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The Exeter Advocate, 1924-10-9, Page 2115152 is most appreciated in the rich, delicious flavor. Try it today. BUSY WORK FOR LITTLE FOLKS. We have four children, three of whom are in school now. The oldest was nearly ready for the third grade when she entered school and the sec- ond, a boy, was ready for the second gradewhenhebegan attending gr a u-` laxly. Besides teaching them their reading and numbers, I have planned their "busy work" for which I also have gathered materials, I 'believe that if a mother can di- rect her child's play so as to develop the small brain and muscles in the right direction, she need not worry if he does not get an early start in the average country schoolroom. It takes some time and oversight on the part of the mother to do this, but if there are a number of children in the fam- ily, the older ones are anxious to help the little tots learn to "do things." Here are some of my ideas, the ma- terials I use, and the way in which I use them. First, I let each child have a place for his own treasures, One has a drawer in the kitchen, the others have each a dresser drawer and a box. They also have a large box that contains material, toys, etc., for connnon use of all. I try to make their work teach them something and encourage them to save their best efforts and put them to some kind of use. I have gained much help from the pages of a primary teacher's magazine and from catalogs from kindergartens and school supply houses. There are many things one can buy to amuse and instruct children, but I have used mostly what we have in the home and on the farm. A pair of scissors and a box of caryola pencils are about the only things I have bought for the little ones. I have all old magazines and catalogs and save squash and pumpkin seeds and peas for their busy work. One of the first things a child likes to do is to sew. Our children have sewed carpet rags at three and four years of age, and sewed buttons all over their dolls. They Iike to string buttons, but those have to be given back to mother and they like their own material to use. In the fall be- fore threshing I cut a quantity of oat straws in half-inch lengths and let them string these alterantely with squash or pumpkin seeds or bright colored paper cut in circles, squares or diamonds. In this work they learn to use the needle and learn color and shape. The children like to make clay ob- jects such as birds and nests with eggs in, apples, al] kinds of animals, etc. I make a variety of clay which is as follows: one tablespoon salt and one tablespoon flour, mix thoroughly and moisten with just enough water er harmless dye of the desired color to make it knead easily. Another of their first occupations is cutting out pictures. These pic- tures they paste into scrap books. I make the books with several sheets of heavy paper or sometimes they use an advertising catalog and paste the pictures in it. Strips the correct length and width from wall paper samples and magazine pages are cut for the children to make into paper chains. I also make "home-made" sewing cards for the children. They use the chains, straw and paper strings and other pretties to trim the Xmas tree or drape their own win- dows or have them for their play house in summer. HOW DO YOU CLEAN YOUR SIL R VE. The Ghost hook BY CLARENCE MEILY. PART II Wombold's stifled cry broke the "What kind of a man was he?" thread of the medium's monologue. Wombold asked, when he had master- Mme. Charleroi's body was wrenched ed the contraction in his throat. violently to one side, and she opened her eyes. "Why, he was a large man—rather It was three days before Wambold slightly built, perhaps about thirty- left his bed, and when he reappeared five. He had brown hair and eyes, it was as if five er six years had but he was somewhat gray, and had elapsed, so much older and more a kind of worried look. He is hard' br ken did he appear. He seemed to have become a haunted man. Mr. Wombold had now definitely surrendered the idea of any, human agency as responsible for the phen- omena he had experienced. His pre- occupation with spiritualism deepen- ed, and his studies became more ab - "Why, he was dressed rather queer- sorbing, though he no longer resorted ly, for one thing, as if his clothes had to Mme. Charleroi or even permitted been Iaid away for thirty years or her to be mentioned. He still em - more. I noticed he wore one of those ployed the detective agency, however, old-fashioned stiff white shirts, and directing it to make discreet inquiry he had a queer flat collar and bow tie, as to Henry Hart's relatives and their His coat was long,and his trousers history. He learned in this way that Is silver cleaning in your family weren't creased, but ironed smooth Hart's widow still lived in Braeksford, a laborious process or one finished' all round, and he had a low -crowned and that the family had finally, after within a very short time? I derby hat and buttoned shoes.He was years of hardship, settled the last of There are plenty of commercial pervaded by a general air of antiquity, the claims against the old partnership pastes on the market that give very! one might say." Itheugh not until anxiety and stress goad results. But since whiting is/ "Did he have a beard?" the old man had cost the life of Hart himself while used in a number of these you can ( interrupted chokingly, his face sud- still in his early manhood. buy whiting in your local drug store denly gone gray. Since the sitting with Mme. Char - and mix this into a paste yourself. I "Yes, a short brown beard, Why,, leroi, Wombold's sleep had been fitful If you have ammonia or denatured; Mr. Wombold?" land dream-laden—owing in part, per - alcohol handy, these are excellent! Mr. Wombold had fallen back into haps, to the freer and more nutritious liquids to use with it as either one the depths of the chair, with one diet solicitously urged on him by Miss tends to cut any greasy film on the! whispered syllable that the girl did! Armitage, coupled with a lack of his silver so that the whiting may actual -I not understand. His ashen cheeks usual exercise. In his somnolent ly get at the discoloration quickly. If you have neither the ammonia to describe exactly—rather odd look- ing." "How was he odd?" Wambold it the question harshly, in a tone at d with sharp in- sistence. The puzzled frown on Miss Armitage's forehead deepened.. stood out in high relief against the brain visions of a far-off boyhood dark upholstery. Miss Armitage mingled with broken images of pres- nor alcohol you may use water. Mix sprang to his side. lent surroundings. to a medium thick paste and use as "Your heart? Mr. Wombold, did( He woke thus one night, about the you would a coin nercial paste—that • you say it was your heart? Oh, Mr. spectral hour of two in the morning, is, rub it briskly on the silver with a, Wombold, are you ill?" i with the distressing intuition of an soft brush or cloth, let it dry and! After two days of troubled cogita- i alien presence in the room. He listen- rub off. Rinse the silver thoroughly, tion, during which he had steadied ed, but could hear nothing more than in hot water and dry. his nerves by the exercise of that his own panting breath. The use of any of the above is: steadfast will which served him in' By the dim glow of the night lamp known as the abrasive method of Iieu of physical strength, Mr. Wom- i he could make out the recumbent cleaning silver. Nowadays there are' bold fixed upon two methods of in -1 figure of Otu on a cot at the other! many of us looking for an easier way vestigation, the one material, the side of the room. The sight of the in which to do our work, and there other psychic. One or the other of I Japanese, and of the vague shapes of is some such way for us when the fam- ily silver becomes dull. and dark. This is known as the electrolytic method, sometimes simply as the soda - salt method and does not wear out' your silver, either plated or solid. The proportions are these: To each quart of boiling hot water—prefer- ably soft water as there is less scum —use one teaspoonful of either bak- ing or washing soda and one teaspoon. ful of salt. Piave the water in a bright aluminum kettle; when it is( boiling add the soda and salt, stir' until dissolved, then drop in all the! silver that the water will cover, Be; sure, too, that each piece of silver is I entirely covered by the water or you will have a high-water mark on it. Leave all over the heat until the sil- ver is cleaned. This usually takes only a minute or se. As soon as it is cleaned, remove from the fire and pour off the water, at once, rinse in clear, hot water and' rub briskly as you dry it. The re- sulting finish is not quite the same as when using the cleaning pastes, although if the silver is briskly rubbed as it is dried we have had great diffi-+ culty in telling which was which when trying both methods experi-1 mentally. Our reason for telling you to empty the cleaning solution out of the alum - i sum kettle as soon as your silver is cleaned is that this alkaline water will soon darken your kettle. A GOOD FLY DOPE. When the flies stick close to the screen doors in the late fall, I find that this mixture sprayed well around the door keeps them away to a great extent. The mixture is made by mix- ing three ounces of creolin with kero- sene and applying it with. a hand spray to any place where the flies bother. If the bench which holds the swill pails for the pigs is sprayed with this, many of the flies will be driven away.— Mrs. J. B. B. them, he felt, should disclose the na- ture of the forces that menaced him.! To carry out the first, he employed a well-known detective agency, in- i structing the superintendent to aster -1 tain the origin of the last card re --1 ceived, and the identity of the person) who had presented it. He waited for a report before resorting to the sec-; and line of inquiry. The report, when it came, pro -ed baffling. As far as the mysterious caller who had appeared before Miss Armitage was concerned, absolutely no trace of him could be discovered. 'In short, the search of the detectives had ended against a blank wall. With a sickening apprehension, Wombold turned to his alternative line of re- search. "Make an appointment with Mme. Charleroi for to -morrow afternoon," he told Miss Armitage. The seance was held in Mr. Wom- bold's library, none being present but himself and the medium. The shades were drawn to half length, filling the' room with a mellow, golden gloom. Mme. Charleroi, a small, stout wo- man, garbed in black and with the flat features, high cheekbones . and neutral complexion of the Baltic- lit- toral, was a noted psychic, enjoying an exclusive clientele amos�l"g the well- to-do and far removed from common class of irresponsible charlatans..The aged magnate had consulted her often in recent years, not infrequently with remarkable results. The two confronted each other now in an accustomed comradeship, the medium impassive, Wombold under a severely repressed strain that showed in his intent .eyes and the slight, nerv- ous movements of his lips and hands. "Tell me what comes to you," he said. "Allow a free inflow of sugges- tion from across the border." Mme. Charleroi leaned back and closed her eyes. She was motionless for ten or fifteen minutes, during which a slightly increased paleness and regular breathing denoted the heightening of psychic susceptibility. Wombold's gaze never left her face as he waited tensely the result of the experiment. At last the medium's lips moved, and as he leaned forward he could catch a faint form of words: "I see—darkness," There was another pause, and then Wombold commanded sternly. "Yes. Go forward! Try to pierce the darkness!" An expression of pity and pain gradually came upon Mme. Charleroi's sleeping countenance. "A wrong, very great and very old," she.whispered. "There is some one to communicate with you—a troubled spirit. He speaks the name of Henry Hart." The listener gasped. "Go on !" he stammered. Suddenly the quality of Mine. 'Char- leroi's voice changed. It assumed a masculine ring, genial and cheery; yet with a noteof reproach in it. "George, you remember that mort- gage I put on my house to meet the Macey Woolen Company bill, don't you? George, they're going to fore- close that mortgage. I can't meet everything, and if I Iose niy home there'll be nothing for my family but beggary. I'm trying to see you—" "Henry, have mercy!" faimamormen SCALLOPED SQUASH. For scalloped squash, boil and mash as usual, When nearly cool beat the •_ yolks of two eggs and stir into the 1, . I squash, adding half a cupful of milk .After ever C'iw thickened with a tablespoonful each of /butter and flour. Pour all into a but- tered baking dish, season, cover- with fine bread crumbs and bake until pale brown. A pleasant and agreeahae wet anti a l-a.g-t_I_n-gg 'benefit as weft. Good 2-,r teeth, ibreath. and digestton. Makes the next e t .rl a r taste better. Is&UE No- 40--'24. HINTS WORTH TAKING. A bunch of arrowroot tied in a thick cotton cloth and boiled with the white clothes will give them a delight- ful perfume. By using a bottle brush to clean the refrigerator pipes, the job it more thoroughly and quickly done. Before using cabbage, `cauliflower or lettuce, turn the heads down in salted water to which a few teaspoon- fuls of vinegar have been added. All insects will crawl out. Unsightly holes in the walls made by 4riving nails into .the plaster can be filled with paraffin melted just Ienough to soften so as to be pressed firmly into the b Iles. It will keep ! the plaster from crumbling and will look neat. For Sore Feet Minard's Liniment. 'familiar articles in the room, re- assured him. He could neither see nor hear anything to justify his alarm and presently, with practiced self control, he recomposed himself to sleep. Some time later his dreams, which had flowed through his mind in the usual incongruous jumble of sense images, resolved themselves into the definite impression of burial, He seemed to lie entombed, a mass of earth or stone pressing down upon him with an intolerable yet hopeless weight. As his consciousness rose to the waking plane, this impression took on the poignant reality that constitutes a nightmare. He strove to cry out, to move, to escape. He groped wildly with his hands, which encountered a heavy object lying on his breast. In an access of terror, he sprang to a sitting posture with a shriek. The thing slipped to his lap and lay there, massive, hard, ponderous. His hands. explored its angular outline as he screamed again. In an instant Otu was by his side and had switched on the electric lights. (To be concluded.) Finishing Lambs. Those farmers who will cater to the market demand for a well -finished lamb ranging from 85 to 100 pounds live weight, depending on the breed and season of the year, should find a source of profit in so doing. Usually the well bred lamb weighing from 60 to 80 pounds is the best stocker lamb to put into winter quarters. The most profitable time to purehase such lambs is between August ' and November. Heavy lambs weighing from 80 to 110 pounds should, be avoided as they make small gains at a high cost per pound, although, if thin and not ex- ceeding 100 pounds in weight, they may with profit be given a short finish in feed lot and pasture. Useful in- formation on the subject will be foupd in Pamphlet No. 16, "Finishing Lambs for the Block," issued by. the Domin- ion Dept. of Agriculture at Ottawa. Growing Bulbs in Water. "This is the time to.plant Chinese Sacred Lily and Paper White Narcis- sus bulbs.. They may be planted in soil, moss, sawdust, or water alone. The . cleanest and simplest method of growing or `forcing' them is by plac- ing them in shallow bowls, arranging I pebbles around them to hold them .in place, and then adding water until from one-third of the bulb is covered. 1'3y using the larger .size .'bulbs,' more flower .alks and better fiowers can be I obtained. The bowls should be placed,I in a -cool, airy cellar,, garret, or ,store room in a dim light. The temperature should be '`from forty to fifty degrees; These bulbs .are not hardy, so any chance of freezing should be avoided. The water level should be maintained. and they should be kept' in the store- room ,from four to six weks, or nail] there is a .thick mass of roots in the' water and the shoot has started to grow. Then bring them into the light and living -room temperature and in a short time they will bloom... Minard'a Linimeht teals Cuts - Starting at Four. So=the Southdownbeautieswere smoothed and brushed, And the teathery••geese. and Jersey, cow; Then the clock was wound; the house was hushed; And you fell to your dreams. you knew not how. For to -morrow openedthe county fair, How you shivered and thrilledd at joys in store— At the Hamper packed and waiting there And the magical word, "We'll start at four," There were silver maples along the way, And they caught at the moon and held the moon; • While a mocking bird took shine for day And was trilling its morning song too soon. , There had been a fog like a rain that night; With the wheels of the spiders' mist -gray lace; And the road led under boughs drench- ed white, While they icily sprayed each up- turned face, With a tinkle-tink on a shadowed ridge There were cattle a -grazing down the dawn; And wheels rang out on a ghostly bridge, And a whispering creek was past and gone. Oh, the sun came up on an unknown land, From a tapering hill you did not know; There were small neat farms on either hand; And a shimmering haze hung far and low. There were drowsy croonings like broken rimes; And the wheels as they turned seemed drowsy too— Then-,you woke from dreams of fairy chines; Lo! a merry-go-round was calling you. —Gertrude West, in Youth's Compan- ion. What Can You Remember? An Indian student who visited Lon- don recently is a human calculating machine. He performs the most intri- cate sums without resorting to pencil and paper and can name immediately the day of the week for any date in the past or future. As a test, two numbers, each of forty figures, were chalked on a black- board. The Indian was told to multiply one by the other. After less than half an hour's mental arithmetic he gave the 'correct answer. A great Greek scholar knew by heart every line of his favorite classic. He said, however, that his memory was a curse, since it compelled him to re- member things he would rather forget. Another man could repeat, word for word, any sermon he had heard. One of his feats was to walk down a busy street and then, at the end, repeat every sign displayed in the thorough- fare. An Italian 'who had a wonderful memory was able to save a friend twelve' months work. The friend came to hint lamenting the loss of a manu- script which had taken a year to write. The Italian sat down and rewrote the entire manuscript from memory. al- though his friends had only shown it to him on two oocasions. A' negro cloak -room attendant at a hotel had an amazing memory for fades. During large parties he would take charge of the belongings of three hundred guests and return them to their proper owners without the aid of checks or tickets. He relied solely upon his memory and he never made a mistake, Where She Works. "You work at a factory?" a woman was asked at Shoreditch, County Court. "Woman—"Don't be foolish, young man! My factory is at home --I have eleven children." - A French sdientist says there are 1,000 poisonous 'gases that are avail- able for war, which makes a thousand, more reasons why there shouldbe no more war. "DIAMOND DYES" COLOR THINGS NEW Beautiful home dye- ing and tinting is guaranteed w 1 t h Diamond Dyes. Jnst dip in cold water to tint soft, delicate shades, or boil to dye rich, permanent. colors, Each 15 -cent package contains di- rections so simple any woman, can dye or -tint lingerie, silks, ribiions," skirts, waists, ' dresses, coats, stockings, sweaters,` draperies, coverings, hil:ng- Ings, everything new. Buy "Diamond Dyes"—no other' kind—and tell your druggist` whether the material you wish to color is wool or silk," or whether it linen, cotton, or 'mixed goods.. NURSES m. Toronto .Hoepitnt for Inourabtee, iq atflllation.with. 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Winter. Bev Production. Wintering Bees in Canada. Root and Storage Cellars.. The Safe Bundling of Commercial' Live Stock. The Bacon Ring and Keg Grading. Finishing Lambs. Selection of Lamb Cuts. Preservation. of Frnits and 'Vegetables,lI' for Home Tlsc. Insects Affecting Live Stock. Farmer's Account Book Price 10 cents. Cut out this advertisement, mark on it the bulletins desired, including the full List of pub- lications, fill-in your name and address, and mail to Publications Brnch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada. (No postage required) Name Post. Odic e. X. R. No Province