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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTI•i.
influenza-- The :_.1 „
This disease isrevalent in Ontarioand
p now
while many are .afflicted; it is not the severe type
that was observed in .1918.'
Influenza is highly communicable.
The disease, though it may lie severe is of it-
self rarely fatal.
The severity of even .the mild case is remark-
edly increased by respiratory or intestinal compli-
cations.
om li-cations.
How to Avoid Flu "
Avoid crowds,
Exercise in the open air.
Get sufficient sleep p in a well ventilated
:
(4)your face and hands ' Wash nds frequently es-
pecially before eating.
(5) Coves- your nose and mouth withcleana
handkerchief when sneezing or coughing.
People near you are entitled to this protection.
(6) Don't visit or come in contact with those
that have the infection unless necessity ecessity deiilalids it.
(7) Don't worry about the "Flu".
How to Know " Flu "
The disease usually starts rather abruptly with.
an "out of sorts" feeling - indefinite pains and ach-
es, cold in the head or slight cough, fever, and
sometimes vomiting or diarrhoea. Neglect lect of
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these symptoms . of onset may lead to pneumonia
and change 'a mild case into a severe one.
How to Fight " Flu "
'(1) Go to bed immediately.
(2) Stay in bed till you are absolutely well.
Remember the period of getting well is longer
than the time actually ill.
(3) Keep your room at, a temperature of 68P
and well ventilated.
(4)' Call your physician at once and do ex-
actly what he tells you.
1
While shepherds watched their flocks
by; night,
All seated on the ground ,
'Tlie Angel of the Lord"- came down,.
And glory shone .around:
"Fear not," said he; for mighty dread
Had seized, their troubled mind;
-.'"Glad tidings of great joy I bring
To you and all mankind.
'"Toyou in David's town this day
x5 , born' of David's line
A Saviour, Who is Christ; the Lord;
.And this shall be the sign:
'The heavenly ilabe you there shall
find .
To human view •display'd,
Meanly ` wrapp'd in swathing
bents,
And, .in a manger laid."
TlThusspalre the seraph: and forthwith
>
Appear'd a shining throng
Of Angels praising God, who thus
Address'd their joyful song:
"All glory be to God on high
I And to the earth be peace;
Good will henceforth from Heav'n
to men
i Begin and never cease." Amen,
This very popular Christmas hymn
!apparently first saw the light in "A
Supplement to the New Version of
I Psahns by N, Tate, and N, Brady,"
3rd edition, printed at London in
1702. That was the year of, the death
TI2AVftL1NC
Wherever you go, banking
service awaits you if you
carry a Dominion Bank
Letter of Credit or our
Travellers' Cheques.
When abroad, on
business or plea-
sure, they are a
safe,easliynega-
Liable means
of carrying
money.
INION BA
A. M. Bishop, Brannl'i k4gr,, Wirlghatg
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of William III (of Orange) and of
the accession to the. throne of Will-
iat;l's sister-in-law, Queen Anne.
The "New Version" itself was first
published in 1696 and "allowed" to
be sued in churches by decision of
the ,King -in -Council The Supple-
ment above mentioned was in like
manner authorized for use by Queen
Anne, People had a deeper respect,.
perhaps >a greater liking for the
guidance of authority, then, than they
have now. No one would dream of
eeeki.ng for royal, or any governments
authority before Issuing a hymnbook,.
nowadays, Nor was it considered
to be necessary:. then, but owing to
the unsettled condition prevailing,
owing to the •'attempts' of foreign
Roman Catholics to force the -des-
cendants of the renegade Janes II
upon the people and throne of Great
Britain, publishers found it :wise to
secure parliamentary approval of hy-
mnals put forth for use in the an-
cient, and not long reformed Catholic
Church of the realm..
In a subsequent edition of the
Supplement tunes were furnished for
the Psalms and Hymns, some of
them newand included the well-
known St, Anne's (0 God our help
in ages past) which may have been
set to this Christmas hymn. But
from its: first use in churches, the
famous old tune known as Winches-
ter Old, appears to have been com-
monly sung to it, which tune was
first printed in a tune book for the
Old Version of the Psalm, known as
Este's Psalter in 1592, that is the
fine ringing tune still sung to it in
very many churches.
But popular as Winchester Old has
always been, it never held the field
exclusively, Bethlehem a double 'ver-
se tune has for years been the fav-
orite tune for this hymn with carol -
Singers in many localities. Univer-
sity composed about 1760, a very
sweet tune often sung to "Hark the
glad sound," and Crawle which is a
century older is also set to it by
some organists. The tune "North-
rop" published herewith is often sung
to it in Cornwall and is decid.ely im-
pressive when a good volume of bass
and tenor is available in the choir,
as is usually the case among the
strong, tall, nien who mine, farm or
quarry at the extreme south-east cor-
ner of England. The repetition of
the last line is not often heard now
hi church music, but 'was common
fifty or sixty years ago, and is come
ing into sight again in the most re-
cent
ccent hymn -books.'
To return, however, to the hymn
itself, which is a beautiful and artistic
paraphrase of part of St.' Luke 11,,
its popularity at the joyous season
shows how truly it expresses the
feelings and ideas of English speaking
people.
Its writer was, the Reverend Na-
hunr Tate, Poet -Laureate of England,
who was the son of the Reverend
Faithful Tate, a clergyman of the
Church of Ireland, born iri 16521. in
Dublin,. and a distinguished graduate
of Trinity College of that city. He
spent most of his life in England,
and was for some years, associated
with the poet Dryden, for whom he
Wrote .almost the whole of that poet's
Ab'salonm and Achitopel. He publish -
cd a good deal of poetry and, though
he is not 'credited:with having lived
an altogether exemplary life, won a
good deal of fame thereby. He suc-
ceeded the minor •poet Shadwell as
poet -laureate.
Iu co-dpe'ration with another Irish-
man the Reverend Nicholas Brady,
D.D., he translated the Psalms into
English verse, and this "New Ver-
sion" served the church well for
Malty years. 'Some .of its psalms "As
'pants the heart for cooling streams,":
"Through all the changing' scenes of
life," "Have mercy Lord ontne," for
instance are' still among the' most
highly treasured of our hymns,
Nahum Tate was of a jovial dis-
position, fond of outdoor' sports and
of merry company. He lived in a
rather coarse and infidel age, and the
fact that he a poet and ,goor coini'iide
devoted himself to writing psalms
and hymns,brought-upon him the de-'
vision of the .deist poet Pope, 'arid
other writers.
•However, Tates .Christmas 'hyrne
will out -live all that. Tris .detractors.
have written, ofr its simplicity has
made it a favorite with children, "the
only monai'clrs of the earth, Whose
sway is certain to endure,"
SAND TARTS
Creatih togethtqr a cupful of sugar•
and a cupful 61 butter: Add a
beaten egg their ' tie and three-quar-
ters of a cupful of flour sifted ivitlr
two teaspoonsftt of baking powder,
Chill, thele turn. tall onto the floured
board and roll ritit, an inch thick, crit
in rounds, brit, :h with white of an
egg and dust 'ith mixed "cinnamon
and sugar. , Spl t three almonds and
lay on top of tach tart, place on •a
buttered pan ard bake eight thin..
utcs in a stow oven. Proceed the
Same with the test of the dough.
/Serve fresh and wartn if possible.
SCORPION HUNTS
moraine, Asia Minot, Pays i3oufless
for Reptiles Which Infest
the Town.
In the town of Mardlne, in Asia
Minor, 'which ie . surrounded by an-
cient fortificatione, writes the Con-
stantinople correspondent of the Lon-
don Daily Telegraph, one of the
strangest haute imaginable is .engag-
ed in by a large number of the in-
habitants, The town is infested with
innumerable scorpions and snakes,
and the municipality pays rewards
for all those captured and brought
to the authorities. The hunt Is car-
ried out at night only,
The hunters carry small lanterns
and search at the bases of the walls
and elsewhere until daylight, when
they proceed to the Town Hall with
their "bags." There they patiently
await the arrival of the official ap-
pointed to receive these creatures,
who records in a register the num-
ber captured by each hunter and.
pays him the reward.
The • scorpions are often caugh.
alive and kept in wooden boxes, an.
during the hours of waiting for th
appearance of the official the hunters
sometimes amuse themselves by ge
ting pairs of scorpions' to fight on
another.
The extent of this strange sport
may be imagined from the ofilclai fig-
ures furnished by the municipaiit+.
During 1926 .no fewer than 18,78.',
scorpions and twenty-five serpents
were captured. In 1927 the respec-
tive numbers were 17,545 and sev
enty-oue, while during the past eigi
months of the present year the It
tires are 15,909 scorpions and nin.
teen snakes.
rho scorpions are, of course, de-
stroyed, but the snakes are preserv-
ed as food for the storks which per-
iodica.11y visit the town in large num-
bers. These birds usually migrate
farther' south in winter, but mans
remain and become quite tame. In
cold weather they do r.ot hesitate to
approach the fires burning in the
municipality courtyard to warn
th eiiiselves.
The people give them snakes ad
other tidbits. The birds also kn
thv butcher shops well and some-
times go there begging for scraps of
meat. Some have a curious habit o1
standing patiently in front of such a
shop and solemnly salaaming with
their heads in supplications This
mute appeal seldom goes un-
rewarded.
NATUBar;'S :GHOSTS,
Mountains Which Grive Forth Pecul-
iar Sounds.
South America has a moaning
mountain. At certain seasons a deep
note booms from Mount El Bromador
in the Chilean Andes. In former days
the natives listened to it with super-
stitious fear, while even a white man,
hearing it .for the first time, is star-
tled at the mountain's . "power."
Another curious mountain exists
in Nevada, in the United States,
though this one usually gives out a
note resembling at first the jingling
of bells and ending with a deep or-
gan -like swell. •
In both eases t?te sounds are due
to a peculiar formation of the earth,
which under certain conditions of
weather allows tihe separate particles
to rub against each other and so
produce uncanny effects.
Eigg Island, off the Scottish coast,
has its "singin,g sands," where at
timer each grain rubs against its
neighbor, the whole making a sing-
ing noise. Sinrllar sends are found.
in China.
In England there is a mountain
which howls '1•u such a way that for-
merly it was supposed to; be the
haunt of demons. This is Cross Fell,
in Westmorland, where local condi-
tions produce a gale with several pe-
culiarities, including an awe-inspiring
scream that at times can be heard for
miles.
STATUE TO A COW.
Gave Milk and Butter Produce of Ten
Ordinary Cows.
A statue has been erected at Se-
attle, Washington, to the world's
most wonderful cow, Segis Pieterje
Prospect was her name; .33,922.
quarts of milk apd 2,865.18 pouade
of butter . in two years was her
achievement,
Her owners, the Carnation Milk
'arms, overjoyed at this astonishing
performance, which is 'equivalent to
the milk' and butter produce of ten
ordinary cows, caused the monument
to be built, and the Hon. Hugh .lien-
nedy, Chief Justice of the Irish,Free
State, presided at the unveiling
ceremony,
It is felt, no doubt, that the. pres-
ence of this imposing statue in the
farms may inspire other and less
gifted cows to emulate their noble
sister.
Segis Pieterje Prospect's ' three-
year-old .granddaughter is already,
following in he;' grandinother's foot-
steps,•for her milk production d'urin,g
the past year has. far exceeded the
avere,ge.
Amazing Feats.
These are surprising days. Young
girls and 12 -year-old boys• are doing
amazing feats of mountain climbing.
But more surprising than this is
solisethingg a guide at Grindelwttild
told a correspondent to the London
Chronicle, a short time ago. "'f'o-
morrove,'' he said, "I take an English
lady to the "tots of the Bigot She is
72; and a fear years ago ;she clfnrtbed
the Schreokhorn,"
UitlttCky?
The superstition of lighting three
cigarettes from one match arose' front
the custom of having thtee lamps on
Church altars in Russia. It Was eon-
sidered unlucky to light these three
lumps front one taper, and thi, priests
would not do so under any eignstde -
attttn, j
Taxicabs It Paris!. t °
Paris r lids ztollr avant thongstaxieabd. 1 y1
wdi
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!iri A Vi II4ER,ANP GOAT -
Young Mart Had Intereetiug M+entre-
este° in Russcia,.
A young man touring ll.useia wan-
dered 'into the densely-erowded mar-
ket -place of Saratov one mornJug and
saw a goat pushing Its way through
the, people in a great hurry. By-and-
by he heard sonteonecrying "Stop the
goet! Stop the goat:" As the some-
one was an old woman the ehiyal-
roux traveller ran after the goat,
thinking that it would be simple to
catch the little enirstai.
But the nimble creature led the
traveller out of the market -place and
through the streets till he was hottancj
breathless. After a great hutit he
managed to corner the quarry and
drag her back to the market-plaee by'
the horns.
But the old woman was nowhere
to be seen.
It was easy to lose sight of anyone
In so great a crowd, and the traveller
went, through the market two or
three .times in vain.
The young man knew no Russian,'
slut he was interested In Esperanto,
and as he had the address of an Es-
perantist who lived in Saratov he de-
cided to take the goat to his house..
Easier said than done!. Names -
struggled violently, dogs barked, and
people laughed. finally the goat la:,
down in the street. A policeman
came: up and accused the traveller
stealing • her, things were getti.r;
desperate.
However, by great luck the nt.r+.
Esperantist turned up, and as a re
sult ofhis explanations the goatwon
to the police -station without the for
elgner, and the goat was rote_:;.'_
the old woman.
EXPLOITI:NCi EA1tTii' 1 li EAT.
Vast Reservoir Will Re Tapped at lqa
Distant Date?
In Italy and California, man is us-
ing natural steam from volcanic
power stations,: a move that utark
the beginning of a new Industria
era, says a writer in Tit -Bits.
If we dig down into the earth to :
depth of about 25,000 feet we find
temperature of 200 degrees Centi-
grade, and at 150,000 feet we'shoul?.
find '800 degrees. In some areas, at
at Bath, where the Roman conduit
for utilizing hot erring water are sail
hinigher• use, there are temperatures ever.
It is estimated that the heat stores
within the earth is thirty million
times that obtainable from the
world's remaining coal supply, and
here is a vast, reservoir that will be
tapped at no distant date.
Contrary to general Belief, it is
said that the earth is not cooling—
it is becoming warmer. Our prob-
lem is to burrow beneath the surface
and extract heat from the rock lay-
ers by circulating air or water in the
depths.
Borings will be perpendicular, as
in artesian wells, with a central re-
turn channel.
When we have mastered the prob-
lem of exploiting the earth's heat, we
shall obtain power in any areaat will,
our residential districts will be free
of dust and smoke, the polar regions
will be colonized, and desert regions
irrigated. Our world will be a pleas-
ant place to -morrow!
THE LATEST FADS;
Some Film Stars Have Privately
Printed Playing (ands.
Privately printed playing cards
form the latest fad of some film stars
seeking new luxuries.
They have special designs, some
bearing futuristic patterns and oth-
ers having engraved on them the
owner's favorite photograph. One
actress has had her cards printed in
different shades: mauve, pastel blue,
green, and grey being used instead
of the customary red and black for
the suits.
The idea is not a new one, for Sir
Edmund Davis, the art collector,
once commissioned a well-known ar-
tist to design' a set of playing Cards
for him.
fif curious collections there seems
to be no end.
That amassed by Mr. Henry Ford
to one of the strangest. He possesses
one of the finest collections of old gin
bottles in America.
These, however, are not the only
feature of his "museum." In addi-
tion to ancient tandem bicycles, an-
tique bedsteads, and odd musical
instruments, he possesses a bath -tub
in which a man was stabbed to death.
Mr. Henry Ainley, the actor, has a
antoking.'room the walls of which are
covered with the lids of cigar -boxes
he has collected.
A FOCI FREAir.
Trees and Vegetation Catch Water
From Drifting Fog.
Trees and' other vegetation catch
water from 'drifting fog, and often
shed it on the ground below in imi-
tation of rain. This is called fog-
drip.
The legend of the rain -tree of the
Island of Ferro is explained as a
ease of fog -drip, and the dewponds ` e
of the downs are not fed by dew, but
to a Large extent by fog drifting in •
from the sea and caught by planta 1 —
around the ponds,
A scientist made the experiment of
measuring fog -drip, by exposing two
rain -gauges on :Cable Mbuntain,
South Africa— one in the ordinary
way, the other with a number of up-
right plant steals attached tb it le
such a way as to catch Water trona
the mists andclouds floating over the
mountain. During fifty-six days the
first gauge Caught only tour inches
of water, and the other nearly eighty,
inches.
Mainly for Wornon
IF I WERE A MAN—
(By ;fill)
I'd dress to suit my type, I would-
n't try to be a fashion plate, regard-
less of whether or not the styles of
the 'moment were adapted to Yan per-
sonal: kind o farchitecture. I'd leave
that blind, unswerving faithfulness to
fashion for :the,tailor's dummies,
If I looked better in a double-
breasted suit, that's the kind .I'd wear,
even if the single-breasted ones were
the favorite mode of the moment, ' If
suits of homespun and of tweed were
better adapted to my personality than
those of smoother finer fabrics, I'd
choose them above other kinds.
If colored shirts were unbecoming,
I'd;stick unwaveringly to white ones,
nothing that didn't express my own
particular individuality would find a
place in my wardrobe, just because
it was being worn that season.
It's not only the women who are
often slaves to fashion,
IF I WERE A GIRL—
(13y Jack)
I wouldn't talk about reducing all
the time. I wouldn't ekpecta man
to be all thrilled when I lost two
pounds and depressed' when I• gained
the same. I wouldn't count my cal-
ories out loud, and insist on. walking,
everywhere for. exercise, I wouldn't
go to. dinner with a man and order
a dish of lettuce and three string
beans.
A man likes to eat and he likes
others doing the sante. If they don't
he can't, and that annoys him. I
wouldir,'t undermine my disposition by
starving myself to death', Lack of
food makes for peevishness, and a
man likes a girl sweet -tempered and
charming.
I'd try to get into my head the fact
that men don't really care for bean-
poles—They prefer curves to angles,
and soft roundness to straight ups -
and -downs. And, if I really had to
reduce to avoid becoming Mamie, the
fat girl, I'd keep the revolting ideas
to myself. Otherwise, I'd stop .being
a martyr and let Nature have her way.
NO CHAPERON NECESSARY
(By Dorothy Dix)
The personal,chaperon inthese days
of emancipated youth is about as
touch out of fashion as hoop skirts;
and any mother Who insists on goin.g
everywhere with her daughter will
soon find out that she has eliminated.
daughter from all the good times of.
her set.
In former days a mother was sup-
posed to keep her daughter tightly
clutched by the hand until she turned
her over to the watchful eye of a
husband. Like Mary's little lamb, ev-
ery where that daughter went, mother
was sure 'to go. Mother accompan-
ied :the girl and her escort to the
opera, to the theatre. She made an
undesired third when they went rid-
ing, and she even sat on the side
lines and watched theni when they
played croquet.
Nowadadys it's all a young man can
afford when he buys theatre tickets
for two and if he found mother with
her hat on ready to go along when
ire went to take Arabella to the play
it would be "Good Night" for Are-
bella from then on, so far as ever
being taken out was concerned. For
the rumor would spread and no youth
would feel that he was called upon
to spend his hard-earned coin by en-
tertaining mother.
All this watching of girls never.
amounted to a row of pies anyway
because if a girl wanted to deceive
her mother she could always do
!Somewhere the spy system always
(
breaks down. No mother i5fragus-
eyed nor can she stand perpetually
on guard.
Lock a giri in her room and she
will climb over the 'transom or out
of the window. Forbid her to see
boys at home and she will find a watt
to tweet then on the sly, If she's
frivolous she will kiss behind inam,
ma's back, and if she's a rotter not
all the •policernent in the world could
keep her on the straight and nar-
row path. It's futile to watch a bad.,
girl and useless to watch a good one.
The duenna is particularly ine,ffec
tual now because she can go such :a.
little way with a girl. She cannot
follow a girl to her .business and be
at her elbow all day. Nor carr she
follow her in sports, and so what's
the good of watching her at, a party
for an hour or two when you leave
her to take care of herself the bal-
ance of the time.
The truth is that in these tunes
every girl has to be her own chaper-
on and the time for her mother to
get in her good work is before dau-
ghter is 12 years old.
If from the time a baby girl could
understand anything at all her moth-
er has bred into her a high ideai of
conduct and taught her to hold her
honor above her life; if her mother
has impressed it upon herr, precept
upon precept, that she must keep her
self clean and pure and sweet, if her
mother has taught her to have hor-
ror of vulgarity in manner and dress
and speech, thea she doesn't need to
be watched and she Inas that within.
herself scl that will keep her safe caber -
ever she. goes.
'blethers can't watch the .modern
girl, but she can teach her to watch"
her step, and that's the best chaper-
on of all.
OUTDOOR SPORTS
(By Marjorie,'Adanis)
Winter, with its soft, white snows
and crisp cold is a fascinating time
for outdoor sports. Children, espec-
ially adore it, They love skating,
sleigh -riding, tobogganing and snow-
balling.. All these are healthy and
exhilirating for grown-ups as well as
the little tots. There Is.nothing more
enjoyable for people of any age than
a sleigh ride or a toboggan party.
The latter, of couse, is isnpossible
communities where there are no hills
unless special provision has been
made to erect. slides. A sleigh ride,
however, is delightful and possible
even in large cities,.
Almost all riding academies and
stables have sleighs which may be
rented at a small cost for the day or
evening. And there are always farm
houses or road houses not too far
from town which may serve as the
destination where hot oyster stew
will be served. For a children's par-
ty, games will be provided or a short
moving picture or puppet show ar-
ranged. For older persons space
inigh.t be" provided for dancing and a
radio for music.
There is really no type of enter-
tainment which will prove amusing
to young and old like an outdoor
party—for everyone will absorb some
of the freshness and joy that seems'
to be in the air and will be .sure to,
have a good time. •
Burke's Livery at Wroxeter for the
best of service.
Skates put on free of .charge. Buy
your .Hockey Shoes and Skates at
Greer's Shoe Store.
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Customers and .Friends
You've pulled for us, we've pulled for you;
That's made things bright the whole year through;
And everything, just as it should,
Has turned out pretty dog -sone good.
Japanese Air Company.
An air eompany with a capital of
$5,000,000 Is, to be iiieorporateu b'
the Japanese Department of Com -
nituiieations, The company will b i
suti ;id1aed by the Government and i
purposes will be tq transport passe
gers, mail and trel8ht. The lute s
expected to start $ellaiel$Se curly iri th
year,
A Happy and Prosperous
New Year to All
Wellington Produce Ccs. Ltd.
4 iN1
W. ` B. THOMPSON, Brach Muotgef.
Phone 166. WIN HAM' BRANCH
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