The Wingham Advance, 1909-08-19, Page 3Fowls must not be overfed, They
should have only what they will eat up
clean, says Western Poeitry journal.
Tee (try feeding method, however, Al-
lem food to be constantly before the
stock in hoppere. Champions of this
method elaim thp.t fowls svill not over-
feed when dry material is constautly be-
fore them, for they eat of it only by de,
grees, taking with it drafts of water 'to
wash dawn the food. This, we believe,
shoulj be allowed only with dry spitalt
and. not with whole or cruised, grein.
Lzi tbe latter case the amount should he
linated to a naverage of a handful foe
each fowl in the pen and ecattered am-
ong litter so as to induce exercising.
BLACK KNOT IN PLUM TREES
The best treatment for black knot in
plum trees is to cut out the knots due
-
lug the winter season, going away down
into the healthy wood, and paint the
wound with a strong solution of copper
sulphate in water. Worms on currant
helms will be easily killed by dusting
the leaves as soon as they are noticed
with powdeeed hellebore or Paris green,
Both remedies are effectual, but the
hellebore has the advantage of not be-
ing poisoneus to man or animal.-Ruraf
New Yorker.
HORSE COUGH REMEDY.
Mix up a cough powder composed of
powdered chlorate of potashasix ounces;
powdered lobelia, five ounces; Jamaica
ginger, four ounces; granulated sugar,
one pound. Place a tablespoonful of this
In the feed box before feeding the horse
and put the feed on top of it; also use
a mixture of aqua ammonia, one ounce,
and olive oil, three ounces, on the glands
of his throAt and along the windpipe
daily until the skin becomes tender. -
National Stockman.
BLISTERED CHI:OKB.
Air blisters often show themselves in
young chicks. The elan miffs out and
seems like a bladder of wind. It comes
on the abdomen, aides and under the
wings and neck. Prick the blisters with
a needle to let out the air. Add carbon-
ate of iron, alternated with granulated
charcoal, daily in the food. The diet
should be oatmeal principally, with plen-
ty of sharp grit within reach. -Western
Poultry Journal.
WORMS IN HORSES.
Green grass grazing at this time .of
the year is all that is needed tempor-
arily to rid horses of worms. lf they
cannot be grazed mix a tablespoonful of
a mixture of equal parts of dried sul-
phate of iron, salt, flowers of sulphur
and ground gentian ro.ot in. the feed
night and mornina for ten days, then
skip ten days and repeat. Omit the
iron if for pregnant mares. -Breeder's
Gazette.
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' SUMMER CARE OF CITICKS.
Cleanliness in housing, regularity in
feeding and freedom of range are very
important in rearing chicks. A variety
of wholesome feed should be supplied
regularly. . If possible the nook should
be kept on virgin soil, where there is
plenty of vegetation and shade. This
will supply natural conditions for the
birds, which will thus be maintained in
healthy condition. -Cor, American Agri-
culturist.
REMEDY FOR BLOODY MILK.
Give the cow one pound epsom salts,
one ounce powdered nitrate of potas-
sium, one ounce powdered gentian; mix
with a quart of hot water and given
when cold. Put in feew twice a day a
dose of this powder: Bicarbonate of soda,
eight ounces; bicarbonate of potassium,
six otinces; powdered charcoal, four
ounces; mix. Dose, two tablespoonfuls.
-Country Gentleman.
NOTICE TO FRUIT SHIPPERS.
Department of Agriculture,
, Office of the Dairy and Cold Storage
Commissioner.
Last year this Department arranged
to have one cold storage &ember re-
served an four steamers sailing weekly
from Montreal:to London for shipment
of early apples and tender fruits, the
Department guaranteeing the earnings
of the whole space. Similar ' arrange -
menta have been made for the present
season, with the exception that the
TUMOR OF
YEARS
ROWTII
Removed by Lydia E. Pink. a
ham's Vegetable CompOund
Winnipeg, Man. -"Eleven years ago
I went to the Victoria Hospital, Mon-
treal, suffering with a growth in the
uterus. The doctors said it was a tumor,
and could not be re-
moved, as it would
causelnstantdeatb.
They found that
other organs were
affected and said
I could not live
more than tfibr
montha in the den-
dition 1 was in.
After I Came holm
1 Slave your adver-
tisement in the
paper and coin
mended taking Ly.
dia E. Pinkhara'sVegeto.ble Compound.
took it constantly for two years, and
still take it at tintea, and both ray hus-
band and myself claim that it was the
raeanS of saving my llte 1 highly .
recommend it to suffering wonic,n."-
Mrs. ORILLA BRADLEY, 284 Johnson
A.VO., Winnipeg, Manitoba.'
One of the greatest triumphs of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
Pound is the conqueringof woman's
dread enemy--tUrnor. If you have
rnysteri0Us pains, inflammation,
nleer-
Ation or displatement, don't wait for
time to (learnt your feats and go
throughthe horrors of a hospital opera.
)14 tion, but try Lydia 11 Pinkhanis Vege-
table Compound at once.
ror thirty years Lydia E. Pinkhares
Vegetable Compound, Made frent roots
and herbs, hailbeentheStealdardrentedy
tor feZale El&
•
i•ORW Thinper Every Day
1
Appetite: was Poor, Dizzy,: Faint
Week, Continuous, Cruel Backache,
Another .Ca.sa In Which .
Or,. Hamilton's Pirs Savorla tile
that Physicians gesp.aired of •
steamers will sail from alentreel alter-
zuttely to Glasgow uad• London. The
steamers and. stilling, dates will be as
follow:
Steamer, Line. Selling Date, Destinatien,
Hasperian Allan Aug. 21 Glasgow
Caunronts Thomson Aug. 2,8 Lome=
.Hurona -Thomson Sept. 11 Loudou
Hermits Thomson Sept, 11 London
lIesperian Allan Sept. 18 Glaessow
One chamber on each of Ulm steam-
ers will be available for shipments of
fruit at the regular rate of freight, to
be paid to the steamship eompames in
the usual way, A roper 'temperature
will be nusintnine4 in these citambere,
regardless of theepantity of fruit watch
may be offered for thipment. In each
case these steamerswill sail on Satur-
day morning, so that shipments should
roach Montreal not later than Friday
morning of the same week.
The Department of Agricultuee will
assume no responsibility in connection
with these shipments, but there willsbe
the listed supervision by the Cargo In -
specters at Montreal and at port of des-
tination. Thermogeaphs will be install-
ed In these chambers so that a complete
reeord of the temperature on each, voy-
age will be secured,
As the space in these chambers is
lim-
ited, shippers who intend to take advan-
tage of the facilities offered on these
fire steamma meet notify the Dairy and
Cold Storage Commiseioner, Ottawa, be-
fore making shipineuts, and freight will
be accepted in the order in which the
spue is booked. Applications for space
should state the number .and size of the
paokages which are to beehipped,
In connection with these mailings the
Department has arranged with the
Grand Trunk Railway Company to run
an iced ear weekly from St. Thomas to
Montreal to. pick up whatever ship-
ments of fruit may offer at the different
stations between St. Thomas and Ilona
ton, via Jarvis the car to be sealed at
Hamilton and. forwarded to Montreal by
fast freight. Shippers will be charged
the usual.less than carload freight rate,
without any extra charge for the icing
,or for the speoial service. This car will
leave St. Thomas at 7:20 a. in. on Wed-
nesday of each week, commencingAug.
18 and ending Sept, 15. Following is
the proposed schedule for this ear, show-
ing the time it will be clue at the differ-
ent stations named. Freight, however,
will be accepted at any station on the
route between St. Thomas and Hamalten.
Leave St. Thomas 7.20 a. m., train 72,
Wednesday.
Leave Aylmer 8,95 a. m., train. 72,
Wednesday.
Leave Milisonburg 8.50 as in., train 72,
Wednesday.
Leave Delhi 0.45 a. m., train 72, Wed-
nesday.
Leave Simcoe 11.15 a. in., train 72,
Wednesday.
Leave Jarvis 12.15 p. in, train 72,
Wednesday.
Leave Hagersville 2.00 p. in., „way.
freight, Wednesday.
Leave Caledonia .4.00 p. m., way -
freight, Wednesday.
Arrive Htunilton 7.00 p. in., way--
freightaWednesday. •
Arrive Montreal 3.00 is. in, train 04,
Friday.
W. W. Moore, C.hief Markets Division,
J. A. Ruddick, Dairy and Cold Storage.
Commissioner.
COW TESTING ASSOCIATION.
Dominion Department of Agriculture,
branch of the Dairy, and Cold Storage
Commissioner.
In one cow testing association the
average production of 126 cows was 520
lbs. milk and. 20 lbs. fat, not very much
below the average or exactly 126 cows
in another association close by, which
was 009 lbs. milk and 26 lbs. fat. But
notice how tremendously that compara-
tively small difference 'affects the total.
yield; for in the one ease the 120 cows
gave in the month 86,845 lbs. milk and.
3,267 lbs. fat, but the other lot of 126
cows gave only 65,546 lbs. milk and
2,510 lbs. fat, or allowing butter fat to
be worth 25 cents per lb., actually a
difference of $189.25 in one month. Why
are not thousands more of our dairy
cows intsde to earn an extra dollar and
a half per month for their owners?
When the owners are perfectly certain
through having tested each cow in the
herd individually which animals Are
bringing in a good profit, then the aver-
age yield and the total income can be
largely increased.
, Another contrast shows that 100 cows
In one assoeiation produced just twenty-
seven pounds of fat less than 72 cows
in another association ten nines away;
there were thus 25 cows more to be
milked, and to have capital locked up
in, and to tramp around on the pas-
tures eating good feed that the other
cows could have used to better advan-
tage for twenty-seven pounds less fat.
i
Weighing and testing, s the quickest
and .surest way of retesting those that
and surest way of detesting those that
0.]?. W.
CARE OF CURRANT BUSHES.
Set your -currant bushes quite deep,
and let them get a good grip of the soil,
for if they do notgan open winter has
a way of getting 'under the roots and
heaving them out. I always mulch them
heavily with coal ashes, or some °thee
good mulch, and the ground. must be
kept clean. If set where quack groes
has the slightest hold, it will tangle it-
self into the roots and filially beat you.
The soil should also be very thoroughly
underdraihes1 with etone or tile. While
the currant likes a moist soil it menet
endure a wet or mucky place, The tows
ehould be about six feet apart, leaving
sufficient toom for the cultivathr, and
this should be run coostautly until pick-
ing begins. The bushes ehould just about
reach ,over to cult other with their tips,
It is well enough to shade the ground,
but leaving the bushes open to sunshine
and air, Trimming tthe currant is
simple affair, after you have once solved
it; but do not let an inexperienced hand
get hold of the job, for he will be likely
to work mischief. You must tut .oat
most ef tbe now shoota or suckers, which
aro likely to be abundant. If these
grov they will take the lifo from the
larger stalks, and you will soon have a
mass of dead wood, ana of live wood
that cannot produce fruit, The old wood
should never be mg until it•gets brittle
and eaft be replaced with new stems,
Thet is, allow one or two of the very
beet of the new canes to remain, provid•
oci you 15'ett a probable need of thorn. A
currant stem should bear fruit for a
least five years, -E. P. Powell, iit the
Outing Magatine for July.
The minute. a Wafture realisee she
hetes a man she considers it her
Ists to boss him, .
Whae a pitiful sight 11. 18 to see a
handsome, eble man being gradually
robbed of good Woke, health And ability
to work. Such eases are frequent ,-
the one here described being that of
Ia Lamellae a well-known Printers'
814'14 man, residing in Hamilton,
"About sia menthe ego I bogieu to
notice a worn,. tired. feeling coming over
me. I was unable to shake it oft. It
was not the fatigue that follows hard.
work -it was sort of an unaccouttable
laziness that assailed me. 1 was eaxioue
to work,' but didn't have the energy.
Something was draggirg me down, rob-
bing me of my health and spirits. I
got- tired of taking prescriptions that
did me no good, and used. Dr. Hawn -
ton's Pills, Their action soon proved
to me that r was suffering from a ter-
eibly congested liver and acute Indiges-
tion, Dr. Holailtou's Pills brought back
my appetite, cured the heavy pain In
siae and back, gave aie a »ew grip
on life. I gained in weight aud now I.
am stronger, look better,
work better
than ever before I was taken, sick,
11 you want to get back the vigor and
spirit of youth, if you want the sparkle
of robust health on your cheekse-usa
Da Hamilton's Pills regularly, They
aeons°, 'Purify, tone, strengthen -make
the sick well,give 11118 grand medicine
a faithful trial. 25c. per box, or five
boxes for $1:00, at all dealers, .or The
Catarrhozone Company, Megaton, Ont,
CALVIN:
(II, T. Miller.)
The four hundredth anniversary of
Calvin's birth has enriched the literature
of the world. He stends at the head of
over five millions of Presbyterians on
the great continents and the great col-
onies of the British Empire, Iembers
of the Establish Church of England, be-
sides other bodies, may easily add sev-
eral millions more to the followers of
John Calvin. Some people think that
Calvinism is dying or dead, but reaurree-
tion light still shines on the world, • "ef
the thought of Calvin the dogmatism
seems harsh,. let as nolt-forget that it
was at the same time °Alvin, the great-
est inductive scripture commentator of
his age, and. 0110 of the greatest of any
age, that propounda the thought. Grant
Calviitar theism, and only the adroitness
of, a sophist will balk at hie theology,"
Some -one has saia Paul begat Augus-
tine, and. Augustine begat Calvin, John
Calvin only gave some brilliaat points
to the conclusion of the argument. 41e
actual syologism is not in Calvin, or in
Augustine'but in the epistle to the Bo -
mans. Let him receive it who can re-
eeive it, or let hint go through life a
shrivelled -up man; an atteneated theol-
ogy can only result in an S.ttenuated
character,
"Calvin plctcea at the foundation of
his thoughts not the sovereignty of God,
but God. who is a sovere,ign, Darwin
launched his magnificent dream, an
planted the beams of his chambers on
the waters. He seems not to knows or
care whether there la intelligence and
will back of the selecting process, while
Calvin insists that beluna the elepting
act is the true and. living God, whose
judgments are unsearchable and whose
ways are past finding out,"
Calvin's mind demanded emu truth,
large enough for all other truths to
stand upon. His logic was sharp anti
severe, but his logic wee only formal,
the material for lasthinking he found
In the word of Goal
In the beginning Goal This was Cal -
yin's great startiug point, His syeteii is
built .on the rack of truth, and. will.
stand. This great school begins with
God and works downwards. Another
great school begins with man and works
upwards. The very attitude of our
hymnology Is suggestive of this position.
Dr. Watts sings:
Great God, how infinite art Thou!
Whet worthless worms are we,
Thy throne eternal ages stood,
Ere seas or stars were made.
Ceem, dearest hero, descend and dwell
By faith and. love in every heart.
Charles Wesley is at his best When be
sings •
"0 for a thousand tongues to sing
My great Redeemer's praise,"
RAISING SQUABS
FOR MARKE
CORNS. CtJ"E:
IN 24 HOVIS6
You can painlessly releove any earn, Naar
hard, sot or ineetuog, I.Y•aPPII/Og r14111111V1t
CO1'11 Extractor. Allover ourns, kayo poems
teettainti no 0,0 NS to liermless because ectinneseri
• only of beating gums and belms. alley years. in
ase. Cure guaranteed. Sold by alt
40. bottles. Refuse substitutes,
PUTNAM'S PAINLEss
• CORN EXTRACTOR'
20,000 PIGEONS ON (MK PENN -
SYLVAN IA, FARM.
Their Output From 90,00e to 70,000
Pair a YeareaCarefts1 Housing and
Qood. -Feeding Necessary -More
Profitable and Less Vexations
.1 Than Poultry,.
• 'When inimodse flocks of wild
pigeons abounded in the American
forests al a ventury or two ago it was
perhaps no unusual thing to see 20,-
000 of these birds gathered together.
But sitich a sight is rare to -day. In-
deed there is probably but one place
in the ,,entire United States where so
largo 04 flock bt pigeons can be found,
and that is on a pigeon farm near
the little town of North Wales in
southee.stirn Pennsylvania.
• The birds are housed in a series of
large, airy buildings and provided
with clean and comfortable nests, an
abundance of choice food and a suf-
ficient screened outdoor space where-
in to exercise their wings. All day
long the gentle cooing of the thous-
ands of birds gives musical proof of
their contentineut. In return far their
board arid lodgings they are expected
to hatch out as many squabs as pos-
sible and rear them until they are fit
for the market, Prom this farm is
obtairsed the greater proportion of the
sguaba that go to the markets of New
York, Philadelphia and the variouS
winter and summer resorts of the
East.
Pigeon raisireg, says E. 0, Cum.
mings, the man who founded and de-
veloped this. farm, is more profitable
and less vexatious than poultry els-
Ing, provided the inan who under-
takes it thoroughly understand e the
habits and the needs of pigeons,
Almost every one knows something
about -raising chickens, or thinks he
does, and four town dwellers out et
five like to dreani of a time in the
future when they may own. little
places out in the country and raise
chickens and supply eggs for the oity
markets. But pigeon raising 6h
large scale and solelyfor profit has
been undertaken in few iustaneeS thue
far, notwithstanding the high prices
which squabs command.
To begin, no incubators are required
in raising pigeons, and thus an im-
portant item of expense necessary on
the poultry farm is saved. Pigeons
are remarkable for their monogamous
habits, and when once the cock and
the hen are suitably mated they re -
mein firmly attached to each other,
Both assume equal shares in the
duties of their household, including
the incubation of the eggs and the
care of the young. However, the mate
ter of mating must be well studied
to avoid losses, for in a xnesmated
or ill assorted pen the cocks, unlike
the proverbial dove of peace, are like,
ly to crette great havoc, destroying
squabs and eggs in fighting for the
possesion of nests. At the Cummings
farni all is harmony, for only well
mated birds are introduced into the
pens.
As each pair of pigeons rear six or
seven pairs of squa.bs in a year and
as the wholesale price ot squabs is
from $3 to $6 a dozen it is apparent
that there is opportunity for consider,
able profit on a farm where 10,090
emirs of pigeons are expected to de -
vete themselves solely to the breed-
ing; of squabs.
• The squabs Are naked and helpless
little creatures and require careful
attention. Almost invariably there
are jest two in a nest. Their method
of feeding is unique. The .squab 114.
setts It beak into that of either of
the parent bird e and from the lining
of the parent's crop the squab obtains
a creamy secretion. After a few days
the food that the parents have con. -
Burned is minged with this seeretion,
and thus nourishment is provided for
the little ones for ebout nine_ days.
When they are twenty to twenty-five
days old they are ready for market.
To reduce the death rate of squabs
to a minimum is the chief concern
ef the pigeon farmer. On the Cum-
mings farm success has been. attained -
through proper construction of build-
ing rad strict cleanliness. The roofs
are impervious to rain and snow, but
there is abundant, ventilation. Con-
crete floors keep out rate, a particu-
larly voracious foe of squabo. The
Vetere are covered with a thin layer of
sand and air slaked Iime, and once
a week this is raked, The buildings
are divided into pens 8 by 16 feet
in dimensions. Compartments for
nests are built in six tiers, giving
each pair of birds two siesta, and at
the weekly cleaning air slaked lime is
sprinkled into the nests. In every
pen is a quantity of tobacco steins,
refuse from cigar factories, and with
these the birds contruct their nests.
The tobaoco stems keep away vermin,
Whieh would abound if hay or straw
were Utilized in the nests.
Plenty of clean bathing water is auk
plied. le waiter a hot water heating
system maintains an even temperature in
the buildings, saving many a squab that
otherwise would perish from the cold.
But et feeding time all the windows are
opened, no matter how cold or wet the
weather. Fee a "fly" there is a yard
running the length of each building and
enclosed with wire netting at the sides
and top, fifty cubic feet of spew being
allowed for each pair of birds,
With such care it is bat eatural that
the pigeons &meld thrive and veer large
• and healthy squabs. The few birds that
seminal) to sickness are reznoved .to a
special hospital building for treatinent.
Mr. Cummings began to experiment
With pigeons seven years ago, starting
with 200 pairs of birds on his farna
about •a Mile'south of North Wales, hi
Montgomery toutty. Sine() then he • has
enlarged his plant from year to year,
until at present six ememodiouti build-
ings are in use. The largest and neat -
'est of those, erected at a cost of 80,760,
Is MO foot long, sixteen foot wide and
• Iwo storiesultigh, and in it 7,000 birds
are housed. On the farm of seventy-two
°ores all the feed required for the
birde is groWn.
Speaking of the feeding of pigeons,
Cuminings says that if comma
sense is used it is not nearly so lomat-
taut what is fed as how and when. The
proportions on his farm' in winter are
about as follows: COM, 40 per oent.;
wheat, 16 per etitt,; Kaffir coin, 10
per cent.) screenings, 10 per dent.;
hemp, 5 per cent.; repo and millet seed,
5 per cent. In summer less corn is fed,
but more peas and wheat, together with
hulled ottts, Green growing things are
iiot necessary for pigeons, though they
eat the blades of grass growing in the
AVIaries,
As to the "hew and when" of feeding
Mr. Cummings stye:
"The ob ett of proper teeelieg is to
keep the old birds healthy, slot tco fat
end lazy, and to predate brigs fat
90*
REPAINTING SHADES.
We have a large house with thirty.
five windows. We had •the house paint-
ed. white; the roof a lovely blue-greesh
The window shades were new a prowl --
tide, some were peel, some soiled, faded
yellow." We eould not afford to .1my all
new Shades, so 1 bad tad painter Mix
three pints of the green -paint like the
voof, adding -five cents worth of "japan"
as a "glossy dryer."
I laid Wein on a board. aa you would
paste wall paper and placed a piece of
blotting paper under the cracks and
holes to keep the green paint from com-
ing through.- •
I left the inside yellow, as it went
better with my inside decorations than
the green. These sharks tame out Hke
the new tweetoned ones. The dark green
like the roof looking tasty and beautiful
on the outside and soibenine, the light
on th, inside without clerk -ening the
rooms
Pants for Information.
Little Robert and "Jin.," thd grocer's'
delivery man, were great friends; and
on the momentous day of Robert's pro-
motion from dresses to knickethookers
he waited eagerlyin front of the house
for "Jim's" coining. But the delivery
mate aria= he catne, busied. himself it,bout
his wagoreewithout seemieg to see any-
thing unusual In his small chum's ap-
pearance. Robert stood around hope-
fully In various conscious positions un-
til he could stand it no longer. "
he burst out at 1ast, "is your horsed
'fraid of pante-Everybody's Magazine.
A Stirring War Whoop.
.At the siege of Eredericksburg, when
the Confederates were enduring even
more than their usual pangs of -hunger,
one 'of the Southern skirmishing parties
made n sudden raid on ati unsuspecting
-Federal brigade.
After some interchange of firing the
assailants rushed upon their disconcert-
ed curtly: Ono emaeiated "johnuy"
hurriedly emptied the knapsttek of a
prostrate soldier, and straightening up,
regardless of blades and bullets, waved
his booty above his 'head.
"Charge 'em, boys, charge semi" lie
yelled. "They've got elieczel"-Prom
Lippineott's.
floreible Tho' ht,
Itow hard it is to be remiguedl •
A fearful thofoght upsets out Mind,
Drings to our ryo .‘the crystal tear.
-What if ix, alreuf alteuld ittmeerl
•e -Toronto News,
squabs. We feed by* hand three times a
day, except July and August, when two
fevaings are Jude to snake. Each, pen
is visited iltl:VO Qt: four times at each
feeding or as many times as the birde
allow t disposition tor more. In this
way they got just whet they will co.
SUMO and 110 more; consegoontay they
will be etingry for the aext natal. Thee
the birds Icoolviug that moye coining
do not fail to feed their young."
Of the ntaoy varieties of pigmies Mr.
Cummings confines himself to homers,
dragoons, runts and their crosses. Alone.
ers emoted with dragooris or show hom-
ers produce the most desirable squab.
es, to numbers and quality, weighing
about eight pounds to the dozen; al'
though Q runt h,omer cross results in
acptabs weighing a pound etiett, The
reek contrary to what its name en -
gots, -is a giant pigeon' and 501110 of tte
runt cocks on the Cummings fent inea-
sure more then a peel across the wings.
Mr. Cummings estimates that the cost
of feeding a pair of pigeons is $1 a year,
while other expenses of running the
plant avetege 55 cents a pair. Each
paix,„ plod -nes five to seven pairs of
-squabs for the market yearly, the whole -
Bale price of -which varies from $3 in
summer to $6 in winter. Expressage,
commissions, ice and boxing material al-
so add to the expense, but the profits
have been large enough to encourage
Mr, Cummings to continue expanding
with the hope of eventually having 100,-
000 pigeons on his farm,
If allowed to i oam over your
house those few innocent -looking
house flies may cause a real trag-
edy any day, as they are known
to be the principal agents for the
spread of those deadly diseases,
typhoid fever, diphtheria and.
smallpox.
No other fly killer *compares
with Wilson's Fly Pads.
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The First Airship Sereija
It is usev reported -Quit the first of
the steerable airships which are- to run
between Paris and the provinces is to
leave aortrouville, near Paris, some time
this month, for Meaux. During the
Nancy exhibition she may make trips
around that town. It as evident from
all the prices of aerial voyages quoted
so far that anly the rich ainong us will
be able to afford them for some time to
some. From £2 'to £4 is mentioned by
.the president of the Aerial League as
the probAble cost of a trip of thirty
miles only. .
It is true that Airship sheds (or docks,
to be more consistent) cost not less 4111111
£2,000, and may cost well on to £5,000,
and that An airship itself costs from
E10,000 L.) £16,000, and may very like-
ly soon have an accident which will cost
much more to. put right. But railway.
statioos and railway trans, and espec-
ially railway lines, cost much more
thee this to build,
We were all thinking .that Iducerne
was to have the first airship 'service
connected with a German town, but now
it Seems that Prance is to have this
honor. The Lucerne -Germany service
is not promiseduntil next summer,
while the Paris to Fentainbleau, Rouen,
Lyons, Berdeau*x, Pau or Nancy services
are promised, at any rate, some of them
-by September next,
There will be firesteerAble airships of
the Petrie type, which will carry from
eight to twenty passengers each, besides
cresr, Paris will be their port and the
docks will be at Issy. There will be
four lines, out toward the east, via
Reims (three of the stations on, which
are said to be: practically ready), one
toward. the southeast (the stations on
which are not yet begun), a third to-
ward the southwest to Orleana, Tours,
Bordeaux and Pau, and a fourth to the
. west of Rouen via Sartrouvine, which
has a station allready. The first airship
is ready and Os been. named 'the Ville
de Nancy. -The Queen.
• tee.
Sentence Sermons.
*The aim of all living is living for all.
Take stare of your works and your
wings will take care of theraselvee.
Looking like an undertaker on Sun-
day will not lead the world to a better
yfe. s
Ile has no friends who knows only
faces.
Syinpathy opens the window e to life's
sunshine.
The farther you life reaches the deep-
er its roots will strike.
Lust always puts a chain on your
branded: "Free Living."
The Man who buries his talent usual-
ly gets busy sowing his vices.
A. enan never has mueh interest in
tthhotre.ehurek until he has some principal
A. small life often takes all its time
Waiting for a chance at a big job.
It is better to be regarded es a prude
thee to rot as a mental garbage can.
Where a mane life does not peetich his
preaching caneot
People who think they were bore to
regulate the world are, always afraid
they will die from being overrighteous.
Cynicism is a pain due to attempting
to eat all life's fruits too early iu the
season.
Half of the business, of lifting people
U p is a matter of cheering the'm up.
The prayer that rises in the heart al-
ways Works a way out to the feet and
the fingers
The empty hoed is easily wrinkled in-
to furrows that leek like deep thought.
He who Misses the spirit of the law als
ways makes most; of the letter.
Some of the folks who have done most
of the fanning will be surprised te find
life tested by the hits they have Made,
It's an awful -thing tobe green, but
ita a good deal Worse to be.bern dried
-11enry E. Cope,
AIST OLD PHILOSOPHY,
A Philadelphirs man was in great dis•
reasoitten of the delay in serving his bfeak-
tfssts. cam mottling not long since by
"I wish you'd go to the kitchen," said
lie to his Wife, tied see what the trou-
ble is. I'venn appoint1u6t at O.° The
'wife complied with lus request. 'When
she returned to the. dining room the leis -
band observed a strangely melancholy
'expression on het ittee.
"Well," asked he, impatiently,, "did
you tell the cook 60.1 ivantect my
breakfast .in1n1edliate1y1"
tlinddiav;"liat did she say?"'
'he said," responded the wife, "that
'tve all have .out disappointrachts?"--
.
Cleveland Ltad(r.
7.414::::
Tho;:)iiiuseiTeper
4
,12i4.tW4 .L41 eue upon the
amesegglostee the ironing :board.
Dol nytt:sprifikto,!bio. It.put the 14,3;1 upon
the,bp,opt-wrong.,•Ilde. out. Wet a yard
of elteksqlopb, 41iii,gt it tightly, and,
p4ttinkri4t9yetithe:goOds, iron from heat
to band Untli;'tlforoughly dry, n4ing
heavy irons. In .tele way you will avoid"
'fligoote".1411:0141thweetslotaitst,iti dust from the•
• lo‘Avalharnv'toly:IftuNdpryltY;arl.s084n.atie ne 61 -
denim tielsing, or heavy un-
aleacited muslin cult a. piece e0x3O inchees
cot another pleste 22 x 3.0 inelles, Tide
lattei. piece is. the front nud is slightly
Wider to make, a. pouch. The ba,ek Is
longer thanthe front, the. extra length
falling over the rod, 'forming a flap. The
belt= is buttoned, together so that the
clothes nosy fall out when the buttons
taollrtoel tleol:p1 f.d4041:471ea,:s1 ef't 1.tn1 tset ttlo(lp ot fo atklekUtilAicinUrteadt,
which may be placed. at the beck of the
TO PRESEItVE COLORS.
To wash delicately tinted fabrics anti
have them retain their color, make
i alffg1PeanItilee° l,
iu•I lt11tutilkfleliouorscitt•ifelt,
When
suof thn
starch to wesh the garment- in, rubbing
icttiaitorsnetboueflel;iya t_tba,ey;n1loyeen4d,„ riannsde\Vh):vtnilealelletahne psoort.1
ch, and hang in the shade to
TO REMOVE IRON RUST.
Wet the spots of iron rust with water,
then cover them thickly with cream of
tartar, Roll up the garment so that the
cream. ,of tartat will remain on the spots
and plaee. it in a aessei with cold. water
tina -bring to the boiling point. The
spots will have disappeared. This method
is quick and effectual,
STARCH THAT WILL NOT STICK.
Dissolve starch in lukewarm water,
add enough boiling wAter to make it
°leer, stirring briskly while you pour in
spoonfel of paraffin, then bring to a boil
for five 01ten
borax mild shave in about one table.'
. .minntes,
the boiling water; add one teaspoonful
TO MEND LACE CURTAINS.
_ A fine way to mend lace curtains is to
remove theafeeder on your sewing ma-
chine ,and, placing torn part of the egg'
tein under the foot of the mutilate, swing
back and forth until hole is filled., By
removitig feeder the goods will not draw
and will make a strong twieted tbread
that menet be distinguished from the
curtain itself. '
TO CLEAN, SestreaWNS.
Scrub wibh gasoline and soft scrub-
bing brush, then -apply varnish. Meed
holes with pleoes of old screen; cut a
pleas larger than the hole, unravel all
round the edges, and weave in lnetead
of sewing the patch on.
- CLEANING WINDOWS.
When going away for eeveral weeks
in the .suoimer, take out your screma
and gawk .them up in seise house.11is
the rain passing through dusty selieene
which makes windows- so dirty in the
simmer. If .bhe screens are taken out
the windows look anach °leaner to pas-
sers-by, and as the windows are edsevn
na flies can get in, anyway..
dry.
Stenciled curtains are nicely laundered
in this way, which would fade if washed.
in the ustiel way or sent to be dry
cleaucl.
•
IN HANGING A. HAMMOCK.
In hanging a hammock have the head
hook at a height of six feet four inches
and the foot hook five feet seven inches
from the floor. This gives an easy swing.
IN TRAINING VINES. '
Li training vines on walls, or houses
of stone and shingles or in forming a
rockery slip a hairpin over the branch to
be secured, then into a nearby crevice.
TO GET RID OF FLIES.
To get rid of flies, sprinkle all breed-
ing places with a mixture of crude pe-
troleum and water.
TO MIKE JELLY FIRM.
If jelly is not sufficiently firm, place
the glasses in the sun for a day.
UMBRELLA CURTAINS.
Do not throw away old silk umbrellas.
When badly torn or worn Out bhe silk
from the ribs. Cat into thin sertips about
one-half inch Wide. Sew like carpet rage
and ,have them *oven into a silk curtain
or poebieres. They -may -also be used
fee essuali covers arid baby afghans. Any
colored silk and umbrella may be used.
TO STRETCH CURTAIN'S.
For ,0110 who has no curtain stretcher
if You will leave the pole in one end of
curtain and pin the other end firmly to
clothes line you will be aurprieed to find
how nicely your curtains will look.
TO BANISH RATS.
Chloride of lime is infallible; it should
be put down the rat holes and. spread
about whereler they be likely to ap-
pear.
•
ANT EXTERMINATOR.
lantehese 5 eeints' worth of tarter
emsstio from your druggist. To one tea-
spoonful of powder ada oriethird tea
spoonful of sugar and moisten with, a
little water, Put it on elielf or any place
'where ants are fostnd. A few will eat it
and leave and will not return, Powder
will dry, but can be moistened again,
end left in place until ants entirely dis-
appear. One day is sufficient,
SPARROW RINT.
To keep sparrows from roosting on
your poreh take an old paha brush and
soine tar end late in the eftertiden' paint
the top of thepillars anil the birds will
not come back.
CROCI1ET DOILIES.
When crocheting an edge on Viand
luntliemi doilies, simply tore the hem on
the wrong side and baste the hem. Then
place a large needle in the machine,
leaving it unthreaded, Follow the /tem
carefully around and you will 11AVe
nuniber of holas of ritifficient size to na
sett the crochet needle and of equal ato-
taut apart. Crochet the edge and when
done pull out beatings and hem Will hold
toul still have a neat finish not obtained
by hand heminieg,
"Revenge IS sweet," quoted the Wise
•Our. "Yes," agreed the Simple Mtg.;
'bnt, like lots of other sweet °liege,
it is opt to upset us."
Hay A.Oluna.
Their
Tortures
uickly
Cured by
CATA.RRHOZONE
Rev, 3,1r. Blanchard, ot4 elareniout,
says t
-t`or two months of every year 1 ,have
been far ten years a sufferer from Hay
',ever, andafter a long experience with
different remedies, I am convineed that
Catarreozone is the only abeolute cure,
It cured me, and I know of many other
chronic sufferers its this amality that
were similarly benefited., I can con-
scientiously recommend Catarrhozone aa
an absolute specific."
Catarrhozone is a powerful, penetrat-
ing germicide that instantly destroys
the Hay Fever germ. 16 is pleesaist
and perfectly safe to use, We guarantee
permanent cures, and will refund the
money if it fells. Complete two months'
treatment, cost $1.00, or trial raze, 50e.
Sold by Druggists and the Oatarrhozane
Csanpany• Kingaton• Out, and Buffalo,
X. Y,
TEACHING A HORSE TO JUMP.
It May be Done by Coaxing, Lunging
There are three reeDmrievtihnogds of teaching
a horse to leap -coaxing, lunging and
driving. In the coaxing method the
young horse is turned into a small pad-
dock having a low hedge or hurdle
,across the centre. In plain view of the
pupil a ride on a veteran juraper
sev-
eraltime
should take ke him over this hurdle The trainer then goes to the opposite
side with a measureof corn or oats and
calls the horse, shaking up the grain
and pouring it with his hand back and
forth in the receptacle. The boundary
will soon' be cleared, and when a few
mouthfuls have been eaten the station
of the instructor should be at the other
side of the hurdle and .the lesson re-
peated. If this be done daily the
hurdle may be gradually heiglitened.
The habit of jumping is thus acquir,
ed without those risks which attend a
novel performance vvhen a heavy bur-
den oppresses the strength and whip
and spur distract the attention. The
horse's body, says ,Country Life in
America, is not partially distilled by
the imposition of a heavy load before
the powers are taxed to the utraost and
his capabilities are unfettered. -
The second method is termed lunging.
A. long rein or cord is attached to the
bit and the animal is exereised in a
circle in which a hurdle has been
placed or a shallow ditch dug. A long
lashed -whip, used only to keep' lain in
motion, or lightly applied at the propel:"
moment,, will keep -him up to his svork.
Soon the horse will enter into the t.prit
of the occasion, and by unraistakaole
signs will manifest his enthusiastic en-
joyment of the exercise.
The third method, driving, is exactly
what its. name implies. At first the
obstruction should be slight. A.ny open
space will answer the purpose, an earth
or sod surface or tanbark being prefer-
able. Long nine, a straight . bar or
snaffle bit, a long whip and patience
and perseverance are required.
All things considered, the driving
method is the quickest and surest way
of teaching the horse to leap. When
he has become somewhat proficient,
having thoroughly learned what is re-
quired of him, the saddle may be called
• into requisition and the practical les-
sons begun.
Almost any young horse can be taught
'to leap. Of course his proficiency will
depend on the care bestowed 00 his
training and on his general characteris-
tics of wind, jimb and nerve. An ordin-
ary cob or Morgan will attain the pro-
ficiency of an Irish hunter, butany
horse that is used for a saddler will be
of far greater value to his owner if
he can be taken occasionally for a meta
• country ride and put over ditches and
low obstruction.. 4
• Sun Cooking.
Sun cooking -roasting and boiling by
sunlight instead of by coal or gas -has
been going on for three hundred years.
There are sun stoves that roast a sirloin
or boil a soup to perfection. They are
only used, however, by scientists. A
sun stove consists mainly of a mirror, a
spherical mirror, on a joint. There is
'
also a reflector. The place for pot or
plate is so situated that the mirror's
rays can be focussed on its accurately.
A German, Baron Tcherliausen, was the
first sun cook. Ile bean in 1687 to boil
water, and in 1688 he hiad yery good
meccas in boiling eggs. Sir John Hers-
chel and Button are other famous names
associated with sun 000king. In Cali-
fornia various sun crooks have boiled
a gallon of water in twenty minutes,
roasted meat in tow hours and poached
eggs in fifteen minutes -quite as good
thne As the ordinary fire makes. An
odd thing about meat roasted by sun
rays is that it lias an unpleasant taste.
This ie avoided by the insertioe of a
plate of yellOw glass between meat and
mirror. In all solar stoves the sheet
of yellow glass figures. -Tit Bits.
•• •
Decline of Ancient English Fair.
• After beteg' held -annually for 800
years Stow Green pleasure fair has pracs
teeny ceased to exist,
Established by charter of If enry 111,
it tanked as oho of the largest fairs in
'England for merthandise and lasted
three weeks. All the large travelling
shows in the countty used to attend,
and they coveted nearly four mores of
ground. Thi fair is now limited to two
days, and "when it commenced yester-
day it only eousisted of a few eatchpen-
nyTtitivic;e6s.r the inagistrates curtailed
the hours for drinking, and it is OX.
"peeted. the fair will soon eollaptio alto-
gether. -Prom the London Statidard,
SOMMER BOARD.
(Washington Herelti)
"Pat an author, yo o understand, spend.
ing iny %mention on a farm to get local
eolor. How much will board bet"
"Ten per week," replied the teenier,
"and $2 extra if we're expected to talk
dialed."
• • •
Untie Allen.
"It's curious," moralized 1.713ele Allen
awake, "that they call thiti new system of
rennin* tea eltY the aortinitseion elan. As
understand the elan, nobody can hitirta$4
te eat it COz141/21t81011 011 tatything."
rlitpo to a fine thing, but it doean't
alwitya otable a man to OeliVer the
goods.
. .
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WAWA
Now an expedition is to go to look
for captain Peary, tile Arctic explorer.
Some men never tire of being reamed.
The crisis in Spain is eaill to be over,
Perhaps. But if so, a large number of
bad men. must have been disposed of in
a Very short time,
••••nr • II 6
ceipte for the fiscal year coding •/11110
The United States Inland Revenue re -
30. 1000, were $246,212,719, a falliPg Off
of nearly five and a half million from
lea year's figures.
• • •
The Canadian Pacific itallsvafa. gross
ettYnings for the year ending with June
were $76,313,3e1; working eas-penses $53,.
357,748, leaving a net profit of $22,991e
473,
The late Don Carlos has willed to the •
Pope, cash and works of art to the value
of $2,000,000, The business of `pretend-
ers to it crown would seem to be a pay-
ing one.
440•
The British Governutent has granted
forty Wyllie, whose husband was asses,
sinatea by Q Hhidu, pension of $e,500
a year, Lieut. -Col, Wyllie was a very
popular officer and a great friend to
India,
4 •
"English," says a prominent Michigan
man who has just returned from a tour
mound the globe, "is the business Ian,
gunge of the world. One cao get along
in futy pore in the world with English."
That is the experience of most world
travellers. Tao- "universa1 language" is
ulready with us.
Vast numbers of worn-out horses are
being sent from Great Britain to feed
the -happy nroloeted workingmen of the
continent. It is said many of these
equine wrecks die on the way' 'before
they eftn be turned into steaks and
Joints.
Cholera is taking off a good many in
Calcutta. Six English nurses died in one
hospital there a few days ago. Even
with all the precautions enforced as to
drinking- nothing but boiled or distilled
water, a good many Europeans are
falling victims to the disease,
, • .••
Labor conditions in New Zealand are
bad, and the men crowd the towns and
look to the Government to care fax
them. The Lyttelton Times, of Christ-
church, says there are many unemployed
in the cities, "yet the country is calling
out for labor. But men decline to go
out of the towns to look for work."
• it •
A Toronto man figures out that he
ean buy flour at the rate of $7.20 a bar-
rel mid make a profit even at these
prices of 100 per cent. on baking the
family bread at home. It is a pretty
fat profit; but does he allow for the
home baker's work and the cost of
fuel?
The Manitoba Government estimates
that 13,000 men will be required to
assist in taking off the provincial har-
vest, which will be a good average one.
The moving of such an army of men
for a few weeks' work presents a task
of no small difficulty,
Two thousand persons in County Fer-
managh, Ireland, are holding a continu-
ous prayer meeting in the belief that
the millennium may be ushered in at
any moment. The holding of a prayer
meeting will probably do them .no
harm; but it is a pity that the usefel
labor of so many able-bodied men
gonad go to waste.
•
The population of Germany appears
to have inereAsed by 14.48 per cent. between 1S82: and 1895, while between 1895
and 1907 it increased as mull as 19.2Z
per cent., or by 9,950,245 persons; that
is, an ayerage annual inerease of about
530,000. 'Pile offlrial figuree are thee
given:
Melee. Females.
Cenens of 1882 .. 22,150,749 23,011.36
Census of 1895 25,409,161 20.301,123
Ceneus of 1907 .. 30,461,10.0 $1,2e9,4119
. • .4e
This is the centenary of the birth of
Tennyson, one of the greatest, if not the
greatest, poets ef Queen Victoria's
reign. He was one of the fortunate
poets, living to win the regard of his
country and the world, and to enjoy,
during his life, the recognition of his
abilities and worth. He will probably
never be, in the same sense as some
other poets, the poet of the people, but
his position in the hall of fame is Bemire,
and his niche is a high oue.
Speaking et a dinner' in British East
Africa, Mr. Roosevelt spoke very highly
of the country and prophesied for it a
great Mute, Of British achievements
he was particularly enthusiastie, re.
neirkaig: "I believe that one of the
best feats performed by metnbers of the
white race in the last ten years is the
building of the Uganda ralirorta, 1 ani
convinced that this eountry has a great
agricultural and industrial future, and
it is the most attractive playground in
Oct world." East Africa is destined ere
long to become the home of another
great British nation.
*1*
The consolidation of telephone inter-
ests being brought about in the United
States is expected to lead to great econ-
omies. One system of telephones with
publie regulation through commission
emitrol will save to the telephone users
of the country rcflflons of (loners annu-
aIly; will avert the intolerable nuisance
of double tend triple telephone expenses
and anneyatee, win prevent a, tattistro•
Ole to the eountry of tt !spread of mmii•
(101 operation, and will seeure to the
public the elleapest and best serviee that
it is possible to maintain. Tito publie
tontrol proviaed for in Canada is ht 11410
with true progress and teonotty.