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-calet high 'Christian | 4 whieh is underlying thought of: Beout |. omise and Law. Ri a $ How to Become a Scout. Any boy 12 years or over:desiring to become a Boy Scout may apply for membership at the Headquarters of the 'nearest troop, on its regular meeting In case there 1s no troop in his neigh- ~. borhood or town, the best course, in * company with the other boys interest: + wd, is to call upon the Sunday-school or the day school teacher, clergyman, or "other prospective leader selected, and = est*him to organize a Scout Troop. * On'application to Provincial Boy Scout Headquarters, 238 Bloor Street Hast, "Toronto, &ll necessary information : will be gladly! furnished. Boys between 8 and 12 years of agé may in a similar way be organized as a Wolf Cub Pack. Boys over 16 may organize them- selves as a Rover Patrol or Troop, and will be furnished the instruction neces: sary on application as above. __ Bands and Busted Troops. We quote the following from a con- whose experience ~ with troop bands must have been similar Ao our own: A Ce & : " "Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast. Moreover, it seems that when music is organized in-the form The need his Sunday had of a suitable hymn led the late Rev. S. B write his "Onward, diers"; and his "Now the day is over" was inspired by the sight of a won- derful sunset over Brixham Harbor, the first draft being written on an old envelope hastily pulled from his pock- et at the time. a These two hymms are by no means alone in having an interesting, not to say romantic, origin. in danger, oft in woe," is an< other which has romance connected with its writing. It was found after Henry Kirke White's death, written on the back of one of his mathemat- ical papers.. It was incomplete, and as usually sung was completed by Frances Fuller Maitland. Inspiration of a Moment. The words of "Our Blest Redeemer, 'annual Whitsuntide jprugession aring-Gould to Christian Sol: From any part of the town the jungl in be reached In 'minutes' walk. Alligators ole inhabit- ants of the opposite bank of the river, and jaguars have attacked pedestrians within rifle shot of the tram-lines! The view from the cathedral tower is of unbroken forest, yet the town 'contains a hospitable English colony and an English club. a The river is called "Negro" because its waters are black, and where it | joins the Amazon a steamer can have its: bows In inky water and its stern in the brownish waters of the greatest river in the world. PAINFUL SCIATICA Caused by Starved Nerves Due to Weak, Watery Blood. People think of neuralgia as a pain in the heed or face, hut neuralgia may affect any nerve of the body. Differ ent names are given to it when it af- fects certain nerves. Thus neuralgia of the sciatica nerve is called sciatica, but the character of the pain and the nature of the disease is the same, and the remedy to be effective, must be the same. The pain, whether it takes the form of sciatica or whether it af- fects the ace and head, is caused by starved nerves. The blood, "which normally carries nourishment "to the nerves, for some reason no longer does 80 and the excruciating pain you feel is the cry of the starved nerves for food. The reason why the blood fails to -properly- nourish the nerves is us- ually because the blood itself is weak t r hour trying to keep st dine and trying not to at each roll of the sod. To do this he ps eye muscles in the same. state of contraction all day long. When! evening comes he often has some little bit of ground to finish and keeps on! in the facing ight thereby increasing the strain ich he has been sub- Jacted all da; is muscles .get tired, is nerves get tired, his brain gets tired and then when he goes home he often subjects his eyes to further strain by doing chores about the house or barn or reading the paper in im- perfect light. There is nothing that sooner reflects on the general health of the individual than eye strain, for it has a very strong influence on the general nerv- ous mechanism of the body and con- tinuous eye strain 'lead in time to general nervous breakdown. The eye is & most Intricate piece of Birds of a Feather. Blackjack B{ll--"They sure is raisin' time in that Teapot Dome job, ain't they, Jake?" Stick-up Jake--*"Yeah! It jes seems n a "bite off" too much or too little earth! of its there Ht, eee his often 4 i ly life due . evelops in early life to weakness of certain of the eye muscles which from one cause or an- other fail to develop as they should and thus the more powerful and more developed muscles rotate the eye out proper place and the condition commonly known as squint results. There is a remarkable lack of knowl- edge about the seriousness of squint. Many ple have the opinion that squint Ro Children will right itself if left alone. There are thousands of one-eyed people in this province to- day just because their parents thought they would allow the squint to right trig you the tl richness "Tobacco. of Quality" Manufactured by IMPERIALTOBACCO CO. OF CANADA LIMITED itself. Intelligent and proper treatment of the eyes in squint is the only way by which one can hope for results, Never leave a case of squint to right itself. Go to an oculist at once, an ally in the case of young children this condition of squint should be rectified if possible before the child js five years old. If allowed to go longer, the sight of the "turned" eye will most likely be damaged for life. An ounce of prevention in this case is worth a pound of cure. SAVED BABY'S LIFE Mrs. Alfred Tranchemontagne, St. Michel des Saints, Que. writes: -- "Baby's Own Tablets are an excellent medicine. They saved my baby's life and I can highly recommend them to all mothers." Mrs. Tranchemontagne's experience is that of thousands of other mothers 'who have tested the worth of Baby's Own Tablets. The Tablets are a sure and safe medicine for little ones and never fall to regu- late the bowels and stomach, thus re- leving all the minor ills from which children suffer. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mall at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. ------------ The Lilac. There is a dryad in the lilac tree, EASY TRICKS With Three Dice | formed by utilizing facts about which few people are informed. An effective little trick with dice owes it few persons, even those who are familiar with dice, really know how the spots are arranged. while you stand with your back to the table. number of spots thrown--the total of the spots on the upper faces of the three dice. Then ask him to turn each die upside down and add to the total of the spots on the top Many of the best tricks are per 8 mystery to the fact that very Ask a person to throw three dice Ask him to add the Going, Going, Gone. An ancient car chugged painfully up to the gate of the county fair races. The gatekeeper, demanding the usual fee for automobiles, called: "A dollar for the car!" The owner looked up with a pathetio smile of relief and sald: i "Sold!" ---- enn. Civilizavon is the result of taking pains. ladividual advancement de- pends upon the same fact. Classified Advertisements PURE BEAUTIFULLY FLUFFY, carded wool; sample, enough light comforter; one dollar. Woollen Mills, Georgetown, Ont. rom EYES IRRITATED BY SUN,WIND.DUST é.CINDERS RECOMMENDED & SOLD BY DRUGGISTS & OPTICIANS. WAITS JOR FARR SYS CARE BOOK MURINE CO. CHICAGONAN A bright and lovely thing of joy and grace, Beckoning ever with arch coquetry, Lo! I have seen her face, of a Scout band {ts soporific-tifiuence + is effective enough to lull into a dream- loss sleep interest in the basic pro- gramme of Scouting on the part of the ere He Breathed" came to Harriet Auber as she lay, an invalid, on a 'couch beneath the window of her room. Having no writing material at like they won't let us fellas alone." of the dice, the total of the spots which are underneath. Ask him to concentrate on the number, After an--appearance of and thin. When you build up the impoverished blod with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, you ~" Scouts Anvolved. 3d "The difficulty is that few boys have enough spare time to take care a band and making progress in Scout- ng. quently, If you are think. | ing of starting a band, DON'T" ~ cause Ja sugking his pencil* - "Does he think he can get ideas out of it in that way?" . Te ~~ "No.. He probably doesn't think Te "sboutit at all. Jt 1s just a nasty and habit." . is it a dangerous habit?" © "Bécause bomebody with a disease may also have been trying to suck tdeas out of. pencil" "I never thought of that," es. It's not D the 'the the hand, and being should The {in a few 'Dean' paid: "That will do." comp! for following morning. lete," and, sittin, "From first three verses were penned them "No, no," was the reply, "the sense is not g down again, future Bishop of Calcutta added fourth verse: "Waft, waft ye w minutes, and on seein are attacking sciatica, neuralgia and {Kindred diseases at the root. As proof them, she scratched the| of gig value of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills ; verses of her well known hymn on a ~-..0f two such activites as practicing for | pane of the window, using her dia- mond ring for: the purpose. 2 has told us that he com- | posed "Lead Kindly Light" whilst the orange boat which was brin, on his way from Italy to E "| the time lay becalmed in the Medi- terranean. Reginald Heber wrote | Greenland's Icy Mountains" in res- in.cases of this kind we give the state- ment of Mrs. Marion Bell, Port Elgin, Ont.,, who says:--""Some years ago I was attacked with sciatica in my leg and hip. The pain was excruciating ging him' t bed. gland at And finally I was forced to go to Apparently all the doctor could do was to give me drugs to dull the pain, as otherwise I found no relief. I had been in bed with the trouble for eight weeks when a lady who came to see | me said that she had had a similar at- 'Dean of aph}iack and had and Vicar of Wrexham, that he would tack, and had only found relief through 'write something for them to sing at the missionary service in chureh on the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I decided at omce to try this medicine, and before. I had taken more than three boxes I found relief. I continued the use of the pills:and under the treat- ment the pain Jeft me. I was able to walk again, and have not since had the least return of the trouble. I feel that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have been of such-great benefit to me that I strongly urge similar sufferers to give them a fair trial." You can get these pills from any y| medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents a box from The Dr. Willams' Medi- cine Co., Brockville, Ont. fier ri. What makes one admire a mcther's love and marvel at it i a photograph of ourselves taken at the age of ten or twelve, pes 3 : Ask for Minard's and take no other, 4 Nowadays the cards used are very ete cr rm How the English Make Toffee. Mix four cups of brown sugar and half a cup of corn.syrup with half a cup of water, and put on the fire, stir ring carefully until all the sugar is dissolved. Let this.come to a boil and then take off the fire and add' four tablespoons of butter. Put the mix- ture back on the stove once more and boil until the butter has penetrated throughout the candy. Pour onto a greased enameled ware tray of any kind and, as the candy cools, mark it into squares. When it has hardened break these apart and wrap each plece separately in wax paper. Incidentally, you will find that the labor of "clean- ing up" is a great deal less if you have used an enameled ware saucepan for the cooking, since even the stickiest mixtures do not adhere long to its por- clain-like surface. DE Courtship'by Cards. "The visiting card is of Chinese orig- in. 'Phe Chinese have always observed the strictest ceremony with regard to the paying of visits. It is reported that more than a thousand years ago the visiting card was used in China. large, and usually of a bright red color. The Chinese employ visiting cards to assist their courtship. 'When a man fs ready to marry, his parents inform a professional "matchmaker," who looks through a list of her cli afd, after due consideration, welects the one she considers would 'make a sult able bride. » She takes his card, upon which are inscribed his ancestral name and the date of his birth, and calls upon the girl. If the latter is willing to listen to 'his: suit, she sends her own card in re- 'turn. After that the oracles dre con- which ara. then tied to- No woodland sprite {s she, brown limbed and shy (Pan's. light o' Jove), but gay and sweet and quaint Like some fair lady of a day gone by, Half siren and half saint. Of rich brocaded lilac silk her gown, Emeralds and amethysts adorn her throat, Diamonds and pearls of rain her beauty-crown Perfumes around her float, Green are her petticoats and lavender The plumes that all about her nod and sway, Milton and Shakespeare loved to sing of her-- And Herrick--she 1s May. --Minna Irving. -- Send a Dominion Express Money Or- der. They are payable everywhere, mn Mei Not 80 Near the Heart. A young mother, catching her hus- band ih mute contemplation before the cradle of her first-born, was thinking what a beautiful sight It was when he suddenly turned round and exclaimed in a gruff voice: "My dear, the more I look at it the more I am at a loss to understand how the furniture dealer could have the impudence to charge you twenty-five dollars for this horrible cradle!" concentration yourself, that the total is 21, right. other of the series, in a scrapbook.) He receives more favors who knows how to return them. Ermer Say *'Bayer Aspirin' INSIST! Unless you see the "Bayer Cross" on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by mi sic Accept only a Safe" Bayer package whichcontains proven directions Also Aspirin 1s the trade mark Canada) of Bayer BACKACHE! eves the pain. Keep a bottle handy. if CIN tell him You will be (Olip this out and paste it, with ee me mn ' llions and prescribed by phy- ians for 24 years. "Bayer" boxes of 12 tablets ttles of 24 and 100--Druggists (registered fn Manufacture of Mono- of Salicylicacld Minard's eases tho stiffness, re- ES we and keep your scalp clean | and healthy, Before sham- pooing touch spots of dan- druffanditch- ing, if any, with Cuticura Ointment. foals a Toe br Ma, Mir at Be bore Olntment 26 and 0c. Taleum 2e. ry our new Shaving Stick. 3 eg its ames. | WEAK, RUN DOWN AND AILING Lydia E.Pinkham's Vegetable Come pound Brought Relief When Other Medicines Failed B. C.--"T took Lydia B. | use i 0 Affe; " | |