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,. :.~""*â€".’“ I - » mu: ~ »--. ». -' . t. M........_,. 5... Na“... - .. a a... R -.... .. .- .. “Law”: .. _.._ “1-1... WM»... "aun- u “VA-mâ€"mâ€"gwn V .” tUHIDUS HABITS _ Ill BHUIN} IlMILY ’They Are Wise Annuals But Dif- I , ferent Kinds Have Widely ' Different Ways ‘Many of the conventional ideas as , “to bears have endured from periods long antedating the investigations of naturalists. Certain of these ideas are absurd; others have a foundation in fact. It is a fact that the representative "polar hear of the greatest strength. courage and ferocity has a yellowish coat, and that the'pure white coat, as a general rule, is a mark of cow- V article. It is difficult to account for , s ' , this fact, unless it be ascribed to -; some taint of albinism, which is al- ; most invariably accompanied by l wealtkness and degeneracy in an ani- ma . . ‘/ In captivity no bears hibernate. To the polar bear winter brings a dis- inclination for baths; to the Malay or Himalayan, kept indoors, it makes no difference; but the black and brown bears of both sexes eat sparingly at intervals, and sometimes sleep for ‘two or three days together in their dens at this time. In their wild state the black and brown bears choose a cave or hollow tree, and there the trapper seeks them for their pelts (and for their abundant grease. The discolored snow around the small hole kept open by the animal’s -_ breathing does not escape the trap- . per’s practiced eye, nor the scratched tree trunks where the black bear has rec-rambled up to lie hidden in some "hollow, perhaps 40 feet above. This mild-mannered -and indolent U/ beast, which seeks only to turn and sleep again, falls an (asy prey to the hunter. But the brown hear of Europe :‘and the grizzly are \roused to fury when disturbed. Taking Bears Alive There are various ways of taking or “turning” the bear. Polar bears, both young and old, are often taken with a noose laid around a piece of iblubber in a hole and captured and ‘packed in one operation by hauling them into casks and coopering them. Their love of sweet things is the on. doing of other bears. They will go ‘into box traps and fall traps after honey, or fasten their heads in a nail-studded molasses barrel while sucking the syrup. In some parts of the world they commit such havoc v‘while in search of fruit that cultiva- “tors are obliged to spread bird lime for them. ' The characteristic repugnance to touch anything dead or motionless seems to indicate that primarily the hear was a fruit-eating beast." This Thad become an accepted tenet of ‘natural history before the discovery of the offal-eating polar bear. “Bear talk” was always considered "good medicine” by the Indians. If a bear blocked their path. they ad- dressed him politely, reminding him of their common brotherhood, prais- ing his nobility, and requesting him kindly to allow them an unmolested passage. This, it is said, he frequent- ly did, for, being by nature inoffensive, the soft accents did not disturb him, and so he would go on his way. Doubt as to Hugging , Some naturalists contend that bears -do not "hug," while others contend that, with the exception of the polar hear, they do. It is sometimes as- serted that the bear never walks naturally on his hind legs, but this statement is incorrect. Bears often walk on two legs after descending a tree, and they have been seen de- librately to assume an upright atti- rtude in order to toss an object. The :same statement applies to their wrestling, since they engage in the most strenuous contests of this kind, in which hugging plays a prominent part. An approved “half Nelson" of- ten finishes the good-natured bout. Bears have been held to be dull and foolish. In the Norse and Russian folk tales they are butts of the peasant or of the fox. But few animals, except monkeys, are so intelligent. None play so well together, none learn un- taught so many tricks and none are so susceptible to education. :How to Wear Puttees An eminent French surgeon declares that puttees, as used by mountain , climbers cause varicose veins. Nearly .all the 'Alpine chasseurs whom he questioned declared that the use of puttees makes climbing very painful. It is also asserted by an army sur- geon, Dr. Ronyer, that 75 per cent. of Alpine chasseurs get varicose veins after the mountain season as the re- sult of wearing puttees. - ‘ On the other hand it is explained by a defender of puttees that they are often unsatisfactory because people have not been shown how to wear them properly. High button boots and breeches loose around the knees and buttoning right down the leg to meet the top of the boots, he sayspshould always be worn with puttees,and the cord should hes yard will a half 10118- I than $24,000,009: l "According to the diagrams of my two barometers I reach 6,600 feet in less than ten minutes. At 9,840 fast I have the impression I am being driven “back from the coast, although my machine is making over seventy miles an hour. At 13,120 feet there is no longer any doubt. I am being carried backward by the wind. “Four thousand six hundred again! The machine begins to waver. 1 note my supply of oxygen won't last out. Here is 15,744 feet, the height of Mont Blane! I have not a mouth- ful of oxygen left, and my motor mis- flres so frequently that I climb no longer. But I shall stick to it till the motor gives up. I try to find in more favorable air current and cal' upon all my resources, those of an old acrobat. At last the diagram shows again a slight ascent. Breath- ing is now very difilcuit, but here is 16,400 feet. “An alarming shock and a great noise! I am rather astonished not to feel my wings part company from me in the air. With a movement quicker than thought I cut the ignition and start planing down. "Every turn of the propeller shakes the whole machine violently, and 1 do what I can to come down as slowly as possible in order to spare my wings, Which have already been too severely tested. Evidently some important piece, probably a valve red, is broken in the motor. "But gradually the vibrations dimin- ish, and at lastthe propeller sticks fast. Thus I glide down with the stay wires whistling more or less shrilly, according to my speed. I am still 4,500 meters up, but I have the con- viction that I am out of danger. 1 pass through the clouds again at 1,500 meters and see with joy beneath me the most beautiful pasture land. Finally I land in safety.” KEEPS ATHLETE FRESH Grape Fruit Said to be the Ideal Re- vlver for Players A new reviver for athletes, which also serves in a way as a food and an aid to training, has been discovered by Lieutenant P. A'Beckett, an all round sportsman, also well known as a regimental footballer. This is the West Indian grape fruit. Oranges and lemons, particularly the latter, have served almost since football became a British institution, to refresh the footballer at half time, and of late years many have taken to chewing gum, which they kept in the month all through the play, as it served the double purpose of prevent- ing thirst and killing any desire for an interval cigarette. Lieutenant A’Beckctt. however, say: the grape fruit is an invaluable asset to any team, being health giving and sustaining, and to it he attributes the success of his team ‘ in the Dorset Senior Football league. Hr believes in giving each man half a grape frail every morning, another at, the interva? ~ on the football field and another pics; at night. “As one of the rules in training i' to cut down all excess fluid. the acid pungent qualities of grape fruit quCc makes it an ideal thirst quencher, as a man is content with little, and it It also agreeable to the most delicate stomach, which is importan’ considerâ€" ing how vital it is to an athlete to have perfect digestion." BRINE CURE FOR HORSES Novel Bath Experiment at 'Drcitwltch for Afflicted Animals A brine bath, in which four horses can stand in hot brine, is in existence at Droitwich. The bath 2'13 built at the rear of Mr. Everett’s garage, in St. George’s Square, with a sloping way down which the horses walk into four stalls, where'they find themselves in about 2 feet 6 inches of warm brine. After standing in this for the number of hours ordered by a veterinary sur- geon, they are brought out, dried, and properly bandaged, to avoid all risk of catching cold. Droitwich brine is twelve times as strong as ordinary sea water, and the cure is intended for race horses, polo ponies, and hunters. Mr. Everett says that he has for years used the brine, made hot, on lame horses, by dipping l bandages in it and applying them ml the legs. He has found the cure suc- 2 cessful for strains, bangs, and rheu-I matism. He also found it very good, while he looked after his father’s stud farm at Finstail Park for tools and yearlings who were weak in the legs., w--. ...._._‘ l Suspenders for deent Suspenders to support women's skirts on the line of masculine de- viizes are a novelty. Austria-Hungary is building hydro- electric plants which wjll cpst more vi e-mâ€"-â€"â€"~- - I -- - ~ -â€" ~ -» --â€"~uâ€"â€"â€" â€" â€".â€" m~~mumnw.-luwg.m L THREE MILES IN AIR Aviation Has Plentyâ€"(If Thrills Even For a Eesslonal This is the way Garros, the . French aviator, describes how it feels 'to climb 16,400 feet up in the air with an aeroplane: ' - ,,-......_._.._...._..........__,,._.. Marble and Ernie Monumenls Still doing business in the same stand but not in the same old way. “‘0 ad- vance with the times and are in a posi- tion to do better work than over. New designs, new granites, new and improved tools and methods, in fact, the most up- to-duto Marble and Granite. works in BUILDING CONTRACTS We are prepared to take contracts for houses, sum- mer cottages, etc. It will pay you to get our esti . mates. Doors and sash and interior finish always in this part of Ontario. Get our priccsnnd . ' ‘ . see our designs before purchasing. stock. 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GOULD, FENELON FALLS. 2:1’23'2:95'¢%“$"¢'T’1 v ‘.- ffifs‘rtffit‘i‘ii'fifif‘.‘ o":- .....â€"_ Wll ' EIGHT-HANDED I POLAR TRAGEDIES Sir John Franklin, of the English navy, in 1846-1848, seeking thenorth- west passage, lost his ships, the Ere bus and the Terror, off King Williai: Land and starved and froze to dent. with 128 men, forming the crews 0 both ships. , Captain George Washington D: British Professor Says Because Our Ancestors Fought in Certain Way 9â€". One of the professors at an English college has figured it.out that if you are left-handcd it is a sign that your ancestors were not good fighters. "Most persons are right-handed,” says he. “Only one in every twenty Long, U.S. navy, in 1879-1881, seekin; is left-handed. Why are People Tight‘ the North Pole, lost his vessel, thl handed? They may have been born Jeannette, off Siberia and then per that way, it is true; but Why? ished near the mouth of the Lena rive: "Away back in the beginning the with twenty of his thirty-two men, chief occupation of man was fighting. Washington In battle he carried a shield in one hand and a weapon in the other. It was not much work to carry the shield, but the quick action required by the hand and arm which did the fighting soon developed that arm. It also developed the nerves and the half of the brain that governed the right side of the body. Those who FENELON FALLS MARKETS Fenclon Falls Friday, Mar. 28, 1013 Wheat, Scotch or Fife, 82c. to 85.}. Wheat, fall, 00 to 92 Wheat, spring, 75 to 80 Barley, per bushel, 50 to 60 Oats, per bushel, 33 to 35 Pease, per bushel, 90to 100 Buckwheat, 45c. to 50 Potatoes, bush. 40 to ‘15 Butter, per pound, 22 to 25 Eggs, per dozen, 22 to 25 Hay, per ton, $8 to $10 Hides, S 10.00 Lieutenant Adolphus Greely, U.S.A., in 1881-1884, in polar research around Lady Franklin Bay, was not found by relief ships and lost eighteen of his twentyâ€"four men by starvation and disease at a winter but at Cape Sabine. Salomon Auguste Andree, 01 Sweden, in 1897, seeking passage tc . . Shielded their left sideâ€"thus pro- , , , the 1:01;”: 135113 ngyth bflggmé fig"; tecting their heartâ€"were the ones Hot-357 11"ev57-2? ‘30 $8 75 I Peare n 0 e r r 9 who usually came out victorious. Beerv $ 8-00“) *9 gen and was lost, with two ,com panions. Mylius Erichsen, of Denmark, in 1907, charted the northeast corner 01 Sheepskins, 50 to 80 Wool, 12 to 17 FIour,Samson, $2.80 to $300 Flour, Winnipeg $2.70 to $2.90 Down through the ages this selection continued, the right hand gradually becoming more proficient." - Greenland and perished with twc Flour, Silver Leaf, $2.50 to$2.10 companions while trying to get back __ I Flour, Victoria,$'2.45 to $2.65 a 'to his base of Supplies. .. .Elour, new process. $2.40 to_$.‘?.li0 ' Captain Robert Falcon Scott and 9WM9W999¢WM¢Q Flour, family, clipper, $2.35 to $2.55 four companions, after visiting the 6 Bran, per 100 pounds, $1.20 to $1.30 Shorts, do., $1.25 to $1.35 Mixcd Chop, do., $1.40 to $1.50 Corn Chop, do., $1.40 to $1.’0 South Pole in January, 1912, perished in a blizzard while returning north in March, 1912, within eleven miles from One Ton Depot. They had run out of fuel and provisions. ll int Cal :1 “AMI-n: .- o It New identification. A method of identification of indi- viduals by means of the veins of their hands has been devoloped by an Ital- ian scientist. -.u SECOND DIVISION COURT IN THE COUNTY OF VICTORIA.’ .The next sittings of the above Court Will be held in Twonley‘s huh, in the Village of Fenelon Falls. On Monday, Mar. mm, 1913, commencmg at 1 30 o'clock in the after- noon. Thursday, Feb. 27th. will he the that are raised on skim milk fizbigagl’ligfciilsge (l’i‘ege‘ifggg‘gsnltisvt'csxfl' » , . . in in 010119: “111853 the Pl'Otem: other counties must be served ongor O i 9 i Sugar and Fat that is removed 3 before Saturday, February 22th. . Q . § § 0 Four more national bird reserva- tions were established by the United States government last year, making the total number 56. .. It is a well-known fact that calves that are allowed to suc- kle their mothers 'develop into ' larger, healthier and more Vigorous animals than those Hawkas a Flyer It is on record that a goshawk, be- longing to Henry of Navarre having its Royal owner's name engraved on its golden varvels, made its escape from Fontainebleau in 1574, and was caught twenty-four hours afterwards in Malta. It had negotiated 1,400 miles, and must have tped through the air at the rate of sixty miles an hourâ€"supposing it to have been on the wing all the time. As a hawk never files by night, it must be com- puted, if credence be given to the story; that the bird'wlnged the enor- mous distance at a rate not less than 100 miles an hour. in the form of cream is re- , 36" Office hours from 10a. in. to4p.m placed. This can beiflone at ELISHA MARK, it"IISlTliLll cost by the use of Bailiff. INTERNATIONAL CALF MEAL which contains just the prop- er proportions of Protein, Cal-bro Hydrates and Fats to produce the Ideal Calf food when mixed with skim milk according to our directions. E. D. HAND, Clerk. PLANT BOWM A N ’S GUARANTEED NIEIISERY STMK IT WILL GROW We want two more agents county. Polishing with a soft rag is all that is necessary to keep a brass bed look- ing bright. G. F. VICARS Druggist and Optician . , this An intelligent Dog An interesting story of a black Pomeranian dog comes from a resx- dance in the Chcbham road, Sunning- dale, England. The animal enjoys ly‘ ing in front of the fire, and as he sleeps indoors has had opportunities of witnessing every morning the oper- ation of fire-lighting. One cold morn- ing the owner found the (log keeping guard on the hearth rug over some paper, a piece of wood, and a lump of coal, which he had fetched, piece by piece, from the coal box in order, apparently, to expedite the lighting of the fire that he might the sooner warm himself. FENELON FALLS. WOW“MO WWWOWWOMMQWNWWO THOS. W. BOWMAN & SON 60., Ltd. eeweoewwowoweewoweo Ridgeville, out, for Estimates 011 new buildings consult us. Or" give us your order for Doors, Sash, Intemor Finish, etc. We will be pleased to figure on what you will need in supplies, or the whole contract. F. C. TAYLOR. 'u King Favors Racing Sir John Thursby, speaking at the hundred-yearéold annual dinner of the Gimcrack Club in New York, announc- ed that Lord Derby told him that King George not only did not intend to with- draw from the turf. but vould so far as his kingly duties allowed, give his foective personal support to racing. ijtmj»_, .. p.‘ "-.._;~ J . ._ , _ {a .,