HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1919-10-17, Page 7MISTAKES IN SPEAK -
INC AND SPELLING
DIFFICULTIES IN THE USE
OF ENGLISH.
.—
Examples of Most Frequent
Stumbling Blocks in Eveu'y-
day Conversation.
'•Everyone -should be allowed to spell
as he likes," was the advice given to
his audience 13y the principal of a
reset university, an educational ex-
pert, a little while ago. When the
masters give Such counsel we need
not bo surprised that our common
language, spoken and written, gets a
little crooked at times!
A great fault of to -day is the misuse
of words by giving to them nieanings
quite different from _their original
sense. For instance, the words
"fetch" and "bring" have really not
the same meaning, though used as
synonyme. "Fetch" expresses a
double movement—first from, and then
towards, the speaker, while "bring"
only expresses notion towards one.
Among the most common mistakes
made is the confusing of the words
"lie" and "Jay." The first, of course,
is the passive verb, and the latter the
active. A person lies down to sleep,
but a hen lays an egg; this exempli-
fies the difference of meaning.
"Stop" and "stay" are also words in
the same category, and used as hav-
ing the sante meaning; but this i's. in-
correct. The first signifies to arrest
notion, while the latter word means
to remain when arrested. The differ-
ence between "fiy" and "flee" also
have creation of some confusion in
their use. "Fly". means to move with
wings, while "flee" is a general tern,
and. denotes moving with rapidity.
"Shall" and "Will."
How many people could discriminate
between the wqrds crime, sin, and
vice? Yet each have different mean-
ings. Crime is violation of a country's
laws, sin that of religious laws, while
vice is the breaking of the moral laws.
The use of the words "awful" and
"awfully," when representing a strong
view of something—"it was awful
nice," she was awfully pretty"—have
become a commonplace in our every-
day speech. But the words really
mean "full of awe," and used as shown
are merely silly. e,
"Wee little" is an expression often
on the lips of ladies, but it is quite
unjustifiable to place the two words
together in describing some very small
thing. The,. notice "To be 'let" on
empty house property is also an ex-
ample of the same type. The owner
wants the public to know that his
property is for letting now—"to let,"
but the redundant "be" snakes it read
ne if it is a transaction for the future.
The synonymous use of "either" and
-neither," simultaneously with "or"
and "nor," is most common. But It is better to increase the ration
"either" being a singular pronoun-- gradually so that a larger proportion
one of two, or both of two --is only re- is available for tale manufacture of
spondod to by "or"; while "neither," milk, but the question centres about
being the negative plural, should be inducing the cow to eat the feed.
accompanied by "nor." Salads in Rations.
"Shall" and "will" are similarly con- lir can walk up to a lunch counter,
fused, a fault rather common in every- order a sandwich. beans and dessert,
day speech, But it is easy to write or and our hunger may be fully ap-
speak the correct word if one remel}i- peased. But we can also go to a
bers that° "shall" expresses obligation, sumptuous banquet amid pleasant sur -
while "will" is the verb denoting pur- soundings and eat a five -course dinner.
pose.and determination. The cow will do the same thing if she
is put under analogous conditions and
A Caribou Migration. she will respond in increased produc-
The great migration of caribou tion. The problem is to find out what
herds from their winter feeding salads and relishes she is especially
grounds in the sheltered valleys south fond of and then keep baiting her on
of the Churchill River to their summer till she reaches the limit of conauinp-
pastures in the• Great Barren began tion commensurate with profitable
on March 25. The northward trek of production. Kindness in treatment
the arctic deer is always a sign that and pleasant surroundings are essen-
spring is close at hand. As a prophetic tial in ,getting the cow to perform to
sign, it is as sure as the appearance the utmost.
of the first robin in more southern A common way to get the cow to
latitudes. eat more food is to give it to her of -
Jules Lemoyne, a Hudson's Bay ten. It is nature's way. We have of -
Company trapper, who arrived early at ten watched cows in the open pasture
Athabaska Landing with his winter eat for a while, theli rest in the shade
catch of furs from the iritiliery Lake
country, was the first to bring the
news that the caribou had started
their thousand -mile journey back to
the tundra pastures. One morning he
was awakened, he said, by a big noise.
He thought it was a storm tearing
through the forest or the ice break-
ing up in the lake; but he discovered
that it was made by the caribou rat-
tling and clashing their horns to-
gether. The valloy and hills were
black with the herds that poured in a
solid stream out 62 the south into the
north. It took the caribou fourteen
days and nights, Lemoyne declared, to
ease his camp.
'.flee number of the caribou in the
northern part of Canada has been
variously estl)nated. 'A number of
competent authorities, including in-
spector Pelletier of the Royal North-
west Mounted Police, whose patrol
formerly extended from Hudson Bay
to Great Slave Lake, estimated them
at sixty millions. Ernest Thompson
Seto'1, iii 1906, admitted that that
figure might be correct, but gash thir-
ty millions es a safe estimate.
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Do you remember
those ages, when your
character was being
formed — how you
followed examples, did
what other people did—
your senior" years at
school — your start in
business? Recall them
if you can. You gained
a knowledge you will
find useful when your
own boy starts out.
Give him the right start. Teach him the value of
personal appearance and self respect. Tell him how
confidence may be gained merely from a clean shave -or,
better still, show him—and show hilly in a practical way.
Give him a
Ary
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r
and make his thorning shave come easy. The old time
pulling and scraping is .a thing of the past. The
haphazard element is gone. There is no need for your
boy to know anything but the ease and comfort of the
Gillette shave. It is the razor of his time—that to which
he is entitled—nothing more, nothing less.
Sold at most stores catering to the needs of men.
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CANADA
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WORLD OVER,
The Gillette Safety Razor Company
• f Canada, Limited,
73 St. Alexander Street, Montreal, Que.
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Making Cow Feeds
Attractive.
Success in feeding dairy cows de-
pends largely upon getting the animals
to eat large quantities :of feed, and to
entice them to consume large amounts
the feeder must employ several
schemes .to make the feed more ap-
petizing or palatable. Many feeders
make the mistake of not feeding the
cow enough. About 50 to 60 per cent.
of the feed goes to maintain the body.
If the ration is reduced a fourth, the
portion left for milk production de-
clines a half, for the maintenance re-
quirement remains about the same.
and laminate, soon going forth for
more to eat. Why should we not imi-
tate natural feeding habits if the
method can be practicably carried out?
In the winter in particular it is pos-
sible to feed three or four times a day,
and where many cows are kept, the
time so spent upon the individual cow
will be very small.
Molasses is a great appetizer, con-
ditioner and mild laxative. It supplies
nutriment, and when added to cheap
hay, ensilage or grain, it makes the
feed much more attractive to the cow
and she eats with greater relish. \Ve
have noted when it was fed to high -
milking cows and poured over the en-
silage or grain, it., acted just like
mayonnaise on lettuce. In a few
cases we have seen it used success-
fully when mixed with two or three
times as much water and then sprink-
led over the roughage, old hay, straw
and chaff. From half a pint to a quart
may be fed daily.
Feeds themselves differ in palata-
bility. Cows relish some feeds much
better than others, and skillful is he
who can find out the individual tastes
of his cows.—Ohio Farmer.
One-fourth teaspoonful of soda
added to boiling cabbage destroys any
disagreeable odor.
It is cruel to speak to a child of any
personal defect it may have unless
it is one that can be remedied by at-
tention. Such references only inten-
sify the defect by creating a consci-
ousness that renders the defect more
conspicuous by the effort to hide it,
and makes an impression on the
child's mind out of all proportion to
its cause, Thus many an unhappy
hour is spent that might have been
spared.
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ID 'i lNtiruiilliflDu *ffl: " !Iii 1UHIU NlM MHflD N'�+�i� F,
CertdiulyA Fthe Hay r:
But Nose ThanThat
A Building Food• for Body am Bre
0s "here
"here's
to
Reason"
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•"SYRUP OF FIGS"
CHILD'S LAXATIVE
Look at tongue! Remove poi-
sons from little stomach,
liver and bowels
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"Accept "California" Syrup of Figs
only—look for the name California on
the package, then you are sure your
child Is having the best and most
harmless laxative or physic for the
little stomach, liver and bowels. Child-
ren love its delicious, fruity taste.
Full directions for child's dose on each
bottle. Give it without fear.
-"'Mother! You must say "California."
To Save Money on Express Packages
Try This Plan.
Thousands of dollars are lost an-
nually by the small shipper through
neglect to pack and tag express ship-
ments properly. The big fellows do
not lose much, because they take pains
to have their merchandise well packed
and carefully tagged and stenciled.
Much perishable food is wasted
every year for the lack of proper
crating, or because the tags rub off
or because there are several uncan-
celed addresses on the crate. The
express companies pay the claims, but
a great deal of time and effort is ex-
pended in settling them, and in the
end the shipper pays, through increas-
ed shipping charges.
These rules for better service, pre-
pared by express experts, will save
you time and money in getting your
produce to market:
Always show your name and ad-
dress as well as those of the person or
firm to whom you are sending your
goods. As an additional precaution,
it is well to enclose your name and
address inside the shipment.
Place plain, legible marks directly
on each shipment by use of crayon
(r :-..chalk), brush, or stencil. Al-
ways erase old marks of every des-
cription. In marking shipments of
iced goods, place the marks on some
protected part where it will not cone
in contact with other packages. Never
rely on a single tag. Avoid tags if
you can write the address on the
package, but never be satisfied with
less than two tags.
Bear Island, Aug. 26, 1903.
Mina,rd's Liniment Co., Limited.
Dear Sirs,—Your traveler is here
to -day and we are getting a large
quantity of your MINARD'S LINI-
MENT. We find it the best Liniment
on the market, making no exception.
We have been in business 13' years
and have handled all kinds, but have
dropped them all but yours; . that
sells itself; the others have to be
pushed to get rid of.
W. A. HAGEB i\I AN. •
r . Liquid Lines.
The natives of Siberia prepare a
singularly intoxicating beverage from
the common mushroom,
There was at one time an order in
France which prohibited infants un-
der one year old having solid food
given them unless ordered by a doc-
tor.
For a wager three mien some years
back tested their water -drinking
powers. The winner drank twelve
quarts, the second nine, the third
seven. But they all died shortly after-
wards. • s
A fire at a Devonshire farmhouse
was once put out with eider, and, in a
like manner, owing to the scarcity of
water, a fire in France was extinguish-
ed with wine.
Five and a half ounces of grapes will
make one glass of good wine.
There are said to be great rain-
storms in the Colorado desert during
which a man may be out and not get
wet. The rain can be seed failing
from the clouds high above the desert,
but when it reaches the layer of Iuoe
dry air beneath the clouds it is en-
tirely absorbed before falling half the
distance to the ground. The tempera-
ture during these rain -storms of "dry
rain" often ranges as high as one hun-
dred and twenty-eight degrees, Fah-
renheit, In the shade!
Remember that the cares of to -day
are rarely the cares of to -morrow, and
when we go to bed at night we may
safely say -to meet of our troubles:
"You have done your worst and we
shall never nieet amain. Good -night!"
ED. T. ISSSUE NO. 42•--'1.9.
Test of Good Capphlre,
A. really good sapphire should ap.
pear blue by artificial light as weal as
daylight; some stones have a trace
of black, and some red, the latter mak-
ing thein resemble amethyst, especial-
ly by lamplight or gaslight.
MONEY ORDERS,
Dominion Express Money Orders are
on sale in five thousand offices
throughout Canada.
There Was a Reason.
Mrs, Dix—"I was ashamed of you,
Ephrinm, to see you dust the chair
you sat on at Mrs. Henshaw's. I saw
her little boy watching you."
Dix -•-"I saw hien, too, I'in too old a
fish to be caught on a bent pin.
Minard's Liniment Cures 'Burns, eta
When arranging pillows for an in-
valid try putting two lengthwise with
one crosswise at top for the be:,
This arrangement will give. a good
deal of comfort.
:With the Fingers!
• Says Corns Lift Out
O Ithout Any Pain
0p...0..-0--0-0--0— 0
Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or
any kind of a corn can shortly be
lifts& right out with the fingers if you
will apply directly upon the corn a few
drops of freezone, says a Cinch:matt
authority.
It is claimed that at small cost one
can get a quarter of an ounce of free -
zone at any drug store, which is suffi-
cient to rid one's feet of every corn
or callus without pain or soreness or
the danger of infection.
This new drug is an ether compound,
and while sticky, dries the moment it
is applied and does not inflame or even
Irritate the surrounding tissue.
This announcement will interest
many women here, for it is said that
the present high -heel footwear is put-
ting corns on practically every
woman's feet.
. morloa's Pioneer Doer reeme Ues
Book on •
DOG DISEASES
S
and Now to Teed
Mailed Free to any Ad-
dress by the Author.
H. Clay plover Co., Inc.
113 West 31st Street
New York, L.S.A.
SINCE.fi U 1870iw h
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ACHES AND PAIS
MCKLY RELIEVED
You'll find Sloan's Liniment
softens the severe
rheumatic ache
Put it on freely. Don't rid it in.
rust let it penetrate naturally. What a
sense of soothing relief soon follows!
External aches, stiffness, soreness,
cramped muscles, strained sinews,
back "cricks"—those ailments can't
fight off the relieving qualities of
Sloan's Liniment. Clean, convenient,
economical, Made in ,Canada.
35; 70; $1.40.
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Oen apply to Superintendent, 130 Dunn
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('1 ANCEIR. TUMORS, LUMPS, ETC.,
Internal and external, cured without
pain by ou'r home treatment. Write us
before too late. Cr. I3ellman Medical
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The total number of British officers
and other ranks discharged and de-
mobilized since the armistice is'
3,300,000.
3dinard's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia.
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1o O. S. -
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If Constipated, Bilious i
I or Headachy, take
1 "Cascal'etS"
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Sick headache, biliousness, coated
tongue, or sour, gassy stomach—al-
ways trace this to torpid liver; de-
layed, fermenting food in the bowels.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in-
testines, instead of being cast out of
the system is re -absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue it causes con-
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick-
ening Headache.
Cascarets immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret to -night will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep.
Cutieura Helps Clear Away
Dandruff and Irritation
On retiring, comb the hair out straight.
then snake a parting, gently rubbing in
Cuticura Ointment with the end of the
finger. .Anoint additional partings until
the whole scalp has been treated. Place
a light covering over the hair to protect
the pillow from possible stain. The next
morning shampoo with Cuticura Soap
and hot water, using plenty of soap, best
applied with the 'hands, Rinse in tepid
water. Repeat in two weeks if needed.
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Talcum
25c. each plus Canadian duties.
ONLY TABLETS MARKED
"BAYER" ARE ASP(RU'
Not Aspirin at All without the "Bayer Cross"
PAY
Cctl
The name "Bayer" on Aspirin is of "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" whfeh
like Sterling on Aver. It positively eoutnitrt proper directions for Colds,
identifies the only genuine Aspirin,— Ileatische, Toothache, Earache, Neu -
the Aspirin prescribed by physicians ralgia, Lumbago, Rhneurnuti:•ul, Neuri•
for over nineteen years and now tis. Joint Pain:, and Pain generally.
made in Canada. Tin boxes of 12 tablets cost but
Always buy an unbroken package a few emits. Larger "Bayer" packages.
There its only onset Aspir3as- ."layer"—Von must say "FBayer"
Atlpirin iv the trade mark (registered in Pentacle) of Bayer Manutaeture of Mono.•
eceticreldester of 5allcylicacid. While it is well known that Aspirin newels Bayer
rianutacture, to assist the public against imitations, the tablets of rarer Comp05P
will be etampcd with Weir general trade mark, the ".Bayer Crosit,''