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his bucket y ic IN ESS Lost His Life hbered an . old a good to bathe rhtway he took o the seashore. | men near the ey owned the Nhat do you ur water?" nswered one of in the salt waâ€" e beneficial, he to go and buy er bath for his OUT. ore. The tide the water was ANCES : fellows must Dusi s ho Nleged on the +7 Ma $2 ONH) er been to make ) breal inymer. juarter ANnX rda on & park arlier. gidly keepâ€" ol Gict leal old the rth ArO what it is he is feeding, be it a boy or a big steer. He must learn to feed so that the animals like the feed. _ The first thing is to give them somethirg juicy. It is possible, says Mr. J. H. Grisdale, by feeding roughage properly to make money out of steers and show a good balance ou the right side at the end of the year. If you are going to feed steers you must feed ibem judiciously, _ and make the best use n* every ounce of feed you give them, and the way to make the best use of the feed is to make it appeâ€" tizing. No matter what class of aniâ€" mals you are feeding the prime considâ€" edation must always be to give the feed to them in a palatable form so that the arimaly c#5 1t nOK hecuucs« they â€" tacl Turnips, mangels, sugarâ€"beets, ensi‘â€" age, are all good. We have tried al! kinds of ensilage and roots, but a comâ€" bination of the different _ succalent feeds is best. A preparation of cornâ€"»nâ€" gilage, roots and straw will give you firstâ€"class results with a pound of meal a day to start with. A man who is goâ€" ing to make a success of steer feeding must start them well at the beginning ; must shove them right ahead and keep them going ; if he does not he is mhn: a mistake. To give them the right kin of a beginning ration he _ must give them something extremely _ succuient, say ensilage or roots or rape. Rape will stand quite a bit of frost and so may be cut and fed quite late in the season. Roots improve with keeping. Ensilage does not materially change and may be fed even more advantageously later on, because roots lose in weight, although they improve in quality. Now get this succulent ration into them for the first month and unless you are catering ut the Christmas market, give them no meal the first month, just fi" this sus culent ration and they will eat it freeâ€" ly, and you will be astonished at the gains they will make. I have seen steers make a hundred pounds in two weeks, nâ€" credible as that may seem. Quick gains and cheap gains are the gains that will make the money for you, because there is a certain mainterance ration that you have got to feed and what you can j«râ€" suade them to eat over and above that is the feed that makes the gain. Animais ea it, not because they feel that they need it, but because they like 1t, and they would like to have a little more. Until a man learns to feed in that way he is not a good feeder and e d?l not feed properly no matter Start off with a little meal. Do not start off with cornmeal or gluten or wheat or barley or peas. Start in with something light. Mix up equal parts of oats, bran and barley. The steer‘s digestive organs are not in a condition to !ul;v utilize@ heavy meal ; therefore, I say, start in with something light to get them going and gradually increase it until at the end of a couple of months, «<or say three months, they should be getting three or four pounds a day. We ed No. 2 frozen wheat to one bunch and we found that we were _ not _ making good gains, not as good as they were on gluten and bran, and we had to increase the quantity of frozen wheat very maâ€" terially. It does not seem to have the nutritive value that other grain has. It seema to be quite palatable, but not so valuable as a food. When we did inâ€" wrease it by a pound a day we got about as good results as we did from gluten and bran. A man who is feeding for about six months should never feed more than eight or nine pounds of meal a day, and that daily ration should be fed durâ€" ing the last month only. _ He should start in and gradually increase until he ends up the last month with that quanâ€" tity of meal, and that should be largely cornmeal or gluten or oil meal, or if feeding barley and oats or peas and oats add a small amount of oil meal to the ration during the last moth, and ‘that will give you more satisfactory reâ€" ‘turns. There is nothing quite so good as a little bit of oil meal to put on the finish. A good ration for a steer from the beâ€" â€"ginning to the end of the fattening perâ€" x half; fourth week, three pounds; fifth week, three pounds and a half, and then keep on increasing gradually, say half ‘a pound more each week, until you find ‘him slacking up a little in gain, when give him another boost of a couple of ronnds a day so that at the end of the ourth month the steers should be getâ€" ‘ting seven pounds a day, and the last ‘month I would give him from eight and «me half to nine and oneâ€"half pounds a «lay, and the last pound of that would be oil meal little meal ; the first week on meal, that is after he has been fed three or four weeks on the roughage ration alone. The second week increase to one pound and Dominion Dept. of Agriculture Branch of the Dairy and Cold Storage Comâ€" missioner. In visiting members of cow testing associations, organized by the dairy diâ€" vision, Ottawa, the inspectors are someâ€" times met with this statement by those farmers who are inclined to drop weighâ€" ing and sampling: "I haven‘t got the "time." In scarcely any instance can this be wonsidered correct. Evidence from farmâ€" ers the whole Dominion over shows cow testing to be one of the best timeâ€"saving organizations ever introduced. _ Why? Because it shows definitely that many men have wasted precious time on cows that do not produce enough milk and fat to pay the cost of feed. Thus, the very men who say they have "no time" to take up cow testing are the very men who unconsciously waste thousands of valuable hours. There is time, apparâ€" ently, amongst the unthinking class of farmers for attending to thousands of profitless cows. With a herd of twenty unselected cows Tout of which probably three are not makinf any profit) _ it would take the small total of twenty hours during the whole _ year, apread .over three days each mot'nfh. '?.-.kf:P Wiauns Eme Ennemien d C ols : hours during the whole _ year, apread over three days each month, to keep such simple records as would enable the .owner to select with certainty the most econcmical producers. Why waste time year® after year on cows that average whout 14 Ibs. of milk per day for seven months, when a few minutes per month, plus a little brain power, will materially assist in building up a profit:bl'e ‘h'grd? TMOSE IOORU® 2 VHEO warseN2D) w that the admiring public could possibly wish to see. Sleek appearence, general Â¥xhibition time 1 finest looking cows | x Â¥ PhF@Gecger Ccow TESTING ASSOCIATION. is a halfâ€"pound of bran or a very TESTED COWS. will see some of the ; on the fair grounds Travelling Teachers Who Form Clubs and Deliver Lectures. "In order to promote ~agricultural ilx,:rest the kingdom of Bavaria has established agricultural schools in alâ€" most every town," said Franz J. Hofauer, of Munich, Germany. "These schools are in charge of teachers who in addifion to an acadâ€" emic education must be versed in botâ€" any, geology, chemistry, physics, zooâ€" logy and natural history. At a time when nothing is doing in the fields, from â€" November to March, these schools are open, and the peasants for a nominal fee can attend courses on cultivation and lertigzatiun of the soil, the proper rotation of crops on the same land, the %.»est. resources for good seeds, irrigation and the raisin of stock. They are made acquainteg with improvements and hew â€" invenâ€" tions in agricultural impliements, the adoption of which can be reeommendâ€" ed. They are taught the rudiments of bookkeeping nng other commercial knowledge essential for the up to date farmer. thriftiness and show condition will be appraised, confirmity to type will . be judged, and point by point various charâ€" acteristics will be valued. Excellent as they mai be, these cows on exhibition must submit to a further examination before the ordimary patron is prepared to award them first place in his estimaâ€" tion. He will ask, and rightly so, can this cow give a large yield of milk and butterfat at a low cost? He cannot afâ€" ford to accept just atwo days‘ high reâ€" cord; he needs a cow that will attend strictly to business, the business _ of making money for him, three hundred days in the year. The one vital point for him to ascertain is, does it pay me to keep this cow, is her profit sufficientâ€" ly lnrie? To this end he keeps records of each individual cow in the herd; reâ€" cords of feed consumed, and milk and fat produced, so that no doubt may lurk in his mind as to each cow‘s capacity. Cow testing associations make this as easy as possible at a minimum expense, The dairy division, Ottawa, bears the cost of testing, and supplies blank forms free. (Several hundred cows in July had over 850 lbs. milk and 28 lbs. fat to their credit. Many individual records total 5,000 lbs. milk this season, while a few choice specimens are already up to 7.000 and 8,000 lbs. milk, and 280 lbs. fat. "In the spring after these farmers have returned to their work in the fields it becomes the ‘duty of the teachers who instructed them, during the winter to travel from county to county and to act as advisers to the farmers. Much good results frpm the travels of ‘these tomchers. By pracâ€" tical suggestion to the farmers they induce them to make valuable imâ€" })roveme‘rrm in the cultivation of their arms. F ""%. f "The wandering teacher helps fo form cooperative clubs for the joint interests of a nuber of farmers in one district. Front time to time the teacher has to lecture in these clubs on any subject which might prove of interest to the members. These visits and lectures to the different districts are entirely free to the peqple, since the States assumes all expenses. There is probably no othey country in the world in which so much is done by the State for its rural inâ€" habitants as is the case in Bavaria. Other German States have th ese agriâ€" cultural schools, but their teachers are not sent in such a pracWcal way direct to the places where they can do the most good, as is dfne in Baâ€" varia. The results of this eqmmendâ€" able care have been very gra%ilying." â€"From the Washington Hersld. If you cannot on the ocean *A Sail among the swiftest fleet‘ * Rocking on the highest billows, Â¥ Laughing at the storms you meet, You ean stand among the sailors, Anchored yet within the bay, You can lend a had to help them As they launch their boats away. If you are too weak to journey Up the mountain, steep and high, You can stand within the valley While the multitudes go by; You can chant in happy measure As they slowly pass along, Though they may forget the singer, They will not forget the song. If you have not gold or silver Ever ready at command; If you cannot toward the needy Reach an everâ€"helping hand. You can succor the afflicted, (Ver the erring you can weep; You can be a true disciple, Sitting at the Master‘s feetl. If you cannot in the harvest To i Garner up the richest sheave, Many grains. both ripe and golden, Will the carcless reapers leave; _ Go and glean among the briars Growing rank against the wall, " For it may be that the shadows _‘ Hide the heaviest wheat of all. \ Tfi you cannot in the conflict Prove yourself a soldier true, If where fire and smoke are thick There‘s no work for you to do, When the battlefield is silent, You can go with careful treadâ€" You can bear away the wounded, You can cover up the dead. 4@ Do not. then, stand idly waiting For some greater work to do; She will never come to you. Go and toil within life‘e vineyard; Do not fear to do or dareâ€" If you want a field of labor a You can find it anywhere. Graphite Paint. #*5 The growing exclusion of lead ffrom paint on the ground of its poisneus character has led to the introductilon of graphite as a substitu.te, wu'tiqu!:zrly in the place of red lead in the pai 'n%:f iron. _ Mixed with linseed oil, gtaphite protects the iron well against rust, and is much cheaper than red lead. So many new uses have been found for graphite, which .not long ago was employed alâ€" most exclusively for the réanufacture of leadâ€"pencils, that large quantities are now made with the electric furnace, the natural deposits of the mineral not{ beâ€" ing sufficlent to supply the demand, FARM SCHOOLS IN. BAVARIA. YOUR MISSION §. M. Grannis. thickest‘ do, ; F. W is Distress in the Stomach Hundreds of Thousands cf Botâ€" tles of Nerviline Used Every Year for Curing Cramps,Diaâ€" rhoea & Stomach Disorders. Deadly crampsâ€"the symptoms _ are not to be mistaken. Suddenly and withâ€" out warning the _ patient experiences such agony in the stomach as to contort the countenance and cause him to cry aloud for help. Then it is that the wonderful LETTER power â€" of Nerviâ€" line can make itâ€" No self feltâ€"it cures a so quickly, you would think _ it 4877 was made to cure cramps, a n d cramps only. "Last summer I was stricken with a frighttul attack of cramps. I feared the pain in my stomach would kill me. _ ‘"My eyes bulged out and the veins in my forehead stood out like whipcords. "My cries attracted a neighbor, who came to my assistance, and in a moment or two handed me half a teaspoonful of Nerviline in some sweetened water. "It seemed as if an angel had charmâ€" ed away the pain. In ten seconds I was well. Nerviline has a wonderful name in this locality, and is considered best for cramps, diarrhoea, flatulence, stomâ€" ach and bowel disorders. _ I urge all my friends to use Nerviline. Large Experiments Caught on Lines Along the Mexican Coast. The shark fishing season is on here now and furnishes quite a pastime for those addicted to such dangerous sports. The sharks seem to be bolder than usual, very large ones coming into the bay, while generally they keep out toward the entrance. Yesterday quite a large one Was caught from one of the piers. It measâ€" ured over two meters in length and caused quite an exciting battie before the fishermen got the second harpoon into it. This morning another much larger one was caught by some fisherâ€" men in a boat. It was only subdued afâ€" ter a bard struggle and finally towed alongside the sea wall and hoisted out with a derrick. The animal was near three meters long and was still alive after being hoisted out onto the dock and it slashed around at a lively rate, causing the crowd that had gathered to see it to scatter in all directions to avoid its enormous tail. After being killed the animal‘s liver was removed and it measured more than three feet in length. This furnishes a very fine transparent oil that is used for many purposes, Only a short time ago Capt. W ashâ€" burn, of the Ward Line‘s tug Neptune, caught one of these monsters, and came very near losing out with him, as the fingers of both hands were so badly burned by the line which held ‘the shark that he was laid up for several days with bandaged hands.â€"Vera Cruz correâ€" spondence Mexican Herald. Williamsburg." No home is safe or can afford to miss the manifold advantages of having Nerâ€" viline on hand in case of accident _ or emergent sickness. 25c. per bottle, five for 81. All dealers, or The Catarrhozone Company, Kingston, Ont. 4 Odd Facts and Figures,, Half the zinc of the world comes from Prussia. Sixty inches is the annual average rainful all over the world. A cubic foot of solid gold weighs 1,210 pounds; of silver, only _ 655 pounds. A _ Nearly 80,000,000 gallons of water are used annualy to cleanse the {gtreets of the city of London. Nineâ€"tenths of Germany‘s~ populaâ€" tion can be fed by products of her own soil. Fiftyâ€"five million square miles is the area of the Pacific oceanâ€"the same as the earth‘s land area. â€" All German soldiers must learn to swim. Most Dutch cities are several feet below the seaâ€"level. Montreal, with its winters of great severity, is 350 miles nearer the equator than 'Lf)ndoq. % MNE in Oe e en t mll o It takes eight times as much strength to walk upstairs as it does to walk on level ground. More than 125,000,000 pounds of rubâ€" ber are used in the world each year. Nineâ€"tenths of Germany‘s populaâ€" tion can be fed by products of her _ On the east coast of Ireland it rains, on an average, 208 days in the year; in England, about 150 days. _ _ ‘*Your awnings," said the _ awning man, "would last longer and tfook betâ€" ter if you‘d dry ‘em out when they got wet. c‘.iigfo;; it is c;;x-]i)-l-e”ted,w{n‘chfimpagne bottle passes through the hands of fortyâ€"five workmen. _ _ _ _ 2 *‘Some folks will leave their awnings down to soak and drip all through a heavy rain. I never could understand why people do that ; of course it doesn‘t do an awning any more good than it would any other fgbric to soak it in that way, and then drip may fall on the awning from the roof and flying soot may lodge on it, and so if you keep your awnings down in the rain the first thing you know they are faded, discolored and dingy. 6 -"Tfi}i(;y has more aged people, in proportion to her population, than any other European country. } esd ". "If you want to preserve your awnings you want to haul them up when it rains, but if they get wet, why, then when theair is right you want to lower them and let them dry out, and be sure they‘â€" re dry when you furl ‘em before you go away in the summer.‘"â€"New York Sun. POWER OF THE SENATE. (Philadelphia Record.) Speaker Cannon, at a recent Gridiron club dinner in Washington, stood up for the Senate. f "You‘d think, the way the Senate is blamed for everything," he said, "that it had supernatural powers. "A crowd of farmers were knocking the Senate one market day last month, when an old fellow of only noe horse power brain hustled into their midst. "‘Why, ain‘t ye heerd, Zachary? said a young farmer, winking at the others. "The Senate‘s went and passed a «bill addin‘ two extra months to the winâ€" ter." Zachary struck his forehead with his redâ€"mitted fist. 3# 'Weil, byes," he said, ‘what‘s the Senate up t‘oAnow?_” y oA J "‘Do tell!‘ he groaned. ‘Gosh durn the luck! An‘ here am I clean out 0‘ fodder‘" . o “Pa'â€"paâ€"where's the shoehorn, quick!" "I don‘t know. What do you want the shochorn for?" "Ma‘s got stuck half way in her new dress and can‘t get it on or off."â€"Chicago Kecordâ€" Herald. FISHING FOR SHARKS. s ie The Care of Awnings. "MANLEY M. LEGARDE, Is~ the Mother â€" of .Eurspe‘s Queens. Nearly every throne of Europe has some descendant of Queen Vietoria for an occupant or close to the place of power. It used to be said that the Queen of Denmark was <he royal _ "motherâ€"inâ€" law" of Europe. Now the title seems to be destined to fall on the shoulders of her daughter, Queen Alexandra of England. Britain is usurping the title, "Mother of Queens." A The latest English Princess who stands in the shadow of a throne is Algxandra of Fife. Although denial is made that she is to become the bride of the young King Manuel of Portugal, it is known to those within the inner circle that the chances amount virtually to a certainty that she will. Diplomacy does things in a most unâ€" usuaj’ and slowly moving way, and the betrothal of a monarch is so much & matter of statecraft that the royal adâ€" visers have far more to say in these matters than the clergy or the dressâ€" makers. Undoubtedly the announceemnt of the gropoud union of the young King of ortugal to the granddaughter of Edâ€" ward came a little too soon to suit the plans of the politicians, but it can be set down for a certainty that it will take place within the near future. 'FOOK ALFONSO‘S$ ADVICKE. In following the example of the King of Spain, and going to England to find a wife, Manuel will be partly actuated by the advice of Alfonso. The young King of Spain is very much in love, and he accounts it as the most clever and profitable act of his life when he sought out Princess Beatrice, now known as Queen Victoria. He not only gained for his bride a beautiful and cultured woman who has already become very popular with his subjects, but he gained the powerful support of the English nation for his throne, and in a country where so much unrest prevailed, and whose fortunes had of late been so checkered this was a most valuable asset. % I?li(e Alfonso, Manuel is tn need of support and advice such as King Kdâ€" ward and his advisers could give. | that Queen Victoria laid down for her line, and which has been closely fol: lowed by her daughterâ€"inâ€"law, Queer Alexandra. The Queen of Spain has made an idea) mother, and by her home virtues has won the admiration of the Spanish peoâ€" ple. There is no doubt that should the Princess of Fife come to â€" Portugal‘ throne, and be entrusted with the care Until recently the Princess of Alexâ€" endra was only known as the Lady Alexandra Duff. She is a most charming and attrac five girl, and has had that sensible home bringing ap‘ that was the policy The untimely taking off of Carlos by assassination brought a mere boy to the throne, and though he has shown judgment beyond his years there is stil need of a guiding hand. of a royal family that she, too, would know how to care for it, The recently created Earl of Fife was only a mere earl when he married the oldest daughter of the King, but he has a large {)orsnnul following in his own Scottish highlands, and himself, his wite and his daughter have all maintained a strong place in the affections of the enâ€" tire nation. PRINCESS ALEXANDRA‘S POINTS. Princess Alexandra was recently preâ€" sented at court, and made a most exâ€" cellent impression by her common sense and her good appearance. o ce uo ET She has been raised to an outdoor life and enjoys robust health. . Moreover, she is bright and accomplished . and would undoubtedly be successful at the court of Lishon. Naturally the Princess is a Protestant, while the King, like all members of the Braganza family, is the strictest of (Catholics. But it does not follow that such a difâ€" ficulty would be insurmountable. Similar conditions existed in the case of the Princess Beatrice of Battenburg and the King of Spain, but the matter of religion was not allowed to keep the da&ghter of England from the throne. ith the entire approbation of her uncle, the Princess embraced the Cath: olic religion, so as to be at one with her husband with his people. Of course there was some mild protest throughout Protestant England, but in the main the action of the princess was pceepted as a diplomatic necessity, and it did not have the effect of militating against her popularity at home. When Princess Alexandra becomes the bride of the young King it will be anâ€" other member of the British royalty added to the ruling powers of other naâ€" The most serious obstacle in the way of the union is a religious one. = _ ALREADY A QUEEN Her aunt is already a Que ruling over Norway. 8 & SP C Rpct ic l ENT To CC 2 M ePine mds ie y She was formerly the Princess Maud of Wales, and when the partition beâ€" tween Norway and Sweden became an accomplished fact, it was her husband, a Danish prince, who was glected to the newly made throne under the title of King Haakon VII. He has made a most admirable ruler for the nation, and both himself and his Queen have been honored by the people with the most loyal affection. The Princess Beatrice, now the Queen of Spain, is the daughter of the King‘s sister, Princess Henry of Battenburg. Sweden also boasts of an English Prinâ€" céss for a Queen. She was Princess Margaret of Conâ€" naught, daughter of the Duke of Conâ€" naught, a brother to the King of Engâ€" land, therefore Edward is her full uncle. i N 7 & Â¥ivun d e wl tions. Her husband is the giant monareh 0f Europe, being the tallest of ali the soveâ€" reigns. He is an artist and a student, amf has just painted a portrait of himâ€" self that has called forth more than perâ€" functory praise. The daughter of the Duke of Edinâ€" burgh, another brother of King Edward, but who is now dead, is the Crown Prinâ€" cess of Roumania. â€" She will succeed to the throne when the venerable King Christian Easses away. Of the English Princesses who are stil single there are the Princess Vieâ€" toria, daughter of the King, who will probably never marty ; Princess Patriâ€" cia of Connaught. his nieces, and Prinâ€" cess Maude of Fife, his granddaughter. Of these the Princess Patricia has been more sought in matrimony than any princess of Europe, and the rapidâ€" ity with which she has turned down suitors has won for her the title of the roval flirt of Europe. years. OLD ENGLAND the giant mo_qarch of ONTA a Queen, now TORONTO a~ w CORN S CURE: 4 * 1N 24 HO?FS natdy sofé or bicealh '¢"i'“°".pu",;ln' o Patkis‘ Corn Extractor, â€" 1t never buins, leaves no scar. PUTNAM‘S PAINLESS CORN EXTRACTOR Work For Women in Britain‘s Next War. Voluntary Hespital and Nursery Corps to be Formed. London.â€"The War Office has issued details of a notable project in connecâ€" tion with the organization of the terâ€" ritorial army. 4t is a scheme which gives every woman who wishes to lend her aid to the Territorials an opportunity to serve her country in time of invasion as a nurse, and it establishes what the Territorial foree has lacked ever since its inceptionâ€"an organized | chain . of bospital and nursing stations to take the sick and wounded from field to hospital, where, away from the danger area, they can be tended in comfort and in safety. The new organization sketched in the scheme is modeled on the most modern nursing armies of the world, those of Germany and Japan. _ Two great inâ€" stitutions have joined with the War Office in promoting it, the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem and the Red Cross Society. Voluntary aid detachments are to be founded in every territorial area. Each group will be placed under the charge of a county director, who will be responâ€" sible for the groups of voluntary aid detachments, and will be controlled by the committee of the Red Cross branch of his county. This committee will be responsible to the county association for the efficiency of the detachments. There will be men‘s detachments, as well as women‘s detachments. The forâ€" mer will consist of 48 men, with approâ€" priate officers, including two medical officers and four pharmacists. _ The latter will consist of 20 women, with officers, including two medical officers and two women superntendents. The special duties of a men‘s detachâ€" ment _ will comprise the preparation of means of transport by road, the conâ€" version of country houses, public buildâ€" ings, and cven _ villages into suitable clearing hospitals and evacuation sfaâ€" tions, and especially hospitals for the slightly wounded near the area of operâ€" ations. Such a detachment will include stretcherâ€"bearers, male â€" nurses, clerks, sanitary officials, carpenters and meâ€" chanics. A women‘s detachment in time of war, would be employed chiefly in formâ€" ing "railway rest stations" for the preparation and service of meals and refreshment to sick and wounded durâ€" ing the process of evacuation by railâ€" way and in taking charge of evacuation stations and temporary hospitals conâ€" taining severe cases unable to continue their journey. The women will be trained to cook ery, the preparations of invalid diets, the arrangement of wards and nursing. . It has been arranged that the prelimâ€" inary training, both of men and women, shall be undertaken by the St. John Ambulance _ Association, the _ training being in firstâ€"aid and field wursing. The British Red Cross Society will instruct the men in stretcher drill, the improâ€" visation of stretchers and cots, and the preparation of country carts for the reâ€" moval of patients who must lie flat. Periodical inspections will be held by the general, officers commanding or other high officials to see that every deâ€" tachment is ready for service if a call to arms comes, and the county associaâ€" tions or county Red Cross organizations are advised, wherever possible, to make the most of arny voluntary help that is offered, coâ€"ordinating it, however, under strict official control. Sir Frederick Treves, chairman of the British Red Cross Society, discussing the scheme recently, said: "The scheme is designed to fill the gap between the field ambulance and the general hospital. _ And you must bear in mind that between the field ambuâ€" lance and the general hospital there may be a distance of a*hundred miles, "I think it is the biggest patriotic move which has taken place for a long time. And it gives to women the priviâ€" lege of attaching themselves to the great citizen army of defence. "The ‘improvisation‘ which the memâ€" bers will have to learn consists of the transformation of common things into stretchers, cots, splints and â€" hospital utensils of all kinds. "‘It astonished me to see what the Japanese were able to make out of the commonest things of the road. They could accomplish marvels with a biscuit tin. A couple of hopâ€"poles, with some railing wire, will make _ an excellent stretcher, capital splints can be made out of rushes and so on. "The sailors in the South African war were remarkably adept at making use of material which most would be temptâ€" ed to dismiss as utter rubbish." HE RECALLED IRA SLICK. "The late John R. Considine," said a New York hotel man, "had a host of friends. Yet he was never afraid to speak his mind. He hated llypoyrite’:. _ "When Considine was managing Corâ€" bett so successfully I happened to praise at a dinner a pugilist he disliked. I said : â€"""There was a man who never said an unkind word about any man in his life. » _"Mr. Considine laughed. He said that such men always recalled to him Ira Slick. "‘Ire Slick,‘ he explained, ‘died. After death he mounted the stairs of gold conâ€" fidently, and he knocked with confidence at the golden gate. â€""‘But St. Peter, frowning heavily, stuck his head out of the wicket and pointed down. A es "‘So, very much astonished and painâ€" ed, Ira Slick descended to the lower reâ€" gions. He came toâ€"a black gate from which flames and _ sulphurous smoke spouted: A fiend stood at the éntrance, a fiery trident upright in his hand like a spear. Ira Slick?" demanded the fiend. "<"I‘m sure I don‘t know," said Ira, plaintively. "There must be some misâ€" take. 1 never in all my life said an unâ€" kind word about anybody." _ _ _ "«"That‘s all right," said the *fiend, quickly. "Step this way, please, At the end of the bottom corridor, next to the fire vou‘ll find the bypocrites‘ cage.""‘" WILL ‘;thg are you _doi_ng §ow_n here, Li o lpals ONE OF THE GREATEST ENGINâ€" EERING ENTERPRISES. Present Croton Supply Gives New York 336,000,000 Galions Dailyâ€" The New Catskill Supply Means 500,000,000 a Day. WATER FROM THE CATSKILL. (F‘rom Alfred Douglas Flinn‘s "The World‘s Greatest Aqueduct" in the September Century.) Catskill Mountain water, _ gathered from brooks that have been fed _ by melting snows and copious rains, and have tumbled over rocky slopes into the streams of the mountain valleys, will in a few years be served to the inhabitâ€" ants of New York city. The project ranks as the greatest mumicipal water supply enterprise ever undertaken, and as an engineering work is probably seeâ€" ond only to the Panama Canal. _ The need of the water isymuch greater than is realized by a majority of the citizens or by the guardians of their interests. Nothing can so quickly and completeâ€" ly disorganize the complex activities of a modern community as a shortage of svitable water; no single agency can so rapidly spread disease and death as a polluted water supply. For several years New York has been using more water than its sources of supply can safely be depended upon to furnish in a series of dry years, such as have occurred within the memory of men who have scarcely reached middle age. Continuing years of abundant rainfall have masked the danger to which engineers have repeatâ€" edly called attention. In 1905, as the result of a movement gromoted by civic bodies in the days of Juyor Van Wyck and Mayor Low, a bill was introduced into the legislature, on the initiative of Mayor MceClellan, which, becaming law, enabled the city to start new systems of water supply that, with the already existing permanâ€" ent works, should ultimately give New York the best and largest water supply ever known. As thousands of auterâ€"wise Ameriâ€" cans know, New York city ("old New York") has used Croton River water for more than two generations. . Similarly from the Ridgewood system of wells, streams, and reservoirs, Brooklyn has drawn its supply, often scanty, Approxiâ€" mately five hundred million gallons of water are consumed by the metropolis every day, a stream which would flow hip deep between the buildings in Fifth avenue‘s fashionable shopping district at a comfortable walking pace. For every man, woman and child this allows a daily average of 125 gallons, Or, to put it still another way. for all domesâ€" tic, manufacturing and public purposes New York uses every day water which weighs about cight times as much as its population. I C alc ul kan. «1x ans Bon Ee un m Compared with the 130, 140, 200, 220, | and 320 gallons used every day for every l person in several largs American cities, New York‘s allowance is moderate, es-l pecially when one recalls the character of business and the methods of living which prevail in the metropolis. TLiberal, ever lavish, domestic use or;vater is not waste. The very necessities of life deâ€" mand that there should be a maximum supply, in order to provide for the averâ€" age demand for the individual. The word "waste" should be properly . inâ€" terpreted. _ Its use in writing about water supply has been unfortunate, for it has ben employed both technically and properly to characterize quite ait ferent conditions in the economy of water. To let a dozon glassfuls flow from a faucet in order to get one eool draft is not waste so long as this is the least expensive way to get eool water, In a broad sense, to permit water to flow from the faucets through the eold winter nights is not waste, so long as this is the least expensive way to proâ€" tect one‘s plumbing fixtures, To allow even large volumes of water to spill over the lowest dam of a water shed is in no sense waste when the city has already taken from the stream all that it can use, or when the saving of occasional discharges of this sort would cost more than to get the same quantity of water, of equal _ or better quality, from another stream. Doubtless, some EV MMTVCTCCC DEEVITTD water is carelessly or wantonly wasted in New â€" York city, but not nearly so much as some persons assume. Waste should be discouraged _ and curtained, but waste of water .can _ no more be wholly prevented than the waste of enâ€" ergy and time. _ But if all the waste which it would be reasonably practicaâ€" ble to stop ceased, New York would still require more water works to proâ€" vide beyond peradventure for present needs and future growth. Croton River drains into New York‘s reservoirs the water of 360 square miles of forest and farm and can safely furâ€" nish about 336,000,000 gallons daily. Two aqueducts, one thirtyâ€"four _ miles long, built in 1842 and having a daily v e o n d o ue on Ca l cupacity of 80,000,000 gallons, and the ot{:er thirtyâ€"two miles long, built _ in 1801, and having a capacity of 300,000,â€" 000 gallons, bring this water to the city. To procure 500,000,000 gallons of Cateâ€" kill Mountain water daily, over 600 square miles of mountain and meadow will be brought under tribute, several large reservoirs created, and an aqueâ€" duct ninetyâ€"two miles long built, with many miles of conduits within the city limits. The extent of these existing and proâ€" gosed works is not readily to be compreâ€" ended, even when reduced to the comâ€" mon money measure. For the portion of the Catskill works needed to bring into the dt{ every day unfailingly 500 milâ€" lion gallons an expenditure of $162,000,â€" 000 is estimated. But these disburseâ€" ments will be spread over many years, and the burden will not fall heavily, exâ€" cept for possible temporary difficulties in raising ready money for construction payments. Indeed, the cost of water for every person will be on the average less than one cent per day. _ Furtherâ€" more, these waterworks, well managed, BAKING POWDER. PURE FOOD GQOD HEALTHâ€" will not only pay interest on the investâ€" ment and cost of operation, but in a relatively few years will pay the capital cost. It is reasonable wp.{elbvo that the works will be as permanent as those of Rome. |\ _ The _ great "white plague" among \human kind will be largely disposed of . when the great white plague among the dairy animals has been eradicted. Buch \ is the view of David Roberts, state vetâ€" erinarian of Wisconsin. His experience l(-onvlncfl him that the «most prolific soil for the propagation of tuberculosis germs is the animal that is already run down and out of condition by common preventable and curable ailments, There should be general cleanliness, good ventilation, thorough sanitation, and frequent disinfection of all quarâ€" ters where cattle are kept. The condiâ€" tions of the cow‘s Jlife are reflected in that of human beings, since we mre inâ€" timately dependent upon the cow for milk, cream, butter and cheese, one or more of which articles nearly every perâ€" son consumw*s in greater or less quanâ€" tity every day. Thorough sanitation of animals and quarters, and prompt lnttentlon to the more common and curâ€" | able discases are the methods whereby tuberculosis in cattle may be more speedily eradicated. § 7 Worth Knowing. The best hardwood floors for everyâ€"day usage are those which are either waxed or oiled. A floor that is shellacked, as a great many hardwood floors are, does not wear well, It shows the marks of boot nails and is easily scratched. Unâ€" less it is carefully covered with rugs it is as much of a nuisance as > The waxed floor is really the m for all rooms except the kitchen. The ordinary oiled floor is the best for the kitchen, where there is so much hard usage. It does not show boot marks, and can be easily washed. It will often remain, under ordinary clreumstances, very clean and neat looking for half a year or more, without renewing the oil. The proper oil to use is boiled oil; and it -I-ouls.bé rubbed into the floor until the pores are filled with it. In time it becomes oxidized, so that a permanent: ly glossy surface is produced. A fire extinguisher, which may be casily made at home and kept in a botâ€" tle ready for use, comsists of three pounds of salt and one and oneâ€"half pounds of salâ€"ammoniac dissolved in a gallon of water. Wet umbrellias should be stood on their handles to dry. This allows the water to run out of them, instead of inâ€" to the part where the ribs and the silk meet, thus causing the metal to rust and the silk to rot. Dairy Strongâ€"hold of White Plague For earache bathe the ear in a strong decoction of camomile flowers, then drop a few drops of warm sweet oil into the ear, and a strip of flannel warmed and tied around the head. A thin coating made of three parts lard, melted, with one part resin, and apâ€" plied to stoves and grates, will prevent them rusting, when not in use. From about 20,000,000 cows there is produced in this country in round numâ€" bers 8,000,000,000 gallons of milk yearâ€" ly, 1,500,000,000 pounds of butter, and 300,000,000 pounds of cheese, valued in the aggregate at about $70,000,000. Pracâ€" tically all the milk and butter is conâ€" sumed in America, as well as 90 per cent. of the cheese. Outside of the bread grains there is no source of food so important as the dairlies. Adulteraâ€" tion of this universal food, menacing though it is, is not so inimical as inâ€" fection from diseased cows. The enraged financial m‘fl‘“ was charging mlm{ throuwgh the office of the 10 cent monthly magazine, _ The first grade teacher had been able to spank Tommy with the test en thusiasm, but his next wwgr:h“ not reached the point where she felt she could do justice to him in spite of all Wis naughtiness. o) _ "What is he doing*" asked the amaszed bystanders ; “nmnin’ amuck *" "I think not," said one of the !n'fi:â€" ened -‘.znrnphon. preparing to s "He‘s running a muckraker." About 11 o‘clock Tommy apE:nd at the first grade teacher‘s door. dropâ€" ped her work, seized him b{ the arm, dragged him to the ng _ room, turned him over her knee and did her duty. L Tok Tbthicr n " "Send him to me when you want him spanked," said the first grade teacher one morning, after her colleague had reâ€" lated his many misdemeanore. About 11 o‘clock Tommy .pgnd at the first @rade teacher‘s door. dropâ€" _ When she had finished she said, "Well, Tommy, what have you to say ?" _ ©Please, miss, my temcher wants the scissors."â€"Everybody‘s Magazine. Two thousand movable kitchens have been ordered for the Austrian army. Each kitchen consists of a fourâ€"wheeled vehicle drawn by two horses and weighâ€" ing about half a ton. _ The equipment of each includes four coppers, an oven, cupboards, tables and various other facilities for cooking in the field. It is no difficult matter to turn nursery into a baw!l room. wEUAT HE REALLY CAME FOR Kitchens for an Army. THE OCTOPUS TURNXs PURE FOOD,