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The Exeter Times, 1921-10-13, Page 2Pigs and I rinter's Ink. advertising ta'te me directly to the I remember wel the first tone that consumer. And fincl adverbenig . . ' much eheaper than ti e middleman, In the beginning I worked like horse, and- found th,at the middleman lived on my work. That is the rea- son I cut him out, In order to sell my .stuff, I adver- tise in the local papers. People see it every week. Then they see my clean wagons and, trucke. Then they I - advertised, I had a fine butte a o yottme: 13erksbire shotes that I knew shnuld al*, me a tidy brefit. They were we'l-bred porker,s and in my opinion were weeth rno.re than I could get anywhere In my neighborhood. deeded ite 'broaden my anorket. So I sent a little 'advertisement for insert- -.Olen in a farm paper that had a large clreulation in the prevince. Being eat sortie ame of of my apples or „s triew at the game, I wasu't going to my pork. As a result I have had to throw any inoriey away, so I inade the combine with several other farmers ad niee. and short, Bele is how it to'nieet the demand: for my products. ;sated"; I buy theirproducts at a squarer Price BERIt,SHIRES-20 fine shotes for sale,. Price reasonable. After the ad appeared I sat and waited fer the flood at inquiries and purchasers 'b9+ eorece But they didn't show up, an my experieneern acl- vertleing would pthhably have ended there but for the feet that I had taken for farm -products is fairly easy be- cause there are so few who are Going it, Pretty, .sesten When more farmers advertise, PA have to jump to make nay 'advertisements better than:theirs. But my name is eetablished. I'm glad than the middleman gives, .and sell it tinder my name, which I have made - a guarantee for purity and square' dealing. But I make .sua'e that thein p.rodu.et is as good as mine before I sell it as mine, At present, writing advertisements in same boanders that summer, I got Lo talking to one of them, a ehresvd, youn,gish chap, on this subjec•t of ad- vertising. . "1,1Thy don't -you advertise?" he, eked me, ewith, einie fine farm you've I started ea -ply), tfor a well1,1c.nownt „ . got all the opportunity in the worm name is the best advertis,ement in the to make a good thing of it. pm no world, farmer myself, but I do knew ad- The first thing to do is to point vertising. That's my game," out, a need. ,See what you 'have to "I tried," I told. him, "to sell those sell, and) then -ask yourself whY pea - shotes of mine, and I only got three ple need it. After you've found the in.quiries, and) no sales. So I quit." nee& fincl out what will make them The upshot of it was that I got the buy it. A woman, 'for instance, paper for him and. showed him the doe'sn't buy a ring for the same rea- ad. He gave a ,glance at it, and then son rhe buys a quart of milk. In he told me that the advertisement was selling the first you appeal to her love tirio Women's Institutes and the Schools. BY GtE3SON SCOTT "Give the people the, credit of hav-, 'mg a Feel for edaeation.," Said Pre- mier Di!irry to'''"tlier-Inspectors of no good. of the beautiful, in •selling the second "Ill write an ad: for you," he said'. you appeal to her need of the useful. "You run it, and if it doesn't sell your But, because,there are thousands of , pites I'll pay tor it. Is that -squarer shops selling fruit,' vegetables, milk, It looked -mighty square to me, so • or butter, it is best to show why I took him up. And I sold every one your pro -duct is more useful. of my shotes at top prices! I could 1 keeP all the names *of '211Y cal -s- have eold more. tomers and those wham I •oannot stip- That little indent made me think. PlY. They get first chance when I I saw that advertising was a good next get up somebhing good. I ale°, thing. If rightly done; it didn't cost ls.-eep all the names and! taddeesees money; it made money. So I decided that I -can collect of the influential to work it up. The young advertising citizens), of. the city. When I have man had- told me a lot of things that • had stuck. "The main thing," he had said, "in t 1E1,de-erasing term products, or any products, is to tell everything honest - la• and easily. Don't take pains to explain all the treasons why your stuff is best. Don't urge people to buy. Be .sincere and, to the noint. That'll On,tario , This zeal of the p.eople „showing itself more and more. in the active ssmpathetie co-operation tat the Wo- men's Institutes with the sahools, in the 'demand for the Short Courses provided by the Sunerintend,ent and staff of the Institutes Branch of the Department of Agriculture, itnel in the extra,ordinary„ interest in the Exten- sion Courses being offered. by the Universities. While eager for the two latter for themselves and the grown- up members Of their lamiliee and communitie,se they are yearly display- ing- a livelier -and more intelageat sympathy with the work and condi- tions Of the 'Ideal echo -ens. -and botth trustees and teachers welcome this coto,peration. Ind,eecl, it is a poorly ,oraganized Institute in these days which has not its IIorae and School Committee whose special trust it is to ase in what ways the Instituto can best help the school, the Banal of Ethica_tion, or the children. IL was out of this study et helpful co -opera - Mon for the young citizens of Canada that the first Rural Medical School Inspection, which has now become one of the important lines of Government ena as, in teresting as the other. administration, came in MieddleSex An .apreal has been ana,de: to that county: The pioneer Institute an this never_faning friend of the home.: was Parkhill, under the leadership makers, the Superintendent of Wo- of Mrs. D. 0, Wilecm. and Miss Maud mens institutes., for -'a . Government Hobson, speaker, and f -or three-quarters of an How to Grow Prize Babies. h,our, aftea- -sending the babies out an . . Dundas • Institute, . Wentworth C,ounty, g•ivers an annual October re- ception to the teaohers, Board; ei Education,. and parents, so rt.'n,at at the 'beginning •of each school year all intere.sted in the 'school may - meet, get acquainted, and be ready for helpful and understanding operations throughout the term. This, has led to much fine' 'eeininunity actiivity in other ways. A car was provided for the nurse so that her services might be me,re prompt and widely extend,ed. A Baby Show was 'held which brought out a parkful of parents and children, to say nothing of a few doctors and nurses. The prizes -were important -- work with us lo.cally so that we can bring ell this to OUT own country community, not have to go to 'the City for it, And, "Gladly will we co - GI; erate "with you 'here you waiat us - and make it, p.ossible yourselves," re- turn •the various Depaitments—Agri- eultrre„ Health, Educatra,.LabO:r. , A P.rGgressive Indian Institute. • Did you know there:were Indian Wonassn's Inetftutes, -too? The `Oliswe-' -ken Inetituth held a joint meeting with its Leadiers and clailaten in the school this summer at which there were 77 wemen, 10 babiee, and all, the ,sehool girls. Ib was' a model meeting for many-sided interest, too. Thirty-- six -girls joined in choruses, grave, gay, sentimental. row habas sang an Indien chorus, and he* musical it wae. An a,ged and dignified Indian grandmother •san,g In a way that wscnt "to the heart an ,Indian hsenne, while two more little girls gave „realisations, aeala young woman delighted all with .a violin solo. t Nor- was -the practical latmsekeeping overloolte,c1. A fine exhibit of canned fruit, needlewerk, and cooking was on -display in one corner of the school, so that the sisters' and- 'mother& work was to be seen •that day as well as the work, of the ehildren in training, something I want to dispose of to the winners. But what was ef an-, stea,dily (letters cast too' much to advertise one lot), I write them sales finitely greater in-a:aorta-nee was get - letters. This method has helped me 41.12 -g.).4,0,10 -10.w- 't11.0:se "twenty points," forthetbalay'..s condition, ten for to bring my milk, butter,' and eggegV,tel.a market up to the mest profitable 'the seieniAfic care he got at' home"- noitt. . which make a "prize babi". It was I make my letters cheerful, to th-e a revelathu to some to Teal'n that a baby might be too fat as well as too dTh f palm an easy read. e arlYlea thin. .4211as, for the -views of the mothers of long ago, , But then we -do not lose so man Y' of our children as they did. Why ten years ago, when the rural Institutes were just begin - ming to ,get under way with health work, 102 people in. every thousand in Ontario were dying of tuberculosis; In 1919 there were, only, 78, which m.:eant 24 fewer broken:hearted homes among each thonsand citizens. "Let . . • us, pay the doctors and, nurses to teach ,us hoW to be well and hippy," say the sensible country girls and.women "anci, let us get th.e Oevernmenteto e,onvince peapas. that your products w.ho writes with pen, and ‚ink, try - are what they want," ing to sell- 'something, is, in my I know, MY When 1 male to think of' it, that is °Pinion', wasting time. what the ad he had written for me hand's are so h°1-'n'Y and eallens'ed was, It tem everything in a natural from plowing and wee:king ,the farm msy way, as if I didn't care 'whether that I can hardly read nay awn name I sold such fine stook or not. It ran: when I write it. Every 'farmer who BERKSHIRES—The finest pork wants to be business. ,. ', pron. fihe ard, - pig. I have 20 head et fine shotes for vermis s'hnuld have a tYlrawritsr' 1 sale at — delleers apiece. They are have an old standard: analte that I money -make. -es. Their sire was grand boug-ht eight years ago, and it is ga- &tampion at —*Fair in 1914, and ing good yet. ledge that took first prize et _______ Feb". in It .,41s_tmy absolute know ,,, 1915- The dsems are of the famous ' '''' pays If a farmer has strain- Shipped f.e.b. this sta- 4371, OR reemipt of your dneque. That ad sold my pirs, I figured that if I could wtite as good ones I would: be able to sell ail the produce of my farm in the same way, at top prices - That was long ago, and I have learned many things since then. But confidence in my stuff has been the main reason for my- success. Results hi advertie•ing depend upon several things r_ot the least ef which are dear, eonerincing ads—an holiest pro- duct, backed by square dealing. It is not necessary to go into ad- vertising on a brig sei,le.. I.f well done, very little advertising lesall bring fine result.s. Get a good start and your business grows naturally, In the first years I just advertised 'here and there, when I had stock to sell- Now lar I make fox adtertising, whether aria sit; the desire to get absolutely the beet results frOm his farm; my ;advice as —adverti,se. edniffe toffy& To -Whit, Tu-Whoo.- Indian sun -liner when the „YAM" is like a cheese , And the late last leaves coine tumbl- ing from the trees', When a crickiet in a thicket On his fiddle .sta,Lt...i to twiddle Three old owls :collie swooping swiftly down the breeze—. Three etol.emn, wise -old, owls, Mostly beaks. -and eyes, old fowls; •5•Pend three cents el every net dal- A31d they perch upon a 'birch aruw) I have anything to sell or nat. The main thing, is to get people to know your a, ame 01-14-1 the reliability of your produetcs. It took me quite a. time to do this, as I had to learn " Then. all at once in chorus, Loud and pompous and sonoro-us, They cry a single s.olen-at word, "Tu-whi tl " , d II . 01 there's something very weird in ..-9..erything from experience, , that ‘pra_..seut, quit° know what '9723 'w°rIualge ver ihi,,rsoms and, _quiversome in it; If I were to start all over again, in a new locality, the first thitlg Ana many a gay PaPnse In the moonlight running lees& would do would be to put in some .zwaxa s . , tubs to wj, fill King caruly, spare hours painti-ng the name of lickeity_spiit, my farro, its address, and what it ava.d of my wagons. whet, While little boastful bears Vreat through tlie streets of the town Go scuttling home in pairs, The underbrush and. briers crackling through; ;. And the old owls, watching, blink; Then they give cese solemn winlr, ,And ohorus stil/ SOITOTOM say, "Tu-whool" The Province tzf Nova tSe.otic. is plannbag to have a large exhibit a, fruit at the Imperial Fruit Show; London, October 28 to November 5. one of these cwaguas, people wautid AGO the sign. Perhaps it wouldn't make much of an inipressim But later they -yr.:mkt see It again. And then again. Some , day they would want some apples or some vegetables ,Then th,at would come 1-..vack to them. They 'WOW writ,e Or send to me. By good products and square dealing they -would become steady customers. They would tell their frictds, and my profits would grow. For the mine reaSoli I would put a nioa-loolcing sign at 01. near ray gate, tgeeing it win and. again as they went by would fax it in people's -minds, And the cot of the whole thing would he atmost nothing, At present rim a retail milk route, soll butter and eggs, apples and pork. 1 sell nothing to distributors make OCTO13E;11 16. The best of lite should be and is for au' Writes to the Chiikions tt Corinth. 1 Cott. 1: 10 11; most people the home Those 13: 1-13 'Golder* rext—1 Cor. 13. 13 persons who are fortunate enough not Ict..(elquinpiliatuaiv,singgreoante 1,liepsisoi)ines,thisThrne:eiairs, saaried,p‘a`3;E:cl,b,c;ini,lilid,b,ituT_,negbe_u,r,ffEetined4.,thanirs,baiaviide flialctst, htfvea ,n;m°a'tnkiro'°01rtingwihmateki'snyherest,thh: wealth of letereet and, instruction n° rta'in dwell4na. i'laee; and labor' Years find° that his ugr'ate'st astisfae- bring vve.altb, and power, and, soeiations and experience outside his to °tilers, hot are oealled-these things ONVit family circle, it is a bleak and. theintselves. lIow'foolesh then to make denneete cerece tene he „surveys, how_ Lesson [ [ HOME LIFE Connecting Links --We are fortun-, "Even 'unto this present lieu " he to hale exPerleneed the truth of this in theee letters -which our Internation- wl°r•king with''autr'''''m handladners s' 'heY ''n an' happiness ha' emne from a's' hi Sesies almost entirely` anieses. ir.Letalten idea that every .icseen, mtist contain a story, er, be based on a, stoa-y, leads to the neglect- of very anueh of the finc.s,t literattvi•e of both the Old „and the New Testament. , In 'connection with this reading we should review once again the :story of Paul's coming to Corilttll in his sec- ond missionary join:nay, and his ex.- perienees there, Encl. the story of what happened, in Ephe.sue ou his' third. journey. For, it was' from Ephesus that 'this Epistle was written in reply to letters and pers,onally delivered anessagee vvIdell he had received from s, friends, of the Claristian fellowship 'in -Corinth. ' We re.call, therefore, how Paul fitst came t.o Coninth, about the year 51. °in magic toneh loin. Fp,ocinenoe, with_ restles,s,: diae.oncentteis. with the quiet A.1.Y., after having been driven by periecution from Philippi, anel from out 'halo 'hat Gfituki: alcalle'ldIerles''1°)Lihtnte.tchl Thessaloalica, and from Berea, and faith, are, nothing without love. phetic gifts, insight, knowledge, even homes. natuelareason to be apprehensive. TI e lifter a discouraging experience in 'gfiviingsrartyrdom, are of no ac.c,ount love of -home. 'and family is the !os Athens. We recall , loneliness, his ti thstint discouragement, his weakness, 'his.' Avre eal)7‘'Tri bff. e e:tg 117i -Adiemeijii-die ciitnemteihites 'distress of mind, and how ho waS ,O"'onas kind." L tilat th°1i3r: 111a-'13117eAtinieoy'mlo1s df d hays not wiThthe thadisksfaatnhderwaanllace athgatitrii‘t with boy --has Paul deals 'with several questions, in this Epistle, -which were of prime ime mother, .the gam,es that the .family port,anoe to tithe young Christian so- play together, the jokes that t,D,an out- giety. They were chiefly &octal ques- sider perliaPs would have little ever' euecessful it may geem to others. and strife. tionsi about .sorne of which he saw flavor, e- dilt,eir,ences of opinion. He eelynset,s. they ttit' 0 .Thelari reet(a3nc(11111.ratIiroen.J3; tellitinmgalaces 'hille:pla:°1:thiatrl elsamtalf:taclh*setar.-be'clIvY'rellii-to:11):110'llel:ltb;i:etiel'dahl(1:):Ifivliet:: !ho,a0r,Sclinaa:inne3se:i nici EP' ic before-areeeEo?itin:,1 n leefear is ,l eln,at'h:tptil:rpelie::::'.techitaaeallIt;e17,1:.cla hilt:he:et:a::: the affections anare Warta than till patience, selcf-controll, thoughtfulness ity), Of the thre,e tundamentel Ch-). exPeri°Th a tian -virtues, faith h - ' is vain. Love, ,crowne and compl,etes h the ethers., and is 'itself the "bond of than it. ueed to he They Nthinic that perleethess,." Divieion, staife ' guar- - reds about custom 1 ' auttotnab'les a ' - • . m ant usage and C ' Tid 3gS1 and 'rim's' a'ld • • name, . • Ie. nt 11 magazine fiction bend to laalse peOcpse Loire as patient, Y, hot prevent or ,dianinieh the Manifestation forted anct strengthene,d by cheering envious, not puffed up with vain pride, t e , • e ,or that, insainat can have only a tem- , • news bratight him from 1VI'acerlbutia by gen.tle, uns.elfIsh. Love does not read- pere,ry sesomatIon.. As Tor the, alltip.:, his follow-w,orkersnSilas and, Timothy. ily take effence, sees g-o,od and not -sages which they b,rought, Paul vvrote evil in the a.cte and, words •of others, i mobile' 'it' it; fox most, pesetas "it' -con - is made glad net by tat, discovery- of venlence 'iihat lielipriqo on-cich the 1'4111 - After they came and in reply to ines- his letters to the Thessalonians, whioella Lerror, but by the finding of the truth. tilyakife"—though ,semetitmes perhaps hoove i,s asbit-ang, to hear, to lielieve...toerit impoverisher,- the ta-ml'iy. The c'en'e are among the earliest writingst Pe, '41..}. ,'°‘e,t,laul:e.. It '51.even aditan people- are too soundt 'at' rt the New Testament an' d! whiel tells' something,' of these experiences and, ptas,s, hut not love. , the family tie. • t.he fresh, air in cure „of the httle in 1 .10 other -gifts and accemplishthent-satfail ' ea to became carelese teetd ealletss 'toward girls !sisters end mothers listened to t(see 1 These. 3: 1-8; cempare 1 Cols "That which is perfect." Love is 2: 1-5.) Three years or m,ore later * compared to that which is perfect. , . It is on rth h - 'I e _Gale la e that our Knowledge and the gift of prophecy civilization: is buia. - It the home Irfa a talk "on "Helping Boys and ' Girls Queetnens, he is:at Ephesus, and there receives taonsFwinerds„Thteaeir, Laffncel IVo.,Broke.'itali ,half. jhour such contmunications from: Corinth as a.ae,, both pa.rtiale Love asupers edes decays, i our Civilization -will „crumble. lead him to write several letters, two t iern. both. 1 -le who loveS. is as 'the In, the 'hoine life of ,every family the grown man who hie "put away- ehild- n ber•* - ' ....., iena s ase lespensible not only to brought a delightful nelehborhood gathering to a dose, .and it must have PnlY ef N.vhich (or possibly also part ish things," Ile il ELS one who with 1 te ,t • • - . e . one anet ler . a to the reataan, for the Of a third) have been preserved. unclouded vision, leeks' into the. face a,„„ea,,,,, teachers af, the section if they at all 1: 10-11. "That there be no divisions': .of,.,Gad. He anti,,cbipyatt.3ttsiliteA-iene.,iiapiss ;„13,--i1-0.70f-atalhe.ee p°rIeli ;aallelirlh ,cs,flbaiiialls.i'ornd'thIa-nt warmed ;the heart of the ,two YOun,g among you." It can hardly be doubt- heart- 18 clean. preeents dome.s.t.ic uphanpiness as its observed the looks of deep affection ed that Paul would be now, as then, God's law and is like. Gad. and ad,miration w,hich shone upon an ',advocate of Christian unity. He , _A.pplicatien. ' theme, see believe th.e.t 'by far the bad heard, he wrote that there e Th • ' ' -1 • '1 e" . • '& - ' ' ' them from eyes of •allt colore and. age , . vt ere .e man in v „leen st ,es ... e the In-- e , teeth' smin el -• o f Ca n. :thane meet . as good-byes were said and the meet- divisions anti contentions among of Chriet "thinketh no evil" or "tsle -the end reidice in the ing disperse,c1. them. Th.ere tracl been various ChrisTii- eth nte ac.coitnt .ot . c.0 Visiting Inc School. teada,ers and, leaders ivith theiii of -the sureet signs et. It lopitig- ileart • -after Paul'sdepartUTC, anci` the' parties just as the reverse is the s.ign of an t Tavistock Women's Institute, In 00- had grouped, themselves under their evil heart. When the weary camel ' V C re s• operation with the teachers, invited t, i i ,e'w etaes , e • espec ve naun'es. . So, 1;there ' was a falls in the•desert the vultures swepp' e 1 .the mothers to "come visit the school" party of- Paul, another of Apollo's, down, upon it and -tear it to Piers. ; There axe under test at the Central on September 15th when several another of Peter (--Cephas), and an- When a man or "woman falls into sin, , Experimental Farm, Ottawa',, ascord- llacliesegave short epicy talkssand the ether which called th itself the Christ- ere are,those who'inarnediattely con-; ing to the anniial, report efrthe Do- inetiaste served tea. A committee of Party. : Just what the differences be- d-emn and saw"; "I told You so. -1! • Love., minion Gero'ilist, ihunc.-.t:eds of new: , arad takes the leindly attitude. Love ‚15 " ere, _bred , oortgy- . ox cereals, peai: 'rsi:orn'asId:is'ws'es°1110°1-Tm,edeaclel nacrtialnag:CI:11! tir probablye.entlieinWIreeSWn%dto amluobelir :latter. quicker to detect virtues than vices. They seem to have aromeci on the It notes the o -dor of fiowerq' quicker, ! I hems etc 'While many will nature ii childaaen -;770110 on certain Friday "ed°r ef carrion. When • a ' h,eereJeted• as not up to requirenient the parents to visit the TOCCT1S in which ground, of the superior e'xcellence, or th-a-n the prop-List:4 that some a .-ttre-loest wisdom or eloquence of their teach= inen's 'character is -in dont-It love - afternoons during the .c.0.mir•Ig Year. ers, or upo-n the ground, of baptism the accused the benefit of 'the doubt. I w;11. be -.introduced to the. Public in which "manY 'Branches effectively co- their Oneness and' fellowshipeinChrist 'r.,-nd,, virtue Ivhein othera:'•faii:- to: -11111 cently introduced are the •%,,-ery early helplessness of -the anything but faul is- Look at 'the .clif- ripening wheat,' ,, Ruby, Ottawa - 693; operate, also in providing hot s.chool lie P'oints to the 'lunches in eald! Girls' Institutes frequently help with • weather, -while the WOr'lldl's WISCIOnt tO save men, 'and to ferent waY in which- Pen•Plu thilik 01 which is•''s:id-ptec.l'to the"nortimen parts titille flc that the dvery gospel which children. One, 10 oi,its,ider , gives _this . of„ the -provinces frem Quebec • pe lay equipment for the school - to Al-' they lye reeei. ve ) is esteemed fool- -vlew 9tf .al neTsg -:: or s -boy and v'r ill: a be.rta and hee gained prizes at vaii- , ish an offensive 'by Greek and hy view it as. here neverewas sue a an 'The' ,StchoTak Fair is an eve-nt with by one or ,tanether of them. Pati -.1 urges The eyes ,of loye will see goodness the -near future. Some varieties re-, • &I • • • • • od••f. ous -v.rinter •kee, dsz• fairs; the hullos& grolinds. ' Jew. There is in it, unquestionals y, _en anise!' ef-rnalangi •‘go - or -no- , "Coane, let las live with> eureolCil- he says, a profound wieclone but not thing bOyeince the world ;began. But oat, Iti5erty, Oittayia, 480,:cespeeiallY; dren," said the great Froebel years thewisdom of that age, /ter such as just listen' to that bay's mother talk valuable for feeding to to:hie:kens aif3',1 ago. Perhaps it is Ells growing spirit, would' 'divide the followers of Christabout hisn and, Oh, mi' you'll alroost young': pigs, 'samples of which were He urges also the feet that they, the be looking fax his saingse She secs, supplied to all applicairts last fall of sympathy with yeuthewhiGh. maltes mind Apostle's, whom the C,orinthiens weuld she kn,ows, she unslenstan"--42; 'and just winter between ,Septemb.er-• 1 and , peoPire., of to -day begin to talk jauntily tions, were not seeking sucrh ple-ces of , splendid qualities which the. fault - the teens of the* 'second century!" make heads of their %respective fee- because levePshe-recograzestbilye,isi.e th6.),.-n.e.itvapee, msekay, "loOking ler-ward with pleasure. to . ., . • - • ' • tawa •25 a produetive but rather late,: variety' that was distrilautedlast yea,i,.• -•••'-'' e ---e . • , theY were- poor, they were Persecuted, b Mid!, the eyes, of .levesare:sth - only they were ridiciled .. 'encl. despi.s.ed. eyes .rtliat really: see. •, •'• ••.4 • r ' .. - Ter ,th, first tirneeand .4 t ripens ai . , . . • -. . -Learned exaltatton. For the gospel's sake fipclen never thinks ex. Love is not • • concrete. Brick would, be :better than concrete here. 'Ellis is IlecicbeszuT filling, and you canSee"that the•cold. .."to-qienetrate concista--4' The one thing .to remember 4s. io beara-fill. not Clear to the, top'of the 3,o3st,, but wuthin., a quarter of, an inch, far if the joists should shrink, the inserted concrete Would push up Your floors: The ,.concrete . doesn't Another. thing about the joists: They' Used to ran bridging- he - soak in this 'barrel, and tiler' just be, fore slappirm. 'on the plasrter .1 they Si-io.uld he ragai-n. Vet Nvith bciush. --Then the plaster:and, the bathi,w111, dry at -the same za.te. Provide that t ,, 50 was oltained a•nd ' 01 ,least four 'days int.ervenc between the ' --unat:13:Yen, fax steel as Indian Head,•,Sask., tallt_ • shows up be -et When nd• •Thete th4.; :• r: - • • zummer is moderately 1),:mg; two neW • SortS !Of '..bal.r•I'2e•Y•I'f 60; . bout Building ouses. ptir0 selectioil'from which the B I] A SHILTON original '''storclk, -Ma.nchurianc Ottawa One of rthe most important things, is tintact, and. ,IlaVe it inserted -that if not the most dmiportant, about the wharever ter,n.it.puist eovernd by wall...ef a wooden house is the paper a new Pieree- ,Of. Paper. These- ilttVe insulation- Usually the sheathing is things make, the differ'ince .bet•W'L'en nailed to the studs ,or oprights,and a bfg coal and a little one. then the paper is applied, and: afte.r Now as to the foundation, All ,that.the exterior sidinar. Insist on blue fountdations'should /rave footings- BY plaster board or good tar felt., which, that I mean- that at-the-bottom:there yrhile costing a hit more, will last for should bp a small 'float of cone -nate T1111 thirty or forty ye.exe and -will keep a out from, the foot 'of the weall, to pre- -we -ern h-ouse warm. It mieP,lat cost you vent setblin/e, ''Before' $10 mere for the whole house. ont about the .Water, table, Or;you.,:nia'y By,")sill,. means „hive a tar paper put have ground iw.ater.i.n Y9,4r ceblai under the shirr,gaes if they- are te" if -they are to make .iour' The rnan who .pernaits his pleasure to interfere with his htleinesei may reach the point where', he won't have any of either. When working through the Wood let reMove only tlioae trees' Whose growth, Ilia% been suraplisted 01' *hose „ rex-naval weuld he, Of b-enefit to more -valuable spetimene. Of Tea eesdar• The red neetan, shingle ooncrete solid walls, insist 'that the is unsurpassed when dip -peel or sprayed concrete be well puddled with creosote. ...Under the' shingles the wooden forins; it this is not done, should 'be put some tar or asphalt when the forms are taken away your paper. This vaill be satisfactory only inside wail will be very rough and ivith creosoted. shingles. The 'reason may leak at times for this is that when a beating *rain Connected with the matter' of your, drives the water upward it .t will not basenaent is that of fioor joists ore -the come -through and spoil your plaster; it planks that nin crossways of .your will encounter your tax paper and run house and hold up the flaor.s. First, off otand and be evaPerated. 'Tilts do not skimp on the sizepol.these. Do Ls true of snow. Under the shing,les npt use anythir4 less, ,tlien 2x1.0's; the sheeting or roof boards shoond be 2x1210 are better; 2x8's will let your a Mt better grade than in the -Walls; floor sway like a' drunken rilatli la„efere because they have to sustain weights your filth baby is born. The difference that the vvalla don't. Speaking of in 'oest is•Very little. shingles, the best tr-elakinernt `iFP, db To Prevent Cold Floors. them, 'before laying, in, abhor a raw sitehu The raw araasate ja „very chtap; PoilNnc:tswint°y°Orilare,1°I.foutcliee: WITIrGhtell'Ilit191.cerb•flaauoirt creosote or a refined ereoSete shingle joists nateet the:wallt, there is of 'eourse it is blackish und smalls unto heaven, a hiatus between the floor ;which is Ina it serves the PlariPoe• 4-unniieg. horizontally and the wall Have Building Paper Intact. 3.11./miii.14 maw hone,es now- -Now the most important ,thivg adays,have omck at this point, aind alyout paper applied either inside Or Cold fleora'result. It is not a visible outside the building id aiat, being ,crack but by pitting your hand at the meant for an envelope, it be a com- top of the cear --------------1.. al plate one. -To pay for Paper and itd appliea-tion, and, then haVe an ignorant carpenter leave one tear open in the paper, is to throw a good part of your money away, They slap this paper on; and when it tears they let it tear; but the moment the paper is torn for one foot ,ozt one wall 'the insUlation of that wall is greatly impaired. Insist in your specifications and by personal inspection that 'tile paper tawa 59, a pure -line selection ,from 'first coat and later `coats. idester goes (341, see4hat •the hulless variety grown 'for sorBetor, any ne betWeen, each lath- there is plenty.of iYbie,oara '5“Gin'ay°1k.tit:;!:',,u,nw'dheitatii.';'sdue,;31,c2;',31:3- space, and see that each lath is nailed at every stud. Poor lathing means 0,n,dIstialree:r1.13-nell,,tvions:efte"Geutnih'alealeYn!sy; :falling plaster. The plaster is held Beauty, Ottawa '712, ,11 tween- all of them. It should be done by binding in between, the lath, and nalniell Ye'nor, 7,v,h r short b euoniJe ,now, for it will keep your_ goers from if the latter are too dose to°'61.1her &ma e eau' creaking. • a -there ds b. d what varialale color f son to season, but wihite 55 040105 Yona- floor eheathing- .s:hould... be run In installing the kitehen sink, have criSee'rOss ta sprengthesiethe, building. your wife );4tandi up: pongside the l'ilni,g,ttilisc'aarlis'ihtro°1'n,vncitt'anad"wagr7e;e8111:1,slioninn'aerrki; Up in your a.ttic there 8'11,01:ad be a Wall, and put the sinle at -the height designated: "as 718P, a' cress between few crisscross raft-ers, if you are in to .suit her—or yoUnself. Many kitchen Imaroved Gal'den Wax as fenea.le and a windy vicinity, to keep the holies -rigid. Betwv-een 'the floor, sheathing and the bait- or maple floor yoia ,shauld have paper -and. a good grade of No. 1 dea.dening felt. As to your floonst, discover that bath oak ,and maple are high:priced. Any other floor is put cif the quesbion, unless you uee linaleums, whieh are high-priced too. 'Before ;you seleet' either a plain red oek (just as'igood as quarter - sawed) or a No. 1 maple inquire as • .to the price of three-teixteentli-inch floors. The mental thickness ie three- eighths inch, or twice as thick, but tha.t is very much higher priced. Often by using a eheap grade of resaW en top of your paper, and then this thin maple or oak, you 'dark get us good a floor at :much less price. ' Maple !floors are plainer, whiter, and,are less trouble to scare for; but oak is pret- tier and will keep you waxing it. Most other floors will splinter. , 'Points About Plastering. In the Plastering ef the house, there are ways of applying lb., It can be ap- plied to -typed lath to Tager board, 0,0quira ,a frost bite. j sh.olteld, say, or to meta.I lathil. i belieive the woad that nine4eirthe ef lietatin,g. Itroubtet result trob,i, Vier wo-rk at "thiS. .Po aVeld rtilieSr ikt4Ite 4 Sent of boat '41; around the top Of the ,basement The atebi jelsts. are ,Set ontoce Of the parely .ednapleted. basement ,i0411, and then title, boX. propesition Made by interepnising 'short Pieces .et ,plank beta -eon, the , Then. these, .800e8 of 'beN-.4•itre :ftited.. With .; Sett lath. is the 'cheapest, end is as geed as the' .6thers if -one point 4» ,telloWed: Blaster is very wet. Wood lath are :very, dry, 'After the ,rougli Coat . cif "mud"' is put on, 4» dries in a. hurry, and in drying 4» apt,. te shrink. away from, the lath. To .coinhatt this tent 'dency, 'elate barerel, Of water should' be kept in the resin, andebefonethe lath ere ' applied . they .shoultiebo.,:left to shaeleadhes tram, lo*, sinks. , In the bathroom install a lavatory with. a Separate 'waste, net one with a Chain that 'breaks off the plug and has to ,he fished 'for; they co.st little more and are convenient Ha-ve enough water, pipes running ,through the thouk.e;,,d,o; not ,'Jtap Otte , Tine twice,, so that one or the othU 2`teuss" SI water delay. Be sure that the plumb- ers rnake the hotwater 'lead , into the het -water bailer enter at the top and not the bottom, sr you will have to \--Veit till the whole liusineets is, hot to get any 'het water. In this, vvay you draw off hot water,"as it is! made." • The point is hot air heating is this: The -velocity of your hot air will be 'governed by the velocity of the cold Clialleng; -Brack Wax -as -male a • rather Jong bean varying color from white with 'brotirai /narking, to broWri'vit'n a few ond „..„, v. te, „s• .0, Large White, „Ottawa '718, a pure whit o variety . of rather large, siz All three varieties otf betudrae Stdriitilr wh'at oar1y isa ripening.. Man's Duty in This Life. -Men's proper buzinees in this world falls mainly ' into three divisions: First,, to know themselves, and the existing state of things they have to do with. Secondly, to be happy in them- selves, and the existing stath of lair return, and if your cold air returns +111110' are smaller than yellr hy011, haVe Third'17) tO mend then -is -elves and degreased .the' het air, velocity by the precaution 6I. 'Vie' 'difference in • ca- . f• pacity, and! Your:house will.heat, that mach slower '1 p:ave ,see,n this worlc- • ecl out in a scare -of instances. Have the collar high enough so that as the pipes are taken off the top a the furnace they Will run in an upward direction and speed, the heat on its way. These are plain laws of heat. • And, finally;•-witli any heating sys- tem allow, allow,, allow for extras; if you have a 15,000-zuhic-toot capacity in your house, get 0 20,000 furnace, ete, in August a inan will, save $40 on a furnace, and in ,January he will s-ivear "1 worad, give $500 this morn- ing foe a -warm honse!” the existing state of things, as far ais either are Marred or niendable. Her Choice. Elsie (aged flve)—"I do hapo.semo Dutchman will marry me when I grow Aunt Mary—"Why, dear?" ,Elsie ---:Because I want to be s duchess." A, tightly ,stretched fence with pests, not Merethan ueoupl c of rode apart will give many years of perfect ser- vice, -init. ,one,•,put Up in a lititry" sehlemetur,n anything , after) a' few monthS uot..'