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The Exeter Advocate, 1923-7-12, Page 7it;s2+ 4v_ e.s?tray ys,.. a ?r? r it p 'Y Surnames and Their Origin MACKINNON. Variations — MacKinney, Mackinning, MacKinven, Love. Racial Origin—Scottish. Source—A given name. The Gaelic form of names of the Highland clan from which these family names are derived is "(Mann Mhic Pb iongllain. ' It is apparently one of the oldest of Highland clans, belonging as it does tb that group of clans which had their origin in the ancient Clan Alpine, no longer existent es such, and tracing back to Kenneth afacAipi•n, whose pro- genitors came over from Ireland with the Dalriadic Scots, and who became the first king of a united Scotland. The chieftain from whom the clan takes its name was Fingon, a grandson of Gre- gor, who was a son of this king. The clan name appears in various ancient documents written in other tongues than Gaelic es "MacFingon," MacFin- non" and "Mackinnon," the last named spelling having become the dominant one in more modern times, In the uprising of 1715 the clan was akeeut for the Stuarts. Tho forms Macltinney and MacKin- ning are variations developed in the lowland among members of the clan who settled there. In Kintyre the name became Mac- Kinven, whence developed a fanciful rendering in Gaelic, owing to the simi- larity of sound, of MacIonl•mhuinn (pro- nounced "Mac -Irwin"), which in turn has been Anglicized by its fanciful meaning into, Loveson or Love. LESLIE. Racial Origin—Scottish. Source—A locality. START RESTORATION WORK ON NELSON'S "VICTORY" The famous old flagship, "The Victory," is being restored and preserved by a fund subscrilled by British subjects all over the Empire. The work was started when descendants of some of Nelson's officers pulled the ropes that lifted the gilded figures on the bow from their places. The picture shows the scene of the ceremony, just udder the Victory's bow, Orchids. To -day, in an Old. Folks' Home, I saw a little, ofd` lady, Rare as a winter violet, Frail ase a bubble blown; bar ninety years, Her mind was clear as spring water, In black eyes bright as a robin's An ageless humta•r Shane. I gave her a bumble of orchids with a. purple ribbon, Fragile, exquisite blaossoms— Her eyes brimmed up with tears; "Oh," she said whiff a stela, I wish my motheroouad see them" From the lips of ninety years! I -ler mother!' How sweet, how far away! All, God! If I might but just —Mary Coles Carrington. !And hear the notes Of the whi will If We Had the Time. If I had the time to find a place And skit me down full face to face With my better self, that stands no show IsThere a Man in the Moon? Until recently it was thought that the moon was a cold worn-out world With no sign of life Upon its surface, But.astronomere of today are inclined to believe that life of some kind +nay exist on our aatellte. A short time ago an observer who was Studying one of the meon's, vol- clwuoee tbrougb a huge telescope was amazed to see clouds of smokeand steam coming from it. He was actual ly witnessing an eruption in a crater which scientists believed to have been cold and dead far countless .thousands of years. So interested wail he that he kept a very careful watch en other parts of the moon's surface. Was any change taking place? He began to suspect something; then as night followed night he became convinced that there was a gradual slight alteration in the color of certain parts, which could be due to only one cause—the growth of vegetation, Three things are necessary for life to be possible: air, water, and warmth. Volcanic activity is a proof of the , existence of heat. The moon has no atmosphere as dense as ours, but it is believed that she may have a narrow, surrounding envelope•of very thin air, s which would be sufficient to maintain ! simple forms of vegetable life. Water we have never seen on her I surface, but it may be present in small quantities' in some of the gigantic ex - In my daily life that ruches so, tinct craters wwith which her whole surface is studded. It might he Been I would site my soul Wassstumbling still toward the shin- , lag goal— Life on the moon would be very dif- ferent from life on earth. We have a I might be nerved by the thought dense blanket of air fifty miles or more sublime, If I had time! If I arta the time to let my heart Speak out and take in my life a part, To look about and stretch a hand in depth which shields us from the sun's heat in the daytime and keeps , us from being excessively °old at l night. The moon's day lasts a. whale fort- , night, during which time the heat must Toa comrade quartered in no -luck be terrific. Then conies the two weeks land. ni grit, when the cold must be intense sit stili —a lunar thermometer would, in fact, p -poor- , register more than 300 degrees of frost 1 at the coldest part of the long dark - God's ' nese. The answer to our question, then, is clear. There is no elan in the moon, The 01 the name of Leslie is a clan T IMPURE BLOOD name of the Scottish Highlands, but it originated far from the Highlands, ► in Hungary. The story of tbe wanderings of the original Leslie, in. the eleventh cen- tury, from his own barony beyond the Hungarian frontier, through the num- erous small and violent political units into which Europe was divided in those days, to the coast of Flanders, followed by his embarkation for Scot- land and final establishment in the favor of the Scottish king, must have made a striking romance. Unfortune- ately only these meagre facts have been preserved. .Bartholomew de 1 esiyn came to Scotland from Flanders, using as his surname the name of the fortress in Hungary over which he had been over- lord. It was Malsolm de "Leslie," a des- cendant, who founded the Highland clan bearing that name. This Mal- colm had retained the.honors won by his father at the court of• the Scottish kings, and had added to them. Many of the Highland clans were thus found- ed by "foreigners," who gathered about them followers of Gaelic blood, and who usually ended, as was the case in Ireland, by becoming more Gaelic than the Gaels themselves. Tho clan lands in Bathes, B•alien- bredch. and Fife were acquired in the thirteenth century by marriage. KEEP CHILDREN WELL DURING HOT WEATHER Every mother knows how fatal the hot summer months are to small child- ren. Cholera infantum, diarrhoea, dysentry, colic and stomach troubles are rife at this time and often a pre- cious little life is lost after only a few hours illness. The mother who keeps Baby's Own Tablets in the house feels safe. The occasional use of the Tab- lets prevent stomach and bowel trou- bles, or if the trouble comes suddenly —as it generally does -the Tablets will bring the baby safely through. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25c a box from The Dr. Wil- liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. A Trick of the Telegraph. An inspecto-r of railway property whose duties had taken him to Bridge- port, Connecticut, discovered that the foundation under the local freight ...amuse needed repairs. Without delay be filed this dispatch to the New York office: "Foundation under freight house at Bridgeport unsafe—rush men at once." In sending the—message the operator on the: New York w.ire apparently did -not space the letters properly in the w—"foundation" and also 'pressed too long to form the letter "t"; for this was the message received in New York: "Found a lion .under freight mouse at Bridgeport unsafe—!tush men a2 once:; The inspector was astonished a few ,pours later to gee a special work train $come data the yard with a flat oar con- taining a large animal cage and also ten men who expected to have an ex- citing time catch lg a 1.iioe 'that, they supposed had escaped from some pass - Ing circus. Three hundred film actors and . act - ranee were ti Bated in hospital in Los Angeles last,; year for eye trouble caused by the powerful arc lights used Sri cinema tograph studios. i 41nard's Linimont x,01 Vy Pi ielsiana Linen from Lilies. It is surprising how many of the manners and products of the Stone Age have, after centuries of disuse, sprung into prominence again. -.. Linen, made previously from flax, has for many years been growing dear- er and scarcer, in proportion as the flax plant has. become rarer and more difficult to cultivate. This material was used for wrapping purposes before the days of the .Pharaohs. Flax is the oldest of all cultivated fibre plants and until the gitowth of the cotton industry in the United States superseded it, it was by far the most important of the world's fibre crops. Before the war, the raw material cost about $160 a ton, whereas to -day it is priced at anything from $500 to $750. The eno made it i for flax should • search the flax lily `mous demand for linen mperative that a substitute be found, and a vigor- ousresuited in the adoption of found in great abundance in New Zeeland. This plant was introduced into Eng- land as a garden flower more than half a century ago. It was found easy to propagate by reason of its bulbous roots, which are easily divisible. Then the ]eaves' were found to be fibrous, and experiments yielded string and cord. Later, the plant was found use- ful for textile purposes. After years 61 experiments by bot- anists of the Royal Horticultural Society and of Kew Gardens, the fibre obtained from the leaf is now a rival. to the vary best flax. The plant will. grow admirably in such climates. as those of Great Britain, New Zealand, Tasmania, France, and Belgium, and it is. no more difficult to cultivate than ordinary garden lilies.The lily is far easier to cultivate than fax itself, and it has a yield of 2,2401b. to an acre.. What think you the earth will 'be like when the majority of men and women in it learn that to be simple and honest and true is the part of wisdom, and that to work for Love and Beauty is the highest good? Means a General Weakness and Loss of Health. If people would realize the import- ance of keeping the blood rich and pure there would be less sickness. The blood is the means through which the nourishment gained from food reaches the different parts of the body. If the bleed is impure, the nourishment that reaches the nerves, and, organs of the body is tainted with poison and dis- ease follows. The blood is also the I medium by which the body fights off disease. If the blood is thin and watery the power of resisitance to dis- ease is weakened. If you are weals and run down, if your nerves are fray- ed, if you lack ambition, have no ap- petite, and are short of breath after slight exertion, the trouble is almost always due to poor blood. In cases of this kind you should take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to build up the blood. They help to enrich and purify the blood from first to last dose, and in this way bring new health and strength to weak, rim -down people. Mrs. John Timmons, Elmvale, Ont., tells of the benefit Dr. Williams' Pink Pills were to her, as follows:—"1 became very weak and was hardly able to walk and had to be helped upstairs. 1 had no appetite and slept poorly at night. I finally went to a doctor who told me the trouble was lack of blood and that my condition was serious. He gave me medicine, which I toot faithfully,but did not improve. I was advised to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and did so, and after I had taken two or three boxes felt that they were helping me. I could eat better, and I slept better. I continued using the pills for some time longer and quite recovered my old-time strength and feel that I have to thank Dr. Williams' Pink Pills that I am not an invalid to -day." You can get these pills through any dealer in medicine, or by mail, post- paid, at 60 cents a box, from+The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Not What He Expected. . A local celebrity, visiting one of the schools+ in a certain town, thought it proper to ask the youngsters, a few questions. "Cam any little boy •or glad tell me," bre said, ianpu'etssively, "what is the greatest of all the virtues?" There wasnoereply. "We will try it again," said the visit- or. "What am I doing when I give up my time Nnd pleasure to come and talk to you in your school?" "I know now, mister!" exclaimed Johnny Smith, raising his band. • """Well, what am I doing. little man?" "Butlin' in!" was the startling re- oinder. When a seventh son is born in Argentina the President of the Re- public becomes his• godfather. Dozens of feminine students in the three great universities of Chile are preparing for careers as dentists. ISSUE .No. 27—'23. I think ti -at m5 wish with would rhyme - 11 I had time! a Life is confined to plants which grew If I had the time to learn from you at an enormous pace during the four- How much for comfort my word could teen days of sun, and wither at once do, And I told you then of my sudden Will To kiss your feet when I did you i11; I If the tears aback of the coldness' feigned Could flow, and the wrong be quite ex-' plained— Brothers, the souls of us all would chime, If we had the time. —Richard Burton. But Has Advantages, Reggie—"One cawn't get very far without brains." CholIy—"But it has its advantages, dealt boy.' I nevah have the slightest trouble finding you, y' know." Food for Thought. The young lovetr had at last screwed up his courage and was resolved to in- terview his sweetheart's father` with- out delay. "Darling," he said to her. "I am go- ing to ask him this very minute!" "My brave boy!" slue murmured in reply, ass he went off. 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