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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS. COLBORNE, ONT.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1928 NURSES The Toronto Hospital for Incurables, in affiliation with Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, New York City, offers a three years' Course of Training to young women, having the required education, and desirous of becoming nurses. This Hospital has adopted the eight-hour system. The pupils receive uniforms of the School, a monthly fork"5 For'furt Winter Night--Andante (To-night I want the splendor of old things-- The scent of summer In old Rhenish ^The soft, slow sobbing of s luted road that turns t res where old Tim To-night I wan And distant e: has trod '•To-night the tramp of armies coming With incense burning to a pagan VICEROY OPENS CANAL Ganga Waterway in India Will Irrigate 620,000 Acres The Ciceroy of India, Lord Irwin, made a tour of Karachi and the great irrigation areas of Slnd-Rajputana and the Punjab. One such scheme which was opened by Lord Irwin, writes a "Going into a decline" is i Calcutta correspondent of "The Chris- gion that hag come tQ be known ng tian Science Monitor," is the Ganga j one of tne most difficult con(miioas Canal in Bikanir. It has a mam j wlth which physicians have to deal, length* of eighty-four and a half miles,! it often describes an alarming condi-and the area irrigated will be about j tion because it does not yield to or-620,000 areas. j dinary treatment and the debility con- It is said to be the longest lined ; tinues with loss of flesh and strength canal in the world. The lining, done j until the patient feels hopeless. In with concrete, has permitted 44,500 j the majority of such cases the victim acres to be added to the irrigated area. I suffers from lack of good, red blood, The sole unlined stretch of the main ; and if the blood can be restored to With eyes ting g !To-night I v again ;ail with Cortez out of that gaze beyond the set-ant a world grown young gamblers gambled all, and --N.S.W.. J. T. Henry. Little Tommy had' been sighing over jhis home-work sums and suddenly he exclaimed: "Oh! how I wish I was a Fat!" "A rat, my boy!" said his mother. "Why on earth do you want to be such a horrible thing?" 'Because," said Tommy, "I heard the inspector tell dad the other day that rats multiplied by hundreds and I can't even multiply by 13!" A REMEDY THAT INSPIRES FAITH People Who Have Used Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Speak of Them With Praise. of eleven miles, will be finished during the next six months. Most of the distributories have been dug, and irrigation will start immediately after the opening, although only a comparatively small area can be irrigated this year. A new district branch of the Bikanir railway of 160 miles is being opened to connect with the tract opened by irrigation. The Tree Lover If you love a tree, we are broth All over the world, there are ot Who love many things: azure s Or a robin-redbreast, or a bee That's drowsing above the There are lovers always, the t lovers of trees stand apart, r trees strike down deep 1 hehrt. man or a dog, we may help w , in your heart is i --Kalfus Kurtz Gushing. Mr. Coolidge's Speech Quebec Soleil (Lib.): In the ad-ess with which Mr. Coolidge opened le conference at Havana ... he de-I clared that on this hemisphere no na-j tion had the least intention of building up any important military system: that no nation had desired to impose I its will on any others by force of I arms. . . . Whatever emphasis Mr. I Coolidge may have put on,this paragraph--and the rest of the address was no more than a paYaphrase of this J declaration of principles--it is certain that he convinced no one. On the j least pretext the Government at Wash-1 ington will send battleships, troops,! airplanes, and when the ultimatum | has barely been delivered, fire will be | opened with guns, rifles and Yankee j normal no other medical treatment is necessary. Proper food and sunshine will do the rest. Every man, woman and child who lacks health and strength should at once take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to build up their blood supply. The mis- Slr Thomas Beecham sion of this medicine is to make new, Conductor and director of the Im-rich red blood, which speedily re- Per?al Opera League of London, visil stores health and strength. "I am ing tne United States to conduct the writing to tell you what Dr. Williams' | orchestras of the New York Philhar-Pink Pills have done for me," says ' *0>»ljs Society, the Boston and Phila-Mrs. J. H. Oulton, Firdale, Man. "A delphia Symphonies, few years ago I was in a badly down condition, so much so that I subject to fainting spells which would leave me in such a condition that I could hardly go about. Then I was stricken with influenza and this further weakened me, and throughout the winter I remained in this condition. I was taking doctor's medicine, but as it did not seem to help me, my mother advised me to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and I got a couple of boxes to start on. When were done I seemed to feel i provement and I got a further supply to continue the treatment. I took in all about a dozen boxes, and by that time I was in the best of health and had gained in weight. My faith in Dr. Williams' Pink Pills is now unbounded, and I keep a supply on hand and take them occasionally if I feeling quite well. I often mend them to others, and praise them enough for restoring my health You can get these pills from any medicine dealer or by mall box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. No mother in tfiis enlightened age would give her baby something she did not know was perfectly harmless, especially when a lew drops of plain Castoria will right a baby's stomach and end almost any little ill. Fretful- nntil everything is serene. That's the beauty of Castoria; its gentle influence seems just what Is needed. It does all that castor oil might accomplish, without shock to the system. Without the evil taste. It's delicious! Being purely vegetable, you can give it as often as there's a sign of colic; constipation; diarrhea; or need to aid sound, natur- Just one warning: it is genuine Fletcher's Castoria that physicians recommend. Other preparations may be just as free from all doubtful drugs, but no child of this writer's Is going to test them! Besides, the book on care and feeding of babies that comes with Fletcher's Castoria is worth its weight in gold. Children Cry for German 1927 Trade Strongly Adverse Report Listing Import Bal ance of $1,000,000,000 Stirs Berlin Business Circles DROP IN DECEMBER n --Co REDRG is good tea Red Rose Orange Pekoe --Top Quality In clean, bright Aluminum Many Sports Known By Number of Players To the occasional i ing events the numer in headlines for the 1 are often confusing him to go sader of sport-;cal terms used ames of sports and at times the opening paragraph of the story to discov what kind of game has been played. But to the regular reader of sports news the numerical term is a familiar and accepted part of sports termin- Clsssified Advertisements , Calgary, Alberta. Peace and the Marines Name your ga of ten the follow you the numeric; basketball team, five positions, is football team, beci and n "We Shall Reappear," Trotzk's Parting Word Berlin.--A message to the Communist Inteinational, purported to have positions, is an eleve; been signed by Leon Trotzky and others of the recently exiled opposition leaders in Soviet Russia, was published in the Socialist newspaper "Vorwaerts." The paper says that the statement was not permitted publication in Russia. "We submit to force and we leave our party work for a purposeless exile, but we are confident that we shall r< appear for the coming great battle, the statement says. The signatories, who are stated t include Christian Rakovsky and Karl Radek, also demand a full investigi tion by the Communist International of the banishments. Ve are being persecuted for opinions which we cannot relinquish," the paper adds, declaring that the nK>n terms in this ci: Communist International is no of the fight which is going on behind its back. ' of sports will give synonym for it. t A >n which there are five or a quintet. A it ha ' sextet; an -- -r quarts three Or a trnT. BABY'S OWN TABLETS ALWAYS IN THE HOME caused here in business and financial circles by the official trade' statistics for 1927, just published, showing an adverse balance for Germany of im-lmas, Qi ports over exports aggregating about! Baby' Once a mother has used Baby's Own Toblets for her little ones she always „ _ supply on hand, for the first vinces her there is iiolliinic t<fe<iual them in keeping children well. The Tablets are a mild but thorough laxative which regulate the bowels and sweeten the stomach, thus driving out constipation and indigestion, colds and simple fevers, and making teething easier. Concerning them, Mrs. Saluste Pelletler, St.,Du-writes:--"I have used Tablets for the outdoor polo team, a an Indoor polo team, i and a crew is an eight. In other sports, in which the number of positions is not standardized, the numerical term cannot be employed, but there is always som<> fort of synonym to take its place. Members of a wrestling team, because they compete on mats, are called matmen, or sometimes are called grapplers. Swimmers are natators. fencers arc- swordsman and a member of a rifle team is a marksman. Frequently, too, the name of the place on which the game is played is used as a means to convey the real name of the sport. The Ottawa Journal (Cons.): Wl United States holds out to th the olive branch of peace trea continues to ship marines to agua, to the confusion of her both at home and abroad. . likely seriously to embarrass forts of the United States to r a spirit of good will towards and among themselves in the lies of South America. \\ fa picion Into a new blaze and t disconcert those who would lik lieve in Uncle Sam's altruisi ]:'.<■ ii-minded generosity. P ATENTS The New Freelj-Latherinf/ Qiticura Shaving Stick ForTender Faces EMOLLIENT MEDICINAL ANTISEPTIC mond for baseball, gridi ball, ice for hockey, cou: ball, tennis, squash, racquets; pool for for ere 1 and cinder path for outdoor Improve Highways Save 25 Per Cent. Operating Cost Studies conducted by va way departments prove in fashion the difference valine the inflamed p multii1-' -------klcyV j years and : the total value of imports the' house. They have rantry last year was 14,381,- the greatest satisfaction i irks'(about $3,500,000,000) , I gladly recommend them to a totalled only 10.240.576.000 i of little- ones." The Tablet about $2,500,000,000. There was a slight decreas cember in the imports of foodstuffs and beverages, but on the other hand the value of imports of raw materials and parly manufacured goods increased in the same month by more than $3,000,000. also JSt ■ nth. imports of coppei bacco -and lead and zinc ores. Imports manufactured goods decreased, those of textiles by nearly $2,000,000, of iron wares at the same ratio and of machinery by about $750,000. Exports of manufactured goods in-Teased generally in December, but here was a decrease in export urs, toys and shoes. Among thi Teased exports were those of iron iroduets. machines, books, electro-echnical products, films and paper. played in Gi by medicine dealers at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.. Brockville, Ont Canada's European Imports the Best of Peasant Stock Saskatoon, Sask.--In bringing set-! tiers to Canada from Europe, the Canadian National Railways are securing good peasant stock, J. S. Mc-Gowan, western manager of the C.N. j R. Colonization Department, told the' Saskatchewan agents of the company,; who held a conference on coloniza-; tion matters in the King Georgf Hotel. ', Families which are being brought [ ut : from the continent of Europe. Mr. Mc-' of;Gowan said, arrive in Winnipeg with from $50 Oto $600 in Canadian cur rency in their pockets in spite of the fact that, they had to pay out in the! neighborhood of $1,000 for transportation. This fact, he contended, ( ithout them 1 exports by deliveries in kind, be 8Uffici<,nt to prove that such people be made by Germany on are upstanding citizens in their own' ar reparations under | countries and should, therefore, na-i The value of such Rurally become upstanding citizens of: totalis 578,432,000 !r„Js | $138,000,000. T lill products, pai i and varnishes. Empire Settlement British Golfers Ask Freedom I^Ln aw'ylrom' For the "Nineteenth Hole" I to precarious existence i London--A meeting of the Execu- j reS|ons- It is intended t five Council of the Golf Clubs Protec-, Portunities for steady tive Association here decided unani-lmake home3 for themS( mously to petition the Government to economic independence remove res trot ions on the "ninetnenih country. It should be r hoi!-" ,.„i.'.r.-..:l sin.-P ,v- under!ficial to Canada and to I Mining Investors LYLE, BELL & CO. SPIRIN You doubtless depend on Aspirin to make short work of headaches, but remember that it's just as dependable an antidote for many other pains! Neuralgia? Many have found real relief man Aspirin tablet. Or for toothache; an eficctive way to relieve it and the one thing doctors are willing you should give a child-- of anv age. Whether to break up a cold, or relieve the senoas pam from neuritis or deep-seated rheumatism, there's ncihuiff quite Aspirin. Just make certain it's genuine: it must have Bayer on the box and on every tablet. All druggists, with proven directions. Physicians prescribe Aspirin; it does NOT affxt the heart