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The Huron Expositor, 1921-04-08, Page 3e a of Yo Have you good pasture going to wade ? If so, increase your herd and make use of -it. • This Bank makes a special ' feature of loans to- farmers. Have a talk with our local manager. THE INION BANK an, 19EAFORTH BRANCH,, • R. M. JONES, Manages SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT. THE HURON EXPOSITOR DISTRICT MATTER$ NOTHING TO EQUAL BABY'S OWN TABLETS Mrs. George Lefebvre, St. Zenon, Que., writes: "I do not think there is any other medicine to equal Baby's Own Tablets for little ones. I have used them for my baby and would use nothing elsqq,," What Mrs. Lefebvre says th6,usanda of other mothers say. They have found by trial that the Tablets always do just what is claimed for them. The Tab- lets are a mild but thorough laxative which regulate the bowels and sweet- en the stomach and thus banish indi- gestion, constipation, colds, colic, etc. They are sold by medicine deal- ers or by mail at 26 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Oett. NO RAILROADS IN AFGHANISTAN The Amir of Afghanistan has so far objected to the building of rail- roads and telegraphs for fear of opening hit empire to foreigners. Afghanistan's products are moved en- tirely by caravans, the most used route lying through Khyber Pass, where traffic is rigorously controlled. Except in very hot weather transit is permitted only on Fridays. Cara- vans beund into Afghanistan from India dre permitted only during the morning. The afternoon is alloted to outgoing traffic. The pass is closed tight from sundown to sunrise. There is not a mile of railroad in the An.ir's land. This indicates how complete the alteration of the Amir'w opinion concerning modern transportation methods must have been to justify the Viceroy's announcement that the building of the railroad through Khyber Pass might be an early achievement. The Amir of Afghan- istan uses automobiles in travelling in and around Kabul, where excellent roads have been built in the districts which interest him. He has, also improved the main road between Kabul and Peshawar in India, on which he uses American motor trucks for hauling freight. These trucks are driven by Hindue chauffeurs. watched me from behind bushes, a tree or a boulder. I concluded to turn the tables ori., him. After crossing a ridge where I was for the moment out of his sight, I tprned to the right and ran for near- ly anile. Then, circling back into our old trail behind the bear, I travelled serenely along, imagining that he was far ahead. I was' suddenly sta-tled to see his shadow move from behind . boulder near the trail, only three hundred feet ahead of mei At the place where I had left the trail to circle behind him he had stopped and apparently guessed my movements,. for, turning in his tracks, he had come a short distance back on the trail and thin down behind the boulder to wait for me. I went on a few steps after dis- covering him, and he moved to keep out of sight. I edged toward a tall spruce, which I planned to climb if he charged. Pausing by the spruce, I could see his silver-grey fur as he peered at me from -behind the boulder. I concluded finally that it was best not to follow him farther. Going a short distance down among the trees, I built a rousing fire. Between it and the cliff I spent the night, satisfied ,that I had had adventure enough for one outing. • WHY DOES A "MACKEREL SKY" PRESAGE RAIN? Though they were not as well ad- vanced in many other ways as we are to -day, those who lived in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were possessed of a wealth of weather -wisdom which has conte down to us in the form of couplets, the truth of which has been demon- strated by scientific observation of the weather, coupled with the use of all manner of delicate instru- ments, some of which have been in- , vented within the past few years. One of these couplets says that: 'Mackerel scales and mares' tails Make lofty ships carry low sails." or, translated into simple prose, that a mackerel sky presages rain and stormy weather. e . The reason for this is that the small, flaky clouds which go to make up the mackerel .sky" — glouds which are known as "cirro-cumulas" —contain a high percentage of mois- ture, and it is a matter of only a few hours before they will join to- gether in a true "rain cloud." The appearance of a "mackerel sky," therefore, may be taken as an al- most infallible indication of rain or stormy weather within twelve to six- teen hours, no matter how bright the sun may be shining at the time, and, as a storm usually brings clear weather in its train, a sky of this kind may also be taken as a sign of a forthcoming drop in tempeFra- I CHINA MONEY Porcelain money is now officially in circulation in Saxony. It is of red brown porcelain, bears the Dresden i stamp and washes easily! Such coin- age has been substituted for the small paper money hitherto used. It is, of course, far -more durable and cleaner Lure. than ordinary currency. Variations in value, according to the coin's size, occur. Perhaps one of the queerest and most ancient coinages known to exist is the Chinese flying paper looney." The notes are made of thick, coarse paper, manefactured from the fibre of the mulberry -tree, and the design is printed in blue ink. 'They were used as far back as B. C. 2697. Specimens may be seen in the British Museum. Other "freak" coins include the Austrian iron money of a past age, and the manilla, still used by natives of West Africa. Shaped like a horseshoe, it is made of solid copper. Each coin weighs eight ounces, and is worth tenpence. In these days of high prices, one would have rather a load to carty about in one's pocket when one went shopping! • MATCHING WITS WITH A GRIZZLY The cunning of an old bear that Mr. Enos A. Mills tells about in his book The Grizzly, shows what a wily an- tagonist you will have against you if you ever try to match wits old Ephraim. After ;passing an hour or more with- out seeing the bear, says Mr. Mills, who was following a grizzly to study his behavior, I climbed a cliff, hoping to get a glimpse of him on some ridge ahead. I could see his line of traacks crossing a low ridge beyond and felt that he might still be an hour or so in the lead. But in descending the cliff I chanced to look back, along my trail. Just at that moment the bear came out of the wooda'behlnd me. He was trailing me. I do not know how he discovered that I was following him. He may' have seen me or scented me. At any' rate, instead of coming direotly baack and thus exposing himsefl, he had very nearly Carried out his well-plan- ned surprise when I discovered him. I found mit afterwards that, leaving Ids trail far ahead of me, he had turn- ed and walked back in his own foot- prints for a distance. After tramlpl- Itfg his stretch a number of times he had leaped into scrubby timber and made off on the side where his tracks did not skew. After discovering him on my trail I went slowly along as if unaware of his presence. He followed within three hundred feet of me. taken I stopped he stopped. He occasionally ``r'`:.lwdky�'F.P,I,IMrl3ta.�irtt,r�whxSrrl rr�•".�fi,:NmiS 4ikt,.G.r,}.R NEW STRENGTH FOR VICTIMS OF ANAEMIA Loss of . Strength Follows When the Blood Becomes Thin. Anaemia is the medical term for thin, watery blood. The sufferer loses strength, becomes short of breath and complains of palpitation of the heart after the slightest exer- tion, such at walking up stairs. The lightest task becomes a burden. There is a loss of ambition, the vic- tim closes weight and as the disease progresses the appetite is affected, color fades from cheeks and lips and fainting spells may occur. Anaemia is not a disease that cor- rects itself, and if unchecked it pro- gresses steadily. But it can be com- batted by good food, fresh air and a proper tonic for the blood. Aa the blood becomes rich and red under this treatment, the symptoms disap- pear as in the ease of Miss Evelyeen Joyce, Westville, N. S., whose mother says: "Almost from infancy my daughter was very delicate, and was often under the doctor's care. As her father had died of consumption my friends feared she would fall a vic- tim to that dread disease. As the years went by and she was merging into womanhood I began to fear that' I would lose her. Then I decided to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and I could soon see a change for the bet- ter. For the next three years, at in- tervals, she took the pills, always with the best of results. Now at the age of sixteen she is a fine healthy girl, and I never tire of telling those who_see the wonderful change in her condition that she owes it to Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pilti." Miss Joyce herself says: "It gives me pleasure to conform the state- ments made by my mother. Since using Dr. Williams' Pink P1114 1 have gained in weight, and from a sickly gift, suffering from headaches, dizzi- ness and a languid feeling, I am now as well as other girls of my age, and I owe it all to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.' Dr. Williams' Pink Pills can,be ob- tained through any medicine dealer, pr by mail, at 60 cents a box or six �ss for IP front The Dr. Wil- ilama' Medicine Co., Broctcville, Ont. '1k ie .Afiv;ce on the Culturc,of',lbis Favorite Vegetaible. Early and LateVarieties Require I)I terebt Tieatrnent;*Good Coca. ,.el na'to I;itoenig-the Crop—Grow- te; l:aullflouer. leoet„beted by Ontario Department of Agriculture. Toronto.) Early cabbage seed is generally .u,rted from the 1sT to the 15th of )Loch In a.hotbedror house window. When the secoud set of leaves Is showing,' the seedlings are trana- pt;:nted Into flats la rows two inches .part each way, or into the email dirt band. This will give good, sturdy !dams reedy for the cold frame the I ,st wt., I: April. If these plants .r" theil properly hare;iened off, they ;'•n'rld lie ready to transplant Into the 5 fid Ity 12.• 8th 1r, 10th of May. The aril fim arty- ea .base should be a cru rot, .:,u,ly loam 9f1 a good state of �•nitivn i;n•t. The plants are generally ort 30 fn.ies between the rows and I0 inches in Ila• row. They are gicur careful rnllivatlnn during the grow- ing season. The lute erup is generally sutrn•d about the 15111 of May in as open seed -bed or cold frame. The rows In the seed -bed are 4-6 inches Apart, 1 the seed being scattered quite thickly in the row. Where the Fahbuge mag- got is troublesome It will he'tbeces- sary to grow the plants (older cheese- cloth frames. These plants should be ready to set in the field from June {{I 15th to July 1st. When we are set- ting plants which have little soil on their roots, as often happens in the late crop, we carry the plants to be set out In a pail which is partly.,alled with a batter made of cow manure, loam and water. This gives some moisture to the plant and a cer- tain amount of readily available food. The plants are 'set 24 inches In the row and 30 inches between the row. As this crop does best under cool conditions, it should, If possible, be put In the moister part of the gar- den. Both dru,,a m t1 have sufficient moisture If they are to grow quickly. Nitrate of soda may be used to ad- vantage around the plants at the rate of 160-200 pounds per acre, or what could be- put on a ten -cent piece to each plant. On account of the solu- bility of nitrate of soda la water, bet- ter results are obtained by making two applications of 75-100 pounds, first when the plants are beginning to grow alter transplanting, and, secondly, when the head fs beginning to form. Cabbages arc; generally cut off so as to leave 3 or 4 of the outer leaves to protect the head. This should be done before too severe freezing wea- ther Injures the cabbage. They will not keep so well if they have been severely frozen. Late cabbage may be stored In cel- lars, pits, or any like place. The tem- perature should be held at about 34 deg. F. and provision made for air circulation so that no moisture col- lect on walls or ceilings. Where one is. storing in cellars, the cabbages are best placed on slatted shelves made one above the other about 2 feet apart. The cabbage may be laid an these, one or two layers deep. Where there Is no good cellar storage, a pit may be made outside In a place which., is well drained. The ground is covered with a layer of straw and the cab- bage placed on this face down In lay- ers of first Zoe cabbages side by side, four on top of this, then three, then two, and finally one, thus forming an "A" shape. Tuck in the outer leaves of the first layer under the heads. The outer leaves of each layer are allowed to hang over the layer below to form a roof. The pile is then cov- ered with six inches of straw and about six inches of soil. Every le or 15 feet a tile should he placed in the pile to come up through the soil and straw, thus forming a ventilator. All plants give of moisture, and unless we had an opening for ft to escape the cabbage would soon begin to rot. If severe weather comes, these can be stuffed with straw and opened again when the weather moderates. The covering of the pit should also be increased by using strawy manure as the weather becomes more severe. Cabbage can be taken front the pit on warm days. Cabbages which are,not quite fully grown may be dug with the roots attached. These ran then make a certain amount of growth. Cauliflower is handled in the same way as cabbage. If cauliflower gets a severe setback in transplanting to - the field, It will tend to cause It to go to seed instead of to form a good head. More especially is this so with the early crop in the warm summer weather. In many email gardens it is generally grown as a tall crop. The plants are slower growers than cab- bage and will do better- if started about two weeks earlier if we wish a maximum number of good heads. When the cauliflower shows a head about two inches in diameter the out- er leaves should be drawn together and tied so as to exclude the light, thus giving a pure white head. Cauli- flowers that have not fully developed may be ding up, roots and all, and hung in a cool cellar. There they will continue to grow, giving a delicious head after the ordinary season of cauliflower is over. Fully developed heads may be cut off, wrapped In oil paper and stored in a cold room at 32 deg. F. to 34 deg• F. Here they will keep well till Christmas time.— A. H. MacLennan, Vegetable Special- ist, Toronto. bSPm' 09r.;,{r n '6 -•„\2' , 'la :w u ard e;J:� wAe`V'iik The trees in the apple orchard may be scraped down so as to make more effective the later apt'aying of the trunk and main branches. Egg masses of the Tussork Moth, con- spicuously white against the dark hark, may be removed try means of a wire brush or hook on a pole. bong -Called lambs are unsightly, and are apt to become very filthy, The largest gold mines in the Unit- ed States east of the Black Hilia are in North Carolina. • FOR MEN, WOMEN A he New Suits for Mvn are very Attractive Not only are the Suits themselves unusually interesting on account of eir new styles, attractive patterns, excellent workmanship and perfect fit, but equally attractive are the new prices which show a very mark- ed reduction from the prices recently being asked.., Come in and see the big assortment of clever 'suits and you will be very agreeably surpris- ed at the big values we are offering. PRICES • $10 to $40 Special Sale of Men's Work Shirts $1.29 Black and White stripes, grey military cotton, black, tan, heavy flannel, all full sizes. Caretilly made, per- fect fit, good ttrong work shirts. .Regular S1.75. REDUCED TO $1.29 Bengard Clothes Be Sure Our. New Before Bt There is such a radical change in Men's Hats this season that if you.. would be stylishly dressed you should be careful to get this year's new style. The rims are made narrower. and the crowns higher. Then, too, there are some very new ideas in. shades r with particularly attract, ive color combinations developed in, the trimmings and bands. Drop in any time and look them over. "We, are proud of them and like to show them. PRICES $2 to $5 Suits For Boys The New Suits are arriving and like the men's suits are carrying very advantageous prices. We are doing everything in our power to place de- pendable suits before our patrons at advantageous prices, and in this par- ticular branch how well we have suc- ceeded we will let you be the 'judge Bring the boy in; we will please you both. PRICES $7.00 to $15.00 Our Women's Ready to Wear Suits, Dresses and Coats in Big Demand.— There's a Reason We are doing some lively selling in this department these days. We expected it. We prepared for it. We have the right goods at the right prices. All the New Styles are to be seen here—attractive new ideas abound throughout the entire dis- play. You would not be consulting your own best interests if you did not see this wonderfully interesting exhibition of all that is authentic in Women's Suits, Coats and Dresses. The prices will please you, too. $2.50 to $3.00 Georgette Crepe 51.79 Here is a very attractive bargain. These are high standard crepes in all the new and leading shades— the very finest qualities. You will be delighted when. you see them. REDUCED TO $1.79 YD. Correct Millinery Reasonably Priced Probably no part of a woman's ap- parel is so important as the hat. Ow- ing to its proximity to the face, the hat never escapes notice. Your whole appearance depends on your leaving a becoming hat. It takes experience to design a hat to suit your particular requirements. We have that experience supple- mepted by clever workmanship in out Millinery Department, and you do not pay as much for your hat as in most stores. Come in. STEWART BROS., • - Seaforth LEFT HANDED t'HILDREN Most mothers will onfess to dis- appointment when a Crowing infant shows an inclination r., use the left hand in preference to the right. Left-handedness in t, child does not mean that it is in any way mentally peculiar. If it is desired to eradicate the habit it is possible to do it by constant watchfulnes, but whether this is wise is very ,ioubtful if the child shows a determination to per- sist in its own way. Where the prrferen s is not very marked probably no 'farm would be done by a little rea.,ng to use the proper hand for eating and drink- ing, but in persistent rases of left choice it is better t,• put up with the "awkwardness"--st any rate, in early years—,than to ,on the risk of meddling with Nat ire's arrange- ment. -- WHEN THE BISHOP CALLED While Mr. Herbert hoover was liv- ing in China a visiting bishop of the English church came to call upon Mrs. Hoover. His arrival was an- nounced in comprehensible but rather startling fashion by the "China boy” who had admutted the right reverend gentleman. With a bland Chinese smile he stood on the threshold of the drawing -room and said simply: "The number one topside foreign devil joss man makee come." It was no foreign boy, but a native New England helper of a kind and quality no longer to be found, that ynce gave her employer and a visit- ing clergyman of distinction a dif= ficult,moment. He, too, was a bishop and the admirable Mary Ann, though somewhat deaf, had elicited the fact l y questioning the impatient man while he stood dripping on the door- strp, for it was 'Paining hard. But to Mary Ann "bishop"—she caught the word only—had anything but a churchly connotation; and she has- tened to her mistress without so muck as inviting him to enter. She did not, however, quite shut the door in his face, and as the downpour was mom- entarily hemming re teril►ic he presently followed h uninvited and unnbsereed, into the all. The door into the living room was open, and he heard the lady's voice: "Show the poor man in, anyway, Mary Ann; it a raining eats and dogs. We can't leave him out in the r wet, and he probably doesn't belong to that family at all. There are plenty of other Bishops in the world. At least let him come in and explain himself." "Not. if I know it, and us women alone in the house," said the voice of Mary Ann firmly. "There may be other Bishops in the world, for all I know; but all the Bishops in this part of the country are Bishops from Dogtown, and they're no sort of folks for decent people to have dealings with. There's two sorts of 'em, and I don't know which is worst; there's tough Bishops that drink and beat their wives and rob henrooets; and there's slick and sly and slippery Bishops that whine and beg and sneak things when you ain't lookin' and have atarvin' children they col- lect food and clothes for. Umphi They stuff the food themselves, and pawn the clothes for whiskey. I know 'em! Yon let me send that Bishop about his bnelneee." The lady hesitated. "I don't like to in this weather. Which sort does he aeem to be, Mary Ann? Tough or sly?" Bdth" responded Mary Ann promptly. "And I won't answer for what he'll get ..it of you once he gets his ugly creat foot inside ON door." "I'm afraid," interposed the bishop gently, "he's gab it inside already and his ugly great self along will it. It was so ve-y wet outside! But I am really not a Bishop from Dog - town, madam; i am the Bishop of Blank." The lady was ret hard to convince, despite the temporarily unimpressive aspect of her hooked and bedraggled visitor; but while she was yet apol- ogizing Mary Ann, suspicion in her eye, flounced off to the dining room with dark mutterings about the sil- ver To her all Rishopa looked alike. and none were to be treated. A new steamin device for onening the sealing of storage batteries also distills water to he used in the bat- teries. A definite programme has been adopted by the government of Ven- ezuela for the installation of 22 see- ondary radio et&tioae. 7!n Arizona inventor's ore crusher drat crushes ore between two . then subjects it io a 'tolling aus grinding movement.