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A Paradise for Animals.
Pierre Loti, in his book on “India,”
repeatedly describes the fearlessness
of animals in that country. He says:
“My room was never closed, neither
during the day nor the night, and the
birds of the air made their home with
me; sparrows walked on the mats
that covered the floor without even
heeding my presence, and little squir-
rels, after an inquiring gaze, came in
too, and ran over the furniture; and
one morning I saw the crows perched
on the corner of my mosquito net.”
Describing the enchanted wood of
Oodeypore, where are wild boars,
monkeys, and a number of birds,
flights of turtle-doves, and droves of
parrots, he says: “Flocks of superb
peacocks strut up and down among
the dead trees, running with out-
stretched tails, the wondrecus sheer of
which looks like a spirit of green and
incandescent metal. All these ani-
mals are free and unrestrained, yet
their demeanor is not that of wild
animals and birds, for in these lands,
where they are never slain by man,
the idea of flight does not animate
them as it does at home.”
This respect for animal life is not
confined to the Buddhists or Jains,
the sentiment is of much more ancient
origin. Pierre Loti tells us that the
horrors of death and slaughter, the
sickening display of carcasses of ani-
mals are nowhere to be seen, for the
people of Brahma do not eat anything
that has ever lived. “In the place of
such exhibitions, we see heaps of
roses plucked from their stems, which
are used in the making of essences, or
simply to be woven into necklaces.”
Lancaster Tobacco.
Lancaster.—Earlier estimates of
the value of Lancaster county’s new
tobacco crop, which is still a month
off. from cutting, unless a cold snap
should threaten frost and cause the
harvesting of unripe tobacco, are
much below the figures presented at
the meeting of the Lancaster County
Tobacco Growers’ Association a few
days ago. The reports then given
make it certain that there are 20,000
acres in tobacco in Lancaster county
that will have a big crop. The Fed-
eral Government estimates 50,565,000
pounds as the Pennsylvania tobacco
crop, and Lancaster county will fur-
nish about 80 per cent. The shortage
of old tobacco, a fact as well known
to growers as to dealers, coupled with
the efforts of buyers to induce grow-
ers to sell their crops on the field at
prices ranging from 12 to 16 cents a
pound for wrappers and 3 to 4 cents
for fillers, has convinced growers that
they will get exceptionally high prices
this year. It is estimated now that
the crop will put $5,000,000 into the
pockets of Lancaster county farmers.
Local packers and outside buyers are
scouring every corner of Lancaster
county after old tobacco, and here and
there an almost forgotten small pack-
ing rewards the search. The 1915
packing now commands 18 cents a
pound, and the price is advancing.
The rumor that agents of foreign
Governments will again buy the 1916
goods has tended to stop the down-
ward movement in prices of these
goods. The cigar trade is good among
the larger factories, which carry their
own packings of leaf.
Ten Commandments.
1—Be interested in your neighbors
but not curious.
2—*“Good morning” is easy to say and
does not take a second.
3—Remember that common property,
like lawns, alleys, fences and doorsteps,
means common responsibility.
4—Borrow not that you be not bor-
rowed from.
5—Respect your neighbor's line of
clean clothes on rug-shaking day.
6—Walls have ears. Speak low if you
would have your affairs private.
7—Don’t consider the neighbor’s house
" as a dropping-in place “any old time”
without knocking.
8—Don’t let the quarrels between your
own and your neighbor's children destroy
friendliness between the parents.
9—Signify willingness to help your
neighbors in time of trouble, but don’t
intrude.
10—Put a soft pedal on your 7-year-
old’s practicing, especially if there is an
invalid in the neighborhood.
These ten commandments might very
well be doubled, and even tripled, if we
would take into account all the various
little obligations which one must fulfill if
one would be neighborly. But the prin-
ciple of the thing is what really counts,
and the essence of neighborliness, which
is but courtesy in working order, observ-
ed, the minor details will adjust them-
selves.
A New Wheat Disease Discovered in
Pennsylvania.
During the past season there has come
to the attention of the botany depart-
ment of The Pennsylvania State College
School of Agriculture and Experiment
Station a destructive disease of wheat,
which appears to be quite prevalent
throughout the State. In several fields
which were inspected, from 25 to 35 per
cent. of the stalks were diseased and the
kernels were very poorly developed.
Where the disease occurs the wheat
heads fail to fill out, or if they do the
kernels are much shriveled. Accompa-
nying this condition is a browning of the
joints. The straw just below the joints
shows brown, watery streaks also.
This condition of the stalks appears to
be due to a fungus which works internal-
ly. This parasite, also, may be responsi-
ble for the failure of wheat to fill out
properly. It is desired to know the ex-
tent and destructiveness of the disease
in the State and remedial measures are
to be tested as soon as possible. Wheat
growers who have observed this condi-
tion in their fields are requested to cor-
respond with the botany department at
State College. This department is mak-
ing a study of the disease.
———They are all good enough, but the
WATCHMAN is always the best.
| REQUIRE BUT LITTLE WATER
Seasoned Soldiers Learn to Make Long
Marches on a Minimum Amount
of Fluid.
The water question with troops on
the march and in the field is one of
greater difficulty than civilians know.
In few ways does the superior effec-
tiveness of hard and regularly trained
troops show above raw or untrained
troops than in the matter of water dis-
cipline. The regular American soldier
will make a day’s.march on his can-
teen of water. If he has been in the
service long he will carry his rifle, am-
munition and pack over a shadeless,
dusty road, through a sweltering day
and come to the end of the march in
fit physical condition. He has learned
to make that canteen of water answer
his needs. It may have been a hard
lesson to learn, but he has learned it.
‘When the soldier has learned to do
with the minimum of water he minis-
ters to his comfort and health. Cut-
ting down the water below the real
needs of his body causes the man to
lose flesh, but in a very large number
of instances this is beneficial, most
well-fed men having flesh to spare. It
is better for a man to be dry on a
march than to be always guzzling wa-
ter. To be “water wise” is one of the
accomplishments of a good soldier.
Much less water is required by the
human system than most men think,
and troops from hot and dry countries
march and campaign on a surprisingly
Beluchis, several regiments of whom
are with the Indian contingent of the
British army in France and Flanders,
has said of them:
“Their most extraordinary physical
characteristic is the facility with
which, camellike, they can for so long
a time go without drink in their burn-
ing country—a draft of water once
in the 24 hours Is sufficient.”
NO FAVORITES IN FAMILY
Parents Sometimes Make Serious Er-
ror in Showing Open Preference
—May Spoil Young Life.
Favoritism among !children should
never be shown, for it is this over-
sight of parents, this habit of making
favorites, preferring one child to an-
other, which often rankles in children’s
minds, and is later the cause of jeal-
ousy and dissension in families.
Often enough the early treatment of
one of these children by the parents
causes the younger ones to expect too
much from the Cinderella of the fam-
ily.
She should, they think, give in at all
times to them, relinquish her own de-
sires and tastes in their favor, and, so
used are they to her giving in to them
that they almost fail to recognize the
fact that she is their sister, that she
should possess any individual rights,
an opinion of her own.
Many a young girl’s life has been
spoiled in this way ; her youth and girl-
hood blighted. Such a girl, down-trod-
den.and subdued, naturally thinks lit-
tle ¢~ herself; and not realizing that
she possesses good qualities, preposses-
sing features that might attract, be-
comes old-fashioned in her style, dress
and manner; and often as not her very
unselfishness in not seeing after her-
self, dressing herself better, is the
cause of her being looked down upon
as dowdy and a fright.
Men, even, in seeking a wife often
enough fail to notice the good quali-
ties beneath that plain costume, and
many suitors recognize when too late
that they would have been wiser in
choosing that loving, tender, sympa-
thetic girl, who was only considered
the “ugly duckling” for their wife, than
any of her more showy and brilliant
sisters.
In a Caimer Moment.
The topic having turned to the sub-
Ject of regret, this story was recalied
by Senator Henry F. Hollis of New
Hampshire:
A German named Adam became de-
pressed over the wobbly way in which
the world was moving, and in a hasty
moment jumped from the town wharf
into the river. The crowd on return-
ing from the river after a fruitless en-
deavor was met by a party named
Jacob.
“Vat vas it?” queried Jacob, looking
over the long-faced bunch. “Vat vas
all der troubles apout?”
“Adam,” answered one of the party.
“He just committed suicide by jump-
Ing into the river.”
“Poor oldt Adam!” mournfully com-
mented Jacob. “He be sorry for dat
tomorrow.”—Philadelphia Telegraph.
Mystery in Unclaimed Novel.
An “unclaimed” novel is the latest
mystery of the London literary world.
Some time ago an anonymous manu-
script was left with a prominent pub-
lishing concern, which decided, in due
course, to publish the same. Upon
Inquiry it was discovered that the
author had not troubled to leave either
name or address when he handed in
his MS. Now all sorts of romantic
tonjectures have been made in con-
nection with “Anonymous’” identity
ind ultimate fate—without, naturally,
aurting the book’s chances when it ap-
pears shortly. ;
War Horses Sham Sickness.
French army veterinarians have
‘ound by close observation that cer-
‘ain horses fall most unaccountably
11 when in bombarded regions. They
lle down and seem so weak and nerv-
»us that they cannot move. Later
vhen taken to the veterinary camp
n the rear they recover in a few days
ind are normal, Veterinarians assert
‘hat shamming among war horses is
10t uncommon, ;
small amount. A writer telling of thé J
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Wisdom.
Old Doctor—“Now, when your patient
asks you for a tonic, what are you going
to do about it?”
Young Doctor—“Find what she really
needs and prescribe it.”
Old Doctor—=Wrong! No success in
that method. Whenever your patient
has diagnosed her own case and tells
you she needs a tonic, you prescribe a
tonic every time.”
Young Doctor—“Why?’
Old Doctor—“Don’t you guess why?
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Store
$3.00
Special Bargains in Men's
all Solid Leather Working
Shoes.
We have made a special
purchase on
Men’s Working Shoes
These shoes are made of all
solid leather.
all shoes has advanced, but
this purchase was made
for less than the old price.
If you are in
Working Shoes
AT A LOW PRICE
you had better purchase
now. Your choice $3.00.
CEERI
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