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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1919-7-3, Page 3TIDE GARDEN OF EDEN. TO -DAY sh"SIE FIRST IRRIGATED AREA iN THE WORLD. laritiete Government is Establishing a Wonderful irrigation Plant Shriller to the Egyptian Enterprise. "And the Lord God planted a garden to the ea,stward of Eden, And a river went out of Eden to water the garden ° and it was parted into four heads."— Genesis. Sir William Willcocks, who, in be- half of the British Government, had had charge'of the wonderful irrigation works in Egypt, was assigned not long ago in the duty of planning a similar large-scale enterprise for the restora tion of ancient Babylonia to its for- mer agricultural productiveness. Thus it happened that he located, to the reasonable satisfaction of arch- eologists, the veritable site of the Gar- den of Eden, For reasons wholly practical, he thought that t4e best way to begin. Starting from the spot where Jewish tradition placed the Gates of Paradise —the word paradise moaning "gar- den"—he followed the traces of the four streams mentioned in Genesis, which as herein named, were the Pison, the Bitten; the Hiddekel and the Euphrates. The Euphrates (known by that name to -day) flowed through the great city of Babylon. The Gilson is now called. the Hindle. The Hiddekel is the mod- ern Sakhlawia, which flows into the Tigris at Bagdad. The Pison has gone dry, but is represented by many -arm- ed channels "`encompassing the whole land of Ilavilah (see. Genesis), which lay between Egypt and Assyria. Restoi-es Former Paradise. The Euphrates eaters its delta a few miles below Hit, there leaving AEI - desert and debouching into a vast al- luvial plain. In this, departure it has a considerable: fall, with a number of cataracts, and along a narrow valley giant water -wheels lift water to irri- • gate the laud on Isola sides of the Stream. :o The entrance to this valley (accord- ing to Jewish tradition) was the gate of the Paradise in which Adam and Eve dwelt, and from which they were expelled for disobeying a divine Com- mand. There the traveler first meets the date palm, which is a "tree of life" (see Genesis) to the whole Arab world. Along the valley garden r-lcceecfs garden. It is to -day a verital..e para- dise, orchards and date groves check- ered with fields of cotton. The cli- mate is everlasting summer, so that three or four crops a year may be grown. Anciently the cataracts were much higher, and water -wheels were un- necessary, the water being led off by ditches. The Garden of Eden, indeed, gains interest from the fact that it seems' to have been the first irrigated area in the world. +'r BRiTISH AND U.S. WAY. Eating- Habits of Races Compared by a Boston Newspaper. One of the most famous of London eating -places is the "Cheshire Cheese." It is as quaint as its name. There, as in the day when London was d town, the guests sit down. together at long tables, says the Boston Globe. The meal •ie a,ceremony; the food is served with ritualistic attention 'to• detail, and it is eaten devoutly.. The men who lunch there appreciate the flavor of good food, and of a fine • old tradition. , Yet however seriously they may take the roast and the puelding, they are serious in nothing else. • Office, courtroom and clinic are forgotten. During the midday hour the old Eli- zabethan,humor and wisdom echo from the ceiling beams of that oak - paneled room. The most famous of Boston eating places is the quick lunch. Any noon- time you will see newspapermen, bankers, professors and lawyers seat- ed' on little stools at, long counters or in one-armed chairs. They do not look as though they *ere particularly enjoying themselves. Each, detached and lonely, gobbles his food .in silent haste. Oneis preoccupied with his troubles, another is visibly uncomfortable on his backless stool; and yet another els splashing his soup in a frenzy of im- patience to get back to the office, where he earns the food which he is now eating with so little appreciation. The food is often of famous excel- lence, quite as good, in the way, as the food at the "Cheshire Cheese." But we Yankees who eat it come not so much to eat as to get through- eat- ing. We are so busy earning food and leisure that we can spare no time for • enjoying them' We scarcely know what it is to live in the present Ino-. ment. We are always getting -ready for the next. ` "What was the result of the flood?!' asked the Sunday school teacher, "Mud," replied the bright youngster. Old pieces of velveteen make spiendi1 polishing cloths—for furni- ture,,11 er or plated articles. es, Chinese keep eggs fresh for ship- ping long distances by coating them with a paste made of sea salt, vege- .4.41.a ashes and watee „.a I ,.,k4w. •• The Weeldly Fashions 8656—Isn't this just one of the simplest and most effectivechild's models you have seen? , And the fullness ,may be smocked instead of tacked, by using McCall Transfer Pattern 690, blue or yellow, price 10. cents. The dress is cut from McCall Pattern 8656-5 sizes -6. months to 6 years, price 15 cents. The bit of embroidery is taken from McCall Transfer Pattern 884, blue \or yellow, price 15 cents. –8649—This house dress may be de- veloped from plain and figured 'per- cale; the pockets are rOomy enough for one's bunch of keys. Medium size requires 4% yards of 36 -inch material and 1 yard of contrasting material. McCall Pattern 8649-8 sizes -34 to 44 inch bust measure, price 25c. These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall dealer, or from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St., Toronto, Dept. W. Compliment to •:Canadians. A --Belgian -Salvation' army worker whose letter appeared in' the New York Herald Magazine for May 4th, .in describing the withdi~awal of the German army from Belgium, refers to the Canadians as well-equipped, well mounted . soldiers, who were kind, quiet and ;gentlemanly men." e• A Motto. Over thechoir loft of an old church in Nova Scotia hangs a yellowed mot- to which reads: "See that what thou singest with thy .lips, thou dost believe in thine heart, and that what thou believest in thine heart thou dost show forth in thy works"—Tenth Decree of the Fourth Council of Carthage, A.D. 398. The Higher Learning. The schoolmaster was calling on an indignant mother. "For my part," babbled the good woman, "I.can't deceive what on earth eddification is comm' to! When I was young,. -if a gal only understood the elimens of distraction, provision, re- plenishing, an' the common dominator, an' knew all about the rivers an' their obituaries, the currents, an' the dormi- tories, the provinces an' umpires, they had eddication enough!" ROSY CHEEKS AND GOOD HEALTH Come Through Keping the Blood in a Rich, Red. and 'ure Condition.' When a girl—or a woman -finds heT color fading, 'when her cheeks and lips grow pale, and 'elle gets short of breath easily and tier heart palpitates after the slightest exertion, or under the least excitement, it means that she is suffering from anaemia—thin, watery blood: Headache and'ba4k- aohe frequently accorispani' this condi- tion, and nervousness is ofteapresent. The remedy for this condition is to build up theblood, and for this ,pur- pose there is no medicine that can equal Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. They build up and renew the blood, bring brightness • to the eyes, color to the cheeks, and a general' feeling- of re- newed health and energy. The only other treatment needed- • is plenty of sunlight, moderate exercise and good, plain food. The girl or woman who gives, this treatment a fair trial will soon find herself enjoying perfect health, Mrs. Hiram Shook, R.R. No. 1, Lyndhurst, says:—"I cannot speak too highly of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, for I believed they saved my daugh- ter's life. She was in a terribly run down, condition, pale, wan, and des- pondent, and people who saw her con- sidered her in a decline. The doctor who 'treated her did not help her any, and then I decided to give her Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. This decision proved a wise one, for before six boxes were used she was much better. I got six more boxes, and before they were gone she was in the best of health. When she began the use of the pills she weighed only 90 pounds, and under. their use her weight increased to 127 pounds. I strongly urge all mother. of weak girls to give them Dr. Wil- liam's Pink Pills. You can get Dr. Williams' Pink Pills from any dealer in medicine, or by mail post paid at 50c. a box or six boxes for $2.50 from. The Dr. Wil- liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. FINE OLD PLATE iN BRITAIN. Antiquaries Dig Up 'Fourth Century Collection at Whittinghame. A search which Society of Antiquar- ies of Scotland have been conducting for some time on Traprain Ale, an iso- lated hill, which forms a part llf Arthur J. Balfour's Whittinghame es- tate, resulted in one of the most re- markable •archaeological discoveries ever made in Britain. The excavators came upon a pit two feet deep and two feet wide filled to the brim with fragments of metal ves- sels. An examination has shown that these relics, although in a broken con- dition, form a rich collection of fourth century silverplate. Two tiny coins give'f°the date. One was struck by Valens, who was Emperor of the East from 864 to 373, and the other by one of his successors, probably Gratian or Hoon onus. The vessels found have decorations of striking beauty. On the .surface of one embossed cup is a representation of the Fall of Man, and figures of Adam and Eve being shown standing by.a fruit -laden tree with a huge ser pent twined around the trunk. The same cup bears a representation of the Magi, and on andther is depicted the miraculous draught of fishes. More than one example of the Chi Rhosnonogram are among the inscrip- tions. The Indian Calendar. 'Among the Indians time is calcu- lated by moons instead of months. January is called "the hard moon"; February, "the raccoon moon"; March, "the sore eye moon"; April, "the moon in which geese lay eggs"; May, ".the planting moon"; June, "the moon when strawberries are red"; July, "the moon when choke cherries are ripe"; ' August, "the harvest ,moon"; September, "the moon when rice is laid up to dry"; October, "the rice -drying moon"; November, "the deer -killing moon"; and December, "the deer moon." A delicate graham bread is very nice for invalids. Equal parts of ammonia and spir- its of turpentine will remove stale paint on a fabric. ' One man can grow a large Reek of sheep, and grow enough food for winter them in good condition. s diii an DrinaI as many cupfuls of POSTUM ►s theY like., c There's no harm in '�o'sLum- 'no'rr-u s to hurt 'them ' one . ,. no,.,:: '' e -re ' 't> Z, ,he ,as' /Vr'ea.s t } ' "What About the Horses?" We -bad sought the sweet seclusion of an old estaininet And the wine -cup circulated in the old familiar way. We had feta our hearts on memories, and talked as soldiers will Of the comrades "pushing daisies" on a barren, shell -marked hill. , ut one Western boy was silent-' never lifted up his head Till resentment seemed to stir him, and he raised his eyes and said;, "But what about the hosses In the roll -call of the dead? Are they mentioned in the losses -- Has a single word been said? Is there any simple token of their agony unspoken— Have they any wooden crosses In the valleys where they bled?" Oar thoughts flew back like lightning, and .dcross the brimming cup We saw the beasts of burden bringing ammunition up— The endless line of transport winding all across the hill, And the starving and the dying on the fields. of Aubreville--- The misery, the fortitude of those that had been gassed, And -eyes of silent sorrow, pleading pa- tience as they passed. Aye. "What about the horses?" On the blazoned scroll of Fame— The pulling,, hauling horses, And the broken, blind, and lame. Giving every ounce of power, to the gasping, dying hour— • Where's the martyr in the forces Played a better, braver game? RECORD OF FRENCH FAMILY. Thirteen Sons killed In War and Others- Suffered Injuries, Thirteen sons killed on the field of battle, three,,' discharged 'with grave injuries, one wounded four different times, the father and one daughter summarily shot by the Germans for going to Lille to celebrate the centen- nial anniversary of a relative, and an- other daughter killed by a German shell at Dunkirk, is the record of the family of M. Vanhee, a French farmer of Reminghe, near Ypres. M. Vanhee had thirty-six .childlren, twenty-two sons and fourteen daugh- ters, aughters, all. of whom were living when the war broke out. One of his sons was valet to Pope Pius X.; he re- turned. to France to fight and was wounded in each of four different en- gagements. One of the sons lost both legs, another returned from the front blind and deaf, and another underwent the trepanning operation. KEEP CHILDREN HEALTHY To keep children healthy the bowels must be kept regular and the stomach sweet. Nine -tenths of the ailments which afflict little ones are caused by derangements little the' bowels and stomach. No other medicine can equal Baby's Own Tablets in guarding either the baby or growing child from the ills that follow a disordered condition of the bowels or stomach. They are a mild but thorough laxative and never fail to give results. Concerning them Isles. W. B. Coolledge, Sarnia, Ont., says: "I have used Baby's Own Tab- lets for over 'three years and have found them'the best medicine I have ever used for my children. I never have any trouble giving them to my little ones and they have saved me many a doctor's bill. My advice to all mothers of little ones is to keep a box of the Tablets in the house." The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brock- ville, Ont, Joy ime Morning. O'er Flanders fields the sunset glow Smiles on the graves of those below Who fought their gallant fight. To save for children yet unborn Sweet liberty; and those who mourn Through 2ough m al a sleepless1ess night, Consoled should be with this sweet thought, That Victory, though dearly bought Against foul German might, God gave to us as recompense For calling our dear loved ones hence, And he knows what is right. So let us pray through dreary days, That God, in his mysterious ways, Will grant us second sight To look beyond the clouded sky And see our meeting, by and by, With those we mourn to -night. wineries: Liniment used by Pltysicianas. The Fatal Day. A merchant : in a certain town has about decided to go out of business since he wrote an "ad" for the local paper in which he expounded upon the vast crowds, of customers that visited his store.' The printer made the mistake, but as the merchant read his own proof, he has no alibi. Any - 13,4w, here is his statement as it appear- ed to the townspeople: "If you could have seen the crows that flocked to our store yesterday you would realize that the picking is good on our bargain counters." How on earth, can he ever expect to square himself with the ladies who visited his counters upon that fatal day? To clean gold chains soak in soap -suds in which a little prepared chalk has been added. Ohili' has some of the richest iron ore in the world and the Government is planning to increase its production with the aid of turopean experts. GiltLSI WHITEN YOUR SKIN WiTH LEMON 4U10E Make a beauty lotion for a few cents to remove tan, freckles, sallowness.. Your grocer has the lemons and any drug store or toilet counter will supply you with three ounces of orchard white for a few cents. Squeeze the juice of two fresh lemons into a bottle, then put in the orchard white and shake well. This makes a quarter pint of the very best lemon skin whitener and complexion beautifier known. Massage thisfragrant creamy lotion daily into the face, neck, arms and hands and just see how freckles, tan, sallowness, rednessand roughness disappear and how smooth, soft and clear the skin becomes. Yes! It is harmless, and the beautiful results will surprise you; --ti Sits About Bees. The price of honey hasmade many of us think more of bees. And, as hardly anything is more interesting than the "busy bee," here Is a little news about him—and her. In a hive there are three kinds of bees—drones, workers, and the queen bee. Drones, alas! are the male bees. They are stingless—thanks for that! —and unlike other bees, have no pol- len baskets—the fringe of stiff leg bristles on, which pollen is conveyed to the hive. The queen bee is the only fully -de- veloped female bee in the hive. Only she, with her series of productive or- gans, can perpetuate the bee race. Kill all the queens, and there will be no bees and no honey. The queen bee will lay from two to three thousandeggs daily in the sea- son. She is the motherof all the other inmates in the hive, and can lay eggs to produce either drones or workers—as the fancy takes her. The queen bee heads the bees when they issue to swarm. This takes place when the queen cell is capped; but should the weather be unsuitable the bees tear -down the queen cells, and wait. There's more in bees than their sting! I was cured of Bronchitis and Asth- ma by MINARD'S LINIMENT. ' MRS. A. LIVINGSTONE, Lot 5, P. E. I. I was cured of a severe attack of Rheumatism by MINARD'S LINI- MENT. Mahone Bay. JOHN MADER. I was cured of a severely sprained leg by MINARD'S LINIMENT.' JOSHUA A. WYNA.CHT. Bridgewater. Why Blacksmith Shops Are Dark. You may have wondered sometimes why the village smithy is such a dark building, its allowance of 'window light being fearfully small. The reason for this is not economy of glass, but for the special purpose of the smith's work. Too much light upon the pieces of white-hot iron or steel is not desirable for two reasons; one is that the "heat" cannot be seen properly in a strong light. The other is that in the course of "tempering" tools, such as picks, chisels, drills, etc., the smith has to judge by the colors, as the tool cools down from the white heat, exactly when to dip them in the water -bath, and these colors can only be seen ac- curately in a shaded place. Steel passes through a beautiful range of colors, from the most daz- zling, seething yellow to dark yellow, reddish brown. purple, and finally to dark blue, all these temperatures hav- ing their particular uses when a tool is "quenched." MONEY ORDERS, Send a Dominion Express Money Order. They are payable everywhere. Disappearing Lake. In Georgia, near Vladosta, 'there is a lake which disappears every three or four years and then comes back again, no m what hat the weather is like. The lake is three miles long and three-quarters of a mile wide, with an average depth of 12 feet of water. There are natural subter anean pas- sages beneath it, through which the water passes off. It takes two or three weeks to dis- appear, when a mammoth ifasin is left in its place, which furnishes a beautiful sandy beach. After a month or so the water begins to return, and then in a couple of weeks it is the same magnificent stretch of water as it was before. a •: o 0 0•• •000..• With the Fingers! • Says Corns Lift Out Without Any Pain Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns e'1' any kind of a corn can shortly be lifted right out with the fingers if you will apply directly upon the corn a few drops of freezone, says a Cincinnati authority. It is claimed that at small cost one can get a quarter of an ounce of free - zone at any drug store, which is sufh- cleat to rid one's feet of every corn. or callus without pain or soreness or the danger of infection. This new drug is an ether compound, and While etioky, dries the moment it; Is applied and does not inflame or even irritate the surrounding tissue. Thiti announcement will interest many Women here, for it is said that the present high -heel footwear is put- (lug ut(lug corns on practically every woman's feat. Excessive, Dorothy: "Auntie, I'm studying now about the least common multiple." . Aunt Miranda: "That's right, my child. Always go in for whatever is least common`;" The Lucky Strike. Dentist—You say this tooth has never been worked on before? That's queer for I find small .lakes of gold on my instrument, Victim—You have struck my back collar button, I guess. Diagnosis. "Doctor, Tommy says he can't go to school. Re takes nointerest in any- thing about the house." "What ails him? "Baseballitis." Editions and. Additions. Private Pigley's people were good to` him, but after receiving a pocket service book, a pocket Bible, a pocket album, a pocket French dictionary and a pocket edition of the poets he thought it time to say something. So he sent his mother a postcard. It read: "Please send no more pocket edi- tions until I get some pocket addi- tions." Luxuries of Modern Education. Johnny handed the following note from his mother to the teacher one morning: Dere Teacher. You keep tellin' my boy to brethe with his diafram. May- be rich children has got diaframs, but how about when there father only makes one dollar and fifty cents a day and has got five children to keep? First, it's one thing, then' it's another, and now it's diaframs. That's the worst yet. THERE IS ONLY ONE GENUINE ASPIRIN ONLY TABLETS MARKED WITH "BAYER CROSS" ARE ASPIRIN. if You Don't See the "Bayer Cross" on the Tablets, Refuse Them—They Are Not Aspirin At All. Your druggist gladly will give you the genuine "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" because genuine Aspirin now is made by Canadians and owned by a Cana- dian Company. There is not a cent's worth of Ger- man interest in Aspirin; all rights be- ing purchased from the U.S. Govern- ment. During the war, acid imitations were sold as Aspirin in pill boxes and various other containers. But now you can get . genuine Aspirin, plainly stamped with the safety "Bayer Cross" Aspirin proved safe by millions for Headache, Toothache, Earache, Rheu- matism, Lumbago, Colds, Neuritis, and Pain generally. Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets, also larger "Bayer" packages. Aspirin is the trade mark, registered in Canada, of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetic-aoidester of Salicylicacid. A Cure far Pimples "You don'tneed mercury, potash or any other strong mineral to cur•im les caused by poor P p blood. Take Extract of Roots --- druggist calls it "Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup—and your skin will clear up as fresh as a baby's. It will s weeten your stomach and Lregulate your bowels." Got the genuine. 50c. and $1.00 Bottles, At drug stores. s Wash Out Your Pores With Cuticura Soap And have a clear Sweet, healthy skin with little trouble, and trifling expense. Con- trast this simple wholesome treatment with tiresome massaging and other fads, On retiring smear the face with Cuticura Ointment on the end of the finger`, wash off in five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water, using plenty of soap, best ap- plied with the hands -'which it softens Wonderfully, and continue bathing a few moments, Rinse with tepid watery drygently ry h d dust on a few' grainsins of Outiettra Tiict,1 Powder, a delicate fascinating fragrance. Saab. Ointment and Talcum sold every. where, PeotrIGTET WANTED IV EAT XisaleII YOU FOR BALE IN if xx Live Poultry, I+'aney Hens. Plgeone, Eggs, etc.? Write I, Weinraucti" Son, I0-1.8 St, Jean. Ilttptiste Market, Moots real. Que. - .1$03$11 BtrxzDEuei .. I. ITE FOR OT,TR FREE BOOK OP. House Plans, and information toll lug how to save from Two to Four gun- dred Dollars on your new Rome. A.d-, dress kiailida.y Company, $3 Jacksayi W„ Hamilton,' Ona;,, #"OE BAZIl. NEWSPAPER, WEAKLY, IN :BROOM' 1;\ County. Splendid opportunity, Writs Box T, Wilson Publishing Co., Limited. '13 Adelaide St. W., Toronto. WELL EQUIPPED Nam 'PAPER and job printing plant In F•aetera Ontario. Insurance carried $1,500. Will Wilsonr Publiehing Co.,k Ltd1e Toronto Z EUZT reams, Ms, BELL'S LIMITED, GRIMSBY, HAVE some choice frutt farms in the Nia- gara'Peninsula; our policy i's, first, to see that our client gets the right place, then we give him expert Instruction on working the farm, or if desired we work it for him with our tractor outfits; our last week's bargain, ten acres, as adver- tised, has been sold. The specials for this week are:— FIFFTY-TWO ACRES—HALF FRUIT, a' full bearing; brick house, bath, fur- nace, electric light; workman's cottage, ate.;; parifce drive twenty-four implement eight thousand cash. 1'lfl EN 'ACRE 5—ALL PLANTED, 1 young trees, choice sand land; no buildings; price forty-threehundred: thirteen hundred cash. TWENTY—EIGHT ACRES—ON NIGH - WAY and trolley line, planted to fruit in full bearing; good frame house and barn; price fifteen thousand, cask sixty-five hundred. WRITE OH. SHONE, BELL'S LIMIT- ED, Grimsby. Mie cEzLAIeEG V B, VYNCFJR, TUMORS. I,ULVIrs, ICTC.. internal and external, cured with- out pain by our horiie treatment, Write us before too late. Dr. Bellman Medical Co.. Limited. Collingwood, Ont When a raincoat is too badly wort. to be used, but partially ' good, the ' back can be cut into an apron to wear under another apron when washing. Minard's.Idniment I,umberman's Primula}, Put three tablespoonfuls turpen- tine in three quarts of water and sponge the carpets after sweeping,. to prevent moths. TIlE POLICE FOE OF THE BODY -NAY and night—without ceasing—a struggle is going on in your body be- tween . the germs of disease and the white blood cor- puscles—the police force of the human body. If this police force weakens, disease germs gain a foot- hold—sickness oothold--sickness follows. Constipation is the most common and dangerous way of corrupting the human police force. roo4 waste remains too long in the in- testines—decays—poisons the blood —and opens the way for attack by the germs that cause tuberculosis, diphtheria, pneumonia and a mul- titude of other ills. The culpable habit of using sake, pills, mineral waters, castor oil, etc., to force the bowels to move,. makes this condition even worse, - as constipation returns almost i i- ' mediately. , Nujol is entirely different from . drugs as it does not force or irritate ' the bowels. Nujol prevents stagnation by soft- ening the food waste and encour- aging the intestinal muscles to act naturally, thus removing the cause of constipation and pelf -poisoning. It is absolutely harmless nndpleasant. ' Nujol helps Nature establish easy, thorough bowel evacuation at reg- ular intervals—the healthiest habit in the world. Get a bottle of Nujol from your druggist today and keep your policd l force on the job. p�� ., Nujol is sold in sealed;l Warning' . betties bearing the Nujol Trade Mark. All druggists. In- sist on Nujol. You may nen' from ' substitutes. Nu ass us. aMr, o 1, Thr nstiiat'o Co ' •" 72e,gutar as Clockwork" 188111 6--•s 190