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The Wingham Advance, 1905-04-13, Page 31 MHO MARKET. Institution is One of Queerest in Chicago. it be frosted vegetebles the flavor is net.llaresealyse As a rele, the ghetto marketer bUytt I . ot in etewm. . for °illy one meal at a time, but the , - Thursday aftlirnoon. markets Of the streets are for Friday's table, and the Friday shopping for the Sabbath table on Saturdey, aud these are opportunities net to he passed. by. The ghetto of Chicago, the principal Part Of which is bounded by Harrison, Banishment of the "ghetto market" i traders on every day of market amonJews g Jefferson, Fourteenth and Halstee ha-' been decreed by Mayor Harrison the dingy wooden shanties that formd etreete, comprises some 00,00Q . It is not like the one which was created in and, Chief of Police O'Neill. It is not a the scenes fringes of Jefferson :street al- Rome by Pope Paul IV. There are eo complete bauislimeet. Chief O'Neill dee- ong the three short blocks between cape it as m 'merely a ove around the Twelfth—and Maxwell streets, Not alone rites to be lockee at night by order of he authorities, like those in Prague and corner from Jefferson street to Max- with their push -carts did the traders Amsterdam in the dark centuries, and well street." As a matter of fact, it come. They came with wagons well seed. the robbers are not legally the judges. will be a move around two corners, since ed. with all sorts of merchandise, even Still, the orthodox Jew in nearly every it will debouch from Jefferson street 1 dry goods and shoes, old and new clothes, ,metropolis prefers to live separated from into Maxwell street from the mirth I millinery and notions, thimbles, thread, the Gentile world. In New York the and will then be free to spread both 'end pins and needles. The customers, Jews monopolize the east side in Lon - to the east and west on Maxwell street, between Canal and Hals•ted streets. Such was the mayor's recommendation in a message to Chief O'Neill, and it rests with the city councies committee on streets and alleys, west, to say whe- ther the temporary arrangement of the mayor shall be accepted as the fiat for the permanent location of one of the most unique. public marts in the world. For years the ghetto market on South •Jefferson street; between West Twelfth and Maxwell streets, has been one of the oldest and Mose interestingfeatures of Chicago's submerged colonies from beyond the .A,tlantie seas. It is one of the few places on the American, continent where live fisit is constantly exposed for Bale and deemed all the more mark- etable because Alive. Upon the window 'or above the door of every fish store is the trading sign, "Fish fresh and alive." This legend has variations. It often reads "Live Fish, "Live fish re- ceived daily." In a few instances it has a delicious superfluity above the windew glee, as "Live fresh fish," or "Fresh fish alive," the sign -painting artists having fuled to see the humor in the unnecessary. assurance that live fish is • fresh. Not ale the fish is fresh or alive. Fish many months old and frozen tte stiff as a petrified mastodon are mark- eted side by side with the live food of the sea. It has been charged by a re- doubtable fish inspector of tho city that frozen fish which have been dead from two to five months have been ex- posed for ;We in the Chicago ghetto market. The ubiquitous inspector sent into the standing committee on smells at the city hall an alarmist report as to his fears for consequences when the ancient icy whitefish, lalm trout, carp, time. buzz .of trade is whirrin,g all the a Christian, but there is, nevertheless, with f uit i too, came in. greater warms thau ever don ane other European capitals large befere, Nor were the capacieus eaarket- Mg baskets' less numerous than previous-. quarters, districts have been_ known as the JeWiSh . 13' on the arms of •the.bargain hunters. Younger Element Drifts Away, And in the wake of trade came many of the social institutions peculiar to the Some of the younger element, of course, drifts away frorn the ghetto, eith- Jews. r.rheir "butcher rabbis," who be - eCto be known AS Stanek votaries of head chickens, ducks and turkey e in the reform Judasim with a prosperous busi- orthodox fashion, came along with the nese or profession or to be alienated al - rest of the procession—the type of rah- togther from the time-honored tenete of bi whose unique "strike" some years their ancestors and be merged into their ago them orthodoxy in the ghetto into gentile environs. a panic from the prospect of eating un. The origin of Yiddish, that indeserib- orthodox meats. Another who eame able jargon of the ghetto, has puzzled. with the crowd was the "Jewish matri- the philologists for ages. Roumanian, menial agent," the sub -rabbi who die- Greek, Russian, Polish, Dutch and Ger- penses divorces without regard for any man Jews all speak the same tongue with laws of this land. little variation. Tnere exists even a While the majority of the crowd is voluminous Yiddish literature and in the trading in the open-air market, the mar- United States a score of daily ane week- riage agent is ruining a matrimonial ty papers are published in Yiddish. There market in a rear rooms& some orthodox is also an Alexander Dumas of the gliet- butcher shop or "kosher" restaurant. As to. His name is Schaikevitch, who has the matchmaker executes an engagement written some 200 books, mostly sense - or "betrothal" contract, or 'enarriage" tional novels. Among others are the for a Jewish couple whom he may have poets Seiffert, Schakansky and Wincher- introduced within the hour, the kosher sky. That the language a expressive of man .or "butcher rabbi" chops off the good humor is evinced by this adage: head of a chicken with a finesse evincing "A schwieger und a schnur fahren .nit the highest style of the rabbinical art. auf ein fuhr," which means that a With the kosher meat .thus prepared the mother-in-law and a son-in-law do not couple depart, feeling sure that the foun- ride comfortably in the same rig. dation is laid for a matrimonial og en- The daughters of the ghetto, dressed gagement feast. _But before' they can in their abroad best, are on a par with be sure of anything they must have made their countenances. But between. father sure that the .marriage agent and the and son and. between mother and daugh- kosher man have had their fees seeured ter there is a loving intimacy and sena- te them. Sometimes the marriage agent ture which puts gentiles to shame. Here and the kosher Man are one and the is a realization of the French saying, sa.me person, but that does not. give re- "Les extremes se teuenent." There are, lease from the payment of the two fees, of course, loud quarrels at times over though occasionally a cut 'rate may be the departure from hallowed customs granted if hackled over. and doctrines, 'ear ouffs for the young hopeful who has neglected to attend the Odds and Ends Sold,Everywhere. synagogue and upbraidings for the Abroad in the cold street the march dau hter who has ventured. to flirt with pike, perch and smelts should thaw out me. e wagonsloadedwfish, r , a profound love and understandingn calico, old furniture, statuettes for home the family which means everlasting esse in garlic -scented kitchens. His report , - and rm. synagogues and numerous other faithfuhiess. --ere ' went into the committee's waste bas- articles questionable for use or orna- Kosher victuals and the "schochet" eon- ket, the aldermen being averse to cur- ment are being unioaded and exposed for tinue to play leading leading roles in the tailing any of the home -rule privileges eale, crowding the sidewalks and con- ghetto • life. Kosher means that meat of Chicago's wonderful ghetto. gesting traffic. By the way, it was the and drink must be butchered and. pre - It is not in fish commodities alone &teady congestion of traffic that caused pared according to the biblical and Tal - that the ghetto market is unique. It , iptain Haines, of the Maxwell street mudical commandment. The "schochets' has hundreds, perhaps thousands, of station, to report to the City Hall the is the Jewish butcher, who is not per. market novelties. Cosmopolitan and ag- objections of property owners to the eon- mitted to ply his vocation without a cer- glomorate features stand out all over tinu,ance of the market on Jefferson tificate of efficieney from the synagogue. it. In a sense it is the "old curiosity. street. He had his officers make an in- He kills the cattle by cutting the throat shop" of all the world. vestigation, and he recommended the re- so that every drop of blood flows from How strange the life, the customs,. the =oval of the market to Maxwell street, the carcass. 'Then the Jewish housewife language, the quaint and primitive a much wider thoroughfare and less places the meat one hour in water and methods of trade and barter here in . thickly populated district. afterwards an hour in salt before it is vogue. Its most distinctive feature is There Is always in the street on mar- seedy for cooking. There are a multi - that it is almost wholly a curbstone ket day an endless army of carts and tude of ordinances regarding food and market. Practically all the business done wheelbarrrows and boxes, both movable drink which are rigidly observed. in tbe street when the "market" is in and stationary. It is Friday afternoon, In spite of wind or weather, these full blast, is transacted in the open air; the eve of the Sabbath, and the Israel- outdoor markets are crowded, especially In the summer the traders sleep upon ites run hither and thither in labyrinth- in midafternoon. In groupings and in their arms, in the streets with their ine pell inell to secure their supplies for the wide assortment of queer things bar - baskets or boxes of merchandise for the day of rest, for on the morrow, ae- tered and sold, the South Jefferson pillows and for couches. The hot eveath- cording to the Mosaic law and the still street markets make one of the most er scenes, with beds upon the pavements more burdensome rabbinical and Tal- picturesque bits of life to be seen in any and with the sidewalks turned into .mudie injunctions, no pious Jew dare clinee.—Chicago Chronicle. sleeping quarters are not more p.atbet- purchase anything or light fires or han- e -, ie than the scrambles for trade in the dle money or transact any kind of bust - very same ' the icy blasts ness. SNOWSHOE BOOM. from the northern latitudes make both Business With a Vengeance. PRESENT WINTER CAUSED GREAT the hucksters and their customers shi- Retail business is conducted with a INCREASE IN DEMAND. ver for hours together , in the • cold, 'vengeance in the Jewish district of the (Montreal Gazette.) Is se., dreary streets. Activity, restless and ex- city. In no part of Chicago are commod- sr— citing activity, is here the rule in win- idles offered so cheap as here and there Snowshoeing has increased to such ter. It gives place to languid inertia are a hundred and one things offered. for proportions during the present winter in midsummer. But the scenes of the sale that you cannot buy in Gentile that the sale of shoes and requisities winter are the most impressive. : neighborhoods. You can purchase unripe has almost reached the magnitude of Since Chicago first found itself in pos- fruit at a cent a quart, ancient eggs, a boom, and those interested in the session of a welldeveloped replica of the hats and spectacles at a great bargain; local trade say that business has been history ghettos of the old world the Jef- meats and fish by the ounce, even lean better than, at any time since 1880, been a fixture chickens bein sold by halves and guar- with the exception of the first year of in the commercial and lower strata in the Jewish colony. It Is strictly an "orthodox Jewish institu- tion." It is a reproduction, on a some- what diminished scale; of the famous :marts or bazaars of the European and Asiatic countries hi which the persecuted but indomitable race of the israer.ses have sojourned or been herded from time to time in the course of their wonder- ful march through all the ages of his- tory. Not Damascus, Constantinople, War- saw, Moscow or St. Petersburg can af- ford, or ever could have afforded, a more perfect picture of the natural shrewd- ness of the Jew or the sharpness of the with of that race then can be found any market day in the Chicago ghetto. From small beginnings the quaint "market" has developed in the last decade or so until it as become as large and almost as Utley a. centre of trade as the cele- brated green goods mart of South Water street. Time eves when the ghetto market was simply the Mecca of the push -cart man. If his wares went unsold too long • In the trade of peddling he keew where he could dispose of them, if they were at all disposable. The ghetto market was then held once or twice a week. So the push -cart man hied him here on the morning of the market day, shoving or dragging his cargo of refuse wares from !the "peddling business"' of the other days in the week. He halted on rue sidewalk and. displayed his 'commodities. Lo, he soon began to "cry" them, extol- ling their merits and telling the public how' cheap was the price of the tempt- ing articles. It Was not necessary for him to move of go after the prospective customers. They came after him, teeipt- 'the sidewalks and even upon the door - ed beyond resistance by the alluring posts, as it was when the angel of the prospect of his "bargains." passover made desolation in Egypt. Evolution now took hold and began to Bet, save for the hue of blood, there get in its NON:. From the nucleus of is little color in the crowded thorough- theposh-cart than the market grew and fare. Wereen are chief shoppers—bent, grew. In the' densely populated dis- Wrinkled, and clutching the rtever-ab- trict the news went the rounds as to sent baseet tie if youth might never do the bargains offered and the tidy ttw- bargain-driving. In a temperature of 20 tunes reade "ht Jefferson." Then from degrees, most �f them are barehanded all quarters of the ghetto's wide area -- and bareheaded. Shawls are worn al - from as far notth as Harrisoit Street and most universally, showing gray, brown ns far south as West Fourteenth, and or black tresses, which often are wavy as far west as Heisted street—came a and beautiful. Ita.ggling, pointing, pick - perfect hegira of the orthodox Jewish ittg and choosing, the women ana the • man bargain hunters and bargain sellers cluster in the bargain counter group% with here and there a versatile merchant hi the ce.ntre who can dicker in half e dozen languages and dialects. The ghetto palate is not epicurean. Garlic is the great leveler of all things, Jerson street market has social life of the tars and ei4ths and. half loaves of the Klondike rush. bread at two cents. The .two largest dealers in snow - What a whirl! How the people crowd. shoes in Montreal are T. W. Boyd and trolley car tries to make its way with Son, and S. Lebeau, the latter being the designation of the Indian Curiosity each other on sidewalks, and when the there is it suddden jostling toward the store, which has been a landmaak on clanging noise through the dense mass sidewalks that threatens to upset the Notre Dame street within the memory wares of the itinerary. merchants. Then of old. inhabitants. The first firm dis follow loud protests in Yiddish, the ip.- posed of about 1,500 pairs of snow - describable vernacular of the ghetto, a shoes, and the latter 2,000 pairs and mixture of German, Hebrew and other each failed to supply the demands tongues, which to the Gentile sound like made, being obliged to cancel orders. In addition to these firms there was so many "swear words," but is simply a harmless Oriental gutturalism. It would some business done in a small way by appear that this language does not need individual makers who occasionally to be emphasized by manual gestures, conic into Montreal, but there is no for it certainly is expressive and con- vincing, but the gesticulations acconi- total stipply can only be estimated, panying a Yiddish conversation or dis- the greater portion , of the supply is, pate must be seen to be appreciated. of course in the hands of the two Not only the halide and arms, lint the firms mentioned in the foregoing. shoulders, the chest, the feet—every While orders came from . various part sled' muscle of the bodye-are M points, the big demand came from the sympathetic actions with the loud gut- city, so that more than two-thirds of the tura s. • order filled were to local snowshoers, To the visitor in the neighborhood the Owing to an increase in the snowfall exaggerated garbage boxes posted on the both in the east and west, and par - sidewalks in front of the box -like houses tieularly in Nova Scotia, there was it are anomalies. In a section where it greater demand from these points, seems so little should be thrown away which are not generally regarded as these giant boxes of refuse, piled full snowshoe centres. , All in the trade of something, alternate with the fish agred that if the demand could have counters, the peanut stands, dry goods, been supplied the sales would have been Fuzzy Nakedness of Fowl. - increased by at least 2,000 pairs, show- ing the extent of the local increase of meat and bakery displays. Infinitesimally small oranges at 5 interest. cents a dozen, damaged apples at 10 In Canada snowshoes have a com- cents a peek and clothing at the cost of mercial value •at all times as there are stitching are side lines. The great at. portions of the land where the shoo is tractions are frozen fish, ducks and geese a necessity, and not, as in Montreal, strange cuts of strange meats, which an aid to recrealion. In the Yukon picked to a fuzzy nakedness and. the have left blood spots on the snow, on the shoe furnished a means of trans- portation in the Winttee Montths, and owing to the tax pu on the shoe, the 'style Of make used in the far 'north is somewhat different from that usually seen here. Up north where .men carry packs, they require a shoe five feet in length. This is fgairly light and affords good carrying powers for the added weight. For the hilly countries there is the Montennais shoo, designed for climbing. ;The lumbermen aro buyers of shoes, it being impossible to move about the Woods in winter with- out their aid. The shanty shoe is About the eommonest line made, and can be sold as low as $1 a pair. .,)?rices of shoes range in a 'wholesale way from $10 to $30 A. dozany end in retail are usually sold from $1.25 to $3.60, and $4.00. The price of $36 a dozen is exeessive, atul due only to the fact that there was he great de - LA Tea such ah enbrmous sale? Simply because the qualm. Ity Is irreproachable. if you are not using It you should give It one single trial, Black, Mixed or Natural Croon. Illighest Award St Louis, 1904. SOLD ONLY IN SEA.LED LEAD PACKETS. a5c, 300, 400, 50c, 00C per lb. By all Grocers. done entirely by band, and requires pe- culiar qualifications. Cow -hide and calf - hide furnish the supply of gut„ the fer- nier being used for the heavier quality, winch bears the weight and the latter for the lighter gut used in the toe and heel. The wood for the frame is cut by band, and finished- by hand, and no one has yet invented a machine to replace the manual labor of the Indians. The frame work of the ordinary shoe is made from a strip of wood, about eight feet in length, and this carved into shape, forms the foundation of the slum. Whole families are engaged in the Mak- ing of the shoe?, and the industry is one of great benefit to the villages of Lor- etto and on the St. Maurice. street when r VALUABLE TO MOTHERS. 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Fall sick, says the state to its work people, and we will nurse you back to vigor; drop out of employment and we will find you fresh work; grow old and we will provide you with bread and butbsr, but become lazy and vagabond and we will lock you up and make you work till you have paid the uttermost farthing of your debt. Rags and misery dare not lie about in the parks or scatter disease through the crowded streets. If there is any virtue in the unemployed the state will certain- ly develop it as well as it is possible to do so. There is a central bureau for pro- viding men with work and when a marl knows that not to work means the work- house he sonata employment here and elsewhere with such a will as almost compels wages.' In one year the state has secured employment for 50,000 men. The citizen is provided with sanitary dwellings, with unadulterated food, with schools and technical colleges and with insurance for sickness and old age. For it penny he can travel almost from one end of Berlin to the other by electric tramway or electric railway. His streets are clean, brilliantly lighted. and noise - his cafes and mimic halls are m- used these Tablets speaks of them in . niet5un8;er.aele. He heves in a palace. And the higbest praise. Mrs. T. Timliek, all this is the result of municipal govern- ! ment by experts instead of by amateurs. , 4-••••• Pittson, Ont., says: "1 have used Baby's Own Tablets with the most satisfactory results I can recommend them to all mothers as it remedy for teething and other troubles of, childhood." You can get the Tablets from any medicine deal- er, or by mail at 25 cents it box by writing The Dr, Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. _ MAN OUT OF WORK A CRIMINAL. Laws of Germany so Hold and Provide for Sick and Old. 1 • Interesting details regarding the con- dition and treatment of the poor by the .municipality of Berlin are contained in a report forwarded to the state depart - Ment by United States Consul Haynes at Rouen, France. From this report it appears that it is a crime in Berlin to be out of work. 'When a ragged man makes his appear - once on one of the streets in Berlin he is immediately requested by a policeman to show his papers. If they show that the bearer has slept more than a certain prescribed number of nights in an asy- lum for the homeless, from three to five days, he is immediately conducted to the workhouse, which, although not. a prison, resembles the latter in all details. Every person of humble means is in- sured by the State in Germany. Clerks, shop assistants and servants are com- p'elled to insure against sickness and old age. The state has built an immense sanitarium at Beelitz at a cost of nearly 82,500,000, where the invalided citizen is sent with his pension, in order to expe- dite his return to the ranks of the wage earners. The whole object of the Berlin munici- pality is to secure the physical and in- tellectual well-being of its citizens, and although the Germans are not soft-heart- ed in the manner of achieving this pur- pose, they have this tecommendation— they succeed. Dr. Freund, the chairman of state in- surance in Berlin, takes the ground that %nand elle aft insufficient sitp ly. - With enough garlic nt a titetv The largest /maces supp y Of t e eVen 11 calnitan's horse might be smug- market are Loretto and the St Meetrite gled to table, cut in dice shape, Horse- districts. Indians being almost the ;sole radiell and the other fierce condiments of manufacturers, and for this reason it the ghetto are for the disguising of the is not always; easy to make sure of the unpalatable 'quality of some foods, and Output. The Indent works industriously the horeeradish ntills elatter 'steadily, for a While, but it often happens that hour after haul% W11611 he has acemetelated a, entail wad, • The market is a hem of last resort lie will throw up his Work and fail to for the peddler Who has grown hearse return until ;etch time as the money With shouts in alleys and sib streets of givee out. The Most iniportant melt in more pretentious neighborhoods. Ilh the 'manufacture is the One who cats the stock, picked over and refused eleewhere, bhle, making it into "got," Mid thertl disappear; in Maxwell street. It it be arty allrat it (Iona 1116n in the country IPPles, all apples look alike In pies. If who are experts at this. The work it 1 FRUIT BUSHES. PRUNING ; Among the things that should occupy the attention of the farmer and the fruit grower at this time pf the year, one of the first in importance is the pruning of his fruit trees and bushes. In the farm- er's garden the bush fruits are very gen- erally neglected though the pruning which they require is simple in nature and can be done wit' comparatively lit- tle labor. The following directions may serve as a guide for some who have bushes to prune this spring: Raspberries—The pruning of raspber- ries may be summed up briefly as fol- lows: Remove the old canes after fruit- ing; thin out the weakest of the new canes so that the row may not be too thick; head back the new canes to about three and one-half feet, so that good strong lateral shoots may be developed near the ground. Strong laterals may be headed back about one-half. In some lo- calities where there is danger -of the canes being injured during the winter, it may be best to leave the pruning until spring, but where there is no danger of injury from frost the work is as well done in the fall. Blackberries or Thimbleberries—These should be pruned much the same as rasp- berries, except that the new vanes should be left some:tenet longer, four to four and one-half feet being considered about right. It is generally advisable to prune blackberries in the early spring, as the canes are liable to freeze back during the winter. Gooseberries—Without care gooseber- ries become it tangleil masts, which pre- vents the proper development and the easy harvesting of the crop. The fruit is 64•4444-+++++++++++++++++++, I 1.044114a Varieties of Vogotobias. With Nota. los Alothoils 44 Cultivation by Prof, If. L. Hutt. 6 d For a Home .ar en. F 11• I " virolgio .40114,44444-.+4-4,444-1a4.4.4re+latalala At this sewn of the year the ques- tion of the farmer's garden comes up. Too often the arrangements for the mak- lag of the home garden are neglected till too lute, ane especially is this so in re- gard to the ordering of the seeds. It requently occurs that it le meet/eery to order some varieties of seeds from a dis- tance and therefore it is well to decide early what varieties are to be planted. The following list of varieties of vegeta. bles has beep prepared with a view to aiding in the choice of kinds suitable for the home garden, and very brief culture notes have been appended to eacli. tispeto arars—Contever's Colossal and Pa Plant in rows 4 feet apart, and 2 feet apart in the rows; apply manure liber- ally and cultivate thoroughly. Beans—Summer, golden wax; autumn, Burpee's bush Lima; winter, navy. Sow when danger of spring frost is past. Beets.—Globe, Egyptian turnip; long, long smooth blood. Sow as soon as ground is fit to work. Thin when small to 3 inches apart, and take out every other one as soon as they are large enough to use. Carrots.—Chantenay and scarlet Nan- tes. Sow early and thin the same as beets. flat Dutch and Savoy; red, mammoth rock. bbage.—Early, 1Vinningstadt; late, Sow seed of early variety in hot bed about middle of March, and transplant to open ground about end of April. Sow seed of late varieties in the open ground about the end of May, and transplant about the first of July. Cauliflower.—Extra early Erfurt and early snowball. Treat the same as cabbage. Celery.—Early, -white plume; medium, Paris goldenyellow; late, giant Pascal. i Sow seed n seed box or Isot bed about first of May. Prick out into flats or cold frame when about an inch high, and transplant into trenches four or five feet apart about first of July. Corn.—Early, golden bantam and white Cory; inedium, metropolitan; late, coun- try gentlemen and Stowell's evergreen. Sow about first of May, and if plants are injured by cold or frost, sow again about the 24th of May: Cucumber.—For slicing, white !spine; for pickling and slicing, cool and crisp. Sow in hills about 4 feet apart when borne on one, two and three year old wood, mostly, however, on the one and two year old wood. The aim should be to replace the three-year-old branches with good healthy new shoots very early each season. Six main branches, two of which may be replaced annually, is a good base from which to build the frame of the bush. Head back the new growth about one-third and keep the bush just open enough to permit the easy harvest- ing of the fruit. If opened up too much there is danger of the fruit being injured by sun -burning. Red and White Currants—Currants are borne on the short spurs arising from the old wood, and near the base of the new shoots. Two year old canes produce the finest quality and the largest quan- tity of fruit, although some fine berries may be produced on the three-year-old branches. Train the bush to six main stems, two of which may be removed each season and replaced by two vigorous young canes„ All other new canes aris- ing from the ground should be removed. Head back the two new shoots about one-half and all new branches one-third. Keep the head of the bush open enough to permit of free circulation of air and to admit sufficient sunlight to ripen the fruit properly. Black Currants -10e treatment of black currants does tot materially dif- fer from that of reds. The fruit is borne .on one -year-old shoots arising from older branches. As the bushes grow larger and stronger than the reds, it is well to leave about sight canes, renewing two each season. Head back the growth se- verely to encourage the formation of many new spurs from the old wood for the production of fruit. Leave. the head open enough to permit of free circula- tion of the air and the entrance of sun- light to the centre of the bush.—Press Bulletin from the Ontario Agricultural , College. STOP! WO AND CONSIDER THE • ALL-IMPORTANT FACT EN, That in addressing Mra. Pinkham you are confiding your private ills to a woman —a woman whose experience with wo- man's diseases covers a great many years. You can talk freely to a woman when it is revolting to relate your private troubles to a man—besides a man does not under- stand—simply because he is a man. Many women suffer in silence and drift along' from bad to worse knowing full well that they ought to have immediate assistance, but a natural modesty impels them to shrink from exposing them- selves to,the questions and probably examinations of even their family physician. It is unnecessary. Without money or price you can consult a woman whose knowledge from actual experience is great. Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation: Women suffering frona any form of female weak- ness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. All letters are received, opened, read and answered bywomen only. A woman can freely talk of her private illness to a woman; thus has been established the eternal confidence between Mrs. Pbalcham and the women of America which has never been broken. Out of the vent volutne of experience which she has to draw from, it is more than possible that she has gained the very knowledge -that will help your case. She asks noth- ingin return except your good -will, and her, advice has relieved thousands. Surely any / woman rich or poor, is very foolish if she, does not take advantage of this generous offer of assistance. Lydia E. Pinkhe.m Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. Following we publish two let- - tors from n woman who accep- ted this invitation. Note the result. First letter. "Doer Mrs. Pinkham:— "For eight years I have suffered something terrible every month with my periods The pains are eterneiating and I ran hardly stand them. My doctor stays I have ovarian and 174gIII:)/1A;rtiolgTinWtirglio:IvItsZ to subroit to it it 1 eau possibly help it. Memo tell ine what to do. I hope you eat relieve me." -Mrs. Mary rinurtick, OU h and 1;," Capitol Ste, Denning Wasbingtott,D.O. Beeond letter. Dear Mrs. Pinithent;— "Aftet following carefully year adviee, and taking Lydia E, Pinkham'' Vegeteble Compound, 1 sint very antioue to send you me tosthnotial, that ethers May know their Yafteand what yon have done for bito. "As yon know. I wrote you that my doctor said I Must have au operation or I could not live. I then wrote you, telling 3:ott tny ail- ments. I followed your advice and sun en- tirely well. 1 can walk mites without an ache Or n 31110. an1 I owe my life to you and to Lydia E. 11)1kb:tea's Vegetable Compound. I wish ever,y stuferhig woldli re ad this testimonial curl roan th(.1 of m:ri t • ing to you and your remody."--Mrs. Mary bilth and E. Capitol Streets, 13en- ning r. O., Washington, 1). C. When a medicine has been successful in restoring to health :so many women whose testimony is fia AlarieStionable, you cannot well Elay,Witl.Ont trying, it, " 1 do itot believe it will help me." If von ar ill. don't hesitate to act abot- ile of Lydia E. Plaid:nut's Vegetable Compound at once, rind write Mrs. Pink: - ham. Lynn. Masse for speeial advice -- it is tree and always helpful. = = SUN PARLORS. , Weans Women Take Sun Baths Daily. • The latest fad of the very rich is sun- shine, ()Attuned at any cost and almost at will. Verandas are glassed. in to form Sun parlors, and rooms to which. sun comes in the natural course of events I are turnished accordingly. Then there is ! no anxiety over the sliding, of carpets ! and hangings. A room 1 saw recently ,. contained rugs warranted to resist the influence of the sun, ecru curtains were covered with Java cotton, in bright col- ors, that are indelible. It was very pretty and cheer, and had the sun a good part of the day in its early hours. It is necessary to protect 011e'S house- hold furnishings when they are costly, and money is scarce, but it is a pity to shut out such health as the sun's rays bring. At the hoine of a friend whose house is situated on it bluffoverlooking the sea, there is an indescribable therm in winter. The place is heated by steam, so season counts for little. There is a double vernadit, the upper one opening out of the hostess' bedroom by double doors. In winter this vernada is closed in by glass windows, fitted with shelves for plants and furnished as comfortably as a living room. The sun lies there for hours, and without artificial heat, the temperature is that of summer while the sonshines. At night heat is necessary for the plants, of course, and it is sup- plied, from an oil heater. lvery summer day finds the mistress of the establishment on the rattan lounge taking her sun bath. Unquestionably she owes her strength to the Smea rays, and to them she gives all the credit. In summer she gets them lust the same, but without the glass, of comae, and for steady good health I have never seen her equal. If women had not, sty+ a pecu- liar sense of duty that restrains them from "wasting time," more of them route It •strong in body and nerve, for there are few homes where the sun don not penetrate during some part of the day. It is not poseible to SPAV or read in sunlight without Nay to the eyes, 50 the golden elunce is thrown away. To sit idly, even in sensitive is a, waste of time Wonten will tor countenauee, tholIgh they throw AW4y itoOrs in useless oenupetions, ass the Philadelphia Bitlietin. We have not letutea any lesson from our summer ex:pm:lei:tees. We know that the free outiloor life of warm weather ghee IIS health, but are eontent to live upon that supply through the greeter part of the year. Mee Ammer stein danger of fleet is over. Isettuee,—Toronto gem, and Califonds cream butter. Sow seed as early as possible and. al intervals of one "Month for succession of crops. Thin plantto 0 or 8 imbues aro to seewe good heads, Muskmelou.—Rocky ford or omerali gem and Montreal market, Sow seed in enriched and well prepared soil when danger of frost is past, leith should be 5 or 0 feet apart. Onions.—Yellow Danvers, prize-takerg and red Weathersfield. Sow as early As possible, The thin - :dugs mey be used as green onions. Parsnips.—Hollow crown. Sow as early as possible and thin to 4 inches apart in row. Leave part of Cis crop in ground over winter for spring use Peas.—Early, Steele Briggs' extra ear. ly; medium, Grads; late, champion el England, Sow early kinds as early as possible, and others at intervals of two weeks ta obtain succession of crops. Potatoes.—Early, early Ohio; late, Empire State. Keep potatoes for early planting in a warm room in the light for three weeks before planting. Plant a few for early use aa soon as the ground is fit to work, and follow with others when danger 01 frost is past. Plant late varieties about the 24th of May. Rhubarb,—'Victoria, or any carefully selected seedling variety. Plant 4 feet apart. Manure liberally, cultivate thoroughly, and break out seed stalks as they appear. Salsify.—Long white. Sow es early. as possible and thin to 4 inches apart m the row, Part of the crop may be left in the ground oven winter for spring use. Squash. --Summer, erookneck and white bush scallop; winter, Hubbard. Do not plant until danger of spring frost is over. Bush varieties require about 4 feet of space between hills. Hub- bard should have at least 8 feet. Tomatoes.—Early, Earliana, Dominion Day and Mayflower. i Sow seed n seed box or hot bed about the middle of April. Transplant in the open when danger of frost is past Watermelon—Hungarian honey and Cole's early. Plant when danger of frost is past in well prepared hills 8 feet apart. weather conditions are against the free life of summer, but we need not drop it altogether. We can always find the sun, and the walking is generally good. young matron gave as her excuse for preferring apartments to a house the necessity for going out to meals. "I should not go out for days if I were not driven to it," she declared, "and my phys sician says I must get daily exercise." So she lives in three rooms, has her breakfast sent to her in the morning, goes out to luncheon with friends, of whom she has a legion, employs herself in some fashion till her husband ends his toil, and meets him for dinner. It is not an attractive life in the eye of a home woman, but if it is the only one assuring her health, the young woman is instified in choosing it, even though her instincts and talents are homely. - I SPRINO NEED. The Indoor Life of Winter is. Hard on the Health. Not exactly sick—but not feeling quite well. That's the spring feeling. The reason — close confinement indoors during the winter months, breathing the impure air of badly ventilated houses, offices and workshops. The trouble may manifest itself in a variable appetite, lit- tle pimples or eruptions of the skin, a feeling of weariness, and perhaps an oc- casional headache, or a twinge of neur- algia or rheumatism. Perhaps you think the trouble will eass away—but it won't unless you drive it out of the system by putting the blood right with a health - giving tonic. And there is only one ab- solutely eertitin, blooa-renewing, nerve - restoring tonic --Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. Thousands of .grateful people have testified that these pills are the best of all spring medicines. They actually make new bloodthey brace the nerves and strengthen every organ of the body. They make tired, depressea ailing men, women and children bright, active and strong. Mrs. N. Ferguiton, 1 Ashfield, N. S., says: "For the benefit it may be to others, I take much pleas- ure in saying that I have found wonder- ful benefit from the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. When I began taking them 1 was so badly run down that 1 could scarcely go about the house. I was also troubled with palpitation of the heart and weak spells, but the pills have fully restored me and I am now enjoying better health than I ever expected to have again." If you want to be healthy in spring don't dose yourself with purgatives — they only weaken — they can't cure. Don't experiment with other so-called tonics. Take Dr, Williams' Pink Pills at once and see how quickly they will banish al spring ailments, and make you active and strong. Sold by all medi- cine dealers or sent by mail at 60 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50, by writing the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brock- ville, Ont. : r • errives we are legend :ma low-epinted and low e to be lAtered up again for the whiter. tife is ettede np of patehee when lived under emelt eouditione, and many wlin scorn pfttehneupon tdotlung feel to Attlee at mended tenetitutions, elfefl when the Work is %Wed. Winter Marquis of Bute. The Marques of Butt. who has just started on a prolonged hunting and ex - Oaring, expedition in Central Africa, bas not yet reached his 24th year, but he has already done some noteworthy things in the way of big game shooting. , In this respect lie differs very curiously from his father, the late Marquess, who created the port of Cardiff, for the let- ter never fired a gun in his life, and, though a splendid business num ort oc- casion, was perhaps more devoted to his fine library of a quarter of it million volumes than to anything else, the Buse docks not excepted. Herein is presented another of the complex problems el the law of heredity, for the present Mar- qutea, whet has inherited this priceless colleetion, together with loamy a thou- sand acres and an enormous rent roll, will in all human probability net er Nue to open one of the volumes. Lord Bute should have been born it bibliophile, yet, long, before he had done with his teens -- indeed, front quite early boyhood—he be- came a natutelist and by the time he was 15 there was not it bird of the ter not, a beast of the field, nor a plant, with whose habits he Was not familial. Ire has travelled tar and wide, it a pit.:44 Inall of dear head and keen ludgmeno, and he is one of the most patriotic of Scotsmen.