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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1926-3-25, Page 3SANE ARIES ESTJAAWRENCE ATTRACT NATURALISTS AND BIRD LOVERS. )1C Gannets Present Never -to -be Forgotten Sight on Red Sandstone Ledges.' Prom the days of xaeques Cartier onrverd t;he ielaantls of the gulf of Sit. Lawrence have bean ltnewn dee the ilomess of .n rlade of sea -birds --gan- nets, eider ducks, plane, cormorants, tern and many others -and the aunt - tearless whit% have been establieltett in Mae area axe • magnets which year by year draw increasing numbers of- naturaliete and bird lovers, • The first sanetnartes in the gulf of St. Lawrence were esteblislae'd. in• 1.919 by the Province of Quebec and the Do- minion Government. These included 'the 13ire Rocks of. the Magdalen Is.- lends s•lands and Bonaventure island and Pere rock on the Gaspe coast. In 1926 ten additional sanctuaries were esta.'biisJled by the Dominion with the eoueent ,of Quebeo along the. north shore of the gulf. The north• slier: eanctua ries are 'dotted along a Iine roughly four hullda'ed miles long stretching from Birch islands (foin hundred miles east of the city of Que- bec) to the straitsof Belle Isle. Named in order' from west to oast they are:- Birch- Islands, Betohouane, Watishis- how, . 1Jog, ds+landsy. Wolf Bay, Cape Whittle St. Mary Islands, Meeatina, St. Auguhstine a;lyd Bradoro Bay. k " ' Two Noted Groupe. The two gsoupee of sa:i otuariee, the one on the Gaspe coast and the other on the north shore, are. so di.iferent. in regard to transportation methods and bird inhabitants that they are best - dealt with separately. In the new group along the north, shore the Chief bird inhabitants. are puffins., razor -bill- ed mics, eider ducks, gulls, and terns- ' Those sanctuaries can be visited with comparative ease for the north el 1-h r of the •f a e i a ill, of St Lawrence• g is served 1n11.miner s by we!11•appointel and comfortable .steamers with -week- ly sailing from the city ot•Quebec. Golcnies of Gannets. The bird sanctuaries off the coast of Gaspe are !lustt better known than •those .of the„ north shore. a heir bird inhabitants embrace many of the spe- cies found in the Tatter, but their ehief attraction to -bird lovers ' lies in tb coToniesk of gannets which nest upon. them. This magnificent bird is known M1 tois , nest only in three or .possibly four places on this oon'ti�nent, all of them in British North America, All the colo - .else are more or.less d.iificult°of eccess except the one on Bonaventure Island. BonaventureIsland is only about three miles from the village of P•erce, and- ' is about threemil ' es longbyami 1 e and a half broad. On its seaward side are great oliffs of red sandstone, the broad ledges of which form secure nesting 'Places for throngs of sea -birds. "Approaching from the sea," writes. Mr. P. A. Taverner, ornithologist of the National Museum, Ottawa, "one isr aware that every ledge and .shelf is covered with white, ae though- snow ;r bad piled in drifts upon them,; al'1ow- ("�, lug ;only the overhangs to show dull. red between the 'glistening surfaces. A wind seems to stir the white masses, and they blow off in eddies and clouds of drifting Hakes that finally resddve themselves into great -white birds that swirl about the cliff faces . and circle round the intruder amid a pandemon- ium andemon ium of lroars�s cries. These are ,the , gannets, the/Golan geese of older au- thors, eaoh as:large as a goose, pure. >n*bite with blank wing -tips and a slig,. creamy'wash on crown and hind neck. The air is filled with their waving wings. They 1111 it like a' swarm of dant midges circling in the sun." The eft. of of this i:1eture upon those lrho view - it for the first time is alnost. indescribable and:even those:who have rowed about the island daily far years confess that they can never behold the scene without a thrill of emotion. TOO LITTLE BLOOD The Cause of Nearly All the JYery�day Ailatents of Life. Too little •hloodtbat is whet slakes mens and woinea look pale and sallow and' feel languid. That is 'what makes them drag along, always tired, never. anal hungry, unable to' digest their food, breathless after even slight exer tier), and often' feeling that life is scareely worth living, The doctors tell them they are alliterate- the plain English being' too little blood. More weak, anaemic people have been made"strong energetic- slid cheer- ful by taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills than by any other means, 'rile case of Mrs. A. P. Poster, Bowden; Alta., is excellent proof of this statement, Mrs. Postel says: ---"Some years ago I was very badly run-down. My doc- tor' attended 1ne far several months and then told. nee '1' ffiad better 'go South. to spendthewinter as may blood was so: poor that he feared I would not eland the cold of our winter. I took his advice and went to my mother's, and as soon. as she saw. m�e ehe' said, "Dr, Williams' fink Pifl.e are what you need." She got the pillsfor me and I began taking them. I had in- tendedstaying three months, but at the end of the second month I came„ home a well woman, When the doctor sew me be said, "You: are a11 right now, but don't let yourself get run- down again:or nothing will save you." Then last winter I had the influenza,; which left me as weak and pale and miserable as before. Again:I' took Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and again they made me ?veil and strong.. I eau grate- fully recommend .the Ilius for T feel that they have saved my life." Weak, ailin men and 'women should begin taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pilis to -day and note the speedy improve- ment that follows. You can get these pills from medicine dealers or by mail at 60 cents a box by writing The Dr. Williams? Medicine Go., Brockville, Ont. A Plea. for Home Music.. -What a lovely word is "home," and lion many t m1 associations $ 3 tion It conjures u s i n. '_Think of the Christmas parties of old aetilere-uniting-of families, the songs and carols sung, shouted out, but en- joyed and remade for the time being. I plead most earnestly for. a return to •frame music. The pianola, the gramophone, the big concert hall, the picture-sethe attractions of the theatre; are •ail 'crowding out our hone life of e music. Too much is done for us. pub- licly. It matte for listeners instead of deers. Five .thousand people li_sten1i g to a concert in a line:;htii'1 le a splendid thing, but live' thousand ,people,, in their various rocelities, gathering to- gether, making music themselves, is finer. - We are in changer bf becoming a na- tion of listeners, especially now that broadcasting"i s here, instead of a na- tion of aetive doers. Set' apart a day. for music .onee a week, or once a month, maybe,, so that your friends and relations may know that they are welcome, and that they will be en- couraged to do 'something as well as listen if they be • so minded. Polk and old English songs could be sung by all, and instrumental and vocal music (of the best .type) rendered each even- ing. This le surely ,a most.simple and delightful opportunity for fellowship and' pure enjoyriient. if your. musical _taste is.:inhluenced by your thought, and your thought is right, then, as a natural sequence, your. music will be right,for music .is a means of expressing that sleeper serif in ns all which trust be expressed if we are to know one another and sym- pathize with each other . and "keep close to the children -for the world is a big child. -Music Teacher. Statesmen for Health. let we need not wait for the great discoveries of.the' future to make the public health campaign of the present day bear fruit. We want sanitary statesmen an much as investigators. We need organizere' and. 'Propagandists for th:e,, cause of -health, capable of building wisely, the great scheme of health protection of the future and of s enlisting it its support. the 'enthusiastic co-operation of .the peoples of the earth.. To the administrator, as much .as to the investigator, comes the eon- soiousnes% of a reward for Isis labors, fuller and more immediate than that 'Which can be earned Lii;many .'walks of life; for he can know that ilia given city hi a given, year so many hundreds or,thousands of men and women and hildren are alivf anti well, who would: have bosh intheir graves except for him. What old- Sir John Sisson eaid of Industrial diseases is true of every kind of preventable malady which at - filets mankind, --.Dr. C. 17, A. Winslow. Pray to Be Strong. ' 0, do net pray for easy lives, Pray to be stronger" meal. »o .not pray for f. lsks equal to your powers; -pray for ?rowers equal to your docks•„ Then the doing of your 1x'ork shall be no miraci.e, but you shall be a miracle, Every day you shall wonkier at yotrnlelfr at the e Heltnen of life Wallah lits come to you ley the ,gi'aoo of Gad,-PJailliyls .Brooks; Cobs' andrEnvironment. The tree frog le a notable example of the ability of an animal to.adopt its color to its environment,: s It is able to • change `its calor .from a very dark bine to a very light: one in abotit twenty, minutes, and eo perfeetly does it agree in color with. the surface of ar •stone, a lichen, or ;the bark.of a tree that often one is not aware of its presence until he has accidentally placed his hand on it. The oommoo frogs are likewise pro- tected: by tile ability to change the color of the akin. Certain lizards and snakes render themselves, yery incon- spicuous by taking advantage of pro- tective coloration, Bird With Endurance. The dngitgh thrush can sting for 16 hours at a stretch, according to a.Thi Bri- tish naturalist. AMMON WATCH FOR REPA=IRS TO DURBIN.JEWELERY CO., Ltd. ESTABLISHED 1912. ESTIMATES FREE. 270 YONGE ST., TORONTO re, BIG PLAN BOOK Handsomely iliustrated with plans of moderate priced homee. designed by Canadian Architects, Maci:ean Builders' (Guide will lielp you to ti•ecide on the type of bonne, exterior fillisll, materials, interior'' arrangement avid fleeoratidli, Send 2.0c for a.. copy. Questions' ells- werecd, MacLean ' Building Id - e port% Ltd., 344 St,Adelaide West, Toronto. Haile" IS ANOTHER ICE. AG COM � C' Scientists' Think Glaciers Will Cover Eatth Again. k. see The artist's sketch shows the Corner Glacier in the Alps. Tis is the second largest glacier existing In the Alps. Secrets, of Science. By Daviel Dietz, Ice is .another one of the agencies which plays an important part in the Wearing away and .changing of the eam'tdl's• surface.. Ice forming in the crevices of docks helps• --crack au�d crumble' the rocks. The ice which Porins upon streams or bikes has a destructive effect upon the banks or shores when it begins, to break- up. But it is in the form of glaciers that ice does its greatest damage to the rocks. A_ glacier is a great mass of .ice which is slowly down a vailey or overspreading a tract ef land. Glaciers range in thickness ' from,,, several hundred feet to several thous- and. t feet. They y are sound to -day in Switzer- land, the• Eastern A1$s, the Pyrenees, the Caucasus the mountain valleys of Norway and the Himalayas. in the' United States, small glaelers are found in the high mountains of California, Oregon and. Washington. Larger glaciers are .found in Canada and Alaska. '• The whole interior of, Greenland, . a territory several hundred thousand square miles in extent, is covered with a glacial::formation known as an _ice Held: . A similar. ice field .caviare the ant= arctic region.' Geologists believe that at four', period's in.. the earth's history suck ice fields extended-, down into what .is now the temperate. zone. Many geologists think that another such period may be in store for the earth. CHILDREN LIKE THE Two factors are needed for the for- mation or a glacier. First an abund- ant snow fall. Second, sufficient cold to preserve part'of one winter's snow- fall over the. Meat. In this way, layer after Layer of snow accumulates." . As, the weight increases the undermost layers, are compressed e into a coarse-grained ice to which 1 geologists have given the name "neve." Glaciers: are important geological agents 1zecause of their motion. The t great weight of the glaeler exerts• a a force which causes, the glacier to move C slowly down h:iIl. This movement in some glaciers is only a few inches a. day. In (diens it le as inueb.-as 60 feet per day. , Loose rock caught under the glacier is dragged along with it. The pies d sure of the- e mass of the d glacier a er is s g o great that these loose rocks act like engraving toole,,s•coring great grooves in the bed rock underneath, The ordinary processes which wear away, rocks, ,and landslides and aval- anches, cause much rock debris to be 1 deposited upon the top of the glacier. This is carried along by the glacier and when the glacier melts, deposited: t upon the ground.. n Melting 'of glaciers also gives rise to many rivers. Pbus''the Rhone River s has its source in the Rhone Giacier, Icebergs originate.„where glaciers meet the - sea. As the glacier pushes over the end of the. land' into the sea, the end le buoyed up for a. time by the water. Eventually it .brealts, leaving i anti g g t c chunks of ice -the > ='- i cellerb s floating upon the sea. Next article - The Work of the Ocean. Playing to Win, How would you define eiteCaef??. Melte ,it fair trial, and if you slhould. have any time left .over ire your hand tit that tine old puzzle of deeea'ibing .; gelitleman. You realize, of course, that this is a hazardous gee, It•' irs like turning the po'ckete• of your own mthd and 'nature 1nB+iiilti out! White you: are decialog whether to risk it or not, yeti might like to bear about a young 'Preach soldier in tine spring of 1.917 who played well the two parts? of .gentleman and a success. It was a bad time on the French front. .A. eolouel of infantry appeared one night down in the trenches, and, confronting a Iittle group of a dofren so)idierza in one of :the gaieter parts, of the line, he called for a volunteer for a task of desperate character. "He will riot tonne back e absolutely not," said the ofilcer. "But I call for a. vol- unteer." Three Frenzel soldiers dragged them eetves to their feet and, saluted. "I asked for one man," said th colonel, very gravely'. No one of ;the three budged. "Padre," said the officer to a Recd Crass , ellen who was . presezit,-' Americe,n,-•-"r will not decsde this. Yo will decide Ibis It is a command" The Bed Crosaa man looked the dire soldieri in the face, but he could no speak; he could not think, Suddenl there flashed through his mind one !lie boyhood games, Out; into plain sight, after thirty years, jumped th old brick •selzoolllous�e of his childhood the grac:efnl New England elms tha flanked the playground, a noisy group Of pupils and the.silly, old rigmarole "Eeny, meeny, miry, moe," ending With the "One, two, three, out goes he!" Like a machine he now.repeat d these words with tire .terrible end - ng "out goes 11�e." The young Frenchman who was "he" caballed, turned and olithbed up into he rain and the dark;'hut before di,s- ppearing the put his hand on the Red rose man's shoulder and observed xvitlz a smile, "That Was a very inter- esting game,—that 'Deny, meeny,'— and I won, didn't I?" Take the pep from your dyspepsia with 15 to 30 C ig tops of „rii,el sSyrup in a glass of water as irec'e t d on the iso ttle. Any drugstore. OSE.. 1$....good aid P it -tau '01/43,94 Votat like Red 73• A Preference. 1 think that I would: raithei• sem ?dy children happy' at my knee; My neighbors' emiliug faces when _ I start from home or come again; A garden small, but mine to claim, e Than- rise unloved to wealth or fame. I think that I would rather own The fellowship of those lave known, an Their good opinion and their trust, Than Win by many a. cruel thrust u The:pomp and riches of a place e That only knows the fawner's face. t True peacei s born of little things, YThe song"'ihe brave canary sings; Glad little znem'ries, of the past That seemed too trivall to last,. e But blighter glow throughout the years t As symbols of our smiles and tears. We write our lives, where'e�r, we dwell, ' Ou those who love and know 115 well. Strangers may cheer us Pram afar, But neighbors see us as we 'are. I'd rather have my worth be told By happy hearts than glittering gold. -Ed„ar A. Guest. - . Habit. Jack, a city boy transplanted to the buntry, had begun to keep chickens. "How 1s he doing?" a friend asked is mother. "Splendidly! The little fellow is al- x-ays reminding his father to feel then or clean out -the coop. Every ow and'•tiien the lad. collects a dozen ggs and takes them into town and ells them to the grocer." "Where do you get your•eggs then?" the friend persisted. "Oh, I buy them from the grocer," was the mother's response. "I'm so much more used to getting them that way than direct from the hen." Baby's Own. TabletS.,Are. Effee- tive and Easy to Give. You do not have to coax and. threat 'en to get the little onesto take Baby's Own Tablets. The ease with which they are given, as compared with liquid medicines, will appeal to every: mother. Noneis spilled or wasted; you . know just how big a dose has reached the Iittle atamach. As a rem- edy for the ills ofchildhood arising from derangements ' of . the stomach and bowels• they are most satisfactory: - Mrs. Rose Voyer, Willimantic; Conn., says: -"I used Baby's Own. Tablets in the Canadian Northwest: and iround them a wonderful medicine for child- ren's troubles:, , especially indigestion and con'stipation,' I.h.ave also given them to my children for .simple fever.. andthe restlessness accompanying teething andthey always gave relief. I can recommend Baby's Own Tablets to ell mothers." Baby's Own Tablets are sold by medicine dealers ' or by mail at 2ti cents m, box from The Dr. Williaxms' Medicine Co., Brockville,. Ont. Strange Postage Stamps. Since the chaos into. which Hungary was plunged as a result of the war the ,fifty -crown postage stamps . of that country hear a picture; of the Virgin and Child. In official matters. every person in Hungary simply must have a religion and be properly taxed for it. Parents are not allowed to name their children unless the names chosen please the officials et the regisrtry bur• eau and names which are not entirely Hungarian ;do; not 'please those of- Hcials. Ho Guessed. Two tramps met at the end of a long and unsuccessful daede begging. Both were ;tired anti 11'ungry. "Didn't you make anything, Bill?" inquired one. "What about that house X saw -you looking at --the big one with the open. window?" "Didn't trouble to ask," was the reg ply. "I looked in the window and saw two girls playing on one piano, so T guessed they was too peel- for ale to Worry!" The snowshdie rabbit changes from rownt coat to white hi the`winter, tab Mlnard's Liniment used by physiatants, Ancient Illiterates. Promthe sixth to the twelfth cen- tury it was rare In Europe for any per- son to be able to sign his pr her name except with the sign gf the cross. There was a slight tincture of learning in. France in the eighth century, but even thee the clergy could not write and, 'this little education quickly passed away so that the ninth century ignor- ance had even France safe within its pave: In the sixth century in Franco there was not one person able to read or write. In England in the nintth century no one understood lettere and all contrasts were made verbally. In the year 922 not one person in all !.tome could read or write and the re- cords of Rome during that period. come down -to us from the Moors,' who were quartered in Spain, from which country they made trips' through the rest of Europe, Later when a little education had crept in with the Arabs the Romans were Unable to read Latin and they erased thousands of invalu- able manuscripts in order to get clean paper or rather good skin. The toss to the world in this is incalculable. 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"I certainly, enjoyed the husking - bees," he said to a friend. 'Were you ever in the country during the season of husking -bees?" Hlistiing•bees.t exclaimed the girl; "why, I never heard of that! How do you husk a bee, anyway, Mr. Sim- mons?" im:mons?" Machinery now in use can punch eyes in needles at the rate of 7,000 an hour. Pains in The; •Back Are Generally Danger Signs fadney Disease Will: Lead to Fatal Results Unless Checked in Time- - T11;gasamds have kidney triuble anal do not know it. Many times a "run- down" feeling, ,dyspepsia, shattered nerves, dizzy spells, backache and a hundred and one other ills are due to the condition of the kidneys and liver. Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Remedy ' has been tested nerarly 60 years and found .a positive relief for kidney and liver ,:roubles. It Is a vegetable and contains no Varmint drugs; a most valuable a n d effective tonic. 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I was so sick generally that I could not sit up and I was in bed most of the time for eight months. An aunt came to visit and help me as I was unable to attend to my baby and could not do my work. She told me to try Lydia E. Pinkha m's Vege- table Compound, and after taking two bottles I could get up and dress my- self. I also took Lydia E. Pinkhanl's Blood Medicine. When I first took the medicine I only weighed seventy- eight pounds. Now I weigh twice as mueh.-I2 I get out of sorts or weary and can't sleep I always take another bottle of the Vegetable Compound. I find it wonderfully good for fe- male troubles, and have recom- mended it to my neighbors. I will be only too glad to answer any letters I receive asking about it." -Mrs. WILLIAM RITCHIE, Box 486, lidelfor. t,. Saskatchewan. o i proved safe by millions andprescribed byh �sicians for l' � Lumbago Colds Neuritis Neuralgia Headache ' Pain Toothache Rheumatism!! 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