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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-12-06, Page 3OUT-OF-TOWN GROCERS AND WHOLESALERS! We are SpecializInu in the Fellowing Xmas Goods: ORANGES, BOXED AND BARRELED APPLES, CALIFORNIA EMPEROR GRAPES, We solicit a fair share of your businecs, Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Orders given prompt attention. Write or 'phone for quotations, UNION FRUIT & PRODUCE, LIMITED 82 FRONT T. EAST. TOReANTO, PHONE MAIN 1996 011111111181111111MISMSERMS011:10610,S. CARE OF BEES IN COLD WEA - 4e winter is near at hand, thooe keeping bees should not delay in going oyer every colony with a view to pre- paring it for winter. Should it be ne.• Mears' to feed for winter stores, the bees will take the syrup and cap it in the brood nest much better now than litter when the nights are very cold. There is no better winter store than pure honey, and front 25 to 30 pounda of it would not, be too much for each colony, If the hives are to be winter- ed out-of-doors, a plan generally pre- ferred. If the hives are placed in the eellar over winter, then 20 pounds of etore would be sufficient. A careful inspection of the hives at this time is apt to reveal some col- onies that are unusually strong, while others are very weak. They should now be equalized, making each one sarong for the trying winter sleep. HOW THE STRENGTH IS EQUAL- IZED It is not a difficult task to equalize the strength of the colonies. From each of the strong ones a frame of sealed brood with all adhering bees Is gelected, not taking the queen. To each weak colony as many of these frames and bees are given as requir- ed. Then the combs from the weak t °lollies are taken to make place for thosefrom the strong ones, ana used to fill up the space made in taking !ram the latter. Before theee comb; are transferred to the strong colon- ies, the adhering bees are shaken off, back, into the hive frone which they (little, as the weak colonies cannot af- ford being deprived of any of their bees; Asethe weather grows colder, the en- tranee to each hive is partly closed, but enough space is left for a free tliglie of the bees. HOW THE BEES ARE FED. It It is found that some of the bees are light in stores, and others are very heavy, some of the frames with heavy sealed honey are transferred from the strong ones. If too much has been extracted from the hives, the de- ficit is made up by mixing equal .parts of hot water and pure granu- lated sugar until the mass is a thick ayrup. Sometimes a quart of extracted honey is added to the syrup, thus making it all the more palatable for the bees. Cinder no circumstances are the water and sugar boiled together, but instead the water is brought to tae boiling point and the sugar then petered in and stirred until dissolved. Sufficient food is essential. Every eolony should have at least 30 pounds of honey. 'White clover honey is best, although any white honey is good. Dark honey should be ueed sparingly, end honeydew honey not at all, on account of the waste it contains. Bees rieyer depeelt fecal waste in the hive, hot retain it in the large intestine, where It causes dysentery unless soon p.sesed out. In attempting to rid them- relves of this, the bees fly teeth on cold clays, become chilled and never tend their way back. The importance et care, in wintering bees cannot be over-estimated. Throughout the United etates bee- keepers lose at least 10 per cent. of their eta:tie:3, and in many cases as as 50 per cent.. due largely to carelesencee and a lack of knowledge of proper wintering conditione. Thia lese is avoideble and should be re- entered to less then 1 per cent., if a feet simple preehtuttens following are etieded. Bees cluster at. a temperature of 67 degrees or lowor to keep up the tem- perature of the hire and to reduce the eedietion of titii heat produced by nntsealar egerriote. Euergy tor the muscular exertien is furnished by tuqL Logics in wintering are due largely to tesuffietent or iinferior food; lack of protection anti 1058 of the queen. VA.tettIS OF PROTECTION. Lack et proteigion does not kill di- rectly, aed this fact has mused some beekeepers to imagine that bees need- ed no winter protection. Lack of jprotection causes a loss of heat, con- sequently more heat must be generat- ed by muscular exertion, and more food must be eaten to simply the en- ergy. This overeatiug causes dysen- tery and other inteatinal disorders harmful to the colony, which may die or cOme through the winter too weak to produce much surplua honey. Protection may be given by eellar Wintering or by iraulating the out- door hives. The cellar should be dark, dry, well ventilated and kept at an even temperature of about 45 to 50 degrees. Iiivee may be insulated with a chaff hive, several thicknesses of tax' paper, several inches of leaves, 'straw or excelsior kept iii platie by boards, wire netting or a packing Itase, An exit Iti all cases is necessary. Weak colonies are best wintered sev- eral under ono cover and separatea only by wire screeh. If from any cause the queen dies, or le incapacitated in winter, the colony has no mown of providing itself with ether, and must soon die. The bee- keeper should see that every colony has a vigorous queen before going in- to winter quarters. FARM NEWS AND VITtne The fixed chargee mainteenanee ere the same whether the cew is ylebl- ng 10 or 4e peunds of milk. The pro- fit in keeping cows over and above that required for maintainance, comes from the feeds that are given to, the best advantage. To make butter that will keep well, churn only till the butter globules are about the 8120 of grains of wheat. Then, without collecting or gathering the butter, drain off the buttermilk and then wash in cold water un- til the water drainet off clear. The smaller the particles of butter when the washing is done, the better can the waeh water got among, them for clean- ing. When butter is collected In one large mass before washing, the water can only reach the outside of the mass, hence much buttermilk will remain In the butter to cause it to become rancid sooner than when it is washed clean. It is a common belief that the load pulls easier if put well forward on the wagon. But it does not on the ordin- ary wagon, where the hind wheels are larger than the front ones. If the, wheels were equal in size, the load. should be equally distributed. If the trucks were so low doWn that the horses got an upward pull on the toed, then it would do to pull the load well forward. The load should be propor- tioned to the surface contact of the wheels. A large wheel sinks loss than a small one, therefore the load should be heaviest on the hind wheels. Dis- tribute the weight so that no one wheel or no aide wheel is carrying the greater share, less it make the draft excessive for the tonnage carried. A sheep with one pair of perman- ent teeth is a yearling; a sheep wttli two pairs is a 2 -year-old; with three pairs, a 3 -year-old; and with four pairs, a 4-year-o1d. A good, thrifty condition in breed- ing animals keeps the cost of main- tenance at a reasonable level and in- sures maximum production. Such conditions may be had by a judicious use of roughage and pastures. Clover or alfalfa hay, fall -sown rye or pas- ture that hag not been grazed closely, will cut the grain requirements of the brood sow in winter. Corn silage with cottonseed meal will maintain breeding cattle in winter. Millet is not a safe feed for mares In foal. Well -cured alfalfa hay makes an excellent feed for mares if it is fed once a day, and timothy or corn fod- der given at the other feeding. In purchasing breding ewes care should be taken to obtain those with sound teeth, udders that are soft and pliable, and teats that are sound and have no hard cores. Ewes from one to three years of age are to be prefer- red. Those ewes may be in thin con- dition but should suffer no discrimina- tion on this account alone. if thin they cost less per head. than if fat, and the flesh needed to put them in good condition can he put on by tne purc,haser more cheaply than it can be bought in the open market. Regard• lees of how. they are purchased, the buyer should insist that they be healthy. Preserve Eggs Now v•-•-• -4-4-4-0-•-••• 4 • 4-4 4 -4-•-•-•-•-+-4 4. The indications are that eges will be dear next winter, dearer than they were last winter, so those who want eggs had better put some down now, while they are comparatively cheap. Do not use oats, bran, salt or such mediums; moreover, the patent pre- servatives usually advertised as being 30 simple and effective had better be adopted with caution. Better' use something ' that has been tried and found satisfactory. According to Dr. Frank T. Shutt, Dominion Chemist, lime water is one of the best preservatives, and we quote the followIng from his Exhibi- tion Circuler No. 43. The method of preparation is simply to slake one pound good quick lime with a small quantity of water, and then stir the milk of limo so formed into five gallons of water. After the mixture has been kept well stirred for a few hours, It is allowed to settle. The supernatant liquid. which is now "saturated" limewater, is drawn off and poured over the eggs, previously placed in a crock or water -tight bar- rel. As expoeure to the air tends to pre- cipitate the lime (as carbonate), and thus to weaken the solution, the ves- sel containing the eggs should be kept covered. The air may be excluded by a covering of sweet oil, or by sacking upon whith a paste of lime is spread. If, after a time, there is any noticeable precipitation of the Bine, the lime - teeter should be drawn or siphoned off, and replaced with a further quan- tity newly prepared. GENERAL PRECAUTIONS NECES- SARY TO TAKE. It is essential that attention be paid to the following points: I. That perfectly fresh eggs only be used. 2, That the eggs should throughout the whole period of preservation be completely immersed. i Although not neceitaary to the pros servation Of the eggs in e sound con- dition, a tenmeratare of 40 degrees F. to 15 degrees V. will no doubt meter - lolly meat towards retaining good flavor, or rather in arresting that "stale" flavor so often characteristic ef peeked eggs. ' lteapecting the addition of salt, it met be stated that our experiments-- conductisd now throughout fitteeu sea- sons --do not show any benefit to be derived therefrom; indeed, teat fres quently imparts a limey flavor to the egg, probably let inducing an inters cliatige of the fluids within and with- out the egg. Our ad 'ice is, do not add any salt to the lime -water. Couldn't Stand Defeat, Dr. Grehtell tells an Musing Otani of the introduction of football in Lab, Vidor, when defeat was eotaidered so unendurable a MorttticatiOn that it bed te be Wallaby agreed beforehaild that neither eitle sheltie Will. 'Ve slaw," he egye, etheit eitilettel specteele of tile 41(16 that hed bete Scored ageinet 010tdfl1y tillOwed te walk acrotse the field and kick a goal to Iittee theta the feeling Of being beaten." THE EBT rams. [Sung to the tune of "Th. Battle Hymn cif the eteptebac."] The Lion Cuba ere centime trent thole homes tecresie the Sea. FOr the Mother Lion calla thern on a, trip to Germany; They're gOlus to see the Kaleer, do you think it' e glad he'll be, 1,Vben the Baby Lious come? Growling like the distant thunder, , German hordes they'll rend asunder, Making them disgorge their plunder, Whea the Baby Lions come. Canada responded with a roar across the World, Australia and New Zealand too their bat- tle flags unfurled. India. Squth Africa, the /Blends of the Sea, They all come marching on. All the highways of ereation see them speeding to the fight, To help the Mother Lion in her battle tur the right; The Kanter and hie vandals they will surely eee the light, When the Baby Lionoenle, They've left their sun kissea deseria and their distant field!, of ice. They're left their nmple sugtut kangaroos and crops of lice; Quite expensive, but the Pre:salamis will most likely pay the prim When the Baby Lions come, They are looking very brawly, very strong, and very fit, And their souls are filled with lemming that the flames of Flanders lit: Kaiser Bill will find he can't chew up the mouthful he has bit. When the Baby Lions come. Yes, the Lion Family's coming, not a. meinber of It wanes, To the rescue of a dainty Belgian meld that's bound in chains, And if need be they will pour out every' drop within their veins. When the Baby Lions coma —Robert MoKendry, in Chicago Tribune -4••• THE CAUSE OF BACKACHE •••.•••••=a,1*••••••••• Every muscle In the betty needs constantly a supply of rich, red blood in proportion to the work it does The muscles of the back are under a heavy strain, and have but little rest. When the blood ts thin they lack nourishment, and the rettult is a sensation of pain in those muscles. &me people think pain in the back means kidnee trouble, but the best medical authorities agree that .lietek- ache seldom or never hale anything to do with the kidneys. Organic kidney disease may have progressed to a crit- ical point without developing a pain In the back. This being the case, pain in the back should Always lead the sufferer to look to the condition of his blood It will -be found in moist cases that the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to build up the !blood will stop the sensation of pain in the ill - nourished muscles of the hack. How much better it is to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for the blood than to give way to unreasonable alarm about your kidneys. If you suopect your kid- neys any doctor can make tests in ten minutes that will set your fears at rest, or tell you Lhe worst. But In any event, to be perfectly healthy you must keep the blood in good cora dition, and for this purpose no other medicine can equal Dr, Williams' Pink Pills. Yott can get these pills through any dealer in medicine, or by mail at 60 cents a box or six boxes for $2.60 from The De. Williams' 'Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. •••••••••,-, SPARED II.ER HOME. Belgian Woman's Charity Touch- ed the Huns. Albert Rhys Williams, -.relating his experiences while "In the Claws of the German Eagle," tells the story of the Belgian peasant woman who saved her little home from the Germans by kind- ness. "Below Argentau," says Mr. Williams, "there was a vine -covered cottage before which stood a peasant woman guarding her little domain. Her weapon was not a rifle, but sev- eral buckets of water and a pleasant smile. I ventured to ask how she used the water. She had no time to explain, for at that very moment a column of soldiers came slowly plod- ding down the dusty road, She mo- tioned me away as though she would free herself from whatever stigma my presence might incur. A worried look clouded her face, as though she were saying to herself: "I know that vet have been spared so far by all the brigands which have gone by, hut per- haps here at last is the band that has been appointed to wipe as out.' This water, then, was a peace -offering, a plea for mercy. "As soon as the soldiers looked aer way she put a smile on her face, but it ill concealed her anxiety. She pointed invitingly to her pails. At the sight of the water a thirsty sol- dier here and -there would break from the ranks, rush to the pails, take the proffered cup, and hastily swallow down the cooling draught. Then re- turning the cup to the • woman, he would rush back again to his place in the ranks. Perhaps a dozen men re- moved their helmets, and, extracting a sponge from the inside, make signs to the woman to pour water on! it; then, replacing the sponge in the hel- met, marched on refreshed and re- Joincing. "A mounted officer, spying this lit- tle oasis, drew rein and gave the or- der to halt. The troopers, very wear- ied by the long forced march, flung theinselvee down upon the grass while the officers' horse thrust his nose'deep into the pail and greedily sucked the Water up. More buckets were being continually brougbt out. Some of them lettlet surely have been confisti- rated frotn her neighbors who had fled. The officer, dismounting, sought to hold converse with his hostess, but even with many signs it proved a fail- ure. They both laUghed heartily to,. gather, though her mirth I thought a bit forced, "I do not remember witnessing any finer episode in all the war than °Sl- eeted in this region where the sky was red with flames from the neighbors' houaes, and the lintels red with blood ••••-40/-sres. FIELD CASHIERS AND PAYMASTERS IN FRANCE, • CASH DOMINION EXPRESS' FOREIGN CHEQUES THE BEST WAY Pro goo mom? TO TIM DAYS IN THE TRENCNO easesee siesiettissigtesietteeseeitemeeissi CUTICURA HEALS ITCHY SCALP RASH That Burned rand Pained Four Years. LI -lair Came , Out. Loss of Sleep. 0.••••.•••••••4••••••••••••,. "My scalp was red and very itchy, and a fine rash developed which burned and pained incessantly. This seemed to destroy the hair roots, causing my hair to come out, which disfigured the top of my head. It also caused loss of sleep, "The trouble lasted fouryears. Then I sent for a free sample of Cuticura Soap and Ointment which encouraged me so I bought more, and I had one cake of Cuticura Soap and one box of Ointment and I was healed." (Signed) John Cure ningharn, Church St., Antigonish, N. S., April 4, 1917. Why not make Cuticura your every- day toilet soap and prevent skinttoublest Absolutely nothing better. For Free Sample Each by Mail ad- dress post -card: "Cuticura, Dept. A, Boston, 11. S. A." Sold everywhere. 11•1111~1.IVIIII•11/111IAIMIV from their veins. .A frail little soul with only spiritual weapons, she fought for her hearth against a veng- ing host in arms; facing these rough, war -strained men, sho forced her trembling body to outward calm and graciousness. Her nerve was not un- appreciated. Not one soldier returned his cup without a, word of thanks and a look of admiration. "Nor did this pluck go unrewarded. Three months later, passing again through this region as a prisoner, I glirupsed the little cottage still stand- ing in its plot by the flowing river. I want to visit it again after the war. It :will always be to me a shrine of the epirit's splendid daring." THE HOME GARDEN. Get Good Results With. Eithez Flowers or Vegetables. Never permit the surface of the soil in the garden to form a crust. Con- stant stirring with hand tools or a when cultivator should be practiced between the rows and about the plants. This permits air to pene- trate the soil, where it facilitates chemical action and bacterial activity, destroys weeds which would utilize large 'amounts of plant food that the cultivated plants require, and finally It conserves the moieture supply. The hoe and the rake are most generally used for this purpose. This advice applies with equal force to both the flower and vegetable gardens. Where plants are grown closely in the rows it will be necessary to weed between the plants by hand. Small implements are nsade for this purpose and are sold at a tilting price. Cultivating should be done after ev- ery ram, but not until the %eater has drained oft and the soil is in workable condition. Working In muddy sou will cause it to form a cement -like mass, in which plant food will be se- curely loclted, and the plants will suf- fer because it is not released for their support. As soon as the excess moisture has run off or soaked in or partially evap- orated, cultivation should be given to prevent the crust which otherwise will form. A crust formed on the surface of the soil restricts the plants, cauees excess evaporation and the loss of moisture required by the planta and prevents access of air. _ During dry spells, if the plants give evidence of suffering for the lack of metsture, water should, if possible, be *Applied artificially. The isual meth- od in small gardens IS sprinkling wita a hose. Late in the afternoon is the best time to sprinkle, when a thorough wetting should be given, Small fur- rows can be opened between the rows. of plants and water turned into those ditches from the hose. After the water has soaked in draw the earth back in place.—New York Sen, TORONTO FAT STOCK SHOW Do not forget the • Toronto Fat Stock Show which will be held at the Union Stock Yards on Friday and Sat- urday, Dec. 7 and 8. The entries are the largest ever made in the history of the show, which promises to be one of the best ever held in the Dominion of Canada. The premium list It; a large and attractive one. Fine pre- miums aro offered for all grades of cattle, sheep, etc. Said premiums are offered in the swine department, and the large packing houses are taking an especial interest in this exhibit. The judging will take place on Friday, Dec. 8, and the auction sale of show stock on Dec. 8, beginning at 10 a.m. •44.4-4-+44-.4_• • •-•-•-•÷+-0-4-4.••4-••• • The Proper Care of Milk 4-4e+++++++-•-• •-•-•-+:44-oesette+-44-oose 11111c, to keep properly, should nom get warmer than SO degrees Fahrenheit until It is consumed. The lower the tem perature thc better the milk will- keep, Bacteria—such RS those which cause trine to sour' -develop very slowly and cause little ehange in milk kept at such low temperatures. A• slight rise in tt emerature, even for a short thne, permits these bacteria to multiply rapidly and bring about rapid deterioration of the milk, which may ren- der it unfit for "ordinary use. Don't leave your milk bottles on a hot Porch oe doorstep. A. short expos2ure in the sun or a. warm place hastens the spoiling even of cold bottled milk, Have the milkman put milk into the refrigerator. If this is impossible provide In warm weather ft box with ice or a bucket of water in a shady place for tho milk. Atnrate have the bottles left in the coolest and shadiest rhtee about your premises. Don't leave milk In"bottles or 'vessels in a 'warm room for a moment longer than 1°1`.41016VCeer"paorY' ur milk width has beep ex. posed to the air back Into a bottle, con* talning other milk. Keep such milk cold and eavered itt another clean utenell. Keep milk bottles covered either with caps Or by piecing glasses over them. Keep them covered in the refrigeretor end In tha kitchen or dining room. Never pour milk into an unsterile bowl or leiteller. Ewald all vessels lido which mine is poured, for keeping or serving. Cool these utensils after ecalding before putting mins into them. Before oreening a bottle of milk waell and 'wipe the outside of the cap with rater and a clean eloth. The little de. presiden at the tep of the bottle colleete deist Or water or Milk, which hely at- tract thee, lift out the cap With it point ed instrument, so that the outeide of the Op, which May be Contaminated, 'Will net Ibe pushed down into the milk. Clean and scald the refrigerator Where Milk is tittered regularly with leet sal soda solution. See that the drip pipe Is kept open and alma -Uveri in tlie eleaueet refrigerator never keep Milk In an open veinem. Milk thi One Odors eatilly. abIltioutitteeit: easureentbleubLiee or little ehildren In the home 01051), eold, coyertni milk le Finally , eleatt straPty bottles, :num thoroushly with cold water every milk bottle aa ;oon SS 8141410 and then evaeh vath hot watei, Thi e helpe the zniiktette to eutply clean milk. Never take milk bottles into a siek own, If there Is an inreetlotte or con- taglous dIi'as itt yom, home boil the milk bottleand do not return them without the express sanction of your local health officed or attending physian. Clean skim intik is it valuebie food, containing all the nourishing lentente of whole milk except tile fat or crown. It Is useful in cooking cereals, toups, en joecobae,veetreu.g, erd Is a Palatable, llentielle Sour milk and buttermilk can be used with mode in making hot breads, or sour emieeeola ltnanr ebeleleasily totiuliVrealma utio cottageh ehortenIng fer eakca and cookies and is useful for salad &ermines and gravies for meat, Scientific Odds and En.ls. More than 45,000 clerks In Pentland haYe been replaced by women. The human volce is produced by 44 different muscles. it takes 5,000 bees to weigh a pound. The Norwegian Storthing has pass- ed it measure which interferes with 'the development of the country's wat- erfalls by others than natives. A New York club has an indoor golf course on which many spirited contests have been held. It takes about four acres to feed a goat, according to a Government re- cord. One farm of 40 acres in California, le devoted almost entirely to the growing of violets. The JapanOtle raise roosters with tails 12 feet long. Net far from Fresno. Cal., a sum- mer home has been constructed Un- derground. Deep breathing exercises help an- proe.lably to stimulete the digestive, organs to perform their work. "Honk Honk" in the F,nglien slang means "Don your gas masks." Poultry World VINELAND, N. .1., CONTEST. 'rhe first year of the Vineland, N. J., Egg -Laying and Breeding Contest hits ended with a total production of 161,- 875 eggs, the production for the month of October being 6,376, or a production of 2.06 per cent. Following ts a list of the ten high - eat hens in the contest, with their pro- duction: Variety. Prod. White Plymouth Rock .. 301. White Leghorn .. :190 Columbia Plymouth Rock .. 288 White Leghorn .. 285 Barred Plymouth Rock .. .. 278 Barred Plymouth Rock .. 272 Barred Plymouth Reek 268 White Leghorn 266 White Leghorn .. .. 265 White Leghorn • • • • • • 255 All these hens have made excellent records, especially the hen vithich laid 301 egge, or a procitietion of 82 5 per cent, for the year. Below is a table showing tlie ten highest pone of the eontest and their owners: Variety and Owner. Pral. W. Leghoin, .I. P. Van Zandt .. 2212 W. Leghorn, P .0. Platt .. .. 2173 W. Leghorn, Shuts es Vocirtlen 2115 W. Leghorn, Holliston Hill P. F. 2114 W. Leghorn, Will Barren .. 2053 W. P Rock, Hollietoe 11111 P. F. 1955 R. I, Red, Underhill Bros. 1966 W. Leghorn, W. K. WiX8011 1959 B. P. Reek, G. W. Buck 1956 W. Leghorn, Avalon Farms 1937 Considerable interest was attracted by the race for • first place, which iimmised to be rather exciting in the late summer. Mr. Van Zandt's pen tock the lead the first month of the contest ahd maintained it for the year, winning with a production of 2,212 eggs, or a production of 609 per cent for the year . Mr. Platt's pen was only 39 eggs behind Mr. Van Zandt's. THINGS TO AVOID. The poultry buildings- should be erected on ground that ie. well drained and free from dampness. If possible, the buildings should face the south, and the ground slope front the build- ings toward the south. The poultry buildings should alwoys be web con- structed. It is false economy to build cheap poultry houses: they do not last and the repair bill from year to year is heavy. The shed roof is both practical and cheap, and can be made as long as de- sired, and as wide, the popular sizes among poultry -keepers is 20 feet long, 14 feet wide, 7 feet high in front and MRS. KIM SICK SEVEN MONTHS Restored to Health by Lydia. E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Ill.—"For seven long Months I suffered from a female trouble, with severe pains in my back and sides until I became so weak I could hardly walk from chair to chair, and got so nervous I would jump at the slightest leolse. I was entirely unfit to do my house- work, I was giving up hope of ever be- ing well, when my sister asked me ta try Lydia E. Pinkhain's Vegetable Com- pound, I took six bottles and today I am a healthy woman able to do my own housework. I wish every suffering WOMM1 would try Lydia E. Pinkhean's Vegetable (Jompound, and find out for themselves how good it is." —Mrs. CARL A. KIM), 506 N'orth, Ave., Aurora, III. The great number of unsolicited tes- timonials on file at the Pinkhon Lab- oratory, many of whieh aro from time to time published by permission, are roof of tho value of Lydia E. Pink, atrl'S Vegetable Compound, in the treatment a female ills. Every ailing woman in Canada is Cordially invited to write to the Lydia E. Pialthera Medicine Co. (donfidential), Lynn, Mass., for apecinl advice. It is free, will bring you health And roay save your life. • - -**-y *.**. $ - Assam teas are the strongest and richest grown. It is of these teas that Red Rose Tea chiefly consists. That is why it yields the very large number of 250 cups to the pound—at the cost of about a cent for Ave cups, and every cup rich, strong, delicious tea. Kept Good by the Sealed Package •••••••••••••••10.1,0•••••• five feet in the back, The front is open from two feet above the sill, and the only time' teese large frames cov- ered, with muslin are clotted is when a hard, beating rain or snowstorm comes Cheap equipment is another thing to avoid; it does not last and cannot do the woreowell in the long tun. Any incubator erfll hatch chickens, but the well made machine is the one that well last and can be depended upoa ta do good work year after year. The same can be said of brooders; they should with care last quite a number oe years. Avoid poor foundation stock, that cannot reproduce or be made to pay in the long run. The beginner here is apt to be guided by th eyrie° rather than quality. Most important is this purchasing of stock, eggs for hatching day-old chicks. There are all grades advertised. Pare -bred poul- try mettles nothing; it Is the utility qualities stamped in the breed that figures in the financial returns. The good poultry breedei cannot affprd to sell stock and eggs at but a few cants about the prlee of market fowls. Avoid cheap stock and eggs and start with a strain that will mean dollars on the right side of the ledger. Keeping of the poultry house clean, renewing of the litter on the floor of the building, the eupply of fresh wat- er, enough to keep cool in hot sum mer weather; the regulation of the windows, to avoid draughts; all these must be carefully looked after Another thing to avoid is the chang- ing of feeding systems. Once a good feed is adopted which gives results, not only in one poultry -keeper's hands, but in many, it is safe then to follow It constantly. If possible the poultry yard should be seeded to clover and geese, or, bet- ter still, alfalfa. This can be arrang- ed by the use of double yards, allow- ir.g 4be feeds to tee the cne teed while the other yard is making growth. The grass run system will be found ideal In growing young cincks and keeping the older poultry in the best of condition avoid bare runs if pos- sible. The most money in poultry will be made by those who will combine the utility and the fancy to a safe and sane degree; the extreme either way is to be avoided. This Call be Bald of forcing for egg production, especially if the fowls are to be kept over as fu- ture breeders, A good steady egg yield can be obtained witliout undue forc- ing, and with this method the 'fowls will stand up well the Becond year, and with some strains of the lighter breeds the third year, and give good results. es' e--72,4D-.:.,ei›es-ei>e,e4iis•ct›..e 6 How to Purify t t ID the Blood 0 ; i "Fifteen to thirty drops of i iExtract of Roots, commonly called Mother Seigel's Curative g Syrup, may be taken in water '( with meals and at bedtime,for tthe cure of indigestion, consd. pation and bad blood. Persist. e) 0 ence in this treatment will effect 0 t.? a cure in nearly every ease." 0 Q Get the genuine at druggists. h 4 1' COURT ETIQUETTE, Much Needless Ceremony in Olden Times. - 1 - norra personages as well as these mtnebers of noble families, who hay, the rrivitege of attending on thorn would t'ml the rare) conneeted with then' high position considerably iecreaeed - if the txtravagaitt formaidles which attached to count life two or three centuries two were etin In vogue. • Precedence !Med in all things at the Count uf Louis IV , at Versalliee. Even the king's morning toilette was made 10 the presence of the courtiers, tvho were eontinually aeriving. As the king put on his outer garments, these were eended to him by the nobleman of the highest rank in attendance, TIIE: story Is told that. as the king was Veiling on his waistcoat one morning, it was handed to him by a eount; but be- fore the count had pealed the garment to the itleg, a duke came in. This made it neceszary for the count to band the waistcoat et once to the duke, as It WoUlti bay.: been against etiquette for pereon of lower rank to puss the garment. And ee it intist be handed with tee bare harms, the king had to wait the duke removed 1118 gloves. When this opet talon was perfortned. and tho dukewas abotb to advance vath the we:etc:oat, the door again opeped and a royal mince of It younger branch of the family entered. 'rhis duke, of course, et once presented the woletcoat to w new comer, as be was a higher rank. °But the prince was alne gloved; and Novel tic had performed that somewhat leciems operetiou lof veslovinc, there ttlie-iiiiv.ed on the seene Another p-ine, tello happened to be of the elder branit e. eace melee, end as the room Was Cold, It veeorded that he took a violent e So the tinfertilliate k.ng heti to wait At King Louise) dinner. when the cook In ought In the meat for the royal plate, Ipilee=de.bteyenaclehderbild,arznhieoduttsrlaiel.ileenatinel Mel), the viandS1" Whoreepon the eoleparty all uncoVered, and the eerie tine's saluted tbe roast chicken 01' the ehathberlitin announced the fact at the . e roo)iy) hit:sake:61 tilteettlad, t f Imo tioluvriolt, ir 'When the 141111; W;ts about to drink. a log Wlsols. duty It Was to taste the wine es • • se, • SOPER at Willi= water In ordt.t. to prove that It hal 1101 been 'pOlatmetl, stepped fOrWur,I, petirtol out a little, aud (hank it off. Tliell the king diatilt. 'elle great Mee of ',eye' formelitiest :ma points' of etiquette disapeeered with the beet eentury, but the rutea of preeodenee are still very eteletly observed in royel courts.—Exehenge. 4-40-4.4-44-4-0-44-0-#4.4 • +4 0 + Baltic Stories From the West Front 4 4 "N Til MENIN ROAD" • 4-4.4.4.-4.-4-4 4.. .4 + "The old Hun knows he has got to go back," d a wounded officer • home from the Ypres sector. "He' been shelling t..o tOW11s behind our lines. You emit teltilt that is hardly convineing n. But for men who know the tee:0ini:3 it is quite goat enough. You see if a town gets shell- ed by one side, then the other side retaliates on some billeting centre be- hind tile first &dee Imes. until he stops shelling. It juet amounts to give and take. We vealiate %vita more than double the amount of shell- ing that the Flun is giving us. If he had any sense of proportion you would think that he Would stop his long range bombardments in order to save his billets from being blown off the map. Ile doesn't; except when our batteries smother his guns, or our air- men get above hint, as very often hap- pens. The reation we put to it is that he does not care a straw about what happens to his billets, because he knows that the billets won't be long in his possession. You ask any of the other fellows and sae it they don't agree." "I saw a tidy bit of cleaning up work clone abut a week ago," said a wound- ed Yorkshire man. "We had made a bit of an advance south of the Poly- gon, and a few of us had got on ahead of our flanking groups. Wo took cover in shollholes waiting for the line to straighten itself, when :tome Bosche in a sma.shod up farni- house started striping us. Then they got a mainline gun into action, and made themselves a regular nuisance, not only to as, but to the fellows COM:- ing up on either side. A couple of rifie-ggenade men were in my shellholet and they started on the Bosche. You have possibly heard tbat every attacking unit, down to the smallest contain a number of special - lets, such as bombers. naachine gun- ners, rifle grenadiers. and others. The range was pretty stiff, but the first try only just fell short of a direct hit. The next two burst right anlong them. Then it was "Kamerad!". "Kamerad!"; and the whole lot surrendered. I don't blame them. The bag of tricks we carry along with us uow to meet any sort of trouble coming our 'way, is enough to put the wind up old Nick himself.", nt4 4— POSTURE OF VgdWLEN. Upon It in Great Ideasure Fends Good, or Bad Health. Miss Jessie B. -Merrick, director a peysical education for women in the tintversity of Washington, insists that every woman's home or office be a laboratory of health. She points out that there wan a time when woman's household duties were so' varied that all her muscles were brought into play. Work has oecome so highly specialized, however, and woman has taken her place so actively in the business world with man that she is deprived of the opportunity to live a rational life in which she would exercise every part of her body in accordance with its naGelloroadi posture Is s to be thought about. It depends upon the maintenance of natural conditions of life. Some health specialists attribute all abnormalities of health to bad posture. Depressed tnental condition, 111 -fitting clothing and poorly-a.dapted furniture alletcon- tribute to a slouchy sitting or standing PelltatidrePosture is blamed for suce dis- eases as sciatica and lumbago. Good posture represents initiative. conrage, responsibility, self control hind ssetlrfoicilgirencetirovn. otm system is (.0 b g ed by physical activity in ganiet, dances and exercises involving rhythm Superstitions of the Sea. The persons who sail 05 DassengerS on n, shin width does not regularly Car- ry passengers are looked upon either with favor or disfavor by the crew, The pres- ence of it e1)11,1 m thought to be a good cmen, while women aye bel!eved to bring bad leek. Lawyers At'E. 1 tikt.1.1 upon with greateet dielike, for they ere considered Particularly unluckte The name "sea lawyer" Is the woret t• ten one sailor can use toward smother A eat on boer,t e:e eupposed 10 cause the \Teas eeeet with gales. The old melee cat carries a gale in her tall." ne : averace Pallor bo. ItiFjgvr oettion 04 shipboard. thnf v'1 eat ftosice about the 'le a stotin. PIA'S also A Bomar army was a free body, at its own eeeice governed by a peremp- tory de:pithiest —Ilagehot. Walrus of Alaska. The Alaska walrus are enor1110118. The average one is as big as ail og, and it often weighs more then a ton. A walrus was recently killed by tionie whalers near Point Barrow, W11080 head Weighed eighty potindie ithel Akin, including flippers, 00 paned& That animal 1%d it girth ot fourteen feet. end Het Weight wee over 2,000 pomade. The skin was front half an Moll tcl thres inches in thieltnesS, *Ad the blubber weighed (SOO pounds. SPECIALISTS Piles,Eceema, Asthma. Catarrh. Pimple*, DeePeepaial gPileosy, FilieurnitelteN8kIn, 80Y1 Dloanh Nemo and atedder Diseitses. C1L11 et 116114 Wore (or See ovice. media** forma ed in Weal form Pour. -10 11.14.10 IPA Sold 2 to 0 p.m. Sundays- le cm, to 1 p.m, COMUlt14481i rte. IL. DNS* SC:)10810 ts'rerwittost,,Tatboto, Oat. Please 'Mention Thie Piper. SURPRISED. timeten Traneerirat ileeeroor Brown: He hue lost all Ms. money In a wildcat mining company. Silo—Mercy: I didn't, anoW YoO bad te mine fer cote. • A LONG WAIT. (Boston Traniscript) Clerks -nut you just bought tide novel and paid for 1.5, 1:118tomet--YeS. Clerk—Then why do you wieh to return it? Customer—I flnichr(1 IV while welting fur my amigo, NO ALLOWANCES. (Bratima)'e American) "Father, won't You give me luoney enough, to pAy off my poker debts? You might pardon the rashness of youth," "SO / raight, son, but 1 sun not going lo make allowances for it." NAMING THE DAY, (Doeton Transcript) Itaetue—I 11001 yeti, MIN rboebe, Won't you name the day? MIE,S Johnsinge-Suabi How will de daY you etrike a stiddY Job do? By THE DAY. (Baltimore Amerieten) "Do you work by systematic armies°. Intletelltoc "it; I work by the day." QUEER SENSE 07 HUMOR. He—The girl who marries me Must have a sense of humor. She—Anel a darned queer one at that, WHY SHE ENJOYED IT. • (Buffalo Express) • Nn—I enjoyed Mr. Borenes last call ever so much. Aun—I thought that you weren't home/ Nan—T, wasn't, $$ .4-.4-- THE SALESMEN'S TASK. (Louisville Courier -Journal) "Lood eteleemen are said to earn large salaries" "Well, if you've ever tried to peddle anything you'll admit they deserve 'em." NOT ALARMED. (Life) Mistress --I's only fair to warn You, Bridget, that my husband swears te little eometimes. Dtidget—Illint's all right, murn.• So do QUITE SURE. (Boston .Transorlpt) "Daughter, do you think that young fellow is the man for you?". "Oh, I know it, papa." "flow do you know it?" "He told me so himself." TWISTED. (Life) "When I first saw you 1 couldn't, be- lieve it possible that you were the moth- er—no—I didn't mean that, of course." "No, of course not. You mean you didn't think It possible for such a hand- some girl as my daugter is to have such a mother as I am" BOBBY'S ASSURANCE. (Life) "Bobbie you're very naughty. I heard you tell sister -t� o to the devil." Pre- needn't worry, .mother. She never does what I tell Iter." NOT NEEIDE•D. (Louisville Courier -Journal) "Why dld your .cook lea.ve?" "I never asked her. I didn't know a , cook was eamposed to have any special I reason for leaving." SPIDERS. (Baltimore American) "Pop, teacher gotmad at me to -day when I told her how I classified spider& "What did you say?" "I said they belonged in the web. footed class," THE POINT OF VIEW. (lloston Transcript) First 'Urchin (before the battered Vic- tory of Samotlirace)—Whees dis staroher widout a heael? Second Urchm—Dat's 'Victory.' Flest-.Gee! I'd hate t'see the odder guy. N AT U RALLY. '(Boston Transcript.) "What's that roaring noise over there?" "The bawl :game." 4. OVERWORKED. • (Washington star.) "Bliggine says he Is overworked." "Naturally. Any work at all is more than Bliggins is really competent to taelde." A PROVISO. (Buffalo Express.) • you believe that it married couple should liVe a. life of give and take?'' She—Yes; peoviding his is 'the give' THE AUTOCRAT. (Baltimore "American." Ilusband (irritatedly)—This dinner is misorably served up. Discharge that cook. • Wife (titnidiy)--I am afraid, if I de dear, she might get mad and quit. SURE' OP SUCOESS. (Life) Medical Friend—New that you have a ear you must not heglect your exer- cise "Oh, we won 't, Doctor. This is a seoond-hand car." FITTING. (Baltimore Amerkian) "Is the woman / saw you talking to a fitting .associate for you?" "She ceouldn't be more fitting. She's my dressmaker." (BirmirlinEgRhaSnIPAHgEelE. leraid) "Mrs, Duhwaite is always talking about enlarging her sphere of influence." in't,',27. at does she Mean by that?" "I suppose she inea.ns moving in it lar- ger eirele by attending more club meet- ••••••••••••• IN A FIX. (Louisville Courier-Journale "I'm 111 a fix," declared the manager of Plunkville's Op'ryhottse, "How's thet?" "Got a. blg feminine star signet/ up for a week." "Well?" "And here C01188S the same garin it film dream, end geto all the bush -tees." MILITARY NOTE. (Boston Transcript) Lady of Ifonso--You say you are in the army. Then why aren't you dreesed as 11,roldier? 'legged llogers—It'S de army of de en- etneloyeel, lady, an' •ella is me fatigue nnifcrni. Milk, Sweet and Sour. Eivery ounce of skieleilik or whole milk contains valuable nourishment. Pse evry drop of milk to drink. or to add nourishment to cereals, soup, MUCCI; and other foods. Bernet:06r, Ino, that sour milk, buttermilk and sour cream are valuable in rookery, so do not waste any. Sour milk and but- termilk eau be used with od3 in mah- ing hot breads, or sour mill) an be turned easily into cottage - ehoese, eream cheese or clabber, Sour emir, is a good shortening in Malting e ekes and cookies and useful for salad ings and gravies for meat,