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The Wingham Times, 1916-11-30, Page 62 it p si M sp eh MO ga of Tri Ge Pri Cal Pei er of !eat is it real WOu sion Han thud not• Sir ' Mr quail atiot, .the' man, to Si, on th office apecii and p BUST The eurfat if it 1.10 when that 't! There that hi Centre the wo land is, Hitcbat the Ma it has Coarse" 500.000 nether, est core that • d House. daily tit crowd t continuo rivals in, spot iii t of Chieal Broadwg square, both toot face cart November 3o, 1916 THE WINGHAM TIMES -1 E eau live without food, but not without sleep. Many will recall Dr. Tanner's 40 days without food, but who could live a single week without sleep and retain their reason. It is duri.lg sleep that the nervous system is re- stored; and tL.+ nerve force, consumed by the activi- ties of the day, is replaced. Sleeplessness is one of the first and one 'of the most torturing symptoms or nervous exhaustion. With sleeplessness you find nervous headaches, tired, wornout feelings, indigestion, lack of energy and strength. You are nervous and irritable, and cannot compose yourself to rest or sleep. The nerve force in the body is at low ebb, and th toefeeblehealth� and wasttd nerve stren ;theells by such inourished treat'ue t ash Dck r. Chase's Nerve Food. You must not confuse this food cure with drugs taken to produce sleep, for it works in an entirely different) way. It is not a quick relief, but a restora- tive, upbuildlllg treatment. As the nerves are re- vitalized sleep comes naturally with its soothing in- fluence and hastens recovery. Sleeplessness Mrs. Edson Brock, Trenholmviile, Que., 'writes :—"I want to state that I have never taken anything to do me so much good as Dr. Chase's Nerve Footle and I am never without it. in the house. I was so nervous I could not sleep, but now I sleep soundly at nights and wake up feeling refreshed and ready for the day's work. I used the Nerve Food for months, and found that it just suits my needs, and id t as built up the system. 'wonderfully. T. is Dr. Chase's Nerve Food that has brought about the great change in my condition, and I am thankful for it." Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, 50 cents a box, 6 for $2.50, all dealers, or Edtnanson, Bates & Co., Limited, Toronto. Do not be talked into accepting a substitute. imitations disappoint. 527 TRINiDAD'S pun[ Mystery of the Island's Curious Lake of Pitch. HOLES FILL UP OVERNIGHT. And Great Trenches More Than Three Feet Deep Will Be Obliterated In a Week—The Great Mass Is Solid, Yet In Constant but Slow Motion. Though disappointing at first sight to people who have the crater of an ac- tive volcano in mind. yet the famous "pitch lake" of Trinidad is remarkable enough to satisfy most thoroughly long ere the visit has come to an end. The lake is a level plain about a hun- dred acres or so ill extent, surrounded by low hills and dotted here and there with bushes and trees. The surface is not a shimmering black, as might be supposed, but a dull, grayish blue col- or, intersected with pools of shining water. Altogether it is a very prosaic looking place, giving uo hint of its real interest. One cuu walk where oue pleases on the surface of the asphalt without any fear of sinking in, for it is quite solid enough to bear one's weight. If you stand in one place for a little while it feels hot to the feet, just like an as- phalted street on a very hot day. Much of the time a fresh breeze blows, and one remembers with amuse- ment the stories of the imaginative writers who talked about stifling heat and oppressive atmosphere. The digging of the asphalt is a sim- ple operation. A mattock is the only tool required, and under its blows the pitch breaks readily. The negroes em- ployed are very skilled in the work and break out lumps a couple of feet across, far too heavy for an ordinary man to carry. Only a very small amount of the ma- terial gets broken into little pieces, so that scarcely any baskets are needed to carry the asphalt to the cars. A. laborer simply 'lifts one or two lumps, puts them on his head, walks a few yards and drops them into the car. The crude asphalt, as broken out, is somewhat brownish or earthy in color. It is 'usually quite wet and filled with many holes, like bubbles, measliringup to an inch or more in diameter. The gang of barefooted worL-iiien in one place may number thirty men, of whom half a dozen do the digging. They work on a space perhaps sixty feet long and forty feet wide, and in the course of a day they will dig down to a depth of three feet, or more in some places. Go to that same spot next morning, and you will find it a little rough, but ° approximately level with the rest of the lake. The hole has been mysteri- ously filled up during the night, andin the course of a week all traces of the digging will be obliterated. This does not mean necessarily that fresh asphalt has come into the lake from underground sources. On the con- trary, the excavations are filled by a very slow settling or leveling of the surface asphalt. There is no such CANADA'S TRADE GROWING. Canadian trade maintained the splendid record of the previous months, an increase being shown of over $600,000. Seven months of the fiscal year have passed and the aggregate trade was $1,313,129,891, as against $709,537,488 in the corresponding perjod. The total includes shipment of coin and bullion. In October trade totaled $164,330,479, an increase of $114,326,354. In the month merchandise imported amounted to $71,196,552, a growth of $32,000,000. In the seven months the totolofim- p lets was $462,161,795, as against $253,107,663 in 1915. THE COST OF ILL NATURE Our neighbors furnish us with the main stuff of our conversation, and, if we think a moment. we realize that we do the same kindness for them. That s perfectly nature! and justifiable• since it is only by ot,rerving and analyzing the life that goes on about us that we arrive at what knowledge we hayed human character and tnntive, which, even so, with most of us. is very little Unfortunately, speaking of others too often means speaking unkindly. Being men and womer, those others have human weaknesses, and in dis- cussing their actions those weaknesses are hound to be discussed. Moreover, there is a certain sense of superiority in fault-finding, as if our seeing the fault implied that we were without it— an inference as natural as it is quite un- founded. And the follies and mistakes of others frequently furnish us abundant matter for wit and pleasantry, some- times good-natured, sometimes ill- natured, but rarely of a character to be agreeable to the object of it. Jesting at our friends' and neighbors' expense is so easily devised anti so quickly ap- Exports, of which the most important 1 gain was in manufactures, increased by live millions in October to 85,213,175, and from 326,430,730 to $622;033,689 in the seven months of the year. Of this total the export of manufactured goods amounted to $12.8110,731 during last month. Owing to the big domestic de- mand agricultural exports declined to $27,306,934, as compared withe39,833,353 a year ago. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S C A R T O ' A. Page 6 Many Women Suffer From Pains in the Backs, When the back begins to ache it is a. sure sign that there is something radically wrong with the kidneys. What you want is a kidney medicine, Doan's Kidney Pills are not a cure-all, but a medicine for the kidneys only. preciated that few of us abstain from Mrs. L, Melanson, Plympton, writes: "I am sending you this testi- monial, telling you what a wonderfut' cure Doan's Kidney Pills made for me. For years I had suffered so with my kid- neys I could hardly do my housework. I used several kinds of pills, but none of them seemed to be doing me any good. At last I was aa pilled iseto try a When Iox had Doan's Kidney taken the first box I found relief. I have used five boxes and to -day I feel like a' new woman. I cannot recommend them too highly." Doan's Kidney Pills bear the trade mark tofo a Maple See haaf and are t you up ee an oblong greybox, "Down's" when you ask for them. Price 50c. a box, 3 for $1.25, at all dealers, or hailed direct on receipt of' price by Tiff T. Mll.nuaN Co., LIatlrsn. Toronto, Ont. When ordering direct specify "Doan's.!! it altogether. There are some who do abstain from such jesting, who speak seldom of others, and, when they do, speak kindly; who let rash deeds and speedily repented words pass into oblivion and emphasize only those acts that we all would gladly have done ourselves. Such people are not necessarily dull or unobservant, either. Indeed, if as the cynical would have us believe, there is little good in human nature, it surely takes a finer and more active intelligence thus carefully to distil it out. ' And those who treat human weakness gently are the men and women who are sought and loved by human weakness. DICTIONARY IS GROWING Sir Ernest Shackelton is given credit for the invention of more new English words than any one else. The Europeen war has introduced many new ones which will be permanently retained: An average of about 5,000 words are added to the English language each year, according to the measure of the dictionaries during the past three centuries. Bullokar's "Complete Eng- glish Dictionary," the first in the language, published in 1616, contained a little over 5,000 words, ."rh ; New World of English words," published in 1658, contained 13,000 words. A diction- ary published in 1720 by Nathan Bailey surpassed this by 32,000. Twenty-five years later Dr. Johnsons famous dic- tionary, containing 50,000 words, came out. In 1828 Websters "American Diction- ary," with a vocabulary more than three times as great, appeared. In the latter part of the nineteenth century the "Imperial Dictionary." with 200,000 words, and the "Century Dictionary," with a still larger number, were published. Then, in 1894, came the Standard Dictionary," containing 318,000 words. The first edition has • been followed by others, the latest of which contains some 450,000 words, 4- The apparent growth of the language as indicated by the dictionaries results largely from improved means of com- pilation. We turn to them in joy and sorrow alike, confide to them our hopes and' fears, unfold our lives to them. The• brilliant talker who minces his friends' hearts to make a savory dish of gossip. is listened to, and smiled at—and avoid- ed. Hearts are hidden away from him as far as possible, covered close that they may escape mincing, and for that very reason he perhaps knows less of the things that are worth while. A quick and eager and piquant tongue is a splendid instrument, but the too, free use of it is an expensive luxury, (1) Meese Hunting Party In Camp.(2) A Trophy. (3) Calling the Moose. IIC3t1Gi1 perhaPS not so famous' game from their secure homes in T for 1!s i 5a as British Coe the recesses of the vast woods, 1Le latnbia aetaa'7*valuab Brunswick, themselves mselvesthey under forced are scantier s coverlter tx to I osse 1 s to 1 than v.ould satisfy them formerly animals, which the hunter eve paean() in the fall and earlY winter. 1! arthermore, the season bas been November Ltt of he 1Noin a the tin oftthis � extended he month. tn o la itIserfound Not long tge, the delighttal ape '>;i® is to its found in maty ���'' lint his favorite resorts seem to be oft uuntig e mago bigsogame b ei now ois n in In the 'I hns.g oAr, ., i Tit, aronnito uite }jest/arms, Niece, M1zsanable, an; fashio fable to see 'Indies with rifles shite lace from and often their Lae members stead the, and le to be in Mand out on the hunting grounds, islet in 1nlee regi atsghen eke. that of some y as TWA the hisatharti it North- sterner sex. Just as there isobra some Oalimado efts ewe to jaws an tini, thing Of an accomplishment about Ottgaol t fair tkti ill' a skilled fisher3 . there 18 also *West that hires I'isaeaat'tl nye. somethliag of an accomplishment ' reed there have driventhe big, about a contpeteat moose hunter. thing as "new" asphalt, by the way, for the transition from liquid petro- leum to solid asphalt by nature's proc- ess involves a period of time that must be calculated in centuries. The digging done in past years has caused the general level of the lake to sink several feet, so that it is not abso- lutely inexhaustible, as some people im- agine. It is believed that fresh asphalt very slowly pushes itself upward into the lake from the subterranean depths, but how large a quantity is thus added annually has not been calculated. Near the middle of the lake the ma- terial is less hard than elsewhere, and in a few places soft asphalt may be seen in small, irregular patches oozing up from below. This fresh asphalt is of about the consistency of putty and can be kneaded and pulled in the hands without soiling them greatly. In the main, however, the lake is solid as- phalt. No one knows the depths of this mys- terious lake, the only information on the subject being the fact that long ago a boring was made to a depth of 135 feet without reaching the bottom. The "cores" of this and other borings show that in consistency the asphalt remains the same to a very consider- able depth. Curious as it may seem, there are many evidences that the entire mass comprising the lake is in constant but very slow motion. The surface is a series of great folds, and in the creases between these the rain water gathers.. One writer has aptly compared the, surface of the asphalt to the skin of a great elephant, the creases being the folds in his hide. Along the edges of the pools of water grass, bushes and small trees take root, forming green "islands" of greater or less extent.— Victor Pitt-Iiethley in Wide World 11lagnzine. An Aid to Canned Music. In the Woman's home Companion a writer makes the following sugges- tions: "Into a blank book T copy the words of songs and operas that I buy for i0y.phonograph and hand this book to my friends as I play the records. Understanding the words perfectly adds much to their pleasure," Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTOR IA No Chance for the Germs Disease germs cannot live in rich, red blood. It is people in low vitality that fall victims to germ diseases. By using Dr. Chase's Nerve Food you enrich the blood, increase vitality and prevent disease germs fromrae ending l wisdom lodgment tin your body. pre- vention . Its easier to keep well than to get well. There are two methods of hunting the moose ---the "calling" and the "still hunting." The 'caning" 15 done early in the season, end in fine falls. In the cold weather the "still hunt, ing" 13 adopted. The details of these methods, and particulars as to how the moose feed "down wind"- and ind"and how the hunters pursue their pray "up wind'" sholikl bo learned by mens novices in the bracing and healthful atntoephore of the woods of Northern Ontario during the pre- sent hunting season. IF YOU'VE GOT THF GOODS. You may know the pinch of famine, You may know the clutch of debt, There may be but little lamb in Any fricassee you get. All the dubs may try to flop you, Any trick to lay you low, But they cannot really stop you, If you've got the goods to show. They may knock you down and trample On the wares you have to sell, They may hand you out a sample Of a little bit of h--! They may turn on you and thutader "Back, you lobster, to the woods," But they cannot keep you under If you've really got the goods. True, it's hard for you to suffer What you know you don't deserve, But it rather makes you tougher And it stiffens up your nerve. Let 'ern slam, and damn, and flout you, Bear it all as best you can. But the world can't do without you If you've got the goon's, Old Man, —Westclox Tick -Talk. c.c ('wet"More Money"for your Skunk. Muskrat, Raccoon, Foxes,White Weasel, Fisher and other Fur bearers collected in your section SHIP YOUR FURS DIRECT to "SHUBEIRT" the Ian est house tWorld dealing uNORTH flsW r RS a reIn liablethe -safeFurHosewinunbemiiedrep- utation for 'more than a third suc- cessfurcodosendingFurShipprsprrompt,SATISFACTORY. AND PROFITABLE returns. Write for "it be ijulirrt giblprCr, the only relaabtit—NOW—it's it's FREErt and price hstvubhshed. Write for A.B. SHUBERT, Inc. 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