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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1915-10-21, Page 7TORTURING SCIATICA The Indian I3asket On the top shelf of the whatnot in grandmother's old-fashioned retail had stood for many years the Indian basket, Grace and Ethel always thought of it i;i big capital letters, be- cause of the way in which it had come into the family,' and the care that grandmother took of it. iu the old days, when grundfather was .a young man, one day when lie was riding alone by the bunks of a little stream, he had come upon the bones of a child—a little Indian girl, he thought, because of some pieces of what hadonce been her dress. The bones were white and clean, and on some of them were marks that looked as if they had been made by teeth— probably the teeth of wolves. Near by lay the Indian basket. It was beautifully made, of closely woven twigs and grasses, some of which had been colored with bright dyes that made a Curious pattern on the'finisbedbasket. In shape it was nearly round, and in size about as large as a shall cabbage. When grandfather found the basket, there was nothing.•in it but a few pebbles from the bed of the stream, and two or three pretty shells of freshwater mussels—just the kind of things that a little'girl,would_like to play with. Grandfather took the basket, and brought it home with him and gave it to grandmother; and many a time Grace and Ethel had heard the story • of the little Indian girl, and wonder - .ed how she had happened to be alone by the stream, and whether it was. really wolves that had got her. Of course grandmother took great care of the basket. She seldom used it; and as for the little girls, they were not allowed to take it at all ex. cept when grandmother herself put it into their hands, full of fruit,or flowers,' or other dainties for some sick neighbor; and thenthey were told to carry it carefully, and to be. sure to bring it back. aBut one day they were left' alone, and after playing for a time at one, thing or another, they stole into grandmother's room. In its usual place on the shelf stood the basket. "Let's take it out in the garden and pick it full of raspberries!" cried Grace. It took. them half an hour to fill the basket. The ripe, juicy berries they poured carefully intb a dish, and were just about to put the basket back in its plade when, Ethel noticed that the berries had made some red stains on the inside of it; so they took it -to the kitchen sink and with 'a wet cloth wiped it out; but the cloth •left a few drops of water in the basket, and Ethel turned it upside down to " let them run out. "Oh, look!" cried Alice. "When it's that way it is just like the helmets that soldiers used to wear. The handle is the strap to go under the chin!" And picking up the 'basket, she set it on Ethel's' head. It sat tippily' in its place, rocking from side to side, until, with a sudden push, Alice jammed it down. Then it slipped overEthel's forehead and ears, until it covered her whole face and rested on her shoulders. But in a little while they grew tired of the fun, and Ethel found it very warm inside the basket, so she tried A Severe Sufferer Cored Through the Use of Dr, Williams' Fink Pills, xt'1creo darting pains• -pains' like red hot needles being driven through the flosh— in the thigh; perhaps down the legs to the ankles --- that's sciatica, None but the victim can realize the torturo. But the sufferer need': not grow discouraged for there is a cure in Dr, Williams' Pink' Pirie. These' Ole make new, rich, red blood, which soothes and strengthens 'the feeble nerves, and thus frees them from pain and restores the sufferer to cheerful activity, In propf we give the state- ment of Mr. Thos, D. Leinster, Wa. pelta, Sask,, who says: "1 was attack- ed with sciatica which gradually grew worse until I was confined to my bed; for three months I had to be shifted and turned in mY bed as I was utterly unable to help myself. I' suffered the greatest torture from the fierce, stab- bing pains that - accompanied ' every movement. I consulted several doc- tors and took drugs and medicines un- til I was nauseated, but without get- ting any benefit, and I began to be- lieve I would be a continuous. sufferer. Finally I was prevailed upon to use Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and after taking -them for about six weeks I was able to get out of bed. From that on I kept steadily improving until I was free from this terrible and .painful malady." . . The most stubborn cases of sciatica will yield to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills if the treatment is persisted in. These pills are sold by all medicine dealers or will be sent by main at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 by, address- ing The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. ' DO SUBMARINES PAY? Semi.Pitted Dresses Smart 1 The semi -fitted dress has become and will remain for some time a fav- orite, This is not odd, for it is not alone easier to make and smarter in appearance, but it is a pleasant relief from the tighter tailored garments of the preceding season. A good exam - The Germans Admit They Are a Dis- appointment. The British Admiralty gives out the following, summary of the results of the German attempt to blockade the empire: Total sailings and arrivals 31,385 British merchant ships sunk 98 Percentage of loss' • 0.31 Officers and men wounded 505 Neutral ships sunk....:; 95 The British shipping has been• doing a thriving business ln.the meanwhile, making large profits. • The Berliner Tageblatt admits the substantial accuracy of the above fig- ures, and tlie Germans have been much disappointed atthe failure of their submarine blockade to be an answer to the British blockade. The newspapers are blamed for raising extravagant expectations. It is point- ed out that it has been a long time since a warship was destroyed. The submarines have been seeking easier prey. ENGLAND FOR INDEMNITY. Germany Would Like to Realize Old Blucher's Wish. The British newspapers are incul- cating the belief in the minds of the people that the ultimate object of the Kaiser is to secure an indemnity from England. In the minds of the Ger- mans the wealth of England is fabu- lous. It is not expected that any in- to take it off; but it would not. come. (tenuity can be secured from Russia, Inside the basket were the ,sharp ends Italy or France, and in case the Ger- of the hundreds of little twigs, . of mans win all three of these nations which it was made, all pointing up- will be bankrupt at the close of the ward. Whenever she . tried . to, move the basket, the ends of the twigs caught in her hair and pricked her face. • "0, Alice," she cried, "help me! I can't get it, off!" And so Alice pull- ed and pushed, too, but more and more war. England alone will have money and property, and can be looked to to far as altered circumstances will per recoup Germany for her immense • ex- mit, the scheme which we had, with penditures. To do this it will be ne- considerable lack of prevision, come cessary to take Calais, sweep the to regard as the normal one. English Channel with the German "The war found the number of the guns, driveoff the fleet and land the medical profession in this country al - the sharp twigs caught and pricked, German army in England. The rest ready disquietingly low, and with in - until Ethel was crying with the pain is thought to be easy and London will dications of further sagging in those and Alice from fright; and still the realize old Blucher's ,wish •when he numbers. The figures indicate a seri- basket would not move. looked outover the :city and said: ous shortage of medical men for the But just then there was a sound "Mein Gott, what 'a rich place to years following the war. Not only of wheels in the dooryard and fa- '.loot" ther's loudvoice calling "Whoa!" to old Buster;and in a minute the whole family—father, and mother, and grandmother—came running in to see what was the matter. They found both children crying, Ethel still in the basket, and Alice dancing up and down shaking her hands in terror, and saying over and over again, "Oh, they'll have to do it! they'll have to do .it!" In a minute mother's quiet voice ,had soothed her into a gentle sobbing, and in the meantime father had taken his sharp knife from Ms pocket and. carefully cut a long slit in the basket, and holding theedges: of the slit apart had lifted the basket from Ethel's head. Thenhe said, "There! Therel ft's all over. Now, don't cry any more. What -was it, Alice, that made you so frightened? What was it you thought we would have to do?'' "Why, I never thought you could tut the basket," answered Alice through her. tears. "I thought the " only thing you could do would be to cut Ethel's head off.': The old basket still stands on the shelf, although no longer in grand- mother's room, for grandmother is not there now; but there is a long, ugly cut in one side of it. Alice and Ethel are quite grown up, and have gone Away,, and have little girls of their Awn; but when they goback, to the old home and see the basket, they laugh at the time when as Alice says, that cut; saved Ether's life.—Youth's Companion. No. 9122. ple is shown herewith, Ladies Home Journal Pattern No. 9122. This dress has a semi -fitted lining with yoke sec- tion front and back, and full-length or shorter sleeves. The dress opens on the . left shoulder and under arm seam and the lining opens at the cen- tre back—the dress at this point is 56 inches long. Sash and hem facing ribbon. The dress cuts in 6 sizes, -34 to 44, size 36 requiring 514 yards of 36 -inch material, 2% yards of 3 -inch banding for hem facing, 1a yards of 30 -inch contrasting material, 1,yards 36 -inch lining, and 3 yards ribbon for sash. Patterns, 15 cents each, can be obtained at your local Ladies' Horne Journal dealer or ,from the Home Pattern Company, 1$3-A George Street, Toronto, Ontario. - SCARCITY OF PHYSICIANS. • Call of Young Men to War Will agreeable. Science has devised some - Cripple Profession in England. thing' far superior, and you can go to -day with 25c. to any druggist and The dearth of medical men in the buy a box of Dr. Hamilton's Pills United Kingdom is not only serious which: are considered the very quick - at present on account of the war, but est and safest cure for the stomach,. it will continue for years afterward, bowels, liver and kidneys: Half sick in the opinion of the Lancet, the or- men and women who scarcely knoww what ails them will be given a ne gan of the British medical profession. lease. of life with Dr. Hamilton's In a recent issue the Lancet says: Pills. Depressed spirits disappear, "That our medical schools will go headaches are forgotten, appetite in - very short of students is certain, and creases, blood is purified and enrich- this will mean a dangerously small ed, pains at the base of the spine are list of medical practitioners' to mini: cured, the nerves are toned up, ambi- ster to the needs of the country in the tion to work is increased, and day by near future. The positionis inevit- day the old-time, health and vigor re- turn. A trial only is necessary to able. The spirit which will lead prove how beneficial Dr. Hamilton's young men of the military age and Pills are to all who are weak, nerv- the educated class to join. the army ous, thin, depressed or in failing must have this effect, but it is the health. duty of the medical profession to face the difficulty and to make the best GERM -PROOF TOOTHBRUSH. of it. — "The great work which the medical Paper Pulp Impregnated With Clean - contingent with the navy and army sing Powder. has accomplished' in the present war ' will act later as a stimulus to enthu- Instead of going to the store and siasm for our calling, and the short- buying a toothbrush as you have age which must occur in our ranks done heretofore you may now buy a for the three or four years following, box of toothbrushes and as you use say, 1917, will speedily remedy itself one you will throw it away. The when our social work resumes, as others remain in dust -proof box until Anglo cp - FrenGh 5%---5 yrs.' yfeltl about GI convertible at your:option for from 10 to 00 yrs, as per publlo announcement. WI1tl0 your orders for all the Anglo. -French liogde you need while you eau get themat08. In tbo ;100, We hada largo Syndicate al- lotment but fear It will be all talcen before the 20th. WIRl7 commitments at once to be aura of a share in this good thing, PROVINCIAL TRUST COMPANY, . Trust & Loan' Bldg,! Montreal. AUSTRALIA'S PART. IN WAR. Colony Has Raised 117,000 Men and Sent 76,566. A comparison of the manner in which Australian and Canadian trade have been affected by, the war and an official statement as to the number of soldiers' Britain's Antipodean colony has contributed to the allied cause is contained in a report to the Govern- ment by Trade Commissioner Ross in Melbourne. Australian trade during 1913-14 totalled $312,812,668, as compared with a Canadian total of $1,113,562,- 107, but in 1914 her trade was but $608,652,014, as compared with 'Can- ada's showing of .$1,078,173,240. Since the declaration of war on August 4, 1914, the Commonwealth had organized, equipped and 'de- spatched 76,566 troops for active ser- vice abroad. At the present 'time 40,400.. troops are in camps in Aus- tralia for despatch to the front. To date the grand total of the Australian expeditionary forces raised has reached 117,000 men, excluding 8,000 troops of the citizen forces mobilized for home defence. Reinforcements are going forward at the rate of 5,300 a month,and this number will be in- creased to 10,600 in October and 10,- 600 in November. Vital Healing Power Fills the System And Health Returns A crewing curative triumph in medi- cine is now given to the world, and all who have been sufferers from stomach ailments, indigestion and headache can be cured' quickly by a purely vegetable remedy. Calomel, salts and such like are no longer ne- cessary. They are harsh and dis- Every Stiff Joint timbered, Rheumatism Cured That Old Family Remedy "Nei. viline" is Guaranteed for the Worst Cases. CURES NEURALGIA, BACK, ACBE, LUMBAGO, Rheumatism to -day is unnecessary. It is so well understood and $o read- ily curable that every day wo'have re' ports of old °I reailes being freed of their tormenter. "I can speak confidently of the Ne - viline treatment, for the simple reason that it -cured mo," : writes Albert B. Cornelius, from Kingston. "You can't imagine how stiff and lapse and sore I was, Nights at a time I' couldn't sleep well. I followed the Nerviline direc- tions Carefully --had It rubbed into the sure regions four or five tithes every day, Every rubbing helped to reduce the pain. The swelling went down, I got a fair measure of relief in a week. I - also took two F errozone. Tablets with my heals; They increased MY appetite and spirits, purified my blood and toned up my system generally, "I am as well to -day asa man 001116 be -In perfect good health. I give et ne all the credit," A large family size bottle of Nervi - line coats only 50c., or the trial size 25c., and is useful in a hundred ills in the family. Whether it's toothache, earache, headache, neuralgia, lame back or a cold, Nerviline will cure Just as readily as it will cure rheuma- tism. For family use nothing equals Nerviline. a ENGLISH LIQUOR LAW EXACT. Hours for Sales Fewer That Before— Prohibition Gaining. The prohibition wave which is pass- ing over England is gaining rapid headway, and drastic measures are being adopted throughout England, and the order just issued by the Cen- tral Control Board in charge of the liquor traffic in Liverpool and the Mersey district is typical of what is A DETERMINED WOMAN Finally Found a Food that Helped Her. "When I first read 'of the remark- able effects of Grape -Nuts food, I de- termined to secure some," says a western woman. "At that time there was none kept in this town, but my husband ordered some from a com- mercial traveller. "I had been greatly afflicted with sudden attacks of cramps, nausea, and vomiting. Tried all sorts, of remedies and physicians, but obtained only tem- porary relief. As' soon as I began. to use Grape -Nuts the cramps disap- peered entirely, I em to -day perfect- ly well, can eat anything and every- thing I wish, without paying the pen- alty that I used to. We would not keep house without Grape -Nuts. "My husband was so delighted with' the benefits I reecived thathe has been recommending Grape -Nuts to. his customers and has built up a very large trade on the food. Hesells it to many of the leading physicians of the county, who , recommend Grape- Nuts very generally, There is some satisfaction in using a really scienti. fically prepared food," "There's a Rean." Nme given by Canadian Peahen Co,, Windsor, One mv@r read the above letter 5 . A aeW one appears from time to tints. .They are genuine, tau*, vita full ct human lntorept has a large number of young men otherwise would be beginning or pur- suing their medical studies been ab- sorbed, but, unfortunately, a serious toll was taken last autumn of those who, being already nearly qualified, would have been able to practice their profession as qualified men in a few months. "The future will see an increased demand for medical men, and their prospects of success will be so great that the aspirants will assuredly be numerous. And there will be an im- provement in the conditions which have prevailed is the past, not only because the profession of medicine will share in sociological - progress, but because the record of the work of medicine throughout the war has been such that it must lead to'a closer relationshipbetween the medical pro- fession and the public. "The British public are taking a more intelligent interest in these things, and the energy with which lay bodies are working in operation with the medical profession in carrying out various schemes for the well-be- ing of the people may be taken as an indication that the health of the nation will be a first consideration of the immediatefuture, witch means. that there will be a great demand for medical men at the close of the war. Ana this is the essential message to the students now in the schools. wanted. . The newly patented scheme dis- penses entirely with the . use of ani- mal bristles and -makes use of points made of paper pulp impregnated with. a cleansing powder and =a sanitary agent. This composition is formed under pressure and the substitute bristles and the points form an in- tegral part of the back on which they are mounted. Have you ever watched a surgeon cleaning a wound? Everything which he uses is disinfected or sterilized. The cotton -wool is not left expesed to the air, but is kept -carefully cover- ed: All ' scissors, 'forceps, etc., ' are washed in hot water, to which has been added some strong disinfectant. There is almost as'great a difference between our idea of cleanliness and surgical cleanliness as there is be- tween the former and our idea of dirt. Knocked Out. Professor—Klumsy is about the stupidest man I ever ran across, Autoist—Well, he didn't know any- thing when I ran across him! - 3t- The silver >aining •to a great many clouds is nothing but moonshine, beim, done. This order prohibits the sale of any intoxicating liquor in hotels or any ling through India several years ago, licensed premises or clubs for con- l he greatly enjoyed the humiliation sumption on the premises during all of a very pompous member of the judiciary. He was strutting back and forth on the platform of a wayside station when a perspiring Englishman rushed up, touched the judge on the shoulder, and asked: "Tell me,tis this Except between the hours just men-, the Bombay train?" The judge drew tinned no person will hereafter bo ;himself up, brushed the stranger's permitted, either by himself or any I arm aside, and cuttingly remarked: servants or agents, to sell or supply "I'm not the stationmaster, sir!" "Oh! to any person any intoxicating liquor you're not?" said the Englishman, to be consumed ono the premises. The � evidently surprised. Then with an air order also prohibits the actual con- I of extreme exasperation, he demand- sumption of any liquor, even if it has; ed: "Well, what the dickens do you not been obtained or purchased on the mean by swaggering about as though premises. you were?" The only hours during which liquor may be sold for consumption off the . premises are between 12 noon and 2.30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. and 8.30 p.m. F READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS. 1Mlodern Store With Its "Ade" An All - Year -Bound Fair, In the days before our era scientific and mechanical improvement began, a great deal of the work of distributing goods was done through the means of the fair. Merchants of all ,kinds would set up their booths at the fair, and the people from all the country- side would eome looking for bargains. Wants that arose after the fair was over had to remain unsupplied until the opening of the next fail', 0011155 the customer could make the toilsome journey to the nearest large town or could prevail upon some neighbor who was undertaking such a journey to execute his commission. The fair still survives for special lines of goods or for special occasions, but for general trade it has been supplanted by the established store with its advertise ments in the daily newspapers. "A day too late for the fair". is a prever- bial expression of costly and wasteful tardiness. The person to whom it was applied in the old days had lost, the chance of doing profitable business. Anyone who fails to read and heed the advertisements in his newspaper wastes his money just as did the poor Wight of old who was "a day too late for the fair," and had to supply his wants at great cost. The modern store and the modern advertisement constitute, in effect, a fair that is open all the year round and that affords such bargains as the hagglers and chatterers'- of olddays never even dreamed of. N® Cure Guarsinteea Never known to, OA ®re fail; acts without pain in 24 hours. Is seething, healing; !Corn s. takes the sting right out. No -remedy so quick, safe and sure as Putnam's Paint less Corn Extractor. Sold every- fvhero—.25c. per bottle. Mark Twain Story. Mark Twain told bow, when travel - hours of the day and night which are not included in the special meal hours designated. These hours are between 12 noon and 2.30 in the afternoon and between 6.30 and 9.30 in the evening. Of. the Braver Sex. Mother—"I'm afraid you are over- eating." Tommy (keeping on)—"I ain't afraid. Women get scared at things 'fore men do." Minard'e Liniment Cares Barns, Eto. So Considerate. It had been their first separation and during one week the young hus- band had sent his dear little wife ten letters, fifteen picture post cards and four telegrams. Why, then, this touch of coldness in her welcome on his return? "Dearest," he whispered, as he drew her to his manly bosom, "what is wrong? What have I done to upset my little ducksy-wopsy ?" "Oh, George," she replied in broken tones, "you didn't send me a kiss in your seventh letter!" George thought like lightning for a moment before he replied:. "I know I didn't, petsy,but I had steak and onions that night for sup- per, and you wouldn't like me to kiss you after eating onions, -would you?" How to Cook Roman Meal Porridge. Invariably ass double boiler, or set boiler in basin of bolding water. Have water boiling in both vessels, that in inner one salted to taste. Slowly stir in one cup Raman Meal to each two cups water. Cover, sat in outer ves- sel; and never stir again even while serving. For early breakfast cook at evening meal and warm in morn- ing, using a little less Roman Meal. It's a dark nut -brown, granular, rich porridge. It Nourishes better than meat, prevents indigestion and posi- tively relieves constipation or "money back," Ask your doctor. All grocers, 10 cents and 25 cents. A Blow to Her Pride. An old Scotswoman, who had re- sisted all the entreaties of her friends to have her photograph taken, and who was at last induced to consent in order that she might send her likeness to her son in America, is the heroine of the following anecdote: On receiving the first proof she failed to recognize the figure thereon represented as herself, so, card in hand, she set out for the artist's studio to ask if there was no mistake. "Is that me?" she queried. "Yes, madam„' replied the artist. "And is it like me?" she again asked. "Yes, madam; it's a speaking like- ness." "Aweele," she said, resignedly, "it's a humblin' sight." 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