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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1920-1-22, Page 21 In Ten Years 500 Dollars Xt deposited at S% will emountto $697.75 et invested at 4%, interest corn - pounded quarterly, will amount to $744.28 Due if invested in our 6;/e% , Debentures will amount to$860.2G Write for Booklet, The Great West Permanent Loan Company. `Toronto Office 20 King St. Weal asegisomeatteseivelimsztestesseatemeaseemeestai Keep a constant lookout for pullets that start laying early Mark them with a leg brand, for these will he the birds to breed from next spring, It takes some of us a long time to learn that It is risky business to wait about grinding the scythe till the very moment we want to use it. Odd moments now, when other work ds not pressing and there is no geese to cut, will grind the scythe for us, put the mower in order, rig up the grindstone, make new pig troughs, boxes for the garden plants, and a thousand and ane things to save time when the days are long and time at e premium. WANTED Poultry, New Laid Eggs Dairy Butter, Beans, Bolling Pose, etc. Write for our weekly Price hist and advise what ,you have to offer. Special Prices for Fancy Quality Gilnw, Lali.gloia, & Co., Ltd. (Papa W.) Xoatrear, - Que...•,a..-•,e.. Up-to-date Methods Pay Mr, Farmer! Oen nosy with hu. )Iaale ti,o.'e of 13e11a.1,1e 1.0nee r.'at out that cid 'wasteful boiling t and install our famous "08A82- het 1R•BAOH,LTOI6, built for ',Br_ [-fill; 113 'r •iv is fr:n, t,d Too: a ar n' ;n.l ore 1 tot it ei rent+ ,.n tiottoot 10 boot. .ti intitta it i'1 22 .00 ler+t, ... . '.ultal,}a .nr .•.1, ..iraa gr.,... Write no _, -..u• l ..e The Grimm IAanufactur0ng Ccmp'n; e8 Weil::.Ttsn .0... 2Sontreel. Que. ,were CONDUCTED BY PROP, HENRY et, BELL Tho object of this department Is to place at the ser- vice of our farm readers the advice of an acknowledged authority on all subjects pertaining to soles and crops. Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, In care of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, Toron• to, and answers will appear In this column In the order In which they are received. When writing kindly men- tion this paper. As apace le limited it is advisable where immediate reply Is necessary that a stamped and ad. dressed envelope be enclosed with the question, when "x the answer will be mailed direct. h,;00 Lime and Liming. "Well! When is the expense go- fag• to slap'. What with high grade seed, new machinery and well bred livestock, the end of expenses seems never to be in eight, and now they tell us we have to put on lime on our land and even some say use fer- tilizers. We never did this in the good old days, but it is pretty hard to get the yields we got then." Have you aver heard a man make such statements at a Farmers' Institute or other gatherings? He is looking at his problem ,from the wrong angle. Everything that costs money is cata- logued as an expense, rarely as an investment. In his grandfather's time he quite agreed it was good business to spend money to clear up' the field, and build new fences, but as time has gone on he fails to appre- ciate the -fact that we never can stand still, progress must be made or we ' go backward. Hence a good many of his fellows are taking up with this idea of good drainage and the use of lime, ere. But just as in other walks) of life when men become impressed; with the fact that there are a good many avenues where progress can be made they sametintes do not take! care to get a clear picture in their minds of just what the various lines represent. What I am driving at is a blunder 1 came across the other day.A man in one of our good counties had used, before the fertilizer was used the fer- tilized yields rose to 29.49 bushels per acre, You see then that lime is responsible for all increase in wheat' of about 4 bushels per acre. New, York Agricultural Experiment Ste-' tion aptly summarizes the value of lime as follows, "The Ohio experiment illustrates the fact that line does not take the place of other fertilizers err manures .but supplements them." The next time you hear a fellow talking about fertilizing his soli with lime take time to explain the differ- ence. Fertilizers carry nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potnah. They do not sweeten the soil only in so far as they !nay contain a little lime in their composition, Fertilizerle feed the toil and crops. Limo supplies carbonate of caleinm or magnesia which does not feed the crops but cor- rects sell sourness. For best results your land ,`cold be limed as well as fertilized, but do not mix lime with fertilizer or put it on nt the same time, If you do there is danger of some of the available plant food of the fertilizer going back to the un- available form due to chemical action t trC - .ween the fertilizer i� la .er ttnd the lime.; Put the lime on a week or so previous! to the fertilizer or any time during' that period of year when the crop is not glowing. Put the fertilizer on when you are preparing to plant the erop. But above all thing's, remem- ber that liming is not fertilizing.— Henry G. Bell. ree Ways of Lighthig the Tarm Home BY D. WI On my own farm, I have a very good system—a small air-cooled kern -I serve engine with a thirty -two -volt, electric generator built into it. The storage batteries are so large that I need to run the engine only mire or twice a week --about four or six hours at a time. My home is quite geed - sized, but two or three gallons of kerosene a week give me all the elec- tric light I can use. Some years ago, I had another system; the generator was driven by a belt from a line -shaft Just which is the better depends on circum- stances; the built-in system uses less fuel, takes less space and has a self- starter; the belt -driven system does not need a separate engine, but is run from the same power that does your pumping, grinds your feed, etc. A four -horse engine is needed to run the line -shaft, I have found; a smaller LLIAMSON, -agricultural" lime. For some reason,' one can be used if the generator is most likely that of bad drainage he, belted direct to the engine pulley. Don't make the error t •'of buying Ltd mu tee touch result from the ap- uy ng too; I plication of. lime, hence he is dram I small an outfit; I did that the first' I en the u,,e of fertilizers. He thinks time. My storage batteries had to they are an unnecessary expense and be charged every day; consequently,: possibly thinks that they are same- they wore out in three years or so. what of a fake. You may know the My present plant has been in service _ _- __ _.. _________ :_-_ difference, reader, between lime andnearly as long, and the batteries are l fertilizers, but for the sake of at leastas good as new. half a dozen men in the province that If you have a fair-sized brook run -i should know better I wish to take ning through your farm, you can time to explain that liming is not for- :easily drive your electric generatortilizing, never was and never willbe. with a small water -wheel; several ('issuing out the cow stable isn't concerns make a specialty of- farm. feeding the cow. Putting lime on the water -power plants. The more fall; oil to snake the home of the plant you have, the better, but four feet, right is not feeding the crops. This will run a breast -wheel, provided you d:+ the big paint to get clearly in have a good volume of water, A' mind. Lime is a house cleaner. When very small stream, with eight or ten the folks at home twist the furniture feet of fall, will drive an overshot' all out of place, put your hat and coat wheel. on a different peg and entirely upset'. The first cost of a witer-driven, the seller of things in the house in outfit is usually about the same as piing, you notice they usually white-• an engine -driven one, unless you have: .a.h the walls. This is partly to to build an elaborate dam, sluice, etc. make them clean and Leight and part The great saving comes in the operat- ly to stake the room sweet and' Ing cost; water is decidedly less ex - healthy. When you put lime on the pensive than gasoline or kerosene. I: soil you do it for very much the same _____ reason. As the plant matter in the soil decays it very often produces con- ditions in the soil which we call sour ' soil. Under such conditions good clover will not grow, neither wily many other crops do their best, If you add line it sweetens the soil and makes conditions proper for the mil -1 INTERNATIONAL LESSON. Fertilizers.., Inc.-- Yields of r andImprove Otlatity n : u Ohl Sta- ,t i•:•1a of .14 On u.., it :Minnesota t•ep1rs.t.ir/,t. i,r t.1•.-.0 nr s. ;•, .. ;t i •;iii 11110)025 art meeeig their results Fra ttill:.i roats. They re not •of•Is 1 )00 i'r9.1l tits oats nS 1 :,) 70 he::leis per acre of 0ra•1,> Oat' - )'heir average • , , 6-11,hind:ci.s l,er acre. 7dake Your Oat Yields Count While Priras Are High. 't r to for 'dal;<ri':u, "mow to :meet (' 11 10lan Tiebl. • Soil and Crop improvement Bureau ,r t l (i,1100, Fer talize ,A,,e. n. 1110 Temp!' 'l!dg, Toronto, Ont. ii.Sa } lim s of small forms of life or bacteria, FEBRUARY 1. to go ahead with their work, in the soil breaking down plant and miner- al matter so that it can dissolve in the soil waters and be used to feed your wheat, cats, corn and other crops. But the line itself does not feed crops. Whitewashing the kit- chen didn't get your meals, hat it IN ONE DAY a 3ittli noise .Tied by' o1) 0)1•, r,,,d tc rooivory •,i„r Ireutme010 with made conditions a whale lot mere' pleasant when thing, wort ateltbj.:ht- ened away so that your host>,chold enjoyed their roll- Letter. Beside 1lnting the s),1 y.r! n- +11 p1 nut rood either i1tilt! i ,r;-1 o::rnyard manure n1' f 11 ' i'1 71 you are go- ing to gm - lermotr.n l Ir of 'duality ' 1 reap; Noir ttelt-r nr :rht swing that Did A. C. DANIELS ate a� e 'f n ll tl nyt,f•1111J1•a1 line •i you have t tar nh ti your soil You 1REIIO ''1 !�0 p POWt1 DERS I Hnnti ahttt just es e,e1 eondegin sou the had use linos la 111. nr„1 ts,•li1„ F11,1,.1 furl- rough tide in a whuei•berrow some- . `,+ fil„, t le”,". r.,1• tee.,. ,cattle. ' time or other. Lime on the soil seem, 1 ipo, . t 1 -. will, , t11•, 31 •,u(,-114 ' Il,ia, I itieliaertf 11, tomt.s st - :kttd legs, l makes better yield$ even where no lt aeeie t . ty, r 'No roattt0• w•h, plfuat food is used, and equably as well r 1 i1 1010, 3,111'n' beta witt:eui. it Ur ' t',ltnnu- eater 1,,,,v1,7ors,1", WI1 1 w111 riga fly e..13 w att uer•n.'d whorl alt other remedies tall. Add rices" powders to the food and 1t rrtuke0 the finest stook food on earth, It e111 show Ito effect on the k{tidneys in ono flay and In two days a 'Oaf itnpruveie,unt in rho auimal's 00113 • dation WIP 4,'r n'1t1,•,•u,bla, ataxy tins it will wdrl e.1 t„ 00 purtnds to au :intend's wqight Ineldn 011e inor,40,. PRICE GOC. Enxtt ,AUrrrXCoZ IdnDXCAL 91000 P.SS t fDR A. C. DANIELS COMPANY or centime., e., Lrrltxemp KNOWLTON . QUEBEC Peter and John in Samaria—Acts 8: 4-89. Golden Text—Acts 1: 8. 4-8. : hi::p has already been men- tioned • ± one of the "seven men of go' .art" chosen to have charge dieteibution of aid to the pooh know one farmer who died net hu any storage -battery; his stream is s large that he lets his generator nu all night, and uses the current direct There have been some attempts to use windmills for running generators but I believe these attempts have no been very successful. At any rate there are no wind -driven electric out fits on the market, so far as I know Nansen, the Arctic explorer, lightsd his ship from a windmill. Some day this system will no doubt be perfected for ordinary use. But, maybe you prefer gas instead of electricity—sonde of my neighbors do, at any rate. They have acetylene generators metalled in small frost proof buildings, for if the water in the generator freezes, gas stops flow ing, of course. Acetylene gas, you know, is produced by letting wattr come in contact with lumps of cal clam carbide, The generators are so built that when you turn on a gas - burner anywhere in your house, the lessened pressure lets the water flow against the carbide. Shutting off the burner raises the pressure and pushes back the water. The whole thing is perfectly automatic. Acetylene gas gives a beautiful, clear, white light— very pleasant to read or work by. 1 is quite possible to cools with gas too; meet city people do that in the summer -time, you know. A gas -stove is run on the same principle AS an oil -stove, but it is less trouh'.e, and does some things (like broiling, or toasthtg) rather better. Some people still use the old-fa- shioned gasoline -gas yctem; it cer- tainly has some gtor.? points. Gaso- line can 4,e had am ;here, and quite a small amount v.:,'. make 11 large volume of gas. Fur cooking, it is rather better than acetylene, but the light is not quite .(0 brilliant, even when a mantle is used, So here are three different light- ing systems—electric light, acetylene gas, gasoline gas. Take your choice. 't s• f R .' E SY MEHELEN LAIN Address all communications for thle department ▪ to Mrs. Helen Law, 236 Woodbine Ave„ Toronto, Blue Bonnet: Please give sugges- note, "Golden Promises," (eornflake tions for a kitchen shower. cookies) and tea, Use 'correspondence cards for your nv tat ons, pasting a little picture of a kitchen utensil or household article der rho upper left-hand corner of each card. When the guests arrive, take their gifts into the room set apart for the presentation, and to each article at- tach a card with a suitable jingle and the donors names written upon it. The guests should assemble in another room, and the Vest hour might be devoted to games, When all have settled down for a pleasant afternoon, a sudden knock at the door or the ringing of the door-: bell should be answered by the host- ess, After a short interval, the host-- I ess should return to her guests 00-1 Y nouncing that an automobile has been o sent for the "bride" who is needed n elsewhere and, "will she and the other •, guests please come into the other room at once?" ,! On entering the "other room" t; they should find an automobile, contrived by assembling a number of household articles, A clothes -basket mounted on a box serves as the'bodyr of the car, a bread box makes an ex- cellent hood, and pie plates serve as wheels. Hanging over the automobile is a card on which is printed in large let- ters: Honk! Honk; On the road to happiness, Off for woe or weal; u, They will safely make the trip With Cupid at the wheel. After the guests are seated, the • guest of honor taking her place be- side the improvised automobile, the gifts are handed to her one at a time, The examination of the gifts and the reading of the verses will cause much merriment. The following rhymes and jingles were used at a similar affair. An aluminum kettle was accompanied by t this verse: I shall :rine with you often, ' So think I will settle My fears, by presenting An extra -:tele kettle. A mixing bowl brought this tnecl;:ure; I didn't know what to give you, I didn't upon my soul: So I said, "I don't think any one else Will send her a yellow howl," Good advice came with the chamois: Polish your happiness every day; Shine it with love, in the good old way. With the nutmeg grater came this: May your love be as warm as the old • equator, Use this charm and you'll find it grows grater and grater. A dish mop and set of tea towels announced the following: We are practical and plain, Have no reason to be vain; But you'll find us might spry When it comes to wash and dry. The glass pie plate brought more advice: When husband comes home In grouchy style, Set him down to a pie And watch him smile. ILikewise the duster: - Wedd'ing things must keep their lustre Please accept this little duster. The lemon-equeezer's remarks are of course facetious: If you should grow extravagant And for large sums a teaser, On 'husband waste no arguments Just use this little squeezer. The frying pan put itself into tate saute class with the lemon -squeezer: Use it as a frying pan, Or—it is very cote When burnished by the handle To settle a clisputel With the bvead box came this ap- Peter, when he came, declared that mheattehard." "neither part nor lot in ails 14-215. They sent unto them Peter and John. The Apostles first prayed for the new converts that "they might receive the Holy Ghost;' or, as we would say, "the Holy Spirit," This they regarded as the prime necessity of the Christian life, first and great- est oil the gifts of God. It was, what- ever form it might take, an assured certainty of the spiritual presence of Jesus Christ with them, or of God in Christ, and, consequently, an ex- perience both of joy and power. It brought also a clearer understanding, a more vivid realization, of what the ifs of the Lord Jesus (lyrist, His death, and ilis resurrection, meant to them and to the w•orlrl, and so a glad and whole -hearted gielme of them- elVe s s to His service, See John 14; 16-27; 15: 20; 10: 13-14; Rom, 8: 14-17. In the teaching cf the rpoa- ties the Spirit of Christ is the. Spirlt of God (atom. 8: 9), and is regarded As dwelling in every true follower of Jesus (1 Cor. 81 16; 6; 19; 2 Cur. 0: 16; 2 Tim, 1: 14; Jude 19), and as leading him in the way of faith and righteousness (Rom, e: 14; Gal. 5: 18.) Simon coveted the joy and power of this new life, filled with the Spirit of God, and thought that the power 1 to bestow it could be purchaser.), As no doubt the secret of his own magic art could have been purchased. Peter's answer to 1118 presumptuous request s an indignant reproof trod denial, The gift of Godis not bought rind sold. Iris eottnsel to Simon s '±Re- pent," and "Pray." For he is still in the "gall," or "bitternese," of iniquity and in its holds. 26.29, An Angel of the Lord ,Snake Tinto Phllin, The ardent evangelist felt Himself divinely guided and was Breed upon his way by heavenly voices,. So he goes, like a Knight of old, from one high adventure to anetium, winning ever fresh victnrieq for the Kingdom of his Master. New it is the Ethdonian nffieer of Queen Can- dace to wham his 'errand hilliest hint; aftr.l weed to Azatus and "ail the cities" (ill he cam° to C'ttesurea. Lcarnhig Aright. j'l'he Iet;seits of the .passing year, , If learned aright, should curtly give Ability to better serve This world of ours in which we live; To do the sight and never swerve; To hear Life's mall with willing earl To give and In- the giving live; To Bye and in the living give, 1 1. the funds so generously pro -1 aril by the willing gifts of the) , Ch!•i>:tian community, Like Stephen, who was 111;0 Olio Of the seven Philip WA, n s,eaioue missionary and advo- cate of the new faith. Long after- ward Paul visited ,him at Caesarea, where he was known as "Philip the evangelist," and where his four daughters were co-workers withehim in the church of Christ. See 6; i and 21: 8-9. Philip "went clown to the city of Samaria," in spite of the fact that the Jews dis- liked and would, ordinarily, have no dealings with the Samaritans, The Spirit of Christ was working in the hearts al these first followers of the Cross, over -coming ancient preju- dices and hatreds and breaking down where plant fond is added, This has the barriers of race and religion. The multitudes gave heed. Tho 1 been proven by many tests, Ohio Samaritans also were expecting 'a Experiment Station in a field teat ex- Saviour, and the visits of Jesus had prepared the minds oe ninny of them for the gospel w•h'!ch Philip now preached to them, And where the gospel was received It brought then, as It brings to -day, healing and "much jog,," 9-18, Simon, known to the early Christian church as Simon Magus, on Simon the Sorcerer, acquired consid- erable notoriety, and was regarded by the Christian folk of the first cone bailee as a very bad man, first of all heretics and ''first -boric of Satan." Justin Martyr, a writer of the first part of the eecond century, says that the Samaritans worshipped shim as God, because of his successful prao- tic° of nmgle arts, Tho fact that he was baptized by Philip is good oyld- f,lu!e that, while baptism accompanied the public eonfes'slon of faith in (hrlst and was regarded as the sacra- ment by which a person was etimitted to the Christian eomnntnity, it rhd not neeesailrlly involve regeneration or guarantee his entrails into the King-� dour of Gad. `.lhm,gh haptlzerl ho re - tending over more than 20 years shows that by liming the soil once in a five year rotation the yield of wheat was increased from 10.05 bus, per acre to 14.98 bushels or 41 per cent, This was where lime was adder) , without Ory barnyard manure or far - Ozer. Whore fertilizers were added alone the average yield of fertilized wheat rose to 25.04 bushels per sere, but where limo wag added two years I • FARMERS' CLUBS ?EALERS We are Buyers of Ontario Grains and Selicl';i of Western Feeding Oats and Barley. ��yy �a�""T OtUl71p3/pl�o' it I C2S ,p L.C.; CCD �J, di 6 C n a;.nvr' 1O 'F•il. a1A1? I( SUILP'ING Aar?t k /1693 TORONTO r:'fi:•:rQ:>+�'D,",9.; is eivc:d no gift of the holy Spirit, Medi peal: pea- My deer, here is a bread box, And every time you bake Reel to the phone and call Inc up And ask me to partake. Refreshments fellow• unci nnig'ht con- sist of chicken salad, brown bread and butter sanrdwichos 'olives salted 1 Up to Date: Kindly give sugges tions for a Leap Year party. Arrange to have guests come in a large bus or in automobiles, the girls starting out in groups and calling for the young men at their homes. On arrival at the place of entertainment, the men seat themselves about the room, while the girls either congre gate in corners or doorways, just as their brothers do at parties, or move about, placing chairs, performing in- treductlons, and speaking to those who seem shy, teaching in an indirect way the art of being agreeable and gallant. The girls also wait upon the young men when refreshments are served, seeing that no one is overlooked. Use games and contests recently printed in these columns. Doubtful:—I have been keeping company with a young man for about two months, and when I was out with him last, I understood that we were to go out together again. Two nights later he went out with another girl. What am I to do? He did not tell me that he did not wish to lteep com- pany with me any more. The young man probably knows more about conventions than you do, and knows that "keeping company" is no longer a popular phrase nor a popular pastime, but that the young men and young women of the present day have the right to associate with as many friends of the opposite sax as they choose to cultivate, If you and the young man are not engaged to be married, he is entire- ly within his rights when. he goes out with Another girl, and you are just as free to go out with another man, or to receive visits from another man. People are beginning to realize that it is foolish to think that because a man calls o he must have no other trig ee, and that the girl should deny he .lit the opportunity of meeting t;me people also. It is not necessary for the n:an to inform you, orf or you to irfcrrn him concerning other enifagenwats. Of cum te, neither of you need .!lake :thy mystery of it, but should you go cut with another man or receive a,:athee visitor, you can refer to the affair in a emend way. Young mer nowadays usually ask a girl if she is going io be tit home on a certain c'•cning, ih order that they may fined clot if that evening is open and free. You ask what is hest for you to do? There is but one thing, and that is to put as good a face upon the matter as possible, and act as if you knew. of the change that is gradually coin- ing over the relations between young men and young women; you surely do not want to he considered a back number? - Greet the young man pleasantly when you ace him again, and make no reference to' his having gone out with the other girl. President, Ladies' Aid: Can you suggest some clever invitations and features for an apron social? Make a number of doll -sized aprons, placing a pocket on each one, and send the aprons out accompanied with the following verse, writteni or printed on cards; APRON SOCIAL "This little apron is sent to you, And this is what we want you to do; i Measure your waiat-line ,inch by inch; And see that the tape Iine does not' pinch; ForA each small inch that you measure around, Place one penny in the pocket sound, And the money that youu so freely pay, Wi41 be used by our "Aid" in the wisest way." Add date, hour and place of meet- ing and serve simple refreshments, for which no extra .charge need he made. Sell home-made cakoe, candy and pies, as well as aprons of all sorts. Provide for an entertainment, or better aatill make a social evening of -it, using gamesand conteeti in vrhich all can join. • le e41 that: there is nn enema for not us Thee° feeders aro so inex eytsivel A selfoeder for hens that costs Practically nothing, never clogs up, and never wastes feed is somewhat of a boon, according to illy experi- enme, It consists merely of it light wooden box about /our Incises deep suspended four or five Inches from the floor, and a piece of one -inch -mesh poultry netting eat to fit loosely in.. to it, This wire is to be put on top of the feed, It conies down as the feed is consumed, and effeetually prevents any from being thrown out, If a piece of heavier wire is hound del around the edge, this added weight will 'keep the pleeo ,of poultry netting in phaco evenvehol',the box is nearly full, The idea in aving the whole thing suspended is to;,keep the Ilene out of the 'box, whish it does, enough of them to give even the more dans hells t; feed at all times, thus doing away with one of the causes of lowered egg yield ,in large floats, Acid phosphate is a fertilizer that can be used with considerable profit Olt% corn, potatoes &eell ,oats, and in orchard s, gardens and on' liiw%`,•+diad for; top dressing wheat and pastures, For hea'lth's sake drink plenty of water; six glasses a clay are not too and 'vegetables. This 1wili be foousnd far better and more conducive to long life than to neglect this simple, natural method, relying on drugs to correct the careless breatment oP the body, • ON DISCOVERING A FIRE Quick action on discovering a fire will often prevent disaster, but sweat notion is nearly always the result of forethought, The person who thee covers a fire mny at once sound an, alarm, or he may attempt to extine guish the fire with the means a9 hand. The majority of fires are ex,' tinguished before they get to going well, and quick action often averts serious loss. Most fires have a stnall beginning, and if cliecovered at once can easily be extitiguished. When fires are caused by lightning or exe plosions it is et different matter, and in the right conditions the rapidity with which flee spreads la scarcely conceivable to those who have not seen it. The number of dv.eiling-house fume that aro extinguished at once is in- calculable, but it is usually in trying to extinguish insignificant fires that the lives of women are lost by their clothes talking fire. E ceept front a distance women should let fires alone. The highly inflarnmeble texture and the shape of their oluthing render any other course too hazardous. A fatal accident may occur in less time than it takes to tell of it, When a vies man's clothing takes fire she gener- ! ally dies, because the fire, rising, reaches her face a .d she inhales it. A person on .fire should instantly drop to the floor, or others in the room, if there are any, should throw her down and wrap bedclothes, rugs or something of the kind round her to smother the flames, Smothering is generally tate best way to extinguish a small fire, The blaze that runs up a curtain is often alarmingly big, but it usually diessamequickly. The sue is true of fire on the fringes of tablecloths and other fabrics of similar kind, It is a very selectee matter for a damp to explode orbe upset, or for an oil stovetto take fire. An attempt to remove the lamp or the stove from the building is reckless in the extreme Ashes, sand, flour or earth should be used to en oti:ee the blaze, but quick action with clothing, t;tble- 010114s, and so forth, may be effective. Every' house shout.. have at least one fire estingui_,her, With ith :hat a per. sett can stand twenty la thirty feet away ami still r'orl. , treitte1i. The contents of an cxtit.!tul.her are suf- ficient to check tee average fire in a dwelling house. Cowden hose when attached to a faucet may be very ef- fective, dated Inirips and large plant or spraying syringes aro uncial, tied a bucket of water I,ri11 week wonders; but the principal neenn0 to be relied ort ill louse fires is a idaeik,'t, rug or similar thin,; With :chi;` to smother the ;Ogre. If u really tleteezei cd attempt is made to check t Cite by throwing wa- ter on it from buckets, keep the water running into different ceptaeles t%r into the sink or bathtub, so that it may he dipped out; but wherever there are no special appliance;', heat- ing out and smotherirg the fire is best, though water, judiciously ad- ministered, is a geed supplement. Protect the hands, work quickly and keep your head. ' If the fire is in a clothes closet, a place in which dwelling -house fires often originate, close the door at once. This, by the way, is an excel- lent rule to observe on discovering any fire. Shutting the doors will generally confine the fire to the room in which it originated, Even though, confident that you Mil handle the fire, send some trust- worthy person to sound an alarm. Do not trust some one else to think of it. If the fire occurs at night, awaken everyone in the building', and be sure that all aro safe. The chief obstacle encountered by amateur fire fighters is their inabil- ity to withstand the smoke. The greatest loss of life at fires is due to suffocation. The smoke from the or- dinary clothes-cleset fire win gener- ally be found too much for the aim - tour; but if he will remember to shut the door every time after he throws in water, he 001 e,tnquer a fire of that kind. If means of escape le tut off, shut the door of the room that you are in, open the window and wait for help: Never, under any clrcurestancee, jump until you are compelled to. Even when dense volumes of smokeore roiling through the room it is possible to breathe by keeping your head out of the window, end bending law 50 a9 to keep it below the wvinclow sill, 'Tire stone then passee out above you, Whenever' there is much m oalcc', keep as noir the floor ns pms- sibie; you will thus be able to breathe wllero etherwiso you would be quickly ovtrovtme. A wet cloth er htuldker-- ririef over the fees le alas of tietvico, ,lump ng ""'r Uy results in acre, oils if not Fatal injury, c'o .uv. thing else before you attweet it; and if it trust bedpne, throw oat ntut.- tresses and ,nothing to break the fall. Ropes are sometimes of vala,t., bub not often to the weak mete thong who have not leartud Brew to nee them. tope should never he allowed to slip ta,;`ugh th, leatele o len; .,AS the S person on ' foie Itr.a strength enough to hold 0 et. By twining the rope round the log :tt;�' coln,iyressing it between the sole of Cale 'toot and the instep of )the other, or hueerelyng the upper part of :it between the' upper arm mid the slit, the tlest'ent can be clunked at wile.