The Herald, 1912-04-05, Page 7N .,.OJ? CUSTOMS.
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..Of the Sword Hand—Me-
diaeval Visiting Cards.
stain customs in vogue at the
ent day, such as shaking hands
Bering 'the loft arm to a 'lad'y,
f considerable antiquity, It is
that Phoenicians introduced
former habit into Britain, and
upon the, shores of. Mounts Bay
iy a bargain in tin between
tern merchant and Cornishman
ratified by this method of clasp
:hands.
ei^tain other - etstonzs no less
sly observed have come clown
Usfrom a later period, says the
idon Globe, and yet one sufflei-
sly remote. In mediaeval times
who shook hands, whether in
station or as a defensive mea-
t -retaining the sword hand
fie- some treaty was being a -
ged—must needs strip off his
el gauntlet.
3o at the present time men pull
their right hand glove before
'king hands with a lady. The
,wring of glove, or gauntlet, in -
ed, at one period was something
a challenge in itself ; thus no men
re gloves in the presence of roy-
y, an • absence which indicated
absence of hostile intent.
A similar idea in all probability
counts for the habit of showing
ultesy by lifting or removing the
at. Only when no danger threa-
ied would a warrior in olden days
nture to stand uncovered; in the
vyal presence was safety—'thus ran
1e .chivalric code—and therefore
eh knight who drew near king or
mperor swept off his helmet, show-
ig that 'he dared to stand uncov-
red. Helmets, as time went on,
ere exchanged for less warlike
orms of headg •gar, but the custom,
scoring general, outlived all
hauges, and remains unto this day
he principal method of showing
everenee.
The age of chivalry has left its
ark upon several customs. Sword,
ielmet, gauntlet—the fact that
hese 'were once part of the neees-
ary equipment of knight or gentle-
man colors our habits even now.
Still a man offers a lady his left
rm, a practice which recalls times
vhen escort was by no means solely
matter of politeness, but when in
rides to guard against sudden at-
ack it was necessary to have the
word arm free.
Still•whea a straliger calls for the
rat time h . rids in hi 1., rt-
ni doubt,- in iirdder that lizs i'141e
ild
,p.s*iitiketnisiness maybe•nade
rear,:. but partly also because in
Idon'ttays he who desired entrance
palace or castle must send some
ken as warrent of peaceful intent.
This token was perhaps a ring o1'
me jewel known to the lord of the
Ole, which would serve as a guar -
tee for the sincerity of its
arer ; in a less artistic age the
anger who desires admission con-
is himself with a slip of ras`.3-
rd whereon his name is printed
black letters.
.he visiting card indeed is the
doubted descendant of that ring
+ieee of parchment which often
fined for its possessor adliiission
the mediaeval castle. To -day
.moat niay be gone, the draw-
go too, and armed. retaine rs no
er peer over the battlements
arquebus or halberd in suspi-
r'eadiness. but the front door,
• acts as an efficient moat and
ers need not be armed in or -
prove repellent.
1011IEN IN .A.1,11
PA ,T$ of CANAD
TELL 0]? THE HEALTH. DODD'S
KIDNEY PILLS BRING.
They Male a New Woman of 11rs.
Alniraltlt r,ylio 'ryas a Victim of
' Kidney Disease for dyer la Year.
Amirault's Hill, Yarmouth Co.,
N. S., March 25 (Special)—' `Four
boxes of 'Dodd's Kidney Pills made
a new woman of me." - Those are
the -words of Mrs. Elie Amirault of
this .place. They are words that
have been used again and again by
women in all Parts of Canada who
have suffered, and who have found.
relief and cure in .Dodd's Kidney
Pills -
"1 suffered for over a year from
kidney disease," Mrs. Amirnult
continues. "Nothing I tried help •
-
ed. me. At last some one told -me
me
to try Dodd's Kidney Pills. Before
I had finished the first box I felt
better,. Four boxes made a new
woman of me."
No remedy ever given to the
public has. brought health and .hap-
piness into the lives of so many
women as Dodd's Kidney Pills. This
is because nine -tenths of the ills to
which women' are subject come
from diseased kidneys. No woman
who- uses Dodd's Kidney Pills can
a1=
have diseased kidneys: • They
ways cure the kidneys.
aP
MAKING PROGRESS.
"How are you getting on at
school, Johnnie ?"
"Very well; I'm second now."
"Second! "Good ! How many are
there in. the clash ?"
"Me and a little girl."
Why persist in being imposed up -
en by buying poor trashy alum bak-
ing powder when •you can just as
well buy Magic Baking Powder. the
health giving "No Allyn." brand at
the same price?- Sixteen ounces for
twenty-five cents. all 'Grocers.
The woman of the hour is the one
who says she'll be ready in a min-
ute.
Iftequisite. on^ the Farm.— Every
farmer and stock -raiser should keep
a s(tp lv of I?l Thomas' Eelectric
Oil . , anal. not"only'• its' aar ready
remedyf'or.: ills in the family, but
because it is a horse and cattle
medicine of great potency.' As a
substitut; for sweet oil for horses
and cattle affected by colic it far
surpasses anything that can be ad-
ministered.
Every woman would like to help
the poor and every man world like`,
the poor to help him.
Corns ause much suffering, but
Holloway's Corn Cure offers a
speedy, sure, acid satisfactory re-
lief.
iIrrA,TES C:1 RNl GIE.
Phipli4, of Pittsburg,
Equips a Kiper Band.
d to be • said that no Scot-
rasion was complete or in the
without a piper as a meln-
ts staff. John S. Phipps,
Carnegie's portlier in the
sineSs at Pittsburg. means
ave on the tradition. He
tiled not only a piper, but
nd, at his residence in the
of Scotland, so that his
11 iii future have the, bene -
best Scottish.•.ulusic as an
air digestion.
.ovation., proceeding fr"om
can, is regarded with no
Inv among the. Scottish
,i;he:•highlands, and there
g that in spite of expos-
ves to the charge of imi-
fNil band will become
every (`1',1' hotne of impel --
Berwick -on -Tweed. to
at's.
pipor has long been an
in Scotland, . and his
Skiher are waiting with
is to see whether the
ia.lre':s enterprise, will,
nor's, run to the full
girl may not be an
ROYALTY TRAVELS.
v:eka Member of the royal
tits .a pseudonym when
otherwise than on state
s. The The Duke` and Duchess
nnaught chose the incognito
pf r1''arl and Countess -of Sus -
when they made their Continen.
iourn•eys, and Princess Louise,
less of Argyll, and the Duke of
giyll travel ;a5 Lord and Lady
r,ctridge , this being one of the Ar-
minortitles. Before her mar -
,e Queen Maud of Norway oeca-
ally called herself by the ltnpre.-
tl.aus name of Miss Mills. 'Queen
ctoria always travelled as Coun-.
ess of 3Balmoral, though, curiously
:enough, her heavy luggage was gen-
erally labelled "The Queen."
rG 111.-I1;UK IN TILE HOME
Too many people mistake, gall for
genius.
rnnard's LInlmont Cures sures. Eta
Specialist Old Skin
Trouble No Good
Very Itchy and Disfiguring. Got a
Little Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment and Was Cured.
"For two summers I suffered with
shin trouble on my arms, and on my
legs from my knees down. My arms
were badly disfigured, and I kept thein
covered, It came like the hives, and
was voi'y itchy. I consulted a specialist,
who gave ins medicine, as well as an
ointment, but seemed to do no good. It
was beginning to appear on inv face.
"I got a little Cuticura Ointment
and some Cuticura Soap. The first
touch of Ointment seemed to relieve,
and before the Cutieura Ointment was
finished I was cured. I have not the
least sign of trouble. I think it would
have spread over my whole body if
Outioura Soap and Ointment had not
cured loo. I am delighted with them,
and do feel pleased to think I have some-
thing I have confidence in. .I tell all
my friends about -them, and I think
Cuticura Ointanent is the best I ever
saw." (Signed) M. J. Boddy, 73 McCaul
St., Toronto, Deo. 22, 1010.
Cold -Sore Began to Heal With First
Use of Cuticura Ointment.
• "Cuticura' Ointment cured a very
bad cold -sore that gave me hours of
severe painand loss of sleep. •I tried
lots of other remedies but nothing did
me any good till I tried Cuticura Cint-
Mentr and from the very first applica-
tion it began- to heal and now there is
not even a sear left. (Signed) Mrs. W.
Boyce, Mermaid Farm, P.L.I.; an, 8,'1,1.
For more than a -generation Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment have
affordedthe speediest safest and most
economical `treatment tsar skin and scalp
troubles, of young and old. Although
they are sold by druggists tend dealers
everywhere, a liberal sample of each
may be obtained free, from the Potter
Drug k Chem. Corp., sole props., 67
Columbus Ave„ Boston, U', S. A.
Sir Frederick Treves.
LUCKY SIlt CHARLES.
.A good story' is told of -that lams.
roux English society_ surgeon,'Sir.
Frederick Treves. The story deals
with one •of Sir Frederick's distin-
guished patients, Lord Charles
Read _How Useful It Proved in
',hese Widely Different Cases.
Zam-Buk's • strongest point is its
effectiveness in all kinds of skin dis-
eases and injuries. Just note how
excellent these persons proved it in
Widely different directions.
'Sore ](-Leel.—Mrs. C. A. Campbell,
of Powassan, Ont., writes: "One of
My heels was very badly blistered
Beresford, Lord Charles fell,ill and, by:, a pair of new shoes, and - the
sent for the great surgeon, "Tell' poisonous dye from my stocking got
me your symptoms," said Sir Fred- into it, and made a bad sore. For
erick. His lordship enumerated a, week I could not put on a shoe,
Pains here and pains there, with` and suffered great pain. I applied
an ache and a. stiffness somewhere Zara-Buk, and in a few days it
healed the wound."
Bad Cut.—Mrs. J. Virgint, of
Onondaga, Ont., writes: "Zam-
else. Each item was greeted by
the doctor with a great chuckle,
and at last when the -catalogue of
ills was completed he rose and Bitk healed a bad cut which I sus -
turned to Lord Charles, "My dear twined. I was hurrying across my
fellow," he -said, "let me contra- yar,cl one day when I slipped and
tulate you; you have the rarest dis- fell heavily, my knee striking a
ease of the century. You lucky sharp stone. At the moment I did
do;_',: you have a disease that was not realize how badly I was hurt,
but I found I bad a bad cut about
two inches long, very jagged and
very deep. We bathed the cut and
applied Zam-Buk. This stopped
the: smarting very quickly,, and in a
few days it had healed the wound
completely."
Eczema Cured.—Mrs. Antoine Ar-
senault of Maxiamville, P. E. I.,
writes': "I had eczema and was un-
der doctor's treatment for two years
without any good result. I then
tried Zam-Buk and in the end it
• cured me."
thought to be extinct." Lord
"Charlie's" answer is not record-
ed. •
THOUGHTFUL RUTH.
Ruth—"Yes, I got papa to buy a
vacuum cleaner for mother."
Maud—"How thoughtful!"
Ruth—"Yes. Mother is a little
stiffened up with rheumatism, you
know, and I used to feel so sorry
to see her trying to use the broom
that I always Ieft home on sweeping
clay."
Lam-Buk is just. as good for
piles, blood -poison, festering sores,
pimples, eruptions, cuts, burns,
IziIoJf, Coivt j
h1u1 and all skin injuries and
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1 "PRICE. 5 CENT'S tact • 'b 1l'd t d'
"Johnny," said thepretty retty teach- ,dam=Buk. Co., Toronto. Try 'lam-
er, "what is a kiss?" "I can't ex-
actly put it in words," returned the
boy; "but if you really wanter
know I can show you."
stores, or post free for price from
A pleasant medicine for children
is Mother Graves' Worm Extermi-
nator, and there is nothing better
for driving worms from the system.
To say a man is happy because he
is rich is as unwarranted as to say
a man is healthy because he can
afford enough to eat.
PILES CURED iN 6 TO 14 DAYS.
Your lIrii gist will refund money if PATO OIYT.
',It•%N'L' fails to euro any ease of Itehinq, Blind,
Bleeding' or Protruding Piles in 0 to 14 days. uoo•
"What nonsense all this is about
men getting on their knees when"
they propose," said Mrs. Parslow
to her deal' friend. "My husband
didn't do any such absurd thing."
"He did when he proposed to me,"
said the dear friend without -think-
ing.
Send for free sample to Dealt. W. L.,
National Drug and Chemical Co., Terosa°.
MODEST BLACKSMITH.
Buk Soap, 25c. tablet.
ALD DEPENDS.
Teacher—"Now, children, here's
a little example in mental arithme-
tic. How old would a person be
who was born in 188'7V'
Pupil—"Was it a man or a wo-
man?".
In its initial stages a cold is a
local ailment easily dealt with. But
many neglect it and the result is
often the development of distressing
seizures of the bronchial tubes and
lungs that render life miserable for
the unhappy victim. As a first aid
there is nothing in the handy medi-
cine line so certain in curative re-
sults as Bickle's Anti -Consumptive
Syrup,. the far-famed remedy for
colds and coughs.
And too little self-confidence is as
disastrous as too much. •
Nlinard'a Liniment for sate everywhere.
WHY,HE NEEDED MONEY.
Little Elmer—"Papa, give me
some Money."
Papa --"Why do you want money,
Elmer V'
Little Elmer—"Well, suppose, a
robber was to stop me and say,
`Your'honey or your life,' and I
hadn't; ;any money ?"
YOUTH'S THEOLOGY.
The' Clergyman ---"Now, can any-
one tell me what aro the sins of
onl"ssisin ''
Smlall'Boy—"Yes, sir. They are
the siib 't a ought to have done and
havert'a
••-Shortly before. his departure .for
India, King George was visiting at
a country house near the scene of
one of Oliver Cromwell's battles,
Strolling out one ,morning .alone, he
met the village blacksmith, "I say,
my good fellow," said his Majesty,
genially, "I understand there was a
big battle fought here.y
stainmered the
blacksmith, recognizing and salut-
ing the ling, "I did,'.ave a roilnd
or two with Bill the potman, but
didn't know your Majesty 'ad 'card
of it,"
• A bachelor ;rirl is a spinster aai.t
money. -
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WAY OF IT.
"Dou you think a husband has a
right to open his wife's letters V'
"He has the right, perhaps, but
hardly ever the courage."
Hope for the Chronic Dyspeptic. --
Through Jack of consideration of the
body's needs many persons allow
disorders of the digestive apparatus
to endure until they become chro-
nic, filling days and nights with
suffering. To these a course of
Parmelee's Vegetable Pills is re-
commended as a sure and speedy
way to regain health. These pills
are specially compounded to combat
dyspepsia and the many ills that
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cessful always.-
OUCH!
lways.
OUCH
"Are you afraid of sports, Mrs.
Gav ?"
"I was until I married one."
To whom it may concern: This is to
certify that I have used MINARD'S LINI-
MENT myself as well as prescribed it in
my practice where a liniment was required
and have never failed to get the
desired
effect.
SLIGHT DELAY.
He—"If an old millionaire• on the
verge of the grave wonted to marry
you, would you throw me over
She—"Not necessarily. Still, you
might have to wait a year or two."
Wif hen
Try 1 t for Itad, w uiu., tl ntcr, r yes and
Y. of .� t;rnnnlated fiyeltds, ni rtrated 11c011
{r� in each Pnekatte MUMMA li 1s corn•
ltiv ay '•' '' s
Need
ird 5
Try fibrin Eye Remedy
nhmartlnit—Feeln1.1nr—:tc.ist belly,
lxnuak.d by nor( gulf t,-amts"Patent
$Ted1t•ine" b,it Iwo) 10 anceessfal rhrsl.
ohms' Pm. Hee for many ;,cars, Now
drellentcd 10 the Public and sold by
1 Ma(rgI,ils at Menne per bot tie. Dlurl no
1;ye anise 1n Aseptte 'lubes, f•,�e•rce,
a....* Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
Many a young man is rather fast
about everything except settling his
bills.
Only One "BROMO QUININE."
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look
for the signature of P:. W. GROVE. Used the
World over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 25c,
Hunting for trouble usually gets
a full bag.
ellnard's Liniment Cures Dandruff.
FARMS FOR SALE OR RENT.
H. .W. DAWSON, Ninety Colborne Street,
Toronto.
E{ ORTY ACRE FRUIT FARM—NEAR
Niagara River, well planted. Revenue
1911 nearly thirty per cont. on price
asked.
A BEAUTIFUL FARM OF TWO HUN•
to dred and ninety acres on St.
Joseph's Island, with fine house, up -to.
date barn and outbuildings. Owner wishes
to devotehis time to otherer business,
so
will sell cheap for quick sale. Full par"
titulars furnished on application.
11UNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN ACRES
in Norfolk County; $ix acres fruit;
up-to-date house; new bank barn; a very
desirable property at a bargain.
HUNDRHUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES—WITH
ED
house; two barns; ten acres
orchard; in County Peel. A real snap.
`lJ 0 NE HUNDRED ACRES—GOOD HOUSE
and outbuildings: near Teeswater.
A first-class farm worth the money.
( N IDEAL FARM OF TWO HUNDRED
acres in County of Wellington, with
fine brick house; good outbuildings; can
be bought on ear. terms.
L1 OUR HUNDRED ACRES IN COUNTY'
A.' of $imcoe, with Hundred ,Acres Good
Timber; 20 acres apple orchard; good
Frame House; two Barns. Can be bought
rieht.
TWENTY-FIVE ACRE FRUIT FARM—
Near St. Catharines; Brick House;
Barn; twenty acres planted. Can be
bought very reasonable.
!1 NE OF THE BEST FRUIT FARMS IN
tl St. Catharines District --Fifty acres,
thirty of which are planted; Elegant
House, also Cottage and fine outbuildings.
Will be sold on easy terms.
T ORTY ACRES — ST. CATEARINES —
I' Bungalo and Cottage and good out-
buildings. Thirty-four acres planted in
.fralit._ and a money maker. Thd 'dsrn )!:
wishes to retire and anxious to sell.
T HAVE MANITOBA. ALBERTA, SAS-
• katchewan and British Columbia
lands. both improved and unimproved, in
quarter. half or whole sections, also in
larger lots up to five hundred thousand
acres. If thiniting of investing in West-
ern lands it is to your interest to consult
me.
'Phones; Main 6990, Park 527. H. W.
DAWSON, Toronto.
epee, ACRES. rnTTNTY OF MIDDLESEX;
0 Foil splendid elsv loam: good build -
inset n few roe: to ;tarket, Railway Sta-
tion and Post Ofliee. 111 health ren son for
selling, Ansou Matthews. Denfield P. 0.,
or Western Real Estate, London.
MALE HELP WANTED.
• EAR' TO BE A TELEGRAPHER OR
J Station Agent. Big demand for men.
Free Book 18 cx•,.1eies work and wages.
Dominion School 'telegraphy, Toronto.
MISCELLANEOUS.
11 VMSOLD'r, 5.1S IiA'I cltEIi AN, WANTS
this Spring.settlers tor 4,000 free
homestetols. Beat mixed farming terri-
tory in West. Alyn iimirovetl fauns $15
to 830 per erre. Write commissioner,
Beard of Trade, llumbnldt.
HAF and FARM SCALES. Wilson's
Hill*
Seale 5''rl,.•, l 1.111a l:,eh. T..rtnitn.
�t AN('Llt, '1'1 ti0115, LUMPS, ere. In.
. terntil and external. eared wi..hout
pain by our home treatment. Write us
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When buyirl:'; yew,. Piano
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-Some writers have a wealth of
thought, and they all has'c a
thought of wealth.
lyf01'y.
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0 From San Francisco Feb.27,1913
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