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§ 'eatarrh PYGMY RACE IS FOUND THE NOSE A FILTER 70 STRAIN THE AIR Gatarrh Clogged Nostrils a Breeding Place for Deadly Germs. The nostrils are perfect "air filt ota" and, when kept in clean, heal thy state, strain every bit of air we breathe, catching all dust parti cles, foreign matter and germs. The mir is full of germs. You cannot ; them, but you can safeguard against catarrh and other contracted in the process of Sruathing by keeping the nostrils glean and healthy. Catarrh germs will sometimes got in their work, and you may mistake the symptoms for an ordinary cold. Don't take any chanas, If vou ve a stulfed up feeling in the head, if your throat is sore or filled with phlegm, just grease the nostrils with a little Ely's Cream Balm, draw i pure, aromatic fumes back in the head and vou will be astonished at 'he effect. In a few minutes you will feel a loosening up in the head, the nasty discharge will soon be stop oy the soreness gone, and you will a sense of genuine relief. 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We are wiring homes every day. TT" ~araer LET US WIRE YOURS, W. Newman Electric Co 79 PRINCESS STREET. 'Phone 441, ER LONG SUFFERING An Invaluable Discovery From a Scientific Point of View. A. F. Wollaston, Reporting on the Expedition Sent Out by the British Ornithologists' Union to Explore Dutch New Guinea, Says He Mas Found the Most Primitive Race of Men Known. : Under the title "Pygmies anl the Papuans," by A. F. Wollaston, the report is presented by the expedition that was sent out by the British Orni- thologists' Union to explore the inter- ior of Dutch New Guinea. The report if of considerable general interest on account of the new race of pygmies discovered, and from a scientific point of view is invaluable, since it de- scribes the greatest ornithological col- lection ever gathered in the country. The data about the Papuans is also important, for the inhabitants of Dutch New Guinea are not well known, especially those who dwell in- land. Up to the present time most of the observations of these people have been made by Dutch explorers, and it is a peculiar henor that fell to the British <xpedi'ion to be the first white men to explore a country belonging to another European nation. The expedition had to contend with a great obstacle in unfamiliarity with the language of the Papuans, but re- turned with a complete vocabulary of Papuan words and gounds which ought to be of great value to any subse. quent expedition especially since the account of the pygmies is likely to arouse the greatest interest in scienti- fie circles. These people appear to be the most primitive yet encountered, their civili- zation being in most respects lower than that of the Bushmen, although they appear to have some zort of in- stinetive morality that is not possess- ed by other primitive tribes that might mentioned. For instance, the ex- plorers found the men to be extremely modest. They were greatly embarrass. ed when asked to remove the curious js they carried upon their backs, hh they were' otherwise destitute: of clothing. 2 ! S They seemed to think it an impro. pret to disrobe themselves of these bags in the presence of white men, and when they were induced to take them off they invariably retired to the forest to do so, and then bashfully re. turned to the white men. They are apparently, an dnoffensive race, and there was no evidence of the blood- thirsty characteristic that distinguish- ed certain of the Papuans. The expedition took measurements of about forty adult men, most of them iu the prime of life. Their aver. age height was found to be 4 feet 9 inches, some of them being less than 4 feet G inches, and the average being a few half-breeds, the product of a uniont of Papuans and pygmies. The explorers emphasize the fact that they did not look like stunted men who might have been bigger, bat like min. ipture men They are cleanly built and active, with well-made legs which were in contrast to the thin-shanked Papuans. This feature is explained by the fact that they dwell in the hills, and hill- men, as a rule, have well-shaped muscular legs, The colar of their skin is paler than that of the Papugfis, some of them being almost yellow, but sinese they were one and ofl indescribably dirty it was difficult'to be certain what the natural color was, a black oily mik- ture that they smeared over them- selves making observations on this point fruitless. The hair is short, woolly and black, but some of them mix a sort of lime or mud in it to give a lighter appearance, though Mr Wollaston is of opinion that he saw some genuine brown hair among the men. 5 Oddly enough the men grow bald ut a comparatively early age, although most of them wear no covering upon their heads at all. The nose of the pygmy is straight and very wile at the nostrils, and the upper lip of many is very long and curiously convex. and round, giving the pygmies a somewhat melancholy and dog-like look. The ornaments are few and simple, and tattooing appears to be unknown among them, though they followed the custom of piercing the ears and nostrils, and in the slips ear- ried bits of polished bone and other curious trinkets. These pygwies dwell in no regular villages, which may explain the fact that they have escaped the observa. tion of explorers until the present time, but wander among the hills, subsisting on roots, herbs and such animals as they can snare or kill with their bows. Their huts are remark- able well constructed of paim leaf fans, and the pygmies occupy them in family groups. The only metal tool or instrument they use is a small wedgeshaped piece of iron, one inch by two inches, insertéd into a wooden handle, This they use us an axe, and the explorers say tost with wo other implement they have cleared many acres of dense forest, and have even felled trees of twelve and fifteen feet in ciroumference after the toil.of many weeks, ! They are fire makers, and by friction of a piece of rattan and tieder they ean produce a blaze in a few seconds. The Pygmies are on friendly terms with the Papuans of the we. country and frequently visit them for the pur- 'poses of barter. They grow tobacco in the hills, aud the Papuans do not. #0 they are welcomed when they come down with a store of tne bitter weed, or which they smoke in the form of they have any religion at all, the Was {explorers were unable to discover it, Com. | stract subjects. {no religica either and treated with bul of course the absence «' a satis. factory medium of conversation would prevent the exchange of ideas on ab. Papuans seem to be little better off, [or they have the idols contempt made up probably by the inclusion of ! The eyes, too, are noticeably large | » t "TATER-SCRATCHINE." i . | Every Year Sees a Great Harvest In i the Lincolnshire Fenland. | NXoaot the least serious results of the | floods in the Eastern Counties is the | damage done to the potatoes in the | Lincolnshire Fenland. For the tubers i now the principal crop of the | year, and their failure means a serious loss, not only to farmers, but to an army of pickers. "Tater-scratching," as the work of such toilers is called, begins in Sep- tember, lasts for some weeks, and calls for a legion of labor, which is always forthcoming. Irish harvesters formerly returned home after the corn harvest; but now they return for po- tato picking. Housewives turn out into the fields in large numbers. Schools break. up opportunely, the children in séme districts getting sev- part in "scratching." 'inally, so many nomads drift into the. Fenland that for some time beforehand the accommodation of the casual wards proves woefully inadequate. Some times a late-comer at 8 workhouse has to put as much of himself as possible into a sack and lie down with other itinerant: on the floor of an outhouse. But there is no excess of labor, and consequently the work is well paid, having regard to its simplicity. "Lift ing" is generally done by a potato plow, though raisers of a special kind are now coming into use, and the work of the "scratchers'" consists kets and emptying these into carts, Nothing could be simpler, yet the pay is distinctly good. For children it is 50 cents a day, and for women from 60 to 75 cents, though on piecework they can make from $4 to $5 a week. Men, particu- larly the Irish harvesters, usually work in gangs, dividing their earnings in equal shares. In twenty days, in. cluding some on which work was im- possible owing to rain, twenty Irish. men earned $415 "scratching," as they did 83 acres at $5 per acre; and near 160 dcres in seven weeks, their pay panngng out to about $1.50 a day per man. Good as this is on the face of things, it is actually even better than 'it seems, since there are certain "extras" whith. materfally supplement the pay. "Foreigners"--the workers who do not live in the district--can sleep in the barns, and all "scratchers" are allow- ed as many potatoes as they can eat, are sometimes given milk also. It does not, therefore, cost a gang of Each takes his turn as "orderly," whose duty mainly consists in cooking potatoes in as many ways as possible! ~--London Ideas. Girl Administers Oath. a woman has appeared in an official capacity in the law courts of Austra- lia. The pioneer woman was Misa Nancy Isaacs, daughter of Mr. Justice Isaacs, and she took her seat in the high court of Australia the other day as her father's associate. On her devolved the duty of em- panelling the jury, and most favor. : able comment has been made on the quiet dignified way in which she per- formed her task, in pleasing contrast which it is usually carried out. An Australian journal, describing the scene, says: "'Slightly nervous, proached her work courageously, and in a sweet voice pronounced the names of a dozen jurymem, who responded with surprising alacrity. Then, as she administered the oath to the four selected - jurymen, the sacredness of their duty was impressed with such nice modulations of voice and down- cast eyes, that ihe orderly plainly exuded astonishment at the possibility of such an everyday formality being capable of such reverent embellish. ment, although it is on the list of in. structions to court orderlies that the charge on all occasions must be pro. nounced in the most devotional tones possible." law, is a student of considerable abil- ity, and a brilliant career is prophe- sied for her. The Rajah Diamond. The largest known diamond before the discovery of the famous Cullinan diamond near Pretoria, afterward pre- sented to King Edward VII. of Eng- land, was the Rajah, which once be- longed to the rajah of Mattan. It is an eggshaped stone, weighing 367 carats. At one time the governor of Borneo offered for it $500,000, two war vessels fully equipped, a number of cannon and a quantity of powder and shot, but this offer was refused, the rajah believing that the fortunes of his family were connected with this gem. Pulverized Diamond. According to the Mohammedans of southern India, pulverized diamond is the least painful, the most active and the most certain of all poisons. Ae- cording to "Wilke's History," the powder of diamonds is kept on hand (by the wealthy only presumably) as a last resource. But a belief in the poisonous character. of the diamond also existed in Italy in the sixteenth century. London's Greatest Curse. At Bloomsbury Chapel, Londen, Eng, Lord Haddo said the greatest curse of London was that each dis. trict tried to benefit itsell regardless of the interests of the surrounding dis- tricts. He would like to see a good deal more Christian feeling on the London County Council, for he wanted London to be united and unselfish, Diffused Light. : Diffused light is light thal cannot cast a sharp shadow. Sunlight or arti. on the nd or wall is spoken of as t, at he same fight When filtered through clouds or an opal slob, oF When reflected trom walls of | ceilings or natural objects, is termed } ! a Nuisance. Ottawa Journal + A Toronto store en fire before it Soul wt | the auto- matic sprinklers damage 10 the extent of $20,008, Another vase of watered'stoox. fod en weeks' holiday, that they may take | solely in gathering the tubers in bas. | Long Sutton a gang of sixteen cleared : men much to live during the harvest. For the first time in British history , to the hurried, slipshod manner in | and a bit pale, the little lady ap- | Misa Isaacs, who is training for the | ficial light that will cast a shadow | -d | "THE DATLY BRITISH WHIG. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28. 1012. » VINE PICKS POCKETS. English Professor Vouches For Tall ] Plant Stories. | What plants can achieve in light. fingered dexterity and in mechanics was strikingly indicated b, Rev. Prof. G. Henslow, who lectured on the "Senses of Plants' before members of the Royal Horticultural Society In London recently. "A distinguished gardener," said the professor, "was dozing in a chair in his drawing-room one sultry sum. mer afternoon, and a botile stood on the table by his side. Suddenly the bottle began to move stealthily mcross the table. The sleeper woke up; the bottle had disappeared. In astonish- ment, which might have been agita- tion had the bottle contained any- 4 thing but a bunch of blossoms, he set out to investigate. "In the midst of his meditations the thie! fortunately gave audible warning of his proximity. Glancing out of his window the horticulturist saw an astonishing sight. The tinkle. tinkle he had heard was a Virginia creeper rattling the bottle against the window-pane!"' The audience evidently had some difficulty in swallowing the story, and matters were not altogether improved by the explanation: "'The adhegsive pads on its tendrils are irritated by anything it touches, and stick to it like a leechM Really it may be quite feasible to train a plant to pick pockets." "The fashionable sweet pea," added Prof. Henslow, "if touched on one of its tendrjls with a stick, or rubbed gently for half an hour, will begin to twist round the stick. If teased further it will grapple with its tormen- tor. Besides the twisting motion it has another, which has been described as 'bowing around,' or circum-muta- tion. This is an endeavor to fasten on something. 'It was undoubtedly its success in "bowing arbund," or gircam-mutation, my dear Watson, that enabled the creeper to carry off the bottle.' "Though we have yet to find plants that can hear or smell, many of our common growths are sensitive to touch, taste, sight, and thirst. Chloro- phyll, which is the green coloring mat. ter of leaves, not only stores up the energy. of_ the sua in plants, but en- ables the plant to select the light ray that is most beneficial to it. In mil- lions of little green granules under the epidermis of the leaf, it is, in fact, the eyes of the plant. It can detect every color and rays the human eye cannot see. "The projected giant sun-concentra- tor which may make the Soudan the power-house of the world was long ago | anticipated by nature in the schizos- {tigma. This apparently terrible crea- i ture is nothing more formidable than {a type of moss. Nature has endowed it with lenses in the form of globu- lar granules which concentrate and | condense light and so feed the plant {in the shade. Too much light, how. 'ever, turns leaves yellow, and plants (ean be made to turn their coals by the action of light upon them. "Plants, in fact, are just as sensi. [tive as we are. Insectivorous plants {can undoubtedly taste what is given them aud refuse it as certainly as the gourmet would an inferior dish at the dinner of a city company. They only like nitrogenous substances; sugar, starch, oil, and such fattening car. bohydrates they have no use for. "The craving of plants and trees for {water has sometimes led them to ter- rible extremes. A poplar has been known to burrow beneath a wall, un- der a road, and down a well--all in search of water, and a pertinacious turnip which got the tip of ite root into the erack of a field drain went on and on until it was six feet long in the drain. So sensitive is the tip of the root on the water question that Darwin declared it myst bave a brain in it "If ever a book is wrilten on 'vege. table mechanics' one will find that plants have made levers, screws, col- umns, wedges--everything, in fact, that engineers do." Top . Hat Disappearing. Things that you don't notice are j the things that are not there. We will pause for a moment to enable that {great truth to permeate, then proceed ito consider that one of the things you haven't noticed, though it was one of i the most obvious things & dozen years ago, is the silk hat, which by :somv curious twist of fashion has almost disappeared. You may walk in these days through the parks and Piccadilly and Bond street and find not one top hat in a thousand passersby. Twenty years ago the top hat was the uni- form of all who did not get their beer in by the jug. To-day (surely you must have notices it) a man in a silk hat is suspected.--London Chronicle } | Sir George White's Will, | Field Marshal Sir George Stuart | White, V.C., governor of Chelsea Hos. | pital, famous for his defence of Lady- smith during the Boer War, who died on June 24, left personal estate in the United Kingdom valued at $273.000, of which the personal estate in Eng- (land amounts to $249,000, He left gli {his war medals, army decorations, Jt Ordegs that have not to be res to the state upon trust to devolve as heirlooms, and the residue of his pro- perty, he left to his children in equal shares, To Trap Beaver. It is probable that the Ontario De. partment of Crown Lands will order the trapping of beaver in Algonquin Park this winter, as they have been multiplying so rapidly that complaints are being received from farmers io that région that=ferious damage has resulted to private property and pub. lic highways by floods caused by bea- ver dams on the rivers overflowing. A Condensed History. { Bdwwrd Jenks. an eminent London ibarrister and legal writer, has per formed the difficult task of SUmpres- {ing within the limits of a ate 'yoluine the entire history of English Jaw from the earliest times to the isnd of the year 1911 A -------- ) Pr Courier, ind anvier commencing to 3 "of his Quebec followers, that he can't so casily baadle them patronage av he did with, GHASTLY VISITORS. Spooky Epistdes That Are Absolutely Vouched For. There are several instances recorded of premonition, or perhaps we should say telepathy, handed down to us of the present generation from the last, and instances swe oocurring daily of second sight and visitations {from the land of shadows to those who are still inhabiting the eazth from friends who have gone before. The people who record these dernon- strations from departed relatives ad- here to their stories and are not to be shaken in the belief that what they saw was really the spirit of the friend or relative, There are a great many converts to the telepathy idea; principally among ther being the late Mrs. Browning and Mr. Stead, who, it is reported, has held communication with a spirit ualist friend since the fatal disaster of the Titanic. Anyway, it certainly appears a very open question, and the latest true instance of true premoni. tion is the experience of a young sailor. One night as he was pacing the deck he all at once saw the white shadowy form of a woman flit before him and disappear into the darkness. On arrival at home a few weeks later he was met by the tidings that his mother had died a few weeks before, and a comparison of dates showed that she had passed away at the very hour when the sailor saw the apparition of the woman. Another case is that of a lady, who, concurrently with the time of her father's death, saw a white spectral shape standing a few feet from where she sat Bumsing her. baby. Another instance is of a lady who saw the apparition of her sister standing at the foot of the bed on the night, and the exact time, the latter expired. A Miss Harvey tells that her moth- er, when comfined to her bed, and a little before her death, had a dream in which she thought her long-absent son was by her, and that he was pour. ing out his soul in earnest prayer. Shortly afterwards, news came of the son's death which happened at the time the mother had the dream. Again, we have the circumstance of the two friends who were parting for a considerable time -- one going abroad--with their compact that if it were possible, the one who should die first should appear to the other During a course of seven years they corresponded regularly. At the close of the seventh year the usual letter from the Antipodes was not received by the friend in England. Passing through a lane on horseback -- the identical lane where the two friends ' had parted years agone -- the horse shied and refused to go on. The rider dismounted to ascertain the cause, when he was confronted with his friend, who, sorrowfully, shook his head, and passed away. Full of the compact in his mind, the friend cabled fiext day to the Antipodes, and the reply informed him that his friend passed from this life at the hour when difference in time. . Hindu Superstitions. Some very strange beliefs are re- corded in a recent book by Mr. Edgar Thurston on "Omens and Supersti- tions in Southern India." Every ani- mal seems to have some superstition connected with it. Thus the sight of a jackal is very lucky for anyone going on .an errand, while that of a hare bodes. ill Yo a traveler, and that of a cobra or a rattlesnake should cause the postponement of a project. Pigeons are believed, on account of their habit of standing on one leg, to lead to poverty. If a house is in- fested by mosquitoes, or the furniture or bedding by bugs, the names of a hundred villages or towns should be. written on a piece of paper, which is fastened to the ceiling or bedpost, and relief from the pests will be instan- taneous. A human bone from a bur. ial ground, over which powerful for- mulse have been recited, if thrown into an enemy's house, will cause his ruin, Old-Time Apothecaries. Some of the old-time apothecaries restored their patients with remedies which their successors to-day are bar- red from selling. John Archer, phy- sician in ordinary to Charles 11., kept apothecaries' shops in various parts of London and sold tebacco at all of them. Archer recommended his pa- tients to smoke, holding that "tobacco purifies the air from infectious malig- nancy by its fragrance, sweetens th. breath, strengthens the brain and memory and revives the sight to ad- miration."" He charged dwo shillings an ounce for his tobacco, which was supposed fo possess special virtues "to be perceived alter taking one' pipe." London Standard. Shortening of the Day. For a long time it has been known that the tides #ct as a brake on the rotating earth and that they tend to lengthen the day. *The effect is, how- ever, so slight that it cannot be meas. ured in any length of time at man's disposal. It may be estimated with the aid of certain assumptions and upon ihe data available MacMillan has made the necessary computation by the formulae used by engineers, He finds for the increase of the length of the day one second in 460,000 years. ' Fog Influenza. 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