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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1916-10-29, Page 34 NEWS FROM ENGLAND NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN BULL AND HIS PEOPLE. Occurrences In the Land That r Reigns Supreme in the Com- mercial World. Over 250,000 past and.resent mem- bers of the Boys' Brigade mem- bers have volun- teered for the army. " Carpenters in Tonbridge Wells and district have come out on strike for another cent an hour. 4" Wounded soldiers are to be admit- ted free to ICew Gardens on presenta- c__ =iron of a pass from their hospital. The managers of Kelso Cottage Hospital were fined $50 for failing to obscure a roof light in the hospital. Birmingham City Council has ap- proved of the scheme for the estab- lishment of a municipal savings bank. Kennington Sunday school girls are doing the mending and sewing for the wounded at a neighboring hos- pital, Bradford Corporation Committee have effected a saving during the three months ending June 30, of over $75,000 Owing to the failure of the gas supply at Billingborough, Lincs,; the inhabitants had to resort to lighting by candles. Queen Alexandra has contributed $1,000 towards the Imperial Associa- tion for Assisting Disabled Naval and Military Officers. -Private R. Tavener and Claud Tuck were killed on the Winchester Rifle Range by the accidental discharge of a rifle. Portsmouth Town Council have se- lected Sir John Corke as next year's mayor, this being his fifth consecu- tive year of office. No fewer than 52 sacks of clothing have been sent by the Middlesex Regi- ments Comforts Committee 'to Mid- dlesex men at the front. In memory of Jack Cornwell, the boy hero of the Jutland. battle, a special medal will be given for plucky action by Boy Scouts. Hitchin Guardians have invested $5,000 in exchequer bonds, being- pro- fit from billeting troops and the mili- tary use of the workhouse. Major Eric Holt Wilson, Aliens' Re- gistration Officer, was fined $10 at Shoreham for failing to notify the presence of an alien governess in his own household. The aeroplane in which the late Lieut. Warneford brought down a Zeppelin in Belgium is to be exhibited at the Liverpool Red Cross Active Service Exhibition. The directors of the Standard Bank of South Africa have given $5,000 towards the cost of the proposed ex- tension of the South African Military , Hospital at Richmond. Buckland Red Cross Workers have sent 110 "treasure bags" and 44 cushions to the Admiralty Pier, Dover, for the use of wounded sol- diers as they are landed. The subscriptions received by the Lord Mayor of London for the Lord Kitchener National Memorial Fund for disabled officers and men have now reached over $1,407,500. Owing to the immense influx of munition workers, Sheffield Corpora- tion tramways last month carried two and a half million more passengers than the corresponding month last year. A resolution calling upon the Gov- ernment to require that the enemy, should replace, after the war, allies' ships lost by piratical methods has been adopted by the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. Owing to the present activity in London and provincial ports the Na- tional Transport Workers' Federation have asked the military authorities to cease further recruiting from the dock transport industry. HELD UP WAR OFFICE. Contractor Made Huge Profit Because of Urgent Need. The story is told in London of a large contractor, who, when the war began, offered to build huts for no payment beyond the cost price, but subsequently, when he was in posses- sion of the work, and the orders given him were consequently increas- ed, he represented to the War Office that he ought to be paid a commission, naming 5 per cent., with 1% per cent. to cover standing charges. The awk- wardness of the position was pointed out to him, and that it involved other contractors who had followed his first patriotic example, and were perform- ing the work on payment of out-of- pocket expenses only. It was suggested to him that, un- der the circumstances, he could, with greater propriety, work for some de- finite fee, the reasonableness of which was not disputed; but he persisted in his demand, with the result that, un- der nder the necessity in which the mili- tary authorities found themselves of avoiding the delay which would other- wise have been caused, it was decided after considerable controversy to pay him the commission stipulated, on all work additional to that originally un- dertaken free of charge. The total expenditure for which this contractor beeome responsible is stated to have been $16,000,000. It is only the natural point of the rjiamond which will cut glass; that obtained by polishing will not. V "Faulty Nutrition and; Elimination"—these are the cause of the most of the ailments that afflict human beings. Too much indiges- tible food and lack of power to throw off the poisons that come from indigestion —these lead to a long line of distressing disorders. Avoid them by eating Shredded Wheat Biscuit— a simplex elemental food that contains all the body-build- ing material in the whole wheat grain, including the bran coat which keeps the intestinal tract healthy and clean. Delicious for any meal in combination with sliced peaches or other fruits. Made in Canada GERMANS ARE DAZED BY FIRE. British Lieutenant Writes That They Surrender Willingly. A second lieutenant has written as follows from the Somme front to his relatives in England: "Since writing we have taken a further active part in the 'great push,' with considerably more success than we had on July 1. We went over at night time, 11 p.m., and managed to take the Boche by surprise, and with- out much difficulty or many casualties we got three lines of trenches and about ninety prisoners. "On the whole it was great fun, and "DUCK, BIRDIE," SAID SENTRY, Australian Troops Shock the English Officers. The Australian troops in Flanders have a reputation for eccentric mili- t try deportment. English comedy probably exaggerates the. belltivior of •th scolonials,a •e i t e e t nae the ff c a 1 but Yr Australians are distinctive or there would be no basis for the comment, Their personal independence is 'not- ed, even where Canadians have pre- pared English militarists to look for an individualism not strictly in keep- ing with military theories. It is said of the Australians that they obey significant orders as well as any martinet could, wish, but that their disregard for the aristocracy of war is complete. It is related that an English colonel complained to Gen. Birdwood, of the Australian con- tingent, that a sentry had failed to salute him. The general said it was not uncommon for the men to fail to salute him. He said he had approached a sen- try one day and had been amused to note that. the soldier merely stared at him curiously and made no move- ment to acknowledge his presence. A shell came along, and the sentry called out, "Duck, Birdie!" The out- raged colonel asked what the general had done. "I ducked," said Bird- wood. ST. VITUS DANCE CAN BE EASILY CURED A Tonic for the Blood and Nerves With Rest All That is Needed. the raiding of the dugouts was most Many a child has been called awk- profitable to all of us. All the men ward, has been punished in school got helmets (a Tommy's greatest am- for not keeping still or for dropping bition) and I managed to come to things, when the trouble was really grips with a German lieutenant. St. Vitus dance. This trouble may "Before going over I managed to appear at any. age but is most often teach all my platoon to say, 'Hande met between the ages of six and hochl' and it worked admirably, as fourteen. The most frequent cause the Hun was'so dazed by a five min- of the disease is poor blood, aggra- ute bombardment of 75s and field vated by indoor confinement, or men- gunsbe taken prisoner. that it was a relief for him to tal strain at school. Under these "Needless to say, we had casualties, and those, coupled with the ones of July 1, have rendered us temporarily 'down and out,' so to speak, so we were relieved and we are having a quiet time here. We did quite well with decorations. Five of my plat- oon got distinguished conduct med- als and I managed to get a military cross. "Things seem to be moving in the direction of finis now. I should im- agine that Rumania joining in would have a great deal to do with it. When we had the news from the brigade we immediately had a board painted up in German, telling them of the news, which they probably already knew. However, it annoyed them, and they proceeded to sling all the muck in the s r ai s wl nee She cloud, a rapid electrical separation, so bad that -at times she would lose district at it, from bombs to eight control of her limbs and her face and as in the foregoing experiment, goes inch howitzers, but still the board the first of which i•s o ti SOLDIERS sol RELIEF FROM SORENESS Boys on the Border Relieved Their ins andAches h xr i?a .� kte With Sloan's Liniment. Once upon a time Norman Jones, serving in the National Guard at.P l Paso, returned to camp after a siren- nous 16 -mule hike foot -sore and leg - weary. He had net been long la act- ive service and his shoulders, back and limbs reit the after-effects of mer'itin'g. Remembering S loan' s Liniment, Jones applied it to the sore spots and went tc bed, lie writes : "I arose the next morning feeling fine ; in fact t had entirely forgotten about the h2Ke Hind went out fora four-hour drill in the sun ae epry as ever," Private Jones passed the experience along, and many. a boy on the border relieved the agony of sprains, strains, bruises, insect bites, cramped muscles, rheumatic twinges, etc., by the use of Sioan's Liniment. Lrasily applied without rubbing, At all druggists; 250., 500. and $1.00, SCIENTIFIC CAUSE OF THUNDER- STORMS. By Chas M. Bice, Denver, Colo. Ever since the mythology of Greece, which attributed flashes of lightning to the' vengeful bolts of angry Jove, countless explanations of the phenomena of thunderstorms have appeared, but more or less wide the mark. Science has put forward various tentative hypotheses to account for the thunderstorm, such as freezing and thawing weather in the upper at- mosphere, air friction and many other theories which experiment has demonstrated to be worthless. It has been reserved for Dr. G. C. Simpson to finally hit upon a very conditions the blood fails to carry simple experiment that solves the nourishment to the nerves and the mystery. child begins to show listlessness and By allowing drops of distilled wa- inattention. Then it becomes rest- ter to fall through a vertical blast of l less and twitching of the muscles and hot air of sufficient strength to pro - jerking of the limbs and body follow. duce spray, he obtained these very A remedy that cures St. Vitus dance significant results, viz.: that the and cures it so thoroughly that no breaking up of these drops of water trace of the disease remains is Dr. was accompanied by the production of Williams Pink Pills which renew both negative and positive electric the blood thus feeding and strength- ions. A thunderstorm, as is well known the only way to cure the trouble and is always characterized by strong up - ening the starved nerves. This is , Parents should lose no time in giv- ward currents of heated air, which ing this treatment if their child by experiment has been shown to am- Dyspeptics Should seems nervous or irritable. Mrs. Wm. ply account for the breaking.up of A. Squires, Cannington, Ont., says: all rain drops which would otherwise "My only daughter, now fourteen fall through the currents. Hence at years of age was troubled for several the summit of the uprising air cur- years St. Vitus'da was rent of the storm, within the thunder - I TRAPPER' and reartvo hlghaat cash rtoaa Wo avud money the eons da r ra are res Ired. y tI, 0 r no rva,n,l 'stoma—am pa A it 4r u d e -an b • errpa1d 'u rt Q tl yet e 1 A6 a. ala �dwhora to theft rarer. of trappers iri paatndA who wend there }urrtovbewaro the)•knpr�they ageteh Z' r0 tpna/A1t p� rrarira cit }�1eAq ter their tura. lyuvillbiro. Wo ,rter„/46a irofa trnyyara Ra gaff, than Any , ¢w frac #n Cane 1a. FREEgAlin at 'Jpppa� ca itsistn by oo op o eatfiod" g�nilnm'„ `,rp�p uotatioua I3flta,e'a dr Btrr6 ltoc,J 8t psgeal Boot fres u ren 66,1'4)11°3w; ar JOH )�H A��►g i ter! .....Illi ixt 202 Hallam Building, Toronto, all sides, and the warm air rising, cooling by expansion and thus build- ing up the tyrical thunder cloud, all moving forward -under the control of the prevailing eyclonic wind. Then, as a result of strong connec- tion, rain forms at a considerable al- titude where the air is cool, so cold at times that hail instead of rain is often formed. Excessive condensation anywhere in a thunder cloud produces an excess of electrification and electrical discharge and a "rain gush" follows, but as sound travels faster than rain falls we hear the thunder before the "rain gush" reaches us." Chief of French Staff. General Duport has been made Chief of the General Staff of the French army. The general is a pian of energy and has exceptional ability, and his appointment has met with the approv- al of all the ranks of the French army. stood firm. However, their snipers got at it and before long it was per- forated with bullet holes. Some of the snipers who hadn't loopholes were a little too eager to get a pot at it and showed themselves a bit too much, with the result that our snip- ers had some fun." ' In the Future. The Student—This is an odd monu- ment—this small pillar with a ring in it. I wonder what it was designed to commemorate. The Archaeologist—That was not a monument. That was a hitching post in use during the horse age. It is quite safe to turn the hands of a non -striking watch or clock back- wards. Sunny Dispositions and good digestion go hand in hand, and one of the biggest aids to good digestion is a re- gular dish of Grape=Nuts This wonderfully delicious wheat and barley food is so processed, that it yields its nourishing goodness to the system in about one hour— a record for ease of diges- tion. Take it all round, Grape - Nuts contributes beautiful- ly to sturdiness of body and a radiant, happy person- ality. Every table should have its daily ration of Grape -Nuts. where's a Reason" Canadian Postum Cereal Co., Ltd„ Windsor, Ont, eyes would be contorted. We had on, positively medical advice and medicine, but • it charged ram drops, and free negative did not help her. In fact we thought ions. The charges of the positive the trouble growing worse, and final- ions are also continually increased by ly we had to take her from school, the successive division and coales- About a year ago we began giving her cense of the added rain drops. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and by the The positively charged drops fall to causetoftm stomach, winch of the and ✓lestion ying time she had taken five boxes she was the earth whenever the upward air dyspepsia. They Wray give temporary completely cured, and is now a fine, current becomes weak enough to per- a t,be taken, anfl ilii themme t2 a ifcid tles healthy girl. I firmly believe we mit their passage through it. The ,.emains in the stomach as dangerous as owe this to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills negative ions are carried up into the ever. higher part of the cloud,where theyPhysicians know this and that is why and are very grateful for her restora- tion to perfect health." You can get these pills from any Avoid Drugs And Medicines Try a Little Magnesia Instead. Some people instinctively shut their eyes to danger, and it may be that in- stinct, or custom or habit causes dys- peptics to take drugs, patent foods and medicines, artificial digestants, etc. But closing the eyes does not banish the danger, and it is certain that neither drugs nor medicines possess the power to destroy the harmful excessive acid in unite with the cloud particles, and digestive and stomach trouble is "Just facilitate their coalescence into nega- get about an ounce of pure bisurated g magnesia from your druggist and take dealer in medicine or by mail at 50 tively charged drops. a lately afterul everyaineatle water will�in- cents a box or six boxes for $2.60 These ultimately fall in the gent- stantly neutralize all the harmful acid from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. ler rain of the storm. Thus the same in the stomach and stop all food fermen- ' process that produces the giant coma-mtatlon, thus hoenabling you to enjoy hearty Brockville, Ont. •� lus cloud of the thunder storm, with painlsors unpleasantness afterwah d. least TENDING BRITISH GRAVES. its violent uprising current of moist ❖ air, also gives the separation of elec- True Candor. King George Thanks French People tricity required to produce lightning "Am I good enough for you ?" sigh- for Work Done. and thunder. ed the fond lover. KingGeorge took of A thunder storm may begin at any "No," said the girl candidly, "you're recent G to France advantageo tsomeofhiss place where a layer of warm air un- not, but you are too good 'foe any Pderlies a colder one, for the lighter other girl. those sacred spots which are the last warm air is sure to force its way resting places of fallen British sol- through the heavier cold layers and diers. If anything were lacking to this rising produces the thunder cement the sympathies of the French storm in the manner described. and English it would be supplied by Experience teaches that on land, at the care 'with which the Freneh peo- least, thunder storms occur most fre- ple are tending the graves of the Brit- quently in the early afternoon, be- ish. Long before the French Govern- cause the air is warmest at that time, ment decided to constitute the British and generally in summer time. At burial grounds British territory for sea they are said to be most frequents all time, the people of France took it at night, and in. winter time, because upon themselves to tend these graves. I of well-known thermal conditions King George, during his recent that prevail next to the water and in visit to France, himself saw how this . the air above. i had been done and specially thanked The ultimate controlling, factor is some of the Maires and cures who had helped. Many burials took place out of consecrated ground, and al -1 though the work of transferring bur- i ied bodies from casual graves to re- cognized cemeteries, wherever pos- sible, is proceeding, there remain! many graves yet untouched. The, British Red Cross Society has caused all these graves to be marked with a permanent cross, and the French peo-1 ple keep them freshly supplied with i flowers. King George had a quick eye for; these wayside burial places and every time he saw one he never failed to raise his hand to salute. Once, standing bareheaded at a nameless ' grave, he quoted Rupert Brooke's 1 matchless lines;. There's some corner of a foreign field ' That is forever England. Not Mislaid. Doctor --Well, and how did you find yourself this morning. Patient—.0h, I just opened my eyes and there I was. Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper Evening Dress. "The evening wore on," .continued the man who was telling the story. "Excuse me," interrupted the would- be wilt; "but can you tell us what the evening wore on that occasion?" "I don't know that it is important," replied the story -teller. "But if you . must know, I believe it was the close of a summer day." Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper temperature, which seems to vary in ; • Hance withthe sun -s of erio.d World's Record Wheat Crop. conso p p , but with modifications due to an oc- casional excess of volcanic dust in the air. It follows that the thunderstorm is not the beautiful simple vortex with horizontal axis pictured in books. In- stead, we have the air floating in from In view of various claims of world's record wheat crops for large areas, the Crowfoot Farming Company of Crowfoot, Alberta, submit a sworn statement of their results for the lyear 1915 which probably surpass all properly authenticated claims from other sources. From 1356 acres the Crowfoot Farming Company received an average yield of 51 bushels, 56 1-3 pounds per acre of number one spring wheat, by actual selling weight; 400 acres of wheat averaged 59% bushels per acre. These records were estab- lished in the Canadian Pacific Irsiga- tion Block in Southern Alberta. I• The Brute. Mrs. Willis—Wake up, John! Wake up! Mr. Willis—What's the matter? Mrs, Willis --X hear a harsh, grating noise. I think someone is trying the door. Mr, SVillis—Nonsense. It's some rat, trying that cake you made to -day. GERMAN SMOKERS THRIFT*. Tobacco Trade Journal Predicts Ruin of Industry, Total ruin of the German tobacco industry is predicted by the Tabak Zeitung, the organ of the combined tobacco manufacturers and dealers in Germany. It points out that the sale of cigars and cigarettes, which had been diminishing steadily since the end of 1914, sank to a minimum dur- ing August, 1915. The trade organ complains that men who formerly d r • t' smo ke cigars costing at least,3 cents apiece have now descended to "weeds," sold at 1 cent, while the smokers of the cheaper brands of cigars and cigarettes have in many cases taken to the pipe and the commonest kind of tobacco. The journal concludes by saying that "the position is disastrous and the outlook hopeless because the fin ancial condition of Germany excludes the possibility of any marked im- provement after the war." THE FALL WEATHER HARD ON LITTLE ONES Canadian fall weather is extreme- ly hard on little ones. One day it is warm and bright and the next wet and cold, These sudden changes bring on colds, cramps and colic, and unless baby's little stomach is kept right the result may be serious. There is nothing to equal Baby's Own Tablets in keeping the little ones well, They sweeten the stomach, regulate the bowels, break up colds and make baby thrive. The Tablets are sold by medi- cine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Honesty of French. A British colonel who is not un- known in the political world has every reason to think the French are honest. While in Marseilles the other day he dropped a wallet containing $5,000, and did not discover his loss for some time. When he did he rush- ed off at once to the chief police sta- tion, and to his great relief, found that a French artilleryman had pick- ed it up and brought it at once to the station. Granulated li:ye@fids, reEyes inflamed by expo- sure to Sun, Dust and MO �,� quickly relieved by fibrin' alyeRemedy.NoSlnarting, just Eye Comfort. At Your Druggist's 50e per Bottle. %rise Eye SelveinTubes25c. Fori3ookoltheEyeFrceask Druggists or Merino Eye Remedyco„Chicago Dog Meat Eaten. Among the Chinese a particular species of dog is said to be reared for the table. It is a small dog of a grey- hound shape, with a muzzle much more elongated than in terriers. The flesh of black dogs is preferred to that of animals of any other color on account of the greater amount of nu- triment the black dogs are supposed to possess. Minard's Liniment Cures Crarget in Cows New Way to Kill Rats. A new way to kill the rats which infest the trenches is reported by al South African officer writing from France. He says: "We found one of our men putting a bit of cheese on his bayonet and firing a rifle every time a rat started to eat it.” "Made in Canadar > DOMINION RAINCOATS Best for quality, style and value, Guaranteed for all, ell mates. Ask Your Dealer rs What He Gave Up. Patience --lie asked her to marry hire a dozen times. Patrice -And what did she say? "That he must give up cigars or her." "Well, what did he do?" "Gave up asking her." Minard's Liniment Cures C•arget in Cows A clear,. bright eye in any fish is a mark of its being good and flesh. 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This greasy imitation is the poorest one we have yet seen of the many that every Tom, Dick and Harry has: tried to introduce. Ask for MINARD'S and you will get it. Jam in War, Why Not in Peace? When we think or read of the vast expenses of the present war our minds naturally turn to munitions, aeroplanes, submarines, equipments and items of a similar warlike nature, but the English army account for the last financial year opens another vista. Durin'; the twelve months we are told $10,000,000 was spent on jams Does not this suggest a possi- bility that this item might advantage- ously appear on our domestic menu with greater frequency? REMEMBER ! The ointment you put on your child's skin gets into the system just as surely as food the child eats. Don't let impure fats and mineral coloring matter (such as many of the cheap ointments contain) get into your child's blood! Zam- Buk is purely herbal. No pois- onous coloring. Use it always. 50c. Box at All Druggists and Stores. For All Departments Steady Employment Good Wages APPLY Illde1lelidellt Mu Go., Ltd, MERR1TTO10l, ONT. �loyment Wheclocic Engine, 150 H.P,, 18 x 42, with double main driving belt 24 ins. wide, and Iynafo 30 K. W. belt driven. All infirst class condition, Would be !sold together or sap (rate- ly ; also a lot of shafting at a very great bargain as room is required immedi- ately. mmedi-ately. Frank Wilson & Sons. 73 Adelaide Street West, To i l r.V. o ED. 7. ISSUE 44-'16- 7