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THE DAILY ee or eR A I ACR AL A EY TR KW tA AT AN G0 ens AA 0 eum Wow marmnarr MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1984 THIS LADY SAYS There's Nothing To Equal _ "Dr. Wood's" Norway Pine Syrup For Coughs and Colds Mrs. David Thompson, West River $t., Paris, Ont., writes:--*I cannot speak too highly of Dr. Wood's Nor- way Pine Syrup. For myself and children I use noth ing else. ; My little girl, five years old, has had bronchial trouble ever since she the "flu" a few years.ago, and, mow, whenever she gets a slight cold she develops a very nasty cough, but all 1 have to do is give her a few doses of Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup. Also for myself, and the other children, I can find nothing to equal it. In fact, it was" only a short time ago that I gave it to my ten months old baby, and could immediately see the difference it made in her. Now, 1 always keep Norway Pine Syrup in the house, as I feel there is nothing to equal it." Price 35c. a bottle; the large fam- fly size 60c.; put up only by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. Lemans Sa Hardwood ABSOLUTELY DRY ~Al80-~ SOFT WOOD AND SLABS KENNY & FALLON PHONE 637. 187-141 CLERGY STREET Don't Let That Cold Turn Inio "Flu" Rub on Good Old Musterole That cold may tum into "Flu" 8 Sv Okt Poeun, old Musterole on the con- and see how quickly it merely congestion. Mus- Be g i i i ! i f 0 SOS Puss Sh og anpstande counter-irritant which and helps it does the work without the Just rub it on with your fingertips: ou will for a warm tingle as it enters te A %0c and 75¢, at i Sloe : Bb than a mustard plaster Bi | hat Better THE ELECTRIC LAMPS we show for your appreciation are of most artistic design and of su- perior utility. They are signed to meet with your. eyes approval and with your sense of money-saving. Everything elec- trical for every- body--if we have not got 1 in stock we 'will get it for you prompt. y. de- ATTENDANCE IN SCHOOLS SWELLED BY NEW LAW inspector Stuart Talks About Classification and the Adolescent Law. Inspector Stuart, of the public schools, in his annual report dis- cusses' the clagsification and attend- ance-in a very practical way. He says: For geveral years the total earol- ment has been practically stationary, Since 1921, the first year in which the Adolescent School Attendance Act affected the attendance, there has been a significant change in the classification, as the following state- ment of comparative enrolment, by grades, for 1921 and 1923, will show: 1923. 260 554 406 383 639 517 '2,706 2,758 It will be observed that the total enrolment in the kindergarten-prim- ary and junior first grades is 187 less in 1923 than fn 1921, while the Third Book enrolment increased by 76 and the Fourth Book by 99. These, of course, are the grades in which the attendance was swelled by the new law. We now have two more teachers engaged in Fourth Book work than in 1921, and should have more still, as most of the classes in these grades are crowded. The additional rooms and teachers were found by reducing the number of Primary classes. Last month (November) was not typleal, because of the prevalence of scarlet fever and chicken pox, but an analysis of the causes of absence | trom school may be interesting. The aggregate possible attendance for the month came to 57,426 days. The | possible attendance is calculated by | multiplying the total number enrell- ed by the number of school days In the month, making, then, due allow- ance for pupils who entered late or ' withdrew before the end of the month. The annual attendance was 50,169 days or 87 per cent..of the | possible. There were, therefore, 7.259 days' attendance lost from var- ious causes. Personal sickness or axclusion under the Health Act ac- counted for 5/769 days, or about 70 per cent. of the total absence. In a normal month this would not amount to more than about 2,600 days. Twenty-eight pupils were ab. sent under employment certificates or certificates for Home Employment for a total of 5438 days. For 1,107 days' absence the teachers report satisfactory reasons were given; F-r the remaining 442 days the explana- tions of absence were not accept- able. It thus appears that with re- spect to 99 3-4 per cent. of the total possible attendance the pupils were either present or their absence was due to necessary or urgent causes, All Cannot Be Eliminated. It must not be assumed, however, that all unnecessary absence can be eliminated. Many parents are care- less; and in many cases their con- trol of their children is feeble. Most of the 442 days consisted of casual absence for a day or half-day at a time for causes which in well order- ed families are avoided, such as visit- ing relatives, doing errands, ocecas- ional casual employment, etc. The majority of the pupils offending in these' ways have a good or fairly good general record for attendance; and absence without the knowledge of the parents is very rare. There are, of course, cases where a suffic- lent attendance is difficult to secure, owing to the greed, ignorance or helplessness of the parents. If it were not for the excellent work of the attendance officer conditions would be much worse, as a compari- son with years previous to her .ap- pointment would prove. Some de- linquent parents offend through shiftlessness rather than wrong in- tent. There are others who seek to evade their parental obligations through crass ignorance or selfish- ness and compliance can be secured only under compulsion. A reason- able application of the penalties of the law would be wholesome. For the whole of last year the actual at- tendance 'was over 91 per cent. of the possible attendance, calculated as described above, a Kingston ranked among those ¢ having the highest standing in this respect i the province. - 1921, 320 681 Kindergarten-Primary Junior First Senior First Second ... Third Fourth ... 418 Csensssens der the provisions of this act is now less than thirty. This is an unex- pectedly small number and indicates great care and firmness on the part of the attendance officer. Whether low ag this is uncertain, depending "1 have gone. into the matter, in de- tail, with the Provincial Attendance Officer; and have his admission that, school with Employment Certificates or Home Permits, and the further upon general economic conditions in} in view of *he small number out of || cumstances, it would be inexpedient or impossible to require attendance. Most of the girls having Home Per- mits could not attend unless some provision were made to relieve tiem at home during their school attend- ance. Deductions for such "reasons as these make the [ist of those who could attend quite small. MONEY AT WORK Brief but important Lessons in Finance, Markets, Stocks, Boads and Investments INVESTING 1S A BUSINESS BY ITSELF r------ J > Information for . investing suc. cessfully in stocks and bonds Is acquired only by hard work over na! long period of time. There is] nothing easy. about ft. ... eee A successful artist, after spending two weeks watching a quotation ! board in a broker's office, decidad that the stock market was easy to, beat. Woy should he slave at his pro- fession when in a week's (ima Re could figure out how to ruak2 money easily He bousht stock on a narrdw mars 'n. The market went down and he went home without his money. He came back another day aul tried again in the same manner. The market went up. Becoming en- thusiastic, he bought more stock; against his broker's advice. A iem- | porary relapse in the marke: wiped him out. On the way home he began to think it over. "It.took By. ten yoars to learn how to make money out of my business," he remarked to him. self. "There are evidently 'easons why the market goes up and down, just as there are reasons why one | color blends with investing must be a business itself." ' It is, consult your banker before taking & fling at it. A -------------- m . | | WHY THE WEATHER? || DR. CHARLES F. BROOKS Seoretagy. American Meteorological glety, Tells How. | Severe Early Winter Weather, In marked contrast to the mild ness of November and December in eastern North America stands the coldness and snowiness of the same period im the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, and in western, central and southern Eu- rope. Over the North Atlantic and Pacific are big high pressure areas, usually centering between lattitudes 30 and 35 degrees. During the first half of this winter these highs over both the Atlantic and the eastern Pacific seem to have been unusually strong and several hundred mils north of the dsual winter positions. Beemingly in eomsequence of this | displacement, great masses of alr ; entered the plateau regions of the United States, piled up and flowed strongly southeastward and southward. Hence, northers were freqitent in California, Arizona and New Mexico, and unusual cold, Snow | and rain occurred in the southern' platean and northern Mexico. Meanwhile, western and southern Europe were experiencing even | stormier weather than our Sputh- west" Tremendous floods, unprece- dented snowfalls and avalanches, and westerly to northerly gales have featured in European dispatches since early November. : | the number so exempt can be kept.as| * , his head. ~arm. BRITISH WHIG Doug Cushman pulled the able old barrel-chair up in t of the glowing stove, swung the camp's only rocker alongside aud motioned nis gloomy guest into it. Supper had been cleared & and a long evening lowed ahead. To one {t meant merely an evening of rest and unexpected companionship after a hard day's toll; to the other an iaterminable period of mifery which time alone could alleviate. With his pipe glowing comfortably, Doug elevated his feet to the heat | and puffed contentedly into the at- | mosphere, "Spill it, Ted," he invited cheer- fully. 'Tell me what calamity brings you down to Whiteville and into the wilds of the Million Acre Lot; has the T. B. Dexter company gone into bankruptcy 7" T. B. Dexter of the company shook Doug, little realizing the depth of the tragedy involving his companion, continued the conversation. "Lucky dog you gre, Ted. Nicest little wife a man ever had--business tbat looks like a million dollare-- | everything -- and look at me! Bach- elor sealer for a lumber concers in the wilds of Maine--no done agsep. ing where I hang my hat, and good prospects of dying alone in my pid age." Detxer forced a wan smile. "Your prospects are as good as m'ne at pres- ent," he replied gloemily, "Better, if I mistake nat a certain young lady's sentiment toward you." Doug showed interest. "Young lady! Who fs she?" he queried. "Alice Blake." ' Doug flushed. "Did--did she in- quire for me?" he stammered. '""Nobody else," shortly. It took Doug half a minute to re-' cover from this. Then he changed the subject. 'But you haven't told me your troubles, Ted,' other. Dexter turned a set face toward the barrel-chair. "Doug," he sajd hoarsely, "Flo has left me." . Doug's feet came down with a bang, and he stared blankly at Dex- ter"s drawn face. "Florence! Left you! ing." Dexter shook his head in abject misery. Doug placed a hand on the other's "Tell me about it," he sym- pathized. "There isn't much to tell," after a moment, "She had seemed sort of restless and--preoccupied--perhaps, discontented, I don't kmow, for a month. I came home-from the office the other night and found this. Read it yourself, ; He handed his friend a folded You're jok- another--guess Piece of note-paper and sank into the the world, and a recent visitor, E. J. depths again 'while Doug read: "I can stand this horrible life no Please don't try to detain me---it is useless. Our marriage was a mistake and could result only in failure. . I shall have my lawyer ar- range for a divorce is soh as pos- sible. Good-by!" Doug regarded the note with a pus- zled frown. "That gets me," he ad- mitted. ""Doesn't sound like Florence at all. But it's her writing, all right. Did you try to find her? "I searched the town high and low. Nobody had seen her. Nobody knew where she was. I stayed around for two days, hoping against hope. Couldn't stand it any longer-- gave it up and came down here." A gloomy silence fell over the lit- tle camp and Doug Cushman went to still wearing his pussled frown. All next day he was like a man Jing to figure out a weighty prob em. Half 111 with grief, Dexter mooned about the camp like a lost soul. Not until the day following did Doug's smile indicate that the prob- lem had been solved. Immediately af- ter supper he announced his inten- tion of walking into the village. "Better come along, Ted," he . "I have to send a telegram, and the walk will do you good. It's ly two miles." ~But Dexter taw an opportunity to be alone with his misery, and flatly over- | declined ed. At the little Whiteville telegraph Doug transcribed the fol- lowing: * "Mrs. Theodore, B. Dexter, -- street, Boston, Mass. "Ted here, seriously hurt. Come. Bring Alice Blake. Wire reply. -" Cushman. "Whiteville, Me." "That ought to work," he chuckled, as he walked back to camp. "Some- how, I've a notion that note is a fake." The following evening he found a Doug's heart skipped a could mean only that Alice Ing with hae. S e scouted around and found a local, filvver owner who agreed to t. "We" as com- meet the train and take them ail out 'he reminded the ° { --~ ---- PER TIN ~~. - yer, . ~ ---- 4 note for lea anu ..{t on the arter- noon train. In my Laste I must have |mixed the notes and left him the {wrong one, I received your wire an | hour after I got home. Poor Ted!" { Doug's hand found a soft one on {the gusiion beside him and sq d it. It was Alice who blushed. | Imagine Ted's quick recovery and, If your imagination is good, how long {It took Doug to get over being a, | bachelor. i i TELLS OF WILD AUSTRALIA. | | Visitor Describes Northwest Coast, Which Abounds In Mineral Wealth, The northwest coast of Australia .8 one of the least explored portions of; Stuart, has given a graphic accouat! 'of an expedition along its shores. | |" Mineral wealth, land capable of vast farming developments and a sea teeming with fisn were encountered,; to say nothing of strange natives wno | wear no clothing ana whose friendli- pess. was sometimes not above, { Suapision. » | life is everywhere abundant, and the author is constantly referring to, the multitude of fish that swarm' everywhere along the coast. "The water on the reefs seethes f with fish and shellfish, and the coral here is exceptionally fine. On a fine morning large stingrays can be seen flopping about in all directions in the | shallows, and white and blue cranes walk daintily over this wonderful | scene. The dawn is heralded by the screech of thousands of cockatoos, which feed on the islands." It was In such a spot that the auth- or once witnessed a curious sight. "1 saw a bird in dimicuitiés on one occasion when I was out shooting snipe and was wending ay way back to the schooner with a good bag," he says. "The bird had its wings spread and was apparently tugging at something on the ground. It prov ed to be'a snipe which had been caught by the bill by a live cockle when the tide was low. "1 eaught the bird and tried to ex- trieate his beak, but I had to carry him on to the schooner with the coe~ kle attached, where I cut the hinge of the bivalve. On releasing the bill I found that it was badly bent, but I | straightened it with my fingers and | thea dipped the beak in water, which was greedily drunk. The bird thea | walked along the deck, shook himself | and flew away." According to Mr. Stuart, De Rougemont, whose accounts of wild Australia were greeted with derision twenty years ago, was by no means the liar that has been supposed.-- | Cincinnati Enquirer. 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