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It seems incredible, but there exist hippotami that do not exceed thirty inches in height. For along while no- body believed that there were any pygmy hippos in Liberia. The natives insisted that the Hippopotamus Lib- eriensis lived deep in the forests: but that was another reason why explor- ers and limiters shook their heads in incrednlity. The hippopotamus lives along the rivers, they said, and this talk about pigmies of this species in the forests is nonsense. Nevertheless a pygmy hippo was caught as far back as 1873 and brought from Africa. to the Zoological Gardens ‘ in Dublin. It might have convincedi the world, only it arrived in a dyingg condition. and perished before it could I be exhibited. After that people took? to doubting it again. and considered the one recorded specimen as a freak. But Carl Hegenback, the famous ani-. me! man, made up his mind, at last.; that the pygmy hippo could be. andf should be, introduced to man. He1 sent an intrepid hunter, Schomburgk.l after it, and Schomburgk, after spend 5 ing a year and a halt in the jungle, re. 5 appeared with three pygmy beasts: two of which were _at once brought to _ Best of all, think of the comfort in summer. The. hours of standing over a scorching stove are eliminated. The meals may be prepared and fiuit can- ned in a cool room. And on ironing day you can have the stove moved out- side onto a sheltered porch and do the ironing in comparative comfort, if you a delicate cake flaking, becalléla forgot to fill the s'tove and the wood has all burned 'out. Take the matter of a stove for one thing. Wood is becoming almost un- known as a fuel in the average farm home, and the experiences of 1917-18 show us that coal is not always to be had. Furthermore. the price of that fuel is going up so that it c n no long- er be regarded as cheap. 0th wood and coal make extra dirt, and thus extra work, while the labor of build: ing a fire and keeping it going is no small part of the day’s work. Much of‘ this unnecessary work could be cut out by buying a good oil or gasoline stove. Once filled it is good for at. least a day, and in homes where it is: not so much used as a stove often does the cooking for several days withi one filling. Then how easy to simply turn a burner and apply a match when you want a fire. No splitting kindling, or sending‘ the children scurrying fori chips when you suddenly discover you are out of bread and have biscuits tol make. No cooling of the oven with} Certainly something must be done to We woman‘s labor lighter if fam- ilies are to be raised, for no woman can take care of a home and a family of children and do all of her work unaided, without kiiling herself or leaving- undone many things which should be done if health and happiness are to be maintained. In the city and in some farm homes electricity solves the problem, but there are still hun- dreds of farm houses where electricity‘ must continue to be something to be‘ hoped for in years to‘come. Many} things may be done. however, to lightâ€" en the burdens of the women in these! homes, and it is up to the woman her- self to see that they are done. i tive merits of vacuum cleaners or of cylinder washing maehines come up for discussion before bobble skirts and capes. And best of all signs, the women} are pausing to study these same win-l dows. Even greater crowds surmund“ the window where foamy suds splashl‘ about in an electric washer, than 'before the window where Parisian models of robes no woman could wear; are displayed. Women are beginning‘ to see that it is more extravagant to :spend $50 for a sleazy silk gown than} it is to spend $100 for a washing maâ€" chine and mangle. And when they once begin to think it is only a step.- to putting the thought into deeds.1 Many are already buying, and when“ the knitting club meets now the. relaâ€"[ Avoid a Heated Kitchen in Dog Days- If Signs of the time as displayed in store windoxvs count for anything, 'Canadian women are about to Plunge into an orgy of household machinery buying. Certainly the signs are P'lentiful and portentious in that direc- tion. for department store windows which once were filled with smart hats and gowns, or with period furni- tUI‘e «and nearâ€"oriental rugs, are new showing a “full and complete” line of washing machines, mangles, ironing machines, gas, electric and oil stoves, electric irons, gas ironS, charcoal irons, bread-mixers, cake-mixers, in short, everything so far put on the market to make woman’s work lighter. HIPPOPQTAMI [N MINIATURE As the pygmy hippo usually roams about alone, and rarely uses the same track twice, this pit-digging was con- ducted over wide areas. More than a hundred pits were dug. each at least seven feet deep. They were carefully covered with grass and leaves, so that not the sharpest human eye could de~ tect them. Yet the hundred pits trapped only tine/e hippos, after all. The Liberian‘hippos do not live in dense forests; they do not frequent the rivers. A small forest stream1 satisfies them, but they do not enter it, at least by day. They burrow into its banks. wherever there has been a washout. and in these burrows they sleep during the daylight hours. So it is very difficult to trace them. The first specimen that was seen could not be caught. because all the native car- riers were sick, and the whole country was so flooded by rains that Schem- burgk could not camp therein. After trying various ways to capture the shy little beasts, Schomburg}: decided to dig pits whereby they might be en- trapped on ’their nightly strolls through the forest. \ French Dressingâ€"Place in a bottle «one-half cup of salad oil, three table~ I spoons of vinegar or lemon juice, one : teaspoon of salt, one-half teaspoon of Imust-ard, oneâ€"half teas oon of pepper. Shake until creamy an then store in a cool place. This will keep until; used. ‘ the New York Zoo and placed on ex- hibition. Pimento Dressingâ€"Add four/finely chopped pimentOS to one-half cup of prepared salad dressing. Russian Dressingâ€"One cup of boil- ed salad Hressing, one raw beet, one raw carrot, one raw onion. Pare and then grate the vegetables into. the‘ salad dressing and then add one fia-f spoon of salt, tone teaspoon of red pepper, oneâ€"half teaspoon of mUStard. Beat to mix and then use. This dress- ing will keep for a week, if it is placed in a bottle and then stored in a cool place. I Boiled Dressingâ€"Mix 3 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon mustard, 1 tea- spoon salt, speck red pepper, add 2 Well beaten eggs and 35 cup vinegar; stir over boiling water until thick, remoVe frOm fire, add 3 tablespoons butter. Cool and seal in glass jar. 'I‘hin with sour cream when needed! The proper combinations are very important; harmony must prevail. As, for mstance, a combination of beets, tomatoes and carrots would not only be inartistic but also a poor combina- tion of foods. Care must‘ be taken in preparing the lettuce or other greens used. All plants that form into heads must be separated and thoroughly was-lied in order to free them from dirt and insects. and then they should be given a final washing in water that contains one tablespoon of salt to every two quarts. then rinsed in ice Water. The bath in salt water will re- move the tiny and almost invisible mites and slugs that cling to these greens. Boiled Dressingâ€"Mix 3 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon mustard, 1 tea- spoon salt, speck red pepper, add 2 Well beaten eggs and $5 cup vinegar; stir river l'mllina wafer nnHl Halal; HARD UN 'll’ll‘; BABY Julyâ€"â€"the month of oppressive heat; l red hot days and sweltering nights. is extremely hard on little ones. Diarr- hoea, dysentery. colic and cholera in- fantum carry off thousands of precious little lives every summer. The mother must be constantly on her guard to prevent these troubles, or it they come on suddenly to fight them. No other medicine is of such aid to mothers during the hot summer as is Baby’s Own Tablets. They regulate the bowels and stomach, and an occasion- al dose given to the well child will prevent summer complaint, or if the trouble does ,4come suddenly will banish it. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by meil at 25 cts. a box from The Dr. Williams’ Medi- cine Co., Brockville, Ont. Paprika Dressingâ€"Add one and The making of a successful salad is an art indeed: The proper blending of the various ingredients and then using 3 Well blended dressing and garnishing, so that it will not only satisfy the eye but will tempt the palate as Wellâ€"that is a real salad. With your stove and laundry appli- ances eliminating unnecessary heat, you will get through the summer in much. better shape than ever before. a charcoal or gasoline iron. Get the iron, however. They may be purchased for a small sum and the ste 3 they save you in traveling back an forth for a hot iron more than pay back the money you spend. Along with the iron get a mangle. You proâ€" bably will not want to pay $150 for an ironing machine, but 'the mangle will do sheets, towels, unstarched kitchen aprons, and even men’s work shirts quite satisfactorily. have not yet attained the luxury of a charcoal or gasoline iron. The Bath in salt water will re- the tiny and almost invisible and slugs that cling to these The Health-Giving Salad. CANADIAN FREIGHTER. The 3.5. Canadian Recruit, the latest addition to the Canadian Govern- ment steamship service. loading at Montreal for Jamaica and Cuba. She was built at Collingwood by the Colllngwood Shipbuilding Company and ls 1,455 tons. ’ Canadian Cattle Records. Among cattle in Canada the princi- ‘ pal breed is the Shorthoxn, which num- bers 53 per c‘ent. of the total. Here< fords come next, then Holsteins. with Aberdeen-Angus, Ayrshires and Jet- seys following in the order named, as §hown by figues compiled by the Do. i minion Statistician. High~priced feeds have done one thingâ€"they have wiped out thousands of poor cows. Good thing, Corn, green Onions . . .. Parsnips .. Peas, green Potatoes . . :Spinach ’. . . Squash Turnips . . . Timetable for cooking fresh vege- tables in water: Asparagus . . . . . . . . . . . 15â€"20 minutes Beans, Lima (green) ..'%-1 hour Beansfstring . . . . . . . . . 1-3 hours Beets, old . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 hours Beets, young . . . . . . . . . %-1 hour Cabbage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-30 minutes Carrots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30â€"60 minutes ‘ Cauliflower . . . . . . . . . . . 20-30 minutes RED HM JULY DAYS HARD ON THE BABY damp cloth By adding a tiny pinch of salt to milk when fresh it will keep a much longer time. Egg staims on silver can be remoited by rubbing with a little salt and a Salt scattered on the carpet =before sweeping i_s very good, but be sure t’o sweep it all up, as the dampness might make it run. Dip a piece of flannel in salt and whiting to clear. knife handles, stainâ€" ed teacups and glasses. Vegetable Timetable. The time required for cooking vege~ tables depends on the kind, size and age of the vegetable. You must use your own judgment in deciding when they are done, but a timetable may help you. one-half teaspoons of paprika to the French dressing. Shake well to blend. Paprika is a sweet, mild red pepper that will not bite the tongue. During the warm weather use salads twice a day, beginning the day with water- cress, radishes, or crisp young onions or leaves of lettuce, for your health’s sake. What Salt Will Do. 5 ........ ....-..... D ........ 20-30 10-15 20-30 30-45 20-30 30>4O 15-30 20-30 30â€"45 3-4 hours 54-1 hour 20â€"30 minu minutes minutes minutes minutes minutes minutes minutes minutes minutes minutes minutes A man was staggering along a dark street with a grandfather’s clock on his back. Another man stopped him and said: “Hello. Gaston! Moving?" “Moving? Nothing of the kind!” Gaston answered. “I’m carrying this clock to the nearest lamp-post so that I can see what time it is." 0n the other side of the water the civilian has had to endure all sorts of queer privations and hardships. In many parts of France. for example, there were no matches, no coal. no kerosene. "Similar things happen daily. I think it is to be wondered at that Isuch suicides do not become general, 'In all the streets one meets well- dressed people, men and women, beg- ging. There they stand. some of them with their heads down. dumb as if i turned to stone: others tonelessly re- ' peating: ‘I am dying. Give me some- gthing to eat.‘ “Even‘ if one has sufficient money .to pay the enormous prices. one may ‘make acquaintance with starvatiOn,” ‘wrote Mr. Hessen to the Copenhagen 'Politiken, “One has to. get hold of a seller and pursuade him to sell by treating him to some coffee, giving him the place of honor and so on. Money does not tempt him He can always get money\ He needs it only in order to continue his trade or to buy luxuries, such as sable fur coats, gold ornaments or gems. It is not the seller who looks for a buyer, but just l the contrary. ' War Privations. A major of the intelligence bureau of the War Department tells the fol- lowing anecdote: "It is obvious that people under such conditions, with such superhuman ef‘ forts of energy demanded of them. cannot continue to keentheir mental balance." “Add to this the terrible typh s and smallpox éoidemics, against whigi there is not the slightest possibility of protection. Remarkably endhgh the cholera epidemic that flourished last summer ceased suddenly as if by a whim of nature. But now the typhus and smallpox edipémics are developing more and more seriously. The govern- ment has no means to check them. The government cannot even procure wood enough for coifins nor transport to the cemeteries. “Not rarely mothers are seen (who have left at home their underfed sick children) pleading with a milk woman to yield up half a bottle of milk at quite a shameless sum, and it may happen that the milkwoman suddenly becomes capricious and does not even answer the unhappy applicant. “Their mental rendition so changes their “ppearance that often one can- not recognize one‘s nearest friend. I remember the impression I had when I met the well-known lawyer, Rajeff- ski. At first I did not recognize him. Soon afterward I learned that he had hanged himself. Physically normal persons no longer are to be found in Petmgrad nor in all Russia. says T. Hessen, a well-known Moscow journalist and member of the second Duma. who has arrived in Copenhagen after a long stay iin Pet- rograd. The mental’ state produced by starvation, disease and nervous strain. he says. forces Russians to lose their mental balance. RUSSIAN MENTALITY WRECKED BY FAMINE “Why doés the water only boil around the edges of the Gopher and not in‘ the center?" “The water around the edges. sir," replied {he veteran, “is for the men on guard; they have their breakfast halt Expert knowledge mixed m com- mon sense mast a farming formula hard to beat. an hour before company." The sergeant major accompanied the young officer on his rounds Sin the course of which the cook house was inspected. Pointing to a large ’cald- ron of water just commencing to boil, the officer said: The sergeant major had the reputa- tion of never being at a loss for an answer. A young officer made a bet with a brother officer that he could ask the sergeant major 21 question that would baffle him. ‘ For instance. he found that long fingers indicate a mind which delights in performing minute, delicate work and revels in details, whereas short fingers are indicative of quite the op- posite. propensity. A person with very short fingers, . he found. has no patience at all with detail. but wants things presented at once and in their entirety. And. moreover. he cares only for big undertakings. Judging Character. That the hand furnishes a most pre cise index to character may not an peal to those who have a preconceived antipathy to what they regard as gypsy fraudâ€"palmisti‘y. Nevertheless one of the most painstaking seekers patter truth, Captain (I’Arpentigny, a French army officer in the time Napoleon Bonaparte became convinced that the bony structures of the hands and fingers was int some mysterious way connected’yyith the spirituahna ture of man. With painstaking care he examined many thousandsrof hands classifying them, until the result 01 his researches assumed the form 01 a veritable science. The true Indian buffalo is to a great extent an aquatic animal and when off duty likes nothing so much as to lie up to its ears in water. but, like the duck. it‘can if necess\ary resign itself to existence without a bath. That an animal so nearly naked of protecting hair as it is should thrive in so cold a climate as that of Eastern Europe is a remarkable fact of acclimatization. Its: presence in Italy is less surpris- ing. but even there its introduction seems to be merely of medieval date. Scientifically, the tame buffalo is of in- terest as having, like the ass. varied so little from the wild type. Pied but- faloes are as rare as pied donkeys. though .white and fawn colored varie- ties occur as well as the natural black. Like the 335 also: the buffalo is a des: pised animal, yet in local utility both beasts may surpass their more aristo- cratic relatives. the horse and the ox. while in intelligence and “force of character" ‘they are Certainly far 301 nerior. r Even tatne buffalosran make them- selves very unpleasant to people they do not know. and they are not at all safe for a Westerner to approach in India. but. and here appears the most attractive side of their character, they display toward their owners a faith- fulness one usually associates rather with dogs than with cattle. People who are obliged to travel by buffalo cart are deserving of sym- ‘ pathy. for the buffalo is the slowest ot all draught beasts. It is his great ‘ strength that gives him the advantage over the ox. The load that a single yoke of buffaloes will pull is astonish- ing. In India they are always given the kind of load which is assigned to drayhorses here. ordinary horse work, except passenger traffic, being per- formed by the humped oxen. known elsewhere as zebus. India, indeed. is the native home of the buffalo. and it still exists there as a wild animal. Very wild indeed it is, too, and an old bull is very apt to at- tack unprovoked, cantrary to the usual custom of almOSt all wild animals. Even its tame descendants retain plenty of spirit. It is said that when in a herd they do not fear the tiger. and a recognized method of getting "stripes" to bolt when he has taken to cover is to drive in a herd of buffaloes to rout him out, which they will do to a certainty if they get‘ on his scent. The buffalo of the East. while a do: mastic animal, is used in transport service equally with the familiar ox, from which he is easily distinguish- able by his low set, down curving horns and muzzle carried almost straight forward. Toronto Office. THE BUFFALO OF THE EAST. The Great West Permanent Loan Company. The Height of Economy. 4% allowed on Savings. Interest computed quarterly. Withdrawahle by Cheque. 514% on Debentures, Interest payable halt yearly. Paid up Capital $2,412,578. the remainder of the 20 Klng St. West.