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The Exeter Advocate, 1918-1-17, Page 7HEALTII QUESTION BOX 13Y- John H. fiuber. 34-0. Hit Huber will answer an signed 'letters Pertaining to Health, ittiralf question is or general Interest it will be answered through these columns i ,not, 't will be answered personally if etaneeed, addreseed envelope is eee eked, fIuber will aot Prescribe for individual eases or make diagnosis. Address Dr. Jona 13. ',tuber, care of Wilson Publishing Co 73 Wt 16e., *rorouto. Every child has the right to be protected from disease. 13aby's Development 11. aria ; Seizes and carries obeecte to Second. Month: Squint in occasion- moeth. Enlarges its vocabularY al until the eint a this month. Baby with the consonantsl and k. now recegnizes human voices, turns Sixth Month: Raises • itself in sit - its' head tewarcl sounds. Pleased with tillg Posture. Laughs and raises and music!' and with hurnan faces -not drops arrne when pleaSuxe is great. hoveever with all it •gees. Sleeps "Crows" wit„li Pleasure. Compares three, sometimes five or six hours. image of father in niirrerevith orig- Tickle it about the eighth week and inal. it will laugh. Clasps with its foae- QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. sonants from forty-third to AftY-first ' Have it Snipped off. 'finger at eighth week. Firet con - days ae am -ma, ta-hu, g000, era. Third Month: , Sixty-first day, cry Of joy at sight of mother and father. Eyelids not completely filled when it looks up. Accommodates its eye- sight to light and, ditance at, Math week. "Notesothe ticking of a watch at ninth week; listens with absorbed. attention. Now, some considerable baby!' Fourth Month: Eye -movements per- fect. Objects seized are moved to- ward the eyes. Grasps at objects too distant. Enjoys seeing' itself in mir- ror; girl babies exhibit this pile. nonienon earlier and more insistently than boy babies. Can grasp with -thumb .contraposed tq hand at four- teenth week. Can hold up head without support. Sits with back supported at fourteenth week. Begins to imitate.. Fifth Month: Discriminates stran- gers. Looks inquiringly. Takes pleasure in crumpling and tearing newspapers, rings a bell with zest; likes to pull hair; has been known -to pretty nearly if not altogether eviscer- ate an adult ear or iiproot a mustache. Can sleep ten to eleven hours without „food. Desire shown by stretching out I have been troubled for the past yet appeal to them. 4 year with an elongated palate. I have' painted it with various reme- dies. I have been advised to have it snipped, but bthers claim this evoulcl cause an impediment of speech. I find it worse when I lie down at night. Answer -Be sure 'first there is no infectious inflammation of the tip- per air passages then have a,, good doctor snip it off. Applications hav- ing been tried and found wanting, this is the best way. It is possible for an extra long palate to ohhruct breath- ing seriously during sleep. No •speech difficulty will follow amputa- tion. Whiter Itch I have the winter itch of which you write -an itchy stinging sensation nearly all the time; and my finger nails look like warped planks after a rain. My hands crack easily in win- ter. I have to be careful about put- ting them, in water. My skin is smooth enough in the summer but chaps with the first Norther in the Fall. Answer --Eczema, fissured, of the hands; am mailing You advice. As you note, Water makes the ailment worse, always does in ca.ees of eczema. ',INTERNATIONAL Lg5soN JANUARY 20. . :Lesson III. -Jesus At Work Mark 1. 21-15. Golden Text, John' 9. 4. Verse 21. Theyego into Capernaum -On the northwest shore of the lake. The home of Peter and Andrew. 'Iwo modern localities are -rivals fol." the site. Tell Hum and Khan Minyeh. The latter is a little to the southwest of Tell Hum. Tell Hum has the remains of. a synagogue, which until recently might be seen by the traveller -heavy blocks of sculptured -limestone lying among' ,the weeds. Many scholars - incline to Khan Minyeh as the real Capernaum. There is no settlement' at either place to -day. Capernaum is indeed "cast down. to hades," de- solate ruins occupying the site of the • busy lake city, the scene of so much of Jeses' blessed work. Straightway - Indicating the rapidly moving activity of Jesus. Synagogue center of Jewish religious life in every town. This institution plays an important part in the ministry of Jesus and his apostles. The services were very simple. After prayer and the read- ing of the Scriptures any one -Who had a message might speak. This afforded Jesus his oppoetunity to teach. On the sabbath day -The rest day or the seventh day. The day formally set apart by the law to be devoted especially to God's eervice. Repeatedly we lind Jesus and his -dis- ciples in the synagogue, with the peo- ple, on. the Sabbath. - 22. He taught -How he taught is clearly seen in Luke 4. 16-28, where he reads the Scripture lesson for the day and makes that the basis for his remarks. Astonished -The old truth in a new way, with a new interpreta- tion. As haying authority, and not as the scribes -The scribes, the offici'al custodians and interpreters of the law, • constantly quoted other Jewish teach- • ere, Jesus' teaching was his personal view. He quoted no one, but on the other hand set up his authority over against the traditional view. "Ye have heard" so and so, "but I say unto you." He taught not as having the Scriptures for his authority, but as if he were the authority for the Scrip- tures. They had never heard any- thing like this. His presumption not only amazed them; it enraged them. The seribes had all outward authority of prestige and precedent, but their teaching was dry, formal, and lifeless, With no influence upon the people. 23. Straightwaef-A new scene quickly peesented. while jesus was teaching. A. 'man with an Unclean spirit -Literally in an unclean spirit, which denotes the intimate connection between the "spirit" and the man. It -does not seem out of order for a man so afflicted to be the synagogue, eirice his was a 'mental malady and not an unclean phyeioal disease. Cried out -Screamed mile Suddenly while Jesue eves epeaking there burst forth • the scream of the possetieul man. 24. What have We to do with thee? art thou come to destroy u? -The un- clean spirit ia eeptesented as conscious of. the incongruity of Christ, the Holy One of God, evith the foul spirit and that the Christ wae. to de - stray the evil spirit. In 1 John 3. 8 the work of the Son of Ged la to de- eneoy the works ot the devil. I, knew, who Llioti art, the Holy One of' �o&- Tn. verse 34 the, denedne are flaid to ariSt, "DOOMISO the,17 knew on," The title Holy One Of god as - re, bed to, Jesus °Mira fey, ice in the r`W *.ilestarnent, here arid fn John 8. ,• Te-vo peesoaalitios Seem. to be in- Inere-"Wbat, hew; We to do with thee," "I knhey thee." In the first the demon seems to be speaking, in the, second the man himself. 25a, Rebuleed- reprimencled him sharply. Hold thy peace -Liter- ally, "be muzzled," "silence." • 26. Tearing him and crying out witlia loudvoice-A.picture,•of fright- ful convulsions. 2'7. Amazed -A word used only by Mark. Astonishment • passing into we. Questioned--eDiecuesed. Aenew teaching. In verse 22 the wonderful quality -was his autherity. The amaze- ment -was occasioned- bythe fact that with a simple word he cast out the foul spirit, whereas the Jewish ex- orcists who professed to cast out dee mons went through a long ritual of incantation and great show of mys- terious, power. 28. All the region of Galilee round about -The region about Capernaum. In Mark the most significant of all Jesus' works is the casting out of evil spirits from -those possessed. Modern medical science would find most of the symptoms in line with lunacy and epilepsy, but there are elements here which do not seem to bear out this ex- planation 'fully; for instance, the double personality of the possessed and the confessed knowledge -of the personality of Jesus as the Christ, on the part of the demons. 29. Into the house of Simon and Andrew -Peter was a married man, his grother living with him. The events march rapidly, from the won- clerful work in, the synagogue ,back to the house. 30: Simon's -wifes mother lay sick of a fever -Luke describes the case: "holden with a great fever." Caper- naum lay in the bottom of a cauldron, six hundred and eighty-two feet be- low the sea, level. , To -day, as ancient.. ly, "great fever" is a common scourge. 31. The lever left her -The mode of the cure is not stated, nor are any ex- pressions of 'Jesus given, but simply "taking her hand he raised her to her feet." Mexely the fact of her restora- tion and her immediate resumption of her household duties as the evidence of the cure. a2. When the sun did set --Mark's indication that it was the close of the Sabbath, which ended. at sunset. There was, coosecpeently, no risk of infring- ing the Sabbath law by bringing their sick to be healed. -• 83. Sick and possessed with demons -Thus are distinguished the t,wo classes of sufferers, the mentally de- ranged and the bodily diseased. ' 34. All the city at the door --A vivid picture of the singing mass, and the unwearying patience of the Great Healer. Suffered not the demons to speak, because they kneW him implies that their testimony would in some way embarrass his work.. Mark aa - presents that the demons had a knowl- edge of Jesus' Messianic -character which it was not fitting to divulge at this time. r`,Fr'Std4si2-i'Or:Vtia?).-?:!*deiris'M;:-&:"W4Q4' Family Portraits eat „e" '''kealft1':VacaMti,•:4KCV./@/.044Y.af-:$ "Really, you needn't laugin tUnele 4"11-1,tiNivinhgt! aLl;eveytoyuorideoisnagy?eoso. Young Uncle Jim's keen, eilectaeled eyes revealed sudden alarm. "nold on, Eveline!" he implored., "Don't move! There, that's better. Jut keep still a minute more and I'll bed"13.51-ntbeNN:11" at are You doing?" "Making your portrait, of course: Eveline made a dash at, the paper. "Why, Uncle Jim, I didn't know yeti drew! Let inc see it!" Uncle Jim's long arm kept the paper tantalizingly out of reach. "Curb your impatience, infant, Artists can't*. be browbeaten. When the masterpiece is finished, it will he put upon exhibition -not before." When the roughage for dairy cows is clover or alfalfa hay, the grain rations may be 200 pounds corn- and - cob meal, 100 pounds ground oats arid 100 pounds gluten feed; or 250 pounds‘ corn -and -cob meal, 100 pounds 'wheat bran and 100 pounds gluten feed, Belle, like bad ggs, are best left strictly alone except when it is neces- sary to handle them. Give them plenty of exercise and keep them what ° they can see the other cattle and the attendant, Let them have no chalice to try theie strength and they will not be so likely to manifeet it in an ugly clispoeltion. 'Thee() is not much Milk in timothy hay, Inetead ok feeding it to daily doersk glee it to the herd bull and Ilse alfalfa, clover, vetch, cow-poa o v,olvet-beRn hay Inc the milkered laughter; lent Eveline$,applanee was distinctly abselet-eriinded. Only as Ate left theroam did she give a clue to her,thoughts. "We've enjoyed the exhibition so Onadn 0/ie anl expecting to give a little one myself, very soon. I do hopep'you will he able tQe41eli.in c`N9otg shall keep me", -away, Uncle Jim responded, with twinkling As he took down the "portraits" a few Minutes later his eyes were still smiling. Urileek; he were greatly mis- taken, Eveline's would -need a rather complete revision before very long. • The Load Line. "How about a walk till dinnee time, Jess?" * Jessica pushed back tihe pile of papers on her desk and turned a tired face to her uncle. "I've ao right to," she said doubt- fully. "Look at all the work wait - "It had better be finished pretty ing! But my bead does ache, and soon!" Eveline threatened ominously, "It will he. There will be an ex- hibition of family portraits in the libeary after dinner. Seven sharp." And I.Tncle Jim fled to his den, sacred from feminine intrusion except ley special nwitation, you will be here only a few days. I m afraid I can't resist the temptation." "That's right," her uncle agreed heartily. "I'll give youtive -minutes to get ready. There's going to be a great sunset, and it will be wonder* ful down by the water. Besides, Uncle Jim was esteemed in the have an errand that way." family, as a rising young biologist, to Jessica was prompt; it was not quite say nothing of being a very lovable five minutes later that the two were young fellow to boot. His invitations on their way to the wharves. Even were 'never slighted. Even Mr. Evarts before they caught the breath from joined the Procession to the*library at seven O'clock. "He tprobably has pictures Of our skulls or something equally artistic!" Eveline grumbled. But there were no pictures what- ever; indeed, at first sight there was, nothing unusual; 'then, Jack gave shout. He had discovered a sheet of paper covered with Uncle Jim's scrawling writing, under a big anter - rogation point. e " 'Adore,' " he reed " 'Darling -- Crazy over -Crush -The thing -Ele- gant. , Garnish plentifully, with " The boy's voice, full of per- plexity, cleared to a whoop of joy. "I. 1tiO0W-it's Ev!" "Never mind," Eveline retorted, coloring a little over the' applause that greeted the recognition',of the salient characteristica of her k=ocabulary. "Here's another, `Us fellers -Play ball =Punk- Bonehead-Sport,eAirships -You hall'" Jack grinned; then he hunted up the next. "'Rational- G -raft- Statesmanship vs. Politics -Yellow Journalism -- Sound -Sane -True Democracy -Rant --Common sense, the rarest virtue un- der heaven.'" This time Mr. Everts joined in the the bay a bit ofecolor crept into the girl's face, and a little of her weari- ness fell away ,from, her. But the trouble in hereyes was still there, Her uncle, • talking lightly of one thing and another, aces in reality waiting; and peesently the outburst came. "'Uncle Andrew," Jessica cried pas- sionately, "how do you stand it?" "Stand what, little girl?" her uncle replied. "Allqhe sin and suffering and pain in the world. If I find it so hard here where I see so little, if I feel the burden of it all the time, bow do you stand it over there in China?" " They, were down .by the wharves then'. Before them were a dozen ves- sels rocking slowly on the tide; some, already loaded, lay dose to the water, but many of them sat high, and all those showed marks -upon their hulls. Her uncle pointed to one of them. "Do you see those marks?" he ask: - ed. "Do -you know what they are for?" The girl shook her head. 'They are the marks that indicate the capacity of a vessel -the amount of burden that it may legally carry. You will see. that they are not the same; the limit.of safety differs in dif- SELLING STUMPS Turning a Waste Product Into Dollars and .Cents. • By 'Lawrence C. Longstreet smaller pieces can be used in the kitchen stove, and the larger ones in the sheet -iron heaters commonly used in this locality. The wood readily sells Inc $1.50 a load here, although -I One day ab-cint a year ago found me with a lone dollar in My pocket and no work in sight. After doing some hard thinking as to how I could add to my available funds, I thought of am told that in the large towns a some pine stumps on land belonging Iwo -horse load of the wood brings $8. to a ,milling concern. On mq,uiry I found that the owner would be -very glad to set rid of those stumps. Accordingly„I invested my dollar in as much dynamite, fuse and caps as it -would buy. That wasn't very much, but it was sufficient to blow out and break isp three full loads of the stumps, that I was abloto ',sell, at, $1.50 per load as fast as I delivered them. In silo:0,, in less -than a half day, converted my original dollar into $4.50. With thatcaPaal I peirchased a larger supply of explosives, apd repeated the operation' on a laxger scale. Befoee finished I had a pocketful of money farmers permit stumps to remain in in the place where the lone dollar had their fields when the stumps can be formerly reposed. The average -sized stump in this ooe-horse load of the finest kind of costs to ,blast it out. I believe that firewood. When the stumps are if farmers ',owning stump land knew blasted out they are broken un into this, there would be more clearing pieces about right for "'mew -hod. The done. It takes about six stumps to make a two -horse load. They can be blast- ed in from one to two hours' time, and at a cost that will enable the blaster to more than double his money by selling the wood, It is, easily possible to make rnoney teeth ways in a business of this kind. Men that have stumps on their land are usually willing to pay a fair price to have them taken out. This will at least cover ,the cost of. the work, and the -amount' realized from the sale of the wood should be clear profit. It seems strange to me that so many taken out at no expense to the farm owner. By that I mean the stump part of the countgy will yield a good wood can be sold for more than it patarz2r,,T5q ,U1'2•A')UT AND F. OLD ON 'ParreD ,LiNEt51 . . l,4.0 L.,.. A Onr fiehing in the beook, *When lia.'snozged hie hook, But did he heeittetel Not het ' juet 'AVAdOd In and ae;'t t free, By, Agronomist Thre Department is for the use of' our farrn re-adere-who•want the adViee of an e • ' eStiOn ; epert en*any question regareang SO", Scpp, e -rope, eta, your qu 't of seffielenesgeperat Iritereet, it will be answered through this column. Pr "attlPed•4110 tedelreesed -enveioPe Is enclosed witn Yeue letter* a °°”'IPelet;6 aGnoaewLetrdwe 17113bAecimealaildede t you. todrdoi;1708* AgrQn°Inigt lalstakee 13uying Land. fertile- but that i p "f that it is 7 B no oo near it While it may prochice as. much per acre, you may not have a market for your crops. There are too many things that influence the values of' land Inc me to ti'y to call attention to them all. The best Way to find out the value of the land is to go and talk privately to the people who own land around the piece you are thinking of buying. Ask them .0ne of the first -things to consider worth as much locally or anYthing when plarining to go to a new place, is to find out whetleer that particular section of the country is suited to the kind of farming you propose to do. Next, find out whether there is a good market for the things you will grow. Then there is the all-important ques- tion, the health of the community; next, the moral and social conditions of the people. are induced o o so y soirie real • " t d b I all about it, what it might to sell for, , Many people who change locations estate agent. The iiddividu 1 decidesland ask him what the land you, want etc Next, go to the- local hanke't place hteo Nivivaeriptsantdo vigioitetcsi, te6ommenyobtehear i to buy is worth, and•find out how much dozen real estate agents in as enarlY1gm'emitoeYtihtee twaxall/ticelollo'''sananycloutil°1d-11°\tIt. what i different places; and the agent that 1 the taxes are on the Pr°15'ertY1 and hcliasimspsetchiael msocattioinmpoofssoihollientti:hyingiss tato::: what per &eat, oa value proPertY in ihriav.feahradto:-ozaenxypeirnisentacnecwesith thAi ss, III thisAntort°1111:51.1 e 'btihga times theNzalue of the properfy. nmistalte rnanY Peo/de to pay tHweottoeie: three one that get$ the most consideration that county is tuxeci,. 1 who contemplate'. moving to a newl expensive Tam for the a.mount of cap - location. lital they.have. You can take a very Never buy until you are sure that little money and buy a large or high - you have the kind of land you need priced farm. You pay down all the for your particular kind of farming; - money you have as first payment, don't buy land with the idea of grow- then you find that you -have to go in ing crops that you know nothing debt Inc your supplies. When your about. When yoe go to a new loca- first note comes ,due 'you can not meet tion to look at a piece .of land with it; hence you lose what you paid down the idea of buying it, never be in too on the place. If you had bought a big a hurry; better pay a few days' smaller and cheaper farm you would dhooitlealrsbiilnl tthheand,otaol.lose a few thousand have had no trouble in meeting the payments. Better buy a small place Notelet me say that it is art easy at first. And never pay out all your matter to get fooled in regard to val- xrioney-keep enough to run you until ties'in farming land. You -may -see a you make a crop. You can make farm that looks as good as farms sell- more money if you have a little money ing Inc $200 per acre ,near your old to use as you go. Go slow at first; it home, and in fact it may be just as is the safest way. want to give some advice to people I make in buying farms, is to buy a toc3 #1•111=1•"*•/•••••••• ferent vessels.. Bat wherever the line is, its pla.ee has been carefully com- puted, And it is a crime to send that vessel to sea overloaded. However great the amount of cargo waiting to be transported, no vessel can carry more than .its own appointed share; no matter what the urgency, to carry more is a crime. - "It is God's worl'd," child; not ours. We haye- is certa„in amount to be re- sponsible for, but not more: To try to take more than God gives us, to riek health and perhaps even life, and in consequenceathe defeat of .,God's plan for you or for me, that is to load our lives beyend the safety line -to do in the moral world what is a crime in the physical world. Here's my man coming. Will you wait here for me? I'll be back in ten minutes." • 1 -ter uncle and the other man dis- appeared behind a pile of freight. Jessica waited, watching the vessels in the bay. Buttermilk is equal to skins -milk for feeding hogs, while whey is hall as valuable. Whey, being low in pro- tein, is riot web suited for young pigs and ehould be led to older animals. To keep the hens out of the hog house, hinge the doors at the top, so they will swing both was. The hogs can push them open mid the doors will swing shut after the animals have passed through. *Inhere isn't much curl in the tail of a hungry pig. Corn, when fed alone to young pigs, produces relatively slow gains at a high feed cost. One lot of pigs which, was fed nine parts of corn and One part of tankage gained nearly twice as much as another lot on corn alone, and required almost twenty per cent, less feed for a pound of gain. It's a poor practise to purchase hogs in small lots and bold them in local stock -yards four or five days lentil a car -load shipment is. collected; facili- ties for feed and watering are inferior in small yards, the hogs make no fue- ther gains on their feed and often suffer actual loss of live weight. Local buyers would do well to specify a cer- tain day for the delivery of hogs from the various farms and load and shin, without holding. Farreere also could club together to make up car- load shipments on regular week clays. Penang in the Garden. Another year's use of our fenced -in garden has proved that the expendi- ture foe fence wire, posts, and labor required to fence it was a good bus- iness move, says a suecesslui farmer. Our garden is twenty rod e long and Cour rods wide, fenced with strong Cour-foot woven wire that will turn hogs chickens, or any stock, with the strend of barbed wire six inohes above the -*maven wire. The elide are en- closed with substantially made, panels of the same fencing, which ellowe of their easy eenmeal for plowirme and cultivating, There it no longer worry •and dam- age front' our own poultry,stock, or dogs, or those of our neighbors, and the permanent support for vining planbe furnished by the fenee te worth the effori of fencing Itt itself- Fur- thermore, our chickens elm 110W have free raege Inc a much greater portion of the veer than before the hen -proof garden fence W118 eretted. As the poultryman starts the new year, it is advisable that he start oper- ations on a well-planned system. Sys- tem saves both time and money, and makes the work more -pleasant and - much easier. At this time of the year it is not always the most pleas- ant task to go ant to do the chores among the poultry, but the man who takes a deep interest in the work goes aboutit cheerfully, just the same. On days that are intensely cold, ex Iwhen there are high -winds or cold rains, or if there is snow on the ground, it is best to keep the fowls in- doors. If they have plenty of house room, and a good, supply of litter to eneourege scratching., the liens will not only busy themselves, but will warm up their bodies and feel a great deal more comfortable than if allowed to be outdoors. lt, is the comfort- able, contented hen that does good winter laying. Keep up the good work of culling. Get rid of every undesirable fowl, so as to cut down the expense and en- courage the workers. Follow good business principles. Gather the eggs several times each day, and especially when the days are very cold. E,ggs that are intended for incubation should be held in a temperature of 50 degreea. There is something v.ritt•Ptg':' with pul- lets that do not start laying this month. Either they have been hatched very late, or they have not been pro- perly fed and cared for. Do not ship dreseed poultry to mar- ket 'before the middle of this month, unless by s,pecial order. Many peo- ple have not yet fully recovered from the holiday feasts, and chickens do not f Sheep can be wintered with a smal- ler use of grain than is needed for other live stock. All depends upon the kind of hay or other roughage used. Coal:se-stemmed hays like timothy,, red bop l and blue -grass have very -few leaves arid therefore are poor sheep feeds. Timothy is un- paletable, causes coristipation, and the dry timothy head e work into the wool, eausings irritation to the skin, lessen- ing the value of the clip and making shearing difficult. When timothy or other coarse -stemmed hay is Ted to sheep in whiter quartere, supplement- ery protein feed is needed. From one- quarter to one-half pound of linseed - meal per ewe daily ehoulcl be -used, do. pending -Upon the size and condition ol the, animal end the othee feed 'used. A, shed opening to the south, built in the corral, protects sheep from cold rahis. This equipment, including' fence and shed foe- 100 mature sheep, costs about $125. It affords dog pro- tection, eineplifiee the breeding of ewes, the feeding- Of grain, the wean ing of lambs, and safeguards ageieet exposure to severe weather and, if evell drained, providee dry quarters, IOST PRICES PAI. FOi'OUL'/RY1 GAME, EGGS Si. FEATHERa Please write ar parttculitrs,- . Pd)TIZIki & CO., 09 iowieoo5sis Sithirisot. 717,6ittroa1