Grey Highlands Newspapers

Flesherton Advance, 15 Dec 1921, p. 3

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RHEUMATIC PAINS |A DANISH COLONY HAVE DISAPPEARED IN WESTERN CANADA 'As a Result of Treating the Trouble Through the Blood. The chief symptom of rheumatism Is pain. The most successful treatment Is -the one that most quickly relieves and banishes the pain. Many rheu- matic people suffer pains that coukl be avoided by building up the blood; when rheumatism Is associated with thin blood It cannot be corrected until the blood Is built up. Mr. Ed. Hall, Main-a-Dieu. N.S., suf- fered from rheumatism for years, but was more fortunate than many vic- tims of the disease for he found a remedy that so built up his entire sys- tem that he Is now free from rheu- matism. Mr. Hall says: "I was taken down with rheumatism, and at times was under the treatment of several of the best docnti* In Cape Breton, but they held out no hope for my re- covery from the trouble. I was con- fined to bed for three years and a help- . less cripple from the trouble. I could not move, and had to be turned in sheets. My legs and fingers were drawn out of shape, and sores devel- oped on my body aa the result of my long confinement In bed. I was in this serious condition when a friend ad- vised the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and I began taking them. The first benefit I felt from the pills was an Improved appetite, and then I be- gan to feel stronger, and was finally able to get out of bed and go about on crutches. I continued taking the pills for months, slowly but surely getting new strength, and finally I was able to lay the crutches aside. I will always be lame, as the result of my long stay In bed my left leg has shortened somewhat, but otherwise I am feeling fine and able to do my work as Fishery Overseer. I may add that when the rheumatism came on I weighed 140 pounds, and when I be- gan going about on crutches I only weighed 67 pounds, and now I am at normal weight. There are many hero who know and can vouch for the truth of these statements." You can get these pills through any dealer in medicine, or by mail, post paid, at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medi- cine Co., Brockvllle, Ont. Mammoths Were Starved. Many of the mammoths found frozen in Siberia have broken bonea or show signs of other injuries, sug- gesting that they were killed by land- slides or falls into 'T"v, , It has long been accepted a fact that those huge proboscidians were special!)- fitted by nature to withstand ap-yesc cold. But a newly published Smithsonian report offers a different theory. The idea it advances Is that in the days when the mammoths flourished In Siberia and Northern America the climate of those latitudes was com- paratively mild. It was a great inva- sion of cold that destroyed them. If they had been able to migrate south- ward into warmer regions, they might have survived even to the present time; but, as it happened, they suc- cumbed to low temperature. AJI iiicideutai effect of the change of olimate was to impoverish the vege- tation on which they relwd for food. Cold rains converted their bristly fur into cloaks of ice. Thy starved and froze, and so they passed away. When they perished, conditions were such that their carcasses im- mediately froze solid, and in that state they are found to-day the most re- markable example of cold storage on record, inasmuch as not fewer than 150,000 years have passed since the beasts died. The tusks of the mammoth were huge, even out of proportion to the iize.ot the animal, and so curved that in many im 1 ' victuals the tips were di- rected sidewlsc or backward. Thus they could not have been efficient as weapons, and it is hard to imagine what use they really served. NEAR TOWN OF STAND- ARD, SOUTH ALBERTA. i Interesting Account of a High- ly Successful and Prosperous Settlement of Hardy Danes. The Scandinavian people, Danes, Norwegians, and Swedes, are noted for their pioneering instinct, and it la therefore not surprising to find repre- sentatives of these races in the van- guard of settlement In Western Cana- da, in which especially Danes have taken a prominent part. The Danish people, due to the limit- ed area of agricultural land in the country of their birth, are keenly ap- preciative of the value of land and its proper cultivation; indeed, they are very good judges of soil and agricul- tural conditions and make few mis- takes in .selecting locations for settle- ment, and where they settle together and follow agricultural pursuits pros- perous farming communities soon de- velop. Individual Danish farmers have located in various parts of the Prairie Provinces of Canada and in some cases, where the first families settled a few years ago, very fine settlements of these thrifty agriculturists have sprung up. Markerville, Alberta, an early and successful Danish settlement in a tine dairy and mixed farming district, named after Mr. C. P. Marker, on of (he first Danish settlers there, wJio is now Dairy Commissioner for Alberta, and the Innlsfail district, may be men- tioned. The latter district has become noted for its dairy products owing to the fact that in their homeland the Danish settlers soon discovered the advantages of dairy farming and it \va.-i not long before a good creamery was in operation at Innisfail. creating a >taple industry and a retrular income to the iMt>rs. and through the main- tenance of a good nu in be~* of stock ar.d careful cultivation of the land, a very solid farming community had been es- tablished. An Outstanding Example of Success. Probably the most outstanding ex- ample of Danish pioneering and agri- cultural success, however, is that of tlif Danii-h settlement at Standard. Al- berta. It was in 1900 that J. H. Myrthii and Jens llaaiuusstn tirst heard of the fertile lauds of Western Canada, and whilst they were farming high-priced land in Western Iowa, where their ancestors had pioneered before them, tliey were beginning to feel the call of the Canadian North- West. Then the desire to investigate the opportunities in the Canadian West grew into a determination and crystal ized in the spring of the year when these two prominent farmers de- cided to make a trip to Canada. After travelling over various parts they de- cided that t.he undulating pmiries of Southern Alberta was the right place for them ami their Danish friends. Returning home they talked to their neighhcrs and friends about t';:eir plans, with the result that in the fall of the sam<> year a party of about some thirty people arranged to make the trip from Iowa to the new land in Alberta. These men were of the sturdy Danish-American farmer cl.iss. and as socn as tiie C'anadian border wns crossed were at once interested to see everything and miss nothing. No doubt there was a thought in some minds that a trreat change would ap- pear when they created from the land of the Stars and Stripes to the Land of ti:e Maple Leaf and Union Jack, but there seemed no great difference except that the fields of golden gr.rr. were larger and the stooks of grain were thicker. Their keen appreciation of the pro- ductive soil was at once aroused to the opportunity presented to the farm- er to make the rich prairie acres pay a handsome dividend, while at the same time the home life for their families would not be materially changed. On every hand they saw progress and prosperity. Big farms, fine buildings, progressive cities and towns, good schools, everything much as they had left in Iowa; the people .spcke the same language and many had preceded them from "back honi." When the train reached Gleichen, Al- berta, a budding Western town, the end of their railway journey, flhey pro- i ceede'd by democrat thirty-five miles across the prairie, everyone enthusi- astic over the promising future which the new land offered. To Spy Out the Land. Early the next morning the thirty pioneers, in six double-seated rigs packed with provisions and feed, set out to "spy the land" on their seventy- mile trip. Reaching the site of the prospective colony and whilst dinner was being prepared, the Danish minis- ter, who had been invited to join the party, formally dedicated the settle- ment the "Standard Danish Colony," after which the teams were again re- quisitioned, the party piled into the wagons, and every parcel of laud w.is carefully inspected and allotted. This then was the nucleus of the present very successful and prosper- ous Danish settlement which has won for the district an envied position among the many progressive grain ' and stock-raising districts which have ' sprung up during the past decade. ' Here now are to be seen the comfort- able hornet and big red barns of j wealthy and contented farmers, and the undulating unbroken prairie of 1909, with its picturesque winding trails, has given place to the mile long furrows, the woven wire fence, and the graded road with the railway pene- trating the settlement and the town of j S'ar.dard at their door. No Vacant Land Remains. The original settlement, which, through its wonderful record of suc- cess, had drawn their fellow country- men from all directions, has long since overflowed the original township boun- j claries, extending in all directions, has ; crossed the Rosebud River to the ' north, where at Wayne an extensive .settlement has rapidly grown. .Many j of these settlers came with limited means to take up lund at from $15 to ' <l'."i pur aiTe, while to-day, through their energy and determination and the Inherent fertility of the soil and favorable climatic conditions, they have built up a community in which their land is in demand by new set- tlers at from $75 to $100 per acre, i There is now no vacant land in Uia Standard Danish Settlemtrt. t'rohably no more persistent a:ui un- interrupted record of progress in col- onization and agricultural develop- ment can be instanced, and the mil- j lions of bushels of wheat, cats and other grains, and the thousands of' head of livestock produced in this , settlement have already created sub- j stantial railway traffic duch as few dis- ! trkts attain. When this condition is attained 1 throughout the West generally, one can only imagine what Canada's an- nual agricultural returns will be. Cascarets To-Night For Liver, Bowels, if Bilious, Headachy Get a 10-eent box now. You're headachy! You have- a bad taste in your mouth, your eyes burn. 1 your skin is yellow, your lips parched. No wonder you feel mean. Your sys- tem is full of bile not properly passed off, and what you need is a cloning up inside. Don't continue being a bilious I nuisuni'e to yourself and those who love you, and don't resort to harsh physics that irritate and injure. Re- member that most disorders of the stomach, liver and bowels are gone by morning with gentle, thorough Cas- carets they work while you sleep. A 10-cent box will keep your liver and bowels clean ; stomach sweet, and 1 your head clear for months. Children 1 love to take Cascarets too because they never gripe or sicken. OHSTIPITED CHILDREN Mothers, if your little ones are con- stipated; if their little stomach and bowels are out of order; If they cry a great deal and are cress and peevish, give them a dose of Baby's Own Tab- lets the ideal medicine for little ones. The Tablets are a gentle but thorough laxative and never fall to right the minor disorders of childhood. Con- j cerning them Mrs. Noble A. Pyr, Ecum Secum, N.S., writes: "My baby | was terribly constipated but Baby's j Own Tablets soon relieved her and I now think them a splendid medicine for little ones." The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville. Ont. 'AHERN FELT TIRED OUT ALL DAY LONG When Snow Flies, Motor Ahead. An arrangement by which an ordin- ary motorcar may be converted into a s'eigh is the invention of William B. Jenkins, of Idaho. The front wheels of the automobile are taken off and the rear wheels so positioned with re- ference to a supporting-sled contriv- ance as to be lifted slightly above the ! ground. The rear wheels, however, are required to propel the motor- sleigh, and so are provided with trac- tion rims having ralks to engage the | ground. The rear end of the vehicle ; is elevated upon the rear sleig-h-run- nera just high enough to enable the calks to catch the ground and give the requisite drive to the car. MONEY ORDERS. Dominion Exprsa Money Orders are on sale in five thousand offices throughout Canada. Education in Iceland. It is said that the population of Iceland is wholly literate no small accomplishment in a country so sparsely settled. The outstanding fact of the educational system is that parents are responsible for teaching i!i-ir children the eliuentary subjects. All t-hlldren from ten to fourteen years old must t.ike, examinations every spring to show that they have completed the work of one jjrude, re- ! gardless of who has 'aught them. If they do not pass, the odticatlona com- j mittee may have tC-.em taught at the expense of the parents or guardians. Boy Didn't Kick. "I'm sorry, y<>ung man," said the druggist, as he eyed the small boy over the counter, "but I can only give you half as much castor oil for a dime as I used to." The boy blithely banded him the coin. "I'm not kicking." he remarked. "The stuff'.* for me." Seniority. A small boy, aged 4. had just com- municated the fact to his uucle that he had started on hit school career. "Indeed," said his uncle; "why, you must be the youngest there." "Oh, no," answered the youngster in a very lofty manner, "there's an- other gentleman who conies in a per- ambulator." Too Busy. "Mamma." asked Freddie, "are we going to heaven some day?" "Yes. dear. 1 hope so." was the reply. "I wish papa could go, too," con- tinued the little fellow. "Well, and don't you think he will?" a.-iked his mcther. "Oh, no," replied Freddie. "he couldn't leave hia business." Outcast. The profiteer's wife wa dining ont. During the evening the conversation turned on Dean Swift. After some time she turned to the man at tier side, who happened to be uu author, and said : "\Vho is this Dean Swift, who is so amusing? I should like to invite him to one of my receptions." "I'm afraid," answered the author, "that the Jean has done .-something that ho* oiiut him out of society for good." "Oh, but how very line resting," s.ii.i the lady. 'And what was !t he did?" "Some hundreds of years, ago." re- piied the author, "he died." i COULD HARDLY EAT, SLEEP OR WORK, HE STATES. Both Himself and Wife Re- stored to Splendid Health by Taking Tanlac. "I know Tanlac is i splendid medi- cine, for it has fixed me up in good shape in only a few weeks," said John Ahern. 1 Ooultbee Ave., Toronto. Ont., an employee of the Wm. Davies Co., Ltd. "Some years ago stomach trouble came on me and I got in a general run- down condition. I got to where I felt tired all day long, tired when I went to bed and just as tired when I got up. I had a persistent cough like bron- chitis. that kept me awake much of the night. My stomach was so dis- ordered my appetite was almost en- tirely gone and all the food I ate gave me Indigestion. I had severe pains in the pit of the stomach, and could hard- ly stoop over, the distress was so bad. I was badly constipated and would get dizzy if I stooped over suddenly. At times my head hurt so bad it seem- ed that it would split open, and noth- ing would do me any good. My wife commenced taking Tanlao and it helped her eo much that I de- cided to try it myself. All my trou- bles are in the past now and I fel tine. My appetite is splendid and I can eat anything I want without a bit of trouble. I sleep \'Ye a log at night and get up in the morning feeling strong and full uf "pep" and ready for a hard day's work. I can't say any- '.hing '.jo good for Tanlac." raiu.u- is sold by leading druggists -r.-.>ry-.vhere. Adv. Fanning was the occupation of hall the population of France before thi war. Minard's Liniment Used by Vetennarlec The man who 'ioals in sunshine Is the one who pets the cr-.v!-; He transacts a Jot more business Than the one who peddles clouds; And the salesman '.vho's a frowner Will be beaten by a mile, If the man at the next counter Meets his patrons with a smile. Asparagus is one of the oldest ^u!- inary vegetables. Mother. Quick! Give California Fig Syrup For Child's Bowels Pains After Eating Today thousand! are afraid to eat because of the pains that follow even a light meal of good and wholesome food. Mother Stigel'i Syrup, taken after meals, has helped tens of thousands to enjoy their food, and put an end to the pains and miseries of indigestion. Sold in 50c. and $1.00 bottles at drugstores. ' I -i j Plon*r Doff B*ra*4lM Book on DOG DISEASES and How to food Mailed Free to any Ad- rtrs by th Author. B. Clay QloTr Co.. Xno. 11J W,>8t 31it 3trat Nw Tor*. U.8.A. Surnames and Their Origin GARFIELD. Variation Gear, Geer. Racial Origin English. Source A locality, also an occupation. The Hrst syllable in this family name is related to that in our modern word "garment." and also in our word ! "gear," which anciently meant trap- i pings or apparel, principally war ap- parel. It conies from the old Anglo-Saxon word "garwain" or "gearian," which meant "to procure," and it ia related also to the French word "guerre," j which is really quite similar to the j English "war," if you remember that ; the "g" has been eliminated from the latter, and that the "u" in the former was more anciently pronounced some- thing like a "w." The garfleld or "gear-Held," was what the name implies, a training or ] preparation field set aside for the use j of the lighting men ot the feudal com- munity. In the period when family names J bgan to take shape Individuals living j such places naturally received surnames as "de la CJarfleld" or ffttte Garfleld." "John o' Gear" would have been the 'N John who had charge of the war gear, V*. Ttrtually an armorer, and from this I -'"-- have been derived the family 1 of Gear and Geer. DAY Variations Daye. Dey, Deye. Dayman and Deman. Racial Origin English. Source An occupation. The family name of Day is really traceable to several different sources. One of these already has been dis- ciifised. the origin as a variation of the given name of David. Another is Irish, when Day is a shortened form of the name of O'Day. The third is English, and an occu- pation. Older forms of the surname, in that period when surnames were purely descriptive and had not yet become hereditary family distinctions, are met with constantly as "Le Deye," "Le Dugh." "La Deye" and "Le Dayman." Translated into modern speecJi. all of these names meant simply "the Dairy- man" or "tho Dairymaid, according to the s*x of the person to whom the name was applied. These family names therefore, take their place in the large classification of the original bearers, and which be- come hereditary at a slightly later period than surnames, which were de- rived from place names. If you bear one of these names it might trace back in your particular case to the twelfth century, or maybe only to the fifteenth or sixteenth. Hut h.trdly later than that, or the form of the uuuu- would have becu different. Get It Done. It isn't the job we intended to do, Or the labor we've just begun. That puts us right on the balance sheet; It's the work we have really done. , Our credit is built upon things we do, Our debit on things we shirk: i The man who totals the biggest plus Is the man who completes his work. Good intentions do not pay bills: It's easy enough to plan. To wish is the play of an office boy; To do is the job of a man. Remorse. 1 am tho guest who conn 1 -; unbid, wil'h voioo forever chiding Deep in the secret heart of man, I am the long abiding ; Would yen avoid llie pain of me, tho wracking, cutting laughter. Pause ere you .speak or act, to ask if I may come thereafter" COARSE SALT LAN D SALT Bulk Carlots TORONTO SALT WORKS C. J. CLIFF - TORONTO Even a ,<i.'k child !ovs '.he "fruity" taste of "California Fig Syrup." If the little tongue la coated or if your chi'.d is linUess, cross, feverish, full of coal, or has colic, a teaspoonful will never fail to open the bowels. In a few hours you can see 'or yourself how thoroughly it works all the constipa- tion poison, sour bile and waste from the tender, littlo bowels and gives you a well, playful child again. Millions of mothers keep "California Fig Syrup" handy. They know a tea- spoonful to-day saves n aick child to- morrow. Ask your druggist for genu- ine "California Fij; Syrup' 1 which has direct ions for babies and children of ail ages printed on bottle. Mother' You must say "Ciiliforniu" or you :imy got ;in imitation flg syrup. SLOAN'S RELIEVES" NEURALGIC ACHES FOR forty years Sloan's Liniment has been the quickest relief for neuralgia, sciatica and rheuma- tism, tired muscles, lame backs, sprains) and strains, aches and pains. Keep Sloan's handy and apply freely, without nMng, at the first twinge. It eases and brings comfort surely and readily. You'll find it clean and non-e kin-stain ing. Sloan's Liniment fa pain's enemy. Ask your neighbor. At all druggists 3Sc, 70c, $1.40. ,n Canada. Minard's Liniment for Distemper. Cldssifaed Advertisements. PLAYER 1'IANO FOR SALK. B.J_L PLAYLR PIANO IN GuOD cocd:tion, with a .arge number of music roils, for tuu at a barga.a. L. Costilo, 73 West Adelaide Street, Toronto. BELTING FOR SALE ALL KINDS OK NEW AND USKD belting, pulleys, saws. cabla.hos.packinr. etc.. shipped subject to approval at lowest price* In Canada. YORK BELTING CO, 1)5 YORK. STREET, TORONTO. THIN, FLAT HAIR GROWS LONG, THICK AND ABUNDANT ........................... FOR RHEUMATISM Lr'.nl\tS n . N"iit :< IKIM, rr unv nthrr [MUM. BIM-ly Mlnard'B tinlmant to thi- :i>-liinR sput mill K't <iiiirli ivli.-i'. Mlnanl'n Is | tho rcnu-dy your imxbnothei m.>.l. I There Is nolhinR to equal it 1TUU SALK EVJSUY. \\llb,KI4 Never say "Aspirin" without saying "Bayer." WARNING! Unless you see name "Bayer" on tablets, you are not getting Aspirin at all. Why take chances? Accept only an "unbroken package" of "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin," which contains directions and dose worked out by physicians during 21 years and proved safe by millions for Colds Headache Rheumatism Toothache Neuralgia Neuritis Earache Lumbago Pain, Pain TTun.lv tin boxes of 12 ta!)|pfs--Rottl.-,, of H and 100 All Dnijijtigts. rS5K : ^ , "Da.'i'lerim 1 " costs only 35 cents a bottle. One application ends all dandruff, stops Itch- inc and falling hair. i mi. in a few momenta, you hava doubled the beauty of your hair. It will appear a mass, so soft, lustroua, and easy to do up. But what will ;iir>ase you most wlU be , after a few weeks' use "'hen you see new ha fine and downy at ir.-t yi a but really new hair growing ai: over tha scalp. "Danderfne" is to the hair what fresh showers of rain und sun- sliiaa are to vegetation. It goes right to the roots, invigorates and strength- ens them. This delightful, -stimulating tonic helpa thin, lifeless, faded !i.i:r to grow long, thick. ht-:iw !,' ,u\ ; , n t. SUFFERING OF ~ YOUNG WOMEN This Letter Tells How It May be Overcome All Mothers Interested. Toronto, Ont " I have suffered since w as a sc hool girl , wi th pain in my left side and with cramps, growing worse each year until 1 was all run down . I was so bad at times that I was unfit tor work. I tried seveinl doc- tors and p.itent medicines, but was only it lieved for a short time. Sorna of tho doctors wanted to perform flu operation, but my father objectM. Finally I learned through my mother of I.yilia E. 1'iok. hnm's Vegetable Compound, aud how thankful I am that I tried it. I am relieved from puiu and cramps, and feel as if it has saved my lite. You may usa my letter to help other women as I am glad to recommoud tho medicine. 1 ' Mns. H. A. GOOUMV.N, 14 Uockvale Ave., Toronto. Those who are tnni'ili'd <is .Mrs. Goodman was j-huuM imim-Uiau-ly -. -<Mi restoration to health by talcing Lydin E. Piukham's \ tvMuble Compound. Those who need special advice may write to Lydia E. Pinkham Mefiii-ine Co. (confidential). Lynn. Mai>. These let ters will be opened, read and anpw.-r-ii tiy a woman and held in strict confidence. ISSUE No. 4921. I i _J

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