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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1906-12-20, Page 88 TeoasDAY, 1 )erwlwr _vtlt 1906 THE SIGNAL : GODER1CH ONTARIO BEN DAVIS APPLES. Yeeelaa Qaalltles of the reset -Isle Market Value. There is more or less uueveuuesa, ;with complatuts ut hitter rot in parts of the west and ut apples falling bad- ly further east, although, us n whole, the apple crop of the l tilted States will prove of liberal us. The cut suggests the mei.lttte- of the pick lugseason. day what one will ubuut the quad fly of the Ben Davis apple, ell must admit that It Is n great luarket sort, IN A Il19IOCAI O&OBAAL. and eo long as It le profitable a large number of Seo Davie trees will be planted and great gnantttles of fruit bandied. American Agriculturist concludes the foregoing comments as follows: The feet of the matter Is the Ben Laves is not so ted It properly bandied. When placed where the apple tends to lore 111 moisture and shrink It becomes tough end spongy, but If kept is the right *Ind of a trait house It bolds he plump- ness, 11 a reasonably good cooking ap- ple end le not so bad eating out of band. A Kaiser farmer writes In au ex- change of tide fruit: Hen Lavin has broken into Sl utlnnd, sad the people (there are glad to receive him. Ene- mies no-glee of Ben have said that the hardy 8cotcbwan wh.. has brew living ou oatmeal perhaps does not wind tbu pranllke taste. 'That's all right, so Ben Igets there with '.nth feet The Amer - ?e'en producer of the 11cn Davis apple Is not going' ti.. inquire about that s0 long as they sell well Gutters In Dairy Barns. 1iothing else so conduces to clean milk and clean cows tinder ordinary Conditions as it platform of proper Width and a gutter of euMlclent width and depth. Fur Targe cows I prefer ▪ platform four feet and eight to ten Inches wide and a glitter front sixteen to twenty Inches wide nud right to ten inches deep. if there Is sumeleut Tome a gutter ut the larger dlmrusions will he found satisfactory and with t o defects. I like gutters either eo tlrely of cement or ut four Inch brlck /stalls on each side, with Inside of walls and bottom cemented. the latter direct- ly on earth If the bottom be gout. The wall next to the pletforut should he covered by a plank two by twelve, fastened so that It will not elide over the edge of the gutter. -J. W. Y. In New England llunte.tead. Reputes Potatoes. If yon pour the potatoes pellniell Into the bin don't be surprised If they rot. Bruised potatoes are very apt to spoil. That menns loss, nud toe, means hard times by and by. Keep the potatoes from the light end air from the time they ere dug. They should Ile on the ground only just long enough to dry a little so that the moist dirt will rattle off when they are han- dled. Keep the lin covered with old blankets, bran sacks, ete., all the time, and keep the cellar windows closed after they are all In. Take a lesson from nature and see bow the potatoes grow. It they grew exposed to the light they wouldn't be flt to eat. -Farm Journal. Sleeting Water Out of Doors. Isere Is q tet kettle that slut be used for beating water for scalding hogs, cooking food for hogs or poultry and for nny other purpose that n large ket- tle, with a chance for n fire under ft, could be used. Any one ran build fila himeelf of the rough stones that ere usually lylug about. Use cement and lay the stones up with even outalde faces, •� err ! setting an old oven �i -!r •yf _ door Into the front, yr tie R �11• as shown In the cat. sr' =�e r_' - The posts that sup- part the slanting err MIMIC. roof are set In the cemented atone aethat 1s put In platy, as Is 5160 the pier* of stone pipe. The kettle's lip will rest upon the four svelte, and the corners will be covered Over with cement and fiat stones. Quantttlee of waste apple., interior po. tetnes and vegetables can be mid pa up Into .plendtd hog or poultry teed by means of .itch a set kettle--Farmlont- eel. ( ern to fb. Ear. Corti 111 the ear *Ise In the strongest guarnutee Against %lent practices of un.cntpu men who often pufchelre phi cribs and shell 1t and ship, It Care for selection or rsat'met'tt Right. Little Hoy ".\re not all the words used to be found in t'te dictionary, papa „ Na, me child; new words are coined •vet y day." "And what in the last wotit, papa?" "1 don't knew, dear. Ask your leather ; she always . has the last wired." Compensation. Traveller tin station it'Sb*tit•ant) -- Ili. welter, this he a pretty small beef. steak. tyaitet Yrs: hitt yon. ..e•, if you had more to eat you w0111(1 lose your U'sitl.-IM Hite. • i l a. CHRISTMAS EVE IN PARIS. I'Irleeeeeue ,,•eaus at the Madelrlae, lltaorl.• French Church. They drove to the Madeleine through etreete already full ut life And move- ment of hurrying crowds, darttug fig- ures now plunged lit the black shnd- ows and now stlpplug out into the full glare of the clustered lights. '1Le big perspective of the Place de In Con- corde, thickly sowu with lumps, was shot through with glistening retlecttous froom the tops of carriage., the arcade of the Rare tle.ltivoll was brilliant as a stage gettluip,. the hotels lu the broad Rue Royale were ablaze with light. nud tar at the eud of the street, where the lofty portico of the Madeleine showed clear against the starry sky, u hundred sparks twinkled from the cabs totting along the boulevard. The steady rull of wheels merged with the v:trylitg uotee of horns .In motors and the sound of talk and laughter from the sidewalks. and all hieuded in n great buiumlug symphony, ,truck through with the rattling, syn- eopated clackcinck of hoofs upon the asphalt, like the etaccatl of eatery drums. The crowd at the Madeleine was al- wout Impassable. but somehow they .;:tined tlte. steps, the vistil.ute, and ,herr swept lu the solid pack of men nud w'uwru through the door at the tight. The great door was tilled with it throug as varlet as I'aris Itself. Piety and the Idlest curiosity, youth and age, came together. As the pro- eeselou mute in sight its song was Joined by the organ In the sanctuary, and the stnsie rum` louder and fuller In a single godlike voice ranging down from the dazzling altar. Suddenly, like artillery, the ghat or- gan overhead crashed out in a volume of enunel that -Hoded the whole vast Interior like n wave, sweepiug over the heads of the kneeling crowd and mounttmg to the shadowy nrchcar ut the roof. The very concussion took the listeners breath sway, and In the reeoll men and women thirst Into tears• and billows of emotional excite- ment rolled bark and forth through the church. - N'intleld Scutt. Moouly In Scribner',.- - YULETIDE IN SHETLAND. Cupolas ('.dors In the Island Where the Pontes Core From. The festival of Yule, S. is well Luowu, dates back to 'welilsturlc times, when men' worshiped nature rather then nature's Colt The inhabitants of the Shetlaud isles are deseeuded front Norsemen, who were zealots In religious belief, :utd "Yule" to them arrant a season of great Importance. The 'Ala untied Norsk IIJuI" sigultlr., literally, "wheel," nud the teethe' .o called wee held In honor "t ill.• sun at the winter suistler wheel- ing round toward the equator. Tite re- turn of the sun formed an important period of the year as betug the begin- ning of renewed life lu nature, wideh only could be revived by the light and warutth of the ascending orb. The course of the sun wile observed in all things as tar as possible. Every- thing wail turned from left to right - the boat was int turned on the water, the euro stacks so bullt In course,, the mall so turned In grinding nod the wheel In eploning In fact. everything went with the sun, ere() the round of the drinking horn. Many superstitions Included In na- ture worship' had Lull scope at the 'Mu!" time or more modern "Mule" - when a vast multitude of "trows," or fnlry folk, who at that season were not only active, but Maliciously dis- posed, had to be prupltiutel. To give the fairy folk no opportunity of playlug tricks, the itabiug creel and lines were removed from the wall, the eplunlug wheel taken out of gear and its integral parts laid aside, and every- thing suspended from culling or walls lifted down, as If left in their metal places the ublgniton4 elves were sup- posed to set all going against the sun's motion, whish of course would meau serious trouble. The tltne of Tule was,. and null 1e, rigidly ob•t'rvel ns "hNlr' 1. e., n time of resit from all manner of later. -Madame. Christians In (:ear, Chrl.tiuns was celebrated in Guam last year in ns true Amerlcau style as the pos.lbilltes of the situation would permit. (treat Interest was tnkeu by the Americans In relebrations for the native children. A udml,t'r of enter• tainmenti were provided. A feature was a floating thristutns tree, meg- ni11ce11tty decorated, which wits pa rad• ed through the streets of Agana drawn by six plumed mules with costumed outriders and preceded by n native band and from whi.•h Santa Claus dis- tributed nbundaute of good cheer. The Order Changeth. There is n touch of sadness in the announcement that the Bartlarin Farm Home at Russell. Menitobn, a 1,I be permanently closed. For twenty y urs the home hes been a training school to teach farming to the boys ...tit nut from l;nvloul, Conditions linen .no chanted, however, that the hy+t ran he sent direct to the homes of flamer., end the institntiun is no longer netes.an•. Mr. E. A. (truth• wln, hos been in charge of the home -ince its erection, e ill now man - n'• • the .1istrtbution of "larnard° b,ye fo ul the receiving home in t1'iuni- �Ir. Strut!.',e, who is a cousin of �11 laving Struthers, tate well-known Montreal newspaperman, has manag- e.l the home with rnnspieurme sue- r',-. and in regarded as a just and hlmllc faster -father by more mea and bo!. than probably any other man is Canada, Where (bila( .. Tree. Grew. `1t i, .aid that Lit tenet three-fifths of the 1,500,00n or more christmns trees nerd In America sari newton grow on the bleak hillsides of eastern and northern Maine. Thousands of young farmers and 41nd,enneu wake goad In- comes by rutting and ehlpping the trees. The ('hrtntrnas tree business la Maine began only about thirty years age, with four schooners to carry the cargoes of trees. Now many times that number of vessels aro engaged In the trade. Most of the trees sent from Maine are firs: Good -Advice. - W hen y Litt known it man self a sick flun'h• nn de rent ovc r Inc." .said 1'nele Eters, "et” 'MetTy Christmas' to him, but try to help him oat enoupth to kt'rp it ram .oundiu' like ttul•asnl. '—t%a.hingtou Star. FAIR AND FORTY. FARM MECHANICS. 4.1.11"w1 Asedef News For ••,tt,•r" ttr.rt.teg Ib. Aar The old description. "fair, tai :nasi tarty;' In quits' out of date. awl tree woman ut forty is uuw gearrully ns pleasant to luck upon 11114115 yuiutg and actiiO in lswIy us the euut:ut of elght and twenty or thirty. Thanks to teems nud other sports, woolen keep their trlwueaa far longer than they used to, and at forty, Instead of Is'Inj unat- tractive elderly t ps, they fire often at their very beet. The reason Is not far to seek. They isave learned to ()tie all their charms and gifts in the Most effective wanner, and they hove no longer the conceit and nrruganee which su often seem a part and parer' of 'youth By the time she has reached her fourth decade u woman hue.nlli.el off. In cuutnvt with the world, her rough edges. She Is now dignified nud lu'It possessed, whereas she was tot'lllerly awkward and shy. Now she knows how to listen as well ns to talk, and ellen she speaks she has somentug to say which is worth hearing, for her ex- perience hal given her the art of pleas- ing others and abet a knowledge of men and matters which a -girl often assumes only to expose her Ignorant'. lu matters of dress, to, she Is more suectwsful, than formerly-. She knows more atmilt the colon she may nud way uut wear, and she takes care, as no girl would do. that the cut of her � clothes is Just right for her 'figure. The woman of forty, If a spinster, 1s often fur more attractive to sten than her far younger slater. The faint le elle is better 'educated, has truer, saner views of life and its problems and has outlived the time when, If ever, marriage seemed to her the goal of ex- istence. Now she probably regards happy marriage as the ideal state: but, knowing how very -ntauy marriages are the reverse of happy, she is thankful for such Joys as she has and makes the most of them. She Is therefore gruel friends with weu, talking to thew as simply and naturally as she does to worueu, and, while accepting any little attentions that a man way offer, sue dues not look for any special motive In those atteutlons. 1f she marries, the marriage will probably be a happy one, but It is nu unlikely eveut, nud she no longer troubles to consider her sten friends tis possible suitors. The "fair, tat and forty" women ore long dead, and their eleressors of to- day are emote. the most fascinating members of society au4 certainly a power lu the laud. A Horentade Tool For Drilling Hole. Ia Metal. On our farm we have a shop for re- pairing wa.Wuery. 1t 1s an esseutial factor in farm management to be able to repair breakages and keep lire tun cbluery lu good working condition. writes a contributor lu Orange Judd i- u ruur. The accompanying illustration .bows ti drill made to drill holes fur repair ing purposes. This machine will drill n hole through steel or wrought iron us quickly as a drill we have that coat several dollars. The mule plume open which the drill rests is a 4 by 4 two Leet six inches long wouuted upon four lege wade of oak 2 by 4 materials. The lege are worked down to two fiches square at the bottom to secure neatness bud wake the drill ea light as possible The walu standard 18 a 2 by 4 two feet high mortised lute the main i iy 4. The stub standard 1s Lila() a _ bt 4 eight tucites high and mortised In the same 4 by 4 an loch from the end and toms and a half fochee from the ()lain . standard. The shaft to wbhrh the large wheel is attached is it three-quarter inch bolt fifteen Inches lung. At the Spol[Iaa Roar Ho.baad. There IS DO 'wore way to make n aelfl.h, .poleel hit -demi oat of n per- fectly good nmu,than by shay's being unselfish nevi doing n lhbusnid and One things for hien that he has always leen uccu•Io111wl b, do for Itimself. 1t you want it model husband. don't he nt- ys doing thing. for hien, but try to halm hint to do for you. It is se retoguix.Mi truth that we all carr mire for the person who Is de- (eudeut upon us' than for the one we depend nom. So It you would keep your hnsl.utd'n love make him feel that your sire absolutely dependent upon him., If your husband wants to help you 011 with your coat or Insist that you are quite Incapable of putting on your goloshes, agree with hint. Let him 'Mak you are a helpless little creature end that yon need his strong right arm n, support tint guide you. 'there le no feeling In the world more likely to give one n thrill of self .:tits- fuctiuu then the sample feeling that .owe Due Is de(eudrut OpotI nud lak- ing up to you for help. It it husband eau be made to feel this, a great vie - Wry Is won, and Cupid is chained to the hearth rug. A ('o-eperaslve ileal. 'Three married couples 'have carried out a i4cheine for a co-operative mid- duy dinner. While planning It each couple wrote down a list of the dishes they did not cure fur, and it was fur- ther resolved to keep the hill of fere g secret. The great advantage of the scheme trout the calves' point of view in that 1t allows each of them two free montage a week -tree, that Is, from any cooking. For the Debutante. Illustrated are tour examples of the fan of the moment That on the left is it model specially enitable to the debutante. Built of mother-of-pearl sticks, the upper portion Ie finishes with nett elate ostrich fathers, n dainty white satin bow ornamenting the front of the ten, while a cord and pendant ornaments of etl•er cutnplete It. Of dainty clrleken skin Is the fan at the top of the Oct lire. mounted on Ivory PA.HlO%"s TATEnT l'An IN PANS. , sticks, the upper portion of the fan bt- log deep cream, with a pretty design of roses In natural colorings painted beneath It. Below this conies a black fan, with mother of -pearl mounts and a Inutile of ebony. The feathers aro black eagle pinnies, this being one of the latest of fashion's fade. The lest model le of pale blue gauze, spanfled with niter and painted with wreaths of blue forgetmenote, held to- gether by tiny pink ribbon bows. The sticks' are of pale blue wood picked out in silver, while a law nud ends of narrow black ribbon velvet neceutlutte the color of this dainty Item. The Work of the Humorist. The pmfee.ionnl 1 let was lint'• ing his shoes shined. ".tad is your father it INothlnck, too?" hr linked the is,t'. "No, air," trolled the btAttblack : "Ins- }tither IS it farmer. "Ah "' said the professional humor- ist. teaching for his nalrh ok. "He believes in king hay while the son shiner." 'flier'.' never wait. a ptseltc Kiri 55) Stupid id that. she couldn't fool the clev- erest titan of her selunintsnee.- cage News. The Appeal Is To You! THE HOSPITAL FOR sr sr SiCK CHILDREN For it Calces for livery Sisk Child iu Ontario whose Parents Chunot Afford to Puy for Treatment. sr sr sr The Hospital for Sick Children, College .t rept, Totumlo, ap{teal• to boners and wutuen of ()Matto for funds to maintain the thousand sick children that tt nursee within ata walla e, ery year. The Hospital is not n local m.ttlu- tion—but frons Bial. The sick child from any place in Ontario who can't afford to pay hes the same privileges as the child Irving in Tor - "nailer wmt Lisa onto aid to treated Isaac- free. The H,,pital had last year iu its beds and mt. N511 patients 331 of these were from 231 pieces outside of Toronto. The east is i.x7 etw. per W tient Iter day, and there were 134 W elt lit- tle itIle ones • flay in the Hos pitah 1011L1WD1 DRILL. head a bole is drilled into the holt, heat- ed and then squared in order that rho drill may be securely held. To feed the drill a steel sprtug sixteeu Inches lune is bolted to the top of the main stand• and and attached to the drill bolt by if slot in the spring. The smell wheel uta tacked to a threaded bolt dors the'teed. tag. The piece upon which the pressure is put while drilling is a 4 by 4 mor- tised into the main 4 by 4 111 the form et a sliding slot to order tint any dis- tance can be procured according to the size of the iruu intended t,t be drilled. A bolt passes through this ple.'e from underneath the 4 by 4 ity loosening the bolt It can be mote.' to any re- quired dlnbanoe. Care of Leen. Modern hives with gond brood chant - burs equal to the laying capacity of the queen are conaiderel test for win- tering; the stores are usually su®stent. When all breeding 15 oyer for the sea- son the central combs are often defl- clent in store,. Here n good, practical feeder comes Into regnlsitiou, oho that can he used dining the cold nights of October aril that will work aueeess- -tully with thick sirup. Nothing is gain- ed by ennipelling the bees to evaporate a large amount of water so Tate in the seasnu. I'or late feeding use about.one quart of water to every fourteen pounds of the best granulated sugar. When early feeding le practleed thin sirup may be need, but for Irate testing we newt the sirup very Iblek, peat thin enough no the bees enn work It nicely. -American Agriculturist. Sine• iia :nils. -..=saw rttTrnr e..,,hr. JUST satins ..Ravirt. the II .(stat lima treated 11,120 children. About r,'tAtt of these were unable to try and wore treated free. ' Voter mon.y eaa pot Iasi den hinges on the dont of the Itospital'. merry. }:very. Italy sdolbtr may he the Friend i n N e•d t'o S n mel pod y'a atny's.. chikl. Voer Jolh.r may he a door of hope to somrhl.lr's o•hil•I. The Hospital pays out dividetsl. of Is'alth and happiness to sat fe ing childhood en every Jolter tint is paid 'tv bleed. of ditto children. If you know of any ,hold iu your neigh hor n.sl • lw is Pivk or eripp•I.sl or kas Plot. feet send the parrnt'a name to the Ho„ rwo clan rn.,i' circ, Ir 1•I saran See what can he tlnn.• for cba`, bs,t chi! (lien.. There were xa Ilk- cases last year and hundreds in '41 c..... w►mne ARE. Please send contrihutinis to .1. Ran Robertson, Chairman, or In 1Mngla• It:.rid• son, Ser. -Tyra. , of the llesp.i:al for Sick Clitllrcn, College eitret, 'Toronto. "Could the consumptives of any given community be seen at ono time, or pass in panorama before the people, public consciousness of the magnitude of the affliction might be arowzrr9. A physical disaster shocks the world and lets loose the sympathy of mihiions. A few thousand deaths are nothing as compared with the deaths from con- sumption.LAWRENCEFFLICK,MD., ioHenry II*. tho t and Provontlon of Tubereul.tel*. M'> fly reasons surely trust influence men and women t(;help in the great work being carried,on by the MUSKOKA FREE HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTIVES. Other hospitals refuse the consumptive. This institution cares for them. Not a single applicant has ever been refused admission to the Muskoka Free Hospital for Consumptives because of his or her poverty. Seven hundred and thief '-eight patients have been cared for since the Free hospital was opened in 1902. Take a week's record 63 patients In residence; 37 absolutely free, not paying a copper toward their maintenance;16 paying 50 cents a day or less ; 5 paying $4.00 a week ; 4 paying $6.00; ono paying 67.00. These figures tell plainly of a large deficit on maintenance account each month. To cover this the trustees are dependent upon the contributions that tome to them from friends in all parts of Canada. Not since the days of George Muller has so great a work of faith been carried on. At.`tleltTPATlne NI 011110. MI'saeWA reSs HSerITaL 505 CO„tPMP1a•ae. WILL YOU HELP DIVIDE THIS LOAD WITH THE TRUSTEES ? Contributions may be sent to SIR WM..R. MEREDITH Kt., Chief Justice, Osgoodn Hall. Toronto, or W. J. Gage, Esq., 54 Front Street, W.. Toronto. Applications for admission and all information from J. S. ROBERTSON, Secretary National Sanitarium Assoelation, (Saturday Night Building), 28 Adelaide Street, W., Toronto, Canada. Se. e ( Christmas Trade in Line «rc arc ready toshow you the best goods at right pricesin Brash Sets, 1\'Iilit:ii•\'' Inrushes, I Ian(I 11 irrors, Shaving Outtits, Travelling,»ets in Cases, 1 l,tt and B()))Hirt. Brushes, POcl:z't UOOks,'etc. (,uO(Is, • Christmas Pcrfttinc Cases, and 1 lair Brushes in great profusion. 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