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The Exeter Advocate, 1916-6-22, Page 7itamcommvtrammi. SilFea4,1(6 0 eS Thellost fooNvearkiStromr WORN BY ALL MEMBERS LIME FAMILY SOLD BY ALL GOOD Sling DEALERS iffEE.SINMsnEnlenIMMIZM A TRENCH BATTLE. How Wounded Frenchmen Repulsed a German Attack, One of the remarkable *Aries of the war is that of the French sergeant who in a position of peculiar danger saved the situation by his strange and piercing cry, "Debout, les morts!" (Stand up, you dead men!) An officer who witnessed the episode thee de- scribes it: • We were putting in order a trench we had just taken. At the barrier of sandbags at each end two pickets kept careful guard, Suddenly from bend a mound o earth a perfect avalanche of bombs came hurtling down upon our heads, and before our men realized what was happening., ten of them lay dead or wounded ab the bottom of the trench. I opened ray mouth to rally my men, but a stone from the parapet, loosen- ed by a felling bomb, crashed down upon my Lead andimocked me senses less. But only for a second. A bursting bomb shattered iny hand and the pain brought me back to life. As I opened my eyes, faint and dizzy, I saw a band of Germans leaping over the sandbags into the trench—twenty or so of them—without rifles, but with rush baskets full of bombs hung about their necks. I looked to the right and to the left. All our men bad gone; the trench was empty. Just then one a my men, who had been lying apparently lifeless, a gash across his forehead, another on his chin and his whole face covered with blood, sat up, seized a sack of grenades lying near and shouted, "De - bout, les marts!" Then he got up on his knees and hurled grenade after grenade at the enemy. At his shout three other men strug- gled up. Two whose legs were broken seized their rifles and opened 'fire, each shot going home with deadly effect; the third man, whose right arm hung useless at his side, grasped his bay- onet with his left hand. By the time I was on my feet, having quite come to myself again, half our enemies - were struck down and the rest were reheating in disorder. There, alone, leaning against the parapet and protected by a huge iron 1/4 shield, stood an enormous German sergeant, sweating, panting, splutter- ing with rage, and bravely emptied his revolver at us. The man who had rallied us, the hero at whose word the dead had come to life, got one of the shots- right in the face. He reeled and fell. Suddenly his comrade with the bay- onet, who had carefully crawled for- ward, sheltered by the bodies of his fallen mates, pulled himself togebher, and, dodging two bullets, aimed at him, with one gigantic effort plunged his weapon into the German's throat. It was over; we held our ground; we were saved. At that all -impelling call the dead indeed had come to A Sensible Thing To Do • . When the drug, caffeine —the active principle in tea and coffee—shows in head- ache, nervousness, insom- nia, biliousness, jumpy heart, and so on, the sen- sible thing to do is to quit both tea and coffee. • It's easy, having at hand the delicious pure food - drink instalit • Post u rn It is, made from wheat roasted with a bit of whole- some molasses and is free from any harmful sub - •stance. Thousands who prefer to protect their health, use Postmif with, comfort and delight. Made in the cup ---in- • stantly---with hot water. Convenient, nourighing, sat- isfying. "There's a Reason" for POSTUI1 Canadian Postorn Cereal Co., Ltd., 'Windsor, Ont. ST. JOHN ADIBVIANCE. First Aid Work of the Canadian Pacific Railway Centre. "A most successful year, notwith- standing the general depression." This is the pleasing statement con- tained in the sixth annual report of the Canadian Pacific Railway Centre of the St. John' Ambulance Associa- tion. For the twelve months, ending Sepbernber 30, 1915, no less than, 1,816 passed qualifying examinations out of a total of 2,564 who presented them- selves for instruction at the classes. In all the departments of the C.P.R. Centre of the .Assoeiation, which spreads over.. the country, a greater zeal than ever 'was manifested for work, and the support of the superin- tending officials of the C.P.R, ja In no small way responsible for a good deal of the advancement made. Wives and daughters of C.P.R. employees have taken advantage of the free course of training offered, and now no leas' than 825 ladies have taken out the certificate of qualification from the Association. Under the auspices of the C.P.R. Centre instruction was given to the Borden Battery and Ammunition Column before leavingMontiealf the front. Afterwards the certificates of merit were presented to the offi- cers and men by His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught. An important feature of the work of the C.P.R. Centre was the bringing of a large number of the lady clerks of the C.P.R. into touch with the Red Cross Society, an organization to which they proved a valuable asset. Three men were saved from drown- ing at Winnipeg by W. T. Davies, 0. P.R. 4,mbiAlance instructor, and Wil- liam Newcombe, a C.P.R. constable. Sir Donald Cameron presented the medal of the Royal Canadian Hernane Society to each in recognition of their bravery. Particulars were obtainable of 3,- 780 cases where first aid had been administered by members of the O.P.R. Centre. The eases were thus divided; Atlantic Centre, 9. Eastern Division, 130; Ontario Division, 136; western lines, 3,440. Concluding. the report of the C.P.R. Centre pays a glowing tribute to the late Lieutenant-Colonel Lacy R. Johns son, who had been chairman of the Centre under review and also of the whole Association. During his time as chairman nearly 7,000 employees of the C.P.R, passed the qualifying examinations, and in this way made themselves better citizens of the Do - 44 -4444444-4-.—. A ZEPPELIN PASSES A Striking Picture of Its Visit to an English Village. There have been many graphic de- scriptions of darkened London await- ing the Zeppelins; many, too, of the actual arrival of the n 1• 'd But Mr. Alfred 011ivant, the novelist, in "The House on the Cliff," makes the anticipation, the coming and the passing of a Zeppelin through a little coastland village of England a picture more striking and memorable than any—perhaps because in the telling his sense neither of moderation, of humor nor of beauty failed him. A few minutes after he had gone to his room the first night of his stay, his host, the colonel, came up and knocked.. "You're showing a streak of light through the curtains," he said enxious- ly. "Do you mind if I arrange them ?" He stood on a chair and made certain delicate adjustments, setting to work as a dressmaker goes about to fit a lady's gown. "They fine you ten pounds for the first offense," he said, his mouth full of pins. The occupant of the room pays," he added with quiet gusto, "not the owner. And for the second offense you db time." "All through the winter our lights were the colonel's hobby, his anxiety and delight. He was terribly thor- ough. From bathroom, lavoratories, passages and holes the bulbs were re- moved to guard against temptation and servants against carelessness. You washed in the dark, and you said good -by to your friends by the light of the moon. And every night, when the blinds were down and the curtoins drawn, the colonel went his rounds. . . . And, if about the hour of dark, you went into one of the • seaward rooms, you would be pretty sure to be greeted by a spectral voice from thei, ceiling, 'I'm not very happy about this curtain,' . . . and you would be aware of a gdunt and vulture-like figure perched 'on atable or a chair, safety pin in mouth, adjusting a chink." But when at last a Zeppelin dame, ib carne by day. "It was a February afternoon of the fairest," says Mr. 011ivints I "I was slowly climbing the last hill home when of a sucldeil I Was aware of I knew not what. • . . "Some primeval instinct warned me • to beware. "I stood with ears alert, and sniffed. "There was a faint, strange smell in the air, and a faint, far humming. • et looked seaward. Nothing was visible but a remote destroyer, I gaz- ed up into the heavens. Not a speck I darkened the distant blue. Then a elan ..on. the crest of the hill, fifty yards above me, a woman at his side K,1/4-neree The loveliness of that remote and shin- ing something, on whose underwings the westering sun was beating up, possessed and dazzled me. . . "There was a Bang! bang! bang! and out of the green hillside across the valley, two hundred yarda away, suddenly spurted great mushrooms of smoke, one after another. Bang! bang! bang! and one of the houses skirmishing on the outskirts of the town was enveloped in a dirty eloud. "'Take coverr cried a fierce, Author- itative voice near by. "The man on the crest, who was lame, limped swiftly into his house, the woman scuttling before him. I was left on the bare road, conselous of that fatal and beautiful thing pois- ed plumb overhead. I dared not look up. Were I to do so, the felling bomb would surely catch me in the face! and I preferred to take it In the neck. "I made for the house opposite; it was empty and locked. "Then came the lame man running out. 'Conie in here, "r!' he 11 d "But it was all over. And the crea- ture from another world was flying homeward in the light of the sinking sun, the smoke of its handiwork pur suing it leisurely across the waters in pillars of soot." He is Just One More of The Many WHO HAS FOUND NEW HEALTH IN DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS. Philip McLeod Tells How He Sufferad from Kidney Trouble for Years and Found a Quick and Complete Cure in Dodd's Kidney Pills. Tarbot, Victoria Co.,. C.B., June 19b11 (SPeeial.)—Philip McLeod is just one more of the many residents in this neighborhood wit') have found new health in Dothrs Kidney Pills. "I have used Dodd's Kidney Pills with great success," Mr. McLeod states. "For years I had kidney trouble and could get nothing to help me. Hearing of what Dodd's Kidney Pills have done for others led me to use them. Five boxes cured me cam-, pletely. "I have recommended Dodd's Kid- ney Pills to many people. I cannot, speak too highly of them." The testimony of people who have been cured is better than all the theory in the world. Dodd's Kidney Pills are purely and simPly a kidney remedy.. If you have kidney trouble all you need to do is to ask others. They will tell you that Dodd's Kidney Pills will cure you. They will also tall you that Dodd's Kidney Pills cure rheumatism, dropsy, heart disease, diabetes, gravel and 13right's disease. That is because all t these diseases are either kidney diseases or are caused by diseased kidneys. LOST PROVINCES RICH. Alsace-Lorraine Has Vast Deposits of ' Potahs, Iron and Coal. Quite apart from strong senti- menet reasons, French people want to get their lost provinces of Alsace- Lorraine back because of their actual value. In the provinces are some of the' greatest potash mines in the world. These mines alone yield £4,000,000 worth of potash every yer. Natural- ly, while the Germans have owned them they have made many millions out of themsupplying tbe world with potash, and. with fertilizers from the rock salt which is mixed up with the potash beds. Another fact about Lorraine which will surprise most people is that it has half the world's supply of iron ore, as well as huge untapped coal , deposits. For the coal alone France would like Lorraine for she is short of coal, and has to import 10,000,000 tons a year. Altogether, the return of Alsace- Lorraine will increase France's an- nual income by some £10,000,000, so there is a business side as well as a sentimental one bo the recapture of the lost provinces. Mina's Liniment uned by FlaYsicians. TOMMY READS AND WRITES. The Result is Millions, of Letters and Parcels of Literature. ' Tommy Atkins bas got the reputa-1 tion of being the mostvoracious read- er and indefatigable letter writer of all the troops in the field. • The British Postmaster -General told an audience in Kent recently that during t -he war more than 450,000,000 letters arid 40,- 000,000 parcels had been sent to the troops in France. Those letters and parcels weighed aboub 1,500 tons a - week. In addition, about 800,000 books and magazines were being dis- tributed week by week, and on be- half of the troops he appealed for even More to be handed in. . • .0. The beauty that is only skin deep is better than the kind that rubs off. • cried .suddenly: • . . • • . Pc772.-‘W' s 'There she goes!' • "I looked .agein. And sheer over- , head I caught a flaSla and sparkle. It was infinibely far, a part of the blue; as', if a tiny patch of heaven had sud- douly crystallized. , 'Per a moment I was astounded. ARE CN NO STICKINF.S$ ALL DEALESz7- R.C.Drigg&S`onr. isANILTON • . • . . • , • A Tasty Summer "Snack" for the warm days when the appetite craves "something different" for luncheon, for picnics or any kind of outdoor excur- sion is Triscuit the Shred- ded Whole Wheat Wafer. It is made of the whole wheat steam -cooked, shredded and baked. Toast it in the oven to restore its crispness and spread overit butter,soft cheese or marmalade'. Its snappy, tasty aroma is a delight to the palate, supply- ing the greatest amount of nutriment in smallest bulk. A deliciously wholesome toast. It is ready -cooked, easily carried, is strengthen- ing and satisfying. Made in Canada. From tile Ocean Shore could be seen without the aid of a telescope. It, was also known as "poverty year." In New Ilsanpaltire hay sold at $180 a ton. The next • spring the market price of cern was $2; a bushel of wheat, $2.50; rye, $2; oats, 90e; beans, $3; butter, 25e per lb. (It usually sold in those days at eight or ten cents.) Further particu- lars of the "surnmerless summer," Tha Expositor adds, are among the flies of the Granville Historical Society. THE SUMMERLESS YEAR. What the Year 1816 Was Like in This CouritrY. The year 1816, that is, 100 years ago, says the Perth Expositor, was known as the "surnmerleaa summer." Snow eonimeneed falling in the middle of June, by the middle of August it was one foot In depth, and from the flint fall of snow in June until the following summer the earth remained under the covering of 'the wintry blanket. Absolutely nothing in the way of harvest was garnered. Every- thing in the way of crops rotted in the ground. What did the people live on? Meat—meat and fish—there were no vegetables and there was no flour; it was venison and fish to -day, reliev- ed by fish and flesh to -morrow, taken from slaughter -settle. Hay had to be shipped from Ireland to save the starving cattle in Quebec, and it sold there for $45 per ton; flour sold at $17 per barrel in Qt,ebet, and pota- toes were one penny a pound. This year was called "the year eighteen hundred and frozen to death." The use of the cold was believed to be sunspots, which were so large that for the first time in their history they - Rich Uncle (to his phyrician)—"Se you think there is hope fee n -or Physic Doctor"—Not 4hat. hut I can assure you that yeu are aut o danger." "Very -mil: I wish you would inform my nephew; but break the news gently to him" ,44.414.4. BITS OF NEWS FROM THE MARITIME PROVINCES. Items of Interest FrOill Places Lapped By Waves of the Atlantic. St, John's oldest resident, Louis Smith, is dead at the age of 104. Hon. C. W. Robinson, for years Cita Soliettot of Aloncton, N.13., has resign- . A wave of crime has been sweeping, over Fredericton, many robberies be- thg reparted. Mrs. Alice Lang anti two daughters. of Cherhill, aro dead as a result of a shooting affray. Edna. Porter, a 16-year-eln girl, of Meductie, is miesing from her home.: Foul play Is supeeutl Malcolm McPherson, aged 80, oft Union, Vale, was a.rrested, charged; with du mai& r of his wife. The large general store of Thos.; Lunney, at. Swift Point, N.13.. was completely destroyed by fire. Trees wore sprayed and sweet peas sown at the Experimental Station, Charlottetown, P.E.L, on May 1. Capt. Courtenay of the "Olinda" left!, St. Sohn's, Nlld., recently, for Barba- dos, to get a cargo of molasses. The strike amongst the men of the Dominion Cartage Co., Montreal, has interrupted freight traffic around St. John. Pte. (Bode, one of the two Micmac Indians, who enlisted with the 112th Battalion, died at Digby, N.S., of pneumonia, "Joe" Mitchell, the famous Indian fon trapper, recently trapped three foxes at Ashton, P,E.I., two of which! were silver grays. The St, Mary's Army and Navy Club gave an entertain -1 znent recently, for the St. Francis Xavier hospital unit. Premier Murray of Nova Scotia was presented with a silver tea set, salver and an address by the Liberal mem-i bers of the Province. Dartmbuth, N.S., is about to be sup- plied with electric power for night and day. At present electrical power Is available only in tho evening, Mrs. Bentille Dufresne, Quebec, se- cured the gold medalor hlghest per- centage in all classes at the Brooklyn King's County Hospital Training School for Nurses. Capt. Dan McKinnon, formerly one of the best known followers of the harness racing game in the Maritime Provinces, is now commanding officer of the 36th Battery at Fredericton. The Women's Canadian Club of St. John, N.B., is doing an excellent work in encouraging the art of toy - making in New Brunswick. They ex- pect to hold an exhibition of "Made in N.B." toys early this summer. is the best remedy known for sunburn, heat rashes, eczema, sore feet, stings and blisters. A skin food! ATI Duggith and Staras.-50c. The Dunlop Rubber Company Wants 'tiTorluffen for Toronto More men are needed in the Toronto factory of The • Dunlop Tire & Rubber Goods Company, Limited, . to keep. .up . with the de- mands ef a steadily inereas- ing business. Here is a chance for mechanics, or unskilled workmen who wish to become . mechanics, • to. learn a. trade that corn- • mamas good wages eetery • where. No previous ex- Perienco in rubber working necessary. The right kind of men can trust the Dan - lop Company for o square deal. r"end in your name 'and address for an applies,— tion blank.. Address: Ounlop Tire & rstl Goolg • Capany, ijted tooth Ave., •- Toronto Retaliation. Hostess—"Pray, dent go yet, Mr. Baso, I want you to sing some- thing.' Mr. Basso ---"You must excuse mo- lt is very late, and I should disturb the neighbors." Hostess—"Never mind the neigh- bors. They deserve it. They poi- soned our dog yesterday." Zee]) Witaard's Lnaiment in the house 58,00 a yon' protc,qs Your neve Ford Touring Car from loss toy lire to the extent of $8(ke. includ- ing less from explosion raid 'rent"- ignition. . • 01.0 oi.r • ,-4a uta the 2-4,10:74 Z,107: re!.!!,,,- a ,*,•4 . • Vitt, tor ra,14,a1 Fcrri .• to tt y Si. ra;ar rate, • und- are. grw:led to owners of Crave relet ears. '• • F. D.WILLIAMS. ii.NA(31444 GIRCCTCOR HEAD CFPIra -Z4 ZOOT1 87 TORONTO. EIrDvOraTeree Dangers of Pharmacy. OTATOES. I P.1:511 CW3- ' n..-7 t I* . Deleware. Cat men Or - "Did you ever make a serious mis- ' der at or, ..* S-Pnly iirrite.i. Mite for take in a prescription?" quota q J• r o 77 IX rffrc , .in ''...-1.••nt -- — — "Only once. Then I charged a cue. tomer thirty cents for a prescription instead of fifty." I was cured of Bronchitis and Asthma by MINARD'S LINIMENT MRS. A. LIVINGSTONE. I Lot 5, P. E. I, I was •eured of a severe attack of • Rheumatism by MINARD'S Mahone Bay. JOHN MADER. LINI- MENT. I was cured of a severely sprained leg by MINARI)'S LINIMENT. JOSHUA A. A C }I T. Bridgewater. Do Not Tell This Often. Smith was a parson. One day he went out fishing and lost a valuable presentation ring. Two years after- I wards he went fishing in the same place, and caught a large trout, which he had for supper that night. Suddenly he .jumped up half -choked by something that had stuck in his throat. By a violent effort he dislodged it, 0 emulated Eyelids, 1e'Eyes inflamed by expo- ' sure to Sun. Dust and Wind 71EZ' WAIITZ73. ('o.. I.td.. I Wirn1oyment good wag,. Apply Ilt.n.irie & Co.. Lintilesi G. T. Ity. Cart- age Agents, Toronto. J.(t XPIelilENCBD ANI) 1 eneorl Girls for liosiery and 'Under- w>er Mill. .Also 0 t'ew Youzig Men. Highest wages paid. Mercury Limited, Hamilton. GOOD ALL itOUN'D DRY GooDS LL man to take (Merge of Staple Dep't and assistin general management of liry Goods, Steady Umplorrient, Would prefer man who could be made junior partner. F. G. „McTavish & Co., Stratford, Ont, OR AT-3.- 31.1..0-ar chef Aonligi&nri; trade. eluding nRubbing and Polishing. also Cabinet Makers and Trimmers. Ste IN Mk and good wages for eompetent men. When applying state experience and whether married or single. Apply The (leo. MeLagan Furniture Co., Limit- ed, Stratford. Ont. BOX NAILERS, SAWYERS, LABORERS, good wages. Apply or write Firstbrook Bros. Limit- ed, Toronto. WANTED—GOOD COOK OR GENERAL for Burlington. Other servants kept. Best wages. Apply Mrs. Proctor, R.R. No. 2, Freeman. quickly relievedbyMurine FOR, SALE. 4, Eye Remedy. No Smarting, f fi'l ARM HANDY WAGON CHEAP. A..• Steel Wheel Farm. Truck, two ton Your Drug -gist's 5jOucspteEr Eye Comfort. (c.aarsteigh.eftoj sal. ez.chieinidaldyaf f3aolp it SalveinTubes25c.For0oolloilheEyerreeask • Ilainiiton. Ont. Druggists or MurineEyellemedy Ce..Chicago He Knew The Kind. A hobo knocked on the back door' of a suburban house, which was open- i ed by a large muscular, hard -faced woman. "Get out of here, you miser- able tramp! !Z exclaimed the woman in! a screechy voice, at the first sight of the hobo. "If you don't march ! straight for that back gate 1 will call my husband!" "I guess not," was the calm response of the tramp. "He ain't at home." "Is that so, Mr. Tremp?" was the scornful rejoinder of the, large lady. "How do you know, he isn't at home?" "Because, "grin- ned the hobo, backing toward the • aforesaid gate, "when a man marries a woman like you he is home only at meal time." Ask for 3flinardre and take no'other Flippancien Airships should increase the float- ing. population. Cooking school girls don't always pan out well. When the house gets cold the ten- ants are apt to get hot. • 'Most. of the "good fellows" have a lot of bad habits. Speaking of work, that's as near as some men ever got to it. • When an irritable man is on a loaf, he is not sq crusty... It is easier to carry on a flirtation than it is to carry oft an heiress. Mitard's Liniment Lumberman's Friend "When your wife gets angry won't she speak to you?" "She won't do anything else." Mr Chaffe—"Johnnie, your 'mother complains that you are disobedient, N-EWSP.8.1M1113 role SAZIS. D Rt./rim-MAKING NWS AND JOB 1. Offices for sale in good Ontario towns. The most useful and interesting of all businesses. Full information on application to Wilson Publishing Com- pany, 13 West Adelaide Street, Toronto. taisreeteatatous. CANCER, TUMORS, LUMPS, ETC, internal and external, cured with- out pain by our home treatment. Write us before too late. Dr. Hellman Medical Co.. Limited, Collingwood. Ont. For Freezing ice Cream you get best results with CRUSHED ROCK SALT A more even freeze. Smoother Ice Cream. Takes one-third less salt and keeps Cream hard twice as long. Write wonozrzo SALT 177 AN 60-62 Jarvis St., Toronto, Ont. wucchinory Fr )a% .111.16.1.11012121.01:11....m Wheelock Engine, 150 FIT., 18 x429 with double main driving belt 24 ins. wide, and bynamo 30 K. W bnt driven. All ha first class condition. Would be sold together or separate- ly e also a lot of shafting at a very great bargain as room is required immedi- ately. S. Frank Wilson & Sons That's got to stop. You must_ obey 73 Adelaide Street Wee., your mother," Johnnie—"Not much Tormito, It's you • who have to obey her It ---,— isn't me that's married to h.,1" • ED. 2. ISSUE 26—'16,