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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1915-8-19, Page 7KEEP CHILDREN WELL DURING HOT WEATHER Every mother knows how fatal the hot summer months are to small chil- dren. Cholera infanture, diarrhoea, dysentry and stomach troubles are On Guard. rife at this time and often a precious There Was a border of mignonette little life is lost after only a few round the pansy bed, and the young hours illness. The mother who keeps mignonettes were just getting their Baby's Own Tablets in the house feela eyes open. safe. The occasional use of the Tab- "0 Mrs. Pansy!" said one to her lets prevents stomach and boel trou- neareet neighbor. w "What is that aw- Iles, or if troubles come suddenly— Ail thing coming through the grase?" as it generally does—the Tablets will Mrs, Pansy laughed. "You little bring the baby safely :through. They darling!" (Mignonette means little are sold by medicine dealers or by darling, you know.) "That's Mr, , mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Toad, our policeman. He's aur hest Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, friend. There are three of them in Ont. this garden, and I wish that there d H dlife COTTON AND WARFARE. IIo Is, All Right. ( wail not •:only a' lack of male help in "Dear Teacher,":wrote theanxiousthis .work, but it was••seriously cora- Mother, "I am afraid Johnny is net, promised by lack of horses, '1'0 trying enough!" facilitate the work the Government "'Dear Madame," replied the nervous advanced the awns necessary for the teacher, "I assure you Jehnny le the seed and agricultural lmmplements on most trying boy in bis class;" antiejpate indemnities, Comforting News. Professor of Chelnistryr--If' any- thing should go wrong in this experi- I sembling the Alpine Chasseur's Ment, we, and the laboratory, with "beret," that were to be encountered us, might he blown sky high, Come' in the streets of Paris before the war closer, gentlemen,'<so that You lnay,'are now driven by women, It is due be better able to follow me. The creaking, lumbering, two - wheeled carts loaded with carrots, turnips, cabbages, onions and, other vegetables, driven by ;nap en in ces re - Took No Chances. Old Waiter—So, sir, you went Seine the'carrots of Montesson and after the job I' thought you believed the delicious green peas of Clamart, that the office should seek the man? as well. as the luxurious asparagus of Old Patron—I do, but this is a fat Argenteuil, were a oxen. o save my job and I thought it might get winded once,'!before it reached mel d', "0 Mrs. Pansy," shuddered young Nota Shot Fired Which Cotton HEW "It was long, long ago, quiteearly Not Propelled. instant i Corns Now Overcome Quickly almost entirely to them that Paris is not deprived of • the famous caul;-. flower from Chambourcy, the cele- brated white turnip of Croissy-sur- 'Mignonette "tell me about it!" Chronic Skin Disorders in the spring, while I was still young W.sS. Hopkins, Secretary of the and tender. My first eye was just British conference of Chemists and Relief Point on Putnam's There is no hope of getting rid of open, and I was like you. The world I®p Corn Extractor tto�,,, disfiguring'skin blemishes until the P , Engineers, advances the following night, and corns feel blood is purged of every trace of un seemed veteW''•strange, and I was afraid strong views better 1 the1 matter. of everything. When a shell whether high ex lo- ®�'t a er n morn -h e! clean {l� u P ing. Magical thWonderful results follow the use of "It was a lovely moonlight night sive or shrapnel, is manufactured, way "P u ti n a m' e" Dr. Hamilton's Pills which provide The orchards were in bloom and the two separate and entirely, different eases the pain, destroys the roots, the blood with the elements it needs air was full of sweet odors. I was charges are used. One is the charge kills a corn for all time. No pain., to become doh and red. just thinking what a beautiful and necessary to send the shell from the Cure guaranteed. Get a.25e. bottle of Quickly indeed the blood is brought "Putnam's" Extractor to -day. , 'A Along The Main Line. peaceful world it was, when the gun and launch it over the trenches, ground near my roots began to heave, and the other is to burst it and scat - and out crawled a queer creature. You ter the shot and shell over our men think Mr. Toad is ugly, but you' after it has reached the spot chosen. ought to have seen that cutworm." I Now take away or capture the propel- "0 Mrs. Pansy, what did you do? ling charge and the gunner will have Were you terribly frightened?" �to throw his shell or use hand-gren.- "What could I do?" asked Mrs. ades, which are impracticable for long Pansy solemnly. "We plants are so distances. helpless! I couldn't run; I couldn't This country has failed in its duty call for help. Then I saw a huge dark by allowing the raw material to go creature hopping toward me._ I freely to the enemy for the manufac- didn't know what it was. I thought ture of further supplies. that all was over. Soon Mr. Toad This material is cotton, one of the was hopping away down the path and few materials which the Germans the worm was gone. -It was a long cannot do without. Not a shell is time before I knew what had become fired that is not propelled by cotton, of it; but one day I heard Patty and and not a machine-gun or rifle bullet , Betty talking about toads and cut- which has killed and wounded our worms, and then I knew what it was, brave men that has not been sent on and what I had been saved from, and its way by cotton. Mr. Lloyd George stated in the House, recently, that one of the surprises of this war has been the extraordinary amount of ammunition used, and that "during the fortnight of fighting in and around Neuve Chapelle almost as much ammunition was spent by our artillery as during the whole of the Boer War." A moderate computation of 300,000 shots fired by the Germans, Austri- ans, and Turks froth their ordinary 3 -inch field guns every twenty-four hours necessitates a consumption of 500 tons of cotton. If one-tenth of the 300,000 shots is fired by, say -6 -in. guns the expenditure of cotton is 900 tons every twenty-four hours. Add to this 100 tons a day for the enormous expenditure of ammunition p for machine guns and for the millions of rifles in use, we get a total of 1,000 tons of cotton consumed a day. Yet, although these facts must have been known a few weeks after the outbreak of war, our enemies have been allowed to import freely. A Substitute for Cotton Wool. The Red Cross authorities in Bri- tain having pointed out the scarcity and dearness of cotton wool for dress- ing purposes, and explained that the moss on the hills is an excellent sub- stitute, the school children in Strath- blane parish have taken the matter up, and, under the direction of the shepherds, have been gathering moss and bringing it to the school. In school the moss is picked clean and sewn up in cheap little bags. Already 600 to 700 of these bags have been made up, and over 500 are in use in hospitals in Rome. NO IDEA how. Mr. Toad ate that worm, little darling." "Ate it!" gasped Mignonette. Mrs. Pansy nodded solemnly. "And saved my life. I had only three branches then, and that worm would have cut them all off before morning. 'Handsome is that handsome does,' say I, I love my friends for what they are." "Oh, so do II" whispered Mignon- ette, as Mr. Toad hopped by again. "Really, he has beautiful eyes, and he looks so strong. I hope that he will stay close by." "He will," replied 14?rs. Pansy cheer- fully. "This is his regular beat, and he'll keep it clear of bugs and worms, never fear."—Youth's Companion. BRITISH FORCES WASTE FOOD Report That Soldiers Clean Boots • With Bread. The, report that the British soldier uses bread to clean his boots has caused an officer attached to the • Quartermaster General's staff to make a statement in the London Times, re- garding the wastage of food in the Army, which he thinks is no more to blame in this respect than the civil population. "There is no doubt," the officer says, "that where a very large number of men are assembled together under military conditions the appearance of waste -will be more striking than family waste in a civil community." He then admits that the wastage of food, particularly of bread, is charac- teristic of the army, since it is the vice of a large section of the British populace. Some waste is inevitable, but it can be reduced to a minimum if the officers of a regiment give the food: problem the sameattention they give to the training of the men in the field. Avoidable waste is usually coupled withcomplaints of deficiency of food. But no small cause is the fastidious taste of the men of the new armies,. who come in large part from nice homes and are not used to the coarse fare of the camp. The serving of food also often involves waste, as when all the meat is cooked and serv- ed at once, and the scrap ends and bone that might have been cut out and made into soups and stews are sent to the table and thrown away. The modified home ration of the army gives a soldier a pound of meat, a pound of bread, two ounces of bacon and seasonings, with cash allowance of 11 cents a day to buy extras. In the extraordinary forces the allow- ance of food is greater, including a quarter of a pound of bread extra and jam and cheese; but lately these additional items have been eliminated on most parts of the line and the cash sum of 11 cents substituted; as m the home ration. As some 80,000 army cooks are re- quired and the facilities for training cooks were at first limited, the moss was badly handled for a time in the - pew regiments. But this drawback has been overcome. The.officer tells of seeing a score of largo loaves floating down a river near a camp in Salisbury Plain and found the men had thrown the bread *way because of the food brought them by friendsand relatives. I „ ! A dollar in your pocket is worth two that you owe. Spain's national emblem is the pomegranate. To.,) mean height of land above sea Ire is 2,250 ft, The word "Whig" means a paoic- ltaddle thief; the word "Tory" a band If, robbers. What Caused the Trouble. "I always drank coffee with the rest of the family, for it seemed as if there was nothing for breakfast if we did not have it on the table. "I had -been troubled for some time with my heart, which did not feel right. This trouble grew worse steadily. "Sometimes it would beat fast, and at other times very slowly, so that I would hardly be able to do work for an hour or two after 'breakfast, and if I walked up a hill, it gave me a severe pain,` (The effects of tea are very similar to those of coffee be- cause they each contain the drug, caffeine.) "I had no idea of what the trouble was until a friend suggested that per- haps it might be coffee drinking. I tried leaving off the coffee and began o normal strength, is filled with nu- trition, is given power to drive out of the system the humors that cause rashes, pimples, pasty complexion and "Our new cook is a great improve- kindred ills. Don't delay. Get Ham- ment over the old one." ilton's Pills to -day; they go to work at "In what way?" "She only requires a week's notice once and give prompt results. Mild, efficient, safe for men and women or when we are going to have company children. Get a 25c. box to -day from for dinner." any dealer. Montreal, May 29th '09. Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Yarmouth, N.S. Gentlemen,—I beg to let you know that I have used MINARD'S LINI- MENT for some time, and I find it the best I have ever used for the joints and muscles. Yours very truly, THOMAS J. HOGAN, The Champion Clog and Pedestal Dancer of Canada. When He Remembers. "What, fighting again? How many times must I tell you not to fight?" "I don't know, ma. You see I for- get all about your instructions ex- cept when the other. boy is bigger than I am." • d' LOW PARES TO TEE OALIPORNIA EXPOSITIONS VIA CHICAGO 3. NORTH-WESTERN RY. Four splendid daily trains from the New Passenger Terminal, Chicago to San Francisco. Los Angeles and San Diego. Choice of Scenic and Direct Routes through the best of the West. Something to see all the way. Double track, Automatic eleatrlc safety signals all the way. Let us plan your trip and. furnish folders and full particulars. B. H, Bennett G.A 46 Yonge St., To- ronto, Ontario, THE GERMAN BELIEF. Acts on the Idea That Might Makes Right. So far as the Germans defend their attack upon the Lusitania and the other misdeeds of their submarine warfare on merchant ships, it is as 3teprisal or retaliation, says the Out- look. England, they say, has in her blockade and mine -laying exceeded former limitations of international law; therefore. Germany may kill noncombatants as she chooses. This can hardly be called argument; it is that vicious misuse and expansion of technical rules that Germany has shown from the first; Antwerp has fortifications miles away from the city; therefore, it is rights and honor- able purposely to drop bombs on houses in the centre and kill women and children; some Belgians may have fired on German soldiers, there- fore it is right to kill and burn in- discriminately in Louvain. And so on through the series of savage acts which have made Germany's conduct in this war horrible and repulsive. The old cry that England's blockade is starving German people has been overexploited and its falsity is known. Germany is not carrying on her sub- marine war to get food into Germany, but to keep munitions of war out of England—a perfectly proper object, but not one to excuse atrocities. The fact is that from the beginning Ger- many has acted on the belief that might makes right; proof gathers that her purpose was aggressive from the start, and so far as she is now on the defensive it is from necessity alone. If neutral nations accept her' drinking Postum. The change came plea of necessity for uncivilized war - quickly. I am glad to say that I am fare, they may later have to deal now entirely free from heart trouble with that aggressive purpose exercis- and attribute the relief to leaving off ed against themselves. coffee and the use of Postum. "A number of ney friends have aban- WOMAN FARMERS. Boned coffee and have taken up Pos- tum, which they are using steadily. Are Now Supplying the Paris Market There aro some people that make Pos- With Vegetables. tum very weak and tasteless, but if made according to directions, it is a very delicious ;beverage." Namo given by Canadian Postum Co., Windsor, Ont. The success with women have con- tended with the difficulties of farm- ing is indicated by a report from the department of Meurthe and Mo- Postum comes in two forms: Belie, France. Of, the 600 communes Postum Cereal—the original form— comprising this department, 316 were must be well boiled. 15c and 25e taken by the Germans, and 171 of package. them are still occupied or are so close Instant Postum—a soluble powder to the fighting line that the inhitbi- --dissolves quickly in a cup of hot tants have been unable to return. In water, and, with cream and sugar, the balance of the department women makes a delicious beverage instantly, replacing men have succeeded in seed- 800 and 50e tins. ing the full acreage of oats and wheat Both kinds are equally delicious in the communes that were net affect- and cost about the same per cup, ed and 70 per cent. of the acreage of "There's a Reason" for Postum, the communes that were devastated, -sold by Grocers, and have since been liberated. There 'I' VANISHING GOLD. What Is the Reason for Its Curious Elusiveness What becomes of gold? It is one of the oldest metals in hu- man use—there are gold beads dating back to the stone age. It is an ob- ject of almost universal desire. It is proof against almost all the in- fluences which destroy other metals, and it has been mined in enormous quantities. Yet to -day more than two-thirds of the gold4n use has been dug since 1849. What becomes of the rest? Where is the gold that set Jason wandering into the Black Sea, that filled the treasures of Croesus, that paid the terrible tribute which Persian kings assessed against the Punjab? What has happened to the yellow dust and "electrum"—an alloy of gold and sil- ver which negro traders brought down the Nile to Egypt for four or five thousand years? Ancient gold, like that of modern times, was used for money and for ornaments, but both have disappeared. Where? The most enduring ofsmetal, and yet the most evanescent; perpetually sought and yet constantly escaping the hands of even the successful seek- er—that is gold. What is the rea- son for its curious elusiveness? Tea in the Trenches. It is said that tea is the favored beverage of the soldiers in the 'trenches. It is certain that tea is the most refreshing and sustaining drink under the circumstances, and it has good warmth -giving qualities. It is the first experience of tea for many of the soldiers, and the taste will un- doubtedly spread when they return to their homes after the war. In fact, everything points to a greatly increas- ed consumption of tea all over the world, and as the supply is insuffi- cient to cope with it, the high prices now obtaining may continue for some years. An Industrious Constable. In a small town the constable re- ceived by post six "Rogues' Gallery" photos of an old offender taken in dif- ferent positions. A fortnight later the constable sent this message to the city chief of police: "I have ar- rested five of the men and am going after the sixth to -night." a. Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, Etc. PAPER LIFEBOATS. A Life -Saving Craft Almost Immune to Wreck, A paper lifeboat that can be packed away in the space of about one cubic foot, but that, when inflated, is sea- worthy and durable, is the invention of a retired admiral of the Japanese navy, says London Tit -Bits. The boat is constructed from the Japanese paper called hashikirazu, Which is treated chemically to make it waterproof. The paper conies from the mulberry tree, It is unusually dur- able, and possesses great strength when the stresses are in the direction of the fibre. A thin sheet of paper that is strong when stressed in any direction is made by pasting together two sheets with the fibres orossing at right angles. The first boat that the admiral made was merely a kind of large pillow with a depression in the centre, the whole be. ing inflated with air. Because of the ease with which paper can be punc- tared, it was necessary to change the method of construction, so several pipe -like bags were made and placed side by side in the form of a raft, and that raft finally modified to a erect something like a boat in shape: The result is a Tlfe-saving craft al- most immune to wreck, for even if ono, or two of the pipes are punctured or broken, the boat still is buoyant enough to be seaworthy. Owing to its strength and lightness, and its waterproof qualities, the hashi- ktrazu paper is evidently adapted to a' wide range of uses, among which are the melting of coverings for aeroplane wings and for dirigible balloons. fdiflare's Liniment Cures Garget in Down AFTER WATERLOO, When Waterloo and Wellington are one of the chief topics of converse. tion it is interesting to read the fol-, lowing letter by Wellington the day after the battle of Waterloo:— "Poor Canning had my small des- patch -box in our battle yesterday, and when he was killed it was lost. I shall be very much obliged if you will send me another of the same size as the last, with same Lock and key and leather cover, &c., as soon as possible. Let it have in it a small silver or thick glass inkstand with one of Bramah's patent penholders and one of his pens. What do you think of the total defeat of Buona- parte by the British Army? Never was there in the annals of the world so desperate or so hard-fought an ac- tion or such a defeat. It was really the battle of the giants. My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sus- tained of my old friends and com- panions and my poor soldiers. I shall not be satisfied with the battle, how- ever glorious, if it doest not of itself put an end to Buonaparte. "Poor Canning" was Lieut. -Colonel Charles Fox Canning, the duke's aide-de-camp throughout the Peninsu- lar War and at Waterloo, and brother of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe. HAVE YOU A RAD SORE It so, remember these facts—Zam• Buk is by far the most widely used balm in Canada! Why has it become so popular? Because it heals sores, cures skin diseases, and does what is claimed for it. Why not let it heal Veto sore? Remember that Zam-Buk is alto- gether different to the ordinary oint- ments. Most of these consist of animal fats. Zam-Buk contains no trace of any animal fat, or any mineral matter. It is absolutely herbal. 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