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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1919-8-21, Page 7What Mantis Was Really Litie Tb.e story of "Lost Atlantis," appeal- ing as it does so strongly to the imagi- nation, will always lutve a fascinating interest, To most people, however, it is but a name. They cannot tell you where the vanished continent is supposed to have been or what is the origin of the tradition in regard to it, Mud( less do they realize that geologists to -day - are of opinion that there actually was an Atlantis and that the tale is no. The Greeks and Phoenicians wrote about it as of a continent that had alis - appeared not very long before the earliest' of those writers were born. There is even good reason for believ- ing that the trading ships of,th 9 Phoe- nieians maintained a traffic with the seaports of Atlantis in centuries ante- dating the dawn of history. One should realize that history, meaning by that term the written story of peoples, Goes not go back very far. The earliest history of peo- ples o pies of the Mediterranean region does not go beets further than 3,000 years before the birth of Christ. Hence it is coneeivable that Atlantis, concern- ing which we have only tradition,. which is mouth-to-mouth history, may hare existed no longer age than 6000 or 7000 B.C. Geclogists say that there was such a continent as that described, and that Phoenician and Greek voyagers might easily have reached it, liiasmuch as it occupied a large part of the present oceanic area between northern Africa and the Caribbean. Nobody can even guess how broad it was, bet it was about 1000 miles long from north to south, It was very mountainous and on its western slopes. Were many large rivers. When Atlantis sank beneath the sea it slid not wholly disappear. Small patches of it still remain above the surface of the ocean, two of these be- engbados7 the island of Jamaica and the Bar - As continents go, Atlantis was never very old, It rose out of the ocean not. more than 3,000,000 or possibly 4,000,- 000 years ago, a fact made manifest by the circumstance that the soil of Ja- maica is largely composed of stuff which, as shown by the fossils it con- tains, was ooze of the sea bottom in Tertiary times. Phoenician tradition ascribed to the people of Atlantis a high civilization. During the last few years scientific ex- peditions, in pursuit of naturalibistory "specimens," have made explorations of the sea bottom in that region. How interesting it would be if their drag- nets brought up front the depths some ancient relics from (frowned towns or the lost continent. AFGHANS AGAIN ghosts, in white gowns that fail train the top of the head, with eye holes. Afghanistan is the only indeirendent '~ a ¢. -' M '��5 kingdom of central Asia. It is a des- " Le nate monarchy. One of its two prin- stranger in the British Isles, yet in • fur almeet every aiezi.nt. If you aro we 11 be hack inN'Iat\•h. at 12.05." Aiauxland i I Dale, ;sutler from itt ulachrs, Or breath - i well, said Tolliver, "l can at - civet cities, Herat (Kabul, the capital, they make hedges of it. But , D tend that 12.30 meeting of. the soca being the other) is one of the greatest these things need to be done with care. i ,eti,n� s, with pauintatinn of tete heart,p trading centres of the East. Both are Occasionally Nature hits backhard, Poor aplotite and we1:k digestion, the powder people and cateh the 1.30 ,.. 1 blimp for London." A FORESTRY WATGHHQUSE. Dominion forestry lookout cabin on Green elountain, Kamloops, B.C., from which constant watch is kept for forest fires and much damage there- by prevented. I ROM HERE, &WE E He Didn't.• Part of the Fe ice celebrations at Little ' 1\Iuchcombe was a shooting - match, for lads under seventeen. Al- thcugli'tlie judge h"(1 his doubts about some of' the competitors, he field his peace. The prize finally lay between two marksmen, and the excitement be- came intense. A small boy of ten or so, who had crowded close up to the barrier; sud- denly called cut to one of tale com- petitors: Vol $.ar.E, 'TOT FV '5?A 'ER, W i rSI.Y, 71T SW1(32 £' County. Splendid opportunity. Writs Ilex T Wilson Publishing Co.. Limited. "+3 Adelaide St. W.. Toronto. l!'LL iXtU1PPI1D IISWSI'APi R V V and Job printing utast In 74aster* Ontario, Insurance carried 31.500. Will go for $1.200 on Quick sale. Boat Oil. ''mean Publish rng Co., Ltd.. Toronto.. Potrawra'x' waxy aao '[7(T i3AT HA.YE YOU FOR SALE I«"t Ve TT Lite Poultry, Fancy Hens, Pigeons. rgR:. eta.? Write 1. It e,nrauch & Son, 10-15" St. Jean Llautiste Market, Stoat real. Que. 'MO Ess: DB Si inTRITE FOR OUR F RI51' LOOK VS' House Plans, and information tell - Ing how to save from Two o t:' Pour Hun - tired Dollars on your new Home. Ad dress -Halliday Company. 21 Jackson W. Hamilton. Ont. SLZ, iNBQVS, e[^il S]`CPrR' TUMORS. LUMPS. DTC„. iJ internal and external. cured with - "Cecil snot, dad! A. few more of out Pain by our home treatment, Write Vs before too late. Dr. BelUnan Medicsl those, and you'll get.the prize!" Co„ Limited. (;ollinuwood, Out Blink at the Blimp. Augustus Tolliver, the Yankee soap eking, strode wrathfully out of his, state- HELPING NATURE. , i i J { 1 r I t room aboard the blimp and seized the I Occasionally Dame Nature Takes Re- Venge For Man's interference. As a rule, Nature can and dogs tette good care of Herself, but she cat: be helped, as agriculture shows. Left to tltemselves, the thousands of varieties of pigeon will all go hack to the common blue kind, all apples to the crab, all pinms to the sloe, and so on. She can also be helped to good effect by importation. The apple is a stranger in Tasmania, yet there it flebrishes best• the fuchsia is a ] . r ► , L • i. .► arm of the porter. "Idiot!" he roared. "why didn't you give me a tali this morning? I told you I had to be in London for a direc- . geese Always Due to ea c, 1 impoverished Blood. . tors' meeting at 9 a.ni..-harp, and now I .3.part from accident or illness due London is Lord knows how many ' to infection, almost ;ill ill -health at lees ni1Ie5 in one rPar." fiom one or two 10 t' r a. '1'! e great "Alt pounded on yo' door, boss, but miatill:e that people make is 1u not yo' refuses to waken,,, replied the pur- 1 realizing; that both of these have the ter. same (arise at the root of thele, name. The soap king pulled out a watcih. ly puny and improper blond. F.ltlier "1.11(ven•tnirty," he grunted disgust- bloodic•ssness or some trouble of tho wily. ••11 here are we now?" lle�rves will be found to be. the reason Jest Iia-. ed over St. Louis, boss; JUST FOR THE SAKE OF FIGHT - !NG, THEIR FAVORITE SPORT. Afghanistan, a Pespotie Monarchy, Is Well Supplied With Weapons of Most Modern Type. .About three times In a century the Arghans "bust loose," and the Bt•itisb. have real trouble oil their hands. Just. why they should have chosen this time to declare a "holy, war" no- body seems to know. They do not ap- pear to have any particular grievance, but fighting is their favorite outdoor sport; the new Ameer, Aman-i:,liah Khan, nurses a grouch against the Bri- tisk and the fanatical mullahs have/ been busy stirring up the people. Hitherto, in Afghan wars, the Bri- tish have been opposed by an enemy inadequately equipped with modern weapons. To -say it is different. Dur- ing the last few years up-to-date munition factories have been estab- lished at Kabul, and the Afghans have learned how to manufacture first-class rifles, as well as rifled cannon, cart- ridges, shells, gunpowder, eto. Also they have Ilotehkiss and Maxim guns, as well as light machine guns. Railroad Building Forbidden by Govt. Afghanistan is a star of valleys radiating from the peaks- of 1i;oh-i-Ba ba, and the whole country is ruggedly mountainous. elilitary• operations are rendered additionally difficult by the circumstance that there are no rail- roads. Building of the latter has been forbidden by the Afghan Government lest they facilitate invasion. As a precautionary measure, the Bre fish have built a railroad up the valley of the Kabul river and at Chaman, the terminus, close by the Afghan border, they long ago stored great quantities of rails and other material, the idea being in case of hostilities to extend the line as rapidly as possible to Ka- bul. Tele British want no trouble with the Afghans; all they desire is peace. To keep them quiet they have for many years paid the Ameer an'annual subsidy of $600,000. But those war- like people, though invariably whip- ped, are not content to stay so. They hate white folks and, being earnestly pious Mohammedans, they feel that it they could murder the last Christian on earth they might be happy. Claim Descent From the Lost Tribes. The Afghans claim descent from. the Lost Tribes of Israel, and trace their Lineage through Solomn ft and David back to Moses and Abraham. In truth many of- them have Jewish features and ancient Jewish iihmes. The men are bearded, fierce looking and com- monly clad in bloomers and loose of cotton,with turban shirts white w or skull cap. The women wear trousers, and some of them are costumed like electrically lighted, and within the , es in the case of the rabbit plague an [muse is almost sett,,, s bloodlessness. last few years many modern manufac- Australia, .Shish. lies cast the Island I if You hate nervous headaches, neur- tureng industries have reached ins('outinent inilliulis just to keep it to +. algia. steatite and other nerve pains, portant development. The bulk of the limits; or, as in the case of the spar - 'the cruse is glen (town, exliansted A nature -study and biology teacher papulation, however, dwells in primf- t row in .1ule1'icia, which has ousted, by i nerve<,. Hut x1111 clown Nerves ars also somewhere in fianerice sends the fol. five mud villagos with lc,alrliuled w:(lls test pinroacity, many birds far more ` a result of poor blood. so that the two weeieg cn kt't of jewcrla culled from and high mud watchtowers, desirable. chief (:ivaes of lefties are Dile acid the her pttliela regarding thirty o13.]' rya- , If the construction of a railroad But perhaps the funniest ease of this t•.trille, bolts tend eoneludions hi the (herein across 450 miles of :Afghan territory laud occurred in Bermuda. The island ; this; accounts ter the great number cif nature: were nia(10 optically permissible Was free from reptiles of all kinds, but s,l people, once in indifferent health, + ,Orn:iili0 matter is Mien 1(18 lace e 1, (ii nervous and tit: Il( lttit. tyles have there would be through traffic .ail the Its insects were, and still are, many I' •'• something the matter with your or - way from Faris to t al.'titia, and various acid ferocious. Some kind• lj,•(11 mu(1e wen 11113. hearty le Dr- g ons." 1y individual, leaving heard that the V illi,1111 . 1'fiik 1 ills', for nu oth r Five devices by v:liiclt steles are toad was a champion insect -destroyer, ' 20.1:du•ine etc1 1il>(..vered is so 1:lu- scattered are wind. 'water, 1'tpl„Li<.rn. LONDON TREASURE HOUSES, introduced loads on his estate. able for inclea'ii:g the -uppIy of rtell'torn up, taken out, 1(nd thrown .(way." The climate euite(i Mister Toad to yell blood aril giving etrenkth to worn. i „The limners or on ieeeet are :ame Gems of Knowledge. Warehouse Stocks Worth Millions to perfection, and he speedily spread Be Found There. everywhere, until he became a mils - Away in the far east of London ante and plague like unto a plague of there are many little-known treasure le ypt! Then the islanders bethought houses to be found, says a London tllenlselves of the importer, and pre - magazine. sented hits with it testimonial for his Externally they are colossal and un- zeal, In the form of a pie. When open - attractive warehouses, plain and bar- ed, this "dainty (fish" was not full of rctek.like; but they contain treasures blackbirds, but chock full of toads!' valued at many millions, brought in —�- British 1, ships from every corder of the earth, They are the repositories of KELP VIIIY.IVIIIA AVER London's dockland. DUBIN RIOT I EATIIEP Let tis in fancy explore a few or these wonder -warehouses, and feast our eyes on their contents; and let us pay our first visit to one in Cutler St. Here, in a score of enormous rooms, we see a bewildering display of the world's most beautiful carpets, dazz- ling to the eyes in the richness and variety of their coloring --carpets of jute and cottonfrom the looms of Ja- pan, carpets of silk from India; gor- geous carpets and prayer -mats from Persia—in short, mountains of carpets from all parts of the world. In other rooms we see hecatombs of birds of the most brilliant plumage, imported from almost every country under the sun. There are huge boats of bright red and black tanageres from Brazil; blue finches and bronze ducks from New Guinea; birds of Paradise in a score of gorgeous varieties, some worth as much as 60 guineas each; blue chatterers, peacocks and parrots, and ostrich feathers of hues ranging from black to pure white. There are thousands of egrets and ospreys from Brazil, China, India and South Ameri- ca, Worth almost their weight'in gold„ Other- spacious and pillared rooms are crowded with. the most costly and beautiful porcelain—miracles of the potter's art in all the glory of rich and exquisitely blended coloring. Here, too, are vases and bowls of beaten brass, Egyptian and Persian coffee pots, Japanese pictfrres, ancient HISS. from ,Persia, the rarest and costliest products of the East, many of them worth a small fortune. Australian sheep -breeders, who at one time would shoot a stray dog on • slight, are now scouring the country for any kind of an anirrial that is able to " hunt down rabbits. Kman.size"fo&I - build.. of .,:, brain and goodaiso �� �. for nienViaand children. yam' y-. g � �B 4 lovkivo Made of wheat and barley (.lit nerves. '.len and woolen alike •grcatiy benefit from a course of the splendid blood builder and nerve tome. 1i:' your dealer does not keep these ' pills you can get them by mail at 50 1 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medlcine Co., i3roek- t villi', ()nt, of thein bring diseases. others fond, Stlek tete 1)1(C (1, spuei the flowers, lay eggs and kill babies" The grasshopper, when he walk.::, he either jumps or Bops." 1 "The jaws of t graeehopper ]nave east and west," "X larva is an unfinished animal" 4e-4 COMMON HERBS IN MEDICINES. I Disguised Under Latin Names They Work Many Cures. Many of the secrets liiciden under the thatch of the watttte and daub cot "The flower is to show whet a lucent can do" 111inard'a Fdnimcnt Cures Distemper, A Wandering Crown. tages can be found in the pharmaco- i The crown of Hungary, which is Every mother knows how fatal. the : pale of either the allopathist or the ! said to have been offered to Prince hot summer months are to small child- homeopathist, observes the London! Alexander of Serbia, was once within Ten. Cholera infantum, diarrhoea, Daily Express. an ace of going to England, dysentry, calk and stomach troubles Willow tea ie bat a crude form of In 13.19, when Kossuth :duct: a are rife at this time and often a pre- the salycilates'etvliich have long been blow for liberty, he crused the ancient cious little life is lost after only a few recognized as the orthodox anti -uric : crown of Hungary to be given into his hours illness. The mother who keeps acid and anti -pyretic remedies. I custody, and, when compelled to flee, Baby's Own Tablets in the house feels Common midlow, called "pick- tried to carry it with him. Iiia inten- safe. The occasional use of the Tab- cheeses" by children, provides a taste- tion was to take it to London, but less mucilaginous liquid, which is when in danger of capture he buried worked up in various shapes and given it near Orsova. for coughs. The leaves of the colt's There it remained until 1854, when foot, horehound and balm are all used he made an attempt to have it un - in liquid form mostly, for coughs and earthed and sent to him. Unfortun- chest affections. ately the secret leaked out, and the Foxglove cordial is given to old peo- Austrian government was beforehand pie suffering from palpitation of the in excavation, heart, and does as much good as when it is called "tine. digitalis." Camomile and dandelion broths or teas are sold as tonics by the wise women who would be at a loss to say what was meant by Anthemis nobilis or Taraxacum. Beautiful comfew is used, both plant and root, as a poultice for can- cerous and other growths, and a broth is made from it for kidney affections. This has obtained official recognition under the name of Symphitum offfcin- ale, The "cure" for measles is saffron tea. This is prepared by pouring boil- ing•water on the dried stigmas of the purple autumn crocus. Au infusion of flaxseed cleanses and heals wounds. Self heal has cured quinsy; sage has many valuable qualities.. lets prevents stomach and bowel ti`bubies, or if trouble comes suddenly —as it generally does—the Tablets will bring the baby safely through. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. THE STORY OF ROBIN ADAIR. A Dublin Wine Merchant of Scottish Ancestry. Is the famous old song, "Robin Adair," which we have sung from childhood, Scotch or Irish? Scottish, undoubtedly, will be the general reply. Yet authentic history seems to point otherwise. Hanging in the great hallway of the present mansion of Sir Robert Hod- son, at Hoilybrook, Kilbride Co., Wick- low, icklow, where Roblin lived, played, and sang verses, is his harp, while, attach- ed to a small building nearby, is a brass plate bearing the inscription: Here Robin sat and sang, and quaffed the bowl. Degenerate days! how fallen the ancient line! How science bids ascending waters roll, And fountains gush, where once flowed genial wine. Robin, according to. the latest re- searches, was a successful wine mer- chant in Dublin, with, however, Scot- tish ancestral connections. Hence the confusion. He it was who built Holly- brook, wherelte entertained lavishly, the original song of ''Robin Adair," which gees back to the year 1730, be- ing written to conunemorate a visit he paid to some sporting friends at Pucks - town, near Artane Co,, Dublin, com- mencing: "You're welcome . to Puckstown, Robin Adair." Rabin, is spite of his convival habits, lived to a green o1cl age, and ultimately died in Dublin in 1737. In addition to his. harp, two of his wine glasses, which ]held a quart of wine "each, ares preserved. erved. s Labor spent by the fanner In sharp- ening, his tools and implements earns a thousand per cent. interest, declares an expert. The average fanner is inclined to go along with dull edges, littlerealizing the tremendous amount of extra labor he is making himself, of nnta'u unmeant Cures . Colas: Etc, The "Beef Eaters." The warders, known as "beef eaters,' probably because they once were fed. on rations of meat, form 'One of the curiosities of the Tower of London for visitors. They wear Tudor costumes, and, like the Swiss bodyguard of the Pope, they keep their ancient cos- tumes, undisturbed by currents of modern fashion, Just before midnight the head war- der and the porter, carrying a bunch of huge keys, go to the guard -room, summon ' "the escort of the keys," made up of "beef eaters," and then proceed ceremoniously to lock the great outer gate, The password is given formally to sentries as the pro- cession passes, and in conclusion the detail salutes the keys as the pbrter cries, "God preserve the King" Every three months . the reigning king or queen sends the password of the tower to the constable, signed el and sealed, and the mayor of London is the only other outside person supposed to know it. This custom is a relic of the time when the tower was primarily a fort- ress. To .give ,A slight 'stiffness to fine lace rinse in milk . and iron while damp. SUFFERING CATS! GIVE THIS MAN THE GOLD MEDAL • 0 Let folks step on your feet hereafter; wear shoes a size smaller if you like, for corns will never again send electric sparks of pain through you, according to this Cincinnati authority. He says that a few drops of a drug called freezone, applied directly upon a tender, aching corn, instantly re- lieves soreness, and soon the entire corn, root and all, lifts right out. This drug is a sticky ether com- pound, but dries at once and `simply shrivels up the corn 'without inflaming or even irritating the surrounding tissue. that a uarter of an e a It "s claimed i q ounce of freezone obtained at any drag store will cost very little but is suffi- cient to remove every hard or soft corn Cut this out, or callus from one's feet. Cu especially if you are a woman reader who wears high heels, GIRLS! LEMON JUICE 19 A SKiN WHITENER How to make a creamy beauty lotion for a few cents. The juice of two fresh lemons strained into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white makes a whole quarter pint of the most re- markable lemon skin beautifier at about the cost one must pay for a small jar of the ordinary cold creams. Care should be taken to strain the lemon juice through a fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in, 'then this lotion will keep fresh for months. Every woman knows that 1euon juice is used to bleach and remove such leleniishes as freckles, sallowness and tan ' and is the ideal skin softener, whitener and, beautifier. Just try it! Get three ounces of orchard white at any drug store and two lemons from the grocer and make up a quarter 'pint of this sweetly f ra g rant lemon lotion and massage it daily into the face, neck, arms and hands. High Cost of Servants, Caller: "What a beautiful babyl And what is it; name?" Young :bother: "Bridget Bary Anne e ' Tae ler "Colter: " lerey sakes! How did you liereao to give it a name like that i" Yoneg Mettler: "Why, the cook thre its :e.t, to leave when baby tame t,nd we g(=t tier to : tay by naming the belly after her." Montreal, May 29tH, '09. 51 !nerd's I.,iniutr utt Co., Limited. Yarmouth, N.S. Gentleriean,---I beg to let you know that 1 Have used Dlf :1HI)'S DIIN'1' for some time. and 1 find bast 1 hare" ever' used for the tool muscles. I.INID, it tl'e joints Yours very truly, THOMAS J. HOGAN. The Clianipian Clog and Pedeetai Dancer of Canada. For the nlm raoration of Peace who Oxfe 1 i.`n terrify Press have is- .ecrt.ral h tea •(;m: net's i`,tions of tiles Bible. l. Thee a iroiude a pulpit volnme, a £artily Biii, e, and several other smaller styles. The Press have ai:'o isetied eorrnaerrnrati n Testa- ments and Prayer Buole . MONEY ORDERS. Remit by Dominion ExIires;, Mianey Order. 1f lost or etelea you get your mewl baelt, A Reuter telegram from Kinrsten (Jamaica) state.. that statistics fur, nihed by fruit companies show that an extraorJ'nary crop of bananas is expected. It is believed the crop will :ir.:iunt to 10,0,20,000 stems this year, which is four times as much as last year. OTHER TABLETS NOT ASPIRIN Ar ALL ONLY TABLETS MARKED WITH ''BAYER CROSS" ARE ASPERIN. If You Don't See the "Bayer Cross" on the Tablets, You Are Not Getting Asperin—Only Acid imitation! Genuine "Bayer Tablets of Asperin" are now made in Canada by a Cana- dian Company --No German interest whatever, all rights being purchased from the United States Goverurnent. During the war, acid imitations were sold as Aspirin in pill boxes and vari- ous other containers. The "Bayer Cross" is your only way of knowing that you are getting genuine Asperin, proved safe by millions for Headache, Neuralgia, Colds, Rheumatism, Lum- bago, Neuritis and for Pain generally. Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets—also larger sized "Bayer" packages can be had at drug stores. Asperin is the trade mark, register- ed in Canada, of Bayer elauufacture of Monoacetic-acidester of Salicylic acid. MONTH OLD BARY HAD SKINTROUBLE On Face and Hands, Itched and Burned, Cuticura Heats. "My baby was only a month old when her face and hands started to get red and scaly. The eczema started in the form of water blisters and itched and burned. She was so cross and fretful she could not sleep. , "This' lasted nine months when 1 tried Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and I used three cakes of Soap with two boxes of Ointment when she was healed." (Signed) Oscar i niheretbur Mrs.sca P 1 to n, .A g, Ontario, May 7,1918. Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Tal- cum are. all you need for all toilet uses. Bathe with Seale soothe with Ointment, dust with Talcum. For free ocimple each of Connors Snap, pint - d• 'Trainers, en Talcum D. &." Seld nv . 9 m t add T . ni P Dept. e, Boston; tf. 5. A."' Sold avorymhere. ISSUE .No. 88--'19.