HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1919-11-14, Page 2GENERAI DEBILITY
DIMING INFLUENZA,
Strength Can Only be Regained
by Enriching the Blood.
Following n. wine spread epidemic
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O r influenza, general debility is on the
increase. and its effects may be no-
ticed in the worn listless appearance
orso many of the mon and women you
meet. Inflotenza always leaves behind
it impaired vitality, and with the
modern conditions of life that use up
nerve force so rapidly, general de-
bility becomes one of the most com-
mon maladies. The symptoms or de-
bility vary, but wealtnees is always
present. There es poor digestion, !Lin-
go= weak, aching back, wakefulness
at night, often distressing headaches
•and a 'feeling of fatigue. These seenp-
hems indicate impure and impoverished
blood. It is significant of nearly every
attack of influenza that it is followed
by anaemia and debility.
For all such run-down conditions,
new bleed is the most reliable cure.
Sufferers should at once begin to
make, thin blood rich and red with Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills. Under a fair
treatment with this medicine they will
realize more and more the health -re-
storing influence of good rich blood,
and how this new blood brings a feel-
ing of new strength and increased vi-
tality. Proof is given in the case of
Mrs. G. Robertson, Winghara, Ont.,
who says:—"When the Spanish in-
fluenza spread over our town I hap-
pened to be one of the first attacked,
and the attack was a very severe one,
and worse still, the after effects of the
trouble left me in continuous misery.
I had severe pains in my side, felt
low-spirited, and with no ambition
whatever. My head ached almost 0071-
tizually, my eyes felt heavy, and
piniples broke out on my face. I was
advised to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills,
and after taking them for a time I
felt like my old self, able to do my
housework, and feeling well and
strong. I can strongly recommend
Dr, Williams' Pink Pills for the seri-
ous after-effects of influenza as I am
sure they will restore all sufferers to
good health."
You can get these Pills through any
dealer in, medicine or by mail, post
paid, at 50 cents a box or six boxes
for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medi-
cine Co.; Brockville, Ont.
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Population of Canada.
The population of Canada, according
to the most recent official estimate, is
8,835,000, and its area is 3,729,665
square miles, about a third of that of
the whole British Empire.
Women Built Roads.
Five hundred Armenian women em-
ployed by the American Red Cross
have built 100 miles of stone roads
end reconstructed several steel bridges
In Mesopotamia in the last four
months.
Before Stropping After Stropping
Which blade is yours?
You shave with the
first blade—unless you
use an AutoStrop
Safety Razor.
Shaving causes a saw-;
like edge to form on the
blade and the edge be -'1
comes dull. Stropping
re -aligns the edge and
brings the blade back
to the original keenness:
That's why the
AutoStrop Razor has
such a large sale. Be-
cause men realize that
no razor can do good
work without constant
stropping.
Stropping — shaving —
cleaning are done with-
out removing the blade
from the razor.
ezazor -- Strop — 12 blades re- $5
q.
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An. Eight -Hour Day for Babies.
An eight-hour day for babies. Wey
not? Everybody else has 'em. This
ss an age of uplift and organization.
1 There are societies of every sort for
preventions, benefits and rights; laws
' governing the time and conditions
under which men and women, may
work; laws insisting upon a proper
treatment of bsw Wows, horses, don-
keys, pigs, and. even lobsters. Com-
placently the old world rubs its hands
and irtquires, "Everybody happy?"
Decidedly not! What about that
unclassified morsel of humanity, neith-
er man; woman, minor nor animal?
What about the baby? This is; I re-
peat, an age of uplift, but the only
uplift he gets is a 'playful toss in the
air. What of his rights, benefits and
preventions? He has about as many
at the present time as a Chinese gold-
fish—the right to. live, be fed and
to be displayed to the greatest ad-
Va ntage.
• He has razed his voice in his own
behalf many times, but the trouble is
he speaks a foreign language various-
ly interpreted and but indifferently
unelerstood. If he cries, according to
parent parlance, he is .either hungry,
uncomfortable or in a temper, more
supposedly the latter.
It is no use. He hes raised his voice
—now I raise mine. An eight-hour
day for babies, shorter hours, longer
naps; away with social duties and
visitings.
Gaze upon him. There he lies,
crumpled clown in an exhausted heap
upon a hard and corset -proof lap, or
dangling in head -rolling impotence
over a reugh-coated shoulder with a
mouthful of fur for a pacifier,•a spec-
tacle of speechless infelicity. -
I have often caught these little trav-
elers regarding me with an expression
of morose resentment. Peering out of
their lace bonnets, always askew, the
accusation in their eyes is unmistak-
able.
"Give us our right," they signal
gloomily. 'Down- with train rides,
•sleigh rides, shopping, movies and
visits. An eight-hour days" Uneasily
I avert my eyes and reflect anew upon
"man's inhumanity to—babies."
Added to the late -hour habit is the
exhibition evil, largely the outgrowth
Of parental pride. At all hours of
the day and night the baby is rudely
awakened and brought out like a new
Lat or bonnet for inspection, made to
laugh and look at pretty pretties and
be jostled up and down,
just what is a baby, anyway? A
side show or an ornament? Frankly,
it is hard to tell. Froin the manner
of handling they get from grown-ups
one would think they were labeled like
certain bottles of medicine; "Shake
'before taking." That is another thing
to be considered along with the eight-
hour day, a society for the prevention
of shaking. No wonder so many babies
look rattled. They are.
And while we are ren this subject,
I may as well suggest another uplift,
namely, the elimination of marketing
from the baby coach, In many coaches
the visibility of the baby is nil. The
coach itself might be an Italian push-
cart and the mother a vegetable vend-
or, for all the passerby may. know.
Moreover, tit isa sacred invasion upon
infant right. Ignorninously the poor
baby is trundled along with the family
dinner on top of him—forced to view
the scenery through celery tops and
salad leaves—to say nothing of the
weight of potatoes and other sundries
upon his small toes. •
If, truly, this is an age of uplift,
let it include our littlest r citizen. Let
the right of the baby be looked into
and his voice be heard and understood.
Away with grown-up excuses and
i reasons. His first two yeses should be
of uninterrupted tranquillity; his place,
in the home. An eight-hour day for.
babies. Who will join their voices to
his -and to mine?
Gasoline—How to Save It.
There are few persons who • really
think of the many little tricks of sav-
ing gasoline. A drop of gasoline here
and there soon makes a gallon.
Take the:carburetor. It is through
this device that the gasoline passes
while the car is in operation. Too
rich a mixture will cause more giso-
line to be ased'than necessary, and it
means that it is in excess for the
amount of air .supplied. It may take
less air in the cold season; but even
then, if the motor gets want and the
cold air from the front is reduced, the
choker at the carburetor can be opened
for more air. Theeaverage ratio of
gasoline and air for a burning mixture
in the cylinders is about sixteen to one.
At all times endeavor to make the
moor use as much air as possible
without spitting at the carburetor.
After the motor becomes warm turn
down the needle spray until it runs
smoothly, Various carburetors have
different means for setting, and it is
best to follow instructions for your
pe,rticular make, or else get someone
who understands to do it. What ap-
plies to one will not always apply to
another.
Constant engine speed on high gear,
say at about 15 or 20 miles an hour,
does not use as much gasoline se the
spasmodic gait where one spurts
ahead and then fts suddenly slows
down, repeating the performance.
Keep your engine speed regular, and
do not race it. This practice of racing
uses an inordinate amount of gasoline,
and is otherwise injurious.
If the couplings -4)f the gas line,
from tank to carburetor, feel moist
and drops of gasoline are found to be
corningout, no matter how slowly, at-
tend to these ceieplings at Once. Tbey
may need either a little more tighten.
ing or else need to be taken off and
retatked. It is retit to twist one of
these out of dhape and Working btder,
ao be very eareftil.
. To Launder Collars and Cliffs—
Since I live on a,farm and am quite
far removed from a laundry, I alwo.ys
do up the stiff eollars and :uffs at
home. By using starch jelly I am able
to secure just as high a gloss as that
obtained at the laundry. The follow-
ing are the proportions which I use:
two tablespoons starch, one-quarter
cup cold water, one cup boiling water.
I add the cold water to the ,starch
and make a thin mixture without
lumps. Then I add the boiiing water
slowly, stirring constantly, and allow
it to boil up.
After I have my jelly prepared I lay
out the collars and euffs which have
been evaahed and dried and apply the
jelly with a soft cloth, rubbing in thor-
oughly on both sides.
• If they are to be very stiff I allow
them to dry, repeat the process, and
roll them up in a towel while .still wet.
In twenty or thirty eremites ,I iron
then first on'one side' art& on the
other uiith a trail rubbed ieeriirearafflri,
until perfectly dry and glossy'. e.
If a very high gloss is desired I
rub a damp cloth over them and again
press until perfectly dry.
When washing articles which I do
not care to have especially stiff I
generally use the cold -starch method,
which is somewhat simpler: two
tablespoons 'starch, orie-half teaspoon
borax, two cup.s cold water.
Add the cold water gradually to the
starch. Mix well and add the dissolv-
ed borax. Dip the article in the soh -
tion and rub well, repeating the pro-
cess several times.
With a cloth remove all surface
starch, roll up in a cloth, and allow to
stand over night. Iron according to
the directions given for starch jelly.
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Keep your cans of gasoline in a
cool place. The naps of these cans
are not always air -tight, and the heat
striking on the outside evaporates the
gasoline within, with the result that
the vapor slowly escapes past these
covers.
When the engine is cold, gentle
flooding of the carburetor well often
hasten a start, provided other condi-
tions are equal and favorable. But do
not overdo the flooding act, for if the
chamber of the carburetor overflows
excessively the loss of gasoline may
be considerable.
If the carburetor ,continually leaks)
perhaps the float is heavy and does
not rise soon enough to shut off the
gasobne, It inay he also that the
check or ehutting-off valve which the
float operates does not seat well, in
which case a little grineling with an
emery Nine will, if well done, snake
it seat properly and be gas-tight.
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,GUAIID THE CHILDREN
FRO I AUTUMN COLDS
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The Fall 1.9 the most severe season
of the year for zolds—one day is
wariu, the next is wet and cold and un-
less the mother is on her guard the
little ones aro seized with colds that
may hang on all winter, Baby's Own
Tablets aro mother's best friend in
preventing or banishing colds. They
act as a gentle laxative, keeping the
bowels and stomach free and sweet.
An occasional dose will prevent colds'
or if it does cense on suddenly the
prompt use of the Tablets will (Mick-
ly relieve It. The Tablets are Sold by
medicine dealers or by mail • at 25
cents a box from The Dr, Williams'
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
A good dressing of manure at this
Season will be good :for the asparagus
bed.
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ill'heat Pricers Pahl. Vor
Humor is found occasionalleeeven at R
eoronees' inquests, It scateeeensually
from jurymea who realize kednly the
responsibility of their •positien and
who wish to display their intelligence,
which unfortunately is often not as
high as it might be..
The following ineidents happened
in the court of a coroner whose dis-
trict is in the South of England.
The inquiries were held in rural dis-
tricts, and the juries, as usual, con-
sisted of the principal inhabitants of
the local hamlets,
The court had assembled solemnly
in the village, schoolroom. The jury-
men, wearing the most' solemn clothes
they aould find in their wardrobes,
took up their positions in front of the
coroner, and; after a lengthy discus-
sion in which' each man was extreme-
ly self-conscious, they decided that
the schoolmaster Should be their fore-
man.
A man had committed suicide by
drowning himself in a pond. He was
an imbecile, and, as such, he was a
celebrity in the village. Tho doctor
stated in eyidence that the man was a
congenital inibeeile, who had always
been strengesin :his inanner. After the
last witness lead been. heard, the fore-
man considered it his duty to sum up
before he announced the verdict. The
deceased man, he said, was well known
to them all. They eegretted that, he
should have cense to such an end, but
they all knew he was a congenial im-
becile!
A retired farmer, . an elderly man,
who was not as intelligent as his euc-
cess in agriculture Auld lead one to
believe, was the foreman of the jury
in another inquiry. This was.a simple
case of a sudden death, and the ver-
dict was "Death from natural causes,"
The foreman, however, was not
satisfied to allow the inquest to -finish
so tamely. He knew there was sonic -
thing else to be done, so he rose and
solemnly told his fellow -jurymen: "I
think we ought to move a vote of
thanks to the widow!"
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On Window -Washing.
Do you know that a chamois skin
and plain cold water are the simplest
and quickest materials for the wash- •
ing of windows, mirrors, and all glass
in the house—bookcase doors, kitchen
cupboards, etc? Wash first with the,
chamois quite wet, and then wring it -
cut in fresh water and wipe. Theyi
dry almost at once. This is the wayl
the public cleaners of the plate glass,
windows in the huge city buildings get
their work done so quickly and per-
fectly—cold and warm weather alike.
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FOR YOUR HORSE THIS 'WINTER.
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How It Happened.
"How did Blank lose the lingers of
his right hand?"
"Put them in the horse's mouth to
see how many -teeth he had." '
"Aed then what happened?"
"The horse closed his mouth to see
how many fingers Blank had."
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'racov'es Spam
Without Ble:,sh
If an otherwise
good horse dev..lops
a spavin, avoid
harsh treatments
that disfigure the
animal. Use the
old loanable
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ABSORBENT
BLISTER
This is not a
caustic It titres
all sorts of en-
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shoe boils, sweony, goitre, r‘*o. This
remedy acts by first irritating. and
then absorbing the thickened oartl-
lages—a method that is simple, natur-
al, and effective. You can apply this
remedy any number of times without
leaving any soars or white hairs.
Try it and be convinced.
PRICE 60c.
Big Animal Medical Book Free.
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is the best prophylaxis against disease. Twenty drops of
SlaralitIVO daily will, ant as an Offectivo pieventive—will In-
sure your horses and mules againettlistemper and Influenza.
in any form. When there is so much disease, when your
horse is so often exPesed. keep your horse on his feet by
starting the use of SP01-11•T'S early.
Your druggist handles it.
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OWN ScralL
The Sytvp for
Pancakes
A golden stream of
Crown Brand Corn
Syrup is the most
delicious touch you
can give to Pancakes!
In the Kitchen, there
is a constant call for
Crown Brand Corn Syrup
o r making puddings,
candies, cakes, etc.
Sad the day when you axe
too big to enjoy a slice of
bread spread thick with
Crown Brand!
Could that day ever come ?
Ward it off! Grace your
table daily with a generous
jug of Crown Brand Corn
Syrup, ready for the dozen
desserts and. dishes
it will truly "crown".
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Health
Ingrowing Toenail.
In this rcondition, which is also 'cal-
led ingrown 'toenail, the nail on one
of the toes—usually on the miter side
of the great toe, where it presses
against the second tee—is buried in
the flesh. It is one of the many pen-
alties that follow from wearing ,shoes
that are too narrow and pointed. The
toes are so closely squeezed together
that the great toe overrides the second
toe a little, and the pressure forces
up the flesh over the edge of the nen.
After a time the pressure cause the
nail to cut into the flesh. Soon an
inflammation starts, and proud flesh
forms and rides up over the side of
the nail.
The condition may last indefinitely
unless it is relieved, and is often very
painful. Sometimes the wound be-
comes still more inflamed and causes
great trouble; cases are dn record in
which gangrene set in and made it
neeessary to amputate the limb. That,
fortunately, rarely occurs, but the
pain is usually severe enough to make
an ingrowing nail a source of real
suffering.
A persistent, sharp -cutting pain at
the edge of any of the toenails is
sufficient warning to the sufferer to
take immediate steps to prevent the
further progress of the trouble, Some
persons make the mistake of cutting
the nail close at the edge where the
pain occurs; that may indeed remove
the pressure for a day ,or tsvo, but
eventually it aggravates the condition,
for it gives the flesh a chancesto creep
up still farther at the side of the toe,
and then the nail as it grows out cuts
in deeper than it did before. The nail
should be cut straight acro.ss, leaving
the sides projecting beyend the flesh.
In mild cases that treatment' will
quickly bring relief; in cases that have
progressed further it is usually pos-
sible to push a pledget of cotton under
the edge of the nail. That pries the
nail gradually out of the groove and
gives the wounded part a •chance to
heal. It can be more easily accom-
plished if the centre of the na.ii is
scraped with a file, to thin it and make
it more flexible.
In the worst cases the eurgeon slices
off the flesh at the side of the toe even
with the edge of the nail; the scar
that ie left after the wound heals con-
tracts and draws the skin away from
the nail. Another operation consists
in .cutting away the edge of the nail
and also the overlapping flesh in such
a way as teed° away with the groove
into which the nail has been cutting
its way.
About Royalty.
King George's gift of sheep Coward
the restocking of devastated French
farms recalls the fact that His Majesty
is a keen agriculturist, taking after
King Edward, who derived immense
satisfaction from the prizes he won in
the show ring. His Majesty's interest
in farming equals that of his father,
and the Royal farms occupy much
more of his time than is generally
imagined. Another hobby of the King
is homing pigeons, of which he has a
fine loft.
Mention was made the other day that
diamonds and rubies are the favorite
stones of Queen Alexandra. In this
connection it is interestingito add that
the Queen prefers emeralds to all
other stones. Diamonds are her
favorite stones after emeralds, and
she has a wonderful collection of both.
Princess Mary and Princess Arthur of
Connaught prefer pearls. Many years
ago, when Queen Victoria was asked
which stone she liked best, she con-
tented herself with the reply: "All
precious stones are beautiful." The
late King Edward was an expert judge
of all precious stones,
Queen Mary's favorite perfume is
lavender, and at this time of the year.
numerous little bags of it aro placed
in the linen presses of the Royal
houses and in the Queen's wardrobes,
It is grown specially in the herb gar-
den at York Cottage, Sandringham, in
which Her Majesty takes the very
greatest interest. Special lavender
water is distilled for the Queen 'from
hergaisrdean,
The
splendid letterwnQuheeernh
-writer. She writes in a neat, perfect-
ly legible hand. One of the rules she
has always laid down for the guidance
of her children is that to give °there
trouble is selfish, and unkind, and that
nothing gives Afore annoyance than
unreadable writing
Faithless Bait.
Two miners went on a fishing ex-
pedition. But they were novices at
the game.
"Iloo are ye gettin' on, Jock?" asked
one.
"Ooh, simply rotten!" was the reply.
"I don't believe my blooinin` Worm'
tryin'."
The people who do the most kicking
in life are the ones who do tho least
to help better conditions.
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