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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance, 1922-07-27, Page 4It Tau, leeINGliAM ADVANCE Ingham Advance Punnehed ingbam, Optalo ry ThOrsclay Morning, G. SMITH, Publialter tlarintion leteet One year,. .00i, Mx months, $1.00 in advance. rate e on application. • veatiseraents witheut specific die rectioniiwill be inserted until ferbid teM charged accordingly. , Changes' for contract advert eneute be the office by noon, Eon - ?ley. emeedeeseteeeekeeeeeteeeeeegeteeeetweeeeetreee BUSINESS CARDS Wellington.Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Established 1840' Head Office, Guelph Welts takeu on all classes of insur- able property on the cash or Premium . note system. ABNER COSENS, Agent, • Wingham DUDL If HOLMES BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETQ. Victory and Other Bonds Bought and Sold. OfficeeeMayor Block, WIngharn R .VANSTONE BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR Money to Loan at Lowest Rates. WINGHAM DR. 'G. H. ROSS Graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeons Graduate.i University. of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry OFFICE OVER H. E. ISARD'S STORE ea. ee B.Sc. M D C.M. Special attention paid to diseases of Women and Children, having taken postgraduate work in Surgery, Bate teriology and Scientific Medicine. Office et the Kerr Residence, between the Queen's Hotel and the Baptist Church. W. R. HAMBLY All business given careful attention. 'Phone 54. P.O. Box 113 Dr. Robt. C. R mond M.R.C.S. (Eng). L.R.C.P. (Lond). PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON (Dr. Chieholin's old stand) • DR. L L. STUART Graduate a Unlversety of Toronto, raculty of Medicine; Licentiate of the • Ontario College of Physicians and Burgeons. Office Entrance: Second Door North of Zurbrigg's Photo Studio. JOSEPHINE STREET PI-IONE 20 Dr. Margaret C. Calder General 'Practitioner • Graduate University of Toronto. Faculty a Medicine. Office—Josephine St., two doors south • of Brunswick Hotel. Telephones—Office 281, Residence 161 C. STEWART state Agent and Clerk of the vision Court. Office upstairs in the uni....131ack. WINGHAM, ONT. Some Recent Investigations on Poisonous Plants. Since the publicatfori in 1920 of But- letin No. 8e, eeeond Series, by Miss F. Fylee, on "Priecipal poisoxiim$ Plants Caneda," some further in- yestigetions have been made on . var- Ious orbterresrrin species, Address communication* to -Agronomist, ea Adelaide at, West, Toronta arass (Tam - The Advantages mid. Disadvantages of ed. The suggeetion of a teal wauld cum sanguinale L.) isgg au einual plant the Fall Breeding of Mares. he in order where the necessary cen-e whiee has been introdecea from Eur - The breeding of maree in the fall is looked upon by many as a last op- Pertunity as get the mare in foal, where Mr one ason or another she was not bred nor could not be settled earlier in the season. This is but a, stupeefIcial coneiders,tion of the case. There see decided advantages in the regular peactice a4 fall breeding. The Advantages. DR. F. A. PARKER More work for the mare. • Much of the dual capacity a the mare for work end increasing her species is lost When she Male in May or June. 'Under ideal conditions for the.feed, she ehould spend several weeks ca. the batter part of the summer on pasture. On the, average farm then, where horse power is linttedethe in -foal mare cannotbe heavily worked for a short time before she foals or worked at all for some months after, Where, however, she does not foal until late fall, her ser- vices are available when they are in urgent demand and she is exerting the other side of her dual capacity, teal rearing, in the winter, when on most farms she would be idle or compara- tively idle in any case. An animal that can work at two such fundament- ally necessary johs as the above and accommodate her work to the seasonal demands so effectively is indeed al- raost a perfect power plant. OSTEOleATHIC PHYSICIAN Osteopathy, Electricity. All diseases - treated. :Office a.eljeineng. re.sidence, Centre Street, neap Anglican Church (former ly Dr. MacDonald's). • Phone 272. et.e Stronger foals at birth. What, in general, is the fundamental cause of weak foals? Invariably lack of ex- ercise or .the too heavy feeding of grain to the mare in the winter. In this connection, "exercise" does not necessarily mean standing outside on the lee side of a straw stack. Exercise of the best kind is derived from work ju.diciously ,given, where plenty of be put on a pasture that will keeP be, not them rather ander goad store condi- fresh air not only is, but must ton. Three weeks before !breeding, or enly drawn but forced through the lungs and where the scavenging or about the 10th of October, the ewes should be flushed. ' This may be done cleansing organs of the body function by turning them into a good do -ver at highest efficiency; and the foetus being an integral part of the mare is aftermath and feeding half a pound of ee grain per day; to each ewe. If treated similarly benefited by this insured in this _manner the ewes will be just cleansing* ' • • passing good store * condition when • The foregoing explains the fact that bred. If the ewes are treated in this there is a higher percentage of strong. way they will breed regularly, and foals in fall. Undoubtedly it also ex- have a larger percentage of twins and plains, in a more obscure way, the Met e shorter lambing 'period next spring. that there is a remarkably low per- The Tam should be taken from the eentage of jointeill cases in feels corn- no& in Austland put ina fair eas- ing at this time of the year. • tire. About the first of October he Gives the foal a better ehance for should be given a grain ration of the first year. The fall born foal is about one pound of grain, preferably usually an active individual at birth. oats, each day. The ewes should have As a rule it can get considerable ex- their 'tails clipped before Putting the ercise on pasture during October and ram with them. " The ram should be ,November, on fine days. It does not marked with red' ochre on the breast suffer from heat, or from • having to eo that reeards can be kept of the follow a, hungry mare over a bare sheep which are erne During the pasture. The flies that render the life breeding season the ram should get a. of the foal almost unendurable in 'liberal grain ration to keep him in summer are gone. good thrifty condition. • There is no healthier -environment After the breeding season the ewes for a strong, shaggy -coated foal than do not require grain until three weeks the barn -yard in, winter for a few , before lambing, if geed clover hay hours each day, particularly where and meth are fed: there is a shed OT shelter; this and a I The destruction of ticks and lice, by box -stall, preferably well ventilated,: dipping the sheep, must by no means make conditions for healthy and rapid be forgotten. This should be done growth, other things being equal. Fin- during the warmer weather of early ally, the foal is weaned from his fall. For ticks one thoroug'h dipping mother and faces the more trying wee be required; for lice at least two summer conditions in a mucle different must be given at ten-day intervals. condition from that of his spring-boen There are severer good dips available. brother 1 The "Canadian Co-operative Sheep The Disadvantage/ 1Breeders Association is an excellent Stallions not always available. Un- source of supply for these and for all l'ess•tkes„? isea„stanieie on the farm or sheep requisites. owned nekeeby, it is \at4m-etienneeeible e The lambs when veined should be to bleed a mare out of the regular Mee& aegezd pasture, preferably season, when stallions are on the road,' clover. This �iIdbo .sun•plernented standing for service, or leased to as- by some green feed such as rape, and sociations. • I a grain ration of a quarter of a pound e. Some mares difficult to 'breed. • Cer- of grain per .day. It is good practice tain mares will be found almost ire.' to feed the young lambs liberally as possible to breed outside the natural they make their most economical gains season. While this is a deciaed diffi- I when young, and a lamb that has been culty, the fact remains that in many checked never does as well as one eases it is one of theory only, existing which has been kept growing. in the mine of the owner and note Sisan.. with sheep means careful troubling the mare at -sal. • I. weeding, breeding and feeding, and In general, this pradies of fall. at no time is this more important ereeding of snares is to be recommend- than in the fall: ets are aveileb13, by breeding Gme eye and now OCCUrs in Eastern Canada mrre this fall f or foaling next fall any and also in the Priarie lerovinees. It thne from Septeinber to Deeember. has beeleked upon with suspicion —Geo. B. Rothwen, Dominion .A.nimal as as the cause of a de ff t' n e different xlasremse in emc ainrygi aenade: Husbandman, tle on U.S.A. Autumn Care of Sheep. Fowl Meadow-geaee (Glyeeria nerv- Tee ) ' aperennial• Next year's profits from the flock ata Inv• is sPecies grow^ depends largely on the tare during lianngd °trko v*WaenteogruvoeurndIslfaineedm. lejtenwfonotaunind-s the autumn. The lambs must lee kept hydrocyanic acid arid some eases of be thrifty. Ewes in peer condition in growing, and the breeding stock must tcoattitle. peisoning have been attributed the breeding season will usually bring Sea Arrow -grass (Trigloehin marl - flow. On the other hand, single lambs and have a small milk fat ewes ftiarrmiailyL . a) s dtohees name eb ewl oo nu would toimply. the GIrta ei s and often give trouble in lambing. s are usually difficult to get in lam:. a. pereenial plant with a tuft of nar- row leaves and a spike of inconsPiee- give efficient service, the ram should ous flowers; AIttiaonetrerasnianpSaaletifirile marshes be in a good thrifty condition. onbeth te The flock should be carefully culled and is found in similar situations on in the fall. Old ewes, ewes with de- the prairie. It contains a substance fective teeth or damaged udders, and all ewes which have shown themselves 'which breaks up in the stomach into hydrocyanic acid Os. It is poisonous indifferent breeders or poor mothers both to sheep and eattle and is far should be discarded. To replace those more dangerous when cut and dried discarded, the best ewe lambs should be kept, and because of the tendency as hay. Common St. John's Wort (HYPeri- for like to produce like, preference cum' perforatum L.) is a perennial should he given to twin lambs andeto plant with opposite leaves and showy lambs from ewes which have proved yellow flowers. It is a native of Eur - themselves good breeders' mamothers. epe but has been introduced into East - The ram used with the fiock should be ern Canada and British Columbia. Ole - the best o'btainable, and both ram and seeeeeeene made en this plant in, New ewes should be fed liberally so that South Wales, Australia, when in flow - they will be in thrifty condition at er, have shown that it is injurious to the time of beeeding. •sheep and cattle. The lambs should be weaned early Investigations made on certain trees in August. This gives the ewe a have shown that they possess more chance to rest before the breeding or , epoieenaus properties. The season. After the lambs have been weee'assen Choke -cherry (Prunus dem_ weaned the ewes 'should be put on poor. Waft Nutt.) occurs in Alberta and Brit - pasture for a few days to dry up the ish Columbia. It contains a,substance milk flow. After that they should which gives rise to hydrocyanic acid. The leaves of species of Oak (Quer-- ens) may Peeve fatal if eaten ex- clusively for sixteen to thirty-ilve days. • Poor feeding is pretty certain to • ut a lot of gond liens into the cull 1st. .A. mash is necessary to keep up egg production in hot weather. Grain alone will not do it This mash should • eaagy some protein feed, such as milk.I • Here is a suggested mash for summer feeding: An abundance of milk, say a gallon per day for thirty hens, fed in a, erougle and then efty pounds of bran aed fifty pounds of middlings mixed • together and fed dry. If milk is not available, then thirty poends of high- grade tankage should be added to the, been and middlings. The important thing to watch during the summer is to get the hens to prop- erly balanes their ration.y shoulcl at as mach of the mash as they de of the Vain. 'This cannot be done by the self -feeder method. The hen e like the grain 'better, and will fill up on it and neglect the mash. • Ilere is a plan of feeding that gives good resulte.: Feed a light grain ra- • tion in the morning, then put eetra masb in toughs in the shade where the her stay during' the day. Have er close to the mash. Feed ne giaia at noon, This wnl entourage a larger emistimption of the mese( and • thereby promote heavier produetien. Iteinarkably durable soup :bubbles May be blown, by adding glycerin to the soap and water eoletiete P ow rly fee Pall wheat. tf.o.mronaremnosam The Largest Horse Farm East of Manitoba. It is tot generally known that the most important horse breeding eetab- lishinent east of Manitoba is situated at St. Joachim, County of liontinot., eney, Province of Quebec. This farm was started by the united efforts of the Dominion Department of Agrieul- ture, the Quebec Department of Agri- culture, and the French-Canadian Horse Breeders' Assotiation. The work is being carried on by the first -named and is under the direct supervision of Mr. Gus Langelier who is also Super- intendent oe the Dominion Expern mental Station, Cap Rouge, Que. There are at present on the Horse -Farm, over ninety horses, all n are -bred French-Canadians; an idea of the scale on which breeding operations are eonducted ealt be had wean it is known that twenty-two mares have yeeenge eters thee year, While thirty-four are due to foal in 1023. It is fully adinitted that part of the Week is to ireprove French-Canadian herses bui• it is as elear theit Most oe the probleite of horse lereediege feeding, hosing, and matiegenteneesan • be investigated as well with this breed as with any other', These problems are quite turnereus; inbreeding., close, itt line, and outerossing; in feeding rougbegee, concentratee, pesturcs; itt Henbit (Lamiurn amplexicaule L.) is an anual plant with opposite leaves and reddish -purple flowers. It has been introduced from Europe and has been found in Eastern Canada and in,Brit- , I ‘ftlf staggers in sheep in New South Wales, Australia, There, ie ale° a case on record of cows having died after eating green potato tope. ---J. Adan, Botanist Fruit and Vegetable Pests • Numerous, The Entomological Branch of the Dominion 'Department of Aggieultere, dealing with the insect -conditions in Tune, report the grape leaf llepper Pal-tieing:de aetive in the Niagara dis- trict; the tent eaterpiller eePeeialler numerous in the Maritime provinces and fairly so throughout Canada; the Budem,oth unusually abundant in Nova Scotia, Ontario and British Columbia; the gooseberry borer busy in southern , Quebec; the measuring worm giving' trouble in British Columbia orchards; the currant sa-vvfly and epanworm heard from in Quebec and Ontario; the strawberry root w-orrn causing injury in southern Ontario,. the strawberry weevil showing vitality in the Mari- time provinces and the strawberry root weevil (a different species) in British Columbia. Successful efforts are beingnnade in southern Ontario to check the activities of the rose ebafer, but the raspberry leaf -roller is unusu- ally prevalent in southern Ontario, where the San Jose scale is also in evi- dence. The canker worm is also noted in certain sections of Ontario. -• As re- gards vegetables, cutworms are, re- ported more numerous than usual; flea beetles are particularly injurious on potatoes, turnips, tomatoes, etc. and the onion maggot is exceptionally ac- tive in parts of Ontario, Quebec and, British Colemeia. • Poultry feeer is a good eairy at work. It takes one into the open air, gets one interested in live things, gives interest in something besides bad feelings, andputs one in line for better heelth and longer life. If suc- cessful, well and good; if a failure, more is gained than .lost. The -Caste of roses, either leaves or blossoms, is not liked by fowls, con- sequently roselbushes may be safely 'planted inside the poultry run. The fowls keep the bushes free from in- sects. Climbing varieties do well on the poultry fencing. By the judicious use of roses, an unsightly chicken yard can be made into a spot of beau- ty. The ground around the bushes has to be spaded occasionally to loosen the soil, and protected with wire net- ting, "or the chickens will scratch the ish Columbia. It is said to produce dirt away from the roots. housing, the big special barn, part of the cattle 'barn partitioned off, cheap single -boarded shelters; in manage- ment, work 'Or no work for breeding animals, prevention of diseases is youngsters, raising auttmn colts. These in themselves show the advis- ability of having started such a fermi What will be the ftture of the, place? From an investigational point of view it is assured, as e.ven a quar- ter of a century is not near long, enough to solve many of the problems,' As to the effects of any improvement of the French-Canadian horse accorn-1 xiulshed thei'eby and the scope of thei Hired liand or Partner? • By Russell Adams To be strictly candid, I am lazy. If I have •a problern to solve, I look around until I locate a man who has solved it to his entire satisfaction— then I take advantage of his exper- ience. That's why I spent last Sunday visiting with Tom Ewing, for Toni had solved the farm -help problem as satis- factorily as any man I know of. • "It's as easy to keep a good man as it is to keep a good team, and just kets heretofore closed to us. The as profitable," was Tom's answer to my leading question. "In +1,p'old days I hired and fired amelaff08.4fooff01/0111, hauling for others., A year ago last fall I bought a two -and -a -half ton farm motor -truck, which I consider one of the best investments I have ever made. We are only four miles from a railroad station, but the motor- truck enables one man to do the work of four men, four wagons and eight horses, and has reduced my hauling casts more than a hundred per tent: In addition it has openedup goodmar- motor-truck has much to de with the contentment of my mane as you will understand when I tell you that last pretty regalia -1Y; I'd hire anybody who s:pring I told Fred that he could have by 'pietureieof interest te the child. '71!vvr7. hurcJ.ay, eel , 192 Parents as Educators The Nursery—By Elkn Creehnan. Every home, if possible, should con- tain one Team for the ehild's especial use. Not that he -must always be con- frned to the nursery, or denied the privileges of the entire home, but that hfnerely have the privacy of a room in which to eommenee his educe - tion through play uninterrupted by many of the activities of the home. The child should be required'. to spend a part 'of the, thne in the nurs- ery. This he will gladly do without coercion, provided he has a pleasant room, suitable toys and protection from intrusion as he attempts to de- velop his mind through play. There should be a sunny exposure, good ventilation and low windows pro- tected against accident. The child n - joys pictures of the outside world as seea from the windows. The blue sky, the wind-blown • clouds, rain• drops, wind storms, sunbeams, flowers, trees, and bird's afford him a continuous source of pleasure. hi feet such pic- tures acted upon by his keen imagina- tion frequenely record more vital and lasting impressions upon the child's mind than those hung upon the walls. • The walls and woodwork of the nursery should be finished in soft har- monious • colors, while the , utmost cleanliness and neatness are neces- sary. • The nursery walls may be relieved happened to drop in, and if he didn't all he raised on that little three- There is a wide selection of suitable suit nee 'he didn't last long. cornered patch you probably noticed pictures from which to cherose. But "In those days, practically all farm between the river and the corn -field, there should always be.. a picture of labor belonged to 'The Rambling Rov- below the bridge. That is rich soil, ers'; single man roaming from prov- but unprofitable for corn on account ince to province across the countryof the short rows and much turning in Very seldom would you see a married eultiva.ting. He planted the patch to man hunting work on a farm, for the tomatoes and potatoes and marketed reason that land was cheap" and he the stuff in the city, twenty-five miles started out on a place of his own, but away, while hauling for me. Of a to -day it is quite different. scant two acres of ground he sold al - "For the last five years I have ern- Most $800 worth of vegetables, and ployed one man (a married man by he was as tickled as a boy with his the way) steadily and, taking every- first gun. thing into consideration, he is the most "If Fred had been forced to sell his • THE CH/LDREN'S HOUR "Mother and Child," pictures of the child's near -at -hand environment, hu- man life, plant life, animal life, na- tural phenomena, also pictures illus- trating nursery rhymes. These should not be hung indiscriminately upon the walls, or they may destroy:the beauty of the room. Many pictures may be kept in portfolios or presented through picture books. There should be growing plants in the window boxes where bulbs and seeds are frequently planted which the child may care for. His intereet' in them is natural and ought to be c'herished. The furniture should be simple, with the chairs and teaks of suitable height placed correctly as regards the light. Cushions are useful upon the floor. There should be a cabinet with low shelves and individual places for all toys and play -materials. Every nurs- ery should contain a sand table. The child should play as frequently as possible in the open air, and be kept away from the distractions of the street. The nursery should be an attractive room, for the child learns- more from • incidental impressions than from di- rect teaching. In fact the child's whale environment ehould aid the na- tural development of his mind, pro- testing him against undesirable im- pressions, guiding him happily to- wards the keel of education—good habits, • Apple Turnovers. One Saturday morning Sylvia put on her apron and went into the lotehen and made three apple turnovers. All profitable man I have ever employed. truck patch •produets at our shipping' winter she had been learning to cook, "Right at the beginning I thought I station, it is doubtful. whether he but this was the first time that she could not afford to hire a married man, would have received enough for them had tiled to do anything alone, pay him living wages, furnish him a to pay him for his trouble; but by tak- As she forked the last turnover she house, a cow, fuel, etc., but I have ing them to the city, when the demand felt learned better; he is the cheapest man was strong, he cleared up a splendid very proud of herself. And a tle later, when she deew the three I have ever hired. • paofit on his spare time work. -,....-___ ---,en,- e--------• —t e,f the I.,L l) W Ely a U6•2114 LIAKIIll N' V.I. "If you hire the right man, the ," 'What should .a person 'pay h longer he stays with You the •more farm help ?e Why, pay him what he oven,neioeshe s thefyeltioporioteuddler still. How fdoer- valuable he beeoneee. Fred knows as, is worth; some men are worth $40 a grandmother, one was for Uncle Pane much about my system of farming as mnth, some $50, while there are , oand the third was for herself, I do, and such is far from being the others who would be overpaid if they She set them in a row on the window truth When you hire a man to -day and received a loner a week. Worthless sill to cool. A few minutes later, let him go next week or next month. help has ruined more good. teams and hearing a clinking sound, she ran back A. manmust know your system, your sent more machinery to the junk -pile your plans before than all other causes combined. When to the window. A little barefoot boy stock, your farm and and a little barefoot girl 'wergoing he can give you his best service. I we haul for others, we use a scale of down the road to the blackbetry patch, e "lVtarriedbelp is preferal3le to single charges based on ton -mile haul, and , and the noise that 'Sylvia had hoard help, for one reason at least; cooking Fred gets 20 per cent. of the net pro-', was the sound of their tin pails clink - and washing for help has long been the fit realized on each haul, This gives, ing together. • bug in. the butter of farm evoinen; but him a little extra income and at the 1 AS Selvia leaned forwaid to watch many farmer% believe it is cheaeer to same time causes him to take an add- them she knocked one of her precious take single help into their homes than ed intesest in the work and the bestturnovers off the sill, It fell splash it is to employ married men, fernish of care of the. truck; he feels that, clue/ into the little puddle under the windew them a house, fuel, ete, and possible interests are the same, he realizes that had been left by the last raiti. pay higher wages, but that is a elle- that in a way we are partners, arid! 'She went running out to' rescue it, taken idea from start to finish. Add when you get a man to thinking alongbut the old drake got ahead of her, ' $15 a month to the wages demanded that line, You have solved the farm. When she 'reached the puddle he was 1 by the single shoving his greedy bill into the eoft- man, and you Can hire labor problem to year mutual eatis- a married man who will stay with you faction." 6 I ened pastry - distribution of improved breeding etoele the future of that enterprise is really in the hands of the farmers of the Province of Quebec. If they show enough interest, no doubt French- Canadian horses will dontime to be bred at St. Joachim; but if it is 'found out, which is improbable, that rtentli- Canadian stallions and breeding stoek are net itt demand, then it will surely be it order to leek irito the euestioe of using wither 'breed for the expern mental evork at St, Joachim, In the meantime, old Quebec can boast of having the most important horse breeding establishment in East - een Canada, n esvai•in of bees in july ie worth a fly. --014 Proverb. .4. et indefinitely. Th6 best part of it is, "Tom, how do you get time to keep, "Qin:4cl" 'he said in a satisfied way, • . - 1 that he iS always on the job when the read along your place in such good' Sylvia went sorrowfully back into needed. Sieigle 'help it prone to pleb! shape ?—every time 1 some thie wase the kitchen. The two remaining turn - away Saturday afteenoon and not„ it reminds me of a paved street," I overs looned lonely in the wiedow. snow up tete, Moneay morning, leav-1 asked. I "I'll put them isi the pantry the ing all the eheres for the boss to dod ten, that'e' easy; when Feed and 1 moment they're tool," the said to here but when married' help is employed it, return from a trip to town, if we have' ene, , , is different; his enterests are wheee a spare ha1f7diour, we hitch the truck I Bet while she was reading a reeipe . you wish there to bee -on the eaten to the grades and fix The road a bit, for cookie% ehe heatd another eoueel. I"Hew eo I find week tor my marl tell We plan on working a full ten-hout Glancing up quickly, she save one of ae the year aretrisci?' That's the day, and every nlingeitye lair it to beroillungts• , t8ht aenttaotioi tt.htierriseur aterldtteliete; dfisoartypeenari.e. . • II beaeoeinesatshquedestiniortintootr :wdeni;.thavv.teI hhaavvee , slueneotepsnsi,g you know," be gritued • biI With a cey elle hurried to the will, - Iour geheral week to do, abetit the; reply. dow. She was just in tirae in see a same as on any other 160 -acre farin,! As Torn pays income talc and enjoys elciwith so eiteev)eirte dien% chigiliim rlini.inileelaujeotuo.ili at.11.1;do our Xending, haniine, reareetieg aed, the good things of liee elone with hit yl road wove; eesides, we do coniderabie *tinily, 1 believe he is coved. with his tail tucked between hie lege, I, 1 Sylvia understood. He had caught a whiff of the pastry end with One leap had captured a turnover, • "Yee mean thing!" Sylvia called in- dignantly. There were tears in her eyes as she picked ne the last turn- over and started toward the pantry. A shadow fell across' the floor, and she looked up. Two children were standing in the door—the same chil- dren who had passed the house a little while before. The girl was hiding baehfully behind the jboy. "Mae we have a drink of water from your pump?" the boy asked. "We went to look for blackberries, but they are all gone." As he -spoke he gazed at the turn- over that Sylvia was holding; so did the little girl. "Of course you may have some water,” Sylvia said. "But, why, please, do you look so bard at my turnover "Look so hard at what?" asked the haat.' "What's a turnover?" asked the girl. Laughing, Sylvia explained. Then she went out to the pump with..her strange guests. When the children b.ad had rorne Water ane were terning to go they still looekiedw. i stf el . Suddenly Sylvia had ndea• • "You'd like to taste the turnover, evoeldn't you?" she said. el-tere!" 'She breke the little turnover into halves and gave one piece to the boy and the other to the girl. "It's just a taste, but yoe're welcome to it." • The children ate the last crumb and then went away smiling. When dinriee time came Uncle Paul said,"V itlularkne0v?;:rl, ylouS. Sylvia, idiyoNh IViwelearee•regointlgiotsoe ••"eleicle Paul," said Sylvia, "11137 tiernovere are gone." "Gone? What happened to them?" asned Uriele Paul. Sylvia laughed. "Three things," she anewered, `lea to -morrow I'll make etenie meee."--Youth's Companion, To sharperm an illee, put .them in a dilute solution of ettlphurie eeid and leave there there till thee aro eatca deep Omagh, Use tweety-four parte of water to, Deo Pare of adee