The Seaforth News, 1924-09-25, Page 7ed surface is in bad condition or shows
4 a clumsy eccamulatien of many pre-
vious coats of paint, a paint and var-
nish remover should be applied thor-
oughly with a blush, allowed to pene-
trate and then scraped off with a
knife that has not too sharp an edge.
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Address communicaiiona-to Ag nemist, 73 Adelaide St, West, lore dried.' When absolutely dry it should
be shellacked.
Pullets and older hens should not After
thushellac is " 1 dr it
be kept together. The Baine amount Aentirely y Y,
should be lightly sandpapered. Por
gh Y
of feed to_ produce good egg prod -_-1 all the sandpapering that is done be -
tion in pullets may cause hens to be- tween coats the finest sort of sand -
come overfat; I aper should be used. After dusting,
thepullets drat start laying, P
Whenthe furniture is then ready for the
PUTTING TIIE PULLETS 1N
WINTER QUARTERS,
I
If. you' have not-alre
add\ , done so,
get the poultry house in shape for the
pullets. Fix doors and windows, be
sate that roof does not leak, cover
cracks so that there will be no dri'ltts.
The amount of open front that you
have depends upon location' and cli-+
mate. Two sides and the back of the
house must be absolutely tight so as
to prevent drafts.
Thoroughly clear. the house. Nest
boxes should be taken outside and
sprayed with disinfectant; also poul-
try house itself, roosts and dropping
board, top and under,
Clean litter, hay, straw, chaff, corn
husks, leaves or sawdust, must be pro-
vided in which the grain can be scat-
tered. Litter absorbs much of the
droppings.
•You will now begin to see the re-
sults of ..crowding at night by the
young. stock. If you allow all sizes
of chicks to run together, the smaller
ones huddle under the larger birds at
night to keep warm and in the morn-
ing they become chilled, and then you
have an epidemic of colds which may
develop into roup.
You can check colds by every night
immersing the bird's head in hydrogen
peroxide. Do this for about ten days,
Should any of the birds reach. the
roupy stage kill and burn or bury
them, • The greatest prevention -.for
this condition is to keep the growing
birds from crowding and the different
sizes separate. See that too many
birds are not allowed 10 eachhouse
even if of the same age and size as
the results are the same: colds and
roup.
By October first and sooner, if the
birds are large enough, they should be
put in their laying quarters so that
they will not have to be moved once
they start laying. Moving pullets
when they start to lay or just after,
may cheek them and sometimes they
will not start again for several weeks,.
some of thein may lay on the floor ]n first coat of
thoei it If two coats of
bedroom furniture. Mix a green to
match a, greening apple. Add the
slightest bit of pink or gray and it
will be sage or leaf green.
ome Ed�ica ion
"'rho Child's First School le the F amlly"—Froebsli"
DEAUTIPUI. AND SAVE BLUES.
I have made a perfectly beautiful Interesting Your Children in Bo
peacock blue by mixing together. The'Aunt Emma Lou and
porch-chair.green enamel and azure -j day
blue automobile enamel. This peacock i made a call at Ilildegarde's. We
blue was dull and rich and awonder-' found her sitting cross-legged on the
ful color for furniture. Midnight blue floor with her nine-year-old son, Jim,
is another favorite. This can be ob-I Beside them lay an open : book, a
Mined. by adding black to dark blue,' pile of dried moss, stones, some small
and if this mixture is too purplish, a branches, crayons, a few Indian arz•ow-
ea
bit at green will male_ it right. Pea- heads, and some sheets of heavy ma-
_
cock and midnight blues are the safest nilly paper.
blues to use for furniture, unless One "What in the world—?" we ex -
has had much experience. • claimed in one breath.
Chinese red is too decorative to dis- "We are makingscenes from
White's 'Boy's Life of Daniel Boone',"
Hildegardeexplained, after Jlm had
left.
We looked amazed, I suppose, for
Hildegarde continued, "As a child I
learned to detest books and reading of
all kinds. I carte from a home where
the reading of a book was a solemn
rite, performed with a solemn coun-
tenance. Mother and Father never
seemed to have time to discuss any of
the books we read; they simply hand-
ed them to us from dusty library
shelves with a 'Here's a book that
will teach you many things you should
know, so run along and absorb its
contents'. I would run along, all
right, but often 1 hid the book under
a rock.
"When Jim was a little chap I made
the corners of the poultry house. If „paint are to be used before applying regard. Needless to say this should
they persist, catch them when about the final one or two coats, these first be used in very small quantities. An
to lay and put them- on a nest. As a coats should have the chief founda- extremely small piece of furniture
rule this will break thein of the habit., tion of white lead with turpentine and might be done this color, dr an inter-
. on the Boor. as, I$ is bad to have eggs dryer, and without oil:. They may be for of a. chest or desk, the outside of,
if they become broken, the habit of about the color that has been decided which was painted putty color, or
:'Egg eating on for the final coat, this is. not black. Chinese red should -'be wary
egg• eating gets started.
seldom is found in a flock whore the necessary; if there is some other paint much of a henna, and if I were mixing
birds are not confined.
When changing the pullets from the can be used up, One 'advantage in' red and add brown and yellow until
of somewhat the same one value, that it myself I should take a normal bright
range M their winter quarters do not, painting the piece the color you think' dull and rich enough,
]seep the house much too warn. The' the endI
' you would like it to be in is Black is one of the most decorative
birds catch cold and thisprevents, that you can see how it is going to furniture hues that we have. It should
good results in egg production. The look before it is finished. have a bright surface such as is given
fowls on range have been, in fresh air
night and day so that any changes in
the temperature of their quarters
should be gradual. Dry fresh air,
even. if cold is much better then warm
damp air.
Provide the birds with a plentiful
supply of grit and oyster shells and The brush strolces should be in one Powdered cocoa.
see that they have all the green food direction. • IMany of these colors come ready to,
they will eat up .once a day. The same Allow the first coat to dry thor- use in cans of eggshell enamel, but if
ration they had on range should be ouglily. Sandpaper lightly and dust. putty color must be mixed, I should
continued for a time. The change Then apply your second coat of paint, take deep ivory end add brown in
from range to new conditions upsets The third coat may be of paint or of small -quantities until the right depth
the pullets for a week or two .and if
the ration is changed also, it gener-
ally takes them longer to get back to
their normal condition.
The first coat of paint should bei by regular enamel that is not rubbed
put on just as carefully and well as down very much.'
the last coat. Little paint should be! Putty color is another color that is
taken on the brush at a time the ! very desirable. This may be light,
paint should be brushed in with even and the actual color of putty, or it
strokes, wonting it in so hard that' may run deeper until it is more the
the brush makes a slapping sound. color of coffee ice cream, or even of
If pullets do not start laying
promptly, a wet mash should be fed
at noon, If you can secure fresh
hones and have a green bone cutter
this feed will be found to be a splen -
1 did stimulant in starting egg produc-
tion. Too much green bone may start
a slight bowel trouble but this is sel-
dom serious. Just give less of the
green bone. Beef scrap can be given
the birds in a hopper. At first the
birds may eat more than seems good
for them but, their first greed satis-
fied, will eat only what they should.
FDIC the Farmhouse Painted Furniture
BY ETHEL CARPENTER.
There is no doubt at all that paint
lends a special beauty -and effect to a
piece of furniture. And especially is
this true of inexpensive furniture
that might be quite unassuming in its
original state. Added to this, there
is no place where. simple painted fur-
niture is so at home as in the farm-
house.
So, when this beauty is absolutely
within the•reach of anyone at all at
the insignificant cost of a can of
_ paint, it does seem as though more
people should avail themselves of this
easy' method of thus transforming
their otherwise humdrum furniture.
simple antique pieces of Colonial fur-
niture are already possessed—cherry,
maple, or mahogany chests and slat
back chairs, corner cupboards, setters,
old kitchen chairs, drop-leaf tables of
mahogany or pine, shelved dressers,
crickets, four -post beds, all of which
are usually too fine and valuable to
paint, but which have been kept in
or restoredto their original state-
even in this sort of hone, the rooms
will surely need the addition of a few
simple painted'things to add variety
and richness of color. Such simple
antiques are the natural heritage of
the farmhouse and comparatively few
The two kinds of furniture pro- farm homemakers were influenced by
eminently suited to farmhouse use are that unfortunate eemisophistication of
such painted pieces and the simplera few years ago to the extent that
types of farmhouse antiques. Anyithey have got rid of all of them in
farmhouse can be entirely and vsi r fanc ed to beat gr as once
more suit-
charmingly furnished with either! able city furniture.
type, but a mixture of the two with! How the pendulum swings! For city
a predominance of either, results m' folk, are combing the hedgerow lanes
the ideal farmhouse scheme, and this g
should' be kept in mind as an -Witt:for farmhouses that are willing still
enc_ even when buying furniture of to part with quaint treasures! But to
other types. And even if no suitable no hone is there such honor in post
pieces are at hand; in starting over sessing just these simple pieces as to
with this new scheme of furnishin in, the farmhouse itself.
mind, it will be found to be quite the, Though it is a pity es a rule to
easiest and cheapest method that will paint a deserving antique, among the
assure success. - simpler pieces there are some that
After a beginning ie made, this will lend themselves to this purpose--
scheme
urpose—scheme may be pursued to completion'the commoner of the kitchen chairs,
over any number of years, real plea- the cruder tables made of wood, a 'H-
aute being attained with each new tie cricket or a clumsy chest, may be
piece that is painted and each old made very handsome if painted black
piece that is acquired. The home that or a dull and decorative color.
thus grows from year, to year is the Failing any old pieces that may be
• most thrilling and satisfactory kind painted without desecrating them,
to have, and the most lovely in the however, there are very inexpensive
end
THE MAGIC OP. PAINT,
quaint new types made in the old spir-
it which may be mixed in with such
When very few antiques, if any, antique pieces as still show their orig-
are available, the farmhouse may be inal finish. These may be bought most
furnished entirely with modern paint- economically and sometimes even in
ed furniture, -chosen for its quaint old the unfinished state, and are extreme
shapes, and painted at home, with ly desirable when painted effectively
perhaps an antique piece restored- to for giving life mut yarietaCto rooms.
its original finish, lending variety and Plain chests of drawers; drop-leaf.
.harm. tabes—Colonial gateleg or the simp-
Though simple and quaint modern ler•straight-legged type; Welsh dress-
'urniture may be bought in nearly ors; spindled 'beds; Windsor and slat-
lny new shop, there are very few back chairs; bench tables—many in -
farmhouses that haven't a number of deed are the suitable pieces that may
quaint pieces in their: possession which be bought with a view to painting.
are not antiques, but rather simple just how should furniture be
things of humble origin,: needing only painted?
to be painted to show their undeniable First, let us consider it from the
beauty -drop-leaf tables originally de -'standpoint of practical work, then
signed for kitchen use, but lovely from that of the decorative effect.
enough in shape to be welcomed -in 'When painting any piece of furniture,
living and dining rooms; porch Wind-, it should be determined first whether
sors; candle stands; plain bookshelves the interest lies in obtaining a. pee -
without doors,'or.even those that are.fessionallooking result, or whether, product of `lie home carpenter; I the painting. must be accomplished
plain straight .chests of• drawers;,hurriedly for a quick effect of color.
korner cupboards with small -paned. . A really professional result- in
doors; wooden spool -turned beds and painting furniture may be gained in
quaint cottage dressers. this way: If the piece is new and un-
• All these pieces, plus seine even stained, first dust it and then apply
more nondescript in character, may,a coat of shellac; this seals the knots
be glorified by the magic of paint, and and acts as a filler upon which the
farm Interiors may thus •-be turned first coat of paint will go more' easily.
into. home_ of beauty that may be. corn- TWA STARTING POINT.
Pared favorably with'the most charm-
ing homes of to -day.
Even in the farmhouse furnished
eggshell enamel, and must be identic- was obtained. If too pinkish, add a
ally like the coat that is to go en last. little green. When wishing to change
You will -have to use your judgment just barely the tone of a color by,add-
as to whetheryou will need to put on ing a little of the opposite or commie -
all .four of these coats, Sometimes mentary color, be sure to add only a
two coats; of paint and one of enamel brushful at a time, as it is easier to
are enough; sometimes one coat of add inose than to take it out after
paint and two of enamel are preferred.
If the last coats are of paint instead
of enamel they should be protected
wiith a waterproof varnish, applied
the very last thing of all.
If you have used an eggshell ena-
mel for your last coats, after the
enamel is thoroughly dry it should be
rubbed with -powdered' pumice and
water if its color is light. If its color
is dark, it should be rubbed with
powdered pumice and oil.
The foregoing directions for fine
painting, if followed carefully, result
in a product so perfect that no decora-
it goes in,
Gray is another color that is used
for painting furniture, but it should
be sandy, partaking somewhat of the
color of putty. Furniture painted this
coloris hard to mix into the usual
room scheme, and gray should be kept
more for the painting of bedroom
furniture.
Orange may be used in very small
pieces of furnittre,'tut probably even
one who is fond of this color would
net dare have mere than two tiny
pieces in one hoarse.
Avoid cheap colors—pinks, Alice
tion is needed for its further beautify- blues, porch -chair greens, steel grays
ing_ and fire -bucket reds. Paint a piece
•The amateur who is able to produce or so at a time and note the effect.
a perfect painted piece is not always
able to do a perfect bit of decoration:
A line of contrasting color, either put
on with a striping brush or else drawn
in first with pencil and ruler and care-
fully painted in with a camel's-hair;the foliage and causes it to turn
brush; a lino of contrasting color run brown. The European red mite has
on a bevel or turning here and there; now appeared,
the spindles in a chair back, the edge
of a table, the under side of a flap lid,
the inside of a desk, the interior's of
dresser drawers and shelves all done California. It is probable that it is
in some vivid hue that is in contrast quite widely distributed, but has been
to the decorative dull color of the confused with older forms,
piece itself—this is as far as the sen- Red mites live over the winter ill
The European Red Mite.
Apple growers in many parts of the
country have long been familiar with
the common red mite which attacks
This new pest was first reported
in Canada in 1915, and -has since been
observed in the Eastern States and
oks—By Helen Gregg Green
up my mind he should, love his read-
ing. His father and I often read the
book he reads, 50 we can discuss it
with him afterward. Sometimes we
dramatize the scenes in a book togeth-
er. If we have other books that will
help him' to understand more thor-
oughlythe onehe is reading, weleav
e
them lying on the library table, where
they will be sure to catch his eye."
"Well, my oiear, you are wise," Aunt
Emmy Lou approved, "and you also
u keeping
seem to have made.a study of
Jimmy interested In the right kind of
books.
"Indeed we have,' Timmy's mother
smiled back. "His teacher tells us he
is the hest posted boy in the school."
Aunt Emmy Lou, and I went away
thinking what a 'wise little mother
Hildegarde was and Wondering why
we didn't all try so good a -plan.
Why don't we,. I wonder? Aren't
books, after all, the real foundation of
education? Don't we all know won-
derfully brilliant people who are not
college or even high school graduates?
Ask any of them to what, they attri-
bute their success, and they will ans-
wer, "My educationcame from books,"
Books! There are thousands of them
available to all of us. Teach your
children to love them.
Taking In the Fair vs. Being
Taken In by the Fair.
As the Fair and Exhibition season
is here, it would be well for all who
contemplate attending same seriously
to ask themselves this question: "Do
I get as much out of my visit as I
should?"
Fairs and Exhibitions provide a
means of soeisl intercourse and enter-
tainment for the people of the sur-
rounding community . but fundamen-
tally they are educational, particular-
ly to the rural community. Their main
object is the improvement of agricul-
tural conditions by comparisons of in-
ferior and superior live stock, crops,
etc., and the donating of premiums to
the latter class.
The pleasure of the social and lure
of the entertainment features should
not be allowed to supersede the inter-
est that should be taken in the educa-
tional features. Every agriculturist
is, or should be, interested in making
the most of his business, and he can
find numerous aids in a day well spent
at the Fair.
Speaking more particularly from
the live stock man's point of view,.
he should snake a point of seeing as
much of the live stock a spossible as
it is being judged, so that he can see
the good and the bad types and cor-
rect his own breeding operations ac-
cordingly.
Undoubtedly the spectator will not
always agree with the judge as the
best of them make mistakes (aa do
THE CHILDREN'S
HOUR
JACKIE RABBIT GETS CAUGHT
IN THE FENCE.
When Johnnie Muskrat knocked at
the man's door in Stoneyville to in-
quire the way back to Woodland and
the man himself came to the door,
how he, Jackie Rabbit, and Willie
Woodchuck ran! Dodging behind
bushes and bunches of grass, they
were soon out of sight.
They never even looked back to
see if the man was coming. When they
had left the village, with its stone
houses, far behind, they paused' in the
shadow of a big hazel bush for
breath.
"Oh nee, oh my, I thoughthe had
me that time," puffed Willie Wood-
chuck.
"And so did I," said Johnnie Musk-
rat,"Is he coming yet?"
"I don't see him. Do you suppose
we will ever get home?" asked Jackie
Rabbit, "We must hurry back to the
woods and perhaps someone can tell
us the way there."
"Yes, I guess the only safe place for
us is the woods," said Johnnie Musk-
rat, "and that doesn't seem very safe.
Anyway, Pm not going to knock at a
stranger's door again to 'learn the
way"
"Hush. What was that?" whispered
the best of farmers), but to the dyed: Willie Woodchuck,
in -the -wool stock man there is no With ears alert they all listened:
greater pleasure than to stand at the There was a swish, swish in the leaves
ringside and pit his opinion as to the behind them. With a frightened look
meritorious animals . in a class at each other they hurried off as fast
Bible amateur will go in decorating the egg stage on the twigs of apple against that of the judge. It is well as they could go. It wasn't very fast
furniture. trees. They are sometimes so abun-I to remember, however, that the judge!much out of breath eta their long
though, for they were tired and very
Paint your furniture, but keep it dant that masses of the eggs may be has the advantage in that he is able
plain.
There are certain colors that are
particularly suitable for the painting
of furniture. Dull olive green is very
decorative in certain rooms, and if in
doubt about this color, look . at an weaker solutions have not proved very
alive and get a painter to mix this effective, but many of the miscible oil
color for you. Apple green -houid be sprays are reported to give a good
used in smaller quantities, or .1c- '.or percentage of kill.
easily seen by the unaided eye. The to handle the animals and view them run' '11100 never turned to see w
writer has had no difficulty in killing frons all angles and may see or feel
the mites in the egg stage by sprayingsomething that is not evident to the
with lime -sulphas• diluted at the tato man at the ringside.
of one to five. Experiments with The management of Fairs and Ex
hibitions should endeavor to plan the
live stock judging program so that too
tEETINC.THE CANADIAN BUFFALO
This should be done only when the 'Ibis is a snap taken at the Empire Exhibition at Wembley the other clay.
fusel-Jamehn it tU t• dis to be painted 00 enameled, is introducing his little friend to the
e saine• If they A Canadian Pacific Telegraph messenger6
not -when is o
with old things, where a number of 1 furniture is old and the already paint Dig ° buffalo that stands outside the company's pavilion atWembley.
i
the swish was, or they would not have
been frightened. They felt sure it was
the mn but it was only Mrs. Blue
Bird hunting in the leaves for a big
black bug's for her little Blue Birds.
Across the fields they went running
many classes would not be going on nntil they came to a barbed wire
chuck
at the same time. ,This, of course, is! el robed through e
ucceessfuiiyyfence Jolumie and lieoodwithout
difficult at a one or two-day Fair, but •
comparatively easy in the case of a i catehing their very much tattered
four-day or full week Exhibition.
Having the judging rings located fair-
ly close together would help consider-
ably for then two classes of stock
could be followed at the same time
fairly intelligently.
The programme of the judging of
live stock should be published in the
press previous to the dates of judg-
ing and' en notiee'boarda around the
grounds while the fair is going on so
that the visitor niay go to the ring
of stock in which he is most inter-
ested. For instance, at the Central
Canada Exhibition at Ottawa- this boys trotted as fast as the could
year, notices were posted around the. y
grounds giving the time of judging of toward the woods.
various classes and sections of live �._ ..-._..
sto..
Ackday intelligently spent iti taking'
in the above mentioned educational
features of the Fairs or Exhibitions
which you attend will be something to
look back on without regrets, as there
is everything to gain and nothing to
lose. On the other hand, the side
shows and other questionable enter-
tainment features' invariably. take in,
financially and otherwise, more than
they leave with the community, and
their attendance at Fairs' and Exhhi-
clothing. But when Jackie Rabbit
tried to get through it wasn't so easy.
He was larger than the rest and
caught his trousers on a big barb
right where he always sat down. There
he dangled back and forth.
"Help! help! helps" he called. He
thought sure the swish in the leaves
had been the man and that he was
right behind him.
Just es Johnnie Muskrat was al-
most back to help him, his trousers
gave way. "Rip! rip!" and down
went Jackie on all fours. In a jiffy he
was up and the three little Woodland
bitions should be discouraged by the
deadly method of withholding patron-
age.
The womanwho was.:thoughtful
enough to count the number er of times )
that duties required her to be at the
stove, cupboard, sink, basement, din-
ing -room table,' etc:, had valuable data
at hand when her husband and a car-
penter sat down to plan the new
kitchen.
A sett-feellet which will supply the
growing pullets with both grain and
mash is quite as necessary to the.,
economical development of next se'e,
sort's layers as any other piece ; Qf
poultry equipment outside of a good
house.
Playing Safe.
A.slcins-"You're drinkin' quite a
bit for e. gentleman's gentleman. .I
should think you'd be afraid of the
poisonous stuff."
Opkins—"I'mquite cautious. 1 never
touch it•until atter my gentleman has
oponed a bottle and taken a drink of it
himself.
The :farmer wlio would keep' his
poulitry flock free from white diarr-
hoea will blood -test the bullets and
other hens saved for laying next year,.
This is hest done when the flock is
culled in the fall. •
If you are lucky in marriage you
tan -afford to be unlucky in everything
else. --Lord Leverhulme.
COME DOWN AND
BE SOCIABLE
pr
Nehemiah was rebuilding the walla
of. Jerusalem, Folks wanted him to
ceage his work and come down among
them 'and be sociable. His answer
was, "I am doing a great work so that
I cannot come down.' Nehemiah was
doing a great work all right, but there-
were very geed reasons for his not
leaving it, but how many of us there.
are who seem to think we are doing
so,great a work that we cannot coma
down
would not belittle anyone's
We wa d ny
work. Our work is the thing our lives
are mostly made up of. We should
love our work,' be. deeply interested in
it, end insist upon doing it well. It
Is a fact, however, that we often take
our work, as well as ourselves, too
seriously. Many Hien have given
themselves up so completely to their
work that they have neglected their
families and their friends, and have
come to an awakening too late in life
to rectify their mistakes. It is a sad
thing when work or businessis per-
mitted to prevent the lighter,'joliiee
happier human relationships that
mean so much in families,' neighbor-
hoods and communities. It is like
withholding all the flowers for the
friend's casket.
It is but natural, when we become,
thoroughly interested in our work, to
tieourselves too closely to it. No one
on earth can do it good enough to
suit us, so we sometimes are found
making slaves of ourselves to details
that the hired Haan could do equally
as well, and that might even go un-
done, for the time at least, without
any serious results.
The work we are .doing means more
to our individual selves than to any-
one else in the world. Some day we
will haveto leave it, whether we want
to or not. There will be a splash in
the family, a ripple in the community,
and the world will move right along
just the same.
Will we not accomplish just as much
good during our sojourn here if we
make it a part of our lives tojust
come down once in a while and be
sociable.
Don't Blow Your Nose,
One of the saying that I admit 'hav-
ing heard with some frequency as a
boy is still in common use. Juat yes-
terday I. heard a mother use it. "Blow
your nose, you dirty boy: I should
think you'd be ashamed."
I em asking parents to substitute
the word "wipe" for "blow." Blowing
the nose has done damage to thou-
sands and is one of the most produc-
tive causes to catarrhal deafness.
The necessity for giving special at•
tention to the toilet of the nose is
most pronounced' when one is afflicted
with an acute nasal catarrh, in corn -
mon penance, "a cold in the head."
Tho nasal mucous membranes when
inflamed excrete an unusual amount
of a mixture of mucous and serum
which crates at first a watery, rather
acrid discharge, thin enough so that it
flows altogether too freely for com-
fort. Such a discharge rnust be wiped
from the nose frequently to allow any
degree of comfort, It does not prompt
any severe "blowing."
But simultaneously with the dis-
charge is a swelling' of the mucous
membrane. Sometimes this swollen
membrane blocks -the nostrils to such
an extent as to make nasal breathing
very difficult.
It is at this stage that the inclina-
tion to blow the nose seizes the pa-
tient. The blowing is generally worse
than ineffective, for a swollen mem.
brave cannot be dislodged in that way.
Indeed, the swelling may increase
with the blowing. But the worst fea-
ture does not lie in the inefficiency of
the blowing process, but in the posi-
tive harm that it does:
Close to the nasal passages and in-
timately connected withthem are the
delicate littlecanals known as the
Eustachian tubes, leading to the mid-
dle ear. This violent blowing of the
nose serves to extend the catarrhal
inflammation to the delicate lining oz
the Eustachian tubes and set up mid-
dle ear catarrh, which is responsible
for eighty per cent. of all deafness.
Instead of "blowing the nose" viee
lastly, insert into each nasal cavity a
small amounted of borated vaaeline,
or ordinary vaseline mixed with bol-
acic acid, or use a bland, oily spray.
This will help to reduce the swelling
instead of aggravating it and thus°
give real relief.
If the stoppage of the nostrils is due
to scabs and dry crusts of mucous the
oily spray is the best treatment.
These scabs and crusts form at night,
and the use of a gentle spray in an
atomizer first thing in the morning
will usually suffice to clear the nose
for the day. It is a very important
,natter.
iPon't blow j'aur nose.—Dr. C. B.
Lerrigo.
Ho Looked Natural,
"That's a very natural -looking scare-
crow
you have in your strawberry
patch," remarked a visitor pleasantly
tothe mistress of the comfortable
farmhouse. W•
"Scarecrow!" he. replied.. "Why,
that's toy husband!"
Characteristic.
Caller—"I have just heard that your
nephew has become a chiropodist."
Fanner Spud --"Wal, it's jest like
hint to line up with them blamed radt