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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-04-17, Page 6that after coming to us so much, and .._ giving" us a great deal of pleasure,: there carne a day when we 'saw netGho-` .For the tag o2 hind. We' searched everywhere for him,' but he never Cisme again, se we thought 110 must have been killed Boys . • The Wicked Giant Ilan. STRANGE COMRADES. This incident occurred in Massa- chusetts during .an unusually dry 000 - son several years ago, when even large brooks were absolutely dry. , One hot Sunday afternoon in Aug - Luella is a china doll *beef sprawled j upon the floor. tended this year, at. oaoh. campfire, And Bunter Boy's a ragged dog who when the time came to sing our eros», sits beside the door, lug hymn there was not one time but And Mary Alma's a little doll, and a half a dozen voices celled out, before sin's a•tabby cat, I even had a chance to ask them And I'm a great big giant man who which hymn they- wished to sing, eats 'e1u where they're at, to the children "Jesus calls us:o'er the tumult." Why reading ust I was 1s it that this particular hymn appeals Of course, I'm looking innocent, with when we were startled by a barking and scratching at the kitchen door, which opens into a wood -house, We knew it was not our dog as he opens the door himself and goes in and out when he chooses. I went to the door, and, standing somewhat to the side, opened it, I'll admit, rather cautiously. In walked a harmless looking brown dog, about the size of a hound, and directly after him stalked a full-grown deer with, spreading antlers I closed the door softly, told the children, who were greatly excited, to keep very quiet, and then proceeded to find out what my strange guests to so many? Have you ever stopped specs upon mY nose, to consider, when you were singing It,. With Carpet slippers on my feet and why it is your heart and soul go into ashes on my'clo'es; the words? , But Mistress Eery Wonder Eyes has "Have some of the words of the just discovered I'm hymn become fixed in your mind," she The wicked, wicked' giant man who's continued, "and have others, like the in her nursery rhyme. chaff in grain, been calmly thrown aside? Nol If you have once sung it So while I hold my ns paper up and read with your heart full of love, you could the daily news, never discard any of them. This is Why, Mary keeps her dollies still with one of the sacred hymns, an appeal many sh-hs and shies. as it is, from Jesus, bidding us follow So if you think I'm only dad because In his footsteps, as did Andrew, his I look demure apostle. Above all the strife, the woe- Yost better read that nursery rhyme ries of every -day Life, IIe calls to us, and then you'll kuow for sure, and His calm sweet voice bids us for- For when the dolls are on the floor and Buster Boy's a -drowse, And little 1111,. the tabby oat, is prise- , tieing her me -owe; sands us these, facts says that`lte.has I came from lands at Mame • Behave seen potatoes grown all the ,way.from beyond the nursery mat, New Brunswick to southern Georgia, A wicked, wicked giant man to eat 'em and that nowhere else has he seen any where they're at, of ;those blue varieties either growing or on the market. Not only is the skin blue but there is a blue ring about a wanted. The dog walked about sniff- get for a while our sorrows and our ing the air and at last located a pail Jeas and give ourselves to Him in of water that was in the sink. He put prayer, if it is only for a moment. It IS hard, yes, very hard sometimes, to his fore -paws on the edge and gave a most dist- ssing howl, With all haste give up our earthly treasures, put 1 filled a pan and placed it on the them aside, and worship the One, who, though He is not with us in body, is always near us, taking care of us. just think of this verse for a moment floor, and dog and deer drank together while I stood by, adding more water as necessary. Both dog and deer were very friendly and allowed us to pet them, "Jesus ealle us from our worship, but they soon became uneasy and FromOf h each idworl 's golden ddld store,keep when the dog went to the door and barked to be let out the deer fol..; Saying, `Children love me more' lowed. We watched them out of sight! "We are all God's children, and we —strange comrades indeed! The deer I must always remember Him as our kept strictly to heel, and when the dog Heavenly Father. went under a fence the deer went over in the same place. "God calls us from our joys, our sorrows and pains, from every worry. Upon making inquiries we learned that they were both the property of reBut what is our call in a for, Wert a gentleman in an adjoining town. He adsp thegirls, in studying the Bible every had found the deer when very small, dal, girls, in our morning sessions. We are learning about Gods word; and had secured permission to keep and thus preparing ourselves so that, fiefs) inquiry into its merits As corn - 'Jackets him. The animal was not given his if it is God's will, we will be ready to jackets begin'to crack. No words can freedom when hunters were supposed do His bidding and serve Him faith- pared with those of M. Bertillon's an- •quality the superior texture anal to be about, but it was a hunter's shot thropemetric system, which had held quality of burnt -land potatoes; to be that eventually ended the beautiful fully and truthfully, with a love in until then. appreciated they must be eaten, creature's life while he and his "pal" our hearts that will put aside every- In 1907 the henry system was intro - sway Early settlers probably brought the thing else, for the one true God, the duced at New Scodlnud Yard, sad since dark-skinned- potatoes with them to were enjoying one of their Sunday God who is Love," tuns.—Florence Hadley. then has spread all over the world. that part of New Brunswick. There The brilliant colors of the sunset • Thera is, however, a mention of • are several different kinds, among had faded to a greyish black Only ideatiflcation by finger -prints in a book whish are seal's foot, kidneys, early THE HYMN .OF LOVE AND the washing of the water over the published some years previews to Sir bines and nigger toes. Nearly all of ail: SERVICE. pebbles and the murmuring of the Fjdward Henry's disco -very, M them grow sued balls, from which the Day was dying in the west. God's wind in the trees broke the; stillness TPwatn's "Life on the Mississippi." A fanners frequently raise new kinds. own beautiful creation. the sun, was in the few moments which followed, character in this book says that he sinking once more behind the purple" "Which hymn shall we sing to- ioarrtett the method "when he was e hills. Already the westebehind sky was night?" asked the leader once more+ youth," from an old Frenchman who • Mici-ol3C Ma.nufacturers. illuminated with streaks of gold and Jesus calls us o'er the tumult or— had been n prison -keeper for thirty A new microbe hes been discovered pink. Across the azure lake was she could say no more. Already the years,�^ t whereby 10,000 :tons of waste hops can traced a path, by these brilliant rays girlish voices were pealing forth with, 1 be made to yield annually half a mil - of golden light, which ended at the the love of their sous es lion gallons of alccltail e'uitabl•s for edge of the water. Each little ripple' A couple of canoers, paddling past, � motor utile It is a British discovery, as it passed along, shone and glisten-, laid down their paddles and, resting a and another proof of the value of ed in its turn and then suddenly be- with their heeds in their hands, lis- ; chemical researoh, came blue once more, tend to the hymn of love and service. _ Until two chemists made this die - A group of 'teen aged girls were; And still they lingered, Wait, Tom," covers, brewers paid large sums every ) t sitting around a blazing campfire on said one. "Wait till we hoar what �l eA year for the carting away cf their the eastern shore of the lake. Thethe girl who is standing in front is1 ( "waste" hops. Now not only can mote time for closing had come, and the going to say." Bath young men bent � -- { or spirit be extracted from this so• leader as usual asked which hymn farther forward to catch the soft = so 1called waste, but a further result is they wished to sing before going to words, and, still reclining, their heads " f the manufacture of acetic acid, ossen- bed, went :.can, for the young leader was tial in many industries. "Jesus calls us o'er the tumult" praying, This useful microbe develops so called out a number of the smaller And just the same as God's day was;iv much heat by its evolution that it kills girls near the back of the group- ended, and all was still and safe in all antagonistic germs and greatly "Ah, nol let us sing "0 Love that the arms of the loving Saviour, so were stimulates the proem of fermentation. tviIl not let me go," said one of the the campers, and they retired to their ,' Apart from motor spirit, 15,000 cubic larger girls. trundle beds to rest. But each girl, feet of gas, suitable for internal corn- "Nol Nol" fairly yelled a chorus of before she lay down, slipped to her bastion engines, is also rendered avail voices, "Jesus calls u5 o'er the tit- knees and offered herself to the One Nubby Wi able by the proeesk, and the whole dis- Inult" and Almighty Power, the God, who "It is odd," said the campleader, is love. "At —Marguerite r ue to Cal a dor. the three junior camps I g have si- p Burnt -Land Potatoes. ,Old you evereat any 'burnt -land pot tatoes? In Albert County, New 33runs- tvick, thereare.p000ie who would not think of growing potatoes for their tables on anything except a piece of. hardwood timberland that had been freshly burned over. The farmer cleat's the land during the wintery He fells the trees all in the same direction and puts the lianas and distributes them evenly over the 0064.40 that the flee will burn every- thing;clean. In the spring, as soon as. the frost is well out of the ground, he burns the piece and then, taking his seed potatoes and his grub hoe, pro- ceeds to plant. He digs a little hole. and loosens the earth round it, plants the potato and hills it up. Later he may treat the vines with Paris green for bugs, but.' that is all the attention he gives the crop until it ie' time to dig, in viewing all the stumps and roots you might expect that the farmer' would get et11y a small crop. As a' matter of fact the burnt land gives him an unusual crop. With the grub hoe the farmer =puts his seed into everY nook and corner, close o1 round the stumps and between the crotches of large roots. 13y the time the potatoes are in blossom the entire field is cover- ed with a dense foliage; even': the stumps are hidden from view. The blue varieties of potato grown on those burnt -over areas are particu- larly curious. 'Phe correspondent who —Jay 13. Iden.. First With the Finger -Prints. quarter of an inch beneath the skin, who was the originator' of the use Sometimes all the flesh of the potato has a bill of finger -prints for identification? ish. tinge, , The color disap- pears when the potato is cooked. ' M. Bertillion is usually mentioned in In the near -by towns burnt -land pa- this athis connection, but, as a matter' of e areputation than makes tatoes have fact, the credit really henry, to a Bralate them sell at .an advance on the usual Usher, Sir Eldward Henry, th©, elate Pelee. It l customary to cook them In Commissioner et Police of the the. jackets; in fact, it Is necessary polis. to do so, for they aro so dry and mealy. In 1897, when he was Inr•Gen- that if pared they fall to pieces: 'Even era) of Pollee in Bengal, hiti s system o3 when cooked in their skins they haus olassilication of finger prints eves to be carefully watched, and the water adopted throughout India, atter an of-! must be drained off as Boon as their Not All In the Museums. Hubby—"Wille, scientists have dis- covered dinosaur eggs millions 0? 0031ery has aroused' keen interest in years old, and are going to put 'em all the chemical and commercial world. in the m150um5." Wifle—"Put 'em all in the museums? I bet they sold some of 'em t5 our but- ter -and -egg man last week!" When you see a man do a noble deed, datehim from that o ' �y :;1 tagio s spre l d o f school and play all children are equal. Nthewordo p ) Youngsters from homes less clean. than yours come Youngsters into intimate contact with your children. To guard against contagion, make sure that your children are completely cleaned and purified whenever they come in from play. Your great ally is Lifebuoy Health Soap. The safe antiseptic ingredient of Lifebuoy penetrates eacb dirt - laden pore. Rich, creamy lather carries.it .into every cranny of the skin. The healthful odour vanishes a few seconds after use, but the protection remains.' HEALTH Sic More thea Soap-' aHealltb'Habit Keep. your children safe with Lifebuoy. Teach them to Weft - often. LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED TORONTO • FULL O' 1PZT' • Qcod bealth aud-av'sense of -,well -be Ing golkatd ip hand: Life is generally cheerful to the.persen }vhese:•body is Well nomlish0d"•with good food and Whose digestive organs work well. 'That salute - of wellbeing is most quickly losit`by a hitch in the digestive - procasa. which leads to constipation..'. Whore constipation exists the waste product 'from food is net discharged' but is absorbed again into the eystere and calusee•a slow poisor-ing with loss,. of energy, heaviness and irritability. The rose-colored spectacles of health' are changed to blue, Constipation is largely the result of Leg WeakrseuS in Chicks. By S. W. Knipe. Leg weakness is an ailment previa - ant with closely confined cbiolcs, Prob- ably it is .more correctly termed a "symptom" rather than a disease since it apparently may'oeeur under. differ- ent methods of feeding' and manage- ment anage ment and in different forms, such as. rheumatism, neuritis, and ricicets. Symptoms,—As the name implies, the logs. become ureal[. It starts with an unsteadiness and the chicks soon lose use of the legs. The appetite usually continues to be good at first, The largest and most vigorous chicks are often the worst afflicted. It oc- curs in chicles from one to six months. of age. Rheumatism and gout usual- ly show enlarged joints. Causes,—Little is definitely known as to the ca1se of leg weakness in chicks, Lack of green foo11, mineral matter, fresh.air, exercise and sun- shine, deficiency in the vitamins con- tent -in the ration, overfeeding of high- ly nutritious feeds, the ouch heat,. damp quarters, and overcrowding are Causes most often assigned foe leg weakness. Prevention and Cure.—It is a gener- allyrecognized fact that chicks which have access to the ground outside af• are a week old,rarelyever ter they become affected with leg weakness. Whether this provides exercise, sun- shine, fresh air, green feed or miner- als from the soil is an unanswered question. Nevertheless, the results are certain. When the weather is cool even a.few minutes outside daily will be effective in preventing or curing leg weakne ee When weather -conditions are bad and the chicks must be"ioou t,indoors the following will be beneficial: 's';. Keep. sand or fine litter on the floor. Provide fresh pieces of sort each day. Feed grain in clean diy litter to in- duce exercise. Keep the brooder house well venti- lated. Supply green feed such as sprouted oats, lettuce, green alfalfa or clover. Mix 5 pounds of granulated bone in 100 pounds of mash or feed the bone in a hopper. Sometimes wood or hard coal ashes placed in a corner of the brooder house apparently have a value in preventing and curing leg weakness. The chieka will eat it readily and it can do no harm, The surest means of both prevention and cure•is•to get the chicks outside as inch as possible after they area few days old. THE ENGLISH ROBIN 13y Jesse Taylor, England fig tree that I wea"sttting under, so i had a good look at him. How wonder- ful are the robins when you think about then. John Ruskin in his "Love's Meinie" has written abott the robin in a very descriptive way. He says, "a robin's beak is its mouth and hands, its bag of tocis, its dressing The robin is a great favorite with ease, its sword by which it defends it - everybody. Children especially love it. Th aeaare very miialealvainstrument" W" It is a pleasure to watch it as it is so tame, and, when noticed, becomes love the robin's" voice, it is so plain - quite friendly, We have admired its tive and so sweet. One of its charms lovely, red breast, shaded by gray, and' is that it sings its sweetest songs in deepening into brown. Hcw graceful the winter. 'In the dark and dull days and sprightly is this handsome bird', when other birds arc silent, the robin How quick aro its movements! What treats us to rich and lovely music. graceful ankles and feet! What a When I was a little boy I was very good shape he is, and as for his singing toad of birds and felted a lot of plea - powers they are exceptional and very sure in watching them, especially at sublime. nesting -time. 1 knew most of the Robins are not all alike, all thenests in the country -aider. Im reember world over. They slitter In color eon -f a rebin with ono leg that was very siderably in different countries. In the 'tame, He used to come into the kit- north of Europe the robin's breast In- tf cben, and was as friendly as possible.. stead of being red is blue. In Ails.f Ho came every winter for four years traria it is pink, very much the same : and always totted a good supply of color as the breast of an English bur -1 crumbs, but ono wi-lber we missed him, finch. The first time I saw the Aus- and, alas, we never saw him again, tralian robin I did not really know it Tbere was another robin that was was a robin because the coloring wee tamer still. IIe fuse the tamest and so different teem what I had sewn In sweetest robin we ever anew, so we England, Net only is the colo: of the called hila "aur robin." We ramify did breast different, but its plumage is en- tirely different. In addition to the breast being pink, the throat is white, I He was quite tame from the first. He the wings are slightly tipped with gold, would come into the summer house ant the bahe 1s a dark &pining blue. , and perch epee the chairs, upon my; Although the Austiwtilan robin ie. e, knee, and otteu upon my boot„ One different from. the English in plumage, I day :when ws cams to tea, the robin wee already there helping himself to Me cake. For some weeks, he used to go to my daughter's , bedroaln every morning and wake ser up by singing one of his sweet songs, After that cane the robin's breakfast, Fie got io tame [bet he would take a Crumb from be•tw000 her lips. I need hardly. say that this robin bocamo a great favorite with us all. IIo was 'aur. robin:" W9 were very sorry ,indeed Willie Wants to Know. Willie—"Pa, teacher says we are here to help others." Pa—"Yes, that's so." Willie—"Well, what are the others here for?" nothing to tame him. He began to come every afternoon In the summer time v, -hen wo had tea in the garden. yet it has all the English robin's move mate. It shakes itself . just in the Sameway, and'bows just as gracefully, it has the saint bright and expressive eye, It is also just as °familiar and ready to approach anyone. I was not very surprised therefore whets I made Inquiries about, it to hear the verde, "Ori, yes, he's a robin sure enough." One Sunday afternoon when I was sit- ting reeding- fa the garden, a robin cause quite, near at d.'pemched upon a Sialeeffeelhatiee Mme. 'Merle Merle Foster, of Toronto, is .shewn In, her studio making a clay model from -a photograph of Harry Batstone from which silversmiths will mold a trophy for the champion .Queen's university rugbyteam.' Batatone is known as one of the greatest 11c11 -backs in the game. what we eat and the. way we live. Too little outdoor exercise, lack of "rough- age" in the diet and neglect of the bowel function are the chief causes. These cease:; can be controlled, and therefore constipation 'is, preventable in moat cases. The habit of having a bowel move- ment each day le important., This will do much to overcome constipation. Corrective foods will elec. help. 110- gulate the diet with feeds that are rich in vegetable flbre,3 or "roughage," in acids and those. that cause slight gas formation. The chief "roughage" is bran, and it may be used "in the form of bread, mufllns, crackers or as a break fast food. Footle rich in vegetable fibre are cabbage, ,string beans, dried beans, onions, spinach, lettuce, celery, asparagus, Prunes, figs: and fruits eat- en with their -skins. Cereals from which the bran- has been removed,. each as roiled ar out oats and wheat are cod grate of ,foods, nigh in acids, are oranges, lemons, tematoes, apples and, other fruits and fruit juices. Fruits can be eaten literally '^ at meal times, Exult juices are well taken early in the morning or late at night. The foods that cause a slight gas formation are beans, honey, molasses, spinach, onions and cauliflower. The gas tends to break up the masses of food, and has a stimulating effect, Regular exercise has often relieved a sufferer from 'constipation especially 4t it be taken in the open air. Walking gives exercise to many muscles, Chase of the intestines in- cluded. Therefore, walk for health. It exercise is combined' with pleasure, so much the better. Ptaee'no trust in pills or drugs. It is much better to depend upon competent medical adlvoe. When Darkness Came. A country minister had two lively children, a boy and a girl. His parish conetsted of a little village and two ap- pointments to preach among the set - nen who lived in the pretty hills and valleys beyond. The children loved to go with him when he wont to those af- ternoon and evening services, but the little folies found the woods through which they went tempting and often let their father walk on to his appoint- ments alone. They thought it pleas- anter to listen to the chattering brooks and to chase squirrels or to gather nuts than to go into any church. But the' loving fathernevercomplained of. their desertion. He went on to his work. Sometimes it was nearly dark before he got home again. One after- noon fter noon darkness came clown quickly, and the woods ware quite buried iu.glocm. As the father strode along homeward a little hand grasped his nervc„lsly, "Oh," said his little daughter, "I'm so glad you have came and the have not missed yon," The next time the children went with their father they stayed by his side all the way. But the following Sunday was so bright that they began again playing hide and seek with their father and finally ,disappeared in the woods. When he returned through the shadows they came upon him with a rush, and all returned happily. One day the mother wont along with the father and the children. All went well until they came to the woode, and then the little people began their play and finally vanished, The mother be- came afraid; she wished to turn aside to look for the children, for she feared that they were lost. "Oh, never mind," said the father coolly; "they'll come back. Tice dark will drive them in" The mother looked at her husbar--- thoughtfully, and walked on. "Your words strike deep, dear,"' slte said at laat. `Which?" he queried with a smile. "Why, these: 'The dark will drive. diem 3n,' is that the reason why Clod permits be., many hard things in this world; tailul'& and disappointment, sickness and sufferlpg?" ,"I shouldn't wonc�erelaar" he Bait tenderly.Wisaretail:chiidren wayward chub,* ; sq ea fly led as- tray, so easily tur`nes aside; but, what think' we can do when it t3 bright and clear,Wheal; it is n rk we seek for help and ocm.ost Tho .soul Wants God then and mistbave Il tin. And when they carie back amid the' shadows it was aa' the father'h'ad said. The little nines watched' for them and came running, for then[. The dark had driven. them in.. In it, is every peesthility to be more, to count for more, and to enjoy more of the essence of fife; but'I growl at my lot and call it' drudgers'. This attitude toivard'common toil is, no doubt, the remit of our general edu- eation. So, I am mendering it it is not time that we let ue a little on urging all men to try and be what not more than ane per cent, of us can possibly be, but to endeavor to get the great maseee of ns to flud in our daily tasks• some of the things that make for hap- piness an:1 inliuenoe and character, He is very wise who is not foolish for long. The C4anunon Lot. Vey few of its can be leaders. Tlid ninety -and -nine of us must go eveiy meaning to aur studies, to the kitcheti, o1• to the barns and fields at filo same humdrum tasks, with the same rugs; the same trials, the same temrtstitn9, the same aches and obstaeleis' to'over- come. And, . with these common 5ur- roun'dinge, we often wonder where the common' person is te gat his elites) of development•, education and happiness. But this- great )parade ground of -lite lemy schoolmaster. Not in books, net class room, but, in the every do ' task, do I get my education Tipst give,.; me the necessariea, .the iaoleepen ilr;es of life; but i comp -lath anti call it slavery, ii Iift�. amu .311131. HUNCHi The fallowing bulletins and many others, of which these are examples, are available to farm- ers, and will be sent free on request by the Dominion De- partmett of Agriculture. The Information they contain is both useful and practical, and may point the way to greater profits from farming operations. If interested, clip out this advertisement, check bulletins desired, and mail, without post- age, in envelope addressed tot. Pubticsdonns Branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Gauls. New 'Varieties of Grain. ltsoamsendod varieties a¢ mad Rootc. 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A 'Russian prince and princess have started a restaurant bar in' Paris; all the waiters are . ex -nobles or ex - officers in 'the Russian Army, au. Army, while • the p f. aunt is in the epsh�desk. .