HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1913-01-31, Page 8ISE THE WOMAN IS BOSS
TOMS AMONG PEOPLE OF
NORTII'n.RN NIGERIA.. •
of Ekoi Confers Small Favors
On the Lady He Adis to
Wed Rim.
takes about three years to woo
id among the Ekoi people in
thern Nigeria. This is only in
ping with many other hardships
which the men of this race are
jetted.
t seems that a man of the Ekoi
sn't confer a very great favor
n the woman he selects to be his
e. According to the native ens-
, he must serve her people for
e considerable time—usually
or three years—before he can
im. her. His work mostly cen-
ts in helping to clear the bush for
e neat season's farms, but other
rvices may be required of him.
During this time he is expected
make presents to the relatives of
is future wife, the value of which
,ries according to his means. A
sry usual list of gifts to father and
'other or guardian consists of a
emijohn of palm oil, a head of
lantains, a piece of dried meat,
we bottles of rum and two or more
ends of tobacco.
6T IS MEWS 4AOITII
MIN G TO THE Wt 1D
ROW RAVAGES OF KIDNEY
DISEASE ARE CHECKED
Ilr QlEB4'1C.
Mrs. Julien Painchaud, for seven
years a sufferer, finds quick re—
lief and complete cure in Dodd's
Kidney Pills.
Whitworth, Temiecouata Co.,
Que., Jan, 27 (Special).—With the
coming of winter the ravages of
Kidney Disease aro again felt in
this province, and the fact that a
sure cure is vouched for in this vil-
lage is news worth giving to the
world. Mrs. Julien Painchaud is
the person cured and she states
without hesitation that she found
her cure in Dodd's Kidney Pills.
"For seven years my heart and
Kidneys bothered me," Mrs. Pain-
chaud states, "I was always tired
and nervous. I could not sleep. My
limbs were heavy and I had a
dragging sensation across the loins.
My eyes had dark circles under
them and were puffed and swollen.
I was so ill I could hardly drag
myself around to do my housework.
"A neighbor advised me to try
Dodd's Kidney Pills, and I found
relief in the first box. Six boxes
made me perfectly well."
If you have any two of Mrs.
Painchaud's symptoms your Kid-
neys are diseased. Cure them and
guard against serious, if not"fatal
results by using Dodd's Kidney
Pills.
The Dowry Required.
The woman who ise being wooed
> often very exacting in the gifts
emended from her future hus-
and. Here is the usual dowry re-
uired : Five silk handkerchiefs,
wo pieces of cloth, one bead neck-
sce, a tin plate, a spoon, a looking -
lass, a razor, a comb, a pair of
(rimers, a piece of black cloth, a
diem of white cloth, five balls of
tring, an earthenware plate and
, knife.
If the suitor does not make the
sifts expected of him, the parents
-efuse to provide the daughter
with a good "fatting house," a
?lace where she can remain in idle-
ness and fatten up for the mar-
riage. Girls who do not have a
good fatting house are looked down
upon by their companions, and a
man who marries a skinny maid is
worse than disgraced.
After all these exactions the hus-
band is not at all sure that his
wife will keep her side of the bar-
ggiein. She may divorce him for lit-
tle err no reason. One man, who
had worked for his wife's people
for four years,_and stinted himself
bo make them the presents demand -
1, was divorced by his wife three
weeks later beause he 'was indis-
kreet enough to eat up all the pork
the house. It was also claimed
that he had eaten up some fish she
i ad prepared, but this he denied.
Pointed Paragraphs.
Many an eloquent
wordless.
Even a fast young
catch up with to -morrow.
Blood will tell—usually the things
we do not want told.--
A
old:-
A girl marries to gain liberty ; a
man marries to keep it.
Women usually have more reli-
gion than men because they need it
less.
None of us can afford to say all
the fool things we would like to say.
The successful man is one who is
on the job when the main chance
comes along.
The girl who marries aman be-
cause he is a 'good dancer is apt to
regret it later.
Some men won't be happy in hea-
ven because they had to leave their
earthly possessions behind.
The mere fact that a man doesn't
laugh at his own jokes is no indi-
cation that he doesn't think them
funny.
sermon
man
is
can't
Severing the Marriage Bonds.
If a woman wishes to free herself
•=ithout the consent of her husband
:he rakes out the fire and pours
ater en the embers till they die
ut. She then cuts her hair and
.vers herself with white paint.
1 hese simple ceremonies completed
he is free to marry whom she
.leases. If both parties agree to
he divorce, the preceding is even
impler. The severing of the mar-
ine bonds is indicated by the wife
.vering her hands with white
balk.
Divorced wives may marry again,
ut widows must not listen to the
proposal of any man until the
ourning for the departed is over.
Among these people—as if the
cup of downtrodden man was not
near enough to overflowing—a hus-
band must support his mother-in-
law if she becomes a widow. In
case of divorce the wife has the first
claim on the children, because she
has risked her life for them.
The chief wife is regarded as the
head of the household. It is she
who selects the home, and it is the
duty of the husband to follow wher-
ever his chief wife may lead.
Minard's Liniment Cures Carget In Cows.
W. II. FARRELL,
Who has been appointed Superin-
tendent of Freight Service, over
the Grand Trunk System, anew
office. Mr. Farrell was formerly
Superintendent of Terminals in To-
ronto.
Feeds Guests' Dogs.
Tonsorial Conversation.
"I hate a, barber that talks poli-
tics all the time; don't you I"
"Can't say I do. I'd rather have
him talk politics than hair tonics."
Teach Citizens to Be Clean.
In Australia the Lord Mayor of
S7dney, stung by the reproach that
his city is the "dirtiest in the south-
ern hemisphere," has organized a
"special patrol force" of a, hundred
gigantic Australians to capture citi-
zens offending against the municipal
by-laws for the preservation of
ood order, neatness and cleanli-
ess. He mustered them the other
.ay in the yard of the city hall.
"Act," he said, "without fear or
favor. Never mind whether the
.ffender is well dressed or shabbily
tressed. Do your duty. Many of
ur citizens have fallen into dirty
labits, and we have to teach them
to be clean and tidy."
Even the man who wants the
earth doesn't care to have it thr'.',wn
alt him in the feria of mud.
The proprietress of a restaurant
at Poulton Square, Chelsea, Eng-
land, who found that many of her
customers had their dogs at the
same table, and in some cases al-
lowed them to eat from their plates
on the floor, has established a sepa-
rate dining -room for dogs. While
their mistresses are having lunch-
eon or dinner the pets are placed iii
a separate room, where they are fed
with mutton bones, cooked beef,
etc. A dog's dinner costs three-
pence, and the animal is allowed to
select his dish and to eat his fill.
IF YOUR BABY IS SICK
GIVE BABY'S OWN TABLETS
The little ills of babyhood and
childhood should be treated prompt-
ly, or they may prove serious. An
occasional dose of Baby's Own Tab-
lets will regulate the stomach and
bowels and keep your little ones
well. Or they will promptly restore
health if sickness comes unexpect-
edly. Mrs. Lenora M. Thompson,
Oil Springs, Ont., says :—"I have
used Baby's Own Tablets for my
little girls as occasion required,
and have found them always of the
greatest help. No mother, in my
opinion, should be without the Tab-
lets." Sold by medicine dealers or
by mail at 25 cents. a box from The
Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brock-
ville, Ont.
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t
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North Western Ry., 46 Yonge St., Toronto,
Ont.
Has Hopes.
"How old are you, Ethel?"
"I'm five, an' mamma says if
I'm good an 'eat lots of oatmeal I'll
be six next birthday."
Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, Eto,
The Royal Road to Wealth.
There was a man in our town who
needed money .bad ; he went to a
newspaper and he took a whole -
page ad ; and when the people read
the ad the joyful throng they'd
join, and straightway went unto
the store and gave the man their
coin.
Wise Judge.
Prisoner—"Judge, your
I'm a foreign nobleman."
Judge—"Then it would be
to fine you; take 30 days.
Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper.
:Not Amiable.
"We had to let that servant go."
"What was the matter I Would-
n't she work?"
"Oh, she did the work all right,
but she couldn't get along with the eeclans'Practlee for many Scare, xiow
children." U uggi Druggists cperbottle. Murillo
"That so?" °"� ( Eye halve In Aseptic Tubes, Sicyec.
se Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicano
"Yes. Sh ' I lose her temper
honor,
useless
COVERED
ITN PUVIPLES
Itched 1 'So Kept from Sleeping.
Fas%ed 'the Nights Scratching.
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Oint-
mews Stopped the Itching at
Ohm and Entirely Cured. '
00 and ,Ave Ville Emard, Montreal, Que.
.---"My trouble started with small pimples
on my hands, which itched so that it kept
me front sleeping, and I passed the nights
scratching IL. I did not know what to do
with myself. I became so discouraged that
I did 13Qt. have the heartto do my work.
"were all covered with little watery
P"or throe weeks I had my hands
to 'keep them front touching the
tossed and scratched so that I
all bloody on the bed -board. I
•ed for three years like this when
advertisement for Cuticura Soap
ma Ointment. I decided to send
es of them.
on as I received thele, I applied
aura Ointment and washed my
My ha
peep!
done r
bed, f
made
had s
I saW
and C
for as
"As
the Cu
hands with Cuticura Soap at night before
going to bed, This stopped the itching at
once. I continued to use them, using not
quite two boxes of Outicura Ointment with
the Cuticura Soap, and I was entirely cured.
My husband bad a burn on one of his hands.
lie anointed it two nights with Cuticura
Ointment and has not felt it since. We
have great confidence in Outtcura, Soap and
Ointment, and I assure you I shall tell all
Who suffer with the same disease about
them." (Signed) Mrs. Roger Hebert, Dec.
28, 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment are
sold by druggists and dealers everywhere.
For a Iiberal free sample of each, with 32-p.
labels, send post card to Potter Drug Sr. Chem.
Corp., ,Dept. SW. Boston, U. S. A.
LORD EITCIIENERIN EGYPT. BIN. PILLS DRIVE AWAY'
Will Cover the County With a Sys-
tern of Main Roads.'
Load Kitchener is carrying out an
extensive ,sehenie of road making in
Egypt.' Some time ag i he ordered
a road to be made between Cairo
and Alexandria, and now it is an-
nounced that he is studying a plan
for covering the country with a
complete series of main roads.
These will, be undertaken by the
Government itself, while minor
thoroughfares will. be laid by the
Provincial Councils. Apart from
the military standpoint, such •a sys-
tem of roads will be of immense
commercial value, as it will open
up districts neglected through lack
of communications; it will further
develop others that are at. present
dependent solely either on the river
or the railway for transport, and it
will give the country an additional
attraction in. the eyes of the tour-
ist, who at present can rarely get
off the beaten track or obtain any
other view of Egyptian life than
that to be had from the train win-
dow or steamer deck. As things
stand to -day tourists can motor
from Alexandria to Cairo, the road
being practically finished. Indeed,
so near completion is it, :and so
much is expected to be made of it,
that the automobile clubs have ob-
tained permission from the Minis-
try of Public Works to erect indi-
cation and danger signposts all
along the route. The day may not
be far distant when tourists may be
able to motor from the landing
stage at Alexandria to the First
Cataract—about 600 miles.
RID YOUR FEET
OF SORE CORNS
Terrible Experience.
"You must have had a terrible
experience with no food, and mos-
quitoes swarming around you,"
said the stranger to the shipwreck-
ed mariner who had been cast
away upon a tropical island.
"You jest bet I had a. terrible
experience," he acknowledged.
"My experience was worse than
that of the man who wrote `Water,
water everywhere, but not a drop
to driek.' With me it was bites,
bites everywhere, but not a bite to
eat l"•
Minard't: Liniment Cures Diphtheria.
• On the Record.
IKnielter—` `The price of beef on.
the hod has advanced."
Bo;llicr--�•;�`';x,ryll, eve ought to.be
thankful a cow hasn't got six legs."
Only One "BROMO QUININE"
Look is for the signature o OEOW QUININE.
CuuroesDaagCold s. bion One Day. Curee Grip in
No Merit In It.
Mother (reprovingly) "'When I
was young girls never thought of
doing the things they do to -day."
Daughter — "Well, that's why
they didn't do them."
'.",."""",�.' Try �kirhie Eye Remedy
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every time one of them kicked her
ze else shins."
PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS
OINTMENT ifailsilto cure da money
if
Itch
Itch -
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C to 14 days. 60c.
COOK WAS MISUNDERSTOOD.
Present of Hales to Prime Minister
Cause of Cook's Discharge.
Quite easy now to extract any kind of
a corn—dust apply Putnam's Corn Extrae-
, for—it works wonders,
stops the pain quickly, the
a, 4 / 4" thick tissue is softened,
and
the heart of the corn. In
healing goes right to
a few hours the hard core
is loosened and separated
— from the toe. Out comes the
corn. Toe is left smooth—not a mark left.
Use only Putnam's Painless Corn Extrac-
tor, recommended by druggists and sold
in 250. bottles.
She—"And how is your bachelor
friend'l" He—"When I saw him
last he was mending very slowly."
She -e -"Indeed I I didn't know he'd
been ill." He—"He hasn't been ---
he was sewing fresh buttons on his
underwear 1"
The Chinese newspapers are
shaking their heads (they have no
longer any pigtails) over the doings
of their new Prime Minister, M.
Lon Tseng Chiang. For he has just
dismissed his cook, the heaven -
born, all-powerful mayor of the
palace, M. Yu. For M. Yu is more
than a. cook—he belongs to the
nobility, and when the Marquis Li
Hung Chang tried to engage a
European cook in his place M. Yu
appealed to the Empress, and de-
feated the Marquis. That was some
time ago and M. Yu ha,s been in-
creasing hi importance since then.
He possesses a big house in the
street of Minichengpor in Pekin, 'a
restaurant in the Zoological Gar-
den at Pekin, 'and another estab-
lishment. He naturally imagined
that his services would be highly
valued by the new Prime Minister,
and in order to smooth the way he
sent a present of his best hams to
the minister. His surprise was
great when his present was return-
, ed and he himself was dismissed.
The Pekin newspapers cannot un-
derstand a minister acting in this
way, The old rule was the more
presents the .better.
ED. i.
ISSUE 5—'13.
Bad 3ioo
is the direct and inevitable result of
irregular or constipated bowels and
clogged -up kidneys and skin. The
undigested food and other waste mat-
ter which is allowed to accumulate
poisons the blood and the whole
system. Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills
act d' ectly on the bowelsl regulating
•then n the kidneys, giving them
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bloc —and on the slain, opening up
the res. For pure blood and good
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Dr. M orse5s 46
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"When one comes to live as long
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eightieth .birthday, "any fear of
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Those Pains in the Kidneys,
Mr. Thomas Stephenson, of Lachuto
Mills, P. Q., writes : -
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My wife is now using GIN PIL,1,$'
and finds that she has been greatly
relieved of the pain over her Kidneys,"
5oc. a box, 6 for ,2.50, Sample free if
you write National Drug and Chemical,
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FARMS FOR SALE.
H. W. DAWSON, Ninety Colborne Pi roots
Toronto.
OOD STOCK FARM OF 60) At'ltE4
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I HAVE OVER ONE HUNDRED GOODI
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The publisher of the best Farmer's paper
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MISCELLANEOUS.
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TASK FOR NAVAL OFFICERS.
Must Choose Husband for an Or-
phan Girl of Toulon.
Naval officers are not often called
upon to perform such a delicate
task as that set out in a circular
which emanates from the French
Ministry of Marine. It runs thus :
M. Ruyter Warfusse has be-
queathed to the town of Toulon a
legacy destined to promote mar-
riage between an orphan girl of
good character and asailor of
proved sobriety, the former to be
selected by the Mayor of Toulon
and the latter by the senior Cap-
tain of the squadron of vessels now
„anchored at Toulon. Would-be
candidates for the legacy must send
a statement of their qualifications
accompanied by documentary, evi-
dence to this officer not later than
December 25.
The couple selected must, accord-
ing to the terms of the will, be mar-
ried on the forthcoming feast of the
Epiphany and undertake to have at
least four children.
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Left Sloes for German Pupils.
Amongst the items of news con-
tained in the monthly reports on.
the primary schools , of the German
Empire is the following: In one
district the local authorities have
clecaled felt
provide the children
with . felt shoes to be worn during
school hours. This is at Pollwitz,
near Glogau. The medical officer
had made several complaints as to
the general inefficiency of the foot-
wear of the children, and had
pointed out that it meant that the
children had often to sit through
the day in winter with. their feet
thoroughly wet, With the equip-
ment of felt shoes the authorities
:have' given orders that the other
'shoes shall be. properly dried'during
the lesson time.
Are your hands chapped cracked
or sore ? Have you " cold cracks "
which open and bleed when the skin
is drawn tight? Have you a cold
sore, frost bite, chilblains, or a "raw"
place. which at times makes it agony
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relief, and will heal the frost -damaged
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Zam-Buk's rich healing essences will
sink into the wounds, end the smart-
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Mrs. Yellen, of Portland, says : ' "114, I
hands were so sore and cracked that it
was agony to put them near water.
When I did so they would smart and
burn as if I had scalded them. I seemed
quite unable to get relief from anything
1 pub on them until I tried Zam•Buk,
and it succeeded when all else had
failed. It Closed the big cracks, gave
me ease, soothed the inflammation, and
in a very alert time healed my hands."
Zam•L'uk also cures cha,ftng, raphes, winter
cecema, piles, ulcers,Yesterxnq 8orc8, sore heads
and backs, abeeaesen, pimples, ring-weres, eta,
euta burns, bricises, scalds, sprains. Of all
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