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2 THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., THURSDAY, NOV. 17, 1927 Getting Rid of Hoarding Habit The old adage, "Keep a thing seven years, and you will find a use for it," hae tricked many a conscientious and economically minded housewife into what may be plainly called the hoarding habit. With the proverbial seven years in thought she has patiently cluttered her home, burdened herself with the care of her accumulations and deprived herself of the pleasure of many a generous deed. Tricked she has been, for how often when the seven years have passed has she found that moth and rust and changing styles and customs have proven her savings useful only as fuel. This habit comes easily to those who live long in one house. People who make frequent moves acquire, rather, the good habit of clearing out their belongings, of drawing a swift line of decision between essentials and nonessentials. The woman who keeps every letter. no matter how trivial its contents, the man who refuses to weed out worthless ties from his rack and suits from his closet, the child who is not being taught to discard toys which he has shades, outgrown, is each storing up days of EOrt of' household article. More than discontent and worry for the future, j one trunk was bulging with garments « When one begins to analyze this which she intended to utilize : habit, whether or_not one time, In other parts of the house 3 found; closets and cupboards and book-' | shelves were crowded and crammed. When he list was completed she brance of many a radiant spring day spent indoors unnecessarily, she was Four Ysars Ag< She found her basement stored with boxes from the last moving, years ago, kept because in the hazy future they might be needed again. She found lamps from the almost forgotten period when oil-lamps were used in the home; a wash-wringer which had been superseded by the one on the electric washer laundry stove which for many a long day had been replaced by a gas burner. She found barrels and boxes and bottles and cans. She did these things in the sense that they were new to her for they were not. Year after year she had been painstakingly caring for them because each looked as though it might be good for something sometime. What she found in her basement wa sample of her findings throughout the entire house. The attic was crowded with old furniture--discarded rockers, couch, a baby buggy, pictures, mirrors--every conceivable e discovery, it will b t it springs not only from i thought for the ] 1 more often rooted in two other follnd through the Want Ad. columns - undesirable qualities of thought of tho daijy pap61. a ready market foT stination and indecision. Vast; severai g00(} pleces of furn]ture som6 of every conceivable sort of of ^ begt clotIling aEd the remnantg verfiows attics, basements, of g6veral sets of dishes. The gar-nd cupboards not because the ment3 whlcbj gne declded sn9 cou!d .....h!llks they will be actually use in h. Dful at a later day, but because she 1 - nr.nbk- 3 to any decision ! r proper disposal and ? off that decision until a i lient or a more desperate ot Economy But : spring house clei irthy housewife n i the anu served. During the year she systematically made u [ festival of indecision. She sorts and re-sorts. Many a day does she spend tucked away in her attic "looking over" its contents, vainly striving to discard and finally ending by keeping them all. "I never gave away a thing that not need it soon afterward," Ehe may say by way of excusing her actions. Occasionally this may be tn the feeling of freedom which from being done with an worthless object, justifies an o( al regret, and, after all, th never come. In a home where there are growing children an attic judiciously used is a splendid thing When it is a storeroom of real thrift it serves its legitimate purpose, but when it becomes a storage place for every discarded article, worthless or worth-while, it is a "snare and a delusion" When the hoarding housewife begins to wonder why her annual or semi-annual cleaning is so protracted and arduous, she has but to stop to consider the amount of time she is spending unnecessarily. This habit of hoarding, like any other habit, will never be broken until it is clearly seen to be a bad one Even then it will not be broken by halfway measures or a weak stand, . Anyone who allows the hoarding habit to get hold of her, will find her home always crowded. Castle or cottage, it is all the same; the more room the more accumulation. A woman known to the writer who had resolved to break herself of this habit, went from basement to attic, pencil and note-book in hand, making an accurate list of every article, large or small, which was of no immediate use to her, but could be valuable to someone else. Her stand had been taken, and having in mind the remem- -- of them and al-1S so of a collection of bargain rem-5re | nants on hand, taking as her guid-ea- | lug thought that a present actual need should be supplied before a fu-idecision. ture possible one was provided for. .ing of many | Next she acquainted herself with ight well be ! every organization in her town which might make use of her surplus, found that the Salvation Army and tho organized charity association welcomed any and everything which she had to give. Later her heart was gladdened by reports ttom these gifts. A young mother with"- her first little one rejoiced in the rocking-chair. Rough floors were made easier for children to play about on because covered with piece s cut from her worn carpets. A widowed mother trying to support her two children by washing found the wringer a bl ing. A children's home welcomed children's books she sent. In an ladies' home the gay pieces from her long-crowded piece-bag were joyously made into quilts and oarpet-rags. school library was glad to get a do volumes which were but stowaw on the home shelves. *V large of old magazines and papers sent to a near-by school which was soon to have a paper sale. Some little girls were thrown into a state of ecstacy by receiving a box of dresses, hats, parasols and odds and end3 for playing "dress up. It is quite to the point of this article to paraphrase Pope by saying, "The proper study of mankind is his attic." It is likewise quite safe to say that, few of us should like to be judged by heterogeneous accumulation found therein. The woman of our story passes no more fine days in either attic or basement. Throughout the year articles which are to be discarded go at once to some place of further usefulness. Housecleaning season is shortened, moths are discouraged and a Keener sense of order prevails. Moreover something fine and worthwhile is being developed in the home--the idea of sharing, of looking needs of her fellow m has gone down to its ruin, when they are robbed and spoiles and led captive, men will recite a lamentation for them (cf. Amos 5:1-2). The Hebrew text of v. 4, is broken and imperfect, but with the aid of the ancient Greek translation (the Septu-agint), it may be amended to read as follows: The portion of my people i out, None to i measured i divided; i Indian Chief Treasured Perpetual Pass An interesting incident is recalled the railway company's lines. by the recent celebrations in honor o fthe memory of Chief Crow Foot whose wisdom and farsightedness was largely responsible for the signing of the famous Treaty Number 7 which threw open a new empire in the west for .settlement. It was back in the '80's after the treaty with the Blackfeet Indians had been signed and about the time the Canadian Pacific Railway was pushing its lines of steel into the west. Chief Crow Foot had become known William Van Horne, then general manager of the, Canadian Pacific and token of the esteem held for the famous chief by the whites, he was presented with a perpetual pass over Thi3 pass became Crow Foot' sured possession and he exhibited it with pride among his tribesmen. In some old records of the Company is proof of the old chief's gratitude. A letter to Vanllorne reads as fol- r 'Great Chief of tho Railway "I salute you O Chief, O Great. I am pleased With railway key, opening the road free to me. The chains and rich covering of your, name, its wonderful power to open the road, show the greatness of your Chiefness. I have done. "His "Crow minion Department of Agriculture bulletin on Bees and How to Keep Them, is of the greatest importance. It is essential also to store the honey dry, cool place where there Is to be little or no change in temperature. Honey readily absorbs moisture from a damp atmosphere if stored in a damp place will quickly ferment. Comb honey must be handled carefully to avoid breakage. It must be stored in a warm, dry room. If stored where the temperature varies considerably, it is likely to granulate. Clean Bags Necessary for Potatoes Experiments Conducted under the direction of the Dominion Botanist, and described in his latest report, have shown that It is imperative that all sacks used as containers for potatoes should be thoroughly washed before using, in order to ensure plete removal of injurious ajjljst clinging to their inner surfaces, tato shippers often put up their stock in bags which have previously contained certain salts, fertilizer Ingredients, fungicides, and commodities of general consumption, and it is astonishing how many of these commodities have an injurious effect on potatoes. . Even tea, coffee and cocoa, potato starch, corn meal, and bran, which do not in themselves inji Sunday School Lesson laptors our fields We are utterly spoiled. The "cord" of verse 5, is the meas- i uring line used in surveying and di- ! viding the fields. The meaning is simply that, the land having been I taken from them and given over to i their enemies, there will be no longer any dividing of it among the familie.-of Judah. The word rendered "pro- i phesy" (2:6), is frequently used with ! that meaning. It means literally,! however, to "keep on talking." We I may understand vs. 6, 7, as follows: j The cruel oppressors of the poor bid ' the prophets to ceaso talking of these ! things, to leave off tht-ir r.ever-endin-reproaches. They ask, "Is the spirit Of the Lord (who is supposed to spesk 1 through these prophets) a narrow,! carping, fault-finding spirit? Are ■ these calamities which the prophet is foretelling really his doings?" They i are very skeptical. The prophet re-1 plies that Jehovah's words put no re- j proach upon him that walketh up- j rightly, but rather commend him, or ! do him good. He refers pointedly (vs. | 8, 9), to outrages of which they and i their kind have recently been guilty. I They have attacked peaceable travel-.! crs and stripped them of thei" cloth-j ing. Ths-y have cast cut women from the houses which they have seized, and i driven their young children into slav-'le, robbing them of the glory j of their inheritance in Israel. He bids these rapacious robbers "Arise ye and I Busli depart," for this land of Judah will In clothes no longer be their resting place. Their \ creatior- -unclean lives have wrought thei struction. prophet but one who, regardless of truth, predicts prosperity and unlimited self-indulgence. Compare with verse 11 his description of the false prophets in 3:5, and, in contrast of himself as a true prophet in 3:8. In 2:12, 13, there is inserted a separate and independent prediction of future deliverance from exile and from prison, under a great leader who will break for them a way to freedom, himself, led by Jehovah their God. Taking Care of Household Linen i liomekoeper takes t i her linen, but t » ofte treats it badly by lack of reaii of the care and protective me November 20. Lesson VIII--Mlcha..... Champions the Oppressed, Micha 2: Compare 4:6-8. j Many people blame the fabri. 1-8, 6: 1-13. Golden Text--He hath Chapter three begins with a stern j it begins to show signs of showed thee, O man, what Is good: j indictment of the unjust rulers of j Generally speaking, the i and what doth the Lord require of _!hiey whose duty it was to : be sought in the laundering and prob- thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?--Mlcha 6: 8. ANALYSIS. I. powerful oppressors, unjust rul-i erb, false prophets, chaps. 2, 3. II. the lord's controversy, chap. 6. III. the shame op judah, 7:1-6. Introduction--The four prophets, "■--ijpose pooka we find the lessons of --,___month, all lived In the middle or latter part of the eighth century B.C., that is between 760 and 700 B.C. The messages of Amos and Hosea were addressed to the people of the northern kingdom of Israel, those of Isaiah and Micah to the people of the south-em, kingdom of Judah. Micah was probably latest of the four and a younger contemporary of Isaiah. H« Was, apparently, a man of the country. His native town was Moresheth- ■ Piaying Safe With Mushrooms. Mushrooms make a delicious dish and much has been writtten in recent years on their value as a food.. Many persons at present are able to go into the woods and gather them with confidence, thus experiencing the pleasure of hunting for them and at the same time adding a pleasant xariation to their diet. Many others would follow their example if they were sure of being able to distinguish poisonous fungi from the edible species. The consequences of a mistake are so very serous that It is utter folly for ahy^jiie to gather and eat mushrooms unless'absolutely' certain .that the kinds picked are wliolesoine. Recognizing the widespread interest in this subject, the Dominion Department of Agriculture has just published a comprehensive volume entitled Mushrooms and Toadstools, written by H. T. Gussow, Dominion Botanist, and W. S. Odell. . The authors point Out in their introduction that a knowledge of fungi is the only safe means are mythj $$4 I'upemitio'OT nonsense. The popular claim that a silver spopn or cpln dipped Into a djijj •of cooked funfi will turn fplack if it .couains >ali$ofteuj> 0*$, is entirely without foimdatiog. Other tests are equally, fallible. The first commanfl-V&ni foj? mushroom gatherers is': "Eat no fungus of any kfnd unknown to you. Assume not. the slightest risk, and make sure that all specimens collected are'^sajte to eft," How to obtain this certainty is' simply and clearly told in the book which wiy enable lie reader to distinguish hid mush- rooms from good ones, and deadly mushrooms from harmless ones. The volume, which is well bound __ splendidly illustrated, is sold by the King's Printer, Ottawa, at a nominal price of one dollar. Ornamental Conifers. For nearly forty years tests of many species and varieties of ornamental trees and shrubs have been conducted at the Central Experimental Farm. Summing up the experience of these years, the Division of Horticulture has just issued a bulletin entitled "Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Woody Climbers," which gives in convenient form, for any person who wishes to plant his grounds, descriptive lists of the best plants to use. One section of the bulletin deals with conifers'. . As Is well known there are many beautiful, native species of these trees in Canada, but their very familiarity often precludes their use when the cultivation of trees is being considered. Yet no trees are more successful in taking away much of the bleakness.of our winter landscape. Some of the "best hedgfs are made of evergreen conifers, and they help soften the hard lines about a r< dence whic hour winter does so much to emphasize when there are "no greens. The confers, too, are very important for use as windbreaks, their value for this purpose being most apprecjated jn\ the Prairie Provinces. A lohg list of conifers are described in the bulletin, which is available at the Publications Branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. Handling Honey. The care of honey from the time it is taken from the bees until it is offered £or sale, is of the utmost importance, for if "it is not harvested at the right time and properly stored it soon deteriorates. The time and of extracting ,as described in tubers, by virtue of their power to j£*th (1:14), some distance southwest , . . .„„„ „„„„,„„„„ of Jerusalem, and he shows keen in-retain moisture induce an enlarge- temrt fa ^ ^ oppression of the of the lentlcels and also provide country foik by rich land-grabbers, admirable media for the development !and in their suffering when the land of rot-producing organisms, which en- is invaded by a foreign enemy (2:1-9; ter through these orifices. Such 1:10-16). Like Isaiah he predicts the chemicals as Epsom salts, sodium, : coming of the Assyrian armies into nitrate, potassium nitrate and coarse Jufah, and it is probable that he YAi common salt have a particularly in- f}{ witnessed their coming (cf. J< 26:17-19, and Micah 3:12). I. powerful oppressors, unjust rulers, and false prophets, chaps.. 2 and 3. judgment, and to protect the ably it will be found that strong soap, people from wrong, had themselves SOda, or soap powder have been used. hTrtletVtffy isTefen Smsj S^ ^ * *. isparing severity. Their doom ' particularly jurious effect on potatoes, especially where damp storage prevails. The sacks will, of course, absolutely preclude injury from this source. The report of the Dominion Botanist may be obtained from the Publications Branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa.--Issued by the The prophet pronounces woe rich and powerful men of Judah who with covetous greed plot by night the which they commit by day, Director of Publicity, Dominion De-1 covet fields and seize them, and ho partment of Agriculture, Ottawa. jand take them away. They practice __4._ this wicked robbery because they are If Mr. Mussolini wants to please £' ^re^S * everybody hell make his latest de- sureIy coming upon them, a yoke of cree, barring speeches, retroactive to bondage which will humble their false include most of his own. pride, 2:3. Then, when the nation pronounced, when they in their distress will cry unto the Lord, but he will not answer them. The prophets Who have been false to their high calling will lose their prophetic vision. To the rulers, Micah announces the coming downfall of Jerusalem, vs. 9-12. II. the lord's controversy, chap. 6. The prophet is bidden to declare the charge which Jehovah makes against his people. He is to call the mountains to listen, as Isaiah called heaven and earth, I$a. 1:2. Ho appeals, speaking in Jehovah's name, to tie history of the past, and to to® great things which the Lord had dlosil for them. Two incidents of the early days are mentioned, Balaam's blessing instead of cursing (Num. 22-24), and the crossing of the Jordan, Josh. 8:1 to 4:19. The remarkable passage in vs. 6-8, touches one of the highest points of Old Testament prophetic teaching. Not sacrificial ritual, however rich or splendid, but justice, mercy, and the humble ordering of life according to his will, these are what God1 requires (compare Amos 5:21-24; Hosea 6:6; Isa. 1:10-20; Jer. 7:1-11; Psalm 51: 16-17). In vs. 9-16, there is a similar emphasis upon just weights and measures. Verse 96 should be rendered, "Hear, O tribe and assembly," of Judah. In the first part of this verse we should read, "Wisdom will fear thy name." A terrible punishment will overtake those who accumulate wealth or store up treasure by such means, n v. 11 ve should read, as some ancient authorities, "Shall I regard as pure (or justify) one who wicked balances?" III. the shame of judah, 7:1-6. A Fair Pipeful his time. It is as a vinoyard froi*i which th® fruit has been taken; vfc=re are no good grapes left. Or It is as fig trees from which the choice fruit has been picked. The description s*eme to us clother in extravagant language, but such was the general depravity of the age that such language must have been justified. That was Judah's intolerable shame. Begin in the Works Westminster Gazette (Lib. : With all Its discipline and hard-driving, American industry has th.e great ad: vantage of a democratic tradition which eliminates class-feeling and makes intercourse between employers and workmen free and natural. In this, at ail events, we can and ought to learn from America. All the schemes of co-partnership, conciliation, joint-management( and the rest, depend in the long run on breaking down the class-barriers and establishing friendly and confidential relations between the parties.. This is individual work which must be done In the workshop, and will not be i complished by resolutions passed conferences or vague talk about "new spirit." gum which binds together the fibers ■•of the flax, and naturally, the linen wears badly. Rinsing, too, is of the utmost importance, for if soap is left in after washing, for if soap is left ing causes u chemical action between the soap and the gum, and a change in color takes place which no amount of boiling will afterward repair. From a famous Irish linen mill comes the statement that the following mixture for stiffening linen is much to be preferred to starch: Dissolve 1 ounce of gum arable in half £ pint of warm water. For use, add 1 tablespoonful of this solution to a quart of water. This mixture may be kept in stock. If the household soap is suspected of containing free alkali which will spoil the color of the linen, give it a test with litmus paper. Dissolve the soap in water and in it dip a piece of red litmus paper. If the paper changes to blue, then free alkali is there. Careful laundering, however, is not enough. The linen cupboard must be beyond reproach, too. Extremes are bad for linen, A damp atmosphere •ely bring mildew, while the heat of a cupboard that contains a tank will turn it yellow and give it a tendency to Become dry and brittle. Choose the happy mean and store linen in a cool room and in a chest or cupboard to which no ray of light can penetrate. Only so will it keep its snowy color. If linen is used only occasionally, it Is a mistake to put it away with starch in it, for this will rot it. The treatment of stains needs very careful consideration, for strong chemicals destroy the material. It Is as well to remind women that many of the big linen Arms have research departments, and if stains have proved obstinate and immovable, advice may be obtained from these departments upon application.. Another service not too well known is the needlework laundry, which is intended for the first washing of elabor-ndiwork. It is handled by ah Ban The Saskatoon Western Producer (ProjpT'When the Conservative Con-intibn is reviewed, one must come to the conclusion, although no particular mention was made of the matter, that it is the desire of the Conservative party to recapture the Government of Canada. It was apparently not the purpose of the gathering to develop ah organization and lay plans for the promulgation of great Conservative principles, what-they are, but to arrange a series of bargain sale principles upon which power-grabbing organization could be built. The work was done in the Committee on Resolutions. That was the important body and the members were earnest. . Imagine sitting in that great room with one hundred and forty-nine other schemers trying to fishing two or Mrs. Wickwire--"Why don'. . give up that stupid habit of saying dig «P balt for tne ■By Jove?' What do you know about three years from now! Jove" Mr. Wickwire--"I will If you --*--- will stop saying 'the idea' every time j A London golf club is kiown as th you are spoken to. What do you know : "Flying Golfers." Maybe its men about ideas?" I bers are after "birdies" and "eagles.