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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1919-9-25, Page 6Storing Vegetables the Right Way. to d platted in tiers 't out sic to twelve There are three kinds of storage in in'hee above each other. !f they are I general use for rout crops; 1, epecial macre to pull out 1'ke a drawer they) tent. • v n. •,. � w•'ll be much more ton e dely built cellars; 2, cellars eerier rest Crates Meny packages sueh as dences; 3, field storages. j bar - Where the total amount is likely to re s, vegetable boxes and slatted average more' than 100 or 200 bushels btshel boxes are successfully used. annually, the specially built cellar is TI a small sized pavovides for sufficient emended. For a smaller macula . ventilation and they may be tiered recce the average house cellar will answer, tip to any convenient height, The Field $forage is recommended only slatted craw is more desirable than � v for special conditions and whore neith- the other kinds. Yf n w R . : s er of the other methods is available.`, Storage for Different Crops. Cellar under residence; In modern! Beets: The best size for table beets houses where part of the cellar has which are to be stored varies from been specially built for •storing vege-' two to three inches in diameter. The tables, results are satisfactory. Ilow- tope are twisted off by hand, the hecto ever, some farmhouse cellars are not are dried in the air and immediately adapted to this purpose. Some have stored. If the leaves are cut off the no drainage and water accumulates, stems should be left a half inch or often to considerable depth. Quite more long, as there will be less evap- a few have no ventilatieu other than oration and they will cook better. the windows; as a result the air be- Small quantities can he kept in sand comes stagnant, decay organisms be- where they should keep fresh until come numerous, the temperature is may. unequal and variable, and conditions Cabbage ran be stored in two ways. in general are more or less unsanitary. Where the heads are solid and well If the cellar contains a furnace the matured, remove the roots and most air is sure to become too dry during of the outer leaves. Place the heads the colder months. A heavy shrink- on racks or two or three deep in bins. age of the vegetables results, with a Ventilation ehould be ample and the consequent loss in quality. Where room kept as cool as possible. If the part of such a cellar can be partition- temperature runs much above 40 deg. ed off and foxed up like a specially F., deeay will begin. Split heads or built one, results are quite as sats- those showing signs of rot should not factory. be stored. Field Storage: This consists for the The second method is to pull up the most part of deep pits dug in the cabbabe, roots and all, and place the ground, lined with straw on which heads upside down in a regular order GASOLINE, 4o. per GALLON YOUR MOTOR FUEL PROBLEM IS SOLVED and every traces of Carbon Garage Owners' Accessory Store elusive removed by in each town or village given ex - elusive sale. 8o write at once for MIRACLE MOTOR GAS gasoline tntnnslASr, full particulars one satisfy your- The scientific self that Miracle Motor (dao Is rim-nil:or end da-earbwalzse now provinga veritable gold mins for on aalorystores. 100 tasat:allnnA os d exclusie agents. gasoline at market price rine 100 et �' - 8,iraele Motor (las Tatdete at 01.26 per hundred equals 133 gallons oC gasoline, Money back If not satin- tied. Rend E1.E6 for inn Tablets. 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Cold -frames and hotbed pits stored in the cellar as described above. may be used in this way. ! Carrots: Large quantities should be Such field storage can be used for; handled the same as beets. Small lots vegetables like potatoes, beets, car -1 are best kept in moist sand. rots, atc., that will keep until spring. They are not suitable for large quan- tities where the pits inust be opened Onions: These should be pulled and left in the sun to dry. Twist the tops off, place the onions in slatted orates during the colder weather, and store where they can get plenty of Specially built cellar: Specially Iair. They need a fairly low temper - built storage cellars for fruits and vegetables are best built wholly or at least partly underground, Fruits, po- tatoes and other root crops are kept best at a temperature of 40 deg. F.; the normal temperature of the ground R Mouth Wash CRI8f(9L'O(:l The universal mouth Antiseptic for Pyorrhoea and sore gums. Heals and hardens bleeding gums at once and tightens' the teeth. McCRIMMON'S Mouth Wash deodorizes all decomposed mat- ter and makes the mouth fresh and sweet. A BOON TO SMOKERS Mc GRID II = CHEMICALSzt�IxTED Manufacturing Chemists 29 RICHMOND ST. E 5A= TOR ©lei TO lecgre ItitegAri Send Your Boy to Agricultural College. To Win on a Farm Requires a Mental as Well as a Physical Education. ature but less moisture than the root Probably you can mention a dozen crops. Where the temperature is or more of the older generation of above 50 deg. F., the onions will farmers who have never seen an agri- soften or start to grow. cultural college and yet are success - Parsnips: Dig in the late fall and ful farmers. They have succeeded store like beets or carrots. Small without special training. But if you is approximately 50 deg. F„ which quantities are best stored in moist consider carefully, perhaps you will is too high for ideal storage condi- sand as they remain fresher. They find that they made needless blunders tions. Consequently, a cellar or cave, may also be left in the ground over and experiments, costing them both even though wholly underground, with winter and dug in the early spring time and money, before they found no cooling system is generally too before growth starts. Freezing in the the right way. warm. ground does no harm and is claimed These men might have been even An air-cooled cellar is equipped with by some to improve the quality. more successful if they had had the ventilators at the top where the warm Potatoes: This is one of the easiest advantages of special training. They air will pass out; these ventilators crops to store, Quantities up to 200 have probably done the very best that are equipped with dampers which can or 300 bushels can be easily kept in a they could with their limited knowl- be opened or closed as conditions war- farm storage cellar. Place them in edge, but undoubtedly they, them - .rant. bins from four to six feet deep and of Cold -air intakes open into the eel- any convenient length. Shut out light lar from the side walls just above the to prevent excessive sprouting in the floor lines. These intakee can be made spring. Handle tubers with care when of six-inch sewer pipe joined one digging so as not to bruise them, and above the other just outside or in the, throw out all that show signs of rot. wall, A damper is attached at the Potatoes freeze "at about 28 deg. F., top so that the amount of air coming but it is best to keep the temperature in can be regulated. above 32 deg. F. To secure the best circulation there Pumpkins: These should be removed should be false floors and walls made from the vines when ripe; leave the of 2 x 4 joists and stud's covered with stems on. Store in a warm room selves, are the strongest advocates of the agricultural colleges. Besides these men who have suc- ceeded without special training you probably know of a much larger num- ber of untrained farmers who failed —undoubtedly in the majority of cases because they lacked ffxndamen- tal knowledge. If, then, a lack of knowledge .is a great handicap to successful farming, the next question is: Will the agri- 1 x 4 boards nailed one inch apart. where the air is dry. An attic, a shed cultural colleges supply this knowl- These will let cool air pasta underneath or a loft in the barn where they will edge? If the boy will do his part and on all sides of the contents, thus not freeze will do. They may be the college education will not only cooling the stored vegetables. placed in the racks with the other supply the fundamental knowledge During the fall months when crops vegetables when it is not intended to but what is still better, will also teach are stored, the night temperature drops near or below the freezing point. If the cellar is opened up dur- ing the cool nights, cold air will come through the cold -air intakes, and the warm air passes out through the ventilator. In this way the air can be changed many times during the course of a single night, thus thor- oughly cooling the cellar before morn- ing. Early in the morning the cellar should be closed and not opened until the weather will permit without again warming up the interior. In very severe weather the cold -air in - keep them longer than the holidays. They should be examined frequently and those that show any signs of rot removed. Tomatoes: It is often possible to prolong -the season of ripe tomatoes until Christmas, if proper storage precautions are taken. The vines are very sensitive to frost and should not be allowed to suffer a heavy freeze. The temperature should be watched and the vines pulled just preceding the firet killing frost. Hang the vines by the roots to the ceiling of the stor- age cellar, or in any convenient place takes should be closed. where they will not get too cold. The Vegetables should seldom be placed tomatoes will gradually ripen. directly upon the floor of the cellar, as this prevents the proper circulation of air. False floors should be provided. These are raised two or three inches off the bottom and can be made of three or four -inch slats spaced one Sneezing, from remote times, has inch apart, placed on pieces of 2 x 4. been held ominous. Our forefathers Turnips: Tract the same as beets. Sneezing Bad Omen. 'Upon these false floors the vegetables are placed in bins, racks or crates, accord-ing to their particular need. The size of the bins may be regu- went to bed again if they sneezed while putting rip their shoos. A eneeze to the right,was deemed lucky; to the left of evil portent. To sneeze near latod according to the convenience and a'burial place was unlucky. Trtelition the space available, but the depth has it that at first sneezing was a should be limited to three or four fatal sign, every human being sneezed feet. The warmer the storage room but once, and then died, but Jacob the less should be the depth of the petitioned the Creator to remove the pile. If the bulk is too large, heating , sneezing ;Jan. and succeeded. Thence may result which will start new arose the once universal custom of growth or cause the vegetables to saluting a. sneczer with "Cxod bless mold and, shrivel, If the depth must you," or "May you live long." In an be greater than three or four foot, old book, "The Code of Condnet" it place slatted ventilation shafts upiIs directed that "if his lordship sneez- through the piles of vegetables. es ye art not to bawl out, "God bless Backs: These generally consist of 1 yon,' but how to him handsomely," a series of slatted shelves built into; All over the world the sneeze was one side of the storage room. They; recognized, Whole nations were under are for such vegetables as cabbage,' orders to make exclamations when squash or onions, which can be stored their Icing sneezed. Sneezing was be - only in small quantities and require lievr.d to be a 'sure cure for coughs, better circulation of air. Such racks,' and was also looked upon as a sign are usually about three feet square , him the proper application. It is impossible to do any farm work intelligently without employing some •scientific facts. It takes scien- tific knowledge to feed hogs—if you do it intelligently. Many farmers use scientific principles in their work INTERNATIONAL LESSON S111'TEMBEIS 28. Jesus Our Saviour and King—Reniee Matt. 21: 1.9, 15, 16. G'Uldon Text, ISfatt. 21: 9, I N 'FRE S � >«lxflea PAYABLE HALF YEARLY. lIlo!red PS en money left with us foo - • from three to ten years, Write for Booklet, The Great West Permanent Loan Company. Toronto °MVloo 90 $(1np St. West a. c aa°' ien�_;,, ^"t IZG4 le reit Your onv The first lesson for the quartet n ending gave us its central and pre- vailing theme: The Church, Its Life and Work. The review may dwell upon this theme, and the questions 1,116.comfort. raised may be of the nature and mean- The HALLIDAY OOMPANV, Limited ing of the Church, its membership, its u',an!ON rACTopr ei6TMIau7070 ;ANAL'', sacraments, its helpful and inspiring fellowship, its private and public wor- ship, its work of winning souls and spreading the Gospel throughout the world, its interest hi every good word and work and especially in movements for social betterment, its ideals and laws, its hope of the life that ioe be- yond, and its guide -book of faith, the Holy Scriptures. It is well that we should seek to gain a true conception of what the Church is. We must avoid the two oftenwiththese ,tr . �li`J,?`{�•�'t i. S openings. Filled ;4/ ' with alae, Safe de. 5 ri 1 �e� a ��. live,y euarantee,l. r` , b ; Write for Pries List 1>.1. , Cut clown incl 1• w :� ((Ih, le,ure wince excellent equipment. Model horse and dairy barns, model hog buildings, blooded animals, the latest apparatus in use in all lines—all these will con- vince you that your boy will have the advantages of a very practical edu- cation. So far Ihave mentioned•only utili- tarian reasons for sending the boy to ratives and letters of counsel and in - college, but there are many other I struction from the apostolic,p„leaders, reasons for doing so. The agricul- sang hymns of praise and listened to tural colleges teach other subjects be- words' of instruction or exhortation, sides those directly concerned with In such meetings were planned the first enabling one to make the farm earn great missionary enterprises, under quarters is worth considering. Steps "A Good Living and 10 Per Cent." the inspiring guidance of the Holy must be taken that will mean comfort. If one should go to college and study Spirit (see Acts 18: 1-3), and to them It must be borne in mind that over - only those subjects concerned with were welcomed the returning mission- crowded flocks are not comfortable, earning a living it would bo like a person sitting down to a table laden with a bounteous dinner and eating only sufficient to sustain life. A per- son's general culture should receive some attention. A study of history and literature, and possibly one for- eign language, is wonderfully worth while. Right here I'd like to add some bi YES • Not a Soldier, Here -I stand m the early fall, straight and •stately and fine and tall! I'm quite a riddle, as you will see, for, through I stand so fair and free, I Iiob and two of his friends drifte1 into the library where Uncle Jim we s reading his newspaper, and sat down to talk. They were discussing' very personal matters, but no one minded . Uncle Jim. "The trouble with my job," Tom Seymour was saying, "is that there's not the slightest chance of getting ahead, Why, the fellows in the office say that the older men just stick there to keep tl a younger +r one down. ex i t' ht s There hasn't been a promotion—I don't know when. And fussy! Whew! Why, a fellow couldn't get on in that office! It isn't possible! And yet Me. Bastes tells dad that he'd be only too glad to move them up; and dad believes him, of course, and puts it up to me." e "Well, my trouble's exactly differ- ent," said henry Norton. "There are promotions ell the time over at my place. But if you notice, it's always somebody that has pull. I haven't any pull, so of course that settles my chances. I got the job by answering an advertisement, you know. Pretty nearly every other fellow there is somebody's nephew or grandson or days, thes as met nt in cannot move a single peg --because, something." days, one of identifying the "You fellows make me tired,' said Church with some special form or alas! I've just one leg. I must have "You ow your organization or institution, and the been to war, you say? I wasn't in it, Bob. luck. You may haven someen lnt nuhles, I helped to win it. (You see other of disregarding or making light of all forms and all orggnization. The simple, primery fact is that the asso- ciation, or fellowship, or companion- ship and .co-operation, of those who believe in and follow Jesus Christ makes His Church. Where two or our family's born this way.) But I'll but look at mel You're in business, confess, now,—since you guess,—that at least, aren't you? Made a start, they called me a kernel ono fine day. 'anyway. And ]oak at me, Not even My uniform's the richest green, all started yell And going to college trimmed with silk of golden sheen; this fall for four years! Why, any - here's a tassel on any hat^ But, body could get to be a millionaire in three are gathered in His name He is I'm nota soldier, for all that. One of , four years! And most business men present in their midst, and that is all my habits odd appears: each year, for say that a college education is nothing that is essential. In the time of the half the summer, whether it's cool or but a drawback, too. Dad didn't go apostles and the first preaching of hot or rainy weather, I ween green, to college himself, but he thinks I the Gospel we read of "the brethren" mufflers on my ears. My trusty blades ought to. Uncle Jim, of course, did (Acts 1: 15), of them that received are full in view; my pistils, too. Does go --but he's a lawyer. That's differ - the apostles word end continued in that puzzle you? But still I'm not al. eat. I want to go in for business.' their teaching and fellowship (Acts soldier true. I have some powder, As if in response to his name, Uncle 2: 41, 42), of them that believed and but it's gold, and very precious, I am JJim put downittle his group. er and turned to wore together and had all things coni- told. In fact, it really helps to mak"Hello! he called >geni: sly, "It's bread the cocks and bakers bake. mon (Acts 2: 43, 44), of the apostles' "own company" (Acts 4: 23), who were "of one heart and soul" (Acts 4: 82), and of the increasing number of disciples (Acts 6: 7), who wherever they went abroad preached the Gospel and formed communities of those who believed (Acts 8: 4), which communi- ties were nt once called churches, or, as a whole the Church (sets 9. 31 Lill Yat, though my heart is true and a pleasure to hear somebody allele right, I never wished to go and fight. real business these days. Oh, that Another funny thing I've found: just! reminds me. Did you get out to the now I'm standing •dn the ground; but golf tournament at the club?" some bright day, in some strange way, The boys shook their heads. The' a I shall be ground myself, they say. own interests were in the direction e_ And queerer still another thing: my tennis rather than of golf. family and I are worth a small -sized "Too bad you missed it. It was a fortune in the earth; often a thousand very good tournament," sa'd Uncle - that the and 13: 1). So it has been through all dollars will be offered for us, cash, Jlm; 11111 ,nowt mtetestme the centuries and in every land, since and still, sooner or later, mark my Country Club's ever had. I think those days. They who believe in and words, I shall be had for just one Jack Partridge won the cup, as usual, follow Jesus come together that they mill! and Thayer Stevens won second prize. may help each other and may further What am I? But I don't alf as pleased s oldnk rerr. them wass extend His gospel.became was the most delighted person on Baptism became the sign of formal those linins." entrance to the Christian community, mt*ryyhy?" asked Bob. "Did he win and the Lord's Supper -the symbol and i anything?" formal recognition of its fellowship, "No, not 'a thing; except what you In its meetings men talked and preyed S p fellows would sill a drawback, I sup - which read the Holy theSGospel to pose. For the first time in all the which were now added Gospel ear- ears he's played there they handl- Poen' �J September is a good time to look around for new blood. An extra male or a few yearling hens purchased now can bo secured at a better price than capped him. He went round telling later on. New stock may be the means everybody about it. That proves that of preventing troubles that are sure I'm beginning to be a real player, to follow too close breeding. doesn't It?' he'd say over and over The arrangement of proper winter again„ An understanding look came slowly into Bob's face, "011," he said, "so that's why you switched off on golf tournaments! But we weren't talking aries, who "rehearsed all things that Advantage should be taken of the about games. We were talking about Clod had done with them." fine weather in making repairs, put- business—about coal life—and real The Church speedily found, as it ting on new roofs ami cleaning up the premises. No time should be lost hi life isn't a game, Uncle ,I.im." "No," admibted Uncle Jim, "it isn't, But the laws that govern work and play are the same, Fair play is what everybody asks for, isn't it? And they don't mean just in games, either. Think over some of the recog- nized principles of good sport: team. work and ,hitting the line hard and keeping your eye on the ball and not knowing when you're beaten. Oh, a score of little catchwords. They woke out pretty well in business and in other walks of life, too, don't they? Even the mater of handicaps applies. At first that seems different, maybe! but when a fellow has the right idea about it,—when he sees, like old Mr. . Painter, that a handicap .is a conlpli- ment,—why, there's nothing in the world that brings the right stuff out like a good stiff handicap. You fellows just try looking at it that way, and see how -it works out. I'm sure that the best thing that ever happened to me was having to work my way through colleje. "You must permit me to add, Bob," he timid, turning to his nephew with a • smile, "that you have to know a handi- cap when you see one. I never beard old Mr, Painter speaking of the les- seme that he took from Sanely Mc'rag- gart as a really serious handicap. So I have my doubts whether he'd regard four years alt college in that light, either." still finds, its distinctive work to do. It'provided food for the hungry and clothing for the poor in daily minis- tration (Acts R; 1 and 9: 30-89); it getting ready for winter, which will soon bo here, and which may be a severe ane. The poultryman who pre - proclaimed the gospel of God's love pares for the worst is the one who is in Christ and bore witness to His never caught napping. resurrection. The missionaries of The present generation of poultry - more subjects like economics, soci- the Gospel went abroad to many lands, men does not seen to believe in white- ology, psychology, eta., if I had space, founding churches, teaching in schools, washed' walls in the hennery. I do. to explain dehnitely their value to rebuking crime and superstition and Whitewash, especially when some your boy. But if he comes home and l idolatry, endeavoring to establish good disinfectant (such as a coal -tar tells you that he's studying vane of clean living and pure morals and right product) is mixed with it, not only them, don't object—they're all right and just relations between all classes. gives the premises a cheerful appear - for hiin to study. When your boy graduates from an agricultural college what results have ou a right to expect of him? First of all a college -trained farmer is an intelligent, soientific farmer using the most up-to-date methods and ac- quainted with the best apparatus of every day and never know that they his occupation, And from this it fol - do or, in some cases, why they do it. lows that he is able to make a fin - You believe in milk testing, don't ancial success of his farm. Second, you? And in soil analysis? In for- he is able to make the motet of himself tilizing? In ventilation? In sanita- in his life-work—he fills his job about tion? In veterinary services when 100 per cent. effioietetly. Third, he needed? These are a very few of the every -day things which are based upon chemistry, has the ability to appreciate and enjoy farm life—the ability to be happy in his work. Fourth, he is a woll-edu- You must believe .in an intimate cated citizen, and therefore a good knowledge of plants—corn, wheat, citizen who can think for himself. oats, etc.—if you are a farmer. And I hear some one say: "Well, that also in a knowledge of animal life. sounds all right, but right over two Biology, the science of life, tells about and a half miles north of here is So - these things. And so with the rest and -So who went to college—and look of the sciences studied in college. at his farm, If that's how they train The agricultural colleges chow hots 'em 3. don't want my boy to go to to apply the truths drawn 1rem the college' The answer is that you can sciences and hitch them up with up- find failures in every profession— to-date methods and the latest appar- atus. Dairying, animal husbandry, farm mechanics, butteiniaking and all. the rest of the courses aro based upon science. These courses are not merely related to agriculture—they are a part of it. Your boy at an agricultural college learns the best way—the most efficient way—to do these things. He does his experimenting at the college —not on the farm where experiments aro expensive. He does it under ex- pert supervision enabling him to do it correctly and to draw definite con- clusions from his work. lie leat•ne exactly why he does certain things to got certain results, The agriettlttlral colleges are as a lawyers, doctors, dentists, etc.; but for every failure of a oollege-trained man fifty successful ones can be nam- ed, The failure is the exceptional case -'the successful man is the rule. Colleges are not maintained to train men to be failures. If a comparison of college -trained farmers is made with non -college -trained farmers under similar conditions, then than is some basis for such a •statement. But if you will make such a compari- son you'll scaroely have an objection to college,—C. H. S. A farmer to be a l'eal success must believe in farming as one of the best callings in the world. yule well equipped. A good plan Soil r" 1v not think, but it is quick wottld be for you to visit your pi'•s;u. a'1 reenee i to the treetrnent we live tial agricultural college and sa.a tato : , ' • „h, lltr good or bad. Their work was mighty in the over- throwing of ancient strongholds of error, but in the highest sense con- structive in that it aimed to build and to sanctify the life of the home and of the state. Above all, the Church with its great (tame, but is a valuable vermicide and a germ killer. It is impossible to be too clean, The Sliding Tumbler. The following trick is sure to mys- evangel led mean to faith in God and tify people until it is explained; then, gave them hope for the future. The like many another, it becomes ex - common things of life were glorified in its teachings and given a signifi- cance of immortality. Men were en- abled to see lite in its relation to eternity. Tho gospel of the Church demanded the making the most of this life in the Light of that which is to come. It broadened human sympath- ies and broke down ancient barriers or race and creed and color, establish- ing as real brotherhood. It put master and slave, rich and poor, high and low, groat and small upon an equality in the sight of God, es brothers beloved tremely simple., The apparatus con- sists of a glass tumbler, a bit of candle and a pane of glass or a slab of moable. Those are shown to the company, the tumbler is inverted an Om giese or marble, and anyone pres- ent is invited to set the tumbler in notion with no other moans than the flame of the candle. It seems impossible; but this is the way to do it: First, the glass or mar- ble should be slightly inclined 'by placing a small object underneath one edge. While the attention of the cons (Philemon 18). It pointed to the con- pony is distracted from what you are summation of human relations in a doing, moisten the rim of the tumbler holy citizenship, a "household of God" witit oil, if possible, although water (Eph. 2: 19-22), which is the Church's will do almost es well. Now light the ideal in all ages. The Church has the best things on its program. The League of Nations was planned by It centuries ago, -It stands for justice to all, Its sym- pathies are with the poor and with all who suffer, The Church cares for the souls of all. Can any one of 1.18 .afford to remain outside Its fellowship and .its activities? One of the fine things a young farmer and his wife did last winter was to send a man and woman they loved a big ham and a Mee strip of home -cured bacon. Mow geed it test- ed to those folies who hacI none and were just hungering for a bit! And candle and place the flame close to the side of the tumbler. The tumbler will soon begin to move dawn the inclined plane and will fall otf unless you atop it. The movement is caused by the fact that the air within the tumbler ex- pands when 25 is warmed by the. candle. The film of oil or water be- tween the rim and the "heat of glees prevents the heated air from escaping, and the expansion of the air raieee the tumbler so that its edges rest very lightly on the glass surface. The lessened friction allows the tumbler to slide. Luck always lags; labor runs ter - what they wrote back to the young ward. Luck lies abet! and wishes; folks on the farm tasted awe:- :r tin labor swings the hammer al six o'clock the bawl) and ham ever fsossiLly could. in the morning. Tho Tricolor. How many whosported the tricolor tin honor of France know of its ar• o- c•iations with Mary Queen of Stets? le was Mary who, acem'ding to tradi. Men, gave the tricolor device to Paris the white to ropreserd; the bows•; of her ltoyal husband the Dauphin, the blue for Scotland, anrd the reel for the roti-oo'ated Swiss of the Royal bo:ly- giogel. The Revolutionists of 1789 eulop Leti Macy's colons for their OW11 $mall leaps in automobile tops and folds can bo repaired by putting 011 a heavy daub of shellac, properly col- ored. Hero is n• good one: If you yore writing your own epltaph, what is the best thing you could say about your. self 04% your tombstone?,