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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1913-1-2, Page 3Young Folks w8tt coir-v,.,,ire ✓014., v-t,At'rm•A3 Little Beur'N Toad. One mornin;, when Little Bear was playing in the fumed near his home, hes beard a Toad eal1ing for help, "Where ern p,,31 q" e, ylrerl T.,4, .1, Bear, "Where are you, Mr Toad?" "I have fallen into a deep hole, and I can't get nue Is that you, Little Bear?" • Yes, and I will got you out, Mr, Toad." "Please do, Little hear, end ne quick, because I can't live much longer in tilts dry, sandy place. There isn't a particle of moisture here. 1f you will help me out of this trouble, I'Il be your Toad, and work for your father." Little Bear was alio polite to say that he did not care to have a pet Toad, nor did he laugh at the idea of a wee Toad's working for big Father Bear. Gently he lifted Mr. Toad from the hole and placed him on the ground, "Why, Mr. Toad, you aro ill i What is the matter?" inquired Lit- tle Bear, when he caw that the Toad was thin and weak. "Water 1 water l" begged the Toad. "Please bring me water!" Without stopping to talk, Little Bear ran to get his tin pail, wh(.clr he filled at the river, and carried to the sufferer. "Here, Mr. Toad," said he, "take a good big drink." "Toads never drink with their mouths," answered the Toad. "Please, Little Bear, pour the water over me. I take water in through my skin." Greatly wondering, Little Bear did as he was told, and soon Mr. Toad was sprawling in a puddle of water, and drinking it in through his skin, and soon he was a plump and happy Toad once more. After that, out went Mr. Toad's tongue, and gone was the fly that Little Dear had seen only a moment be- fore. Again a fly disappeared down Mr. Toad's throat, and then an - ether and another. "How do you do it, Mr. Toad?" asked Little Bear. "I never saw ouch quick work in my life 1 You sit still as a mouse, dart out your tongue, and you have caught the fly 1 It seems wonderful to me. I couldn't do it." "That's nothing," said Mr. Toad, who felt much refreshed after his bath. "Look at my tongue, Little Bear. You see, it is placed in the front of my mouth instead of at the back, and it is sticky so that flies can't get away. But I am hungry ;. I must have a dozen cater- pillars and forty or fifty grasshop- pers and molasses, or I shall not be strong enough to travel all the way to the Three Bears' house." Little Bear soon ran away to play in the forest, and forgot Mr. Toad until middle-sized Mother Bear called him to dinner. When be reached home, there was Mr. Toad under the door -step, dressed in a bright new skin. He was winking and blinking happily. "I have just changed my clothes," explained Mr. Toad. "I am sorry you weren't here to see me do it." "Where did you put the old ones?" asked Little Bear. "I swallowed them," was the an - ewer. "My coat split down the middle of the bark, I pulled out nay legs; drew the skin over my face, and sucked it into my mouth. Our folks always get new suits at least four times a year. Please tell your father that your Toad has gone into the garden to hunt. You must re- member, .Little Bear, that T am your Toad." Big Father Bear was much pleased when he heard about Mr. Toad. "Good news, gond news!" said ho. Sure enough, from that day 'dr. Toad lived in the Three Bears' flourishing garden, where ho works from late afternoon until early morning. He destroys Father Bear's enemies — grasshoppers, flies, beetles, crickets, caterpillars and the. tussock -moth. -- Youth's Companion. ONLY CAST: OF ITS KIND. Wife Divorced for Reducing Icer Weight. The most remarkable cause for 'divorce known in legal annals has just been mentioned in the Berlin (Germany) law courts. Three years ago, it appears, a Breslau magis- trate became discontented with the married state beeause by careful dieting his wife had reduced her weight by thirty. -one pounds, with a view to attaining the appropriate figure for the exiguous eostumea then becoming fashionable: Ile therefore sued for a divorce, pleading that the' reduction of her charms 'constituted a legal gricv- nnce and drat his wife persisted in iter oonrae of action despite his pro- tests. Ile also eonteuded that the hystom she had followed had played, avoc with her digestion, and had goneegt ently had a. bad effect upon ler t:omisor, The divined was granted on the ground that the elitnintttion of weight had been intentlona%li; $lroughti about, This, is the only ease of its kind known in the eat. hats of Oon$inentel divoreo courts, eo the German jurists! SAY, That Terrible Fatigue Can Be Overcome A Simple Moine Remedy Now Cures Lack of Energy, Loss of Ambition, and a Feeling of "Don't•Care." 5ncaeseful In' Nearly. Every Case. Tliat miserable nervousness and half -sick tired -all -the -Lime condi- tion is cine nine cases in ten to" a clogged -up system. You grow ir- ritable and despondent, you lack ambition, energy seems all gone. Surest road to health is by the fre- quent use of Dr. Hamilton's Pills; they will make you feel like new all over in a short time. Writing from his home in Barce- lona, Mr. Frederick G. Mayer states; "I think no one ever suf- fered as severely as I did for nearly six months. So many serious symptoms were developing ,as a consequence of this evil condition of my system that I realized I must find a remedy. The strong pills of various kinds I tried seemed after their first effects were over to make me far worse and I did not know which way to turn for relief. I saw Dr, Hamilton's Pills adver- tised, and the first box used satis- fied me. I found a true remedy. Instead of griping with undue ac- tivity, Dr. Hamilton's Pills acted as naturally as if physic had not been taken. I never had to in- ereese the dose, indeed, within a month I reduced it, and when the system finally acted of its own ac- cord as a result of Dr. Hamilton's Pills, I took a dose twice a week only, just to make sure the old con- dition would not come back." No other remedy cures constipa- tion and biliousness so easily or safely as Dr. Hamilton's Pills; they aro an ideal family remedy for all diseases of the stomach, liver and bowels. Sold in 050. boxes, five for $1.00, all druggists and storekeep- ers or The Catarrhozone Co., Buf- falo, N. Y., and Kingston, Canada. IfAYIIAICING IN THE ALPS. The Swiss Fanner Makes the Very Soil. Haymaking in the Swiss AIps is pursued under peculiar difficulties and dangers. The thrifty Swiss farmer turns every bit of ground to advantage. If a few square yards can anywhere be made or reclaim- ed, the labor is not grudged. He builds terraces along steep inclines, lines them with blocks of stone, and then pecans earth upon them. Along the very edge of precipices the Swiss haymaker goes in search of grass, clinging to the rocks with iron clamps upon his feet. He hangs on the sides of the cliff and mows down a few tufts of grass on craggy shelves here and there. During the two months of hay - harvest, he descends to the village only three or four times to renew his supply of food, and many times he has to seek a bed and pass the night under some projecting rock, Once dried, the hay is carefully gathered into a cloth or net and car- ried down to the first little mea- dow. Her( it is stacked and weighted down wi+H large .stones, to keep it from blowing away. Tho mower returns to the moun- tain_ in winter, when the ground is snow-covered, and takes with beam a little sledge. Putting the hay on the sledge, and seating himself in front, he shoots to the valley with. the .swiftness of an arrow. Thus the hay of the Alps is garnered. PEN'SIO\'EBS IN IRELAND. Proportion Is Greater Than in the United Kingdom, In Ireland the percentage per thousand of old age pensioners ex- ceede that of England, Wales and Scotland combined. The exact pro- portion is 46.86 per 1,000 of the population, England and Wales combined having 17.81, and Scot- land 10.82. These figures help to demon- strate the poverty that exists in Ireland. It must, however, be re- membered that the Irish pensioners are the survivors of a time when Ireland's population was twice what it is at presents and that as they die off the disparity in the pro- portionate figures will diminish. It may be hoped also that in- creased prosperity in the future will make it unnecessary for the present generation when the age of 70 is reached to heoeme pensioners at all. Warts on t el ail 1s Corns on the Feet Removed Without Pain .rust apply Putnanl'o Corn rand wart ICtrmun...1 Is does the whole trick, deep It tare, does it to a real hurry wins. 1'utnan'g t?ztraotor cleans off a wart or .Iffts eat s corn wittout any bad atter mesa, `Fou don't Neva to late a -•no teams. vereenee, oats or dlatrees, iPutuam'a l xto`5etoC ogle round the whole. *rola, .'pec. per bottle,, mold tate eiseemoutuitl bs- evaitirlat5. THE PECPLE SEC a E SPIDERS BAry STRETCH CABLES THROUGH TING MIGH'T'Y ALTS. Passenger Cars Will Run On Swing- ing Cables From Peak to Peak. Think of a scenic railway over two miles long, shooting, the chutes on a real height. A few years ago anyone who talked of building such a line would have run the danger of being locked tip in a madhouse, Today some Swiss engineers and Italian'constructors not only have declared eueh a railroad to be tensi- ble and raised $1,200,030 to build the line, but part of it is already working! That is, material is be- ing hauled up thousands of feet over pylons, and daring workmen use the line to mount and descend from their work. Will They Appreciate It. This extraordinary railroad is to run from Chamonix, in France, up the Aiguille du Midi, a precipitous needle rising 12.608 feet. Its object is to show tourists the unmatched glories of Mont Blanc and its chain of peaks and glaciers. Instead of running on terra firma, however, like most of the Swiss mountain rail- roads, it is to go through the air on pylons and cables, swinging from peak to peak far above the eternal snows and glaciers. The idea of constructing this re- markable railroad originated in the brain of Fidele Eugster, a Swiss liv- ing at Dijon, France, who is sup- -plying the necessary funds for its construction. He applied to a firm of engineers in Zurich and Berne, who declared it feasible. Means Thrills for Tourists. The starting station of the line is situated down in the Valley of Cha- monix. To reach the power station above, where the traction cables are set in motion by seventy-five horsepower electric motors, passen- gers ride in suspended cars with a seating capacity of 20 persone over 2,000 meters of cable suspended on 27 pylons, separated by distances varying from 25 to 145 meters. This power station, near Pierre Pointau, on the Alpin'ist's route up Mont Blanc, is at an altitude of 1,676 meters. From the power sta- tion to the third station, just under the shadow of the Aiguille du Midi, is a second series of 24 pylons. The cable between these two stations is 1,400 meters long. At this station one changes cars and the system of transportation changes also. It is just as well. too. for the ascent has been so rapid and the change in the density of the air so great as to be uncomfortable to people with weak hearts. At Sta- tion 3, therefore, one may rest and got his breath. for the most sense tional is yet to come. From now on one swings through the air, Cars Now Like Baskets. The cars used on this last section are smaller, accommodating only 16 persons. They are more like a bas- ket. When -the signal is given the car immediately runs out on a sin- gle span of uneupported cable 2,130 feet long, swaying 500 feet above the Glacier Rend. The engineering feat in this case has been to anchor the two ends of the long cable, for on the lower end the engineers have been hampered with loose moraines and have had to descend consider• ably to get a firm grip. To swing from the fourth station to the summit of the Col is impossi- ble ip one swoop, so half way, on a projecting pinnacle of granite, the engineers are placing a tension py- Ion to relieve the strain. To this tension pylon, however, is an un- broken swoop of a half mile -2,788 feet, to be exact—and from the ten- sion pylon to the summit another shoot of 1.,837 feet. The angle which the lino takes varies from 15 to,48 degrees. Here; then, is something new for the traveller I There is nothing like it anywhere else in the world. Your experiences have been incomplete unless you have tasted the joys of "swooning the swoop." FRENCH DOGS DECORATED. Society Recognizes Canines Cour- age in Battle. Three military dogs will shortly be decorated by the Society for the Protection of Animals, The names of the dogs are on the list for pro- motion for bravery in battle. They are Bataillon, Raid and Mtl;ximil- lian. Bataillon distinguished him- self in China, in Madagascar, and in 1Vloroeeo, He set out with a com- panion from Hyctes, named Pom- pon, a year ago, for Casablanca, with his regiment, and both dogs took an active share in the fighting round Fez, carrying the wounded and barking at the approach of the enemy. The unfortunate Pompon lost his life in one battle, and was buried' almost with military Manors, and soldiers shed tears over his grave, 13ataillos, who is now 13 years of age, hag returned to 1i ranee, and will be peisioned off. He isa wise Ivan wile keeps his good Oplllione of himself to himself, • A Boon to Stock- Raisers iy j'"' To Know How to Cure Celle, Bits- !: i'r Coble, Swellings,e n. j t It e( tar t, � Els 3ATH II Saves Thousands Each Year. CLTICLi 15 r""`. 1 . No other keeps the skin and scalp so clean and clear, so sweet and healthy. Used with Cuticura Oint- ment, it soothes irritations which often prevent sleep and if neglected become chronic disfigurements. Millions of mothers use these pure, sweet and gentle emollients for every purpose of the toilet, bath and nursery. Cutloum Soap end Ointment aro sold throughout the world. A liberal banana of each, with 2S -pogo booklet on the pare and treatment of the akin and map, sent poet -fres. Adprexo Potter Drug do Ote t, Corp.. Dept. 2111, Boston, U.S.A. LA Of Practical Intorept to Horsemen. It is a natter of vital i'rtpertanee to every farmer, horse-oweer, and etock-raiser to kaow exactly tthat to do when one ,;,f his ern:nets is taken suddenly sick: The Letter of Mr, Frank G. Ful - 1 which we print below, gives ii:formation of iuertimaalo value, and tells of his experience in curing ailing stock dttriirg the past thirty- Ieight. years. WithSAVED ! ago when my horse "Several years LEG OF LEATHER FOR A CAT. Answers Well and the Pet Is Alive and Active. The growing popularity of dogs with women is greatly increasing the incomes of veterinary surgeons in Great Britain. Quite recently a well-known veterinary was paid a fee of £87 10s. for setting the bro- ken leg of a favorite Aberdeen ter- rier—a delicate piece of work in- volving three and a half months' careful nursing. The most ingenious operation, however, was the manufacture of a false leg for a cat. A cat's bones are very elastic and springy, so the false leg was [Wade of leather in order to give some spring to it. It has answered very well, and the pet so fitted is still ,alive and active. Pets are the things that pay best, and its woman owner will disburse large 8111118 to save a dog when it is so badly injured that ordinary men would advise its destruction. Vet- erinary surgeons who neglected to study the ailments of dogs and cats in the days when horses wore the main consideration have lived tore- gret it. REVERSIBLE: • Parent --"I won't have my daugh- ter receive attentions from a low acrobat. Never sot foot on my door- step again." Suitor—"All right, old trop. 3 can walk on my hands just as easy." MInard's Liniment Curio Diphtheria, Cuc'ions Bill of the Snipo. The bill of the snipe is provided with a nerve running deem to the tip and then distributing itself over the end of the beak. This is the only instance .of this kind among birds] and is a singular ease of the care of nature in providing for hor creatures. The snipe seeks for its prey in mud and water, where he cannot see, and it is believed that the nerve advises.lirn of the pre- sence of food when his eyes give him no information. w�84�A`111% Ii 111 1511011 fat --'12 I" h 1,000 BY NIsRl1ILINE give them Cayenne Pepper in hot milk, but in a few eases only d:d I help, and ecause I had no proper means at hand I lost several valuable animals. Some one told me of the success Mr. Wending, of Brockville, Ont., had in his racing stables with 'Nerviline,' so I laid in a supply. It wasn't very long before Nerviline saved the life of a valuable stallion of mine, which was worth at least $1,000.00. This horse was taken with colic, and would have died had it not been for Nerviline. I have used Nervi - line for reducing swellings, for taking out distemper lumps, and easing a bad cough, and al- ways found it worked well. I re- commend every man who owns horses or cattle to keep Nerviline on hand." Large size bottles, OOe. ; small size, 25c, ; all dealers, or The Ca- tarrhozone Company, Kingston, Out., and Buffalo, N. Y. The Mayor of a French town had, in accordance with the regulations, to make out a passport for a rich and highly respectable lady of his acquaintance, who, in spite of a slight disfigurement, was very vain of her personal appearance. His native politeness prompted him to gloss over the defect, and after a moment's reflection he wrote among the items of personal description : "Eyes dark, beautiful, tender, ex- pressive, but one of them miss- ing." • I was cured of Rheumatic Gout by MINARD'S LINrn(aNT. Halifax. ANDREW KING. I was cured of Acute Bronchitis by MINARD'S LINIMENT. 8110558. LT. -COL, 0. CREWE READ. I was cured of Acnta Rheumatism by MINARD'S LINIMENT. Markham, Ont• 0. 8, BILLING. Lahefleld. Qne.., Ont. 9, 1907. • Skeptical, "I say, Elided," says Hicks, "can you change a twenty -dollar bili for me?" "Great Scott, Eicksy," said Eli- ded. "Is there another counter- feit in circulation?" WHY NOT SPEND THE WINTER tH CALIFORNIA! Attractive rates will he canted by 'art able routes, affording anent scenery The Los Angeles Limited. leaving Chicago daily 10:16 p.m. for Southern tlalitornl,•t the San Francisco Overland Limited. leav, lnr C.Iticaao8:50 ri.m., lees than three lav+ en route. provide the best e? everything in railway travel. Thu China and Japan Earn Franc ono andoLasflAngeles.pmTilnn [rated literature on aoolication to B. R. Bennett. General Agent, Chicago and North Western Ry., 46 Tonga St.. Toronto. Out. Sure .Thing. "I 'wonder what causes so many divorces?" "Marriage." Mlnard'e Liniment Cures Distemper, Johns Hopkins surgeons have discovered that orange blossoms may be used as ar, anesthetic. We have known them to put a, bride- groom in such a slate of conga, that he couldn't make the trip to the altar without assistance. 6iinard's Llnimont Cures Cargo! In Cowe. English i°llilsflts," What a number of "tnisfits" we have in the lingiish language 1 So many things have natnes that are not only unauitab`e, but misleading. For instance, Gasmen silver is not really silver at all; neither is it, German. It was invented in China Centuries ago, and it is an alloy of some of the inferior metals. Cork legs, too, did 210 come from Cork, and ern made of willow. The Prus- sian blue, the deep and beautiful. color, is not a special product of Prussia, as ,its name would lead one to believe, but is made in Eng- land. It must not be imagined that turkeys first came from Turkey, for', they are natives of America. Mali stew is a thoroughly English dish, and Irish potatoes come chiefly from America. Porpoise hide is not ob- tained from porpoises itt all; nor ere camel's-hair brushes made from the hair of thea hemp -backed quad- ruped• One would think that T"un- kieb baths were an "invention" of I 'Pnrhey; really they originated in 1t11saia. CURIOUS LEGACIES, Natty Eccentrle Bequests have Been lsiede In England,. Ancient bequests for having bells rung and beacons lighted for the pin -seise of guiding travellers by eight are flint: numer0.is, 51111011 18 hardly to be wondered at when One cotirid„rs the alwilogies for roads and the abeenee of fences in the "go i cid clalanys." A llut of d, rejoicing in the name nE "Petticoat Ho:e," is held at Stoettone(n (he -Forest, in York - blare, on condition of providing a pe, r suntan of the plane with a new petticoat ante a year, in the old days, when rushes were strewn on the floor in lieu of car - Pets, many persons left bequests of money and land providing rushes for the floors of churches. Their use, of course, has long been dis- continued, but in certain places the churchwardens attend to the pre- servation of their rights by cutting a little grass each year and strew- in g it on the floor. There may be seen on the bene- faction table at Deptford Church a record to the effect that "a person unknown gave half a quarter of wheat, to be given in bread on Good Friday and half a load of rushes at Whitsuntide, and a load of pea - straw at Christmas yearly," for the use of the church. This bequest has since been put upon a strictly 'mon- ey basis, an offer of 21s. per annum being accepted in 1721 in the place' of the straw and rushes, and 10s. in 1744 in lieu of the wheat. But perhaps one of the most ec- centric bequests was that of a cer- tain John Budge, of Trysull, Staf- Eordehire, who left a pound a year for a poor man to go round the par- ish church while the sermon was be- ing preached, awakening the slum- berers, and incidentally to eject any stray dogs that might invade the sacred premises! '1. CONSUMPTION Alt suffering from Consumption, Coughs, Cold8 eronohits, Luryngltis, Weak Lu`,Ss, er a �Neak Throat, should write for oartl. cedars of my medicine. It never falls. it satisfies you that It does you good. WM. R. COPELAND, 611 Paps Ave., Toronto, Ont. For His Own Pleasure. "I suppose your wife was more than delighted at your raise of sal- ary, wasn't she?" asked Jones of Brown. "I haven't told her yet, but she will be when she knows it," an- swered Brown. "How is it that you haven't told her?" "Well, • I thought I would enjoy myself a couple of weeks first." Mlnard's Liniment Cures Colds, &el 211ggabtcatt(zstrea Fr YT ZA "YSFXES MILLIONS OF PEOPLE Worth your wllil0 to Cost it IP T ■ 'MJ N 'wkay' Sustgins and C110.OIe: About the time a nlan is old enough to have acquired fairly good sense his neighbors begin calla 1' him an old foggy. FARMS FOR SALT' H. W. DAWSON, Ninety Celberno sheet, Toronto. gri:.xn re Y.• U." .11•OOY A lda, Rouse; 8t,I "vie 11 , b .e Good lioi:aa; terms. Orchard,, these and on cony Ttrmn: El'i'r•$is ACRES WITH (1000 5 buildings and angle orchard•, oboes! Svc r+'ilea from Enm11Inn. H. W. DAWSON Toronto .FIF— M'17}DLIBZ CountyTY, 6ACRES alias tram IN LondonEB, soil clay lostn; (toad buildingn;. tre0nnnt saneof freFt. Has to bo road to Date, tin estate. The western Real $stats London, Ont. FARMS WANTED. isrARMS WANTED—LOW PassiPassimFOB old country buyers. J. Drummer, 18 Toronto St., Toronto. 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