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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1923-11-15, Page 713 :1( DR. J. .11. M$L.7.WI ETON Provincial Board of Health, Ontario Dr, llffdtli,eton will be glad to answer gueatiane on Paella Beata n tela through thee column Address hire at 89adlna House, at1 Clrosoaat, Toronto. The span of life is increasing—we live longer than we used to do, accord - log to figures given: by the New York Medical Jouir al, covering the past twenty years. In 1900 the average expectancy of human life was 49.2 years; in 1910 it was 51.5; and in 1920 it was 61.3, a gain of ever five years in - twenty, Caicuatien will show, continues the statistician, that if this rate is main tamed unaltered, an average expect- ancy of seventy'years will be attained in 1982, or within two generations as at present estimated," Cementing editorially on these figures, the Canada Lancet says it is St common remark that our length of day's is increasing perceptibly.' Middle age recalls that' in its youth a man had his wanting stick and a woman her cap, and both had their footstool at fifty. Seventy years' was treated with veneration, as one who had reached the Beuhih Land and lived, listening' rely- for a caii from across the river. To -day seventy is in his office doing a full day's work, whim she—well, eke pever oven reaches ,seventy. Eighty years -stands to -day where seventy stood a quartencentery ago. Now someone wonders whether "the days of our years are three score aced ten" was meant to: be taken liter- ally or only in a "Pickwickian" sense. Serious' thought, however, paints xis e picture -a rosy picture of the fu - turd, When child hygiene' and the care of mothers is practiced. every- where throughout the country, when physical defects in the young are early righted, when all foci of infection axe removed before they damage the sys- tem permanently; whets communicable diseases are obliterated or controlled, when cancer, tuberculosis and Ven- ereal diseases are conquered and arteriosclefosis or hardening of the arteries prevented, when people live in the way they should live as regards diet, exercise and the avoidance of excesses of all kinds, nd who.shall what the span of life ehail eally be? The Diary of a L British Je u;rnalis • One• of the funniest stories told .-by Sir Henry Lucy in The Diary of a Journalist," 15 that eonceiming Mr. ;Lloyd George and' his chauffeur. It was night; and Mr Lloyd George was returning home through the country. The chauffeur was ordered to`light the lauds•. • .As the process took some time, Mr, Lloyd George. got out of the car and went round to the back t% see if all was right,with the rear lamp. At the same moment the cheaper,: emoted - Yea 'that his paseenger was inside, started=ol'f at full. speed and the car disappeared in the distarece. Mistaken for, a Lunatic, Mr, Lloyd George set off to .walk home, and' presently, reaching the county lunatic asylum; he' sought id of the o a Sha u rities, for a lift.' _The porter shook his; head, and p pared to close the door. "But;' s At a garden party Sir Henry once' went Mr, William Lowther, father of the. ex -Speaker of the House of Com- naons (Lord Ullswater) just after the son had ,become„Speaker. ,;Sir Henry asked if,the new, Speaker was 'at the party; "No," was the reply; "lie has gone to play cricket," : . "Well," was the-.rejolnder, "I do hope the ball won't catch the Spoak- or's eye." Princess Mary, Rebuked. Sir Drneet Shackleton was once pre- sented to the ex -Kaiser at Berlin, .Be- foro being introduced, he was warned that the' must refrain from controvert, ing any of the Emperor's statements. The Kaiser' made.enquiriesr as to the ,habits of white bears in' the region of the South Pole, , "There are no _white bears there, your Majesty," Bald Shackleton. ."No white bearer exclaimed the Kaiser; regarding the explorer with a .withering -glance, "Why not?'. ` On the > evening of Coronation Day, the Princess Mary was met 'on the stairs at Buckingham Palace' by one of the re- 'gentlemen in attendance, n g to dance ho'r w emar = 1. aid the wayfarer, "I am the Chancellor the Exchequer." Q "Yes, yee,". said the porter, grafi y "we've got Six of 'ens inside.: You go out the gate, turn to the left, a you'll get home before morning.", Here are'eome more stories told Sir Henry: A doctor in Bristol was engaged the war office during the war to amino the condition of.u'wound man: sent nt ho3ne from. the Front, and report u I t pan the passibllities� of his be- ing' again fit for military service. • He 'replied that having had as •arm ampu- tated the man was permanently . in- capaoltated. Back came the searching official inquiry: ""Iiaw' do you know Private -- has only one arm?" '"Sir," replied the medical' man, "I Counted its" One day et' luncheon at the home of Prince Bismarck, the Princess went up to.her husband and deftly adjusted his necktie, which had, got almost un- der n der bee right ear, "For fifty years," Bald Bismarck, "I have been•battling with my necktie. The ` how will never remain In its -place, but always turns round, and ever to the same sae." In a certain club an old Admiral was cin o t out to p d Sir HenryLucy r9 u y as a man who had an extraordinary habit of contradicting anyone with wham lie conversed. I He once, Sir Henry was told, .flatly 'contradicted Queen Vic- toria; HIe, attended one of the Queen's re- ceptions and was presented to Her Majesty, who had heard something of his propensity. "1 hear, Admital,, You 'contradict everyone who speaks to you," said •the Queen, • "Your Majesty is misinformed," re- plied the Admiral, gruffly. "I do noth- ing of the sort" A Postcard Comedy, ed: "Well, little lady, so It's all over." of The Princess went straight to her mother, and protested, 'Ke ought not to speak tome like that. I am' a Prin- u'11 cess,e- nd "yes';' said ,the Queen, :"you are Princess now. I hope by1 .nd by you by may be a lady. You may go and tell -- I said eat' by R ex- Curious Form of Door. ed One of the oldest forms of human inventions nt o n,5 is the door ,!n i wn a E g ole. hinges at side. Some weaving In- sects, such .es trap-door spiders, stn- ploy a similar device. But -nothing is too old or too. good to escape the ef- forts at, improvement. A Belgian,' Joseph Henri Dlericic, invented a door of a new type, consisting,oe two tri- angular pasta, which close together on a, diagonal line, ranning from one lower. cornerto' the. opposite corner. The two parts, or leaves, are pivoted in such a manner.•that when opened they swing into partitions .10 the eeit- Ing, leaving an entirety unobstructed passage. An Amorican lady, whose husband was a millionaire, saw lA vase for sale In London priced $7,600: She Wrote to her husband in Chicago, giving a glowing account of the treasure and asking him -to telegraph if Ire were prepared to pay 80 much, Back came the reply; No price too b lgb," Jubilantly repairing to the ,auction room, she became the proud possessor of 'the vase.t I Wag afterwards she learned tbat what leer husband had telegraphed was, "Nc; pride too high." Loris Harcourt once . showed Sir' Henry a postcard which tad reached ,hint and which read:, "Many thanks for your note with eu.closure, Sir Ed- ward's menage sent to Me at ,1Viere- hors' Mansions' was 'dilly forwarded, We bha•ll be up, on Wednesday at noon arid will lunch In tire study. 'Atilt Lang at stores to give you a tender steak (narrow cut, such as I olioose), aide bell some rice for one Wel** leech,". lnquiry bi'Lrilglit a quite'reaaanable explanation. Interrupted when half- way through the ielesive, the lardy; af• ter a brief interval, returned to her deskc area being under the impression 1111et oho had' started a postcard 0011- eeenlrlss ilistrttot10ng ter lite cook, edit. oriental the message Ott the card ted dressed' and duly aoliveroil. to Mel* iyDdered. vlsoount. .Ciro slgeature V 84 rthat; orf Sir l°'oney'e wife, A Gull at Rest.' A lone bird on a rugged rock Look so outward u d to the sea' His Wings s are old desi lea at reat Ills eyes are dreams: to be. He does hot sing; he has no song' Whose youth too reckless, flew . Froth wave 16 wave; he never learned The songs' that land birds knew. A wanderer he—like thoseof earth Who shun the ties of horse Ho followed long down windy ways. White ribbon roads of foam, And 'In his dreaming eyes is proof He chose the better part; But sometimes rimer folded wings . Lost songs pull at his hearty —Hien 18 azee•Bewee: No Wonder They Yawn. There are several living specimens. In zoos of the.atenreo," the hedgehog of Madagascar. It is said that stuffed specimens in Museums give no rale - quote idea. of these very curious area- tures. -Their resemblance to hedgehogs rests a my upon their possession of a s In p, y covering. Tho shape of their bodies resembles that of an .i'nflated globe fish. They are insestiverea,s and are de- Clared to be restricted to the tented of Machgascar. The specimens seen 111 this country ar"e remarkable for their habit of yawning, 8HOCKINQ, Ply R.otermor; There's an opium den wide open—x shall have to report MIS to the Police! Koep Mlnardots 1.1nnlmenk,;lei the hetttte;. EAS Y TRICKS. The Hidden Number ' MRS. RALPH SMITH, Mrs. Ralph Smith, member of the British Columbia Legislature,' :who went to Great Britain at the beginning of August at the request of the Do- minion Government, to e1•courage emigration from the British' isles to Canada, returns on the Canadian Pacific S.S. Montcalm. Newsy Notes of Ontario' Scouting. P,eld Secretary Earle 11, Davison of Ontario, Headquarters has been loaned to the Manitoba Council for six weeks to reorganize Scout field work in Manitoba: He carries -with hen to this work the heartiest good wishes' of all Ontario's Scouts and Scout workers, Rodney C. Wood, Dominion Camp Chief, is back in Canada again after a busy summer at Gillwell Park, the imperial . Scout Leaders' .. Train School in England. He fs aire busy with winter• courses for Se Leaders.; • These are now being gairized at Ottawa, Hamilton, Wi. sol, London, Stratford and Brantf and two. or three other cities will p sibly be added to this list' later. "The Trail," the monthly paper p Iished for Scout workers in Orltu has grown up into an eight -pa monthly publication for Scout lead throughout " Canada. It le now, ,Itno as "The Scout Leader" and- the first issue in its new and enlarg0d� form Is that of November, Mr, •Frank P1, L. Coombs of Dominion Headquarters is its editor. Cloth From Trees. ,Intro l ice Africa, grows P a a tree the bark .of which serves the natives • a variety' of purposes. It is need for making bark cloth, although the Intro- duction of torten cloth will eventually destroy the industry: `In the making of the cloth the tree is stripped, to a height of about ten feet, This bark stripping can be done at -twelvemonth intervals, the third or, fourth bark reeking the finest cloth. The inner bark le used for the cloth, and strips from fora' to eight feet length are beaten With a mallet' to th thickness of heavy brown paper,: It Ask n friend to think of a number, one warn ann. It lie' 1s not a skilled mathematician. ' not to make .It 100 large. Ask nun to square the num. bor—that is--rmultlply it by Itself. Ask him to subtract one from the number, be thought of and to square the remainder. Next he is to eubtcact the mailer square from the greater and to tell you the remainder, Immediately you will tell him the. number thought of. If is an • excellent number trick because' the number he gives you seems to have no easily diseoverabie relation to the number thought ot. The relations is there, however— when you know where to look tor it, To discover the number thought - of. divide the remainder .into two Parte, as nearly' equal. as possible: The larger part will be the number thought of, (Clip this out and paste it, with. other 01 the series, 111 a sorapbook.J The `Three F's. The three 8"s in the transfer of disease are flies, food and angers. A knowledge a ,' of the three g h eePsi just sj as Important as the old curriculum 'of. the :three R's, Plies—The common house,Ry breeds in filth and carries on its Iegs thou- sands of disease germs. The Ry lights on the baby and leaves the germs. It gets_ into milk and' poisons it. Food—Food bandied by unclean hands; food exposed to dirt and Ries, becomes contaminated and may plant the germs of disease directly In the human system.in - - - Fingers—The fingers collect germs is' and dirt from stair rails, from ear then. sun-drled, when it . takes on a terra-cotta. shade. Holes and flaw are patched and the cloth is made; into sheets about eight feet'squar Strips,' of fibre-from'the dry stow ar used as thread and the work of stilt ing is always undertaken by men.' straps, from shoes,'rubbeis,'from or- a -Mary objects in eveyday use. And up the fingers are' constantly making trips to the month.•• e, •e • h 'GUARD THE BABY ing Bark cloth is also used for mailing ady water baskets.: For this purpose the out tree is ringed in two. places four to or- five 'feet apart,: a slit :being made' be- nd- tween the rings and the Whole sheet ori removed intact. The incurved'sides os- axe kept apart by skewers, the ends being doubled»up and sewn at the cor- ners and the' crop ends sewn to their ub- nearest skewer.- rlo, In addition, . the .bark is used for ge door .hinges, drinking vessels, ,grain ere drums, cradles) beehives; nets, game wn traps, a blankets, , flailing lines, rope, cord, and thread. The 13th annual meeting of the Provincial Count ll for Ontario, the provincial Scent Leaders' Conference and the Ontario Gillweli Re -union will be hel d in Brantford during week d-th e of February 9th, 1924, The Brant County Association as already work- ing ant unique features' for these evente and: big attendances` are antici- pated.. • Fire by Friction Records, Fire by friction is given, conside able attention by our Scout frig across •the border. ` The present 13. record Is held by Scout Dudley Smith of Independence, Missouri, who'got. his fire In 9 1.6 seconds. So far no serious attempts -have been' made by Canadian '.Scouts, to establish' a Canadian record. Th best so far reported„ and properly tested, was made by Patrol Leade Cyril Heardef the ist, Whitby Trot) In come i t tion at P the recent White, Scout ca aft- exb'ibitian he secured hi flame in 43 seconds, If your troop has not taken up fric- tion 4r re be sure ' to put it into you programme for ;this winter, First, o course, piaster It yourself, .An artlel on the subject will be found in th Filet Claes Scout's Bobk. For friction; fire competitions o official speed teats the tollowing rule have been laid down: Apparatus marl by. Scout' from natural Canadian ma- teieiale.'' Tinder natural material, with the followed barred: wood powder from previous attempts,' chemicals, shavings (other than made' by compe• titer with his own "knife iimnediately prior to test),' pencil. eharpenings paper; cloth, •cotton, string or rope. Warming-up" is not allowed, but using a notch whicb has been pee, vlously used is permissable. Time to be taken from the moment the Scout makes the first draw of the bow and ends when flame bursts from Wider. The bow and drill may be in position before the word i+Got" The timo should be judged byya 9t0 watch a c and attested by tkreo valuable Witnesses. 'Who'll, be first. to beat Cyril Ileard's forty-three seconds? CAUSE OF BACKACHES Elyery muscle in the body' needs a supply of rich, rod blood' in proportion to the work 1ts. does, The muscles of the back are under a heavy etrain and have but 'li the rust. 'When n theblood. food is thin they lack; nourishment and rebel.- Tho .result is a sensation of Bain. in these muscles. Many people are.frightened' into believing that backaches. are due,to kidney trouble, but the best medical authorities agree that ' backache is very seldom due to kidney trouble. In r' fact not more than one backache in a friers hundred has anything to do- with the S' •kidneys, The whole trouble 10 due to thin or impure blood, and those, who are troubled with pains in the back or loins, either frequent .or occasional, ,should Iook to the condition of the blood. It will' be found most cases e that Dr. Williams' Pink - -iia by build - at. Ing tip the blood and feeding the starv- ✓ ed. nerves and muscles will banish the p - and make painsyou feel better Yin Y every. a Y way, How much better s. it 18 to try Dr. Williams'''Pina Pills for your blood than to give, way to un- reasona 1 alarm be -about your kidneys, ✓ If you really suspect your kidneys any doctor can make . a test in ten e minutes, that will set, your fears at O rest, or tell you the worst, All dealer's in medicine sell Dr, 1' Hams' Pink Pills, or you can get them s by:mail at,60 cents a box Teem The Dr. EC Willie= Medicine Co., .'Brockville, Ont . Pollinizln - Ig Date 'Y'rees. The 'honey bee eeeme to be tailu're, In the modern +late orchard, for rho California date rancher kgs 1 to polls• hate ever, fruit cluster by hand, But, according to the experts, the wont is simple, In tho firat place the date grower must know the difference be - (wager pollen and trait blossoms. The pollen. blossom le cut as seen as it opens and kept'unttl the fruit floyrors appear, When thattime comes, the rancher Ilea a sprig of pollen bibs: souls at the top of the fruit Plower With the open bloolns down. One poi lieetion 10 ,each fruit dlueter le ail that is necessary tniess there is rain,. Pollen palms aro raised at the rate o3 two fax every IVO br0aring 0801 We Need Wood, • 'Seine people (including not a few of those: going into the wilds) seem to think 'that the forests of Canada exist wholly for the pulp' and paper manufacturer, The truth is that, de- spite the use .of steel and cement In. eonstruction and in ct great many other ways, the *consumption of wood nag not been•lessened, but nae rather been inoroased. Forestry authorities contend that there is no likelihood ( that the Canadian people -will ever he. ,able to'do without"wooIL Wood antero p' into everything. City dweller and farmer alike require it'f or innumer- able 1ur os a. Henee in aiding d the. g Preservation of the forests, the Cana- dian, wherever situated, Is.1oleg some thing for himself, as well es for ilia country.' AGAINST COLDS S To guard the baby against colds nothing can equal Baby's Own Tab- lets: The Tablets are a mild laxative that will keep the iittie one's stomach and bowels, working regularly. It is`.a recognized gn ,ed fact that wirers the stom- ach.and bowels are in good order that colds will not exist; .that the health of the little oneP'" be good and that he will thrive el,- happy and good- natured. The Tablets are sold by medicine' dealers or by mall at 25 •conte a box from The Dr, Williams' Medi- cine 0o„ Brockville, Ont. 4 . Recompense. You are my songs come true That 1 sang unbelieving; You are my hopes made new That I tarnis ed with grieving. ievin 'More than the losses of love With which love 'denied' me; }Vlore than the shadows of love With which love' belied me, Is the reward ofthislove That now love has given; All of, the earth of love, And love's high heavens HEILEN HOYT, ' His Heaving Restored. The invisible ear drum' invented by A, 0. Leonard, which is a miniature megaphone, 'fitting inside the ear en- tirely out of sight, is restoring the hearing of -hundreds of people in New York . t city. Mr. Y M Leonard nv 1 e pledh' t i e drum to relieve himself of deafness and head noises, and It does this so successfully that no one could tell b,e Is a deaf man, It is. effective when deafness is caused by catarrh or by erf r P o sled or wholly 'destroy_ednatural drums, A request for information to A. 0. Leonard, Suite 487, 70 Fifth avenue, New York city, will be given a prompt reply.. advt Why not build an income fence around the field of your desires? A barrel which will hold 625,000 gallons, the largest one in the world, was recently completed P1 Germany. Mlnard'e Liniment Neale Cub. The best educated man is he who knows what is to the point,—Sir Henry Rados,: Universal Folding Bath Tub for Town & Country %e nes A pure white•enaieelled metal ba 1i tub. 81118 or withoOt 1n0teutoneous, •. water heater. Gtves nil baMinggfa- ciltties cl t ho rues. No b y plum ine ef reuire n d When not lns ix c, fools upout ofargon, Donhe bey. eovedkedc. argon can er moved any where'. MetIme.ctn riceend(Hots a hand t . get,o.leo folder and trioloffer, oleo information o, Indoor Chemic tl Closets. UNIVERSAL METAL. PRODUCTS CO. ' Atom Ion stir W4nta,vnldl Ont. Mnq var1 A CHAMPION JUMPER, 1st Dug: Who won the high jump. ing contest? Zed Bugl Why the grasshopper, of course! India ,proposes to control radio bgoadeasting by licensing •a single company for the entire country, IlTOardra Liniment ter DendruiL HATCllg Void by over 14000 Genera! Stores iicU l6,00 &OM S 4814.s,rr c»rinwtitinktt W E. l4l0, 'kl•+'1.'234 MVlanufacter'ed by Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada Limited I, l urs ,, �11�IihI�IIIppIII'ItA(( Puzzled. Bug ,"I wonder what kind of a hedge that is, anyway." The mind of man is not in his skull, but in his eyes, ears, hands, and fent, —Prof. D. F. Howard. Ask for Minard's 81111 -sake no other. Some prehistoric animal bones, dredged up in the Nettle Sea, are be- lieved to date back millions of years, when the North Sea was dry land, MONEY ORDERS. Dominion Express Money Order:Tare on sale in five thousand' offices throughout Canada. A pearl discovered in a freshwater mussel in the River Conway, North 'Wales, is said to form one of the Crown jewels. A Spraiped ankles, bruised muscles, and other hurts Yield to ' the healing in- fluence of Mlnard'e, the 1pidlaw Batelle C i Hamilton, Canada Constipation Banished a A druggist says: "For nearly 463 thirty years I have recommended the Extract of Roots, known .as. Mother B ei el' s Curative Sen ' for. arresting and permanently r lrev.ging conatipatioand indigestion. y that It is an old reliable remedy Rti never fails r ftt s to�j l do the work,G7 30 drops thrice daily. Get • the Genuine. SOc.and I. 0b 1 $ 0 otk es. 2 �evrtna^c�n�asc��,,�a. AS''1 N Say "Bayer" and Insist! Ostriches in ,the Zoo obtain all the thirst -quenching material they want from a diet of clover, chaff, lettuce, maize, cabbage, bones; •and stones. They are not supplied with drinking water. -. ��i. :._ 0!r Q01aCanniit FA� Newes out you coo. Promote a iOgna c�tti►?�ir%'C1eaa,licuitityecondllloq UsdMurine Eye Remedy, Ni¢ht and Moraiog, „ Ifeop yonrEyoat lane. Clear and fttoolthyi. Wnto for raw. Book, et orinoano9emedxCord lge11011iO,SBaal,Cletsel$ Amerloa'a Pioneer Dog Remedios v nook. oa 1 DOG DISEASES and now to Weed Matta% tree to Ulf Addror by the Apthar, H. CLAY GLOVER CO.. 1n5. 128 Waat 2411, Strad . Now YaPk, U.S.A. RA:ta • r. FUR WAtTE H ighest • Prices Paid for Skunk, Coon, Mink, � Fox Deer- Skills, Hides, Calfskin, &c. Ship to Canadian Hide & Leather Co., -- Ltd., Toronto, Ont, Iff4 • • 'a1�i '1�1 Lovely Healthy Shia Kept So By Cutkk><ira Daily: use of the Soap keeps the skinfr . e eh and clear, white touches of th e Ointment now and when pre- vent little skin troubles becoming serious. Do not fail to, include the exquisitely lY scentedme Cuti cura'Taloub In your, toilet preparations. sereeee. OitemeetISsedate, L mna Tares qa 2Se.'Sold throughout th D on. CW_ nDe at • United, 344 51, Pas) St., .,Mosttl.Cutkora Scam shoves whhout9up. YOV ADEry 3, ELL Mother Tells dhow Her Daughter Suffered and Was Made Well by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Vancouver, B.C.—''My daughter isa young girl wbo has been having severe pains and weak and dizzy feehngs for ' some time and had lost her appetite. Through an older daughter Who had board of a woman who woe: .t({king. it. for the s ams Seca 1er ' bi'athitere fold- of Lydia H. Yii hams Vegetable Com- : My daughter haq been taking it for several months+and is quito all r'iht now.I' has doneg It all it was represented to do and we have told a number of friends about it. I am never without a bottleof it in the house, for I myself take it for that weak, tired, worn-out feeling which sometilees domes to us all, I find it is building me up and I etron 1I� recommend it to women who are auero ing its I and my daughter •have,?'—rilrsa 0. •MODONALIr, 2947 20th it ob, Easiy Vancouver, B. C. • From the age of twelve a girl needo aryl • the care a thoughtful mother can give. Many a woman has suffered years of pain and misery -'the victim of thought• lessnese or ignorance of the mother Who Should have guided her during this time. 31 she complains of hcaduehea'r.pains In the back. and lower limbs or if ye rintice a slowness of `thought, norvoue. nese dor irritaility on the part' of your daughter, make life easier for her. Lydia E. Zrlrllchairi's Vegetable etable Cor �:a pound is especially adapted for sub conditions,0 •••••••••---- 18a WE No. 422.•-'24 Unless- you see tho name "Bayer" on I. package or on tablets you are not get• Ling the genuine Bane: product proved cafe by millions and prescribed by phyetclane over twentythr"ee years' for ' Colds Headache, Toothache Lumbago' Di araohe Rheumatism Neuralgia ' Pain, Pahl Accept "Bayer Tablets' of aspirin" only, Bach unbrokon voltage . con. tains proper directions. Raptly boxes of twelve tablets cost Sew coots, Drug• Aids' also sell, bottle9 of 24 and 100. Aeplrin is the trade marlc (registered in Canada) of Rayer Manufacture of :4lonoaoetloacldeeter at Saticylicacltl, While It le Well known that Aspirin Means Bayer Manufacture, toaselat the pubiio against tnutetians, the Tab. lots of. lbayot Company will be stamp 511 witik thele: geuaral trade, mark, the ee