HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1915-12-30, Page 10From the Middle West MOTBERS OF LITTLE ONES.
No another of young children should
be without ai box of Baby's Qwii Tab.:
BETWEEN ONTARIO AND BRI- lets. The Tablets are mothers' best
friend and are as good as a doctor in
the. house. Concerning them Mrs. 11'.
Winger, Ingersoll, Ont., writes:
have used Baby's Own Tablets for the
Items' From Provinces Where Alany past eight years and would not be ,
Ontario Boys and Girls Are without them. 1 can highly recon.
mend them to all mothers of young
children." The Tablets are sold by
rmfw r medicine tilealers or by mail at 25
yp sh d cm shr cuff elcent; a box from The Dr. Willi
inns'
aans'
Wolves are very plentiful around
around
Kyle, Sas,
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
A splendid new school building has
been opened at C.reelman, Sask. RING'S QUEER HISTORY.
Returned soldiers' bureas are to
be formed in all districts of Alberta. Czar Peer of Russia Hanged the Man
+ is predicted that Winnipeg will
TISK COLUMBIA.
ve little or no employment this Who Gave It.
nter. k A napkin ring, reputed to have been
Over 1:C0 men from Knox Presby- ' used by Peter the Great, Czar of Rus -
a,+.: ro i`i ' Church, Regina, have joined sia, untilhe learned the significance
the farces. of the carving an it and hanged the
Saskatchewan has already shipped man who presented it to him, is in
130,000,000 bushels of this year's possession of E. A. Rosenberg, a De -
wheat chop. trait insurance man. Mr. Rosenberg
There is a boom in homesteading at tells a strange story about the carved
Paddockwood, just north of Prince ivory circlet, which is not more than
Albert, Sask. ; an inch high, but is covered with
Alberta Government has offered to scores of tiny ivory figures.
train soldiers who can qualify for "This ring,',
inlr," he says, "was present-
sehool teachers. I ed to Peter the Great by Adolph Or -
The convention of Manitoba muni- loft'. See the initials, 'A.O.', and the
capacities heartily endorsed pensions date of presentation, `1703,' on the
for widowed mothers
Assiniboia ratepayers will be ask- ring. The figures show the poor bow-
ed at the coming ele::tions to double ed down under the weight of the pal -
the salaries of their reeve and conn- aces and beautiful gardens maintain-
cillors. ; ed by the Czar. As you turn it you
Miss Winnifred Wilton of Winne`' see these down -trodden people carry-
:peg,.•a d Mlss Melrose Sissons of ing their petition to the Czar and the
Portae; are' howagully!edeelged at- Judges of the land. See, here . are
torneys for Manitoba. three judges sitting at a table be -
Winnipeg's Local Council of Wo- fore an open book, and beside them is
men has voted the proposed gift of a an executioner beheading the petition -
wallet and stationery for each Can- ,err as fast as they arrive.
Dalian soldier las the trenches, i "When I was in the coal business in
Contracts totalling $200,000 have ' Odessa I hired a man from what is
been let for the erection of a sugar known as 'the barefooted district.' He
factory in Chatham on the River road was down and out, but he had papers
west of Lethbridge limits. i to prove that he was a member of the
W. C. McKay, of Prince Albert has Orloff family. When hewas dying he
made an offer to the Militia Depart- ; asked me to save his body from a pau-
ment at Ottawa to raise a half bat- - per's grave, and I gave hint 25 rou-
talion of Indians for active service , hies to arrange for a decent burial.
at the front. In gratitude he gave me the ring and
John Irroseditze, 801 Loretto . ave the papers relating to its history. The
nue, Fort Rouge, had his right leg police of Odessa heard that the ring
severed from his body in Winnipeg was in my possession and searched my
Union Station when knocked down by house for it. They never found it."
a box car. "What would you take for it?" Mr.
Seven wild wood pigeons were seen 'Rosenberg was asked as he wrapped
lately in the Colleston district,. near the relic in cotton batting and tissue
Prince .Albert, Sask. The birds have Paper.
been practically extinct for a number I "No money could buy it."
of years. f
The registration in the special short ;
GERMANS ARE OUTFOUGHT.
course in farm accounting and agri- I
•pure, Regina, continu s to grow, '
d is now almost de le that this For First Time the Allies' Artillery
ie last year. Shows Superiority.
car of wheat has - en donated 1
the Canadian Petri c Fund by
The Rotterdam correspondent of
Riverhurst local of e Saskatche- the Mail says: he morale of the
Grain Growers' 'ation, un- ; German boldiers i Belgium has been
chmken _hv; the t rite and. su iained.
MUSIC IN THE ROME, Old Black ,Toe, and the old hymns!
Duke Street, Dundee, A.utoeh,along
The desire to have lnusio taught in with many others, stir emotions as
public and high schools in Ontaa,io is nothing else will do ? Can any thing
evidently growing, as music is now on surpass them?
the curriculum for teachers' examine- Songs learned in childhood, their!
tions. We have yet to learn of any notes will be heard and lived in after;
mother who does not desire her ehil- years. Music means not merely �.
dren to be taught music. We heard a tunes adapted to particular emotions, :
debate recently on the relative merits a set of notes, a warbling voice—Ole!
of music and 'oratory,' and after hear- no. Music eau be acted as well as
ing argumentsadvanced by debaters sung. A simple word may be full of
on both sides, we came away more music, and stir the pulses to new and
strongly convinced than ever that 'both better emotions, the soul to higher
subjects should be given greater
The following essay an Music in thelm
Hoe, is worthy of careful perusal
and serious consideration by all par -
joys. Someone has said, "The gar-
proininence in Canadian schools.
mony of a well ordered life is most
graeious music." When we .think how
much the world needs awakening, we
can think of no power better calcu-
ents, teachers and school authorities: Iated to do it than that which dwells
It has been said that in no country in the mysterious melodies ;of music.
an earth, not .excepting music -loving # Music appeals largely to the emo-
Geranany, are there found so many, tional temperament, and it is probe -
pianos and organe in houses as m this bly, for this reason that it has been
country. All agree that this is as it ; given such prominence in the service
should ,be. Music is invaluable as a! of the church, even from the days of
means of recreation. Amusements in the temple, when the Psalms and
the home should have these character- ! prayers of the people 'were chanted.
istics—they should unite the family, One result of this is the constant use.
deepen childrens love of home and ! of music in divine worship. "Worship
guard them against temptation, To ; without praise would be an impasse-
accomplish the first object we need bility."" The best efforts of our great RUSSIA'S FINE POSITION.
recreations in which parents and chit- masters have been brought to bear _
dren can join. Is there anything more upon the sacred form of music, -Let Her Financial and Economic Situation
genial and heart warming ,than to . us render unto God our best and' First-class.
hear the whole family joining in a most sincere efforts, and be satisfied The Ministr Financep
hymn or song? We read a great deal with nothing lower..., y of has re-
te -day about making farm homes sented to the Council of Ministers a
more attractive. Why should not the "If His love is in the soul • more of the economic situation in
farmer's household.,be as cheerful, as And we yield to His control, !Russia. The grain harvest for the
full of pleasure, as that of the town Sweetest music will the lonely hours current year, the summary states, was
or city man? Music affords effective beguile. 512,000,000 poods (a good equals 36
means of doing this. One of the We may drive the clouds away, I English pounds), about 350,000,000
greatest attractions for old and Cheer and bless the darkest day, bushels above the five-year average.
young people when visiting in cities If we keep our hearts singing all Counting grain carried from the pre -
is the music that may be heard there. the while." ulnas season, Russia had available
A F ve•Cent Breakfast it
five minutes 1 What a boon
to the busy housekeeper 1
Two Shredded Wheat Bis-
cuits, heated in the oven to
restore crispness and served.
with hot milk, make a com-
plete, perfect meal, supplying
all the strength needed for a
half -day's work at a cost of
four or five cents. The rich-
est man in America can buy
nothing better. Contains
more real nutriment than
meat or eggs .and is rnor'e
easily digested.
Made in Canada.
No family can really afford to do for the current year 4,766,000,000
without some kind of music. It is a poods of grain and potatoes, equal -
luxury and an economy, Of course, ling about 3,177,000,000 bushels, the
we all know music can influence to excess of the available surplus over
evil as well as to good, and that in British Dealers Prefer the Canadian
amounting to 789,000,000 poods,
some of the lowest music halls of the Variety. equalling about 526,000,000 bushels.
city musicians may be found. Deducting the probable stimatp-
But skilled we cultivate a taste for good For the first time in a number of tion of the country, it is estimated
music in theehomes, isle and good years eggs have taken a prominent that the new available surplus will
gplace in Canada's export trade. This • be about 887,000,000 bushels, Reports
will have little taste for the coarse is largly due to the unprecedented de- regarding the winter crops are of the
variety. The hymns sung by a mo- wand for eggs on thepart of the Bri=
cher to her little boy may in after most favorablennature.
days be a voice that will recall him fish market and the. fact that British j According to the' statement, the
days tee path ruin. For ca voicehdealers have shown a marked prefer- financial position of the population is
fromfrom the hout midst the ence for Canadian eggs over United shown by the growth of savings bank
throng, His past callss sweet voice in states eggs and willingness to pay a deposits. October's figures of these
distinctly higher price for them. deposits showed the reaching of the
her lullaby song."Every song soothes So great in fact has been the de- high-water mark, with deposits of
and uplifts. It is just possible that at mond that Canadian dealers have 74 000,000 roubles, as against 22,000,-
times a song is as good as a prayer; shipped practically all of the avail-. 000 roubles in October, 1914. Since
indeed, the Sweet Singer of Israel able Canadian storage product to the the beginning of the war, it was an -
wedded his sincerest prayers to mel- Old Country. As a result there is not nounced, the savings of the people
ody and wafted them upward on the
night air from his heart. qn Canada at the present time, suf- have increased 499,000,000 roubles,
throbbing
The soul that has been touched and fieient eggs in storage to supply home and now amount to 2,408,000,000
made tender by the fingers of pain, consumption until fresh receipts in ap- roubles.
music finds a place where it may mur- preciable quantities begin to come in. I In spite of the loss of revenues be -
Quantities of eggs from the United cause of the prohibition upon the sale
mur its sweetest chords. It was. States,however, are being imported , upon spirituous beverages, and a di -Henry Ward Beecher who said' "You
can sing your eares awa whe into Canac some in bond for export, minution in imports amounting to
3' YQt�t e larger part to take the' place 682,000,000 roubles during the last
cannot. reason them away."One...".of the anadian product ex drted. On fiscal
`morning the sweet voice of a woman P P year, the decrease in ordinary
was heard sa ballad in one of accoun e keen demand for Can revenues, the statement says, amount-
_,. . +��wstns3�_r++„ids �f q ti adia
ove mentioned, United 1 ed only to 482,000,000 roubles, in -
014
CANADIAN EGG MARKET.
.. _. '”' .�_-+v_invnnvc. fmnm�ia'c m;z•n�C
HOW HE WAS WOUNDED.
Thoughts of Danger Vanish li in the
• Charge,
lrow the Irani intokicat;on of the
charge makes ane forgetful of danger
is told by, a British soldier in explain-
ing how he was wounded.
"I was about ten yards from the
enemy's trench when the buttof my
rifle was blown clean away, leaving.
the barrel and bayonet .till in my
I hands. How I escaped I do ,not know,
but I did not stop to think of that
1 then. There was nothing fel• it but to
rtlsh on with the ret. a . On reaching I
the trench I was about to make 6'
grab at a German rifle which lay be-
side a huddled figure when I saw a
Prussian officer near by pointing a're-1
volver at me.
"I bent down and at the same time
made 'a .thrust at him with my broken
weapon. The boyoaet caught him un-
der the jaw, and he toppled over
among his men in the trench. I left
the weapon with him as a keepsake,
for one of our inen had fallen and I
seized his rifle instead. I was not
spared to use it long, though it proved
useful, for I got: in the way of a bal-
let which laid me out,"
Throw Away Your
E",fie=O1asses I
A Free Prescription
You Oan Have Filled and TTse at Some..
no you wear glasses? Are you a
victim of eye -strain or other eye -weak
nesses7 If so, you will be glad to know
that there is real hope ior•you. Many,
whose eyes were failing, say they have
had their eyes restored through the
principle
of
this
osays, afterP free
it: I was almost blind; could not see
to read at all. Now I can read every-
thing without any glasses and nay eyes
do not water any more. At night they
would pain dreadfully; now they feel
line all the time. It was like a miracle
to me." A lady who used it says: 'The
atmosphere seemed }lazy with or with-
out glasses, but after using this pre-
scription for fifteen days everything
seems clear. I can even read fine print
without glasses." It is believed that
thousands who wear glasses can now
discard them in, a reasonable time and
multitudes more, will be able to
strengthen their Oyes as to be spared
the trouble and expense of ever getting
glasses. Eye troubles of„ -many descrip-
tions may be wonderfully benefited by
following the simple rules. - Here is the
prescription: Go to any active drug
store and get a bottle of Bon-Opto. Dill
a two ounce bottle with warns water,
drop in one Bon -Onto tablet and allow
to dissolve. With this liquid, bathe the
eyes two to four times daily. You
should notice your eyes clear up per
eptibay 'right from• t start., and,in-
nammation will quickly disappear. If
your eyes are bothering you, even a
little, take steps to save them now be-
fore it is too late. ifany • hopelessly
blind might have been saved if• they had
cared, for their eyes in time. If your
own druggist cannot 1111 this prescrip-
tion, send $1 to the Valmas Drug Co.,
Toronto, for a complete Bon-Opto Home
Treatment outfit—tablets and all.
Frigid Repartee.
Mrs. Finnegan kept a boarding
house, and ono day young Johnson
came to her with several complaints.
She listened in.silence for a few min-
utes. bud, as the young man waxed Literary Note.
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Thorough.
Melindy, bereaved of her husband,
consulted her young mistress on the
proper wear to disclose her grief.
"Ah wants a black hat, an' a black
dress, ass' black shoe:, an' black
gloves, an' a whole black hank'chief,
ma'am.”
"Oh,.no, Melindy," her mistress pro-
tested. "Not a solid black. handker-
chief."
"Honey," remarked Melindy, im-
pressively, "when Ah mourns, Ah
mourns."
Minaa;d's Liniment Cures Colds, I:to,
Dubious Economy.
An old couple who used to buy a
quart of ale` every night were per-
suaded by a friend to purchase . a ,b
keg of the beverage on economical
grounds. The evening that the keg
was broached and the first quart
consumed the old wife said:
"Well, George, we've saved five
cents on our ale- to -night, and five
cents saved is five cents earned."
"That's so," replied her husband.
"Let's have another quart and save
ten cents."
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usual that it may safely be said each
piece in it is calculated to create a
sensation among people of artistic
sense. Immediately upon entering
the room the visitor's eye will be
struck by a carved wing stick of
great weight and beauty."`
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