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Exeter Times, 1915-8-5, Page 3MARVELOUS MOUNTAIN CRABS THEY ARE FOUND ON THE ISLAND OP JAMAICA. Make an Annual Pilgrimage Millions Strong From the Hills to the Sea. Bryan Edwards, the historian of the West Indies, pronounces the Moun- tain Crab of Jamaica, B.W.I., one of thechoicest eatables that nature sup- plies; whilst Du Terte terms them a "living supply of manna in the wilder- ness, equalled only by the miraculous "4"' 's bounty of Providence to the children of Israel when wandering in the .de - cert. 1 They are a resource, he con- tinues; to which the natives of this island have at all times resorted; for when all other provisions are scarce, this never fails them:. The mountain or land crab sur- vives in the larger of the West In- dian Islands.Its history is so won- derful that it cannot fail to interest. These animals live not only in their retreats in the mountains, but regu- larly once a year march down to the seaside in a body of some millions at a time. As they multiply in great numbers, they choose the months of April or May to` ,begin their expedi- tions to the waters of the deep; .and sally out on the stumps of hollow trees, From the Clefts of Rocks, and from the holes where they exca- vate for themselves under the surface of the earth. At that time the whole ground is covered with these bands of adventurers. The sea is their des- tination and to that they direct their march with right -lined precision. 'they turn neither to the right nor to the left whatever obstacles inter- vene, and even if they come across a house they will attempt to scale the walls to keep the unbroken tenor of their way. The procession sets for- ward from the mountains with the regularity of an army under the guid- ance of an experienced commander. The night is their chief time of pro- ceeding, but if it rains by day they do not fail to profitby the occasion, and they continue to move forward in a slow uniform manner. When the sun shines and it is hot upon the surface of the ground, they wait un- til the cool of the evening. If some- thing happens to terrify them, they .._ march back in a confused disorder- ly manner, holding up their nippers with which they sometimes tear off pieces of skin. When, after a fatiguing march, and escaping a thousand rangers—for they are sometimes three months in reaching the sea shore—and •they have arrived at their destined port, they prepare to cast their spawn. For this purpose the crab has no sooner reached the shore than it eagerly goes to the gag -es of the water and lets the waves wash over its body two or three times to wash off the.. spawn. �e eggs are hatched -under the sand; $ some days after Millions at a Time of the new-born crabs are seen quit- ting the sea and slowly travelling up the mountains. The old crabs hav- ing disburdened themselves, as relat- ed above, generally regain their mountain fortresses by the latter end of June. In August they begin to fatten and prepare for moulting, fill- ing up their burrows with dry grass and leaves. When the proper period comes each retires to his or her hole, shuts up the entrance, and remains inactive until it gets rid of its old shell and is fully provided with a new one. How long they remain in this state is uncertain, but the shell is first ob- served to burst at the back and sides to give a passage to the body, and the animals extract their limbs from all other parts of their old shells grad- ually afterwards. At this time the flesh is in the richest state, and cover- ed only by a. membraneous skin, dish colored veins; but this hardens gra- dually, and soon becomes a perfect shell like the one recently cast off. It is, however, remarkable b e that during this change there are stony secretions always found in the bag, which waste and dissolve as the creature forms and perfects its new shell. Eyes In the Dark. Most of us are familiar by now with the marvellowl streams of light which shoot up into the sky every night, switching from side to side in their eleaiel . for. Zeppelins. These . search- lights are among the most wonderful of the devices used in warfare. The candle -power -of the lamp is, in tome cases, about 26;000: Their pre- cise recise range , has not been 'determined, but on a clear night they can pick you out if you are very many miles away. There is a searchlight at. the Eiger - wand station, on the Jungfrau Rail- way, the beam of which is visible at a distance of 60 miles, and it is strong enough to enable a newspaper to be read 20 miles,off. At nig1Ti, ey or khaki is more 'easily seen by iiearohlight than the French ted. When landing troops by night at the Dardanelles our awn soldiers were More conspicuous " than were the bench. Nevertheless, the landings would •have been infinitely harder had pot the great shafts of light picked out She dangers and obstacles on shore. Polynesian mothers mould and flat- n the noses of their daughters, and ixlk that the long, thin nose of Eng- lish women are the result of being Pulled out ,in infancy. ;aw apr,k ..l WEAK, TIRED, , DEPRESSED That'is the lisua1 Condition of Per. sons Afflicted With Anaemia, Anaemiais the medical term for poor watery blood. It may arise from a variety of causes, such as lack of exercise, hard study, improperly ven- tilated roomsor workshops, poor digestion, etc. The chief symptoms. are extreme pallor of the face and gums, rapid breathing and palpita- tion of the heart after slight exertion, headaches, dizziness and a tendency tohysteria, swelling of the feet and limbs and a distaste for food. All these symptoms may not be present, but any of them indicate anaemia which should be promptly treated with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. These Pills make new, • rich blood which stimulates and strengthens every .or- gan and every part of the body. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have made thous- ands of anaemic people bright, active and strong. The following is one of the many cures. Mrs, Phillips, wife of Rev. W. E, Phillips, Princeton, Ont., says: "Some Years ago, while living with my parents in England I fell, a victim of anaemia. The usual compli- cations set in and soon I became but a shadow of my former self. My mother, who had been a former nurse of many years experience, tried all that her knowledge suggested; tonics of various kinds were tried, and three doctors did their best for me, but without avail, and a continued gradual decline and death was look- ed for. "Later my parents decided to join my brothers in Canada, and it was confidently expected that the ocean voyage, new climate and new condi- tions would cure me. "For a time I did experience temporary benefit, but was soon as ill again as ever. I was literally bloodless, and the extreme pallor and generally hopeless appear- ance of my condition called forth many experiences of sympathy from friends whom we made in our new home in Acton, Ont. Later a friend urged me to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and although in a condition where life seemed to have little to hope for I decided to do so. After using three boxes I began to mend. Continuing I began to enjoy my food, slept almost normally, and began to have a fresh interest in life as I felt new blood once again running in my veins. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills brought about a complete- cure and I am to -day in robust health. My hus- band is rector of this parish and I have reeommended the use of the Pills to a great number of people with. whom we have come into contact in the course of my husband's ministry, for we both know what Dr. Williams' Pink Pills can do." These Pills may be had from any dealer in medicine. or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.60 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. l It is a mistake to think that mar- ried men lie from choice, but their wives persist in asking them such ticklish :questions. MANY UNSOLVED MYSTERIES CRIMES WHICH IIAVE NEVER BEEN SOLVED. Case of Poor Wee Maggie Nally Re- calls Crimes Never Brought Home. "Wilful murder against some per- son or persons unknown" is the ver- dict of the jury, and anothergreat crime is put into that vast pigeon- hole which holds so many of the "un- solved mysteries" of life, says Lon- don answers. ' The latest crime to be put into that category is the sensational murder of the poor little girl Maggio Nally, in a waiting -room at Aldersgate Street Station. All the help of the Press, all the following-up of clues, all the publication of photographs proved futile, and the jury had no alterna- tive but to fall back upon the stereo- typed verdict. This case is almost an exact parellel of another which equally kept the pub- lic upon the tiptoe of excitement and expectation for many weeks. 'It was known as the Starchfield case, and again concerned the brutal murder of an innocent child -a boy—whose body was found in a train on the North London. Railway. Many Points in Common. Although many clues were followed, no result was ever secured. The man who was accused of the crime, stood his trial, and was acquitted by4 the jury, was the father of the boy. To- day that murder remains an abso- lutely unsolved' problem. In many ways one crime seems to parallel another, and the incidentsof both these child murders are remark- able in their • resemblance, not the least of which' is that a railway was used as the place for hiding the body. When one goes back over other un- solved mysteries which Scotland Yard has failed to penetrate there are many which come to the mind of the stu- dent of criminology. Perhaps no greater sensation was ever caused than• by the series of what were known as "Jack -the -Riper" crimes in the neighborhood of White- chapel, and the newspapers were con- stantly coming out with placards of "Another Ripper Murder." These crimes took their name from the hor- rible way in which the bodies of the victims were mutilated, and many as- serted that they were the work of a Smithfield butcher. It is said also that the clue to the man was once in the possession of the authorities, and that they just missed getting him. The generally accepted theory of these unsolved mysteries was that the man was an escaped lunatic with homicidal mania. Guilty or Innocent? This seemed to be borne outto some extent by the fact that there was -a long series of these murders— indeed, two happened in one evening— ICE CREAM (Good Enough for Babies) Give the children all the, Ice Cream they want. It is just the kind of . nourishment they need during warm weather. It is much better than.pastries and candies—if it's Ice Cream made -as pure and in a sanitary plant like the City Dairy. We ship thousands of Ice Cream Bricks for con- sumption in the home and thousands'of gallons of Bulk. Ice Cream for consumption in the shops. of discriminating dealers everywhere in Ontario. Look for the Sign, TORONTO• We want an Agent in every town. then they ceased, and after an later- al there was another outbreak. Then they ceased altogether, and the crim- inal was never caught. 'It seems very probable that they were the work of an escaped luna- tic, perhaps from .a private asylum, who was ;rearrested, and then escaped again, and was then .either secured for good, or, as some say, committed .suicide. What was known as the Clapham Common murder remains in the minds of the public—and, indeed, a great many who were present, like the writer, at the trial at the Old Bailey —as an unsolved mystery. It was a case where a man named Stine Morrison was accused of the murder of an old, man, with whom he was acquainted, by striking him over the head with a bar of iron. The defence was sensational and clever, asking for acquittal on the grounds of purely circumstancial evidence; but the jury held a different view, and brought in a verdict of guilty, with the result that the prisoner was sen- tenced to death. They Were Not Satisfied. The authorities, however, must have had some doubt in their minds as to the exact waving of the case, for, al- though they did not release the man, the sentence was commuted to penal servitude for life, it is argued that this must be an unsolved mystery, because, had the Home Office been satisfied as to the guilt of the man, then no one would have more deserved hanging. One of these days this mystery may be solved, as may the other one in the same district of London, where a man was found shot on the steps leading up to his own fiat and there appeared to be no reason for the committal of the crime, and there was certainly no trace of the assailant. Among other remarkable unsolved mysteries was the murder of the poor girl Miss Camp, again in a railway - train, whose head was battered in, it was alleged, with a heavy stone pestle, but no trace of the murderer was ever discovered. But perhaps the greatest of all sensations in connection with murder mysteries is what is known as the Peasenhall crime, which resulted in a man being twice tried for his life at the assizes. In each case the trial lasted a number of days, and neither' jury could make up its mind to a ver- dict. After Two Trials. The man, who was the master of the servant -girl who was found mur- dered in the house, with her clothing deliberately set on fire by paraffin, was kept in prison for some little tithe longer, and there was talk of a third trial. But the Crown, deciding that its evidenceagainst him was not sufficient, dropped the case, and the man was liberated.' To -day that mystery is as great as it was then. In the Births, Marriages, and Deaths column of the newspapers there appears every year on "In Me- moriam" notice, referring to the death of a young rnan_who was found murdered in some woods in Scotland. It was a complete mystery who had brought him to his untimely doom, and, although strong suspicion point- ed in one direction, no conviction was ever secured. That memoriam notice ends with the quotation: "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, saith the Lord." The curious thing which is almost an unsolved mystery in itself, is the peculiar aberration of mind which as- sails certain individuals in connection with crime, and particularly murders. What is Their Motive? fit must be some inflated idea of shining in the limelight of notoriety for a few brief moments that makes men give themselves up, self-con- fessed of some of these diabolical crimes, when it is clearly proved that it was utterly impossible for them to have been anywhere in the neighbor- hood. Such happened in the very last mys- tery of the Aldersgate Street murder, where a soldier gave himself up to the police authorities in the province. .F Three Brothers. The following example of ready wit appears in "The Memoirs of Lord Charles Beresford." When in De- cember, 1897, on the death of Sir Frank Lockwood; the seat of York be- came vacant, Beresford stood for the election, and was opposed by Sir Christopher Furness, afterward ' Lord Furness. The contest was close and exciting and eventually won by Lord Charles with a narrow majority of eleven, after two counts, on a poll of over eleven thousand votes. He says: My brothers, Lord William and Lord Marcus, were helping me. Lord Marcus accompanied me to a meeting, and I told him that he must make a speech. "I can't,' he said. "I don't know what to' say." I told him to begin, because he would surely be interrupted, and then, being an Irishman, he would certain- ly find something to say. Lord Marcus thereupon rose to his eeet, and a voice immediately shouted: "Who are you?" It was enough. The fire was kindl- ed. "Who are we?" cried Lord Marcus, "I'll tell you who we are. We are three brothers, and our names are Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. And we have come here to put out the burning fiery Furness.' It has been established that the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo never uttered the falnous words, "Up, guards, and at them!" 866$ OVERBLOUSES AND BOLEROS THE VOGUE FOR GIRLS. There is nothing, perhaps, that har- monizes better with the young girl's figure than overblouses and boleros. These have been exceedingly popular this season, due in no small measure, not alone to their good looks,' but to their practicability. A very delight- ful dress with an overblouse is Ladies' Home Journal Pattern No. 8663, shown above. The underwaist opens in front and has a roll collar, full length plaits at the hips. The over- blouse slips on over the head and is held in place by a belt. The pattern cuts in sizes 14, 16; 17 and 18 years, requiring for size 16, five yards of 36 -inch material with two yards of material for the underwaist. Patterns, 15 cents each, can be pur- chased at your local Ladies' Home Journal Pattern dealer, or from The Home Pattern Company, 183-A, George Street, Toronto, Ontario. Making No Mistake. He was an urchin of the streets, but did not lack wits. One day he saw a well-dressed wo- man with a benevolent face coming along. At once he dropped in a mis- erable heap on the curbstone and be- gan to sob pathetically. The kind lady paused beside him. "What are you crying for, my boy?" she asked gently. Stifling his sobs with ease, the youngster looked up and: replied: "Dunno. What have you got?" Advice toYp�a ties Well Worth Following In the case of dyspepsia, the appe- tite is variable. Sometimes it is raven- ous, again it is often very poor. For this condition there is but one sure remedy—Dr. Hamilton's Pills—which cure quickly and thoroughly. Sufferers find marked benefit in a day, and as time goes on improve- ment continues. No other medicine will strengthen the stomach and di- gestive organs like Dr. Hamilton's Pills. They supply the materials and assistance necessary to convert every- thing eaten into nourishment, into muscle, fibre, and energy with which to build up the run-down system. Why not cure your dyspepsia now? Get Dr. Hamilton's Pills to -day, 25c. per box at all dealers. RASPBERRY LORE. (By Peter McArthur.) The meanest man in Canada has been discovered, but I dare not give you his name or tell you where he lives, for like all the mean men I know, he is very respectable, and moreover, he is well off and for that reason his neighbors look up to him. It would never do to cast a slur on so estimable a citizen, but let me tell you what he does. He hires the chil- dren in the neighborhood to pick raspberries for him, and it is part of the bargain that they must whistle all the time they are in the berry patch. As he is always within hearing he is able in this way to make sure that they do not eat any of the delicious berries they are picking. Now, what do you think of a man like that ? I wouldn't consider this man so mean had it not been that for some time past I have been trying to de- termine the origin of the name "Raspberry." The explanation given in. the big dictionaries is perfectly absurd "Rasp—with reference to its rough outside --looking like • a rasp." What nonsense. The appearance of a raspberry might remind one of a cluster of rubies, 'but never of a blacicstnith's rasp. But philology, Ar, the science of words, is a Mere matter of guesswork in many cases so I feel .quite at liberty to guess at the origin of the name raspberry myself. What does a healthy boy do when he discovers that raspberries are ripe? Anyone can answer that, Ire comes rushing towards the house . el - ling "Rahl rah! rani The rahs-ber- ries are ripe, "Bahl an abbreviated cheer, expressive of joy. Hence rahs-berries is the berry that makes the small boy cheer because of the joy he feels. Do I hear any objec- tion to that? Of course not. Any one can see that that is the true ex- planation, Let the makers of dic- tionaries take note. And now that I am at it I may as well set the learned philologists right on another point that has .. to do with the raspberry. They seemunable to decide on the exact origin of the word "jam" as used in raspberry jam. Once more I am amazed at their blindness. Also once more I go to the healthy small boy for my explanation. W1}at does he say when he gets a chance to steal raspberry jam? If you cannot imagine, just use your memory and recall. what you used to say. "Yum yarn!" of course. With this starter any learned professor will tell you that by the application of Grimm's law, or some similar law, this ecstatic exclamation in time be- came changed to "yam, yam!" Still later it was changed to "jam jam!" and then in the bury of our modern life was abbreviated to "jam!" Do I hear any objection to that? It is all as plain as mud. Say I have a notion to give up farming and go in for philology. The college profes- sors and dictionary makers seem to lack both imagination and knowledge of the small boy. Now can't you see why I consider the man who makes the boys whistle when picking raspberries the meanest man in Canada? The- berry itself and its chief product both take their. names from the love of them shown by the small boy. If you do not be- lieve in my derivations just try any healthy boy with ripe strawberries and strawbery jam and see how he will act. If he doesn't say "Rah" and "Yum yum" he is not a normal bay. Sore Absolutely Painless CornsNo cutting, no plas- ters or pads to press the sore spot. Putnam's Extractor makes the corn go without pain. Takes out the sting over -night. Never fails —leaves no scar. Get a 25o. bottle of Putnam's Corn Extractor to -day. Go! A Graceful Hostess. There are ungracious persons, of whom a certain Mrs. Gomer is one, who cannot do anything for them- selves or anyone else without .magni- fying the difficulties of the task. If Mrs. Gamer baked a cake or pre- pared a special ' dish she always re- marked at the table, "Land sakes, it ought to be good! It was a turrible job! I nearly roasted myself over the stove baling it!" If she sat up with a sick neighbor she spent the evening telling about what a. "turrible mess" she had left her house in, and how difficult it was for her to get away, and how hard she would have to work the next day to make up for it. One afternoon while Mrs. Curtis, her next-door neighbor, was away, her sister unexpectedly ar- rived from another city. • Mrs. Gomer, seeing the visitor and her grips on the Curtis front parch, and knowing the Curtis house was locked, invited her to come over to her house and wait for her sister's return. That evening, when both families were an their front porches, Mrs. Cur- tis called across: "Oh, Mrs. Gomer, 'I must thank you for taking my sister in! She says you entertained her all the afternoon." "Yes," replied Mrs. Gamer, "and it was a turrible job, too." Minard's Liniment Cares Colds, Eto. Don't Suffer Themselves. 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