sometime why not this time tejiis good tea s3 the orange pekoe is extra good try it i health education by dr j j middleton provincial board of health ontario dr middleton will be glad to answer question on public health mat ters through this column crescent toronto address him at spadlnn house spadlna the illusion of war war i abhor and yet how sweet the sound along the marching street of drum and life and forget wet eyes of widows and forget broken old mothers and the whole dark butchery without a soul without a soul save this bright drink of heady music sweet as hell and even my peace abiding feet go marching with the marching street for yonder yonder goes the nfo and what care i for human life the tears fill my astonished eyes and full my heart is like to break and yet tis all embanncred lies i a dream those little drummers make o it is wickedness to clothe yon hideous grinning thiug that stalks i hidden in music like a queen that in a garden of glory walks till good men love the thing they loathe art thou hast many infamies but not an infamy like this oh snap the fife and still the drum and show the monster as she is fire marshal praises scouts the scout troops of woodstock re- j cently had a visitor in the person of j deputy kire marshal j v poiutou of toronto who addressed them on fire- prevention methods mr pointon made the statement that woodstock was the first city he had found in ontario in which the scouts were taking courses of instruction on tireprevent ioi ite- ienfly a fire was halted in its early stages by the good work ef two wood stock scouts this beli g a direct result of their training us scouts at sarnia radio fecials northern jcloctrlc peanut tubes new type 5245 hcg 350 stareo headsets 275 iteg 400 killark a v transformers 275 keg 400 21 pi condensers 176 reg 250 ail our supplies at cut rate dingle radio 135 king st west supply toronto classified advertisement kemnants f argain parcel 2 6 lbs patches 2 mccrery chatham ontario i free catalogue taspbekry bushes glad violas iris peony fanoy dahlias and barred rock eggs the wrighl i farm brockville ont agents wanted a gents wanted to earn five to ten dollars daily sellinf j hosiery for the family from mill to consumer samples free sterling its meeting place and then it became hosiery mills toronto ont mark twains opinion of man is not of one sort or another hes just a very flattering on occasion he sees j basketful of pestilent corruption jro- and limitations human weaknesses very clearly and tells about them in his own humorous and interesting way man cant sleep out of doors says mark without freezing to death or getting rheumatism he cant keep his noa under water over a minute without beingdrowned hes the poor est clumsiest excuse of all the crea tures that inhabit the earth vided for the sport and entertainment of microbes look at the workman ship of him in some particulars whats his appendix for it has no value its sole interest is to lie and wait for a stray grapo seed and breed trouble what is his beard for it is just a nuisance all nations perse- cute it with a razor nature however he has always keeps him supplied with it in to be coddled swathevand bandaged stead of putting it on his head a to be able to live at all he is a rick- man wants to keep his hair it is a ety sort of thing any way you take graceful ornament a comfort the best hinl a regular british museum of protection against weather and he inferiorities prizes it above emeralds and rubies he is always undergoing repairs and half the time nature puts it on so a machine as unreliable as he is would t wont stay have no market man nt even handsome and as the lower animals appear to us for style look at the bengal tiger- to get their teeth without pain or in- that ideal of grace physical perfec- convenience mans come through after tjon and majesty think of the lion months of cruel torture at a time when the tiger and the leopard then thmk he is least able to bear it as soon as of man that poor thing ihe animal ho gets them they must be pulled out of the wig the eartrumpet the glass again the second set will last for a eye the porcelain teeth the wooden while but he will never get a set that leg the silver windpipe a creature he can depend upon until the dentist j thatas mended all from top to bot- makes one man starts in as a child j torn and lives on diseases to the end as a we gather a grain of comfort on regular diet he has mumps scarlet reading these remarks by rcmember- fever whooping cough croup tonsil- ing that mark twain was a humorist itis and diphtheria as a matter of i and that in pointing out the defects course afterwards as he goes along j and failings of mankind he does not his life continues to be threatened at in his serious moments overlook the every turn by colds coughs asthma fact that in comparison with the ani- bronchitis quinsy consumption yel- i mals mentioned man stands far ahead low fever blindness influenza car- i in intelligence and general under- buncles pneumonia softening of the j standing he is really not so bad as brain and a thousand other maladies he is painted a splendid spirit of cooperation i eiists between the boy scouts of i america and the canadian boy scouts j at all towns and cities along the cana- kiehard io galmenne j dianamericau border this was re- cnlly demonstrated at sarnia where reliable tonic for springtim the 2nd ottawa troop and still this scout kept on but one day he went away to school and his old friends at the troop went along without him un til recently he came back now he is a man but still a scout his name is dr brathwait dixon and just the other day he accepted a place on the executive committee of the ottawa boy scouts association so you see scouts tho old phrase of ouco a scout always a scout holds good dr dixon returns to active scouting with tho best wishes of all scouts old ind new and we hope that his new ox- money to loan the scouts of the 11th port huron periences will be as pleasant as his troop boy scouts of america pre- j recollections of the old 10th and 2nd seated their line play the boy i ottawa troops of thirteen years ago scouts under the auspices of the 2nd j dr williams pink pills give new health and vigor bring weather hard on baby the canadian spring weather one day mild and bright the next raw and blustery is extremely hard on tho baby conditions arc such that the mother cannot take the little one out for the fresh air so much to be desired he is confined to the house which is often overheated and badly ventilated ho catches cold his little stomach andbowels become disordered and the mother soon has a sick baby to look after to prevent this an occasional doso of babys own tablets should bo given they regulate the stomach and bowels thus preventing or relieving colds simple fevers colc or any other of the many minor ills of childhood tho tablets are sold by medicine deal ers or by mail at 25c a box from the dr williams medicino co brockville ont o every person has two educations one which he receives from others and one more important which lie gives himself gibbon the most expensive parts friend what parts of the country have you found tli most expensive discouraged motorist the auto mobile parts h93bi ford fenders per set 1075 fisher automatic windshield cleaners 295 ford retopping outfits 595 motor driven horns 395 write us for your accessory wants we haws the lowest prices in canada sherbournc motor equipment and supplies 514 yonfje st toronto prompt attention to mall orders known only by loye of course man is useful to man be cause his body is a marvelous machine and his mind an organ of wonderful efficiency but he is a spirit as well and this splritis truly known only by lovo when we define a man by the market value of the senice we can ex pect of him we know him imperfectly with this limited knowledge of him it becomes easy for us to be unjust to him and to entertain feelings of triumphant selfcongratulation when on account of some cruel advantago on our side we can get out of him much more than we have paid for but when we know him as a spirit wo know him as our own we at once feel that cruelty to him is cruelty to ourselves to make him small is stealing from our own humanity and in seeking to make use of him solely for personal profit we merely gain in money or comfort what we pay for in truth-nablndrlu- lth tagore not sick but not feeling quite well i that is the way most people feel in tliej spring easily tired appetite fickle sometimes headaches and a feeling of j depression pimples or eruptions may appear on tho skin or there may he twinges of rheumatism or neuralgia any of these indicate that the blood is out of order that the indoor life of winter iias left its mark upon you and i may easily develop into more serious i trouble do not dose yourself with purgatives j as many people do in the hope that i you can put your blood right purga- j tives gallop through the system and j weaken instead of giving 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co brockville ont j sarnia troop a library helps scouts aslicroft bc has a public library which takes particular interest in boy- scout readers the librarian in ad dition to making available books on subjects of general interest to scouts has picked out a set of 06 books cover ing the go proficiency badges which scouts can earn this is a great help to the local troop show this uote to your local librarian and see it some thing similar can be arranged for your troop a boy scout orchestra bridgeburg out lias a line boy scout orchestra they recently gave their first public entertainment and wore greeted by a splendid audience scoutmaster bruce hogg is the leader mr irwin at perth assistant provincial commissioner frank c irwin of toronto spent an evening recently with the troop this is one of the oldest troops in the eastern part of the province and has been doing consistently good i scouting ever since its inception it is fortunate in the possession of a very line camp property on kidean lake just at the end of the tay canal here it has a big stone house a bunk house row boats and a disappearing propel ler motor boat for sore throat use mlnardslinlmont perspective a ro3e is as real a thing as its thorn the dawn is no less a fact than the night the shriek of juv engine is sound but so is the thrushs song in the afterlighl and love the tools miracle proves to be tho one divine reality rjarm loans made agents wanted reynolds 77 victoria toronto golf in germany when the war broke out golf was just beginning to be popular in ger many it now seems likery to rogaia its old standing the berlin golf club says a despatch from that city will soon open its new elgliteenholo course an event that oven if it should please no one else is sure to please the diplomatic corps in berlin especially the members of the amori- i can the british and the japanese em bassy the most flourishing golf club in germany is at bremen where there are large american and english colon ies of cotton merchants badenbad en hamburg wiesbaden munich frankfort cologne and dresden also have golf courses the same pig a young wife wont into a grocers shop and said i bought three or four hams here a month or so ago and they were fine have you any more of ihem yes maam replied tho grocer there are ton of those hams hanging 1st perth y here now well if theyre off the same pig ill- take three of them many a sharp answer is made in blunt language es govern- burns mix minards with sweet oil and apply at once it removes in flammation stops the pain and heals quickly new brunswick grown and ment certified green mountains and irish cobblers 200 per bag of 90 lbs i have a lot of fine irish cobblers and i this property was j green mountains that are pure but not given to the troop by a perth lady who government certified but just as good has always been most appreciative of which i am selling at 150 per bag the good work scoutmaster holmes cash with order these prices are has been doing for the boys of perth f brampton no charge for bags special price for lots of 5 or more bags an old boy returns way back in 1912 a littie fellow joined the 10th ottawa troop under the then scoutmaster mr w a proc tor and played away and worked away until he became a first class scout but that was not enough he sought knowledge and finally there were 23 bright proficiency badges in rows on bis arms he kept on with the troop through many affairs up hill and through defeat but one day it changed po box h 38 w dawson brampton ont the a single grateful thought towards heaven is the most perfect prayer lcssing labels uo- stock labels for call if bifi and hog a e a 1 o s tattooes chicken band hull now tttna writ for tsmiilcs and prices manufacturing co ltd b box 80 1 w ottawa cnl stock comkiittee steers in middlesex county only one farm in five where grade bulls were used did steers return a profit over the value of the feed consumed the steers on over 80 of the farms where good pure bred bulls were used returned large v profits over value of feed consumed use pure bred bulls 107 selfmade monarchs in many a group of the east or west indies one hears now and then of a white man who has made himself the potentate of some littie island un known to the outside world the ross dynasty in the cocos islands is a fa mous case in point and there are sev eral others early in the nineteenth century a certain french adventurer baron do thierry at the head of a hundred fol lowers recruited in australia pro claimed himself king of new zealand ho soon discovered however that to he a successful king a man must have money and it was the lack of this that caused the desertion of his subjects and the consequent collapse of his kingdom a man named antolne do tounens j established a monarchy in araucanla i a country just south of chile antolne was luckier than de thierry in that he succeeded in escaping to france when his people rehlled against him he died in 1880 in comparative poverty bequeathing his crown to his secre tary who however wisely elected to govern his kingdom from the safe vantageground of his rooms in paris a selfelected potentate who wielded considerably more power than any of those already mentioned was william webster king of walou webster an american citizen was formerly a ships carpenter on a whaler but had deserted and joined a little hand of settlers scattered here and there in auckland tho great coromnndel chief gnown as hooknose tool a fancy to this deserter who married his daughter he then established trading station all over the gulf and firth of i iiahiev through which ho reaped a large profit whon immigration to new 3nuth wales began on a large scale buying maize and potatoes from the natives and shipping them to australia lie also kept a boarding house at the na tive village of berkshire for the bene fit of the numerous adventurers who kept coming and going hard work may bring you weath saving it requires resourcefulness and often courage flattery is the 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