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The Exeter Advocate, 1919-6-5, Page 7Prevent Wear and Tear. on Aides. find , zzesse, Imperial a ' Mica Axle Grease coats axle spindles and hub linings with a glass -smooth coat of soft !luta and grease that banishes friction betW`eea the metal surfaces, Makes loads, easier tomove up -hill or on level roads. Saves wagon wear and tear. Sold in sizes -1 lb, to barrels. Imperial Eureka Harness Oil —keeps leather like new—soft, _ strong and pliable. Sinlcsinand keeps water out. Prevents dry- ing and cracking. Makes it last longer, Sold in convenient sizes. Irnperial Eureka Harness Oiler —makes it easy to keep harness and leather thoroughly oiled. Saves timeand work. At Dealers Everywhere CANADIAN BATTLE- FIELD S TO -DAY TRENCHES ARE FAST CRUMB- LING TO RUINS. Canadian Soldier Re-Vlsits Scenes Where He Fought—War-Scared Ground Brings Sad But Proud Memories. Straggling French peasants are at- tempting to restore a miserable re- a.emhlanco to what they formerly lived in, in the war wrecked neighbor- hoods of their country, aceordlug to what Major W. M. (Billy) N ekle, M.C., son of W. F. Nickle, K.C., M.P., of Kingston, says. Major fickle has just returned from a visit to the old battle lines in France. Having gone to France as a private in the Princess Pats, been promoted to the rank of officer, and having been wouuded three times whilst bottling that rank, Major Nickle gives a vivid story of the eountry as one who sees it from the view of a veteran. "The thing which impressed me most," says Major Nickle, "in passing through the areas familiar to Cana- dians, from Douai to Vimy, from Lens to Loos, to La llassee, Hezehrouek and Passehendaele, was the way the peasants came back to the shell shal- e. tered villages which they loft in the dark days of 1914, only to find their homes and surroundings absolutely wrecked and ruined by enemy gunfire and other.means of destruction. These i easants are coming back to such towns as La Bassee, where there is not one wall of a house standing, bringing with them a pick and shovel and a few other crude tools, intending to gather together a few whole bricks. bits of wood, etc,, -left behind by the advancing army, to build a roof aver their heads, and once again settle in the district where they were born and raised. "Until you see for yourself the suc- cess that the peasant has in making a new home for himself out of the destruction of war you have no con- ception of how well he gets on. Being a soldier myself, and knowing .the hardships of the trenches, I was able to- understand the tremendous hard- ship and sacrifice and discomfort they must go through during the time they are constructing their meagre domi- ciles. ommciles. "They are a gallant people. In one instance I called to a peasant, "Vive la Franco He replied, d "lYieref Mon- sieur. O-sie r. Vive la -Belle France." " The people of France indeed love their country dearly. "The soldier at home, who has not seen the old line for a great while, is likely wondering what it looks like now. Inthe sector around Kemmel and Armentieres there are large num- bers of German prisoners clearing the country. About Pase..chendaele Chinese laborers are doin the same. "Those who know pill boxes will ap preciate how difficult it is to remove what the Germans considered their impregnable fortresses. In this sec- tor there are no railways, few roads, and bad transport, so therefore it is bard to collect railway rails, barrels of cement and other war materials. "The soldiers at home may be won- dering how the old trenches are, Whether they have fallen in or not? Practically all of them have, The grass -hidden mouth of a dugout is oc- casionally to be seen, but even though they were occupied as late as last summer, they are now musty and out- of-date looking." The trenches are sliding in, and in the wet districts, like Ploegsteert and the Ypres sailient, are only ditches now, Down about the chalk country some of them are stand- ing the wear of weather fairly well. But on the whole, the old front and rescrvo lines promise to disappear in a few seasons of the heavy Flanders rains. "At St. Eloi I stood at what was once the lip of No. 2 Crater. and look - eta back over the country which was so familiar to us in the spring of 1916. It was beyond recognition. Dicke- buseh was gone. Its church spire, and even the walls of the church could not be seen. Reninghelst, where Gen. Mercer and many another Toronto man lies burled, and which nestled so cosily on the plain among the poplars, was barely the skeleton so often seen in the war zone Voarmezeele of course, was as much obliterated as St. 'Clot, and suck familiarpoints to us as Molloy Varin, White IIorse Cellars, I3us House and R6 were washed out as completely as heavy artillery can wash out small parts of the land- scape. "At Vimy the trenches are bestpre- served. Teddy Gerard, Billy Burke, Vesta Tilley and the other lines in that system, are very slowly decaying. One fall and one winter have placed thea mark upon them, but even now they could be returned to condition as a strong line of resistance." Major Nickle was impressed with the sadness of many scenes at the front. The flicker of hope seemed to show in the lives of the poor people returning to lands that are of no use, and will not be during their lives. 'Skeletons haunt every acre, and unex- ploded shells threaten death to the. cultivator of every yard of ground. On practically every thousand yard frontage of the old line, or at least on every brigade front, there is a grave-' yard. Hundreds and hundreds of Canadians lie still in their last sentry duty, a peaceful duty at last, may it be osaid, but sad to the person who stands above their silent sentry post and ponders upon what they yielded up in order to obtain this last "cushy_ job." "Those of us who remain are in honor bound," says Major Nickle, "to protect the fruits of victory that the sacrifice of gallant mei} made it pos- sible for us to obtain. Wash black silks in water in which. pared potatoes have boiled. Egypt's population may be taken roughly', as composed of Egyptians 98% per cent. and foreigners 1'>ti per cent.; of the total, 92 per cent of the people are Moslems, 71 . per cent. Christiana, and ale per cent. Jews. Of the Christians 83 per sent. are Copts. The. effect of war conditions upon the marriage rate is apparent from the quarterly .sumrnary of the Aus- tralian .statistics. In 1914 the anar- riage rate was 8.80 per cent. of the mean population. In - 1915 it ad- vanced' to . 9.14, but fell successively to 8.21 in 1916, 6.87 in 1917, and 6.79 in 1918.. Breakfast is Ready when your have a packa'e',of Grap for . this tasteful blend' of wheat -& barle is ready CQ4�Ced. �'f.•ot ` a bit of waste. Usable to the bast crumb Usual price 154 per package. A , - Canal Food. Board License No. z,o26 R" ww. oarovrea`traarrar rrertauarar as tamvoroatdee r,,r saacrt rr a:maroarrro'r..•�Hn na,,a `,ra as es,,,w w` E.)q.C:1). NOM. pro a oat >::go a o4 of:. net;. dura 01- .Wa 10v94'0•i/,t4 oh,ol otal,% /rice of eo"L toyou. Rano yct'yrtfo ,oa ',,hoar for ao o'r oor Jrarlryd ,,oral tae to sen et IOo 64th. Von sol send to theV,,$at duo,nd to 'a,r' im,4iotal, rend yon lmat: rtld tha j.r ,nua 7o'" aalaat. trrl'-& toert Bes Pena:ams Ltd. Amherst: N. S,' VAGRANT SOVEREIGNS PAST AND _ _ PRESENT. r Whereabouts of Europe's Dethroned Rtrers-ingiand Affords Asylum to Many Unfortunates. "It is a privilege to live in this age of rapid and brilliant events. It Is once, of infinite romance. Thrones tumble down, and Crowns are offered like fairy tales." These words of Disraeli, true enough at the time they were written. are still more true to -day, when almost half the thrones of Europe leave been dra- matically emptied, and their late oc- cupants have scurried to safety like a hock of panic-stricken sheep. Ex -King Constantine is skulking fearfully in Switzerland, which is also the asyluin of the Grand Duchess of Luxemburg and the sister who was al- lowed to take her place for a few tur- bulent weeks. Ludwig of Bavaria, Is racing and doubling like a scared rabbit through the forests about Munich. sleeking in a different place every night. Ferdi- nand of Bulgaria is said to be hiding under an assumed name, and dis- guised, in a vienna glum, The ex - Kaiser and his cub are eating out their black hearts in Holland, And so on through the long list of fugitive and vagrant Sovereigns whom the world -upheaval has dung frolu their thrones. Some Black Lists. And so it has ever been. Uneasy, indeed, lies the head that wears a crown. In France for the last century and a half ot monarchy but one King ---Louis XVIII,--lluished his reign with his life. During the last hundred years Russia has seen the abdication of one Tear— Constantine—and the dethronement and murder of three others --Paul I., Alexander II., and Nicholas II. Spain has rid herself of five rulers in the sante period. Italy (including Sardin- ia) has had two abdications;. and every ruler of Serbia has ended his brief reign in eclipse or tragedy. Napoleon's downfall in 1814 emptied seven thrones, from Warsaw to Spain; and the wave of revolution in 1848 swept eight Sovereigns, including the Pope himself, into exile. It was in that year of cataclysm that a shabby, elderly couple landed, one bleak March morning, at Newha- ven, from the steamer Express, to re- sume their journey as "Mr. and Mrs. Smith." They were no other than Louis Philippe, ex -King of France, and his Queen, come to seek sanctuary on Britain's shores. Twelve years later the Empress Eugenie was flying from Paris for her life, in the carriage of her dentist, Dr. Evans, on her way to the yacht of a friendly Englishman, bound for exiled safety at Chislehurst. Britain's Royal Guests. One September day in 1868 Isabella of Spain was whirled away in a special train from her lost throne and her in- furiated subjects, in company with her feeble consort and her lover, Marforl, strolling player and cook's son. With her round, heavy face swollen from sleeplessness and tears, sur- rounded by a little straw hat with a nodding red feather, with her dress in .disorder, her hands gloveless, and her skirts distended by a swinging chino - line; "she presented," we are told, "a, spectacle too pitiable for comedy." Wood Norton, a palatial house near Evesham, has been the home of the exiled kings of France of .the House of Orleans ever since the Duo d'Eumale made his home- there seventy years ago. And among other fugitive Sover- eigns foe whpm England has provided a home, not the least welcome are King. Manuel of Portugal and his charming mother, Queen Amelie. Perhaps the most pathetic of all these exiled rulers was Ranavolo, Queen of Madagascar, who, when she lost her crown, was taken to Paris to spend'a sordid life "in a mean apart- ment in a third-rate Hotel." "I am a beggar," she once sadly re- marked to a friend; "but one that re- ceives no sympathy. Instead` of a throne I am given a dinner, and in- stead of the allegiance of my people. the ridicule of my conquerors." m¢inard's Liniment naed by Physicians. WHERE MINERS ASCEND TO WORK In the Rich Mountain Mines of West- ' ern Canada. Miners working at a. coal mine in the Cascade Mountains of Canada do.. not descend a shaft, but have to climb up a mountain to a height of Nearly a mile. The mule is rich in coal, which oc- curs in many seams, and five of these are now beng worked at three dif- ferent levels, the highest being 5,244 4 feet above sea level. The high alti- tude makes the . means of approach a. big item of expense, but it also makes. 'the cost of transporting the coal cor- respondingly low, as each loaded truck runs down the incline from coal seam to ground level under its own weight„hand at the same time pulls up - an empty truck on the other side by a, cable. • The coal obtained is anthracite, and this is the only anthracite located so, far among the vast stores of coal in Canada. The mine has an average yield of a„ thousand tons a day. The 1!'ee'cir 'ia,Fashion It? F € 4ERE:&T1ERE Shades of Byron! ,Customer ---I'm looking for a copy of "Childs Harold.” Clerk --Juvenile books second aisle ti to the right,. A combination worthy of praise is this figured Georgette and plain. McCall Pattern No. 8946, Misses' Dress. In 4 sizes, 14 to 20 years. Price, 25 cents. et dtoCasn On cool , summer evenings one needs some sort of a wrap. Tliis blouse coat would serve that purpose most admirably. McCall Pattern No. 8960, Ladies' Blouse -Coat Suit. In 8 sizes, 34 to 48 bust. Price, 25 cents. These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall dealer, or from the McCall Co,, 70 Bond St., Toronto, Dept. W. Minard's Liniment Co., Ltd. Gents,—I have used your Min- ard's Liniment in my family and. also in my stables for years and consider it the best medicine ob- tainable. Yours truly, ALFRED ROCHAV, Propf'f"etor Roxton Pond Hotel and Livery Stables. Witty Toasts. Here are a few witty and amusing toasts given at banquets: One rather cynical toast ran thus: "Wonsan—she reguires no eulogy; she speaks . for herself." At the wedding breakfast of a deaf and dumb couple, one guest, in the speech of the evening, wished them "unspeakable bliss." At another gathering were toasted: "The Bench and the Bar; if it were not for the bar, there would be little use for the Bench. The following.,,was proposed at` a shoemakers' dinner: "May we have alt .the,women in the country to shoe„ and all the men to boot." A young man referred to one mem- ber of the sex he eulogised as "a de- lectable dear; so sweet that, honey. would blush in her presence, and treacle stand appalled." Minard''s Liniment Lumberman,' Friend. Fourteen per cent. of the soldiers Canada sent overseas were farmer boys. Forty-three per cent. of the ,soldiers who return will become farm- ers. These facts, given out by the government, furnish an interesting sidelight on the changes war has made in soldier psychology. Itis always well to look .a little ahead, Instead of deploring the dark clouds, let us .. anticipate the fruits and flowers that will follow the des- cent of the needed showers. We might be always wretched if we lived only in the present, for 'our brightest time is yet to come, ---Spurgeon. Worked .Fast. "What references have you?" "Thirty, sir; and all of them excel- lent." "Good. And how long have you tiviisen Publishing Co.. Ltd.. Toronto, TEA475e311 W .a i'R S''' ID n.CiT :STAND 'TBA.Ci ' Sdhoo)•Section No. 2, Hislop, at .once; state salary expected. A. M. 321LES.• See.-Treaa Viony Ridge, Ontario. . ' tips POIILTRT WAaeriz+ 5ll'(o PAIR or 1'xGEONs AND UP. Write.Sor Prioeai.ncy I. WeinfiiuchAnY poultryo ea Sona n -IS St Jean Baptiste Market. Mont: real, On.. NURSES. XT 'itSEs EARN #i6 TO ;25 A WEEK. Learn ^i:/ithout leaving home. Send. for free booklet. Royal College ot Seienee, Vent. 46 Toronto roman. UA SASE. 1T, IV I5I:,L ROT -TIPPED NESVSPAPEP-. and job printing plant in Eastern Ontario, Insurance carried 51.500, Will been driving a car?" "Nearly a year now, sir." L/CANtE+R. TIUMORS. LUMPS, ETC,..‘ internal and external cured- n^ith- Too Much For. the Judge, uta before ao laiter ort l3ee11nziiari.;tledleal The ehauffeur had been haled into Co. Limited, Coliinlrt5nod, Ont /ICISCELLANEOUS. �- out win b - our r Yrite court for speeding and running down a pedestrian, "Your Honor," said the chauffeur, "it was all my fault. The pedestrian was not to blame." And the poor Judge never recovered. Not So Fast, The registrar was filliug in the mar. riage certificate. "Let me see," he amused, forgetting the date. "This is the fifth isn't it?" "No, indeed, sir," responded the bride, bluslting furiously, "only the third." Poor Prospects, "Propinquity is what brings about marriagos," declared the father of three : single daughters in didactic mood, "Yes?" murmured his wife. "It works this way. From among the men who cali, most frequently at a. house the daughters of the house naturally a''iest husbands." "In that case," said the mother sad- ly, "I fear our girls are doomed to lnarry bill•collectors." • Explaining the Story. A visitor to a Sunday school was asked to address a few remarks to the children. Ile took the familiar theme of the children who mocked Elisha on his Journey to Bethel ---how the young ones taunted the prophet, and how they were punished when two bears came out of the woods and ate forty and two of thein. "And now, chfidren," said he, "what does this story show?" "Please. sir," came from a little girl in the front row, "it shows flow many children two bears can hold." to Vain. Ire had fairly puzzis;l the good vil-1 lag -o folk, had that clever ventrilo- quist, and now he was going to per-' foriu his last and greatest feat. "Ladies and gentlemen," he an -1 pounced, with a grand bow, "I will I proceed to sing that famous ballad. `Good-bye,' in a lady's voice, which' willyappear to proceed from the empty i air above your heads," The minutes passed. Looks of r strain and agony, doubt and anger, chased one another across the per- former's face; but there was no song. Then a voice certainly broke the silence. "'Tain't no good, guv'nor," it said. "I've bin an' lost the gramophone needle." Conservation for Consideration. It is a fact admitted by thinking farmers that through negligence or misplacedafrugality (n not providing covering for implements of agricul- ture, when not in use, they get about half the years of service from them they should. The loss from exposure is greater than the deterioration that follows through legitimate use. We will assume that the necessary equipment required to work a farm costs $1,000 and that with care the equipment may be used for ten ,years. Without care these implements would be scrapped in five years. The de- duction to be made from these figures is that ailimplementshed built and in use in five years is equal to $500. It does not, cost half that sunt to build a good implement shed, but how many farmers, otherwise up to date and - progressive, fail to provide pro- per care for the tools with which they work? . Ask for Minard's and take no other. Victory is not an achievement «1 the intelligence but of the will. The battle is gained when one refuses to admit defeat.—Foch, LEMONS MAKE SKIN , WHITE, SOFT, CLEAR Make this - beauty lotion for a few cents and see for yourself. What girl or woman hasn't heard of lemon juice to remove complexion blemishes; to whiten the skin and to bring out the roses, the freshness and the hidden beauty? But :lemon juice alone is acid, therefore irritating, r with be mixed and should >, � orchard white this way: Strain through a fine cloth the juice of tyvo fresh lemons into a bottle containing about three ounces of orchard• white, then shake well and you have a whole quarter pint of skin and complexion lotion at about the cost one usually pays for a small jar of ordinary cold cream. Be sure to strain the lemon juice so no pulp gets into the bottle, then this lotion will remain pure and fresh for. months. When applied daily to the face, neck, arms and hands i sh c,uld help to bleach, clear, smoothen and beautify.the skin. Any druggist will supply three ounces' of orchard white at vee, Little A 1 Men for an A 1 Empire, Two million of our men joined up voluntarily at the beginning of the war. Six million didn't. One million couldn't, largely owing, to physical defects from preventable causes. "You cannot maintain an A 1 Em» pire on C3 men," said Lloyd George, and although he referred mainly to the health of the body it is equally true regarding the health of the Mind, '—Sir Robert Baden-Powell. Meet) Tamara's Liniment In the hood. Lest ter want el a word, A word that might have been spoken; Who knows what eyes may be dim, Or what 'hearts may be aching or broken? Go, scatter beside all waters, Nor sicken at hopes deferred; Let never a soul by thy dumbness Be lost fox want of a word." MONEY ORDERS, When ordering goods by mail send a Dominion Express Money Order. Women physicians were ado itte l to practice in Serbia long before they enjoyed sim;lar rights in Eng- land, France, Italy and most of the other European countries. Sure! High A Cause loans But Who Cares Now s a o e 4:1--0--0-0-0 Because style decrees that women crowd and buckle up their tender toast'" in high heel footwear they suffer from corns, then they cut and trim at these Painful pests which merely makes the corn grow hard. This suicidal habit may cause lockjaw and women are. warned to stop it. A few drops of a drug called freez. one applied directly upon a sole earn gives quick relief and soon the entire cern, root and all, lifts out without pain. Ask the drug store man for a quarter of an ounce of freezone, which costs very little but is suifhcient to re- move every hard or soft corn or callus from. one's feet. This drug is an ether compound and dries in a moment and simply shrivels up the corn without inflaming or even irritating the surrounding tissue or skin. Clip this out and pin on your wife's dresser. BOX RIP SAWYERS YERS WANTED FIRSTBROOK BROS., Limited TORONTO, ONT. o•li®••e•aA iveeaaemr,•ot;•s, •• • D • A Cure s M. D. advises : "Persons who 0 s' suffer from severe indigestion a • and constipation can cure them- C• selves by taking fifteen to • .thirty drops of Extract of Roots cilt after each meal and at bedtime. r Ce This rernedy is known as Mother o ((o Seigel's Curative Sytap in the drug t is trade." Get the genuine. 50c. t+ Ute. and $ 1.00 Bottles. eDek Ieeve,1;e�.snfeL@•Le,nvr li Ladies Perfume Your Skin With Cuticura Talcum Antiseptic, prophylactic, deodoriz- ing, fragrant and refreshing, Cute-' cura,Talcum is an ideal face, skin, baby and dusting powder. Conve- nient and economical, takes the place of othererfum s fortperson. p ehe A few grains sufficient. One of the ins dispensable Cuticura Toilet Trio for keeping the skin pure and sweet. Cuticurn. Soap t5c„ O$ntenpntPnd: Pc, Tal- cum 26th plus Canadian duties. Sold avewhero. icor sample cock°freedd e raa, bear,, imps. N, E:dton, tr. S.A." - cost and the grocer has the lemons. ED. 7. ISSTJE