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No. V 0n Forget-nta-nots
and Cowslips •
"That blue and bright eyed floweret
of the brook,
Hope's gentle gem, the ' fair Forget -
me -net."
•What has the dainty Forget -me
not done that it should be saddled:
with such a botanical name as Myos-
otis. ? or had Linneus a "hang over"
from the night before, that the should
thank of nothing better than to com-
paire a. leaf of this plant to a mouses'.
ear? and, as if that were not bad
enough Ii -e— sad' o label the variety
we like so .much, myosotis palustris,.)
simply because it is a heavy water
drinker, and in its early days used to
delight in making • :its home neer
streams. .
"It springs where Avon gently flows
In wild simplicity"
Myosotis palustris; mouse ear
creeping water scorpion,grass;• it has
all that to alive dawn, `alk because the
father of modern botany wished that
name on when it ' Was too young , to
object, but haw nivah better is the
name Forget-me-not, .derived from
the old German tradition, full of a
melancholy romance. The atoll is
that a young couple were to .be mar-
ried on the following day, were strol-
ling along the banks of the river
Danube, +planning !their happy future
together, when their attention was
drawn to a clump of these flowers
floating down the stream. The bride-
to-be expressed a ` liking for the
beauty of these flowers and regret-
ted that they were being 'carried
away and would perhaps be destroy-
ed. To the young man her slightest
wish was law, so he at once jumped
into the water to rescue the flowers
for • hish :betrothed, but no sooner had r che et . _� h.. --h Sri _ �t
e ea d h`�m thin 1►e eg a
sink. Realizing that he could not
save himself,the made a final effort
and threw the flowers which landed.
at her feet. As he disappeared be-
neath the water he called out, "For-
get me not."
Another legend has it that an ang-
el was sent to the earth to give nam-
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>i the flowers, and 'while Walk.
th the fields She MOO all
as lam th+lm, suc as` lady*
M ue�, maiden , Mn+atto,
Maiden Fern..,T44.05 smock and so
on, names -in ,honour of .Our Lady '
But she. ,had , overlooked sane little
flower "With eyes . of heavenly blue,4,.
'w'hich . wept',sadly, etwing 'Torget
me not." The angel knelt down . and
said to the `flower, "I callou `Fors
t -me -not.:' nOtiw infinitely more
beautiful is a panic that ree0.14 such.
delightful l esnd, .:than -One that re-
calls Mee ear. ' P
A writer, AMA One hundred years
ego, referring to this littleAmer
stated that it`was found in, great.
quantities on the bankof 'a, strewnnear Luxemburg, which had US
source in a spring°at the foot of an
oak "that appear] as . old as the
world." This:, stream was known as
The Fairies' Bath, or .as the Cascade
of the Enchanted Oaks and there • on.
holidays, , cane "tbe', young females"
from, the city to dance near the brook
when they-Wouldputwreat
Wreaths o
the1
Forget-enot around' their ' beetle,when, he stye, "you
would takethem
for •Nymphs holding their revels in
ehonourdOak. 'of the --Naiad; 'of the •Emchant-
:
AThe Cowslip . and Forget-me-not
ate boon companions, they bloom
about the same time, and are often
massed together as an, underplanting
for the' yellow:Wipe. This combines
tion is .meet effective, the golden yel-
low
e-low .of the tulips above, while under-
neath are drifts of the blue of the
Forget-me-nots intermingled with
the sulphur yellow of the Cowslips.
These two plants are also effective
as an edging to long perennial bord-
ers.
The Cowslip is a branch of a fam-
ily which includes the Primrose, ..
P+olyanthiiPrimula,etc.,end . Lin
s, � �
neus" again Vas 'to take- the responsi-
bility for naming it Primula, veris.
But that is nothing to one of its
Vc`ousins which has to stagger through
life under the name Primula Obcoi-
sea Astrosanguinea' Mbhnstein. Ima-
gine going through life ~witha handi-
cap like that. While the family name
now is Primula, it is not improbable
that inn the early days they were
generally referred to as Primrose,
and in ancient times as Paralis'os. It
appears that Paralioso was a very
beautiful youth (all youths of mytho-
logy seem to have been beautiful)
who died of grief because of the loss
of Melicerta to whomshe he' was betro-
thed. On his death his parents
changed him into this flower.
"The Primrose, tenant of the glade,
Emblem of virtue in the shade."
In Germany at one time the Cow-
slips were called Keys of Heaven,
Symbolical of the keys which &•-
Peter is sometimes represented as
carrying, and in this connection
there is an old legend which runs;
"Once on a time, St.. Peter, who is
there said to have the golden keys
which opens the gates of Heaven, let
(them fall, and hestened to earth in
search of them. It was the spring
of the year, and St. Peter was great-
Iy astonished to find the keys had
sunk into the ground, taken root, and
sprung up in the form of beautiful
Cowslip flowers, hence called the
`Keys of 'Heaven.". -
The Primrose is said to have been
the favourite flower ofrbord Bea-
consfield and the annive' sary of his
death, April lath. (1881) was for a
long time known as "Primrose Day"
when every member of the "Prim-
rose League" were obliged to wear a
Primrose to show their sympathy
with the objects of the League. It is
'said that when Lord Beaconsfield
died, Queen Victoria sent a wreath
of these flowers with a card be
ing the. words, "His Favourite
er."
Frederick J. Naftel.
Why suffer need)essi1 n? Douglas'
Egyptian (Liniment !brings quick, sure re-
lied to wad feet,' sari corns and warts.
Relieves Inflammation. .Removes proud
By, Roy. 'Norton .
Catered• aocordIn to Mt o f p!arllarnent bye.
�`prge d� ��cN;�eodx
.l ited; in . t, '-a t, �T un.to. al the Dept, 'of , Mrs ulturo'
Continued)
The band struck, UP again, and an.
other dance began,' the enthusiasts
forgetting Bill as quickly as they had
Saluted bins; but -the ex -watchman.
continued to lean against the post,
IA picture of sullenness, and in the
box- The Lily __stood with
knitted
brwa as if rngto recollect
lil ,
"Wella" she said .at last, "I, :must -
go no`et. Come andeee pie whenever
you can, both of you. 1 like you."
They arose and followed her out.
of the box, and, a down the flimsy
stairs that led to the floor below. She
paused on the 'bottom step, and ctut-
cheed tcasing with both hands,
then to get a el.esee look at the
ex-watcllnan, Who had turned away
until, but a samall` part ,pf his face was
exposed. She walked onward, still
looking angrily preoccupied, to the
end of the liar, and the partners were
`on the point of biding her good-
night, when ,she abra>•ptly started,
seemed to tense herself, end explain-
ed; "Now Iknow him!"
the partners wondered when she
made '•a. swift clutch under the end
of the 'bar and • slippedsomething
jacket the bosom of her.She
took five or six determined steps to-
ward the ex -watchman and tapped
hmm on the shoulder.
He whirled sharply
hied as if his mind
had ,--fears,--and guilty `faced her de-
fiantly.
Thoseimmediately around, suspe--
ting something unusual, stopped to
watch them, and listened.
"So you are here- in Goldpan, are
you, Wolff?" she demanded, with a
cold sneer in her voice.
He gave her a fierce, defiant stare
and brazenly growled: "You're off
My name's not Wolff. My name's
Brown." '
• "You lie!" she flared back, with a
hard anger -in her voice.:"'Your name
is Gus Wolff! You get out ,of this
place, and don't you 'ever come in
again! If you do, I'll have you
thrown out like a dog."
He glowered at the crowd that was
forming around him, as crowds il►-
variably form in any controversy and
Ithen started toward the door, but he
made a 'grave mistake. He called
back a vile epithet as he went.
"Stop!" she commanded him, with
an imperious, compelling tone.
lie half -turned, and then shrugged
his shoulders and made as if to mcye
on.
'Stop, I said!"
He turned again to face a pistol
which she had snatched from her
jacket, and now the partners, amazed
understood what that swift motion
had o meant. He halted irresolutely.
- "You used a mime, toward me that
I permit no man to use," she said
fiercely. "So, I shalt explain to these
mezl of Goldpan who you are, • Gus
Wolff! You were in Butte five ears
ago. You induced a poor, silly
little Ifool named Rose Trevor to.
leave the dance hall where she work-
ed, and go with you. You were one of
those who 'believe• that women are
made'to °be brutalised'. But good as
most *f them are, and bad as spme of
them are, there is none, living or
dead, that you are or were fit to con-
sort with. You murdered her. Don't
you dare to deny it! They found ner
dead outside of your cabin. Whey ar-
rested you, and tried you, and should
have hanged you, but they couldn't
get the proof of what everybody be-
lieved, that you you brute—had
killed, then thrown her over the
"We're going no*;" Isili .'sal►idi
reaching out .his hand. ,She diad; not
take, it, but leaked around the room
with unreadable eyes. .
urn walk with you to the begins -
ring of your. trail, She said, Int
sick of this,„ andled the way Out in.
to\tho night,
For half the length, of • the long
street, -she strode between them,.
wordless, and then suddenly =baited
and held her arms apart appealingly.
"What must you, thinkof me
she said, with a note of grief in her
)'voice. "Oh you, two don't know It
I
You u don t don't what it takes to
make a woman, who trues to be de-
cent, rebellious at everything_ under
the skies. What brutes there °altre
walkir ,the earth! Somethirnes, late -
Ily, I began to doubt if there is a
God!'"
"And that," exclaimed • the quiet.
steadfast young voice at her side,
"is unworthy of you and your intelli-
gence."-
She halted again, as if thinking. '
"And I," said the giant, in his deep
musical tones, "know there's one.''
It takes more than men to make me
believe there ain't. I know it whon
I look at them!" He waved his hands
at the -.starlit mountains surrounding
them, and towering in serenity high
up to the ctoudle s spaces.
"I'd be mighty ashamed to doubt
when I can see them," he said, "and
if they went away, I'd still believe it;
because -if I didn't, I couldn't see no
use in linin' any more. itt's Navin'
Him 'lean down and whisper •to you
once in a. while, in the night, when
, , everything seems to be goin' wrong,
• 'Old boy, you did well,' that keeps it
all worth while and makes a feller
stiffen his back and go ahead, with
his conscience clean and not eerie'
a •euss what, anybody says or thinks
so Iong9 as he knows that the Lord
knows he did the right thing."
She faltered for a moment, and
Dick, Staring through the darkness
at her, could not decidewhether it
was because the woman in her was
melting after the storm of anger, or
:whether she was merely wei -king
his partner's words. As abruptly as
' had been any of her actions, in all the
time they had known her, she turned
and walked away from them, her soft
"good night" • wafting itself back
with a note of profound sadness and
misery.
"I've decided what she is" Bill said
as they paused for a last look at the
( lights of the camp. "She's all woman,
and a mighty good one, at that!"
flesh. rocks to claim that 'hhe "had fallen
1 there in the darkness!'
She paused as if the tempest of
her words had left her breathless and
men glared at him savagely.• -It seem-
ed as if every onehad crowded for-
ward to hear her denunciation.
"Bah!" she added aeornfully. "The
jury was made up of fools, and men
knew it• The sheriff himself told you
so *hen he slipped you out' of jail
,where he had protected you, and let
you loose across the border in the
night. Didn't he? And he told you
that•if ever •'ou came back to Butte,
he would not turn a hand to keep you
from the clutches of the mob; didn't
he? And now you are plain 'Mister
Brown,' working somewhere back up
in the hills, are you? Well, Mr.
Brown you keep away from the High
Light. Get out!"
Some one made `a . restless motion,
•
and declared the man should be
hanged, even now, but The Lily turn-
ed her angry eyes en the speaker and
silenced him.
`iTot if 1 can help it, or any of my
friends can," - she said coolly.
"There'll be no mobbing anybody
airbund here. I've said enough.. Let
him alone, but remember what kind
of a blackguard be is. That's all!"
-She turned back and tossed the
pistol bebiad the bar, and the crowd,
as if her words and the advice of tae
more contained element prevailed,
resumed its play. She lookeup and
as 1 then, °partners wiiliti . id her
gog -night,. and suddenly tit or lip,
sis if althanied that they bid alp her 1
fury unmasked.
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CHAPTER .VIII
The Inconsistent Bully
"Them beans," declared the fat
cook •plaintively, "looks as if they'
had been pet through some sort of
shrivelin' process. The dried prunes
are sure dry all right! Must have
been put up about the time. they
dried them mummy things back in
Egypt. Apuricots? Humph! I soaked
some of 'em all (lay and tonight took
Ione over to the shop and cut it open
1 with a chisel to see if it was real
leather, or only imitation. The can-
ned salmon and the canned tripe is
all swells so that the can is' round
instead of flat- on the ends. • I reck-
on you'd better go down and see that
storekeeper. I dassetl't! If I did I'd
s probably• Iose my temper and wallop
him. If somebody don't go, the men
1 here'll be hangin' me, if they want
to do justice."
IHe had stood in the doorway of
the office to voice his complaint, and
now, without further words walked
-away toward his own narticular sec-
tion .of the little camp village.
"So that's the way that trader
down there filled the order, is at?"
Dick said frowning at his companion.
The latter merely grunted and
then -offered a solution.
"Probably," he .said, "that stuff
was sent up here 'v tthout bein' open-
ed just as he got it. If that's so -it
ain't his fault. About half the rows
in life come from takin' things for
granted.. The other half, because we
know too well how things did hap-
pen."
He stood up and stretched -lis
arms.
"What do you say we go down and
hear what the trader has to say? 1•f
he's square he'll make good. If he
ain't --we'll make him!"
(To brl continued)
�,• `thre ysar«old Ion f
Edgar Rundle' 'who ree+ttl'
Ilr proved . from this.. community
London Township.. had * naz ►wt' e
cap ' from; drowning one day is
week When he fell down a. well, Re
was playing with his, elder brother
and they --removed this—covering-to.
the well. ;and the little.lad had fallen
in. Thecthen ,same frightened and
replaced the top It . was .just'at the
noon hour -and the father looked for
the, children beard the child scream:.
ing. He slid down the pipe in the
well and. found the ebild in about
five: feet of, water clinging to the
pipe; with head and arms above wat-
er. The well, is about 24 feet deep,..
but to, child had been uninaured in,
the fell .:The dip in the cold water
was an 'unpleasant experience, but
fortunately there were no i.11 effects!
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IN CANADA
WHY SMALLPDX
Before Edward Jenner announced,
in 1798, that vaccinations..- prevents
smallpox, which nowadays- is, to
many of us, nothing but a name, this
disease was as common as measles is
today.
It Is estimated that, during the
'l Bth century, at least 6t million of
persons died in Europe frdm small-
pox. Few there were --who escaped,
and among those who survived, some
were blind and most were disfigured
with the; scars, of the disease.
Smallpox'' '4as a disease which
came to be regarded as inevitable.
Macaulay speaks of it, in his History
Of England, as "always present, fil-
ling our churchyards withcorpses,
tormenting with constant - fears all
-whom it had not yet stricken." Intro-
duced to' this continent by the early
white settlers, it ran wild, killing
one-half of the native: Indian popula-
tion. Lt is small wonder that the
natives looked with anything but
favour upon the newcomers.
We do not now have widespread
epidemics of smallpox, because many -
of us -have been vaccinated. Every
case' of smallpox comes from a pre-
vious case. Thole who are vaccinated
break the chain of transmission. Not
only are they protected against the
disease but, as they cannot • contract
smallpox, they cannot pass it on, to
someone else. The unvaccinated shel-
ter themselves behind those who are
vaccinated. -
The protection or immunity ac-
quired through vaccination is rela-
tive in its extent and duration. The
Protection is lost gradually, `•kome in-
dividuals losing it more quickly than
others. Those who have been vacci-
nated once rarely die from smallpox
as even SO years or more after vac-
cination, some degree of immunity
likely remains.
In the time of Jenner, there .were
mild epidemics of smallpox; the mild
form, seen -today is nothing new.
That fatal smallpox still lurks -
around the corner was shown, in 19-
24. at Windsor, Onix? One girl, va';ci-
nated six years previously, escaped
while 21 of her unvaccinated relativ-
es died. Vancouver, in 1932, had 17
deaths; of those who died. only one
had been,, vaccinated' and that wa3 3e
years before.
Vaccination is one of the safest
procedures known to medical scihnce.
The best time to be vaccinated is be-
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life. There is less discomfort at this
age and all danger of smallpox, in
early life, is avoided. Vaccination
should "be repeated after the- tenth
year of Iife and again, later "on, • if
there is any danger of exposure.
Recent successful vaccination pre-
vents smallpox.. To contract smallpox
is *the penalty of neglecting, to make
use of a simple and safe method of
protection. Are you, and your child-
ren protected against smallpox?
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will be- answered personally (by letter,
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Persian - Balm creates and preserves
lovely and youthful complexions. Toner,
and stimulates the skin. Fragrant as a
flower. Cool as morning dew. Sw tt:y
absorbed by the tissues, making the skin
wonderfully soft -textured. Unrivalled as
an aid to feminine elegance. Delightful
to use. Imparts additional charm. t o the
daintiest of women. Persian Haim is a
fine toilet requisite for the exacting
woman. Peerless as a beautifier.
NORWAY
PINE
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The Danger of Cough
Concerning. Children
ra young children s cough or cold io not a thing
„, to be disregarded, as it is ossa a grave matter,
and unless attended to at ones may cease serious
trouble.-
On the first sign of a rough or cold the mother
Will ddd in Dr. Wood's Norway Pins Syrup jut
the reedy required.
Its promptness and effectiveness in loosening
1hs
phlegm is each that the trouble May be cbe
' bei
ore anythingof a onions *stere sesta in.
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DR. r. J. R. FORSTER,
EYE, EAR, Noes,.-THRQtA;' ,,
Late House Surgeon New x'ork thsl
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