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So that we may concentrate almost entirely upon 'the back door of the 'stable! 55 EAC Far and away the best, cleanest and on the om, You've Il the minor. plagues and pests madden but never kill, flies are worst, with mosquitoes a close of the fact that fly eggs take about - exercises, kick-| three weeks to develop first as larvm ing cows and 'dishwashing left at the or maggots, then chrysales, then fuil-| : i ' : blown flies--and break up the nest)bird lying on a shelf a BR a How can you keep a cool head, when | and raid the our face is a fly pasture, your fore! less. 'head a dancing 'floor, the backs of | The simplest and easiest way to do your hands a drill ground and the top this is to keep a wagon standing at of your bald head a skating rink?) the back, door, scooping out the earth. 'While every inch of spare surface ip if necessary so as to bring the top between is alivé and «crawling withlof the box about-level with the stable best little mixér in the wide; Then shovel and sweep all manure tickly, sticky, filthy feet. floor, is 'Musca domestica. - Nothing, into it daily, and every week or two Jjoint every two weeks or world: stuck up or fusey about his manners right at home and «friendly Na where, 'slaps everybody on the back fields, if practicable. If-not, pile in -and puts his feet --all six of 'em---up an open shed, five hundred yards or on the table at once. more away from the house, which will Ages before we'd 'even seen a bacil:; maroon all the flies which may hatch a lus, or would have known one if we. safe distance away, for few flies travel met it in the street, we loved, cherish-' more than three hundred 'yards away ed and protectéd the birds of our gar-i from gvhere they are hatched. den snd orchard and woodland as our If this is not practicable, the next Best friends," 7 f best thing is to lay down a concrete RELENTLESS ENEMIES. platform with a foot-high wall all They have been our staunchest al-j round it, ; lies in the eternal war against bugs Pile your manure in. the centre of of all sorts, from the wireworm to the' this, and then by means of a hose tapeworm, from the-coddling moth of from a hydrant or series of troughs apples to the liver fluke. from a pump, keep the shallow tank The fly is a most undesirable immi- constantly full of water, At the same grant and hard citizen generally; the time soaking the manure and beating only question is, how can we deport! it down solid, so that no maggot can him? breathe in it. Fortunately the answer is easy:| Should these methods fail, if you are Traps for the living, abortions for the! unlucky enough to have mossback unborn. ' Poison the adults, prevent] ncighbors who offer flies every induce- the larvae from hatching. We can! ment and all the comforts of a home, attack them from both ends, open fire! You may as a last resort build fly on flank, front and rear. : traps of various designs, which when Since they are, as their second name baited with fish heads and entrails implies, strictly domestic animals, pen-| will 'make a considerakle hole in the sionérs on our bounty, absolutely de-!beastly buzzing swarms. "pendent upon us for support, born in| "But before you come down to 'traps, our filth, fed on our garbage, raised, send for your county or village health by hand, all we have to do is to with-| officer and have him put a "shot" of draw our support, stop the issue of common sense into rations and the bottom drops complete-' neighbor. ly out from under them. They soon| For we must negiect nothing in the cease to exist, war against these six-legged airplanes They are the reincarnation of our| With their hombs of deadly disease own careless, dirty, lazy habits, and a' germs. fly in a house to-day is as disgraceful IE A aE ---- a8 a bedbug. Flies. like curses, Ses Wind-Puffs on Horse. home to. roost. Wind-puffs-.on the -legs-of "driving The spring is the very best time of horses are not particularly serious ex- the year to begin our fly drive, and. cept that they are a biemish. No se- the first move is to swat tirelessly and vere treatment should be given, such relentlessly every lust year's buzz as cutting open the enlargement, or plane as he comes out of the basement] blistering very severely. An applica- or cellar, silo or wérkshop, or under) tion of equal parts of tincture of the barn floor, where has been hib-|iedin and spirits of camphor can be grpating in cold storage all -winter-- used and-will furnish: plenty of blister- usually on the sides of the floor|ing action. Bandages ave also used beams; by horsemen after the horses come in from the road. --H. H, H, Weather for Fishing. "Newer go fishing on a perfect day," said an old fisherman, and my ob- servation has proven his advice sound. 1 have seen people spend a whole day fishing without even a ribble, hoping your shiftléss SWATTING TIME. This is the only time of gthe year 'that swatting does any good; at any other season a swatter is simply al confession of failure, | No modern farmer can claim to be' cleanly and up-to-date until he has' wailed up and laid down in concrete! rat proof, flea proof and. lice proof, | against hope that ere long fish will that hatchery Jf diseases and den of begin biting. Remember that fish can vermin--the "cave" under the barn only be eaught when hungry and mov- and outhouse floors, ling in search of food. If fish are This is; the sge of concrete, and all now to be prasent and will not bite cellars, basements, barns and stables, within a reasonable length of time, Sullking Ads, silos. sheds, Erharies they are inactive at that time and farm buildings of ror oe hoa] further, fishing ie aeyally a waste of he floored with it. It io hes Jeht | time, Another attempt, in twelve to washable, durable, healthful rook 2 Haura, wit usually Aad Hien aetive germ. proof. + [TePTo0% and in a biting moode-€. C. | . We don't care to "keep the pig in A Water-Lily Pond. the parlor," but we can keep him in| : : Pl sina parlor of smooth concrete; with] I wanted a water-lily pond, t had 'a raised sleeping' platform, poroelain | TON; 80 1 bought an old iron bathtub or enaméled drinking trough, feeding [TOM the junk.dealer, painted it green trough aud bath, all sluiced down with and set it in one corner of the lawn. ; : A I filled it one-third full of garden soil : Boss through a central grating into and put in enough water to make mud. About the middle of May, I. pressed | the water-lily rootlets firmly into the tical : ) 'mud. In about two weeks brownish- cally Sale gainst hog cholera' and, pink leaves appeared, and I added Just as soon as the ground is in| Water; from time to tinie, and gently, condition for us to get out to the land, 50 88 not to disturb the rootlets, Did haul ot all the: winter's pilei of sua. | the plants bloom? They certainly did! are and spread it over the fields and! The neighbors poked fun at my lily us both break up the b : 'pond at first, but I laughed last.--G, 8. a IBAA Why Paint Cracks. Whenever fine lines or cracks a y and sweep ' pear in a newly-painted surface "rake out every-! fault is known. as: "checking," and under the barn | "pig. will enjoy it and profit y it as much as. we will and be prae- ofit all corners and thing in reach from Blew. oy $ foe Pe second or third coat ovo; it is a pious idea, at the same, not been cheapest method is 'to take advantage, Ep 1 ! : | | frweeks, according to quantity, hitch! on a horse and haul it out on to the| with the left hand and hold the wrap-| \"®™ avay--CiligC. seyen inches onal. ander | ing inche: Jin lengt hk an top ie Shs long edge measures about fi the run out. | ha the ed Te had i ngs over the edge toward the oper- it with : ator. 'The wrapping process ay be. paced the door described somewhat as follows. {raised one en Lay the' wrapper across. the head: lech Placing with the long edge toward. the body, it UP, and be and crossing the neck At a point about SUCK: two-thirds of the distance from the head to the shoulder. The square end should be about two inches to the left of the neck. TT wigrats Wra 3 g is usually done {In the mornin V. and mice dead. He kept this Tuck the left 'end under the neck] U0ti: he kitied practicaliy all or drove : Sterility rarely affects a hen that ~ Keep thé peaithy an erly fed. per firmly, wrapping the right end under, and around the ne The Sunday School MAY 31. And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the. Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following.--Mark 16: 20. Sa ; ANALYSIS. itself a sermon on the grace of Christ, ANSWERS TO FAITH AN" PRAYER IN-and led to conversiops throughout the VARIOUS QUARTERS, ° | district. * INTRODUCTION--F rom following the 11. JOPPA. THE RAISING OF DORCAS, early career of Saul of Tarsus, the fv, is historian now reverts: to the other| Vs. 36-87. Meantime main thread of his narrative, namely, city of Joppa on the © the achievements. of Peter. |b } In the present lesson we have fur- ity, a death had occurred which piung- ther réminders of the miraculous pow- ed the community in" gricf. Tt is those ers of faith and prayer in the apos- who take an active part in life who tolic community. iat "death leave & grievous blank, and I. LYDDA, THE HEALING OF AENEAS, this was the case with Tabitha. 82-86." ~ V. 32. Peter's visit is to "all parts," that is, to the scattered groups of Christians everywhere over the coun- try. The city of Lydda (Hebr. Lod), to which he here comes down, lies on the road from Jerusa'em to Joppa, and is eleven miles distant from the latter city. It became famous in'later annals 'as the reputed birthplace of the Christian martyr, St. George,, and a fine Crusading church, now in ruins, marks the shrine, There is still aj Christian population in the modern city, still known as Ludd. The name "saints" here applied to 0 "known far and wide for. her active benevolence and kindness to the poor, had earned for' with & sense of irreparable loss. e sharpness of separation was all the more. poignant because of ithe gar ally prevailing hope that the follower: of Jesus would not die, but would live to gee his return. {out a moment's hesitation. He is nan r ) taken nto the death-chamber where, the Christians denotes primarily "con- lin accordance with Jewish custom, the secrated," and isa favorite designa- mourners--here the Christian widows tion. It 'impiies that Christians be- in the community---are "gathered long to God and Christ us a peculiar tears, heritage, and live pure lives in a sin- 5 the ful .world. . rR =. |cas V. 83. At Lydda dwelt Aneas, evi- when she left them. Once again, Peter dently a worthy man and an honored is made to feel how much the Chris member of the Church, who for eight tian cause had to gain if this devoted years -had -been confined to bed by a' woman could be summoned back to paralytic seizure, The loss sustained life: ret Xero by the Church through the continued| disablement of such a man may, apartiof Jairus, Peter asks the mourners from other reasons, explaih Peter's to withdraw. He must be alone with coats and garments which Dor- interest. in his case, and the act which' God at this moment; and seeks his will |. he is presently inspired to do. It may phy prayer. The answer comes in the have been represented that the little serene "assurance that God services, acts unhesitatinglv. V. 34. For whatever reason, Peter body, he says. "Tabitha, arise." And! proper character building... felt that it was the will of God in:Tabitha opens her eyes, and sits up. Christ to restore Aineas. Standing by his bedside, he said to him: "Zinecas, Jesus Christ heals thee, arise." Nor Tabitha back among them. But what V. 85. The incident produced a deep, deal pitifully with the sick; but to impression' at Lydda, Pd in Sharon. [apprehénd in cerfain cases that God The very fact of Zineas being restor-| willed f the through the power of religion was may be due to the application of a {ave might as well start out with some-| and are pointing pathetically! - at Lydda and Joppa; Acts 9: 32:43. Golden Text-- | jof resentment. How could he? Mother| mixture to stand dvernight. Then t thi cient| Was fair. ine ¢ 3 _-- a ent] have time enough for sicep, the thing, cook ti OV'y. Un! 3 | there was a little Christian commun-|to do was to find some extra minntes jhick, turn it into glasses, and hii : d. ; highly-esteemed . Christian woman, fover the towel, So one day when all half cupful of miik, one tablespsonfulf some attribute of beauty or tenderness | the family had fresh bathroom linen, of melted butter, one egg (beat g ex + her Yh Christian | Julia found a square of black sateen rhubarb sauce, Combine all the in-| pounds in 1924 as compared with 4,- name of Dorcas (literally, gazelle).! hanging on her hook but no nice clean gredients, except the rhubarb, in the| 075,838 pounds in' the 'previous year, And now her sudden death left many | towel. J ~ hE 1 " Vis:-88,89. - Peter, being summoned; Needless to say, Julia felt the penalty; to come at once to Joppa, acts with-| 2ppropriate, and reformed speedily. inl } | been. making «for the poor) ho: had hurt Brother, the mother add-| berries, rasp or a "{8he had not committed the same fault V. 40. Like the Master in the house | for which ans to | cept growing indignation on' both community stood in sore 'need of his!restore this dead saint to life, and he | Sides; the rebuke 'was not beneficial Turning to the, in results, nor did it contribute Ld Vs. 41, 42. Imagine the joy of the, might have disciplined Elaine by d assembled Christians as they receive priving her for the time, of som was there any delay. Strength came' must have been the confidence in God po Yilege which she generally enjoyed to ZEneas through faith, and he arose. which enabled the apostles not only to. | Nimmy 'was careless "and los 'his | 'new cap he you wert is. fast, for this is the thi 'have disappointed us. ery soberly yet since: ick 'as she said this time, Mothe 'wisdom by adding, " i fu must go to bed fifteen minutes earlier, than usual --" ne $ od don't want to" broke in Frederick in an injured tone." i a : do 1 have to do'that" | Rhubarb and fig- preserve _requiresing to produ da "Because 'you were fiffcen minutes €ix pounds of 'rhubarb, cut in stall evapora: ik 'ilk powder. late to breakfast," replied Mothg| pieces; three lemons, Juies pnd grated] During 1924 there was an-increase calmly; "and it must be you heed that rind; one pound of figs, minced; four in the quantity of fresh milk and much extra sleep." pn 'bounds of sugar. Combine the Thu-| éredm exported" as compared 'with n the last calendar year ex: available on of coiidensed and milk hd i Frederick showed no further signs| barb, figs, and sugar; and allow Since he evidently didn't!the juice and rind of the lemons and : soak the. miztare" stowty -untiF t_ Iajx where they could be sp. 0 == Lit is set, .cover 'the preserve Julia's mother was having a strag- Paraffin : rR gle getting Her to wath Her hands: For rhubarb puffs use one cu ful carefully. As her grandmother said, flour, one teaspoonful of she gave them a "lick and a promise," powder, one-fourth - teaspoonful nd left crayola marks ahd mud all salt, one-fourth cupful of sugar,' o: 3 Soc ¢ os gallons in . ES ayia ots the calendar of year just closed were > "1928; pr ten), Milk powder exports reached 7,264,947 "You get it black and dirty at, order givén, and beat the mixture : once anyway," explained Mother, "so wait] it Jagsnlonth, asase Jndiyidual THE GO OF THE EGO. olds or cups, a 0 each put three The 'pouter pigeon puffs himself' thing that doesn't show the soil, for, tablespoonfuls of rhubarb sauce and {eon siderable before his 'dady 'love to the rost of us dislike to look at those, then one Ray rhe hatter make an 'impression, but When she dingy marks on yo ite towel." mm Ane pug OTT 28, isn't predent he isis normal deflated - y your white towel save' them wiithn, With '¢ a aa a m sugar or with foaming sauce, Make foiiming sauce with Yu of arcupful of rhubarh juice, one 7 N ful of sugar, whites of 8. Boil gion is to-be She sugar and. : intil ¢ UpPior the self, becomes deflated there is hreads, pour it over the well-beaten nothing left. The strutters have! to whites of the éggs, and béat the mix-|'put 'on 'a 'good front because there One mst take care, however, to bel dg. really logical and to use judgment. Elaine beca angry with Baby Brother and slapped him, "That's| naughty!" 'exclaimed Mother, irritat-' ed at the disturbance caused by the little daughter's act. . Slapping Elaine, fue until it is smooth And "thick.4 the very same spot where the little ; h y girally is'nothing back of the e the sauce cold. Cherries, straw-| Til ¥ Dre we 8 ake front: ies, peaches or someti Ties, 'apples tions that strut, that 6 ed, "How do you like it?" But Fisine) of gther fruits can bo used intplace | the militant way in hic saw no fairness in this act becfuse, of the rhubar E | for the good cause, and t} "| Rhubarb pudd t Aclent. credit. unto themsely | change from the-usual run of pud-| really uid: ! dings. It requires one nint of rhubarb] who with sauce, one pint of bread erumbs, one-| for public In this case nothing was gained ex-| third eupful 'of melted butter. Mix| One shrewd b the butter with the crumbs. Arrange! whenever | | always discounted the Finbar) and the sunibs Iu ster nate layers, having a layer of crumbs| the ut fifty per cent. Jt is a Pi ibe truth "that "tongue on top. Sift cinnamon and nutmeg 2 EYunastios, or pen flourishes, are lia- v fight she had slapped her brother, and she retorted impudently, "If it's naughty what makes you do it?" someone spouting' over the top, and then bake the pud- A more understanding top, \en 'ba ding in a"moderate 'oven until it is} mother Rhubarb: conserve is: made wi being older and wiser cupfuls of rhubarb, cut | than Brother. : x: : "one. new cap. 'Well, wh boy los is' BY Combine '#11 the ing ts, ) the nuts, heat the mixture until the sugar is. dissolved, then boil it rapi ly until 'it is clear. Add the nuts, « | pour. the conser china | has put man the 1 W "inflated whet an idpres. made, "But when the ego, : ne sie