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E It will be seen that hardly a single . inhabitant of the African jungle has E escaped the watchful eye of the con-i ’ vention. The London Times, in com- menting on the report, thinks never- ; theless, that the commissioners did 52’9“ go far enough and that they " should have prohibited all hunting for specified periods, a suggestion that seems even more impracticable than », the prohibitions of the convention, f The recommendations are almost : urely academicul for the chief de- ’ angers of animal life in Africa are the natives in search of food or cloth-,3 Iglean Powers wh'ch have seized the continent. Representatives of Great Britain, France, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Spain and of the King of the Belgians, acting for the Congo State, signed a convention at London for the preservation of wild animals, birds and fish in Africa. Within amonth after the certificates of ratification have reached London the convention comes into force and will last for fifteen years. The signatories comprise all " claimants to any part ofthe protected area with tL‘ir exception of the Re-- Tbnbliq of Liberia. So far as legislation cap accomplish it all of Africa ’ying between Egypt. and the Sahara. on the north and the Zambesi and German Southwest Africa .in the south, has been turned into an Immense game preserve by the Euro- ted and encouraged. No one will be allowed to hunt in Central Africa without a license from the local gov- unments. Reserves are to be establâ€" ished as far as possible within which all hunting is prohibited and close sea. sons established for the protection of br'ding. Dynamite and pOison shall not be used, while restrictions are put on the employment of nets and pitfalls. Measures are to be taken to prevent the spread of cattle disease and other epidemics and for interfering with the destruction of Specific animals. Among the commissioners were aportsmen, naturalists and explorers as well as diplomats. They prepared Ithedules of animals, the hunting or killing of some being prohibited, of others limited and of other: permit- Ehe classification of animals is in-‘i teresting. Those which must not be; i kiiied at all are partly useful, name-g Whoa fowl, and other game birds, {ghose feathers have commercial value like marabous and egrets, and ostrich. as, for the preservation of whose eggs .. special measures are to be taken. ly, the vulture, the Owl, the secretary i bird and the rhinoceros bird, and part- . 3y rare and likely to be exterminated, ; the giraffe, the gorilla and chimpan- . nee, the mountain zebra, the wild ass, ‘ the whiteotailed gun, the eland andl the little Liberian hippopotamus. 0n; the other hand harmful animals are marked out for destruction, and spa- cialefforts will be made to reduce their numbers. These are lions, leo- pards, hyaenas, hunting dogs, 'Lycaon pictus, otters, baboons and other harmful monkeys, crocodiles, poison- ous snakes, pythons and large birds of prey which are not useful. A distinction is made between the protected animals which may be hunted under restrictions. Of some, the young and the females, when ac- companied by their young or other- wise recognizable, must not be killed, This picturesque list includes the elephant, the rhinoceros, the hippo- potamus, the zebra, the buffalo, the antelope and gazelle, the ibex and the chevrotain. Export duties will be imposed on their hides, tusks and horns. In regard to the elephant, especially, severe penalties will be im- posed, and tasks weighing less than f‘ten pounds shall be confiscated where- lever found. For others the restric- tion is merely that the number to be killed shall be limited by the local authorities. Among these are fur monkeys and small monkeys, dugongs, manatees, small cats, various pigs, jackals, large tortoises, bustards, ing, or of the means of satisfying the requirements of commerce. If they can be educated to abstain from wand ton destruction of useful animals some ipurt of the fauna peculiar to Africa. may be saved from eXtinction. Mean- time it is something to have secured a general international agreement as to what the civilized nations should do. It will act as a deterrent on Europ- ean “sportsmen" who seek only to de- stroy, and may even reach the traders outside of Africa. whose short-sighted policy of immediate gain is a large factor in the threatened extinction of the most valuable and interesting of African animals. HEARTS OF VEGETARIANS. Examination of the hearts of the vegetarian and the meat eater shows that the number of beats to the for- mer are fifty-eight to the minute, and of the latter seventy-two. The total number of women over 18 er3 old employed in the: factories and workshops of the British Islands is about 50)000 of mksm 11 per cent belong to trucks unions. l EDITORIA L N0 2'53. ENGLISH \VOMEN. BREEDING, FEED ‘AND CARE OF THE 311(1):? HOG.- John M. Harris, of the firm of C. '1‘. Harris Co., and chairman of the Clane, Eng, Pig Feeding Ex- periments Committee, has an inter- esting article in the last issue of the Journal of the British Dairy Farmers’ Association on the profit. able production of the lean hog bacon. nees in the belly, or streaky parts, a serious defect in a side of bacon. Then large white Yorke were tried. In these, says Mr. Harris, either pure or crossed with Berks, were found what the pig curers require. They feed well, mature quickly, are very prolific, not thick in shoulder or too thick in the back, are thin in the skin and pield a side which is thick in the belly, or streaky part. For some years past, says Mr. Harris, his firm have been trying to find the best breed of pig for the class of bacon in request. First it tried Tams, both pure and crossed with Berks. These, he said, carried a large quantity of lean, but took a long time to fatten, and were often coarse and hard of skin. The Berks pure were next tried, and were found good, but too much inclin- ed to thickness in the shoulders, and in cross~bred ones there was a thin- Mr. Harris also refers fi'n his article to experiments carried on in feeding for bacon. In these experi-' ments barley meal, corn meal, barley meal and bran mixed in proportion of two to one, corn meal and bran mixed in the same proportion, corn meal and pea meal ’in the proportion of three to one, corn meal and bean meal in the same proportion, and a ration made of barley meal, a gallon of separ- Iated milk and three pounds of po- ltatoes were all tried. In the bar- i:ley and corn meal eXperiments, in lsome cases, a gallon of separated 3. milk was added to the meal. Now for the results. It was found that barley meal gave a great- ter weekiy increase than corn meal, either when used alone or used in con- junction with other foods. The addi. tion of milk to either corn or barley meal added considerably to the weekly gain. When the bags were‘ killed it Mr. “'m. \Vllsou, of Sarina. Tells How He Begum-d "ml [1 After an Illness of over Two Years. ' Mr. \Villiam \Vilson, who is well known to the citizens of Sarnia, Ont., writes; "It affords me much pleasure to be able to add my testimony to the great benefit that I have derived from your famous Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. It is now a little more than? two years since I became afflicted with anaemia. During that time I have received almost continuous treatment from medical men of the highest rank in their profession, yet apparently deriving no benefit. In- deed I continued to grow worse until I became unable to walk. I came to the conclusion that I was deriving no benefit from the treatment and deâ€" cided to give it up. It then was the question, what shall I try? Having read the testimony of so many who had suffered in a similar manner and iWho had received great benefit from I your Dr. \Villiams’ Pink Pills, I decid- I ed to give them a fair trial. TO ALL SUFFERERS FROM ANAEMIA AND KINDRED TROUBLES. AN OPE?1 N LETTER "It. is now about three months since] I commenced to take your pills and to-duy Ifeel almost completely re- stored. Two weeks after I began to take the pills I felt a decided im- provement. Three months ago when I began to take your pills my flesh looked like wax, and my face. feet and legs were badly swollen. O'l‘hese conditions have all disappeared and to-day my coloris natural and my blood vessels full of good rich blod. It will afford me pleasure to recommend Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills to any one suffering from anaemia or kindred ailments.“ Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are praised amongst the highest in the land, as a strengthening and tonic medicine, whether for men, women or children, They are not like other medicines, nor can they be imitated, as is sometimes dishonestly pretended by dealers who offer substitutes. See that the package bears the full name, Dr. \Villiams’ Pink Pills for Pale People, and in case of doubt send direct to Dr. Williams’ Medicine 00., Brockville, 0nt., who will supply the pills post paid at 500. per box or 2.50 for six boxes These pills cure all disorders which arise from imyov- erished blood, such as muscular weak- ness, loss of appetite, shortness of breath, pains in the back, nervous headache, early decay, all forms of. female weakness, hysteria, paralysis, locomotor ataxia, rheumatism and sciatica. On the Farm was found that those fed on corn meal alone showed the least loss in dreaâ€" sing, less than 23 per cent. 0n corn meal mixed with separated milk the loss was a fraction over 23 per cent. Those fed on barley meal alone showed a loss of a. little over 25 1-2 per cent. and those fed on barley meal mixed with bran almost 28 per cent. In the matter of quality it was found that the best bacon was pro- duced from hogs fed on barley meal and bran; barley meal and separated milk came next, barley meal third, barley meal, milk and potatoes fou:th, corn meal and bean meal sixth, corn meal and separated .milk seventh, corn meal alone eighth and corn meal and pea meal ninth. Excess of fat was, the report proceeds, the general failing in corn fed hogs, but this was less pronounced in pigs which had been fed on a mixture of corn with either separated milk, ‘bran, bean meal or pea meal. All things con- sidered, .barley forms, says Mr. Harris, a‘rather more valuable sta- ple food for pigs intended for lean bacon than does corn, although as the price of the former is consider- ably in excess of that of the latter corn may be more economical es- pecially if used in conjunction with a considerable proportion of foods rich in albumenoids, such as separated milk. Milk is, he says, by far the most valuable addition that can be made to either barley or corn meal, for it is unique in its power of accelerating the weekly increase. As compared, with other supplementary foods it improves the quality of the meat more than any other, with the exception of bran. Withcorn meal it is more patent for good than with barley meal. The addition of pota- toes, three or four pounds to a pig- per day, to a diet of barley meal and milk greatly improves the ration. The conclusions arrived at by Mr, Harris are that bacon hogs should be bred from large white Yorks or from those crossed with pure Berks; that pigs should be fattened in dry, warm, well-ventilated buildings placed if possible in a sheltered, sunny posi- tion for fattening; the meal should be soaked in cold water; barely meal should be the staple food, supplement-- ed as far as possible with fresh separ- ated skim or buttermilk at the rate of one gallon per pig per day, togeth- er with three or four pounds of boiled potato-es. It is idle as well as cruel to beat a horse for shying. That only inâ€" creases his alarm and may easily re- duce him to the state of terror in which he loses his head entirely. Horses in that state seem to lose not only their heads, but their perceptive senses, and a horse in that condition may dash headlong against a stone wall. The «habit of shying when once formed is difficult to cure, but it may almost always be prevented by such consistent kindness of treatment as to overpower the inherited instinct of instant flight from possible danger in which the habit originates. ‘Horses often have what is called the vice of shyingâ€"that is, of starting Suddenly at the rustle of a leaf or a piece of paper or at the approach of any object to which they are not ac- customed. Clearly this is the rem- nant of an instinct inherited from their wild progenitors in the steppes or prairies,where the sudden rustling of a leaf might indicate the presence of :1 wolf and where everything that was strange was therefore suspici- There are two things that. the sheep ' need as much as any animal on the farm. They need fresh air and they l need exercise. The sheeb shed sholuld lbe so built that when it rains or snows so that the sheep cannot take 1the~ir daily run in the field the win- g dows or upper half door: can be opened ? to allow the fresh air to enter freely, l 1H they have not been shorn they will . not feel the cold, and only these who lgrow Winter lambs shear in the fall, But whenever the weather is suitable they should have a run out in the . field, not a yard bare of grass and fill- ; ed with mud and manure, but in an lepen field. Even in a damp day they gmay be out for a short time, but not glong enough to get their wool wet 3through. The uneasiness of sheep llwhen in a. pasture shows their need §of exercise. They will not eat and glie down as a cow does, and some of ithe smaller breeds are almost as ready ' ito jump on a wall for the fun of jump- :ing as gnafs are. SHYING HORSES. CARE OF SHEEP. Iv... -_ .1 “via Pictures of the Salter-In: in the Pauline Districts. Every now and then in some news- paper or magazine, little-known to the general public, one comes across pass- ages which bring vividly before the mind the almost indescribable horrors of the Indian famine. Here are some passages from an article in the Indina Magazine written by A. Rogers and describing what he saw recently in an out-of-the-way part of India. "Numbers of -'women, with children at their breasts vainly striving to draw a little nourishment, surrounded me with such cries as: 'Saheb, I have had no food for two days, and have no milk left for my child; Saheb, I have no food for myself; how can I produce nourishment for my starving child ?’ Children, with a blank look of stupe- faction through actual hunger, sat sat naked on the ground, and helped each other in searching for and scrape ing up grass seed from the dry sand. I soma‘mmo QUITE NEW- saw one boy, not_8 years old, who was the sole provider for himself and two younger ones. The ribs of all could be distinctly traced on their bodies while their legs and arms were like driedâ€"up pieces of stick. One blind man, terribly emaciated, was led to my tent every day by a stick held. by a naked little girl of about 4 years of age Another, a miserable old wo- man, with her gray hair floating in the wind, and with no clothing but a lion cloth of rags, with her bones al- most protruding through her skin, came and stood before the tent in a , dazed state, and could not understand {what I said to her in her own lan- Iguiage, but saw a small silver coin I pressed into her hand, and looking up , 'into my eyes threw her arms round my }neck, and with her head leaning on imy chest sobbed aloud. “I had to shut my tent doors' down to prevent them really mobbling me in their deSpuir, and, if I {put my hand out to dI'Op a coin into some~bne’.s who seemed in a more pitiable state than others, fifty more hands were thrust through the opening, and I had to close every hand I put some- thing into for fear the money should be smutched out of it by another starving wretch‘ as frequently hap- pened._ "And yet the patience of the poor people was wonderful. W'hen I was not actually giving away money they would sit silent for hours looking piteâ€" ously at the tent to see if I showed “The weather was bitterly cold in the mornings, and they sat in the cold wind shivering with their naked bodies till the sun warm-cad them. May I be preserved from seeing such scenes of misery again 2” no signs of coming out or beckoning to any of the worst cases to come for- ward, CARRY‘ING OUT THE BOYCOTT IDEA. The union labor leader took the $5 bill and examined it critically. Then he handed it back ahd shook his head. I can’t accept it. he said. Why not? You’ve earned it, protest- ed the other. True, replied the labor man, but I cannot find a union label on it any- where. INDIA’S STARNING EOPLPE. Dodd’s Kidney Pills A woman’s reproductive organs are in the most in- tense and continuous sym- E‘athy with her kidneys. he slightest disorderin the kidneys brings about a. corresponding disease in the reproductive organs. 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No; but we’ve got a ball-bearing lawn mower that my wife can run. w as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the wholeeysbem when entering it. through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except. on prescriptions from reputable physician 6. as the demage they will do is ten told to the good you can possibly derive from them. Ha I‘m Cutarrh Oure, manufactured by F.J. Cheney 6: (“o . To. ledo. 0.. contains no mercury. and 3 taken in- ternally. acting directly upon the blood and mucous; surfaces or the system. In buying Hall’s Cemrrh Cure be sure you get the enu- ine. IL is taken internal‘y,and made in To edo. 93110, by F. J. Cheney 85 Co. Testimonials roe. Sold by Dru giets. price 750 per bottle. Hall’s Faml y Pills are the beat. STRATEGY. Yes. I encourage my typewriter -.o 0116 \\ gum. uh) do you do that? at tires her jaws so much that she can’; talk. 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