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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1913-09-25, Page 71. 11A,KINGTR1 TRAWIIERRY PVJfl Isancl well enriehea with fresh *testae manure the previous spring -will melee an ideal patch for petting out etraw• berry Plante irt August or eerly Septent- ben Some pretty gromid layer plente with a Tti. ground sticking to the rote if peasible,leaseewe 2 lat to 3 feet apart; plants IS to 20 iffelii4411. thdaows- DISFIGURED WITH ERUPTIONS ON FACE Body Covered With Bunning Sores, Could Not Sleep from Itching and Pain, Cross and Fretful, Tried Fifty Remedies Without Result, Cured in Nine Days by CifJeura Soap and Ointment, 130 Champagne St. eiontreal, Quebec.— A little chicken manure atararaoaes „ have a Eve -year-old boy wbo was suffer. bons worlsed around the plant when ataaa fang...ea:at the doctor field was "la growing, and all runners cut as feet ais grereatea liody was ail they epepar, will help to make large covered wim running soma plants, It le neeeissary to cultivate rout The trouble started with hoe frequently. In late fall, when the pimples and opened up Into groond freeze, cover the plante With ores. Of course scratching coarse straw stable nioartre, end throw made it worse. The ertua hay or straw over thes when heavy tions appeared on hie face freezing weather arrives, and disfigured him awfully. The boy could not sleep at In spring when danger of heavy aaesec,b freezing is over, loosen and take a little • . . night from the itching and of the over away from the taants so as Pain; and I 4I1 not know: what to do with to give them air an a eitance to grow hen. It mule him cross And fretful. If I through the cover. Allow nough of have tried one. I bave tried fifty remedies e without result. At last I got samples of the latter to remain to hoop the gamma Cuticula, Soap and Ointment, and after well thaded front hat sun and drying winds, as large berries need plenty of wing them two days 1 nodeed a change. then bought a full-sized cake of Cutleura :moisture io the ground and a dry coy. bop and one box of Outieura Ointment and er to lie on. Pull out the weeds by I used to give the boy a hot bath daily hand in the spring, as they appear. using Cutleura Soap freely, and then applied it le doubtful if a soil can be found the Outicura Ointment. He had suffered Ma will be egnally well fitted to all three months with the horrible (Beam be. varieties. A deep, rich, sendY loam fore I started to tete the °talcum Soap and lets been mere geuertaly recommended Ointment, and nine days after the boy was than any other, and is, all thimps con- cured and has not been troubled since.' siaered, mobably the lest. Still, with (Signed) E. Cioutier, Dec, 12, 1911. a very little expense, a light mai or a Caticura Soap and Outleura Ointment are heavy elar may be bream:lit into a on sold by druggists and dealers everyiviiere. dition to vow abundant crops a fine A single set is often sufficient. Liberal fruit. sample of each mailed free, with 32-p. Skill Some varieties of etrawberries yield Book. Address post card Potter Drug az hese on a soil in whieh clay prodomin- Chem. Corp., Dept, 40D, Boston, 11, 0, A, atcs, saul others, deumnd a light rich Rand. A deep soil, Whether naturally light or heavy. is one of the regaisites demanded by the strawberry. Where 1 he soil is Paturally very wet, it may be mem ary to underarain it. But smelt easee ere not oft e lamina. As a gen- eral thine deers libellee- will render suitable the soil on n11 nearly all farms. The very fomulation of suceess 15 thorough preparation of the soil. Such a slovenly svetem es epee plowing and harrowing will HOW Bello a successful bed. it is not only necessary to plow the geetind but it must aleo be crow plowed, flea wheelit ie not natitrally Sleep anti frieble, it eberial be sin:son- e deo the depth of at hetet 1(1 inches. • Andrew S. Fuller, one of the best, etc - time authorities, mi' e wad: "I do not believe that there is one aere of strew - "berries in a tlinneana cultivated in this country that Yields over cme-half that it woula if the ground were property prepared before planting." This ahowe ethe in portance of doing the work well. lt is better to have less acres and a better system than four times the acre- age and the work done in the usual menner. The i trawberry boil should be so situ- ated that it will be open and airy. In suele locations there is less danger of ' the tete spring frosts injuring the bl OS - cone. ily plenting the very earliest varie- ties in a warm situation, ail the latest e cool one, the season may be eonsid- erably lengthened Tt is important in many seetions of the country to protect the pleas dur- ing wilder. To a greet extent; the emcees of /natty of the large growers is due to the proteetion they give their beds during the winter. The embryo fruit buds are fortned within the crolvn of the plant- in auts amn, so oily sudden change frortt heat to cold will greatly weaken, if not en- tirely destroy. these buds. In _such eections of the country where the ground is covered the entire winter with snow no other protection is re- quired . It is the continued freezing and thawing that does the damage. The lace of coveting the plants is not to keep them from freezing, but merely to prevent their being affected by every little change of weather. For this purpose it covering of straw, hay. leaves, or any similar material to the depth of an ipch or two, may be all that is needed. Frozot plants -Diet thaw out in the elude ere less iniered by frost than those *exposed to the light. It is claim- ed by some thet protection retards the bloceelleg • of tele iante, making crop later hi ripening. This, to a cer- tain extent, no doubt is true. But the fact remains that protected plante come forward more rapidly, -when they do start, than unprotected ones, and white the lost time may not be fully made up, there will be but a very slight dif- ference. . FARM NEWS AND VIEWS. If summer pruning a the peach is practiced at all it must be done with*. the utmost care. About all that it is advisable to do is to thin out surplus shoots on young trees anti head back vigorous leaders. which lend to make trees unsymmetrical. Limbe that are cut during the growing season start growth from several bude, thus forming bushy tops. Sometimes the error is made of trying to thin out the top by summer running, and the result is a thick, bushy top. much )ess desirable ' than the original top. Clover crops encourage the deep root- An Englishman in travelling through lug. Of trees: they make the fall and Ceylon was the guest of a dockyard of- - tteaAing operations in the orchard. more ficial at Trincomalee. eMaavlaittee, and the improve the Op "The :dinner was excellent," he, says, steal conattiott oil, "but when it was about tall over I was One acre of corn well grown and put startled by hearing the wife of my host In the silo will furnish more feed for the cews than can be abtainea by any tell the native servant to place a bowl of mak on a deer -skin near her chair. other manner of handling the soil. When cut in the"Althoult she epoke as calmly as if milk and eurcd, oat giving an ordinary order, knew at onee land pea hay is moat palatable. and nu- there %las a snake somewhere in the tritious. room, or they prefer milk to anything All the growth and thrift that can be eneouraged and maintained during the else. As a hasty movement might have f inetant certale death, we all set like irst year of the colt's life insure a' etronger and better horse, statues; but, for ell that, my eyes were A tow should boom free :maces to all inspecting every took and corner, with peep under the table. However, it was the fresh water she craves. and this is Ant until the milk was placed on the espeeially true from the hours of 4 to aeeteskitt that the snake appeared. And 7 in the efternoon, for if she has her t .n to our amazement a large cobra own way she will drink a very large ed itself from my hostess' ankle proportion of the amount she needs dur- tote lidea towara the bowl, when, of , Ing those hours. • course. it was immediately killed, 11 it is necessery to work the mare "Ilut, just fancy the nerve of the that is nursing a colt, she shonlit not woman, though she fainted when the be worked too hard. It is well to ve- thing lay dead on the floor. How =say !ember that she is not, as atroug as if could have remained motionless in such she bad uot to furnish nourishment for the foal. Give her the light work and eireumstaneesl" mufficient time to do it. X44.sly.e.1.4111144,0110.4p . . . MILK PRODUC I Anaemic Mothers Here is Relief ! Book Any One Can Have for the Asking, You Quo EurichYour Worn.out Blood end Quickly Renew Your Health With Dr, Hamilton's Pills, A Vel y comprehensive Balletin water the above title has just been lamed from the probe and. forms No, 72 of the regular series of bulleties of the Experi- mental Fouts. Us author. IL IL Griedale, direetor ef Dominion Experimental Farms, het: made milk production a subject of special etndy ane experiment for many years - and has embodied in this bulletin the most valuable of the information ob- tained. A.s suggested by the aubtitie (Crop Rotetions, Dairy Barns, 13reeding EairY: Cattle, Feeding Care and Management of Milk (ow) the eubject of Milk Prothro - tion is net as simple as might iippeer at first glance. A. maximum output of milk is- dependent upon many factors', Ana the author'a endeavor boa been to treat of these ae fully, clearly and sin- Sufferer of Twenty Years States Dr. • ply as possible, so that the bulletin Hamilton's Pills are a Real Cure I e.aa'it remember any time during may be of value to the general farming - community, both in aidieg them to make the past twenty Years when my heart a start along correct lines and also.as , wasn't eating. If I bent over, dark problems which occur front time to ep s would come before my eyes, and it seemed as if all the blood in , Ihne. The subject of Milk Produetiou is nee 'body wanted to meet to my head." : treated, under the following heads: Thus opens the letter of Mrs. Enoch a Spry, of Putnam P. a, and .CO0. ! 1. The farm chosen. the rotatione fol- tinuing her intereeting stateanent she : 2. The breed of cattle selected. and nays "Work or exertion made my s lowed and the crops groWn, heeat beat terrible, and going upstairs , the breeding methods followed. caused such shortness of breath that ' 3. Stables and care and management It fairly frightened sue. I tell you how - 4. Milking and. eare of milk. -what a .great cure Dr. Hamilton's I feel toeday and you can underetand . of the herd. 6. Feeding methods and. rations. Pild have .made. I feel strong ; -Cutler No. 1 are discussed queetions enough now to work like a man, as of prime importance, which arise before for going upstairs on the run, it does the would-be dairyman takes up the not bother me at all. I eat and sleep , problems of dairying proper. The loca- as any well -person ought, and as for tion and area of a farm best auited to dizziness which used to frighten me This calculation has been made count- his purpose, the nature of its soll, the so much, It has entirely ellsappeareel, ing three heads, containing 100 seeds to twist suitable crops to grow and rota- Dr. Hamilton's Pills are a wonderful it head, allowing for two crops a year tions to follow are treated of, Suitable medicine. They helped me, and I a work of reference an those dairying edit and assuming that every seed grows. lf the cows are to do their best, It is important that they do not lack feed at any time during the year. the flow of milk is permitted to decrease mater- ially, it is very difficult to bring it back to the point it would have reached had an abUndanee of feed been au,pplied. The effeets of meagre feeding last for some time after liberal feeding has been restored. Cows poorly wintered will not do as well the following year. When the cows fall off in thetr milk flow be- cause of lack of pasture feed no amount of feeding will bring them back to where they were before. Many farmers lose one-tenth of their oat eroPseach year without realizing it, for that amount of damage may easily be done in a field of oats without at- fecting the appearance of the field to ally marked extent. Yet this can be easily prevented, either by hot water -treatment of the seed. or by soaking in or sprinkling with formalin. This Is a non-poisonous substance, a solution of gas in water, like ammottia. It is also knoWn as formaldehyde, and is sold by most ' druggists or may be procured through them. Add one-luelf pound of formalin to 30 gallons, of water and im- merse the seed for two hours, or sprinkle thoroughly and let the oats stand. in it covered pile for the sante *hue and the -oat crop will not suffer from smut. Potatoes ale° can be freed from scab if the ground is not infected, by soaking the potatoes for planting in a solution twice o.s Strong as for oats. Prominent specialists claim that spho • ach is the most precious of vegetables, on account of its medkal and strength- ening properties. It is excellent for the liver, and AS a consequence freshens the to twenty-five inches of mercury, We Whieh the individual exhales. A auetion meek for eitting over the nolo and =mat cOnneetS by rutilem Wine alth the vacuum and the water. Latta one ha* attetuptee to derive his air supply from thie apparatus, he lig unable to appreeiate how eimple(10 affair is the natural :mutter of air get- ting. In the Bret place, it ie eetremely easy to fill the luuga with air when no obetacle intervenes, but when one inuet pull against etx inehes of water the • breathiug is truly labored. Exhaling by machinery le no less complicated, though a great deal easier, Lor one breathes int.) half-inch tubas having a vaettunt pull equal to twenty to tweuty-five inches of mercury, which insures rapid and complete emptying of the lungs. For people with lung eapaeity, equelly with easel baying weak lunge, the deviee is said. to he invaluable, for its eontinued use in dosses of fifteea to tweuty minutes twiee a day incieesee to it remarkable degree the eapaelty 01 theee oi•gaus. it also is of great value for persons whese work keeps them . bent over e desk all day, serving to eor. reet the evil effecte upon the lungs of sedentary labor. ratatione are given tor all parts of Can- know every woman that mos them ada and a diagram is given showing will have comfort and good health. aerangemente of fields under o. three and Refuse anything (altered you instead four-year rotation. The diagram also of Dr. Hamilton'a Pills •of Mandrake shows a good arrangement of the farm and Buititerniet, 26e per box at delig- buildinget, rune and padaocks. gists and storaeepers, or the 2. The breed of cattle chosen will be Ciutarrhozone Co., Buffalo, N. Y., and readily admitted to be an essential fee- Kingsltion Canada. - -1 tor to success. The author is convinced, MOUNTAIN AIR, .- . however, from his- experience, that there -,, • is 00 "best" breed and says, "Generally , speaking, the best breed is the breed the — British Invention Supplies Its El. man likes best." Several breeds are men- tioned which would, be likely toprove foots to Invalids. suitable where the milk is shipped to a Get your mountains by machineryt cheese factory or to it city, and others given where butter is to be untoufactur- That is, if you cannot travel hut diode ed. The character of the farm aud the of miles to get them and their wonder - abundance of forage will also affect the ful effects. for it is not the quality of breed chosen. A brief account of ale various breeds air at 3,000 feet, scientiets say, that benefits people with lung troubles, but known to Canadian farmers follows: the quantity, the rareness of the: atinos The herd having been established, the There requiring strenuoue effort on the method of keeping it in a high state of part of the lungs to keep the systen efficieney no.turally suggeats itself. This eupplied, and the exercise involved is discussed from o.11 points of view; strengthening them jusit ae boxing Pure-breds vs. grades, the bull, the ilairY ekes lor big biceps. calf and the heifer, with notes on the The English device in question eon feeding and care of each. Judging the sists essentially of two parts -0. closet dairy cow is also treatea at some reservoir through whieh the indiviatut length. •breathee, inhaling against the weight 0 Under (3) Stables and. Care and Man- four to six inehes of water, mid a agement of 'the Herd, the construction vacuum or suction equivalent to twenty nd • til ti f ti v t bl is tak- - NEW FALL FA.SHIONS. Autumn Styles Are Exceedingly Picturesque. ( By Maybelle Mortimer.) The autumn styles are exceedingly picturesque, but they do not show many startling changes from the sum- mer modes, Gowns are caught up either in front or back so that they will accentuate the so-called natural figure which Is flat in the back and slightly rounded from below the bust to knees in front. All the velvety pile clothes will be worn much and the wool velvets are particularly beautiful. The French call them "peau de peehe" and in truth they, are as velvety as the "skin of a pea° . Tailored gowns will be worn more this winter than last but instead of the conventional shirt waist the Russian blouse effect in plaids and bright • colors • or brown skirts. Black promises to be the most popu- lar of all colors for tailored frocks with brown and dark blue comiug next. Young women will wear plaids but they must be worn with great discre- tion to give it chic effect. Fur will be worn more titan ever; evening gowns as well as street dress- es being profusely trimmed with it. All kinds of fur will be used and as . the higher grades are so expensive as to be almost prohibitive the cheaper grades will be very popular even with the best dressers. Hats will ba.larger and turned back from the face—a rather trying fashion. The "slash" will still remain with us. All tailored skirts will be slash- ed somewhere about the hem. Shoes and stockings will match the gowns except when black is worn, they one may expect to see fancy hose with 1 black low shoes. Fancy waistcoats will be worn much with dark coats and skirt and belts, Sashes will be seen on almost all • g°T1liTeis.fellow :who knows it all doesn't s 1 always get along. Many a man is sure he is right, and then goee ahead and a len a on o le cot s e en up and certain principles of building indicated. The necessity of abundance of air and sunlight are shown and meth - ode of obtaining these essentials indicat- ed. nether on in the bulletin, a special - section on the Ventilatiou of Dairy Barns embodies in full the author's find- ings on the subject. In Milking and. Care of Milk will be found advice on the economical and complexion. A well known chemist has' cleanly handling of that produet, intend - proved that spinach and yolk of egg aro ing care of utenelle, milking machines, - proportionately richer in digestible and brushing washing and clipping of cattle, assimilable iron than all t ie most re- nowned ferruginous remedies. Its great ale., Lnder Feeding Methods and Rations, value and growing importance are shown the whole subject of feeding the milk in the feet that spinach le already an cow is taken up, what, when and luny active ingredient in several new and to feed being fully discuesed. Following ; this is a. section entitled "The Philos- - ophy of Feeding," in. which the question in gone into in more aetail and in a more scientific way, although so treated. as to be readily understood by Vara ' Tiltee*Ik" ous "Feeding Standards" that is, the amounts of protein, carbohydrates and aagaTe at' itor . fats required for maximum production and the amount of each in various feeds CeelalaY YOV IlakT are given along with inn:rut:dons on the S-31 1 making up of rations from feeds on hand which will conform with these standards. Its "Some Notes on Feeds" those most commonly used by dairy farmers are taken up as to their palatability. Stable Hygiene and the treatment of some of the more common troubles to which dairy cattle are subject is dealt with in part 0. A list of remedeis likely to be required is given and. also brief notes on some diseases. The results of twenty years' experi- mental work with dairy cattle at the Central Farm follows. - These will be found to illustrate and justify the eons elusions drawn in former sections. The publication is profusely illustrat- ed with diagrams and plates, and is pro- vided with a very complete index. It is now being issued to the Experi- mental Farms mailing list. Those not _ on this list, who desire a copy, may ob- tain it by addressing the Publications Btarlavraie.11, Depertment of Agriculture, Ot- ARE "Y011• 17140 STOUT? very salable tonics. - Would You? fAttio. VERILY, Presence of Mind. • One reason why there are so many ClausA e A Compiaiut. WI/ Here's the Latest Ours for Your Trouble. The latest rentedy for obesity has been set forth by Dr. Galish, it German physicien. lie claims one of the main causes for an increase of weight is the late dinner hour. Food taken in the evening and then followed by the repose of the night is the best thing in the world for the forming of adipoee tissue, and those who lament their increasing weight eliould stop that particular fornt of pleasure the first thing. His treatment in a dietary is as fol- lows: 111 the morning the patient must take a cup of tea with butterea toast, and if he is too hungry to wait for luncheon he may take en egg and some bread and butter at 10 saclock, Aet 1 o'eloele the meal tonsists of meat, vege- tablas, salad and a little eempote. In the afternoon some coffee with a little white bread. and. butter. And in the evening there is only a small piece of For the first two or three tleythe cows of it low grade is become calves A Lookseller In New Yorkpurchase,' breo.d and butter. in their ealfhood are not properly near- a lot of books at a sele. Finding see- patient Will feel extremely hungry iu e islied aria otherwise cared for. Give e dat seteaof Chaska Dickerra' works in the evening, but this soon passes off end heifer a bad start and it is quite certain this ethers be sheltie& to make a special he stets into the habit of eating more that she will never recover from it, mho on them. so he Isis all of them in at the lint two meals, this being eoun- Conetipation in pigs does much darn- the large show window '4:101 the follow - age by preventing the usual .gain for ing legit in very large letters: the feed 00030010(1. A )ittle Imseed oil "Charlet Dieketts' Works Au Week for 0:001 with shorts will eounteract tins. Font' Dollars.' Feed plenty of salt and ashes. .Ait Italian who had drifted down that "MY Maid," said V011y, holding out Some out who lute gotten right aown way walked up 'to this window. Read. that exquisite member, "iti a good to figures says that elle dandelion seed, ing The sign, lie said: "Dese counteee deal smaller than. yours." "Yeti," Aid lit 60 yelimi will produce enteigh seed to allee wrong. Americana bo work ze Mabel. "I an see that at a &tee. fill a etfing bf freight tees so 101Ift that week, zee MX: otte, two, tree, fa, five, 'Mat flag HaatOald goval Y611,11141 kis It will teach around the wotict 40 Unice zist—aist days Lo for aoil" wayl toe tight for fileat-41,1data does •the oroug thing. $200.00 IN COLD CIVEN AWAY -FREE 1 0.10.1!11 1 1,6 ;Wee I .004 1 .. .. , . .. . /. ,. ., ... . . CPAHE • RCYREH 1 YDRAPReRE RPA LPAPE SIREOCA UPIY11., ATSWRVREBR . „.... . . , . . . Can you arrange the above sets of jumbled tett, s into the names °. eight well known fruits. 11str, YOU CAN - SHARE IN THE DISTP.1BUTION OP THE ABOVE PRIZE. It Is no easy ask, 11.1 1.7 padenl e and per- - severence you ctn probably make out s or 6 of them. To 040 person who con make out the Wrest number we win give the BUM of One Hundred Dollars. es the Person making out thp sesoutt Lngest number the sum of bitty Dollars.*To the person making the third largest number the sum of flirty Dollars. o the person snaking the ' fourth largest number the sum ot Twenty 1)0 0)0, hhould two persons send answers equally correct, the hist two , prizes wifl be divided between them, (oath receiving ftsee) Shuuha throe S.nd in minollY correct ah,e'en.the Stst three prizes will have to be divined, (each receiving S000m. Should four persons send equally correut answers, the whole sum of Poo.00 wilt be equally divided (eash reselving $.50.0O). and so on In like proportions, provided they comply with a simple condition abdut nbl.h we will write as soon as answers are received. WE DO NOT WANT A CENT 01 YOUR MONEY WHEN 'YOU ANSWER 11118 ADVbRTISEMENT. 11 you chit utak* our anything like a complete list. W.Ilt0 us at once cm -losing sosent stamp fur our reply. DO NOT DALAY. IsIVRITB AT ONCE, Mdrest. CANADIAN hiRDECINE Dept 21, srozerant, Wk. This Canine Hawkshaw Can . . Sure Jump Some When He's Hot on a teraeted by ex:stelae in the efternoon. It is claimed for Dr. Galish that las patients loise one or two pounds a week. ....eeeeLearseaseilkeallilleteee/e_ 1 ALLOW ME TO PRESENT MY BEST FRIEND ROYAL oyA, IN BUYING mor CAKES RE CAREFUL TO C.W. GILLETT CO. LTD. SPECIFY . TORONTO. ROYAL, MIN' WiNNIPEO. 'MONTREAL, DECLINE SUBSTITUTES. 111101111111111111101111161.-. twoutIrcompANY010 TOADSTOOL TESTS, Knowledge of Fungi Best Protec- tion Against Poison. Every year many poisoning cases from muehrooma are recorded and. most of them are traced, to the eating of -mine of the umbrella -shaped fungi which have been purchased front persons who do not know the poisonous varieties from the ones which are edible. In many eases email boys anxious to make a,.few -pennies have gone out into the fieble and gathered the peculiar fungous 'Amite and carried them to the street corners in the nearest cities to sell them for the beat price, they could obtain. Among meet people the name toad- stool is rettrieted to the poise:lona species of fungi, ana that of mushroom to the edible kind. alas is knowq to be very unsatisfactory, because it is im- possible to tell except by trial whetheh- A particular mushroom or toadstool is 1)018000423 or not. A few toadstools are extremely poisonous, a considerable num- . her are slightly poisonous and the ma- jority are what the scieutiste call iuno- cent, that is, riot poisonous. bonie of the innocent species are edible. "How can I tell an edible from it poisonous toadstool?" This question ia often asked officials in the 'United States department of agriculture. Scient- ists oily there is only one way to tell; *1451 18 by studying toadstools ana be- coming o.s fanilliar with the various kinds ma ono is with the ordinary plants' of the hill and- theforest garden. The various tests which are familiar to the people of some seetiona of the country are generally unreliable. One of the most common of these tests is the so- called silver test, which consists of the placing of a silver spoon or coin with the mailroom while cooking in the be: lief that the blackening or the failure to blacken will determine -whether the fungi are safe to eat or not. It bas been found out, however. that both pois- onoue and innocent epecies of mush- - rooms will act alike on silver. and Hutt, therefore, the test is of no value. Some people think that if the outer skin of the top of the toadstool peels off read- ily the species is edible. This test is also unsafe, because some poisonous speciea also will peel. Test- ing by tasting, a dangerous method, is els° common in scene parts of the coun- try, the belief being that poisonous. species are bitter or peppery stud dis- agreeable o.s regards flavor of the raw flesh, and consequently the taste test (Mos no certain way to distinguish the poisonous from the innotieut or edible toadstools. The presence or lack of a milky juice uhen the toadstools are broken is thought by mime to determine their non-poisonous poisonous char- acter, and the present of inseets on the fungus is also used by some. people tts indieation. Tbese and other tests, however, are known to be equally use- less, according to pathologists in the United States Department of Agricul- ture. The only -certain method to test toad- stools is by eating them, and this pre - cess le tedious and is not recommended, especially to beginners. The best meth- od, hetet' Lists say. is to learn by the F experience of others and whenever the opportunity offers to study the fungous growths 111 the field. Housewives who are fond of inutile Criminal s Trail • • f • .• 100111d P.ts food At essnues OT condiments are advised by Vuele Sam's experts to purchase them whenever possible front men who have cultivated the fungus. The cultivation of tondstools is now an established •intinstry in met parts of the country: when mushrooms are purchased from re7tular denims who handle only the ctiltivated produet A careful honsewife tot only sure of getting the edible kind. but usually may . proeare mashroom which is of more delieate texture and of more. agreeable flavor than the kind purchased at hap- hazard straornt unknown dealers.—Wash- . 03,—Aribvewaeuosottwoop-7---7-' ul'AtHA VON HOCHWACHT," A GE RMAN SHEPHERD 1300, OWNED BY BENJAMIN H. THROOP, OF SCRANTON, PA., MAKING A NINE FOOT FENCE WHILE TRAILING A CULPRIT. of a <Roue he had for twenty-five years • to. 0 0.• I I The Housekeeper OTTAWA MYSTERY Police Have New Theory in Trurlk Murder. Did Victim Meet Death in Card Quarrel? (wawa. Sept. 21,- •• Following up a new theory that Abe Itubeuetein, the book- maker's sheet writer, whose deaa body wee finuta beside a trunk in the cellar .if A vaeant Tam'e here two weeks t go, wee slain. during a row at a poker mime, met that the trunk was the pro- perty of one of the players, the police now have begun to treat the owner of the trunk back to the place wheetee met bave etarted for Ottawa, The trtutk 161 ono made in the United States, anti it bears a new Canadian meta= 'label, showing that It wee brought through the port of Windsor as per - 1;01(111 baggage. The first theory entertained by the pence, that Rubenstein WOS murdered atter a fight over a eirl among a crowd of uegro race track Ts:Rowena wee com- pletely thrown overboard when the half Amen or more men and womenwho. were -arreeted on suspicion or as mater- ial witneeses were released from cuetody. lee police are said to have mph evidence in eupport of their latest hypo - dusk. Their reconstruction ne the mime is about like this: Itabenstein and others arranged a game of poker. One of the party volunteered the use of his munt, eithei• at a hotel or boarding - hon -e, for the game, ana thither they repaired and played amicably for some time. Rubenstein's winnings, however, were steady and considerable, and some silence remark by one of the pla.yere ieems to 'have stirred suspielon esstinst him Which led *0 a (mama. and tlen to A general row, dining which lathenetein was strnek on the head and knoeked down. Thinking he was dead, they tbruet his body into the trunk belonging to the 1111.11 occup,yin,,a the room, where icatit from strangulation reoulted. A ' key to the vacant store was seettred, and wizen tlte opportunity arose the trunk woe removed, plaeed in the store eller and the body taken out, evidently with the islea of taking the taint: away egain. Something, hnwever, frightened the travellere away before they hed eompletea their task, eo they Imrried beek to the lintel and to bed. : TO LAY OUT CAPITAL Some nice sandwich fillings may be made out of peanue butter with ripe pimenta; sardines made into a paste, white lemon, juice: and jelly mareit with stoned and ohoppee raisins. To make caudle, beat up an egg with winegiaaeful of eberry, and add to it a pint of fine hot gruel, Flavor with sugar, ntitmeg and lemon peel. Use round corset lacing for patlaing scallop embroidery. No extra stitching or basting is eeeded. Fasten the lacing to the ntaterial where you begin but' tonholing. Hard water steins can be removed from, the bathtub by felting equal parts of soft' soap and whiting, Apply with a soft rag, wash with warm water and polish :with chamois, The tub will look like new. When baking pies requiring a atttle thickening for the juice, mix the needed amount of flour with the same quan- tity of sugar and sprinkle overtly over the contents of the pie before putting on the upper crust. A cooling lotion for sunburn and freckles is made with six ounces of rose water and two drams of tincture of benzoin. To remove tea and coffee stains from linen rub glyeerine well in them and then wash out in the ordinary e ay. To overcome the odor of stale eigar smoke in a room. born coffee grounds in the centre of the room. In winter time, drop a tablespoonful of Balt down the waste pipe of the kit - Oxen before retiring at night. The sale prevents freezing and often saves a plumber's bill. Hard work will not spoil the 'hands if this semple rule Is followed: After washing, rinse the hands in clear water and rub them over with (1 piece of lem- on, rinse again and rub over with glycer- ine and rose water. - A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY An eminent scientist, the other day, gave Ida opinion'that the most won- derful discovery of -reeent -yeare was the discovery of Zam-Buk. Just think! 4.4 soon tie a eiugle thin layer of Zeta- Buk 1 npplied to it wound. or a, sore, sueh injury le insurea against blood poison! Not one specie*: of microbe has been found that Zam-Buk does not kill! • Then again. As soon as Zam-Buk is applied to a sore, or a cut, or to skin disease, it stops the smarting. That is why childreu are eech friends of Zam-Buk, They care nothing for the eeience of the tbing. All they know is that Zam-Buk stops their pain. Moth- ers should never forget tide. Again. As soon as Zam-Buk is ap- plied to a wound or to a diseased part. the -cells beneath the skin's surface are o stimulated that new healthy tissue i3 ()Highly formed. This forming of fresh healthy tissue from below is. Zant-Buk's eceret of healing. The tissue thue form - e(1 is worked up to the eurface and lit- erally casts eft the disseased teem above it. Title is why Zam-Buk cures are perm- anent. Only the other day .afr. 'Marsh, of 101 Delorintier eve., affontreal, called, upon the Zam-Buk Co., and told them that for over twenty-five years be had been a martyr to eezema. His hands were let one time so covered with sena that he had to fileep in gloves. Four years ago Zam-Buk was introduced to him, told in a few months it cured hint. To-day—over Uwe year's after his cure Natural Figure Frock Design for Fall Wear. Paul Poiret, who is perhaps the man ••••••••••••ont. •••••••••• Government CommissiOn for Ottawa District. Ottawa, Sept. 20—It is stated to -day that the commission to be appointed by the Dominion Government to draw up a plan for the sytematic develop- ment of the capital district will probe ably be composed as follows: II. S. - Holt, Montreal, president of the Royal Bank of Canada; R. Home Smith, Tor - most responsible for the present rash- onto, general manager of :the Nation.1 ion. of large waists and "natural" flg- al Trust Company; Frank Darling, urea. is sending out some typical Pole- Toronto, architect; Mermisdas Lap- orte, Mayor of Montreal from 1904 to et ideas in his fall designs. • 1906; the Mayor of Ottawa; the :lay - The young woman who likes in- . or of Hull. dividual things can follow this clever ' These gentlemen, it is known, havo Frenchman's Ideas with the sure : been invited to join the commission, knowledge that she -will be clothed ar- ; and the coming week will reveal whe- tistically, arid if she can carry out ; they they have accepted. They are the individual ideas of this dar- I. all men accustomed to big undertak- ing designer she will have gowns , lege, and several of them have given that will look well at least a year I i special attention to city planning. from the time they are made. i t - t , - THE. SAGE ESTATE 7 At Van Courtlandt Park, N. 1"., 'Where the exhibition of police dogs took plate, a man was presumably knocked senseless with a brick hurl. ed by another. "Pasha" was sent out on the trail. Taking tip the scent front this briok which he discovered, the dog got the trail and aeon caught the fegItisha The nine -feet fitness which the dog , leaped while on the trail WM the --he ie still cured, and has had no trace highest obStael0 placed In the way of of any geturp of theeezema! the dogs, and '.'alta" alone ueeeed- All druggists; eel' Zam-Buir at 60e e box or we will sena free trial best it ed itt clearing it. Considering that fun ' yon send this advertisement and a lc. ly ten thougand people were present stamp (to pay return poetage). Address; at the exhibition and that theyZant.Buk Co., Toronto. cress - the trail left by the supposed culprit, Take r>gnizanee of the various move - ed. and recrossed tho field over 'which ---- - V : / -- led, the deg Performed reauirkable ments Of the earth, a person taking a feats and stateunded the visiting petite thrtiee:mile stroll hes travelled 86,263 officials from othermil cities. .... s, The illustration Films a frock of white silk with blame. dots and rich hand embroidery with Russian blouse of ohampagne che,rmeuse with a loose velvet belt, 0 *** Seaweed Maes Stylish. Suits. • According to late scientific reportss the time ie not long distant when sea- weed well be offered by fashionable dressmakers as a Naluable substitute for velvet, sake, linens and muslins. Already in Australia a cloth is being made from the same weed, which dia fers, however, a little from our so- -called seaweed, It is extracted from the bottom of seas, lakes, and flyers, and is thought to have undergone for long periods of time a certain chemical action in the depth of the sea. Again this has been used in English factories—eXperimentally, of course— to see if a substitute cannot be estab- lished for our present manufactured goods, and it is thought as soon as the materials is passed through a whiten- ing solution it Will bo made really Wearable. It is known it takea eertain of the deep, rich dyes well, arid'great Miff- denee is placed in its future useful - • netts. , In Labrador and many of the cold countries it serves a double purpohft a clothing and food. , - New York Financier Left $64,411,218. New York, Sept, 22.—The first c.fficial figures that show the amount of. the estate left by Russell Sage, the finan- cier, who died on July 23, 1000, are con- tained, it developed this, morning, in Paper's on file in the county clerk's office in the suit brought by the State of Nev York against the Mercantile Safe. De- posit Company, in whose vault Mr. Safe had deposited many million dollars' worth of seettrities. Mr. Sage is shown by the papers to have a gross personal estate valued at $04,411,218. Ills real estate ia appraised at $1,045,800. Mrs. Margaret Olivia. Sage, the Widow, received $032503,800, on whielt the estate placed a tax. of $835, - AK The reet of the estate went to twenty-eight nephews, niecee, grand- ntpliews ana grandnieces of afr. Sage, each. receiving $25,000. t 7 e AVIATOR BEAT 'PHONE NEWS. Paris, Sept. 21.—Aviator Gilbert flew front Paris te Reims, a distance of 100 miles on Saturday, In 66 min- utes. He arrived at Reims before the news of his departure could be tele- phoned from Paris, as will be easily believed by those who are acquainted with the French telephone serviee, Henry Farman struck the ground heavily while flying with letme. Dorty as a passenger at Eta,mpes to -day. The machine came down in a bad way, and Farman had his. leg broken. t PRINCESS SOPHIA'S FUNERAL. • liodieberg, Germany, Sept. 21.—Only a smau number of persons, °Mealy tbo representatives of princely houses, were present at the funeral yesterday afternoott of Princess Sophia, the ony daughter of Donee William of Saxe -Weimer -Eisen - eel,. Hans Von Dlelehroeder, foe hope- ,ess Inv° of whonl the princess killed her- self, did not attend the services. it is understood that be was asked not to at- tend, and he left Heidelberg after a three le tars' soy. The tined father of the PrIneees repeat- ealy threw himself items.% the casket. : - • BAKERS' CONVENTION. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 22.—The Na- tional Association of Master takers cpetted its 16th annual convention to. day, with an attendance of nearly 2,000 delegates front ell parts of the United Staten and Canada. The con- vention will be brought to a close Fri- day, with the installation of officers and a trip to Niagara Fans. •f • REDMOND'S CONGRATULATIONS. thiblin, Sept, e2. --In a letter eon - e I•5ratttlating Miehttet J. Jordan, the new seeretary of the rnited high League of America, John 11. ltedmona, leader of the Irish parliamentary party, writes that he regard.; the 11 111/0111tIllel1t a.; "ft Pe tItt the IONAlltilhle 03Ak4t8110e we have eceeivea from America, in the east will net 'fail 08 antil the errewn is put upon the work ttf the Irian party by the passale of the 'Minh 'Ride bill tut o lin.