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IJULIIIIICII IHILUE. . All the salt that Ithis vast inland rcgxon of.)-tauns `ooomes ` `from -three` centres or` production. from `the. salt pans and other deposits in. the Sa-I vhara. This salt _is _yory_' impure. and ms color. I'..d. black or grey, js deri:Y- cd from the foreignzsubstamces in it; but the process or preparation mak- it posa.".>1e.to t-roanspo-rt ~i-`t great dis- uunces- ~ Lmuce-s. it is put up in bars `three fefti in 1eng.Lh.- about a foot w.de. `and tour or fl,V0 inches thick. The bar weighs from fifty to. sixty pounds." It is about as hard as any rock. and when the salt is used, it `has to broken and pouudeui -to pieces. It stands the rough native transporta- tion periectly. and suffers little_ or; no deteriomtionn. though jt ,is car-` ricd tro-ni twelve to -fifteen huzndreld miles south of the Sahara. "l\: :1: fkn -9-n ..........-.. !'_I_._I_ .__IL A- nu uuu |La vu.'I.u<:~ wnouy (llS8pp%=l'5. It may '30 kept`-fairly dry and un- impmrcd where it arrives in good condition :, but it is the otrzinspolrta-` tion on the backs of men. invthe na- tive canoes. and by, other rude means of carriage . that causes it to de- teriorate. The result is ` that the commerce in European -salt doas,not extend`. inland` more than about mane hundred mules. ` All .1... ...la. LL-L u.1_:_ ____z. -,I I l.l I III uuu. Its-act.ually melts under the.';ex- -cessively must `and hot conditions of _the tropical climate. It loses its flav- or and its vartua wholly disappe9 a_=rs." It UNIV (`)8 Iran! -fairlv J1-Ir and um. v1:}llll!"`.)p0 is now supplying the tribes along the west coast of Africa with about 1"orty:=thousand tons a year, most vol`; it com-.ng s1 rom"the rock salt beds of the Norwich d`l8tl`l6t in Eng- land, though a few thousand tons of German salt is imported. Unfor- zcunatery none of this: salt I8 carried fa; `inland; .-L--_I`._ __-IL.. _____I-# Al vv sag. uuv vauvuua LIIL o`.H3_l|u `Ln inner Atr.ca,--from near the west` coast to the great lakes. and from the Sahara to the} Zambezi .r-i-.- ver, oi South Africa. there arena sa1ot"mmes or saltrpa-nas. or other sources or the condiment ;`- and here two about one hundred. and twenty- -Ixve mzllion people; more: than half the population `out the -great '-conltun- ent. '].`hey~oi'."er the greatest unsup- pucd 1nau"ket for salt 1;: -uthe, world. it is of them -`that. Dr. C. -Mdler re- cently wrote that they would buy- one milhon tons a. year if theyqcoyuld get . it. ' - ' `I.IIIPl\r\l| `E 1\l\IIP nus-uu\'up:-nan L`..A L._!l`._... uavv a uuusugtubu Luar IL. ' I '!.`here .a1'e awe kidS of pianta `from which the s-ubstztute. is manu- factured. The plants .are dried and thn.'.b.\_1.l'K.`.0d.._ The ashes are leached and "the lye is,` evaporated the resis- due `being used as salt. It is $9. `sorry- substituyo. but: conrtaiqs the es-r -senual pranciple. and satises. in a way, the craving for salt. ' In i.nnn.r`- A-13-.n.\..-l vu-u-as -`nan J-I... uuu uv uuuuug vunxvunva UL `L116 IJIILLU orcwu_o:u.V _'1;h,s need is ab 'nd-an-t!,y supplxed _m most; parts afwth w,osr_1d 01` ' z.'uw' 'mmer;u`a are more w.de1y, and convcmemly d.stributed.v .":V(3.I'V;`,`\lIdIr II .`('I' -,1 nnnrn wt}-A 2'-n VIllll`V`3Qln|`UI.I-'_L].iy u.L1']V. uL|u.v V L ery-Jody hAv.ug guoug zghe sea- show or war saune marshes can .make hxs `own salt :13 necessary. Soon (:8 Of Afric.-1.n 1'1` 2103- 'IInfiI|wn nun}: ma- , aaauauv uuu uvvu uuuu. u. uvuqxaly. D001"? es of African tr._;)_e_s_- u;til1z`e_,`suo-h re- Mso.u_r.ces. the `crude and dirty, '\prIo'- ".du,c-t (satisfying their wants. Many Vozchers rureny obtaxjn salt. but whey have a substitute for it. 'I`h_nI0A .11-n u-`um-\ I-...\.Ia - Al-.-L- The human race `c -raves salt. and! some many vam-mes of -the brute` n|0,[.;] |ng.| 'I`h R nun :n n"s.uu(;nnI..-ua 1.. r l ugoamuon m on in: ad?! offou: dollus or non. Fishe ;.`...'....... ._L-.. _`\ _ 3;` 2 7 ..` w. > u Centrhl Africds Need of More Salt iiuhm Sm Worlxs and Show Room. Golior-s|..Barrio ; Gofnsjnd Ojskofs of all kinds in stok or mad to`forder.f Robes, Grape and all Funeral Requisites furnished AOrd erAs by Telegraph or otherwise promply attended to. G.;O.` DOLJIIAGE, Jftmagor, Stroud. BARBIE '. AND. STROU D. They save the wear of the pair that matches your suit. They lend variety to one : appearance. They make a hand- some, stylish suit with a coat and vest that you would otherwise cast aside. PROGRESS " Trousers are poems in cloth. The richest, handsomest patterns and color schemes--hand mould- ed` into permanent shapliness by expert `tailors; h 3}! :y hand- coat JULY 13. 1905,, V John Hay was thehrest evolution {:2 thq American n.ewspaper reporter known. He was a reporter!` who was great. at the: work. and. tnom.tha.t on- . wva;- d_4 ,suocesstul in _everything. A repjo1,ter. editdr. ballad . writer. secretary` to Abraham-.~A-Lincoln and -than his_Foiogm.pher.: anvhiatorian. 3-. diphogmat. an amba-ssador. the ablest B80;1'O.'faB1'y of state the United Stat- es Tevor h}Ld.- holding that o_4tioVe when he `died. ` ` - flip story is currpht,` `that Hay `in .. Ht ~ '.v f` hid better days thought little or his The amass; .3;-3,1: m the 1139- ballads and his early writi,ng_s.. W`he'- with a nigger squat on` her safety.-, ther7_.this is so or not We cannot say. val bt Wb.9~b1.`:' H35 Wm b9? rmmbr" 7 And V her fufmiace crammed. main '1.AhI|lBII #15!` 'n]1IlIl\" | I c _ DUI proqavxy nay Wu: uv ;u;uv2u.u_av..-- ed?~;1omger for JimvB1i1dso".`.thaJn umyhing else. We reprint this from "`Pi_ke cmmty Ballad8;" Probably John Hay was the inspiration ` o-I`, Mzirk Twain, Bret Harte. certainly Whit~oom"ot_> Riley and perhaps also Rudyard Kipling: `Jun llllulno . , Wall. 110! I -can t tedl what she; lives, _ _ _ ` Because he dmi -t live. you see; Lcasfcways. he's got out /Of the u hnrai-t - ' Onf livin like you and me. A When` have -you been tor the, -l;a.st ; three yea.r.S - _ That you haven't heard Lfolks to-l1_ V _ How Jimmy. Bludso I"5ed in his cheeks - ` A The night` of `the Prairie Belle ?- He werean t no paimt-them engi-' XIIGBPS L Is `Ml pretty much alike-- ` -One wite in Na.tche.z-mnd~3r-thd`- Hi.l1_ And another one here. in Pike. Akeerle-ss man in his talk. was Jim; ' V T an `awkward hand in a row. But _he_ never anked. and he never, ~ lied . * 4 .f```' `i ireckon he nevorknowed how. I And `this was all t_he}relig'ion ha .B. . Eddy : 7 -u---v Zfj. Q11 `huh; -re !fP..P!W.'_|. om =45- .f ':`u;g,.= ... Ml int obi: `Doieh hve them-u gun oitI`I_e:.-'wc!`1 `j`EI;)ll) j"Sv._cI`1ol'A ;".{IV.`(;'Vt;-ea.t his angina well; . l_ z4...g,'vA I t`'**`; `"'*?~:I```"`'I'I::-`).dL:.```a:.-. " `- ;6i'Iv".`lLtA '.a..I9 1 . .: -2`; ,_: .--gnu ~ = ~-Ililllllllllg Lit; I1-IRS " :*A. NEW . ~MATOH :5" OW ,`;damp or swampy Lands in a war'm,=humid K-. f ' climate produce tfaa of rank, ragid gt-owth,% Hay : ` Ne-nverybe passed on ,the' rivet} ______ I on. _..s__ __ ,.._ y-;-u Such Indian and Ceyloxi teas combined in Red Rose Tea produce a cup of a `rich rosy brown, strong and `smooth--alWl the richnees and strtizth of In_d`i5,n, A1_1_ the delicacy and frafance of Ceyloh tA_c;`s'---thati rich, fruity avor" which belongs alone to`Red -Tea--more qualities ef tea excellence than any Indian or brand of Ceylon alone can possess.` richly avored, smooth in:.t.exl:.ure. strong. -it "is Eoor tea. `they mature slowly, the leaves of the .Cey1onte.s are tender, delicate, nely avored, but not strong. eBut%t1; _Indi._an and. Ceylon teas used tqmake t'he.'RedeRosebran'd are grown on thehigh, lands _of `India . and the mountain eidesviof Cey1on..A makes coarse % is good Tea ` ' V Z _ V .loIm,:N.B.. 'l'oI('onto_, Winnipeg'A Noxsnusss. Bub -WON'T war on.` Ltailifs or at 8_u'niAo;. ' V ' Pr9nov;nqdvbf__uu;f|..to ho:th0_ The Indian teas thus M grown are full bodied. These teas are grown in "clear dry sunshine, Good tea. must undexjproper conditions B1551 M;11cH1z* %vANgw%A5.; a up heavy. murky in texture, Wbody brd, fudely avndrd- - Lu uuxu uvt xLuz1u'agu111 pup Inux- Till the last ga1oot s ashore.'_'f Through the hot, Folack breath nof the burnin boat A i is Jim B'ludso s voice was heard. ' ' , And they all had trust in his cussed- ness. _ V - And knowed `he would keep `his word. ' ' . . And, .sure s you reV'aorn. they all got oxf I 7 r ' Atore the s-mokestacks 1:311, And" Bludsno`s ghost wentyup alone" In the smoke` of the Prairie Belle. He weren't no `saint--Tout: at jedg- ment . ` T I'd run my chance with Jim. _ Longside of some pious gentlemen That wouldn't shook hands with . 1 himo : ` v V He seen his duty; 9. dea-d-sure thing `And went for it thar and then. 2 And Christ ain't .a-going to be too, hard 3 . On a man that died men, And _A'a-umt a hole in the night. And quick` as `a flash she "turned, ' and. made I _ For that willer-bank on `the right There `was runanin and oursin but Jim yelled -out. v A Over all the internal roar, _, P11 hold "her nozzle;again\t_.hp bank. nun LL- 1-..; .._'I.'_ -LL. -_1_-_- Ir \ --c-- -,.-- ----_----- v--:----, _...._-- and pine. _ The tire bust out as she clared the `rvvN',IaV`-. _ . And `so.sl1't_5_oo;nel tearin` alng vfha..l;' `V- .1` `0V~'-'I~4v\- vu ,ua.v anv\u.p \ To mind the pilot's boll`; . And if ever the Prairie Belle `took 'I'e- I ` 1 A thousand times he swore. .He`d- holdfhet nozzle agih_-stche `bank Till thelast soul got, `ashore. -All `boats has their day an `the Mia-..' T sissippi ` - And her,-day come at_.l_aa_t-- __ Thje Mova_star was a better boat. Bu7t the B0116 "she wouldn't be i in T `rough-tasng E l. .- YCIW: 1 j _ Or,o1aur.for L I%.ho'x . %pAnLon A funny though 6.310! swimmer `is the, 'r;al.)ybit. He -sai-`bineirges- Lh-is` - body, _with -the exception of meadhand mu. '1`h6`la';t3ter*s_t_ick'_s` _am;y up into the air; hpd. his" hind legs miake "soap- ends` a; he; chums nae .watqr.-n&ad- ly. `to get away. But 'with.~all his -.awk"v.'v_a_tdn"ea: ha is a swift awimmolr F Vie"; ' by'_ ;the. lliirrel : tho.l.a`nd ._a__.ni_mal. - _ IIIL`- -4...` 2 _ g- I r-.. -_.-.....--v.vvu vvnuuvuu I.L\Il.li_AI`.l.Ua Exceptions me the monkey. the camel, giraffe and llama which can- not -srwim without assiaatance. Camels and llamas have `to toe -helped across" water - and giraiies `and mionkqys drovwn if they enter it. Now and then `both the la,t;ter species manage Ttofcross water-w,ays when 't'hsy are, dtfiveti to` extre'mi;tie8..' just `as hu- man %|be.i.ngs occasionally can keep }_t,h_e'mselves above -c water [through `,8-hat ight. `., _ V 1 'Li_febuoy`Boep--diein`feotent-ie strongly recommended by the medical profession as e ufeguacd against (infectious diseases. 2. 'A1-nzoset all animals know how `to s-wimhwithwo-ixt having `to learn: As soon "as they fall into the ;w~ate~r or are driven into it.- they instinctive- ly ~ma'de-Afthe proper motions, and not. only manage to keep a.floo,t. but pro- pel themselves without troujole. ' Iv\ 4uv|`pnuo .I-`-- Ash :1 general rule the hair should not be washed oftqner. `than once in twin. or _th_ree A weeks. However, there are cases whens; once 3. week sewmsfnolt to do any harm but ma-` ther to keep -the hair in good con- dition The ef1"ec`t_ `of shsaimpooizng must `be carefully. gwqtohed and cthe condition of the hair `taken into con-`-i sidere.'t~ioIn in oArderV" to -decide Ithis point. Oily hir. of course. meeids_ niore tr-eqtuaemt attention than di-y hair. - - (_ i'iA`[. treatment` and will in.vari;m'olyA effect. i'l`he cembi.na.tie_n; of scalgimaassege with _a dandruff remedy and iregqrueat-.t shttmpobinng is the (best. 11- cure `it; p%e1se._v'ered. in. ` Cleanlih_e.ss' is an essential -to `the hair as to the rest `of the body. especially -as dust: nndlolther. impurities are very apt to voleet tie it- The periodmtweunl we,shings _,must be regulated by Jthe necessities of the case; and by eon;-: 4 mon`ee:nae._ * . . v Iwnrunnqnn `E-'sI; is in, ;. healthy; condition dry- massage an-ly is neces-.. ary. `but if thhoiigh neglect ' scalp has foeonine __dis.ega.s_:-.d, if it is e afflicted" with dandruff, or is ltad: dry-`tr: too oily,_ it is more beneficial to ,a'p'ply' a suitable tonic when. giv- ing massage. . ,. . kg 1,, , One pot _the __co`n1n.1onest' and dealdli est enemies of the hair. and `one of the most neglected is" dandruff. It _may arise from sluggish ciroula tionyimproper ca.re..of the scalp, `mental strain and many other caus- es. but it is perfectly .our-able properly treated. T = A If the"leg`iouns affected with dam- drutf could only be brought to 'rea- - lizo the dangers arising `from it, there wa_o'uld- be at smaller pendant- age (vi podur hair, faded h`a.ir `a-nid bald heads. As adorn as it begins 'to appear take steps -tol rout it. -5136; the hands Toim eithar side of the part with fingers separated.- press gently -amd firmly mm Ithd scalp at the _same; time pushing the fingers forward and making. w`lveeV.l- like moveme... ` -j-vpo --flflougt Vlorget the. object. is tto`loo`us-f on up the tighl; scalp. Nine times but` of `ten the person afflicted with` falling 0|!` diseased hair is `found ftoou what is called scalp bound. 117:-.1..- 1.1.- _--|_ ,_ u ...' `.-- v---- v. 70110 of the surest` ways of stimu- lating the scalp and ke_e`,p.i.ng up-the amount cat circulation it needs -is seal-p massage. Even ten` minutes" daily devoted to this simple exercise` would save many a case/of falling hair and premature gmyness. Loos- en thehair and part it_ im` thi middle.` -- --v -v -r---vu-uonvvuv Neglect .01 the-' scalp and hair is fatal to health and vb-ea-u-ty. Women are -gradually amrakenimg to the` fact that the hair must be -exercised. `that it musjt be brushed and fed. -and when `sickly and 'starv~eds it must End dog-tored. in the same` manner -was ; other members of -the body. U QT- A.LI__, ,3 LI,_a I_, , D C ' '17:}; o?1{e,?}It 2?: iii}; h.un'nin -body `is more susceptible to u1i-hea1thy`con- tions, more in need on`: external mour- ishmnt or 'more respoInsive to pm-A ` 1".-- -4 LL- _____-_.J_I _A,,,,- ,5 . :- --~v---- --- -vu--- -v -- v--- ""`l""'7 y pvuf2_ali_s`h-ed. This lack of knowledge!" and cumseuqnaent carelessness is the -cause of many of the_oua'se;s of pl-e-' mature "gray=ne*ss, failing "and diseases ort theescalp. A. healthy scalp means healthy hair, and there- fore; g1'ea.t.`care.`$!A_mu-ld be taken .'to keep it in '9. perieotly healthy com-' a ditiom if -a. vigorous `growth? olf fhair 2.. A. 9-- _.LL -',_- r----`- -y --- vol rye-~ I ydutiotn vigorou is to be ob.tai:ned.? Vfefy:-it `lind`arst4a1nd` Ifhe . .?prgpor_."oa're and treart-maul: of the` ha.i1-`even in this day when so many. details in regard to it are tr-aquentg l.. ._--l'.I!.~.L..) lI'l`L._ 'l--I_ ...'.O. I... -_,,1-..I ,, '1 How Animals Swim, mm:..mnrnm A-h are` ounipressin ._saft int-o aV3'I1;uA?tw9-t*hirds "of L1: pubi.ca'l porn-' `tets as Ordinarily _!t_h'9 ket: L .<'z.n4} i*..h<?" 1.'*':.`*!1.1'4!.i8 % '-2I`99k..8. `+h.a`ve` ' Vg surtaoe.;and,_:_hro;_.aq hand ua.vv ulll. JUL 1) ` tlzt `will \v.iths!tand' the qxoqsslvd m ip'tnre~ and` heat. ` One `French company; La S'ooiete_ -M -arseill-aisd. du' Sel, Agglomere. on the other (hand. _a,s91ft that they have solved the pro- -D-Pm. ' . ` . V mu w ___; _A___; ,- ., L I ` "- rouuoea an` article. cu .1, Luv p-1`uuucq1'a or nuropgs. They cannot improve the opportumtys un- ; less they tind some m-eaqs-"of making t their suit as tnanspormole as that of` th,eaBahara. ` T V . 11.`. Hr than tried 001.11 - mg` salt for the African trade[:r?'. ::t vh-av"no`t yet` Fpr'oduoe.d an article; mi ;;;i:.'a..;a ti;-?gugW' ""` " % ed by` tVhe'p`rod s of Europe. They I improve the nnnorI'.n.n?uhn ...._ vvuunvy Luual. 'l.lU.VI_5 1118 DFOIIC. _ " The gr a.t qqjuestion is, How can the `ciwlized `nation-s e*n.te.r~.th-9 field and supply, this enormous `demand for-the commodity they :-produce so chuap-' Ivy?-`There `is a.-[chance for big pro- t-. in it. and then! is` fully `.':oal.iz- Q hf` Rlirnnstn 'I\'h.... mu. wuu. -uuutuwtara to the zamroesi. Hmy. `our housekeepers t would grumble 11 they had to pay for salt the price that these. poor barbarous. folackszare ggad to have achance, to pay 101' it.`\vV hen camels deluver it at fnmbuktu, on the edge of the `de- sert.-It sells for 20 cents a. Q kilo-_ gram. or `about twp; and-half lbs. `In F}!!! gnu!`-haw-n rs.-aid 1.: ml... L!..J.._. 6L_(J-ILL. UL a.-uuuan. r.w,u~u:uu~na1I 105. ` - In the sout-hem part of tube -Sudan * it" 18 worth forty; cents; down near: the .Congo.river It is worth oigohtty cents. and further sou_th.ttnhe,pnoe is still/hfn'her_ 'l`nnnnnnrfnH.nn m units: oe_ntS. _a.n1i south ttshefpi-iE `T3 st_~1llrh.gher. _Tna;nsport_ati.on 18 very '0St'13'. and '- OW?! rgiddlqman. at % course.-j must: have `hm prot. The (treat ..nhmsH.nn in "man a... n....V uxuco puutu UL L118 aauara. `This ss the 1 u.znIou-s block salt of Atrnca. It is in limited supply. con- s|d8r.ng' `the great demand. out it his one 01 he largest trade` -arti~cle_s,in i'iI.`.OI` A1 r.ca, and -is highlyprized all through the Sudan. in the Congo baa: sin. and -soIuthw.ard to the Zamnbesi. "KIWI? IIIII` hnnlunlrnmnn -on ---A--l-`