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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1917-11-1, Page 3Boys and Books. They, will mix all right if ,the boys are kept mentally alert and physically active with nour- ishing, easily digested;.fQods. Shredded Wheat . 7Bctitt+` "`is the ideal food for young- stens to'study, on or to clay on because it contains the life of the whole wheat grain inag. digestible forms The 'kiddies like it with, milk or cream, with sliced bananas \or other fruits. • Made in Canada. THE FOOD CRISIS. Material For :Developing Man Power Must Come Froni 'Land. One can understand the attitude taken by people in resenting being told over and over again that we must have meatless days, that we must,eat lessand, that we must economize. We need not be surprised at the question; coming back from the people: Why not increase- production ? No amount of economy will atone for underproduction. This is being fully appreciated by. the United States aince/their entry into the war, and should. be appreciated by us. At the outbreak of the war Great Britain was farming 50 per .cent. less land than she did one hundred k years • ago, and 45 per cent, of her popula- tion isin the cities. Germany, in the same time, had been stimulating her farming by a system of co-operation between the Government and the farmer by which loan`s might be' had and paid back " in, instalments. By such meansshe was able to keep' ap- proximately one half of her popula- tion on the farms. She, has conse- quently been almost self-sustaining. The accompanying table taken from the Yellow Book of the department of Agriculture shows at a glance the results obtained in' Great Britain and - Germany -on each one hundred acres of cultivated land, and demonstrates the increase in production of the latter country as against, the former: British German Farmer. Farmer. Tons. Tons. Grows—Corn . 15 33 (' Grows—Potatoes . 11 55 Grows -Meat . .... 4 41/ Grows -Milk . 17% 23 Canada is capable of supplying food for every man, woman and child -in Europe; yet less than 10 per cent. of this• land is under cultivation, while in, a some provinces and in the United, States, the acreage under cultivation! t is becoming less every year with the t exception of the present year. fi ; s W [O;WERE THEY BEFO''RE' `SHE WART IIOW LONG HAVE •THEY BEEN IN THE 'ARMY?, Is It Credible That They Were Ever Anything But. Soldiers?—What Officers Say About Their Men A ve3•y fine appreciation of ' our wonderful citizen army has just been sent to England from ,the British Headquarters by the special corre- spondent of the London Times. "The outstanding fact' of the-, re- cent fighting here has been the same as it was on the Somme last year, namely, the amazing quality of our men," he says. "Instances of individual heroism are still passed about; but they are little compared with the heroism of the mass, of which one thinks it ne- cessary to speak no more than in men- tioning a rose is it necessary to dwell upon its scent and hues and shape,:. Quality of the New Drafts. "A never ceasin g : subject of curios- ity ity with me whefi talking to' officers of almost every grade is the quality of the nevirsdrafts; and I have never yet met a .case where the officer was not satisfied with his latest drafts and apprehensive about his next. This has been so for two years. Just as the ol-d Regular Army feared. for the Territorials and the first Territorials feared for all the/ later men, so each successive layer of the Newest fears for• the layer that will come next. And the last' layer gets kneaded into the lump and, with it, shares the old fears as -to the quality of those who will be coming after. So, it goes on —and look at them! "Who would say,whether the' men of this company sWinging along the road had been out here for"two months .or two years ? It is not a very full company, for the men are 'corning out'; but mark the copper -bronze faces and the confidence and rhythm of the march. And the young officer at their head: Goodness knows v<'hat he was two years ago, 'but to -day Ire is an officer' and a soldier every inch of him, fit for men to follow. Their Great Confidence..,. "Another company passesithem on the road, going the other way, fuller in strength and without the stains of recent battle on the uniforms. But the faces are as bronzed and the tread is as firm. The two passinsilence with friendly measuring eyes—those just coming out from the doors of death and those just passing in—but there is no criticism in the gaze of the one nor envy or apprehension in that of the other; neither pride of F duty well done on the one side, nor fear of failure to do it on the other. "And the long trains of gains and artillery transport; ,you can stand nd, as they pass slowly, study each niiividual man, note the way they sit heir horses,,.the evidence- of the care hat is taken of the animals, the con- dence of the drivers, the serene as- urance of his own competence which stamps the bearing of every man. Who were they before the,war? How long have they been here? Is it cre- dible that they were -ever anything butt soldiers ? UNCONQUERED. Do they die who March away? Father, brother, husbai,d--, son; Nay, and ever, ever nay; Their -March -is but begun. On -Flemish fields, vvhere;'blood flows fast, Yea, faster than -our tears, Their bodies.`lie, their souls gone past The swift march of the years. With eager hearts they wait for us, A mighty, jubilant 'throng; Our men, o'er death'victorious,, Of healing peace their song.. Do they die who' march away? , T Father; brother, husband, son; bray, ' ay, and ever,"ever nay; Their march -is but begun. —Clare Donnelly. • Keep the habit of effort alive by a little gratuitous exercise every day. The Dispatch Riders. - - "Where have all the dispatch riders come from, these men whom all the Army admires, whd day and night all weathers, soaking wet or covered, with grime; flash by with tight -set lips__and steady eyes, through all the dust' and swirl of traffic ? One knew there were young men in Britain who loved such daredevil work.as this; but where have we found enough of them, so that on the - roads of- half France one is never out of earshot of the ma- chine gun rattle of their engines? And the , transport drivers, how comes it that they ' y are sill brave, all possessed of an equal and supreme contempt for shells when,they have a job to do? If you ask an ;infantry- ?man or gunner who was the bravest man he has seen ,he will speak ,prob- ably not of another infantryman _ er gunner in the exercise of his ordinary duties, but of some runner who car- ried messages, some engineer of ''sig- nals' who had thecare of telephone or telegraph wires, or some stretcher- bearer. So it is. all through the Army; and it is impossible not ' to wonder daily how these men hid their qualities before the war, and what has shaped them to what they `hie .to -day. Comman..der's Praise. "Talking to a Divisional Command hr. recently I"asked about the general behavior' of his men. 'Oh,' he said;, `they'rei rippers;, absolute 'toppers, every man of them!' His men came chiefly from certain manufacturing ctistricts in the Worth of England. Within the last two days an Army Commander, replying to thesame clueption, broke _ out: `Oh, -they're ex-' traordinarily good; couldn't be better, no matter where they come from', "Anel an Amy Commander's men come from most parts of the Empire. "Another Divisional Commanderhad spoked ,for some time of the splendid way his men had fought:— 'And the way they stick.by each other,' he had said, 'is Simply .Mag- nificent.' "'Are they tired?' I asked. 'Do they want peace?' 'Not a bacl peace,' was the quick reply, 'not one of them. They 'understand now what this war. is about, which at the begin- ning they didn't. "From my own obseriratiol; 1 be- Neve this to be true, Tired? of course, men " feet tired individually, physically and mentally 'tired, ` But the British Army is very stern and set in its ::purpose now. Many men there are undoubtedly' who fight for the love of ng hting; but` hi the 'masa fl our men 'htnow - not , from . 'adv en- turousness, not. from 'discipline, 'but because they propose' to ` win. this war, and, know' that fpr the world's ,sake, win it they must, "'It might have • been :a' very nice war,' said a sergeant, `if the Germans would have fought it right.' "But those illusions are gone. The German has not, fought it right; and it is a vile,and dreadful war; and our men know ittnow, and know that there is nothing else to do but crush the Power which made it so." NEW HEALTH FOR WOMEN The most fateful years in a woman's life are those between .forty-five' and fifty. Many of the sex enter this period under -depressing conditions through overwork or worry about the home, or through'.a condition in which' the blood is weak or watery and so they suffer heavily. Among the Com- monest symptoms are headaches, feverish flushes, palpitation of the heart, dizziness., ,backache, depression and otherwell recognized. disturb- ances of the health which signalizes„ that tiie " blood requires attention. Women urgently need rich, -:red blood all their lives, but never more s,o than in middle -life, when the: nerves are also weak and overwrought. 1 Now every woman can prove the prompt help afforded to hr health by renewing and building p the blood. It is a test that any ailin woman can. make by taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, for these pills make rich, i'ed blood, which in turn stimulates the appetite, strengthens the nerves and I restores full robust health. Thou- sands of women 'have found in -Dr. Williams' Pink Pills new health and strength and with these a new happi- ness and' interestfir life. - So if you suffer, avail yourself at once of the splendid home treatment which Dr. Williams' Pink 'Pills so easily afford, 'and you will be among, those who rejoice in regained health. These pills are sold by all dealers in me.dicine,-or may be had by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes, for $2.50 by writing the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. • WORDS OF WISDOM. Meet this day manfully. It will help you to be„a better man,for the mor- row. An error'isn't a sin until made the second time.* The .man that everybody likes, gen- erally likes everybody. .The neighbor who returns borrowed tools at the time.• specified can be trusted. Lend`to him even -unto the seventh time. A man with his heart in his work is not concerned about obstacles. He overcomes them. - There is a wide difference between the politician hunting a job and one hunting work. This is a good time to place an em- bargo upon the tongue. The tempta- tion to say too much' is sometimes ir- resistible. When building a new house or re- modeling an old one, be sure to have the -living -room the sunniest one' of them all. This will help to make it what every living -room should be- -the best room in the house. Haven't you --a good many times 'tried hard, to think what that good thought was you had away out in the back lot, and couldn't to save your life? That's, -why it would be a good thing to take a' slip of paper and pen- cil along wherever you go. Write it down. Then it won't~ get away from you. Heaven is large and affords space for all modes of love and fortitude. Why should we be busybodies-' and superserviceable? Action and inac- tion are alike to the true. One piece of the tree is cut for a weathercock and one for the sleeper .of a bridge; the virtue of the wood is apparent in Much of the backache --from which very many housewives suffer, might be avoided if worhen would sit down while doing some of their kitchen work.- One of the kitchen stools which are made for that purpose, makes this easily possible, as they are `' of the right size and. height"to use at most kitchen takes. An old piano stool is better still, as it is adjustable. " The boys whose mothers- inculcate the good old-fashioned rul..e. ` "girls first,",are those who make courteous; well-mannered'` men. If they are taught ',at home to wait on their Sis- ters and be polite to them, it will not be a painful, awkward effort to be gracefully polite and °deferential to other,.giris and women. Good man- ners count for more than good looks in making friends, Woman is to -clay entering on a new era, full of promise. The world is willing now to give her a chance to show what she .° can do, because it needs her help. The,,eager but effi- cient aid she gives to the Red Cross,. her thoughtful provision for the needs of our soldiers and \tire valuable in- dustrial work she is doing, show that she' can be depended upon for her full Share of help when she.. Is granted frill- er opportunities for service. Each day there are more opportunities arising for women to organize and they tare daily finding that in tiniof :(;here' is power, GUARD THE CHILDREN FROM •A`UTUMN -OLDS• Tile 'fall is the moos ;severe season: of the year for; poid-one ".da', is 'warm, the next Is wet.; and `cold and aaless the mother is on her guard the little onus are seized with colds that znay bank. on. all winter. Baby's 'Own Tablets are m'othera' best friend ',in preventing' or ban1shing-colds. They act ap a gentle laxative, keeping the bowels and stomach free and sweet. An occasional dose will prevent colds or if ,it does come on suddenly the prompt, use of the Tablets will quickly cure it. The Tablets are sold by medi- cine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr, Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville; Oat, GOLD. In far Alaska's snow -girt hills The shining metal lies;, And by the bright Peruvian rills Beneath her tropic skies. Arid yet, why search so far afield For that we find,at home— The gold ome—Thegold that our own acres yield, Fruit of the fertile loam ? The gold of shining yellow corn, ,''The gold of ripened wheat, The butter of the clover -mead, The honey rich and sweet, The golden fruits of tree and vine— All these more precious are Than all the wealth of all the'"`Rand, Nugget and bullion -bar. Then break the;tsod that idle' lies, And plow -the furrow deep; c A' time of dew and rain and sun, And then a time to reap The harvest„ ripened, fully -grown, To Autumn's winds unfurled; The rarest wealth that man has known— • I The gold that feeds the world! 1.. -Lydia O'Neil. ('R.JN.E: Granulated Eyelids, Fyc's,Eyes Inflamed by g d Sun Dust and Wind quickly iPs relieved by N urine. Try it in ^,.'� your Eses and In Eaby's Eyes. 6KS Y'oSmarting,JestEyeComfort Marine ,A Your De ng rel . ; m13a n9r bottle: Marin. Eye Salve, in. Tube ESc. For IIooY, of tkmEj/d-Free.' Ask Inurfne Eye Remedy' Co., Chicago a Attach Light to Your Razor. A woman, Katherine E. Allpo't of Chicago; is the inventor of a combin- ation flashlight and razor, says Popu- lar Mechanics, which will illuminate a'man's face far better than the regu- lar. wall light. By having the light attached directly to the razor the light follows the blade_and the strong pays are -thrown just where they are need- ed. The small flashlight bulb is clip- ped with its socket on to the handle end 'of the razor. The conducting wires from the socket lead to small dry cells' which ocucpy the bottom half of the razor box especially built for this: attachment. From one to three dry cells can be employed, depending upon how much light you consider ne- cessary. Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Gents,—A customer of ours cured a very bad case of distemper in a valu- able .horse by the use of MINARD'S LINIMENT. Yours truly, VILANDIE FRERES. ' Honey locust and cedars are gen- erally used for hedges in Ontario. When kept 'properly trimmed these make good hedges and stand the - Dwarf spruce, arbor vitae, osage orange, Norway spruce and hemlock are also useful, for hedges. Holly may be used where it -Will stand the winters. Minard's Liniment Cares Dandrulr. We are exhorted to use corn -meal in these war times. Here --is a good johnny-cake,,'made without eggs: Mix and sift together a cupful each of corn -meal and flour, a third of a cup- ful of sugar, a teaspoonful of salt and a half teaspoonful each of soda and baking -powder. Add gradually cup:01" and a half of,ssour milk. Beat well and bake in a well -greased, shal- low pan in a Moderate oven. GIRLS ! ,LEMON (JUICE/. . IS SKIN WHITENER How, to make a creamy' beauty 'lotion for a few cents. Ilse' '1u`ice of two fresh' lemons strained into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white makes a whole quarter pint of the most -rue. markable lemon skin, beautifier at about the cost one, must pay for a small jar of alio ordinary cold creams. Care should he taken' to strain tliei lemon juice'.through •a fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion will keep fresh for montlis. Every woman knewsr that lemon juice is used to bleach and remove such blemishes as frecklesosallowness and tan and is the ideal skin softener, whitener .and beautifier, Just 'try it I Get three ounces of orchard white at any drug store and two lemons from the grocer and .bake Up, a quarter pint of this. Sweetly fro grant lemon..,,lotion and massage it daily into _t'he Pace, u,ecicl "arms and hand SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. 5.5, Workers of North America Will Meet in Buffalo Next dune. The Board" of Trustees of . the In. ternationai Sunday School Associa- tion at their Fall meeting in ;Chicago, fixed June 19th to 26th as the dates for the. Fourteenth International Sun-. day School Convention to be held at Buffalo, , N.Y., in 1918. Ontario is third among the States and Provinces' in the number 'of delegates allotted,: New York State and Pennsylvania coming first. The number given to Ontario is 180. Provision foreth se- lection and appointment of these will bq ,made at the Conventions in Chat- ham and Peterborough, October 23-25, 1 and October 30 to Nov.' 1 respectively,, these being the last Ontario Convert tions ` until after the International: Special election of International re- presentatives, members of the Inter- national Nominating Conunittees, and detailed reports ~will receive special attention. Minard'g Liniment Relieves Neuralgia. Doesn't. Need Them. The man who does things is seldom heralded by an advance agent and a brass band. MONEY ORDERS Buy your out of town supplies with Dominion Express Money Orders, Five dollars costs three cents. l Sowing Tares. During a Bible lesson a teacher was trying to explain the parable of the tares. "Can anyoib tell me any person who is like the evil one who sowed the tares?” A hand instantly shot up from a small boy at the foot of the class. "Well, John, what person do you say?" "Please, ma'am, 'my mother." "Why?" asked the teacher, in aston-. "Well," answered he, eyeing his patched trousers, "she sews all my tear"s . " Guarding Baby.. Never let a—liaby play with sharp - pointed toys or toys with sharp -edge Never let him have wool -covered to or those covered with hair; they a� germ collectors. Be careful about le ting him have buttons or tiny thin which he .night swallow or get in h ears 'or up his nose. Don't let hit chew old pocketbooks or painted toy Minaret's Liniment for sale everywher If the farm labor situation . is acute another year as -it is now, sour more definite arrangement should b made to eliminate the weaker and les suitable men volunteering• for hel in the fields,. The wages paid ha I varied from 840 per month, for me experienced, but who are strong, to $ a day for experienced haryest hands. 0-0-0-0-0-0 --o—O—O—O—O--O-- o I 1 YES ! LIFT A CORN OFF WITHOUT PAIN Cincinnati man tells how to dry up a corn or callus so it Hits off with fingers 0—, o-0—o—o—o—o--o—o—o—o—o—o You corn -pestered men and women need suffer no longer. Wear the shoes that nearly killed you before, -says this Cincinnati authority, because 'a few -drops of freezone applied directly on a tender, aching corn or callus, stops soreness at once and soon tiie corn or hardened callus loosens so it can be lifted -off, root and all, without pain. A small bottle of freezone costs very little at any drug, store, but will posi- tively take off every hard or soft corn or callus. This should be tried, as it is inexpensive and is said not to irri- tate the, surrounding slain. If your druggist has.u't any freezone tell him to get a small bottle for you from is wholesale drugg house. It is fine stuff and acts like a charm every time. The Soul of a Piano is the Action. Insist on the OTTO HIGEL' PIANO ACTION • N'- Need to Rub Try' Sloan's Liniment --and see how quickly the swelling is reduced and the pain disappears. No need to rub; it pene- trates.quickly and bringsrelief. Have a bottle handy for rheumatic pains; neuralgia, hack ache and all .mus- cle soreness. Generous sized bottles; at your;., druggist, 25c,d" '50c., $1.00. Foy, makhoir roop. For. *often In% wotor, For removing paint. For disinfecting refrlgorat o, s, sinks, closets., dreinsandford00 , other purpose¢, MWY.a SUOISITJTUVIIM- `ti:y1 i 0 oA„y�jjRl11 Modern Wonders. A teacher was asking her young pupils what wonders to be seen to- day were not in existenc; sixty years ago. There were a score of answers, such as electric light; motor cars, airships. At last one little fellow contributed: "Me and my little brother, miss." aSinard's Liniment dazes Burns, Etc.. "On God, and godlike men, we build our trust." ` According to advices received from Washington, since the war began the world's meat -producing animals have decreas. d by 115,000,000. This de- crease consists of over 28,000,000 cat- tle, 54,000,000 sheep, and 32,000,000 hogs, and for the most part is to be found in. European countries, as eat- tle and hogave actually increased in American. S. 75 ICEGY:3FAPE$S POR SALE ds ° -e U1;OF1T-MAKING N17;'S AND JOB 1 Offices f. or sale 'In Rood Ontario t- towns, The most use2ul and SnterestinS fs of all businesses. Full Information on appilcatlon. to '4L'llson Publishing Coma is navy; i3 Adelaide St., Toronto. •- n ST SCELLILEMOVS Iv ,ANTED --BLACKSMITH TO V sharpen tools:. also Granite e.' I°cllsher. RTrite George M. Paul, Sarnia, Ont. irl tNC7EIt, TUMORS, LUMPS, ETC.. e Internal and external, cured with- out pain by our home treatmenL.m write e na berme too late. Dr, Eellnt'un MedleaJ s Co., Limited. Colltngwood Ont. s . ' E .., . 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