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The Exeter Times, 1920-10-14, Page 2Cholera infantur IS SWIFT IN ITS RAVAGES ON CHILD LIFE. Cholera Infantum or Summer Come plaint of children ie one of the most common and dangerous bowel complaints during the hot summer months, and there is no doubt that many die who could be saved if properly looked after on the first sign of this trouble. It begins with a profuse diarrhoea, the stomach becomes irritated, very often accompanied by vomiting and purging, and the matter excreted from the stomach Ilea a bilious appearance. The child rapidly looses flesh, and is soon reduced to great langour and prostration. On the first sign of cholera infantum Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry should be administered, and thus quickly offset the vomiting, purging and diar- rhoea, Mrs. Norman. Wynaoht, Indian Point West, N,S., writes: -"When my little boy was five years old he was taken very -sick with summer complaint, accompanied by vomiting. He was sick for five days and often I did not think be would live over night, and nothing I gave him did any good, A friend advised mo to use Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry. I there- fore gave it a trial, and one bottle - relieved him. I will gladly recommend it to my friends." Dr. Fowler's Extract has been on the market for the past 75 years? so why experiment with new and untried reme- dies. Manufactured only by The T. Mil- burn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. Price 50 cents. Fair Time. The first crisp frosts of Autumn Call back far -distant joys Of days we still remember When you and I were boys. The eoan-hunts and the corn -roasts 'The juicy grapes and pears Had honored place in Autumn, But oh! Those country fairs: 'Twas there the people crowded, And wonders great we saw; We heard the loud band playing Old "Turkey in the Straw." We bought a bag of peanuts And chewed a stick of gum, We felt we owue:l the fair grounds - Let everybody eeme: We watched the horses, prancing, Go gaily round •the ring, • And gazed upon the judges As. though each were a kingl We reverenced their judgment, We knew they must be. wise - Their glory has departed Now. from our grown-up eyes: But wouldn't it be pleasant When fair day comes around, To go, with frier Is and neighbors, Out to the old Fair ground. And r.:, i. weuld be splendid, Instead of being ?nen, If we could drop our burdens And just be boys again! I'd. love to see the racing, And talk to all the girls, .Y'or some of them have ribbons And some of them have curls; I'd see the crowds of people - The most I ever saw, And hear again the old band Play "Turkey in the Straw." -Nina Moore Jamieson. October. October hurries lightly by, A wreath of berries on her head; Scanning the cloudy autumn sky, October hurries lightly by. The foliage attracts her eye - Rich copper, gold, and flaming red; October hurries lightly by, A wreath of berries on her head. With these she decks her russet gown, AII, ruthlessly, she does not spare; Seizing each leaf, she pulls it down. With these she decks her russet gown, And weaves herself a golden crown, Till many shivering boughs are bare. With these she decks her russet gown, All, ruthlessly, she does rot spare. Military Operations Have Been Suspended A despatch. from Riga says: -Mili- tary operations between the Poles and Lithuanians have ceased, it is an- nounced at Polish headquarters here. This statement was made in connec- tion with an announcement that the Allied Weston on the Po'lish-Lithuan- ian question had arrived at Suwalki. 1 Markets of the World Wholesale Grain. Toronto, Oct 12. ---Manitoba oats- No. 2 CW, 72%e; No. 3 CW, 68%e; extra No, 1 feed, 67%c; No, 1. feed, 60%c; No. 2 feed, 63%e, in store Fort tliiam. Manitoba barley -No. 3 CW, $L08; No, 4 CW, 31,02%; rejected, 934ae; feed, 91 -Yee, in store Fort William, Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, $2.21%; No. 2 Northern, $2.19%; ; No. 3 Northern, $2.11%;; Na, 4 wheat, $2.04:, in store Fort William, American corn -No. 3 yellow, $L30, nominal, track, Toronto, prompt ship- ment. Ontario oats -No, 2 white, 64 to 680. Ontario wheat -No, 2 Winter, $2.05 to $2.15; No, 2 Spring, $2 to $2.10; shipping points, according to freights. Peas -No. 2, nominal, Barley -$1.10 to $1,15, according to freights outside. Buckwheat -No. 2, nominal. Rye -No. 3, $1.65, nominal, accord- ing to freights outside. Manitoba flour -$12.50 top patents, $12 Government standard. Ontario flour- 9 bulk,seaboard. ard . Millfeed-Car lots, deIvered Mont- real freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $54; shorts, per ton, $54; good feed flour, $3.50. Provisions Wholesale, Smoked meats -Hams, med., 47 to 50c; heavy, 40 to 42e; decked, 64 to 68c; rolls, 34 to 36c; cottage rolls, 41 to 43e; breakfast bacon, 50 to 56e; fancy breakfast, bacon, 56 to 62e; backs, plain, 52 to 54e;. boneless, 54 to 580. Cured meats --Long clear bacon, 27 to 28c; dear bellies, 26 to 27c. Lard -Pure tierces, 30 to 31c; tubs, $1 to 31Yee; pails, 31% to 31s.'te; prints, 30 to 3014.e. Compound tierces, 31?:i to 31%c; tubs, 24'1 to 241/2e; pails, 24Se, to 24%c; prints, 27 to 28c, Country Produce -Wholesale. Butter -Creamery, fresh made sol- ids, 55 to 57c; prints, 57 to 58c; No, 1 dairy, 47c. Eggs -Current receipts, 56 to 58c. - Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, 35e; roosters, 23c; fowl, 25 to 30c; ducklings, 35c; turkeys, 45 to 50c; squabs, dee., $5.50. Honey -23 to 23'.c per lb. for 30 and 60 ib. pails; 231.2 to 24c for 10 lb, pails, and 24 to 25c per lb. for 5 and 21,y lb. pails. Wholesalers are now selling to the honey trade, 60 lb. tins at frem 26 to 27e per lb.; Ontario comb honey at $7.50 per 15 section case. Ontario honey -5 lb. pails, 29c Ib.; 2112 Ib, pails, 30c per Th. Live poultry -Spring chickens, 28 to 300, Montreal Markets. O- is -No, 2 Can. West.., 94c; No. 3 Can. West., 92c; flour: new standard] grade, 812.50; rolled oats., 90 -Ib, bag,' 84,20; bran, $49.25; shorts, 354255;! hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $33. Live Stock Market. TO FLY FROM HALIFEX TO VANCOUVER Picture .shows the big machine which is being used by Col. Leckie in. the Trans -Canadian flight. Col, Leckie, whose photo is inset will flyfrom Halifax to Winnipeg, Proving a Case. Sometimes extreme measures are adopted to prove a case, but not often are they se daring and amusing as in the fo ow^ llrn g story: One clay, writes a Toronto i>olice magistrate in the Canadian Magazine, 1 was trying a prisoner for stealing a watch from a man's pocket. The" evidence was very clear; the watch was traced to the thief and re- covered. The counsel for the defense cross-questioned the complaintaut with great vehemence and asked him whether he had not mislaid ea* lost his watch. The witness denied this and said that it had been picked from his pocket, The counsel argued that this was impossible without its being noticed. The crown attorney, Mr. Corley, was sitting- close beside the counsel, who was intently engaged in the cross- examination, and he eery deftly slip- ped the counsel's watch out of his pocket without his snowledge and took it round to the chief inspector in charge of the court and asked him to hand it up to me on the bench. I laid it on my calendar until the counsel had concluded his tirade upon the wit- ness, and, looking at the clock on the wall of the court, I took out my watch and asked whether the clock was right. The counsel looked for his watch and said, "Some one has taken my watch. I had it a few minutes ago." I said, "Perhaps this is your watch; it was handed to nee by the inspector just now. when ycu were insisting that no one could take a watch from a man without his noticing it. See if this is your watch." He knew then that Mr. Corley had picked his pocket. He .took'the joke very good-naturedly, although he was sometimes chaffed about it. The Power of the Throne. If the Bing did all he might do with- out exceeding his ]royal prerogative the nation would be startled, says an English writer. He call veto a Rill passed by both Houses; he can dissolve and summon Parliament; he can select or dismiss Ministers; he can declare war; he can make treaties and create peers -he can appoint bishops, governors and judges --and all "on his own." He could cede the Duchy of Corn- wall to a foreign Power, disband the Arniy and Navy, and sell the Dread- noughts and naval stores. He could give every Government official, from the highest to the lowest, the "push," could pardon all criminals, and could stop the whole machinery of Govern: went. But there is an unwritten law of common sense, fortified by long usage, which makes it unthinkable that the King should do these things; and in the last resort, which is never likely to occur, the King being a constitution- al monarch, reigns by the will of the people, and could be deposed by Act of Parliament. Ter -~to, Oct. 12. -Choice heavy stee_'s, $14 to $15; good heavy steers,: 312.50 to $13; butchers' cattle, choice,: 312 to 813; do. good, $10,50 to ;11.50; do. med., $8 to 39; do, coni., 36 to 87; hulls, choice, 310 to 3310.50; do, gccd, :9 to 39.25; do, rough. 336 to 38; but-, chers' cows, choice, 39.50 to 810; do,; good, $8.25. to 89; do, com., 36 to $7; feeders, best, 810.25 to $11.25; do, 900: ' lbs., $9.75 to 810.25; do, 800 lbs., $9 to 839.50; do, corn., $7 to $8.50; canners and cutters, $4.50 to 85.50; milkers, good to choice,$100 to 165 •do �$ tom. land med., 365 to 375; lambs, yearling, $8.75 to $10; do, spring, $13.50 to $13.75; calves, good to choice, $17 to $19; sheep, 88.50 to 88.25; hogs, fed and watered, $20.25; do, weighed off cars, $20.50; do, f.o.b., 319.25; de, country points, 819. Montreal, Oct. 12. -Butcher cows, med., $5 to $7.50; canners, $3 to 34; cutters, $4 to 35; butcher bulls, com., 35.25 to 36; good veal, 313 to $15; med., $10 to 313; grass, $5.50 to $6.50; ewes, $6.50 to 37; lambs, good, $12.50 com., 35.25 to . $6; hogs, off car weights, selects, $20; sows, 316. Revenue for Month of August Doubled A despach from Ottawa says: -The grand total of inland revenue accru- ing during the month of August was 311,292,476, according to a statement issued from. the Federal Department of Customs and Inland Revenue. Last August the grand total was 35,240,- 418. The total excise revenue during the month of Augeest was 33,307,132. Of this amount 32,497,147 accrued from the excise tax on tobacco, and 3403,650 from spirits. At every turn the maples burn, The quail is whistling free, The partridge whirs, and the frosted burs Are dropping for you and me. Ho! hillyho; heigh 0! Hillyho! On a clear October morning. Fins Valuable. Now that shark fishing has become a consiredahle industry, the skins be- ing valuable for leather, there is op- portunity for those engaged in it to derive additional proflt,from the fins. Shark fins are highly prized as an article of food in the Or"fent, fetching sixty-five to seventy-five cents a pound; and the supply does not equal the demand. About five tons of then i are received monthly at San Francis- co, and of this quantity the bulk is ex- ported to China, The tail fins have no market value. It is the dorsal pectoral and anal fins that are desirable, chiefly for soup. The fisherman should trim away all the fleshy parts and dry the fine thoroughly in the sun, without salting, Will Sink Russian Ships on Sight A despatch from London says: -- A Brirsh ultimatumto Russia,tlxeat- ening to sink Russian warships and submarines on sight if they appear in the vicinity of Nikolaieff on the Black Sea, has been handed to Leonid Kras- sin, the Bolshevist emissary in Lan- don. The note, according to Krasslin, was from Earl Curzon, the British Secretary for Foreign Arairs. The message is regarded in some quarters as a declaration of . war. "The note," said Krassin, "declared that it has been reported to the British Govern- ment that a Russian submarine has been sighted, off Nikolaieff, and fur- ther states that if this is so it will be sunk, as will all Russian warships, on sight." Krassin has forwarded the note to Moscow. Reparations May Be Adjusted at Geneva A despatch from Paris says :-The French Government, according to the Foreign Office, continues open to Ger- man suggestions for a settlement of reparations, but so far none of the proposals submitted is deemed wor- thy of serious consideration. There will be no definite refusal to negotiate directly with Germany. The German and French Ambassadors are constantly in touch with both Govern- ments, but up to the present no plans have been arranged for a meeting prior to the Geneva conference, which' will fix the total sum of the repara- tions: Radian King Demonstrates His Democracy A despatch from Paris says: -King 1.7ctcr Emanuel of Italy has cancelled the college education of his son and' has ordered him to learn a useful. trade. The aeroplane marriage is the lat- est. It ,is naturally exciting -with the minister tying the knot and the pilot looping the loop. Jack Frost has kissed the pumpkin - vine And all its leaves are brown, But now on pumpkin pies we done When every feast they crown. So sweet, so rare, we gladly praise The fruit like globes of gold, That ripens ,in the autumn days, When winds are keen and cold. MILBURN'S Heart end Nerve Pills A FRIEND TO THE AGED As the years creep on the heart be. comes weak, the circulation poor, and the vitality on the wane, Little sicknesses and ailments seem harder to shake off than formerly, and here and there evi- dences of a breakdown begin to appear. This is the time when Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills will prove their worth in strengthening the entire system. Mrs. James Perry, Retlaws, Alta., writes:-' .Some months ago I was not feeling well, my heart bothered me quite a, lot, and my whole system seemed out of order. I sent and got two boxes of Milburn's Heart' and- Nerve Pills. I took them for a few days, and, my, what a change there was in me, and when I had taken the two boxes I felt so much better that I quit them. Now, I take them at intervals, and I am fine al- though 72 years of age." Milburn's- Heart and Nerve Pills are 50e, a box at all dealers or mailed direct on receipt of price • by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. Thanksgiving, Now gracious plenty rules the board, .And in the purse is gold; By multitudes, inglad accord, Thy giving is extolled. Ah, suffer me to tlmnnk Thee, Lord, For what Thou dost withhold!. T thank Thee that howe'er we climb There yet is something higher; That though through, all our reach of time We to the stars aspire, Still, still beyond us burns sublime The pure sidereal fare! I thank Thee for the unexplained,. The hope that lies before, The victory that is not gained- 0 Father, more and more I thank Thee for the unattained- The good we hunger for! I thank Thee for the voice that sings To inner depths of being; Far all the upward spread of wings, From earthly bondage 'freeing; For mystery -the dream of things Beyond our power of seeing! Another Span Over St. Lawrence A. despatch from Montreal says: - Definite steps towards the construc- tion of a new bridgeacross the St. Lawrence from the foot of McGill street to the property of the Harbor Board an the south side, with a middle' way on St. Helen's Island, were taken at a meeting of the committee representing the various bodies inter- ested with the Harbor Commission, The estimated -cost is put at 310;000,- 000, and aid is to be asked from the city and Provincial Government; while it was declared that the Dominion Government should shoulder the major part of the burden. Heading, for the. Cross -benches. Mayor McBride, of Brantford, who has decided to forsake the Government benches in the Ontario Legislature. He alleges that the Attorney -General tried to curb his reference to Hydro Radials and that there is considerable dissatisfaction among organized labor. Grains of Gold. One of the world's most prolific gold fields at the present time is in the Ko- ar district (Mysore State) of India. Discovery of it was made in a curious way. In prosperous years, when the goda favored the valley with an ample har- vet of rice, grains of gold were found now and then on the rice ears. This greatly mystified the natives, who as- cribed the gold to supernatural powers. What probably happened was that these grains, derived from the gravel- ly soil, lodged on the young rice plants when they were being grown in nur- series (for subsequent transplantation to the fields) and flooded at intervals with water. The strange occurrence, at first deemed supernatural, led to the dis- 'covery that the gravels of the valley were rich in gold, brought down from the mountains. Since then the Kolar district has contributed largely to the world's supply of the yellow metal. Mishap in Trans- continental Flight A despatch from Fredericton, N.B., says: -The Fairey float -type seaplane, in which Col. Leckie, D.S.O., director of flying operations of the Canada Air Board and Major Basal Hobbs, D.S,O., started the transcontinental air flight from Halifax, crashed into the St, John River at Whelpley's Point, 20 miles southeast of St. John. Col. Leckie end Major Hobbs escaped without injury. HELIUM, A SECRET CA. N NOW EAT FROM THE SUN WITHOUT FEAR OF PAINS. THE MOST WQNIDERFUL GAS IN THE WORLD. Discovery of a British As- tronomer and Development of a British Scientist. In our childhood days 'wo some- times played with triangular pieces of glass, such as those which dangle from old-fashioned chandeliers, We admired the rainbow colors reflected as the rays of the sin passed through them. From that childish pastime sprang the discovery of helium, the most won- derful gas in the world. The discovery of helium forms a fas- cinating story of scientifio investiga- tion. Sir Norman Loekyer, the world- famous astronomer, who died a few weeks ago at the age of "eighty-four, g g was the first man to reveal to the world the gaseous atmosphere of the sun. In 1868, during his observation's of a total eclipse of the sun, he discover ed in the sun's atmosphere the gas which later became known as helium, from the Greek word meaning the sun element. Many people suffer terribly with pain. in. the stomach, after every meal they eat, Dyspepsia and indigestion keep them AlliNt in -constant misery. Why not use that old reliable Burdook Blood Bitters, a remedy that has been on the market for the past 40 years and obtain perfect and permanent relief. Mr. 1i. II. Collins, Norton, N.13., writes: -"I was with the overseas, forces for four years and two'months, and 'in. October, 1916, I was unfortunate enough: to be wounded and r taken prisoner: I was a prisoner for 23e years, and the food they gave us was not good, at r times, and after a few months I found ! that I was suffering from indigestion, When I came home m July, 1919, I was nearly a wreck. I was told to use Bdrdock Blood Bitters. I did so and i found great relief, and can now eat without fear'of pains and sickness. 1 would recommend 13. B. B. to all who suffer from indigestion,'° Manufactured only by The T. il�iil• burn Co.. Limited. Toronto. Ont. How Discovery Was Made. Sir Norman Lockyer's wonderful discovery was made in the following way: The rainbow effect which can be seen through the triangular glass is known to scientists as the solar spec- trum, and when an instrument called the spectroscope became 'perfected, other phenomena of the sun were ob- served, particularly during an eclipse, and photographed: When the photo- graphic plates were developed and the record examined, a bright yellow 1ipe was discovered. Investigation failed to identify the line with any element on earth, and it was attributed to some metal in the sun. The mystery of this line puzzled Sir Norman and other scientists for a number of years. Interest in it was again revived when a scientist investi- gating the gases from a mud volcano in the neighborhood of Vesuvius no- ticed the same bright yellow line. Thus it was • identified. as something which came out of, the earth as well as the sun. The secret was not revealed, how- ever, until nearly thirty years after Sir Norman Lockyer's -original dis- covery, when the eminent British scientist, Sir .William Ramsay, ..dis- covered -it by accident. He was mak- ing certain investigations in connec- tion with a mineral known as cleveite, which is a variety of uraninite or pitch-blende, the mineral froni which Mme. Curie obtained radium.. From this mineral he developed certain gases which revealed the brilliant yel- low line of the sun and the volcanic gases which had aroused so much in- terest. - Other metals were tried, some of which revealed the same yellow light. And so the discovery was made that the mysterious yellow line represent- ed an hitherto unknown gas which generated from the sun as well as from the earth. Safety in the Air. With the exception of hydrogen, helium is the lightest gas known. It does not, like other gases, require to be mixed with other properties to im- prove its power and utility. It is cheaper than other gases and -it will not explode. This means that airships of the future will no longer be in danger from explosion or fire when exposed to heat or a spark, and that the gas can" at any time be handled with im- punity. . Helium was ultimately found in hot springs and in the air, while the minerals in which it was discovered were found to be alike in ane respect, the radiations from tnem could be made, like radium, to reveal thenm- seives in the darkness, Up to the pre- sent, however,.the demand for helium has been far greater than the supply. For that reason Great Britain has co- operated with America to develop the knawvn sources, It is hoped before long to fill dirigible airships with a gas which is absolutely impervious to fire and explosion, and which will thus revolutionize aeronautics, a Westminster Abbey ,costs thousands of pounds annually to be kept in re- pair. OV- Nt HIM Inc rP►rilL`{ A1,uUM At+.i't 'THE Qjc'TuRE S PROMIKA C OON'it`l It's a Great Life If You 'Don't Weaken NEXT TIME HE. 1)R 04S AROUND TELL HtM i NAYc SOMETHIN4 To SHOW MlM By Jack Rabbet Short and Long Engagements. How long should an engagement be? Jacob, of course, in the Biblical story, waited seven years for Rachel. All records for swift courtship ,were probably broken at Lebau, South Da- kota, where Mr. E. D. Killen was en, abled to marry Miss Mina King within two and a hall minutes after first meeting her! Whether or not the lightning marriage proved a ,success is not recorded. Next probably in point of high, -speed wooing was the case of a couple in Indiana who became husband and wife less than half an hour after they had first been introduced. • Even the length of Jacob's waiting, says a. writer in the London Express, paled before the case of an English couple living in the lake district. The girl, although engaged while very young, positively declined to marry during the lifetime of her mother. Fifty years later the mother was still alive. The engagement, however, continued, and the couple remained devoted to one another despite the passage of time. Then, alas for the course of true love that had weathered half a century's waiting, the man be. came ill and died, his faithful fiancee nursing him to the end. An engagement between two Swiss lovers• which lasted for forty-.,ve years had a happier termination. The r, was engaged at twenty-one to a v :;v beautiful girl. and soon afterwards emigrated to the United States, vow- ing he would not return to clafnr his bride until he had amassed a fortune of $104,000, He finally succeeded, but it took hint forty-five years, during w7eiclt7�stimo more than 3,000 love letters• were ex- changed between the pair, his sweet- heart weetheart waiting patiently all the time un- til he carne and claimed her. Waiting, however, did not win in the case of Miss Laura IIeller, a pretty Pennsylvania school teacher, who re- cently sued Mr. Irwin S. Hillegass for $16,000 because of "the loss of twenty years' time" -$500 for each lost year. With an. apparently complete under- standing between the engaged. ccuple all the time that they were to wed "quite soon," Mr, Hillegass, at tb.`e end of two decades, deserted his avowed sweetheart and married another. w Keep Your Eyes Fit. Every person who reads continuous- ly is putting a strain upon his eyesight which, In the course of time, naturally tends to weaken it; but a medical authority recently gave utterance to some very useful advice. Change the focus. That is the sug- gestion, It can be done by looking up from the printed page every three or four minutes, and gazing at something else. Anything will do, the ceiling, the -`1 mantelpiece, the wall. The change of focus need only endure far a second or a couple of seconds, but it will re- lieve the strain. It has been suggested that the dos- ing of the eyes would serve the same purpose; this, however, is apparently not the case. The eyes, like the stone- ach, crave for variety, and a change cf.. object is more beneficial than simplo darkness. An egg poached inmilk is an ex. collent dish for an invalid, Are Cwilsed B Constipation. reliThereeve . are few complaints more GommOf than piles, and. scarcely any which>*+ cause more trouble, annoyance and misery, Piles may be classed under four headings -external or protruding, in-' tempi? bleeding, and blind or itching, blit no ?natter under which. heading they come tip cense can safely be pub down to constipation, and the cause must be removed before you can expeet to ba Do' not allow your bowels to hecome. constipated, If fou are in the un fortunate position of not having a free and natural movement every <Iay, we would adyee you, to use Millmrn's :,axa-Liyei• Pills, They will regulate the flovf of bile to act properly on the liver, thus removing the cone:ipatiorf and all its allied ailments. They •arq weak small andenar eaey'sicken, to take. and do not gripoa Prleomaileddii25c,reoton r'a �ecl01 [it of lrall rice deaby lers�Tlt of d t T. Milburn Co,, Limited, Taronto, oat?