The Brussels Post, 1919-6-26, Page 7SILENT CATS.
Leurruis About the "Hermit 13, Neces-
sary Household Pet.
The Arabs are sahl to have an old
legend concerning the cit, to the ef.
fret Ihet 11!!:1 11111111x1 was created to
destroy 171e mice which bred 1n Noah's
Mk:
'1'11 Itnssinfs, we are told, likewise
aver et the little of the l'mali'1n, pee:-
ey'r furry real was designed fur ihei
dog. The latter noble, animae how-
ever, 3.3100131C 531 :11101 11 coal by beeone
leg very impatient whilst the slow
1(1 . 1111 of gift., look place, 11)111 ito1313;
over lo tile' 8v11 1)11e i11 the hope (11 uc-
gn101ug a hell Ir covering for Its body,
This, according 1(1 111issla l theory', Is
the cause of dogs listing eats, the fort
mer being; under the iipro' roti that
the latter huvm slut. ,1 their 1111"
Cats svcra always kept h- nturn ie-:
in the Alidr!ls 1411;(: and that fact
c Ouse;, 11 m traditional 1l0sucia11011 of
(al•• wilt old utafds.
C111•1 Wien 11 very ]seen settee of
smell, even while they sleep. You can
centioe this by placing it piece of cats -
meat muter the nostrils of your cat
while it is asleep. The nostrils will
be semi to 11(11110, and in a very few
seconds the animal will be wide awake
probably looking for the bit of .neat
which It has eaten!
In South America it Is said there is
a race of cats to which "meowing" is
an nl3tnOWn accomplishment. A
Sontll Anericae cat in this country
should be valuable, but unfortunately
they do not appear to be ou the mar-
ket.
SIXTY-EIGHT.YEAR-OLD HAT.
And An Overcoat of Over Forty Which ,
is Worn With 50 -Year -Old Boots,
A straw ilat that lives to tits age
of twenty-1,evetl years may bo con-
sidered a veteran. but it is quite
juvenile compared with one that has
seen sixty-eight years' service, and
It hell is worn daily by an elderly
loan who works in a Cbrie valent cf.
lice not a great distance frau. Parlia-
ment Square.
This belt is of the beaver type, and
was handed dn5vn to 111e present proud
wearer by his grandfather. The hat
is said to look all its sixty-eight
years, but 11115 :food the test of time
a.: no 111 lol11 brit could do.
'1'h"re is another 1111(11 1':Ile 110,SeN5-
e5 an overeuat w•hirh he has worn in
413 wcatherl for the past forty or
more years, end "it still looks newer
111(1 fresher than other coats made
hll(tty y1 (3'14 later."
it was made in the Great Exhibition
year. 1$31, by the master tailor of the
Carbine( r regiment, for an Officer w110
Wits tits present owner's master, and
t1•• whom it was bequeathed after ten
yeurt: wear. It w•as taken to Mr.
I'clolo, the well-known tailor, to be
(•spied, but, alas! no such cloth, even
in 1540, Was to be 10un(1 to equal that
rcutarkable scat. Iii fact, it was the
hist of the Mohicans in coats, And the
present wearer is proudest when he
dons it, with feet shod in a pair of
rhooting boots given to .hint fifty years
ago.
SEEING BOTH WAYS
Some Dumb Animals Have This Ad-
vantage Over Man.
For obvious reasons, Nature has
endowed some animals with the gift
of seeing objects behind them, as well
as in front, without turning their
heads.
The hare possesses this power in a
marked degree. Its eyes are large,
prominent, and placed laterally, Its
power- of seeing things in the rear
• i:; very noticeable ,in coursing) for,
though the greyhound is mute while
running, the hare is able to judge to
a nicety the exact moment which will
be best for it to exert itself to the
utmost in order to avoid capture.
Horses are another instance. It is
only- necessary to watch a horse driv-
en without blinkers to Notice this. Let
the driver ever attempt to take the
whip in hand, and if the horse is used
to the work he will at once increase
his pace,
The giraffe, which is a veil; timid
animal, is approached with the ut-
most difficulty, on account of its eyes
being so placed that it can see as
well behind as in front.
Many more similar instances might
he cited, but the foregoing are suffi-
cient to show that some dumb ani-
mals have this one advantage over
man,
A South Pole Expedition.
Details are published concerning an-
other expeditioin to the South Pole.
It will be known as tho "British Im-
perial Antarctic Expetlition," its lead -
00 being 9d1'. Johft L. Cope, P.R,G:S.
Mr. Cope accompanied the Imperial
Trane -Antarctic Expedition, 1014.17,
as surgeon and biologist to the Ross
Sea Party, Arrangements are so far
advanced tlu(t the expedition will be
able to leavo Britain in June, 1920,
and return in 1020. During the six
years' 11Jterval continuous communi-
cation will be maintained with the
centres at civilization by moaals of
wircll8. s equipment which would be
carried by 111 expedition,
The masie at Irish wakes was
originally for the purpose of driving
away tho et ii spirits,
"As t mit:on we can only consume
to the value of what we produce, and
if production falls away there will
be less to go around, and each will
have to pay more for the things 110
obtains." --'rhe 'Chairman of Bar-
clay's Bank, quoted by the Canadian
'Prado Connnissioll.
RICH, ILD BLOOD
MEANS IiEALTU
5
Weak, Pale People Regnire a
Blood -making Medicine.
it took emit urlas for medical science
to dlseover that the blood Is the life.
Now, it Is kuowll that if the blood
were always abundant, 19011 111111 pure,
very few people. would ever be ill, It
'(01114 1101 1111(11 the 01111 01 111e 111t11 C011 -
111'y 1111111 an Instrument 55101 invented
for measuring the red part of the
bleed. Then dnetors could tell just
how mnaemic a pat1('nt lead become,
and with medicine W make now blood
the patient teem got well,
All the blood in the body is nour-
ished and kept rich and red by elle
food taken daily, but when, for 011Y
rt'itseil, a parson Is 1.1111 (lOwhl and can -
net make sultic•leut blood front the
food to keep the body in health, then
a blood -making medicine is required,
The simplest and very best of blood -
makers suitable for hone 1180 by any-
one is Dr, Williams' Ptak Pills. When
a course of these pills is taken their
good effect is soon shown in an im-
proved appetite, stronger nerves, a
sound digestion and an ability to Plas-
ter your work and enjoy leisure hours.
For women there is a prompt relief of,
or prevention of ailments which make
life a burden. Mrs, Thos. Kaake,
Trenton, Ont„ tells how she obtained
new health and strength through the
use of Dr, Williams' Pink Pills. She
says: "The weakness came on me so
gradually that at lirst it was hardly
noticeable. But after a time it got so
that I could not go up stairs without
stopping to rest. Every particle of
color left my hands and face. and the
least exertion would tire me and leave
my heart palpitating violently. 1con-
sulted tt doctor who told me the
trouble was anaemia and prescribed a
tonic. I took this .medicine for some
time, but it did not seem to help me
tt bit. Then I read of a cure in 11
similar case through Dr, Williams'
Pink Pills and decided to try thein,
The result was these pills made me
feel like a new woman. I have gained
all my former health and strength,
and feel that I owe my present condi-
lion entirely to Dr, Williams' Pink
Pills.
Poll eve get these pills through any
dealer in medicine or by 101(11 at 50
cents a box or six boxes for $2.50
from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.,
Brockville, Ont.
LACK OF PAINT
Hurts the Purse as Well as the
Property.
What more charming picture can
we Hud anywhere than the farmer's
home with its vegetable and old-
fashioned flower garden, his barns
and out -buildings all well painted in
color, tuned in .harmony with the
green -of his meadow land, his ileitis
of waving grain, the orchard and
woods nearby, the azure blue over-
head.
And yet how rare it is to see such
homes in this fair lance of ours.
Do our farmers not realize that the
"run down" condition into which they
allow their homes and barns to get,
is a deliberate sacrifice of their looney
value, Many of them act as if blind
to the necessity of up -keep. They ap-
parently do not realize that property
Painted as often as is necessary proves
not. only an attraction but actually en-
hances its selling value. It is the ex-
perience of banks and other institu-
tions that lend money, that in fully
5o'; of the applications received, the
property has so deteriorated by rea-
son of the neglect to keep the wood
and metal work protected from decay
by the necessary application of paint,
that the borrower is unable to realize
anything near his 051111 estimate 01
their value. The average farmer
slows an utter disregard for keeping
up the cash value of 11is property, per-
mitting decay and disintegration of
what is most perishable on his build-
ings, namely, the wood and metal
work, whereas, if paint had been used
when fatted. necessary, which means
on the average every three or Pour
years, it would have protected and
maintained their value as a valuable
asset and substantial collateral should
necessity ever present itself,
Farmers who. neglect to protect
their properties by paint are adver-
tising to the countryside their lade of
00111 thrift,
Cake and pie, or beans and pota-
toes should not appear at the same
meal—they aro duplicate foods.
le W eoltly
810CA
MERCHANTS BANK CLOSES
BEST YEAR IN HISTORY
Gains In Net Prafits, Current Loans
and Assets.
Shareholders of I h , inert-it:met Bank
of Canada who attended the 111)9 115(11
anneal meeting at the head oiliest on
Wednesday, the 4th instant. we're
treated to the most :.,itislilntory re-
port in the history of that well known
THANKFUL MOTHERS.
Thousands of mothers throughout
remota many of them Your neigh'
bore speak with thankfulness con -
050111319 t11e use of Daily's own Tale
lets. User they have used the Tele
lets for their' little Onea they would
use 11ut11illg else. The Tablets aro an
banking maatufiolt, Tho ,: