HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1912-8-8, Page 3NOTES AND COMMENTS
While William, Hard is writing
about thenace of female parasit-
ism, Sir ,Alreroth Wright of Lon-
don, a distinguished biologist, is
making- a, passionate protest
regainst, the militant woman. Wo-
reaIi shouio be up and doing, says
Mr. Hard, There is gross immoral-
ity in her supine indolence. She,
should be working side by aide with
man. She should be a producer
and hold up her head in, the werld.
Nann conteeds Sir Almroth,Wrigh
male and female cannot safely work
aide by side save when they are in-
complete. It is futile for woman to
match her powers with man, be-
eause she is in an abnormal condi-
tien during a large part of her life.
Militant ,Suffrage is hysteria; it i
immorality - a, subtle offense
against her own nature. Peace be-
-tween the eexes will only come, says
the London physieian, when, woman
43eases to believe and to teaele al
manuer of evil of -man„ It will coMe
when she ceases to impute to him
her own natural disabilities, and
• when she ao leager wishes to work
• M hie fide,
The, peu]ar thu about these
two diametrieelly, opposed articles
is that they eaeh seem right an4
etempletely convincing, Whiell is ae-
other way ef sayina that both a
good reading. Of eouree,
little hard for wemen to reed them,
beeause they are engaged in takieg
are of their homes for the 'sake of
the men with whom the London bio-
logist euppoeee them to be at outs
and beeauee they are eueh busy
"parasites," as M. Hard has -
with itite eooking.to awl the o
'sewing to mama and the he
p tidy, and the Children to gat
if they had tbue t eel pc
uht th veld; fo
th gent
a. V
BALT
sa,,teezescielgetelbesecents..ebeeteee0
WHOLESOME SKEPTICISM.
The veil of mystery that used to
envelop the eeience and practice of,
medicine has been torn away. Medi-
cal topies are freely discuseed in
newspapere and magazines, ad in-
deed warty of the great metropola
tan papers have medical, editors
who write editorial articles en hy-
giene and the prevention and euro
of disease, The daily newspapers
announce any important discovery
in medicine often laeforo it can be
published in the medical iournels.
On the whole, physicians approve
this publieity, for a patient who is
intelligent and who enderstands the
reason for a preseribed treatment
is likely to follow instruetions care-
fully and faithfully,
At- first, however., this sort
publicity did much harm. When-
ever, for eratnnie, a "cure" for
tuborQnki z Caner was an-
nounced fa the papers, false hopes
were roused, and not only the au-
thor a the "ewe" butphysiciansi
general were importuned to'nse the
emeely et (Mee before it was UK)
tOr EVen now Or 'cruel disappoint
-
t is often the result of thew
premature announcements, for
many people are prone, in spite of
raueh experience to the eentraey, to
believe that whatever they eee
print must be true.
But people ere *oxide; to rereg-
'eel that just 4•5 one swallow does
Make a 844111Xer). Se one appmr
ent euretanCer doeeot prove
Ita poeL1e remedy has bei
Ceecer is the strangest of
A 'veneer °Rae grows and
gain, in spite a operAti4na
h meleb oditni surgeon'
s'. yet,
tiler hand, it eometitnee
to grow 43 the reeult aPnar-
tlyteethe 'Simplest form of treat -
al it xuay even dieappear of
Renee there are many .2'0‘.
if Ures" of the disestee.
The in recent of these en -called,
medie eleniurn„ wilieh is
mistral elemeut belonging to th
ulphue group that experunentere
Germany are said to have 113ed
h elevens• in treating cancer in
el and with whieh a New Yoek
'Sleitkra. ie reported to have cure&
apparently cured, earner i
That tl ouncem nt lu
xsedno rn.oh excitemeet as fo
lowed the dcovory of tubereuli
nty yeae ago is gratifying eel
e of the erowing intelligeuee ef
th pbJic.. People now read such
uu1otnini with interest, and
hope for the future, but they
o learned to wait for more dell -
proof than X- newspaper para-
graph cau eupply.--Youth's Com-
panioe.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
AUGUST 11.
Lesson 17/. A trembled eee and ZL
rouhled soul. Mark 4.35 to 5.20.
• -Oolden Text, Psa. 46. 1, 2.
Verse 35; On that day -The pa
ticular afternoon.4,n1 the day en
which Jesus sat va a boat and
taught the multitudes in parables.
Unlike Luke (8. 22), Mark associates
the events se that he remembers the
very day.
The ether skae. - The eastern
shore of 'elle lake, about opposite
Oapernauest.
37. Storm. of wind Greek, a
great semall, ,Ma.ttliew calls it
"tempest" (8. 24).
38. The cushion --On the helms-
an's 'seat.- The mention of the
cushion and other little boats indi-
cates the -careful detail of Mark's
narrative,
39. Peace, be still-Siieeee, be
muzzled. Be addresses the waves
s though speaking to an unruly
ox. The Greelywerci earries with
it not only the meaning that the
e.ea should become quiet, but also
that it sheeld remain. eo.
A, great nalm -"In contrast With
140 great storm,"
40. IIhre, ye not yet faith 7-Tbis
questihn seems to irdieate. the prine
cipal lessou which the incident is
intended to teaeli, In view of all
the precedieg raireelee it tvoidd
eem that theseMen, who had been
intimately aseaciated with Jesus,
hould have been 'confident of his
power and dispoeition to care for
them, yet the •=Wept diteloeee a
ful leek of faith. The startled
.appeal to their sleeping Master be
speake the.distrust which pesseeeet
them when eonfroeted with denger,
The stilling of theton is one
more incident added to thelortgliet
fraoles 'which Wer0 designed to
• he dieciples with Ur lleriFtant
SUS utha maeter of eery
eoun be par es thou o
theme:Who are pretty well wor
with the &warner's work, feel
they would like to be for allot
month during the het, $043071.
ted it is obvious that if ever
• are to win a emile of approval from.
Sir Altaroth Wright they must. nev-
er, never be militant; and that no
matter how vigorous and wine they
feel they must, rem,emher that they
re no more than irresponsible
slaves of hysteric emotion, aid that
" they must be very careful about us-
ing their talents aed abilitiee for
4, fear that they will offend against
' Immo sort. a Gog and Magog that
the. scieutiste and sentimentalists
have united to fiet high on a pedes-
tal before which they fall down and
worship.
Owing to tho increating cost of
leather prices of shoes have been
advancing for the last three or four
years. Leather now easts, it is
said, 72 per cent. more than at tbe
beginning of 1908 because the
world's supply of hides has not in-
creased in proportion to the need
.of leather, The automobile has
-caused part of the enlarged de-
mand, and more people are wear-
ing shoes than ever before. Now
another advance, of 20 per cent., is
to be made in shoe priees by Sep-
tember 1.
This is becoming a sad -world for
the ultimate eonsumer.' He must,
pay more for wearing apparel
for woollen cloth is also going up.
The. cost of anthracite coal already
has been advanced. Some of us
may even have to give up automo-
'biles if the high pressure continees;
others may return to the barefoot
stage, at least in summer. But
stock raisers ought to be happy
over the, present conditions, and per-
haps discontented "ultimate con-
sumers" ought to turn" to stock
raising. The world needs raof‘e meat
as well as more leather.
A eso,oho VEGETABLE GARDEN.
Suburban Life Magazine for Au-
• gust tells of ri man in St. Louis who
has a successful vegetable garden
on a plot of land valued at $50,000.
"Get your feet on Mother Earth
• and let her thaw away your trou-
bles and cares" declares -this busi-
ness man. "When man is for very
long out of ,touch with,the first prin-
ciples of nature, he begins to weak-
-e)-4. Ile may think he is doing him-
self and his descendants a great
good, and is fast progressing when
he bustles about making a great
fuss over his artificial way of living,
but he isn't. Nature, sooner or
• later, makes him realize that he
• cannot stand in, judgment on his
own actions. Why, the .modern
lousiness man nealtes more noise ga-
in.g down town to his work in the
' morning' than does the whole uni-
verse an its wonderful progress
through endless spare." "
ea:are:ea
CZAR SHOWS TERROR.
Nicholas of Russia Fears Plot to
Assassinate Ma.-
As the Czarand Czarina were an
their way frora Livadue in the Cri-
mea, to Moscow recently, they halt
ed at the seaside; town of Galton,
ivitere a 'charity flower day was or-
ganized. Vendors were drawn from
members of the arjstocracy travel-
ing with their majesties and from
the imperial family itself. Zealous-
ly guarded kiosks were placed along
the sea, promenade, and there the
Czar, the Czarina and their chil-
dren sold flowers to privilegea cus-
tomers. The royal party collected
$4,000 in half an hour. "-
The Czar went t,o ientseow after
an absence ofsseven yettra to unveil
his father's statue. Whenethe royal
train arrived from the Crimea and
the local dignitaries met him with
the bread and salt Of welcome he
refused to leve his state compart-
reent,-saYing he knew a plot had
been hatched against him. 1t took
over an hour's persuasion to induce
him to drive into the city. Then he
gave orders that• the tborses were
to go at a, gallop. He was white as
death mid too mue,b agitated to
acknowledge the, .salutes of the
crowds.
The day before he arrived the po-
lice entered all houses on the route,
told the people to remove 'froth
their cellars what they naight want
daring the Czar's stay, then locked_
and sealed them up, taking away
all keys. People were forbidden to
appear on balconies or in windows
during the royal progress on pain
of being instantly shot.
The Czar's nerves took a turn for
the worse when •Premier StolvPin
was shot within:se few yards of him
at.Kieff. He says he trusts nobody
and knows he must die a violent
death, but wauts to put off the evil.
. .
moment until lee- son grows up.
His four daughters -appeared- for
the first time in public in BusSian
court dress when- their grand
fathers' statue was unveiled.
4-1-4
Miss Elderby--"Drit you really
think that women propose ?" Old-
bach-"If they don't there are a
great many marriages I cannot ac-
count for."
• Diner -"Waiter, bring me a glass
Of :water." , Waiter ---"Certainly,
sir, . but you :already have one
glass." Diner -7- "One. is .'nett.,
enongh. Get me another, 1 want
to, strengthen this sottp.!'
41, Fear
on tle 000 Tit
because of
whieh Jesus
• -Even the,
tie Gospels, i
Tee4infileY"..4tfirst
heir dallgeT, later
mystorioes power
se&
rid the sea obey
in all three synep-
e ting the marked
impression uuade time not only
disease and demons subjeet to
sus) hut the natural elements as
Gerasehes-Luke 8. 20 gives
•ralering, while Matthew 8,
28 read Gadarenes. The, city Ger-
elk. or Kers& frem which the proper
oun Gerasenes is derived, was
situated on the eastern side of the
IaLee, about midway from north to
south, and about a mile from the
shore. The shore at the point op-
posite is narrow and steep, drop-
ping abruptly from the high table-
land to the waters edge. Ilere
there is another heap of reins de-
ignateel by the eameeneme. The
proper noun Gadarenes, on the
ether ',hand, eomes from. Gladara,
city six miles southeast of the lake
and south -of the Hier as or Yoe -
intik g9rge. ° Gadara WarS kitified
in ancient times and was one of
the principal, •cities of Decapolis.
Compare verse ea. Because of its
importance it was known more
widely outside of Palestine then
was Geese, and this factemay have,
lcd the substitution 4'of Gada-
renes for Gerasen,es by some an-
cient copyists. When we, remmeber
how often the manuseripts of our
Gospels were copied and reeopied
during the many centuriespreeeding
„,the invention -of printing, the won-
der is that more copyist'serrors of
this Ided than actually doepecur are
not feund in the Gospels.
2. Straightway -A „common word
in Mark's -rapid sketch of events.
Tombs-Cavei in the limestone
cliffs in the :vicinity of Gersa.
A man--111attheir mentions ,two.
Luke, _however, mentions only one.
It is not improbable that'there were.
two -of whom' one was the fiercer
and acted as spokesman.
'Unclean spirit -Compare. Lesson
Tert Studies for Matieh 10 for note
on Demon PoS9ession.
• 6. -Worshiped hiie--Paid him rev-
erence. This was an act of -ebei-
sauce which did not necessarily
amount to the worship of deity, but
was a common means by Which ene
person a-cknowledged the superior-
ity of another. The demons clearly
recognized the mastery of Jesus
over them.
7. What have I to do with thee?'
-The utterance of the man, impell-
ed by the demon which had nothing
in common with Christ.
Thou Son of the.1\nst High God -
As though he recognizedthe deity
of Christ: It is to be noted tli'ht
although, men were slew in recog-
nizing Testis as divine the- denions
identified him immediately.
9. Legion ----So ealled because they
wore many. A legion was a depart-
ment of the Boman, army number-
ing 6,000 men. The language of the
demoniac' was of course figurative.
It was as tltougla he said, "T feel
as though I were possessed of a
-thousand d evil s '
10. Out Of the country -----Luke
31 reads: "into the abyss." •The
demons feared being driven into
torment, while the possessed man
feared he would be driven from his
asylerfl among the tombs.,
13. Ile gave theni leave -Mat-
,
thew 8, 32 records that Jeius gave
the command, "Depart." There
is 11.0 intimation, however, that
they were e-ommaeded to enter the
ve ya thin Ite m w axn e _-
About two thousand -.j e esti-
mated by the terror -Stricken swine-
herds,
14. In the city.Gersa.
15. In his right mind -No longer
controlled by demons,.
They were afeaid-Of the mys-
terious power wlaieh overcanie the
(lemons and resulted in .such de-
struetioe.
19, Deelared unto them how it
befell hint --Told a simple story of
the, ieedents and -their results.
16. As he was entering into the
beat -The incident resulted in Je-
sus at no without WW-
II -1g an opportunity to teach.
That he might be with hira---A. re-
quest prompted by both ,faar and
devotion,.
10. Go to thy house -The demo-
iac became an'apostle to those
whose doors were closed to Jesus.
20. Decapelise-A e -roup of ten
cities Ivieg eouth and east of the
Lake of Galilee.
WILLIAM'S VACATION.
Sister Sue,
7,tfy brother William, he's
heme
send vacation here with
And were all tickled half to dea
As over him- we make a fuss.
He is sd big and looks se grand,
Rile clothes ere just the ewelles
Yet,
And he has all the city ways --
He'll make ay hit out here, I be
Sammie.
Iy brother Will is heck £ron tew
And he knows lots and
thiege,;
He's got A brand new l
And all the latest hits he singe,
rn leerning fast, area by the tim
He hes to peek his 'grip and go
Q udevjlle 3okes end turkey trot
ow eneugh to atart a ehow.
TIIE
The Pure
YNOTE OF RELIGION
eart are Biessed, for They <Shall See
God, tile Reality
ure religion and -undefiled be-
fore God and the Father is this, to
vieit the fatherless and widow- in
their affliction, and to keep himselr
unspotted from the werid---Jaziles
i 21.
Sympathy and self-reSpect are
the keynotes of religion. How may
we define religion bet es that which
doth bind us, even as ligaments
bind our bone; to the real thing,
which is Clod? Only whee we rea-
lize that we are so ee of God boimel
by tender yet strong ties of '..`love
divine all love excellmg" have we
ambition to Iive, undefiled, Un-
spotted lives. The undefiled are
they that have kept from real evil.
The unspotted are those whose epi -
*teal robes of utter wititeeess a -re
not splashed with the mud and mire
of actual sin. We see daily in
ethers, and eometitnes, thank God,
if we look at ourselves, a vision
wonderful holiness in the eye the
beholds.
THE XINGN BIS BEAUTY;
reeognize the nobility,
* ea of itielf, of those Who
themselves innocent of
great <Memo of physical evil
Purity ie more thax av
erity-eit ie the vieion 'rig
made ones own. To li
is to have a definite sta
uai respopeileility wi
aprees the very heart
God. To keep unspo
Ve washed (melt robes
*ecious Blood, that they MaY
otative of tbe grace and
der niorcya God, in giving eo
ternal whiteness •**of person...I adorn..
Merit as an outward and visible
sign of the eoure horror of evil;
and all this constitutes the attitude
ef self-reepeet which is, first of all,
God -respect and then the apprecia-
tion of respect ef ,self as a eori of
God. Faith in God as a' person is
• exterdeel to faith in personality as
of God and reverence for rson-
ality everywhere, as dirine, yet hn-
man; human, although divine, Self*.
respect expresses itself in quiet
dignity of carriage, in fearless
glarIlee o SO1.11 to soul; ef glerioue
revereeee for eourage,
TBeTDERNESS AND TRLTH.
It is the splendid assertion ot
mem:heed ef eompiete eincerity, C91:-
ioug, of ability, by the power of
to eoeferin through free will
will of •God in the "eterious
y of the children of, Goa,' ' and
eni all this follows the pet
which comes from reale-
otherhood, of Itemattity in
its weakness. iestahility
nty. apart frOM, God,
ze the real thieg in
who attempt to ox-
inet pere and
havang "Holiness as an invite
ble ehield." Service is the real
epression 'of religion when it hae
t the love of God to bring peace,
n and power to others, Many,
anv, hunger and thirst after
hteousnese which, if we pos.,
eoss, we may bring as a, wonderful
benedietiou to the weary and heavy
Ma.
bless Ms be;
pend a
ful h
'r
hen the od th
there --
Faye it iFiUtb at to<
making him some
pies.
And 1 aro suro tbo5="11 be a
have a. visrfitoisrPtoa:day,
But whab it is 1 can't inake out,
Tho queerest lookin' lot otogs-
You'd laugh to see it walk about.
ta, a hat with gaudy band,
w a shirt that's full of frills,
',saw a pair of ugly shoes,
I saw a, eane-but where,is Bill1
-Peyton Boswell in N.Y. Herald.
WHAT WOULD TOD' T4-1,X.E1
What would you take for that soft,
• little -head
Preesed close to your face at time
forbed
For that wlute dimpled hand in
your own held. tight,
And the dear little eyelids kissed
„„ down for the nigha2
What would you take?
What would you take for that stone
-
in the morn, ,
Those bright, dancing eyes and the
face they adorn:
For,the sweet little voice that yo*
hear all day
Laughing and cooing --yet nothing
to -say
What would eyou take?
What iwotuiefoot,lelyeutake for those pink
it
Those „chubby round eheeks, and
that mouth so sweet;
For the wee tiny finers and little
soft toes,
The wrinkly little neck and that
funny little nose?
Now what would you take?
-From "Heart Throbs," Nation-
al Magazine.
I.
MID -SUMMER ACTIVITIES..
"Summer, to we human beings,
instead of being the time for the
greatest activity, is the time for -the
least effort. As I lie in my ham-
mock under the widespread branch-
es of the haeltherry-tree, it has been
interesting "to me to contrast my
laziness with the unceasing activiz
ties of the insect world. I have
watched a colony of ants by the
,hour, and have marveled at their
• incessant labors! never weary, ne-
ver , resting, runnirof hither and
thither as though the king's busi-
ness demanded haste.
"Bees are flyirtg from lieWer to
flower, busily intent on gathering
Loriey from my garden flowers.
They seem to find a plentiful supply
from ray late roses and lilies; from
thee heliotrope and mignonette.;
from the nasturtiums and the sweet
peas; from the phloxes and sweet
,
-1-vi`T
jciiliem.• -
-butterflies are never rest-
ing these days, but. like the bees,
aro seeking, refreshment from the
nodding blossoms. They make a
beautiful picture, as they rest on
the petals of a late yose, the, sun
shining ,upon their gay • iricliscent
colors. True creatures of the mid-
summer are they, too fragile to out-
live these warm summer day, and
succumbing to the first cold breath
of autumn.' '-Sub u rban Life Meese
Zin e for August,
OLOTIIES OF sToNE AND IRON
Woolprodueed la Furnaces
Durable 04rxneut$,
The Ituasiais reranufaeture a fab.
ie from the Abre of a filamentous
no from the Siberian minee,
ichis said to be of so durable a
are that it is praetically inde-
cable. The material is soft to
he touch and pliable in the ex-
treme, and when soiled has only to
be placed in a fire to be made ab.
olutely clean,
n cloth is largely used to -day
Idlers everywhere, for the pun-
ef making the, toilers of voats
perly. This cloth is ITUIUU-
from steel wool and has
pearance •of having been
WOVell from horsehair.
Wool eta the produet of sheep is
being utilized abroad for the IOU
ing men's clothing. This
known as "limestone- wool," and
maele in an electric furnate.
Powdered limestone, mixed with
certain chemicals, is thrown into
the furnace, and, after passing
through a furious air blast, it is
tossed out as fluffy white wool.
'When itcomes from the fureace the
*iwool is dyed and made lute lengths
like cloth.
A pair of trausers or a coat neck!'
TAFFORD.
ttepe
nil wove it by
a tied of rough eloth.
it material he dyed a dark
A suit of clothes made from
tuff was worn by the
himself, and it is said
ree trade in this Jim)
nies.
material for
cloth, which
d in white,
yellow
6 this was
aid to
exible
a
terial
tem is ,
rodue-
t and
• It doesn't take a man long to tire
of posing as a good example.
'When Wi; *bag glassware try
dropping a few deeps of blue into
soapseds, Then wash the pieces itt
the ordinary manner. You will like
the way the, glass will sparkle, and
how clear it will look after this sim-
ple yet most effective treatment.
ELECTRIC MOUSE TRAP. I
"Shocking" Method of Putting
An End to House Mice.
The world has been moving- so
rapidly that in some lines inven
tions have not kept pace with pro -
egress in ether directions. This is
especially true of mousetraps. The
mousetrap we use to -day is of the
same inhuman, barbarous design
that was employed by our grata -
"fathers to rid their, homes of ro-
Sent; However, a mousetrap has
just been in -vented by Thomas 13.
Wells of Spring Lake, N.J., which
-ends the, livesof rodents silently,
painlessly, and in a manner most
humane.
The invention' has been entirely
perfected, and has been installed, in
a most ,elaboraXe fashion, at the
Wells home in Spring Lake. Every
room in the house, is equipped with
the device and connected with a,
dial which registers each electrocu-
tion. •
The dial is located on the of
and at, one end is a spark eoil.
Above the spark eoil projects a
wire, to- which a piece of eheese is
attached, When a moil% ;touches
this cheese he is instantly electro-
cuted, for the contaet closes the cir-
cuit, as he has to stand on the me
tal surface to which the seeondary
wires are connected.
Each "death chair" is equipped
with four storage batteries, which
furnish sufficient "juice to trans.
poet the rodents fxom this world
into the next. Wires connect eaeh
trap with the indicator wad bell in
Mr. Wells' • bedroom, so that in-
spection is not necessary. In the
rooming Mr. Wells has merely to
ask his butler to remove the dead
from the east bedroom, the :west
sitting -room or the play -room as
the case may be.
This does nob impress' Mr. Wells
as being at all medern, and he is
at work on an improved. "death
chair," which will dispose of the
bodies in a more up-to-date man-
ner. One plan is to have a trap
through which the bodies 'will fall,
Mr. 'Wells' bedroom, and not, only
does a bell King when the current
passes through the body of a ro-
dent, but the, indicator shows in
which room the unfortunate and
unwelcome animal came to his un-'
timely but humane end.
The electrocuting device, with all
its ramifications, was built by Mr.
Wells from blue -prints of his own
design, and it is his beast that he
has in his home, the finest and most
perfect mouse -killing equipment in
America.
Each "death chair" is a board
about the size of a telephone book.
Its surface is toVered with metal,
after rigor mortis, into an electric),
incinerating box. If this irner0-4-
ment is added a. mouse will be re-,
duced to ashes within a few min-
utes from the time his demise is re -
i
eel ed on the ndiceator.
'While this is earryieebthe idea to
a more, or less absurd degree, it is,
not at all unlikely that Mr. Wells
will attempt it. He is of a mechan-
ical turn of mind, and he has an
elaborately equipped workshop in
.
his home. He has practically com-
pleted a Bleriot monoplane, evarF
detail of which he his made himsell-
frona the ineeetor'e original blue/
print.
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