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The Exeter Times, 1894-12-6, Page 3The Best Medicine. J; 0. WILsoN, Contractor and Builder, Sulphur Springs, Texas, thus speaks of Ayer's Pills: "Ayer's,. Pills are the best medicin . I ever tried; and, In my judgment, no better general remedy could be devised. X are used them in any family and recti mended them to my friends ten:i employes for mor$ than twenty years.. To my certain knowledge, many cases of the following complaints have lien completely and Permanently Cured by the use of Ayer's Pills alone: Third, day chills, dumb ague, bilious fever, sick headache, rheumatism, flux, dys- pepsia, constipation, and hard colds. ii know that a moderate use of Ayer's Pigs, continued for a few days or weeks, as the nature of the complaint required, would be found an absolute cure for the disorders I have named above."! "I have been selling medicine _err eight years, and I can safely say th .i; Ayer's Pills give better satisfaction than any other Pill. I ever sold."—J. J. Perry, Spottsylvania C. H., Va. AYR'S PILLS Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowel I, Miss. Every Dose Effective THEEXI+TEI TIMES. IspublisnedeveryThursday meeting, •i„ Ti IVIES STEAM PRINTING !OUSE Alain-street,uearlyopposito yittoa's Jewelers, Store,Exoter,ent,,by.lohu White Sm Sons,Pro- rrletors. BATES OV ADVERTISING Firstinsertion,perline 10 cents 'techsubsequeutinsertiou ,per line Scents, To insure insertion, advertisements should pe sent in notla ter'than Wednesday morning OurJOB PRINTING DEP,\RTUSNTts ono olthe largest and best equippeuin the County orliuron,Allwore eutrustee to us wiltrassi+, nor prom p matte ut io n: Decsions Regarding News- papers. '11.Qyporsonwho takes a paporregalarlyfra n thepost-ofNee, whether directed in hls name or another's, or whether he has sabserib3,1 or nui irresponsible for payment. 2 If a person orders his paper discontinue.l be must pay all arrears or the publisher may ontinue to send it until the payment is made, nd then collect the whole amount, whether o paper is takenfrom the office or not. 3 In suits for subscriptions, the suit may be nstituted in the place where the paper is pub fished Ial'though the subscriber may reside hundreds of miles away. 4 The courts have decided that refusing b aknewspapers orperiodio.tts fro,n the p.3st• frig, or removing and ledging th3 n .1 me 6;i )1 reprimafacie evideac3 of rat latiy,I ml fr ma I IS CANCER CONTAGIOUS ? • A Few Facts That Tend to Prove That Ills The origin and propagation of that terri- ble scourge, cancer, is still a mystery, but some light is now and then thrown upon it. The recent observations of Dr. Gael - Hot, of Rheims, France, described before the recent Lyons Surgical Congress, are particularly interesting, and seem to pro• mise noteworthy results. The experiments of Hunan and of Moran have shown that cancer can be grafted on to animals of the same species. If it can be thus purposely propagated, there' is no reason for doubting that it can be accidentally inoculated. Whether it is actually so inoculated can be discovered only by careful observation, and false deductions are more easily avoided in country districts where the antecedents and mode of life of the population are well known. The unequal distribution of the disease is a striking phenomenon. Thus while 100,000 persons in Paris or Rheims supply .100 victims, the corresponding figures for a village in the Ardennes and a district of the Aisne respectively are 266 and 1,400. Instances have again be known of a particular district, a group of houses, or even of individual houses, that hate been especially visited by the disease. It would seem that nothing short of contagion could explain this. More instructive still are examples of cancerous affections appear- ing successfully in two persons living con- stantly under the same roof. Dr. Guelliot cites 103 such instances. The transmission frequently is effected through wearing - apparel or table -utensils. Twice inoculation occurred through a tobacco -pipe. Dr. Guelliot thinks that the influence of here. dityie exaggerated. Can Fight If He Is a Sheriff. Sheriff Vandyke of Anderson, Ind., has been bothered for the past month by five Household. On' Bedrooms, Whilst traveling through the country everal years ago, I was particularly irn• pressed with time bare, uninviting sleeping apartments called spare o ro ms, which were always kept in order for visitors, writes a correspondent. The dull, color- less carpet, the stifffueniture, and the beds draped either with " crazy " or ancient patchwork gnilts,were decidedly uninviting —the very sheets produced a chill that struck clear to the bone. It takes a long time to forget old customs and associations, and the average country housekeeper does a great deal of serious thinking and endures great agitation of spirit ere she banishes the unsightly heir- looms to the attic. " I hate everything that has the slightest appearance to antiquity," said a young bride who was selecting the furniture for her new home. "My mother's house is full of that sort of stuff, but I mean to have my pretty house cheerful and bright from cellar to garret," she concluded em- phatically. The friends who accompanied this sensi- ble young matron were shocked beyond expression. They explained the excellence of grandfather's clocks and dilated upon the extreme loveliness of antique furniture. But one little woman who was examining a roll of bright•hued carpet, smiled approv- ingly, and remarked in a low tone that she "hoped the young woman would stick to her resolution." The hard, round bolsters and heavy lace spreads and shams now so fashionable, are, in my opinion, far less pleasing to the eye than the snow-white Marseilles and honey- comb spreads and dainty cambric shams and slips that are so suggestive of comfort and repose. The pillows on every bed should be soft and covered with snow-white, smoothly - ironed slips. The sheets, blankets and spread should be drawn evenly over the bed and all the corners and sides carefully tucked under. If a bedroom is vacant dur- ing the day the door should remain open. If the sleeping apartments are kept in per- fect order, the advent of a stranger will not cause the slightest embarrassment. A young girl's bedroom may be made very beautiful and inviting, and if she is handy with her needle and paintbrush, the cost will be but a trifle. Ordinary furniture can be painted in white and gold, and decorated to suit the fancy. A spread andshamsand of fine mull, dotted here there with bright -hued flowers, makes a very effective covering for the bed. A more striking effect is produced by adding deep ruffles and a lining of chintz, cheese- cloth or Silesia.. Truthful Children. The perfect confidence between mother and child which should exist will not con- tinue if the child finds that the mother's promises or threats are unfulfilled. If a child is told that unless he sits still while guests are present he will be punished when they are gone, `and then this is not usually done as promised, or, as is often the case, the punishment is deferred until the promise is forgotten, the offender will naturally soon form a habit of disobedience which it is almost impossible to break. There is a criminal habit of affixing a penal- ty for wrong doing which is illy proportion- ed to the offense. For example: "If you doso and so,I will cut off your ears," or the like, done with the intention of forcing instant obedience, is apt to lead to just the oppo- site effect. Besides destroying the confi- dence of children in the parent, they will soon diverge further andfurtherfrom truth- fulness, and say and do things which they know to be wrong, without reflecting on the consequences. No one, especially no mother, should ever make a promise to a child which she does not expect to fully carry out. Children are so impressible in all their younger years that their lives re- flect the influences of those about them, If lying and deceitare practised towards them, they will soon imbibe the baneful influences, and all their after lives may bear the pain- ful impress of this early teaching. When to Remedy Defects. Parents having a child born with defects or blemishes; should seek to have them removed within a short time after its birth. . Do not wait until a baby is two or three years old before a specialist is called in to see a child ;' have him come when the little one is three months old. Birthmarks, moles, hare -lip, webfingers, clubfoot, etc., can be more successfully remedied when a child is young, and with much -more satis- faction to the parents, if for no other reason than because they are spared the pain of the child's protestations against a surgical operation. The young baby cannot think and has no dread as the c hild of maturer mind. It is only just and humane to spare the older child. --- Hints. Put a piece of soap into starch water and beat briskly until a thick lather is formed. This prevents the iron from sticking and makes a glossy surface on the linen. Soak your dish towels in we, ing a little pearline, then a fel of ammonia, and boil An exeollonb pickle for meats is made n.e follows For each three hundred pounde. of meet placed in ahogehead,put in twenty. four pounds of salt, three quarts of good syrup, twelve ounces of saltpetre, and All the barrel with water, If the meat is cured in an open vessel, take the meats out of the vessel and repack as'oftenasyou would turnthe vessel if tight. This is to be done to change the position of the pieces, that the pickle may reach every- part. The pickle should cover the meat, DIED A WARD OF THE TOWN. Charles C. Starkey Was Once a Altiiion aire lin Cuba and Very Powerful. Charles C. Starkey, who died in Essex Conn„ recently a ward of the town, at the age of 95 years, had a unique and adven- turous career. When he was a young man, his mind fired with stories of life on the " high seas" and in strange lands, he sud- denly out loose from his home, and drifted no one knew whither exactly, but he finally turned up in Cuba, and engaged in the sugar business. In time he acquired great plantations, owned hundreds of slaves, and live i on the fat of the land in a splen- did mansion, with vassals to fan him et his meals, who stepped gingerly about him, as if he was the lord of the world. No one knew how much he was worth, he hardly knew himself ; but it was certainly enough. He shipped tons of sugar and other goods yearly to the United States. After a long time his Yankee tastes became cloyed of his insular magnificence and gilded personal despotic rule, so he suddenly sold his great Cuban possessions, and with his money returned to the States, He out a big swath among rich Americans for several years in the big cities, but finally tied up his vast fortune in wildcat investments, which failed, and one day he came back to Essex, like a hunted rabbit running in a circle, without a dollar. Dar- ing the past thirty or forty years he eked out a scanty livelihood and ten years ago the town began to help him. It doled out a certain yearly alms to him to enable him to keep the wolf of starvation at bay be- fore his door: He had no kith or kin, and died of old age, friendless and alone. He was gaunt and grizzled but sound and tough till near the end, with an old-time, unyielding constitution. In his manner and mien there was a certain clearly defined air of distinction and command. m Birds and Lightning. The question has lately been asked .in England whether birds are ever killed on the wing by lightning. Several observers have answered it in the affirmative i by recalling instances in which they have actually seen birds thus killed. Doubt seems to have been entertained as to wheth. er a bird on the wing is not protected from lightning by virtue of its being separated from contact with the earth. But even the mere shock caused by the passage of a lightning stroke through the air near it might be sufficient to kill a bird without any actual electrical contact. How great such a shock is, in many cases, every one knows who can recall the crashing sound of a near -by thunderbolt. Some observers assert that birds are peculiarly sensitive to the approach of a thunder -storm, and almost invariably seek early shelter from it, as if fully awato, of the peril of remaining upon the wing when there is lightning in the air. But for this exhibition of caution the number of birds killed by lightning would probably be far greater than it is. It would be interesting to know whether birds possess any instinctive knowledge of the danger di perching in tall,exposed trees in the open fields during a thunder -storm. A correspondent of The Companion has the impression that they are in the habit of congregating in the forest undergrowth and in shrubbery on such occasions. This might be mainly due, however, to a desire to find shelter from the rain. PRINCESS BISMARCK DEAD. The Wire of the ex -Chancellor of the German Empire is Gone. A despatch from Berlin, says : —Princess Bismarck, wife of Prince Bismarck, died at 5 o'clock on Tuesday morning. The Princess had been in poor health fora long time. Her illness became pronounced two months ago. She was deeply affected and received a severe shock when the death of her life- long friend, Frau Eugenie Reckow, prioress of the Stoll institute for unmarried women, was announced. Three weeks ago Dr. Schweninger was called to Friedrichsruhe to perscribe for a serious attack of neu- ralgia, and since that time she has been almost continually under the care of a physician. It is feared that the effect of the death of his wife upon Prince Bismarck will be serious, because of his own failing health and adhanoing years. The condition of the Princess became alarming the previous afternoon. It was then announced that the Princess had suffer- ed a relapse and that great anxiety was felt in regard to her condition by the Prince and by her attendants. All the family were hastily summoned to her bedside. Count Herbert Bismarck arrived in the evening and was present when his mother passed away. Although it is feared that the effect of his wife's death upon the Prince will be serious, itis satisfactory to add that,' the great chancellor hap been in better health lately and that he has been able -to resume his daily drives. ce Bismarck personally communicat- •ee, Pr',.- *e `" the Emper. THE FARM. A Strong axis Convenient Fodder Table, Many practical farmers find that the quickest, easiest and most economical method thvd o fandl h in shock corn to husk g. sc xn is it in the field as soon as ripe and bind the fodder in bundles preparatory to hauling to the barn, To facilitate the work of husking and binding the fodder', a cor- respondent uses a table of his own con- struction which is well shows in the, accompanying illustration. It is made of two eight -inch boards 1C ft long nailed about 14 in apart thus alb, *ing room for a man to stand between them. The legs are about two or two and one-half feet long and well braced after the plan shown in the cut. Across one end and beneath the boards is placed the three-inch roller E. Near the middle of the roller two small holes are bored,oue-half inch apart. Short, _strong pegs are' 'dven into these between which is placed ond'end of a rope half an inch thick and ten feet in length. The other end is fastened to the strong cross- piece D. A medium-sized shook is easily tipped over upon the table putting it in a convenient position for husking. When enough fodder is obtained for a bundle the twine in the can a, is drawn through the groove in the strip c and caught in the notch at 1, 2 or 3 according to the size of the bundle. The rope, which hangs across the roller when not in use, is put over the bunch of fodder, then back under the cross pieces d and b, and the knottis naught between the pegs on the roller. \'hen by turning the roller by means of the crank at one end, the bunch is compressed and the twine brought over the top and tied. Loosen the rope and the bundle is ready o go to the stack, mow or cutting box. A Money -Making Machine. 'eery few people care to keep cows as or- naments, irrespective of their usefulness. The usefulness of a cow depends largely on her treatment. If well cared for, she will repay her owner. Good care consists of proper food, acomfortable stable during inclement weather, and kindly treatment. A cow that browses in the fence corners, drinks from dirty pools, is chased by small boys and dogs, banged about with the handle of a pitchfork or a milking -stool, has no time nor inclination to produce milk. All she can do under such circumstances is to try to keep herself alive. A cow is a milk -making and consequently a money -making machine, as there is money in milk. It should be remembered, how- ever, that the milk of some cows is richer than that of others. The richness of •milk consists of the 5amouut of fat in it. The more fat there is in milk the more butter or cheese can be made from it. It should be further remembered that it costs no more to keepgood cow than a a poor one. Experience has shown that some breeds of cows give better milk and a larger quan- tity than others, and are,therefore, the most profitable. Tests of cows of the milking breeds prove that the Jerseys lead all others in the quality of their milk. They have been bred for years with the single object of increasing and improving the milk flow. The breeders have met with such marvellous success that the Jerseys are now acknowledged to be the most profi- table breed of dairy cows known. The average Jersey gives milk of such a rich quality that sixteen or seventeen pounds yield one pound of butter, and she does this without,requiring more or better feed than some of the other breeds whose butter - yield is fully fifty per cent. less. The Jerseys are docile, the quietness of their disposition tending to the productiveness of milk, as a cow of an excitable nature is never a good milker, her nervous energies being expended in other ways. In addi- tion to her clooility, the Jersey is not a ravenous eater. `,A test made at London, Canada, last year showed that the Jerseys returned thirty-three pee cent. more profit on the amount of food consumed than any other breed. At the Main Experimental Station, where an exhaustive test w made, including the richest foo pound of butter produced by 19i cents, while the pr steins cost 27 cents, 26i cents. Private t butter can be prod: cents per pound, covered the cost Sometimes excel) on account of he frequently made dairy animal is for beef, ine,siz Sm is« taken to her size, or no weight attached to PUJ l#"J ll[ i1 LY 1M Y CANA,Bl t the statement that ,she Cannot be turned fiN into beef. A cow that gives on an average one pound Of butter daily for telt or twelve Years is profitable enough if nothing be INTEEESTINf ITEMS ABOUT OUR left of her at the expiration of that period OWN CQUE'E save her hide and bonne. Y. In purchasing a Jersey, see that the body is squarely built,the teats set well apart, and, if the animal be a young one, that there is ample udder room. A well. bred Jersey inherits snob peculiar traits from her ancestors, that they are acre to assert themselves, and when the points above mentioned are prominent the truism is demonstrated that "blood will tell." Too Mitch Threshing. Country boys who are inclined to think that life, in the city is easy and comfortable compared with their daily toil in the country, are apt to find themselves mis- taken when they come to town and subject themselves to the high pressure system of business establishments. An amusing ex- ample of this sort is related by a country exchange. A farmer's boy went to the pity, finding work at home rather tiresome, and obtained a situation in a large family supply store, where a rushing business was carried on. He took hold very well and his employers liked him. They were surprised, however, when he came to them, before he had ben two months in the store, and said: "Well, Mr. A , I guess I'll have to get through here next Saturday night." "Get through l" said his employer ; "why, what's going wrong ?" "Oh, nothing particular." "Aren't you treated well?" "First rate, but I'll tell you just how it strikes me. Up on the ' farm we used to have the threshing machine come once a year, and then we threshed for three days, and you'd better believe we worked hard ; but I tell you what—I've been here seven weeks, and you've threshed every day. I guess I've got enough of it." He went back to the farm convinced that a farmer's life has its compensations. TO MEASURE AN ACRE. With a Rope And Kings Even One Person Can do It Quickly. Few farmers know the size of their fields or how many acres they contain. It is desirable—in fact, indispensable -for good work that a farmer should know this, otherwise he could not apportion seed or manure for it ; nor can he tell how much time it should take to plow, harrow or cultivate it. A good cotton cord, the size of a plow line,should be kept for this purpose. To make one, buy sixty-seven feet of cot- ton rope, one inch round ; fasten a ring at each end and make these rings precisely sixty-six feet ape rt. This is four rods. Tie a piece of red rag in the center. One acre of ground will be a piece four of these cords long and two and one-half wide, equal to sixteen by ten rods, making 160 square rods to an acre. The advantage of the rings is that one person can measure also by driv- ing a stake in the ground to hold the rope while he stretches it out. The rope should be soaked in tar and then dried. This will prevent its shrinking. Last year a neigbor of the writer had a. 'heavy sod plowed by contract at $2.50 per acre. These persons stepped it off. One said it was four acres, another made it a little over five and the third said it was three and a half acres. The contractor sent over and got this rope, and all five men measured it and it was found to be just three and a half acres. He had paid to have the grass out off it for three years, $1 per acre, or $5 each season, counting it to be five acres in extent, thus losing $4,50 through ignorance. Get a measuring line, and when not in use put it away, so that the hands cannot get at it, or they will be very apt to cut a piece off it to tie up harness, thu` maki :g it worthless for measuring purpose,. He Was Not in It. Aleutsored4,FtloaEfien tro iotushe xl oafla te Thorold has a minstrel club. Bread is now eight cents In Orilla, Thebig mill at Longford has closed.. Stratford will repair its old city hall. The water in Severn river is very low, North is afflicted with diphtheria. A bus line runs from Allandale to Barrie. WiughartRiver m has a fine'fife and drum band, Sheriff Ferguson, of Kingston, is 01 years of age. arrestedEvery, tramp appearing in Berlin is DPortr. Stewart is collector of customs at Rowan, OntaBarirrieois called " The' Society Town of , Barrio's broom factory ie doing big business now. The Stratford Hockey Club has been re. g. Some othe inland lakes of Ontario are frozenanizedoverf. J,C. Grifffth's r esidence, Walkerton, has been orburned. The license fee of Hamilton cabmen has been reduced. A 19 -lb. turnip was on exhibition recent- ly at Mad River. A now Orange Hall has been dedicated at St. John, N.B. Wild flowers were in blossom in Matche- dash last week. A summer hotel is being erected at Lake TemiseaIDingue , A new pipe organ has been put in Orillia Methodist church. It costs $50,000 a year to take Lake Sim- coe ice to Toronto. A farmer of Moolrstone dug 2,000 bushels of potatoes this fall rhe new Lutheran church at Rosack has just been dedicated. Thieves recently stole 50 bushels of onions from,a Barrie garden. Mr. George Acheson will he a mayorality candidate at Goderich, Ridgetowh Presbyterians have cancelled the debt on their church. Stratford will probably have a charity ball in aid of its hospital. In a number of country places, teachers' salaries have been reduced. A large consignment of Manitoba butter has been sold in Orangeville. There is talk of a ferry between Victoria and Fort Erie in the spring. The fishermen of the Georgian Bay are returning home for the winter. An Edmonton farmer has raised 207 bushels of oats from one acre of land. A Lovering man had a yield of more than 1,000 bushels of turnips to the acre. Vertical 'writing is rapidly growing in favor throughout the Ontario schools. A calf one month old and weighing 242 pounds was sold last week at Oshawa. Evangelists Crossley and Hunter will hold meetings in St. Catharines this month. Walkerton's police magistrate has fined Hallowe'en prank -players $25 and costs. Two North Orillia farmers had been fined $15 for taking brook trout out of season, Last week William Sykes, of Logan,cap- tured a whole family of sables, five in all. An effort is being made in Hamilton to have the aldermen paid for their ser- vices. . The coming winter will be a busy one in the wood, bark and lumber trade at Ros- seau, George Monteith, of Rosseau, killed the largest bear ever seen in those parts, last Iweek. Beeton pays $1.50 a year, per lamp, to those who take care of its kerosene street lamps. The largest squash grown in Ontario last season came from Muskoka and weighed 295 pounds. Stratford Council has granted $100 to- "` ward the Western Ontario Dairymen's annual convention. The name of the Missouri post office in the North Riding of Oxford has been changed to Holiday Burglars entered the house of Robt. Wood, West Gwnllimbury, the other » ; and stole $100. New Shortening If you have a sewing ui ichine, al clothes wringer or a carpet sweeper (all, new inventions of modern times), it's proof that you can see the usefuless off`' new things. Is A NEW :SEORTErlING, and every- housekeeper verhousekeeper who is interested in the health and comfort of her family should give it a trial. It's a vegetable product and 'far su- perior to anything else for short- ening and frying purposes, Physicians and Cooking Experts say it is destined to be adopted in every kitchen in thy°; land. This is to suggest that yfsu put it in yours now. It's both new and good. Sold in 3 and 5 pound pails, by all grocers. Made only THE N. K. PAIRBANK COMPANY, Wellington and Ann Sta,o MONTREAL. FOR MEN c<AND WOtr/Lir,t'. THE .Trade Mark) DR. A. OWEN, OWE ELECTRIC BELT. 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