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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1928-12-06, Page 3THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, DECEMBER flth, 1028 Established 1873 and 1887 Published every Thursday mornlni at Exeter, Ontario SUBSCRIPTION—-?2.00 per year ho advance. United States sub* scription ?2.50. RATES—Farm or Real Estate fpr insertion for tint 25c. each subse- Miscellaneous ar* Wanted, Lost, 0? line of six word* 10c, per lina. 50c. Legal ad* 8c. per line. Jb one verse 50o times sordid life of the Scottish farmer ample scope for the exercise and.' fullest exemplification of the highest human characteristics. Burns saw iu sudh la man all that nature requires of her noblest sons when most is required of them, And farmers have accetped their at Burns’ valuation. lot WISE CRACKS Might Embarass the Butler "Proper training is necessary to says an etiquet book After you marry a rich by GREAT CITY IN CONGO sale 50c. each four insertions, queut insertion, tides, To Rent, Found 10c, per Reading notices Card of Thanks vertising 1? and JMtemoriam, with extra verses 25 c. each, THIS ’N THAT to Member of The Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association, Fifteen more shopping days Christmas.**» Shop were you are invited to shop. Read, the advertisements. *** *¥• *•»>•» The battle for business will be waged during the next few weeks. * # * * * * * » # editorial THE KING The 500 boys who were guests of the Ontario Department of Agricul­ ture at the Royal Winter Fair, have found out fitable to live stock. that it was mighty pro­ know the fine points in Viators sometimes rem'ark upon the sJinew'hat cool m-’anner in whiclli Canadians drink the health of the King and the apparent la(!k of spirit with which the national lantlhem is sung. Occasionally something is said about our regarding the mon­ archy merely as an institution and the King as a mere figurehead. Such visitors and such commenta­ tors would be disabused of their views were tlhey to return! to Canadia when anything transpires affecting the person or the office of His Ma­ jesty. At such a time [anyone may see how deeply the folk of the Em­ pire are attached not only to the in­ stitution, but to the person of the iRtigning sovereign.^Recently tlhis has been- exemplified in the illness of His Gracious Ma­ jesty. King George the Fifth. Every­ where, in India, in Africa, in Austra­ lia, in every dominion where his flag floats and not least in Canada, there is but one feeling, a mingling of anxiety and good will regarding the monarch’s recovery. Splendid gentleman, noble Christ­ ian an-d wise sovereign that he is, the King has won the esteem and the affection of every citizen of the mighty dominions over which his lieople and his God have called him to preside. No less loved and no less esteemed is Queen Mary the gracious lady who lias done so much ■for the welfare of every wonfan in­ fluenced by her truly regal, woman­ ly and queenly conduct. No sover­ eign and his queen ever have been more beloved than are King George and Queen. Mary. * * * H> * * * * Christmas will mean to us just what we put into it. Enter into the spirit of Christmas and the the your have success in life, Key-rect! girl, young man, you can’t get whistling the soup and drinkin•* of your finger bowl. * * * s> * * * * * itches here It itches there itches itches Everywhere. • Uli-Hiqli. You’re right— WOOLLEN UNDERWEAR • ♦ » * * ijt V « « A SUDDEN CHANGE Pretty Clerk— "I don’t what’s the matter with th; over there few minutes ago and now he won’t look at me.” The Woman—"Perhaps he saw me come ’in. He’s my husband.” " ilk* *** *** Now Be Careful Farmer (to druggist)—"Now you be sure and' which is for for my cow. to happen to it know at man He was so attentive a ? THE STRIDE be pre- this re­ district Schools ever to With tho advent of the first week ill December, Old Man Ontario gets into his Christmas stride. Public School teachers and their eager and noisy flocks are getting ready for their annual entertainments, anidi wli'at fun there is to bo given and to he enjoyed at such gatherings! This year, thirteen cantatas are to sented by Hhe rural school of gion, a record' of which any may well be proud. Sunday report belter programs than be in preparaton. All sorts of ru­ mors are abroad of youngsters In temporary exile who are finding their way back for a few good meals with father and mother, while the old folks at home are counting the hours till the explorers of fortune’s •wealth may return. Our business houses are looking their best, “with .bargains that would win the last copper from the pocket of the most careful-going Aberdonian. Mean­ while turkeys are taking on flesih at a rate that threatens the underpinn­ ing of the most sturdily built gob­ bler that, ever disturbed the peace of mind of any red-coated barnyard visitor. Santa Claus is sorting out the presents that every child re­ quires while till© Christmas spirit is finding its way into every heart. We may as well surrender ourselves to the Christmas season, the jolliest and ’liapiest and best ol' all fest ivals. GOOD MEDICINE for the out Some of our brother newspaper alien are making good medicine when they are putting in a good word the farmers. One writer lias done his bit in right direction when lie points that the help the farmer needs is to get a good conceit of himself. He talks about the importance of the farmer's becoming "land minded,” in the hope that if the farmer fol­ lows his suggestion that good and qnl.v good will follow. All of which recalls what Prof. McCready talked about when he led the movement for bettering rural renditions in Ontario. Prof. Mc-Crea- dy did not use tile term '’land mind­ ed” hut "country mindrtd” whiclli is quite a different thing. To be country minded is to be in­ formed upon all the good things of rural life and to be so taken with their advantages that no other in­ terest will influence one so "minded” that he will bo drawn away from tihe country and all its good things. One so bent is not only a master of his craft in field and byre and house­ hold concerns and in skill in mar­ keting, hut ho has the spirit o' the Scottish Cottar of whom Burns sang in never-to-be-forgotten lines. Burns Daw in the hard, narrow and oft holiday season will life. Do nothing anld nothing but regrets. cheer of brighten you will Brucefield motorist accompan-A ied by his father arn^ mother upset in a ditch after dark in attempting to avoid hitting 9. buggy that was carrying a lantern but the driver had neglected to light it. To be on the highways after dark without a light is courting disaster. The irony of it is that it is too often the inno­ cent party who suffers. »♦»♦ »»» Advertiser calls at-The, London tention to the fact that Leaf) Year is passing and both the Hon. ilvir. King Prime Minister of Canada ami Hon. Mr. Bennett, leader of the opposition still remain bachelors. We wonder, ho4r come these men ito gain the highest offices in the gift of the Canadian, people without the influ­ ence and inspiration of a better half. We’ve been under the impression that the feminine sex had much to do with moulding a man’s life and character and that the road to the top was difficult without a helpmeet.. Just where did we get those impres­ sions? At any rate we hope the youthful admirers of either of Lhese two great political leaders will not get the idea tiliat the way to the top is by being untrammelled by the duties, responsibilities and pleasures of a hearth-stone of their own, mark on them bottles my wife and’ wiliich is I (don’t want nothin’ that Jersey cow!” ♦ * * * * * * H> 4> Good Night! ................ You’ve no need to light a light-light On a light night like tonight. For a night-light’s light’s a slight ■light And tonight’s a night that’s light. When a night’s light like tonight’s light It i® really not quite right, To light night-lights with their slight lights O11 a light night like tonight,* * * * * * * * * 1st Flea—“Where have you been? On a hike?” 2nd Flea No; on a tramp! ¥ * * * * * * * * This is Too Much Scotch The Scotchman hailed a taxi: “How much to take me to the sta­ tion?” ! “Fifty cents.” “And how much for the suitcase?’ “Oh, I’ll take that for “That’s fine," said put 'the suitcase in ahead; I’ll walk.”* * * * * A kiss is much like a morality of it depends on how it af­ fects you. »** * * * Wives are people who 'are forever trying to find room for one more piece of furniture. * * * >8:8* * * * The old-fashioned, plain-living and high-thinking has been supplanted by fancy living and low thinking. * * * “Bill what’s a quarterback?” “Quarterback? Why, it’s a cent refund.” * * * * * * * * * Some historian has discovered that Nero not only fiddled while Rome burned, hut 'continued to die while it was being rebuilt. --- Of — Jobber’s Salesman: “Which the two hotels i-n this town would you recommend?” Ticket Agent—"Some prefer Railway Hotel, and some prefer Bayside; but whichever you go you had the the * * * * * * * * Sir Austen Chamberlain, British Foreign secretary, in his first public speech following his return to Eng­ land, said that he lliadi come back from Canada, not merely profoundly impressed with the progess of the Dominion, ‘but still more struck with the immense future whch was open there "for the youth and enterprise of our race.’’ World leaders are emp'hiazing the fact that one way to avoid war is to talk peace, and in the same manner talking prosperity will help to bring; prosperity about. Financial, dustrial and seem to see Dominion, leaders but I particularly I have faith' in the future of our land, then that future is practically assur­ ed. Faith in any 'great cause or en­ terprise leads men to bend every ef­ fort to justify their faitih. bring commercial, I political leaders a great future for When not only the rank and file, the youth of our land in- all our our and nothing.’’ Scot, as he car. "Go drink. The * Sts * Sts * * 25- t'id- of the the to, youlay awake all night wishing gone to the other." * * * >8 * * Hi Si * An Unclean. Spirit "What is an unclean spirit?” teacher asked young Mike during the Scripture lesson. Plaze sor, a d’hurty clivil,” said Mike promptly. More Than Half the Wealth of Bel* ginn Possession Due to One Mineral Area, Down in the southern corner of the Belgian Congo is a town that is fast becoming one of the great cities of Africa, This is Elizabethville, near the copper mines from which more than half the wealth of the Congo U won. Twenty years ago lions roamed through the untouched jungle where now the flourishing town stands. Sit In a basket chair outside one of the cafes, under the flamboyant trees, and survey this outpost of Belgium in the tropics. Rough tin shacks stand next to modern showrooms and cement business houses, plant with This come mouth, thousands of miles across the unexplored jungles of the Kasai, with mails from Europe. It is typical of the progress that has been made In the very heart of Africa, In winter keen, healthy sweep over the plateau on which Elizabethville is built, but during the sweltering summer there are out­ breaks of malaria and the dread blackwater fever. Children die of minor ailments that would mean nothing In more temperate lands. Black convicts, chained lightly neck to neck, march past with their warders. White people ride in smart motor cars, or on bicycles. Here fs a mother, pedalling up the road with her baby in a basket on the handle­ bars. There Is a young Belgian with a black beard, dressed like a hunter In enormous helmet and khaki riding breeches. The military officers in their white tropical uniforms are sturdy fellows. They are here to train a black army, just as France has done further north. There is no doubting the efficiency of the bare­ footed native soldiers, who come tramping down the street in faultless column. Sun helmeta need not be worn dur­ ing the winter, and the hats of the women are exquisite. Nowhere in South Africa Is there such variety as in the shops which cater to women. Even the native women have copied something of the elegance of their mistresses. They wear their gaudy cotton print with grace and style.. Like many mining centres, Eliza­ bethville has to live largely out of tins and bottles and boxes. Fruit and vegetables do not thrive. We are sated with tough meat at every meal, but there Is little other fresh food. The grocers keep good stocks of deli­ cacies pleasing to Belgian palates— such as Russian caviar, tinned trout, pate de foie gras and petit poi*. Greatest of all luxuries are iced oys­ ters, sent up by rail from Cape Town —a six days' journey. Every mansion and villa In Eliza­ bethville has an immense antheap in the garden. These grotesque red mounds are put to all sorts of strange uses, Telegraph poles and electric light standards are planted in them. Some people burrow into their ant- heaps and turn them into storerooms and garages. Others build summer houses on antheaps higher than their homes. Antheaps may ovens. Sometimes, of ants return. There is a man lost all the eatable automobile in this way, Africa’s most voracious insect. Looking south down the wide streets of Elizabethville one may see two bush-covered hills, and they are in Rhodesia. The border is still vogue. When, it has been settled the Belgians fear that valuable territory, including the present frontier station and at least one mine, will become British. A large air­ flying low, awakes the town the droning of three engines, beautiful white machine has from Boma, at the Congo NEW DUST LAYER The Highways Department has sprayed tihe Owen Soun4 highway from Orchard to Durham with a newly discovered dust layer, liquid calcium chloride, as an experiment. It’s etficiecy 'is claimed to last for several months. It it proves suc­ cessful next year may see liunidreds of miles of highway so treated; It is said an inch and a half depth of gravel is required yearly to maintain the highway; this blows off in dust to the detriment of farm crops and orchards and homes, near the high­ ways, besides the annoyance to traf­ fic. It may prove consiiderably cheaper to thus spray and maintain the highways, than to frequently spread with gravel and drag; it will certainly entire iniore comfort for all. There are other parts of the Provincial Highway system adjacent to Durham where the dust nuisance flourishes. POSITIVE PROOF A lady is said to have remarked to Lord Cestorfield that the French were more polite than, the English. Tlhe lord did; not agree. “But,” said the lady, “the English themselves admit it/’ “That," replied- Lord Chester­ field, “is precisely proof of their greater politeness.”—-The Christian Science Monitor. winds be used as course, the story that a parts of his The ant is EYES! s * is * * :ti * * * Young Woman Being Cross-Examin­ ed in Court "How old are you?” interposed the magistrate? She hesitated. "Don’t hesitate,’’ said the ‘other "every second makes it worse.”**$ «* * An Example of Redinitleucy A petition uttered by a preacher: Lord( in tile days to come may e be 'better henceforth than we have hitherto in the past up till now.” SPENDS LIFE AMONG LEPERS. Smiling BLUE Flashing BLACK Steady GRAY ® Emotional BROWN What Color are YOUR Eyes? The color and shape of the eyes tell your disposition—they also tell of the condition of your health. You may be marring the beauty and sparkle of your eyes by improper diet. Im­ poverished condition of your blood, sluggish liver, constipa­ tion, etc., soon show their effects in the eyes. If they arc dull with a yellow tinge to the whites—that’s a signal of intestinal sluggishness. You need to rid the sys­ tem of accumulated poisons. You need a laxative. You need Beecham’s Pills. REMOVE VEUOWTi MCE Wm. Try a regular daily course for a short period. Your eyes will soon tall the A Vegetable of improved Product health. ff’id nt C/tjraeler {rein the fives vi Jn-ue- .1 .’*.■> rtistB|(j *** Teacher—Johnny, give me a sen­ tence containing defence, defeat and detail. Johnny—The dog fence and de feet got over tail. jumped over de before do husband Here is * $ » 18 >8 * * * * Medical man— "Your must, have absolute quiet, a sleeping draught.” Patient's wife—And when do I give it. to him?— "You don’t give to him—you take it yourself.” * * >8 * * <1 * * * Sign in tv Store Window. "Women’s -dresses 30% off." It isn’t possible! * * # 18 >8 * * # It costs more to live these hut it's worth it; jjt jjt & $ $ $ # Rustic—“Us’ll get married, Tuesday fortnight, tilmn. lass,— wet!” Girl—"What do ’ee mean, Joe, ’If *tis wet?” Rustic—“Whoy, 01’11 be goin’ ’ay- makin’ if it be foine, o* course'.”- Humorist.* * * * * * * Frenchman (sternly, to fellow- countryman who has become a na­ turalized British subject): "What have you gained by becoming natur­ alized?” The Other—"Well, in the place, you see, I win the battle Waterloo I"—Passing Show. days. come -if ’th. Founder of First Japanese Hospital for Lepers an Englishwoman. Almost unknown outside the coun­ try where her work has lain, there is in Japan an Englishwoman who has spent nearly the whole of her life among lepers. She founded th® first hospital—the Hospital for the Resurrection of Hope —for the treatment of lepers in Ja­ pan, and conducts it on self-govern­ ing Christian lines. She herself de­ signed the church, which is connected with the Holy Catholic Church of Japan. The name of Miss Riddell, says Edith (Sittings Reid in an article In St. Martin's Review, is well loved and honored throughout Japan, "The Hospital of the Resurrection of Hope, at Kumomoto (a garrison town in the south of Japan), is the work of a great woman,” says the writer. "Many of the patients are without hands or eyes, a)l slowly dying with a loathsome disease; but th >y were surrounded by beauty and love and Intelligent care. "The once barren acres that Miss Riddell put her all into are now beau­ tified with trees, most Of which she herself planted; there is a radiant flower garden in which the lepfrs work, and as you pass from house to house (for it is built on the cottage plan) you are never away from tho beauty of nature." Not a single case of contagion has occurred among tho doctors, nurses and attendants during its existence of some thirty-six years. first of The National Trait. Thrift in words reminds one thrift stories are peculiar to Scoj^s, says J. M, Hogge, former Scottish member of Parliament. Scotland stands where she does because of her discipline in thrift. The sacriliC'1 of parents for their children’s education is characteristic of tho race. The lad born and bred in some obscure vil­ lage who graduates at a university has no scope in tho village from which he came, So ho treks to Eng­ land, although now, to save the trav­ elling expenses, Scotsmen are getting WumselYos born Jta Londom that RURAL MAIL BOXES Speaking on the subject of Rural Mail Boxes the Mount Forest Con­ federate 'says: The farmer’s name on a mail box serves a good purpose providing the person driving along the road is not driving too fast, otherwise not many names are print­ ed large enough to read. From an advertising standpoint a name print­ ed large on a barn is preferrable. We might easily take a leaf out of the book of the Michigan Fa’rmer in this respect. One can< drive for mijes and mile ■> and see every barn painted, invariably red, with the owner’s name in white letters nearly two feet long, it may be that t-lie name of the farm also is painted and if some particular breed of horses, cattle or sheep are specialized in, this is mentioned likewise. The mer­ chant in town 'has his name in the window to advertise his place of business; why shouldn’t the farmer advertise his place of business al-o? ANGIER'S The Perfect Emulsion for Coughs and Colds For any weakness of throat, or chest, for a troublesome cough, for bronchitis, grippe or other respiratory affec­ tions— the best remedy is ANGIER’S EMULSION. It loosens and helps bring up the phlegm,soothes the throat,chest, stomach and intestines — aids digestion and assimilation, over­ comes constipation, and exerts a strengthening, tonic influence upon the whole system. ANGIER’S is an emulsion of specially purified petroleum oil with hypophosphites of lime and soda. Pleasant to take, ANGIER’S agrees perfectly with delicate, sensitive stomachs. A BrMiah[O<x>tor writer; “Ihave prescribed Angier's for 16 years as a valuable help in many cases of debility after chest affec­ tions.'1 (Signed)------M.D. .STOP ANYWAY When motoring on concession lines or sideroads to main highways don’t fail to come to a full stop 1 whether a stop sign lias been erected [ at the corner or not. Crossing any ima.fn highway without first stopping ' at the intersection is courting dis­ aster. In fact at all intersections of ordinary oads, as well as over rail­ ways, should the greatest precaution and care be exercised. ANGIER'S EMULSION 65c and $1.20—at all druggist's An Ideal Gift to the Family for Christmas! The happy merchant Never before in the history of the world has it been pos­ sible for a merchant in good credit to do so much business with so little capital locked up in stock. One important reason for the present prosperity is, that in­ stead of having to buy a big stock at the beginning of each season, he is now able to buy small stocks and re­ plenish them promptly by Long Distance. Keep your customers for miles around coming to you for whatever they need. In­ vent ways of inducing them to visit your store, or to or­ der from you by Long Dis­ tance and — they tell us —you will not be seriously bothered by competition. Long Distance is making happy merchants in some towns. Don’t overlook its great possibilities. Ten Years In Hospitals How would you like to sh'nd / 'u years of your life In hospitals’.’ I t- haps you would bo' glad to if you nau no other home most of the t>me ami the hospital offered the only chance of staying tiiive. Mrs. I’atriek been living this way ror years, llet trouble? Common enough—consump­ tion, and she is poor and almost friendless. Her present stay at the Toronto Hospital for Consumptives has done her so much good, however, that she. believes she will stay out for good when she leaves. She is anxious to get away to a quiet life in some small town, perhaps to open a small millinery shop. Tho excellent treatment she has been getting has put new life and new hope in Mrs. I’atriek; but, of course, sh> and so many hundreds Of others who have spent timir last cent in the search for heat'k nnst he helped bv warm* heart. •! friends, A contribution from you would be greatly appreciated. Such may bo sent to Hon. W. A. Charlton or A. 14. Ames. 223 College Street, Toronto 2, Ontario. When you consider the beauty, the cleanliness, the permanence of hard­ wood floors.............the arduous housework they do away with .... the year-round comfort they bring to all the family... Why not order them now, so that they can be laid by Christmas ? ROSS-TAYLOR CO., Ltd. Exeter, Ont. Heart Ail Wrong z - €Made Her Fee! 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