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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-08-29, Page 2DAUGHTER CHOOSES TUE FARM By Katharine Henry, IJl You can make farm life aurae- cause for discontent to the fart" bet hard work, kive to your da ug. hter she will love h e r (laughter. borate butahe cannot live on n tuintThe fa 4 t that you provide Y on F Werk Jo never done. The working day begins et four o'elook in the morn- ing and eagle et eight in the evening and if the sun set later, the work would keep on longer. True, in one sense the work is never done; one can always find an- other weed to pick, neother plant to shelter doss not met the problem. An old darkey who was much poorer after the Civil War than when he was under the protection of his master, ex- plained iris happiness by saying, "Free air tastes good, sir,". Your daughter would rather have ten dollars to spend just as she tae or another window to clean. But! pleases than to have you pay a bill of a man ought to be master of his farm twice that amount for her, Suppose and sometimes call a halt on work she does make mistakes and spends rather than let the farm drive him some of it foolishly; $o do you, flow arid' t his children. Every one on the is she to learn to use money tf she. farm is willing to work to the utmost never has any to use? during a period of stress like haying When my three-year-old nephew Curie and harvesting but there must be wanted to ace any watch I showed it periods of fun to make up for the to him but I held on to it, He kept hard work, saying: "Let me see it! Let me Probably her work could be made see it!" much easier by the use of labor -say Saul, "Well, look, there it 18." .ing machinery, especially in the house. He looked me squarely in the face You do not use the sickle or the grain and said. "I want to see it in my own cradle your grandfather used. You hand," have bought two or three improved •Your daughter reapers since his day; but are your `m her own head wife and daughter still washing with Of what benefit the old-fashioned wash -board in the have an immense heavy wooden tubs that grandmother thousand dollars had and are they still cooking over not five cents to the same style of stove she used? She will some If your daughter has been fortun- sum," Yes—but ate enough to attend or even to visit Tryit now. a school where the home-makingarts r heart to keep are taught, she will not be saisfied her and you to use the awkward, heavy, worn-out , side ofr it. When tools of her grandmother's day. imber for two thousand does she get out A. running stream on the farm will things on a smaller scald, when you wants some money ' is 11 to hex 1f you farm and ten in bank, 1f she has use as she. pleases? day inhert a nice she needs some of the way open between r. Try to see her n you sell a tract of ousand dollars what of 1t? Or if you do supply power for an electric plant at sell the cow she helped to raise or the , no great expense and save the mother turkeys she fed all summer, does her and daughter hours and hours of work get recognition? Does she feel hard work, An electric washer, ole- that she has been recompensed? ctrie iron, motor for the butter churn Perhaps you have a mortgage on and the new sewing machine and mod- your farm and feel that you cannot ern oil stove, will not cost as much afford some of the things I have men - as one large piece of farm machinery tianed. Then give her the things and they will make life a different you can afford. There are a thou - thing for your homemakers. sand little ..pleasures you can give A well-equipped bathroom is some- without money and without price. thing which every farm house needs I Lawn swings, porch rockers, croquet and which the family has a right 10 i sets, quoits (old horse shoes) cost lit - demand. It need not be any more Ile and they have great possibilities expensive in the country than in the in pleasure -giving and home -making, city—less expensive if you can run If you can afford nothing else you the water under its own pressure.! can bring your daughter a handful of Health, time and labor are conserved wild flowers or a specially choice ap- by the installation of a bathroom. plc because it is her birthday; you can Sometimes our farmers' daughters select a fine chicken for the table be are deprived of pleasures they might cause it is a holiday. It will Bost easily have. If your daughter de, nothing for you to give each of your sires to take piano lessons, let her girls a small plot of ground that: have them and help her to plan for an shall be her very own to plant andi hour a market day what! - FIs• zeal may be free t and industry will 1 to work on that lesson. When the bring results that may even give your hea;est summer work is over and she some pointers. longs to invite a group of friends for a week -end or to go away for a few Lights Out. days of rest and pleasure, let her do "Lights out!" along the land so if you possibly can, "Lights out!" upon the sea. It would not cost much to keep a The night must put her hiding hand nice little saddle horse for your O'er peaceful towns where children daughter's use (it could be used for sleep, light work too) and I can think of no And peaceful ships that darkly creep other one thing that would go so far' Across the waves, as if they were toward keeping her happy and con- not free. ,04'amed 44e A7,044vied &Mete !2(1 fi +�'iCCgi2oin../ ,G vim. (�(�•�p• GI'2p,� t!rG(%• 0 e ��rd aid Dna rr�ie :. pp e4 412!G Eland' nd' ZJ" a weizeal peace tf%nze O cucr'v tizei4 woia Zu .toe. Yea codtiing torird- 0724i a .170 ut4 ct ce1lt cup-225 gat izi•23. canciAtal7coagial ✓rad 835 awahtine&a. T. H. Estabrooks Co. - ,LIMITED 5t, John, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary Cnnoodi,a FoodControlLicense No. 6-276 Yards 'of Beauty. I was once called upon to plan the landscape gardening around a mil- lionaire's home, and the only stipula- tion he made was that I must make use of the native wild shrubs. Nor was this a difficult restriction. The stately elder, the sweet brier, the modest wild rose, the unassuming pokeberry, the clinging bittersweet, the everegracious wild grape, the ivy, sumac, dogwood, mountain ash—all these and various other varieties of plants converted the bare grounds into an attractive estate. Beautiful grounds need not be ex- pensive. The most lovely flowers and plants that God ever made grow are found in the woods, along the banks of streams, in fence corners, in fields and nd shady nooks. They are ours for the asking and the'digging. What is prettier and yet so rare as a arge bed of wild violets in a shady place near the house? Plant gen 1 y b f 0 e t f in b L g or st a at:fo av g si an T ' In selecting trees consider the matter s' of litter and the shedding of leaves. ' Some trees, such as horse chestnuts, are beautiful, and have many desir- able qualities, but the flowers which they shed litter the ground and will cause stains on clothing's -that are difficult to remove. While a great many interesting and valuable points about nursery stock may be learned! from books and the pamphlets of nursery companies, observation is' equally important u tented with her life on the farm. There are so many beautiful and , The dragons of the air, interesting things for a girl to enjoy' The hellhounds of the deep, in the country—skating, driving, the I Lurking and prowling everywhere, sunsets, the wild flowers and animals, Go forth to seek their helpless pre the birds, the farmyard pets—but if she is in treadmill, all heart is work- ed out of her and she is too tired to enjoy the wonderful beauties sur- rounding her. It is a small matter to bring home a pair of skates for 1 Out avid). the tranquil lights, Annie's birthday or to pock up a new Out with the lights that burn boil: for her but how often do you dolFor love and law and human rights 11? Set back the cluck a thousand years I know one farmer's slaughter who, Al! they have gained now disappear in spite of many obstacles, became a And the dark ages suddenly return stenographer. Her birthday falls dur- ing her summer vacation but she new er spends it at:home. For weeks Kaiser who loosed wild death, before beer twenty-first birthday she And terror in the 00 gots planned for a bit of leisure and a lit- God grant you draw no quiet breath, tie pleasure on that one day; but her IUntil the madness you began - father chose that date for beginning Sets eared, and long suffering man, wank on the new shed and she spent free from war lords, cries, her birthday over the kitchen stove, I.et there be lights." —Henry Van Dyke. Not knowing whom they maim slay— Mad harvesters, who care not wh they reap. • rously of perennials so that they will loons and grow year after year with ittie attention and give stability to our landscape effects. Select them so that you will have lossoms from early spring until late rest. While the best arrangement f trees and shrubs on large grounds equires the services of a landscape xpert, a few simple hints will serve o prevent the inexperienced person tom staking serious mistakes. Plant masses, with the larger shrubs in aeic and the smaller ones in front. eave plenty of oeen space, which is enerally made into a lawn. Avoid raight lines and exact symmetrical rrangement, unless you desire a rmal effect, which is generally oided in beautifying the home rounds. Use vines profusely wherever pos• b'le, selecting those which are hardy d not seriously affected by pests. xis applies also to other shrubberry. cooking for the carpenters. Do you,. wonder she vowed then and there that before another birthday she would Removing a Stubborn Nut. leave the farm? Scarcely anything is more tantaliz- There may be a County Young Wo- Ing than trying to remove a nut from men's Christian Association in your l a bolt that turns in its socket. Th district. Encourage your daughters to join and help the cause all you can, They will seek associates somewhere. Help them to find worthy and elevat- ing companions. If you can get in touch with the public library of your nearest city or secure a travelling li- brary from your state library com- mission you can have a supply of ex- cellent books at very little cost, Road some of them yourself and discuss them with your children. This "talc° c NV re e st evening preparing apples for their winter's supply of "cider apple- sauce" Mr, Beecher and his boys (et whom Henry Ward Beecher was one) vied with each other to see who could tell the most about a given book, Ivan- ilge or some other standard book. Mr. Beecher turned into a game even the hard task of chopping and storing the great pile of wood each autumn. Then when the last piece of wood was stored and the last chip 0leared away he declared a holiday and took every one in the e bigwagon bori for a trip, fishing ! old horsesroes ani;. converts the mete The question of money is efteii p,linto knife, Wildest followi h ng met od will almost always overtone this difficulty and enable the nut to be screwed off with com- parative ease: With a cold chisel make an incision in the head of the bolt similar to that found in the heads of screws. Often the chisel incision is .sufficient to enable the screwdriver to get a good grip; sometimes, how- ever, it may be necessary to deepen the incision with a file. Frequently the chisel itself answer onversation worth while, at table, on' for a screwdriver, Thus gri weir 1 peed it he road or at such tedious work as' is a comparatively easy matter to ceding or corn husking. f start the stubborn nut. If you have not already dote so, Saturating the threads of the nut ad, in the life of Harriet Beecher with kerosene a few minutes before Lowe, how her father, Lyman Beech -1 attempting to unscrew it, often makes r, turned drudgery into fun by his the attempt easier, for the kerosene ones, wit and conversation, At one; Penetrates quickly to the rusted re - me when the family spent a long c.esses of the nut and softens the rust quite perceptibly. If for any reason it is not advisable to indent the nut head with a cold chisel, opposite sides of the head may be filed away slightly so as to enable the wrench or vise to get a flat grip. With a sharp file itis only a moment's task to file away the small bit require ed to do this. The writer has removed very stubborn bolts by both of these methods, and can recommend them as groat savers of temper and time, J • Chin ' China imparts. great quantities of may be the means of attracting con- genial people and making friends,— Mrs. J. L. Nesbitt. Weather -Tight Sille. The sill for a .frame house should be set in mortar on the foundation wall to prevent the cold ais,from chill- ing the floors. If that is not done the furnace will have to be forced just so' much more in order to heat the rooms on the first story. The average contractor will tell you that it not necessary to use! mortar. His argument is that the weight of the house bearing down on the sill will force a tight joint be- tween the masonry and the wood. That is true ohly when the top of the wall is as smooth as glass, and would happen PPn about once in a thousand Ysand cases. Ife you wish to save on your fuel bill and obtain the best results from your furnace, see that the joint is made perfedtly tight with mortar. The cost' is so slight that it will not be noticed. Frequently one is in a quandary to know why the first floor cannot be properly heated, and is likely to place the blame on- the furnace when the opening under the sill is the whole trouble. A little foresight at that place when you build will avoid serious annoyance in the future. Good 'Advice. *Robert Louis Stevenson was once called upon to address a Sunday school class of young girls. He told them the parable of the talents, and then went on to say that there were three talents everyone possessed and n1 ought to make use of: "Tongues that they must use to cheer and make Pa happy all around them; faces, that s they must keep bright as new shill- wl ings, so that they might shine like fr Lamps in their homes; and hands that su must be kept employed in useful work ite cheerfully done." Very good advice to in these war days for all of us, what- ha ever our age or sex, lis cr A Frenchman has invented an eff'ec- tive silencer for aeroplane motors his that is said to reduce the power but 2 pa per cent. ab Current in a new electric iron is my controlled by a button on the handle, W which shuts it off automatically when he implement is idle. GOOD HEALTH QUESTION BOX Most Days of the Year Same Nation is Net Working Dr, Currier will "newer oil stgrnod lettere' met/doing In Health, It your According to statistics drawn up• lilies -Oen is of general !Merest it will be aneworecs through these columns; by the Guaranty Trust Company of 11 not, it will tie answered pereonully if stamped, addressed onvelope is ea- New York, during the present year„ Owed, o e Dr. Currier wilt not prescribe for individual 00000 or melted Adelaide there aro only eigllty-tour clays an Address Dr, Aadrew 10, Currier, caro of Wilson Yub!labiog Co„ 78 Adelaide St. West, Toronto, which batiks are open everywherrin. Anaemia. suffering from ttrbcrcul0a''rs Canner the world, On every one of Ole clays, S , two hundred and eighty-one clays Anaemia mceans delleiency of blood, malaria or lead•poisoniug, some nation somewhere will be cele- If a person loses a quart or more of When there is anaemia there la ab beating a civil or religious lroliday,or blood by a hemorrhage, ora severe most always lass of appetite, observing the Sabbath, Only one of surgical operation, or in connection str'eng'th, and weight, and poor nutrl- thistle holidays is universal: This is with childbirth, it le very evident that tion, New Year's Day, and eleven differ -.'L he or she has a delleiency of blood, The allamele often suffer front crit dates are observed by various for there has been a. loss of a con- buzzing in the ears, dizziness, faint countries as the beginning of a new sklerable portion of the normal sup nese, and shortness of breath. year. Some countries observe more ply of the bo,'-, consequently he or All of these eymptoma ntoaa not Hiatt one during the calendar ,veer; she ' zs anaemic.only n v aha t the bleed i Insufficient, lr:ie It a man cuts bis' throat o x rue poor' and dent:lent cin the substances+ sere C'hristiun countries do not ob- tures a blood-vesselW1 I serve Christmas as rr legal' holiday, In his brain, or which build up the body, but that that Brazil leads the nations in the a dilated artery, called an aneurism heart by the action of which the blood. number oi' its holidays. It has breaks there Is sd greet and sudden is kept in motion is unable to do pre- eighty-four, and the United States is a loss of blood that he dies, for blood Per work, that the kidneys cannot per. secniul with nifty -four. is essential to life. (form their task, that the lunge do not France observes eighteen formal It' used to be thou.gbt that because contract vigorously enough to supply holidays during the year, and Italy the, blood carried humors and diseases I the blood with the proper amount 0f I twenty-three. Among the other bel - oven the body, it was a good plan to OXyg'e11, and consequently that the lfgeents, German it is oetrasiomiilydraw some of it off, and brain is unable to .respond to the Y, presumed, Brit - bleeding for hundreds of years was usual denniutds by which thought is will observe twenty days; Creat Brit - fashionable practice for almost every Created, ain sixteen; Japan fifteen, and Russia kind of ailment, t An anaemic person under any cit seventeen. In most of these coun- triesSometimes it worked well and pen- eumstances is therefore mora or loss numerous local holidays ordin- ple were relieved by it, but very often disqualifier' from doing work and 10 airily observed have been abandoned it was mischievous and a person who many cases he is entirely helpluss, during the war. had been 'bled several times in the QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, Among the favourite months for course of a disease became so anaaminX.—Pleasel elys,w the wiry-! over, November that he was practicallyor actual! tell le how I can get' leads, with twenty-six out of its pos- killed by the t eetment he had roceiv- used d of meensesof removingome corn. it, Havel witleh thirty days.e.May comes next, ed, but it has always returned. Do you! wyth twenty-five. A vigorous sugar maple may lose a think it would be dangerous to Christmas Day is not so generally }r portion of its sap .very spring, it is I the doctor cut it out?observed as Naw Year's Day. It has one evidence of the prodigality of1' Morel moreover, only three different dates. g Answer—In etatters like this, at. The only country whose holidays re - nature in supplying the means which east two courses ore possible. You veal little of its politica! , radial, or are concerned with life, but let a tree can use a felt corn plaster which pro- religious origin is Portugal. This is lose a!ssimiler quanor tity ofoor zwithered, sects the toe from the shoe and fre- its calendar: January 1st, dedicated sap quenily is all that is necessary, or you to universal. brotherhood; January will promptly die, can have the corn removed by a tom - A person who has plenty of blood potent chiropodist. Of course, i1 thst,ededteated et ho the din:dor f all may be anaemic from the poverty of will come back again, as long as you those who fought and diad' to estab- its quality, especially when it lacks continue to wear shoes. Iish the memory of Portugal; May the Proper quantity of coloring ma-Reader—Please tell me the -curse ( 3rd, in memory of the discovery of serial called haemoglobin which con• and cure for varicose veins. Brazil by the Portugese; June 19th, tains iron and oxygen; iron and oxy- Answer—They are due to the pres-Imuniclpal holiday at Lisbon; June gen therefore are essential to the sure of the !flood current in the veins; 24th, municipal holiday at Oporto; body and to the blood. working against gravity. This results' October 5th, the date of the estab- A person whoa• -is anaemic is pale, in dilatation and weatcening of the; lishment of the Portuguese republic; not for a few moments only as in vein walls and frequently causes drag-, December 1st, Flag Day, to commem- fryght or sudden emotion but all the ging sensations and even pay". Som orate the -independence of the coma= time, the face, the lips, the entire skin times relief is procured by support -I try; December 25th, Family Day. are colorless like those of the dead. ing the veins by a bandage or somei �" • --- The same is true when the skin is other paeans of support, and if this is A WASP THAT USES TOOLS, of greenish color as is often the case not effectual, it is necessary to tie the in poorly developed and poorly nour- veins and cut off the circulation from' Intelligent Use ofImplementto Ao. ish_ed young girls or in those who are the vessels which are thus diseased, ooinplish a Purpose. By Andrew F, Currier, M.D. THE WORLD'S HOLIDAYS ! l daughter found him in the fibra sp es anally— THAT "FEELING" I engaged. I among the mllion.s of creatures be - "0 father, don't waste!loo in THE your time!longing g to a lower than n FAMILYtau, has over i I z that she cried. "Yo over e 1m 1 u are t employed the sol 1 Y aid of a tool to ac - IN ..:J tired." But her dutiful father con -1 conaplish a desired result. The mother s "Yes there is some feeling between tinged to read of poor Aunt Matilda's wasp of this fancily digs a tu�tne( iu the Farrar sisters-.-' grief when she discovered the theft of :the ground, deposits her egg in it and "And a very sweet sisterly feeling 1 Iter Christmas bank. A minute or provides a caterpillar stung to death hope it is," said a gentle old lady who I two later he looked over his glasses 1 or to a eotlditlon of paralysis for her was passing through the room. The at his daughter, who was intent upon' baby to feed on when hatched. The door closed; the two women in the her embroidery, closed the magazine subsists on this caterpillar until .quietly and picked up 0 paper at his lit passes through the pupa stage into elbow, Aunt Matilda was forgotten. the perfect -winged insect. Then it "Eleanor," he presently demanded digs its way out of the tunnel and bo. id you know that it was estimated gins its life above ground as,a wasp. But after the mother wasp has made its tunnel and deposited the egg, it finishes Its task by ramming down pel- lets el lets of earth, little stones, eco., into the mouth of the tunnel. This is the race habit of these wasps. It is re- Sh0 was not aware of this startling corded on undoubted authority that state of affairs and, after five mi- one inventive mother, when the tnouth^*`' notes, could not have told whether the of the tunnel was covered to a level country wasted millions or billions of with the rest of the ground about it, ` dollars. But she loved her father brought a quantity of fine grains of and admired hit" for his knowledge of dirt to the spot, and picking up a small many subjects that interested her not pebble in her mandibles, used it as a at all. She knew that her father hammer in pounding then! down with loved her and that he was proud of rapid strokes, thus making the spot as her work, which others admired. firm and as hard as the surrounding There was not the slightest "feeling" elrfaea. Then she departed, brought between them. more dirt, picked up the pebble again A broad-minded person can live and used it as to hammer as before, peaceably with anyone—even the The English thrush brings its snails members of his own family, to a certain convenient stone, on which it will crack their shells by beating thein upon it. Some sea birds They Fool Themselves. carry shellfish to a height and drop diem on the rode to break their shells, but this brings only the anvil into use, not the hammer. The case of the wasp is the only one which records the seemingly intelligent use of a tool to accomplish a given purpose. So far as known, only one small in. sect—a a r wasp s a of the Y I h f window seat continued their discus- sion of the sisters whose feeling for each other was in no wise friendly. Why is this "feeling" so often ob d that about seven hundred million dol - served between members of the same ' !ars' worth of material is wasted in family? A certain man who for this country in a single year?" three years has worked night and day "No, father, I didn't," replied the inventing an electrical labor-saving young woman, about whose lips there machine meets a friend and pours lurked only the suspicion of a smile, forth, perhaps in more or less tech - cal terms, his faith in the work to which he is devoting' his life. He sses on, comparing his attentive, ympathetic friend with his brother, to sometimes leaves the room with a own when he tries to talk about the bject nearest his heart. The pol- ly attentive friend probably enough tel the first man he meets that he s wasted ten minutes that morning tening to Brown "rave over that azy notion of his"; and that very day Brown's brother whirls round in office chair a,nd confides to his rtner: "I don't know one thing out electricity,—the subject gets on nerves, --,but I have faith in John. WI he needs more cash he can call on me, -Some day there will be one talked about because they never hear mber of ourfamily to be proud it. Now, this brother does not weary n with •a recital of the names and iness reliability of all his custom- ; why should John be offended he - se the merchant cannot patiently pensattng joy, that an ambition to en to his "ravings"? Members of allied is not always pleasurable, that family as individuals, have rights a disappointment is often of itself a t are too often overlooked, rich incentive to try again." --Arthur theological student produced sew Christopher Benson, of his sermons one morning and beg to read them to an admiring er and mother, and to a married ther who was supposed to be filled i -admiration. .As he turned page r ,page he noticed that his 'brother nodding and grimacing to the in - that, lay ,gurgling in his arms, last he could stand it no longer,; care no more about your baby you do about my sermons!" he d hotly as he left the room, hat young main had neve. held al in his arms and diel not know overpowering sensation it gives ---I cially when the baby is your own. young father, an accountant, had' r risen to the heights to which a ascends when he reads the wo'ds as written for the help and bet - eat of mankind. It was easy gh for "feeling" to arise; until learn tolerance, it will not sub- . ideal situation exists in a. family whish the daughter is a writer of ant short t s orae Her Ior uriyn tagina- father revels in facts bub cares ng for fiction. He considers it is duty, however, to read his titer's S'torieee Pap, *She his Consider the It size of the trees which you plant. Oaks, elms, and other large trees should not be planted near the ouse, as in time they will shut out too much light, unless pruned heavily which will destroy their beauty. The improvement of one's [tome grounds is usually as contagious as' idle gossip, once it is well under way. It is much more interesting and worthy of respect. I feel that the exterior of nay own home does not belong to me alone. I have a moral responsibility to add to ,the attractive- ness of the neighborhood in which I- va, and therefore my grounds in part at least belong to the owner of every eye that gazes up0n it, The architecture of the house, the decora- tion of the grounds, the walks, fences, and general surroundings are each man's contribution to his community. It is one way in which we can give, pleasure and enjoyment to other pee. pie, Whether the house is a log cabin or a mansion, it is, after all, a home, a place of love and adoration. Itl should be the most restful place on earth. To make it so costs mostly thought and play. The tenant's pro - him is somewhat different, but a few seeds will make a profusion of pretty plants some of which may pos- sibly be moved. But the attractive- ness ttractive ness ova» of a tenant's home is not a quality that easily dies, I have ob- served that landowners n w ors desire the neat and efficient tenant, Plante and flowers about the house show ideals that.(,' With character. A pretty yerd1 FU51 'O ri d ®eulBdrnY;• PS LUT ouT• AND FOLD ON DOI Eo t T LIMES i' TAM3Y SNEAIK5 ALONG THE FENCE: LVE'LL HAVE TO WATCH -FHE SINNER, 00(5 FO#+Vgao-� VHILE FIDO'S 5PEAKIi�IC FOR HIS LUNCIf SHE'LL STEALT!IE POOR DOGS DINNER, Some people think they are never me of! Joh bus ers cau list a the A era be frith bro Wit afte Was fent At ue than erre T baby the es -pe The neve man he h term 011on both side, An in ti pleas Live nothi Ia's h deng "I have learned that mistakes.. can often be set right, that anxieties fade, that calamities have sometimes a conn - Farmers who ship their wool direct to us get better prices than farmers who sell to the general store. ASK ANY P'ARIVIE t! who has sold his wool both ways, and note what he says_. ort better still, write us for our prices ; they will show you how niueh you lose by selling to the General Store, We pay tate highest prim of any firm iu the couutryaud are the largest wool dealers in Canada. I nvment is re- united the same day wadi is received. Ship ns your woof to -day--. ou will be tuore assured �oartsquaredeaifrdo°ut' and 2 1-1, V. ANDREWS 13 CHURCI-H ST,,, 'TORONTO "&"=29=1OMIDICIOXISIPM2VO Suppressing Rats. A successful poultry -keeper has found, traps the best means of combat- ing rats. He has 500 hens, housed . in several buildings; and a dozen steel and spring traps, always set, keep rats out. He adopted traps after first trying poison and then the rifle, Poison was effective, but there was such a 541114 100111 the dead rats that its use it Wee and time couid not be considered. He tried a sma11,22,caliber rifle. The 1 rifle required a lot of time, and at that was ineffectual, Then he tried traps, and he has had them in constant use since. He put a trap in the chamber of each dry - mash !topper. Next he located the points at which rats entered the pens. This was not difficult, as his houses have dirt floors At each rat entrance he placed a cylindrical box, six inches square and about three foot long, the ends being open aiid tho top side, as the box was sunk in the ground, re- movable. In these passageways steel traps were set, The battery of traps quickly clean- ed out the rats, The Worst oft ' i , 4 Jolm: I near noo that Sanciy lost his item in the recent fighting, Wally; Aye, man, but ye hae noo hoard the Worst. IIB was wearin' ma wrist watch on the arm that was lost.