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The Huron Expositor, 1922-12-01, Page 6a DR. F. J. R. FORSTER Rye, Ear, Ethic and Throat Graduate in Medicine, University of pronto. irate assistant New York Ophthal- ei and Aural and Golden Square'fl ThroatHoa- iai'a, London, Bug. At Commercial otel, Seaforth, third Wednesday in eaall month from 11' a,m. to 3 P.m. Iib Waterloo Street, South, Stratford. Phone 267, Stratford. CONSULTING ENGINEERS James, Proctor & Redfern Limited. SS Toronto 8t. Toronto, Cas. Bridges. Pavements, Waterworks, Sewer- age Incinerators. Faotorin, Arbitrations. Litigation. Phone Adel. 1044. Cable: dPRCO"Toronto OUR PEEK -Usually paid oat of me MOM, Pb save per dials. MERCHANTS CASULTY CO. Specialists in Health and Accident Insurance. Policies liberal and unrestricted. Over $1,000,000 paid in losses. Exceptional opportunities for local Agents. 904 ROYAL BANK BLDG., f778-60 Toronto, Oat. LEGAL R. S. HAYS. Barrister Solicitor, Conveyancer and Notary Public. Solicitor for the Do - Minion Bank. Office in rear of the Do- minion o- � Bank, Seaforth. Money to M - - BEST & BEST Barristers, Solicitors, Convey- ancers and Notaries Public, Etc. Office in the Edge Building, opposite The Expositor Office. WW1 PROUDFOOT, KILLORAN AND HOLMES Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Pub- is. ate Money to lend. In Seaforth en Monday of each week. Office in itidd Block. W. Proudfoot, H.C., J. 4 Killoran, B. E. Holmes. • VETERINARY F. HARBURN, V. S. Honor graduate of Ontario Vetsrin- ttsy College, and honorary member of !ba Medical Association of the Ontario Veterinary College. Treats diseases of all domestic animals by the most mod - elm principles. Dentistry and Milk River • specialty. Office opposite Dick's Hotel, Main Street, Seaforth. All orders left at the hotel will re- solve prompt attention. Night cells esedved at the office JOHN GRIEVE. V. 8. Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin- err College. All diseases of domestic animals treated. Calls promptly at- tended to and charges moderate. Vet - Winery Dentistry a specialty. Office and residence on Goderich street, one door east of Dr. Scott'a office, Sea - forth. MEDICAL C. J. W. HARN. M.D.C.M. 425 Richmond Street, London, Ont., Specialist, Surgery and Genio-Urin- ary diseases of men and women. DR. J. W. PECK Graduate of Faculty of Medicine McGill University, Montreal; member of College of Physicians and Surgeons re Ontario; Licentiate of Medical Conn- ell of Canada; Post -Graduate Member of Resident Medical staff of General Hospital, Montreal, 1914-16. Office, 2 doors east of Post Office. tPhone 56. lsnsall, Ontario. DR. F. .1. BARROWS Office and residence, Goderich street east of the Methodist church, Seaforth Phone 96. Coroner for the County of Huron. DR. C. MACKAY C. Mackay honor graduate of Trin- ity University, and gold medallist of Trinity Medical College; member of the College of Physicians and Sur- geons of Ontario. DR. H. HUGH ROSS Graduate of University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, member of Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario; pass graduate courses in Chicago Clinical School of Chicago; Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, London, England; University Hospital, Lon- don, England. Office—Back of Do- minion Bank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5, Night calls answered from residence, Victoria street, Seaforth. • AUCTIONEERS THOMAS BROWN Licensed auctioneer for the counties of Huron and Perth. Correspondence arrangements for sale dates can be made by calling up phone 97, Seaforth et The Expositor Office. Charges mod- drrate and satisfaction guaranteed. R. T. LUKER Licensed auctioneer for the'Conaty of -Kneen. Sales attended to in all yastt► of the county. Seven years' ax- riaOee int Manitoba and Baskateio. antis raatlotiable. Pbone No, I. Were left at The EUrott Me, Soder* Frem$iy a ; T,. trl-�• NOS of on. T, leads p�;:of par tf rete an incl of some years ago, the scene of'4v was the' press room at the nese' of ' (,Iommoua. The ,'.boys" hang turned in their copy, fell to discuss who would be the next premier in the event of the exit of Sir Robert Borden. While the discussion wile at its"height a certain knight, who had been prominent in the adminiatration of Sir Wilfred Laurier, stalked into the room, enquired as to its subject, Having been unformed, a request for hisopinion was asked. ",Before I answer," he replied, "let rune tell you a little story. Recently organized farmers of the west, in order that they might hold their grain for better prices, asked the banks for temporary accommodation. Two of the leading bankers of the east jour- neyed to Winnipeg for the purpose of discussing the subject. During the conference with the farmers' repre- sentatives, the bankers offered to ad- vance five million dollars. On being informed that this was entirely in- sufficient, they raised the limit to seven millions. Now, do you know," continued the knight, "why the farm- ers were insistent on raising the lim- it? I know you don't, so I'll tell you. They had a card up their sleeve, and T. A. Crerar had put it there. When the matter of securing accommoda- tion from the banks was first mooted, Crerar quietly slipped off to New York, laid the matter before J. P. Morgan and Co., and from them got the promise of a loan of $17,000,000 provided the Canadian banks failed to come forward with the desired a- mount. "Now, all I have to say in regard to the subject you are discussing," added the knight as he arose to de- part, "is. don't overlook the possibili- ties of that young men Crerar. In my opinion he is one of Canada's coming premiers. FIFTY YEARS ON THE AMERICAN TURF At the instance the New York Jockey Club, Mr. W. S. Vosburgh has written a outline of horse racing in the United States in the past fifty years. For more than half that per- iod Mr. Vosburgh has served as a racing official and has first band knowledge of practically all the hor- ses he writes about. No man in A- merica is better qualified for the task 'than Mr. Vosburgh, for he has been a lover and student of horses all his life, besides being an accomplished wielder of a pen. He is no mere dispassionate chronicler of events, either, but does not hesitate to ex- press his own view or even his own prejudices when discussing individual horses. For instance, he is not quite so enthusiastic about Man 0' War as most present-day writers. The Rid- dle horse was undoubtedly a great one, but he was given his present position as a record money earner through the kindness of our fellow citizen, Mr. Abe Orpen, who offered a $75,000 purse for the race between Man n' War and Sir Barton. The latter Ilene w::s not fit to race the day he did, and perhaps there were a dozen other colts that could have beaten hint besides Man o' War. Mr. Vosburgh is prelably of opin- ion that the greatest ract horse in the past half century was Sysnoby, owned by the late James It. Keene, sired in England 1 at born it the United States Seel ay like Nin o' War. loot once race, and that as a two -ye sr - old, but Artful win. i cat him then could never b. intlt^,d to ;t ::t against him reed t I' v as sail c Sya..nby by er;erte a' tie time, that he c•'u'd l est any t ors; in Anwesa at any distance from a hundred yards to a hundred miles. When he died suddenly, it is related that his stern owner shed tears. Sysonby's sk Te- ton now stands in the American Museum of Natural History. Mr. Vosburgh does not think so highly of Colin, another of Mr. Keene's champions, though he had a remark- able record and is of opinion that Celt, a stable companion was a bet- ter animal. The book is full of 'stories of the romances of the turf. It tells once more the remarkable story of Mor- vich, the despised little selling plater that came out of the West in the spring of 1921, and won a fortune for a novice who had never owned a race horse before, ending his two year old career as the unbeaten hero of a decade. He was hailed by some enthusiasts as a greater horse than Man o' War. This year, however, he was a bitter disappointment. In 1921 his owner, Benjamin Block, scored thirteen victories to one defeat. This year he had one victory and thirteen defeats. Some twenty-five years ago Morello was the hero of the turf. He was bought for $110, won fourteen out of seventeen 'races his first, year and earned $80,000. Then theyp was Yorkville Belle bought for $1,200, a winner of $79,000 in two years and sold for $24,000 at auction. Another tremendous bargain was Hamburg, bought for $1,200, a winner of $40,- 000 as a two-year-old, and sold for another $40,000. He subsequently proved one of the best sires in the United States. Another ugly duckling that turned out a swan indeed was Johren. As a colt it was said that he was clumsy and loose jointed and could neither gallop, canter or walk. He was named in derision after a German saloon keeper on Iong Island, who was. noted for his curious appear- ance. dolmen's trainer, one of the' most astute in the business, said that the colt was not worth. training, but he had the most import nt thing a race horse can have—speed. He al- most forced the trainer to work on him. Then it seemed as though the original opinion about him was cor- rect, for Johren lost nine races. Suddenly he struck his stride, and in one season captured the Suburban, the Belmont,..the Latonia Derby, the Huron Handicap, the Saratoga Cup and the Realization. These, of course iebe ; � hob le, hues. 'MIMS that - ,000 av eY e win t4 taret w a ' Two of the great hhrsea lif the early period eovreed by Mr, Vosburgh• were. Virgil and Bolus, beth discovered while hauling buggies find both . de- stined to establish mighty lines of racers. In 1882, two of their greatest eons, Hindoo and- Eole, fought a his- toric duel for 'the Brighton Cup at two and a quarter miles. It was Ilindoo's last race and he won. After the race the owner of the beaten horse said to the Dwyer brothers, owners of Hindoo: "Come over to the Union Club, and I will match Eole against Hindoo -for $5,000 a sidete run the race over." To this the democratic Dwyer% re- plied: "Come over to our butcher shop. We will match Hindoo against Eole for $10,000 a side to run the race over.' Hindoo was never the same horse again, and such was the influence of these Brooklyn butchers on the turf a generation ago that when they an- noanced theywould never again run a horse over a Cup distance, the once - famous long distance races were a- bandoned. A RADIUM PLUNGE A mighty profitable piece of pro- perty in these days is -a radium well— the term refiring to water that con- tains the precious "emanation" of that wonderful mineral. People are flocking to the isle of pines (south of Cuba), for "dips". On that island, at Santa Fe, are four radium wells that are alleged to be very remarkable. Not very far away, at Santa Barbara, are eight more. The wells are not much to look at—mere holes dug in the ground and surrounded by ring fences. These are hotels, which. charge only $60 a day for room and board, with dips thrown in. Outsiders may have the treatment at $5 per dip. The method is simple and rather primitive. A piece of canvass is spread on the ground; the patient sits in the middle of it and two mus- cular men lift the ends. Lowered into the water hole one is imtiiersed for a moment or two only. More would be too much. The heart might be dangerously affected. Even after so brief a dip the body of a person thus immersed is almost. as red as a boiled lobster, It gives one a notion of the strength of the emanations. Women who take the dips' are warned to avoid wetting their heads. The radium water turns the hair green. LLOYD GEORGE STILL FRIEND- LY WITH MR. LAW. The recent campaign in Britain, following the dethronement of Lloyd George and the coronation of Boner Law, with the ensuing political hos- tilities, have thrown a very pleasant light upon the personal amenities of politics. It is always delightful to learn of personal friendships tri- umphing over political antagonisms. Even in sterner conflicts, this is true. The best known incident of the great American war is the graceful act of Grant when he refused the proffered sword of the conquered Lee. In later history, one recalls the estrangement between Taft and Roos- evelt, so happily ended by swift and mutual concession when the two men hapbened to meet in a hotel. In Can- adian annals, the friendship of Sir John A. MacDonald with Sir Wilfrid Laurier is a bright spot on the page of our history. It is not so well known that the great Confederation premier also entertained a warm re - and "011ie, come and let us have a ',drink," was once overheard from the older man to the younger in the corridor of the Ottawa buildings, Sir John well aware of the unmoist pro- clivities of the little Presbyterian elder. Between MacDonald and Blake there was never any personal friend- ship --probably the latter was as dis- inclined to this as to most other al- liances of that kind. The recent sudden denouement in Great Britain is remarkable in that Bonar Law, one pf Lloyd George's intimate friends, preformed at the Carlton Club, the very same opera- tion upon the little Welsh giant that the latter subjected Mr. Asquith to in 1916. In contrast to Mr. Asquith's atti- tude, and the attendant "bruise," the recent campaign has given every evi- dence that the friendship of Lloyd George and Bonar Law -despite the obvious provocation that the event provides for alienation—has surviv- ed quite unimpaired. Speaking at Leeds, an irate berater of Mr. Law found no response from his fallen(?) antagonist. "Mr. Bonar Le1n-," re- torted Mr., Lloyd George, "is a very old 'friend of mine, and he was a very old friend of mine before the war. He is still a friend ' of mine, and I should be sorry to say anything which would in the least put an end to our present friendship." Mr. Law's expressions of regard have been equ- ally cordial and candid. Lloyd George's keenest enemy in the world of journalism has been found in Lord Rothermere, of the Daily Mail. Yet that paper recently accorded him a place among "the greatest Britons we have known in the last five ,hundred years." "I cannot conceive," continues Lord Rothermere, "that any more notable figure has appeared in our public life since the days of Cromwell There is no other statesman in Eur- ope of his calibre, his experience, or his value." Further, Lord Derby, one of the exalted persons whose wings the out -going premier so effectively clipped years ago, and who were crelited -with the bitterest hostility toward him, said, in a Manchester s� �. l AMU! boil Urge d by t• ' .e who liar. p to. him•as dol g anything mid' forfeit. my right to a friend:A • whiplt I greatly. heteem and which'hole always to keep." All of this; accords well with tllh. noblest traditions of British politict. It recalls, by way of Contrast and ex- ception, the celebrated cleavage be- tween $inline and Fox, differing pas- sionately es they did on the French Revolution. "There is no less of friends," wititfully appealed the tide- ful Fox.% "les, yea," was la'ke's stern rep, Irishman though he was, "there is a loss of friends. I know the price of my conduct. I have done my duty at the price of my . friend. Our friendship is at an end.", But then Burke and Fox had never sated England and the world by united ef- fort; they had never trodden together the bloody winepress so familiar to Bonar Law and his greater colleague. TOAD BAFFLES SCIENCE Nobody has ever yet seen a toad eat and bow he does it is kngwn only to himself. Science has just made a great effort at the Zoological Gard - ends, but the toad has kept his secret. We know there is a lightning move - went of- the tongue during which a beetle or meal -worm vanishes. The human eye cannot follow what hap- pens, and the snap -shot camera is also baffled. 'However, the slow-mo- tion cinema camera was relied upon to solve one more puzzle in natural history, and a giant toad -was sub- mitted to the test. The. battery op- ened fire at short range while the toad enveloped two or three meal - worms. Photographs were take» at the rate of 240 a second. "Now we shall be -able to see exactly how the toad's tongue works; how it grips the food, and how it carries it to the mouth," said Science—and went to the dark room to develop. The an- swer was "in the negative!" In all that strip of pictures the toad's tongue was visible in four only. This means that the toad needs only one- sixtieth of. a second to capture and devour his prey. CURRENT WIT AND -WISDOM Mr, Churchill weeping by his own political grave no doubt offered a prayer for England.—Ottawa Journal. The funniest thing about the comic supplement' is dad's pretence that he is merely reading it aloud to please the kids.—Kingston Whig. It has been wisely said that a man's definition of a living wage is usually based on whether he is getting it or giving it. --.Brantford Expositor. Nova Scotia has won a boat 'race in the U. S. A., and an apple prize in London. Now if this were in the old days the whole province would have celebrated by everybodY going on a free ride on the Intercolonial.— Manitoba Free Press. OA .'lk�t9ee ni w a „kph" u et null l'R~xf; w k' 1%1 d rl . es,, ea. 'more n a R l .s e a vial** Inti , . •y vi i3 cit shland A,t'em e.' . gond r slde>ii hd ;port of, ht,a'eltY , ant l a, pl oaper- n eitfiaetl ,hes 'of tWa4,, Prov heel - bp el- algaa ,c* . At they, Me of the F 8 ' e 0 �wj Prime,eki�u, err .'I;B. , hi ler wh0ttt, he was - suing.for ditforce, was living in Atlantic City' and the Bordick household conpfed of Mr, Bordick, his three young children, his wife's mother, Mrs. Hull, and two servants. On the afternoon of the, $8th, Mr Burdick wenthome at the usual time, carrying a ttle of cocktails which was never seen thereafter. The children and Mrs. Hull retired early, and Mr. Burdick retired to his "den." One of the servants, passing the room at ten o'clock, caught a glimpse of him and a little later heard him shaking the furnace. At eight o'clock the next morning the two maids went down stairs and found a rear windosi and the front door open. They suspected burglars, but a care- ful search made later showed that nothing had been stolen. They went upstairs to inform .the master of the, house, but were startled to find his room empty, while the bed had not been slept in. Mrs. Hull opened the door of the "den," but seeing a hud- dled pile of clothing on a couch, was afraid to go in. Dr. Marcy was called, and going to the couch he re- moved the pile of clothing and found underneath the body of Burdick. The back of his skull was,crushed in, and two fingers of his left hand were broken as thought in a struggle. He had nothing on but his shirt, the rest of his clothes being scattered around the room. Examination of his coat disclosed a loaded revolver, which indicated that Burdick went in fear of someone. On the table was a small bottle of whis- key and the remains of a light lunch - tart, crackers and imported cheese - food. that Burdick never ate. It seemed obvious that he had entertain- ed some murderous guest, that the house had not been broken into, and that Burdick had been preparing to i retire for the night when he was kill - i ed. The police leaped to the conclus- ion that Burdick had been murdered by some woman whom he was secret- ly entertaining in his room. A vari- ation of this theory was that the woman had been followed into the libuse •by a man who bad committed the murder. But at the end of the inquest, a month later, Judge Murphy said that the• theory of a woman was not supported. by the evidence, and that not a single immoral act on Bur- dick's part had been disclosed. Following the murder the name of the man whom Burdick had named as co-respondent came to light. • He was Arthur R. Penpell, a young law- yer and Yale graduate living in Cleve- land Avenue. Naturally, he felt at One reason, no doubt, why so many reforms fail is that there are so many reformers who want to begin on somebody else.—Halifax Chronicle. The Canada Banking Act seems to afford very effective protection to bankers. When it comes up for re- vision in the near future some atten- tion should be paid to the interests of other classes of the community. A law that permits, a bank to be wrecked as the Merchants Bank of Canada was wrecked last year, and does not provide means of bringing the wreckers to account is suffering from some serious internal complaint. —Regina Leader. The Forest Standard man doesn't know if he should quit smoking in order to save money, or keep it up to provide revenue for the govern- ment. When a man's in that frame of mind, the chances are that the corncob will continue- to grace the pine table in the sanctum.—London Advertiser. Biggs is building good roads. There is no denying that fact for a moment. They are better than any ever built on the highways of Ontario.—Guelph Mercury. BEATING THE "WEATHER MAN" The forecasting of weather was be- ing discussed among some members of a certain club. The younger mem- bers of the group spoke lightly of the "advantage" which old people had through the possession of bodily ail- ments which assisted them to predict atmospheric changes, "Yes, you are very funny,' said the only old man present, "but I can beat the lot of you on level terms. I haven't a single physical ailment—not even a barome- trical bunion. But in my hall stand the two chief things are a cherry -wood stick and an umbrella. Every morn- ing when leaving home I put any hand on the cherry stick. If it's dry I take it with me. If it's cold and damp I take the umbrella. And have you ever seen me caught in a shower with a stick in my hand?" Nobody re- membered. ANOTHER MURDER THAT BAFFLED THE POLICE Another unsolved murder mystery some years later than that of the Burdens, the story of which was given a few days ago, was that of Edward L. Burdick, of Buffalo. It occurred STAMMERING Sr stuns ng overcome poi cine y. e r natural methods permanently restore natural speecha Graduate pupils every- where. Free advice and literature. THE ARNOTT INSTITUTE kITCIISNltR. - CANADA xm,r,ltll P brit .�e;, aL j y F.ket.:fiiVI:04 . 0 ` 0,.' , r n ar n rs,' 4�p��xngae , f ,pe . o � el `l t the bot c+atEaiti ... itarer e>jill viebb Might' ve era ettr� ed; the, ones but the Other d�+t 4, been carried away. Then nd We$ ,ion could be found. A. golf putter was reported missing, but eventuali,}r turned up and was ' dismissed from consideretlori. A policeman reported' that shorty after one o'clock he had seen a woman ?walking in the street not far from the Burdick home: in the Burdick house were found love letters written by Pennell to Mrs. Burdick. This caused the police to delve into the Burdick divorce, and they learned` that Burdick had discovered his wife's unfaithfulness early and had sent her away. Them because of his childrien, he had taken her back an the undo. standing that Fennel should •leave the city. He had set private detec- tives to follow his wife and Pennell, and Pennell had also had Burdick watched, in the hope that something criminating might be discovered, but there was no evidence that he had succeeded. Pennell knew that Bur- dick bed the incriminating letters. Pennell asJldtown to carry a revolver in order to pfotect himself from same man whom be feared. 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