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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBOfInE, ONT., THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1921. 7 Used Autos -AKEY SELLS THEM; USED ars of all types: all cars sold sub-o delivery up to 300 miles, or tent t same distance If you wish, in *» order as purchased, or purctotae choie.. B Ject S' :e refunded. RING mechanic of your own c to look them over, or ask J •take any car to city representaUft inspection. Very larg« stock al«ay» « Breakey's Used Car Marfort Boy Scout Notes. The first Niagara Peninsula Scout Officers' Rally will be held in St.. Catharines cn Friday and Saturday, March 11th and 12th, according to information obtained from Provincial Scout Headquarters, Bloor and Sher-bourne Streets, Toronto. It is expected that there will be a large attendance of Scoutmasters, Assistant Scoutmasters and other senior officers to participate in the programme, which will include conferences on troop organization and management, training programes, recruiting leadership and general Scout activities. The 1st Exeter Troop (Thomas Pryde, Scoutmaster), won the honor of receiving the first of the new charters now being issued to Troops by the Provincial Council for Ontario. In order to receive a charter for the conduct of a troop, 'the institution or group of people responsible for it must definitely accept responsibility for providing suitable leadership and adequate facilities for carrying on its work. It also appoints a Troop Committee of three persons to cooperate with the Scoutmaster in his work and io help in every way possible to. advance the interests' of the troop and its members. On February 22nd, the birthday of Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder and Empire Chief of the Boy Scouts, literally dozens of Boy Soout concerts, displays, dinners, etc., were held throughout the province, many of them largely attended by parents and friends. Other excellent entertainments have recently been reported from Florence, Strathroy, Fenelon Falls and Sunderland. One of the biggest displays of the year will be that of the 3rd Toronto Troop, which takes place on February 28th and March 1st, and which will be a veritable "Junior Canadian National Exhibition." A splendidly arranged prize list indi-?ates that there will be departments of Art, Collections, Domestic Science, Electricity, Maps. Manual Training, Models, Photography, Woodcraft anc Intsr-Troop Competitions. Most oi the Toronto District Troops are repre sented in the entry lists. Worm Makes Soil Tillable. The worm, persecuted, abused and misunderstood, is worthy of consideration, according to Professor J. Arthur Thomson, of Aberdeen University, who has ust completed a series of lectures on the evolution of life. Professor Thomson says that the worm is one of our earliest ancestors and was the first creature to emerge from -the sea with the coming of dry land. Realizing the great risk that lay before them, the worms at once began the custom of moving with one end of the body forward. Plowing beneath the surface of the earth, they turn over the soil for a depth of three inches once every fifteen years. Were it not for this natural aerating of the land, trees, plants and grains would not grow, and the earth would be a barren sandy place unfitted to sustain any fonn'of life. NOTHING TO EQUAL BABY'S OWN TABLETS Mrs. George Lefebvre. St. Zenon, Que., writes: "I d6 not think there is any other medicine to equal Baby's Own Tablets for little ones. I have used them for my baby and would use nothing else." What Mrs. Lefebvre says thousands of other mothers say. They havp found by trial' that Tablets always do just what " for them. The Tablets are a mild but thorough laxative which regulate the bowels and sweeten the stomach and thus banish indigestion, constipation, colds, colic, etc. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Advertising Chinese Bargains. A British Columbia friend tells us how the bargain sale craze hits the Chinese quarter in Vancouver. The local Chinese district, he writes, has launched forth into a '•price-cutting" crgy that has no precedent in Chinatown's history. Bargain sales range from ginseng to jade, and from chop suey to herbs. Chinatown has two newspapers. One is published in Victoria and is the mouthpiece of progressive or New China, sometimes called Young China. The other Chinese publication is published in Vancouver. It ha.-i the preference of the conservative element. Each paper carries display advertisements by Chinese. Occasionally there is a familiar "ad" culled from the provincial papers and translated into Chinese. Three, however, are infrequent and tentative. But Chinatown has another form of publicity that is infinitely more popular because it costs nothing to read. The brick walls of Chinatown abound with cryptic characters telling of things interesting to the Celestial Inscribed in Chinese characters of multi-colored hues and gigantic proportions, are sentences that, draw crowds and comment from the faithful readers. Occasionally an enterprising Chinese merchant breaks into pidgin English with something like this in the mess- DETECTIVE SERVICE When He Had a Good Day. Back in the dim distant years when the high cost of living was not an ever-present problem and some things were cheap. James Whitcomb Riley walked into a barber shop for a 5-cent shave. The proprietor of the shop was an old "Well, Sam, how are you getting along?" Mr. Riley asked. "Mr. Jim, I had a very good day," Sam replied. "If I could make 75 cents between now and quittin' time I'd have a dollar." Minard's Liniment Relieves Distemper Surnames and Their Origin - Our ard, .Dorr man, Doorman. Racial Origin -- Norman-French Anglo-Saxon. Source«»-An occupation. ' As might be expected, the f; name of Porter had its origin ii accupatiuii of porter. Title, however, would reallj be a better term than occupation, for in the middle ages, under the Norman-French feudal system of military-social organization, the porter was a person of military importance In those days the word had none of its modern meaning. The porter was not a bearer of burdens. He was the military officer in charge of the "guard at the gate, or "port," of the castle. The Anglo-Saxon equivalents of this title were "dcre-ward" and "dore-man" (door-ward and door-man), and family names developed! from them are frequently.met with. But the name of Porter is far more widespread to-day than the others, and there is a reason. There was a period of two centuries or more in England LEE i Variations--Leigh, Lea. Atlee. Atley, I Atlay, DeLay, Lay. j Racial Origin--English. Source--Geographical. , All of the family names in this I group at one time bore either the pre-! fix "atte" or "de," according to whether the original bearer of the name styled himself in the Anglo-Saxon or the Norman fashion. Often the name of the same man would be spelled both ways, according to whether the clerk or official making the record of it preferred the Norman or the Anglo-Saxon All of thee family names also have come from one or t'tje other of two sources. It is impossible to tell which, for such a variety of spellings of the two words is to be found in the old records that it is impossible to distinguish, execpt from the context of the writing, which was intended. age: Very Cheap for Bargain Price-- Please Buy Seme. But it is not all illiterate ot labored English that one finds. Here and there are seen "ade<" written in the polished English of the Chinese-English scholar. There is one--it tells of tea--that contains this flower of lofty speech: -- Every Drop a Vision of the Perfect Tea That Only China Grows! And this one about, somebody's silk: The Silk With a Shimmer That is More Than Human--Rare Indeed, for Value. Chinatown's poultry section is rich with gems of quaint advertising. Tacked upon the crates of imprisoned fowls in one Celestial hennery is a sign that tells the beholder: Good Hens Very Fat With Much Fatter the Wife the More Beautiful--in Africa. "The first princess I ever met was a woman so fat she could not get through the doorway to see me," says the Rev. John Roscoe, ethnologist and East African explorer, in telling of his adventures with tribes who never before had seen a white man. "All the women of East Africa are fat, and the broader they grow the more beautiful they are considered," he said in a recent lecture in London. "The natives all live on milk, and a man with only 100 cows woud consider ' himself poor. Such a man couldn't ! marry. He would adopt the native custom of joining with three or four others and when enough cows had been obtained to support a wife they ■ would combine and marry one wife , between them. I "in East Africa the women pierce their ears and insert any form of decoration in the distended lobe. One woman used a wine bottle fer decorative effect, and another, who had lived near the white man's civilization, used an empty cigarette tin." According to Lord Dewar, who also spoke at the meeting, the price of wives has gone up among the South African tribes who use spearheads for money. j "I found that while a good, strong, ; upstanding wife formerly cost four spearheads, the price has now risen to eight," he said. BiiT'J i F HUMOR ... - , -/ Classified Advertisements. FARM WANTED^ HELP WANTED, , the Noi the ■ The words a ing a shelter, meaning a pa.< stable. "lee, Hex j the i spoken, and naturally the French title prevailed. Later, of course, owing to the political severance of Normaady from England, the two tongues combined into a mixture that was basically Anglo-Saxon and from which modern English has d weloped. But by that time the word "porter" had benignly fixed The desc I firs , of ( '"Nicholas Thus, 'Roger atte Ley ( "at the Ley") would have really the same surname as "Richard de la Leye" ("of the Ley"). It is easy to see how all of the modern variations of this name have developed from one fir the Other of the following old forms: "Atte Ley," "atte Leigh," "atte Leye," "de la Leye," de la Laye," "atte Legh," "dee la Lee," "atte Lee," "de la Le," "atte Lees." de la Lea." and The medieval English were not renowned for the uniformity of their spelling, but for short words, "ley" and "lea" appear to take the prize for an astoundingly large number of spell- HOW TO SAFEGUARD YOUR DIGESTION The Blood Should Constantly be Kept Rich and Pure, If you suffer from any form of indigestion your diet should be carefully chosen. Over-eating is always harmful, but at the same time must take enough food to supply the needs of the blood. It must be remembered that the blood has to carry nourishment to every part of the body, find fuel for its energy and defences against disease, as well as the requisite juices for digestion. Hence when the blood becomes weak and fails to do its work, indigestion arises; also when indigestion begins the blood still further suffers. Therefore, to safeguard your digestion, the blood should be kept rich and free from impurities. For more than a third of a century Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have been a favorite tonic for enriching the blood and strengthening the nerves. If, therefore, you find yourself troubled with indigestion, or other ailments due to weak, watery blood, you will find Dr. Williams' Pink Pills both safe and effective. The value of this medicine in cases of stomach trouble is shown by the experience of Mrs. J. Lewis, Lake George, N.S., who says: "I suffered very severely with indigestion. I had severe pains in the stomach af-cal. I had a loathing for it at night was very much id my general health was I was under a doctor's but did not find any improvement. Reading .of what Dr. Williams' Pink Pills had done in a similar case I decided to try them, with the result that after giving them a fair trial, my general health was improved, and all symptoms of the indigestion that had afflicted me disappeared. I feel very grateful to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for saving me from so much misery." You can get Dr. Williams' Pink Pills through any medicine dealer, or by mail at 50'cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville. Out. '* | food, my re 1! disturbed, i ] declining. Why We Blush. Choice Parts of Selected Grains give to Grape-Nuts its health and body-building value This wheat and malted harley food is so processed and baked that the nourishing Qualities and pleasing flavor are fully brought out Healdu%l-Satisrjmg -There's a Reason9 Any shock or emotion which makes the heart pump an extra supply of I blood into the arteries and veins which | supply the face will give rise to bliush- "Cascarets" If Sick, Bilious, Headachy To-night sure! Let a pleasant, harmless Cascaret work while you sleep and have your liver active, head clear, stomach sweet and bowels moving regular by morning. No griping or inconvenience. 10, 25 and 50 cent boxes. Children love this candy cathartic too. Curious Crime Clues. Many a murderer has been tracked by the camera. The first act of the modern crime detector is to record every detail of the scene of the crime and every foot of the locality by means of a metric camera. This camera rules off the space under observation into small squares. The camera detective is the bloodhound of the laboratory force. He records finger-prints, impressions cn the> ground, unusual marks -- anything hich he thinks might have a bearing the crime, minals have often been caught by rsls of the dust clinging to their clothes; by dirt under their fingernails and on the soles of their shoes; by the scratches that cold chisels have left, and by hundreds of other clues which hitherto have existed only in the mind of the writer of detective stories. The nails of a suspect, previously much neglected in criminal investigation, have become very important to the laboratory experts. Criminals, as a class, are not patrons of the manicurist's art, and the dirt that has collected under their nails often forms a perfect means of accusation. The nails cf a murderer guard for a long time specks of dried blood, while bits of hair and minute threads torn from a victim's clothing are sometimes found. Not long ago a burglar was identified through particles of grease scraped from a cable along which he had slid in an attempt to reach a goldsmith's window. In another case a murderer left his vest In the room in which his victim was discovered. The expert picked it up, and in the laboratory placed it in a paper bag. The dust collected after beating the bag proved, under a microscope, to be full of minute particles of wood. Obviously, the murdered was either a carpener or a cabinetmaker. Particles of glue were also found, which went to prove that the man belonged to the latter trade, and from these deductions he was traced. MONEY '"ORDERS. A Dominion Express Money Order for five dollars costs three cents. Some Knowledge. Employer (to youth applying tor a situation)--"And have you a Snow-ledge of any foreign language?" Applicant--"Yes, sir, a iitttle." "Do ycu know Latin?" "Well, sir, I began to learn it, and got on fairly well, but I had to throw it up in favor of shorthand couldn't pronounce some of the Nothing Mean About Him. A farmer boy and his best girl seated in a buggy one evening in town, watching the people pass. Nearby was a popcorn vender's stand. Presently the lady remarked: "My, that popcorn smells good!" "That's right," said the gallant. "I'll drive up a little closer so you can smelil it better." , His Complaint. "Yes, madam," said Harry the Hobo, "I know I look like a strong man, but out of my fifty years of life I've spent over sixteen years in bed." "Why, you poor man," replied the lady sympathetically, handing him a quarter. "What has been the trouble --paralysis?" "No, ma'am," said Harry, "jest a re-g'lar habit of sleepin' eight hours a A Word or Two. "And," says I, "short is shorter if you add a syllable." "But, says Sam, "a 'B' will make a road broad." "A mere letter," says I, "turns a word into a sword." "And another," says Sam, "is all the difference between here and there." "Funny," says I, "What you can do with letters." "She sells sea shells," says Sam, "always annoys me." "Sam sawed six siick, sleek, slim, slender saplings, is more difficult for Montreal is the second largest port in America and the largest inland one. The 1919 exports were $700,000,000 worth. charges prepaid. Send" stamp ---I. National Manufactur- Long-Distance Call. . Thomas Jones was sitting down to breakfast one morning when he was astounded to see in the paper an announcement of his death. He rang up friend Howard Smith at once. • "Hello, Smith!" he said, "have you seen the announcement of my death in the paper?" "Yes," replied Smith. "Where are you speaking from?" Minard's Linimarit for Dandruff. Japanese Gardens. Gardens in Japan are laid out so as to suggest famous scenes in Japanese hisory. Miniature landscapes are arranged so as to recall well-known spots in history, and suggest the events that have taken place there. The French population during the war decreased by 4,000,000. ASPIRIN "Bayer" only is Genuine MOTHER! "California Syrup of Figs" Child's Best Laxative Accept "California" Syrup of Figs only--look for the name California on the package, then you are sure your child 1 s having the best and most harmless physic for the little stomach, liver and bowels. Children love its fruity taste. Full directions on each bottle. You must say "California." Warning! Take no chances with substitutes for genuine "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin." Unless you see the name "Bayer" on package or on tablets you are not getting Aspirin at all. In every Bayer package are directions for Colds, Headache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Earache, Toothache, Lumbago and for Pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve tablets cost few cents. Druggists also sell larger packages. Made in Canada. Aspirin is the trade mark (registered in Canada), of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacid. Mr. Herbert 0sbora Tells How Cuticura Healed His Wife Pioneer Dog Remedies Book on DOG DISEASES and How to Feed Mailed Free to any Address by the Author. H. Clay Glover Co., Inc. 118 West 31st Street New York. U.S.A. For Sore Throat, Cold in the Chest, Etc. YARMOUTH, N.S. 1 Rheumatic Pains ! z Are relieved in a few days by g i) taking 30 drops of Mother Seifld's (« (* Syrup after meals and on retiring. •) 2 It dissolves the lime and acid JS it) accumulation in the muscles and y» <S» joints so these deposits can be i> % expelled, thus relieving pain and «5 soreness. Seigel's Syrup, also <> f» known as "Extract of Roots," •) § containsnodopenorotherstrong g •) drugs to kill or mask the pain of (j 9 rheumatism or lumbago, it re- «5 2 moves the cause. 50c a bottle § •) at druggists. n (I "What were the words yoi ronounce?" 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She bought mora and after using twocake-3 of Cuticura Soap end two boxes of Cuticura Ointment she was hea'ed." (Signed) Herbert Ooborn, 135 SherbrooBO Avo., Ottawa, Ot:t., Sept. 2,1919. Cuthura is Ideal for every-day telle* uses. Soap to cleanse ar.d purify, Oin.nient to soothe end heal. Soap 25c, Ointmer.1 25 »nd 50c. Sold throughouttheDpmmion. CanadianDepot Lyman., Limited, S "DANDERINE" Girls! Save Your Hair! Make It Abundant! Immediately after a "Danderine" massage, your hair takes on new life, lustre and wondrous beauty, appearing twice as heavy and plentiful, because each hair seems to fluff and thicken. Don't let your hair stay lifeless, colorless, plain or scraggly. You, too, want lots of long, strong, beautiful hair. A 35-cent bottle of delightful "Danderine" freshens your scalp, checks dandruff and falling hair. 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