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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1918-8-22, Page 7MY SON --AND THE CITY "Fortunatel3r, before it was too late, I woke up 1:0 the fact that I was giyirg the live stock better shelter and more coinforts than my wife and children!' By Donald Moro. 1 ani not like my Scotch. neighbor I built a Stnceo house, ra.theea novii- to the north. He tells me that when ty in the county nowadays, but ee- he was a young man he inherited ten ment is the building, material of the pounds from a rich uncle, "Man," fature, Lebelieve• Part of the place he adds, "I was :alert a pendthrift anti ia purely ornamental, no earthly use a wastrel that by the end of seven soafar as shelter Is concerned. May - years there 'was not a farthing left be I have been a *astrel and used up •of the whole sum." my ten -pound inheritance in seven ae'ver inherited any great fortune, years, as my extravagant Scotch tAS diCi -my Gaelic neighbor. I Was neighbor did when he was young. But never a wastrel or roysteret; I have the ornamental Work -has brightened worked hard all iny life, far ,harder the eyes of the boy \who was going • 'than any of my children will ever have :to -work, I hope and verily believe. There were a good many years when it was my ambition to have more land and more stock than any at my neigh- bors. That ambition died with my, For instance, you exter the house by flistborae for the .doctor's bills were. way of a cement -floor terrace or large and there was sadness in the porch, without robf, which extends goodwifeist eyes, and we had other, clear across the front and faces the "things than inceley to think of. Fol -1 road. From this terrace yots enter a lowed then the years when I turned to covered porch, screenedain for sum - public service:fer forqtrulness; towttalmer, glassed -in for winter. To the mhip reeve first, school trustee next,treft as you enter is a big built -int• 'and so on, until there were several closet for Wraps, and eneas'ea in the terms as county • warden. —that's' door of this closet is a full-length about the sum and substance oF all prate -glass mirror which gives the the public serving I've done. ladies a good chance to see thernselvee I may never Tiave had the ambition, as theY take off or Put on -theili; wraps' to give my folks the most "homey" I've a theory that a few more good 1; 'haute in our township, to -rub the mirrors in atin-house would keep wrinkles,- away from my wife's eyes,l.wrinkles and stoop shoulders from be - to keep the brood ot children around higso common. Maybe not, but that's us in a house as comfortable and well my theory. furnished as any we could have hi Outside the kitehen, the rear, is town; had it not been for a little talk one night with my oldest boy. „;•1 re- member It was snowing outside; funny Who little, immaterial things stick in away, and the girls who never threat- encd to go, but whom I wenid have • lost, sooner or later, had it not been for the new, house, I am sure. It was worth an it cost. T. H. Estabrooks Co. LIMITED St. John Terunto Witutiyez CAlcery an additional room which we call the kitchen entry, • In this room is a ' cseaaise need centre! inee,we Ne. 6.°227e built -ht iefrigerator. : Off another aide of the house is a sun parlor; with aour minds, as lag, sometimes, as the glass windows and a radiator to keep 'large, :eventful ones.' ... : ' : it Warm for winter,' and screens for e I was reading the caunty-town pa, summer. • -Up-stairs there are ,three per, :stopping now and: then .to throw large bedrooms and a sleeping poreit, - 'another stick of wood on the 'fire and with every bedroom having anlatge •to cram the sofa pillow more firmly:in: closet and every closet door' a full - the broken window:pane which we had length .tifirror; none -of : those things I 'neglected to eenair• before the cold which distort the fea ture?, -Mid make i snap caught Us. I had been reading you look either like a roly-poly or a; - -the "patent insides" and must have bean pole, but a good, honest mirror' • been nodding at the last, for the fire which shows the wrinkles in time to -had died down and the room was chilly stop them, and enables a man to shave, when ,the lad came in. He hadn't without leaving a cluster every here' said much until I was shivering; net- Ind thee, like a spotted cornfield. vousness mucli-ais the' temperature, There is a large bathroom, with both • daddy, there ever was in the whole wide world, and I love you!" • What do I care for taxes! Why, I'd even squenderna ten -pound inheritance in seven years and 'gill consider my- self the weelthieat man in all etea- tion. ----- Be Op !autistic. "One of the coolisheat things we mortals do," said Mr. Gratebar, "is to make mountain's out of molehills. • "Half the worry and diatre.es in the world comes from this unfortunate habit. It breeds distrust, creates a hard feeling, breaks vp "inendships, guess. shower and tab bath. ' I makes discord in 'Families, it makes "Inn going to quit you. Father," he The basernerit is my favorite, or misorY all around, and all thisis 999 Ye shalt be my witnesaes both in • 1 N't'IiItNATiONALILES$ON AliGLIST 23. "77 di`i-StlaVilI. Christian Testimony— Acts 1. 8; •Matt, 10. 27-33; Jantes 1. 26, 27. Golden Text, Luke 12. 8•. Acts 1..8, 1 I • GOOD HEALTH QUESTION BOX Ey Aadeew Currrer, at Currier willeanswer all signed letters pretalong td lloaffli, ar yens:. lineation is ot general intereat it will be answered through tbesei columns; if hot it, will be anewered personally, if stamped,' addressed enveloPe is sea closed, or. Currier will- not prescribe for ladtvidual easea or make diagnolitit /address Dr. Andrew IA Currier, care of Wilson Peblielling Coe 73 .adelald. et, West, 'Fermata, Conatipatien. ManyYpeople -would deny that they thaNnonceolInstfipathtelo'nil.ls to which are constipated' and -yet they aqtrer beings are Subject has more victitrisrItorloIrsheadi,3atot-tillietexgireeaattiolgivaanntdity.axeof aefa:, fensive niatter they have been carry - It is therefore a /natter into which everybody ought to look rather care_ ing about -when their intestines are fully. teimv:stied by means Of drttStie Purgaa The inteatinal tract or tube is that ae *e portion of the human machinery which tiol- 'aes'aTera-e'-eis ts from herefore starehes and fats are digested and dis- solve, and digested foodtufr absorb, imperative that the in,testines :should ed as it proceecie to nourish and sus -I be eniPtieci Once or °:ftener every day' tain the body, and it also is the sew- athaevaie,x'aaQe'Pic'rna'Inetostobnicsi rci;lameasaartafeesrablitel er through which flows the current of waste xnattei•. residue of some foods is greater than I tis very a thlanir this tcurrentnany shouldkind i*:)f.;erne°10°tIlitieeerestn°111.aainP:ilicattcl'ioli Yeti'sle; N)vr:ar)f',1°ctla-rnoisfeciaideiillgnlei°111oilne(1 inbve Freely and without obstruction to this role. explanation winy there can be no fix- eri standard% as to fhe normal daily and the human sewer is no exeeption When obsttaiction occurs in the cateralt for the inte.st•ine' er of your town you are well aware thee the consequence is an effusion or QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. „foul gases into your house, overflow E. M.-1.---Cari the appendix be of offensive material and injury and located on the left side? I have a donage in a variety- of ways. , dragging pain, occasionally, in this In the same manner awhen" the hu- part of the abdomen, and have ,had man sewer is obstructed, foul gases' it during the last three or four are, generated, waste and poi-eon:was months, material is' absorbed- and distributed. 2—Will vinegar or lemon juice over the body of the blood currenta harm the hair? skin diseases break out, you are belie' Answer-1,—It would be unusual over with pain in your abdomen and for' the appendix to be transposed the resisting power of your body to in- i front„the right side, where it belongs, feetions and other diseases ig-lowered.1 to the left side, although I believe it Many diseases viiich have a fatal has occaaionally been found there. It ending trace their beginning to this I is more likely that yoit 'are suffering common and so often neglected airal from gas in the intestines, or from ment—constipation. ladhesione,ethan from dieplaced ap- It is quite a?, impoAant to keep • pendix. the intestines free from poisonous ma-, 2—I do not think that either vine- terial aa it is to supply it with ,the gar or lemon juice would work either food whieh is essential to life. harm or benefit to, the hair, but 1 What is the situatioa-a-here is a would suggest that it would be better tube thirty feet long the last third of not to use either. it the large intestine. the reservoir for!, A Reader—Will you kindly inform waste inatter, tWO or thtee tithe e the' me whether a leaking valve is a seri.- caliber of the other two thirds, tha ens heart trouble, or whether it can be small intestine. , feared and, if so• how? In the large intestine also are valves; Answer—It is sometimes serious and folds, greatly increasing its raps.-, and sometimes it is not very serious. city while the entire intestinal tube, I would suggest that you send stamp - is so elastie it, ean easily be made tolea and self-addressed ehvelope and an hold ,galinns of material, 'article on Valvular Diseaae of:the If thin matevial is piisortens you; Heart will he sent you, which 1:l- een eeteee at its posailaility for harm.' form you in i.egard to this disease. •said, with determination written, large it's cau work on rainy days aru cases out of 1,000 for jus,t nothing. I Jeetisaleni, and in all Judaea and evlioeoever shall deny ine,--1,iterally,1 ouraelves and others is sverth the colt, :on his countenana • "None of the in winter.. It extends under the "The' commonest forin Of molehill is Samaria, and ueto the uttermost part • 'other boys I know in toavn live -like we whole house. Therc; is a good-sized the sPokell word, somebody says of e earth ---The gift of the Holy ,do. I m going -------------------- lege a e a reein for e w • e something, to us that we think is niean, l • • 4' o (- le act'. es or that 'we think is suspicious leck- ' -L r • t bl see ;ea. } ai. •• lo "confese me."--"onake me the cen- •of the time and lanotea • th i t apreed tbe gree' -new • lb, - some of the comforts of life, even, if store canned goods, a coal and woad- • • • _ . Liicy were • - , - • to teet Ty of the thinua they had seen , a ,, . "I' have to work harder and pay a ;Aga' room, a boiler and furance-room, a , ing in appreciation, or twitting or •( (e -- ami aeard and the -results in melt own . , sarcastic, nd volt away we begin to consciousness or experience. The ' is to it." ' - - . - , for me. Nextto the laundry le a .- brood.ovet it, to .et it rankle in use, to were sometimes horribly persecuted " '• ger priec. Ian apinai; that's there, laundry-reom, and a little. workehop • a ' drying -room, where the clothes can be I couldn't say anything for a mi- rne'e•nify it to make a mounteinaof ik because of. their witneSSing and often :mite. You sae, there was is peculiar ailed indoors when it as bad outside. "It is at least an even chance that sealed ' their teetiraony with their at , a , n s ,sto a, ressee us so was neyel- meant tint - blood. In the laundry I have a combination 'the little thin • f t tl t bond between the boy and me. He bore my name; he was the image of g 0. aa :sot. is- water heate • en tau buirt•-• Afatt 10 97-`31 • 44 'verse Speale.ye in the light . • me. After the first Mel died I was in tubs, and a Chute where the clothes wiay at all._ Bu.t siappose it was meant p,oelai„ Lep°, Lae be,a„.tope 'bitter. Many nights I lay awake eel" tumbling What o.F. it'? 'We are La_ down 'from. up -stairs, to be neanp. In the previous verse, „Testis ex-horte -thinking of the little mound °titan the se they won't have to be carried all allaInunan, and the best of us are his disciples not to fear those Who will graveyard. The tears.avould not Conte through the house. E'ven with an liable to make little slips at times and persecute them but to remember though my- eyeballs burned hot; it electric washer laundry -iy,ork. ie 110 say little thoughtless things that we that theta can be no ultimate conceel- picnic, but there are no more "blue , ment of truth—it enlist come forth. would have been better iif they had come. Many days I found the teats, ' Mo cl , "• • (• In ' ' ., n aas at am place, belie+, e e. i 'But why should we make moun•l ought not to. . ( What is taught in the, ile.rkness of I private communication is to be made blinding. my eyes as I plowed the corm) I madelinly one raistake, as I see it 'tains of such molehills, of things that known in the light cd the whole world, -row after row, and saw no farther now, and that was in not having the would:: have been forgo tton th ' , • e ilex anti wilat is wntapered is to 'be shout - than the turning at the fence, • garage a part a the house, so conic). mothent if we did not dwell on them, ea from thentops of Jbe houses. Then the other b.oa- came, and when - heat it in winter,. I had only is cheap keep thinking of them and brood over 28. Be not afraid of them that kill ; 1 saw him 1 kneeled down and cried second-hand .car when the architect them. until finally we magnified them Ile body --Danger or physical injury like a child and thanked God, and 1 drew up the plans—and What's afloat- into great grievances? . and ev•en death itself mast not halt gave the boy my name—and there he ; er burst radiator to such a car? Now "I once knew a man who got eich the message. The most extreme sacrs- ' lice moat be was saying he m e was going to leave e I've get a regular car; ad nI need a very corrtfortably rich, by holding aventured rather than give e, who worshipped him down to 'heated garage, If you're Planning good opinion etaXeePle • 1 think l --mt ILLIFIllatil'aeltsYotti°1-atrbao(ahily iNn joutr;bleepttt his last fault, l'to build, don't overlook this; it is ina- not altogether improbable that there Leech the real'sell,the inner life of There's no need of making a long portaatt. . story out of it, I built the new, house A little while back r promised to tel to keep him homie with me. I told you the efliect the new Ilene had on were some people. that. he didint al- the sPirit. Christian history is full together fanty, but he never showed of nob -le examples in illustration :it, and really be believed that moat Where melt have died gaeatiocialy lathe; the goodwife it was for her, but there all our lives. I can't do it. Can People, the Very 'grea.t 111.3.11il'it.',7 er than sureendet: their convict -lona; •• , was 'something in the ' eyes the you tell the, effeCt the sot,,nianhaais on your Pe;\,e,e0ipvieb;ocillaye:crirtoidvi.nierS,Ily' an_d. grovm-up boy that night that was Rea? can you a jegere - !Dear svho is able to destroy both ; soul and body in hell ---Which may 'Illcan either (1.) God, whose eower ex - like the' look in the eyes of the little out, in dollinse"and cents the value don't mean that fie stood. out in tends beyond this lifeet (.2,) Satan, tral /mint and object of Ilia' confes- sion" , One of the earliest names ; for a Christian was "confessor," 'he- aause of his bearing witness to Christ.: able •tenaassion wes not a male , bal assertion : but rathet the, te-atinonyeof the life as "avell, oaf ,Josuanclearly states in Matt. 7. al, 22; 1 ( "Not every one that Saith unto inc, !Lord. Lord, shall enter into the king - dm of heaven, bat he that &tab the will of nay Father whe is in :heaven. I. Many will say unto me in that day.; Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by; thy name and bythy name; east out demons, and by, thy name do many mighty works ? Ansi - then I will ss ,profeOnto them, T• never ! knew you.' ljames 1. ea, 27 ; 26: any man thinketh himself to • be religious—These verses are the coia! cluaien of the iatensely peactiaal and ethicab diseussion of the relation be- tween faith and works. We have here : a terse and, remarkable clear define - tion or true religiom According to James truo religion coneists Mas-: tevy--"bridieth not his tomeme." It is by the tongue that men partici:liar- , ly expreee themselves, and if a men ' has an unruly tongue it is quite clear' that lite t's.st ti Inc nature is .n bridled, The firt ealderate, tharetare., ; that it ,man is truly eeligioue his that he haa mitre' of himeelf. A•religion that aeee not prodilee this result i; a j Jewels. Sapphire b, Sky so bine, MouretainS, watere too• Emerald days, meadows green, Every little field between; Topaz days just at dawn,. Rose -pearl days, sunset gone; Opal slays of lig,ht and mien_ Twilight hunt of amethyet; Diamond days of ice and'isnow— Oh, the lovely -days I( know, Set together, fair ansa dear, In the crown of one sweet year! 0.1O0 M.1.16. dil••••••}, Increase eat ?rants I r - by Increasing Wheat Yields The average increase in yiela of wheat obtained from usiner fertilizers by j two BritkIt and three America -1. Experiment Stalions over perioda ranging from 5 to 51 years' teet, averaged, 11 bushele per acre. aae 'one when he left me for the mound of good fre-ri aira • 'Neither can a the. middle of the. road and jet people . into whose power the wieleed surrend. sham religion line man e le -again • i in the graveyard. I couldn't stand' comp t tl • I f ',e, - 1 come up and rick hina. but lic neverr, ev themaelves. ' n e . le N a ne o our c .ane,ec ; - - • ' 1'1 -lave seen it figured out that a little ice, any dcg,ree whatev . , . , . , air ps P it e 1 eliaion a icl i n _ant d The fil•st thing I did when I decid,ed , . ,.,er,, ;by any of the Pelinv • . . . . ve ate ot mote lal e p , yune aggtaaating sayings or than manyaaparro‘-as—The word "soar- before our God and Father is this, to WOMall With01.1t rlillning Water in the '`' is vain." It is a fraud. The seeond to have another boy go. I built the of •rnp did permit himself to be annoyed in '2,9-31. Two spareaws :sold, for rt evidence of true .rellion is philan- kitchen, lifts a ton of water a day. It dciagS that' as '.me go threugh141-e' we' raw" filaY Mean anY small bird' v'isit the r'aLheries and wida\v'' He charged me ratee per cent or the to build was to consult an architect, ' . 1111 g-oe _ li ng In)e this. he saatef. .4. , , ,. , ' • % soniet I • '- - • T • - ' ' " precious in .Orod's sight than the life net reach °tit to help the needy and ! is that human life is more their alrlietion." A. religion that ;lees ; • are liehle -to encounter He wae nei- tenc):ring plans and writing specifications. Totrie is btonglit inte'the kitchen frem the i"ernllY caearrel, good hurnereda lloPe- of 'the loaver animals, and that, kind- bring Forth deeds of mercy end lielp ' cost of. the hottise for drawing the fur; confident alavays of the good irt pass to •animais is, part or Gocps law. is Woefully lacking in the spirit of ( pump, it is poured. into a kettle, pour- , 1 ed. from the kettle into a diehpan, anti his brother men, ancl for all this his 32, lra. Who shall confe,,,-s rue . , , , Christ. The third evidence of genuine: of'my neighbors laugh at me and arty I threw away that much money. • 'Mather men liked him vert much 1 -en ' a - - • • • - (religritm is sanctity---`^lettep oneself un.( the dishpen it is dumped out- ' often avonder if they think it,is throw- fr°In.." TI • - cr. hi • tl k WA? rp away money to pay a eltictor for avtit- doors. The water in this simple ley were tawii a an etea y am. operation is handled six thaws, they made him rich, • Ve, 't 1 ithes eamed by a- AA .01.1 0 DOTTED LINES ing the prescription tor the medicine "But more that r' • a• ) which cures them anci their loved ones.1 bucleet containing two gallons of this; by consistently and alwitya re - The prescription itself doesn't do,water will weigh .0 pounds. .1 -Tamil- f:using to make mountains out, of molc- the avotk--it's the medieine the drug- mg it six tames means a total weight . . . hills he gained peace tententment gist, giverus; yet we go to a doctoi. of 120 pounds. The cooking of three The plans and specifications do not meals a. day --on a meager allowance band a house—it takes masons, car. of water, necessitating the use of penters, plumbers, and so olif Yet we buckets ancl 'pans—means lifting for should go to an architect. That's :the cooking alone 1,200 pounds a day. way I figure it, anyway. ; When to this we add the water for a You know, aylien you come' right bathing, scrubbing-, and the weekly down to it, typhoid fever. dysentery, wash we have the over -burdened farm and the like arc common diseases wife liftipg a ton a clay. I think ttio among farmees. Why? Because weamuch of the companion of my life to do not,kno* enough about sanitation.1, compel her to do this. Th.erefore, v,Then we build, why not go l Now, with aunning water, both hot to a sanitation expert and minimize', and( cold, in laundry, kitchen, bath - the possibilitY of sickness? I am a room, and small toilet on the first farmer, not a plumber or a well digger, floor and basement, there is none of or a Chemist. How can I tell how Sar thia burden -bearing. Can I fignre away from the barn and oiithouSe I, this mat in dollars? No. I can fig - should Put my well in order to avoid, ure it eaelier wrinleles which are a all seepage danger?: missinge eyes which are sparkling, .7" What do I know about the proper hair which is still black, shouldera wiring of my house in order to prevent which are still straight. fires? Would I ever have thought of My children are an avith me to -day, plefting the bathroom over the ititchen' save the little one under the sod in the instead of the living,rodrn ok the din?, graveyard. I -Tad I built the house in aroom, so that, should a pipe binit of geld and set the window panes in cliamends, they Would have been worth and more. You can't argue PlOse, things; they!re just so. I was flittarin out Iasi; night hoW much more t)10 were op this place than oh ftId )1one, It looked a little bad on p4per, $114 t'iten two soft hands VVe'gt qvAr oy 00, and a sWeet voice ed something, but I didn't know what, w Ivo* it mt *At; "You,',re the best a* the ceiling be spotted or serionsly tajnred, the damage' would net shalt1 or lae so great 111y house cost ma 8,00; arthitectia.feaa were 1240, „all always believe it was money' ) 'spent.' 1'Werit to the architect jtist .45 a sick 111411 tS0r)5 the dexter arieneav I need!' happiness," . ' The Swallows' Gatine. Here and there -the swallows go Up and down, fast and alewn Somatimea curving fa -ora the ground, Sometimes darting- Tar a.round. As I watch them skint end tip, ;Upward rise and downward dial, I have wondered what they play Just before the close of day. Suddenly the aeswer came As I Watch their evening g•al-ne. Tag's the game they play; noav see If you don't with that agree. ' • Listen as 'they fly around, High above and near the ground; Yon will hear them, as they flit, Oalling eittickly, "It! itl it!" The skeleton remaina of a giant human were excavated by a dredge hi Lake St. Mary, 01116. The weight 'saf the 'thig.h. bone is such that op, rossional evidence was neceesary to establish its human origin. Cryolit--a source of a iUnlin131410 need also in Malting soda and gliyae•t-e. is nearly vvholly imported /rOm tut an Eskimo hamlet on the NouthetA coast of Greenland. WHEAN ITAC.1iER'S .CONt THE FUN INS RUBBF BANDS AND POINTIDPINa 601 a/11 E N Telt TEACH E-Ri5 Telfe E af f OR WIL1'5 A3,6'00l) A5 1 -IE CAN 5e. - sPoted from the world." What sort , of a "world" is it that "-spate" a man? !Not the world ef 'nature, net the world • 'Iof art, acience, or literature; not the !world of folks; but it is the world ' j which John 'himself calls "the lust of. :the freak, the dust of the eyes. and ' the vainglory of life," Encourage KliSiCal Talent. It is is aood thine. to cultivate the leaat inclination or talent for music in young people. Theee can hardly be . too much pleasure in the average hu- man life, and whatever will add to the sum total is 'worth while, and music certainly deem this. A person who, can play one instrnment even fairly well, o tan sing, has so &ling to contribute.. to society-, and is there- fore in demand, So it often happens that young people who lack atecorn-' 'plishments feel that they are unpopu- lar, and pass many unhappy houas that might have beet spared them. arnalier inetruments,—the gun, The piano must head the list, but the tar, mandolin, etc., make excellent Music, and :for a person Who sings the guitar makes a good atcompaniment, While a violin is always welcome in company. 'Young gitie now play the violin as often as young men do. A afieute well plaYed, Makes 'charming music, 8,4 the balljd Is popular; but the instrument Writ attracts the Meet attention to AY' is the Ukulele, Which dames to as bY way a Hawaii, It will pay to make seine aacrifice to obtain a trittaical accomplishment, but whatever War make life happier for era:la-zing Fall Wheat Pays Eleven busbc.ls per acre increate on your '25 soros of wheat at pr:sent iniesq would amount to 11 bus. >1 '20 acres X 8220 per bus.. $605,00 Fertil.fring n1 the rste of :300 lbs. pes. acre +or probably cogt you for your 25 sore.,... S187,50 Your return from tin e in- crenue on ZS ,ocoua erg ilized *417.150 Scv.d for our Free Builctin No. 2, on Fail Wheat rroducaog. The Soil and Crop improvernen t Bureau of Ole Caliaclianiertillzer, As wciation L 1111 Temple. Bldg.; Toronto i aracm-oxamm• e.unma MT.. tn.. altlEAID Fanners who ship their wool direct to us get better prices than farmers who sell to the general store, ASK ANY FARMER! who has sold his wool, both ways, and note what hesays-- or, better still, write us for our ',prices; they will show you how itatcb you lose by selling to the General Store. We pay the IdE,hest pricea 51 eny firm in the eountryand nrd the In rgeet wool. &Met sitt armada, Pnyment itt re- tnitted the :mine day wool id received. Ship es your wool So•dny—yon wilt bd snore then pleasecl if yon do, rand are nslured ciA square deal from, US, 2 MIWarOtlaan"... HVANbRW ,: 13 CHURCH...5'ra TORONTO'