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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1917-5-24, Page 2aortal nteaa4y th' :/(411,- "hat R. Mothersand daughters of all ages are cordially invited to write to this department, . Initials only will be published with each question and its answer as "ameans of Identification, but full name and address must be given in each letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will be mailed direct, if stamped and addressed envelope Is enclosed. Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 23$ Woodbine Ave., Toronto. 8. R,: 1. Between two and three weeks before the ceremony is the time for sending out invitations to a wed- ding. Announcements may be sent to those who do not attend the cere- mony. 2° It is perfectly good form to have no attendants at a quiet home wedding. The bride may wear a veil with a simple white dress and it is not necessary to wear 'gloves when the eleeves are long. 3. Yes, have music very soft and sweet during the ceremony. W. E. B..: -These are some of the most commonly known meanings at- tached to certain flowers: Oak, patriotism; myrtle, beauty; olive, peace; ivy, revelry; roses, love; apple blossom, preference; buttercup, riches; anemone, frailty, anticipation; dan- delion, coquetry; daffodil, unrequited love; lilas, fastidiousness; narcissus, self-love; marigold, contempt; goldeh- rod& encouragement; lily, majesty, purity; calla, magnificent beauty; for- get-me-not, true love; poppy, oblivion; amaranth, immortality; gentian, vir- gin pride; geranium, deceit; foxglove, insincerity; hyacinth, sorrow; honey- suckle, fidelity; pansy, thoughts; helio- trope, devotion; sweet William, gal- lantry; caudytuft, indifference; cow- slip, youthful beauty; white violet,. modesty, and snowdrop, friendship in need. M. Ii.: -It is nota natural foryour child to be afraid of the dark. He should naver,be allowed to believe that darkness holds special terrors. Per- mit no one to frighten him by playing "ghost." Permit no one to tell. him stories of" the gruesome or the super- natural. natural. But in spite: of all your precautions; if any one of the house hold` shows a dread of the dark, this dread is likely to be noticed by the child, and you know example is strong- er that precept. T. H.::-1: It not good form to use any ink except blue black,for corres- pondence. Seals on letters are en- tirely proper if they are quite small and nicely applied. 2. No answer is required to a wedding aimouncement.` L. R.: -A vegetarian diet - includes all the good grains, nuts, eggs, cheese, milk, cream and honey, besides all the. fresh and dried fruits. This does not `sound like starvation, does it? Rather like a generous plenty.' Three meals a day with no "piecing" is the diet rule. Plenty of fresh, pure wa- ter, except with meals. Coffee and tea are allowed, but it is better to do without them. R. Pit -The author of the' poem "Green Things Growing" is Dinah. Maria Mulock Craik (18264887).'" She was an English novelist, best known under the name of "Miss Mulock" and as the author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." W. M,: -Here is a set of rules which every boy and girl would do well to follow, and which I hope will answer your requirements: - Be brave. Courage is the noblest of all gifts. Be silent while your elders are speaking, and otherwise show them deference. Obey. Obedience is the first duty. of every boy and girl. Be clean. Both yourself and the. place you live in, Understand and respect your body. ,It is the temple of` the Spirit. Be the friend of all harmless wild life. Conserve the woods. and flow- ers,. and especially be ready to fight wild fire in forest or in town. *Word of honor is sacred. Play fair. Foul play is treachery. Be reverent. Worship the Great. - Spirit and respect all worship of Him by others. Be kind. Do at least one act of un bargaining service every day. Be helpful. Do your share of the work. Be joyful. Seek the joy of being f.. alive. INTERNATIONAL LESSON ,MAY 27. - Lesson IX. -The Holy Spirit and His Work -John 15. 26 to 16. 14. Golden Text -John 14. 26 Verse 26. Paraclete (margin) -We seem driven to borrow the Greek word (as in thecase as of baptize, and a few others) to express„ what no one Eng- lish word will render. Comforter is grammatically wrong -the form is passive -and, far too narrow. Advo- cate (margin) suits '1 John 2. 1 exact- ly, and comes nearer than other terms here, but is hardly wide enough. The central point is that the Paraclete, "called in" (this is what the word means), to help us, performs the same part as the other Paraclete, who has gone to be our Representative "with the Father." It is actually impos- sible to mention any function assign- ed in Scripture to the Holy Spirit which is not somewhere else assigned to the glorified Christ. Representa- tive fairly joins this passage with that in the Epistle. I will send -That the Spirit "proceedeth from the Father and the Son" is one of the most pal- pable facts in New Testament theology. What the Eastern church meant when it insisted on dropping from the creed the Filisque, is an un- solved mystery.' 27. Bear ye also witness (margin): this seems better. It is significant that men are bidden to perform the same function as the Divine Spirit, of course by his indwelling strength. There is a similar association in Acts 15. 28. 7. Go away --From visible fellow- ship: "I am with you all the days" re- mains true. The Father to whom he goes is ever infinitely near. He means that his spiritual presence is better for them than his bodily: it becomes a more intimate part of the man. - The disciples would not have learnt inde- pendence and initiative: they would have always waited for express com- mands. The substitution of his spiritual Representative brought, the needful self-reliance: the true self is only complete when God is interfused deeply. 8. Convict -The "world" -which in John nearly always means the world as it is, in rebellion -fights against the true view of all these great subjects. The inspired disciples will reduce it to helpless silence: it cannot "withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which" they speak (Acts 6. 10). 0, Sin as normally` in the,' New Testament, is the failure to accept a positive duty, -not the mere doing of something : wrong. 'With us omission is treated lightly as against commis- sion: and that is why we have failed so grievousl'v in our practical doctrine of sin. The work of God -for all those to whom the Gospel has coMe-is to believe on the Sent of God (John 6. 29)). For this saving faith carries with it inseparably the fulfilment of all God's law. 10. The world condemned Jesus as a blasphemer and "unrighteous"; one reealle Plato's great demonstration that if ever an ideally righteous' man appeared he would be counted as per- fectly unrighteous and martyred as such. His disappearanee from men's eyes, and enthronement at God's right hand -evidenced by the resurrection, and the mighty works of his Spirit in his disciples; finally "justified" him. 11. Judged -As usual, of a con- demnatory judgment. The "world" has a "ruler" of :•its own choosing: compare Luke 4. 6. • 12. There have been many bad guesses as to the field in which these truths lie. Surely it .roust be mainly in the meeting of his death, which. they could not bear until the incredible was a supreme fact. 13. Paul's interpretation of Calvary is the greatest of all instances; see Gal. 1. 12. From himself,for each Person in the Godhead speas for the Triune. 14. Glorify -Interpret, - reveal, when used of God or Christ, who only need knowing to be glorious. Storks The Story of Rumble and Grumble. Rumble and. Grumble were the sons of the Stubbletail Bears, whooccupied a comfortable cave in the Yellowstone Reservation. Rumble was stronger o:a voice than on his legs, and Grumble was stronger on his legs than on his voice, but, anyway, they got along. most amicably and loved each other as only bear brothers can. One day Rumble and Grumble slip- ped away from their parents, who were industriously picking berries, and started off by themselves. "We will be perfectly safe," said Rumble, "for, if anything happens, I have only to use my powerful voice and you your powerful legs, and everything will be all right. "Quite so!" growled Grumble. They were rather well- spoken young bears, as you will notice from their speech, coming in contact with tourists, as they did! The sun was hot and the trail taken by the two little bear cubs very rough and stony. It was notlong before Rumble said his legs were going back on him, which is another way of say- ing he was tired. Grumble said never mind, that his voice was still hearty, and while they were discussing it a twist in the trail showed them a lit- tle mountain burro, fast asleep, with his head and tail drooping down. "Why should you not ride, as the two legged visitors do, dear brother?" sug- gested Grumble, wiggling his ears gently. "I will lead this foolish beast and we can thus get upon ow.- journey!" urjourney!" Rumble swung'bashfully to and fro, then at Grumble's suggestion climbed into a tree and dropped plumpupon the burro's back. :Open flew the donkey's eyes, up flew .his ears. The two brothers, seeing that a crisis was at band',: did that which, each did best; that is to say, Rumble used his'voice and Grumble his legs. The roar of the little cub so cliscomfited'the'burro that he also 'use 1, his legs, and .as Grumble was quite near, it elided dis- astrously for hien.. Over the edge of the precipice he howled, bump! hump! bump! And if he had not caught in the crotch of a gree jutting out about half way to the bottom -well, he would have been nothing het a little bearskin rug, I am, afraid .. Rumble was faring `no better. The 'Cfie Per IA,YI (' Gi rde ,a w ilhiams .24W i5Za 0 11110 hePiano supreme Choice < the Word. Gr aea :Arf i 5FS Sehd for attractive Portfolio The W/LL/AMS PmNO CO., LTp, Oshawa, Ontario, :IIIa w ' (i ai ir:"?4,./4'<,SrJ. i�Y • • fy • 1 r f it, , J,•ti�fr . ' 4I Vy The Educational Value of Music -The Power' of Modern Musical, Instruments to Reproduce and Intrepret the Old Masters. . That some knowledge of music is essential to a well-balanced life is now an almost established fact. Music, let it be noted, is the -instinctive im- pulse of the human being from the cradle up, and it reverberates the world over. It is the adorable gift of God, which, instinctively seeks to express itself in :t manner more funda rnentally natural, perhaps, than speech. itself. Who has not been attracted by the. cooing music of the cradled babe long -• ere it sought to utter a word. Does it seem natural to instinctively crave to express one's every sense of feeling in speech? The. claims ims of music. for" greater educational recognition are so manifold thatone wonders that it is not given more prominence and taught more thoroughly. in our public schools. What magnificent, opportunities there are for the pupils of to -day to enhance their musical education, as compared with the hard striving times of the old masters, who had to content themselves with such limited instru- ments as the old harpsichord. Can' you.,imagine how manifestly grateful Bach, Handel and other old masters would have been had they at their dis- 1 posal such high grade pianos, as manufactured to -day, capable of re- spending to every emotion? It is dif- ficult to conceive how it was possible I for these old piasters to give "to' the I world such beautiful and immortal': world, handicapped, we might say,l with such inferior instruments. Were they in possession of such perfected instruments as we have to -day, who could- conjecture what undiscovered form of music might have been handed' down to us. I From the educationalstandpoint how potential would be the influence to -day if the wonderful mechanical musical instruments, with,their ap- pliances, ' we now have, existed two ' hundred:and fifty years ago, thus en-! abling Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart and other• illustrious old masters to relegate to posterity faithful repro-' ductions of their performances by I means of the player -piano and phono- graphs. Inasmuch asit would be of priceless value to have such recordings at this time, present-day pupils and teachers will find, and some have already found from experience, that the records made by some of our eminent artists of to -day afford possibly- unequalled facilities for acquiring certain phases of • musical.knowledge. ` The teacher of musical history when reviewing. epochs and events, giving biographical sketches of composer's and classifying the different schools and forms of music, will', find the player piano and phonograph, or either one, invaluable le by 'demonstrating the record suitable for the occasion. When studying tonal effects of the different instru- mets,hephonograph n " r ecord would t indeed be very helpful and highly in- teresting. n-teresting. While perhaps being efficient inthe art of voice production there are many teachers whoare far from, being mas- ters of interpretation, especially in some of the grand opera arias, fbr the reason that they have not had the opportunity of witnessing peiform- ances by artists of the highest rank. In many vocal studios is the phono- graph finding itself useful as a coach, as also it is in the homes of many pupils. It is questionable` that the potential- ities of the player -piano and phone- graph have been fully realized. It was an extremely delicate and ' difficult matter to conyince such artists as Patti, Melba, and other prominent, artists of the possibilities, of the phonograph, :as likewi"se.it was Padere- jewski, Greig, Moszkowski, etc., in re- gard to the player -piano. It is said that so higlfly are the master rolls and records of some of these masters valu- ed that they are carefully stored.away in specially constructed vaults in Paris and elsewhere for revelation to music students in years to come. Music, the subtlest, the most power- ful joy of life, that 3m which solace is found, lives within all. Within many it -is dormant -it needs kindling. !°P .e1glg\f .c tU Conducted by Professor Henry 0. Bell. The object of this department is to place at the £ervice of our farm readers the advice of an aoknowt•` edged authority on all subjects pertaining to soils and crops. Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, in; care of The Willson Publishing Company, Limited, To- ronto, and answers will appear In this column In -"the order in which they are' received. As space Is limited It Is advisable where immediate reply ie necessary that a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with, the Henry G. Be1L ; question, when the answer will be mailed direct. Question -T. A. L. -What is the best way for putting fertilizer on for potatoes and how much fertilizer would you put on a quarter of an acre? Should the fertilizer' be mixed with earth before the potatoe Are put in or would it be all right put in the hills with the seed? 1 have just read it would burn seed. Answer: -Two .hundreds pounds, of fertilizer to the qu,. 'ter -acre is a mod- erate application for potatoes. This -fertilizer should analyze 2% ammonia, 8 to 10% available phosphoric acid and 1 to 2% potash, ` if ` obtainable. In applying" this, scatter 100 pounds ovep"$he quarter -acre when the ground has been dug or plowed, The harrow- ing or raking of the ground will work this available plantfood into the soil. When the holes or drills for the pota- toes are made, scatter the remaining hundred pounds of fertilizer in a light dust along the potato furrows, or into the holes where the potatoes are to be dropped. Cover this with a light dusting of soil before dropping the potato pieces. There is no danger of fertilizers burning seed if care is tak- en to mix the soil and fertilizer as described. When the foregoing has been done, drop the seed and cover .i usual. It i; sometimes found highly, advantageous to scatter another light application of fertilizers around the 'potato hills or along the rows when the plants are up two or three inches. This can be worked into the soil when the pqtatoes are cultivated. Question -W. W. L.: -Please .send me full particulars how to treat pota- toes before planting to prevent top blight. Answer: -No • pre -planting treat- ment can be given to potatoes to pre- vent blight. If possible, make sur: that the potatoes being used for seed were not produced on a field that has been infected with blight. The blight winters in the . tubers, and sends its fine threads up. through the stalks v here they flower cn the surface of the leaves of the plant. When the disease matures it sends out large q'uantities of tiny spores. When these spores light on other damp potato burro was still using his legs, skeet - big down the trail at such a rate' that poor Rumble was shaken almost to a jelly. Ierbump! kerflump! he pound- ed up and down upon the worn old saddle, clinging for dear life and with the senses quite jolted out of him. But suddenly he remembered, and, open- ing his mouth, screamed and growled and roared for all he was worth. One particularly shrill screech so alarmed the burro that he stopped with a sud- denness that sent Rumble flying over hisahead. Ile landed with - an un- pleasant thud, and the burro, giving him one outraged white -eyed look of terror, ran clear out of the story. For all I know, Rumble stayed there till rescued by his doting parents or by Grumble, whose lege would surely help' hini out of his difficulty. I only know that they were somehow re- stored to their family, because I saw them playing roly-poly-slide-clown- the-hill in front of Mrsi John Stubble tail's cave the other morning. e • dayi the best time Ashowlys t eto set asparagus. When a man becomes thoroughly contented he has, outlived his useful- ness.- ( Don't give the breeding 'mare corn, Foot punctures, caused by 'treading upon sharp objects, result in lameness, arid, in many :cases, the -nail 'or other object is visible when the foot is lifted. Remove foreign body, pare wall down to the sensitive part, fill the opening with 1 part iodiform to 6 parts boracic acid and keep so ntil lameness disappears, thenget shod with a leather shoe as for corn. Plan for a variety of horse feeds. Barley is an excellent grain for a horse; also peas. These, of course; should be crushed before feeding. If the breeding mare is inclined to have too little milk, feed her for a month or six weeks before foaling, with this end in view. ': Give her clover -hay, wheat bran, oats and car- rots. Be. sure that she has exercise in the open air every day. She Shoulc} spend the warm part of every day in a sheltered yard. Light work will not injure her, but comparatively few men have sufficient judgment to work a valuable breediiig marc`with safety. plants, they infect the other plants with late blight disease. To prevent this the potato grower should spray his crop with Bordeaux mixturefive to seven times during the growing sea- son. Begin as soon as potato plants are up three or four inches and spray at intervals of 10 days to two weeks. Bordeaux mixture is composed of 5 lbs. of lime, 5 lbs. of copper sulphate and 50 gallons of water. Dissolve the lime and the copper sulphate separately, then mix and dilute with the water. Apply the Bordeaux mix- ture immediately, since the mixed ma-. terial will not retain its strength if allowed to. -stand any length of time. The dissolved lime and dissolved cop- per sulphate may stored un -mixed, and just sufficient for the spraying mixed up at the times desired. The proper quantities can easily be calcul- ated from the mixture given,above. To prevent scab and to assist in con- trol of the spores of other diseases, it is beneficial to dip potatoes in a mix- ture of corrosive sublimate, one part to a thousand, by weight. Dissolve a tablet in a quart of water, or an ounce in 30 quarts of water, and soak the potatoes for,, two hours. This material is very poisonous and must be handled with great care. Potatoes which have been treated should never be used for human' or animal food. You canrevent potato p p t scab by soaking the potatoes in a solution of one pint of formalin to 30 gallons of water. They should remain in the solution about 20 minutes. Formalin is a gas dissolved in water. It kills the spores on the surface of the pota- to but doesnotinjure the food value, Question -C. D. E.: -Is fertilizer that has been stored up in a dry shed for two years as good as fresh fertil- izer? Answer: -If the fertilizer has been stored' in a dry peace, it will not have lost plantfood through storage. How- ever, before you use it, you should empty it out on a hard floor and break it up by pounding, after which it should be shoveled through a sand screen. This will put it in good eon- dition for drilling. 'AWN Pointers on Marketing. Most of the market poultry sold is marketed in about one-sixth of the year, that is, in the autumn. As , a result prices suddenly fall when farm- ers are about ready to sell. The con- gestion means that part of it must be put into cold storage, and. produce once stored does not bring so high a price as the fresh quality. This means lowered prices for the farmer,: The remedy lies with the producer. He should distribute his produce over more of the twelve menthe than he does. To do this requires different methods of handling his poultry than he has practised in the past. For instance, instead of keeping the spring chicks all summer; some of them might be marketed throughout the season as broilers. Broilers bring. two or three times as much per pound in May and early June as they would bring as roaasters in the fall. Broilers are chickens weighing un- der 21Va pounds. The best way to feed broilers is to give a palatable mash in a clean yard, mix the mash with milk if possible, give some green. food and keep everything clean and, the chicks free from lice. When convenient, bleedingand', dry plucking are advised before selling, though, if the weather is warrn'-and local killing facilities not good, it may pay to ship alive. Hens that have completed their second laying winter and have passed through the breeding season, should be marketed as soon as the breeding season is over rather than be kept un- til the fall Hens in June or July bring from 50 to 100 per cent.., more than they do in 'October because they are then the only roasters on the market. Green ducks that is,ducks I , ' that have, just completed their first coat of feathers, should be marketed early rather than be kept until fall. The Experimental Farm at Ottawa re- ports that 65 young ducks sold et 10 la weeks of age brought on the local market about 200 per cent, more than it cost to feed them, or, in other words they cost for feed $20 and at 107, weeks of age they brought $60. Similar ducks that were sold in the fall did not pay for the cost of feed, Market, it JUme. All roosters, old liens, early broil- ers,' green ducks. During tine first week in ,lune, kill off, dispose of or remove from the fleck, the reale birds after the breed- season. Their presence in the flock after this date causes a loss' of a. million dollars a year to Canac1iala farmers through the sale' of partially incubated and bad eggs inthe produce which is ma<keted. All old hens should also'-1ie marketed at this date. 15714enarivn Don't sacrifice any heifer calf from a first-class dairy cow. Cottonseed -meal is a valuable feed in, connection with pasture. It is a good cream and butter feed, and the fertilizing values can be gassed on to the land. Give the cows a good feeding of hay before turning into the fresh pasture. This will prevent the excessive scouring that results from a too lib- eral supply of fresh grass. The cows should be leftin the pas- ture only a_few hours the first day. For several days they should be left on green feed `only a half day. Calves can be raised perfectly on skimmed milk. Put the cows on the low ground where the coarse grass springs up and. grows rankly at the start. If this grass is left uncropped it 'becomes tough and will not be eaten at all. Pumpkins made excellent autumn feed for dairy cows, and the labor re- quired in produ ;tion is quite limited in proportion to the value of the crop. Twelve to fifteen bushels ofP ata -.:r toes are required to plant an acre' when the potatoes are cut two eyes to a piece. fI C-utsLabor ��ll Do you first disinfect a id tlie.n .go over,' all' surfaces again with whitewash in order to keep your'. stables, : dairies and poultry houses bright, cheerful and free. of lice, mites, fly eggs and the germs of roup, white diarrhea:, cholera, glanders, etc ? °Such' a toothed is a waste of time, ,money and labor. 'Use Carbola instead --it does the two tbinge at the wine tune. it is a disinfectant that dries out white -notdark and colorless -and gives much better results., < at bola iS n ' liiara: Digtttent ��ou i c tbiFotlyl t N t' nod h Sl. � tTn � p with c irld t4 e ti tires strongor than pure enebollc roicl, Cones in posrdfer Corm, roarlyy l:d uas ;4on 011 mix ciith wr ior.se .� pp110dnwith brashed 1°7'‘.1:1;'); ro. Spra'ar. W ii1 'not e.ledtt sni ayes''' WW'ill not flaks:, 17iist0i' i` 0001 trspoil 1)V is iding. No dlsolT- agreeabie delta. - Absolutely nen- Sold by beales Everywhele o*s;n,ta� SONS Si CO, rata:. 02.onto Cat min 14 .. S;?