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The Exeter Advocate, 1893-9-7, Page 41 ' Blenlielzis, Sept, 0. --Ever sinee IVIr, A Sts,auge Affalr. Outer bract+ SANDERS ea DYER, Props. THURSDAY, SI,TT. 7th, 1893. A POLOTWAL 04MPAIGN. • Now that Mr. Laurier,the leader 0 the OppoSitiOn, hue fairly launched his political eempaign in Ontario—which will:be followed in due course by a aimillar tour on the part of the Federa Government, in which the Prot:later o Caoada, cried the Minister of Finance will be coespieu,ous figures—it will be en order for our level headed electors e throughout the province to weigh well the points of difference between the two pc:Plical parties.. Talk is. cheap—but trete speak louder than words, B general coasent—thet is, if the opinion of leading business men aud politicians in the Motherland be worth anything— Canada's position is fairly good. He financial credit steeds high in the money markets of the world, --her trad with Britain and foreign countries is coutiuually• on the increase—our rate of taxation compares favorably with that of any other country—and, gener- ally speaking, our people are prosper. nus, contented and happy. Why, then net let well enough alone? But there' are always some whoare seeking for chang.e. The politicians who are out el office naturally desire a change of policy, if that will inaugurate them in to power. But what is it that they want? If the recent Reform Convention at Ot- tawa be any criterion or guide as to the party's policy, it is not "unrestricted reciprocity," or "Free Trade" pure and simple, for which the party leaders con- tend,—but destruction of the present system of moderate protection which has been in force for fifteen years with such splendid results, What Mr, Laur- ier and his political associates demand is merely a reveller tariff! Now what does that mean? It means, first of all that the manufacturing. industries that tave given employment to so many thousands of our people should. be struck down at a blow—it means a re. turn to the former state of- commercial depression under the Mackenzie and Cartwright regime—it means that our people shall be subjected to the strain of undue competition with American: and British manufacturers, just as Euglish manufacturers are now driven out of the markets of the world by for- eign competition—it means that our farmers, who have been prospering for years past under a sound policy of pro- tection, should share in the break -down policy of removing the duty off wheat, flour, barley, eggs, and other farm pro. duets—it means that the present pro- tective duties imposed on Amercian pork, cheese, butter, beef, Sze., for the encouragement of our own farmers, should all be abolished. And, then, how is a revenue to be raised? Why the taritlReforiners say—put on a duty on your tea; coffee, sager, and other necessaries of life! Such is the 'policy which Mr. Laurier 7.,and his friends would. introduce in the room of a policy which gives protection to our farmers as web as to the manufacturer; the result of which national policy has proved so beneficial to all classes of the community. Our people will surely de- mand some better eye-openers than any which the grit polityeans have yet produced, to be convinced. that Canada is in needof changing its, present com- mercial policy. As the "Empire" last week put in, "The consequence of the opposition policy are! 1 Smashing the protected industries; 2 Wiping out the duties! on farm products; and 3 reci- procity, with discriminating ditties against Britain. Pr' Variety is the most predominant characteristic of the American public The Cuba (N. Y.) Patriot has this to say of the new postage stamp. "People are getting tired of the new Columbian postage stamp, and it is growing so unpopular that there will soon be vary little call for it. In some postoffices the old 'red stamp is being sold almbst.' PX- clusiyely, while in others the clerks say that three of the old foal -tinned stamps are sold, to one Coleriblann Wien any person aaks for a reliiigie quantity of etareps he is. asked agehiche kind he prefers!, but when otily are required,the clerk hands out which ever variety he happens to bands on first!' Probably the da'ar people want soneethiug larger Stilt. 1-16'w would something on the 1,1ter14'is, Fair basis do? Have the next large enough to write a letter IA the, ',maltase s Aeterding to reports gatheted fram the Ye rionS peach districts, it 'eppelike that this erep will be a sple6did one this year. In one district along the • Niagara it is reported that they expect 7b0,000 baskets trove than lasteyear. Jamee Walker), a farmer living on the gravel road, in FlarW,telb about one mL1tins side of Blenheim, stored away his Cop of hay in his been some three Weeks ago, he has deteeted .-1.)4,4 odor whenever ! he approached , the !vieiity Latterly the smell Weenie SQ 91)110,x^. iOdS hat even the home were with difficulty made to enter their' stalks What could be the matter? No one could tell, and R was suggested that the hay Should be removed, and he work of removal- was undertaken : two or three days ago, but, upon prosectitg! ing the search, it was discovered that *Imre the odor was !thoirght to be the strongest a large quantity of hay had been cut away, and all traces of the objectionable matter had been rill11017 ed, preSinnably duriug the night. How and by whom this was done no one seems to know, and her remains a mystery. It is now stated that a hog had been hurled and suffocated lender the hay in the niow. But sonie parties suspeet worse than this, and connect with the strange incident the 'distil), pearance of a young, steiplegninded man, a son of Mr. Beet* Broadbeut, who disappeared from his home some three weans ago and has not beeu heard of since, though about this time he was eeen near Bleuheim. Now the questions present themselves to many mi nds:—W hat was it that prod aced the stench? How was it that the hay and the presumable cause of the stench were removed so mysteriously? And where is young Broadbeut ? Alto gether there seems to be something very curious about this whole affair, and no do o.bt it will be further probed until the bottom is reached There ar?, 14 patients in Stratford hospital, of whom seven are down with typhoid. • The supposed case of cholera at Jer- see City has been found to be only cholera morbus. Terrible loss of life is reported at Herta and Fayal, in the Azores, as the result of a violent storm, Is your tongue coated? 'rake Esel jay's Liver Lozenges. They will work off that bilious condition The standard blood purifier, strength builder and nerve helper is Hood's Sar- saparilla. Insist upon Rood's, because Hood's CURES. Agricultural Value of MarL The chief agricultural value of marl lies in the fact that it supplies lime to the soil. Carbonate of lime—the form in which it exists in marl—is not caustic and cannot therefore injure vegetation nor destroy organic matter in the soil, as an overapplication of freshly burnt lime is apt to do. Carbonate o2 lime is dis- solved by the carbonic acid of rainwa- ter and becomes plant food. It also acts beneficially in freeing other constituents, rendering them available. • It is princi- pally of service, however, in favoring the development of those naicro-organisms of the soil which convert nitrogenous material into soluble nitrates—the con- dition or form of nitrogen which plants can use and. convert into their tissues. So much so is this the case that soils other- wise rich do not yield maximum crops if lime is wanting or deficient in quanti- ty. Fertile soils always contain lime. Erperience corroborates science in the value of the application of lime or marl to soils rich in hunous. The beneficial action of lime and marl on plastic clays as well as on peat and sandy soils is also well known,—Ottawa Experiment Farms. Charcoal For Fowls. We have found charcoal a very excel- lent thing to furnish our poultry with. It may be given in a powdered state, mixed with the soft meal feed, and a lit- tle pulverized sulphur at the same time may be added to advantage. But the very best way to supply this is to burn an ear or two of corn (upon the cob), charring it to blackness and throwing it before them. They will devour every kernel, and so supply themselves with a grateful and healthy substance that sweetens the crop and serves as an ad- mirable tonic to the stomach, according to the editor of The Poultry Yard, who adds: "At this season of the year the above recommendation will be found a valuable hint to poultry men. Hens about ready to lay will devour this pre- pared charcoal eagerly, and the in- creased freshness and redness of their combs afterward evince the efficacy of this allowance. For a month or six weeks in the early breeding season, noth- ing isbetter than this fcir laying hens, given them daily." Agricultural News and Notes. Put the straw stack up so that the straw will not be wasted. You will End in the course of the winter that it 18 good for a great variety of uses. We have even known farmers who at harvest time did not consider it worth saving Who were glad enough to use it for feed- ing before the whitet:. aro over, says The ,Pfairie Farmet. Al the Kansas eltereriment station they tried turning cattle on rank growing 'Oheat for a little time in April, with the result of an averageloss of three bushels of grain per sore. - Apples will be a Pirnall crop, Peaches 'feixemise to be abundant, Gapes are in fine condition, with' some injury frost) rot and rosebugs in various lecalities. The tobacco acreage returned to the department of agricultnre is placed at 98.6 per cent of the area devoted to this erop last year. Condition ;Amide at 03. 1.legoverninent'etatliticiart gives the acreage of corn as 103.8 *compared with Last year, a,ri increase of some 2,000,000 abres, While the cendfliere is !computed at 03.2 against only 8e.1 in 1802 and 02.8 in 1801. • The acreage devoted to potatoes this year will bo 101.1 per omit of that ef last year. The percentage of eondition 94.8' for the whole co -entry. PRESERYiNG EGGS, The Battered Eggs of Z3eland—A. SImple Process For Ronne Vet% gereag two recipes from The Featle- erect World that are vouohed for by a writer .who claims that he has tried both and found them worthy of repetition. He says: The first recipe is more corn, Men 14 Veland than on the other side of the channel, and "leattered eggs" are a recognieed article of commerce there in the winter mouths. They stand in value considerably above the common or mar- kt egg and somewhat antler the new iailedPoesginft g.g oTileheettriin mayE be dn borne use they are well worthy of con- sideration, Any method of preservation to be effective must bo applied when the eggs -are quite fresh and must aim at the exclusion of the air from the inside of the shell. The buttering process is very shnple. A very small piece of good butter should be placed between the palms of the hands and rubbed well over the inner surface of both hands. When 11 18 thor- oughly melted, the eggs to bo buttered should be taken iu the hands and thor- oughly covered over with the melted butter. The ehinn.er the covering the better, provided that the whole surface be covered. The buttered eggs should then be placed in a basket in some dry, cool place and need not be moved until they are wanted for use. 1 have kept them for seven or eight months in this way and have known them to be kept 12 months with success. The other process of preservation is by putting them in lime water. A large earthenware vessel of some kind is most suitable for this purpose. There are several methods which vary in detail, but all are equally efficacious. Tho sim- plest plan is to half fill the vessel intend- ed to be used with water, put in it a couple of good sized pieces of unslakeel lime. The exact quantity used is not of consequence, provided that there is not enough to saturate the water. As evi- dence of this there should always bo film of lime on the surface of the water. Tho lime at the bottom will do no harm, but rather good, as it will lessen the risk of any eggs being cracked when being put into the lime water. The vessel may be filled with eggs at once, or these may be added day by day. Care must be taken that the eggs are all covered with water, and to prevent evaporation a cover to the vessel is of advantage. In case there is evaporation or leakage water must be added from time to time, and if there be not a film on top some fresh slaked lime should be added by sprinkling it on the water. Unless it is certain that all are fresh, every egg should be examined before placing it in the lime, as in this process one bad egg frequently leads to a lot be- ing spoiled. Some salt is, added to the lime by old hands. Cabbage Lore. Any variety of werteer cabbage will crack open when given too long a season and the weather* continues warm in the late fall. The Da,nisl Drumhead of me- ditun size and very t,;alid is one of the best winter varieige, All Season, with a large solid head, is another of the best. A good course to take when there are indications of cracking is to insert a digging fork into ehe soil under the cab- bage on one side And partly lift it so as to break away setae of the roots from the soil and thus decrease the flow of sap. This will stop the cracking. .As a rule, fall plowing is best for cabbage, espe- cially if the soil has a considerable pro- portion of clay in its composition. Prob- ably there would be no advantage in fall plowing well drained black muck or sandy soils.—Vick's Monthly. The Shrinkage of Hay. A Rural New Yorker correspondent writes as follows: I often hear or see in the papers in- quiries in regard to.the number of cubic feet required for a ton of hay. Many times the answer is given 500 feet. I do not think any definite number of feet can bo relied upon as a rule. Much de- pends upon the quality and condition of the hay and more upon the judgment of the person making the estimate. I have many times weighed and assisted in weighing hay from a given number of feet and found a variation of from 390 feet in a deep well bay of fine hay to 600 feet on a small scaffold of a coarse, loosely packed article. Bees and Poultry. Crowding fowls into close quarters will breed thousands of lice, but precious few chicks, remember, Stoddard says to utilize the feathers of the ducks, chickens and turkeys gener- ally thrown aside as refuse, trim the plume from the stump, inclose them in a tight bag, rub the whole as if washing clothes, and you will secure a perfectly uniform and light down, excellent for quilting coverlets and not a few other purposes. According to The American Bee Jour- nal, shade cannot bevelled on to prevent swarming, but it has a tendency in that direction, a colony in the open sun being more likely to swarm than one in a dense shade, and swarming sooner in the warns location. As soon as chicks leave the hen they should have a place to feed unmolested. Strong colonies protect theraselves against robbers and boo moth, i3rorn Chicken Fixings is clipped this recipe foe Beaty legs: Mix 2 drams of coal oil in 2 ounces of vaseline and use twice e week until cured, A Texas apiarian says: NeVer leave a newly hived swarm near the place where it clastered, as you may bo sturptised by its taking to the woods. Remove it to a stand at a distant part of the yard at once, whether all the bees are in or not, Patin POIlltrY says that the White and barred Plymouth Reeks are supposed to be equal in meta, but the barred have been longer bred and are coesegnently better known and more popular, We like both, but if we could keep bat one o those tWO should take the barrecL gee-ge en- egegage "! age " HARVESTING leOTATOgs. Ilandliag, the Tubers So as to Prevent Hot and Insure Long Keeping. By postponing the harvest until the cold rains of autumn set in potato rot is often induced by , the accumulation of mud on the tubers.! 'The ordinary crops should be dug, aa a rale, not later than the end of AuguStea,ce8rding to direc- tions given in Tne American Cultivator, from which the followingis gleaned: "When groveing in dry, gravelly soil, they should be due a clay or two after a shower of rain, so that the soil will not adhere to them, but on muddy, loinny soil 11 18 better to dig them when the ground is very dry. One can easily se- lect a time when, the soil is in the right condition tie fall away from the potatoes when turned up either with, the plow, potato digger or fork. BY having a clean crop in this way the labor of harvesting is greatly lessened. Potatoes should not be washed, as a rule, yet they must if we dig. them with the soil adhering to them. A dirty crop of potatoes will not kee4PSoweellti tinmes, however, potatoes will get muddy from necessity, and then some place to keep them while they are waslaecl should be provided. It is not SUCI1 021 easy job to wash potatoes, for the, mucl is only loosened and not washed off by throwing water over them. If they are piled up in a heap and then washed with a hose for some time, the tops will be as clean as a whistle, but down toward the bottom the mud has accumulated. The easiest way to wash them is to make a temporary lattice work on the top of four barrels. La bean poles across the four rails so close that the potatoes cannot slide through. On top of this place one bushel of pota- toes at a time and then turn the hose on them. The water and dirt will drip through the lattice work to the ground and leave the potatoes bright and clean. And as fast as cleaned the potatoes should be spread out on a canvas or boards to dry before storing. They will dry in a very short time in harvesting seasons. They must not be stored away in a damp, cold place while wet, or the rot will surely set in. "A good drying and storing place for potatoes should be provided beforehand in the barn. A latticed floor should be made somewhere on the north side of the barn, and either stretched. from mow to MOW or constructed on a cheap frame work. The floor can be made of bean poles or cheap scantling. The spaces be- tween the slats should be only about an inch. If such a storage place is provided, the potatoes can be placed there 'even when they are wet, for the dry air ch-: culating through them soon carries away the moisture. All through the rest d the summer and the early fall the pota- toes can be kept in this cool place in the best of condition. If potatoes are to b kept until late in the winter for sale, they will turn out 50 per cent better if cared for in the summer in this way. All of the moisture is dried out of them, and heat has no chalice to rot them." Ladoga Wheat. From the Canada centrol experiment farm conies an account of the introduc- tion and dissemination of Ladoga wheat in the Dominion of Canada and of milling and baking tests of this variety. Ladoga wheat was first introduced into Canada in 1887 and has since been tested by a large number of farmers in different parts of the Dominion. It has been found that this variety can be success. fully grown even in the colder regions and that it rieens at least a week earlier than Red Fife. Analysis shows that it contains a high percentage of gluten, which is, however, "inferior in color and elastitity and more sticky" than that in Red Fife. - The flour from Ladoga is drier than that from Red Fife ana is not so easily made into good bread. The color of the bread is usually quite yellow. The opin- ion is expressed that unless the proper methods for treating this flour to procure uniformly good results could be ascer- tained it is not likely that Ladoga will be acceptable either to millers or bakers as long as the flour of the Red Fife is ob- tainable. Hence wherever Red Fife can be ripened the efforts of those settlers engaged in wheat growing in the north- west should be directed to its production in the greatest perfection by early sow- ing and a proper preparation of the soil. Comb Honey Versus Extracted Honey. The qnery, "Which will pay the bet- ter if sold in the home market, comb honey at 10 cents a pound or extracted honey at $1 per gallon?" was recently an- swered by 24 well known apiarians in The American Bee Journal. With one exception all replied "extracted honey." The exception was Mr. J. P. H. Brown, who thought where the bees are well managed that comb honey will pay the best. J. E. Pond said: "Extracted by all means, as theta is only about 2 cents per pound difference in price. In my own locality I could make it pay better to sell extracted at 6 cents per pound than comb honey at 10 cents. Localities dif- fer, though, in regard to nosey gather- ing. Shane beekeepers have told me that, taking all in all, they can do better pro- ducing emilla honey where both sell at the same price," Mrs. Jennie Atchley replied: "Extract- ed will pay the best at $1 per 'gallon or 8 cents a poturcl, as you get more honey, and if you can sell your extracted as readily at 8 cents as your comb hoiley itt 10 cents by all mean e produee extrazted." gee Poultry Keeper's Dog, The poultry keeper's dog, says the Pariciees" Journal, should be one of vari- etioe of terriers; 18 to 22 pounds weight is shoat the site. Two or three of these little fellows will, if the building be Eh) arranged that they can get about, keep the place free frond rats, skunks, coons, minks and all the list of, predatory ani- mals which wake war ott chickens. lAtES TERNFJu LONDON, SEPTEMBER 14th .to 23rd, 1893. ' CANAIDA's F.FL-siopiTE EXHIIBITION ES'I'ABLISIIED IN 1868 The Oldeot n the 1.1.oefiniou. LIVE STOOK EXIIIBITS Entries Close September 7th. The best and largest Stabling and Space allotted on receipt of Entries, BETTER SPECIAL ATTRAC- TIONS than ever before. SPECIAL EXCURSIONS PROM ALI. POINTS For Prize list and information apply to CAPT. A. W. PORTE, President. THOS. LBROWNE,' Secretary, ALL MEN Young, old or iniddleneged, who find themselves nervous, weak and ex- hausted, who are beam) down from excess or overwork, resulting in many of the following. eymptores: Mental depression, premature old age, loss of vitality, loss of memory, bad 'dreams, dimness of sight, palpitation of the heart, omissions, lack of energy, pain in the kidneys, headaches, pimples in the face and body, itching or peculiar sensation abo at the Scrotum, wasting of the oagaus, dizziness, 'specks before the eyes, twitching. of the museles, eye- lids, and elsewhere, bashfulness, depos- its in the urine, loss of will-powee, ten- derness of the scalp and spino, weak and flabby muscles, desire to sleep, failure to be rested by sleep, constipa- tion, dullness of heaeing, loss of ,yoice, desire for solitude, excitability of tem- per, sunken eyes, suirounded with LEADEN CIRCLES, oily looking skin, etc., are all symptoms of nervous debil- ity that lead to insanity unless cured, The spring of vital force having lost its tension every function wanes in consequence. Those who through abuse, committed in ignorance, may bo permanently cured. Send your ad- dress for book on diseases peculiar to man, sent free, sealed. Address M. V LUBON, 24 Macdonnel Ave., Toronto, Ont. Sir John Thompson will speak in the f ..liowing ridings on the occasion of his coming. visit to Western Ontario:— North Waterloo, South Perth, North Perth, East Bruce, South Grey, North Bruce, North Wellington, Haldimand and Monett, East Elgin, Kent and Both- well, North Middlesex, West Huron and East Simcoe. .t, • tr) ' v9tiiP-44- ethelatest triumph in pha many...or the cure of all the Symptoms in dio a ling RIDNER AN» LIVEBBomplaint. If you ale troubled with Costiveness,, Diratuess Sour Stomach liteadaelhe Ind gestion, POOR APPETITE, TMED PEEL IRO, 1 HELM ATIO PATils, Sleepless /Nights, Melancholy Feeling, BICE Aoun, Alienobray's nidney and Liver Cure 704" PakiNA. ^ 'nlgri4±14 wiligiveimmediatoreliefaudEFuEoTacare. 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Descriptive took, ex, planation end proofs mailed (sealed) • iitolgifINVIA/HE POWDERS Al -t HEADACHE: Wog are not to;1,ofv� tise0 to Cure every- th/O11,6tirsinktgy load. aches. WM thonkr ejjBost bot5.5 ciente fur a hops a/t4 they harmiess. • They are not a Cathartic. A large number of representative farmers from England, Ireland and Scotland responded to the invitation of Sir Charles Tupper to visit the North- west at the expense of the Federal Government, with a view to reporting upon its desirability as a. country for settlement. Fourteen were selected, and of these six arrived, last week by the Parisian and proceeded to Ottawa The others will shortly follow. The undersigned wishes to inform the general public that he keeps constantly in , stock, all kinds of building material, dressed and un- dressed lumber . . . B. 0. Red, Ontario, I-Iigh Land and Pine Shingles. . Special notice is drawn to B. C. Red Cedar which is acknowledged to be the most durable timber that grows; especially for shing. les. 36 to 40 years. . . It is said by those who know, that they will last from 36 to 40 years in any climate. . . James Willis, LUMBER MERCHANT. 11:==.1101111•M W. G. Bissett's Liver First Class Horses and iigs. SPECIAL RATES WITH COMMERCIAL MEN. Orders left at Bissett Bros.'Hardware Store, will receive prompt attention. TERMS - REASONABLE A TRIAL SOLICITED. W. G. BISEEIT CHRISTIE'S )C First Class RIGS And HORSES ORDERS LEFT AT THE HAWK SHAW HOUSE OR AT THE STABLE WILL BE PROMPT LY ATTENDED TO. Werr=o Rea.siona Telephone Connection Dr. Fowler's Extract of gVild Strawberry is a reliable remedy, that can always be depended on to cure cholera, cholera, infantum, colic, cramps, diarrhoaa, dysentery, and all looseness of the bowels. It is a -pure Extract containing all the virtues of Wild Straw- berry, one of the safest and surest cures for all summer complaints, combined ,00 with other harmless yet prompt curative agents, well known to medical science. The leaves of it Strawberry were known by the Indians to be an excellent remedy for diarrhoea, dysentery and looseness of the bowels; but medical science has placed before the public in Dr. Fowler's Ext. of Wild Strawberry a complete and effectual cure for all thoze distressing and often dangerous complaints so common in this change- able climate. It has stood the test for 40 years, and hundreds of lives have been saved by its prompt use. No other remedy always Cures summer complaints so preniptly, quiets the pain so effectually and allays irrita- tion so successfully as this unrivalled prescription of Dr. Fowler. If you are going to travel this Surnnier be sure and take a bottle with you. It overcomes safely and quickly the dice tressing slimmer complaint so often caused by cheese° of air.and water', and is also a specific against sea -sickness, and all bawd Complaints Pribe 86c.. IleWitte of linitatiodnosttra ERIE MEDICAL CO, Diffaltit Nit Ite:.iVitt:1b$t