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ORANGE PEKOE QUALITY I'
Surnames and Their Origin
MANNING.
Variations—Mannering, Mainwaring.
Racial Origin—Norman French.
Sou rce--Geographical .
The family name of Manning runs
true to forn2 in .its origin. It is a pe-
cularity of the host of names• which
the invasion of Wiliam the Conqueror.
threw into the English language that
an exceptionally large percentage of
them take their origins from geo-
graphicalsource.
This is natural and easily under-
stood when the circumstances and con-
ditions under the Norman conquest
took place are considered. The Anglo-
Saxon population of England, prior to
that time, was not more than a very
few million, less than a tenth of what
it is to -day. England was as land' of
open countryside and little hamlets.
The communities were so small that
igen needed no family names. Occa-
sionally a man would add a descriptive
name or adjective to his title to dis-
tinguish him, from a neighbor who' hap-
pened to have the same name, and this
was all that was necessary.
But when William gathered his
hosts for the invasion of England he
gathered then from all Normandy, and
the natural method of avoiding con-
fusion was to refer to Hugo, of "this
city," and Rudolf, of "such -and -such a
place." No doubt the Anglo-Saxon
army did the sante thing. But it was
scattered. The. Normans were not.
They settled themselves in a strange
land and kept the ties of mutual de-
fence and intercommunication close.
Hence, with the necessity for such dis-
tinctions still existing, such names
tended to perpetuate themselves.
Manning is simply a shortened form
of Mainwaring, which, as pronuncia-
tion went in those days, was pretty
close to the Mout Guerin of the Nor-
mans. Were Robert de Mont Guerin
("de" meaning "of") alive to day, he
might be Bab Mainwaring, Mannering
or Manning.
ROTHCHILA..
Variations—Fortescue.
Racial Origin -German, also Norman-
French.
Source --Nickname.
It is pl-obably stretching the point to
list of names of Rothchild and Fortes-
cua as variations. Yet it is perrniss-
ible if you regard the names as types
rather than individual surnames. Roth-
child and Fortescue are not the same
name. They do not come from the
same source. Yet they are the same
kind of names.
Rothchild is German. It means "red
shield." Fortescue is a Norman-
French version of Latin "de Fortes -
cute" or "strong shield." In the same
classification belong such sobrigltets
to be found in. English history as
"Brownsword" and "Strongbow." It
was the first Norman Earl Strongbow
who made the first serious inroads of
his race in the conquest of Ireland.
The first Rothchild was evidently
so named because he bare a red shield
in battle. There are evidences of in-
dividual warriors in the Middle Ages
who chose for some reason to abandon
the heraldic designs to which they
were entitled and go forth into battle,
as it were, incognito, Nevertheless,
such instances are rare enough to war-
rant the assumption that very few
families can trace their names to such
sources.
The mare likely explanation is a
commercial one. Merchants and inn-
keepers of the Middle Ages were wont
to place outside their buildings vari-
ous signs and designs by which they
could be recognized by a populace
which could not read. Undoubtedly
many merchants in various parts of
Germany came to be known as "Isaac
at the Red Shield" or "Moritz of the
Blue Horse" and tho like. The custom
was. as common throughout Europe as
it was in England, and as most of the
Rothchilds belong to the Jewish race,
which always has been a leader iu the
commerce of the nations• in which it is
found, the evidence is overwhelmingly
in favor of this explanation.
THE CHILDREN'
HOUR
THE itlY$TiilliY OF THE NIGHT.
I'd like to know the matter vrhich
The small folk of the night
Spend so pinch time in arguing,
And which of them is right.
Has someone done a naughty trick?
And pray, what did ho do
That 011y Owl on his high perch
Should question, "Who? Who?
Who?"
A shrill, high-pitched accusing voice
Declares that Katy did;
I wish I might discover where
This tattle -tale is hid!
A bass, emphatic voice is heard
Insisting unashamed,-
He
nashamed,He knows that Katy didn't do
The thing for which she's blamed!
Contending voices follow me,
As I drift off to sleep;
The small folk of the night should
have
A judge the peace to keep!
Daisee.M. Moore.
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STORIES OF WVL.1.-
KNOWN PEOPLE
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Kipling Selects Names for Exhibition
Streets.
Rudyard Kipling was entrusted with
the task of selecting names for the
streets of the British Empire Exhibi-
tion being held at Wembly. Devising
names is never quite so easy as it
sounds, and the promoters of the ex-
hibition display a very proper—and
very British—unwillingness to dos-
seend to the American ignominy of
snuuibering the streets. In fact, the
only way to have a street properly
named is either to give the national
spirit a chance to work through a
couple of centuries or else to hand the
job over to a genius. Not having the
centuries to spare, the directors of
the exhibition picked out the most
available genius.
The choice of Mr. Kipling, who has
spent his life as the doughty pamphle-
teer of tho Empire, could. hardly be
bettered. He has not confined him-
self to such common appellations as
.''road," "street," and "avenue," though
all these occur.' The visitor to the ex-
hibition; will tread the pavements of
King's 'way and will doubtless want to
stroll down Drake's way and Dominion
way. He will certainly find it interest-
ing to visit Pacific slope, and if he is
not allured by that Farway of the Five
Nations there is really no hope for
him, He had better stay at home and
not visit the exhibition at all.
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Knew What He Was Up Against.
Lord Reading—better known to fame
as Sir Rufus Isaacs --recently told the
story of his first brief. He had been
rotslined to defend a man, a street
trader, who had been summoned for
selling bad figs. Mr. Isaacs, as he then
was•, expatiated at length on the quali-
ty' of the fruit, and in this he was, as
was only natural, backed up by his
client. •Presently the magistrate in-
tervened. "Had either of them tasted
the fruit?" he asked. They both con-
feeted that they had not. Whereupon
the magistrate 'suggested that either
the defendant or his counsel should
eat some it court. Mr. Isaacs turned
to his client: "Go on," he whispered;
eat one or two." "What will happen if.
i don't?''. whispered the other in reply.
."VIM lona the case." "A11 right," an-
swered the defendant resignedly, "then
111 lose it,
A Great Archbishop.
If the Archbishop c-2 Canterbury, Dr,
itandall Davidson, decides to accept at
invitation to go to the United States
our cousins will have a long -wished -for
eePortitialty of seeing the helder of the
Meat bistorlts. Cliurch office. In Eng.
land, one which dates back for hun-
dreds of years before America was
even discovered! The first Archbishop.
of Canterbury was Augustine, appoint-
ed
ppoint-ed. A.D. 597.
Seventy-five years of age, Dr. David-
son is a Scot --a curious fact when one
remembers that he is head of the
Church of England. No fewer than
25,000 clergy look to hint for advice
and spiritual guidance. For twenty
years Dr. Davidson has been Arch-
bishop of Canterbury. Fifty years ago
he'was a humble curate in the North
of England.
Being a Scot, Dr. Davidson is gifted
with a keen sense of humor, and is
quick at repartee. At a certain ec-
clesiastical luncheon one of the guests
remarked: "Now to put a bridle on our
appetites," when Dr. Davidson retort-
ed: "Do as you please, but I am going
to put a bit between niy teeth."
STISFI °D MOTHERS
LOWERED VITALITY
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The Gallie► ,Man of Japan.
queer figure is, the'vendo.r of eantlY
in Japan. Down the narrow, etreete he
ironies, ringing, with hie hinti•11 agnate
aani ilia smock of tianlY figures. .A.
crowdof children, fellow liitYt as the
bore end girls of .Canada follow an
organ grinder with a monkey.
When the crowd is barge oaough to
wilt the oaudyman he sets down his
stand and begins hia business. With
a little banaboo tube be blows bubbles
ofhot sugar somewhat as a ohild
blows soap bubbles. 'Then he twists
and shapes them into figures much as
a Masa blower fashions objects from
babbles of hot glass. Flowers, fruits,
ienimals and fi•bhes the candyman
blows; and when he has .completed .a
figure he hangs it on a nail in the edge
of his stand.
All the wbilethe car dyman ie work-
ing he entertains the children with
humorous remarks or with wild tales
of adventure in which the sucoessful
li•ero is usually a man who eats quan-
tities of candy. One droll ,old candy-
nian who always kept his head neatly
wrapped in a. towel while he worked,
would say:
"Now, little masters, n'iy candy is
the best Bandy for the hair! If you
eat nay candy you will never •lose a hair
from your heads. I have not rest a
hair for ten years!"
With that he would pull of the towel
and show—his bald head!
"Oh," some serious-minded young-
ster would cry, "how did you lose your
hair if you ate candy!"
A Condition Following" Indoor."Little master," the funny old fel-
Confinement .of Winter. low would reply, "if I had always eaten
candy, I should still have my beautiful
There are very few people who do hair, but one day I stopped and ate
not need a tonic at this season of. the cake instead. My hairs were so angry
year. The reason for this is that at the change that they all pulled
whether in the home, the office or the themselves out by the roots and ras
factory, people have been living down my back, tickling me all the
throughout the long winter months in way. They crawled off in the grass
an atmosphere more or less vitiated,; and never came back! So you see,
and as a result find themselves not up little masters, you should eat only
to their summertime health. Through candy. Then you will never be bald
the long months of winter your blood' like me!"
has been growing tin and poor. Closer Most candy vendors are old men
confinement and lack of exercise have who are fond of children, and they love
used it up and exhausted, it. You are, their calling. The Japanese have a
not as energetic as you could wish. saying, "Once a candy man, always a
Your work tires you and perhaps yourcandy. man!" They tell of a candy
digestion is none to good. Your nerves man who was so skillful at fashioning
may be shaky and your appetite poor. his figures that 'a toy manufacturer
All these things point to poverty °I hired him to design toys in his factory
the blood. It is a scientific fact that at several times the wages that he had
if the blood of the strongest is tested been earning. The candy roan took
in the spring there is less of it and it the place, but he was not satisfied; he
is poorer than it was in . September, missed the children. One day he
The spring medicines of our grand walked through the streets where he
mothers—sulphur and molasses, salts had peddled candy; there he saw a
and the like—recognized the necessity new candy man followed by the same
for aid at this scion, but were an uai- children that had once followed him.
scientific attempts to cleanse the blood.. Thereupon the poor man was so un -
better way. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills the toy maker and went back to his
make new, rich blood at the first dose
and at every dose afterwards. Thus
they strengthen every organ of the
body and give new vitality to the jaded
system. Here is proof. Miss Clara
Cheslock, High Falls, Que., says, -"I
was in a much run-down condition and
my blood was thin and poor. I `i5iust
thank youfor the good they did me. I
never enjoyed better health than I
have since I took them."
You can get these pills through any
dealer in medicine, or by mail at 50
cents a box from The Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
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(Modern d•ern me dice
No other medicine gives as great
satisfaction to mothers as does Baby's
Own Tablets. These Tablets are
equally good for the newborn babe or
the growing Child and are absolutely
safe. They cannot possibly do harm—
always good. The Tablets aro .mild
but thorough laxative which regulate
the bowels and sweeten the stomach
and thus relieve baby of any of the
minor ills of •childhood such as consti-
pation, indigestion, colds, colic, etc.
Concerning them Mrs. Arthur Fallon,
St. Sylvestre, Qtte., writes:—"Baby's
Own Tablets have been of wonderful
benefit to my baby who was suffering
from constipation and indigestion, I
always keep the Tablets on hand and
would advise all mothers to do like
wise." The 'Tablets are sold by midi -
cine dealers or by mail at 25 cent a
box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine
Co., 13rockville, Ont.
Cut Down the Cost of Clean-
ing the Barn.
By building a small platform out of
scrap lumber near . tho dairy barn
door, a dairyman has cut down the
cost of handling manure.
No spreader is used, but this plat-
form would servo a spreader equally
well.
As the barn is cleaned each morn-
ing, the refuse is wheeled up en the
platform and easily dumped into the
wagon. There is a cleat running the
full front of the platform which stops
the wheel df the barrow at the right
time.
The owner figures that he saves in a
single year about 800 hours of one
man's time, At twenty or thirty cents
an hour, this 'ii quite a saving,
,p __ - -
The does is mentioned thirt -three
,. y
three in the Dlble.
Neap Minaret's LidtM fit he It118 hen e.
science e has found a
094R4 tiourpoot
Cashing In on Odds and Ends.
In nearly every country home there
are articles that might better be turn-
ed into cash. They are surplus pieces
of furniture, such as tables, bureaus
and chairs; usually of old style and
honest workmanship. Perhaps the fin-
ish has been marred; perhaps some
other trifling defect has caused them
to be put aside in favor of newer
articles.
When these bits of furniture were
cast aside or stored away, they were
worth but little. It is unnecessary to
point out the advance in the cost of
furniture, or the scarcity of the woods
which were used so freely in the old
days. You may reason that they will
go still higher; if they are ram pieces,
maybe they will.
it is human nature to prefer neat
and attractive articles aver dusty and
marred ones; any auctioneer will
•erify this. So it may be profitable to
Kept It Nice.
Mrs. Brawn was bathing her baby,
when a neighbor's little girl came into
the room carrying a doll. She watched
the process for a few minutes and then
said: "Mre. Brown, how long have you
had your baby?"
"Seven months, dear," answered the
mother.
The little girl stole anotherglance at
her doll, which was very much bat-
tered and minus a leg and an arm.
"My, but haven't you kept it nice!"
she said, with an envious sigh.
Ask for Mtnard's and take no other.
Scatter with one hand, gather with
two; scatter with two hands, gathel
with none.
Words are thorns to grief.
Classified.Ad rt'isaemerats
' happy that he gave up his place with have the worn articles refinished and URE, BEAUTIFULLY FLUFFY.
repaired before offering them foe sale;
they will bring more than enou n to
pay for this expense,
You may sell them privately, or
some reliable furniture dealer would
probably sell then on commission.
There may be articles too damaged
to soil; perhaps they are made of
black, walnut or other woods now in
demand by cabinet workers who will
pay a good price for all they can get.
It is
difficult to avoid being
governed than it is to govern others.
old professios.
TI -IE PIONEER IN CANADA
. Thirty-two years ago the now famous
"SALADA" Tea was placed on the
giaakettin metal packages. "SALADA"
was the pioneer package tea in Cana-
da. Immediately its superior flavor
and purity won for it a great popu-
larity that has been growing ever
since. It is still a little different and
a little better than ordinary tea.
Fido and the Flock.
On .a great many farms, especially
'with rough pasture land, a flock of
sheep is one of the most profitable
side lines a farmer can carry. A great
many more farmers would keep sheep
if the dog menace could be reduced
or eliminated.
Some ten years ago we surrounded
our farm with a woven -wire fence,
with several fields cross fenced with
the seine kind of fencing. Since then
stray -dog intrusion on our farm has
been reduced almost to zero. On neigh-
boring farms here with poor outside
fences, sheep losses from dogs have
been heavy, financially disastrous in
cases.
We also see to it that our sheep
come home at least every night. To
accomplish this we keep a box of salt
for them continually at the barn -and
we offer the older sheep a little grain
every Bight and morning, even when
pastures are good. This brings the
flock home, the alder sheep leading.
And it keeps them near till after
breakfast in the morning. And if a
flock of sheep remains at or near home
every night, dog menace is reduced.
—C. H.
Children can stand a whole lot of
things; they are verile, strong, and
cheerful. Naturally they do not pro-
test as we older folks would, at hav-
ing 'cold noon -day lunches. The fact
remains, however, that they make
more rapid gains in both weight and
mentality when given hot lunches at
the moon hour.
H. Grindell Matthews •
Noted British scientist, says he has a
super -powerful heat ray, which will
demolish everything in its path. He
claims that a plane five miles away
can be shriveled up to a 'Hass of cin.
ders,
A Hint.
Little Elinora, aged nine, who has
recently moved from a distant city,
corresponds frequently with 1'1aey,
who was her closest chum. A few days
ago, .Elinora received 'a letter from
Mary which said;
"Tell me when your birthday
conies, for I want to send you a pre-
sent. My birthday is next Tttesaday."
-e
It is always safe• to send Dominion
Express Money Orders.
Scientist (to his housekeeper)—
"Hannah! You have been in my em-
ploy for twenty-five years, so, as a
reward for your faithful service I
have decided to name after you this
species of water -beetle I have just
discovered."
"What'll I do," sobbed the little boy;
"when my lessons are bad Pop spanks
Me, and when they're good teacher
kisses rile."
txlere
The talk of lovers may rtybe.
foeiishn^rte but their shortie is Ube
utterable wisdom.
Time is money; therefore, all time-
savers are money -savers. Refriger-
ators, fireless cookers, oil stoves, bread
mixers, food -choppers, dish -drainers,
colanders and graters, washing ma-
chines, double boilers, vacuum clean-
ers, ca±pet-sweepers, paper towels,
measuring cups, egg -beaters, save
time, money and strength.
There is nothing so false that a
sparkle of truth is not In it.
When nothing is enjoyed, can there
be greater waste?
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New Eyes
Sul you can Promote is
Cloao, Ilealtbyeenditioit
1J0Murine Rye Retnedq
"Night and Morning:
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tcaitflq.
PieticsittetteiareiuCoatlteotithes.Sitttiteri kaon,
There are reproaches which praise
and praises which convey satire.
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Beware of imitations!
Unless you see the "Bayer Cross" on
package or on tablets you are not get-
ting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved
safe by millions and prescribed by
phye•icians over twenty-three years for
1-leadache
Lumbago
Rheumatism •
Pain, Pain
Colds
Toothache
Neuritis
Neuralgia
Accept "Bayer Tablets et 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 Manufacture, to assist
the public against imitations, the Tab-
lets of Bayer Company will be stamped
with their general trade mark, the
"Bayer Cross."
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Rheumatism
Minard's penetrates to the root
of the trouble and eases pain.
The universal remedy.
carded wool; sample, enough light
comforter; one dollar. Woollen Mills,
Georgetown, Ont.
Miss Eva oddick
Tells How Cuticira.
Healed Eczema.
"My trouble began with an
and burning of the skin and
then eczema broke
out on my hands in
a rash. It got so try-
ing on my nerves
that I scratched it,
which caused watery;
sore eruptions. It
was very painful to
put my hands in
water, and hard for me to do my
work. I also lost my rest at night
because of the irritation.
"I began using Cuticura Soap and
Ointment and they helped me, and
after using almost two cakes of Cu-
ticura Soap and two boxes of Cuti-
cura Ointment I was completely
healed." (Signed) Miss Eva Rod-
dick, Farleigh Lake, Nova Scotia.
Daily use of Cuticura Soap, Oint-
ment and Talcum helps to prevent
skin troubles.
Depots Each terve, by 0. Box 2616 eBMontre l
Price. Soap Sc. Ointment 25 and 50e. Talcum 25e.
Try our new Shaving Stick.
THE
URGE FAMLT
Recoa'timerds Lydia E. Pink.
ham's Vegetable Compound
to Other Mothers
Hemford, N. S. --"I am the mother
of four children and I was so weak after.
my last baby came that I could not do
my work and sufFered for months until
a friend induced me to try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Sines
taking the Vegetable Compound toy
weakness has left me and the pain in
my back has gone. 'I tell all my friends
who are troubled with female weakness
to tale Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, for I thinly it is the best
medicine ever sold. You may_ advertise
my letter. Mrs. GEORGE L CROUSE,
i•Iemford, N. 8.
My First Child
Glen Alien, Alabama. -•-"i have beets
greatly benefited by taking Lydia E.
inkham's Vegetable Compound for
bearing -down feelings and pains. I wain
troubled in this way for nearly four
years following the birth of my first:.
ebiid, and at times could hardly stand ort,
my feet. A neighbor recommended the.
Vegetable Compound to me after I had
taker' doctor's medicines without much
benefit: It has relieved my pains and
gives me strength, I recommend it and
give yon permission to use my testi-
Menial letter."—Mrs, IDA gni, Glen
Allen, Alabama,
Women who suffer should Write to the
Lydia E.PinkharaMedieineCo.,Cobcnrr ,
Ontario, for a free copy of Lydia E.
I mnitharn's Private Te'rt hook non
"Ailments Peculiar to Women,"
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