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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1896-8-20, Page 3AU ICULTU AL DOES IT PAY TO RAISE PALL PIGS? "As a rule fall pigs aro not as thrifty as spring pigs, and for that reason they are not considered as profitable. The question of profit, however, is not wholly dependent on the relative thrift of the spring and fall litters, The ex pense and risk of keeping the so1S'a must be considered as also the kind of crops and grazing one has for their support, and in addition to this the shelter and, conveniences for winter protection and handling must be last sight of." So argues Mr. Bonham in Breeders' Ga- zette. "The spring pigs can come in May and if one has wood lots or shady pas- ture his pigs can be grown ready for market by December without having been confined to pens or even sheds, The sows can be wintered with less pro- tection than is necessary for pigs. In fact coni ortable pens are anecessity for profitable han4ling of fall pigs. The SOWS need to be wintered so as to keep them in good health and thrift. This means more than the run of a barn- yard and a diet of corn and ice water. It means enough shelter to keep them comfortable during the severest wea- ther. It means opportunity and in. ducoment for exercise, as sunlight, fresh air and exercise are as essential for vigorous health with sows as with any other animal. They need, too, a var- iety of feed and not confinement to the cheapest or handiest. Where the win- ters are open and they can have the run of pastures and wood lots they may be allowed corn mainly, but if they are limited to the pen and. feed -lot the quantity of corn must be reduced and the substitute for grass given in roots, silage, olover and mill feed, so as to se- cure bulky and nutritious feed if we would have them able to grow and suckle strong litters. Sows, However, that are to drop fall litters can be sum- mered at less cost and with little grain, as the bluegrass and clover pastures will afford for some months nearly all the feed they need. As the pastures be- come less succulent and flies abundant they need additional feed of stop, sor- ghum, sweet corn, and the waste apples and vegetables. In this way the cost of keep of the sows for fall litters is lees than that needed for spring litters, This lessened expense on summer keep of the sows helps to balance the account in favor of fall litters. "The principle of the nimble penny or keeping capital employed enters into the question of raising fall litters. One can raise nearly double as many pigs from the same number of sows with two litters a year, since the ma- jority of the sows w ill farrow twice a year, or at least three times in two years, and,..it well fed will keep up in vigor and power to suckle strong lit - tars. For the average farmer the prac- tice of raising two litters a year is in. the line of economy. He has fewer sows to winter and a larger umber of hogs to feed for market. Pigs far- rowed in September will winter better than those; coining later. In fact pigs that come late, lack the strength to resist the cold and storms of early win- ter. If pigs are old enough to have been weaned successfully before cold, stormy. weather sets in they will go into winter quarters with strength and stomach enough ro assimilate the food necessary for profitable growth. Young pigs have little power to resist cold com- pared with that of older ones, To make fall litters successful they must come early enough to be good feeders before cold weather, and then they must have pens and bedding to keep them com- fortable. The fall pigs cannot afford ' the loss of heat that comes from ex- posure to rains, snow and wading in snow or mud. They need not only the v dry, well -lighted, and ventilated pen, but a. sheltered feeding floor, so they can eat and not become drilled to the bone. Economy of animal heat is im- portant in winter feeding of all animals, but to none so important as to young pigs. For this reason they will thrive better if the slop is not cold. In no ease should the water or slop fed in winter be colder than the water of the well, and if the slop is made of warm water all the better. I have never found it profitable to cook feed for hogs, but it pays to nook for fall pigs enough to secure a supply of slop that is milk warm. If the slop barrel is jacketed with a store box and packed with straw or sawdust or cinders and tight- ly covered, the meal and millfeed may be scalded and will keep warm several days. This costs little but pays wall. Pigs thus fed. will thrive and come out with a good soft coat in the spring, while those with ice -water or frozen glop will be pictures of unthrift and discomfort. Pigs well wintered will be ready for the early pasture and clover, where they will make most rapid growth and be ready for an early sum- mer market. Unless one has comforta- ble quarters for fall pigs and will se- cure their comfort and generous feed and have them farrowed between the latter part of August and early part of October, we would advise no fall lit- ters. With uncomfortable pens and muddy lots they will likely become stunted: and unprofitable, and if disease is in the neighborhood they are ready for it." PRACTICAL BUTTER -MAKING. Now that we are having hot weather the butter arriving in the markets of the country is beginning to go off in flavor. There must be a cause for it and each buttermaker must find out ap" for himself where the trouble lies. It is mostly the buttermaker's fault, un- less the butter softens after it leaves the creamery and. before it arrives on the market. Butter once softened is never so good again, neither the flavor nor the grain, so claims the New York Produce Review. There is one spot in creameries that is often neglected because it is out of sight, and that is the inside of the cream gate or the faucet of the cream vat. If that is not properly washed out every day you will soon have . taint enough in that spot to flavor all the butter you make, as all the cream has to pass through it in running out of the vat into the churn, and the same thing will apply to the milk gate in the weigh can. If you have not a faucet brush an purpose to scrub these places out with the next best thing to use for the purpose is s, common six inch scrub brimh, You can split the Omsk of it lev,Athwise into two good brushes. 1 keep one near the cream vat theto and ether by the weigh can use every time these are used, pertiou- larly in warm weather. There is another thing that will cause butter to go off in flavor very rapidly in warm weather and that is churning the Dream at too high a tem- perature, and also running the churn too long, so that the butter is massed together in one body before all the butter is washed out of it. After the butter is so massed together in the ehurn the buttermilk cannot be pro- perly washed out, and if any is left in, the butter will lose flavor very rapidly, even before it reaches -market. And there is still another cause, and that is that the milk is not properly cooled et night. The night milk ar- riving at the creamery in the morn- ing, if not so cooled, may not be sour, but it will bave a taint that will be imparted to the butter and cause it to go eff in flavor, Now, brother butter - maker, if your butter has gone off in and apply a remedy. Yen may say you cannot control the temperature of your work room; but you can look af- ter all the minor points, and the larger ones will take care of themselves. The buttermaker may not be to blame if the butter softens sifter it leaves the creamery, but the principle cause of its being off in flavor is either in the creamery in some paint of its manu- facture or in poor milk. Whatever it is you must find it out. avoid it and your butter will be all right even in this weather. If all the butter was properly made from start to finish there would be less complaint in warm weather. Last night was very .,warm and this morning weighing in the milk 1 found two or three cans with a bad smell. They were not sour but had. a taint. Inquiring how the parties kept that milk I found that those cans had been set in the water tank but the covers had not been raised to let the animal heat out of the milk. The cans that had not been covered up tight were all right. I notified all the patrons that they must keep the covers off the cans filled with milia at night, that the milk may cool more quickly. I have no doubt that is the principle pause of the butter's going off in flavor now before it reaches market. To keep the night milk in proper condition it shoWd be aerated and cooled down to sixty. de- grees before it is left for the night. If the buttermaker was to insist on this they might call bine a crank and give him his walking papers; but the time is coming when that will, have to be done in order to make a first-class artiole of butter. JAPANESE IN FORMOSA. Reports or Terrible Cruelties Practised on the I'eop141—A War of Extermination— Rapine and Murder. From far Formosa, where for up-• wards of a year Japanese troops have been vainly striving to crush out the seeds of postbellum opposition to Jape anese innovations, conies a story whicbd for barbarous cruelty and defiant vias cations of all. ethics of civilization has fortunately few parallels in history, even the savage tribes of the world. The terrible tale of rapine, murder and wanton cruelty which reached Victoria, B. C., by the steamer Empress of Japan fully bears out the statement on the situation in Formosa given publicity by the Rev, Dr. MacKay, on his return to that island six •montb.s ago. Other equally credible correspondents aro now the witnesses against Japan, and the burden of their arraignment is that seeing neither fame nor profit to be gained in the subjugation of the For- mosans by the arts of modern war- fare, recognized as legitimate by civ- ilized nations, the Japanese troops sent. to the island have embarked in a crusade of blood, their object being to crush out all sins of discontent by, as far as possible, exterminating the native population. "In this cam- paign there were no foreign powers to make protest, no foreign press repre- sentatives to herald to the world the atrocities, the telling of which would bring upon Japan the contempt of all enlightened people," says the Ta Inan leu representative of The China Mail; "as a result the policy of extermina- tion has been zealously pursued from the beginning of the campaign, and what with the destruction of their crops, the burning of their villages, the desecration of the graves o f their loved ones, the violation of their wives and daughters and the butchery of their innocent children, the people are driven to the last expedients of des- peration." SPURIOUS TEA. A Large Consignment Rejected in New Yorlc—A Possibility That it May be Brought Into Canada. An item appeans in one of the New York papers to the effect that a large quantity of spurious tea from China and Japan had recently been refused entrance into the United States by the Government officials, and that it had been sent by the owners to some other place, Canada being named as its prob- able destination. According to Mr. P. C. Larkin of the Salada Tea Company the same thing occurred last year, when thousands of boxes of Ping Suey from China and Japan were refused entrance into the United States, and the tea was then sent to Montreal, where it was admitted, and afterwards sold for consumption in different parts of Canada. The spurious tea, Mr Lar- kin says, is absolutely poisonous, and he hopes if the tea recently refused at New York is sent to Canada that the Dominion Government will see that it is either destroyed or sent out of the oountry. He then went on to say that he bad been telling the people of Can- ada for years back that they should drink the beautiful teas of Ceylon and India, which are absolutely free from all adulteration or coloring, and, what is also very important, perfectly clean. He described the different modes of pre- paration. In China and Japan, the teas, after being picked, undergo a process of fermentation, and are then rolled by the hands of the natives, while in Ceylon and India the teas, after being picked, are never handled again, but are prepared entirely and even packed in lead packages by machinery, so that even the grocer cannot touch them; and in the case of Salads, which is the highest grade of tea made in Ceylon or India, Canadians are enabled' to drink it within four months from the time that it is picked . from the bush. An- other thing .n favor of Salada is the fact that no teas are permitted to be shipped, out of Ceylon or India with- out Government inspection, and all teas manufactured there are made un- der English' supervision..: The London Street Railway Co. is be- terested to the extent of $12,000 or $15,- 000 in the Privy Council's recent deois- ion regarding steel rail duties. TSE EXETER TIMES THE HOME. CHILDREN'S CLOTmIS. The soft zephyr ginghams make up the sauce,, Add the yolks of three or four eggs to the mixture and beat thor ing into the omelet pan, or sprinkle it overu fa beforet isi the a r ce the egg firm, or fold it in after the omelet is cooked, Souffle.—Prepare the salmon as for croquettes but use less corn stareb in into charming little gowns. for our dill- oughly, gthee fold in the tiffly beaten whites. Pour into individual cases and .lake in a moderate oven for ten min - utas. , Salad.—For this the fish requires no further cooking and should be well drained. Mix at with an equal bulk of shredded lettuce, or place .the sections of fish on lettuce leavesa Cover with any good salad. dressing. dren, but most of these come in light colors and really soil almost as quick- ly as white. If we are going to use colored dresses on our little folks why not cboose something dark enough not to show soil so easily. We may use a dark blue chambray and this makes up very prettily. I made such a dress for my little girl and feather -stitched the bottom with a waving line, using Asiatic twisted embroidery silk, in blue; from this line I made littlebranches and pink forget-me-notseebut so much work would not be necessary. This dress looked just as pretty as a lighter. gown and really it saved. time enough in washing to have done the feather stitching half a dozen times. I have in mind a pretty little Turkey red gown, this is oil boiled print and has small polka dots, of white. This has a bit of embroidery in the middle of the yoke, for it is made in Mother Hubbard style. The embroidery is simply a little square piece that was once a store keeper's sample. On either side of this bit of embroidery is the red yoke and this Is leather -stitched with red Mediaeval silk on earn side of the white embroidery, The skirt part is full and plain, but the little gown is very dainty and pretty, and as the only bit of white about it is under the chin, it does not get soiled very quickly, as bibs are worn when necessary. An- other pretty little red dress is made from the small polka dot print, which costs a shilling a yard. Thisone is or- namented with, red and white embroi- dery, this really was an old collar, which tad not been worn much, and such collars have gone out of fashion, the dress is cut Mother liubbard, and in the centre of yoke,. two pieces of the embroidery, have their points caught together with red Asiatic etching silk, and then the silken threads cross, and re -crass in the °peeing and are finally woven about to form a sort of cobweb, this looks very pretty indeed, and any- one who has learned drawn work or Point lace will quickly understand how it is done. A frill of the embroidery goes over the shoulders of the yoke, and a little collar with square corners, is also made from it. The skirt is cut full and plain. This little gown really costs very little, but it is dainty enough for any little miss to wear on almost any ocession. Black sateen is also employed in mak- ing children's dresses. - One for a little two-year-old boy, is cut with a rather long waist and has a box pleat in front, feather -stitched with yellow victoria knitting silk, the back is plain, the skirt is short and is laid in kilt pleats. A sailor collar has anchors outlined on its corners, made with the yellow silk. Another pretty little suit for the shall man, is made from same material, and trimmed with a wash silk collar and cuffs. The average farmer's wife will think such a dress costs too much for every day, but figure it up and how much does it cost?e can get really very pretty wash silks for twenty-five cents a yard, and the sateen is wide. and it does not take much for a little dress. Besides even if the gowns mentioned do cost a trifle more than five -cent print, or six -cent gingham they last longer and so are really no more expensive. . Then they do not need washing so much, and this is a saving both of time, temper and a number of other things, including soap, fuel and the garments themselves.- 1 know that the ordinary child will wear a red or black gown and look better when it has been worn two days than the same child would in a pretty pink or blue gingham when worn half a day of or- dinary play. Give the children their freedom; but, mothers, don't entirely forget your- selves. I think a good many mothers really do more work than they need to. Rose Seelye-Miller. CLEANING MIRRORS. The really best method of cleaning mirrors and windows is ,to rah them with a paste of whiting and water. When this dries, polish with dry cha- mois, and remove the powder. A little alcobol in cold water also gives a bril- liant polish., Soap suds should never be used. CLEANLINESS AND CHARITY. It is an excellent practice to have periodical cleanings of clothes closets and bureau drawers. It often happens that much accumulates in the course of a few months which is of no use to the inmates of the house and which could be used to excellent advantage by some less fortunate or poor neighbor. The troublesome moth finds old clothes the best of abodes, and for that reason they should be carefully looked after. Old clothes are not the only things which poor people would appreciate, but -furniture and toys for the children are always thankfully received. It is a foolish thing to consign such things to the attic to moulder away in dust when some good use can be made of them. In this way cleanliness and charity can go hand in hand. WITH A CAN OF SALMON. Salmon Loaf.—Mince one can salmon add one cupful stale bread crumbs, two beaten eggs, one-half cupful milky Sea- son to taste with salt, pepper, parsley and lemon juice. Put in a mould and steam or bake for thirty minutes. Turn from the mould and serve hot with a white or Hollandaise sauce. Dreamed Salmon.—Heat one cupful of milk in a chafing dish or double boiler, rub together a tablespoonful of flour and half as mueh butter and stir smoothly into the milk.t Next put in one can of salmon, breaking it as lit- tle as possible, season to taste and serve as soon as heated through. Scalloped Salmon.—Prepare with the cream sauce as above, put in a shal- low dish or in scallop snaele,. Cover • with cracker crumbs st • ti into a small quantity of melted butter, and bake until the crumbs are brown. Croquettes and Cutlets. Drain a can of salmon thoroughly, pressing out the liquid.Mince it fine and season with one teaspoonful of salt, one-half tea- spoonful of mustard, a speck of cayenne, one tablespoonful of lemon juice, and one teaspoonful of chopped parsley. Make a heavy white sauce, using two tablespoonfuls of butter, two generous tablespoonfuls of corn starch and one pint of milk. Mix sauce and fish thor- oughly and spread on a platter to cool, and when well chilled shape like croqu- ettes' or cutlets., Boll in crumbs, or egg and (numbs, fry in smoking hot fat. Or p in meltedbutter and toast under he broiling burner in a gas stove. Omelet.—Make an omelet as usual, adding one tablespoonful of minced sal- mon. for each egg used. Mix the sal- mon with the beaten eggs before pour THREE ROYAL FARMS. I• Queen Victoria llanifests Great Interest tat These Possessions. If instincts and tastes are hereditary, as they, of course, are known to be, it is no matter of surprise to find Queen Victoria a farmer. " Farmer George" did much to improve the Windsor Cas- tle farm and his tastes bave shown themselves very strongly, both in his granddaughter and great grandson, the Queen and the Prince of Wales. But the great developments of the operations at Windsor were dna to the fostering band of the Prince Consort Al- bert, who gave much of both time and trouble to the work ; and the improve- menta in the farm itself, in its build- ings, and in the quality of the stock, were made under his persistent direc- tion. Therefore, though the predecessors of Victoria have all taken more or less interest in farming, yet it is during the present reign that this has been taken up with, a determination to make the W in,dsor Castle estate what it is —a model farm. or farms, for there are several. In this the Prince Consort was strongly supported by the Queen, Since his death the improvements have been continued, with AN EVIDENT PLEASURE. and as an example to others who have the same opportunities. At Balmoral and Osborne similar work was also carried on, but necessar- ily to a lesser extent than at Wind- sor. In her farming Victoria occupies the position of a tenant and not an owner. The farms at Windsor are the Shaw and the Fleming. At one time the Nor- folk Bagshot and Rapley farms were all held by the Queen, but they were given up a few years ago, as too heavy a. drain on her pocket. The Shaw farm, so called because it was at one time held, before the estate was purchased by the crown, by a Frenchman, M. de Shawe, was originally joined to the Frogmore property, and was occupied by the Princess Augusta; but on her death in 1840 the Prince Consort took it in band, continuing as the tenant till his death in 1801; since which time it has been in the posses- sion of the Queen. The coat of the buildings erected by the Prince was enormous, and with those on the home farm must have ab- sorbed a very large sum of money. They are adapted for the breeding of stock, and at the present time there axe upward of 200 head of cattle on the place, beside a large number of sheep and pigs. THE PRINCIPAL HERDS are those of shorthorns and Jersey's but there are also a number of Herefords and Devons. The object is not merely ornamental for the practical production of beef and dairy produce is ever kept in view. Con- siderable success has been achieved in the production of fat stook, and the prizes won at leading shows haveprov- ed that the system of feeding is thor- oughly understood by those in charge of the farm. The operations are closely watched by members of the royal family, and at the residence of Mr. Tait, the manager, who succeeded to this position on the death of his father, in 1882, there is a suite of apartments devoted to the use of her elajesty, from which she can of privately buildings. through the entire range The magnificent dairy was built ac- cording to the directions of Prince Al- bert, and it embodies all tbat is desir- able in a place where cream and but- ter are to be . kept. The cow house whioh supplies the milk for use in the dairy is very handsome, and the re- cords kept of the production of each animal are most complete. The Queen is a good employer and all the workers on her estates, are pro- vided with improved dwellings, and there are day schools for the children and night schools for adults. RAILWAYS IN CHINA. BIND iNE WHOLE WORLD. WHAT IS OOJNa ON IN THE FOUR. CORNERS OF THE GLOBE. Old and New World Qvents of interest Chiron. lcled Briefly—lnterestlng Happenings of Recent Date. `len thousand dollars was lately paid by R. von Mendelssohn, of Berlin, for a Stradivarius' 'cello. Marquardt, the only passenger an the Drummond Castle who was saved, oc- cupied stateroom, No. 13, The Mormon colonies in Mexico are prospering, owing to frugal and .ener-• getic business management. The new Russian loan of $200,000,000 floated by the Rothschilds in Paris was subscribed about 25 times over. Wild horses are so numerous in Queensland, Australia, that the people shoot them to reduce their number. Australia has extreme heat in sum- mer. A scientist says that matches ac- cidentally dropped on the ground there were ignited. On the Mount of Olives, near Jeru- salem there are eight olive trees which. are known to have existed in 1099-- nearly 800 years ago, It is said that there are several bi- ographies iographies of Mr. Gladstone awaiting publication in the event of his death, and tbat he has himself arranged sixty thousand letters which are to be given to the public. The Queen of Denmark is stone deaf, a throat malady being responsible for the affliction. The Princess of Wales inherits the same trouble: She is al- ready so deaf that she can hear nothing unless it is shouted in her ear. Library students in Paris wear "muz- zles" when perusing old, books in the National Library, "not because there is fear that they will bite the old volumes, but to prevent the inhalation of the book microbes into. their lungs." A lady wbo has just returned to Lon- don from Armenia asserts that the for- eign, Consuls and missionaries esti- mate that there have been fully one million deaths in Armenia as the result of the massacres and from starvation. The Premier of Cape Colony says that the Government proposes to attend to the defences of the country. and con- struct batteries at Algoa bay and in Buffalo harbour, es a contribution to the Empire of which they formed a part. Some of the postmen in London each receive as much as $125 in Christmas gifts, from people whom tbey serve with letters. When the post -office offi cials learn of these tips the amount is deducted from the postmen's salaries. The oldest piece of limen paper in ex- istence, so far as is known, is a manu- script containing a treaty between the kings of Aragon and Castile. It is dated 1177, and is still in fair state of preservation, retaining the ink very well. Great Britain's National Lifeboat In- stitution had 303 boats in 1895. They were launched 437 times, saving 533 lives. The average cost of a station is $5,250 and the oust of maintenance ai athx'ldhersabeing wconstruccted o steam boats and The late Baron. Hirsch once rented Lord Walsingham's historic place in Suffolk, Englani, for eight weeki, pay- ing. $20,000 for that periods As he re- mained there lint one month, his rent was equal to $5000 a ,week for the time the palace was occupied. Sweden appears to be a good country for newspaper men. The Storthing has two state grants of 1,000 kroner each to enable young journalists to get for- eign experience, and all editors are hereafter to have free use of the rail- ways when travelling in the exercise of their profession. It is estimated that over 300,000 pil- grims performed thea religious duties and made sacrifices at Mecca during the late pilgrimage. The Sultan has sant a magnificent cloak of honour to the Emir of Mecca, and a cloak em- broidered with gold thread to the Gov- ernor-General of Hedjaz. Russian hens are progressive. They laid 11,000,000 eggs for export in 1870, 235,000,000 in 1885, and 1,250,000,000 last year: The eggs are sold. in Russia at from 6 to 10 cents a dozen. They are exported to Hungary, then sold to Ger- many as Hungarian eggs, and finally to England as German eggs. The luggage carried by Li Hung Chang filled up the greater part of one side of the court yard of the Grand Hotel, Paris. It struck the ordinary spectator as decidedly shabby, consist- ing mostly of wooden boxes. There were two leather valises among it and a case of champagne.. One of the suite carried a cage containing two large fowl. Professor Charteris, of the University of Glasgow, in his paper on "The Pre- vention of Sea -Sickness on Short Voy- ages," advises travellers to take a blue pill on the night preceding their voy- age, following it with the old-fashioned dose of citrate of magnesia in the morn- ing, and than on board the ship take a dose of chlorobrom and rest m the Alter Decades of Endeavor, the Empire Is cabin. at Last to Be Open to Ra➢.roads. A constable who recently died from fever at Menzies, Australia, is stated Several railways are at last about to to have been heir to an English baron - be built in China, according to a recent etcy. He inherited some years ago a Pekin Gazette„ One line is to connect large fortune, and squandered it in America, after eloping with another Pekin with Tien-Tsin: It will be about wife. He finally landed in Australia in eighty miles long and constructed en- impoverished circumstances, and found tirely with.Government funds, his way to the gold fields, where he Another road is to run across Cen- joined the police force. trap China from Pekin to Hankovv. The The interesting old Castle of Dal - cross, on the estate of the Mackintosh, Emperor has decided that the railroads near Inverness, is to be "restored" and will stimulate trade in China, besides rendered once more habitable. The giving employment to the masses of the castle was erected in 1621 by the people, and so will give it all the sup- eighth Lord Lovat, but subsequently port in his power. passed into the hands of the Mackpin- A third line is to be built from Shang - where 12 Int al army wasas iiriasshathe spot hal to Soochow.This road, although immediately after the battle of Cullo it will only be about sixty-five miles den in 1746. long, is expected to accomplish a great Near 'Ardenlee, Scotland, there is a deal by opening upoe aha Province of unique advertisement made of flower Riangsu.: The Viceroy of Nanking has beds. The beds are each a gigantic let- always strongly opposed all railroad ter, forty feet in length, • the whole projects in China, but is now enthusi- astic over the enterprise and offers to The,total length of the line is 123 feet; provide half the cost out of the official area covered by the letters, 15,845 feet. treasury and urges his peopleto sub- The advertisement is on the side of a scribe for shares for the remainder. Surveys are now being made and the work .will probably soon be under way. RESTING ON THE TIRES. He -They tell me that Miss Cun- niugey .is so run down that it tires her to operate the pedals on the piano. She—Yes, poor thing, she practices her music fifteen minutes a day and rides her bicycle four hours. STIMSON'S SAGACITY. Why does Stimson always carry his umbrella closed when it rains' He is afraid the owner may recognize it., hill, and, being of - bright -coloured flowers, . can be read from a distance at four and at half miles. MISTAKJIIN ADVICE. Old Gentleman—My, my 1 I don't like to see little boys cry. Boys who get hurt should act like men. Bop -Booboo t Than I'd get licked for srwearin NOT AFRAID OF IT. Housewife—Are you afraid of work? Slumbering Sam—No, marm, not in de least. I have slept soundly by de side uv it fer hours. Children Cry for Pitcher' 'Castor`s' -6_ 'eeeera'S for Infants and Children. ••Ossteriaiesoweilcdaptedto chiidreatbat I recommend it as superior to any prescription b ownto me." B. A. Ancsxs, M. D., 11180, Oxford St., Brooklyn, 2i. T. "The use of'0astoria' is so u niverial and its merits so well known that it seems a work of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the 'ntelbgeent amines' who do not keep Caetoria within easy 'news Mansur D.D.. New York City. We Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church. Castorla Collo, O nstIptdoe , Sour Stomaeb, Diarrhoea. Eructation, ZJMs gest W,00�rms, `item 41eep, and promotes .d3 Without nj inurious medication. "F'oc several years I have reeorametidell result yocur'goa&' Castoria,' andInvariashalblyl always oontinuebop dsithas produced ISI t F. suII. M. lD.. & Ito winthrop,"DW12Gth StPareet an431401.414 7t i Vv , Newiork Citf. Tits Cswrszi Coatrutr, TT Mss* x Srnn r, time Tosu.. BUILT UP THE SYSTEM IN A WONDERFUL MAiNER1 • James A, Bell, of Beaverton, Ont., brother of the .Rev. John 'Wesley bell,. B.D., prostrated by nervous headaches A victim of the trouble for several years. South American Nervine effected e complete ,cure. In their own particular field few men are beter known than the Rev. John Wesley Bell, and his brother Mr. James A. Bell. B.D.fihe former will ne re- cognized by his thousands of friends all over the country as the popular and able missionary superintendent of the Royal Templars of Temperance, Among the 20,000 members of this order in Ontario his counsel is sought on all sorts of oc- casions. On the public platform he is one of the strong men of the day, oattling against the ovils of intemperance. Equally well known is Mr. Bell in other provinces of the Dominion, having been for years a. member of the Manitoba Methodist Conference and part of this time was stationed in 'Girinnipeg. His brother, Mr. James A. Bell, is a highly respected resident of Beaaverton, wnere his influence, though perhaps more cir- cumscribed than that of his eminent brother, is none the less effective and. productive of good. Of recent years,b.'w- ever, the working ability of Mr. James A. Bell has been sadly marred by severe attacks of nervous headache, accom- panied by indigestion. Who can do fit work when this trouble takes hold of them and especially when it becomes chronic, as was, seemingly, the case with Mr. Bell? The trouble reached such in tensity that last June he was complete. ly prostrated. In this condition a friend‘ recommended South American NZrvine. Ready to try anything and everytninlf,, though he thought he had coverer the list of proprietary medicines, he secured a bottle of this great discovery. .. second bottle of the medicine was taken and the work was done. lilmploying his own language: "Two bottles of South American Nervine immediately .relieved my headaches and have bunt up my system in a wonderful manner." L,et us not deprecate the good our olergymen and social reformers are doing in the world, .but how ill -fitted they would be for their work were it not the relief that South American Nervine brings to them when physical ills overtake them, and when the system, as a re- sult of hard, earnest and continuous work, breaks down. Nervine treats the system as the wise reformer treats the evils he is battling against. It strii.es tit, the root of the trouble. Ail dim.) ease comes from disorganization of the nerve centers. This Is a scientific fact, Nervine at once works on these nerve centers; gives to them health and vigs or; and then there courses through the system strong, healthy, life -maintaining blood, and .nervous troubles of every variety are things of the past. C. LUTZ 'Sole Wholesale and Retail Agent tor Exeter. Tiros. WICK ETA Crediton Drug Stora, Agent. Wood's i lospliodino,—Tine Great English Remedy. Is the result of over 81 years treating thousands of cases with all known drugs, until at last we have discovered the true remedy and treatment -a combination that will effect a prompt and permanent Dire in all stages of Sexual Debility, Abuse or Excesses, Nervous Weakness, Emissions, Mental Worry, Excessive Use of Opium, Tobacco, or Alcoholic Stimulants, all of which soon lead to Insanity, Consumption and an early grave. Wood's Phosphodine has been used successfully by hundreds of cases that seemed; almost hopeless -cases that had been treated by the most talented physi- cians—cases that were on the verge of despair and insanity—cases that were tottering over the grave --but with the continued and persevering use of Wood's Phosphodine, these cases that had been given up to die, were restored to manly vigor and health Reader you need not despair—nomat- ter who has given you up as incurable—the remedy is now within your reach, by its use you can be restored to a life of usefulness and happiness. Price, one package, 31; sixpackages, 35; by mail free of postage. One willplease, six guaranteed to acre.: Pamphlet free to any address. The Wood Company, Windsor, Ont., Canada. After Tskin Wood's Phosphodine is sold by responsible wholesale and retail druggists in the. Dominion.