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< "= Brooklyn, N.Y. ~~ --Harry McKenzie > New Statesman and Nation. -- "We with a wholesome - horror of both, ~ the dirty external .world, met his * thousand times, ~ superstitious opposition; Writes ~ Russell in the re still lamentably ignorant, but we have become 'germ-conscious," oc- easionally, indeed, to ludicrous excess. Some well-brought-up children dur- ing the Great War confused Germs and Germans; having been inspired they imagined them as one fearful race of bogeys. P. G, Wodehouse, in one of his books, tells of a small boy, who, after being kept sealed up all his life in an aseptic nursery and shielded from all contact with father one day, and asked in horror, "Are you a germ?" : To the uneducated, however, the gm is still insufficiently terrible. heard recently of a woman who took her month-old baby to see a family of cousins who were suffer- ing from measles with the deliber- ate intention of infecting it. She thought it would be better for the baby to "get it over young." The baby's measles developed into pneu- monia and it died; whereupon the woman wept a great deal and said it must be the Will of God. Instances could be multiplied a Anyone who has had much acquaintance with un- educated people knows that public atempts to improve their health have often encountered furious and this must continue to be ° so until physiology and hygiene: are made compulsory subjects in all schools." R.C.M.P. Promotions Observes the Winnipeg Free Press --"Public interest in recent promo- tions and assignments in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has been gratified by the recognition accorded Superintendent. H, J. Martin and Su- perintendent A. H. L. Mellor. Both these officers have long service in the Mounted Police, and each has made himself singularly fortunate in his relations with the public Colonel Maptin efficiently and courteously adrainistered the Manitoba Provincial Police for some years, in an interlude in his career after his war services. Superintend- ent Mellor has enjoyed a long ex- perience of pleasant associations with the west. His transfer to Ottawa as assistant director of the Criminal Investigation * Bureau regrettably takes him from Winnipeg, but he leaves accompanied by the good-will of all those who appreciate the con- sideration with which he has endea- vored to perform duties often deli- cate and invariably distressing." Amateur Golfer He pelts the pill, O'er dale and hill, And gets a' thrill - Exotic: Yet should he sink One in the drink, © . ' He must become aquatic. By breezes fanned, Knee-deep in sand, He takes his stand, In trouble: And blasts the ball, -To_have it fall i " "And bounce among the stubble. By now we gage z He's hit 'the stage Of violent rage, - Yet limber: And wraps his club, Like any dub, : In frenzy round the timber. Relative Of Great Oil Magnate i Lives In Alberta Blackie, Alta, -- Receipt of a copy of the Rockfeller family history by Fred Rockfeller, a- farmer who has lived in this district for the past 20 years, has proved he is a distant relative 'of John D. Rockefeller, the oil magpate, Since the time of Johann Peter Rockefeller, their common great. great - great - great - grandfather who migrated to New England from Germany, in 1720, half a dozen vari- ations of the spelling of the family name have crept in, In 1670, the his- tory shows, Johnson Peter's fore- fathers escaped from France with a number of Hugenot families, At that time the name was Requefeuille. Under the Rockefeller Family As- gociation, whose membership num- bers 2,000, a fund has been estab- lished by which any one of that name may obtain a higher education. John D. Rockefeller and his brother paid the costs of compiling and printing the history. ; Most of the Canadian members of the family live in Ontario, but a few have migrated to the western pro- vinces. Los Angeles, Calif.--It has often been said, many times jokingly, that | women were hesitant to tell their ages, The preliminary data being complied for the complete statistical summary of "American Women' indi- 'cates that present day American wo- 'men are proud of their ages, Bighty, per cent. of the blographies already 5 > 2 Oo SHE PLAYS N "UAT 75 YEARS Takes Kruschen to Kee . Rheumatism Away Writing to tell how she keeps her pactivity, this wonderful old woman tes: -- "My hands wére becoming so Sxippled that I had to give up piano and organ playing---and- almost en- tirely fave up knitting, I have been using Kruschen Salts for nearly two years, and am very pleased with the result. Last August I played two church services on the organ, and hope to do so again this August, My fingers are nearly straight, and quite supple, and I am 75. I have recommended Kruschen Salts to many people."--A. A. C. The six mineral salts of Kruschen have a direct effect upon the whole bloodstream, neutralizing uric acid, which is the recognised cause of rheumatism, They also restore the eliminating organs to proper work- ing order, and so prevent constipa- tion, thereby checking the further formation of uric acid and other body poisons which undermine the health, WHY You golf my man You fish and hunt. Sport news you scan From back to front, You like this life With thrills so rife, ~ Let's add ng strife; But why this wife? * & The theme song of the ambitious young man who marries a girl with a job is: "It all depends on you." * 3 Barber: --Shall I go over it again? Victim: --No; I heard it-all the first time, * & » Babies are more intelligent than you think, as soon as they land in this old world they get up a howl, LJ] LJ * Hero:~--Cur! Where are those pap- ers? Villian: --They are at the smith's, Hero:--Ha! So you're having them forged? VilHlan:--No, I'm having them fil- ed. black- Editing a paper without rufiling anybody's feelings is like fishing with- out a hook on your line--you get lots of recreation but no results, . * LJ Old Neighbor (ignorant of nation. ality of his neighbor):--A deplorable sign of the times is the way the Eng- .|lish language is being polluted by the alarming inroads of American slang, Do you not agree? His Neighbor:--You sure slobber- ed a bibful, mister, : * * * Most of the girls are moved to ___ |tears when the housemaid quits and their mother hag to do all the work. LJ] LJ] A Wife (on honeymoon) :--Do you re- member our first meeting? Hubby (a dentist);--Shall I ever forget it? That heavenly afternoon when we were together for two hours and I extracted two of your darling little teeth! . LJ] * LJ] Nothing makes a fellow feel eo good 'as the nice things they say about him after he's dead and gone! * * Sambo:--Liza, you remind me fo' all de world of brown sugar! _ Liza:--How come, Sambo? Sambo:--You am so sweet and so unrefined, , * 9 eo y June:--Has she a perfectly good husband? Bess: --Yes; she i8 a widow. * Man is just like the old-fashioned hour-glass--he is no earthly good without some sand, * + 9» Frances: --That romantic Miss Pas- selgh says there is a secret connect- ed with her birth, Mabel: --That's true--it's the date, *« 2 » The only fellow sure these days of the place he has to fill in the world is the dentist, * 9» i * Warden: --We must set work, What can you do? Forger:--Give me a week's pract- ice'and I will sign your checks for you, : DANDRUFF an, Fallin [1 Aad . n BHEHLEE Clean Head and Glossy Hale you to received give the date of birth, A ---- a Se wo celebrates pictures and marriage licenses of says he owes longevity to moderation, Robert A. Thieme, his 103rd birthday by looking over the fifteen wives he outlived. He RIPLEY ASTONISHES AN EDITOR : WITH TALE OF BOOK RETURNED (From the Hamilton Spectator) The other day the encyclopaedic Ripley astonished his readers with an account of a borrowed hook returned after 60 years. We all remember our school days when we used to write 'lon the flyleat of even detested vol- umes: "Steal not this book for fear of shame for here you see the own- er's name"--an impressive admoni- tion, not always effective. Book-lovers who read the Ripley item would be glad to get back books, even after 50 years, For they know from sad ex- perience how hard it is to lay hands on books loaned in weak or generous moments to certain individuals, What book-lover hag not given a favorite volume to an acquaintance, never to see it again! In his eager- ness to ¢hare a treasure, the unso- phisticated bibliophile parts with it readily, He meets the acquaintance again and asks him how hg likes it. "0.K.!" is the reply. "I am just half way through the first chapter." That, indeed, is a as far as borrower and lender ever get. The book is always to be, but never is, read. The bor- rower is always so busy,' " "The lender eventually comes to the conclusion that his enthusiasm for a favorite author has cast a mo- mentary spell upon the borrower, And the possession of the book, alas, has broken it! So after several polite at- tempts to induce the borrower to re- turn the volume read or unread, pre- ferably read, the lender resigns him- self to fate, He gives up all thought of possessing his own copy, or goes out and buys another. Only tbe sec- ond never, somehow has the charm of the first, ] It is not easy to deal with: the would-be* book borrower. If you put him off, he returns like a boomerang. Try to interest him in something you do not greatly value and he sees through your subterfuge in a moment, He seems to have been brought up on these patent medicine advertise ments which warn us to accept no substitutes, - x The only way to deal with' these: people -- and the bibliophile, after bitter experience, gets to know them by instinct -- {is to tell them gently, but firmly, that you are going to reread thg book--which is true, else there would be no sense in keep- ing it--and refer them to the admir- able facilities of the public library. They may be disappointed and even suspect you, for they cannot imagine any one wishing to re-read a book. Which suggests why they do not re- turn the books they borrow, They do not value them! i With the true book-lover a3 bor- rower, the cage is different. He has a fellow-feeling for you. He knows how he feels about his books, He re- turns your volume promptly and in good condition, But it is not always easy to distinguish the Philistine. Hence there is always a tendency for a literary group to hecome a secret society, ) Revenue For May Shows Decrease Ottawa, Customs and excise revenue was down $2,627,590 for May, as compared with the corresponding month in 1934, The figures were re- leased recently by the Department of National Revenue. The totals were $19,915,361 for last month, and $22,642,952 in May, 1934. Against this decrease, however, was an in- crease of $14,947,917 in income tay returns i The total increase in income tax revenue for the two months of the present fiscal year was $14,508,815, and the decrease in customs and ex- cise was $2,133,987. Diversion Of Thames River Is Approved London, Ont. Diversion of the Thames River in the vicinity of Tra- falgar street to its old channel to eliminate the existing sharp curve and the erosion at the foot of Front street, has been approved by the un- cmployed relief branch as a relief work project. Official notice has been received from Toronto. The council must next obtain sanction. of the On- tario Railway and Municipal Board to authorize the expenditure estima- ted at $26,000. -- (¥ke~boaza will sit here shortly to validate other relief work costs totalling $700,000, and it is likely the diversion project will be brought up at the same time along with the new $20,000 program for storm sew- ers and street improvements. Some men look their age, and some don't--but a woman almost always overlooks bers. ] ~ FARM FLASHES Canada is one of the few countries which fs in a position to increase her exports to Great Britain, owing in part to the quota of imports allotted to her, and tho import quota and re- strictions applying to foreign coun- tries, Canada supplies New Zealand with some of the scoups used both for measuring the usual half-globe por- tions of fce cream and for rectangu- lar portions to be inserted between wafers. Canadian exports to the Irish Free Stato in 1934 showed an increase In 1933." In view of the recent legisla- tion of the Free State restricting the imports of flour and, encouraging the home production of flour from Irish wheat, it is antipicated that there will be a substantial demand in the future for. Canadian. hard wheat for blending, A judicious use of flowers Is urg- ed by the Quebec Tourist Bureau to make rural hotels even more attrac- tive, since there is nothing so rest. ful as beds of flowers In front of and around buildings in both town and country, A sharp reduction of eight per cent, in Canada in potato acreage for 1936 1s indicated, according to ofl clal estimates. This reduction would bring the 1935 area in potatoes back to the 1933 level, The main ré. ductions are in the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Ed. ward Island, Quebec and Ontario, Canada exported to all parts of the world during the month of March, 1935, farm machinery and implem- ents to the value of $412,199, Includ- ed jn the exports were 1,859 dozen spades, shovels and parts; 8,933 disc harrows and parts; 3,434 disc har- rows; 656 cultivators; 529 harvesters and binders; 216 mowing machines, and 81 hay rakes, The value of these exports for the 12 months ended March, 1935, amounted to $3,567,258. Gain Is Shown - By Holsteins More Exported This Year, Byron Jenvey Tells Breeders Windsor,--When the Essex Coun- ty Holstein Breeders' Association held a fleld day at Walker Farm, Walkerville, Byron Jenvey, of Inger- soll, Holstein fleldman for Ontario, announced that there was a 'decided increase in the number of Holsteins registered this year, and also that more Holsteins had been exportéd this year than for some time past, I» P, Wigle, M.LA., and prominent Holstein breeder in the county, also spoke, Other speakers were: Angus McKenney, agricultural representa. tive, and 8. Riddick, manager of Walker Farms, Issue No. 26 -- '35 Gas Direct ~ From Coal Mine I y Experiments Made By Soviet ji Fully sixty years go the Russian chemist Mendelyev predicted the coming of the day when gas would be generated at or in the coal mine and piped hundreds of miles to cities, Scores of imaginative techniclans re- peated the proposal. Among them were such lights as the late Sir Wil. liam Ramsay and Z, Ferranti, , Undeterred by what they regard as technical bugaboos and unhampered by the vested interest of gas comp- anies (most Russian cities know noth. ing of coal gas as a domestic or in- dustrial fuel), the Soviet engineers are boldly pioneering in a field in which there has been more talk than action. Experiments have been con. aucted since 1926 both in the Kusnetz region in Central Russia and in the Vauscasus, So far as this commentator can gather from the available literature, the first efforts completely satisfied the "I told you so" skeptics. Smoke came out of the mine, but even when it was cleaned, the product bore.no recemb'ance to coal gas. Then an engineer named Grindler appeared, For two years he has been at work in the Kusnetz area. To him must go the credit of having made the first promising 'experiments, EXPERIMENTS IN KUSNETZ In Kusnetz, gas coal of high qual- ity is found at a depth of 90 to 100 feet, Grindler sank two shafts sixty feet apart to a seam scventeen feet thick, Then through the coal he dug a rectangular tunnel six and a half feet high and five feet wide to con- nect the two shafts. It was not a straight tunnel, but shaped like half a pentagon. Compressors forced air down one shaft and fans sucked out the products of combustion from the other, : For a month Grindler saw only smoke coming out, But he let the coal burn. Eventually the tempera- ture rose so high that neighboring strata were heated. Just what he wanted, The tunneled vein and the surrounding rock and clay were now a gigantic underground retort, At last gas came off--real coal gas. It was poor, Only 600 to 1,500 cal- ories to the cubic meter, The next month its heating value rose to 2, 000 to 2,400 calories to the cubic me- ter. Grindley piped it to the furnace of a boiler and raised steam with en~ couraging results, As the steam con- tinued to burn, gas with a heat value of about 5,000 calories to the cubic meter came out of the mine---good cnough to burn in the kitchen, But will the quality be maintained? No one knows as yet, QUALITY OI" TIE GAS. Four distinot zones can be deline- ated in the underground rt, The first is a furnace, The prodiitts of combu:tion are carbon dioxide, car- hon monoxide and hydrogen--a sort of producer gas which has a temper- ature of about 1,000 degrees ¥, In the second zone coke is formed at a temperature of about 1,200 to 1,800 degree I", The gas generated is large- ly methane of high calorific value. From the third zone comes a gas poor in hydrogen. In the last zone the coal is simply dried, In the Caucasus entirely different experiments are being conducted, The coal is ground---an expensive pro- ceeding. To raise the temperature the air pumped irto the seam is en- riched with oxygen, Sometimes the oxygen is omitted and the pres:ure increased, - The Soviet engineers frankly ad- mit that they have by no means solv- ed a fascinating but exceedingly dif- ficult problem and that they have en- countered the predicted obstacles, It is hard, for example, to adjust pro- duction automatically to suit the de- mand, hard to evaluate the part play- ed by moisture in the mine, hard to purify what gas is obtained, hard to get out the coke loft in the mine, The nice control to which chemists of a city gag plant are appears, Sees Canada Going Ahead More Abidi ng Prosperity Forseen By C. M. A's "New President ' Hamilton.--""A great advance has already been made from the depths of the depression and with the re- sources of Canada and the enterprise and industry of her citizens, we have every reason to anticipate a contin. ued advance towards a more abiding prosperity," declared Wilson S. Mor den, K,C.,, Toronto, newly elected pre. sldent of the Canadian Manufactur- ors' Association here recently, ! Referring to mechanical fmprove- ments, ie sald the remedy, whs not tp return to hand labor, - | MECCA' 10 OINTMENT FHE FAMILY FRIEND accustomed dis- | By way of trial and error the road to progress on sound lines would be found, he declared. "Whatever its faults and draw- backs, the present unplanned system represents the slow growth of human endeavor through the centuries, and under the impetus of personal Initia. tive and personal freedom ft has within a short space of human hist- ory made a four-fold increase in the standard of living," he said. Old Advertising Agency Makes Change In Name Announcement is made in the On- tario Gazette that the change of name of The Press Bureau Limited to The Ardiel Advertising Agency Lim- Jjted has "been sanctioned by the Lieutenant-Governor. Durnig the past five years Mr. Lorne Ardiel has been the President of the agency, utilizing his wide knowledge of Canadian markets, dis- tribution and business conditions to enhance the type of service given to the Company's clients. Mosquitoes Some Suggestions For Control Much interesting information was given by Arthur Gibson, Dominton Entomilogist, at the recent annual meeting of the New Jersey Mosquito Extermination Association on the notable work of the Iintomological Branch of the Dominion Department of Agriculture in mosquito control in Canada, As in years past, the ofii- cers of the entemological service have assisted materially jn advertising and directing various campaigns in co-op- eration with municipal, civic and. other authorities throughout Canada. These entomologists have not only evolved practical methods of control and extermination, hut also numerous effective repellents for use under all sorts of conditions. Ten repellents which have proved thelr eflicacy since their introduction a few years ago were mentioned by Mr, Gibson as having been again subjected to a series of comparative tests by offl- cers of the Branch, Ioliowing tiue tests the repellents were classified ag follows: } (1) Those which' may be used on tender skin; (a) Dunn's No. 1--OQil of citronella, 3 ounces; spirits of cam. phor, 1 ounce; oil of tar. 1 ounce; oil of pennyroyal, ounce; castor oil, 4 to 6 ounces, (b) Bacot and Talbot's No. 4 (fumes troublesome to eyes); oil of eucalyptus, 2 ounces; liquid carbolic acid, 4 drops; -oil of citronelln, 2 ounces; castor oil, 3 ounces, / (¢) Dunn's No. 4 (fumes trouble- some to eves); gum camphor, 3 ounces; salol, 3 ounces; petrolatum, 4 ounces, (d) Howard's No, 2--0il of javend- er 1 ounce; alcohol, 1 ounce; ca tor oil, 1 ounce. (2). Those which may be used on the arms of where the skin is less tender---(a) Dunn's No. 2---0il of cit- ronella, 2 ounces; castor oil 2 ounces; oil of pennyroyal 1-8 ounce; (b) How- ' a ard's No, 1 (greasy)--oil of citron: ella, 1 ounce; oil of camphor, 1 ounce; spirits of camphor, 1-6unce; oil of cedar 14 ounce; (c¢) Dunn's No. 3 (dirty)--oil of tar 2 ounces; castor oil, 2 ounces; ofl of pennyroyal, 1.8 ounce. (3) Those which may be applied to clothing through which mosquitoes may bite: (a) Bacot and Talbot's No, 1---0Ill of cassia, 1 ounce; camphor. ated oil 2 ounces; vaseline, 3 ounces, Farming Centenary Just one hundred years ago the first drain-tile laid in North Ameri- can farmland was placed on a farm near the city of Geneva, N.Y. In 1821, for some unknown rea- ston bought this cold, wet clay farm, which, tradition says, was worn and poor when he bought it. His grand- father had taught him early that "all the airth needs draining," and he resolved to try tile drains known in the "Old Country" but not in the new. The neighbors laughed and pre- dicted his doom, but Mr. Johnston ordered some tiles from Scotland, which reached New York harbor on the night of the memorable fire in 1835. A curious lot of onlookers came to see them, Everyone was skeptical. How could water get How could it overcome the pressure of air at the outlet? They would freeze. They would crush. They might poison the land. But Mr. Johnston buried his crock- ery in the ground out of sight. The experiment was a success, and he sent to Scotland for patterns and had tiles made by hand. 1848, a neighbor, John imported a tile machine from Eng- land and from that time tile-drain- ing progressed rapidly. By 1851 Mr. Johnston had [aid six- teen miles of tile on his own farm, and by 1856 more than fifty-one miles. He used the horseshoe tiles, the style at the time, to the last, and did not favor deep ditches. Thercon G. Yoemans, of Walworth, in an ad- joining-country, was soon attracted by Mr. Johnston's success, and these three men zealously spread the gos- pel of tile drains, with the success that everyone today appreciates. -- Brockville Recorder. into them? Classified Advertising TIRE AND BICYCLE BARGAINS a. UP; $2 partation Tacbhite Tite, ronto. BICYCLES $10 UP, TRANS- , bald. Free catalogue. 1956 Dundas West, To- THREE FREE PRIZES A framed landscape water color painting by Giff Baker. Valued at $10.00. A box of personal stationery, consisting of 100 sheets and 75 envelopes, with an address print- ed on paper and envelopes, valued at $1.75, or embossed effect, valued at £3.00. A box of personal stationery con- sisting_ of 24_sheets and 24 en- velopes, valued at $1.00, or em- bossed effect, valuedeat $1.75. Send a 3 cent stamped envelope for full information. 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