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Izen, Motes Public and Con-|- Koch Solicitor} wd Packs Well.__ (Contributed sted by Ont Ontario De Ke oment = Toronto.) - VERY year complaints are made of the ravages of this minute inséct, especially in those parts of the Province where fall wheat fs grown, In some places a large proportion of the crop may be destroyed, while in others the amount of “injury may be slight. The insect gets its name from the supposition that it was brought to America in straw carried by some Hessian soldiers, who were sent out from England doring the Revolution- ary war. These troops landed on Leong Island in 177é, and three years later the wheat crops in the neigh- borhood of their camp were found to be seriously injured by the newly imported insect. This account of its arrival in America has been disputed by some investigators -who declare that it pecorred on this continent many years before. However this may be, the name of “Hessian Fly” had been universally adopted in all parts of the world where wheat is owe It certainly received its ascientifi name (Cecidomyia destructor) from Thomas Say, a D raged American €h- tueneloniet, in 1820. From Long Island spread out the State of New York and then southward, westward and northward, till it finally reached Oalifornia in 1884. In Canada it was associated with the Wheat Midge dur- ing the years 1854 to 1857, when the wheat crops in this country were to- tally destroyed and the farmers were friven to despair. In 1856 the Bureau of Agriculture in Toronto oi- fered prizes for the best essays on the insect enemies and diseases of the wheat plant. The highest award was made to Prof. H. Y. Hind, of Trinity College, Toronto, and his essay was officially published in 1857 and widely distributed among the igh of this Province. The book an admirable production, and is fail of valuablé information on these enemies of wheat which is just as useful now as it was some sixty years it gradually ago. The Hessian Fly is a small two- gnat, about one-eighth of an inch in length and dark in color. Ow- Ing to its minute size and active habits it is seldom seen, and few, if rag of our farmers would be able ize it. The female fly lays pl 100 to 150 . ay caiting théfi"in fows 6? fouF™ surface of the wheat ce fin io ground. From these small maggots soon hatch out and burrow beneath the sheaf and into the sialk where they absorb the jufces of the plant. After a time the plants turn yellow and die, which {s usually the first in- dication of the insect’s presence. After some time the maggot be- one full-grown, its skin hardens, rns brown, and it forme a puparium pitt Z called the “flax-seed" stage, fro resemblance in size, color and shape to this seed. In this con- dition it passes the winter, fully pro- tected by its position in the stem and safe from injury. In the following May the fly emerges and deposits its eggs for the production of a second brood. These eggs are laid upon the young spring wheat at one of the low- er joints of the stem, and upon any of the fall plants that have escaped the previous attack and survived the winter. The effect of the work of the maggot is'to cause a weakening and hardening of the stem at the point of attack, which results in the bending down or breaking off of the plant. The flax-seed stage is reached in due course and the insect remains in that condition till the crop is harvested. Aes the pest, when present, is usually very numerous, great damage is done to both the fall and epring crops and very serious loss is suffered by the farmer. | Q Ai p { o in this It hare been better than cure. ‘case is } ound that fall wheat may escape at- | tack if sown not earlier than the 20th | of September in sauthwestern On- tario, or a little earlfer in other parts of the Province. Tue parent flies are on the wing at tne beginning of | September and by the dates mention- ed, the period of egg-laying is over. ‘This plan can be made more certain of success if a strip of wheat is sown at the beginning of the month to serve af a trap crop. The flies tay their eggs on these early plants be- fore the main crop is above ground. By ploughing under this strip the brood is effectually destroyed and all danger is ¢€ After thé crop of an infested field - bas been taken cff, if practicable, the s'ubble should b+ burned; but if this | cannot be done, it should be ploughed deeply under to prevent the fies which are about to hatch out to reach the surface of the grocnod and escape for the production of another brood. Wheat should not be grown again on the same p of ground for at least a couple of years. As many of the “flax-seeds” remain in the straw, it is advisable to collect and burn the screenings from the threshing ma-~ chine, By the adoption of these meth- ods, which involve little trouble or expense, the farmer a fee as least as this Gianta pest eoncerned—Dr. C. J. 8. Bethune, O. A. College, Guelph. Your local fall fair fs a géod ad- vertising medium for your stock. ‘ A may reason- . sure of getting a full return for | 4 , bitious. To the anti-mil e How overs re “Little Hsu” is a qoldier. ho seen little or nothing of war. .He is selfish, domineering, inordinately am- he is bodiment’ of militarism in t on and he is pro-Japanese h feared and hated. by all liberal and enlightened elements of the pop 2 Vie a for; ahead... He is the dominant figure in the politico- military Anfu-Club e€ ef figure in the Northwest Prdutine Defence Bureau, under the Milltary Pact with Japan. Gen. Ben- gal, of the Japanese army, is chief el staff of the bureau, and he and-his Japanese assistants furnish the mili- tary knowledge required by the bu- reau, and Japanese officers train the Chinese soldiers who Protect the Mon- gcolian frontier. Single-handed, except for r Jape nese encouragement, Hsu ently cancelled the autonomy of Mohgolia and made that vast and undeveloped country again an integral of China. Chinese would be re en- thusiastic over that if the¥ did not believe that the reclamation of Mon- golia will ullimately be of greater benefit to Japan than to China. Also they fear it will involve them in eoncert with the Japanese, in war- fare along the border with the Rus- slang. Abviously, Hsu is trying to build up for himself in-Mongolia a military strength that will exceed that of Chang Tso-ling in Manchuria, where Ohahg has a formidable army by vir- tue of Japanese support. If he should suc , & day would come when Hsu's Mongolian horde would de- scend upon Peking and make Little Hsu dictator. In the meantime, Hsu is plotting and planning, seeking mostly to supplant the tuchuns of | the three Yangtse provinces with! Aufu Club generals. If he wins and! Provinces, which are pivotal as be-/| tween the north and the south, re- main loyal to him, his dream of dic- | tatorship may come true. But those “‘if's'’’ are the rub. in| spite of his having a finger in every pie now, the wise ones say he will: not go far nor last long. He has no} friends. He is eo arrogant and self- | seeking that he commands no loyalty. | Wise old Marshal Tuan has always | shouldered the blame for mistakes of his pupils and followers; in striking, contrast Hau makes scapegoats of his subordinates. The generals and tu-; chuns of his approximate rank are all against him, and It is predicted _|, that whe rahul dies or loses. in irely throu the f feeble- nese of old age, these others will me quick work of finishing off “Lit- tle I had an interview with “Little Heu" on Match 5, in which he freely expressed his conviction that wha China needs is a utrong man and de- clared that if he was found to be that man he would not shirk the a sees aaa of a military dictator- ship Hsu received me in his office in the headquarters of the Northwest Frontier Defence Bureau, the very centre of Japanese militarist influ- ence in PekfAg. His office is far in the rear of the compound which en- closes the old palace of ea prince. Soldiers were on guard from the gate all the way back through the quandrangles and courts, and I got through only because held his ecard making the sgppointment. A young Chinese who is “‘Hnglish sec- retary" interpreted. Hsu came in, of course, in uni- form, his sword dangling and clank- ing. He is a short, thick-set man, not more than forty years of age. He does not look high class or cap- able or soldierly, He looks shrewd and self-willed. In his own way, Hsu impressed me as having something of statesman- ship. He spoke freely of the folly of | China borrowing and spending and wasting the country’s natural re ~~ tribute the money to build a-railroad | projected for Mongolia, over the old | camel trail from Kalgan to Chita. But | doubtless in the meantime he is ready | to let the Japanesé provide the money {| and gain advantages that will sacri- fice the interests of China. Also he himself could stop the borrowing from Japan and spending process that is wasting the resources of China if he were willing to forego ambition and be a wise and patriotic leader. - Hsu assured me he knew the limits of military success; he cited the fate of Napoleon as an example of what happens to a general who turns out| €b from national defence to conqvest. Just the same, I fancy “Little Hsu" often closes his little eyes and swells’ hie pudgy chest as he dreams of rid- ins jmto Peking on a white mule or. caparisoneéed camel or a high-power- ed automobile at the head of a con-' army from Mongolia. centre of sensational doings. He will be monarch or a ome, aifater. ora refugee” in Japan. ‘has history of jis well established since nical ‘Educator _; Another, con ae which its but all of them” f tics in common, and even to-day phy- gees often find “it acu to a ears cértaim diagnosis until the malady oped. is well ‘devel. The influenza epidemir the fifth century, axe in the Fieed teenth, poke it erase iteelf in the years 729-30, > 1732-33, 1737-38, Tiki TBE BS. 1761-62, 1768, 1775-76, 1780-82, 1788-89, 1798-1800, The nineteenth century was excep- tionally free, having had only light epidemics of.influenza. The last. of these, however, that of 1889, return- ed every winter until 1895, thus per- sisting for about six years. The name “influenza” dates from 1742, when it was given to the epi- demic in Italy; at the same time the name “grippe’’ was given to it in France. The term ‘facies grippe”’ had been used before to describe the thin, drawn face,-with sunken eyes and w skin, ‘bearing every sign of depression and exhaustion. This face is peen whenever the sympathe- tic nervous system and the supra- renal glands are deeply touch by an infection. From this term the word “grippe” was_derived. Dr. Heckel says the term “Spanish fever” or “Spanish influenza,” given to the epidemic in 1918, is quite in- correct, for that epidemic, like all others, was born where it is always prevalent — that is to say, Russia, Turkestan and -the surrounding regions, ' There is no doubt about the mi- crobic origin of influenza, but it is \ certain that the microbes that cause it have not been discovered. 1 | those that have been suspected, in- cluding the Pfeiffer bacillus, are the new military governors of these ,merely the agents of the secondary complications and are the habitual ts of our nasal passages and ; throat. They are no trouble to healthy, strong persons, but once the system is enfeebled by lack of nourishment, cold, etc., then they be- gin their ravages. Recent experiments by Dr. Trillat, of the Pasteur Institute, show that the very air we breathe serves as a medium in which the invisible mi- | crobes of influenza flourish when it Pe gard certain gases of orgenic ori- ~.8uch as the exhaled human breain contains in great, quantities. Soaeatt Human Race Die ; the Tecorded pi edits over Rearly three centuries, it is found that In 1610 the average height of a man in Europe was 1.75 metres, or, say, five feet nine inches, whilé in 1790 it was only five feet six inches, saye Spare Moments. In 1820 It was five feet five inches and a fraction, At the present time it is five feet three inches and three- quarters, It is easy to deduce from = figures a rate of regular de cling in human stature, and to apply this, working backwards and for- wards, to the past and to the future, By this calculation it is determined that the stature of the firet man attained the surprising average of six feet nine inches. Truly, there were giants on the earth in those days, The race had already deter- iorated in the days of Og, and Goliath was quite a degenerate offepring of giants. Coming down to later times, we find that, al the beginning of our era, the average height of Man was nine feet; and, in the time of Charlemagne, it was eight feet eight inches, But the "vost astonishing result of this seientifice study comes from the application of the same inexorable law of diminution to the futefe> The calculation shewe that by the year 40008 A.D. the stature of the average man will reduced to fifteen inches. At that epoch there will be only Lilliputians on the earth. “Alominom" or *Aluminium"? The. Oxford. Dictionary says that_ ‘“‘sluminum’”’ was the name given the metal by Sir Humphrew Davy 1812. As late as 1879, Cassell's Tech- used the original |spelling, “aluminum.” “Alumiim,” says the Oxford Dictionary, was “the name first Buggeeted by Davy for the metal which he finally called ‘alu- minium’.” In 1664, Pereira said in his ‘Materia Medica,"" that “alumi- nuny, aluminium, or alumium, is the me c of-the earth alumina.” Im 1812, the year in which Davy ebristened ths metal, the hogs Review said: “‘alunétoium, for so w shall’ take the libe-s} of writing the word, in preference to’ aluminum, whith has a less classical — Apparently it was the Quarteri view which took upon” itsel! chang ‘|the werd. The spelling “aluminum” was been ch sr Wis ne Sugar beets are dug; topped and . loadéd in record time by a-new pow ren raachiné, whose gaso- ; Ine engine propels as well as oper- ates it, The driver's seat is in front, and a iilier, takes the place of a ring wheel. The beets ars lifted to America, and has not t.of the ground by a fork, gers “on a COnYeyOr, an the rear, where the tops are nd ay conveyor takes..them to she nee the product of one. are. harvested,: it PLINT- asian is @ common complaint in ‘young horses and ¢ seen in horses» oe It is rarely noticed in the hand lim In order to role and appre ciate the trouble it is necessary to re. |have an intelligent idea of the bony | ‘anatomy of the horse from the knee | to the fetlock. This part is_usually: called the’ cannon, It consists‘of three bones: one large cannon bone extend- Ing the whole distance, from the knee in the fore limb, and fromthe hock in the hind limb to their respective fetlock joints. This bone has a broad and somewhat flat posterior surface. To each edge of ‘hie surface is at- tached (by ligamentous attachment) a small somewhat triangular-shaped bone, considerable size above, ‘where it articulates with the bones of the knee joint, and gradually de creases In size,as it. extends down- wards, becoming quite small, and terminating in a em somewhat cadaheped | nodule, « little more than two-thirds e large bene. These nodules can >e readily felt, one on each side of the posterior aspect of the large bone, a few inches above he fetlock. A splint consists in a bony union between the Jarge and small boues. Infammation is bet up, usually by concussion during traveHing, espe- cially on hard roads. As a result of this inflammation an exudate is thrown out, and the ligamentous at- tachment is destroyed. The exudate is, of course, soft at first, but soon come converted into bone and unites the large and ema!) bones by bony union. An enlargement of greater or less size can usually be seen, which, in most cases, gradu- ally disappears, by absorption until nothing can bs noticed, and in many cases cannot be Jetected even by manipulation; at the same time the ossific (bony) union between the bones is permanent. Hence a horse that once has a splint will always have it, although «ll visible sy up- toms may have disappeared. We often hear people say thal "A poeta over seven years eid never has Plints.” This arises from the fact that the Visible ‘enlargement 13s us ually disappeared, but the unlon of the bones remains. This absorption does not always occur. It is net un- common to observe wel! marked splints in horses of any ago. In sone the splint is double— is, an enlargement is nuticable on each side of the limb. In 3ucr cases there is usually a bony devosit extending across the posterior surface of the large bone, from one splint to the other. This often causes an irritation to th esuspensory Hgament (which passes down this surface) and cases permanent lameness. Splints seldom cause persistent or perinanent lame ness, Symptome.—In many cases no lameness is caused. The first intima- tion ofthe presence of splint is the appearance of the enlargement, which usually gradually disappears. In other cases lame.ess is well mark- ed, and is usually characteristic. A . Lint 1 j aatien a noted The (flammatory action ceases and jlame- horse lame from splint will usually stand and walk sound, but if asked to jog or (rot will show well marked lameness, the head dropping decided- ly when the foot of the sound leg touches the ground. The lameness is | often noticed before there is any vis- ible enlargement. The lameness is more marked. when the horse trots down grade, and the intensity of the lameness usually increases as exer- cise is continued. Manipulation will usually reveal the seat of the trouble. By pressing between the thumb and finger the line of attachment between the large and small bones from, the knee downwards, the seat can be lo- eated by the horse flinching are the seat of the trouble is pressed. And, if severe pressure be applied he will often rear on his hind legs. The usual seat of splint is on the inner surface of the fore cannen, or it may be on the outer surface, or both, and is usually one to three inches below the knee, but may be either higher or lower. The hind limb is seldom affected, but when it is the seat is usually on the outer surface. Treatment.—Lameness is usually present only during the inflammatory stage. When the exudate becomes ossified (converted into bone) the in- ness disappears, except the enlarge- ment be of sufficient size, or go sit- vated that it irritates the suspensory ligament or Involves the joint. Hence treatment should be directed to allay Infammation as promptly as possible. Splint lameness Usually appears very suddenly. A horse niay go perfectly sound and after.a rest of a variable: duration when taken out to drive ay ee the characteristic patient should be given per- feat rest, and the seat of the splint should be showered with cold water ~ \freguently, or pounded ice kept to it for a few days. This will often be all that fs mecessary. other cases lameness is mcre persistent, and it is necessary to apply a blister. A blister ‘made of one dram each of biniodide of mercury and cantharides mixed with one oz. vaseline, and applied in the ordinary way will usually effect acure. In some cases {t is necessary blister the second time (in Govt. a month). In rare caseg an operatién i of the British fleets and coast patrols. ‘At no time did he tman-born. Scotland Yard suspected him and kept sa under close sur- veillance, finally him. * Un- der rehing cxamtultion Basil “Th n, Director of the Brit- ish Secret Service, he broke down confessed his mission. He said it was the policy of the German Intelligence Departmen make use of any tool to further their The department had even sent adventurous women to the capitals of Europe in order to lure men pos- sessing official information and whee- dle it from them. Marks was tried by court-niartial in Middlescx Gulld- hall. Owing to his confession he was sentenced to penal servitude for an indefinite term, rather than to exe- cution. He had been arrested in Til- bury by Scotland Yard detectives. Speaking with a reporter at the railway station i his jail and other ences, he said: “Bushman and i were-tried by the same court, and kept in Wandsworth jail, where we had long walks to- gether. The night before his exeecu- tion we had a farewell chat, in which he related to me the romantic cir- cumstances of his courtship and mar- t to. by eep the uy Admiralty informed of the movewiente . make secret of his . — or deny, that he was Ger-- riage with the daughter of a Prussian - millionaire. “The-next morning he went to execution with a smile on his face, and came to salute as he stood be- fore the firing squad that send him to his doom. I talked with several of the German spies who were shot. Everyone of them met his death like a brave soldier.” Marks said he came of a well- known family in Aix-la-Chapelle. In the very beginning of the war the Germans suspected him of espionage and arrested him three times. Then they became convinced that he could be useful to them as a spy, and they ent him to England. Levity In the Churches. Parsons should permit no rowdy- Isr at the altar during marriage ceremonies is the solemnly worded advice given to his colleagues by Rev. Peter Green, rector of St. Philip's, Salford, England, and chaplain to the King, in a book he has just published ° Parson," entitled “The Town After years of experience it is his opinion that bad behavior at wed- dings is common, and the writer says he has seen many weddings mark by deplorable conditions of levity and profanity. He says: “The bridegroom is often nervous and attempts to pass it off with horse- play, or a middle-aged woman in‘the company with a local reputation as to wit thinks it incumbent on her to play the fool, or the whole party know what is happening. Reverence, he declares, should be insisted on. Rector Green also criticizes slang in modern sermons, citing.as am ex- ample the words of-a parson who said the Lord had been “‘done in” by the Pharisees and Judas. He protests against the cheap vul- garity of the advertised titles of some such as “It Touches ~ Spot!” and “Insist on Seeing Label." The rector should hold Sa: bies during the baptismal service. says Mr. Green. A Taxi Detective. Some time ago Sir Arthur Conan Doyle arrived in Paris’ from the Rivieria, and, having hailed a taxi at the station, drove to hie hotel. Ag he paid his fare he was rather sur- pr when the chauffeur raid, “Thank you, Monsieur Conan Doyle!" “How did you know my name?" asked Sir Arthur... “Quite simply,” the chauffeur re- Plied. “I read in the newspapers that you were coming from Nice. At the station I examined you and saw. that you were English. Your hair seemed to me to have been cut by a southern barber, and on the heel at your shoe were traces of Sir Arthur stared at bidi in aston- ishment. “Are those ho Bane: 4 signa by which you recognized me?"'’ “Oh, no,” said the arives. “There was one other. I saw painted on your trunk.” Village. Theatres In Ulstere your name In of the possibilities of an artistic re nee ft is proposed to establish a re ory theatre in Bel- fast, and to have similar theatres in many. of the viHages.. It is hoped to Lcreate a.dramatic literature for Ul- ster, ayd also to try to put before the .¢ of Belfast examples of intellectual dramg as it has been de- veloped in other rage Ip ‘the Marcas it js hoped to get the loan of ge-rooms or barné for their thea- — and the "Companies would’ be trained by experienced players. A Sweet Duty. ? Lord Haig's staff car is not to be a companion to Nafioleon’s _Water- loo coach at Madame Tussard's after by a veterinarian is necessary. When lameness is not shown it is lurve. rnerinan taygho ta. treat splint, as enlargement usi sear gree gegen rerun ce V.8., 0. A, Cal- a ee wei pret aes