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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1924-2-7, Page 3The ORANGE PEKOE QUALITY makes finer.. tea -and more of it " Surnames and Their Origin 4110. TYSON Variation—Dyson. Racial OrigIn—Middle English, Source --A baptismal name. • The family name of Tyson Is one of those which have developed from 'bap- tismal names whica-are virtually obso- lete to -day, but which were very com- mon at those periods in the middle asps in which family names began to take shape. It's a long stretch from Dionisius to .Tyson, but that's really what it de- veloped from. Tyson is one of those 'names which became a family name at n, fairly eer- ily period, though it by no means be- longs in ,the earliest classification, which is composed almost entirely of Anglo-Saxon names' It belongs to the period when the Norman influence was etiIl strong, but those of Norman blood had begun to regard themselves as Englishmen, dropping French as the "every -day" language. This is es- tablished by the fact that Dionisius was distinctly Noonan, while the end- ing "son" shows the reassertion of the Anglo-Saxon tongue. • Dionisius was variously abbreviated in the Norman-French speech into the nicknames Denis, Denot and Dyot. From the latter developed Dyotson, which at a later period was shortened by many families to Dyon, and finally changed by others • to Tyson. The lat- ter is the more common form in this country to -day. The name often is erroneously ex- {. planned as having originated from Tony, or Antony, but historical re- cords show no such conection, while the path back to Dionisius may be .r traced step by step. GREENWALD Variations — Grunewald, Greenwalt, Greenwood. Racial Origin—German, also English. Source—Descriptive of Locality. The last named of the variations of this family name gives you the clue to Its meaning, as it is the only name of English origin in the group. The rest are of German development. By far the larger number of fami- lies in Canada bearing the various forms of this name trace it back ;to German origin, for the name had a much wider development in Germany than in England. This is ascribed to the fact that even though the period of family name formation took place considerably later in Germany than in England, most sections of that coun- try were less developed than the Eng- land of two or three hundred years be- fore. In short, there were more for- ests, hence more "Greenwoods" in Ger- many than in England. It is rare that an English and a Ger- man family name o exactly the same meaning run so near parallel in the philology of the words of which they are composed. Both "green" and "grune" come from the same root. Formerly the English word was spell- ed "grene," and the older form of the German word was "gruene." In the development of one language the "e" has prevailed and in that of the other the "u."" In the same manner the words "wood" and "wald" come from the same root. The older form of the one was "wode," developed from a still earlier "wolde." Grunewald is, of course, the true form of the German name. Greena- walt' and Greenwalt are modern varia- tions, developed, as you may plainly observe, from the first syllable, under the influence of English speech. The King of Courtesy. .4 "They take it already upon their sal- vation, that though•I be but the Prince of Wales, yet I am the king of court- esy." These lines from the second net of the "First Part of King Henry IV," re- curred to my mind recently when, at a big luncheon given by an association of business men, at which he was the guest of honor, I sat within a few feet of his Royal Highness, says a London writer. His cheery courtesy to exeryone 'round him—to the eager, fluttering waiter, who leaned over his shoulder and held a match to the Royal cigar- ette i nits elongated holder; to the two audacious spirits who, at the close of the banquet, ventured to bring their menus to him for his autograph; and to the flashlight photographer who de- sired to "record" him in a character- istic attitude, impressed me very much. Seen so close, he looks much young- er ounger than his twenty-eight years, appear- ing more like a good-looking, brown:. skinned, well -set-up youth of nineteen or twenty until he speaks, when his maturity becomes more apparent. `.y What surprised me more than any- thing else about the Prince was his voioe. I am sorry to 'say that I did him the injustice of expecting him to speak with that ugly intonation rather unfairly known as the Oxford drawl, though had I considered for a moment I should have realized that the best type of 'Varsity men do not possess it. The Prince's . accent is immeasur- "ably more pleasant, for it is quick and reliant and, though I hesitate to de- clare that it contains just the slightest suspicion of a Cockney intonation, I have no hesitation i.nsaying that there could be no mistaking him for any- thing but a Londoner. He would prob- ably impress most people who met hiin, incognito, ae a keen young busi- ness man, who led a strenuous exist- --eateetace and was accustomed to make up his 'mind duickly,. And that he has, a mind of his own GIRLS! A GLEAMY MASS OF BEAUTIFUL HAIR 35 -Cent ' Danderine`' So, Irn- proves Lifeless, Neglected Hair. An abundance of I,ixuriant hair full of gloss, gleams and life shortly toile -we a genuine toning up of neg- lected scalps with dependable "Dale derine." Falling h a 1 r, Itching scalp and /f the dandruff is corrected immediately. Thin; dry, wispy' or fading hair is quickly invigor- stead, taking on new strength, .color and youthful beauty. "'Sande/rhea. is ., delightful on the hair; a refreshing, cafe Mating tonic - not " sticky or greasy! Any drugstore. is obvious for, despite his boyish ap- pearance, his face is a strong one, with steady eyes full of resolution. An old journalistic colleague who was sit- ting next me at the luncheon, echoed my thoughts when he said: "By Jove, they'll be no hurrying him into a marriage with a foreign royalty unless his heart approves, for if ever a lad had a will of his own he has!" "You're right," I replied, "and it's probably a legacy from his great- grandmother, independent, deter- mined„ beloved old Queen Victoria." And I feel sure that we were both correct. Honeymoon Still On. "Hasn't their honeymoon ended yet?" "Not yet—she still believes every- thing he has to say." Gold From Sea Water. The modern alchemist no Ionger dreams of transmuting the baser met- als into gold; he is more concerned with the possibility of extracting from the waters of the ocean the vast qutn- tity of the previous metal known to be held in solution in them. As a matter o2 fact, it was rumored recently that a profitable,.method of doing this had been discovered, and that Germany might pay her repara- tion debts in sea -water gold. The rumor, however, was premature. It has been calculated that there is one ounce of gold in every 31,000 tons of sea -water. And this gold is not in simple solution but in what is known as the "colloidal" state, thus render- ing its extraction a very difficult and costly matter. At -present, indeed, the cost of pro- ducing gold from sea -water is about twenty times the market price.. Orders from Hindquarters. Murphy,a new cavalry recruit, was given one of the worst horses in the troop. "Remember," said the sergeant, "no one is allowed to dismount without orders." Murphy was no sooner in the sad- dle than ` the horse bucked' -and 'Murphy went over his head. "Murphy,".yelled the sergeant, "you dismounted.! °' "I did, sergeant." "Did you have orders?" "I did." "Frons headquarters,!' "No, sor; from hindquarters." Here is a splendid mid-air action picture of one of the contestants in the ski jumping competition at the Quebec winter sports held at the Chateau Frontenac, Modern Surgery Speeds Up Nature. Man, as everybody now knows, is the result of millions of years of de- velopment on this planet; perhaps even on some other before "the star- dust swirled." What we do not al- ways realize is that this development is still going on, vdl'y slowly, as it al- ways • has done, but 'surely. There are a number of scientists, es- pecialIy surgeons, who think that the process may be speeded up, and that mankind would be saved much suffer- ing if Nature were assisted in this. way. • Not many months° ago Prince George the King's youngest son, passed through an experience which, in a more enlightened age, everybody will undergo in infancy. In the first place, he was operated upon for appendicitis, when what physiologists call the "vermiform ap- pendage of the caecum" was removed. .At one time in our history, no doubt, the appendix served a useful purpose. It is a relic of our ascent from a lower form of life. In some of the other mammals it is a large organ, but in our own bodies it is, as a rule, quite rudimentary. Sometimes it is absent altogether. In another thousand years or so, perhaps, no human being will be born with this excrescence. But we cannot afford to wait for that, and a few years hence, very likely, the operation for its removal will be as common in infancy as vassination is now. Prince George had scarcely recover- ed from the operation when it was learnt that he was again in the hands of the surgeons. On this occasion it was an even simpler matter, involving only the loss of his little te.es. There was certainly a time when our little toes were of use to us—pos- sibly in chimbing trees. But that time is long past. They are now merely en- cumbrances; they do not help us to walk or run or jump; they do nothing to improve our golf handicap or our batting or bowling averages. To the majority of people they are simply sprigs on which to grow corns. The only person to whom little toes are conceivably of importance is the bare- foot woman dancer, who would per- haps look rather odd without them. Nature is very slow in extinguishing parts of animal structure that have served their purpose in the process of evolution. Some time in the future, perhaps, children will be born without an appendix, and with only four toes on each foot. In the meantime, sur- gery has to be called in where their possession causes danger or incon- venience. GUARD THE BABY AGAINST COLDS To guard the baby against colds nothing can equal Baby's Own Tab- lets. The Tablets are a mild laxative that will keep the little one's stomach and bowels working regularly. It is a recognized fact that whrre the stom- ach and bowels are in good order that colds will not exist; that the health of the little one will be goo-' and that he Till theive and be happy. The new sales tax will not increase the price of Baby's Own Tablets, as the company pays the tax. You can still ' btain the Tablets through any medicine dealer at 25 cents a box, or by mail, post paid, from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. The Preliminary Step. "You say Brown is fitting himself to become an Ameeican statesman? _ "Oh, yese he's' just left for a year in Moscow, you know." Clock Tells the Weather. A clock is not the only useful me- chanism that can be displayed to pub- lic view in tower or steeple, The Ger- man city of Munich has recently set In the tower of the museum a huge dial that shows the height of the bar- ometer. The mean barometer figure for Munich appears at the top, and the passer-by has Pniy to notice whether the hand points to the right or to the left of that mark to know the tendency of the weather. Ask for 1Minard's men take no other. SO NERVOUS SHE /^IA*Tf 11 'frAMvI Rr A Quebec Woman Found Relie and Wants Others to Know. Mrs. Donald M. McLeod, taaringhill Que., was a victim of great nervous nese until she found the right remedy and is now anxious that others shal profit by her experience. Mrs. Mc Leod says:—"Some years ago I be came run down and grew so nervous that my life was a burden to mysel and all around me. Every night I would wake up with a choking feeling, numb all over and my heart beating at an alarming rate. I would jump up and walk the floor and declare I was dying. 'Then I would have sinking spells, and all day long would be so dizzy that I would stagger like a drunken person. I was afraid to be left alone, and my condition was ter- rible, I was then' taken to the Sher- brooke hospital, but the treatment there did me no good and I came back home so weak that I could hardly cross the fitter. I could not take care of my children, and my mother did so. Everybody thought I was dying, and I was just waiting and wondering when the end would come. At this stage my attention was directed to Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills, and I got a supply at once. 'By the time I had used five boxes I felt much better, could eat better, and sleep better, and felt al- most like a new woman. I continued the pills for some time further, and am now a strong and healthy woman. I advise all run-down women to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills as I am sure they will do for others what they have done for me." The new sales tax will not increase the price of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, as the company pays the tax. You can still obtain the pills through any medicine dealer at 60 cents a box, or by mail, post paid, at this price, from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. • rn The Tree's Heart -Beat. Has a tree a soul? Has it a per- sonality? These apparently absurd questions are provoked by Sir J. C. Rose's recent lecture to the Royal Society of Medicine on the heart -beats of the tree. His experiments show that a definite active tissue extends through evepy tree. The cellular pulsations of this tissue in regular sequence by their pumping action cause the movement of the sap. When these pulsations are arrested they can be revived by drugs, by blows, or by massage. In Bengal the sugar -canes are actually milked. The pulsation of the cell is ultra- microscopic, but Sir J. C. Bose has detected it by his electric probe in cir- cuit with a recording galvanometer. Any agent which quickens the heart- beat of the animal also quickens the heart-beat of the tree. The life of the tree is aa wonderful as the life of man. At Grips With a Leopard. Something bad frightened the .cattle in the kraal. Jan Pienaar, owner of the ranch in Rhodesia, crept forth In the moonlight, rifle in hand. Sudden- ly without warning sharp claws :sank into Iiia shoulders and he. found him- self staring into the gaping mouth gf a 'leopard- The shock was so sudden and un- nerving, says Mr, J. H. Mainin the Wide World Magazine, ,'that, Pienaar dropped hit rifle. Then in an instant he ;recovered his presence of mind; and. gripped' the animal by the throat with both hands to keep it from biting his face. There they, stood locked in a death grip; the leopard, upright on its hind legs, rested all its weight upon him and be with all his muscles braced clenched his fingers upon' the beast's throat. Although the leopard's Porro- idable claws were tearing his Shona ders and arms cruelly, Pienaar dared not shout or move, lest the animal Should tear itself away, leap upon him, againand kill him. How long Pienaar and the leopard stood there he cannot say, but it seemed an eternity. The leopard stood so close, glaring into his eyes, that he could feel its hot breath on f his face. When the rifle dropped from his hands it had fallen against a tree and now was lying with the muzzle point- ' ing towards him about three feet from his right knee. How to get it was the i question. That the beast remained so quiet was, he believed, owing to his Pay your out-of-town accounts by Dominion Express Money -Orders. Got the Goods. A man wanted to ring up the par- cels office at a railway station. "Is that the parcels office?" he in- quired, when he heard the sound of a girl's voice over the wire. "No," she replied, sweetly. :'I'm the goods!" Keep Minard's Liniment In the house.. Egypt has 166 daily and weekly, newspapers. Of these, ninety-four, are in Arabic, six in other. Oriental languages, sixty-three in European 1 tongues, and three in combinations of Eastern and Western languages. Cairo is responsible for 105, Alexan- dria forty-six,and the rest of the country fifteen. In fact, Cairo, with a population of between 600,000 and 700,000, has twenty-four daily news- papers, thus far outstripping London. Children should be taught to live dangerously. By reducing life to a business of insurance and safety first parents might produce long-lived chil- dren, but they will have no character. —Dr. Crichton Miller. llpiNebria Cannot BM; New Eyes.. llis(yeti can Promote a _%,..61Iesn iesl1ayeendiiloe OUR Ur Mi:riMilli"E�yye i2emedp' + Night and huIorning. Ecep your Eyes Clean, Clear and Healthy. Write for Free Eye Care Book. Okra. Lai Remade gee°East OIiie.autrsoiaP,it.r keeping quiet himself. ...So ever so gently he loosened the grasp of his right hand on the brute's throat and at the same time tightened the grip of his left. He slowly crouched lower and lower and then cautiously stretch- ed his right hand towards the rifle. All the time he stared steadily into the leopard's blazing eye. Presently he found that he could just touch the weapon with his fin- gers, With infinite care he edged over until he was able to grasp it firmly. Now came the crucial moment. Should the rifle as he pulled it toward him patch even momentarily in the under- growth, the noise would startly the fierce brute into a raging fury, Be tightened his grip on the beast's throat and began to pull the rifle to- wards him. As luck would have it, the weapon came away freely from the bushes, and inch by inch he man- aged to draw it to him until its butt rested on the ground against the in- side of his right foot. From there he slowly raised it with his fingers until the muzzle pointed straight at the Ieopard's under jaw; then he lifted it a little more and got his finger on the trigger. Quickly releasing his grip on the beast's throat, he pulled the trig- ger and leaped backwards. The animal, as he discovered later, was killed instantly; the bullet broke its neck. But Pienaar will carry to his grave the scars of the wounds that his adversary made in that horrible night encounter. Timely Advice. "I don't know all about how a farm should be run, but I do the best I can," admitted John W. Broadhead. "I raise corn, cats potatoes, alfalfa, hogs, chickens, and so on, do a fair dairy business and manage to own a mid- dling good car; I have lights, water and a furnace in the house, keep the buildings painted up, and so forth. And then, just about every time I get to feeling kinda good over the way things are going, here comes an earnest town man and urges me to diversify." Mother! Give Sick Baby "California Fig Syrup" Harmless Laxative to Clean Liver and Bowels of Baby or Child. Even constipaa- ed, bilious, fever- ish, or sick, colic Babies and Child- ren love to take genuine "Califor- nia Fig Syrup." No other :laxative regulates the ten- der little bowels.,, so nicely. It /-o, " sweetens the stomach and :starts the liver and bowels acting without grip- ing. Contains no narcotics or sooth- ing drugs. Say "California" to ,your druggist and avoid counterfeits! In- sist upon genuine "California Fig Syrup" which contains directions. Classified Advertisement* FOR 8A1. -g G''1 ORD SLA WOOD, MILL 38, S7,0VBi+ length. Car lots. Reid 1Ibtkr Bothwell; Ont. Man v. Eagle. Eagle hunting is a datige:'ous eporte and one net often indulged In nowa•' days. Sonne years ago a cumber In the! Alps was looking for eagles' nests !birds, he ,was .stacked b ' two parent: rBeing obliged to let go his holt he fell a ,great distance and was. see verely injured. The a irds continued to attack until one was shot. Not long ago a thrilling fight be- tween a man and an eagle took place on a Scottish moor. Seeingan eagle with a rabbit -trap dangling from ]ts foot, the man tried to attract the bird so that he might remove the trap. Nils - taking bis intention, the eagle swoop- ed down upon him and he only escaped by diving into the heather. Then, las the eaglecircled round in readiness. for another attack, the man hit it with a branch. The bird reeled and fell dead. The Crushing Bkw. Grown people have lots of disap- pointments, but none of them com- pares to that which a little fellow feels when the clerk informs him that shoes like his big brother's are not made in sizes small enough for him. Don't let us manufacture imagin- ary sins, but concentrate on the sine we know to be real.—Bishop WelIdan, ASPIRIN Beware of Imitations! Cnlecs you sea the name "Barer Cross" on package or on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer As- pirin proved safe by millions and pre- scribed by physicians aver twenty. three years for • Colds Toothache Neuritis Headache Lumbago ' Rheumatism Neuralgia Pain, Pain Accept "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" only. Each unbroken package con- tains proven directions. Handy boxes of 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 Monoaceticacidester of SalicyIicacid. While it is well known that Aspirin means Bayer Manufacture, to assist the public against imitations, the Tab- lets of Bayer Company will be stamp- ed with their general trade mark, the "Bayer Cross," 11©ARSE? Remove the danger of Bronchitis by gargling with Minard's in water. • An enemy to germs. Clear Your Complexion With Cuticara Bathe with Cuticura Soap and hot water to free the pores of impurities and follow with a gentle application of Cuticura Ointment to soothe and. heal. They are ideal for the toilet, as is also Cuticura Talcum for pow- dering and perfuming. Sonp25c. Ointmet425 and30e. 'ralenniZ5e. Sold throiighouttheDominion. Canadianfepot: Lyinanc, Limited, 344 St. Pail St., W., Mantecal. Cutiva a Soap shaven withoutmint. BACK ACHED TERIBLY Mrs. McMahon Tells How She Found Relief by Taking Lydia Em Pinkham's Vegetable Compound •Chatham, Ont.—"I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for fe run-down condition after the birth o my baby boy. I had terrible pains and backache, and was tired and weak, not fit to do my work and care for my three- little hreelittle children. One day I received your little book and read it, and gave up tak- ing the medicine I had and began taking the Vegetable Compound. I feel much better now and am not ashamed to tell what it has done for me. I recommend; it to any woman I think feels as I do.iA' —Mrs. •J. R. MCMAHON, 158 Harvey' St., Chatham, Ont. Lydia E. Pinkbam's Vegetable Com- pound, made from roots and herbs, has for nearly fif tyye ars been restoring sick ailing women to health and strength. It relieves the troubles which cause puck symptoms as backache, painful periods, irregularities, tired, worn-out feelings and nervousness. This is shown again ancl again by such letters as Mrs. McMahon writes, as well as by one woman telling another. These women know, and are willing to tell others, what it did for them; therefore, it is surely worth your trial. Women who suffer should write to the Lydia E.Pinkham Medk;ine Co.,Cobour� g, Ontario, for a free copy of Lydia E. Pinkham's, Private Text -Roo).. upon "Ailments Peediar to Woniezn,' ISSUE No, 5---'2e. .« f