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The Clinton News Record, 1917-06-21, Page 2I1, D. McTAGOAR? D, McTA0011T McTaggart Bros. --- BANIIVIRS ---+ 1 GENERA -To SANKTNG SUSI- NF,ss TRANSACTED- NOTE DISCOUNTED, DRAFTS ISSUED. INTEREST ALLOWED -'ON DE- POSITS CALK NOTES 'MR, CHASED. [I. T, RANCE NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVEY- ANCER, FINANCIAL, REAL; ESTATE ANT) ETRE TNSU*. • ANCE AGENT. REPRESENT. IRO 14 FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. DIVISION COURT CFFI,CE, CLINTON. W. IIRYDONE. EA;RRTSTER. SOLICITOR. NOTARY PUBLIC, ETC. OMc.- Sloan Meek -CLINTON 11. O. CAMERON A.Q. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR. CONVEYANCER, ETC. Office on Albert Street ooeuped bI Mr. Hooper. • In Clinton on every Thursday, , and on any day for which ap- pointments are made. Office bonne from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. A good vault in connection with the office. Office open every !reek -day. Mt. Hooper will • make any appointments for Mr. Cameron. CHARLES B. BALE. ,Conveyancer, Notary Public, Qommiasioner, tete. HEAL ESTATE and INSURANCE Issuer of Marriage Licensee HURON STREET. - CLINTON • DRS. GIfNN & GANDIER Dr. W. Gunn, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., Edin. Dr. J. C. Gandier, B.A., M.B. Office Hours: -1.30 to 8,30 p.m., 7.30 to 9.00 p.m. Sundays 12.30 to 1.30 p.m. Other hours by appointment only. Office and Residence -Victoria St. OR. C. W. THOMPSON PEBYICIAN, SURGEON, ETC. Special attention given to dis- esteem of the Eye, fear. Neu .ted Theost. Eyes earefully examined and snits able glasses prescribed. OMee and residence:3 doors west of the CommenoiaL Hotel, Huron 85, GEORGE ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron. Correspondence promptly answered. Immediate arrangements can be made for Sale , Date at The News -Record, Clinton, or, he sailing Phone 13 on 137. Charges moderato and satbsfsctios guaranteed. We've made j Would like it hot for' to make quite It �11 jjjl�ll it hot a few 11 to U I I L for yon We've made it 1 of for a lot of folks who were looking for satisfactory coal, and if you will place your spring order with ns, we would be pleased to give you the good coal and two thousand pounds to the ton. A. J. Holloway, Clinton .A first-class bedroom suite for .private sale, as well as other articles of Turn(- ' lure at Residence on Ontario St. The IUIoKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Company `Head ogee, Seaforth, Ont. DIRECTORY: President, James Connolly, Goderich; Vice., James Evans, Beechwood; Sec: Treasure., Thos, E. Hays, Sea - forth. -Directors: George McCartney, Sea - forth; D. P. McGregor, Seaforth; J. G. Grieve, Walton:; Win. Rina, Sea - forth; M. McEwen, Clinton; Robert Ferries, Harlock; John Benneweir, Brodhagen; Jas. Connolly, Goderich. Agents: Alex Leitch, Clinton; J. W, Yeo, Goderich; Ed. Hinchley, Seaforth; W, Chesney, Egmondville; R. G. Jar • muth, Brodhagen. Any money to be paid in may be paid to 1Vloorish Clothing Co., Clinton, or at Cutts Grocery, Goderich. Parties desiri:,g to effect insurance or transact other business will be promptly attended to on application to any of the above officers addressed to their respective post office. Losses inspected by the director who lives merest tho scene. CR° tiRSy A4L UN, , .irwtat.E -TIME TABLE. - Treble will arrive at and depart from Clinton Station as follows: BUFFALO AND GODERICII DSV. Going )last, depart 7.88 A.M. c rr ,r 2.58 p.M Going West, ar, 11.10, dp, 11.17 a.m. £M4 5.53, dp. 6,45 pan, " depart 11.18.nt. p LONDON, HURON & BRUCE DIV". Going South, ar. 7:83, tip, 7,50 pan, a rr depart 4,15 p.m, Going North' at. 10,80 dp. 11,10 a.m, Going North, depart 6.40 pee. Vinton n News - Record MINTON, ONTARIO. Terme01 ubsor6one paa, in advance; $1.U noy be charged it not so mild. No paper •dlocon- tinuod until all arrears are paid unless at the option of the pub - Ilse date to which every eubsoription is paid is denoted on the label, Advertising Rates -- Transient ad. vertisemente, 10 Dents per non- pareil, onpareil, line for first insertion and 4 cents per` line for each eubee- quont insertion. Small edvertiee- meats not to exceed one inch, ouch as "Lost," ' Strayed," or "Stolen," etc„ inserted once tor 85 cents, and each subsequent in- sertdon 10 cents, Communications intended for pub- Iication must, as a guarantee of good faith, be accompanied by the name of the writer. G. E. HALL, Proprietor. ropletor, Fertilizer We carry a Complete Stock of Stone's Natural Fertilizer. No better an the market. Hay We pay at all seasons the highest market prices for Hay for baling. Seeds American Feed Corn, Red Mo- yer, Alsike, Timothy and Alfalfa. FORD & MCLBOD CLINTON. How is Your Cutlery Supply Ton know that Jewelry Store Cutlery is out of the cone - mon class. At least,. OURS .4. It carries a distinctiveness - an air of superiority, that tonne from being made with the greatest care and ut- most skill from the highest. priced materials. Ifon can nee some of this Cutlery in your home, you will be proud of it every time you see it on the table Carvers, cased, 83.00 np. Knives, Forks and Spoons. $1.00 doz. op. Knives and Forks, steel, wbits handles, $3.00 dos. up Let as show you our Cutlery line, Let us, tell you more about why it is the most desirable that you case put your money into. W. R. COUNTER 4L %kLt s and lee( Lit of MARRIAGE LICENSES. "News -Record's" New Chiu ung Rates For 1917 WEEKLIES. 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We can supply you at di lass than It would ou ld cost y tosend nd direct. d In remitting please do so by Post - office Order, Postai Note, Express Order or Eegistered letter and address G. E. IIALL, Publisher News -Record CLINTON, ONTARIO. �y �il As long as the teeth of a sheep are strong and in good working order, it is reasonably safe to keep her. The safety of the flock may be greatly insured by calling up the sheep every night and shutting them into a tight fold. They soon get the habit and are also more docile the year around. A flock o2 iees) can not be made too tame. A wild flock is of less value and makes loss growth and shorter fleeces than a quiet one. Unless you intend to keep the lambs for home use, let the bucks go the min. ute they are big enough. More money in them now than there will be alter a while. are Yare smarter than most folks if you can tell what the wool market will be six months from now. Nino times out of ten it is well to sell your clip soon after shearing, Keep the little chaps that are thrifty and have a good, thick -set growth of wool on their backs. If you want to sed the lambs grow, give them oats to eat often. There are less titan ten per cent, of all weeds which sheep will hot eat. Cattle and horses eat only about halt she different weeds, ,0 ,nrn Henry G. Bell. cries " s)i,, :.r" y.mi+tli!,e e l;, :aa,!+Rut'. alVi Conducted by Processor Fairy G. Bell, The object of this department Is eq piece et the service 1 e of our farm readers the sdeice of en Pekflew edged authority on all 'Onsets pertaining to soils dei crops. Address all questions to Professor Henry S. Bell, Ie care of The Wlison Publishing Company, Limned, To' mete, and answers will appear In this column In the order In which they are received, As apace le limited it Ig advlsebie where immediate reply Is neceesary that a stamped and addressed envel�o��pa be enclosed with the mention, when by gnawer wlli Firinalled direct Question -C. K.; -I have a field of about forty acres of heavy June grass sea. The laud is mucky, with clay sub -soil. I would like to know if buck- wheat would be of any use to subdue the June grass on this land? X have a good crop of beets on this land seven years ago. After the beets I had oats, but they grew rather too rank and lodged, thereby killing out part of the seeding which caused the June grass to take a start and it has been left in that way ever since, so that it is now almost a solid June grass sod. Now if you believe that buck- wheat would grow on tideland then I would like to know what kind of buck- wheat to get and how much to sow per acre. Answer: -The soil thatyou describe should produce a rank growth of buck- wheat. The crop, however, is better suited to a clay loam. If you seed buckwheat on this soil, it should make sufficient growth to overcome the June grass, if the seed -bed i$ well pre- pared. In vier. of the fact that your grain lodged so badly, I would advise you to apply at least 200 pounds per acre of acid phosphate, which supplies phosphorus, the kind of plantfood that gives strength to the straw of the grain, This will give strength to the buckwheat vines and will plump the buckwheat kernels. Silver 'Hull buck- wheat is considered a good variety and requires about five pecks of seed per acre. Another good crop to use under the conditions you describe would be rape• • This can be sown broadcast in rows. Rape requires about five or six pounds of seed per acre if sown broadcast, and three pounds if sown in drill. Question-A.J.W.:-We expect to stet,, a silo 10x32 feet. Have six and a half acres, about half of this field is sand loam and the other half is clay loam. We plowed down a heavy June grass and timothy sod last year and it was partly covered with manure. We have covered it again this winter and want to plant- it for silage. How should we drill the corn and how much seed per acre? Would it pay to use some commercial fertilizer; if so how much and what analysis would you re- commend? Answer: -In planting corn for sil- age, both drill and check -row systems are successfully used. The check - row system, which is really the hill system, allows of cultivating the corn Doth ways. If the land is not very weedy the drill system is satisfactory, drilling it in rows about 30 inches apart. In drills it requires about 10 quarts to the acre. To make sure of the germination, you - ould do well to buy the seed on the ear and test the ears for germina- tion. This can be done by taking out six kernels from each ear, two from the tip, middle and butt, numbering the ear and placing the kernels on a square of blotting paper or cloth, num- bering the square the same number as the ear. Place the cloth in a pan or large plate where you can keep it damp and warm, and inside of a weolc the kernels should have germinated, spfficiently to tell you whether the ear is strong, weak or dead. Take the medium and strong ears and shell, them out together and discard the ears that show very weak or dead kernels. It world surely ray you to fertilize your corn. For this purpose I would recommend the use of 200 to 800 pounds per acre of a fertilizer analyzing 2 to .3% ammonia,'8 to 10% Phosphoric acid and 1% potash. This will start your corn crop off strong and vigorous, just the same as whole milk gives a vigorous start to your calves. Question -A. C.: -I have a five acre field which has a heavy seed about four years old which was turned down and planted to beano last year. On ac- count of wire worms I did not plant to oats or corn this Spring. • I have it plowed again and intend planting to beans, but some of nny neighbors said they would take the beans. Will they? If so, is there anything I can do to prevent it? I do not find many now. Would the dry weather effect them any?,,. i'he soil is a clay loam with a heavy clay bottom. Answer: -The wino -worms which effected your crops last year found a. suitable home in the sod which was plowed 'under. You are planning cor- rectly to plant this land to a cultivated crop this year, since through cultiva- tion it seems possible to get rid of the wire worms, It is impossible forme to say whether the wire Nonni will take the beans or not this year, how- ever, thorough tillage of the soill in preparing the seed -bed will do a great deal to drive them out, as will also the application of 200 to 400 pounds of fertilizer per acre when seeding your beans. The late Prof. Smith of New Jersey, Who made a careful study of the life history of the wire worm, strongly recommends fertilizers as a means of getting rid of the wire worm. The wire worm does not like fertilizer, and beside fertilizer gives added strength to the young growing crop and hence helps it to withstand light insect attacks. For your con- ditions, I would advise a fertilizer analyzing 1 to 2% ammonia, 8 to 12% phosphoric acid and 1 to 2% potash. This should be worked thoroughly into the soil before you plant the beans, by scattering item the surface of the plowed land and harrowing it in thoroughly or by drilling it in, if you have a grain drill with fertilizer dis- tributing attachment. Cultivation and fertilizers are about the only things that you can do to combat the wire worm. I do not believe the dry weather has had very much effer't on them . Question -R. W.: -We want to use commercial fertilizer on our bean land this year ar 1 we don't know just how much is best to put on per acre to get best results out of beans. Also, which would be best, to sow fertilizer broad- cast ar in the hill with beans? Our land is practically clay land. Answer: -For fertilizing beans on clay soil, I would advise the use of from 200 to 600 pounds per acre of fertilizer analyzing 2 to 8% ammonia, 8 to 10%phosphoric acid and 1 to 2% potash. This chords be worked,thor- oughly into the soil when you are pre- paring the seed -bed at least a week oto ten days previous to planting. It can be spread with a lime spreader or; if you have a grain drill with fertilizer drilling attachment, it is well to apply it that way. The important point Is , to see that the fertilizer is evenly dis- tributed and thoroughly worked into the soil. It is rich available plant - food if it is worked into the soil where it can dissolve so that the plants can melee use of it. It is not best practice to drill the fertilizer in with the beans. Broadcasting has been found to give. best results. Arecreare Bruises of the heel will be indicated by lameness, tenderness upon pressure of the quarter of the sole, usually the inside. In severe cases where pus is forming there will be tenderness ex- pressed when the heel is pressed. Remove shoe, pare the sola of the quarter well down to expose the corn and allow escape of pus if there be any, apply hot poultices until soreness • disappears, then get shod with a leath- er sole between shoe end hoof and no pressure upon the quarter of the walla When breeding the mares, bear in' mind that it pays to have one breed in a community. The gre:•test progress; in breeding is possible where fanners; cooperate to produce the best of one breed. Neither mare nor foal is bettered when the colt follows the cultivator.; Keep the colt penned in a roomy, well -1 lighted and ventilated box stall. Do! not keep them apart for a half day the first time. • • ht.s3'hy,l A good pasture is a pig's paradise. If you want to get full value for your skim -milk, whey and buttermilk, let the pigs handle it for you. The man who liuy; the stuff he feeds his hogs has only the feeder's profit. By growing the fend he has the grow- er's profit, too. If the corn drowns out, sow some rape for the hogs. Forage helps to put the gains on hogs et the lowest cost. Put the sett -lender where the pigs can help themselves. Let them do the work until marketing time. Pigs mal be more important than pedigroce, but it is a wise practise to look after both in t rare -heed herd, A ped t;'::•= i. '.' selling time, Hogs de ,ii,....i,.,• 0011 mutt -holes Long-legged drafts are not what the market demands. Don't breed that rhe.racteriotia into the young animals. 1 Select ao1`W-set sire. Let the mare rest several weeks after foaling. Start gradually when prttt`ttg her to work again. After feeding, and brushing the horses, tiler] them out in the pasture to rest for the night. j Disinfecting the stables with coal-. tar dins will go a long way toward protecting the le- des from flies. Clean the stables every day in hot weather. Condition' in a horse is manifested by keenness for work, brightness of eye and bloom of coat. A horse is capable of his greatest effort only when in condition. Before letting the colt -to the mare aC re^altime, partly milk out the udder, In 'hot weather let the mare rest and cool off a few minutes before the colt sucks. Colic often result:; from working a horse immediately after feeding. Ai - low plenty -of time at noon. as the result of choice: It is often a last resort. A cement tank, sunk ten or twelve inches in the ground and filled with clean cool water, answers much better. Castrate the male pigs before they jo aro weaned, ,when they are about six be or •eight weeks old. Choose a clear dry day for the work. THIS 1... -SPRAYING TIME Methods of Combating the 1{nemies of Plaint life in the Carden As soon as potatoes are well up they should be sprayed. The little flea beetle begins operatioes as Soon as the plants are fear or five inches high' and so do the potato bugs. Whether or not potatoes have been grown in the vicinity before, the bugs are sure to be on hand early in the season and crops can only be protect- ed by spraying. Then, too, blight must be checked by a spraying every ten days or two weeks. Cover the plants, thoroughly with the spray, the upper and lower 'surfaces of the foli- age, Vitrio is a good preparation to use for this purpose or arsenate of lead and bordeau may he used.- If vitrio is used ten pounds should be mixed with fifty gallonsofwater. For asparagus, beans, 'other garden vegetables, email fruits and rose bushes, one pound of vitrio dissolved in five gallons of water will produce the desired results, Place the required amount of paste on a pail and add cold water gradually, slowly stirring until sufficient water has been added to produce a smooth milklike liquid. Pour this -mixture through a fine wire strainer into the spray tank, which has previously been fl:led three-fourths full of clean water. Cucumbers' and melons should be sprayed every ten days. Tomato plants should be sprayed as soon as set out and occasionally as required. Young celery plants should be spray- ed in the seen bed and at intervals of ten days with a mixture of ten -pounds, Of vitrio to fifty gallons of water, Arsenate .of load spray should be used for codling moth, caterpillars, flea beetles, browntafl moth, gypsy moth, cucumber. beetle . and currant worm and combo, 11 paste le used three pounds to fifty gallons of water should be used for codling moth and eltreulio, For canker worms, eater- pillars, cranberry ineeete and leaf eating insects in general gee four Ronde to fifty gallons of water as soon ass the insects appear, Repeat on later broods if needed. Arsenate of lead is deadly to human beings and must be used with caro. Fruit and vegetables that have been sprayed must bo thoroughly washed before they are used. For -cabbage lice take a lump of salt- peter, the size of an egg, and put in sprinkler of water, . Sprinkle the cab bege once or twice and there will be no more lice on them. Bordeau mixture is a fungicide and a plant stimulant also, preventing blights and rusts during the growing season. During the growing season toma- toes, celery, asparagus, 'email fruits, beans, etc., will be benefited by spray- ing with bordeau mixture. INTERNATIONAL LESSON JUNE 24. Lesson „XIII, The Purpose of John's Gospel -Review -John 21. 15- 25. Golden Text d�ghn 20. 31. 1. A social faith. Both at the be- ginning arld end of his Gospel John makes it clear that he is not writing simply. a human record. . Just as the projiliet backed his•message with, "Thus said the Lord," so John sets forth the eternal sanction behind the life and the teaching of Jesus. Here is "the Word made flesh." - Here is the everlasting truth working itse into character. Have we anythin to add to that record? Is therean other body of evidence than John po sensed which has come to us? H the Spirit led us in these twenty ce turies of Christian development i more truth? What John gave us ha now been tested by the human co science through twenty centuries. has been further confirmed by t social struggle of that period. John affirmation is increasingly the con viction of the human race. Most o its leaders turn to -day to Jesus fo guidance: The development of hu man life is not away from his princ Iles, but toward them. With if • $�.i% t�rr� r Breed the best to the best. Raise the calves; quit eating veal. Type is not the real test of a cow's value, The scales and tester are bet- ter indications. Keep all calf pails, and the uten- sils with which milk comes in con- tact, scrupulously clean. Scald them with hot water and then expose them to the sun during the day. To make a real success at the fall shows, begin now to care for the pro- spective entries. It is no honor to win on an untrained, poorly fitted animal just because competition is Iacking. Make your entry worthy of the red ribbon if it is the only one in its class: One farmer says that with silage and clover and alfalfa hay he had been able to bring a large herd of s_ dairy cows through the winter in good as menditic n, with fairly heavy produc- n- tion and without much grain. in Where chronic dysentery is present s in a dairy herd, try washing the cows' re: udders with a two per cent, solution of lLe coal -tar disinfectant before allowing ,s the calves to suck. Evey heifer calf killed means one f less cow. Without any restriction, r the sale of calves and cows for mea: can proceed so far that there will be i - 'a serious shortage of cattle. Already, cross -currents, the drifts, and the ed dies in the stream of human progres , it yet moves clearly forward in the good cows never were so scarce and y high. dircetion of his teachings. With an increasing number of people outside of the church developing a clear faith in the leadership of Jesus, it is no time for the people in the church to ' question the practicability of the sett - mon on the mount. They must develop a faith that shall triumphant- ly a,>ply the principles of Jesus to the whole of life, 2. Why believe? John was not in- terested in developing faith for the mere sake of faith. , The belief that he wanted was no mere reptition of words. He was not trying simply to secure assent to an historical Christ and stop there. Fox him the purpooe fife. was that people might have life. Unless faith transforms life, individual and social, it is not faith at all, but a mere imitation. To -day we need a conviction of the social vitality of Jesns's teachings. We want no mere applause for his leadership, but a faith that will transform his principles into social living. 3. What kind of life? John is not talking simply about life eternal as the end of faith, but of eternal. life that begins here end now. The kind of living he wants is the kind that Jesus taught and showed. In his epistles he makes it clear that it is a pure and brotherly life. Those who profess to believe in God and do not love their brothers are liars. Those who do not love do not know God: the are infidels, no matter what faith they may profess. It is an axiom with John that a man who does not love his brother cannot possibly love God. This is to be no vague emotion: it is to be manifested in gifts, It is even to go as far in case of necessity es the laying down of life. ' Here is the test of faith: it must produce a pure, brotherly, serving, self-sacrificing life. These lives must be joined together in a social order, in states and nations and a world life which'is organized in justice and righteousness and peace. 4. The challenge, • Is the purpose t. ie i of Ja .l in his Gospel being fulfilled to- day? This is thei responsibility which the Gospel pmts upon those who hear it;. This was Jesus' stere test. Well he knew ti10.fatal facility of humanity to pass resolutions and then forgot them. What happened to those who listened to his teachings and did them not, he set forth in the parable of the' sower and of the men who built their houses on the rock and on the sand.' He requires of those who believe in him that thoy translate his words into life; how else shall the kingdom' of God come? This is his challenge: - "Why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things. which I say?" Either, we accomplish the social living that, e taught, or we fail of fellowship, and the end is, "Ye did it not; depart from me" Wanted Definite Instructions. Officer: "Now, Private Jenkins, I am oing to give you a very responsible b. Under our advanced trench is a ego mine, I want you to stay thane, and when the mine goes up I wart you to blow this whistle, Now, do you clearly understand? Private Jenkins: "Well, there's one thing I'm not certain of, sir. When do -I blow the whistle -going up or coming down?" An Appeal to Campers. Tho Canadian Forestry Association is endeavoring to secure the co-opera- tion of Canadian flshermen, hunters and campers in making n special effort to adopt fire prevention this year as one of their personal contributions to national 'thrift. Test the seed corn before planting, All whey from cheese factories and butter milk from creameries should be pasteurized befot'e feeding to hogs. A mixture recommended for hog parture is barley and rape, the hogs to be turned on when tite barley is attesting to shoot. If not overdone, the barley will keep the herd going till odd heads began to Ripen, then the grain and rape make a good lotion until altos :frost arrives. Hogs on pasture require grain for greatest profits in ports nrotiuotion, but a .full food is not economical when pasture, is plentiful and grain high priced, • SEVERE RHEUMATIC PAMNS DISAPPEAR RbottmaUsal d P .nds on en void bb the blood, which affects the musclesand points, producing in - i ammo on, stiffness and pain, Thi'* aeid gets into the blood tiirougli some defect in the digestive preemie, ITood'a Sarsaparilla, the old-time blood tome, is very successful in the treatment of rheumatism, It acts directly, with purifying effect! on the blood, and improves the diges- tion. Don't suffer, Get Hood '0 today, Any falling off' in the production of live stock will be noticeable in grain farming. Without plenty of stock, soil fertility is difficult to maintain and high prices for foodstuffs coming' from the soil are more liken', It Is apparent that something must be done to keep the productive animals on the farm. Damp and filth are the two prime causes of disease among poultry. Idle- ness is a disease breeder, busy fowler as a rule, keeping in good health. Filthy drinking vessels breed undesir- able germs about as quickly es any- thing, germs often hiding in the scum that is allowed to accumulate. Keep the houses thoroughly ventil- ated during the month, for June has some very hot days and nights. June is a good month for caponizing the young cockerels. To keep in good he.,lth, a hen, in promotion to its size, requires almost seven times the amount of fresh air that a horse needs. Th'e horse sweats through his skin, but the fowl must get rid of the waste of the body by means of the' lungs, and therefore breathes seven times as fast as heated, sweating animals. For winter green feed there is noth- ing better than lawn clippings. The grass should be gathered as soon es cut, and spread out on a shed roof so both sun and air can strike it. As soon as it is thoroughly dry it should be raked up and packed in barrels for the winter. Care must be taken that it does not dry too much, or it will lose its strength and bleach out con- siderably. It should, however, be perfectly cured before storing away, or it may heat and spoil. ' In feeding, soak the grass in luke- warm water for about twelve to eigh- teen hours, after which either mix the mash or squeeze out the water and feed in troughs by itself. Fifty -Fifty, Passing a hand over his forehead, the worried drill -sergeant paused fol• breath as he surveyed the knock-kneed recruit. Then he pointed a scornful finger. "No," he declared, "you're hopeless. You'll never make a soldier, Look at you now. The top 'alf of your legs is standin' to attention, an' the bottom 'all is standin' at easel" our tohiem Conducted" isho „Won rmir Mothers and daughters of all ages ars cordially invited to write to thla department Initials only will be published with each question and Its answer as a means of Identiflcat(On, but full name and address must be given In each letter. Write on one side offpaper only. Answers will be matted direct If stamped and addressed envelopeia enclosed. Address all correspondence for Ma department to Mrs. Helen Law, 233 Woodbine Ave., Toronto. L. T.: -For household use, the most effective and least dangerous of fly poisons is theone-to-five per cent. solu- tion of formaldehyde. To a pint of water add three teaspoonfuls of com- mercial formaldehyde. It is not ex- pensive, and can be bought at any drug store. Take one or more thin table tumblers and fill each one of them half full, or more, of the solu- tion. Cut a piece of blotting paper into circular form, slightly smaller than an ordinary saucer. Place the blotting paper in the saucer and then invert the saucer over the tumbler; next, holding the hand on top of the tumbler and the saucer, quickly invert them. Then place a match under the edge al the tumbler. That will break the air seal and allowthe fluid to per- colate slowly into the blotting paper, and to keep it moist, so that the flies can drink from it. This solution at- tracts flies, and usually kill them with- in two or three minutes. "Reader": -1. When a person re- marks, "I am very gladl have met you, 1Miss 13-," after having been introduce - ed to you, respond by saying, "I am t" " sue the pleasure • i re is mutual"; or, I am glad to know you," There is no set phrase for such occasions. 2. To remove tar, apply turpentine or kero- sene, followed by soap and water. 8, Almond meal is an excellent substitute for soap for use on the face, 4, To destroy roaches, dip slices. of potato in arsenic mixed with sugar. Gather up every morning and drop into boil- ing water, as some of the insects may still be alive. But never allow poi- son to lie around if there are childt'en in the house, Paris green is anoth- er remedy, and pulverized borax is good. "Subscriber"; -1, The word "Argen- tine" means "silvered," and is 1te- societed with the Plata River because "plata" means "silver" in the Spanish tongue. Thus the name given to the groat South American country tools another form to describe the land through which the Plata flows, 2. Mercury is the planet nearest to the sun, 3. A panarea hat may be clean- ed by scrubbing with cormeal and wa- ter. • 4. Red -bordered towels and naphins will not fade if a little borax is put in the water to set the color. 5. It is said that the juice of an onion will remove scorch marks from silk, 6. An invitation to a church wedding need not be acknowledged unless en in- vitation to the breakfast or reception is included. Wedding silver, linen, and all gifts intended for the bride should be marked with the initials of the bride's maiden name, Mrs. T.:-1, To clean a greasy car- pet, mix together whiting and corn meal, heat it and sift it thickly over the carpet; then cover with gasoline and rub hard until the gasoline eva- porates. Sweep clean and wipe with a damp cloth. This should only be done in the open, as the danger of fire from gasoline is very great. Be careful also in rubbing when the gaso- line has been applied. If it is not possible to do the work in the open, use only the powder, allowing it to stand for several days, then remove and repeat the treatment until the grease has disappeared, ' 2, The red paint marks may be removed from your dark blue wool suit by rubbing the spots with alcohol. enol, No matter how careful one is when 'sewing, often en oil spot gets on a dress while making, if the machine has recently been oiled. As your fabric is silk, cover it thickly with powdered starch and leave for twenty-four hours, After the starch has been brushed off the stain will not be noticeable, Mrs. D. P,:-1. There . is nothing that will take the taste of leeks from cream or butter, The best way is not to allow the cows to graze in weedy places. It is an argument in favor of cleaning up all the weeds on the farm, isn't it? 2. A good style of dress for a two-year-old boy is dark colored knickerbockers buttoned to a white or light -blue waist with large pearl buttons. Sailor suits of white cotton with navy-blue collar, cuffs and tie are also suitable, They may be had readymade fol• 01.50 at the large department stores, in sizes for one and a half years and upward, 3. There are two styles of hair -mut .for little boys; one being the close shave which the older boys favor and the other the Buster Brown or Dutch cut. "No more headache fol' you ---take these Dont jna' "'another" the headache without removing the mimeo. Take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Teblete, They not only cure the hendncl,e but vivo you n Noma, henitlifol feeling because they tone the liver, 'Weston the stomach and cleanse the boweln, Try them. 511 Druggi,it, 25s., sr lq sill CIOAMIERTAIN 00010106 00, 9Toronto, Oni. 13 -'t.