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The Exeter Advocate, 1924-9-11, Page 3Folks who want the very best use RED ROSE ORANGE PEKOE T -J Surnames and Their Origin SPENCER. Variation—Spenser. Racial Origin—English. Bource--A t ltle of offloe. One of the most peculiar points 'l1"' about the social and military system of the Normans was the manner in which occupations which to -day we look upon as of an humble, household nature, were • exalted into titled of - floes, The answer, of course, is that in those days each feudal castle, the scrotal unit of all who were not tillers of the soil, was, though a single "household," a small nation in itself, largely independent and owing vassal- age to counts and kings only as a unit. Thus the keeper of the "family" purse was in reality the "secretary of the treasury," and the head of the household kitchen was the commis- sary-general. The "despenser" or "despencer," un- der the feudal custom of the Normans, was the officer responsible for the .ib+e buttery" or fond warehouse of the castle, an office of great responsibility in days when sieges were laid, often not to be lifted for months or even • years. This title, however, when coupled with the word "le" (the), as of courser 1t was, soon became too •clumsy even for the Norman tongue, with the result , that it slid not take many generations before the more common form ofthe word was "spencer" or "apenser." There weremany, many castles in n}edieval England. Hence thd're are many Spencer families to -day. SELLERS. - Varlatlons—Seller, Seeler, Sadler. Racial Origin—English. Source ---Occupations. It is not possible to tell with accur- acy in the ipdividual case which of two sources these family names have come from, with. the exception of the Iast named. It may be taken for granted, how- ever, that, like saddler, the rest of them in the vast majority of cases come from the occupation of making saddles. The assumption that there is any connection with our modern word "seller," or salesman, is erroneous, for the medieval English did not use this word to designate tradesmen. Sadler is a form of the naive trace- able to the Anglo-Saxon word. "Sell," however, was the word most often used by the Normans in the early period to denote a saddle, and it en- dured for a long time. In fact, it did not become obsolete until after Spen- cer wrote: "He left his lofty steed with golden sell, And goodly gorgeous barbes." The form Sellers, Seller and Seeler, however, may also be derived from the old word "seler," which was the appei- ation of those craftsmen who manu- factured seals. • A RECIPE FOR LASTING LOVE A young husband, spealciug of his beikee,� �s�aid td his mother: "She is so p;>,L1t to live with." Thu mother was thankful, for she knew that all was well with her ran. When all is said, the greatest domestic virtue is to be pleasant to live, with. It is the dis- positions, tact the looks, nor the brains, of the contracting parties that make marriage a success er a failure, It is curious but true that things that count so much before marriage matter very little after marriage. Be- fore marriage we put great stress on mental brilliance, on charming man- ners. We are allured by a beautiful face. We aro fascinated by a witty and entertaining converstiouali,at. We are charmed by those who have gra- ctousness and poise, but after mar- riage we grow tired of looking at even a living picture, and we soon cease to see beauty in it if that is all there is •' to a person. Keeping Affection Alive. The thing that is of vital importance Is the disposition of the one with whom we have to live day in and day out, in prosperity or adversity, in sick- ness or in health. Of course, a wife is glad that her husband is a man whose word is as good as his bond, and that he is s spoken of as " gonest John Jones." - But the knowledge that he husband is incorruptibly honest does not make it any easier for Mrs. John Jones to get nr•„ney out of him if he is tight- fisted. The thing that would make for her happiness would be for him to be plea- sant to live with, for him to be fair and generous about money, and for him to give her. what he could afford without haggling over it. Nothing is of avail in making a wife happy if her husband apparently re- gards her as nothing more than a Piece of useful hou.sehold furniture; Say "Bayer Bayer Aspirin" INSIST! Unless you see the "Bayer. Cross". on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer .Aspirin ,"proved safe by millions. and prescribed by .phy- sicians Jar 24 years. Sit Accept only a A/ , Bayer package which contains proven directions ' "Bayer" boxes bones of 12 tabletd Also bottles of 24 and 100-•—Druggisto Aeplrin 1s na trade mune (reglntere3 in Canada) • `layer 8fanaaeture o1! 5Xono- ur-,tica•ie . ur aa1uylteael3 Saturday's Child. Some are teethed on a silver, spoon, With the stars strung fora rattle; T cut my teeth as the black raccoon, For implements of battle. Some are swaddled, in silk and down,' And heralded by a star; They swathed my limbs in a sackcloth gown On a night that was black as tar. For some godfather and goddawe The opulent fairies be; e- Dame Poverty gave vie my name, And Pain godfathered me,. For I waa born on Saturday, "Bad time for planting a seed," Was all my father had to say, And, "One mouth more to teed." lit be never shows her any tenderness or affection, or gives any sign that he still cares for her. The thing that •cvould make her go down on her knees and thank Heaven for having given her her heart's desire in a husband would be for him to be pleasant to, live with; for him to keep up the lover-- like overlike attentions of their courting days; for him still to give her kisses with a thrill to then; for him to tell her that she grew more beautiful to him and dearer as the years went by, and that II his lucky day was the day he won her for a wife. I A woman rejoices in her husband's success in business. But she can be ' utterly miserable if he has a surly dis position; if he never speaks at home except to find fault, and if the fancily lives in terror of doing or saying some- thing that will bring on a burst of tem- ! per. The husband who makes life a grand, sweet song to his wife is the man who is pleasant to live with; the Iman who is cheerful and good-natured, who jollies his wife and pets his child- ren, and at the very sound of whose key in the door everybody brightens up and begins to smile. And precisely the same thing is true of wives as of husbands. The good wife is not necessarily the best wo- man, or the best cook, or the best housekeeper, or even the woman who loves her husband best. Many a wo- man who would gladly die for her hus- band nags him so that he would be I willing to die to get rid of her. The perfect wife is the woman who is pleasant to live with. She is the I woman who is cheerful anal good-na- tured; who is reasonable; who is ap- preciative and contented, and who can say a thing once and let it go at that. 1—Dorothy Dix. Model of Niagara. A model of Niagara carrying an amount of water directly propor- tional to that of the real Niagara is i helping engineers to remedy an evil that threatens to destroy the beauty of the falls. As the limestone wears ashy underneath the "throat" of the Horseshoe more and more water is concentrating there.. and seems likely before many years to make the falls no more than a huge V-shaped gully, Experiments with weirs and artificial islands, placed in the stream above the falls on the model, show how the water can be distributed so as to give the American Falls a greater volume and keep en the Canadian edge of the Horseshoe water that the power com- pany on that side now fears that it will lose. Quite Respectable. "I hope," remarked his mother to libeen little"4Vi1 Willie, who had to a party y in her absence, "that ycu washed your bands before tea." "I didn't have time to wash more than one," be confessed, "but I ate with that and kept the other in my pocket," The Only Reason. • Bingo—"1'm going to bring my wife round to' call on you to -night." Winterby—"That's right; but do me a,favor, old Aran. Dolt'tlet her wear her new costume. I don't want my wife to see it just now." Bingo (grimly)—"Wh:y, that's just what we are coning for." • Minard's Liniment for Rheumatism. Death cut the strings that gave me life, And handed me to Sorrow, The only kind of middle wife My folks could beg or borrow. Countee P. Cullen. A Cross of Pearls. What are perhaps the most remark- able natural pearls in the world are being exhibited in the Australian Pa- vilion at the British Empire Exhibi- tion. This extraordinary exhibit, known as the Southern Cross, is a cluster of nine pearls forming an almost perfect Latin cross. The shaft is composed of seven pearls measuring an inch and a half in length, while the arms of the cross are formed 'of one pearl on each side opposite the second .pearl from the top downwards,. Examination under a powerful mic- roscope shows that the gems were produced by nature in their present arrangement, probably as a result of mutual campressiou during growth. The pearls were discovered in 1874 by a pearl fisher at Roeburn, in Western Australia, but so amazed were the finder and the owner of the vessel that, belileving it to be a heaven - wrought miracle, they buried the trea- sure and left it to be forgotten. It remained hidden until 1879, when an Australian explorer, Alexander Forest, passed through Roeburn and, hearing accidentally of the pearl, dis- closed its existence to the world. It is now the property of a London merchant, and is valued at $50,000. Gas Replaces Brazier. The charcoal bhazier, characteristic of Japanese homes for many years, is being displaced rapidly by the gas stove. Japan is also tiring 1,000,000 gas lamps in city streets and 2,300 gas en- gines in the tiny factories that pro- duce everything from ivory carvings to tooth -brush handles and from san- dals to sausages. Gas production to -day, with 10,000,- 000,000 0,000;000,000 cubic feet annually, is double that of 1914. Seventy-six companies, as compared with ten in 1914, furnish the service. CHILDHOOD INDIGESTION Nothing is more common in child- hood than indigestion. Nothing is more dangerous to proper growth, more weakening to the constitution or more likely to pave the way to danger- ous disease. Fully nine -tenths of all the minor ills of childhood have their root in indigestion. There is no medi- cine e'er little ones to equal Baby's Own. Tablets in relieving this trouble. They have proved of benefit in thous- ands of hones. Concerning them Mrs. Jos. Lunette, Immaculate Conception, Que., writes: "My baby was a great sufferer from indigestion, but the Tab- lets soon set her right, and now I would not be without them." Baby's Own Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by nail at 25. cents a box from The Dr, Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Aquarium Too Small. • Mr. Youngbride—"Now that you have ycur water spaniel, clear, how are you going to keep hila?" . Mrs. Yotingbride--"I'm glad you asked that, love -seer aquarium is al -I together too small. I Dominion Express Money Orders are on sale in five thousand offices thrcughout Canada. The effect of athletics on women l Id i 1 as the subject of a recent Major-General -Sir Lee Stack, gover- nor-general of the Sudan and sirdar of the Egyptian army, has had a difficult situation to handle the past few weeks, but the Iron hand of authority has won out. TILS OF 1IN)I1iES11ON IWHEN 1N TORONTO u1S1T THE , 253 !Moor 8t, Woo, near Avenue -Road 1,�•rxrst Royal Ontario Museum r Mortgages UrChorsed• permanent eatattlon in Ou'mea. Arebar:dust.p . ileynglda� Geology, alfaernlnr;y:..1 rtiaeantaloly, Zoology. even 77 Vieto'ria St., Toronto, . doily, '1O adv: to 5 p.m; :tndny. 2 to. 5 IMO. $Icor, Bay, and (*barb care - 1 Brothers of P.C. Longest in the EMI:fire- I "Attempt not to riirrct, a znarr•ied' It s just c'ser a year since Mr. Blas- woman. in har•11ou e where thou know- sey, Prime ;,i urr of New Zeeland" e t that site is a pe:fec.t housewife, c opened at pan the longest tunnel in y not to her: ''V litre is that (i.e., ,such—and—such a thug)? Bring it to the British /empire. The Southern Alis, which rite from Vis' whenheeras put the object in its North to South of the South island, for proper place. many years formed an insurmountable Thbut round 4 not written in A.D. x924; 4,0.00 B.C. It is one of many barrier to railway travel. Railways similar sayings of Egyptian sages had been constructed to the eastern that go to prove that the great brother - and western slopes of these mountains hood of married znen had the same but the heights themselves had to be problems anal the same tribulations in crossed by a dangerous• coaching -road I the days of the Pharaohs as in the aver Arthur's Pass. days of King George V. Then, for a long time, euglneers be-, longing to the British Electric .Com- These p sayings are contained in the pony were hard at work boring a tun moral Papyri; which have been collect- ed by Sir Ernest Wallis Budge, the nel through this pass, where the noun- famous Egyptologist, and are now be - talus rise to a height of 3,000 feet: i fag published in book fame. Other The ()tire Tunnel is nearly itve and gems from this busbande' "Goldlen MONET TO LOAN, A R. lVl . ,L Q A'N .S MADE,--• Common Errors About This Trouble Into Which People Fall. Many people so far mnisuuderstand the digestive system as to treat it like, a machine; neglecting it until it works nluggishly, then irritating it into work again by the use of purgatives. The stomach needs help et all times, but a study of the prooess of digestion will :.how that purgatives, as Commonly taken, are seldom necessary and often, harmful, To safeguard your digestion the diet! must be controlled. Overeating is al- j ways harmful, but one must assimilate • enough food to supply the needs of the! blood. Remember, the blood has to carry nourishment to all parts of the I body and find fuel for its energy. 1 Hence when the blood becomes weak and fails to do its work, indigestion arises. Therefore the sure remedy for I indigestion is to build Grp the blood. If you suffer from any fa -in of indiges- tion choose your diet carefully and: take wholesome nourishment. Above' all, start building up your blood by taking a course of Dr. Williams' Pink! Pills. Then under the influence of the, new blood supply, your digestive sys- I tem will respond naturally, your ap- I petite improve and your food will do I you good. So begin to improve your digestion by starting to take Dr. W11- I Hams' Pink Pills now. You can get these pills from your druggist or by mail at 60 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. "What's become of the good old names 'Prudence' and 'Patience'?" "I guess they've changed them to 'Imprudence' and 'Impatience.'?" Useful Watch. Two brothers—call them Wililam and Henry, although being good busi- ness men, were absolutely ignorant in so far as book -learning goes, not even being able to tell the time of day, so that a clock being entirely useless to them, was not among their posses- sions. However, the idea of having a good watch took their fancy, and so one was purchased to be owned jointly and carried by each on alternate weeks'. One hot afternoon as they were weeding the corn, Henry paused and, wiping the moisture from his face, observed; "Wonder what time 'Lis." William, whose week it was to carry the watch, leaned en his hoe handle and, producing the glittering timepiece, held it out toward his brother with a flourish saying, "Wall, thar she be." "Darn if she ain't," re- plied Henry, whereupon they took their customary glance at the sun and resumed work. Nature's Wonders. Muriel, visiting the country on a May day, cane to a pond whose shal- lows were full of tadpoles—thousands of them flopping about in an inch of water. "Oh," she cried, "see those tad- poles! And just to think that some day every one of the horrid wriggling creatures will hatch into a beautiful bntteril y t Ancient Indian.people of the Valley of Mexico bui:t a nighty stone strut- ture to the gods of their land, centur- ies before Pharaoh and his slaves built the' great pyramids of Egypt. It is said that this great structure has re- mained silent and buried for nearly 8,000 years. (questionnaire in England. It wa3 ed- v. dressed to those persons who were thought to have special l.r.owled ;•e l• the subject, such as physicians, liriit-i mealsofschools and women students. The 'answers showed a general ap- I . proval of ill games' except football,i but cautioned gir:s.to h" moderate in Hockey, swimming, rowing and other' sports in whichsevere corepetitivo ef' I fort play produce unusual fatigue or strain. ' BOWES CO., Ltd. TORONTO Snip your Cream to us and ob- tain the best results with high- est price for number one quality. Daily returns, cans supplied, and express chzweer paid. �rite for cans now. a half wiles long, and forms the only Treasury" are, direct connecting link, between the The interfering man only sets con - east and west coasts of South Island. fusion in his house," it is now pe sible to travel from Christ-1 "If thou wouldst be wise or presper- church in the east of Clreymottth on • ous, get married." the west coast without any cluenge at Undertake nothing us the result of alI, having drunk beer. For if thou dost, Constructed entirely by British 1 words which can bave a second mean - workmen, using only British materials, ling may tomo Porth from illy mouth Otira Tunnel is one mile longer than j without thy Knowing it. When thou the Severn Tunnel and Is the seventh! fallest down and br-eake•at thy bones, longest in the world]. f !there will be no ane there to put out ry The Sitnplon Tunnel, on the main : his hand to help thee. Thy boon tom- Faris-itorae railway, 1s cut througb the I pardon will stand up and say: 'Away heart of the Swiss Alps for a distance i with this drunken beast'' " of 1214 miles, while a huge boring «. made through the St. Gothard Pass, Minaret's Liniment Relieves Pain. also in Switzerland, is nearly ten miles a - in length. i Nothing Less Than a Million for The greatest achievement of this This Little Girl. kind in the United States is a four The perfectly absurd inflation of the and three-quarter mile tunnel through German currency has been the source the Hoodoo Mountains in Massachu- of same humor along with a great deal setts. of wretchedness. So the Berlin paper The five -mile spiral tunnel in the Ulk tells of a little German girl who in - Canadian Rockies at Kinking Horse formed her father that she could count. Pass is a marvellous piece of engin- "Wonderful!" exclaimed her father, eering, Pocket Sundials, "Begin then!" "One million, two million, three mil- lion," said the child importantly. It was not uncommon in the days of Important as it :nay be to consider Queen Elizabeth for men to caary what you are making of life, it is no pocket sundials for the purpose of less important to size up just' what time -telling. life is making of You. Dials of all kinds were common then, though previcus to that time they had If you say nothing, your words can. been little used in this country. One not be brought into court. of the oldest, erected about the time of Edward the Confessor, is still to be seen over the south door of Kirkdale Church, in Yorkshire, 'England. It hears tho inscription: "This is the sun's marker at every hour, and Hay- ward made me and Brand. the priest." The fahiou for dials began to spread until the whole countryside, particu- larly in the North and in Scotland, was dotted with them. We see them to- TOday in interesting forms' at St. An ->draws, Melville House, Hellyrood E:71!' ECT A Castle, Dundas Castle, and many other places which are popular resorts of sightseers to England. The legends engraved an some of these old dials are very quaint. One, humble in its opinion of itself and mankind, announces: "Shadows we are, like shadows we depart," In China and Japan small dials made of boxwood are still carried and consulted by their owners. IRtRITATED BY SUN,WIND,UUST CINDIE i;y uuCOHMENDED a 5OLD HT DRUGGISTS 6. OPTiCIAT'IS WNre son rola ere. cane Door. ?Sealer ep. Ca1c600•113-1C MOTHERS Letter from Mrs. Ayars Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helped Her Deserved to Succeed, Spring Valley, Sask.--"1 took the Vegetable Compound before my last A story that is characteristic of confinement, when I got to feeling so badly that I could not sleep Lord Leverhulme --for has he not Kira- nights, my back ached so across my hips, and I self made good owing to his dogged could hardly do my work during the day. perseverance? -relates how a certain I never had such an easy confinement dogged and persevering commercial and this is my sixth baby. I read about traveller worried the manager of a Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound m the 'Farmer's Telegram and wrote you for one of your books. We have no druggist in our town, 'but.I saw your medicine in T. Eaton's catalogue. business, in the most praise -worthy way, for an order. The manager, however, was one of these nasty, soulless creatures, and I am a farmer's wife, so have all kinds turned the traveller away every time. of work to do inside and outside the Finally, he went stili further and house. My baby is a nice healthy girl, had the poor man thrown out. who weighed nine pounds at birth. I The traveller picked hp his hat, and am feeling fine after putting in a large garden since baby came, (She is as also himself, rushed upstairs again. good as she can be.) Yours is the best and hailed the manager. medicine for women, and I have told "Look here, sir," he panted. "Joking about it and even written to my friends apart, what about that order?" about it," Mrs. ANrlre E. AYARS, Sprinp Valley, Sask. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com - Plane Photos of Crops. pound is an excellent medicine for ex - Airplane photographs are being ex- pectant mothers, and should be taken perimented with as an aid in crop re- during the entire period. It has a ftgen- porting. eral eectto strengthen and tone up the entire system so that it may work in every respect as nature intends. All �L t AI druggists sell this dependable.nedicine. Give t o trial. Fanning Mills—I supply screens, wire , cloth, zinc, repairs—Chatham Fanning Mills and other makes- Incubator supplies; Thermometers. MANSON CAMPBELL, Chatham, Ont, Rub it. In For pain, stiffness, or inflammation • apply Minard's and rub it in. Peopie:; nerves '' r ., the 1?i°oro-Phosphate late ft :tom and old people need it to Ina ;.e •. t gni reel and look younger. las tho ung • best nerve builder tor weak, nerve -ex- hausted men and women and Hutt is why druggists guarantee it, 'Price $1 ler pkge. Arrow Chemical Go., 213 Front St. East, loronto, Ont. ,j,yi r L , 1? • gip The flair Live And Glossy With CitElcura On retiring, gently rub spots of elms - druff and itching with vuticura Oi n t-,. went. Next morning s"halnpoowith a suds of Cuticura Soap and hot water. This trestinent docs much to keep the scalp clean and kseelthy and promote hair growth, Semple Zed!. Fre by &rail, Addrene t anergias Depot ; ' Ounce -re, P, 0 Dns' 2010 Jdou re,4-" Pried. Son :Sc. Ointment 25 ono 50c. 'rarSum la:Mr" Try our new Sharing Stink. ' ISSUE No. 36�—'24.� —