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The Exeter Advocate, 1923-11-15, Page 3MO 10CM • TheTobaccx, of ii a1ity Manufactured by imperial Tobacco Company of Canada Limited �r THE PRIDE OF THE BRITISH FLEET In drydock, at rest and safe from waves and wind, yet still a flagship, Nelson's old ship, H.M.S. Victory, is to he restored—made to look as she was when she fought Trafalgar. This ship, the most famous in the 'world, was launched at Cbatham on May 7th, 1765, her tonnage, being 2,165. She was the flagship of both Howe ing you will not be disappointed." and Nelson, and still holds that But the pian who has such a gloomy honored rank. After 160 years of service in the navy, most of the old cak timber in the Victory is in good condition; bu some of the wood below the water- line became so rotten ths.t she had to be taken from her anchorage in Portsmouth Harbor and put perma- nently into dry dock. Hero she will remain as a lasting memorial to the nation and one of our greatest links with Empire. Great caution had to be exercised In docking., as it was feared the weight of the hull would be too much for the aged timbers, and ten steel - frame clutches have been made to grip the hull,and thus relieve the keel of most of the weight of the vessel. Across the end of the dock, to the stern of the ship, a concrete dam has been built, thus making her secure for all time. During her long years of service, both on active work and for nearly a hundred years as flagship in Ports- mouth Harbor, the old ship has under- gone many alterations, changing her appearance from that of Trafalgar days. The Nautical Research So- ciety, however, has undertaken her complete restoration, provided for by public subscription, and intend to make her like the Victory of Nelson's time, when she led the wooden walls of England down Channel towards Trafalgar. This is no small undertaking. Many details of structure have to be alter- ed, and. the old guns have to be re- placed; or ones of similar pattern put, with their carriages, in every port- hole. Shot -racks, sponges, and ram- mers have also to be provided. Cabins and the generalaccommodation for the crew are to be restored, and even the mess -tables between the guns 7111 be brought back again, to give an ex- act idea of things .as they were on the day of battle The masts are to Anticipation Much of the pleasure in life comes from a forecasting imagination. The satisfactions of vacation travel, to choose but ane example, lie as much in prospect as in retrospect. It is fun to read the literature of places we may never see, to discuss and compare alternative routes, to consult the experience ,of others and "com- pare notes" with those who went and returned. Says the cheerless pessimist: "I have learned to expect nothing. Life has taught me that if you expect nota - be made higher, and the rigging `will be precisely the same as in 1805. Perhaps tbe finest sight for future visitors to the restored Victory will be the portion of the decks which is to be kept "clear for action" as in the olden days. This will give the pres- ent generation some idea of the tre- mendous evolution in the . navy during the last:•century. The Victory was completed in 1765, and in the press of that day ,hardly any "mention was made of the ship.. which was to take so great a place in history, Early records show the launching of the Victory sandwiched between- some doh estic news items, one containing the"account of a calf being` born with five ` legs, and' the other of N. three months' old baby being dropped upside down in a tub of hot, water with fatal' results. Reconstructing the Victory, and memory thus keeping her en o y sacred to the nation and future generations, will coat' • about $750,000, of which some $404,000 has been collected. Ad- a mire' Sir Doveton Sturdee, the fam- ous victor of the. Falkland Islands bat- tle has made himself responsible for collecting the money," and he has the generous co-operation of the Lord Mayor, of London. London's ,police force is 21,274 strong, while her fire brigade numbers another 2,000 men, philosophy behind his modus operandi is likely to find the "No Admittance" sign hanging out for him at many a door instead of the proverbial "Wel- come on the mat. People dislike a confirmed grouch, a chronic knocker as an associate in work ar play. We do not ask that teammates shall dwell in a fool's paradise of Pollyanna sun- shine all the time, but we want those who take the cheerful forward look and have the disposition to make the best of things and, as the Scot says, "Whustle o'er the lave o' it." Why was hope implanted in the human breast, to spring eternal there, if we were not meant to believe that the best is yet to be, and then to labor with all our might to make that belief come true in fact? As eyes were made for seeing, the heart was meant to hope. The chief incentive to persevere and to make progress is not that which is—a fortune made, an ambition realized, a success at- tained—but that which may be. A man in business keeps going because he sees to far horizons, and his am- bition carries even farther than his vista. So it is in all affairs of life. If only we dare and endure sufficiently, we shall not be disappointed. Deprive a man of expectancy and you shatter the mainspring of the whole machin- ery of his being. But you cannot de- prive him of that central, primal force unless he wills it so. SHOCKING. Fly Reformer:. There's an opium den wide open -I shall have to report this to the police! Seals: Show Grief. The cries of no animals approach more closely that of the human voice than those of seals when lamenting the loss or capture of their young. They 'emit a wailing and affecting cry, similar to that of a .woman• in deep grief. • Stingy•Father. First Boy: "Your lather muet s be an awful mean man. Him a shoemaker, and makin' you wear :thein old boots!" Second Boy: "He's nothin' to what your father is. Him a dentist, and your -baby only got one tooth!" • The mind of man is not in his skull, but in his eyes, es ears, hands, y -and feet. —Prof. D. F. Howard. Men are known - by the company they keep; women by the clothes they keep on wearing._ • A true friend is a man who knows you thoroughly, but likes you just the same. Bear this in mind he wins the noblest fight who slays his sins. .Keep Minard's Liniment in the house. 'fopnders of the different families. Wanted — A King! Albania wants a king, "an'English man, :gentleman preferred." The sal- ary.is not stated, but the Civil list of the new monarch, whoever he may be, is unlikely to be a very extravagant one, seeing that the . entire revenue of the : country amounts to ao" ;more than about £800,000. • This, by the way, is net the only occasion on which a European prim- eipality has been "in the market," Soo to speak. The late Duke of Edin- burgh, afterwards Duke of ' Saxe- Cobourg and Gotha, Queen Victoria's second son, was once offered the. throne of Greece, ' and so certain were. the Greeks that he would accept that they actually , had him proclaimed King at Athens, Nat only this, but a number of coins were struck bearing the new "monarch's" effigy. These are now greatly prized by collectors, It is per- haps unnecessary to add that, on news of these events reaching Windsor, the proffered honor was promptly de- clined. Some time previously the Greek throne had been offered to the grand- father of the present Earl of Derby, who also declined it, Following the refusal, the vacant throne was hawk- ed round amongst half the prince- lings in Europe, to be eventually ac- cepted by the Grand Duke Otho of. Bavaria, whom his ungrateful subjects later deposed. In 1878, following an the Russo- Turkish war, Sir Henry Drummond Wolff might, had he so minded, have been king of the then newly -formed principality of Rumelia. He was acting at the time as Brit- ish High Commissioner there, when one morning a delegation of leading notables came to offer him the throne, assuring him of the support of Rus- sia, and suggesting that he should lie crowned forthwith at Philippopolis. Sir Henry pretended to treat the matter as a huge joke; whereat the delegates retired in high dudgeon. The after -history of the torn and dis- tracted little country showed that the astute Englishman's self-abnegation in refusing a kingdom was a wise move on his part, This same crown was afterwards declined by Prince Alexander Vogo- rides, probably for a Similar reason to that which had previously induced the Count of Flanders to decline the honor of ruling over the turbulent populace of the sister principality of Rumania. Said this astute individual, when offered the crown by the President of the Council of Ministers: "If you can guarantee that I shall not be assassi- nated, as was M. Catargi, or interned for life in a dungeon, like M. Petrov - ski, my answer is' 'Yes.' Otherwise it is 'No.'" The Ministers Iooked askance at each other, then silently withdrew. Not always, however, have offers of this destiription been declined. Many years ago Sir James Brooke, an ex -officer in the old East India Com- pany's service, was offered, and ac- cepted, the crown of Sarawak, in Borneo, over which country his de- scendant, the present Rajah Brooke, still reigns, it having been constituted an independent State under British protection in 1888. GUARD THE BABY AGAINST COLDS To guard the baby against colds nothing can equal Baby's Own Tab- lets. The Tablets are a mild laxative that will keep the little one's stomach and bowels working regularly. It is a recognized fact that where the stom- ach and bowels are in good order that colds will not exist; that the health of the little one will be good and that he will thrive and be happy and good- natured. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medi- cine Co., Brockville, Ont. LIFE SAVING FOR FIFTY YEARS. W. Cooper, a coxswain of a British life -boat for fifty years, who 'has been presented with a gold watch by Capt. Hussey, representing the President of the -United States, as a token of recognition of the services of the crew in saving the men of the steamer Piave on the Goodwin Sands in 1919. Medals and gifts were given to all members of the life -boat crew. CAUSE OF BACKACHES Every inuscle in the body needs a supply of rich, red blood in proportion to the work its does. The muscles of the back are under a heavy strain and have but little rest. When the blood is thin they lack nourishment and rebel, The result is a sensation of pain in these muscles, Many people are frightened into believing that backaches are due to kidney trouble, but the best medical 'authorities agree that backache is very seldom due to kidney trouble, In fact not more than one backache in a hundred has anything to do with the kidneys. The whole trouble is due to thin or impure blood, and those who are troubled with pains in the back ar loins, either frequent or occasional, should look to the condition of the blood. It will be found in most eases that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills by build- ing up the blood and feeding the starv- ed nerves and muscles wIll banish the pains and make you feel better in every other way. How much better it is to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for your blood than to give way to un- reasonable alarm about your kidneys. If you really suspect your kidneys any doctor can make a test in ten minutes, that will set your fears at rest, or tell you the worst. All dealers in medicine sell Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills, or you can get them by mail at 50 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville. Ont. Why Bread Grows Stale. Why does bread grow stale? When the dough is put into the oven, the starch in it is turned into jelly by the beat. This jelly holds the moisture in the loaf and distri- butes it evenly throughout the bread. As the loaf cools, the starch gives up its moisture, which is drawn from the centre of the bread into- the out- side crust. Thus the inside, or crumb, becomes hard and dry, while the crust changes from a hard and crisp sub- stance into a soft and "doughy" one. Cold weather makes bread stale rapidly, and for the same reason stale loaves can be freshened by being placed in an oven for a few minutes. Scientists have been investigating the staleness of bread, and are now trying to find out why some loaves keep much better than others. At the same time, it is pointed out that stale bread is wholesome and that there is really no need for the waste that goes on at the present time. Two Elizabeths. Professor of History: "What do you know of the age of Elizabeth, Mr. Jones ?" Jones (dreamily) : "She will be nine- teen next week." Ask for Minard's and take no other. Surnames and Their Origin ERRICK. VARIATION—Herrick, ,Erick. RACIAL ORIGIN—English, also- Norse. lsoNorse. SOURCE—A given name. These family names all are founded on the given name of Erick, or Erie, which was more. of an Anglo-Saxon and a Nor.: -name than a, No - tho:aL ;t has "been 1'y no .jeans ex- tinct in England at any time subse- quent to. the Norman inv»_- .. In- deed, it was _me of the comparatively few Anglo-Saxon given' names which achieved ome popularity from the first, even among the Norman •con- querors. There is :'a very old line of Ericks and Herricks aiitong the British no- bility, and their tradition is that they take their name from Eric the, For- ester, the Anglo-Saxon chieftain who recruited -the. forces of the defenders who met William . the Conqueror at Hastings. However this may be, it does not follow that all Herricks and Bricks trace back to a single progeni- tor. The :given name viwas. quite com- mon in England, and still more so in Scandinavian lands, and it would not be reasonable to assume that family names did not develop from it in many instances in sections of the various countries and without • any close blood ties between the original DUDLEY RACIAL ORIGIN—Anglo-Saxon. SOURCE --A locality. This family name is quite a com- mon one. In many instances, too, it has become a given name, in that thoroughly modern tendency to use family names in this matter. - T.he Dudleys, it would appear, all trace back to the town of that name in Worcestershire, but it should be understood that the use of the town name as a family name developed only in the cases of individuals or families after they had left the com- munity and were traveling or had set- tled elsewhere. A man stillliving in Dudley ..would never have become known to other residents of tlfat place as "Walter of Dudley." It would have constituted no differentiations, for everybody in the town would have been "of Dudley." The name of tbe town itself, like the majority y of English place names, traces back to Anglo-Saxon times. Though the Anglo-Saxons dro -e be- fore them and virtually exterminated the original Britons, settling the coon.- try --and bestowin g their own Teutonic names on places which bad previously been named ay the Welsh, the Norman Conquerors settled down among their conquered, and , adopted their place names for. the .most part. The name Dudley was .originally "Dade -ley," and signified meadow, .or field of tha dead—a burying ground. I How Do You Laugh? A well-known psychologist has been making a study of laughter, which he says differs in its indication of character by its vowel sound. Those who laugh in "A," he says, or make a sound like "A," axe loyal to their friends, frank in their speech, fond of bustle and movement, and of versatile character. People who laugh in "E" are sel- dom cheerful company, because they are phlegmatic and melancholy. Most children laugh in "I," and peo- ple who continue to laugh in "I" after they have grown to be men and women bave childlike qualities. They are timid but affectionate, irresolute but candid, and are always obliging and ready to work - for others. They are apparently not very strong char- acters. People who laugh en the vowel "0" are often successful in life, because they are not Aver -sensitive. They do not worry about public opinion, and criticism slips their i Ps off her backs like water off a duck's. They are gener- ous, self-confident, and, in spite of their pushfuiness, usually liked and trusted, Few people like laughers in "II As a matter of fact, these individuals are very sparing in their laughter. Life for them holds little of fun and mirth. MONEY ORDERS. Dominion Express Money Orders are on sale in five thousand offices throughout Canada. World's Record. The great steamship Leviathan can Carry passengers enough to fill a good-sized country town, nearly 5,000 in all. But this number is nothing to her actual carrying capacity, for during the war as a transport she once carried 13,548, crew and soldiers—eas- ily the world's record in ocean travel. A pearl discovered in a freshwater mussel in the River Conway, North Wales, is said to form one of the Crown jewels. ASIIN Say "Bayer" and Insist! Unless you see the name "Bayer" on package or on tablets you are not get- ting the genuine Baye_ product proved. safe by millions and prescribed by physicians over twenty-three years for Colds Headache Toothache Lumbago Earache Rheumatism Neuralgia Pain, Pain Accept "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" only. Each unbroken package con- tains proper directions.. Handy boxes of twelve tablets cost few cents. Drug gists also sell bottles of 24 and 100. Aspirin is the trade mark (registered in Canada) of Bayer Manufacture of ',ionoaceticacidester o' Salicylicacid. While it is well known that Aspirin means Bayer Manufacture, to assist the public agalnst imitations, the Tab- lets of Bayer Company will be stamp- ed with their general trade mark, the "Bayer. Cross.". Constipation g. Banished 1,' A druggist says: "For nearly • thirty years 1 have recommended ' the Extract of Roots, known as 01 Mother Sige1's. Curative Syrup, for I arresting and permanently reliev- • ing constipation and indigestion. it is an old reliable remedy that dothew s to fails . never f Iwork.' 30 1 $' drops thrice daily. Get the Genuine. 50c. and $1.00bottles. 2 His Hearing Reste -ed. The invisible ear drum lac rented b" A. O. Leonard, which is a miniature megaphone, fitting inside the ear en- tirely out of sight,:. is restoring the' hearing of hundreds of people in New York city, Mr. Leonard invented tbiei: drum to relieve himself of deafness and head noises, and it does this sd successfully that no one could tell he Is a deaf man, It is effective when deafness is causedby catarrh or by perforated or wholly destroyed natural drums. A request for iirformation to A. O. Leonard, Suite 437, 70 Fifth avenue, New York city, will be given a prompt reply. advt Now You Can Shave in Pitch Darkness Designed especially for use by traveling men, a self -illuminating safety razor makes it possible to shave in the dark, In the handle of the razor is a tiny electric bulb, encased in a rubber holder which prevents dampness from rusting it. The lamp is adjusted so that It always throws its light on the spot where the razor is cutting. A clean. shave in pitch darkness is said, to be possible with this device. 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