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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1917-09-20, Page 2O. D, MoTAGG,1•l4T M, D. McTAGGAIll *Taggart iros. a GENERAL BANETNO BUM' NESS TRANSACTED. MOTES DISCOUNTED, DRAFTS ISSUED. INTEREST ALLOWED ,ON P1- POSITB." SALE tr(Yra l rUR- QHASED, Ii, T, RANCS - NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVEY- ANCER, FINANCIAL, Axil: ESTATE ANi) FIRS INIiUR- ANCE.AGENT. REPR13WENT- ING 14 FIRE IN81UtttANOR COMPANIES. OIYISION COURT CF9'ICLs, CLINTON. W. LRYDON% BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, , NOTARY _PUBLIC, .ETC. Ol11oe— Sloan Block—CLINTON 11. O. CAMERON B.O. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, CONVEYANCER, ETC. Office en Albert Street oeouped bi Mr. Hooper. In Clinton on every Thursdays stud on any day for which ap• pointments are made. Office boors from 9 a.m. to 0 •p.tn- A good vault in oonnection witb the office. Office open every 'Reek -day. Mr. Hooper will make any appointments for Mr, Camerou., CHARLES B. HALL, Conveyancer, Notary Publ.'', Commieeiower, Efts, REAL ESTATE and INSURANiClf Issuer of Marriage Licences HURON fiT1:EET, — CLINTON DRS. GUNN & 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 3.30 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. DR, O. W. THOMPSON I+HSYIOTAN, SURGEON, ETC. Special attention given Le dis- eases of the Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat. Eyes carefully examined and raiz :Ale glees., prescribed. Office and residence: 9 doors west of the Commercial Hotel, Huron Bt, CE0140r, ELLIDTT Licensed Auetloneer for the County of Huron. Correspondence promptly answered, Immediate arrangements can be made for Sale i Date at The .. News -Record, Clinton, or by railing Phone 13 on 167, Charges moderate and 'satisfaetioa {guaranteed. IT made liYYpnl}1,pp77IIrr3Y3Y coil',Would elike4ilitet for ll., it hot for Y ua few tLyI1UU'1 We've made 1 hot for a lot of foists who were looking for satisfactory coal, and if you will place your spring order with us, we would be pleased to give you ,the good coal and two thousand pounds to the ton. A. d �oil E• way, Cluraton A. first-class bedroom suite for private sale, as wen as other articles of furnl- ture at Residence on Ontario St. The 1I1eKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Cofpan 1' J Head office, Seaforth, Ont. DIRECTORY President, Janes Connolly, Goderich; Vice., Tames Evans, Beecliwood; S-rie:Treasurer, Thos, E. Hays, Sea. •forth. Directors: George McCartney, Sea - forth; D, F. McGregor, Seaforth; J, G. 'Grieve, Walton; Wm. Ring, Sea - forth; M. McEeven, Clinton; Robert Ferries, Harlock; John Benneweir, Brodhegen; Jas, Connolly, Goderich, Agents: Alex Leitch, Clinton; J:- W. Yeo, Goderich; Ed. Iiinchley, Seaforth; Vit. Chesney, Egmcndville; R. G. Jar- mutla, Brodhageh. Any money to be paid in may he paid to Moorish Clothing Co., Clinton, or at Cutt's Grocery, Goderich. _. Parties desiri-,g to effect insurance or transact other business will he . promptly attended to on application to any of the above officers addressed to their respective post office. Losses inspected by the director who • lives nearest the scene. —TIME TABLE.- . Trains will arrive at and depart from .Clinton Station as follows: BUFFALO AND GODERICII DIV. Going East, depart 7.83 a.m, et ei u 2.58 p.iil. Going West, at. 11,10, dp. 11.17 am, n u ar, 5.58, dp. 6.45 p.m. er " depart 11,18 p.m, LONDON, HURON & BRUCE( DIV. Going South, M. 7.38, dp, 7,50 p,m.,. " tr depart 115 parr, Going N'nl'thr ar, 9.0.30 'dp, 11.10 a,m, Going North, depart 13,40 Pan. r 17 q • P greeter value thea g91e pod sliver is health restored. Lip in the mining district of I,order ✓ bake Opt„ Ml•, std Castleman els- • covered ls- tion l of something—Outaivn le Piitlttare IA • drug, Eere rs hu Story, is pert. 5f "I had heard of ,Your q ,611 r3 51S 01 Ir1 m 'ss ilia >a q X ta112 tadlaalslselr te gall te falatill%lllaBalsiMal+ttNwglIailext A Found New "1`. .1 AL,T • Peaches • are the' mast .valued treasure on Silo pre- serve shell • fit• o A,41 � i0SY'Ili _'ki, KIDNEY'S and. decided to give them a trial at once, tel I had been epHering for some time with my kldne)a: and urine. I sent my chum ou. to get them (about CO miles) and I am pleased to inform yen that in less than 6 hours st 1 felt relief, In two days the pain tad.leftate altogether, ro-dny. 1 feel as well es ever I did and tar kidnap are noting quite naturally,' ( N01,1 testimonial sent on request together with i'ai$n SAM41ZII 04 G[h`riitsa , All dealers sell Cle Pills es ow, Mateo Bark Grraraulee, 6oe'a box, 6 bpxesfor $t.So. National Drug & Chemical Co. of Canada Limited s Toronto U. S. Address: Ne•Dru.Co.,Inc, 202 Main St,', Buffalo, N.i CWWi ton ews - Ree:. rd CLINTON, ONTARIO. Terms of subscription—$1 per year, in advance; $1,50 may be charged if not so paid. No paper discon. tinued ,until all arrears are paid unless at the option of the pub - Usher. The date to which every subscription is paid is denoted on the label. A Advertising Rates — Transient ad. vertisements, 10 cents per. non. pareil lino for first insertion and 4 cents per line for each eubse- e vent insertion. Small advertise. meats not to exceed one inch, such as "Lost," "Strayed," or " Stolen," etc., inserted once for 86 cents, and each subsequent in- sertion 10 cents. Communications intended for pub. Heat -ion must, as a guarantee of good faith, be accompanied by the name of the writer. G. E. HALL, Proprietor. Carlanitoba Oats To nand Brats arid Shorts Binder Twine 11'liite Seal Flour BUG FINISH Ready to use dry on your potatoes. Try it. 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We can supply you at lees than It would cost you to send direct. In Order,ing please do so by Post - office Postal NoteExpress Order or Registered letter and addrbas G. E. HALL, Publisher News -Record CLINTON, ONTARIO. 85.60 4.60 Constipation -- the .lane of old ago is not to be cured by harsh purga- tives; they urgatives;they rather aggravate the trouble. For a gentle, but sure lagetive, 000 Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. 11,oy Stir up the liver, tone the nerves and froshen the stomach and bowels just like an internal bath. Woman's best friend. Prom girlhood to old ago, these Utile red health re. stoners are an unfailing gu dotonn'aotivelivorand a clean, healthy, normal stomach. Take a Chumburiain'n Stomach 'tablet at night and the sour stomach and fer. mentation, and the headatho, IOW o 011 5050100 morning. A11 druggists,26o., or by mI from OiieSbstlale Modeller etltpanf, Nana it Alan's Great, Surprise. When Laura's and Mary Anna's 'big Wither, Alan, was a little fellow, he had to go to bed at eight o'clock every night except Friday and Saturday, ?1st thought it was a hard thing 'to do, .es - pedally in the spring and early aunt- eu- a c n i been mer. Perhaps£e had h try boy it would not'have seemed so hada; slut he lived in the city, where dozens' of other' boys" were kis near neiglpors. The otherboy swent t o the same sehQo] that Alan attended, and they were allowed to stay up and to play obtdoot•s until nine, o'clock every evening, and sometimes later: Long After Alan was in bed, with his head on his pillow, but with his eyes wide open', he used to hear the boys playing ball in front ` of their houses, or hide and seek round: the houses, or shouting like Indians, just for fun. Spring, summer, fall and winter, it wee all the same while Alan was a lit- tle boy; his bedtime when he went to school was eight o'clock. Alan was well, and he learned his lessons easily. Both his father and his mother told him that he was well and that his eyes were bright and that he learned his lessons so easily be- cause ho went to bed early every night: He thought they were mistaken, but he did not say so. Instead, he kept his thoughts about it to himself. Then one day came his great sur- prise. It was in June, a few weeks before the long vacation, and just the kind of day when everyone wishes to be outdooirs, even the teachers. Birds were singing, and the air was sweet with .the smell of roses. A gentle breeze wandered into the schoolroom, as if to call the boys.and girls outside to play The children were not studying their lessons as if they cared at all who General Wolfe was, or where the highest mountains are, or the longest rivers or the largest cities, or how to spell hard words. Alan was tit -inking of his big broth- er, Lee, who was in the high school. The high school boys had a holiday that afternoon, and Lee hltd planned to take the baby • sisters, Laura and Mary Anna, in the automobile for a ride into the country, Little brother Alan was thinking of that when the teacher said to all the children, "You may lay aside your books for a mo- ment, if you please." Quickly all the children closed their books and sat straight, glad to listen to what the teacher had to say; they were expecting a surprise. The next moment Alan wished that ho was any- where else except in that schoolroom, because this is the question that the teacher asked: "How many boys and girls in this room are in bed before nine o'clock every night except Friday nights acid Saturday nights? All who are, please stand." Alan despised a lie; so he stood be- side his desk and tried not to notice that the boys who were his neighbors were snickering behind their hands. A moment the teacher waited, think- ing that others would stance; but no one else rose. Alan stood' alone. He felt utterly miserable and wretched until the teacher said, "You may be seated, Alam" Then came the great surprise: The teacher made a speech; she said she knew that Alan always went to bed early, How did she know it? Be- cause he always carne to school fresh and rested, bright of eye and ready for work. She said she could tell who sat up late and who went to bed early by the work they did in school. She could pick them out and name them if she chose, s,, When the teacher said that, several little girls turned red, and at least one boy looked foolish and ashamed. But the teacher did not mention any names; she only said that she was sorry that Alan was the only one who dared to stand. Then she advised all except Alan to open their books and study their lessons. But she told Alan to go home and have a good time; he had earned a holiday. Alan walked a step at a time, --a step at a time, politely,—until he reached the big outside door; then lie flew down the :-ceps and ran Bone at the top of his speed, to get into the automobile on the front seat beside Lee for the ride into the country! torin • Potatoes. b a e. In storing potatoes a• cellar or half cellar is best. The material used in building a storage house does not greatly matter. Either wood or stone masonry will serve. The material should bo waterproof. • Depth under ground is not of moment so long as it is sufficient to insure against freezing. Of course if the storehouse is heated you do not have to consider this. Tho ordinary house cellar is safe enough in this part of the country, though houses with a double cellar, the fur- nace in one pant and the other part for vegetable storage, are particularly favored, There are three things to keep in mind: The temperature must be kept as low as possible without freezing The air must be as dry as possible all the time. The place must bo Rept dark, Keep the temperature as near 82 deg. Fahrenheit as you can; the ideal range is between 30 and 36 Fahrenheit. Potatoes•.•in large quantities will 'not freeze at 28 deg, Fahrenheit if expos- ed to this temperature for not more than an hour or two. To figure space allow i1,4 cubic feet for each bushel of potatoes. There must be ventilation. If you are building a storehouso or semi -cel- lar build it in line with the wind gen- erally prevailing through the winter, In spring real+e the dope' open at night, closing it in the day. Do0111 or win. doves at either end to secure a draught through aro desirable. Store only cleats peta:on Potatoes breathe, Dirt chokes their respire- tion, . Cover the floor cotnpletely'be- fere you begin putting those on to o:f oath other, /antic pure .Cane Sugar, With its fine' rauulation isbest all eeervin ;, for r e. $ ,p , 10 20 rind 1001b. Backe , ,gi alio 51b, tenons sone uo Rea' g.01 T, do-emr12 fon froo toricsof our throe I,n C •uk Bunks, al u Y Atlantic Sugar Refineries Limited. MONTREAL "Pura and Uuculore'd,' 139 iaisR&'• .;.tY:4, a- .d':sa,.i •rz1:b, :v •':4,04.3zf1. CD Conducted by Professor Henry G. 13e0. the object of this department ie to place at the service of our farm readers the advice Of an acknowl- edged authority en.ail,subjects pertaining to eons and Grope. Address all questions to Professor Henry 0, Bell, lit care of The Wilson Publishing Company, 'Limited, To. rcnto, and answere will appear In this column In the erder In which, they are received, As space Is limited ��/•,, it Is advleable where immediate .reply Is necessary that s stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the henry G. Bell. question, when the •newer will be mailed direct Question—B.E.W.:--I have a field of corn which is now clean and grow- ing very rapidly. I wish, however, to grow a green crop to plow under next year; and have a -farm that has been run quite badly; but as you know, the corn crop this year is very late, sand its value, if matured, will be greaten than usual. Will the sowing of a cov- er crop now interfere with, or detract in any way from the present crop rip- ening early? And how much vetch and rye should be sown per acre? Answer:—Regarding sowing a cov- er crop in your corn at this stage, I believe it will do no injury to the corn. You will gain in green material which you can plow under to improve the condition of the soil. A good mix- ture to sow is a bushel of rye to about three pecks of vetch. The seed should be scattered be- tween the corn rows and then worked in by a levelling cultivator or a nar- row sectional harroty. It would be takes twice the time it mixes the ferti- best done, of course, by a single row lizer thoroughly with the soil, and the drill. tender bean plants are never injured. The addition of 200 lbs. to the acre Question—J.B.A.: 'As I have a field of fertilizer analyzing approximate- of alfalfa which I think would yield ly 2 per cent. ammonia and 10 to 12 larger returns as seed I take the lib - per cent. available phosphoric acid erty of writing you for information would insure a good catch, and would in regard to the same. If you will also assist the ripening of the corn. kindly answer the following questions Question—P.W.G.:—I am told re- I will appreciate it very much. (1) peatedly that one should not cultivate Is the second crop the one to cut for beaks after they bloom. They claim seed? (2) About how many bushels itis an old saying but cannot give any per acre is an average yield? (3) good reasons. Will you kindly advise Does it injure the future crops to cut me through your columns if there is it for seed? (4) Do you think the anything to this and if so state why it should not be done. Answer:—Growing beans should be cultivated very carefully. Men who handle large areas of beans say that of 200 to 400 pounds per am•e, if largest yields of best quality are to be harvested. The fertilizer, of course, should be applied in the spring Successful bean growers apply the fertilizer through the fertilizer attach- ment of the grain drill seven to four- teen days before planting the beans. If no grain drill is available any broadcast distributor will work, applying the fertilizer broadcast and working it in by harrowing and disking. When fertilizer is applied with a grain drill at planting time it shoulJ be allowed to run in the hole to each side of the one which drops the beans and not in the hole dropping the seed. Some successful bean growers go over the field twice, the first time drilling the fertilizer and the second time sowing the seed. tThis works the fertilizer into the soil and avoids the fertilizer and the beans coming in contact, the one with the other. While this method past het weather has injured the prospects for seed? Answer:—As a rule the second crop of alfalfa will produce the largest most of the work should be put on the yield of seed in Canada; this for the seed -bed and just.sufficient cultivation reason that there are more bees at the should be given to keep down the time that the flowers of the seethed crop aro in blossom than there are for the same period of the first crop. The seed should be .:nt when about two- thirds of the pods are filled; otherwise the earliest filled pods will shatter and some seed will be lost. From two to five bushels per acre is an average yield of alfalfa seed. If the alfalfa crop has made a good strong growth and is well establish- ed, little injury will be done to the alfalfa by allowing it to come to seed, especially if after cutting the seed the crop is top -dressed with manure or fertilizer so as to give it strd"ngth to meet the corning winter conditions. The hot weather which has just past should hot have injured the seed pros- pects unless the ground is very sandy and has dried Ont. Question—H.J.:-1 am trying al- falfa this year for the first time with- out a nurse crop. I will give you a brief outline of what I did and asst weeds. If you will carefully dig up a pleat of beans you will find that its roots spread out fairly near the sur- face -and sufficiently wide to extend over half the distance between the rows. This being the case, a deep cultivation of beans, when the plant has made maximum growth, such as you will find at blossoming time, will cut off a large percent. of the small roots between the lows. The toots are the conveyors of plantft.od. Then if you cut off the root:, you are to a certain extent starving% the plant. From blossoming time to the filling of the pods of beans is a critical period for the bean crop, At such a time it requires a good supply of water; hence any injury to its root system should be carefully avoided. Another reason for avoiding cultivation at blossoming time is that there is a tendency during clamp weather to spread bean disease, by the bean your advice as to the next move. spores being carried by the cultivator Plowed seven acres this spring, three or on the shoes or clothing of the acres beau ground last year, four workman, acres two-year meadow; worked it un- • Question—R.F.D.:—I have this year the about June 25111; sowed .ground planted beans on heavy clover sod and limestone o11 it, using about ten tons have a fine crop of beans. I have been to the seven acres. Then I inoculat- told I could plant another crop of ed alfalfa seed and put it on about beans next year without any 'a"""` one peck, per acre and dragged it in at fertilizer on this same soil. I would s once with a peg -tooth. She fit.ld is like your advice en this subject. An- , heavy day for the most part, with a other question I would like to ask is,' few sandy places. The field is rolling should I be.compelled to use commer-'se it is pretty welt drained: The seed cial fertilizer P 'When is the best time to use it, •full or spring? Should I drill it in or spread it broadcast, and how much to the acre? This is a light. loam and soil. Answer:—As a rule, beans should not follow beans. They should fol- low a cultivated crop like coin or potatoes. Of course, if your soil 5s in good shape and y'u have used a lau'ge amount of fertilizer this year, and if the .beans have been absolutely free of disease, you may safely plant onetime crop next year where these steed,' The last point is really the point of greatest importance.' sinoo bean dis-, Answer: --I believe you have handl- eases live in the toil :for one or two,'ed your new alfalfa field' wisely. I years, On your light sandy loans Auld not top dress it too heavy with soil you certainly will have to provide cane fine, a good stand. To -day the alfalfa stands six to eight inches high and is commencing to blossom, but in a good many places the leaves are turning yellow or pale green. Also quite a few thistles and ragweeds have come up along with it. Now the ground wets so wet last spring that the could not draw out immure and we have 200 spreader loads or better in our barn- yard. 1 decided this 151180noon apolt looking the field over to go over with mower and clip it quite high, then top - dress it quite heavy. What would you advise? P f manure just at the present time, but plant.ori,, of next ,years clop i ,you expect would give it a second top -dressing tl good c•op. The problem is i tl fall just tete same its is Paced in feeding eithea late n no or Sally in the calves. 11 you e:opcct the roll to spring, My thought is that too heavy well from Dire year to another yoteau a top -dressing (night smother out have to look out to supply alt Abend - cutting of the tender plaits. If after ince of suitable food. Now tern- cutting and, manuring, the ,crop dogs Hems are carriers of plantfood and al - would make a good healthy growth, I though the plantifoo0 which you add - would .advise you to tap -dross still ed this year may not all have been further. with 200 lbs. per acro of feria_ used rep, yet 1 tun of the opinion that liter carrying ''1 to 2 per cent, am - you will find it profitable to make an monis, aldd 10 to •12 pet' cent, phos - addition of .plentfood on next year's phonic acid. This will tend to invigor- bean clop. On sighs sandy soils, oft - ate the plant and give the crop leefally if they aro law in organic: strength to withstand waiter' co matter, it is profitable to top=dress tions. the land' after plowing in the spring s•—` " With 6 to 8 loads of well rotted manure When brushing stair carpets have a to the acre, This should be supple. basin of warm water handy and dip iteitted by the ncltlhtion of acid lih'os.. the brush into it occasionally, This phata or a complete 'fertilizer high its prevents the dust :from ridings and available phosphoric acid, at the rate makes the 'colors took clear and bright, '81111 PATHS .OP PAiN.. Tho paths .of pails al's lonely, But the loneliest path of all Is trodden by the children, Pitiful, weak and ulnall; The fatherless and motherless Who live unloved, and die, Sobbing their little souls away, Under a silent sky. The paths of pain are holy, But the holiest path of all is ancrod to the children, Innocent, frail, and small; The friendless and forsaken; The lambs without a fold, Till lie shall call them to 3•Iiln Over the sands of gold. Ernest 14. A. Home, rs ORCHIDS WITH ICE CREAM. Flavoring Extract Vanilla, is Obtain- ed Prod Highly Prized Plower. Few people think' of orchids, which are highly prized and admired for their beauty'as flowers, as eontribut- ing any edible product,.yet one of the most widely known and commonly used flavoring extracts—vanilla-is obtained from_an orchid, The commoner forms of the orchid are very widely scattered throughout the world. Out of a total of 15,000 different species there is only one genus known to have any practical value. There are but a few species of this genus and the moat important one of these is that from which the vanilla bean of commerce is obtained, The genus is native in the warmer parts of Mexico and in portions of Central America, but it has been introduced and is now extensively cultivated . in parts of the West Indies and in is- lands' of the East Indian archipelago, The various species of vanilla are all climbing plants. The slender stems send out aerial roots and by these the vines climb upon the trunks and limbs of trees. The fruit consists of long slender pods, resembling a thick, somewhat flattened lead pencil in shape, being firm but slightly wrinkled. The pods are gathered and dried before they are fully ripe, the drying process being a very important feature of their pre- paration, developing their color and giving them the peculiar quality de- sired for flavoring purposes. ONLY FIVE SENSES? Present -Day Science Says That We Have a Dozen or More. Who was it that first declared the number of our senses to be .five? Some prehistoric person doubtless, But he was mistaken. If we had only five senses, we should be deprived of the use of many of our most import- ant faculties. Science tells us to -day that we have at least a dozen senses. Touch alone includes three of them. First of the three is the tactile sense, by which one determines wheth- er an object felt is rough or smooth. Supplementing it are the two senses of heat and cold, Perceptions of cold and heat are registered by wholly dis- tinct nerve organs. Look at the end of your finger. You will notice little ridges running over it symmetrically.' In these lie the ex- termities of the heat -sense nerves and cold -sense nerves. The latter can feel only cold, the former only heat. • The ear has three senses—hearing, direction and equilibrium, The last two depend on a liquid in the semi- circular canals of the inner ear, and on numerous tiny pebbles of lune, called "otoliths," which lie in the canals. OLP,TI E REMEDY MAKES PURE BLOOD Purify you=blood by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, This medi- cine has been and still isthe people's niodioine because of its reliable character and its wonderfulsuccess in the treetmont of the eolnmen die - ems and ailments•' -'scrofula, ca- tarrh, rheurna tisntn dyspepsia, loss goraap1pdetoibttyt.hitired feeling, Hood's Sarsaparilla bas been r• tested forty yens. Get it today, 1"1 - w r� t., t' S.i Colts show to best advantage if taught to stand and lead before they are taken into the show' ring. Teach them to walk and go through all the paces to which they will be subjected by the judges, Gruomh;g the coat, combing end decorating the inane and taile acid much to the lippearance of a show animal.`. The exposure of young horses to the short spells of severe weather which occur frequently during the fall, caus- es a shrinkage in live weight and is a hindrance to rapid and economical de- velopment. Older horses seem to stand this sort of treatment with less loss. It it, doubtless true that animals become accustomed to winter weather but frequent changes from fine fall weather to bad storms retard gains in colts without shelter. Four yearling Pereheron fillies with an average weight of 1169 pounds on Pasture, with a ration of six pounds of corn and oats (one-half of each by weight) daily shrunk an average of 32 pounds each during the spell of severe weather on October 18 to 20 of last year, at an Experimental Sta. tion. Aged mares in foal lost only slightly during the same period. Inexpensive sheds which will pro- tect colts from wind, rain, sleet, and snow will prevent part of such loss in weight. Growing horses should not be housed too closely and prevented from taking plenty of exercise, but they should not be subjected to extremely bad weather if they are expected to make satisfactory grt,wth. Volcano is Hottest on Top. Notwithstanding what the old text- books say, it now appears that a vol- cano is hottest on its surface, This is the conclusion drawn by a scientist , who has made extensive investigations in craters in Hawaii and has obtained samples of gates and lava before they reached the air. Laboratory studies of these samples make it appear prob- able that much of the heat required to keep an open lava basin in fluid con- dition is supplied by the chemical ac- tion of the gases. From these inves- tigations the scientist_ concludes -the temperature at the surface of a vol- cano undoubtedly, is higher than that below the surface. Attached. Little Mary had been sent to the stere to get some fly paper. She was a long time in returning, and her mother began to feel a bit anxious. Going to the door, she spied the lit- tle girl coming up the street, and said, "Mary, have you got the fly -paper ?" "No, mother," cried Mary, "it's got me; but we're both coming together." Nurses in Australia are responding splendidly to the call for their ser- vices. A further large contingent is ready to sail overseas. U7, 0,c'` 61 22 C0ndacted'4 1'Jrr9 ,YG(2AA Jour Mothers end daughter* of all ages ere cordially Invited to write to this department. Initials only will be published with each question and its answer as a means of Identification, but full name and address must be elven In each letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers 54111 bo mailed direct If stamped end addressed envelope Is enclosed. Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Nolan Law, 239 Woodbine Ava., Toronto Daughter:—The author of "Martha By The Day" is Julie M. Lippmann, This entertaining story may be had at any of the large bookstores for sixty cents. Stephanie:—.A. healing Hp salve is made of one ounce cold cream, 15 drops of tincture of hermit' and 30 drops of glycerine. Rub the cold cream and glycerine together and then incorporate the benzoin with the mass. Rub with it spatula or flexible knife on a flat tile or plate. A mixture call- ed cream of roses is also good. Melt an ounce of white vaseline and half an ounce of white wax and beat. When nearly cold add three drops of attar of roses. E.B.S.:-1, here is a good recipe for oatmeal muffins: Take one-half cupful milky ono well -beaten egg, one teaspoonful butter, one tablespoonful sugar, one cupful flour, into which has been sifted two teaspoonfuls baking powder and one cupful oatmeal mush. Stir wall together and bake in hot muffin pans in Moderate oven. 2. Perspiration stains can be removed from a blouse by soaking in strong salt water before washing. 3. The best and simplest way to mend a torn net ettrtai11 is to dip a square of net cut to fit into .cold starch, lay on the wrong side of the curtain over the rent and iron with a hot iron. 4. A letter of acicnowlcdgemont for a wedding gift which has been sent by n whole family should be addressed to the mother but shotild contain mention of the ether members. 5. It is good form to display wedding gifts in a room especially set apart for thein. 6. When wedding gifts are on view the cards of the donors should be remov- ed. 7. The best man usually' takes charge of the Wedding ring and the clergyman's fee. Would-be Benofaetrees:--•1•row does the following }don appeal to you: A woman living in a small town originat- ed a novol plan .for eireulatiug read- ing •neatter among her ecigbhors of the outlying country districts, Ii:er first step was to collect among hor acquaintances all the used books ltnd magazines that she could find. After sorting and arranging the collection she divided it up with an eye to suit- ability and variety, made each stack into a neat package and distributed the packages among the farm vehicles that stood hitched every day in the market place and wagon yards. It was not long before the farmers found her out and came to tell her what the contents of the bundles meant to them. They passed the reading matter, they said, from one family to another, so that each night have the benefit of it all. They reported, also an unwritten law of their own making—that for every lost or badly injured book or magazine a fine should be paid, in the shape of a bit of farm produce, to be delivered to the giver of the books for the town poor among whom she worked. The fines filled as real a need as the reading matter had filled; anti since the fanners leave begun to realize the fact, they carry their tributes straight to the doors of the recipients. Scarce- ly a week comes that the country peo- ple of the magazine circuit fail to bring in a little farm produce --turnips for berries or, in early spring, samples of the new green vegetables that city dwellers crave. The outcome of the plan has been the establishment of a friendly circle that widens steadily. Good reading is put into the hands of appreciative :people; the people themselves are brought into touch with others whose material needs are greater than their own; and the poor become the benefi- cial -lee of a unique form of spontane- ous giving. A great deal more than reading matter, in fact, is put into circulation, Mrs, 0, D.:—Yes, there are munition factories In the towns you mention, but they in common with all other plants in Canada just new ate not enc gaging any more workmen, On the contrary they aro dismissing their employees, as the supply of ammunie Lien (s abundant end the demand is steadily decreasing, It would be het. Leer to seek employment at some other occultation.