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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1928-01-12, Page 2r I F Jf ■25* Pioneer Sport *■ ■■ ’w i* *' *W$1 SAX ROHMER L5M4. A9JL>* I c b i it, and threw open Sir Charles Abingdon engages Paul;leaves, Harley, criminal investigator, to- solve i A narrow terrace was revealed with me mystery of constant surveillance a shrubbery beyond; and standing on While Harley inclining * the terrace was a tall, thin *..an wear- dress. .ight was BEGIN HERE TODAY.the heavy X. w ■ Mi ■ ■ ' ? *•$ “SAI.ADA” sealed In air-tight metal Is the med- ern tea—^wst-frae—pwre^fresh—delicious- Sola by all grocers, 75c to $1.05 per lb- Bulk tea, with dust weighed In, is a relic of th© old days—new methods have displaced it- II I n !x3 Freud Believ? Religion is No Longer Able to Guide Man. Toward Moral Perfection, Says Psychoanalyst Worried About America Bedlin—In his new book, "Thei Future of an Illusion," Sigmund. Freud, founder of psychoanalysis, at­ tempts to show that the days of reli­ gious education are numbered and' that religion is no longer ablo to guide* mankind toward moral perfection, Religion, according to Freud, is mere illusion. Gods, he says, were* created by man. Psychoanalysis, he asserts, has spread the knowledge of* this in widening circles. Neverthe­ less, he declares, this knowledge is dangerous. “As long as the oppressed masse® could bo maintained in the belief,” he says, “t'hat one still believes in God, everything was all right. But they certainly will learn that one does noi more. An outburst of anti-social pas­ sions will be the consequence. It a man refrained from killing liis neigh­ bor for the sole reason that God has forbidden killing and will avenge it, he undoubtedly will kill him as soon as he learns that there is no God and that h*is punishment is not to be feared.” The remedy to this, Freud thinks, is a new system of education which -will teach morals without referring to di­ ving justice, punishment or reward. The child must be taught, he says, not to fear God, but to regard the wel­ fare of society as. the supremo end of individual life. ■ Two countries seem, to captivate the old scholar’s attention as he sets .forth his* rather casual- ideas about reli- giop: One is Russia, and the other America. In Russia some of Freud’s theories have already been put into practice. All public education there is irrelig­ ious, aird attempts have been made in Moscow and elsewhere to apply psy- chonalysis as a method of' educating normal youth. Freud, admires Rus­ sia’s effort to reform education but he does not think that Russian methods could be applied in oher European countries. - ’ Freud is aware that the 4.,’Rure of mankind largely depends on America, but lie1* seems somewhat alarmed by America’s attitude toward “science.” In Freud’s opinion, this attitude is embodied by the Dayton trial. Freud is ironical about “God’s own country” and he deplores the predominance of religion in American public life. He tries to give an explanation of it in his own manner and finds that re­ ligion in America is playing the role of a narcotic. Prohibition, lie says, - deprived the" American masses means to escape the mOnotony daily life and to seek oblivion I drunkenness. The new impetus ‘ religious propaganda shows that there is demand for a new narcotic. Re­ ligion is being .offered as a substitute for stimulants, he says. "We need - not be curious to know the results of it carefully) for each number and tMs experiment,” ho observes sar- address your order to Pattern Dept.,, cagtica’iy Wilson Publishing-Go. 73 West Ade- j gn tiQ’other. hand, he admits that mide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by ^merjca»s religious attitude is sincere, veturn mail. | "Pious America,” he says, “pretends” rinw w 7® 7** n I k0tng God’s own country. This The Virgin Islands I doubtless trues as one of the ways A ♦ 1 n in ' man venerates divinity.”A Colonial Problem ■ .home a light coat over e ~ — \He looked pale, gaunt, a {and althought the regard of his sy, there ii his pose. M—v.__ _____________ ________said the stran- meaning ^of ger, “I knew your father. You have j. ... y.....i xk~ waike(j int0 a trap. J am here to get you out of it. Can you drive?” "Yes,” "Come right out.” It was wildly bizarre, almost unbe­ lievable. Phil Abingdon had experi­ enced in her own person the insidious power of Ormuz Khan, She now found herself under the spell of a person­ ality at least as forceful, although in a totally different way, She found herself running through a winding tails from his chair in a dying condi­ tion. Dr. McMurdoch pronounces death i.ue to heart-failure, Harley insists Sir |k > __________________ ■^•-^^Umrfes was poisoned? Vhe last words J ©yes was almost drear I."tared by Abingdon are “Nicol Brinn”! something very tense i d '''Fire-Tongue.” Harley asks Brinn “I am Nicol Brinn,” to explain the meaning of “Fire-1 Tongue,” Brinn refuses to divulge the secret. Ormuz Khan, Oriental, is a irmnd of Phil Abingdon, daughter of • «r Charles. While Harley is shadow­ ing the home of Ormuz Khan he is dis­ covered by the Oriental and imprison­ ed in the house, NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY, i ■>o.- • a ■ ■ -■ - :MSW <2\: B53 CHAPTER XXVII.— (Coat’d.) Phil laughed, and accepting the arm of Ormuz Khan, walked into a very English-looking library, followed by Rama Dass and Mrs. McMurdoch. Rama Dass had taken charge of the ladies’ cloaks in the hall, and in spite of rhe typical English environment in which she found herself, Phil sat very near to Mrs. McMurdoch on a settee, scarcely listening to the conversation, and taking no part in it. Then a gong sounded and the party went in to lunch. A white-robed Hindu waited at tab’e ;»jid Phil discovered, his move­ ments to be unpleasantly silent. This waiting presently grew unendurablgr- < entered for the tion his bad habit of lying abed, his failure to give up snuff by indulging his "snub nose with a sniff (at an empty box),” his quarrels with his wife, and how he cured a "smoking chimney. There is a charming selection from the journal of Marjorie Fleming, who died in 1811, when she was- seven years old, the only child author men­ tioned in the "Dictionary of National Biography.” "Maidie,” Wilson Publishing Company IKE MILLS, winner of last year’s dog derby at La Pas, has •mile event with dog sleds to run off in connection with the winter carnivapath amid bushes, piloted by this ‘ strange, unshaven man, to whom on ■ ia the Rocky Mountains National Park at Banff, sight she had given her trust unques-1 .............................'■snr- tioningly! should be compelled to descend if “When we reach the car,” he said continue to pursue his present over his shoulder, “ask no questions route to the could think of —head for home, and don’t stop for no iargOf aetached house, the Manor anything on two legs or on four. park excepted, which corresponded to That’s the first thing-most import-■ the one which he sought. But that in ant; then, when you know you’re safe,;taking the high road he had acted telephone Scotland Yard to sentd raid squad down by^ro«n,^nd do it quick.” ’ 5 *1' The Art of Memory Pet Marjorie, or --------, as her great friend, Sir Walter Scott, used to call ’bier, began her journal . when she was six. “Grandure reagns in London and in Edinburgh,” writes Marjorie, from the country, “there are a great many balls and route but none here. The childish distempers are' very frequent just now. Tomson is a beautiful author and Pope but nothing is like Shake- 1693 An M.P, s Discoveries Among spear of WhiChi j have a little knowi- “In the love novels are very desperate allow me to -speak reroines and is too a lodestone is it is true the Manuscripts Mr. Arthur Ponsonby, M.P., is an epicure, if not a glutton, among the diarists*, He tell us- in his* -two newest selections fronj the diaries,' "More English Diaries” and Scottish apd Irish Diaries,” that he may “with some certainty claim to have read more diaries” than any of his con- „ _ , ___ temporaries. He tells us* of diaries presently he found himself skirting' that during the last few years “I have the grounds, had the semblance of a kept one in my pocket, I have put one continuous iron fence wherever the in my bag when travelling and I have moonlight touched them. He passed the head of the road dip­ ping down to Lower Claybury, but forty yards beyond pulled up and de­ scended. Again he stood listening, and; “GoodI” he muttered. He could hear the other car labor­ ing up the slope. He ran along to the corner of the lane, and{ crouching close under the bushes, >waited for its appearance. As he ^ad supposed, the chauffeur turned the car to the right. “Good!” muttered Nicol . Brinn again. There was a baggage-rack immedi­ ately above the number plate. Upon this Nicol Brinn sprang with the agil­ ity of a wildcat, settling himself upon his perilous perch before the engine had had time to gather speed. I When presently the car turned into the drive 'of Hillside, Nicol Brinn dropped off and dived into the bushes on the right of the path. From this hiding place he saw the automobile driven around the front of the house to the garage, which was from the east wing. Not pursue his investigations until the chauffeur had retired, he sought a more comfortable spot near a corner [were . in Ms deligfetul of the lawn and there, behind a bank?Diaries,” fl-t of neglected flowers, lay down, watch-! ago; celebrities such as* Sir .Walter ing the man’s shadowy figure moving Scptt, and his* child prodigy diarist; ................ ’ | Marjorie Fleming; Wordsworth’s sis- I edge of.” Again, I all the heroins Isabella will not about lovers and refined for my taste, a curious thing Indeed Heroick love doth never wifi, disgrace this is my maxim and I will follow it for-ever.” Christmas Bells and Sunshine How many^ admirers* of Gilbert White of Selborne.that most fascinat­ ing' of all writers about birds, were aware, one wonders, that white had even ipore wisely t^n he knew, he was noW firmly donvinced. determined to proceed as far as the park gates as speedily as pos­ sible. Therefore, returning to the wheel, he sent the car along the now level road at top speed, so that the railings of the Manor* Park, when CHAPTER XXVIII. The events which led to'the ence of Mr, Nicol Brinn at so oppor­ tune, a moment were—consistent with the character of that remarkable man —of a sensational nature. Having commandeered the car from the door of the Cavalry Club, he had immediately, by a mental process which many perils had perfected, dis­ missed the question of rightful owner­ ship from his mind. Jamming his hat tightly upon his head, he settled down at the wheel, drawing up! rather closer to the lim­ ousine she said, in a "rather unnatural tone. "Surely he should have returned by now ?” Ormuz Khan shrugged his slight shoulders and glanced at a diamond- studded wrist watch which he wore. Nevertheless, luncheon terminated, and Harley had not appeared. “Yon have sometimes expressed'a desire,” said Ormuz Khan, “to see the interior of a Persian house. Permit me to.show you the'only really char­ acteristic room which I allow myself •in my English home.” Endeavoring to conceal her great anxiety. Phil allowed herself to be conducted by the Persian to an apart­ ment which realized her dreams of .that Orient‘which she had never visited. jprmuz^Khan^ conducted her to a •W(«'A^^p^^onderful caryen chair over which a leopard’s skin was draped and there she seated herself. She became awar® of a heavy per­ fume of hyacinths and presently ob­ served that there were many bowls of those flowers set upon little tables, and in niches in the wall. She wanted to look away but found hersdf looking steadily into the coal- black eyes of Ormuz Khan. Phil became aware that a sort of dreamy abstraction was creeping oyer her, when in upon this mood came a sound which stimulated her weaken­ ing powers of resistance. D’mly, for all the windows of the room we??3 closed, she heard a car some up and stop before the house, ft aroused her from the curious con­ dition of lethargy into which she was falling. She turned her head sharply aside, the physical reflection sf a mental effoi-t tv remove her gaze from the long, magnetic eyes of Ormuz Khan. And; “Do you think that is Mr. Harley?” irhe asked, and failed to recognize her awn voice. , "Possibly,” returned the Persian, speaking very gently. With one ivory hand he touched his knee for a moment, the only expres­ sion of disappointment which he al­ lowed himself. “May I ask you to go and enquire?” continued Phil, now wholly mistress of herself again. “I ant won dering, too, what can have become of Mrs. McMurdoch.” “I will find out,” raid Ormuz Khan. He rose, his every movement pos­ sessing a soi t of feline grace. He Bowed and walked out of the room. Phil Abingdon heard in the distance «. motor restarted and the car being driven away from Hillside. She stood up restlessly. Someone was rapping upon one of the long, masked windows! Phil Abingdon started back with a smoth­ ered exclamation. “Quick!” came a high, cool voice, “open this window. You are in dari- The Voice was odd, peculiar, but of One thing she was certain. It was not the voice of an Oriental. Further­ more, it held a note of cohimanid, and something, too, which inspired trust. JShe looked quickly about her to make sure that she was alone. And then, running swiftly to the window from which the sound had coma, she moved a heavy gilded fastening which pres- had one ready in any house or library where I was likely to find myself for a bro|her Henry, .who was' rector of Amr 1 An rri-Ti r^f5 *Hmn . —- « « i. i — A chase lay through "I am Nicol stranger. Brian,” crowded thoroughfares and keeping his quarry comfortably in sight across Westminster Bridge- and through the outskirts of London. Presently at a fork in the road he •saw that the driver of the limousine had swung to the. left, taking the low road, that to the right offering a' steep gradient. The high road was the direct road to Lower Claybury, the low road a detour to the same. Nicol Brinn mentally reviewed the intervening countryside, and taking a gambler’s chance/took the road up the hill. He’knew' exactly what he was about, and he knew that the powerful engine would eat up the slope with ease. Its behavior exceeded his expecta­ tions, and he found himself mounting the acclivity at racing speed. At its highest point, the road, skirting a hill­ top, offered an extensive view of the valley below. Here Nicol Brinn pull­ ed Up and, descending, watched and listened. In the stillness he could plainly hear the other automobile humming stead­ ily along the lowland road below. He concentrated his mind upon the latter part of that strange journey, striving to recall any details which had mark­ ed it immediately preceding the time when he had detected the rustling of leaves and knew that they had enter­ ed a carriage drive. Yes,* there had been a short but steep ill; and immediately before this the car had passed over a deeply rut­ ted road, or—-he had a sudden inspira­ tion—over a level crossing. He knew of just such a hilly road immediately behind Lower Claybury' station. Indeed, it was that by which built out daring to A MODISH NEW COAT. Extremely smart is the coat -shown [here for the Junior Miss. The two- i piece sleeves are finished with shaped < cuffs, and there are useful patch'pock- ets and a long shawl collar. No. 1693. is in sizes 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. Size 10 years requires 2% yards 39-inch, or- 1% yards 54-inch material, and the same amount of lining. Price 20c the pattern. 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Sometimes Mr. Ponsonby’s- sharp eye would be caught by such a phrase as •this from the diary of Thomas Ischam: "Father had a cough and sone. We attacked the fifth proposi­ tion of Euclid.” And then the chase would commence, relentlessly,-until jthe last page of Thomas Ischam had been run to earth. (Such entries as “the dear Duchess of Gloucester is at death's door," or “better news from Siam,” he tells us, did not whet his appetite. Mr. Ponsonby confesses* to:..... _v .....— a preference for.old diaries over thej^^g to"destroy’every"sOTt of broad more modern, for the diaries of ob-. ]eve^ evergreen. Holl and Ivy leaves scure people over the diaries of to decorate the churches and houses seem scorched and blasted*” •<A winter ©Cene as charming anp painted by Breughel, Worries of the Pre-Raphaelite , ■ Over ‘half a century later we come on the remarkable diary of Ford Madox Brown, -the Pre-Raphaelite i painter, whose most famous..canvas is probably “Jesus washing. Peter’s Feet.” •' Brown struggled- against tremendous odds of poverty, though he was. to win fortune hl the end.* In liis dairy he records, the trivial and the momentous side byside, but everything hie writes conjures up a picture of the man and Ilfs' times*. We get, for instance, lit the following ex­ tracts, a full-length self portrait that is more vivid than anything in paint or canvas: : “Wasted'one and a half Hours .clean­ ing a damned pipe. "Cleaned the dog and .shaved his head and paws. - . “Tooth all day. “Painted lilac leaves til! four o’clock dinner, then toothache on the sofa till six, then work till‘seven, and toothache drove me in. “A complete blank. Have-done no­ thing all day but sit by the 'fire with* Emma and try to think ’ of ways to­ wards means, ineffectual. Could think of anything else but that; romped with with Kitty. A pitiable day.” Here indeed, in spite of Its appar­ ent baldness and triviality is* a magni­ ficent portrait of a famous artist as* young, man.*—Arthur Macnam'ara. ■ ■ ■ .... .. .-I- Fyfield in Hampshire, and who kept a diary which- shows him to have ous* brother’s. Here is a vivid pic- “ ture of the frosty Christmas of 1784: /'Christmas Day. Very bright morn. Trees beautifully powdered with Rime, more severity of Freezing than any since the first beginning very lit­ tle wind but ye Air amazingly keen. Sound of Bells heard from all ye Vil­ lages on Fyfield. ye open powdered make a _ _ ance at Tidworih. Wash House! so that ye Frost though not quite so cold as ye 2 first days yet .operates- more strongly within doors. Winter reigns in all. its rigour and yet ye Sun .shines* unus- I ually w'arm p.m. every day which every side. Sacrament at Riding not unpleasant over Fields and Downs., Trees most amazingly by ye Rime- very picturesque appear- Pump.frozen in ye of of in' of A brities. There are plenty of cele­ brities here; almost as many as there __________ ____________ _______ '/English of the lawn and there, behind a bank - Diaries,” first published four years sought a as is in about in the garage, (Marjorie Fleming; Wordsworth s sis- Although he was some distance ■ ter Dorothy; Swift, Wolfe Tone, John from the doors, he could see that i Mitchell, the seventh E.ayl of Sliaftes- there Was a second car in the place—|bury, and the I-” LTx," a low, torpedo-bodied racer, painted. battleship gray. This sight turned his thoughts in another direction. (To be continued.) French Canada Quebec Soleil (Lib.): It seems tain that the French-Canadian race, which has ben supple enough to learn Anglo-Saxon and American business methods, has sufficiently retained its own character, to be guaranteed of its permanence. Its civil, religious, educational and social institutions are solidly placed in the present, with their roots deep down in the past. . . If it can acquire Intellectual superior­ ity at the same time as it achieves material solidity, it will attain its ideal of a French nation within the Canadian state. cer- How did you find tfooEraser: ink? Blotter:4 found the Ink well! Minard’s Liniment for sore throat. __j late. Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, but It Is, however, the little nonenntities,- ■ the ’ parish-pump no-, bodies, the obscure country parspns, such as James Woodforde and Wil­ liam Jones,- Of Broxbourne, who ap­ peal to us and hold' our interest long­ est,. with an unconsciously immortal phrase,' ' , Records of Self-Reproach One might generalize and declare that the qualities that go to make the good Plan or woman are the opposite to those which make the great.diarist. The diarist, more often than not, is a man to whom diary-writing is a sort of Coue-ism; if he repeats, like Vine Hall, “yesterday^l drank porter till I became ashamed' of myself,” often en­ ough, he has hopes of curing himself of the bar habit of intemperance. Mr. Ponsonby does not hesitate to describe William Jones as a “great diarist." Jones whs an obscure per­ son. and was vicar of Broxbouvne, from 1781 to 1821. His diary covers 2,962 pages, and was used as a “safe­ ty-valve for inis* matrimonial woes and domestic grievances.” In his study he kept his coffin, as a reminder of death, and by his bfcd-side he kept a slate: . When I wake at perhaps far too early an hour to rise, I scrib- *s»'Its a good thing our cousins to the south have not an Extensive Colonial development. Imagine Britain hav­ ing an article such as the following appear zines: in one of its foremost maga- of in > far too early an hour to rise, I scrib- Moos® Jaw, Saskatchewan—-Shatter-* ble down any thoughts- or reflexions'jng a]j previous records since pre-war j Which present themselves to my mind, j Often do 1 in ih® dark by means of holes in the frames of my slates and moveable pegs scribble my dawning morning thoughts.” ■/ ' Diarists, we may conclude, arc born and not ihad*©; and1 Johes-was a born diarist, recording ’ with equal anima- Farm Crop Return $1,141,367,100«*I O.ttawa, Canada—The total value the principal field crops of Canada 1927 is estimated at ?1,141,367,100, , an increase of $35,839,100 compared „ . , . , , I with the value in 1926, according to ivJ'Oar smallest colon al Possessions,! recenfc rc t jsgU0(1 b thc Canadiau 1110 V1^oIslands a total land Governnleut Bureau of (Statlstics. area of 132 square nnles, in spite of, The total for 1927 ig ma.fle of the then seeming insignificance are cans- J following itema. wlieat) $452,602,000; ing economic, prob.ems of consider- ts, $231,295,000; barley, $63,G6S,600; magnltade, spates I homas H. Dicltin-. ry6(, $12i668(500. flaxseed, $7,379,000; son, nnthor and econoinist, in Decern- other grafns (peas, beans, buckwheat, -ber History.- ^owh8re,> mixed, grains and corn for husking, under the American flag is the sys- J ?52 0Q0 potato $56,279,000; hay tem of feudalism r*' "■i*- «”-> trenched as it is ii^ these islands, and nowhero is the price for maintaining it being enacted so inevorably. On the one hand, there is a body of negro labor but a few years removed from actual slavery—lazy, ignorant, pre­ dacious and" undependable; preferring to live on. starvation subsistence rather than work. On the other, a small group of hereditary landown­ ers, twenty-one families owning 80 per cent, of the -largest Island. . . . Un­ used land is not taxed, pasture land is taxed 13 Cents an acre, but' culti­ vated land is taxed 70 cents an acre. Therefore two-thirds cl the land lies idle, . . . Since large contributions) from the United States Treasury are I _ , * i f i u^jvuu , puiaiucb, t i?,uvu, Jid-/ so strongly en-|and clover and alfalfa, $201,215,000; hpfip. islands. andjroot and fo(Wer cr<)pg cturnipg> ' ! grain hay, fodder corn and sugar •j beets) $68,508,000. For the three prairie provinces— Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta —the total value of the five principal ■ grains are as follows: wheat, $419,- ; 969,0001 oats, $127,118,000; barley, I $47,492,000; rye, $10,894,000; flaxseed, $7,173,000. I Is Smoking Harmful? Smoking has been a constant habit among men during, the past three cen- ! turies. It is impossible to find the {least evidence that the habit has 'any j adverse effect upon longevity, but, on j the other hand, experience shows that .tobacco smoke temporarily but con- l siderably handicaps a competitor in the more strenuous athletic pursuits. For example, even if a man is in good training, a morning pipe affects his “wind” if he wants to go “all out” in a game of rugby football or „__!face in the afternoon. This report of the Canadian Pulp and' extra strain upon the hrurt. Paper Association, for the first ten! Many youngsters impair months of the current year, the value,health and athletic careers bi 'of exports of pulp and paper'’amount- led. to $144,775,700, r | with $142,737,970 in. the correspond- l ing months of 1926. Exports of pulp­ wood this year has been above those of last year at $14,645,841, as com­ pared with $12,590,638 for the tamo period of 1926. lUft tiki |H W J.VUO AOVUAUQ Ct 1 I .. „...... .f., . . < .. _ days. ImlMlne permits ta this city forthe past ten months reached a total | toveinment 570,160 in 1926 of 178 and a value ot 51.194,544. They lne8f“ 1^’ included wo hotels, school additions, apartment blocks, > modern residences and garages, lands each year, it is obvious that . a stringent program of reconstruc­ tion is needed.” t For frostbite uce Minard’s Liniment. * Montreal, Quebcc—Accordlng to the a hard means -PURUS' FLOUR I BEST EOR ALL Y&UR BAKING '*** Pie% Cakes, Buris arid Bread BOES ALL YOUR BAKING BEST I as compared Exports of pulp* their smok- Later smoking .! ing pipe pipe every day. ['in life, however, moderate i .' seeing to do most men little, if an?- .; harm. The effect of tobacco upon wo- , mon in particular is not yet known- i Somo families go right on spondlmi money for beefsteak and flour when they haven't a fur coat on the pre- j mlsaii^North Adams (Mass., HoralA