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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1922-10-12, Page 7PATIENCE AND HARD WORK ARE HIS “SECRETS.” Good Health Maintained Through Rich, Red Blood. everyday things which they are not instance. They have name, for they are ! is to take Dr. Williams’ Pink There is scarcely a nook or in Canada where someone will found who will tell you the they have had through the use espe- chief years the seeds under all sorts of of climate, soil, and nour- The products of these ex- are in turn improved until Worked Wonders in Plant- Life, Producing Seedless Potatoes and Shell-less Walnuts. While I was making my “tour of in­ spection” through California I took the opportunity of visiting Luther Bur­ bank, says an English writer. Burbank is one of the marvels of the age in his own line of business. He has Improved upon Nature almost past belief. His speciality lies in mak­ ing plants of all kinds much more per­ fect than they ever were before. What is Luther Burbank’s secret? There isn’t one. He has simply used intelligence and patience in crossing plants, and has brought out more varieties of plants than any other man in history. But it has taken him half a century of labor and some 100,000 ex-, periments. The seedless potato which he evolved some fifty years ago has had a greater effect on the world’s sup­ ply than any single plant. Horticulturists and floriculturists have been doing the same thing for centuries. Luther Burbank has been more successful than any of them be­ cause he possesses the capacity for taking infinite pains, and that is an­ other way of saying he is a genius. Weird Walnuts. Patience and hard work, and cially patience, have been the factors to his success. For fifty he has thought of nothing else. Deciding first what he wishes to create, recreate, or improve in the vegetable world, he begins by select­ ing specially fine speciments, allowing them to go to seed, and then experi­ ment with conditions ishment. periments the desired result Is obtained. Far be it from me to belittle the fame of Luther Burbank. But I want to dispel the idea that he possesses any supernormal powers, just as I am anxious to dispel the stories of “black magic” on his part. The truth about this really great man is much more In­ teresting than are the wild tales told about him. The cinema is often spoken of as one of the greatest benefactors of man­ kind. Well, Luther Burbank has done more for his fellowman than all the film stars going. He has added to the wealth of the world to an extent that we cannot yet estimate. Only he doesn’t employ a Press agent, so the world doesn’t hear much about him and his wrork. I returned to my first question— how he had produced the spikeless cactus. For those who do not know this armor-plated plant, I just wish to say that the cactus is thorns and then more thorns. At least, it was until Burbank got busy with it. “How did you do it?” I asked. “I simply experimented with the seeds until I got what I wanted,” he replied, casually dismissing years of work. “It took time, and I don’t know how many experiments. In the end I produced a new and better variety of cactus—and that’s all. “And that is what I am trying to do —to produce better grains, nuts, fruits and vegetables,” he w'ent on. “I am not only striving after new forms, col­ ors and flavors, but for a better food supply for the world with less waste. My new wheat has been awarded a first prize in Canada. It is the finest wheat in the world. I have also a new oat and a new barley which will add millions to the world’s wealth. “Just now I am devoting most of my time to new’ varieties of fruits and nuts. You know, before I produced my plums it was impossible to export any California plums, as they got spoiled on the way. So I just grew a thicker skin on them! I also developed some walnuts with­ out any shells, but the birds ate them off the trees, so I had to grow the shells back again. I want to show you my walnut trees. I think they are one of the finest duced. 44 The Old, He led me out which, by the wray, are not exception­ ally large, and only boast of a green­ house no larger than many of the con­ servatories one sees in the grounds of ardent amateur flower-growers. Here he pointed out to me a huge tree. grew that tree in ten years, and as large as a two hundred and year old tree,” he explained. “It cross between the black and the There are many men ffnd women who, every few weeks, have spells of weakness, during which time they are little better than invalids; yet at other times they feel very well. Why does their health fluctuate so? In the case of men worry and over­ strained nerves are usually respon­ sible for this state of unfitness and inability to face the anxieties of daily life. As for women, her back aches, she is dizzy with sick headaches, and of­ ten has stabbing pains in the side. The only real health is all-the-year- round health; and the secret of it is good, red blood and plenty of it. One way to keep the blood in good condi­ tion Pills. corner not be benefit of these pills. And the reason is that through the improved condition of the blood they strengthen and tone up the nerves of worried, enfeebled men and women, and at the same time have given new vigor to pale, delicate girls and thin weedy boys. The value of these pills in all run down conditions is shown by the statement of Mrs. Lawrence Brown, Walton, N.S., who says:—“When I began taking Dr. Wil­ liams’ Pink Pills I was in a weak, bloodless and nervous condition suf­ fering from all the depressing symp­ toms that accompany this run down state of health. I had taken much medicine but it did not do me any good, and as I had a family of small children, I was much discouraged. Then, reading about Dr. Pink Pills, I decided to try I can honestly say that I pills have saved me from misery. My health is now we now keep the pills in the house for use as a family medicine.” You can get Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills through any dealer in medicine or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams’ Medi­ cine Co., Brockville, Ont. --------- --------— Australia exports 24,000,000 rabbit skins every year. Williams’ them, and feel these prolonged good, and Ask for Minard's and take no other. 1 I Did You Know This? Many ordinary, have names to really entitled. Take tins, for no right to the made of sheet iron, -with only the thin­ nest coating of tin. Nor is “galvanized” iron really gal­ vanized; it is merely dipped in molten zinc to give it the galvanized appear­ ance. The camel has nothing to do with the camel-hair brushes so beloved of artists, for they are made principally from squirrel’s hair, and sealing-wax does not contain an atom of wax. It is made from shellac, cinnabar, and turpentine. It is the same with lead pencils, which contain no lead, and kid gloves that have no connection with young goats but are made from sheepskin. From its name, one would think that the tit-mouse was a rodent, instead of a harmless, dainty little bird. The nightingale is not by any means only a night singer; its sweet song is heard just as frequently by day. Small flies are not baby flies ; they never grow any bigger, for the size of flies does not vary once they are fully formed. The dragon-fly is often accused of sting; in reality, it is per­ fectly harmless. It is a fallacy to suppose that a cat can see better in daylight, for it powers of sight highly developed and many of the humbler creatures. A beef-eater does not get his name from the fact that he eats nothing but beef, The original word was buf- fetier, a French word, meaning a man who waited at the Royal table or buf­ fet. Perhaps you have thought that it is steam which you see coming out of the kettle spout when the water boils. Steam is invisible; what you see condensed moisture. -------------o------------ - Timely Warning. The newly-appointed manager banking branch was being introduced to his employees. He singled out one of the men at the cashier’s desk, questioning him in detail about his work. “I have been here forty years,” said the cashier’s assistant, with conscious pride, “and in that time I have only made one slight mistake.*' “Good,” replied the new manager. “But hereafter be more careful.” I the dark than in the cannot, though its at night are more than those of man things I have pro- Old Story, into his gardens, “I it is fifty Is a English walnuts. Its timber is nearly ten times as valuable as that of the ordinary walnut. Think what that means. A forest of them would be worth a fortune.” As we walked about he pointed out to me various experiments which were under way. And as we talked I got an insight in­ to his philosophy of life, which was even more interesting than the plant wonders he had shown me. Luther Burbank is an o-ptimistic pes­ simist. “There is as much in life to hope tor as there is to fear,” he told me. “Life is self expression, with action in •ertaln definite directions, based on Baechanical or chemical change. You <^nnot get away from the facts of evo- taVon.” A Devout Oriental. While on a special mission to the United States, a Persian official was entertained by a wealthy American, w’ho invited the Oriental to his coun­ try place near the national capital. On the morning of the Persian’s arrival t his host visited him in his apartment1 and was astonished, so the story runs,I to see the Persian hopping about the floor in the most curious way. The' host ventured to ask the reason for this extraordinary conduct; whereup-1 on the Persian said: , A “This rug is, as you see, green in color with pink roses here and there. Now, green is a sacred color with Per­ sians, so I am obliged to hop from rose ; to rose. It is very good exercise, but I somewhat fatiguing.” read­ and Diplomacy. Young six-year-old Walter was ing a book far beyond his years. He looked up (he often did) said: “Papa, wrhat does diplomacy mean?” “Diplomacy, Walter, means doing the right thing at the right time.” The boy was silent for a minute. Then suddenly he spoke again. ‘Then, I suppose,” he said, diplimacy last night?” “How was that?” asked his “Why, when mother came the castor oil last night, Johnny over into my place, and then rolled him back again before she got to the other side!” “I used father, in with I rolled SAVED BABY’S LIFE is of a Surnames and Their Origin HARKER Racial Origin—English. Source—A given name. An older but obsolete form of this family name would be ‘Harkerson, or perhaps “Harbison,” for it really be­ longs in the classification of surnames which end in “son” and which origin­ ally indicated the parentage of their bearers. In a sense the name can claim great­ er antiquity than the English names of Norman origin, for it comes not from a Norman given name but from an Anglo-Saxon name which was in wide use prior to the Norman inva­ sion, and w'hich persisted even through that period, just as many other Saxon names did. As a matter of fact, how­ ever, it is likely that the family name wrns formed just about the same time the others were, and it is only as a given name that we can pick it up prior to the Norman invasion. “Hardgaer” and “Heregaer” were the spellings which the Anglo-Saxons gave the name, and if you’ll try it yourself you’ll see there is really lit­ tle difference between the pronuncia­ tions of “barker” and “hardgar.” The meaning of this given name was “strong spear,” or in the more general sense, “strong weapon.” DOLAN Variations — Dooley, Dowly, Doolan, Dulan, Dowling. Racial Origin—Irish. Source—A clan name. There is conflicting testimony re­ garding the origin of the Anglicized forms of the Irish family name which we know as Dolan, Dooly, Dooley, Dowly, Dulan- and Dowling. Some authorities claim that the ji-ame comes from a chieftain who was a descendant of one “Fiacha Snidhe,” a brother of that famous Irish High- King known as Conn of the Hundred Battles. But a greater weight of evidence, however, indicates that there aie real­ ly two names of Dolan or Dooley. There was a Dolan or “O’Dubh’.ein” clan in what is now the barony of Tul- laghagh in Cavan County, and this clan, it is pretty certainly established, derives its name from Dubhlen,” a chieftain times. The other Dolan clan is known under the name Prior to the English invasion it held che territory of Fertullagh in West­ meath. The name came from that of “Dubhlaodh,” the founder of the clan, and the Irish spelling of this clan name is “O’Dubhlaoidh.” Mrs. Alfred Tranchemontagne, St. Michel des Saints, Que., writes: — “Baby’s Own Tablets are an excellent medicine. They saved my baby’s life and I can highly recommend them to all mothers.” Mrs. Tranchemon- tagne’s experience is that of thous­ ands of other mothers who have test­ ed the worth of Baby’s Own Tablets. The Tablets are a sure and safe medi­ cine for little ones and never fail to regulate the bowels and stomach, thus relieving all the minor ills from which children suffer. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. -------- 9--------—. In Proportion. For- weeks Perkins had been ill in hospital. With the beginning of con­ valescence he called loudly for food, declaring that he was being starved. “The doctor says you may have something to eat to-morrow,” said the nurse soothingly. Now Perkins realized that there I would be a restraint to his appetite; yet in his mind he could behold a meal, albeit a modest one, at his bed­ side. On the morrow nurse entered and announced: “Here’s your dinner.” And she gave him a spoonful ;of tapioca, adding, “The doctor says .that every­ thing else you do must be in the same proportion.” A little later nurse was summoned to Perkins’ bedside. “Nurse,” he gasped, “I want to some reading; please bring me postage stamp.” do a “Eochaidh of medieval more widely of Dowling. Says Indigestion Was Entirely Overcome Hope for the millions of unfortunate men and women who are victims of stomach trouble is sounded by Mrs. O. E. Smith, of 169 Yarmouth Road, Toronto, Ont. Mrs. Smith was a vic­ tim of stomach trouble in its worst form but was completely restored to health by taking Tanlac. She says: “I suffered terribly from indigestion, headaches and dizzy spells. My kid­ neys also bothered me, and my back and legs hurt constantly. But since I took Tanlac my digestion is and I never have an ache or any kind. In fact, I feel just the time.” Undigested food ferments stomach and soon the entire system is filled with poisons. Tanlac was de­ signed to restore the stomach to a healthy condition and build up the whole body. Millions everywhere have acclaimed its wonderful power. Get a bottle today. Tanlac is sold by all good druggists. Advt. SALESMEN We pay weekly and offer steady employment selling our complete and exclusive lines of whole-root, fresh- dug-to-order trees and plants. Best stock and service. We teach and equip you free. A money-making opportunity. Imke Brothers’ Nurseries, Montreal Classified Advertisements RIDOUT & MAYBEE, KENT BLDG., Yonge Street, Toronto, Registered Ratent Attorneys. Send for free booklet. FOR SALE. V ARN—WONDERFUL VALUES AND Wooll^MTils^t68 free-Geo^etown WEEKLY NEWSPAPEB WAITED. perfect pain of fine all in the A Stone-Dust Car-Blower. A car has been designed for distri­ buting stone dust in coal mines, to pre­ vent explosions. Much coal dust lodges on the “ribs” of coal-mine tunnels and in crannies of the rough-hewn walls. Currents of air created by trains of coal-cars pass­ ing through, or by other means, con­ stantly blow it about. When the coal dust is mixed with air it becomes a dangerous explosive. Accordingly, resort is had to the ex­ pedient of blowing stone-dust over the walls and ribs of the tunnels. The same air-currents that scatter the coal dust distribute with it the stone dust, which', mixed with the coal dust, rend­ ers the latter non-inflammable. A conical receptacle is filled with stone dust, which is discharged through a hose, a gasoline engine ac­ tuating an air-blast that drives it out in a dense and powerful stream. _______♦>_______ “Cascarets” 10c Best Bowel Laxative When Bilious, Constipated To clean out your bowels without cramping or overacting, take Casca- rets. Sick headache, biliousness, gases, indigestion, sour, up-set stomach and all such distress gone by morning. Nicest physic on earth for grown-up and children. 10c a box. Taste candy. Real Expansion. “Now,” said the physician who was examining an applicant for life insur­ ance, “I shall have to ascertain your chest expansion.” '“My what?” asked the applicant. “He means,” said a friend who had come along, “the difference between what you measure when your chest is not inflated and what you measure when it is inflated.” “Oh,” said the applicant, beginning dimly to understand. “Ten years ago I measured around here”—indicating his rotund stomach—“only thirty-two inches. I measure forty-eight now. I guess what you call my chest expan- i sion is sixteen inches.” Never Mind What Granny Did Remember—You’ re You! MANY people refuse to believe that tea or coffee can possibly harm them, because they have used these table beverages ever since they outgrew the health rules relating to children. If you are free from headaches, nervousness and indigestion, if you never lie awake at night, if you know that your health is unimpaired—then, perhaps, you are an exception, too. like ! -------------O------------ - Playing It Safe. In navy circles there is told the story of an old sailor named Bill Tay-' lor, who, while under court-martial, had been so impressed with the in­ structions of the young officer detailed for his defense that he was deter- mined to exercise all care as to quali­ fying evidence when he was not abso­ lutely certain. So, when ihe Judge Advocate asked him his name he re­ plied: “My name is William Taylor—or words to that effect.” ------------------------ is precious as separate a from a mo- identical so We five in “Nonsense!” they say, “Why, Granny has been drinking tea or cof­ fee all her life.” It’s true that some folks drink tea and coffee without apparent harm. These are the exceptions. But to most people there comes a day of reckoning. BUT —it’s well to know that, when you do find something the matter with your nerves and digestion, there’s a happy, healthful, table beverage made from roasted wheat. Its name is Instant Postum. It has a fragrant aroma and a rich, full-bodied 8avor that charm and satisfy without risk to your health and comfort. “There’s a Reason Sold by grocers everywhere Instant Postum FOR HEALTH A generous sample tin of Instant Poatum sent, postpaid, for 4c in stamps. Write: Canadian Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., 45 Front St. E., Toronto. Factory: Windsor, Ontario Book on DOG DISEASES and How to Feed Mailed Free to any Ad- dress by the Author. Clay Glover Co^Xno. 9 West 24th 8treet New York. U.S.A. WE HAVE A CASH FURCHASSIt for a weekly newspaper in On- tarjo. Price must be attractive. Send full information to Wilson Publishing Co., Ltd., 73 Adelaide St. W.. Toronto. BELTING FOR SALE Bad milk can be detected over the telephone by means of a newly design­ ed electrical apparatus. Every square mile of the ocean is believed to have a population of 120,- 000,000 fish. One of the best known guides in Nova Scotia gives this testimonial of MINARD’S LINIMENT: Have used Minard’s Liniment in my home, hunting -and lumber camps for years, and consider it the best white liniment on the market. I find that it gives quick relief to minor ailments, such as sprains, bruises and all kinds of wounds. Also it is a great remedy for coughs, colds, etc., which one is liable to catch when log driving and cruising during the winter and spring months. I would not be without MINARD’S LINIMENT and cannot recommend it too highly. (Signed) Ellison Gray. Cuticura Heals Itching Burning Pimples On Face “My face was entirely covered with pimples which not only disfigured me but bothered me with itching and burning. They were large, hard and red, and after a while began to fester. They itched so that I had to scratch them which made the burning more intense. “I used various salves and creams but they gave no relief. The trouble lasted for nearly three months until I heard of Cuticura Soap and Oint­ ment. I sent for a free sample. In about a week a decided improvement was made so I bought more, and two cakes of Soap with one box of Ointment healed me.” (Signed) El­ mer V. Foss, 7 Ocean View Ave., East Lynn, Mass. Give Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Talcum the care of your skin. Sample Each Freoby Mall. Address: "LymansXlm- lted, 344 St. Panl St., W„ Montreal." Sold every- wbere^Soap25e. Omtment25and50c. Talcum25c. ‘Cuticura Soap shaves without mue' r STOMACH MISERY, GAS, INDIGESTION “Pape’s Diapepsin” Corrects Sour, Upset Stomachs at Once "Pape’s Diapepsin” is the quickest, surest relief for indigestion, gases, flatulence, heartburn, sourness, fer­ mentation or stomach distress caused by acidity. A few tablets give almost immediate stomach relief. Correct your stomach and digestion now for a few cents. Druggists sell millions of packages. MONEY ORDERS. The safe way to send money by mail by Dominion Express Money Order. ----------o---------- You cannot dodge yo-ur responsibil­ ity by running away from duty. Minard’s Liniment for Distemper. ------------------------ Saving Time Lengthens Life. Think of the tremendous efforts and pains business men take to attain the highest possible efficiency in manufac­ turing, in handling and selling, in building, the cutting off of unneces­ sary steps, studying the science cf short cuts and effectiveness; but how few pay any attention at all to the time efficiency, the saving of the min­ utes and the hours as precious success products. There is nothing so time, because we cannot particle of our existence ment of time. They are far as we are concerned, what we call time. Now, I presume that the majority of people could save at least one hour a day during their whole active careers, by rearranging their life schedule. Most of us sleep too much. It doesn’t follow that because we are sleepy when our usual time arrives to get up we need more sleep. If we lie abed nine hours or eight hours, and even if we sleep most of the time, it does not follow that we would suffer if we should cut off an hour of this precious time, because we would naturally sleep better during the shorter time we al­ lowed ourselves. I believe that seven hours of good sound sleep is enough for anybody, ex­ cept small children and babies. I doubt if any healthy adult needs more. If those who are strong and in good health only allowed themselves this much time I believe they would get all the sleep they needed. Just think what it would mean to save an hour a day for self-improve­ ment, for good reading, for self-cul­ ture in different directions! How we could enlarge and enrich our lives with all these saved hours a week!—j O. S. Marden. ISSUE No. 40—'22. Hurry mother! Even a sick child, loves the “fruity” taste of “California Fig Syrup” and it never fails to open the bowels. A teaspoonful to-day may prevent a sick child to-morrow. If con­ stipated, bilious, feverish, fretful, has cold, colic, or if stomach is sour, tongue coated, breath bad, remember a good cleansing of the little bowels is often all that is necessary. Ask your druggist for genuine “Cali­ fornia Fig Syrup’ which has directions for babies and children of all ages printed on bottle. Mother! You must say “California” or you may get an imitation fig syrup. WHAT IS A LETTER Many Times It’s a Guide to Health as is This One Women—Read It Marmion, Ontario.—“Before using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com­ pound I was a total wreck. I had terrible pains in, my sides and was not regular. Finally I got so weak I could not go up stairs without stop­ ping to rest half-way up. I saw your medicine advertised in the news­ papers and gave it a trial. I took four bottles of the Vegetable Com­ pound and was restored to health. I am married, am the mother of two children and do all my housework, milk eight cows and do a hired man’s work and enjoy the best of health. I also found the Vegetable Compound a great help for my weak back be­ fore my babies were born. I recom­ mend it to all my friends.”—Mbs. Henry Janke, Marmion, Ontario. Letters which you read in the news­ papers recommending Lydia E. Pink­ ham’s Vegetable Compound are gen­ uine expressions from women who have been helped by this splendid! medicine. They are anxious for other women, who may be suffering as they did, to know of the great merit of this medicine. Each one, with her reputation, stands behind it, to point out to sick women the way to health. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Private Text- Book upon “Ailments Peculiar to Women” will be sent you free upon, request. Write Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. N 4 COARSE SALT LAND SALT Bulk Carlots TORONTO SALT WORKS TORONTO UNLESS you see the name “Bayer” on tablets, you are not getting Aspirin at all I “unbroken package.” of “Bayer Tablets of dose worked out by safe by millions for Rheumatism Neuritis Pain, Pain Accept only. an Aspirin,” which contains directions and physicians during 22 years and proved Headache Neuralgia Lumbago Colds Toothache Earache Handy “Bayer” boxes >f 12 tablets—Also bottles of 24 ani 100—Druggists. Aspirin is the trade mart ^registered in Canada) of Bayer Manufacture of Mono- aceticacidester of Salicylic* cid. While it is well known that Aspirin meant- Bayer manufacture, to assist the public against imitations, the Tab’eti of S^yer Cop'.pany will be stamped with, their general trade mark, the “Bar«>' Cross."