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Cold Pack Your Vegetables. 1 There is but one sure way to can 1., ..vegetables and that is the cold-pack method. The vegetable, whether: Peas, asparagus, string beans, corn. 01‘ greens, should be canned immediâ€". re-build his house “when the children grow up.” but the years slip by until perhaps the boys have left the and the girls are saying “there is no way of having company at our house." Country boyssmld girls have atelY after picking before it Ms a‘to depend lm‘lrely for recreation 0“ chance to wilt. The next step «is blanching. water or live steam. dpne by tying lent to fit easily into your kettle. the boiling water or steam and dip immediately into cold water. The cans. tops and rubbers ready sterilized, that is, put in cold .water, brought to a boil and boiled 'not less than five minutes. Pack your cans with the vegetable; it should not be allowed to remain in the cold nvater. merely dipped in and at once‘ removed, .and allowed to drip, filll with boiling water to overflowing. put on the rubbers and tops. turning the tops down until, they just touch the rubbers but not tight. Then place immediately in your canner. cover the top, and process-cook the time given in the table. If you use a hot water bath the water must come up tWo inches above the top of the cans. 'It must be boiling when the cans are entered and kept boiling the entire time. Enter each can as fast as filled. If you leave them standing on the table until all are filled they become chilld and crack when put into the hot water. A time-table for fruits and vege- tables most usually put up follows the time being expressed in minutes: Processing. \. :‘ufi' 2% Bg§_us§3 * _ *5 a o «Is- 8 w 3 Blanchmgm 3 S (3 g; (73’ g’: .1, St’wberries . . . none 16 12 10 Raspb’ries . . . none 16 12 10 Hkle’bemies . . none 16 12 10 *Plum's . . . . . . . none 16 12 10 Grape-s . . . . . . none v 16 12 10 Currants . . . . . none 16 12 10 Cherries . . . . . none 16 12 10 Bl’kberries . . . none 16 12 10 Peaches . . . . ’74; 16 12 10 Quinces . . . . . . 1% 20 2 8 Greens . . . . . 15 120 90 I30 Peas . . . . . . . . . 5 to 10 180 d20 90 Beans . . . . . . . . 5 to 10 120 90 60 Corn (SWeet) . 6 180 120 90 . - Corn (field) . . . 10 180 120 60 r i Tomatoes . . . .- 1% 22 18 15 Poultry and game . . . . . . none 180 180 120 Beef . . . . . . . none 180 180 120 *Whepe’ blanching is neclzssary the hot water method is need with all the‘ abovo prod except with “greens.” in which case steam is required. When the time is up remove, tight- en the tops and turn upside down to see if they leak. If they do, remove top, put on new sterilized rubber and boil ten minutes longer. v If you cannot buy a commercial canner you can use your boiler, a. lard can, large kettle or paid. Put a small board with holes bored in it in the bottom to rest the cans on, otherWise they are likely to break. Do not use paper or straw packed down. The de- partment of agriculture finds thisI method unsatisfactory. A slat bot-Z tom like a basket cover will do. Good commercial canners may be bought for $4.50 or $5.00. If you have a great deal of canning to do it would pay you to buy one. i In canning peas handle carefully so as not to break the skin. If the skin is broken the liquid becomes “cloudy.” This does not spoil the vegetables,l but gives them a bad appearance. In‘ canning corn it is better to cut just enough off the cab for one can at a time.- Carn that is packed slowly be- comes soaked or “water-logged." When the directions say to blanch in steam, lay your cheesecloth in a. stwmer over boiling water instead of dipping directly into the kettle. Entertaining in the Farm Home. ' Many a farmer plans to build, or | ‘- =23 !N TEN YEARS 500 Dollars . l! deposited at 3% amounts to $697.78 . : But if invested in our 5l/2% l Debentures will amount to. $860.20 f .' W'rite for Booklet. i l '1 The Great West Permanent Loan Company. Toront‘a Office 20 King St. West. W l | Clean thoroughly.|l the g00 This, others’ homes, and a good house to means cooking' for a limited time,; which company may be asked is the one to fifteen minutes, in a boiling‘,‘ farmer’s best investment if he wants This is bestlto keep his . . the vegetable in almake the place attractive to their 'square cheesecloth of a size convcn-lfl'len'dss After blanching the exact time men-l tioned in the table remove the cheese-‘ ‘Clotl’l containing the vegetable from} that Seems sufficient to the elders isl should bet, writer recently saw a rather pathetic. d times they have in each children at home and It is easy to become so accustomed to our surroundings that we do not realize their deficiencies. The home young The not always suitable for the folk's ideas of entertaining. letter from a girl who wanted to give a party in welcome of some home- returning soldier. She drew a plan 0 the lower floor Of her home which showed a bedroom separating the for- mal parlor from the sitting~room and dining-room, Where the family gener- ally g'athered, and she wanted advice as to how she could connect the parlor with the sitting-room and the dining-. room. Of course, there was no way of I square structure of a story and a half, l the lower part divided equally into I interior. Ean upright position. doing this while the middle room re- mained a bed room. Why should the middle room he used for a bed room? Why should not the bed rooms be confined to the upper stories or if it is necssary to have one downstairs, let it be entirely separated from the living rooms. These little formalities are safeguards to orderly living and should not be disregarded without reason. In many cases our farm homes have grown and the rooms spread out in every direction. fashioned farm dwellings where it is necessary to go through one room to get to a second room. T so are Very apt to be bed rooms, an there is no privacy possible for the occupants of either room. The situation is even more unpleasant when a bed room must serve as the entrance to a living room. When we plan the new farm house let us have a place where the daughter may entertain a young man caller and where she may have a simple party. The parlor should adjoin the living room where the family gather, and, if the diningâ€"room is at hand, so much the better; there will ‘be more room and conveniences either for a sit- down supper or for informal passing around of refreshments. A farmer who had taken up a home- stead, planned and built ‘the home for himself and family. He did not stint on quality or quantity of lumber, but when his home was finished he had a. four enormous rooms, without closets. The windmvs were many and largew they needed to bevto light up the big When ’the children are older and the mother older also, and per- haps worn With the work of caring for that inconvenient home, imagine the steps that must be taken when company comes. Automatically, this poorly-planned house will make. home entertainment either very hard to have or the flesh and blood of the mother and her girls will pay bitterly for the hard work. Needed: better planning. From the Housekeeper to Another. A spoonful Or more of lemon juice or good cider vinegar added to apples that do not cook readily will hasten the process and improve the flavor.â€"- M. A. P. Keep a blackboard eraser near the . of being We all know old-l nous n" no u . BEGINNING LIFE OVER AGAIN UN- DER DIFFICULTIES. A... A New and Intimate Account of How Hope and Happiness Are Restored to Our Blinded Soldiers at St. Dunstan’s. “The majority of our blinded sdlilicrs Where Quite young men, still at the be- ginning of life's adventure. and it re- quires no imagination to realize theirl horror of helplessness. and their fer- ror at the thought of an existence flint off from ordinary activities and enjoy-J ments." 4 So says Sir Arthur Pearson in his‘ wonderful new book, "Victory Over} Blindness." But does it require “no‘ imagination" to realize the awhilness suddenly deprived of the. power to see? Can we imagine the feelings of a man regaining conscious- ness only to discover that he is sight, less? - To such men. lying in hospital, sunk in the blackness of despair, came Sir Arthur. with his brave words of com-3 fort and hope. He says, in his modest way: “At least once a week it was myl practice to visit the hospital, to see the men who had newly arrived. I felt that. because I. too, was blind. I might speak to these men of their future more convincingly than if I had not shared the same experience and laced the same problems." ‘ Sir Arthur would relate the history of others who had passed through the same doubts and terrors, but who had fought through to happiness and pros- perity. But to tell them what others had done was not enough. “The least personal experience counts for more. For that reason I al~ ways presented each mew arrival with a Watchâ€"â€"a watch specially made for l the use of the blind. with dots to indi- cate the place of the ordinary numer- als, and hands slightly raised. and so strong that their position can be. safely felt with the fingers." The joy this simple gift gave to the newly blinded man was wonderful. it was “a little discovery that. like a spark, Set alight all kinds of hopes." From that moment these hopes too‘k root, and the despondent sufferer “be- gan to realize that his hands were go- ing to be of amazing use to him." Thus was the great work of St. Dun- stan's begun in the hospital itself. ‘ But before the men were discharged from hospital, they were made ac- quainted with the wonderful place in Regent’s Park. An All-Important Interview. “Once a week a party of men were driven from hespital to see (it is a word we like to use) for themselves the life of the hostel." When. there- fore, the time arrived for them to go there to “learn to be blind," they did not go as strangers to a strange place. Each newcommer had an interview with Sir Arthur~an interview upon which. one might say. everything de- pended. A visitor to St. Dunstan’s has written of this interview: “The hopes already awakened have now to be proved. and the man on the point of setting out von his voyage' through the endless night must be given, instead of his lingering depres- sion. his inevitable fears, a firm sense of interest, of expectation, and even adventure." After describing the room. the eu- trance of the blinded soldier. and how he nd Sir Arthur sit talking, this He "finds himself su‘cpt along byl Sir Arthur‘s Ulll’llltfi‘l'lllfi’ (’DilYlCtluns." Very soon he is debating whether. in about a year's Lime. he will ‘wo the working owner of n cobbler’s shop, a poultry former. a inassclss. or u rypist: Whether he will take up rowing or join the debuting club. etc, “And you see the change in the man taking place. you hear u now {one in his voice"; ho. has been carried over the (lead point. and you realize that there will be no going back in his mind. . The man knows that all is understood." Indeed. we are told that very often. “the relatives have more need of :1 consolcr than the blind man themselves.” Two chapters of extruording terest are given to in- “Lr-zn'ning to be . Blind." They are full of, helpful advice and hints. while, courage can be read into every line. Sir Arthur Pearson believes. and has proved, that “blindness is only a handi- cap. and one that it is quite possible to get the better of." Ilut not only has he proved it to himself. he has enabled Our blinded soldiers to realize it also. What liner work has any man done than this? Many people must wrnrlcr how a blinded man can posshily become. say. a skilled typisi. a masseuse. or a (-01). bier. Let us see how typing is taught at St. Dunstan‘s. After reading ofâ€" and quite understuudingâ€"sthe aston- ishment displayed by visitors at the Sight of thirty or forty [non seated of their machines, we learn that the or- dinary typewriter is used. “There are. no raised letters on the keys. and the only peculiarity to be noticed ’is the embossed scale, which takes the plnco of the usual. engraved seals, and makes it possible for the Operator to tell by touCh instead of by sight the possitioli of the carriage." Courage, Kindness and Love. Every man has a separate teacher. He is first taught to familiarize him- self, by touch. with the general points. His fingers are then guided to the keys. and their relative positions are pointed out. alter which it is a ques- tion of memory and practice. The test is to write. accurately and speedily, a full-page letter. containing capitals. figures. and all the .special signs. This and a full page essay have to be typed in an hour. Only one mistake and three correc- tions are allowed. Could you pass out? A visitor once told Sir Arthur that “never had the meaning of blindness been so brought home to him as on one occasion when. passing through the lounge. which was in darkness and. be supposed, deserted, he suddenly heard the click of a typewriter, and stumbled on a man working~of course. unconceriiedfiunder condiâ€" tions that to 21 sighted person seemed incredible." But there is so much in this book that it is only poseible. really, to tell you to read it. Until you have done so. you do not know what c0urage is, or what kindliness and love are made of. So‘read ft! , This is the gospel of St. Dunstan’s: “There is much that we cannot see;‘ there is only one thing we will not see, it we can help it, and that is the gloomy side of our lives.” As our common phrase goes, can you beat it? Is it not a gospel we might all take to heart? “The blind leading the blind" has lost its old meaning; for Sir Arthur Pearson, himself blind, has led our sightless warriors to a new life full of new joys and undreamed of possL bilities. .__.T_._4s.__._._ Accommodating. Farmerâ€"So you're an experienced milker, hey? Now, which side uv a co’w do you sit on when you milk her? Applicant for Job~0b, I ain’t a bit partickler, if the cow ain’t. visi or gives a description of how hope and courage slowly but surely find their way to the heart of the stricken man. kitchen range and use it to brush o‘fi“ dust or ashes when you have not time to polish the stoverell'lrs. L. M. T. All verandth boxes should have cas- tors on them. It saves calling a man when they are to be moved. and they cost but a small amount. Put them on everything that is too heavy to be liftedâ€"Mrs. J. J. O’C. . Simple Perfume Making. At first thought it might seem an im- possible fcat to collect the perfume of flowers after it has escaped into the ’air, yet it seems simple enough by a method that the Scientific American describes. Fresh, high-scented blossoms are placed in an uncovered bowl filled with water and set near the "collector." which consists of a common glass fun- nel with the small end c1039d. The tunnel is filled with a mixture of crushed ice and salt and suspended in Moisture from the air of the room forms on it and unites with the summations from the flowers. As the moisture collects it iruns off the tip at the funnel into a receptacle. If this liquid is mixed ' with an equal amount of pure alcohol. the perfume of the flowers served indefinitely. is pre- nen" The greatly prized “White Book,” containing the oldest version of the. story of William Tell, may be found in l the Cathhaus (city hall) of the little‘ village of Sax-hen on the outskirts of Luzerne, Switzerland. After passingl the Brunig Pass tourists are. advisedI to consult this “White Book of. Sar-l to familiarize themselves with the legend before proceeding to scenes connected with it. The story runs that one day a cer-.I tain mun, Gessler, went to Uri, where.‘ be erected beneath a lime tree a short pole. upon which he placed a hat, at the same time issuing an order that any man failing to kneel before thei some would be severely punished. Tell. ref ing to heed this peculiar whim of the lord. Geseler. was sumâ€"' mailed to the latter's presence. and; when an explanation was demanded Tell made no attempt at excuses, merely stating he would not obey so ridiculous an order. Greatly incensed. Gesslcr enforced a strange punish- iiiE shin o Willlllll nu. ’ 1that had the child been killed he had Cold meats should always be sliced as thin as possible. of Tell's little sous would be placed at a specified distance with 8.11 apple up- on his head. the idea being that his father must shoot it to the ground with an arrow. Before preparing for so nerve-racking a feat Tell placed an extra arrow in his quiver, and praying to God to guide his liand‘he success- fully shot the apple away without harming his boy. His curiosity aroused as to the un- necessary nrrow in the quiver, Gessler promised Tell he would receive no additional punishment if he would re- late the truth concerning it. Relying on this DromisefiTell informed Gessler planned to use the other arrow on him. Then, enraged beyond measure, ISessler ordered his men to have Tell 21 bound and taken to tower where he would never more see sun or moon. While being lured down the lake, how- ever. he made his escape at Tells- platte (a place later named alter him) and sought vengcnce upon Gessler in the llolilc Gasse at Kussnncht. where ment. which was to the effect that one _. he shot. him. ‘.-::.-_':‘a TlllEll Phillll Alli Bldlllldlllll Full Health and Strength Can Only be chaincd by Enriching the Blood. People Who are tired all the. time and never feel rested, even after a long night in bed. people. who cannot regain weight nzld strength, who feel no joy in living. are in :1 condition described by dootors as general de- bilily. A medical examination might show that every organ in the body is acting normally. but the pallor Of the face will usually show that the blood is weak and watery. This is the root of the trouble. Debility is a loss of vitality, not at- fecting uny one part of the body but the system generally. The blood goes to every part of the body and the use of a blood tonic like Dr. \Villiums' Pink Pills quickly tones up the whole system. The first sign of returning health is u better appetite, on im- proved (ligation. a quicker step and better color in the checks. The rich. red blood, reaching every organ and muscle. carries new health and visor- Thé nerves are quieted, sleep becomes more refreshing and with persistent treatment and a good diet the patient is once mere enabled to enjoy llte. The case of Mr. W. Doxtltel', R.R. No. 4. Tllsonburg. Ont. illustrates the great Value of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills in cases of this kind. Mr. Doxtater SaYSIâ€"“I Was troubled with pains throughout my whole body. was ex- tremely nervous. did not sleep at night. and was iurther nillicted with rheu- matism. In spite of different treat- ment this condition persisted. indeed I was growing vorse, and had fallen away in weight to 130 pounds and was scarcely able to do any Work. Then I began taking Dr. Willlnms‘ Pink Pills. and after a few weeks there was a ‘noticeable improvemr'nt in my condis tion. I continued taking the pills, con- stantly gaining until I felt as well as ever I did. While taking the pills my Weig t increased to 170 pounds, and I can now do as send a day’s work as anyone. My advice if you are not feeling well is to take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and they will soon put you right.” At the first sign that the blood is out of order take Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. and note the speedy improve- ment they make in the appetite, health and Spirits. You can get these pills through any medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes. for $2.50 from The Dr. VVilliams' Medicine 00., Brockville, Ont. e WORLD’S SMALLES'I' REPUBLIC An Area of Less Than 3 Square. Milt and a Population of 130. The smallest republic in the world, so far as area is concerned, is St. Goust, situated in an almost inacces- sible part of the Basses-Pyrenees. St. Goust is hardly a square mile in area, with a population of virtually 130 per. sons, who rule themselves. The presi. dent is elected by a council of twelve, chosen for five yearsrby the people, and- he is likewise judge, assessor and tax collector. This little republic has been ruled, it is said, for more than 2000 years through a council of elders. The small- est self-governed state in the world in regard to population is Tavolara, an island but little known, off the north coast 0f Sardinia. It is about five miles long, with an average width of half a mile, yet it is a free and inde- pendent republic of. about seventy in- habitants, who are their owu rulers. .s_~_..¢..â€"~.__ Seven million bags of wheat, 761,000 bales of wool, 310.000 boxes of butter and 511,000 carcases of mutton were shipped to Great Britain from Aus-. tralia in the first four months of the present year. i “W What it Profits 3 Man To Fertilize His Crap At Rothamsted. England, fer- tilizers increased the yield of wheat (61 year average) 18.4 bus. per acre. and at Ohio (20 your average) 13.5 bus. per acre. The unfortlllZed wheat 01’ A. L. Hodglns. Ettrick. Ont. (1918) yielded 12.6 bus. per acre as against the fertilized yield 54.7 J bus. per acre. Pertmzed wheat yielded more than {our times the unfertilized. Not “ital acreage but yield per acts is what counts. i Fertilizers on winter Wheat pro- , tide readily available plantfood ' which strengthens the wheat to i withstand winter weather, star-1,; l it Strong in the spring. and makes 1 it fire “over the top" with a subâ€" ' stamiully increased yield per acre over unfertilized wheat. Wheat Fertilization 1- Good Crop Insurance. Booklet on “(heat Production mailed on request. The Soil and Crop Improvement Bureau 01' the Canadian Fertilizer Annotation 1111 Temple; Bulldina‘ Toronto - 32