11;. Guardian APsge 7 Friday, Sept. 2, 1955

By Thornton

smut tour is VENTURESOMIT

M eavii and all this should bi plain;

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will venture. naughtt ,Old Mother Nature.

yi,.-.- are very timid folk ll lsi iiiiilliitlil ll anywhere in an lhei ,;,-mi World are any folk more llli id than the Mouse folk. Strange "( ll may seem it is a I-Wild lhlng mi llit'lll that they are so timid. It h this very thing that makes it I-msdlllfl for them to live as long

i ,1; iiiov do. Being so timid they are i . i

aiiiais on the watch for danger.

sniiiiioot. the young Wood Mouse met by the Smiling Pool. hadnlt Wily believed Little Friend the Song .s'parrnw when the latter toldl lttlll that little folks in fur and ,m.,.i-rs had nothing to fear from Rninlv the big Watersnake living in 'llt' Smiling Pool Little Friend hall tint-ral times proved that he nu-iit atrziid of the big snake. Hp mid said it was because Bandy int. ;i tisherman. not a hunter.' 5n.-uliiot wanted to believe th1's.l lltll sttrillrlliliii. it was very hard to hpimte

lll' siiildcnly darted right across in front of the big snake.

'i'ii;in one day Snowfnot became l'PiillIll'wtllll(?. You know even the mod iiniid folk sometimes are lilllliit'i'MtIlllP Bandy had come out till ow Imiik. He lay there sunning ltllllkflll Siiowfont crept out from iiiiiirr the grass. "Do you like mi:-r he sriiieaked.

ll;-oily pairi him no attention. He riirtiit Pi't'n turn his head.

”lm you like mice'.”' Snowfoot so-.ii-.i1.nrI ltiiliii. and nizain Bandy imwl nu .-itirntioii to him.

Mm the little mouse didn't like llii- No one likes to have no at- ll'IilItlil iiaid In them when they ask rim-stioiis (love more Snoirfont. sfllll"q'llA'lVl his question. His squeak nu: ltimtrr and sharper than before ltiiirii riiritiit nrnn lnok 3; himy

H was l'l't'7l'tll(Illg. it made the ll t t i P nionse more venturesome thzin ever He suddenly darted riciit across in front of the big .xii.iiw Had it been Mr. Blacksnake liini: there instead of Randy the ll'atersii:ikr. that wotild have been the end of little Snowfoot. As it was mtthtnsz happened. Snowfoot darted hark to into his pretty mate. Tinkle Mouse. lie knew that she had been lMH'l1IIIi: him. and he had hoped that he uniild win her admiration hi hi: hnltiness. He didn't. No, Sir. he rlillnl. It was quite the other wot" snout.

Aft Y0 I crazy?" squeaked Tinkie Her voice was very sharp lltdeed

'lTh'tt was nothing." said Snow- l

Vii-mt do you mean by saying ml was nothing? That fellow could have grabbed you without any trouble at all.” declared Tinkle

n''' "P didn't!" squeaked Snow- l""' """"DhantlY. "Do you know

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why I did it?" p

"I told you why- you're crazy!" squeaked Tinlde.

"I did it just to make sure that Little Friend was right. and now I know he was." retorted Snowfoot.

Just then Bandy slid into the water and swam away. He was just as much at home in the water as on land. And that was some- thing -the small mice could not understand. They knew that fish were at home in the water. and helpless on land. They knew that they lllET'i1SElVI..a were home on land but could do little more than paddle in the water. How could folks be at home in both places?

KIDNEY ACIDS Rob your Rest. ;

Many people never seen: to yet A good night's rest. They turn and tou-blsrno it on 'norvasi-when it may be their kidneys. Healthy Hdnoys Eliot poisons and neon acids lroui the blood. ll they lail and inpuritiu shy in the ,stern-disturbed rest olten follows. ll you don't test well

at and use Dodd's Kidney Pills. Dodd's lp tho kidneys so that you can rest hotter-and losl better. In

. the early settlers relied largely

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ly F. I.

People have Ion been educated to look upon in test monopoly as the safest means of insuring their health. This was not the case in pioneer days. Doctors were few and far between and

on their own home remedies to ward off disease or to cure an ailment once it struck down the victim. ,

Yes, the first settlers were staunch believers in herbs. and vegetables as rnedicamenis. and in the few paragraphs which fol- low I am going to name some of these and point out just how they were employed. When anyone in the family de- veloped an earache. sliced raw onions were applied to the affect- ed area. Tansy tea was used to relieve pain in the back and kid- neys. Common red clover was made into salve which the old- timers vowed was iiuperior' to Ianything they could buy on the market. when I sick pefson de- veloped bed sorcs the white of an egg beaten was applied to the broken skin. Black elderber- ries. boiled and mixed with lard. were used for scalds. cuts, etc.

And what household would think of doing without its . "' salts to relieve colds and headaches? Dandelions were frequently brew- ed into a sort of wine said to be an excellent remedy for bilious- ness and chronic inflammation of the liver. Alum. too, was always to be found in the medicine chest of the early settlers. it was used to stop bleeding. A tablespooniul of powdered alum and a half-

Dodds Kid nsv Pills

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38. Broad smile

38. Green herbs and vegetables served with dressing

to. Chance of loss

41. Thret-fold

42. Stops

45. lots of tools. etc.

44. Organs of sight

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one letter simply stands for Another In this example A is used

for the three L's, X for the two 0's. etc. single letters, Apog- trophiss. the length and formation of the words are all hints. liaoh day the soda kttsrs are different. A Cryptogram Quotation IV! KFXLKY as I. sviru tree 78?!” J0 ls VLHF YIPF JR- F W F it Q I P .

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cramp in children and paintcr's colic. Ginger tea was frequently drunk just before bedtime to ward off an approaching cold.

Hops have long been known to possess soothing and sleep-pro ducing properties. The Micmac Indians used bop poultiees to re- lieve asthmatic attacks. The whites also followed this practice for some years. and in addition used the hop poultiee to relieve the pain of a bruise or sprain. Sometimes pillows were made of hops. which they claimed i J J pleasant slumber.

Lemon juice had many among the first settlers. They used it for clearing the com- plexion. breaking up colds in their early stages. and for dropsy. For the latter. the patient commenced by eating one lemnii each day

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lime. and pour over it one quart of -hot water. Let it stand for a few hours and then drain off the clear liquid." The liquid was again heated and inhaled by the patient. Mustard. then as now, was an excellent household rem' edy. l

The writer can remember his grandmother gathering wildcherry bark which she peeled from the tree and brewed into a drink for poor digestion and lack of appe- tite. The dose was a wine-glass three times a day before meals.

P e p pe r m i n t. goose-grease, snakeroot. sulphur. rhubarb, sage and many other items played an important role in relieving the ills of our forefathers. Indeed, to include each remedy separately and tell how it was used would fill a fair-sized volume.

Old medicines and old remedies have been so changed and sup- planted by new ideas that scar- cely a vestige of the principles

remain.

and increasing it until ten or fit- teen were eaten in twenty-four; hours. Kerosene oil was much employed as an old-time remedy; for sore throats. rheumatic.pains- and neuralgia.

Children were allowed to breathe the vapor from staked time for croup and diphtheria. Herels how it was prepared for us:

i SERVICE POLICE

VICTOI" ICPI-For the first time since the Second World War, military police may patrol Victoria streets in numbers. The police commission is considering asking the national defence department to set up a provost corps here to

"Take one-half pound of unslaked

deal with service personnel.

HCONTRACT BRIDGE

By Josephine Culbertson

EAST in the deal below demon- otroled that it. is not always s good idea to hammer only atone line or defense. '

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, lxasbwest might well how risked a. further hurt bid. at the score, to give South s anal push. but this would not have been necessary if the defense against three diamonds had been up to psr.

West opened his top hesrt. South cashed the see and king of

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leading a club and fucking hi dummy.

Int. in with the olub jock, laid down a high heart. and South of course ruffed. South led another club and East returned another hurt. his idea obviously being to make south use up his trumps. Declu-er was glsd to oblige. and he then excited for the third time It clubs.

Now it mode no difference what not returned-the damage had been done. As it. happened. he led still another heart. snd south ruled with his next-to-last trump. New doclarer made his lino! oisit play by loading the spade ten-L uid it was West's turn to be fixed. He took the trick with the jack but. he could not get out. A spade return would go up to South's major tonne: and the club return would yield s ruff- and-discord.

East. should have realised that there was no point. in continuing to force declsrer with heart leads. For one thing, there wss the dart- gor that south had four clubs and would set up his long card in the suit; for another, then was the risk that exactly what did happen would happen-that West would get and-plsyed in spades. But should have lot! 5 spade at

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