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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1909-03-11, Page 61 • ► •1 1 1 1 • ► 1G� CURRENT TOPICS. A manufacturer of T squares re• 'Dote many pieces. if the slightest variation in rulings is discovered the article ceases to have value to him. It might be passed oft upun the unsuspecting. But the pride in reputation for producing abso- lutely accurate instruments is a commercial reason for seeking per- fection, even if the innate desire to do honest work is wanting. A thousand other illustrations of tho culling process might be cited ahuwing how the producer rejects the, unfit. Should the same sort of process be used with human beings? The ancients thought so. They took the weak and unpromising children and left them on the mountain to die. By such a procoduro they saved themselves alot of trouble with dependents. Should the culls and scalawags of humanity now -a -days be taken before the courts, investi- gated scientifically, and, if found unworthy, bo colonized and left to PEOPLE MUST RECUPERATE Preacher Urges a Quiet Retreat From the Bustle of the World Best in the Lord and waitpati- ently for Him.—Psaltns xxxvii. 7. We are a hustling people. Wo are always in a hurry, for time is money and to make time is the ear - neat endeavor in all our activities. These conditions have brought us into a state of restlessness and in- quietude which is very pronounced. Nan was not built to endure such continuous strain, and the conse- quences of such unreasonable haste and excitement aro manifest in breakdowns and nervous collapse. To counteract these evil effects of our business and social life, those who have the means will eventual- ly go into a retreat, in the abso- lute quietude of which they will seek to regain their EXHAUSTED ENERGIES. Tho annual exodus into the coun- try is nothing else but such a go- ing into retreat. But what is the diol Should marriages bo more most, quiet allot to a man, who, liko closely supervised, so as to pre- Thales oft old, carries with hint all vent the union of the unfit? Is the his trout es, cares, anxieties, and otiose restless spirit is to him a state bound by any humanitarian source of constant irritation and Ideas to keep up irdefinitely the maintenance of asylums, penitenti- aries, and homes, to bo filled large- ly with those whose ancestry is criminal, insane, or diseased? There is a vast. amount of sober thought given to such queries now - a -days. The addressee before a oompany of physicians in a large city recently may phrase the thought in startling language, viewing the subject from the angle of improvement of the human fam- ily. But students of charities are thinking the same things, even when they are known to be men and women of most tender and sympa- thetic natures. The physician and the philanthropist alike recognize the evils in a difficult situation. They cite plain and definite facts. They furnish food for reflection, even if the one who looks on from the outside is unable to digest it. Tho principles of eugenics run counter to a strong sentiment. "How much, then, is a man of more value than a sheep?" is another excitement'1 King David in our Psalm tells us of a. better retreat, saying: "Rest in the Lord and waitpatiently for Him." Why was his soul so quiet and contend Because he had sought his soul's reconciliation with Gcd and had found it. "Tho wicked," says Isaiah, "are like the troubled sea when it cannot rest." Aud St. Augustine, judging from his own painful experience, says: "The human soul is restless until it reposes in God." 1f we faithfully seek and find this safe retreat in the grace of the re- conciled Cod, then the cause of all our restlessness will be. removed and it will bo fulfilled what the Saviour says: "Como unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." ONE DAY IN *SEVEN. Has not God himself recognized the necessity of such a retreat by setting aside one day out of seven to give time and occasion for seek- ing recreation for the body and rest for the soul? And does not the state recognize it by eagerly watching over a quiet Sun- day as essential to the welfare of the people? Let us thank God that He has given us this retreat, in which oven the poorest can partake. Let us rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him. ERNEST A. TAPPERT. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MAIL. 14. Lesson XI. Aeneas and Dorcas. Golden Text, Acts 9: 31. Verso 31. Tho story of the con- version of Paul is passed over at this time, to be taken up in the next quarter, when wo begin the second division of the Acts, the work of St. l'aul. To dwell on that groat event hero would interrupt the course of the history, and is especially fitting in connection with the beginning of his career. 32. Peter passed throughout all quarters.—Peter's first home mis- sionary work was in connection with John in Samaria (Acts 8). They both returned to Jerusalem question that has influenced mil -•preaching in the villages of Sa- imaa. The spirit of unselfishness i maria on the way. Now we find and of love for humanity is a ,ow- i Peter again on a gospel tour erful force. It grows because of throughout Palestine, preaching interest in the weak and the help.' the gospel, and healing the sick, as his credentials, and as illustrat- MARRIAGE IN SCOTLAND. Civil Ceremony is Simple and Iles coining Popular. Civil marriages are greatly on the increase in Scotland, and their arrangements provides a lucrative business for a certain class of soli- citors in Glasgow and other large towns. All the newspapers, particularly those circulating in the country dis- trict, contain many advertisements, of which the followiug is an ex- ample: Marriages privately completed, 10s. Particulars sent free; experi- enced law agents; convenient to all stations. That is to say, for the modest sum of ten shillings these nen are pre- pared to secure the tying of the nuptial knot for any couple accord- ing to the law of Scotland. The ex- tent of this business is shown by the figures for lust year, when 1,3613 couples in Glasgow were married before the Sheriff- an increase of 121 over 1907 and an increase of 304 over 1900. The ceremony is of the simplest form. Tho couple go before the Registrar of marriages and declare that they accept each other as man less. It may be doing more for tho ing the spirit and stature of the and wife. On reaching the Sheriff betterment of the world than ever, Gospels; visiting and encouraging they are simply asked if they are could be done through eugenics. and teaching the new churches the persons whose names are given. "Step by step, since time began, formed by the persecuted Christi- On two witnesses, however„ de - I see the steady gain of man," ex_ , ans, and keeping them in touch valves the real part of the core - with the apostolic church in Joru- many, which is to swear that one of presses the same general idea. Al- Salem. the parties have lived in Scotland moat everybody believes that the 33. Aeneas—Very nearly the same for twenty-one days previous to human race is advancing. The name as Virgil's hero of Troy. marriage and that they have ac - propositions of the physicians and Eight years --Showing that the cepted each other as man and wife the philanthropists may never be carried out to the extreme limit. They may, however, provoke dis- cussion and load to serious thought that will result in improvement in certain directions where such im- provement is necessary. sts WHEN BABY'S HAIIl WAS C'L'T. The day they cut the baby's hair Tho house was all a'fidget; Such fuss they made, you wouki have said Ile was a king --the midget ! cure was miraculous. Sick of the of their own free will and while in palsy—Palsy is a cantraction of the word "paralysis." 34. Jesus Christ,—That is the Mos- siah. Peter guards against being thought the source of the healing. He draws men not to himself, but to the Saviour, and shows that Jesus is still doing the sante kinds of work he did when he was living on earth. So the true preacher or teacher always draws attention not to himself, but to his Lord. 36. There was at Joppa — The modern Jaffa., nine or ten miles north of Lydda, the seaport of Jerusalem, having at presenteight thousand inhabitants. A certain Some wanted this, some wanted disciple named Tahiths•--This in that., Syriac, the common language of the Some thought that it was dread- region, means splendor, beauty. fol Called Dorcas (Gazelle), which in the East was a favorite type of To lay a lined upon one strand beauty. Of all that precious heads,{. 3i-43. The disciples at Joppa While others hist learning of Peter's presence at Lydda, sent for him to come with- out delay, apparently with some hope that the unseen Master would work through his disciple Peter a miracle of restoratien such as he astute individual, under pressure, himself had wrought during his confessed to a little subterfuge. He earthly life. Peter went, and like hadlaced in a worn-out earthen his ?,faster at Capernaum, (40) put p jar a slip of old parchment bearing the inscription: "Great store of monye lyeth buryed beneath thys spotte. He that fyiideth ytt may peps ytt. Remember ye pore." He covered the jar with a piece of slate and carefully buried it where the workmen were sure to find it. said to leave curls Would be the height of folly, Unless they put him with the girls And called him Sue or Melly. The barber's -.hears went snip -a - snip, The golden fluff was flying; Grandmother had a trembling lip, And auntwas almost crying. The mon folk said, "Why, hello, Bos, You're looking five years older!" But mother laid the shaven head Close up against her shoulder. Ah, well; the nest must lose its birds, The cradle yield its treasure; Time will not stay a single day For any pleader's pleasure. And when that hour's work was weighed, The scales were even. maybe; For father gained n little man When mother lost her baby'. For the nourishment of horses, five pounds of oats are equal to ten pt,unds of fresh clover. their sound and sober senses. HOW HE ENCOURAGED TIIEM. New Activity Among Diggers Ex. plained by Manager. A brewery in Staffordshire, Eng- land, began last year to build an extension to its premises. Many workmen were employed on the job, but the work of digging for the foundation advanced very slow- ly, to the annoyance of the pro- prietor. At the beginning of the new year, however, it seemed as if new life had come into the inert-. From early dawn till late evening they worked with great industry, bidding defiance to wind arid rain. When the ground had been exca- vated to the required depth the men had to he restrained from digging deeper still. The brewer was de- lighted, but his curiosity was aroused as to how such remarkable energy was induced. lie sought en- lightinent from his manager. The them all berth. Then he kneeled down and prayed. Then, with as- surance of an answer, he, turning - . to the body. said, Tahiti:a, arise. 41. Gave her his hand, to help her up after she was alive. .iesus took Jairis's daughter's hand be- fore she was restored. HOPEFUL. Newitt—"Yes, old Goodman's three boy are a bad lot. Two of them, at least, oughtto be in gaol." Brown—"Some redeeming qua- lity about the third one, eh?" Newitt — "Yes; he's already there." You can't judge the value of a thing b} the trice card attached. STRONG-MINDED. "She's a strong-minded isn't she?" "I should say so. She her looband to church every Sunday." WILLING TO CONCEi)E woman, can get nearly THAT. Ile If yes: refuse me I shall blow out niy brains. She -impossible. Ire- Maybe you don't believe I have a pistol. She --Oh, I dare say you have the pistol, all right. SOME CLEVER 1MBECILE` YOUNG FOLKS Geoes000 THE "WATER -BOOK." Madge was lonely. Sho casuo slowly up the stairs on her way to tho nursery, feeling that she should have a long, miserable afternoon. Mother had gone to do necessary shopping, and there was no ono at home but the nurse, and she was busy with baby brother. As sho came by her Aunt Jennie's room, she paused and pooped in. filE AMAZING POWER OF IN SANE PERSONS. Well Au then tis: (id 1untaucee elite They Have Done Extraordin- ary '1flings. One of the most peculiar features of insanity is that occasionally ouc faculty, either sight, hearing smell, taste, or touch, is extraor- dinarily acute. Certain insant iu The tiro was burning brightly in pap ession, habee atu every othe'l pronounces the open grate, and the warm coals taste for muni.:, and can retain at: sent out a cheer that was not to air which they may have heard but bo found in the nursery. She loved u""`"Others have a recollection her aunt's room. She liked to look of form and color, and display an at all the pretty toilet articles, aptitude fur drawing, while more gaze in the bright little siker mir- fregi&ontly ono may meet with an ror, and open her ribbon box, that always smelled of violet. She was never allowed to play hero when Aunt Jennie was away. As she stood at, the door a thought came to her and told her that she could do no harm just by warming her feet at the grate. This was the very moment when she ought to have remembered — but she did not. She went in, at first timidly, and then, as she heard no ono coming, sho sat down on peat word for word long poems the very edge of the little rocker. after once he tri.ig or read.ng ti:om. In another case a boy of fourteen, with a defective brain, who had the gresetost difficulty in learning to read, could, if allowed two or three minutes to run over a page print - inmate of an asylum who has a special rnem,ry for figures, dates, proper names, and words goner - ally. EXTRAORDINARY MEMORY. There is acase on record, for instance, of an imbecile who, at twenty-seven, had such .an extra- ordinary memory that ha could solve the most difficult problems in arithmetic and algobra, and re - For a long tinio she was content with looking about, but by and by the wonderful "water -book" seem- ed to be looking right at her. Sho always called it the water - book because there were lovely ed in a foreign language, or treat - streams in it flowing right past the ing of questions of which ho was houses, and then there were red ignorant, repeat tho words from boats with brilliant things draped over their sides, tall buildings of marble, and from the windows gardens seemed to bo hanging, other man in a certain parish, while everywhere was the soft, quiet water, and steps leading who could remember the day when down to the boats. On Sunday every person had been buriedthin rt-ve years, and afternoon Aunt Jennie always could report, parish frtlwith unvarying ac - looked over the water -book pie curacy,tho name and age of the tures with Madge, and told her all8 about then. She said the city was deceased and mourners at the fun - Venice. eral. And yet ho was a complete fool, and outside the line of burs Afadgo thought it could be no harm to take the hook over to the ala ho had not one idea, and sofa and just look at it a very few could not give an inLelligcnt reply minutes. She looked at her hands, to a. single question, or even be trusted to feed himself, says Mr. and they were quite clean—and J. F. Nisbet, in his book entitled, anyway, she meant, to toll Aunt Jennie all about it when she came 'The Insanity of Genius." home, and she was sure sho would say it was the right thing to do when she was so lonely. She hoped she would say that. Wrongthoughts aro like little plants, they grow and grow; and so it was not long before Madge had the book spread out upon the sofa, and was turning • the leaves to find a certain picture that she liked so well. Just as sho found it, she heard nurse calling. It would never do for her to come in Aunt Jennie's room,—she know what would be said then,—so she reached out and took the tongs, and laid them across the book to hold it open, and ran up to the nursery. It happened that nurso had a lovely surprise for her in the way of a ganio and some taffy, and a good time for baby brother, too. Madge really meant to steal away and put tho book back, but she was having a good time, and then mo- ther came home and asked her to help hide away brother's birthday present, and then it was tea -time, and so they were eating supper be- fore she remembered. There was Aunt Jennie smiling sweetly at her, just as if, when she went up -stairs, sho would not find the water -book with the tongs across it! Good thoughts are like plants, too, and as she sat there, looking at her aunt, the little need -thought began to grow and tell her sho had done wrong. It seemed to grow right up in her throat and choke her. She felt that she could not stand it another minute "Please fur - give tae'" she cried. and then sho left her place and ran to AuntJen- nie and hid her face in her lap. "1 want to tell all about it—and right before rnam►na !" And so the stery camp out, and Aunt Jennie forgave her on the spot. ''l knew yuu would tell me by and by," she said. ''Why, did you know when I left the table 1" asked Madge. "Of course; I saw the book when I came in." "And you were just as kind—" Madge could not believe in such forgiveness before the asking. "•I wanted you to tell use your- self." Madge was silent a while ''1 tell you, Aunt Jennie," elm Said, at feat, "please put away the eater - book, and don't show it to rho for long, long time, just to punish me." "I think that will be best," her aunt said. "Forgiveness is sweet, but the punishment makes us re- member."—Youth's Companion. memory as correctly as is the book had been lying before him. Very curious was the case of an- ,_�,,— — Two men—one of them a Yankee —were having an argument as to their respective strengths. "Why," said the Yankee, "every morning, before breakfast, I get a bucket and pull up ninety gallons from the well." "That's nothing," re. torted the Britisher ''I get a boat every morning and pull up the river." Some jokes are solemn enough to snake an undertaker laugh. REPEATING AN ENTIRE -SER- MON. At Earlswood Asylum they have records of ,imbeciles who could not only repeat accurately a page or moro of any book which had been read years before, oven though it was a book they did not under- stand in the least, but also of an insane person , who could repeat backwards what ho had just read, out fear of return. The little op - Another curious case mentioned oration is very pimple, devoid of in Mr. Nisbet's book is thhatat of an danger, can he done without pain, imbecile who, in the first place, and leaves a very slight, almost in - never failed to go to church, and visible, scar.—Youth's Companion. who on returning home could re- peat the sermon word for word, saying, "Here the minister cough- ed; hero he stopped to blow his nose," and so on. In another case an imbecile knew the Bible so perfectly that, if you asked himwhore such and such a verso was to be found, he could tell without hesitation and repeat the chapter. All those instances are well au- thenticated, and others equally amazing and true could bo added. And just as there is ono sense which is sometimes wonderfully acute in persons of weak intellect, so, in the case of blind people, the sense of smell and hearing is often very keen. Ono of the most re- markable cases on record was that of Julia Brace, a female deaf and blind mute, who could distinguish brothers and sisters by smell, and who recognized anybody she had met before by the same means.— London Tit -Bits. e e 4 <eeeNee es•+' ►st`p IIEALTII OfewaN GANGLION. The name ganglion is given to a -ircumscribed collection of fluid &long the cuurse of one of the ten - Ions ur sinews. Usually it is lo- bated on the Lack of tee wrist or ,n the instep, but it may be en- zountered on the outer side of the ,ankle or on tho inner surface of the wrist. The swelling is rounded and of satiable size, usually perhaps, .vhon it begins to attract the no- -ice of its possessor, about the size a filbert. It gives a sensation of elasticity although often solid feeling, like a piece of india-rub- her, but it may be so hard as to be mistaken for a bony tumor. It is quite movable under the skin when the hand is at rest, but when the fingers aro contracted --in case the ganglion is on the back of the wrist—the lump becomes tense and fixed. There are ordinarily no symp- toms other than the disfigurement of the swelling, although if sub- jected to continual slight injuries, as happens especially when it is located on the instep, it may be- come iaflamed and quite painful. The interior of a ganglion is not exactly fluid, but somewhat vis- cid, much like glycerine jelly. The old-time treatment of a gang- lion on the back of the wristwas to tell the patient to make a fist, and then. when the tumor was tense, to bit it a blow with the fat of a heavy book and rupture it. .After that a bandage was worn for several days to maintain pressure on the part, and so prevent tho little cyst froth- refilling. This was the accepted plan of treatment by even the best surgeons fcyty or fifty years ago, and was usually satisfactory; but sometimes the patient so treated went into a gal- loping consumption, and died. The reason for this has been found in the fact that a ganglion is sometimes tuberculosis in its nature and origin, and the slap with the book simply spattered the fluid out of the sae, where it, did no harm, into the loose tissue be- neath the skin, whence it, was ab- sorbed by the blood -vessels, and so the contained poison was carried to, every part of the body. A better way is to insert a hol- low needle into the tumor and by means of suction with an aspirator draw off the contents, if they art not too thick and jelly-like. Now - a -days, however, te surgeon usu- ally cuts out tho whop,; thing, sao and all, and so gets rid of it with - FAITHFUL TO THE "James," cried the from his private office. "Yes, sir," answered the office boy, "I am very tired, and I am going to have an hour's rest in my chair here." "Yes, sir." "if I should happen to drop off call me at four o'clock." "Yes, air." So the merehant lay back in his chair, folded his hands, closed his eyes, and was soon in the land of dreams. tt Ifo was awakened by the clock ly leing the temperature of the bath rise until it is hot as can be endured comfortably. Occasional - 1) more hot water can be added in this way, for as the skin becomes accustomed to warmth it can en• dure more. As this tub is not taken for cleansing purposes it only remnins for the perion to lie quite still, closing the eyes and trying to re- lax the muscles. By giving one- self up to it in this way much more good is aocompiished than would be from a vigorous scrubbing. LETTER. merchant HOT BATH FOR NERVES. One of the simplest and best ranaceae for an attack of nerves i. a hot bath. If a woman who is fatigued by the day's work finds herself unable to sleep after going to bed, she had much better take a hot tub than to indulge in a drug, even of the mildest description. There is something remarkably re- laxing in immersion in hot water, and unless the plunge lasts too long there is not the slightest dan- ger of being weakened by it. To put a time limit upon the bath is impossible, because it de- pends up in the original vitality o1 the individual. Ono whose strength was much lessened could not stay in the water for more than ten minutes, while for another twenty minutes is none too long- The way ono feels on getting out is the beat criterion, for there should be a gentle sensation of lassitude, but not that of exhaustion. if to gain sleep is the object for which the bath is taken, everything should be prepared before getting into the water. The bed must he open and there should be a hot water bag in it to warm the sheets, that there be no shock of cold linen. Fresh air hien an open window is r. necessity, but, draught is not de- sirable. o-sirable. These details attended to, the water in the tub should be of a temperat:rrc lust comfortable to the skin. Ater the whole body has gene beneath the surfaoo the hot faucet must be turned on, slow - striking five, and called indig- nantly, "James' Yes, sir." "Why didn't you call me at fear o'clock, as 1 told you to do?" "Well, sir, yo told me to call ye if yo had dropped oft. I looked in on ye at four, and ye hadn't dropped off. Ye was sitting on the chair, sound asleep. WHEN TO PAiNT TIIE IIOUSE. Tho hest time to paint the out- side of the house is an open ques- tion, because seasons vary so much; but the following reasons are given for outside painting in the fall — that is. September to December: (1) Surface is dry, and therefore (2) takes less paint, which (3) gets A firmer grip, and (4) matures more perfectly in cold weather ; while (b) there is a more uniform drying atmosphere. 11•hile such conditions CAD be a=cured is the time to paint. The average length of life of a tradesman is two thirds that of fernier. Jenkins --"You may he sure that there will never in our time he a European war. Just reflect. Neer - 1) every one of the Royal families is related to tho others." lien - peeked -"That's et y 1 think there will b,; a war."