Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1915-09-02, Page 6GDARDING GOLD, AT SEA. Armor Plate Room* on. Ocean Liners it For Holding Bullion. it would be natural to suppose that shipments of gold, bullion back and forth across the Atlantic ou big utters WOuld be attended by considerable pre- aal2tion, but there is probably no other place in the world Irheve the transport of great wealth is carried ou with such simplicity. One of our great liners bas two strong rooms, the smaller being in close proximity to the captain's quer- ,ter=, while the other is neat to the pro- vision department. The small strong 1 room has its walls, floor and ceiling lined with two inch steel plate and contains nothing in the way of fur- nishing other tban shelves. This has more than once contained enough gold to buy the liner many times over. The locks, which are of the double variety, are rendered still more secure by covering the keyholes with steel hasps. which are themselves lacked in placewith massive padlocks. This strong room. being located in the most frequented portion of the ship, is passed by persons at a1I hours of the day and night, which. after all, is the great protection, The strong room located near the provision department is twelve feet long by four feet wide, and it often happens that both these rooms are filled to capacity with gold bullion. On `one occasion the two rooms con - 'tabled £20,000,000 in gold bullion, packed in small kegs bound with steel hoops,—London Answers. TAUGHT HIM HIS DUTY. Now He Knows All About the Etiquette of the Droshky. The Siberian method of riding In a droshky requires an etiquette all its own, which, although sometimes sur- prisliig to the English traveler who en- counters it for the first time, is based upon practical considerations. The dan- ger of being thrown out has deter- mined the prevailing usage. says Mrs. John Clarence Lee in "Across Siberia Alone." If a gentleman escorts a lady it is his task to hold her in the carriage—not an easy occupation. He accomplishes it by putting his arm round her waist. A man who fails to do so is considered as lacking in courtesy. When you have become acquainted with the custom it seems entirely sensible and comfort- able, but it seems strange at first to find yourself settling back into a stran- ger's arms. An American who had lived In Rus- sia and whom we met in China told us that he was drh-ing with a woman physician, a Russian, middle aged and of rotund Russian`type. He knew noth- ing about his duty toward her. and they thrashed round that three by five droshky until the woman turned an- • grily toward him. A "Hare you been brought up in the backwoods that you don't know enough to hold me in this droshky?" she said. He immediately put his arm round her waist as far as it would go and held on bard.•,a +aler,,, How Standing Armies Originated. The earliest European standing army was that of Macedonia, established about 853 B; C, by Philip, father of —Alexander the Great. It Was the Sec- 'ond In the world's history, having.pe, preceded only by that of Sesotris Pha- raoh of Egypt, who organized a mili- tary caste about 1600 B. C. Of modern standing armies, that formed by the Turkish janizaries was first, being fully organized In 1362. It was a cen- tury later that the standing army of France, the earliest in western Europe, was established by Charles VII. in the shape of "compagnies d'ordonnance," numbering 9,000 men. Rivalry there- upon compelled the nations to adopt similar means of defense. In England a standing army proper was first es- tablished by Cromwell, but was dis- banded under Charles II., with the ex- ception of a few regiments called the guards, or household brigade. This was the nucleus of England's present army. • Force of Habit. A consul in Guatemala tells a story of a man who ran a store in Retalhu= lieu who had been ordering candles from Germany for many years. Each candle was wrapped in blue paper. One shipment came wrapped in yellow paper. The people would not buy them. In vain he argued and showed that the candles were the same as he had been selling. It was no use, and he could not sell those candles until he sent to a paper supply house in Guatemala City and bought sufficient blue paper in which to wrap them. Then he bad no difficulty in selling them. a. i` A Proof. "Animals cannot reason." "DM you ever try to argue with a bulldog?" "Of course not." "Then try it. He soon catches on, and you'll find that he is quite capable of holding his own."—Baltimore Amer- ican. So Easy. Gavin—where's one thing I like about Jones' shop; you can order your goods through the telephone and after a short "wait have them delivered. Bailey— , That ifs just what f don't like. Gavin-- What? avin—What? Bailey --The short weight.—New i York Journal. Not Superstitious., "Are you really a painless dentist?" "Surely I am. Didn't you read the sign on the office door?" "Oh, yes, I read it, but 1 don't believe Itt Mtge."—ILichmoyld Timed-Dia/Ate-h. THE WIN64-IAM TIMES ***"1" ^tVWV11,4lletta'Y!sr a res 'a/Sell. tswny,a, aawrRtia•w'e-w IL61( FOR BUSINESS ONLY one's most intimate friends go to one's home uninvited, and the, extent of one's calling list is determined by the number of one's calls. In business the same facts hold. Every merchant of Wing• ham knows scores of families here and ;n the country round about, whose custom he does not. possess. Mutual acquaintance is the first step towards getting these fami- lies as customers; and acquaint- ances can most surely • be devel • aped by invitations or calls made through the medium of advertisements in the s'l'eekly' Times. To the Merchants of Wingham Show ybur desire for business by asking for it. A merchant who does not ask for business is supposed not to want business very keenly. Shop Where You Are Invited to Shop tie • aelka X71 mo'tLaa,ti11.ti%'i•'1bamiS WatiIS/sic K't►ello THE SHEPHERD AND THE LAMBS Unto the margin of the river, The Eastern shepherd leads his timid sheep. He calls them on, but they stand still and shiver; To them the stream seems wide, and swift, and deep. He calls them on, but they in fear are standing; Be calls them on, but on they dare not go; They heed not now the voice of his commanding, They only heed the river's fearful flow. Then from the side of one protecting mother, A lamb the shepherd takes unto his breast, And then he gently bends and takes another, And in his arms the two lambs lie at rest. They lie at rest, and as he close folds them, , He bears them safely o'er the river wide; The little lambs know well the arm that holds them; They nestle warmly, and are satis- fied, Then the fond mothers, with maternal longing, Look on beyond that river's fearful flow; They can but follow, and behind them thronging, Their fleecy corr.rades are in haste to go. Drawn by a love stronger than any shrinking, Their Iambs they follow o'er the flow - tide; They heed not now the swimming or the sinking, They brave the stream and reach the further side. And while their tender shepherd kindly , feedl; them, They think no longer upon what hath been; He gives them back their lambs; and then he leads them By the still waters, by the pastures green. So shall it be with you, 0 weeping mother! Whose lamb the Lord hath taken from your sight; 'Tis He hath done it, He, and not an- other; Your lamb lies in His arms clasped close and tight. Aetoss the stream your little one is' taken That you may fear no more the quick dark flow, But that, with steadfast heart and faith unshaken. You may be ready after it to go. This is the tender Shepherd's loving plea-ure, To bats= atunce the little Ianih and you; He knows that where with Him is your b,sc treasure, There fixed forever will year heart be foo. en - WHEN MEN WORE C,l•.?;h Likewise Silk Stockings aro t -'z: Shawls and Capes. In the good old days about we.,,t -., many men so dreamily mall sal , fess to reverence, turd o•laeu loon , believed to be more bold 8) ,t, :•1),a.: and daring than they are till NV, a,, • ,.,..,t was the thing of [winter wed 1'.1) •...v. It was a regular part of i1 gont,o.,,.1•... cold weather toilet. Among Ilot'ace Chi,s,.0 1' gifts to his frieutl George \lout:.;:,r. t, 1676, were "Anecdotes of pamphlet on "Libels." the "Casa,. u, Otranto" and a laud'. That waw •: period of the cane' for moo 1; n..: been an article of wen's al`p81e•t many years before. and nu•u lases e the muff for long yeltis aflerwtf.1, a' being cast off' when n,eu i•orswa,a sot ored silks and satins, tare taroa and jeweled shoe buckles. It was not so far back in Amerirn; history that men wore silk stockings - not merely silk socks—and Luce :;:ar• teas and fancy garter but•kles, ttlul many men walking the street; Washington today remember wL::i their sex .}yore Militant plaid shawl: and w=en the cloth cape, called a "talma," was the height of mat3anllua fashion. Now_ and then once secs tI gentleman of the old school walking along with a gold headed cane and wearing a somewhat motheaten, frayed or shiny "talma."—Washington Star. �..-z Origin df the Name Automobile. The word automobile comes from two words, one Greek and the other Latin. .The two words are auto and mobilo. The former is derived from the Greek autos, meaning self, and the latter from the Latin mobilis, abverh, movable. This is oi'iginitily derived from the Latin verb moveo. movero, meet, wotus, weaning to move. We :n'e un1hle to say who first suggested it.e mane for self propelled vehia•les. For Bachelors. 1I. fortune 1s madel" esel1imed the In van tor. "•tti hitt i. it now?" "Au :tlortn t•loci< with a Wettings:lab stt'tt•!ttn'•nt that twill rresou with a 1)1811 ‘‘111.11 it arouses hint."---Phila,lei• ph In Lodger. Thoroughly Human. 1?weryhdy looks at the first minae en 11 subscription list hrfure signior it Don't know whether it's 1t hnmao trtit 1)r an idiosyncrasy.—Toledo Blade. lir vita has a thousand friends has not .t t'r laud to spore,—Ali Ben Abu Tsleb. A. Wonder Worker. "It heals like magic," is a favorite exression when Dr, Chase's Ointment is used. It works quickly, stops all itch- ing at once, often heals in a single night. For eczema, salt rheum, bar- Cannda in 1914 imported perfumery bers' itch, skin irritations or eruptions, and toilet reparations valued at $789,- it is a most satisfactory treatment, p .Bring . antiseptic, it prevents blood 680. poisoning. TO CLEVELAND EVERY TUESDAY -THURSDAY ,AND SATURDAY THE STEAMER `.`STATE OF OHIO" crane 22nd to September 4th) Leaves P rt Stance every Tuesday, Thersday Aad Saturday ,11:00 P. Arrtve,l Optevoland following morning M. Leaves OIed land every Monday, Wednesday and Friday'. ' , • ' . 11:00 P. 1N. van Port Stanley following Morning . . ' , • 0:30 A M. gfAst��p T(me Fat .76 a , 3 Oedaa P t. 1 ori , Co $d,0o ro and trip, atobu gh t Cleveland for 1'31)& of th Cleveland. Ask ourrmbns agent f r ebet viah WhB. i1) and alt t�olati lilai Wntp of W ereinnd. Ask your ticket: agent for itakete via �. & B. Luta 4 Ir' THE ti.BVELANID die *Um:AI D TRANSIT CO, c EV`ZL,JI II . OtM& JA' s=l=it" EXCURSION TO CLEVELAND.—EVERY SATURDAY steamer tcardi rot Stanley. Saturday, 11:00 P. M. and Warr Iron back home 61101i2e/day mondaa affordtar two days le The $bale letrett Cep to rhe Unhed ate.,. Pere 1f2.2S for the Round Trip. For further infotmattonaddrese O.'W. Pieareaee, Canadian Asti, Poe Staniar. 004 THE FLY IN THE DAIRY. The common fly is an unmitigated nuisance, It can be said of many in- sects, that, unpleasant as they may be in some respects, they serve some use- ful purpose; fur instance, a naturalist has recently raised a protest against the wholesale destruction of wasps, and has based his plea on the assump- tion that they destroy a large number of smaller insects, and especially of aphis. In a garden he had observed how a number of wasps checked an attack of aphis on fruit trees, and he suggests that the preservation of wasps, generally, would be attended with good results. But who has a g -+d word for the fly? It breeds in man—Uinta decaying mat- ter, and its habits are far from clean. lts presence in large numbers may be taken to indicate that there is an accu- mulation of dirt in the proximity. It will crawl over a mass of filth and then walk over a dish of food, leaving tracks of contamination behind it. In this way disease is spread, and the bacillus of typhoid has been found in the dirt car- ried by there. t . As an instance of the number of bac- teria, the common fly can carry, the following figures given by Professor Easton may be citied: He caught 100 flies, put them in a pint of sterilized water and rinsed them about, then ex- amined the water, and found that he had raised such a number of bacteria that each fly averaged over 300,000! He next caught a similar number in the cow barn, and they averaged over 800,- 000 each; another 100 in the pig pen, and they averaged over 1,000,000 ea ah; a fourth 100 were caught about 'the swill -pails, and they ran up to 1,500,000 bacteria apiece. Do you wonder that some of us object to seeing flies in the milk jug? It may be said that when one . goes into a factory or a house and finds many flies, one is immediately justified in condemn- ing the sanitary surroundings of such premises. One, too, can appreciate the fact that in factories where flies abound it is next to impossible to keep them out of the milk, and the seeding of the milk by bacteria which they carry must be very appreciable. The evil deeds of the fly need emphasizing, as too many of us seem to think the fly a necessary, if annoying nuisance; but the truth is, the fly serves no good purpose or serves r a purpose which can be better perform- ed in other ways,—H. Mortimer, Ilinois. From October to November, 1914, United States railways carried 230,500,- 000 passengers without loss of Life by collision. At Glen Rock, Pa., Frederick Burk- hart, has an odd flower, "Solomon's Temple" now blooming for the second time in 50 years.. The U. S. public health service esti- mates there are 200,000 drug victims there, Orillians have in a week subscribed and paid $15,000 to provide ten machine guns and three motor ambulances,. which will be manned largely by towns- men. Quebec Province, after donations of more than $693,000 to Britain and the allies for war purposes, had a surplus for the last financial year of about $194,400. Mrs, John Clement, of Crampton, near Ingersoll, twenty-five years of age, was instantly killed by lightning while riding on a load of oats from the field to the barn. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER S, CASTORIA September 2nd. t915 GOT A SURPRISE. .--" He Expected to Be Quite Conspicuous, but Found' Himself ignored.. "Say," said the man who takes him, self seriously, "I bad a great surprise thrust upon me when I went down to get my marriage license last mouth. When I think It over I ttm ready to assert that it was a disagreeable sur- prise. "I sneaked into the big office under the impression that everybody was watching me. But when 1 told the clerk at the window what I wanted he took the information with a coolness that was almost disgusting.. When I gave him lay name—which seemed to me to reverberate like thunder—not a solitary clerk raised his head. And nobody laughed when the inquisitor asked me how I spelled it.-- When I gave the lady's name and fancied everybody would titter the ouly sound I could hear was the turning of record leaves and the muddled clicking of a distant typewriter. "Why, they couldn't have treated me with more indifference if 1 had been buying marriage licenses twice a day for ten years. "I went into that office feeling sham- ed and sensitive and sneaking. . "I came out hurt, humiliated, hum- bled. "I had expected to be ridiculed—I was absolutely ignored."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Elisha Mitchell, Who Started It, Was a Martyr to His Science. 'The first government geological sun vey in America was conducted by Elisha Mitchell, who was born in Washington. Conn., about the year 1794. He was a graduate of Yale and .became professor of mathematics in the University of North Carolina. Aft- erward he became professor of chem- istry, and in 1821 he was ordained a Presbyterian minister. As state surveyor of North Carolina he made an extensive geological sur- vey, and be was the first to ascer- tain that the mountains of North Caro- lina are the highest east of the Rockies. He was a martyr to science, for to settle some disputed point about the altitude of these mountains he re - ascended them in 1857, lost his way at night, fell down a precipice and was killed. The geological survey of the United States, which has carried out on a large scale the work com- menced by Mitchell, was created for the purpose of preparing a map of the United States, classifying the public lands, examining the geological struc- ture, mineral resources and the prod- ucts of the republic and investigating the extent to which the arid and semi- arid lands may be redeemed by irri- gation.—New York World. 1 „ N Raleigh's Advice. If any desire thee to be his surety, give him a part of what thou hast to spare; if he press thee further he is not thy friend at all, for friendship rather chooseth harm to itself than offereth it. If thou be bound for a stranger, thou art a fool; if for a mer- chant, thou puttest thy estate to learn to swim; if for a churchman, he hath no inheritance; if for a lawyer, he will syllable find an evasion by y e or word to abuse thee; if for a poor man thou must pay it thyself; if for a rich man, he needs not; therefore, 'from surety- ship, as from a manslayer or en- chanter, bless thyself; for the best profit and return will be this; that if thou force him for whom thou art bound, to pay it himself, he will be- come thy enemy; if thou use to pay it thyself, thou wilt become a beggar,— Sir Walter Raleigh. Suspicions of Charles Reade. Wealthy men are often abnormally suspicious of tricks. The celebrated author Charles Reade was one of this kind. He always imagined he was being robbed and set traps to catch the thieves. When he became lessee of a certain theater he suspected that his ticket office cheated him by letting in the public for anything they could get and keeping the money. So Reade turned up the collar of his overcoat, pulled his hat down over his eyes and shuffled up to the box office as the peo- ple were going in. He shoved a half crown in the box office keeper's hand and whispered: "It's all right—that's for you—I don't want a 'ticket. Just pass me through." The clerk ran out, seized Reade by his coat collar and Was passing him roughly into the street when he recognized his "chief." Could Not Bend Down On Account of Backache. Mr. J. A. Lubiniecki, Dauphin, Man., writes: "It is my pleasure to .write you in regard to Doan's Kidney Pills 'which I have been using for some time for kidney trouble, which used to affect my back so that at times I could not bend dawn, nor could I walk straight. I learn- ed about your pills from your Almanac, and I bless the happy hour I thought of buying this medicine. One time a druggist persuaded me to buy 's Kidney Pills, saying they were just as good, in. fact he guaranteed they were. I yielded to his advice, and what was the result? I had bearing down pains in my back for two days, so I took the balanct of the pills unused to the druggist, and told him to give ane Doan's Kidney Pills as they would stop -the pain in 12 hours at the outside, He told the he wan Sorry I did notthe use more of ills and lengthen the time to await results. I told him there is no need of waiting with Doan's Pills, they go right to the spot. No substitute for me." Doan's Kidney Pills are 50e a box, 3 boxes forE 1.2 atall dealers ot mailed direct ott receipt of price by The T. Milburn Co., United, Toronto Ont. When ordering direct specify! r 1)`s" POISONING= THE CHILDREN. To the Editor:— The following is from the Ottawa Citizen. "The sincere temperance advocate hasthe greatest consideration for people who have used alcoholic liquors more or less all their lives not knowing that, the practice was harmful either to themselves or to the .children that might be born to them. But the truth - in respect to alcoholism mpst be declar- ed again and again that people mayofree themselves from this great menace to the individual and the nation. What is the truth, and where may it be found? Great government commis- sions in many countries have spoken; science has spoken with no uncertain sound; church conventions of all denom- inations have spoken and the great em- ployers of labor have spoken and they all agree that alcohol in any form if used frequently is poisonous to the drinker and his offspring. Read and weigh the following sentences from the report of the French commission and determine for a ourself whether the Citizen attaches too much importance to this matter; "Sins of alcoholic parents are visit- ed on the children. If they survive in- fancy they are threatened with idiocy or epilepsy and many are carried away with tuberculosis. For the health of the individual, for the existence of the family, for the future of the nation alcohol is one of the most terrible scourges." These are serious words from a source that should command respect; if the newspapers generally would print and reprint them as an antidote to the false statements contained in liquor advertisements which appear day aftefday the problem would gradually solve itself. So long as the truth con- cerning this evil can be kept from the people the liquor traffic will thrive and the race will be degenerate. And it is because this result isinevitable that the Citizen holds that every effort should' be made by governments, municipalities. newspapers and other educational channels to spread a knowledge of these facts." H. Arnott, M. B., M. C. P. S. REST AND HEALTH TO MOTHER AND CH1L0. k usev d foMitar overS SIXTY YEARS by mir.r. ONs of MOTHERS TEETHING, ttheir withPERFECTDSU CESN S II $ SOOTHES the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS. Ais the b sLAYS ore edy'for DIA HCA` It ins ab- solutely harmless. Ile sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no other kind. Twenty -fire cents a bottle. THE ALFALFA TRADE, More than 1,000 'reports on alfalfa growing to Wisconsin have been received by tine Alfalfa Order of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Association, These reports clearly show that the principal causes for failures with alfalfa - in Wisconsin are: L Failure to inoculate the soil. 2. Attempting to grow alfalfa on sour' or acid soils without limiting the land,. 3. Poor preparation of the seed beds' and improper methods of seeding. 4. Weeds—heavy growths of which crowd out the alfalfa. 5. Too thick seeding of the nurse crop Not over one bushel of grain should be sown with the alfalfa, and if.' oats is used it should be cut for hay. 6. Late seeding. Seeding after• August 15 is a dangerous practice. Sufficient growth is often not secured before cold weather sets in ao that the alfalfa mey stand the Winter. 7. Late cutting. Cutting alfalfa atter the first week in Septettjber has resulted in serious Winter killing of many otherwise good stands of alfalfa. Alfalfa should have at least six to eight inches growth to afford sufficient Winter - protection. 8. Pasturing. Late and close pas- turing are particularly dangerous. 8. Poor soils. Although alfalfa is a great soil enricher it requires at least a. medium fertile soil, Poor soils should be well manured. 10. Low, flat, poorly drained soils. Alfalfa requires a well drained field. On flat, heavy clay soils which hold,. water from melting snows and heavy rains in the early Spring alfalfa may be heaved out by alternate freezing' and thawing weather. A sloping field which will provide ample run-off for surface water is more desirable. Berlin firemen use asbestos screens to protect them from heat when fight-- ing fires at close range. Toronto has given approximately 25,- 000 soldiers to the service of the Em- pire, or about one-fifth of the total number of Canadians now under arms. Investigators in Bavaria have found that the more bread school children eat the better the condition of their teeth. Merchandise and treasure to the value of $65,500,000 moved between Alaska and the United States in 1914, an increase of $4,000,000 over 1913. PRINTING AND STATIONERY • We have put in our office a complete stock of Staple Stationery and can supply your wants in WRITING PADS WRITING PAPER ENVELOPES BLANK BOOKS LEAD PENCILS PENS AND INK. BUTTER PAPER TOILET PAPER PAPETERIES, PLAYING CARDS. etc We will keep the best stock in the respective. lines and sell at reasonable prices JOB PRINTING We are in a better_position than ever before to attend to your wants in the Job Printing line and. all orders will receive prompt attention.. Leave your order with ILIA , wheal in need of LETTER HEAD.:. BILL. HEADS ENVELOPES CALLING CARDS CIRCULARS NOTE HEADS, STATEMENTS' WEDDING INVITATIONS POSTERS CATALOGUES Or anything you may require in the printing line. Subscriptions taken for all the Leading Newspapers and Magazines. The Times Office STONE BLOC)( Wingham, (int.