Zurich Herald, 1925-03-19, Page 3Are Your Cows Earning Their Keep? Listen!
Albert - , on the 2nd Concessionin Grant
Township, I
o p, owned a Scrub -Bull in 1911. He delivered to
the cheese factory that year 44,228 pounds of milk. Hc
bought a ggod m. Pure Bred Sire and from the first cress
produced 14 of his present cows and six of his present
milking heifers. From the same number of cows as in
1911, last year he delivered 152,605 pounds of milk.
Eight years of crossing with a Pure Bred Sire made a •
difference of 108,337 lbs. of milk in his herd.
Don't keep unprofitable producers.
BUY A GODD BULL
reale 4i*,. .2.• see
Surnames and Their Origin
GRAHAMing of Holyr•ood Abbey. It is wily af-
Variations—Grahame, Graeme, Mac -Iter this date that there isany tiecord
Grime. of the Grahams holding land in the
Source—Doubtful. i Highlands.
The family name of Graham is one 1
frequently met with, but not one easy
to trace to its origin. It is deservedly i
classed as Scottish because it is the
name of one of the most powerful of
the Highland clans, the name of which
In Gaelic is "Na Greumaich." Thus, it
will be observed, the spelling of
"Greame" is more nearly correct, in
the sense that it is a closer. approxi-
mation of the old Gaelic form.•
But though the, vast majority of the
blood in the clanmay be Gaelic, the
name is admitted even in the High-
lands to have come originally from
some Lowland source. But what? It's
more or less a mystery.
The clan tradition has it that the
name traces back to one "Gramus,"
who demolished the line of defenses
built under the orders of the Roman
Emperor Antoninus between the Clyde
and the Forth. It is certain that such
a wall did exist, and that it was known
-at a later date as "Graeme's Dyke."
But -whether the place name was de-
rived from the man's name, or whether
the founder of the clan merely came
from that locality is a matter which
has not been cleared up. There is a
word root in the Teutonic tongues
from which a given name might have
been derived that in turn may have
been the source of the clan name: It
is "grim." But there are also the
forms "grem" and "gruaim in the Cel-
tic tongues.
Historical records, however, indicate
a Teutonic origin of the clan name,
through the . Norman, for the first au-
thentic record of any one bearing the
name was in the reign of King David
1128,when one "William
L, in de
Graham" wase, witness at the charter -
STANFORD.
Variations—Stanley, Stanleigh, Stan-
field, Stanton, Stainton, Staniaw.
Racial Origin—Angio-Saxon.
Source—Localities.
Here is another group of Anglo-
Saxon place navies which have be-
come family names. The foregoing
variations, however, are by no means
inclusive of all the "stan" names.
There are as many variations of
"stun" in English names, it seems, as
there are variations of "Smith," per-
haps more, though there are not so
many families bearing them.
The "stan" or "'stain" in these
names is simply the Anglo-Saxon for
"stone." Thus the family name -of
Stanford has simply been derived
from a place, which, if we were nam-
ing it to -day, we'd probably call
"Stoney -Ford."
Stanleigh and Stanley, when the
latter is not an Anglicized form of the
Polish given name of Stanislaws or
Stanislaus, meant originally a stoney
meadowland. Stanfield is easily seen
as stoney field. Tho "ton" in Stanton
is the old Anglo-Saxon "tun," from
which our word "town" has come. It
meant an enclosure.
Finally, Stanlaw comes from "stan"
and "lawe," "lowe," or "loe," which, to
the Anglo-Saxon, signified a small hill.
Later at the period when family
names began to form, names of towns
and places such as these were used
to designate persons who formerly
lived in them -not those who lived in
them at the time, for in that case the
name would lose its value as an iden-
tification, for there wouldbe no reason
why it should be borne by one resi-
dent any more than another.
WHAT -ARE THE LOW WAVE LENGTHS?
We see a great deal iii the news-
papers and radio magazines nowadays
about the broadcasting that is being
conducted on low wave lengths or
short wave lengths.
Usually the first thing that puzzles
the beginner is this question of wave
length. It is most unfortunate that
we ever started referring to trans-
mission as being done on a certain
wave length; we should from the very
start have spoken of its frequency.
In the ole. clays we used to think
that energy was sent through space
in the form of waves. The latest view
of science, however, takes the view-
point that it is nof"a series of waves
but is really a series of pulsations
much like the pulsations going
through our blood vessels; in fact, the
most advanced scientists claim that
the energy we receive does not go
even in the form of pulses but in the
form of actual infinitesimal particles
of matter.
Let us suppose that a long line of
leen is passing a°given point. We are
standing on a street corner as they go
by single file.
Men walking at a good smart pace
will cover about X330 feet in one min-
ute. Let us assume that these Hien
are ,spaced about three feet apart. If
they are walking at the rate of 330
feet a minute and about three feet
apart, we can easily calculate -that
there will be 110 men pass us in each
minute..
That 110 is the "frequency" of this
parade. The space between the !nen
is analogous• to wave length..
In the French system of measure-
ment. they have a atan,dard which they
call the meter and all of their niea-
slireluents are made •in meters or in
decimal divisions or multiplication of
i.ho meter. The peter is just a trifle
ever three feet.
Now let tis hurry our parade along. •
We start with the parade going > 330
feet a minute with a frequency of 110.
Let us keep on speeding up and
speeding up until we reach the tre-
mendous s.peecl at which radio waves
travel. This Is too great to be talked
about in minutes. and bas to be cut
down to seconds because in one single
second a radio ray will travel 186,000
miles.
This is an amazing speed but it has
..been definitely proved' that radio
waves go that fast.
One hundred and eighty-six thous-
and miles per second is 300,000,000
meters, Assu+aiirig that the men are
also travelling at this tremendous
speed of 1•!00, 00,000 ureters a second,
We will 'ilrcl tl -st 300,000,000 men will
pass
116 everp second,
' This is what would happen if a
broadcasting station were transmit-
ting on a wavelength of one meter.
There would be 300,000,000 separate
pulses of energy strike our receiving
antenna every ,second.
Broadcasting has not yet been done
on such a very low wave length. But
science will some day do it.
The short-wave broadcasting that is
on at the present time is mostly some-
where in the neighborhood of 100
meters. That means that there are
3,000,000 pulses of energy . shot out
from the transmitting aerial every
second. —
The period between the time when
one impulse strikes our antenna and
the time when the next one strikes it
is what is known as a cycle. There-
fore we would say that this broadcast-
ing is 3,000,000 cycles. And, as long
as we are talking in terms of French
measuring units, we use one of their
terms which is kilocycle and this
merely means 1000 cycles.
Therefore, 3,000.000 cycles would be
3000 kilocycles. Divide this number1
into the speed -300,000,000 meters— I
and the result will be the wave length
on which the broadcasting is being t
done.
You can see from this explanation
that the wave length has nothing what-
ever to do with the distance over
which the ray travels, The wave
length is purely a matter of the speed.
at which the rays travel and the num-
ber of separate impulses sent out
every second.
It is not worth while to build a re-
ceiving set to get these low wave
,lengths. Such receivers are extremely
difficult to buildand' extrethely' difii
cult to operate and, after you -learn to
build and operate them, you find that
the quality of transmission below 100
meters is not .nearly so good an the
quality on tbe normal wave lengths
of the broadcasting stations.
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Injunction Against Imitator
of Salads Label.
The Exchequer Court. of Canada ren-
dered judgment on February 16th last
in favor of the Salada Tea Company
by issuing an injunction against an-
other tea firm restraining them from
using a label which resembled closely
that, used on packages of, Salada Tea.
The defendant company was also or-
dered to destroy all; copies and designs,
Writing g Shorthand on ' axe
Most people i.nnagine .th4t shorthand
is An ;outcome of modern commercial
life, yet it is really at least 2,000 yore 1
,tcld,
Vdclr correspondent with Caesar's
arin•i,es practised the art, which was L
developed about fifty years before
theChristian era under the patronage
of Cicero, tbe great Ronian lawyer and'
'orator. ' One of Cicero's freed men,
Tullius Tiro, evolvea all excellent aye
tenwhich was taught ilioRouan
schools in addition to ordinary long-
Going to the law courts, a magnifi-
cent building in the Centre of ancient
Rome, a noble was accompanied by
a number of slaves Or "notaries," who
recorded the evidence of witnesses
and the speeches of great men. New
shorthand characters were added, and ':BABY
pate palm 148 Years Old.
The oldest 'date jyalln in the United
States was planted near San Diego by'
the Spanish missionary, Junipere Ser-
ra in 1776
Protecting Others to Help'
Oneself:
Diseenes cannot be ,curbed unless
every one of us is decent enough to do
his part to safeguard others. And the.
corninon cold is easily the worst mal-
,acly we have. The average person has
several celtia a year, He feels
wretched, His work suffers. Prob-
ably he's confined to the house a few
clays, Nationally the thing mounts up
:into a tremendous economic loss.
We aro conetanty being attacked by
germs. 'Whether we are able to hold
them in ebeclt depends largely on our
peeress ,of bodily resistance. Plenty
of sleep; moderation in eating; regu-
lar exercise and lots of fresh air; all
these help.
the philosopher Seneca collected themS OWN TAB•
and found they were over 5,000 in num-ALa THE
her. The Famous Stoic lectures "were HOM
If you'd like a little better tea" than you
are using, please try "Red o'fi
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0
EA"is et'
60
The same good tea for 30 years. Try it!
How Indians Compute Time.
The Indians have months In their
LETsyear very much the sante ars white
men do, only they call their months
Moons. The word "we" in Indian
means "moon." Thus they have:
1. January — We -ter -i — "The hard
mo2onF•"
. ebruary — We-ca-ta-we — "The
• raccoon moon."
3. March — Ees-Cu-we-ca-ya-za-we—
"Sore -eye moon."
. 4. April — Ma-gu o-ku-do-we — "The
moon in which the wild geese lay
eggs." Also called Wo -ca -da -we, and
some times Wa-to-pa-pe-we — "The
moon when the streams are navigable
again."
5. May—Fe-ju-pe-we—"The mating
moon."
6. June—Wa-juste-ea-ea-we — "The
moon when thestrawberries are ripe."
7. July—Ca-pa-sa-we, or Wa-su-pa-
we—"The moon when the chokecher-
ries are ripe," or "The moon when the
geese shed their feathers."
8. August—A-su-to-we—"The harvest
moon."
9. September — Psinh-na-ke•tu-we—
"The moon when the rice is laid up
to dry." -
10. October—We-wa-ju-pe, or Wa-zu-
pe-we—"The rice -drying moon."
11. November—Ta-ke-u-ra-we—"The
deer -killing moon."
12. December — Ta-he-ca-psu-we —
"The deer moon."
Most Indians add one moon to every
twelve, which they call the "lost
moon." A day in Indian time, you
know, is a. "sleep," and a half a day,
mid -noon, which is told by pointing to
the sky over one's head.
Indians say when the moon is full
that bad spirits begin nibbling at it to
put out the light, and eat a portion
each day, until it is, all gone. Then
the Great Spirit, who will not allow
the bad spirits to go about the earth
in the dark, doing mischief, makes a
new moon, and works on it every night
until it is full, when he goes away
tired, and leaves it to sleep.
No sooner is he gone to sleep than
the bad spirits come back and begin
eating it up again.
The bad spirits, the Indians say, do
all their evil deeds in the dark of the
moon, and they think that is a good
time to go upon prowling and stealing
expeditions.
They will not start -generally on the
war -path in the dark of a moon, but
wait so as to arrive in the hostile
country when the moon is full
Many Indians think the moon is a
female, and the sun a male, and that
they are married. The moon helps
her husband, the sun, to light the
world and, when the moon is dark, or
does not shine she has gone to stay
with her husband.
taken down verbatim, and after the
collapse of the Roman Empire the
early Christians employed shorthand
extensively.
Able to keep pace with the fastest
speakers, these early reporters have
left examples of their skill in the arc-
hives of the first Church Councils. and
so important was their work consider-
ed that St. Ciyprian devoted much time
to perfection of the system in use.
Further development took place. in the
sixteenth century under the Protest-
ant teachers, and many crude at-
tempts were made before Pitman in-
troduced'his famous system in 1837.
Still to be seen in the National
Library is a series of wax -covered
stone tablets which are probably the
oldest record of the stenographer's
art.
GOOD NEWS FOR
Once a mother has used Baby's Own
Tablets for her little .ones she will use
nothing else and as long as there aro
babies in the home you will always
find a box of Baby's Own Tablets on
hand. Thousands of mothers have be
come convinced through the actual use
of `the Tablets that there is nothing to
equal them in banishing constipation
and indigestion; breaking up colds
and simple fevers; expelling worms
and promoting that healthful refresh-
ing sleep so necessary to the welfare
of little ones. Among the thousands
of mothers who praise Baby's Own
Tablets is Mrs. Alex. J. Perry, Atlan-
tic, N.S., who says:—"I always keep
Baby's Own Tablets in the house as I
know of no other medicine that can
equal them for the minor ills that
corse to young children." The Tab-
lets are sold by medicine dealers or
by mail' at 25c a box from The Dr.
RHEUMATIC PEOPLE ,Williams' 'Medicine Co., Brockville,
Ont.
Now Known That This Trouble
Must be Treated Through
the Blood.
The most a rheumatic sufferer can
hope for in rubbing sllmething' on the
tender, aching joint is a little relief.
No lotion or liniment ever did or ever
can do more than this. The rheumatic
poison is rooted in the blood. To get
rid of it you must treat it through the
blood. Any doctor will tell you that
this is true. If you want something
that will go right to the root of the;
trouble in the blood, take Dr. Wil-
liams' Pink Pills. The whole mission
of this medicine is to purify and en-
rich the blood, and when they do' this
all blood troubles, including rheuma-
tism, disappear. Among those who
have proved the value of Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills is Mrs. AnnieWrr t
h
g ,
Woolchester, Alta., -who says: "I was
a sufferer from rheumatism for six
years, and during most of that tune
my life was one of misery. I- triir4
several doctors;. -and many rentedle
recommended, but never got more
than temporary relief The trouble
seemed to affect my whale system and
I was badly rundown and suffered
from headaches as well..Finally I
was advised to try Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills, and through these I found com-
plete relief and to -day I feel like.a
new person. I can therefore strongly
recommend Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
to anyone suffering as I did from this
trouble."
You can get these pills from any
medicine dealer, or by mail at 50 cents
a. box from The D. Williams' Medicine
Co., Brockville, Ont.
Over Sixty Ways to Serve
Cheese.
That Canada will soon take its place
n'lth the cations that aro the largest
consumers of cheese seems assured
considering the steady increase in its
consumption in the past few years
since the Kraft-MacLaren Cheese Com-
pany,
om
pany, of Montreal, introduced the five
pound box. The Kraft Company were
the originators of the popular tinfoil -
wrapped cheese, without rind or waste,
in the five pound wooden box, and
while the original product has had
.many imitators none have been able to
produce a cheese of the same uniform
quality and flavor because the Kraft
process is protected by patents. The
Company does not make cheese, there-
fore, it is not competing with the.
cheese factories. But it purchases
Canadian cheese in enormous quanti-
ties, thusin the cheese factories
t es, keeping
'busy and adding to their prosperity
':and'that of the farmers. Kraft Cheese
1 � l blending of these
s simply a scientific g
" nanufactured cheeses by means of the
s^tkeented. Kraft process .which abso-
lutely controls the flavor.
The Company has just issued a
beautiful recipe book showing over 60
•different ways in which cheese may
be served. Many of the dishes are
illustrated in natural colors. A copy
may be obtained, free, on writing to
the company in Montreal, mentioning
this paper.
r_e
William, aged six, was very fond of
attending the movies, while Robert,
aged four, thought this form of enter-
tainment a great bore. One day they
were overheard discussing their fav-
orite pastimes. William had advanced
many telling argutnents, and while he
Was trying to think of one more to
compete his triumph, Robert remark-
ed disdainfully: 'I don't care! Sunday
sehool:s a lot more fun, and it only
costs a penny."
Where Most Seen.
"America is characterized by big-
ness."
"Yes—very noticeable in theswelled
heads."
•
Broadcasting a Pin -fall.
A pin was dropped en a desk. by
Dr. Gatto Dunn in the course of his
address at the dedication of •the new
buildings of the National Academy of
Sciences and the National Research
Council' in Washington. '
That pin -fall was perhaps the most
significant and wialely heard of any in
history Without being warned to
silence, every porson in the high-
d.omed, wide -winged hall heard the pini
as it struck the woodwork. Thousands
of wireless listeners, hundreds of
miles away, also heard.
Specially designed artificial stone
walls made the sound clear, distinct,
and without those hollow echoes • which
characterize old high -vaulted build-
ings, That pin -fall sounded an en-
gineering triumph in the long -neglect-
ed science of acoustics,
Of the total area ofwCa ads, 900,000
square miles (approximately one-
quarter of the whole) is forest land.
Less than half of this carries timber
of rnetchantable site (6 inches in dia-
Meter) at the present tune, and only
about one-quarter carries saw ma-
terial (10 inches in diameter).
Miniard's Liniment for Colds.
Remit by Dominion Express Money
Order. If lost or stolen you get your
money back.
Nothing, in truth, has such a tend-
ency to weaken not only the powers
of invention, but the intellectual pow-
ers in general, as a habit of extensive
and various reading without reflec-
tion.—Dugald Stewart.
For Sore Throat Use M [nerd's Liniment
Proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for
Headache
Pain
Toothache
Neuritis
Colds
Neuralgia
Lumbago
Rheumatism
Accept ort,. "Ba car°°'acka
which contains prover directions.
Mindy "Rayer" hexes of 12 tablets.
,Also bottles of 24 and 100---1)ruggists,
ai irin lb the trade mirk freslstered in Canada) Of Bayer manufacture of iiononattie-
iieilenter of Salte1ilenehl (Aeetyi Salleylle Acid, "A. S. A,"), while It In well known
that Arlt1HR means Payer mannfnetSre, to ns2ist the ilnhlle ii ninst linitntlons, the TalAets
Of iitty'er ComliSni twill be stmmped wits BisIr general trade (rare, the "Baser Cass.'
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REMNANTS.
ARGAIN PARCEL, $2; 5 LBS.
Patches, $2. McCreery, .Chatham,
Ontario.
FREE CATALOGUE.
ASPBERRY BUSHES, GLAD.
iolas, Iris, Peony, Fancy Dahlias
and Barred Rock Eggs. The Wright
Farin, Brockville, Ont.
WANTED.
+TONE INDIAN RELICS. H. A.
VanWinckel, 1899 Lansdowne
Ave., Toronto.
Doing Without the Sun.
Recent experiments for the purpose
of curing hay that is green, wet, or
both, have ,shown that the farmer is..
not necessarily dependent upon the
whims of the weather for the success
of his haying operations.
The wet hay is stacked around a
cone-shaped wooden framework. Then
hot air from a furnace is driven
through it by means of a fan or blow-
er from a farm tractor.
With the air heated to a tempera-
ture of from thirty to sixty degrees.
above that of the outside atmosphere,
a twenty -five -ton stack of wet, green
hay can be cured in eight hours.
BOILS
oils will spread if unchecked.
Keay Minard's disinfects, relieves
the pain and heals.
Always keep Minard's handy.
ECZEMA ON
FACE 2 YEAS
itchedand B 1 nu ede Scaled.
Oil, Cuticura Healed,
" I was affected with eczema
which broke out on my face in a
rash and itched a n d
burned and then scaled
off. It caused much
discomfort. I had the
trouble two or three.
years. I began using
Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment and they gave re-
lief, and after using three cakes of
Cuticura Soap and one box of Cu-
ticura Ointment I was healed, in
about four months." (Signed)
Mrs. Fred Salisbury, Norton, New
Brunswick, August 23,1923.
Use Cuticura for every -day toilet
purposes. Bathe with Soap, soothe
with Ointment, dust with Talcum,
Sample Boob Free by Mail. Address Canadian
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Price Soa 26c, Ointment2ianditc• Taitum2&o,
Tru our new Shaving Stick.
FOR JOY OF
8000 HEALTh
Manitoba Woman Thanks
LLydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound
f" Crandall, Manitoba.—" When I was
a young girl at home and working I had
terrible pains, almost more than I could
bear, and I was not regular. These
troubles kept me so tired all the time
that I had no strength and no ambition
to join in with nay friends and have a
good time. I was just tired and miser-
able always and life just seemed as if it
wasn't worth living. I saw so much in
the papers about Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and then I had a
friend who had taken it and told me
about it, so I got some. Every month
after taking it I got stronger and I soon
did not suffer every month. It stopped
the pains and helped me other ways.,
Then when my babies were coming I was
tired and worn out the first three months
and ached badly. I took the Vegetable
Compound right along and must say it
made a new woman of me and able to
do my work, and it helped me through
confinement, You see I am a farmer's
w7fe with a big house to look after, and.
three babies now. I have told ever so
many women about your medicine. Just
last week Iof a letter from my old
chum in the East. Her baby was born
fifteen days before mine and she -told
me she was not feeling very well her
back aches so much, and that she is
going to take the same medicine I took.
You can use my letter. and I hope some
one will be helped by it. --Mrs. JOS. 11.
E:IDD, BOX 56, Crandall, Manitoba. O
ISSUE No, 11--•-'26,