^ them; but the up-to-date variety which
is a logical sequence, a pnysicien explain-
', of the strenuous social life led by
w w,�rmen in New York is a far cry from a
hospital.
Patients seeking admittance to a san-
e- itarium of this description make no at -
't tempt at secrecy. They would just as
• soon have the fact advertised as not.
One of the luxuries of the rich. these
e places have popped up in one and anoth-
• er beautiful country spot not very far
from New York, and they represent dif-
ferent grades of cost and exclusiveness.
In one, for instance, a stop of a few
• weeks approximates the price of a trip
" to Europe and taking the cure at one
e. of the German Spas. At this sanitarium,
l which is established in a large country
house fitted as luxuriously as the coun-
try home of a person of ample fortune,
•1 seldom more than six or eight persons
are accommodated at one time, for the
a reason that the rooms are large and
that each patient requires a suite for
' her or his own use and quarters for a
lady's maid or a valet. In one ease a
patient who was to remain six weeks
brought along not only a lady's maid,
but a turnout and a coachman for her
sole use.
When asked what use elle could have
. for a lady's maid in a sanitarium, a
young matron just returned from a
month's treatment in perhaps the most
fashionable of them all gave this explan-
ation:
"Yes, of comae, there are trained
nurses of the very best sort in attend-
ance, but really, you know, beyond help -
4 Ing ono into a night gown or a negligee
they are not of much use. As for dress-
ing one's hair, that is not included in
their duties even if they knew how to
do it, which they don't."
"But do women who aro ill care to
wear anything but negligee, care any-
thing about an elaborate coiffure?" she
was asked.
"Well, you see, patients in the sani-
tarium I was at are : not always ill
enough to be confined to bed or to their
rooms, not after the first few days,
anyway. Take my own case, for ex-
ample.
"Our family physician told me I had
nervous prostration and insisted that I
should go to a sanitarium for the rest
cure.
should,,
he told my husband
that I was merely in the first stages of
the disease, but he thought it wise to
scare me into taking treatment which
would stave off serious complications.
"I was irritable and depressed. I
didn't sleep well. I found it an effort to
s keep up with my social duties, and yet
I didn't want to drop out of anything.
• That is precisely the state in which
many of my friends find themselves in
the spring.
' "My doctor also said that before
•,dmericans began to be so very well
known everywhere he used to advise a
trip to Europa to patients in my condi-
, tion, but that now to send a patient to
' Europe in the spring meant that she
• was pretty sure to plunge into a round
of gayeties so soon as she reached the
other side. The only rest she gets is on
the steamer.
"I agree with him, for I have gone
over in the spring for the last three
years and found less chance to rest in
Europe than in New York. This year I
intended to start for Europe early in
April had the doctor not put his foot
down and ordered me to a sanitarium.
Now I am glad I took his advice. The
month's stay in that peaceful spot and
the treatment have done wonders for me.
"Oh, yes, about the lady's maid. To
begin with, having one's own maid along
takes away the lonely feeling. For the
first four days after my arrival at the
sanitarium I was to stay in bed and
keep quiet. I was not allowed to hold
consultations with my maid nor to have
j her in my bedroom except for a minute
or so at a time.
s4� "I had a day nurse and a night nurse,
and it was impossible to disobey orders.
After the first week, though, I could
go driving twice a day if I wished and
spend a lot of time out of bed, and then
my maid came in handy. She dressed
me, dressed my hair and attended to
fixing up some of my gowns I had
brought along for that purpose.
"I had to go to bed at 8 o'clock every
night, until nearly the end of my stay,
so of course evening toilets were out of
the question, and my maid got a good
rest as well as I did, which indirectly
will be an advantage to ane later on,
"I was not allowed to write letters or
to see visitors from dome, except my
husband once in two weeks, but my
rooms were so pleasant, the house so
attractive, the menu so appetizing, the
outing i and innings so well planned, that
1 ahfost forgot 1 was in a sanitarium.
1 felt mor, a, if 1 were in a lintel.
"Dave the t tune treatment in my own
bowie? limos able. You sere 1 aur ntic-
treee there and never in the world would
I be willing to obey some of the rules
enforce(' in a sanitarium." .
The new style sanitarium, a physician
1 itte 1 ivies lint reituaril deet ned to
a
react patients critically ill, although
critically ill patients are often admitted
to one an another of thein. It is the
outcome of an appreciation on the part
of nurses and doctors here and there who
have come much into contact with the
fashionable woman that site was in need
of a retreat which retained only some of
the disciplinary features of the ordinary
sanitarium, a retreat where no two pa-
tients would be, or rather need be,
treated in precisely the same fashion,
where rules appertaining to diet, exer-
cise, amusenu�nt•t and so on could be
altered to suit individual taste, provided
the alterations did not interfere with the
patient's improvement.
The old type of sanitarium represents
uniformity, system and strict adherence
to rule hod the appointments, while
hygienic, are neither artistic nor ele-
gant. This, it was realized, would no
longer do for the New York women with
long pocketbooks, nervously ailing, but
not seriously ill ---a class yearly growing
more numerous.
What was to be done? Why, build
new style sanitariums of course.
At lingo expense and with sonic mis-
ghvinge the new plait was tried. The
misgivings soon. vanished. The up-to-
date sanitariums are never advertised.
The rank and file of New Yorkers don't
know where they are or that they exist
even.
Nevertheless, none is run at a loss or
talks of shutting its doors, for the cus-
tom of retiring for a few weeks in the
spring to a sanitarium is getting to be
almost as popular as was the custom of
going into retreat for one week in Lent
a few years ago. Said a doctor, with a
twinkle in his eye:
"The only thing to prevent the sani-
tarium habit from reaching the propor-
tions of a fad is the fact that the hard
hearted managers of those institutions
draw the line at pet dogs. No matter
how wealthy or distinguished a patient
may be, she must leave her dog at home.
—N. Y. Sun.
write. I know what they can do, ned
I know also how sharks "t;uite," having
eaten them, for want of something het -
ter.
I heard once of an old sailor telling
an acquaintance of a shark which, when
caught and cut open had another shark
inside; this shark cut open, prodneed an-
other shark; and the last shark had. In
his stomach a canvas bag with twenty-
five sovereigns.
1 think that both atorisa are about
of the same value concerning truthful-
ness.
TREE PANTING.
METHODS OF PLANTING 1N SAND,
ROCKY PLACES AND HILLSIDES.
AFTER DOCTORS FAILED
To a certain extent every proposed
forest plantation, is a proposition to be
considered by itself, especially if it is
waste land that is to be planted; .and
it is well to have the advice of a for-
ester in -making such plantations. In
the majority of cases, too, it is just such
waste land that is to be planted.
Even where the soil is almost pure
sand, in which no grass will grow, a
good crop of trees may be raised. This
is being abundantly shown on a planta-
tion in 'Durham county, made some
three years ago, under the direction of
the Forester of the Ontario Department
of Agriculture. In such land a good
supply of moisture is retained by the
subsoil, which for the tree roots is more
important than the surface soil itself.
With soil of this sandy character cul-
tivation is never necessary, nor, indeed,
advisable.
A steep hillside is often the place
where it is desired to plant. If the hill
is not too steep, it will probably be
found most advantageous to plow fur-
rows—as far apart, of course, as the
rows of trees 'are intended to be. These
'furrows should always run along the
side of the hill, not up and down the
-hill, Care should be taken that the
furrow is plowed so that the earth Is
thrown down the hill, so that the furrow
will retain as much rain as possible.
On very steep hillsides and on very
stony ground., a -mattock or grub lice
must be used. The distances of trees
from each other need not be adhered to
very closely. Sometimes a hole is
made with the mattock, as might be done
with a spade or hoe, the plant put down
and the earth replaced and firmly pack-
ed down around the tree. Another
method is as follows: The mattock is
driven into the earth with a powerful
stroke; then the handle is forced- away
from the planter, the head of the tool
thus forcing up a quantity of earth. In
the largest crack thus formed the tree
is placed. The mattock is withdrawn;
then the earth is allowed to settle back
in place and finally is tramped down
firmly. Tide latter method is much
quicker—and so cheaper—than the form-
er, and is often favored on that account.
The subject of tree planting is thor-
oughly discussed in a bulletin entitled
"Forest Planting." by Mr. E. J. Zavitz,
Forester to the Department of Agricul-
ture of Ontario; this is one of the On-
tario Agricultural College bulletins.
• —
LIVELY LOBBYING.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Cured a Severe
Case of Anaemia and Weakness.
Anaemia—poor watery blood is the
cause of most of the misery which af-
fiiets mankind. The 'housewife especial -
y falls an easy prey to it. The long
tours and close confinement necessary
in performing her household duties sap
her strength. She becomes run down and
often suffers extreme misery. Dr. Wil-
liams' Pink Pills are the housewife's
friend. They make new blood--�lote of
it—and pure bleed banishes all women's
ailments. Mrs. E. St• Germain, wife of
a well-known farmer of St. John dos
Chailhons, Que., found new strength
through Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. She
says: "A year ago I was extremely
weak. I could not attend to my work. invitingly, says Gilson Gardner in Sue'
I suffered from dizzy spells; my head cess.
Sue -
ached; my blood was poor; I had a bad And then there are other times when
44.4+444+44-4+4-i4744.414-444440 only twetity4Wo dollars to open the
park with!
We sat and gloomed togethe for about
two hours without speaking a word;
then I suggested that if we had money
enough to unset next week's payroll,
we could poet a notice that "Ilereafter,
K. ,l , to avoid bookkeeping, employees Will
4 j be paid only every two weeks." Thies, I
There are two Devils, One Devil Uvea thought, would clean out a whole lot of
in crowds, the ether in. inliaidualn—men workmen, and would. satic us giving out
a.ud winters, Two of a trade did never t that we could go no f urtli e; then if
agree, consequently, these two Devil's 1we could not raise the money at the end
tante don't keep ou very good with one . of two weeks, we were broke anyhow.
another. It's altogether likely -you've 1 We posted the notice, paid the men on
e specimen of the individual Devil with- pay day and on Monday looked for
in reach just now.. Owing to hie location, about two hundred out of the fourteen
the crowd Devils the rarest, lie does
not get much show, but when he dons, he
makes up for lost time by working with
great rapidity. It's the individual !)evil
which plays havoc with meats and wo-
men's honors and leads them to soli-
tary, nameless graves in strange cities.
Of course you aro acquainted with the
crowd Devil. You've seen him in others
and felt him in yourself. lie it is who
turns quiet men and, wore partieularty,
women, into excited, reasonless maniacs
at meeting';, strikes, parties, in the
tincts on I -lido s 'tis Ito tvlio starts
THE TWO DEVILS
When ro,000 Telegrams Poured Into the
Senate in Two Days.
Lobbying is like driving cows. There
are times when it is best to say: "Suit
boss! Suit boss! Come bossy! Nice
bossy!" and to shake the peck measure
cough and the doctors feared I was go-
ing into consumption. I followed their
treatment for some time but without
relief. I grew discouraged and finally
gave it up in despair. I was strongly ad-
vised to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
so procured six boxes. Before they were
all gone I felt relief. The headaches and
dizzine.'s became less -frequent and I felt
a little stronger. I continued the pills
s ,
the bail rolling and keeps it rutting. lie
is there at a funeral and Ice's there for
the women at a bargain counter. When
ever a few people gather togeher you
will find that forceful, irrisietible demon,
Iie's quite different at the holiday to
what lie is at a lynching. IIe's nothing
till lie gets mad.
It's the individual Devil who's there
all the time. The other may get you
locked up or give you a cracked skull
or even make you look something un-
comfortably like a murderer. No. 2 it
is who takes a man by himself into is
hotel to be thrown out a drunken sot.
No. 2 is on day work—no hurry, just
steady persistence. Steady persistence
often wins the day. The crowd Devil
does it all in a few minutes, but the in-
dividual Devil goes about it all the time,
especially when you feel down. lie does
work after his competitor has had his
whack at you. lie's got to be watched.
You can avoid No. 1, you must meet
and conquer No. 2—if you can.
There's a good way of dealing with
the pair of therm. Get them fighting
each other. When No. 2 wants you to
drink nr be dissipated, or drown your•
sel, call up No. 1 gently. Make them
meet. Don't get ,in an exciting place un-
less No. 2 is with you,. If No, 2 is sup-
reme out with you to the crowds and
encourage. No. 1 to rouse you out of
morbidness. Balance all the time and
don't let either of them become landlord
of yourself. Be a man, or a woman, not
a Devil. No doubt a little study would
disclose some interesting facts concern-
ing the presence of two angels working
just as hard; but, naturally, we all like
to study Devils first.
hundred men we had working. Dundy
came around Monday and took me about
the place. Every one of the fourteen hun-
dred showed up. The day before the
two weeks' pay was clue three parties
offered to loan us the necessary amount
to pay the Jaen—From "The Making of
Coney Island," by Frederic Thompson
in The Bohemian f or June.
the only thing to do is to get behind
and holler and throw sticks into the air.
At heart Congressmen are timid crea-
tures and a big noise is ofetn mistaken
by them for big danger.
It was the "big noise" method that
was adopted by the railway brother-
hoods to "shoo" the Senate back from
passing an anti -pass bill which would
cover railway employees and their fain -
for a couple of months at the endi c'f flies. A representative of the organize -
which time I had gained in weight; the tion who sat daily in the reserved gal -
pains had left me, my appetite was good , lery sent out a telegram of warning.
and I felt as strong and well as ever 11 81te respnose was spectacular and his -
did. I cannot say too much in favor of . toric. It is known as the "rain of tole -
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for I certainly I grams." They began to come early in
owe my good health to them." !the day. They continued until dark, and
The woman in the house, the man in the desk of every Senator was piled with
the office, the boy or girl in the school - scores of personal entreaties. All that
will always find a friend in Dr. Wil- night they kept on coming.
Hams' Pink Pills. These pills actually The Western Union Company was
make new, rich red blood and good swamped and Superintendent Collins
blood banishes rheumatism, general do- leaned on Philadelphia and Baltimore for
bility, kidney troubles and those aches i operators. All that night and the follow -
and pains caused by overwork or over- ing day the telegrams poured in. It is
etude; good blood builds up the tired estimated that there were no loss than
unstrung nerves' and makes pale thin !ten thousand, and the tolls on them am -
cheeks rosy nd healthy. The pills are, i ounted to $30,000.
sold at 50 cents a box or six boxes for 1 And in the Senate Democrats vied with
$2.50 by all medicine dealers or by mail Republicans for a chance to get the floor
from The Dr. Williams-'• Medicine Co., land to offer an amendment exempting
Brockville, Ont. the noisy class. It was never intended,
se °'• they explained, that railway employees
HIGH JUMPING S>IARKS. should be made to pay their fares; nor
yet their families; nor railway lawyaryt,
Doubts of a Sailor Who Says He Knows nor railway doctors, nor their families;
Something About the Big Fish. nor the sick, nor the indigent, nor the
You published in your paper on Sat- homeless, nor any man looking for a job
about a in the grain fields. And so the Senate
urday a very curious story
shark jumping fifty feet high in the air, framed up that monumentally foolish
writes a correspondent of the South list of exceptions to an otherwise good
China Post. law.
The writer or author of this story a A Row on in Chicago.
captain of a British sailing vessel,bound
for London, says that he fired. a rifle (Chicago Chronicle.) '
allot at a shark and badly wounded it. It 3s to be toped that the mayor will con- seated in its membership. It must have teentlt century.
The shark in question jumped so high unuo the work of regeneration until the ' 10,000 members before the end of this l Stem winding watches were the inven-
out of the water that he cleared the teachers' labor union shall roe wiped out.
That is the source of all the trouble and year. -tion of Noel, in 1851.
Mainsail with the ease of a seagull. o' • The first iron wire was drawn at Nu -
Now, dear sir, this is rather a trifle Vtlrat Twenty-two Dollars Did. reenburg in 1351. •
strong. The captain states that they of Labor•
threw some me -at overboard to gat the It may be of interest to tell the story p
sharks closer to the ship. At the moment
that the -shark made a grab for the meat
the captain fired his shot, which shot
made the shark jump fifty -feet out of
the water.
We that have been at sea all know
that there is one kind of shark which
has to lay on its back to do so. The
construction of their mouths compels
them to take these attitudes. As a con-
sequence, the -shark in question was eith-
er lying on his back or on his side.
A fish jumping out of the water
makes the following movement: The
fish etreteltes his back and bends him-
self in the form of a cresee.nt by bring-
ing his head and tail closer together.
At the moment slip wants to jump he
straightens his back again and hits the
water with the tail end of his body.
This force produces the power which en-
ables him to jump a certain !•eight•
As above stated the shark, wen fired
at was bragging for the moat and lying
either on hie side or back. in this peal -
tion lie was not able to jump out of the
sea. His movements in this p•rateon were
limited to three he anuld either move
ahead, sideways or downward.
I will not deny that a shark is able
to jump. I have seen sharks jumping
five feet and six feet high, but that only
when they were hunting some victim.
The firat movement of a shark when
wounded is to dive downward irate the
element which is iris natural abolo, end
not to go and make an airship rpe ]:or -
mance around the ,vast of a sailing ves-
sel.
t itriow a little About share& myself, rrrefssor in the faculty of education in
bat Uittlo as this is it qualifieo wa to bhe t1 1vesity' -of Tesonto.
BRANTFORD.
BRIEF SKETCH OF ITS RISE TO THE
TELEPHONE CITY.
(Brantford Courier.)
Thirty years ago to -day [Friday, May
31] Brantford was in gala attire. The
place in 1877, when the late Dr. J. W.
Digby was Mayor, felt itself too big for
town clothes, and accordingly made
application for leave to assume city
toggery. A special act of the Provincial
Parliament to this effect was passed on
March 2nd, 1877, and it took effect on
May 31st of the same year.
John Stalls is believed to have built
the first house on the present site of the
city, and it stood on the grounds after-
wards occupied by the Bingham House
and near the river ford of that time.
This was in 1805, so that it took the
place 72 years to reach city status. Enos
Bunnell two years later built another
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contain no opiate or harmful drug. Mrs.
Laurent Cyr, Little Cascapedia, N. B.,
says—"I have used Baby's Own Tab-
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digestion, and am more than pleased
with the good results. Mothers who tee
this medicine will not regret it" Sold
by medicine dealers or by mail nt 25c
a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine
Co., Brockville, Ont.
What Are
You Doing to Abolish
Child Labor?
Everywhere the subject of child labor
is being discussed. The National Child
Labor Committee has started the fires
that have illuminated the disgraceful
conditions found in every nook and cor-
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MONTREAL
Established 1842 40
THE SUEVIC WRECK,
How the Passengers Were Landed—
Thrilling Narratives,
The Central News Falmouth corres-
pondent says: One of the lady passen-
gers informed the Central News corres-
pondent that "There was no excitement
or confusion, and we naturally stayed
awake all the night. Rockets and blue -
lights were shown as soon as the ves-
sel struck. The men behaved splendid-
ly, and handed us blankets through the
portholes. The passengers have nothing
but what they stand up in, and we are
entirely without funds"
Another lady passenger stated that
front the time the vessel struck eight
hours were occupied in rescuing the pas-
sengers. 200 were landed at the Lizard
and 140 were brought on to Falmouth,
The Rev^ E. A. Edgar, Methodist min-
ister of Melbourne, who has come to
En land on a holida furnished his ex -
cabin near the ford and west of Stalts'. I g y,
These were the only two structures for periences. As the liner stood on the
some time. In 1818 the population had rocks she was 35 feet above the water,
only grown to twelve, but soon after her bow being firmly fixed on the rocks
more settlers arrived, and in 1823 there directly in front of the Lizard Light -
were 100 souls. In that year Arunah , house, and about 200 yards away.
Huntington opened a shoe shop, and 1 Mr. E. V. Kirkson, of Bolton, deserib-
there was also a blacksmith shop and ed the liner as going ashore with a grit -
three small stores, of whom the principal ty vibration, Her bow went on gently
customers were Indians—in fact the Six , he said, but a big wave lifted it up and
Nations gave Brantford its first start. flung it back again on the rock.
About 1824 Marshall Lewis built a grist t Other passengers paid a special tribute
mill on the banks of the river, and in t to Captain Jones and his crew for their
1840 the Grand River Navigation Com- splendid conduct.
pany constructed the canal which made Mr. Leslie C. Barks, of Plymouth,who
this headquarters for grain shipments was a passenger on the Suevic, arrived
for the surrounding country, Previously home yesterday. Interviewed by the
in 1833, a paper had been started, called Central News Plymouth correspondent,
the Sentinel, and in 1839 this became the he said: "All went ,well, until about 10
present Courier, which under that title o'clock on Sunday night, when we ran
has flourished for 68 years. The naming into a dense fog, which was almost like
of the place took place at a meeting of a`London fog. Expecting to reach Ply<
the villagers held in the early days. The mouth in a few hours, I was lying in my
late James Wilkes, who had come to bunk fully dressed about 11 o'clock, when
"Grand River Ferry" in 1823, and opened I heard a low, rumbling sound. It was
a store, suggested "Birmingham," the ' so slight that I dozed off again, but ten
place of his birth, and this found such minutes afterwards 1 felt a series of
favor that it was just about to be heavy bumps. Just then the vessel heel -
adopted, when by a happy inspiration ed over to starboard. All the .passen-
gers rushed -on the deck, most of them
being in night dresses or pyjamas, hast-
ily covered with the nearest garments
they could find. When I got on the
deck I found we were fast on the rocks.
All around points of rock were jutting
out of the water. As she lay on the
rocks the Suevic was perfectly steady.
We found afterwards that we were firm-
ly fixed on a reef about a mile from the
shore. There was not the slightest panic
or confusion. The discipline of the strew
was splendid, and the behavior of the
passengers was admirable. The captain
was wonderfully cool, and quite succeed-
ed in reassuring the passengers. In half -
an -hour, in response to our signals of
distress, a lifeboat came off from the
shore, and three of the ship's boats com-
menced to land the passengers. After a
time the sea rose, and huge waves broke
against the Suevic's hull. As the sea
grew rougher it became too dangerous to
use the ship's boats, and the rescue had
to be left to the lifeboats-. By morning
there were five or six lifeboats on the
scene. We had a very large number of
children on board, and as far as possible
the women and children were got off
first. Some heroic work was done by
the lifeboat men and also by some of the
ship's firemen. In the case of the chil-
dren, the firemen took them one by one
clown a rope ladder, handing them into
the lifeboat when it rose on the waves.
Happily, there was no loss of life, but
it was dangerous work, and -several were
bruised and injured slightly. In the
morning the sea moderated, and the
ship's boats were again brought into use.
I left the ship with the last batch of
passengers except one."
nor of this land of prosperity, until now
hundreds and thousands of committees,
clubs, churches and individuals are eager-
ly studying this question. The Woman's
Home Companion, month after month,
has informed its great army of readers
about these things. The discussion is not
all one-sided. Men in high places, leaders
in philanthropy and charity, pillars of
the church and high priests in commerce
and finance are beginning to discuss the
evils of child labor. What are you—the
reader of this paragraph—doing to sup-
port the cause of the children whose
voice will not be heard in high places
unless the people speak? In a score of
State Legislatures, now in session, bills
are pending to give the children in the
different States sonic additional protec-
tion. Who keeps a Iobby, day in and day
out, watching these bills? Who appears
at hearings, trying to have them defeat-
ed or amended in such a way that Any
fail to regulate any evil or protect any-
body? The attorneys of cotton manu-
facturers, of glass manufacturers, the
paid representatives of the oppressors
are there, but who represents you and
me in our earnest desires to see justice
done to the children? Why do you not
join the National Child Labor Commit -
eta, or one of the local Child Labor Com-
mittees, and give the support of your
name and money to bring to an end
these things? It can be done. Instead
of 2,000 rnenibers the National Commit-
tee ought to have 50,000, and then half
the people who feel about these things
as you and I feel would not be repre-
sante one else suggested "Brantsford,
and this by a natural abbreviation be-
came the "Brantford" of to -day.
A STATESMAN'S ADVICE.
There is a story told in London Tit -
Bits that many years ago the late Sir
John Macdonald, Premier of Canada,
was present at a public dinner, at which
he was expected to deliver a. most im-
portant speech. In the conviviality of
the occasion he forgot the more serious
duty of the evening, and when, at a late
hour, he rose, his speech was by no
means as luminous as it might have
been. The reporter, knowing that it
would not do to print his notes as they
stood, called on Sir John the next day
and told him that he was not quite sure
of having secured an accurate report.
He was invited to read over his notes,
but he had not got far when Sir John
interrupted him with "That is not what
I said." There was a pause, and Sir
John continued: "Let me repeat my re-
marks" He then walked up and down
the room and delivered a most impres-
sive speech in the hearing of the amused
reporter, who took down every word,
as it fell from his lips. Having thanked
Sir John for his courtesy, he was taking
his leave, when he was recalled to re-
ceive this admonition: "Young man, al-
low me to give you this word of advice—
Never again attempt to report a public
speaker when you are drunk."
4-•
CHRONOLOGY OF INVENTIONS,
Barometers were first made by Torii•
ocelli in 1643.
I Bombshells were first made in Hol-
land, in 1495.
1 The first almanac was printed in Hun-
gary in 1470.
Iron pavements were first laid in Lon-
don in 1817.
Buckles were first made in 1680.
Brandy was first made in France in
1310.
1 Roller skates were invented by Plymp-
ton in 1863.
The first American paper money was
made in 1740.
1 Covered carriages were first used in
`England in 1580.
Alcohol was discovered in the thir-e
there will never be any peace in the board
or in the schools until that organization
disbands or withdraws from the hederation
Its members spend all their time in or-
ganizing vendettas against the other teach-
ers. The whole force is demoralized. AR
discipline is destroyed. There is nothing but
insubordination, picketing, back-biting and
Plotting. The Imbue schools will never again
be what they used to .be until this detestable
gang is scattered.
'Mayor Busse's patience has now gone far
enough. Ho has spoken softly long enough
and now ho needs a -big stick. Tho board
rooms should to kept closed until next Wed-
nesday night, When the new members are
to take their seats, and on that occasion
there should be enough policemen present to
throw the decapitated members downstairs
it they come to make trouble. If that is
the basis they aro seeking for a test ease
they should get it well rubbed in.
Fishhawk Gave Up Prey.
Aleck Canova brought a throe -pound
trout to the Record office this morning
and gave a very interesting description
of the manner in which it was caught.
His son, Frank, observed a big fish -
hawk swoop down on the fish near Bar
Creek, about a utile and a half north of
town, and noted that the fish wits of
very respectable size. Ile watched the
big bird until it hovered almost over-
head, but within close range, and lie
picked up a stone incl with splendid ac-
curacy hurled the missile at the hawk,
strikingit.
The bird dropped the trout and Frank
ran forward and took charge of it. The
head was torn open, but the body was
uninjured except for the punctures made
by the talons of the hawk:--- St, Augus-
tine Record.
Prof. H. Coleman, of Denver, Col., has
been offered the positions of atstocfate
IThe foredo was first made in 1777.
of how o opened Luna Park on twenty ' Verm firsto in plaster cast was made by
two dollars. We had worked persistent- !� first appeared in news -
470.
ly, and it came two days before opening
day, when Dandy decided to take the papers Advertisementsin 1652.
last two thousand dollars we had in The first railroad was built in 1826.
the
the The folding envelope was first used in
he bink and use it for change o
opening night. He drew out the amount 1830.
and put it in the .safe at Luna. In the Coal oil was first used as an illumirmnt
next two days bills came in so fast that, in 1826.
hie realizing it hie two thou- The velocipede was invented by Drais
without
ua
salol dollars were gone—the do last of a in 1817,
million dollars invested And fourteen Steel needles were first made in Eng -
hundred employees on the payroll, and hand in 1545.
Shorthand writing was the invention
Celluloid
Starch
of Pitman in 1837.
I Billiards were invented in France in
1471.'
!The first pipe organ was made by
Archimedes in 220 B. C:
Tho first dictionary was made by the
sustineeeneaseeireenees
Chinese scholars in 1100 B. C.
Easier ironing gives The first pair of spectaelee was made
better finish on things by an Italian fn 1300.
starched with Celluloid The dinner fork was introduced into
Italy in 1491 and into England in 1008.
Starch, the only no- i The game of backgammon was invent -
boil cold -water starch ed ley n Creek about 1224.
that can't stick. You Glass mirrors were known in A. D. 23,
will like .it best, once but the art of tucking them was lost and
not recovered until 1300 in Venice.
caused to germinate. The idea is simply
to aid nature when the spring sets in.
Asparagus, lettuce, young onions, cu-
cumbers, radishes and other spring
plants are the ones on which it is ex-
pected to use the system with most
effect. Later in combination with forc-
ing frames it may be used on strawber-
ries, and experiments may be tried on
various fruit trees. The method is
likely to be applied to floriculture and
the growth of plants for yeed purposes
also.
It is calculated that the expense of in-
stallation for each space of 2,600 square
yards in Germany or France is about
$250 plus the steam generating appara-
tus, which may be large or small, accord-
ing to the tract to be heated, and which
may be used for other purposes. The
cost of the heating is figured. at $16 a
month,
The annual increase in profit for the
same patch of ground sown with early
vegetables is figured at $500 on a three
months' heating of the soil^
you try it Buy it by
name. Any good dealer. 4 •
Money Saved to Farmers.
a v e S New York Herald.)
to hint personally of good road!), but the
.Labor 1eaaened wear end roar upon borstal and
e - era vehicles owing to general betterment of hiab-
i i awere bas moved to hint that county money
. --- expended oh road improvement& ie a cap -
.r. .re.e.. ital investment. The extension of ffee rural
L i r>, e, n* tiro o o delivers one td hie reel home oonntorti,
The farmer was Blow to learn the benefits
HEAT THE SOIL FROM BENEATH.
German Has a Plan to Increase Crops of
Early Spring Vegetables.
Dr. Mehner, a German, is responsible
for the latest agricultural idea, which is
now the subject of experiment in Ger-
many and France—that of artificially
heating the soil for the purpose of push-
ing the growth of vegetables. It is said
to promise remarkable results, especially
in the quickening of spring vegetables
and their development in size and luxu-
riance.
The method consists in burying at a
depth of '20 to 40 inches under the field
to be treated conduits of earthenware,
through which steam pipes about an
inch in diameter are laid. Steam at a
temperature of about 300 degrees is
forced through the pipes; it warms the
air in the conduit and the heat slowly
radiates through the clay conduit, warm-
ing the earth.
Leakage of heat is very slow. Experi-
ment is said to show that when the sur-
face of the ground is about freezing
point the soil at a depth of 12 to 20
incites has a temperature of 42 degrees.
Assuming that the artificial heating
were begun early in March, when this
condition existed, a very small expendi-
tore of heat would be needed to cause
the desired stimulation, and the radia-
tion into the air would be exceedingly
gradual. In warmer weather the sur-
face heating front the sun would actually
counteract the radiation of the artificial
heat-
Of course the plan does not contem-
STIRRING STORY OF EAGLE.
Fights and Kills Dog, But Escapes Not
Uninjured Himself.
One afternoon some time ago the fol-
lowing episode, in which a great eagle
figured, occurred at Furstenwakt, in
Brandenburg, Prussia: A field laborer
heard a dog howling in most dismal
manner at no great distance from tat
spot which he was working. Running in
the direction from which the sounds
came, he saw a large bird perched• on
the back of the watchdog of a neigh -
baring farm; the two were atsuggling
and fighting, partly in the air and part-
ly on the ground.
At last they passed into an adjoining
copse, when the laborer ran and called
the bailiff fof the place where he was
employed. Both proceeded to the copse,
to find the bird moving with the great-
est difficulty and scarcely able to hop a
few paces; it tried to fly, but was evi-
dently disabled, and a well -directed shot
killed it,
They found the poor dog death; all
the flesh had been literally torn from
the bones by its enemy. The eagle mea-
sured seven feet between the tips of its
wings, and wns almost black, with snots
white shoulders, indicating great age. It
had evidently had a history, for on its
left foot just above the claw was a
strong gold ring, on which were engrav-
ed some letters, the meaning of which
could not be deciphered, the word
"Eperejs" and date, "10, 9, 1827." Eperje
i sa town in Hungary, not far from the
northern Carpathians. The bird had pro-
bably once been in captivity.
The eagle in its native haunts is a
solitary bird; its mate alone excepted;
no other of its kind is likely to be found
living within a. considerable distance of
it.
A blow from its wing alone is chard to
have killed a kid. There are sunny in-
stances of babes and young children hav-
ing been carried off by eagles.
Itis even stated that in the canton
of Geneva a boy of ten years of age
who was attempting to rob an eagle's
nest was seized by one of the birds and
carried a distance of 60 yards. He was,
however, rescued by his companions
without having suffered any very seri-
ous injury, though its talons bad in-
flicted some severe wounds.
The eagle builds its eyrie in the cliffs
of inaccessible rocks or on the edges
of precipices, the nest being little more
titan a flooring of sticks and brandies
lined with leaves. Here it brings and
stores up a considerable amount of food,
often consisting of young Iambs and
game.
4**
Varieties of Sweet Peas.
Its hs.t been more tdasthy pebble owing *bitter
Mk being tatovided everywhere.
Sweet peas have eighty-six divisions
and some 800 sub -divisions. In Califor-
nia, where almost all the flower seeds
are grown, one farm of 500 acres Is given
up to the production of sweet peas
alone. The total production yearly. is
about 350,000 pounds, and evbn when this
amount is augmented by the yield from
smaller farms it is almost impossible to
meet the demand.
Sweet peas are the most popular flow-
ers in America for home garden, except
the nasturtiums, and even these cannot
always compete with the sweet peas.
Where country air and sunshine abound
sweet peas hold unrivalled supremacy,
and nasturtiums are in use for window
bcxes and scant little city gardens, where
a small back yard must do duty for a
flower lover.
Pansies aro also a popular favorite,
though their price is sometirees high
enough to be prohibitive. The ordinary
varieties, well selected, are not more
titan $25 a pound, but some of the big
velvety ones, rarely colored, sell for $59
a pound. Los Angeles Times.
Handy College Girl.
Miss Gurid Laate, a Nor*egian girl
who is working her way through the
University of Minnesota, is probably the
only college girl in the country who
can make her own clothes from the spin-
ning of the thread and weaving of the
cloth to the forming of the fabric into
fashionable design.
Spinning and weaving ershe learned in
plate heating the soil in the dead of her native country; the art of the mod -
winter, when atmospheric cold would late was acquired sine° her arrival in the
kill any plants that might be artificially United States.—Duluth Herald.
The effect of Scott's Emulsion on thin,
pale children is magical.
It makes them plump, rosy, active, happy.
It contains Cod Liver Oil, Hypophosphites
and Glycerine, to make fat, bloodand bone,
and so put together that it is easily digested
by little folk.
ALL ORUO01STB i Ilsoo. AND $1.00.