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When, once, I lived in a desert coun-
try, very like, perhaps, the land where
our Saviour lived, there grew in a ra-
vine near our trail a dry, dead -look -
Ing shrub. I rode by it often, and
sometimes wondered whether it was
dead or alive, The leaves were few
and shriveled, and the branches
gnarled and dry. Judge then, of my
surprise when one day in sprang I
,found this shrub all ablaze with deli-
cate bloom! Every little dry twig was
decorated, all so graceful and so
sweetly perfumed thet I could not
pass it without stopping to admire it.
And as I sat locking at it in won-
der, all at once it came upon me that
there was something to set me hoping
that my own life, which had seemed
so dead, might some clay blossom out
again, under the warming influence of
God's love. And I know now that God
took this way of reaching my soul,
which was getting hard and callous
and selfish, and that God speaks to us
all through these simple things of the
woods and fields if we will but stop
and look and listen. •
The flower is the beginning and the
end of everything. The tiny grass
lives to see its bowers bloom and its
seeds form, the rose and the lily live
for the sante end, the maple and the
'rugged oak tower up and stand the
fiere e gales of winter, that when the
spring comes they may bear aloft to
the suit and breeze their show of blos-
soms and produce seed again of their
kind. And these flowers of spring,
they are not the work of a few short
euuny days. All last summer the
plents that were to bear them were
storing' away in root and stem the
et'e .e of plant food that was to make
thane bloom, and all the cold, dare
winter, hicideu snugly away, perhaps,
under the fallen leaves, the plant has
wafted, with faith thee the warm
winds would come and the snows of
:March melt away and the suns of Ap-
ril conte; and then they pushed out
their buds and bloomed out in all
their freshness and loveliness.
There is a lesson there, the lesson
of preparation, of patience, of wait-
ing, The time will come when each of
our lives may bloom out in beauty, let
us only be ready when the winds of
Heaven whisper to us and the Son of
God's love warms our souls, and we
may unfold too and blossom out in
beautiful deeds and thoughts that will
gladden many a. soul about us, just as
these little flowers we hope pill glad-
den the poor, sick, weary children in
the dreary hospital of the city. A
little boy said to me one day:
"I would like to know what God
thinks about."
"Why, my boy, that is easily ans-
wered! livery flower has been a
thought of God. Consider that! Learn
to etutly these flowers, is it not in-
deed e1, int;ch a command that we
•C.'oneider• the lilies' as any other com-
mand? Ought we not to I,lent lilies
where we can see them, and where
others can see them? Ought we not
to Iet the flowers of love and kindness
and charity bloom out in our own lives
too?
"Christ could have taught us from
books, He knew better. Instead He
used reference to the simple, homely!
truths that are always with us. The •
birds interested Liar. Ile tells us of
the sparrows that not one of them I
falls to the ground without the notice
of the Father. Can you see the Mast-
er,
walking reverently through the
fields, a lily in his grand, noting the
birds, the grass, and the flowers, say -
Ing to bis followers: f
" Consider the lilies, how they grow. !
Thr-, toil not, neither do they spin,
yet Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these.' "—J. W. I
The Victim,
A father, one evening when his
three small daughters were having too
much fun jumping about and playing
in their bed, went to the bottom of the
stairs and threatened to spank them I
if they didn't become quiet. The girls
remained quiet for a few minutes,
then the fun broke out again. After
this performance had been repeated
several times the father went upstairs
to carry out his promise.
Without taking the trouble to light
a lamp, the father administered three
spankings and went back downstairs.
Next morning the eldest of the girls
eomplained bitterly, 'I don't see why
you spanked ale twice," she said. "I
didn't," the father replied. "You sure-
ly did." "How could that happen?"
"After you spanked me the first time
Ethel flopped under the bed and came
in at the front, and you missed her al-
togetb er."
He Is All Things.
to God the salve thing as cosmos?
Someone asks.
Ile is the great Intelligence of the
laniverse, ire is the Source of all
things, tb.e Cause of all things. Ho is
justice, Truth, Beauty, Love, He is
the reality back of the atom, back of
the electron, the essence of being. He
Is the changeless reality.
E LTH EDUCATION
BY DR. J. J. MIDDLETON
Health education we all realize to what might in .contrast, be called pr -
be a fundamental need of our day if vote or personal health.
we avould permanently improve either The first deals with the relation of
public or personal health. these scourges to faulty sanitation,
RI(all, ICED BLOOD
NECESSARY TO HEALTH
When the Blood Becomes Weak
and Watery a Tonic is Needed
to Build it .Anew.
Why are we being continually told
that good, health -giving blood must
Who then shall be the health the fact that they may be spread by be bright red? What has color to do
teacher? Naturally the mother should unhealthy persons who handle food, or with the quality? Just this—the oxy-
be the teacher of these rules of living through milk or water supply, or by gen in the air is the great supporter
that are essential to health, and theinostluitoes, flies, rats, lice or other of all organic life, One function of
natural place for such teaching is the Fermin, and that many of these dis- the blood is to take the oxygen from
home. If the mother has the intelli- eases can be communicated from one the air—which it meets in the lungs
genre and the knowledge, and the person to the other—all these things and deliver it to the tissues of the
Home is what it should be,a founda- may easily be understood by older body. When the blood, filled with life -
tion is here laid that is inaluable for children. They can also understand sustaiuiug oxygen, is sent out by the
why quarantine is necessary in coin- heart, it is bright red. When it re -
facts,
future. However, do turns, impure and deprived of oxygen, let us face the
faacts, even they :liey not come up municable diseases, how advisable it it is dark..
to this ideal. Unlike other members is to have their milk and water sup -
of the animal kingdom, the human ply closely watched by experts, and to You will see, therefore, that therehuman
mother is not supplied with that in- have a proper disposal of sewage, are two prime requisites of health,
s+inet which is a trustworthy guide garbage, etc. The results of Cain- pure a• ir and bright red blood—the
not only in the care of her young, but
for the growth and protection of the
immature individual.
It is only comparatively recently
that we have begun to realize that
paigns against smallpox, tuberculosis, Pure air to iurn lsu tae oxygen, tare
etc., could also be taught to children rich red blood to carry it where it is
in an attractive way, and impress the needed. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills make
children with the value of this war-
fare against disease
your blood rich and red because they
increase its power. to carry oxygen,
The other phase of health,inetruc- actually making it so much more able
every woman does not, as formerly tion should be carried on along differ- to carry increased life and strength
chidsupposed, know how to bring upe ent lines from those employed in in. to every organ in the body.
children. We now acknowledge the Pale, anaemic people whose nerves
struction in public health It should
error and have begun to appreciate its
serious consequences,.
The great mistake made in public
health teaching in the past has been
that the instruction has been directed
almost entirely to the adults of the
commune v. u s however
are on edge, whose edieeks are pale; •
be begun with little children of eight and,who tire out easily; should try Dr.
Williams" Pink Pills, and note the
steady improvement that follows their
use. A case in Point is that of Mrs.
J. P. Rolston, South River, Ont., who
t„ ad It 1 are pro- says:—"about two years ago my sys
, p engine, and that he should have res.
e. %sere the chief purpose shoul
be to stimulate the formation of good
habits, and to teach the function and
needs of the body. The child should
be taught that the body is like an
,verbialiy poor pupils in any school. peat for it and see' that it is not
They are often grossly ignorant in abused. Particularly, too, the child
regard to the nature of disease, how should be taught that he is the engin-
rt is caused, how it ser: ails and how eer of his own body, and that he must
it can be prevented. Their supersti-
fftions and prejudices make it difficult
to influence them. Their minds are
know its essential needs. These in-
elude proper food, cleanliness, fresh
I air, exercise, rest, regular bowel
very resistant to new ideas which af- I movements, etc. He should be taught
feet such fundamental things as their to •avoid excesses of all kinds, even
food •and their healt.11 habits. It inay in eating and drinking, to get suffi-
well be said of much of the health cient sleep, to keep his teeth in good
1 knowledge of adults that it is not that condition, and to avoid alcohol, drugs,
!the great mass of people are so ig- etc. Lastly he should be taught how
norant, but, as Artemus Ward said, the 'body may to some extent be.pro
"They know so many things that are tected against infection. It is most
Inot so." important that these teachings should
titre have up till now begun too late be put into practice. Instead of lee -
with our health instruction; that fact taring to children, which is more or.
is becoming increasingly evident. The less useless, we must make them form
child is the fit subject in which to good habits.
instil proper health knowledge. It { If this necessary ground -work in.
' has no prejudice to overcome; its , health education is completed in
mind is virgin soil to receive any seed; youth, the coming generation will
of truth in health or other matters;' grow up to be teachers themselves and
lit delights in the knowledge of simple not .only know bow to direct their mat
('things that relate -to its daily -ea.-1 lives and surroundings into the;clfd .,
Iperience. R nels of good health and sanitation,
It is particularly in the schools' but to teach these trutlis to the chit-.
that the opportunities for teaehiiig igen.
health are the greatest, and this op- In this way the campaign that is
portunity has been as yet searceiye now being carried on to educate men,
recognized. In the school the child women and children in the principles
forof hygiene is under continuous c,-c-:a:.:o:: _�+_ good health and hyritnc. .;ill have
et -ht or nine %ease: lee a"."eerelancei.sa solid foundation en which ever -
compulsory, and .t can net even ..:t Ia.tod:ening health and welfare
wi.ehes altogether escape the Infieen: ehernes can be built.
es of education. As a matter of fact,, The problem that still remains par -
the child goes to school to learn, it • gaily unsolved is who the health
is of a teachable age, in a to:,ehable' teacher should be. It would seem that
mood, and the school has the machin the work will have to be divided, and
ery for teaching. Much more can be in conjunction with- an intelligent
done in school than even in the most.' mother, the family physician can
enlightened heenee. In fact, the home ! render good service. Of late years a
itself is often best reached through/ great impression has been made be-
the
$the child. I the health teachings of public health
Exactly what do we include under officials and visiting nurses, the lat-
health teaching and how much health ter getting in close contact with
can he taught to children? There are'• mothers and children in the home,
clearly two distinct kinds of health: Such health education has come to bet
instruction. One relates to matters! recognized as of fundamental import
of public or social health, and is large- i ance and it is principally along these
ly concerned with the prevention of 1 lines that the intensive health cam -
diseases that may spread through the l paign now being started in this prov-
community. The other relates to, ince is to be conducted.
CHILDHOOD AILMENTS.
The ailments of childhood—consti-
pation, indigestion, colic, colds, etc. --
can be quickly banished through the
use of Baby's Own Tablets. They are
a mild but thoroagh laxative which
instantly regulate the bowels and
sweeten the stomach. They are guar-
anteed to contain no harmful drugs
and can be given to the youngest baby
with perfect safety. Concerning them
Mrs. Alcide Lepage, Ste. Beatrix, Que.,
writes:—"Baby's Own Tablets were of
great help to my baby. They regu-
lated her bowels and stomach and
made her plump and WeIl." The Tab-
lets 'are sold by medicine dealers or
by mail at 25 cents a box from The
Dr, Williams' Medicine' Co., Brock-
ville, Ont.
Yields of Bush Fruits.
At the Central Experimental Farm,
the average yield of the Herbert rasp-
berry for two years on one row ninety
feet in length was at the rate of more
than 205 bushels per acre. Under field
conditions, cultivated raspberries pro-
duce from 50 to 100 bushels of crop
per acre, according to the season.
Gooseberries at 40 pounds per bushel
yielded at the rate of 909 bushels to
the acre, iced currants gave 202
bushels to the acre in one instance
and 409 bushels in another, These
figures are taken front a new :bulletin
issued by the l xpeeimenta,1 Parms at
Ottawa on the subject of "Bush
Fruits,'' In this pamphlet the cur-
rant, gooseberry, raspberry, black-
berry, dewberry, and loganberry are
treated in such a way as to make clear
the best practice in their cultivation
and to understand the merits of the
different worthy varieties. It is point-
ed out that the currant, gooseberry,'
and raspberry grow wild almost if
not quite in the Arctic Circle. The
treatise is the result of experiments
carried on at the Central Experiment-
al Farm and the widely separated
branch farms and stations. This pub-
lication which is designated Bulletin
No. 94 and is available at the Publi-
cations Branch of the Department of
Agriculture at Ottawa, contains also
a treatise on the common diseases of
bush fruits and the insects affecting
them with methods of control.
Shuttles.
We are little shuttles,
Riming to and fro,
Weaving out life's picture
In this world below.
Some stand in the shadow
In their tones of gray,
Some stand in the sunlight
In all their bright array.
When this earthly picture
On Heaven's wall is hung,
May we, the little shuttles,
Hear the worde, "Well done!"
•
The total strength of the Boys'
Brigade for the United i{rngdoni is
now over 59,000,
tear was in a badly run down condi-
tion; and I kept growing worse all
the time until I could hardly do my
housework. I had severe headaches,
and pains across my back and under
my left shoulder. I did not sleep well
and would feel just as tired when I
got up in the morning as when I went
to bed. Life -seemed a burden, I had
taken doctor's medicine for a long
time, but it did not meet my case, at
least it did me no good. Then as a
result of reading about Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills I decided to try them. When
I had taken a couple of boxes I felt
much better, and when I had taken
five boxes more I felt that I was again
a well woman. I have not sinew felt
any return of the trouble and I advise
all women who are broken in health
to give Dr. Williams Pink Pills a trial."
These pills are sold by all medicine
dealers or will be sent by mail, post
paid, at 50 cents a box or six boxes
for $2.50, lit' The Dr. Williams' Medi-
cine Co., 'Brockville, Ont.
•The Internal Secretions.
We are giving much study these
days to what are called the internal
secretions of various glands. These
secretions are not discharged eater-
Ssunlit', as the ,oliva, tears and Ilei.prra-
tion are, but are taken up directly by a
the blood from the gland where they
are formed. They are of vital firs
ease that is characterized by mental
dullness and by puffiness of the face
and hands and other parts of the body.
On the other hand, an .abnormal in-
crease in the amount of thyroid se-
crotton causes rapid heart action,
bulging of the eyeballs, and other
symptoms that are associated with
exophthalmic goitre.
The action- on growth drat arlses
from the secretion of the pituitary
gland is more striking; an excess in
childhood accelerates growth; an ex-
cess in later life causes tho disease
called acromegaly, as a result of
which the hands and feet and the -
bones of the face gradually enlarge.
The temperament of a person de.
pends upon the special activity of
one or another of the internally se-
creting glands. The strongly masclr- Sent by the Lord.
line pian with heavy head and beet- Sir Arthur Yapp told a good story
ling brows, with dark moles on the at -the National Liberal Club in .Lon -
skin, with a tendency to high blood don when he was handed a cheque for
pressure and with great animal cour- $1,000, subscribed by members to wipe
age is under the dominance of the ad- off the £.141.C.A. deficiency on its war
renal glands; the woman with mascu- work,
line characteristics, both ngeiitel and
physical,
A soldier returned from M opa-
physical, is also dominated by those tamia with the delusion that he was
glands. The man with a tendency to completely without money ---"not an
feminine traits is a subject of pitpi- unreasonable del i ion in these tinges,"
tary predominance; that is, of the pos- as Sir Arthur remarked—and wrote a
terior half:of the pitultary, for the two letter asking the Lord to send him
halves of this gland are quite dis- 410 to help hint out. The letter was
tinct in their action. The thyroid type delivered to the War Office, and the
of individual lives more or less on clerks there were eo touched by the
his nerves"; he is what is called appeal that they subscribed ei;7 and
"temperamental" and' has bright eyes sent it to the roan in hospital. He
and a clear skin. then wrote a second letter: "Dear
There aro, of course, many mixed Lord,--Tharik you very much for the
types and variations from the stand- money you sent MP, but if you send
ard, but the expert in endocrinology, any more don't send it through the
as tbo science of the internal secre- War Office, as they have stopped 423
tions is called,- eau often tell by ]a of what I a:ked foe. mend it, please,
study of his patient's outward appear- through the
ance and of his mental and moral
characteristics which of the more im-
portant plands of internal secretion
are active and which' are inactive;
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quence," The first edition appeared
iii 1684; the last, in which there were
about 2,200 new words, saw pu1blica-
tion in 1877,
The Academy is the ultimate ar-
biter of what is a Freneh word, and
no new word is considered available
for literary use until it has accepted
it,
Pensions In France,
As a result of the world war the pre -
then by giving him appropriate gland sent value of capital in France neves-
extract
eve:-extract he can greatly improve his sary for pensions for widows, orphans
health, But too much must not be ex- and wounded is 5.000,000,000 francs,
petted of such treatment yet, for the —
science is in its infancy and is big `� ( E t'r
with promise rather than with 1 N,9 pa
achievement.
t Gefltlers�a�a99 is Now a Real
French Word.
The French Academy has decided
to admit the word "gentleman" to the
offioiel dictionary of France of which
it is compiling a fresh edition,
"Gentleman" is frequently used in "The great trouble With the poultry.
French modern writing and conversa- business has always been that the lay-
ing life of a hen was too short,"' says
tion rather than "gentilhoinme," Henry . Trafford, International Poultry
which ordinarily means nobleman, Illtpert
and Breeder, for nearly eighteen
years Editor of Poultry ueeess.
but in the new edition of the diction -The average pullet lays 150 eggs. 'Tf
dry is to mean "a roan who; without
kept the lie 31 second. year,
$gip file market.rS k e
being noble by race, has lofty septi- it has been sc•ientitl:'ally estabiished that
ments, elegant manners, and does •every pullet is torn or hatched with over
ane thousand minute t�gg germs in her -
noble acts." system—and will guy them on a highly
"Gentleman," on the other hand, is profitable basis over a period of four to
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years' tithe if given nipper care,
to be described in the dictionary as • Hnw to work to'get 1,000 eggs from
'an English word, sometimes em-. every igen; hon• to get pullets laying:
ployed in French in the metaphorical early: haw to nt:tke the old hens idly like
pullets; hogs- to ket�p up heavy enc• iaro-
nd moral sense of the word geutil- duction all fbrougb veld winter months
lramrrie."
when eggs tie bight, t; triple egg; pro-
duction; make sL•t kc hens hustle; $5.f�0-
The French Academy has been at profit from eh ,1 i1rt 11 ill sig lrintar
'ork on a new edition of its dictionary monts. 7 h,.•.i. ea, 1 1111111y tither money
mulcing pnuitry :' ' is 1:t•v inn' fined in
ince about 1880, and only the first fir. Trafford '•I. lit I':f iti IIF:1' t?ystent
even letters of the alphabet have ry
V lllgbe Sent ttbsollitc l?t`f r, opy of any which
ecu dealt with. It was in 1638 that of this paper who keeps six hens or
more. Egg.: should go to a dollar or
more a dozen this winter. This means
big profit to the poultry keeper who gets
the eggs. Mr. Trafford tells how. 11
you keep chickens and want them to
make money for yon, cut out this ad and
send it with your name and address to
]"'Conry Trafford, Suite Got -r, Tyne Bldg.
language to its highest perfection and 131ngliarnpton N• and I,, tree cony oL
show the way to the best form of elo- "TI4FI 1,0u0 Et,et IIF:\" will he sent by
return mail.
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portance in maintaining health and in n
causing proper development of mind s
and body.
It has long been known that the b
thyroid secretion in proper amount is
necessary to the growth of the body
and to mental health. A deficiency of
this substance in childhood results in
the form of idiocy in dwarfishness
known as cretinism; a deficiency in
adult life causes myxcedema, a dis-
Richelieu first asked the Academy,
which .consists (or is intended to con-
sist) of the 40 most eminent literary
men of the time, to draw up a diction-
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