The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1925-7-2, Page 2u tOm Obi e
C VIX G A "LIFT" OFTEN LEADS T() RISK BY AU1'OIST.
With a. tremendous effort being) nuisance that has elements in it of
fexiade to out down the number .of acct- both physical and moral dangers. So
dleet:s w'h'ich can be laid up against
the automobile there is ono growing
practice which ought to be considered
ee efully.. This is the matter of allow -
tag folks,, usually children, to ride
.anywhere but on the seats inside the
ear which are provided, for the ex-
press purpose of occupeing when
riding:
This habit takes on all forms of
indulgence. There are those lads who
climb on the spam tire fir other parte
of the rear of the ear, `here are
those '$q hang on the end while
rolliereeltatieg. Others do this sort Of'
thing while riding on bioyclee. Still
others climb on the relining board and
thud glade their lives in ieopardy. And
not all of these reckless individuals
ys. Some are girls While most of these self-appointed
are thoughtless bo The food cache an h;llesmere Island, nine degrees south of the North
and manyare own.0 lads were travellers are young men out for inno-
Br p Pole, established during the northern trip of the Canadian key ailment vessel
cent fun, some of theta on the con -
It should go without saying that all fiery are not as innocent as they look.
ought know better. Arctic. It may prove a boon to Polar expeditions.
o...
such persons should not be encouraged Weinen drivers of cars; perhaps being
P this sort of thing. In fact, they More tender-hearted than men, are
Weld be very definitely discouraged probably most; apt to take these pare -
and forbidden to ride thus. What attic wanderers aboard. But both men
may happen to those on the outside and women 'd fivers will usually be
is bad enough, but the responsibility using good discretion if they resist
of the owner of the car is considerable
the temptation. here is one time it is
if he ell!ows boys to climb on his ma- wise to pass by on the other side.
chine and then they aro hurt.
"HITCHING?' ceneen XNEiD.
Not only should this outside riding
be diacaureged with unrnistaken firm -
moo but also the practice of a motor-
isttaking a stranger hi his oar for a
lift should be frowned upon. This
pastime is called hitching or catching
a ride. This business has reached the
proportions of a fad in some parts of
the country—one of the lessdesirable
mediums of transportation taken up
qty some too lacy to walk short dis-
tances, by others who are merely look-
ing for adventure.
Every motorist will understand
what is meant by hitching, for it is bo-
coming a menace both to motorists and young women and girls take up this
these who hail automobiles for free sort of thing, it is iiot difficult to
ides. It ought to be considered as a point out disastrous possibilities.
popular 'has this catching a ride busi-
ness beeome in the country, however,
that the motorist travelling along any
highway is constantly annoyed by
people who stand by .the road or in
it seeking a ride that will help them
on toward their destination.
Not a. few of them have become so
bold that they stand in the middle of
the road exposing themselves to all
kinds of danger of being run into ea
they practically' demand 'a lift. if a
motorist passes them by they do not
hesitate to curse him with choice bits
of profanity,. Many a driver, being
grind -hearted by nature, finds it diffi-
cult not to give these lifts.
DANGEROUS PRACTICE.
No doubt the small boy is the most
persistent solicitor of free auto rides.
Even if he is only goini; a quarter of
a mile to school, he often prefers to
stand in the road awaiting for a ride
rather than walk the short distance.
He'should be advisedagainst this prac-
tice by his parents, wbe are supposed
to love him. Such 'advice from par -
entre if it could become general, would
mean a considerable reduction of aiito-
mobile disasters. There is no doubt
about it, and the motorist should dis-
courage such a habit, if not for his
own convenience, for the sake of the
lead's welfare.
Then when one considers the dan-
gers of this catching of rides when
Duma.
When I was a little lad
With folly on my lips,
Fain was I for jcurneying
All the seas in ships,
But now across the southern swell,
Every dawn I hear
The little streams of Duna
Running clear.
When I was a young man,
Before my beard was gray,
All to Ships and sailormen
I gave my heart away.
But Pm weary of the sea -wind,
I'm weary of the foam.
And the little stars. of Duna
Cali me home.
---Marjorie L. C. Piokthali.
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Indefinitely Postponed.
This conversation printed as. a joke
is.plausible enough to be accepted as
genuine:
",J'ohnnT, did you enjey the book I
sent you?" inquired his aunt,
"Z haven't. Looked at it yet," replied
the boy.
"Why? Don't you like it?"
"I don't know. Ma said. l'd have to
wash my hands when I read. it."
Apple Year for Nova Scotia.
The forecast of Nova Scotia's apple
Crop for 1925 indicates that prospects
never Iooked any brighter than at pre-
sent for a successful crop this year.
The crop should reach, if not exceed;
previous records,
Answer to last week's puzzle.
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Just Wasting Time.
Ida ---"You'd never get me to waste'
hours sitting on a sofa with any man!"1
Irene—"I suppose it is. just waisting-
tfrde."
Race to the .Pole.
The North Pole is to bo the fashion-
able resort this summer. Six expedi
tions are reported to he leaving as
soon as the ice melts. Some are go-
ing in aeroplanes. Others prefer an l
airship. British, American, Norwegian
and Frenoh explorers wil be engaged
in a race.
It seems a pity that some interna -1
tional authority could not regularize
the seem by adopting a system of
handicapping, worked out so that all!
the explorers would reach -the Pole on
theseine day. Each expedition i.eans
to plant a flag at the Pole. 4
1f the worst comes to the worst a
fresh expedition can go out next year
and survey the ground, deciding by ob- 1
servation which flag was nearest to I
the Pole. •
It is, nevertheless, rather a 'Jules 1
l ernian idea to fly an airship over the
the Pole, even if the scientific results
of such an adventure are less tangible
than plodding or sledging over the ice
in the approved manner. It introduces *
a new element of speed and new dan-i
gees of xneehauical breakdown which;
add to the perils of the explorers.
A Good :Reducer,
Early Glass. It is estimated that a man working
CROSS WORD PUZZLE
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THE. INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE,
SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS -WORD PUZZLES
Start out by filling in 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 numbered squares and running either
horizontally or vertically or both.
HORIZONTAL
1—Compensation
5 --Indistinct
8—Of the city
12 --To be Indebted,
13—Allows
14—Southern State of U. S. (abbr.)
15 -Smart
17—Approprlate
18—In good time
20—To emit fire
21—To bend
24 ---Before
25—Colors .
28—Corner
30—Dull
31—Preposition
33—To separate
85—Spare
36—To exist
37 To pull
38—Wicked wretch
el 89—A fish
40—Preposition
41—To crack and roughen
42—Skillful
44—Prefix. Two
45—Part of a shoe
47—Outbreak
49—Weapon
51—Lair
53—To shut
65—To deck with gems
56—Smoothed
69—Nominal value
60—Property
63—Poem
64—Develops
65—Over (poet.)
66—To sprinkle with moisture
67—Golf term .
68—Joyous
VERTICAL
1.—Achieved
2—To be ready for
3—To procure
4—Investigator--
a—Arrange-In
-investigator-6—Arrange-Im
6—Make known
7—Hlgin.pl•iest's headdress
8; ---'Employ
9—To shut out
i0—To apportion
11—Refusal
16—Body of soldiers
19—Pertaining to birds
21—Atmospheric electricity (pi.)
22—Preposition
23 -Marauder
25—Trade
26—Province of Canada (abbr.)
27—Unfruitful
29—African village
30—To postpone
32—A weight
34 --Point
35—Cover
36—Evil
41—To end
43—Fixed compensation (pi.)
46—Pronoun
46—To feast
48—Preposition
50—Ostentation
61—Station
52—Cord-like structure of body
54—To brush up •
56—Watch-pocket
67—Conducted
58—Condensed vapor
60—A tree
61—To dip in a liquid
62—To endeavor
Wise Enough.
Friend—"Why do you have such mis-
spelled words and ungrammatical signs
in your front windows?"
Sharp Merchant --"People think I'm
a. dunce and came' in to swindle me.
Trade's just booming"
Most things in life--tho soya as well I)y this he meant that this early lie
zts.,the,,gr'iefs--are nixed up with other tie failure of the will ted to other and;
people. ;hut will -power' is exercised other failures, until be the course of
along. i time his wili had become so weak that
To ask anybody to help you to ;"tie was not able to resist the tempts
strengthen your will is foolish end use-l'tion to commit the groat crime,
less, It is entirely a .private affair, 1, Will -power is Premed by an aecumu-
arld he who is engaged on this difficult ' lation of victories in little things. At
and life-long .task should never speak! the time they may seem 'trifling, •but, it.
abogivat ixiittatnooeanywoilnle' . sooCr friends tahnadt uss vtioctmoreyetinthtehegeeattrlfsne:meiat wenebnleIst
we are exercising will -power, It shows comes, For all, the lowly as well as
`itself, mysteriously, like good thottgh.ts. the mighty, must at some elms or an -
Some may be annoyed; some pray' other, be called upon to fees their
scoff, but they wi]d not be able to with- ' great moment when the will has to di -
hold their respect. sect destiny.
' That test will -power? It ie simply What 18 the: advantage of strength -
making the inclinations play Second ' ening the will by this constant and
fiddle to the will; it is. when wisdom difficult watchfulnesst Apart from the
has decreed a certain course, forcing' inward joy that comes from these
ourselves to follow that course. silent victories, the strengthening of
Let me take a simple case. Suppose• the will gets one on in the world and kind of four-flusher is the
1 decide overnight that I will get up opens the way to happiness. For hap• fellow Another s nd o through a hotel lob -
Minute
on the following morning at a certain piness never comes by searching for
Minute when the clock istrikes. 'And it: it is a by-product ae it were, it
comessideways from doing something
else as well as we can, such as daY
in and clay out cultivating the will-
power.
'Now let, me sound a note of warning.
Will -power is not obstinacy. If you
find that what you thought was, will-
power is becoming obstinacy, and hurt-
ing those you love, wipe the Mate
clean and begin again.
Finally, remember that if you want
to fashion your will into something
fine and strong, begin at once, and'be-
gin with the little things.
suppose, when the clock strikes, I lie
in bed for another ten minutes, and
then get up and hurry, That in itself
may not seem h very grave fault, But
it is. Because every failure of the will
makes it mote, difficult to conquer tee
next time.
A well-known man -'of science once
said in niy hearing, "If I pay that I will
get up one morning at seven, and do.
not get up ti11, Half -past seven, that
miner negligence may be the cause
of my committing a great crime twen-
ty
wen-
ty years hence."
Better -Grade Mowers Kee
Lawns Velvety.
Mgch of the success in establlshl{lg
a level, velvety stretch o! lawn de-
pends upon the mowing. The main
need is a good- lawn mower. There
are scores of lawn mowers o -n the mar-
ket, but it will be economy in the• long
run to get a good mower. 'I'lie main
factor in selecting a mower is the
quality of steel in the blades. Will
they stand sharpening? Many :of the
cheap grades of mowers. won't. When
the first edge is worn oft they never
perform up to the mark again, despite
earnest sharpening.
The result is a ragged -looking lawn
after tho mower goes over it, and the
thicker and more luxuriant the growth
the worse the job. A first-class high-
grade mower is rather expensive, but
it is better to club with a neighbor and
get a good mower' than to. waste n.oney
on a bargain counter machine that
won't hold up over summer. . Find out
what sort of .steel is in 'the blades and
get the dealer's word for it before tak-
Ing 1t away from the store,
Mowers with good 'steel blades
which will take sharpening, run twice
as easily as the poorer grades, and..
there is great saving in time, labor and.,
nerves. A cheap mower is poor econ-
omy.
A last sprinkling of nitrate will be
a help to the grass at this stage, to
keep up the spring rush.. Sprinkle it
sparingly, but as evenly' as • possible,
and be sure that all romps are .broken
fine,
The lawn will need no more nitrate
until the.dry weather hits it and it be-
gins to turn sere. Then give it light
dressings before wetting it down with
the sprinkler:
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The Hammer Campaign.
1st Politician—"Seen that lie about
us the oppoeition tacked up around
town?
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Ancestors.2nd Politician—"I have that!"
Mrs. O'Brien—"Have you any an- let Politician -"Well', I've nailed it!"
castors, Mips, Kelly?" 4Honey Brings in $195,000.
Mrs. Kelly—"And phwat's ancestors,
Mrs. O'Brien?" The 1,800 bee -keepers in the Pro-
"Wlry, people youve sprung from.
"Listen to me, Mrs. O'Brien. I come. produced ,1,802,000 pounds of honey,
hues that valued at $195.030, in 1924, according
seeing at to the official returns made by the pro-
' , enclal aplac'ist.
f vine of Manitoba, with 22,113 colonies,
from the stock of Dewe
In early tines beach sand was melt- hard on a summer's day loses 7.7 per While speaking your mind, it is al- sprung from nobody—they
ed to make glass, eent. of his body weight in 24 hours, ways best to mind your speaking. em.
MUTT AND JEFF—By Bud Fisher.
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Natured Resources Bulletin.
. The Natural Resources Intelligence
Service of • the Dept. of • the %rterior
at Ottawa Maya;
Aro Canadians loyal to tbeir own
vegetable and fruit geowpesY •
A,.,glance et thh,eeporee of foreign
vegetables Mid fruits irnported into
thiscountry gives reason fee serious
thought: as to whether we are giving
our own produce the support it de-
serves, or whether we are not culti-
vating •anextravagant taste for out
of -season and imported vegetables
an fruits. seat•. es ea
For instance in the month g Janus
airy of this year, we bcuglit f i-isnr the
United States 2,086,665 pounds of
ordinary potatoes, valued at $25,872,
by to get to the Metre lunch..
Ile --"You're thirty nttnutes late
again,"
She—"Yes, I couldn't find my invis-
ible hairnet."
Hearts do not break any more; they
merely dry up from lack of exercise
or wear out from over exercise.
A little• )l usually w11,1 pick the
worst `Iooki g doll lei the Pile and that
may accou it: for: thekind of husbands
some women pick. +
I fell asleep and dreamt that every-
thing was vehret-but it was only a
pipe dream!
Aln't It Simple, Mabel?,
*educed tiesimplest ternis, -the tea -
bob given for* meinteni13ce of high
prices is that the prices, must remain
high because they cazlnot become
lowj@3',
0,0 they cannot become lower
because` they must remain high.
• Every girl likes to wash dishes until
site gets, to be five or six years old.
Correct this sentence: "I'll have that`
Wax attended to," declared he, "lust
ad Rion as I van get time."
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Th Hurnorlefe Lament.
We hard to weite a brand new thing,
in a year when there were ample sup- Tq *jite some stuff'woetii learning,
plies of Canadian potatoes available, gomet„t}igg new, with a real kick .in it,
while in ,January of 1924 we bought Sot- tithing right up to the minute,
'but 95,865 pounds,. veined at $2,841. So}i s";tbiing really worth the while;
We bought $2,842 worth 9f cabbage Goisg; We hard to crake you smile!
in January this year, against $1,780
last January. Ie} the past fiscal year
we bought outside of Canada 1,084,866
bushels of ordirirry potdtoea, valued
at $885,497, and cabbage valued at
$58,379 or more than a million dol-
lars spent outside of this country for
thtise two vegetables, while ..wee 'had
,
plenty : of them at home.
Poe canned vegetables, such as -
beano, peas, corn' and tomatoes,; we
spent $501,675 in the twelve months
If you'vee eard 'end before, they're old,
Yete's'adzttliem through, but they leave
y. cold;
The Jolattliat are new are frightfully
1sW. •-
What -,Dasa peld=be humorist dS?
Vis; very' Oke, old: or.naw, is a bore;
tel :,the teset 1,°'there ain't no new _ire
• odes any mere!
Made Eve What?
outside of Canada. In fruits, we The other +ia •a youngster informed
bought in the United States in the his Stuhd ay Sole el' teacher that the
twelve months 172,101 barrels of ap- Lord pulled a bonsewhen he made Eve..
plea, for wliich we paid 4867,820d•
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Wo also bought 1,021.,0041 pounds of . "Times aren't*hat they used to be.
Once the new Alma;}racs were a nice
warm Bink and now they're blue."
'e ould 11kp to know what a wo-
nu mowans by "Tran money,"
'I,atlpgteet man we ever heard of
i elibis, bride a nickel's worth of
dried apples, worth $82;906, or $900e
832 for imported apples, while Can-
ada holds the world's record for qual-
ity, and has ample supplies, Otker
fruits weigh we bought in lama quay;,,
titles were, plums, $8s5,212'l Steer,
berries, $764,593; pears, $107, 5;i;
peaches, 3609,818; grapey,. $802,208.
For banal a we paid $4,194017, fee' pe if t t /sweepers and took her on.
oranges $6,409,801, and for lemons 1 it toga nide hp,'�1Oynioon When they
$1,058,509. said, ,YR - ----
This lame gtltantity of * eg<etelsles
and .Ir tit was Snrchasecl by l anadlans
in 1p.rge part while the fruit growers
of Canada were searching for markets
in which to sell their products.'
Canada Is so geographieelly situat,
ed . that she Is, for n porton of the
year,dependent for variety in .fresh
fruits on more southerly countries,
but there appears to be a tendency to
unduly cultivate the taste for import-
ed fruit. Undoubtedly a great pore
'for these produets`could bo spent with
our own vegetable and fruit growers,
to the benefit of the original growers,
and of the country as a whole. It
would be worth while for dealers to
give this matter serious thought and
try to intensify the demand for Can-
adian produce.
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fective way •of starving to death,
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quo' children?"
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England exlye0ts every mita to pay.
h s duty/' said the customs officer, as
he rummaged: through a trunk.
:lpt $inarty-•-"P o you know Amos?
VIDarty--", 3o3 Who?"
lit Smarty— "d, mosquito."
The young mala was indignant,
accusing the grocer of charging her
te9 bn0Xt•
"'$'4u're a very shall potato, I think,"
Ole Snapped,
"Perhaps," the ,grocer remarked,
"bet I never let myself be- skinned."
Whose Are the ootpr°ints?
In Ceylon. is a' mountain known as
Adan1's Peak. On the top of this moun-
tain is a huge stone on which ars
marts looking somewhat like 'huge
footo•rints. Buddhists declare "Without
reservation that these aro the foot
,prints of Buddha. The I3indus . prove
to their own satisfaction that the foot-
prints were made by 'their god diva. •
The Mohammedans defy any cna b
prove that Atlanr made tee marks and
the Christians ilriply believe they ars
the tracks: •. of the Apeeetie. Thomas,
Quite naturally the footprints get an
overdose of worship.
They Tell These on One Another.
Joan entered a butcher's shop in a
little town in Scotland, and demanded
IA) see a sheep's head;
"Is it, Englsh?"the asitecl, witch ono
Was shown her, -
"No, lass, it's Scotch," replied the
lnitcher.
"Tb,en it'll no do," ea1d Teak. "rills.,
tress Is EDnglish,•and she• satcl e was to
be sure and bring English meat."
"Here, Jock!" said the butcher, toss-
ing the sheep's head over to his as-
sistant, "take the bialns out of that,
will you?
Moho ;arty` should bo waseset i7ith
Vitir?geir e'.' cold tea.