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The Wingham Times, 1914-08-06, Page 3• • THE MGR UT ‘1EF,AJJUTJST 141 • Peculiarity of Snow, The water which will allay our burning thirst augments it when con- gealed, into now, Bo that it is stated by explorers of the Arctic region that the natives "prefer enduring the utmost eetretaity of thirst rather than Attempt to relieye it by eating mew," Yet if the snow be melted it becorael drinkable water. Nevertheless, al- though if melted before entering tbe mouth it azetuages thirst like other "viator, when raelted in the mouth 11 has the opposite effect. To render this paradox more Striking we have only to remember that ice, which melts more lowlin the mouth, is very efficient iii allaying thirst. The Diving Bell. The celebrated philosopher Aris- totle iapeaks of a diviog bell which Was Pat Over the Lead of the diver, but there is no proof of the use of the bell in ancieet times. John Taee- nier, who lived in the early part of the sixteenth cntury, makes the earl - lest mention of the practical use of the diving bell in Europe. In all prob.. ability the first real practical use a the diving bell was in the attempt at rescuing the treasuree Of the Spanish armada off the Englisb coast, 15 9 0 and on. Fashion. There exists a strict relation be- tween class of power and the exclu- sive and polished circles. The last are always filled or filling from the first. Fashion, though in a strange way, represents all manly virtue. It Is virtue gone to seed, a kind of posthumous honor, a hall of the past. Great men are not commonly in its halls. They are absent in the fields; they are working, not triunaphing. Fashton la made up of their children. -Emerson, I41. word of Gratitude "In justice to humanity I want to tell , you that 1 was a great sufferer from :teeing piles, and have found Dr. Chaies's ' Ointment the best treatment obtain- able, writes Mr. Fred Hinz, Brodhag- - en, Ont. "It gives instant relief wail 1 can recline -lend it to tiny sufferer from this dre ;Thal ;Ili )esee," John Locke, John Locke, whose "Essay on the Human Understanding" was the Ora wort *that attracted attention in Eng- land to metapbyeical speculation, was born at Wrington, England, Aug. 29, 1632, and died at Oates, England, Oct 28, 1704. The chief purpose of the es- say was to find the original source and cope of human knowledge. The con- clusions be arrived at in this study were that there iseao such thing as "in- , nate idea; that the buman mind is as a sheet of white paper prepared to be written upon; that the knowledge thereon *written is supplled by metes ence and that seneation and. reflection are the two sources of all our ideas." He made the first siketen when he wait thirty-eight years of age, and finished It seventeen years later. The book twee bitterly attaelted. The Island of Juan Fernandez, im- mortalized by Robinson Crusoe, is to have a wireless station, New York teamsters demand a 66 - hoer working week, with the wage scale 315 a week for driving one-horse truck, 317 for two -horse, $19 for three - horse and 321 for four -horse trucks. A Frenchman has succeeded in ex- tracting a fibre useful in textiles and cordage from the e ater hyacinth of Indo-China. *++++++4.4.3011M4*+++++++++4 4+++44414.4444011134444.44.444-r 4 4 IThe Times • . . : , . I - Clubbing Usti . 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These prices are strictly cash in advance Send subscriptions by post office or express order to Th ir urrice e mies • Stone Rkek vviNatiAm ,ONTARIO eitttomaNIMIONINNIA010:* Ob.ildren Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTOR/A THE RURAL PROBLEM IN HURON COUNTY, The following excellent article from Farm 4nd DairY. Published at Peter- boro, for July 23rd, will be read with interest by our readers: - Huron county has started in earnest to grapple with it$ rural problem. This problem has been long anith us. We have known in a general way for many years that the rural population a old Ontario is decreasing, The Do- minion census of 19i1. gave us definite information that confirmed our worst fears. Thecensus statistics showed that the rural districts of Ontario bad lot over 100,000 souls in the previous 10 years Farming populations in the other eastern provinces fared little bet- ter. Those who had remained more op- timistic were astounded to find that the rurai population of Ontario was less than it had been 40 years previously; and Huron county suffered worse than most districts of Eastern Canada. Even the census, however, did not give us full information on the rural problem, It dealt only with move- ments of population. How has this de- crease affected the rural school and the rural church and Sunday School? Be- fore we can deal effectively with the rural problem we must understand all of its ramifications. It Was to get this definite information that the Huron County Rural Survey was made, the first of the kind ever conducted in Can- ada. Behind every new movement there is a leader. In the case of the Huron sur- vey it was the Rev. S. G. Sharp, Pres- byterian minister of Exeter, who evolv- ed the idea and saw it carried to com- pletion. A couple of years ago Mr. Sharp attended a summer course at Auburn, N.Y., where the probletns of the rural church were discussed by Dr. Warren IC Wilson. Dr. Wilaon had conducted seveval surveys in various parts of the United States and the in- formatioe that he had obtained thereby impressed Mr. Sharp as being distinct- ly valuable. 'Why not have a rural survey in my own country?" he asked himself. One year ago last May the subject was introduced at the Presbyterian Church Conference, Mr. Sharp induc- ed that body to discuss rural sociology. He then suggested a rural survey, which was ultimately conducted under the joint auspices of the Presbyterian and Methodistle Churches of Canada through their Joint Boards of Social Service and Evangelista. An organiza- tion for conducting the survey was formed at Clinton last December with Mr, Sharp as Secretary -Treasurer. This was not a quick, car -window sur- vey. Mr. Sharp, assited by Dr. Riddle and the ministers of the county, went all through the county districts enquir- ing into conditions everywhere, and get- ting together statistics which were fin- ally worked into eh intelligible forth by Dr. Myers, an expert of sociological problems and connected with the Joint Boards of Social Service and Evangel- ise), Having gotten their facts to- gether, three meetings were called throughout the county, at Exeter,Olin- ton and Auburn, for a discussion of the information brought to light and a con- sideration of proposals for soltition. At these meetinga Dr. Myers presented the results of the survey itself. Rev. Mr. Sharp discussed the relation of the church to rural community. W. G. Medd, Winchelsea, from the subject, "Hur- on from Within," spoke of co-operation. The rural school situation was discussed by Professor S. B. McCready. Sunday Schools were considered by Mr. Taylor Statten, National Boys' Work Secre- tary of the Young Men's Christian As- sociation of Canada, George A. Put- nam, B.S.A., and F. C. Hart, B.S.A., represented the Department of Agri. culture. F. E. Ellis, B.S.A. editor of Partial and Dairy, discussed economic infltiences that affect ihe farm. At all meetings there was free discussion and many interesting points were brought to light. The t most far-reaching results will Much Pain From kidney Disease Doctored in Vain Until Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills Were recd. Ieidney derangements are °itch as - &belated with disorders of tho liver and bowela, and Under these condi- tions ordinary kidney medicines use - ally fail to effect cure. It is because of their unique, combined ection on the liver, kidneys anti bowels that Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills are so gen- erally successful, even in the most compliented ease. Mr, rmanuel l3ertiard, farmer, St. Paul's, Itent county, N.B., writes :.-- "About eighteen years ago my ivife was ba.d with kidney disease, and suf- fered greatly front neadarlies, pains its bowels and etomach, and her heart Wits affected. For a year she was treated by her dector, With fto appar- ent benefit. She then used five boxes at Dr. Chase's eeldney-Liver Dille with most satisfaetory reaults, This gave us aitch a good opinion of Dr. Chase's MOney-Liver Pills that We ahv,iya keep them in the noese to he used for all derangements of the kidneVs, liver and bowels." /)r. "Clutte's .1ChlfieY- Liver Pills, 25c a, box, 5 for $1.00, all dealers, or Edinsigison, Bates St Co., Limited, Toronto. Canadian A FAMILY REMEDY National FOR MANY YEARS Exhibition PEACE i -EAR, America's Greatest Livestock Show Acres of Manufactures Exhibits by the Provinces Exhibits by Dominion Government Exhibits by West Indies Grenadier Guards Band Dragoons' Musical Ride Auto -Polo Matches Circus and Hippodrome Dozen Shows in Single Hour Boy Scouts' Review Canada's Biggest Dog show BABYLO,N Greatest Oriental Spectacle ever presented on Continent Paintings from England, Scotland, United States and Canada Educational Exhibits Goods in Process of Making Athletic Sports Aero -Hydroplane Flights Grand Water Carnival Creatore's Famous Band Score of other Bands Dozen Band Concerts Daily Chesapeake and Shannon Biggest Midway ever Peace Year Fireworks International Peace Tattoo 10 Bands 400 Musicians Aug. 29 1914 Sept. 14 TORONTO come as a result of the survey itself. The facts brought to light challenge at- tention. Huron county people were given a new appreciation of the serious- ness of the situation, • The most outstanding point is the loss in population. In 1875, almost for- ty years ago, the total population of Huron county was 74,286. In 1013 it 59,590, a decline of 32 per cent. But this does not tell the whole story. The towns have made a slight increase; from 9,257 to 11,560. Bence the country pop- ulation has decreased from 04,930 to 39,030, or 90 per cent. nf a loss, This loss of population has resulted in a ser- ious educational problem. tichools that were once full are now empty, In many cases ettendance is not sufficient to justify paying a teacher a living wage. In 1881, over 30 years ago, the school population of Huron county was 21,245, In 1013 it was 10,656, a loss of 481 per cent. This loss of school popu- lation applies to both villages and towns. But the most serious loss is in the country districts, the shrinkage be- ing from 16,500 to 6,818, or 58 2-3 per cent. Evidently a change as needed if country people in Huron county are to be able to give their children as •good an education as was possible 30 years ago. The church need offer no apology for the new interest that it is taking in questions that were at one time sup- posed to be outside of its sphere. No institution has been affected more in- juriously by rural depopulation than has the rural church. This survey showed that 49 per cent., or almost half of the rurci churches in Huron county, are statiiinary. They have neither lost nor gained 10 members during the last 10 years; 26% per cent., or over one quar- ter of them, are actually decreas- ing, and not a few have closed altogeth- er. Only 243 per cent., or less than one-quarter, have increesed their mem- bership. All denominations have suffered. The Anglicans, for instance, numbered 12,472 in 1881 and only 7,031 in 1911. The Methodist membership decreased from 25,336 to 18,199 in the same peri- od. Presbyterians numbered 25,683 in 1881 and only 18,373 in 1911. The Luth- erans came nearer holding their own, their decline being only from 1,976 to 1,853. The maintenance of its church and its minister is becoming an ever-in- creasing problem in the rural districts. The Survey embodied much more than this brief review would indicate. The status of the rural church, in par- ticular, was clearly inquired into. Fig- ures were collected showing the inter- est taken in Sabbath sehool and church soeieties The overlappieg of ehurches Came in for close investigation. In Abort, conditions in Huron County are now better known than conditions in any other county of Ontario Or of Can- ada. 'Huron eounty is only one of many rural cottntiesin which conditions are similar. Through this survey, Mr. Sharpe ad those who worked with hint have brought the seriousness of the situation before the churches and be - lore people generally ie a manner that eannot be denied or side-stepped The ektetialan Of the survey idea will serve to keep public attentien focused on the rural problem. ••••••••••••••• Used "Frult-a-tives" With The Rest Of Results, GEORGE Mita`, Eso. ETETAN, ONT., June 17th, 1013. "I have been using "Druit-a-tives" as a family remedy for many years. They are the best medicine 1 have evertried. "Fruit-a-tives" do me the naost good -they never gripe and their action is pleasant, "I have used them for Indigestion and Constipation with the bestresults, and I heartily recommend theni to anyone similarly afflicted. Thesetroubles have leftme complete- ly and I give "Fruit-a-tives" full credit for all this. A nicer pill a man cannot take." G10ROE McKAY. The enormous demand for "Fruit-a- tives" is steadily increasing., due to the fact that this wonderful fritmedicine gives prompt relief in all cases of Indigestion, Coestipation, Sour Stomach, Rheumatism, Chronic, Headaches, and, Neuralgia, and all Kidney and Bladder Troubles. 50c a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size fric, Sold by all dealers or sent on receipt of price by Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa, An extensive deposit of asphalt of high quality has been discovered in tte Instruments with which he cures black eyes in twenty minutes have been invented by a Kansas City doctor. STOR 1 A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the ,itgna.ture o yr; The Lyons (France) suffage union has 1,200 members. The State University of Iowa offers speakers on social welfare to women's clubs. REST AND HEALTH TO MOTHER AND CHILD. MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP haS been, used for over SIXTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN wirir,g TEETHING, with PERFECT succgss. it SOOTHES the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS. ALLAYS all PAIN; CURES WIND COLIC, and is the best remedy for DIARRIICRA. It is ab.. solutely harmless. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take So other kind. Twenty.five cents a bottle. Argentina last pear exported 7,e47,- 757 pounds of butter. Mr. Archibald Blue, Chief Officer of Census and Statistics for Canada, dead at his home in Ottawa, in his seventy- fifth year. IL DJ not suffer another day with Itohing, Bleed- ing, or Protrud- ing Piles. No surgical oper- ation required. Dr. Chase's Ointment will relieve you at once and as certainly cure you. ii0e. a mix., all dealers, or Edmanson, Bates & Co., Limited, Toronto. Sample box free if you mention thla paper and enclose 2e. stanm to Pay Postage, DOFFING THE HAT. It Was Once a Sign et Abject Sub. gervience to a Superior. We eonsider a man a gentleman who takes off bis bat to a lady, At least the act is thought to be gentle - Manly polite. The origin of this cue - tom, like so many other customs common among so-called clvflized peoples, go back to primitive times. • When a person was made captive his conqueror stripped him of his weapons and clothing and left bit without anything he could ceil lila ()Wu. The captive was thus made a slace, his lack of clothing being evi- dence of his subiegation. We need only to look at the sculptures of the Assyrians to see the truth of this fact. And in Isaiah xx. 2-4, we find the following statement: "And the Lord said, like as my servant Isaiab hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sigu, so shall the Xing of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisorere and the Ethio• Diane captives, young and old, naked and barefoot." The first step then, in tracing the origin of taking off the hat, Is the surrender of the clothing among, primitive and ancient peoples as a mark of submission, The next step is the uncovering of the body as a mark of reverence. There are all degrees of uncovering, though often only the most valuable parte of the clothing are taken off in the presence of superiors. Captain Cook tells us that during his stay at Tahiti two men came on board, and, as a sign of respect, took off the greater part of their clothing and put it on. Cook and his friend, In Abyssinia, Spencer tells us, it was the cuetom for inferiors to bare their bodies down to the girdle be- fore superiors. But in the presence of equals only a corner of the tunic was removed so as to bare the shoulder. This baring of the shoul- der, especially throughout the Gold Coast, is a custom as common as taking off the hat with us. Uncloalt- bag in Spain is similar in origin. In Africa the men bare their shoulders and doff their caps • to superiors, thus joining two customs in one. It must be remembered that this act of uncovering the body was cere- monial in uature and used to show reverence to a superior. Then came ' the use of the ceremonial to propi- tiate the dead. We can see a rem- nant of this most any time. At fun- erals and in our graveyards men take off their hats on entering churches and before iruagea of Christ and the Madonna. In times of chivalry men raised their hats to ladies to show rever- ence. But this was only superficial in meeting. 4 kniglat would ride down a poor peasant woman carry- ing a large burden and never think of helping her -least of all would he think of taking off his hat to ber. However, If he heard of some beau- tiful damsel of his own claes in the slightest danger, imaginary or real, he would go to her and, hat in hand, kneel and dedicate hinaselt to het service. To -day much the same thing oc- curs. Ordinarily a gay youth for- gets to take off his hat to his raotber, yet he shows this defetence to his "best girl." After all it is only foam, and politeness should go deeper than this. However, the form persists, and it is of some historical Interest to remember that it is a remnant of the primitive stripping of a captive by which process was expressed the fact that he yielded up all he had. Taking off the hat to a wealthy girl means occasionally not only the yielding up of all you have, but the getting of all she has. Ceremony is often nothing but a hard calculation in regard to personal results, espe- cially where self-aggrandizement is the ultimate aim of the polished in- dividual. There are nearly 228,000 pleasure cars, nearly 150,e00 motorcycles ar.c1 more than 1,800 commercial motor vehicles registered in the United Hing- dom. Elementary instruction is in France for children of between the ages of six and obligatory both sexes thirteen. Spain has an area of nearly 200,(0 square miles. Nothing mice it for Colds. Mrs Holland Ferguson, Sheffield, N. B., writes: "Dr. Chase's Syrup of Lin- seeand Turpentine ha e cured my children and myself of severe colds. We are never without it in the house. There is nothing like it for colds tied pleasant to take, my children would drink a whole bottle if they were per- mitted." tionet For Oood. "Is it trite, MOther dear, that every- thing old fas131oried coreeb back le timer "With one exceptioh, daughter; thel wothan who eaVed the train by flew ging it With a red flannel petticoat. SW will never come back." -,Baltitriore American. Ali Explained. irotester-new did you corao to mar« ry your vital Lautastera-013, sbe seemed to take a dislike to me' he we first met, end 1 Wanted to stuit hef she was trilstaken.--Smart Set, The Bich Turkish Beggar. Beggars are never suppressed in Turkey. Tlae story is told (and they say it is true) about a lady who by mistake gave a beggar of Constanti- nople a gold piece. The man had left his post when she returned, but one of his colleagues told her where he "resided." It was a fine house, and at the door was a servant, who politely itformed the lady that "my master is dressing. Re will be down soon." And then the well groomed beggar, dressed for dinner, appeared and gladly returned the gold piece, exclaiming in the mean- while that such mistakes were high- ly ambarrassing, The Whole 13usiness. A very young housekeeper went to market to purchase a spring chicken. After selecting one and inquiring the price she saidt "Ien.'t three shillings rather high? The poulterer in our road only charged me 2s. 9d. the other day." "With the feet on?" asked the salesman. "No. I believe, new you mention it, the feet were cut off," she repli- ed, with some hesitation. "I thought so," said the man at the stall. "When we sell a fo•wl here, ma'am, we sell it feet and alit" - London Telegraph. French Indo-China. French Indo-China tonsists ot the colony of Cochin China., a French pos- session, the five protectorate's of Ton- kin, Anam, Cambodia, Loas and ang Probang, the territory around Battainbang, which *as ceded by Slam Iti 1907 and which is adminis- tered by the Indo-China Governtnent at a quasi protectorate, and the terri- tory of Quantcheouan, which is leas- ed from China, DAINTY SANDWICRES, They Are the roontor Thing to Sr 1ft AftOPHOOli Tea. 4. cup .ot tea and a samtveleh oil • two constitatea quite enough et mS, bite" to tide one over until titalatit tbiae, wben the bridge games bres.lrft UP, and less •and loss do brido hostesses feel eorapelled to ofrer alas borate leaches la the way ot ices and sweet cakes so late in the afternoon. Some women are afraid of spoiling the dinner oeeurrtng eioon thereafter and other women are mortal terror of growing tat, so the elaborate lunch is little appreciated and, though everybody nibbles no, litely, most of the dainties are left on the plates. Tea and buttered nuflitis silwaya offered by a certain hosterts after the bridge meeting at her b ia make her afternoons especially papa, lar. Coffee and sandwiches. are also relished, but sweets are better avoid- ed, for few women really want to eat them just before dinner and are sorry when they do, though the keen appetite of late afternoon mako sweete especially palatable. Celery stalks chilled. and stuffed with cream cheese and chopped nuts is a toothsorae delicacy for after bridge serving. Coffee and tiny roll- ed sandwiches may accompany the stuffed celery. To make rolled sandwiches cut the • bread in thin slices le the morning, having first snaved off all Vac crust from the loaf. Pack the slices, one on another and wrap in a wet napein. In an hour's time nave ready some melted butter, a pastry brush and squares of oiled paper. Brush each slice of bread with melted butter, roll and wrap firmly in oiled paper. Set the rolls of paper in the icebox and just be- fore serving remove the papers. Tbe sandwiches will retain their rplled up shape, Cooked sausage meet put through , a awl:leer makes delicious filling for sandwiches, So does chopped apple and celery. Cream cheese with chop- ped nuts cannot be excelled. Chop, ped onions and green peppers are relished by some people. as a sand- wicla filling, but there should •alwaya be other sandwiches without the onion filling. What They Cut Out. "I understand you had to undergo a stirgical operation?" "YOU, some operation." "Doctors Cut anything out?" "Yep, tut out the auto t had plan- ned to get." Itad Been Stung. The teacher, who as giving the primary olass a nature talk, inettired: u.Tohenie, hoW dees a boa stIngt" Johnnie, a graduate front the tiotoot of experjetce, replied with erephittia,, "Avrtull" •.4111. •.1•4•• He Fooled Them. Mrs. Odell had a caller one after- noon and invited Iter to remain to dinner. The invitation was accepted, and the bostess said: "I am so glad you can stay, Mrs. Parker. Th -ere Is to be a joke on Mr. Odell. He is always criticising my cooking. To -day his mother came in, and I persuaded ber to make some cakes. Won't it be funny when he finds fault with the cakes and I tell him tbat his mother made them her- self?" When the cakes were served at din- ner that evening Mr. Odell exclaimed: "My dear Maude, you are certainly becoming a perfect cook. These cakes are as fine as my mother makes." Brides and Wet Weather. A Breton bride rather likes to have a wet wedding. It is 'held to signify that all her tears are now shed and that she will therefore have a happy married. life. The Ezra of Sleabirsk call the day before the wedding the weeping day, and tbe bride and her girl friends weep all they can, with the idea, it would seem, of getting the mourning of Me over so that only' joy may remain. The Badagas of the Neilgherries attain the same end by sousing the bride with wate.. Some Greek tribes have a similar belief in the virtue of a drenching bringing good fortune. --London Globe. A Tiny Varna For a Dime. Land is cheap. For easy figuring let us say it is worth 3160 an acre. A square rod, then, is worth only $1, and 10 cents' worth will be a little more than twenty-seven square feet, or a little farm slightly more than five feet on a side. How often a boy will waste a dime and think nothing of it. For a dime Ise can buy land enough to hold a flower bed, four hills,' of clover or a peach tree! The boy who can save a dime can become rich. Make a dime look like a tiny farm. The boy who learns to save a dime and to know values will some day come into bis own. The Cricket's Chirp. The variation of speed in the chirp- ing ot crickets depends so closely on temperature that the height of the thermometer may be calculated by observing the number of chirps in a minute. At 60 degrees P. the rate is eighty chirps a minute, at 70 degrees Y. 120 per minute, and the rate in- creases four chirps to the 1minute with a change of one degree. Below a temperature of 50 degrees Y. the cricket is not likely to make any sound. What He Was Looking For. "I do wish, Edward," said the lady of his choice, "that you wouldn't stare at other women so nauela. It's very rude and Is certabily no com- pliment to me." "On the contrary, ray dear," repli- ed the resourceful benedict, "1 was looking to see if I could find a pret- tier face than yours, and I confess I really cannot." "Why did you beat Dobson so ter- ribly?" said the judge., indicating the bebandaged figure of the plaintiff. "I asked him why a horse had run • way, your honor," explained tbe pri3onor, "and he told inc that it wee antauat the animal had lOat its quinPiraity." "II to," said the judge. "Diseharg- y 1.n ••• •••••••..•*. Ponvessient. -Don't yen think men Ought to 'ave. a voles itt a peittical campaign?" sited Mr. efeekton; "Cettaitily," retitled bis vitt. w edee club have a row ba .Les in It."