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Exeter Advocate, 1909-08-05, Page 2CURRENT TOPICS. When physicians are inclined to Use certain drugs less and less while then who do not seek medical advice are using thein more and niore, the need of a warning is plain. That appears to bo the situ - •tion in connection with phenace- tin, acetanilid, and antipyrin. The United States department of agri- culture has published a report on the use of these drugs, in which the peril attendant thereon is describ- ed. The report makes no attack aspen the drugs so far as medicinal value is concerned. That is recog- nized. What is sought is to warn the public of the danger of using them without proper advice from • physician. Trtellimints made are that the toxic properties of the drugs are objectionable and that their effect is particularly depress- ing on the heart. In 11394 the Brit- ish Medical association published the report of a committee of inves- tigation of these drugs. It laid the evil results of the drugs to exces- sive and injudicious doses. It sug- gested much greater caution in their use. Since that time physici- ans have been more guarded in their prescription. THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTIII +++++++++++++++444 ++4 4 I r Still Waters If You Want to Feel Renewal of Youth Take t on a Task Worthy of Your Powers ',�+++++++++++++++++++++' E. "That Viola Brett is no ordinary girl! Something will happen one "Thy youth is renewed."—Psalms ideals. Greatness always is a mat- e f these days, mark iny words! I riff., 5. ter of the heart. You may bury a never trust these quiet, superior All men feel as the years come large soul, hut it w ill only spring misses ! Still waters, 1 say !" tutu larger 6 "So do I. Something fishy there. over them that life has lust some keen living that b Where does she get her money thing it never nen find again. True, from 1 She gives to every subscrip- the days wean more to us all and for g 3 tion -list, and hos new furs again yet, somehow, i s, they mean so much there cotn< a y living W this winter. flow's it done on thir- ty life is richer, yet poorer. f t shillings a week 1" Forty finds us sighi.,g for some lost maturer ye Y joys and most of all for the power conscwusna ss of g t E William Dover rose from his chair L 1 tr s and ostentatiously closed the door ofi seeing things with of vision. rut!►u that connected his little den with siesta and freshness of the large outer office. Those girls We need to know whether this of one's living. A sufiicient motive g process of hardening, this loss of comes when life is seen as the —those girls! No one would have the power of the keen enjoyment of chance to love and serve. guessed from his stiff face how ter- ideals,Tho boy shouts because he must; rifled he was of them, nor how he tthis slackening in response the mean may not shout, but still disliked the fate that had placed whether enthusiasms is necessary; mut the sparkle may conte to his eye and theta under his control. He, on his the heart and spirit roust the blood rush to his heart and the side, would have been astonished get old alongndwith the years, and soul within him kindle at the im- to know with what awe ho inspired tho love and hope stiffen up alongearns also of them. The frozen manner and fri- with the limbs. Youth's dreams p A (31t1:.1'I' PASSION, gid stare, under which he masked must fade, but need the spirit Lo his shyness, had gained for him the come unresponsive to the better with the enthusiarnt of attempting title of the "Drub." visions that age ought to bring'1 a great task. 1f you want to feel Idle, gossiping chatterboxes!" At its heart this passion for read- the renewal of youth take on a task he muttered crossly. olesoenco is simply the longing to worthy of your powers. Then ho suited, as he sifted out find again the lost keen enjoyment It takes a largo measure of faith the grain of truth from among the of life; we would take it less as in the universe and in the goodness spiteful chaff. Viola Brett was, in - routine and still less as a bitter that eternally reigns through all to deed, ratlike the ordinary girl, as dose; we would feel some spoil- keep our hearts young. Nothing he could testify from close obsena taneity, some real pleasure in the withers the spirit and congeals the tion, for from the very first he had I've conte hero to steal ; but, indeed day's work and in the ou coming blood quicker than the habitual pis- been struck by her distinctive per- it is not so. I carne to replace the years. simism born of looking only on the sonality. sovereign that was stolen. Look, THE RENEWAL OF YOUTH fabric of life from the under side, Ho touched his bell, and Viola 1 have it here ?" seeing only the knots and tangles herself entered the office. Palo, She showed hien a coin, clasped is a renewal of the heart. It is a and knowing nothing of the glowing with dark, melancholy eyes, there tightly in her hand. matter of finding again the sufficient pattern of the whore. was an air of reserve and dignity "Still, I do not understand," was motives for living. They come again Let the rye once catch the vision about this young typist that would the grins comment. into youth's keen joy in living why of the wonder of this world of which have graced a duchess. "Oh, don't make it harder! I take time to look up once in a even the individual is an essential "I'm sorry to have to trouble you thought, if tho money were put back while from their tasks to the ;ter part; let the life but once feel this with something exceedingly un lea- the inquiryabout the theft would nities, to set their little round of sense cf belonging to the universe, sant," snapped Dover, gcoming to die out, ad the trouble would daily doing in relation to the great of having a place therein and a part thepoint in his usual incisive man- cease. That's why I resolved to universe in its infinite course. to play as truly as the stars in their the ut I notice a shortage of slake good the loss in secret." A man soon becomes only a cog courses and you hove tasted d ofthe ears ene pound in the petty cash. Can "Indeed! Then I must congratu- when he looks only at his own pard- springs of eternity ; passing �' you account for it 1 cular wheel. somehow we need al -m �k self asttpart of the eWrnalrrpur A startled look swept over Viola's position, that ens ways to keep before us some seas© y face—a striking contrast to its ha - of this whole workshop of our hu- pose of life. bitual calm. manicy in which each is doing our Each stage in the way of life has tuab I cannot," she stammered. part, in which in some way all the its own vision, its own inspiration. "You had better tell the truth—" work will fall short if we fail of that T.icy are eternally young began Dover, when Viola interrupt - part. Seeing life shote, in its vast always in their day, leaving the ed him. relationships, saves it from the past they learn the meaning of the "Indeed, indeed, I have had no - curse of seeming trivial. present ; they do its work ; they thingto do with it ! Please believe No life is trivial. It may be set catch the uplifting, invigorating v'i- me'she cried, clasping her hands. down in the most narrowing cir- allttho heartf the ci into gfe,days. to live put and "I was merely about to remark," to tbl cumstances and yet it may reach up said Dover stiffly, "that you had to the stars. It may seem to be in to do greatly and not meanly, to better confess that you have lett lowliest condition and yet its influ live for a great world and a greatyour key lying about." ence may go through the ages. The to -morrow is tobeeternally Y 1a lly yoing size of every life depends on its living. Thejoyofivin � be- longs to youth is simply the outflow of spontaneous physical powers; keen jo • in i' r t ,ars which is born othe the greatness o life and of the vision of the reach of one's intlucrt.'e, the possi i i •c In his present mood, he could be- any moment. Leave hor out of it. lieve aaything of these scandal- 1 can answer for her." mongering damsels, who looked so The words wero forced from him pert, yet wh_, answered so meekly. involuntarily. Bet, after his sud- Leaviug .he poor, misjudged girls don fit. of sensational weakness, he be returned to his work, determin_ naturally felt that the rest of the fug, in the interest of common jus -inquiry was a farce. The other girls tree, to set a trap for the offender. vow, t., his mind, effectually white - Thus it happened that after closing washed, thoroughly enjoyed the ex- tinte, having switched off the light citement of the proceedings. in his office, and apparently lett %Viten the detective had taken his the building, ho returned to his departure, Dover buried his head den by the other door of contmuni- in his hands. He told himself ho cation, that connected his room was rightly served for his folly in with the men' .i department. deserting his rigid bachelor prin- Then he sat in silence and dis. ciples, and letting his fancy wander after this girl. He would take no comfort, for, in spite of his upper ate s towards prosecution. She eat severity, he played the part of must merely go out of his life—that spy very reluctantly. was all. Suddenly there was a slight move- Itis gloom was violently dispers- ►nent in the outer otli •4, and he cd when the door of his office burst sprang up, and stood in the aha open, and young Hider, the son of dow of a recess, just as rho lock ene of the heads of the firm, dashed clicked, and someone stole into the its without ceremony. Tho formal room. She walked straight to the Crab much disliked this youth, who, desk, fumbled with the key, ane} fresh from college, evidently then silently rolled back tho top. de- spised the business, and merely re - At that moment Dover snapped garded it as a field for frol"ee and on the switch, and, as the room was caprices. flooded with light, he fell back in "Hear you've h:.a a ' 'tec' hero horror, for shrinking before hint in to -day," he remarked, with a grin. guilty confusion was Viola Brett. "Rather good, that! Fact of the For a moment he could not speak. matter is, I was taking a friend to The knowledge that his prime fav supper last night, and found my- orite, on whom he would have self short. Victoria Street was staked his honor, had fallen so low nearest, so I just came here and as to pilfer from the firm, was a borrowed five quid. I've got dupli- crushing blow. Thea he spoke Cates of all the governor's keys, coldly : and I visited your show as first on "Kindly explain your presence the way. I meant to have returned horn, Miss Brett !" the cash first thing this morning, but went to the races and clean for - "If I do, you will not believe got. Awfully sorry'." me!" wailed the girl. "You think Tho murderous impulse that filled Dover's heart was choked by an ON erwhelming rush of thankfulness. The money was accounted for, and Viola's character cleared, although her extraordinary course of action was still veiled in mystery. But the first thing was to find her, and then straighten out the tangle. The cab that took him to her rooms seemed to crawl like a snail, as it threaded its way among the traffic. When he at last reached the place, he was met by a crush- ing announcement, for the land- lady, with excitement oozing from late you on your sound financial every feature, told of Miss Brett'a bees you.,out of dramatic departure. your present salary, to gve away "Paid up, sir, and left at a min - spare sovereigns at a minute's no- ute's notice, for all the world as tic;, apparently to satisfy your if the police were after her ! She whims!" didn't leave any address, but she Viola colored deeply. asked me to post this!" "I see that you do not believe Tho woman put a lector into Dov me," she said. "I have one piece er's hand. was addressed to of jewellery—a diamond ring. I himself, and he tore open the en - raised a sovereign on it this ,Horn- velope in an agony of suspense. ing from a firm of jewellers, who Ilere, ho thought, he might find a are also pawnbrokers. You met mo clue to her whereabouts. there yourself !" But the note merely contained a Dover's face brightened. few scribbled lines: "Tell me exactly why you are do- •.By. this time you think me a e ing this," he said. "You are lay- thief. Indeed, indeed, it is not so t ing yourself open to the gravest But I cannot face the suspicion and suspicions. The truth, now! Aro your scorn, so I am playing a cow - you shielding anyone?" ard's part, and running away!" "No. And I can only ask you to Dover left the house, feeling bea- he content with what I've told ten and hopeless. tie knew per - you l" fectly well that it was easy for tho "Very will." Dover drew a long girl to be swallowed up in the laby- rinth of London. As he whirled back, however, a sudden thought struck him. There was a faint chance that, if she con - But there has been an increasing sale to the public directly in head- ache cures and other preparations. The evidence is cumulative that the drugs are habit forming. The trou- bles for which relief is sought are recurrent. The tendency to use the drug frequently is strong. The ret results upon the physical con- dition of the individual are disas- trous. It is the story of opium or cocaine over again. A drug hailed once as possessing properties of peculiar value has become danger- ous because the habit of excessive use has brought with it ruin of Indy and mind. As the invcstiga- ters have studied the correspond- ence with physicians and the pre- scriptions on file in pharmacies they have become convinced that the use of the three drugs mentioned is be- coming habitual with many indi- V•iduais and that the number of such persons is growing steadily. That is the reason for the warning which now is sounded. These drugs should not be used carelessly or frequently. There is peril in them. THE BREAD Qt'EStION. Farmers !Partied to Mend Their Way of Raising 1Vheat. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON, who through the gospel had heen enlightened by the Holy Spirit. Il. A Leeson in Morals for the Building Up of tho Noblest Chris- tian Life.—V. 23. First, the Ideal and Aim. The first sentences of the Lord's Prayer, and, therefore, Some one asked James J. Hill, of all prayer and all living. It is President of the Ureal NorthernLessen V1. Paul's Instructions to as necessary to have hthe right goal Railroad, if he thought there was the '1'hr�'1'ext s for is sea captain to know any practical need of conconservationYaloniauy• Golden 1'flies. a: Eithe port for which he is sailing.. , f life a of our natural resources and hisit is by tie: ideal that we test our answer was: I. Characteristics of the First daily lives. "Tho religious view "We are fiddling while Rome Epistle to the Thessalonians. --Note of heaven is no unpractical thing. burns! Why is there a scarcity of the facts in "The Lesson in Its Think of it, earth the place where wheat? The Valley of the Euph- Setting. ' 1. Review the circum- heaven is shadowed forth! This rates was once the garden of the stances of the Thessalonian church means that our life and affairs and earth. Why did that sceptre of as given in A,'ts 17. See Lesson conduct are to show forth the very greatness pass away 1 When Greece 111. of this Quarter. Throe mis- highest that we can know or eon - was master of the known world why sionaries had come there from ceive. If then heaven be the place were laws enacted pronouncing Philippi, two of them torn and of the real and true, is not that sentence of death on any one ship- bruised by terrible flagellation at great, and noble, and practical 1" ping grain beyond ('rete? Philippi, emerging from the lowest The same is true of life. Every "Why did Rome build her won- dungeon of n 'anew, their whole young person should know definite- derhtl roads but to bring food from aspect bespeaking "their poverty, ly and decidedly where Ile wants to foreign countries L Why did Spain their sufferings, their earthly in- go. what he wants to become, what launch out on a policy of foreign significance. A famine, says Farrar, i9 his ideal. conquest but to bring from abroad "ens raging in the Human empire, '13. And the very God of peace. the wealth which her ow•n soil and the commonest necessaries of iletter ns 1t.V., "the God of peace could no longer yield 1 Why did lifo had risen to six times their himself," the God who brings Greece au.0 Rome and Spain fall proper value." These poor per- peace --peace with himself, through back from the leadership of the nay secutod wanderers supported them- sins forgiven, and natures in liar - tions just as soon as produce ceased selves by weaving black goat's many with his; peace in the soul, to pour in from abroad i hair into tent eluthe here they peace of conscience. the peace of "We are growing more wheat reached a few weeks, founded a trust in God our Father; peace of e than ever before in the hist+•ry of church, and were driven away by righteousness, for it is only when this country, he says in Outing, persecution. righteousness is "ns the waves of ''but the demand is growing faster 2. I,aui longed to visit them an the sea" that "peace (ern flow like than the supply. European coon again, and made three vain at- a river" ; peace with nature and tries that formerly used carnow use from mla tempts to do se, from tierera, frons providence; peace with our fellow - anwhitea pound too bread f Corinth.Athens, from Corinth. Ne felt men. Sanctify you. Make you a pound and a half ofAthens, need of training and of more holy, pure. free from sin and faster knowledge of the truth, of comfort, perfection, from every taint of evil. Wholly. Unto completeness, flour per capita a week, and our of guidance. 3. Timothy had just come back to full perfection, in degree and in from Thessalonica, and had brought kind! Till we all come in the unity not worry. Nature i9 going to tato a report concerning the church, of the faith, and of the knowledge care of things. !!'heti wheat does givu►g a favornble account in gen- of the Son of Clod, unto a perfect not average so much an Herr it is oral. But two facts were made man, unto the measure of the not w..rth raisin+t. Do von know known by him. (inc was that they stature of the fulness of Christ : how long it took !'astatic! to mend were suffering eev,•re persecutiune . and grow up into him in all her methods— to raise her averages feint both Jews and Gentiles: the things, which i9 the head, even from twelve and fifteen to twenty- other that they were discouraged Christ. (Eph. 4: 13, 1b). five and thirty and forty bushels an and troubled by the death of some Whole spirit and soul and body. seri' It took her almost fifty before the second coming of the Every part of your nature. the Lord Jesus. spirit that allies tis to God, the years. 4. The Epistle is very personal highest mural nature. And soul. ":n fifty years what population sieves, our immaterial Brill we have to feed 1 And we have and retrospective, breathing a spirit Our real not even hegun to mend our of affection and of joy. It is full of nature, including all the faculties of methods. It is the supremely big "sweetness and light." "A loving, our being. And body. The twine question of the day. Our farm fatherly spirit breathes in every of the send, which should be as pure line.' as a temple of the Holy Ghost. No averages are nota third of what b 1f it aeons ,ran a that such one is preserved hlnmeless, i.e., they ought to he, of what they g could bo made by simple, rational a letter could he written to a church without spot or imperfection for methods." founded by Paul less than a year which one ran ho blamed. NO one before. implying "the wonderful ie perfect till his body is under per- --'f'�-- maturity of this infant church, {ret con'rot of hie moral and men - Bloom :"I'm glad f n'et your wife. when we compere it with the slot tal nature. a perfect instrument of Rhe seemed to take n fancy to me." progress of tnndcrn missions we the spirit. Unto the coming. Gloom : "Did she 1 I wish you'.I must remember that the first Greek ''in (or at) the coming" of �ncf her sooner church members were Jew' and re- e►Lr Lerd ,1e'110 Christ. As in -- ligiuus proselyte,. long trained in Matthew 25, that yen rent' he among 1-11,1 can never be a great man so the religion of the true God." those en his ri^ht hand, belonging f„ng as v''u a•societe exclusively Moreover. many of the (creeks v:ere 1... hewing a 1• art 1n lily everlasting !Stith small men. cultivated and thoughtful people, kingdom of r'ghteouaneas and love. Brett's championship, was a thief. is dangerously ill ---end exp:tt,,? at Viola, in her position of head - typist, was the sole person, besides himself, who had access to the pet- ty cash, and she drew on it for odd expenses solely in his absence. "No, I have not left the key about." she said. "It is inexpli- cable 1" "That can be the only explana- tion,"brer.th. "1 accept your statement, stated Dover, rather annoy- ed at her obstinacy. "Have you incomplete 03 it is. I believe you, reason to suspect any of the girls?" and I trust you. Remember! "Certainly not ! I should not do The whole of the next day Dover anything so unjust and unfair as to suspect anybody without proof And, 1 must say plainly, that I can- not undertake to spy on them!" "H'in!" grunted Dover, in his crabby voice. "This is an import- ant matter. Tho smallness of the sum does not affect the principle which is at stake. In spite of your assertions, there is a dishonest per- son in this office. I must warn you to be on your guard, and suspect everybody, or else, against my will, 1 may have to resort to the services of a detective. Fisher's a smart man !" His heart failed at the expres- sion of utter fear that swept over Viola's face as she left the office. Indeed, the Crab felt in a terribly irritable mood. He was angry with w; girls for having implanted a seed of distrust in his heart, annoy- ed with his favorite for having col- ored his suspicions by her unusual behaviour, and furious with himself for taking any notice of these base insinuations. Feeling the need of a soothing i.,tluence, he went out to lunch, and, after a satisfying meal. grew niore amiable. He even hummed r.n air, a9 he gazed out on to the busy street. Then, his performance canto to an untimely end. as he saw Viola Brett pass in the throng. Opposite the restaurant was a Inrgo jeweller's shop, before the s,indows of which the girl stopped, it, evident indecision. She looked furtively up and down the street, and then, with a hurried gait, very d;fferrnt from her usual stately car- riage. she practically bolted into the steep. The C'rate's mouth `napped. What have shorthand -typists, earning thirty shillings a week, to spend on jewellery 1 Then his face cleared, as if by magic. Of course, she had called for some trifling repair. Strolling leisurely to the entrance of the shop, he awaited her return. But ;t was plain that her nerves were severely shaken, for at the first sight of Dover she gave a violent start. and then hurried past him at express speed, The Crab returned to his office, feeling thoroughly mystified and worried by the events of the morn- ing. Ile stopped in the outer room to glare at the industrious typists. One of these, in spite of Miss than the food supply. "That is where conservation touches us practicnlly, but we need avoided Viola, for their mutual re- templatrd leaving London, she lief. He felt acutely sensitive an I might revisit the jeweller's shop to thin-skinned—a crab without his r,.dcem hor ring. shell --and whenever the claims of It was a fool's erand, but for a business brought thein together, ho fuer hour, from the shelter of the could not fail to notice the g::.'. restaurant, he watched the fateful confusion. shop. At last, however, the wait - But the next morning ,hero fell resses' stares and whispers stung c n the doubting lover a heavy blow, him to action. Girls all in ! which made hien entrench his wenn- ! Perhaps he might get a clue from the jeweller himself' But he had barely crossed the road when ma patience was crowned by success, for, coning rapidly towards him, ded spirit behind his defensive ar- mour. As Viola entered his office to take his letters, she saw, with dismay, that the kind light in his eyes had turned to.a steely glitter. he saw the tall figure of Viola. She "Newel take this letter, Miss atifflcd a cry at the sight of Dover. Brett. 'To Detective Fisher, Scot- 'It's all right :" he cried rens- land Yard. Kindly call here this morning on a matter of petty theft.' „ } you by my Viola's fingers shook as she suspicion!" scrawled her notes. Then she spoke ► through a mist huskily. t f happiness. "You you promised :" site said. l } h ►ply. "I did, the night before last. But i find that five pounds are missing this morning, and, in the face of this repetition, I have, dead against my will, to alter my opinion. That's all, thank you!" The detective arrived at the office very shortly, and was soon deep in consultation with Dover. (inc of his first actions was to overhall the <leak thoroughly, and, in the course ei investigation, he pointed out a crack. in. When my employer heard the "It looks insignificant, but it is circumstances, he agreed to give me possible a coin may have squeezed ;nether chance to redeem my past. That 1 did. But it seems that you cannot lose the brand of past sin; for the detective you called in was the very one who discovered my gh it is seven yealrs ago, 1 knew irhe would recog- ►,ize me. How, then, would you have believed in my innocence?" "Thank you for telling me," said Dover tenderly. after a short pause. "1n return, bet me give yen some advice. Your best course of action will to to drop that old, had name, and take another. Say, ,nine!" The look of joy and gratitude in Viola's face was his answer. Still meters may run deep, but they can always be fathomed by love.— Lon- don Answers. suringly. "The money's found, and you are cleared! 1 have come to apologize for wronging Viola's eyes shone roc ` • 1' in so g ac . she saidr,i n . But Dover did nut consider this enough. "Don't you think you owe me an explanation. after alit" he asked. Then Viola told the tale. ••1Vhen 1 was fifteen 1 was cash• icr in a small shop. Things were at a terrible crisis at home, and 1 yielded to temptation, and berros- eci a sovereign from the till. mean- ing to replace it. But the loss was discovered. and a detective called through into the space at the bac of the drawer. I advise overhaul- rnTools were brought. and, after a little time, one sovereign was fished out of the cranny. The detective rubbed his chin. "That accounts for the first theft. But the second, and mere serious one, has still to be cleared. 1Vith your permission, I will interview your lady clerks. You may rely on me not to alarm or annoy them in any way. Dover touched his hell, and a girl of sixteen entered the office. "Why, where's Miss iirett 1" asked Dover. in surprise. "She's gone home. yhe went suddenly, without saying a word." The detective turned round sharp- ly. "Ah! Who's Miss Brett "' he asked. !lover's lips w+ re dry "My head -clerk." be sere --1 knew whs she left. Her Some wives are wise enough to pretend to believe everything their l►nsht,fds tell them. •. .• ;'t:►'t be n had idea to tic - 111‘,1/ e1 dodging pessione - i I 1