HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1894-5-17, Page 5VOL. VI
supplement to "THE EXETER ADVOCATE"
EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MAY 17, 1894,
NO 310
TREES AND PLANTS,
The skin of the cactus is air -tight, a
marvellous provisionof nature to ` enable
these plaute to live in a soil where moist
ore is scares and under a sun that would
speedily dry up every drop of moisture
they contain.
The vitality of seeds is a constant source
of astouishzrzent to naturalists, A. pins
forest when cleared away is often followed
by a dense growth of oaks or birches, but
where the seed cornea from is conjec-
tural.
Grains of wheat found in Egyptian
mummy cases have been known to germ -
filets atter lying dormant for3,000years.
The plant they produced is almost ident-
ical with the wheat grown' in Egypt at the
present time.
Madagascar has a palm called the
"Praveler's 'Tree," The footstalks of its
leaves clasp round the trunk, and are filled
with water, which flows out readily when
the stalk is pierced with a knife. Each
receptacle yields from a pint to a gallon.
Many plants are sensitive to other influ-
ences than light. Some will close their
leaves on being carried in a Dart. The
jolting seems to disturb their equanimity,
though after a time they become appar-
ently unconscious of and insensible to it.
THE MARRIAGE BONDS -
Bride stealing or abduction is punish•
able by heavy penalties in all the states.
During the last twenty years in England
there were 4,872,000 marriages and 6.587
divorces, •
The greater portion of divorces take
place between the fifth and tenth year of
married life.
While Mrs. Stent, of Branford, was in a
New Haven lawyer's •office having divorce
papers made out, Mr. Stent was dying of
:injuries suffered in a railroad accident.
In twenty years prior to 1886 the United
Kingdom had 6,587 divorces; Russia, 21.-
976; France, 557,116; Germany, 93,818; all
,Europe, 258,332; the United States, 328,-
116.
• An Indiana divorce was some years ago
granted because "the defendant pulled all
the covering off of this plaintiff's bed and
lathe likewise T+,1.1 a knitting needle four
inches into his arm."
It is only two years ago since Thomas
Courtney took Rebecca. F. Slivers as his
bride, in Montgomery county, Ind. • Since
that joyful day they have been twice di-
'sereed, and now they are married for the
third time.
OBSERVATIONS.
The New York Observer stiggestl} r„
,clergymen really ought not
legibly as to provoke, th•6't'tonlposrtors,'to'
commit •'te r?u ;,,f profanity
1%'is said by experts that practical, even-
'Wterupered men usually write a plain, round
'hand, in which every letter is legible, and
i',tltat more ambitious men write hastily and
.'carelessly.
"I don't know when I have seen Iwo
•wren more at ease in a carriage," said a
'traveler, "than two I saw this morning;
they were sitting in the seat of a buggy
which was secured to the platform of a fiat
'ear in a freight train that we passed, and
.comfortably conversing as the train sped
along across the country."
A policeman was taking a little boy to
the station -house recently. The child was
;very small, very dirty, but not at kill fright=
tined; he carried a little red pail and a
fire -shovel in his hand. "Poor little
fellow!" exclaimed a lady, "His mother
will miss him and find him when she
wants the shove]," was the policeman's re-
mark.
GOSSIP OF EUROPE.
The Cunard company have declared a
dividend for 1893 of two per cent.
The railroads of Holland are 'the safest.
'There is only oue passenger killed per
annum, while.only four are injured.
A suit brought by the brother of the
founder of the Magazin. do 'Louvre, in
•Paris, shows that the business is valued at
$17,500,000.
Fur the first time in the history of the
English univertity boat race a married
man, Sir Charles Ross, rowed in one of the
crews this year. FIo was married two years
ego.
The hard times have been severely felt in
religious circles iu England. ,The Addi-
!tioutil Curates' society which furnished
Innds to provide curates for poor parishes
!where adequate clerical services are not
'available, has had greatly to curtail its
grants, withdrawing 170 grants in. a total
of 1,162. This will deprive as many cur-
att�s of a large part. if not the whole of
their income. The society hopes for better
times this year.
CHARACTERISTIC YANKEE PETS.
A cat belonging to Miss Mary Brown -
well, of Wilmington, Del., has a habit of
ringing the bell whenever it ,wants to be
let cut of the cellar.
.1 prolonged fight between a hen from
Galway and a Louisville rat took place a
:few days ago in the latter city. The fight
lasted half an hour and the hen killed the
sat.
Seldon.Spencer, of Essex, Conn., hate a
hen which lately astonished him by laying
an egg that weighs twenty ounces and
rneasnres eight and a half inches in cir-
cumference.
Jaynes Bragg, of ]3.awkinsville,
trained his dog to drive a horse. While
Bragg was absent from his team the other
day the dog drove it home and the owner
had to walk five miles.
DELICIOUS PUDDINGS.
Cocoanut Pudding. —One and one-half
pints of milk,, one-half cupful of milk
cracker crumbs, one halt cupful of sugar,
two eggs, one-half cupful of cocoanut,
butter the size of an eggs Mix, and bake
about one hour.
Delmonico Pudding. --One quart of milk,
,three tablespoonfuls of sugar, the yolks of
five eggs. Mix, and cook five minutes in
'the doable boiler. Pour into a pudding
'dish and bake one half hour;, Beat the
whites with six tablespoonfuls of sugar;
'flavor with leinon or Vanilla, spread over
!the top and brown in tbeoven,—Good.
jfiousokeeping.
MOISTER
G. G. JOHNSTON'S,
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63SALE
TER, ONT.
Along about the month of,.ugust, some
people will be announcing a great clear-
ing sale, our way is different.' ight now
when business is booming and everybody
is looking for goods, we announce such
bargains as have never before been heard
of in this whole County, Our Big Bar-
gain Banquet will commence right now
and continue for the balance of this month.
Be on' hand early before the large plums
are picked. up. .
CiflfllBll, 00118 aqa Yaatps!�
5th Shits for $3.50
5.50 All Wool Suits 4.50
7.50 do do 6.00
10.00 do do 7,50
Dress Gaols for 5 cuts per garb aqd 1.111! _
35 -cent Whip Cord 42 inches wide .20 cts
40 -cent All Wool, double -fold 22
75 -cent Silk Finish Henrietta 48
50 -cent Serges, fine finish 38
Prints.
Prints at 5 cents
124 --cent Prints ....10 cents
14 -cent Prints fast colors
32 -inches wide. .9: - cents
Hosiery.
Hosiery front 5 cents up.
We are showing a special
line—at 3 pairs for 25 cents
Best bargain ever offered
Wall Papers.
Wall Papers from 3i cents
per roll and up, with 10219 e.
discount off, We have some
most beautiful patterns
Lace Curtains,
Lace Curtains—great value
from 30 cents per pair and
upwards. All bound edges.
Call and see them. •
Boots and Shoes.
Men's, Women's and Child-
ren's shoes away down in
price. Special values in
Ladies' Oxfords
Straw Hats.
Straw hats from 5 cents up.
See our job line at 20 cents
Goods worth from 50 cents
up to $1.00.
Staple Dry Goods.
Flannelettes 5 cents per yd
1211y -cent do 8 cents per yd
Shirtings, Cottonades . and
Cottons at 2019e. reductions
Tweeds.
Tweeds from 20 cents up.
On any line of ordered cloth-
ing we will save you from
3 to $5 on every suit.
Parasols.
In this we have a large
stock and will give from
10 to 30 Fe. discounts We
carry Iatest styles and colors
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Men's Sox.
Men's Sox from 5 cents up.
Extra heavy sox 3 pairs for
25 cents. See our 25 -cent
Cashmere, worth 40 cents
Gloves, Lace Mitts Rubber Coats.
Gloves and Lace Mitts, good
lines from 10 cents up. Fast
black and colors including
all the fash ionable shades
ARGAINSFORMEN, WOKEN A
Tweed Rubber Coats, at
$4.75, $5.50, $6.50 and
$7.00. Ladies' Circulars at
prices that sell them. ,
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for SNAPS
In our G
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RIES!
We give everything that we advertise and a great
many more which we have not time to enumerate.
Everybody is coning to Exeter, on the 24th, and for
that reason we will eclipse all former efforts.
G. G. JOHNSTON, Main St., Exeter,
OPPOSITE HA.W iSHAW'S HOTEL.
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PEOPLE WHO WRITE.
It is said that &1r. Gladstone will .devote
much of his leisure time ltereefter to unser
translation of Horace.
Miss Harriett Monroe, who wrote the.
"World's Fair Ode," is delivering a course
of lectures on the English poets, at the
Newberry library, Chicago,
Jonas Lie is a Dane who has written
some "Weird Tales from the Northern
Seas." A man with a name like that
couldn't fail to score a success in fiction,
Zola used to be very fat. To reduce his
weight he abstained. from drinking at his:
meals for two months and it that time got
rid. of thirty-six pounds of superflaeus
adipose.
Rev. K. Vaughan, brother of Cardinal
Vaughan, archbishop of Westminster,.
England, has conte to America to superiee-'
tend the publication of his book by the
Paulist fathers of Nsw York.
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, despite his
age, is described as silver -haired and keen -
eyed. He laughs and chats with, anima-'
tion, and liis flashes of repartee are as
frequent and brilliant as ever.,
Edgar Fawcett, the poet, playwright and,
novelist, is a bachelor forty years of age.
He likes society, the theatre and the opera.
He is of medium height, dresses in the
latest style, is English is appearance and
keeps his own carriage.
SIX INTERESTING FACTS.
The earth's lowest body of water is the
Caspian sea, which has been sinking for
centuries.
Robbing the ostrich of its feathers isa
oruel operation, The feathers are imbed-
ded so tightly in the flesh that each quill
is covered with blood when it is wrenched'
out.
The codfish is the most prolific fish of
the sea, yielding 455, 000, 000 eggs each sea-
son. As many as 8,900,000, 9,000,000.
and even 9,500,000 eggs have been found
in a roe of a single cod.
Mount Hercules, Island of Papua, is the
highest in the world, its altitude, being
32,786 feet. Mount Everest, India, was
until recently put down as the largest, but
it is only, 29,002 ieet high.
Ice one to two inches thick will beat
men, two inches thick will bear infantry,
four inches thick will bear cavalry and
light guns, six inches will bear teams with
moderate loads or heavy field guns, and
eight ruches teams with heavy loads.
Most persons will be surprised to learn
that a needle in the course of its manufac-
ture and before placed on the market lox
sale passes through the hands of from!
eighty to one hundred and twenty people.
Eleven complete processes; each involving
several minor operatons, are necessary be-
fore a sewing needless fit for sale.
THE INaTITUTION OF HOME.
The hope of the nation is the homes ad
the country.
Marriage is the legitimate basis sal a
genuine home.
Human nature is very prevalent among
women, and especially among maids of all
work.
Better bear misfortunes than leave your
motives open to suspicion, or bring disgrace
upon your family name.
A home in which politeness reigns is a
home from which polite men and women
go out; and they go out directly from zio
other.
There is nothing but danger in the in-
timacy of a married heart with an unmar-
ried one, unless there be other relations
which justify it.
Profoundly to be commiserated is that
child who looks irpun his home as upon a
prison house; upon his youth as a season o'fi
hardship; upon his parents as tyrants.—
J. G. 1lulland.
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
Dr. Schiiernnnn found in the ruins of'
Troy pottery vessels that had been careful-
ly turned on a wheel.
The telescope was discovered by the
children of a lens maker who were playing
with a couple of lenses.
It is now well known that flounders and
other flat fishes, whose eyes are on the left
side of the bead, and which swim on one
side. are, when young, perfectly symmetric-
al, like other fishes.
Dr. Zeigler, a German scientist, declares,
that photographs of the sun, taken daily,I
will enable a person to closely predict the
weather. Circulars or elliptical halos:,
around the orb of day indicate violent
storms.
Geologists find that the Juniata river,
by reason of its course and fall, affords a,
wonderfully comprehensive view of the
geological formations through which, it
flows. To follow its course with the ham-,
mer is to obtain geological samples to ba
obtained so easily afield in no other way.
FIGS AND THISTLES.
Education should lead out, not force
on.
What is easily done has been done
often.
A tailor-made man is a "survival of the
fitter."
Whenever you speak evil of another you
are sure to hurt yourself.
Every good man makes unwritten laws
that somebody has to follow.
The good man only sees the shield on
the policeman's breast; the bad only see
the club ho swings.
Borrowing trouble is a wretched busi-
ness, for if a man will only wait he will
have troubles of his own to give away.—
Ram's Horn.
PEOPLE ABROAD.
The last, descendant of the French pirate,
Jean Bart, Mme. Teisud, has died at
Dunkirk.
Julius Ctesar was ashamed of his bald
head, and when it became shiny he con-
stantly wore a laurel wreath,
Prince Bernadotte, whose romantic mar.
liege with Miss Monk created so much,
interest le England a year ago, has just
been appointed to the chief command ofl
the Norwegian navy.
Lady Clriselda Ogilvie, sister of the esrl
of Aisne, is going through a eourse 'of
training in Edinburg to qualify for ,*
nuree. She is at present a probationer its,
the Children's hospital. a