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Zurich Herald, 1920-07-29, Page 6Tiprovi g thc Home Surro gs The Morning Glory makes the difference. The attractiou of home is not ex- clusively within the our walls of the building. T surroundings should be agreene.le; especially in the summer, when so mueh of our time is spent in the ellen. To make the hurtle and grounds at- tractive dces not require much effort, and the expense axpeii h inconsIderable. The result was surely worth the effort. Native shrubs and creopers make home inviting. What can be accomplished at a in a - muni of expenditure is shown in the accompanying illustration. The will- ingnese to do so, accompanied by the expenditure of a few cents on morn- ing glory seed, transformed the ugli- ness of the first picture into the beauty of the second. The surround- ings hi the first photo have a "nobody - cares" appearance and are far from inviting. In the second picture, the foliage gives the cottage an attractive, inviting and restful appearance. 1 Improvement of home grounds can also be accomplished by the expendi- ture of very little time and money, land the effort will be amply repaid by increased attractiveness. Tn many portions of Canada wild shrubs, vines. land flowers may bo secured, -which under cultiv.e4.ion, rapidly improve: For shade trees, the hard maple and beech may be secured, and the cool. ing effect of these will be appreciated during warm weather. The present season should be utilized to give attention to the, fea- ture of making home a real home, and an asset to the community. Tho initia- tion of an improvement by one resi- dent is very often the incentive to many, with the result that the entire district is benefited. SNIRMIIMMIRIMIZZ1111,4= Why Did Warren Steal? Warren was home from school. He had stolen some money that another pupil had left lying on his desk. The parents had been summoned; there had been a secret tribunal and War- ren had been brought home until the mortified and astonished parents could decide what to do. Warren's mother told me all about it, "What shall we dor, she finished tearfully. "He has disgraced himself for life and brought shame upon us. Can you imagine what would make Inv son steal?" If I had fully answered Ada's ques- tion, I should have said something like this: "You did not know that you taught him to be dishonest! "our son has been surrounded by petty forms of dishonesty all his life. "One day just before Warren went to schools you returned from a drive in the country with a number of fine Peaches in the,bottoin of the car. Some one remarked that you must have a good friend M the country. 'Yes,' you said laughingly, 'only he doesn't know he is our friend.' Little Warren helped his father gather those peaches to which you had no right. • "In your bathroom to -day I saw a towel stamped with the name of a hotel you had visited. "One day last summer I heard you tell of the elerk's snaking a mistake of a dollar in your thange. 'In your favor?' your husband asked, 'Of, course in my favor,' you answered. 'I; would have told him if it had not: been.' Your boy heard that. I sup. - pose he often has heard similar! things. "Another time as you gathered up, your groceries at the store you acci- dentally picked up from the counter , a pound of butter for which you had; not paid. You discovered it after you reached home but instead of return-' Mg it to the grocer you said, 'Oh, wel1,1 we're a pound of butter ahead! And i a that it won't begin to pay bach! for the times he has sent the poor goods.' "I have heard you tell how you escaped paying your fare to the city and how you used an old transfer on the street car, "You glanced at a borrowed book one day and remarked that you might as well keep it now—you had had it so long that the lender had forgotten all about it. "These are a few incidents of petty r3ishonesty that I have seen in my as aociation with your family. I do not suppose they are the only ones. Now, frankly, what could you expect of a child brought up in your home?" I did not put it so bluntly as that to Ada. I tried to make her see that Warren's notions of honor had been gained from his environment, Ada and her husband think they are onest. They are in some things, You could place any sum of mi oney n their hands without an accounting and ears afterward receive it to the last enny. Anyone's property would be • fife in their hands. They might con. trol unlimited trust funds for helpless Orphans and not a tent -would be mis- ineed. Ada's husband might well have 401 the bank :funds open to his hands pkild he would not think of appropriate bag any. rf Ada's guests scattered lowels all over the house, Ada would feel no temptation. Yet side by side 'With this honesty they practice petty dishonesty, which for some unexplairt- 4d reason, appears to have no disgrace attached to It. 4411telltneeiMMINVINIIIMMONIMM111630,..16111.11MilaillaMeOleeangeni. AUTO SPARE PARTS for most makes and models of cars. Tour old, broken or worn-out Parts replaced, Write or wire us desortb- Ing what you want, We carry the • largest and most complete stook in : Canada of slightly used or new parts and automobile equipment. We ship anywhere in Canada. Salle. tactory or refund In full our motto. [mawg ,finto Salvage part Ottpvir, OSS -90. IStetertu $t., 'orosto. Ont. 44. Warren. is yet too young to judge. He has as yet no feeling of loyalty to make him "square" with his school- mate, and he could not see that wav- ering line his parents draw between honesty in things great and small. Children respond quickly to high ideals of honor in history or story. If tbeir home influences do not draw the other way, they can be trained to a fine high sense of honor that we sadly call old-fashioned, but to which we all give ungrudging admiration when we meet it. "But from his babyhood, we've told him never to touch anything belong- ing to another," says Warren's mother, weeping. In many homes 1 have seen the tragedy of the child who has stolen' something and has been detected. Most parents meet the situation with fierce, resentful shame; too few with (understanding and a disposition to look for causes'. Housekeepers' Exchange. To clean granite saucepans in which the cooked food sticks to the bottom of the pan, fill half full of water, drop in a handful of sal soda and let boil up a few minutes; then wash and you will find ,it much easier than scrap- ing.—Mrs. W. B. S. When you pull the cork from a new bottle of bluing, cut a notch in the side of the cork before putting it in again. You will find it much better than taking .out the cork every time, and there is no danger of using too much.—Mrs. ;1% J. O'C. Drive mice and rats from the house by sprinkling red pepper about the places where they enter. Keep the red pepper fresh andstrong, as the rodents object to the odor, and when it loses its strength they are liable to return.—Miss Z. I. D. When the children's shoes become! scarred or scuffed rub them with a little veseline .before polishing. They will wear much longer and the, scratches scarcely show after this treatment.—M. A. P. Push two common pins in opposite i directions through the corks of bots' ties containing poisonous medicine, and there will be no danger -of picking! up the wrong bottle even in the dark. The prick of the pins will remind one of the contents of the bottle,—Mrs. 3. 3. O'C. When giving baby medicine use a baby spoon with a curved handle. The spoon may be set down if necessary, without spilling the contents.—A. F. If this method of covering the iron- ing board is followed, the cover will not only remain practically wrinkle - lees, but will also last three times as long as when put on in the usual way. 'Wash the material and starch it stiff, then while it is still wet fasten it on - the board, and when almost dry, iron it carefully. The starched surface will be found easier to iron over.—E, M. P. When T have a variety of work to do on baking day, I find an alarm clock very useful. I set the alarm at the time the buns or cake should be done and always find there will be no danger of the baking being forgotten. A. P. To Apply Hair Toni.—Use a medi- cine dropper to put the hair tonic on. the scalp, separating the hair with the fingers. This is an excellent me- thod of putting sweet oil on the baby's or small child's scalp to loosen the dandruff and dirt before shampooing. —Mrs. 3. 3. O'C. Treatment for a Bruise.—To re - MVO discoloration :from a bruise, ap- ply a cloth wrung out of. very hot water and vinegar, and renew fro- auently until the pain ceases. -11I, A. P. Home Disinfectant.—An earthen dish of quicklime placed in closets will absorb moisture, act as a disine fectant and it is said that it will also keep away mice and rats.—E. C. Save some of your old license plates from your auto and nail them by the doorsteps. They make excellent foot scrapers.—Mrs. E. V. S. A paperhanger once suggested that I write on the back of some article of furniture in eacli room the number of rolls of paper required for paper- ing that room. In the bedrooms I write this information on the bath of the dresser, in the dining room on the back of the buffet, etc. I have found this a great convenience.—Mrs. A. —est Soldiers of Fortune. Farming of Smaller Fur- . Bearers. The leering in captivity- of fur -bear- ing animas is largely a question of the price of fur. Twenty years or more ago, when the earliest attempts were made to engage in fur farming, the silver fax was about the only ani- mal whose pelt offered suffi.cient in- ducement to experimenters to face the many difficulties and the risk ot loss. Some of these men. succeeded, how- ever, and reaped considerable pe- cuniary rewards for themselves, be- sides establishing a new Canadian in- dustry, To -day, the breeding of smaller fur - bearers presents opportunities to men with a liking to "take a chance." The recent spectacular rise in fur prices .has been mainly in the cheaper grades —muskrat, raccoon, mink, skunk, etc, The Frouch capital, since the sign- The stimulus thus given to trapping jug of the armistice, has been ,the, threatens these animals with exter- mination, in spite of close seasons, • meeting place of soldiers of fortune : from many lands who decided to make the cessation of hostilities merely fur- lough time. Like their great mentor es Napoieen, they found their golden opeas . - portunity in the- historic city that 'has 1VIallagInent of the details cften sheltered so many; free lances of re- brings the difference between profit and loss. 1Vatch for the leaks:in your 1311Aneei.dter says: "Paris, in the declin. business. ing days of the C.F.F., was a clearing house for the venturesome souls of Buy Thrift Stamps. the world. France always did have a genius far attracting the naturally combative spirits of the rest of the. world, and in the earliest days of the. war recruited the French Foreign Le- gion of brave men from a score of nee. tions. So when the market of the late. war went stale, to Paris came the proeurers for the 'future wars of all. the little nations established by the Peace Conference. either pessimistic, optimistic or pro - "A soldier of the C. E. F, lucky gressive. Surely no argument is need - enough to be discharged in France ed to prove how the spirit is poisoned could have enlisted any day last sum- by pessimesm. Not only does it pois- mer in Paris under one of a score of ou the soul, but the mind and body as brand new flags. The demand was for well. trained soldiers with qualities of I The dance referred to is a system leadership. Many C. E. le. veteranliving falsely, called optimism. It did enlist, some of them without take is a flighty, frivolous, devil-ma.y-care lug the trouble to clear away certain creed which says: "I never worry complications in the way of obtaining about anything. Mu going to enjoy honorable discharges from their own life! while I live, for when I die ru be army caused by prolonged vacation. a long time dead. I'm going to eat, There were Australians and Yankees drink and be merry." also who were not fed up and jumped The march of triumph is the most at the chance," acceptable of the three kinds of liv- ing, for it debars pessimism and in - Poisonous Plants of Canada, 1 eludes optimism plus progress and common sense. But wouldn't it be ad - The old saying that "One man's visable to halt occasionally in the meat is another man's poison" apo march of triumph and indulge in a pears to be true in the case of differ- bit of the dance? It is mighty hard ent kinds of live stock. It is a, fact ifor us to constantly keep ourselves that some plants which poison hordes I strung', up to the very highest tension are not injurious to cattle or sheep,. at discipline. Billy Sunday once said and some which cause loss among cat. Fur farming must come to the rescue and assure Canada's great fur indus- try a continuance of its raw material. ....,•••••••••101,0••••••00•••••••••••••1101•001••••101.11.0.4..••••,••••• DE KATE GIRLS MADE STRING Rich, Red Blood Needed to Keep Up Their Vitality. If growing girls are to become well developed, healthy women their blood supply must be carefully watched. Mothers should not ignore their unset- tled moodsor the various troubles that tell of approaching womanhood. It should be constantly borne in mind that pale, bloodless girls need plenty of nourishment, plenty of sleep and re- gular open-air exercise. But a lack of appetite, and tired, aching limbs tend to hinder progress. To save the weak, thin -blooded :sufferer she must have new, rich, red blood and nothing meets a case of this kind so well as Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills. These pills not only enrich. and eincreaee the blood supply, they help the appetite and aid digestion, relieve the weary back and limbs, thus promptly restoring health and strength and transforming anae- mic girls and women into cheerful, happy people, Among the thousands who have obtained new health and strength through the use of Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills is Miss Violet Booth, Glenarm, Ont., who says:—"For a long time I was in a badly run down condi- tion. I was pale, breathless at the least exertion, and could hardly do any housework without stopping to rest: I often had severe headaches, and my appetite was poor and fickle, and I .would get up in the morning without feeling -the least bit rested. I had tried several medicines, but did not get benefit from anything until I began the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. When I had taken two boxes I could see an improvement, and after using six boxes I found my health fully restored. I feel altogether die ferent since 1 used the pills that I strongly advise them for all weak, run down people." If you are weak or ailing in. any way, avail yourself at once of the splendid home treatment which Dr, Williams' Pink Pills so easily .afford, and you will be among those who rejoice in regained health. These pills are sold by all dealers in medicine, or may be had by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 by writing The Dr, Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville. Naturat Question. Young Hopeful: "Say, dad, what keeps us' from falling off the earth when we are upside down?" "Wby, the law of gravity, of course " "But how did the folks stay on be- fore the law was passed?" Showing the Efficacy of Nonsense One writer tells us that every man's lite is either a dirge or a dance or a march of triumph. We might recast the idea by saying that everybody is tis and ebeep are not eaten by swine and horses, in Bulletin No. 39, Second Series of the Experimental Farms, "Prin.cipal Poisonous Plants of Cana- da," by Miss Faith Pyles, B.A., obtain- able free upon application to the Publi- cations Branch, Department of Agri- culture, Ottawa. a list of plants whicli. do injury to the various classes of animalsIs given. The bulletin, which Is prepared for live stock owners, gives information regardieg poisonous plants and enables the filmset to dis- tinguish the, most harmful species in his neighborhood so that he may be able to avoid pasturing .animals an in- fested areas until the danger is past. The yearly lose due to pleat poleonlag. is known lo be on the increase, but the amount of the Toes is not ascer- tainable because mem, fatalities are attributed to other causes through lack of knowledge of poisonous plants Even pianos have been made from paper, and one specially manufactura ed for the late Sultan of Morocco .cest. more than $5,000 to put together, Buy Thrift Stamp, PER that God must. have believed in a little fun or else he wouldn't have made monkeys and parrots. There are scores of people whose entire makeup seems ideal except far the lack of a dash at nonsense. The fact is that often the nonsensi- cal way of expressing; an idea is often the most effective. For instance, the apparently absurd phrase, "nothing to do but nothing," is mare forceful than a lengthy discourse on the injurious effects of idleness or the value of con.- stant employment. Once a negro put a profound psychological truth into comical phraseology when, somebody tauntingly remarked that he was afraid to do a certain thing. His re- ply was, "I's not afeard, I's, afeard I's gwine to be afeared." If many a, fond mother who loves her wayward boy, who wantshim to become a good, noble man, who has prayed for him, and who is fast grow- ing old from anxiety—if this mother but knew the, power of a little non- sense she might he happier herself and the boy might more nearly ap- proach her ideal. Nonsense Is just as sensible as worry is nonsensical. e& inverial Mica .Axle Grease —is the most widely used axle lube ricant on the market. Its mica hakes work their way into the pores of the axle, snaking it smooth and frictionless. Imperial Mica ,Axle Grease lubricates thoroughly under the moat strenuous conditions. Makes loads easier to haul. Re- duces the strain on harness and horses, CANADA'', PRODUCTS Imperial Eureka Harness 011 penetrates the pores of the lea.ther--. makes it weather proof. Unlike vegetable oils, it will not become rancid, It prevents drying and cracking and keeps straps and traces pliable and strong. Imparts a rich, black, lasting finish and rnalces harness look 14,..:e new. IMPERIAL" MADN 041.44FIK4V.SeK<S4e,S4W148<ik,,,,, Health 41,S*,0,›Iva.a Quinsy, Quinsy is the popular term for a severe form of inflammation of .the tonsil and its surrounding tiesues, ac- companied by the formation of pus. In other wards, it is an abscess of the tonsil or beside it. It may begin as an ordinary sore throat or simple tonsillitis, in which the tonsil is seen to be red and swollen and dotted with little whitish pointe caused by the excretion oozing from the mouths of the ducts, or "crypts," of the organ. The inflammation does not yield to simple remedies, but persists and grows more severe, until patient and physician alike are convinced that a quinsy is present. In other eases the disease begins as it is going to con- tinne—a full-fledged and unmistak- able suppurative tonsillitis, or quinsy. It begins on ane side, and, fortun- ately, it usually remains confined to that side, though occasionally as one tonsil begns to get well the other one becomes inflamed, and the whole mis- erable process must be gone through with again. In a well-developed attaek of geneses the throat is greatly swollen and eX- tremely painful. The swelling some- times makes breathing -difficult, and both the swelling and the pain inter- fere with swallowing and so prevent taking any nourishment or even water. Both the tonsil and all the sur- rounding parts and also the glands in the neck are •swollen so that any movement of the head is painful, Spontaneous pain, as well as that in- duced by movement, exists; it is felt both inside and outside, and it radi- ates into the ear on the affected side. The swelling of the glands and other tissues induces staness of the jaw, which can only with difficulty be opened to take food, even if the condi- tion of the throat permits its being, swallowed. The mouth is hot and dry, and the saliva is thick and sticky, The treatment of a threatening quinsy is mule-el:Am w;th the hope of arresting the inflammation before the abscess begins to form. The patient should be put to bed, and he should take a dose of salts or of castor oil at once. At the same time cold cloths, renewed frequently, or an ice bag should be appliedeexteenally over the region of the, affected, tonsil,. 131 - carbonate of . soda, .in'tieSes 01 Iwn a teaspoonful in a clip Of .hot 'wafer, should betaken four times in the day,. and the same substance in powders may be applied directly .to the tonsil by means of a powder blower. If those measures fail and the abscess forms, It. should be opened freely by the ,phy- sician so as to let out the confined pus. The Sugar -Beet Industry. A. recent bulletin by the Department of Trade and Commerce on the sugar industry in Canada states that 204,017 tons of sugar beets was used in sugar manufacture in 1918. The cost of the beets at the works was $2,593,715, or $12.22 per ton. In 1918, Canada had 18,000 acres in sugar beets, which yielded 10 tons per acre, at a value of $10.25 per ton. In 1919, the acreage was increased to 24,500, the yield' averaged 9.30 tons per acre, and the price advanced to $ i0In.85110)1e9rto , sugarllwas approximately 11 cents per pound; at present, granu- lated sugar is 23 cents per pound and. may be higher. The enormous de- mand for sugar, and the fact that Europe will not for some years pro- duce anything approaching her pre- war quota of sugae-beets, promises to continue a serious shortage In the the beet -growing emu- wtriocersol di osoittitipopuln . Europei have materially changed since the close of the war. Previously, large holders of land de- voted muck of the acreage to beets. The large estates in Thestsia, Poland. Hungary and in many parts of Ger- many have been in many cases broken up into small holdings, which will be used by their now owners for growing other cropsThe small farmers are not so well equipped with implements and tools, and the lack of fertilizers ie also 'being severely felt. These condi- tions will have a serious bearing upon the production. There thus appears to bo a good opportunity for Canada to again this year largely increase the acreage devoted to this crop. .A. by-product in the manufacture of beet sugar is the residue known as beet pulp. When mixed with residual molasses, a by-product of the relining process, this beet pulp makes an ex- celient cattle food. Compliments All Round. "I desire no remuneration for thie poem," remarked the long-haired poet, as be drifted into the editorial sanc- tum. "I merely submit it as a compli- ment" "Then, my dear fellow, permit me to return the compliment," replied the editor, with true journalistic ceurtesy.