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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1925-12-30, Page 3%IC'E'S DIGGING The best Af' men say that there is nothing . orth having in life �irithout hajt o ,,I nt we enYy the limn whas , et of money left; to flint, .or, much. property. Aniid the bard> life. most of us have to live there awn seems an unevenness, Some have to work so- hard whilst others have se much ease and Iuxury, And it seems that ,some things are twisted in life, though in the -end ;all; thinks beeorne straightened out and. there is' then little difference between us. Someone wrote not long' ago: "We all come from the same mould, but some are mouldier than others 1 It will do none of ue any good to linger long upon the differenceswe find. Distinetions really don't matter in the ,ultimate issue. The vital things In the midst are the contacts, and one of the most.: e of our discussion's, 74Xxn. Hummingbird grew ver 'tame th • icious drf►�wn °# ► the "coven or nue& has won it millions of �se14... Finer than ftu3' japan; CunlI o%wder or. young, rson. 4x.4 for Ah►ADA REVOLT• OF MRS. HIIMMIN • BRi D important thin'g's iso that ef-deiteg' our ere was a whir in the columbines, a Tliis was so unusual thatpony-plans she eeeuld get honey all round me. ennoble and uplift. This can only be . `l~hese was a Cod of c T ceased abruprb-y, -we sat cry still, fl climbing nestur- done by moral and menta] digging. tiums 'ziearb i wondered iftheir Mr; Iiummatigbird is shy; lreside> he _ That will mean perspiration, ` It is r" � lean hard work,and at first l is such a'beauty. We must be sure honey'' could be as placid -colored as y s: rst wi l give to have more co that from 'More mild: tinted flowers. ache and weariness: but it is xepiark- re lumbines. ih these beds Ab y next year; they suit. hien so -and he out me she whizzed, now across my able hove soon that will Cif Th and Mr"Hummin bird at summer.. As • I sat on. the steps, utmost to discover that whnehi 11g appeared. weare does love them. But -had Mrs Hum feet to get into a low-lying petunia d ',r, vim and : strength aneadiness of ou to a whir across my face s -fellows' mmelard, for once, sent himt donow in one 'wad 1 always digging and bending the back. ° t' a -so far as an3�- in the - i thing as transient^•as den conviction that there were bias - thing remarkable.. Soxrie of them seem a hummingbird Our roadmen and gardener the work? ? Hehad-so and up over the shed -roof d to be int ane f could have the arduous painstaking sums even:dner among the pumps and m I rola weariness. They : P , . give their sweat, ekpressi'on of one who raides with p.antains,.mowing-machines and Agri- gl s v ,and will tell you. -they g' p1 cu to I of l E the e nback Un{ � accostI ,yard. B� ; aBeautiful, ul .• � m are used to the.job and don't It, / task; sometimes these, Our Iivea hold innumerable tree- blundered a _little, once almost missed swoops; almost too swift -even his •aim at -a columbine -division.- 'i Tfor thought. In an instant back sures, but they rarely lie near the sure i Sure-, 1 this wast she would came I could Huth - face. They have to be sought and 1 yhe revolt of Mrs. Hum( have told her much digging done for their,discov r r : mingbird. Eery dthere was nothing in that back yard) 'ay, before, she had e a- been.. doing, the strenuous hone and-zizzi-at the convolvulus: : . n- I y Look at it another wayYou ea The not learn • -French merely- bywalkinn search, tasting and sucking with all , • throat of the convolculus being about and looking in,. shopwindows. i her,little might; dashing at every ♦lust too long for her beak, she could It maymean i sibility, prying furiously into the not, with. her :utmost vivacity, hum going into the attic • g • herself in deepenough, away from all ethers and just work- I sli Mast crack ill: the , folded-. petals gh to reach the ing away into the earl : morning(the columbines were hardly dut), honey, so had. to come to vulgar y trampling and sometim s pushing -which, hours. We all have to forego certain. • e, at an inhospitable; closed; P g F g which, with pleasures when we goo digging. :It bud.. those needle-c1'aws, meant also tearing may mean that. you must sacrifice (imagine Mrs. Huniining-bird de - may and scratching: But they were pada your outdoor pleasures for a wiiile�claxing, "Dearest, r must have a job"; gray, poetic little scratches after all. but then look at the splendor of Mr. Hummingbird retorting, "Dar- achievementl ' For life's blessings Nye ling don't you think - you have one have to be up and doing, Ii already?"and Mrs. Hummingbird ell - Whatever the ambition may be, it cueing m -if a; klummingbird bus far better that it "oho:a d be gained : by band could' be silenced,, which I doubt our own effort. Work hard, and even 1 `with, "But -this sitting on a nest, if we,uever get as high as we have i Moved, is a bore. - I want to be out-- aimed ut-aimed we shall be far better than being important, being visible, in the those who gain -without labor, fierce traffic of the flower -bed's?") Hummingbird nes . J t Liz Is they -tell y, indolent, easy -couch. people lined with �imagine oneSof are of little value. He is .a far greatercobwebs; g The petunias, however, were shorter man who finds his job of digging for these 'little fiery creatures: constrain- necked, and showed no fairy slidings. that which will, maintain him and ing itself to handle a cobweb; to As they blossomed, more and more others. His drops of ;sweat are the weave it, patiently, into lining. Either thickly she grew tamer and tamer. I price he pays for his blessings. It iso, cobwebs are tougher than one thinks inspected every item of her as she The gentler pencil-stripings on the edge of the fragile blossoms were per- haps the most touching; so fairy -deli cate, so not -made -by -hands, that the flower looked as if fairies, on their keen little sleds; had been coasting down its rim. Only a convolvulus - bloom, unhappily, folds up at night. A fairy wou:d have to do ies costing on.a petunia_ the service which casts, whether it, be -or else a' hummingbird can be gentle hummed before nie; the thorn -like for oneself or another, that is most when it tries. shine of her _ beak; the exact spot fruitful. So we should dig until -our Later on, when leaves thinned, we • where she stowed each curled -up ball ha :re horny because as we give saw the little thimble bump ef a nest; of a foot; the brace -points at the end name interesting: game for thein to ourse, we feed another, and to help!, high up, but on a strong limb as broad 1 o'f her very practical tail, and most play, some amusing oecupatian for a a fellow through life even et the price as the nest, No precarious fork- i impudent of all, the very black -rim- rainy day? If you'd like always to of our blood is to redeem a life from architecture for these two. Getting road curve .of her nears, eyelid! One have a practical, helpful „ra gestion honeywas enough,Y om. precarious enou h without fest as if our aught to loop away; but for them, read this snappy new tea- a wiggly nest to worry over. I wish all how little she minded. -Anne Bos- tare: birds were as careful..: - I worth Greene, in "Dipper Hill." ' SUNS OTS ARE GIGANTIC CAN ON, st onoznera Think Bonilr.'d Earth V Eietrwis, secrets of Soignee, BY David meta Obaerv`atien of the,aunellots, it will be remeplhered, resulted in the diet. eoYery that the �s11n roIateii on: its e,xia once in 26 days and that the surface of the sun is molten wed not 'Solid, The exact nature...of the spots, how- ever, is still .one oe the mysteries. of y, astronom They appear ;to` be gigantic holes in the bun. Some astronomers think they are great whirlpools in the •sreace of'. the sun. >ax 1nct . '`lei"` reg. ey the ea •th 'Mere tie They Change in•:size frequently, New eines appear and old °nee . disa'ppear. There seems to be some sort of a oyele, so astronomens have observed, the greatest number appearing every 11 years, As we ;gaze at these sun -spots it"is tmposeible fox• us, tp conceive of their true magnitude. Many of thein are more than 50,000 miles across,. In 1858, one wao ob- "served Which wee 107,000 irdles acroso. The rnatter in these sun -spots seems to be whirling about -with a speed of more than 1.00 miles a seconds When one of these spots dls,appears,. the sides rush 'together with 'a speed 20 times as great as that. Rising sprays of fire, leap thousands of moles- from the surface of the sun and fall back upon it, rolling out in great -waves. A ship as large as the earth -placed la such a atorstr would be tossed about like a cork. A peculiar oonneotion has been ob- served 'between sun -spots and .pertain phenomena upon the earth. When the sunspots are the most frequent, we have the moat magnetic storms, e that la, periods when com- passes fail to function properly, when telephone and ::telegraph Pinesare thrown out of order, and the aurora borealis or "northern lights" are seen in the sky, , These facts have led some astrono- mers to believe that sun -spots are like gigantic cannon, bombarding the earth and space with a fusillade of electrons. Electrons are theparticlesof negative electricity which physicists now be- lieve compose the atoms of all natter. Next article: Will the sun ever give out? Oh Mother! What Can I Do? How many times a day do your baybies ask you that question? And how often are you able to suggest destruction and to crown it with glory and honor. "Though Iife, old pal, may seem uphill, You'll` find the grade with speed and • skill, I know you will, If yeu but try, And never, never stop to cry. Success, indeed, is always near To those of us who persevere." the Soldier Spirit. Keep the soldier spirit, Though thee wars depart; Keep the soldier spirit, Bubbling in the heart. - The gay lark of • the battle, the fine spur of the fight, The crusade of the April dream that fills the world with light. Keep the soldiez= spirit; ` For old thilih•s and far ;new, The passion• of the morning lay, The baptism' of the devv -, The brave touch of the spirit that youth brings unto all,-: Our youththat helped the old world's arm beat down the serried, wall. Keep the soldier. spirit, - The going forthwith song To swing ng the sword -of happiness Against the shields of wrong-- The blithe bhow'of the fine blade that clears each age -worn path With the new day's' 'fine adventure, the b'-ood of youth's high wrath, Keep the soidier spirit,', Though the war no longer beats; The fanfare of the rattling drums, The trumpets in the streets- The old, glad youngness mounting as dreams mount stars of fire, The battle of the morning joy, •t`he' eternal dawn's -desire. -B. B. Cedars in Lebanon • Ever steep SPIer en sent• 30,000 men to cut them, .the', cedars' of Lebanon have 'had'a powertil attraction to the tourist anci: the visiting" seien•tis't, and many descriptions of, the. famou3 trees How Does She Do It? "The average mother with four o five children," has been under scrutin by an investigator in home economics He finds that in the course of a year she -makes the equivalent of 1,095 loaves av of bread, fifty cakes and 750 pies, prepares meet which, if assem- bled, would make one or two cows and about six hogs;apeels 5,110 potoes, Makes 1,200_ beds, dusts 7,500 chairs and sews fifty to one ' hundred gar- ments; exclusive of mending and d'arn- ling and the sewing -on of buttons. The gross amount:'' of dishwashing and a nurnber of other activities is not com- puted. In her spare time she may clo- the- family yea,sh -. - This hardly "seems : to cover the ground.- Mothers can be recalled who dd all .that find then. some. Tlfey do it without any claim to knowledge; of modern efficiency systems. Their ob- jective is work performed and they go far in its attainment. • The investigator is endeavoring to- y contribute an answer te.the question: Shall mother be' paid a salary? That question, however, oneeanswere'd in the affirmative, is productive ",of an --'J other ,just as' difficult of answer:` Can we pay her what she is worth? The Woman ,Pgys. "My new"housein•aid is a -treasure," 'CHILDREN LIKE THEM. Baby's Own Tablets Are Effec- tive and Easy to Give. en to get the little ones to take 'Baby's You do not have to coax and threat- Qwa, Tablets. ' The ease with which they are given; • as compared with liquid medicines. will appeal to every mother. None is spilled or wasted; you ; know just ' how big a dose has reacher)' the little stomach. As a rem- edy for the ills "of childhood' arising. from derangements of the stoma,clr and bowels they, are most satisfactory. Mrs, Rose Moyer, Willimantic, Conn., says: "I used Baby's Own Tab- lets in the Canadian Northwest and found them a wonderful medicine for I't is believed that the market' sec - Look through the magazine to find a pictui'e :of a sheep. Cut kiln' out, then paste these bites of cotton on hila for wool, ` You cyan paste him on::card- board to make hfnl_strong if you wish. —v-_ No Change in 20,000 Years. children's troubles, especially indiges- tion of the ancient city of Bagdad has tion and constipation. Ie also not changed in appearaLoe or method given them to my childrenfor simple reals, has doming tire last 20 000 " fever and the restlessness accompany- The shopping streets are like • tun - Ing teething they always gave re-ne s, lined with tiny booths, a_nd pack - lief. i calx recommend Baby's Own ed and jammed with men, veiled wo- 7'ablets to ail. -mothers." men, donkeys and camels. Baby's Own Tablets are sold by, In these quaint streets there is al- niedicine dealers or by mail at 25 ways the clatter of at .least a dozen cents a box from The Dr. Williams' different languages. Medicine Co., Brookville,, Ont. This, -market place is small, but prob- —„ ably the most congested 'spot in all On a Second Journey.the world during`thk business hours, declared Mrs. Johnson. "I had a bridge Give ine to live this life again and I party the othet; evenih ', and one. wo-.I Would ask no 'better odds than man failed to turn up. You klbow how those aI.lowed it is -she gave me ;to notice . what- ever." "Very, anntbying" "The hauseinaid, however put on one of my gowns and fitted. in feauti-. fu•1ly,,, "That'wtsi,helpful.",J" feYes, and'I'•won her week's wee -ea" Lh,eil apparent in print, relnarlcable chiefly forI+ a WANT IrCHURNING •. ppar a,l it inaceul acs in regard .to , sizes, dieobution, and number of•thole trees. 'ft le a' wonder any were left at: , all with a fc'ss1s crew of 10,•000 in the woods every niouth• for Solomon split , his 30,000., into, three Shiite •a.nd' put tbans on' the job in relays. A Qood•Reason., Sweet Toeing t ]ting ---"'Why do you have knots`, (ie' ocean instead of miles 7" • Skipper (sareasticaaly)_-"Well, ,stag see, they ,Couldn't have the ocean tied! if there were ito ,lc'notst" --s A 'Otoiifloi,'Iti Gores Three crops of cern he obta,iwed tient the ssanio field lisette year oil 'Cer- tain Cert'aint allrlviFl,I iri.thi Of the PI1141 pine• Isl�i.» We supsly • Cans anci pay express charges, We pay daily by etprese. motley orders, which • cart be cashed an,'where without any' charge. To Obtain the tdp pride, Cream iuuat be tree from..bad flavors acid contain n'oe. less.than. 30 per 'cent t3dtter Pat. Boifffs Goafipany `I�ix ited, �, Toror)to, For °Ince, Toronto, Bank of:Montreal, or your local liCnit9r rstabllsheci for 'over thirty seat s, The right to wralk and mingle with the crowd, To know the self -same space of earth and sky, The self -same friends and neighbors' dwelling nigh; This country, smiling, clean and strong and proud, For freedomborn, for freedom long endowed, With all its laughing ages passing by. "But," asks .a -'voice within n e;'1Wdld you weep • As you have wept to walk through life again, Ws:mid you want joys you knew you l could not keep ' j And 'face once' more those losses. with their pain?" I m 'Yes, 'once again to know those happy. years, I'd bear the burdens and I'd brave °?I the tears. . , I :]Edgard A. Guest, f Spruce is found in all the foreef; regions of Canada, and it is not only; Don't let indigestion after meals, -biliousness, heartburn, or dyspepsia fake the pep out of you. Take Seigel's Syrup. Any drug store. Canadian feldspar enjoys a well - merited reputation as a raw material for the ceramic industries, being of high grade and of uniform potash content, analyses of sample froth a number of quarries showing a potash contest of about 12 per cent. When hoarse use Minard's Liniment. Ochres, wad and ferruginous clays suitable for the manufacture of paint, and hydrated oxides of heir for. the purification' of illuminating gas, are found in imply parts of Canada, Canada produces no tin ores. Though the occurrence of till -bearing' inei•als, has been noted in .a number. of localities, they hard ne'v'er yet been` Lound in sufficient guentlty' to be. of ny economic impoitanme • SISA'3'E8 SKIS i 11 Jae. i'Z lobe• �ubttiok• Rickey' 5irdtea,t,a�waited *a oracle boats 0, with Okla *traps. Reinder price t $11.0(). Our once, for Mail defier r :1 the most abundant but ia the prinel-1 pal wood uaed in the maeufaeture of both lumber and pulp, keep IVIimard'e Liniment handy* years ; age-. All that is ,hre n pf t m h learnt tacit?, the Study of tIel eentains found in the reeks of II •n India, >Sautit 'Afriea :and Werth AS A'1 `had linitis and in many species ,the Bind op.es Were t ueh larger than the front •ons, eindientlag that the animal's walked on two legs •similar to the birds, I The bones are hollow, as° in birds, and since in several other important features tele . skeleton, is similar ^to that of birds it is. believed that the two groups are closely related and have descended from a' common par -i ent. of immense size .l giant reptile skeleton is in the' History in New y feet long, fossil remains Many. epneies were Brontosaurus, the whose mounted stone Museum of :.Natural York, was over iixt. Digloclocus, , *hose ins y be seen in the Carnegie Museum of • Pittsburg, was about seventy feet' in length. Theextinctionof. this entire group of huge creatures may have bee y brought about by lack of food or the he' presence of numerous parasitic or carnivorous enemies. The reptiles are intermediate in tructure between the amphibian's' and p birds. The brain resembles that of e frog, but the cerebrum is larger. ge The vascular and respiratory systems pproach the condition in, birds. In ost frr 0 m the s heart- has two auricles and one ventricle, but in the crocodile partition -divides the ventricle, into tw`o parts. "se s th m a candid aaizlyd to 'sear `rhr•re sera s 55 of tn)e, whlio degrco of well mopi leather sltowlV"ln are. Cnrfa iranlore/a Canada, Canada; Aar.10it Profitable iar0ofy 4ep dltions res orale.. that.. ono and, tot heal fanner. at least T50Q.00 and; will undoubted er, liabilities, This channels of trado busbaess conditions :O country. Necd For rube Tho pressing : nocesslty of Ye may: be legitimately llossibte, .mil tures le geueraIly recogni2od, but u ed by.appropriate action which re in taxes, wp Cannot regard It as ineti'ectire sosture. If our expeudlt so controlled that within a reasonab adian taxes should not exceed alone the Halted, States, 1t would Provide. an stimulus to industry . and also an 40?ect 1mmt5ratlon and colonization. the need ter 4y apparent; When I urge as strongly- rig I that this measure of prudence and economy sho Do exereiaed. I- do not do So. with any feeling t_ lack of eonedenco in the ;mantes .itself is tva ranted, 1n fact, I ani more convinced than se th t .the country. aotnany' and potentially, posszsst snc t' wealth and opportunity that iia future cannot be denied, ,and I deprecate most atrougly expression of .opinion based' Upon -local. conditions and indi- vidual bu(iness which are. Perverted i b at Pessimism. as to the country's future whoa no real foundation for such. a sentiment exists. of Colde�a Pessa e. ossified. Leaves through the grass are telling r HAW'S BUSINESS 8011001 overIS txaln .Ana. place people In i,faee 1again through their model offices' and Emgroy,uaat no-, N� �� The a F the d without Adress forty Yilcor pasting ins a e g0 ii' t ant a , West. at, i'artloarlars frog, West. Toroafo. ... Gone' down the earth unseen unheard Afars,. OVENS, WHITE. FOB CATar.O0 > ' ,� and 71st.. of used arcus. Hubbard Oven Com. No Wonder Health Gives Out ef men, raw. 752 icing West, Toronto and She Becomes Weak and Despondent. It is' literally true concerning wo- man in the `home that her work is never done. She starts with house- work when she rises in the -morning and is kept` buy up to the time she retires at night. The work must be done whether she --is feeling well 02 not. It is no wonder that she often breaks down under the strain. She becomes breathless at slight exertion, feels exhausted if she walks up stalls. Headaches and dizzy spells become -dm .still bewildered by these glimmer - With but these footprints for his fiery fame, These might be stars, so goldenly they .burn So fixed and fair are they, so still • they lie, And it is only thus that nen. may learn Graphite is found in nearly all the provinces of Canada, and even in Baffin Island, The Black Donald mine, '"near Calabogie, Ont., is the largest and richest deposit of flake graphite ,known in America. The way of feet that lately left. the French scientists are building an ex - sky. 1p erim ental re f-ice>man i And I who walk abroad these autumn nights, 1 Between the eters above and the stars below, frequent,' and life seenie a burden Mucli'of this trouble is due to the fact that her i bT Cod has become thin. an water _a and S, toregain her good heap she must take a reliable blood -enrich ing tonic such as Dr. Williams' Pink Pilin. The great value of this tonic medicine is shown by the Statement of Mrs. Mary Nolan, Lintlaw, Sask.; who says: --"When I began using Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills I was a physical wreck. It wa.s with great difficulty that I could do light housework. I suf- fered from headaches, my heart would beat violently' at the least 'exertion, and I always felt tired and depressed. Itbidno ;sleep .,leap well at night, and i had no appetite -my limbs would swell as in dropsy. It was at this stage that a neighbor advised me to take Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills. I had used the pills for some weeks before I began to fee • their benefit, and'- thus encouraged 1 continued taking thein for several months, when I was again as strong and well es ever I had. been. I have no hesitation in saying that these pills are a remarkable blood builder and strength renewer and. I shall ever be grateful for what they did for me." You can get these pills from your druggist, or by mail at 50>cents� a box! Froin The Dr. Williams' INle�dicine"Co., Brockville, Ont. as -- Fishing Through the Ice. ing lights, i Incredulous how thele will come, 1 d know, i As h Rains that will quench these starry -�prints,at last, high It had not been a god that passed. Ifyou an want to fish through the ice on a fairly large: scale, cut a number of holes ten inches in diameter in the ice 'and in each pour a, cupful of coal oil to keep tile, water from freezing- again. reezing again. Attach the -line for each hole to an ordinary wooden barrel Hoop Lay this on the ice with the string sus pend�ect through the centre of the hole, The minute th;e fish takes the bait the hoop will be pulled upright or part- ly s•o and you Can tell fi om a long way off that you have. a bite. Moreover, the 'hoop is springy, so there is no dan- ger of breaking your' line. By cunning the line through the centre of a sheet of newspaper and laying this on the ice more light is ex. eluded and might persuade a wary fish to bite: • Swinging to Work. Pacific Islanders are probably the cleanest people On earth, for they sPend'ie good peen of every clay in the water, and may be said to be -almost as amphibious ns SeU:S The chfdren learn to svdm almost aa soon as they learn to walk. It tbe village happens to be at some distance frem the shore, awimming pool is formed in a -near - 13y stream, tied there -mixed bathing IS indulged in several times'every day. '4"itith the. skin constantly greaeed with cocoa -raft oil, the puIp of the bit- ter green orange makes good soap wsks of the cocoa -nut,' and Ihis the'? pply to their shining bbdies very egermisly, Their towel is provided Went. All half price. Ask int ow Ctriatoluti Patel Tete eeeeittee.14 1241 Bioitki St, Motwarelal, --David Morton. Mi nerd's Liniment for stiff muscles, Sentence Sermons. I Have Never Seen --A spendthrift with a reef future. -A headstrong boy who was not having trouble. --A Jealous j s palsan who was also happy. ti --A home made brighter by moon - An indulgent mother who did not handicap her child. -A successful church run by one man, --A satisfactory substitute for sin cents, Careada's-sugar maples. have other uses besides producing maple syrup and sugar. . The wood is hard, even - grained, and heavy, and is used: for flooring, furniture, agriceltural im- plements and woodwork. Yes ! It Reeily Does Stop r 1 freezing sardines. • g pi an far 761 URIN foRYoult E ES balsam aga Refreshing, TAYLOR.- FORBES Tree For every purpose in the orchard, cutting. limbs up .to 11 inches. I -randier. - Year Hardware Helder knows tha roullitY Our descriptive circular sent 1111 to any address on request TAYLOR-FORBES COMPANY. LImITSD Take half a teaspoon o molas,ses, Eases the throat. stops the tough. them for a week ahead P.' PRULIN CO HAD PIMPLES A WHOLE SUMMER On Fatrami Neck. Lost Rest. Cuticura Healed. "x had a breaking out of little, red piteples on my face and neck, The pimples festered and scaled over causing disfigurement. They Itched end burned causing me to scratch, and the et:retelling caused creptiona. vie irritation caused a lot of discomfort, and 1 lost my rest ai night. 1 bad the trouble a Seep and Ointment and purchased some, and after using one box of -Cuticula Ointment arid two cakes of healed." -(Signed) Mrs, Forest Erick, RI R. 4, Rockford, Ohio. IIlse Critic/are to clear your skin 225, mthawn tn. Ate ot.e raider* 550. 1