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Markdale Standard (Markdale, Ont.1880), 10 Jun 1886, p. 2

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 ^KgfmfBt f" .;, i *.' :-i m :;: I f !»•: a» Ji TH£ FARM. When to Cut Wheat and Gim» n* kiina b appraashliig, wIub th* qi #0B of th* gnpcr tfana t* nqt aad n iriU agkia iMgin to iatdrMt tha fuming world. To* many thinp aftcct th« abUltjr ci the fumar to reap hla grain and mew liia graaa exactly at the propar tiiaaratioal tima far doing thla work to maka it wortb while to lay down a paaitiva rala. Yet ignorance ot the rabjeot and genual earelawmeea often caoM niiatakea to be made whloh da great Iqjnry to ttie quality ot the crop. In the matur af timothy the time ef cat- ting Tarlea very omoaideiably with different farman. Some cot when the blecm ii fint 00, acme when the blesm ia going cfi, loma wait till the leed ia fnliy formed and be- glna to harden. Many do net finiah cutting tUlthe aeedahattor badly. Evidently the aztremea to avoid are Cnttiog when the grau ia to green that in ooiiDg it will diy up and IcM weight exceaityely, and wait- ing till the stalk haa largely tamed to woody fiber. There ia very llttla qaeation tliat a leaning to the former ia better than to the latter. If the crop ooold be oat all At enoe the ideal time woold be whan the bloom ia joat o£ If she crop to be out will toka Bome day a, begin belore thia time. It iaaes good policy to attempt to make of graaa both a bay orop and a grain crop. If, tliarefore, the graaa|atanda long enongh to mataretha aasd aoffioiently for it to foim an important element ot food the gain will bo more than ofhet by the rapid oen- veraien of dlgeatible matter in the italk to woody fibre. The dtgeatlblllty of the hay being the meat important factor in the qneatien af hay- making, thia point ahonld be kept conatantly in mind. Aa to reaping wheat when the gndn alone ia ooniidered, there can be little doubt that the proper time to cut wheat ia when the grain ii lipe, not hard and flinty, but fully rounded und growing hard. Ihe old aay- ing that wheal, â- honla be cut when " m the doogh" ia too Dnieilable to do duty aa a rule to go by. When the headi are golden, bat before the ttalka begin to bena over «nd here and there let a head drop aa if with a broken neck, ia the beattimti to reap wheat. Bat it ia bettor to be out after thia than bo- iore. With the approved appliancea of the preacnt day, when grain may be out with ae little handling and oenieqaent ahelling, the orop -nay be permitted to grow riper than in eld tlmea. Cutting toe green ia a heavy loaa. The writer reinembera obierving, a year or two ago on a certoln wheat faim, the great dif- ferenoe in yield and quality of the wheat out toe green and thas allowed to atand, or rather wnioh waa laat reached in the order «f harveating. The portion of the orop cut the firat few daya of harveat ahowed a de- preciation of fully 25 per oen^. from that out In a almilar length of time at the end of luurveat. Timely aG;gestions« We au(rgeBt tbat an acre or two ot good land, located convenient to the hog pasture, be planted in lome early matutiog variety ef aweet coin, to bo fed off during the firat half of September aa a prelude to begin- ning on the main crop. If an occaaional hill bo planted in pnmpkina theie will have an extra opportimlty for growth or, if pre- ferred, turnipa may be aewn bi the com abontthe lat of Anguat, andif the aoil be good and the leaaon favorable a good yield may be ezpeotod. It ia laid that aheep may be effectually marked with dry Venetian red by aimply taking a pinch of tlM dry powder and draw- ing the thumb and finger through the wool at the apot yon wiah to mark, loosenibg the powder aa yon do le. It will combine with the oil in the wool and make a bright vad mark that the ralna will never waali «nt, and which, withont injuring the wool, will endure fram one aheartas to another, ^hUe it oan be readily oleanaed out by ;the manufaoturer. .^ Fed to piga, aklm mUk and bnttermHk •re worth one-fourth aa much aa ooramMl. Fad to oalyea, they are worth, on an aver- age, 25 cento per 100. Warm to 98 degreea for feeding, feed three timea a day, and i^e^ aweet. Aa the calf grewa add oatmeal gruel, and finally olear oatmeaL The aklm milk of one good oow and $2 worth of oat- meal will raiae two calvea through the aea- jon â€" spring and fall. While not believing muoh in dealbg any burm animala or even human beisgf, there oan be no doubt that eooatienal dome ef turpentine, â- olphnr, and charcoal, mixed wiui their feed, help to keep piga in good ooadition. If thaie are given enoe a week the hcg ohelera wfll not appear, Keoraene oD will take mat from iron if time enongh ia given but for quiok work a few dropa ef atilphiulo add rabbed mi the mat i^ preferable. But the iion moat be well icoured and a little oil poured on aa aeon aa the mat ia rt moved. The add will eat into tiie iron and form more nut thia .preoantioB ia attanded to. ATTAOKSD BT YAICFIBB BAT8. Budetteon the Boycott* One day a Beyoett strolled into the tool- henae and sat down for a chat. The ham- narandaaaw, a peggfaig awl and atrowd and ether heneat toola took advantage of ttie entranoe of a boy looking for aomething lie had no bnaineaa to take, to mov4 a little ioxther way. "Why do yon avoid met aaked tbe Boycott " Am I not a friend of labor 7 Am I net ito mightiest weapon Ami net year oommen ddender t" " Ex- onae na," replied an old aledge, who waa â- evennpintfaeoivilservioeliala, bat yea doBtBeemtobeeneolna. There is a smell •f Baaslan prlaen abeat you, a atifiQing taint if Gennan eppreaalen, a atauch ef Engllah vepreadon, and a foul edor ef Hsbgarian nanserhm, a general deoayed flavor of Igner- iafleandbrotidity, anda seBae l eae iereoity «hat we dcn't UkOi We know It imtyoor faLolt it waa ben of tyranny and hel^asa- iftM. but It fan't Amerioan, and It isn't Yea liave a foreign air about you gf^ makea tlie leom doee and efiensive. but nteaiian* ^a^ makea Ge out and wade areond and hunt for the Oresenfer about dz montha, and you'U oane babk aa dean aa a Chinaman. Go loak Toaioelf, boy Oottyooraelf, and aee hew dad wvH be towokome yea btotheahop." IKTl fmMjt taaehoa nato remember that n* livUbedChiiatiaDBHieveir yet learned to ihiew lb* beemeraag with danger to hie flMmy or eefelgr «• bffio^ Am Someyearaage, Cafl^ O. H. Kefue, ef tbe ahip PluOm, with a smaU party of gen- thm f rwaa aaWr^â„¢ g **^ Ltaabaag Blver, in Beme*. They oame to «h«^«« »•«• It cecdvee the wateie ef tbeliadibttj »aaiall onrrent flowing toaa eaaterly dlreetMu. Nominally, the party waa out 00 an explor- ing expeditton, but it is safe to say that the love ef adventnre brooght them thither mere then the intereato ef adence. While travelling onward, and quietly on thowatohfor deer, they disoemed some- thing lying on the greuad net far off, above which hovered a awarm of what they sup- posed to be insects. Their first thought waa that some beaat had fallen dead, and waathua being devoured. Capt. Rogers remarked that the sopposed inacota oeuld net be inaeoto they weie altogether toe large, and altogether toe amall for birds of prey. Here waa a mystery, whiob needed only to be explored. The party advanced to the spot as hurriedly as poadble, when lo 1 to their utter astonishment, it waa found that It waa a man who had fallen, Inatead of a beaat, and that thia man had been beaet and overcome by vampire bats. What to do firat, they did not know. They dared not approach too near the spot, for fear of being attacked in a simlliar man- ner. But not a moment was to be lost. The poor, nnfortnnate fellow waa yet alive, for every now and then there waa a vldble movement ef the body. •• 1 have an idea," add Capt. Bogerp, which may work well in thla case. Let ru charge our riflea well with powder, and fire into the midst of them." The party thought the idea a good one, and made hasto to carry it into effect. The discharge waa heard, a dense, sul- phuroua gas waa generated above the pros- trate victim, and the vampires, hi terrible censteraation, flew away with rapid speed. After the smoke had cleared away, the centdtmen approached the apot. Many of the vampirea were lying around, evidently disabled from the MTecte of the powder. Theae were meroileasly ciuahed by the batt ends of the guns. With all poeaible hasto, attention waa given to the victim. He were only a breech oloth. Tbe stght waa fearful to behold, and we forbear to ^otnre it In the vivid language ef Capt. Rogers. The fellow waa literally punctured all over the ground waa molatened with the blood flowing from hla veinv, and the blood still poured out. Not one of the party knew enough ef sur- gery to be able to suggest any rem- edy for relief and all of them were too much excited too ooc jure up a remedy from common-sense and experionoe. Several minutea elapsed before a thing was done, except to give the man a draught of fresh water. At lengtii, ode of the gentlemen, recalling to mind the fact that the tobacco-ashes are available for the sting, and believing that vampires sting rather than blto, removed a quantity of tobacco from hla pouch, and, laying it on the ground, al; oLoeaetlt on flra. Two ef the other gentlemen did likewise. Soon enough ashes were obtained to try the experiment. Having washed away the bloody gore, they smeared these aahea over the lacerated portion of the man'a body. The sole effect waa to stop the blood, and to oanae an intense smarting. The fellow seemed at laat to rally from his mlierablo plight and, failing to raite his head, he made signs of gratitude to those who 1 ad so kindly befriended him. After a abort time, he waa enabled to speak and, through the Mday intorpretor who accompanied the gentlemen, the fol- lowing facte were obtained He sdd that he waa en the way to a neighboring village, and that, when night had come en, he had lain down to deepuntil sunrise. Towards morning he waa suddenly awakened by a loud noise, and waa terribly frightened to find himself lying in blood. Stnmge te say, he felt Uttie or no pain but, en endeavoring to get up, he fell back completdy exhaosted, and aoon he waa so weak aa to be unable to move at aU. Theae are the facta gained a'ter many pauses; and It waa with creat difficulty that even thia slight information waa ac- quired. The fdlow ooidd speak only with the greatest effort, and then it waa ao nearly inaudible aa to be barely untferatoed. The remainder of the story ia beat given nearly in the werdi ef Capt. Rogers, who oanoludea: " There waa no nae talking further about the matter. I anggeated to my f rienda that there was only imall ohanoe of aaving the man'a life fer It redly seemed aa If Jully twe-tiiirda of hla blood had flewed eat. Mr. H aald that It might be weUto oarry him to a apet, only a few reda efl^ where the treea would ahelter him from the aon. It waa • good Idea, and we did ae. For nearly four hoon and a half we aat and watohed the man, trying our very beat to think ef something for nia good. He waa toe far gene to cat anything, and we had to pour water down hla threat by degreea. "Well, the worst oame at last, ai we knew It would. Suddenly the man threw hia arma apwarda. They fell with a thud â€"and all waa over. "Wemerelyldd thebodylna hole near by, and covered It witii laavee." Kautoba, the 8peakuu{ God. J" ^T^J^ *• fff~* Northweat Uca a lake whloh haa given a^iame to themrovlnoe formed fai the Red River oonntry known aa Manitoba. From aa ialand In thla lake. In '•'• 5*"'?S"'L°W^*» itmea amyaterleoa aound. The Ojlbway Indiana wiU anno ao- oeunt apFroaoh this ialand or make a land- H'^J^lJ^l^}'^^^* It to be the heme of the "Manitoba, the Speakltg Oed." HBBB AID THBUl toemlty of the isbnd there k a low diff of fine-grained, oompaot limeatene, whidi. on- d«r theatroke ef a hammer, dfaiTlike BteeL The wavea beating en the ahoia at the foot of the oHff o«S the fauS fai! menta torabagainat eaoh •thw and eat a aound raacmbling the ohimea ef tant ehurofa bdla. fik pbenommi S. •«"**** »«^,bl«r from the nertfa. «l*«"«*J«wta^"»d«dde lew waffl^ S?£ Uk« wUg«lng vdea are hwiSTs Oeair. Trnvdanaaaartthat fte effoot la SSJShRSdSuS*^" "^^^ hm been Ijitsnhigto ehaJShSSl.*'****' The epinlen la .ntertalnod i â- anef Jideneethatthearteita eMf 1 fer atmotard parpooea b |F^»|**f „ that Oe pyramida were. In faot boUt of ar- tifidd btookamanuiaotnred from th* aor^ reonding p|fl**i A blaat famaee and reUing mlU have been ereotod Utdy In Bogota. The maohlnery tS^ugUbi the United Stotse, and itooat the ewnwa aa muoh to oarry thU maohlnery from the Magdalena, aa the pnrohaae money and the ooean frdght oomblned. A good many partlaa oezneoted with the United Statos aeem anzioua to break up the Panama Caad Company with* visw oF wonrlng the Amerloan Government the pos- aoMienof tkelmpoitant work in wliish M. do Laaaopa ia new engaged. " Deis trabble in de obaroh. De wde jb do temple am rent In twain; de oongrei^- tlen am done gone buated, and dar waa no preaohin' dia mawnin" waa the plotureaque description of ohnroh treuUea In an African churoh by an aged member. Mr. Themaa Robinaon, senier member of a prominent m in Indianapolla, la entitled to the belt for atriot ebaervanoe of the Sab- bath. He will net permit bnainaaa lettera written en Saturday to be maLed till Mon- day, beoauae etherwiae they would travd en Sunday. Sam Jenea haa declined on cffer of f 100 a night for 100 lectures, ou the ground that " when I go en a leoture platform I loae my grip upon tbe people aa an evangelist," and te tfefinea hia work aa an attempt ' to get np acme sweet now and new, Inatead of se moon aweet bye and bye." A Cleveland man is said to have auooeeded In making a aolderlesa copper float, a thing long regarded aa imposdUe. Basldea being aolderlesa, it is olaimed to poaaesa stren^to in a degree not heretofore attained, a 2f x4jl inch float standing long- continued teato 01 ZOOpounda steam pressure without dther oollapsing or filling with water. The largest dynamo in the world ia being aet up in Cleveland, Ohio. It will be thir- teen feet long, five and a half wide and weigh ton tons â€" four times the aize and ability of the " Jumbo" machine exhibited by Ediaon at the Philadelphia Expedtien in 1884. Five hundred horse power will be required to drive It, and ita current wlllfur- niah inoandesoent lighta of about 20.000 candle power. Mrs. Ann Jane Mercer, who recently died in Philaddphia, haa bequeathed her fine eatato. called " Xhe Mount," in Montgom- ery Goonty, Pa., and 1100.000 for the pur- peae at eatabliahing there an inatitution to be called " Tae John C. Mercer Heme for Disabled Clergymen of tbe Preabyterian Fdth. ' John C. Meroer her hatband, died five or aix years ago, leaving Mra. Mercer hia enthro property worth about $1,010,000. A London journal, quoting statlstioa to bask it up, presenta as a moral paradox the statement that the meat poorly pdd work- ing girls in the metropolis are theae engaged In toe work of sewing and binding Biblea. it adds that " for every heathen aoroad wbo can ba induced to uae the sacred volume for anything else than gun- wadding a dozen of these girls are driven to perdition at home." A well-known miniater waa sent aouth from New Jersey a few years ago to labor among the colored people. They received him with many demoLstratlona of joy, and at the first meeting which he hold one old colored preacher prayed for him with great earnestneu, thus "U Lord 1 bress dIa yer dear bmdder what'a come down- from de Noif to preach the goapil to us. 'Nointhim wid de kerosene lie ob advaahin, and aet hlmonfire."' As to the Cree tr«nalation of Bunyan'a "Pilgrim's Progress, ' It haa been atated that thia laboriena work waa done by the ^ahop of Albany. Thla la a miacenoeption. Archdeaoon Vincent, who ia himself ef In- dian bleed, haa apens yean of labor en the work, and is now In London revidng It fer the press. The misoenoeptlon probably arose from the faot that the book, which Is being pubUahed by the ohnroh Minionary Society, ia to be iaaoed with the Epiaoopd imprimatur. The wearing ef the tbea en buggy and wagon wheela la quito an Intorestlrg study. On a rooky ^road they wear ronnding, on n olay road fiat, whUe in sand they out eat In tiie oentor. Through Honey Lake Valley Tohlolea much nsed have two hollow plaoea dl the way around the whed. There will be a little ridge la the oentre, with a hollow en each side and a high plaoe en eaoh edge. Some of the stage wheels are â- * and many ef the faimen' bnatlea and wagons. There Menis to be a dUbreao^ Utween CindnnatI and Chlosgo rapertara. Sam J onea saya " I don't underatand why yea newspaper people are so hard to reach. I â- heald think yea'dbe easy, seeing ttwtyen see se much ef the heUewaeas, sham and wickedneas of the world, but yea aint. I can reaoh you aa newspaper men, I oan touch your appredatlta by smart or witty sayings, mayhap, bat yea are awful hard to touoh aa men. Y*tr hearta ar* diffiodt ef Moeas. Now In Cincinnati I oenverted sev- eral reporters, butinChioage I oedd net tench one with a 40-foet pole." A sawwitheut teeth that wfll out a sted ?5?^Jf*i^j ""'!*"'â- 'â-  operation at the Omtrd Hadaen shops In Giemibash. N. Y The saw IS run by a ninety.hora* power en- gine, mere power than Is nqolred to ran dl the other maohlnery In the aheps. and la 38 inchea m diameter and thxee-^ta of ml inohtUokatthe edge. The SS famaS ef Bessemer steel, and mna ajk » very Uch rate of speed. While In eperatteaA faZd ef fire enobrdM the snw.%nd the many sparks flytog from the revdvbg disk r^ semblesadupUyefpyToteohaiosr ToksoD ttwsawoeelaadnreveat it from onekSnl • taak of water la placed abevetiMnnaoSS fcomwhkliasmairsteeam runs imwTSl drops en the saw while in moaooT^SS plan one saw wiU oat nearly 3 000 rdb be- !£'J?-«ir"«y*-. AstodVd^b^t â- â- ^ yeanr cenataat nee. iM^Mnaa t.-«, £5wia:2ffi?2??^^- t£ thing dbent iH^ZiSSi hSLTS!^ oatlromtli* raU fl, haoT Sir auTtS â- tselaeailyasfinBailJMnaitadt^ AxlB asd laoIdBB Somr Yorkia BRANTFORP fi OLD WATER BICE STABC H NEVER FAILS. lew Orleaiis Eoad Cart GiTt SNOW DP Vhere la WIBEnERl h H\ Winters Patent Road Cart, Basgles. fJarrlaces. Slelslu, dke. BMd let Oataloffua. J. wnrrsBs, Ctelt, Onta Allan Line Boyal lail steamsMps. Bellas dnrins winter troai Fort an sreir Tbondkr, and Halifax everr Satordaf to LlTerpool, aiid in ananiei from Qnebee ererr Ustwdaf to Idf erpool. ealUna at Lon; dondmy to land miOla asd patamgera for Scottand and iKltDd. AlntiomBsltlmora, TUHaUfaxsndBt John'a, H r.. to LiTeipool tortoightly during inmiMi aumtlu. Xke iteuBen of the GHmbow lluaa saU dnnnr winlei to and^trom Halifax. Portiand, Boaton andniladel- phia: aad dnrlng anmmer between Olaaaow and llM Seal, weekly, OuMgow end Boaton, weeklr: andOlaa' (ow and miadelBhla, f ortnlglitly. For treisht, passage, or other infOrmacton apply to A. Sohumawer ft Co., Bdtimore a. Cnnard ft COm Hdif ax iihea ft Go St. John's, N. F,. Wm. lliomBon ft Ca, St. John, N. B. A Hun ft Co., Chicago; Love ft Alden, New ork H. Bourlier, Torcmtoj Allans, Bae ft Co., Quebec; Wm. Brookie, Philaddphia i H. A. Allan. Portland Boaton. M ontred Bngsy and OarrlaKe Gears. THE "DEFIANCE This Gear anppUaa the dtin«ad of th^ Diivine Pnb- Uo for low hanglnit bnffvlaa, and comblnaa with thla lightoaaa. raae of notion, grrta* i trenirth and dun- bOlliy. Filoaa vary modeiate. Whe^h tired withenr Denb'e n«nga Steel Sire wear fully four timaa aa loogr aa thoae with ordinaty tita ateel Send for rar deK»inU*e drPuUf. J. B AK«8TK*ffC MTs Co.. E4l.). Saelvk. Canada. PLNEK KMVB8, BTAYB OmTBH. 8IATi Jointer, oheeae box, Tsneei, leather aplitUng bookbfndeta, moulding, tenoning, and other maohlne knlvea 0* beat qnality, mannfaotnred by Pithb Hat 0»lt Hachine Knife Wcrka, 0»lt, Ont. aeodfor price Uai â- THERE IS NOTHJ^^ GLYCERlNEANDOl" ' DRESSING. A PATENT LEATHER S FOR BOOTS, SHOES Tr'Jb' SOLD LEATHER pqliSh everywhere! W-RC/LLAV.^. 110 King St WE^T^ Toronto Mention ThU Paoar ' J.L.JONES WOOD ENGRAVER 10 King S' East TORONTO. CONSUMPTIOIl IhaToa pnsltlvcreTTiedyforttiea' vediMie;b«kn I thoosanda of cases of tiie 'S'orst kiOusuioiliHtfitaifti I haT6 been cured. Indeed, ^o stroll^ is QyUahftl •fflcacy, tbat I -.vl 1 Btnd TWO BOTTLES FB£Lti|* I Hith a VALFAItLE TREATISE oa tliis diiali Mar I •offerer Give •fxprcei aalP. 0. 8(1ilreM. I DR. T. A. PLOfTM. I MANUFACTURERS AND MILLERS WILL SAVE:M01?EY BYUSft'G HgCoU's Lardine HacMDO ' MTiy it onoe and yon will uaa no other. ^H We an the Sole HaBBlketuvra ef the Cennine Lardlae. iVAlso Cylinder, Engine* Wool and Harness Oilv McCOLL BROS. C O., Ti TRY OUR CANADIAN GOAL OIL. "SUNLIGHT" BRAND, IN THE MARKET. THE TEMPERANCE GENEi lite tmmtx Gomp; of M £1K^I OFFICE, aORONTO. CVAmAHTn CAriTAE, ' |MMI»* â- epaslted with the aeastetem SeTenuneat fer Security el FaUcy ^^f^/L â- oMers. • • • a»v-" Hon. GEO. W. ROSS, p»«tt,«, I Hon. S. H.BLAKB, O.C.|vB!i.ii Minister of Education, r "«"""• RQBT. McLEAN, I lUs Oosapany has bean foimed od the basis of the " Vaitad Kingdom TempertaH u S" doBtIaalitutioBofai«atBrilalB."whiohlsoasofthoawstsaooaastalo(BiitIihOoo9Hl* XhoOompaByisnesiTingappIieatloaaaBd Issuing Folloies on the moat appxandl*' Obaoadens coiriiMoos. J Xhis is the only Oiaadiaa Ooamaay that ssowao to abstalneis the tnO benelt o( tk«l' HC" bslBKkoptinao'assbythamaslTea. ^f Zhs cq^aeoe of the •• Uidtad Kiacdom lampeiaaae and General FnTiil«Bi '"'"^^g^K aightaen yaaia waa about M per eeat. in favor of total abatainara. The •â-  WhWto|t«'**r7" paByahawsthanoilalttrfortha last six yean to be mi per MM in the Teav*^ teSlipcriaMtesheSeBeral. ^^p The death rate in tte ••Soopin Ufe Aasoiaaee Oompany of Ofeat Britain" «*• " ' OTCV twea^ per e^t. ia Utot of total abetaiaaia. ACtBETS WAETBD. „^it" I^Mlai, Ceacrml aadleeal Aceata wanted to tepraMnt the OompuyuiaO P" ion. Vol taidoaoliatae aad oHMilotonnalloB apply to HENRT 0'1IAR4, Hanaslng Birector, -^nflM bs »A AdAiAide Street Eastf iv ^H «, L D. SAWYER CO., HAMlTlW/l j ^^umrAonnoM oi^â€" "L. D. S." ENGINES. Airasdad raun FBIEI. 5-|-«i;.*-haI Wi, atPnriMlallWi; im Hottten "Grain Saver" and "PeerlMs" SEPARATORS. «»«t!ieaB4U liti Vi^

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