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. {R __ ~._... ., . .. AMPIIIBIOUS FISH ' They Not Only Gross Dry Land on: From. long habit we have been ac- customed ‘to think of fishes as living exclusively in water; or being incap- able, in fact, of supporting existence under any other conditions. Nature, however, does not always draw a hard .nd fast line between aquatic animal lie and that which belongs to the .and. From the accounts of natural- ists whose names are sufficient gauran- tee for their veracity there exist fish which walk on dry land, and others which traverse in like manner the floor of the ocean. Dr. Francis Day, of India, discovered several cases of the migration by land of fishes from one piece of water to another, whilst Layard (nce encounter- ed some fish evidently belonging to the perch family traversing a hot, sandy road at noon on a sultry day. 'Humboldt was once astounded to be- hold a species of dorus progressing over the dry .griund by a succession of leaps, supported by its pectoral fins, and he also heard of another specimen that had climbed a hillock twenty feet high. Ina certain part of India a party ~ of English ofllcers ye‘re encamped ‘when a rustling sound in the grass and leaves attracted their attention. They found, on investigation, that the noise was caused by countless num- hes of little fish that were moving slowly over the ground and making steadily in one direction. Their method of locomotion consisted in using their sides and small fine as lost, and their progress was anything '-s‘but smooth. _ The fish. these officers saw are known as the climbing-perch, which ‘ have long taken prominent rank "-‘among the curiosities ’of Nature, and "they were being compelled by drought o traverse a tract of dry land in order to regain their native element. Constantly ~the streams they inhabit become dried up in 'the heat of the summer season, and when this hap- pens these extraordinary freaks climb up the banks, and, guided by some instinct, make a direct bee-line across country to some river that still con- tains a modicum of water. It is well 'over a hundred years ago that this wonderful fish was first lbrought before the notice of natural- lsts. A specimen was then captured nearly at the top of a lofty palm tree, having probably ascended the trunk In order ti obtain any moisture that might have collected in the hollow of the leaves. This at first was regarded as atraveller's talc, but when M. Daldorf found one of these perch actually en- ‘gaged in. ascending a tree, it was am- ply sufficient to place the climbing- perch in- the lengthy category of Na- .ture’s oddities. THE FADE-AWAY BALL Falkenberg Has More Elusive Delivery Than Mathewson “Fred.»Fa1kenberg has a better fade away ball than Ch’risty Mathewson. Left-handed batters can hit Mathew- son, but find it almost impossible to get even a single off Falkenberg." Such is the- declaration made by .Frank Baker. home run hitter extra- ..ordinary and hero of the world's aseries of 1911. Baker made ball his- : tory when he hit Mathewson for four gbases in one of the games between ~rfthe Athletics. and Giants for the -world‘s _ championship. He batted :against Mathewson in three games of «that memorable series.‘ He made the work of opposing pitchers a study. For that reason his comparison of the two most famous'exponents of the fade-away is of great value. “McInnls and I were talking about Falkenberg," Bakercontinued. "Stuffy said he belié‘ved a' right-hander.could hit Falkenberg easier than a left- hander, and I believe he Is'right. To tell the truth, I would like to see how many hits a team composed entirely of left-handed batters could make off Fred. I'll bet he would come mighty close to pitching a no-hit game." lra Thomas, member of Connie Mack's famous strategy board, is an- other admirer of Falkenberg.- “I have. not batted much against Fred," says Thomas, “but from ob- servation I would say Fred. has the best fade-away delivery ever pitched. Mathewaon's fade-away comes up to the batter rather slow. He works it as a change 01 pace. Falkenherg throws his fast ball and fade-away with the same motion. The batter :does not know which It is until he 'swings and misses. The fade-away comes up much faster than Matty's fadeaway, and fer that reason is bars der to hit. Fred. is also the owner of more speed than Matty has now. I would rate Fred. as one of the five best pitchers in the country." ~ A Painless Bullet A new kind of bullet, known as the “narcoticbullei,” is being experiment- ed by military men. A minute par- ticle of morp‘hia Is used. The drug is carried in tiny wells In the steel Jacket of the regulation army bullet. ’l‘he inventor claims that it in no way --lnterferes with the effectiveness of the missile. The slight indentation {in the steel Jacket causes no splinter- ing ,when it cornea in contact with she bone, and no deleterious effects all] follow. the union's administration .3. L . goes to sleep. 'serious w’ound suffers no agony, as of the drug. it... soldier receiving a slight flesh wound from the new bul- let fights no more that day;‘ he calmly stretches himself on the ground and The man receiving a the narcotic'from the bullet is ab« sorbed by his system, and be Is in- sensible to pain before he reaches the‘ I hospital. Protection In Mid-air An English engineer proposes to de- fend his country in event of war by suspending bombs from balloons, which could be exploded from the ground when approached by a hostile‘ dlrigible or aeroplane. SGIENTISIS HOPE TO HARNESS IIIE MOON Power Now Wasted Could be Put to > Work Generating Electrical Energy There Is really no reason why the inhabitants of the earth should do any work at all. The moon would do all the jobs which mankind demandsâ€"if we could only harness her. Scientists are already engaged on the solution of this problem. Day after day and night after night uncountable units'of power are wasted because the brain of man has not yet devised a scheme for utilizing the terriihc motive ac- tivity of the moon's “pull” on the tides. Incredible quantities of sea- water are piled up and withdrawn twice every lunar day (a lunar day is about twenty-four hours and fifty minutes), and if the lift and fall of this water could be caught and trans- lated into energy, all the mills in the world could be driven without our burning an ounce of coal, all the eleo trio light could be produced, all the railroads run, all the trolleys, all the subways, all the electric automobiles, all the factories, housewivcs' sewing- machines, and other things of the sort, could be operated, with nothing but a little attention from me’chanics. Plans have been mooted for the utilization of the tides in England. The idea is to build enormous docks or basins, off the Bristol Channel, row confines and the tides are conse- quently high. The tide' would flow up into these basins twice a dayâ€"billions of tons of water-but it could only escape through tunnels containing tur- bines similar .There is no reason why, in time, the tide at the mouth of the Bristol Chan- nel should not thus work the street cars of London. fl - Technical. difficulties still stand in the way, but Mr. William Snee, an inventorybullt a model machine to prove that these are su'rmountable. In his model, paddles give to the water in a tank a movement imitating, ex- actly, that of the ocean's tides, the water passing through a series of re- ceptacles and round a horizontal water-wheel. In Italy another inventor, Captain Pirandello, is working on similar lines, but his machine is de- signed, to utilize and store up only the power of the waves and not that of the tide. The motive power is sup- plied by a buoy which rests on the surface of the water, and, as that surface undulates, the buoy works machinery which creates electricity. SCRAIGHES ON HORSES Common Annoyance That Can be Pre- ’ vented by Proper Precautions Scratches" also called cracked heels, mud-fever, can be prevented by Cases are or careful stable management. rarely met with- in well kept bar-us, but are aiten seen in dirty, poorly- drained stables. Dryness and clean- liness of the floor of the stall are the two most important factors in the prevention of scratches. Horses should not be allowed to stand in piles of manure and decom- posing urine. These irritate and In- flame the thin skin in the fold of the ankle, just below the fatâ€"lock. The skin then becomes thickened, due to the inflammation, and breaks or cracks in it appear and if allowed to gradually grow worse. The affected area grows larger, the cracks become deeper, and the animal In in an un- sightly and painful condition. Om:ch of horses can prevent thei trouble in the majority of cases by ’dolng two things. Do not manure horses, and see that your stalls will drain away promptly. If .your horses show any tendency toward the con- dition, apply a small amount of,r:ar- bolized vaseline, benzoinated lard, or zinc ointment, well rubbed into the affected parts. These remedies will soften the skin and protect i%om external moisture and irritating ub. stances. During wet weather, or when the roads and streets are muddy or slushy, extra precautions should be taken to prevent the condition. Do not .wash cracked heels, as water and . rubbing only aggravates the con- dition.â€"â€"Dr. H. Preston Hoskins. - . .. -. . .. ......a Bz‘pléat’; 2w. Emails As a substituza' frr the hot wateI bottle a Detroit wc :.::n '.as patented .1 pair of metallic discs, which dis- :ributc the heat obtained from an in. eggdescent lamp' inserted between them; â€"â€",â€".â€".â€"_ i. .‘ where the sea is compressed into-nar-‘ to those at Niagara._ allow , to accumulate behind your: [RAINIER 0F STARS i IN CONNIE MACK Leader of Athletics Always Has His Eyes on the Future and on Young Players an expression, "Connie Mack luck." It is shouted whenever Connie brings out a new star. It isn't luck. It's hard work. it’s persever- ance, It is careful selection of players and patient teaching. it is prudent handling of the raw material. It is weeks, months, years of preparation. It is’a constant, never ending effort to be prepared always for the day when a star begins to go back. Mack develops his own players. He gets them" very young, usually out of 'liigh schools or colleges. He aims to secure them before they have bad There is L‘â€" ACK .as he looks on‘the foul line baseball habits; that is, false or in- correct methods in batting, throwing, pitching, etc. Mack first watches a lad’s physical faults. He tries to correct them. if the youngster will not listen to advice off the team he goes. His ticket to a minor league city reads only one Only one man in 11' years over why. came back to the Athletics. This was Bris Lord. After curing a player of his false motions, Connie starts to train him physically and mentally. He coaches the lad on the field? and he seats him near him on the bench during a game and explains the various plays as they come up. Hemext tries him in every position until he finds the one the boy can play-best. Thenrhe waits. for the decline of a veteran. man is needed for a man’s job on the diamond and the recruit who has been trained carefully steps into the lime- light a finished baseball product. It was so with Collins, Barr, Lapp, Mc- Innls and it will be so with others. Twice a day Mack meets his players. They discuss the plays of the game before. They plan the battle that is at hand. Every opposing pitcher is put under a magnifying glass, so to speak. Every twirler has certain little motions which he makes in delivering different kinds of- balls. These are pointed out. It was because a mem- ber of the Athletics discovered that Mathewson made a certain movement with his foot when he pitched his deadly “fadeaway” that the Athletics beat New York when Mathewson was pitching in a memorable World series. Having deems worthy, Connie puts them with 'the veterans.‘ Not one of the latter could ever dare attempt to discourage Ia youngster. The star may see his job slipping fronthim, but he has an abiding faith in‘his manager. He knows that Connie is watching Out for 'the future ofhis men and a veteran seldom leaves his club without first getting a job as manager of another team. ' ' I g A Bull’s Strength The" following authentic tale comes from a South \Vairarupa (New Zea- ! land) station, and shows the immense 3 power possrssed by a bull. Two shep- ', herds were driving bulls from various ' paddocks, and bringing them down to ' the homesuvad. As each fresh bull l was added to the mob there were trials of strength and savage skirmishes be- tween the various members of the horn bull and as seen satire gate was opened he charged out, and, after the usual roaring and grunting. came to looks with a well-grown rcd shorthorn hull of .equal size. After several bouts with horns locked. the red bull slipped past the man's guard, and, getting him fairly under the body, heaved him bodily over the fence into the paddock where he had just come from. The roan bull weighed nearly a ton, and 'his body cleared the fence, one of the post being broken by his horns. - Chance _ For Economy According to ‘an English parliamen- tary committeethe production of all of London's electric power in a few large stations would save 6.000,000 wnsvof coal* 8. year and greatly lessen the smoke nuisance. Great Britain apart: $1;600,000 [95th of firearms annually. .r Some day a' culled the youngsters he_ her‘d. At one gate a large roan short- . was waiting for the restE s _ .- _n V“ I The toxic, tendencies of alkaline waters have been corrected with nitric acid experimentally b 'an Aus- tralian chemist, which 19 s to the belief that vast areas of unproductive .I‘and may be safely irrigated in that ’ manner. Thin Glass Tubes Using an electrical furnace a Lon- »don scientist succeeded in drawing Egiass tubes with an outside diameter i of but one twenty-five thousandth of- ' an inch. Fifty species of fish possess organs tapable of imparting electric shocks- .Lacklng In Knowledge , Nineteen young Englishmen arrived in New York during one week bound for the Canadian west. Each one of them was armed with pistols and bowie knives. Does Not Eat or'Talk A' machine has been perfected which pours any dry powder into a paper bag, folds the bag. makes" a paper box’ and places .bag and a folded circular within it, pastes on a label and seals the box at a rate of 1,500 boxes an hour. â€"' A" WINNING FIGHT Telling- of the pro ress made in com- oating the terrible 20b 1 century plagueâ€"â€" Consumption. . Notwithstanding the enormous increase in population in Canada in the past few years, it is more than gratifying to be able to record that the fight which the National Sanitarium Association are pub- ting up against the “white plague”â€" consumptionâ€"is proving a winning one. Prior to 1896 deaths from Consumption were on the increase every year. . In 1910, despite the greater number of citizens, the figures in Ontario alone showed a decrease of 1118 over those of ten years ago. Isn’t this splendid testimony to the noble work going on? Maybe you haven’t: a father, mother, sister or dear friend of your own adlicted, but wouldn’t it feel good to help some poor soul’in the throes of the dread disease to get back into the wage-earning classâ€" to return cured to wife and loved ones? Our proud boast is that no needy Con- sumptive has ever been refused admittance to our Free Institutions at. Weston and Muskoka because of poverty. Bub the cod work cannot expand without your indly sympathy and material help. The need is urgent. If you are blessed with that greatest of all blessings, good health, think of your needy suffering brother and sister. Send along your mite, however bumble, to Ms. W. J. GAGE, Chairman of the Executive Committee; Deanna, Sec. Treas., 347 King West, Toronto. Every penny you send' 0088 to help. SECOND DIVISION COURT 1 N THE COUNTY OF VICTORIA. The next sittings of the above Court will be held in 'l‘wouiey‘s hall, in the Village of Feueldn Falls. On Wednesday, Sept. '10, 1913, commencng at l 30 o'clock in the after- noon. Saturdny, August 30th, will be the last day of service on defendants resid- ing in this county. Defonduntsliving in other counties must be served on or before Monday, August 25th. W Oilice hours from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. ELISHA OMARK, E. D. HAND, Bailiff. Clerk. v o a: 5:4 g. 60 +§¢ {v ole 93 93 o} +I $24. 93- ore o} {9 {4 o}. O14 vote go a: .4» 3 . a»: o v v v- v of >3 9‘»? “to? Q4 .‘QO‘. 5'. 0'. .2. , Wall Paper and Frame Shop § Next Simpson House ” LINDSAY”; 92‘ .f‘ IIIIIAT Is IT I» E? and how to save money by the use $ t: of this oldest and the newest :5: . finish «gs- . .‘0 9‘ .9 , FDR FURNITURE so . Filll FLIIIIIIs It: - 1 ti. lg. FOR BOATS AND CANBES .z. I ’e: 5‘ I I? Comes in tlll‘OC‘Sl'lX'd tins, 30, 50 .o l}: and We. 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