SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1922, N THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. °9 F oiks Back Home Uncle Gus, "I'm kind o' poo'ly this mornip'," confessed Uncle Gus, as he leaned forward to touch a match against the red belly of the stove. "Rheumatism's got me. When a feller"s got rheu- matism, the' ain't nothin' in the world o' value, ex- ceptin' maybe it's hope. An' some- times I think the ability = to hope was the greatest thing God give to folks. It's hope what keeps folks - from crawlin' in a hole an' dyin'. You'd think rich folks would be full o' the joy o' liv- In', and po' folkg wouldn't care much whether they lived or not; but it ain't that way. Rich folks ain't get much te hope for, They've got ever'- thing they need, an' nothin' to look forward to exceptin' another day o plenty; but po' folks lives on hope They know things can't git much worse, an' they hang on somehow, hopin' maybe to-morrow will bring somethin' better. = If I knowed I'd have rheumatism ever' day from now on, I reckon maybe I'd curl up an' die; but hope keeps me expectin' | the pain to quit an' so I manage to | stay cheerful, If it wa"n't fo' hope, son, the' wouldn't be no buildin' or educatin® or courtin' or marryin' or nothin' ele, an' the human race would die of dry rot in a few years like as not." NS ---------------------------- Concerning Bosses, The man you work for is either the directing head of an institution in which you are an important co-operat ing cog, ot he is a Boss with a capi- \ Aunt Het. "Women always like to think their preacher is in de- licate health; but when he comes t' dinner, they cook up enough to plumb ruin a well man." WARNING! Say "Bayer" when you buy Aspirin. Unless you see the name not getting Aspirin at all. Accept only an Aspirin," | | pay you what you Sketches by J. H, Striebel A 2 The Girl Across the Street. Usually the girl across the street lifts her voice in song as she goes about her morning duties, and her enthusiasm in the performance hurls the melody through open windows to echo up and down the street and pro- claim to the world that industry fs the mother of happiness; but this morning silence hung upon the nei- ghborhood like a pall, We were a little uneasy, but as the morning ad- vanced the girl came calling and drew daughter into a cushioned cor- tal B. If he is a directing head, you! are lucky and he ig lucky. If he is a | Boss, both are unlucky. The fault may be his, or it may be yours. If the | fault is his, he is a two-by-four who hasn't sense enough to conduct a business and thinks he is being effi- | clent when he is meddlilng with the employees and interfering with their work. If the fault is yours, you are a sorry workman who can't be trusted to handle your job without supervis- fon. In the former case, you should get a new job. In the latter case, you should learn to handle the job you have, If he knows his job and you know yours, the relationship usually is pleasant if you give him what he! pays for. It may be that he doesn't think you are worth, Employers never do. But that has nothing to do with the case. He pays you what you agreed to work for, and your part of the contract consists in giving him an honest day's work for his money. Now there is but one way to work ner to share her sorrow. It appeared that the butcher's boy, wanting oth- er diverson, had called upon her last night without invitation, and being alone with her in the dim hallway after an evening of monosyllabic con- vereéation, had shown symptoms of desiring to kiss her. "I know he was going to do it," walled the girl. "1 Just know it; and I had to be right distant and haughty to scare him off, because we had onions for supper; and it'll be just my luck if he never tries it again when I'm fixed for it." nursing a grudge against him and ac- cusing him of denying you a square deal, If he isn't giving you a square dead, by all means cuss, him out and quit: But don't, for the sake of your own self-respect, continue to take his money while failing to deliver the service you have sold him. No law compels you to work for him. The world is wide, Either work for him cheerfully and honorably or refuse to work for him at all. You can't serve both an employer and the god of hate. And you can't be neu- tral. You are either for the boss (not a capital B) or you are against him. If you are for him, do you darn- edest. If you are against him, tell him, tell him to 80 where Dante saw the wolf and remove yourself from his pay roll. . All thig sad world of industrial 'unrest' needs is g collection of em- ployers and employees who will be square with one another, ---- Concerning Democrats, It is commonly believed that demo- for a man. That is to work for him. cracy promiseg equality among men --that when all the world is made ~~, And you can't work for him, while "Bayer" on tablets, you are Why take chances? "unbroken package" of "Bayer Tablets of which contains directions and dose worked out by physicians during 22 years and proved safe by millions for Colds Toothache Earache Handy "Bayer" boxes of 12 Aspirin is the trade « uoeticacidester of Salley! Will be stamped with: Headache Neuralgia Lumbago tablete--Also bottles of 24 and 100--Druggists, ia Canad fle it is well known inst imitations, the Ta hey itac Whi a trade Rheumatism Neuritis Pain, Pain 8) of er Manufactures of Mono- rn that Aspirin means et a ee ee - Ew REX aa EE a ------ p= fan oni GRANT ALLEN. By George Iles in Montreal Gazette. Grant Allen was born in Kingston, Ont, on February 24th, 1848. His father, the Rev. J. Antisell Alen, Was a clergyman "of the church of Eagland. In "1861 he re- moved, with his family, to New Havem, Conn., where his son beame the pupil of a tutor ftom Yale Col- lege, near by, Next year the lad was Sent to school at the College Imper- fale in| Dieppe. Thence he proceed- ed to King Bdward's School, Birm- mgham., In 1867, at nineteen, he entered Merton College, Oxtord, win- ning a echolarship of eighty pounds a year for five years. In 1871 he re- ceived his degree as Bachelor of Arts, Two years later he became professor of mental and moral philosophy at the nmewly-founded @overnment Ool- lege, Spanish Town, Jamaica, Here he remained for three Years, until the college was abolished as e fail- ure, | »On his return to England, Grant Allen wrote many articles on science- Snowe. i it i i, it «SF BF ® i af Hr | By Robert Quillen safe for democracy, the great man will call the humbe man Mister and the humble man will call the great one Bill. . Such democracy is neither possible nor desirable. For man will not Jabor except by laboring he can win re- ECZEMA On Face and Head, FOR FIVE YEARS Eczema or salt theum, as it is so often called, manifests itself in little round pimples which contain an ex- tremely irritating fluid. These break and subsequently a crust or scale is formed and the intense burning, itch- ing and smarting, especially at night or when the part is exposed to a strong heat, is almost unbearable and relief is gladly welcomed. There is only one way to get re- lief and no remedy like B 'BLOOD BITTERS Take it internally and it gets at the seat of the disease in the blood and drives it out of the system. ® Apply it externally and it takes out the itching, stinging and burning, wards; and gll rewards are vain and profitless things except they bring him the privilege of putting on airs before his fellows. The cry for a democracy that will level all ranks comes from those who stand at the bottom, never from thoses who have reached the top. The men who would divide all wealth are the men who have little, not the men who have much. - But in a land where opportunity is equal the man at the bottom who now yearns for democracy may to- morrow hecome a Congressman or a millionaire; and having thus gained distinction, he will feel that Fate has denfed him a portion of his earnings if his fellow men do not cheer or bow before him and concur in his be- lief that he is a superior being. The standard of greatness varies with the passing generations; it can- not be fixed until progress is stayed. The ambition of men is not to equal a standard, but to excel other men-- to become thp big duck in the pond --to drive a car equipped with a greater number of cylinders than the car possessed by the neighbor, The desire to excel is born of van- ity, but it is a wholesome desire, and in it is the germ of all the progress, art, research, discovery. Why run a race if there are no cheers for the winner? « A democracy that guarantees eq- ual opportunity is greatly to be des- fred. A democracy that promises eq- ual rewards to the wise and the fool- ish, the weak and the strong, is a dream of madmen or knaves, and, please God, must remain a dream while the world stands, ---- Willie Willis, Willie was sick Monday from eat- ing too much candy. He bought if with his own money, having made sixty-two cents by charging boys two cents to 3 £ look at his boil. ~~ lems, to which he sought the solu- 8s with no small degree of suc- Grant Allen wasa convinced evolu- onist, holding that the master-key of Nature is the law of descent with modification, Of that Jaw he gave in bis chapters 'many new and etrik- ing illustrations. In 1874 Allen formed the acquaintance of his mas- ter in philosophy, Herbert Spencer; and never hiad @ master a more faith- full disciple, When Allen wrote his Life of Charles Darwin he pointed out that the philosophy of evolition, in its universdl sweep, is due to Her- bert Spencer. To Darwin is accord- ed the great discovery of the law of natural selection, which, for al its importance, is subordinate to the su- preme gemeration of Spencer, Allen thus condensed the Gospel accord- ing to Herbert Spencer: "Know your- self, and your own place in the uni- verse about you. Fear no phantoms, but face realities, Understand your own body, and the light cast upon it by the analogy of other bodies. Un- derstand your own mind, and the light cast it by the history and evolution of other minds, Under- stand the phemomena, organic and inorganic, physical or psychical, by which you surrounded, end the laws to which they severally con- form. Understand the saciety of which you are a member, and learn from like analogies the orign and functions of its various parts, Se, MOTHER! Thos, | Move ohiids Bowels With Fig Syrup" "California lat i i » % fil fie i i { 2 I i LH sr g and promotes healthy healing. Mr. J. Sage, 215 Princess Ave., Vancouver, B. C., writes: --*""Having suffered with eczema on the face and head,' for the last five years, I con- sulted several doctors, and tried var- ious kinds of salves and lotions, but I derived no benefit from any of them. I did not know what to do until a friend advised me to try Bur- dock Blood Bitters, and after I had used two bottles I began to get bet- ter and now after taking eight bottles I have not even a blotch on me. I feel that I cannot praise B. B. B. too highly. I hope you will make full use of thi recommendation for Ie benefit of those who are suffering from this terrible complaint, eczema." B. B. B. put up only by The T. Mil- burn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. in your capacity as an individual, you govern your own path in the world eright ;so, in your capacity as pal- ent, will you produce and bring up better units for the composition of the society in future; so, in your ca- pacity as citizen, will you help to mould the state, of which you are a rart, to ultimate conformity with truth and justice. " Grant Allen wrote a remarkabls series of historical guides, supple- menting in a most informing fash- fon, the manuals of Baedeker or Mur- ray. These were: Paris, Florence, Cities of Belgium, Venice, closing with "The European Tour," a hand- hook worth its weight in gold to tourists old or young. Grant Allen was not only a na- turalist and a movelist, he was also a poet. In 1894 appeared a collec tion of his verse. "The Lower Slopes," published in London by Matthews and Lane; in Chicago by Stone and Kimball. this Mttle volume stood highest in his regard, "In the Night Watches," "Passifiora Sanguinea," and "MyHt- ta." To his 1hother he sent this poem: Dear Mother, take this English posy, culled In alien fields beyond the severing sea: Teke it in memory of the boy you lulled One chill Canadian winter on your knee, Its flowers are but chance friends of after years, Whose very names my childhood , 'hardly knew, And even today far sweeter in my ears Ring older names unheard Jong eeasong through, : I loved them all, the bloodroot waxen wihite, Canopied Mayflower, trilliums red and pale, Flaunting lobelias, lilies richly dight And pipe-plant from the wood be- hind the swale, I knew each dell where yellow vio- lets blow, Each bud or leaf the changing sea- sons bring; I marked each spot where from the melting snow Peeped forth the first hepatica of spring. I watched the fireflies on _the shingly ridige Beside the swamp that bounds the Baron's hilh; Or tempted sunfish by the ebbing bridge, Or hooked a bass by Shirley Go- nig's mill. 4 These were my budding fency's mo- ther tongue, But daisies, cowslips, dorrer, prim- rose hips, All beasts or birds my little book And still I build fond dreams of hap- pier days, It hard earned pence may bridge the ocean o'er, : That yet our boy may see my mother's face, And gather shells beside Ontario's ' shore, i i P f ; ! Three pieces in | Phone 1042 Re 2 SE AO HEMLOCK We have a large and well assorted stock of Hemlock on hand. You will find that we can meet your needs at right prices, Allan Lumber Co. 00 TS Victoria Street - 3 A MOMENTARY REALIZATION '_ of your helplessness without eyes will aid to a VISION SPECIALIST Phone 2108 for appointment. just appreciation of their worth. R. ARTHEY, RO. - 148 Princess Street. Oculist prescriptions filled. Allen resided at Dorking, ed to Hind Head, wished, To Make You Smiile Mrs. Homer (in feed of a cook): "Have you a letter of recommenda- tion from your last employer?" Ap Heant "No, ma'am." I ou leave your 1 place?® y y = "Because the husband and wife were always Quarrelling." "Indeed! And what were they al- ways quarrelling about?" "About the way their meals were cooked." - A man, whose family more marked than his love asked a friend to come and hear his daughter sing. After che had finished, he bra Yather said to his friend: "Well, how do you like it? What do you think of her execution?" The reply came swiftly "I'm ip favor of jt.» Mrs. Greames: "It is go trying. My husband is always late. I've been waiting for him since seven o'clock, and now it is nearly eight." Walter "What time did you ar- range to meet him?" "At five o'clock." - P; Man: "The is to be uph BIL" tage is Shout rician "What do You mean?" "This here prop-list for that there farce-comedy company in. the offing doesn't call for a bed in any way, shape, or form" ~ pride was ---- The George Washington is the commission . The steamer Lewis Luckenbach is the largest registered American freighter, 4 The ports of Haifa and Jaff are to be enlarged by the government of Palestine. with George Meredith as a neighbor and warm friend. Afterwards he remove where he could make his home the year round if he for music, ° Promptly treated with Ab- sorbine, Jr. the joints and muscles soon lose their sorencss and stiffness, c Absorbine, Jr. is made of herbs and is non - poison- $1.25 a bottle at most druggists' W. F. YOUNG, Ine RESTLESS CHILDREN OFTENTIMES ARE ING | THE RAVAGES or oR ENG ENT CORRECTIVE THAT wiLL RID THE SYSTEM OF THESE PA! got. tla Bi OT 'WURE THE DELICATE SRS TITUTION, 18 "CUND | THAT RELIABLE MEDICING ILLER'S largest American passenger ship in Sewing Machines, Phonographs, Guns, Rifies repaired and refitted, Parts supplied. Saws fled, knives, scissors and edge tools ground. Locks repaired. Keys fitted to all kinds of locks. Aili makes uf Lawn Mowers sharpened and ree paired. We can repair anything thnt is repairable, J. M. PATRICK 149 Sydenham Street, Kingston Phone 2056J. His Rheumatism and Backache both Gone MR. JOHN NORDIN RECOMMENDS DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS Saskatchewan Man Tells of Relief From Suffering and Gladly Advises Others to Try Dodd's Kidney Pills, Percival, Sask., March 3rd. (Spe- cial) --"I am more than glad to say a good word for Dodd's Kidney Pills." These are the words of Mr. John Nordin, a well-known resident here. And Mr. Nordin is always ready to give the reason why. "For about ten years I suffered matism," he says. to take Dodd's Kidney Pills. gone. "I always keep Dodd's Pills on hand in case of need and to everybody with kidney trouble and 'try Dodd's Kidney Dodd's Kidney Pills put the kid- peys in shape to strain all the uric uric acid in the blood there can be wo rheumatism. Ask your neighbors if Dodd's Kid- ney Pills are not the greatest of all Kidney remedies. Great For Bad >oughs and Colds you can't beat and ome bring up that hl druggist, dhe ounce (double strength) add to enough water to d Inflammation speed- prices, Office Phone 208, wr dreadfully from backache and rheu- | "Then I started Now | my backache and rheumatism are |i Kidney || vely that all phiegm,| HAY Best grades Hay at lowest market COAL Best grades Stove and Nut 'Coal $16.50, promptly, E. G. DENNEE delivered. Orders filled 32 BROCK STREET ; Dr. H. A. Stewart, Dental Surgeon Wishes to announce that he has resumed | his practice, cor. Wel- lington and Princess ll Streets. Phone 2092. acid out of the blood. With no|j Dr. H The Special Poliey ISSUED BY THE EXCELSIOR