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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-12-25, Page 7Neid'Year; 1625. FIeys many Scouts keews how the name January came to` be given';to ,the first month of the year? January is derived ireiii• Talus, the god in the anci'en't ulytlls erho had two faces, one looking backwin•d' and' the other; .for- ward,; So we, May take` Januarys as the month when hie well to ]ook'b., over the oid;,year just gene, and 'then on' to, the new: year, just;beenning,. Let us ha.'SCeuta turn !jack and see what we lieve accofnpliahed'.in 1924. ,Stop' and 'aslc yourself the •questions:. ',What have I done in Scouting liness since,'Jahuary lst;1924. I Flow much have -I dune to help PAIN IN THE JOIN' Is; An Indication: That the Blood is Thin and Watery. The first -sign. of rheumatism is ire- •quently a prim and swelling of one%of the joints. "If this 'is not treated through t!he.bleod, w'h'ich,is the seat of the disease, the poison spreads, affect- Ing other joints and tissues -some tinies ,rheumatism, attacks the heart and is 'fatal.` A remedy that has corrected many cases of rheumatism is Dr. Williams' Pink Pill's. These; pills enrich and purify the bleed so that the, polemions rheumatic' ]natter M driven out of fire system as, nature intended." .Miss Ger tie Denne, washes°, Ont., w, as attack- ed .with rheumatism: and found: relief through Dr; Williams' Pink Pills. She says,—"About a year ago I :was at- tacked .by rheumatism and for two weelts was confined to my bed. The trouble was so, painful, affecting the others? joints of my limbs so that I could not How much have I• improved my- stead alone. Mother had a box of Dr; self?Williams' Pin1t P!I1s an the house and What have I done to help; the i thou ht they might help ae. I began patrol? taking 'them, and when I ha.d taken -What have I' done . to help,g P . the these ills' of a further suPPIY; with. , Troop? , the result that th•e rheumatism van - Have I really tided 'to do at leastished and I was a Well girl I. may add este ,''good'turn" every day? that my, mother and two of my'sisteni How much in file year, or in that h 1 ar u ail. ' that these' relies of the past belong to one of the In idel• periods of the Ice age, The spot where they were found ave also used the Pil s for v_ ?o s ■tea.. MAMMOTH POUND IN TRAFgLGAH SQUARE, LONDON . The fossilized ones'Of a mammoth and a Hippopotamus that, `about 100,000 'years ago, lived in Trafalgar Square, now one of the world's busiest spots, have recently been discovered thirty feet below the surface. The bones; ipeluding: also those of the aurochs, or great.,ox, and the red deer, leave been identified by Sir Arthur Keith, -the renowned anatomist, and Mr.' R. IL Burns. They have been placed in 'the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, to which they have been presented. The bones were found when foundations. woes being' dug out ad- jacent to.the ]lead"Etu+opea.n Offices of the Canadian Pacific Railway (right). It is assumed in Geological circles fraction of the year since I joined theIl�nts with equal success, and now we to marked by a cross. Scouts, have I done In the way of are never without them in the honee." passing tests and earning proficiency if you are suffering from any con - badges? clition due to poor, watery blood, or These and numerous other questions weak nerves, begin: taking Dr, Wil - you can stop and aslc yourself; and I lianas' Pink Fills now, and note flow think it will be found really worth your strength and health will improve. while, You can get these pills through any Then, after' you have a pretty good dealer in medicine, or by mail; at 50 idea as to what you. accomplished in 1924, youwill be in a better position tc look forward and make some resolu- tions to do better in 1925. In other words, "Hitch Your wagon to a Scout- ing star for another Year." Some Big Dates Ahead. Seoutmasters in Ontario have been asked to note Thursday and Friday, February 12th and 13th, as important dates on their new 1925 calendars, We Want to ask Scouts to note them to, and then' encourage their Scoutmas- ters and Assistant Scoutmasters to ,take a holiday on those clays and go to Toronto for the big Provincial -Scout Leaders' Conference to be held then. On the afternoon of the first day there will also be held the 14th Annual hleeting of the Provincial Oonncil for Ontario, and the same evening a big Conference Dinner with special speakers• and. a novel Scout , and Cub programme will be held. No Scoutmaster or Cubmaster or Assist- ant who can possibly attend should miss these big events. Scour Arithmetic. I wonder haw Scouts would like the following arithmetic problem instead of the usual kind about how long 1t wauld take A and B to build a certain. kind of wall, etc.?. Here it is:. How many Scouts would It take to eat 500 yards of jam' roll and 2,300 pounds of marmalade and jam at one meal.? As there are probably no very good rules for figuring out the answer, here it is —12,641leoute! These are the actual figures published regarding the Scouts at the Imperial Scout Jamboree held last summer in connection with, the —British Empire Exhibition at Wemb- ley. ' Hunt for Lost Boy. Newspaper despatches, state that District Commissioner Rev. H. A. Sims of .Fort William. and a large party of Boy. Scouts were amongst the first to loin the search for a 'little boy.recent- ly lost in a:storm while -out cutting a Christmas Tree for his home. This to a kind of service which Scouts have frequently rendered in many places,. Mountains as Memorials. The christening of a mountain after Nurse Cavell is a reminder that place- earaes are often bestowed out of com- pliment to or in commemoration - of distinguished persons. Of late years Many features of the Arctic regiones have been' named on this principle; but in the Victorian era it was the fashion in the colonies to,call places,' after "Celebrities. One of the beet -known, nienethus honored was Lord Melborne, -after whom Mel- bourne (Victoria,) ~,vas named._ Sometlnfes d notability was ;minor- talized in this fashion again and again. An `instance was Lieut. -General lair Ralph -Darling, Governor of New South Wales 4n'1825-81, who is oommemor- atethy a river, 1,•moumtaln range, and. two:dlstrista'in Australia. Nor was this sort of filling kept ,with- in the limits of,one `colony. The name of Earl Bdth-hist, Colonial Secretary in 1812-28 was, applied •.to Bathurst, in htQ. New .. South Wales; _Bathurst Inland, off. North Ausctralra;:Bathurst, a Bri- tisk settlement: on the Congos an is- land .in the ArcticOcean; Bathurst Inlet, en arm of the Arctie Ocean; and" a division in Cape Colony. A a:later date personal names were scattered °yer,thenmap; of Africa,, A famous American newspaPer Pro- prietor 4s comtnemorated by Mount GordonsBennett; an African mountain seen ,13y Stanley in 1876;.and1 that ex Plorer ie simllarly honored by Stanley • Poet, near, the -Congo, as` Livingstone, s mie'slon station near Lake Nyassa, Perpetuatesethe_.:werk of,Llvingstone.- Mount .Everest, thehighest known point iu• the world, was ,christened in honor of Sir,George•Everest, Surveyor - general, of 'ledia; the: Victoria :Falls en the 7 �avrbe ai in honor ofQ been Victoria; and Albert Nyanza, a lake in Prince Consort: f ,tional Railways from Halifax to Toronto. Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River. With a view to re-establishing sock- eye salmon. In the. Upper. Fraser River the•Department of Marine and Fisher- ies has this season:' distributed 1,000, - cents a box, from The Dr. Williams' 000 eyed''sockeye eggs in the tribu- Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. taries of Bowron'lake and 4,000,000 in -- 'e — the principal tributaries of Quesnel Love Song. Lake.. Arrangements have also been I have loved you enough; made to make similar plantings in, the Though =oh went wrong, Seton -Anderson Lakes and the Shu•, This was good; swap Lakes districts. This was stiffing; An inspection of the salmon spawn-. ing areas of the Fraser River basin Unshaken in spite has shown that the number of sockeye Of the going of years, salmon that reached the spawning Too sure to retract, beds of the Fraser, above Bell's Gate Too proud for tears: Canyon, was too small to make a vis- ible impression in any section. Not a Let my love be the pillow sockeye was in evidence in Quesnel Under your head, lake or its two main• tributaries, and On your lips like a song, not a :resident at, Quesnel Dam, the • To your hunger, bread. outlet of the lake, ar on the Horsefly -Sara Teesdale. River, one of its principal spawning a— areas, was found who had aeon a Fatty fish contain large amounts of ;sockeye this. year. Formerly the Qu'es- fat-soluble' vitamins. nel Lake section was one of the great - f i-�EAL,TH EDUCATION BY DR. J. J. MIDDLETON _ Provincial Board of Health; °Mello. Dr, Middleton will be glad to answer questions on Public Health mat- ters through this column. Address him at Spadina douse, Spadina Crescent, 'Toronto. i Public Health is a. subject that cially true of the warnings against touches very closely the life and hap- discharges and eruptions front the piness of everyone of us. It is not an body, of the emphasis placed .onwash- abstruce subject or one which a per- jug and bathing as ae means of Pegfi- j .cation and:- of the explicit directions for proper disposal of excreta (see Lev. IVa -and Deut. XXIII). With the low .standards of medical knowledge prevailing during the dark ages, it is not surprising to 'find pr'ac- ing in this world, .causes ,race deter-.tically no traces whatsoever of activi- !oration and often brings :people to an ties, relating to Public Health Educe - early grave. There are !natty ways of tion- In the thirteenth, fourteenth explaining what Public Health means, and fifteenth centuries, however,' and could' fill a volume in doing so, mainly because Europe was repeated- but it can be conveniently described ly devastated by various plagues, the in two words—"Right Living." need appears to have been felt for The Great War that shook the foun- furnishing authoritative information dation of ,the nations of the world has regarding the dreaded plagues.' The result was the publication of numer- ous leaflets called "plague tractates," dealing with many scourges such as leprosy, syphilis, plague, alcoholism and sweating sickness. A reawaken- ing of interest in public health was observed mainly in England, in the early part -of the nineteenth, century, and we find, as a result; that commun- ities concern themselves more actively in the provision of pure water sup- plies, in the disposal of refuse, the construction of better streets. Towards the end" of the century, especially during the eighties, a cam- paign was begun for the suppression of tuberculosis. This campaign was developed very effectively in the Un- ited States. Up to ten or fifteen years ago, a large •amount of the effort aggamst infant mortality was expend- ed in hunting out and providing medi- cal care for sick babies in summer time'. That this was absolutely il- logical and Ineffective in combating infant mortality was not then reeog- son takes ap merely, for cultural rea- sons or as a pastime. Itis a neces- sary subject to know—so necessary, in fact, that ignorance of its principles is at the root of a good deal of suffer - taught us much. One of the most im- portant things it has brought to our attention is the great need for the preservation of the human race. So many precious lives were sacri- ficed on the battlefields during those terrible years that thinking., men, and women have come to realize, the nee- eseity of preventing the useless sacri- fice of human life in times of peace. Take the question of infant mortality alone. The annual list of deaths .of children from malnutrition; prevent- able diseases and so forth, is a dis- grace to, any civilized country. "13the enforcement.. of public health and h s ggiennc Measures, many of these little lives .could be saved. But there are many other fields of public health work equally important: One of the earliest codes of health regulations with which we are familiar, dates back to the time of Moses, and this is remarkable on account of the fact that many, of the regulations are in entire harmony with the recognized principles :of dry glens of the..present day. This is espe- Although only ,2:/s years old, this little boy, Reginald` Alvis;'. recently Dari the sea 'cures ed alone from Glasgow, Gotland to Toronto, n Y o S g g voyage on the Regina he was the pet of the ship and there was no lac s of East Central Africa in honor of the volunteer guardians on the train..which bronght him over the Canadian Na - est 'spawning districts in the Frazer basin. . The records kept there dis- close that in 1909 over 4,000,000 sock- eyes entered that lake. None are known to have entered it in the last two years,, • The Indians in the Chilcotin country reported that they have not 'taken in excess of 60 eockeye ,at'their three Principal fishing stations this year: None were caught by the Indians at Chimney Creek or at Soda Creek. The Indians at the Bridge River eanyon on the Frae'er, above Lillooet, caught very few sockeye and none were seen enter- ing Seton or Anderson lakes. A few were see 'in the Thompson river. Itwas also reported that the sock- eye run to the Birkenhead river at the head of the Harrison-Lillooet section was the best in many years, More sockeye were seen there this year than have been seen since the hatchery was "established in 1905 and it is the belief that the run was as, great as it ever has been in the last twenty years. While it cannot be stated with abso- lute certainty that the abundance of salmon in the Birkenhead river is due to the fry distributed there from the hatchery four years previously, there is scarcely any other agency to which it can be attributed, It is only in the Lower Fraser, where 'hatcheries have been operated, that the sockeye ran has been maintadnd, and in the Upper Fraser, in the Quesnel, Ohficotin, and Seton Lakes distrietsswhere there are no hatcheries, the run has disappear- ed. a BABY'S OWN .TABLETS ALLAY IN THE Oil S HOME Once a mother has used Baby's Own Tablets. for .her Little ones she always keeps a supply on handl, for the float trial convinces her there is nothing to equal them in keeping children 'well, The Tablets are a mild but thorough laxative which regulate the bowels and sweeten the'stomaeh, thus driving out constipation and indigestion, colds and simple, fevers and makfng.teeth- ing easier. Concerning them; Mrs. Saluste Pelletier, . St Dumas, Que., writes:—"I have used Baby's Own Tablets for the past ten years and am never without them in the house. They have always given the greatest satis- faction and I can gladly reconrmend themto all mothers of little ones." The Tablets are sold by medicine deal- ers or direct by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Cos Brockville, Ont, lion. Marguerite Shaughnessy Daughter of the late Loral Shaughnes- sy, Chairman of the Canadian Pacific Railway, who acted as sponsor at the launching from the Clydebank yards' of John Brown & Co., of the Canadian Pacific S.S. "Princess Marguerite" re- cently, The new vessel is a twin screw, oil burner, and will be anim- portant addition to the Company's Pa- cific Coast fleet. The ehip comprises five decks and has an •over-all length of 868 feet. London. Romance has set her castle here, where beats The heart of England; hither no winds blow But sing of youth; long since the Bells of Bow Called Whittington; here Milton, Lamb and Beate Once bowed the knee to her; and he that meets ' ' In semespale dawn that gallant band' shad' know Her secret; and why Shakespeare long ago: Left Stratford) for •the beauty of her stre.eta. Still `\ellen the hied] of twilight Hilt- ters down poets and kings and sages long since dufit Leave Paradise to gather at her gate, These gave their lives as jewels for her crown, Left tis- this London s a holy truet, Bidding us keep.. their faith inviolate. —Lucy Malleson, A windy Christmas as' and calm Candlemassaid are to be signs of a good year. Minard'a 1- nlment Relieves Pain. He—"I •auppose you danced with Jack eix times and with me onee—to make me jealous?" She—"No, I danced with you once to make Jack jealous.' Little Tommy, upon his return from school one day, was asked by his mother what he had learned on that occasion. ',Well," said Tommy, "I have been studying ants. There are two kinds—the sort that gets into the sugar howl and the kind that lives with their married sisters" Eskimo mothers careens their babies by touching noses, The people of that race make very good and affectionate parents. LIMBS eatabnehed 66 yeah, Please write for our price fiat on Poultry, flutter, and Eggs We e17A31ANTna them for • week ahead. P. POULIN &- CO.; LIMITED 94,8s aonI000un: Market Taiophoae.. 41410 7197 MONTREAL curate EASY TRICKS - No. 34:.7 With A Glass Of Water A tumbler is-illled with ,water until it cap,. hold no more, and is placed on. the corner of a handker- chief which is placed very near the edge of a table. The table should have no cover. The problem is to remove the handkerchief without touching the glass or. spilling,` any of the water. Although the task seems impossible of accomplishment, it can be done very easily.. Grasp the opposite corner of the handkerchief and hold it. In a hori- zontal position,_holding the corner as far as you can away from the table. With your other hand strike the handkerchief a sharp downward blow. If you do this, the handker- chief will be drawn from under the glass. It Is desirable that the tabletop be very smooth and that the handkerchief have no heavy hem. (Clip this out and paste it, with other o'i the series, bi a nraybook.) Mint Harvest in England. Within a few miles of London the peppermint harvest is in 'full swing, and thepretty blue flowers of this sweet-smelling plant are fast falling beneath the swish of the sickles, or mint hooks, During' the last eleven months the distillery has been silent. Now it is busy night and day, as cartloads: of the "herb," as it is called, are tossed through the large door of its upper floor and the air is filled with a pun- gent odor at first well nigh overpower- ing. On this upper floor are two huge, copperlike stills, each with its huge Ed, or "'cap;" suspended above it. The bottom is perforated so that the steam may rise easily to the mint, Three boiler men load th stills,: and as soon as they are brimful the cup is lowered and sealed by a water suetionarrange. ment fitted round the brim,' Mean- while the boilerman gets up steam un- til forty pounds is registered, at which degree of heat the steam is allowed to pass into the well flitted still. When sending money by mail use Dominion cypress 1VIoney Orders. Safer- than sending bills. Every churchbell of any size con- tains four distinct notes; when the bell is rung these combine to sound the keynote of the bell. Minard's Liniment for Rheumatism. Since the Dominion Government; (through the Forestry Branch of the Dept. of the Interior, inaugurated its free trade distribution scheme on the prairies, some 40,000 plantations have been established. Many of these are valued by the owners at $1,000 apiece. Even at a conservative estimate of $300 apiece these. plantations repre- sent a total of twelve million dollars, many times the entire expenditure of this branch on the work from the -time it started. MORE THAN 55,000 FARMERS have bought their .farms In J'Jds,•ern Canada from the Canadian Pacific. A remarkable Fact. Think! There is a reason: The large area of our hold- ings affording choice of location and of land to suit every farming need. Fair price, fair contract, and fair dealing combined with abundant fertility of soil, good climate and social condi- tions make farm life there desirable ' and attractive. Thousands more will select their farm from our virgin lands, from our improved farms, and with some capital and determination to work, can make a home and pay for it. Write for our booklet, "The Prairie Provinces of Canada," and leaflet, "Western. Canada Forges Ahead." C. L. Norwood, Land Agent, Canadian Pacillo Railway, Desk W., Windsor Station, Montreal, Que. NURSES fee -Toronto Minolta! for Ineurablea le ". , intlntlon with aedievue. sod Aittea Somalial. f. Yurk'City. ones 'a ihrce. ;;are Ceara " t Trninhui to • you no woman, 'navies' Arm t rmntnd rauention• and deiiroom' of 1beaawinesi- ru tea Thlr' Mote::al halt adopted therelakt..,� t,00r rvttem. Thr outing. reeeiye unlfnrete il.: the Schoot a monthly :llowenoe and trnaelllea erproeei to: and from New York. for turthv":' lowymxll on fiord,, to tbo 4upertntenadol. The Queen of''Sheba's Airship. There la reason to believe that some- one constructed an airship which Solo- mon gave' to the son of the Queen of Sheba, Of coarse, there was, no motor—possibly it was a glider. The Secretary of the Royal Aeronautical So.eiety •st'ates that Solomon "gave to the Queen 'of'Sheba "a vessel wherein one could traverse the aire'for wind." There are 'other ,references to flight in ,Abyssinian' sier"ed writings, and there is a long deseriptioa of the miraculous way,in.which the Queen of Sheba's sou Menyelek left Solomon, journeying "to his mother's country. ' "No man hauled his wagon, or loaded camels,_ each was:,raised above `the ground.to a, height -eta cubit,' • A cubit, aocordinlg to the .ancient Egyptians,' measured about twenty inches, but 'elsewhere it is recorded that over the Red Sea they were lifted . up three cubits; "and everyone' travel- led In the wagons like on eagle when his body glideth above the wine." By wearing a pedometer, :an Am- erican housewife has discovered that she walked on an average five miles each day in preparing meals for her family. Classified Advertisements MONEY TO LOAN: SRM LOANS MADE. AGENTS wanted. Reynolds, 77 Victoria Street, Toronto. We are interested %in obtaining OLD and RARE BOOKS ON CANADIAN SUBJECTS. Send particulars to the Wilson Publishing Company, 73 West Adelaide Street, Toronto, Ontario, TAYLOR FO.RBES Tree Pruners GUARANTEE° Por every purpose in .the orchard, cutting limbs tip l0 1} inehea Handles - 4, 6, 8,10 and 12 feet. - Your Hardware Dealer knows the quality Our deeariptive circular sent to any addreaa on request TAYLOR-FORBES COMPANY, LIMITED GUELPH, ONT. Old People Bitro-Phosphate feeds. the nerves and old people need it to matte them feel and look younger. It's the one ; best nerve builder for weak, nerve-ex- hausted erve-exhausted men and women and that is why we guarantee it Price $1 per pkge. Arrow Chemical Co., 25 Front SL bast; Toronto, Ont. -taineZantaineernarliateintanttnenefraenerttalin S� e li f , /��il P�laatl4rl$® 1...�aes' i' ihq 11 ,'�'# al • �, � ! .'. du ty .'fie . editelTerinean "fid{,' . ]r easia WINTER CRUISES 1925 ..provide.. SS. Patric SS.Providence' SS. Perla. From: New York , , Toi Ponta Delgada i2 hrs. • Madeira 10 hrs. '. Alsders • . 24 hrs. - Falermo • 12 hrs. '. 'Nailss,::..... I2 hrs: Piraaus-Athens 24 hrs, Constantinople•24 hrs. Bagrouth 14 hrs. 'Jaffa -Jerusalem 39 hrs, ,` fi t,. .•• ; itr3s '. Meiisma .. g�rs, Monaco.... 15 a 'Marseilles, ...... • ..:. Length of the Cruise Jan, 10 - fan, 17 an. 19 an. 23. en. 25.: an.'26 an. 29 an. 31 eb., 3 Feb. 4/5 : Fob. 6/8 ,Feb. 11 •Feb. 19 Feb. 14 . 35 deyn, Feb. 17 Feb, 24. Feb. 26 Mara 2 Mar. 4 Mar. 5 Mara 8 Mar. re. Mar. 13 Mar. 14/15 Mar., Ii?j18 Mac 21 May. 23 Mar. 24 35days3a Mit 21 Mar. 28 Mar. 30 Apr.:' 3 Apr. 5 Apr.:.. 6 Apr. 0 Apr. II Apr. IC Apr.:. 15/16 Apr. 17/]9 APr.' 22 Apr. 24 Apr. 25 Jaya Apr.,28 May 5 May 7 May It May 19 May 14 May 17 May 19 May 22 ': May 23/24 N1'1'25127 ay 25/27 - — — May 81 33 days 'Minimum Pare • 450,00 incluilM she a excursion: and Hotel at Egypt. Clean, Comfortable, and Comodiona vessels especially. ktullt, for the.Meditor enema 'Grade. _Shore Excursions at Porta -of call ..Stoll -overs permitted. •Coucerts lac urea, derece. card parties, games of all serfs in addition to the social pleesnree of ocean travel. tin- 'surpassed, French cnisitie and first class service throughout, Orchestra Moving Pic- turesWr,roIess News Daily. Por further infer mnti n and rase Apt!ve4tterature tlppl•y--• ' Any authorized' Steamship Agent, or JAMES W..ELWELL fir, CO., INC., Gen. Agents 17 State Street, New: York City.` �.my..r. Frost Bites Minard's takes the sting out of them. Quickens circulation and prevents comp'lieatione., Get Rid Of Irritations ' By Using Cuticula Bathe freely with. Cuticura Soap and :flet water to cleanse .and purify: Dry Tightly and apply Cuticura Ointment to: soothe and heal, Nothing better for all eczemas, rashes, pimples, itchings and irritationa. Cuticura Talcum also is ideal i for the akin. atm letech P ro h ➢ Ma i l. Ad dmf•Ci-n nU l• rnoFot: "oatIcuxstPo,•Pox aeu:Soatieyy er,ra. sea ora H n nt eTslcu7Lu Mr' Try, our newShaven , Stick.'. ISSUE No, 52'--'2$.