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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1925-5-14, Page 6Autornobhe • AUTO BECOMES(ElaA'i' 'ACTOR IN SOCIAL LIFE. The auto as an effective medium in many very definite social 'needs in a war had many medals pinned on •it. ,renuurkable waY, As an asset to business in peacetimes The' social life of the farmer tie, - easy and fairly rapid trans- it has also received no little recogni pottation, Re often lives in en iso - tion.. Practically all authorities admit rated place a considerable distance, that the motor ear meets an economic from even the nearest neighbors and need, several miles from the most accessible The atorles, however, which have 'village, social life and that of h t s his family depends an his being able been written about the e mo or cal a to get without great inconvenience to a social medium have. been iia. farmers club meet a.gs, > ch axumer- ' l l , ''o charch : . ens instances far from picturing this events, to the "movies,'' to lodge ses- it ode'rn product as a social, asset, They Bions to dances. and other social. have been articles which tend- to make events, the superficial thinker' believe the auto. GBArrcSs COME W.IP CABS. had been invented for the prime pur- pose of giving wider scope to the twine, In the pre -automobile days he had w'om'en and sang idea of life, In spite to resort to the horse and buggy me - of these over -advertised social uses too thoci and travel for the most part via which, the: automobile may be put , y p often stayed at home. 'The work in - !tractive contribution which the auto- volved in getting to an event and back mobile is making to the social life of was not worth the pleasure derived Canada. tins Pon AUTOMOBILE:,I poor' roads once in a while, there is a vast con- . The result was that he while. there. Now the automobile has changed all this. It has redeemed the social" life of the r•uralists. Now ,sir While many people- buy a car and all seasons of the year, even in ivin- use as an argtmient the- idea that they ter in someparts of the count h. , try, e need it in their business or that the finds himself able to visit -with those wife can use to save money in herri f ends whose presence he enjoys. Codi- sho in or that the owner needs' it t 1?F tr to sequently country life in Canada is e. himto his employment convey mp aymnent tt here -:.becoming increasingly attractive . and, he savescat-fare a and nervous z- urban ypiigstaxsare ices beginning ' orgyin. getting to his day's work, in to aspire to like i the e c untr. p 1 n h country instead not a few instances, these:are merely of making fun at the idea. excusesi for getting a vehicle to use: Folks from Doth the city and coun- socially. Some have not yet.: arrived try make great use of the auto as a at the stage where they will admit to recreation and vacation medium of. others what theyknow themselves, enjoying the wonderful out of d'oom..' namely', that it is legitimate to buy I And, after all, a vacation is mostly a a car solely for social uses. It is es -1 ocial event. So, too, are many events pecially true of the folks who Iive in which are connected with church mem- the country that the• automobile meets bership. On 'Wolf Reek is said tq be t house in:the world. Without anionic supplies, away three tons oY as landing. he most dangerously situated light - i't's warning, a huge sea, sufficient to once happened, will sweep across the A Curious Custom. The South African natives in still their oldcustoms• Boer- landpreserve and one of the most curious is that of carrying off a girl` for aasaife. • This custom is called "ultutwala," and the a girl, though not Ini9isgosad to, agce_ii t the Man, causes every, obstacle to he placed in his way. The suitor watches his 0 ortuni(after first Placing so pP ty in many head of cattle in the kraal, of the girls father)' and eventually carries away the girl by main force. The. heart-rending cries • of the bride, as, she is carried away, are something pitiful —a cry that, pierces the heart of a Christian, but his `pity subsides when he learns that in native language it means: "Don't take.me, but don't let' any one hell' me, becat!,Se I want to go!" Bell the Cat. A very funny Iittle fable comes down from the remote past, the story of "Bell the Cat." It seems that the mice were kept pretty busy escaping from eats and' they knew not what to do. The cats' could creep up very silently and as the mice could not hear their footsteps, it was a dangerous thing for any mouse • to do much else but keep his eyes open for cats. One day the king of the mice called a general meeting of mice and there were millions at the place when the time came. - - After a great deal of talking and fighting it was -decided that the best thing to do would b e to Make a large number of bells and fasten 'a bell to every cat so the mice could always, hear the cats when they were after • them:' After a great deal of labor metals were procured and everything was ready to cast a: great number of bells. Just as they were about to pour the The Jonquil. T.h ougli the brown and withered bulb, How the white germ felt the sun In the dark motif(' gently stirring His spring children one by one; Thrilled with •heat, it split the husk, Shot a' green blade up to light, And unfurled its orange petals In the old enchanter's eight. One step mere and it had floated On the palpitating noon, Winged and free, a butterfly Soaring from the rent -cocoon. But it could not leave its earth, , And the May -dew's tender tears, Soit wavers there forever " 'Twixt the green and azure, sphere's. —C. G. D. Roberts. How Bees Embalm. Bees can embalm as successfully as could, the ancient Egyptians. It often happens in damp weather that a slug metal a wise little mouse jumped into or snail will enter a beehive. This is, the place and said: of course, to the unprotected slag a "Who will beII the cats?" case of sudden death. The bees fall All the mice scratched their heads upon him and sting him to death at for this was a very strange problem. once. But what to do with the carcass They thought about the matter for a becomes a vital question. If left long time and then every mouse went where it is it will breed a regular home and forgot all about the bells. 4R Old Mothers. I love old mothers—mothers with white hair. pestilence. Now comes in the clever- ness of the insects: They set to work and cover it with wax. and there you may see it lying embalmed just as the nations of old embalmed their dead. When it is a. snail that is the intruder, And kindly eyes, and lips grown softly he is, of course, inipenetra7ile•to their sweet sting; so they calmly cement his shell over s WithWithmurmured blessin s o r 1 with wax to the bottom of the hive. g eep- Imprisonment for life, with no hope pt ing babes. pardon - There is something in their quiet grace That speaks the ,calm of Sabbath after His Line of Reasoning. 710011S; A knowledge in their deep, , unfaltering A father persuaded the . village eyes • clergyman to speak to his indolent That far outreaches all philosophy. son, and try to get that Lazy person to Time, ' with caressing touch, about do some work. them weaves "But why should I work:'" enquired The silver -threaded fairy shawl of age, the lazy fellow. While all the echoes of forgotten songs era .order to -make money," replied Seemjoined to lend a sweetness to the thrifty vicar. • their speech.. "But what do I want with money?": Old mothers ---as they pass with slow- persisted the idle one. timed step, "Why, when you •get plenty of money Their trembling hands cling gently to you will be independent, and will"not youth's strength; have to work 'any more," replied the Sweet mothers -as they pass, one sees clergyman, again "I don't have to•. work now," the Old 'garden' walks, old roses and old other answered—and- the pastor gave loves. —Charles. S. Ross. the task up in despair. Faithful Organist 60 Years. Norway's s Coast L'ne . Although Miss Cope has played the Norway's coast line -1,700 miles in a organ in g a London do church nrich for sixty straight line -becomes over, 12,600 years, she has only missed a Sunday milesif followed round the fjords.; In service four times. , . these fjords are over 150,000 islands. ea- Ile—"They .Tie—"They say Oeurge Washington nevertold.a lie," She—"Don't you suppose he, ever 'phoned to Martha Washington and told her he was detained at a Cabinet meeting?" He Had. r. The- boy had been fishing on the river's bank forquitefoue hours, when an inquisitive man came along and in- quired what he was doing.. "Fishing," replied- the boy terseI'. "Got anytii rig? asked' the man. "Yes," came the reply. - "What?": queried the stranger. "Patience," said the angler,` 'still more tersely. , aso— Oil the Cricket. A little three year old girl, ��'hiie her mother was trying to get her to sleep, became . interested . in some -outside noise. She was, told 'that it was 'caused by a cricket, when she sagely ab served: "Mother, I think he ought to be oil ed." • —';,- Saved in Vain. - "Woman," said. the dejected -young man, "Is a disappointment and a fraud" , "Indeed?" said his friend. -"Yes, I saved up ' all my 'tobacco money and lived on porridge for two °weeks to take Miss Truelove to the. opera and a supper.: Then I asked her to -marry me and she said she was afraid I. was too extravagant to matte a good husband!„ Conservation Again. "You waste too much paper," said the editor. „economize?". " But how eau I e? "By writing on .both sides." "But you won't accept stories writ- ten on both sides of the sheet." • "I know, but you'd save' paper just tf,he same." ' Hot Water Lake. A second hot stater lake, 50 acres' in extent, has been discovered in the Pointers en Small "Fruits : the Hone Garden , By M. B. Davis, B.S.A. Eve's home, • garden should grow I the blagits the Saunders hybrids intro' some small fruits to keep the table: proved the best. These are Climax, supplied with a fresh product, Straw-' Xerry, Saunders, Ma•gntrs, berries, raspberries, elirrzints anti!' Iii gooseberries - ono mast confine gooseberries, are easily -grown and the oneself to the American, ,sorts like quantity to be planted can be' judged 1 Downing er Pearl. Silvia and Charles,' from the yields they generally give, I two nett/ introductions, will soon be For, instance, :1 thirty foot ro"iv et , available and' are'intiele better in size strawberries will Produce frozaa'tweity-i and quality, live ,„ to forty quarts of fruit if Well' , eared for, raspberries about lialf that in esse rt• fruits nle ty of manure amount esse while two'or'three bushes oY is'an ntial, and in the first year of currants will yield enough for au :aver the strawberry bed a little nitrateof Mount Baker national forest innorth- west Washington. The other lake of hot water in the Mount Batter preserve'° is 'about 30 acres In size. The new lake is at an altitude of about 5,0.00 feet,, and the temperature of -its, waters is 7.12 degrees Fahren- heit. ..' ; age family of five and. the same numSod' .applied about) a monthaftet� set bei of (ting the plants, hastens early i'itnuee' gooseberries Will supply the i II formation, which means, -a bigger crop Agooseberry jam for the season. I the fglloariug year. spring,gfruits may be planted in r early l Don't neglect to protect the straw - may and all except e fItrhe l berry bed in fall by an application of usay be also planted- in the fall. Tf the i �7 plants are in good, condition when 5ettitiaw; There are'niany disappointed out the transplanting will not, if fctue People -this' spring who neglected that early enough, arc 'rem -titian last autumn. a y c ti ..e any set back. One'c, o'greatest '' i' 1- feti r lFiC • � the Est ES n U The selection of varieties is nsostg' present 't d Mies in successfrl raspberry culture importasit. In strawberries uial:e cet-_ is fain that one of the varieties produces!is 'control 'of a disease called mosaic. troth male and female flowerpatrts,'' 1zs is quite readily recognized by the otherwise i 'sap ointnieut will follow, mottled appearance of the leaves and, p as the plant gets, older, by the Yellow- Parson'a Beauty, a -perfect variety, and Portia, an imperfect, make.,,.tywo' good! ing of the foliage and the stunted, un - sorts, the latter being espeAiallr fine i thriftj% appearance. The only control • , _ y • for canningp purposes; is to remove all affected:plants and ese"tro In raspberries the Herbert andd s y ' If this••is' not doge the whole 1 New- tan 23 patch is liable to succumb to :the 'trou- "lt au No. are two pf the ,befit.: For . h .axe.,is n l'bid. o Use, n Ess a canning gel's' * 1s . b desired, probably the Herbert"is the Keep. Flowers �• , best saleatiou.. �. Fresh. • In »currants-, ^ for a r Flowers' cut early in the moaning ed try Cross,' n ng. Perfection or Fay's Prolific, while in will last much longer than if cut later. in the day, while those taken before "" they are -in full blossom will out -live DR. CHARLES-G..Ai3EI0TT of Washington is leavine on a four- . year trip around the world, measuring en route the daily heat of the sun, stars and other planets in the inter- ests of long range' weather forecasting. Natural Resources Bulletin. ' � ,The Natural- Resour ce.' Tlrtelligence' Service of the -Department of the In- terior at Ottawa says; " How often as the motorist is driv- ing through -the country, he reiterates the statement that "In this village no- bol seems, to care about' its 'appears y ance." it is la regrettable ,fact, however, that' in far 'too many .Canadian muni- cipalities a spirit of "dop't -care".per- vade's the•residents, ,anti this °is',eyi- -denced in the appearance of. the vil- lage. The roadways are in good con- dition, but the sidewalks are dilapi- dated, the fences are out of repair, and tidiness and the : planting of flowers is unthought of. It is with a sigh of relief that prob- ably the next place through which the driver passes has some leader. among the residents who has inspired "them with'a feeling of pride in their home village, and whhat.a difference it makes. You can feel' as soon as you `eater the place, You would like to stop, because it is inviting and ap- pealing, and there is : a spirit of wet- come at: every 'turn. - la it any -Won- der that such place"s go ahead? Tune was when anything .would do, but that day is past, and, ;it is hoped, will never return. , It` lased: to be that railway stations had an unkempt' appearance, but to- day stationmasters vie with each other to see which can make his station the more attractive, and this rivalry and enterprise' is appreciated so much by the railwaythat prizes are provided. Canada's attractions to tourists have to ::'speak largely through her smaller communities. This year there will be many more visitors than usual. Why not do what we can to put on the best front possible, so that orr visitors can carry away a good im- pression. Surely a leader can be found in each community whois ambitious enough to start a clean-up and dress up movement.. How 'Old is the Earth? Many attempts have been made to determine the age 'of the earth. Ed- mund Halley, the astronomer, endeav- ored to calculate the age from obser- rations of the amount of salt at inter-• yals Of one :or twca, centuries. Professor Jell* recently estimated the ago of the, earth to lie 80 to 90 million years, from the amount of ,SQdium in the sea, judged by the rate - at which, the rivers pour saline waters into the oceans to be slowly concen- trated during the ages. The 'temperature" or the earth in- creases towards the centre, and front the temperature gradient Lord Kelvin cal'culat'ed that about 100 million years." ago the earth was a molten mass. Geological and biological requira- meats seem ••to indicate' that this, esti- mate is too low. Sir Ernest Rutherford., estimated that a mineral known to be very old had existed 240 million years. Pro - tensor Jolyis responsible for another recent method—one which depends 'on the fact -that color Changes are: brought about in minerals by radio -active sub. stances. Microscopic haloes are to be seep. surrounding minute particles of uranium and .thorium; Professor .Zoly.-has estimated.: the age of the haloes in Irish mica to be from -209 to 400 million o years. 'CROSS'WORD -PUZZLE :Dither; On the other hand,; a little pow - THE INTERNATIONAL SYNotcATE .SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS -WORD PUZZLES' - Start out by filling iii the words of which you feel reasonably, sure,' These will give you a clue to other- words crossing them and they in -turn to still others. A letter belongs in each white space, words starting at the nun -Meted squares and running either horizontally or vertically, or both. • HORIZONTAL 1—To trade 4—To makea great ,,show -of 7—To poke sharply, - 8—To imitate 10—Man's name (abir.) 12—A musical niedley - 14—Active 15—What mammals are usually covered with ,16—To distlt,-.as dew, upon ,18 -Suffix used to form superlatives. ;19—Disloyal 20—The busy insect ,.../ W - '21--Honey-eating 'bird (Hawaiian). 23—An island possession of U. S. (abbr) 24—A measure of weight 25—Prefix, same as "in" 26—Interpretation --•- 28—A South Atlantic. State (abbr.) 129—Porkers !30—Jacob's 'brother (Bible) 36 -interjection, 38—Knowledge ,• 41 -Preposition 42—Funny word for ahead" 44—Prefix meaning "not', 45—A measure of capacity (abbr.), ,46—Part of the body '- 47—Sharp sounds of a -horn 49 -!Request 61—Familiar flower b 83—English river, flows birth- place .bir It i place• of. Shakespeare coals v 54—To cook oer the 55—To make a shrill sound 66—Human beings 57-A slam total (abbr.) • 58 -Measure of length 59 -To sell in small' tluanttties 60—Pcrtainitig.to the horse VERTICAL. , 1—Whalebone 2 -Stay, remain 3—Angor 4 -An animal's skin 5—Did' business, traded 6—A great American inventor 7—A midSieman 9—A part of a flower ' 11—To twist violently 13—Old English (abbr.) 15—Interjection 17--Sorrowfro. 19—Away m 22—Single 23—Disease of chickens 28—Knave 27 -Month of Jewish calendar 31—A small breed of chickens 32—Buil, dark -brown color 33—Lithesome 34-A mild falsehood 35—To force 37—A cabinet member 39—A country of. Europe (abbr.)„ 40—Not in 41 -Threefold . 43—A famous American pioneer 46—Foreign 48—A weight. abbr. 0 (abbr.), 49-A salt inland sea in Russian Turkestan 50—A hawk -like bird 52 -Aloft dered charcoal placed in the.,bottom`of the'maae will successfully''reviz%e the faded. ones. . Tho water should, of course, be changed earday, and it will add much, to their' lives if the sterns QS the flowers are 'wiped before replacing. Silver vases, it will be found, are apt to make roses fade very quickly, and itis .a good idea to use a little tnortar-in -the water. A much more satisfactory method*, However, is to use wet sand in place • of water. Where vases or bowls, other than glass ones, are usea, it not only keep the flowers fresh longer: than water, but has an additional advantage in keeping the container" stable and Iess , easy ,.to knock over. The idea of keeping out flowers has, by the way,• pen taken much further. A friend of mine dipped the 'bloonis of her favorite flower in:'a solution of gum arably. They were hien hung dotvnto dry, and, after thm:ee such coatings :I am told that the blooms kept fresh for months. The gum does not spoil their. beauty in the least, and, owing to be- ing tta,nsperent, is hardly noticeable. Needs Inoculation. Two children were at a tea-party. It was evident,frdm the tears of one of them that something was wrong. "What is it; Margaret, dear?" asked her mother ;anxiously. "I don't want to sit next to Mary," wailed Margaret. •., "But why not, dear'?" . "Well," said Margaret "she's got freckles, an' I might catch them," $30 to Wire 'a Photo. The cost -of transmitting a picture from London to New York by radio is between $30 and. $40. The '-coniputa tion is- based on the number of words that could be sent at toll dates during the thirty minutes required for he transmission of the picure. France's—National Flower. The lily of fleur-de-lis is th,e national flower of France. Sheffield Plate. Sheffield plate is a -combinationof silver and copper.. , Solution of last 'week's -nizzle. GI 111151 . ®i"®.`=A flits BULL NAS C,rJt2�t) EK/') ToRCA13O1 s• to De -Aril • 5U : r.._ .._ r .� .l3S:t il�tNt•, du Ti—1 GLof ,' l t > - ` O,U 'So _ ZliAT WI Ce ( t�S IFvfec _ ONLY �-'4.10' "NDC -b; "BQT . 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It Looked Like a' ease of `-Please-Oxriit Flowers:" • A1150,000 Table Sertiice. •An excellentf instance of counting chickens before .they are out of the incebator'is furnished by the history of a magnificent silver table service now lying, packed in farty case,:,. in the kteichsbank in Berlin, Its story starts ' with the ex -Crown Prin`ce's . wedding in 1005; when thea Association of German Towns decided to give buss the most wenceilid sable service of -'silvol in the Waticl Y+'nor Years the hest artists iii- Ge indity worked at the gift; Maid When war broke put the work was pu?peeely !Slowed down in order that; it iniebt I be completed to Coincide with the Clown Prince's triumphal entry into Berlin after Germany bads; won the war -and annexed France and England. 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The service was actually: ronipl.ei:ocl only a few days, before the Aimnistice, l but the man for'whom it was being, made, instead of entering the capital in triuitipli amid the plaudits of the crowd, *as' fleeing' over the border into llollaridl The service IS valued at $150,000. banes Wali Educated. There is practlrally no illiteracy in Denmark