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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1921-3-24, Page 7IN IIALF AN HOUR '"IT CAME IN A MOMENT, SAID TENNySON. Great Masterpieces of Poetry Which Were Written "in No Time at All." • Tennyson wrote that exquisite lyric, • "Crossing the Bar," in a few minutes. , He said to his son, the present Lord Tennyson, "it came in a inoment." Hume composed what Caryle char- acterizes as the greatest ofall battle odes, "Seats Wha I -Tae" w1ii1st.ridng through storm and daeknese aercse •a lonesome moor. One of the very greatest productions of poetic inspira- tion, Keat's justly -furious "Ode to a - Nightingale," was written in the course of one afternoon in the poet's garden at Hampstead, and "his great 'cannet on Chapman's Hoiner was the product of an hour. - -- During the ,Night. While visiting at Minto Thomas Cantebell went to bed ea-rlY one even, -r- .1*tg, his mind full of a new poern, i in he suddenly awoke,.. repeating, "Events to come Cast their shadows before," Ringing tk ‘118. IMAM -1112, Nilfik Mk I& ya, 181 sta 11% the bell, he summoned a, butler, who1 0 • " found the poet half -in and half-outiif• HEALTH EDUCATION • bed. Cold' and catarrhal affections Cif the noteanclthreatUse I3ENG for effective relief. BEWARE OF SUBSTITUTES si.00 a tube THE LEEM1140 MILES CO.. LW. MONTREAL AgentS for Dr. Jules )3engu6 REL.! EVES PA I N Why You Say It. "A Red-letter Day" is an exaession which arose out of the old Ecalesias- tieal Caleader, in which feetivals and high 1holidays were wined in red ink. These important days consequently became known as "Red-letter Dada'—. hence the term to -day. "Murder will out" Is a phrase Which Geoffrey Chaucer originated, although in the first Instance it was spelt, "Mordre wol, out." "Truth is stranger than fiction" 15 a well -used saying, and perhaps it is not generally known that it was orig- inally employed by Byron in hisDon Juan." •• °Escaped with the skin of my teeth," About two in the moan It is nieresting to onserve, orinenis e in the 13ible—Job, 'chapter 19, vers. 20. "Field" originally meant land on which fires lind been "fe1l(4,1" .' or "Necessity is the mother of inven- tine" is well ever two find a half ceps turies old. These well-worn words were first found in Franek's "North. ern Memoirs," written in 1655. - "Eaten her out of house and home," a. phrase, in view of the present peice of food, andoitotedly repeated by wor- ried housewives,- , was originated by Shakespeare in his "kIenry "Anything for a quiet life" is an ex- i pression whicb, arose from a play byl Middleton, bearing that title. ".1il'o ,turn over a new leaf,""by the way, was first used in the same play. ' "Cascarets" To -night . For Constipation JuSt think! A pleasant, harmless Cascaret works while you sleep and has your liver active, head clear, stom- ach sweet and bowels moVing as re- gular as a clock by morning. No grip- ing Or illeOnVeDiellee. 10, ,25 or 50 cent boxes. Children love this candy, cathartic too. ' • • For 'twe lovers the other people in the World have about the importance of'figures in 'a painting. Minard's Liniment for Dandruff. "Are you ill, sir? asked the ser- • Pant. "I was never better." replied the poet. "Leave the candle, and bring Me a cup of tea." Seizing his pen, and changing 'Events to come" to "Coming events," he not only coined one of the best- known lines in English poetry, but went on to finish the first draft of "Lochiens Waringn" Cowper composed and memorized the whole of his humorous' master- Dominion and the world.. It is rapid - piece, "John Gilpin," durmg a sleep- ly becoming one' of the ,r_Zost impor- 0 •0 0 0 BY 'DR. J. J. MIDDLETON 0 0, Provincial Board of Health-. Ontario , Dre Middleton will be glad to answer questions on Public Health mat 0 ters t.hrougla this column. Add Toronto. -11CILIIL vis. me, vlat Itak - ress him at the Parliainent Bldgsa 0 Ilk V& MIL WILK Great advances in Public Health Work are 'being made at 'isresent 3.tot only in Ontario but throughout the lesannight. Hayley, the poet's 1310- grapher, tells the story: "It happened in those years when „his' accomplished friend, Lady Austen, made a part of his little evening circle, that she observed him sinking into in- creasing 'dejection; it as her custom on these occasions to try all the Fe - sources of her sprightly powers for his immediate relief. She told him the story of John Gilpin to dissipate the gloom of the paseing•hour. Its effect on the.fancy of Cowper had the air of enchantment. , ' sByron's Speed Record. "He informed her the next morning that convulsions of laughter, brought en by his recollections of her -story, ' had kept him awake during the great- er`part of the night, and that he had turned it into a ballad. So arose the pleasant poem of Gilpin.' • -Seeing that it runs to 252 lines this is no mean feat. .„ Sir Arthur Pinero must be included in any list af rayid writeri, His "Two Hundred a Year" was theework af a single afternoon. and "The Money - Spinner" was written with almost equal rapidity; whilst "Lords and Commons," a big work, cost only ten days? toil. Of course, Byron -worked as fast as the fastest. He said to himself that h'e was like a tiger—if he missed his first spring, he had to go,grumbling • back to the jungle. Two rainy days nt Ouchy produced "The Prisoner of Chinon," and it has been said that he wrote it at one,sitting with one pen; 'and the first sketch of "The -Bride of Abydes" was written in fatir nights. Longfellow's fine.ballad, "The Wreck of the Hesperus," one of the most fa- miliar poems in the language, came to him as -he 'sat cosily by the fire dur- ing a violent storm which made the windows rattle. Like Cowper, he went to bed, and, finding himself too preoccupied to sleep, finished the poem before morning._ In a Quarter of an Hour. Charles Kingsley' returned home one night rather dejected because a ser- mon he had preached that day in Lan- don had proved a little too "socialis- tic" for the incumbent. Instead of go- ing to bed, he paced back and forth 'in front Of the fire, and his wife, knaaving he was composing, left him, and re- tired. In, the morning he recited to her that movingtlyric: "Three fishers went sailing out into the west, :" - Out into the west as the sun, went • down." There is a tablet in the porch of " Wrexham Church to the memory of .33ishop Heber, which records that the most popular of all- missionary hymns was compased in the town., Reginald Heber, who was then, vicar of Hodnet, • -lesepeeee ,,,,O,,taY,Ing a the vicarage e. esrith bis father-in-InW, Dean. Of St. ,A.aph's, Vin -Was to preach d Missionary sermon on the SundaY. Heber and other friends were as- sembled in the library on the Satur- day, wheh the dean asked his, son-in- law if he, could write something for tile service next morning, I-Ieberare- :tired. to the farther end of the room for the pnn'nese, and at the end of fifteen minutes he road the first three of the four verses of which the 'famous hymn "From Greenland's icy moantains," consi eta. His hearers were all very delighted, but Sieber said the some Was not eons: plete, and devoted another five mill. lltea to the (yarti.:, stanza, tant functions of~Government, and its Progrose or retardation will have a profound bearing an the status a citizenship. New avenues of Public Health activity are being opened up from time to time' -because the subject is so broad as to include all the com- plexities of human life, Although the field is vast, the whole question of Public Health and Preventive Medi- cine can be conveniently described in two words—Right Living. The Public Health Ohjective is to improve the health standard of all classes in the cominunity, and to this end ways and means are being pro-) videO for educating the maeses along the lines of Public Health and practi- cal hygiene, supplying practical mea- sures to preserve the health Of the expectant mother, to bring home to mothers the importance a feeding infants rationally—that is, at the mothers breast, or failing this, by scientific adjustment of cow's milk, sugar and water; to correct physical defects in young children and to pre- vent the spread of communicable dis- eases. Although people of all ages are be- coming 'increasingly interested in Public Health matters in this Prov- ince, the need for nwhich. has been strikingly demonstrated by the great losses we sustained during the war, it is in childhood and youth that the most lasting impressions are made in teaching an important subject such as the preservation and maintenance of health. With this end in view the Public Health Nurse has stepped into the field, and her work is bound to bringemore important results. She is the 'pivot in every coinmunity around which and from which all public health activities will radiate, for she alone is in a position to get intimately acquainted with the needs of the district and to clirect her ener- gies along the lines that they are lnost needed. The duties of the Public Health Nurse will include home visiting whichwill be carried out in a system- atic nmanner, and will enable her to :stimulate local interest in child vsel- 'tare, and also detect, if :possible, any cases of communicable disease such as tuberculosis, that are, not under medical supervision. ' The Public Health Nurse will point out such dangers and will also report any cases of venerear,disease or men- tal defectives that come under her 01 1111 IA VA NIL Ill notice. In her demonstrations, and in the holding of child welfare clinics the duties a the nurse will be, more- over, to work towards the ultimate establishment of a Health Clinic, in which Maternal and Child Welfare conferences, nutritional classes, con- .sultations for tuberculosis and heart affections, and a dental service for adults -and children may be provided for. The special province of the nurse Is the health of expectant mothers, Infants anti children, and she will endeavor to impress. 011 rnothere the fact that no foodfor infants is as good as that which nature intended for it. In addition, the nurse, by means of herne visiting, becornes ac- quainted with conditions in her dis- trict,- and gradually increases the sphere of her activities to include work along the,various.lines mention- ed, until the health centre is a real factor, for .).good inthe life of the • community.' ' In order that the Public Health de- monstrations being given at present throughout the) Province may prove of permanent value, it is hoped that each district visited will decide to appoint a resident nurse to carry on the work begun. Although the sixteen nurses in the -field have just started two or three months 'ago they have already demonstrated their useful - nese', and the important results that will undoubtedly be brought to any conarrnanity if their teachings and practical advice are carried.out. In any instance where lack of en- thusiasm, in the proposal to appoint a permanent nurse has been shown, it is only on account of the financial -obligations that would have to be undertaken.. - The nurses have found that their demonstrations and the program they have in view are aPpreciated by all classes in the community. Taking the standard of other progressive coue- tries who consider one nurse to every 2,000 of the population a reasonable estimate for the country's needs, this Province of Ontario requires 1,000 Public Health Nurses. The United States already has 10,- 000 of these nurses in the field, but are still 40,000 short of their ideal. Even with this shortage authorities claim that a saving of 11,000 lives in one year has been effected. Ontario is not lagging behind in this important feature of Child Wel- fare, and although the work has only just begun, the nurses are enthusiastic and predict important results from the work being carried on When the peo- ifie have been sufficiently educated in Public' Health to recognize its perm- anent value. • What Better' Drink for Table Use than trir 4, - • When well boiled— twenty ' • m,fnutes or more — it has,' • a rich color and, a partic- 14.1ar3,y delightf1cla.vor. IA -these respects, Postturt Cereal- i& the eia1 of fine cocree; aza, much better for health, 11 si ee, it'4..•Quitter. "The hired men says he is going to - -) " said. Farmer Corntossel, .eom ciled Ile ouit workinelon- ag,d. ;The only thing he can quit now is Showin' Up at meal times." ; What a [Dietitian? , When the Old ',Ladles' Home added a dietitian to its staff, the appearance of. the' young lady in the dining -room, in her 'star -cheat uniform, caused astir. That evening', „ two of the reeidents were discussing ,her. "What is she 4w/was'?" said one. - "She's' a dietitian'," the other an- swered.. • . "And What's, she here for?" "I don't exactly know," the secOnd Old -lady answered, c'but I think some- one died in.the 1K, itch_en." .. One on the Teacher. Arithmetic, adeording to the average small boy, as &firmly invented in or- der to giye teacher, :a good excuse for punishing their unhappy ,pupils. And certainly little ,Tommy Smith found it the unpreasarit feature of his young "Now, Tonirriy Smith," said the schciol teacher One morning, during the usual ,hours of torture, "what is otiebalf of 'eight?" "'Which. way, .teacher?" asked the youngster, 'cautiously, "Whibli way?" replied the astonish- ed lady. "What do you mean?" "Well,: on 'top' or sideways, teach- er?" said 'Tommy, ' 'Why, what difference does that make?" • •• . "Why," - tothiny explained, With a pitying air, "half oft the top of eight is nought, but half of it sideways is three," a WilkT TO DO FOR STOMACH TROUBLE Good Advice Front One Who Had $uffered Much. Nine -tenths of all forms of indiges- tion or so-called stomach trouble are not (due to the ,condition of the stem - mitt at all, but are caused by other in- fliiences, - The groat contributing cause of intligeation is thin blood, Goad blood and plenty of it is• required by the stoinach- to take card -of the food. If the blood is thin. the stomacla functions sluggish„ food lies undikest- ell, gas forms and, causes pains- in Varibus Parts of the bOdy. Inefead of getting nourishment from the blood the system gets poison, Relief from this. condition can be obtained by the tonic treatment which Mr. D. Shaw, Me Stewart, tried and now warmly recommends to others, Mr. Shaw says: "I suffered from indigestion for over four years, and have tried.- rnany of the well- known remedies for such troubles., but never obtained more than temporary relief. The trouble was aggravated by constipation setting in owing to the stomach failing to do ith work, and laxatives only gave relief to the. bowels and left the 'stomach in worse condition. The result was my blood was growing more and more anaemic, I did not sleep well al night and was, growing despondent. I was in this wretched- condition When a friend ad- vised me to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I got three boxes and by the time they were finished there was - some change for the better. This greatly encouraged --me and I con- tinued taking the pills for some three months, by which time my stomach was all right again, my bleocl good, nerves strong and life was again worth living. My advice to all who suffer from stomach trouble is to give Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. a fair,trial." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills can be ob- tained through any medicine dealer, or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. The Boy Scouts AssotiatiOn. Boy Scouts are organizations of boys and youths between the ages of twelve. and eighteen years and up- wards, which aim to develop charac- ter, to aid in furnishing equipment for a career, and to train- in service for others, physical health, and efficient citizenship; by utilizing the natural activities and intereste of tile adoles- cent period. The development of the Boy Scout tnotiement ia England is due to Lt. - General Sir Robert Baden Powell, Bt, who during the siege of Mafeking, in 1899, had seeu the bays, under-Lisrd Edward Cecil's command, organized and drilled into an. efficient messen- ger service. When Baden-Powell re- turned to England, in 1902, the, idea. .u.suapspoirOtg,tealn'edd a ganend.erraele epillraend.,o•f poarpgualnair. zation was adopted. The first Boy Scouts organization: was"; formed in 1908, and a royal Charter of incor- poration was granted. in 1912, the or- •ganization being recognized as a "non- militarY, public service body." The BOY Scouts -Assoeiation - in Canada is nmemilitary and non-sec- tarian in chara,cter, the movement be- ing supported by- Roman Catholics, Protestants and JOWS alike. • Of late it has also been given consideration as an educational adjifact by well-knewn At.ITO REPAIR' PART.S , Cor 104,7,es Lxnd noeels of carfi. Youro_ld. oken or worn-out parte /enlaced. Write or Wire no neserien w WO: you w.unt. carry the litr.gest and most eemalete stock in Canada of slightly used or new part, 13.110 aUtOMObile equpxnrxt, We ohip 'C'.0,D, anywhere in Canada. Saas- factory or refund itt full our motto, shaw's Auto a•vag.e, •Part SupP1Y,• 523-931 Dutlorlu t., aronfo Ord, educators, some schools adopting the Scout programme in part or as -- whole, while some of the universities and leading technical schools conduct sPeCial 'courses for Scoutmasters and other Seoul officers. Local Associations or Troop Com- mittees are organized to supervise and extend the movement in communities upen application by representative citizens to provincial headquarters, Dominion Bank Chambers, Bloor and Sherbourne Streets, Toronto. Snell Associations and Committees become responsible both to their communities and to headquarters for the leader- ship of Scout troops in their area and for their encouragement and support. The Scouts themselves are organ- ized into patrols of eight beys, two or three or -four patrols to a troop under a Scoutmaster. Scouting is now, re- cognized as the most natural' and at once the mast successful tylie of or- ganization for boys. Nearly 9,000 On- tario boys are now members, and many thousands more have had the benefits of Scout training during the past twelve years. 1Pige of lead produced by them are found occasionally • where they were I dropped, or perhaps; lost in 01.5 Snow, , 'while on route. The; meta/ as mined 1RM WANTai ia Wales contains a good deal of VON- and uriOe, ver—a'fact weRknown to the Romans, CMIPPQ'" W1 f4' , And the Old Men Shall Dream Dreams. The old men sit by the fire an,d doze And dream to their soul's content. They were gallant enough in their time, God knows! But the gold of their youth is spent. They were rovers, daring, and eager then, - In their manhood's radiant dawn; They are rovers still, for their souls at will Go venturing on and on; The length and breadth of the 1 -le - brides, - From the far north fields to the south- ern seas, Past the austere Pillars of Hercules, Venturing on and on. They stir uneasily in their sleep, They shuffle their hearth -bound feet; While the visions last they must hold them fast, For the dream- is sweet, is sweet! The old wives sit by the fire and knit And dream of their girth -pods gone; But the souls of the old men seek the lands - They -never have trod upon: For the languid beauty of tropic shores, through the shrouding mists of the far Azores, Past the frozen cliffs that are Labra- dor's, Venturing on and On. We, too, shall sit by the fire some day When our blood runs chill and thin; And our once swift feet are no longer feet For wandering out and in. We, too, shall sit where the old wives knit And the old men doze and yawn, As bent and gray and as spent as they, When the flower of our youth is gone. We shall nod and dream as the years drift past, Till weeconie to the one' great dream, the last, And then, with our hands- on our hearts locked fast, Go venturing farther 011, Ancient Cemetery Found. Beneath the Streets of London, York and many other cities and towns in, „ , England are buried. the remains of ancient Romans', some of whom were alive not long after Chalet was born. Occasionally they are dug up', each one being found ineased in a massive leaden coffin. The Romans of old seem to have used lead for a surprising variety of purposes, and traces of their mining operations in Britain. show that they dug for it on an extensive scale, es- pecially in Wales where they found much ore ready at hand cm the surface of the ground. They smelted the met- al on the spot in small furnaces and shipped the "pigs?' on the backs, of horses. ASPIRIN “Bayer" is only Genuine fAl04 WAN1r40, Warning! It's criminal to take a chance on t1SaY substitute for genuine .."Rayer Tablets of Aspirin," preaeribed by phySicians for tWenty-one years and proved safe by millions: tiilesS you see the name "Bayer" on, package or on tablets you are not getting As- pirin at all. in eVcry Bayer package are directions for Colcts, Headache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Earache, Toothache, Lumbago and for Pain, Handy tin boxes of twelve tablet cost few cents. _Druggists also sell larger packages, `Made in, Canada. Aspirin is tile trade mark (registered In Canada), of Bayer Manufacture of Meneaceticacide,ster 01 S.ailc4leacicl. who ;were accustomed ,to ;extract it. luso In fact, 'many pigs bear an inscription stating that their silver content xaz been removed, 3:,No pr,scrtTP, oh j T314oX. 001:, sPIJN CTO ARN v blankets. Geox,tpwxi Vool Mins, Oat, AGies,a w GENT v, rrircyr, r, A GEN , MAIII1Yz 1V-AtTEI): WASS N-A,T,V1-2 Constipation, ..Inalgeetion, Biliousness, ..t Herbs is a remedy for the relief o ••" TtlIournatism, Kidnoy Troubles. it Ja FOR THE cii/LoR N wen -known, nartng been extensly,ely aed7 vertisecl, sinee it WaS 11,1":it MarniCa4tOr (1, ties of Almanacs, Cook B0040. Books, etc,, which, are furngthed to agents free of char -e. The retaed4rs aro Mothers—the surest way of keeping your little ones well and happy; whether it is the new-born babe or the growing child, is to iteep their bowels ; regular and their stomach sweet. Nine - tenths of alt childhood ailments a.re the result of clogged bowels and sour stomach. The inost necessary and the 'best medicine for little onee is a gentle laxative—something that will relieve constipation; sweeten tne stomach and promote rest and natural • sleep. Such a medicine is Baby's Own Tablets. They are a gentle but ef- ficient laxative; are alisolutely guar- anteed free from opiates or other in- jurious drugs and may be given to the youngest infant with perfect safety, They banish constipation and indigestion; break up colds and simple fevers and give the baby that health and happiness -which all child- ren, should have. They are sold by medicine dealers or by inail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville, Out • - Typewriter Runs Itself. Proniisiag for office use is the new "automatic typewriter," which fur- nishes its own dictation, being oper- ated on tlae same principle as a player piano. Itolls of perforated paper, similar to the music rolls used on player -pianos, govern the movements of the type - keys. All that is necessary is to ad- just one et these rolls in the machine and the writing "does itself." By this means perfectly written "form letters" are produced, with space left for signature; or the same method may be employed for turning out any other matter previously pre- pared in the shape of a perforated roll. " in 1288 bv distribution of large quagti, MONEY ORDERS. Remit by, Dominion Express Money Order. -If-lost or stolen you get your money back. The Lord Chief Justice, Britain's highest salaried judge, receives $40,- 000 a year. The Lard Chancellor re- ceives $30.000. A ttealth Saving REMINDER wait until you get sick—USE Don't Fold at a nriao that allows agents to double -their money, WOO Alonzo O. 131Iss Medical Co., 124 St, Paul St. East. Montreal, 'Mention this paper. ke is -Outbreaks, 1,11 a,An 5,:fl\yaas11,abitoeulltDeil,Cokeud,ndiVerOg.ro;rlead^n1<i)etIenagi examination for life insurance. "You don't dissipate, do your "and the physician, ashe made ready for tests. "Not 'a fast liver, or anything of that sort?" ,The little man hesitated a moment, booked a bit frightened, then replied, unix s15all, piping voice: "1 soraetimes chew a little chewing- Mlnard's,Liniinent Relieves Distemper The distribution of trees from the Dominion Forestry Branch nursery stations at Indian Head and Suther- land, Saskatchewan, for planting on farms on the prairies -continues stead- ily from year to year. It averages' now now about five million trees per year, the trees being sent out without charge, an condition that they are properly planted and cared for. The man who is afraid' to make an enemy, le riot worthy to be a friend. 5 COPIrqS Lilt fiiolit Off without. Pan Drop a 'little "Freezene" on an ach- ing 'corn, . instantly that born stops hurting, than shortly you lift it i'ght off with fingers. It doesn't hurt a bit. Your :druggist sells a tiny bottle of "Freezone" for a few cente, sitfticient to remove every' hard corn, soft' corn, or corn between the toes, and the cal- luses, without a particle of pain, America's Pioneer Dog Remedies kBook ort • Naiidw Hoywor:ouF,ese. U.S.A. D0f.i' BIStASES • Mailed Free ,to any Ad- dress by the Author. 1 Ii1.1sCloq,eGstlo2rsi7srtCset..,reIe3ato„, DANDER1NE Stops Hair Coming Out; Thickens, Beautifies. 1 Cuticura Girls Are Sweet- and 1 a-inty Nothing so insures a healtby, clear corn- plexion, soft" white hands, and .glosy, luxuriant hair as Cuticura Soap, assisted by Cuticura Ointment when necessary. Cuticura Talcum is delicate, delieltful, disting,„16. I1 imparts to the person a charm Incomparable and peculiar to itself. Sonp25e. 0intment25 =IR^. Talc= 25c. Sold throughout theDominion. CanadianDepot: Lyman, limited, 344 St. Paul St., W. ftlonteed. Wet, Cutiettra Soap shaves without num MOTHER! "California Syrup of Figs's; Child's Best Laxative A few cents buys "Danderine.". Af- ter a fevv applications you cannot find a fallen hair or any dandruff, besides every hair shows new life, vigor, brightnese, more color and abundance. Linbuient should be kept handy for aches and pains mrlY wait for a severe pain an ache, a rheumatic twinge fol. lowing exposure, a sore muscle, sciatica, or lumbago to make you quit work when you should have Sloan' Lininient handy to help curb it and keep you active, and fit, and on the job? Without i'ubhing, for it penetrates, apply a bit today to the afflicted part. °fettle gratifying, claim ,prompt relief that follows. Sloan's Liniment couldn't keep its many thousands of friend's the world over If it didn't make good. That's worth remembering. Ali drug- gists-- three sizes—thc largest is the most econernical. 35e, '0o i.4O. v rtirEt. •Accerit "Califernia" Syrup e1. b'lge only—look for the name ealiforula on the package, then you are sure yetis child Is havieg the beet and Moat harmless physic for the little stornaeb, liver and bowels. Chthigen loVe its fruity taste. Pull directioiss on each bettle. You nauet say -Catifornite," , . No,