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Exeter Times, 1916-7-13, Page 5rrlltl'asD X', rULT 13th, 1.91E THE EXETER • TIME'S Crediton Ma Diann is spending a 'few •day:, ;With Dir. and Mrs. H. K. InIber. Mies Mary 'Bertrand of Detroit is ".visiting friends in town for a few 'days. Measles. is still tees order of the /day. Several Families are still gear - entitled Ptc, Lloyd England of the 161st !spent a day or two at his boners before ;leaving London foe: camp Borden,. 'MOs 1O IL 'Baker is vitt ing friend: at Zurich' this week, Children's Day was observed in 'the 'Evangelical church last Sunday; An exeeilent 'programme was prepared !for the occasion. A special effort was ,tatade to raise money to support'Biblc evomtett and for the missionary Iso_iety Titer !receipts for the day were e :k3 f7. Messy,.,. Dan \'trete and Everett 3ilaist kave ;returned to Detroit after sspendiag a week, at their homes, The !Missal. Alma 11111 and ';Mabel Wenzel 'accompanied theta , Dile. and Mrs. Walter Dunart and •Taanily spent Sunday with Air. and Tinian. A. Hill, Dashwood ' The Farmers rare •busy haying a- tround here. . • Mr. and lairs. E. G. Kroft, :Me, and Mfrs. S. Adams and Airs. Preeter, knotored to 'Crosswell, Mich., Satur- aday to visit relatives: The Ladies Aid of the Lutheran !:Lurch ,spent a very pleasant even- eng at the parsonage last Tueiaday, free evening was spent In winging and playing games eto. after which .ete:awberries ioe-creamy and cake were .served. Miss. Nina Ehlers is visiting in Berg :Zein 'this week. Mr. ,Tack Eidt lost his valuable cow • through 'blood poisoning this week. Misses. (Herb Ii.rafc and lar vinic. dlieisatac lreturnea to Detroit Sat- atrday accompanied by Mr. Zimmer. Hetsall Mrs. D. '1[cLeod of Detroit is here siisiting her sister, .Mrs. R. ,Bonthron. Mr. and Mrs, Mark Drysdale and frienclee recently motored from Pt. Stanley:: , 1 ! {. 1'•al •,7.7 Mr. and firs. 'Wm. Fulton of Tor- onto spent the rest week with Mr. 'ulton's parents here. Mr. J. McKenzie, recently from near Brueefield is erecting a fine astable on• his ;property at tho west tend of Queen St. Mrs. James A. Bell and her 'sister Mrs. Alfred Taylor motored with Mr. Arnold Heatirk to .Grimsby and loc- ality to spend a few days. f'•Mr. Boy Dick who has been assist - 1," the G. T. it, agent here for years yhas been appointed night operator at Hyde Park and has entered upon his ... duties. Mir. Abe 'Casa. G. T. a. agent here *as ,purchased a Studebaker •.auto groin Cool; Brea,. Messrs Thomas Allen of Farquhar, bXr. Oesah, of Zurich and Mr: Smith of Usborne have i ure .chased cars from N eusrs Cook. Mrs. Weir Acheson was in Toron- lo last week, to see her tion, Tempi; .Acheson, before he goes over -'as !fie is the second son thtt Mr. and Mrs. Acheson will .now have in the army, one of them being for some time ire the trenches. lililttflRlUltil(Qtilill�li(ilmlUlilii1113(tlmlltfull(UUIiIIUtIIIIIfI111111031fl1111@ a '1t e, ere is theAnswer,"ln 1 WEBSTER'S NEW INTERNATIONAL 1 THE MERRIAM WEBSTER = Evers day in your talk and reading, at i home, on the street car, in the office, shop andschool you likely question the mean- tnlE of some new word. A friend asks: `.what makes mortar harden?" You seek -- tlielocationofLochfatrineorthe pronur.- elation of jujutsu. What is white coal? This New Creation answers all kinds of N. questions in Language,History,Biography, O. 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Strang occupied the pulpit in the Presbyterian church on 'Sun- day last, Letter from England (Continued from page tone) course 'being, green, they bothered urs a lot at first, and we thought that someone was !sniping at us, but we gradually took more heart and less notice of thorn. Of course, naturally` you duck when Ton hear one, but it isn't any use ducking because when 'you hear) it, its by you and gone. I had a close one all right. One passed between me and fellow in front. You walk one behind the other in single file you know. be The Trenches After a while we came to the come mnnicat ion trench, 'which varies from the front line in distance. Sometimes it is .a couple Of miles, sometimes none at all. In our 'ease it was quite a distance, Well, when we ,got to the front line our worries started, things began to move. Of course at night time it is much quieter than day time, but you are not allowed togo- to sleep. You are always doing some- thing, running with messages or on working parties. They use what ,ie called star shells you know. They are shot up into the air, and almost im- mediately burn white and show up the surrounding ground es light as day. 'When they go up the best policy is to stand perfectly still until they go out for anything moving can be detected in an instant. Thrilling Experience , ; e My second close call came when I Lad to carry an order along the Haat Ziost. !Between us and the next post was some open ground and destroy- ed trenches done by "Fritz" explode in,g a mine in the middle of our tren- cland forming what is cared a creat r. Well 1 had to pass over that. I got over alright although I was snipe! at several tunes but they didn't get me. Coming back however they saw me a little plainer I guess. Anywey I wasn't taking chances on a sniper so when a star went up I dropped Almost immediately a rifle grenade burst within five feet of me and half covered me up with thud and stuff. As you may gues3 I didn't stop to brush the mud off, but dug my toes in across the space. Well 1 got back alright and my experience was soon lost to memory thinking of doing oth- er things. About 2 a. m. comes the busiest time of all, for that is the time the artillery generally opens up and from then to about 7 a. m. things are pretty litely and everybody, has Act stand to. 'Well, during the .day (Sun- day) no:thine of importance happentr .ed to me although all around me men got killed and wounded. A young fel- low wa'istan•3ing beeid' me for awhile Ile was a newer man than I was A big shrtpnel shelt buret suddenly overhead, and almost immediately he crumpled up and fell on his face in the mud. I bent down to turn him over to sec whether he was hit, but he Sway dead, shot through the breavt Teat night I was on sentry duty a "Bache" must have seen my head ars i was looking over. for things began to happen, and soon bullets began to plunk into tate parapet or whiz! past pretty - close. One leniped the wire through which I was looking. So I began, to think and act too. In a minute I espied Fritz" out in front bebind a small hummock of earth. so I got one of tLe other boys to wat- ch my post while I struck off down the trench to the open „part where I could get a better shot and a better view of him. I located him soon and and got Me' rifle on him and the next time a light Waned out I tired. I guess I. mused hila the first time as he raised himself up and looked around and then is when I got a gocd shot at him. :He rolled over almost immediatey, I shot so I thought I hid got him, 1 stayed a moment and then went back to my post. I never had a sho: fired, at m during* my two hrs. on. Aftei I came off I event oat there h,gain to SO2 if he were there. He was and will be until th'y carry him away and beyond taking a pop at a few. odd things nothing ow. was stirring - 'Wounded by Shrapnel i, t After stand down ie was my turn ite and have a sneeze, but first of all I had somethtng to eat and drink, but 1. was not aseep as "Fritz" Werner* iately 'began to shell us, which gradr ualy developed into a heavy bom- bardment pend things began to fly 'I being in the. dugout, of course, was safer than some of the .boys I was qsitting facing the opening when sud- den,y a sheep beast: right on top ,of tho parapet. 1 fet a numbness in my foci immediately but I tho"ght it Thrice the capacity of ordinary grates is given because the Sunshine grates are three sided, one side at a time ,meeting the fire. Bulldog teeth smash clinkers easily. 14Cri aa�►� sine tiriirrnaCe Wouldn't you like to know the cost of installing a Sim - .shine in your home? I'll gladly give you particulars irithout obligation.. Sold by :'T. HA IKINS &. SON. • 800 Was just a piece of dirt that hit ane. But the felow :next to Opo polnten to my foot, and 1 saw blond trickling out of 'a hole and 1 realised that 1 tad been hit, I crawled down to the dressing Istatio4 and had it dressed, and the* stayed in a dugout .ter two days until they could get me away. ( wad taken to No. 3 General Hospitt al at Boulogne and then after' two days was taken here. Illy foot is get- ting along fine. It is a fracture of a few small bones. The tehrapnelwent into the instep. I've. bad .an opexation to get it out and it is doing ` fine. Well I'll have to' close as it iy get- ting late. Best wish'ct:, to everyone, Lgoe. HOW APPENDICITIS CAN ;BE PREVENTED Exeter people ^should :snow that a few doses of lsimple buckthorn bark glycerine ,etc„ as mixed in Adlere'x-ka often relieve or prevent appendici- tis. This: simple mixture removes suoh surprising foal matter that ONE SPOONFUL relieves. Calmest ANY CASE constipation, sour 'stomach or gas. A short treatment .helps chronic stomach trouble. Adler-l.ka has eae•i- est and most thorough action or any- thing we ever sold, W. S. Coi•^; Exeter THE WESTERN FAIR The management of the `Western Fair; London's great Exhibition, is very busy, preparing fur same, With. in the next •few days, thousand, of prize lusts, hangers and maps will be mailed• throughout the country. The very generous prize list of 1915 has ;been added to very materially th's year. Several new sections have b •en added to the Horse and Cattle 'Depart went and. a now •class 'entirely f, r Duron Jeil'se;y Swine. 'A new class has been given for a Wool exhibit and also one Or an exhibit of Eggs. The iaanagement ;realizes that th' succe s of the Exhibition depends to a large ,extent on the Live Stook hnd Agrir cultural 'Departments and are putt net forth every effort to give the Exh'b'r tors in these Departments all the consideration pos' ible. p,ri a lists, entry forme and ,all in"ormation giv- en v - en on application- to the Secretary, A. M, IIMeat, London, Ont, BURMA'S COLOSSAL BUDDHA. This Statue Is Said to Be the Largest In the World. The largest monument of the human form existing in the east today, if not in the world, is the great reclining statue of Rnddiia near Pegn, in Bur ma, around which the governtnenl erected a building with lattice steel pillars to protect it from the elements. This colossus was brought to light dur ing the construction of the railway that runs northeast from Rangoon to Mandalay. While the permanent' way was being banked up to protect the' lines from occasional ftoods•tbe engineer iu charge required for the purfiose 'of his 'work a harder ballast than the alluvial de- posit over which the tine was running could give him. •Less, than a mile away was a tree clad %nound, and here. it was thought, suitalele material imigbt be found. The task of clearing away some of the trees took but an hour or so, and then shafts were sunk to find the needed stone. Before the diggers had gone down move than a yard they struck an enormous and fairly pre served figure of Gantania. In actual length the statue is 180 feet and fifty feet high at the shoul- der. The figure and its pedestal are of brick, covered with !easier. Since its discorery the plaster has been re- moved and painted over. the box at Ibe head and the finger nails gilded and the headdress decorated with glass jewel,*. The statue is thought to be about 500 years eta, but no one knows ite bisteey, no reference what- ever being made to it in Burmese leg- ends or traditieus.—Wilde World Mag- azine. One Way Out Despite his iilitentey Mose Belt bas gathered quite a competency from his whitewashing- and kaisomining trade. Reeeut)y during the course of some business with a notary the latter pro - .luted a document, saying: "Sign your naive here, Mose." "Look beak," said Mose, with of- fended dignity, "I doesn't sign mah came, sub. 1's a business man, suh, an' has no time for dem trifling de- tails. I always dictates mah name, Equality. "No such thing ,as stuckuppishnee s about her," says the loyal servitor, de- fending his mistress against the crit- icisms of the acquaintance who Is in- veighing against class discrimination and tbe attitude of the wealthy to- ward the ss-orking element.. "Well, but don't she order you around?" "Sure ,site does! Site bawls me out just the same as what she does her husband, She don't make no differ- ence between me an' him even.". Lineo. Ilallroads poems, plays, di't'vings, thoughtful brows, palms of bands abd geometry are Odle up of lines. Limes sometimes have a president and it board .of directors, and press-. dents and boards of directors usually. euee lines. 'Tice care of lines produces • lines of care. Fishes and sentimental young ladies ere frequently caught evitis lines. Poets formerly were n}tich gIvets to uediti.ng certein lines to young ladies; but the modern lady Who.de:tires ter• twin lints emitting gees to a modiste. A nom wine gets s line on other peo- pie is earlier a lat:taltig.tte" stmt, at tletec- flee or a tatton ..ttiet, 16,000 PRISONERS TAkl:N, Week: of Allied Oilensive Has Shown. Splendid Resells. PARIS, July 11,—The French offi- cial report says: "The operations on the Somme front from July 1 to 7 re- sulted in the capture by us of more than 9,500 prisoners, .Among the important war materials that we took ee counted up Sunday Ira cannon and several hundred machine guns. A Reuter correspondent sends tbia tlespatele, dated Saturday, at the press camp of the British army; "Ot being a week ago to -day since the British offensive developed, the occasion is opportnue to review the progress made, We have pushed i'n the German salient between Albert and the Somme to an extreme depth at the point of our greatest advance of about three miles. We hold the villages of' Montauban, Frfcourt, thud Mametz, and are wen across the fringe of Contaimateen At varium> intervening points of tactical import- ance- our fine is firmly established.. "We have taken upward of 6,000 prisoners', 21 guns, 51 machine guns, a large number of automatic rifles, trench mortars, minenwerfers, search lights; and ether .military booty. "The enemy is known to have suf- fered terrible Losses. For example, the third division of tbe Prussiau Guard, brought ulr as reinforcements, has been. so depleted that the rem - /milts of 'the corps Lave .been wittie drawn as no longer war -worthy for the time. Prisoners says that the morale of these guards ds badly shake. en, this applying equally to the offi- cers_ "The heavy rains of the last two days have much impeded the opera- tions. Nevertheless, our troops have been fgbting incessantly, and in many spots have made substantial gains. The spirit of the men is won- derful_ They fully realize they are now playing tbe part 'of the top dog. "As proof of their dasb it may bo mentioned that in their advances there are practically no stragglers, so eager aro .all to get to their goal. This, under the heavy conditions of trench warfare, with no man's land often like a quagmire, is truly 'won- derfuI- There is every reason to be satisfied alike with the progress end prospects." "THE WAR IS FINISHED." So Say German Soldiers When Cap- tured by French, PARIS, July 1L—The new French front before Peronne appears to have been fortified now so as to facilitate flanking movements southward and a widening of the position already con- quered.. French infantry inaugurated this operation Saturday night by successful attacks in the region of Belloy-eu-Santerre, where 850 Ger- mans were rrsade prisoners, and east of Estrees, where fifty men were left in'irrencb hands rtftee„an assault on a commrikicatir.e trench. The French half scarcely reached the first line of their adversaries when the Germans were seen climb- ing out of the trenches in clusters with their !wads up and marehiag in double-quick time toward the French trenches. "The war is finished. The war is finished'," cried many of them with their faces expanding into smiles as they leaped into the French commu- nicating trenches and filed back to the rear between lines of more French Proops, waiting for the word to take their turn in the assault. The prisoners then cried for water and bread. MERELY A PRESSURE. Fra n-B;ritiele Effort Ie Not Intended to Pierce German Front. PARIS, JirI* 11.—The Paris mili- tary critics contrast the Franco - British offensive on the Somme and the Russian otfensiv-e, but. End a sim- ilarity between the former and the German effort against Verdun, where each big operation has been: followesi by souls days of treach to trench actions. The Franco -British effort, the critics say, is not to pierce the front; but to keep up a steady pressure. The military critic of Le Journal calls it an adaptation to feld warfare of the lessons Iearned in the siege warfare at Verdun. Gen. Malletorre writes: "If it is not yet a general offensive prepara- tory to a general assault, it is a com- bined progressive pressure prevent- ing the enemy from shuffling his forces among the various fronts and thus depriving the enemy of the ben- efit of bis central situation-" The Matin says that the cannons captured by the French and British in the last few days include French guns from Maubeuge and Russian guns captured on the eastern front in 1915. THREE COMMANDERS TAKEN - Russians Capture Line of Fortified Positions Near Erzerum. LONDON, July 11.—The official statement issued by the Russian War Office regarding the operations on the Caucasus front !reports con- tinued success. In the region south of the town of Platana the Turks made violent at- tacks on the night of July 6-7, but were repulsed by Russian fire. West of the Erzerum line an entire line of fortified positions were cap- tured by the Russian troops, and 67 officers and 799 men were made pris- oners. Of the officers two were regi- mental commanders and one a bat- tery : commander. Seven machine guns and one cannon were also taken. Sunday's Petrograd Woe Office re- port says: "On Saturday in combats west of the Erzerum litre one of our columns took prisoner 64 officers and 1,050 soldiers, and captured a great quan- tityr of arms, tflmintinition; and engin- eedog material.'" .sees —..-- .-•W CHANGED IRON TO COPPER. Crrlaus Transformation Wrought by Nature's Alchemy. Not so very loug ago a .curious find *pas made lin one of the copper nines at El Cobra, Cuba. These mines, once among the richest in the world, wereaubandoned for a long time on ac- count of the insurrections in Cuba against the Spanish rule. In 1868 the coal supply was eat oft' by the insur- gents, and consequently pumping be. came impossible, and tbe mines be- came tilled with water. After the Spanish war an American company bouglst tbe mines and pro- ceeded to pump out tbe wateh In one of the sbafts thus made accessible was found what once represented an iron pickax as well as some crowbars, The metal in these implements had, it is said, turned to copper. Extraordi- nary as this may appear, it can be scientifically explained. The water, filtering through the rock and the copper ore reins dissolved some of the copper, the solution con- taining sulphate of copper. As soon as the sulphuric acid in this solution touebed tbe iron it at once dissolved that metal and deposited copper in its place, for sulphuric• acid bas a greater affinity for iron than for copper. In the process certain impurities which bad existed in the Iron were left be- :hind+undisturbed, The wooden handle of the aye was in good contrition. The metal was porous and irregular in shape.• but 'to'the .getsot'tal outline pre- served the form of the ax, somewhat enlarged in size. K e; Not Conclusive. While seeing is be. lieving, You'll run against a snare If you apply that maxim to .A woman's head of hair. Chcap Acquaintance. "I met a pretender when I was In Europe." "Iiow did yon like him!" "He seemed to be a fine fellow." "Did he perform for you?" "Of course not." "Then yon missed part of the sights. Tou should have given him a quarter and asked him to pretend for a half hoar." Fully Covered. As he crawled out of the wreck of his auto a solicitous friend asked, "Are you covered?" "Yes," he said sadly, "with mud, blood, chagrin and insurance. 's that enough?" PERT PARAGRAPHS. Occasionally we meet a man whose estimate of hilnself is so high that be ought to be trade to pay taxes on it, It is hard to believe that anybody would do wrong and not lie about it afterward. Having to pay fo- r It afterward is what makes saints of sinners—not. How any woman can bear to have such a careless husband is what the other woman can't understand. A cheerful Ilar is often an enduring joy to the erring and downcast. The world solves its own problems, but very rarely to the satisfaction of those inhabitants of the world who constitute the problem. Being able to take care of yourself should be a guarantee that you are able to take care of some one else. Some men are unique in that they make a specialty of believing their own lies. We would not so m- uch mind not be- ing able to tell what some people will do if we could only be sure what they won't. Happy Medium. Are the moments wasted In a hammock swinging, Listening to the birdies Practicing their singing, Or on the veranda Ia a rocker sitting, Watching summer shadows O'er the landscape flitting? Are we truly sinful, Useful labors slighting, If we pack our tackle When the fish are biting, If we go a-Maying, Natu"re's features rubbing. When the neighbors tell us We were better grubbing? Every blessed minute • Working like a beaver • ' Hands our nervous system Down to the receiver. It may bring us treasure, Lengthen out our purses, But it gets us ready For a crew of nurses. There's an average proper. One extreme is folly. Too much of the other Brings us melancholy. With judicious mixing Nd returns are bitter Half and half is better, Neither slave nor quitter. LAYING A SPECTER, A Filmy Blue Light and Some Darin, Japanese Police. In the village or Kase, near Kansa', ', at the end oY the Itokosan range, says the Kobe Yushin, rumors' were set, afloat not long ago that in the small hours of the morning a phantomcould be seen at the Miyama pass, where. some time ago a murder was commit- ted by robbers. The ghost, whenever be caught sight of a lonely traveler, would attempt to stop bin, as if he had something Important to say. Peo- ple reported having seen a filmy blue light hovering in their path, In the whole 'village no one dared thereafter to walk that way after dark. The rumor was laughed at by the skeptical police, but late one night a number of officers were instructed to patrol the haunted pass in the hope of bringing relief to the tortured minda of the timid by proving that tbere wa4 no ghost or, should he be met, putting him under arrest. Every half hour aft- er midnight a different policeman was. to traverse the pass. Up to half past 2 nothing happened. Then one of theme saw the blue light in front of him. Re blew his whistle and ran—back to the police station. The others also ran—itt the same direction. When morning came the whole count tryside joined the police in making, search for the ghost. What they found near the scene of the blue light was a human skeleton in a long disused lime kiln. The local scientist declared that the light was a phosphorescence from the poor neglected bones, which werail thereupon interred with full Buddhist ceremony at Kase, and the people as far as Kanzaki breathe easier. Chines* Typewriters. A Chinese typewriter is a wonderful contrivance. It has 4,200 characters. It has only three keys. It can make 50,000 letters or characters by combi- nations omb!nations of the basic 4,200. To write a letter you turn a cylinder upon Whicli are the 4,200 characters until the right one comes opposite the keyboard of the guide on another cylinder. After striking the printing key, just as on an American machine, you begin a still hunt for the next character which you are to print, and so on while reason lasts.—Christian Herald. Pleasing Superiority. "Why are there so many old jokes on the stage?" "Ob. they go good. That Is dne to the feeling of superiority produced by the fact that you know the answer, while the actor gink who is being told the joke apparently dues not." Strategy. IIu1s-1 told Bobrsum dint we might drop in on them tonight. Wife—Oh, fudge! You know 1 don't want to visit those people, and I can't see e -by you do. Hub—I don't. 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