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The Exeter Advocate, 1924-10-23, Page 7For COFFEE particular eo le• Roasted and packed sine ,t ' day in airtight cans -Surnames and Their Origin KEMPSON. Varlatione—Kemp, Camp. Raolei Origin—English. Source -An Occupation. Here is a group of family names the origin of which could not be recog- nized without reference to some oom- pilatton of English words in use about the time 'the Norman overlords of Eng- land ceased to use French aa their common tongue, and the Anglo-Saxon speech, after two centuries or more of depression and change, emerged and, Under the influence of Norman pro- Runciation, termed the foundation of OUT modern English: "Kemp" was a medieval English word for "soldier." "Walter le Kemp" DYER. Variation—Lister. Racial Origin -English, Source --An occupation. The family name of Dyeris guite recognizable by the modern EJnglish- epeaker as having developed from a word denoting an occupation. That is because in this one both the word de- noting the occupation and the name have changed similarly from the orig- inal form, and have not, as in many cases, drifted apart. Nevertheless the original word would be unrecognizable to the average person to -day. In the Middle Ages it was spelled "Deghere" or "Dighatere." But if you will soften that pronunciation of the was simply Walter the soldier," and ,ugh„ to a barely audible buttural, as "'Ramo Kempson" was "Ramo the sol- it was pronounced then, you'll find it dier's son," The form Camp is in most very.easy to slip it a bit further to a • to a natural a sound. And that is precisely the instances due simply change in. pronunciation occurring re- manner in which cannon speech, over gularly in ninny English aglish words in car the period of several centuries which f teen parts of that country and refieot- have elapsed since the formation ed in the changed spelling. family names began it has softened it We have instances of similar wages in the word "Derby." On this continent we pronounce it as spelled, In England they call it "Darby." Az often as not the reverse change in pronunciation has taken place in the passage: "We use no olathis that are course of centurie,,, Thus the name littede of dyvense ooloures" (We use f of that famous- street in London, Pall no clothes that axe dyed in diverse! Mali, Is pronounced "pell mall." colors). The "litster" or the "lister" I There is no telling how often since was simply a dyer. Originally either I Me word "kemp" was in common use. of these words were used, but in the Families bearing it as a surname have course of time the pronunciation of changed the pronunciation back ane the latter has prevailed as coming forth between "kemp" and "camp" more smoothly from the tongue. It through succeeding generations, But has been preserved as a family name, the changes in spelling have been but as an ordinary word it has passed; more rare, as they always are, out of use. Mothers Who Made History,;i..,..��1.>ri. ray Probably the moat famousOf all "mothers" is Mother Hubbard, the old lady whose time seems to -hate been taken up in attn.-cling to the wants; w1shee, and antics of her equally fa- mous dog. Although this animal must have been very trying, Mother Hub- bard ..hover appearsto have lost her temper for a momene for the lengthy nursery rhyme ends with a charming couplet:— The dame made a curtsy, the dog made a bow, The dame said "Your servant," the dog saki "Bow -wow." Which is usually what a dog does sari Into "Dyer," together with the broad -1 ening of the short "I" or indefinite "e" into the modern English long "i." "Lit" was another old English word which meant "dye," In a medieval manuscript there occurs the following Make the Fair -Ground Work All the Year. , T2', average country fair -ground is a fr round and nothing else, serv- ing the public only during fair week. The rest of the year it is wholly idle and deserted and sometimes even un- sightly. Yet the fair -ground is often a pretty natural park with trees and is generally very accessible to both town and country people. If natural pienicing and play places are hard to And, as often is the ease in prairie country, why riot then make a recrea- tion centre of the fair -ground? This was the idea that came to the Fair Association of a county in Iowa. The grounds are within the city limits of West Union and on the main-tra- reled road from country to town. There is a natural grove of oaks on Me area and a bright &reek meanders Alirough it. No other body of water is near. The Fair Association laid the mat- ter of making a playground of the fair park before the public and found prompt willingness to co-operate, and open pocketbooks offered to carry out the plan. Playground equipment was bought and set up. Picnickers were invited to make free use of the grounds. Then last summer a swim- ming pool was added. It was accom- plished in the the simplest of ways. The creek runs along one side of the fair -grounds and makes a bend down the other side. Water was taken from the creek and carried through tiling to the swimming pool. From the lower end of the artificial pond the water flowed out Into other tiling and back into the' creek. This gave running water, making the bathing place pure i and sanitary, The pool is 40 x 150 feet, with sloping bottom, and coat about $2,600. Through the summer the pool was the most popular place in town, and summer evenings the fair -ground was the gathering place of town and coun- try folks. The grass has been kept mowed and the place given generally the same care as a regular park.— F. L. C. Very Shy. "The bride was very shy—yes, she war shy about ten years when it came to giving her age!" His Careless Ways. "When you found you hadn't your fare did the conductor make you get off and walk?" asked the inquisitive man. "Only get off," was the sad reply. "He didn't seem to care whether I walked or sat down." Starfish to the number of thousands attacked a German swimmer who was attempting to cross the Frisian Sea. The creatures stung him so severely that he had to relinquish his attempt after many fruitless efforts to beat off his assailants. !' Y.eee�:..e..wl i The fopire -1Viedicine tie preparation ,v5lcfia� ;rva!ith'oonficTencof` ��ery igd entry nude'. the ,'a13t'itisI Flag tic i emedyj ilch lids breitight health and hnppirtess te;, miilionsi fine and women in every, tiart •'of the, Empire 4icriii4tnient'which�is resorted to everywhere— fo ailnients:suc'li.' as sick Headache, Biliousness;) \Indigestion find „Constipatioiarofteri• iconsidere}d insignificarit.Yet decidedly irictni�vensent—ailmetsli which have their .origin in a dyspeptieieoridition' ofi the"stoir�ii hand a'_torpid action.;s�,f,.theJivca�- 1...millitiiii,r--'Hti11l fill asailf1111 ' 11111 jlil j�11►'I'I i 11 �.. r �Iilll_ ..,11�1i Another famous "mother" is Mother Goose. Unlike Mother Hubbard, she was a real person, and under her name an enormous amount of child -latera, ture has been published, of which she is responsible for only a email por- tion. Her daughter married Thomas Fleet, a famous American printer, and they had a little son. The grandmoth- er used to make rhymes and sing them to this little fellow, and her son- in-law printed them as "Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes. Mother Carey is an English way of s•ayleig Mater Cara, and she is famous for her "chickens," which are the sea- birds known to sailors as stormy pet- rels, because they always seam to scream around ships during a storm. Mother Carey'e geese are the great black petrels ox fulmars seen in the Pacific, and .the saying has arisen that when snow falls Mother Carey 1a plucking her geese, Mother Shipton is another famous "mother." She lived in the reign of Henry VIII., and, as everybody knows, is famous for her prophecies.. 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He was tall, lanky and slow, His mind, like his body, worked slowly, and the nervous pro- fessor in mathematics, after a long and careful explanation, was wont to say: "Well, Smith, If you will go over. that explanation carefully and medi- tate en it, I think you will understand. Meditate, Smith, meditate." So Smith became "Meditate" Smith to Ms fellow students. One evening a party of students gathered in the room of one of their number, and Smith was one of them. The meeting was for fun and perhaps mischief, and suck a meeting was an infringement of rules. When the jollity was at its height, a warning Dame that the professor was coming to investigate. The room was oleereed at once. Smith as usual was the last, and, hearing steps ap- proaching, he crawled under the bed, seeing no other way of escape. Here he sat doubled up like a jackknife awaiting the event with no little ap- prehension. The profaner entered, looked about him, saw that the room was empty, then turned to depart. As he closed the door, a thought seemed to strike him; he re-entered the room and look- ed ooked under the bed. "Hay, Smith, what are you doing there?" he cried. Smith turned his head with difficulty. "Meditating, professor," The professor withdrew. All He Wanted. Through the doorway of the mil- liner's shop walked a smartly -dressed man who approached the manager, and said: "I see you have a sign in your win- dow reading: 'We . Wi11 gladly remove any hat from the window." " "That is correct, air," said the man- ager, with a beaming, expeotant smile. "Very well," went on the visitor, "would you object to bringing out that largehat in the middle of the window? I mean the one with the purple ribbon and pink feathers." "Not at all, sir, not at all," the man- ager assured him, and hastened to comply. "Thank you so Mach," exclaiuied the visitor, when the manager once more approached, hat in hand. "I don't Mink. I could have borne walking past your shop for a single day more with that tiling : staring at me." .. Wasp't Ambitious. Irene was being shown off by her mother. "We are very proud of our little girl,"` said her mother to the visitor, "We are going to send her to school in the autumn, where she will learn, ooh, such a' lot, and ba a bright and in- telligent child" "But I don't want to be bright and intelligent," said Irene, "I want to be just like mummy!„ Minard's Liniment Relieves Pain" PEOPLE The Compensating Vision. Classified Advertisements The minister's car had stopped at the big country place a few miles out Find Renewed Health by Im- proving Their Blood. If you feel run down, it means that your blood is thin and watery, that I H your vitality is low. Your feet are easily chilled. Youtdo not Bleep well and you are tired when you rise in the morning. You find no pleasure in your meals and are listless and "dispirited at your work. You have no energy to enjoy yourself. 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Give me a day with its sun in the west And see what it has to say; Give me the year as it neareth its rest, In the glow of an autumn day.Give me a life, where the path is un- rolled, To the shore of God's limitless sea; For the end is the test, and the tale that is told, Be it written in grayness or liver or gold, Is the tale of Eternity. Marian Alden. of 'the city., As the maid opened the door a pleasant .voice called, "Come right in, Dr. Forsythe. I've been hop- ing that you would get out to see hie before winter set in. He found the owner o1 the voice re- clining in, her big chair by the window with an open letter in her hand. She turned to smile at him as he edvauced.' "I've thought of you often since the. cool weather set in," he began. "I meant to call sooner, but our special meetings and one thing or another de - Mined me. I was afraid you would find it rather cheerless when you had to go indoors. I know how you loved the big, sunny porch." Temporary Repairs. 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I know what a poor kind of Christian you must have thought me to be right af- ter my accident --so bitter and com- plaining. My life had always been so full, and I was always so busy. Thee were so many things to do and so many pleasures to keep nae occupied, Everything I loved wast right at my elbow—friends, money, health," her voice faltered a little,—"my life was full—too fuld, I think. "But now that the do•otar says I may never walk again I'm beginning to live in a much larger world. Before it was like looking out of this window in summer—ail flowers and trees. They filled my view so completely I ADZES WANTED TO DO PLAIN and 'light sewing at.home, Whole or spare time) good pay; 'work sot any distance, charges paid. Send stamp for particulars. National Manufacturing Co., Montteal,, LADIES, ONLY. OUR B O O KL ET, "LADIES' FRIEND," .mailed in plain en- velope, free: Caeier 2424,4 -Montreal. HOME STUDY G.'1 HOR.TIHAND OR : BOOKKEEPING taught in twenty, home lessons. 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In its fading squares I see My mother sitting patiently Sewing by the window, where 1 The waning afternoon's dim light May serve her failing sight, And the glow of sunset sky Guide her thread though the needle's eye. She called this quilt a memoy qui14— Every cherished bit of oloth,. Remembrance hallowed it; Every patch recalled a face A time, a circumstance, a plane. M i--ard'a Liniment for Rheumatism. The water in which rice has been boiled is an effective remover of iron rust from materials. Soak the rust spots in the rice water for four or five hours, and then rinse in clean water. Beauty culture is now being taken in hand at an early age. The noses, ears, and hair of infants can be im- proved by a little care and treatment on the part of the mother or nurse. Visitors to Wembley, up to August 4th, averaged 101,700 a day. At this rate, about 18,000,000 people will see the Exhibition before it closes at the end of October. So she lived again the years, But now their hopes, their fears, Their sang and sorrow, smlies, and tears, Only a mellow sweetness bring, Without regret, without a sting. She had no gift of tongue or pen To charm the dead to life again, But she has made this quilt to be Her history. A goodly book! Each square a page Written in faith, from youth to age. —Charles Olaf Osiers. v Her Two Ages. Bob—"How old would you say Peg- gie le?" B111—"To her face or behind her back?" rzYr- .ems Insist on BAYER TABLETS OF ASPIRIN` Unless -you see the `Bayer Cross" on tablets you, are not getting the genuine Bayer product proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians 24 years for Colds Pain Headache Toothache Neuralgia Lumbago Neuritis Rheumatism Accept only "Bayer"act kage which contains p' o e rdirections. Handy "Bayer" boxes of 12 tablets Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists. 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Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound is especially adapted for use dur- ing this period. The experience of other women who have found this medicine a blessing is proof of itsreat merit. Why not try it now yourself?' 0. ISSUE No. 42--�-' i,4