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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1921-04-28, Page 3We ehould.,mpre .fully appreeie ate our opportunities could we realize what a blind person with a love of the : beautiful would give =for just a glimpse of the marvelous world, which is all shut put from him and freeto us, What would he not give if he could just have his eyes' opened for a few months and be allowed to travel aver this beautiful earth and drink in the worl'd's beauties? Just to. be able to see the flovt*er, to get -one glimpse of the landscape which we see so often that it makes almost no impression ula- au us, what would it not mean to him? Web -Footed Folks. ". �r Occasional/I` It happens that- a boy. :./ R"" '• Or girl, is born with webbed feet--- that is to say," with toes united l)Y 1ii�iti Benny tissue, It is a .4phenomOnon ttL Conservation of Soii Fertility and Soil Fibre. Of unusual -interest to the farmers of Western Canada is the publication relating to Conservation of Soil Fibre and Fertility Just issued by the Conn mission of Conservation. This pamph- let contains a series of papers and discussions by leading authorities on the problems confronting the prairie farmer. Particular attention is paid to the ,control of soil drifting, the re- tention of moisture and to cropping systems for drought areas. The purpose of this publication is to place before the western farmer the. results of the experimental work con- ducted by the Dominion and'Provia- cial Departments of Agriculture, and by the Agricultural Colleges, in their efforts to determine the cropping sys- toms and methods of cultivation most tnitable for the various prairie areas, 'articularly those which have suffer- ed most severely from soil. drifting and from ,drought. Copies of this pamphlet may he ob- tained free on application'to the Com- mission of Conservation. A "Doonum." In issuing regulations that are to govern the transfer of laud in Pales- tine the high commissioner, Sir Her- bert Samuel, helps to put pito the lan- guage a word that will be new to most readers of English: the word "doo- Called "syndactyly." FROM LIME &HIRE This eccentrj.elty is apt to be hand- L" ed down from generation to genera- Oen in a family, appearing in. some A Clever H_uusband. of its members, but not in others. Wife--"IVIrs., Jones has another The Magazine of Heredity describes hat!' one such case, in a branch, of an old Hubby ---"Well, if sheWere as at - New 'England family. The paternal tractive as you are, my dear, elle grandfather was web-footed and be- wouldn't have to depend se much, up- queathed his peculiar toes to a son, on the milliner." who passed them along to three of his .... new six children. Advice Followed. If these people were to luterniarry Doctor (to profiteer lratient)—"I'm for three or four generations with an- afraid you have not heeded my advice other web-footed family, all the child to adopt some Hobby or fad that would ty. For nature, curiously enough:, Child - igen born w , exhibit the .peeuliari, take your mind off your ordinary busi- tu;, seems always willing to perpetuate ness, freaks of any kind, "Ole, yes, I have -doctor, "sports," in 'What we call freaks, or sl " "What did you take up?" � the animal or the vegetable world are "Going collecting:'_ nature's little experiments. It is by He Couldn't Wait Forever. his means that she creates new spe les and varieties. Some arthro- A Young fellow who, wee the crack pologists are of opinion that all hu runner of his town—somewhere .in man beings were.originally black and that the flrst white man was a sport. It might be said that many white people to -day respond to that descrip- tion, though not in the same sense. Lyons, Perfume City. J. yons, in France, is the city of scents. It is the centre of a region which_ supplies the world with per- fumes and has,the only university that offers a course in perfumery making to students. Within the last few years Lyons has developed •a great laboratory, system for the manufacture of artificial per- fumes by the processes of synthetic chemistry., Thus its, technical experts convert oil of verbena into violet and lily -of -the -valley, oil of camphor into heliotrope, aniseed into vanilla and oil of rosewood into bergamot. Toluene (a derivative of coal tar) they transform into jasmine and arti- ficial rose. From -xylene (likewise a coal tar product) they obtain artificial musk. Roses are grown on an immense scale in tlin region about Lyons for the manufacture of perfumery. Like- wise sage, thyme and sweet marjoram. That region produces 90 per cent. of num," a measure of land. The regu- lations, intended to protect Zionists,I oblige everyone wile wishes to sell 1 land to get the written consent of the administration; and to get it he must describe the - character and situation of the land and name the price. The buyer must be a resident et Palestine and can.buy under the new ordinance not mare than three hundred doo.nums of farming land or more than thirty doonums of city real estate. A doo- num is one forty-fourth of an: acre. Minard's Liniment for Dandruff.. Germany's Census. The census of Germany, recently completed, shows a total population e of 60,282,000 people. The total num- ber of inhabitants in 1913 was about 65,000,000. Babies with dark eyes at birth are .very rare, most newly -born infants having blue eyes. the total world's output der oil, representing a 000,000 francs a year. has ten square miles lavender. of real laven- value of 20,- One 0;One concern planted with MONEY ORDERS. The safe way to send money by mail is by Dominion Express Money Order. The commonwealth of Australia has taken steps for the preservation of the aborigines of that country and has as- signed a tract of public lands in the Northern- Territories as reservation Yoretha .,tribaa+.= St 7ncluaoa. , i o; 4Zau and Peterson Ranges and practically the whole of Lake Amadeus. The Governments of South and Western Australia have set aside adjoining areas for the purpose of this reserva- tion. Thunder is audible at a distance up to eighteen miles. Reserving the Aborigines. Surnames and Their Origin •EDWARDS Variations—Edmonds, Edmunds, Ed- gar, Edeson, Edison, Edmondson, Edmundson, Edwardson, Edes, Eth- ards, Edkins, Edouard, Odouard. Racial Origin—Anglo-Saxon. - Source—A given name. The given names of Edward, Ed- mond, and to a less extent Edgar, are indissolubly bound up with the his- tory of England, and in the under- standing of that history are significant in more ways than one. Edward, Edmund, Edgar and the still shorter form "Eadda," the last particularly were all most 'wide- . spread among .the Anglo-Saxons, and, indeed, are traceable together with a number of names popular with the Goths and the Franks to a common Teutonic origin somewhere beyond the dawn of historic light on the Teu- tonic languages. Though the !'Tasman were Teu- tonic, speaking a French developed out of a combination of Latin, Celtic - and Teutonic tongues, given navies of this group were not. common among them, and following their invasion of England appear very infrequently in the period when their connection with Normandy was severed. politically, and they began to consider them- selves English and to adopt many Eng- lish names. These names formed .a prominent group in the Anglo -Satan nomenclature of the "common peo- NEW Q Dr., Williams' Pink Pills Jnrieh the Blood, Illus Increasing' Your Nervous Energy. - Nervous people who . have not yet developed a disease that can 'be re- cognized, and treated by the medical professlora,' often have great trouble in finding relief. Irritation, headache; sleeplessness, nervous indigestion. All these discomforts snake life miserable, but are endured rather than run a doctor's bill. Such sufferers .should know the data, ger of such a condition, which, if al- lowed to persist, may result in a ner- vous breakdown,' :In this condition what is needed is rich, red blood. As a tonic for the blood and nerves, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have • been used with much success. They have a di- rect action on the blood, and through it carry to the nerves the elements needed- to restore their normal Pune the south—was unfortunate enough to tion, at the same -time improving the have a very dilatory laundress. One genera health: The benefits that fol- evening'when out for a practice run :low the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills in his rather airy and abbreviated track costume he chanced to dash past the dusty lady who at the time was a couple of weeks in arrears with his washing. He had scarcely reached, home again when the bell rang fur. ously and an excited voice was wafted in from the porch: "Foh de Lawd's sake, won't you all tell Mame Bob please not to go out no mob till . I kin git his clo'es round to him?„ Pass the Salt. - • Mr. Green's radish -bed had been,;at- tacked by slugs. Distracted, he• -sought the 'advice of a neighbor. • "If you want to externriirate "the pest," said the neighbor, "place salt between the rows of plants." . Mr. Green went 'off full of hope: A few days later they met again. "Did you do as I ,told . you?" asked the neighbor. "I should think I did!" replied, Mr. Green. • "Was 3t successful?" "Well,'I put salt down one evening, and bless me, when I got up the next morning the slugs were pulling the radishes up, diping them in the salt, and eating them with such happy looks upon their faces!" Quite Unnecessary. At a certain college it was the cus- tom to have the students write the fol- lowing pledge at the bottom of their examination papers: "I hereby certify on my honor that I have neither given nor received aid during this examination." Soon after handing in a paper to a professor noted for his sarcasm, a youe„l�l w .-Ahrri;ed,.ly .aoterr' .:11 classrong,ofm and saiud; "Professor, I have forgotten to put the pledge on my paper." "It's quite unnecessary," replied the teacher. "I have just finished looking over your paper, and I felt sure that you did not give or receive aid." Bringing Up Father. "Father," said James, "why is it they say that the child is father to the enan?" Mr. Jones shivered. The elucidation of an abstruse problem like this was rather more than be felt equal to, Therefore, he temporized. "Well—er—because it is so, I sup-: pose." "Oh, then, if that's'so, pa.," answer- ed the youngster brightly, "I'm going to see if I can't' get you a ticket for ple," which they resurrected, and from the theatre to -morrow and •a half -dol- that time on Edward was taken even into the royal household. And this lar to spend. I always said if I was a father I wouldn't be 80 stingy' as the was just the period in which family rest of 'em. Go along, pa, and have names began to take shape. a good time while you are young! 1 The formation of all the foregoing never bad the chance!" family names, through the addition of Whereupon Jones smiled reflective - "soli" to the given name or its vari- ly and handed out the needful. A ous contractions and 'diminutives, with smart boy like Jim, he considered, de- the subsequent shortening of the "son" served it. to a mere "s" in many instances, is quite clear. The form Edouard is French, as is Odouard, It is interesting to nate that the -latter shows quite clearly a Frankish origin, "Odo" was the pro- nunciation .arid spelling which the ancient Franks gave to the name that the Anglo-Saxons called "Eadda," the. lengthening of vowels into the "0" sound being characteristic. There was a famous bishop in the early Mid- dle Ages in northern France who bore this name, What's Your Experience? .IT coffee keeps you awake nisi its, c1w.r de to b b INSTANT POSTUM delicious meal -time drink, whole- some and satisfying , but•c'ontaining - nothing that will isttr b cur res t Economical Batt r for You "There's a Reaso.r " a • Minard's Liniment Relieves Distemper • The Childher. The house that have the childller is the house that line the joy in it, To me 'tis only home that has a girl een or boy in it, And every one that's added only makes the place a -cheerier, If childher are the gifts of God the merrier, the more He sent] h > Sure, every little one I've hacl gave something to my bliss the more, And every little baby face my lips were drawn to kiss the more, And tho' I know the trouble and the thrall and the care they are, And tllo' I know how'often wild, how wayward and how "quare they are, And tho' 'tis many a night I've watch- labor and contained lest% originality ed beside the little beds of end more unconscious plagiarism than them, anythingelse that he ever wrote. And held their little hands and cooled Once in a burst of candor he told • the fevered little heads of them, how he carne to -'rite it. His coiifi And ilio' I know the surly moods that dalit was Mr. W. E. Clarke, head of fall upon the best: of them, the Anglican mission at Apia, who re - Cat one who is unkind outweigh the tells the story: love of all the rest of them? No, no, the trouble that I've had through them 1'11 never rue at all, And sure, without the cliiidher now I don't know what I'd do at all. —Denis i+7, McCarthy. is shown by the case of Mrs. Norman Seifried, West Montrose, Ont., who says: "It would be hard for me to overstate the benefit' I have derived i'rom the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Before I` began taking the pills. I was -very nervous, weak and run down. I could hardly do my house- work,, andas there is a great deal of work to do about a home on, a farm,, I feltvery much discouraged. One day while reading a newspaper I saw an advertisement of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and decided to give them a trial. I could notice beneficial effects after taking :a .box of the pills, and by the time I had taken a few .boxes, I could again do my work with ease, was no longer weak or nervous, slept well at night, and awoke in the morn- ing feeling well and strong. I am happy to say that the pills so greatly benefitted me." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all dealers in medicine or will be sent by mail on receipt of 50 cents a box or $3.50 for six boxes by writing The Dr, Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. L. LS turAn istafigured in one of the T A b vartan s, sus ItL, S, drew a Met) of it, 1 1 j� oarefuliy elaborating an outline of the hays and the harbors; The story of Treasure Island was all Once a mother has eked Baby's Own woven round the map, 13, I., s. de- Tablete for her little ones she would- Glared that his uncons•eious plagiarism use nothing else. The Tablets give from Wa.shiugton Irving's Tales oe a such res(u is that the mother has noth- Traveller, which in his 3,mmeer days ing but wordsof praise and thankful - he had read with muoll delight, was ness for them, Among tho thousands absolutely glaring; the skeleton was of mothers throughput Canada who obtained from Poe, the parrot from Praise the Tablets is Mrs, David A, Robinson Crime and the stockade Anderson, New Glasgow, N,9;, who from, lVIarryat s Masterman Ready, writes:—"I ha. a used l3abY s Own The audience was so delighted with Tablets far my .children and from my the first"performance that they begged experience I would not be without for more;. and so it became a con, ' them. I would urge every other tinued narra`ive for many afternoons, mother to keep a box of the Tablets 1-10 had partly comps ted writing the : in the house," The Tablets aro a mild story when the editor; oa magazine but thorough .laxative which regulate called Young Folks' Paper/ urged him the bowels and sweeten the stomach; to, finish it for publication. The bar- ; drive out constipation and indigestion; gain was made, and R. L. S. sent the break up colds and simple fevers and story with the nursery map to the make teething easy. They are sold by magaziad. It was printed' without the j mediclne dealers or by mail 'at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medioine Co„ Brockville, Ont. map and without illustrations and at- tracted no attention. More than "a year later, when R. L. S. was looking through some of his manuscripts with a view to turning one of them into a little much-needed money, he picked up Treasure Island and, deciding that he still liked it, sent the manuscript to Cassell & Co., the publishers, who accepted it. But a tragedy happened. The story had been written to the map; in fact, the map was the chief element in the plot; but the map had disappeared. So they had to go -aver the whale book and tabulate and arrange all the al- lusions, and then with a pair of com- passes draw a map to suit the facts. The task was accomplished; }hut, as R. L. S. whimsically remarked, it killed his liking for the book, which he valued chiefly for the welcome sum it brought hint when he sorely -needed money. Awards For Gallantry. One of the most interesting phases of the work of the Boy Scout Move- ment is its recognition of acts of gal- lantry performed by its members. There are three grades of awards which are granted, and oddly enough the highest is not a gold, but a Bronze Cross. The second highest award is the Silver Cross and the third high- est the Gilt Cross. All applications 'for awards of this nature are not made by the boy, but by the Scoutmaster of the Troop he belongs to. A.11 the evidence in each case is. carefully con- sirl been1 Btieee , of . ceaeur and when complete, is a15a'iif5'd 50 the Provincial Board of Honour—a per- manent committee whose duty it is to make recommendations to the Chief Scout for Canada as to the action to The Dummy Knob. On the door of a house at which I was calling the other day I found two knobs. One was a dummy put there for symmetry; when I tried it, it turned round and round in my hand. The other resisted my hand but open- ed the door. The two knobs reminded me of Dick Hartley and Dan Cortelyou. Dick's mother feared that his charac- ter was weakening. When at her re- quest I urged him to he a man and re- sist temptation, be smiled and pro- mised to do everything that I asked; but his promises were so glib that I had no faith in them. He was like the dummy knob that turned round and round ht•,.my hand. I could not open the door. Dan Cortelyou was different. When I spoke to him of his wild ways, his color mounted, his eyes grew defiant. How could he help it, he asked, if his pale were doing this and that? Whose business was it what he did? He re- sisted. I finew that I had hold of a live knob. Before long the door had opened wide enough to admit the 3x'1-, h, But the' door knobs reminded'me of other things than people—the easy and the hard way. There was Jim Smedley. As his father was well to do, he had a golden knob that opened The Spring That Cones to Flanders. The spring that comes' to Flanders Goes by on silent feet, Lest they should wake, remembering How once the spring was sweet. And streams that flow in Flanders, Past poppy held and hill, Are silver streams and shining, But thoughtful streams and still. be taken. every door. Tie never put his strongh The Chief Scout for Canada has just against an obstacle, but played with made awards in the following cases I the knob that turned round and round which are of particular interest: so easily. The doors to real success Troop Leader Charles Haddleton remained closed to him. and Patrol Leader William Haddleton, 1 For many years the French mission - of the 29th Ottawa Troop, were award- i ary Francois Millard, labored among ed the Gilt Cross for their efforts in J the Barotse, a native tribe in South the attempted rescue of two little !Africa. When he felt that his death boys who had fallen into the Rideau iwas near he wrote: "I solemnly be - Canal. A brother of one of the little I queath to the churches of France, my native land, the responsibility for the Lord's work in Barotseland, and I ad to the water with the idea of making , jure then in His holy name never to waves to wash the other two boys :give it up." ashore.. In this way he attracted the I Bequeath work? We usually be - fellows, when he realized what had happened, started to throw stones in- attention of the two Scouts, who at once jumped into the water. Only af- ter considerable difficulty were they able to locate the little 'bodies, but life was extinct before they could be. brought ashore. Patrol Leader E. Goulete of the 41st Ottawa Troop, is awarded the Silver Cross for his successful attempt at rescuing Mr..M. Villeneuve, of the La Salle Cadet Corps, who was swimming at Britannia Pier when he became ex- hausted and began to drown. Scout earth and of heaven. Goulet at once jumped into the water and although very much smaller than A tree will make a million matches; the man he attempted to rescue, suc- ceeded in bringing him ashore after a straggle in the water which lasted almost ten minutes. The rescue was particularly plucky because of the fact that the rescuer had neves' received • queath something hat we think the heir will prize. But work -especially work calling for self-secrifice? But think again. Is there anything more precious than the chance to do a great work? Many persons find life insipid merely because they have no task that will make them wort: with all their alight. A hard task is -same - thing to rejoice in. Take hold of that knob. It may resist obstinately, but it will open for you the doors both of The wind that blows in Flanders, Across the listening air, Is gentle with the grasses That bend above them there— And rain that fails in Flanders Is tender as a prayer. any instruction in life-saving work, The Story of Treasure island. From all accounts Robert Louis Stevenson never plumed himself on having written Treasure Island. He used whimsically to grumble that so much of his reputation rested on a honk that, lte declared, cost, him less Stevenson, it seems, was en a visit. to his father's Notre near Balmoral Castle 1'n Scotland. The weather was bad, and he• antl,bis schoolboy stepson, Lloyd Osbourne, were confined to the !louse: • Toamuse the boy "R.L,S." drew pictures in pen and ink, which the boy colored from a box of paints. The transformation of prod active They pinned the pictures on the fire into idle wastes ini- nursery wall anti when the'boys' forests bye poverLshes the nation, damlage�a the friends assembled in the afternoons individual, is wholly needless, and hila„ playing the part of showman, MUS. be stopped, improvised a story to stilt each plc - For years I have never considered my stock of household remedies complete unless a 'bottle of Minard's Liniment was included. For burns, bruises, sprains, frostbites or chilblains it ex- cels, and I know of no better remedy , for a sal ere cold in the head, or that will give more immediate relief, than to in- hale from the bottle through the nasal organ. And as to my supply 'of veterinary remedies it is essential, as it has in very many instances proven its value. A re- cent experience in reclaiming what was supposed to bo a lost section of a valu- able ccw's udder has again demonstrated its great worth and prompts me to re- commend it in the highest terms to all who have a herd of cows, large or small. I think I am safe in saying among •all the patent medicines there is none that covers as large a Held of usefulness as does Minard's Liniment. A real trueism good for man CIIAS K. ROBBINS, Chebogue Point, N.S. a match may destroy a million trees. When in the woods take no chances with lighted matches, tobacco, or camp -fire.. Get the habit. Be careful with fires in the hoods, CUTICURA HALS I.NTEN&EftCHING BurningOnHands, Could Not Put Them In Water, Lost Sleep, "My hands were very sore and I Could not put them in water to wash them There were some ' pimples on my hands, and the itching and burning were so intense that I scratched and irritated them, and I could not Bleep at night. " • "The trouble lasted two weeks before I tried Cuticura. When I herd used two cakes of Cuticura '. Soap and one box of Cuticura Oint- ment for about two weeks I was healed," (Signed) Reginald Daigle, R. F. D. 2, Fort Bent, Maine, Use Cuticura for every -day toilet purposes. Bathe with Soap, soothe with Ointment, dust with Tielcum. Sosp2Se Midwest 25 Islam 25e. Sold throughout tl eOaminion. CanadianDepott Lim,te� 344 St PaalSt W Mutual.Cuuewra5osp eb l,teb witkont mu*., America's Pioneer Dog Remedies Book on DOC DISEASES and Ho'w to Feed Mailed Free to any Ad- dress by the Author. S. Clkx Glover co., Ism 118 West 31st Street New York, V.B.A. A Quick Real tor Headache, A headache is frequently caused by badly digested food; the gases and acids resulting therefrom aro absorbed by the blood which in turn irritates the nerves and causes painful symptoms called headache. neuralgia, rheuma- tism, etc. 15 to 30 drops of Mother Seiael's Syrup -•will correct faulty digestion and afford relief. 8 Warming relief Mfr rheumatic aches HE'Sjust used Sloan's Liniment and the quick comfort had brought a smile. of pleasure to his face_ Good for aches resulting' from weather exposure, sprains, strains, lame back. overworked muscles. Pene- trates without rubbing. All druggists have it. 354 704 040 ASHRIN "Bayer" is only Genuine Warning! It's criminal to take it chance on any substitute for genuine "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin," prescribeel' by physicians for twenty -ane yearns and proved safe by millions. Valet* you see the name "Bayer" on packager or on tablets you are 'not getting A 4, pirin at all. In every Bayer paelt;ag" are directions for Colds, Headach" Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Elated Toothache, Lumbago and for Paine Handy tin bones of twelve tablets cod; few cents. Druggists also sell largez4: packages. Made In Callhda. Aspirin is the trade mark (registered iti Cana da), of Bayer Manufacture of Mont t aeeticaoidester of Salicylicacid. !t&SUB No, 17--'21.