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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1922-09-14, Page 7fir ,, ti nstuxlig Bananas At the trait store fore will notice t'h;it.the big aaunc'h a 'bananas is, .naual- ly beans with! the fruit bending down- ward. That position, we learn from PV1r. Philip K. Reynols; is not the natur- al position of the growing fruit, As the single flower hud on the individual; banana 'plant increase's in, size it bends downward; then the covering bracts drop off and disclose the young banan- as, whioli point outward. As they be- come larger they point upward to- ward the sun, ,Gri.oh' banana plant -popularly but incorrectly called a tree—bears only a single bunch of bananas, which is made up of so-aIied "hands," or clus- ters. The- "ands" grow seaparately la' e iraIs, and each contains from ten to twenty -.five bananas, or "augers.," Com-. mercialiy bananas are clasaed accord- ing to "Wands." A bunch that bee less than six Is not readilymarketable• the standard bunch Wes nine; and all. bumbles with nine or more clusters Lire classed as nineehand fruit, A. utile - hand bunch varies In.weight according to the variety of the fruit and to the soil and; the climatic conditions' under whichit is grown; the average weight is from fifty to seventy-five pounds, Occasionally you see a bunch that has as many as twenty-two "hands" and more than three Qrundred bananas; a bunch as large as that might weigh approximately one -hundred and fifty pounds. When a bunch of bananas is cut the individual plant is destroyed, but the root is still able -to send up shoots.. .After, the first crop of fruit from two to five of the most ._Promising -.sohoots are left to grow and supply fruit later. Cutting.'out the extra shoots is called priming. .As the season of harvest is drawing near, young plants are com- ing to maturity to replace those that will have .to be curt down. There are areas where as a result - of a single planting; the plants have continued to produce bananas for twenty years'. What Shape is Your Tongue? ''Glossoinancy" is the name which has been given to the newest "science, It oonsists in reading people's characters by the shape and size of the tongue. According1 to g ossomancist S, cause it who possess short and' broad tongues) are apt tobe untruthful,while people whose tongues are short and narrow, are sly a-ndr bad tempered. When the, tongue is long and broad,. it is a sign that its owner is inclined to be a gossip. A tongue that is long and narrow denotes a frank, open dis- position. Girls with small, round,' plump tongues possess trustful and affec- tionate dispositions; but men with similar shaped tongues are apt to be inconsistent.' What glossomancists' term the. rec- tangular type of tongue—one, that is almost square in . shape—is indicative of a strong, virile nature. Men with theseon u ha ecl tongues p g es are'. ambitious, active, and. likely to get on -in the world.. Square -tongued women, how- ever, are likely to be Yself-assertive. tive' • • "One Apple a Day Keeps--ar Eat well, sleep well, • live well, and be happy by simply masticating one sound good apple per day! Sounds strange, but it is a fact nevertheless. - The acids of the ,apple, also, • are of invaluable' use foramen of sedentary habits., whose divers are sluggish in action, these acids ;serving'' to elimin- ate from the body the noxious: matters which, - if retained, would make the brain Leavy and, droll, or bring about jaundice, or stria eruptions, and other allied troubles. Some such experience— ' must have led to our, "custom of takingapple- sauce a 1 - Lp e sauce with roast pork, rich goo's'e, and like dishes. Furthermore, the apple contains a larger percentage of phosphorous than. any other fruit oe vegetable. This. phosphorous iso admirably, adapted for renewing the essential nervous planter of the brains e and spine, A ripe, raw apple is one of tale ease.. est vegetable, substances foe the stom- ach to dead with, the whole process of indigestion being completed in about eighty-five minutes. Furthermore, there 2s nothing snore condenive to .a good night's. rest than eating an apple before retiring. The Spur. When -I,or'd Erskine was a poor struggling barrister and made his great plea in court which brought hint fame and financial success, it Was the thought of his starving children. at home that loo, sed his tongue;and made him measure' up to the occasion that confronted :him. He said afterwards that while he Spoke he could feel his pour: children tugging away at his ciaat-tail, asking him fol• bread.,; That wa•s what stirred the depthn• in him and brought forth the flood of elo quenee that carried •men off their feet and' in all hour pat Erskine at the tope of his profession. Sticking Up for Father. 'Three boys we boasting about the earning capacity of .their fathers., The first said, "My father oau write a few lines and call it Poetry .and sell it for twenty-1Ve dollars:" The:seoon•d' Saki, • "My father can draw a few lines, gilt a few dots on 'then and call it tntlsic, and soli it for fifty dol-ln,ls," The third said, "That's nothing, My frltllclrlo a prea-eller and be can write. zt few lines oral get ul). In Merrell arld sty thein, and It takes: six heels to ear... ?y reit money down the aisle," ORRIED WOMEN NEED RICH If the. Woodis Not a X pture � Ifealth Will Break Down. It is useless to tell a hard working Woman to take life easily and net to worry, To do so• is to ask the almost impoesiiile. But, at the same time, it is the duty of eeery 'woman to Save her strength to meet'; any, unusual de- wands, It• is a duty Mae, owes herself and family, for her future health may. depend upon it. To guard against a complete' break- down in health the blood, must be kept rich, red and pure. No other medicine does bads so well as I)r, Williams' Pink Pills, This medicine strengthens the nerves, restores the, appetite and keeps every organ healthily toned up,. Women cannot always rest when they should, but they can keep their., strength by the accaolo'nal nee of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Among those who have found benefit from this medicine is Mrs. Cora Conrad, Broad Cove, N.S., who says: "My system was very much run down, and my blood poor and watery.. I suffered a great deal from headaches and dizzi- ness; my appetite was poor, and I tired easily, I decided; to try Dr. Wil- . Pink Pills wad have every reason to be ;glad that I did go.. Soon I felt better, and under the continued use of the pills theheadaches and dizzi- ness were gone, and my'blood seemed in a better condition than before. For this reason I recommend Dr. Williams' Pink Pills," You can get Dr. Williams' Pink Pills through any dealer in medicine or by mail at 50 cents a box ar six boxes for. Wa $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' •Medicine 1 Co„ Brockville; Ont. c Sticks, w Oii the S4,aboa 'dw The surf is pounding en a, white beach leagues' away, 4, rbdge of $low tahat;:l:'idesr and rides Upon .the shoreward. moving tides That roll from half .across the world beyond the gray. A, dastard; surging steamer trails her smoke clouds far Paint stain upon title misty rim A. craft outbound for province dins, Or silver bay beneath the ' burning tropie star. Untiring seagulls alp and wheel ..in graceful are, White wings above the foam and •spray That swing acrese• the seaboard day, Until from main mysterious comes the edging dark.—Thomas J. Mu'zxay. Weighing Liners. When you are told that the largest ship in tile world has a tonnage of 56,551, you realize that these figures. mean •something enormous, but do not know how they are discovered or what they really convey. Tonnage is of two kinds—the gross register and the,' displacement: The first Means the cubic capacity o.f the whole of, the Interior of ,the ship's hull, added to that of all erections on desk, but not including the space occupied by ,machinery This is calculated in units- of 100 - cubic feet. Taus•the-gros•S register' of the. White ` Star liner Ma- jestic is, 5,655,100 cubic feet. The' displacement of a vessel is .the actual -weigh t, which is discovered by measuring the amount of water that its hull. displaced, The hull under the is..measured, .and the amount of - ter which would oceupy its • place s calculated in cubic feet. The result s divided by tltgrty-five-ar, in the ase of a, ship- measured' in fresh ater, - by thirty-six, " Thus the ton- nage displaced is discovered, The ..B•oy Si's.,why;can't Mr.,. Cuth-, ThiSS::':method was • .inti ., . bert s e i r oda_ e4db,' p ll h s own frame?„ - -. Sister , - "I don't lenow, Tommy. The Boy ---" Because ' he conies to 0 U, and there he sticks;" 1Nfnard'eLiniment for sale ever herd yw Carry s y .uns' eltf with a self-confident air, and you will net only inspire others with a belief in: your strength, but you will come to ;believe in it yourself:' Archirnedes,' the Greek scientist, who found that the amount of water dis- placed by a floating object is :equal to its weight. Electric Flatiron is Made In Complete Sections. Feeling that there was a demand for an electric iron that could be varied, in weigihit, an inventor has de- veloped one made in sections,: each of which is a complete: unit with heating element, sole and pressure prates, and: terminal pins. Surna es Arid Their Origin HEBER IRacial Ori in-Engl ish, Source—A place name. - Tliough one of the first Mileslan Icings of Ireland, back some 1,700 years .or so B.C.,"was named Heber, it would be drawing a very long 'bo'w to attempt to connect the modern family name of Heber with this ancient Gae- lic'chieftafn. • A• sa.i matter of fact, anvil our F Y name of Heber is not of':Gaelio origin atall, but is the development of an Anglo- Saxon place name, Up in the north of England 'is a place called H b ay exgh, which) today, if we were naming .it, we`might '.call "Hedgeton," for the two names are synonymous., And like other place names, it was often used in the Middle Ages as a personal surnames indicating that a person had come from that place. In some twelfth! century records there ie ail ,entry of the name of one "Ernul phus. de,`Haybergh," and from that time on tee name' is clearly traceable in its various changed forms. From "Haybergh" it•became "Heibire" the. " gh„ , "Il Leaving been silent), then I3ei- ber” and finally -"Heber." KINNAIRD Vall ' strops--d4innard; Kinaird. Racial Origin -Scottish. Source -A place name. Here is one of those family names which is Scottish fn 'o'rigin, but the bearers of which are not necessarily originall y of Scottish bloods or at least not necessarily of Gaelic blood. Kinnaird, you see; was a place name in the middlees. ag It Was aaro b n y established by once Radulphus Rufus. (Radulphus. the Red), a Norman chief- tain who got a grant to the territory from King William'; the Lion. ' Historically, of course, the family name is best known ae the surname of the family, which this Radulp hus• founded. . But it does not follow.by any means that all or even a majority oft'ee';peo- ple who today bear this surname are descendants, of this. 'name' Radulphus or any branch of his family. It was most natural; of course, for members of the nobility to take as their family name thea n nes of the territories over which 'they . held e d sway. Hut commoners as well took the names! of places: from which they had come, or with which they were inany special way connected, 'lull WINGI AM AUyA 'IC A NEW CHAMPLAIN MONUMENT' Which: is to be erected at Orillia, Ontario. It is the work of Vernon March, an Englishman. The monument measures twelve feet, and the pedestal, which is eigaateen feet, will give it,a total height of thirty feet. Never Look Back. One of the last messages that :Car- dinal - Gibbons left for young people was the excellent bit of advice "never look back." Ile said that; no matter wihatthelr age, when men begin to look • backward they are getting old. He . never allowed himself to look back; he was always to the last, look- ing forward, to something ,better than had ever some to him in the past, Any one w11io forms the habit of Iooking: back, of living in thepast, regretting that he had done this. or hadn't'. done• • that; will never acconip lisle much in the present; and his fu- ture will be like tie present. Another bit of advice from Cardinal Gibbons to young men was,: "Expect great things of yourself."- What we expect is what comes to us; if we expect it with enough inten- sity; and struggle intelligently enough, and persistently enough -to realize the' thing we want. yourself you prepare for great' things ,' you have faith that they are coming to you, and you get ready for them. There ia `a mental law at work that draws to you the thing you expect and work for. Ifyou don't expect any- thing unusual, . anything but the or- dinary experiences. of ordihary mor- tals, yon will get nothing extraordin- ary, nothingunusual, nothing great,• for always ' the` thing you expect, the thing you hold in mind is what will came to you whether you like it or not—Success. A Marital Obligation. "I must say -these biscuits are fine!" exclaimed the young husband: "However could you say those were fine biscuits?" whispered his mother as the fair bride went to get more from the kitchen. "I didn't say they were fine, moth- er," 11 er" replied the young man; "I merely said I must say so." tais rage ass: essa T a e. right breakfast .acs the i•t a 's work easy i✓AVY, starchy foods -slow down both body and mind. Grape -Nuts speeds them up for the day's work. This wholesome, healthful cereal food;ts made from prime wheat and malted barley, baked for 20 hours to insure easy digestion and perfect as- similation. All the nutritive' and"mkiieral elements of the grains,- which Nature 'needs •to feed the tis- sues, glands, bone and blood, "are retained in Grape -Nuts. Weight for weight, there is more actual nourishment in Grape -Netts than,. roast beef. A Dominion Government an- alysis shows that Grape -Nuts contains 1799 calories to the pound, whereas a rib roast of beef as purchased (with its 20% of refuse) is known to contain but 1110 calories to the pound. Delicious Grape -Nuts• is most economical, too) affording more breakfasts in .lessbulk than any other cereal food. Sold by grocers everywhere —THE BODY BUILDER ‘‘There's a Reason" Mad elr by Canadian k�ostlznr C©rozzl CO., Lt Windsor, Ontario S KILL A•t the first sign of illness during the hot weather give the little ones Baby's Own Tablets or in a few hours he may be beyond aid. These Tablets will prevent summer complaints if givenoccasionally to, the well child and will promptly, relieve ,these trou- bles if they come on suddenly. Baby's Own Tablets should always be kept fn every home where there are young children. There is no, other medicine as good and the mother Las the guar-. antee of a government analyst that they are absolutely safe. The Tablets are sold 'by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brookville, Ont. Loyal to Dad. Little John was' sent alone l to the barber shop -fora haircut. The barber, in his joking way, in-, uiee q d what kind of a haircut he wish- ed, and then pointed to the man in the chalir. "Do' you want one like this man is getting?" "No sir," the little fellow returned after he had looked at the man. "If you have to out it like somebody's just cut it like my dad's, with a little bole in the middle." MOVE ORDERS. Pay your out-of-town accounts • b Domiviala Express Money 4rder. Five Dollars costs three `cents. The Substitute. Knicker—What has succeeded the old fashioned family album?" Bocker—"Passports, thumb: prints and motorists/ `cards." Sitnard'e L;ntmer.t Relieves Nsuralp:'i Settlers 'Thronging to. British Columbia. The plow bait become tithe rival of the buzz -saw in British Columbia. Time was a few years ago when lum- bering overshadowed all other indus- tries in the province. The •prosperity of the province depends largely upon: It. It is still a baste industry, The saw- milI has decimated the once magnifi cent forests of the'United States, 'The vast virgin woods of British Columbia offer the lumberman the most profit- able field on the American continent. 133r wrecking the industry in Russia, the greatest lumbering nation la the Eastern Hemisphere, the war gave re- newed importance to the pacific slope of Canada. Not in' history, has there been such a demand for lumber as arose foe home building in devastated Europe after tine, war: In the years following the armistice • the export: lunibet) trade ofthe province' has broken: all records•: But this is also a record era. for set- tlement. For the first time the beaux of homeseelrers into British Columbia has rivaled, that • et the prairie pro- vinces, The farmer has fell'owed the lumberjacks. Where forests stood are golden glean iielde. How agriculture has gained on hum- berms is shown by recent stattitt cs of the Btitish Columbia 1Vlanufacturers Association, According to these fig- ures the volume of business of basie fmidderetriesc in the province last year -ma.: Lunrber, 664,970,000; agrieulture, $60,065,000; irrining, $23,066,641; "fleh- Ing, $22,120,000; other itchtstries, $56,- 000,060. 5S,-000,000, Cae'iieature is lone' ,of rile oklesh itor)ns- of art. last, No. 36•-•.'22. � o ^ loot : Family Are liestored By TariIa° Ozz'e of the outstenadio,g features of Talilae is that very often several mem- bers' of the same family are restored to health by it. Thousands of swell cases are on record "and it is now the family medicine In connllees homes throughout the U. 5,, Canada, Mexico and Cuba, Mrs, Bert Hewer, 1.93 ;East Ave,, North Hamilton, Ont., says: "My hea'ltbi was so broken down that 1 was unable to do my housework, but Tanlac bunt me up wonderfully and 1 now feel fine. My son :and daughter also took Tarlac with good results. We call it our family medicine." There is not a single portion of the body that is not benefited by the help- ful action of Taeniae. By enabling the stonia•dh, and other vital organs to per- forin their functions properly, the whole system is nourished, purified and strengthened, , Get a bottle to -clay at any 'good druggist. Why Black for ,Mourning? The custom of wearing black as a sign of mourning originated with Anne, the wife of Chariest: VIII., et France, who, at the 'death. of her hus- band, surrounded her coat -of -arms with; bI•ack, and wore black fab token. of her widowhood- This was then fn direct opposition: to the usual custom, which was to wear white as the sym- bol of mourning. The royal fastbdon was adopted, and has ever since re- mained. What One of the Best Known Travel leis In Canada Says. "Now I am goingto gi e solicited testimonil as they say an the patent medicine adeertiSing. Eteretofore I have had ` a profound. oontempt for patent medicines, particularly ';Jo -called liniments. Perhaps this is due to the reason that I have been blessed•, with a sturdy Constitution. and have never been ill a day in my life. Onedaylast" fall . after a hard day's tramp in the slush of Montreal, I .developed. -a severe pain in my legs and of course like a roan who has never had anything wrong with him physically, 1 complained rather boisterously. The good little wife says: -"I will rub therewith some liniment .I have. "Go=' ahead" I said, just to humor her. "Well, in she comes with a bottle of Miaard's Liniment and gets busy. Believe me the pain disappeared a few minutes after, and you can tell the world. I said so." (Signed) FRANK t.. JOHNS, Montreal. ,a1V5.BD 4oj p 'IzaifiWITHb,y aH N1rTFeS,IloVoellaLdziur<a;atTonitteo w fat. Cii.tix. ari:nes, Ont r STITCTISiw .and ricotfnr.,, attach - meta fits any machine, $2.60; 'buttonhole. $$8; duty free; agents wanted 51. S'z'E- Pil:M 1SON, 22 Quincy Street, Chicago. 4ctni.us Wt12+7s'kai, -T FIQZ El, 'og l'A.RT TIME TO SEUL, our "..complete line of etectrl4'f1 r- : tures and appliances frpm our eataloue, Liberal coautiaission, 'SFJ, P. Eorlo ;AlOto,, trio Supply Co., 1254 fit. CIaft Ave., Tor- onto. EASON or' 1922 Ox`7ERS AN Job'; d CL'PTIQNAIJ opportunity" to earn frena ten to fii ty dgllars r-eekly myitis our lino of nersoaial steeling carrras;' there will be a big demand tine "yqa1•"; wholQ or spare tinemay bn devotee to, the 'work; samples free: write for.full, details. Cai;rIton X'Iaplishin;a . co., 'Dept. W.P., 320 Spar/Ina, Ave.. Toronto, rob sazap. 'i7"Alael—W0NDlareJJ7, VA:Tailies ANI) I. ; Cohrsm ;' saples free—Georgetown 'Woollen Mills, Ont. J NS II WAN2D "ALIV.a `23 CIS'NTS a pound, Albert Lewis, 666 Dundas 'West, Toronto, Ont;; O'kJNIS IITINDRED .ACREI- PARK ON ' 'Huron Road (Provincial Highway) near Clinton; two spring wells,.splendld buildings, good.orchard,and fences, For terms and further particulars apply to: 'G. A, P. Briekenden & Co., Barristers, &e., London Loan Bldg.; Loo Ont WEEELY BirwSRAPB7z W419 "Fiii. W11E HAVl7 A CASH &'URCil:Aslall� @@ '' for a weekly newspaper,' in On- tario. Price must be" attractive.• Send full' infer: nation to Wilson Plzbalishing. Co., Ltd.. '18. Adelaide St. W.. 'Toronto_ BELTING' .I .A' hRESHElt BELTS „ AND • STYC-' TION hose, new and used, shipped subject to appruys,, Canada, York Belting Co„.. 115 v'York St., Toronto, Ont. . LAND SALT Bulk Carlots TORONTO SALT WORKS ! CLIFF r CUflCURA HEALS SCALP_TPOUBLE On Child, Broke Out In Pimpies, Head Scaly. deed To Itch, When my little girl was two Years old she had a severe case of scalp trouble which broke out on her bead in pim- ples. When the pimples came off her head' was Scaly and used to itch so that she was always scratching. "I .'tried all kinds of remedies but isi vain. )(sent for a free samplb of Cuticura Soap and Oint- ment which helped her; $ bon ht more: and after' two weeks she as' completely healed." (Signed) Mrs, Lillian Fortier, 104 Unit St., Prov- idence, R, I., Feb. 11, 1021. Cutic',sia Soap, Ointment andTal cum are an you meed for every -day toilet and nursery purposes. senor,Eac1Proaby5Saa. Address: n'LsmaasL1m- tted, 144 St. Pear St., W., Montreal." Sold every- where - Soap26c, biatmeet2i esd60c. Tatcum26e. "Cnticura Soap shaven without mug. Dom►., Book on DOG DISEASES and How to Few Mailed Free to any A4. dress by the Authillh ' St.. Clay Glover 129 West 24th Street ew York, U.$.A.: ONE?'FL TE WAY IT HELPED HE So Writes Mrs. Lea ery of Brockville, Ontario) Regard. Regard.. ing 9 Lydia E il�tan a'' Vegetable Compound Brockville, IIs, Ontario.—"I I took Lydia s B E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for weakness and female disorders. I was so weak at tines that I could net stand up. I had been this way for nearly three years and the dif- ferent medicines I had taken' had not done me any good. I found one of your s..` little books in my door one day and ;thought I would give it :a trial, I am now on my fifth bottle and it is wonderful the, way it has helped me. I am feeling much- better, have no weak spells and can do all my work now. I am recommending your. Vegetable Compound to all I know and you can use my testimonial to help other 'warren."—Mas. CASEY' LlaanaaY, 176 Abbott St., Brockville, Ontario!, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Coni pound is a medicine for women's ail- ments and has a record of nearly fifty years behind it. UNLESS you see the name "Bayer" on tablets, you are not getting Aspirin at all Accept only an "unbroken package" of "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin," which contains directions and dose worked out by physicians during 22 years and proved safe by millions fol Colds Headache " Rheumatism Toothache Neuralgia Neuritis Earache Lumbago Pain, Pain Itandy "Bayer" bones of 12 tablets --,Also bottles of 24 and 100-•••=Drttgg sts. spirin is the trade spark (r,gf tered in comae,) eS Beyer Manufateturt of Meng- aecticaeutester of Saiicylieeeld. White it is well kno n that ,I.ehiniri Melted 1.0.i+•61- tna3iufaottare, to, assist the Ifnbllc ageing imitations, the'i'ablete of'flayer trontOIM$' wiiz ba sttfa'aped With their gotteral trade: Merit, the "levee arose.