HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1926-7-1, Page 7Two Serious ',pent .!
Shattered lier Nerves
Made Her Heart Cad 1
Mrs. Henry Outer, Westeheeter N.
Be writes;—` 'I am weiting to
you, as well as ()there what Milburn's
H*rt and Nerve Pills have aeue for
eme.
Fourteen year$ age 1 had a sun. -
stroke which worked me the nerve' of
my head, and left MQ with 'nervous
laseaches and every nerve in my head.
la 4 t. 4 a IP
ht rel could
, wee 1.1* 80010. 0 creep an eravs
"Then, two years ago I went tb.roug'h
to very serious operations which com-
pletely shattered my nerves and 1 be-
came nothing but a nervous wreck, and
my heart became also in a bad state,
se I decided to call in our family.
physician and he.told me that I he.d
hothing seriously wrong with my heart,
but that my netves were so bad they
were pressing on my heart and causing
a the trouble, and udvised sue to ufse
tome good heat and nerve tonic.
lsrot long after that my husband was
at the store and brought me home a
, box of Milburn's Xeart gala Nerve
Pills, and since that time I have Wren
'Several house, as it seem' to me that
theyare the only thing I can take that
Works on my nervous trouble, and I
would not, ftr 9.74 maguey, be without
them in the house.
I cannot praise them too highlis and.
Would advise any one suffering from
any form of nerve trouble to give them
a fair trial, as I know by my personal
experience that the results can be notle
bag but 0atisfaam7, ' ,
• H. 'and N. Pine are put up min by
The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto,
sprit.
Iceless -Refrigerator Inex-
pensive.
An iceless refrigerator at a cost of
less than five dollars, is within the
each of any woman who has the
ack of using tools, or a man insher
family, willing to devote a spare hour
to carpenter work. Properly located,
it will save many trips to the base-
ment, and iuch food.
'the principle of an iceless refriger-
• ator is that evaporating' water cools.
The refrigerator itself is simply a
framework surrounded by wet cloth.
It shonld be kept in a shady plaoe, but
Where there is a free circulation a anr.
A corner of your back perch that is
always shady would be an ideal spot.
Even on the hottest days insummer,
• It will hold e temperature that will
insure butter, milk, and other foods
coming to the table in exoe'slent condi-
tion instead of in a hopeless, melted
Four posts, four feet high, are re-
quired. Arrange them either in a
' square or a rectangle. Nail on a bot-
• tom of wood, and put four shelves of
either wood or wire, -about four feet
,apart. The top shceild be of solid
•, wood and should hold an enamel pan.
Over the framework put a covering of
_rust -proof wire screen, and under this
ereme put four short legs, resting in a
• second enainol pan. Around this
framework fasten cloth, stretched
tightly. It should be long enough to
reach the bottom of both enamel paps.
The closing down the side of this cloth
should be made with snap fasteners, so
that it.can be easily opened:
Heavy flannelcan be used or a
whitecotton blanket that has outlived
its usefulness will do. The water frorn
the first pan is carried to the tightly
dawn cloth of the sides, maintaining
a low temperature within, even on the
hottest days.—Mrs. L. M. T.
Five Hints.
To exclude flies put a piece of
soreen-wire over the top of chimneys
and ventilation flues.
To avoid cleaning a bread board,
eell out biscuit dough on white wrap-
• ping paper.
• To prevent the confusion which
• often takes place in drawers as a re-
sult of opening and shutting them, use
boxes in them, omitting the covers.
• Men's sock boxes are good for this
purpose.
To economize on laundry, use as
centre pieces paRer napkins of the
• dinner size. They are substantial and
last for several meals. They come
folded in packages.
If,labels on cans are put on with
rubber bands the labels caw be chang-
ed as often as the container is filled
with a different material,
Check That Cough
At Once
if YOlia Moral
You May Be Sorry
Too much stress cannot be plaeed on
tees fact thet 0.11 the first sign of a
cough or cold it should bo gotten rid
of ' immediately, as failure to do so
pay cause years of suffering from some
pelves lung trouble.
You may be sorry if you don't take
our advice and get rid of your cough
Or cola by using
•
▪ 'Dr. WooirPs.
Norway
Pine
Syrup
Thiii Preparation has been oe the
gntutet :for the past 87 years, end is
P.nneeernedgecl, by all thooe who have
Otseit it; to be the best medicine they
•eau procure See the relief' of their
he and eolde.
don't expeximent when you buy
be etre you get the genuine
t $ Pet up by 7ho T. tint= Co.,
'test, Toresstos teseds
BIRDS AND BUGS
BY CHARLES
We pay /emelt attention to untaY
things that , are in reality of little
value, and neglect other matte•rs which
are of the greatest interest to man-
kind. That's because we are human,
and also, very often, obstinate.
When a scientist aays thet.it 1 poes
sible for bugs to destroy the' human
race, there is a loud ba -ha I and again
a ha -ha -hat Even seleetists have been
known to be right. Do you remember
when you laughed ,at the idea of hear-
ing veleta through the air without the
use of Wires?
The folks who do not laugh at the
bugs aee the Odes' who raise the food
supply of the world, They know that
one-tenth of everything produced ie de-
stroyed by the millions and trillions of
insects that infest the fields,
DO YOU KNOW?
• Do you know that the number of
insect species is greater by far than
that of the species of all °thee living
creatures combined?
• Do you know•that almost 12,000,000
plant -ice have been found on one tree?
Do you know that a single pair of
Colorado potato -beetles, if allowed to
increase • without molestatiore would,
i 11 one season, amount to 60,000,000?
Do you know that the unrestricted
increase of ono pasle• of gypsy -moths
would in eight yearsbe numerous
enough to devour all the foliage in
Canada?
Do you know that many caterpillars
daily eat twice their weight in leaves?
Do you know that there is a flesh -
feeding larva that consumes, in 24
hours, 200 times its original weight?
Do you know that every year insects
cause a loss of more than $100,000,000,
to the farmers, truck -raisers and
fruit -growers of Canada?
FACTS, NEVERTHELESS.
These are fact. It is practically'ine
possible to raise fruit or vegetables
without spraying. Spraying costs
money and, in the long run, the, con-
aumer must pay for it. Spraying is
a makeshift and not a cure.
Let us admit that birds can not save
all the -*hit and vegetables, no'r can
dew eat all the bugs; nor do all birds
eat bugs. The real students of bird
life know these things are impossible,
but what we do know Is that insecti-
vorous birds are the natural enemies
of insect life.
Nature is closely balanced. The na-
tural world, long ago, reached a state
of approximate balance, where every
living thing had its means of support.
P. SHOFFNERs
Any artificiel check or change in the
balance rnight easily cost a eentury of
trouble before the slow forces a Na-
ture eouldnaake the neceseary read-,
justments.
We heve upset the state of balanee
in relation to bird life. We have care-
lessly, thoughtleissly and arrogantly
killed our birds, and have allowed the
insects to increase eeorniouely.
THE )EM'S APPETITE,
We have seed -eating birds and in-
sectivorous hirds. The seed -eating
birds do much good by destroying
weed seeds. The insectivorons birds
feed principally upon insects and these
birds are now protected by law. -
All birds at times will eat cultivated
fruit Generally this is calmed by
lack of their natural food (wild ber-
ries, etc.) or by one species increasing
to above the normal, limits,
Some birds seem to do more harm
than good. The crow, both fish and
common crow, and the English spar-
row, an imported bird, are not pro-
tected on account of the damage they
" Many People
Make a Mistake
do.
•
life.
Will you become an ally of the
birds?,
Insectivorous birds eat an enormous
number of insects. The food of mea-
dowlarks Omelets of '72 per Tent. de-
structive insects and 20 per cent. weed
seeds. Fifty-one species of birds eat
hairy caterpillars and 38 species feed
on plant -lice. Most hawks and' owls
are great destroyers of mice, arts and
Qther rodents.
WHAT SHOULD WE Do?
First of all, do not begrudge a few
cherries or a few of your berries to
the birds. They work for you faith-
fully. How long would you auto run
without gas?
Second, teach the children the value
of bird life. Put up bird-housesrelim-
inete the enemies of bird life, feed the
birds in winter and plant trees, shrubs
and vines to supply the birds with
their natural fruit foods.
Remeraber that from the beginning
of 'time, man has been the greatest
natural enemy of birds and extermin-
ator of the various species. Man;with
his gun, trap, cat and dog, has been
directly or indirectly responsible for
the great decrease in bird life during
the past century. •
We are up against a stern condition.
Bugs are increasing. The human race
is fighting for its food, which is its
e
No Lumps in Cereal.
Years and years ago, in the days
when. gas ranges were unheard of,
smooth' cereal was an everyday item
in the diet list of man.y a household.
But the porridge was smooth not be-
cause the housewife stirred the fine-
grained cereal into actively boiling
water—not a bit of it. It was smooth
because the cereal was first moistened
with eool, or perhaps barely lukewarm
water, made into a paste, and then
stirred into water boiling as actively
as water mut boil over coal or wood.
Moistening the cereal and making
it into a smooth wet paste is the secret
of. preparing fine-grained dereal with -
Snit a sign of a lump, for though the
diredtions on the packages all read so
simply, the actual preparation often
proves -to be far from the simple mat-
ter the printing would have us believe.
An too often the "actively' boiling"
wee' r into which the cereal Is being
carefuHy stirred boils up over the
edges of the dish and floods the stove,
or the water does slot keep on actively
boiling in all Darts of the saucepan,
with the result that lumps form as
the dry cereal is stirred into the liquid.
' .Of course the amount of water used
to moisten the cereal must be 'sub-
tracted from the amount which the
instructions clSrect the cook to bring to
the "actively boiling" point.
Preparing the cereal foe growing
children will not be' a bit of a task
if these old-fashioned directions are
followed, _
•
Pick the Pansies and Sweet
Peas.
Be lavish with your sweenpeas and
pansies when your friends come your
way, it is a geed ,plan to let no blooms
fade on the plants, for the little seed
pods 'escape notice more 'easily, and a
few pods maturing Will stop the
blooming. The pansies hide the seeds
beneath the leaves so if the flowers are
not picked they are pretty sure to
ripen seeds, though the effect is not so
quick. or thorough as with the sweet
peas. The pereenial pea will 'bloom
for a longer time and the floaters be
much finer if the blooms are kept
nicked off. One year when we kept
cutting comiderable vine with the
,7owers, they' bore extra large flowers
With tattles long stems.—A. H.
Beehives "should 'riot rest directly
upon the ground. Bricks, timbers- oe
specia14stands six inches high can be
eeod for supports. Place a boaed
from. the ground to the entrance so
that heavily laden bees that drop neer.
the hi ee cax. crawl up, .
To remove the rust from pews, tete.,
jest take' senne groend core, wet it
and let it sour. Then put a legtfeineh
layer .of this mash on the ruity sute
Pace and over it WW1 a soaked 44
to keep it wet. le three days the rust
will come off 'easily.—A. 3. L.
•Aprons of To -day.
There is euch charming variety in
the modern apron that something
practical and attractive can be chosen
• for every need.
One of the best of the new "cover-
alls" is the coat style. This apron
conveniently opens in front, and -then
one side overlaps the other- and ties
around to the back. It protects best
when cut full length to cover the frock
beneath. It is very easy to iron, for it
may be laid out practically flat. It
can be made with or without sleeves.
One design has raglan sleeves, which
are easy to put in, for no basting is
required. A roll -back collar, which
requires Qnly the addition of a straight
band at the neck, is also easy to make
and gives the apron, when donned, the
effect of a: completeehouse dress. In-
deed, there is no .reason why this de-
sign cannot be worn as such in warm
weather. In any case, it makes an ex-
cellent apron for cleaning day, and
pereale, gingham, print or cretonne
are suitable materiels.
Still another convenient apron is the
one with straps crossed at the back
and sewed to -the sides- of the apron
in front. No buttonholes or buttens
are required to fuss with either in the
making or laundering. A bib and
apron are included in the one-piece
design..
The latest design in rubber aprons
is the one with a beaded pattern dec-
orating one of the lower corners. Tiny
beads in contrasting colors are sprink-
led thickly into a gummed design, such
as a butterfly, posies or fruit. As the
rubber apron requires only a (hemp
cloth to remove soil, the decoration
will last as long as the apron. Pretty
olors, such as rose, pink, blue, yellow,
green, laver and red are seen. For
• &lichen, dainty little rubber aprons
are trinuned with contrasting frills of
pleated rubber in such tombinations
as rose and white, yonovvand blue,
lavender and green, But the decora-
tion's are still more attractive, for
they consist of hand -painted nursery
motifs, such as bunnies, kittens and
: puppiee.
Feed and Water Camas.
I Cannes are glues feeders and great
drinkers, Give t ent Wats], during dry
weather, and if it contains liberal plant
food, so much the better, 1. have sunk,
a bottomless bucket, or old lard can,
half way upin the bed, where it was
hidden by the foliage, and filled
with manure, A Pail or tsvo of evo.tee
on esvash days, or at *thee times, pour-
ed into this will give wonderful re.
suite. a you are running a drairi pipe
oat from a kitchen sink, the end will
make a nice place to plant camels.
There is never any clanger Of' giving
too much watee or getting the Sell too
rich, and to get the finest tropical
effect, they sheulel grow with great
lureriance.—A.
ace to any well -regulated farm, and
*mild be made to do pot service at
the very first oppertueity,
111 tbtng thet the mile office of a
Oil11 te Move tiee hewels, bet a prop-
erly prepared pm shoal get, berefien
ally upon the Beer and the entire
elassdulea and tieeretoly system.
Thls 14. Just What
.11/1.11LAURN'S
Do By Their Action
They are smeZ and easy to take, and
work gently and efficiently -without
gripe or a pein.
They on be used 1 pill as a hone
time; 2 pills as a cathertice 8 pills as a
purgative.
All druggists and dealers sell t.hera;
put up only by The T. Milburn, Co..
ferreted, Toronto, Oat,,
1343
SIMPLE AND CONSERVATIVE
Another proof of the popularity of
"prints" is seen in this simple model,
ideal for morning or street wear. The
frock with a crossover effect is always
as fashionable as it is becoming, and
in this design the fronts overlap each
other well, and are held in place by
narrow string belts tying at the centre
back. There are patch pockets of plain
contrasting -color. material to match
the convertible collar, and facing of
long revers. The long set-in sleeves
are gathered into little bands at the
wrists, and may be cut short for house
wear. No. 1345 is in sizes 34, 36, 38,
40, 42 and 44 inches bust. Size 36 bust
requires 3% yards 36 -inch bordered
material, with % yard Plain contrast-
ing. Price 20 cents.
Every woman's desire is to achieve
,that smart different appearance which
draws favorable comment from the ob-
serving public. The designs illustrat-
ed hi our new Fashion Book are
originated in the heart of the style
centres and evtl help you to acquire
that much desired air of individuality.
Price of the book 10.cents the copy.
HOW 20 ORDER PATTENS.
• Write your name and address plain-
ly, giving number and size of such
patterns as you want. Enclose 20e In
stamps or coin (coin peeferred; -.rap
it carefully) for each number, and
address your order to Pattern Dept,
Wilson Publishing Coe 78 West Ade.
laide St, Toronto. Patterns sent by
return mail.
a -
To Remove Rust.
When any part gets rusty put kero-
sene on it, but be sure to wipe it off
after it has stood awhile. Kerosene is
useful in removing rust, but it will
'also cause rust. .After wiping of ell
of the kerosene very carefully, put oil
on the parts, or wipe with an oily rag.
Crude oil is also very good to remove
rust.
Eczema or Salt Rheum
Aihrws No tet Day or Night
Bezeznai or salt eheum as it is cora-
lag of all skin diseases.
The intense buining, itching end
smarting, especially at night, or when
the parts are exposed to heat, is
most unbearable and relief is greatly
Weleomed.
The most reliable and effective
remedy wo know ef is
manly cal ed, is one of the mot agonis-
S. LESSON
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A.NALYSIS.
I. THE Fuer GENERATION 0"7 fSRAMITES
IN EGYPT, 1..
II. INCREASE .OF ,I.HE ream AND OP-
APAIEE770.1r A EG
NEW YPTIN ADIM
ST5r-
INTRohlja10/1—The hOok o ixodus
contineess the history, in brief sum-
mary form, through the long period of,
the Inaelites' meelence in Egypt, and
then, in much greater detail, tells of
the subjection of the people to a very
oppressive kind of bondage, their de-
liverance by Moses, ancietheir journey
through the wilderness to the encamp-
inent at 1k/smut Sinai in the second
year of their departure from. Egypt.
The latter part of the book (chaps.
19-40) tells of a number of important
event e which happened at Sinai, in-
cluding the giving of the law and the
building of the tent sanctuary, or
tabernacle, The name "Exodus" ie
the Latinized form of two Greek words
wtich mean 'departure" or "outward
journey." The great central theme of
the Book is that of God's care for his
people, delivering them from bondage,
leading them through the wildernees,
providing for their many wants, giv-
ing them good laws and the beginning
of a national constitution, and dwell-
ing himself in the midst of them.
The last chapters of Genesis tell the
remarkable story of Joseph, Jacob's
son, who rose to great power in Egypt,
and who settled his father and his
brothers, and their dependants there,
in the northeastern part of that coun-
try, in a time of famine. It seems
practically certain from our knowl-
edge of Egyptian history, that the
Pharaoh who made joseph his prime
minister and welcomed Jacob and his
sons, was one of the so-oalled Hylcsos,
or Shepherd kings, who ruled in Egypt
In the eighteenth and seventeenth cen-
turies before Christ. They were them-
selves Asiatics, not natiese Egyptians,
and of a race akin to the Hebrewfs, a
fact which may account for the kind-
ness which they showed and the wel-
come which they gave them. Early in
the sixteenth century, B,C., these shep-
herd kings were driven out of Egypt,
and were succeeded by Egyptian kings
of the eighteenth and nineteenth,dyn-
asties, ene of 'whom was, no doubt, the
"new king over Egypt, who knew not
Joseph," v. 8.
SUMMER STOVES -FOR FARM KITCHENS
Tyr ',um
All agree that during hot weather'
some kind of cook -stove other than tlee
coal or weed es,nele Is an abeelete
znic-
esalt7 in the farm home, The kitchen
troubles of the housewife affect the
family through the trAyed nerves and
dispesition of the cook, and ne,worrian
can be comberte,ble, happy Rnd coi,.
tented in an overheated kitchen.
Sometimes I think that the unrest
of farm women se much talked about
loy students of sociology had its be-
ginning' in a case of priekly heat
brought on by cooking day after -day
in an interne heated by a ecal range.
Yet, in the busiest season when the
demands of -the farm are greatest on
her strength and resources, many a
housewife works in such an inferno, a
pbace into which none of the rest of
the family ventures, unless obliged to
LLB, DAY, •
OVEN `seteUisee.
Ild'usewives ve always baked
irt a octal of wood stove ecnnetimee hate
difficulty in using other needles:le. It
the portable oven is a good one, inter,
lined with asbestoe so it retains; the
heat, this is Seen remedied, Retneru.
bar te place the food as near the top
of the oven as 'possible (as that is the
hottest part) instead of on, the batton'.
as yoa have, been In the habit of doing.,
Also, turn on the heat for the oven $e
that it will be hot about the time you •
Will need it. A little experience will
soon determine the time needed for
the oven to reaeli the desired teener-
ature and if there is a thermometer
for indicating the degrees of heat, est
mudh the better. Use ,shallow pane.
Heat can riot easily reach the food
vrhen the sides of • the pans are too
high.
do so. No house oan be kept cool with Keeping the oven running- for sev-
a coed or wood range going full blast eral hours •willeralse the teMperature
in the kitchen. Heat Will travel and of 'your kitchen decidedly, so plan ter
the temperature of the other rooms do as much of your baking atone time
'will be raffled to an uncomfortable as possible and not to light it unnecese
degree, sexily. A small portable oven to be
The summer stove should heat up Uted on top of the stove will soon pay
th
for itself In fuel saved, even if your e house as little as possible, yet do
a large portable
stove is previded with
the large amount of cooking and oan- th
which is built-in,
nin.g so necessary in the average farm oven OT one
home. Before buying a stove for this By all means, choose a stove vvith A
purpose, whether it uses electricity, giant burner. The rapidity with which
acetylene gas, gasoline or coal -oil, de- such a burner heats water is a great
termine which kind you can operate convenience' and it is eaPaciallY fine
with the greatest peace of rebid. If for JellY-making and
ordinary cooking, transfer the kettle
you have electric service, investigate
ironing For
the electric fireless cookers; if you, to one of the small burners after the
have an acetylene lighting system, boiling point is reached, thereby say-
ing fuel' The triangular-shaped cook-
vestigate the advisability of hooking
ing utensils which come in sets of
up an acetylene plate; also weigh the three and fit closely together over one
pros and cons of stoves operated by
gasoline and kerosene and consider the burner are also fuel savers. It is well
pseace of mind with which you would to remember that vessels kept free
operate either one. from soot heat more quickly than those
After determining the kind of fuel having a soot -encrusted bottom, sueh
as is sometimes found on teakettles.
you intend to use be sure to select a
Follow D/RECTIONS.
stove that -will be large enough for
your heaviest days of cooking. Even Having decided upon a stove, have
if the large oven and extra bureer oI the dealer show you all he knows about
e
operating It before it is delivered. A
seldom used, they are needed badly at book of directions collies with every
times, and satisfaction with your sum-
mstove. Study this book and carefully •
er stove often depends upon its ca-
follow all the "do's" and "don'ts." Ill
pacity. Avoid buying
this convenience
in a hurry. Talk with your neighbors one hook of directions "the manufac-
turer frankly states that neither his
who have stoves operated with the stove
There is some difference of opinion
as to whether the king mentioned in nor any other make will be
kind of fuel you intend to use. Visit
our Lesson was Thothrnes III of the found foolproof, and urges the pur-
ee dealers in your nearest town and
eighteenth dynasty, whose reign ex- become familiar with the points of the chaser to use a fair degree of caution.
tended over the first half of the fif- -various makes se that you can select and intelligence in its operation.
Never, never attempt to refill a
teenth century (about 1503-1449 B.C.) the make best fitted to your individ-
asty (about 1275-1208 13.C.). • The Much
progress has been made by 1i ghtedk erosene or gasoline stove
or Rameses II, of the nineteenth dyn- ual needs.
s'S ewrist haonudt tfirstaknturning t all aolultthsideebu(nren:
former opinion is supported by the
statement in 1 Kings 6:1 that Solo-, the manufacturers of summer stoVes. less you are looking for trouble). Txtes,
mon began to build the temple in Jer-iIn many homes where the kitchen you may get through without disaster
usalem "in the four hundred and stove is not also required to heat the once or twice, but not always. Not
eighth year after the children of , kitchen in winter, they have become any kind of stove will do good work
Israel were come out of the land of the year 'round stove. You will find unless it is kept reasonably clean, and
Egypt." Solomon's reign began about1 a type and style to meet every need.Y ou will find your summer
B.C. 970, and this would fix the date! stoSteeese
There -sill b th e tw
e e on three- exception to the rule; in fact, such
stoves require a greater degree of
cleanliness -in order to function. Any
kind of a summer stove (of a reliable .
make) will prove to be an angel in
disguise in assisting you in your kit-
chen during hot weather. '
of the departure from Rev t under i
Moses shortly after B.C.
burner plate, and leg styles' with port-
lef5b. Against
tis view is the fact that Thothrees tillable ovens, and there will be the at -
conquered western Asia, including tractive white -enameled ranges with
Palestine, and established an erapir& built-in ovens. Of course, the prices
which endured until the time of Ram- I vary, ranging from only a few dollars
eses II, and, therefort, that, if the
to a hundred or more.
Hebrews had settled in Palestine dur-
ing this period, they would have been
still subject to Egypt, or in conflict
with that einpire as still holding Rowel
in Palestine. The whole matter is still
in doubt, and the course of events may
have been much more intricate and
involved than that shown in our his-
tory. The commonly held view to -day
is that the Pharaoh of the oppression
was Rameses (or Raamses) II, and
that the Exodus took place under hi's
son and successor, Merenptah, about
B.C. e.200.
I. THE FIRST GENERATION QV iSRASUTES
IN EGYPT, 1-6.
These are the names, v. 1. Compare
the last given in Genesis 46:8-27. If
we add to these who are named as the
direct descendants of Jacob, all those
who had become .attached to them by
marriageeor who were their servants
or dependants, the total number 'will
appear to havebeen considerably more.
This is implied in the phrase, Every
man and Ms household. All that gen-
eration. The total period -of the resi-
dence in Egypt is given by the histor-
ian as four hundred and thirty years
(Exod. 12:40: compare Gen. 15:13).
In Exod. 6:16-20' there are just four
generations from Joseph to Moses. If
these passages all come from the same
original source, a generation must
have been reckoned as about one hun-
dred years. If Joseph and his people
settled in Egypt about B.C. 1600, or
earlier, we can reckon, on this basis,
the Exodus as taking place about 1200.
11. INCREASE OF THE PEOPLE AND OP-
PRESSION, '7-14.
A new, king; v. 8. The fact that one
of the treasure cities, built by the
forced labor of the Israelites was
called Raantescs, would seem to point
:o the kingd that nanie, But
forced labor was employed may be
. judged from the fact recorded by Her-
odotiis that one hundred and twenty
thonsand workmen lost their lives in
the construction of a canal connecting
the Nile and the Red Sea in the time
of Pharaoh Necho (seventh century
B.0.). In modern times IVIoharrinted
Alt's canal from the Nile to Alexan-
dria cost twenty thousand lives."
, compare Gen. 4711, which may be
hold to prove that the name was given
at an earlier time to that -part of the
country. The site of Pithooe ant. prob-
ably that of Ractmses, has` been identi-
fied, and the bricks used in the walls
are found to. have been made of Nile
mud and chopped. straw. Both citiea
werein the northeastern rart of
Egypt.
These treasure cities, v. 11, or "stere
cities," were, probably, strongholds on
or near the eastern frontier for de-
fence, and as despots for the supply of
provisions and arms in • time of war,
I Service in the field, v. 14, meet have
• included not only the making of bricks,
but also the digging of canals for irri-
gation, the making of dykes and am.'bankinente, ata the lifting of water
from the river and its branches in the
dry season. The great dams, or bar-
rages erected by Beitish engineers he
recent times,for the control of the
Nile water, have made unnecessary
much of this burdensome toil, and have
enormously increased the wealth and
productivity of the land.
"With :what rigor the system a
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This pieparatiOn has base on the
Rely for the past 47 years, and wilt
0 41 we (Ilene for it. Your neereei .
druggist or dealer sells it. Put up
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°mato, Ont.
Ax helve e get broken sometimes. In
putting in a new one, soft wood is best
for the wedge in the head. Hardwood
will spring out easily and make
trouble, but a pine wedge will stick
closer than a brother.
Paraffin Hints.
The paraffin which we use on the
tops of jellies may be made to serve
again and again if when it is removed
it is washed in cool water and stored
away in a dustless receptable. For
this storage nothing excels a small
granite pot. Having a lid, it keeps the
contents perfectly clean- When needed,
all that is necessary is to place the pot
over the fire a few minutes and then
pour from its accurate little spout, the
'melted paraffin. This absolutely elim-
inates all dripping and makes the us-
ing ofeeeraffin e pleasant, rather than
an annoying process.
OUR FRIEND, THE
The hornets and wasps which we are
acquainted with are known for their
social habits. Not social when it comes
to getting along with boys and girls—
but social among themselves. The
hornets and wasps are very closely re-
d to each otheralso distant
cousins of our honey -making bees.
They live in colonies, whether these be
it holes *dug iiu the ground, on trees
or under the eaves of a shed or house
From a solitary life which the queen
starts in spring, they develop into
large numbers until fall, whenmost of
them die and the surviving queens
hideaway for the winter. .
Few folks fully appreciate the real
value of a hornet. There is the Celli -
111011 white-faced hornet, for instance
—the largest member of our social
wasps. With the exception of buzzing
around our heads once in a while,
there is little daxnage done by them.
Their food consists largely of insects.
In fact, their habit of preying on pests
like the house -fly classes them among
our most valuable friends. A colony
of hornets dwelling close to a resi-
dence will so closely patroi the prem-
ises in search of house -flies that the
owner may feel safe even without
screens hi his doore and windows. But
the timid soul would rather have flies
than hermits.
Hornets are intelligent creatures. In
fact, long before man discovered the
arteof making paper, hornets chewed
wood pulp and mixed it with sub-
stances similar to tho sizing used in
the manufacture, of our own paper to-
day'. Did you ever watch a hornet
build its nest? If not, keep an eyo
• open and heatead of chasing the little
• feloW away, watch it light en' an old
ORNET
board roof, or on a weather-beaten
I fence -post. See how quickly it scrapea
i up the loose fibres in its jaws, and
with the forefeet Tolle them into a
small „ball.
At first the nest may look like a
small parasol anchored to the limb of
a tree. As one storey is completed,
together with its many hexagonal cells
for holding eggs and infants, the wills
are extended; and finally when the
hornet's house is completed, the out-
side wall or roof is brought together
at the bottom, with only a small open-
ing left as an entrance. The outer
wall, er roof, is made of sheets of pa-
per which often bear beautiful mark-
ings. The partition walls are united
at various points and a number of
oblong air-chentberS are left. These
are very important for the physical
welfare of the occupants. Each comb
of the hornet's nest resembles the nest
of a banded wasp, but the wasp has
but open.onetorey, or platform, which is
left
Both hornets and wasps pay much
attention to the -rearing of their young,
The babies are fed on a food known
as "pap" which is composed of the
juices. Of fruit, insects And even raw
meat. Watermelons and cantaloupes
are favorite feeds, also berries and
fruits. Whenever you soo a hornet
light On a piece of fruit and then dart
away with a small mersel sirs its tiny
insect mouth, Yee een be sure that the
baby baek home in the paper creere
will get something good to eat
If there is a hereet's rest near your
house or barn, don't destroy it. Un-
less folks lose their heads and striko
at wasps and hornets, they will do no
harm, So be kind to the hornet and
de not bother its nett.
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