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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-12-11, Page 7A Boy Scout Hero. • Scouts are keeping up their records for brave deeds, A recent, award was that of the gilt erose of the Boy Scouts Association to Scout LeRoy Bonnet of the 1st Fort William (Si. Luke's) Troep. Scout .Bonnet and his chum, Thos. Oldale, were out looking for rab- bits which they had snared when they came upon a wolf.' ' The latterwas about to spring at Tom Oldale when LeRoy tools coolaim with his .22 rifle and finished the brute. Chief Corn- miesioner Dr. James W. Robertson in writing a congratulatory note to Scout Bonnet said: "I congratulate you upon the plucky ability which you showed and also up- on the ,successful ending of the adven- ture, seeing that no one but the wolf was injured." A Crippled Scout's Perseverance, case of Mrs. Mary Trainor, Perth, VICTIMS OF ANAEMIA Need New, inch Blood to "Re- -store Health and. Strength. Itis an unfortunate fact that mine women out of every ten are victims of bloodlessnese in one ,form or another, The 'girl in her teens, :the wife and mother, the matron of middle age -all know, its miseries, To 'be anaemic means that you eiee breathless after alight , exertion. You feel worn out and depressed. You turn against food and often-cennot cligeet what you do eat. Sleep does not refresh you, and when you get up you feel exhausted - and unfit for the day's duties. If neg- lected anaemia may lead to consump- tion: You should act promptly:Make good ,tlie.fault in your blood by tak- ing Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, the most reliable' blood enricher ever discover - el. These pills purify bad blood, strengthen weak blood, and they make good blood, and as the condition of your blood improves you will regain proper strength; and enjoy life fully as every girl and woman should do. The How many boys could come ,up to Ontario, shows the value of Dr. Wil - this record' I Hams'' Pink Pills in cases of this kind. "'Despite the lose of his right foot She says':—"I had not been feeling in an accident several years ago, Geo. well for some time and had been grad- S. Conley, Jr., aged 17, is the wearer. uallygrow ing w'ealter. I found it very of an Eagle Scout Badge, the highest hardto do my housework; had severe award which an American Boy Seout headaches and was very pale. ,I. took can earn., doctor's medicine for some time, but "To win the award Conway attained they did me no good. I was :growing twenty-eight proficiency badges, some weaker and used to faint and tape of them Balling for considerable ath- dizzy spells. In this condition I began letio skill, the use of DIC Williams' Pink Pills, "With the aid of a crotch he ran 50 and after a time found they were yards In lee seconds, leaped 3 feet 9 helping me. I continued their use un- inches in the running: high jump and til I found the troubles that afflicted performed.required swimming strokes me Iasi gond and I am once 1110E8 en - and life saving feats:" joying good health and strength." Boy "Scouts and Christmas. You can get Dr- YVilliams' Pink Pills Christmas is the Wile above - all through any dealer in medicine, or by mail .at 50c a box from The Dr. Wil - others for the doing of a ScoutGood Turn. Do you remember how old, Hams Medicine- Co„ Brockville, Ont, miserly, crabby Scrooge began to feel. Grasshoppers Like Alcohol. a real Chrititnlas 'happiness when he In a campaign to exterminate grass - started to try to make Bob Cratchlt hoppers it was found• that a mixture and Tiny Tim andallthe others hap-1used to Poison the insects became so py?• attractive when fermented that it was Here are some suggestions for 50 to 75 per, cent. more efficient. Christmas Good Turns by Scouts; I Provide Christmas Trees for fami-! A,n e e which is not due to be laid lies not able to purchase or procure , till next April, was sold by auction them; I recently for £2 ils The, bird whose Visit and entertain sick people, es- pedally those in hospitals end soul" eggs are so 'popular is a a homing pigeon. tariums, Help decorate churches and Sunday -' schools for Christmas services, s o r Eastern, Ontario Troop last year An Eas Y �� p �3 / �b � fay collected eighty .boys story books �%lOiv 1`0 �etin and took them to the children's ward of a sanitarium. They also made up a bundle of outgrown, but good clothes and shoes, and took them to a needy family so the children could go to school. In :a number of places a community Christmas tree has become one of the big annual events and is something to which Scouting is particularly fitted to give leadership. Briefly the usual community Christmas tree programme incudes the erection of a large • Christmas tree at some central point; Its decoration; a children's service of carol singing, and the presentation of gifts in the afternoon, and a service. of grownups led by a composite choir early In the evening (when the tree is first lighted) .following which the various choir groups separate and sing carols in different sections of the com- munity. • Are You Holding One. This Winter? Ottawa District Scouts will this win- ter compete in bird house building for prizes offered by Her Excellency Lady Bye& The winning houses _will .be. placed in trees in the. Rideau Hall grounds, which are, so far as possible, being, made a bird sanctuary. There is no more Scouty winter ac- tivity than the building of bird Houses. If your troop has not already tried, it, plan a bird house competition fpr your boys. World's Deepest Milne. " The oldest mines in the world of which there is any certain record are the copper and turquoise minae of the Sinai Peninsula, These were worked by the Egyptians as early as 3700 B.C., but have never been sunk to what would now be considered even moder- ato depths. The silver lead mines of Mount Laurion, in Greece, ase very old. Xen- ophon; writing. in 855 B.O.; said ;"they were wrought in very ancient times;' The Phoenicians probably began to work the tin mines of Spain and Corn- wall as ,early as 1500. HO. The deepest mines of. Europe are coal mines: Several abafte are now being sunk' in France and Belgium which will go to a depth Of 4000 ft. Most of the mines of South America might more accurately be called high rather than deep. In Ohile one of the big , copper 'mines opened in recent times is entered at the bottom and worked up. The copper ,nines at Cer- ro de Pasco in Peru are about 1000 ft. deep, though they are at an elevation of 14,000 ft, above sea level The. St. John del Rey gold mine in Brazil isthedeepest in the world. It is worked tea depth of 6726 ft: Holes have been )roved much deeper Leto the earth than mine workings have penetrated. The deepest hole in the earth is one in west Virginia, which was bored 7579 ft, in'seareli of lateral gas. The Taltakkaw falls in the remark- able Yoh° Valley, Canadian Rockies, . to more than six times as high as Niagara. • The Dominion Department of Agriculture has more than 400 pamphlets covering every phase of farming practice. They, are written to help make farming more profitable and are FREE. The following are examples: List of 400 Publications Seasonable Farming. Hints Fox Ranching in Canada Apple Recipes The Feedingof Beef Cattle Storage of Iso Winter Production of Eggs -Fruit and Vegetable Reeipea Beautifying the Farm home Corn Borer. Control Crate heeding Poultry House Construction Bulletin Filing System Feeding Racks for Sheep Insects Affecting Live Stock The Farmer's Piggery The Feeding of Sheep The Milking Machine Sweet Cream Butter The Cranberry Industry Cut out this advertisement, mark the bulletins desired, including the List of 400 Pub- lications, fill in your name and address, and mail to: Publications Branch Department of Agriculture Ottawa, Canada (No postage required) Name Post Office R. R. No Province 818 Why the Chinese Are So Cams. 1 One et the meet noticeable charac- teristice of the Chinese says Mr, Nev- in O. Winter in Travel is their passive indifference, They marvel at the ner vousnesa and excitability of foreign- . ers, I remember one hot clay," says the writer, "when a party of us were cross- ing the hills in ehalrs. The way was rough and steep, thework for the coolies severe. At the highest -point of our journey we stopped Dor ten min- utes to let the men .rest. Instantly they all sat interow, brought Out, their pipes and began to laugh among them- selves hemselves as if `they had not a care in the world. In any ;country that had learn- ed the -virtue of forethought thley. would have devoted the moments to complaining of the heat in oreer:to in. crease their tip, We, being Europeans, spent the time worrying whether the automobile would be waiting for us atthe right place. Well-to-do Chinese would have started a discussion whetle er the universe moves in cycles or pro- gresses by..a rectilinear motion, or they might have set to work to con -I sider' whether the truly virtuous man shows complete sal&abnegatton br may on occasion consider his own in teiests." Why are the Chinese so unperturb- ed by circumstances that apparently; threaten their national existence? I3ow can they remain calm when clan- gers threaten from without and from within? They have -learned to wait for the fruition of slow natural pro- cesses. They will not be hustled, be- cause natuee can never be hurried, Haste .means only vexation for your- self and accomplishes nothing: In ad- dition to its other discoveries China has discovered the great art of stand- iug still, "You people of the ]Vest are so im- patient, so --may I say—immediate. You tirin7c in years- insteadsen- turies. There can be no end to China. What can the conqueror as we call him do? He can make money out of tie and for us, and he can rule us for a time, but he cannot absorb ug, and we shall absorb him. ''China may be overrun, but in the end she will be triumphant. We are no doubt the weakest and most unpolitical of na- tions, but we are uneonquerable." Thus it is that a Chinaman, sittings with his hands hidden in the wide sleeves of his silken coat, discusses in the most impersonal way and without the slightest suggestion of agitation the ills of his country and its, possible conquest. He would receive the news of the ocellpalion of Peking by the enemyin the same na tate u gi d manner. Whatever the present may hold_ for China he feels certain that the future is secure. It Is the same spirit that has prevented China from becoming a disturber in the world. Discontent•, and aggressiveness would have forced another people living such a hampered' existence to seek an opportunity for; betterment. Their very numbers would have made them almost irresist- ible. -r " First Snow. First snow is fine snow Slanting down the wind; Not a twig will hold it, Not a shelter mold it, You'd think to see the way they act, That purity had sinned. First snow is thin snow, The meadow's' barely salted; The brook is so preoccupied With brittle frost lace at Its side It has no thought beyond itself And cannot feel exalted. First snow is lost anew! Each flake a pioneer That dances down to certain death, His span of life a frozen breath That spins its "seconds merrily Between the Infinite and Here, There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease, Whose name is worth remembering. --Roosevelt. We are interested in obtaining ®L® and RARE BOOKS ON CANADIAN SUBJECTS. Send particulars to the, Wileon Publishing Company, 73 West Adelaide' Street,' Toronto, Ontario: 14 tER ,e}+Rryy.yp..`p tpy�. E . - SS.Providence SS. Patric: •. SS.Prodldeace SS. Patric From: Now York an. 10 Feb. 17- Mer. 21 Apr. 28 To: Ponta Delgada 12 hrs. an. 17 Feb. 24 -Mar. 7.9 May 5 Madeira 10 hrs. an. 19 Feb, 26 Mar. 30. " May 7 - Algiers– —, –24 hrs. an. 23 Mar. 2 - Apr. 3 May 11 Palermo 12 fn's. an. 25 - Mar. 4 Apr. 5 May 13 . - Naples, 12 hrs, on. 26 Mar. 5 Apr. 6 - May 14 Ath - Piraeus -ens 24 hrs. an. 29 Mar. 8 - Apr. 9 May 17 Constantinople .24 hrs. an. 31 Mar. le Apr. 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EASY TRICKS No. 345 Find The ACe This trick has the appearance of being a -famous feat of sleight of hand, butactually it demands no skill; The ace, the two spot and the three spot of any suit are shown and are placed facedown on the table, the spectators being asked to keep track of the ace: The magician mixes the cards' a little with the result that the most astute spectator is unable to dis- cover which of the cards' Is the ace. The cards are prepared. The figure 3,' cut from another card from: the same suit, is very neatly pasted over the A on one corner of the ace, The part paeted on should ba shaved clown very thin and colorless paste should be used. In a like manner an A is .pasted over the 3 on one and of the three spot. When the cards are first dis- played,.show them ae in Figure 1, the false pips being hidden. Next, close the cards and turn them around, opening again, this time showing the false pips, but not the faces of two of the cards (Figure 2). As you turn the cards face downward, draw the three out and put it on the table. ` As the. specta- tors saw the indexof the ace, they take it for granted that this is the ace. The more closely. they follow rnis card, the more they contribute to their own deception., When you pick, up the cards, pick them up so thatyour finger tip hides the false index, (Clip- this out and paste it, with ether of the series, in a scrapbook.) SAVED BABY'S LIFE Mrs. Alfred Tranchemontagne, St. Michel des Saintes, Que., writes: "Baby's Own Tablets are an excellent medicine. They saved my baby's life and I can highly recommend them to all mothers." Mrs. Trancheman- s that of thous- andsDe's experience t g p ands of other mothers who have test- ed the worth of Baby's Own Tablets. The Tablets are a sure and safe medi- cine for little ones and never fail to regulate the bowels and stomach, thus relieving al the minor ills from which Phey at•e sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 et& a box from The Dr, Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. "And what do you do when your hus- band objects to yourflimsy gar- ments?" _ "I object to some of his flimsy ex- cuses." acuses" Winter Bird. My bird, my darling, Calling through the cold afternoon! Those round bright notes, Each one so perfect Shaken from the other and yet Hanging together in flashing clusters! The small soft flowers and the ripe fruit, All are gathered. • It is the season now of nuts and ber- ries And round bright flashing drops On the frozen grass. Katherine Mansfield, "The Tobacco of ,Qualitir ricop 1100 fog lop 15e; � erPac'.kaL also ire %21.b: VACULIMIZ'ED HIVs MANUFACTURED BY IMPERIAL TOBACCO COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED. - r— HEALTH EDUCATION BY Dia. J. J. MIDDL.ET'ON Provincial Board of Health, Ontario. Dr, Middleton will be glad to answer questions on Public Health mat- ters through this column. Address him at Spadina House, Spadina Oreecent, Toronto. With all the elements of romance, ing of many bodily processes, since' the humble firefly has played his part they not only cure but prevent. in the drama of discovery of ultra.- "Bottled sunshine" is a novel way violet rays in the prevention and cureof describing cod-liver oil, but that in of rickets, a disease common in child-Ithe light of experimental studies in hood. This insect, as is well known,, the curative values of certain rem gives off a cold light, as can be seen' edies, is what cod-liver oil really is. on any summer evening in the conn- The curative action of .this oil in the try where fireflies abound. This light treatment of rickets has opened up a from the firefly is manufactured by. new fieldfor. investigation. One thing the oxidation of a substance in anie already certain: there is a definite alkaline medium, ;producing visible}similarity similarity of curative powers between light rays. Would the same chemical sunlight and cod-liver oil, especially action, applied to substances that cure in the treatment of rickets. produce doctors in the Yale Medical School have been. experimenting late - Within recent prthis to be the case,. 1yy, and they believe cod-1theyiver haveoil taalready .Witnt years there have been demonstrated that -ken known two definite ways of curing' internally, gives off ultra -violet rays this disease: the direct application of, which cure rickets. sunlight, a physical force containing Among the substances known to ultra -violet rays, absorbed through cure rickets are cod-liver oil, egg yolk, the skin, and an oil taken from the bile, sperm oil; and others. All these liver of a fish, which enters the body were oxidated, and specially prepared through the mouth and digestive tract photographic plates screened by taken as medicine. At first glance it quartz filters and exposed to the sub - would seem as if there was little or;stances so treated; gave unmistakable no connection between radiant energy; indications of the presence of ultra - and cod-liver oil, and yet it has been, violet light. similar substances, but proved that in their action oil .L1---.., tact possessing the power of curing the results of these two therapeutic'. rickets, such as linseed, peanut and agents. cannot be distinguished. When cottonseed oils were also oxidized, but it had been demonstrated that direct; showed no evidences of ultra -violet sunlight cured rickets, the experi-,rays upon identical photographic ments went farther, and it was shown" plates. This is along the lines that that mercury vapor light passed, the experiments were coLducted in through quartz prevents and cures proving that cod-liver oil does prevent this dieease exactly as does the na-' and cure rickets and that it 19 the tural sunlight; and since that process ultra-viok;t rayscontainedin the oil produces ultra -violet rays, it wee that do the trick. readily inferred that it is these invis-' Upon this new discovery of the ible cold rays in sunlight that exercise ultra -violet activity of certain food the curative effects upon .rickets. That substance, may be based further re - fact being established, it remained to search end nccomp irhments-that will learn whether cod-liver oil, if taken , be of benefit to •1 physicians and internally, likewise gave off emana- dletiticiar int s ted in the preven- tions of ultra -'violet rays cure rickets; ! tion of disc eel the preservation and, moreover, that they play an im- j of the hc�, th of the child and adult portant part in the normal function- alike. Avoid loss when sending money by mail—Use Dominion Express Nloney Orders—the safe, convenient, inexpen- sive way. 1 A Garden of Rubber Flowers. The art of incorporating color into. rubber has resulted in the English in- vention of indestructible flowers, a dis- playof which was matte at the Wemb- ley Exposition. The exhibit cansisted: of a small garden .plot in which the floral display is surrounded with a bit of lawn,. Greet., blooms and foliage were all of rubber composition, with an occaeional worm, and bug to lend realism to the scene. The sowers have the advantage over, other things of the same character which have been sande of fabric in -the respect that a. dose of water restores. their brilliant color after they have been ex- posed to dust. Minard'a :Liniment•Refileves Pain, 'Aortable camera weighing only P g. g Y thirty pounds, will detect hidden trea- sure or smuggled goods in brick walls or inside trunks. rickets invisible ultra -violet rays? Numerous experiments have With Britain's Compliments. I This Crowded Life. A short time ago the British Gov -How sordid is this crowded life, its eminent presented to. the Regent of; spite Abyssinia the crown captured in war !And envy, the unkindness brought to with that country fifty years ago. The i light! Incident recalls that on many prexious It makes me think of those great mod - occasions the British nation has been; est hearts the recipient or. giver of a token of re-; That spend their quiet lives in lonely gard, in the form of a special present, ! parte, ' for some other. Power. 1 In deserts, hills or woods; and pass Probably the best-known. gift everaway received by Britain from the Govern -.Judged by a few, or none, from day, to ment of another country is the good - day. - - ship" Resolute, of Arctic exploration And 0: that I were free enough to fame, which the United States, at a dwell cost of $200,000 voted by Congress, In their greatspaces fora while until restored to Britain after the vessel The •dream-like life of such a solitude had been abandoned in the ice some Has 'forced my tongue to cry "Hallo!" time previously. Twenty years after-' aloud-- wards loud—wards tgueen' Victoria had a table To make an echo from the silence give made of the ship's timbers and pre- My voice back with the knowledge sented it to the White -House, Wash -.that I live: Ington, where it still does duty as. the —W. H. Davies. President's writing desk ( r The Statue of Liberty, which marks Making It Right the entrance to New York harbor, was "Two cows in the field," said a a gift to the United States . from', teacher to a. class of small boys, in- dicating the writing on the black height,' it is the world's greatest board: "Now, that sentence is song, statue, and cost nearly ,$50,0,000. Can any boy tell me vehY?" youngster sought to help her France has also shown her esteem I One for Britain by giving the British. Mus- out of the difficulty. P'r'ops one of slim 'a magnificent specimen ee a, them are a calf, miss!" he suggov:ted. Sevres vase, while more recently she Wliat .many automobi1er3 need is announced her Intention of malting a not four-wheel brakes, but fore -sight - present or certain parts of the battle- ed drivers. fields, as a permanent memorial to Bri- tale'a• dead soldiers. MORE T14 55 000 FARMERS Spain has given England` a gold I model of the ship in which Columbus have baought their farm3 iti-d'Jastary voyaged to America. Another unueuel �'"na �s from 'the Canadian Pacific, A' renrarlcable Fact Thinkl There o a gift was t1le.an°ient cannon given to reason, The large arca of cation hold - the British people by alts Dutch.: This .Sags affording choice of location and of brings to mina the two very 'old pieces land to suit every farming need. Fair of ordnance given by Britain to the pride, fair contract, and fair dealing United States as a memento of the, combined with abundant fertility of fort built by the Pilgrim Fathers at: soil, ,good climate and social condi. Plymouth, Mass. thins make farm - life. there deeirable and attractive. Thoueands more will Another relic,an cid mortar found .select their farm from our -virgin lands, in one of the American Army stores,' from our improved, farms, and with was presented by Congress to the I some capital and determination tis United Kingdom, it having belonged 1 work, cal matte a lions and pay, for fermerly to the 60th Royal American lit'. Witte for our booklet, "Cha Prairie Corps; which afterwards became the ... of Canada,leaIIef; hing's. Royal Rifles, estern Canada Forges Ahead.' Cele. Norwood, Land Agent, Canadian Paoiflc -' R RailwayDesk W.r WToda'o r StationMinard'a nimentfon heumatsm.Montreal, Que. ' ! i 'Nervous People Thathaggard, care -worn, depressed look will disappear and nervous, thin people will gain in weight and strength when Bitro-Phosphate is taken for a short time: Price $1 per pkge. Arrow Chemical Co., 25 Front St. East, Toronto, Ont. December. Oh! holly branch and mistletoe, And Christmas chimes wher'er we go, And stockings pinned upin a row, These are thy gifts, December! And if the year has made thee old, And silvered all they,loeks with gold, Thy heart has never been -a-cold, , Or known a; fading ember. . The whole world is a Christmas tree, And stars its many candles be, Oh! sing a carol joyfully, The year's great feast in keeping! For once, on a December night, An angel held a candle bright, And led three wise men by its light To where a child was sleeping. —Harriet F. Blodgett. The Walter's Favorite Dish. Three men seated at table et a cer- tain American hotel were discussing their -favorite game food. The fleet declared that nothing could be com- pared with pheasant. The second pre- ferred partridge. The third was en- thusiastic over quail. Inorderto decide which food really was the best tbe5' appealed to the col- ored waiter. olored-waiter. "Well, suh," replied the waiter slow- ly, "for mah part, I would rather•, have an American eagle served on a silvah deldah." Very likely he got' it. • War.—what is It after all the people !ret? Whyl taxes; widows, wooden legs and debt, Se: URiN NIGHT fp' MORNING & SEEP YOUR EYE'S, CLEAN CLEAR AND HEALTHY u ran ,sue ers cane eons s,vn,so co.camnso.us,y Getting Bald ? Save your hair by rubbing the scalp three times a week with Minaret's. Doa:9t Get Bald Cuticura Does Much To Prevent it Dandruff, itching and scalp irri- tation point to an unhealthy con. dition of the scalp which leads to falling hair and premature bald- ness. Frequent shampoos with Cu- ticura Soap, do much to prevent. such a condition, especially if pre- ceded by a gentle anointing with Cuticura Ointment. aomple anopsia° by Moil. Address Canndtan' Depot: "OaBctr it!, 0 21:t 9tta Hoath," Prlad scs_.pn,. oletmn, .In cna 60o sal t.. ry out,. ssesy Shnviag Snclr.._-., issue No.