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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBOFfg, ONT., APRIL 29th, 1937 FORMER CRIPPLE NOW PLAYS TENNIS Rheumatism in Feet Relieved Here is a story of a young man who had almost given up hope of taking part in active sports with his fellows again. He tells how he tried one remedy after another and how finally a former sufferer put him on the way to recovery:-- "Two years ago I started with pains in the feet which gradually got worse. I tried 'everything under the sun' but to no effect. Whilst waiting for treatment one evening, another patient advised me to try Kruschen Salts. That was twelve months ago; the relief was not sudden, but the pain and swelling gradually left my feet, and in six months I amazed my friends by taking long walks into the country. This vear I have played a good deal of tennis, a thing which I had begun to think T should never do again." C.W. Rheumatic pain and swelling is frequently caused by excess uric acid accumulating in the body. Kruschen contains two ingredients which are rotable for their work in dissolving nric acid deposits. Other ingredients in Kruschen assist the internal or gans to expel this dissolved acid from the system. Discovery Made In Purifying Food Pulverized Carbon Attracts Unwanted Tastes and Odors CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The gas masks of wartime have resulted in the discovery of a "magnet" that extracts the Had tastes and flavors and unwanted odors from food and drink. The taste magnet, described to the American Chemical Society to-day by John W. Hassler of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co.( Tyrone, Pa., uses the same kind of carbon as gas masks The carbon is "activated", that is it is given an unusual power of attrac-tio. This is done by pulverizing the black material into particles so fine that the carbon is virtually all surface. In that condition it acquires the electrical forces common to the carbon atoms that form one of the basic substances of all the living world. Use of the taste magnet is limited to food which can be temporarily reduced to a liquid or a gas during the treatment. It is also limited to the tastes and odors due 'to impurities. "For example." said Hassler, "it is not possible to make quinine less bitter by treatment with activated carbon, because bitterness is a physia-chemical property of quinine. However, if a liquid happens to contain quinine, then activated carbon will remove the bitter taste by actually absorbing the quinine and removing it from the solution." He said that the carbon magnet takes unwanted flavors out of sorghum, cane and corn syrups, pineapple juice, vinegar and various drugs. It is particularly good, for cleaning up alcoholic liquors, wines, glycerines and It has worked out well $n lard and sugar. In the case of gelatin, the car- imal odors. Wart Cure Given A method of absorbing warts, which he said may be of use in somj cancerous or pre-cancerous skin coidi-tions. was reported by Joan : t a. well of Ohio State Universit:, :iow with the Tennessee Eastmar, ( for- The water is first treated like the proverbial boy who swelled up be. cause he drank water after over-eating dry apples. Sodium hydroxM 1 g place on the wart, which tie- ion fills itself full of wuter and be I Sea abnormally swollen. "If," said Dr. Caldwell, "a »art swollen ;by the action of sod u: hydroxide is immediately treati b diluted alcoholic hydrocblori.lt the proteins in the wart are < ) I i .. ed. A portion of the wart cotm ■ Bfl after a day or two. By repeotiv the process at suitable intervals !i at may usually be removed pal and with very little scar." Some of the troubles of hay Ci r SU.Terers who fail to get relief f Dia proteins whose injection is int. r. lei to Immunize them, can be avoi* . !>.-a discovery reported by five . c m Yo:-::c :s. ^-Vfcei-e nas been trouble, the;, 5 i:d, ated after preparation. Thsy :u ind the "nzymes always present v. | ■ 1 .; proteins are responsible Tie : ( enlists kill the enzymes by ho; I r-maldehyde, and report that this ■ all cases leaves the hay fever pn as unchanged. mm Gardening Bv GORDON L. SMITH It is a good plan to use started annual flowers plants secured from any seed store, greenhouse or florist for planting among tulips and others of the Spring flowering bulbs which will be past their best in a few more weeks as these hide the dying foliage. Then again, quick-growing annuals will always be useful for filling in any blind spots in the perennial beds where Winter has been unusually severe. AND PERENNIALS TOO It is not too late in most parts of Canada to order and plant perennial flowers *.nfl even shrubs and vines. Often towards the end of the season prices are lower and while the selection is not as wide as earlier, there should be a good choice. THE NEW LAWN Unless the ground was thoroughly cultivated and then allowed to lie idle the year before the lawn was sown there is bound to be a good deal of weed se id in the soil, and some of this will germinate after the lawn is so\.n. Such weeds should be removed constantly, especially in the earlier stages. A good lawn fertilier every year will push the grass along sufficiently to choke out most of these offenders. The first cutting of the grass in the spring is made with a very sharp mower to avoid pulling out plants when the ground is soft. Frequent rolling Is also advised at this time. For permanent lawns of deep green colour and fine texture, good quality package seed is advisable. KITCHEN GARDENS It is advisable of course, to keep a plentiful supply of salad material like leaf and head lettuce, onions and possibly celery in the kitchen garden, The latter is set out in the garden as well started plants usually after all danger of frost is over. For Fall storage, planting takes place in June jr even July. The young salesman, travelling for the first time in the backwoods section of the country, came down to the proprietor of a country hotel, after a wakeful night, with a complaint. Young Salesman -- 'I saw two rats fighting in my room last night." Landlord -- Weil! what do you expect for a dollar -- a bull fight?" Love and a budget are the two most important factors in a successful marriage, says one well-known woman. In other words, the mating and the estimating. A few fellows lave been conducting a sit-down strike for years. They are not asking to be jnionized. They have just been striking against all labor in --- dream ami then work to turn your dreams into realities. Faith is mighty, we are told -- but faith plus action is irresistible -- Desire must be backed by the sterner virtues before achievement; is possible. Fond Mother (as her son was starting off to join the navy) -- "Now my son, remember to be very punctual in rising every morning, so you will not keep the captain waiting breakfast for you." Rastus -- "What do you think of my new gal, Sambo?" Sambo -- Dz,t girl's all right, sho' nuff, but her flgger jes' don't rhyme, Teacher (in geography class) -- Now can anyone tell me where we find mangoes'." Knowing Little Bey -- "Yes, miss, wherever women goes." Hard work and no play may create dull boy but, very likely he will have some money in tie bank. Wife -- "The paper says the man was shot by his wife at very close Husband -- -Then there must have been powder marks on the body." Yes, that's why she sot A man's first attempt to hold a girl on his knee might be called a trial balance. Tourist -- "The climate here js salubrious, isn't it?" Nativ- -- "Say, friend, just write that word down for me, will you? I get tired of swearing at this climate in the same old way. That's a new First Glue Factory Employee (emerging from factory) -- "What is that funny smell?" Second Glue Factory Employee -- "It's the "resh air." Patient -- "Nurse! Nurse! I believe my breath is getting shorter!" Nurse -- "Just take things easy, the doctor will soon put a stop to that." He Didn't Want This Printed him." Jeweller -- "Did youi when you dropped it?" Customer -- "Well, it didi the way through the* floor." watch stop The Salvation Army Annual Set if - Denial Appeal This may surprise you ! The Salvation Ai By operates over 1,500 Social Service institution. Out of this number 52. Social Service Institutions ■ rc serving Canada's needy. Your Support of this work will be appreciated Contribution^ may be addressed to: THE SALVATION ARMY 20 ALBERT STREET ... TORONTO There are people who to have something put in the paper. There are others who take exactly the opposite attitude, and this article has to do with one of the latter. At the risk of trouble later on we begin by giving the man's name--W. R. Parker; he is in the Customs Office and resides at 522 Charlotte Street. That, we believe, identifies him so there can be no error. Mr. Parker plants bulbs and he does it so carefully and thoroughly that they seldom fail to grow and bloom. When they come to the stage of blooming they seem to enjoy it so thoroughly they bloom for a long time. His daffodils look like young sunflowers, and he grows tulips and hyacinths. He searches for the fertilizer he wants; he cuts and prepares the earth he prefers, and in the Fall he spends entire evenings working with his bulbs. During the Winter he keeps them in pots, cool and dark and moist, and insists they get well rooted before bringing them to the light. This year he had in all 225 pots filled with flowering bulbs. We do not believe Mr. Parker will object to anything which has been so far written, but we must continue to the point where he insists that nothing be printed. He does not sell his flowers, but gives them all away -- and he has been doing that for 17 years. The Examiner first heard of it from a man outside the city who was in hospital here. He knew no person and found the days rather long until Mr. Parker arrived with a pot of floweaK. How many sick folk and shut-in people have been treated similarly during all these 17 years we do not know, but the number would find totality only in a long and impressive list. The idea seemed to be so entirely wholesome that the Examiner felt it was right that Mr. Parker's request that nothing be said about it should be put to one side for the moment. Living as we are, in an age when a good many folk are given to thinking of themselves it seemed right and just that the devotion of an ideal which Mr. Parker has held for 17 years (and perhaps longer) should be brought out in the open. So there it is and we believe our readers will ■ agree that our judgment in this case was correct.--The Peterborough Ex- Hol^tein Sales In Canada at New High That- live stock conditions throughout Canada are showing marked improvement, particularly in the movement of pure bred cattle is evidenced by the sharp increase in revenue as shown by the quarterly statement by George M. Clemons, Secretary-Treasurer of the Holstein-Friesian Association cf Canada. From the latest figures, recorded sales of this breed for the first quarter of the current year have reached a new all-time high of 5,725, a gain of 31.9% over sales for the corresponding period of 1936. Export trade in breeding animals, which is chiefly with the U.S.A., shows a 47% increase over January, February and March of 1936 -- this being the highest 3-month period in the history oi the Association. Registration total 10,293, a gain of 18.7% in the number of animals recorded; while Association receipts, derived from registrations, transfers and memberships, are up 13.7%. Forest Tree Breeding The tree planter is beginning now to pay more attention to the pedigree of his stock. Much of the bad plantations that we have are due to the fact that we have oeen planting trees of the wrong kind or "race." There are quite obviously trees of bad form and trees of good form, in any forest, and the trees of bad form have been found to remain trees of bad form no matter how carefully they are tended and managed. cover the precise locality from which each type comes .... The plants from different origins not only show differences in shape and in the quality of their timber, but they show variations in such important things as frost hardiness and resistance to disease. In some kinds, the buds flush too early, and are nipped by late frosts; or they carry on their growth too long in the late Autumn, and are killed by early frost.--Edinburgh Scotsman. Goldfish Require Still Water to Swin Around In KETCHIKAN, Alaska --Even fish get seasick, and sometimes the malady is fatal. Passengers and crew of the coast guard cutter Cyane testified upon arrival two goldfish died and others became ill en route. Not until they were taken from their glass bowl and placed in a pail suspended from the beams did the other fish recuperate. Benny Eats Old Cars Just now junk has a new status in the world and now we shall know what to do with our old automobiles. The piles of ungainly, rusty car parts and bodies have been eyesores in many cities in the past few years. If they can be removed by the mere demand for scrap iron the civic outlook and community pride will be inspired. If we lived in Buffalo, N.Y., we could attend quite decent obsequies of our faithful old cars and see how machinery deals with junk in the mass. The trouble with old automo- crane lifts a car body, stripped 0^ glass, wood, engine, wheels, chassis, and dumps it into a pit. "Benny" grinds his teeth and the, sides of the pit come together. Un-' der terrifnc pressure, a heavy ram/ moves forward against the rasping^ metal. "Benny" backs off, and thrf' once sleek auto comes out of the pit,1 squeezed into a lump of metal about' the size of an orange crate. Tha* ponderous mechanical monster alsb relishes bed springs, oil barrels, old-wastepaper baskets or any sheet!' steel graded as No. 2 heavy melt. QUILTED CHAIR PADS LEND A QUAINT TOUCH By RUTH WYETH SPEARS Many a chair that is now picturesque, but decidedly uncomfortable, might gain both in comfort and quaintness with the addition of quilted chair pads. Our great grandmothers used such pads on ladder-back chairs, and chose the gayest of chintzes both glazed and unglazed for them. Today we can use duplicates of those fine old chintz patterns, and what charm they add to our room color schemes! Even the old quilt block designs of colonial days, with all their gay calico patterns, are reproduced in chintz now. You might like to use one of these for your chair pads, and if you do I suggest that you let your quilting follow the outline of the quilt block pattern in the chintz instead of using the diagonal quilting shown in this sketch. You will find that in making such small things as chair pads the quilting may be done very efficiently on the sewing machine. Few people have time to do hand quilting any more, and decorators are using machine quilting for many purposes. The pads shown here are made with one layer of sheet wadding between two layers of chintz. The edge bindings and ties are made of bias tape. Cut the three layers of the pad material exactly the size and shape you want them to be when finished. Place the sheet wadding between the two layers of chintz, as shown here at A. Either pin or baste in this position and then quilt as shown at B. Make the ties by stitching the lengthwise edges of the tape together and then tack the ties to the corners of the pad before it is bound, as shown hre at C. Now, bind the edges of the pad as at D, sewing the ties right in with the binding. NOTE:--Mrs. Spears' new 48-page hook of illustrations and directions for making curtains, slipcovers, dressing tables, and numerous other items for the home will be sent upon receipt of 14c, (10c plus 4c postage). Ask for SEWING, for the Interior decorator. Address: Mrs. Spears, Room 421, 73 Adelaide St. W., Toronto. Green England The returning traveller from any extra-European zone must rejoice' in the exceeding greenness of Eng-^ land. There is no evergreen that can compare with grass. What im-' mense areas in other lands are surfaced with sand, rubble, rock and scrub. What grass there is often enough resembles the starved stuff described by Robert Browning in "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came." It may be daintily starred, with dwarf flowers, iike a quaint golf course by the old Dutch settlement of Swellendam in Cape Colony; but the greens which demand real grass have to be made of grit. How pleasantly the grass in most English fields north of Southampton, as elsewhere, snuggles up to the hedgerows. We are forced as agri-tultural theorists to condemn grass as the thinnest, the least intensive form of cultivation, yet what natural wealth is in it! It is a widow's cruse, it stores wealth; and while the capital increases, the dividends, if small, are never intermittent. It is a free gift. What pleasant treading as well as feeding for stock; and Bottom, a true Englishman, though temporarily an ass, was right enough in his panegyric: "Good hay, sweet hay hath no fellow"; and in the newest form of haymaking the trussed hay remains as green as the growing crop. Yet the greatest of all gifts given by the grass field and common is to the eyes. While grass grows the inhabitants of this island will live in a green, and therefore pleasant land.--London Spectator. Difficult English ords below are considered the most difficult in the English language: 1. Honorificabilitudinitatibus. 2. Transubstantiationalists. 3. Inanthropomorphisability. 4. Disproportioi 5. Intereonvertibilities. G. Histomorphologieally. 7. Intel-differentiation. 8. Supersensitivenesses. 9. Hypersensitivenesses. aurants! ' Taveni" 'Hotels,0" £ ts, 179 Craig St. W., Mon- BA1LIFFS AND COLLECTORS QNTARIO COLLECTION AGENCIES, EX-StairPeBMgCedTorontoti0n Servlce- Balll"«- -- CHINESE VEGETABLE OYSTERS 1170NDERFUL! DELICIOUS NOVE " Grow in water. Ready In 70 hours. YylTH THE AUTO KNITTER M, , start this pleasant employmen ived terms and wages paid. writ. Issue No. 18--'37 In any particular species, say Scots pine, Douglas fir, or spruce, there are individual specimens which develop clean, straight stems. These trees produce seed which will give rise to trees of similar type. There are others which have heavy crowns, strong, thick branches, and which, no matter how well they are reared, never produce clean stems with good quality timber; and their seed gives rise in turn to bad types of plants. These differences are being noted, and an atterr.pt is being made to dis- WAKE UP YOUR LIVER BILE- And You'll Jump Out of Bed in the Morning Rarin' to go lated. Harmful yVanrf jroi on the liver^as well. I^k<^ those good, old pounds of bile flowing freely and make you feel "up and up". Harmless and gtntle, they make the bile flow freely. They do the work biles has been the great loss if the car bodies were pitched into a crucible porcess or furnace for reconditioning. Buffalo has a giant auto-smashing machine, quaintly called "Big Benny." It saves the loss. It crushes old car bodies and bundles them into neat packages to cast into the steel furnaces to reduce more profitably. This powerful auto-cruncher wolfs down 30 car bodies in an hour. The operator pushes a button, a magnetic Nerves at Breaking Point JgUFF ORPINGTON COCKS, PEKINS AND : BREEDERS ^0 need for girls r Hatchery (Certified) 228. Montmagny T\R McGAHBY'S LE *■* One application 1 J|1GH PRICES FOR OLD CANADIAN MINARQS LinimeNT