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The Exeter Times, 1923-6-28, Page 7A Story About "Scoutmaster" Syng., It is "awfully easy.: to be smart and smiling` when we are all dressedul) and onearede, With our pais and Tela tions looking on, weilet the big person " wilo has come specially to inspect-ue marches upand down our ranks and fixes us with his eagle eye. That's as it should be, and it's all to the good. What really counts in Scout- ing or in any other old thing in life is how we behave when nobody' is looli- leg on, when we are not being watched and when we are of guard and not specially dressed up for the occasion; 1 once went to a camp in Hertford- - shire in the very early days of Scout- ing, when all we S'couters were very green and didn't know much about put- ting up tents and lighting fires, cook- ing our grub, and making our , wash pl,aces: and latrines. We , arrived there, perhaps, twenty Scoutmasters and three hundred or four, hundeed Scouts, and we spent one night—well, not so comfortably as we might have done, The next morning early a Scoutmae- ter from Essex tamed ;up with twenty boys,,and asked if he might join us in the camp, and whether his fellows inight take part in the Rally and some manoeuvres we hacl arranged 'for the day. It was an August bank holiday, I remember. Of course we said how pleased we were. This Scoutmaster was a very quiet unassuming_ sort of fellow, but I saw himtake` a quick glance 'round as if he knew his way about a camp'. Then ale -said, "Yon have been kind enough to let my Scouts take part in your Rally, I will stay behind here and look after your camp if you will let me," We said, "Thank youevery much," and off we went. During the day I had to come back to camp for something, and to my sur - .prise and joy I found this :Essex Scout- master with; his sleeves rolled up working like a.,galley slave making proper latrines for us. He had re n itched a good many of our tents and P g Y made _them look ship-shape, 'and here he was, hard at work with a spade at one of the rettenest and yet one of the most necessareejobs-in the canip. Well, be stuck it all day and never came near the Scout ,game we were having at the other end of the park, nor to the Rally, rlaich, by the way, was inspected by Field -Marshall Lord Plumer and a whole lot of other cele- brities. He just went on working be-. 1rind'the scenes and making our camp ,-worthliving in, and setting its just the • kind of example we all wanted. That Scoutmaster was the present Field -Marshall Lord Byng, now Gover- nor -General of Canada, and one of the moat famous generals of, the Great War. I tell' this story because I want to push home two points. First paint, very sharp—It's work that counts. The fellow who is will- ing to take off his coat and do any ocld job that conies along is the fellow that's goieg to get on. Second point, equally sharp—Don't try to get into thelimelight. You will pass into' it quickly enough if there is anything in you -quicker than you think. And if you haven't got the stuff - in you, it is just as well to keep in the background. The Betitlelutto, �x ER> One of the most useful importations. Is an active green beetle—a tiger in • the moth world. He is a special enemy et the gypsy moth, another unwelcome roreigner 'Which has created much havoc from tune to'tlnfe in the fann- ers' fields. For his size the beetle mentioned is a terrible creature. Beside him the pig is a beast of most delicate tippe- t lite. The green Beetle would devour ten times his weight in .gypsy moth caterpillars in a single day and be reale to repeat that performance on the morrow. e I-Iisi two seasons of active life are a wild. orgy of slaying and feasting. His span of life includes two summers of adult exis•te'nce, representing less than five months of activity altogether; but during that time he will normally de- vour nearly 650 gypsy moth caterpil= Lars or pupae as large as himself. A single' pair of beetles have beenob- served to eat 2,000 caterpillars within eight weeks, gluttony almost beyond' belief. Being Consistent. A lietle boy wrote in his diary: "Got ,up at seven, went to bed at eight. • His gov,rness suggested that "rose at seven' was a more elegant way of putting it. So the child erased the entry and brieflychronicled: "Rose at seven, set at eight" Junes a month, and June's a Never yet hath had its fame. Sun -mere in the sound of June, Summer and Fi deepened tune Of the bees, and of the birds, And of loitering levers' words, , And the brooks that, as they go, Seem to thirst, aloud; yet low; And the voice of eavly heat, Where the mirth -spun lisects meet. --James HenryLei h Hunt. Ft if you roll your own, a 3 1. fore 2:11Z'E ( e\ label) R. .... ,^^• aa,eetsez m.!rr,.ee eir Beeper a ares., ree c c s ars ' M$.+,{J•✓.�"1b.C`L�.f.�';%.2v••.r'•"� ^� .7A } :.? •„m .-y, 7'Mv i• t.•, E r -^a N S C j Y DR. J. J. Ml LETON Provincial Board of Health, Ontario Dr. Middleton will be glad to answerq uestions. on Public Health mat- ters through this column. Address him at Spadina House, Spadinie Crescent, Toronto. At• the recent meeting of the On -I taieio Health Officers' Association there was an interesting symposium on "Cancer." Statistics showed that cancer was on the :increase, but whether e her:. this ars wa s due to thenese tl p n, mode of civilization was ' a debatable point, as was also the best means of , eradicating a in it.,On r onepoint, how -1 ow eve• all thoseose taking5 part ithe di - I cession were agreed, and that was the paramount t im 1aoatince of an' early diagnosis. If taken in hand • early most cases of . cancer could be' checked, it was stated. The symposium on cancer was open- ed by Dr. Adam Wright, chairman of the Provincial Board ofHealth, who raised the question' as to whether or! not it was advisable to alarm the pub- lic as to symptoms which might, or' might net be, indicative of the dis- i. ease. Constipation, he stated, :was one of the chief causes of cancer. In-, digestion was a danger signal." Faulty food, or too much food, should r be avoided. I. Prof. Clarence Starr, Toronto said', that records of cancer were found in the scrolls of Egypt, and in the writ- ings of Hippocrates, who lived 500 B.C., and Galen. The disease was more widespread now, butwhether • this was due to • present methods of living was questionable, although the habit of tatting hot foods followed by cold drinks had been commented on in some quarters. Treatment of realign- ancy, he said, should be radical, with the 'surgeon's knife being called into. action. Radiation treatment was use- ful where the growth was inaccessible = the toenation in helm to relieve o z operation, helping pain of the patient. The medical aspect was commented on by Dr. W. Goldie, who also em hasized the im- portance m- Aortaice of early diagnosis sis and the symptom of indigestion. - Dr. Grant Fleming, Toronto; presented seine sta- tistics in regard to cancer. Twenty years ago deaths from the disease were one in twenty, now they were one in ten. In Ontario deaths from this cause in 1922 numbered 522. Dr. L. Hess, Hamilton, showed how the X-ray had been utilized' in fight- ing the disease, a number of lantern slides of X-ray photographs of can- cerous growths being screened. Every ulcer, he stated, should be r:egai'ded as a potential cancer. The discussion was closed by Dr. H. W. Hill; West- ern University, London, who stressed the necessity of educating the public on the matter and teaching them where to look for the first siges.of trouble. KALTHY. CI M, MWRS.SLEEP..WEI,L The healthy' child sleeps well and during its waking hours is nevercross but always happy and laughing. It is only the sickly child that is cross and peevish.. Mothers, if your children do not sleep well; if they are cross and cry a great deal, give them Baby's Own Tablets and they will soon, be well and happy again. The Tablets are a mild but thorough laxative which regulate the bowels, sweeten the stone itch ,banish constipation, colic and -in ,.digestion and promote healthful sleep. They are absolutely guaranteed free from opiates and may, be given to the newborn babe with perfect safety. They are sold by medicine dealers, or by mail at, 25 cents a box from:. The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brocic- viile, Ont. Paid in Full. A working sense of fun is a good thting td possess, for sometimes if the humor of a situation cannot take the place of cash there is no compensation at all. A ease in point is that of 11. D. Traill, an' English litterateur. One of Traill's earliest journalistic Commissions was to write a series of articles in a paper edited by a lady well known years ago as a strong ad- vocate of "women's rights.," as the phrase then went, on the anomalies and injustices of the British law re- lating to woman's property. The articles were duly written and published, but the renunerati0•n. agreed upon was not forthcoming. Af- I ter repeated but fruitless demandsfor payment Traill brought a suit against the lady, who successfully invoked against her contribtitor the very law she had engaged him to attack. A gramophone small enough to ge in the waistcoat pocket has been 'de- signed by a Hungarian engineer. is room in the case for ten discs as well as the necessary motor. In 1920 there were cut, in. Canadian forests, 4,024,826 cords of pulpwood. This wood, if piled four feet high and four, feet wide, would reach in a eon tinuous line over 6,000 miles, or the distance from Vancouver to Halifax and out over the Atlantic to Queens- town, ; Iceland; Minard'a uiartc by Physiclana Curious Sort of Lenses. It is reported that, after many years of experimentation, a French scientist has succeeded, by using glass shells• filled with r fluid, in producing optical lenses said to be as good as the best massive glass lenses in present use, and of much greater size. The importance of such an invention in the field of astronomy is obviously great. The average large lens, manu- factured oat of massive glass for as- tronomical purposes las a diameter of about one and a half meters, and it requires a period of several years to make- it, while the price is much in ex- cess sof $100,000.. Such a lens, it is claimed, may be manufactured by the French process •nt a cost of Iran, $500 to $750. Lenses of smaller diameter for photographic purposes, fox opera glasses, reading glasses, &c., can be produced, it is said, at •correspondingly smaller cost. The lens consists of a fluid sub- stance inclosed between two unusually hard glass . surfaces, similar to watch crystals, in which the refractive power and other characteristic properties are so" choson that the glass surfaces not only serve to hold the• fluid but also combine with the fluid to overcome sucti defects as are scarcely to be avoided in ordinary lenses. It is for this reason also that the lens is achro- matic. Knew the Tricks.• fyT Mrs. Barnett had the reputation of being very keen on making bargains among the shopkeepers in her neigh- bo•hood. When, she was seen approaching the salesman knew that he might just as well bring out his best goods at once,. for it was useless to offer her anything but ;the best. Accordingly, the poulterer was very much surprised one day when she en- tered his Shop and said, in business- like tones: "Pleasepiek me out half a dozen tough chickens," The Man looked surprised, but did as she asked, selecting them from twelve birds displayed on the counter.. "Are these all the tough ones you have?" she asked. "Yes; ma'am; these are all," was the reply. "Then send the other six home to me tit once,'. said sharp Mrs. Barnett. Litigation ways ation is one of the worst of spending money that the wit of naan has yet devised.—Judge Dawson. 1r'stead 01 ric'dile$ give to Me IdYes the great good things to see; The .golden earth, the jewelled sky, Tho beet that in all hearts doth lie. Give me this;- When day's begun, A woodland glade, a ray of sun;; Falling 'where the dewdrops lie, Give nae this, and rich am 1. Give me this: The sone of bird In lonely wood at sunset heard,,. Piping of his evening hymn 'Mid e 'leafy twilight dim. Give me this: A stream that wendeth, 'Where the sighing willow bendeth, Singing ,through the woodland. ways; Never-ending songs of praise,. Give me these, with eyes to see, And richer than a Icing I'll be. --Jeffrey Farnol, A Sagacious Newfoundland Dog. At certain seasons of the year the streams in some parts of North Ameri- ca not far (rein tire coast, are filled with fish. A real Newfoundland dog (which, by the way, Is much slighter in build than is generally thought), be- longing to a farmer who lived near one of these streams, used to keep the house well supplied with fish. This is the way he managed it, Ile was absolutely black, with the exception of a white forefoot, ahcl for hours together he would stand almost immovable, on a small rock which pro- jected into ro-jected"into the stream, keeping his white foot hanging- over the ledge as a lure for the fish. He remained so still that it acted as a very attractive lure. Whenever curiosity or hunger tempted an unwary fish to approach •too close, the dog plunged in, seized the fish, and carried it to the foot of a neighboring tree. He would dc this again and again. On a successful day he would catch a great number. W SPIRITED j AND � DEPRESSED A Cc ndition Due to Poor Blood and Weak Nerves. Nearly all women and most men suf `fer at times from .fitsf depression and p lows p irit s, from which they are un- able to free themselves. They cannot attend ,to their duties satisfactorily and are linable to get any 'Measure out of life. People who. suffer in this, way soon lose their energy of mind and body. They lack vitality because their blood is poor and ill -nourished, and their nerves are starved in cense quencee 'The, only way to obtain new health is by building up the blood with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills•. The new rich blood made by, those pills will , carry renewed health and energy to every Dart of the body. Your appetite will improve, your spirits ,brighten and you will be endowed with fresh energy and find a new joy in -living. Mrs. G. Reid, Napanee, Ont., tells of the benefit she found through the use of Dr.Williams' Pink Pills. She says: "I have used Dr. Williams' Pink Pills on different occa- sions and cannot emphasize too -strong - lythe benefits derived from them. 1 was growing nervous, illy complexion was becoming sallow and my eyes dull and listless: My vitality was poor and I did not sleep well. I became despond- ent, losing interest in my work, which seemed to tire meso easily. I began using Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and af- ter taking six boxes, I began to enjoy life again and looked much brighter and felt happier. • My appetite im- proved, I gained in weight and could sleep without any nervous wakefulness during the night, I also used these pills while nursing my baby and found them a wonderful help both for myself and for making my baby better na- tured. For these reasons I gladly re- commend them to anyone whcneeds a tonic fox the rebuilding of strength and energy." You can get these Pills from any medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Would Make Him Happy-, Puss --"What glorious weatle! I feel as if I 'would like to ,make some- ,one one,one very happy tci day." Pig -"Then, wily don't.' you scratch eny back?" --� Located. , "Look here!" exclaimed the stranger as he stumbled into his twentieth pud- dle, "1 thought you laid you knew where all the bad places were on this road?" "Well," replied the native, who had volunteered to gulch ,h,lin through the dark, "we're n -fin ling thein, ain't we?" The cost ofbuilding a frrst•class battleship in 1014 was approximately1 $2;500,000. The cost now would be about'16r 500r 000.. SY 111.ICICS fitr, ii2' Tile 'Triple Deal This is an easy but effective card trick. You will need 21 playing cards, Ask a friend to. observe the cards as you deal them on the table and•mentally to select any card he likes, impress • upon him the fact that you do not in any way influence his choice. Deal the cards one at a time into three heaps, showing the face of oac'h card as you place it on Ptd heap. Ask your friend to tell you • into which heap his carcl was dealt. Pick up the cards with ap- parently careless but really be careful that the heap containing his card goes between the other. two cards. Repeat twice (three deals in all) each time putting the heap containing the selected card between the other two. ,Show that neither the top card nor the bottom card Is not the se- lected card. Put the cards behind your back. Quickly count eleven cards from the top of the :pack. The eleventh card will be the card selected by your friend, This trick is the same in effect, (but different in method) as the trick described several days ago as' "The Three Piles." By doing the trick twice, using a different method each time, you will puzzle the astute spectator who thinks he knows "how it is done. (Clip this out and paste it,'tuilh Others of the series, in a scrap- book.) Isles Where People Live in Solitude. The islet of Holm, one of the Orkney group, supports a population of exact- ly two people -a man and hie wife. M Holm, therefore,ranksloll officially as the British island with the fewest popu- lation, though several others rue it very. .close. example, le Ise. STunda Isle,- i p , one of the same group, possesses a population of three all told, and Capin - shay has seven. " ` Further north, in the Shetland group, three islands are mentioned which, have three, four and s•ix inhabitants re- spectively. Another curious fact recorded is that in these remote outposts of Britain, January 12 is •celebrated as New Years Day, and all other dates are corres- pondingly behindilsand, the reason :be- ing that when the Gregeria.n Calendar was adopted by this country more than, a century and a bait ago—eleven days being struck out of the year 1752—the Shetlanders ignored the change. Another tiny islet with a population of only three is Read's. Island, in the Humber. It, is an upstart among is- lands. Years ago it was not an island at all: It was a sandbank called Pud- ding Pie Sand. But a thrifty Lincolnshire farmer fought the waters for it, putting off every day at dawn from the mainland and returning at dusk, and now he dwells there permanently, farming its several hundred acres of fertile soil with time aid of his wife and a lad. According to the •census, Read island has one occupied house, and—marvel of marvels! -one house "to let." Night Camp. A horse to ride and a clog to love, And a fire to warns me by, End of the trail and high above The sweep of the starlit sky- And where is there more for a man's desire Than a horse and a clog and a pine- wood -fire? The horse will bear me far and swift, And the dog will guard my rest When I lie me down on a dead leaf drift, Close to the brown earth's breast. But ah! the ache of an old 'desire, And the face that glows in the pine- wood fire. —C. T. Davis. MONEY ORDERS. Send a Dominion Express Money Order. Pave Dollars costs three cents. Tin Plate in India. One of the most modernly equipped. plants in the world has been begun for • the : manufacture _ of • tin plate in India. A post office andpolicestation have been established on Craig Island, the most northerlyisland in the world, 550 miles from the Pole. T H L T For ti,e best rub dozen of your life try Minard's. Splendid for Sore iLuseaes, Sprains, nrulses. ISSUE No. 26—'23. Mrs, Connor Dedalr s Stomach Trouble Was So Bad She. 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