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The Brussels Post, 1925-2-25, Page 7FAMOUS PEOPLE'S tree 1 LIMERICKS 1.114 and Laughter in a Last Line, There was a young meek of Siberia, Wim ee tasting grew wearier and wearier, Till ea length, with a yell, He burst them his cell, And devoured the Fakeer Superior! 'Phis Is one of tate many 'Limericks which Appear in "The Complete Lim, erne Book," by Laetgforil need, Many thousands of Limerielis liana been per- petr'ated since tie erazs first thole hold oe the public -•-through the eel - mune of "Loudon Opinioa," some seventeen years agog slid the best of these have now beencollected ey Mr. Reece, who bas MC:lease in Jtis book a number of the .favorite Limericks of fatuous people, The one given above ie by Father Ronald Knox.. A Relic of Old Ireland. The Limerick, we are told, takes its name and formation from an old song popular In Ireland at convlval gather - lugs, Here etre more specimens; -- An epicure, dining at Crewe, nee. ^-1 ground quite a large mouse in his stew. Said the waiter, "Don't shout, •And wane , it aboutOr the rest will be �vpnting one, toolu There leas a. young curate of Kidder- nilnster Who very' severely chid a spinster. Far she used, on the -Ice, Words not at all Wee When he inadvertently slid against her. An Indolent vicar of Bray i• Ills roses allowed to decay; His wife, more alert, Bought a powerful squirt, And said to her spouse, "Let us spray." , ed is Wood - r! t; ell. Then there is this old,favorite:— There was a young man of Bengal Who went to a fancy-dress ball, He went, just for fun, • Dressed up as a bun, And a dog ate hila up in the hall. Some tongtie•tavistiug Limericks:— There was a young lady named Psycho Who was heard to ejaculate "Pery che!" For, when riding tier playa;She ran over a jityoh And fell . on some nails that were pepyelle. A gf1•£ who weighs many an oz Used language I wM nol pronoz. Her brother, one day, Pulled her cbair rigbt away;'i 1£e wanted to see isbo's hoz, The Right Foot First. Ti getting out of bed in the morning always take caro to place the right foot first create day will be unlucky! Many otherwise practtetn- people also take cal to place the right foot first when entering a house. Tlie origin of the very common. e,t:,erctltIon with regard to the right feet is easily accounted for by associa- tion. tion. It ;sea psychological ofisprinof the Word "right," and its meaning of "M conformity with moral law, per- mitted be the principle; which ought t0. regulate conduct," and so on, The word as opplfed to the side of the human body welch Is toward 'the east when the face is turned to the north is of exactly the'same derive - tion, and Owes its present. appllCation to the tact that most people nee "right-handed," and therefore the right hand Is the right hand to tie things u ith, By retonsidn the word Como to cover fleet Whole side of the body. And so, Ju getting cut of bed, if the right foot Is right, the left foot must be wrong, Moreover, the word "loft" Is from tile .inglo-Saxon, meaning worthless; end, applied oelginally to the lett arm, has mirrored the tame extension as the worts "right" orrr iiia one side of the body, th Confusing e Gunner''s Meta In his recent book, A Story -Teller, Bete W. Pett Ittege relates the follow- ing Incident as a good example of for- mhl1efe ha the lieltisli ?.avy -• A gienter'amate was ,rambling the cease, "What are the•atleeniltges of a tul'l'e!. ovar a barbei.te7' he asked. "The crew hes better protection," replied a member of the chasm 01110 arc of the--" "You've got ft all muddled," com- plained the gunner's mate. "'Cording io this book, d•ou ought to answer, 'Many,' And thee. fi ray 'Name theme' One by Rudyard Kipling:— There was a young boy of Quebec, 'Who fell into the lee to his.neck When asked "Are you friz?" Ile replied, "Yes. I is, . But we d'en't call this cold in Quebec." Possibly the best ever compos this Limerielt by the late Mr. row Wilson:— As a beauty •I aur not a star, There are others more handsome, by far. e But my Lace—I don't mind For I am behind it. It's the people in front get the ja Some - Tongue•Twlsters. One by Major Ian Hay, the novelist: There was an old elan of Nantucket, Who kept all his cash in a bucko But his daughter, named Nan, Ran away with a man, And as for the bucket Nan tuck Order from your „g ocer his best tea ail 4e41 usually send; "Red! Rose." t The same good tea for 30 yearn Tryito Will a Good. Pure Bred . Sire Pay? A bull will sire anywhere from one hundred to several hundred ealves during his iifetime, Suppose we place the -number at calves at one hundred, and suppose the calves by ono bull are worth an average of $6.00 per bead more than the calves by another bull, what would thea mean? It would mean that one bull would bo wortlt,to Ills owner $600.00 more I.hen the' other buil, except the small difference to interest on Investment, If the difference In' value of the calves were $10.00 per head, the differ- once in the value of the bulls would be $1000.00 and correspondingly greater for wider differences in the value of the calves: There are cases where steers by a good bull have brought $50.00 per head more than steers of the same age be inferior or scrub bulls. These figures should make any loan -pause before buying an inferior, bull merely because the price is low. ' It is true that. merely paying a high price for a bull does not make him a good one, and excellent bulls aro of- ten bought at very modest prices; but Itis equally true that realty good bulls are always worth the .money paid for them, while inferior bulls are dear at any price. No man can afford to use a scrub bull. A good bull at $1,000.00 is cheap- er than a scrub bull received as a gilt, ea the figures given above amply prove. It 1s also worth noting that steers by good bulls have "topped" the open market in Canada and the United States, and =still bold several open market high price records. Surely the thoughtful farmer - will see to it that the bull he uses in future must be a good pure bred, and the result will be more beef, more milk, and more profit. When sending money by mail 1130' Dominion Express Money Orders. Safer than sending bilis, Sun Life Establishes Great Record. The itfty-fourtlt annual report of the Sun Life Assurance Conmenyeof Cana• da, now being published, once again shows knspirin„. galue both in re- sources and In the spread of the Com- pany's operations, All previous re- cords of the Company, outstanding as they have been, have been, greatly overreached, 43,671 new policies were Issued and paid for during 1924. In addition, a large block of profit- able British and foreign :business bas been acquired from n big American company by re -assurance„ as well as the business of a Colonial company operating 111 the East. '19te"world-wide organization of the Sun Life easily ad- ntits,of the absorption of this; business to advantage. The policies of a small Canadian company were also as- sumed, In earnings from investments the Company's experience has been par- ticularly gratifying. Both In the in- crease In market value of secufltles held, alnouuting to -$6,331,877, and the prclit on sales wherein the increased value of securities hat been capital - !zed, is reflected , the wisdom of the Company's early policy of investment In longterm bonds and similar securi- ties, 'While it is expected_that this in- creased value will be permanent, pos- sible fluctuation has been amply pro- vided for in the contingency account. Tho rate of interest earned on the mean invested assets advanced to 0.88 per cent. This, is exclusive of Profits from sales ,and 'represents a substantial gain ,over the previous year's very satisfactory earnings. Policyholders received -or Mad .al- lotted to then profits of $6,681,652 during 1924. • That the fdture Ogsitioe or the, Com - pally shall be even ,pore solid and se- cure, the reserves of its entire life assurance contracts have been valued at three per cent., ,while a special an. nutty reserve 01 $750,000 has been set up beyond the amount required by the Government's standard. For First Aid—Minard's Liniment t, HEALTH EDUCATION , BY DR. J. J. MIDDLETON Provincial Board of Health, Ontario. Dr. Middleton will be glad to answer questions on Public Health mat- ters through this column. Address him at Spadina House, Spadina Crescent, Toronto. Breast feeding seems to be one of the greatest checks to infant mortality that is known. It is positively alarm- ing to take the records in any com- munity and see the great preponder- ance of bottle-fed babies. While some women' through physical weakness, probably, cannot nurse their babies, the tendency of the present time is for mothers to forego breast feeding on account bf the interference with social duties and ordinary routine of life that it would entail. Coupled with this regrettable viewpoint is the fact of commercialism in the supply of in- fant foods. Even cow's milk, which with a proper percentage of added sugar and water, makes the best sub- stitute for mother's milk, nowadays rarely contains a proper standard of fat, the high prices of butter at pres- ent tempting many people to 'use the separator at the expense of child Iife. In conversation with a doctor recently in a good-sized country town, he told me the startling news that it was al- most impossible to get pure milk of sufficient fat standard, on account of the prevalence of separators through- out the country. It is evident.that the unfortunate results of this pauperiz- ing of the :milk is not realized by tho people who do the separating, for there is not a man or woman in On- tario Worth the name who would' think of depriving the children of their only means of proper sustenance in the euriy months of life. It .is just the lticit of knowledge, coupled with the butter which now fetches a high price on the market. This is one of the most important factors to be dealt with in the present campaign to build up a more robust babyhood in this province. Some of the reasons why a baby should be breast fed are as follows: Breast milk is always ready and is never sour; it does not have to be prepit ed,,or measured; it is nature's method and was intehcled for the baby; it will make thebaby strong and healthy; it is absolutely free from germs and dirt; it protects the baby from many infant's diseases; it is safer for the baby; ten bottle-fed ba- bies die for every one fed on the breast; it contains the proper elements of food in the right•pro ortion for the growing child; breast-fed babies sel- dom have bowel trouble, which is so fatal in bottle-fed babies, especially in hot weather; the:baby will have the best chance of living if breast fed. A normal baby should show the fol- lowing points in its development: A steady gain in weight; bowel move- ments every day; a good appetite; no Vomiting; a elear skin; bright, wide open eyes; very little crying; quiet, unbroken sleep, with eyes and mouth closed; a constant growth ie stature and intelligence. • The temperature of the baby's bath should be from 98 deg. to 100 deg. le., and it should always be kept warm. Even a slight chill often brings dis- astrous results. Laughing at the Centuries,. Alter being 1n.1161 efirco the rel}tu o2 "(Jsod Qlueett lies the game of Fete. tor Silip Canal110i•e lupi been removed to Exeter elegt'01,1, says an 31Y11a11. newspaper, Kindler relive lure to be fouler in lnuaoutne,all' over the vountry, but few people 1os11z0 how many of out' aur- vlving' examples of ancient wtn'kman• ship are still in actual umo, For lnlitance, there le an ancient si0ne }veli', dinfrom abontr 1160, welch was adataptedg a fuw ycere ago to drive the x i c:hluc'ry which euppllee Chester with electricity. j,veu older thus this is the Pons Dyke, !u Lincelneliire, which was cut 1»' Mlle Rotuaus, and le still in use as a canal, __ English Ship Me Tax. $ Pouy • The ship money tax 0f England was a tax intpnsed as early as 1007 A.D. by the sovereign on the maritime towns and oeura1105 of Engined, for the par. pose of providing and maintaining a navy for the protection or the coeat. It was revived by Charles I. 10 1234, without the consent of Parliament and was arbitrarily levied on tbe.]vhole of eingland, John Hampden, a Wire of Buckingimntshire,, resisted the pay went of the tax as illegal, but was pro- secuted and condemned. In 1640.41 the Long Parliament, deckled levy- Ing:of ship money to be illegal and annulled the judgment against Hamp- den, says the Detroit News. The imposition of this tax was one of .the chief causes of the Civil War and the rise to power of Cromwell, A NIPPY CHILDIIDCD IS A MAWR OF HEALTH Little children quickly getout of sorts but by prompt treatment they can just as quickly be set right again. Most of their troubles arise in the first place from the stomach and bow- els; that is why a good clearing out is the first thing the doctor prescribes. Mothers, why not let Baby's Own Tab- lets keep your children well. Unlike that ill -smelling, rank tasting castor oil so dreaded by most children, the Tablets are pleasant to take and their action, though thorough, Ls gentle and causes no discomfort to eitherhe baby or the growing child. Baps Own Tablets aro a never failing rem - • for relieving constipation and in- digestion; thus they break up colds and simple fevers, expel worms and make the teething period painless. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail--at,26 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co„ Brockvine, Ont. Tam I' the Kirk. O Jean, my Jean, when the ball ca's the congregation, Owre galley an' hill wi' the ding frac Its iron mou', Wheu a' body's thochts is set on his alt salvation, cline's set on you, There's a sed rose lies on the Bulk o' the Word afore ye, That was growth' braw on its bush at the beek o' day, But the lad that pu'd yon flower f' the morning's glory, Ile canna pray. He canna pray; but there's name i' the Kirk will heed him; Where he sits sae still his lane at the side of the wa'; For name but the red rose kens what my lassie gie'd him it an' us twa! Ile canna sing for the sang that his ain he'rt rates, He canna see for the mist that's afore his sen, • And a voice drouns the 'bale o 'the psalms an' the paraphrases, Cryan' "Jean, Jean, Jean!" Violet Jacob, PREDICT BACHELOR KING FOR BRiTAI i Even those people who evoke tvttl forbeal'onoe of the matrimonial shy, 11000 of the Prince of Wales are now getting uneasy with tate .announcement that: the royal Noir will prolong his vlel1 to South Afrlea dile Year 10 tit• eines a trip to the Argentine, says a London despatch, . This can only mean to these 120g1!51313100 111a,another year will be added to the Interval until the Prince announces he hue picked Out a girl to be the future 3lueen. Englishmen have listenedto the same tale of postponement for the last; nee years Whenever the Prineo of Wales remains in London for a long period, the busybodies get up a series of stories intimating that a certain in- teresting announcement on royal note - Inner will be fedi-manning from Beck- ingleam Palace, and even speculating who the girl Is. 'Such great expecta- tiens have neves' been given a.ebance to materialize, for the Prince leas stem' peel out of the country on a trip to his futuredamaine lust in time and' the ladies in question have, in most cases, married before his return home, Few Eligibles Remain. Now there are not so many eligibles for specylatien. The Ladies Mary and Rachel Cavendish, Lady Mary Gordon - Lennox and Lady Mary Cambridge, who ware all freely discussed es pros- pective mates for the Prince ot. Wales, have married. In fact the list of Eng- lish girls of suitable, age 1s becoming distressingly narrowed, and as most Englishmen havemadeup their naiads that Dayid Edward la not going out- side his father's realm for a bride, the Prince will probably have to choose his bride from a younger generation. So interested has the Milano become in this chapter of his life, Isis Royal Highness =hardly: attend house par- ties or dances without a"resounding echo connecting his name with, some debutante being heard immediately throughout Mayfair, then down to Southwark and Clapham, Since return- ing from his last trip the Prince has successfully counteracted this gossip by not appearing at dances and house parties. At present there is no girl. being honored as the prospective Prin- cess of Wales. There are many people in London now who whisper' that the announce menu of the engagement of the Prince of Wales will never come and that he is going to be that strange complex, a bachelor king. Some who profess to know even say the Prince has often stated he does not want to marry. So far as the outward circumstances show, the betting is on their side, --.y No Brains Needed in Falling in Love. Science makes another discovery. No great amount of brains is required for falling in love. Most of us had suspected it, but a scientist tries to prove it Ile used 200 pigeons. From these he removed the cerebral cortex, the part of the brain that is suposed to do the thinking for folk. The pige- ons recovered from the operation and kept on billing and cooing. The scientist advanced the experiment. He removed more of the pigeons' brains. Ho found that of all instincts the love instinct seemed to function on the slightest amount of brain matter. So much far science and love. Lov- ers needn't feel badly about it. ',Vliile the experiment indicates that no brains are needed to fall in love' it doesn't prove that being is love indi- cates'a lack of brains. Love may not be amenable to reason, but it isn't • necessarily feeble-mindedness, If ea, it is a pleasant forma of insanity -- sometimes. The Training of Nurses. The appeal of service which nursing makes' to the spiritual forces In a young .woman is the deciding factor which draws her into the nursing pro- fession rather than into some more lucrative and pleasing calling.—Jean E. Browne, President Canadian Nurses i Association. Groes Neglect. I The Judge—"What's the trouble,1 madam? Hasn't the bailiff supplied the jury room with everything you need for your deliberations? "• The F orelatly--"No, your honor. There isn't a mirror er a powder puff in the place." RHEUMATISM AND LUMBAGO ARE BANISHED BY Dr. Williams! Pink Pills 4 11 , ,1J• '1 , They Give New Vitality '--and more: rategasimazureameserinensesiee Some diseases give immunity from another attack, but rheumatism and lumbago (which is really muscular rheu- matism) work just the other way. Every attack invites. another. There is scarcely any disease which physieiune find more difficult to treat successfully than rheumatism, Long study, However, has shown that the seat of the Manse is in the blood. By maintaining the quality of the blood, you are doing tho best Possible thing to prevent and combat rlotinlatisnt, That is why Dr. Williams' Pink Pills has proved sue- eessful its thousands of cases of rheumatism and lumbago. These pills enrich the blood and enable it to throw off the poisons of the enclose. And so long as the blood is lcelit pure and rfclt1,there need be no fear of a return of the trouble. Mrs. Annie Wright, Woolehester, Alta.; says:—"1 was, a sweeter from rheumatism for six years and most of that time my life, was one 01 misery. 1 tried several doctors but never got more than temporary relief. The trouble seemed to affect my whole system. Finally 1 was advised to try Dr. 'Williams' Pink Pills asci through these 1 toned complete relief. I can ateongi2 recommend Dr:Williams' Pink Pills to 'anyone sutterleg from this trouble" Plunger Tire Safeguard. The plunger inside the tire valve is responsible for the life of the tire, and eltould never be removed unless abso- lutely necessary. For Every lit—Mrnard's Liniment. He'd Stand Without Hitching. "Does your new clerk seemto be a steady fellow?" tho customer asked of the proprietor of the drug store. "Steady?",repeated the proprietor. "1 should say ho was steady! If he wero any steadier, he'd be motion-. less!" Italy's Silk Wealth. The silk comae crap in Italy has been very satisfactory. Lord Birkenhead stated in a recent • speech that hp had read every one of Sbott's novels at least nine times. A,Y.. TRUCKS i'"alse Magic This is anoliier "trick" that Is not a trick at all int a mere prac- tical joice, The trickster sante the largest and most powerful annotator and says to him displaying a stick of weed about as large as a ruler; "You are strong enough to lift this stickwith your little finger. Yet, 1 can make it so that you will be tired long berme you are able to carry It out of the room," That sounds ridiculous and the statement is usually challenged. The trickster is right, however. With his penknife he cuts off a microscopic bit of wood and asks the spectator to carry that out of the room, The spectator realizes that If he is to carry it out, a tiny splinter at a time, he will indeed be tired long before he succeeds in remeeing the stick and he will make a mental note not to be so eager to challenge the trickster's next statement, (Clip this out and Taste it, with other of the aeries, its a scrapbook.) spading Tractor. A new implement, a "spading trac- tor,' will plow, harrow and enitivate In one operation, and has a capacity of three acres an hour. Quick Relief for Riheumatism. Mrs. Bert Young of Filch Bay, Que„ writes as follows: "I could not turn over in bed at night. I tried doctors and sent oft for medicines which did 'me no good, but after using three bottles of Minard's my rheumatism left me, entirely, and I have never felt it since." Alwaya keep Minard's handy-. Minard's Liniment A really busy roan 'has no time to worry. During the day he is too fully occupied, and at night 'time he is tee tired. Happiness is the natural flower of duty.—Brooks. Nothing will make a man strongrbut his own concentration of thought.--' Eugene Sande% ISeUE No, 0—'25, rf err te. Clear Your Complexion With. Cuticura Bathcwith Cuticura Soap and bat water to free the pores of impurities and follow with a gentle application of CuticuraOintment to soothe and heal. 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I never had such an easy confinement and this is my sixth baby. I read about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound in the 'Farmer's Telegram' and wrote you for one of your books. We, have no druggist in our town, but 1 saw your medicine in T. Eaton's catalogue.i I am a farmer's wife, so have all kende of work to do inside and outside the house. My baby is a nice healthy girl who weighed nine;pounds at birth, f. am feeling fine after putting in a large' garden since baby came. (She is aa' good as she can be.) Tours is the best medicine for women, and I have told about it and even written to my friends about it." — Mrs. ANNIE E. AYARS,' Spring Valley, Sask. Lydia E. Finlcham's Vegetable Com- pound is an excellent medicine for ex- pectant mothers, and should be taken during the entire period,. It bas agen- eral efeect to strengthen and tone up the entire system so that it may work in every respect as nature intends. All druggists sell this dependable medicine. 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