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The Brussels Post, 1921-5-26, Page 3BRITAIN'S BRAINIEST COUNTIES Why do seine counties produce more Men of getihls thou others? Most people would auggeat that the •disparity is, due Welly to accidents of birth, This theory, however, is hardly supported by meta, I7thuologists—ettulents of reces— s/Ware shut certain soda produce cer- tain types of man, just as they pro- duce cof•taili ittnds of vegetation, They point out that while Ireland hes alwawe been noted for its orators, .Spain and Portugal between them have given hardly one great orator to the world; that wail° Seatland has never been famed for musicians, Po-' land has given birth to numerous won- derful musicians' and composers. Comparisons applied to the counties of, Iltfgland yield equally interesting. {results, While 'Warwickshire, for ex ample, protium(' William Slialrespeare, and .one of, the world's greatest wo- Men; George.Illiot, Westmorland, Rut- land, and Buckinghamshire between them have been the biuthplaee. of no otic whose name figures prontlnently 1n hietmy, The birthplaces of genius ,are found in their:' greatest profusion in the South and -South-West, Kent and Devon shar- lug tete honor .of having produced a larger number than any other county, 'excluding the Loudon area. Iieut gave us Caxton, Gordon, Pitt, Sir Philip Sidney, Wolfe, Grote, the famous historian, Hazlet, Harvey, and Faraday, while Devonshire cradled Raleigh, Drake, Hawkins, ,Gay, Rey- nolds, Marlborough Coleridge Kings- ley and Fronde. Cornwall, on the other hand, boasts only three ---Grenville, Sir Humphry Davy, and Foote, the comedian; while {Somerset hos produced only one— Admiral Blake. Wiltshire boasts Addison, Hobbes, Sir Christopher Wren; and Clarendon; 'Gloucestershire gave us Southey, Whittington, Jenner, Lawrence, Chat - 'team!, the poet, and Locke, the phil- osopher; while Dorset, witbin the last eighty years, has produced only one anan whose genius will survive him= Thomas Hardy, Controversy has often raged round the relative merits of Northerner and Southerner in business as well'as in other spheres of labor — generally without much satisfaction accruing to either side. What are the facts? They seem to show that while there is no denying the great part played in history by many men and women of Northern 'origin, the counties of milds and hills have bred fewer men of intellectual •attainnteuts than those of the Soutlt. A list cf five hundred men of an - 'meted genius shows that only twenty- three hail from Lancashire, twenty- eight dram Yorkshire, and fifteen from Durham. Of those of outstanding ,gen•!us, Lancashire produced Romney, Peel, Kemble, Arkwright, Bright, and 'Gladstone; Yorkshire gave us. Char- lotte Drente, Lord Lawrence, Captain Cook, Wilberforce and Lord Leigh- ton; and Durham, Lord .Durham and .Elizabeth Ilarrett•Browufmg, London and its environs not unna- turally'claims to have contributed more great names to the nation's roll than any other area of the same size. Seventy men and women of acknow- ledged genius found birthplaces in the Metropolis, ranging from Chaucer to Sir W. S. Gilbert; from Milton to Sir, H. Beerbohm Tree—a galaxy of names such as; no other city can show. On the other hand, why should Wales be able to boast of fewer than half a dozen names of world-wide re- pute? Exports declare that no other county but Warwickshire could have pro- duced Shakespeare. Warwickshire couldnot have given us Newton or Nelson any more than Cambridge could produce the finest sheep. A Little Wisdom. I-ionesty is the only policy. dtust-wastes more than use. If you can't help, don't hinder. A promise unfulfilled is an untruth told, True_Lappiness is unregretted plea- sures, 'Tis early test that makes early ris- ing sure. A. courteous "No" is better than a Churlish "Yes," A hundred hours of fretting will not. pay a hundred ponce of debt, Good management of a little is bet- ter than tufsmanagement of much. , Character is made up of small du- ties faithfully performed, of self - denials, of self -sacrifices and kindly acts of lovo and duty. The world's sugar crop estimate for 1020-21 is more than 1,700,000 bans greater than the production for 1919- 20.' Unmarried women are, now permit- ted to serve its clergy in Switzerland; they must resign in the event of their marriage. Campers and travellers were res- pon+sible for 246 fires si,rtittg in the British Columbia forests. This was a considerable reduction from the pre- vious year, credit for which is +given to the educational work <l+one by the newspapers. Education is the leading of human souls to what is beat, and making what is beat out of them; and -those two objects are always attainable to- gether and by Um sante meets, The training which makes men happiest` 111 themselves also makes ; them Most serviceable to edict's.--Ruslcjtt, No Chance. Sandy McTavioh---"Wily, when I was a young man It was nothing for a youngster to get a job in Leaden in some Hotel, and it wasn't long before he owned the whole place." Angus—"!Aye. No fleet, but since then they've invented cash registers." In Haste. At an amateur rausteal entertain- ment given in an 011ie town tlte host was remits and Inexper'ien'ced. He areae hurriedly at the conduction of one Song, "Ladles and--'er--gentlemen," he be- gan, In a shaky voice,. "before Miss Spigkins started . to--er—sing, she asked me to apologize for her--er— voleo, but I oinked to do so-er—so— I—er—apol0glze now." An Unjust Teacher. 1t was the infant -class's alphabet lesson, and the teacher had progres- sed as far as the letter "13," when she noticed that one little girl was ohvi- ouely "wool-gathering." Wallcing over to her, and pointing to the letter cm the blackboard, she asked: "Now, Maggie, what letter is that?" Maggio, of course, did not know, so teacher; with a gentle shake, ex- plained: "Letter D, letter B," "Please, teacher," answered the child, with one tearful eye on the child next to her, "I ain't touching her!" Too Bad of Him. The mother 01 the young husband went td the bridal nest, and round her daughter-in-law in tears. "My child," she gasped, "what is the matter? 1105 anything happened to George?" "No," sobbed the young wife; "but my heart is b -breaking. He's taken to stopping out late at night!" "What. already!" said the nrather, In consternation, "It doesn't seem possible. How late does he stop out, dear—very late?" "Well," said the bride, "you. know he usually leaves his office at half - past five. The night before last lie didn't get home till half -past six, and last night;" ehe sobbed bitterly, "last night it was a quarter to seven! What shall Ido?" The danger of blood pressure lips in the weakening of the arteries, due usually to age. MUCH ILL HEALTH DUE TO BAD BLOOD If the Blood is Kept Rich and Red You Will ]Enjoy Health. Mere disturbances to health is caused by weak, watery blood than most people' have any idea of. 'When your blood Is itnpeverishecl, the nerves sutler 'from leek of nourishment and you may be troubled with insomnia, neuritis, neuralgia or siatica. Mus - cies subject to strain aro under -nour- ished and yet/ may Wive muscular rheumatism or lumbago. If your blood is than and you begin to show symptoms of any of these disorders try" building up the blood with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, These Pills have a special Action on the blood and a? It becomes enriched your fiealtlt im- proves, The value of Dr. 'Williams' Pink Pills 01 cases of this kind is proved by tho experience of 11i'. D. J. McDonald, North River Bridge, NS., who says; "For sante years I suffered severely with headaches, pains in the back and a run-down conditiou. At times the pain in my back would be so bail that I would sit up in bed .all night, From time to time doctors were treating me, but did not give me more than temporary relief. And then one day when I was suffering terribly a neighbor carne to see me, and urged me to try Dr, Williams' Pink Pills, After taking two boxes I felt relief. I got live boxes more and before they were all gone I felt as though they were giving me new lite, as In every way tbey built up and ihnproved my health and strength. I am now work- ing as a barker in a pulp mill, ten hours a day, and feeling none the worse after my day's work. I say with pleasure that this condition is due to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills." Yeti can get Dr. Williams' PInk Pills from any medicine dealer or by mail at 60 cents a box, or six boxes for 52.50, from The Dr- Willie/us' Medi- cine Co., Brockville, Ont. "Nuffink Yeti" Little Teddy was being taken home by his aunt to view the baby sister who had arrived the day before. On the way they met a lady friend of his aunt's. "Well, sty little man," said the lady, "have you any brothers and sisters?" "Yes," said Teddy. "I'ee got two bruvvers and one sister.' "And how old is your sister?" asked the lady, "She's nufdnk yet," replied Teddy; "but I'm two years old," Minard's Liniment Relieve+ Distemper Teaching Future Farmers With agriculture the first industry of Canada and likely to remain so, the J 1 farmer is .a factor of paramount im• ! portance in the Dominion's national life, and the better farmer he is, the. greater the benefit to the country. His sons and daughters are the farmers and fawners' wives of to -morrow, and so their education is really one of the most important problems of the coun- try. To keep the children of the farm on the land, a love of the farm and a1l. that pertains to it musk be inculcated in early years, and so it is incumbent upon all who have national agricul- tural progress at heart to make the education of the young people along agricultural lines as pleasant as pos- sible. Agriculture is a life profession, the study of which is never exhausted, and the earlier one continences seri- ously upon erudition, the greater.are the chances for the most absolute suc- cess in the pursuit The ideals of in- telligent farming cannot be infused at too early an age, nor the young idea set too early with his feet in the right paths. , Aad so boys and girls in Western Canada are being taught in their early years how to farm so as to obtain the utmost from the earth and yet main- tain it lit all the richness of its virgin state, and how to rear the best type al animal, discovering for themselves the fallacy of bringing to maturity the scnlib animal. Instead of 'viewing farming through the drudgery of chores, in which they see little . ro- mance, they become imbued with the nobilityf t o the agricultural prpfesslor, and are keen to adopt the pursuit as their life work. This abject Is best achieved by giSe Ing the child his own plot of soil to cultivate or his own call or lamb to raise, playing upon the natural in- stinct nstinct of love in possession, and the inherent desire of creating. To fur- ther encourage the young Idea, special classes are arranged tor at provincial exhibitions, at which the youngsters can exhibit the grain and cattle for whose production and growth they are responsible, and -compete with other boys and girls of the West, receiving ell the benefits 01 competitive criti- cism. The competitions cover many olessee of farm endeavor, and there are equal chances for the youngsters of both sexes in the awards. Though girls, in many cases, are just as in- terested in grain and live -stook entries as their brothers, there are many classes in which they shine alone, all of which have relation to the multi- farious duties of the Western fat'her's wife. No one can doubt the success of this system of education who is -pre- sent at one of these exhibitions and senses the animation which pervades the atmosphere of thejudging events. Excitement waxes high as exhibit af- ter exhibit is eliminated, and reaches its pitch in the culminating selection of grand champions. And in regions which are producing grain and cattle which carry off world honors, it can readily be understood that these win- ners are most creditable examples of their kind. But the most valuable feature of the work is the love of good farming for itself, which is fostered in the minds of the young generation, and the in- spiration to raise more and better pro- duce to their own and the national gale. A Better Table Drank Made instantly in the cup by adding hot water ' no delay and no waste. Delightful and satisfying in flavor, with none of the harm that sometimes comes frown tea or coffee. to f�4 Bare L9 a Reason" Sold by grocers ani. ata Nan ins. um val ma an va. VA Now HEALTH EDUCA'T'ION 1 Y DR. J. , J. MIDDLETON 0.1 Previnciii Board of Health, Ontario io Or. Middleton will 00 glad to aasirnr questions on Public Ilealtb ma. 0 tees" through this colunta. Address bite at the Parliament tildes. 0 Iss , 1189, cza Inat€{9 wvasoisklt�'li ';lis Ink 111 The fight against tuberculosis is be -i war the campaign against tuberculosis Ing :won. It is now necoadary for{ was staking remarkable progress un everyone, whatever hie wall: in life, all civilized countries, In England to co, operate with the hee,th nat:,m"•! at that time the death tate had de- ities in their efforts to destroy rom-I clined so consistently that Dr. Cobbett pletely this terrible scourge. For it, of Cambridge, the eminent authority is the little, everyday circumstances an tuberculosis, confidently stated that and habits that cella so much in con -i in ten years at the then rate of de trolling tat disease in any community., creese, the number of cases of tuber - All promiscuous spitting must be l culeSie would be practically negligible. stopped, for meaty people who expec- Bat along came the war and blasted torate ln' trains, street -ears, on side- all these hopes. Cold, wet, exposure, walks, etc„ have consumption, but del food restrictions, all took their heavy not realize what a danger they are to} toll of human life, and poison gas everybody round about them. 'Chase used in the latter stages of the great germs of tuberculosis let loose in this{conflict brought on the inevitable way, dry in the air, and are easilyi aftermath of asthma, and tuberculosis carried about in dust and breathed in of the lungs. The death rate fioui by others. consumption curing the war rose tre- mendously chance must be given to dill. niendously in all combatant countries. Every to escape the disease -by keeping Since the cessation of hostilities an the milk supply absolutely free from the return of the people to more or tuberculous germs, and asteurization lass norma] methods of living, the —that is, subjecting the mlk to a mortality is again decreasing, This temperature of 65 or 70 deg. C. for happy condition of affairs is in no five minutes—should be resorted to in small. measure due to the anti -tuber ever instance where there is the culcsis campaigns which are resuming y activities after bcirg side-tracked dur- ing the war. In Ontario, practically all the cost of the effort against tuberculosis, with v Toronto, slightest possibility of contamination of the milk supply. By this means all dangerous germs will be killed off, and any likelihood of conveying tuber- culosis or other diseases removed. A the exception of an annual grant of large percentage of gland and joint 510,000 from the Dominion Govern- tuberculosis in children can be traced meet to the Canadian Association for directly to tuberculous milk, and the the Prevention of Tuberculosis, has public health departments in city and been borne by the Province, but much province are now adopting rigorous assistance has been received front measures to segregate, make tests for voluntary societies and from the ef- tuberculosis and even destroy or iso - forts of the Canadian Society for the late all cattle condemned, or suspected Prevention of Tuberculosis. But this of carrying disease, is not enough, The prevention of During school hours, watt -ventilated tuberculosis is a national problem and should be undertaken in the broadest class rooms must be provided, with Do - intervals for deep breathing in the spiritt by with Government co-operation theiand open air allowed regularly during the .minien the he-ontration and school day. A scheme of physical cul - Even support of the entire country, ture graded to suit school children of Even under present circumstances every age should also be made 0001 the campaign in Ontario is being car- pulsory, and by this means encourage ried on energetically, The number of chest development and adequate ex- Sanitoria in elle Province has increas- pansiori of the lungs. ed from ten in 1010 to twenty-five in At home the welfare of the children. the present year, and an amount of should be fostered by medicel hldre 54,000'is provided by the Government towards the cost of building a san•- tien of the houses for poor sanitation, torium, and the sum of 53.50 weekly ventilation, overcrowding, dampness, has been donated towards the cost of insufficient sunlight ,and any obyec- each patient. As a result of this! tionable features that would tend to policy the annual grants for mainten-i develop tuberculosis in the young. ante have increased year by year from' Healthy home surroundings, coupled $26,073 in 1910 to $279,491.22 in 1919.! with rigid inspection of factories, Ten years ago the accommodation for' workshops and nines in regard to patients in Sanitaria in Ontario was: ventilation and sanitation as well as six hundred and fifteen, now it is; protective measures for the individual about two thousand, and in addition in some of the dangerous occupations the Government has given during that' where the air of the workplace is filled period the sum of 532,000 towards the' establishment e t of hr.t these institutions. ..ttrtion s. Let every individual give the Gov- ernment all the help anti encourage -I mens possible. Learn to protect your- self from tuberculosis and teach every tuberculous person you know to pro- tect himself and others, The fight against "The White Plague" is being won. quaker Minister Is Grateful t T ,ni.ac ossesestV Rev.Parker Moon Nearly everybody in Southwest Missouri, U.S.A., either knows or has heard of the Rey. Parker Moon, who for I a full half centtuy has devoted his life and talents to Sunday school and organization work for the Society of Friends or Quakers. "Uncle Parker," as he is more fa- miliarly known, came from fine old rugged Quaker stock, and there is not a better known or more highly re- spected citizen in that part of the state. In referring to his remarkable restoration to health by 'Pardee, he said: "About live years ago I suffered a general breakdown. hly principal trouble was nervous indigestion. My appetite was very poor and my food seldom agreed with nie, and I had to live on a rely re•tr:cb'ii diet. I suf- fered a great deal flout bead ches and dizzy spells; I had severe pains across the small of my back and was badly can,siipated most of the time. In fact, I was so weak and rundown I was not able to attend to my duties. "This condition made me very nerv- ous and I could not sleep at night. Frequently I would lie awake most all night and was in that condition more or less for five years. My physician said he could not de any- thing for me and suggested a change with unhealthy P dust or vapors, are doing much to reduce the toll of deaths from consumption in every civilized land. If a government scheme of compulsory physical culture for youths and young adults can be inaugurated, rho benefits from a health point of view will be enormous. Before the outbreak af the world THE BEST MEDICINE FOR LITTLE ONES Thousands of mothers state posi- tively that Baby's Own Tablets are the best medicine they know of for little ones. Their experience has taught them that the Tablets always d0 just what is claimed for them and that. they can be given with perfect safety to children of all ages. Concerning them Mrs, Joseph Therrien, St. Gab- riel de Brandon, Que,, writes: "Baby's Own Tablets are the best medicine I know of for little oness. I thought I would lose my baby before trying the Tablets, but they soon made him healthy and happy and now I would not be without them." The tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 26 cents a box trout the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. With the Boy Scouts. Grimsby Boy Scouts recently had their funds augmented to the extent action o `i Vil- lage through thef the 1 1 of $63 g liege et _Grimsby and Township of North Grimsby Councils which nude grants to them of $260 and $60 re- spectively, and of the Grimsby Civilian Rifle Assoctation, which made them a grant 01 5235, The Scouts 01 New Toronto were also the recipients of a grant from their municipal council, this one amounting to $50, * Toronto Scouts are holding their first tumua0 bicycle road race for the "Ratepayer Cup" and prizes on Vic- toria Day. There is already a large entry list for the event, which will cover dal elght• rile course. w * * A Brockville merchant offers a very desirable piece of Boy. Scout equip- ment for each of the first twenty boys of the let Brockville Troop to qualify as First. Class Scouts. ✓ r Sudbury Scouts have entered a strong team in the local Junior Foot- ball League and are expecting to make a good showing when the playing sets son commences. * 4 * Miss Ethel MacLachlan, Judge of the Saskatchewan Jttvt rite Court, is a real Boy Scout enthusiast. In a re- cent article contributed to a Sas- katchewan paper she writes: "The Scout training encourages play and a life of activity. Some of the saddest cases I have had before me are the boys who do not know bow to play— the little boy with the bent back and cracked hands, with no smile on his face --the boy who knows nothing but hard work and thus becomes discour- aged and runs away from home and finally finds his way into the Court. 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,' but while a boy should have lots of play he should also have work mixed in with it in his leisure hours. In many small towns in the province the hours frons after school until bed- time are spent in wandering aimlessly around the streets; in pool rooms; or in Chinese restaurants, the result be- ing that the boys have too much time on their hands for planning mischief, The Scout training is opposed to all this and provides play, work, and na- ture study for the boy In leisure hours." How about your town? Is it doing anything more for its boys than the town Miss McLachlan describes? Births and marriages its England and Wales during 1920 were the high- est ever recorded. The number of deaths was the lowest since 1862, when the population was only about 20,000,000. Thore were 957,994 births and 466,213 deaths MONEY ORDERS. Dominion Express Money Orders are on sale in five thousand offices throughout Canada. Co-ltnda has the largest combination elevator in the world, at Port Arthur, Ont., with a capacity of 10,000,000, bushels, It was built by the Canadian! Northern Railway, and now belongs' to the Canadian National Railways. , Nova Scotia was the first of the original Canadian Provinces to havo al Provincial Government, founded ltyl Great Britain, in 1719, Douglas fine, the finest timber trees in rho 'West of America, often grow so large that one tree will load up a train, Specimens of these trees 16 feet in diameter and up to 300 .feet high have been found, Minard'! Linimirt tor Dana uU. .. of climate. I then moved to Texas and went back and forth three tines but did not get the relief 'I had hoped for, Finally I got so bad all I was not able to get around with any degree of comfert. I was also told I had heart trouble. "I had read about Tanlac and, as it had been very highly recommended to me, I decided to try it. I got a bottle anal had taken only a few doses unt1 I could notice a marked improve - stent in my condition. I noticed es- pecially that I was not troubled any more with sour stomach after eating, which was a great relief, "I kept on taking Melee until I fully regaire:l my health. My appetite splenial; I enjoy my meals and 1 do ant find it necessary now to take any laxative medicines of any kind. I can sleep much better and act not nearly so nervous. "I take great pleasure in recom- mending Tanlac to anyone who needs a good system builder, or who suffers with stomach trouble, I have recom- mended Tanlac to a great many of my friends and am pleased to reach others by giving this statement for publication." Tanlac Is sold by leading druggists everywhere. Your Height. At a certain athletic club records were kept for same time of the weight oP members before and after dinner, and it was found that the average in- crease due to dinner was two pounds three ounces. The average man will weigh one and a half pounds less • after a Turkish bath than before, and a very tat man may lose two or three pounds. Men in good health who do very hard work not infrequently lose five pounds weight during the day and regain it during the night. An optimist is aman who is happy when he is miserable; a pessimist is happy. Whenever a number of persons are gathered together and have enjoyed a good dinner, one is almost sure to re- mark: "Isn't It extraordinary that a man weighs no more after eating a heavy meal than he did before?" It would be extraordinary in the ex- treme if true, but it isn't. The than who tucks away two or three or three pounds of solid food, or of liquid, for that matter, will show it on the scales. This does not mean that if he eats, say, two pounds of food, he will weigh exactly two pounds more after dingier than before, but he will conte very near to it, The slight difference is due to the fact that the body is con- tinually losing weight, whether one Is eating, taking violent exercise, or do- ing nothing at all, by perspiration through the skin and by the moisture and carbon dioxide gas exhaled from the lungs. The more exercise, the greater the lass of weight, of course. ASPIRIN Only "Bayer" is Genuine Warning! Take fta chances with substitutes for genuSse "Bayer Tab- lets of Aspirin." UnleSe you see the name "Bayer" on package or on tab- lets you aro not getting Aspirin at all, In every Beyer package are directions for Colds headache, Neuralgia, Rheu- matism, Rerncho, Toothache, Lumbago and for fain. Hatndy tin hoxra of twelve tablets cost few cents. Drug' gists also soli larger packages. Made in Canada. Aspirin is the trade nark (registered in Canada), of Bayer Manufacture of Manoacelicaoiiie:. ter of Salicylicncid. Atitarlents Pioneer hiog 1lernedtee Book en DEQ DISEASES and now to treed Molted )Pros to env Ad. dross by the Aulher. f*, p3iaq West Slatilocert St0o.,reat eIa0. 01 Row Toric, YARMOUTH, N.S. Fishermen and Campers, Quick Relief. PUT A BOTTLE IN YOUR OUTFIT Mrso Lilian Traylor 'ells How Cutic ra Healed Her Baby "Our baby was two weeks old when his face became very red and terribiy Itchy, and he was fairly crazy rub- bing and scratching till the skin broke and bled. Ile could not sleep, and did nothing 1 Murry. His fate looked as though he might be disfigured for life. "I tbo •^•tic i would give Cuticara Soap and -Ointment a trial. I found the free sample so good that I bought more and two cakes of Cuticura Soap and a fifty cent box of Cuticura 008- ment Healed him." (Signed) Mrs. L1llnn M. Tesler, Box 09, Breen - bridge, IVluskoka, Ont., Det. d0, '18, Cutleura Soap to cicaar.e and pu- rify, Cuticura Ointment to scltcn and soothe and Cuticura Talcum m to powder and perfume ors. ldnsmi 6.r daily toilet purposes. Soap 250. Ointment 25 cad Soe, Sold throughout thenominion. Canadtonllepat; L�ymann, Limited. St. Paul 'St., Montreal. Cuticura Soap them= 'without moo. -pp i A tt ISSUE No. 21.—'21a