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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-01-10, Page 7' geouting is first and foremost a "By their fruits ye afiall know them." character moulding and developing movement„ and although it is still oc- ca:donally labelled as being military fn. its purpose, we find in general that the real underlying purpose is better understood and appreciated. Thio is an age of Judging by results. 1 and It may be of interest to put Scout- ing to this test also. Is it doing the work for which the organization' exlets? Thefollowing stories, from 'life—just a few from many similar— may help to a conclusion. They speak for themselves. "Two years. ago I had occasion to look for a Cub leader for one of our Crescent, Toronto. School Packs. After snaking some in, quiries from the boys as to who they would like for their leader it was un- Only by the strictest adherence to the health authorities do their best to animously agreed that Billy Jones was quarantine regulations can dangerous cdueate the public as to the dangers the fit and proper person to assume of communicable diseases, and try to communicable diseases be kept at a get it,rblic. support and cooperatlo.z in that responsibility. Imagine my grief minimum. .Those abusing the coin - when earrymg'out measures that are neues- when 1 tnade`*some Inquiry of the grin- mon welfare are public nuisances and sary for the publicwelfare. cipal of the school about the, character should be prosecuted as such. 1 A. few days ago in a Michigan town of tine said Billy, when he told me that The vast' majority of people • are two Lases of scarlet fever were re - he was absolutely the worst boy he willing and anxious to assist the ported by a citizen. Whenthe state had ever hail anything to do with in Health Department in observing guar- medical inspector arrived on the scene all his school- . antine laws, but there seems to be a he actually found six cases. This state experience. I was formed. Billy had been' expelled from few persons scattered throughout of affairs showed a gross laxity on the of the oft schools and unless he c'•ery district who have no health con- part o£ somebody, and as a result an two Y science—that is, they do not seem io epidemic of scarlet fever is now mended his ways It would be only a realize the importance of any proven -threatening that district. The despatch matter of tiro till he was 'picked' out of the school he was now attending. I was so interested in this bad boy that decided to see him myself and find out if he was as hopeless as pictured. (I have never yet discovered a really bad boy in 12 years' experience among them). I made' some other inquiries, but vias keenly' disappointed in the re - salts. I again visited the Wolf Clubs rand asked if theywere decided on their choice of leadership, at the same time trying to switch over to another leader. But no, it was again unani- mous that Billy should be. leader. I thought over the matter for a few days, then decided' that this was 'a splendid opportunity to put 'Scouting' to test. I had a long ' talk with. Billy and soon got his confidence and de- cided for myself that after all there is some good in the worst of boys. Duringthe past two years Billy has made good as leader with the Cubs. and has developed into a fine type of boy, thoroughly trustworthy and de- pendable. The Principal of the School assures me ,that Scouting has worked a wonderful change in this lad and has been the means of changing an inoorrlgible boy into a leader in which any organization might feel justly proud. and the choicest of Red Rose Teas is the ORANGE PEKOE QUALITY T-1 e_ HEAL Tr -1 EDUCATION BY DR. a. J. MIDDLETON Provincial Board' of Health, Ontario Or. Middleton will be glad to answer questions off Public Health mat- ters through this column. Address 'him at Spadina House, Spadina five or quarantine measures to pre- states that theblame for the situation vent or curtail the spread of com- in this Michigan town can be traced municable disease. ' Ito abject.earelesaness on the part of Just, recently I met a peculiar, but the local health officer. But for the alas, tell too common type of indtvidhial efforts of a former health officer, the whose daughter had contracted scarlet schools would 'probably have to close fever. He was not at all willing to their doors, Quarantine has been very keep herisolated after the actual lever poorly observed in the municipality, had passed away, his reason being and on one of the persons disregard- that -She had got the disease from ing it, a fine of $15 has already been somebody else and somebody else again imposed. It seems inconceivable that could get it from her." A most de- 'such vital things as health regulations spicable attitude, you will say, and yet, should be disregarded in this day and knowing that such people are about, age. If ignorance is bliss, then bliss can you wonder at the unsatisfactory is short lived if the ignorance concerns results obtained sometimes even when itself with health matters. r • t "We had a boy who stole from a de- partment store. He was given a chance and to -day he Is going straight. He claims that the influence of Scout- ing did it, and nothing but It" John, a city boy, came to a Scout ,Camp straight from a police court, Where he had been reprimanded for a minor crime and theft. In Camp he learned that a. "Scout's honor is to be trusted." He stayed with Scouting and at the next Camp a year later was found so trustworthy that he was ap- pointed Assistant Quartermaster. y + ♦ -` "In 1915, a friend of mine whose husband was overseas had two boys, one 14 and the other 10, The eldest had not joined the Scouts, but I had been after him. He claimed that he could not get the time off, seeing he was working in a jewelry store here. 2 heard that.he was very flash with money and on more than one occasion he had sold a •cheap watch to some friends. One evening I met him and thought I would take a chance to telt, him what I had heard. I led him;to believe the police had been • q w is mai,* In- dx entries about him. He as cared ;tiff and in a few minutes he told me the truth. I went with him to his em- ployer and in a short time ,,We had the matter straightened out. f I,then went with him 'anto his mother -'and told her. Poor soul, she was broken hearted, but I assured her everything had been put straight and that .he was going to join the Scouts. 1.1.011d, and in less than a year graduated as a First -Class Scout and..-.`f'w as the means of bringing s g In -several other boys, one of whom to- dasp-4 an Assistant Scoutmaster in an- er Troop. The lad in question only left this Troop on removal to Ot- j' • taws., and I often hear from him. He _ is doing well." Unless you are firm with yourself you are never likely to become one of tike firm. Gil ;D THE BABY AGAINST COLDS To guard the baby against colds nothing can equal Baby's Own Tablets. The Tablets are a mild 'laxative that will keep the little one's stom:.ch and bowels working regularly. It is a re- cognized fact that where the stomach 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- natured. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. 'Williams' Medicine Co,, Brockville, Ont. Pictures on Memory's Wall. It was a thrilling story that McGre- gor had to tell. "I had abandoned all hope," he said. As I sank for the third time my past life seemed to rise before me in a series of grim, realistic pictures A murmur of sympathy rolled from the lips of listening friends; but just as McGregor was preparing to resume, McTavish interrupted him sharply and hopefully. "And did you happen to notice," he asked, "a picture of me lending you a fiver in the autumn of 10107" Rr AiispoP Untimely Self -Con atlon. w "I may be a little deaf," said Grand - sire Mabbitt, 'shut I'm glad to say my eyesight jails good, as ever. Jimmy, pass stei them potatoes." And he painted to a dish full of crisp, brawn doughnuts. ;If a great thing can be done at all, ii can be done easily. But it is that kind of ease with.. which a tree blos- some after long years of gathering stretagth.—Ruskin. A.I �!JN $eware of Imitations! Unless you see the name "Bayer Cross" on, package or on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer As- pirin proved sate by millions and pre- scribed by physicians over twenty. three years for Colds' Headache "And how is your little baby: sister, Toothache Lumbago Ronald?" asked .the : vicar, who was Neuritis Rheumatism snaking a call. "Oh, she's only. fairly, Neuralgia Pain, Pala 'well, thanks. You sce, she's Just Accept, "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin'.' hatchi ag her teeth." only, -Oacbunbr kenpackage con- tains proven directions. Handy boxes of twelve tablets cost, few cents. Drug - Chea money is afflicting China as leo cell betties of 24 and 100. Drug - Cheap gists a e... it is afflicting Western Europe. In Asplrin is the trade, mark (registered China, however, it is not flood of In Canada) of Bayer Manufacture of paper but of copper, the money of the Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacld. inaeses,,that is making trouble. The! while .1t, is well known that Aspirin Assamof the copper cent.` has fallen means Bayer Manefapture, to assist to about 190 for a dollar, in silver, a' the public against imitations, the Tab- depreciation that seriously . hurts the lets of Bayer Company will be stamp- purchasing' power of all persons who' ed with their general trade mark, the work for fixed wages. I'"Bayer Cross." W ELL,H RUG' WE'VE LOOKING k'TZE'S THIS BEE M IYG r'01-4.! ---4 His Hearing Restored. The Invisible ear drum invented by A. O. 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 city, Mr. Leonard invented this drum., to relieve himself of deafness and head noises, and it does this so succeasfelly that no one could tell be is a deaf man. It is effective when deafness is caused .by catarrh or by perforated or wholly destroyed natural drums. A request for information to A. O. Leonard, Suite 437, 70 Fifth avenue, New York city, will be given a prompt reply. advt Britain's Oldest Trees. el m Oak and the Although the Yha d Cowthorpe Oak are both about a thousand years old, the oak cannot boast of holding the premier position for .lasting qualities among British trees. This distinction belongs to the yew. It is said, for instance, that a yew at Battle, in Sussex, must have been a very old tree when William the Con- queror landed. It is close on 30 feet, in girth. The yews at Norbury Park are said to be 2,000 years old, so that they were well grown when Julius Caesar landed in 55 B.C. Gilbert White, who wrote the "His- tory of Selborne," believed that the famous yew In Selborne churchyard was at least as old as the church it- self, which goes back to Saxon times, and there are many yews along the Pilgrims' Way between Winchester and Canterbury which, could they but speak, could describe the scenes which are the subjects of Chaucer's poems. GREAT OCEAN LINERS FOR ST. LAW.RENCE ROUTE The steamer "Oarmania," which with its sister ship, the "Canute," is being transferred from, the Halifax route to the St. Lawrence route. The ships, which are 22,000 tons, are now being converted into oil burners, and start their new service inthespring. They belong to the Cunard, line, which originated with a Canadian -born pioneer in ocean transportation, Samuel Cunard of Nova.Sootia, who' played a blg part in early development of the steamship. A Whistling Language. What is probably the most remark- able language" in the world exists in the Canary Islands. The Guanches, or aboriginal inhabitants of the islands centuries before their discovery by the Spaniards, are extinct as a separ- ate race, but their descendants of mixed blood still hold themselves dis- tinct from the pure Spaniards, and possess at least one peculiarity which no European has ever been able to fathom. This is the whistling language. The islands are so mountainous that whole districts, are severed from, their neigh- bors by precipices and steep valleys, entailing perhaps a ten miles' detour to cover three or four miles. In course of time the Guanches evolved a perfect, signalling code by whistles.- No in- strument is used,the native having some trick peculiar to himself by which his whistle wil carry as far as four miles. Over such a distance two Guanches can carry on quite a long conversation by ordinary mouth whistling. No European has ever discovered the secret of the code, but it seems to depend more upon the .exact pitch than anything else. No "dot -and -dash" business of long and short whistlesis used, but only inflections of two or three notes, The native's whistle is extremely piercing, and one scientist who, anxi- ous.to delve into the secrets of an age- old people, got a Quench° to whistle straight Into his ear, found himself dead for weeks afterwards. . King "Tut" Bought the Best. The professor' and hie wife, says Punch, were talking over the remark• ablediscoveries in Ring Tutenkhas mun's tomb. "Isn't it wonderful,' my dear?" said the professor. "They've actually Y found in the tomb oouches'arid chairs thirty eenturies old and in good con- dition." "Well," replied' his wife, "I've al- ways said that It pays, in the long run, to buy the f:eat." The man who can't make up his mind probably has no mind to make up. Keep Mlnard'e L,lnlment In the house. Beard Beliefs. There was a deep-rooted belief among the ancient peoples of the East that a man's glory was his beard. Com- pulsory shaving and the close -cropping of hair were signs of degradation. This is borne out by Assyrian sculptures, which always show kings with beards and long hair, and slaves with close cropped hair, and clean-shaven faces. The .Egyptians, however, had dif- erent ideas. They considered that hair was a source of dirt, and shaved both face and head. Their 'slaves and ser- vants were compelled to do the same. The early Greeks and Romans shaved off their beards because they gave the enemy a good hold in hand- to-hand fighting! ' It is recorded that Alexander the Great ordered hie sol- diers to shave for this reason.' It was the custom among Romans to shave off the beard at the age of twenty-one, and present It as an offer- ingto the household gods. A beard was grown after that age only as a sign of mourning. When ordering goods by mail send a Dominion 17xprees Money Orler. Do good to thy friend to keep him —to thy enemy to gain him—Benja- min Franklin. One of the greatest mistakes of the well-informed is to imagine that others know nothing.• The Trumpet Creeper. pif 7'iy brother's farmhouse, writes a contributor to Youth'S :Con;p Ilion, hie a w':le pored. One August evening all the family except my brother, who had not yet finished his chores, were -gath- ered there. Jim, my nephew, home from high school, where, he had ,been graduated, was telling about the dif- ficulties and hardships encountered by the fellows who tried to work their way through college, "Dad thinks I ought to do it," he said, "for he says the farm .isn't paying anything now," Jim's father, in overalls and shirt, sleeves', stooped a: d gray, *as stand- ing in the doorway behind his eon and heard what he said. He came forward to the railing of the porch and pointed to a trumpet creeper near by that had FOR STRENGTH F' R WEAK STOMACHS S TOILA C Indigestion Disappears When the. Ignorance is always a misfortune; sometimes it is a crime—Lady Nett - Bower. STOMACH MISERY, GAS, INDIGESTION D STION "Pape's Diapepsin" .Is the quickest, surest relief for indigestion, gases, flatulence, heartburn, sourness or stomach distress 'caused by acidity, A few• tablets: give almost immediate. 'stomach relief. Correct your stomach and digestion now for a few cents. Druggltts sell millions of packages of Pape's Diapepsln. Classified AdVertieeetterttit MAZING BOOK PRICES. dreds titles, l0e each: rictioii, History, Philosophy, ,iaeience. Cate', loguo free. Academy Publishing, 700 Spadina Avenue, Toronto. Weather Forecast: Brain Storms. "How's your wife, Blinks?"' asked Jinks, "Her head troubles her a great deal," admitted Blinks. "What's the trouble? Is it neurele gia7" "No, said Blinks. "She wants a new hat." An ostrich yields 'about 8 lbs. o feathers yearly, overgrown its low support; many off -1 fise shoots, after starting out vigorouslyi to find new support, had fallen droop- ing into the matted mase and had no blossoms. One shoot, however,? Mail, stretched out wonderfully and' ked' gained support on a great oak tree sev- eral feet away. "Jim." his father said, "I want you IGHT KING Ca' ,I EEP OUR EYES CLEAN CI. $-AR AN HEAVE 4lCit 1 { 10R IA{{ YYB GARY YOOR• NM{ eO.tlYiCaoRV to look at that creeper, See haw that one shoot has stretched' out eome flve or six feet and got a firm hold on that oak, : Well, I've been watching that shoot for some time and have exam- ined it closely, The Wood of 1t was soft at first, and I couldn't see how it could hold itself up to reach straight: out as it wee doing; but I found that, as it reached out and grew, the wood ervous People That haggard,,care-worn, depressed look will disappear and nervous, thin people will gain la.. weight and strength when Bitro-Phosphate taken for a short time. Price $1 per pkge at your druggist. Arrow Metal, cal Co.,25 Front St. East, Toronto, Ont. Blood Supply is Enriched. The urgent need of all who suffer from indigeation, and who find the stomach unable to perform its usual function, is a tonic to enrich the blood. Pain and distress after eating 18 the way the stomach shows that it ie too weak to perform thework of digesting the food taken. In this condition some people foolishly resort to purgatives, but these only further aggravate the trouble. New strength is given weak ADM - mils by Dr. Williams' Pinlr Pills :.be- catise these pills enrich and purify the blood supply, This is the natural process of giving strength and tone to the stomach, and it accounts for the speedy relief in stomach disorders that. follows the use of Dr. Williams' 'Pink Pilin. The appetite revives, food can be taken without discomfort and the burden and pains of indigestion are dispelled, Mr. William Johnson, a prominent business man of Lequille, N.S., bears testimony to the value of these pills in cases of this kind. He says:. "I was attacked with indigestion accompanied by severe armee in the stomach. I was prescribed for by the family doctor, but got very little bene- fit. Then I tried some of the adver- tised remedies but with no better re- sult. Indeed niy condition was grow- ing worse. 'Then I read of the case of a man who praised Dr. Williams' Pink Pills whose condition was similar to my own, and I decided to try this medicine. The result, I think, was amazing, as the use of six boxes re- stored me to my former good health. I can therefore warmly comme.td the use of this medicine for stomach trou- bles." You can get these Pills from any medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.60, from The Williams' Dr. Medicine Co Brockville , Ont. at the base of it became hard and tough, very much harder and tougher than the wood of those shoots that you see hanging down and only adding size and cumber to the useless mass of stuff on the old frame, That one shoot , which has reached the oak will be worth all the rest; it has found a sup- port 1313 enough and high enough and; strong enough. It can climb - to the top of it and see the sun rise." For a minute, or two no one moved or spoke. Then Jim got up and took his father's hand. "Thank you, father," he said—"father," not "dad" this time. "You have taught me a lessonthatI won't forget. I'll reach out for the oak and will hope to see the sun rise." When Colors Mean Cash. We color the walls of our living rooms to please our eyes,and pur- chase garments of different hues to suit our complexions or our, individual tastes. Few of ue consider color from anything but an artistic point of view, Color, however, plays an important part in trade and commerce, and quite a' slight difference in the color of many products of Nature or of art makes en immense difference to the value of the article in question. The familiar example is the varying colors Fouad in the same gem. Take pearls, for instance. The most valu- able is the. black. Then come the pink, white, and lastly yellow. The red diamond, being very rare, is the most valuable. Next come blue and green stones, and then white. Yel- low diamonds, as in the case of yellow pearls, can be bought comparatively cheaply. Turn to furs, The skin of a red fox is as warm and soft as that of a black fox, yet it isnot worth a hundredth part of the price of the latter. Blue and white fox skins of the best quality are very expensive,'but the fur must be natural. Although a dyedskin may look as well, it has little value. The market in the rarer woods ' le ruled by color and' grain. Of two pieces of mahogany, each equally sound and good, one may bo worth ten times as much as the other be- cause of the richness of Its color; and the same applies to walnut, rosewood, and even to oak and yellow pine. Ask for Mlnard's and take no other. Motorist, How Soon Can You Stop? The suggestion 1s made thatmotor- ists should teat for themselves their ability to make a quick stop . in ease of emergency. It is perdicted that most of them will be surprised. Running at 15 miles an hour, a oar travels at 22 feet a second. At 20 miles, it is 20 feet four inches. At 25 miles it is 88 feet 7 inches. A "perfect stop" on dry pavement, from a 15 -mile epeed,'covers 25 to 80 feet. At 20 miles, 40 to 50 feet, at 25, 00 to 75 feet. On wet pavements, this distance may be doubled. The motorist owes it to himself to assure himself continually that his brakes are in proper condition. Brides as Bargains. The throwing of an old shoe after a bridal couple 1s regarded by most authorities as the survival of a very ancient custom connected with the transfer of property. Among certain races women were re- garded as a species of property, and in some ancient civilizations, that of the Jewel especially, the removal and giving of the shoe or sandal confirmed an exchange or safe—a custom assert- ed to have been derived from the Egyptians. A superstition with regard to the worn shoe was very widespread, and existed even among the barbarous races. Some have even tried to as- cribe it to the time when the bride- groom carried off the bride by force and the bride's family threw things after him as he decamped. In old Saxon marriages the bride's father handed the bridegroom the bride's shoe, and he touched her with it on the forehead in token of author- ity. Frost Bites Are often dangerous. Rub well with 'Minerd's. It eases pain and heals. 1 For the Kidneys Kidney troubles are frequently caused by badly digested food which overtaxes these organs to eliminatetheirritantacidsformed. Help your stomach to properly digest the food by taking 15 to 30 drops of Extract of Roots, sold as Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup, and your kidney disorder will promptly disappear.. Get the genuine. 50c. and $1.00 bottles. 7� au Not to be Caught. A Scotsman disappeared in a cre- vasse - in the Alps. His comrades could do nothing for him, but present- ly a large party with guides appeared and prepared to rescue the unfortun- ate man. A guide was lowered sixty feet into the crevasse, and presently sounds of conversation floated up. _In a little while the guide appeared alone. He had found the Scot sitting on some soft snow . with a broken leg, coolly smoking a cigar, and no less coolly refusing to be rescued until he had bargained as to the cost of the operation. A friend of his had been badly "had" over a job of the same sort, and he was determined to stay there until he came- to terms.. Ile won. Mother! Give Sick Child "California Fig Syrup" Harmless Laxative for 1 Bilious, Constipated Baby or Child. Constipated, ioua, feverish, or slot, colic Babies and Children love to talc() genuine. „ C $ Ferula 7 i i ng Syrup." No other laxative regulates Athe tender little. bowcis so nicely, It sweetens the stomach and starts the liver and bowels acting without griping. Contains 'no narcotics or soothing drugs. Say "California" to your druggist and avoid counterfeits! insist upon genuine "California Fig Syrup which contains directions. BAD PATCH CF ECLEMA ON CHIN In Rash. Itched and Burned, Cuticura Healed, -I hada very bad patch of eczema on my chin. It broke out in a rash and was very troublesome, itching and burning a great deal. I lost my rest at night on account of the irri- tation, and my face was disfigured for the time. "I tried many different remedies without success. I began using Cu- ticura Soap and Ointment, which brought relief right away, and after using two cakes of Cuticura Soap and two boxes of Cuticura Ointment I was completely healed."' (Signed) Miss Mary Campbell, Big Pond Centre, Nova Scotia. Use Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Talcum exclusively for every -day toilet purposes. eampleSaeg,h},TreebyMan. drns-" L .e,,L1m. (tad, Meat Paul at., W., Moutreal." Sold aveor- bore. SoepiSo. eintment25Yndt0c'. Taicum26o.. CYhCprn Soep ahavo. without mug. MOTHER OF LARGE @j� FAMILY . 6 I Recommends Lydia E. Pink; ham's Vegetable Compound to Other Mothers i Hemford, N, S.—"I am the mothei 1 of four children and I was so weak afl;e* l m last baby came that I could not de i my work and suffered for months until ' a friend induced me to try Lydia Pinkham'e Vegetable Compound. Since taking the Vegetable Compound' my weakness has left me andthe pain in I my back has gone. I tell all my friends ' Who are troubled with female weakness to take Lydia E. Pinlcham's Vegetable Compound, for I think it is the beet medicine ever sold. You may advertise any letter."—Mrs. GEORG3 I. Czso JSH, Remtord, N. S. My First Child' Glen Allen, Alabama.— I have been'' greatly benefited by taking iii,ydia R. 1 Pinkham's Vegetable Comp' and for bearing -down feelings and pains. I waj troubled: in this way for nearly fo years followin • the otrth of my ':firsf hild,and at times could hardly stnd`Orli m "feet. A neighbor recommended the Vegetable Compound to me ter 2 had 'I taken •lector's medicines without xnucis benefit. It has relieved any pains and gives me strength. I' recommend it and ' give you permission to use any 'testi- menial letter,"—Mrs., IDA RYE •le , Ga Allen, Alabama. Women who suffer should write to the Lydia E:PinkhamMedicine Co.,Cobourtr., Ontario, for a free copy of Lydia 13, nkh m's Private Text -Book u Pt a pui,1 !'Aiirnenta Peculiar to Women," d ISSUE' No. 2—'24,