HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1920-6-24, Page 7A Serpent Garden
The 3 erpei t garden of I3utantan is
a sort of "snakes' paradise," There,
themost venomous snakes in the
world have palatial homes, built in
The shape of beaver huts, of concrete;
and the"r su•rpundin,gs and the ear e
taken of them leave even the most'.
exaeting snake nothing 'further to de
sire.
The garden is about ten • miles front
Sao Paulo, Brazil, and here .scientists
are studying the mysteries of snake
biology.
The
original reason for the esi:ab-.
lishment of the garden, which is a
huge nurser
, , y for snakes, was' to db
-
taro serum euough to provide a r.ern-f.
ed' for those bitten by snakes
throughout T3raz 1. In the chewer- I
e"tively small state of Sao Paulo alone,'
the average amnia! death rate from
snake bites used to be 240. Since the
garden of 13utantair-was ep !let! and
serum cultures taken; the prompt,
treatment of victims has beer made;
possible everywhere . and the death
rate reduced to nil. There are said
;o be more snakes in Brazil than int
any other country in the western l
hemisphere.
The garden •is 600 acres in extent
and divided into three departments,
Iwo of which are devoted to cobras,
trotal:ds and bothrops, the most poi
ronous snakes known; while the third
department is given • over to non-
poisonous snakes. -R
"Tho inelosure within which " the
snakes' habitations are situated is
surrounded with -a low, thick stone
wall and a ditch, that while not wide
enough to be dign:fied with the name
ef moat, is nevertheless an impassable
barrier to the slimy, creepy denizens
of the garden of Butantan. In the
centre of the -garden is another in -
closure, against which the outside
World is similarly safeguarded as
'ram the larger one; and in that small -
!r inclosure are kept only specimens
Of the rarest species of the reptile
/ailed y.
How Advertising Helped
to Win the War.
"The Force That Makes Ideas Live"
Is the title of a very interesting book
,et recently issued by A. McKim,
abutted, Montreal. It tells. of what
regular advertising accomplished in
educational =Work during: the war, and.
r ers specifically to the many cam-
pagns which were handled by this
Agency. One Ilea but to recall the ef-
fect of such propaganda campaigns as
faelgian Relief, Canadian Patriotic
Ind, Thrift Campaign, Military Ser-
`ce Act, etc., etc., to realize that ad-
- fertising has entered upon a new era
of usefulness. -
To quote from.the booklet: "During
the past few years Government poli-
cies have been preserved and en-
lor.sed, armies and war loans have
been raised, thrift and production
have been engendered by propaganda.
advertising. ,
"Where an equal community of in-
terest and unity of effort -is needed,
propaganda advertising will'`be used
again, whether- to make a given pro-
duct of more service to the consumer,
to correct general misunderstandings
of the operation and earnings of in-
dustry, to quicken public interest in
thrift and conservation, or to arouse
sentiment on great national issues."
As the booklet declares; the news-
paper press is the greatest agency for
moulding public opinion. In its ad-
vertising columns, the story can ,be
presented throughout thewhole coun-
try and can be repeated till its mess-
age is carried home to the whole
people.
Plan Restitution of :Louvain
Books.
Germau-Belgian commission of
t' experts has arranged the mode of re-
stitution of the Louvain University
library, looted during the war, bywhie"h
the' bookdealer's association of Leip-
sic has taken charge of buying a fixed
number of books and illuminated
manuscripts replacing the lost ones,
'thus protecting the Geri .an libraries
ivhich give up duplicates in their pos-
session, says a Berlin despatch,
The librarian, Dr. Oehler, is appoint -
1 national commissioner to superin-
tend the work.
•
No Luck.
When Archie first joined u,p, the ser-
geant who took him in hand . sa.rcasti-
tally observed that the war would
loon be over.
Archie blandly agreed.
The sergeant asked him what the
something someathing he meant,
"Why, I never could keep a job," be
• said.
A little later Archie got into trouble
and was awarded ten days' C.B. I3e
4 he wrote and told his mother. Ile was so
41 distressed ,he wrote to her: "Mother,
'` I am a defaulter."
She ivrote back congratulating, slim
on his promotion, and added: "Never
be hard on a private, Archie. Remem-
ber always you, too, have been in the
ranks.,,
Bathe perspiring hands in warm
water to which a little alum .or vinegar
hos been added.
The World Trade Club of .San Fran-
cisco proposes the name Unitania for
the English-speaking peoples of the.
world. It consists of fractional ports
Of the words United ptates and Bri-
tannia, The ; blub is trying to get
Unitania to adopt the decimal system
of weights and measures now used by
the entire civilized world except the
iliglish.•speaking nations.
Summer Dreams.
The . enew-mown
artis s sweet e twith
hay,
Tho Summer streams flow sett
along,
The birds trill forth a joyous lay,
The world is full of sudden
song;
And oh, to • me there comes a
gleam ' w
Of August skies, and meadow -
ed track,
Where .oft we wandered, and ,.1
dream
Of years that never 'ill cone"
back.
Sweet are the dreams, and, as I
muse,'
O'er perished hopes to you I
turn,
Ilush'd grows my heart, dear,
lest I lose
The dreams that in their
blessing,burn!
Oh, raptured years we knew so
well!
I view you through a veil of
tears, '
Come back again, that -I may tell
My love for you—dead Sum-
mer years.
Lift off -Corns!
Doesn't huit a bit, and Freezone
costs only a few cents..
'With your fingers! You cal lift off
any hard corn, soft corn, or corn be-
tween the toes, and the hard skin, cal-
luses from bottom of feet.
A tiny bottle of "Freezone" costs
little at any drug store; apbly a fe'iv,
drops upon the cern or callus. In-
stantly it stops hurting, then shortly
you lift thatbothersonte corn.•,or callus
right off, root amt. all, without one bit
of pain -or soreness. Truly! Nohum.
bug!
JOY AICD GLADNESS
FORTHE
.CHILDREN
Every child—whether it be poor or
rich, is entitled to, lay and gladness.
Health is the blxthrlght of all and
there is absolutely eo doubt that the
healthy baby is a happy. baby. It is
the ,baby's nature to be „lumpy—not
cross. Only the sickly baby is cross.
'Flee wall child is a joy to the homer.—
it is a 'laughing, gurgling, happy little
piece of humanity which drives 'dull
care from. the household. The sickly
baby 16 :the opposite—he is cross "and
peevish; cries a great deal and is a
source .01 constant worry th to "the.
mother. el. But mothers there is, no need
of your little ones being sickly. Re-
gulate the baby's bowels and sweeten
his stomach with a gentle Abut
thorough laxative and baby will soon
be well and happy again. Thousands
of mothers hare proved this through
their use of Baby's Own. Tablets—
there is a smile in every dose of the
Tablets. Give them ta your baby and
make him happy. The Tablets are
sold by medicine dealers or by mail
at 25 cents a box from .The Dr. Wil-
liams Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
Breeding Foxes
o�
In some countries. the fox is hunted
and killed for sport, but if one killed
a fox in Prince Edward Island he
might wipe out three or four thousand
dollars of the assets of some citizen.
For they breed f ' P ' Ed d
e
h
t
0
e
y
g
s
k
fox, it is really the animarltnown t
the fur niarhets of the world as th
silver gray. It was the Belt of a fo
from Prince Edward Island tha
brought the world's record price o
$2,000 in the London market some
years ago.
The explanation of the high Iliice
paid for the skin of the so -called -black
fox is that the quantity offered in the
big fur markets of the world has fall-
en in thirty years Seo2,000 to about
300 ,v. •
in .the old days the wilds of Canada,
through the Hudson Bay Co.., virtually
-supplied the -world with furs, but now
emi,demesticated animals furnish w
ee
ox
in rin.ce + ar
Island. It is estimated that 'there ar
about 500 foxes on the various rant
es in that province, and it was retell
ly estimated that in one year $250,00
changed hands in the fox industry.
The sueces,s that has attended som
breeders of foxes has caused ver
many others to enter the ranchin
business, and there have been inoos
porated several fox -ranching cam
panies. While the particular fox it i
sought to pro -duce is called the blac
Lusitania Salvage Will Total
$15,OOO,O O.
Tf the relleatl,ng Of the Lusitania
proves suocesstui it will result in the
divisionof at least $15,000,000 betweezl.
a French salvaging' coznpany, the Bri-
tish Government and the Cunard Line,
aceording to an. announooment Made
here by tiro directors of the steamship
line, says a Paris., despatch, Although
extensive.;pi'eparatiolls are' being ramie
for the venture, the Cunard Company
does not :expect surcess, pointing out
that the size- of the vessel and the
depth - to be overcome will make the
operation the costliest in the history
of such work.* Noverthelcas, the
wealth of jewelry, gold, and siiverar
b s
known to "have gone down with the
shin -offers an unprecedented indu e
G
ment to the salvage company.
Experts have derided that it will bo
necessary to cut tate vessel into five
Portions.,exclude the water under
pressure and then bring the ,sections
to the surface, it is estimated that
at least a year will be required far
the work, if succeesful, The largest
vessel raised heretofore by this sys
tom had a tonnage of only 8,000.
The French navy officials are in
teresteil; for, if successful,' the Gov-
ernment may consider seriously the
project for the refloating of many
valuable ships sunk in shallow water
by submarines.
BUSINESS I
AND TEACHERS
Suffer From Overtaxed Nerves
and Often a Complete
Breakdown.
Thousands of earnest, intelligent
young women, who earn their liveli-
hood away from home, in the school
room, in public offices and in large
business establishments, are silent,
suffering victims of over -taxed nerves
and deficiency of strength, Weak,
o i breathless and nervous, they wo
against time, with never a rest whe
headaches and backaches make eve
tx hour seem' like a day. Little wond
f i their cheeks lose the glow of heal
and grow pale and thin; their ey
rk
11
ry
er
th
es
are dull and sunken and beauty slowly
but surely fades. Business women
and girls, because of their work and
worry, look older than their years.
What they need is the frequent help of
a true, strengthening remedy to carry
them' through the day. Dr. Williams
Pink Pills are like actual food t(2 the
starved nerves and tired brain of the
business girl. By making rich, red
blood they supply just the kind of
help girls need to preserve their health
and energy, and their good looks. Dr.
Williams Pink Pills bring bright eyes,
rosy cheeks," high spirits, and thus
make the daY's duties lighter. '
Miss Mary H. Hunt says: "Many
people think of the life of a school
teacher as one ef comparative ease;
with short hours and holidays plenti-
ful. But the reverse is the case. When
one has to stand day after day, year
in and year out, with the worries great
and small, from handling children, it
begins to tell upon even the strangest
and especially upon the nerves. I had
been teaching about five years, and
was then located at Springfield, Ont.,
when I found I was far from having
the vitality I started out with. Before
my term was out I had a complete
nervous breakdown. I tried doctor's
medicine and it helped, but only for a
while. I then tried osteopathic treat-
ment but with no better results. I
suffered from loss of appetite, slept
poorly, was nervous and troubled with
severe headaches. Holidays came and
I tried a change of schools, but got in-
to a harder place where I had over
fifty pupils under my care. There
were days when it "seemed impossible
for me to carry on my work. At this
stage my sister, Who had also been a
teacher, strongly advised me to try
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I took the
advice, and by the time I had finished
my second box, I felt that the' pills
were helping me. I was on my ninth
box when I decided there was no
necessity for continuing the treatment,
as I had never felt better, and had
gained twelve pounds in weight. Dr.
Williams Pink Pills, with plenty of
fresh air, worked wonders in my case,
and I should advise the use of them to
any other run down teacher."
You can get Dr. Williams Pink Pills
from any dealer in medicine, or by
mail, post paid; at 50 cents -a box, or,
six boxes for $2.50 from The lar.i.1-
Hams Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
Then She Knew.'
Bsmeraids sat in her bower -the
top back bedroom—and gazed at a
portrait. It represented a very ordin-
ary young man, but Esmeralda thought
hint otherwise.
"But do I Iove him?" she asked her-
self. "Is this .really love or merely
a sisterly affection--?
Just then the door, burst open and
,her young brother arrived like a whirl-
wind. Without a moment's parse, Es-
meralda took him by the ear and threw
him Out.
Then she sat clown before the photo-
graph again.
"No," she said, with a sigh, "my
lave for Arthur is not a sisterly affec-
tion—it is something stronger, higher,
gentler than that!
It has : been estimated that had
there been no wars and no epidemics,
the present, population of the world;
1,519,00(400 people, could have des-
cended from a single couple in 1,782
years,
Mutton is considered the most nous-' s
nlany pelts.
ishing meat.
Ask for Minrrd'a : nd take no other.
Buy Thrift Stamps.
Styles for
Summer
9543-9507 9531
Transfer Design Transfer. Design
. No. 1022 No. 819
9543 -Ladies' Suit -Coat. (31 -inch on over the head; two styles of .sleeve;
length). Price, 30 cents. In 5 sizes, 37 or -•35 -inch length from waistline).
34 to 42 ins. bust. Size 36 requires price, 25 cents. In 8 sizes, 34 to 48
q ins. bust measure. Size 36 reuires
3 yds. 40 ins. wide, or 2% yds. 54 31/4 yds. 40 ins. Width, 1% yds.
ins.. 9530 -Ladies' Dress (with or with-
9507—Ladies' Skirt (37 or 33 -inch out two-piece tunic; 37 ' or 83 -inch
length from 'waistline).. Price, 25 length). Price, 30 cents'. In 7 sizes,
cents. in 6 sizes, 24 to 34 ins, waist 34 to 46 ins. bust measure. 'Size 36
requires 3%/s yds. 40 ins. wide; collar,
14 yd. 36 ins. wide. Width, 1% yds.
These patterns may •lee obtained
9530
measure. Size 26 requires, gathered
skirt, 2% yds. 40 ins. wide; accordion -
pleated skirt, 3% yds. 40 ins. wide.
Width, gathered, 1% yds.; accordion from your local McCall dealer, or
pleated, 2% yds. from the McCall' Co., 70 Bond St,
9531 -Ladies' Dress (to be slipped! Toronto, Dept. W
Still Sold at the
Same Fair Price
and appreciated by more
and more families where
tea or coffee has been
displaced —
INSTANT
Atrial of this healthful economical table
drink soon demonstrates the cause of its
popularity. Jfade instantly in the cup.
• .0r. Better Health.
nerds a Reason"
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ISSUE No, 25—'20.
HAva you
ASTHMA?
Do you endure the misery
of Asthma with acesp less
nights, dir,°ieult breathing
endless ofstrcni tb.? How-
ever bad your case quick
relief is go rztn.teeet by Vac
use of
TEq]MOL:E�TON'9
Z . , W \ - 'S H
,CAPSiJ LES
This preparation 18 the re-
sult 01 rears afexnelnent-
ingamid study. Thousands
have derived thereateat
benefit through its' use.
Write for free sample to
'Poor setons, 142 ;Ring St.
W., Toronto.
Sold by reliable druggists
everywhere for 91.04 u pox.
TEMPLETON'S •
RHEUMATIC CAPSULES
For fifteen years •the standard
specific for
Rheumatism, Neuritis, Gout
Sciatica, Lumbago, Neuralgia
Manydoctors pre,oribe thous.
Write to Templetone, 14: ging st, W., 'Toronto. for
free sample. 8uld by :pliable druggists ePuaywborefor
s1.04 per box,
A Scotch BIessing.
"If after the kirk you bide a wee,,
There's some wad like to speak to ye.
If after kirk, you rise and flee,
We'll all seem cold and stiff to ye.
The one that's in the, seat wi' ye
Is stranger here than you, maybe;
All here has got their fears and cares;
Add you your soul unto our prayers;
Be 'you our angel unawares."
MONEY ORDERS.
Itis always safe to send a Dominion
Express Money Order. Five dollars
costs three cents. .
Never Wears a Hat.
John Parker, of Belfast, Ireland,
who was born in England more than
fifty years ago, has gone for nine years
without a head covering of any kind
in summer's heat' and winter's cold,
He says he has driven hundreds of
miles bareheaded, when the ther-
mometer registered 10 degrees or
more below zero, but has never
frozen his ears and never has a cold
in the head or a headache.
MINARD'S LINIMENT. is the only
Liniment asked for at my store and
the only one we keep for sale.
All the people use it.
I-IARLIN FULTON.
The Right Ides.
A pessimist and an optimist were
discussing life from their different
viewpoints.
"1 really believe," said the former,
that I could make a better world my-
self."
"Sure!" returned the optimist;
that's what we are here for, Now let
us get to work and do it:" -
BRAY NAD BAD
CASE Of ECZEMA
On limn, Face and 'Links.
Itelact & cora Ile*.
"My baby had a very bad case of
eczema. It started in small pimples
and spread on her arms„and face and
limbs, as far as her hips. The skin
wassore and red and the breaking
out itched so that she wanted to
scratch all the time. She was cross
and fretful and could not sleep day
or night.
"Then I seed Cuticurai, and wheal
I had used four cakes of Soup and
four boles of Ointment she was
heel:d.” (Dined) Faro. George .
Illsley, R. F. I). 2, Box 44, Coopers
Mills, Me., May 5, 1410.
Give Crticure Scapa Ointment and
Talcum the care of your skin.
Soap 25c, Ointment 25 and SOe. Sold
throughouttheDominion. CanadianDepot:
Lr,�eman°, limited, St. Pati St., Montreel.
lhi �Cuticura Soap shaves withoutmar,
Jes' 1 -eft.
A - negro was trying to saddle a frac-
tious Mule, when a bystander asked:
"Dries that mule ever kick you, Sam?"
"No, sub, but he sometimes icicles.
where I'se jos' been."
A Protest,
Far the second time and without
apology the man hanging to the strap
trod on thetoes of the sitting passen-
ger, barely evading a third crushing,
the `latter looked up and observed
mildly:
"I know, sir, that my feet were made.
to walk on, but that is a strictly per-
sonal privilege belonging to me."
Long -Distance Call.
Mr. Tartan Jones was sitting down
to breakfast one morning When be was
astounded to see in the paper an-
nouncement of his own death.
- Ile rang up friend Howard Smith at
once. "Hailoa, Smith!" he said.
"Have you seen the announcement of
my death in the paper?"
"Yes, replied. Smith. "Where are
you speaking from?"
i,'iinard's Liniment for safe everywhere
A flag on the schoolhouse is fine. A
flag in every home is better, and a
flag in every heart is best of all.
Coal is now $120 a ton in Italy,
twenty times as much as in pre-war
days.
MOTHER!
"California Syrup of Figs"
Child's'' Best Laxative .
Accept "California" Syrup of Figs
only—look for the name California on
the package, then you are sure your
child is having the best and most
harmless physic for the little stom-
ach, liver and bowels. Children love
its fruity taste. Full directions on
each bottle. You must say "Cali-
fertile."
Califorma."
Ctassiiiied A+ vertisements.
1TEvx7NS' COMPLET. s', n rx 1 $
42 i
1+7 will pay Yo1.1. tleorgr }ltevene,
Peterborough, Ontario,
PON I*LM
WELL IlUIPPlZx? NEWS]f APf'R J
and Sob printing plant in Easters
Ontario, Insurance carried *1.1O4. tit*ill '
o for 111.200en 411116k .tla, I3oz R9„
'!Iron l'gblletaipta Co,, Ltd., Toronto-
0OPT ELIE WASTEP.
.
t{, OPT ELM 'WANTED. 9 TN, ANI)
Do not thicker, shipped green from saw.
ell until You commw..eaate with
us, Xeenan Bros, Limited, Owen Sound.
Ont
IltdINZITO t;CE0074 <P014 NU8sEes.
ryy, E<;,ISTEnI D 3.'EATNING $CEiOQI .
,tor .Nurses; St, Ellza. be o,
tIt rz spscai,
294 Sautil Broad Street, Elizabeth, New
Jersey, Complete course. Monthly al-.
lowauce: first year $5:00, seoend 51.0.00,
third 815.00. Address: Superintendent.
i rnra ? 'WANTED,
kV -ANTED, FIRST-CLASS B]ONCES
V VV carpenters to work on interior '
fittings, Good wages, steady work.
Apply Laidlaw Lumber Company, 2280
Dundas W., Toronto.
LET " DANDER1NEI,
SAVE YOUR HAIR
Get rid of every bit of that
ugiy dandruff and stop
falling hair
To stop falling hair at once and rit£
the scalp of every particle of dandruff,
get a small bottle of "Danderine" at
any drug or toilet counter for .a few
cents, pour a little in your hand and
rub well auto the. scalp: After several ,
applications all dandruff usually goes '
and hair stops coming out. Every stair
in your head soon shows new life,
vigor, brightness, thickness and more
color.
A";eriowe Pioneer Dog, gamed -tea
BooiL on
DOG. DISEASES
and Raw to Pead
Mailed Free to, any Ad-
dress by the Author.
E. Clay' Glover 00., Xao.
118 'West 31a t Street
New. York'. U.S.A.
SINCE is,11870
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04-frao MR -COUGHS ' •
ONLY TABLETS MARKED
"BAYER" ARE ASPIRIN
Not Aspirin 'at All without the "Bayer Cross"
For Colds. Pain, Headache, Neprrtl- package -which contains complete MP
Toothache, Earache, and - for rectums. Then you are getting real
Rheumatism, Lumbago, Sciatica, Neu- Aspirin the genuine Aspirin Tare
ritis, take Aspirin marked with the scribed' by physicians for over nine-
name "Bayer" or you are not taking teen years. Now made in Canada.
Aspirin at all. "Bayer
tin boxes containing 12 tab
Accept only Tablets of lets cost but a few cents. Druggists
Aspirin" in an unbroken "Bayer" also sell larger "Bayer" packages.
There is only one Aspirin—"Bayer"--.yon mist say "Bayer?'
Aspirin is tho trade mark (registered in Canada) of Bayer Manufacture of Mono- P;
aceticaeldester of Salicylicacid. While It is well known that Aspirin means Bayer
manufacture, to assist the public against imitations, the Tablets of Bayer Company,
will be stamped with their general trade mark, the "Bayer Cross
ANCHOR PLUG is the chewing
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Try a plug today.
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