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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1926-3-4, Page 2fl DOCTOR, COME QUICK!" Sometimes 'They Really Need Me, and So netirnes They Don't -But 1 Always Go, Day or Might, 1 ha,d, to crawl out of bed and drive a wheel struck a rock, the buggy up - two miles, Into the coWUry when It set axed 1 round myself swimming for Mrs. Ward. telephoned in frantic alarm. the bank. She had swallowed her false teeth. 1 I coaxed old Blackie into shallow have been crawling out of bed for • watea and unhitched her. I "tied her nearby thirty years to relieve the Iyaine to a bush, managed to right the buggy and ills of suffering folks. That is my and pull it out. Believe nae, she bad business as a country dootor. I have to step when we. got going again, and answered every call I possibly could, I was glad to change �olothes at the lit- except for one or two that I may telt. tle shanty that was our destination, you about shortly This was• one of the many oases` of Mrs. Ward wast suffering when I heaping another little life into the reached her home, "They hurt my world. I was impressed by the meager stomach so, Do you think.' will die?" furnishings of the -shack. The hue - elle moaned. "I always put my teeth band slept heavily on 'a pallet on the in that glass on the dresser, but to- ' floor all night, only waking with a night I want to aleep with them in my ' grunt every hour or so when I stirred mouth. I woke up with a tart my him up to get comae wood for the fire, teeth were gone How they hurt my He was accustomed to letting his wife stomaohi" split the wood. I •can't help sympathizing with my Before. I left I asked the mother patients and I did feel • sorry tor Mrs. what else I could do for her. SIJ ,17AP $,,oWbN6 tacnrron of FRU LA M GOLD Afi'EA aas,,t4 clef N%ny�r M(NNLtOfi�, .. .1 ee MYMUK WiL4MH 5upSrto 0 es !fere I.I M b., The above map shows the scene .of present activity, in the Red Lake sec- tion of the district of Patricia, Ontario, north of Hudson, on the mainline of the Canadian National Railways. Major C. J. A, Cunninglian Dunlop, who has just returned from Red Lake, calls tide the "biggest gold rush since the Klondike." during hlsi last hours, wracked by the greatest agony that can torture human hearts ;and then, after his release, out- Ward—she seemed so uncomfortable. "Would you mind Up' end 3igb,tin' I fer grief that even after many 'years But I couldn't'looate the teeth. I open- my pipe for me, Doc?" she said. I still seems unbearable. ed my satchel where it eat on the. dresser and looked around. "Have you two seta of false teeth, Mrs. Werth?" I inquired. "No, doctor; just .these I swallowed. Ohl" "We1l," I said, "that's funny, I see another .suet in this oup on the other side of the dresser." Mrs. Ward's pain stopped i eitantly.- T seldom have had, a more st. cees ul. treatment. But as I drove back to town I reflected• that after all it . geem- ed better to go out on. a melees call now and then than ever to ignore one hen I w was reallyneeded. . An d it sant me to thinking of scores, of other inci- dents ncldents in my "thirty years' asa country ' practi.tioner. Some of them are funny, while othere still make me swallow hard when they Dome to mind. A man has no business starting ou.t to be a country doctor if he is anxious for his own comfort, for nobody can be expelted to have much reghrd for that. It was five below zero a few weeks ago when a woman called me out into the country at midnight- to see her baby. I found the child sleep- ing peacefully. It had been fretful during the day and again after bed- time. As people often do, she wait& until the middle of the night before catling me. These two incidents are typical of the many needless calls I have made. I wish I could impress upon everyone two ideas: 1. Don't watt until the middle of the W4 up in church for greater security," 1 had driven in about midnight writes Dire vot[thiftaas dr g•'�t you are going to need )him. Make up ght and ="prince Henry was drowned in the your mind during the day. It is cheap left the car in my garage with a flat Wash. The story goes that he never er for you and a lot better for the dor- tire. I said I could be there in an smiled, again," writes another, ton hour, for it would take quite a bit to._�- I left her propped; up en an elbow," Since then, as never before, 1 will - contentedly puffing a battered clay' i�ngly sit all night by the bedside of an pipe• !ailing child. To be able to make that I was• present at the arrival of three i child well and comfortable again, to babies in that homed I received one relieve the fear that clutches the ep- payment—half a load of hay. prehens•ive hearts of •the mother and The family doctor seems to be re-, father, seem to compensate for a garded as a general eounseior eat' thousand unpaid accounts on my led - everything. I have been called to the ger and for a thousand nights of telephone to tell how to treat seed broken sleep. • potatoes to prevent scab, how to kill cucumber lice and how to cure •chick- ens with troup. theo p.. Only the other night I sat up until dawn with a young farmer who came to my house and awok • me at e two. in the morning. • "Doc, I l aveu't slept a wink all plored by R. Welldon Finn in the Esau - night," he said. "Old Banker James cation Outlook. "A •circle is a rounded straight- line bent so that the "ends meet" writes• another o :hfu h i "' ul a ne.ti fan• Y 1 rte c while another humorist, on being ask- ed sk ed how many times 19 could be sub- tracted from a million, replied that he could do it as often as he ryas- asked to! Hereare other delighful specimens: "A .demagogue is a vessel from which one drinks beer." - • " 'Essays of Elia'—the attempts of Elijah to get food.' "The Pyramids divide France and •Schoolboy Howl rs. "Geometry- - teaches uy to baser s� angles; an oxygen has eight sides:" The above are two gems from a rioh mine ofsohoolbo � howler ex - says. � s e a says• he is .going to foreclose my mort- gage," ort gage," Ail I could do for him besides listen was advise him to get an atter. ney. Y I answer nearly every call. There was one I didn't an's'wer and my oon- acienee will always hurt because I didn't. A. fine young woman who taught her home district school came to my office one evening after making sure no one else was there. Site was in serious trouble and wanted my help. I did the only thing I could do—I gave her the .only advice there was to. give in such Who's Who in Musical History. Beethoven -1770-1827. Born in Bonn, Beethoven grew Just the same as I or you; But his great and glorious name Unforgotten became in the history of $ante. He was but a tiny boy, Caring not for'gains or toy; And his father, harsh, they say. Made him practice all the. day. When at 13 years, one night, Three sonatas he did write, Full of lovely sentiment, Showing his -poetic bent. Fierce his temper, and self-willed, But with' truth his, heart was filled; And he Loved the trees and flowers, Owing ti Ow g t em hid happiest hours. 014 he grew, and .deaf at length, A.nd his music played with strength. Musio, to his soul. so dear, Fell unheeded on• his ear. Though a great renown he won For' the Wonders he had done, • Yet he. lived, when older grown, In his diisty room alone. To his nephew, Carl, he "gave All the money he could save; Yet the boy, with heart of stone, Left him there to die alone. Strange his figure, as you see On the page of history. Yet.a truer, grander man On that page we ue'er shall scan, Spain." So did old Beethoven die a ease. But st e couudnat make up lieivey I. died from a surfeit of pal - But as you must do, or I. her mind to marry a man she was fret's„ o But his grand. and glorious name not Enure she loved. Under Henry ti III. the. Bible was • Unforgotten became in the history Her father •called me' about three translated into Latin by Titus Oates fame. o'clock one morning a Few days later. whom the king ordered to be clzained ' '• "Myra is awfully sick. C night to call the dootor if you think •come right away?" he said. • W to simple remedies. Label each proper- dick to watt that long and they would Stout Englislhr'nen Are Dieting for Styles The increasing vogue of the double- breasted coat has caused men of fa- shion in London to resort to dieting cotton, surgioai gauze and tape, was dying from an undertaking they to remove fat, No fat man looks his quinine, a good Iaxative and other had no oauso to suspect a reason for. beet in a double-breasted suit; hence standard items. Your own. physician- I could have saved her life because I the "banting" denial of favorite dishes will gladly give you a full list of these knew what she would not tell the and painful hours of massage in the and help you learn what each is good others. I should have answered that Turkish baths of Piccadilly and St. for. I hope, though, that you will at least • offer to pay him for the advice. Too many country doctors get so interested in "dedicating" themselves to the ser- vice of humanity that they fail to look after themselves properly. One lov- able old physician died in our town last year after more than fifty years of health is won. back and pain forgot. such service: Ile never worried much I had $30 in cash and owed $2;000 about being paid for his services•, and foe' my college expenses• when I start - his patients didn't worry much 'about ed Pm•atioe- Down a nice home now paying him. He left only a. few hum, anrd!have a little money ahead, 'though. of The •.Automobile DRIVER SHOULD LEARN T Q PARK AUTO PROPERLY.. The individual who sets out to learn ahead and another car parks close to the great . engineering accomplish - the ins and outs of driving ar► autozno- the rear of his machine he will find xnents that bring this 'medern miracle bile has not fully contemplated this himself in somewhat of a fix to get of service to our doors, says the Na- accomp ishmeni, until he or she can his car out, as hardly any space tural Resources Intelligence Service. successfully park a car, Increasingly, be left for either backing or going Some of the diffieu ties• ;faced and ahead. achievements attained by the engin- At night a parked car should have eers working en the great power de - its lights turned on if it is on a road ve:,opment at Isle Maign�e,, Quebec, for where there is liable to be any motor' the Duke -Price Por Co., as telt! by traffic. If the car.is parked before The Canadian Engineer, graphically sundown and left until after dark it:is illustrates the capital, energy and gen unusually easy to forget this. If: the ius necessary to put to useful service standing machine's lights do not show what is one, of Canada's most unique a white light ahead and a red one be -and valuable resources—water' power, hind it may not be visible to'an•ap- This huge development of over half ()wars automobile until too late to a • million horsepower nrs at the avoid a smash. This applies especial- head of the Saguenay river In Quebec, ly to those .who are parking to do where It heaves Lake St. John. To sparking. Protect that wonderful fu- build the necessary dams and struc- ture with your loved ono by 'taking 'tures and to transport the machinery precautions, against a motor collision. it was found necessary to build a double track railway eleven miles long,,to lacy out. and construct a model town 'with its own bank, stores, post office and hospital, and to house 1,600 men engaged in the work. Over, $1, Natural Resources4 t etxn, As' Ctnadiatts, We enjoy all the cont- venitmees and economy of electric power without giving much thought to of course, if is becoming difficult to • find a place anywhere in our urban communities where a; motor vehicle can be left for a few minutes, There was a time when one could • merely drive alongside of a curb and stop when ready, Even that procedure re- quired some skill. But that was a simple matter compared with the present situation, Now the driver must know what are tile local rules regarding parking, where he can park, when and for how long. In these days the space is greatly restricted, which makes it necessary for one to skillfully: guide the machine into a small space, Mid having succeeded in this no mean achievement the next problem is how to get out in the traffic 'again when the driver wishes to proceed. •, In 'some cities certain publite places are reserved where automobiles can be left.' It is something of a fine art to properly park a car in one of these sections. The machines. -in these spaces- usually stand in the middle of the .street, facing the curb. To :park in such a place the driver must either stop and back into his proper niche, being sure no cars are approaching from the rear that might smash into. him, or he may.i in some instances, be able to drive directly aheadinto his space. In the: latter. ;instance.he l probably be required red to back up whin easily be sto1ensh should be removed d he comes to take his machine away. when a car is parked, even if the car CARR REQUIRED IN J Gs. is to .be left . but for a few minutes. It takes very" little time for a crook to In such manoeuvring the driver get away with any valuables that may, should aim to park his car as near be left in an open car., If the car is to its next neighbor as possible and a closed model the doors have reliable yet accomplish this without scraping the ,sides of either machine..Some- times it will be necessary to squeeze in between two standing cans where the -margin of space on either side of his machine will be very limited. Con, siderable care will be required in do- ing g 00 a ° d _3ob. DANGER FROM CROOKS. Park your car close to the curb. It is dangerous to stop a car in the mid dle of the road. Regulations usually prohibit parking a car within ten feet 500 OOq was spent on the ,;.equipment of a fire hydrant In some cities it .is alone used -in the construction of the not permitted to park a car in front dams and power house. of a public building. A car should not In order to raise the waters of the be parked near the interseotion of two. lake 17 feet and impound 80,000 streets or highways, • square miles (an area twice the size Never park .an automobile on the of Switzerland) of water, two thou - left side of thestreet except on a"one- sand farms•,had to be puib ased out - way" traffic street. The right side right, .Which; in addition' to Lake. St. should be tinext to the ourb and never John, furnished the requisite area for the rear or front end except in park- flooding. ing spaces where the regulations re- The entire river' bed had to quirebe cais to park at right angles or changed and a new channel created,,. diagonally to the road. the construction of which required Any contents of a car that might 200,000 lbs. of explosives, In 'another s a channel1:26 feet wide •and 60 feet deep had to be blocked by huge masses of concrete chained together. The large gates which are to control the flow of water to the . turbines weighg54tons each. Itis interesting e esting to note • that only sixteen cars on the ' entire Canadian National Railway system were strong enough to carry the blocks of steel. These are but a few of the inter. esting items faced by the engineers in charge of -this- one project. Every • other development nt has its ow n peu• - liar probleme. In the mountains, tun- nels and conduits have to be provided. Elsewhere embankments often have to. be created. Surveys and extended periods of investigation of the run-off properties of the water shed under both summer and winter conditions should precede the actual construction. ,Long and expensive transmission lines to those centres where the power is to be utilized must be built and main- tained. In many cases industrial plants, involving tremendous outlays, have to be built to absorb the power that is surplus after the ordinary needs of the district have been satis- fied. Thus, while tate 'power plant at Isle ;Maligne is costing thirty million dollars, the great industrial plants for the manufacture of pulp and pa- per and aluminum, which are being literally created to utilize the energy, will probably represent an outlay of more than one hundred million dollars. - Nowhere in the world have greater - engineering victories been more con- sistently accomplished in adding to - the wealth of the country and the con= venience of its citizens than has been the case in Canada, locks on them and these should be used. . •in any event, the car. itself should be loeked''an•d the key removed by the driver, as thieves not only rob the automobiles of their contents, but also. have been known to'steal the auto itself. A eafe lock should be a part of When undertaking to park a car every car's equipment if it is' to be alongside of a curb it is well not 'to parked very much. get; too close to the machine ahead , : In view of these increasingly con when stopping or when starting up gested conditions itis 'important for, again. And the car ahead will be less motorists to be first class partakere of liable to back .into his machine when their machines and for them to realize it .pulls out. A lot of fenders have that until they can qualify in this re - been dented in such operations. If a spect .key cannot be considered in the driver parks right up against the car class of competent automobile drivers. ..:. ow, ly and familiarize yourself with its get another doctor, So I went back uses. That. will save you many a doc--1 to bed. for bill and save the doctor many a The girl died before morning. I was needless ea11 - the only person in the world who knew You should have in your chest tur- her trouble. Neither her parents nor pentane, camphor, iodine, medicated the other doctor discovered that she call anyway. James. ' • Of ali such things is the country Those, undergoing the martyrdom of ,doctor's life.: a continuing successidn fashion find physical consolation, how - of tragedies, of heartbreaks, of arum- ever; in the advice of doctors that the drum and of thrills. Nothing is too fatter'the man' the higher the blood much to premise the doctor if he will Pressures and"t11a�,ihethin,•wiry men' restore health to a hayed one; any old live longest. time is soon. enough to pay him after . e ---- Utterly Useless. i Willie, 'whe wale• nearly five, and his " mother, were sitting at home in front of the lire. At tb.e table his sister, aged seven, was doing her homework. ' not a great deal. After all, though., Suddenly mother looked up and saw much as I have harped here about un- Willie watching his sister. • paid servieea, I will proudly own that "Well, Willie," size said, "it will not the biggest reward of all my years as be long before you will have to go to a. doctor to country folks is the privi- school." "Oh; said Willie, "it's no use send- ing mel„ My wife and I were childless tar "Why, •how is that?" asked Ids moth - several years and then a boy baby er• , • - ' came to gladden our lives. He drew .""Wh$t's the use of sending me to us closer together than we had ever school?" queried Willie. "I don't know been. He was .a wonderful, quaint, anything,and I .can't read or write," gladsome little fellow who madeade every- • ` eee • •' ' one, happy who knew hint.. He was A Nation of the Soil. taken away by an acetdent.. I can Eighty per cent. of the . population never shake off the gripping horror of India their OvineOvineou.t of the soil. of those hours when we saw his life -----:.------•-- slowly ebbing away, helpless to relieve Hogs In Holland. his pain or prevent his going. His mother and 1 could only sit by hie bed deed dollars,, and his widow would be destitute but for her son-in-law's help. I estimate that I have received no pay for about fifteen. per .cant. of my work in .these' thirty yens. I remem- ber distinctly a call back in the horse - and -buggy days. It was early in Febr- uary and I rather welcomed the nine mile night drive behind a stepping mare because it was. a pleasant night and there was to be a total eclipse of the moon that I wanted to see. The roade were muddy. We had just had heavy rains after a big thaw-. I had to fora a creek and I was sur- prised at its width and unaccustomed swiftness. 01d BIe.ckie waded in with- out hesistation. Soon, the water was in the buggy bed. I put my feet on the dashboard. Quicker than I can tell it lege and power of helping littlo child- ren. MUTT AND JEFF—By Bud Fisher. EeF'S 1GNb12AtJce vF T•ttc- FRENCH LANGUAGE 6 r 'Hca IN A FooLtaala MgSSJ oVE'R. HERE hat PARts tmt-1etu THe BUSSES Atte EuLL ANb WILL NOT STOP Pot AK`? Mof e PASSENGEPS THC`' HAt4G Mur A SIGN *IC OM MEANING MULL", ivo W w ii•t-1 A 131V l SLOW MUSIC., PRoFE sScsR, kma,,LL C,o ON ()JIM "Uric Lts-('et.l,,MomstGvf? J t't\a ElJS'( TDDAy sa WHY •Dora','t„ `(Ot1 Go OtiT 'TO ""COMPLET IT'S A w0NDC-CFUL SUi3uRB— PRd-vr( DAMES AND ALL THAT: THE ''CoMPt.GT" Busses ALL PAss Tilts coRNC-,tZ! "They Shall Not Pass." Louis Curotte, Indian goalkeeper of the Caughnawaga hockey team, !radian village, near Montreal, who is said to 'Distributing Money at Willing to Pay the Price. Marriages. A somewhat shabby man wandered Into a.very smart restaurant, says The Tatler, and ordered an elaborate lunch. At first the waiter was. dubious about serving him; but the customer's obvi- ous ease in his surroundings and his excellent choice of dishes reassured him. At last, wbeii the bill was pre - boys, and girls of the neighborhood as- eented he asked courteously for the semble in front of the house, and manager, who appeared presently. ' amuse themselves by calling out, "Bell "Good day," said the customer airily. money, Bell money, shabby waddin,' "Do you recollect that a few months shabby waddin,' canna. spare a haw- ago a man came here and had a jolly bee, good meal without paying for it?" IIII These fihouts are more than re. "I do,". answered• the manager grim- , doubled when the door is opened to let my i the bride. 'and bridegroom out, who "And do you remember whet you ddd are accompanied ' to the carriage by to him?" pursued •the other. most of the company, and as the push- "Yes; •sir," said the manager fierc ine- ! ing and shoving of the crowd would ly, "I kicked him out of the place." very inconvenient; some one of the •"Well, then," said the customer, ris- Inr every part of Scotland. the mar- z'iege ceremony ie performed at the resid'eiice of the bride. About the time it is expected the young couple are to start on their marriage jaunt, all the 1 party at this movement showers a quantity of copper's, and small silver i among them, thereby drawing • their. I attention away -from the "young folks," who, ander cover of this "diversion," are-1riven off._ M.P. Dons a Woman's Hat to Gain Point in Commons Among many. of the old rules 'gov- erning procedure in the House -of. Commons; London,. England, is one that if a member wishes 'to -raise a point of order after a --division has been called he must don his hat. be one of the largest "goalies" in the --The Laborite member, G. Buchanan, world. Ile weighs 400 pounds. He is desired: to raise a point, but he had manager of the local baseball team, not brought his hat with him. He -a__ _ solved the dilemma, • however, by bor- Britain's V- olun:cors, rowing the velvet'toque of Miss Ellen better? Did you follow my advice and The total strength of the territorial C. Wilkinson, also a Laborite member, drink hot water one hour before break - army on Decentiier 31 last, . exclusive• which he clapped upon Itis head of red fast?" of permanent. staff,. was 144,937, an an- hair. -Thus he addressed the speaker Patient --"I did my best, but I pork.IJand is growing as a producer of crease of 4,300 coiitparod'tvith'January amici,•,ioisy �au;;hter from the mem- couiclrt't keep it up more than ten 1, 1925. bets,. • minutes." ing leisurely and turning hie back to the official, "do you mind obliging me again?" Squelched. He wanted to. read, "blit the man in the seat opposite him would persist In trying to -talk as the .train moved swift- ly along. After several brief replies the student began to grow tired. "The grass is very green, isn't it?" asked, the would-be conversationalist, pleasantly. "Yes," said the student, "such a. change from the blue and red grass we have been having lately." The rest was silence.. Following' Directions. Doctor—"Whatl your dyspepsia no ?1T`S A BARN . Goon SUGGESTION: I'LL D0 IT', MON/SIC-JAL GGe, CoMPLET' r to s r tee A Poput,AR (oLAcc- evGRY Bus Got 4G•' e0e I S FULL: THAT's TI-te TeNrt- .FULL ONE MAT'S PAssEbe Bk.it PAT teN}ce I S. MY M117Dt_C- NAME: Gig, Well, They're in Paris and You. Gotta Excuse Mutt NAw,Nw, So Yov'Re GOING To ''COMPt_CT'.'. .RIPPING, oLD DEAR; "COMPLe--'15. NOTA r•• ?LAcG t IT'S FRENcR FDR"FULLi ,'CoMPLGT' oN A BuS MEAtee LT tS FULL: NArn! t BAN Jose. Ye+ ANNETTE, Z'LL . seg 'tote AT CIRO'S IN RALE' AN HOUR Ankh \G'LL HAvc A wARSa BIRD Ato A coLD Do'TTLG; A;J RGetotR, swee net �j I` 41'7- " < ,a Plan for Better Babies and Healthier Mothers. A comprehensive planof co -open- ' •--- ative effort in the publication and adis- tribution of a series of free prenatal letters has. been arranged with the consent of the Provincial•Healtlf De- partment of this province by the Can- adian Council on Child Welfare at Ottawa. The purpose of the 'under • - taking is to assure that evcny ,expect- ant mother is placed in touch with her family phyeici'an and her .provincial Departnaen"t of Health as early, in pregnancy as possible. To this end, a committee of physicians working with • the Child Hygienic Division of the Council has prepared a series of ex- • part letters on prenatal 'advice' and instructions. These will be issued free Upon 'application, - and willbe sent monthly until the baby's birth. The letters are designed to give •gen- eral practical information and advice, and to urge early and regular con- sultation with the. -physician. It • is hopedWo- menalso that by such a means Ivo men in the outlying districts will -be brought in contact ewith their provin cial health services and some further progress effected in the reduction o1: the heavy maternal and infant mortal-. ity rate: in our outpost settiemetts. A letter or .postcard to the•Cari.adian Council on Child Welfare, Ottawa, or to your health authorities will bring rho letter service to any. wonign re•, " questing it.. A Meal in a .N9.onunzant. Most visitors to Windsor Great Park, in London, have seen the equestrian statue of George IIL, which Mende at, the far end of the Broad Valk. It is a huge statue, and 'when it was' erected in 1324 the horse's body was first set up, theat, its- head flied, and , Iaotly the figure' of the king waq, seat- ed upon his, steed, Just •beioro the head was fixed one of the officials of the castle, and six Leland s, hail thinner • inside the body of tate horse: After all parte of .the statue had been elose.d. up and ltermltically sealed, they remem- berecl that a short ladder lied been left inside, That, ladder Is still there. • Tcife is Very much like a, game of. cards: a good deal depends on good playing, and good playing depends on. ;-rod deal, o'