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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1927 RUN DOWNIN HEALTH Why Many Men and Women Are Badly Handicapped. When you are so run down in health that it impairs the efficiency of your work as well of your power to enjoy your leisure hours, or obtain rest, it is time you looked to the cause. If you do not, a serious breakdown is almost sure to result. In nearly all cases this condition, which doctors usually describe as general debility, is due to poor blood--blood that is deficient in red corpuscles. When the Wood is thin and weak your whole system suffers. You lose appetite, have no energy, your nerves trouble you and you feel restless. Pageant at Hastings Recalls Antiquity Barons of Cinque Ports March to Court of Brotherhood and Guest-ling London--Dates are anathema to most school boys and girls, but it cai safely be said that most British' boy; and girls know 'Battle of Hastings, 1066." Recently representatives of one of Hastings' oldest public bodies marched in procession These the Barons' of the Cinque Poi their way to the Court of Brotherhood Guestling. The history of Hast-doubtless goes back further th What you need is help to build up j 1066, for it is one of the famous your blood and you should begin at Cinque (pronounced "sink") ports once to make your blood rich and red I which include Hastings, Sandwich, by taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Dover, Romney, Hythe, Rye, and Win-You will soon notice the difference in Chelsea, the last two having been ad- better appetite and The reason is that created by Dr. Wil- your health by increased vigor, the new blood c Hams' Pink Pills organs of the body to healthy activity and so the system gains and strength. If you are weak ded to the original five, delegates came from these seven ancient towns and from the minor branches of Deal, Ramsgate, Faver-sham, Margate, Lydd and Tenterden. It was a great and gliterintg pro-ission, for the Lord Warden of the And strength. If you are weak or out Cinque Ports, Lord Beauchamp, of sorts, begin gaining new strength j there, wearing the star and ribbon of to-day by taking Dr. Williams' Pink ; the Garter; the Lord Mayors Pills. "I was in a badly run down eon- j scarlet, crimson, fur, and chains of dition," says Mrs. J. Potter, of Winni- j office. Each had his attendant fred, Alta., "when I began using Wil-1 bearer and mace, while the Hams; Pink Pills and they fully re- barons were arrayed in knee breeches with white satin-flowered waistcoats and ruffles and crimson velvet cloaks1. Altogether a bright array in the October sunshine. This Court of Brotherhood and Guestling meets every two yean consider problems affecting the ports. This year the very real trouble of overfishing by steam trawlers' discussed and it was decided to take joinl Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all medicine dealers or by mail at 50 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Where the Blacksmith Shoes Oxen In the little village of Hope Corner, Me., is a blacksmith shop consider ably more than 100 years old. Part of its equipment is a stall for/shoeing oxen, something to be found in few-New England blacksmith shops today; yet years ago most smiths shod as many oxen as they did horses. The methods, however, are very different. A horse will stand patiently on three legs, permitting the smith to pick up the other and fit a shoe, while fen ox will thi-ash and kick. Hence the shoeing stall, consisting of a framework into which the animal is (driven. Its head to shut into a stanchion, then Amazing Scenes Follow Permormance of Ancient Indian Rites of Suttee London. -- Thousands of Hindus fought to obtain fragments of the charred clothing of a Hindu woman who suffered fatal burns recently attempting to perform the ancient rite of the suttee--self immolation of a widow with the body of her husband-- says a news despatch to the Evening from Allahabad. The widow who was rescued by the police from the funeral pyre of her husband, sub-broad belt of leath- j sequently died of her burns and hei er or stout canvas to passed under the j body was thrown into the body. Ropes- or chains made fast to 1 Ganges near Patna. the free ends of the belt are then con-1 Hundreds of rupees were paid for nected to windlasses on, either side possession of her garments which are of the pen. 'vegardsd as sacred by thousands of Corner for shoeing. 'Tis better to ! *mith raises the ox off its feet. Next' to obtain fragments of her clothing, he lifts the foothe wishes to work on | Although the suttee has been for-and straps it to timbers arranged for bidden in India since 1829, the Hindu that purpose on either side of the ■ woman decided to perform it and stall. Owners of oxen in distant mounted her husband's funeral pyre, towns bring their animals to Hope' held his body in her arms and lay burning on top of the pyre while a vd of fully 5,000 Hindus applaud-through ed excitedly, said despatches. At length, unable to bear the torture, the woman rolled toward the river clutching her husband's body, which disappeared in the current. Despite -the hostility of the crowd the LEARN /N-iSk. police rescued her. The widow still Engineering Auto if„r"^ \ refused to leave the funeral pyre and Mechanics, Electri- Ufii fT _\ the police were unable to take her Jr^ATrt away because of the onlookers. She lay there for two days while thousands of Hindus, who felt she had gained great religious merit by her act, flocked to pay her homage. Eventually the police succeeded in taking her FORGET THE "BLUES ______lg. Bricklaying and Plastering, also Bartering and Ladies' dressing. Earn $6 to $10 Per Day Few weeks required to learn. Expert Instructors, Practical Training. Big Demand. Start Special " va>. mm Merry Party * ~. ~ ing good bye to their native shop«adlan Homes of these Scottish girls who sailed fromfs did not seem to depress the spirits were included in a large group of horfcotland recently for Canada. They be placed in homes throughout the Don «£d workers recruited in Glasgow to prospects of their new homes and in i lien- Tn*>' were a!1 smiles over the would befall them in the country across iticipation of many experiences that so much about. The photograph was ta Atlantic of which they had heard board the Canadian Pacific liner Monte as the group were on their way to France Develops Sp ed Air Ma;! Routf, tyoSouth Amerka Paris--Growth of th' mail service from iere to Senegal, ,,000-mile route of.Africa, promises speedy development of the mail service ta South America. The flight from Dakar to Pernam-buco by Costes and LeBrix in early October was the spectacular first jump over the Atlantic westward . to pave the way for regular trips. Mail that now takes twenty days to go from Paris to Buenos Ayree is expected to be delivered in five day; within a year or two. It will go ii iven days within a few months. Two months before the war er the Latecoere Company gave thi the west South American service and t French govern . its plai 68,000 Tons of New C.P.R. Line Ships London--The official announcemei later, experts are sure, it will have become a realit; Christmas Day, 1918, the Toulouse-Barcelona route was established. Four months later it readier to Casablanca. Two years ago mail was being carried by air to Dakar, half way from Paris to Buenos Ayres. During the nine years the number of letters by airplane has jumped from 9,000 000,000. The commercial! receipts have increased likewise. Argentina and Uruguay have signed contracts for the air mail service and Brazil and Chile are negotiating agreement icing ot a contract Vickers for a large passengei for the Orient Line states that th< vessel isi to be a 22,000-ton ship, o largest the Orient Line have ordered and, incidentally.thie largest ship built at Barrow A ship of this :haracter employs about 1,400 men fcA-!0 working months. Nowhere in the British Isles is there enough of this high class passenger tonnage buildj-ing, although here and there some oi shipping lines have interesting programs in hand. For example, on the Clyde ,one of e most interesting programs is tha^ of 'tbe Canadian Pacific, who have of their ships in the water, an? few weeks' time will have no less than 68,000 tons off the slipways, At Harland & Wolff's Belfast estab- MADE HER BABY PLUMP AND WELL lishment there are Nelson liners, King healthful sleep. They are guaranteed (iona]jv r, it...... „ io„nn Anm,n„ o*.,,. n_____j to be free from ininriniiH rims-a sinrl y iJ 'Behind the clouds the nes" may yet be used as induce tourists to travel routes. still APPLICATIONS Are Filled As Far As Possible In t Order In Which They Are Received APPLICATIONS Offering Annual large White Stai 22,00O-ton Union Castle liner, all these being motorships. . . maining shipyard in Belfast, that of! Workman Clark & Co. the completion of the Furness Withy motorship Bermuda for the New York-West Indies passenger trade leaves this large ship- High School Boards and Boards of Education Are authored by law to establish INDUSTRIAL, TECHNICAL AND ART SCHOOLS With th? approval of tbe Minister of Education. day AND EVENING CLASSES may be conducted in accordance with the regulations issuei the Department of Education. THEORETICAL AND practical instruction dirlctton of an "'aDVi'sORY committee. ' Principal cf 1 COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS, MANUAL TRAINING, HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE are provideJ for in the Courses of Study in Public, Separate, Continuation and Hig.i , Schools, Collegiate Institutes, Vocational Schools and Departments. Copies of the Regulations issued by the Minister of Education may obtained from the Deputy Minister, Parliament Buildings, Toronto. Genius is Weighed on The Scales Browning's question, "Wibat porridge had John Keats?" has beei taken up in France by physicians' physiologists and authors in an animated discussion of the relationship between genius and corpulency, and especially the effect of good eating upon intellectual, activity and acute- The discussion was started by a >man physician, who said that corpulent people, as a" rule, were mentally dull and sluggish. This was sharply challenged, and thus far the contrary j seems to have the better of it. It l is pointed out that Honore de Balzac was almost a "mountain of flesh" and j that Dumas, Sainte-Beuve, Victor I Hugo and Rossini were well fed and corpulent. Zola is said to have done he inspiration Nothing makes a n ful than a benefit conferred upon her child. Mothers everywhere who have used Baby's Own Tablets for their children speak in enthusiastic terms of them. 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Earle Electric Sup- mmmmmmmmmmimmmm > all shy- . There QA L Eg _ _ -ercome, and the people | ^u^gL^ Joined their voices like one great hap-! teed quail py family." The tone quality of the ]f^d singing, for a crowd just brought in ! minute equipment. Re.-ii s*> from the street, was remarkably good, j gg^gg^&fj™0™ AND POULTRY E N--STEADY, PROFIT-mployment, weekly pay. Tree 8*311 d Plants! Newest sang tunefully, i I T_GWe pay highest guarantee complete £ ', IVER HON! $7 2; SI CVVIIEA'J The gathering pression, and The festival started with a grand st^Londi concert at Wickham Park by the Cur-, ■ ■' lew Male choir of 80 voices, the finest (J ^nd male chorus in Australia, and the sxty pounds Municipal Concert Ba;id. Every, Xiffles °gg' available seat in the huge park occupied, and hundreds stood on . top of the hill, prominent musicians ; J'^ (ft^l lYdVCIltRllTO from the South called the choral 1 singing here the best in Australia. 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Here is the latest fish story: Photographers have been taking pictures of a new star--no, no, not at. Hollywood, but of one in the constellation ot Pisces! MINARD'S iLinimenTi r sidewalks and everything. Where Talc is Mined of rich t present ti The centre of the talc mining id plentiful, food. At, the j *»try in Canada is Madoc, in H le Mr. Chesterton is named in&s county, Ontario, though sm; mple of well-fed genius, I amounts of talc and soapstone 1 oppogjn (i points to 'also been Produced from deposits 5 ...,(, as, .. (.fmtrarv the Eastern Townships, Quebec; J j Leeds county anr on Eagle Lake, O; Nova Scotia. .-.nd Wood Buffalo arc Thriving 4.1 The wo habitat ir Fort Sir, d buffalo in Wood Buff* ;h, N.W.T., eI Though PAINS ALL- . OVER BODf Two More Cases of Feminine fll«^ cess Relieved by Lydia E. Pink*, ham's Vegetable Compound Barrington, N. S.-'T had terribld feelings, headaches, back and side aches and pains all over my body. I j would have to go to bed every month j and nothing would do me good. My ; husband and my father did my work ! for me as 1 have two children and j we have quite a big place. I re?.d in the paper about Lydia E. Pinkham's j --1 and then got a ' tto^d and my husband sent got me a bottle, an more from the store, fine now and do all n able to go out around friends it i.i l.vdia K. : etable Ba well/' ■inguit