The Exeter Advocate, 1924-1-3, Page 3-*^T AA'
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btirriames. and Their Origin
HACKETT
'Variation ---Acker.
Racial Origin—Anglo-Saxe
Source --A elven name.
Hackett is one of those ancient An-
glo-Saxon names which is far from be-'
ing what it seems, having gone
through a tremendous degree of
change' since the early days of the
{,Mian era.
rorn the very close collection which
exists between so manynames and the
words from which they took their or-
igin you would feel instilled in assum-
ing that the original Hackett was one
who hacked something for some pur-
pose or other, that possibly he was a
eagjeneat warrior, with a reputation for
spensing rough treatment to his
enemies. But nothing could be fur-
ther from the truth.
The source of the name, on the con-
trary, appears to have been a very
peaceful one, though just which of two
pessibi]ities it is, likely to remain for
all time a question for conjecture. It
came originally either from the'Anglo-
Saxon word for temple, or that for
fairy. The more probable explanation
to that it came from cam in one case
and from the other in another. In any
event the name was Ealhere. The
two possible sources are "ealth," a
temple, and. "aelf," a fairy,
Whet the Normans carie to England
their Latinized tongues 'were unable
to twist .around the pronunciation of
A:elhere :or Eaihere, and they corrupt-
ed
orrupted it to Aucher, from which it finally
„tleveloped into ,Acker and Ackett and
Hackett
BERGER
atarlatfone: -- Berg, Bergman, Berg-
mann.
Reolai Origin—German,.
Source—Geographically descriptive, •
Probabiy"a greater number oe family
names . originated geographically In
Germany than in any other` country,
Berger" and Its variations fall "within
this classification.
Students: of the histories of sur-
names have ascribed many reasons to
this peculiarity in Germany's nomen-
cleture, but the most logical explana-
tion of it appearsto be in the fact that
throughoutthe most of that land, with
the exception of those sections: of the.
with where the Scandinavian in-
fluence predominated, there existed
nothing in medieval and ancient times
in the way of tribal nomenclature or
organization. There is no deubt that
tribal organization and the custom, of
tribe members hearing the tribe name
in some forms as a • distinguishing
mark gave rise directly to the inure
modern system of surnames.
Surnames" did` not becomecommon
in Germany until several centuries af-
ter they were established in the north-
ern and western sections of Europe,
and when the actual necessity for sur-
names did ; make itself felt there was
no prior system of tribal surnames,
and very little in the way of unbroken
inheritance of estates : among the. no
bility on which to base them, Renee
men turned naturally tothe names of
the places in which they lived, and to
geographical features of those plates.
Berger simply means a mountaineer,
or more literally "berg were," moun-
tain man, as does Bergmann.
SIR HENRY THORNTON'S
MESSAGE TO EMPLOYEES
Appreciative of Year's Work
and Has Confidence in
Future.
The following signed.enessage from
Bir Henry W. Thornton, K,B.E., Presi-
dent and Chairman of the Boards of
;Directors of the Canadian National
Vtailways, to officers and employees of
4Vvstem, is published in the Decem-
8r 'tie of the Canadian National
tail a:i's Magazine.
"Offfeers and Employees:
'I wish you all a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year, For twelve
em`znths we have been engaged in a
tany
entsuccess we
'b
and
nave met with has been largely due to
.the line spirit and efficient service.ren-
tiered by officers and employees.
I thank you one and all for the way
you have responded to the demands
upon you and for the excellent service
you have given the Company. Es-
pecially, I wish to thank, those em-
ployees
mployees who come in contact with the
travelling public for the courtesy they
have displayed, They have, indeed,
treated every passenger on our rail -
Way as a guest of the Company, with
the result that not ,only have our men
found satisfaction, in their work but
they have materially added to the
ood opinion. of our undertaking exist-
ing in the tninds of the public.
We will face the oncoming year
With enthueiasm, courage, and a de-
termination to establish still higher.
'eurr standardof service.
With .qur continued co-operation
dent the :day is
e shall justify
who were TO-
'. al Railway
11 System - a
to the people
V ON,,
President
While jam is an excellent breal,ast
'she ,.maesnalade is much better be-
cause of its laxative properties.
Spanish bull fights last year were
'responsible for injuries to 22,000
ihorses.
"A Man's'a Man, For a'
That."
Lord Kitchener, who was essentially
a military man, was not readily' im-
pressed ,with -the importance of any
eiitilian. He had become rather for-
getful of names; and it hes recently
been told of him that during the Great
War the accounts he would give of
momentous conferences with cabinet
officers, parliamentary, leaders and
other great folk often filled- his bear-
ers with mingled horror and amuse-
ment. They were likely to cantata
suck casual phrases as: "There was a
chap who said -1 don't remember, his
name , but he had curly hair."
A: corresponding forgetfulness of a
name famous' 3n an alien "line of
achievement was once shown by a ris-
lug county politician, still a little new
at the game, who accompanied an old-
er hand to Amesbury, Massachusetts,
a good many year ago for a quiet'ses-
sion with the local leaders. As they
left, the hall together after the meet-
ing -'he observed complacently to his
con4panion, "Well, we've started the
ball all right, ar;d-1 guess we can trust
der!, to keep it going. They don't seem
much of a crowd, but 'there's one fel-
low among 'em,—I don't recall his
name, but he had a long face and eyes
like the late lamented A. Webster,—
he's got good,' practical ideas; he
knows what's what and what'll.get us
where!"
The "practical" person whose name
the politician had forgotten was the
poet Johni:Oreenleaf Whittier, who -
•was indeed'. as practical as. he. was
idealistic -when it came' to politics. 'Of
the identity of the person the forget-
ful politician was promptly informed,
to his vast astonishment.
"Him a poet!"' he ejaculated." A
a poet that writes poetry! I'd as soon
have expected you to tell me he was
an artist that does hand -painted flow-
ers! That man't a man!"
0
�� . .l;ogiste lay '`aur,.
Finger Nails.
All serious .diseases and accidents
are recorded on your finger-tip.
If you have a dangerous illness a
plain straight ridge 'will :'show itself.
across all; your nails. 'Some weeks
elapse before it is visible, because the.
growth of the nail is affected at the
root, which is invisible. But when it
does show it takes many months, be-
fore it Prows to the top. ; These marks
may remain for years;. and the more
acute the illness the ,more prominent,
are the. ridges. . . -
Break your wrist to -day and it will
probably be 1925 before the resultant
ridges. have vanished fromyour nails.
In this case, however, only -tee nails
of :the broken `arm are affected.' 'The.
-Other hand.. remains normal..
Sudden diseases step all nail growth.
in the same way as they Often affect
the hair, and the.fi_ngers then look as
if the nails had' been cut straight
across with s
cissors.
Nervous afflictions cause nleen
grooves .across the nails. ' They -also
assume a patchy appearance and will
be very brittle forr some tine.
- After the.. attack the new, growth will
be :very thin 'and finger-tips.will be ex-
ceedrn 1 painful. The
thin a Y P Aev>
growth gives theimpression of, a deep'
dent over the "moon" of the nail:
1
1 Say "Bayer" and Insist!
. Unless; you see the name "Bayer" on.
package or on tablets you are not get-
ting the
genuine Bayer productct proved
ved
prescribed 3by-
%afe by millions and 1
physicians; over twenty-three; years for
Colds Headache
Toothache Lumbago
Earache Rheumatism
Neuralgia • Pain, pain
Accept "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin"
only, Each unbroken package con-
tains proper directions, • Handy boxes
P twelve tablets cost few cents. Drug-
gists also sell bottles of 24 and 100.
,Aspirin is the trade mark (registered
in Canada) of Bayer -Manufacture of
Monoaceticaeidester of Salicylicacid.
While it is;:veli known that Aspirin
paeans' J.+,eyer Manufacture, to assist
the public aga`m
st imitations, the Tab-
lets of Bayer. Company wil be stamp-
ed' with their general -trade mark,• the
44eyer' Cross."
Setting' Her Hight
Mother — "e erne iu- this nii nine,
Archie! 'How often have 1 'hold you
not to play With',these ; tough , little
boys?"
Areh.!e—= `I wasn''t,playing with them.
I was getting ready to show 'em' they
aren't half as tough as you think' they
are."
The world's' record.for a grain train
is "held by the ;Canadian Pacific Rail-
way, on which a train a mile long,
coniprising.125 cars, with a total
weight of 7,946 tons, was hauled by a
single . engine,
•
Satisfaction—or Money
Refunded.
James Whitcomb Riley always en-
joyed a joke even if it were on hint-
self. An amusing,anecdote of the poet
which,• Mr, Mardis- Dickey tells in the
"Maturity of James Whiteonib; Idle,,
occurred 'when Riley once lectured in
the town of"Delphi,Indiana.
The night of -his appearance, we
read, Riley. slept at the • ofce of his
friend, Dr :„Sutith., in a little room sere
orated from the main office by 'a thin
partition that ran halfway to the ceil-
ing'. The next morning a woman call-
ed at the office 'while Riley was Still
sleeping, She had ,biting tongue and
was prejudiced against ell forme' of ea
tertaininent, null' the doctor knew It.
Here was his chanceto geteven with
the poet'forsome' joke that Riley had
played on, him!
After, prescribing for his patient he
said as she rose to go: "13y the way,
did you. hear. Riley- last night?"
"Yes," she :replied.
"Did you ever waste money eo reek
lessly before?" asked the doctor.
"I never did!" was the reply. "The
Hoosier poet conies up here to our.
town, sponsored by Billings,' Mark
Twain and Longfellow. Burdette says
he Is pure gold; I say he is pure gab-
ble! If I had my money back--"
Scarcely has -lie uttered the words
when flip! over the partition .came a
silver half dollar and landed on the
floor at her feet. In their joint as-
tonishment' the doctor picked it up
and suavely handed it to her; she left
the office, wondering where it had
Dome from. -
In a few moments Riley appeared.
"Well, well," said the doctor emiling,
"I did not know you were awake."
"I was not awake," .drawled Riley
wearily, "lint thereare times -there
are tunes—when suffering from night
mare—that I—that I reach my trous-
ers - and my pocketbook in my
sleep."
C®ILDIIOOD CONSTIPATIQNY
Constipated children can find prompt
relief through the use of Baby's Own
Tablets. The Tablets. are mild but
thorough laxative which never fail to
regulate the bowels and stomach, thus
driving out constipation and Indiges-
tion; colds and simple fevers. Con-
cerning them Mrs. Gaspard Daigle, .De -
main, Que., writes: "Baby's Own Tab-
lets have been of -great benefit to my
little boy, who was -suffering from con-
stipation and indigeption. They quick
relieved him and now Ise is in the
best of health." The Tablets are sold
by medicine dealers or by mail at 25
cts. a box from The Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co„ Brockville, Ont,
Gray Roofs o Gloucester.
There may be lanes in Devon half hid'
among the downs:..
And hedges rank with roses in little
Breton towns, •
But never was so brave a sight since -
all the world begun
As the gray roofs o' Gloucester a-giim-
mer in the sun!
The. gray roofs o' Gloucester and all
the world a -dream,
And every sail a glint of gold upon a
scarlet stream,
And wharves and streets a glory as
thecrimson sun went down
To make a magic city of a little sea-
port town.
And still will I remember when all the
springs are ' old
And all the_sails are tattered and all
the winds are cold, `
When all the tales ar-8`" fided and all
ti;e=yarn, 15 spun,
Ther.gray roofs o' Gloucester a-glim
mer in the shn!
—Gordon Malherbe Hillman.
MONEY ORDERS.
It is always safe to send a Dominion
Express Money Order. Five Dollars
costs three cents.
Eggs ` of the dinosaur, laid 10,-
000,000
0;000,000. years, ago, Were found in Mon-
golia-by
on-golia-by an American scientific party,
who are taking them to Peking.
PAIiV IN TEE JOINTS 1
Is An Indication That the Blood
is Thin and Watery.
The first sign of•:rheurnatism is free
euently a pain and swelling of one of
the joints. ' If .this Is not treated
through the blood, which is the seat of
the disease, the .poison spreads—a;-'
fecting iether joints and tissues—somee
times rheumatism attacks the heart
and is fatal.
A remedy that has corrected many
cases of rheumatism Is Dr. Williams'
Pink • Pills. Those pills enrich and
purify the blood so that the poisonous
rheumatic matter is driven out of the
system as nature intended: Miss Ger
tie Donne, Washago, Out, was attack-
ed .with rheumatism and found relief
through Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, She
says: -"About a year ago I was at-
tacked by rheumatism• and for two
weeks was confined to my bed. .The
trouble was so painful, affecting the
joints of my limbs so that I could not
stand alone. Mother had a box of Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills in the houseand
thought they might help me. I began
taking them, and -when I had taken
these' pilin got a further supply,with
the result that the rheumatism van-
ished and I was a well girl, I may add
that my mother and two of my sisters
have also used the pills for various ail-
ments with equal success, and now we
are never without them in the house.".
If you are suffering from any con-
dition due to poor, watery blond, or
weak nerves, begin taking Dr. Wil-
liams' Pink Pills now, and note how
your strength and health will improve.
You, can get 'these pills through any
dealer in medicine, or by mall, at 50'
cents a box from The Dr. Williams
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
Sunset and Wild Turkeys.
Unlike the sportsman with a gun,
the man who "hunts" with his eyes
alone is never.. disappointed. Mr.
Archibald Rutledge, writing. in Field
and Stream, gives this pleasing des-
cription of a pretty and unusual sight
that he once saw:
I was walking down a trout. stream
one October afternoon when the sun
was lout. On either side the laurel and
rhododendron bushes so overhung the
water that further progress was diffl-.
cut, and I had almost given up trying
and was stepping from a stone. to the
shore, when I saw an unnatural sheen
coming form some object thirty yards
downstream. ;Crouching on the reeks,
I peered through the laurels. There,
lining either side of the stream and
taking their sundown drink, were
thirty-two wild turkeys! I Could count
them readily. They drank in peace
and departed in peace, for I never
showed myself;
One such glimpse of wild life as that
is worth many a day effort. You
can remember such a picture with
pleasure long after you have forgotten
things that are far more "important"
Only Fit for a Pig.`
Tramp—"Hey, mister; kin : I -have
some o' them ,persimmons on, that
there tree? Guess they're only fit t'
feed 'Stepp with, anyhow."
Farmer --"That's, all — help your-
self!
London's largest pumping -station is
to be erected at the Metropolitan
Water Board's huge reservoir at Lit-
tleton,. The building will cover. an
area of. over 20,000 square feet, and
120 tons . of coal will be consumed
every day.
Ask for Minard's and take no other.
The Hanle and the School
Earnest"parents, who would appreci-
ate the ,problems of the school`' depart
meet, and .who. really;' want to assist
theo
work of education, may find some
ofthe following suggestions helpful:
Don't .expect theteacher to control
your child if you have failed at home.
Habits' of obedience and respect for
authority' must be learned . 'first at
home
Fathers; know- your 'sons, Mothers,
know your daughters. > Childrenwho
have been taught -always to confide -in
their parents can be trusted. anywhere.
Find some daily home duties or
chores for' your o and i 1 to do and
rb n r
b Y g � ,
they will come to appreciate in some
degree tine gar i '' s youare making
c flee,
for there, -
Don't give children much. • spending
nroney-•',Let thein earn it; otherwise
an -excellent opportunity. to acquire tine
habit of thrift is lost.
where' children are far ,enough ad-
vanced to have home- study, be sure
that they regularly set aside the samo
time for it every day, Regularity is a
good habit to acquire.
Don't believe'- every . report your
child brings home. Children' do not
all lie, but most children' have a; strong
imagination which tends to operate in
their own 'favor hen they aro guilty.;,
Don't take t)ie part of your child
against the toacIier- before hearing
•
both sides. In nine cases out of ten
you will find to your embarrassment
that your child was wrong; and in the
tenth. ease itis better to su
fer'a slight
injustice than to destifoy the teacher's
influence over him.
If you have a complaint to make, go,
first to the principal of the school, not
to the superintendent, a board mem-
ber, or the editor of the newspaper:
The principal knows the facts best and
can give the readiest relief. By, give
Ing the principal the first opportunity
to answer your : coznpiant You 'help to
preserve cordial relations between the.
homeC and . shoal. That• helps- year
o
child,and that is the ain.thin .
n m g
Don't
expect miracles., ewdot a11child-
ren
clil -
ren
are equally aptThe school trains
minds, but doesn't furnish them,
Don't apply the adult 'Standard to
the w r' ofehiidre . Don't -up -
.braid
�, yourn
-braid your boy because he can't do
Bunco as well , as youor•your book-
keeper can. Try to remember how
many times the teacher made you
stand ..in the corner for blundering,
over the same sums when you were ;a
boy.
Don't criticize every new thing that
the schools are.: attempting. Consider
where ,Your business would be if you
still used the same methods :and the
sante equipnrent.that were used "when:
you were 'a boy,'
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� .ti{ibWS�.4t. !Vete* 144Uy, eateCanfilCIM R
el,:4
GETTING A
TRIFLE STALE
—From the New York World
Possession.
I say I own a mountain,
Having bought it fair and square,
Oh I own its cool green waters
Tumbling down through maiden hair
And its secret, ,perilous pathways
- strewn with leaves
That autumn and sunlight pattern
there.
I own the earth with its warm brown
loam
Giving birth to a million living
things,
And the friendly trees where the
twilight brings
The little, sleepy, winged things homer.
But I do not own the arching sly
Or the great, soft winds that whisper
by
When shadows purple my hill at night.
These and their' brother things, the
stars,.
God owns, not I.
My Love I oven in his white, white
-youth,
For he gave unto me hie heart of
fire
And fiercely my two frail hands shall
keep
His suddenest desire,
The,••swift, unsullied lips he bends to
me are -mine,
And mine the hands that never tire.
But oh, his singing self goes free!
I'do not own my lover's sour, r
And all his tinctured dreams I can
but dimly see -
Inviolate within a :crystal bowl.
The beauty I am =hungered to pos-
sess
Through empty stands slips lightly
by,
All hidden and intangible earth love-
liness,
My wind, my stars, my Love's young
soul,
God owns, not I.
—Kathryn Worth.
Mixed Conclusions.
It was Robert's first visit to the Zoo.
"What do yon think of the animals"?"
inquired Uncle Ben,
After a critical inspection of the ex-
hibit the boy replied, "I think the kan-
garoo and the elephant should change
tails."
Mother! Give Sick Child
"California Fig Syrup"
Harmless Laxative for a Bilious,
Constipated Baby or Child.
Constipated, bil-
ious, feverish, or
sick, polio Babies
and Children love
totake genuine
"California Fig
Syrup." No other
laxative regulates
the. tender little
bowels so nicely;
It s`w tens -=the stomach . and starts
the liver and bowels acting without,
griping. Contains. no narcotics or
soothing drugs. Say "California" to ,
your druggist and avoid counterfeits!
"California' Fig
Insist upon.genuine1
Syrup" which- contains directions,
Irnprove Your
Appeararice
More Phosphate if you want your.
complexion to blear,' eyes to brighten,
and 'skin to become' soft and smooth.
Thin, austed people grow
a e
tr Phu niaa a an rug-
stron� on Bi a t d d
gists guarantee it. Price $1 per plege.
Arrow Chemical Co„ 25 Front St, East,
Toronto, Ont,
O Ems°
Gargle several times a day with 14�itti,
ard's;ia water. it cute the fiixrgus stet
gives relief,
The Dignity of the Beadle..
Ali the oid-fashioned beadles in
churches have not been merged into
the modern "church officer." It was
only some two years ago, writes, Mr,
David Outhbertson in Revelations of
Library Life, that I visited one of the
city churches in Scotland, and when
I .asked the beadle at the entrance
whether I could be shown to a seat he
replied: "Just gang your way inside,
sir, an' tak a look roan', an' when you
see a, seat whaur you think you would:
be conlfortable just step insider"
We have another view of the beadiif
in the case of a minister who, wishing
to show his approbation, told that of-
ficial that his office had a dignity of
its own, as well as that of the elders.
"That's what I aye think o'," the
beadle replied, "when I see the elders
Citi. the Sabbath mornin,' forby there's
several o' them, but wha ever Beard.
tell o' mair than ane beadle? Ane
what's mair, 1 had ,!anther be a door
keeper in the Lord's house than dwell
in tents o' sin. Them's Dauvft's words
and they aye come back to me when T
compare myself wi' the elders!
Keep Minard's Liniment In the -house.
Cutting It Short.
A butler always annoyed his mis.
tress by announcing her visitors =par.
ately. For instance, instead of saying,
"Mr, and Mrs. KiIkelly and the Misses
Kilkelly," he would call out, "Mr. Kil•
ke11y, Mrs. Kilkelly, Miss Norah Kin-
kelly, and Miss Kate. Kilkelly," men-
tioning each member of the family by
name.
His mistress told him on her next
"At Home" day to make the announce-
ment shorter.
As it happened, a. Mr. and. Mrs. Pen-
ny,
eany, with. their grown-up son and a lit-
tle :daughter, were the first to arrive,
whereupon the butler electrified his
mistress by throwing open the door
and shouting, "Threepence -halfpenny'
y
Many races of mankind are exceed-
ingly susceptible to intoxicants, among
them being Red Indians.
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flatulence, heartburn, sourness,` or
stomach distress caused by acidity. A-
few tablets give almost 'immediate.
stomach relief. Correct your stomach
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Druggists sell millions of packages of
Pape's Diapepsin.
SUFFERED FROM
SEVERE PJMPLES
On, Face, Caused intense
"tcamng, Cuticura Heals,
"I suffered great annoyance from
severe pimples en' my face, which 1
.;a,attributed to the use of
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a`et., terese itchin and, burn-,
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.ing. Ivy face looted un-
sightly, 'This caseation lasted about
two months.
"' I read an advertisement for Cutis;
, cure. Soap and Ointment and pur-
chmsed some. I could seean improve,
tient, and in two months I was
healed." gd) H.P.lrin-
Arthur, M(Siiscoucnehe, Miss Prince Edward
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