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F, PAULL, Prop., - Milverton, Ont fertility. Storing Seed Corn. As soon as the corn ripens, go through the field with seed-picking bags and husk the ears from the stalks that have produced the best corn without having had special ad- vantages such as space, moisture, or _ Avoid large ears on stalks standing singly, with an unusual amount of space around them. Late-maturing plants with ears which are heavy be- cause of an excessive amount of sap|. should be ignored, All other things being equal, choose ears from short, thick stalks. These are not so easily blown down, permit thicker planting-and, in general, are more productive than slender ones. Other things being equal, seed should be taken from stalks that have no suckers, Immediately after the seed-corn is gathered, the husked ears should be put in a dry place where there is free circulation of air. Do not let ears touch each other. Good seed ig re- peatedly ruined, because it is thought to be dry enough when gathered. The vitality of seed ig often reduced by leaving it in a sack or in a pile for even a day after gathering. During warm weather, if there is any mois- ture in the cobs and kernels, the ears heat or mildew in a remarkably short time. } The best possible treatment imme-' diately after gathering is to string the ears and hang them in an open' shed or loft. Wire racks are more' convenient and, in the end, cheaper than binder twine. Such racks may, be made from electrically welded lawn' fencing. The cutting of the fencing" into seed-corn racks is done without' any waste. Only during unusually damp weather at seed-gathering time| of the brood comb from the centre of the hive to be transferred, examine it carefully for disease and if any disease is found this colony cannot be transferred by this method. If free from disease, tip the old hive upside down and set the new hive on top, placing a good cover over it. Before placing the new hive on top remove as much of the wood from the sides of the old hive as possible so as to let the light slip in between the combs. Bees do not like to work where ex- posed to the light and they will there- fore abandon the old hive much soon- er and move up and take possession of the new one, Make Inventory of Farm Flock. On some farms at this time of the year the poultry flocks consist of two hundred to five hundred birds of all ages. Some will be early hatched stock of good development and vigor. Others will be late hatched and of less value. Often the exact number of birds of all ages is not known and this makes the plans for fall and winter very uncertain. It pays to check up all the birds at night and know exactly how many of each sex and age are on the farm. This not only helps to control poultry stealing from thieves and other pesis but gives the farmer a definite idea of his poultry business for the coming year. The early-hatched pullets can be marked. Only save enough of them to fill the farm poultry house, allow- ing four square feet of floor space to each bird. Overcrowding is a sure method of reducing poultry profits. After culling the old hens and decid- ing which are to be saved for breed- ing stock, enough of the best pullets can be marked to fill the house. Check over the cockerels and if | disease of the digestive i to be saved to sell as breed- will fire be necessary to dry the seed,! HONe are After hanging in the shed or lying. ers, save the best for home use and on the racks for two months, the seed-| ™@rket the remainder as soon as they ears should be dry. They can remain' Teach the broiler age. This will save where they dried or be storec in| feed and give the pullets a better op- mouse-proof barrels, boxes, or crates PoYtunity to develop if both sexes are Societics. Milverton Lodge No. 478 A.F. & A.M, G.R.C. Meevs every Monday evening on or before full moow every month in their hall in J, BR. Welr's block, Visiting brethren always welcome W. Henry, W.M. H. L. Nicholson,Secy. Silver Star Lodge No. 202 1, 0.0. F. Meets every Priday olgbt at 7.30 ip their ball over Bank of Hamilton. Visiting brethren always welcome ©, Finkbeiner Wm Loth N. Zimmerman NG, Fin,-Secy. Ree,-Secy Counter Check Books... We are agents for the Appleford Counter Check Book Co. This firm turns out only high-grade work at very reasonable prices. See our samples and get our prices before ordering, She wostt'y eonmtiotion of aogs _ dg estimated at between 14,000,000 an - 16,000,000 tons @ year, ( during the winter. But in either case, they must not be exposed to a damp. atmosphere, for they will absorb mois-. ture and be injured. To keep weevils and grain moths. from injuring stored grain, the thor-' oughly dried seed-ears should be stor-| ed in very tight mouse-proof recep-, tacles with one pound of moth balls or, naphthalene inclosed for each bushel of corn. Transferring of Bees. Transferring of bees from one hive to another should be done any time, from the beginning of fruit bloom to, the end of the clover honey flow. It is. not advisable to attempt to transfer. bees during the late summer or fall.! There are several methods of trans-! ferring, each of which I will very briefly describe. By the direct method the combs are cut-out from the box hive or gum and the bees brushed from these combs' into a modern hive which is placed in' the exact location of the old hive. | After the bees have all been trans-. ferred a queen excluding zinc should be placed over the entrance so that' the' queen cannot get out. This pre-. eaution will often prevent colonies from leaving the new hive. It is sup-| posed that all of the frames in the new hive are fitted with full sheets of comb foundation. It is sometimes advisable' to fill one of the frames with brood and honey taken from the old hive. This will provide food for a day or so and will usually prevent the, colonies from leaving. This comb should later be removed. If the col-' ony which is being transferred has any disease, then none of the comb should be taken to the new hive. Care' must be used in this method, to see that at no time after the transferring the colony runs out of food. H The slow method is very popular with many beekeepers because of its' simplicity. First remove a portion | erels from the late-hatched stock. using the same range. If enough early hatched birds have been pro- duced it does not pay to save the late hatched stock and more annual income from poultry can be made by selling both the pullets and the cock- In saving the cockerels for home use it pays to allow several extra birds to remain, as some may not turn out as well as expected and occasional acci- dents may injure some birds. The custom of saving all of the pullets causes poultry losses. Young pullets are always in demand by breeders who have not raised enough for their own use. Nothing is gained by keeping too many pullets for the housing capacity when some of them can be turned into cash while giving the remaining birds a chance to earn! more cash. The inventory tells the farmer just what he has for sale. On some farms raising large flocks of. poultry the owners cannot guess within a hundred birds of the number on the range. If rats or weasels take birds the fact cannot-be determined. If a poultry thief robs.a colony house, the owner is not sure how many birds have been lost and the necessary protection will not be given to the flocks at night. More profit will come from farm poultry raising when the flocks are culled early in the season. The birds to be saved can be banded and then the remainder can be sold as soon as they reach a marketable age, either for broiler meat or breeding stock. It is not the number of birds in the flock but the quality of the stock that de- termines the returns. Of course, a large flock of good birds will bring/|1 more money than a small flock but often a large flock of all.ages running together eats up the profit from the good birds. The inventory enables the poultryman to save what he needs and give the remainder of the birds the prompt culling which brings in money and cuts feed bills. Market. poultry requiring fattening must be fattened in coops or pens where they will receive little exercise. Green food is not of value in a fat- tening ration. In fact, it will only take up room in their crops which is needed for fat-producing foods. Fowls will increase in weight on a diet of corn meal and sour milk mash. ) The meal is better than whole corn. The high-producing hen has a full, bright, waxy comb and wattles. The face is thin and the beak, eye rings, ear lobes and face are pale. The good hen has a full ear lobe and a bright round eye. The hen that should be eulléd out of the flock will have small hard dried' comb and wattles. The face will be fat and the beak, eye rings, ear lobes and face will be yel- low. The ear lobes will be wrinkled and the eyes dull and snaky. Clean, spray and sun the nests. Then fill them with plenty of clean litter. Half empty nests may result in broken eggs and thig often teaches hens the egg-eating habit, Dirty nests will mean dirty eggs and they cannot be washed without destroying the pro- tective film which nature has made to help keep an egg fresh and whole- some. : Hens have scaly legs because of a parasite. which works beneath the scales. Sometimes wiping the legs with a rag soaked in kerosene oj] will effect a 'cure. Jn severe cases the scales can be soaked up with warm water and soap and much of the in- erustation removed. Then wipe them with tard and gasoline to kill the pests, When once removed the hens Spotting the Layers. The average person should not try the impossible, and it is impossible for the ordinary farmer, as well as the most skillful poultryman, to succeed with hens which lack the capacity or ability for egg production. Slacker hens fed the most practically prepared feeds, housed in the best quarters and given queenly care, have not the ve- motest idea of gratitude for they sim- ply will not produce eggs under the most persistent urging. Laying birds are just as: necessary to the success- ful poultry venture as are good seeds to the enterprising gardener. Having the producing kind, then, the actual efficiency in egg production rests with the person operating the machinery. The man or woman who looks to the poultry department of the farm for its proportionate contribution to the farm income naturally asks, "Can the layers be separated from the slack- ers?" The economy of such a prac- tice goes unchallenged but the aver- age farmer is concerned about the practical phases involved. The poul- try specialist may have known for many years that the non-layer could be spotted without the use of the trap nest, but the average keeper of fowls has not been acquainted with the practice until very recently, and al- though much has been written upon the question and many demonstrations by extension men have been given, it appears that the greatest progress in spreading the gospel of poultry cull- ing has been made in those commun- itles where the boys and girls have formed poultry clubs. When culling becomes common the poultry busi- ness will enter a new economic exn, S eeemenineee "caesar will have little trouble with sealy lacs if the houses are clean and dry. concn penanwatnens Swat the rats. Trap 'em, gas 'em-- any way. In these long autumn evenings read some good book on your job--farming or housekeeping. Or, if you have a hobby, get a book on that. Learn all there is to know about poultry, for instance, or violet raising, or rug- tion, breeding ewes in thnifty condi- making, or textiles, In i no organs than 2 cough is a disease of the lungs. It is only a sign that the stomach or in- testines are unable to deal effectively with the food presented to them. _ _ Now the vast majority of persons. who are at present suffering from ail the miseries attendant upon imper- fect or perverted digestion of their daily ration were born into this world with perfectly sound and efficient di- gestive organs. Food and fresh air are the very springs of life. Air is taken in, and duly filtered and tested in the taking, by every human being, automatically. Oi the other hand, the business of eating and drinking is voluntary, the result of the exercise of the will. And that is where the trouble begins. : The stomach, as well as those other important organs associated with it in the vital business of digestion, is ab- solutely at the mercy of its owner. He can put into it any mortal thing, solid, fluid or gaseous, that he pleases; and in almost any quantity, any variety, at any time and as often as he fancies. These internal organs are extremely accommodating (in all senses of the word) and, as we so often observe, only too readily "expand their prem- ises to cope with increasing business," to use a commercial phrase. To the healthy, the business of eat- ing is, as it should be, a pleasure. They enjoy their food. They are tempted to increase their pleasure by the simple device of making their meals bigger or more frequent. The result is inevitablédisaster, No stomach was ever constructed to do sixteen or twenty-four hours' work per day; and no digestive ap- ture, or adapted by art, to deal effi- ciently for long with the weirdly and wonderfully seasoned dishes, piquant sauces, pungent condiments, highly- colored boracic pastes, salt-saturated meats, pickled, potted and peculiar "delicacies" and so on, with which multitudes of candidates for dyspep- sia begin the downward path. If you wish to keep the healthy di- gestion you now have, be careful to proportion your intake of food to your output of muscular and nervous energy. Your appetite will keep you right. Eat when you are hungry; stop when you aren't. Drink plenty of water. If you work hard, eat three good meals a day. Two square meals, with a light luncheon, should suffice the sedentary worker. Avoid all arti- ficial aids, so-called, to digestion. They only irritate the digestive organs, and in the long run weaken them. Avoid taking strong tea or coffee on an empty stomach; or heavy work on a full one. And don't dose yourself with unnecessary medicine. Si Compost for Garden. Make a compost heap near or in your garden by piling a layer of soil on top of a layer of manure; then a layer of leaves or any organic matter; another layer of soil and some more organic matter, such as straw, stable manure, leaves, grass clippings, plant and meat wastes, ground bones, tree and shrubbery clippings, all piled and mixed and allowed to decompose dur- ing winter. This heap should be turn- ed over twice during the winter months and applied to the garden in the early spring. Composit is one of the best lawn fertilizers, and helps vegetable growth when scattered over the ground around young plants. Rae tis RS Genius has a twin brother whose name is patience. The most valuable printed work in the world is the copy: of the Bible printed at Mainz in 1452-56, and com- monly known as the Mazarin Bible. = paratus has yet been devised by Na- * + = L E es The girl who is so fortunate as to live on a farm has at her command all the conditions necessary for good health. Her work and her play are amid quiet, beautiful surroundings con- ducive to the mental poise and self- control so necessary to good health. Fresh air, good food, pure water, op- portunity for sufficient rest and sleep, all are hers. Her werk with her chickens or flow- ers may sometimes be hard but how different it is from the dust and grime and turmoil of the city street or factory. During the crisp days of early fall her muscles are strengthen- ed and her circulation improved by raking up the leaves in the yard, car- ing for the bulbs, covering the tender plants that they may survive the cold of winter and-half a hundred out-of- door activities. After the day's work is done, how invigorating is a brisk car ride on a moonlight autumn night! Horse- back riding is again becoming popu- lar and later there will be skating, coasting and sleigh rides. City girls have little opportunity to study Nature, but the girl in the country can study Nature first-hand. She knows the fall flowers, how the little wood friends prepare for winter, and at night hears the calls of the birds overhead as they fly southward. The really fine country girl does not forget to give attention to per- sonal hygiene. She cares for her teeth and nails, keeps her hair well brushed and is clean and neat at all times. rooms in which she works are well ventilated and her habits are regular. The country girl's work and play when rightly carried on develop her mind and her spirit. Such develop- ment is the ideal of education. Bandages are used to keep applica- tions in place, to make compression, to control circulation and to reduce 2 How is Vests Health? Are You Treating Her sleeping room and the} it Right? 7 By JESSIE LEITCH. - bandages are used more often for rheumatic cases. After applying @ liniment and friction to the skin, a flannel bandage insures uniform warmth of the affected part and is more comfortable than a cotton band- age would be. : Bandages should be rendered sterile. To render sterile is to destroy germs by boiling, by live steam, by steam under pressure, or by hot air. Thug we group the methods of des- troying bacteria (germs) into two classes--physical and chemical. The physical agents at our com- mand for destroying the germs are light and heat. Direct sunlight destroys bacteria but the process of exposure is neces- sanily so long as to render sunlight impractical, partigularly in the home. Through the medium of heat, we have sterilization by (a) boiling; (b) live steam; (c) steam under pressure; (d) hot air or dry sterilization. A doctor, when preparing instru- ments for use in a home, invariably boils them for a time. It is improb- able that the mother will have occa- sion to sterilize by boiling; the better manner to sterilize towels, bandages or surgical dressing: such as one might need to prepare in the home is! by the use of steam and dry heat. After preparing articles for steriliza- tion wrap them in a thick cotton cov- ering and pin them into bundles. An ordinary colander is a good thing in which to sterilize. Steam for two hours then remove bundles. Spread them out on a clean pan and put in the oven until thoroughly dry. Put away in a clean pillow slip for future use. An article subjected to a little dry heat without previous steaming is not sterilized. Steam is so much more penetrating than air that it accom- plishes more in twenty minutes than dry heat can in an hour. The Tortures of Dyspepsia -- Relieved By "Frult-a-tives" 'Lyrrcz Bras D'or, C. B.- "J was a terrible sufferer from Dyspepsia and Constipation for years. f I had pain after eating, belching gas, | well at night. Finally, ¢ /riend told e. me to try" Frutt-a-tives'. In aweek, __ the Constipation was corrected and soon Iwas free of pain, headaches and that miserable feeling that' accompanies Dyspepsia. I continued | to take this splendid fruit medicine _ and now I am well, strong and vigorous'. ROBERT NEWTON. 50c. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25c, At all dealers or sent postpaid by Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa. eet) Marketing Windfallen Apples ; We always had more or less trouble getting rid of windfall apples. Quite came along and we gave them many of these apples, and still do; but there is bound to be a surplus in bountiful years overcrowning our generosity. s We have at times turned the pigs into the orchard for a few hours each | week, after gathering the best fruit, land let them clean up the surplus. | It was a wasteful method, to our | thinking, when people were hungry | for apples. = | It remained for a millhand from | the city to solve the problem two j years ago. He came out in an auto- imobile to get some eanning apples, 'and asked us what we did with our windfalls. We told him, and he said he would give us thirty cents a bushel | for some of them, for he knew where constant headaches and did notsleep often neighbors who had no fruit | | a neighbor near him had a hand-press, It will not be possible to use steam | under pressure in a home, as this is| done in hospitals by specially con- structed sterilizers. Alcohol and carbolic acid are prob- swelling and give support. There are many kinds of bandages, but the only ones that really concern the nurse in the home are cotton and flannel bandages. These directions are for those who did not have the | opportunity of learning how to band- age in Red Cross classes. Bandages vary in width. One inch wide for a finger, two or two and a half for the head and extremities is the average width in use. These are at least three yards long. Bandages must be rolled tightly before they can be used. Al- ways remove ravellings from ends of a bandage. Tear or cut bandage material in the desired widths and lengths. Then roll the bandages into a neat roll and pin securely. Always keep. them on hand in your medicine cupboard, cov- ered, to keep them clean. In adjusting a bandage, put it on firmly but not so tightly as to impede circulation. Pin it with a safety pin, | turning the ends in neatly. Flannel ably the best disinfectants one can! use in the household. If you spill! carbolic acid upon your hands or skin, | alcohol should be applied immediately. | Alcohol neutralizes the hurtful action of carbolic acid. It is a good idea to keep alechol and carbolic acid bottles fide by side in the medicine cupboard. Carbolic acid is a dangerous poison. Act accordingly. One teaspoonful of carbolic acid dis- solved in one pint of boiling water makes a solution strong enough for ordinary purposes of disinfecting. This may be used for washing over bedsteads and floors in a sick room, or for disinfecting the hands. It may seem unnecessary sometimes to sterilize or disinfect. Undoubtedly it causes extra work. But it is impos- sile to take too many precautions in avoiding infection. Save Your Cancelled Cheques A number of years ago I had a set- tlement with a merchant with whom I had kept a running account for sev- eral years. Sometimes I paid the merchant by cheque; at other times I directed that my purchases be charg- ed. Finally there came the time when I decided to close the account and start anew on a cash basis. The mer- chant gave me an itemized statement. ; Lhis I compared with my cancelled | cheques. j T found every item correet but one THE SUNDAY SCHOOL THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON OCTOBER 31ST. Hew. Down the Corrupt Tree. World's Temperance Sunday. St. Matt. 17: 13-29. Golden Text, Matt. 7:19. 13-14, The Straight Gate. The gate by which one enters and the way of the true life are straight and nar- row, In the very nature of things it must be so. There are many ways by which one can go astray, but only one that leads to the city of God. The broad way appears to be the easy way, for in it there are no restrictions and no scruples. It is the "do as you please" way, the way which has been wrongfully called that of "personal liberty." As a matter of fact that sort of liberty speedily degenerates to license, and leads to bondage un- of duty to one's self and others, of unselfish service and sacrifice, is a narrow way. Straight and narrow is the gate by which it is entered. Many, in times of stress and strif. ; are the possibilities open to the shirk- er and the slacker; but for the man of honor and truth there is in the last resort, but one. For him it is the straight gate and the narrow one. 15-20. By Their Fruits. Every age are sincere, but ignorant. Sometimes they are self-deceived, or even carried away and, deceived by their own cent, and may make loud profession of good. Jesus would have them tested, not by their pretensions and their boastings, but by their fruits. Is life and conduct good? Do they do good to those whom they teach? Do ae find them in sympathy with and elping on every good cause? too hasty acceptance or rejection of their message. It uires that we look with care into their character, and examine attentively and honestly the issue of their activities. By this test the wide open use of intoxicati liquors is surely con- demned. e fruits of it have always been bad. With excessive (este and the tendency is nearly always to excess, there goes the breaking down of moral puinciple, and as a conse- quence every kind of falsehood and foulness. Is there anything more sel- fish than the thirst for intoxicants? Is there anything more false than the excuses made for indulgence in them? Is there anything more beastly than speakable, The way of high principle, | has its false prophets. Sometimes they. cleverness. Sometimes they are wholly ' bad, although they may appear inno-' i Dor firm foundation. , nation. The ing foundations of nationhood. precept of Jesus is a warning against| they be laid upon the foundation rock While the moderate use of strong | liquors has many highly' respectable | advocates, is it not true that their ex- | ample is hurtful to those who are too! weak to restrain their appetite, and/| that they are too indifferent to the dreadful consequences of the liquor habit in the lives of so many of their! fellows? Do they not see that ad many who have formed that habit the only salvation lies in total abstinence.| and that their own self-indulgence un- | fits them to help such persons? The} tree is bad; hew it down and cast it} into the fire. The day of the unres-' tnicted, and also of the licensed, sale and use of strong drink is speedily passing, but there is yet a big fight! to be made against the forces of law-! lessness and disorder, as well as against the self-styled champions of liberty, who are rallying to its sup- port. 21-28. Not Every One. There are | those who will male loud profession of being followers of Jesus, but whose professions are false. Here again the test is to be applied. Only, said Jesus, he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Only he} shall enter into the kingdom. In these , days of many conflicting theories; of | which loud talking. of persistent ad-| leoondy, of new religious and social doctrines and ideas, the warning of! Jesus must be heeded. Not the boast- | ing of clever men who claim to have done great things, but their character and faith should commend them to us, Are they seeking to do the will of; God, or are they workers of iniquity? | That is the test, and that test to-day must be applied to those who advo- eate continued liberty in the sale and | use of strong drink. A Wise Man build S upon a} So also will a wise We in Canada to-day are lay- Shall of the teaching of Jesus Christ? The ancient Christian writer, Eusebius, says of this passage, "The work ef virtue is the house, faith is the rock, and the winds, rains, and storms are every sort of temptation." The wise man will not only seek a good founda- tion, but will build well upon it (Lake 6: 48). The house well founded and well built will stand even against storm and flood. 'The principles and laws of the Ser- mon on. the Mount furnish a good foundation. He who builds upon its principles of simplicity, sineer!ty, honor, and faith will build well. It is upon such principles we would beg our nation, seeking to estabMish her drunkenness, or more vile-than the tempers and habits which it fosters? in righteousness and justice, temper- ance and self-control, -- as careful as I am | cheques. i: of both the cob and the grain to such | will drip through the cra charge of $10 that had clearly been paid by cheque. I showed the item to the merchant. He located the | purchase easily and called my atten-! tion to the fact that it had been mark-| ed "Charged." liowever, my cheque! bearing his indorsement was indisput- able evidence that he had received | the money. He credited me with an additional $10. T have found it a wise precaution to retain my cancelled cheques for sev-| eral years. Nobody cam tell in ad-: vance just when a cheque may be re-! quired as evidenze. It is the safest. means of guarding against paying an! account the second time. My wife is! in= keeping her! Recently she eseaped the' second paying of an interest charge! because she had the vancelled cheque! to show. : peer a Always date your cheques accurate-| ly. Without the date the cheque as, a receipt is only half good. It is al good pian to note somewhere upon the! cheque the purpose for which it was given. _ Salt the Soft Corn. To prevent molding and heating in the cribs, salt the corn at cribbing time. Use about eight quarts to a forty-bushel wagon-box full. Sprinkle the salt well over the corn. The salt will draw the moisture out an extent that in a week after husk- ing each ear in the crib will feel wet and clammy to the touch, and water cks in the bottom of your crib. If you are un- used to this practise, this will cause alarm, and you may begin to think you have ruined the good corn in try- ing to save the inferior. But the salt is simply drawing the excess moisture from the cob and grain, and this mois- ture is making its strongest endeavor to make its escape. At the expira- tion of thirty days you will find your corn is drying out in fine condition and will be clean and bright with no trace of salt about it. It can then be safely fed. and he would make them into cider for vinegar, which cost him sixty cents a gallon. We soon bargained, and to our surprise, when he came back the next day he brought four other mill- hands with him, and they took away in burlap bags all they could -haul. They came back several times, - and brought other workmen from the fac- -- tory, and kept our orchard cleaned all fall of the objectionable windfalle, which we had not time to take care of in our Jabor in getting the good fruit cared for and marketed. . This season we shall again depend upon these men, for we know they must be getting cut of vinegar by this time. Infallible. The man who never makes mistakes And never guesses wrong, Who never any chances takes, Works cautiously "along, May never lose a single bone, A dollar have to pay-- Because he'll never likely own A dollar anyway. The man who was never known to err Will hold his job for years; He need not start, he need not stir, Discharge he never fears. He sticks to old accustomed paths As he has always done; He'll never lose the job he has, Nor get a better one, Citron may be candied for Christ- mas cakes, Pare and cut in cubes, and boil in slightly salted water until it is. tender, then cook ten minutes in heavy syrup, remove from syrup and lay on platters, boil the syrup down thick, pour over the citron, taking care to coat every piece, and dry in the oven or sun, --e tment Plant blooming. SHADOW TEST bulbs for outdoor spring ce "He Looks Into the Eye" THIS METHOD, tt ts almoat impossible to make an error, as all work Is done by looking {nto the eye de. fect igh B' thereby locating ¢ tatits source. Weak Muscles Strengthened Headaches Cured, Cross Eyes in many cases straightened when glasses are fitted by thie advanced system, Children aeyee accurately examined without asking questiona, SATISFACTION GUARANTEED! P. H. BASTENDORFE " Eyesight Specialist" MILVERTON, - ONTARIO? Is the one who clothes. 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