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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times, 1919-12-11, Page 7Men Who Refused Crowns: Several times in the world's history crowns have been as promptly reject- ed as though they were very damaged and worthless articles indeed. Early in the last century the Crown of Greece was offered to Lord Byron, who died before he lead a chance to accept it. Later on, Queen Victoria's second sone the late Duke of Edin- burger, was invited to become King of the Hellenes, but j:he jealousy of foreign powers decided his refusal. 'Allen it was offered in turn to Mr. alstone and Benjamin Disraeli, Earl o Beaconsfield, but neither was at- tracted ay the honor. Napoleon anticipated the patriotic Hungarians by wishing to separate IIuugary from Austria in 1809, when he offered the separate crown to the great Hungarian Count Esterhazy. But the Count refused and went into temporary exile. Early in the history of Russia, when it was scarcely acknowledged"' as a part of civilized Europe, the Imperial throne was offered first to Prince Mstislayski, and then to Prince Poz- harski, but they feared to undertake such a difficult task. Finally a youth of sixteen,`Michael, was elected on condition that he swore that he and his descendants should reign as constitutional sovereigns. He was the first Romanoff-and now once again there is no Czar reigning in Rus- sia. Later on, when Czar Alexander I. died. in 1825, his brother Constantine was the heir, but he preferred the security of private life, and handed it on to his younger brother, Nicholas I. George Washington's artily wished to make him a king, but he preferred to be the first President of the U.S.A. Wonderful Caves. Elephanta-one of the small islands which dot the Apollo Blinder Harbor at Bombay -boasts a group of caves, whist contain some really remarkable carvings on their walls. Huge figures, several times larger than human be- ings -men and women principally and a series of .scenes, chiefly alle- gorical, said to be at least two thous- eVaad years old, draw crowds of people oni all parts: Tho caves are approached by means of small craft ,only, from which, when the tide permits, one steps on to a long and very slippery causeway built of large stones. The island itself is well worth a visit in the cold weather, as it is called in the Far East. From the top of the cliffs a beauti- fur view of Bombay and the sttrround- aega ing islan's•is obtained; and the balmy, ,. scent -laden breezes, the brilliant sun- shine, blue sky, and tropical coloring, make one feel that life is worth liv- ing. The natives themselves are pic- turesque, though dirty, and a guide'- is easily obtainable for a rupee or so. As the sun begins to set, the birds sing more sweetly and emphatically, until it disappears, and there, as in the hot countries, at that hour insect life makes itself heard to a remark- able degree. Indescribable colors paint the heavens in one exquisite pic- ture. The sail home in the soft brilliance of the moonlight, while the stars hang like large jewels in' the vefvet sky, is something worthy. of remembrance. Dickens and the Compositors. Among the many distinguished traits of Charles Dickens was his in- ability to prepare manuscripts which could be read with accuracy or pleas- ure by the , unfortunate compositors assigned to "set" them. 'James Howard, a former compositor in• the printing house which published Dickens's "Edwin Drood," found oc- casion recently to make some remarks •on the subject. "His writing was just impossible," says Mr. Howard. "Our firm recog- nized the difficulties of our task and allowed us fifty per cent, extra pay- ment for the work. But this induce- ment did not attract us. There were about eighteen of us working on "Ed- .; in Drood," and we were all anxious o get other work to print. Our atti- tude towards Dickens was, I believe, reflected in his attitude toward us. We said very unkind things about him and he reciprocated. "We did the best we could with the manuscript that came along, We used to hold long discussions as to the meaning of some mark on his copy, and often we could not decipher it and had to make a guess. The proofs Were sent to him, and he used to tear them to shreds When the Corrected proofs cane back they were in a worse state than his original copy. Dickens had corrected them beyond recognt• Um It was abvious that he could,not read his own writing, for the changes he made were nothing like the origin. al, • Really Rlch, - Two small boys were boasting, atter the manner of children, about the wealth of their respective fathers. "My pa," said Ray, "has so much Money that he doesn't know how to spend it." "That's nothing," said Roy, "My peal got so much money that my ma can't epencl f(!" There are over sixty known vane- ties of the banana, With as great, or greater, variation in character pa in. the diff'er'ent kinds of apples. witoweacomeativoroeutimiserovo ` The Newest Designs • 4,7, 'QFC :40ki3 MillA.'71:,ars. ' r:'/x&br'- i4 tri 9177-9138 9174-9157, No. 9174 -Ladies' Waist. Price, 25 cents. Pleated front panel, two styles of sleeve. Cut in 9 sizes, 34, 36, 38,. 40, 42, 44, 46, 48 and 50 ins. bust measure. Size 36 requires, with dart sleeves, 21/4 yds. 36 ins. wide, or 1% yds. 45 ins. wide; with bell sleeves, 21/s yds. 36 ins. wide, or 1% yds. 45 ins. wide. No. 9157 -Ladies' Two -Piece Skirt. Price, 25 cents. Panel front with two- piece "caught -under" tunic; 39 or 37 - inch length. Cut in 6 sizes, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32 and 34 ins. waist meast:.re. Size 26 requires, without tunic, 39 -inch length, 2% yds.' 36 .:r 45 ins. wide; with tunic, 37 -inch length, 51/e yds. 36 ot 45 ins. wide. Width around bottom, 11/2 yds. No. 9177 -Ladies' Overdress. Price, 25 cents. Cut in 8 sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48 ins. bust measure. Size 36 requires 31/,r yds. 36 ins. wide, or 2% yds. 54 ins. wide. 9138 -Skirt. Sues 22 to 38. "Price, 20 cents. These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall. dealer, or from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St., Toronto, Dept. W. e• A new white enameled steel kitchen cabinet is made in units to fit any de- sired space. POOR THIN BLOOD BRINGS GS N '_INDIGESTION ... Make the Blood Rich and. Red by Using Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.. Thin -blooded people generally have stomach trouble. They seldom recog- nize the fact that thin blood is the cause of indigestion, but it is. Thin blood, weak, watery blood, is one of the most common causes of stomach trouble. The glands that furnish the digestive fluids are diminished in their activity, the stomach muscles are weakened and thtre is a loss of nerve force: In this state nothing will more quickly restore appetite, diges- tion and a normal nutriton than good, rich, red blood, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills act directly on the blood, making it rich and red, and this enriched blood strengthens weak nerves, stimulates tired muscles, and awakens to normal activity the glands that supply the digestive fluids. The first sign of returning health is an improved appetite, and soon the effect of these blood improving pills is felt throughout the whole system. You find that what you eat does not distress you and that you are daily growing stronger and more vigorous. Mr. J. J. Murray, Regent Street, To- ronto, bears testimony to the value of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills in cases of this kind. He says: -"During the lat- ter part of 1918 I was a sick man. My stomach seemed simply down and out. I had no desire for food, and when I ate it distressed me. I was pale, did not sleep well, naturally got up, in the morning feeling grouchy. My wife was worried over my condition and,, urged me to• try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, reminding me of the good they had done our eldest daughter whefr she was In a somewhat similar condi- tion. I decided to follow her advice and got a supply and here is the story in a nutshell: I have got my appetite back, sleep soundly at night, enjoy my meals and am so gratified with what. the pills have done for me • that I strongly advise their use for all pale, sick people." You can get Dr. Williams' Pink Pills thrqugh any dearer in medicine, or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Out. Our All -Wrong Calendar,! There are many defects in our are - sent almanac. At the present moment for eiample, Britons are living in •the year 1919, Egyptians in the year 1636, Jews in the year 5,630, and the Mo- hammedan calendar has just entered the 1,338th year of Hejira. In Russia, to -day is thirteen days behind our own date. There are some people who, for rea- sons hard to determine, object to al- tering the calendar or the clock on principle. I wonder whether Julius Caesar was criticised when he intro- duced his calendar reforms? Very likely. The alterations which are now pro- posed come from France, and in the main they are admirable. Originally, when all the nations, excepting Hol- land, Italy, and Denmark, had agreed to consider a new'scheme which could be universally adopted, the task of preparing a solution was given to the Berlin Academy of Science. But the war interferd with this plan, and France undertook to try her hand at the puzzle, with the result that she has now prepared a scheme for considera- ton. Symmetry in form and simplicity in operation are the golden rules she has followed. This is -how 'France sug- gests the reconstructed year should be formed: There will be 364 ordinary days and one "extra" day. Each quarter will comprise three months, the shut two of which will contain thirty days, and the last thirty-one. 2'hus, March, June, September, and December will be the four long ones, with thirty-one days each, and the remaining eight will be the short ones, with thirty days each. Note that February is at last to be riased from its ignominous position, which it has borne since the Emperor Augustus stole a day from it in order that his own month, August, might be increased to the length of Julius Caesar's month, July! How is the "extra" day to be dealt with? Here we come to the really pretty point in the scheme. The "extra" day will fall each year between the last day of June and the first day of July. It will bear some specal name -that is to say, it will not be a Monday or a Tuesday or a Friday, as the case might be. It is banished from the usual sequence in order that the days of the week may remain perpetual in their arrange- ment. January 1st will always fall on Mon- day. So will Christmas. Dominion Day will also come on Monday. The day of your birthday will never change. Monotonous, perhaps, but delightfully simple. After a while, we shall know which weekdays attach to which dates automatically, and many mistakes and perplexing calculations will be saved. Each year will begin on a Monday. Eah quarter will contain exactly thir- teen weeks -one suit in the pack. Each quarter will begin on a Monday. The "extra" day is proposed as an international holiday. Few will grult`lble at that. I hardly like the sug- gestion --to call it Peace Day, however, Peace Day is November llth, and al- ways will be, and, anyway, why should the war, with all its bitterness and tragic memories, be dragged in? This is about the only objection I have per- sonalty against the French proposals. In regard. to leap years, these will have two "extra" ,days instead of one -tbe first between "June and July, as already mentioned, and the second oe- tween December and January. As we err at present 011 the side of lavish- ness, it is proposed to reduce the pre- sent number of leap years by one in every four thousand years. But that will not cause cls any trouble in calculations in our genera- tion. These suggestons are, in my opinion, excellent. But perhaps I am one of those adventurous souls who grasp rashly, at new things! What do you think of them? Shall you back them up when the time comes, or cling to evils that you know rather than fly to others that you know not of. If your tea or coffee does make you restless. or nervous, try - This delightful cereal drink is not only wholesome and economi- cal but is truly satisfying in its rich coffee -like flavour, It cos) . be served. to the youngestas as welloldest, - for it leaves absolutely- < no harm ful after-effects. e Buying Newspapcos With Seals. It°is announced by a Parisian paper -L'Avenir'---that all subscribers will be allowed to purchase ten pounds of sugar at cost price,and since sugar is about the scarcest commodity at present in Pa'is•, it is likely that the propriety's will do well. .. Papers have resorted to all sorts of curious devices in order to islcrease their circulation, At one time the Paris `Petit Bleu; then in low water, was purchased by M. Henri Deutsch, who announced that he would give away 100,000, copies a day -so many to members of various professions, 2,000 to dress -makers, 1,000 to butchers, 500 to dentists, and so on. Editors in less civilized lands have been known to announce that they will twice subscriptions in kind. Takb, for instance, the following an- nouncement from a far -Western jour- nal: "Hav,e you paid your subscrip- tion yet? Remember that even an editor must live. I1 the hard times have struck your shebang, don't for- get turnips, potatoes and corn in the shock are most as welcome as hard cash at the 'Geri' office. Also hard- wood. Our latch -string is always out, or the goods eau be delivered to our wife, who will give receipt in our ab- sence." Imagine buying a ,paper for three orfour turnips! Greenland has a newspaper publish- ed at God Haabt, called the `Kalorik- mik.' 'It is a monthly periodical printed n the Eskimo language. The subscription is one seal for a year, two cider duck for three months, while single copies cost a dab -chick apiece, the latter being a small, eat- able sea -bird. Even in Europe subscriptibs in kind have been received. In 1837 the editor of. the `Eilbote,' a paper pub- lished in Munich, offered to receive subscriptions to his periodical at the rate of six gallons of beer per year. WELL SATISFIED WITII BABY'S OWN TABLETS Mrs. Emile Malette, Montpelier, Que., writes: -"I have used Baby's Own Tablets for some time and am well satisfied with then,. They are surely the best medicine I know of for little ones," What Mae. Malette says thousands of other mothers say. Once they have used the Tablets, for their children they would use nothing else. The Tablets are a mild but thorough laxative; are absolutely free from opiates, narcotics or other harm- ful drugs and may be given -to the youngest baby with perfect safety and good results. They are sold by medi- cine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. A Good Warfare. Live or die, E'er fight shy Of all sin, Out or in. It will kill, Or make nil, 'All that you Try to do. Cast it out, There's no doubt Of its power, Ev'ry hour: Seek God's grace In Life's race - He will give Strength to live. -Fred Scott Shepard. I was cured of terrible lumbago by MINARD'S LINIMENT. REV. WM. BROWN. I was cured of a bad case of ,ear- ache by MINARD'S LINIMENT. MRS. S. KAULBACK. I was cured of sensitive lungs by MINARD'S LINIMENT. MRS. S. MASTERS. Mouth as Piano Player. A writer who lost his right arm when he was a youth, sends an in- teresting account of the ingenious manner in which he carries on in saute of his handicap. "I get up at seven o'clock," he says, "wash, shave, scrub my finger -nails by holding a small nail -brush between my teeth, and dress myself without any help. To fill a pipe and strike a match is an easy matter, while years ago I learned to write with my left hand. "I often play whist, and can place my cards together as quickly as anyone. But I find -nay chief delght and enjoy- ment in paying the piano or organ. I love both, I do not play with my left hand only, but play the lower notes with a stick in my mouth, "1 can open •aa boiled egg and eat it as quickly as anyone with their two hands, while in regard to wrapping up a parcel and securing the same with string, I challenge any grocer to do the job more neatly.) "Peeling an apple is quite simple. I can. open a penknife in 'an instant. "No ere need despair who has lost one of their hams. It is awkward at first, but after a few weeks it is sur- prising what one can do for them- selves, So to all who have lost an arm I say, `Cheeisipl It might have been worse;' a, LET `UANDRINE" SAVE YOUR HAIR Check ugly a drucf! Stop `hair coming gut and double its beauty. 1 sf A little "Danderine" cools, cleanses and makes the feverish, itchy scalp soft and pliable; then this stimulat- ing tonic penetrates to the famished hair roots, reyitalizing and invigorat- ing every hair in the head, thus stop- ping the hair falling out, or getting thin, dry, or fading. After a few applications of "Dander- ine" you seldom find a fallen hair or a particle of dandruff, besides every hair shows new life, vigor, brightness, more color and thickness. A few cents buys a bottle of de- lightful "Danderine" at any drug or toilet counter. "Still, It Furnished the Place. Book education had small place in Phelan's hard life as a miner. When he was nearing forty, he made a strike in • a certain claim he had taken up and became a millionaire several times over. Having been obscure all his life, he was most susceptible to flattery, and his friends soon learned the trick of getting money from him. A miners' Club was orgauized, and in considera- tion of having ails name lettered over the entrance i "elan was enticed into paying for the furnishings. When everything was ready for the opening, I he was invited to inspect the quarters. "You fellows ought to feel pretty • proud of this layout," he remarked. "We should," answered one of the I committee-men, "if we only had a chandelier for this hale" Phelan considered for a moment. "Well, he asked, "what'll it cost?" "Three hundred dollars," was the ready reply. "I'll get it," the millionaire an- nohYnced, "but I'll bet there ain't a blame one of you can play it!" Sergeant: "Did you ever do picket duty before?" Recruit: "Sure! When- ever they killed a chicken at home I had to pick it." a• o o e o SUFFERING CATS! GIVE THIS MAN THE GOLD MEDAL 0 0 -a-i-raw• Let folks step on your feet hereafter; wear shoes a size smaller if you like, for corns will never again send electric sparks of pain through you, according to this Cincinnati authority. He says that a few drops of a drug called freezone, applied directly upon a tender, aching corn, instantly re- lieves soreness, and soon the entire corn, root and all, lifts right out. This drug is a sticky ether com- pound; but dries at once and simply shrivels up the corn without inflaming or even irritating the surrounding tissue. It is claimed that a quarter of an ounce of freezone obtained at any drug store will cost very Iittle but is suffi- cient to remove every hard or soft corn or callus from one's feet. Cut this out, especially if you are a woman reader who wears high heels. '1SYRD OF FIGS"" CHILD'S LAXATIVE Look at tongue! Remove poi- sons from little stomach, liver and bowels Accept "California" Syrup of Figs only -look for the name California on the package, then you are stere your child is having the best and most harmless laxative or physic for the little stcmaeh, liver and bowels. Child. ren love its delicious fruity taste. Full directions for child's dose on each bottle. G1ve it without fear, Mother! You must say "California," f-- ISSUE No. 49-'19.. Earn $4 Per. Hen, Eleven hays of •Goshen, Conn., etart- ed out November 1, 1918, to earn 0,000 profit in one year from their flock of hens. Th'ev finished the ex- periment November 1 of this year and after checking up results find that they passed that mark considerably, earning $1.,750.43 above feed costs, The number* of hens in the eleven flocks varied somewhat, during the year, but the average total each month of the year was 436 hens. This means that the boys made a profit of .a little More than e4 above feed cost per hen, At the sante time the Goshen boys launched their experiment nine boys of West Hartford entered into a simi- lar venture. As some ot these boys lived in suburban homes with limited facilities for keeping chickens they owned fewer helfs than the. Goshen boys. The average total for each' month was 200 hens. Although their total profits were but $784.55, their profits per bird were $3.92, but little less than that of the Goshen boys, Now the boysthink they can beat their own record and both clubs plan to continue their work another year. MONEY ORDERS, Send a Dominion Express Money Order. Five Dollars costs three cents. Valuable Dead. A horse when dead has by no means ceased to be useful. His hide, being. extremely tough, is the best of all materials for covering baseballs. His mane and tail are incomparable stuff- ing for curled -hair mattresses, or may be utilized for haircloth and fishing lines. His bones furnish excellent buttons and from his hoofs are ob- tained glue, the beautiful pigment. called "Prussian blue," and a particu- larly fine gardener's fertilizer rich in ammonia and'known as "hoof meal." Minard'e Liniment Cures Distemper. Sings to Her Cows. A Swiss milkmaid with a musical singing voice obtains better wages than one who cannot sing, as the cow I that is sotithed with a pleasing melody during milking, it is said, yields one- fifth more milk.. CA NI o } Rid System of Clogged -up Waste and Poisons with "Cascarets." Like carbon clogs and chokes a mo- tor, so the excess bile in liver, and the constipated waste in the bowels, pro- duce foggy brains, headache, sour, acid stomach, indigestion, sallow skin, sleepless nights, and bad colds. Let gentle, harmless "Cascarets" rid the system of the toxins, acids, gases, and poisons which are keeping you up- set. Take Cascarets and enjoy the nicest, gentlest laxative -cathartic you ever experienced. Cascarets never gripe, sicken, or cause inconvenience. They work while you sleep. A box of Cascarets costs so little too. I GET SLOAN'S FOR YOUR PAIN RELIEF You don't have to rub it in to get quick, comfort- ing relief Once you've tried it on that stiff joint, sore muscle, sciatic pain, rheu- matic twinge, lame back, you'll find a warm, soothing relief you never thought a liniment could produce. Won't stain the skin, leaves no muss, wastes no time in applying, sure to give quick results. A large bottle means economy. Your own or any other druggist has it. Made_in.Can- ada. Get it to -day. 35e., 70c,, $1.40. C1auU ed ; dvel ti #menace, ,okfi1F.IeT74'ar wAarwile, '113001 Tet41T A0E111'I'1I DI I.IRINC 11 Prints, Pinioned Portr.its p,i 41 F2'ariles, write for Catalogue and Rri, rl Diet, United Art Co., 4 airunewiok .A.v , Toronto. CO %CE8T T>t7 0E AT�.'FINTIONI e.1.13/eleT DOWNIIire; Cansda's meet sueeeeefpl tenp3, 4Heloietl eepplies gone rt talent cox• hr Pal'. programr4ee, ale know ail th, est, write now fol' terms. Nordheint'. ere, Toronto WANTED IRST 01./ASSA ASs GARoi11 b1A1V.. 1. State experience and wageatwanted Reid Bros„ Bothwell, Ont. 711310ELLANLOIJIL IIMPRovn YOUR BREAD; JUST ADD a teaspoonful of ,HO--MA•YDE 1IR711AIi lito your regular baking and get a larger, finer, and sweeter loal, which will not dry out so quickly. Per- fectly wholesome. Ask your grocer, of send fifteen cents for a package. H- Mayde Products Co., Toronto; CR'U ANCE. 'b1OR8. LUMPS, BTa; Internal and external. cured without.. Pain by our home treatment. Write us. before too late, Dr. Hellman Medical Co„ Limited, Collingwood, Ont. Trousers H1nt. Save all the stocking tops and use them to line the knees and seats of boys' trousers where they are thin. Being elastic, the stocking tops adjust themselves smoothly, and yet can be stretched if necessary. ainnar_'1t Liniment Cures target is Cows, The London buses run over a quar- ter of a million miles every day. This means that every day they complete a journey as far as from the earth to the moon; and every year the journeys equal the distance to the sun. A SINCE 41870 ILO 3/ STa1'SCt?UG]S Amer-Ioa'a Pioneer Dog Remedies Hook on DOG DISEASES and now to Peed Mailed Free to any Ad- dress by the Author. E. Clay Glover Co., Sao. 118 West 31st Street New York, ere Yes, Cold All ,0,-;"-r.".. • ,•- Gone -Not Bit of Coda ;� Left Feel great this morning. As soon as I felt it coming on yesterday I used Gray's Syrup and nipped it in the bud. Just couldn't miss an hour at the office, we are so busy and short -banded. Gray's Syrup is a habit in our family, the folks have used it for sixty years, Always buy rho Largo Size Go o>�w RED • SGUM �aelraal D WATSOka:Feit. A/e, York BABY COVERED WITH_ECZEMA When 4 Days Old. Cess and Cried. CuticuraHeals, "My baby brad eczema which began when he was about four days old. It came in little pimples and then a rash, and he was cov- ered. He was so cross that he could not sleep, and he cried. r •, "This lasted about two t`i,.• � months before we used Cuticura. It helped him, so we bought more, and he was all healed after we had used two cakes of Soap and two boxes of Ointment." (Signed) Miss Almeda Vtrilliams, Youngs Cove, N. B., May 22, 1918. Use Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Talcum for all toilet purposes. Soap 25c, Ointment 25 and 50e. Sold throughouttheDominion. CanadianDepot: L �raane, Limited, St. Paul St., Montreal, Cuticura Soap shaves without snug. o N LY TABLETS MARKED "BAYER" ARE ASPIRIN Not Aspirin at Ali without the "Bayer Cross" For Colds, Pain, .E:eada,che, lti'ourai- gra, Toothache, Er melte, and for Rheumatism, Lumbago, Sciatica, Neu- ritis, take Aspirin marked with the package which contains complete di- rections. Then you are getting real Aspirin -glee genuine Aspirin pro- scr'ibect. by ithysieians for over nine - name "Bayer" or y'ott are not taking i teen years Now made in Canada. ,Aspirin at all. Handy tin boxes containing 12 tab - Accept only "Bayer. Tablets of late cost bet a .few cents. Druggist As},iirin' in an unbroken"Bayer" !also eel). larger `Isayor', packages. Thera is only cue Aspirin--"Bayes"--You must say i"Bayer" Aapirtn is rho trade:nark ta•eglsterod In Canada.) of Bayer Itiantnacturo of Mono aoetIencideeter of ; ailcytIenoid, While It Is well )crown that Aepirin means Payer manufacture, to assist tiro Piddle agn'nst Imitations, the 'rabiote of sayer CemisanY will be stamped with their gonerai J,fitde alecir, $bo "Bayer Cress." t