Zurich Herald, 1924-04-17, Page 7Next;.,time , try • the., finOst . grade--
" RED ROSE ORANGE PEKOE
T.
Sanwa es and 'Their Origin
ACKERMAIV' began to take, on a new meaning in the bility of supervising children placed in
Varlations—Acherman,--Akerman, Aik, POlzular speech, foster homes. Experienced officers
man.
Racial Origin—Anglo-Saxon.'
Source—An occupation.
The name of Ackerman is quite pop -
and quite erroneously, supposed
to be of German origin. 'It is, :how-
ever, one of the most Anglo-Saxon of
Anglo-Saxon names, and if the spelling
or sound of Ackerman seems to have
,. more of a, German flavor than the vari-
ation Aikman,. it most be remembered
that the English, Scandinavian and
modern German tongues are all . Teu-
tonic, and that at some period in the
misty, prehistoric past there was a
---parent tongue, which; though it has
left no written records, has had prob-
ably more tg do with forming the lang-
uages of the modern world than the
comparatively reoentLatin. and Greek.
The various forms of this family
name would'be' translated literally• in-
to modern EngI•ish by "acre -man." But
the literal translation would not be
. the true one because the word "acre"
hes changed its. meaning since the old
Anglo-Saxons spoke of "ager men" or
,"aker men." To -day it means a definite
measure or amount of land. Then it
'simply meant tillable land generally.
The Ackermaus, .Akermans, Acher-
m•ans and Afli:mans originally were
folk who owned ortilled such land.
At the period wlien family names were
in formation we find thein recorded in
such forme as "Harmer le Aker'lnan"
and "Roger 1e Acreman"—or, as we
would put it to -day, "Bill the Farmer."
After each names had been applied to
the members of a family so long that
their neighbors came to regard the
sobriquets as distinguishing the family
rather than explaining their o•ccuoa-
tions, they naturally began to drop the
prefixed "the" as unnecessary, so that
succeeding generations, 'completely for-
got the 'explanatory meaning of "acre -
man," particularly as the word • "acre"
VISITING FOSTER;.
HOMES
Thc.Syctetn i=Qifowed by ,the„
Children's Aid Societies
of ontAer'o:'
Charqcter Building in Japan,
We nava gi'teo;heard of the .xiea
diseipifne to wake). in the years before
the "awakening" .Qf ,Japan tae y. ling
peaele of the.t country were subjected,
in order that they raight acquire tit
armeeea. of •cbtureete3' which wee t e
feudal `ideal. A J'airati•eee woman, whia
, .r contributes novae" of her reminis•cences
In Ontarioo there is a model syatgni tO Asia' l''112 t,everal stories that II'
provided fox the supervItisisoa opfleb of .lG7litldreza pwreetretilytrathieed iaY icnharawhcicthr thae
reitooter homes, :
co-operation between philanthropic pr-
.well as in . there learning.
ganizations and the' Govermnent that Tire thirty days o2 midwinter, rho
has stood, tae test of twenty-five year's' wrltets, were collect Kana, w'1`he ninth
experience. day was ouPPoSed to be the severest ox.
Each city and county of the 11?iovtnce aJt �•izid, since Japaaa�esei children are
has a Children's Aid faacieiy affiliated' taught f>hat endurance is the fa�rnda-
with and reporting to a central govern- tion of i'eurnt'ing, we had to he esrdciaa1-
rent' office charged with .the response
1 ' e'arrrest fn owr stuciy on that day,
My sister was a young lady of four-
teen then and was to be married in
the sprang. Her chief task was sew-
Ing. Mine was penmanship, In those
days penmanship was ocasidered to be
one of"•'the most important cultural
studies, not on account of its art, al-
th lgh it is. true that there is a fas-
cina�tion fn making Japanese idea
,raphe,.' but because Japanese hand-
writing plainly betrays the writer's
state of mind, especially if it be er-
ratic, careless or perturbed; the high -
eat training in mental control was
thpught to come from patient practice
in the • graceful, painstaking brush
strokes, which require absolute steadi-
ness• and. accuracy.
At the first gleam • of sunrise on the
ninth day of Kan, Ishi came to wake
mos and tell me to prepare for my pen-
manship'practioe. The air was icy.
• She helped- me dress. Then I gathered
together the materials for my work,
arranging the big sheets of paper in a
pile on any desk and carefully wiping
every article in my ink box with a
square of silk. Reverence for learning
was so strong in Japan in those times
that even the tools we used. were con-
sidered as almost sacred. I was sup-
posed to do everything for myself on
that' day, but my kind Ishi hovered
round me, helping in every way stale
editld•`without actually doing the work
herself. Finally we went to the porch
overlooking the garden. The snow
was deep everywhere, I remember
how the bamboo grove looked with its
feathery tops so Maden with snow that
they were like wide -spread umbrellas.
Ishi took me on her bank, and, poll-
ing her feet into her boots, slowly
waded to where I could reach the low
branch of a tree, from which I lifted
a handful of pure, untouched. snow just
from the sky..This. -I melted to mix
ink for my ,penmanship seedy. I my-
self aught to have waded to get the
snow, but .Ishi was always humoring
acting under the direction of the oen-
McDOUGALt, tial office are employed to, visit the
Variations--M(a)cDougal, M(a)cDou
geld.
Racial Origin --Scottish and. Irish.
Source, --A given name.
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There are many who hold there is
a difference between names which be-
gin with "Mac," and that the proper
pronunciation of thein are "mic" and
"mac," respectively. Such is not the
ease. "Mc" and "Mac". are the same,
and the proper pronunciation of both
is "mac." The prefixes. both mtean the
same thing—"descendant of."
The only difference that does exist is
due to the rather general modern cus-
tom among the Irish of abbreviating
"Mac" to "Mc" in the spelling. So
there is. an inference, though not an
infallible one, that the family winch
spells its name with an "Mc" is Irish,
and the one that uses "Mac" is Scot-
tish.
The family name of McDougall, in
its various forms, probably is more
common in Scotland than. in Ireland,
but it is far from being a rarity in the
latter country.
It is, of mune, a Oeltic name, and
like virtually all the family names,
which have developed under purely
Gaelic influences, without interference
of Anglo-Saxon or Norman influences,
is derived from .a given name. Unlike
other races, the Gaels never took their
family names from words denoting
geographical location or personal char-
acteristics: It is true, however, that
the hulk of their given nines, from
which the family names were develop-
ed, were so founded on words denoting
some personal peculiarity or attribute.
The given name Dugald, from which
the various forms of McDougall orig-
inated,. falls• within this classification.
It means "dark stranger.'.'
BABY'S HEALTH
IN THE SPRING
The Spring is a time of anxiety to
mothers who have . little ones in the
hone. Conditions make it necessary
to keep the baby indoors. He is often
confined to overheated, badly venti-
lated rooms and catches colds which.
rack his whole system. To guard
against this a box of Baby's Own Tab-
lets should he kept in the house and
an occasional dose given the baby to
keep his stomach and bowels working
regularly. This will prevent colds,
'constipation or colic and keep baby
iweil. The Tablets are sold by medi-
cine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a
box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine
Co., Brockville, Ont.
Motion Pictures in
Saskatchewan.
Agriculture being the basic industry
'of the province •af Saskatchewan, it is
only natural that the Department of
Agriculture should make wide use of
,moving pictures .in instruction work.
,They are used in all short course work
tarried on by agricultural representa-
tives in tire province and also by the
Et -tension' Department ^ of the Univer-
sity of Saskatchewan in connection
with the agricultural courses) conduct-
ed during the winter at various points
in the prbvfnce. The films exhibited
deal with practically all phases, of ag-
riculture, Among them are pictures il-
lustrating the co-operative inarketing
of live stock, showing the progress of
the good, points of horses, bulls, Milch
cows, give the observant an education
en what to look for when selecting
these animals: Feral boys get' a lot
of useful information from tiima of this
'character, and put it to good use at
the farm bays' camps when the live
the animals from the farm to the
stockyards, the care of poultry and the
candling of eggs, the construction of
trench siios, Cream grading, the em-
bryology of ae egg. ' Films thawing
4. stock judging competitions are In pro -
mese, A combination of the practical
and aesthetic is found in the film
lahowing the proper method of tree
planting, with the object of demon-
strating how farm surroundings can
be made more attractive.
A New Boller.
A revolution in the conetrnction of
power plants has taken place withal
the past few years. The reciprocating
„Begins of 10,000 horsepower has given'
jway to the, steam turbine of 87,000
horsepower: The public service steam
,boiler of 350 pounds pressure, of wh1e1
r few were built in 1922, le strcee,eded
111.1923 by the boiler of 1,200 pontnde
pressure. The 1,500 -pound boiler is
raider consideration here•, and an ex-
,periliienta.l boiler for 3,200 ,pounds
rpr ssnro le building In tiingland: •lron
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elf' L!nitrtent in the house.
Who Invented the Motor:
Car?
The -history of the niotar-car liegins
exactly 230 years ago, when Street, an
English inventor,, made "the first use of
oil as a motive, power. But it was not
until 1870 that a really practical petrol
engine appeared: This was the work
of Julius Hock, of Vienna.
The next name conected with the
progres sof the motor -car is the most
important of all — that of Gottlieb
Daimler. In 1383 Daimler made the
first small, high-speed petrol engine,
fox all those which had gone before
had been huge, clumsy, and slow-mov-
ing machines. Two years later he in-
stalled his engine in a motor -bicycle
and at the same time fitted boats with
motors . and ran them at Paris during
an exhibition there.
The boats attracted the attention of
Levassor, another famous pioneer, who
at onoe saw the immeuee possibilities
in Daimler's invention. He bought the
French patents from the inventor.
Levassor invented a system of trans-
mission—that is, a method of bringing
the power from the engine to the
wheels—and with a few small improve-
ments this system ie in use to -day.
An Easement.
I am rich, for I own a river,
A beautiful, shimmering thing —
Brawn waters, agleam in the sunlight,
Released from a deep hidden spring!
'Tie mine, though my claim's but an
easenment---
The. right of the eye and the heart,
For in lande that the proud river
borders
I have neither portion nor part,
I care not a whit that another
Holds. deeds! and the title in fee—
The beauty and joy of the river
Are vested forever in me!
--Blanche A. Sawyer.
SCIENCE DEMANDS
UNIFORMITY.
Careful . research made in recent
years in the study of dietetics has
shown the great importance to the
human system of purity and uniform
quality in foods. It is a great blessing
that today so lnany delicious foods• es
well as tea and coffee can be procured
in this and sealed metal packages.
"SALADA" Tea was one of the first
pure food products to become widely
popular in Canada. The flavour -pre.
serving aluminum package keeps the
tee fresh and delicious. Skilful blend•
lag maintains the quality absolutely
uniform..
"We all tumble over opportunities
Icor being brave and doing good at
every step we take, Life is just Made
Of such opportttuities. Not nearly all
the sick and crippled are on the battle-
field, nor is all the danger there
either, • for the brave spirit, work, and
Interesting work, Is ,hover absent."--
1?. Ih Ppler.
childree—•e11 expense in doing sobe-
ing defrayed from a government ap-
propriation. Typewritten reports con-
cerning the welfare of the children are
made to this central office and are in
turn transmitted to r• the Societyhold-
ing guardianship, with suggestions qr
instructions that may seen called for,
any abuses in this, way checked un—
some children found to be exceptional-
ly 'well placed are interfered with as
little as. possible, and the foster par-
ents advised to apply for full legal
adoption, after which all supervision
ceases, and the child becomes, in the
fullest possible sense, a member of the
family. '
Over twelve thousand children have,
by reaching years of maturity, passed
out of the care of the Ohiitiiren'a Aid
Society, ''while at the present time,
about eight thousand children remain
under active supervision. For these
children, wages and savings amount-
ing to the large sum of $82,525 are
held in trust, payable to the children
when 'conditieim warrant -with iin-
terest—ranging up to five and a half
per cent. Each year about three to
five hundred children will be legally
adopted under a recent adoption law
and in this` way released from super-
vision.
As a result of well•recognized sys-
tem and vigilance extremely few child-
ren are being orueliy treated or ex-
ploited by heartless people. This will
usually be found true where there is
efficient organization.
A GOOD MEDICINE
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FOR SPRINGTIME
Do Not Use Harsh Purgatives-
A Tonic is All You Need.
Not sick—but not feeling quite well
Than is the way most people feel in
the -spring: Easily tared, appetite
fickle, sometimes headaches and a
feeling of depression,, Pimples or
eruptions may appear ou the skin, or
there may be twinges of rheumatism
or neuralgia. Any of these indicate
that the blood is out of order—that the
indoor life, of winter has left its mark
upon you and may easily develop into
more serious trouble.
Do not dose yourself with purgatives,
as many people do, in the hope that
you can put your blood right. Purga-
tives
urgatives gallop through the system and
weaken instead of giving strength,
Any doctor will tell you that this is
true. What you need in the spring is
a tonic that will enrich the blood and
build up the nerves. Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills do this speedily, safely and
surely. Every dose of this medicine
helps to 'enrich the blood, which clears
the skin, strengthens the appetite and
makes tired, depressed men, women.
and children bright, active and strong.
Mr. Henry R. Robinson, Cruickshank,
Sask., says:—"My blood was out of
order and I was nervous and run
down. I got a supply of Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills and after taking them for
a while they fully restored my health.
I am now feeling fine and have no hesi-
tation in recommending these pills to
all who are feeling unwell."
You can get these pills through any
dealer in medicine, or by mall, at 50
cents a box from The Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
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The Home of History.
No. 10 Downing Street has been the
official residence of British Prime Mire
isters for nearly two hundred years,
It is weld called "the Centre et the Bri-
tish Empire," for many fateful deois-
ions have been anode within its walls:
Few people are aware.,that Downing
Street is called after 'a man named
George Downing, who went to America
at the age of fifteen, afterwards; re-
turning and entering Parliament.
He became a baronet, and was " a
great favorite sof Charles II., who gave
him the land in Whitehall uponwhich
he built the famous street.
Sir Robert "Walpole was the first
Prime Minister to occupy No. 10. This
was in 1731, and since that thee most
of his successors have lived there.
Remit by Dominion Express Money
Order. 11 lost er stolen you get your
money back.
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A Garden.
"A. garden is earth's• limn of praise
to Leaven •
Sung every season in some changing
tune •
Where chortle are colors and where
odors earee•t
Are tender symphonies:"
Ask for Mlnard's anif two no ether.
me, •... .
Since absence of bodily comfort was
thoi>ght to mean inspiration of mind,
of course I wrote in a roan, without a
fir8, .Japanese architecture' is, of ' tree
pica origin; so the lack of a little
brazier of glowing 'charcoalmea>ynt a
temperature as 'low as that outside.
Japanfese picture writing is slow and
careful work. I froze my fingers that
morning without knowing it until I
looked back and saw my good nurse
softly crying as she watched my
purple hand. •
Neither Isthi -nor I moved until I had
finished) my task. Then she wrapped
me in a bag Padded kimono that had
been warmed• and flurried me into my
grandmother's room. There I found
a bowl of sweet rice gruel prepared by
my grandmother's .awn hands. i
snuggled down beside her sunken fixe
box and drank the gruel while Ishi
rubbed nay stiff hand with snow.
Of course no one ever questioned
the necessity of such rigid discipline,
but I think that, because I was rather
fragile, it sometimes caused my moth-
er uneasiness,.
oth-er'uneasiness,. I remember once bear-
ing her say, "Honorable husband, I am
sometimes so bold as to wonder if
Etsu-bo'sr studies are not a littede se-
ri* for a too -delicate child."
Geitly stroking, nay head, my father ,
replied, "We finest not forget, wife, the
teaching of a, samurai home. The lion-
ess• pushes her young over the oliff,
and though her heart aches- for it,
watches it climb slowly back from the
valley without one sign et pity. Only
thus can It gain strength. So do our
children learn to fight life's battles'.
Service.
All the wealth of the world cannot be
told
In land or houses, one may hold,
Nor' in the money the nations print;
Within the heart there is a mint
Coins into happiness ter you
The a.cte of service' that you do.
Even the smallest spark shines
brightly in . darkness.
Spine times remedies exceed the
disease. -
Easy Now. to Lose
a Pound a Day
—in • Ws. delightful, - sltnnlo wag, No drupe, no
dangerous tityrolds, no bank -breaking exorcises, no
massaging. write for [too satnmlo of Alexandor's
itecbicing yitatninos. ALaSANUmmn 71,AnonATOn-
TES, - 334 nlohan nidg„' Toronto, Ont,
Bad Breath
Overcome
"Sad breath Is a sign of decayed
teeth, foui stomach or unclean
bowels,” if your teeth are good,
look to your digestive organs at
once. Get Seigel's Curative
Syrup at druggists, 15 to 30
drops after meals clean up your
food passage and stop the bad
breath odor, Do not buy Substi-
tutes. Det the gttnuina.
Wisdom.
Say to your girl the sande are running,
Tell her this of old wisdom and cun-
ning
(I am remembering my own days),
That not one hour of her bliss be
wasted,
No kiss• ungiven, no joy untested.
'I am remembering my own days).
Tell your boy 't ist his hour of plenty,
Only once is he golden and. twenty
(I am remembering my own days).
Bid, frim build, since •beyond. recover
Fleet the days of the loved and Iover
(I am remembering my own days).
-Katharine Tynan.
ASPIRI
Beware of Imitations!
A Great Canadian.
The late Bonar Law, Prime Minister
of Great Britain, was the son of a
frontier Presbyterian cIergyma�.n who
came •from County Antrim, Ireland,
and settled in the Richibucto district
in Nene Brunswick. In those pioneer
days the farther farmed as well as
preached. The house 'which the
family occupied, a little wooden story.
and -a -half dwelling, still stands.
Adversity is only scale that
gives the correct weight of our friends.
Classified Advertisements
PURE, BEAUTIFULLY FLUFFY,
carded wool; sample, enough light
comforter; one dollar. Woollen Mile,
Georgetown, Ont.
FOR YOUR EYES
E S
Refreshes Tired Eyes
WriteMuttnec. ,Chicago fotEyeparc000
Unless you see the "Bayer Cross" on
package or ou tablets you are not get-
ting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved
safe by millions and prescribed by
physicians over twenty-three years for
Colds Headache
Toothache Lumbago
Neuritis Rheumatism
Neuralgia Pain, Pain
Accept "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin"
only. Each unbroken package con-
tains proven directions. Handy boxes
of twelve tablets cost few cents. Drug-
gists also sell bottles of 24 and 100.
Aspirin Is the trade mark (registered
in Canada) of Bayer Manufacture of
Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacid.
While it is well known that Aspirin
means Bayer 1Vianufacture, to assist
the public against imitations, the Tab-
lets of Bayer Company will be stamped
with their general trade mark, the
"Bayer Cross."
DON'T DO THIS
k ru,v ,•:
1F DEAF USE
LEGA® EAR OIL
A Soothing. Effettive. Penetrating Oil
that has brought prompt relief to hun-
dreds suffering from. catarrhal deafness,
head noises, disobnrg•ln>r or itching ears.
Past rub it back of the ears and insert in
nostrils. Por Sale Everywhere. $1.25.
Into:est/1Q descriptivo folder
sent upon request
A.O. Leonard„Irc. 70 50 Ave., NewYork
SPRAINS.
Minard's soothes and heals
strained ligaments and sore
muscles.
Keep Your Hands Soft
and Mute With Coma
The daily use of the Soap, with
occasional touches of the Ointment,
is very effective for keeping the
bands soft and smooth. For red,
rough or sore bands: On retiring
bathe in hot writer and Cuticura Soap,
dry, and rub in Cuticura Ointment.
Soap2Se. OinRmeet2asedSee. Talcam2Sc. Sold
throughout theDominion. CanadianDepot:
Lyman*, Limited, 344 St. Pal St., W-, Modred.
Cuticura Somp shaves without mug.
MRSIBUDCE
SQ WEAN COLJLD
HAROLY STANI!
Tells How Lydia E. Pinkhanfs
Vegetable Compound
Restored Her Health
River Desert, Que. --'' I used to have a
severe pain in my side. 1 would be uns
able to walk fast and could not stand
for any length of time to do my ironing
or washing, but 1 would have to lie
down to get relief from the pain. 1
had this for about two years, thena
friend told me to try Lydia E.'Thik-
ham's Vegetable Compound as she had
had good results. 1 certainly got goad
results fromit, too, as the last time 1
hada sore side was last May and 1 have
not had it since. 1 am also glad of
having food nursing for my baby, and
I1 think it is your medicine that helped
ane in this way."—Mrs. L. V. BUDGE,
River Desert, Quebec.
If you are suffering from thetorttlresi
of a displacement, irregularities, back.
ache, headaches, nervousness, or a pain
in the side, you should lose no bine in
trying Lydia E. Pinkhatn's Vegetable
Compound.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Private Teets
Book upon, ” Ailments Peculiar to Wo-
inel! "will be sent you free upon 'request.Write for it to t - Lydia Id. Pinklrana
Medicine Co., C„snourg, Ontario. This
book contains valuable information that
every' woman should bow. o
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