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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1915-8-26, Page 3wisammomewovemomma THE MESSENGER: qa:8."Adis=.'nia mtvi obi'+v:4ictzieara•?c :titom In this wondrous day of wire and wireless we learn, half across the World, how the European tide of con- flict ebbs and flows while yet the bate tle rages, undecided. On sea, on land, under the sea, in the air, men fight and die, lose or triumph, and the very elements carry abroad the news of victory or defeat. It is more than'ro- mance; it is miracle; but miracle that may banish forever from the pages of the future historian and romancer one of the most dramatic figures of the past—the messenger bringing first news from the battle field. Long even before Pheidippides of Marathon ran to Athens from the im- mortal Fennel Field, cried, "Victory!" and fell dead, the messenger held,. a place in myth and chronicle that he has maintained for centuries. Some- times he is merely the swiftest rider or runner; sometimes a hero of the fight, chosen as an honor to bear glad tidings; sometimes a hard-pressed re- fugee; sometimes even a lone surviv- or, SUMMER HEAT HARD ON BABY No season of the year is so danger- ous to the life of little onesas is the summer. The excessive heat throws the little stomach out of order so quickly that unless prompt aid is at hand the baby may be beyond all human help before the mother realises he is ill. Summer is the season when diarrohoea, eholera infantum, dysen;l try and colic are most prevalent. Any one of these troubles may prove dead -1 ly if not promptly treated. During the summer the mothers best friend is Baby's Own Tablets. They' regu- late the bowels, sweeten the stomach and keep baby healthy. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by snail at 25 cents: a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. A SPLENDID RECORD. Most people know that the Can- adian Pacific Railway traverses over eleven thousand miles of country in Canada, encounters even tropical and arctic weathers; cuts its way through the rugged and difficult country along the shores of Lake. Superior; crosses Lady Elizabeth Thompson Butler, the endless prairies of the west; and. the distinguished woman painter of finally runs through the glories of the I war -time scenes, of which "The Ro Canadian Rockies where the road in 1 Call" is most famous, once illustra+ a some places has been hewn out of the in a less -known painting one of the mountain sides under towering peaks; most tragic episodes in the history of through great canyons; and in other modern England—the arrival of Dr. places tunnels and piral rails have to William Bryden at Jalabad, January be negotiated, all necessitating care in 18, 1842, Her terrible little picture operation. But in spite of all these shows the young Scotch surgeon, daz- difficulties the Canadian Pacific has J ed, desperate, exhausted, clinging lialf-conscious to his wearied horse the walls of the city loom in sight. He had come from Kabul, throug the mountains in midwinter; one of retreating army of British and native troops, accompanied by swarms of attendants and camp followers. With them at first were also nine English- women, wives of officers— eluding Florentia, Lady Sale, wife of Sir Robert Sale, the commander at Jalala- bad, and his daughter. There were also fourteen children. A long, intri- cate, and hideous serious of blunders, treacheries and murders had brought the tremendously outnumbered Brit- ish in Kabul to the point where evacu- ation of the city and acceptance of a promised safe-conduct to Jalalabad seemed to their leaders the best that could be hoped for; and the. retreat be- gan. But the Afghans did not keep their word; and soon there were no • leaders. Before the march was half over many were slain, and conditions were so hopeless that the others yield- ed to a proposal to surrender the commanding general himself, Gener- al Elphinstone, together with the wo- men and children into the care of the Afghan chief, Akbar Khan, as host- ages; but not until the Kurd Kabul was passed. The gorge of the Kurd Kabul is a five -mile ravine between high mount- ains, so narrow, lofty, and grim that In winter the sun scarcely reaches its depths. That January it was deep in mere, the rocks were glazed with ice, and upon every mountain slope, in every crevasse, behind every boulder lurked the fanatic Afghan tribesmen, with their long guns and long knives. Weary, crowded, half crippled by frost, the confused and formless masses struggling through the gloomy canon soon lost all semblance of an army, as the slaughter soon lost all semblance of battle. It became simply • the massacre of a rabble; and the snow grew red. "Three thousand men," says the his- torian, Sir J. W. Kaye, "fell under the fire of the enemy, or dropped down paralyzed arid exhausted to be slaughtered by Afghan 'knives. And amidst these fearful scenes of carn- age, through a shower of matchlock balls, rode English ladies on horse- back orin camel panniers, sometimes vainly endeavoring to keep their chil- dren beneath their eyes, and then los- ing them in the confusion and bewil- derment of the desolating march." • After the general beeame a captive with the women, the rout and slaugh- ter increased in horror. The Jugdul- luk Pass succeeded the Kurd Kabul: a dark, steep, winding track ascending high among frowning crags, and bar- ricaded at its narrowest point. It was a trap; the fugitives were caught be- yond escape. A mere handful emerg- ed alive. Within sixteen miles of Jalalabad, only six of these remained. Before those sixteen miles were covered five of the six had been killed by strag- gling marauders. Doctor Bryden alone, one man out of sixteen thousand, reached the goal and bore the awful news. Later, when England awoke and avenged, the women and children and a few prisoners were rescued. Doctor Bryden himself lived to share and survive the famous siege of Lucknow, another episode in his country's his- tory, but one as honorable and inspir- ing as the retreat from Kabul was humiliating and disastrous, ' as h a Too Hearty. They say that a cannibal king re- certtlyepent post haste for his doctor. "Good gracious, man," the doctor paid, "you're in a dreadful state; what have you been eating?" "Nothing," groaned the sick man, "except a slice of that multi -million- aire whose yacht was wrecked on Cocoanut Reef. "Merciful powers!" the doctor cried, "and I told you under' no 'cir- cumstances to eat anything rich" George, get the saws and axes , We roust operate at once." not killed a single passenger in train accident during the past tw years, which is a record Canada can place against the recent boast of scan SIR JOHN SIMON'S BIG SAC- RIFICE. Gave Up $75,000 Cabinet Position for One Worth Less Than $25,000. Few men have ever made a bigger sacrifice for political life than Sir John Simon, the Horne Secretary. He was, as is known, Attorney -General, and he was offered the Lord Chancel - 1 'p. hancel-lorahip. Froin the pecuniary point of view there are no offices in even the wide British Empire or in any othei country which are so glittering as either of these two offices. The Attorney -General, between salary and fees, must get something like fifteen thousand pounds a year. Sometimes the figures have gone much higher. The Attorney -General is leading .coun- sel in all great State cases, and onee the late Sir Charles Russell was lucky enough to find such a case when there was an international arbitration in the Behring Sea, and people whisper- ed that the fortunate Irishman had drawn that year as much as thirty thousand pounds. But it may be taken that fifteen thousand pounds is the average income of the Attorney. That is ten thousand pounds more than the Prime Minister receives. The Lord Chancellorship is not so highly paid, for the salary is ten thousand pounds a year. But it is, of course, the greatest prize in the legal profession; the woolsack figures in every school book as representing the goal to• which the ambitious youth who becomes a barrister has to as- pire. The Lord Chancellorship has a. the additional attraction def carrying o ' with it the handsome pension for life of five thousand pounds a year. Then e the Lord Chancellor is the head of the Pennsylvania Railroad not having t killed a passenger in three years. Especially so when it is considered that the latter road has not the same climate conditions to face and the easy country through which it tra- verses. GOOD WATER FOR ARMY HORSE. A PIentiful Supply Is of Vital Impor tante to an Army. Suitable drinking water is of vital importance to an army, and this is only one of a multitude of problems that must be studied carefully by those who conduct a successful cam- paign. The water of a camp is a matter of great importance. Only running water is used. Judiciary, and he is the preciding offi- cer of the House of Lords and a mem- ber of the Cabinet. Avoided Retirement. Most lawyers, when they get to that exalted position, are already in the sere and yellow leaf after a long and laborious struggle in the legal profession. It is to them a haven. of rest after a stormy life on tempes- tuous seas. But Sir John Simon, when he was offered the position, was still a young man. This astonishingly progressive youth was only 42. Yet he refused the glittering prize, and not only that, he gave up an office worth fifteen thousand pounds a year for one that is worth only five thou- sand pounds a year, and whichis worth even less now because of the In the German army the upstream arrangement by which the Ministers water is used for drinking purposes "pooled" their salaries so that each and the downstream water for water- Minister might have practically the ing horses and fRr bathing. Suitable signs notify the men which water is safe to drink and which may be used only for bathing. In shallow or nar- row streams basins are dug, or small clams built so as to form a reservoir of ample dimensions. Stepping -stones are provided to keep the water clean, as well as board protection to prevent the banks from crumbling. Basins are dug for wa- tering horses, troughs are provided only in case of necessity, and are then propped on posts and filled by means of pumps. Pipes may be driven if' water lies at a reasonable depth—in other words, not more than 20 feet. Depending upon their size, these pipes will deliver from four to twenty-two gallons of water per minute. Grass Tree Gum for Germany. It has just come to light at Syd- ney, Australia, that with the astound- ing preparedness with which the Ger- mans entered upon this war they had for several years prior to the declara- tion of hostilities been buying im- mense quantities of Australian grass tree gum, which is convertible into an explosive much more powerful than dynamite, and that this explosive is probably now being used against the Britons and their allies. MISCHIEF MAKER Now Strong and Robust. An adult's food that can save a baby proves itself to be nourishing and easily digested and good for big and little folks. An Eastern man says: "When our baby was about eleven months old he began to grow thin and pale. This was attributed to the heat and the fact that his teeth were com- ing, but, in reality, the poor little thing was starving, his mother's milk not being sufficient nourishment. "One day after he had cried bitterly for an hour, I suggested that my wife .try him on Grape -Nuts. She soaked two teaspoonfuls in half a cup of warm water for 5 or 6 minutes, then poured off the liquid and to it added a like amount of rich milk and a little sugar. This •baby, ate ravenously. "It was not many days before he forgot all about being nursed, and has since lived -almost exelusively on Grape -Nuts. To -day the boy is strong and robust, and as cute a mis- chief -maker as a thirteen -months' -old baby is expected to be. "Use this letter any way you wish, fer my wife and I can never praise Grape -Nuts enough after the bright- ness it has brought to our household," Grape -Nuts is not macre for a baby food, but experience with thousands of babies shows it to be toting the best, if not entirely the best In use, Being a scientific preparation of Na- ture's grains, it is equally effective as a body and grain builder for grown upsy "There's a • Reason." Name given by Canadian Postum Co., Windsor, Ont. liver read the abbee 'letter 4' A neW one appears from time to time. They true, and are itaterest. of hTurlrWt g•e tune, -un Sir Tohn Simon same income of something like four thousand pounds a year. What is the explanation of this re- fusal—unprecedented in British Par- liamentary or legal history? It is evident that Sir John Simon values a merely political career more than the emoluments and the glitter of the highest legal offices. The general verdict in the House of Commons is that Sir John Simon took a poorly - paid political office because he hopes one day to be Prime Minister of the British Empire. There can be little doubt that Sir John Simon has reason to entertain high ambitions. His enormous pro- gress in so short a time is made the more remarkable by his not starting life with any advantages. His father was a Welsh Nonconformist clergy- man, a hale and very hearty gentle- man to this day. • Was Poor Boy. When he went to Oxford the young Simon had to eke out a good deal of his living by the prizes which he won with great rapidity, and he fell in love with an Irish girl when he was still a youngster, married her, and was a husband and father while he was still struggling for his first briefs. His lucidity of speech is accompan- ied by great suavity of temper and pleasantness of manner. Simon can make even a disagreeable bill quite simple and innocent. He was chosen the other say, for instance, to defend the Munitions bijl, which introduced or the first time the.•principle of com- pulsion to workingmen, and when he Oat down you might• well have-,ma- gined that the real p1'11736 a of the measure wad to present sugar Sticks to all the yitorkin frieri, Whereas the bill enabled the Government to fin° apy s acTtert Mahe workingmen in these days of ;Mils. 'T+ A Japanese mounts his horse on the right side. THE AURORA BOREALIS. Looked Upon By Barbarians As An Omen of Slaughter. Many people believe that the au- rora borealis is a phenomenon pm - liar to modern times. Bat this is not true. The ancients used to call it chasmata, bolides and trabes, names which expressed the different colors of the lights. The scarlet aurora was looked upon by the superstitious barbarians as an omen of direful slaughter; soit is not: unusual for descriptions of bloody bat- tles to contain allusions to northern lights. In the annals of Croon -mac -noise j it is recorded that in 688 A.D., accom- panying a terrible battle between! Leinster and Munster, Ireland, a pur- ple aurora lit the northern skies, fore- telling the slaughter. To''the Latins and Greeks of south -1 ern Europe the phenomenon rarely ap- peared and therefore their writings , are almost, if not entirely, silent con- cerning it, yet it was not unknown to them. er 1.1 or e oo e . Cures Sallow Skin, Headache, Languor and Tiredness You don't need to be told how you feel,—blue, sort of sickish, Door ap- petite, vague pains, tired in the morn- ing. This condition is common at this season. Fortunately there is prompt relief in Dr. Hamilton's Pills which immedi ately relieve the system of all poisons and disease -producing matter. Thousands have been so utterly de- pressed, so worn out as to be des- pondent, but Dr. Hamilton's Pills al- ways cured them. "I can speak feelingly on the power of Dr. Hamil- ton's Pills," writes C. T. 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Why should any man or woman suffer from a wrinkled skin? The first sign of a wrinkle is a sure indication that the skin is not receiving sufficient nourish - "Pen t, ourish-"trent,. and it is time to apply c'USi' ,' Until the discovery of the powers of certain Oriental Oils,' as revealed to a Canadian traveller by an .Arab, people Were powerless to restore their fading beauty To -day there is no excuse for wrinkles for an man or woman wtto knows of the value of "Usit" as a skin good and wrinkle chaser. The preparatlon, which is obtainable from all good druggists, brims Doerr the blush of health to the cheek and will ,eradicate every wrinkle, • Veit llfanfg. Co., Limited, 478 Ronees- walles Avenue, Toronto. FARMS FOR RENT. IF LOOKING FOBA FARM. CONSITLT me. I have over Two Hundred on mg list, located in the beet sections of On. tart°. All tins. it. W. Dawson, Brampton. NEWSPAPERS PO$, SALE, TROFIT-MAICINO NDWS AND JOB Offices for sale in good Ontario towns. 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There seems to be a widespread move- ment in favor of tea throughout the world, and the supply is insufficient to cope with the increased demand. Until the law of supply and demand adjusts itself higher prices for tea must be expected. From His Native Town. A tourist in Italy was surprised one morning to meet some people from his native town. "Why, Mrs. Lanceley!" he cried. "How do you do ? You are the last person I ex- pected to see in Italy!" "If it isn't Mr. Jones!" exclaimed the lady in surprise. "Yes we are spending a brief time here. You must call on us often. You know just how it is—peo- ple we never think much of at home seem -like dear friends when we meet them in a strange country." Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, Etc. Aerial Torpedo Wonder. An aerial torpedo that will travel a hundred miles under its own power is another formidable weapon of war Germany is about to launch at her enemies. The pripciple of the aerial torpedo is the same as the water:, to- pedo. It is first projected bee compress- ed air, then travels in a direct line under the power of its own propellor and under the guidance of its own rudder. With the aerial torpedo per- fected, Germany would have a weap- on more terrifying to London than all her Zeppelins, Taubes, fifty centi- metre guns and undersea cruisers combined. Minard's Liniment Ourea Garget in Cows German Helmets. Despite the heavy appearance of the German soldiers' helmets, says London Tit -Bits, they are exceeding- ly light. They are made of steel, but they are nearly as light as a straw hat, and far more comfortable. The largo military -looking spike is not placed on the top of the helmet for ornament alone. There are several large holes in it, which ventilate the wearer's head. The steel from which the helmet is made is exceedingly thin,—almost as thin as paper,—and all round the inside, where the helmet touches the head, there are a number of springs. These springs, which are covered with leather, serve to keep the helmet firmly on the head, with- out any great pressure. Highest Cash Prices Paid for BLONDES SHOULD BE CAREFUL. Here is a Warning, Girls, From a Marl Who Knows. Women of the blonde type take warning! • You must, above all things, if you are to avoid cancer of the skin, stay. out in the hot sun, That admonition was made by Dr. C. Knowles during an illuminating discussion on the treatment of skin diseases Before. 500 members of the Philadelphia County Medical Society. Dr. Knowles said: "A great percentage of skin dis- eases are cancerous growths. The blonde type of women when subject- ed to the rays of the sun is very sus- ceptible to the disease. Not only the blonde woman, but the woman pos- sessing a freckled face .must avoid the sun. Stich preventive measures will save them much trouble." Core s Ck•1 red t " Lack Applied in 5 Seconds Sore, blistering feet f r o•nr corn pinched toes can be oared by Putnam's Ex- tractor in 24 hours, "Putnam's" sloothes away that drawing pain, eases instant- y, makes the feet Bel good at once. Get a.25e. bottle of "Putnam'% to -day. FRANCE UNTERRIFIED. They Are Fighting the Battle of Civilization. Few addresses made by the heads of of the nations at war have been as admirable in spirit and substance as that of President Poincare, made, too, in the very face of the news of the Russian reverses. France is not crushed, she is not dismayed; all that German frightfulness has essayed leaves her still unterrified. With a calmness and courage and an indomi- tability that afford a lesson to the world, the men in the trenches, and HuniiTOL reCU1r, cot I(' IEDECTIONS sqiIIFi8POWDER IDEOMPOSED Or THE FOLLOWING MOPED1. ENrs IDNDNE OTHER PHODF IATE BIZARR, CNAIZCFSODAAHO STASOL CONTAINS NO ALU M c�HrRIN$ NOAi.UP. the people at home are going about their work buoyed up by the belief that they are fighting the battle of civilization, as they are, and confident that victory for the right will not for- ever be delayed and militarism for- ever be enthroned. The soul of France, amid the horrors of a warfare of unparalleled savagery, never shone so superbly. The world owes a true homage here. You will find relief in Zam-Eitk ! it eases the burning; stinging pain, stops Weeding and brings ease. Perseverance, with Zam L3ukc, means cure; Why not prove., this t d>z ,Dr•,rg &area bOo box. Oi3l'APiii! VETERINARY COLLEGE Under the control of the Department of Agriculture of Ontario. Established 1862. Affiliated with the University of Toronto. 110 University Ave., TORONTO, ONT., CAN. College Reopens Friday, October 1st, 1915. Write Dept. D. for Calendar. E. A. A. Grange, V.S., M.S., Principal. We are the largest buyers of Ginseng in America and have the greatest demand for it: We can therefore pay you the highest cash prices. If you have any wild or cultivated Ginseng, write for our latest price list, or ship what you have and we will submit you our highest offer. David Bh stein 8z Bro. 162 W. 27th St., NewYork, U.S.A. Honest Grief. At the funeral of Baron Lionel de Rothschild, father of the recently deceased Lord Rothschild, a poor old man wept loudly and bitterly. "Why are you crying?" inquired a bystander. "You are no relation of Rothschild." "No," howled the mourner; "that's just why I'm crying." Lachute, Que., 25th Sept., 1908. Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Gentlemen, — Ever since coming home from the Boer war I have been bothered with running fever sores on my legs. I tried many salves and liniments; also doctored continuous- ly for the blood, but got no perman- ent relief, till last winter when my mother got me to try MINARD'S LINIMENT. The effect of which was almost magical. Two bottles completely cured me and I have work- ed every working day since. Yours gratefully, JOHN WALSH. Logical. "Another new hat. You should really save your money with the price of everythin' going up." "But why? The longer I save it the less I can buy with it." =nerd's Liniment Cures Diphtheria. Appearances Deceptive. "Thompson has made a discovery." "Indeed?" "Yes. He says that he has dis- covered that the more buttons there are on a woman's coat the greater the probability that it really fastens with hooks and eyes." A light-hearted jest may be empty enough, yet the old world is all the better for it. iftlaard10 Liniment Cures Distemper. IED - ISSUE 35 'I. "Overstern" V Bottom S 552 Motorxxt Freight Prepaid to an y Railway Station in Ontario. Length 151 Ft., Beam 3 Ft. 9 In., Depth 1 Ft. 6 In. ANY MOTOR FITS. Specification No. 23 giving engine prices on request. 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