HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-12-01, Page 3THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE
BARNUM WAS WISE
EDITORIAL
TIWIWAYi DECEMBER 1, MN
While looking through the old files
In my office recently, I ran across
-a Success 'Formula written by P. T.
Barnum and dated August 19, 1852.
It was entitled “Business Rules For
Young Men by P. T. Barnum Esq.”
It follows,—
1— Select the kind of business that
suits your natural inclinations and
temperament.
2— ‘Let your pledge word ever be
sacred.
3— whatever you do, do it with
all your might.
4— (Sobriety: Use no description of
intoxicating liquors.
5— 'Let hope predominate, but be
not too' visionary.
6— Do not scatter your powers.
7— Engage proper employees.
8— Advertise your business — do
not hide your light undei’ a bushel.
9— Avoid extravagance and always
live considerably within your income
—if you do so without absolute
starvation.
10— Do not depend on others.
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OFFICE BOYS
If I owned a great business and
•engaged many office boys, I would
engage them all myself. The world
is now being run by ex-office boys.
For a' long time, we’ve suspected
that an inconclastic 16-year old of
fice boy—with his cynical disrespect
for us old people of thirty-five to
ninety, is perfectly able to get the
■‘low-down’ on us—as one the young
tribe said of his boss:
“Take that bozo out of his swivel
chair, change his name and start him
out in a strange town, and he could
not earn $t8.00 a week.”
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It takes experience to distinguish
between a dominating personality
and bad manners.
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Nature always works towards bal
ance—in every large family there
is always one boy who hasn’t any
stay home and take care of the old
folks.* *
Too bad birth control can’t be
made retroactive.
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Most heroes are like the' football
player who carries the pigskin down
the field for a score—after the field
has been cleared for them by their
team mates.* * * '
Yes, there have been many cures
effected by the Taying-on-of-hands’
—and one of them was impudence. a
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QUIDNUNC
In the American Museum of Nat
ural History is a section of a Se
quoia Tree from Fresno County in
•California. It is 16& feet in diame
ter. Inside the bark the ‘rings’
•which indicate the age and growth
of a tree and which also indicate the
wet and dry seasons experienced by
the tree in its lifetime—show this
tree was 1,341 years old when cut.
The Sequoia tree was once a native
of the 'whole northern hemisphere—
but some change in climatic condi
tions has destricted the growth of
this species to north central Cali
fornia.
The Civilization of Mankind de
pends almost entirely on his know
ledge of mathematics. When we con
sider the whole range of physical
sciences such as mathematics, engin
eering, ballistics, physics, much of
chemistry, certain phases of biolo
gical sciences including important
researches in physiology and biome
try—like-wise all subject involving
statistical studies such as finance,
actuary insurance principles — in
fact, every form of qualitative inves
tigation, we see that the foundation,
progress and development rests
squarely on mathematics.
There are approximately one thou
sand languages and dialects spoken
today. English is spoken by the
largest number of people followed
by .Russian, German and French.
(China is a land of many dialects
there is no universal Chinese lang
age.)
Harvard University established in
03 8, 300 years ago, is the oldest
Worry Saps the Nervous System
Worry over business or household
duties, sudden shock, the insane
quest for pleasure, the foolish at
tempt to put a week of normal life
into twenty-four hours, feverish over
activity, the demand for sensational
literature are all conductive to the
aggravation of wear and tear on tho
nervous system.
If you are tired, listless, nervous,
worried and distressed you will find
in Milburn’s Health and Nerve Pills
a body building and nerve strength
ening tonic that will help to put you
on your feet again,
Tho T. Milburn Co., Ltd,, Toronto, Ont.
college in the United States. Oberlin
College at Obei’lin, Ohio, was the
first college to admit female stu
dents.
What is supposed to be oldest al
manac known in the world is one
preserved in the British museum.
It dates back to 1,200 years before
the birth of Christ and is inscribed
on papyrus like all other Egyptian
manuscripts. It was found in a tomb
in Egypt and clearly establishes the
reign of Rameses the Great.
18 Billion stamps are attached to
mail in the United States every year.
This does not represent the amount
of mail distributed because many
letters atid packages require several
stamps—also various types of mail:
papers, magazines and advertising
matter—are carried undei' “Permit
Mailing” without stamps—postage
being paid by weight.
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SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL
FOR
Whene’er Thanksgiving comes again,
And, at the festal table,
We bow’ our heads and say ‘Amen’
To the grace. When Jack & Mabel
And Counsin John and Uncle Joe
And all the well-loved faces
Which link us to the long ago,
And old, familiar places.
Are gathered round the merry board
I smile with those who love me,
And feel myself in ture accord
With earth, and Heaven above me,
But most of all I’m thankful for
Ths fact that I’m permitted -
And able yet, as heretofore -
Though many a year has fitted.
To labor with my hands and brain
IFor those I love — Confessing,
Whatever be the loss or gain,
To work for them’s a blessing,
And so, on each Thanksgiving Day
Of joy and relaxation,
I’m thankful most that still I may
Thus offei’ true oblation!
**’“C. M. Lindsay* * *
Most of the big jobs are held by
. men whom the neighbor woman con
sider ‘vicious little devils’ when they
were of the grade school age.
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You are judged not by your prom
ises or good intentions but by your
achievements.
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For every man willing to face the
music, there are 10,000' with an
alibi.
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PRANKISH PROBLEMS
Answer to Prankish Problem No.
41 printed in last week’s column:
The farmer told each of his sons to
bring back the same amount—it
it could be 10c., 25c., or 50c.
Prankish Problem No. 42: A bas
ket of plums was divided among 3
people. The first person received
half of the plums plus one. The sec
ond received half of the remainder,
plus two. The third person receiv
ed half of the balance, plus three.
How many plums in the basket.
■ (Book for the correct solution in
this space next week.)
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The Engineering Record says: “An
engineer of international reputation
is a man whose articles are read in
other countries but whose neighbors
are not positive as to whether he
drives a locomotive or a steam shov
el for a living.”
That’s a fine thought—almost too
fine to spoil by adding to it—“for in
every community, large or small; in
every neighborhood—in fact—is a
man of outstanding attainments yet
his nearby neighbors do not know or
care.”
Truly—“A prophet is not without
honor save in his own country.”
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A sign in a retail store,—
“We look upon every person
who buys from us as a direct
avenue Co a whole group of New
Customers.”
H> * *
The saying that “Knowledge is
power” is not quite true. USED
Knowledge is power—and more than
power. It is money, and service,
and better living for our fellowmen,
and a hundred other things. But
mere knowledge-—left unused—does
not have power in it.
* * *
A realization of our lack of it is
the first step toward knowledge.
* * *
The American People are indiffer
ent to weak political administration
as long as times are good.
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‘Manana’ means a vague tomorrow
It’s a consoling thought tor now—-
We’ll be back again, no need for
sorrow
Though here is where wo make a
bow.
THE COLONEL
No Santa won’t forget!
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Planted your December melons?
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Canada has many things that Germany would, like to have.
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What unexampled winter weather November furnished. The
weather,knew that Exeter was building a new High School.
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“Thanksgiving day has passed, but Christmas is coming, Old
Friend Gobbler comments. “iLife is just one thing after another."
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The plumbers and tinsmiths do not like this fall. The wet
weather is not disagreeable enough for them to be getting their
work done. ,
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It’s money makes the war go. Should the United States stop
selling the Japanese cotton and 'Canada stop selling them nickle, a
little something would be done to tie up the dogs of war.
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Whenever you are
Feeling blue,
Something for someone else go do.
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So Hitler doesn’t like what 'Canadians Editors have been say
ing. We tremble lest some Canadian Editoi1 should say he doesn’t
like what Hitler has been doing.
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“I never cut my neighbor’s throat,
My neighbor’s purse I never stole,
I never spoiled his house and land,
But God have mercy on my soul!
For I am haunted night and day
By all the deeds I have not done;
O unattempted loveliness!
O costly valour never won!
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TEN YEARS HENCE
What about ten years hence? Your boy now eleven years old
will then be 21. He should then be taking a man’s place in the
world. Will he? You are now 50 years of age. Ten years hence
you will be sixty and slowing down. Will you be able to carry on, or
will you be looking to Bill or Susie to give you a bite and a sup
and place to keep warm? Yes, my lad of 15, you had better be
getting down to your knitting and getting down mighty seriously,
for in ten years, you’ll be 25 years old. Unless you are stepping
some by that time the world will be losing interest in you. Think
about this, my boy.
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A WEEK’S RAIN BADLY NEEDED
Only those who have been digging deep know how badly gone
is the moisture of the countryside. As we noted weeks ago, the
average farm well either is dry altogether o,r yielding a grudging
supply of water. Creeks have long since ceased to function. Pas
tures on many farms are so short that cattle have been stable fed
since the first of October, and that despite the open fall. An oc
casional shower had raised hopes that the drought was broken only
to disappear in a day or so. It is high time for the powers that be
to be stepping lively in an effort to secure a better water supply for
the countryside. We’re nearer disaster from lack of water than we
think. Why deceive ourselves?
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THERE ARE JOBS ALL RIGHT
“I think there is work for every boy who will start on an ap
prentice basis,” says C. L. Burton who has a way of being informed
on matters that he cares to talk about. Mr. Hoover says very
much the same thing. But note where the rub is: “On an appren
ticeship basis.” Here is what we mean. We know a young farmer
who got tired of paying for his horseshoeing and who under
took to do that work himself. He burned out a pair of pants, in
jured his hand and ruined a horse’s foot in the process. Still an
other farmer had a horse with a sore foot. He undertook to be his
own veterinarian. He lost his horse through lockjaw. That’s it.
Youth will not begin on an apprenticeship basis. He wont wear old
clothes tor a while. He’s not content to go “short” on spending
money. Then he thinks because he has been to a technical school
for a few months he can'run the business. He can’t or wont stand
“telling.” He’s not prepared to sweep the floors for a while and
to brush up the shop. No, he must run things at big wages. He
can’t stand the gaff. That’s the rub.
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AT A PRICE
Canada has been fortunate in her public men. Macdonald
and Mackenzie and Mowat and Whitney are typical of our Cana
dian public men at their best. These men have served with out
standing unselfishness. All of them were poor men as far as wealth
is reckoned these'days. Some of them were very poor. Yet they
served greatly. Their services cannot be overestimated.
Yet the cost in vitality to these public servants has been tre
mendous. They stood up against the swirl of things but paid the
price with their very lives.
Just now R. B. Bennett and N. W. Rowell are paying the price
of their distinguished services in their weakened vitality. Both of
these men are going into retirement, not because they have passed
the allotted span of life, but because they have, carried then* loads
of public duties beyond the place where heart and flesh support
them. To both of these great Canadian we extend our best wishes
for many a happy day of private life, blessed with happy recollec
tions of services well rendered to the country whose interests they
have done so much to further.
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JUST PLAIN STUPIDITY
We have anti-Semitism in' Canada. Let u6 admit it and blush
aS we make the confession. Of course we do not attempt to perse
cute the Jew. We’re beyond that. We don’t spoil him of his goods.
We’re not that sort. If anyone doesn’t make a nuisance of himself
we don’t beat him up. That’s not our style. But we don’t like the
Jew. And we don’t like him because he outsmarts us. He makes
a living, and, sometimes a fortune out of things we despise. He
is keener than we are in bargaining. He gets on where we fall.
Then he will walk with us, but he’ll not eat with us nor drink with
us nor pray with us. We don"t like him for these things.
But the Jew’s credit at the bank is good. He has a way of
sticking^to his bargain without welshing. He’ll not pout if you
drive a hard bargain with him. He’ll make a try at business and
go from small to big if such progress is to be made. He may be very
poor .today, but he’ll try very hard to be better off tomorrow. There
are difficulties in the way of doing so, but we’ll find it worth while
to get on with the Jew. All of us have some things to learn in
the process. Canadians and Jews will profit by-the effort to under
stand each other.
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THE LONG VIEW
Bill was dis-satisfied. He was twenty-one. His big brother
was twenty-five that day. He was a business salesman, was that
big brother. He had come home with a fine big car of the costly
vintage and of the latest model. His clothes were of the best ma
terial and of the latest cut. He had plenty of spending money and
all the graces of modern life. Bill had just made a bargain with his
father for so much wages per year and a definite share of the farm
in ten years. Old Grim Face, the town lawyer had drawn up the
agreement and there it was all snug and tight.
Blips clothes were inicjlity plAlu» tie drove the fninily Cfti1 once
in a while, but the car was of ancient vintage and decidedly rheu
matic. Bill cut no particular figure anywhere “All I can do is
work!” was his self-estimate.
“Look here, Bill,” his brother told him? My car is not paid
for. The company told me that I must have the right sort of car
or they’d get another salesman. The old bus I drove was but a
starter. The way I’m going, when this car is paid for I’ll be oblig-
to get a new one. The same way with these clothes. The same
thing holds with every bit of my equipment. I simply must have
it. When this year is out, I’ll be still in debt. If you plod along in
ten years you’ll have a lot more money than I will. What, you envy
in me is really millstone. I wish I had seen this a few years ago.”
ALMOST CRIPPLED
WITH RHEUMATISM
Improved Greatly When
He Tried Kruschen
There has just come to our notice
a ease of grand relief from severe
rheumatic pains. The seriousness of
the man’s condition and the step that
led to his ultimate recovery, are de
scribed in the following letter:—
“For several years I suffered from
rheumatism. I had all my teeth out,
and etill suffered. A year ago I lay
in hospital for fourteen weeks, al
most crippled. When I got home 1
continued to take medicine, but be
gan to go down again. A friend of
mine asked me to try Kruschen Salts
and I am very pleased to be able to
say I have been on the mend ever
since.”—H. P.
Two of the salts in Kruschen are
the most effectual solvents of uric
acid known to medical science. They
swiftly dull the sharp edges of the
crystals—the cause of pain and stiff
ness—and often convert them into a
harmless solution, which is then ex
pelled through the natural channels.
GODERICH ELEVATORS FILLED
For the first time in five years, the
elevators of the Goderich Elevator
and Transit Company will this year
be filled to capacity foi' the winter
months, and several boats are due
there to winter, ready to be unload
ed in the spring of theii' storage
grain.
Close to one million. bushels of
grain have arrived since last Friday
for the elevators and three or four
more boats are expected before the
■week it out with corn and wheat
from Chicago and Fort William.
Thrifty
Johnny was reproved by his
mother for wasting bread.
“You should never throw away
bread,” she said, “you may want it
some day.”
“Well,” said Johnny, “would I
have any better chance of getting it
then if I were to eat it now?”
Some Brief Notes on
the Canada
Temperance Act
So. 8—The Need of a County Local
Option Law
During the 1937 provincial elec
tion Rev. Mr. Bremneh, while attend
ing a Hepburn meeting at Kincardine
sent up to the platform a note ask
ing what the Premier intended to do
with the Canada Temperance Act.
Mr. Hepburn, speaking from the plat
form, replied that he would if re
quested by those concerned submit
the question of the validity of the
Canada Temparance Act to the Su
preme Court of Canada.
In accord with this promise, the
request that he do so was forwarded
to the government from the tem
perance Executive of each of the
three counties. The matter was al
so brought to his attention by The
Ontario Temperance Federation and
he expressed willingness to do so,
Delay has, however, intervened and
the promise has not yet been imple
mented. A note from the Attorney-
General’s Department to The Ontario
Temperance, Federation during the
recent summer has advised them-
that a submission is being prepared
and it is expected that it will go for
ward this fall.
Quite apart from the legal intri
cacies of the jurisdiction of the two
governments on this matter, the loss
that the destruction of the Canada
Temperance Act would involve to
democractis procedure and progres
sive social reform would be serious
indeed. So long as there is ade
quate law and vigorous enforcement
of the same, it is not of great mo
ment to the citizens (generally
whether it is under provincial or Fe
deral jurisdiction. What is of para
mount importance is that government
should recognize that the liquor
traffic is a social evil of great mag
nitude and wide ramifications; that
it is deeply entrenched and that leg
islation in the interests of the well
being of our citizens should facilitate
the reasonable advance of the devel
oping public opinion against such
an enemy of society. With the de
velopment om modern tfansportn-
I tion, municipal local option must
[ prove inadequate to properly protect*
ed dry areas. It is possible tor one
municipality, sometimes a compara
tively insignificant one, to establish
m its borders what is essentially a
nuisance and a danger, not merely to
itself but to a wide area of adjoin*
in,g territory.
In these circumstances some sued
county law is reasonable, wholly de
sirable and necessary. The Canada
Temperance Act, applicable is such a
law; .and until the province provides
a like measure on an equally demo
cratic basis, the Canada Temperance
Act should be maintained. To attack
it while offering no fair and ade
quate substitute is simply to become
the tool of the conscienceless liquor
interests which so far as it dared
would resist and overthrow any law
that restricts its juggernauts Pro
gress. H
Smale—McDonald
First Presbyterian manse, Sea
forth, was the setting for a quiet
Autumn wedding, which was solem
nized on Wednesday morning, when
the Rev. Hugh Jack B.A., pastor of
the church, united in marriage Mar
garet, youngest daughter of Mrs. Isa
bella McDonald and the late Wm.
McDonald, of Seaforth, to Frank J,
youngest son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Thmas Smale of ’Seaforth. The
young couple were unattended. After
partaking of a dainty luncheon at
the bride’s home, Mr. and Mrs.
Smale left on an extended motor
trip to Toronto, taking in the Win
ter Fair, afterwards spending a, few
days at Niagara Falls, Buffalo, N.Y.
and Detroit. Upon their return they
will reside in Seaforth .
PRESENTATION MADE TO
MAYOR OF ST. MARYS
Retiring Mayor H. E. Dickinson
was presented with a leather travel
ing bag by the members of the town
council at the statutory meeting.
The address was read by D. C. White
chairman of the finance committee
who has announced his intention to
enter the mayoralty race. The ’gift
was presented by the clerk and town
treasurer, J. C. White..
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Touring Sedan, 6 cylinders,
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$1320, delivered in Tilbury,
Ont., fully equipped; includ
ing Government taxes, not
including local taxes, if any.
Hudson’s Weather-Master Fresh Air and
Heat Control available m all models.
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Convertible models; optional at low cost th
all other models. See the new Hudsons at our
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Every Hudson Price Buys a
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Even in the lowest priced Hudson 112, delivered
prices include a long list of features and equip
ment which cost extra on many cars. Bodies are
finished in costly hand-rubbed lacquer (no syn
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options, including 4 opalescent colors.
and up for the new 86 H. P.
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