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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1920-4-1, Page 3po .Not Neglect • •The dad Cold OF TO -DAY IT. MAY BE SERIOUS TO -MORROW May Develop Into Bronchitis, Pn2u• Menial and perhaps Consumption. Miss Mary�Prouse, _ R R. No. 1, Cedardale, Ont,, writes: -°I had the Influenza in November last, and it left me with a terrible cough. I did not attend to it until it got so severe people warned me it was time to see about it, 1 went to the doctor and got some medicine. He told me it was a bad attack of bronchitis. 1 could not sleep and would have to sit up nearly all night, it was so difficult for me toet my breath. The doctor's medicine did not seem to bo helping ins the least bit. One of our neighbors came in ono day, and told me about Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup". I• tried it and took two bottles, No person could believe how it helped me. 1 have recommended it to' different people since, for 1 believe I have reasons for doing so. Dr, Wood's Norway Pine Syrup has been on the market for the past 30 years, and stands out by itself as a remedy For alcoughs and colds. Be sure and get the real "Dr, Wood's" when you ask for it. Put up in a yellow wrapper; 3 pine trees the trade mark{ price 25c. and 50c. THE FUTURE OF OSTRICO FARMING, Y AN EXCLUSIVE BRITISH IOU �� , Few industries were • harder hit by side South Africa there are no farms, the war than that of ostrich Gradually the demand fell .off; then posseesioars, such as British East Af- cause the shortage of boats, until rice, Egypt, the 'Soudttn,. Nigeria, and finallym the trade was brought to a Australia, But., the supplies fro m1 fa ing, except a few in scattered British standstill, these are too small to affect the mar., . Fortunately for the South African het. Manufactured .only by The T. Milburn 'Co., Limited, Toronto, Lint. PRINCE HEADS ' . ANCIENT HOSPITAL Assumes Presidency of Si Bartholomew's in London. .A despatch from London says: --The Prince of Wales is now president of the oldest hospital in the British Em- pire, St. Bartholomew's, Smithfield, founded by the King's Jester Rehere -in the year 1123. . The Prince was installed` with the sante simple and quaint ceremony that has prevailed for many years at the welcoming of a new president. Entering the grounds he was wel- comed South Africa's largest customers, In pornen by.the Headede, by theheta and many 1913, she took from the Cape 25,000 patients. by beadle cai- rying the mace, a procession was pounds' weight of plumes, for which /gipled which proceeded to the board she gave $336,735; while another r ni, where the Prince took Ms seat 168,327 pounds of "undressed" feath- beneath a fine portrait of Henry VIII. ers, valued at $1,368,955, were sent. to Here he heard read the charge, her from the London market, which, whi;1-required him to give earnest of course, relies on the Cape for its a' tion to matters perk^'Hing to supplies. Then it Is common know ,, . ledge that, she has always bought a .weal and axle ants a c. '':e sick glarge number from France, who orig- �"� � and suffering within the hosr:Lal." Hay-EQATES large „ domes tleating ostriches fernier, he was, generally speaking,ilia idea of l1 long-sighted, says an English ,writer. and reaping them like ordinary catt e got promptly e r t rid of his inferior first occurred to a Boer . farmer in stocks, turned the birds loose on the 1803. He took a number of young wild less profitable gracing ground and chicks, tamed them, and, to the srar- converted the remainder into raising prase of many, successfully reared crops which were suddenly in de- them. Others followed his example. 'nand. Many of them devoted eon- . By 1882 there were no fewer than ing complete• the proc•r:s siderabie attention to the rearing of 280,000 birds on the South African One of. the latest fo..u; of treat - butter cattle and England had farms, the number at the end of 1.909 naenC is to glycerine ns, the feathers, poultry and , and eggs from the South Afri being returned at about 400,000 in .producing what is known In Ile* trade can ostrich farmer. Ido not say all Oapa Colony alone, To -day this great a .as. the Iiseret, a light article which f thein tided over the period of de- area of outer Britain boasts of 678,- can be. readily converted into an at- pression in this way, but the great 254 ostriches, the finest and the Most tractive mount for a hat. Then not majority of them did. , valuable in the world. The birdsare only hats, but dresses, are now trim - Even when the Armistice was sign rapidly increasing in numbers, for the med with 'ostrich feathers, and alto- ed those in the feather trade imagined industry is an ever-growing otre. In gather they are much in demand. that some time must elapse before the five years the output of feathers had industry would revive. Then a TARTARS MURDER once, without rhyme or reason, there On all the larger farms the eggs are THE INDIAN DONOR $ 1N LONDON Left t I-laseain, right. Mr. II, I. Hyatt, Secretary; Mohammed Ali, Maulana$ayed, Sulaiman Nadivi and Mr, Synd render them Heavy eneresb for the milliner's demend.� Curtin., end comb - l1 at doubled came a change, and orders, for ost- hatched in incubators, the period of 1 x,000 ARMENIANS feathers in every conceivable incubation being forty days. An os - form came pouring in. Fashion had Web. egg weighs three pounds, and decreed that the plume par excel- when cooked its flavor cannot be de- lence was the ostrich feather, Hence tested from that of an ordinary hen's a boom has set in, and .the ostrich- egg, feather farmer. has come into his own. The cock bird always builds the The rearing of the ostrich for its nest, which is nothing more than a plumes has always been one of the round hole dug in the sand or earth. principal industries of South Africa. The hen then lays an egg every other'. Indeed, the ostrich- may rightly be day. - From twelve to fifteen make a described as an important Imperial full nest. The. hen sits. on. the eggs. asset, for this valuable trade is ex- during the day and the male bird elusively in British hands. The farm- through Inc night. era of Cape Colony control the world's Tho ostrich is most exemplary in feather market. From their six hue-The and shares the domestic dred thousand odd birds they export- .• duties with his wife. Once he has ed in 1913 --the year before the war- chosen a mate nothing will separate no less than 1,023,307 pounds' weight him from her; and many incidents of feathers, for which they received could be related of prize cock birds $12,767,935. refusing to' mate a second time after All countries where this plume is the loss of their partners. worn now rely upon South Africa for The greatest tact and caution have their supplies. Even the United to be exercised by the farmer in re - States, which widely boasts of ostrich moving the eggs from the nest, as farms, has to go to the Cape for her . during the breeding season the birds, feathers, taking about 200,000 pounds' weight of plumes a year. • In the whole of the U.S. there are only about 9,000 ostriches. Germany, too, has been one• of ing been handed an ebony staff with gold mounts, the Prince seated him- self in the presidential chair, after which routine business was transact- ed. Later he made the round. of the wards and chatted with the patients who are still bedridden, among whom are a number of soldiers who are still receiving treatment for the injuries they received in the war. • British Women Are Liable for Juries A despatch from London says: -Wo- men are now tivalined and liable to be summoned to serve on juries. The Home Secretary announces that where the panel of jurors is drawn from the Burgess List women whose names appear on these lists are now qualified and liable to servo on juries. This affects all women who are on the Parliamentary Register in bor- oughs. They will not be allowed to vote on their qualification until the middle of April. In all. other Parliamentary constitu- encies the jury lists will not be made up- until the end of the year, coming in force on January 1, 1921. finally Purohased them in. South Afri- ca or London.:.. When war began, the German mer- chants at Hamburg actually told how -when Britain was defeated, and. Germany had obtained a colossal war indemnity -they would go to the Cape and take over the ostrich farms, which they regarded as a very valu- able asset. 'They znemselves had started ostrich ` farms in German South-west Africa and German East Africa,both of which possessions have now been lost. Probably the birds have been destroyed; but they only numbered a few thousand. Hence, in future'as in the past, Ger- many will only be able to obtain her feathers from e. British possession. America cannot supply her; and out - Great Britain. to Loan $25,000,000 ,to Belgium A despat,h from Brussels says: - The Sbir says it understands that negotiations are under way in Eng- land for a loan of five million pounds sterling, the money to be used for -the reeonstruxction of the devastated districts of Belgium. NO WOMAN CAN BE STRONG AND WELL WITH WEAK KIDNEYS. Women try to bear the daily burdens of the household, but the continual stooping, bending, never ending strgn on the back, sooner or later, may end in some form of kidney trouble, When the back aches or becomes weak it is a warning that the kidneys are affected in some way, and on the first sign of any weakness Doan's Kidney Pills should be taken, so as to strengthen the kidneys and prevent some future trouble. 14rs. Joseph Jarvis, 152 Niagara...Stp Hamilton writes: --"I was so troubled with my kidneys 1 could hardly sleeii• I could not do my 'work, and was a burden to myself, 1 used Doan's Kidney Pills and they sure helped me, and I would not be without them in the house. I can sleep better now than I have for years.'' Doan's Kidney Pills are put up in an oblong grey box; our trade mark a 'Maple Leaf"; price 50A. i£ all dealers, ormailed direct on remelt of Wee by .The T. Milburn Co.. Lepaite d Toronto. Qat.. r t Report port lireadstnfls tins, 25cr (buckwheat, 60 -Ib: tins, 18 Toronto, Mar. 30. -Manitoba wheat to 20c;. comb, 16 -oz,, $•6.00 to $6.50 ---N N:3'111 <northern, $2.80; No. 2 north- doz; 10-oi. ;$4.25 to $4.50 doz. o Maple le roducts-- Syrup, per imper- ern,$2.77; No. 3 northern, $ .73. p P Mitoba oats -Ne. 2 C,W., $1,01%; sal gallon, $4.25; per 5 imperial gala. No. C.W., 97 c extra Ne 1 feed, $4.00. 97%c; No. 1 feed, �961/e. No. 2 feed, 95%c, ' Provisions -Wholesale Manitoba barley -No. 3 C.W., Smoked' meats -Hams, medium, 86 $1.70%; No. 4 C.W., $1,507/x; rejected to 380; do., heavy, 29 to 30c; cooked, $1.37%; feed, $1,37%; all above an 50 to 52c; rolls, 30 to 31c; breakfast, store Fort William. bacon, 42 to 47; backs, plain, 60 to Ontario wheat--F.o.b, shipping 52e; boneless, 52 to 66e. points, according to freight; No. 1 Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 81 winter, 3 $2 to $2.01; No. 2 wixrter, $1.98 to 82 ; clear bellies, 30 to 31c. c_ Archbishop: Brings Tale of to $2.01; No. 3 winter, $1.92 to $1.93; Lard -Pure, tierces, 30 to 0% , No. 1 spring, $2.02 to $2,02; No. 2 tubs, 301/s to 31c; pails, 30% to 81%e;. I-Iorror to London.spring, $1.98 to $2.01; No: 3 spring, prints, 81% to 32c. Compound tierces A. despatch from London says:-- $1e95 to $2.01, 28x/2 to 29c; t-ubst 29 to 29%c; pails, Tartars recently massacred 17,000 American corn -Prompt shipment. 29% to 29Fa,o; prints, 80 to 301/2e. Armenians within the boundaries of No. 3 yellow, norninai, $1.95; No. 4 the new Armenian 'State at the insti-yellow, nominal; $1.93, track Toronto. Ontario oats--No3 white$1.02 gation of the'Young Turks in the to $1.04, according re.. freight. , Azerbijan 'Government, according to Ontario flour -Winter, in jute bags, Archbishop Kholn, an Armenian from prompt shipment, Government stand- Archbishop' who has arrived in London to ard, $10,25 to $10.45: delivered at confer on behalf of the Armenian Montreal, and $11 delivered at Tor - Republic with allied authorities re- onto. Barley -Malting, $1.84 to $1.86. Cheese --Finest eaeternts:, 26 to gareh Buckwheat -No. the situation in Armenia. 1.65 to $1.70. 2 Three thousand persons are `being2, $ 6%e. Butter -Choicest creamery, herded in Tartar villages, and per- Manitoba flour -Government stand- 65 to 67c; seconds, 62 to 64e. Eggs Montreal Markets Montreal, Mar. 30.-Oats--Can- adieu Western, No. 2, $1.19; No. 3, $1.15. Flour -New standard grade, $13.25 to $13.55. Rolled oats --Bags, 90 lbs. $5.60 to $5.60. Bran, $46.25. Shorts, $52.25. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, $30.00 to $31.00, tions of the. Armenian frontier are being held by the Tartars, according to the Archbishop. He says that in December the Tartars murdered 14,- 000 Armenians at Akoulis, in Leer- bijan, on the pretext that Tartars had been, massacred in Armenian territory. particularly the male, . are very vier ous, attacking anyone who approaches. Princess May IaS One of the marvels of ostrich life isy the rapid growth of -the chicks, They Keeny a For Art literally shoot up at the rate of ten to twelve inches a month for the first five or six months of their career. An extraordinary thing about these birds is the strange articles they will swallow with apparently no i11 ef- fects. Crushed bone and bits of stone are necessary to aid their digestion, but they will snatch brooches and have been examples • of black and other bright objects from lady visitors white drawings, and at the same time and swallow them. Even cigars and she has secured several good speci- • A despatch from London says: - Princess Mary is now making a col- lection of pictures for her own rooms. She shows excellent taste and judg- ment,and is especially fond of those representing children and flowers. Several of her recent purchases lighted pipes do net come amiss. At the age of -eighteen months the Male bird is attired in the rich black plumage which is the envy of 'spec- tators outside the fence, •and the joy of the farmer's heart. His body is covered with fluffy, black tips, while. his wings are a wealth of long, float- ing, black and white plumes, the glory - to -be of many a picture hat. His sis- ters are clad in drab feathers, which are never so glossyas those of the cock bird. The cheaper ostrich feath- ers are usually those of the female bird. We now come to the most interest- s period of ostrich farming -the MR. HANDLEY PAGE The aeroplane manufacturer, whose planes have won world-wide recogni- tion and fame, visited Canada receetly. ard, $13.25, Toronto. Peas -No. 2, $3. Rye -No, 2, nominal; No, 3, $1.85 to $1.88. Hay -Track, Toronto, No. 1, $27 to $28 mixed, $25. Straw -Oar- lots, 16 to 17, '1 ee - ar lots, delivered on mens of miniature paintings' The Princess's taste and eye have been most carefully trained, for ever since she was a; little girl she has gone about to picture galleries with Queen Mary, who is by way of being an art connoisseur. -Fresh, 58c; selected, 54e. Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, $4.30 to $4.40. Lard -Pure, wood pails, 20 lb. net, 31 to 31%c. Live Stock Markets Toronto, Mar. 30. -Choice heavy Heart Rains So Bs NAT VP MANY NIGHTS A large ma)ority of the people ars troubled more or leak with some form of heart trouble, and that distressed feeling that comes to those whose heart ie in a weakened condition causes great anxiety and alarm.. On the first sign of any weakness of the heart Milburn's heart and Nerve Pills should be taken, and thus secure prompt and permanent relief, Mrs, Thomas liopidns, Crowell, N.S. writess-"I had heart trouble, for aovcrel years, sometimes better and sometimes worse, butt a year ago last fall I eoul4 not lie down in bed for that distressed feeling, and had to get "up and it up a dwnitan�'hadd he it wswith my very high. I purchased, two boxes of Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pias and feel a lot better, I can now lie down quite comfortably and the pains have .gone too." Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills are 50o. a box at all dealers or mailed direct on receipt of price by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. Rabbit Rearing a Neglected Resource. Rabbits are valuable far their meat and for their fur. Their flesh is wholesome and tender and, when pro- perly cooked, it is difficult to distin- guish, it from chicken. Not only are their pelts, dyed to imitate more ex- pensive x pensive skins, but those derived from some of the more hande0me breeds are used in their natural color. Rab- bit fur is, moreover, extensively em- played in the manufacture of hatters' felt. In northern France and Belgium rab- bits are as- commonly kept on farms as poultry, It is, therefore, only na- tural that several of the hest utility breeds should have been developed in that part of the 'world. Enormous quantities of rabbits are consumed every year in England; indeed, the. home supply has to be greatly supple- mented by imports from Australia._ In cities, pigs are objectionable 'se- $ $ cause they are maIododaus and chick . - per 7f d C i t d 1' d M t steers, $13.25 to $14.00; good heavy ens because they are noisy; rabbits real, freights, bags in0ludd. Bran, steers $12•b0 to $12 75- butchers' are clean and quiet, as well as easily per o , $ , shorts, $ , rattle chance $12 50 to do., kept. Canada's Cattle. Our national stock of cattle to -day is, compared with population, exactly in the state it was twelve years ago. In simplest form, the number of cat- tle to inhabitants for three typical years was: 1908, 1.12; 1911, .90; ton, 45 aorta 52 • ood feed i ' $12.75;True, they will not devour the flour, per bag, $3.60 to $3.7 . good,' $10.75 to $11.00; do., medium, house garbage in any considerable $10.00 to $10.50; do., common, $8.00 quantity, nor is it good •for them, yet Country Produce -Wholesale to 28,60; bulls, choice, $10.25 to $11.00; they can be eheapiy fed. They will Cheese -New, large,, 29 to 30c; do., medium, $9.00 to $9.50; do., oat lean, weeds, suck as dandelions, twins, 291/2 to 30%c; triplets, 301/2 to rough, $7.50 to $8.00; 'butcher cows, couch grass sbepherd's purse, vetches 81e; Stilton 33 to 34c; old, large, 31 choice, $10.15 to $11.00; do., good, i and plantain. From the table they to 32c; Do. twins, 32 to 32/c. $9.00 to $9.50; do., common, $7.00 to Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 65 to $7.50. stockers, $8.60 to $10.50;1 can be given the leavings of cereals, 56c; creamery prints, 67 to 68c. cooked potatoes, and milk. Bat their Margarine -33 to 38e. Eggs -New laid, 57 to 58c. Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, 40 to 42e; roosters, 25e; fo°. '1, 85c; turkeys, 58 to 60c; ducklings, 38 to 40e; geese, 32 to 35c; squabs, doz. $6.00. Live poultry -Spring chickens, 30 to 82e; fowls, 35 to 40c; ducks, 35 to 40c; geese, 26 to 28c. Beans -Canadian, hand-•p`icicdd;; bushel, $5.50 to $5.75; primes, $4.00 to $4.50; Japans, $5.25 to $5.50; Cal- ifornia Limas, 161/2 to 171/2c; Mada- gascar Limas, Ib., 15c; Japan Limas, lb., 110. Honey -Extracted, clover, 5-ito. tins 27 to 28c; 10 -Ib. tins, 25 to 26c; 60 -ib. ng time of plucking. Every eight months. 1919, 1.12.That is, the increase in cattle year the bird to be plucked is enticed into by year has only kept pace steadily a small, wedge-shaped enclosure by a with the growth of domestic popula- tempting basin of corn or sugar tion; it has allowed no margin for beets. The moment the trick begins more export trade. to dawn upon him he becomes furious. Yet during those twelve years there But in an instant the blinding has been a tremendous expansion in "stocking" is clapped over his head, the overseas markets which might be and he at once becomes as timid and served by Canada and all means of helpless as a child. One man holds reaching those markets, transporta- him, while the other removes the tion, shipping and marketing facili- feathers. The larger plumes are cut, ties, have been Improved. According to the returns of the Do- minion Bureau of Statistics, the num- ber., of cattle was 7,546,000 in 1908, when the population was estimated. at 5,660,000. In. 1919, the number, includ- ing milch cows, was 10,083,000, with the estimated population slightly un - but the smaller ones are pulled out. The plucking is donewith the great- est care and skill, in order that the socket of the feather shall not be in- jured and so spoil a new growth.. Scarcely any pain is caused the bird. in extracting the feathers. The So- ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to der 9,000,000. Animals recognized this fact some years ago, and deemed the ostrich„ •fir. no need of its protection. The plumes undergo many process- es, however> before they are ready for the milliner. They are first thor- oughly cleaned in soap -suds and then passed to the dyer. After dyeing, they are starched, and then the pounds of fresh fish, said to be the piecing is done • by skilled hands. largest catch ever brought to this Very few plumes worn. are• single; if port by a single vessel, was the cargo examined closely it will be seen that of the steam trawler Venosta, which they are pieced several times to arrived on Thursday from the Banks. Record Catch of Fresh Fish By Nova. Scotia Trawler A despatch from Halifax, N.S., says: -Four hundred -' thousand feeders, $10.00 to $11.00; canners and cutters, $5.25 to $6.00; milkers, good to choice, $100.00 to $160.00; do., com. and med., $65.00 to $75.00: springers, staple diet should be hay, wheat or oat straw, clover and carrots. Rabbit hutches should be divided $90.00 to $160.00; lambs, per cwt• i into a sIe©ping chamber, which should $18.00 to $21.00; calves, good to choice be tight and free from draughts, and. 00; hogs, $ fed and sheep, $7.00 to $15: I a more open space, protected by wire $1 • watered, $19,25.5to netting. A small hutch may have a $1.75 • do., weighed off car., $19.50 to 20.00; do., f.o.b. $18.25 to $18.75;1 fleoi• space six toot by two feet and. do., do., country points $18.25 to the floor should be raised off the $1$.50. l ground. For larger rabbitries, courts Montreal, Mar. 30. -Good veal, are used; these may be either paved $15.00 to $16.00; medium, $10.00 to or grass courts surrounded by a fence $14.00; Ewes, $12.00 to $13.00; lambs, sunk deeply enough into the ground good, $17.00 to $18.00; common, i to prevent the animals burrowiaig out. sel15.ct to $17.0hogs, off car weights Boys and girls generally take an 50; so , $20.50;lights, $19.50 to $20.- interest in feeding and caring for 50; sows, $16.50. foe BRITAIN TO FIGHT I nine settlements, each of 200 cottages, CULOSIS where persons suffering from tuber - TUBER I culosis may reside and receive treat- ment. In so far as may be possible Health Ministryto Administer patients will be expected to work at useful occupations. A Relief to All. Persons of discharged lascheme ss, diens for will e treatment m ab AeCteCl. lashed by the military authorities in A despatch from Landon says:- the near future. With civilian mortality from tuber- culosis at 1,624 for every 1,000,000 in- habitants in Great Britain, the Minis- try of Health, recently established, Arms For Ireland has decided to deal drastically with the situation. Indeed, the patchwork A despatch from London says: - methods in vogue under the national The British Government issued health insurance scheme will be orders on Thursday that all ships scrapped. Under this scheme the plying between Germany and the money available hely permitted treat Unit d Kingdom be thoroughly merit in a sanatorium for two or searched, tis a result of the discovery three months in selected tuberculosis of arms destined for Ireland in a cases, while other cases of the white vessel from a German port, plague had to be content with a milk The Government seized a vessel treatment in their own homes. The which arrived at Grangemouth, insurance scheme was limited to workers and did not apply to women Scotland, laden with light artillery? or children. these animals. Work of this kind would have an educational value and would have the further merit of en- listing the sympathies of the younger generation in the campaign for great- er reater production. Rabbit -rearing en a more extensive scale can also be made a profitable occupation for adults. - rifles and ammunition, all of Ger- In the new industrial scheme it is man make. The ultimate destine- bon to make provision for the tion of the consignment is said to whole British industrial world, inciud- have been Dublin. The ship's master ing wives: and children. Relief will be has been taken into custody. The administered through county, munici- captain of a sister ship, also at pal and local authorities, while the Treasury will provide $5,000,000 for the creation of settlements where tuberculosis patients may be treated. 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Milburn's Laxa-Liver Pills are 25e. a vial at all druggists or dealers, or mailed direct on receipt of price by The I' Milburn Co ,Limited, Toronto, Ont "REG'LAR FELLERS" -By Gene Byrnes CAN ANY 601 IN TMIS Ct,ASS ROOM me WHAT AN ANECOOTE S?