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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1930-05-08, Page 3Cultivation .- Cultivation is not carried• out mainly for the destruction of weeds. While ridding the garden of these pests is important it is even more so to keep the soil open, porous, and to conserve moisture. A garden abso- lutely free of weeds and uncultivated would not produce much of a crop be- cause the soil would soon bake and' dry out. Hoeing or cultivating light- ly from the start will 'keep the surface soil stirred and provide a dust mulch which prevents evaporation of the water stored up in the soil. The drier the weather, the more frequent should be the cultivation. The majority of our vegetables consist of about. 95%. water and this must be conserved 'for them. The Care of the Lawn . If a little work •is put on the; lawn early In the season there will be practically no trouble in keeping it in shape during the rest of the year. At this time the ground is soft and, ciaudeiious and plantains, two _of the worst pests, as well as most of the other weeds, can be removed quite easily. ` Weeding devices are now sold which either pull or cutoff tap -rooted Plants without mussing the lawn. A few minutes each day for a week,or two will soon rid the 'patch of all offenders. Where wide -spreading Weeds such as dandelions, plantain and knot -grass have got established, and their removal leaves a fairlylarge piece„of bare ground behind, it 1s well to rake in liberally with grass seed, rolling the ,patches smooth. The new grass will soon fill tip these -spaces. This is the real time to use a heavy roller • or pounder, such implements firming the soil around the roots of the young grass and insuring an even velvety surface later 071, Sharp frosts at night during the spring months are responsible for heaving up the top half-inch of the soil and thus creating dangerous air spaces around the roots. It is to correct this condition that the roller or pounder is used. At this time, too, the grass, like the old-fas- hioned child, needs a spring tonic, and for this purpose nitrate or soda is ad- vised. This is one of the most quickly available fertilizers and is particularly -valuable in restoring energy to those plants which were injured during the winter weather. A light application of pulv..:ized sheep manure is also ad- vocated by lawn experts. This will provide nourishment over quite a long period' and will add humus to the soil. Clippings of grass should be allowed • to stay on the lawn tceprovide a mulch which will protect the tender plants from the hot sun and will also con- serve the moisture. If the lawn is cut •every four or five days, as it should bo, these clippings will not dis- figure the surface. Diseases Common to Roses Blackspot and mildew are two of the most serious diseases which affect roses. In fighting disease of any kind one should bear in mind that a.quick- ly growing plant is less susceptible to injury than the other kind and be- cause of this i' is essential to plant Mir roses in good, rich, well -drained ?nil ani to fertilize liberally to en- courage vigorous growth. Moreover, badly diseased plants should be re- moved, main roots and all, and des- troyed, and if a certain portion of the garden seems more liable to disease than another new ground should be selected. In attacking these fungus diseases with spray, something incon- spicuous as well as efficient should be used as one does not want the beauty of the rose marred. A fungicide that best meets these requirements is a dust composed of extra fine flowers of sulphur—the ordinary kind isnot as good—and arsenate of lead, made up in the proportion of nine parts of flowers of sulphur and one part of ar- senate of lead. The sulphur will check the fungus diseases, if applied in time, while the arsenate of load, being a poison, will head off the eating in- . seats. This dust should be applied in the .early morning when the dew is On the plants so that it will get a chance to stick. One or two dustings will usually control the disease, ex- cept in very warm, moist seasons, when seven or eight applications may be necessary. Peonies To extend the blooming season of the gorgeorik• peony is not a very diffi- cult matter. In the old clays, when varieties were limited to half a dozen, there was an excuse for the shortness of the season, but to -clay this wonder- ful perennial may be lad.in all its glory tor over a month. In the white varieties alone there is a period of al- most two weeks between the blooming. of the sarllest and the latest and there is practically a different date of open- ing for all the well-known varieties. All that is necessary is a study of the blooming dates in the catalogue be- fore ordering so that one's list of varieties will include a -fair proportion of early, medium and late blooming • sorts. • A GOLDEN RULE Whatsoever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well, What I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to complete- ly. Never to put one band on any- thing en which I could not throw my whole ;self; and never to affect depre- ciation of my work, whatever it was,./ And now to have, been one of my gold- en rules.—Dickens. ST. VITUS DANCE SUFFERER HIDE WELL Nerves Strengthened Through the Use of Dr. Williams. Pink Pills. Time after timecases are brought to the notice of: the public where suf- ferers, from nervous troubles have been relieved by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills—where victims of St. Vitus Dance have been made well through the use of these pills after other medicines have failed to be of bene- fit. The reason for this is that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills act directly upon the blood—they make new, rich red blood and in thus banishing all im- purities from the blood strengthen the nerves and make St. Vitus Dance im- possible. Mrs. P. Donnelly, Montreal, Que., is ono more grateful mother who :wish- es. to add her testimony to those al- ready published. She 'says:—"My little girl, aged eleven, was a great sufferer from St. Vitus Dance. Sev- eral doctors prescribed for her with- out benefit. She was in the hospital' for two weeks -still no benefit. I then saw an advertisement recommending Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for St. Vitus Dance, so decided totry them. - My little girl had only taken 'a couple of boxes when I noticed some improve- ment so I continued with the treat- ment till now she Is completely free from the trouble and can enjoy her- self as other children do. I can high- ly, recommend Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to anyone suffering from St. Vitus Dance or any other form of nervous trouble, for what these rpills have done for my daughter I amfsure they will do for others." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all dealers in medicine or by mail at 50 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brookville, Ont. Do You Know - A slice of lemon stewed with the prunes will greatly improve their flavor? If you rinse cooked noodles with hot water they will not stick together. You can make pistachio flavoring by mixing equal parts of vanilla and al- mond flavoring? Before washing new lace curtains, calico, or anything containing lime, soak them overnight in water to which salt has been added, This takes out all the lime and, consequently, saves soap and labor. An egg is "new -laid” for ten to twelve days; it is "fresh" until it is twenty-one days ord; then it becomes a "cooking -egg." If a cracked egg has to be boiled, wrap it in greased paper, tie with string and put in boiling water. To give a stove a good polish, mix a teaspoonlful of powdered alum with. two ounces of blacklead and apply in the usual way. When cleaning knives mix a pinch of carbonate of soda with the bath - brick, They can then be polished quickly and easily. Moist table salt will remove egg stains from silver. A cupful of .fine ashes and two tea- spoonfuls of bicarbonate of soda mixed with water into a smoth paste make an excellent polish for metals. Varnish may be brightened by rub- bing with a cloth moistened in linseed oil. A few drops of lemon juice added to the dough when making pastry ren- ders it more digestible. A Pioneer in Photographic Mapping Canada was the first country, to make practical use of photography in surveying, on an extensive scale. Methods of photographic surveying were developed over forty years ago by the late Dr. Deville, Surveyor Gen- eral, Department of the huterior, and large areas of the Rocky Mountains haveeb enr so surveyed. SELF-DENIAL The hardest doctrine to practice is the doctrine of self-denial This is a doctrine that pinches. To 07 TOTAL FARES to CANADA VANCED B RITISHERS in Canada may now bring forward their Families, Relatives and Friends on Easy Terms. For full details apply:— a. D. CAMEBOSS, Dist. Supt. Colonisation Canadian Pacific Railway, Toronto BRITISH. RE•UNION ASSOCIATION "After years of rheumatism now in perfect health,' says ,Mr. d. Duch - acne. Thousands write rheumatic pains, neuritis, vanish like made with"Fruit•s•tives".Constipation,in . gestiei end overnight. Nerves quiet. Get •Fruit•a•uvos" tssmdruuuisttoday. Owl Laffs Best Friend (Meow])—Mary, where did you get that gorgeous diamond', ring?" Young Widow (Purr, Purr! )—"You remember when John dear died he left $1,000 for a memorial store? Well, this is it." Bait digging time has come, the happiest of the year. It ds' said that a good diamond will cut through nearly anything. It cer- tainly can make a hole in a bank ac- count.' c-count. • Suitor—"Can you tell me anything about your: sister's hobbles?" Small Brother -"All I k- ow is she don't wear any in the summer. A man and his wife' were hotly dis- cussing the merits of a book. Finally, thewife said to her husband: "No, John, you can't appreciate it—you never wrote a book yourself." "No," retorted John, "and I never laid an egg, but I'm,a better judge of an omelet than any hen in the coun- try." Some salesmen were vaccinated with rusty phonograph needles, judg- ing from their sales talk. Imagine His Embarrassment, Little Oscar Duckling Met the world witha frown, When he first discovered That his pants were down. "Public speaking a business asset," says a headline. Go down the street any day and see it demonstrated. And that brings to mind the question, why does everybody else want to talk when you are trying to say something? Why will a girl stock up on hose and then go barelegged? Little Junior, rix years old, from the city, was visiting his grandmother in the country. Hs had been going to school and had been copying his A B C's.' He went to help her gather the. eggs and, finding the china nest egg, cried out: "Look, grandma, what kind of egg is this?" Grandma—"Put that one back in the nest and leave it for a nest egg." Junior—"What do they have to have it for, grandma, to copy by?" Cheer up, .folks. Let the dentists do all of the looking down in the Mouth. Toastmaster (to principal speaker: —"Oh, Mr. Brady." Speaker—"Yes?" Toastmaster—'Flad we better have your .speech now, or shall we let the people enjoy themselves a little while longer?" ' The law. San be enforced, all right. You never saw anybody kick a bull- dog. A pretty girl likes to be told she's intelligent, and an intelligent girl likes to be told she's Pretty. "Waiter, take this steak back:" "I can not, sir] Yoit have bent it" Elizabeth had not heard from Bill for a long time. Finally there came to lier doorstep a very large box. Eliza- beth fainted when she read on the label: "Bill inside." After a man has lived 65 or 70 years he learns` that he doesn't amount to much. Mother—"Please keep quiet, son, my head is just about to split." Snail Offspring—"If I keep quiet, can I see it split?" A man is macre 'or marred by his use of spare five-minute periods. In just a few more days college graduates wil be astonished to find out that the average boss doesn't know or care what "frat" they belong to. rather (wrathfully)—"You conduct has made you the talk of the town." Daughter—"Yes, but how long will it last? Some darn aviator will fly across the Pacific or something, and I'll have to do It all over again." SELF-CONTROL We have; need not only to watch, but to keep up a strong habit of self- ' control. How it is that every act we do leaves upon us its impression, we know not, but the scars and the seams of our bodily frame m:; warn us of the havoc sin makes in our unseen nature. The current of our thotlghts, the wondering dering of our imaginations, the tumult of our passions, the flashes of ou steamer, all the movements and energies of ,our moral being, leave some mark, wither some springing grace, slfrengthen some struggling fault, decide some doubtful bias, ag- gravate some growing proneness, and always leave us other and worse than we were before. This is ever going on. By its cwn continued acting, our fearful and wonderful inward nature is perpetually fixing its own character. It has a pai:er• of self-determination which, to those who give over watch- ing and self-control, becomes soon un- conscious, and at last hivoluntary.! Iiow carelessly men treat themselves.' —Manning. The grace of saving is the real say. ing grace. iolGiard`s Will KII Corns. s. Picturesque Yukon Howe Has Bottles in Window .......,...w.».�it•,t3.:.:<8fi;.w".c:.^^' Www:...," "3� This is a house of hospitality whose owner combined his extravagance in entertainment with an innate modesty In home 'economy by using the bottles left after his guests had departed to make a substantial and unique filling for an empty window frame. Window panes were scarce in' the Yukon in those days of the Gold Rush and the chances are that before the bottles were placed in the opening, paper or hide was used to let the sun rays in and to keep out as much as possible of the cold and rain. The Yukon and Alaska are alive with mementoes of a past that is dead. Each summer thousands of tourists from the United States and Canada, and many from overseas as well, take the colorful journey across the continent through the great wheat fields of the prairies and by Jasper Park and Mount Robson in the Canadian Rockies—Mount Robson is the highest peak in the Rockies—to Vancouver and Prince Rupert where steamers equipped with every modern detail take them through the Inside Passage to the glamourous land on the Midnight Sun. The lower picture shows the Prince Henry, newly constructed ship of the Canadian National Steamships, which will make its first voyage on this popular run from Vancouver on July 3. Launched by Ishbel MacDDonald, Popular run from Vancouver on July 3, Launched by Ishbel MacDonald, for the Canadian National Pacific Coast Service. Two others, the Prince Robert and the Prince David will ply between Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle. The Prince; :Henry will supplement the Alaska service already afforded by the CNS Prince Rupert and Prince George of the same line which have be- come widely known among travellers on the Pacific Coast. KEEP THEM HAPPY BY KEEPING THEM WELL Itis natural for children to be hap- py, active and full of fun. When they are fretful, fussy and disinclined to play you may be sure something is wrong. Almost invariably that some- thing lies in the digestive tract It is to meet the ;need for an abso- lutely safe corrective of childhood ailments that Baby's Own Tablets have been designed. They gently re- gulate the stomach and bowels and thus drive out constipation and indi- gestion; break up colds and simple fevers and allay teething pains. Con- cerning them Mrs. W. D. Forsyth, Dover, N.B., 'unites:—"I would not be without Baby's Own Tablets as I know of nothing to equal them for fretful, fussy babies 'who are troubled with colds or sour stomach," Baby's Own Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Wiliam' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. "Stingless Bees" +� Introduced by Jersey Station Good -Natured Species from Caucasus Rarely Use Their Stings, Specialist Finds Produce White Honey New Brunswick, N.J.—Stingless bee- keeping has been made a reality at the New Jersey Agricultural Experi- ment Station through the introduction of "good-natured" Caucasian bees as a substitute for the "hot-tempered" species found in many aPiarisst Ray Hutson, the station's bee specialist, reports. For three years nor- Hutson has been working with Ceueasians, which are natives of Caucasus, Resale, and during this time he as never been stung by them. Neither veil, gloves son explained, "like that of any other bee, Is a delicate and complicated or- gan. The worker bees, which com- prise the greatest proportion of the colony's population, have the most ef- fective stings. The queen bee also possesses a sting, but it is seldom used except in combat with other queen bees. "In only a few instances is it re- corded that queens have stung per- sons, and the sting of a queen is re- ported as mild. The drones, or male bees, have no stings, and they are par- ticularly susceptible to attack by other members of the hive when their pur- pose has been served or when stores of honey are running low," Ruth: "Even if you can't enjoy best sellers, there are books in the running brooks, you know:" Jack: "Yes, but even the brooks are getting dryer every year." The Aeroplane in the North The aeroplane has in the last few years been employed in the north- land of Canada and its use for nail service, prospecting, and general tom- merciai: purposes is rapidly increasing. /ChildrenQy 1 nor smoker has been used in maniple A BABY REMEDY rating the bee colonies. B. F. Drig• APPitQiVEDBYDOCTORS gers, of the station staff, who also as- rod coUc coNsnMAnoN.p1ARRNEA sisted in testing the Caucasian bees, has yet to be stung by them. Both of these men report that with Italian and hybrid bees, however, it is not u1100mmon to be stung, sometimes frequently. Swarm Less Than Italian Bees es A two-year test of sixty colonies here revealed that the Caucasians produce just as vouch honey as Italian bees. The record for a single colony was 135 pounds s and the average ge was 90 pounds. The Caucasians produce an extremely white comb homey. The tests further revealed that the Cauca- sians swarmed fess than the. Italians and that propolizing, or the gathering of an undesirable sticky material from the buds of theres and other plants, was not carried to excess. "These pacific workers," Hutson stated, "resemble the Italians in size and appearance, except that their bed- les aro brown and covered with silvery hairs, which gives them a silvery -grey appearance.: They are not only the best -natured bees, but also the most beautiful," "The sting of the Caucasian," Hut plgldliPS 400FMAGAf Troubles due to Acle TINDIGESTION AGM O STBURN-N HEARTBURN Henonene GASES •NAUSEA Britons Make Their Own Beer High Excise Tax Encourages Home. Industry and Works Greatly to injury of Brewers .. London, -Bootlegging, an industry supposedly` confined, mainly .to the United States, is now baffling British excise authorities. Home brewing of beer is being carried out on a large scale, according to customs officials. Such practice eliminates paying the duty now enforced by the Govern- ment, Brewers' associations are ob- jecting_to the new underground liquor traffic. A Government inquiry is to be made and some form of national control suggested. Penny a Pint Packets of malt and hops' and other ingredients necessary to niake three gallons: of beer eau be secured from the Corner grocer,, or nearest drug store, for about 35 cents. The boot- leg brand can be made for two cents a pint, compared with the usual price of 16 .cents a pint now charged: Official figures show that during the Past 16 years the annual consumption of legal beer has decreased by 67,952,- 286 gallons. Cellar and kitchen brew- eries are held largely responsible for this diminution. Beer is excisable ifitcontains the alcohol equivalent of 2 per cent. proof spirits. Packets now sold with the proper ingredients also contain print- ed instructions for correct brewing Still Increases An excise official said about the existing condition when questioned: "We know that home brewing is on the increase, and we are taking all possible precautions to discover those making beer without license. There have been many prosecutions this year. "We are almost powerless, for a house to house search is obviously im- possible. We take immediate action,. however, on information received, or evidence obtained by police." LIFE I always believed In life rather than in books. I suppose every day of earth, with its hundred thousand deaths and something more of births —with its loves and hates, its triumphs and defeats, its pangs and blisses—has more of humanity in it than all the books that were ever written put together. I believe the flowers growing at this moment send up more fragrance to heaven than was exhaled from alkhe essences ever dis- tilled.—Holmes, Minard's Kills Dandruff. Largest Deposit of Diatomite The largest deposit of diatomite in the Dominion at present known is in the vicinity of Quesnel in central British Columbia where material of pure grade occurs in beds forty feet thick that extend over a large area. Strengthening Butter Boxes Recent tests on butter boxes at the Forest Products Laboratories, Depart- ment of the Interior, showed that one wire applied around the centre of the box doubles its strength. 1 Was Weak, Skinny, "After Baby Came Gained 22 lbs. SS "After baby was born I was very weak, skinny. Since taking Ironized Yeast feel fine. Gained 22 lhs."— Mrs. Laura Benoit. Thousands write new Ironized Yeast adds 5 to 15 lbs. in 3 weeks. Ugly hollows fill out. Bony limbs get graceful roundness. Muddy skin gets clear and rosy like magic. Ner- vousness, indigestion, constipation vanish overnight. Sound sleep, new pep from very first day. Tworetonics — g at t cs in one special weight -building Malt Yeast and strengthening Iron. Pleasant little tablets. Far stronger than unmedic- ated yeast. Results In 14, time. No yeasty taste, no gas. So quite being "skinny", tired, un- attractive. Get Ironized Yeast from druggist to -day. Feel great to -mor- row. Money back from manufac- turer if not delighted with quick re- sults. When Pain Comes Wha many People call indigestion very often means excess acid in the stoniacb. 'Phe stomach nerves have been over -stimulated, and food solus. The corrective is an alkali, which neutralizes ,acids instantly. And the best alkali known to medical science is `Phillips' • Milk of Magnesia. It has remained the standard with physicians in the 5 years since its invention, One spoonful of thisharmless, taste- less alkali in water 1 ill neutralize in- stantly many times as much acid, and the symptoms disappear at once. You will never use crude methods when once you learn the efficiency of this. Go get a small bottle to try. Be sure to get the genuine Phillips' Milk of Magnesia prescribed by physi- cians for 50 years in correcting excess acids. Each bottle contains full direc-° tions --any, drugstore. ISSUE No. 1 7—'30 iClassified Advertising POE, SALE A 7 Write for treIti5e oat'aloguo. IS15,0ARY CMW-Wl9 HATcHifD 131 200 hist year In lour varies ties, A..8. Switzer, Greaten, Ont. DAISY CRIC3S L`1 INGLOI 002813 WRITE LEGITOR.N' A7 and Barred Plymouth Hoole Staby Chioks, wonderful winter layers. W. have been hatching for 27 years. Dela- ' mere Poultry Perm, Stratford, Ont, P03$ SALE 50 CABS OIRIGINAL PI13ST GROWTH. Northern Ontario .Red Cedar fence, grape ape anchor posts, telephone doles and poles for tobacco barn rrames. Phone or write, E. A, Edwards, 10.R; 2, Thedferd. Dr7LBB 50 GLADIOLI'S, 29 YARIT:TIT'S, .52.001 or 5 Regs1 Lilies; or 10 Dahlias, named, List Free,- 300 varieties. iansbY, 107Beilelah' Are., Toronto. Many Uses for Spruce The wood of all Canadian sprucei is tasteless and odouhle s, making it valuable ;for food containers. It is also in great demand for musical in- struments, principally for organ pipes, piano sounding boards, violin backs, etc. FOR SALE FIVE D.C. MOTORS %q, 1, 11/2, 4 and 8 Horsepower, all In good condition. Cheap for Immediate sale. H. Watkins, 73 Adelaide Street West, Toronto. 0141.*SORES EAL IN QUICKEST TIME KNOWN "Soresonleg,ulcers for months. Doctors failed to heal. Thea `3ootha-Salva' healed them in ten, days."Jules Simard. "Soothe - Salva" heals sores, ulcers, boils, burn, scalds, eczema, like magic. All druggists. Changing Seasons Bring colds and other sickness. Keep Minard's in the mediicne chest, It's a great preventative. DO YOU SUFFER WITH HEADACHE? So easy to get quick relief and pre• vent an attack in the future. Avoid bromides and dope. They relievequick+ ly but affect the heart and arc very dangerous. They are depressing and only givetemporary relief, the cause of the headache still remains within. i, The sane and harmless way. First correct the cause, sweeten the sour, and acid stomach, relieve the intes+ tines of the decayed and poisonous food matter, gently stimulate the Iiver. start the bile flowing and the bowels pass off the waste matter which causes your headache. Try Carter's Little Liver Pills. Druggists 25c red pkgs. qlihoi/lli'�i How well you look! "1 amt t"ritin0 sou again to express 51 sincere gratitude for the continued success I have maintained through 9M/ daily dose of Tcrttschen. Only last meek a matt met ma Oche sato 10 a few months ago when I. was crippled. add/ rheumatism). His first remark was )foie c well I looked. I replied, pd yds, I have only Sruschwt Salta to thank.' He said he was feeling " habit scsicolour' and would w start the e then dad t neat day. I always recommendOGE $ritrCheiL Snits." totter 00 P. w•ootmaa. Original tottee on a1u. tar tnepttusd Kruschee -Salts is obtainable at drug and department stores in Canada at 75e, a bottle. A bottle contains enough to last for 4 or 5 mouths—good health for half -a -cent a dare YOUNG WIFE STRENGTHENED After Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ound Bancroft, Ontario—"When I first took Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound I had been married about a year and my strength was leaving me on ac- count of my con- dition, .t was only 19 and it was my first child. My mother told me I needed something to steady my nerves and a girl chum told me to take the Vegetable Compound. I am so thankful I did because it strengthened my whole system and now I feel per- fectly well and have a sweet little baby boy?'—Mas. J. B. S'ouxan, Bancroft, Ontario. -