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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1921-02-18, Page 3441.'4131:.��1:1;; - and More Hogs ! That is a money -taking Slogan for farmers. You can sell all the hop you raise, sure of good returns. If you need an advance to replenish your stock Consult the Manager. We are glad to assist responsible progressive ° farmers who are wide-awake to good opportunities. err THE DOMINION BANK. SEAFORTH BRANCH, - R. M. JONES, Manager. SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT.' l4 E HURON EXPOSITOR DISTRICT MATTHRB NOTHING TO EQUAL BAUY'el OWN TABLETS Mrs, George Lefebvre, St. Zenon, Que., writes: "I do not think there is any other medicine to equal Baby's Own Tablets for little ones. I have used them for my baby and would use nothing else." What Mrs. Lefebvre says thousands of other mothers say. They have found by trial that the Tablets always do just what is claimed for them, The Tab- lets are a mild but thorough laxative which regulate the bowels and sweet- en the stomach and thus banish indi- gdstion constipation, colds, colic, etc. They are sold by medicine deal- ers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr, Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. NAPOLF.OINIC WARS BEGAN EYE SURGERY. Little was known concerning the surgery of the eye in Great Britain until the expedition into Egypt under Sir Ralph Abercrombie took place following the advance of the French into the land of the pyramids led by Napoleon Bonaparte. The British troops, says the New York Medical Journal, became the victim' of con- tagious ophthalmia, then and now widely prevalent in that country, and 'brought back the scourge into Great Britain. Incapaciated from further fulfilling their military duties, the disease was spread by these men throughout the length and breadth of the land. Serious study of the eye then began. —�- TRE MITHERLESS BAIRN When aw ither Bairnies are hushed to their harne By aunties or daddie or frecky grand dame, Wha stands last and lanely and swirly perfairn 'Tis the pair dowey laddie, the Mither- less Bairn. The Mitherless Bairnie creeps to his lane bed. N'ane covers his caul back nor hapes his bare head, Bis wee hachit heelies are hard as the airn And lithless the pair, 0! the Mither- less Bairn. Alone in his couch, sick, and dreams over ther Oh hands that wont kindly to kame his dark hair. But mourniet' brings clutches, ah, reckless and stern, Wha couthlessley deal wai the Mith- erless Bairn. Wm. B. McLean, Egmondville, Can. DRUMMOND'S UNPUBLISHED POEM (Boston Transcript). It seems that OUT charming Can- adian guest of a few years ago, Dr. Drummond the poet who has time' mortalized the 'habitant" dialect, gave to his friend, Walter Brackett, the trout painter (they were fond companions of the fishing pool), while Isere in Boston last, a copy of the verses which he recited in the studio with tears streaming down his face, and which, becausethey commemorate the poet's own son, Mr. Brackett has thought too sacred and intimate of the author. They are published here es an affectionate tribute to the gift- ed lover of things "both, great and small:" An' slippery log lyin' ev'ryw'ere, De swamp in de valley, de mountain, too, But climb it jus' as I use to do. Don't atop on de road, for I need no rest', So long as Ws dere, de leetle pr'ite dress— An' I fuller it on, an' wance In a w'il'e He turn again wit' de baby smile, An' say,. Dear fader, I'm here, you aee We're bote togeder, jus' you an' Inc. Very dark to you. but to me it's light, De road we travel so far to-night— "De boas on de camp w'ere I always stay Since ever de tam I was go away, He welcome de poores' man dat call, But love de chil'ren de bes' of all— So dat's reason I apik for you, An' come to -night for to bring you troo." Lak de young Jesu w'en he's here be- low De face of my leetle son look jus' so— Den off beyon' on de wood I see De w'ite dress fading among de tree— Was it a dream I dream las' night Is goin' away on de mornin' light? WHAT DOCTORS USUALLY DIE FROM. Even these enemies of death, the doctors, must die. How well do they resist the adversary? The Journal of the American Medical Association gives an interesting set of figures for the year just past. Of 2,272 Phy- sicians dying in the United Sautes and Canada during 1920, whose age was stated, 37 were under 30; 174 be- tween 31 and 40; 351 between, 1 and 50; 463 between 51 and 60; 541 be- tween 61 and 70; 435 between 71 and l0; 208 between 81 and 90, and 19 between 91 and 100. The greatest number of deaths for a given rage occurred at 53 and 64 years, at each of which ages 65 deaths were noted. Causes of Death.—General diseases accounted for 257 deaths; diseases of [the nervous system, 271; diseases of the circulatory system, 404; diseases of the respiratory system, 266; dis- eases of the digestive system, 70; diseases of the genittourinary sys- tem, 154; senility, 77; suicide, 32; accidents, 102; homicide, 14; and se- quels of surgical operations, 74. The principal aasigned causes of death from disease and their frequency were: Organic heart disease, 236; cerebral hemorrhage,214; pneumonia, 186; nephritis and uraemia, 42; mal- ignant tumors, 91; tubercolosis, 59; angina, pectoris, 50; pneumonia-tn- fluenza, 37; arteriosclerosis, 33; my- ocarditis, 34; septicaemia, 31; influ- enza. 29• diabetes,' 28; meningitis, 17; cirroftosis of the liver and acute' dilation of the heart, each 16; endo- carditis and anaemia, each 15; peri- tonitis, 12; and appendicitis and gas- tritis, each 11. THE DREAM. Las' night w'en I'm sleeping I dream a dream, An' a wonderful wan it seem— For I'm off on de road I was never see. Too long an' hard for a man lak me, So ole he can only wait de call Is sooner or latdr come to all. De night is dark an' de portage dere Is narrow, wit' log lyin' ev'ry w'ere, _Black bush aroun' on de right an' lei", A step from de road, an' you los' you rs'f ; De moon an' de Star above is gone, Yet something, tell me I mus' go on. An' off in front of me as I go, Light as a dreef of de fallin' snow, ;Who is date leettc boy dancin' there? Can see bees w'ite dress an' curly hair, Can almos' touch heem so near to me, In an' net dere among de tree— An, den Pm heat•in' a voice is say, Come along, fader, don't min' de way, De boas on de camp is sen' for you, 50 you' lettle boy is goin' to 'guide you troo; It's easy for me, for de road I know, `Cos I travel it many a year ago." An' 0! Mon Dieu! w'en he turn bees head I'm seem' de fare of ma boy is dead— Dead wi' de young blood in Kees vein, An' dere before me he come again, Wit' de curly hair an' dark blue Aye, SO ink de blue on de summer sky— An' now no more for de road I care, HOW TO SAFEGUARD YOUR DIGESTION The Blood Should Constantly Be Kept Rich and Pure. If you suffer from any form of in- digestion, your diet should be care- fully chosen. Over -eating is always harmful, but at the same time one must take enough food to supply the reeds of the blood. It must be re- membered that 'the blood has to carry nourishment to every part of the body, find fuel. for its energy and defences against disease, as well as the requisite juices for digestion. Bence when the blood becomes weak and fails to do its work, indigestion ,arises; also when indigestion begins the blood still further suffers. There- fore, to safeguard your digestion, the blood should be kept rich and free from impurities. For more than a third of a century Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have been a favorite tonic for enriching the blood and strengthen- ing the nerves. If, therefore, you find yourself troubled with indiges- tion, or other ailments due to weak, watery blood, you will find Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills both safe and effec- tive. The value of this medicine in cases of stomach trouble in shown by the experience of Mrs. J. Lewis, Lake George, N. S., who says: "I suf- fered relwith indigestion. fered very severely I had severe pains in the stomach after every meal. I had a loathing for food, my rest at night was very much disturbed, and my general health was declining. I was under a doctor's care, but did not find any improvement. Reading of what Dr. Williams' Pink Pills had done in a similar case I decided to try them, with the result that after giving them a fair trial, my general health was improved, and all symptoms of the indigestion that had afflicted me disappeared. I feel very grateful to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for saving me from so much misery." You can get Dr. Williams' Pink Pills through any medicine dealer, or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. tee -- 1.114.1E:etiljtc"' if htrc' 9e1£a WAY, x Picture o# Victorian Era MOND recent English' puhil- • of Ions there is none which will afford the reader keener delight than "The Days Be- ., i e terday," by Lord Frederick Ilan.!: un, an Engtltih diplomat. With dclicluus wit and in perfect good taste the 8uthor paints a vivid picture of the Victorian era as he found It In his youth and the changes under suer r ceding monarchs up to 1920, at tonne and abroad, In private society and In public life. The book is as clean, Meaty and wholesome as a sea nrecze, and will be welcomed as an i tvigutytting tunic by those who have baso nauseated with egotistical reln- .niscenc,s of the vulgar "smart set" aural the pillie of literary self-adver- tolet,,, There are nu musty scandals rece4ttione." Private letters and envoi -,00118 are respected. The :u•l ity of personal friendship Is sertipitetesly observed, and there is cu stleg in the aanteutg personal itnectimes • with which the book >dnnnuis. It will probably prove a snrpri,e 10 those Canadians who de, - Ice their conceptions of the hill hitt nrislnr•racy front the U.S. popular magazine and the movie "Whim," but it will at least partly explain to many the enduring gla:1ities of that aeristoeraey. The author, who was turn in 1856, Is the thirteenth child of a fatuity of fourteen of the Duke of Abereurn. Ile to a nephew of Lord John Russell, and a brother-in- law of Lord Lansdowne, Governor- t:et rel ut Canada from 1883 to 188$ After spending his childhood in a vast mansion In Ulster, he went with his family to Chesterfield House, London, whither most of the political celebrates of the day paid frequent baits, Disraeli and the fuurth Earl of Aberdeen among others. The lat- ter wan nicknamed, on account of his peculiar complexion and pock- marked face, "001 'Brown Bread" b7 the Irreverent Abc•rcorn children. Another ,lose friend and frequent visitor was the famous artist, Lattd- seer, who notonly painted many por- traits of the family, bot who drew the original sketches for his great pictures, "The.Sancutary." "The Challenge," and "'file Monarch of the Glen" upon the bare whitewashed walls of "Ardverlkie," the Abercorns' residence in Scotland. Queen Victoria was also on intimate terms with them, and used often to stay with the family, and the author relates many amusing stories of what took place on these oecasions. He de- scribes the Queen's tastes as being "ry simple and unaffected, and stales that Iter outstanding character- istics were her very sound roomers sense and her shrewdness• in judg- ment in all affairs. Lord Frederick greatly admired the then Princess of Wales (Queen Alexandra) Inc her graces of person and character, and Ills how once in 1885 she drove right miles in bad weather to visit a mortally ill child who had been die- :,ppointed in seeing the princess at a Sunday School festival. He laments the prevailing absence of courtesy and deference among the younger people of the present day, and pro- claims himself a "confirmed and un- repentant Vietorian." After a preparatory training at a rural srhool in Hertfordshire he went to Harrow, of which, he draws un interesting picture. Following this, being destined for the Diploma- tic Service, he was sent to France and to Germany to perfect himself in modern languages and to learn some- thing of the people. He entered the Foreign (ILce In 1878, and served in all quarters of the world—the Con- tinent, China, Africa, Canada and India. He was secretary to Lord Dufferin in Petrograd, and'was in Ot- tawa with his brother-in-law, Lord Lansdowne, when Governor-General. He speaks'with unstinted admiration of Ottawa, Quebec and Montreal. He 'visited Niagara with a friend In Sep- tember, 1884, and observing an in- scription below the Falls that "Wil- liam Greufoll, Taplow Court, Eng- land, swam Niagara at this spot," the two at once stripped and also swam the Niagara river, and an exhausting job they found el! Of Canada he says: "One thing I can say with confi- dence. No one who makes a winter journey to that land of sunshine and snow, with its energetic, pleasant and hospitable inhabitants will ever regret it, and the wayfarer will re- turn home with the consciousness of having been in contact with an in- tensely virile race, only now begtn- ning to realize its own strength." From beginning to end there runs a ripple of mirth through the vol- ume. It is a bright picture of a class of English society which combines breeding, brains and brawn, and which was laudably conspicuous in the front ranks of the Great War. The frontispiece of the hook et a portrait of -Louisa, Duchess of Aber - corn, in her ninety-first year, holding in her lap the sturdy grandson of her grandson. And among the many de- lightful sketches drawn by the author certainly one of the hest is his de- scription of his father and mother in their old age. They were simple, hos- pitable, God-fearing folk, who loved field sports of all kinds, who detested tublicitr, who alwayss had famtl 7 prayers, and observed Sunday strlct- Iy, never dining out or entertaining on that. day In order that the servants might have a day of rest. In the evenings they plaited chess together or sang old-fashioned duals in an immense drawing -room. When the duchess was 86 she was once dis- covered by her maid walking about the garden on stilts Inc the instruc- tion of her great-grandson. On an- other occasion she was missed and later discovered in ,'ui piny w th a stable boy, both armed with s watching e le into which tfn g a r, t- ha n ferret had just, been liberated. She read fine print by lamplight until she was 90, and lived to be 93, and to pita/ with her grandson's grandson! ) Scotland has a machinery manufac- turing plant operated exclusively by women. ES STILL ome New Prices on Nigh -'rade FLANNELETTE 19c Fancy striped Flannelette in attractive designs; good quality, 28 inches wide. Reduced to 19c. WHITE COTTON, 19c Pure snowy white cotton 36 inches wide, extra good quality. Reduced to 19c. FACTORY 'COTTON 15c Excellent quality, good weight. Clean, new. Reduced to 15c. a LL -�]•i GOODS NEW GINGHABlifk, C' Better quality in all the new wanted -' bra and patterns. Reduced to 394 . _. PRINTS—Just Arrived, 25c New Patterns, improved quality; light or dark colors. Reduced to 25e, 30c and 35c. OXFORD SHIRTING, 35c Good heavy weight, new patterns; new qualities. Reduced to 35c. - New Dress Goods and Silks We are taking special pride these days in showing the New Silks and Dress Goods. They are very attractive on account of the unusual Good Quality, but more attractive than all is the unusually Low Prices for Cloths of this Quality. HAI'BITI SILK. In all shades in excellent quality, 36 inches wide. New Price $1.25. PALLETTE SILK. In Millers of every shade, rich satin finish. New Price $2.25. TAFFETA SILK. The season's most popular cloth, 36 inches wide. Black and all col- ors. New Price $2.00 to $3.00 DUCHESS SILK. 111 Black ,and all the leading colors. New Price, $3.00. Work Clothes For Men OVERALLS.—Heaviest weight .Peabodys or Snag Proof, black or stripe, with bib or pant style, gener- ously cut. Excellently made, com- fortable fit—all sizes. Reduced to $2.39. SMOCKS.—Same as above, all sizes. Reduced to $2.39 WORK SOX.—Wool and Cotton mixture dark grey winter weight. Reduced to 19c. Mien's Snits At Reduced Prices Blue Serge Suits, all wool, guaran- teed dyes, fine twill, well made, good lining. All sizes. Reduced to $38.00. Men's Worsted Suits of the cele- brated Forbes Worsted Cloth. Best linings. Perfect fit. All sizes. Reduced to $35.00. Special Men's Suits, odd lines. Many Suits as high as $86.00 to clear Reduced to $19.00. STEWART BROS., - Seaforth WHO WAS ST. VALENTINE? The origin of St. Valentine's day is shrouded in mystery. No one knows just why February the fourteenth has come to be set apart as a day for exchanging those missives, either flattering or otherwise, known as "valentines." One thing is certain, however, and that is that St. Valen- tine wan not responsible for the cus- tom. There are two St. Valentines men- tioned in history. Roth were bishops of the early church. The first Bishop Valentine was choked to death by a fish bone. The faithful Catholics of Italy and Germany pray to him to cure epilepsy. Surely this saint could not be responsible for the establish- ment of the present-day valentine customs. The other St. Valentine may be con- sidered but indirectly responsible for the things which are perpetrated in his name. This good saint was also n Bishop of Rome in the third cen- tury. During the reign of Claudius he was persecuted and became a martyr for his religion. He had been thrown into prison and while there he cured the keeper's daughter of blind- ness. For this kind act, he was beaten with clubs and then beheaded. His remains repose in the eiturch of St. Praxedes in Rome. What, then, was the origin of Val- entine day if neither of these two saints whose name it bears are re- sponsible for it? It is quite probable that the custom of choosing valentines had its origin in an old pagan cere- mony celebrated in honor of Februato ,Tuno during the feast of the Luper- calia which was held in ancient Rome in the month of February. It appears that the Roman youths were accustomed to draw by lot the names of Roman maidens. The draw- ing was then followed by ceremonies not unlike the modern game of for- feits. When the good fathers of the church came into power in Rome, they tried to do away with this pagan custom. When they found that to be impnsaible they substituted the names of saints for those of girls in the drawing. The saint which fell to the lot of the youth in the drawing was to be especially emulated during the following year. It happened that the anniversary of Rt.. Valentine's birth fell upon the fourteenth of February and that day WAR chosen for the festival. The customs of the Roman youth were not to be changed so easily, how- ever, and soon the names of the saints were forgotten on the billets and the names of the girls again appeared. s This custom of drawing one's val- entine by lot was prevalent in Eng- land and Scotland during the four- teenth century. At this time girls as well as boys drew lots for their true valentines. The young men were accustomed to wear the billets on their sleeves and to make special efforts to entertain and please the young girls whose names they had drawn. Frequently this game ended in the valentine falling in love with and marrying one another. There• 't superstition is an ancien p that the birds select. their mates upon this day and that the first person of the oppnsite sex met on Valentine morning is destined to be the future spouse. 11. was but a short step from the choosing of valentine by lot to the deliberate choice of a particular per- son as the valentine. it. was not until the nineteenth cen- tury, however, that the valentine mis- sives as we know them came into use. The first valentines were writ- ten upon thick sheets of gilt-edged paper and carried to their destination by special messengers. The first printed valentines were gaudy affairs, but they were, no doubt, none the less appreciated for all that. The ladies were represented as being clothed in scarlet gowns and green nr blue seewls, while the gen)emaa invariably wore lavender yellow waistcoats, and grrennsea crimson cravats. It is only during comparatively 'lu- cent rwcent years that the modem senti- mental missives sod the comic tribu- lations have come into use. _ Ul5E2 'PP "Caiifcr' Svrup of Figs" is Ch'rd's. f':,s.t Laxative newer,' 't'atiforeia" nr you may not tee the genuine -'California Syrup of)° "-- wbirh rlertore recant I 111111 fee ,•.1 ,•hildts'n of all agog_ Nothing el,.-L..te. the little 'bowels 171d1 legelntte ,•, .•i,. ids atemech and liver , gently. thoroughly. Directions en each le tt.!e But yon roust say, "C4difnrc,o'' i>"n't he talked into an imitation fie ',y,- i, which hasn't the rleliri,.'i t tri ity ratite or the perfect "laxative phyete" station.