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The Clinton News Record, 1918-1-17, Page 2t8 7 d D. M(:TAI C1'11t? ffi. O. i11e'I',Aatl<AR1 McTaggart Bros. iIAN1►15RN A Cil<NP'R A1. NANKIN(] 1313tf1• Misi4 111ANSA CTiGI). NOTES DISCOUNTED, DRAFTS ISt1UEP, INTEREST ALLOWED ON l)le POSITS VIALS . NOTES ''UR CHASED. 11. T. RANCE -- NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVEY- ANCER, FINANCIAL, REAi: ESTATE AND FIRE fNRUR- ANOE AGENT, RlEPItESENT• ING 14 FIltll INSURANCE COMPANIES. DIVISION COURT CLINTON. 1 — C61+ICLt, W. RRYDOif I. , EARRISTEM . tSOLICiTOR NOTARY PUBLIC, ETC, °Mee— 'Sloan Sleek CLINT°a M. ti, CAMERON R.O. BARRISTER, SOLIOITOE, CONVEYANCER, ETC). Office oo Aubert Street oeeaved b1 lir. trooper. In Clinton on every Thursday, and on any day for which ap- pointmente are made. Office boars from 9 'a,m. to 6 p.m. ,A good.vauit in connection witb the office. ' Office open every week•day. Hr. Hooper will make any appointmeota tor Mr. Cameron, CHARLES iI. PALI. Ooneeyance:, Notary Petal.. Commissioner, Eta, ItE•AL ESTATE and INSURANCE Issuer of ldarriege Licensee HURON STREET. =- OLINTON DRS. GUNN & DANDIER Dr. W. Gunn, LR.,C.P., L.R.C.S., Edin. Dr, J. C. Gandier, B.A., M.B. Office Hours: --1.30 to 3.30 p.m., 7.30 to 9.00 F..tn. Sundays 12.30 to 1.30 p.m. Other hours by appointment only, Office end Residence—Victoria St. VIEORae ELLiOT? Licensed Auctioneer for the Coudt9. of Haran.. Correspondence promptly answered. Immediate arrangements can be wade for Balt. Date at The Nowa-Record: Clinton, er t'y eating Phone it ea 16T, Cbarges moderate and satlalaoties guaranteed. ras San ." s.�^ ., e By Agronomist This Department le for'the use of oar farm readers whe wantu}rlie u vice of ee export on any question regarding soli, seed, crops, etc, if Yo 4 if Ig of sufficient general Interest, It Will be answered through tilts ts column, £tamped and addressed envelope Is enclosed with your letter, a complete answer will be mailed to you. Address Agronomist, care of Wlleon Publishing Po,,, Ltd., 73 Adelaide St, W., Toronto. oil. •i Garden S.. Preptung When ,we acme to consider the pre- paration of garden soil we must take into account a number of factors of importance. The first of these is the character of the soil it'sel'f'. Is it loose' and easily worked? Is it a stiff limestone clay? Is it a sandy loam T Is it stony, gravelly, shalay •or slaty? Anther factor is the location of the lot to be worked. I1 it lies low and is damp and cold it must not be work- ed with until it has been properly drained, although if only a portion of it is soggy that portion can stand un- til later: on, to bp. then drained, as will be told later, and the warm, dryer por- tion worked as soon as the season ad - Sole Agent for D, L, & W. Scranton Coal acrd D. H.'lt Lackawanna mits . All fertile soils contain soil bacteria, which are minute plants o'f a low order which attack the vegetable matter in the soil and decompose it by fermenta- tion, releasing the plant food, especial- ly nitrogen, for the use of the plants. .To get good results with the ralce tamfuated with germs from the gen- Thenis known as organic release. use it as though it were a mattock, ital discharges from other cows, There is also a chemical release of chopping along the edge of the dug Brushes and combs may spread the plant food in the soil, such as we get soil, pulling it toward you enough to disease from one animal to another. when we put on lune, which unlocks get the teeth of the rake down be- Symptoms of this disease are pre- ferplant food and makes it available hind that portion, and pull another lot mature dropping of the calf, retention for the use of the roots of, the plants. forward after being made fine. of the afterbirth, difficulty breed- ing preparing a garden soil for plant- This involves walking on the dug ing, and sterility. A seriouslyin form of it is necessary to torn it by the soil, but if it is in proper condition gorgor caked udder.sometimes f spade or shovel, as this aerates it and this, -will not matter, as, after it is all gorget abortion. er omand fol- bringsal- the more or less sour portion chopped op, you must go over it again pneumonia may be rte scourscaused by an car - ,of the soil to the top, where it gets anyhow, to smooth and level it,- and .•on. germs. light and sunshine; and the top pox- work,it into beds of the required size onerm Pe OW i .Unless eattlomen, awake to the seri- ous loss oc000,o09d by contagieus abortion, the loss doe to this (itemise will soon surrl?ass that due to tuber- culosis, The dimmer, is spreading rapidly, The loss already amounts to mildiona of dollars annually, and, while not entirely preventable, can be reduced, Tlria contagious disease, which eatlaea cows to chop their • calves bo - 1 shovel fere the normal 'expiration af. ,pre - as (mit An old Swedish gaxdmnex claimed the y the best method of digging. a garden soil Was to shovel, one trench across the front of a bed and digat:he rest towarcl, you with 'a garden mattock which, in effect, was merely trends - If the soil is in the best of physical condition, crumbling freely from the shovel, it maybe raked as fast as six healthy hard. Since the germs may be contained in milk, infection may come from using uniiasteurized milk froth a creamery to which milk is sent from an infected herd. A. heifer calf fed on infeeted.milk may carry the germs in her body until her first pregnancy, when they become virulent and cause abortion. Infection may. come from the 'hands of a milker who has milked' an infected cow. It is thought that healthy cows may be- come infected by lying in bedding con - 1tne s so It 18 fe with the oligo o �noncy is caused b n germ which ns is feasible as eaelt shovelful is .dug. g be harbored in. the infected an- imal'for periods varying •in length front several weeks -to a year or' more. The germs may be found'in the milk of a cow .severfai years after abortion ceases. Infection of an animal pr herd may occur in varpious ways. An infected cow or heifer, or bull bred to abort- ing animals, may 'be ,nlaccd in a feet is-clug, But be sure of this. If not, better wait until 'there has been a. rain end then do it after it gets dry enough. Success with a garden depends very largely . upon the manner in which the soil has been pot . into condition with thle rake. Too many persons merely use the rake to chop the top fine, leav- ing largo clads in the interior of the mass, which have been missed with the shovel. This is not good practice. Both highest grade of Anthracite The price will be at the rock bottom, and all we aslt in return is that all accounts be paid promptly. A. J. ]HOLLOWAY. The McKill - Mutual Fire Insurance Company measures' are largely pre - tion which has been sweetened more and shape. ventive. The spreadof the disease or less by theee factors, is turned un- Large Beds are Best can be checked by guarding against (ler with a dressing of mature or oth- The practice of working the garden the use of infected milk for calves, in- er vegetable matter on which the with the rake into many small beds is bacteria can feed to release more plant a wasteful one. Many gardens lose food,. one-fourth of their growing space by There ore several ways of digging this practice, and it is unnecessary. to get good results. One is to take a It does not hurt the soil to tread upon "width" of the shovel, as deep as it it to plant and work it, and you will will go, across the bed and then go gain by working it into one large bed bad: and scoop out two or four inches and laying out the plantings with the of the subsoil and scatter it over the garden line. The effect is much bet - top of the unralced earth. Another ter when the crops come an and there le to trench the bed by the following is no loss of space. procesg: In the -toiling of the soil there will Beginning at the left -bend end of a be considerable thrown into the walks, bed, throw out a width of two shovels, This should be worked backwith the back to the end of the bed, deep: en- rake and the edges made straight and ough to catch' an inch of two of the even. It is best to raise the beds sit subsoil. Going to the front again, dig to eight inches above the walks to in - up the width of two shovels and sure better drainage. throw 'it •to the left into the trench As stated, a dry soil is'a warm one,. from which the first two ah.ivel widths and for this reason we raise certain came. crops on rows or hills, as this insures r ea e( intil the n re •va • i b the Head office., Seaforth, Ont. DIRPCTORY: President, Janes Connolly, Goderich; Vice., James Evans, Beechwood;rr Sec: Treasurer, Thos. E. Hays, Sea - forth. - Directors: George McCartney, g A tney, Sea - forth; D. F. McGregor, Seaforth; J. G. Grieve, Waite:; Wm. Rin', Sea - forth; M. McEwen, Clinton; Robert Ferries, Harlock; John Benneweir, Brodhagen; Jas. Connolly, Goderich. Agents: Alex Leitch, Clinton; J. W. Yeo, Goderich; Ed. Hinchley, Seaforth; W. Chesney, Egmondville; R. G. jar. moth, Brodhagen. Any money to be paid .n may he paid to Moorish Clothirg Co., Clinton, or at Cutt's Grocery, Goderich. Parties desiri:.g to effect insurance or transact other business will be promptly attended to on application to any of the above officers addressed to their respective post office. Losses inspected by the director who lives :,earest the scene. •A 0411 sbnuld he ep t l t 1 tl quack dn•si aid v g This Y whole bed is dug, when you will have sun. Such plants grow more quickly reversed the position of the entire than if planted on the level, and we soil -mass and at the same time well use this method for early ones, where aerated the soil and broken it apart quickest growth is necessary. as fully as it can be done with an im- LI view of this, it is well, when pre- plement used ;for digging. This is paring the soil, to make the rows or neither a; complicated noras laborious hills while raking the soil. For this as it would seem, and is considered purpose go over the properly fined soil by' English gardeiiers the perfect with the hoe, scraping the earth into a method. ridge six to eight inches high. To get Row To Test The Soil it straight run the garden line along As the intention is to make the soil the top edge on each side and hoe to it. es fine as possible, not only through- As it is a fact that a plant set on out the entire mass, but on top for the south side of a ridge will mature seedbed, it should not be dug until it is sooner than one set on top, when 1ees- in the proper condition. This can be ible, run the rows in a general east- tested in this manner: and -west direction. When the ridge Take up as much of the soil as can is finished, go over the top with the be held in one hand. Close the hand, hoe and cut a slice of soil with one squeezing the soil 1nto-a ball, firmly.. Release the grip, and if the soil,talls apart or crumbles, it is fit to dig. If it remains in a compact ball its is too moist for good work. If dug in the latter condition, it will be in hard lumps throughout the bed, and it will be difficult to get a fine seedbed on the top., By seedbed in this connec- tion 15 meant a top portioan of two to three inches as fine as coarse sand, into which the seeds are planted. -'"' • If the soil be sandy, pebbly, gravel- ly or shaley, and is in good physical condition it will crumble off the shovel and can. be thrown off with a sidewise battering motion. However, with the limestone learns it is best to chop —TIME TABLE.— Trains will arrive et and depart from Clinton Station as follows: BUFFALO AND GODERICII DIV. Going. East, depart 7.83 e,m ' 2.68 p.m. Going West, ar, 11..10, tip. 11,17 am. " ar. 6.53, dp, f3,46 p,rn " depart 11,18 p.m, LONDON, IIURON & BRUCE DIV. G ng South, art 7.38, dp. 70 p.m. ((' fa i9o0art 4.1.6 jam, Going North, or. 10,30 dp. 17.,10 tam. Going North, depart 6.40 p,m, Parkin :Nouse rolls can be made with a littio eornbseal 111 them, When you out urs areis11 pork, recent- ] slatl(Iltered, the krill soon gots Miall end (loos not tisk?: hold, „,rack a btrlir of goad quality emery -cloth 011 thebeard i, lrOW 70r18r let ifee and toverl1t� arra t ,r It SATISFACTION GUARANTIED ea Your Money 1i 0115 ar.QC,,A4oz, 6hose.!Or $a,BA mac,.,, d° �' ,lr For FREE Sample 'i Write National Crag 8 Chemical Co, of • R{)iN 0.a. minuses, Gonda, limpid. Toronto, an•Ihn.5e, ton, 20 Mnio at, Ilugalo, 8.1, 030 131iadn Losses to France. The Willies of the gallant Hindu sol- tiiers in the groat war have been for the fbret, time announced, Starting immediately war was declared, 24,000 of these Malannnedan fighters for Christianity arrived 111. Prance and tools their placie on the tiring line. Bight months after 80,000 more were .sent over in a body to take the place of their brothers who bad been put out of cemmiesion, Tho original 2i, hacl been reinforced by 12,000 fellow Hindus earlier'' in the war, and of thes3 80,000 had been Idlled, captured or wounded. Thisenormous lose was oc- casioned by the lack of proper artil- lery support, a deficiency which . took from the Canadians and "Tommies". terrible tolls also. The Hindus charg- ed with wonderful dash and scornsd shelter with heroic but eaetly audacity, fected bulls and infection on milkers' hands. Aborted' calves and after- births, together with the 'infected bed- ding, must be burned or deeply buried. Diseased animals are best isolated from the herd. Stalls must be disin- fected with sheep dip 'or other good disinfectant. The rear parts of the cows should be washed every day while discharges occur and, after dry- ing, a solution of compound cresol, seven tablespoonfuls pergallon of wa- ter, sponged on the hair and ,skin. An internal disinfectant is made by dia.,. solving several 'ounees of perman- ganate of potash in o mart of. water. After vigorously shaking and allow- ing the crystals to settle,'take four teaspoonfuls,of the solution and place in a gallon of warm water. This solu- tion is also tiled for disinfecting the bull's sheath. Argentina is the chief consumer of tea among the nations of.Latin Amer- ica, importing more than 3,000,000 pounds from Asia last year. Coffee can be made clear by adding a pinch of salt to it just before pour- ing. This not only settles it, but im- proves the 'flavor. motion (to keep it smooth) out of the edge of the south side. On this slant- ing space the plant will be placed. This is Bono only for early vegetables grown from tramsdlalted plants. iIf potatoes are to be planted in the space to be dug, it will be as well not to go over it with the rake as closely as for the smaller garden crops. Work it into furrows with the rake, using the garden line to get them straight. For, potatoes the soil should be loose— n sandy or gravelly one is best. A'l'ter several workings with the hoe the potatoes will be on ridges, as the soil is worked around them, giving them good drainage and a warm soil --two things they need. • Every progressive poultryman keeps an account with his hens, It is the only way to tell whether his plant is profitable, says a successful farmer. He knows the individual worth of each lien on the place. I keep a. cash-book, and in it I .record the receipts daily, whether for poultry, eggs or manure; the expenses, wheth- er fa' feed, labor, new stock, etc. Each month 1 seri up to find whether I have made, a profit or operated the plait at a loss. When I use tory' poultry or eggs on my own table I credit it just the same ,as if I sold to some one else. I also keep a ledger, and send out niy bills regularly each month, since a part of my trade is with private families who pay monthly, In this same ledger I keep an account of goods received that were not paid for, on delivery, My ledger tells use• what I owe and what others owe nre. ]Cock year I nit duly k now what' my plant is Worth, bait the amount of boat - noes I diel and the profits 1 derived from' it.. . • I keep n diary of the daily hap- penings 00 tine plaace--the weather, the visitors,;,the less in stock, oxperi- reents---i11 fact, everything that is worth noting This makes a valu" able reference book that is worth all the trottbie it takes to snake it: 'rrapnests aro used, i;vo;y hen on tbo farm Is known by al number stamped on a leg-batnd that is 'fastened about her leg. 'When the leen is caught in the trap after laying, her number is marked on the egg, AL' night she is credited an s record sheet which tells the breed of hens in the pen, when they were hatched, the number of the pee, the number of hots in the pen, the. number laying that month, the Maribor not laying, end the average number of eggs per peri fo WHEN MOTHER THREATENED TO WALK By Catherine Dodge "John, how 'far .is it to Toronto?" of an inside -outside self-starter over in Mics. Simmons' asked as she -dropped an armful of wood into the box. "About 143 miles—why do yen want to know?" the corner there for your ma'?" "Sure, pa, one of those,Institute ladies from the College came up to school the other day, and she told us "Well, I've always wanted to go about that and a lot of other things there, and I've about decided to do it." she said we boys might do. I wonder John stared. It 11,115 not customary how maty .miles ma has walked for in the. Simmons family for his wife to that egg -beater? She had just gone decide things. the length of the long kitchen. g ' It she had a shelf over the table, Her next question was quite as as- and a strip under it to hang up the tonishing. "Do you know how fat' it things she uses all the time, it would is to that wood -pile and back?" This save some of those trips she has been time her husband waited for her to talking about," Jack went on. "She 'CATARRH LEADS TO CONSUMPTION give .the answer. "If you don't know, 1'11 tell you. It's a little aver, seventy-five feet, and from the box to the stove and back is twenty feet, If I've made three trips a day to the wood -pile, and ten trips a day to feed the stove, I've walked about 000. miles in the last twenty years for just that one thing. It won't take me so long to go to Toronto, for J have done a lot of side- stepping all along." John Simmons considered himself quite a hand at figure.', so before at- tacking the main issue he pulled out a pencil and did d little multiplying. "You're right, by gum, but I don't see what Toronto's got to do with it." "It's not so hard to see. Between you and me and the wood box I've done,some right smart travelling, but • the scenery wasn't so nuich, and there was a good deal of sameness about the placee'I arrived at. That's why I've decided to try a new:route." John was puzzled. "I don't kno,v yet juat what you're driving at, but if it's the wood box what do you want me to do about it?" "Well, Jess told me how Bert had fixed theirs. He built a good tight box alongside the stove, and cut a hole through, the wall so it can be filled from the outside. If we had one right here it would save walking half way around the house in the first place, and I wouldn't have to go Blear across the kitchei- n stiek of wood." John heard, but he hadn't quite re- covered from the astounding discovery of a Few moments since. "Six hun- dred utiles! Well, I never thought about that before. Taut I reckon the MD rix up that wood box somehow, Say, Jack," he turned to a sixteen - year -old boy who had been an inter- ested listener, "what's all your car- penter work up at school good for if the month. I0 also gives the market price of eggs per doses, and the total value el eggs for the month. This sheet records the individual hen, the color of her eggs, the dates on which she laid and the total for the month, besides the total to date, I caul also tell the day a hen wont broody, the day she was set, and the time she was engaged in brooding her chicks. The sheet shows what hens have been sold, what hens have been sick, or died, or were removed from the pen, and the cause, :This system of bookkeeping plainly tolls the number of days hi the year each hen has been at work,. the value of her product, and what it cost to .feed and t. care of her, i 0011 read- ily tell which 'ens are money-makers, and which are drones. In this way it is possible to pick out the non -pro- ductivo, thus giving more room to the workers an(1 saving feed. So it will be seen that good book- keeping on the poultry farm carries with it a sgystem that tells each day's 'history, and saves both labor -and ex- pense, Poultry farina that are run in sueh.a business -like manner are, as tt rule, the successful sires, Afraid.'" ` Little noises do not bite! Darkness wit} not barns you.! See, nti '" arils will hold you tight 'hen wee fears alarm you, Wise ones say Ido you wrong, tracing dangers for you; You will not grow brave and strong With nae bottling o'er you, But the time Is all too brief When some pairs or other, And each baby fail' and grief Drive yon to youa' rnotltel•l ..--Burges Johnson, Produce infertile eggs for food, These will not hatters and keep longer i• tams fertile eggs. hasn't a place to put things on near the sink and -the stove, either. 1 cabulary. Can utter h, p, t, d, m, n, are very sole guess there's a good deal to this hay- f, i• g, is; vowels a most used, u and rubbing. Is there any relief for same? ing' things handy to where you want n rare, i very rare. `Answer—Send stamped and self - to use them. I'll tell you, pa, to- Twelfth Month: Pushes chair. Can -I directed envelope and information will morrow's a holiday, and if mall sort not as yet raise itself or walk with- at once be mailed to you. of plan oat the things she needs around the sink, and what she uses at the table, and those she has to have about the stove, we'll just see if we can't go Bert Evan's wood box one better—and I don't know any reason why I can't keep it filled; Say, ma, any cookies' in that jar?" John Simmons was proud of his boy. "Ire's got a pretty good head" him, and he isn't afraid to do more than he's asked," John was thinking, while the more -than -pleased mother was silently making her plats for the lit- tle conveniences she should have had twenty years before. Presently, Jolun picked up his pen- cil again and (lid some more figuring. After a few busy moments he looked up at the boy who was mentally meas- uring off spaces. "Jack, dict you know that your mother and I'd been married just twenty years conte next month? The only lvedding trip we took was across the county, though aaceording to her figures she might have walked around the world several times.—'so I guess it's about time she got a little lift on the steam -cars. - I've Leen thinking we might manage to go to Toronto for a sort of celebration next Catarrh is as 1nnclt a blood dieeasa roe AS semi£ la or i'lrpumatistn. .tt May be relieved, lint it eannut be rolnaved by simply )weal treatment. It canoes headache and dizziness, impairs the testa, smell and hearing, affects the voice, deranges the digestion, and breaks down the general health. 1t weakens the delicate lung tissues and leads to consumption. IIood's Sarsaparilla goes to the sear of the trouble, purifies the blood, .and is so 813880ssful that it is known, es the best remedy for catarrh. Hood's , Sitrsaparilla strengthens and tones the whole system. It builds np. Ask your druggist for Ilnorl'S, and insist on having it, 'There is 00 real snbslituto, GOOD ALT VEST ON BOX idy John B. Huber, M.A„ M D. Dr, Dither will answer all signed letters pertaining to Health, if 3100 Ghent:on Is of general interest it will be answered through thesecolumns ii not, it will be answered personally if stamped, addressed envelope closed. pr. Daher will not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnosis, Address Dr, 3obn 13, Huber, care of Wilson Publishing Co„ 73 West Adelaide Et., Toronto. Those who sow courtesy reap friendship. Baby's Development III. Seventh month: Astonishment shown by open mouth and eyes. Rec- ognizes nurse after four weeks' ab- sence. Signs. Imitates movements of head and of pursing lips. Averts head as sign of refusal, as one should say, "Nothing doing." Places him- self upright on the lap. out help. Obeys the command, "Give the band." O-UESTIQNS AND ANSWERS. Temper Mark. My baby girl of 41/4 months has a mark between the eyes, shaped some- what like a V. Sometimes you can see it real plain;_ aid then again it is quite dim. Is this at birth mark or..t— - Eighth Month: Is astonished at new a temper mark? Do you think she NI sounds and- sights; at imitations of outgrow it? It shows more when cries of animals. she et'ies or frets. Only for that she Ninth Month: Stands u11 feet with- is a dandy baby. Can a baby that itis oilt support. Shows increasing, inter- had whooping cough 2ox ' 3 months est in things in general or (in avoir- give it? tionist parlance) gets in touch with Answer --Such marks, if 'they are his environment. Strikes hands with birth marks, are very apt to disap- joy. Shuts eyes and turns head away pear in time. If temper marks and at things disagreeable. Fears a dog. in girl babies, they ere not so very Turns over, like one of those bolone- sure to outgrow them. Depends oil ing toys, when laid face downward. how Mamma brings 'em up. It is Turns head to light when asked where ' possible for such a baby to give the light is. Questions are under- whooping cough to others. stood before it cal speak. Its voice becomes more modulated, losing how- ever none of its potency. . Tenth Month: Sits up without sup- box my feet begirt to itch and this con- port- in bath and carriage. First tinues throughout the winter. attempts at walking in forty-first Answer—Mailing you the right in - week. Beckoning imitated. Misses fo,mation, parents in their absence. Will miss Underweight. a single ninepin in a set. (£intuit yet please advise me what to cls to repeat t syllable. But exhibits con- make my husband gain in weight. imitator, ator, talent as a momologist t and Answer—Very willingly. But you uriano•, as: moa, pappa, tette, I send me only your initials and without appapa, baba, tataa pa, rrrrrrr' address. Send stamped and self - quieted . directed envelope and,I. will forward Eleventh Month: Screaming ts! information by return mail, quilted by "sh," Sitting becomes it.; directed Eayer et of Imai life habit. Stands without support, I Stamps. Correctly repeats syllables. i 1 am troubled with catarrhal deaf - Begins to whisper. Enlarges its vo- ness. Also itching of both ears which Chilblains. As longehs I can remember I have had chilbrains. As early as Septem- F,•nrn stratclnine and 1 over time I warted month and take you along --if your ma'd just as soon ride on the cars; I don't exactly hanker to walk, myself. Speecheach was always slow with Mrs. Simmons, but her eyes glistened. They had wasted a lot of precious time and strength, to be sure, but her hus- band's heart had stayed in the sante spot all these years, and her boy would know better Trow to avoid such mis- takes. Oh; how hard site wet& try to help them to get the best that life you can't help me rig up some sort might hold! • • Lo tgut9 P4, OUT OUT ASD 'OLD 0i'1 DOTT Dl.11'wE 8i' m., £sweet ..,,.,ae�m zrv,u m o. . tv=ven*mor x.,.y,rnv,e e:s., � r , t , I , I I ' I ' rlil.r Yt+ " 9v '0, nr lys • �-t- sata- ry �ii si ronvesee v aerrx* aaot i.�.a,. ,arasnr, nsi.bss, a;o When I go motoring with dad, T cannot help but feel IToty T wound leave the milers behind, If I were at the wheel, Family 1 rection. A few sarcastic words from the father, a sharp retort from the moth- er, that was all. But was it all? What about the effect upon Johnnie and Susie, sitting there quietly at their evening lessons? And did neith- er parent notice that Thomas slipped out of the house at the first intima- tion that there was to be a quarrel be-, tween itis father and mother? For quarrel it really was, although brief and clothed in the language of educat- ed, respectable persons; and long after these harsh ,and unkind words had been spoken the atmosphere of the family living -roan remained charged with an emotional disturbance in which no one could concentrate his mind upon his reading or study,, Family friction is always fatal to ; happiness, and when there are children in the hone it is almost sure to work irreparable harm upon their minds and souls. One of the most powerful causes of the exodus of young people from their homes at en age when they are not fitted to enter upon the work of life is friction in. the family. Young people are by insure loyal to their pal'eni5. and it is utmost never that a young; person will give- ns a realm for his leaving home the fact that his father; and mother quarrel or nag at 011,11 other or do nut 1(311(e upon remain point's, Friction in the home meatal nn in tangible, impalpable atntosphart in which the. sensitive child chokes and pants for the free 110 of happiness, or is Warped and stunted n)Cntnll3' and morally. A Conservation homily. Jack Spratley Sweet 11101yg ate meat Throe times a day, or four; iris wife liked it. as will las .luck, 'That was before the war. But novo their suns -somewhere in • France," They're glad to "do th.ir bit," They live on wlleatless, meatless meals, And they are proud of it, v - "Ring out old shapes of foul disease; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; Ring out the thousand wars or old, Ring in the thousand year's of peace." .Tennyson. Brass polished with oil and eatenVI ilI1 1 stone will have deep rids yell„ty VVua Constipation -- the bane ooid ago is not to e cured by harsh purga- tives; they rather aggravate the trouble. Por a gentle, but ours laxative, use Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They stir up the liver, tone the nerve' and freshen the etomaeh and bowels just like an internal bath. 49; Woman's best friend, Prom girlhood to old age, those little red health re- storers nre an unralang guide to an ac tiveliver and a Clean, healthty, normal stomach. take a Chamberlain's Ston,nch Tablet at night and the sour stomach and fer- mentation, ,and tho headache, have all gone by morning. 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An obi story which is be 1r revived nowadays e.oneerrra tare rival sausages makers, They lived on opposite sides of al eerlaln street, and one day one of them pieced aver his shop. the le- gend, "Wo sell sausage,.�a�to tine gantry and nobility of the ,fOYi'ntry,” The cent day, over the way, appeared the sign, "Wo sell sansi1ges to the gentry and nobility of the whole coumtry." Not to be uutdane, the rival put'up what he evidently d'egarded es 0 final statement, money, "We sell sausages to tine Rine Next day there ap- paired ever tho:door of the first sau- sage. maker the simple axpres-.i"ri loyalty, "Cod save the. Xing," • To liana Bran • awl Shorts Binder T'wine Rite WI Flour ats BUG F!NROI Ready to use dry On your potatone, Try it. Grass and Clover geode of eli kinds always on hand. ) i 1ClintonFORD dEOD, C