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The Farmer's
Wife
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(Niagara Falls, N. Y., Gazette.)
"Who," asks a reader, "ere the hard-
eet worked and poorest paid class of
laborers?"
Well, we have not made a careful ex-
amination of all the tabor reports and
conditions may be radically changed
from what they used to be, but our .re-
Delection of thirty or thirty-five years
ago is that the farmers wives of that
date held the record ror long hours of
Mbar and poor pay. the average term-
er was not mean to his wife in those
days, but circumstances seemed to make
it necessary ror tine wife to do as much
work as three women ought to have
done. Often she rose at between 3 and
1 o'clock in the morning and got break-
fast for her husband and maybe two
or three hired hands. After breakfast
she milked about six cows, strained the
milk and put it away in the mills Louse.
During the forenoon the whiled away
her time churning a few gallons of
cream b the old-fashioned dash churn.
Maybe the butter came in half an Lour,
maybe it didn't. Thou there was the
butter to work and be fashioned into
rolls. Of course the house had to be
swept and the beds made. Bread and
pies had to be made and baked. On
Monday the washing had to be done.
Before it could be fiinshed dinner had
to he prepared for a lot of men with
appetites that would make that ot;„,an
anaconda seem minding and steli,iy.
While the men took the noon rest the
woman washed the dishes and carried
the empty crocks down to the spring
house. In the afternoon, in berry time,
she picked a bushel or two of berries
and rested herself putting them up in
cans for winter use. Then she got eup-
pr ready and after that washed the
dishes again, swept the house, milked
the six or seven cows, and from that on
to 10 o'clock mended torn garments, put
patches on the boys' pants, darned the
farmer's socks and sewed the buttons
on his shirts. She worked on the eight-
hour plan, two shifts per clay of eight
hours each. It was no particular won-
der that many as farmer's wife at forty
looked like a woman of sixty. Her
hair grew prematurely grey and the
lines of care and worry came into her
face while it still ought to have been
fresh with the plumpness of youth.
An increase of the farmer's landed
possessions means for the farmer's wife
an increase of labor. He could hire
help, but it was hard to get hired girls
on the fern. It is perhaps mach better
noir, IVe sincerely hope so, for in the
old days the farmer's •wife worked more
:,hairs and Weitttor •larder while ifia ,'i1lt ;
work than any- other laborer we knew
;anything about.
®C8®1G Ci ReA.CSirZ
of sugar costs but little more than a
poor grade, In
Sugar
you get the best that money can
buy. its recognized economy—its
delightful flavor, and crystal pur-
ity makes it a favorite wherever
it is used..".
Order St. Lawrence Sugar and note
the decided superiority there is.'be-
i'-een It and the ordinary nameless
Sugar.
81. LAWRENCE SUGAR F EFlN-
1•NG CO-, LIMITED, MONTREAL,
HAD NOTHING ON HIM.
Rabbi Joseph Silverman, the noted
pastor of New York, says The Cosmo-
politan, tells an amusing anecdote of an
Englishman and a Scoteltnman, who were
bragging in loud tones.
"Me man," said the Britisher, "taint
hoften a person is tooken ter royalty,
but I've been mistook for th' Prince of
Wales ht me younger days."
"Hoot, man, answered the Scot, "1
myself, have been called th' Duke of Ar-
gyll!"
The man •selling collar buttons paused
to listen. "Dat's nuttin', said he with a
deprecatory gesture; "1 vas meetin' ah
friend in Ravin ten strit, an' he shout-
ed: `Oh, Holy Moses! is it you?"
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Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper.
EARTH'S CENTRAL CORE.
At a scientific eongrebs at The Hague
Prof. Weichert, the expert en seismol-
ogy. stated that his study of earthquake
tremors has indicated that the earth con-
sists of a central core about 6,000 mile
in diameter made of white-hot but soli
iron or steel, surrounded by a layer of
molter, stone about 1.000 miles thick and
covered with a surface akin of rocks
and soil about 20 miles thick, supported
on a laver of liquid or plastic material
WRY TIRES WEAR OUT.
Manager Andarson Protests Against
Blaming Manufacturer,
• "Fifty per cent, of all pneumatic tires
that go to pieces do so not because they
receive careless handling," declared J. 1).
Anderson, general .salve manager of the
tsuited States Tire Company after a
their -raising ride with a speed maniac,
who used tires about as he •would a road
roller, "There isn't a tire manufacturer
in the world who can turn out tires that
will"stand up under the usage souse men
give them. Even if tires were trade •of
iron they would still ileac' trouble.
"Every time a driver applies itis
brakes with i'inlent force, causing his
wheels to serape along the paveneut or
roadway, he inflicts an injury to the
tread that cannot help but materially
reduce the Mileage he will get out of the
tire. The same applies• to faulty start-
ing of the car. And the grinding effect
exerted on the casings by running- in
street car tracks and scraping along the
eurb in stopping la sure to lessen the
strength end wearing qualities of a tire.
Rounding eoa-ners at a high rate'" of
speed is an expensive way of showing
skilful driving. Don't ooruplain 'of tire
Dost if you do it. Bills- are sure to be
out of proportion to mileage service ale
Mined.
• ":Che speed at which a eiWaihould be
driven' is a question ce.ry motorist has
to settle for himself. Arun hie 'pocket
book mnst be tbe reckoning basis ,speed-
ing and tire economy, have absolutely
nothing in common. High speed produces
high cost of tire maintenance. In the
nature of things the manufacturer must
shoulder responsibility, for a great steal
of tire trouble, but he should not be
blamed when the driver of the car is
clearly at fault"
WHEN SUMMER COMES
GUARD YOUR BABY
The summer months are the most
dangerous of the year for the little
one. The complaints of this season
comeso quickly that often a preci-
ous little life is beyond aid before
the mother realizes baby is ill. Colic,
diarrhoea and cholera infautum are
all rife at this time. The mother
must guard her baby's health every
minute. She must be careful of his
food and careful that his stomach is
kept • sweet and his bowels r move re-
gularly and freely. To do this noth-
ing can equal Baby's Own Tablets —
they are mother's best friend at all
times of the year, but more especi-
ally in the summer, when, if given
occasionally, they act as a. preven-
tative of those dreaded summer trou-
bles, or if they 'do come on suddenly
the Tablets will just as quickly remove
the cause and baby will soon be well
again. The Tablets are sold by medicine
dealers or bymail at 25 cent a box
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from The Dr. VViltia ns' Medlemne Co.,
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A $2.50 GRADUATION GOWN.
A strikingly unique commencement es-
say was delivered by Miss Blanche
Rot•mhild, of the Albany, N. Y., voca-
tional school the other day. Wearing a
snow white and very fluffy gown, Miss
Bocmhild faced an admiring audience.
Advancing to the blackboard site wrote:
5 yards of needlework at 29 Cents a
yard, {1.96
6 yards of insertion at 10 cents a
yard.. ... 60
1 yard of lawn at 25 cents a yard .,..„sic
1 yard of Lace at 6 cents a yard 5
One waist pattern ..., ,16
Cost of gown ;.50
Miss Roemhild paused in her 'address'
to receive the plaudits of her friends,
and then smoothed down her .dress,
turned completely around so that the
audience might view the gown from ev-
ery angle. Then ,amid thundering ap-
pieuse she wound up with this perora-
tion:
"Here's the dress. Cost two -fifty. How
do you like it?"
This is to certify that I have used
h11DTARD'S Liniment in my family for
years, and eonaider it the beet lini-
ment on the market. I have found it.
excellent for horse flesh.
(Sighted)
W. S. PIN1110.
'Woodlands," Middleton, N.9.
THE ROAD TO HAPPINESS.
This is the road to Happiness :
Start No, from Where You Are;
"Turn to the Right and keep straight
on,"
Amid you'll not Lind it far,
Along the Path of V4'illing Feet
And over IH•eartease Hill;
Across the fields of Sweet Content,
The stream of Glad Good -will;
Then through the lane of Loving
Heart,
The gate that's called To -day,.
And down the steps of Little Things
Into the Common Way
And take the Cloak of Charity,
The staff of Wise Employ,
A Ioaf of Bread of Daily Grace,
A flask well filled withjoy;
A word of cheer, a helping hand,
Some good to give or share,
A bit of song, a high resolve,
A hope a smile, it prayer,
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And in the Place of Duly Done,
Beside the Door of Iiome,
You'll find the Douse of 1 appi,n.ess—
For Happiness does not roam.
Annie Johnson p'liut, in Sunday
6ohool Times. '
The hotter the weather the mere the
thermometer seems to be stuck up.
THc 7..a.°.
A SLOW LIVER
CAUSES HEADACHES
Why a Mild. Liver Remedy is• So
Much Safer Than Headache
Wafers.
Moat headache wafers contain Phena-
ce•tine, Antipyrirte, Aeetanilg 1, and la
many eases, analysis shows they contain
destructive, harmful opiates, They do
incalculable injury to the system and
should be looked upon with suspicion
and distrust.. When headache is due to
the liver—dam's try to "drug" the head-
ache;
A well-known resident of .Lebanon,
Mr, J.. F. ]'lemming, tells'tho following
experience: "1 thunk 1. must Itave the
most sluggish sort of liver. In the
morning my mouth was bitter anti that
/out soft feeling that tells you, 'no
breakfast needed here this morning.' A
cup of coffee would sort of brace me
up, but in two hours I was disposed to
quit work, alt energy having oozed out
of me. Supper was only ray good meal,
but I guess I didn't digest very well,
for I dreamt to heat the band. A friend
put me wise to Dr. Hamilton's Pills. 1
think they must have taken hold on
my liver, perhaps my stomach, too, be-
cause from the very start they made
things go right. Look at me now—not
sleepy in the daytime, but ]rustling for
tbe mighty dollar and getting fun out
of life every minute. That's what Dr.
Hamilton's Pills have done for me—they
have rebuilt alld rejuvenated my entire
system." ,
To keep fres from headaches, to feel
young and bright, to enjoy your meals,
to sleep sound and look your best, noth-
ing can help like Dr. Hamilton's Pills;
25c per box, all dealers, or The Catarrh -
ozone Co.. Kingston, Ontario.
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REMEDY FOR "THE GROUCHES.'
(Ry Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr.)
Of all the dreaded bugs and germs that
in. this earth abound.
No bugs in greater number 'have ever
yet been found
Nor looked upon with terror more by big
folks and by small
Than grouch bugs, which are awful pests
and c0me'to one and all.
They make us, oh, so cranky that we
would like to yell
And think of all the horrid things about
our friends 'to tell.
'When other folks are smiling the grouch
bug's vlettm cries;
When other folks are dancing the grouch
sick heave big sighs.
A great and noted doctor says the grouch
bug 1s )bet found
Within the torrid climate where heat
waves wilt abound.
And that the bug will never live in wom-
an, babe or child;
But always seeks a map's stout frame,
and makes him cross and wild.
But though I'm young I truly think that
this is (tet quite true,
For well I know some little girls, and
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boys sad ladies, too,
Who have the awful grouches and get•
ratite fiercely ,marl.
Bo that they act like demons who never
can be gla 1,
My daddy s rs the only cure which he
would Away use
For folies of o got the grouches, and
b C
teC 1 a abuse,
Would be to" tee a ducini„'wtth::water,
freezing! cold.
So. thantt they'even sd becso. chilly they could -
But for ttt kiddioes , of my age who let
•this the,
bus' In'
Xe recommends the touching of peach
limb to .bare skin.
Dr. 0, Gordon Hewitt, Domin-
ion Entomologist, says, referring
to the .infantile death rate from
Intestinal diseases and diarrhoea
spread by the house fly, he be-
lieves that the co -called harmless
fly is yearly causing the death of
thousands of infants, as well as
spreading the germs of typhoid
fever. Wilson's Ply Pads are
the only thing that will rid your
house of these dangerous pests.
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HIS WORKLESS JOB.
General Horatio C. King, secretary
of the Soeiety of the Army of the Poto-
mac, was narrating to a New York
Tribune titan his memories of the Civil
war. •
"We suffered many hardships on both
sides," said Genera King, 'cbut the
brave Confederates suffered more. I
remember a grizzled old negro who at
the outbreak of the Spanish war applied
for a place as an army cook.
"'What experience have you had? the
old fellow wale asked.
"'I was molt, sah, fo' a Confederate
regin>,ent in sings -fo',' he answered.
'That is, eels, 1 had the job of . cook,
but, to tell the truth, I didn't work at
it.
"'Why ?tot?'
"`There wasn't nothin' to cook, eah"°
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Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, Etc.
SLUMS IN CANADA.
(Windsor Record.)
With the tide of foreign immigration
that is flowing into Canada comes the
problem of the slums. Moat of these
new arrival; start right in where they
left off in the old country and here is
the result
The lodging house evil.
The foreign housing problem.
Dark rooms.
Back-to-back. houses.
Basement and teller dwellings.
Unsanitary privy pits.
Lack of drainage.
Inadequate water supply.
lots.1. orbitant rents;
Overcrowding of houses, rooms and
These were the ,conditions..founid by,.,
the medical' health department in To-
ronto. They exist in Montreal, in Ot-
tawa, Winnipeg and Vancouver. They
are also creeping into the smaller cities.
Some municipal system more effective
than the ordinary local board of health,
usually ermine and inefficient, is needed
to cope with the evils of slumdonm be-
fore they get a strangle hold on that
young and growing country.
PRESERVE DON'TS.
Don't make a mistake and wait until
the special fruit is nearly over and then
pay the highest prices, for it,.
Don't think overripe fruit makes good
preserves or 'jellies,
Don't ever use anything but the ehoie-
est materials for good resulte.
Don't use what is called 'A" or soft
white sugar, or brown; use granulated
white sugar for all preserves or jellies.
Don't use granulated eugar for spiced
fruit&; use light brown only:
Don't make spiced fruit too sweet
four, pounds om' light brown sugar tri
seven pounds of fruit is a good propor-
tion.
Don'tuse an abundance of spicee—too
much makes it taste bitter.
Don't cover •preserves Or jellies while
cooking; they are apt to boil over.
Don't use cold sugar for jellies; mea-
sure the strained fruit juice; to each
pint allow one pound of the best gran-
ulated sugar; put it on a platter in the
ven o heat and add it to the boding liq-
uid.
Don't put hot preserves in cold glasses
or jars and not expect accidents; have
the glasses or jars in scalding water,
rinse well, then fill as quickly as pos-
sible.
Don't allow preserves to stand about
after they are :cold; put melted parrafin
on,.eover with lids, wash off every trace
of stickiness, and put in a cool, dark
place for future use.
Don't cook preserves over a gas range
without an asbestos mat.
Don't let them cook without stirring,
even when the fire is low.
Don't neglect to drop apples, pears,
peaches, and all light colored fruit into
a bowl of cold water as •yon do them; to
prevent diseolorationi' before cooking.
CHICAGO DIVORCES.
In the City of Chicago, in June 392
divorces were granted to the issuance of
3,850 marriage licenses. In other terms,
there were more than one-tenth as
many divorces as prospective marriages.
Atwenty persons who of so
Again, for'w y p o g
far along the line of courtship as to
'apply for the legal power to wed—a
resolution frequently not carried out,
as testified by the unused licenses—two
persons finally and completely brokethe
tie the others sought to make.
Compared to other years, here are the
figures for the month; and it should be
borne in mind that June is, of all the
months of the year, the 'one in. whiolt
marriage is at its height:
Marriage
Year. Licenses. Divorces.
1909 .. .. .. .. 3,305 322
1910 .. - . .. S13,810 297
1911 .. .. .. .. .. 3,850 392
Three years' total.. 10,971 1,011
A somewhat new and unusual message
of June!
June, 1911, can show only thirty-four
more marriage Licenses than were issued
in June of the preceding year, but it
shows ninety-five additional divorces.
For the first time in its history the
city of Chicago shows a divorce nate
greater than ten per cent 'of the mar-
riage licenses.
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Minard's Liniment Cures Garget in
Cows.
GARDEN TOGS.
Do you garden?
And what do you wear?
Oh, please, not any- old thing,
One may really look fit for garden -
Khaki makes a very good short skirt.
Some prefer dark, blue in a similar
material.
Many think the one-piece dress the
more comfortable.
A wide -brimmed shade hat is much
cooler than 'a sunbonnet.
Khaki laeed boots are advised, though
Many will wear ordinary lo wsorts.
ow HE KNOWS,.
"You don't know what that's a picture
of, Johnny?" said hirs, Lapsling, in a
tone of reproof. "You ought to read your
ancient history more. that is the temple
of Dinah at Emphasis."•—ChIcago Tri-
bune.
ISSUE NO, 81, 1911
WOMEN WANTED,
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choice line of Agents' suppl es. No
outlay necessary. They are motley -mak-
ers, Apply B. C. I. Co., :Limited, 228 Al.
bert street. Ottawa, Ont, •
WANTED --Ladies to do plain and
light sewing at home. whole or
spare tl'tne. Good pay; work sent any
distance; charges paid; send stamp for
full particulars, National' Manufactur-
ing Co., Montreal.
�� GENTS WANTED.'
A GENTS WANTEID—A STUDY OF
other agency propositions convinces
us that none can equal ours, You wilt
always regret it if you don't apply for
particulars to Travellers' Dept., 2:18 Al-
pert street, Ottawa.
Every`&man
is interested and s:weld know
a ,c 't the wonders• t
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W1n,3Cor. Ont. Cement Agents for ca..!i
RUSSIAN RAILWAY WONDER.
W hent , the railroad between Moscow
and St. Petersburg was opened, an old
peasantt determined to take a ride on it
to "Mother Moscow" 11he down ex-
press and the up express met at 13ologoe
—half -way between St. Petcrsurg .and
laroe ow and the passengers of botit
trains were allowed half an hour for
supper. Among the people who alight-
ed from tate other train, the old peasant
recognized a friend whom he had not
seen for a long time. They had ade-
lightful chat together over their tea in
the restaurant, and then, withont any
thought of nfiat he was doing, the old
peasant boarded his friend's train in-
stead of his own. The talk was very
merry for some time, but at last the
old man became grave and silent, and
appeared . to be puzzling deeply over
something. At last he broke out: "Alt,
Ivan, what a wonderful thing tire these
railroads. Here we sit in the same car,
I going to Moscow and you to St. Pe-
tersburg!"—Dundee Advertiser.
ACTS QUICKLY ON CORNS;
FOOT LUMPS, CALLOUSES.
It'ts a new wrinkle for corns—a pain-
lees remedy that quickly removes the
corn. Don't doubt it, this isc int dead sure
-thing. Lift 'cm out'quiek roots, shins,
branohes. No pain, no near, ho nose
salves or pasts, dust apply •.x'utnam's
Painless , Corn Extractor, 95e a. -
bottle. Substitutes pay the dealer
best. "Putnanm's" pays you best because
it oures. Take no othsr thantPutnam's
Painless Core and Wart Extractor,
HE WAS TOO PARTICULAR.
Lord Talbot Demalahide . was talking
in Neve York. says the it riwaukes News,
about the thoroughness 0t tine customs
investigations,
"The smuggler," he said, "Is bound to
be detected if he tries his little game in
your metropolis. The smuggler's pre-
cattions against detection at this port
are as vain and ludicrous as the preen -
tions of the dreaming Irishman ,
"An Irishtnan, you know, once dreamed
that he was visiting the Iate Sueeu •Vio-
torin.
" will you have a drink?" the Queen
said to him. -
'I will," said the Irishman. 'A drop
Of Irish, of worse, hot be preference,
your Majesty."
"So the Queen nut on the kettle, but
when the water belied the noise awoke
the dreamer.
'St. Patrick!" said he. "I'll take it
cold next time."
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THE SHORTER CATECH ISM.
(Montreal Gazette)
A Winnipe elerngyman tblames the,'
Westminster Catechism for the small at-
tendance of children at some of the
Presbyterian Sunday Schools. He thinks
the doetrines of the work will not stand
criticism in the tight of modern know-
ledge. Sontp, may think they have ground
for such a contention. It is doubtful,
though !f' any of the higher critics in '
q'uestlon are in the Sunday school cies- .
SOL The Westminster Catechism Is
meat for strong men, that pot many in
their Sunday school age are able to ap-
preciate. The sporting fields are more
likely to account for the deficiency noted.
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Minard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria.
MET HIM HALF WAY.
. Beggar "Please; mister, a dime foe
a poor blind man."
Old Gentleman—"But you are only
blind in one eye."
Beggar --"Ail right; make it se
nfcklle then.
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Washday Tr utbRes
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