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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1925-06-11, Page 3Ants With -Pink I7'arasols. Order frolt><a your grocer his s e:'a• andAmong the recent, acquisitions at the he'll usually send "Red Rose" London Zoological Gardens, says a newspaper despatch,. lei Ernest of um- brella ante that have never been seen before in the gardens, They have had a busy time, because during the jour ney.. the queen's apartments beeturia gr'eally disarranged, but tiro coo- 4 //': ' munily soon put them to rights again; In their native home in Trinidad the .."HIkin' " ants are always to be 'found in the By Maxfield Garrott, neighborhood of rose trees. They cut 'l rampllt' long the dusty road, off parts ca 111epeLais of the roses and Pack upon your back, carry them to their nests, holding them Ntholhiil' there to worry you, • over their heads like parasols., On inn' that you lack. reaching trema they masticate the eJ o tea,915 The same goon tea for 30 years. Try it! HEALTH EDUCATION BY DR. J. J. MIDDLETON Provincial Board of Health, Ontario. Dr. Middleton will be glad to answer questions on Public Health mat- te's through this column. Address him at Spadlna House, Spadlna Crescent, Toronto. _ CAMPS' AND HOLIDAYS. bring you last once or more of tl e Blossom time has come and from now until the snow files in the f all, you will enjoy the great outdoors. Whether in your own or a fniend'e car, you will motor along _ one Pro- vincial Highway one Sunday, and choose' another point of interest the next, The end of the summer will finch you happier and in better health of mind and body because of these, outings, if you have, when away from home, taken care to ace that you Drink only water that is safe, Use only milk that is safe, Dat only food that is safe, Swim only where it is safe. The roadside pienie'or the run to the city for the. week -end visit will s I o' 1 1 f1 !1 u t the re- sfilting mixture in 'heaps inside the nest. On the beds thus prepared grows a special fungus of which the ants are very fond. Know a place to coolvyoar dinner; Lots of dinner to cook; Lots of firewood scattered 'round, 11verywherei_you look. -THE ONE f Birle ale eingin' in the bushes All along the road; nTi Rabbits scurryin' in the brush; wAEj g 7lere and there a toad.. —, Know a place to pitch your tent, To cook your supper, too; Is Keeping the Blood Pure by Reach it' long 'bout early dusk Before the.day is through. Leah -to pitched between two trees Using Dr. Williams'. l hundred m do mounds for Pink Pills. severeca P g g motor tourists where you may stop. Ready for the night; and rest. .Some of the camps have al Impure, weak blood is the cause of Cheery fire asubstitute small charge, while others are free; most of the troubles that afflict pee- Por the failing light: but whether you use a free or a pay ple. This is the cause of the wretched camp, make sure of the purity of the feeling -oflangour and faintness, pains Dina trees seentlu' up the acs; drinkingrwater and the mills. If the' in the back and side headaches and children 'want to swan, find a phi , ca breathlessnessthat afflict Women and Atmosphere reels free; that is free Prom danger and where The 'cheesy outdoors life—Oh, boyl. I new health and strength the blood the water is free from oerious con- makemakeherer daily lite a torture. TO got That's the life for rnc. lamination. When planning for i:rmtmer boli- mut be enriched, What Dr. Wllhams days it is well to think of these things.' Pink Pills do in cases of this kind is Avacation in the most beautiful spotof told by Mrs. Augusta Emery, Wood - will mean sorrow rather than joYl ford Station, Alta-, who says:—"Liv- if it has as its aftermath a severe ing on the prairie, and knowing that- this sununer in order to see the Wemb- ley Exhibition or to visit other placelf; they should make sure that they se - —Boys' Life Scout Passport. If anTyhI3eoByoSycouts are going abroad attack of typhoid fever. I here are thousands 01! women like For your health'ni stake, "watch myself miles .away from a doctor, T your step" when you are away •from cure froth Hwilla iters a Scout Pass, home, want to tell them what Dr. 1Villiams' Pinlc Pills have dare for nro. After port which will accredit them to 'all A Liberal Speed Limit. In those bygone clays when motoring was something new and there was still Plenty of room on the road, Ireland—if we can believe Sir Henry Robinson in his Further Memories of Irish life - was a paradise for drivers who liked to go feet. One of Sir Henry's memor- ies i8 as follows: There were office two policemen 00 duty at the roadside, fill ti each bad a notebook in his hand and wore an air' of 'intense responsibility. Colonel Nu- gent asked then what they were dp- i xtg'. "We're watching out," they said, "for to see that them motoriste isn't exceeding the legal limit:" At the time the Cal's were going out along the level stretch of road, few of then under forty miles an hour, and many of them much faster. Nugent, much amused, asked the sergeant what he would do 1f he saw a Can that , appeared to be exceeding the limit, "We'd order him to dlsist," said the sergeant, Ulm 'Simonds' Crescent Ground Sawa; their teeth are of even thickness througbout the entire length of the saw, thus mnki n gbinding inthekerf imposaibie. CronceniGrind- ing is en exclusive Simonds lcaturo,Shnmd,Canada Saw Co, Ltd. WINO. OT. w., TORONTO VANOOUVCR FIONTN[A4 LIT, JOHN "Crescent Ground" Lance Tooth Cross Cut, ho -22 2.24 4 WE WANT CHURNING We supply cans and ,ay express charges. We pay dally by express money orders, which can be cashed anywhere without pity charge. To obtain the top . price, Cream must be free from bad flevore and contain not less than 30 per cent, Sutter Fat. - Bowes Company Limited, Toronto For references—Head Office, Toronto, Bank of Montreal, or your local banker. Established for over thirty years. -' Mir my first baby Was born I seemed to foreign Boy Scout associations. The At that moment a r6'dr was heard down the road,. and a dark blue tort -run-down end unable o do even ,the long to the International Bureau re- pedo-shaped meal, with driver, and ordinary household duties. I felt I quires these credentials of any Scout mechanic In leather skull caps crouch - have little energy. I felt weary and forty Boy Scout associations which be- needed a tonic: . All Honor to These Mott ersl it is sometimes said that all great men have great mothers. :That is sure- ly true urely'true of the French nlioslenary Fran- cois Colllarcl." Nothing in the son's bravo and noble life eclipses' the hero'- ism and devotion of his mother. When little Francois was two years old she was left a widow and destitute. Her husband had foolishly backed bills for friends and cr eclitor e,; and at his death the burden -of indebtedness fell on her. The farmstead and the stock had to be sold. She took it post as housekeeper, and the little boy did his part by helping to Herd turkeys. When site had saved a little money she returned to .her native village) of Asnieres. There was an excellent PT0 lestant school there, where sire by luted her'boy to tie educated; sire had al ready dedicated trim to the m'nistry,, She farmed a few acres oP,l id with her own hands and with such Bell) as she could occasionally afield. The boy reared rabbits to pay fey his Latin books and his school stationery. Yet, poor' though they were,, t!•.e little cot- tage was a centre of hospitality. Amid her poverty she kept bright the flame of her ideal for the boy.She introduced him' to becks. Together they reacl,the lite of Ri.bert Moffat and it became one of the f taster influences in the boy's life. "0 mother, how sl lendid It must be to be a missionary!' he exclaimed one day. "Yes, my child," she replied; "it is finer even than to be a minister. That he might be a minister was her great dream. But she was not think- ing"of herself. When the Paris Mis- sionary Society appealed to him and he hesitated on her account she wrote: "I understand now that God is callin g you, Go, I will not keep you back. I had hoped you would be the staff of my old age, but It was not for myself I reared you. The good God will not forsake me." In Dundee not long ago a memorial was unveiled •to brave Mary Sleesar, the "White Queeii of Okoyong," Cour ageous as she was, her life was no d as I had long seen more`heroic than her mother's �• cnod drdt �a d8i VA'D8' iSelTINS (dti9g8�'2Ios ) The ob o ofQuality �j f Ontario Has An Interest in Her Children. cr Scout officer froln a foreign country • ''Who is that woman who has been Married to a drunken husband, Mrs. ing low in shah sears came along at , visiting them, and failure to have one Dr. Williams' Pink Pills advertised I Slessor had to earn the living aS well driving a small car 'round the Township ttbouC seventy miles an hour—a hying decided to try them. I got a supply may result in refusal recognize as care Por°tiro. children. Drink was all' all week? Wrist's leer line, I wonder? el that blue on the highway. It seem- those entitled to them as being mem-. and carefully followed the directions the father lived for, Sometimes when el that hero at last was a case where hers In good standing in Canadian She called at every house down the rind before very long the result washis wife had without supper that the order to desist must inevitably be Scouting, wonderful, Day by day I regained given. Brit not a bit 11 it! my former strength and energy, The The application should, bo mode "Good for ye," yelled the excited through the local Scoutmaster or the constable at Lhe dying car; and the pills seamed to give me a keen appe- Secretary of the local association to tits and I gained in weight and soon sergeant, he making ca speaking trumpet was able not only to do my work, Headquarters, which wilt issue the of his hands; ahrielKed out encouraging- standard passport which is issued in about the house but to help with many yet!" r theoshtboth English n re h 1 "Ye a bofa French. . d Y. h reason r on the Yarm. .Fortis chores The Never -Stop Bakery. I would advise women, particularly Simcoe County Scouts at Stayner. those on the prairie or the farm, to Victoria Day was' the occasion fora Ono of the greatest wonders of keep a supply of these pills always rally of upwards of two hundred Scouts and Cubs from various centres; "Wembley this year is the never -stop on hand. One trial wall convince You bakery, Which will work 'unceasingly of their worth: I have reoohtmended day and night while the Exhibition is open to cater for the needs of visitors. The bakery, has been designed to supply bread, rolls, and pastries of all kinds to the cafes and restaurants, thus obviating the troubles and wor- ries of transport of huge supplies to the Exhibition. Sixteen steam -pipe ovens have. been installed'In the bakery. In a fire -box behind each pair of ovens is a small fire of smokeless coke. Along the roofs of the ovens is a series. of Lubes, each hermetically sealed, and in these tubes is water which, heated by the collo fires, circulates and provides the necessary cooking heat, "e Rolls, moulded by machinery, are put into the ovens on great trays of sheet iron. The baker can watch the actual baking process by means of an electric light which lights up .the in- side of the oven. One hundred thous- and rolls can be turned out every day. .In the kitchens attached to the bak- ery are to be found electric breat-but- tering machines, each capable of cut- ting and :buttering 20,090 slices of bread in a day; and electric potato peeling and cleaning machines, each dealing with a ton of `jtotatoes in an hour. Grand Stand Plays. When the baseball hero makes an extraordinary play and the crowd goes wild, the extra strain on the grand stand amounts to 300 pounds a square inch. Prisoners awaiting trial in French prisons are deprived of their -boot- laces, collars, and ties, in case they attempt to destroy themselves. Even when you have gained a good deal of knoiyledge you still need to learn how to use it. > them to many of my friends and never have they failed to produce good re- sults." You can get these pills from your druggist, or by mall at 50 cents a box f5•om The Dr, Williams;, -Medicine Co., Bfocl:ville,-, Ont. The Newest Thing In Haircuts. Site -"Well, what's the newest thing in men's haircuts?"• I-Ie—"G1nls." "Flying" at 23 Miles Per Hour. A bold sportsman who lived in Eng- land a hundred years ago when the railway was new accepted. an invita- tion to go with a house party for a run0of five miles by rail. In a letter written in 1829 he gives this account of lits experience: "The quickest mo- tion is to me frightful; it is really fly- ing, and it is impossible to divest your- self of the notion of instant death to all upon the least accident's happen- ing. It'gave me a headache that has not left nie yet." The train in which he rode "hew" at the terrific speed of twenty-three miles an hour. Probably the most popular illus- trated paper is the bank note. Keep Minard's Liniment in the House. In Simcoe County at Stayner fora big afternoon of Scout sports and activi- ties in charge of Assistant Provincial Irwin of Toronto and Commissioner I w Scoutmaster E. A. Slentin of Stayner. The towns represented at • the rally were Collingwood, Port McNicoll, Penetanguishene, T3arrie, Elmvale, Stayner and Creemore. The programme of sports was "Scouty" in every particular and all the eventa were well contested. Des- pite the varied nature of the prograni (which included Scout's Pace, Verbal Message Relay, Firo-by-Friction Con- test, Firefighting and Water -boiling, First Aid Competition, Rescue Race, Scout Rally and Semaphore Signalling) 111e Penetanguiehene and Blmvale Troops tied with 18 points,each for the fleet place. Scoutlike, the boys of the two troops agreed to let the result re- main a tie, so both share the honors of first place. The next highest troop was the 1st Barrie Troop with the line -score of 13 points. Following the sports, the Scoutmas- ters had a short conference during which they discussed proposals regard- ing a district camp, distriot representa- tion at the Ebor Park Scoutmasters' Training Camp oin July, and the possi- bilities re another rally and sports day next fall, s w e h ac gone vt main road and I suppose she will stop he might have food he would throw it into the fire in his drunken rage. here some day soon," questioned the I circumstances heavy enough to bachelor of the "Corners," as he sat break a woman's' heart Pits, Slessor down beside the door to enjoy his af- irst t bel her ideals, It was she that tor -dinner smoke and watch the sun far ala - the Marystories. off C brat told little 11 its for behind the o down. in a glory g thecruelties of the natives, tendo e ba of n It was she that thus fired the girl's imagination and urged her to her great work for humanity. MY Sill ONES wooded hills. His sister came over just then for a chat, and se he had all his questions answered: "That woman was a nurse, a nurse who helped peo- ple before they got sick, as well as 1 U USED when they had to stay in bed; a nurse 1 t who gave a lot of her time to the c1111d- IP L 1)f !l iJ U 1? t1 TAB! 1 11111 1 1) ren --those who went to school and those wire hadn't started yet, and, Mrs, John A. Patterson, 'Scotch Vil. most of all, the wee new babies just arrived in the homes throughout the Township. "Slee.visits every home," added his sister, "and ,talks over the health of every member of the family, fail when a medicine was needed. No so'de111 be surprised when she calls mother should be without the Tablets • on you. Web, I' must be going now, and yrou won't see much of me for a few, days; the children have their Health Talks and Little Mothers' Classes In school, and the women have asked the 011050 to give a Home Nurs- ing Class this week. Where did the muse come from, did you say? 011, she is the Public Health Nurse from the Ontario Provincial Department of Hda1th, Spading House, Toronto." (Advertisement). lege, N,S., says: -"There are six child- ren in our home, and the only medi- cine they get, is Baby's Own Tablets, and I have not known the Tablets to in the house," Like Mrs. Patterson thousands of other mothers are quick to praise Baby's Own Tablets for bringing health and comfort, to their little ones. The Tablets are a mild but thorough laxative which regulate 'the stomach and bowels, thus banish- ing constipation and indigestion, colds and simple fevers, and making teeth - lug easy. They are guaranteed to con- tain no, opiates and are perfectly safe for the youngest child. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 26 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co„ Brockville, Ont. Swing Your Hammer. "What, starting to build a house, and winter only a week orf!" Thus the passer-by bailed the young con- tractor who was laying the sills for a new -building. Tire workman grinned. "I sold my house a little while ago; too good an offer to refuse. Hustled right over here, bought this lot, had the cellar dug and walled—and now we're all set to get this shack up, inclosed and roofed—before bad weather Bits us, Get as far as that, chimney up and heater in—and we can finish it, no. matter what's doing outside. I'm praying for good weather, but I'm swinging my hammer as fast as I oan at the same time." "Good luck! I won't stand around and hinder you," said the other, laugh lug. Faith and Work are good partners. They don't wait`for each other to do the thing that needs doing; they tackle it together. Faith believes that <God will help on any good job, whether it -be building a house or saving a soul. It calls upon him confidently for eo•f operation. And while Faith' is doing that, Work swings a lusty hammer, So then it doesn't matter whether You say, "Pray, but swing your ham- mer," with the Spanish, or "God helps thein that help themselves," with Ben Franklin, or...Faithwithout works is dead," with tate 'Bible. Get the idea and use it. Look to God for help, hitt put all that you can into your effort. A. n -TCarpet. T eo ar et. Spring cleaning at Winloorr Castle is a Herculean task. The special dread Of the Royal spring cleaners is beating the two -ton ' carpet which covers the floor of the Waterloo Chamber—the. Royal dining -room during Ascot week, when the King and Queen make Wind- sor. their headquarters. It takes sixty men to carry this max - siva 'rug" 'downstairs to the lawns. Eighty feet long and 40 feet wide, 1t is the Wonderful carpet which took: the prisoners of Agra seven years to weave. Weasels Prove a Pest. To check the rabbit pest New Zea. land farmers introduced weasels. Now the weasels aro a pest, and instead of killing the rabbit they have destroyed -nearly all the native birds. Lungs Not Pully' Operated. In ordinary breathing only about 10 per cent.- of the lung content is changed at each breath. Duty is what we expect the rest of the family to do. Burma is a ,paradize for big game hunters; 5,752 wild animals were kill- ed there in a recent year, The mind is a bank that pays corn pound int4rest on the knowledge you deposit in it. Of the 100,000 private'ltouses de- stroyed in Belgium during the war, about 95,000 have been rebuilt, while more than 1,200 miles, of roadway have been restored. (1 Courage. "My closing words," said Sir Jambs Barrie to the St. Andrew's students, in May last, "must be..of a lovely virtue. Courage is the thing. Unless a man has .that virtue he has no security for preserving any other. Courage, my children, and forget the unseen with a cheer. Fight on till the whistle blows." • For Every Ili-Minard's Liniment. A remarkable device has been per- fected by the Pictograph Products Corporation by the use of which the deaf can heat' as well as ever. Inasmuch as 500,000 users have testifiedas to the wonderful results obtained from the "ACOUSTICON" we feel perfectly safe in urging every deaf person without a penny of expense. and entirely at aur risk, to accept the For 10 Days' Free Trial No Deposit. No Expense. ' No Such Place. Social Novice—"What do you do ' when you get something ending with Wireless Enthusiast --"Don't let 'em fool you. There isn't any `such send- ing station:' Britons last year oonsnmed, in one form or another, fruit equivalent to eighty-five apples and fifty-three oranges per head of the population. LURIA'S KeepsEYES YS CICat • zct yBright and Beautiful Clear, WdtctvlurtneCo. LChicaFo £oo l C r•liaok E- CUTJRAr FEAL.S ECLEMA 0N FACE In Rad 1 Spread to Scalp, Itched and Burned, Face Very Sorel "Eczema broke out In a malt on my face and later spread to my. scalp. The rash scaled over arta sore eruptions formed. It caused a great dealof itching and burning and my face was very core. The trouble lasted three or four weeks, " I was treated withoutany ben- efit. I. began using.Cutieura Soap and Ointment and could acea great change afterthe first night. I con- tinued the treatment and in .four weeks I was completely healed." (Signed) Miss Margaret Danyow, Ferrisburg, Vermont. Daily use of Cuticura Soap, with touches of Cuticura Ointment now and then, keeps the skin fresh, 'smooth and clear. Cuticura Tal- e= Is also ideal for the skin. ttample inch Free by Matta Addree0 Canadian Depot: '8100100.0 Ltd, Montreal. Price, Soap Ma. Ointment 25 and 150. Talcum 150. Cuticura Shaving Stick 25c, A WOi. SUFFERING Relieved by Lydia E. Pink! J. Anderson & Company • hare's Vegetable Compound 357 St. Catherine St. West I Montreal Quebec I! First Aid In case of sprains, bruises and inflammation apply Minard's at once. It prevents complications. soothes and heals. You w Care -worn,- nerve -exhausted women need. Bitr•o-Phosphate, a pure organic phosphate dispensed by druggists that New -York and Paris physicians pre scribe to increase weight and strength and to revive youthful looks and feel digs. Price - '$1 'per. pkge. Arrow Chemical Co., 25 Front St. )cast Toronto, Ont. • .2, r Verdun, Montreal, Quebec. — "S am one of thousands who have taken Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and I have great faith in it. I Can safely say it has relieved nay troubles and I shall never be without a bottle of it in` my house. Since my last baby was, born I suffered from parrs and backache and would feel so tired I could not do anything in my home. Since I have been taking the Vegetable Compound and Lydia E. Pinkham's Blood Medicine I feel so different. I recommend it to all my friends and hope it,will cure other. women who are suffering from the trou- bles I had."—Mrs. Tilos. H. Gaitnlrt;a,( 821. Evelyn Street, Verdun, Montreal,: Quebec. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound is a dependable medicine for the new mother. It is prepared fromroots and herbs, contains no harmful drugs and can be taken by the nursing mother. Its worth in restoring the mother to normal health and strength is told again and again in just such letters as -Mrs. Gardner writes.. A recent canvass of women users o?' the Vegetable Compound shows that 98 out of every 100 women taking the - medicine are benefited by it. They write and tell us so. Such evidenceen- tities us to call it dependable medicine for women. It is for sale by druggists everywhere. C - ISSUE -No. 24—'25.