Zurich Herald, 1919-11-07, Page 2E NERVOUS
SCHOOL CHILD
Needs Rich, Red Blood to Regain
Health and Strength.
Many children start school in ex-
cellent health, but after a short -time
home work, examinations, hurried
Meals and crowded school rooms cause
their blood to become weak and thin,
their nerves aver wrought and their
color and spirits lost. it is a Great
mistake to let natters drift when boys
and girls show symptoms of nervous-
-ness or weak blood. They are almost
sure to fall victims of St. Vitus dance,
or drift into debility that leads to
other troubles. Regular meals,
door exercise and plenty of sleep are
necessary to combat the nervous wear
of school life. But it is still more im-
portant that parents should pay strict i
attention to the school child's blood
supply. Keep this rich and red by giv-
ing Dr. Williams' Pink Pills according
to directions and the boy or girl will
be sturdy and iit for school. The value
of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills in cases of
this kind is shown by the statement
of Mrs. Pearl G. Harrington, Kings-
ville, Ont., who says:—"I have often
felt that I should write you and let
you know what Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills did for me. At the age of thir-
teen I was afflicted with St. Vitus
dance. Tho trouble became so severe
that I had to be taken from school. 1
was given medical treatment but it
did not help me, in fact I was steadily
growing worse. Then a friend ad-
vised my mother to give me Dr. Wil-
liams' Piuk Pills, which she did, with
the happiest results, as the pills com-
pletely cured me and I was again able
to take up any studies and attend
school. Again about three years ago
I was attacked with nervous prostra-
tion and once more took Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills, and after using five boxes
was fully restored. .I cannot praise
these pills too highly as I believe they
will cure any case of St. Vitus dance,
or restore anyone who is weak, nerv-
ous or run down.
You can safely give Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills to the most delicate child,
or take them yourself with equally
good results when you need a blood
tonic. These pills are sold by all
r:ealers in medicine, or will be sent by
mail, post paid. at 50 cents a box or
six boxes for $2.50, by The Dr. Wil-
liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
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Discilaline. I inventory of them, discarding those
She burst into the living room, call- that are completely worn- out,. It is
ing, "lilother, where are you, mother?"' not enough to merely take an in-
ventory of the screens on hand at the
end of the season and properly place
them away in some corner of the
house where they will not' be in the
way until wanted again next season.
This is indeed the way I used to do it,
but I have found it a poor method and
a costly ere as well: All new screens
chair. "Wow, but I'm tired! I would- bought each season are carefully
n't stir one step if I wasn't afraid all painted over the woodwork or metal
the pastel shades would be snapped up 1 parts as the case may be, and the
before I get there. What's the matter, screenings is carefully oiled with lin-
mumsy—seen a ghost?"
The mother had put down her darn-
ing -and was looking at a slender calf
in old -rose silk, "No, dear, but I see
a great deal of lege and a hole that's
getting bigger every minute. I warned
you there'd be no wear in that kind of
stocking, Doris."
"What's the use in harping on that
When you won't make daddy raise my
allowance?" Doris sat up very
straight. "'You know that I can't buy
a stocking that will last two minutes
for less than a dollar and a half—at
the least. By the way, there's a sale away iii any old place in order to get
of Italian silk ones this afternoon; if them out of the way. It is best to
you make that five a ten, I can get
some bargains. That would be real
economy. Please, mother!"
"Doris, don't! You nearly got that
needle lin your eye. Yes, of course I
quite as if her parent had broken the
habit of a lifetime ami had deserted
the mending basket on Thursday after-
noon. "Listen, mother! I've got to
get a new sweater. Can you let me
have five dollars? They're four -
ninety -five at Klein's --some bargain!" She flung herself into the moiris
Grit Wears Engines Fast.
Like most farmers, I take care of
my own car, and I try to do it the
quickest and best way that I can. I
do not have time to fleck the last speck
of dust off the fenders very often,'but
I do try to keep the wearing parts in
tiptop shape all the time.
Lubrication is one of the things that
I never neglect, and I get the best oil
I can bus, after four years of driving
an inea,pensive make of car that we
give a good many hard knocks. The
expense per mile for oil is very light,
and a difference of 25 cents a gallon
evil' never be felt and certainly gives
a smoother running motor. I have
been through the cheap cylinder oil
experimental stage, and have found
that it does not pay to use anything
but the best.
Just as important as the grade' of
oil is the care of the container used
to put the oil in the car. I learned
this lesson when I ran a twin motor-
bike with the oil -can top open one sum-
mer. Enough sand got into the engine
that way to necessitate taking the
engine down and regrinding the cyl-
inder. I could feel the grit in the oil
that came out of the machine. The
cost was only .$12, but enough to teach
ane better.
Now I keep the oil tightly covered,
and 1 also keep the measure that I
pour from covered all the time. At
first I used a paper sack for this, but
now I have found something better in
around pasteboard box, cut down to
fit the height of the can. Dust and
dirt easily get into these measures,
and then into your engine. Protect
your oil, and in so doing protect your
engine. It pays to keep oil clean.
--• R. R.
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Interest computed, quarterly.
Withdrawable by Cheque.
iWeg, on Debentures,
Iaterest payable half yearly.
Paid up Capital $2,412,578.
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'seed oil. ..By this method I have been
able to make the screens last many
seasons.
A good time to do this work is late
in autumn when we will have no fur-
ther use for the screens until next
season. By painting and oiling them
at this time, the wood is preserved,
will look better when the screen is
brought out next season, and thie oil-
ing prevents the screens from rusting,
which is important if -we want them
to.last many seasons.
The screens should not be stored
pack them all together and covey them
up nicely somewhere in the house
where it is dry and clean. If covered
with cloth or paper they do not be-
come so dusty and it is a small matter
like to be hugged, dear child, lint not indeed to get them ready for use next
when I'm sewing. And it doesn't do season. If rubbed lightly with an
a bit of good to coax and wheedle, for
I'ni not going to give you another cent
for clothes until your allowance is
oiled cloth, they are again ready for
use, look bright. and •clean, and with an
additional touching up with: oil, they
due." The mother straightened her will not easily rust.
collar. "You know what daddy said It is best to oil the screens with a
when he heard what your new bathing cloth that is saturated in oil, as by
suit cost. And I don't like—" this method the s;.:.reens are evenly
"Oh, please, mother, just this once! covered, and too much oil will not get
Honestly, 1 won't ask for a single on thein, as would be the case if a
other thing, not even the stockings, if brush were used for the purpose. Too
you'll let me get the sweater. I need much oil would soil curtains or drap-
one worst way, and it's a crime not to eries coming in contact with screen.
take advantage of that sale." She
thrust an accusing elbow under her
parent's nose. "Pipe that thin place,
will you? It'll be a hole first thing
Screens are a necessity in every
home during the summer months.
They are also a g;,reat convenience and
make the house cool and attractive
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HERE is a snip in the air these ;mornings
that must be rather sharp to the man
who scrapes his chin when shaving
himself.
• If he used a • Gillette Safety Razor, he would
positively enjoy shaving eery morning, he wc••' i
look his best at all times,, and there would be
no cutting or chafing of the skin!
Furthermore, in the tirne he now takes to get
his old razor edge as near right as he can, he could
hnihh shaving 'With the Gillette.
Stropping and Honing would he a thing of
the past for him. That alone is worth $5,—the
prie of a ti
•f el�.
Any dealer who is anxious to supply
men's needs will gladly show you a
variety of Gillette sets. See him today,
if possible.
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you know. You don't want to see me when properly cared for. -,* e 1 Rainy Day?
?" She waited fora spent in caring for themis -1,� 1 .e it -
ably employed and will save many
dollars besides in the course of a few
years' time.
gs, do you
sign of surrender. A full minute pas-
sed. Then the another said uncer-
tainly:
"If I do let you get 'the sweater,
Doris, please understand that it's only
because the one you have on is getting
shabby, not because I approve of your
losing your head over bargain sales.
Now, will you promise me -1,
The worktable was overturned in
the mad rush of gratitude. "Mumsy,
you're a good old scout!" The despis-
ed sweater hurtled through the air and
lay in a crumpled •pink heap. "Thank
goodness I needn't wear that old ruin
another minute! Where's your purse,
mother? I want to meet Irene at
Klein's at five. Why, What's the mat-
ter? What makes you look at me like
that?"
"Doris, where did you get that
waist?"
"At the Florentine 'Shoppe. Isn't it
a peach?" She turned slowly round.
"Did you ever see such handwork?
Just look at the daisies on the yoke.
It cost nine dollars, •reduced from
twelve -fifty. Where's your purse,
mother? I've got to beat it."
"That settles it, Doris," the mother
said firmly. "I'm not going to en-
courage you in any more extrava-
gance. You had no business to buy
that expensive blouse; it's ridiculous
for a schoolgirl! No, don't coax me.
My mind's made up." She bit off a
needleful of black cotton, 'carefully
avoiding her daughter's eye.
Contrary to her expectation, there
was no argument, merely a look that
overflowed with reproach. Doris went
to the telephone, and presently the
mother hearth
"That you, Irene 9 No, I can't
come. It's all off Yes, I keiow,
but she says she won't give it to me.
Of course I need it worst way; but
what's the use? ....Oh, cut it out,
Irene, it's all off, I tell you!" The click
of the disconnected telephone chimed
in with a disconsolate sob.
The mother got up suddenly and
went over to the despised sweater. She
picked it up and examined the worn
elbow. "I can mend that in two min-
utes, dear," she said, with a consoling
pat on the blonde head half buried in
the sofa pillows. , A sob answered her;
then another. 'She sighed and laid the
sweater down again.
"Dorris," she said gently, "you'll find
my purse in the left-hand back tomer
of my top bureau drawer,"
Oil and Paint Screens.
Great care should be taken of
window screens, as they represent
quite an itemof expense, especially
when many large ones have to be
used. When the "season is over for
using the screens, 1 take a sort of.
Bacteria That Make Iron Ore.
The most imaginative among us
would hardly suspect that bugs are
responsible, at least in part, for the
common flatiron and other useful ar-
ticles made from the sante metal. Yet
European physicists have known for
some time that there are "iron -ore
bacteria," and the fact is now com-
monly accepted in America.
Iron bacteria live in either standing
or running clear waters that contain
iron compounds; not in turbid waters,
and those containing much organic
matter. So active are they in estab-
lishing deposits of ferric hydroxide
that water pipes of cities where the
water contains ferrous carbonate have
been known to be completely closed
by them.
Sheaths of dead iron bacteria have
been. found in multitudes an limonite
deposits, and enormous deposits of
several kind's - of iron ore are known to
result from their work. Yet we know
little about them. They may even be
at the very threshold of life.
It is interesting, however, to note
that the greatest deposits of iron ore
in the world that are being mined are
in the arctic and subarctic regions, or
in zones where nearly half the year is
winter, as in the Lake Superior coun-
try. The greater commercial activity
in the colder regions may partly ac=
count for this, for there are extensive
iron ore formations in the tropics and
subtropics. But the fact remains that
iron bacteria live in hire water and
that in the colder regions water is
most likely to be pure. '
Although iron bacteria are 'Gnu
facturing new deposits all the time,
this is not of great importance as far
as the supply of iron is concerned.
Bodies of ore are being formed morb
rapidly than we used to think, but na-
ture probably cannot create iron as
fast as we are using it.
Their Demands.
'Street Cleaners --,"We demand nar-
rower streets and wider brooms."
Firemen—"All buildings must be
built of asbestos, We want cooler
flames."
Policemen—"We must not be re-
quired to catch motor bandits. In-
spectors must go."
Garbage Men --"All trash must be
neatly dusted before being thrown
out."
Milk Men—"Later mornings; fewer
babies."
Begin to educate your grandchildren
by educating yourself.
- Here are some of my big jobs for
a rainy day. It may be some folks
would not th':nk they amount to so
very much. All right. I have learned
that the biggest jobs I have to do are
those that I hate to do most. Here
they are:
Straighten up the harness room.
When every day is crowded full of
things that •simply must be done on
the farm we are pretty apt to throw
thing round in the harness room pret-
ty promiscuously. Gets se it looks like
sin, only more so; and this rainy day
is just the best time to slick up.
Another good big job is tightening
up the horses' shoes. I can do that
all right. I have an old piece of drag
tooth, a relic from the days of the
spike -tooth harrow, that I hold against
the head of the loose nails, and with
a light hammer I can draw the nails
down tight, so that they will go .sev-
eral days longer.
Lowery days are a good time to
bring up correspondence. Business
letters must be answered the Game
day, no matter what else happens; but
here' are friendly letters waiting. I
have tam bigger job than to answer
these. None pays better, either.
Again, it is a big job to go around
the house and do the little chores
that Wife knows about. Maybe a
door that sags oil the hinges and is,
scraping the carpet out. I drive out
the hinge pins, tug the door out, and
with cross -cut and rip saw cut it down
to save wearing the pretty carpet.
But 1 think the very hardest task
of all is to clear up any office desk.
Piled so high with accumulated papers
and stuff I dread=to touchhit. It really
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is a man's job to wade down through
thb heap and keep cheery. Can you do
it? Then you are good for any big
job.
A teaspoonful of flour added to
the grease in which eggs are fried
will prevent them from breaking or
sticking to the spider.
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with violent drugs, hut
take "Cascarefs."
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"Dynamiting" bile out of your sys-
tem'with calomel and other sickening
purgatives is all wrong. Salts, Oil,
and Cathartic Waters act by flooding
the bowels with the digestive vjuices
which are vital to the stomach. Cas -
carets are different. They net as a
tonic to the bowel muscles, which is
the only sensible way to relieve a
bilious attack, a sour, acid stomach,
or constipated bowels. There is no
griping or inconvenience. You natural-
ly return to regularity and cheerful-
ness. Caacarets cost very little and
they work -while you sleep.
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When your horses are subjected to changing weather',
conditions of winter and spring, their systems become run
down, with the result that they are very susceptible to
Distemper, loniineaza, Pinkeye, Coughs and Oo1de. SPOUI9"1�
will keep your horse in good condition, so his system can,
ward off disease. Buy of your druggist.
SPOIEN MEDICAL CCD., Mfrs., Goshen, Ind., '®'.S.A.
MR. FARMER! DOES TRAPPING PAY?
WHAT YOU. RECEIVE:
1 Bushel Wheat, $2.15 1 large Muskrat Skin, $2.50,
1 Bag of Potatoes, $2,50 1 Red Fox - - $25.00
Do not stop growing wheat 'and potatoes, but Start Trapping'
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Wake your fall and winter months as profitablo as your spring and suynmer.
While the prices quoted above are not accurate to a cent, they servo for
comparison and show' the enormous returns you can make from trapping.
You get as much and more from one large Muskrat skin as you do for a
bushel of wheat, and ten or twelve 'times as much for one fox shin as for
a bag of potatoes. All other lines of furs will show as favorable a com-
parison. 'write us for, price list and quotation on traps.
HOERNER WILLIAMSON & CO.
376 Si. Paul W., larontreai w' atorn liftmen. 253 Princess St., Winnipeg
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Granular Lids.
This term denotes either •of two
forms of conjunctivitis, dtkinliamma-
tion of the lining membrane' of the
eyelids, in which the surface, particu-
larly hi the fold between the eyeball
and the lid, is dotted With little gran-
ules varying in size from a mere pin
point to the head of a small pin; one
is follicular conjunctivitis, a compara-
tively simple disease that is not gen-
erally regarded as dangerous or con-
tagious; the other is trechoma, a very
serious disease that is dangerous to
the eyesight and extremely con-
tagious.
Both dieases are found in children,
and in their early stages it is some-
times very difficult for a school phys-
ician to distinguish between them; but
it is most important that he do se4 A
child with the mild form of granular
lids, or follicular conjunctivitis, need
not be excluded from school; his
trouble can generally be relieved by
the usual treatment for simple con-
junctivitis, and, since eyestrain often
causes the trouble, or at least aggra.
vates it, by proper glasses. The child
with trachoma, on the other hand, h
in a dangerous state; his vision is
liable to be permanently impaired, if
he does not become blind, and sines
he is a menace to other children ha
must be kept away from school at
long as the disease is active.
Trachoma is one of the oldest knows
diseases. Several references in Blass•
ical literature indicate that it existed
in ancient Greece and Rome, and it pre
veils to=day in Egypt, Asia Minor
the Balkan states, Roumania, Poland
and other parts of eastern Europe
whence it was brought to America br
immigrants. It is spread only by con
tact, either directly or indirect'v, hI
towels, pillows, and so forth; Thence
the members of a household in which
there is a case of trachoma must take
the greatest care to avoid using cloth.
ing and towels in common, and \the
patient should sleep. in a separate bed,
The treatment requires the greatest
skill and attention and can be manage
ed only by a physician.
Value of Fresh Fruit,
Skins and All.
Probably not one person in a hum
dred fully realizes the great health
value of fresh fruit. .Among tho'-e who
eat applos and pears, cherries and
plums, the majority, and those, too,
wlio most need them, refuse to ,swal-
low the skins.
Yet the consumption of raw fresh
fruits with their skins assists in main-
taining a high condition of the blood,
and simultaneously of keeping the U.
gestive organs of the body clean, in
part because of the nature of the food,
and in part because it acts as a natural
laxative.
The seeds of fruits, like the pips of
the apple and the pear, the kernel of
the plum and cherry -stone, and all
nuts, are among the richest of all food
materials, while. the skins supply the
mineral substances, which are neces-
sary to the nourishment of the blood,
witirout which nobody could live.
Where the blood is examined before
one commences it eat fruit with its
skins, and again at the end of three
months, the improvement is marked
by 'the increase in the red cells and
the red colouring matter, which are
of such vital importance to health and
to e.
'there aro numerous foods which we
ought not to eat in excess, but of
which we do eat too Hauch, that leave
something behind thein in the organs
of digestion and elsewhere. Fruit is
the natural remedy to employ and not
medicine. Its systematic employment
at all meals is quickly followed by a
healthy change.
Tho skins with the acid which all
fruits contain are perfect cleansers,
the former acting almost like a broom
in sweeping all before it, as it passes
through the digestive organs.
Old -Time Profiteering.
Victims of merchants.' greed have
,suggested all kinds of punishments, in.
eluding hanging or boiling oil, for pro-
fiteers, says a London magazine.
Here are some of the penalties
meted out in the time of Edward I.
to "engrossers, forestallers and all
%arts of frauds and impositions in the
sale of provisions."
The chief offenders tin those days
were the bakers and millers, who were
experts at giving under weight, and
against these the law was especially
severe. For a first of e'nce the fraudu-
elent baker had his stock confiscated,
and for a second he was imprisoned,
fora third pilloried. As for a "thiev-
ish
thieveish miller," he was put in a refuse Cart
and driven through the streets, -.•ex•
posed to the derision --and missiles-•••
of the people.
A special &repel will shortly be
installed An St. Pears, Cathedral, Lon.
don, in memory of Lord Kitchener. Ii
will cost $50,000.