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The Seaforth News, 1924-09-04, Page 71'. NAMES THAT MAKE WORDS J How many words do you know which commemorate famous and ob- scure men? Most people can think of a row of the commoner once such as Welling tons boots), Metiers (a type of half boots), Glacls'tone (a bag), Chestor- flebi (overcoat), and so on, but it is not so generally known that the words "Macintosh"; "blanket"; "doyley"; "Macadam"; "guillotine"; "negus"i and "mausoleum" are the .nares of their respective inventors or innovat- ors. Our flowers ' neii8da" and "dahlia" are named after two Oontinental bot- anists Fuchs and Dahl, while the. bowie knife is so called after a oertain bloodthirsty American, Colonel Bowie. When we say "Old Nick for tilts Satanic Majesty and "machiavelliau" for anything pertaining to him, we are uneousciousiy referring to Niccolo Machiavelli of Florence,; a clever statesman to whom historians have hardly done justice, The OrIginbf "Dunce." 4 "dunce" was originally a term of contempt need by the followers el Thomas Aquinas to describe . the fol- lowers of Duns Scotus, a very learned scholar of the thirteenth century; but the word is now usedfor a stupid or ignorant pupil. The words "Herculean" and "Panic" remind usrof Hercules, the grist hero to whom nothing' was impoitible, and of the Gadd Pan who terrified belated travellers and sent them . flyiny for their lives, Charles Lynch, of Virginia, some times took the law into his own hands, and "to lynch" now means to kill any- one summarily, without a trial, es- peolally by hanging on the nearest. lamp -post. Silhouette Was a Frenchman. A "martinet" is a -strict discipliner- fan, and Martinet was a very strict officer in. the army of Louis XIV. of France, while Silhouette was a French statesman, whose hobby was the malt- ing of shadow pictures, and Gulflotin n French physician, who proposed the adoption of the instrument of death which bears his name. Burke was an infamous criminal. who, with his partner, Hare, suffocated a number of people and sold their bodies for dissection. The two men • were executed at. Edinburgh nearly a hundred years ago, but Burke, in par- ticular, is still remembered because' in the dictionary we ,5 so: "to burke— to murder, especially by stilling; to put an end to quietly." Boycott an Irishman. "Boycott" ---to leave severely alone is another familiar word that cornea from a name. Capt. Boycott was land agent en a big Irish estate about fifty years ago. The tenants united In de- manding reductions in their rent, but Boycott refused to meet their de- mands. As a result, laborers refused to work for him, shop -keepers declined to supply his needs, and he even had difficulty in obtaining delivery of his letters, Boycott lived down his un- popularity in the end, but not before the word "boycott" had crept into com- mon else. A doleful story of a "Jeremiad"-- Jeremiah Jeremiad"—Jeremiah was the prophet who wrote the Book of Lanientaticns. "Maudlin" conies from Magdalene, who is often represented In pictures with tearful eyes, and the sailors' beloved "grog" is so-called atter Admiral Vernon, who wore grogram breeches and was often referred to as "Old Grog," About 1745 he ordered the sailors to dilute their rum, and thus achieved immor- tality and a permanent place in the English Dictionary. 'is good tea Folks who want the very best use RED ROSE ORANGE PEKOE Ta A Mystery Fish. The British Museum authorities have notified the curator of the Hull Museum of Fisheries that a strange fish caught off the Icelandic coast by a Hull trawler and landed at Hull is apparently unknown to science. Thlfel Ls nothing like it hi the national col- lection. The fish is one yard in length. The fish is very soft and flabby, and the head is after the type of a halibut. Its entre surface is covered with sharp and hard conical spines resembling White ivory. The skin is coal black. Its tail reten»blesagiovedIhandwith Its tail resembles, a gloved hand with eight fingers, between each of which Is a thin web. In the centre of the back Is a rod-like feature with a tassel -shaped structure. At its -end is a red flesh ball, which, according to the experts, is used as a bait to draw smaller fish near so that they can be ,snapped in the powerful jaws. Above the Snowline. That animal life ascends the moun- tafns far beyond plant growth is one of the discoveries of the Mount Ever- est expedition. The highest growing plant observed was blue vetch • at 18,000ft., writes Lieut. -Col. E. F. Norton, leader of the expedition. "Yet animals possess per- manent habitations as high as 22,000ft. A minute and inconspicuous black spider'hope about on the rocky cliffs and hides beneath atones in those bare places which happen to be swept clear :of . snow by the wind. I cannot think ihn what ititves at such a height. "In these altitudes there is no other living thing—nothing but rock and ice. This little spider is worthy of note, being the highest permanent 'in- habitant of the earth. • We therefore ilnd life on the highest mountain far above the permanent snowline." tI AL.Th EDUCATION EY DR. J. J. MIDDLETON Provincial Board; of Health, Ontario Wit. Middleton' will be Mad to answer questions on Publto Health > tas'e through this column. Address hitt c4 Bogdans Home, Ona l2 110 Crescent, Toronto. Remarkable advance has been made' diseases. Probably one k c in the prevention and cure of disease tor in our health standing le the p Ysi, durin • the east few years. This can cal examination by )arae rubber in - during attributed in largepart to the gen- cal e es of all prospective employees and connection with employers liability oral improvement in sanitation an D Another citywith a low death knowledge of the science of healthful rate has this messae:—There are no living. As compared with the death slum districts or squalid tenements rate of 1880, a million and a half lives from one end of the city to the other. were saved in the United States last Pure water, pure Milk and pure. food -- by according to figures just issued those are the things which, count in by the census bureau. l our favor. In every case of low mor - Wide differences in the death rate, tality rate the reasons given are prac- in some cases a little short of tragic, ticctlly the same:—"Vigilance of the are shown, while in other casestai re Health Department, and its result on is a healthful condition of affairs. Here and there geography may as. pure food, the city clinic, the baby hot - count for the differences but in others pital, the water supply, a constanteducational campaign, the services of Very similar conditions prevail no such explanation seems adequate. public health nurses and similar meas - throughout the cities and rural dui- urea." Measures That have been given credit for keeping down epidemics, tricts of Ontario. In some high, i sex the' especially water -borne diseases, in - general death rate is high, cases the infant death rate is high. n come elude' the system of health inspection g Reverse conditions are found in other communities. A city without slums and a Board of Health that really functions are two lations generally. Added' to this, and important reasons given for the low of great importance, is the medical death rate in one city in Ohio. The fraternity of the cities concerned, report says:—"A full time health offl- which co-operates- whole-heartedly, cer laid the foundation of health work and a public which sensibly recognizes which has been continued and expand- the value of precautionary health ed. The enforcement' of quarantine measures. in contagious and venereal diseases These points are worthy of consid- has been very efficient. Mostly mod- oration if health work, is to be really ern school buildings help keep down effective in any community. in the schools, strict quarantine re u- lations among_adults, the work of the anti -tuberculosis society, food inspec- tion and well -enforced sanitary regn- Mosquitoes and Malaria. It is estimated that the deaths an- nually from malaria number some two millions, and this figure may probably be multiplied by two or. three hundred if we would arrive at the total number of people in the world affected by the complaint. Malaria Is mainly a disease of the tropics, and is caused by n minute parasite in the blood. The parasites in one malaria patient may number anything from one hundred to a thous- and millions. In many cases there are more parasites in the system of a malaria patient than there are people on the earth, and for ages it was be- lieved that marshes and malaria were 1n some way connected. Sir Ronald Ross 'discovered tLat it was not the marsh but the mosquito which bred In the marsh which was the originator of the disease, and he declares that the parasite of malaria is, to the mesquite: which carries ft, as a threepenny -bit would be to a hippo- potamus! When a disease -carrying mosquito bites, it injects a saliva in which, are the malaria parasites. These are car- ried into the human circulatory sys- tom and so throughout the body. The cure of malaria is quinine, but the prevention of malaria fa the des- truction of the mosquito In which it breeds. Sheep Tracks." "Sheep tracks" running horizontally along the face of steep scopes, a Dan- ish geologist says, are a natural forma- tion. He calls the little paths "ter- racettes" and says they begin as a succession of horizontal cracks in the loose earth caused by the settling of the earth to a mare stable position. Once the Brack is started the action of the rain causes the marking to become. rapidly mor distinct, and it soon re- sembles a path made by animals. Sheep and other animals naturally use the paths, but they do not begin them, Say "Bayer Aspirin" INSIST! Unless you see the "Bayer Cross" on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by phy- sicians for 24 years. Accept only a Bayer package e Y P g which contains proven directidns Handy Bayer"boxes of 12 tablets Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists Asplrle re the trade merle ('registered- le Cagade) Gr Bayer Manurecture of ,Sono- L. seaticeddester of OGlleyncade The Selfish Cuckoo. • The curious habits of the "cuckoo" will never cease to be a matter of wonderment. It appears that for a day after the young cuckoo has hatch- ed out it lies quietly at the bottom of the nest, but an the second day of its life a change comes over it. It now becomes restless and irritable, and seems unable to beer the contact of the other young fledglings, or eggs, if any of these still remain unhatched. Indeed, it is the eggs which it first seeks to get rld of, its sides seeming to find the touch of the eggs unbear- able. Therefore, in moving to the bot- tom of the nest, its back forms a hol- low space wherein the egg sometimes rolls, aid when this is the case the young cuckoo straightens itself, and, moving backwards to the rim of the nest, it ejects the egg with a spring of its tiny legs, and then returns to the bottom of the nest. Its exertions have tired it so much that for a long while it lies tie if in a state of collapse, but gradually, as it again feels the pressure of the other tiny birds on his soft sides, it grows more and more irritable, and keeps restlessly jerking about. At last its movements cause a small bird to fall on its back, and again it strains every nerve to make for the rim of the nest. Seven Modern Wonders. The wonders of the world are us- ually divided into three periods—the Seven wonders of the ancient world, the Middle Ages and the modern world.. Though there is some difference of opinion on the question, the seven' wonders of the ancient world are us- ually given as the pyramids of Egypt, Pharos of Egypt, hanging gardens of Babylon, statue of Jupiter by Philias, hjiau,soleum of Artemisia, Colossus of. Rhodes and the Temple of Diana at Ephesus. The seven wonders of the Middle Ages are as fellows: Coliseum of Rome, catacombs of Alexandria, great wall of China, Stonehenge in England, leaning tower of Pisa, por- celain tower of Nankin and the mosque of St, Sophia at Constantin- ople. ' The seven wonders of the modern world may be considered to be the. telephone, radio, aircraft, radium, antitoxin, spectrum, analysis and X. ray. Dominion Express Money Orders ate on sale in five thousand offices throughout Canada. Nature's Sunshade. During days of ,prolonged sunshine and tropical heat, it not sufficiently. realized that there is Nothing, especial- ly healthy about a "tanned" skin, The practice of .exposing one's face to di- rect sunlight in order to get sunburn- ed is both absurd and dangerous. Ultra -violet rays destroy the animal tissues of the skin, but Nature's anti- dote is the brown pigment underneath' which develops and acting as a filter, shuts out the harmful; influence. The mast obvious precaution is a big sun hat, and if the hint furnished by Nature be acted upon, the color will be light brown.' Minard's Liniment Relieves Pain. Eighteen 'blue whales alongside this ship were the result of an expedl- tion into the frozen south, The photograph was made at Discovery Inlet and shows the' ice barrier in the background. . One Cure For All Disease. What is disease? Is it possible that diseases are really one, and- that ono antidote might be discovered to cure every 1117 I That is the startling theory of Mr. 2. E. R. McDonagh, F.R.C.S., discussed in "The World To-dag" by Mr. J, Ab- raham; the famous British 'surgeon. Mr. Johnston Abraham believes that; this theory may be the beginning of a! now creative crisis in modern meds- cine. "Disease," he writes, "if Mr. Mc- Donagh's thesis be accepted, is simply I a Successful attempt on the part of the invadin orb ism t robt he g gn o Pro tective particles in the blood of their free electricity; and recovery from' disease is a reversal et this process,' due to the protective particles finally gettlug the upper hand of the invading organism by recapturing this elec- tricity. "It will thus be seen that the idea underlying this revolutionary doctrine is based on the electron theory—the theory which has already altered all modern ideas of physics, chemistry, and electricity." In Mr, MODonagh's view, the body possesses a general protective sub- stance which resist generally; The basis of cure would be in every case of arganic illness the strengthening of this substance; and, given certain poisonous conditions, the antidote most suitable for increasing the con- densed power of the protective par- ticles could be worked out by chem - lets. This antidote would bo a cure-all. It would put reinforcements into the system to fight the germs of all dis- ease. TRIALS O1" tNI GEiS'F1V.1 Common. Errors About This Trouble Into Which People Pall. I Melly people so tar misunderstand the digestive system as to treat it like a machine; neglecting it until it works sluggishly, then irritating it into work again by the use of purgatives. The stomach needs help et all times, but a study of the process, of digestion will Phew that purgatives, as commonly taken, are seldom necessary and often harmful. To safeguard your digestion'the diet must be controlled. Over -eating is al- ways harmful, but one must assimilate enough food to supply the needs of the blood. Remember, the blood has to carry nourishment to all parts of the body and And fuel for its energy. Hence when the blood' becomes weak and fails to do its work, indigestion arises. Therefore the sure remedy for indigestion is to build up the blood. If you suffer from any form of indiges- tion choose your diet carefully and !take wholesome nourishment. Above all, start building up your blood by taking a course of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, erThen under the influence of the new blood supply, your digestive sys- tem will respond naturally, your ap- petite improve and your food will do you good. So begin to improve your I digestion by starting to take Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills now, You can get these pills from your druggist or by mail at 50 cents a box from The Dr. WItitams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont, CHILDHOOD INDIGESTION Nothing is more common in child- hood than indigestion. Nothing is more dangerous to proper growth, more weakening to the constitution or more likely to pave the way to danger- ous disease. Fully nine -tenths of all the minor ills of childhood have their root in indigestion. There is no medi- cine for little ones to equal Baby's Own Tablets in relieving this trouble. They have proved of benefit in thous- ands of homes. Concerning them Mrs, Jos, Lunette, Immaculate Conception, Que., writes: "My baby was a great sufferer from indigestion, but the Tab- lets (soon set her right, and now I would not be without them." Baby's Own Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. His Mother's Spirit? A little boy, six years Of age, recent- ly ran away front his home at Averse —about twelve miles from Naples—to escape from his stepmother, who treated -- treated him. Having searched for hint in vain, his fatter informed the police. Soon Pas- qualino was discovered at Naples with his grandmother. The latter told how, a few days before, she had heard a knocking at her door, and, on opening it, she had seen, to her astonishment, her small grandson standing there alone. "Who brought yon here?" she asked. "A woman," answered Pasqualino. "What woman?" "I don't know," said the child, who then told bis grandmother that he had run away because his stepmother beat bin, but had got frightened, not know- ing where to go. While he was. wan- dering about the streets of Averse, a woman cane hip. to him and took him by the• band. Without speaking she lifted him on to the electric tram that runs between Averse and Naples, holding him closely to her all the way. At Naples she led him to his grand- mother's house, knocked, gave him a kiss, and lett him. "Had yon never seen her before?" asleep the wondering grandmother: "Never, but she was iikeethat,"said the boy, pointing to a photograph of his own mother that stood on the table. Ibis mother had flied when lie was only a few months old. In Doubt. He—"You are the sunshine of my life. Your smile falls like lightning into my soul. With you by my side i would defy all the storms of life." She --"Is this ro�osal of a weath- er a P p er report?" The optimist is a baroeter stuck "set fair"; the pessimist is a baro- meter stuck "set sternly." No sensible man would pay sixpence for either. -Dean Inge.. Of Course. Mother — "Bobby, this note from your teacher says you're the last boy in a class of twenty-five," Bobby—"Well, it could be worse," Mother—"I don't see how." Bobby—"It could be a bigger class." Butterfly Culture in France. Butterfly culture in the south of France is rapidly growing in popu- larity. There, under expert scientific guidance, hundreds of beautiful speci- mens are bred. The farms are pro- vided with special leafy trees and plants on which the eggs are hatched. Directly the young appear the branch- es are taken to a well -ventilated room, where they are placed in pars of water. As 50011 as the caterpillars have eaten up this firstsupply of leaves fresh branches are provided. Having been in an even temperature for about two weeks, the young cater- pillars are taken out into the open, where they are planed on plants pro- tected from birds by nets. When fully grown this protective net is removed and soon they retire into cocoons or roll themselves up into leaves. There are collected and stored in boxes, where in a very short time butterflies of wonderful hues are evolved. Cross- breeding has been tried and numerou experiments are conducted to obtain brilliant and original markings on the wings of these insects, which are after- ward sold to collectors or for the adornment of women's hats and dress- es, Not a few fellows who tried to dodge work have wound up in the peniten- tiary at hard work without remun- eration. Frame your mind to mirth and mer- riment, which bar a thousand harms and lengthen life. WHIN IN TORONTO VISIT THE Royal Ontario Museum 255 Biaor St,. V/est near Ammo P.ozd. 7 2,2,1 permanent t'zhIgttl n 5, t enaa,• Act e In%p, (heolaw Mineralogy, I'ularonunaey, Zonings, 00,n. daily, 10 a.ttl. -to 5 01,6,1. Sunday, E to 5 pill. Dior, Hey, and Chant ears. PECULIARITIES OF CANADIAN VEGETATION New Map Shows Areas of Various Forms of Vegeta-1 tion and Emphasizes Strik- ing Features of Tree Growth i Lack of knowledge of climatic and vegetation conditions has caused many l prominent travellers and visitors to Canada to unjustly criticize this coun- try. The same and in many cases greater ignorance of Canadians has permitted much of this unjust eriti. 1 ohm to pass unanswered and unre- tuted, with the result that Canada has often been unfairly condemned, The Natural leesourcee Intelligence Service of the Department of the In- terior, partly as a result of the great number of euquiriea received, has pre- pared and published an exceedingly in- teresting Vegetation and Forest Cover Map of Canada, This ebowe at a glance the different zones of vegeta- tion and their chief distingulzhing characteristics, from what are known as the barren Iands, that are in no sense barren but support a growth of hardy grass end vegetation peculiar to the cold climate, to what is termed the Carolinian zone, In south,eastsrn Ontario, where is found almost sub- tropical vegetation in the fruit belt. The enormous area of Canada must of necessity provide a wide range of vegetation and forest conditions. In the northern country, extending from the shore of Hudso Bay to the Mac- kenzie ackenzie delta, the white spruce strug• gles for existence, while on the south- eastern portion of Vancouver Island aro found a number of Californian types of trees, the most remarkable being the Madrona, or arbutus, the only broad-leaved evergreen tree in Canada. The new map 1s an intensely Inter- esting one, and one that will conduce to much study and investigation. An immense amount of hitherto upublish- ed information is shown thereon, much research work was entailed, and the notes of explorers and surveyors, from those of Sir Alexander MacKenzie; Sir John Franklin, Samuel Hearn and others to the more modern surveys and explorations of the different Federal and Provincial government de- partments, were carefully examined for authentic records. To the student of Canadian conditions the new map will be of inuch assistance in enabling him to segrevate the several vegeta- tion zones, approximate the possibili- ties of forest exploitation, and estab- lish the areas of known farming dis- tricts. From north to south, from east to west, all the wonderful changes in our natural vegetation are vividly por- trayed on the new Vegetation and Forest Cover Map. It fills a want long experienced, and will no doubt be in considerable demand. Copies may be obtained from the Director of the Na- tural Resources Intelligence Service of the Department of the Interior at Ottawa. Six Years of Pain. There is a prevalent opinion on the oulteide of China•that the eastern of foot -binding among the girl children of that country has been generally abandoned, but such is not the case. The movement appears to have taken root only' in the more populous dis- tricts, but at other parts the custom le still followed to a very great ex- tent. The foot of the infant girl. Is turned under so that the toe Is bent back toward the heel and it is tightly bound in this position. It means six years cf constant pain before the foot has taken the desired shape and then it measures from three to five inches in length. At one time a law was passed forbidding foot -binding, but there was no penalty and no means of enforcing it, so that no attention was paid to it by the natives. awenty miles of sewing cotton may be need in the making of a fur coat. GLEAN SEED CAI Fanning Mills—I supply screens, wire cloth, zinc, repairs—Chatham Fanning Mills and other makes. Incubator supplies; Thermometers. MANSON CAMPBELL, Chatham, Ont. Rub It In For pain, stiffness, or inflammation apply Mtnard's and rub it in. "OM OF PAW Siiip your Cream to us and ob- tain the best results with high- est price for number one quality. Daily returns, cans supplied, and Y , express charges paid. Write for cans now. BOWES CO., Ltd. - TORONTO Id Peo ii Bltro-Phosphate feeds the nerves and old people need it to make then feel and look younger. It's the 'one best nerve builder for weak, nerve -ex- hausted inen and women and that is wily druggists guaritntee it; Price el per pkge. Arrow Chemical Co., 25 Front St. East, Toronto, Ont ` iSSUE No. ST --124. MONEY TO LOAN. ARM LOAN Mortgages purchased. ITteynoldlrf 77 Victoria St., Toronto, EASY .. TRICKS The Cut Foretold This stunt is invariably success.. fill if it le performed in a matter of fact, straightforward manner, Observe, while shuffling the cards which card Is on the bottonl of the pack. - This can ea6tly be done, and will excite no suspicion. 0.2 the trick does not immediately follow. Borrowa business card, write the name. of the. card you observed on it and seal it In the envelope. Before doing this, place the pack of cards, face down, on the table. Ask the spectator to cut the cards Into two parts in tbo usual manner. Place the envelope on the packet which was the upper pack—or ash a spectator to de this and place the other packet on the envelope. • The rest of the trick consists of showing, In as impressive a manner as possible, the "fact" that before the cards were cut that you wrote the name of the card at which the spectator cut. • (Clip this out mild poste it, with other 0,1 the series, in a scrapbook.) Minard'a Liniment for Rheumatism. Three golden rules of life of a cene tenarian who died, aged 107, were; Never to 'enter a ball -room; never to • talk scandal; and never to enter a bar. Dancers to the number of 10,000 can be accommodated on the new 'dance floor at Wembley; this is the largest in England, if not in the world. IRRITATEA aw SUN,WIND,DITST., CINDERS ET.VONDED & SOLD aY DBUGG/S'5S eglaaIANS ' 04rs roil raSL 5Ya CFRa 5005 Maa:N0 00. rn1Cn00,Vt4 , RS1 ME ER'S ACES AND PAINS Vanished After Using Lydia E. Pinkhazn's Vegetable Compound "Branchton Ont.—"When I wrote to you for help my action was mostly prompted by curios- ity. I wondered if I, too, wouldbenefit by your medicine. It was the most profit- able action I have ever taken, I heart, ily assure you, for through its results am relieved of most of my sufferings. 1 have taken six boxes of Lydia E. Pink - ham's Vegetable Compound Tablets and abottle of Lydia E Pmkham'a Blood Medicine, and I can honestly say I have never been so well before. I had suffered from pains and other troubles since I was fifteen years old, and during the `Great War' period I worked on munitions for two years, and, in the heavy lifting which my work called for, I strained myself, causing pelvic inflammation from which I have suffered untold agony, and I often had to give up and go to bed..I had doctored for several years without getting per- manent relief, when I started to take your medicines."—Mrs. GoLDwn4 Mss- P1vma, Brancbton, Ont. Write to the Lydia E:Pinkham Medi- cine Co., Cobourg Ontario,forafreecopy of Lydia E. Pinkham's Private Text - Book upon "Ailments of Women." 0 , Keep The Hair Live And Glossy With Cuticura On retiring, gently rub spots of dan- druff and itching, with Cuticnra Oint- ment. Next morning shampoo with a suds of Cuticura Soap and hot. water. This treatment does much to keep the scalp clean and.: healthy and: promote hair growth,. Stunpic tacit Free -by Mall. Address2655,Stf C adlanh! Ds ot: ` Datloseo, 5', a. Sox ares' rrIr Sna 25e•ah,t,, et25a vino'rah m2Sr: Try oto. new Shaving Stick."