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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1932-02-11, Page 7!111.11RS;DAY, mEBRUAiRY 11, 1932 THE SEAFORTH NI WS. Canada's Weekly Review ReJlecits the current: - thought' of beth hemispheres ' R3 stneks out and Would bring to you. aonb week challenging articles • fromthe toorbd's great publications, making for eeoader horizons,; truer• perspectives and Informing -Inspiring -Entertaining, `^ 31 will keep' you facts week by toads, with the great facts and startling mleovements of the time. Printedevery Thursday, World Wide brings to its 'leaders the .best thought :on the. very, 'latest surprises -of this most surprising:,. wo13d, F Published by. Canadiansprimarily foe Canadians,with sympathies world: wKs, ' humanity, wide. ,'any who have been. to the habit or: tasking American reviews, have recently dlasovereci that World Wide, at about 3tati tbe. price, is twice as• interesting. A. mental tonic -.its every col - min /s a liveewi.re contact with. l fe, -iot.r' s„bsoripotien to= It will help to- ward. o. oda- employment of more Can- t,-i.-.•.a-.various.key industries, giving use.. an Increased. earning' and spend- Hat, i.J\Ser se. . I iy It not serve your' m months, 26.weeksp only 52. 3. rye. " 52. ' " 3.50 diet .td: tn. any address In Canada, Nfid.,' Y, 1„ Testees, Great Britain and Ireland. Zt >ca&•extra to U, S., 50 eta„ to other for- rs voitnt.tes, 52.00 extra. Any duty that may be imposed by any, strolde country tv111 be assessed upon the• subscriber therein. dOYN:DOUGALL & SON ff. O:.BOX.3070„MONTREAL,. e3rntlemen; 193,• Please send me. WORLD WIDE' for twelve months $3.60 - six months 2,00 post paid, Mame fa Metal Myeteen • FARM FOR. SAL£, Lot 11, Concession 4, H.R:S, Tuck- rrsmith, containing 100 acres of choice land, situated on county road, PA. stiles south of the prosperous Town of Seaforth, on C.N.R.; convenientto schools, churches and markets. This farm is all underdrained, well fenced; about 2 acres of choice fruit trees, The soil is excellent and in a good state of cultivation and all suitable for the growth of alfalfa, no waste land. The farm is well watered with two sever failing wells) also a flowing spring in the farm yard; about 40 acres plowed and reading for spring seeding, also 12 acres of fall wheat; remainder is seeded with alfalfa, The buildings are first class, in excellent repair; the house is brick and is mo- dern in every respect, heated with fur- nace, hard and soft water on tap, a Three-piece bathroom; rural telephone, also rural mail. The outbuildings con- sist of barn 50x80 feet with stone stabling under; all floors in stable cement; the stabling has water sys- tem installed. A good frame driving shed, 24x48 feet; a 2 -storey henhouse 6x36 feet. A brick pig pen with ce- ment floors capable of 'housing about 40 pigs. The house, stables and barn have hydro installed, Anyone desir- ing a first class home and choice farm should' see this. On account of ill health I will sell reasonable. Besides the above I am offering lot 27, con- cession 12, Hibbert, consisting' of 100 acres choice land, 65 acres well under - drained; 10 acres maple bush, all seed - al to grass; no waste land. On the premises are a good bank barn 48x56 feet and frame house, an excellent well. The farm is situated about 5 smiles from the prosperous village of lllensall on the C.N.R., one-quarter of. a mile from school and mile from Aurch. this farm has never been dropped much and is in excellent shape for cropping or pasture. I will self these farms together or separate- ly to suit: purchaser. For further par- licntars apply to the proprietor, Sea - forth, R.R, 4, or phone 21 on 1313, Seaforth. THOS. G. S1ULLfiD1lG- !.,A,W, Proprietor. Q. H McInnes Chiropractor Of Wingham, will he at tl,o- Commercial'" Hotel, Seafortl' Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons • Diseases of all kinds success- , fully treated. Electricity used. Asthma No Longer Dreaded,' The dread of ,renewed attacks from as- ihma has no hold ippon those ''who have ,learned 'to^rely ,upon Dr, J. D, :Kellogg's Asthma Remedy. So safe do they feel that complete reliance is placed on this true specific with the certainty that it will always Ido all that Fits makers claim,- If you have not yet learned how safe you are with this ,prep'aration'at hand get it to -day and 'know.for yourself. 'Want and' Fon. Sale A'ds, 3 times 50c TI -TE GOLDEN TREASURY February 14. Nevertheless I ate. continually with thee. Thou Nast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me” with thy%cotti �el, and afterwards receive 'me to glory. Wham have I 111 'heaven but thee? And there is ,'none upon earth 'that I desire be- side thee, My flesh, and my heart faileth; but .God is the strength of of my heart; and my portion' for- ever, !Babes in religion long not only for Christ, but :'for sensible co'mihunion with him; and very often are they in dtrl'ged with ;it, that they may be weaned frame the world. But those of fuller age, .who have their senses mare exercised, are thanikfttl that they 'can trm511-- stn, When they do not see Him, and 'c -au follow Him; When they feel no .comfort; relying .more on the word and covenant of God than on those- sensationls which, thoiugh ever prec iaus and; desirable, are often with. - ;drawn, that it may be seen whether ;we are so decided and eager, as to 1folibw Go'd'hito a land not sown, ,FPow oft have sin and Satan strove To rend my soul from thee, .my God But everlas'ting is thy love, Rand Jesus seal's it with his blood.. On the Psailms--+PsalmXV3 • 9. IThere'fore my heart is glad, 'and my glory rejoiceth; my flesh shall rest in hope. Through confidence in the almighty power engaged on his side, joy filled the heart of Christ, and rendereld his. tongue an instru'men't • of giving glory to Jehovah in the' midst of his sufferings; because, when they were ended, as they must soon be, his flesh was only to snake its bed, and rest awhile in the grave, after his labours of the day, in sure and cer- tain hope of a speedy resurrections and glorification. This same consid- eration is ,to the afflicted, the sick, and the dying Christian a never - failing source of comfort, and inex- haustible. fountain nex-haustible•fountain of joy: sin and in- fidelity are elle enemies, who would fill it with earth. 10. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell: neither wilt thou suffer thy Holy Otie to see corruption. • Lt was part of the covenant of grace, and proanised by the mouth of God's • pr'op'hets, that alter the death of Messiah, his animal frame should out continue, ,like those of oth- er Men in the grave, nor should cor- ruption be permitted to seize on the body, by which all others were to be raised to incorru'ption and immortal- ity. !As members of C'hris't, this same promise and assurance is so far ours, that although our mortal part must see corruption, yet it. -shall not be :fin- ally left under the power of the en- emy, but shalt be 'raised again, and re- united to its old companion the soul, which exists, meanwhile in secret and u ndiscetined regions, there waiting for the day when its Redeemer shall triumph over corruption, in hismys- tical; as he heath al're'ady done, in his natural body. 11;. Thou wilt show me the path of life; in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for .e!vermore. The return 'of Christ from the grave is beautifully described by Jehovah "showing," or discovering to him a "path of life," leading through the valley of the shadow o'f death, and from that valley of the shadow of death, and. from that ;valley to the summit of the hill of Zion, or to the mount of Gold in heaven, on w.hich he now sits enthroned. There, exalted al the right hand of the Father, that hu- man body, which expired ori the cross and slept in the sepulchre, lives • and reigns, filled with delight and eunerl- ed by glory incoanprehensible and endless. Through' this thy beloved Son and ,S'aviotis-, "thou • shalt show" us likewise, 0 'Lord, "the path of life;' thou shalt justify our souls by thy grace now, and raise our bodies by thy power at the last day; when earthly .sorrow shall terminate in hea- venly joy,. and momentary pain shall be rewarded 'with everlasting 'felicity, Competition between truck and. !railroad 'service is shown in a new angle' by a letter recently tot a Reading, paper, "Labor." A cat- tle raiser of Niobrara. Nebraska, tried out both -methods, shipping cattle by truck and by railroad. On the railroad there was a shrinkage' of 21 poundsfor each animal: by" trunk there was a shrinkage of 98' pounds each, R'het the raiser saved on freight he' much more than lost on; the animals shipped by truck. where the value of if the shrinkage amounted to $13.1.4 on each ai- mal. (819) So he wasthe life of the party' "Yeah. He was the only one who could talk louder than the radio." Let tis have the names of your visitor WEST H'UiRON DMSP'ECTORATE Continued from Page Two, schools, new wells were dug m other instances,new desks were supplied in one school, and as will routine inn p.rovemenlfg were made in practically every school. The year has not seen the progress made in the betterment' of the acconivirod,ations 'thiat one would desire, yet !n view of existing coiidttions, 'a considerable amount of necessary work has been.performed, The nu'tiitber of entrance candid- ates was coitIsideraliily in excess of former years, and the results,'reflect- ed the geiverlal high; oali.bre of the in- struction being given in the sco'hols. A's indication of this. 15 the fact that of the 93 candidates. who wrote -at Crgrlerich only four were: un'success- ful. ;The total number of • candidates from the schools in: the inspectorate was 366, of whom 296 secured en•t- ranee standing 87 of these": taking fir•steclass honors, The percentage of successful candidate's. was 80, which is considerably in 'excess of the Pro- vincial average. Beginning; in Pune, 1932,' the Sys- tem of accepting thea•ecoinmenda- tions of the principals with certain' limiting conditions, is, to be put into effect for the entrance.examinations, This will mewl that some candidates from schools ,where the same teacher has been employed for some years,; and where autiformly good work has been done in the past, will be excused from writing the entrance examina- tion and will be granted Standing on the eopont of the principal. This scheme hies been in operation in the principal cities of the Prov'itice for so.nte years and has worked success- fully. It would seem only just that the privilege should be more widely extended and should be available to the pupils in the schools of the smal- ler municipalities. ,The inspectorate of West Huron has been selected as one of five such in the Province where an interesting experiment in the teaching of health is being carried out this year. The Dep'artmen't of Health are furnishing lesson outlines, posters, stencils and other devices to assist in promoting and checking the formation of health habits in certain selected schools, The work in this subject in these schools has been given a new im- petus, and the increased interest dis- played by the pupils has been most manifest, lt'ront this esp'eriment, it is anti:cipate'd that valuable data will b'e available showing the reaction of the pupils to the new topics under discussion, A conscientious ecort is being made by every teacher con- cerned to oc-operate fully with the Department of Health in c!ar•rying out the innovation and in endeavoring to secure the best possible results there- from. Attendance in the filth classes in the two- and three-room. schools shows an increase over last year, there being a total enrolment of 72, acm- pared with 61 for the former yelar. Two schools No. i'Aslefield (Dungan- non) and No. 6 Usborne ('iyinchel- sea), with an enrolnmen't of 13 and 1:6 fifth form pupils respectively, are per- forming especially valuable service to their communities. Particular atten- tion has been given to the equipment in the schools qualifying for the fifth form grant, and extensive additions have been made during the last two years. In addition to above, there are 19 one -room schools where 41 pupils are baking up fifth class work. Many parents have found it difficult this year to send their children to high school, and an increased enrolment fn these classes has resulted. Compet- ent instruction is being given in the majority of these •sch'ools, as witness- ed by the fact that the pupits were successful in passing 83 out of 97 papers tried on the lower school ex- amination in June last. The percent- age of papers passed b'y swell pupils was 85.5, an eminently satisfactory figure considering the handicap in- herent on giving instruction in this work in a:one-room 3011001. •Cons'idera'ble opposition to the fact that teachers are now required to at- tend Normal .School fora second -year course after, at most four years' ser- vice in. the schools bias been shown by various municipal bodies. Many in- spectors also have not favored the idea on account of ,the enforced with- drawal of these experienced " teachers from the schools each year mid their probable replacement by inexperienc- ed teachers; It is of interest to Grote, however, in this connection, that only five teachers in, the inspectorate will be compelled to return for the second- ycr course next year, It does not seem probable, therefore, that the inu'mbe of teachers so withdrawn from a district in any one year will reach serious, proportions. The ultimate ef- fect of this 'change should be a mark- ed impr,.ovement in the efficiency of the teaching body. School fairs', were held during the autumn terns in all townships except tS'atidey, where there has not been a school fair during the last two years. In most cases, the,charactet of the ex- hibits was at least on a parity with Fortner years and in several instances Tales of the G Laices Over fifty years' ago he ' propeller Jaite ;VI1'ler foundered in Colipoy's Bay with twenty-eight persons on hoard. The following account is from the Wiarton,'' Echo of December 9th, 1'581: What was foreshadowed in these columns last week has now become an absolute "certainty: the propeller Jane hiller hes gone down with ev- ery soul on board, heaving nothing he.. hind to mark the spot where the dreadful calamity 'befell her, and only' a meagre rempant has been givers up by the cruel, treacherous deep to pro- claim ;the awful ;hidings of ,the 'hap- less steamer's fate. A. ;bro'ken flag- staff, four or ,five caps belonging to the crew, some part of the Hurricane deck, a few pieces of freight and four oars identified as belonging to the iill- fated, steamer are all that have .been found. Though the , amount of wreckage thus 'far discovered has been small, yet the fact that the steamer has entirely disappeared, and no human eye has seen her since the night the dreadful disaster is suppos- ed to have 'happened , leaves not a in that; fatal night, and ,site tow lies in. over, two ''hundred feet, of water not half a utile fnoro shore. It is surmised, and we think cor- rectly,'that after taking in. the extra freight at Medford the steamer be- came: top-heavy,' and the fact that nearly all, if not all, of ,her ,load was in the main deck (part of the hold having been reserved for the fuel she was to take ion at Spencer's) 'there being no ballast, it has simply tolled. over without a moment's warning. That not one of the :victims of the dreadful disaster he's been. found need not be, wondered at when it is considered that the strong gale and snowstorm which was raging at the dine no doubt 'compelled every gang- way and other avenue of escape to be closed against the elements without. Thus, completely penned in, and be- fore the slightest effort could be made to save themselves, twenty-eight souls were hurled into eternity without time to utter a prayer. The .awful scene, as the helpless, despairing vic- tims were ruthlessly carried to their doom, no pen can ade'quate!ly por- tray. But their agony must neces- ssingle doubt in the minds of all that sarily'have been brief, and there is one more vessel to be added "The stout limbs yield, for their disc to the list of mysterious e ' Y PPat anees and that the waters of Georg- strength is. past, The trembling hands on the deep are ian ,Bay have ettgufed another it41- fated "Waubun:o" and twenty-eight unfortunate human 'beings. Information concerning the time the steamer left Ow -en Sound is not very satisfactory, but enough has been ascertained to show , that she departed from there on the 2'Sth'of November for Meaford. 'It is stated that she had a very heavy load of freight—all she could safely carry-- and arry—and at Meaford she took on. thirty tons snore, !She left Meaford on the' afternoon of that day for Wiarton, and the last positive intelligence we have of her is from Big Bay, 'where she arrived abottt '8:30 p. ;m.' 'After taking on a small quantity of wood she cast off her line with ,the in- tention, it is stated, of calling at Spencer's Landing to "wood up," We have heard that while lying at Big Bay dock Capt. Richard D. Post ordered the steamer to 'start ism - mediately as he said• they would re- quire to blow the water out of . her and it is further stated she was roll- ing; very heavily and that is all. On that particular night there was a heavy gale from the south -.west in progress, acconrpaatied by a blinding snowstorm, which made it impossible to see any great distance, As an in- dication of the ferocity of the gale we are !informed that the propeller City of Owen 'Sound during a trip front Collingwoo'd to Oiwen Sound had her'. anchorrs ready to •:let go at any 1110 rent, and !her captain said it was the wildest night he ever experienced on the Georgian Bay. We know that the steamer left !Big iBay .wharf, but ex- cepting- the statement anode by Mr. R. Cameron, given elsewhere, and the fact of !finding .the wreckage describ- ed about, we have no .further accur- ate knowledge of the luckles.se pro- peller. The rest is only conjecture. But the events 'thrown together point to a very definite conclusion,—that is, the Jane Miller foundered in the neighborhood o:f Spencer's Landing, was distinctly improved, both in quat- ity and number. Public speaking con- tests have latterly become an interest- ing feature of the fairs and and :appear to have general appeal. The winners in this event at the various fairs held in the county meet dater at Clinton in a cgtvtest held under the jurisdiction of the .agricultural representative. This contest has been proving 01 increasing interest, and should be attended by anyone who desires to become famil- iar with vire training being received by the pupils of our schools in this phase of 'their education. The Teachers' -Institute met in Exe- ter on October,8tlt with all teachers in attendance. To take the place of the second- day's sessions, a visit to the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph was arranged. The teachers appreciated a change front the regular sessions of the Iansti'tute, and it was felt that a visit to the above College wduld a more beneficial effect tubi, spending a day in the inspection of the work in graded schools. The pro - grant provided and the courtesies ex- tended' by the officials of the College were in keeping• with the high ideals of service to the comlmunity 'so pre- doms,uaitlya feature of that institu, tion, In ,conclusion I wish to express - - 'L -appreciation of the work of the vari- ous Home and School Clubs, the Trustees' and .Ratepayers' +Association, and all other organizations that have rdndered assistance to and promoted interest in bhe schools. Respectfully submitted, E. C. B'EACOM, I.'PSS,, Huron West. cast, Their white brows gleans a moment more,. Thein slowly sinks—the struggle is o'er !" The disaster is all the more ,myster- ious from the fact that although a hurricane from the southwest :might sweep the point where the accident is supposed to have occurred, it could not create waves sufficiently strong but that a skiff .might pass along in comparative safety, as it would be blowing directly off the land, The steamer, too, was new and strongly built,and that hardly a vestige of her has been found :fully justifies the statement. 'That she has gone to the bottom with her precious freight and human lives is beyond peradventure, and it is saddening, indeed, to think that almost within her haven, and within sight of the homes of many of those 011 board, the catastrophe Should have ,occurred, A. watery grave, deep and dreadful, has ,been their fate, and we know o'f no more fitting ,requiem than the following, by Oliver' Wendel !Holmes: "'Well may the eternal waters be Their broad, uttscu'lptur'd tomb! The wind that rings along the wave, iThe clear, unshadaw'd sun, Are torch and 'trtmtpet o'er the �brarve Their last green wreath is woti ! No stranger -hand their banners furl'd. No victor's shout they heard, Unseen, above tlteut ocean curt'd, Save by its awn pale bird; The gnashing billows h,eav'd and 'fell a ,Wild shreik'd the midnight gale; Far, far beneath the 'morning sweli Were pennant, spar. and sail !" To the people of this village the realization of the dreadful calamity that .befell e ell bhe Jane Miller, r I e her un- happy officers and all on board has come with startling effect and awak- ened the 'deepest sorrow. She was a Wiarton steamer, and Capt. Port's family reside here. Last Tuesday evening a public meeting was held and a seanch party organized, The tug Tommy Wright has ..made one trip to the scene of the accident, with the panty on board, and we give, below Mr. 'Wm. !Bull's statement of the result of their search: "Yesterday morning the tug Tom- my Wright in charge of Mr. James Inksetter and Hugh Boyd — with Messrs. D. 'G. Miller, Samuel Parke and the writer provided with ropes, grappling hooks, and a long lead line went down the bay as far as Spenc- er's wharf,, where we prepared to commence dragging. 'While this was going on I took soundings and got 3:3 'fathoms about 50 rods .from the end of the dock, 'P11 dragged with one grappnef mit for several hours, and then proceeded to White Cloud Psland to see if anything more had drifted ashore. ,Though we inad.e no definite discovery we gained inform- ation which indicates that the vessel has foundered about half a mile from Spencer's wharf. I give the .facts that seen, to point to this: "histol, on the .evening w^h.en the Jane Miller was Last seers' she left Big Bay between 8 .and 9 o'clock on Friday evening with. the intention of calling at Spencer's dock to take in wood and then proceed to Wiarton That same evening Mr. Roderick Cameron and family expected their son from Owen Sound by the Wier - ton Belie, and were 'licking out, foo PAGE SEV N her. `They saw the 1! itis of a steamer pass their place in a snow- stotrn, about trite o'clo,l. or a stole after, aid watched her tall she ap- peered to be nearly up to ,Spencer's k;:. wh' witwo miles, She never reachichedis S'ilenbhicer's dock 115.bltere was no wood taken. On Sunday last (being a calm day) ;Mr, McGregor and two ,young men started frarni near Spencer's dock to 'go to the Island to see if they could find any iii:dica- tion of the iiiissing s'teanier, aiid in rowing straight for a bay on the is- land, they saw someair bubbles rise bo tate e' en:d the water ttseffsurfac: sligo1htlythe w d'iseoatlorer,ad'' at a part'icular spot. Mr. McGregor roughly took the bearing from cer- tain .objects on the shore, and pro- ceeded to the island where, in the bay, they found a number of articles belonging to the steamer, 'viz., a bucket rack, cradles of her boats, an oar with the name of the 'Jane on it, her flagstaff, broken off, and two caps that have been identified,, and a number of other 'articles, These two were all found within a short distance of each other. On returning from the island yes'terd'ay, in the Tommy Wright, Mr. IVIdGrnegor showed the the hearings of the soot where he had seen the bubbles" rise. And I found that this spot was about half a mile from the end of Spencer's wharf, in a north-easterly direction. The spot where the ar- ticles were found on the island was also in a direct line with this, and the wind was southwest that night This is about the place where Mr. Cameron and his son could have last seen the boat on iter way up the bay. ,All . the indications point to this spot, and we can locate it, I think, within a circuit of a quarter of a mile. Besides the soundings I took about a half a mile above the spot, Mr. Sn'ksetter 'sounded about half a utile above the spot, Mr. Ink- setter sounded about half a utile be- low it, getting about the same depth, so that we conclude she is lying in about 200 feet of water." The search w+ill be continued until all hope of discovering the wreck is lost. Meaford will send a tug to co- operate with the party here. •As far as has been ascertained the following are the names of the lost: A. Port, owner; R. D. Port, Capt, F. Port, purser, all of Wiarton; J. Chris- tison, engineer, Red Bay; Alex, Scales, wlteeismau, Keppel; Gilbert Corbet, firemen, Owett Sound; four deck hands, names unknown; J. Jes- tin, ,Port Elgin; J. Halloch, S. Thompson, J. :Walker, L. Vader, Meaford; L. Butchart and wife, To- bermoray R. 'Gillespie, James Hope, Sydenham; Capt. M. McLeod, Gode- rich; Mr. Hill, Ooll•ingwood town- ship. The names of the others are not known, but there were a number of 'laborers, engaged to work at Watt's mill, Lion's Head, and Me- Landress's shanty, Toberntoray. Capt. Andrew Port was one of our most respected citizens, and his gen- ial attd kindly presence will be great- ly missed from among us. He itas a good sailor and, on the fatal nigli't when he met iris death, if any act of heroism had been required of him,' he would not have been found want- ing. He had often braved greater d'anngers than his last voyage appear- ed to portend. He cane to Wiarton in September, 1878, and, with the tug Prince Alfred, plied between 'Wiarion, Owen Sound and Lion's Head until the Pane Miller carne on tine route. It was in the ,Prince ,Alfred that Captain Port attempted his memorable trip to Michael's Bay with R. A. Lyon, M. P.P..and party in the winter o'f 1880, and after being driven back to Tob- erin'ory an'd • getting froaeti in there for a month, he, in endeavoring to re- tire to his •port, got fast in the ice, and for tiwo weeks, without rudder or fuel, drifted 'a'bou't in Georgians Bay, finally arrivieg in safety. He has made his tact voyage, however, and a widow, two gro'w'n-up sorts and a daughter mourn his untimely fate, 'Capt. Richard Dawson Port was the eldest son, age'd 24, and a young man of more that, usual promise in his calling. He commanded the ill- fated steamer. He will be sadly miss- ed by his many friends here. Charles Frederick Port, purser, was the youngest of Capt. Port's 'family. ,This was his first season, He was a steady, promising yourg ratan and re- s'peobed' by all his fellows.FLe was only 15 years of age. 'James Christison, of Red Bay, was a practical engineer, and held first- class papers.' Alexander Scales, the wsheeisman, was the eldest son of Mir, Alex. Scales, of Keppel. The -Jane Miller was built by James Vlid,ler & Sons and launched .in '1879, She was 150 tons and classed A2,,14. Capt. Port purchased ler in, June, 1880,. and employed her on the Bay ports route, We understand site is in- sured for $6000. Don't ' be without !Douglas' Egyp- tian''L.initnent. llCeep it always 1bandy. Relieves toothache, neuralgia,, sore throat, quittsy, and ctpoup, Invaluable for burns; sores, barberi. itch and Ringworm.