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Surnames and Their Origin
FERDI.NAND
Variations - Fernon, Fernando, Ver-
non.
Racial Origin—Spanish.
Source—A given name.
This isa family name which comes
to us for the most part through the
Spanish, but which traces back to the
ancient Gothic or Teutonic speech, to
that race •of which so 'coitzparatively
little is known to -day despitethe fact
that it overran the greater part of
southern Europe and was responsible
largely for the tall of the great Ronian.
empire.
Little is known of this race, not be-
cause its blood is not predominating
to -day in many countries commonly
classed as "Latin;" but simply because
upon •completion of its conquest it re-
f thesuperior
efesaliael
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eye ecaaeaas
THE SMALLEST;'kiRPLANE
The world's smallest airplane is. -that shown in the picture. It reaches
a Height •of 2,500 feet and a eileed of G5' bailer an hour, Its. engine is 5-6
horse power: At the •left is the inventor,' Major Gnosplius, and at the right,
the pilot, M. LanvaSter-Parker,
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MEAD
Variations -Meadows, Dupre.
Racial Origin—English, also French.
Source -A Ioc'ality.
It is the variation of Meadows in this
group of`family-names which gives the
clue to the origin.
These names were, of course, origin-
ally descriptive' of the localities, in
which their first bearers lived, and
were of local nature.
In the days when populations began
to multiply so quickly that there were
not enough given names to gore, ound,
the first result was the liiultiesseation
of given names into variations through
the addition of clinilnutive endings and
the use of . nicknames. But - even this
was- not enough, and in everyday
cognized the value o speech 'Hien found it necessary to in
civilization and language of the Roman•
dicate which John or Thomas or Harry
predecessor, and adapted them for the , they were "referring to. This they did
most part at once: Names, however, by some reference to parentage or to
the place »the• man lived, or to his trade
nor some personal peculiarity.
the
tl
naturally'
not adopted
to.
tat
y
•were -
aae extent as. speech.
•The Goths had a given name, "Fer-
honanths," the meaning of which was
"adventuring 1i
fs
,,0
or,
in other words,
,
"courage." - .In the course of time the
Spanish Goths, .among whom it seems
- to have been most popular, simplified
et into "Ferran,". and their luta "Fer-
nando." • Among the more northern
races it ,became "Ferdinand."
And from these .given names have
developed the foregoing' family names,
in the natural process by which par -
enrage was
it first
aced,
with
the
ultimate broadening of application to
inolude a specific family.
Vernon for the ,most :part does not
belong in this. group, but in some in-
stances it is but a ohanged spelling of
Fernon or Fernan.
Self-satisfaction' is' one of
man's greatest foes, for we=don't
struggle to improve things when;
we are` satisfled with .them,":'If
everybody was . eati•sfied with
things • ate they are, .with our-
selves. and our work, civilization
would be •at a Standstill. A noble
discontent Is progress, bettel-
Inent, improvement, advance-
ment all along the line. It has
given us our great• scientists,,
architects, musicians, • artists,
poets, authors, physicians, mer-
chants, explorers, railroad build.
ers, teachers, all the great men ,
and women who'have made our
civilization ,what it is today.—
O, S. Marden.
a BRAIN SURPLUS
ITH MOST HUIVIAANS
SIR- ARTHUR KEITH RE
114RNS FROM AFRICA.
I
Brit -41 Scientist Quits Gorillas
j
and Turns to the . Study -
of Mankind.
GYRI AND WOMEN.
�q ANAEMIA
HY.�IiD ..BY
Rich, Red Blood Needed to Re-
store Their Wealth.
There are -thousands of growing
girls and women held in the deadly
clutches of anaemia. Slowly but surely
a deathly pallor settles on their
cheeks; their, eyes grow dull; their
step languid; their appetite fickle.
Deily they are losing their vitality and
brightness. Pains in the.side, head-
aches and backaches follow, and life,
seems to be ,scarcely worth living.'
What is needed in. "cases of this' kind
3s new, rich red blood which will bring,
back to weak, ailing. girls and women
the charm and brightness of perfect
health. To obtain this new, rich blood
try Dr. Williams? Pink Pills. Their
action is directly upon the blood; they
supply the elements necessary to make
and red,and 'in tkis_way they.,.
. t rich
1 .a.
e
�» h to ^th
bring back the glow of heap
cheeks; brightness to the eyes, and a
lightness and energy to the step.
benefit
found e
have
b
Among those who
m g
through the use of Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills is Miss Emma J. Johnston, R.R.
Ng. 1, Clinton; `Ont., who.says:—"In
the' spring of 1921 I felt weak and very
much run down. It was with difficulty
that • I forced myself to work at all.
I had headaches, was very pale, and
felt, constantly -tired. In our local
paper I ran. across the testimonial of
a lady who' told of the benefit she
had from using Dr. Williams' Pink.
Pills, and I decided to give :them a
trial. •Very soon I felt a change for
the better, and by the time I had
taken five boxes I felt like a new per-
son. The tired, worn out feeling had
Vanished and I could go about my
work from morning until- night with-
out any difficulty. I. certainly 'cannot
speak too highly of Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills and whenI meet anyone weak
and run-down I strongly advise them
to give these pills a trial."
You can get:. these pills through any
medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents
a ,box from The Dr.: Williams' Medi-
cine Co:, Brookville, Ont.:
•Thus such names . as "Tom atte
Mead" Toxis at the Meadow) or G
er-
ald de Mead" (Gerald of the Meadow)
came into , being. Possibly it would.
pass out of existence with the man
bearing' it, and his son be known as
Geoffrey the Red, or by some other
name. But if the family continued to
reside by the meadow long enough,
sooner or later the expression: "atter
Mead" would come" to designate the
fancily and not a mere individual item -
r
her of it, and. fiefiewould -become heredia
tary and firmly settled in a few' gene-
rations.
The name of Dupre is simply the
French equivalent of the English •"of
the meadow."
0
THE
SS.
THANKFUL M
(Mee a mother has used Baby's Own
Tablets for her little one she i would
use' nothing else. The Tablets give
such' results that the mother has noth-
ing but words .of praise and thankful-
ness. Among the thousands of moth-
ers throughout Canada who praise the
Tablets is MrS. David A. Anderson,
New Glasgow, N:S., who writes:—"I
have used Baby's Own Tablets for my
children and, from my experience I
would not be without -them. I would
urge every other mother to keep a box
of the Tablets in the house." The Tab-
lets are a mild but thorough laxative
which regulate the bowels ,and sweet-
en the stomach; drive out constipa-
tion and -indigestion; break up colds
and simple fevers and make teething
easy. They are sold by medicine deal
ern, or by mail at 25c a box from The
br, Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville
Ont
No One KnOWs.
"Wot,
is it wot kin smell all the
smells Wot is?"
"'i!er tank's.leakin'! 'Ob! yes, yer
want me t' answer that, donjer? Well,
no one noseJ'.
There is a poverty of
the mind as.
Well as of the pocket. ---Alderman Ben
Turner, M.P.
School Closes.
Put by your books!—
Close with no wistful eye the door
That opens to your childish hand no
more.
Beforeyouis the world to gain or lose,
To conquer or to worship, as' you
choose.
To -day isthe greatday—to-day you
turn
Life's lesson from
learn;,
To work beneath
eye;
And in the Halls,
test to try.
Put by your books i—
Yet do not quite forget thie truth
And beauty in them, the short days of
youth,~
Nor its sweet dreams, its. promise and
its- joys.
The wine of pleasant memories never
Cloys
As does the nectar of too dear success,'
Whose price and joy alike are in ex-
cess.
Put by your books, yet keep thein that
• your soul
May drink of youth, and keep its wisp
dom whole.
Florence B. S. O'Connor, ` B.A., Iro-
quois, Ontario. -
MONEY ORDERS.
A Dominion Express Money Order
for five dollars eosts three cents.
Toothache Shown on French
a broader page to
a.sterner teacher's
of Time, a harsher
We, do act use our brains to half
their capacity, says Sir Arthur Keith,
Britisli scientist, who has Just retun-
ed
eturn-
e )';London from the: African jungle,
where he made a minute study of'the
brains of gorillas and gibbons.
"Moet of us," says Sir Arthur, "have
more ;brains, than we known what to.
do wll%'
The> fatuous anthropologist -said that
changes are now taking place' in the
human world more -rapidly than at any
former period, but that the time has
not; yet come '1Or the production of
supernen. During the war, - Ise ex-
piai1od the average stature for a man
was five feet sift inches, the same as
In the neolithic period.' The `average
for then leading 'professional_lives• is
five feet eight inches. -
The scientist says he is convinced
that oertain characteristics, wbtieh are
easily, recognized in the bodies of a
large' proportion of our modern popu-
lation, are of recent origin. The most
plastic. bone in the human body, he.
said, is that under' the gums, in which
the teeth are rooted, and: it is here
thatlehe most narked 'changes, are to
be noted.
Change in Human Palate.
al esem te• aQ-, e'celet, of the people
xkx p�
r in-
ArEhu
this bone, continued Sir >
stead of spreading outwards and giv-
ing the roof of the mouth a wide and
aces
prehistoric races,
a ' in
lowabet s
v
grows -in a vertical direction, giving
the palate a narrow and high arena.
"In these contracted palates there is
no longer room for the normal number
of teeth. Such as appear are crowded;
the wisdom teeth' often fail to cut or
are absent altogether.
"The recession of the teeth gives the
modern nose' and chin an undue promi-
c o
i all modern.
tendency the e d
promi-
nence; y
changes is toward the production of
long and narrow faces. The 'adenoid'
type of- face, with which medical men
areso familiar in modern children,
was unknown in prehistoric times."
GRE'NIER GAINS ,18
LBS. ON' TANLAC
Says Famous Medicine Ended
Long•StaridMg .Dyspepsia
and Restored Perfect
Health.
"The'.Tanlac treatment not only. end-
ed my -stomach, trouble, but it built lne
up eighteen pounces, and I never felt
better in my life," is the positive etate-
nlent of• Armand Granter, 250 Mar-
quette Street, Montreal.
""Dypepsia bid me in, such. awful
:shape I scar -01y dared to eat, knowing
the misery I would have to suffer, My
nerves^ were ehettered. I would' ile
awali:e•sometimes all night, and once
I woke up from a doze feeling like` I
was about to smother, and thought my
end was "near. Then for: months I was
mighty careful about_ my eating, but I
didn't seem to get any better until I.
took a friend's advice and started oul
Tarlac.
"Every day.I got better, till now.I
enjoy tip-top health. I have a raven-
ous appetite, perfect digestion, and
can sleep like a top every night, Tan -
lac gets my best word every time."
Tanlao is for sale by all good drug-
gists. A,ecept no substitute. Over 37
ixiillion bottles sold.
Tanlao Vegetable Pills are nature's
own remedy for constipation. For
sale everywhere. -
A new kind of field glass picks out
khaki -clad figures as easily as if they
were dressed in bright red. The lenses
disintegrate the blend of red, orange
and green light and so makeethe sol-
dier's figure stand out sharp and clear.
The Laurentide Co., Ltd., of Grand
Mere, P.Q:, have about 20,000,000
white spruce seedlings and trans-
plants in their nursery.
Movie Ff.tms.
An aching tooth in action is the
latest s1ibiect for the movies in France
in a crusade to 1mproye the teeth of
the People. During the war it was
fouled that 75 per cent. of thie manhood.
of the nation were dentally unfit.
The ivory Crosa, a natirinaiaid fundi
that hast provjded dental. treatment of
Mote than 800,000 oases, legs now Spon -
sox
ed a firm in which a throbbing
nerve to pictured in its most excruciat-
ing stages. Whose Who saw the pie•
Mi.tat"d'r i_inifntfi. fur Pale everywhere ture attested its' Vivld,accuracy.
London's "Big Ben" Model
of Accuracy.
The British claim "Big Ben," the.
clock on the tower of the Houses of
Parliament, is the most reliable one in
the world. This statement is• based on
they fact that Big Ben received the
noon wireless time signals from Green-`
wich on 293 days last year, and its err-
or was less than one second after 203
days.
These facts were disclosed by Sir.
Frank Dyson, Astronomer Royal, who.
says, Big Ben Is nracticaliy up to pre -
War efficiency. Big Ben's record is
considered all the more remarkable in
that he 'is not corrected daily, as are
other clocks electrically connected
with the Greenwich Observatory.
Notwithstanding this extraordinary'
record, Big Ben was 'recently given a
vacation while workers carefully aver -
hauled WeS:tminster'S monster time•
piece for the first tithe since tilt) war.
Classified Advertisements.
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Before His Time.
A' -very crusty, gouty old gezztleman
lost patience with his doctor because
the fatter did, not make enoughi fuse
over the pain lie suffered.
"Doctor," he cried Fut, twisting and
turning in agony, "'you don't under-
stand! You don't seem to 'grasp the
case; You talk as though there were
nothing t11e matter with me, whereas'
I assure you I • am enduring the tor-
meats' of the lost!"
"What, already?" replied the .doctor.
Tale use of the brain expends more
human 'energy than any form of
manual labor.—Sir James Cantlie.
Obedience is a sChristian virtue. It
is in no sense a humiliation.—Bishop
Welldon.
I went to sea at fourteen with £50
and the storyof the Prodigal Son.
Admiral Sir Guy Gaunt.
"Anaerioa'f. Pioneer' Dog$snouts,
Boo:: on
DOG DISEASES
and How to Feed
M
byee theto Authors
U, Clay Glover Co., Ina
329 West 24th Street
New.. York, U.S.A.
Ups and Downs.
Pendants of amber grace
Laburnunijs 'frock,
Threaded ott sulibeett lace
In the win'd's Pace.
The blesSores rear their heads
On lilac's breast;
Ilting not on drooping tbveads,
Their upward quest
No radiance dreads.
Somotilnes my spirit wears
The lilac gown.
Sonietines the dobe of ogres
Welgheth it down --
Now ,praise, ISOW prayers.
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Mtiturd''s Lir linen need by Physielana.
CORPS
Lift Off with Fingers
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The Infante' and Children's Regulator
Childrengrow healthy and free
from colic. diarrhoea, flatulency,
constipation and other trouble if
given it at teething time.
Safe, pleasant-atwaysbrmgs re-
markable and gratifying results.
At All
Druggists
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HORSE EN!
Annard.s shouts be in . esery stable
IQuickly trials Cuts- and Bruises' and re-
moves Swellings.
HELP FOR
YOUNG WOMEN
Mrs. Holmberg Tells ,.How
Lydia E.Pinkham'sVegetr ble
Compound Helped Her
. �.'t;!.A",F1`i .}t;o lileIwee
R••ED
.. •I
5
••
ea
rs old I would
ould
e
t such
stele
feel
-
1ngsin part of my abdomenr
followed
by cramps and vomiting.- •.11. izs
kept me from niy work (I help my par
Ione the farm as I usually had to
eats o )
Orat
bed for
_ - yEARs0to YE3�R�gg
ti
and Burned.. Lost
Itched
Cuticura Heals.
Sleep.e
"My face was affectedwith pimples
for about three years. They were
hard and. red, and festered
and scaled over. Thepim-
burned
Pes itched and b
1
causing me to scratch and
irritate them, and I lost
many a night's sleep on
account of the irritation.
" I read an advertise-
ment for Cuticura Soap and Oirit-
went and sent for a free sample which
helped ire so I purchased more, and
after using four cakes of Soap with
the Ointment, Iwas healed." (Signed)
Miss Martha Theusch, R. 2, Box 45,
Vining, Minn.
Give Cuticura Soap, Ointment and
Talcum the care of your skin.
Sample Each rr,eb7Man. Addreseo''Lyman.,rSaa-
tied, Ste St. Paul St;, W., Montreal. Sold overt' -
where. SoapMe. Ointment 26 and50e. Taleum26e.
Cuticura Soap shaven without mug.
the
rest of th.e da .
mes I would, have to walk the floor. I
suffered in this wayuntil' a friend in-
duced me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. I have had very
satisfactory results so far and am
rec-ommending the Vegetable Compound to
my friends. I surely ani glad I tried
it for I feel like a different person now
that I don 't have these troubles..
ODBLIAAOLMBERG,Box 93,Viking, Alta.
Letters like this establish the merits
of Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Com-
I pound. They tell' of the relief from such
pains and ailments after taking it.
Lydia E. Pinkhain's Vegetable Com-
pound, made fromnativerootsandherbs,
contains no narcotic or harmful drugs,
and today holds the record of being the
most successful remedy for female ills
in this country, and thousands of vol
untary testimonials prove this fact.
If you doubt that Lydia E. Pinkham's •
Vegetable Compound will help .you,
write to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medi
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• Pinkham's private test -book and learn
more about At, 0
Doesn't hurt a bit! Drop a little
''Freezone'.cit an aching dorsi, instant•
ly that corn stops hurting; then shortl7
Yea ;lift it right off with fllapers. Title!
Yo*r druggist sells' a tidy bottle of
°';l!'reesone" for a few colts, auilteient
td remove every hard tort,, soft corn,
et 'core between the toes, and the cal-
tii'sAis, wi;hottt soreness or irritation.
ISSUE No. 26—'23.
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'UNLESS you see the name "Bayer" on tablets, yogi
are not getting Aspirin at all
Accept only an "unbroken package" of "Ilayer Tablets of
Aspirin," which contains directions and dose worked out by
physicians during 22 years and proved safe by millions for
Colds Headache Rheumatism
toothache Neuralgia Neuritis
Earache , a.. ` Lumbago • Pain, Pain
Moldy "Bayer" boxes of 1'L tablets4-,Alec bottles of 24: and 100= -Druggists.
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