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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1922-09-28, Page 34 *•»» Sounding “The Alert.” During the World War the outlooks stationed on the outposts of the bat­ tlefields sounded what they called “the alert”, Atvn distant enemy airplanes were discovered through the telescope. They would give warning that all must be on the alert, or the whole army would scon be in danger; that every­ thing that could be done should be done quickly to prevent disaster, to minify danger and damage as much as possible. All about us in life’s battle there are ouposts sounding t’he alert, but how little we heed the warning. For in­ stance, the heart, the lungs, the kid­ neys, the liVer, and other organs are constantly sounding the alert for some people, giving the danger signal In pain, distress, some unusual feeling, but how little the average man or wo­ man heeds these danger signals! In a similar way, parents are con­ stantly sounding the alert, the danger signals, to their children,; teachers are doing the same to their pupils, but the young folks take no notice, often do not notice what the danger signals mean. There are many danger sig­ nals in our life to-day; in our politi­ cal, social, economic and religious life; in deportment, in women’s dress, in men’s morals, in our homes, demoral­ izing signals which everywhere honey­ comb our life; they are seen in the letting down of moral standards, in the cheapening of life, the belittling of character, the fierce straining for the material things. Let us give heed to the sounding of the alert before it is too late.—O. S. Marden.--------«-----— Teaching the Blind to Write. France claims the honor of the most important inventions to permit the blind to read and write, the latest be­ ing that of Andre Cantonnet, optha- linologist, of the Cochin Hospital. His system of handwriting, which has just been accepted by the National Con­ gress for the Blind, folows the Braillie system of dats in relief, but has the advantage of being readable by people who are not blind without any special study. It has been adopted as a com­ plement of the classic Braillie system in schools for the blind. It was a Frenchman, Valentin Hauy, who conceived the first relief writing for the blind, and it was shortly after, in 1826, that another Frenchman, Louis Braille, perfected the system now so well known. O— wW Canada’s Commercial Forest Trees. The demand for something in com­ pact form giving information about Canada’s commercial trees, has led the Dominion Forestry Branch to issue Circular No. 14, “Commercial Forest Trees of Canada.” It gives a descrip­ tion of the principal species1 and their uses and also a list of the accepted common names along with thje botani­ cal names,, so that each tree may be clearly identified in any part of Cana­ da in spite of the many different local names' in use. Copies of Circular No. 14 will be sent free upon application to the Director of Forestry. -------.-- All the Year Round. Beauty is never lost, God’s colors are all fast; The glory of this sunset heaven. Into my soul has passed'— A. sense of gladness, unconfined To mortal, date or clime; As the soul llveth, it shall live Beyond the years of time. Beside the mystic asphodels Shall bloom the homeborn flowers, And new horizons flush and grow With sunset hues of oiirs. —J. G- Whittier. ---------\ Mosquitoes Prefer Blue. Putting boxes lined with different colored cloths in a place frequented by mosquitoes showed that by fars the greater number of mosquitoes entered the boxes lined with dark blue. The numbers that the other boxes attract­ ed were in this order: dark red, brown, scarlet, black, slate gray, olive green, light blue, ochre, white orange. No mosquitoes were found in the box­ es lined with yellow. It also appeared that a person dressed in dark clothes was attacked at once, whereas ones clad in white flannels was unmolested. -------------«------------- A Permanent Job. I McCarthy had worked on the same farm for the last sixty years, and he was very proud of Ms record. One day his employer said to him: “McCarthy, you are getting very old, and I think it is about time that you retired.” “Me retire, sir? Why I worked for yer grandfather, and yer father before you became the owner of this farm. If I had known this wasn’t to be a per­ manent job, I would never have taken it on,” said the old man Indignantly. -----------o--------— Still to Come. Tommy had been playing truant I from school, and had spent a long, i beautiful day fishing. On his way 1 back home he met one of his young I cronies, who accosted him with the ; usual question., “Catch anything?” At this, Tommy, in all consciousness j of guilt, responded. “Ain’t been home I yet” ------——-- A new commandinent for which the time is now ripe is “Thou shalt not fall ill.” Seventy-five per cent, of the illness in the country is the result of violations of the elementary laws of health, excess of eating, drinking, and smoking.—Sir Malcolm Morris. IN THE SHADOW OF POOR HEALTH In This Condition Relief Comes Through Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills When the shadow of poor health falls upon you; when hope fades and life itself seems scarcely worth living, then is the time you should remember that thousands just as hopeless as you feel, have been restored to the sun­ shine of health through the use of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. The rich red blood which these pills actually make, strengthens the whole system. The nerves are strengthened, headaches vanish, the appetite improves, and once again there is joy in life. Among the thousands benefited by the use of this medicine is Mrs. Jos. Robinson, Oshawa, who says:—“Some time ago I was in an anaemic condition and so weak I would faint away at times. I had no appetite, could not do my housework; in fact life seemed scarce­ ly worth living. I was exceedingly pale and tried doctor’s medicine with no good result. Then one day I saw Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills recommended for a similar condition, and I got a supply. I continued taking the pills until I had used about a dozen boxes, and they have made me a well woman. I can now do a good day’s work about the house, have no more fainting spells and can go about more actively than I did before. I believe these pills just the thing for pale, weak girls and women, and if given a fair trial will do for them what they have done for me.” You can get these 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., Brock- ville, Ont. -----------o---- ------- Nutcracker is Powerful and Easily Controlled. Perfect control of the power exerted on a nut in cracking the shell is pos­ sible with the use of a nutcracker. The appliance has a solid felt-lined base and a ratchet, or gear, arrangement operated by a long handle, that gives the user ample leverage in breaking the hardest shells without scattering them in all directions, or smashing the kernels into little bits. ----------o---------- Tortoises and turtles have no teeth. Old Theories That Have Been Killed by Modem Thought. Ignorance often develops into a be­ lief, and belief in turn becomes a cus­ tom. One of the best examples of this is the placing of the engagement-ring on the third finger. This is the result of an old belief, still widely taken for fact, that there is a nerve in the third finger in direct communication with the heart. Tihs gave rise to the idea of placing the ring on the third finger. Of course, there is not a shred of truth in this belief. The third finger is no different from any of the others; but, all the same, it has developed in­ to a custom. Another equally curious belief is that, should a person cut himself in the space between the first finger and thumb, he isi more than likely to get yock-jaw. It is a belief absolutely without foundation, except, perhaps, I that a wound in that part of the hand, owing to its free movement, takes a long time to heal, and is therefore more likely to get dirt into it, which might cause lock-jaw. A common belief exists that our bodies undergo complete change once in seven years. As to why seven years nobody knows, but many people have that firm conviction. Actually the human body is under­ going change the whole time. Jn mov­ ing an eyelid, even, some of the tissue or muscle is literally being burnt up, and is renewed from the blood. The very process of seeing or thinking des­ troys some of the brain. A boxer will lose as much as nine pounds in weight in a single fight, which means that that much muscle has been decom­ posed. In this way it will be seen that dif­ ferent peoples bodies are completely renewed in different periods of time, those in hot countries, or leading a strenuous life, being completely re­ newed in-the shortest time. ----------o---------- Ask for Minard’s and take no other. ----------o---------- What We Call Dust. Dust is made up of particles of un­ burned carbon from smoke, fragments of wool, cotton and hair, living or­ ganisms and finely-divided mineral matter. All are constantly being cast into the air and they slip through cracks of houses and settle. After bil­ lions of particles have fallen we say the floor is dusty. —-------e----------- Everybody expects courtesy but not so many are willing to give it. A Belated Discovery. Mrs. Garker came Lome from a call one day in such a disturbed condition that it was evident that tears were not far in the background. She lost no time in beginning her explanation. “Edward,” she said to her husband, “I am so mortified. I don’t know what to do!” “What’s the matter, Jane?” “I’ve just been calling on Mrs. Peters. You know her husband, Mar­ shall?” “Yes.” “Well, I just learned to-day that ‘Marshall’ is not his title at all. Mar­ shall is his first name.” ‘‘Why, certainly. I’ve always known that. What is there mortifying about It?” ' “Nothing,” said Mrs. Garker, with a groan, “only I’ve been calling him ‘Marshal’ every time I’ve met him for months and months!” CHILDHOODBLMBNTS Candy is an eastern measure of weight, ”-rying from 560 to 800 lbs. Surnames and Their Origin FOX Variations—Sinnock, Sinnoch, Sceny, Reynard, Reynardson. Racial Origin—Irish. Source—A nickname. This is not the same family name as the Fox which comes from the Anglo- Norman source in the given name of “Fulke” or “Fulque.” Though they may not look it, Fox, Sinnoch, Seeny, Reynard and Ray- nardson are all really variations of the same name, some of them being Anglicized variations of the Irish pro­ nunciation of the name, and some of them being Anglicized variations of the meaning. It came about this way. There are two noteworthy figures in Irish his­ tory who were founders of clans or septs from which many bearing the foregoing names take their ancestry. One of these was “Flann,” the 169th monarch of Ireland, 876 A.D., who was known as “the Fox.” The other was a certain “Teige,” who lived about 100 years, later, also known as “the Fox” —“Teige an Sionnaohi.” From these two surnames came the family or clan names “MacSionnaighe.” According to sound it has become Anglicized to the forms Sinnoch and Sinnock. Ac­ cording to meaning it has become Fox, Reynard and Reynardson. MAY Variations—Maye, Meith. Racial Origin—Irish. Source—A sobriquet. If your name is May, and you are : fat, it is quite appropriate in the tr.i3- ' torical sense, for if your name traces j back to Ireland it is likely that you I inherit a tendency toward corpulency. | The Gaelic form of this family name, | which is quite old, is “O’Mheith.” It had, of course, gradually become a family name in our modern sense, through many centuries of use as' a i clan name. It is a name which dates back considerably farther. than the oldest of the English family names, or those of any other country in fact. As nearly as can be estimated from the ancient Irish records, the Clan O’Mheith came into being about 350 A. D., in the days when the Irish were still pagan, and the power of their em- j pire was felt in raids and invasions ! clear down into Italy. The dan was founded by a chieftain j named “Muireadach,” known as “Muir- ' eadach Meith” (“the Fat”). The ailments of childhood—consti­ pation, indigestion, colic, colds, etc.— can be quickly banished through the use of Baby’s- Own Tablets. They are a mild but thorough laxative which in­ stantly regulate the bowels and sweet­ en the stomach. They are guaranteed to contain no harmful drugs and can be given to the youngest baby with perfect safety. Concerning them Mrs. Alcide Lepage, Ste. Beatrix, Que., writes:—“Baby’s Own Tablets were of great help to my baby. They regu­ lated her bowels and stomach and made her plump and well.” The Tab­ lets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25c a box from The Dr. Wil­ liams’ Medicine Co., Brookville, Ont. ----------o---------- Should the Accompanist Not Share Honors With the Singer? Why is it that an accompanist doesn’t share equal honors with a singer? We go to a concert and applaud loudly the singing of some soloist, but the poor pianist who often gets the lion’s share of the work goes unnoticed. It isn’t fair, is it? It doesn’t take any great stretch of the imagination to see that a song wihout an accompaniment is practical­ ly useless. Indeed, oftentimes it is the accompaniment which make a song Picture, if you can, anyone at­ tempting to sing Tennyson’s “Cross­ ing the Bar” without the piano or or­ gan accompanying the soloist. And yet when the soloist finishes, the ap­ plause and cheering is directed to­ ward the singer, seldom toward the ac­ companist. Sometimes an accompan­ ist is not even mentioned in a concert notice. He is taken for granted. Some few years ago a young lady and gentleman sought to draw atten­ tion to this anomaly by giving a “Song and Accompaniment” recital in Lon­ don, England. The young man who did the. accompanying, chose the songs and played the whole program of about twenty numbers by heart—a feat of memory that surely is not com­ mon—and yet not a single critic (and there were many present) noticed it or thought it worth recording. This aricle is not written to dispar­ age the work of the singer. Rather is it a plea for a higher appreciation of the art of accompanying. And good­ ness knows, with a dearth of accom­ panists as there is to-day, we need to encourage the art in every possible way. Give a thought to the accom­ panist! We Get You, Willie. “Now, Willie,” said the teacher of the juvenile history class, “you re­ member who won the Battle of Water­ loo?” “It was the Juke of Wellington.” “Yes, and who came to his assist­ ance and helped him to win it?” “A feler named Upgards-on Atom.” Life Partners THE union of Nature, the Farmer and Science is a partnership for life. In your golden sheaves of living wheat—and in your waving, shimmering fields of barley—Nature stores the vital elements of human power and energy, which Science converts into Grape-Nuts—the famous body-building food. Grape-Nuts with milk or cream is a complete food, containing all the nutritive and* mineral elements required for making rich, red blood, and building sturdy body tissue, sound bone structure and strong, healthy nerve cells. . f .Easily digested and perfectly assimilated, because partially pre-digested by 20 hours’ baking. Sold by Grocers Everywhere “There’s a Reason” /GrapeNuts Made by Canadian Postum Cereal Company, Ltd., Windsor, Ontario Needed, an Interpreter. All that I wanted, writes a contribu­ tor to the Youth’s Companion, wa.s a spool of white thread. So, although it was my first morning in old Oxford, I set forth on my quest. A person should have no difficulty in a place where his own language is spoken. Certainly not! Nearing the business district, I stop­ ped a bright-faced boy and asked him where I would find the nearest dry­ goods store. “Dry-goods store? Stores ma’am? Whiat now would you wish to store?” ‘‘Shop, I mean,” I said, correcting my mistake hastily. “Dry-goodis shop.” “Dry goods? What would dry-goods be, ma’am?” “Why, cloth, of course, and things of that kind. Goods, you know.” “Oh, cloth! You would be wanting a draper’s shop Turn to your right at yon corner, and there’ll be a draper’s.” Thanking him, I went on and enter­ ed the draper’s shop, which at first glance appeared for all the world like a dry-goods store. I asked for a spool of white thread. “Thread? Very sorry, ma’am, but this is a draper’.?, and thread can be had only at a haberhasherA.” “But isn’t a haberdasher a person who deals in men’s furnishings?” “Not in thie least, madam. It is a shop of pins, needles', buttons, thread and the like. There1 is on a bit of a way on.” I found the haberdasher’s shop, which was merely a notion store. Sure of my ground at last, I asked a rosy English girl for a spool of white thread. She fetched a ladder and climbed to the highest shelf, where after some rummaging she found a ball of cord! ‘Oh, no,” I protested; “I wanted thread.” “Certainly, ma’am; this> is thread” “Help!” I almost cried. Then I patiently explained: “What I want is —is something with which to mend, to sew a shirt waist.” “Shirt waist? Shirt waist?” The girl pondered. I pointed desperately to the shirt waist that I was wearing “Oh, blouse!” she cried. “Perhaps what you wish is a reel of cotton.” Thereupon she produced., joy be, my coveted spool of thread! MONEY ORDERS. .Send a Dominion Express Money Order. They are payable everywhere. The Place of Music in Our Civilization. It has been said by a great musician that the music of the brass band is the most perfect expression of a nation’s feelings, of its joys and sorrows, its hopes and aspirations. To no other appeal will the masses tn. people, men, women and children, rise so quickly. The music of the brass' band fires am­ bition in the laggard. Many a soldier was inspired to bravery in battle by its musi.e. It gives them an indefinite sense of exhilaration, it makes their hearts beat faster, it smoothes the dis- [ cords of nature into harmony, it arouses the finest enthusiasm and it puts bravery in the heart that is timid. Music is a great force in civilization. Every period of intellectual activity, social or political, reacted upon music. To illustrate, we need but refer to the formal character of the music of the period preceding the French revolu­ tion and the freedom and vigor im­ parted by the spirit of Romanticism which followed in the wake of that great political movement, a difference strikingly illustrated in the music of Haydn and Beethoven, Clementi and Schumann. The science of music had a high place in Chinese philosophy, I the sages alone comprehended the, canons-, and the mandarins were con-: sidered superior in point of musical i knowledge. Interesting dates are i given showing how early the Chinese had developed a science of music. In 2277 B.C., for example, there were 22 writers on the dance and music, 23 on ancient music, and 25 on the construc­ tion of the scales. These facts imply many years of previous development before the time when works treating of the science of music would be pre­ pared. Rheumatism And Dyspepsia Are Soon Ended Victims of stomach trouble and rheumatism often find that when their stomach is set in order, the rheuma­ tism disappears. Thousands of people everywhere have testified that Tanlac has freed them of both troubles simul­ taneously. T. G. Maitland, 147 Ade­ laide St., London, Ont., says: “My digestion got- so bad I would bloat all up and I suffered from con­ stipation and biliousness, splitting headaches and dizzy spells. I had rheumatism in my joints and often just ached all over. I never have an ache or pain of any kind since taking Tanlac and never felt better in my life.” Badly digested food fills the whole system with poisons. Rheumatism and many other complaints not gener­ ally recognized as having their origin in the stomach quickly respond to the right treatment. Get a bottle of Tan­ lac to-day at any good druggist. Advt. --------------<«------------- The Poor Boy’s Keys. A Canadian youth who hets learned the alphabet has the key to the trea­ sure-houses of the earth, good books, and what a treasure that is. The youth who can read needs no outside help, either to make himself a highly educated man or a successful man. Health and the alphabet are all that J Classified Advertisements ’’ WANTED—YOUNG LADIES WITH Good Education to Train as Nurses, Wellandra Hospital, St. Cath­ arines, Ont. ............ —" ... - - - AGENTS WANTED, WHOLE OR PART TIME TO SELL • our complete line of electric fix­ tures and appliances from our catalogue Liberal commission. W. P. Earle Elec­ tric Supply Co.. 1284 St Clair Ave., Tor­ onto. FOB SAXE. Yarn—wonderful values and Colors, sampler free—Georgetown woollen Mills, Ont. WEEKLY NEWSPAPEB WASTED. WE HAVE A CASH PURCHASER for a weekly newspaper in On­ tario. Price must be attractive. Send full information to Wilson Publishing Co., Ltd., 73 Adelaide St W„ Toronto. • BELTING FOR SALE Thresher belts and suc­ tion hose, new and used, shipped subject to approval at lowest trices in Canada. York Belting Co.. 115 York St., Toronto, Ont. There are few occupations quite so futile as compairing the past with the present—to the disadvantage of either.—Sir Philip Burne-Jones, The Famous Painter. Minard’s Liniment for Distemper. CeyLou has always been the chief locality for pearl fishing. Pike are said to reach an aige of 250 yeara, by some authorities. a youth needs in this country, in order : to make himself felt in the world. I —----*----- - The Milan Cathedral is decorated with over 2,000 statues rising hun­ dreds of feet above the streetsi. Rural Route No. 1, Mascouche, Quebec. The Minard’s Liniment People, Sirs—I feel that I should be doing a wrong if I neglected to write you. I have had four tumors growing on my, head for years. I had them cut off by a- surgeon about fifteen years ago but they | grew again till about three months ago i I had one as large and shaped like a I lady's thimble, on the very place where I my hair should be parted, and it was ; getting so embarrassing in public that > it was a constant worry to me. About i three months ago I got a bottle of your i liniment for another purpose and saw on the label good for tumors. Well I tried it and kept it for exactly two months, : with the result that it has entirely re- , moved all trace of the tumor, and were , it not that they had been cut fifteen years ago, no mark would be seen. I ; have not been asked for this testimonial and y*ou can use it as you see fit. (Signed) FRED C. ROBINSON. p. S.—I am a farmer and intend using Minard’s Liniment on a mare for a strained tendon, and am hoping for some results. FRED C. R. I i AaafcM VtoBMer Dof Bnoadtea Book on DOG DISEASES and How to Food Mailed Free to any Ad­ dress by the Author. 8. Olay Glover Uo„ Xno, 129 West 24th fiHreet New York. U.S.A. HER AILMENTS ' ALL GONE NOW Mrs, Sherman Helped by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veg­ etable Compound COARSE SALT LAND SALT Bulk Carlots TORONTO SALT WORKS C. J. CLIFF - TORONTO “I was troubled with eczema for about a year. It broke out in pim­ ples on my face and in a few days would blister. At night I hardly slept a wink on account of the terrible itching, and when I scratched my face it would burn. I was dis­ figured terribly. ** I saw an advertisement for Cu- ticura Soap and Ointment and sent for a free sample. I bought’more, and after using two cakes of Soap and one box of Ointment I was healed.” (Signed) Mrs. David Betz, 4159 Fez St., Denver, Colo. Rely on Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Talcum to care for your skin. Sample EashFreebyM&fl. Address: “lymaas,Lim­ ited, 344 St. Paul St., VZ., Montreal.” Sold every­ where. Soap 2oc. Ointment 25 and 50c. Talcum 26c. 2^F“Cuticura Soap shaves without mug. Lake, Michigan.—5 ‘Aboutone year ago I suffered with irregularities and a weak- ness and at times was obliged to stay off my family physician he finally said’ feet. I doctored with our „ ’ . and he finally said he could not understand my case, so I decided totryLydiaE. Pink­ ham’s Vegetable Compound. After I had taken the first bottle I could see that I was getting better. I took several bottles of the Vegetable Compound and used Lydia E. Pinkham’s Sanative Wash and I am entirely cured of my ailments. You may publish this letter if you wish. ’’—Mrs. Mary Sherman, Route 2, Lake, Mich. There is one fact women should con­ sider and that is this. Women suffer from irregularities and various forms of weak­ ness. They try this and that doctor, as well as different medicines. Finally they take Lydia E. Pinkham’s Compound, and Mrs. Sherman’s experience is simply another case showing the merit of this well-known medicine. If your family physician fails to help you and the same old troubles persist, why isn’t it reasonable to try Lydia E, Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound? Gum of Sudan. From far off Sudan comes one of our most useful commodities. The adhesive gum that sticks our stamps to our letters and which is used for so many other purposes, can be traced from our desk straight back to the bank of the crocodile infested Nile, with its overhanging palm trees and its myriad hordes of chattering mon­ keys. Big tawny camels and brown­ gray donkeys heavy laden with gum from Kordofan, make their way to Durim, above Khartum, where it is unloaded by half-naked natives. The precious cargo is then placed upon various kinds of crafts for shipment [ to Omdurman. From this city it is sped by rail to uses which the natives never heard of. Huge Steel Making Plant in India. Plans are already well under way for the Erection of a large-capacity iron and steel works and rolling mill in India. The plans call for the use of the most modern improvements and labor-saving devices. Iron ore of high quality, suitable fluxes, and excellent cooking coal occur close together, and in large quantities. This condition, in connection with the low-priced labor available in India, should contribute to the production of steel at a remark­ ably low figure. UNLESS you see the name “Bayer” on tablets, you are not getting Aspirin at all Accept only an “unbroken package” of “Bayer 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 Earache Neuralgia Lumbago Neuritis Pain, Pain ISSUE No. 38—’22. Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 t blets—Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists. Aspirin is the- trade mark (registered in Canada) of Bayer Manufacture of Mono- aceticacldester of SaHcyUeacid. While it is well known that Aspirin mea?s Bayer manufacture, to assist the public against Imitations, the Tablets of -4ayer Company will be stamped with their general trade mark, the “Bayer Croc*/*