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Zurich Herald, 1926-04-08, Page 6SPRINGTIME -MEASLES 11io o itdwy Harold wee sant home sit as to "`get it over }viiia," T'z1e is ,from 5•eltool because of a cold. His rrlottrer seat 'him heel( on Tuesday but he was again sent home because of the cold. 'risen Harold's mother really was h dignant, She Bent Harold back on mistake. Special care eltoultl be taken, es- leeciaaly during the that flee years of lifse when most of tate fatal cuss (n- ear. row people (iia of neeasbee. if proper-', carred ear. Quotes's nursinag Wednesday with a hot }tote to the may result in info 'tion with the genus teacher on the foolishness of keeping a pupil away from e'choot just because o4 a ottic1. The teacher relented euti Harold attended school until k'ridaY, when he "broke ou't'.' with measles. The "coati" was really not a cold at all—but measles. Harold had been of tuba+rcuiosie anti pneumonia. Measles is one of those diseases which rarely kil';a in itself, bet kills later ou by d'ttiairlicatious such as bronchitis, pneettionia or tuberculcele. It is very likely to affect the eai':4, e ueing absoesa of the ears and even spreading measles thane four clays )�e• rapture of rite ear drums. remit the fore file rash came out, With the changes it ntakec in the hearing ap- fore ern rash r and the pliable 1 paratus, it is believed to cause one- stubborn ne tenth of the dea'tn•ese that donne on in teacher he was the cause of an epi- later life. demic of measles in the school. Most. B.ronohitis, pneumonia aaut tuber - of the parents said: oudosis find fertile ground iu the per-, "Well, it's only measles." True, it was only measles, but one of the children developed pueumouia and died, another was so weakened that his measles was followed by tuberoudasis and a third had a dis- charging ear that left him permanent- ly deaf. Symptoms of the Disease. A person ceasing down with measles bee "a cord in the head," sneezes, the nose runs, the eyes water, the lide are red and perhaps swollen, there is of- ten a cough, and a slight fever. The fever and all of the symptoms grow worse gradually so the patient is• usual- ly very sick and uncomfortable when about the fourth day the shin rash ap- pears. son with meitsles, especially if there is lack of oars, "He caught cold otter measles" is the old story, Keep the patient in bed, protected from drafts or any chilling influence: give him light nowrishing food with plenty of water, and continue the careful atten- tion during the convalescence, Serum Sometimes Helpful. Blood serum, taken fromi a patient about two or three weeks after re- oovery from measles', will protect a person into whom it is injected. In fact for the protection of weak child,' ren under four years, especially for children iu hospitals or institutions where exposure is fairly certain if 1 measles breaks out, the use of this convalescent serum has been very' The danger of spreading measles is greatest during the "cold- in -the -head" helpful. This protective serum is not available everywhere but every person stage before the rash comes out. The can recognize the possibilityof meas. - are spread in the discharges les when a child has watering eyes and a cold in the head with from the nose and throat and possibly Thin precaution may mean meann fever. T from the watering eyes. safety for many. A Mistake "To Get it Over With." Spring months are measles months'. Measles le such a common dis'eas.e Every mother should be on her guard that parents are apt to take little pains especially at this season to protect to avoid lnfeotion. Sometimes they chLdren against one oP the most dan- reeenessegassee e x .•.a m se lY ;NYt^Ai 1. ass ,444 o INT MOTOR SHIP MAKES MAIDEN TRIP The new linerAsiltrias,, the world's largest motor craft afloat, which recently completed her maiden voyage 1 from Southampton to Buenos• Aires, The liner has a gross tonnage of 22,137 tons, Hor squat funnels lend a queer appearance to the linens A Song of Hope. even expose their children purposely gerous diseases of childhood.—R.G. Show Your Goods. This little parable was published re- eemtly: — Jones had some things to sell. And. up-to-date vamp (writes Mrs., Stanley Jones talked and talked about them Wrench in the London Evening News.) continuously. But nobody bought. He All sorts of legends and traditions showed pretty pictures of them in have been looked upon with distrust, colors on shiny paper. But he did no 1 The Dane* who conquered England Red Hair. Skin pale as elder blossom, green eyes, and redhair; there you have th'e trade. So he talked harder and hard- er and harder, until his throat grew weak and his brain tired. And still he did no trade. Someone said to hire: "Try carrying the goods you want to sell with you, and let them do the talking." Jones carried the goods, and there came inquiries and orders and much demand. The parable carries an eternal teach- ing. People think far more of what we do than of what we say. A critic says: "What you do speaks so loudly I cannot hear what you say," We be- lieve that "actions' speak louder than words"; and that possession is a. big- ger thing than profession. It is not what we believe that makes the world better; it is always what we do. The Old Book argues: "Though I speak with th.e tongues of men and angels, and have the gift of prophecy, and give my goods to feed the poor and my body to be burned, if I have not love I am nothing, and love suffer- eth long and is kind:" No; you may believe everything there is to believe in the world, but. unless you translate your faith into practice, people will only pity you. i We want to see the goods. Words have so often deceived us, that unless we can handle and compare we don't accept. Again and again it is said in busi- ness: "Let me see your sample's:" It is not what we say about our products that matters. We must examine foe ourselves, and the eyes of purchasers are keen. They can soon detect the tiaw or the trick. Human trust is so delicate a thing that it has only to be betrayed once, and we are not ready to expose it again. We have each something to offer the world that no one wise has ---a bit of special service, or love or hope or comfort, As we make the offer people will naturally eek to see what effect it has upon ourselves, If I niake the profession I shall be expected to de- liver the goods. Not what I say inat- te'rs much: what T do affects things aternaily. Good works and good goods, and a good heart :rock won - dem and carry us through when words and postures meat, nothing. .len cannot. cheat for long, If you promise, then etrain ail your powers to fulfil that promise, for by 111e fulfil- ment you will be judged at the bar of human nature and not by the former. Let your word be your bond, and no one will oo'mplain. It is because so of- ten the 'word and the bond have been divorced that ethers• have been lett to doubt us. Remember, we are never off duty enol duty ever means doing. So, it you are in an office, strive to do •yeun• week in the host way; if be- hind a counter, be honest and don't lie. If you Cannot tell the truth, say nothing'. And If your work is' in the horns,' then strive to nxako yours the very beast home in the world. In the end people will thank God you have lived if .you praotioe what you preach .and always ring true. Stamps Aid Flood teasers, A. especial eta -nip -hes Jest been Mooted by the Belgian, authorities in ai'l of a+uftorors ,from the recent fie his in Bel, g'lutn, were reputed to have red hair, and the fair-haired Saxons hated the color. Even among the old Greek myths we find that Medusa,• the terrible Gorgon, had crisp red locks, which afterwards were changed to hissing serpents. But when we leap onwards and reach the pages of Hamer we find that the immortal. Helen of Troy, the most beautiful woman in the world, had red hair, and surely here we discover the secret of the red-haired minx; for al- though Helen's name has leased down to us right through the centuries as the mast radiant being the world has ever seen, she was siren and tempt- ress too. The ten years' war, distress and desolation . - , yet most vividly of all we remember that stelae on the walla of Troy when Helen met the old men, and their hearts grew weak as water as they gazed et her and her beauty. Curses died away. Red-hair- ed beauty won. Cleopatra, "serpent of od Nile," had red hair. She was not beautiful; In- deed, authorities declare her to be quite plain, even snub-nosed, but she had red hair, and won Mark Antony, prince of lovers, whose sole thought was to please the Egyptian siren. Queen Elizabeth must have thought red hair becoming. for It is said she wore a red wig when she wished to look at iter best; the ill-fated but love- ly Mary Queen cf Scots is reputed to have had red hair; and we know that Laura, whom Petaarch has immortal- ized by his verses, first attracted him by her red tresses. "Red hair, hot temper," rues an old Midland saying; indeed, it seems to be generally acknowledged that red- haired folk have fiery tempers. en__ Waiting -- Waiting at the Church. "When I was organist of St. Mich- ael's," Sir Arthur Sullivan says, in Arthur Lawrence's• biography of this genial comiiosei' of "H.M.S. Piano - fore" and other such works, "tui friend, Cranmer Byng, was appointed vicar .of e new church, and I designed the new otsgau far him and undertook to find an organist. When the day ar- rived for the consecration, 1 hadn't obtained the orgenist for him, so I volunllteered to play for two or three Sundays, until 1 could find someone else, with the result, however, that I played there for two or three years. I remember that at tate conaecration of the church, by the then I31s1top of London, the hour fixed was 12 o'clock, and by some misunderstanding , the Bishop ' didn't arrive until 1, Con- sequently, onsequently, I hsd to play the organ the whole time, in order to occulty the at teetion of Lite congregation. As the minutes wenit•lty',and the Bishop didn't arrive, 1: began to play appropriate inusic. ;G'irst I played 'I Waited for the Lord' (la l riglanci it should be ex- plained a Bishop 15 a member of the House of Peers, as one of the Lords Spiritual), and then en with a song of mine, which ...is entitled, 'Will He Come?' The npp.t pria'tetteaa of the Woe() was perfectly appreciated by the congregation." French aerter; Embroidered garter t• are bola* warn In Pared. Who will say the world is 0141 Who will say our pr•irne ;gyafiS ?•- Sparks from. Heaven wit)tln u,s,-1y*ing, Flash, and will flash till the Iodat:', Poole! who fancy Christ ,ptlat k ;-•- Man a tool to buy and pell;'-dad ` ' Earth a failure, God-tweakeet Ante -room of Hell, '• • Still the race of baero-epleits ..;,,. Pass the lamp from hand 'to hand; Age from age the words •3n'herits "Wife and Child and Fatherland"; Still the youthful hunter gatheri Fiery jay from weld 9nd ivp�adt_:' He will dare, as dared alis : fa€hers';• Give him cause as good. ' While a slave bewails' h'is fetters;•• While an orphan pleads' in:" ill,iinlr• While an infant lisps, his lettere Heir of ail the ages' 'gain; While a hope awaits the ijtorrow; , While a moan from man, is'.wruug; Letting in the Spring.. Most folk believe that spring rises from the ground, or that it breaks out an the tips' of 'busihes and trees, or comes with the signal of a bird's call, or the creeping forth of a tiny insect. They may, in a senna, be right, but they do not go far enough. No first Sorting moment arrives while your eyes look down, or while they are fo- cused on some small object. Spring cones from above; it arrives . et an early hour just when the night falls back—'an unfettrereljd and wholly inde- finable emergence from a mist morn- ing of sunshine. It is high above; it is beyond the trees and the steeple; and it oalls the whole world to rise and meet it—to look up. There is just as much spring In the town as in the ooun'try, Sometimes there seems to be more. It is wheat the mist that brings it shakes above the roofs before the tiles are dry. It is as definite as the postman's double Know, by every joy ,and •s•orro\y, knock, and you take it in with the That the world is young. same pleasurable anticipation as you —Charles Kingsley. do the letters, and talk about the com- Truck F, :nee ' -. - ar.• Teacher. -"Do yore .i;,tow what a truck farmer is?" s ,. ° _ Tommy ---"Sure, My uncle's t'Parmer and has two trucks," e..:1$0"0 .y 5* • A Study in .Reda;' . . Where the slow river • a red swaa lifts• red •v7ing8 '" and darker beak, ~' and underneath the. purmpfe #16}5sn • of his soft breast uncurls his coral feet ; . ;; ,fs —H. Ds in."Leda." meets the tide, rte... -.....-.;F Potato Nations. . Germany its' the greatest potato -rais- ing nation and tho Belgians are the greatest -consumers of potatoes,' • A New Tire. .A. tire with a hollow centre in -which air has been hermitrical•l' sealed has been invented in Engaand for light automobiles, Ing holidays, and things you did .last year when you were away, and the year before that, and the year before, that again, until it seems• that all things are happy things, .and verything is possible. Spring comes with almost over- powering beauty as you cross the bridge that spans the river. Here, aver th'e water and up into the, sky, the l sunlight has full play and makes the t most of it. Faint are .the: far-off build- ings, the domes, and spires, with the !tint of untouched bloom. From the brim of the water a white bird rises, I sweeps in an arch of glistening silver, turns sharply, and then, spreading two great wings, pierces the spring. It is io'sit in the mist, .high up, but it calls to the world to folI•ow. I The steps leading to the °Rice are dark after tt a sunshine, and the small! back room is gloomy. And then a man i in shirt sleeves, with a short ladder, a bucket, and an assortment of cloths, emerges from somewhere, apologizes for intruding, sets to work vigorously ou the dirty, clouded window panes, washes, dries', flicks, polishes, and hur- ries away to another room. With a tush of liberated gladness the spring .comes Nocturne. Blue water, a clear moon, In the moonlight the white herons are flying, Listen! Do you hear the girls who gather water -chestnuts? They are going home in night, singing. —Li Po. Trans, by Shigeyoshi Obe•ta. Fast—and Be- Fit. What le the key to perfect health? According to Professor A. 3. Carlson, the fani>qus Chicago scientist, the ans- wer Is fasiting. But this may be bath dangerous and injurious if not carried out scientifically. Many people habitually eat and drink too much, The result is bhat poisons, or toxins, are formed in their system and circulate in the blood stream, causing ill -health and mental sluggishness. The best way to purify the over• cherrged bloodstream and digestive tract is, to fast. A three days' fast is sufficient, and during it all undue strain should be avoided. There must be no running upstairs or to catch train or bus, Water should be taken in abundenoe, and every morning and night the juice of an orange or grape- fruit. When the first meal iso missed the faster will want to eat. Lat him ig- nore gnore the signals; he is feeling what is known as a "false appetite." At the end of twenty-four hours he will not feel the want of food at all. He will, however, be conscious of a clearness of brain which he seldom experiences while eating heartily. Duriug this, period the body is tak- ing a well-earned rest For sustenance it is drawing on its bank—the bank of fat we all pos'se'ss in varying degrees. It is also casting out accumulated poisons.. Great care must be used when the fast IS broken at the end of two or three days' abstinence. A start should be made with fruit -juice and a very small amount of whoilemeaal bread thoroughly masticated. After this snail amounts. of milk, sipped slowly, Rill start up the digestive machine again. And so back to normalways. But the fast will have been in vain un- less th•e lesson of moderation has been learned. Sea to Swallow Village. Filnsea, England, an ancient little village, appears, destined far the bot- tom of the ocean, a fate experienced `by Other Yorkshire towns of centuries past. The sea for some time has been working its way toward Kiinsea at the rate of about 13 inches a month. Coast erosion, duo to high seas, has been causing concern all along the east: Yorkshire coast. It is being washed away itt the rate of 2.27 feet per an- num near Bridlington, increasing to 15.5 feet, at Kilnsea, which is near Spear Point. New Roman Church Feast. Pope Plus XI. has instituted a new Expensive Old Chairs. . feast, that of "Christ .the Bing," which Six Chippendale maltogauyehai'rs is to be .celebrated annually on the realized £204 15s in London. recently, last Sunday of Ottoben'. ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES cELPt ii 'iiYiiwYwNeINM,wita�k.-i.•n•�traas5lwrc[ ,x' M __... (Copyright,r9RY. by `rYtnt Ync)•....�`' • Interest Aroused in Leadand Zinc Mining. .The oontinrued; high. prices of zinc staid lead, and the ractivity of repro' s'entatives of Barop'ean smelters seerolttng fop ne.w .sourtees of . uppiy, in ,1925, have aroused' eonaiderable in- terest in ]ajasateru- Canada's' latent pct wlWI'ities .for ina:reei's'ed production of (leas metal. The more so, as it into been evident that iinesteladiy powerful corporation's on We sicUs of the Atlan-. tio, oleo; are :ready to take advaart'age of the opportunity afforded by the large quantities• of cheap hydro -else - trio power now available and seeking' a market to esla,bli It an eleotro'chenf= crit zinic-rec10etio'n plant in ° I{7aatern Canada aa' soon :-re they dant satisfy themselves that sufficient one to keep such a Vara in aperaationwi'.l be forth - owning. As a result of all this, •east- ern producers of zinc and lead ores have speeded up deve1opment end in- . creased their output; and numerous •prospects', old and new, are being ex- plored c-ploted in search of oommerecial ore bodies•. In fact there are very few of the known oacn re'ncen of zinc and Lead in Eastern Canada that have not been at least examined recently by prospective purchasers, or operators. In Nova Sootia s'haft•sln,king is now in progress' on the Stirling zinc -lead prospect in Cape Breton, and the old Sn tbfield lead mine near Truro, in Colchester county, is being put in shape for further exploration of the ore 'bodies. . 1'n Quebec, the British 1Vleta.4s Corporation have made a num- ber of improvements both in their mine and mill at Notre -Dame des An ges, that have resulted in a consider- ably increased output; and further dia mond drilling has been done an the Federal Zinc and Lead Company's mine in Gaspe, though actual produc- tion has not yet been undertaken. In Ontario, the Kingdon Mining, Smelting and Manufacturing Company are pre- paring to further increase the output of their Gadetta lead mine ;'rho old Frontenac lead nine, near- Kingston, has been pumped out and examined, as has also the old Wright mine an lake Timiskamin•g, where diamond -drilling is now being ca:rwied on from the bot bom of the old workings.; diamond drilling is also being done in a. search for zinc -lead are bodies .just west of - Sudbury; and one of the Cobalt min- ing companies Is repotted to be about to start exploratory operations on a zinc prospect near Renfrew. A most promising new source of zinc in Eastern Canada is the gold- field of northwestern Quebec, where zinc in the form of sphalerite is, found associated.. with the copper -gold ores. Interest in this new fiend, however, has been so concentrated an the mare valuable metas', gold and copper, that little attention has as yet been given to its further ptxssibilities as,-a...pro- ducer of zinc ---–+:_..__.:-- King David and the Aeolian Harp. The Aeolian. harp is n rte of the old- est instruments itt the world, and there are some authorities who claim that the harp of David was one, or at any rate, Was based cu the same pritt- cleft This was the Kinnor, and ac- corddng• to seine interpretations of a certain -Passage in the Talmud David hung at the head of his bed a Kinnor with holes in the frame, thee'e hales being turned towards• fire north so ex- actly at midnight, when, tradition ones, 'the north wind began to blow, the music would awaken David and he would get out of his. bed and sing his psalms• of praiso There is some doubt about this. interpretation of the. read- ing, but the fact is, uudoubted .that David kept his harp near him when he retired in order that he 'might per- form his nightly devotions upon it. Whether he was awakened in the nen- ner suggested or oth:rwiee is a :natter for experts to discuss, but bite idea la a pretty one. Pointed Pars. Many of us weigh friendship with lees care than we would weigh a pound of foodstuff. ICeeap busy to keep business. To follow ibipease is to rust in ,the dark. You will get tome awful hard lamps if you keep on, • So bong as that which might have been i.tr't, why worry your hoed about it? Don't Tie. The truth is short; simple and final-. A lin gats on for ett:r, tt � Women's Rights. Sl --e .' \Vo•nen"s rights aro growing strongt'i' (:Very d@tt'. > - Hee-ores, itewsbaltr•,r accon.;i5 ;a't hubbies Ileitis beatolt tip by their Wives aro increasing without doubt," c. Rabbet. Land' in Orietrt. It to cstiin.a,tetl that there are ale100 st it;iia-e mike of a'i.•ltire rail In the Philippines that could be utod itt rue- her browing, and. chat the lelande might aro aduce 4a,tirlp toile of rabbet a year.