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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1917-7-12, Page 7NY; ,rr 4 The Real "Wii. Bread" must contain the entire wheat grain—not the white flour center --- but every particle of gluten and mineral salts—also the outer bran coat that is so useful in keeping the bowels healthy and active. Shredded *heat Biscuit is the real "war bread" because it is 100 per cent. whole wheat prepared in a digestible form. Contains no yeast, baking powder, seasoning, or cherni- cals of any kind. Food con- servation begins with Shred- ded. Wheat Biscuit for break- fast and ends with Shredded Wheat Biscuit for supper. Delicious with sliced bananas, berries, or , other fruits. /Made in Canada. HEAVY LOSS FROM 'BARN FIRES. Hay, Improperly Cured, May Cause Spontaneous Combustion. During the years 1912-1916 Mein - sive, no less than 5,200 barns were de- stroyed in Canada, with an aggregate loss of over $7 850 000. These, like the majorityof fires, might have been avoided by the exercise of intelligent forethought and proper care. Investi- gation shows that the -most prolific sources of barn fires are lightning and spontaneous -combustion. Evidence gathered from all parts of Canada and the United States proves that rod- ded buildings are practically immune from lightning -damage. The cost be- • ing a mere fraction of the possible loss in case of fire, it is of economic importance to the farmerthat every,. barn should be effiCiently protected by lightning rods. • - While it is more difficult to arrive at conclusions with regard to fires caused by spontaneous combustion, it is generally held that such fires aae of frequent occurrence. Owing to the excessive number of barns burned in Ontario during the summer of 1916, an investigation was undertaken by Prof. W. H. Day, Professor of Phy- sics, Ontario Agricultural College, with a view to discovering the exact conditions favorable to spontaneous combustion in stored grasses. It was, Droved that large quantities of im- perfectly cured hay were frequently stored in barns with little or no ven- tilation, and that the high tempera- tures reached during fermentation re- ! suited in a number of fires. Farmers are not generally aware that the cells in hay continue their existence for some time after itis cut and, when the moist compressed mass is housed in close barns, a temperature of 132 deg. F. is quickly reached. Added to this, the heat from microscopic spores, ger- minating seeds and the heat of the sun upon the roof may raise the tem- perature of the mow to 212 deg. F., when charring conimences. The car- bon thus formed, absorbs oxygen and the mass grows hotter, until, at 265 deg. ! F., visible combustion takes place. Bran, grain and silage may also ignite spontaneously under simi- lar conditions. The remedy for spon- , taneous.cembustion iaasimple and eas- '"ei lly applied. All hay should be per- fectly dry- before storage. In mixed grasses, special care should be given to the clover. Timothy may appear perfectly dry while the heavy stalks of , clover may retain a large percentage of moisture. All barns should -be pro- vided with ample top ventilation. If these simple matters are given the at- tention they deserve, spontaneous corns bustion will cease to figure as a cause of barn fires in Canada. The Danger :,one for Many Is Tea and Coffee Drinking Some people find it wise to quit tea and coffee when 0,,,their" nerves begin to "act up." The ,pasy way nowa- days is to switch to ilist a ost Nothing in pleasure is missed by the change, and great.Sr, apinfOrt f0110t-Va as the nerves rebuild. Postuin is economiCal to both health and 'purse. "There's a Reason" [ Combining ',Ely° Materials A departure from absolutely straight lines `is- shown in this sketch. I The Material forming the skirt is cleverly draped and attached to the waist, giving a bouffant appearance at the hips and a narrowing effect at the ankles. The combinatiOn of plaid and plain gingham use in developing thia. dress is very fashionable. McCall Patten a Na. 7832, Misses' Dress; two- piece skirt, suitable for small women. Pattern in 3 sizes; 16 to 20 years. Price, 20 cents. This patterns may be obtained from your local McCall dealer, or from the McCall Co., 70 Bond Si., Toronto, Dept. W. • a. - WAR'S LESSONS. This Time of Stress and Strain is Teaching Us Many Things. When we are hearing so much • of the horrors of war that we grow sick at heart, it is well to open our eyes to some of the good things that are corning out °feel' the stress and loss. First of all we. are less self -centre , less self-indulgent. Nearly every one has forgotten his own petty ills and grievances in the sight of so much greater suffeniag. Men and women are sacrificing pleasures and luxuries as they have seldom done before. Mere sacrifice of these things is nothing meritorious in itself, but when it is done. for a worthy purpose it makes for charac- ter. It is remarkable how easy and simple we find itto do without many things now that we have undertaken it. We are getting more democratic because of the, war. Social lines merge in the one purpose to do one's leyel best for the country and for hu- manity. Little shams and purpose- less poses are shamed into disappear- ing. • We are becomhig more frugal, inose appreciative of real values, more deeply conscious of the vulgarity and sinfulness of waste. We are growing. more efficient. We make many mistakes by the Way; but we profit by them and are learning that if the world is to be saved it must be through useful, effective work. Even the children are assam- ing their share of responsibility. ASIA MINOR. Where Its Borders Lie is a Sora of Geographical Puzzle. "Asia Minor" is a geographical term of vague extension. It puzzles any one to say exactly where it leaves ' The name dates only from the fifth century, A.D. when ()rosins used it evidently as a novelty. The Roman Empire knew no Asia Minor. Indeed, the Roman province of "Asia" was actually smaller than this Lesser Asia. The alternative name Anatolia (land of the sunrise or east) -which has found favor with the Turks, is equally indeterminate. "The Levant," which means the same thing as Anatolia (region of the rising sun), is even vaguer in its geo- graphical sc.:ciao. It includes Constan- tinople and- everything anywhere near the eastern Mediterranean. Few geographical names have in- curred more unfavorable association. "Le,vantine" morals, particularly in the matter of honesty, are a byword, as might be expected from such a jumble of people. Our words "levan - or" and' "to levant," on the other hand, testify .to the fact that dishon- esty is not unknown even in the west. Theyoriginate from the clisappeag- ande a men who could not pay their gambling or other debts and werdare- ported to have gone to the east. Hardships of Alpha. The Italian army maintained its captured ottpost.s during the severe winter of 1916, often at elevations of from 7,600. to 12,000 feet, only by building huts for its men and send - thorn hot food in thirty -gallon thermos betties hauled upby steel rope, • STRENUOUS WORK SOON TELLS ON YOU Business Mn and Breadwinners the Victims of Nervous Exhaustion. When worry is added to overwork men soon become the victims of ner- vous exhaustion--neurasthenia—the doctor calls it. Some have no reserve strength in their systems to bear the strain; others overtax what strength they have. If you find that you are nervous arid not sure of youreelf, that you sleep badly, and wake up tired and aching, your nerves are out of order. Other signs are inability to take prop- er interest in your work; your appe- tite i8 fickle; your back feels weak, and you are greatly depressed hi spia- its. One or more of these signs mean that you should more, prompt steps to stop mischief by nourishing the nerves with the food they thrive on, namely the riche red blood made by Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills. These pills' have cured thousands of cases of nervous disorders, including nervous prostra- tion, neuralgia, St. Vitus dance and partial Paralysis. Herd is an example. Mr. P. IL Callan, a -well known busi- ness man in Coleman, P.E.I., says: t'tI owe my present health, if not life itself, to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I had always been an active man, and When 1 began to run down in health paid little attention to it as k thought it only a temporary weakness. As time passed, however, I found Myself growing worse, and consulted a doctor, who said that I was not only badly run down, but that my nervous sys- tem was badly shattered. I lost flesh, my appetite was poor; I slept badly and notwithstanding the doctor's treat- ment grew so weak that I had to leave my business and was confined to the house. Time went on and I was steadily growing weaker, and my friends were all greatly alarmed for my condition. In this condition I was strongly recommended to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and as the doctor's medicine was not helping the I decided to do so. By the time I had used three boxes I could tell that they were helping me. When I had taken eight boxes of the pills I felt able to attend to my business again, and people were surprised to see me out. I continued the use of the pills until I had taken twelve boxes, by which time I was feeling as well as ever r I did, and was beingcolngi.atulraet: edll by all n storation to health. I feel now full now that if I had used Dr. Williams' Pink Pills at the outset I would not only` have saved much money spent in doctor's bills, but would have had renewed health sooner. I cannot speak too highly of this medicine, and would re- commend it to every man who feels weak, nervous or run down." You can get these pills -through any medicine dealer, of by mail at 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. BEE -KEEPING IN- 1918. How to Prepare for a Maximum Honey Crop Next Year. While a maximum production of. honey is of pressing importance in this war -food year, yet increasing the bees for next season must not be neg- lected. - Roughly speaking, bees that are in the hives at the commencement of the honey -flow gather the mm, while the brood builds up the colony for neat year, unless there is to be another im- portant honey -flow. This brood is very valuable for forming nuclei, be- cause these, started early with a lay- ing queen, or ripe queen -cell, will build up into strong colonies before winter. increasing in this way with brood from strong colonies during the honey flow is the basic principle upon* which an apiary can be cjpickly built up while at the same time an almost full honey -crop is Secured. In newly -formed nuclei containing brood in all stages there is always more or less desertion of bees and coasequent death of the young brood and sometimes chilling and death of the older brood even when the nuclei are skilfully made by an experienced apiarist. Further, queens may not be immediately obtainable, or they may be lost in introduction. Robbing of the newly -formed nuclei has also to be guarded against, but during the height of the honey -flow only care- lessnese will cause this; towards its end, however, the danger of robbing grows so great that it is difficult to maintain netaly-formed nuclei even when strong. • Desertion may be checked by stopping the entrance with g,,rass; the bees will make their way out when the grass dries and shrinks in about two days, but care must be taken to avoid Overcrowding the con- fined bees, which would lead to stif- ling, 'especially in hot --weather. A good way to overcome the loss of young baood is to place the brood over a queen enseciuder a week before its removal from the parent hive, This may be done in the ordinary course of relieving congestion in the brood chamber as a means to dist cdurage swarming, a frame or two of empty comb or of foundation being placed iinthe brood ehardber when the brood is raised. All of these -risks may be greatly minimized as follows: Have all the queens' winge clipped (this is not ee- sential), and when a colony of a attain that it is desired to propagate swarms, move the parent hive to a new stand, and place the swarm in an Iempty hive on -.tbe old ,stalada the , CANADA IS CALLINO. queen having been picked off the grollnd 'and'nlaeed in the empty The swarm' -wilI‘raturn, to the new hive at the old tand. The field bees Will !now join the svvarm, and the super should be transferred from the parent hive to the swarm which will produce the crop of honey, Tho col- ony, now depleted of bees but rich in brood, is divided a week later into three to six nuclei, each nucleus con- sisting of two oa three frames eon- taining brood and honey carrying two or three queen -cells containing queens soon to emerge with the adhering hees, This method has the great advant- age!,that it not only controls and sat- isfies the troublesome swarming in - tinct but it helps to secure the de- sired ends by natural means. The honey gatherere are segregated into a strong force, and the brood, being I mostly capped, is not likely to get !chilled; the bees desert neither it nor the queen -dells readily, and all trouble in raising and intrqducing queens is avoided., The bees ib the newly-fOrmed nuclei are in the post - swarming stage, when their instinct is to spread themselves' over and incu- bate as Much brood as possible, and especially the queen -cells. The beginner should be warned not to divide the parent colony into too many weak nuclei, but this fault may be rectified in the autumn by uniting. The ideal conditions for building up nuclei are a slow honey -flow throughout August and early Septem- ber. Fortunately these are supplied in most Canadian lo'calities by gol- denrods, asters and buckwheat. Mismated queens should be replaced any tine up t� the first or second week in October, preferably not dur- ing the robbing season.—Experiment- al Farms Note. aea. ON VIMY RIDGE. Dedicated tothe Canadians who • died at "Vimy Ridge," Aprin, 1917. O'er prairie homestead, by mountain peak, Wherever men Honor and Glory seek, With awe and areverence they will speak Of Vimy Ridge. Sons of the Maple Leaf, there side by side, Met thrust with thrust their Nation's Pride, They laughed at Death, and gloriously died At Vimy Ridge. 'What though a rude cross mark their grave, Not a tablet in a cloistered nave, If for their land their all they gave, By Vimy Ridge. Canadian people, do., not weep, these • are not dead - ' - But merely sleep; Though foreign clay their bones may keep On Vimy Ridge. Think that Mortal Flesh and Blood, Could bind such Souls to earth for good. They fly to Heavens Heroes should From Vimy'Ridge. Throughout Canada their names will roll, Will stir to the depth the Empire's Soul, While Bells in Heaven, their requiem , toll O'er Vimy Ridge. No. 226264 Jack Butler, •"D" ST" aciron, C.L.H., London, England. Easy For The Hen. • Mother to small son: "Bobby,' dear, I hoped you would be unselfish enough to .give little sister the largest piece of candy. Why, see, even old Biddy gives all the nice big daintiet to the little chicks, and only -keeps an occa- sional tiny one for herself." ',Bobby thoughtfully watched the hen and chickens for a time, and then said: "Well, mamma, I would too, if it was worms." Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper. ""' ' Dry fruits and sweet corn and other vegetables that may be preserved in this way. Save the cans for products that can be kept in no other way. Use' bottles corked and sealed with paraf- fine for catsup and other liquid pro- ducts'. / Boring holes into the stumps of hard wood trees and filling these holes with equal parts of nitric and sul- phuric acid will so soften the wood that- it can be removed by ordinary „picks. This has been demonstrated in Germany, and is the common treat- ment there of hard wood stumpage. Canada is calling "Give us Men! Men to stand guard at the,Gatca— Men to keep the nation great -- Men who trifle not with Fate- Loya en We've 4 heritage to hold, 0 my men! Bought by sires in days of yore, Who, when danger' tgliched our shore Made the answering cannons roan— "We are rneriPt We'll be loyal to that trust now, as then; Fling the old flag to the' breeze— Ours the freedom of the seas;—• Ilunibly asking, on our knees, - ' "God make us —Kate Simpson -Hayes. BABY'S OWN TABLETS OF GREAT VALUE Mrs. J. A. Lagace, Ste. Perpetue, Que., writes:—"Baby's Own Tablets have been of great value to me and' I would strongly recommend them to other mothers." Thousands of other Mothers say the same thing. They have become convinced through actual use of the Tablets that nothing can equal them in regulating the bowels and stomach; driving out constipa- tion and.indigestion; breaking up colds and simple fevers; expelling worms and miring colic. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont, • DEATH PENALTY IN RUSSIA National Sentiment is Opposed to Capital Piniiahment. It is not at all surprising to those who know Russia that one of the first acts of the new Government was the abolition of the death penalty. Capital punishment is indeed as much against the national sentiment as against tradition in Russia, and as long ago as 1888 the late W. T. Stead declared that it was never inflicted without producing a feeling of shame among educated Russians. s The death penalty:awes abolished by the Empress Elizabeth in 1750, and though it was later revived, it was only in recent years, and especially after the rising of 1905, that it was carried out in other than ,exceptional circumstances. , The number of exe cutions then, however, quickly Multi- plied, and early in 1909 twenty-seven tookeplace in one day. Minard's Liniment Crises Diphtheria. Wayside Food. Not every green thing good to eat grows in a market -garden. To the initiated the field and'roadside are always sufficient for ti" delightful salad. The most wholesome and deli- ciously flavored of these wild salad in- gredients is the dandelion, that de- spised "weed" which we grub out of our lawns with such savage delight. A dandelion diet would be a little monotonous, but the young and ten- der shoots, either boiled as greens, or used with other things as a salad, are tip-top stuff. a Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Gents,—I cured- a 'valuable hunting dog of mange with MINARD'S LINIMENT after several veterinar- ies had treated him without doing him any permanent good. Yours, &c., WILFRID GAGNE. Prop. of Grand Central Hotel, Drummondville, Aug. 3, '04. e If 'We Lose. At the end of a war which cost Germany only half a billion dollars, Bismarck extracted just double that afnount from France in an indemnity. Germany kept an army in France un- til the last dollar was paid. Guess how big an indemnity the Kaiser will collect from you and me, England and France, if he wins this war? It has already cost him more than twenty times what his grandfather paid out in the Franco-Prussian war. On that basis we are already sure of twenty billions of indemnity. Granulated Eyelids, ore Eyes inflamed by expo- asure to Sun. {Dust and Wind. s quickly relieved by Marine eEye Remedy. No Smarting, just Eye Comfort, e..At Your Daiggist's 50c per Bottle. Marine Eye •Salve inTubes 25c, VorIlleok o iheEyePreeask Druggists or Markle Eye Remedyte.,Chicago Not an Acorn. When James A. "Garfield Was presi- dent of Hiram College, a man brought up his son to be entered as a student. He wanted the boy to take a course shorter than the regular one. "My son can never take all those studies," said the father. "He wants to get through more quickly. Can't ybu arrange it for him?" "Oh, yee," said Mr. Garfield, "Ile can take a short course; it all de- pends on what you want to make of him When C4od wants to make en oak He takeet a hundred years, but Ho takes only two months to make a- -squash." • , .. ,, . , Melte sure that your horse has every day pure, fresh .,aveter,, such as yeti would be willing to drink yourself. Some Peculiar Wills. • Among many curious wills may be reckoned, that of the great Shakes- , peare, who bequeathed to his wife his second-best bed with the furniture, and that alone; whilst an old Provost of Eton left a, sum of motley suffigient to give every boy at ! Etona half- eheep on ,February 27th every year. Now -a -days, however, the threepenny -bit takes the place of the half;sheep.! aainarces Liniment Cures Garget in peeve; , Just Like Real Kings. One Indian Rajah's subjects num- ber about half a million, and he rules over a state as big as England and Wales. Ile has his own flag and his own army and navy. These are main- tained in an efficient state out of a revenue of $1,750,000 a year. MONEY ORDERS. PAY your out of town accounts by Dominion Express Money Orders. Five dollars costs three cents. Don't let your dog be tortured by fleas in suirimer: Little Irene marched into the room breathless. "0 mother, don't scold. me for being late for supper because I've had such a disappointment," she said. "A horse fell down and they said they were going ,to send for a horse doctor, so I waited and waited, and what do youthink? It wasn't a horse doctor at alle It was only a 1 man ." 1 'NEWSPAPERS FOR SALE 11)1111ROPIT-MAKING NEWS AND „Top Offices for sale in good Ontario towns. ,The most useful and interesting' of all businesses. Full information on 2 application to Wilson. Publishing Com- pany-, 73 Adelaide St.. Toronto. MISCELLANEOUS ANCER TUMORS, LUMPS, ETC, internal and external, cured with. , • out pain by our home treatment. Write •• us before too late. Dr. Penman Meclical,,,, Co., Limited. Collingwood, Ont. ANY CORN LIFTS OUT, DOESN'T HURT A BIT!, a No foolishness! Lift your corns.? i and calluses off withfingers 4. —It's ,like magic! • , ----o---0---o---o--02-0,!o—o-e0=-0--o—o--: Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or' any kind of a corn, can harmlessly be lifted right out with the fingers if you apply upon the corn a few drops of freezOne, says a Cincianati authority. For or little cot one can get a small bottle of freezone at any drug store, which will positively rid. one's feet of every corn or callus without pain. This simple drug dries the moment it is applied and does not even irri- - tate the surrounding skin while ap- plying it or -afterwards. This announcement , intereat_ many of our readers. If your driigL egist hasn't any freezone tell him to surely get a small bottle for you from his!Wholesale -drug house. • The Soul of a Piano is the Action. Insist on the "OTTO HIGml...1' PIANO ACTION America's Pioneer Bea Remedies BOOK ON DOG DISEASES And How to Feed Mailed free to any address by the Author }L CLAY GLOVER CO., Inc. 118 West 31st Street, New Vara WOMAN SICK TWO YEARS Cotad Do No Work. • Now Strong as a Man. Chicago. III.—"For about two years - stiff ered. froml fwas einunable tolk aletroublewsaoi • it or do any of my atm work. read about Lydia E. Pinkharn's Vegetable Cern.. poundin the news- papers and deter- mined to try it. It brought almost ima mediate relief. My weakness has en- tirely disappeared encl I never had beta <!! ter health. I weth dthas 165 pounds and am ae strong as a man. I emit money is well Spent which ,pur- ehases Lydia E. Pinkharn's Vegetable •Compound." ---Mrs Jos. 0'1313:vat% 1755 Newport Ave., Chicago,' Ill. The success of Lydia E. Plakham'ss Vegetable Compound, made from naots and herbs, is unparalleled. It tnay be used with perfect cenfidence woolen who euffee from displacements, inflarna !nation, ulceration irregularities, peri- odic pains, baekache, bearing -down ing, flatulency, indigestion, dizziness. • arid nervous prostration. L diaE.Pmk- . 1 e I 1 11 • __e_ • , hanYs Vegetable inri,i,t e the stall* issua 27 ,17 4.-,d real -lady for 'ram p, ji]Pit iaitinarct,a r.intineat Citrlo Colaii, Irate. • E. 7. r • r