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The Clinton News Record, 1935-02-21, Page 7THLTRS., FEB. 21, 1935 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD' PAGE 7 Health Cooking Edited By Mabel R. Clark News]' Salado ' ea now has a blend for every purse Yellow Label 28c - a•u BROWN LABEL • 33c.i/2 ib. ORANGE PEKOE 4 40c 1%2 lb. AU leaders in their class 51 lli R�VetaV A Column Prepared Especially for, Women— But Not Forbidden to Men THE ILLS OF YESTERDAY Yes, let therm pass, the ills of yestei- day, • ` The deed unlovely and the speech un- just, • The. whispered hint --betrayal of our trust ";That struck Faith's chalice from our lips away, . And trailed her graceful garments in the dust; • Our own default—the good we• might have done, The battles lost that patience might have won, ' The "word in . season" that we did not say! But let them pass, the things that grieved us sore; Behind his back God casts the sins of men, Repented of, remembering them no more, And shalt not we who have been born again, And -by His wondrous grace to I•Iim brought nigh, Hold fast the good, and Iet the evil die? —Mrs. M. A, Maitland, It is well to profit by our mistakes, how dull we should be if we did not do that, . 'blur dt certainly is unwise to spend so much time mourning dv- er mistakes of the past that we miss opportunities of improvment. Few of us, perhaps, but can recall very humiliating experiences in the past, • which we would have given much at the time to have been saved,. but which now that the experience has been passed we cannot bring our- selves to regret because by that ex- perience we learned' something use- ful, something which we have made' use of ever since. We bought that knowledge, dearly, perhaps, at least it 'seemed to ,cost us dearly at the time, but we have it for all time, Experience, they tell us, is an ex- pensive school from which to be grade uated, although one never does graduate so long as Life lasts, but the lessons learned by experience are seldom forgotten. So after all ex- perience is an efficient teacher. But, while it is well to heed the lessons which our mistakes teach us, it is a foolish thing to brood upon them and so unfit ,ourselves for going. forward to more efficient accomplish- ments in the future. Let's put our teal& Scram $ I. -Gus or TnIE' Gatt4biatt i'c a iirat Aiisuriuti. rt and Life Insurance Companies, in Canada. Edited by GRANT FLEMING. M.D., Associate Secretary CANCER Of all the questions which might be : asked about cancer, the one which logically should' be answered first is WHAT IS CANCER? There are '.many diseases which are unkonwn to the public , at large; unfortunately, • cancer is only too well known and • feared. It is natural for us to fear cancer. It will not help, however, if our fear leads us to shut our ears,to warnings, • on the subject. Fear can, be made useful if itbritigs us to learn what is known about this disease, so that we may act wisely for our own protec- - tion. ' Thcs specific, or direct eause of can- cer is not, known. All over the world, men' and women are devoting their lives in the endeavour to wrest this secret from nature. In the course of time, they will succeed an doing se. ',Che specific cause of cancer must be found, because when the cause is known, it is likely that prevention ,and eure will be possible. In the meantime, we have •sante knowledge which' is of practical val- ue. It is known that long -continued irritation- of any tissue leads to changes' in the tissue which may de- volop into cancer. As an •example of this, there is the cancer of the mouth which developes at the point where the cheek was irritated for a long time by a broken tooth. Chronic irritation is not always due 'Ito a meehaninii irritant such as a broken tooth. Such forms of irrita- tion may follow upon the presence of bacteria or germs which, for example, may set mese chronic inflammation in the lower portion of the uterus which has been torn in childbirth. It does not seem to make any difference what is the nature of the hnitant —. if it continues, it may lead to can- cer. - - Cancer begins at one spot. Just as long as. it remains in that spot, it can be removed. It is for this reason that any sores which do not neat and stay healed, or any Sump or swelling' In any part of the body should be in- vestigated without delay. Of course, many of these conditions are quite harmless, but by giving prompt at- tention to all of them, the dangerous. ones are found, treatment is given and the patient is cured. Any unusual discharge froauany body opening demands attention. It is easy • to say, .for example; that blood in the stools is due to haernorr hoide, hut is it? An examination will furnish the answer. It is difficult for, most people to that, to begin with, cancer does'not usually cause pain. They find it hard to credit that a sore, lump, or discharge may be serious and yet not cause any real pain. Questions. concerning Health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College ;Street, Toron- to, will be answered personally by letter. spelled yesterdays behind. us and forward in the new clay which. ours, endeavoring to avoid the • rors of the past in worthwhile ehievements. And, above all, let refuse to yield to the weakness self-pity cm the twin weakness Care of Children Household Economics go feeling that the world's against us, is l The whole Universe is for us, if we er- ;'bravely stake up the task which Bee a-- I nearest to our hand and endeavor US to perform it to the very best of our of ability: of I--REBEKAH, Goose Raising for Profit (Experimental Farms Note) The essentials to suoeess in. goose raising are free range, and an amen dance of green feed. The breeding stock and the .goslings will live well if there is an abundance of tender grass or clover, even if grains or mashes are not fed.' • The breeding geese should start to lay about the middle• of March and the eggs should be as soon as 'e- nough have been laid to make it worth while. The' sooner the eggs are set after being Iaid the better. The period of incubation is 81 days. Eggs may be set in incubators, under hens, or under the mother goose. It is a good practice to sprinkle the eggs with • lukewarm water once daily when set under the mother goose or under hens, and twice daily when set in an incubator. The moistening of the eggs keeps the embryo from, be- coming too dry and sticking to the shell, especially at hatching time, Goslings require much heat after they are hatched and it is safe to leave them in the incubator or under the mothergoosefor about two days Thei • after hatching• air in the in- cubator chamber should be maintain, eclat the sante temperature after the birds have hatched but the goslings should be let down into' the nursery when they have dried off and are able to move around freely. When the' goslings are ready for feeding it is a good practice to place a green sod near the nest or brooder and let the young birds purl' the ten,. der shoots themselves. This will in- duce they to start feeding. For the first few days goslings should be fed on bread crumbs moistened with ,milk. When theyoung birds 'are about a week old they may be given a mash composed of equal part by weight of cornmeal, barleymael, bran and shorts. This should be made moist but not sloppy. The birds should be fed three or four times 'daily for a- bout two weeks. When the weather is fine they should be given thein•. liberty but they should be protected from cold rains and confined at night until the Weather .gets warm. Give the goslings a good start and they may their be turned out onegood pas- ture and the feeding of ,mash discon- tinued. Make sure that the goslings have plenty of shade and a liberal supply of fresh drinking water before them at all times. The raising of a flock of geese is so simple that every former should a- vail h'ipitelf of the opportunity. The expense is ' small, The birds xP very require very little care, either winter or summer. They are almost immune from disease, and a gosling once hatched is almost sure to develop. No branch of farms work offers greater opportunities, or ,better returns for the money invested, than does goose raising, CANADIAN CARROTS A recent survey indicates that there 'are about 7,000,000 pounds of Canadian carrots remaining unsold in Eastern Canada, due not entirely to over -production but in some degree to the preference of consumers for green -topped (stew crop) even at much higher prices. The reason for this preference is due Chiefly to the fact trot housewives have become increasingly conscious of "freshness" and "vitamins," The former term may be applicable to many articles of diet, but in the case of carrots at least it loses much of its significance. It is quite true that a green -topped bunch of carrots is very attractive but investigations have shown that the edible portion of the green -topped bunch is not superior to that of the storage article. • Carrots are recognized as an ex- cellent source of vitamin A, and to a lesser extent of vitamins B and C. What is even more important, winter storage has no deteriorating effect on the vitamin. ,content; instead, there seems to be a slight increase in the vitamin C potency, The colour intensity of carrots increases decided- ly with age while the crude fibre and sugar content remain practically constant. Tenderness is usually meas- ured in terms of crude fibre, thus il- lustrating, contrary to eommon be- lief, that•old carrots are as .palatable as the new crop. Current quotations illustrate that •Canadian carrots are available on farmers' markets at ono cent per pound, the imported needled selling at ten cents per bunch, or approximately eight to ten cents per pound, ineldding the non -edible taps., Taking all factors intoconsidera- tion, it would appear that the pur- chaseof new carrots is dietetically. and economically unsound when stor- age'carrots can be obtained, because the latter offer at least equal nutri- tive; value at a fraction of the cost. SPIE WAS SURPRISED A professor was in the habit of letting his dog sit by the side of his chair at meals. One evening' when he was out at dinner, the lady next to him, wishing to attract his atten- tion, gently touched his sleeve, To the consternation :of all ,present he mechanically transferred :a lionsfrom his plate and said, "Oh, get away! Take this out on the mat and eat it." -London. Tatler. "If my three baby boys were rest- less with oblic or peenash from their teeth 1 gave them a Baby's Own Tablet and they were soon asleepp, says Mrs. T. Tweedy, 475 Mill- wood Rd., Toronto. These sweet little tablets remove the cause of fretfulness and eke child becomes happy and well again: All the con - mon ailments of little folk are promptly and eafely corrected With Dr. Williams' Baby's Own Tablets. Price 25e at your druggist's. ICG Dr.Wiliiams• BABYS-OWN*i5i MISSING CAT TRAVELLED 400 MILES Has anybody seen our cat? This strange hue and cry was set up a few days ago from the Port Arthur freight shed of the Canadian Nation- al Railways. One of the m.enrbers of the official rat catching staff was mis- sing! Sugar was being loaded that day for Winnipeg and all the cats had turned up but one. Peter was absent. Peter's absence meant a great blow to the rat catching staff and no doubt brought joy to the ranks of the :rodents. Finally one of the. clerics decided there was a chance that Peter was in the ear of sugar. Word was sent to Winnipeg .and on the arrival of the car, it was opened, and out popped Petert Over four hundred miles in a freight ear and no rats to catch. Peter was both cold and hungry on arrival. Ile was taken in charge and has been returned to Port Arthur, where he will no doubt be quite con- tent to resume his rat catching and confine his travelling to the floor of the freight sheds. MISSIONARY 47 YEARS IN ORIENT, RETURNING HOME Johnson Goforth, DtD., 70 -year-old veteran of the Canadian Presbyterian Mission, has returned to Canada af- ter 47 years in the mission fields of the OI'ient. Ile is retiring to his former home, Toronto, because of threatened blindness. • • ' Mr. Goforth, accompanied by his wife and their son, Paul, are spend- ing several days in Victoria and Vancouver before journeying east. Born in 'Mondale, Middlesex Coun- ty, Ont., on Feb. 10, 1859, Dr. Go- forth graduated from the University of Toronto and Knox Theological College. He founded a mission in Northern Ronan Province in China, in 1888. Ten years ago, he founded a new mission in Manchuria. He has an intimate knowledge of 18 'Ohinese provinces. The missionary was in Manchuria during the conflict between China' and Japan. "The Japanese are 'there to stay unless Russia drives them out," he said. "china cannot do it. .Russia has a great fleet of airplanes and could do it. • "The airplanes must decide . the fate of Manchuria; however; I don't think theme will be a clash, now. Some years ago it looted as if every hour would bringa disturbance; but Japan is easier now and Russia is not pressing " Dr. Goforth declared his exper- ienccs• f during the Boxer rebellion were. outstanding in his' memory. He still has a deep scar on the bads of his head'r•eceivedduring the rebellion 35 years ;ago, "1 don't blame the Chinese so much aid. for that affair," he .s mid. „ In their erode, „ ignorant''way, •'they thought they were rightand they " worked) up the Boxer movement. 'They defended their country in the way they thought best." SELECTiNG AND MATING BREEDERS IN THE POULTRY FLOCh (Experimental Farms Note) Too often in selecting the stock for breeding, high egg records or some outstanding feature of the sire or dein are allowed to indiuence the judgment, without due regard 'to vi- tality or good breeding qualities that may or may not be present. The selection for vigour and for those desirable • qualifications that conform to the breed is comparatively simple, because these are mostly vis- ible characters and can be chosen by comparison. Vigour is evident by the carriage, desirable body weight for age and breed, health and bloom of feather, and good bone fermatiom A clean-cut head with clear, bright, and Prominent eye in the male and female is a certain indication of brain power and'neivous energy and the hall -mark of high vitality and reproductive strength. Sometimes for the purpose of corn - piling genetical data at the Dominion Experimental Station, at Harrow, It becomes necessary to carry over some undesirable birds in order to obtain the complete family record. But when this information' is recorded, and before the mating takes place, families are carefully combed far irregularities and defects and the offending individual or maybe the complete group of parents and off- spring are ruthlessly culled. Only by such drastic 'practice can the flock be improved and vitalityretained. a Vigour and freedom from disease should be the essential 'factors is breeding, with due regard to the propensity .of the strain towards high production. To select for per- formance Mone and ignore defects in constitutional vigour is to court dis- aster in the future. OUR RECIPE FOR TODAY There never Was a child, perhaps, who didn't like cook - les, and It .is a taste which stays with some of us during life. here's a recipe for a plain, old-fashioned ' sugar cookie, the kind "mother" used to make, Try it: Sugar Cookies Cream a cupful of maple sugar, a half cupful of granu- lated sugar and one cupful of butter, then add three well - beaten eggs and a half cupful of sweet. milk. Add two cup- fuls of flour,' or enough to make a stiff ,batter. Stir in two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and a teaspoonful of vanilla. Roll out a little at a time, adding flour as needed for making the shapes very thin, Place in a floured pan and bake a nice brown in a moderate oven, If desired sprinkle a little sugar over the cookies before putting them in the oven. * * * * a * i * * Do You i`' ant Your Daughter To Be Pretty? Here's how one girl put roses into hercheeksand rounded out a thin. Face Mothers whoare anxious for their daughters to be healthy and attractive will be interested in the story of a cer- tain young girl who was. pale, run- down, underweight, when she went to a competent authority to have her blood tested. She weighed only 91K pounds. The test revealed the trouble. Her blood was too poor in quality to. keep up her strength, weight and vital- ity. Her, bloodwas below normal in the number of red corpuscles and in vitally -necessary haemoglobin. She was instructed to take two. of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills (so called because they have a pink sugar coating) three times a day for a month and then return for an- other blood test. Thirty days later a changed, happy girl came back. She had gained nine pounds. Her blood tested almost nor- mal in its haemoglobin content and was slightly better than normal in num- ber of red corpuscles., She felt a tre- mendous tot better and looked it. She had roses in her cheeks and everyone said that "her face had rounded out and she was positively pretty". Charming -color' and soft: dear skin depend almost entirely upon the blood, because the blood carrie's the vitality and nutriment that builds the com- plexion. The soft, clear skin of every pretty baby is proof of it. And the girl mentioned above is living evidence'that good looks which have been lost through impoverished blood can be re- gained by taking the proper remedy. There 18 no need for so many girls to endure a sallow, uninteresting con- plexion nor to remain listless, nervous and easily tired out, For when these are symptoms of blood that is lacking in vitality, Dr. Williams'Pink Pills will restore strength and "pep" and tone up good looks, too! Equally effective for people of all ages. Full-size boil 50c at your nearest drug store. stili c,iteczAcizzititri_ CORN 5Y'iJ "THE FAMOUS ENERGY FOO® A product of The CANADA STARCH CO., United THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes Gay, Sometimes Sad— But Always Helpful and Ins pining' FRIENDLY HOUSES I love a little friendly house That nestles in the trees, Where tall and stately hollyhocks Nod with every breeze. A little house where windows clean, Ase sashed with blue, They se em to beckon gaily,' "" And say, Come in, won't you? And if some day you did go in, I'm very sure you'll find Within that little friendly house •Sonte one sweet and kind. And perhaps if you are weary, Because the road is long, That some one in the little house Would cheek you with a song'. It takes a world of love and faith • To build these homes so dear; I'm certain in the building That God was very near. —Doris C Cr'ain°, THE LOST WINGS "Know you where it was I Lost my wings ?" "Oh, poet, at the Mart of Sordid Things, Where the merchants strive and bar- ter all day long, Where the clamor of the huckster drowned your song— •, 011, poet, at the Itiart of Sordid Things!" "Know you where it was I lost my wings?" "Oh, poet at the House of Pleasing Things— At the place of noisy laughter, where the mirth Of wine and feasting dragged. your song to earth --e Oh, poet, at the House of Pleasing Things!" "Know you where it was I lost my n?" "O'h,wipastgs, at the Place of Trifling Things, The little scorn, the spite, the lesser love— These maimed your song and killed the sweets thereof; Oh, poet, at the Place of Trifling Things!" - "Where, then, shall I find my wings again ?" "Oh, poet, in the Prison House of Pain—• From the silence from the anguish, from the right, Shall the sudden song of singing thrill to flight; Oh, poet, in the Prison House of Paint" Theodosia Garrison. THE FARMER'S BOY The sun went clown behind the hills Across yon distant moor, Wleary and lame, a boy there came Up to a farmer's door. Can goat tell me if any there be That will give me employ To plough and sow and reap • and mow And be a farmer's boy And be a -farmer's boy. My father's dead, and mother's lent With her five children small, And' to make it worse, for my mother still, Ilm the eldest of them all, !.'hough little I be, yet T fear not work If you will the ernploy, To plough andsow, and reap and snow And be a farmer's boy. And be a -farmer's boy. The farmer said, "pray take the, lad Let him no longer seelc, Oh yes, dear father," the daughter r cried While the tears ran dawn' her cheek 'For those who will work, it's hard to walk. And wander for employ To .plough and sow, and reap and mow And be a farmer's boy. iAnd be a farmer's boy. In course of time he grew a man The good old fanner died And left the' boy, the farm he had And his daughter for his bride. Now the boy that was, now farmer is And he sits and thinks with joy Of the lucky day he came that way Tolou h and g sow, and reap and snow And be a farmer's boy. And be a farmer's boy. TREES It does not mattes' that the snow has come, Has piled about my doorway, shut me And locked the flurry of the whole world out: • The trees will care for Inc. They al- ways have. Not with the shadow• only of their leaves, Or with their harvest, gathered in the fall: The four walls of my house are built from them, They warm my body, blossom forth with sparks, On every side I feel their woody touch, They seat pre, bed me, hold me at the last, Man were a sorry being without trees, So, in my fashion, poor enough, no doubt— But native to me as the soil to trees, Something my roots have curled in, taken up For sustenance as trees have taken I'd like to thank them for their comforting, And tell them what the buds, the first green leaves Unfalcling in the spring, do to my heart, And that the fullness of the summer days • And fruiting time is more than bar- • rels filled, • The winter waiting more than empty boughs, Once. I saw pears and blossoms grow together In a late autt,nu. I never have 'for. got. I would not like the sea, nor any plain Far flung and empty from the east to west, They would let heaven in too close for me. I must have branches to hold back my sky, And treetops as a nesting -place for • stars. I must have straight, grooved trunks to lift spy eyes, ' Sunlight at dawn is lovely through the leaves, While at the sunset, black upon the crest, There is a single pine on yonder hill My heart goes out to I don't know Why. I've never understood some things an never will, and, But I know trees—root, trunk, . and branch, • I've sawed them ,through, and count- ed all their rings, Clean to the heart are. trees. There is no waste About a good tree, and even rotten. ones • Are used by wild things for a hiding. place. Trees are man's primer. Let hint • • who will come learn, • he'll never redchthe ends of in , a ng xr this life. Batt if he grows with learning, just • a bit, Be, too, will stand, firm 'as.the forest _ . is, years' .keep addingto his: And all Me yea stature. • . . • —By Catherine 'Cate Cablentz in The New Outlook. y:.. ; , 1