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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1922-5-4, Page 2BY HOPKINS MOMZHOUSE (Copyright by liussee. compa ui) dy Threc!'d, Four days Was.T th1,i'Vall.? Stilled as if she had knownltdin for ,),"ears.' And he had had hiS. arm,. around her the ether niht! fargettni eVerything•ol,Se for the moment,. in a, , funny 'sense of belated dismay. ' He had been very gond to nor, And 0. was handsome. Above all, he was She new ....that., now. Her woman's iutualon told her Elllergej oy Bedding. Wintor sun -parlor' made for wint • I iting. a bus,y young` enj.eYmenty 'The fentilY feel amPlY rc- h d't • ouxpTuR v,m(coned.) ed by the idea that she was b-jeing ho _was 0. line, splendid 1)0,-, siticere,, imtiftli.`0'1°;113.spetuxilt" ber 3.4)11,$.1.1 re gn cristy hesitated a moment ,•as to followed, There seetned to be steal- brave, Now- that she had come to , which direction she should take. She thY, padded footfalls hehind her in the know Mtn, she realized that her fortn-1 beatig that the YPung „ she knew also that she and Kendrick , eyes that peered as she passed—small, misunderstanding or the sitr„tion. He 1 Therepiee baang,ti Bualn..port7117,_,-"eielcPZ new that Indian Clock was west and enve.•oping darkness and irumberleaa er suspieleus had been based upon a had walked that eastern stretch a glowing dots in pairs, close toether, 1,141S mit to he held resPonsible for WOOTIOn blankets tots di.5- cup of 'water % tert.spooncui, of s • • tra.cle for miles and iniles, She tuna.; that were gone whoa she looked a the kind of man. has uncle was. (3arded Pillew ticks, s.heots with ga.p- 1/.1 cuP oatmeal (idled, or other At .iirst she ran, experiencing a Or were 'aie soft steps behirt,d her in- . tilde when he found ou.t, the, tria,h, west. 1second time, lAra,S it n1.7 im gination quickly he had .taken the right at.ti-i ing holes,' old coin -roses, sged and cereal) % cup of bran, Place •in 1,,age,,d, and °tiler evide.zices that the doubleeboiler and boil for a half hour. thrill of satisfaction. that her ankle , creasing' in- number? She re=alled about the lielTile'Arbili°0t1\'tiloltiaells.14.chilg.1 settillg a II t" the, bride had received aSlredrvbeoNtVtiaGill., sugar ‘3..artterli imliail:c., be used if n n n ... , or sugar f.teniod to be .ilinost, ,i5 g 0 0 d 115 it Stories Of waif packs that had tracked, He had ut•ged a half dozen or so y, -ears back was eye,. ,,,,,,,,,.. Lack ef bre,ath soon ;',,,a{:k-' CIOWn human beings and tarn them to ute, to get awaY -without fail, even es • °nod her pace to a walk. There was pie, -,.„.3.3. she stood still and listened, when ho knew that her SUCCeSS meant shcw-lhg the effects of childish f t dcsdred arowered pillow slips spres,d,s ,hohg.ht teaspoon batted or butter substitute e b How angry she had. 'been! Yet who, fee sty,.,,. rather thai:1 \veal:, and ali % te•aspoon salt, ,1._ cup milk. Mix dr; idea how far away the station might! sens.ical like this, There, had een 1 1 per:Amble things which you-n,g ingredients, add egg sif..ig.litly beaten, be—possibly a 'couple of miles; more noises in the underbrush the other was be blame fa -r it? Had'n't she in"' oil - vitecl it? Hadn't she dared him to - e--.! likely many more, Sbe had heard the night when she and Ite—aRabbits" he nine miles long, but she was ignorant et a rabbit attacking a per.san? Ihey_ as to how much of it lay W.eSt. of the -were given big cars to hear well, so .,tellal)rutigmhgt lotif theit,1rall,a;4.hic.er cheeks blush- le her as her aunt went over it, But the old body took tire best Parts shanty. She hoped devoutly that the that theY could -use their lon legs T• :, 1 si ime passer. She halted sudden- c.f the thin spreads -,-- 1 n'a.ced. them wse Precious. -Tillie was everything-, The idea of 1-..er he'ing aftaid d a thingi4direetly ouposite, loomin?' out on. a'slout piece -of unit-'itoa'c'hed Inuslan 13 cups flou,r,, li tablespoon, butter or station W.O.S not too far awa,v. Time for running- away from everything. .y. ,., i awore of a huge shadowy some - The ni•ght had growl' cloudy and rabbit! at her' miexpectedi- \villa a ay ef stitching them evenly on the seeping tiara, ,.. egg, „ teaspoons hztRing pow dark, She could not see more than a She laughed nervously. If only she deliiev', she recoo.n?ze. d it es a water- n'acbj'e back ana f °rill° When cl-°-ne sc'pelo*,'0.1'41. ,s,‘caihtP, ' EstlePs'eaal;',1' 3,(L:tlitepi, Maii?d, slutge:1; few feet away; but that was nothing. I had a revolver or smile weapon. ov t.,,t-- , , ,- ,. , , - eve,„ 11.-., ,ctuly, matron awned that , t• she C011iitt make out tne Spout " sift ' All she liad to do was to keep an walk -1 the track she was in an instant, gro'P- overhanging tin:, track, a stick cf pal- they 1,V01.1111. make crib spreads that '`I in?, 015 fa's't as she could until she got' ing about in the ballasting for a large lor in the &artiness, would last, a numter of -years. The old she ran. plieces of The spread- that could not pei-, be aised for anYthing to h riel. aba up the line. Af ea stone. She found two and walked on And the station? Eagerly that she -merely had to it down at a more confidently, carrying• one M each f d u L 'C'' ' • I • ' 6,1,;e 'made heat forward -.then --• len .S tippet again, table in the station -agent's room and hand. plexed. Thore oliont to be lights of 1..',bc•i-en tov,,,,- while 4.1 3 • paper. The .operator and The Recorder mit-tautly. She hoped it would not day station, maybe, with the-operatoie ' is - but wliore were ..hey " -•'-ii ,-"--`-', .ile ,arger Pte3es ' mac , panis fm. +1 ii -1., , write up the whole story for her A fine drizzle began to fall inter- some sot; wauld clo the rest. She would seed a rain hard, thoug,h after all, what c1 -f- asleep not far away. She would have -- --- --ie a...,y s bed., filled in, . , ell c........atde ineces of the old cei1on editor what to expect and she would or net? She would be wet through look for savit-oli-lights, and when she to waken him. She. did not think to ‘113,,rlitatihile;autsi sailnl.ctl, ifs -eked_ leather closely flash wire - notify Braemar', the night ference d.id it make whether it did long trudge-•alie,ad. irf. her before she But there WaS 110thing—nothing but a famil1Y di•S'gra'ce -would be. awl hands. on the rnaterials, 'Like Bran .Oeiclille Cal es' 11 COLLICI hope to reach the station above 'blackness and. infirAte sile•oce- verY to hear. 0111 but he w" Ine'st brideS had started r cuP .floultl, table;Po:o—n.tofeu'iugbarE,m;. and. the wis,clom of OallStrVing her VerY sharply she teak herself to a cl,rehaar.t1 1,1,3_,g:ht..,„,af the fog? flimsy okeeilie hedicien4, can„eteaspoon baking, „powder, 1 egg, energies -was evident. She bad no task.. She must not becom no' gira delight to., put in their hepei aanilda in))iallkre.an.odnbauttievc,r,t' Bglcialdtdrioroughily e. Server orem • h' et. was about' had sail' And who ever heard tell it 131111 w°11.1-cl take da'he fr°1-11 .unybodyt She lane -lied softlY as she chests,. so everything looked hopeless 'with butter and 'syrup, „Tills will make twenty cakes. Bran .I:louglinuts.L---1.%,, cups bran • - send a special message to McAllister anyway by the time she got there. that would s.end- him jumping for the - HOW much longer would that be? Chief of Police. She must have come ottite a distance The Recorder was a morning paper, , now, and the thought cheered her. The It did not go to press until about four, ankle -was begingting to give an 0- a.m., and they could. hold it beyond casional twinge ane growing a little that hour if necessary. That part of , weak.'in fact, it was feeling rather it was all right theY could enlY, numb. Nothing to be alarmed about, get the police into action in time to , she told herself. What else could she catch the seoundrels who were plot-, expect? It was sure to beehurting ting at Waring's house. If all went; before she reached her destnidEion. well she mieht expect to i -each the Something struck her knee and she discerned the dark mas,a where the The ragged quilts; were cut into station stood she ran to it gladly and small squares to be used in illness and: began pounding on the door. were covered, with fresh, -new outing The echoes res°1111d•ed bollowiy'flannel. When tacked with bright yarn through the little building. They . -were goer ness! She started for the nearest enougn arty wear, seemed strangely loud—with empti- - particularly ha summer when light rib coverine. 's n.eeded, Alter all the window and broken glass crundhed c e 1 • 4 five minutes. Will make twelve mud'- . . best pieces had been ursd the scraps i beneath her feet. hii fins. Her sharp cey of consternation fell were gathered no and laid moot y gg werli Fungous Diseus ) the Forest. OTY will be astordshed at the re- Each. year in Our fo3,estS' large sults we get by- our modern system amounts of timber are destroyed by Of .and cleaning, 11e1rics that are shabby, dirty or ' spotted are Innotisdtedielikiceatieleawr.ticiNeVse;.clia resio,re the Senclo,,ene -article- or a parcel v'eods by post or express. We will pay car- 111CogaCt r9elalsoonwanbyle, and our charges are 'When youthink of 010511- liig dyeing, .think of 'PARKER'S. - ark fungi, anti While „these losses are not, Usually as speetaoular as these caused by illSOCtS they are quite as important _and fletsetwMg of attention. It onl,v within recent Years that fungous and nsect depradations in the fore,s•t have been given .any thought This is ditto to.a realization .of the fact that timber supplies in this country are becoming increasingly .scarce and that every,, ,atfenc..--y Which i resporisiblefor de- -stAraction in the feeest-ehould he caye.; D-ulFirersntuaticie'oonoinio standpoint the o.„ „Limited most important group of forest fungi Cleaners Dyers is that -which -causes the decay :or . 791' volige The fungi in this group are Toronto mostly ef one general type known as, 2 raT70.w.g.:4,,,..; bracket fungi or pO.TYPeres. Spine. of the mushrooms, however, are also cap- Sat,erate ink spots' with .turpentine„ let .stwnd „for two 'hours, rub 'Well, and then 'the' .,sPot will wash , out in soap, and, hot water, Those Who scorn to take` advice s,re oft the first to need 11; 'those who give -the most advice are oft the last to heed it.—Anon,. clrY ingredients and add to the first mixture,. Sell oti fleg/red board. 'Cut with doughnut 'cutter. Fry, in very hot deep fat:" This 54dlt -make three dozen doughnnts. • Bran MuTins.2=l.cup bran, A ouP . . . white flour, 2 ' tablespoons sugar, 1 tea -Spoon salt, 11/1; teaspoons baking powd•er, 1 tablespoon butter or hutta. subetitate, 1 cup milk, 1 egg, Mix and sift dry ingredients. Acid egg slightly beaten, and sugar. AcIld milk a.nd melted butter. • Mix all well together. Bake in well-g,reased muffin tins in a hot oven for about twenty - upon the unresponsive night and wai on a piece of an eld feather bed tick swell:Owed wo in blackness solitude aid covered with the same on top. r -1. ..- , 1 i wire by midnight. They would have , found that it was one of the dough- dead heavy silence. The windows Th, is made an excellent mattress cover her story in type in plenty of time nuts. he went munchin on, g, the I Swere full of broken panes!, - tacked with stout cord to hold if there was DO wire trouble. That , food she had brought along-, The Frantically she -hobbled aanti was round to • • was a chance which she wouldi have to doughnutsavee very dry. The cheese the side of the b iid mg, or•y to find , the pieces un plaec. take. It might be, of course, that; was hard, too; but it was old cheese the doors boarded up! The truth laid Ilia wool blankets were cut into as Nickleby and Rives had acted already; that nipped the tongue, the kind s.he a cel.'d hancl upon her. This WaS one large squares as possible for the desk sets, dresser scrafs, pin cushions Dray -at -in Threads. Drawn -in threads are more popular than ever. Thistrimming is used on luncheon cloths, napkins, doilies, table runners, waste baskets, handkerchiefs, ;llightbut hatlykely, she thou. 'liked. of thoSE., stations ghe had heard Phil babyla bed and. a crochet edge made and bed -room curtains. An,attra.ctive She could not affordme to -fail. She; Tidragged. The girl- plodded on tell about, built dinging, conetracticn of 'yam held the edges in place. The table runner ef °natural -collared :crash MUST not fail! There was no use in' painfully. There was no use in trying of the road, but afterwards elose.d up sheet-, were torn ito large pieces and is trimmed with blue, red and black try-ing to rake up obstacles until she any longer to deceive herself into the as unnecessary in the depths of the hemmed, someehnesiturned and whip_ d•raweedn threads. The edge -s are le came to them. All sorts of possi- , belief that the injured ankle Wa'S hold- WF...d Couatry. Not e -Ven a flag station! ped together, ' and ft ravelled and finished with harrd tied - sonietimes- bilities for failure at the Toronto end ing out; it was not! She was hol3- Not even used by section men! De a44 to her; but she shut her lips bling now, as she had done the other tight, together and thrust these doubts night; but there was no strorig arm as .,t-1 e angrily. to lean on now. Just then she tripped on a eros's-tie, She would get there all right. That stumbled and fell. Her heart leaped station could not be so very mach- in fright at thea,o,ht of the ankle and farther on and she simply had to sue - she tested. it anxiously; but it seemed ceed. It was not -that the "sto-ry" all right She would have to pay more would be a feather 3n her own Cap, still nnles and male.3 a.nd miles from hous•ekesner had alt old chest of things shapes and smes. Some are strung an bad gone and skinned the palm of her which was at stake; not even the re- making the distaiiPee's8aivbilteh cahmaneaen-holfe 'that late'r She .said she never knew' even rows and finished at the ends i . attention be her feet. Here now she nor yeit was it the success of her paper the goal, with 1,0 hand for nothing and lost two dough- ' stor3",tion of her father to his place which was swollen now and becom- how she had existed wlthout. For the with tassels -made of the •varic•olerred nuts out of her waist! There was in the financial world --not even that, ing very pahefua, ,,, , first time in -,her life, sshe learned, the \ beads while others- are strung an 1 • comfort hi Inc knowledge that there, was the main result that hug in the Wee and chillicd through, miserable economy of savinggciod 'things in ill- heavY black silk coid. They are worn were no cattleguards to tumble into', balance, But the preveztion of a and dazed., she crouched in a huddle ncss. She had been brought up to with the popular straight-line dresses in this lonesome stretch of wild ' great wrong the meting out of of fear. She was utteitly alone, miles -think that when anyone was re the els tricotine and serge. , I , Algema, rogues' deserts, the saving from suf- from help of any sort. The silence bed should be decked out with em - She hurr•ied on, straining her eyes ferine. of the "every -day" peoPle, throbbed, it was so deep. She ini- loroidered sheers and pillow cases the a,gin,ed face,s agam, grinning, at her • best spread, the daintiest coniforts . from the blackness—th•e leering ,faces and ea the gliest'article.s the house- hold cobld afford, but at once she saw . that patient and nurse .could be spar - poles and high embankments, filially ing ef the Inte-at Loan an,d 1 The hour was late already and all the ed much discomfort 'by uslpg Phe tnelting away behind. her and losirtg Savings would fall the disaster of the issues which hung at sta.k•e—s—, ? old things, The little blanket to fold clean! Shelter oorfassforests, comitciri, ot toe I their identity in the gloom from- which company's failure if it were f.orced to "Oh, what' can I do? Whatever can round the patient's shoulders the s' , , . . . sertBd b a , di just as hie' souares or pieces longer ±111 go '-- , a an oi2e, . han lvid. ru ip. ,,, i• ,-• iincl there WaG 11,0 ODerater hel-el— t ' - -he' P • -0 .., asp. i. ole nobody -who could come, to her as_ cpene.d anti made ' int.> emc,rgenCv Venetian Girdles. sistanee! - sheets for the small. be,..'s and the old -Undeniably. smart are the new Cristy sank upon the rotting boards pillow ticks opened hemmed and Venetian head girdles end belts. They ; , .-. trembling and, sick at heart. Her 1.ong washed for mattress prete.0 i ors. are made of red, green,- purple, toil walk had 1)een for nothing. She WaS - ViTtli en the worjs was done thr. young and black wooden bead,s of various , at the barrier of gloom that rose a thousands of them, to whom life meant few y2,rda ahead. And out of it kept little more than a grind for bread— springert,g- faint grotesque shapes that these were the things that mattered; of Nickleby and others; her father's, changed th.ernseive.s slowly, resolving for chiefly- upon these poor people pleading; the working people's, the into dim rocks and bushes. telegraph whose all was entrusted th the keep- disappointed face of Philip Kendrick! • . God of the Open Air. These are things I prize And hold of dearest worth; Light of the sapphire Skies, Peace of the silent hills, they came. But throuo-h it all ever close its doors because of a sw-indle I do?" she sobbed.. the same, the never-ending length of of trust fue.ds. tracilt undulated in slow measure be- Faces began to float about in the esegh. her feet. Overhead the sky was fied with drifthin,g- sha_dow hosts. darkness—faces of careworn clerks.; of factory workers, lined and lean; seemed to d•raw d.ovvri epon her and men. old women—she MUST not -fail! 'Dye Dress; Skirt , . 1.he night blackened. The heavens child. faces with great gaunt eyes.; old fantastic ghost ereatures of her dis- The fitful drizzle settled down or Faded Curtains - ordeeed. fancy crep.t hungrily in. The steadily, blotting them out. The girl in Diainoind Dyes warm air hung heavy and Still be- dropped the stones she had, been t -ween the flanking forest wall -s and c,arrying and struggled on bravely, " - -- Each package el "Diamond Dyes" she might have been lost in. some WI- fears lessened by discomfort. She we's ' real world but for the rough. insistence wet through and began to feel chilly, houtaipa clirecti's- se slimPle any '-v°- of the roadbed through the thin soles s,huddering as she stumbled forward. ina,n ean dye or tint her worn, shabbY • of het shoes. Perhaps after all it might have been dresses. skirts. Waists, oeats, stock - She stopped. A loud rustle of the ' • ' bushes a few feet away in the dark . set her pulses heating foolighly. Some : animal was there, she knev,-, and the had -set ffut th do. Time was breaking into a run, she fled! from the everythin.g. She wondered what time ;spot, halting only when her breath it was now. Surely the sfation could g,ave out. She found herself walking not be much farther away! rapidly, agitated and alert. shudder- Her mind wan•dered back th this ing with a -nameless fear that -was get- strong, broad -shouldered young man whether the material you wish to dye ; ting on. her nerves. She caught her- who had shared with her all the is wool or silk, or whether it is linen, 1 self looking over her shoulder, haunt- strange experiences of the last few cotton or mixed goods. t Insects as as Inventors. The diving -bell was invented origin- ally by the ordinary water -spider. Thou.sareds of years .before human b-eings thought of this device for irisit- Music DE birds, murmur oflittle small spread, the pad that wa,s not in_ lis But the night held no answer to her d.e,spair. japed. if medicine was st,iii,ed_ nia'on it Shadows of -cloud that swiftly- pass, ' Ansi f a. teg_ showers, (To 'be oon.tirill ed.) the Old saft,pillow case and the little' . . . The smell of flowers comforts far extra warmth all' sa-ved And of the goad, brown earth --- the good th,ings and were so soft -and. ' And best of all along the way, friend - 11 to 'the sick -persoe. ' ship and mirth, - If any young housekeeper is offered '- , SO let me keep old bedding by some relative vvhio has kept house A ,..194g time she • can, do These treasures of the humble nothing better than to renovate and ' lhoevar; ' wash and salvage it at the flrit-oppor.- In tree pos.session, owning them by tunity. , •Everything, costs so , much- , 1 nowadays that a chest full ,,1, ola soft AIId. when at last I.,can no longer more Among them freely, but must the onlY waY an'd she must do what never dyed before. Buy "Diamond anger at the thou.ght. This had been hangings, everything, even if she has deal,- „"Neveg."- esscartt.,4.-n. old - better to wagt—but she cried. aloud in ings, sweaters, coverings, draperies, -iteddlink 1-Pn3 1- ,I,. ... 4: t,ift, or Let ,ptnia:rani;rc.yt ereep , , '05 11.0 other kind --then perfect le ooneeee.--t or "s;preati, or ,%blariket:as use From the green fields and waters ........- see,..lies.s iS worth' a great home d.yeing, is sure beeallse Diainond . sS, or use them ferc.,;.„„irti.ning A/Mards 'c - , , Dyes are guaranteed not to -spot, fade, do, but wash' and saveiand Patch them or dust ra.gs o.r floor orals' -as .so Many In.to some darkened roorn and hide ,,,jad hurt_ From ' all, that makes the world so streak, or rune Tell Your druggist fee eiekieees and you. will drecls of times that inetime Of, health you .prepared for just- sueir eni.erg- . . • encies by using material -that at first sight .seerned hopelesa. • L '17;;Pelgeft. mmaztamwommassami No matter what you buy in kitchen utensils, de- mand that each article carry the SNP trade -mark shown below. S al' Enameled Ware is safe to use; acids or alkalis will not affect it; it cannot absorb odors; "cleans like china; wears for years. Tell the storekeeper you want either Diamond Ware is ,a three -coated enameled steel, sky blue and white outside With a snowy white lin- ing: P'earl Ware is enameled steel with two coats of • pearl grey enamel inside and out. AO ms$y P.VIETAL PRODUCTS Co c..1C144174450 WINT4rPES MoNTREAL roP0N-ro EDMON;r0S VA NCOUV5gi CANLGARY bright and dear; But throw the windows wide To welcome in the light, And while I clasp a _well -be- loved hand, Let xr.e Once more have. sight Of -the deep sky and the far •smiling land— Then gentle fall -asleep, And breathe my body back to Nature's . My .Neighbor's Screened Perch. • One improvement that brings com- fort and joy to any home is a s•C•re.enecl ing the sea -bottom, the spider was 'in iPordh. the habit of using a 1361 made of silk. One of Try neighbors had an' old care, God of the open It is thimble -shaped, and is an,c.hored porch that had been screened in years MY sPirit out fci thee, to the weeds 1137 silken threa.ds, 'with .ago but it Was worked over last spring air! , an DVI -e tbe opening downward0. and immensely improgied. --Henry• . The wa,ter isexpelled in a very ini. This Porch opens off the kitchen and genious manner. The hairs on the drang room; it has an entrancefrom fro . spiders body are long, with a hook at the front yard ,and one from near the the end. By means of these the insect concrete -covered cistern- ! is able to surround ibseu with a When tho porch v,ras remodeled, hien of air. It diVes tato the water glass doors were placed_ at these en and enters the bell, where it releases trances; a nevy- floor was laid and the air. This Process is repeated painted a shade that ,does not eas/JY til the bell is full of air. show soil. the side and ,both ends In the bell the female spider lays were boarded up abOut two and 'a her eggs twice a year, in. the early hall feet and ceile.c1; Window sash wa.s part of the summer a,trd in the aututhn. set in such a mannef1" that half of The first batch of eggs is hatched by them may be -slid .lielgind the others tile summer heat, and the little s,piders for ventilation and Coolness; galva.n- , are soon building beths for themselves. izeci sere•ell-wIred was tisee. Th e4 1.aying tile second hatch of (Wei/learns painted Wife and the walls egg,s, the spider seals no the opening are in the bell, n,nd waits for them to • With blue -and -white china, 131tte- lia•tell out when it becomes warm bordered table eloth, blue -bird- cur - While waiting, the spier is ei tains, and a few flowering plants my siste of 1.1110611SCiOusnesfs. Ileigirbor enjoys .a very attractive .ftlingMer dining -porch:, At one end is plenty of room for a sink and table/4 where ManY tasks may be perroemod. away ;from the heat and oonfusion of the kitchen., le gis, TOOD1 at tho other and 0455 05111101 Dor tho sewing machine. IT it is desk - 44 a heater Inay lie initialled and' a Woinen 'GUidOs in ,SleM. The pecupaitlen of guide k followed hY a large rouriber of young women in Siam-, ficy who wathiles buie s rely gitide hill oar. , Minard's Liniment for BUrna, etc. A geo.d remedy .for a eut is raw starch. It .shoulci be wetted and ap- plied thickly as sabgi .as p.ossible. M 410,440.1A.., 44 REDUOm POtrik2DS A TicoBrzEr 4374`)!' 0 T () X $ lii°°°6 by taking 13.0x and folLowing the Crowtox Diet. Sold by all drug,glate, or by Milli, ROSS N1EDICINE COMPANY' 78 Zarvia Street, - Toronto ..Seven days of self-indulgence make one weak, Minard's Liniment for Dandruff. • able of destroying wood. 7'hese forms' /nay either worle in the,. heartwood or in the s,apwood. of the tree, thoug-b. thh.e°a,:tawiloleoclf uallfg-idu s tyt-Il sapwood. a Most 'of them, are capable of living either ;upon living or dead woocl. Trees are protected frern the ,rab.- tack of 'wood -destroying fungi by the bark but it is usually thecaso that in ohe Or more places the barlr is broken or, wounded and it is at these placeS that the spores of, the fungus gain entrance to the tree. Such wounds may be caused by birds, animals, 111-. sects, wind, snow oa• the natural death liTnbS due •to lack of light. The spores of " wood-ro tting fungus, lodging on such wounds,- germinate if sufficient molstnre is present and. the resultant mycelium grow S into the, *cod. Thb mycelium is enabled -to utilize the w.ead tissue as food nia- terial by means Of the ,secretion,,of various enzymes or ferments -whieli dissolve the elements oomposing the • cell wags, Each fungus possesses a number of different • enzymes each of • which is capable of reducing certain elements of the woad—thus one enzyme will abstract lig-nip. and an- other cellulose. When the dignin- has. been taken- from the wood it becomes soft, spong-y without strength. In addition to these chemical changes, thei:E.,. is usually a change in color of „ the affected wood. It 'iay be left eit13.cr white, yellow ar brown. This change in color may be 'due to the color of the myceliurn of the attack- ing. fungus,- to secretions' by the fungus or by the wood itself or to chemical oha-nges induce 4 by the ac- tion of the mycelium. In- most eases the .phenarnena of decay are charact- No need to lose chicks. cristic for enii. species of fungus so Raise every --one into that, usually-, the, res'ponsible organ- a strong • profitble ism can be deterinined merely by an examination of the ,affeeted wood. it After a s•ufficdent amount of wood has Seen used hs food 'the fungus conern,ences to reproduc.e Itself, This iS accomplished by means of the fruit- ing ,bodies Or ,,bratketS Which ,a.r.0 corns monly to be seen on the side.s of trees ancl stumps. Thesstored. food mater- ials are usually carried to the point of original Mfection and there the mycelium undergoes changes which finall•y result in the production of fruitin.g bodies. These produce spores in itnmense numbers which are ,borne by the -wand for long distances. A few of them are deposited in wounds in trees .ancl the life cycle Commences again. • Some of these fungi 'commonly in- vade the roots .and lower portion. of the tru•nars, but the majority of them affeet the tree above ground. Of the lat-ter two of the most destructive are Tranietes pini which canses a pecky wood rot of 'conifers and Fomes lgniaritts which causes a white heart rot of h.ardwood tree,s, Polyporus schw-einitzii causing a 'broWn heart rot of -conifer's and Armillaria mellea causing a yellow sap rot Df-151oth coni- fers and haedwoods are the most im- portant of the former. While these we -6d rots are of, more frequent' occurrence in. the f.orest th•an in shade trees owing to meire favor- - able moisture conditions, greater, chances for infection due. to develop- ment of fungi upon the windfalls and 'debris ef. the forest floor and to more frequent wounding yet they some- times ;become a menace to valuable shade- or ornamental trees. In such Doesn't hurt'. a bit! 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