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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1923-10-18, Page 71r DR, ,1, Jr MIDDLETON prpvinolal beard of •Health, Ontario atidatettiu will be Slog to' i:.nttwarr telleetler* Ott Public aIetelth tris through thle ealttMaa ,AddraeWAlin tat 13pt dura Iieuali3, dd?46I1* reeveut, "What is a Christian nation?", aelNd all elt5haaage; •and it ;.answers 'this way;,'!A Chx9stititi Nation is one that eantains usideipaid girl employes and rescue;.hofnPs," 'A bit far"fete11e4 pei. hails, but stall -with a grain of ti'uttl u it ^n‘eeIaase, if there were no under- paid girl employees, or boy employees for 'that matter, there might not he IMO for half the number ot? aeseuo homes:: there axe at• present. The thought'' that we are spending money; for health and Weifare work as the .wrong endof the problem, always eerne:l to my mind every time I. heat' of: adrive to collect tends for deme charitable or philanthropic purpose. Not that's' am ininifnizin the neces- sity of pi'aisew.orthiness of any object that'triee to and succeeds in relieving sutioring, Hardships or distress,: It MI, only with regard to the way an which we attaclnthe problem that I have any criticism to oiler: But people will at once say "Orph-. ans have to be eared fox." ;'rue, but reventive measures were adopted per ape there would not, be so many. orphans, And,` here 'is whore I be- lieve, the solution , of the distressing conditions found to -day often lies— prevention. That's the thing. "Pre- vention, is better than cure" says an ,old adage, and it is very true: .. When we thank over the situatidn we can at once see the possibilities of attacking the ,problem from • the pre- ventive'aspect.A mother may die at the birth of her child through lack of medical and nursing attention. She may 'have endangered her life weeks before her baby was been by failing to realize the seriousness of symptoms— symptoms which to her seemed trifling but which were in reality grave warn- ing of serious trouble ahead. The maternal mortality in this province is far too high,' and sad to saymany,. many it of mothers could be saved if praventive measures were taken in time, • Then' the father may, lose his life , tha:ough an avoidable a'eident while at wor]c, and many, avoidable, accidents !take e: piece in ,every line of industry, Statistics show that, 131A -whatever the cause the result is the same =lbo parents come to .art ilntireely•end; and orphans have, to be oared for. .A.nd'so we meat here •derives. and •raise:thou- ,sands upon -top of thousands of dot- hue otlays to care for orphans;• and• not. only "orphans betwrecks of ,humanity who through lack of preventive medicine, i hygienic measures or ;whatever one Inlay be pleased to eall-it, become bur- dens on society and are nothing more;. than human derehets when' they might beve been strong, active, self-sapport- ing'mn and women. Or in a more general way, taste; an epidemic such as the resent typhoid outbreak 'at Cochrane. Through lack of knowledge of what serious results ;night follow or through an unwilling-, Dees to spend money on a filtration plant to purify, the water supply, the citizens of that northern town took a chance and a terrible; record of suffer- Mg and death resulted with a gigantic outlay of money to try and cope with the ravages -of the disease. Had a filtration plant been installed and the water purified, the :epidemic.,tnight never have occurred at all. Some clay we will realize the waste and foolishness of neglecting to spend a comparatively small amount of money on the prevention of disease. Humanity is kind; and no worthy ob- ject fails to get public support, but through education we will learn the value of nipping ,trouble in the NO at a small expense rather than delv- ing deep into our ppcicets to repair the damage after it is done. The Origin of,Marine Terms. The'origln of many sea terms is un known: ,to most popple. For instance take the 'word: admiral. Many of us think et it as tt purely English word Its.'origin however, is "Emir of Bagh; Arabia for "Lord.af the Seal” • "Captain" conies direct from the Latin "caput,'.' a head; while "mate" is : derived from the Icelandic " IIrati; ' wliieh meaus a companion; or equal. - ' .At first the 'coxswain was the man who pulled the after -oar of the cap- tains boat, " then known as a, gock- • boat, "Cook -boat" is a corruption of '''.coracle,:a small round boat need for fishing, . Commodore Is. from the Ital- lbn. "commendatoro," .or comivander, and naval', cadet was originally the French "eapdet," whlah has .the same origin as captain. We often hear.:"Davy' Jones'," men- tioned, but' there neverwas- suoh a person. 'The original term was "Duffy Jones's locker -a' Duffy is the West In• 2. dim :term for spirit or ghost. "Dog watch" comes from "dodge" -watch. .This "dodge" is to enable -the. .men to avold being on duty everyday at the same hours. Three • thousand years ago rope was made from bulrushes, the Latin name Inc which is "junkus," and so we liave the nautical term "junk" Inc a rope's and. Sailors carry the word a bit far- ther and call their meat leak." The words starboard and .larboard developed in an interesting, manner. Starboard has nothing whatever to do with the stars, but is, really ether- ',boardsAnglo-Saxon for steer afire, When the old galleys were In use .thoy were,. steered by an oar':�fixed to, tare right-hand side of the Stern, and -the inboard portion was held by ' the helmsman in his right hand. • Lar- board ie probably a • corruption ` of • lower -beard or side, as it used to be considered inferior to starboard. Fortunes Made Twice Daily! • One of the little-known wonders of , the. world Is. the Morro Velho gold mine,: In Brazil, Almost every day for nearly arlaun- ' Bred'years this wonderful mine has yielded a fortune in.gold and its allied products, while more . wonderful still is theetaot that instead of giving out, the lcde shows signs of, becoming, if anything, richer than ever! 'The mina was first exploited sys- tematieally^a eew years-'betore Queen Victotiais coronation. Prior to this it was' worked Inc nearly i century by the Brazilians themselves, while there is .evidence that it was -known to an even gilder generation. It was not until about thirty years ago, however,' that up -to -data machin- ery was installed, since whichtime the mine has owed much of its pros- perity and fame to the; skill of an. Flag= fish mining engineer, wbo in a short Gene made Morro Verbo one of the most completely equipped mines in. the world, Thirty years ago the descent into the mine which• is know nearing the two -anile mark in depth, was made by means "of ladders, and accepted nearly forty minutes. To -day electric Bite take one down in a little more than `two minutes. A wondealful system of air locks is installed at the various levels, the pressure at some of which is so great that a complete change of clothing be- come ,,necessary, ordinary garments beteg.'exdhanged Inc thick woollen Jackets`and trousers,' Blasting operations take place twice a• day, andirto:ilie in the mine at the time of one. of these occurrences, is to undergo an experience which is not easily forgotten. Imagine yourself standing in an elee' trlcally-lighted 'chamber a mile below the surface -of'the earth, Far ,beneath your Leet, and perhaps, hale a .mile wide of where you are standing, the miners are laying: the dynamite Charges, fu readiness for getting out An average adult's head measures twenty two inches -in circumference. AUTOMOBILE SCHOOL the ore. One of the Best Equipped' in Ontario, Sncteenly. a sharp tap, like the sound. - We have ,First -Claes, Innstructors• to of a hammer meeting wood, comes to make you a Real Expert. Write or see the ear, and, following it, e mighty W, G. Paton, 661 Queen St. Id,, Toronto, rush of .wind that, unless you are pre- pared for it, sweeps. you oft your feet. A minute- later conies 'a 1ow, rumb• ling noise that increases in volu'nao ruftil It; roars like thunder, while the whole mihe tremblers as if shaken in the fury of a great st8Cru. You are- then at liberty to clescencl to where the miners are, sending tag ore tothe surface to be crushed an subjected -to the various processes.of� Mita -Ming the cense 0f geld which is yielded by every ton of ore; Thi' pro- eosses include cyaniding and perinea - tion bywhat is .known as "rotlating." livery blasting::operation means that five hundred pounds' worth of gold has been wrested from alother• Earth, the value of the daily outputbettug, roughly, a N)cnsand pounds. In ad- dition there are various, valuable by- products—eamong these silver, pane - dime, and arsenic. is uThc YYncoti bast £ f331.01444 Day after deyiz oliiii.effermoron srpar8 444•'.[l,te Wlll Ptaimithe; gong Whereilhe gciitg ishnrdeet, Get ;eater Iiart/Ware ntr an to-slio Ai, yen a444:'Note the saran,({ and the 'heel" of at'-' A real axe rda sa A a1rebltlett,, 'salt h th9, resists - 7riiS$.. CA T liJ'A Fe 44 DPIf '.. d:$ O/110S I,116IH2P 7 JAMES SMART PLAIT. ✓ 5110CICVille OOT. tt�' r„, 04 is , Fifty-one pee, :cent. of farm fres are caused by lightning, • Keep Mlhardis_Liniment in the house. Remember that the horse is the most nervous of all aa1iinals, and that little things annoy and ` Irritate hint. Re- member that he will be contented or miserable according 08 you treat him. .sto CI or beret 1 refuse the rrtustard when it is passed, 10 you. Cultivate the habit of, taking it with treat, a pecialty fat; ;neat. It stifittlates the dige93,ion and aids ie. ninelmiltlting your food, A Story of $ooettinll, (Oentleued troin last week) In a busy Tgrento eflice, readie mail, aaswerlttg questions, tldvisin w9rried patents; flhing applications o writing lettere et .counsel, enaour'age Rneat and oongratalatton, the staff a tap Provieelel , kleadquarters of til 130y Soouts. Aeeeeletien, worice. earl yid late to give .the boyys, their',par mats anti the corainunities.' the bes Unit a the neevemeet affords; 17yer day they enter the navies pt boys anxi obs to,foin, and send th8m'the latera titre that tells them crow to boccie Tenderfoot, Second 'Crass, and Firs Glass .Scouts . I or`'it Is a very carefully wosdced out system, psychologically and Podigogi early, tale Boy Scout .movement, That is why it :bas suceeeded and grown where ether boyea movementir have had only a passing vogue,• It. grows; with the boys' growth, At 'twelve. yearn old he may. Join. He learns the 'history ot'tlie Iinlon Jack,' commits to memory Promise ands the Scout Law,` and learns the Scout knots ---a harder task fora lad than seems at Brat eight. Ile 1s•. admitttd as a Ten. derfoot. 1ilg,! fyliiola toal?iyepl+isle hoYatgt to lie etrajd to 110 whist isdems rl8ht to then; 544 always' to rereembor that a Seon;t is' ii br'othe'r to (Wory'ether $tout aiait a friend"te all the world, Oct0113er Relit xt fe October lti' ear hearts, 11 ie vineyaa'ds •of:t:He yoar>f are ripe. 'Front thinnning 1preets Ven daparta, And-.wo shall Hever Bear his pipe P1aying'aceoes.the bill, g -0 It was well to drink ear 1111 r of pleasure when the sun was high,' • 'Arid it Je well beneath the still f Buspensa Id Twilight seam sky e: TO drink our 1111 `of,sleep, - y' • y e t, Growing a Iittle older, lie wants to ,attain a higher rank. His memory is more trained and be can take, in the difficult signalling alphabets; and "wig- wag" •messages of the Societe, Then he wants to camp, And must learn to shift for himself. So at fish perhaps he crisps the bacon and bursae the cocoa and spills the eggs; but in time) he even makes the di15.cult- "fiap- jacks." The Indians and Pioneer Scents, he learns, could read tracks and "signs", invisible to untrained eyes uhd,he studies them out, learn, Mg valuable tillage through fascinat- ing' games. ale discovers how to tell the north, how to keep dry and warm in the rain and at night, how to use an axe and.. knife correctly and with- out accident to himself or others. "First Aid" Is more like play, but if an accident comes he will "be pre- pared." Then there's; the Dollar in the Bailie, his own earnings—the first lesson in thrift—as many an aching back and blistered hand can testify to. But he passes, this examination with credit and then finds he has not yet reached the highest goal. First. Class Scouts. are mere expert in all these lines, They draw maps, swim, learn to Judge distance, size, Weight and numbers:. The trees, birds and stars are yielding their secrets, and the doctors tell them they can bandage a compound fracture as. -wen as they once could a hart finger. Even a First Class Scout has no temptation to rest' on his laurels, ter before him stretches the alluring line of "Proficiency Badges." Electricity, Bee Farming, Swimming, Handicraft, Art, Cooking—there are sixty-four, and every talent or bobby has-a„place., A Scout with two or three of the little emblems on his •sleeve Is fired with anrbitioa to add to"•them, slowly but steadily, until with the eighteenh he earns a special decoraion and is a "First Class All Round Scout," .Think of the lines of practical endeavor with whose fundamentals he has become fa- miliar! The work -a -day world, so vague and mysterious to the ordinary. boy when he reacbee its threshold, Is. definite -and• dear to the Scout. Nor does the.. boy who risks his life lack for recognition. To his surprise lie receives a bronze or silver medal from, Headquarters,.and• a.letter which means even marc. Perhaps,. if iris bravery has been particularly„ remark- able, as wee that of a Scout in Cobalt, Ont„ the whole community turns out to see the Mayor pin it on his. Jacket, Ile is a sixteen -year -ole boy, this Ontario Honor Scout, but all the year :has, been studying Scouting- without missing a meeting. Like othermeui- bers of his troop, ho was. rushing around the little silver mining town, doing what lie could to helpwith relief work at'the time the great Temis,kam- ing forest fire was roaring almost at the northern entrance to, the tdwn, when he learned that a special train was to be bent to North Cobalt to en- deavor to bring to safety 80111G hun- dreds of people who had been all but trapped there by the lire demon, Run• ning to the.•raliway yards he found that the regular fireman for the only avallable locomotive was missing ane no one was ,on hand to take his. place, Immediately the Scout offered his ser vices, climbed into the cab before they were ,accepted; and helped the e11. 511100 • away with the train. The Scout was so young that the Work of stoking the big' fire box wam too much for him, so he took the en- gineer's place at the throttle• while the delver Beed the - shovel.' The trip' wee a most dangerous one, as; great clouds of smoke ,matte it impossible to 'see any distance ahead of the engine.: In pieces telegraph Lines were clown across the tracks, , anti -some of .the railway ties were burning, North Co- balt iris reached without mishap, More thee a hundred people wore crowded in the train, and the Scout and the engineer ran it back again to Cobalt and to safety, 01 course,, ,all Scants haven't a thane° to he such spectacular heroes, but they go- right ahead with their everyday lite; in the same 'spirt of braver. It means as great a sacra flee to seem to give -up a 'hike” In order to belp'm:athor with the dishes or to close Ills oars to the whistle of his patrol,: when a 591d011 la to be weeded: Some city boys• must watch thernselvee 0onutantly t'o guard against the profanity ,they learn al- most unconsciousiy anti, heal' all about them, or must grit theft teeth when they hear tho JUTS oocasioned• by re- fusing the cigarette tittered by a:one tlmo'ido1. Some adults. forget how sensitive a boy le to ridicule, how lie hates to be drought different from other' fellows; °thea'¢• are am partial that they encour- age limit sons to eelfiel i ss and 'leek of considerAlknu: tar Others. Bath bay. The bush that fo11owe song is door, Fur deeper than the song' was gay, • Dud`autumn petturleg glieetiy sheep Among the fields, of JeSterday To shepherd of our: dreams; • Heap • tihe dead loaves' beside the s'tueanis Where: youtll rias heard the summer a'ons; - Heap the bonifre that redesms The dead who' wake In light, and throng - The shadows where it darts; It Is October 3n' our hearts. —Robert Ilillyer. Curiosities cif the World's Press. The biggest newspaper ever pub. lashed was the "Illuminated 'Quadruple Oonbtelletion," issued in New 'York in 1859. The paper 'measured. 8%ft. In height and' eft, in: width, aid consisted, of eight pages, each eontaintug thir- teen ,columns. A ream of the strong, paper on which it was printed weighed 3cwt. Forty, people were occupied eo•ntlldoal- ly for eight weeks in order to bring out this oddity, wheeh its, designers proposed- should be issued- once. •every century!;' - In the 'Caucasus before the war a postcard newspaper was is'sned, the Print of which was so small that a magnifying glass, had to be used to master its. contents; while to 1831 ap- peared the first number of "Bethold's Political Handkerchief," a newspaper printed on calico to evade the stamp duty. This news'sbeet measured 181n. by ;lin, and sold for. fourpence. A similar sheet was started in Greenock in 1849, It was known as the "Greenock News: Clout," and the editor advised his reader's to use it as a pocket -handkerchief when read! Some years• before- the war the "Journal des Jambes' appeared. in - Paris. Its prospectus- declared that It filled a "long -felt want," and that it would be "a friend' and counsellor to all whe, vish to keep their lege fit, and to all who, weary, ,impotent, or worn out, wrongly believe that they have lost the use of theirs beyond•recov- ery," It went on to say: "This Journal will deal with all the medical, surgical, choregraphic, sporting, or other ques,` tions relating to ,the human leg of either sex. SYMPTOMS M? ANAIMJA An Inherited Tendency - to Anaemia May be Overcome. Some people have a tendency to be- come thin -blooded Just as others have an inherited tendency to rheumatism, or nervous. disorders'. The condition in which the blood becomes 80 thin that the whole body suffers comes ,on so gradually and stealthily that any- one with a natural disposition In that ;rection should watch the symptoms arefully. Bloodlessness, or anaemia, as the medical •term is, can be car - sided muc'henore'aasily In' the earlier Mages than later.- It begins, with a fixed feeling that rest dose not over- ome, the Complexion-, becomes pale ncl breathlessness on slight exertion, itch as going upstairs, is noticed. Dr.:Williams' Pink Pills are a home weedy that hers been iuost successful n the atreatment of diseases caused y thin blood. With pure air and wholesome food these blood -malting Ills afford the correct treatment when h», symptoms described are noticed. Tllu can get these -pills 'through any ealer ea medicine or by mail, poet - aid, at 50e a box freer The Dr. Wil - anis' Medicine Co., ^Brockville, Out. d 0 r s e a s 1 1 b t d Already. Borrow half a dozen coins. AS you borrow eaoll place it on the n autlepieee — if tiro mantlepioee • happens to be stone. A marble tee table 1vi11 serve. Make a; little talk about the tu'lok,assuring the cora. pang :that you Use no Confederates ,g and that the trick you are about to perforin will have the effect, at least, of being real mind reading. Tell the company 'that yea will leave the room, :While you are gone, the coins on the mantlep1oce' are to be put into a hat. One of the spectators Isto select one coin and to mark it with a pin or a penknife. Each person in the partly is to held the coin against his forehead acid to fix his mind upon the coin and upon nothing else. When every' person hes done this, the coin is to be re- turned to the hat, with the others, and the hat placed on the mantle. piece. This Is done,' When you return,, you walk directly to the.. hat, reach. in and picic out the coin which the spectators marked. Hew Is It done/ • Your little talk bad a great deal to do with the trick as it 'iiermitted the coins, which lay on the reantlepiece, to • become more orless chilled. The selected coin, dd0 to all of the hand- ling it receives, becomes a great deal warmer than the others. When you reach tato the hat you die- tinguished the marked coin, not be• cause of the concentration of minds • bet because It was warmer than the others, (Clip 17iis out and pasts 61, with' other of the series, itt a scrapboolo;j GUARD TIE BABY ALAI S & OLDS To guard the baby : against colds nothing can- equal Baby's Own Tab- lets, The Tablets, are a mild laxative that will keep the little one's stomach and bowels, working regularly. It 10 a recognized fact that where bhe stom- ach and bowels are in good order that colds will not exist; that the health of the little one will be good and that he will thrive and be happy and good-na- tured, Th.e Tablets are sold by medi- cine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr, Williams' Medicine Co,, Brockville, Ont. Accounted For, •- A young wile brought her weekly accounts to her husband. He scrutinized them with a look of profound understanding, and remarked with an or-acuPar air: "I see you have been paying less, for bacon this, week" "Oh, yes, darling," said the wife with a proud smile. "I have been get- ting streaky, it's cheaper." r "Why is it cheaper?" asked the hue - band. "I believe the pigs cost less to keep," answered the young house- keeper, "because they are only fed every other day," Classified Advertisements PF.MAnB $£r.P WANTED. pi- ARIES WANTED TO DO PLAIN AND 124310 sewing at hmllo, wholo or enure Limo; goal pay, work sent any diatanao. charges Paid. gond stamn for p001100iars, National 3ia,ulfacturing- Montreal. SILVER FOXES—NOTRS 011011'11111' DIARY " tnootdct), Nino goers' experience ranching foxes, 20 cents, •Dr.. Randall, Truro, •,Nova Scotia. America's Pionoe• Doe Remedles nook on ' DOG DISRASES and now to reed Mailed Irmo to tiny Addrea, 111 the Author:. H;^CLAY CLOVER CO„ Inc. 129 Watt 241), Strout 14ow York, U.S.A. Literary, Ardstance rrepa,od spemhts 1,r -every oernslon. Material for nratlona, o¢dresses lectures, memorials, nooks sa- �rnrod, 'in owl aper cit c ing' an ml)• snhiec6 0',, Th'ei•a,ie:a country where -the thrushes Monier; 01,00 101,008 INTEI1NATIONAL PRESS CLIPPING SERVICE, pont, C.. Onoho., 0Vo: Their very hearts away 1n melody; Where dryads have a home in every •tree, And fauns donee drown the• meadows, murmuring • Fantastic spells; where golden lilies, -swing Their fragrant bells, and bees hum draws 11y . And breezes woo the shy anemone With wistfulness that breathes the scnll.o1 spring, BuHas Favi a beautiful Window 81,8),,, 1n the depth of winter a small vast. Sordid Vollection, 1 Beau- nfil1 Assail ad Bulbs, •-postpaid, 50e. Sordid ('01- 1,1110,, ate. - Selected- nulba, postpaid. 51. Pros Illustrated Llai, ' 0, 1, 131S1i0P. Pc SON, Seedsmen Belleville, Ont. 'ids H a P t7`" i; Frere summer may not burn, nor ant- ° ° a'"t 0 umn.rest datil Minard's eases and heals them, 'Iris• chilling touch, nor winter'e rt Ruby it on before you go out In winds, hold• swag, 715' the ,,wind. A good preventive. ' Beneath its liaugh�s tI10 wonder afp �•-•;�,,c � �^^^ �. „- ,^��" the May.. Shallnever fade, nor Love tire of his quest Of h1Ppiness, nor beauty lose 1(8- truth: Since Arcady is but eternal youth.. —Charlotte Becker. L Cigarette Commended. Dr, ',Roy'aI a,' Copeland, -formerly laCelth Commissioner for the 0lly of Nevi leek, states that the Cigarette is the most suitable siseke tie"rho tobac- co in that term is perfectly consumed, and''as combustion is better the nice- tlii.e'10 practically destroyeci. Although a non-smoker Himself, Dr. Copeland Sago there can be no doubt that ainoltel'a find ,solace and comfort itt -the moderate use of tobacco, A new and universal "air language"; is suggested' to enable pilots of any II/atonality to understand wir'eloss telephoee messages from earth sta• boils all ever the world, • Ask for Minaret's all #'eke no other MATCHES Remember to ask for r1dy "whenyouorder matches sea ON SAM avenvernene IN CANADA ISeue No, 41—'81.