Zurich Herald, 1919-07-11, Page 50
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CORN IN THE. EARLY DAYS.
Indians Gave Careful Attention to
Seed Selection and Testing.
When the white men first arrived in
North 'America they .found an
original population mainly sedentary
and agricultural, . The Indians were
mostly farmers, peacefully disposed
and dwelling in villages. Predatory
and unscrupulous after the manner of
his kind, the intruding Caucasian
drove them to war and forced them to
adopt a roving and unsettled mode of
existence.
Corn Was their principal foothcrop--
a cereal unknown to Europe. The
Indians of pre-Columbian days pur-
sued agriculture on a co-operative
plan. Large fields of corn wore made
up of hundreds of individual fields,
The squaws stirred the fruitful earth
and planted the grain, At harvest time,
'the men and boys helped to gather thg,
ripe ears.
Much attention was given to seed
selection, the biggest, best -filled ears,
with least percentage of cob, being
chosen from year to year . for the
next season's planting, To no small
extent the high quality of our most es-
teemed *varieties of corn to -day is due
to the intelligent effort of the early
Indians in this line.
To test the vitality of the seed, they
wrapped it In wet moss or soaked the
grains in willow baskets until they
started to germinate. Those that fail-
ed to sprout were discarded.
Having no means of recording time
with accuracy, they planted the corn
when wild turnips began to bloom. The
appearance of the first flower buds on
the buttonweed indicated that the
growing ears were in the "milk" stage.
When the buttonweed had finished
blossoming it was tima to gather the
corn.
The early Indians grew flint corn for
hominy and flour corn for bread and
soups. They invented ..succotash,"
composed of maize and beans, with
butter and salt added. We owe to
them all of our best recipes for the
preparation of corn, not excepting
"hoecake" and cornbreads.
BEES IN HIS WOODEN LEG
Artificial Limbs Used as Hiding -Places
For Illany Object.
Recently a man was arrested for
breaking into 74;;Baris flat, and .search-
ed, but at firs none of the missing
property could be found in his posses-
sion. A police commissary, however,
bethought himself to unscrew the
man's wooden leg and examine it. It
was then found that $4,000 in secur-
ities, which had been taken from the
fiat, were hidden away in the artificial
This reminds one that many novel
uses have been made of wooden legs
by their wearers. A few years agcf,
for instance, a wild man was discover-
ed by a patty of hunters in Missouri,
stumping along on a rough -looking
wooden leg, which he himself had
carved from a tree, and hollowed out.
In the hollow part a swarm of bees
were found to be housed—indeed, the
man seemed to be very fond of bees,
for he had another swarm housed in
a strange okl "stovepipe" hat which
he was wearing.
He was wearing eccentric -looking
clothes, which were found to be home-
made from rabbit, fox, coon and
• opossum skins.
About a coupleof years ago a man
with a wooden leg who had been
noticed entering a Bavarian town
somewhat frequently, from the coun-
try, in some way aroused the suspi-
cions of the police, and was arrested.
On being taken to the station it was
discovered that the wooden leg which
he was wearing was a hollow one, and
that he had eleven one -pound packets
of butter neatly hidden away in the
hollow part.
Inquiries proved that he had been
smuggling butter to certain residents
in the town for some considerable
time.
LIVED UNDER FIVE RULERS
Noted Canadian Dies at the Age of
Ninety-five Years.
Dr. William Wedd, of Toronto, who
entered Upper Canada College in 1887,
became head boy in 1843, and who was
classical master of the college for
forty-three years, has died at the sge
of ninety-five. He lived during the
reigns of George IV., William Iv.,
• Victoria, Edward VII. ancl George V.
He Was the oldest graduate of the
University of Toronto, which he enter-
ed in 1843, when it was known as
King's College. Four ,of Doctor wcscia's
gra.mlsorts served in the oversea
army.
Five minutes a day and half an
hour extra ter the weekly cleanin
Atte More thali ft hOtir wee t—
will keep the refrigerator in sanitary
and satisfactory condition through
the warm weather..
,A. squeaking wheelbarrow and it
clock that, will not go are worse than
a sore thtnnb to get along with. A
drop of oil wila cure them both. Take
time to .apply it, and do it before the
ow.t.thle begins.
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Th e 'Weekly
Fashion, i
8858 Dress
Sizes 6 month:, to 5 year
Priee, 15 4.4.414.4
Transfer Design
No
This little dress may be smocked or
shirred and is cut from McCall Pat-
tern 8858, which comes in six sizes,
six months to five years, price 15c.
Smocking pattern No. 690 (blue or
yellow), price 100.
9$84 Oros,
Size. 14 to 20
rrlot, eestll
A charming model, made of organ-
die, is this misses' dress. It may be
made as shown or with an overwaist.
The skirt measures about two yards.
McCall Pattern 8384, four sizes, 14-20
years, price 25c.
These patterns anay be obtained
from your local McCall dealer, or
from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St.,
Toronto, Dept. W.
ce,
So Thoughtless Of Him.
After a miserably wet day, the un-
happy holiday-maker retired to his
boarding-house bed, thinking it pro-
mised little for a happy holiday by the
sea.
Worse was to come. About 2 aan.,
the ram found a way in, ancl began to
drip with unpleasant persistence on
his bed. He tugged madly et the bell,
and presently heavy footfalls sounded
in the passage outside.
"What do you want?" demanded an
irate female voice.
"You must give me another room!"
said the visitor firmly, as he went on
dressing. "The rain's leaking in here
like fury!"
"Oh! Is that all?" snapped the
voice. "If you look under the bed,
you'll find an umbrella. Just use it,
and don't disturb everybody at this
time of night!"
Onions, if boiled in pure soft water,
are tasteless. Use hard water salted,
a, for male live stook.
SAVE THF CHILDREN supply depot
The central control farm is situated
A
at a point most conveniently reached
by all the settlers in the colony and
Mothers wbo keep a box of Baby's will no doubt become their chief meet -
Own Tablets in the house may ,feel big place.
'that the lives of their little onee are A more enthusiastic community of
reasonably safe during the .-hot wea- farmers will be hard to find anywhere
ther, Stomach troubles, eholera in. than those in process of formation in
fantum and diarrhoea carry off thou. these veterans' colonies in Alberta. To
sands of little ones every summer, in see the men at work, for themselves,
most cases because the mother does on their own farms, after what they
not have a safe medicine at hand to have gone through, is an inspiring
give promptly. Baby's Own Tablets sight. The spirit of mutual help and
relieve theSe' troublee, or if olven oc- comradery that is everywhere evident:
casionally to the well child. wfll pre- speaks well for the success of the ven-
ture. These farm colonies are sure to
vent their coming on. The Tablets
are guaranteed by government analyst become centres of considerable agri-
to be absolutelY harmless even to the cultural activity.
newborn babe. .They are especially
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good in summer because they regu. BOOM IN BRITISH SPORTS.
late the bowels and keep the stomach
sweet and pure. They are sold by Classic Turf Events Run and County
medicine dealers or by mail at 25c. a Cricket Resumed.
box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Sports of all kinds are enjoying a
Co., Brockville, Ont. wonderful boom—a real comeback—
throughout the British Tsles this sea -
FROM FIGHTING TO FARMING.
son. Many familiar faces of past
champions. are missing on all sporting
Not many months ago two„men were
fields, but the games are carried along
M. the same battalion in France—the
with intense enthusiasm. The Ring of
one an officer, the other a private.
sports, horse racing, is now in ful
They both were in at the end and: in
swing, several of the pre-war classics
the short interval since the armistice
having been run off, while many more
was signed have come back to West are scheduled during the season:
ern Canada, received their discharge
County cricket was resumed last
from the army, and are now oceupy-
month after a stoppage since August,
ing neighboring farms in one of the
1914. With the exception of Worces
tershire, all the counties which corn
peted for the championship before the
war are playing two games each week
farm colonies prepared for returned
soldiers by the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way in Southern Alberta.
Here in these colonies are soldiers
of all ranks, a number- ofwhoM,Were
in the firing line' up to the-tigning of
the armistice. What surprises one
most is that so many of them have so
soon got back to practical work again
and the Canadian Pacific Railway is
to be congratulated on having had the
foresight to adopt a practical scheme
which has made it possible for a large
number of men to begin farming on
their own account in so short aspace
of time after their release from 'Mill
tary duties. But this company hag, a
reputation for making it easy for the
right kind of men to get a start at
farming, and its soldiers' settlement
scheme is only an elaboration of its
original "Ready Made Farm" and set
dement plans, by means of which
many of Western Canada's most pros-
perous farmers are enabled to begin
farming in a new country under most
favorable circumstances and which
has contributed in no small measure
to their present success.
The soldier settler in these ,fa,
colonies has an unusual opportunity
to make good. He finds on the farm
a comfortable house ready for him to
move into with his family and effects.
There is a good barn for his horses
and cows, his water supply is pro-
vided for, his farm is fenced, and he
has forty acres of land broken and
ready for crop which will bring him
a revenue during his first season. For
this farm he is not required to pay
anything for three years; time
enough to give a man an opportunity
to bring his farm to a fine state of
development and with average luck to
have acquired a fair sized bank ac-
count as well.
Moreover, if he is unable to pur-
chase live stock, farm implements and
seed, .he is provided with a team of
horses and harness, two cows, a sow,
some poultry, some necessary imple-
ments and small tools and seed for his
fcrty acres, for which payment is to
be made under an agreement entered
into for the purpose.
Some of the larger implements are
available for use by the colonists in
common, a set being allotted to every
three farms and used by them in tum
under the direction of the colony
superintendent. A fixed charge per
day is made for the use of these im-
plements.
The colony superintendent is an ex-
pert agriculturist and it is his duty to
assist the colonists with advice as to
the best manner of conducting their
farming operations. His headquarters
is the central control farm, a farm
somewhat larger than the rest of the
farms in the colony, which is used
largely for demonstration purposes,
and among other functions, serves as
hat
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which attract large crowds.
While the open championship wil
be omitted this year, golf is steadil
resuming its pre-war appearance,
Lawn tennis is enjoying a strong re
vival, many of the famous old tourna
ments being scheduled.
GIRLS! LEMON JUICE
IS A SKIN WHITENE
How to make a creamy beauty lotto
for a few cents.
The juice of two fresh lemons
strained into a bottle containing three
ounces of orchard white makes
whole quarter pint of the most re-
markable lemon skin beautifier at
about the cost one must pay for
small jar of the ordinary cold creams
Care should be taken to strain the
lemon juice through a fine cloth so n
lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion
will keep fresh for months. Ever
woman knows that lemon juice i
used to bleach and remove sucl
blemishes as freckles, sallowness ant
-and is the ideal skin softener
Ivalten.er and beautifier.
Just try it! Get three ounces o
Orchard white at any drug store an
two lemons from the grocer and make
up a quarter pint of this sweetly frag-
rant lemon lotion and massage it
daily into the face, neck, arms and
hands.
Who Claimed the Flowers?
The minister who made the follow-
ing announcement seems to have been
prepared for untoward results from
his preaching.
"There are some flowers here," he
said, "for those who are sick at the
close of this service."
MONEY ORDERS.
The safe way to send money by mail
is by Dominion Express Money Order.
End of the Hunt.
A young Swede appeared at the
county judge's office and asked for a
license.
"What kind of a license?" asked the
judge, "A hunting license?"
"No," was the answer. Aye tank
aye bane hunting long enough. Aye
want marriage license."
urinal:ern Liniment Cures Distemper.
Where Is She.
Where is the old maid to be found?
That is the puzzle of to -day.
She May be lurking in some remote
village, or she might possibly be found
in some hydro or seaside resort for
fossils, but the old maid we all used
to know is extinct.
There was a time when old-maidish
ness started quite young. When a
girl, had passed the ribicon of twenty-
three or so she was supposed to be
getting "on the shelf," wherever that
may be. To -day she is never on the
shelf. She is Much too busy, and ot
far too much importance in the great
world.
Besides, she has a vote. She can
send men to Parliament. She can in-
fluence the destiny of the nation. To-
day, very often, an unmarried woman
who is not ashamed to confess to forty-
nine years is at her very best and
brightest, preferred even by youngish
Men to much younger women. She
has experience and capacity. She is
a woman of affairs.
Britain Reforesting.
Two hundred thousand acres of
forest land in Great Britain are to be
replanted, at a cost for planting and
maintenance the first ten years, of
$17,000,000, according to an announce-
ment by the Government. The trees
will replabe some of the heavy timber
cut down during' the war, and. provide
additional forests so that the country
may .bo independent of other timber
soonnoos in case of emergency.
It Works! Try It.
Tells how to loosen a sore,
tender corn so it lifts
out without pain.
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Good news spreads rapidly al:W.4M
gists here are kept busy dispensin
freezone, the ether discovery of a CI
cimaati/man, which is said to loose
any corn so- it lifts out with th
fingers.,
Ask at any pharmacy for a quarte
ounce of freezone, which will cost ver
little, but is said to be sufficient to ri
one's feet of every hard or soft cox
or callus.
You apply just a few drops on th
tender, aching corn and instantly th
soreness is relieved, and soon the co
is so shriveled that it lifts out wit
out pain. It is a 'sticky substane
which dries when applied and neve
inflames or even irritates the adjoi
Ing tissue.
This discovery will prevent tho
sands of deaths annually from loc
jaw and infection heretofore resultin
from the suicidal habit of cuttin
corns.
eruRSZete,
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Broad Street, Elizabeth, N.J.
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Y between white and yellow cornmeal.
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say, is exhausted, Mr. Smith.
Boarder—Ah, yes, poor thing. I was
expecting that. I've noticed for some
time that it hasn't been strong.
Minard's Liniment Co., Limited.
Gents,—I cured a valuable hunting
dog of mange with MINARD'S LINI
MENT after several veterinaries had
treated him without doing him any
permanent good.
Yours, &c.,
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Prop. of Grand CentLal,Hotel,
Drummondville, Aug. 3, '04.
Had
Force at
never could
daring
sending
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country,
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Millard's
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finitely,
. food.
it not been for the
the beginning of
have taken the
and even audacious
practically the whole
Army at once
at a moment of
time.—Mr. Churchill.
Territorial
the war we
extremely
step of
of our
out of this
crisis, as we
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life inde-
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Liniment Cures Colds,
alone will sustain
which is true of
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GENUINE
ONLY
"BAYER
If You
the Tablets,
Are
There is
with the
lets are
Look
it is real
no substitute.
Aspirin
in Canada
by a Canadian
Genuine
have been
Pain, Headache,
Rheumatism,
Handy
larger "Bayer"
at any drug
Aspirin
ed in Canada,
of Monoaceticaeidester
acid.
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Refuse
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AN TELL
ASPIRIN,
WITH
ARE ASPIRIN.
Cross" on
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At All.
that marked
other tab-
Cross"! Then
which there is
but is made
and is owned
of Aspirin"
by millions for
Colds,
Neuritis.
1'2 tablets, --also
--can be had
mark, register-
Manufacture
of Salicylic-
MARKED
the "Bayer
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only one Aspirin.
"Bayer Cross"—all
only acid Imitations.
for the "Bayer
Aspirin, for
is not German
by Canadians,
Company.
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proved safe
Neuralgia,
Lumbago,
tin boxes of
packages,
store.
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of Bayer
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with tepid
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even when shaved twice daily.
touch spots of dandruff or
if any, with Cuticura Ointment.
and shampoo with same cake
One soap for all uses. Rinse
or cold water, dry gently and
a few grains of Cuticura Talcum
how soft and velvety your akin.
nothing like the Cutioura Trio
-day toilet uses. Soap to cleanse
to soften ancl soothe,
to powder and perfume. Sample
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ISSUE 28—'19.