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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1923-11-08, Page 7PJ�sNCY EyQ�r`��A®N urirLE II There is no"" mere ,conliditl$ and.; itamain* :' young animal, than a'baby elelrhutit. s Indeed, f,eye Mi. Charles j41ayer, i.f, is -"laughter out feet'. iegb.". One that, he captured was part, of a herd rounded upfor the ,Malay fiultan i • of Trengganu. It belonged lo its cap 1,, tor, for the mailer elephants were to be hi;a payment for obtaining the large; ones for 'tie eultan. The sultan's brother, end premie Min- ter; ,w re was knoyvn as the !punka L'esar,,.or, 13ig- l?rlpoe, had journeyed into the jungle to see the captive ele phants while they were yet wild; he did -not actaally join the round -up, be- cause if he joined it he would have had to ride one of the tame elephants, and, ttiding:eiethent-back always made him' extremely seasick. "You had better change your mind' and <come 'along," t[r. Mayer called down to him as they were starting off, "If Erode on an eleehant," he an- wered, wered;� `1 couldnn't eat for a month. "True," admitted Mr. Mayer; "the first time 1 rode one. was in cireus procession.' I sat in • a beautiful how-: dah.. I was so sick a;circus lady had, to hold my head. .The crowd thought it was a love scene!" 4 ` ."There is no' circus lady here," said the ` Big Prince firmly, "I shall' not Fide " lle did not. But he .was eagerly on hand- for the.'.tViutnphal return of the. -?hunters and' -for the festivities 1n their honor and was eager to see the haul. I?� was a heavy man, continues Mr Mayer, and not particularly actie. It was impossible for„ him to Walk the distance; so I had two swinging chairs ., - made. He created himself on, one' of them, and I bat •on the'other. The risen '^t N�.�w�.tPM!NN`M iY fI n. li hear your voieee Will never write TLat none will name ,I pray to lose the ourse of memory . . That fall forgetfulness 'will Make Me Ancl witisper to my heart: "Another It mey•be he will come . or he ase by me in the crowd and, I may hear Hie voniceda—rla„s n the tlarong he passes And I invent small tri keries to make Those who; surrOund me name your Only taochheear it somehow sootheg the Of longing that burns oa—unceae- ingly! Your dame falls on mY heart 1°.ce n Which thee who •speak it do not know or guess! But --all the daY is one long ache for A.gain at night I kneel and make my prayer— That you may be as one I never knew, My ears beseech God not to let me care . . . With supplications they assail His ear— But my heart prays that He will never ---Rogelle Mercier The Hunter's Soliloquy. By David Lee Wharton. pac 2 fl ro_ our BRODIE . between the poles moved Quickly and', • , . elephants the Tunkti was amazed' at Source—As locality, or place name. easily. . when owe sreached the tied eaciee_se, _got .eff hia chair ,_and offered .one -of Brodie is, the name of one of ;he the youngest a hanena.' it '-dte- the Scot -nett clans, much of tne ancient BRISBANE fruit greedily. Then he Called for the aistery of Which. was loet for all,time boiled rice and held it out in the palm when, about 1645, Lord Gordon spread Racial Origin—Cornish. of his hand.- The little elephant seem. waste their lands and burned their illre of those days. Indeed the Scot- tish and Irish alerts still live' in cher- ished tradition among those who bear their names, if not' legally as clan or- ga,nizations. ‘e• Source—A place name. ea 16 find -the neW Riad delicious, and stronghold:" the Big- Prince ikas as happy as a • Racially the clan does not seem to Brisbane, 'perhaps, is not a name. child. have been Gaelic, for originally it widely borne, but it is widely known. eame from Moray, from which it must It belongs in the classification of 1 eXpect I had better th.row thiseenock- .. ' --I' be concluded -that it probably was Pic- festally names which ha,ve been de- inb-bird away before a game warden ,-• ,-- - rived from names• of places In_ this comes along and orders me to cough Perhaps, but its mother did not, She ' t'15"' ' ' ' But about 1160 it begins to appear instance the place name is of Ceenish- up to the tune of ten bucks. I knew I young one. It paid not the least at_ 11Pon the historical records which re- British oregin, forming part of the now ivas taking a chance -when 1 killed terition: ' main to -day as' o.ne of the clang which scanty remains of an all but ee.-tinct him, but he. was such a- pretty 'shot, was loyal to King Malcolm w. at the branch oe.the Celtic language, a branch. swaying on that bough, einging to • e when he iasured himself against more allied to the Welsh and the Bre- split. his throat. And, this dove! why The little elephant 'fascinated the future rebellidns bystransplanterg cer-. ton than to the Gaelic of Ireland and did I wast anaraunition on him? It tin. clan.s which had questioned his the Scottish Highlands. must have been . that his little coral authority., The Brodie's were among Around the, name may be woven a feet were so enticing:as he ran daintily those who received 'grants of land at ' romance of spe.culation as to the along that I just had to shbot his head that time. seenes which occurred there in en- off. And look at: . that ,rabbit, still The clan name itself wa,s apparent- cient day's ,before the advent of the alive and struggling to breathe! 1 Brisbin "Detested sport That owes it's pleasure to another's Back to Tutankhannen's Tomb Howard.' Carter,' coevorker -with the Earl of ,Carnarvon in the discovery Of the tornb of Tutankhamen, who bas returned to Egypt to resinne work- He declares that the richest treasures have not yet been removed, and that it is quite possible that picturas of Tutni mummy will be taken, Til e USE 'OF WITNESS Almost Always Due to ,Weak and Impoverished Blood. Apart from accident or illness due —Cowper in "The Task." "Gee! This has been a fine diy. Have I had sport? I'll say I have. Let's count 'em. Twenty corp'see! I n'enktet ,He insisted on taking the 'first stens 'toward weaning in He had brought condensed rnilk, Which he put .into. a' pail and mixed witle warm water., He dipped , the baby's trunk into it and then'tucked the trunk into Its owner's niouth. The little elephant sacked 'up the liquidnbut instead of drinking it blenr throligh its trunk and ,threw milk all Over- the prince. 'For- tiMately, he had taken off his baju and stood dressed only in his sarong and crieds "Itestilinke I. also have a hide'!" "In a interview with the 'sultan after delivering his share of the prizes ---there were ire' ail three full-grown males. nine fernalds and four young- sters, incluciingi'the baby—Mr. Mayer ' asked permissiehe,es a tribute to the Tanta]. Besar'S'imterest in his work to .The Big •Pr'inde ninst have prepared: -the- sultan'S‘ on the, subject for Witched hifit. 'Ghee it to him." , TIM outcome was that -the jungle weaned, spent abOut half its, time on he' Verandah, ,9f.. the- TtinItuni hoese. i run.np and down the :steps, giVing its little'squeal of pleasure. It followed the prince abont. ' He played wIth-,it by the heur. He even! allowed it to `go into the honSe; but the baby , probably outgrown that priVilege by, this time,' . , servant girl 'who was employed in e fatally -in which tthere were. several ly derived from a place name, that of SaX011 and the Norman, before the ad- _thought. he was dead two -hours ago, to infection almost all ill-healtla arises from one or two reasons. The mietake that neople make is in not realizing that both of these have the same cause at the root, naraely' poor blood. Either bloodlessness or some other trouble of the nerves Will be found to be the reason for alraost everY ment. If you are pale, suffering from headaches, or breathlessness, with pal- pitation of the heart, poor appetite and weak digestion, the cense is al- most always poor blood. If you have nervous headaches, neuralgia, sciatica and other nerve pakten the cause is ex- hausted nerves, But run down rterves are also a result ef poor blood, so that the two chief causes Of illness are one and the same. . If your' health is poor; if you are Pale, EeTVOUS or dyspeptic, you shoUld give Dr. Williams' Pink Pills a fair trial. These pills dot directly on the blood, and , by enriching it give new strength, to worn out nerves. Men and women alike greatly benefit thsough the use of this .medicine. If you are Weak or ailing, give Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills a fair trial and you will be pleased with the 'beneficial re - Suite that will speedily follow. If your dealer does not keep these pills you can get them by mail at 50 tents a box frorn The. Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. t_ X1g the s to exceed elmost all of them, ery peg ls familiar with the books lade espeelallY tor the blind by ibe Braillie, method, n which the letters are rasiSed or indented by means of a sharp inetrument, It le a slow and la- borious process at best, Red the SM,)- ply of Braillie books is neceSsarily innited by tile eXpense of the output and becauSe Braillie letters wear down lute unintellissiteilitys -But now comes the optophone, a ma- olttn.e which makes' available to the blind all kincle of, typewritten matter sold even newspapers. it depends riot upou the seuse of touch, as do the Braillie boelts, but upon the sense of hearing, a faoulty that is usually keen- ly developed in all blind persons. Only, a few lessons are needed for the blind user pf the optopho•ne to learn the sys-' tem. selenium bridge is exposed to light pulsations that vary according tO the forms of the typewritten or printed letters that are pasSed through the machine. A sensitive' head phone like those used by radio enthuslaste worn by the blin.d operator, and it re- cords single notes and chords through the, seleaium bridge. This eomact al- phabet is different from our own ih cornmeal use, but is easily learned, and the optophone can be operated at high speed by the more proficient. Dr. E. E. Fournier d'Alhe, who ma,kes his home in London, is the man who has brought the optophone to per- fection, and So taken from thousands of his less fortunate fellows one of the greatest terrors of being blind—lack of contact with the world at large, , With Millard's in water several times a day for eolda Dogs Used for Fishing. in throat. For nolds in head Fiehing with dogs is a sport many people have never heard of, yet it is peinilar some parts of the British Isles, chiefly on the north coast of Somerset. . During the a.utumn, conger -eels are very abundant there. They lie off the coast beyond the low -Water line, where the spring -tides, at this period of the year, leave exposed a vast expanse of "Brodie" or as it appeared in one of vent of Christianity; for tne name shot all to pieces as he is. I may as the old Latin -writs of King Alexander means "hill of judgment." It evident- well throw him away. He is to`o tadly III., "Brothie," a locality in Moray. ly ce.nstitutecl anciently .the court in shot up, to coOk.: These quail are The place name is descrintive of the which men '5r -ere tried for their of- hardly large enough to be eaten. •ground. , charaCter of the ;place has been for- ging of the number of my kills. I The transition from the clan names gotten the name has stuck, and in must have winged at leapt half a dozen of Scotland and Ireland to family that much later period when mien birds which have gone off soneewhere names virtually is no transition at ,all, came to be known by the namee of to die; and, let's see, two rabbits got for in -those. aniient days in which the clan names originated they fulfilled all the functions of the' modern family narne in addition to haying signific: nature of the ground,- meanipg a .coun- fences 'according to 'laws and Mt:stems' shot into the bunch.to get the mother; tryside broken by eittle ridges of now forgotten. But long since ,the then, too I can count them. when brag - the places from which they came, and the names ofetheir fathers as well as by their own given names, this place name made its advent into the records eince -in the' peliticar and; social struc- , of 'family llamas., children became Very, much, alarmed .when. one of them fell ill With scarlet fever.' She was for, leaVing , at once. "You need. nat be .afraid. Marynn' said het. inistress'. "We have isolated the little boy, and you need not go near hfire'l Moreover, adults rarely talte the After• 6,n , hour or two Mary was Overheard saying to a _fellonaservaat "Betty, what doeS `isolated' mean'!" "leeton't *now „exactly," replied the inpatient Betty,. `;'but 'amass -it ineSris that, they have put ;hint On icet" "'that Must be it. And what iS an' "I don't ,know exactly that, either; hat guers it means a girl who works eta A Smart Witness, Proeecuting attorney had en - Imes. Finally he asksed the titan if he was acquainted With any 01 /nen oh the jury. 1Virs. Ernest Adkins, -a`rotton, Sask., writase—"I have, steed, Baby's Own Tablets with great success for four years. and always keep a box em hand." Thousands of other mothers say the same thine—once they. have used the Tablets for their little ones they will use nothing else. Expert- enee shows them that the Tablets are. the ideal medicine. They are -a Mild laxative, thorough in aCtion and never fail to relieve the minor ailments of little ones. The Teblets, are seld..by medicine dealers or by mail at. 25 cents a box- from . The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co, Brockville, Ont. ' Saws Without Teeth. eor n e minutes 1D. liquid air. Man - which. a soft steel disk revolving at a genes° steel s similarly affected. The high velocity- cutS hard steel has been density of carbon ateel is perceptible, -Others, hicluding Professor Grahana 8 sought with the ald•of microscopic in - decreased after the immersion. farm, believe in supplYing an' "even- fill waY Of uttering what we feel." "A spection. The result cerroborates the 2,--. ing lunch" by turning 011 the lighte musician," Sir Walforcl tells us, "is ' that the material acted upon is , The Clever Man. boated at the place of contact to the Bad Advice. Flossie---"It'e my birthday, chickie, an' mama won't let me see what she's Makin' for me! What s,hall I do?" Air Magnetizes Steel. When steel is dipped into liquid air its magnetism is curiously affected. Non-magnetic nickel acquires, mag- netic properties after- being immersed away after being shet. That was Rover's fault. He has .been a. faith- ful dog; but he is getting old and isn't Worth his keep. -Next time we go bunt- ing I guess I will just enaccidentally' shoot him. Well! I have certainly had a'day's rim and earned a gooa night's rest." Artificial Light for Extra Egps. The use of artificial light is simply to induce the hens to eat a greater quantity of feed. This, of eourse, 'with proper exercise, results in increased egg production. Therefore it matters little when the Hilts are turned on. Some people prefer Morning, and turn on a couple of hours before sunrise. In this case, scatter the grain ration in the litter after dark the previous evening, and when the hens get off the roost he the morning they will im- mediately get busy scratching for their feed. Then feed your hot mash at noon, and your grain late in the et. ternoon again. Others prefer con- tinuing daylight, by artifloial means, until 8.30 or 9 p.m., feeding.graan about :7 a.m., hot mash at noon, grain again • Sanctuary: There's a tingly sort of feeling In the atmosphere to -day; And the wild goose is starting For the southland away, The night wind is creofing Dirges o'er the lonely nest. Far the pilot -bird is trailing The horizon in the west. M D. advise - "Persons NA suffer front severe indigostio rotGa!Rjr)sooet,t0:1;:ietiosrest:"..!°12,0„.0."....,leetuiPaisnteole,:.,ficlstiuheoi:Dclv.iEr.avu:tlegtcisr;T:7:rita:011°.00,:,, eriidess, purely vegetable, und. Children's Regulator, formula 0..Lw Guaranteed non-nereoHc, Children erow from colic, diarrhoets, isstelent-e., conetipation and other trouble it given it at teething ' mud. The conger -hunters take advant- age of this to pursue their sport. Wear- ing wading -boots, and armed with a thick stick some six feet long, one end of .which is sharpeued after the fa- shion of a chisel, they set out, accom- panied' by a motley collection of dogs. Boulders and large stones aie turn- ed over to lay bare the lair of the eels, the long sticks being used to Stir up the mud. The eels then start to Wrig- gle; this excites the dogs, who seize thene as firmly as pctssible. It is no easy matter, however; for an angry eel ia a ticklish, slippery customer, With more strength than one might credit. But the dogs s,o0trehecorae quite ex- pert at their job. Having got a firm bold of an eel, they will stick to it un- til the hunter helps them to "land" it. The conger -eel weighs anything from five to nine pounds, and even -larger ones are soraetimes caught. A lucky hunt will result ineome fi.ve or six congers, but no matter what the "bag," this method of fishing with dogs will afford exciting sport. for Mlnard's and rake no other. "Honk, honk!" it' is the tocsin Of the dusky cavalcade, Flying swiftly and unerring For the southern everglade. The marshland is, lonely, And lone" the empty, nest. But the pilot -bird is veering —Heraee Seymour sas- What Music Is. The English compeser and teacher, Sir WaIford Davies, has been giving some very successful lectieres on music to children in the schools. Re- Cently the somewhat novel experiment of transferring these lectures, together gre,ph, has been tried. out with re- markable success. A somewhat lengthy review Of these records waepublished recently in the London Times, and 111 it was embodied some quotations from Sir Walford's lectures, 'which are well worth remem- bering. — two or more musical sounds. put to- gether for love, that make sense." And again "Music is a straight and beauti- for an hour, from to 9, pen, then any one in the Whole world -who loves fee ing e ' d f rein music and. can put two or more musi- fusing point and then breshe,d aWay, The tieWl -married couple were gls„ Y ' ' -‘ ' It will pay anyone who keeps a flock cal seunas together and make musical The high temPerature appears to be lug into the 'window of the jeweller's , • of 50 or more hens to have light irk 8021S8 01 them," eonfined very natrowly 10 the point of shot). I stalled as the use of same increafies -- ------0------ contact, so that a thin gash 1,s, cut, "John," saicl the vourie bride sud- • ' - - ' - ; egg production from 1/3 to I,n more MONEY ORDERS. The temPerature ef the revolving disk denlY clutching his arm, "Pd Jove to than when lights are not uSed. This Dominion Express Money Order, When ordering goods by mail send 1 'es not rise so high because of the have that bracelet hanging up ae teel does not necessarily mean a , greater a large surface area of tlie, disk. The . back of the window,„ , egg production throughout the year, i -r. A New Element. es ly changing, while the fractional ener-• deal'," 'von -Lind the hueband. . • , : laces. are highest. ' 1, gerieral science through One 'of the The teacher was piloting a class In part -of the disk in eent,:ct is continual_ 1 "1 can't, afford to buy it for you, but it does inean,gettiag the most eggs I gy is concentrated on a very suaall "But if Yoli could vou would wh-9° 1) „ - • ' Electric light is, of course, the most area of the material subjected to its Wonldn't you?' she asked .erixiously. s enieut form of lighting, as the ' early lessons in the text book, action. "What were the four elentents" she Diplomat. "Father," said Charles, "what is a, diploinalr "A diplomat, my son," answered the ,father,• "is a man who remembers 'a Woman's birthday and forgets her "Ysee- sir," announced tbe witness, Good GlAeS. "more than half oe tbene" Sh vas an.lrish maid from, Tipner- "Aro yell witiing 'S.Weee ,hiat yeec ary, asnd- when the visitors expected know more than half of them?" de for lunch turned up at 4.30 Ellie ex - mended. ti.re lawyer. ' `,'Why, if it comes to that Ind to Siv6ar ' that know mire. than 9,11 of them put together " CP I Eelpliatle reply. plaineti what 'had happened, , "Ssure," she said, "the master and MiStbsteas waited for ye4,111 3 and -then they hoped ye :Wouldn't ()Omen eo they 'Ph ell the largeet gria,druped "I'm afraid not," he retorted. • lights Can be switched on and off be asked, "into Which the ancients di - tone that showed both surprise and an , electric light do not despair. A plant yen may answee,e . alarm clock, But if 3ou have net vided all natural objeCts? William, "Ob; John, Why?" she asked in a, Pari,nit'l Isn't good oi),ough for you, 'aour,„ : wrietillii about 2,000 birds a short way i elliarta,,, hogan wmiam et•-- - --, also a great advantage, for when gaso- 1 an,d,-;v—ealill,c1--"w :me said the teacher brisi,,. "Oh, You detrling!"`she answered. giving a 300 candle power light, has y 'what eauses more accidents than * Just Right.. line is turned off the light does not go 1 , . Tourist—"I slinote this rain. will de <nit for a few minutes, thereby giving anything a/se a, . die. crops a lot of good, 'Pat?" :-8 :bfrd8 a ehanee to get hank to nAutemobiles.,“ cried William, grate - use lights in either of the ' 'of tit will do niore good 111 five min- necessary,te 'dk'erelliefs trO•de Nettle America, 'has noW speeial res- - • "Pate-"Ye're right, sera An hour rooSte. With a lantern it is almost ful for the teadher'e 4-1.1:5Y °121)es. It \vas "'Int 3.:734 eivatioe in traneouV•ein Ielsogn where ntes than a Month ot ut Votild do in two evening nietbodis,suggested, 1 An uphill jcrarney early ih '61.04 them froM eXtinetlon. ,tteep Minaret's Linke nt In the ' Intok to etety' thie tante. When six weeks old. heislatti,e ,tho ,,th6 cuieadiun, 66„:,.e.riiii:16nt ,,pro,:sn'a-v,..,,] a week at anY other time." . lisieg light is net a neW ItIett, but . stadngth.eu,s,,,,yom, staying_power, 1917201 PE El If you are weak, thin and nervous, let yOur druggist supply you with Bit- eo-Phosphate. It is guaranteed to in- crease weight and strength and restore energy,. vigor and nerve force. Price $1 per pkge. Araow Chemical Co., 25 Front St. East, Toronto, Ont. a long used method, coming back- and A, gairea-pig is usually full grown America's Pioneer, Dog Remedies Book on DOG DISEASES and How to :Food kt:Aled Free to nos Addreso bv the Author. H. CLAY.GLOVER CO,. Ina. 120 Was! 24th Street Tells How Cuticura Healed Pimples "About three years ago I was bothered with pirnplee on my face. The pimples were hard and small and festered, -and my face was disfige ured for a while. They oftentimes caused me to as the irritation was so "I tried different remedies but without any relief. I began using Cuticura Soap .and Ointment arad after the first application I could see an itnprovement, I continued using them and was completely healed after using three cakes of Cuticula, Seep 'arid two boxes of Cuticula Clint - Mere." (Signed) 1Viiss lkoae Bois. airieau, .12 Bellevue Ave., Saulte Ste. IVIame, Ont. Give Cuticura Soap, Ointneent end 'Tel:cern the cate of your skin. ' Red, AO St Tont Pleloblital." Sok`, 050057 Say "Bayer" and In. 'Unless you see the name "BaYer” ors package or on tablets you are not get- ting the genuinsaBayet product proved safe by reline= and prescribed. by physicians over twenty-three yeare for Colds Headache Toothache Lumbago 'Earache Rheuniat is in Neuralgia Pain, Pa4n. Accept "Bayer Tablets of Asnlrin" Only. Each unbroken package con. tains proper direetions. Handy boxes of twelve tablets cost few cents. Dreg - gists also sell bottles of 24 and 100. Aspirin.is the trade mark (registered in Canada) of Bayer Manufacture of While it is well known that Atsphin means Bayer Manufacture, to assist the public against hnitations, the Tab- lets of Bayer Company will. be stamp- ed with their general, trade mark, the "Bayer Cross." HELP FOR Y LING 0 EN Mrs. Holmberg Tells How Lydia E.Pinkham'sVegetable Compound Helped Her Viking, Aita,--"From the time I wan 15 years old I would get such sick feel- ings in the lower part of My abdemen, followed by cramps and vomiting. Thin kept me .frorn my work (I help my par-, ents on the farm) as I usually had to go to bed for tho rest of the day. Oe at times I would have to walk the float!. 1 tuffcred in this way imtil a friend in- duced nie to try Lydia E. Pinkharn'a Vegetable Compound, have had verVi sa.tisfactory results so far and am roa.., onimen ding the Vegetable Compound to my friends. I surely am glad I tried 'it for I feel like different person nova that I don 't have -these troubles." -- Letters like this establish the merits of Lydia H.,Pinitharn's Vegefetble Come pound. They toll of the 'relief from Shell pains and ailments atter taking it. •. Lydia B. Pinkhaun's Vegetable Corn - pound, made from nativerootsandlerb80, contains no. narcotic or harmful 'drags., and today holda the record of being tho mostsuccessfui remedy for feMaie Mai in this countey, and thoiniancle of vole 1 If you doolit that Lydia 11Pinithem'a Vegetable Compound rill help yen, -write t,:1 Ch6 Lydia Pinkhant Medi" eine Co OebetirV, Ontario, for Mrs, ore about it.