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rr Delieving t backa a kidney trouble, but the be authorities . agree : that very seldom due to klduey. trouble. EE io he Qiiesn, "you are | thin or "impure blood, "and those 'who LY are troubled with pains in the back or loins, either uent or occasional, should look to the condition of the blood. It will be found in most cases that Dr. Willlams' Pink Pills by bufld- ing up the blood and feeding the starv- ed nerves and muscles will banish the pains and make you feel better .in , every other way. How much better it is to try Dr. Willlams' Pink Pills for your blood than to give way to un- reasonable alarm about your kidneys. If you really suspect your kidneys any doctor can make a test in ten minutes, that will set your fears at rest, or tell you the worst. All dealers in medicine sell Dr. Wil- llams' Pink Pills, or you can get them by mail at 50 cents a box from The Dr. now. T hope by and by you Ask a friend to think of a number and warn, him. if he {s not a skilled mathematician, not to make it too large. Ask Dim to square the num: ber--that is--multiply it by itself, Ask him to subtract one from the number he thought of and to square the remainder. Next he is to subtract the smaller square (rom the greater and to tell you the remainder, Immediately you will tell him the number thought of. It is an excellent number trick because the number he gives you seems to have no easily discoverable relation to the number thought of. The relations: is there, however-- when you know where to look for it. To discover the number thought ----= I sald so. » aah The Three F's. The three Fs In the. transfer of disease are flies, food and fingers. A knowledge of the three F's is just as important as the old curriculum of the three R's. Flles--The common house fly breeds in filth and carries on its legs thou- sands of disease germs. The fly lights on the baby and leaves the germs. It gets into milk and poisons it. Food--Food handled by unclean | hands; food exposed to dirt and files, : becomes contaminated and may plant | Williams Medicine Co., Brockville,| of, divide the remainder into two " the germs of disease directly in the | Ont. parts, as nearly equal as possible. =] human system. The larger part will be the number thought of. (Olip this out and pasate it, with ather of the series, in a scrapbook.) BeThoccod® Qual oTomhctred by Inperal Tobacn Compuay of Camis Lid ------e re fp reeerim, A Gull at Rest. A lone bird on a ragged rock Looks outward to the sea, His wings are old desires: at rest, His eyes are dreams to be. Fingers--The fingers collect germs and dirt from stair rails, from car straps, from shoes, rubbers, from or- dinary objects In eveyday use. And the fingers are constantly making trips to the mouth, by The 13th . anmual. meeting of the Provincial Council for Ontario, i ~~Provincial Scout Leaders' and the Ontario Gillwell Reunion wil be held in Brantfofd during the week - of February 9th, 1924. The Brant AR rene Ask for Minard's and take no other. neg ---- We Need Wood. He does nqt sing; he has no song . County. Association is © ng out" unique features: for pated. ; "Fire by Friction Records, ble attention by our Scout friends . BCross; the, border. = The. present U.S: © of Independence, Missouri, who got bis fire in 9 1.5 seconds. So far po. serious attempts have been made by Canadian Scouts to establish 8 Canadian record. = The best so far reported, and properly at |iwe » tested, was made. by Patrol Leader Syed Heard of the 1st Whitby Troop. In com at the recent Whitby flame in 43 seconds. '~~ It your troop has not taken up fric- tion fire be sure to put it into your programme for this winter. First, of rse, master it yourself. An article' 'the subject will' be found, in the t Class. Baout's Book. For friction fire competitions or official speed tests the following rules * have been laid down: Apparatus terials. Tinder natural mal with the followed barred: wood powder + from previous attempts, chemicals, shavings (other than made by compe- cotton, stxing or, rope, "Warming-up" is not allowed, but' ~ using a notch, which has been p viously used is permissable, Time to be taken from the moment the Scout makes the first draw of .the bow. and 3 _ The bow and drill may be in position ~ before the word, "Go!" "The time should be judged by a , stop watch and attested by three valuable 'witnesses. "+ "Who'll-be first to-beat Cyril Heard's forty-three seconds? = In tropical Africa owe tree. 'the "bark of which serves Tie satives a a variety of purposes. It is used for making bark cloth, although the intro- | 8 duction of cotton cloth will eventually destroy the industry. In the making of the cloth the tree : "is stripped to a height of about ten . «feet. This bark stripping can be done - at twelyemonth Intervals, the third or fourth 'bark the finest cloth. The inner bark is used for the cloth, 7d 8 2 events and big attendances are Jnati Fire by friction is given consider 'record is. held. by.Scout Dudley "Smith, Scoutcraft exhibition he secured his ends when flame bursts. from tinder, | BY DR. J. J. The span of life is increasing--we Jive bn than we used to do, accord- in gures given by the New York® Heat Journal covering the past ty years. In 1900. the average expectancy of human life vas 49.2 years; in 1910 it was 51.5; and | i) 1920 it was 54.3, a of ove years in twenty. uation 5 will show. continues the a fatistician, that if this rate is main tained tered, an average expect- ancy 35, wih will be atanel in 19! B two generations as at present Comenting ily on these Ser e Canada Penis says it is omen Temazk that our len hu s is increasing perceptil 8 recalls that in its Nth a man his. walking stick. and a woman cap, and both had their foatstool at fifty. Seventy years was treated with veneration, je one who had Hiotoning oo. "Beulah Land and lived, ing only for a call from across | prmm---- The Diary of a 'British Journalist One of the funniest stories told by Sir Henry Lucy in "The Diary of a Journalist," is that concerning Mr, Lloyd .George. and .his chauffeur.. It was night, and Mr. Lloyd George was returning home through the country. The chauffeur was Federed to light the lamps. 3 "As the process took some time, Mr. Lloyd George got out of the car and went round to the back to see if all was right with the rear lamp. At the Game moment the chauffeur, conclud- ing that his passenger was inside, started off at full speed and the car disappeared In the distance. "Mistaken for a Lunatic. Mr. Lloyd George. set off to walk home, and. presently, . reaching | "HEALTH EDUCATION "7 Provincial Board of Health, Ontarle . Migdieton will be. to apswer questions on Public Health mad on ee he sama Adtran Mim of oadinn Hopes, Spodien, the river. Today seventy is in his office doing a full day's work, whiie well, she. never. even reaches seventy. Eighty years stands to-day where seventy stood a quarter .certury ago. Now someone. wonders. whether e da; ays of our years 41s three score and ten" was meant to be taken liter- v3 or only in a "Pickwickian" scnse. erious thought, however, paints us picture--a ros y picture of the fu- En When child hygiene and the where throughout the country, when physical defects in the young are early righted, when all foci of infection are removed before they damage the ys. tem. permanently, when communicable diseases are obliterated or controlled, ereal diseases are conquered and arteriosclerosis or hardening of the arteries prevented, when people live in the way ghey. should live as regards |. diet, exercise, and the avoidance of excesses of 'all kinds, who shall say what the span of life shall really be? converged. He once; Sir-Henry 'was told, flatly €ontradicted Queen Vic- toria, He attended one of the Queen's re- ceptions and was prosented to, Her Majesty, who had heard something of his propensity. "I hear, Admiral, you contradict everyone.-who-speaks to you," sald the "Your Majesty is misinformed," re- plied the Admiral, gruffly. "I do noth- ing of the sort." A rd Comedy. An American lady, whose husband was a millionaire, saw a vase for sale in London priced $7,600. She wrote to her husband in Chicago, giving a glowing account of the treasure and asking him to telegraph if he were prepared to pay so much. Back came the reply, "No price too high" / Jubllantly repairing to the auction room, she became the proud possessor @ of the vase. It was afterwards she county lunatic asylum, he sought . ithe aid of the authorities for a lift. 'The porter shook-his head, and pre- | pared to close the door. "Bit," said the wayfarer, "I. am ghe:Chancellor of | ; Fat d BO Son ie ay Shout GIES Tou square the dry stem are work ot fvch i the porter, gruffly, 'em inside. You'll e left, and cen by men. . !at stores to give you a tender steak | (narrow cut, such as I choose), and learned that what her husband had telegraphed was, "No; price too high." Lord Harcourt once showed Sir | Henry a postcard which had reached 'him and which read: "Many thanks for your note with enclosure, 8ir Ed- ward's message sent to me at Mem- bers' Mansions was, duly forwarded. We shall be up on Wednesday at noon and will lunch in the study. Ask Lang boil some rice-for one o'clock lunch." Inquiry brought a quite reasonable ") GUARD THE BABY care of mothers is practiced every-|: when cancer, tuberculosis and 'ven-|- 4 ploy a similar device. AGAINST COLDS To guard the baby against colds nothing can equal Baby's Own Tab- lets. The Tablets are a mild laxative that. will keep the little one's stomach and bowels working regularly. It is a recognized. fact that where the stom- ach and bowels are in good order that colds will not exist; that the health of the little one will be good and that he will thrive and be happy and good- natured. The Tablets .are sold by medicine dealers-or by mail at 26 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medi- cine Co., Brockville, Ont. Puzzled. Bug--"1 wonder what kind of a hedge that is, anyway." rip mr Curious Form of Door. One of the oldest forms of human inventions is the door cwiniing on hinges at one side. Some weaving In- sects, such, as trap-door spiders, em- But nothing is too old or.too good to escape the ef- forts. at, improvement. A Belgian, Joseph Henrl Dierick, invented a door of a new type, consisting of two tri- angular parts, which close together on a diagonal line, running from one lower corner to the opposite corner. The two parts, or leaves, are pivoted in such a manner that when opened they swing into partitions in the ceil- ing, leaving an entirely unobstructed passage. eet Whose youth too: reckless flew From wave to wave; he never learned "The. songs that land birds knew. ' A swanderer-he---like those of earth Who shun the ties of home He followed long dovn windy ways White ribbon roads of foam. And in his dreaming eyes is proof He chose the better part; But sometimes under folded wings Lost songs pull at his heart. -- len F gzee-Bower. Recompense. You are my songs come true That I. sang unbelteving; You are my hopes made new That I tarnished with grieving. More than the losses of love With which love denied me; More than the shadows of love With which love belled me, Is the reward of this love That now love has given: All of the edrth of love, And love's high heaven! HELEN HOYT. -------- iam No Wonder They Yawn. There are several living specimens in zoos of the "tenrec," the hedgehog Wf Madagascar, It is sald that stuffed specimens in museums give no ade- quate idea of these very curious crea- tures. Their resemblance to hedgehogs rests only upon their possession of a spiny covering. The shape of their bodies resembles that of an inflated globe fish. They are insectiverous and are de- clared to be restricted to the island of Mad gascar. The specimens seen in this country are remarkable for their habit of yawning. I MONEY ORDERS, Dominion Express Money Orders are on sale In flve thousand offices Keep Minard's Liniment in the house. throughout Canada. -» Interrupted when half-| J missive, the lady, af-| {i Some people; (Including not a few of those going into the wilds). seem to think that the forests of Canada exist wholly for the pulp and paper manufacturer. The truth is that, de- spite the use of steel and cement In construction and in a great many other ways, the consumption of wood has not been lessened, but has rather been increased. Forestry authorities contend that there is no likelihood that.the Qanadian. people will ever be able to deiwithout wood.» Wood: enters into everything. City dweller and farmer, glike require it. for innumer- able purposes, * Hence, in alding the preseryation of the forests, the Cana- dian, wherever situated, is doing some- thing for himself, as well as for his country. iaptesdl------ Pollinizing Date Trees. The honey: bee seems to be a failure in the modern date orchard, for the Oalifornia date rancher has to polll- nate every fruit cluster by hand. But, according to the experts, the work is simple. tween pollen and fruit blossoms. pollen blossom 1s cut as soon as fit opens and kept until the fruit flowers appear. When that time comes, the rancher tiles a sprig of pollen blos- soms at the top of the fruit flower with the open blooms down.. One. pol lination to each fruit cluster is all that is necessary unless there is rain: Pollen palms are raised at the rate of two for every fifty bearing trees. ASPIRIN Say "Bayer" and Insist! Unless you see the name "Bayer" on package or on tablets. .you are not get: ting the genuine Baye: product proved safe by millions . and prescribed by physicians over twenty-three years for Colds Headache Toothache Lumbago Earache Rheumatism Neuralgia Pain, Pain Accept "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" only. Each unbroken package con- tains proper directions. Handy boxes of twelve tablets cost few cents. Drug- gists also sell bottles of 24 and 100. Aspirin is the trade mark (registered in Canada) of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester o' Salieylicacid. {While it is well known that Aspirin! means Bayer Manufacture, to assist the public against imitations, the Tab. lets of Bayer Company will be stamp- ed with their general trade mark, the "Beyer Cross." A CHAMPION JUMPER. 1st Bug: Who won the high jump. ing contest? 2nd Bug: Why the grasshopper, of course! rec penne x The best educated man is he who knows, what is to the point.--Sir Bay Hadow. Thee rt rr ¥ America's Ploneer Dog Remedies Author, M. CLAY GLOVER CO., tan 120 Wet 29th Street New York. USA. LAME Sprained ankles, bruised muscles, and other hurts yield to the healing in- fluence of Minard's. In the first place the date | grower must know the difference be- | The | Lovel Healthy Skin Kept So By Cuticura Daily use of the Soap keeps the skin fresh and clear, while touches of the Ointment now and then pre vent little skin troubles becoming serious. Do not fail to include the exquisitely scented Cuticura Talcum in your toilet preparations. YOUNG DAUGHTER MADE WELL Mother Tells How. Her D: er Suffered and Was Made W. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Vancouver, B.C.--*' My daughterisa young girl who has been having severe pains and weak and dizzy. feélings for some and had lost her appetite. Through an older daughter who had heard of a woman who was takin it were told of daghies haa hasbeen taking taking poms. My dam and is quite all ri now. It has done all it was represen to-do -pumber of Constipation ~~ Banished A gist says: "For near Sh Srvguist Ih have recommended Mother Suigera Curative Spoor. Syrop, for | Epi th It ol § I Soe. dois; Ota