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The Wingham Advance, 1917-11-01, Page 3'ess.ss ''•k-Nele.1"ekke„,e-eeeeeN" e N,. N, *.,*a`sese,e,Nae'seN kee;:s. s.s' a M '$ • ' \ Magic Baking Powder coats no more than the ordinary kinds. For economy, buy the one pound tins. MARKET GARDENING—FRUIT GROWING. There have been great changes in gardening, both as to methods and in species and varieties ot plants. Pro- bably no branch of agriculture has made, more rapid strides for better - meat than market gardening. The fernier, too, has learned the tact that he must make a close study of soil management; he must know what is required not only to grow good crops, but to keep the soil in continued fer- tility. In other words, the farmer must be a close student, for to a large ex- tent it is necessary for him to work out his own salvation. The demand for fresh and better products is such that the winter forcing ot vegetables has become a great industry. Again, many new fungous diseases and in- sect pests cause trouble that were not known a generation ago. For all these reasons more knowledge and greater attention to the (Wells of the business are required to insure success. Gardening and fruit -growing for the Market differ from most any other business in two respects. Varieties raust be grown that will stand ship- ping; also varieties must be grown that will look well; that is, that will attract the attention of the prospec- tive buyer. Unfortunately fine aPe pearance, good shipping properties and fine quality are not frequently Cembined in the same varieties. The Pelberta peach, the Ben Davis apple, and the Kieffer's Hybrid pear are pre. eminently the popular market vare eties of their respective species, yet it is well known by both growers and buyers that their quality is far from the best. This is as true of the small fruits and vegetables as it is of ap- ples, peaches and pears. PROPFIR MANAGEMENT OF THE SOIL. The principal problems concerned in soil management consist in semi?. big the largest crops possible each year, and at the same time not only egaintainihg the producing power of the soil. The farmer, who year after year permits his fields to get into such condition that they diminish in producing power, is certainly coming fair short of successfully managing his soil. Ment of the land awl the season of the year. Rarely the.same treatment is required for different Made of the same farm. The soil texture must be studied, and then the method of treat• raent must be determined as the result of personal judgment in the matter, In whatever section of the country one is located, or whatever the type of farmtng, the fact should not be lost sight of that the raising of large crop is only one of the results which should be worked for, but another object, equally, if not more important, is to care for the soil in such a manner that its producing power shall not be im. Paired, but rather increased. • All lines of agriculture depend for their success upon soil management. The successful fruit grower or dairy - Man or gardener is successful because he has learned the principle of suc- cessful soil management. The great- est drain upon plant food in the soil" is not through its removal by tt.e. crops which grow upon the soil, but as a result of careless farm practice. A successful crop of corn removes from the soil a small amount of plant teod, and yet after the corn is re- moved it is a common thing to see - the land left uncovered through the fall and winter, and in thus being left uncovered more plant food may be taken from the soil through drain- age water, and by - surface erosion than was removed by the -crop of corn. The principle in soil*.manage- ment which should be learned and practised is keeping every acre of ground covered with agrowing crop. The cultivation which has been given to the corn during the season has made available large amounts of plant food, which are not rempered in the corn crop. This plant food, and especially the nitratet. is in soluble condition, and near the surface of the sell. If no measures are taken to prevent loss the fall and winter rains will take this plant food into solutio, carry it down and remove it in drain- age water, or remove it in part by surfeati erosion. THE LDSSON OF TILLAGE. The first lesson in soil management which should be learned by one who expects to make a suctess at farm- ing is the lesson of tillage. In every soil capable of producing crops there are vast stores of plant food. These stores become of full value only as a result of tillage. The importance of securing a proper Seed bed is gener. ally recognized by those who are en- gaged in soil management, but having once prepared the seed bed and start- ed the crop, there is often the failure to realize that in order to bring that crop to the fullest degree of maturity the most intense tillage must be prac- tioed during growth. Some crops which cannot be given int:teculture must, of course, receive all 3f theIr tillage before being seeded. This makes it especially important that in preparing the soil for sowed crops extra care be taken in making ideal conditions. A cubic foot of soil con - tales almost untold possibilities. If, In our preparation of the seed bed, we could so manipulate the soil that the particles in every cubic foot would furnish the maximum feeding surface for plant roots, the total feeding area which would thus be provided would be more than 176,000 square feet. This feeding area is equal to the sur- face of four acres of land. FARM NEWS AND VIEWS. It is almost impossible to get a thin cow up to good flesh inside of a month or six weeks after she has gone to pasture, if she is poor when she leaves the barn. Put in good condition while still in the stable, she will at once begin work for her master. Otherwise her first business will be to lay on flesh for her own use. The fast milker stimulates the udder more than the slow milker and thus gets more milk. Wash your halide and put on clean clothes before milking. Do net milk with moist hands. As a rule, a heifer cannot be milked as rapidly as an older cow, but she should be milked just as thoroughly. In the management of the dairy cow It is very important that the milking be done at regular periods. That is at the same hour night and morning as nearly as possible. The more equal- ly the 24 hours are divided in which the milking is done twice, the more uniform will be the quantity and the quality of the milk produced. Good plantings of shrubbery ime prove the home grounds and will luerease the selling price of 'the farm or village home. A big garden on every farm and vil- lage lot helps tce solve the food prob. lem. • A well-filled silo on every farm is the capstone of the preparedness movement for larger dairy production. Farmers who experiment wita the different silage crops usually go back to the old standby—corn. It provides the best quality silage and makes the greatest yield In tons to the acre. Go over the orchard and lawn trees and hike out an dead wood and do other needed prUldng. Be sure all cuts made in pruning trees or shrubs are clean, smooth cuts They.heal easier. The most perplexing problems relat- ing to eoil management are those con- nected with the details of ferm prac- tice. This is true because farming -is not an exact science, and there is no text book which will give one infor- 'nation as to just what should be done to secure certain results. There are few industries where one must depend more upon their individual judgment than farming. Farm praetice muat be regulated According to the type of soil, the crop to be grown, previous treat - Chats With the Doctor (By a Physician) 7 the circulatory eyttent fix* by Blowing the heartbeat, and then in the second stage by eonsiderably quiekeaiag of it, first -raising and then leeserting the bleed pressure in the arteries. Chronig Irregularity of the heart-beat is .cOM. mon as a result of continued excises in tobacco, slownesa of beat and elem. intermission being the syntle toms in most (lases, but in severe exampleis this May change to utter dis- order in rate and rhythm, a condition known as "delirium cordis." Tobacco hearth are coMmonest among young men who have acquired the habit of smoking at an early age, and is usually found among cigarette smokers, This is probably because mole tebacco is smoked daily without noticing it in the form of cigaxettes than in pipes or cigars, heavy smokers getting through as many as forty or fifty cigarettes a day. In advanced cases sudden fainting 1$ not unusual. Tobacco heart may, happily, be cured in its early stages by avoiding to- bacco, The irregularity usually ceases shortly after giving up the habit, and if it has not been of long duration the heart regains iM normal condition. Four or five weeks will commonly see normal health iegained. But where the habit is of very long' standing and the case a severe one., the irregularity may persist for a much longer period, and If the cure' is attempted late in life perfect regularity of heart-beat may never be restored. FOR GREASY SKINS. A very greasy skin is most unsightly and, though little can be done in the way of direct treatment to remedy the condition, much good often results from a course of careful dieting, com- bined with care In the treatment of the skin itself, The diet should be light, and chiefly vegetarian in character, with the addition of fish and eggs. Meats and pastries, gravies and sauces and, in general, fatty foods of all kinds should he avoided. Exercise in the fresh air and well ventilated rooms to sleep in are both essential. The bowels Must be attended 'to, and a dose of salts or seine'other saline aperient taken daily before breakfast if neces- sary. In treating the skin Itself sev- eral points must be insisted on. Never USO ae fatty toilet cream or any pre-, paration containing glycerine. The skin must be kept clean by washing with a good simple toilet soap and cold water; not hot, followed by a thorough rinsing of the face in fresh, clean water. Powdered boric acid may be, used on the face, or an astrIngene lotion of witch hazel, followed' by a light dusting of precipitated chalk. INFECTION AND SUSCEPTIBILITY. The phenomena of infection, and the problems presented by the differ- ing degrees of susceptibility in indi- viduals, species and races of animals and men ere most interesting and in- tricate. Most people know that certain animals are not susceptible to certain diseases—thus the hen resists infection by the tetanus germ and that of an- thrax, a& do some other animals, such as the rat, and there are many other cases of this immunity, Among the races of men negroes and persons of negro blood, even when this is mixed by intermarriage With a 4rhite race, are imniune to yellOW fever, and this immunity is inherited to the second and third generation of mixed descent, But it is possible to disturb or alto- gether to destroy this individual im- munity by special treatment, and this can be done by interfering with the diet, the temperature and atmospheric surroundings, and by fatigue or loss of blood. Starvation will induce sus- ceptibility to a great number of dis- eases to which the individual is natu- rally immune, while creatures im- mersed in water, kept in rooma ot u:aiatrally high or low temperatures or artificially fatigued, will acquire diseases which they can tOrmally re. sist. It is clear from this fact that healthy, cleanly surroundings, a regu. lar, natural life, and suitable nourish. ing diet provide us with the greatest possible chane of escaping disease. It Is practically 'impossible for anyone living in ordinary surroundings to avoid contact with disease germs of almost all kinds, but it is within the power of most of ue t� avoid giving them a suitable soil and suitable con. ditiona for their developtnent. TOBACCO MART. The retitilte of Over -indulgence in tObtieep ate almost tOo Well known tO bear Peiteration, Tlie a1ka1ardeen1c0- Ititisi-e-Whiell litpretent ,in tobttece, firet exeit60• and then depressee the nett.. Who tbrOUglivitt the b0d14 afftetiAg SOAP AND WATER. Not Clear Soap Was Known t Israelites; Romans Had It. • The words "soap and civilization" are so frequently joined that one might think that civilization has been brought about or at least helped along by soap, "Soap and water" are words that figure prominently in any die- cuesion of various secial problems. Soapmaking, once and for centuries an industry carried on in praetieally all households, has beeome one of the important and immense commercial industriee of the world. In tho Old Testament there ia refer- ence to thinge which clean and which have been -translated as "soap." It is said to be not clear that the old Israel- ites knew of soap. In the second chap- ter of Jeremiah it is written. "For though thou wash thee with nitre and like thou much soap, yet thine in- iquity is marked before me, sayeth the Lord God." In Malachi, the last book a the Old Testament, ja the follow- ing; "But who may abide the day of His corning? and who shall stand when He appeareth? for He is like a refineres fire and like fuller's eoap." Authorities who maintain that the older Israelites were. not familiar with eospmaking in the sense in which it is now understood hold that those old people used the aehee of plante and other such purifying agents. Soapmaking evae *known tie the an- cient Romans and there is a theore" that they obtained their knowledge of the art" from some Of the Germanic tribee farther to the west and north. Pliny mentioned that the Germans used both hard and soft eoap, and he indicates that it was ,a discovery which hp.d been made by the Gauls. A prominent eoapmaker said not long ago' that the eseentiale of the soap - making businees have not made very remarkable advances in the centuries. Pliny, nearly two thousand years ago, aaid that the best soap was made from goat's suet and Wood ashee and these are the necessary element --tat or oil and alkali—In the soapmaking trade to -day. In its earliest form the (map wee: peodticed%by purifying the crude soda that Wee Obtained from burnt seaweed or kelp, and this procees was improved imoh toward the clue of the eighteenth century by the discov- ery made by a French doctor for get- ting alkali from salt. Soapmaking ma- terials are now .brought from many parts of the world, and a great ninny improvements have been made over the old recipes. While there are many kinds ot soaps, it is said that those commonly used may be divided Into three claasee. The first class comprises fine white soape and scented soaps, the second cities the coarse houeehnid swap's, and the third class the soft soaps, • • White' soaps are usually made of oliVe oil, cottonseed oil or other fine yeietable oils and carbonate of soda. Ceinmon household soaps are usually matte of soda and tallow, and yellow soap is generally composed of tallow, resin -and soda to which palm oil is added in some cases. Marine soap, Or "sea soap," 'which will lather and dis- solve in oea water as well as in fresh water, is usually made of, cocoaeiit oil, soda and water. Soft soaps are made with potash inetead of soda and with whale oil, seal oil or the other oils or litiseed, rape seed, hemp seed or cot- ton seed with the addition of ai;litt.le tallow. Soap has played a large partin mad - 'cine. ,Medicinal soa.p -when pure is said to be made Of caustic soda and either olive or almond oil. It was much employed in the form of pills intended: to have a gently aperient, anti -aced action, While soap has millione et admir- ers, there are some men Who insiet that it is need too much and they de- clare that the imolied tribute to soap in the sentiment attributed' to John Wesley that "cleanlinese ia indeed next to godliness" cannot pase un- queationed.—Exchange. The Puzzle of Life. Life is a quaint puzzle, Bits the most incongruous, join Into each Other, and the scheme thus gradually be comes symmetrical and eletar, when, lo, as the infant clasps his hands and cries: "See, see; the puzzle is made out!" all the pieces are swept back into the box—black box with the gilded Experience is a geed investment, provided you don't pay mere tor it than it is worth. DRS. SOPER 'se WHITE SPECIALISTS Plias,leeema, Asthma, Catarrh, Pimple", Dyspepsia, Epilepsy, itheuiviatlern, akin, Kid. Peet Blood, Nerve end Bladder Disdateli. Call dr send 'history tor tieti advice. Medicine fureiel lel le tablet form, eletue-10 to 1 pat. iled5 to 0 pes, Sundnyie-10 ik,tri, to I pea Cossultatiee Pre DPS. SOPER WHIT& 9,1 Toreote Ste Tee onto, One SKIN TROUBLES THAT TORTURE and Disfigure Quickly Healed by CUTICURA SOAP and OINTMENT Such as eczemas, rashes, pim.ples, dandruff, sore hands and most baby skin troubles. Sample Each Free by Mail With 32-p, Skin Book. Address post- card: "Cutieura, Dept. N, Boston, U. S. A." Sold throughout the world. 1 RUSSIA'S PROBLEMS The territory comprised under Rue ropean and Asiatic Russia covers at least a seventh of the earth's surface with a population to -day of not less than 170,000,000. Among these people are more than 20 ethnic groups of widely varying numbers and equally men who are wrangling over the ferM of government to be adopted by the new rePUblie Are Perfectly .sincere and ardently patriotic, Next to the spirit of self-sacrifice what they most lack is a spirit of compromise, and that, unfortunately, has been found want" ing in all history in the equipment Of the Slav,—New York Journal of Com- merce, 1111•1•110 ••••••••••••• FATTENING TUBKiPS. (Myra Kelsey Cox, Experienced Peultry- woman, in Buffalo Newel The usual routine Or turecrya (Wrens the fall must suffer a cluing.), lelality- cent corn and dollar wheat 13ring about In troughs, waiting upon the deaultorY appetites of fall turkeys used te the ayerage farmer wince. teough ne rent waste happened. This 19 IMAJOACtic- able now. Turkey raisers wit) are so un- fortunate ag to have to buy, find the burden heavy indeed. The longsighted person, viewing afar the fall problem, has been as abstemlOus in the use of feed during the innic awn- ieer as his conscience would allow. Said one raiser: "During euly and August my fields, geldom had more than one meal a day. Loose wheat end eluishoepere Were ample." Oat .patchee rye, stuoble I It &wheat and hay fields brit; el inellY t. flock from summer to fall, Feed no savea will now be twat:tele. No one will deny that ae the ancient Israelites enslaved in Egypt could not make bricks Without straw, so a turkey or Geller fowl cannot put on flesh with- out sufficient and adequate diet. Never- theless, turkey nature aemite measure of skilful manipulation of their feeding turkeys, having range over stubble which will exert a downward pressure on the cost. There is a gap between the quantity requieed for thrittinese anti for fattening. A certain quantity they must get. Nothing approaching a fancy pro- duct, or even a passable one, will de- velop from insufficient food. We cannot 'lave on the turkey In quantity or quail- ty.'We must save in our method; that is, we must— diverse in character and culture, Geo- graphical contiguity and a common auegiance are all that has hitherto given a semblance of unity to this conglomerate of tribes and natelena. The real Russian nation coneists ex- clusively of the Great Russians, who constitute a minority of the popula- tion, and are not greatly beloved by any of the other divisions of the peo- ple. On the competent authority of Dr. Dillon the Great Russians have been described as owing little to systematic education and nothing at all to poli- tical experience, while nevertheless highly gifted by nature. Secular des - Pietism has madea deep dent on, the national character, and prevented the growth tot qualities which might have furnished the support for.sa strong and stable government. The territory of the lime Russians, situated in the northeast, is separated from the Bal- tic Sea by Finland and the Baltic Provinces, and from the Black Sea by the territory of the Little Russians or Ukrania.ns. The Baltic coast popula- tions, rrom the northeast frientier of Prussia to the Uulf of Finland, are none of them Russian in nationality, and before their absorption in the Russian Empire in the course of -the eighteenth century they all had a tinctive history of their own. The Lithuanians are not Slays, but apeak a separate language of the Indo-Euro- pean family; the Letts, inhabiting Courland and Livland, speak a vari- ety of the same language, while the population of Esthland speak a langu- age of entirely different origin, a dia- lect of the great Ugro-Finish -group. The Little Russians form a third of the whole race that can properly be called Russian. For the distribution of the various ethnical units, we must go back to the census of 1906, when the total population was about 150,- 000,000. At that time the Great Rus- sians numbered 61,559,000, while the Little Russians included 25,763,000 peo- ple. But of these 2,382,000 were liv- ing under Austrian rule in Galicia. The Little Russians of that province - are known as Ruthenians and have sedulously conserved the nationalism which has been systematically stamp- ed out in its native home—the Uk- 'mine. It has been the dream of the Austrian Ruthenians to—achieve a national state in which all factions of the Little Rusalan race shiTald be United. .. It would be hardly correct to say that the revolution 'gave a new impe- tus to the separatist tendency of the principal groups ,of the Russian popu- lation. But it .certainly has been made .the occasion by the Finns and the Balts of an endeavor to set up minor republics of their own, and it has given the Little Russian nation alisth a free hand in the Ukraine. But the problem presentedby the latter is sutficiently akin to that of a recon- structed Poland to make it suscept- ible of a satisfactory solution. The same can hardly be said of the movement toward autonomy made by the peoples of the Baltic fringe. They are unquestionably friendly to Ger- many and adverse to RUABlie, and if they had their way the Baltic would be quickly transformed -into a Ger- man lake. There are thus some very large problems of a racial and na- tionalistic character whose solution hangs on the establishment of settled Government in Russia. Unhappily, in the existence of these' problems may be found tome of the most formidable obstacles in the process of civic recon- struction. It has been said, with obvious jus- tice, that the social burst -up of Russia torbids the curtailment and. necessi- tates the extension of the Allies' war. aims. It is of momentous import not only for Russia, but for the world, that setae common bond of national cohesion should be itund for the; vast aggregate of people living within her berders; that the reign of law should be tartly established on the shores of the Baltic to the shores of the Paci- fic, There i's no standard by which we Can judge Of the probaelliry of the early redemption of Russia front ,ttlio influence o, he forces of internal ifirtdis- order. T1 experience of Anglo-Saxon peoples a _ °lig whom freedom has "siowiy broadened down from prece- dent to preeedent," falls of application here. As a young Russian philosopher said in this connection: "You have great traditiens of which you are just- ly proud, and.when in active concen- tration on the work Of the moment you seek for inimiration, you lift your Oyes and look at the past. But WO in Russia, We have no tradltiOns, or if we have, we are hot 'Very proud of theft, and to Oug'.eyes are alwaye en the future" It May be atiraitted that a good dear of faith is reqUired to tee anything in the immediate future of nUSSia but a strtiggle between the dis- terdatit 60101461s Of Men wheise sten- dards Of governMent aro Wally irre, cOnelleble, The One eneoUraging fact it that on ell sides the Majority of the Pppaitt NieutIogi 114.4 PaPforg WATCH THE LEAKS. Conserving the feed with no deer!. Nation of the bird can be accomplished with a scrutinizing regard for °Very leas ;we've hitherto held unavoidable, Opportunities for economy present them- selves in four phases of turkey -fatten- ing; namely, manner of feeding, kind of ration, health of birds and market - fez. In modeling the management of fat- tening turkeys, after Mr. ,Hoover's per- tinent suggestions _for our pantries, it affords surprise to note the casual leaks which unawares perforate a well -ordered routine, some of the spiget, others of direct instance. Whole grain is more fv af or oledtlyo. ihes. thebumnago- hnoerle affords the most economical than ground feed for birds able to aresimllate it. A. respectable proportion is lost In the fine meal and bran which they cannot possibly clear up in a mash. Though desirable, mashee meat be fed, only in quantities turkeys will dispose of, else It will ferment or mould. Left -overs meet be avoided. Crain and mashes should be fed in re- ceptacles that forbid turkey a stepping in. ,Elevated troughs are ,commended a8. superior to boxes on the floor or ground. Food tossed upon the ground Is uneani- tary. Much of it is lost if It consists of small or broken grains. FEEDING THE FLOCK. Regularity In feeding promotes thrifti- ness with least expense. Turkeys and oteer fowls respond to a regular eche- dale as eatIsfactorily as do people. In their ranging they remain faithful to their meal hours, if so trained, though they return with bulging crops. To got best results from what corn Is fed, let the heaviest meal, with corn predominant, be fed at night. The per - „led ef rest on full crops aids' in rapid increase of weight. Breakfast may con- sist of lighter feed of scratch or other mixture of small grains. The kind of ration depends upon one's resources and what the turkeys have been accustomed to. However, oats, buckwheat, white corn or a mixture of these perform the service for most raisers. Corn seems to achieve the result more rapidly. Daily feeding of fattening ration which Is in excess of actual needs is throw- ing food overboard. Weak or sickly ones sliculd be segregated and given•separate attention and treatment. Every dead tur- key detracts its value from the final receipts but adds to the cent per head of the residue. Thrift would urge one at the outset to make sure the flock Is e good risk—healthy and free from par- asites. No fowl loses flesh, appetite and energy more certainly and 'speedily from the torment of vermin than turkeys. Birds so Infested are welking sieves, as it were, disdainful of much food and re- taining practically 110 nutriment from what they do eat. To feed a flock so Pestered is one of the discouraging ex- periences of growers, expensive and un- satisfactory. SELECTIVE MARKETING PAYS. A method of marketing that has corn - to market in installments. Select the ma- ittuierieldsted itself in years not so lean, iz birds and concentrate upon them, apart from the rest, for the first mar- ket. They usually command good .prIces, and the feed -barrel profits by their te- moval. By this method, more trouble- some than preparing the flcok as a whole one exchanges labor fox' feed. In few cases do flocks consist of uniform in- dividuals, when no longer overrun by stronger brothers. If one contemplates changes In one's flook, 'replacing old hens with pullets of home or foreign breeding, early De- cember is the time to secure them, when one has a, choice of the sturdiest and shapeliest. Besides, they are then cheap- er, not having attained full weleht. The breeders, new or old, may be separated from the flock and placed on reduced rationa. There are no substitutes for corn and other grains for turkeys, nor is it safe to give them mouldy or rotten corn, Economy must rest In the inanner of their use. By postponement of fattening as long as feasible, by combining high-priced corn with other cheaper grains, by con- centrating on healthy girds, and by a system of selective maticeting, turkeys may be conditioned this year at an ex - pease appreciably reduced. • eere--0 ee I 1 BLOOD -MAKING MEDICINE It took centuries for medical science to discover that the blood is the life. Now, it is known that if the blood were always abundant, rich and pure, very if ew peoasle would ever be ill. It was not until* the end ot the 19th century that an lnstru- ment was invented for (measuring the red part of the blood. Then doc- tors could tell just how anaemic a patient had become, and with medi- cine to make new iblood the patient soon got well. All the blood in the body is nour- ished and kept rich and red by the food taken daily, but 'when, fel...any reason, a person is run down and, cannot make sufficient from the food to keep the body in health, then a blood -making medicine is re- quired. The simplest and very best of blood makers' suitable for home use by anyone, is tr. Williams' Pink Pills. When a coUrse of these Pills is taken their good effect is soon shown in an improved appetite, stronger names, st isound digestion and an ability tO mas- ter your work and enjoy leisure hours, For women there is a ,prompt relit of, or prevention of allnients Which make life a. burden. As an all-round medi- cine for the cure of ellinents due to Weals. watery blood ho imedicine dis- covered by medical science can equal Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. You ean get these .pills through any dealer in "Medicine, Or by mall at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2150 from The Dr. Williarins' Medicine Co., lima. vine, Ont. Every Leaf is of Virgin Quality Sealed Packets Only. Never in Bulk. Black, Mixed or Greene E 211 Vegetables For Winter The Conservation of the Froducts of the Garden —THE— Poult0 World •1•01110. 1111•1•110 ••••••••••••• FATTENING TUBKiPS. (Myra Kelsey Cox, Experienced Peultry- woman, in Buffalo Newel The usual routine Or turecrya (Wrens the fall must suffer a cluing.), lelality- cent corn and dollar wheat 13ring about In troughs, waiting upon the deaultorY appetites of fall turkeys used te the ayerage farmer wince. teough ne rent waste happened. This 19 IMAJOACtic- able now. Turkey raisers wit) are so un- fortunate ag to have to buy, find the burden heavy indeed. The longsighted person, viewing afar the fall problem, has been as abstemlOus in the use of feed during the innic awn- ieer as his conscience would allow. Said one raiser: "During euly and August my fields, geldom had more than one meal a day. Loose wheat end eluishoepere Were ample." Oat .patchee rye, stuoble I It &wheat and hay fields brit; el inellY t. flock from summer to fall, Feed no savea will now be twat:tele. No one will deny that ae the ancient Israelites enslaved in Egypt could not make bricks Without straw, so a turkey or Geller fowl cannot put on flesh with- out sufficient and adequate diet. Never- theless, turkey nature aemite measure of skilful manipulation of their feeding turkeys, having range over stubble which will exert a downward pressure on the cost. There is a gap between the quantity requieed for thrittinese anti for fattening. A certain quantity they must get. Nothing approaching a fancy pro- duct, or even a passable one, will de- velop from insufficient food. We cannot 'lave on the turkey In quantity or quail- ty.'We must save in our method; that is, we must— diverse in character and culture, Geo- graphical contiguity and a common auegiance are all that has hitherto given a semblance of unity to this conglomerate of tribes and natelena. The real Russian nation coneists ex- clusively of the Great Russians, who constitute a minority of the popula- tion, and are not greatly beloved by any of the other divisions of the peo- ple. On the competent authority of Dr. Dillon the Great Russians have been described as owing little to systematic education and nothing at all to poli- tical experience, while nevertheless highly gifted by nature. Secular des - Pietism has madea deep dent on, the national character, and prevented the growth tot qualities which might have furnished the support for.sa strong and stable government. The territory of the lime Russians, situated in the northeast, is separated from the Bal- tic Sea by Finland and the Baltic Provinces, and from the Black Sea by the territory of the Little Russians or Ukrania.ns. The Baltic coast popula- tions, rrom the northeast frientier of Prussia to the Uulf of Finland, are none of them Russian in nationality, and before their absorption in the Russian Empire in the course of -the eighteenth century they all had a tinctive history of their own. The Lithuanians are not Slays, but apeak a separate language of the Indo-Euro- pean family; the Letts, inhabiting Courland and Livland, speak a vari- ety of the same language, while the population of Esthland speak a langu- age of entirely different origin, a dia- lect of the great Ugro-Finish -group. The Little Russians form a third of the whole race that can properly be called Russian. For the distribution of the various ethnical units, we must go back to the census of 1906, when the total population was about 150,- 000,000. At that time the Great Rus- sians numbered 61,559,000, while the Little Russians included 25,763,000 peo- ple. But of these 2,382,000 were liv- ing under Austrian rule in Galicia. The Little Russians of that province - are known as Ruthenians and have sedulously conserved the nationalism which has been systematically stamp- ed out in its native home—the Uk- 'mine. It has been the dream of the Austrian Ruthenians to—achieve a national state in which all factions of the Little Rusalan race shiTald be United. .. It would be hardly correct to say that the revolution 'gave a new impe- tus to the separatist tendency of the principal groups ,of the Russian popu- lation. But it .certainly has been made .the occasion by the Finns and the Balts of an endeavor to set up minor republics of their own, and it has given the Little Russian nation alisth a free hand in the Ukraine. But the problem presentedby the latter is sutficiently akin to that of a recon- structed Poland to make it suscept- ible of a satisfactory solution. The same can hardly be said of the movement toward autonomy made by the peoples of the Baltic fringe. They are unquestionably friendly to Ger- many and adverse to RUABlie, and if they had their way the Baltic would be quickly transformed -into a Ger- man lake. There are thus some very large problems of a racial and na- tionalistic character whose solution hangs on the establishment of settled Government in Russia. Unhappily, in the existence of these' problems may be found tome of the most formidable obstacles in the process of civic recon- struction. It has been said, with obvious jus- tice, that the social burst -up of Russia torbids the curtailment and. necessi- tates the extension of the Allies' war. aims. It is of momentous import not only for Russia, but for the world, that setae common bond of national cohesion should be itund for the; vast aggregate of people living within her berders; that the reign of law should be tartly established on the shores of the Baltic to the shores of the Paci- fic, There i's no standard by which we Can judge Of the probaelliry of the early redemption of Russia front ,ttlio influence o, he forces of internal ifirtdis- order. T1 experience of Anglo-Saxon peoples a _ °lig whom freedom has "siowiy broadened down from prece- dent to preeedent," falls of application here. As a young Russian philosopher said in this connection: "You have great traditiens of which you are just- ly proud, and.when in active concen- tration on the work Of the moment you seek for inimiration, you lift your Oyes and look at the past. But WO in Russia, We have no tradltiOns, or if we have, we are hot 'Very proud of theft, and to Oug'.eyes are alwaye en the future" It May be atiraitted that a good dear of faith is reqUired to tee anything in the immediate future of nUSSia but a strtiggle between the dis- terdatit 60101461s Of Men wheise sten- dards Of governMent aro Wally irre, cOnelleble, The One eneoUraging fact it that on ell sides the Majority of the Pppaitt NieutIogi 114.4 PaPforg WATCH THE LEAKS. Conserving the feed with no deer!. Nation of the bird can be accomplished with a scrutinizing regard for °Very leas ;we've hitherto held unavoidable, Opportunities for economy present them- selves in four phases of turkey -fatten- ing; namely, manner of feeding, kind of ration, health of birds and market - fez. In modeling the management of fat- tening turkeys, after Mr. ,Hoover's per- tinent suggestions _for our pantries, it affords surprise to note the casual leaks which unawares perforate a well -ordered routine, some of the spiget, others of direct instance. Whole grain is more fv af or oledtlyo. ihes. thebumnago- hnoerle affords the most economical than ground feed for birds able to aresimllate it. A. respectable proportion is lost In the fine meal and bran which they cannot possibly clear up in a mash. Though desirable, mashee meat be fed, only in quantities turkeys will dispose of, else It will ferment or mould. Left -overs meet be avoided. Crain and mashes should be fed in re- ceptacles that forbid turkey a stepping in. ,Elevated troughs are ,commended a8. superior to boxes on the floor or ground. Food tossed upon the ground Is uneani- tary. Much of it is lost if It consists of small or broken grains. FEEDING THE FLOCK. Regularity In feeding promotes thrifti- ness with least expense. Turkeys and oteer fowls respond to a regular eche- dale as eatIsfactorily as do people. In their ranging they remain faithful to their meal hours, if so trained, though they return with bulging crops. To got best results from what corn Is fed, let the heaviest meal, with corn predominant, be fed at night. The per - „led ef rest on full crops aids' in rapid increase of weight. Breakfast may con- sist of lighter feed of scratch or other mixture of small grains. The kind of ration depends upon one's resources and what the turkeys have been accustomed to. However, oats, buckwheat, white corn or a mixture of these perform the service for most raisers. Corn seems to achieve the result more rapidly. Daily feeding of fattening ration which Is in excess of actual needs is throw- ing food overboard. Weak or sickly ones sliculd be segregated and given•separate attention and treatment. Every dead tur- key detracts its value from the final receipts but adds to the cent per head of the residue. Thrift would urge one at the outset to make sure the flock Is e good risk—healthy and free from par- asites. No fowl loses flesh, appetite and energy more certainly and 'speedily from the torment of vermin than turkeys. Birds so Infested are welking sieves, as it were, disdainful of much food and re- taining practically 110 nutriment from what they do eat. To feed a flock so Pestered is one of the discouraging ex- periences of growers, expensive and un- satisfactory. SELECTIVE MARKETING PAYS. A method of marketing that has corn - to market in installments. Select the ma- ittuierieldsted itself in years not so lean, iz birds and concentrate upon them, apart from the rest, for the first mar- ket. They usually command good .prIces, and the feed -barrel profits by their te- moval. By this method, more trouble- some than preparing the flcok as a whole one exchanges labor fox' feed. In few cases do flocks consist of uniform in- dividuals, when no longer overrun by stronger brothers. If one contemplates changes In one's flook, 'replacing old hens with pullets of home or foreign breeding, early De- cember is the time to secure them, when one has a, choice of the sturdiest and shapeliest. Besides, they are then cheap- er, not having attained full weleht. The breeders, new or old, may be separated from the flock and placed on reduced rationa. There are no substitutes for corn and other grains for turkeys, nor is it safe to give them mouldy or rotten corn, Economy must rest In the inanner of their use. By postponement of fattening as long as feasible, by combining high-priced corn with other cheaper grains, by con- centrating on healthy girds, and by a system of selective maticeting, turkeys may be conditioned this year at an ex - pease appreciably reduced. • eere--0 ee I 1 BLOOD -MAKING MEDICINE It took centuries for medical science to discover that the blood is the life. Now, it is known that if the blood were always abundant, rich and pure, very if ew peoasle would ever be ill. It was not until* the end ot the 19th century that an lnstru- ment was invented for (measuring the red part of the blood. Then doc- tors could tell just how anaemic a patient had become, and with medi- cine to make new iblood the patient soon got well. All the blood in the body is nour- ished and kept rich and red by the food taken daily, but 'when, fel...any reason, a person is run down and, cannot make sufficient from the food to keep the body in health, then a blood -making medicine is re- quired. The simplest and very best of blood makers' suitable for home use by anyone, is tr. Williams' Pink Pills. When a coUrse of these Pills is taken their good effect is soon shown in an improved appetite, stronger names, st isound digestion and an ability tO mas- ter your work and enjoy leisure hours, For women there is a ,prompt relit of, or prevention of allnients Which make life a. burden. As an all-round medi- cine for the cure of ellinents due to Weals. watery blood ho imedicine dis- covered by medical science can equal Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. You ean get these .pills through any dealer in "Medicine, Or by mall at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2150 from The Dr. Williarins' Medicine Co., lima. vine, Ont. Every Leaf is of Virgin Quality Sealed Packets Only. Never in Bulk. Black, Mixed or Greene E 211 -1. Corn—Tbe surplus (many find dif. quires to make tender, allow the jars ficult to keep when canned) may be to cool slightly, then remove them, canned with tomatoes, as the acid lift the tops and fill with boiling of the tomato helps to preserve the corn and is good for soup in this way. 2, Corn—Cooked on the cob, cut off with knife and dried in a slow oven. In the winter soak over night before using and then cook slowly. Use ari vegetable and make into soup. 3. Corn (recommended by the To- ronto Garden Committee of the Wo- men's War Time Thrift Committee)— Cut from cob, spread on platters and give a good covering of salt. Let stand over night. In the morning pack into glass jars or in a covered crock, putting a weight on top. When required for use take out what is re- quired, soak over night in water, then cook as fresh vegetables. Nell-e4iMide't engagement ring le V- 111/116---Ilut poarla aro emblern.. atio of toot. No11-.Yo6, and tile poor girl is erying her eyfrout. She 61- - ereCted a dianiond. • 1. Tomatoes, canned—Scald, peel, cut in half, remove the hard core; pack in jars as solid as possible without any extra fluid added; add a teaspoonful pcesible. (better new ones to be certain, and The committee add e —"We have of salt to each jar, adjust the rubbers been told that gooseberriee, red cu.- rents and very fresh blueberries will eater and seal tight. If fruit is done in thi$ way when required for use add sugar Several hours before 'serving. By -using this method the natural flavor is preserved and the fruit tastes more like fresh fruit. sseoarb for winter uee .(Toronto Committee's recipe) Have the jam per- fectly air -tight with new rubber rings. , Waeh them thoroughly and eternize by boiling or baking for half an hour. Cut the rhubarb up as if for stewing and fill the jare CG full 013 poeeible, then fill to overflowing with cold water, which has been previously boil- ed for half an hour and cooled. Run a fork or apoon down to break up any air spacea. After being (lure no air Is leit in the jar, while the jar is over- flowing (seal down tightly and pat away in a cool dark place to keep. Handle or move the jam as little ae pi gal z es good rb3odrf .rde)ei a, cn stcleoal 1, , yi ounie nnndd lea. al apet condition,oua cnt and a nobfojdot naecy rroe sgmtliati,teh,cearceofvuelrlys. s pt el ar ic 1- e aettfbhiinoivireoi. filled jars in the wash boiler, on care to have enough to prevent it eaolutecngkighl ai ionnwiedliairistyteoees,msr e kind to ieleeapt rtbrielioaevelaciekisnitt:tog 1nttbreak-wapa400t oiInc,aegrsing the glass, and in cold water. Have t two gallons of water), will keep and the stem left on, cleaned, and put in be useful for a considerable time. 2. T o m a t o e s , rpoi lf eakcnut (stoni )fromewnlilettheeuhap atoniIf) ivinessnbacylhtt in tho roots just before the frost injures -them, the roots wrapped in coarse cloth, and the plants hung- up by the ni: a:. pes. ,e aoosirtlaebtbst‘l iilhyltveeiei.aall Ilvpuierf greenistilgil:_ieinl,, angi fig -like ae,fra ni. i• cus oitmmslcaoascon.it:willbls, ee roots in a cool, frost -proof place, will provide slicing tomatoes until Chriet- formed green tomatoes in tissae paper. ing care Us avoid touching each other. favoni:5dk.tihtheGed;en tomatoes can not only be nicely. preserve can be good canned—especially if pulled t s, "svl ripensic: ekl idi made from them- -especially the small ones. The ripe ones cannot only be used for sauces and catsups, but a marmalade (used in England in the place of orange marmalade) can be made. The strained juice can be seal- ed hot and used for soup (cream nf to- mato soup) in the winter. 1. Cucumbers (recommended by tho Toronto Comniittee)—Peel and slice thin; pui in, a layer of sliced cucum- bers and a layer of salt in a glass jar. Repeat until the jar is full and press down as tightly as possible. Seal tightly, and when required take out the quantity required for use and soak over night. Pour a little vinegar over them and sprinkle with pepper. They will be jnst as like freshly -sliced eu- cumbers, not having changed color at all . 2. Cunumbers, if large, need not be discarded as useless, as they can be cooked as vegetable marrow, and also the largest and ripest can. be used in this way. Cucumbers can be preserved like cit- ron, and combined with lemons gin- ger, or raisins, will give variety. Swiss 'Chard—The green part of the leaf ean be canned for green for win- ter and the white midrib also canned and used as asparagus is on toast. I. The root vegetable, besides being Young; when thinning is in order, or soon after—can be stored in damp sand in the cellar. 2. Some use .sifted coal ashes pre- ferring these as being non-conductors of heat the drying and shrivelling is prevented. 3, In England a marmalade is made from carrots and oeanges, as well as rhubarb and oranges. 4. Parsnips and salsify can remain in the ground all winter. 1. Beans—From a few vines of Ken- tucky Wonder bean 5 or 6 pounds of beans may be harvested from these grown on fence or trellis. When us- ing the dried scarlet runner beans, soak over night and remove the tough dark coat and the kernel will be found to make excellent since 2. Beans (as per the Toronto com- tnittee's recommendation)—Cut string beans as if preparing for the tabee, have them perfectly dry (never pick on platters asoptinaladenkadg give io. eevt day)gel.ass Iv bne()oi adhip.tcooleauati r o d 1 0 r use take jars or ienn top covered e dinIngoll0ttlie morning ocruotektbrtatmin night in water and then boil as freah beans. ogunajt required, soak ,over beans. They will require a little long- er cooking the,ft the fresh beans. String Bean (see below 3)—Parsley can be dipped in hot water, dried and Put away and found excellent for many uses itt the winter or can be carefully cleaned e.nd packed in glass jars lay- er for layer With salt and when required soaked and used and found quite as good as the freshly perehased article, if one can not winter it over by Cov- ering with a box he the garden. The cold water process for eanning Means the eareful selection of the fruit or vegetable, 0,Vo1d1ng the least suspicion of decay, washing (some. Union scalding or blanching as required , by the vegetable to be Mimed) then fill thormighly sterilized jars (by sealing Or placing in the oven for half an hour at ).ead) and pack firm- Aliefoerakr iste I ttliti :pool daitvoataenry, nailer bsi ytui br fillhreist11,hp ts c r e tv the lids on loosely, etand the jars in the waah boiler an a raeR, add tuffietent water and heat gently to the boiling point, cook as 1014 tits the,Negetable-being treated re. keep if prepared in the same way, and "The euccees ot theee fruite de- pends on having the fruit very fresh and the jars airtight and properly eternized.” To can half grown beets, wash and cook in boiling water only long en- ough to looeen the ekin, elle these off, acid pack the beets (whole or divided), into jars and fill up with a mixture of vinegar and water (4 of water to 1 of vinegar), put on the covers, and give three-quarters of an hour in the boiler after the boiling point is reached. Vinegar in this case pre - .serves the coloring of the beet. To can young turnipe or carrote, peel and boil in water for 15 minutes, pack in jars. Give the carrots at least an hour and the turnips halt an hour after the boiling point ie reached. Cool a little and treat as before in- structed for the other vegetablee. :String beano, cut ia piecee pack- ed in jars, fill jans with cold water (previously boiled and cooled), add a little ealt and treat like other vege- tables, giving halt an hour after the boiling point le reached. !Many fruits can be dried, ae for ex- ample cherries and apples and the process is quite clay. Round Towers of Ireland. No one knows exactly when or why the round towers in Ireland were built, but some believe that the druids erected them ars watch towers and places to which to go for (safety in time of danger. A good many of the towers, have the tops broken down, and those which show • the abne tops in- tact have mostly been teetered. There is no door on the ground, the doors being purposely built at about ten or fifteen feet from the ground and were reached by ladders. After the people had climbed inside they drew their ladders up after them and thus were out of reach of the Danes Who fre- quently invaded the country. The tiny windows of these towers are far up toward the toe also. About eighty round towens remain in Ireland, but only a few of them are perfect. Ac- cording to one authority, they were probably built betweeit the ninth and thirteenth centuries. Three Days at Once. Three days can exist in the same time! It sounds impossible, but it is neverthelees a fact that when it is very late Sundaynight at Attu Island, Alaska, it is Monday noon in London, and Tuesday morning at Cape Deshnef, Sibeeia! a - Playing cards can be cleaned by plaoing them in bran heated to a high temperature. Stir them about in the bran. Rubbing with a cloth dip- ped in benzine Is also effective. Jellies have highfood value Make as many as you ean. They will be worth agreat deal to you next winter. "Pure and Uncolomd" makes den; delicious,sparkling jellies. The purity and "FINE" granulation ntake3 success easy. 2 and 5.1b 10120 mid 10041) tittions eaeks iso Ask your Groeer for LAN IC SUGAR ...e=freekleee dannowniiminiansamonwill A el ENGAO EM ENT. (Judge.) He—Your eoldier friend been in any augagement? she—now did you guees? 4.•••••••• JEALOUS. (Baltimore American.) Belle—Jack thinkin marrying ellatlye he is going to get an angel. By the way, who at the weddleg is eeng to give her away?" No11-1 could. but I won't, HIS GUESS. (Christian Register) "Wonderful old oak, 1 wender what you would say to me if you could speak," "Well," said tho gardener, "Iny guess is: 'I beg your pardon, Miss, but I um a ticeche " NOT LEGAL TINDER. (Harvard Lampoon) High Private—Why don't you WEN some of this here Carranza money to start Yer fire with E'ducated Sergeant—Can't do it—it ain't legal Under in this country. FAME. (Washington Stat) "What is your idea of fame?" "Fame," replied Miss Cayenne, "is what enables an individual momentardy Lo beat the weather out us a topic of conversation." MRS. MULLIGAN'S VERSION. (Boeton Trangeript) "Yez pay too high for the thirties we ete," said Mulligan to his wife. 'Can't YeIe rvflf find a grocery where they sell things lo "No, Mee," responded Mrs. Mulligan. "There do be some places that sell things higher than others, but there do be none where they sell them lower," _... ENTERTAINING. (Boston Transcript) Mrs. A.—Are you fond of entertaining callers? Mrs. B.—Yes, but very few of ours are el that kind. A PARADOX. (Baltimore American) "What a tall man Mamie married!" "Yes, but after they went to houge- keeping he found he was always short." THE BUTCHER'S SCALES. (Buffalo Express) "How much does your new baby welsh?" "We don't know, but probably abOut ten pounds—he 'registered sixteen on the butcher'a scales." TOO DEEP. (Awgwan). "Did you see '20,000 Leagues Under the "Yes, but it was too deep for Me." - OREYING ORDERS. (Cornell Widow) "Get un, the house Is on tire." "I can't The doctor told rne not to leave my bed under any circumstances." •••• •••• 411111... TOMMY'S MISTAKE. (Chicago Herald) . Father—Whtn I was a. small boy twas left an orphan. Tommy—What did you do with it? BOTH.(Harvard Lampoon) "You say your coat is fox; whY, it looks like dogskln." "It's both. The material is fox ter- . tier." ---.ye) 41 IRRESISTIBLE. (Boston Transcript) He—But, darling. why were you so sure that I had never proposed to any other girl? Ehc—Becouse, you wonderful boy, you were not married.- EVENED UP. ' (Li Ethel—Papa. did mother accept you the first time you proposed to her? Father—Yes, my dear; but since then ehe has scornfully rejected any propoul that 1 have ever made. HARD TO PLEASE. (Louisville Courier-Sournal) "Everyman A hould have the right to enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." "Some men ain't satisfied with the eursuit of happiness," declared Uncle rennywise. "They want it brung." THE ONLY WAY. (Sidney Bulletin) First Clubman—You say that 13 has gone to the lecture platform? Well, you. do surprise Inc. Second Ditto—Yes, a friend gave hint a dress Suit for -a Christmas present, and as he doesn't, dance and is too proud to be a head waiter, it was up to him to do something. NOT LIKE THE FAMiLY. (Baltimore American) . "Isn't your cook quite like one of the fanilly?" "Mercy, nor She has things to eat the way sin likes 'fen. Sir • EXTORTION. (13a1tlinore American) "SuSan Smith sued for $50 dainagee for alienation of her husband's affec- tion." "What extortion:" HI'S GOOD REASON. (Detroit Free Press) "Ho never worries about money mat- ters." "No?" "Says folks who will lend money on al- most tuiy kind of a story will accept al- most [thy excuse for failure to pay It bock." erese-- UP-TO-DATE. (Boston Transcript) Mrs. Hawbuck—Hiram 'writes from school that they"are puttin' in an elec- tric switch. Farmer Hawbuok—Thete's no end of theni new feasted ideas. The birch red was good. enough in my day. HIS OPPORTUNITY. (Birmingham Ase -Herald) "That boy of yours sems to take life seriously." "Yes, .E don't believe ho has any sense of humor whatever." "Well, I wouldn't worry about that. Maybe he will grow up and make a lot of money as a musical -comedy llbrettleL" Madame's Belt. Sometimes 'Us very narrow. And then again itis a broad affair, doming Well down over the ekirt. Often It is a wee girdle of cloth or 311k or braid—quiet and deinure. Or it may end in loops and elide, or perhaps a soft throw tie, or liko some other thing we might mention, appal.- °ICtllyevhearv1; intsoeednilt tintiattyll.conceal or re- veal much—make her shin and not -so - slim, just as she wishes, and give her gown the most piquant touch it needs. Earthquakes, narthqtakes are stibtorrateen dis- lurbaneea propagated through the earth in a eerlaa of olastie waves. flow they originate le het elearlY knew% Merly are tieveatteel, with voleanic tion, while Ala f1.4 many occur without any evidmee of em negotiation., „ Vegetables For Winter The Conservation of the Froducts of the Garden ------ -1. Corn—Tbe surplus (many find dif. quires to make tender, allow the jars ficult to keep when canned) may be to cool slightly, then remove them, canned with tomatoes, as the acid lift the tops and fill with boiling of the tomato helps to preserve the corn and is good for soup in this way. 2, Corn—Cooked on the cob, cut off with knife and dried in a slow oven. In the winter soak over night before using and then cook slowly. Use ari vegetable and make into soup. 3. Corn (recommended by the To- ronto Garden Committee of the Wo- men's War Time Thrift Committee)— Cut from cob, spread on platters and give a good covering of salt. Let stand over night. In the morning pack into glass jars or in a covered crock, putting a weight on top. When required for use take out what is re- quired, soak over night in water, then cook as fresh vegetables. Nell-e4iMide't engagement ring le V- 111/116---Ilut poarla aro emblern.. atio of toot. No11-.Yo6, and tile poor girl is erying her eyfrout. She 61- - ereCted a dianiond. • 1. Tomatoes, canned—Scald, peel, cut in half, remove the hard core; pack in jars as solid as possible without any extra fluid added; add a teaspoonful pcesible. (better new ones to be certain, and The committee add e —"We have of salt to each jar, adjust the rubbers been told that gooseberriee, red cu.- rents and very fresh blueberries will eater and seal tight. If fruit is done in thi$ way when required for use add sugar Several hours before 'serving. By -using this method the natural flavor is preserved and the fruit tastes more like fresh fruit. sseoarb for winter uee .(Toronto Committee's recipe) Have the jam per- fectly air -tight with new rubber rings. , Waeh them thoroughly and eternize by boiling or baking for half an hour. Cut the rhubarb up as if for stewing and fill the jare CG full 013 poeeible, then fill to overflowing with cold water, which has been previously boil- ed for half an hour and cooled. Run a fork or apoon down to break up any air spacea. After being (lure no air Is leit in the jar, while the jar is over- flowing (seal down tightly and pat away in a cool dark place to keep. Handle or move the jam as little ae pi gal z es good rb3odrf .rde)ei a, cn stcleoal 1, , yi ounie nnndd lea. al apet condition,oua cnt and a nobfojdot naecy rroe sgmtliati,teh,cearceofvuelrlys. s pt el ar ic 1- e aettfbhiinoivireoi. filled jars in the wash boiler, on care to have enough to prevent it eaolutecngkighl ai ionnwiedliairistyteoees,msr e kind to ieleeapt rtbrielioaevelaciekisnitt:tog 1nttbreak-wapa400t oiInc,aegrsing the glass, and in cold water. Have t two gallons of water), will keep and the stem left on, cleaned, and put in be useful for a considerable time. 2. T o m a t o e s , rpoi lf eakcnut (stoni )fromewnlilettheeuhap atoniIf) ivinessnbacylhtt in tho roots just before the frost injures -them, the roots wrapped in coarse cloth, and the plants hung- up by the ni: a:. pes. ,e aoosirtlaebtbst‘l iilhyltveeiei.aall Ilvpuierf greenistilgil:_ieinl,, angi fig -like ae,fra ni. i• cus oitmmslcaoascon.it:willbls, ee roots in a cool, frost -proof place, will provide slicing tomatoes until Chriet- formed green tomatoes in tissae paper. ing care Us avoid touching each other. favoni:5dk.tihtheGed;en tomatoes can not only be nicely. preserve can be good canned—especially if pulled t s, "svl ripensic: ekl idi made from them- -especially the small ones. The ripe ones cannot only be used for sauces and catsups, but a marmalade (used in England in the place of orange marmalade) can be made. The strained juice can be seal- ed hot and used for soup (cream nf to- mato soup) in the winter. 1. Cucumbers (recommended by tho Toronto Comniittee)—Peel and slice thin; pui in, a layer of sliced cucum- bers and a layer of salt in a glass jar. Repeat until the jar is full and press down as tightly as possible. Seal tightly, and when required take out the quantity required for use and soak over night. Pour a little vinegar over them and sprinkle with pepper. They will be jnst as like freshly -sliced eu- cumbers, not having changed color at all . 2. Cunumbers, if large, need not be discarded as useless, as they can be cooked as vegetable marrow, and also the largest and ripest can. be used in this way. Cucumbers can be preserved like cit- ron, and combined with lemons gin- ger, or raisins, will give variety. Swiss 'Chard—The green part of the leaf ean be canned for green for win- ter and the white midrib also canned and used as asparagus is on toast. I. The root vegetable, besides being Young; when thinning is in order, or soon after—can be stored in damp sand in the cellar. 2. Some use .sifted coal ashes pre- ferring these as being non-conductors of heat the drying and shrivelling is prevented. 3, In England a marmalade is made from carrots and oeanges, as well as rhubarb and oranges. 4. Parsnips and salsify can remain in the ground all winter. 1. Beans—From a few vines of Ken- tucky Wonder bean 5 or 6 pounds of beans may be harvested from these grown on fence or trellis. When us- ing the dried scarlet runner beans, soak over night and remove the tough dark coat and the kernel will be found to make excellent since 2. Beans (as per the Toronto com- tnittee's recommendation)—Cut string beans as if preparing for the tabee, have them perfectly dry (never pick on platters asoptinaladenkadg give io. eevt day)gel.ass Iv bne()oi adhip.tcooleauati r o d 1 0 r use take jars or ienn top covered e dinIngoll0ttlie morning ocruotektbrtatmin night in water and then boil as freah beans. ogunajt required, soak ,over beans. They will require a little long- er cooking the,ft the fresh beans. String Bean (see below 3)—Parsley can be dipped in hot water, dried and Put away and found excellent for many uses itt the winter or can be carefully cleaned e.nd packed in glass jars lay- er for layer With salt and when required soaked and used and found quite as good as the freshly perehased article, if one can not winter it over by Cov- ering with a box he the garden. The cold water process for eanning Means the eareful selection of the fruit or vegetable, 0,Vo1d1ng the least suspicion of decay, washing (some. Union scalding or blanching as required , by the vegetable to be Mimed) then fill thormighly sterilized jars (by sealing Or placing in the oven for half an hour at ).ead) and pack firm- Aliefoerakr iste I ttliti :pool daitvoataenry, nailer bsi ytui br fillhreist11,hp ts c r e tv the lids on loosely, etand the jars in the waah boiler an a raeR, add tuffietent water and heat gently to the boiling point, cook as 1014 tits the,Negetable-being treated re. keep if prepared in the same way, and "The euccees ot theee fruite de- pends on having the fruit very fresh and the jars airtight and properly eternized.” To can half grown beets, wash and cook in boiling water only long en- ough to looeen the ekin, elle these off, acid pack the beets (whole or divided), into jars and fill up with a mixture of vinegar and water (4 of water to 1 of vinegar), put on the covers, and give three-quarters of an hour in the boiler after the boiling point is reached. Vinegar in this case pre - .serves the coloring of the beet. To can young turnipe or carrote, peel and boil in water for 15 minutes, pack in jars. Give the carrots at least an hour and the turnips halt an hour after the boiling point ie reached. Cool a little and treat as before in- structed for the other vegetablee. :String beano, cut ia piecee pack- ed in jars, fill jans with cold water (previously boiled and cooled), add a little ealt and treat like other vege- tables, giving halt an hour after the boiling point le reached. !Many fruits can be dried, ae for ex- ample cherries and apples and the process is quite clay. Round Towers of Ireland. No one knows exactly when or why the round towers in Ireland were built, but some believe that the druids erected them ars watch towers and places to which to go for (safety in time of danger. A good many of the towers, have the tops broken down, and those which show • the abne tops in- tact have mostly been teetered. There is no door on the ground, the doors being purposely built at about ten or fifteen feet from the ground and were reached by ladders. After the people had climbed inside they drew their ladders up after them and thus were out of reach of the Danes Who fre- quently invaded the country. The tiny windows of these towers are far up toward the toe also. About eighty round towens remain in Ireland, but only a few of them are perfect. Ac- cording to one authority, they were probably built betweeit the ninth and thirteenth centuries. Three Days at Once. Three days can exist in the same time! It sounds impossible, but it is neverthelees a fact that when it is very late Sundaynight at Attu Island, Alaska, it is Monday noon in London, and Tuesday morning at Cape Deshnef, Sibeeia! a - Playing cards can be cleaned by plaoing them in bran heated to a high temperature. Stir them about in the bran. Rubbing with a cloth dip- ped in benzine Is also effective. Jellies have highfood value Make as many as you ean. They will be worth agreat deal to you next winter. "Pure and Uncolomd" makes den; delicious,sparkling jellies. The purity and "FINE" granulation ntake3 success easy. 2 and 5.1b 10120 mid 10041) tittions eaeks iso Ask your Groeer for LAN IC SUGAR ...e=freekleee dannowniiminiansamonwill A el ENGAO EM ENT. (Judge.) He—Your eoldier friend been in any augagement? she—now did you guees? 4.•••••••• JEALOUS. (Baltimore American.) Belle—Jack thinkin marrying ellatlye he is going to get an angel. By the way, who at the weddleg is eeng to give her away?" No11-1 could. but I won't, HIS GUESS. (Christian Register) "Wonderful old oak, 1 wender what you would say to me if you could speak," "Well," said tho gardener, "Iny guess is: 'I beg your pardon, Miss, but I um a ticeche " NOT LEGAL TINDER. (Harvard Lampoon) High Private—Why don't you WEN some of this here Carranza money to start Yer fire with E'ducated Sergeant—Can't do it—it ain't legal Under in this country. FAME. (Washington Stat) "What is your idea of fame?" "Fame," replied Miss Cayenne, "is what enables an individual momentardy Lo beat the weather out us a topic of conversation." MRS. MULLIGAN'S VERSION. (Boeton Trangeript) "Yez pay too high for the thirties we ete," said Mulligan to his wife. 'Can't YeIe rvflf find a grocery where they sell things lo "No, Mee," responded Mrs. Mulligan. "There do be some places that sell things higher than others, but there do be none where they sell them lower," _... ENTERTAINING. (Boston Transcript) Mrs. A.—Are you fond of entertaining callers? Mrs. B.—Yes, but very few of ours are el that kind. A PARADOX. (Baltimore American) "What a tall man Mamie married!" "Yes, but after they went to houge- keeping he found he was always short." THE BUTCHER'S SCALES. (Buffalo Express) "How much does your new baby welsh?" "We don't know, but probably abOut ten pounds—he 'registered sixteen on the butcher'a scales." TOO DEEP. (Awgwan). "Did you see '20,000 Leagues Under the "Yes, but it was too deep for Me." - OREYING ORDERS. (Cornell Widow) "Get un, the house Is on tire." "I can't The doctor told rne not to leave my bed under any circumstances." •••• •••• 411111... TOMMY'S MISTAKE. (Chicago Herald) . Father—Whtn I was a. small boy twas left an orphan. Tommy—What did you do with it? BOTH.(Harvard Lampoon) "You say your coat is fox; whY, it looks like dogskln." "It's both. The material is fox ter- . tier." ---.ye) 41 IRRESISTIBLE. (Boston Transcript) He—But, darling. why were you so sure that I had never proposed to any other girl? Ehc—Becouse, you wonderful boy, you were not married.- EVENED UP. ' (Li Ethel—Papa. did mother accept you the first time you proposed to her? Father—Yes, my dear; but since then ehe has scornfully rejected any propoul that 1 have ever made. HARD TO PLEASE. (Louisville Courier-Sournal) "Everyman A hould have the right to enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." "Some men ain't satisfied with the eursuit of happiness," declared Uncle rennywise. "They want it brung." THE ONLY WAY. (Sidney Bulletin) First Clubman—You say that 13 has gone to the lecture platform? Well, you. do surprise Inc. Second Ditto—Yes, a friend gave hint a dress Suit for -a Christmas present, and as he doesn't, dance and is too proud to be a head waiter, it was up to him to do something. NOT LIKE THE FAMiLY. (Baltimore American) . "Isn't your cook quite like one of the fanilly?" "Mercy, nor She has things to eat the way sin likes 'fen. Sir • EXTORTION. (13a1tlinore American) "SuSan Smith sued for $50 dainagee for alienation of her husband's affec- tion." "What extortion:" HI'S GOOD REASON. (Detroit Free Press) "Ho never worries about money mat- ters." "No?" "Says folks who will lend money on al- most tuiy kind of a story will accept al- most [thy excuse for failure to pay It bock." erese-- UP-TO-DATE. (Boston Transcript) Mrs. Hawbuck—Hiram 'writes from school that they"are puttin' in an elec- tric switch. Farmer Hawbuok—Thete's no end of theni new feasted ideas. The birch red was good. enough in my day. HIS OPPORTUNITY. (Birmingham Ase -Herald) "That boy of yours sems to take life seriously." "Yes, .E don't believe ho has any sense of humor whatever." "Well, I wouldn't worry about that. Maybe he will grow up and make a lot of money as a musical -comedy llbrettleL" Madame's Belt. Sometimes 'Us very narrow. And then again itis a broad affair, doming Well down over the ekirt. Often It is a wee girdle of cloth or 311k or braid—quiet and deinure. Or it may end in loops and elide, or perhaps a soft throw tie, or liko some other thing we might mention, appal.- °ICtllyevhearv1; intsoeednilt tintiattyll.conceal or re- veal much—make her shin and not -so - slim, just as she wishes, and give her gown the most piquant touch it needs. Earthquakes, narthqtakes are stibtorrateen dis- lurbaneea propagated through the earth in a eerlaa of olastie waves. flow they originate le het elearlY knew% Merly are tieveatteel, with voleanic tion, while Ala f1.4 many occur without any evidmee of em negotiation., „