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Do. Parrots Know What
They Say?
Parrots say queer things at times,
but do they know the meaning of what
they say? Many of the people wild
keep such feathered pets, will answer
Whether parrots say the right thing
at the right moment because they
;know it is right, or merely stay some-
"thing apropos by accident, is an open.
question. There can, be no doubt,
however, about the appropriateness
of the sentences which they let fall
slow and then.
One of the best parrot stories tells
flow a wealthy woman was worried by
her pet bird, which would persist in
saying in the presence of visitors,
"Oh, I wish the old lady was dead!"
It had picked up the sentence from the
conversations of a couple of expec-
tant relations who lived in the same
house,
Eventually the troublesome bird was
given to a friendly clergyman, who al-
ready had one parrot, On an occasion
when the origival owner paid a call
on the clergyman's wife, the parrot
cried, "Q11, I wish the old lady was
deadl" "We beseech Thee to hear
vs good Lard," responded the other
parrot.
A parrot was sitting an a tree in the
garden when an aeroplane suddenly
passed overhead. He fluttered to the
ground in terror, and when picked up
said, "Charley frightened."
A yellow -fronted Amazon parrot,
which is to -day quite an infant as par-
rot lives are reckoned, does not like
artificial light, and whenever the gas
is lighted he moves his ravings in an
appealing way and whines. "Want to
be covered over." When a cloth is
placed over the cage he immediately
goes to roost.
Locke's "Eraaty on the Human Un-
derstanding"
nderstanding" refers to a parrot which
had the faculty for answering ques-
tions sensibly. 'When. the Governor of
Brazil was introduced to it he asked
the bird, "What do you do here?" "I
look after chickens," was the ready
reply. "You look after chickens?"'
roared the governor, with a burst of
laughter. "Yes," retorted the bird,
"and I know haw to do it," at the
same time clucking like a broody hen.
A spinster owned a parrot whose
language was so bad that he was al-
ways oovercd up cm Sunday when, the
parson came to lunch.
This was all right until the parson
turned up unexpectedly on a Wednes-
day.
The cover was hastily thrown over
the bird's cage, but in the middle of
lunch he called out, "I say, this is a
deuced short week."
We may question the veracity of
some of the parrot stories that are
told by admiring owners; but we can -
Pot doubt that the parrot is endowed
with remarkable brain power. A good
bird will interpret the moods of those
about it in a most uncanny way. A
parrot known to the writer somehow
seems: to know instantly when his
mistress is amused, and will join in
the laughter after a dinner -table joke
with such spontaneity that any
stranger might credit 'him with an ac-
curate appreciation of the humor of
the moment,
• There Are Others Like Hien.
Hot and Cold Water.
"CORNS
Habit is a curious. thing. .One man
takes a big drink of ice water before , AUTUMN BLOUSES `
he goes to bed. Another swallows a
glass of hot water, Bcth are after i Lift Right Off Without Pair.
comfort,
The ice water paralyzes all stomach
action for hale an hour or longer. The
hot water stimulates stomach aotlon
and draws the blood from the brain,
thereby inducing sleep,
• It is worth while to learn to like hot
water'.. It is more satisfying than cold..
The former jolts the digestive pro-
cesses, the latter pleasantly promotes
them, And many "a time, the doctors
say, when a person craves very cold
water what he really needs is hot
water,
Once, while walking through the
.land of Imagination, I saw a dull -eyed
man, sitting at the door of a, small,
dingy cottage.
"Why are you so poor?" I asked.
"I am not poor," he answered indig-
nantly.
"There is coal underneath my gar-
den—one hundred thousand tons of
It."
"Then why don't you dig it up?" 1
asked.
"Well," he admitted, "at present I
have no spade and I don't like dig-
ging•"
WHEN BABY IS CROSS
-.n.
Quite True. ,
Burglar—"What would you say if I
was to blow your head off for not tell-
ing me where your money is?"
of Mr. -Joker—"Not a word, sir --not a
,word.,
Mothers, when your baby is cross—
when he cries a great deal and no
amount of attention or pettingcheers
film something is the matter. It is
not the nature of little ones to be
cross and peevish -the welt child is a
happy child. Give hips a dose of
Baby's Own Tablets and he will soon
he well again, The Tablets are a, mild
but thorough laxative which regulate
the bowels and stomach; banish con-
stipation and indigestion; break up
colds and simple fevers and relieve
the other minor ills of little ones, Con-
cerniug them Mrs, Oscar Bedard, Ste.
Sophie, Que., writes: ---"Baby's Own
Tablets are an excellent remedy for
constipatlou, They relieved my little
one when nothing else would and I
can strongly recommend them to all
mothers." The Tablets are sold by
medicine dealers or by mail at 25.
cents a box from The Dr. Williams
Medicine Co., Brookville, Ont.
The Birthday of "The Marne"
We've Sung as if 'twere yesterday
Of Marne of fadeless fame,
Of Paris saved by gallant men,
"Contemptible" but game,
Of sleepless hours of gallantry,
Of heroism, faith!
Of how the blond beast snarled in vain
In ignominious death!
What has become of all those men,
Like stars resplendent once?
Why have we let terrestrial joys
Eclipse them far the nonce?
Forgetful of what they had done,
Of how they fought and stayed,
When Duty meant stand "true till
death"
While we in comfort played?
History will blaze—but never tell
The half of deeds divine;
Of "serried ranks" or "hosts" because
It was a "thin red line."
A thin red line of heroes all,
Ablaze with fierce desires
For Duty, Home, for Country and
Their hearts' consuming fires.
How mauy think of those great• days,
Just six short years ago,
When Human torch at Hope was lit
When yesterday's was woe?—
Satanic brains in ghoulish form
Angelic wings deceived,
So "Deo tibi grates"
For Victory achieved.
Fane Sewell.
Their Little Error,
.A. wealthy gentleman has a brother
who is hard of hearing, whilst he him-
self is remarkable for having a very
prominent nose.
Once this gentleman dined at a
friend's house, where he sat between
two young ladies, who talked to him
very loudly, rather to his annoyance.
Finally, one of them shouted a com-
monplace remark, and then said, in an
ordinary tone, to the other: ,
"Did you ever see such an ugly
nose?"
"Pardon me, ladies," said the gentle-
man. "It is lay brother who is deaf!"
An 'electrical process for drying un-
barked logs or lumber in piles has
been invented by a Frenchman.
The only food tax imposed in the
Zsle of Man is 4d. a pound on tea.
9650
.9651 ---Ladies' Waist (to be slipped
on over the head; two styles of vest
and sleeve). Price, 25 cents, In 7�
sizes, 34 to 46 ,ills, bust measure, Size,
80 requires 1% yds. 36 ins, wide; col-
lar and vest, 3ayd. 36 ins. wide,
9650 :Ladies' Blouse (two styi'es of
sleeve and collar). Price, 25 cents,
In 7 sizes, 34 to 46 ins, bust measure..
Size 36 •requires 2% yds, 36 ids, wide,
or 2% yds. 40 ins. wade,
These patterns may be obtained
from your local McCall dealer, or from
the McCall Co., 7Q Bond St,, Toronto,
Dept. W.
THE TREASURE
OF GOOD HEALTH
About one -eleventh of the area of
Africa, some 1,000,000 Square miles,
still awaits exploration.
Black unbarred mosquito netting is
a satisfactoryand not unsightly wire
screen. If the netting is cut two or.
three inches larger than the opening,
the edge may be rolled so as to make
a substantial mass through which to
tack.
Comes already sweetened
Its own . sugar is developed in the
baking: It solves your sugar- prob-
lem among ready -to -eat cereals.
owN
Order aacka _: -e from
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the'Orocer.
Its flavorappeals and
here is •Ao Waste.
,.lads by G�aid.indso; n Poetumr Mtnrrest Co„Ltd,,
,Wto
Easily Maintained Through the
Use O Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills..
There is not a nook or corner in
Canada, in the cities, the towns, the
villages, on the farms and in the
mines and lumber camps, where Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills have not been
used, and from one end of the country
to the other they have brought back
to bread -winners, their wives and
families the splendid treasure of new
health and strength.
You have only to ask your neighbors,
and they can tell you of some rheu-
'natic or nerve -shattered man, some
suffering woman, ailing youth or
anaemic girl who owes present health
and strength to Dr, Williams' Pink
Pills. For more than a quarter of a
century these pills have been knowh
not only in Canada, but throughout all
the world, as a reliable tonic, blood -
making medicine. •
The wonderful success of Dr. Wil-
liams' Pink Pills is due to the fact
that they go right to the root of the
disease in the blood, and by making
the vital fluid rich and red strengthen
every organ and every nerve, thus
driving out disease and pain, and
making weak, despondent people
bright, active and strong. Mr. W. T.
Johnson, one of the best known and
most highly esteemed men in Lunen-
burg county, N.S., says:—"I am a
Provincial Land Surveyor, and am ex-
posed
xposed for the greater part of the year
to very hard work travelling through
the forests by day and. camping out by
night, and I' find the only thing that
will keep me up to the mark is Dr.
Williams? Pink Pills. When I leave
home for a trip in the woods I am as
interested in having my supply of pills
as provisions, and on such occasions
I take them regularly. The result is
I am always fit. I never take cold,
and can digest all kinds of food such
as we have to put up with hastily
cooked .in the woods. Having proved
the value of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills,
as a tonic and health builder, I am
never without them, and I lose no op-
portunity in recommending them to
weak people whom I meet."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills should be
kept in every home, and their occa-
sional use will keep the blood pure.
and ward off illness. You canget
these pills through any medicine deal
er ,or by mail at 50 cents a box or six
boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Wil-
liams' Medicine Co., Brockville; Ont.
Doesn't hurt a bit! .Drop a little
"Freezone" on an aching corn,. lestaut-
ly that corn stops hurting,, then short-
ly you can lift it right off with fingers.
Truly!
Your druggist sells a tiny bottle of
"Freezone" for a few cents, sufficient
to remove every hard corn, soft corn,
or corn between the toes, and the cal-
luses, without soreness or irritation..
The Origin of Paper.
Paper is one of the most important
things that came from the Orient. The
Chinaman who made the first sheet
of paper by covering a lattice of wil-
low switches with the wet fibres of:
silk started an industry that has been
one of the foundations of civilization.
Centuries ago, when the rulers of.
the European nations were unable to
sign their names' the peaceful inhabi-
tants of China were manufacturing
paper from a vegetable fibre and rags,
and the Chinese emperor was the pos-
sessor of a library containing mnore
than 50,000 books.
As early as the" sixth century the
Chinese made a good quality paper
from the mixed pulp of various fibres
and rags, and. gave this paper a
smooth writing surface by either coat -
ling it with gypsum or sizing it with
starch or gelatin procured by burning
lichens ,or other. plants:
The Arabs gathered a knowledge of
paper manufacture from the Chinese,
and by the year 900 the Mohammedan
people had become leaders in the art.
Tests by German •scientists' have
shown that the length of a day rather
than the temperature affects the
growth of plant life.
Stand By and Be Ready.
When your heart, is all gay, and all
bright is your day,
And rose -strewn the pathway before
you;
When your life is all spring, and the
glad songbirds sing,
When neer oue dark cloud settles o'er
you;
Then find some poor soul who is far
from its goal,
Though its strivings have been long
and steady,
And reach forth a hand, asyouu hear
the command—
Stand by at once and be ready.
When you never have need to be
mournful indeed
Over troubles and trials and sorrows:
When you rise from your bed and feel
never a dread
That the days will mean darksome to-
morrows;
Then Find some sad heart who has
never a part
In. the smile of Good, Fortune, so
steady;
And do kind aets of cheer as the order
you hear—
Stand by at once and be ready.
When goad health is your own, and
you ue'er make a moan
Over palm that make life all hard la-
bor;
When your work Is sheer joy, as your
time you employ
With happy Content as your neigh-
bor;.
Just look once again for a sufferer in
pain,
Whose illiuck has been long and
steady;
Help with heart, mind, and hand, as
you hear the command.—
Stand by at once and be ready,
BITS
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OF
HUMOR
FROM HERE ftrigitE
"An' Whit .For No?"
Tam niet Sandy doing nothing in
particular in the middle of the morn-
ing the other day.
"Whit wey are ye no wurking,
Sandy?" he asked, "A thocht the
strike was settled!"
"This is anither Strike!" was Sandy's
retort.
"An" whit dae ye want poo, Sandy?"
demauded Tam.
"„A. rise in wages tae pay for the int
creased cost of postage stamps!" re-
turned Sandy,
Oldest Watch in the World.
The oldest watch in existence was
made by Peter Henlein, a Nuremburg
blacksmith, about the time when CoI-
umbus was laying his plans for his
first western voyage.
The watch is about 21in. in diame-
ter, lin. thick, and weighs 7oz. avoir-
dupois. The dial is of brass, sunk in
the centre, in which cavity is a revolv-
ing disc with a pointer which indicates
tee hours engraved up to twelve and
repeated on the opposite half, making
the dial a day and night indicator.
Outside the hour numerals are four
circles, marked with minutes, fifteen
to each circle. The hour indicator
makes one revolution in twenty-four
hours, and the double -ended minute
hand one revolution in fifteen minutes.
The materials of the movement are
iron and steel throughout, with the ex-
ception
xception of the brass bushings of the
pivot holes. The workmanship is ex-
cellent.
Henlein was persecuted for witch-
craft when he withdrew from his com-
panions to work out his invention, and
was finally put in prison, where his
watch was perfected. After some time
he retired to the convent of the Car-
melites, where he was allowed to
manufacture watches on. condition
that he gave the proceeds to the Or-
der. He died in 1540 at Nuremburg,
the scene of his persecutions, where
a monument has been erected to him.
This is to certify that I have used
MINARD'S LINIMENT in my family
for years and consider it the best lini-
ment on the market. I have found It
excellent for horse flesh.
(Signed)
W. S. PINEO.
"`Woodlands;e' Middleton, N.S.
Provocative ignorance.
The juvenile son of a professor of
botany in one of the universities
seems likely to become as learned as
his father; already he is familiar with
the Latin names of many of the speci-
mens in the professor's harbarium. •
But the boy is not all botanist, Ile
is ready to fight, as well as to study.
Recently he returned home with one
eye half closed and discolored. His
mother greeted flim with dismay,
0 Aleck," she cried, "you havebeen
fighting again!"
"But it wasn't my fault, matter," the
boy hastened to explain:"Bill John-
son said Taraxacum otileinale didn't
mean a dandelion."
The First Hundred Thousand,
The artist beamed. A visitor -•a
wealthy -looking visitor, too—bad paid
a visit to his studio.
As he showed the great man round,
he fingered lovingly the products of
his brain.
"This picture," he said, stopping be-
fore his master -piece, "took me nine-
teen months to paint, It was started
is a. garret—"
"Well, well!"
"And a hundred thousand wouldn't
buy it now."
"No," returned the visitor, eyeing
the masterpiece more closely. "And
I'm one of the hundred thousand."
MONEY ORDERS.
The safe way to send money by mail
is by Dominion Express Money Order,
In, • addition to its other mineral
wealth Spitzeribergen has been found.
to contain petroleum deposits.
One of the best grades of Italian
Cheese is sold only after it has been
seasoned for at least four years.
STODIWINDOWS &DOORS
QjzES to suit your
w7 openings. Fitted
with glass. Safe de-
livery guaranteed.
Write kr Price List
ieJ, Cut down Fuel
bills, Insure winter
comfort.
The HALI.IDAY COMPANY, Limited
ItAMIL•CON FACTORY e,$TROLOITOR5 CANADA
ISSUE No. 39—'20\
In all future vessels for the Can-
adian Government merchant marine,
Douglas fir will replace the Southern
pine heretofore used in the laying of
decks.
Minard's Liniment For Dandruff.
It sometimes happens that a loan
hits his enemy a hard blow by ignor-
ing him.
MOTHER!
"California Syrup of Figs"
Child's Best Laxative
d _
ei
Accept "California" Syrup of Figs'
only—look for the naive California on
the package, then you are sure your
child is having the best and most
harmless physic .for the littlOstom-
ach, liver and bowels. Children love
its" fruity taste. Full directions on
each bottle, You must say "Cali-
fornia."
Classified Advertisements.
�- BARN TO VAMP IN A, 1"EW'
Clh/ords' enabling aperson to
paykOreadef
ily
iinay every key;; endorser} by leading organ
musi-
cians everywhere. Agents wanted, 11d-
eral commmm�,issions;, postpaid to any ad-
dress in Canada for $1,00, Selthelp Pup,
Co., 100. Broadway, Sydney, N.S.
Hua NIAGARA FALLS MEMORIAL
Hospital offers to young women 18
to 35 years of 0,ge, and. having one year's
Hugh 'School education, who are desirous
of becoming nurses, a thorough three-
year course In nursing. The hospital has,
eight-hour duty. Candidates qualifying
will be aecepted for entrance October
first, For further particulars address
"Superintendent,' Mennorial Hospital, •
Niagara Valls, N.Y.
Seeing Straight.
It is this third sort of education,, the
discipline that gives us power to see
straight, that is all important as a pre-
paration for Christianity and a basis
for democracy.—President Hadley of
Yale.
Ar iritwe •*'lanes? Dog Semedie1
Book on
DOG• D1SEASES
and Bow to Peed
Mailed Sree to,any Ad-
dress by the Author.
E. Clay *lover Co., /no.
11.8 West 31st Street
New York, B,S A. ,
Minard's Liniment Relieve$ Distemper
Maple sugar was made by Can-
ada's first colonists, who learned of
it from the Indians. The latter ob-
taincd it precisely in the same way
as it is obtained to -day, by tapping
the tree, and then they boiled the
juice by dropping bot stones into the
brchbark or earthenware pots con-
taining it.
HAIR SOON TOO
SHORT TO D0 IIP
A little "Danderine" stops
your hair coming out and
• • doubles its beauty
To stop falling hair at once axed rid.
the scalp of ever} pal'tiele of dandruff,
get a small bottle of delightful "Dan-
derine" at any drug or toilet counter
for a few cents, pour a little in your;
hand and rub it into the scalp. After
several applications the hair usually
stops coming out and you can't And
any dandruff, Help your hair to grow
strong, thick and long, and become
soft, glossy and twice as beautiful and
abundant.
CUflGURA HEALS
&STER9S ECZEMA
in Rash All Ovor Body. Burned
And itched. Could Not Best.
" My Iittle scoter bad eczema a all
over her body. It came like a rash,
and was burning and itching. Elhe
could get no rest, and we would have
to wet her clothing to talo it off."hho
was crony and iritablc, and the
breaking out caused disfigurement.
" She had the eczema about five
months when we tried Cuticura Soap
and Ointment. We could see she
was getting relief, and we just used
one cake of Cuticura Soap and one
box of Cuticura Ointment when she
was healed." (Signed) Miss Jessie
Campbell, Sturdy Brae, Nova Scotia,
January 16, 1919.
You roayselyon Cuticura Soap and
Ointment to care for your akin.
Soap 25e, Ointment 25 and boa Sold
throughouttheDominion. CanadianDepot;
kmalas, Limited. St. Paul St„ Montreal.
Cuticura8oap shames without at,as.
%. SINCE 3 ego
STOPS COC„/ G
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ONLY TABLES S M ,RKED
"BAYER" ARE ASPIRIN
Not Aspirin at All without the "Bayer Cross"
For Colds, Pain, Lumbago, Stiff- package which contaistg complete di+
#mess, Ithertmatism, Sciatica, Neuritis, reetions. Then you;•are getting Z
and for Headache, Neuralgia, Tooth- Aspirin—the genuine Aspirin -
ache, Earache, take Aspirin marked scribed by ph/ e•aTit for over n
with the name "Bayer" or you aro teen years. N ° made in Cana
not taking Aspirin at all. Handy tin bo 8 ,ccntainiitg 12 tetee
Accept only "Bayer Tablets of lets`' cost but a fp pmts. Dru giste
Aspirin" in an unbroken "Bayer" also sir 4rger ' ayet". paelcages.
Theta is only one Ast#iiia-Wi tri,iF.- 06.1t* #'t .73,.73,4, 4e'
Aspirin is the trade mark (registered in Canada) of Der • teo%nro of Gnott
acetieacidester of Saficyticaetd. While it is well 1dio*i3. ";R r ttxe a dale,
manufacture, to assist the public against imt tly� ttjt, J 4 t b l' �dt#t '
will be stamped with their tensa .rad. situ, ing
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