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month from Xi,. says. t+u 8 p.m. The O. A. O. No. 104 Is w Proven
alllee S' - -t, Sea% Strutterd. Success — Other Experimental
Taste suggested—All Material Is
Supplied Free o1 Charge --•-A
Chance for Enterprising Farmers.
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of Ontario Veterinary
liege( University of Toronto. All
eaaes of domestic animals treated
:.S, ' moat modern principles.
Ja x -seasonable. Day or night
Ra11# promptly attemi'`e rto. Office on
Main Street, Hensau, opposite Town
Ma Phone 116.
LEGAL
R. H. BAYS.
Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer and
Rotary Public. Solicitor for the Do-
Waliion Bank. Office in rear of the Do-
nelnton Bank, Seaforth. Money to
BEST & BEST
Barristers, Solicitors, Convey -
=Ore and Notaries Public, Etc.
Oldie in the Edge Building, opposite
Mit Expositor Office.
i I ROUDFOOT, KILLORAN AND
HOLMES
Barristers. Solicitors, Notaries Pub -
de, etc. Money to lend. In Seaforth
SD Monday of each week. Office in
Kind Block W. Proudfoot, H -C., J.
L Kalman, B. E. Holmes.
VETERINARY
F. HARBURN, V. 8.
Honorgraduate of Ontario Veterin-
ary College, and honorary member of
the Medical Association of the Ontario
Veterinary College. Treats diseases of
all domestic animals by the most mod-
em principles. D tistry and Milk
hum a specialty Office oppouto
Dick's Hotel, Mainletreet. Seaford'.
All orders left at the hotel will re-
aaive prompt attention. Night calls
Iewlved at the office
JOHN GRIEVE. V. 8.
Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin-
ary College. All diseases of domestic
animals treated. Calls promptly at-
tended to and charges moderate. Vet-
erinary Dentistry a specialty. Office
and residence on Goderich street, one
door east of Dr. Scott's office, Sea-
forrh.
MEDICAL
DR. G. W. DUFFIN
Hensall, Ontario.
Office over Joynt's Block; phone
114; Office at Walker House, Bruce -
field on Tuesday and Friday: hours
2 to 5 p.m.; phone No. 31-142. Grad-
uate of the Faculty of Medicine,
Western University, London. Mem-
ber of the College of Physicians and
surgeons of Ontario. Post -Graduate
member of Resident Staffs of Receiv-
ing and Grace Hospitals, Detroit, for
18 months. Pont -Graduate member
of Resident Staff ism Midwifery at
Herman Kiefer Hospital, Detroit, for
three months.
DR. A. NEWTON-BRADY
Bayfield.
Graduate Dublin University, Ire-
land. Late Extern Assistant Master
Rotunda Hospital for Women and
Children, Dublin. Office at residence
lately occupied by Mrs. Parsons.
Hours, 9 to 10 a.m., 6 to 7 p.m.
Sundays, 1 to 2 p.m. 2866-26
DR. J. W. PECK
Graduate of Faculty of Medicine
McGill University, Montreal; member
K College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Ontario; Licentiate of Medical Coun-
cil of Canada; Post -Graduate Member
et Resident Medical staff of General
Hospital/ Montreal, 1914-15; Oi9ce, 2
Mors east of Post Office. Phone 56.
Horan. Ontario.
DR. F. J. BURROWS
Office and residence, Goderieb street
east of the Methodist church, Seafortk
Phone 46, Coroner for the County of
Mayon.
DR. C. MACKAY
C. Mackay honor graduate of Trio.
Sy University, and gold medallist of
Trinity Medical College; member of
On College of Physicians and Sur-
geons of Ontario.
DR. H. HUGH ROSS
Graduate of University of Toronto
Faculty of Medicine, member of Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons of
Ontario; pass graduate coursed in
Chlca'go Clinical School of Chicago;
B.oyal Ophthalmic Hospital, London,
England; University Hospital, Lon-
don, England. Office—Back of Do-
ednion Bank, Reaforth. Phone No. 6,
Eight mills ansivered from reddeuce,
Vfetorla street, Seaforth:
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AUCTIONEERS
THOMAS BROWN
Ideenaed adctioaeer for the counties
it Huron and Perth. Correspondence
ativingements for sale dates can be
Blade by calling up phone 97, Seaforth
a The Expositor Office. Charges mod.
- state and satisfaction guaranteed.
Honor Graduate Carey Jones' Na-
tional School of Auctioneering, Chi -
FSpecial course taken in Pure
ed Live Stock, Real Estate, Mor-
ndiee and Farm Sales. Rates in
t{
wltk prevailing vailin market Sat.
tion 'assured. Write or wire,
ear Klopp, Zurich, Ont. Phone
B. 2866.62
R. T. LUKER
*lletloneer for the deanth
Sited ended te
9.at Sevenledge elk. k.
-Henitobi and Qaska
��d�iytebna 1e
Pilot* NO.
itrillle P. O. R.
left at Tile Enron
a etortk,:. promptly.
ICoutnbuted by Ontario Department of
Agriculture, Toronto.)
The market value of the winter
wheat of Ootarto amounts to over
fifteen million dollars annually. It
is, therefore, one of the most import-
; ant of the money crops of the Pro-
vince. The acreage of winter wheat
,during the past year has been about
'toe same as the average annual
acreage for the past forty years.
There Is not a county or district in
Ontario In which winter wheat Is not
grown, although in New Ontario the
average annual amount is not more
than about 20,000 bushels. Owing to
the comparative low price of winter
wheat et present, strict attenUon
should be given to economic methods
,and to large yields.
'O. A. O. No. 104 a Carefully Chosen
The Dawson's Golden Chaff is still
the variety most largely grown ac-
cording to the December Bulletin or
the Ontario Department of Agricul-
ture for 1922. With the object of
''securing even a Netter variety, crosses
have been made at the Ontario Agri
cultural College between the Daw-
son's Golden Chaff and some other
varieties, such as, Tasmania Red,
Crimean Red, Turkey Red, Buda
Pesth, Imperial Amber, and Bulgar-
ian. A new variety has been origin-
ated at the College by crossing the
Dawson's Golden Chaff and the Bul-
garian, and this la now known as the
0. A. C. No. 104. In both the Col-
lege and the co-operative tests this
new variety has made an etcellent
record, surpassing the Dawson's
Golden Chaff inbothyield and qual-
ity of grain. It la a white wheat, and
resembles the Bulgarian In possess-
ing a white chaff and the Dawson's
Golden Chaff In a beardless head. It
1s a vigorous grower, and has been
leas subject to winter -killing than the
Dawson's Golden Chaff.
The Value of Using Good Seed.
It is also Important to use seed of
high quality. The results of six
years' experiments at the College,
show an average increase in yield of
grain per acre of 6.8 bushels from
large as compared with email seed,
of 7.8 bushels from plump as com-
pared with shrunken seed, and of
35.6 bushels from Bound as com-
pared with broken seed. Seed which
was allowed to become thoroughly
ripened before It was cut produced a
greater yield of both grain and straw,
and a heavier weight of grain per
measured bushel than that produced
from wheat which was cut at any one.
of four earlier stages of maturity. Id
each of two years when winter wheat
was sprouted In the Heide, germina-
tion tests of the grain were made.
The following results e)low the aver-
age percentage of germination from
each selection: Skin over germ, un-
broken, 94; skin over germ, broken,
76; sprouts one-quarter Inch long,
30; and sprouts one inch long, 18.
Not only was the sprouted wheat low
in germination but the plants pro-
duced were very uneven In size.
White Wheats vs. the Red Varieties
White, wheats as compared with
red wheats yield more grain per acre,
possess stronger straw, weigh a little
less per measured bushel, are slightly
softer in the grain, are more useful
In the manufacture of shredded
wheat and of pastry, and furnish a
somewhat weaker flour for bread pro-
duction.
-Winter wheat which was grown on
clover sod yielded much better than
that which was grown on timothy
sod, and' that which was grown on
land on which field pease were used
as a green manure yielded 6.6
bushels of wheat per acre more than
that grown on land on which buck-
wheat was used as a green manure.
Several Experimental Union Tests to
Choose From.
in time for seeding this autumn,
valuable material will be sent out
from the College to those farmers re-
siding in Ontario who wish to con-
duct experiments upon their own
farms through the medium of the
i):xperlmental Union. The material
will be supplied, free of charge, to
those who wish to conduct the ex-
periments and report the results in
the early autumn of 1924. Any On-
tario farmer may apply for the ma-
terial for any one of the following
seven experiments: (1) Three choice
varieties of Winter Wheat (including
O. A. C. No. 104); (2) One variety
of Winter Rye and one of Winter
Wheat; (3)- Spring applications of
five Fertilizers with Winter Wheat;
(4) Autumn and Spring applications
of Nitrate of Soda and Common Salt
with Winter Wheat; (5) Winter Em -
mar and Winter Barley; (6) Hairy
Vetches and Winter Rye as fodder
crops; (7) Mixtures of Winter Rye
and Hairy Vetches for seed pro-
duction.
The size of each plot Is to be one
rod wide by two rods- long. Fertil-
izere will be vent by express for Ex -
Pertinent No. 4 this Autumn, and foe
Experiment
Nunmber 3 next Spring.
All seed will be sent by mall except
that for Number 4 which w9.1 accom-
pany the fertilizers. The material
will be sent out In the order In which
the applications are recelved; and' as
long as the supply lasts.—C. A.
Zavitz, 0. A. C., Guelph.
'If you are going to do anything
permanent for the average man, you
must begin before he 12'ha man. Thq
chance of success Iles In working with
,tbe boy; and not with the maul" --
Thee Rook -wait.
•
Keep your temper. Alabama'tnan
broke his arm hitting a fly.—Water-
down Standard.,
A deep;rtahh fro titlitCa, d
San' uia Foteldt ,10�i9,94:-ea a, '$arid
lugs and streets in the oils- a film
ous mining town,.of Catoroe are be
jng torn up and the materia}; in them
run through stills. and made a-ryle'ld
rich returns in silver.- There is also
a revival of mining operations in a
number of the- old properties. For
more than two centuries the mines of
Catorce were the largest producers of
silver in Mexico. The dumps of the
old mines are rich in silver values.
One of these dumps which is now be-
ing worked over is estimated to con-
tain more than one million dollars
silver, which may be obtained .by
modern process of extraction.
The history of the Catorce mines
dates into the lbgendary past. There
is a vague story of fourteen robbers
who used the mountain for a atrong-
hold. The quaintness and inaccessi-
bility of the ancient town hat sur-
rounded it with a halo not possessed
Ty any other place in the republic.
Like the two other of the famous
trio of old Mexican silver mines,
Guanajuato and Zacatecas, Catorce is
situated in a cup in the mountains
not unlike a funnel. The roof at one
h'ou'se is the patio of the next. There
is no wheeled vehicle in the town.
A long tunnel through the mountain
serves as a highway for the bring-
ing out of the ores, and through this
tunnel there is a mule power tram-
way.
Would Like To
Shout from the
Housetops.
THAT' IS HOW MR. HURNDALL
FEELS ABOUT DRECO, THE
FAMOUS HEALTH BUILDER,
THAT GAVE HiM THE RESULTS
HE HAD BEEN SEEKING FOR
YEARS.
Mr. Arthur F. Hurndall, a Salesman
of Long Branch, Ont., gives all the
credit to Dreco for his relief from
terrible suffering caused by stom-
ach, kidneys and liver that would
not function properly. Here is his
story, which he says himself he
would like to shout from the top of
the tallest building in Toronto, so
that people might hear and profit
thereby.
"My stomach was out of order. Af-
ter eating, my food seemed to sdur
and I would double up with cramps.
I -had so much gas on my stomach
that I would gasp for breath. My
Byer became'sluggish and I was very
restless, arising in the morning_ tired
out after the night of tossing around.
I had no energy or life to do any-
thing. Catarrh in my nose also trou-
bled me and caused me much dis-
comfort and embarrassment. My
blood was impure and I often had
pimples. Constipation kept my sys-
tem in a poisoned condition and .I be-
came so run-down that friends com-
mented on my appearance.
"My case was of several years'
standing, during which I tried almost
everything without results, until I
heard about Direca Have only taken
four bottles, but a big improvement
is noticeable. I feel like a new man.
I can eat anything and digest it
without being troubled with cramps
or ,agonizing gas. My' system feels
clean and I feel and look much health-
ierI also sleep like a baby now.
' I am trying to make plain what
my troubles were and what Dreco
has done for me, for the benefit of
other sufferers and only hope that
they, will give this wonderful medi-
cine an opportunity to help them as
it helped me."
eco's wonderful corrective and
tonic properties come from herbs,
root$, bark and leaves. It acts on
the Stomach and aids digestion, a-
rouses a sluggish liver, strengthens
the kidneys, corrects constipation and
impritves the health generally. Why,
suffer when this reliable medicine is
at your elbow?
Dreco is being specially introduced
in Seaforth by Chas. Aherhart, and is
sold by a good druggist everywhere.
WESTERN CROP REPORT NOT
SO BRIGHT.
In its fifth crop report of the sea-
son, "The Manitoba Free Press," says
that "the exceedingly favorable pros-
pects that have been maintained
throughout the summer have to a
considerable extent vanished during
the past three weeks.
"While conditions in Alberta," con-
tinues the report, "are still very fav-
orable and the best crops since 1915
is anticipated, the crops in Saskat-
chewan have suffered deterioration
from rust, heat and too much mois-
ture, until now conditions would point
that not much more than a fair av-
erage crop on the while will be hnt•tt-
eeted."
In Manitoba the loss caused by rust,
heat and saw -fly h$s been very heavy,
practically every district being more
or leas affected, and in the central
and southern areas reports received
from correspondents would indicate
that the good yields promised three
weeks ago have been cut fully in
half.
• Wheat cutting will not be general
in Manitoba for another week or ten
days. The damage from black rust
in the Province has been undoubtedly
serious, says the report, the loss be-
ing estimated from slight to 60 per
cent. The great majority of Mani-
toba correspondents report that the
heads are not filling to the top. The
saw -fly also has taken its toll, and
apparently is worse in the western
part of the Provinee. Labor is scarce
in some districts, with wages from
$8.50 to $4 per day.
In Saskatchewan wheat cutting was
general about August 20th. The
crop varies greatly, but the majority
of the crop correapoudetits *era
Lab, , 'WOOS
m L8rb 1 9}' dee,
'ta t40 i `le rerY e8 -
stated tiff port The
practlee(ll f',dtg fremtruat
and ds are,onsthe while, being
weU.} (` There had been very 41it-
tle ria,,. from graaahoppera and
hail I "� g shouiid' be general by
August is or 26th,, bloat dfatriots
t eporii( . bur shortage, wages being
from $4.50 per. day.
Harvej)tl prospects . in northern
Saskatcltewap are particularly prom-
ising f0r.,One of the beaviest yields
in its 'hisfery, stales the annual crop
report is,Rsiled by The Prince Albert
Herald. ''here has been remarkable
immunity from darifage, and a eon-
servativaestimate places- the wheat
yield at between 25 and 30 bushels
to the acre. Harvest will be general
about the middle of the month, the
report states.
The September issue of Rod and
Gun in Canada contains a wealth of
information and. amusement for the
sportsman,. "The Clerical Fishing
Party"- by the Rev. W. A. Bradley is
an original account of a real trip,
while there is a practical article en
making use of the birch bark. "I3y
Canoe 'Through the Wilda of Quebec"
by Alfred Keator is an interesting
account of a novel route, while Bon-
nycastle Dale, and F. N. Williams
have contributed two good stories.
The last Close Call of Martin Hunt-
er is contained in this issue while a
table showing the Game Seasons for
1923 will prove of interest to all
sportsmen. Robert Page Lincoln has
a fishing department of interest,
while C.. S. Landis, W. C. Motley, F.
H. Walker and J. W. Winson have
their regular contributions all up to
the standard. Guns and Ammunition
in the Se)3tember issue is particular-
ly large/and interesting, while an
article on, the North American Buffa-
lo -and a story by H. Mortimer Bat-
ten complete a particularly good
number.
aredi"• t VrGQ kedpF
da, r
LattilmiBe fi 1ta Sheep a6ata
ill •Southern Ol e .a t :nowtpratltle
ly finished and t to t ,c% 4s ,a
mpp, at 66Q,000 ands, • pr1y
all the clip be in atl(!
through the gtaWwFa' ;6Rro er'st: Ye ae
soeiatmle, tll@;Canediait Wool G1,'oW5
era' Co-operative. ,A;asociation.
Toronto, Ont Authorized a pitat
of $28,256 000 is represented blr'oom-.
ponies whose incorporations were re`
ported during the week ended on
July glut, compared with $1$,492,000
for the same week last year... , Do
minion incorporations accounted" for
$70,000• British, Columbia, $8x],10,000;
Manitoba, $215,000; Ontario, $9,690,-
000; Quebec, $14,897,000, and Sae-
katchewan, $144,000. -
Regina, Sask.—Saskatchewan now
requires 32,000,000 bushels of _grain
each year to sown an average crop-
ped area of approximately 21,000,000
acres, according to M. P. Tullis, field.
Crops commissioner. Two-thirds of
the seed -needed, or 20,000,000 bushels
is wheat, while the balance is large-
ly oats, amounting to 10,000,000 bush-
els. Rye comes third, with about 1,-
000,000 bushels; barley, 700,000, and
flax, 3Q0,000.
Calgary, Alta.—The great new
Mormon temple 'at Cardston, Alta.,
costing more than $1,000100l was
closed to the publie on August 15th
and will be dedicated on August 26th.
It is reported to contain in its con-
struction every wood mentioned in
the Bible.
PRESERVING PEACHES
Canning.
Use firm, uniform fruit. Soft ones
are good" for jams, etc. Blanch in
boiling water one minute and cold
dip for a few seconds to remove
skins. Cut peaches in halves, re-
move pits and pack, overlapping
each other, with rounded side up.
Use 20 or 3o per cent. syrup (2 or
5i4 pounds of sugar to four quarts
of water) in which a few broken
kernels have been cooked. Process
in hot water bath 215 -to 30 minutes ;
or under pressure, five pounds only,
tgn minutes.
Variations..
- Slice peaches. Combine with fresh-
ly cooked pineapple.
Jelly.
Peath lacks the necessary acid, so
combine the juice with equal quan-
tities of sour crabapple juice (third
extraction will do)._or with enough
lemon juiceto giVF it as decided an
acid taste as tart apple. Use three -
fourth as much. sugar as combined
juices.
Jam.
Peel, stone .and slice the fruit. M-
ternate layers -of peach and sugar in
kettle, using three-fourths as much
sugar as peach. Let stand several
hours to start, the juices, add one-
fourth amount of water if necessary.
Cook slowly until fruit is transpar-
ents, stirring. Sonie peach pits
cooked with the jam improve the
flavor.
Variations.
Add juice and rind of one lemon,
or two oranges, for each pint of
fruit. Combine with equal quanti-
ties of apple Or cantaloupe or half
as much pineapple, using lemon juice
and rind with the two latter. Eng-
lish walnuts added to any of the
above beforepouring into glasses
make a conserve.
Butter.
Wash and remove fuzz with damp
cloth, but do not peel. Cook with
water to prevent burning until very
tender. Put through a' sieve and add
to pulp one-half measure of sugar,
with cinnamon and nutmeg to taste.
'Cook slowly until thick and dark.
Spiced.
Peel six pounds of peaches and
cook skins in water to make one cup'
of juice. Add.te juice two -cups mild
vinegar, six cups brown sugar, one,
ounce stick cinnamon. two teaspoons
whole cloves,':, one teaspoon whole
allspice, two teaspoons salt, few
blades mace, using a spice bag. Sim-
mer fruit until tender, pack into jars.
Cook syrup until thick and pour over'
peaches. Spices may be added or
removed, as desired.
Chutney.
Cook four quarts peeled peaches in
vinegar until soft. Add one-half cup
chopped onion, one-half cup brown
sugar, four ounces chopped raisins,
one ounce mustard seed, two ounces
scraped ginger root, salt and paprika,
grated rinds of two lemonsfjuiee one
lemon. Cook down like chili sauce.
Mangoes.
Remove fuzz,halve and remove
stoned. Fill cavities with mixture of
equal parts of mustard seed, chopped
ginger root, celery seed and stick
cinnamon. Tie halves together and
fasten with toothpicks. Stick four
or five whole cloves into each fruit.
Boil two minutes in vinegar, pack in
jars and fill with the.vinegar.
FACTS ABOUT CANADA
Ottawa, Ont. -= Canada actually
bought from the United States $11,-
672,000 more iifan did the United
Kingdom in "May, the republic's sec-
ond best customer during that month.
Germany, with purchases amounting
to approximately $25,000,000, was the
third best customer, anjl yet she took
but one-third the anion that Canada
did: All Europa,: putaide the United
Kingdom, bought= only $90,000,000
worth, as compared with Canada's
Ottawa, Ont.—The export sof gold
bullion, gold coin and fine gold bars
from Canada, except as deemed ad-
visable by the Minister of Finance,
and as licensed by him, ia,. j rohibited
until July 1, 1924, by proclamation
issued in the current issue of the
Canada Gazette. ‘-.
Ottawa, Ont.—The production of
copper in Canada during 1922 was
42,879,818. pounds, according to the
Dominion Bureau of Statistics. At
the average price in New York over
twelve months, 13.382 cents per popnd
this was worth $5,738,177. The total
production, of refined copper during
last year was 730,000 pounds. Dur-
ing 1922 the plants of the British
American Nickel Corporation were
idle and the total Canadian produc-
tion was from the refinery at Trail.
Ottawa, Ont.—Canadian trade with
Australia is on the increase, accord-
ing to returns made public by the
bureau of statistics. Canadian ex-
ports to Australia for the twelve
moths ending with June were $19,-
824,239, as compared with $12,200,468
for the corresponding period ending
with June, 1922. Canada's imports
from the Commonwealth have also in-
creased. The imports from Australia
for the last twelve months were $1,-
545,829, as compared with $1,275,871
for the year -previous.
Regina, Sask.—The -rapid increase
in the export butter trade of Saskat-
chewan during the last year or two
has been the outstanding feature of
the provincial dairy industry. Re-
cently the Saskatchewan Co-operatife
Creameries made a shipment of 25,-
000 pounds of butter to China.
Winnipeg, Man.—The increase in
the number of farms in Manitoba in
the last decade has been about 9,000
according to a statement issued by
the Dominipn bureau of statistics, wr
at the rate of nearly 1,000 a year.
The province has now more than 53,-
000 occupied farms, with an area of
over 14,600,000 acres, the average size
of the Manitoba farm being 274.2
acres. The value of the farm prop-
erty of the province, based on the
census of 1921, is placed at $656,500,-
961.
FORGOTTEN WATERLOO
The news despatch from Brussels de-
scribes the battlefield of Waterloo as
no longer important in the itinerary
of tourists. The inn and restaurant
keepers, the guides, the relic vendors,
all of whom for nearly a century got
a satisfactory living out of the steady
-stream of visitors to the scene of the
great Napoleonic defeat, are repre-
sented as having given up in despair.
Their business is 'ruined. The inns
and restaurants are closed. The
guides have gone elsewhere. - , The
relic venflois and their more or less
authentic 'souvenirs have vanished.
Waterloo is a deserted village.
For this the great war is respon-
sible. That stupendous conflict 'tem-
porarily overshadows all other 'great
international collisions that preceded
it. For the time being it ,has upset
the world's historical perspective.
The scenes of battles that wrought
radical map changes and left the im-
press' of their decisions on distant
generations are not now the deter-
mined points of interest to -the 'casual
traveller they once were. The 1914-
1918 deluge of slaughter and devasta.
tion, kept up in praetically one con-
tinuousbattle roar on a front extend-
ing from the North Sea to the Per-
sian Gulf, has obscured the impor-
tance of conflicts of days gone by.
Of this fact the present eclipse of
interest in the Waterloo battlefield is
a striking instance. So easy of ac-
cess, so close to the beaten paths of
tourist travel, the scene of this mem-
orable engagement drew thousands
of visitors every. year from all parts
of theworld. From Byron's "There
was a, Sound of Revelry by Night"
to Victor Hugo's . minutely vivid de-
scriptive pages the story of the great
battle which marked Napoleon's
downfall has been told over and ober
again in verse and prose, of which
some is of the literary fibre that en-
dures. The very name Waterloo bas
been embalmed in many languages as
a word more all embracing than any
other to carry the meaning of over
dpacco QC Quaii
- Le. TIN S-
and in packages
whelming defeat. •
For the people of Great Britain, in
particular, the blood soaked Waterloo
arena -bas bean for years the objective
of pilgrimages ./ as to a shrine dedi-
cated to British valor. To think of
Englishmen forgetting Waterloo is to
think of their forgetting Vs ilington;
of their forgetting TraL.Igar and
Nelson.
And yet the Great War seemingly
has for the moment wrought this
miracle. Authentic information leaves
little doubt that Waterloo is for the
time ignored. Its colossal lion
broods over a pilgrim deserted soli-
tude. It temporarily is a mere 'neg-
lected graveyard of brave men, vic-
tims all of an insatiable criminal
ambition, their few thousands swal-
lowed up and lost in the swarming
multitude of millions upon millions
of the victims of the great war's
dead, they too victims, every one of
them, of a conscienceless criminal
ambition.
But this is only temporary. The
importance of the world's decisive
battles of the past is undiminished.
Their respective arenas are of as
great historical and sentimental in-
terest as ever. Despite the fact that
the numbers engaged and the wea-
pons used in them seem pitifully in-
significant compared to the millions_
involved in the world war and the
appalling destructive powers of the
weapons with which that eonflict
made the world familiar, despite all
this, Hastings and Blenheim, Sara-
toga and Yorktown, Waterloo and
Gettysburg remain none the less cru-
cial conflicts than were Belleau Wood
and the Marne.
If fon a time the earlier fiercely
fought engagements 'are overshad-
owed by those more recent and more
imposing as measured by mere weight
of physical force involved --if for a
time these epoch marking battles of
long ago are obscured in men's mem-
ories they are not forgotten. Nor
w,ill their respective scenes remain
unvisited. When the world's still dis-
turbed nerves are back -to normal
once more; when its historical read-
ing glasses are readjusted to their
former longer range vision, little
doubt that then the now deserted
Waterloo will come into its own once
more.
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WHY IS TALC?
For Talcum powder, of course. But
that is by no means the only use for
)it. There is talc on this page—in the
paper, as filling. More talc is used
in filling the pores of print paper than
in camouflaging good, complexions.
Talc is also used as a filler for paint.
Its discovery for that use was hardly
accidental, yet it was not originally
added with the intention of improv-
ing the paint, but of adulterating it.
Later on, strange to say, paint chem-
ists found it improved the paints for
some purposes. Guilty consciences
had been aching in vain, but now ach-
ed because a higher price had not
been -charged for the improved paint.
Talc is not at all rare. It occurs
in many places, and the chief item
that goes to makeup tife sales cost is,
caused by the reparation and'mar-
keting of the commodity. Found in
its natural state it is a rock. Its chief
physical characteristic is its soapy
feeling, like- graphite. The mineral-
ogist calls it steatite, and it is a
hydrous magnesium silicate. About
65 per dent. of the world's talc is
produced in the United States, the
largest supply' being in Vermont,
which is so close to the centers of the
paper industry that talc from other
regions (cannot compete.
The best grade of tale is used for
talcum powder, which must be white
—except in the case of talcum for
men, which has a flesjt color. There
is nothing in talcum powder that is
directly harmful. If earth is com-
minuted rock, and if talc is a kind 'of
rock, then talcum is only a kind .of
clean earth, to which boric acid is
usually added to give soothing ef-
fect. It is interesting to noteliow
many kinds of rock, when broken up
and crushed to the finest kind of
powder, have the general semblance
of talcum •powder, although not the
attual characteristics which are so
necessary.
Not more than a generation ago,
when the use of talcum powders be-
came very general, it was said the
skins of the growing generation would
be ruined by its use. Yet the evi-
dences 01 the eye say otherwise. The
processes the natural product go
through' before it is passed, over the
druggist's counter insure that it is
the cleanest of all dirt.
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pressing a trigger causing oil to flow.
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be established in Jerusalem for in-
struction and research.
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up to accommodate children.
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on new oil cups for motor vehicles.
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years old.
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of a wire clamp to hold a fish by
the bead and tail while it le being
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