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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1920-2-26, Page 7Good Quality Tea, pr ► erl3r brewed, 10 10 . 1010. awi.wwliwwa.l�lww,w w.a.Tww,rv.e„ w1Yi,{otYrlHq[ 4N5+' .YGSatacArpont4Ym' Y takes away ?atigue, and is absolutely harmless as a daily beverage TRY 8678 once and you'll nev e forsake el its -use. f POI II\ -0- vs, -Ili 111111'eIII MINK IS, Mil 11D r THE.' COPPER BI3ECII '; 0 r BY ELSIE SINGMASTER VIL 1111 IL 'IL 1111111111111111. PART II. Meanwhile for thirty years the beech continued its divided growth. Near it James set out, other trees, transplanting them from the woods in winter, according to the new method, with tremendous spheres of drozen earth protecting their rocas. ••They grew and flourished, as every- thing that James laid his hands upon seemed to grow and flourish. Beside his house in the valley, Thomas set out a copper beech=still to him the most beautiful tree in the world. He tended it as if it were a delicate,child, hoem.g round rt, water- ing it, nourishing it. But it did not grow rapidly, Perhaps it was not, to regi:- with, a strong tree; perhaps it was too near the towering oak. Seen by itself, the little beech was beauti- ful an color and shape. But when you lifted your eyes to the hillside and saw what a copper beech should be, you could look at it no more with .-pleasure. Thomas had no children; he did not acquire a fortune; but he had Martha and a sufficient competence. He grew stout as he grew older, and his blue, eyes seemed to sparkle more brightly. His brother's selfishness did not embitter him towed anyone except his brother. To James he was implacable. 1• -Ie said that he had wip- ed from his mind all recollection of the past; for hum James had ceased to .The preacher tried to influ- enc ,,; ni; Martha said to him, when she a'cotnld, a mollifying word. But Thomas was not to be mollified., He '�var , as firmly set ill his intentions, he sari] to Martha, as the great oak be- sic'he door. _.,,:• ut the great oak stood no more -see-- eredt, could no more he offr'•ed as a synonym for Thom,ns's t c',ielding spirit. In spite of its appearance of strength, it was hollow c; s the core, and the first mighty breath of the tornado had snapped it off. The horse was not touched except by the ldght sweep of 'pile owterinast limbs, and not an animal in the barn was hurt. The storm was a strange one; it seemed to have its origin in noth- ing, to extend its ruinous course only a few miles and to eitd in nothing. James Griswold, walking about his farm, had seen it form and advance and varuis'h. He had hastened across the fields as fast as his weak knees would carry him, and it was he that had superintended the lifting of the mighty trunk and the removal t i his brother's unconscious body, and he that had sent for Martha. In James' comfortable wagon Thomas was con- veyed to the railway station; James's men chopped up the great tree and put the yard in order. "I am very grateful to you, James," said little, grey-haired Martha. "But 'Tomas would not like you to do more. I wish things were different, but I can do nothing that Thomas would not wish me to do." The two stood together at the door of the hospital waiting room a week after the accident. All was quiet and clean and beautiful, but -James shud- dered, as a strong man will shudder at the thought of suffering and help- lessness. Strange odors floated upon the air, and once James heard a moan. "How is he?" "He is still unconscious, but they! have more hope." -i "If there is anything I can do, you will send nee word?" "Yes," promised Martha. She pit- I ied James, though he was a selfish man. ; She had been bong enough Thomas's wife to realize with what tremendous strength the Getieweld heart fastened itself about an object that it loved. • James Griswold returned to Arable - nide; a hundred miles away. In 'the -evening he walked down to his !brothel's -house. eHe decided that be would have the fence repaired and painted. Martha could not object to that. She had probaity not observed that it was splintered. For a long time James stocd and looked at his brotlrer'is little house. The shutters Sjvere closed, the grass had overgrown' nth ea the the place wasbare and desolate. James lips quivered. He said to himself that he had done all a, le could to heal the breach, Then, ° as he turned to climb the hill, he tried "There is 'one thing mere! It will be almost a niivacle, but I will do it!" It was in August that the oak had seemed to leap upon Thomas Gnis- wold•aat was mid-September before: Martha, sitting by his bed Was per- feetly certain that he knew ben It was Christmas when the doctors decided that he would see, and March when he was allowed to test the strength at his knitted ligaments and mended hones. On the, day That Thomas was to • leave the hospital he woke long be4 fore dt;,ylight, and his excitement I would not let him close his eyes again, Ilene was home, even without trees, and he bonged to be theta. Ile re- Membered tho tradition obdtrt the old lean whose soil and ga nd.ion would not phiuvt trees i*cease they would, IMAM IRK 131 rtp, vies not live to enjoy them, and who there- upon planted theni himself and ate of the apples. Thomas would plant other trees, and would yet sat as their shade aild. enjoy their fruit, He should be at home now to superintend the spring work on the farm, even if he could take no other part in it. Until he was at hone, he told Martha, when they were at, last seated in the train, he should not be sure that he was alive. At the Ambleside station Peter, the hired man, waited with the old car- nage. The horses whinnied when they saw their master, and tears came into Thomas Griswold's eyes and rolled down his cheecks. But he .soon became cheerful. The three drove along the road' together in the pleasant April sunshine, and at each farmhouse there was a wav- ing hand or apron. .."You have to use your eyes ,differ- ently ,in the country," Thomas said happily. "It's goodto stretch them in- stead of having them come bang up against a wall:" As he drew nearer to his home, Thomas became more and more quiet. "It will look different!" Martha re- minded ham uneasily. "When I was here in September I thought my heart would break, Thomas. You must be prepared." "I am," Thomas assured her. Still Martha looked at him anxious- ly. He could rhave no idea of the deso- lation of his house, and• for hien the shock of that first vision might be serious. The road mounted" a gentle arise, then dipped suddenly, and it was there that you .caught a first view of the great oak tree. Without taking her eyes from her husband Martha felt the carriage ascend. Then she saw Thomas grow•pale, the bright color that had that morning mantled his cheeks fade away. She felt the carriage dip and knew that the cruel bareness of his house was now before his eyes. She saw him lean back against the cushilons. "You mustn't' give way!" cried Martha ill fright. Thomas made no verbal answer. He Maid his hand on Martha's wrist and, leaning forward, pointed unsteadily with his other hated. Martha followed his gaze. She felt a thrill run through her body, felt ;her heart quicken. She gave a sharp cry. Be- fore her lay the familiar fields slop-: ing down into the .quiet valley, which' was their. own. Before her was the. little gray house in which she had 11v y ed for thirty years, behind at the or- chard. But that was not all. In the. yard stood a great tree with a smooth, trunk, dividing, a dozen feet from the ground, into two branches, with bud- ding tufts of gold, expanding happily in the warns sunshie. It stretched its boughs over the little house like great protecting arms; it seemed to have stood there always. With eyes that refused to believe, Martha turned to look at her husband. Thomas was looking neither at her nor at the great beech., Hie eyes were lifted to the hilliside. There among the budding trees stood the old stone house where he had been born and in- side of which he had not been for thirty years. The clustering foliage about it bad never been so green or fair, but a little below it on the hill= side there was to the eye of Thomas a great space of open sky. James bad wrought his miracle, and the cop- per beech bad changed its place. "He had to build a great wagon!"; .,cried Peter. "There was no wagon in all Ambleside to hold it! He had to dig it out when it was frozen, and oht Pereherons could 'hardly haul it. And there it stands, budding. Look at it!" In her confusion Martha began` -to cry.' Peter, grinning with pleasure, had stopped at the gate, and Martha stepped down so that she might help her husband to ,alight But Thomas sat still in the carriage, with his face working. "We will drive on up the hill, Martha," said he. "I will ask my brother to forgive me." (The End.) • Stumped! "It's no use," sighed the nature wiz- ard, "I may as well give up." "What is bothering you?" aslcod his companion, sympaihically, "I started a few years ago on a whim of mine. I took a head of cal - bage and crossed It with. a white pa tato, and grew eyes on It; then I crossed them with a cornstalk and grew ears on it; then I crossed that with a celery and grew a neck on It; then I crossed that with a Coco -nut and grew hair on it, but hanged if I °can figure out what to do for a nose and mouth!" • 1010 •.H',:_. 1010 One ton of metal will furnish 10,e 000 geese of pen -nibs. re'ivarii'e niniiu'tit neiSayee 3?eeraiasa. �z»cth p&p 'Fighting Constipation. I really don't know what is the matter," Father Brown said with a shrug of his shouldeh, "but this whale family seems to be headachy and grouchy and out of kilter! What's wrong?" Mother Brown, n shook her Bead des pairingly, "I can't eolve the problem," slie said, "but everyone of us seems to be frightfully troubled with canstipation, and that; too, in spite of coarse breads and molasses cookies and vegetables. Diet should regulate the condition but with us it doesn't seem to. I think I'll talk with the doctor this very day." And th,at's'',iiow it cane that Mrs. Brown was seated an Dr. Tripp's of- fice on a sunny afternoon, explaining that she had come on the part orate whole family. He questioned her closely and die - :covered that they rarely ate fruit for breakfast; that the older members of the family had tea or coffee, and the children a cup pf cocoa or a glass of milk as a rule. "It looks to me, Mrs. Brown," the doctor said, "as if the trouble really is with your diet, and I am going to recommend that each one of you drink a glass of water the first thing on arising in the morning. If you older people can take two glasses, sipped slowly, better yet. Then begin your breakfast with either fresh fruit in. I season or stewed fruit. Here are some which. are •especially laxative—rhu- barb, figs, dates, prunes, oranges, plums, grapes, peaches and apples. Soak the dnied�fruits in water and cook in your fireless cooker over night. Give then children a glass of milk except.m with their noon.eal, but always have water on the table too, that they may drink this when they wish. "You say that you give them coarse breads. Remember that all of the cer- eals require long, slow cooking -four hours at least for oatmeal: Hasty cooking of say a half an hour, makes a pasty- mass which encourages, con- stipation. In the same way, in mak- ing coarse breads, either soak or cook the cereals or else steam or bake the bread very slowly, using molasses or brown sugar es sweetening. Half- , cooked cereal bread is difficult to di= gest. Among the laxative foods to use frequently are bran muffins, whole wheat crackers, gingerbread, honey, onions, spinach, oil -dressed salads, cream, pecan nuts, peanut but- ter, and vegetables properly prepared. "It will do no berm for each, to eat a couple of nice figs just before re- tiring, taking these with a glass of water. Then impress upon each the necessity of having a fixed time every day to attend to the body hygiene, so that regular habits May be estab- lished. If necessary, to get the sys- tem .into good •„shape, .taker a table- spoonful of plain mineral oil every, night for a while. None of this is di- gested. It simply acts as a body lubri- cant, and after a few days oils up the machinery so that the system func- tions irpperly.” "But oughtn't I to have a prescztip- tion?" tMrs. Bream asked. "Yes. I'll tell et` to you. You can easily remember it and it won't cost anything either. On the ether hand,. it will" leave you money. Here's the prescription: "RX good-ni conon'$ense, oz. 16. "Take a tablespoonful three times a day with plenty of water." Your Child's Eyes. Parents" believe, and rightly, that home lessons are ruining their chil- dren's eyes. Yet, there ,is no real reason why a boy or, girl should suf- fer any eye -strain if certain precau- tions are taken by parents and if at- tention is paid to the child's complaint of headache. 1. Never let your child ,zit in his own light when'he is reading or writ- ing. Do not let a -girl do any sewing or knitting for long at a time. 2. It is a great mistake to allow the children to sit in twilight. They want to see things, and in endeavoring to distinguish them they strain. their eyes. 3. Delft let children read by fire- light. Each flicker 'means a fresh fo- als. . 4. Have a lamp 'suspended from. the ceiling. This is an obvious advantage *here children are allowed to romp. 5. Lastly, you, seeing your child at night, may be able to observe signs of eye -weakness not noticed by the teach- er. Inform the principal of the school at once, It will make a great differ- ence to your child, never admitted to places where such aetions are permitted.. Thoughtless, though doubtless well- meaning people are constantly seeks ing"to improve the environment of girls so as to keep their thoughts, feelings and conduct wholesome, - sweet and refined, but they let boys grow up' under debasing conditions and then lament over the fact that they are not naturally refined and scrupulous about their speech and manners. Manyparents sexpend more time and money in getting nice clothes for a daughter than for a son and then they wonder why he is not so particular -a lout his 'appearance. "The result of this general indiffer- ence to a boy's esthetic nature is, of course, that the boy, as a rule, is coarser in has thought, speech,. and action than the girl. But is the dif- fference due to sex or to the fact that we neglect the 'boy' and permit him to look out for himself, with the result that he is often subjected to vicious suggestion? It is a wonder that, take boys as they go, they are not worse than they are. • DYED HER BLOUSE, SKIRT AND A COAT Aro Girls Naturally More Refilled Than Boys?' From early childhood boys are sub- jected to rough associations from which girls are protected. Bog's are permitted to hear obscene language, which girls, speaking generally, never heitr. Vulgar people try to restrain their ,coarseness u'heri a girl is pres- ent, but they never think of doing so before a boy. Even in public perform- ances, as in the theatre, obscenity is often indulged in it only men are present, ^wbereas little if anything of the. land would occur before girls or women. Lewd actions are exhibited bcfrre rcys red rr'ee; while girls are "Diamond Dyes" Turned Faded, Shabby, Old Apparel Into New. Don't worry about perfect results, Use "Diamond Dyes,' guaranteed to give a new, rich, fadeless color to any fabric, whether it be wool, silk,. linen, cotton or mixed goods — dresses, blouses, stockings, skirts, children's coats, feathers, draperies, coverings, —everything! The Direction Book with each pack- age tells how to diamond dye over any color. . To match any'ynaterial, have dealer show you "Diamond Dye" Color Card. Making Daylight. An apparatus which is said to pro- duce artificial daylight was recently exhibited at a meeting of the Illumi- nating Engineering Society in I,,ondon, England. The apparatus which is said to pro - The apparatus is surprisingly sim- ple, and it is possible to obtain re- sults with an electric lamp of 300 candle power. Below the bulb an opaque reflector is fitted in such a way that the rays are projected up- wards against a screen of various colors arfanged in small patches. The light which falls from the screen pre- sents colored material in its daylight hue. Chilled fisb from Newfoundland is prepared in a cold storage plant, whack can deal with 200,000 lbs. of fish a day. btinard's fdnimeat for sale everywhere .......I...a_ - 1110.. . List of War Criminals Makes 2OOTage Book. Tlrc'".ofiicial' list of those Gorinans whose extradition Is demanded lir the 'Allies was recently issued by the Foreign Office at Loudon.• The text of the original covering note and of the now note referring to Baron von L'ersner's refusal , to accent the list was at made public. A' paper bound book of more than 200 pages entails the names of the 890 persons or groups, with their rank and the accusatious against them, In many cases where names are not known a general deseilptiou of the duties of the accused Is given. Four Pages are devoted to Field Mar- shal von Hindenburg and Gen. Luden- dorff, the same accusations serving for both of them. `�k ••• __ - _1010 Carries Speedy Train. its. P Y A Swedish railroad has built a r e- inforcecl concrete bridge with an arched span nearly 300 feet long, de- signed to carry trains at a speed of 60 miles an hour. Many a Canadian Beauty owes her exquisite complexion .to the use or, 'Baby's Own Soap' Cleansing—Healing—Fragrant ";Cts Bast for Baby and Best for You" Albert Soaps rdmtted,. Mtn., Magna L -D The $eauty of The Lily can be yours. Its wonderfully pure, soft, pearly white ap- pearance, free from all blemishes, will be corn •arable to the perfect beauty of your skin' and complexion if you will use Or 1 G'ouraud's Oriental Cream /1,(S , . • s .}-1. RD HOPKINS&SON,4Mci.ilr-nal J_! .TWO PARTS OF HUMAN MIND SOO Dollars If deposited eta% will amount to 4697,78 If invested at 4%, interest eom- poi,}ntled quarter/ y, will E CONSCIOUS A. N D amount too 1010........... $744,28 SUBCONSCIOUS.. 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To the majority of people the mend Is simply that part of themselves that thinks about and remerubers things.. But as a matter of fact the greater part of the mind's work consists in enabling us to forget, for the time be- ing, all that we have ever known., Fortunately forour peace of mind we can remember only one thing. at one and the same momsnt. At that moment, all that we have learned, ex- perienced, and done in our past life Is apparently obliterated. Where has it gone? . . It is simply stored for use, immedi- ate or future, in a separate part of our mind -,--in what is called the unconsci- ous or subconscious mind, The .con- scious part of, the mind is that portion which receives impressions from ,the outside world, feels, acts, and recol- lects from moment to moment, and'. then forgets by passing all these ex -a; periences "into store" in the subcon- scious—where ubconsciouswhere they wait till called for, An illustration of the relative pro- portions of the conseious and subcon- scious parts of the mind is provided by an iceberg, only one-eighth of which is visible„ seven -eighths being submerged, It is said that this relatively vast subconsciousness of ours remembers everything that has happened to as since the day we were barn, and af- fects our lives accordingly. We do not at any time consciously remember, perhaps, more than a fraction of these experiences; but our sleepless sub- consciousness does. They are all there in cold storage. These experiences which our eon scious memory has forgotten, but our subconscious uses sometimes to our ;advantage and occasionally to our un- doing, ndoing, account for much in our con- duct—our onduct—our desires, our fears, our suc- cesses, our failures, and our ailments —which would otherwise be inexplic able. Are You a Day -Dreamer? Take, for example, one of those curious cases of shell -shock. A soldier suffering from this partly nervous and partly mental disorder cannot sleep and develops suicidal tendencies. On being questioned it turns .out that he always sees eyes watching hint in the dark. By a process of mind analysis, this peculiar phobia, or fear, es traced back to the circumstances connected with the death of one of his friends. Both he and his friend were blown up by a shell. When the sick man carne to himself he stumbled over his friend lying face downwards. He turned him over. The man was dead, but his eyes were wide open. This gave the sick man a terrible shock, hut while his conscious mind had forgotten the incident, his sub- conscious had not, and kept the terri- fying apparition of the staring eyes ever before him. When this was ex- plained xplained to the soldier, he was able to reason out the cause of his fear la a sensible way, and was speedily cured of his dread. The subconscious mind, however, often does us a good turn. The bril- liant ideas that strike us, the sudden jog to the memory, the overnight solution of a problem or difculty that perplexed us the previous day—all these are the work of the subconscious mind. It might be likened to a secret, silent -working dynamo, operating as- siduously day and night, and storing up electricity which, unknown, it ap- plies to all sorts of purposes. "Such stuff as dreams are made of" is also provided by the uncorlscions mind, which rises and takes full con- trol when the conscious self sinks in- to slumber. Day -dreaming, "'reverie, and uncontrollable mind -wandering are phases of subconscious activity which, if allowed to develop unduly, are likely to result in mental break- down. Build Houses For Birds. 'a Birds are desirable to have about the premises, not only on account of their beauty and song, but because of their economic worth. The little feath- ered songsters are especially useful as insect destroyers during the breeding period, when they have to work early and late to obtain sufficient food for their nestlings. One way to increase the number making your property comer home is to put out their stammer feathers, bits of wool and twine'dur-'a ing the nest building season for the birds to use in building their habita- tions. Another way is to build sate re- treats for them in which they can rear their young comfortably. Most of the houses will be occupied year after year, In fact, no attraction for summer birds Is more effectual than plenty of houses suited to the needs and habits of the various kinds of house birds. During idle hours in the winter months the construction of a few of these bird dwellings is fasetset. ting and useful work, Paradox. MUTT 36--1 The smallest man i ever lrnew Stood something over Six feet two.