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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-10-20, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, oarOBEB JiOth, 1988 THE TEST OE A MAN The place to take the true measure of a man is not the forum or the field, not the marketplace or the Amen corner—but at his own fire­ side. There he lays aside his mask and you may judge whether he is imp or angel, king or cur, hero or humbug. I care not what the world says of him whether it crown hint with bay, or pelt him with bad eggs; I care never a copper what his reputation or his religion may be; if his babes dread his homecoming and his ‘better half’ has to swallow her heart every time she has to ask him for a Five Dollar Bill, he’s a fraud of the first water, even though he prays night and morn till he’s black in the face, 'and howls ‘hallelujah’ till he shakes the eternal hills. But if his children rush to the front gate to greet him, and love’s own sunshine illuminates the face of his wife when she hears his footfall you may take it for granted that he is true gold, for his home’s a heaven, and the humbug never gets that near the great white throne of God. I can forgive much in that fellow mortal who would rather make men swear than women weap; who would rather have the hate of the whole ‘lie-world’ than the contempt of his 'wife; who would rather call anger to the eyes of a King than fear to the face of a child. ***Wm. Cowper Brann * * ♦ If the biologist who said that there isn’t a perfect man on the face of the globe is right—we are going to have to alter our personal opinion. * * * Some members of Bridge Clubs are interesting talkers — others never seem to know any scandal. * * * TREASURES OF OLD Open the bundle ■Read us once again— Old tales out of the past Nearly forgotten In his rushing, present life. Ah, what bittersweet memories Of love’s wax and wane Lie in old letters! Do not count it vain If once more in the heart’s Most sacred spot, An old emotion hurts you. It is not much tribute To the dead—this moment’s pain. Having read us, do not leave ,us For less kindly eyes, but In a clean corner of the garden Turn us to ashes! Scatter us once more Where some shy violet May bloom more blue Because of letters Love once wrote to you! ***Par Agon* * * COLUMBUS DAY — OCTOBER 12th ■Christopher Columbus had red hair which turned grey before he was thirty. No portrait of Columbus is known to have been painted during his life­ time. The only authentic portrait of Columbus shows him a beardless, eld­ erly gray-haired man. Columbus, on his third voyage, dis­ covered the mouth of the Orinoco River. South America. Christopher Columbus, born in Genoa, Italy, sailed in 1492 from Palos, Spain. His name, in Italian, is Christoforo Colombo; in Spanish, Christobal Colon. Cloumbus is credited with having brought watermelons, cantaloupes, oranges and lemons to the United States from the Canary Islands. The ships in Columbus’ expedition stopped at the Canary Islands, where they took aboard some swine which became the ancestors of pigs in America. Deeply religious and believing he had been chosen by God to carry the Gospel to the heathen of India, Col­ umbus expected that for'his mission­ ary work he would acquire a sum sufficient to finance an expedition to Jerusalem to rescue the Holy Sepul­ chre from the Infidel Turks. A Coated Tongue Means Bad Breath Once the liver fails to filter the Soisonous bile from the blood there i a poisoning of the circulation and digestive systems, You have bad taste in the mouth, bad breath, constipation, Bick and bilious headaches, specks floating be­ fore the eyes, a feeling as if you were going to faint. Milburn's Laxa-Lxver Pills stir up the sluggish liver, clean the coated tongue, sweeten the breath, and regulate the bowels so that you may have a free, easy motion every day. Th* T. Milburn Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont. He criticized her puddings. And didn't like her cake. He wished she’d make the biscuits That his mother used to make. She didn’t darn his old socks. And she didn’t make a stew And’she didn’t do a blamed thing, That his mother used to do. Of course she wasn’t perfect, But she tried to do her best— And soon she thought the time had come (For her to take a rest. So one night, when he crooned His sad, sad tale all through, ■She turned and boxed his ears— Just like his mother used to do! PRANKISH PROBLEMS . Answer to Prankish Problem No. 35 in last week’s column: The con­ tract price was $1450. Prankish Problem No. 36: If it takes a clock 3 seconds to strike 3, how long will it take to strike 12. (Correct answer will appear in this column next week.) * * * QUIDNUNC All varietes of domestic fowl or chickens are said to be descended from the Red Jungle Fowl of India. The Penguin—whose habitat is in the Antarctic or South Polar regions have an average height of about 18 inches—though one species, the Em­ peror Penguin, stands about 40 in. tall. The male bird does the court­ ing and some species mate for life. It has been reported that the Pen­ guin can swim a distance of 100 miles- without stopping-—their swim­ ming speed is faster than man and it is said they can cover 100 miles in 30 hours. ' The exceptionally large area of £ cat-^s dilated pupil entbles it to see in the dark'With one-fourth thae light necessary for visibility to the human eye—but the cat cannot see in total darkness. Neurotoxin is the most deadly poi­ son known to medical science. It is a poison which affects the nerves—it is isolated from the venom of the South African Cobra. A person swimming out of sight of land or any other landmark will swim in circles rather than in a straight line—due to some faulty mental orientation rather than to having more strength in one arm than' the other—as is commonly sup­ posed. Fifty Per cent of the Roquefort Cheese produced in the United States is exported. The first of all talking pictures ’was “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson. It was released in 19-27 but efforts to syncronize sound with the motion picture were made as far back as 1910. In the yeai’ 1937, the gross revenue for all Radio Stations for time on the air is reported at about $140,000,'000 Not all time on all stations in the United States is ‘Commercial’—some is sustaining (programs furnished by the station for which they have no sponsor or revenue). Many of the political talks are also on FREE time —although the Stations have -to -pay their operating cost for free time as much as for sponsored commercial ■programs. * * * A just Judge seeks the truth—a corrupt one avoids it. A man’s opinion isn’t worth a tin­ ker’s epithet if by expressing a con­ trary opinion, he will lose his job. * * * » Business Success There are three basic elements in every successful enterprise: 1. Location 2. Finance 3. Management Memorize them and 7r-ou have the Key to- Success in business. Then because business depends on Salesmanship, memorize the five steps or basic elements of every sale: 1— -Attention 2— Interest 3— CONFIDENCE 4— (Desire 5— 'Action You will note that the third ele­ ment is capitalized—we wrote it this way because it is the most important of all five steps. No matter what you make Or what you sell—even if you are selling your own services (looking for a job or establishing yourself in a profession) these five steps or elements -play a highly important part. Consider every act—the way you dress, with whom you associate, your personal habits, etc.,—-do you achieve the result of inspiring Confidence. * * * Singa song of sixpence Pockets now are shy— Timo to write the last line And then to say good-bye,’ THE COLONKL 1 RIAL LETTER BOX Them flannens stuck perty close them hot days. ******** The wells are commencing to look anxiously towards the clouds ******** Who busted those panes of glass in the storm windows anyhow? ******** Just as Johnny had the potatoes picked up the weather turned summery! ******** We’re due for a good, long soaking rain. Meadows need the moisture. ******** Is the day not far off when there will be no creeks in this part of the Province? What will be the next step? **^***** We have had two weeks of unusually fine autumn weather. Not for many a year have we had more gorgeous forests or more glowing sunsets. May sun spots never serve us worse! ******** Should Hitler waken up next summer badiy in need of alkalliz- ing, during the time their Majesties are visiting and decide to con­ sole himself by dropping a few bombs on Halifax, or Toronto, or Montreal, we wonder what -Canadians would do about it? WELL DONE, LASSIE The other day in this good town a girl was riding her bicycle. Two boys persistently annoyed her with the evident intention of get­ ting her off hex’ wheel. They didn’t succeed but the sturdy lassie got off her wheel and gave her tomentors a sound kicking. We ad­ mire a girl like that. She’s in line for the Presidency of the Elig­ ible Maidens, ******** PLAIN SPEECH Speaking of the outcome of the Munich Conference Sir Anthony Eden said: “Foreign affairs cannot be continued on a basis of stand and deliver. Successive surrenders only bring successive hu­ miliations, and in their turn, more humiliating demands.” In the same connection Winston ChurciMll said: “The power which burns Christian ethics, which cheers its onward course by barbarous paganism, which vaunts the spirit ■of aggression and conquest . . . and uses with brutality the threat of murderous force, that power cannot ever h.e a trusted friend of British diplomacy . . . We do not want to be . . . a satellite of the German system of Nazi domination." ******** A GOOD STOR Y We may not have all the details of the story, but someone may help us out. Out there in the west where wheat rust has been the grave of many a bright hope, one farmer made up his mind that he would not stay licked by any such crop ravager. With this in mind he searched his ravaged wheat fields for stalks and heads that had come trough uninjured. He succeeded in getting something like 136 grains from such plants. These he sowed the following yeai’ and watched them with miser care and so on from year to year till now whole districts believe it has rustproof wheat. There is no flourish of trumpets about all this. There -will 'be no..singling this man out for natonal honours. We’ll be surprised if the man is even thanked for his efforts but he has the joy of adventure and the joy of achievement and these will give him quiet and happy thoughts. Meanwhile he has served the West and many a Westerner’s home. ******** WE’D LIKE TO KNOW When Chamberlain went to Munich the average Britisher be­ lieved that he had behind him a country well prepared for war eventualities should Hitler insist on arbitrament by the sword. When it leaked out that Chamberlain had given in to Hitler’s territorial demands at every point with a consequent loss of British 'prestige, we were told that Britain is utterly unprepared for war. We heard sarcastic people speaking of Britain’s defences as consisting of a brigade of plump old ladies supplied with parasols and lace fans sit- tingly protectingly over Westminster Abbey to keep off German shells, while a number of very nice gouty old gentlemen in frock coats raised walking sticks in the faces of German storm troopers as they sought to enter Wesminster parliament buildings, and a bri­ gade of portly old fellows with very bald heads and encased in pyjamas and armed with garden hose sought to keep the German navy from Britain’s shores. Meanwhile the British press tells us that Chamberlain is contemplating pitting the British army on an efficient basis. A few of us would like to know the facts. Is the old lion prepar­ ing for a foot race or to defend his den? ******** THAT NORTH COUNTRY TRAGEDY That terrible forest fire that spread so much desolation has one feature that is altogether serious. The tragedy need not have been. We know enough about forest fires to know that such disasters are altogether uncalled for. We know that settlers must burn their brush, but we know from experience that the brush may be burned without forest devastation. There is a safe way of doing that sort of thing. If forest rangers do not know how this sort of thing can be done in safety they may readily be taugiht how the trick may be turned. Government authorities know this and need but take the job of fire protection {seriously to stop the whole thing. Settlers can be controlled in this matter. Of course the pleasure seekers must 'have their fun, but they, too, can be controlled. If the gov­ ernment does not know how to get this thing done, we advise their asking Hitler or Mussolini. Ihcompetency on the part of authority and downright don’t care on the part of the people of t'hds Province are the causes of the ruin that has spread far and wide in the northern zone of this Province. “Fire control is a big job!” some exclaim. Precisely, but we expect our government to do big things. ******** GOOD TO SEE The other evening we came across a sight that filled our eyes with gladness. It was a farm lassie getting her flower beds into shape foi’ next spring and summer. Tihere she stood, deep-bosomed, clear-eyed, rosy with a fine row of maple trees in theii’ autumn glory as hei* background. Around her were her dahlia and gladioli bulbs in profusion, every pile labelled and sorted. Packages of garnered seeds all labelled were there in their due order. Flower stems tihat had served their season were cut and ready for plowing in. A plan of the plot was made out, that due rotation might be observed next year. As we came upon this young lady we found her whistling and lilting in the full flood of her rich young life. “Dad will be along in a little wihile to help me finish up,” she explained. “You help in the fields?” wo suggsted. “My, yes. Dad and I work together-! ” We were curious to have a look at dad, whom we found back in the potato field with Bill, the growing son. One didn’t have to go fax’ in that patch foi’ a bag of spuds, though the ease with which Bill shouldered a bag thereof made one wonder whether the tubers were hollow or Bill possessed the strength of a young giant. The farm house is modern as is the barn, while every fence is at its best. And everybody seemed happy. The place looked pros­ perous, progressive. Yes. It was a sight worth seeing. Holy Trinity Mission Fort Norman, N.W.T. To the Editor Exeter Times-Advocate, Dear Sir,-— Once again we wish to tell you about our summer activities at Fort Norman. Our Indians came in on June 9 th and stayed till July 14 th. Services in Indian were held every evening except Saturday. There was one baptism and the burial of an In­ dian girl who died of tuberculosis. Several Indians came in skin canoes which were too large to take up­ stream. By means of the outboard motor given to us by the W. A. we transported several families across the river. One of them who had been to Hay River school acted as mty interpreter. We held school for the Indian children in our log store­ house which we are going to use as an Indian house. When the Indians come in the winter time they will have a warm place in which to stay 4for the short time that they are in 'the IFort. We had a very fine garden, pota­ toes, beets, carrots, cabbage, lettuce, parsnips, spinach, peas, beans, grew very well even though we had a com­ paratively dry summer. The water is very low on the river this yeai’ causing much hindrance to navigation. The boat Radium King of the N. T. Co., which had damaged its barge near Fort Wrigley came back to Norman for repairs on Sat­ urday, August '13th. We volunteered to take a message to the crew at the Beai’ River rapids for carpenters to repaii' the damage. We left Norman at 1 o’clock Sun­ day morning with the mission out­ board motor on a sixteen foot canoe. A halfbreed guide operated the mo­ tor. I sat in the middle and the In­ dian pilot guided us through the darkness, on the swift Bear River. We reached the rapids at 5.3 0 a.m. aftei’ a very cold trip, and had break­ fast. Our canoe and motor were loaded onto a truck and we were transported over the portage. Within two hours we caught up to the trans­ port boat Radium Lad and I board­ ed while it was moving at the rate of four miles an hour. We reached the lake at six p.m. where we spent the night on the Great Bear boat. When the boat had left the mouth of the river it was found that the cook on the boat was sick. Assisted by a miner I cooked a meal for the crew’. We arrived at the mine at 3 o’clock Wednesday morning. I went by aeroplane over to Fort "Radium where I was entertained at the R. C. M. P. and at the home of Mr. M. Thomas. At midnight I left Fort Radium on the boat of the B.E.A.R. mine, walked over a mile and a half on a hilly portage to Contact Lake, then seven miles across the lake in a canoe. On Thursday I took up quarters in the office of the Bear mine. I visited the mine, met the manager and his wife. They were busy getting their first log home ready for the winter. The assistant manager introduced me to the miners. T conducted a service in the dining room at 7.30 p.m. at which there were nineteen people out of the twenty five at the mine. On Friday I revisited Port Radium On Saturday morning I celebrated communion for Mrs. Raymond and her son at their home. Seven people attended a service held at thr^e o’­ clock in the home of Mrs. Bodin. On Sunday morning I returned in Mr. Raymond’s schooner across a very trough lake to- the Eldorado mine. Here I conducted a service at 6 p.m. between shifts. The next few days I spent meeting the miners and visit­ ing at the homes of the mine’s staff. I jvent back across the lake to the Bear River, down to the rapids in a rapids boat, across the portage in a motor truck and back to Norman in a speed boat. On Tuesday, August 30th I left Norman at 6 a.m. in a large canoe wtih a halfbreed guide and a Japan­ ese , halfbreed guide. Oui’ motor stopped in the swiftest water of the San Sieux rapids giving us a few an­ xious moments. While another rest­ ed one of us operated the motor for one hour, when the tank had to be refilled. We travelled till 10.30 p.m. by the light of the moon, stars, and northern lights. We camped in an un­ completed Indian cabin and started off again at 5.30 the next morning. Just at a bad drop in the Ramparts Rapids our motor stopped again. We reached Good Hope at 9 a.m. where we visited the people of the Fort and held a communion service in the R.'C.M.P. barracks at 10 p.m. We left Good Hope Thursday at 4 p.m. The Japanese who lives in the ramparts helped us pull our can­ oe through a treacherous part in the rapids. Our canoe almost upset when we tried to pull it with a. rope ourselves, so we had to start the mo­ tor to give the power to push it thro’ the swift water, then we guided it to the shore. We travelled till mid­ night after having broken five shear pins in the propeller in the hidden sand bars. We camped on the shore only one mile from a cabin though we did not know it at the time. In order to got to the Oil Wells we had to put up a sail to help us through a bad storm. We stayed al the Wells for the night. The next i morning the storm caused our canoe to drift away. When we rescued the canoe its canvas was torn ou the rocks. We did not discover this un­ til we were out on the river leaving the Wells* When we pulled into shore our canoe was rapidly filling with water. We borrowed another canoe and reached Norman at nine o'clock that evening after a very eventful but tiring trip. We are now getting our buildings into shape for the winter and har­ vesting oui’ vegetables. We are hav­ ing fine fall weather with warm sun­ ny days and cool nights. We decor­ ated our church with flowers and vegetables for Harvest Thanksgiving service on Sunday September 25th. We wish all oui’ friends a Merry Ghristmas and a Happy and Blessed New Year, Please remember us in youi’ prayers. Yours ’sincerely, H. L. JENNINGS perennial asters or MICHAELMAS daises (Experimental Farm News) Many persons are familiar with the wild asters that grow by the way­ side in many parts of Canada and it is from these and othei’ -wild species that the garden varieties have been obtained. In the late summer the Italian Aster, Amellus bloom. The variety King George is one of the best and has large purple flowers on stems about eighteen inches tall. La­ ter in the season the New York as­ ters (Novi-Belgii) commence to bloom. There are a large number of gar­ den varieties which vary in date of bloom and in the colour of the flow­ ers states Isabella Preston, Assistant in Ornamental Planting Breeding, Division of Horticulture, Dominion Department of Agriculture. Some of the best are: Blue, Beauty of Col- wall, Blue Gem and Feltham Blue; Pink, Aiderman Vokes, Heather Glow and pink Nymph; White, Mount Ev­ erest. These varieties should be di­ vided every second year to keep them in good condition. The New England Asters are the hardiest and easiest to grow but the flowers are not so refined as those of the New York variety. The plants are four and five feet tall and rapidly grow into large clumps so should be diveded frequently. They are very useful for the back of perennial borders as they remain colourful until late in the autumn. Ryecroft Purple has rich purple flowers and Lil Fardell is deep rose. The hew Dwarf Astors are of re­ cent origin and are proving very use­ ful foi' rock gardens as well as for the front of the perennial border. The plants cover themselves with flowers and add spots of colour in the garden just when needed. Of the ones grown at the Central Experi­ mental Farm at Ottawa, the follow­ ing were specially noted. Bluebird is one of the darkest and Mooms late in September. Lady Henry Maddocks is pink and blooms from August to November. Victor Is one of the best early varieties being a mass of lavender flowers from the beginning of Septembei' to early Oc­ tober. These plants do best in good loam whiali loes not dry out. They flower well in sun or shade. Spray­ ing with a tobacco solution is some­ times necessary in order to control aphis and a lace wing fly which are sometimes troublesome. PERTH MAN DIES Robert Hepry Linton, Fullarton, died at his home after a six months’ illness in his 73 rd year. Surviving are four brothers: Gibson, Fullarton; Joseph, of Hibbert; Alexander and William of Mitchell; and a sister, Mrs. George Balfour, Mitchell. Burial was in Mitchell cemetery. Main St. W. M. S. The members of the meeting were entertained at the home of Mrs. A. Ryckman on Thursday* October IS, with 81 members present. Mrs. Mefld the President was in the chair and opened the meeting by hymm after which prayer was offered by Mrs, Johns. The President ajso took charge of the business. Several ladies gave reports of the Convention held at Thames Road United Church, Mrs, Win. Abbott gave an encouraging Treasurer’s report. Rev. R, -C. Cope­ land will introduce the new study book at the next meeting. Mrs, K. J. Sims took charge of the devotional exercises, with the hymn “Jesus Shall Reign” and Mi’s, Layton led in prayer. The Lesson was taken from the Prodigal Son. Mrs, Ray Waghorn and Mrs. IFred Hatter fa­ voured with a piano duet, which was much enjoyed. Hymn “O God our Help in Ages Past” was sung. Mrs. Copeland took charge of the Mission­ ary Monthly Program with her com­ mittee Mesdames Mawson, Abbott, Walker, Johns and Powell after which hymn “Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life” was sung. Mrs. Layton entertained with a dia­ logue from the study book with Mes­ dames Hinds, Campbell, Green and Hoskins which was very interesting and inspiring. Mrs. Ryckman served a 10c. lunch in the interest of the Baby Band. Miss B. Hartnoil mov­ ed a vote of thanks to the hostess. The November meeting will be the election of officers and a good at­ tendance is requested with Mrs. Campbell, as leader. Mrs, K. J. Sims offered prayer for the special missionary in West China. Barns Burned Fire, which began as the result of a freak accident, swept before it two large barns with the season’s grain crop at the home of Alex Irvine, 4th concession of Blnsihard, seven miles west of St. Marys. Mr. Irvine said he lighted a match to examine the water level in the watei’ tank at the stables when an explosion occurred and the whole side of t)he barn took fire. Mr. Irvine suffered several burns. The watei' had been pumped from the well on the property to the tank at the barn. Mr. Irvine was un­ able to explain its presence although he said that there had been crude oil or gasoline on the water in the well all summer. Neighbors seeing the blaze which started at 6 o’clock in the morning rushed to the farm and with a bucket brigade mana'ged to save the driving shed. All stock but a few fowl were taken from the building. The breeze fanned tike flames away from the house and that building was not in danger at any time. "A BANK. WHERE SMALL ACCOUNTS ARE WELCOME?’ undermentioned, or any branch. BANK OF MONTREAL ESTABLISHED 18X1 Exeter Branch: W. H. MOISE, Manager “THB FARMER AND HIS B A NiC’-zhl ftr