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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1927-08-25, Page 7of a Hundred By Li A. Hedge# If we wore to find out suddenly that a friend of ours traveled, under a score of rJlasfM, tho unexpected discovery no doubt would shock us*. It would, that is, if our friend was1 a human be­ ing. But if -lx) happened t0' be- a species other than ourselves, our in­ terest in him would, be quickened favorably. * So wi.ui we learn that the flicker is a w, hummer,” a "golden-winged woodpecker," a "high-hole,” a “ciapv,” a “yuoker" and so on through the of at least thirty names, we conclude that our 'friend of the open glado must be truly a feathered sur­ prise. And if we go' forth to verify cur conclusion we probably will end by being surprised at ourselves. We are. apt not only to justify the long .list of names, but to- want to add a lot of new ones to it! ' '* We see him spring from tli%- ground ■'’Sg at our approach—from beneath- cur 'very feet, even—almost as- often a& we see him wing from the' trees; for he is not, as some birds' seem to be, a scorn- ■ er of the soil. Ants are: an important item in his diet, a predilection that accounts perhaps for his love of earth. I have, however, seen him.sit where no ant colony was and probe for thirty minutes at a time the self-same spot—probe with such slow delibera­ tion that lie seemed actually to be , “smelling” the earth. . After we have i seen him at this dozens' of times, we ’•< 1. • 1 like calling him “Old Ground fern ell er,” The wild cherry is his staff of.life in season. He seeks the tree at early morning to breakfast on the black fruit; is there at high noon tor lunch­ eon, and at the sunsst-houi* for sup­ per, whi’e his golden wings flasli in and out of the laden boughs repeatedly between meals. Before the last morsel is cleared from the leafy festal-board, wo And ourselves wondering why everybody doesn’t call him "Wild Cherry Woodpecker.” Ho likes to "give himself airs”; whether vainglcriopsly or whether to supply unselfish entertainment is, however, a question. When I see a group of flickers perched motionless in the naked top of a dead tree I feel that ennui threatens the silent sitters. There is that about the immobile, hunchbacked figures which hints of Time’s- too heavy hanging. “Company” » ^ia& com8, but the "party” somehow / just will not get under way; and it u *• looks as though a non&-too-good time is going to be had by all. Suddenly one of the flickers throws caution to „ the winds. Somebody has got to be the "life of the party,” and if none of the other flickers dar.e be it, then the self-appointed Hotspur must and will! He galvanizes into action. He bobs, his head; he see-saws, bows, and scrapes. In short, he cuts- fantastic capers. The performance electrifles the other flickers. They seem to decide that fo. bob, see-saw, bow and scrape is the best possible way to en­ tertain. So they, too, proceed to cut fantastic capers-. When we see the flicker at this bit of stage-play a num­ ber of times, we probably will- want to tag him "The Clown Bird.” On the • other hand, if we can read dignity in the performance we may honor him with the courtly title “Sir Knight of the Golden Feather.” In late spring of last year a flicker proceeded to hew a hole in the small trunk of a dead elm that I have per­ mitted to stand on my lawn. The trunk is a mere stub of a trunk, ten feet high; and the flicker was drilling a roomy, aperture, open to the- sky, in the broken top. This particular hewer of wood- was a male; and as there was no female in evidence, it looked as though he was rough-hewing a select bachelor apartment. For four or five days he drilled into the yellowish wood. Then he went away. About a week .later a pair of blue­ birds rejoiced at finding the newly- chiseled' opening. The female Joined the bottom of the eight-inch hole wjth grasses and soon was warming her four bluish eggs Then the flicker came back, r be charitable. Yet orfe to justify the. actions of Coldly he destroyed the * j Opens Sat., Aug. 27 W. L. Mackenzie King presses .the but- J ton that sets in motion the most color- i ful entertaining program in Exhibition History. H.R.H. the Prince o£ Wales will dedicate “The Princes’ Gate”—the new $160,000 Eastern , Entrance, The massive new Live Stock Pavilion will be opened to the public for the first time—and countless other new features, new exhibits and new Entertainments such as the world championship $50,000 Swim Marathon will be presented this year. By all means see the Confedera­ tion Celebration at the 1927 Canadian National Exhibition, August 27 to Sep­ tember 10, Send for program to-day. 49th Year Celebrating of the Canada's c N R 60thBirthday JOHNJ.EIXU: President HAV .WATERSGeneralManager Undecided. 'Have you named the baby yet?” think we’ll call him Oswald, his Uncle Jake has lots , too.”—Boston Globe. “We though money, al- of Plain Talking. ~~ Teacher—“What is a plain?” Johnnie—"A place where all the hills are flat.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. Even Now, I-Ie (during traffic hold-up)—"That man created quite a sensation ■’•ears ago by driving a motorcar 10 miles an hour.” She—“He could do the same day.” 30 at to- "What should wo do without horses?” asks a contemporary. Some people would stop reading their news­ papers altogether, “Walk slowly and live long,” ad­ vises a .doctor. But his prescription does not hold good when crossing the road. First Bright Lad—“What is a rare volume?" Second Ditto—“It’s a book that comes back after you have lent It.” The man who as a boy thought nothing of walking ten miles to town and-back how has a son who thing-mu ch of dt either. Pett—"I’ve got a fine job, the whole day to myself.” “What do you do?” Pett—“ night-watchman.” doesn’t I have Pitt— 'I am a .a Lady—“Can you tell me if there is any Saxon work in this church?” Old Man—“Lor’ bless yer, mum, I be the Saxon.” came back. One must finds it hard that flicker, bluebirds’, nest,, pitching, eggs, and every particle of nest-material ruth- , lessly to the ground. It was deliber­ ate cu&tcr. He did not eat the eggs —nothing as- crude as that. One of the azure-tinted ovals, falling on a juft of grass, did not so much as break. The flicker simply wanted that bluebird nest out of there>, and with a few businesslike movements of his body and head lie put that nest out o (there. He drilled the hole an inch or two deeper, then went away, this time not to return. A bit of whimsy this^ that entitles him to the name—what? Just here It is well- to mention a pltfhB. ThdUglt wo may’ Ootfl dui* cognomens, wo may not hastily con­ clude that they therefore are shin- InSjly new, Some authorities say the flicker has over a hundred common names! Oup new names may bo old and tongue-worn, somewhere. Sweet news is the announcement by a Czechoslovak company that it has developed a much cheaper meth­ od of manufacturing sugar. “We have learnt the beauty of space,” declares a contemporary. Everybody will recognize the feeling that pervades the house when undesir­ able relations return home. Said the stern young woman teach­ er—"Tommy, if you cannot behave yourself I shall have to take your name.” Outside Tommy confided to a chum—"My teacher’s threatened to marry mo if I don’t look out.” din- you you vou, I found it all right; it was good, and I finished the lot.” "I’m glad of that! But where’s the pudding cloth?” "Was there a cloth? I never noticed one?' “Well, John, did you got -your ner all right without "me? Did find the boiled pudding I left for in the saucepan?” “Yes, thank A woman who applied at a London police court for a summons against tier husband for cruelty stated that t&e had made him a good wife. The hity was that she had failed to make X^him a good husband. SmondI SAWS ' * Machine Knives® hh) SIMONDS CANADA CAW CO. LTD.k. MONTREAL W I6& VANCOUVER, ST. JOHN, M.B.. TORONTO B AjM One way to settle the question of oris “goiluf," gawf,tvljother it Hgotf," .is to go off and golf. The Highwayman With iron heels I spurn tho turf, The Jato moon boos me ride; Tho belfried owl on yonder tower Hoots to my ringing stride! Halloo! Halloo! A coach In sight! Fat purses, knot your strings to-night! By moonlight on a wintry heath A forester am I—— Diana to tho clouds again, And darknoss cloak the sky! Halloo! Halloo! A coach in sight! Fat purses, knot your strings to-night! —C. E. L’Aml. The Airport Future . "Thcro Is a great opportunity for the cities and towns that can secure a place on these air routes,” says a recent bulletin of the Babson Statis­ tical Organization, Wellesley, Mass. "So far wo have refrained from making any general predictions re­ garding the airplane Industry. It Is not something that can be built up ovej- night, as the experience of the past 10 years has demonstrated. The time has now come, however, w’ en advances in aeronautics will be much more rapid. 'Safer and better planes aro being built, and suitable landing fields and marked airways aro being developed. The public gradually Is becoming ‘air-wise.’ Next spring several new passenger and express air lines will begin operating. Even­ tually airplanes will fly over carefully marked routes provided with beacon lights, radio direction and emergency landing fields provided through the co-operation of the United States De­ partment of Commerce. Several routes have some of. these facilities already. “Some day every roof avallabble for advertising that is located on an es­ tablished air route will be very valu­ able. Such space can be obtained at low prices now. Clients who are ad:. vertislng should sign up the best of these locations for as long a period as possible. As the airplane Industry develops, it will bring as many new opportunities as the automobile has brought. It eventually will affect real estate values, develop new lines of business and change the travel habits of a large number of people. We urge clients to consider seriously these in­ fluences now because the time is near at hand when they will begin to be felt.” , RETAiNYWFVIGOR This Can Only be; Done by Keep­ ing the Blood Rich and Red. Now packed in Aluminum Classified Advertisements SITUATIONS VACANTof Dictatorship Your grocer knows when you order RED gQSE ORANQE PEKOE you are a judge of fine tea. ___ Prof. W. S. Holdsworth, K.C., D.C.L,, Vinerian Professor of English Law at All Souls College, Oxford, returning with Mrs. Holdsworth, from a lecture tour of the United States on the Cunard liner Ausonia, to England. He received two honorary degrees and the Ames Prize of Harvard during his American visit. • ’ the unem- doubtless Now this to a coun- If you would regain your vigor and ambition, keep your blood and nerves in good condition. Anaemia, or thin biood lowers the vitality, starves the nerves and causes a general run-down condition. When the blood is thin the skin loses its color, the shoulders droop and weight is lost. The victim of anaemia loses' appetite, suffers .from indigestion, headaches and sleep­ lessness, and is nervous and exhaust­ ed after slight exertion. If you have any of these symptoms do not delay but begin treatment now with Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills and you will be gratified with the prompt improver ment- in your condition. Among the thousands who have found new health through the use of this medicine is Mrs. Herbert Nagle, Ludlow, N.B., who says:—"I had not been feeling well for some time and was gradually growing weaker. I would take dizzy spells and often faint. I was subject to severe headaches and found it hard- to do my work. I took doctor’s medi­ cine for some time, but it did me no good, and I was still growing weaker. In this condition I.began the use of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, and in a short time found they were helping me. I continued the use of the pills for a while longer, and found that the. trouble that had bothered me was gone and I was once more a well wo­ man.” C^et'Dr Williams’ Pink Pills at your druggist’s or write The Dr. Wiliams’ Medicine Co., Brookville, Ont., and British Settlers One hundred an’d fifty-two young Englishmen trained at the Labor Min­ istry’s- farm have arrived at Quebec and are now on their way to agricul­ tural employment in the West. Until they were selected for Canadian set­ tlement, they were among ployed In England and faced a depressing future, is all changed. They come try where industry is greatly reward­ ed, where men with no better chances than themselves have risen to lead their provinces, and where farming, the chief source of the country’s wealth, cannot be sacrificed to other Industries in the way in which it has been in England. They should be full of hope for the future. But not only they; So also should all Canadians, If this- experi­ ment succeeds. And whether is suc­ ceeds or not now,, depends mainly on our organizations^’aitd individuals in the West. That the men are the right material, we have no reason to doubt. That they have been taught enough to fit them for a start on a Canadian farm goes without saying. They will not shirk their tasks. But they can­ not undertake them with any degree of composure if life itself becomes a mere empty drudgery./ Though, in coming to Canada, they are being given a new start with great promise for the future, it must not be forgot­ ten that they themselves will be sac­ rificing many of the better things which life has to offer. It is no easy matter for a man wh,o has been brought up in the bright surroundings of human companionship and who is accustomed to the quick exercise of wits, to devote himself suddenly to the exclusive exercise of his muscles and the solemn delight of lonely meditation. •Many mothers givo their children solid foods at too early an age and say proudly that their babies “eat everything that grown-up people do.” Such a course is almost certain to bring on indigestion and lay the foun­ dation of much ill-health for the lit­ tle one. Other mothers administer harsh, nauseating purgatives which in real­ ity irritate and injure the delicate stomach and bowels - and at the same time cause the medicine. ’ Absolutely no to a child until 18 months, and by the doctor, strong, disagreeable oils and powders should be abandoned and Babys’ Own Tablets given Instead.. Baby’s Own Tablets are especially made for little ones. They are pleas­ ant to take and can be given with ab­ solute safety to even the new-born babe. They quickly banish constipa- tioii" and indigestion, break up colds and simple fevers and make the cut­ ting of teeth easy. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The D,r. Wiliams’ Medicine CCo., Brookville, Ont. children to dread all meat should be given it reaches the . age of then only if approved For medicine, all Leads Always to War or Re­ volution, Asserts Former Italian Premier "Tli-e forms of dictatorship that have arisen in. Europe—;in Italy, Spain, Poland, Hungary, Russia.-—are only adventures of parties consecrated to violence,” writes Francesca Nitti, former Italian Premier, -in August Current History, “It is dasy and often even agreeable to assume- a dictatorship, '•instead of thinking, figltiting’, -struggling, it is found expedi­ ent.. to transfer the whole solution to a single party, to a single man. At first sight this’ seems very simple. But the difficulty is to eliminate the dictatorship later. All personal pow­ er necessarily tends to defend Itself, that is, to- abolish all opposition, and to do this it is necessary to nullity and destroy the law and resort to violence. This means that the dicta­ torship, to preserve its own existence,! must abolish all individual guarantees and transform itself into a rule of oppression. All- oppression engenders hatred and the bloodiest persecutions. *A country under a dictatorship is in­ evitably transformed into a country of slaves and rebels. The mass- are the slaves, the supei'ior minds are the re­ bels’. Then the motive titat had deter­ mined .the dictatorship, viz., the desire of order and the hope' of eliminating conflicts, no longer exists. Conflicts lose all. civil spirit and are changed into savage and blcc-dy persecutions.. Dictatorships are always, proclaimed as a necessity to void revolution, but they always lead to revolution. All the dictatorships of modern history have end-ed in revolution or war. Wfcien the dictatorship must choose it always chooses war r.s a vray of re­ solving the difficulties that confront it with the least humiliation possible;.” Lady or gentleman wanted in every city, town and village in Ontario, to act os exciusive represen­ tative in distribution of the Bible Prayer: whale or part time." position of importance; do business at home; pleas­ ant and profitable occupation. Apply by­ letter only. Bible Prayer Association, 618 Ontario Street, Toronto. Agents — either sex — $75.00 weekly easy selling PALCO CLEANERS, WASHO, POLISHRITE. Cleans everything right. Removes Road Tar without injury to paint. Sells on demonstration. Samples free. P. A. LEFEBVRE & CO., Alexandria, Ont. Naturalization Slow in France Discussion of the naturalization bill recently adopted by the French Cham­ ber of Deputies to encourage the tak­ ing of citizenship by foreigners resi­ dent in France has drawn attention, to the fact that a very small propor­ tion of the immigrants who have come to the country to supply the de­ mand for labor have taken out citizen­ ship, papers. According to the 1026 census there ;are 2,845,000 foreigners in France. Of ' the 800,000 Italians, about 2 per cent, are naturalized citizens; of the 467,- 000 Spaniards in France, only 1 per cent, have taken out papers. The samo proportion holds for the 460,000 Belgians, while of tho 91,000 Russians 5 per cent, have become French citi­ zens. The Turks show the highest percentage of all. There are about 20,000 Turks in France and 8 per cent, of them are naturalized. ----------------------- An American tourist recently stop­ ped three hours to admire some beau­ tiful scenery in a lonely part land. Meanwhile, his driver engine trouble right. of Eng- put the would only agree not to have another war until the last one is paid for, ever­ lasting peace would be assured.”— I,ord Dewar. “If the League of Nations the Minis­ in the with Hon. James of Trade and Com- that as a result of Wife—“I saw the doctor to-day about my loss of memory.” Hubby— "What did he do?” Wife—"Made me pay in advance.” PJjFREE BOOK _ ____SENTonREQU&ST Tells cause of cancer and what to do for pain, bleeding, odor, etc. Write for it to-day, mentioning this paper. Aa« dress Indianapolis Cancer Hospital Indianapolis, Ind. Yes, For Crying Out Loud. He—"I’m an' auctioneer you know and make a large amount of money every time I conduct a sale." She—"Well, for crying out loud!" ----------------------- Industrial Conditions London Daily .Telegraph (Cons.)— Mass production on tho grand scale is possible in many American indus­ tries, with their large protected mar­ ket, though it is less applicable here. But even if tho fullest allowance be made for these and other difforejiccs between British and American prac­ tice, it cannot bo doubted that tho American workman owes much of his good fortune to his readiness to co­ operate With his employer instead of treating him as an enemy. It is a simple and unheroic proscription— that the workman should be self-con- scion-. instead of class-conscious, British Trade Policy London Spectator—The debate (on the Board of Trade) provides ample food for reflection. . . . The neces­ sity as well as the desirability of large combinations in industry was brought out by all parties, and accorded of­ ficial recognition by the President of the Board of Trade. And the old Pro­ tectionist leanings common .to the Conservative adn Lajbor parties were strikingly revealed. Finally, the dis­ parity between the waterlogged heavy industry of the North and the lighter technical industries of the South was increasingly emphasized as the de­ bate proceeded. . . . There can be lit­ tle doubt that a program which in­ cluded the reconstruction and reor- ganization of the heavy industries by means of amalgamation (compulsory in certain cases); -Protection for these industries in some form or an­ other; the relief of industrial and ag­ ricultural rates; and, last but not least, Imperial development through reciprocal preferences, would contain much large party. that would commend itself to a proportion of the Conservative Roads and Railways London Nation and Athenaeum— The opening-up of the country by rail­ ways and the general adoption of steam-driven machinery were the two dominant, technical causes of our nineteenth-century development. What railways and steam were in the nine­ teenth century, roads and electricity bid fair to bo in the twentieth. . . . Why should not the roads do for us to-day what the railways did a hun­ dred years ago? Why should not road development help to rescue our trade from its post-war malaise just as the railway development of the, and ’forties served to rescue the hjalaise which had hung since Waterloo?- Minard'S Liniment‘for burnt. ‘thirties It from over it A A Colonization Line Quebec Soleil (Lib.)—It is our lief, unless the contrary is proved, that the lines which will link up the Trans-Canadian lines to James Bay or to Hudson Bay, without being an im­ mediately paying proposition, will have their use for the development of the region and the exploitation of na­ tural resources which need develop­ ment both in that territory and in the sea. The recent discovery of a new wheat which comes to maturity in ten days less, pushes back a considerable way the limit of the grain zone and for that reason the territory which can be colonized to advantage. Im­ migration and colonization will make greater progress if the rail precedes the settler, in proof of which the prairies may be cited which would have remained a semi-desert steppe if wo had delayed to build a railway across them, until the number of colonists justified the expense. be- Motor Invasion of Antipodes Ottawa.—Hon. John Pratten, ter of Commerce and Customs Government of Australia, has return­ ed to Ottawa from Toronto. He had conferences here with several Minis­ ters, particularly Malcolm, Minister, merce. It is understood his visit to Canada an important an­ nouncement will be made with re­ spect to extensive developments in the automobile industry In Australia. Details are not available here, but it is reported that General Motors of Canada, which handles the export trade of General Motors to various parts of the Empire will establish im­ portant plants in the Antipodes to make such portions of- their cars as possible there for that field. When the average Englishman tra­ vels abroad he very rarely has any trouble with the native language; it is the natives who have all the trou­ ble. The prime defect of democracy is that those who lead it too often have to get down on their hands and knees and crawl to it.—St. John Irvine. “Strained’ relationships rarely make for a “clearer” understanding. After Taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s ’ Vegetable Compound Could Do j All Her Work and Gained in Weight Minard’s Liniment relieves Backache. DESTROYS Flies Mosquitoes Moths Ants Bed Bugs Roaches •wftl^the blutk ixiitod* Ma Buzz went to the country, Hooray! FLIT Spray clears your home of flies and mos­ quitoes. 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