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2 THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1927. "TIPS" FROM OLD TRAPPER TOM BY GEORGE J. THIESSEN. I pla< "The balance of the fur season is places for sets. But before making the best." Tom Wilson laid down his any, you must study the signs to know knife and through force of habit where to put your traps. The ama-ran his fingers over the edges of a teur just makes a set at the most con-mink-board he was making. "Yes," venient place, but the experienced he continued, "from now on we trap- pelt-hunter knows that there is one pers ought to make big money, because best spot and does not put out a trap the pelts are prime." until he has discovered that place. I felt nattered that he would even "To show you what I mean, suppose include me among the pelt-hunters, we consider that spring near the for Tom was considered one of the bridge at Rock Creek. I've noticed best trappers in that section, having mink tracks nearby and also a number followed the line for many, many, of traps. The fellow-years, while I had made sets for only j "I made the sets, Tom," I confessed, three seasons. Wilson seemed not to notice. "I know furs are at their best," I "The fellow," he repeated, "over-answered, "yet my catches are few looked a place where he could have and far between. Up to the present--" j made catches right along. There Wilson looked up, reached, for his you notice, a rock which overhangs the corncob pipe and interrupted: j water, and the minks, instead of fol- "You don't know how to catch them,! lowing directly in the path of the sonny. The books never teach you j stream, go under this.stone." that. When you have had experience, "I know the place and you're wrong, you find out many things that make. Tom. There are no tracks under that your fur cheques bigger." j rock, for I've looked. You see the 1 waited until the old man had i signs are scattered, so it is hard to tell tamped his pipe full of home-grown ! exactly where to put the traps. I tobacco, lighted it and blew several1 made a number of sets, hoping a mink rings of smoke toward the, ceiling of or two might get into them, his shanty. | The old man waited patiently until "You're right," I admitted to my j I had finished. "You're just like the friend, "and if you could give me a j hunter who shoots at a whole flock few hints I knew that I would have | of geese instead of one. You never get batter luck." I any. I'll admit you can not see any Old Pcnto, Wilson's hound, rose! tracks under that stone, but mink from behind the stove, stretched j travel under it, just the same. If you himself and came toward his master, j have used your eyes you would have putting his nose into the trapper's | noticed that the current of water is hand. "I guess I can not refuse," was ' quite strong where it strikes that rock, the answer, "when both of you start | and carries considerable fine, white pleading." And "with that he patted j sand. In other words, the tracks are the dog's head and began: (quickly covered up or washed away. I "First of all, the average trapper' know the minks £° th~ route 1 men" to-day dees not study the habits of'. tioned because you will find, on close the animals as he should. To illus-, examination, where the animals rub trate: When cold weather comes and , against tfie overhanging stone as they most of the furbearers den up, he fails ' make the turn." to make catches at all. At this season ! I confessed I had overlooked this of the yci very profitable md would not only rearrange my sets : the - who knows how to get them.' at this spring but try to u And no matter how cold it is, the . formation at others as well, animals run. " "You're right," I -apologized, offer- "The thing you should do is to lo- ing my hand. "And thank you for eate them by their tracks. If you will what you have explained. 1 11 try go along every tiny stream that flows hard to make use of the information.' from a spring--and there are many | The old man watched me as I walk-near--a close examination will reveal jed down the path and turned toward the signs. And sets properly placed '. the creek. Only a few hours remained will get the animals." before darkness. However, I found "The trick is to place the traps time to make one good set under the right." I lamented. stone by the bridge, as Tom had sug- "Certainly," was the reply. "You gested. I did not bother with any can't put your sets just anywhere in other locations, for I had no time. The the water and hope to get results. The I traps I pulled up were hidden until mink is the most cunning of all small 1 the next day, when I would pass and furbearers, and at this time of the 1 pick them up. Yes, I got fur under year you must be mighty careful to that rock--nine minks were caught at make catches." I that one location during the rest of The old man puffed vigorously for a the season. I knew then that the old few moments and then continued: j trapper had told the truth when he "As I said before, practeally all made the statement that "the balai small flowing streams offer good of the fur season is the best." Dr. F. W. Routley Director of the Ontario division of the Canadian Red Cross Society, who, after returning from a five-months' sojourn in Paris, says the Red Cross is doing an indispensable and invaluable work towards the rehabilitation of many of the war-torn peoples of Sunday School Lesson January 30. The Christian Overcoming, Temptation, Luke 4: 1-13; 1. Cor. 10: 12, 13. Golden Text--In that he ^ himself hath suffered being tempted, gatalli for Yt siah, the Chosen One, grasp at earthly empire? The Jews expected him to place himself at the head of the nation, and to make all the other kingdoms tributary. And they could ever point to Scripture as seeming to promise this, Psalm 2:6-9. But Jesus sees in this conception, too, a wile of Satan. It is Satan who deals in kingdoms and trades in political power and greatness, and Jesus will not give Satan a deference which belongs to God alone. "Get thee behind me, itten: thou shalt i that are worship the Lord thy God, and him tempted.--Keb. 2: 18. only shalt thou serve." (Deut. 6:13). A XT A T VCTQ 1 The l0Ve °f G°d t0 h'S S°n d°'~S n0t AJNALlbls,. mean that he will experience supei I. Christ's temptations, Luke 4:1-13. natural good fortune. The kingdoi II. how Christ's example bears on oi God is not material, but spiritual. our temptations, 1 Cor. 10:12-13.1 Vs. 9-12. So with the third tempts Introduction--Temptation was one! tion, which is to expect dazzling sue of the means through which the per- J cess through miraculous "sign.." The fection of Christ's character was love of God, the calling to be Gods wrought out, and temptation in some I Son, does not mean, as Satan suggests, form or other enters into the shaping i that he will electrify the people with and making of every life. Only, extraordinary signsi of divine protec-whereas our temptations are "such as tion. To imagine that it does so is to are common to man," his were the spe- tempt God. . cial temptations of the Messiah. From So Jesus chooses, as the only right the moment that God called him to his way,, the path of absolute surrender to holy office, Satan exerted the full the Father;s will. He must not, and force of his malign will against him. will not, choose the v/ay for himself, The voice which came to Jesus atjor force the Fathers .land, his baptism was: "Thou are my son, the beloved; in thee I am well pleased." What did it mean to be the Son of God? Did it mean supernatural! power or supernatural protection or | supernatural good fortune? Christ; had to face these questions not only j for himself but for the sake of all who j to would afterwards belie' Redeem; is perfectly obvious, from the ur's example, that temptation in form must be looked for wher-men are called to serve God or .dertake some task for him. As St. Paul says in 1 Corinthians, temp-I tation Is common to man, therefore .„ "Let him that thinketh he standeth . Christ's temptations, Luke 4:1-13. 'ke heed ]egt he fa]1„ The gavlour V. 1. The Holy Spirit had come on | overcame Satan and the world, by re-Jesus at his baptism, and now its lm- fusjng to presume unworthily on pulse in his heart drives him irresist-1 God's iove, He refused to allow either ibly into solitude, that by prayer and natural needs or worldly visions to fasting, he may think out the mean- auure him from the path of simple ing of the task which has come to him. trust and surrender. He laid no V. 2. So absorbed is he in medita- ] stress on earthly things, and declined tion that he. takes no thought for food, j to give them the SUpreme place in his and the resulting physical exhaus-1 affections .Sometimes we lay too much tion gives the tempter of souls an ad- stress on things iike food and drinki vantage which he is not slow to use. the comforts and luxuries of life. Or, Vs. 3, 4. What does it. mean to be ag,ain we worship success, and if it the Son of God, the special object of. does nct com<,( we gj.ow bitter and the Father's love, the chosen instru- j rebellious. How instructive on the ment of the Father's purpose? Is it;other sjd.e js the example of Jesus! compatible with hunger and _ wean- \ He choge the spiritual way alone. He ness? Does it oblige to suffering andirefused to exchange obedience to God hardship? Or--this is the alternative for other method, and "In that which is now suggested to Jesus--■ ■ • does God's love to his Son guarantee supernatural power to transform stones, if need be, into bread? The strength of this suggestion lay in the Jewish expectation that the Messiah, when he came, would give the people bread, repeating the miracle of the manna in the desert. Jesus, however, declines it as a temptation of Satan. He answers, "It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God," Deut. 8:3. There are higher concerns than food, and food is not blessed unless it comes in the way of God's appointment. The love of God to his Son does not imply supernatural power for the gratification of physical needs. Vs. 5-8. But should not the Mes- ed." Kitchen Discoveries, Cheese rinds, carefully scraped, can be used to flavor soup. The sugar from candied peel will sweeten and flavor a rice pudding. The coarser and more grisly meat is, the more slowly should it be cooked. If a fruit cake mixture is not put into a really hot oven at first, the fruit will sink to the bottom of the tin. The success of a brown stew much depends on the meat being quickly fried before the liquid is added, Something to Make. Mary and Bob are never in doubt about keeping their napkins separate, for at the end of each meal each napkin is folded neatly and drawn into a ring which has the owner's picti to identify it. **" These napkin rings are easy a fun to make. Cut a flexible cardboard foundation, 6 inches long and 1% inches wide. Form a ring by bringing the ends of the cardboard foundation together. To prevent a ridge where the ends join, do not lap, but glue the ends down to a small cut of cardboard laid just inside the where the two ends meet. You must next choose material for covering the ring. Mary chose some pretty flowered glazed chintz. She found it in the scrap bag and its colors were soft blue, green, and rose. Bob preferred a striped design and he, too, found what he liked among the odds and ends. It was blue madras with slim brown lines. So very little is needed that there is never any difficulty in finding what is wanted right at home. line the inside of the ring with a plain material, selecting a color that matches one of the colors of the outside covering. Cut this lining 6% inches long and 2 inches wide. Spread the back of it very sparingly with glue, let the glue partially dry. then smooth the lining to the inside of the ring, having an even margin on each side. Bring these margins up and over on to the outside and smooth them down. The ends will slightly Hardiness of Weed Seed. BY JUDITH BASKERVILLE. 'What do you do to The seed of some of the troublesome varieties of weeds show a great tenacity of life. They will resurrect long after they are supposed to have been killed if not thoroughly and skilfully1 disposed of. The Michigan Agricul- ^\ president of tural College is engaged, as recorded in Bulletin No. 72 of the Dominion Department of Agriculture on Crop Rotation in an experiment to tain definitely how many yea common weed seeds will lie dormant in the soil and then resume growth where suitable conditions come about. Weed seeds are mixed with sand and. placed in uncorked pint bottles that' ,Thero can t be much variety for are buried twenty inches below the surface and one taken up every five years. The experiment which can be continued for 100 years has already THE FARM-SALE LUNCH AS A MONEY MAKER y?" women's club. "Serving lunch at farm sales is the | best money-making field in sight for i the rural club," she replied. "A year never goes by without at least a few '. sales. The men are always there, for i winter picnic for them. What , they generally bring vith sanded >nufl aPFeMtra. "There ■ " Jong been conducted 40 years. After being this length of time in the soil it has been found that black mustard, pepper grass, pig weed, ragweed, wild primrose, common plantain, purslane and curled dock will still germinate. Some of these weeds removed in the earlier years failed to germinate but did so in" later years. Ragweed failed to germinate in every trial until after it had been forty years in the soil. As the authors of the bulletin referred to (Messrs. E. S. Hopkins and W. C. Hopper of the Field Husbandry Division of the Dominion Experimental Farms) suggest, it is apparent that there can be no let up in the war against weeds, especially if the land has once become infected, and that prevention of their getting a start is pre-emeniently the most important method of weed control. Neglect for one year may result in a plague of weeds for a life-time and longer. Look Your Hens Over. When is a hen laying? The question is often asked, "Can you tell < whether or not a hen is laying?" This 1 very easy and requires but a few i observations. When a hen commences laying the conditions set up in the reproductive organs are very similar to i conditions in any pregnant animal. Preparation is made for laying, much ' as for parturition in a cow. When the ovary is dormant and r gs are being produced the distaru between the pelvic bones is very small.! honey The vent is dry, small, puckered, and-what i: "We use a tested grade of coffee and brew it the best we know how. The-value of real cream is not overlooked. Since nothing tastes so good as hot coffee when the mercury is around zero, it sells readily in the afternoon for 'bracers.' The men do not like to leave the sale to come for it, so we carry it around through the crowd. "We have a fine assortment of pies. Pumpkin, raisin, gooseberry, mince, cherry and chocolate are favorites. Sometimes we have a few more elaborate pies, but usually we stick to the itaples. "Paper plates, cups, forks and spoons are inexpensive s.j\d make the serving easier. These paper uteneils are gathered up and burned with the rest of the debris v hen the sale is over and the crow:.1 has disappeared. "Ninety per cent, of farm-sale days turn out to be unsettled or freezing cold, so we try to pick out a sheltered which to serve. Even then many times the wind will whip around such a lunch, for it is too hard t manage. We serve vegetable soup, the < bones for which are boiled the day i oefore. The stock is then strained, the meat cut from the bones and run through a foodchopper and added to the stock. The next morning the vegetables are cooked in the broth. T::e soup is served piping hot and is popular on cold, blustery days. "Sizzling hot weiners and nice rolls 1 for sandwiches are always good sellers. And we do not forget the onions, for what is a weiner without this'i relish? We also have some kind of aland upset our plans, sandwich made with sliced bread and:easy way to earn money, but we al-ground meat. I ways feel well repaid for the effort."' How Honey May Be Used. Honey sweetens life in many ways. This is apparent when we see the various uses to which it is put. Formerly it was used mainly as a spread on bread, but to-day there are a great number of other ways of using it to vary one's menu. Though the best way to serve honey is in its natural or raw form in desserts, as a sweetener, it is used to a large extent in cookery both in the baking of cakes and making of bread to which it imparts the property of keeping fresh for a long time--this is a point which all >od housekeepers should note. Besides this it is used in the making of candies, both as a centre which chocolate coated and as an ingredi-t in many other kinds of sweets, for iieh recipes are to be found in all good cook books. » A very appetizing new spread is nufactured by incorporating vith peanut butter to make „ .„ called "Honey-nut Butter." yellow fleshed chickens has a de- Apart from entering directly intoj cided band of yellow pigment around I tabic use, it is used to make most ex-the inside. When laying commences (cellent vinegar, said by many to be! the pelvic bones become pliable and . equal to the best produced, spread apart. The distance may in-! The motorist too may sweeten his | crease from one to three fingers in a j temper by the use of it as an anti-' short time. The vent becomes large! freeze. It has been found that equal' and moist and after two or three eggs : parts of honey, water and alcohol have been laid the ring of yellow pig- j make a mixture that has proved very ^appeared and the v Tourists Buy Our Fresh Garden Stuff. YOU are noW ready graph and the outside -the picture, to the ring and tri or the photo" ivering. Glue ted snapshot, off the edges, f the picture is wider than the ring. Cut the covering material 6% inches long and exactly 1% inches wide. Cut neatly and sharply so there will be no frayed ends or edges. Measure and cut an oval or square out of the centre just large enough to frame the face of the snapshot. Spread the back with glue, centre the opening carefully over the picture and working both ways, away from the picti i stuff t we sold all^our fresh the tourist camp lo-•ar our farm. Two evenings we loaded the car with nicely sorted and cleaned bunches of vegetables and called en the campers. We sold young red beets, carrots, green onions and radishes for five cents a small bunch. Corn, cabbage and cucumbers also found a ready sale. There was a demand, too, for some canned things, jars of freshly gruunu onu itisfactory to some who have taken the proper precautions to see that all gaskets and connections are tight, so that no leakage can occur, for places where water cannot pass through honey mixture will. We can realize tti'e value of htmgy as a natural food when we see some of the large breakfast food manufacturers now advocating on all packages of cereals put out by them the use of it as a sweetener. Grapefruit Cocktail. Cut 2 grapefruits into halves and ma sharp knife around inside the of freshly ground and"prepared j P«f1 to separate the pulp from the ter>' y0u"wtll find this horseradish always went well. Every-' skln < a grapefruit knife is a great very simple to fashion. The dress h: thing was sold in small amounts--' convenience for tnts. ^ Run the knife the popular kimono shoulders, and A SIMPLE AND PRACTICAL GIRLS' DRESS. If you are thinking of making a little frock for your young daugh-t design of fruit: tiny glasses of jam. Tourists i • 't want e'xtra food to.W E^JS. each Bide of each of the bands. The neck has a front opening smooth it on to the'ring. "watch The I ™ali bunches of vegetables; pint Wj^^** «»\* long sleeves gathered edges and keep them straight. Do "f not try to fold in any raw edges; they will not fray after they have been glued down. The picture may be omitted entirely if preferred, or you may like to use the snapshot of a pet instead of your own picture. * is finished with a neat round col- sacks holding two pounds of new po-1 -^LTiI ™fj!n t Ilar" An invCTted Plait at each ^ tatoes sold best. ™d*J]^T^llZ™ ^ \ k t° °f the skirt ?ives ad<fcd ^dth' and a Each trip netted us around $3.! ? *?alt add 1 ban-; belt and patch pocket complete this Prices were gauged by those at the; ana' .8,.«f?' P» f f.rom 2 oranges j trim little dress. No. 136G is in sizes >-l stores. V/didn't -^.^1^^^,^^ 8,10, 12_ and U year, Si. 8 years dishes, add a tablespoonful of grape juice to each portion. Serve very cold. to pay for a truck to do the hauling. . but we did think it well worth the: f J two trips a week in the car. Our gar-; persons the arteries have den wasn't large enough to supply the begun to harden at the age of forty, j demand, so this year we are going to while with others this process does plant more vegetables and in greater The Golden Rule not begin until fifty-five. 'variety.--Mrs. F. B. good The Canadian Homemaklr i/f series of wee7<@ articTes coi/erinjf. PLANNING . BUILDING . FINANCING DECORATING . FURNISHING . GARDENING WINTER OPERATIONS IN THE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR GARDEN January. A planting of lettuce and a sowing of radishes may now be made Indoors to supply the early market or for domestic uee. The former should be ready in about ten weeks and the .r in six. The latter as a winter greenhouse crop is especially profitable and is easy to produce. 2. It may be necessary to top dress Lilies which are being forced for van-flowering. It may also be neces-r to repot such as L. Auratum into ones in which they will flower. Whether grown in the home or greenhouse Lilies should not be subjected an excessively high temperature, deg. to 70 deg. is high enough. J. For flowering in the home or greenhouse bulbous plants of a sum-r flowering nature such as Achi-,nes and Tuberous Begonias may for ■ly flowering be potted and started o growth. The Achimenes do well a. soil composed of a mixture of peat and sand and the Begonias in loanj. By Henry J. Moore, leaf soil and sand. In the mixture leaf 7. The propagation of warm green-soil should slightly predominate. i house plants such as Crotons, Dra-4. Tomatoes should now be planted caenas and Rubber plants should on the greenhouse bed about two feet apart. A good way to support the plants is to arrange wires or cord vertteailly, tying these to horizontal wires, one near the roof and one near the bed. Stakes may of course be 5. On© of the best thing: which j be undertaken. A warm propagating case will be necessary to facilitate quick rooting. They will root in a finely screened mixture of peat and sand or directly in a bed of sand. 8. Those who desire to raise tuberous Begonias from seed so as to have them in flower during autumn should may . sow the seeds now. It will be well V X , I UtPOn:ate0 t0 *™ *be seeds o: ou will indicate the posiUon bedding Begonias of your crops to be sown or planted 1 in spring. Based upon this you will order the seede* in good time and so not suffer disappointment at finding the varieties you require all sold. ! the seeds of tho Fibrous : during them ready for planting late May. 9. An inspection of the vegetable roots which are stored away may reveal that certain kinds are rotting. 6. Grape vines in greenhouses and \ Carefully sort over the Carrots, Beets, also ornamental climbing plants j Potatoes and others of value, should now be pruned in all cases \ 10. Should opportunity occur,' sort where dormant. 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