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abso- W11 heapest 09946900000900” v§¢§¢¢o¢§ooooom :urethe andthe unufing )n the 9th. 191 OHIIOI' 'OQOOOOWW §§§§O¢§§Q§O§§N ENGINE 0MPANY Ontario urn; (l anS, can t in stock he >me 1d ttal?0n lit- Soils Differ and General Advice is Not Enough The soil is the farmer’s capitalâ€" his workshop. Upon it is founded the whole business of farming. .ind upon its fertility will depend in large meas- ure the success of the farmer’s oper- ations. Too often it is not given the proper care nor is sufficient intelli- zence exercised in its use. The plant derives certain substances necessary to its development from the soil; the most important of these are nitrogen. phosphoric acid and. potash. The Iarmer should know whether his soil contains these in sufficient quan- tities to meet the requirements of a maximum crop providing good culti- vation is given, or if he is not getting satisfactory yields, he should find the STUDY ONE’S OWN FARM wwwmww , _ cause. .\’0 two farms have been treated and cropped in past years in exactly the same way, which means that even adjoining farms may be en- tirely different so far as soil require- ments are concerned. To bring it up to a state of profitable productiveness one farm may need a rotation difierâ€" tilizing treatment. Bulletins, books. experts and govern- ments help the farmers in many ways, but they cannot be expected to fur- nish every detail in a manner to fit his every need. The farmer himself should learn what his crops require, learn what his soil contains, learn what is lacking in his soil, learn how to supply the deficiencies. and then i: _- may safely look for increased yields and greater profits. It involves study, but the farmer must work out many of his own problems on his own farm under his own conditions, by trial, by test. and by experiment. indian Showing Ability to Raise Grain on Arid Lands The Indians have given the white man a new kind of maize, which will go another long step toward produc- ing food. The great arid desserts cf the wesn have been considered neglig- ible so far as areas fit for the pro- duction of food crops without expen- sive irrigation. n i A..‘_ IJAVV AAA C’s-v --. he l’ueblo Indians of Colorado have learned to raise a peculiar kind of maize which will resist drouth. This new kind of maize is planted by the indians as deep as 18 inches in the ground. It sends forth a single root which penetrates deeply into the soil, finally reaching low enough levels to bring moisture to the plant. By reason of peculiar formation this plant is able to push its‘ way up through 18 inches of hard, dry desert soil and find the light. Because of the absolute aridity no weeds or other vegetation seek to crowd out the plant and therefore it bears quite freely. By putting all the energy into a single root. the Pueblo Indian maize is en- abled to reach moisture and give life to the plant on the surface. Snail Can It is a fact that while the common snail has lungs, heart, and a general circulation, being in every respect an , airâ€"breathing creature. it is, neverthe- less, able to live indefinitely Without inhaling the least bit of air. Experi- ments have clearly demonstrated that any or all of the usual life conditions may be removed in the case of the snail without terminating its exist- ence or indeed impairing its functions. The snail retreats into its shell on the approach of frosty weather, and causes the opening or mouth of its shell, to be hermetically sealed by a secretion of silky texture absolutely impervious to air and water. In this condition, therefore, it is plain that the little creature is deprived of threecof the four elements of lifeâ€"â€"â€"â€"air, water and nourishment. Fire Caused By Snow A snowstorm has been known be- fore now to start a fire. A farmer living in a rural part of Belgium plac- ed a quantity of quicklime near a shed on his farm, and left it there all night. In the course of the night snow fell on to the lime, and the heat thus developed became so great that lt set the shed on fire. completely de- stroying it and its contents. PRGDU CE NEW MAIZE How to Work Corn Land Cultivating corn level, not ridginx or hilling soil round the stalks, saves moisture and adds to the yield. Ridg- ing exposed a greater surface from which soil moisture can evaporate, and at the same time corn roots are cut off by the cultivator. Dust a Slow Poison Investigation of sickness among men engaged in manufacturing shut- tles in London from wood imported from Africa showed that the fine dust which they inhaled was a slow poison, affecting the heart. A sword and pistol have been com- bined by a. Pennsylvanian, the barrel of the latter being within the blade and the firing mechanism being inside An outbreak of diphtheria in an Eng- lish town was traced to the habit of school children wetting lead pencils in their mouths. Although only 6 per cent. of Spain’s cultivate land is under irrigation, the irrigated sections produce about one fourth of the country's crops. The National Library in Paris con- tains the oldest map of the heavens, made in China in 600 B.C., and show- ing 1.460 stars. It is not hard to figure out. what is melved for a crop, but. it Is a. dimer. em proposition when it comes to esti- mating the cost of a cpop. A cubic mug of rivér water weighs about WM tons and aims. in Mon-an m or 430,000 tons of WONDERS OF NATURE August 9th, 1917. Live lndefinitely Without inhaling Air Improvised Fra 2- for Bro‘ez Eveafianes In an emergency. when a pair 0 glasses was broken. and it was found diff noult to get along w t 1o11t them, a pair of old lenses. bro tea at the fastening only, was fitted into a frame made of cardboard. The frame was made of the proper size. so tha t the lenses were centered over the 9} es, and the lenses were {:1qu ’3 it. Bows were made of Successf HOLES FOR W198 BOW LENS” GLUED 2 TO CARDBOARD over the e) es, and the lenses were glut-<1 M: it. Bows were made of wire and fastened in holes at the end 5 ot the card! card. This impro" isecl frame gave reasonable satis- faction, in spite of its peculiar ap-E pearance.â€"Popular mechanics. Public Worship in Common, was Baptist Divine’s Idea n ”MILD-Qua "WUU , be a “Variety Church" was made by the Rev. W. Y. Fullerton, of London, as President, to the annual assembly of the Baptist Union at Bloomsbury Central Church. “My ideal for public worship in a village," said the presi- dent, “would be that all should gather in the ancient sanctuary which is the heritage of all; that there should be an Anglican service in the morning, a Methodist service in the afternoon, and a Baptist or Congregational service in the evening. If only it could be achieved. think what an influence it would have on the village and on the Wuuxu “00' v v-- ___ worship. In a town my ideal would be that on the morning of the Lord’s Day we should go to our denomina- tional sanctuary, and in the evening the peOple of all the churches should join as neighbors in prayers and praise in the nearest church. so that it would be no longer possible for two Christian families to live next door to each other and never worship to- gether.” Some rusty relics were dug up at Toledo, Wash, while a man was dig- ging a hole. They consisted of human bones and three rusted knives, all 09 the same pattern, 311 old coffee pot and LL LU u“..- v '“"‘ an odd shaped bottle. It is thought the knives are of the Hudson Bay Company period. L‘Glxabll v- ........____ _, “’hale‘ seem, 0n the whole, to. be ‘ Avoid Telephones, Registers, Radsat- particularly gifted with longeVIty; 1 ors, Chandeliers, Wet “waffle. those which supply ue with whale-1 . ’ bone are supposed to 11ve for several' During a. thun'derstorm If you L11“: centuries. Elephants rank .falrly ; indoors: (1). keep away fromtt‘ 1);. high; in India the)" often attam the stove and Sinmney' The hot gdbéb Li- _ amount? mnvr nnnl‘nflf thp. On a new lure for large game fish invented by a Chicago man two hookg are folded on one another with the barbs inside until a fish closes his mouth on the device and drives both :2222 2‘2‘ 222 when the air is calm, a Paris scientist has advanced the theory that orchards and vineyards can be protected by electric fans to keep the atmosphere moving. 78. BRITISH CHURCH UMON ul Method of Veteran Farmer is Described bimone hundred years Length of Animais’ Lives fumigating boat, used. in“ the Relics of Hudson Bay For Large Game. FiSh LENSES ‘JELD OATS ,CARDBOARD PHENOMENAL GROWTH OF MOTION PTCEURES Many “happy returns" to the tune. matograph, for it is now just twenty- four years old, declared an EngiiSh weekly in 1917. It was early in the {summer of 1893 that the first public 1exhibition of motionpictures took place, when the visitors to the World’s Fair, Chicago, were entertained by the wonders of Edison’s Kinetoscope. This was really a kind of animated peep- show, for the pictures were viewed {through a peep-hole, and were shown in miniature. Not until nearly three years laterâ€"on February 20th, 1896. ‘to be preciseâ€"â€"was the kinematogmph gfirst introduced to the British public. ;This was by Mr. Robert Paul, who filmay be looked upon as the pioneer, in ;Europe, of motion-pictures in their present form.- The demonstration was given at Finsbury, before the students of the Finsbury Technical College, and the projecning mediumâ€"which Mr. Statistics Regarding “Kinsm Life Presentedâ€"Beginning landâ€"An Enormous in: r-vdv‘rvâ€"_â€" . Paul called the Tlieatrographflwas subsequently exhibited at the Alham- bra, London, where for weeks it drew vast crowds, who went into ecstasies over such pictures as those showing a horse jumping or the waves break- mg. _ 'L.. --â€"C' A Rapid Rise to Prosperity The kinematograph’s amazing devel- opment really did not commence until 1898. Previous to that year, although several kinemas had been built by private effort, not a single picture. com- pany had been registered! (.‘oxnpare this with the figures for the year be- fore the war. when 544 such coinpan- ies were registered, with a capital of over $11,000,000. The total amount of capital invested in Great Britain in the “picture” business is very nearly twenty million pounds. The increase in the number of workers employed Ein the industry has been correspond- iingly rapid. In 1907 the num- ;ber of such employees was certainly gbelow 600, and their weekly earnings not more than £1,200. But in 1014 ithesedigures had risen to 125.000 em- ployees, with an aggregate weekly lwage-bill of £270,000every week. Countless Theatres By 1914 there were approximately 0.500 picturedroines in Great Britain, with an aggregate weekly attendam-e of about 9-,000,0000. A tenth of these theatres were in London, and about 130 in Manchester and district. Finally, it may be said that in the whole world there are not less than 60,000 picture theatres, and that for the entertainment of these, 3,147 new films were produced last year, 5,440 during 1915, and 7,048 in 1914. The handicap of the war on film producing is very apparent. Twenty-four years old is the kinematograph only, but already has it become ubiquitous. lts temples may be found in such remote regions as Uganda, the Fiji Islands and the South Sea Isles. HAS FOUR “HOUR HANDS" Making Traveller’s Watch Keep Good Time Everywhere The average commercial traveller who journeys about Canada has to keep a close watch on his timepiece to see that it is telling the truth. There is an hour’s difference in time when you enter and leave some cities, and it’s an important matter that you do not forget to set your watch back or forward an hour, according to which way you are travelling. If you overlook it you may miss a train. An express official Vvho travels almost. all the time and is so busy that l‘e some.- times forgets to change his watch, fre- quently had an experience of this kind. Sometimes he arrived an hour ahead of time, or perhaps an hour after a train left, giving him time enough for reflection. ‘3 __- ._ 1- V“ “C.- -vâ€" Then he conceived the idea of mak« ing his watch tell all four different. timesâ€"Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific. He went to a jeweller and had extra hour hands put on his timepieceâ€"each of a different color, so that he can recognize it at a glance, on the face of his watch. For in- stance, the ordinary hour-hand, set at Eastern time, is silver; a blue hand, set an hour back, represents central time; a red hand, for mountain time, is set two hours back, and a green hour-hand, three hours back, repre- sents Pacific time. You can do this to your own watch. The jeweller will ,make a set of, hands of these colors 1 and alter your watch for a considera- ‘1 tion of a few doliars. i (3) Do not stand on a wet floor nor i draw water from the well or faucet. 3(4) Do not stand directly under a :chandelier, near a radiator, nor on a . register. (5) Do not use the tele- 4 phone. During a. thunderstorm if you are indoors: (1) Keep away from the stove and chimney. The hot gases from the chimney may conduct the lightning to and down the chimney. -'/\/|“ (2) Do not take a position between two bodies of metal, as the stove and water pipe, for example. An excep. tion to being near metals is the case of an iron bed. One of the safest places, is on a mattress in an iron bed, provided you do not touch the metal. The metal surrounding you makes a safe cage which will prevent the light- ning from reaching a person inside. ‘ ‘ -â€"--1- A-..“ “A“ lnpiration to Anglers The weather may be unpleasant, the fish shy, luck villainous, but never be discouraged; luck must turn, the fish must feed, the sun must shine and you must catch fish. The poorest day’s fishing is often concluded with the capture of a. record fish. Deer or mutton fat will be found to be an excellent dressing _for fishing lines. It will keep them soft and pli- able, and also keep a fly line floating. Green feed in some form, grit, oyster shell and a dry dust bath are {our essentials to egg production in early winter. DURING THUNDERSTURMS Indusu/ THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. e n .05 .\ ‘ll Fruit-Picking Pole with Gravity . Dehvery Chute V For picking fruit without bruising it. in the home garden, or for exhibi- tion' purposes. the fruit-picking pole shown in the sketch is useful. A wire ring is fixed to the top of the pole, and the bag, suspended from It, is fastened to the pole at 1mm Marks of Clever Boys and Girls Detailed In summing up his conclusions on the relationship of intelligence to the size and shape of the head, Karl l’ear- son is quoted as making these state; ments about the intelligence of chil-j dren: “To sum up, then: While no characters in school children so far dealt with show very high correlation with intelligence, we may yet say the intelligent boy is markedly conscien- tious, is moderately robust, athletic and popular; he tends-rather to quick than to sullen temper. He is more self-conscious and quieter than the dull boy; he has a slightly bigger ,head, and possibly lighter pigments» )tion than those of more mediocre in- telligence. His hair has a larger per- centage of curliness. -‘-â€"- mn-1rnt‘_ "z'l‘wlide' intelligent girl is also 1y conscientious, moderately athletic and populgr. She, t< Luv “‘~\«AJOOV-â€"v . 1y conscientious, moderately robust, athletic and popular. She, too, tends to quick rather than sullen temper. She is less self-conscious than the dull girl, and noisier than the girl of med- iocre intelligence. It is the slow girl who is quiet and shy. The intelligent girl has a slightly bigger head than the dull girl, and her hair is more vals. The Inn: is removeu by means of the ring and drops to the bottom of the chute. which is held closed by the Land. For picking large quantities of fruit a receptacle is carried by the picker.-â€"â€"Popular Mechanics. Strange SIGNS OF INTELLIGENCE If only 2 to 6 per cent. of nickel is added to iron, the resulting metal is or two kinds of acid. In structural steel alone nickel has revolutionized the method of building cities, bridges and railways. The London and North- western Railway, 02 England, tested A -A‘ weSLeFll Mllw a.) , UL ““O‘““‘-v - - .- a three per cent. nickel alloy in a set of locomotive boiler .tubes and the 10- comotive ran 123,896 miles against: 04,000 to 40,000 miles, the limit of, other steel. Even then .the nickel! steel tubes failed more by abrasions‘ from coal‘handling than from strain or all-round wear. In 1902 the Penn-l sylvania railroad, after a test, found} a nickel steel rail cheaper, at nearly; double the price, than ordinary steel.‘ While ordinary. steel is weakened one-1 third by punching, the same section of % nickel steel is weakened one-sixth. Nickel has already transformed the heavy iron and steel industries to the extent that alloys of from 1 per cent. to 51,12 per cent. are in almost univers- al use for weldless steel tubes and 'boiler plates, for cranks and crank ,shaits, for steel tires for connecting i rods and axles, and almost every kind or iron and steel machinery. When the percentage of nickel is increased to from 8 to 25 per cent. the steel may be classed as self-hardening and its use as a cutting steel is immense- 1 ly expanded. England’s Blind Editor . f Mr. John Whall long had the distino- , tion of being the only blind journalist i in England. The son of a. Crimean: veteran, Mr. Whall had the misfortune ! of losing his eyesight when quite a; child. After completing his education ‘ at a London college for the blind, he ’ became organist at Hounslow Parish ' Church, a position which he held for: ¢+o4 t3 8 a ‘4 g D” e 8 (D b ‘4 G 9: 3 hi fi E E? 0‘! g -__ ooooé3+oo¢¢++oooo tention to writing, Mr. Whall b7 : means of the Braille system, was able ‘. to take up reporting on a. weekly news! . paper. In 1891 he was appointed ed1- - nLâ€"n-n‘h‘fl ”â€" tor NICKEL MIXED WITH IRON Edward Wintermube of somewhere in Nebraska, patented the” idea of mounting two 42-inch, eight-bladed propeller screws in front of a motor car and connecting them with the hubs or the rear wheels by means of six pairs of bevel 808115th0 long rods and two universal Joints. Which led the Popular Science. Monthly to sug- gest that “Somebody somehow in mak. in; a.“ little money out of somebody by getting the patentfi issued.” Gut leaders should be kept in a box between two damp pieces of felt. They should never be exposed to the light when not in actual use. It 13 the intellect employed 1n~the mmdflshthatgivesthozefl totho. 59°“ 9'5. Lu ‘1 of the M'iddles'ex Chronicle. . Effects of Different Percent- ages as Alloy is also marked- ,. of nickel in The lightning struck a corner of [our barn, splintering a post, but no serious damage. was done. There were about ten tons of hay in the mow, but this miraculously escaped damage. “I’- We had the severest. thunder- storm last, Sunday evening that has been experienced for years It was accompanied by heavy rain. Haying is about half done by" some. It is hard to get help for those who haven‘t help of their own. The crop in general is. good. The other crops are doing well. Sunday‘s rain levelled some. where very heavy. but the rain was be- ginning to be needed. This is Civic Holiday. but it didn‘t look like it in this town, as business was carried on as in other days. A number took advantage of vis- iting for a day or two.â€"â€"Miss Bertha McIntyre spent a cmmle of days at her uncle’s, Mr. Norman McIntym‘s. south line, Glonnlg‘: MI'. and Mrs. D. Gillie$,.(an 01d Pl'icuvilln huy‘;, Spout, a couple of daxs \isiling 17111311119 on the south line, (3101113 g; Mrs. McGill of Hamilton, and twu daughters, are Visiting Mrs. MN'iill's sister. Mrs. Dunuld McDougall. south lino. Glen- 01g. Mrs. Jones (Sarah McKimwn) leaves Tuesday for the west, to juin 1101‘ husband. whn has been there for 501114! Limo past. The Rev. Mr. McIlrey preached in the. Presbyterian church last Sun- day, and will take charge all: through the month of August till the pastor, Rev. Mr. MHHICSHIL re- turns. Mr. Mellrny is ll Iinepreuchâ€" 01‘. The “FY. Mr. R‘Izillwsun. and fumilv are hulicluvingr :11 their cut- 131”“ {It NIUSIUlkil llillxl‘fi. Neil Shurtreml, sun of Mr. Robert Shnrtreed, got u. siluatinn :‘it Cu gill, in Bruce county, as. shire clerk in une 0f the large business places ithere. The sudden death of MP .AlexJ Murcheson, of the north line, Glen-i e g, came as a shock to the resin (ients 0f the locality. He was cut down while coiling hay on Wedâ€" nesday, the ist of August, eitherl from sunstroku «)1- heart failure.1 MP. Murchison was an old resident3 of the north line, and was in his 79th year. He was always a‘ hard-- \wrking, honest man. He leaves a \xidow and one sister Mrs. Mcâ€" ()uarrie, to mourn his death. He was buried on Friday, the 3rd of August, at Butters (noxx Keylands) m Macfarlane’s Drug Store The Rexall Store .W”QQQ 00009999 909090 OOOMOOOO‘OOOOéOMQ“”O 4 HAS ADVANCED GREATLY IN PRICE, AND STILL HIGHER PRICES ARE LOOKED F011,“); This week we are showing a fine assortment at Before the War prices. Add a few pieces to your collection NOW. We must have the room, and in order to get it, we are busy doing up parcels. In each parcel we are placing an assort- men of these goods to sell at a fraction of their cost. DON’T FAIL TO GET A PARCEL, for in many cases you will get dollars’ worth for a few cents. PRICEVILLB. C. P. R. Town Oflice. FINE CHINA cemetery. The funeral was largely attended. Six of the nearest neigh- bors acted as pullâ€"bearers. The death of Mrs. Rose took place on Friday, August 3rd. at her home in the county of Bruce. The de- ceased, whose maiden name ‘ was Maggie McIntyre, was born on the south line. Glenelg, nearly 60 years ago. She was a daughter of the late Rev. Robt. McIntyre. The imâ€" mediate cause ot death was from the efl'ects of a paralytic stroke. The funeral took place on Sunday, August 5th, to Willow Creek ceme- tery, and was largely attended. Her brother. Norman McIntyre. and sis- ter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. ls‘erguson. and sister. Miss Minnie, arrived there before she died. but she did not reeugnize them. They went by motor, Mr. Methiaig bring- ing them to Durham. where they engaged Mr. Smith for the rest of the trip. Mrs. Rose was a consist- ‘ent member of the Baptist church, and her pastor enndurted the fu- neral ohse-quies at the huuse and grave. SICK WOMAN “All BRYINB SPELLS Restored to Health by Lydi. E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Enhnut, Pa. â€" “I was all run down md weak inwardly. I hsd female troubles and nervous feelin ‘ and my head b0 - cred me. 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