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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1940-01-11, Page 7■ff THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE TRUX»AYt JAN’CARY Uth, MONEY MAKES MONEY EDITORIAL When Benjamin Franklin died in 1790, he set aside $5/000 as a loan fund for young married mechanics. This money, he specified in his will, was to be oaned at 5 per cent inter est and the interest reinvested. Under the guidance of trustees composed of aidermen and minis ters, Franklin’s request was carried out. By 1886, ninety-five years after his death, the original fund had grown to $315,20'7.05. Since this sum could only be used just as specified by Franklin, the trustees were compelled to continue to cause it to earn 5 per cent in terest, and to reinvest that interest at the same rate, As a result, the original $5,000 had grown to $1,736,790.85 by 1921, and by 193 0, it had grown to $2,692,025.82. One dollar at 6 percent, interest, compounded annually, will become $339.30 in one hundred years. Money at 6 percent compound in terest doubles itself in a little less than twelve years. Thus, a single dollar becomes $2.01 in twelve years $4.04 in twenty-four years, $8.09 in thirty-six years. A saving of one dollar for each working day in the month, or $25. a month, will total $35,194.42 in -thirty-five years if both principal and interest are steadily reinvested at 6 per cent interest compounded semi-annually. * * * If you want to break your hus band from the habit of coming home for his evening meal, try giviiig him a supper from the leavings of your afternoon bridge club.* * * Virtue is largely a matter of tem ptation. sfc * * The reactions of gullibility are re gret, remorse and cynicism. * * * Money doesn’t take the place of character. * * Ms There is no outward force that can compel a man to believe a dis belief . . . faith must come from within. « V * The Vicar’s Tribute to His Dog marked: “Not to be opened until January 10, 2039” - in order to show posterity what the English man of a century earlier drank. The sample leaves were wrapped in parchment, then in aluminum foil, and then enclosed in a lead case . . all by way of preserving the tea’s flavor and bouquet. * * There is time enough fo improve our morals when we observe those of our present code. * * $ More accidents are caused by mo torists using their horns instead of their brakes. Me M< Me I Affection is never wasted, it en riches our own character. ♦ Don’t worry when you stumble — remember, the worm is about the only thing that can’t fall down. Me Me Me The soybean is a farm product that supplies food, feed and forage; protein, vitamins, minerals; green vegetable and dried; meal, flour, sauce, curd, mash; and has dozens of other industrial uses. Me Me Me The latest estimate of the chem ical worth of the human body is about 8 cents. Seems that those of us who complain about feeling like 30 cents is bragging. Me * M> How Fast Can They Go Finger Nail,... 21 inches in one year Man’s Hair ... 16 inches in one year Snail ............. 5 0 inches in one day Fresh breeze ............. *Man Walking ........... Hen ............................ ♦Man running ........... Elephant .................... ♦Man Skating ...•■......... Greyhound ................ Carried Pigeon’......... ♦Man on horse ........... Eagle .......................... 125 *Motor-boat ................ 131 ■"Train .................:...... 131 ■"■Seaplane ................. 440 Sound ................. 790 Cyclone ...................... 1,2'00 Rifle bullet ................ 1,800' 5 m.p.h. 9B m.p.h. 12 m.p.h. 14£ m.p.h. 25 m.p.h. 27 m.p.h. 36 m.p.h. 40’ m.p.h. 41 m.p.h. m.p.h. m.p.h. m.p.h. m.p.h. m.p.h. m.p.h. m.p.h. Light, 186,3-25 miles in one second (m<) World record over one mile. ■“Pudding!” companion of my par ish round, Content to walk to heel or pa tient" wait, Eager to follow, and yet always found Watching attentive at the sick man's gate; Thy task is done, and thru the busy mart, Tile idler sees thee thread thy way no more, But I, who know thy ^faithful, lov ing heart, Expect to meet thee at the Heav enly door. —George Arbuthnot M. * . * General Grant was a Paper Ruler In reading a book called “Meet ■General Grant,” we were surprised and interested to learn that General Grant’s first j.ob at the start of the Civil War was ruling forms by hand A very humble task, and yet it showed that even at the start he was a ‘ruler.’* « * A motorist bivouacked for the night in a small Pennsylvania town took a stroll after dinner, and came to a church where a prayer meeting was being held. He attended, and everything went according to cus tom until the preacher, an aggres sive octogenarian, offered a prayer of thanks for our country’s great men. “Oh, .’Lord,” he said, “we thank Thee for the great leaders of this land.; for Washington, for Jef ferson, for Lincoln, fqr Cleveland, for Roosevelt— I mean Theodore.” Mt Ms Mi Only 99 Years More To Go The tea-market'-expansion bureau in London has put away in a safe place a package of English tea Night Coughs Terribly wearing on the system is the cough that comes on. at night and prevents sleep. Sometimes it is the constant cough, cough that will nof be quieted. Sometimes it is a choked-up, stuffed" up feeling that makes breathing difficult. Dr. Wood’s Norway Pike Syrup is the remedy you need to give you relief, for the reason that this prep aration contains the healing virtues of the Norway pine tree with which is combined wild cherry bark, and the soothing, healing ana expectorant properties of other excellent balsams, barks and herbs. The T. Milburn Ob., Ltd., Toronto, Oat. * * * Moliere was once asked why it was that in some countries a king was judged to be fit to govern when he was fourteen, but was not allow ed to marry until' he was eighteen. “Because,” replied Moliere, “it is more difficult to look after a wife than a kingdom.” Ms M‘ M' Here are some commonly accept ed statements that aren’t so: That the Canary Islands got their name from the canaries found there The name came from their large dogs . . . the word, ‘canary’ was derived from the Latin and French ‘canis’ which means dog. That Brazilian wood was named after Brazil. On the contrary, the country was named after the wood found there. That the Hudson seal is a seal, from Hudson Bay. Hudson seal is the tradename applied by furriers to muskrat skins-clipped and dyed to resemble seal skins. That snakes travel at great speed Their greatest speed, even when prodded is only 3.6 miles per hour. M1 M< Mi People With a Purpose Several years ago, Miss Sue Wil son, secretary to the president of. a ‘ Seattle brewing company, shoved this memo across her boss's desk: “Sixty employees, at 12 cents a card, Including postage, equals $7.- 20, the cost of one person’s distri bution of Christmas cards thru’out the plant. Sixty employees, each sending cards, equals $432; the to tal spent for greeting cards ex changed. '^For that amount of money you can do a lot for a deserving poor family.” The entire personnel backed the idea, and every employee contribut ed his Christmas-card money to a common fund. They found a poor family with four children, living without sufficient food and heat. Clothes, fuel and supplies were moved in; toys were put under the Christmas tree and warm blankets on the beds — even a bathtub was installed. The Christmas-card fund is now an annual project and the news is spreading. * Ms M< The ideal husband is one who can comprehend and yet look dumb when kicked under the table.• * * * Holding old friends And gaining new If it doesn't do both, The column’s thru. —the colonel It’is just too bad, but the snow fall put many an outdoor rink out of business. ..*• > $ M * * * Those sleighipg parties do a great deal to promote sociability and good health. ■ , *****■*»» •Set it down for tripe that Germany is cracking up. 'She’ll crack up when she’s licked, then and not till then. **♦*#♦*♦ And here’s three times three to those mail carriers who some how, someway get the mail through on time and every day. # $ $ * * < J* •• t Funny, isn’t it, but many a man is contented and prosperous at his job till someone suggests that he isn’t getting a square deal. * * * * * * The exploits of overseas Canadian airmen demonstrates that we can still breed hardy spirits. We need more of them) in all walks of life. M- * Ml » r .* ar We need more out of doors sports in this part of Ontario, Why not more snowshoeing and. old fashioned shinny? Rabbit hunts are in line. We’re proud of our schools. Just the same, they are not up to what they should be. Comparisons are odious sometimes. Then, again, they are humiliating or inspiring. * Mr Mr Mr Mr * * Mr We are not at all surprised that Germany and Russia are peeved because aid is being extended to Finland. <In the struggle of light and darkness, now as all the ages through, spiritual affinities cannot but manifest themselves. * f * ¥ * * * Living as we do at a distance of more than three thousand miles from the scene of action, it is difficult for us to estimate the significance of the resignation of Hore-Belisha from the British war'ministry. ‘ This we do know, there was a somewhat similar crisis during the Great War. Fears were in the way for many an anxious hour, but the moral force of the British people asserted itself and order gradually emerged from confusion and with unified action came'victory. We’ll fare no worse just now, Meanwhile “lie steady all" is the word. . • " i'.i ih * * * t. * * THE GRANDPA GANG Over there in England they have a grandpa gang. These old chaps retired from active mining operations when they were sup posed to have reached the age limit for such work. They saw, however, that necessity knows neither law nor limit. The worth ies saw that their country needed coal and men to mine it. Ac cordingly they resolved to do what they could with what strength they had. Like Wellington’s guards at Waterloo, they were up and at it when theii’ country’s call came to them. If they hadn’t done so, the grandpas would have set them an example. $ * % * * * A PLAIN BUT BOLD STATEMENT “You see, God is on our side.” So said a Finnish leader. This simple minded man whose troops hurled to destruction the Russian hordes, who know no such thing as mercy and equipped with the best war supplies that money could purchase, tells all the world that he and his army really trust in God. This state ment startles folk. If it succeeds in getting churches and nations back to sanity on a vital matter his declaration of faith will have done more than the glorious victory of his arms. An age of faith always is an age of discovery, of advance, of growth, of aggression and of happiness, no matter how formidable the obstacles en countered. r * * Ms M> * MS M. IT COST Yes, it costs a good deal to get those Canadian soldiers across the ocean. We heard of the welcome given our men. We read about the Christmas dinners and the generous hospitality extend ed to them in British homes and by British comrades in arms. We did not hear as 'much as we should of the unceasing viliganc'e of sailors who kept minute by minute watch and ward against enemy submarine and lynx-eyed destroyers. The terror of bil lows mountain high and snow and sleet were as’ nothing to those of enemy shell and torpedo. A grateful country honours the soldier laddies as they prepare for their dreadful task. At tire same time we do well to offer the full share of praise to the sailor whose daring and courage and watchfulness make the soldier’s work a possibility. THE DIFFERENCE When the sailors of the Graf Spee were, in Uruguay the natives treated them as first rate men. to get rid of. They believed them the representatives of a race not to be trusted and not to neigh bor with. And there is a rbason for this mental and social attitude. Since the days of Frederick the Great the nation has been filled with the idea of its essential superiority in blood, in destiny and in every thing else. Other folk were but tools whereby Germany was to build herself into power. On the other;, hand when the British sailors were the Uruguian guests, the. best the Uruguians had to offer was at Britain’s disposal in the spirit of good comradeship. And again there is a reason. Brit ain’s motto is a fair field and no favor. She gives as good as she gets and adds a fair amount to what she promises. She does not mind if the other fellow with whom she trades made a dollar. She so carries on that those who trade with her know that it is to their advantage so to do. The result is that; Britain is 'trusted and her citizens liked wherever men carry on. A FINE PICTURE We have just seen a picture of Finnish peasants, a picture in which two young women and a young man are represented as going out. to the day’s work. They are walking easily, strongly, carrying their tools for their labour. There is an independence and a self respect about these vigorous youths that demand attention. Broad of brow, strong of limb, clear of eye and purposeful of countenance they are prophetic of achievement. They are indeed the children of a race that has contended for success in business, in literature, in painting, in music and in civil and religious life. .A peasantry of this sort must ever be the nation's pride. .National grandeur springs from folk like these. These people have railways, but they differ ’ from the railways of other nations in that they pay annual dividends instead of incurring deficits. These people have national debts but they pay them instead of allowing them to mount higher with the passing years. They eat plain food but they digest it and grow strong. They have a literature, indeed they have one of the best libraries in the world, but their reading consists of instruction upon the better-prosecution of the day’s work and of enlightenment on building and soil culture, on navigation and of those scores of matters that have to do with handicrafts and those other matters that make for skill in the art of practical living. Sup’remely, they read solid works in (theology and in this Way become informed as to what man is to believe concerning God and what duty God requires of man. Who would not fight for such a people? The world cannot afford to allow such a people to perish from the earth. those futurists To those who tell us what should be got ready for after the war is over, we’d like to pass on the advice given to English cooks on making a hare potpie. “First catch the hare.” The war is not yet won. It will take a deal of hard pounding to reach that desired consummation. Of course no one counsels our going blind, but the worst sort of blindness is the gratuitous assumption that the war is soon to be over and on the terms of the Allies. On all four with such, an assumption is the idea that we can prepare for this or that specific condition, that we think we can now describe. History is full of such speculations, but they have proven monuments of human folly. It is the unexpected that .takes place. Between us and the future hangs a veil that the best human vision cannot penetrate. Why, then, try to be wise beyond the experience of the race? If that ex perience teaches anything more than another, it is that the best guar antee for the future is a well spent present. Again and again Bri tain laid the foundation of her victories in wars, by going alertly about the business of the present hour. The best guarantee the Al lies can give the world is for them to conduct this war with manly hearts. The peace of South Africa and her unity with the Empire followed upon the chivalrous campaign conducted in the Boer War by Roberts and Kitchener. Next to a faithful friend the world’s great hearts honour a gallant foe. In the end, history being wit ness, control rests with the choicest spirits. Let us not forget that other fact of experience — life is larger than logic. Meanwhile every man mtist get down to the business of winning this war. When it is over, we’ll have learned a number of things, not the least im portant of which, will be our duty in the hear of victory. Did You Know That O—O-—O A dog with a bone knows no friends. He who slanders his neighbors makes a rod for himself. Wise lads and old fools were never good for anything. The windows open more would keep the doctors from the door. Where everyone goes the grass never grows. The clock is the only one that has its hands before its face. The elephant does not drink with his trunk. He uses it to put the water in his mouth. The oyster may be dumb, but it knows enough to get foui’ months’ vacation. The wings of a humming-bird moves 200 times a second; this is faster Hhan the movement of the bee. The horse always moves his ears when drinking. Hamilton, Ontario, has the larg est open-air market in Canada, The less people know the harder it is for them to keep it to them selves. The hum of a bee does not come | from a voice box — it is made by a rapid movement of the wings. S. J. S. MARK 4f»TH ANNIVERSARY Mr, and Mrs, Harry Hoppnr Cele brate their 45th Wedding Anniversary New Years Ray On New Years Day, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hopper, of Wingham, cele brated their 45 th wedding anniver sary quietly at their home on Dia gonal Road. They were married on New Years Day 1895, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rich ard Stonehouse, Belgrave, Their at tendants were Miss Ellen Stone house, the bride’s sister, Mrs. Thos. Wilkinson, of Exeter and Mr. Jo seph Miller, of Belgrave. Both the bride and groom of for ty-five years ago are life-long residents of Wingham. Mr. Hop per was born in Morris Township and Mrs. Hopper in East Wawanosh Since their marriage they have re sided in Morris Township, Belgrave, where they conducted a general store, and for the past eighteen years in Wingham. They have two sons and two dau ghters, Lyle, on the homestead in Morris; Russell, who conducts a funeral service and furniture store, in Exeter; Mrs. D. A. Rann, Brus sels, and Miss Lillian, a registered nurse on the staff of Victoria Hos pital, London. RT. HON. A. MEIGHEN’S SISTER BURIED IN ST. MARYS The body of Mrs. Annie Meighen White, widow of Wesley White, a native of St. Marys and sister of the Rt. Hon. Senator Arthur Mei- when, Conservative leader in the Canadian Senate, who died in Tor onto on New Years Day, was taken to St. Marys Wednesday of last week for interment. Mrs. White spent the greater part of her life in Blanshard township, wherq she and her hus band farmed. After his death she remained on the farm until 1917 when she moved to Toronto. Sena tor Meighen is the only brother and there are also surviving two sisters, one living in Edmonton and one in Welland. New War Loan Committees to be Formed ■Ottawa, Jan. 5, 1940.—In prepa ration for Canada’s first war loan effort of the new world war, a Na tional War Loan Committee and a National Subscription Committee are in process of formation across 'Can ada, and will be organized in time for the initial effort on the econo mic war front. The National War Loan Commit tee under the chairmanship of the Hon. J. L. Ralston, K.C., M.P., Min ister of Finance, will be composed of five former Ministers of Finance, ■Canada’s nine Provincial Treasurers and more than 200 representative citizens, resident from coast to coast The five former Ministers of Fi nance are: the Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas White, the Hon. Sir Henry Drayton, the Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett, the Hon. E. N. Rhodes and the Hon. C. A. Dunning. The nine Provincial Treasurers are: Hon. Thane A. Campbell, P.E.I.; Hon. Angus L. MacDonald, Nova Scotia; Hon. C. T. Richard, New Brunswick; Hon. J. A. Mathewson, Quebec; Hon. Mitchell F. Hepburn, Ontario; Hon. Stuart S. Garson, Manitoba; Hon. W. J. Patterson, Saskachewan; Hon. So lon E. .Low, Alberta and Hon. John Hart, British Columbia. Mr. Dunning has also accepted the chairmanship of the National 'Slubscription Committee, which will assist the National War Loan Com mittee, and will be concerned with the securing of larger subscriptions of a national character. It will be responsible for organizing the work ! of canvassing the larger institu- 1 tions and corporations, in addition to stimulating the broader sale of the bonds to the public. This com mittee will have the active co-opera tion of investment dealers through out Canada, a number of whom have already done considerable work in the preliminary organiza tion. The First War Loan will provide Canadians, as a whole, with their first opportunity tc^ participate in Canada’s war effort. To enable everyone to subscribe, it is indicat- • ed that bonds will have denomina tions as low as $50 each for small er subscriptions. < In announcing the acceptance by Mr. Dunning of the chairmanship of the National Subscription Commit tee, Mr. Ralstan said, ‘Canada is in deed fortunate that Mr. Dunning has agreed to undertake this impor tant task. His experience as Minis ter of Finance and also in connec tion with the Victory Loan cam paigns during the last war make him the ideal man tor the job.” HAZELWOOD — CUNNINGHAM A quiet but pretty wedding was solemnized at the Benmiller United Church manse on Tuesday afternoon January 2nd, when Rosamond Jean Cunningham, Stratford, only daugh ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Cunningham of Brussels, was unit ed in marriage to Mr. James Carman Hazelwood of the University of Tor onto, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Hazelwood, of Kirkton. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. R’. G. Hazelwood, brother of the bridegroom. Miss Ellen Hazel wood, Stratford, sister of the bride groom, was bridesmaid and Mr. Lawrence Cunningham, of Atwood, brother of the bride, attended the bridegroom. After the ceremony Mrs. R. G. Hazelwood served a very dainty wedding supper. Mr. and Mrs. Hazelwood will reside in Tor onto. THE TRUE WILL AND TESTAMENT of Adolph Atillu Alexander Napoleon Wilhelm HITLER Mis-Leader of the German People, Breaker of promises Conqueror of the World (Britain and France Permitting) Friend of the Union of Soviet Social ist Republics Witnesses: Joseph (Ananias) Goebbels Herman (Tubby) Goering Joachim (Foxy) von Ribbentrop, THIS IS THE LAST WILL and TESTAMENT of me, Adolph, Atilla Alexander Napoleon Wilhelm Hit ler, being of unsound mind and feel ing that my end is near. I GIVE AND BEQUEATH to tlje German people the enmity of the 4m- tire"1 world, caused by my acts of ag gression; all my stores of guns and ammunition, to be spread on their bread instead of butter; and the certainty of defeat by the British and French armies, Navies and Air Forces. TO my faithful friend and part ner in crime, Herman Goering, . a comprehensive collection of asbes tos uniforms to he worn when he joins me in the warm place to which I expect to go shortly. TO my publicity agent, Joseph Goebbels, the inmates of all the lun atic asylums and idiots’ homes ’in Germany'—perhaps they will believe his propaganda. TO the head of my secret police and torturer-in-chief, Heinrich Himmler, a model concentration camp for his own private and ex clusive use, fully manned by storm- troppers, who will see that he sam ples himself all the tortures he has inflicted on others. TO all the comedians of the world, my moustache and forelock. May they put on a better show than I did. TO the public refuse department, all Cthe remaining copies of “Mein Kampf.” TO my new friend, Joseph Stalin a bound volume containing verbatim reports of all my speeches against Bolshevism. —Exchange ASSESSMENT APPEAL WILL COST HURON $1,060 The County of Huron’s share in the expenses of .the hearing of the as sessment appeals of Goderich and the Township of Stephen is $1,0'60. The only way in which one hu man being can properly attempt to influence another is by encouraging him to think for himself, instead of endeavoring to instil ready-made opinions into his head. • Even if that dauntless fisherman didn’t have any luck, today, he can have fish for supper . . . and he will like it! Your dealer can secure Dried or Pickled Canadian Fish for you no matter how far you are from open water. You can choose from such Dried Fish as Cod, Haddock, Hake, Cusk, and Pollock, and such Pickled Fish as Herring, Mackerel and Alewives ... and every one of them can be served in tasty, different ways. Enjoy this food in your home. You Can get Dried or Pickled Canadian Fish with all its goodness retained for your enjoyment. Ask your dealer. You. will find it very economical, too. DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES, < OTTAWA. WRITE FOR FREE BOOKLET i ANY DAY Department of Fisheries, JJ46 Ottawa. Please send me your free 52-page Booklet “100 Tempting Fish Recipes", containing 100 delightful and economical Fish Recipes. x Name............................... Address............... .................................. .............................................................................CW-20 A FISH DAY