HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1940-03-14, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE
Keep that warm overcoat handy by, ******
THE EYE TO SEE
There is an old story of three
sparrows find a loaf of bread. The
loaf bounced from a basket as the
baker’s delivery truck turned the
corner. As it hit the pavement a
crumb broke off. Almost instantly
three sparrows made a swoop for
•the crumb. When their little argu
ment was over, two of the birds
flew away without a bite and one
carried off a small fragihent of
bread for his breakfast. But the big
loaf lay untouched and unrecogniz
ed. . r
We often go through life that
way. We agitate ourselves over the
crumbs and let the real source of
supply go unnoticed, We struggle for
a fragment and fail to see where
it came from. The crumb is the
pick-up, the big prize is often right
beside it.
What we need is a wider vision,
an improved capacity to judge op
portunity, and a stronger resolution
to measure up to our* * *
Wrong actions are
wrong thinking.
* * *
Heaven never helps
will not help himself.* ♦ ♦
Satisfaction is akin
, * * *
A grief that is shared is modified,♦ * *
According to a dispatch from
.Stockholm, .Sweden, deeds of Jarla-
banke, one of the earliest of the
Viking road builders, are revealed
on one of the rune stones recently
found at Taeby. More than 1,000'
rune stones, dating from the ninth
to the eleventh centuries, are now
registered in the Swedish Province
of Upland.
One rune stone, glorifies Jarla-
banke for building a road across the
swamp in Taeby, The road is still
in use, and even to this day carries
the name “Jarlabanke’s bridge.”
Other rune stones dating from the
same period add
concerning Viking
exist . . . after
thousand years,
* *
A recent study by Dun & Brad
street concerning the age of .busi
ness enterprises, reveals the follow
ing interesting
734 out of
existence more
549 out of
existence more
335 out of
existence more
83 out of 1,000 have been in
istence more than 2'5 years.
8 out of 1,000 have been in exist
ence more than 50 years.* * *
Simile: A cynic recently referred
to an acquaintance by saying he is
on a
opportunities.
the result of
the man who
to stagnation.
new
names
more
knowledge
which still
than one
ll:
figures:
1,000 have been
than two years.
1,000 have been
than five years.
1,0100 have -been
than 10 years.
in
in
in
ex-
vlike an attractive wrapper
phoney loaf of bread.* * *
Pioneer Spirit
No man can win out in this age
of intricate mechanics if he leaves
behind the pioneer spirit that stands
up to the count and knows how ‘to
take it on the jaw.’ The pioneer spir
it never gets soft. It also refuses
to wish its hard luck on the other
fellow to blame its losses on some
body else or on condition.
It is always ready for the fight
of its life ahead. It will take the
test of the best that is in it at any
time. It will keep its nose down to
the grindstone and strive without
whimpering. It will resolve to work
out its own salvation.
♦ a* *
“(Success,” it has been truly said,
“never hobnobs with an indolent
man.”* * *
Judge a man by his ambitions and
not by
Any
enough
his faults.* * *
statements repeated often
will find some believers.
• * •
Solitude and silence are essential
to success.
Biliousness is just another name
for h Clogged or sluggish liver. It
is ft very common complaint, but can
be quickly remedied by stimulating
the flow of bile, This softens the
accumulated mass, the prisons arc
carried out of the system, and the
liver and bowels are relieved and
toned up.
Milburn’s Laxa-Liver Pills quicken
and enliven the sluggish liver, open-
ing Up every channel, by causing h
free flO’w of bile and thus Cleansing
the liver of the clogging impurities,
They ate small and easy to take.
Do not gtipe, weaken or sicken,
Th* T. Milburn Co., Ltd.. Toronto, Ont.
Life"Insurance Supreme As
Promoter of Thrift
The insurance carried on Axper-
ican lives equals nearly nine times
the assessed valuation of all pro
perty in New York City.
It exceeds by nearly fifteen thou
sand million dollars, the estimated
total wealth of Erance.
It is three-fourths of all the life
insurance in the world.
If. distributed equally, it would
give every person in the United
iStates more than $650,00,
It is the largest institution they
have for the systematic cultivation
of thrift and the most useful.
You can save by other methods, )
■but mpst of us don’t. Life insur
ance pulls us by the heart strings
and makes us do from a .mingled
sense of duty and shame what other
wise, we might easily forget.
It is therefore, about the most
useful type of business activity in
the land.
The men who promote it do an
invaluable service.* *
He; “I have never seen such
dreamy eyes.”
She: “Maybe you have never stay
ed so late.”* * *
Getting Mark to Answer
Mail advertisers often wonder just
how far they are wise in pursuing
the elusive reply. Do real prospects
answer with equal readiness
stamp, return envelope or
card are omitted?
There is no doubt that these
ons: do raise the tatol number of
answers received by any mailing.
This is undoubtedly due more to the
convenience of having the necessary
items .at hand, than it is to the
thrifty instincts of the mailing list
ers.
It is related that a business friend
once wrote to Mark Twain asking
his opinion on a matter of mutual
interest. He waited several days,
then wrote again — the second let
ter was ignored. Then a third letter
was sent, enclosing a sheet of paper
and a stamp.
That spurred the overworked hu
morist to action. By return mail
Mark sent a postal card on which
was crudely typed: “Paper and the
stamp received. Please send envel
ope.”
*
when
reply
Corne
* * *
If those who labor fof you work
only for wages, you pay too much
and they do ern their money.
A good craftsman works as much
for the satisfaction of good work,
well done, as for the stipend
which his living depends.
* * *
COMMUNISTS
(Communists have contributed
nothing to the wealth‘of nations.
They are not the sort of men who
have built America. It was not such
as they that subdued the wilderness,
built towns and cities, cultivated the
farms, invented machines, supplied
science to industry or direct labor
intelligently.
The kind of work that leads to
wealth was never in their line. I
defy anyone to cite a single instance
in the history of the world where a
communist agitator ever pointed
out a practical method of increasing
the wealth of the world or of hi?
nation.
on
RE: THE BEDS
When the workmen own the work
shops;
And the railroad men the^ rails;'
And the grocery clerk the groceries;
And the mail clerks own the mails
When the preachers owns the ’pulpits
And the pressmen own the shops;
And the drfilers own the oil wells;
And the jails are owned by cops -
When the conductors owns the street
cars;
And each driver owns his bus;
Will you tell us common people
Whatinell becomes of us?
* * *
On the occasion of his 73rd birth
day, Thomas Alva Edison said: “I
am glad that the eight hour day had
not been invented when I was a
young man. I am wondering what
would have happened to me by now
if fifty years ago some fluent talker
had converted me to the theory of
the eight hour day and convinced
me that it was not fair to my fellow
workers to put forth my best efforts
in my work. This country would
not amount to as much as it does
if the young men of fifty years ago
had been afraid that they might
earn more than they were paid,”* * *X
"This country would
benefited if about fifty
its organizations could
—Sure! but the paid secretaries will
not lot them.
be vastly
percent, of
disband,’*
It is harder than it seems,
To thump out an ending verse -
Try your luck dear reader,
But be sure to keep it terse.
—the colonel
The vernal equinox already is on the horizon. ******* *
We’d, like to secure some of those pit-matured apples. ****** **
That last corner of the coal bin is growing emptier all too fast. ********
Good and only good can come of sharp criticism of public affairs, ********
Dobbin is taking a keen look a-t the implement shed these
winter days.
late
♦♦ * * * ♦
These are anxious, ominous days.
take place.
*
We
*
feel that anything may
**
you
*
to.
*
If Canada acts on this
** **
* *
Tighten your belt before
principle she’ll not need to.* * *
In all good conscience we’ve heard enough about what this coun
try ought to be doing. (Our eyes are tired looking for well-directed
effort.********
Nothing breaks the spirit of youth like constant talk and the
sight of work he'd like to be doing but can’t get at because of over
head incompetence.
********
CONGRATULATIONS
. Exeter has a right to be proud of the substantial reduction in
insurance rates granted to her citizens. The monetary consideration
is greatly prized. Even more prized is the care exercised by her citi
zens that warrants such a consideration. However, let us take the
hint and be more careful in such matters than we ever have been be
fore. Those backyards should be looked after strictly, Rubbish
should be got rid of. This season has put a severe strain on stove
pipes and chimneys, a strain that needs to be corrected carefully and
thoroughly.
* * * * * * * *
THAT BOMBING INCIDENT
Word has come that a bomb has exploded in Toronto causing
considerable damage. Some say it was a school hoy prank. Others
believe that it was the first act in a terroristic campaign designed to
shake the nerve of Canadians, Whatever the motive for the deed,
the whole thing must be cleaned up. We have no place in Canada
for such work. This is the sort of thing upon which the public rightly
demands to be informed. The resources of the Dominion must be
set to making a thorough job in this instance. If it takes ten years
the whole facts connected with this abominable act must be got at,
and the perpetrators of the fiendish mischief punished to the very
limit. Bomb throwers have no place among free Canadians.********
THE LITTLE FELLOW
Three mighty ocean liners are now loafing uselessly in New York
harbour. They have been built at an enormous cost and are main
tained at the price of a prince’s ransom. Worse than that, they are
fast hastening to obsolescence. Meanwhile Britain and Erance are
carrying on their commerce by means of thousands of little ships.
These ships feel their way out to all the harbors of the world while
their big sisters are doing nothing but swing at .anchor. We prize
what the big ships have done for us and have hopes of the cargoes
and passengers they will carry tomorrow. Blit today and tomorrow,
the little ship will do its service, though no band plays it td sea or
into the harbor.
little ship.
knows herself to be.
tain is invincible.
x .******'**
The simple fact is that Canada is not exerting anything like her
full strength-in the matter of winning the war. Thousands of square
miles of this land haven’t a soul who is doing one thing to ensure the
' victory we sorely need and must have if we are to Jive like human
beings. One can visit village after village and town after town and
countryside after countryside and not find evidence of serious effort,
let alone of sacrifice in behalf of'the cause we profess to find so dear.
The people are willing to serve but they simply do not know what to
do. The women are knitting and sewing, but that will take the
• country but a little way towards victory. Strutting and conference
holding have their place we suppose, but what is desperately needed
is results, good 'Canadian results. Nest-feathering is the last thing
that this country needs.********
A REMARKABLE FEAT
The docking of “The Queen Elizabeth” in New York harbour will
be remembered as one of the outstanding feats of the British navy.
Years ago the British announced that this, the largest ship to be
afloat would sail from her home port on a certain definite day. This
she did, though the resources of her ship building industry were
taxed to produce ships required for the war. Germany meanwhile
had made her boast that her U boat warfare would drive British
shipping from the seas. In face of these and other tremendous dif
ficulties the mighty liner was safely docked while all the world won
dered and Germany raved. Thanks to 'God and the valour of her
sailors and her seamen and the enterprise of her business men, Britain
has not been driven from the seas. Her sailors still go where they’
will ppon their errands of mercy and legitimate business.********
MINDING ONE’S OWN BUSINESS
Keep your hands off a man’s pocketbook and his family,” is part
of the homely advice an Englisman gives his son. And it is mighty
good advice at that. It is but ano.ther way of saying that a man who
attended to his own affairs has an all day job. In this country, it
is tl^e duty of the court to try alleged offences against the law. It is
no part of its duty to heed public clamour. It is the duty of a pri
vate citizen who suffers an injustice, if he wishes his wrong adjust
ed, to appeal to the officers of the law, and not to take the law into
his own hands. He is not a law administrator. When an offence is
being committed against anyone it is no part of the duty of a private
citizen to advise the aggrieved party to mete out'punishment. “I’d
shoot him!” the stupid adviser says, little knowing the influence of his
words, but ignoring the principle of leaving other people’s business
alone. We’s said enough. The man who doesn’t mind his own busi
ness an leave other people’s business alone, already is nearing a yawn
ing cell or the gallows or the sheriff’s office.********
‘CHAT FATIGUE DUTY
Newly enlisted young 'Canada is .getting his back up because
he has been kept on fatigue duty. We’re not disappointed. Young
Canada does not take to fatigue duty. That's why he leaves the
old farm. Fatigue duty there takes the form of chores. That’s why
he jumps the job of selling goods. He finds sweeping up and keeping
the goods in order fatiguing. He doesn’t like carrying Mrs. Simlin’s
parcels after the delivery has left. That’s why he leaves the bank.
He doesn’t like being bawled out because of badly made figures. Yet
such old dolts as the Duke of Wellington, Timothy Eaton and Marshal
Field and the Drs. Mayo were strong on fatigue. The men who own
their shops and their stores and their farms are built the same way.
They are strong on having everything ship shape and spic and span.
The Mounty learns to get his man through being strong'on
duty. No, there’s nothing brilliant about fatigue duty, but
way victory comes.,********
THAT PEACE MISSION
It seems to take some nations sometime to learn that
and her Allies are really al war with Germany. These nations seem
to think that the whole tiling is some sort of movie show adventure
that may be stopped by the whirling of a dial. That seems, at least,
to be the attitude of some folk in high places in tile United (States.
Hence the peace mission of Sumner Wells. Every credit must be
given to anyone who- tries fo get rid of the terrible struggle now going
on. Yet we hesitate to applaud any effort to end the present war
that does not give its main effort to removing its causes and oc
casions. Let it be known that Britain did not lightly draw .the sword.
(She knew well the consequences of opposing by armed might Germany
and lier kindred spirits. Years ago she allowed herself to be a party of
the work of healing slightly the hurt of the world. Having learned
the lesson of the folly of that occasion she does not now propose
to scotch the snake when-the beheading of the monster is the only
remedy. She realizes that where there’s pus there must be steel.
Hence her small respect for rose water efforts when deep and thor
ough surgery is the only technique that insures international well-
being.
Britain’s glory lies in her realizing the value of the
The more of such craft she possesses the stronger she
While the sails of such craft dot the sea, Bri-
fatigue
its the
Britain
Did You Know That
-* * *.
We learn by teaching,
Second trials often succeed.
po nothing today that you will
likely repent of tomorrow.
Tapeworms have no digestive or
gans, and cannot eat solid food —
because they are bloodsuckers.
Machinac Island, Michigan. Cars
are forbidden 'by law, and the horse
is still king.
One of the greatest money-win
ners of the American turf, “Man-o-
War” lives in contented retirement
near (Lexington, Kentucky, He ran
twenty-one times and won twenty
races.
New York is the world’s largest
city and London, England is in third
place with a population of barely
5,000,000. — War conditions have
robbed London of its title of being
the world's biggest city.
As President McKinley fell to the
flooi* after having been shot by
Czolgosz, his first thought was of
his wife. “My wife,” he whispered
to his secretary, “be careful how you
tell her. Ch, be careful.’
It often rains inside a waterproof
building at Akron, Ohio, when the
sun is shining outside. The Zeppelin
hangar there is so big that ciouus
and fog form in it and when the
temperature changes suddenly
enough rain falls to make pools of
water on the floor,
S. J. S.
Lecturer (who has spoken for 2
hours): “I shall not keep you much
longer. I am afraid I have spoken
at rather great length. There is no
clock in the room, and I must apolo
gize for not having a watch with
me.”
A voice: “There’s a calendar be
hind you, mister”
THURSDAY, MARCH U, 1MO
Heap Bujqee,BettMc coops
ao* rjso
Z2.OOD seed is. the first requirement for bigger, better
yields. That is why it pays to use Registered Seed.
Registered Seed is pure as to variety and ensures crops of greater
yield, higher quality and better grade. Registered Seed is sold only
tn sealed containers, government-tagged, and government-inspected.
It requires no cleaning.
It pays to use Registered Seed!
For information regarding sources of supply of approved varieties
write, to:—the District Supervisor, Plant Products Division of the
Dominion Department of Agriculture for your district, the nearest
Dominion Experimental Farm, the Provincial Department of
Agriculture, or the nearest Agricultural College.
"Food supplies are important in Wartime—
Tbis year, plant and raise only tbe best!
Agricultural Supplies Board
DOMINION DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OTTAWA
Honourable James G. Gardiner, Minister
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