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Planting Nut -bearing Trees.
A good deal of advice i$ going the
rounds of, Canadian newspapers about
planting nut -bearing trees along road- I
Odes in preference to troen litre Gime l
and maples which do not beer sluts. i
11'Iany of these newspaper items comae;
from the United States, where the cola;
ditions are•not the salvo as in Canada.
The advice is good in principle but
in detail it is to be received 'with .cau-.
tion. The fact that a tree grows well
'in Indiana is not a reason for planting
it in New Brunswick or Manitoba.
Canada has as fine native trees as
any country in the world. Her great
trees are eines, spruces, firs, cedars,
larches, maples, birdies, ellne etc., and
in these, no other country equals her.
In different parts of Canada, walnuts,
butternuts,. chestnuts, beeches, and
hickories thrive, also oaks, black cher-
ries, basswood, etc. What those ,vho
are about. to plant a few roadside or
lawn trees should do is to find out
what kind of trees are native to their
district and make a selection from
these. This is not to say that enter-
prising citizens should not experiment
with desirable trees which are not na-
tive to their districts, because in this
way advances are made; but it is to
say that the practice which has too
often prevailed in the past of spend-
ing considerable sums of money in
planting, say, catalpa, pecans, and
soft-shelled walnuts in different parts
of Canada on the advice of gentlemen
living n California•er Virginia is not
necessarily good business. Our Cana-
dian foresters know more about tree-
growng in Canada than any person
outside. The Dominion Forestry
Branch has issued two bulletins on
this subject for different parts of Ca-
nada. Bulletin No. 1 "Tree -.Planting
on the Prairies," is devoted to the
Prairie Provinces, while Bulletin No.
69, "Care of the Woodlot," covers the
conditions in the rest of Canada.
Either bulletin' may be had free upon
application to the Director of Forest-
ry, Ottawa.
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Your old, broken or worn-out parts.
replaced. -Write or wire us describ-
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and automobile equipment, We ship.
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factory or refund in full our motto.
• thaw's auto Salvage rut Buppiy,
923-831 »ufterint Bt., Toronto, Ont..
The Outdoor Life, of
the Scout.
The great increase of the number of
Scoutmasters and other Scout officers
during 1920 means a great stimulus to
the outdoor activities of. Canadian
boys. It is probable that throughout
the past year moie boys have spent
days and nights in the open than ever
before in the history of Canada since
pioneer days; and because Boy Scouts
have taken • this message of the out-
doors into their homes, have conduct-
ed open -window campaigns -and fresh -
air crusades, it is likely that more
grown -lips have breathed pure air dur-
ing 1920 than has been the case since
the time of our great-grandfathers.
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Boys have been taught to care for
forests and to fight forest fires. They
have gathered information for numer-
ous departments of forestry. They
have engaged in .fights against insect
pests and have made notes on differ-
ent varieties of Birds.
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Thousands of Canadian boys who a
year ago or so were absolutely help-
less,;in the .open, can now be depended
upon to find their way about, to cook
their own metals, to choose a proper
Camp site and to erect a comfortable
shelter. Thousands of Canadian boys
who formerly knew little or nothing
of nature can now recognize different
kinds of trees, and give the name of
dozens of wild flowers; can easily re-
cognize the more common birds, and
Hidden Dangers.
Osie winter evening 1 met' a friend
near the drug store. Near where we
stood a telephone pole e sent a long
shadow across the sidewalk. As we
talked, a man who was passing us
stumbled and almost fell. HIe was
scarcely out of sight when a woman.
with a basket stumbled at the same
place. Other passers-by stumbled
there, too, so many, indeed, that final-
ly we stooped to examine the side-
walk. '
We found that the workmen repair-
ing the walk had lifted somd of the
bricks and put them back carelessly'..
One brick, hidden in the shadow of the
pole, stood three quarters of an inch
above the others. We pushed it down
level with the rest.
API 1 walked home I thought of the
people who had stumbled over the
brick. The sidewalk had looked
smooth and safe enough to them. But
the treacherous brick was there, con-
cealed in the shadow. How many hid-
den dangers, 1 reflected, there are in
life! We need to be constantly on our
guard, especially when the way seems
s llldblh. -°In- pa/1 es,._ in-b,psiness, in
our relations with our friends rauil ottr'
families, even in the work we under-
take to do for God, there are hidden,
unsuspected temptations -- stumbling-
blocks in our path.
The wont stumblingblock of all is
the weakness of our own character.
You are trustworthy, not for what ,ypu
achieved in moments of strength and
exultation, but for what you prove to
be In the moment of sudden, strong
ie captation directed at your weakest
Twilit. A •chain is • no stronger than
its wetkert link.
;Che character of no man is without
aknesses. Tbose weaknesses are
the :shadows that stretch across our
evey, and in them hide our dangerous
temptations. Watch the shadows then.
J::red: and cafe you may walk the
street from end to end and stumble at
laet on the treacherous brick in the
sbtidows of your own door.
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League of Nations,
"Are you a British -born subject?"
dtnsanded the official at the passport
office,
My mother ,was British----" began
the applicant. .
"Yes,. yes."
"But she married a Frenchmen----"
..Yes,'
"in Italy."
"fres; but where were you born?"
"I was born on a ship flying the
Spanish colors whilst she was lying
at anchor in Honolulu Harbor, but my
parents died in Brazil when 1 was only
four yearts of age, and I was adopted
by a Chinaman, who brought me up
In Russia-----"
"Well, he's,----" began an. official.
"He's a bioomin League of Na-
tions!" exploded the official who had
first spoken.
know enough about .mushrooms to
avoid being poisoned,•
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As a result of Boy Scout training,
the energy' of the Canadian boy has
become a force. of great value '•to the
Dominion.More and more areaecog-
nizing its value, acid are ,taking rad -
vantage of it to reduce loss by, fire,.
control crowds and to teaeh the people
the laws of safety and sanitation.
Many lives aro saved by . Semite who,
because of . their, special •training, be-
cause they carry a flrst-aid kit or a
safety -first role, are • prepared to act
when no one else is. The good which is.
accomplished by boys of this tyke, anal'
the good done to the boys ,themselves
through their .activities, can hardly be
over estimated. The Secretary in
charge of the Ontario office of the Boy
Scout Association " at the corner of
Bloor and Sherbourne Streets, Toron-
to, is always glad to provide full infor-
mation about Scouting, and to help
persons interested in securing the
formation of local Troops.
WINTER HARD ON BABY
The winter season is a hard one on
the baby. He is more or less confined
to stuffy, badly ventilated rooms. It
is often so stormy that the mother
does not get him out in .the fresh'air
as often as she should. He catches
colds which rack his little system; his
stomach and bowels get out of order
and he becomes peevish and cross. To
guard against this the mother should
keep a box of Baby's Own Tablets in
the house. They regulate the stomach
and bowels and break up colds. They
are sold by medicine dealers or by
mail at 26 cents a box from The Dr.
Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville,
Ont.
A. smile day a will keep old age
away.
Minard's Liniment for Dandruff.
Surnames and Their Origin
CLARK
Variations—Clarke, Clarkson,
O'Clery.
Racial Origin—Norman-French,
Gaelic.
Source—An
name.
Cleary,
'also
occupation, also a given
In the Norman and the Gaelic divi-
sions of this group of family names
we • have a vivid example of the ro-
mance of 'tongues. Clarke' is an Eng-
lish names from : the Latin ,through the
Norman-French: Cleary is an. Irish
name. Yet both mean the sante thing,
and indeed there are many Clark and
Clarke families whose names are
simply the Anglicized versions of the
old Celtic name.
Of course, originally, back some-
where in the dim, prehistoric past,
there was a mother tongue which gave
rise to the entire Indo-European fami-
ly of languages (which includes the
Latin, Greek, Teutonic, Celtic, San -
skirt and certain other ancient tongues
of India) as distinguished. ::fon. the
Semitic tongues, for 'Meta e of which
• examples are the Hebrew and the Ara-
bic. In this prehistoric Indo-European
tongue there must have been a word -
root from which both the Latin and
the Gaelic developed words with the
same meaning, "clerk" or "scribe,"
notwltlifstanding the fact that the pro-
genitors of the Gaelic and the Latin
languages split off 'from one another
long before the dawn 0f recorded his-
tory. The Latin word was "clericus"
(of which the final "us" is merely a
case ending). The Irish word was
"el eireach."
The Latin word coming into Eng-
lish through the Norman-French, de-
veloped into a surname through its
use as descriptive of an individual's
occupation, as "Roger le Clerke," or
"Clarke." The Irish word became first
a given. name, "Cleireach," and from
this a family or clan name, as
"O'Cleirigh" a n d "MacCleiligh,"
whence developed the modern forms
of O'Clery and Cleary, often changed
to Clark and Clarke, in the north of
What They Thought.
'Pb:e Sunday -school teecber had been
a'eading about Canaan, the "land flow-
ling with milk and honey,"
"Now," she said to the clat,se, "what
do you think Of a • 1 nd mowing with
llplllt and honey eveaild I e bi%e4"
'P1eaee, teat 9er,' Wag the instant'
irel�7y, ,,,mt%Cltgi"
Ireland particularly, where the B"ritish
affiliations were stranger.
e *kutoo.
lT.l].'e•NISY FiT I.I H 'rIntra 1 usED
cars of oil types; ail came sold sob -
feet to delivery up to 380 miles, or tetR
run of same distance if ,yoa wish, In role
'oo,l order as purchased, or Dural:Axe
rice refunded,
RING meehanio of your own .choice
take t
aonoockar thomity vee,pror (snaatius
Ihdtion. Very large ntock eibiaYS
Breakcy s foOttqFo
Used Car Market
402 rouge Street,, p-Moccos10
Finger -nail Facts.
The bone -like Skin on the tops of our
fingers is one of the. marks left from
the time when men walked on all
fours.
The lower animals use their finger
and toe coverings for a number of pur-
poses -including climbing, the tearing
of food, fighting with their enemies,
and scratching in the ground.
The farther man got from his origin-
surroundings, when his finger -nails
served a multitude of purposes -. for
Which . he now uses other utensils, the
less prominent they became. They
are, however, still very useful in help-
ing to make the tips of the fingers
firm and in pinking up small objects,
though it is possible that the time
may come when, through constant dis-
use, man may have neither finger nor
toe nails.
Evolution along precisely the ep-
posite line—the use of the nails so
that they became greatly enlarged—
Is to be noted in the case of the horse,
which now walks on its "finger -nails,"
GREENE
Variation—Green.'
Racial Origin—English.
Source—A locality.
There are a number of possible ex-
planations of the source of the family
name of Greene, but all of them are
rather unsatisfactory, with- the excep-
tion of one.
I4 -is• possible taint in,a+an.e in,st eg..
the naive originated 4n a sobriquet b
the same type as "Robert the Red,".
the "Black Douglas," and the like. But
in judging the degree of probability of.
this we have two significant •facts to
guide us. Green is not likely to be.
the color of a man's complexion. Red;
white, black, brown, pink: •and even
yellow are all probabilities of descrip-
tive value when applied variously to
the description of hair, beard and com-
plexion, but not green. Then we ha've
modern analogy. Nicknames of color
are very common to -day in rough-and-
ready speech, and am quite popular
among schoolboys. We have our
"Redd ies," "Blackies," "Pinkeye,"
"Whitey s" and the like, but who ever
heard of a "Greeney?" The use of
"green" to denote gullibility is a
thoroughly modern usage, one un-
known to medieval England, •
There is a better chance of the
name sometimes having originated.
from a man's custom of dressing; in
green, but even this is not so likely
as the source from which the frame is
actually known to have sprung in liter-
ally hundreds of cases. •
To -day the word "green" is often
used to denote a grassy stretch of
ground. The English of the eleventh
twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the
period in which a large proportion of
the family names were formed, used
it that way also. Therefore, such
names as "Robert Atte Green," or "Ho-
bert A' Green," "Atte Grene," or "De
La
Grene," of which the old records
are full, would 'signify a person who
lived at or near such a spot.
Its Appeal Grows!;
Many people start to use
I STAN POSTU
temporarily in place o coffee
or tea For h ' health reasons. But
they soon learn to love its rich
Rayon-- and its pure,: wholesome
Qu,lities are so apparent that
they 3 ady o P t Posts m as their
regular meal -tine bev'erag'e.
SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE
DANDER1NE
Stops Hair Corning Out;
Thickens, Beautifies.
A few centsbtiys "Danderine." Af-
ter a few applications you cannot find
fallen hair or any dandruff; besides
HPary hal "SltdW ••,: 1 ty life,' visor.
brightness, more color and a'oundaiece:,'
Modern Youth.
Aunt—„Now, dear, what was the
date of William the Conqueror's great
battle?"
Gerald '(who has learned to use the
telephone)—"One, o -double -six, Hasa
inge, '
A Gasoline Rainbow.
A wide space in the fork of two
roads used as a terminus for suburban
buses was covered with a film of gaso-
line and water, with the usual mother-
of-pearl effect.
To Madge the spectacle was new.
Looping up at the rank of buses, she
exclaimer]: "Oh, auntie, look! They
have run over a rainbow!"
Silver: Is Too Common.
The profiteer's wife called on a
specialist to attend, her husband, who
complained of huskiness in his
throat.
"I think I might paint the throat
with nitrate of silver," said the doc-
tor, -
"Oh, doctor," ,said the devoted wife,
"exp:erfse 'is no object; please use
gold."
"Cascarets" To -night
For Constipation
Just think! .A. pleasant, harmless
Cascaret works while you sleep and
has your liver active, head clear, stom-
ach sweet and bowels moving as re-
gular as a clock by morning. No grip-
ing or inconvenience. 10, 25 or 50
cent boxes. Children love this candy
catbartic too. -
LargeTotal.
The total number of British and
Allied troops raand prisoners of war
carried by the British Ministry of
Shipping between the Armistice and
July 31, 1920, was 7,868,763, including
3,248,196 from -France,
You Cannot Let Money Go Hang.
An ex -judge who had become a
cashier in a Western bank once de-
clined to honor` a cheque that a
stranger had presented. "The cheque
is all right," he said, "but the evidence
you offer in identifying yourself as
the person to whose order it is drawn
is scarcely sufficient."
"I have known you to hang a man
on less evidence, judge," was the
stranger's response.
"Quite likely," replied the ex -judge;
"but when we're giving up cold cash:
we have to be careful."
His Hearing Restored.
The invisible ear drum invented by
A. 0. Leonard, which is a miniature
megaphone, fitting inside the ear en
• tirely out of sight, is restoring the
hearing of hundrads'of people in New
York City. Mr. Leonard invented this
drum to relieve himself of deafness
and head noises, and it does this so
successfully that no one could tell he
is a deaf elan. It is effective when
deafness Is caused by catarrh. or by
perforated,. or wholly destroyed natur-
al drums. A request fcr informatloa
to A. 0, Leonard, Suite 437, 70 Fifth
Avenue, New York City, will be given
a prompt reply. advt.
Township and County
Forests.
The rapidity•with which the scheme
of the Ontario Government to reforest
areas of non-agricultural land in well
settled counties' is being taken up,
shows that the people are waking up
in regard `to the disappearance of tim-
ber forests. Along with the plan for
a demonstration plantation of five
acres in each township progress is
now being made with the more am-
bitious scheme covering tracts of from
five hundred to on.e thousand acres
under the ownership of counties. The
counties of York, Ontario, Simcoe and
Norfolk have already started en the
plan, and other counties and even
some urban municipalities are discus-
sing the acquiring of a municipal
forest in this way.
City and Country Life.
Longevity' . depends to a certain ex-
tent on country and climate. A• coun-
try life is conducive to oid age, while
it is extremely rare to find persons of
ninety years and upwards who have
led sedentary lives in town.
,M'nerd's Lin ileertt *Relieves, Distemper
Check that
Cold with
AUMI
Highly efficient in colds and Catarrhal
affections of the nose and throat
BEWARE OF SUBSTITUTES
,;3.00•a tube.
THE LEEMING MILES CO., LTO.
MONTREAL
Agents for Dr. Jules BengUB
RELIEVES PAIN
America's Pioneer Dog Remed.tea
Book on
DOC DISEASES
and How to Feed
nanAd-
drelss brethee.luthor.
S. May Glover Co., Ina,
1 New WeYork STJ.S.Aet
Classified Advertisements.
EARN WAITka,
"4e
A ARM '1i''ANTI D. SJ'IND 1)JiISGRIP.
aATIO i and price, John J. ;Black,
Chippewa Falls, Wis.
Acial.'^.7'YS . Waelar Ere,
4 GENTS WANTED: 1iI. I iS NATIVE
• Herbs Is a remedy' for the relief of
Constipation, , Indigestion )3tilousness,
Rheumatism.. Kidney 'Troubles, It le
well-known, haying been extensively .ad-
vertised, since It was first manufactured
in 188S, by distribution of large quanti-
ties of Almanacs, Cook kooks, Health
B ooks, etc., which are furnished to
agents free of charge. The remedies are
sold at a price that allows agents to.
double their money. Write. Alonzo 0.
Bliss Medieal'Qo., 121 St. Raul St. East.
Montreal. Mention this paper.
FREEZONE ?
Corns Lift Off
Fingers
with Fingers
c
Magic! Drop a little "Freerone" on
an aching corn, instantly that corn
stops hurting, then shortly you lift it
right off. With fingers. Doesn't hurt a
-bit. '
Your druggist sells a tiny bottle of
"Freezone" for a few cents, sufficient
to remove every hard corn, soft corn,
or corn between the toes, and calluses.
'Red Tape."
The expression "red tape" came
from the custom of tying official doeu-
merits with red tape. It has collie to
mean putting unnecessary hindrances
in the way of getting something done.
MONEYORDERS.
When ordering goods by mail send
a Dominion Express Money Order,
Canada has 130,000 .Jews, mostly
in cities.
CUTICURA
PROMOTES THICK HAIR
Cuticura Soap shampoos preceded
by touches of Cuticura Ointment to
spots of dandruff, itching and irri-
tation are mast successful. These
fragrant ernollients save the hair,
cleat the skin and meet every wartt
of the toilet and bath.
SoRg2Se. Ointment 2810 SQe Woman. Soid
throughoutthtDnminion CrnadienDeepot:
Lyman, Llmite,i, 344 Se. £ al SE, {i'. Mose cal.
allr'Cutioure Sosm she o wit out nius.
YARMOUTH, N.S.
The Original and Only Genuine
Beware of Imitations sold on the
Merits of
MINARD'S LINIMENT.
MOTHER!
"California Syrup of Figs"
Child's Best Laxative
A '$''Qrr_ _"C31ifoyn Syrup of Figs
only—look for the name'"'Lazrr.oxa3-a...
the package, then you are sure your
child 1 s having the best and most
harmless physic for the little stomach,
liver and bowels. Chi1•leen love its
fruity taste. Full directions on each,
bottle. You must say "California."
OLD STANDBY, FOR
ACHES ,D PAINS
Any man or woman who keeps
Sloan's handy will tell you
that same thing.
SPECIALLY those frequently'
F,J
attacked by rheumatic twinges..
A counter-arritant, Sloan's Lini-
ment scatters the congestion and pene-
trates without rubbing to the afflicted
part, soon relieving the ache and pain.
Kept kandy and used everywhere
for reducing and finally eliminating the
pains and aches of lumbago, uenral0a;
muscle strain, joint stiffness, sprains,
bruises, and the results of exposure.
You just know from its stimulating'
healthy odor that it will do you good
Sloan's Liniment is sold by all drug:
gists -35c, 70c, $1.40.
Liniment ®'
i .
ASPIRIN
"Bayer" is only Genuine
Warning! Unless you see the names
"Bayer" on package or on tablets volt
are not getting genuine Aspirin at all.
In every Bayer package are diree-
tions few Colds, headache, Neuralgia,
Rheumatism, Earache, Toothache,
Lumbago and for Pain. Handy tin
boxes of twelve tablets cat few cents.
Druggists ^also sell larger packages.
Made in Canada. Aspirin is the trade
)nark (registered 11. Canada), of}:layer
Manufacture of Monoaceiicacidester
of Salicylicacid-
ISSUE No. iib••.• `21.