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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1925-11-19, Page 6OAVFiTING T RE HERRING Marvels of Britain ei Chief in4ustries, Where the cold wilds of autenta chill the air, tholiereing, the real 13ri- tislt iieb, journeys south to warmer :Waters, . and lays,_ its eggs' ricer the coast. The herring forms the chief fisheries of the. 'flatted. Kiugdom, and it is estimated that 1,200,000,000 are sure- trippers. Ere long the stranger would specs 'er Ilia mistake. • The . sound of clogs upon roadway and pavement; ee mere pleasure -trip♦ pers these, but Scottish hailer -lassies, who have followed their menfolk down by train to help la the harvest, With duiiaag one season. their broad Scots accent and colored kandod. in Britain shawl wraps, they are personalitiea to Hundreds of iiehing craft sail out e /remarked upon. When the fish is eventually brought intoport, the women busy themselves at the cleaning troughs, being dressed for 'their task in oilskin aprons and clogs. These Industrious women ar, e never idle, as, strolling to their work, yielding up their catches can the fleet busy hands are employed with knit - keep up with the shoals. In rough. ting needles and wool, snaking "wool - seas the transfer of the fish le no easy lies" for the bairns at home, Hustle and Sale. Out of the harbors round our coasts the creak of the block is heard, andas from northern and southern porta to reap tt harvest amongst the shoals as they travel down the east coasts of Scotland and England. Following on behind the smacke. come the steanetrawiers, and only by task, and not a Few accidents happen. The work is very often carried out at night with the aid of artificial lights, so it can be imagined how precarious the sails move up the masts the set the task becomes With the swaying tin sun strikes upon the brown con trawlers, false shadows are thrown by g n balking the fie ere vas, turning them into sheets of glow - rigging and hulk, Mgg red. The smacks Heave out of the when throwing the cases aboard, harbor under the freshening evening In'the small rowing boat, low in the breeze. As the. morning mists begin water owing to the cargo piled amid- I to lift they silently ailide into port, the ships, the men leave the smack's side, l water practically washing their gun• At every pull of the oars the boat , wale, ,the gleaming fish. covering the rises, then sinks in the trough of:the' deck planking. seawith a resounding truck, like that Once alongside the quay, the der - of a pistol -shot. Then strong arms are needed to prevent the open boat front being battered to pieces against the steel plates of the trawler's side, With wonderful balance, one of the fisher- men stands in the rocking craft, wait- ing his chance to throw the cases• aboard. It takes a keen eye and a quick hand to throw the heavy cases, when both boats are rising and tailing alternately, rockin�torse fashion. At Yarmouth and, Grimsby at this season of the year many visitors come from the. North. To listen to the mer- ry laughter and platter as they wend their way from the station, a stranger would imagine that they were plea - reeks are soon at work hoisting the re- sult of the night's. catch. The shining heap grows with every additional bas- ket, and soon, in the brightening morn- ing light, silvery rays flash out from the mass of herrings. The excitement grows as the buyers and their assistants get busy. Where - ever one looks. there is to. be seen fish being counted, weighed, and packed into barrels to be dispatched about thecountry. As the last load rattles away to the station, the splash of water from the hose is heard, accompanied by the swish of mop and brooms, as the quayside and market is cleaned in readiness for the morrow's harvest. THE COAL SITUATION It is markedly evident that Canada's coal situation as it affects the great importing Eastern industrial area is changing. The raising of the duty on slack coal imported from. the United States an the troubles which have be- e�et production in the. Republic this year, taken in. conjunction with the favorable reception which has been accorded to British coal imports in the past two years, have had the ef- fect of bringing to Canada in the first •seven months of 1925 a volume of Bri- tish ri tish anthracite in excess of the total imports cf this commodity in 1924. Taking the Canadian coal situation as it existed at the end ot May, the last date at which complete statistics are available, the output of coal in Canada was 74 per cant. of the five- year average for the period the im- ports of coal into the Dominion 87 per cent. of the five-year average, and exports but 37 per cent. of the same average. Yet in the 1925 period im- ports of anthracite coal from Great Britain totalled 95,047 tons, against 436,039, as, against 25,319 tons of, the British product against 1,433,021 tons of the American in the previous year. In other'words, whilst imports from the United. States remained .practical- ly at the same figure, those from Great Britain in the five months increased by' nearly three hundred per cent. vinces. The combined movements should gradually bring about an amelioration of what has long been. the area's most pressing and irritat- ing problem, Great British Increase for Year The import of British coal has con- tinued on tinued substantially at the port of Montreal, and according to authori- tative uthori tative figures, at the end of July 246,- 316 tone of Welsh and Scottish enthra- cite had been brought to Canada, a,s against a total import of 219,327 tons Further- move.into the Dominion in all 1924. Further- momarking a departure in the Canadian coal importing business,, 762 tons of.British. coke were unloaded at the Quebec port. It ;is clear that, favored by Cana- dian importers. and 'consumers, the product from the United Kingdom is gaining a firmer foothold on the Cana- dian market. At the same time efforts are being continued towards effecting an economic provision of coal for Cen- tral Canada from the We3•tern pro - Jingles for the Little •Tot. Once a fairy came and played With a very little meld, .. And the game was hide and seek "Shut your eyes and don't you peek," Said the fairy, and she hid In a tulip. Yes, she did. Then this little girl so fair Hunted, for her everywhere, Underneath the porch she -crawled, "Hunkol Hunko!" then she called, Which I needn',t here-exarbaitt, Is a sign the search is vain. All the yard she wandered oyer, Looked behind the kitchen door, Leaked behind the maple tree. Everywhere she thought she'd be. Couldn't find a single trace Of that fairy's hiding place. The memorial in Brussels, Belgium, wino Cavell, English nurse, was ,executed. :Har lie spat Where Edith Romance of the Ring. first breaking the -ties acne thereby reeking detection: It is certain that the earliest sig At drat thtae seethe wox4t worn round niflcana:e attached; to the ring was. that Ith air nrneh as the weenie of to -day e n •t a authority, in vote •ancient times Wears a. pendant -to her nerl;taee, bat the rias Was warn by rligttitariea as an later they were inserted .in the backs it high office and se - insignia •nia of the of rings and worn inion the Singer, .•- .. preme command. Itwas a regular practice with the andent Hebrews to seal ell important documents, the seal- serving much the same purpose as a signatuve does to- day. Even, when they left their houses unattended they secured the door with a hand and soft clay, im Chines* Women Thinking. Chinese women are tientanding a larger part In the fairs of their coup- try. A Jolt for the Doctor. Doctor --"Did you tell that young man of yours what I thought of him?" pressing their seal on the latter. This Daughter--"yese papa,. and he said ensured that no unauthorized person you were wrong in your diagnosis as oouid enter in their absence without usual" Then she saw a tulip sway Back andefo.rth, in just this way, And she tip -toed up to see If the fairy there could be; Out . the fairy jumped kerslam, Laughing, shouting: "Here. I am!" -Edgar A. Guest. Forged Papers Aged. Criminals are not often so thorough in their "'Work as to discolor the paper of forged documents, when these axe supposed to be some years old. Such an instance, however, has recently come to light. An analyst's suspicions were aroused by what appeared to be brush marks ott a yellow paper. Chemi- cal analysis revealed that the paper had been brushed with s weak infu- sion of tea to give it the age corres- ponding to the forged date. Short Measure. Sharp Maki "Do you call title a pint?" Milkman -"Yes:" "Well, it won't do. When we want condensed milk we buy it at the grocer's," Most of the cheese constt red in England is produced within.the Brit- ishAEmpire. Only twelve per cent. is foreign. MU'f 1' AND JEFF --By Bud Fisher. wag So ceesT'Y; 'YoOte. Per T emvt- At . 4C --t:6, Die You COMeDY is efts/Dee Fee A -M/0 MUTT ; L. .lust 8i1' Piece? SieNeD . A deice( [oN"[RAcr wcrti A tC Movie 'Pre oDuc.Gre• c Every number in the form represents, the beginning of a word, reading ; In a once popular novel the hero i5 either horizontally or vertically. If there is a black square to the left of the in the habit of bringing out his 'cello number, the word is horizontal:; if above it,the word is vertical'... The samelin number may of comae begin both a horizonal and a Vertical. The deilnitio•ns . and playing Beethoven's symphonies!. for the correct words to fail the form are found below, with n_unb•ers corres- It i3 not necessary to be an expect pending to those •cu the form. Rim through the definitions till .you find one musician to know that a symphony is that you re.cognize,andl•put it in its• -proper place on the :florin, one Better for a work for an. orchestra; while it is each white square. This will furnilsh several cross-ciuer:. to the words linking pccsible to play 'a version of a symr with it at right angles. Continue in this manner till the form is completely ' phony .on the piano or organ, to at filled. If you have solved the•puzzle correctly it should redboth horizontally 'tempt to do so on the 'cello world bo and vertically with weeds corresponding to the definitions. I ludicrous. EiorizontaI. Vertical. The absurd idea that it. is possible to 1. In an entertaining manner. 1. A 'standard of perfection (plural). 2. Of or pertaining to Scandinavia. 3. Grasped. 4. Printers' . measures. eminent French writer wrote of a 5. Rupees (abbr.). laxly who played the piano, although 6. Unites. 7. Part of the verb "to be". 8. At this time. 9. To bite with repeated effort. . it happenst'. tit,,; study is; one of the 10. A coin of Italy (plural). Most' difficult ever Written, and.' even. 11. In China the o$lclal headquarters of a mandarin(phi.). a Padereweln or a Pachmann. could 15. Saucy. not.play it perfectly without study! ROSS Stories About NV ell -Known People A Lon Tenancy, Five heredeed years is a long time for a family mil to ocetipY the samo ltotis�e. Y This is the record of the fatally of which Sir Arthur Haa•elrigg, I3.t., who liaa been appointed LordLieutenant of Leicestershire, is the' head. The house, Neseley Hell, carte into the tawny away brick iii thefourteen them - deeds Sir Arthur: Hezeleigg is a former calitaiu of the Leicestershire County Cricket Club. He is still a good boxer and a 'first-class shot, while he is also a magistrate of "infinite understand- ing," tie a friend desorlbee him. When Fie Was Young, Charles Chaplin le applying his genius to music. In his early days in England he and his brother and two other .children farmed a band known its the Hammersmith Hoan,pipers- "We Picked up quite a let of money," the once related, "front unmusical folk who wanted us to leave their "pre- mises!" • - Chariie also learned to imitate ani- mals, snoring men, and buzzing moss puitoes on his fiddle, For Luek. • Mr. Alfred Noyes, thepoet, who has just reached the halfway mark be- tween forty and fifty, published his first book of verse when he was just out bf' his teens. Its appearance made him vow that he woad. earn a living by writing poetry -au astotileilleglY bold resolve!, He has one charming puperetition, by the 'wily; he latest when leotttriug, to have phis wife in the audience, wear- ing a, bunch of. violets for luck. A Life -Saving Pony. Although many people are aware that. I•Iarry Lauder, the Seotcb. vented - Ian, is a lover of enlistees., and that lie has done a great deal to betteathe lot ot the unfortunate pit ponies•, the fol- lowing ,story, told by Sir Harry him- self, will bo new to many of our read ors. • "I was a pony driver In the coat mines," he has said, "and one day I was driving into the coal. face. I was going through. what they call a drift, and my little pony stopped where the root was very high and very danger-. ous..-1 wondered why the pony stop- ped for a second or. two. Then I gave him a crack with my whip. "Immediat7eiy I struck him with the whip' he turned, round to the side of the little tub I was sitting in, and I am not exaggerating when I say that about one hundred thousand tons of roof fell. Had it not been for the a ;cuteness of the hearing of that pony we should both have been :buried alive. I owe my life' to that Shetland pony, and when I'saw what happened I jumtped out of the tab and, put my arms . round his neck and I kissed' him:' No doubt the pony felt well reetaid! False Notes. In describing muse°, many famous writers have made "howlers:" of whlch the veriest amateur would. be ashamed. Everyone knows "Come into the Gar- den, Maud," but how many have 'stop- ped to think of theorchestra which Tennyson described? It consisted of tate, violin, and basssoou-e perfectly impossible combination. But worse follows. In order to make a. rhyme for ".bassoon,""the poet laureate described the dancers as. "dancing in tune." He confused "'tune" with "time." Another famous poet, Samuel Cele- ridge, oleridge, made an equallybad mistake. In' hie poem, ,'The Ancient Mariner," lie speaks :of the "loud bassoon." Of all the instruments ie. the orchestra the bassoon is the quietest; no ane who has heard. its. grave voice would care to describe it as loud. Charles, Lamb frankly confessed that he knew nothing of ,music. He said that he could, not tell a soprano voice from a tenor, and only knew a "thorough base" by its being extreme- ly harsh and disagreeable. No one will doubt his ignorance of music at - ter reading that ,senteuce, for he has -confused the bass` voice with "thor- ough bass," which is 'a. musical short- WORD hort WORD PUZZLE hand 12. Destines 13. A Russian girl's name. 14. The God of love. 15. Common level. 17. Heated 18. To request 19. A citraus fruit 21. Woe (Scotch) 22, Left end (Football abbr.) 23. An. occupation 25. Tin (+symbol) 26. Fog 27. To ensnare. 29. To stop 30. A musical instrument. 32. A metrical composition. preserve T .. 84 o ;erve in brine. „ .• 36. Exist. 24. 38. A large genus of shell fish (plural) 26. 40. Grain (abbr). 41. The cover._ 28. 43. A jet of steam: issuing from a lis- 31. sure in the earth. 33. 34. 35. 37. 39. 40. 42. 44. 46. 48. play the piano or sing withoult tech- nique still• lingers. f Not long ago an About Some Customs. The origin of customs, is a very in- teresting study. Many of our customs are so oiCthat we cannot trace them; but . others we can. • For example, shaking hands. This is 'supposed to have originated inthe days of chivalry. if two knights Join- ed their right hands, of course they were rendered unable to . draw and use their swordis against , each other. In this way, shaking hands was,a token that they would be, for the time, at peace with each other -- friends, and no longer •enemies. Lifting the hat is another custom that no doubt has a .military origin. In •• old ttmesy soldiers wore helmets, or free hate. To (remove the h iruet, wee to put the head at the mercy of another -in other words, to show trust and confidence in the honor of the other party. After awhile, to lift the hat, .which was a remnant of the custom of re- moving the helmet, came to signify for the late Empress Elizabeth of Aus sam•ewh;at of the sums thing ' a trust iria, cost over ten million dollars, and in -the courtesy,' the friendship of the person met. Ofcourse, it le -nowa- days a mere 'act of formal politane,ss, and may not always be intended in its full sense; but that is its meaning. "I bare my head; to you, for you are my friends; you will not take advantage state to d omea. of m unprotected y l y t injury." The military aalute is said to have originated at tournaments. All the knights who had rid•den,as they pass - suite of rooms set aside for the Crown ed the lady who had been chosen ince, are among the "lots" in the Queen ` of Love and Beauty, raised catalogue. Situated anted beautiful •' their ght to the eye, zlt ifgtoshield soenery, it was originally. proposed to: the sight from the dazzling 'Loveliness' I turn the palace into a casino, but the of the queen. project came to ndtlxing.• Anclher "Good-bye' i o a farm of isle old and scheme,`su satin its reservation as' fuller expression, "God be with ye," a museum,also fell through. The fur- an "farewell" 'is of "fare thee well," niture and bride -brae have been fetch - and` "good morning" of ;"I wish you a ing good though not seneational scat inarning." prices. Bowing to another is a remnant of military days. When one army .con, - -- Gown. another, the conquerors select- A Novel Dinner Gown. The tropics have a fascination all Natural Resources Bulletin. The. Nateeal Xtesourcee Intelligence Service of the Dept. of the Interior at Ottawa says:--- Canada has a great number of 11P8- cies pcies of trees, comprising softwoods and hardwoods, some suitable for one purpose and some for another, wh,}' �•,,� some are entirely unsuitable fore -Om) purposes. It is therefore essential that the proper kind of wood be used *here a wrong class `would have a deleterious effect. In this work the Forest Products Laboratories of the Forestry Service,' Dept. of the Inter - tor, has been doing some excellent. work. Canada during the present year has made a tremendous advancement in hex exports of butter, to the British marketp articularly. There she ha- te meet the ' competition of all agri- cultural countries, particularly New: Zealand and Denmark. It is consee quently of the utmost importance that Canadian butter reach the consumer in the best possible condition, and the condition of -the container means much in securing' this result. As an evidence of this, the experience of New Zealand dairy men is interesting.As report- ed in the "New Zealand Produce Ex- porter,"' "a certain type of Swedish box was held responsible for ataint developing in the butter, and experi- ments were conducted to find means for overcoming the difficulty." In . Canada the white spruce is used al- most eocclusively for butter boxes. These are made in two sizes, those for wrapped pound blocks to hold 48 pounds and those for bulk butter to hold, 56 pounds. It is 'the' latter that are used 'almost exclusively for ex- port, and the cost is. ,'about 35 cents ' each. - New Zealand is becoming an exten- sive exporter of butter,- and is very sensitive as to quality. They have organized a Dairy Produce Export Board, and adopted a brand Mark, which will be used by a1 shippersso as to standardize their product in the British market. An opportunity may be awaiting some of Canada's butter box makers to secure .a portion of the requirements of the -dairy industry of New Zealand for containers. "Selling -up" the Kaiser.. All through. October there was held an auction sale of the contents cf the ex Kalser'e residence, the Achiliei:on at Corfu, "popularly known as the "Fairy Nestle." The palace itself, which was built she had never mactisccll. She had a wonderful touch, and played, amongst other pieces, a otudy of Chopin's. As 16. To defeat. 19. Splendors; sheens. 20. The final emancipation of the soul from transmigration (Buddbisn e), 23r One who steers a boat.. 44. A sontbern constellation. 45. A den. 47. An epoch 48. Ran.. 49. An ant (dialect). 51. A desert animal. 52. Conipes,ed; serene; -collected - 50. • 51. This puzzle took fcurteen minutes to you to eolve it. Flexible appenvdages•. A representation of the earth's surface. A cooking vessel. - Sterr'ounded arab a. wall. Anything very sanall(slang) A hong uphclste.red seat. An infant's bed. A Southern resort Revolves,. To weloonle. Makes less bright. .A. girl's name.. • A kind of ribber1 fabric An implement for stirring . up a breeze. Ta.ntalun (symbol). To proceed. solve.. See how long` it will take I NTcResT I N6\ 17ti2Je. GC-EVGM oFFE1zc1J (see A oNG eeateR coNeleAeT AT A SALARY of 03"00 o SAP sTul1tos iyt Feller, M2 A etve YEAR ConsTreAar ode SALARY ef- '0 1000. A Ye-, was purchased by the ex -Kaiser at the comparatively low figure of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The nunberlese rooms . in this mag- nificent building, which is d•es•igned in the Pompeian style, aro lined' costly treasures, among them some of the most famous statues in the world. The matter, however, will not be sold. Plate and cutlery with the Hohen- zollern arms, the bed occupied by the ex -Kaiser, and the furniture from the ed the chiefs al the vanquished side, or some of theprincipa•11egioaeor regi- their own. They would be irresistible meats, and made then pasa under a were 41 not that the bum of the mos - spear laid aerate two others planted quito, like the trail of the serpent, : is over it all. At the first: dinner party that Doro- in the ground. Bending the head is, ' therefore, a Sort of sign of humility` before . the person bowed to. Nowa days, it is a formal act, and signifies only deference and politeness,. thy Dix attended in Singapore, .she tells us in MyeTrip Around the Weald, a servant handed het a white pillow - en other countries ether modes of . caae•looking affair. I had no idea, she salutation, and of showing politenesis, says, what it wasfor, and I waited for ;exist. For instance, in some lands, my hostess's lead. Site proceeded two people meet, dnop down on their calmly to slip her feet into it and knees., and touch their noses together! draw the strings about her knees. It It would be very rude to meet a friend was to protect her feet and ankles and, not touch your nose to his; he from the mosquitoes, and she said that would, feel that you didnot care for triter in the season mosquito bags were �� him any longer, just as much provided; for guests as napkins, . -furnished'' It early d.:.ys; and in Eastern lands, na 1 unless one each Looking Ahead. Manufacturer -"What's your idea in naming our product "Ouioui?' Ad Man-"leree publicity. Slit let- ters, all velvets, Within six weeks• it'll be in every crora-word puzzle that's tn. in many p m s o fuer ca; so e pass published. th+s _ W;.. ,_y,_.,. this tip on •to my fellow countrymen and woiuen. i Eking Mother's Place. "What would you clo if mother \roup dice' she pathetically askoi her"litfs three-year-old daughter. "I don't know," repdi,ed the' inI's nt, with downcast eyes and nielanchaly voice. "I eappcse I should have,,eo seeank mysel_," Necese ty. . "Still a basheloa~?" „Yes.!' Necessity or choice?" ",Doth. My necessity, her choice." Nut.:'.ad In Fritit Nut. �� The nutmeg of commerce is the ker- .... ®�� �se�,t vel of n tx°uit. glowing i;i tropical conn- tries, ' •uetctn enod. Iu A,rabisOtd Cand •;etherRtae3astet'n coun- tries at the present day the most sol- emn agrcemouts aro still ratified' by aaItS persons used to fall down on their guest with a lamp, which was set be - faces before others, if they wished to fere this or her feat as they eat on the show then great respect. veranda or at the table. or tnas- Cuetonis• are queer things, blit it is quitoes prefer darkness to light. well to observe all proper ones; .and, ' And at that, the ihosquetaes in if any "are evil, to try and. correct Singapore are no worse than these are Does Mutt,.Art Like n 'Ad;acsr o• i1411,,nc er? Thlwhe'!. YoCJ SIGNC-t) afa`ITH GCCUE.M, OF CoUreSCi 17;61) NOT:. ills CoNTRAcr wfiS OR. Oaltel 0 Ne YEAR Tent- `MU -Sly BY SIGNING '.rP '� L wiTt1 SA(. CTJDtos SkNo+nf.r wnNr. plV' Ta wskeRY Ac3ovr Mel BAho'J ANIS ''- EGG `l FoR ? V� `erozs f1T LEAST , 10,4 //, 1ii�iIl , eteeeetahhaseeteeta etee tee hete-ea eget 'refeee' • 1.$rnsiv., ot ft O. Irrowii The slava trade vale abolished in elnolsntz hi 1807.