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DISTRICT MATTERS
EXETER
Death of a Former Resident.—The
death took place in London at Vic-
toria Hospital on Friday, August
S0th, of a former resident of Exe-
ter, in the person of Mr. George
'1omas. Mr. Thomas was in his
usual health until a week' ago, when
lie was taken seriously ill with in-
testinal trouble. Owing to his ad-
vanced age, he being in his 75;:h year,
the doctors considered an operation
t great risk, but the patient failing to
improve he decided to have an oper-
ation, whiqh was performed Thurs-
day afternoon. He regained con-
sciousness but no hopes were enter-
tained for his recovery. A sh in fun-
eral service was conducted at the
home of his brother-in-law, A. J.
Pearson, London, with whom he had
- resided about four years, and on
Saturday .the remains were brought
to Exeter, and the funeral took place
won Monday afternoon from the resi-
dence of Mr, C. T. Brooks, also a
brother-in-law, Rev. W. J. Ashton, few complimentary remarks, such as
deceased's pastor, at London, con- "Of all the lousy scum I have ever
ducted the services. Born in Corn -
seem this bunch of lubber= is the
wall, England, George Thomas came worst, and this is what they give me
to Canada at seventeen years of age, to take thirteen hundred horses over
settling first at Cobourg. His father to Bordeaux," Later on I found this
was killed in the American Civil war. individual was foreman of the horse
and he removed to Exeter about fifty
years ago. In 1890 he married Em- Qang`
ter which Mr. Thomas removed f'o
London to reside. The late Mr. Thom-
as was highly respected and esteem-
ed. Deeply religious, he lived a strict-
ly upright and just life. His word
was as good as his bond. Old and
young appreciated his good qualities,
and his demise is regretted by a wide
circle of friends.
like cattle, and in a long, straggling
line, flanked by three employes of
the agency, we marched to the ferry
and landed "somewhere in New Jer-
sey."` 4
The ship, a huge three -stacker,
was lying alongside. We were shoved
into single file, ready to go up the
gangplank. Then our real examina-
tion took place. At the foot . of the
gang -plank were a . group of men a-
round a long table. They :.:rtainly .I
put us through a third degree to find
out if there was any German blood
in us. Several men were turned
down. Luckily, kiegot through and
signed for the voyage, and went on
board.
At the head.of the gangplank stood
the toughest specimen of humanity I
have ever seen. He looked like a huge
gorilla, and had a big, crescent-shap-
ed lipid scar running from his left
u
ear under his chin n to his right
eye. Every time he spoke the edges of
the scar seemed to grow white. His
nose was broken and he had huge,
shaggy eyebrows. His hand was xest
.a
inon. the rail of the ship. It lofted
like a ham. and inwardly I figured
out what would happen to me if that
ham -like fist ever came in contact
with the point of my jaw. As we,
nassed him he showered us with a
T
ily Taylor, who died in 1914, af- M e were ordered aft and sat on the
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after hatch. The fellow on nay right
was a huge, bluecoiored negro. He
was continuously scratching himself.
I unconsciously eased away from him
and bumped into the fellow sitting on
my left. After a good look at him I
eased back again in the direction of
the negro., I don't think that he had
taken a bath since escaping from the
cradle. Right then my uppermost
thougth was how I could duck this
'trip to France. The general conver-
sation among the horse gang was:
"When do we eat?"
We must have sat there about
twenty minutes, when the second
foreman came aft. I took fifteen
euesses at his nationality, and at Mast
came to the conclusion that he. was
a cross 'between,-.:.Q1inaman .and a
Mexican. Ile was thin, about) six
feet tall, and wore a huge sombrero.
His skin was tanned the color of 'lea-
ther, Every time he smiled I had the
impression, that the next minute he
would plant a stiletto in my back.
His name was Piilero. His intro-
duction to us was very brief: "Get
up off of that blankety blank hatch
and line up against the rail." We did
as ordered. Then he commanded: "All
the niggers line up 'alongside of the
port rail." I guess a lot of them did
not know what he meant by the "port
rail" because they looked very much
bewildered. With an oath he snap -
red out: "You blankety blank idiots,.
The port rail is that rail over there.
Corrie on. Move or I'll soon move
you." He looked well able to do this
and the niggers promptly shuffled
over to the place designated. He
quickly divided us into squads of
twelve linen, then ordered: "All of
you who are deserters from the army
or who have seen service in the ca-
valry step out in front." Four others
besides myself stepped out. The first.
man he came to he informed: "You're
a straw boss. Do you know what a
straw boss is?" This man meekly an-
swered, "No. sir." With another oath,
the second foreman said: "All right
you're not a straw boss: fall back." I
got the cue immediately. My turn
came next.
"Do you know Fiat a straw boss
is?"
I said "Sure."
,He said: "All right, you're a straw
boss."
"I had not the least idea of what
he was talking abbot, but made up
my mind that it would not take me
long to find out. Then he pasised
down the line, picking out straw
bosses: I asked one of the men in
my gang, what were the duties of a
str 1 boss. He had been aver with
horses before, and told me charge e oft a
to
straw boss meant in cg
the gang to feed the horses and to
draw and keep careful check of the
strawhay, oats, and bran.
BABY'S GREAT DANGER.
DURING HOT WEATHER
More little ones die during, the sum-
mer months than at any other time of
the year. Diarrhoea, dysentry, chol-
era infantum and stomach disorders,
come without warning and when• a
medicine is not at hand to give
promptly the short delay too frequent-
ly means that the child has passed
beyond aid. Baby's Own Tablets
should always be kept children.home,
where there are young
n
occasional dose of the tablets will pre-
. ent stomach and bowel troubles or if
the trouble comes suddenly the
prompt uses of the tablets will cure
the baby. Mrs. Chas. Anderson, Min
-
.da, Alta. says; "Baby's Own Tablets
are the best medicine for little ones
who are suffering from stomach
troubles. They _cured my baby and
have made her a fine healthy girl
The Tablets are sold by medicine deal-
ers or by mail at 25 cents a box from
The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.,
Brockville, Ontario.
HORSES FOR FRANCE
(By Seygt. Arthur Guy E ipey)
It was 1914, and the Great World
War was on, and here was I in the
United States and neutral. For thir-
teen years I had been soldiering but
never under fire. In my imagination
I could hear the guns booming on
the western front. I admit I was a
trifle afraid; nevertheless I had a
desire to get into the mix-up. How
;ould I get over ?
One day while walking downo
Greenwich street, New York, I pass-
ed an employment agency.t tflarring
me in the face was a g
sign, "Horses for France." Under
this "Men Wanted." Here was my
hence.
I went home and put on my oldest
,lothes : an old black suit, olive drab
shirt, a heavy pair of army shoes
and a woollen cap. I had let my
beard grow and certainly looked
rough.
When I came to the agency, there
was a long line of bums, two and
three deep. trying to ship as horse-
men for France.
I Cell into this line and waited my
turn. Upon arriving ate the desk,
front of me sat a little fat, greasy
Jew. To describe his manner of
handling the men as being impolite
would he a great exaggeration. The
way he handled that line of human
the would do the Kaiser's heart
good.
It came my turn, and this conver-
atiot: ensued:
"What hat do you la -tow about horses.?"
I answered:"Six years in the U.S.
.. avalry."
The Agent: "What regiments?"
"`Eleventh ana Twelfth."
"- ou're a liar. Yon never saw the
eavalH.�i ."
I felt like punching him en the
nose out did not do so. I wanted
to, ship as 5 horseman. I showed him
ray discharges.. He said: "They're
fated. What did you do, desert or
were Four kicked out?"
I was getting sore and answered:
--Deserted the .Twelfth; kicked out of
to Eleventh." •
`What's your name?" told the old fellow to cut out tits ar-
"Arthur Guy Empev." gument and leave -the other fellow
"You're alone. Upon hearing this he squirted
� ou . e a German."
This was too much even for me a well -directed stream of tobacco
a .d I answered: "You're a —liar." juice through his front "teeth, which
I saw=sic chances of shipping van- landed on my shoe.{ I inwardly ad-
,iir in smoke. oke. mired and respected his accuracy. I
The Jew grimed and rubbed his y authority waning and knew
1^ .r;is and said: "You're all right. would have to answer this in-
Go into that room and get a card
made out ,and oome back at two
o'clock."
At two o'clock I reported back, and up against the iron bun cine Co., llroc3rnlle, Ontar.o.
with seventy-two others was herded i ening sound and he crumpled up. and
11. oh . the deck, the blood pouring
a 'eat in his head. I felt sick.
and faint, (thinking that he had .been
killed, but it would :not do to shover
:these signs of weakness 01 my part,
.so Without even, moving toward =him
I ordered one of the man to look him
over and see if he was all right. He.
soon came -around, From that time
on he was the most faithful elan in
the e section, and greatly § respected
ine. The rest of the men growled and
mumbled, and I thought I was in for
a terrible beating. Laying close at
hand was an iron spike about 18
inches long. Grasping this. I turned
to the rest, trying to be as tough as
ipossibly could:
"If any of the rest of you bums
think they are boss around here, start
something, and I 'will sink this into
his head." - Although I was quail -
lug underneath, still I got away with
it, and from that time on I was boss
of my- section.
Then the work of leading commen-
ced. The confusion on that dock was
indescribable. The horses were load-
ed by three runways: My gang and
I were detailed ' on - the after runway.
The foreman was leaning, over the,
rail, glaring down upon us and now ,
and then giving instructions mixed
with horrible oaths. He had a huge
marlin -spike in his hand.
A bleary-eyed drunk was trying to
lead a horse by the halter lip our run.
He was lookinrc back at the horse, at
the same time tugging and jerkin on
the halter. You could see the white
in the horse's eyes, and I. knew right
away, frown -my experience with
horses, that this was a bad one, or
as we would term him in the cavalry,
an "outlaw." They drunk was cursing
and swearing . and kicking up at the
horse's head. The foreman saw this
and- directed his barrage at the of-
fender.
"How in h do you expect to
lead a horse while looking at him?
Turn your back to him you ,lousy
bum. You are blocking the whole
run. Turn your back to flim. I say.
You can't lead him that way. If I
come down there to you, I '11 soon
show youehow to get him aboard."
The bleary-eyed one became bewil-
dered, and in his excitement lost his
footing 'on the slippery runway and
fell underneath the horse at the
same time - loosening his hold on the
halter chain. 1 The horse jerked his
head loose, reared 1113, turned around
and made a break for the dock. The
man on the gangway tried to ;scramble
out of the way. The hors in wheel-
ing;, let fly with both heels : and
caught him below the right ear with
his near hind foot. With a piercing
:,hriek the drunk eTasped both hands
to his head, fell over backward, and
rolled down to the foot of the gang-
plank and lay there in a crumpled
heap, the blood pouring from . his
nose, mouth, and the wound below his
ear.
Upoh hearing this shriek, several of
the men leading their horses in their
fright turned them loose, and there
was a mad stampede on the dock.
The pasty -faced horseman, whom
I had helped out a little while before.
in the - argument' about his blink eves
standing near the runway, holding on
to a horse. He turned his burse loose.
and rushed to the bloody mass which
was twitching. with convulsive shud-
ders.. Tho foreman,. on seeing the ac-
cident, snapped- out a long string of
curses, which almost froze my
heart:
'What 'did I tell you? Didn't I tell
you not to look at him? I knew you
would get it; and a d—d good job,
too: blocking that run with your fool
tricks."
Then he noticed the pasty -faced
horseman stooping over the bleeding
man.
"Get 'im by the heels, you cross
between a corpse and mummy. and
drag him out of the way. We've
bloody well got to get this ship loaded
to catch the tide.
The pale faced man kept on with
his examination without paying any
attention to the foreman's instrut-
ions. The foreman got blue in the
face and bubbled over with rage.
"Do you hear what I tell you? Get
im out of the way. This ship has
got to be loaded or I'll go down there
and pound some obedience in' -o you."
(Concluded Next WWk-
In about pan hour and a half's time
Pinero had selected his straw bosses
and divided the men into gangs, and
assigned us to our quarters on the
shin. These quarters were between
decks and very much crowded; the
stench was awful. Iron bunks. three
deep with filthy and lousy mattresses
on them, were set into the sides of
the ship. The atmosphere in that
dirty hole turned' my stomach ,and I
was longing for the fresh air of the
deck.
One old fellow in my gang was a'
trouble -maker. He must have been
about. forty years old, and looked as
hard as nails. He was having an
argument with a pasty -faced looking
old. To me this man appeared to be
specimen of humanity, about 26 years
in the last stages of consumption. I
Thunder and Food.
The problem of the curdling of
milk and the rapid putrefaction of
meat during thunderstorms is an old
one,. but it does not seem. to have
been satisfactorily( solved. Artificial
electrical fields, as tried by Prof. A.
Trillat at the Pasteur Institute, Paris,
seem to have no effect on either milk
or. meat. The lowering of atmos-
pheric tension following a thunder-
storm, however, has been found to
bring about the emanation of gases
from the soil, and ,these probably aid
decomposition and the growth of pu-
trefactive organisms. This is sug-
gested as a possible explanation also
of the increase of epidemic disease
and the turn for Utile worse of large
wotruds during a period of low baro-
meter.
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EVER' WOMAN'S RIGHT
To every woman belongs the right
to enjoy a. healthy, active, happy life,
yet nine oat of • every ten sutler years
of agony, usually from some form of
bloodnessness. That is why one sees on
every side pale thin cheek:, dull dyes
and -drooping figures -• sure signs
of headaches, weak backs acting
limbs and uncertain health. All weak,
suffering women should win the right
to be well by refreshing their weary
bodies with the new, rich, red blood
that promptly transforms them into
healthy, attractive women. This new,
rich, ied blood is supplied in abund-
ance by Dr.Williams' Pink Pills aihick
reaches every organ and every nerve
in the body.
Tirough +he use of these pills thou-
sands of women have found a prompt
cure when suffering from anaemia in-
digestion, M=art palpitation, rheuma-
tism, general weakness and those ail-
ments from which women alonle suffer.
Tyre is no part of this broad Do-
minion in which you will not find some,
former sufferer -who has regained
health and strength through the use
of Dr. Williams' Plink Pills, and this
is the reoson why these pills have
been a favorite household remedy for
more than a generation. If you are
ailing and will give the pills a fair
trial you will find renewed health and
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We wish to layspecial empha is on the extensiveness of the
prep-
arations we have made for O JR BIG FALL DISPLAY. The
co nition o' his store as the leading style au-
thority, of the County has is s p gyred us to reach the highest possible
results. Grand as all past s ,yle shows have been, none will comp-
are with this, either from the standpoint of newnetss or' variety.
Millinery Suits and Coats
of Surpasin Beauty
Featuring the Newest Creations
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and Latest . Designs of the hour
WOMEN who are desirous
of knowing what the
world of fashion will wear .
this fall, and seeing the new-
est ideas 'exemplified, will de -
t ive a world of pleasure from
our Millinery -display on the
opening days. A. wonderful-
ly charming collection of new
ideas in k all Hats await your
approval. We wish to speci-
ally invite every woman in
this.vicinity to be present at
this the greatest openings we
have fiver had.
saw 111 a happiness in their use. 1
suit quickly. I took two or three You can get Dr.Williaans' Pink Pili+s
(pink steps forward and swung on through any medicine dealer, or by
his jaw with my fisf,. His head went mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes•
k with anick- for $2.50 from the Dr. Williams Medi -
Prices
Reasonable
f�rFall
The most attractive Designs ever
A'sstmbleci at Moderate Prices
Crompton Bias and
Nemo Corsets
THE expert designing' of these Cor-
tisets has created a world wide repu-
tation for these leading lines. In their
great variety of models and sizes they
take care of the growing figure and
give shapley lines to the mature.
Everything needed from childhood
to motherhood in keeping with good :ap-
pearance perfect health and absolue com-
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Price 75c to $5
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INthis magnificent display
of COATS and SUITS
will . be featured a beautiful
display of the - -
Very Newest
Styles
comprising- the latest creations
of the foremost Canadian and
American designs. There
are dozens of models, each
with a different expression of
distinguished style, reflecting
the exclusiveness that always
characterizes this store. Come
as often as you wish, '
PRICES
$15 to $35
Exclusive, Attractive
Altogether Charming
Dress Goods
THIS fall the weaver's art has vied with
nature herself in the creation of
pleasing shades and color combinations
which are presented in such charming
array in our Dress Goods Department,
Broadcloths, velours, gaberdines, Berges,
poplins, worsteds, and tweeds in all the
new autumnal shades, including plum,
prune, beet, green, navy, burgundy,
brown, tan, sky and black. While the
prices—as is always the case—are a little
lower at Stewarts.
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