Loading...
The Exeter Advocate, 1924-10-9, Page 3BULBS FOR TSE WNDOw DISPLAY Although winter and spring. flower- • The bowls and vases used must be ing bulbous plants;such as hyacinths, non -porous and without holes in the tulips and daffodils, are so easily bottom, so that they may be arranged g''ilei!!t'�wn in pots, yet their culture by the lin the home without fear of damage to hdme gardener is not taken up to the i'tables or other furniture: The mast four extent they deserve, suitable sizes are from fo. hr and one - The Th floweare in the dry bulb when half to twelve inches in diameter ad purchased, and all that is neces rY from i in pots and put, The peat or moss fibre to a ... A Tim THE WORST IS YFT TO COME use sen is 1 . three to live inches deep. i{ to place them in so 1 away in a cool place until they are well' bowls is a mixture of fibre, charcoal . ._ rooted; then on bringing them into a' anfinely heated room, preferably a sunny win { is required, but place several pieces of dow, every bulb win in due .course charcoal at the bottom of each bowl send fort�hf�s buds. to absorb excessive moisture, and also Neitha� gr r�'eenhous a nor garden is to sweeten the mixture, Over the required to assist us in growing these charcoal spread two or three inches of beautiful flowers in pots or bowls, and the fibre. Maisten. it if it is at all there is little risk of failure, provided dry, but it must not be soaked. that a few simple rules are observed. ;The bulbs are now placed in position To get the best •out of our winters: on the fibre, • and more of the fibre is. flowering bulbs it is well to make an worked in between the bulbs with the ialearly start and so .obtain abundant ; fingers; it must be gently pressed, but "=6toot formation before. attempting to beware of making it too firm. Small force them into bloom. It cannot, iu- bulbs, such as crocuses,scillas and d d b too strongly impressed upon snowdrops, should be covered with the 1 Stories About Wel-Known People The Home -Maker. M. Painleve camp to Harve to attend"The greatest work in the world," the Franco-Belgian commemorative is how Miss Margaret.Bondfleld, M.P., ceremonies. He was on the train, describes. home -making. ready to'return to` :Paris; when he an - "Some women," ab.e said recently, pounced that hiss trunk was missing, seem to think that it is better to be He had his several valises, but no an architect or a doctor than a tome 'trunk 1 maker, I hold entirely the contrary Thee train was held fifteen minutes, view. It the duty of women to build while all the .station crew searched for up the life of the family around them.. the missing luggage, Then M. Pain - I have no patience with women who leve called the station -master aside: leave their husbands and children ; "Don't wait any longer; I have. just more or loss to themselves while they remembered that I did not bring a seek outside work because it is more trunk.,, intellectual. Home and children need Comparing Notes. the greatest 'intellectual effort in the ; world." • - 1 Mr. T. P. O'Connor, the , famous B Miss•ondfield is one of the most in -1 journalist and parliamentarian, once teresting women of the day. As Sec wadered away from his native haunts,. retary to the Min-19try of Labor she is and, finding himself in :a golfing oun- the first woman to bold a Ministerial try, looked up the local •club secretary post in Britain. She was once a shop- and asked for a game. The secretary I assistant. obligingly discovered and introduced 1 Painleve and His Trunk. him to an old gentleman, and a game Paul Painleve, president of the was arranged. French Chamber of Deputies, has a As they drew near the first tee the reputation for.being absent-minded -visitor remarked: which would seem to be justified by a "I'm a four man. What are you?" recent incident at the local railroad "I'm a .grocer," replied the old gentle - station. man. • • "--1^- ee , 8 the grower that to pot them up and fibre, whereas hyacinths, tulips and ,.�. then place the pots in a warm room is daffodils are not quite covered; allow( simply courting failure. The pats must the tips of the bulbs to show aboe I �— • be stored where it is dark and Cool, the surface, The bowl is filled to thus following the bulbs' natural habit within half an inch of. the top with Of growth as when planting them deep- ly in the open ground. The hyacinth is the favorite and most dependable of our winter-floAr- but perfectly cool place, but from ing bulbous plants when grown in the which frost is excluded. Here they re- house. The most suitable compost for math for from six to eight or even ten potting is made by using two-thirds of weeks, depending upon the growth good turfy loom, very old dry manure and also the kind of bulb. Examine that can be rubbed through a fine sieve the bowls once a week; if the fibre ap- and a Iittle sand. To this may be add- pears dry water must be supplied, but ed charcoal broken up quite small. In- excessive moisture at this stage may _stead of manure, leaf mold may be - lrbstituted, or good garden soil may 'We used instead. The soil should be used in a some- what dry state to make the work of potting pleasant, and herein lies the advantage of preparing the compost some time before it is required. If old pots are to be used, they should be washed, scrubbed quite clean and al- Iowed to dry before potting begins. The size most suitable for a single hyacinth bulb is a pot five inches in fibre, thus allowing ample space for watering. - .The bowls are fleet stored in a dark 46, 11 gino-os' t lead to decay. If the fibre appears to be too dry tilt the bowl to drain off I the superfluous moisture. When . 3,500 MILES IN THE growth is well advanced and the bulbs ' ARCTIC are brought to the light, water will be given more abundantly. We laugh heartily~ to see a whole flock of sheep jump because one did so. Might not one imagine that sup- erior beings do the same, and for exactly the same reason?—Greville. Hercule Lummis of Wyebridge, Ontario, is the envy of the other boys of his town, because of his pet red deer, which he has tamed and cared for since the animal was very young. Three thousand five hundred miles on foot across frozen land and frozen sea, the discovery of two new lands, meals of boiled sealskin and .oxhide, wading for miles through icy lakes of water above a solid sea -top, and finally to be "marooned" on an Arctic island Science recognizes several kinds of and dramatically rescued—with the lightning, although authorities differ "Great oaken barrels, three tiers deep, steed cased in scow and ice. We opened some of the barrels. Some contained heavy . wool sweaters; others fine brass -buttoned, scarlet - colored, and satin lined broadcloth pea -jackets; others had brightly -color- ed, fancifully -designed mittens. There were barrels of long leather sea -boots, felt shoes, knitted underwear." Why is Lightning Forked? thermometer sometimes down to 50 below zero, and blizzards blowing -- such are some of the Features of Har- old Noise's "With Stefansson in the Arctic." Notes joined Stefansson, and this relief expedition to Wrangel Island last year, was nineteen when he went diameter. A six-inch size will hold three bulbs. Planting the Bulbs.„ Place a. good piece of •crock— broken Sower pot—over the hole at the bot - as to whether some types are not iden- tical and merely appear different be- cause of the peculiarities of human vision, Forked lightning is the most common type. The irregular path of the dis- charge is believed to be due to the pressure of solid particles and electri- in the whaler that discovered the cal charges, that make a jagged course "lost" Stefansson on Banks Island in along the path of least resistance. 1916—Stefansson, the head of the Sheet lightning, which illuminates Canadian Arctic Expedition, who, large areas of the sky, is believed to when his ship was crushed in the ice, be merely the reflection of forked light - calmly set off northward ho! with two ning from a distance. companions across the frozen Beaufort The majority of victims of lightning Sea, intending to live en -what he could are not killed instantly. They are find! merely stunned, and ,can be revived by the application of artificial respira- tion and the other first-aid measures commonly employed in cases of drown- ing and asphyxiation. Most of the exceptionally tall struc- Lying Down to Fly. To lie luxuriously on soft cushions and thus pilot your own small air ma- chine is the latest possibility in aerial flight. Tiny air -cans are being designed and are to be.tested in flight, in which the narrow body, with wings on either side, accommodates just one occupant, lying prone. This will enable the tiny engine to drive the machine more swiftly through the air than would be possible with tit air -resistance set up if a body was provided big enough for the pilot to assume the ordinary sit- ting position. Perfect comfort will, it is claimed be assured by a sofa -like reclining Sleeping in Snow Huts. The world gave him up for dead, while he was in fact discovering Bor- den Island. AToice joined Stefansson, tand this tures of the world• have beenstruck book is the retard of two years' ex- by lightning more than once, but have ploration with Stefansson hundreds of escaped damage because the lightning miles north of the Arctic circle, liv- has been carried harmlessly to the . ing mainly on sial and caribou, and ground by lightning -rods. The Eiffel • sleeping in snow huts. Tower in Paris has been struck many By the time he was twenty-one times without damage, despite the be- 2 frame. On this the pilot, enclosed in his miniature machine, will lie face - downward, looking outwards through a front window or sideways and down- wards through other little windows. Not What He Meant. { A man 'complained bitterly of the canduct of his son. He related at length to an old friend all the young man's escapades. "You should spedk to him with firm- ness and recall him to his dotty," said the friend. - "But he pays not the least attention Ito what I say. He listens only to the , ' advice of fools. I wish you would talks to him." Noice had done more than 200 miles lief. that lightning never strikes twice by sledge and •dog -team. He had been in the same place. the first man to set foot on Meighen i A single flash of lightning coilcen- Isiand--away north of where Frank 'trates many times more energy than lin and his crew perished. Icould be produced at one instant by Stefansson took possession of this al] the power plants in the world. land in the name of the King on be- half of the Dominion M Canada. This was on June 15th 1916 There were In Line With Her Wish. three men on the trip. - . Fussy Patient—"I felt so• ill that I The return from Meighen Island wanted to die, doctor." The Kremlin. tools them across an area previously Doctor—"Ah, then you were per- Peter erPeter the Great hated Moscow, and reported as land, but this supposed fectly right to send for me." ' above all, that stronghold of intrigue ;and they found "buried under some and crime, the Kremlin. He was hundred fathoms of salt water." They Many people claim that their corns raised there as a child, but • he never found themselves "out at sea on near- warn them of weather changes. But lived there in his mature years. When ly impassable ice." probably the corn is merely register - tom of the pot, then fill the same with the great Napoleon captured Moscow Next year-1917—Noiee went with ing change in the shoe leather. This the for et loosely. A hole is then in.1812, or rather when the desperate Stefansson still farther north across varies with the amount of moisture made Yor the bulb, scooping.it out with Russians fired the city and left him to the frozen sea—about level with the in the air. A 2 per cent change from the b lbi fingers,but coverednot so :ep Thehat the top is camp among its ruins, the Kremlin top of Greenland—and the little party foot canormaln stand without discomfort. ither way is all the ge always a u s en still stood, and the emperor, a barely escape disaster . left above theilsoil. tWheno in position trifle• theatrical, insisted on sleeping press the soil down, but not too firmly. Encased in Ice for Seventy Years. h bed oY Peter the Great It was When potting is completed give them a thorough soaking with water before placing in the dark. If the 'com- post was very dry, it may be necessary to repeat the watering two or three times to make sure that the soil is sea thoroughly wet in the bottom of the pot. The pots are now put away in the dark for six or eight weeks, when they are gone over and those in a forward state of growth are removed to a cool room and placed in subdued light. As the pots are thoroughly watered when stored, no further moisture is needed until they are removed, when care must be taken that the son never becomes. dry. When in the warm. liv- ing room it inay be, necessary to' water them at least once a day, • With two or three dozen pots of hyacinths to draw .r' y upon and by bringing two or more elyt pats to the light at. intervals of seven days the soason of bloom i�iaybe ex- tended for several weeks. Daffodils or narcissuses are indis- pensable to our collection of spring - flowering window- Plante; their bright yellow, white or lemon-c,oiored dainty. blossms are unrivaled by_all other spring blossoms. - The bulbs must be well rooted before attempting to force them, for" if introduced . to heat before a strong'root system has heft com- pleted blind flowers • will be the result. A Fascinating Way of Crowing. in the a boy's bed, in a small and stuffy room Later a wonderful thing happened. and very damp, but Napolelon curled They came to Dealy Island, off Mel - up in it, looking anything but digni- ville Island, and saw a pole sticking up 'iced. The next morning he was asked how he slept, and what he dreamed. "I did not dream," he replied, gruffly, "but I caught a confounded cold." A most fascinating way of growing bulbs is to Plaut them in "fibre. All that Is required is a dark cool room, a supply of good bulbs, fibre and some bowls, in which to grow them, and latera light window. from a pyramid of rocks. Near it was the depot left in 1853 by Captain Kel- lett, of the Franklin Search Expedi- tion! Gold was probably the first metal to be used by man. Metallic gold was found in the beds of streams. It was used for ornaments before any other metal was discovered. The first metal �^ The window is shown in the church at York Factory which was present- ed by Lady Franklin as a memorial to her husband and a token of gratitude to those who took part in the search for him after his last fateful voyage. ® &t Mouth -Organ of f of the harmonica," he states', "I have experimented- very extensively with Physical Benefit. this instrument to establish its. value The little harmonica—or mouth -on as a therapeutic agent. I have ascer- gan as it is known to most people in , Mined that the harmonica is a most Canada—has been adding to its laurels ; effective agent in developing the chest of late. Newspaper dispatches and il- and respiratory organs, and in anaemia lustrations appearing he our papers I •children and adults a programme of have been telling of numerous celebri-, regular practice with the mouth organ, ties who have recently fallen prey to which develops breathing, results in the alluring' tonal beauty of this aeration of the blood and tones the modest little musical instrument. ; system generally. The development But the reason for such popularity of the breathing power, which can be i not hard to seek. It can be Summed obtained most effectively through the up, in fourteen words—"The mouth•�or- harmonica, is an important factor in gen is simple to play and is capable building up the body. In practically of giving forth wondrous music." every form of exercise deep inhaling and exhaling are striven for, and this Those who are skeptical of the place is exactly what you get in playing the played by the mouth -organ in health, harmonica. Therefore the hygienic need only read what. Paul V. Winslow, results are mcst satisfactory'. ' M.D., the famous ear, nose and throat , "Another important point is that the put to practical use was copper, madespecial t, of Brooklyn, N.Y., has to patient does it along the lines -of least into knives and other implements at' say. Ile is interested in learn - least 6,000 years ago. i "Since my conversion to the cause ing to play the harmonica. He is 1�'(.'�:°-"'^��:.s;�,r�,.;:�'..,.>s''�'y:.r•.:,:�w.�:'`•�:�':>rL �� �., an' -what- puzzles hue is, how do these a in: - England and the fishing trawlers are working twenty-four Hours duru things know where to go when sque.detail, has opened Phe great herring season; with its wealth of phctuxethey get inside." a day harvesting their famous sea crop. y greatly encouraged in his playing be- cause anyone can master this tiny in- strument and become a proficient art'„t after just a few lessons.” Great Sportsmanship. A sportsman with a wonderful power of imagination -was telling how at one shot he had bagged two part- ridges and a rabbit. His explanation was that„ though the had hit only one partridge, the bird in failing had clutched at another partridge and brcught that to earth m its claws.. "But how about the rabbit?" he was asked. "Oh," was' the calm reply, "my gun kicked and knocked wen over, and I • fell on the rabbit as it ran past." They Had a Road Map. "I haven't gat much .faith in these newfangled do.ctors," said Jim Blau vans, the blacksmith, "Why not?" asked the neighbor whose Rinse was:being shod. deer. ,:Well, to -clay • said Jim; "me doctor h. Yy. •.T'xr\6 C'� ��n r" �. •�z. � told ' me to take pills for me heart, , s mark. capsules, far tablets fel in io p me kidneys iver— .:..,,-, :.�:..� .•��:�;.... , a1 -s and pellets far me 1