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~ if mee in a. . During First Seereelot- Ror ane averages $10. 35a ton. nd the 1938° SP ro ume, pe production for 1938, product gold, mately $100,687,181, Porcupine district, producers, led £9.25. Kirkland Lake Ontario Mines : Production Up By $1 $10,000,000 ar Months 1938 Gold Alone Rose 13.6 Per Cent, In Volume Porcupine District Leads Figures do not cover entire gold output of Ontario, however, as gold derived as a by-product of copper and nickel is not added. Total gold 'including will r each ? with was of An Ontario Department or Mines statément shows that production of gold from gold mines alons during tho first 11 months of 1938 reached $90,004,916 from 8;696,418. tons mil Speed very Figures compare with $50, 023,463 - -oe, recovered from 7,653,936 tons the corresponding period of 1937, "average of $10.45" ton. Increase in period was 12.1 per cent, in value and 13.6 per cent. in in vol by: approxi- 14 gold all Ontario' campas- with production of $40,369,751 from 4,364,478 tons, average recovery of second eS What Science «x ls Doing * | 'SEE THROUGH STesl Six Inches of steel or tH threo feet of aluminum slojr te 'as transparent as plate glass to the new X-ray: equipment developed at the National Research Council lab. oratories, Ottawa. = Tha new Xcray apparatus takes an electrle current at 600,000 volts through the biggest X-ray tube us- ced for fudustrial radiography in North America. : MAKING GLASS INVISIBLE Discovery of a coating that makes glags invisible is anpounced by Dr. Katharine B. Blodgett, not- ed woman gcientist in Schenectedy, N.Y. The glass never reflects light from any angle whatever, . Clock, djal face and show case glass apd windows appear not to exist. An In- credibly thin film on both surfaces of glass is the secret of this sclen. _ tific mirale. The film is about 41 1,000,000ths of an finch, or one- quarter the wave length of light, in thickness. Officially known as model-307, maintain a cabin passengers perfect out a break even for the windows Reding being whéeled out into the open at Seattle, Wash tests.. The silver four-engined craft is T4-feet Jon: is designed to cruise at 300-miles per hour at a su yressure greater than that of breathing comfort at all times, of the - New High-Altitude Land Plane Passes First Tests - Aircraft Company's 33- -passenger. "stratoliner" is shown after .» for the first time to be prepared for a series of engine with*a 107-foot- wing spread, weighs 42,000 pounds and stratosphere altitude of 20,000 feet. Two super-chargers the rarified air outside at that altitude, allowing the The dirigible-like fuselage is perfectly streamlined with- control compartment. How Con 1? "Flying:Mail-Van A ("flying mail-van" that picks up_and delivers _mail-at-90 11] . Modern with production of $THTZ3.390 Tiom 2,391,406 tons, average recovery of 19.35 a ton, contributed by 10 mines including three at Larder Lake. adian Minister Paris Honors Canadian + Hon. Philippe Roy, retiring Can- to France, awarded one of the highest honors that the capital of France bestows on distinguished foreigners when he was made an honorary citizen of Paris by the Muojsinal Council. Since 19 000 in -the last 27 tv. be 800,000,000, was--taken--in--1911 11 'years. The population - of the British Empire has increased by 80,000,- Latest figures published by the Board of Trade show the Empire population The ldst census of the Empire Since--then was - PopulationOf | Empire Is Up 80 Millions In Past 27 Years--Figures Are Doubled in Many Areas COBRA VENOM A TONIC Cobra venom fis a mental tonic. The venom is injected into "the 'muscles, once a day or less, Its ef- fects are slower than morphine, but last longer and are not hablt-form- ing. Direct mental stimulation 1s-also shown, that ig, not merely psychic effects due to relief from pain. In "addition two other improved facul- *ties were noted: Wider angle vis- fon and better muscular co-ordina- tion. GAS QUICKLY LIQUEFIED * Professor Peter Kaplitza, former director of the - Royal Society's" Mond Laboratory at Cambridge, now head of the Soviet Govern- ment's new laboratory at Moscow, has perfeeted a new method of liq- uefying gases. It is announced that _ this-disco¥ery will have great scien- tific did industrial Importance. Only a few details have been made known, but a vital part of the BY ANNE ASHLEY. Q.--How can I detect a leak in a gas pipe? A.--At the point where a leak in the gas pipe is suspected, ap- ply a paste of soap and water. If there is a leak, bubbles will ap- pear. Never use matches or a flame of any kind when looking Aor a gas leak. (.--How can I remove hot pans from the oven easily and without * danger of burning the hands? A.--A small, short, tin shovel can be purchased for about "ten cents. Tlatten out the 'sides of the shovel and it will make an excel- - lent utensil for removing hot. pans front the-oven. - Q.--What is a home remedy for neuralgia? ° _invention js said. to. be a_turhine of complelely original design. It'is no larger than a match:box and welghs about halt a pound, but has far "greater efficiency. than the mach- ines heretofore used. * A =The eating of a good quan- tity of celery is often an effective remedy. & Q.--How_can I Tadd' just the right amount of stiffening to or- gandio trimmings; such as collar and cuff sets? ° A.--Try'dipping them into wat. er in 'which rice has been boiled. Q.--How can I give fingernail | polish a higher gloss? A.--When polishing the finger- ~ A woman entéréd the buteher's shop and asked him to cut off ten pounds of beef. He did so. "Shall .T send it, "madam?" he. asked. "Oh, no, thanks," she replied. "I've been reducing and have lost what it looked like." There. was an old man of "Cod --ten-pounds, and I wanted tosee-- || nails,--put-on-the pink-or-red-pol-- ish, but leave the tips uncovered, and whiten undernpath. Then go over the whole fingernail with a coat of colorless polish. It will give a higher gloss, a neater fin- ish, and will last longer.- » English Know Little About + Empire Life Pennsylvania, saw a pilot ¢ wards two 23 a dummy s picked up the ped another. The route t pected to history of the 1939. During 1938, tion that- will an hour is to start oper ration in Watching a demonstration of the new service post office officials ut down his plane's speed to 90 m.p.h. as he flew to- ft. poles linked with a rope. Attached-to-the rope -was-- sack of mail, manocuvred the plane downward, The pilot. mail sack and drop- o be covered by the new, "flying mail-van" includes 27 towns and cities. Important Year . In History of Aviation Here Trans-Canada A Airlines Are Ex- Carry Passengers Early This Spring -- Signifi- ----cance-of --1939-In--Transoc- eanic Flights The most important year in the aviation industry in Toronto and Canada as a whole is : indicated - with the beginning of tremendous strides were made In Canadian aviation _and._{t_Is during 1939-thaf these {- steps are expected to. bring the fn- dustry in this country to a destina- 'be the culmination of much planning and effort. $ Before the | dropped - from tween this experiment |s ed and the wh weather above who will pilot their long jour Groun Experimeats Completed ast leaf of 1939 has the - calendar, great liners of the sky are expected to be shuttling back and forth be- country - and - Europe, winging passengers and mail across the. Atlantic. The long process. of . practically complet. ims of wind and the the restless Atlantic © are now well known to the men the air-glants neys. dwork Laid t signs, --it-isdndieata- on "Etiquette BY ROBERTA LEE 1. What are some of the luck pieces that are put in the bride's _wedding 2, Is it all 'right to introduce two persons by , saying, "Mr. Jones, meet Mr, Smith?' 3." When one has accepted an invitation for luncheon, Specified at one o'clock, at what time should one arrive? 4. When an established resident of 'a neighborhood extends an in- vitation to lunchcon or tea, to a ~ _new neighbor, doesn't this take "the-place-of a-first "call? 5. When checking out of a hos tel is it all right to phone the - desk and ask that your bill be : ready, in order to save time? 6. Should a girl. wedr an even- ing dress to a dance when she knows tha* her escort is going to wear a hiusiness suit? Answers 1. A shining dime for riches; a --ring-for the first 16 be married, a | very small wishbone for the luck- iest girl, a button for the-old bach- elor, and miniature dice for the lucky man, 2, No, One should not use an imperdtife. form. Mere-- ly say, "Mr. Jones; this is Mr. Smith." 3. About ten minutes be- fore one. 4. It does not. The call should be njade first, before ex. tending any kind of invitation. 5. Yes; by doing this fifteen min- 1 --utes- before leaving your rooms it will save time. 6. No; her costume should correspond with that of het - escort. Says New World Was "Civilized" 'Before Old One Scientist Claims P Plants : Were Domesticated and Cultivated i In America' Bafoie Dawn of Civilization ~ . re Canadian Woman Complains | wak (442,000) grants. the past 10 years. Since 1911 is up by nearly only Eire (2,900,000), the Chan- nel Islands (94,000), and Sara- have small declines in population. Aveas in which the populations haye doubled, include Hong Kong (now 1,006,000), the Gold Coast (3,746,000), and the Bechuana- Jand Protectorate (265,000). Chiefly Through Immigration South Africa appears to have been a popular ccuntry for immi- Its population, 9,887,000, is nearly double the figure of 1911, Canada, Australia and New Zea- land, however, all show a big drop in the number of immigrants in suffered the population of Canada has risen from 7,206,000 to 11,12=,000; that of Australia 21% million from 4,445,000. The latest available Ges census in .pdia, taken jn 1931, rs + \ © ghows an in*rease from 302,995, ie 000 to 336,119,000. 98 ; ¥ Something nov, Minnedosa; Man, .Henderson, 'trate J. Fleming to 7' Fi oy ted fraud' in collecting wolf Vet bounties. Evidence showed he . made over gopher pelts to re- 544 semble wolf scalps and collect. Indian, Makes 'Own Wolfskins in whe "ST-year-old breed; wos sentenced by one ed $2 a scalp. To prevent de- tection he allowed the pelts to age, possibly with the idea the "rackets" ended in the police court at year in jail for conspiracy to defraud and false pretenses. Several municipalities com. plained Henderson had commit- n Joe half- Magis. odor would prevent close. in- pt: spection. ~3 Who built balquhoun. To his utter surprise It rose to the skies And nearly bumped the mquhoun, an enormous into The golf novice had not made much progress, but.he was a man of iron "determination: -- oh "I'll move heaven and earth to play this game properly," he said, as for the fifth stroke in succes- sion he pulled up the turf. The caddie smiled. "Well," he said, "'you haven't much farther to go. You've only heaven to move now. "Have you much room in your new flat?" > "Heavens, no. My kitchen and dining room are so small that 1 have to live on con. densed milk and shortbread." A Negro 'boy was taking a stro]l through a cemetery and reading the inscriptions on the tomb. ,, stones, He came to orie which de- clarved: "Not .dead, but sleeping", After contemplating the phrase for a moment, and scratching his 'head, the Negro - exclaimed: "He sure ain't foolin' no one body but hisself." "What would the girl of to- day do if she suddenly found herself in the Middle Ages?" wonders an essayist, Go on pretending that she was only . about twenty-one, "Hair cut, sie?" inquired 'a bar- ber of a customer whose Head was almost bereft of hair: "No," was the sarcastic retort. "I'want it done up in & bun and fastened with a pink ribbon," I Pocket-picking is increasing in Nigeria now that the population... ""That People of England Are Ignorant of the Geography, Politics, Economics 'of The N Countries in the Empire A letter to the editor of the Daily Telegraph (Conservative) one of London's leading papers, from an unnamed Canadian woman who-complained-that-the-people-of sngland know too little about the Empire drew an editorial admission from the newspaper last week that her allegation is well founded. The editorial follows: "There is still too much Sustiti- cation for the friendly remon- strance which a correspondent from Canada makes in our columns today that the English people do not know the countries of the Em- pire and they should, Characteristics of Nationhood "She 1s not the only visitor from the Dominions who has found us ill-informed about their geography, their politics, and economics, and-- tho worst defect of all--about the distinctive characteristics of their. nationfidod, "Our educational system Is still' 'gullty of noglect ofthe significance * of the Empire. Fortunately, how. over, there are now expanding ef- forts .to send young people of all | classes on Empire tours; and Inte "changes are arranged which may well progressively -Increase." : When Knives Were 'Used For Eating Before the advent of table forks, 'eating with one's knife was the voguo antong society people. Before this it was quite proper to eat with one's fingers. The table knife ¢ame into general popularity some time after the seventeenth -- century and wags'the correct thing is less seantily dressed, ~ A} From pr nicely on {ls lines will be to passengers. alr routes, rad Lake of Bays 'of Bays Rail greats ¢h ground. * Btéep portage: each summer | Darrow-gauge 000, the road and climbs an | for eating as well as for cutting. £ ya 2 . X13 4 i 3 TN Vi) . i "least; T:-C.7A= row-Gauge Road -- for Winter Months Ice and snow cover the North Muskoka lakes and the two din- key engines and J stock of the Huntsville and Lake way ' Company, the . shortest rairoad in the world, are laid up in the roundhouse awaiting the opening of the 1939 naviga- tior. and tourist season, The automobile has wrought * ges in the transporta- tion hn of ~ Ontario's to Peninsula Lake, train, once known as the "cork- - screw limited," makes daily trips ed that 1939 will be no more than way before the big metal ships of Trans Canada Air- 'opening their doors The groundwork has been laid, beacons flash along the fo beams are at this momeJit beeping away across Can- ada's bushland, been made ready and, last but not pilots have become familiar with their' routes, 1 landing fields have World's Shortest Railway's Here Between Huntsville, Ont., and -- One Mile, Nar- losed other rolling play- Passengers no longer travel in large number over the. from Lake of Bays over the one-mile, road. / . Built In 19086, Built i" 1906 at a cost of $40, winds around huge rocks and hills, skirts a small: lake elevation of 130 ft, in a half-mile from Peninsula Lake to Lake of Bays. It runs over an _ Indian trail that for 100 years was used by the Algonquin Indians in trading throughout the area, But the little Human civilization, as measured by agricultural development, is old- er in the "new world" than in the "old world," Dr. Donald D, Brand. the University of New Mexico, an- - thropologist, contended this.week. © Evidence Found by Botanists "It the beginnings of agriculture mark the dawn of civilization, then "evidence collected -by botanists and anthropologists indlcates an earller civilization in the new world than in the old," he said,- Dr. Brand said that "unlike the wheat, and most other domestlcat- ed plants, maize (Indian corn) re. - quires cultivation for its propaga- tion and scarcely an old world spe- 'cles of plant can compare with tlie maize, field pumpkins and kidney - beans in the area ofits spread at the time of Columbus." i In Mexico and Central America ---- "The greater variety of squashes, - maize, kidney beans, manioe, pota. toes and other cultivated plants cannot be matched In Eurasia or in ---Africa," "The prehistoric - inhabitants of Mexico and Central America do- mesticated more plants than the inhabitants of any comparable area in the world," he' sald, ' Of: the 020 drug addicts in the United Kingdom known .'to the government, 132 are members of the medical profession, a report to the 'Léaguo of Nations shows. EE WAITING FOR You! wn towp is ybur topy of this week's Toronto S ¢ a ¢ "Weekly ~-- don't forget it -[ Hydro System thimble for the old maid, a. tiny}. | Canada's Mud May Have Great Value Southern Lakes xpected to Yield Pure Silica, Worth Mil- lions of Dollars 'Mud worth millions of dollars has 'been' discovered in.the north. ern United States by Paul Conger,: ..of the U: 8S. National Muséum. The mud looks like ordinary --muck; but really is made "mostly of diatoms, microscopic - il i animal shells which are pure: Tea. ; © Dr. Conger sald he Toad this kind of mud in. 64 lake bottoms "and bogs in Northern Wisconsin, When the mud was dried and the "| organic hatter burned . off, the "residue was commercially valuable '"'diatomecious earth." This earth i3 used for fine filters, such as * sugars and fruits, for heat insula- tion, tile-making and many other purposes, Study of the Wisconsin lakes, Mr, Conger said, shows that simi- lar diatomaceous 'muds will be - found in lakes'of Southern Canada as well 'as Minnesota, Michigan, New York and New England. --e Trapping Goes "Streamlined" Canada's Oldest Business Has Been Transformed By Plane and Radio Canada's oldest business --trap- ping--has - been "streamlined" through use of the aeroplane and --wireless The-switt drama of mod- ern methods has replaced the Plo | turesqueness az the canoe and tha ["poriage. The majority of the - estimated 300 to 400 trappers operating in the ~ Northwest Territorles and remote Northern regions of British Colum. --bia; Atberta and Saskatchewan now - take full advantage of commerelal aviation and widespread radio facil ities. of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. To Civilization In Few Hours Each fall Edmonton commercial aviation firms carry north nearly 150 trappers, thelr dogs, t¢anoes, traps and provisions, Throughout the winter aeroplanes call at the trappers' cabins or the nearest post and freight the furs to market. In the spring the modern Coureur de * A In Northlahd Will Be Extended With Help from Ottawa Government'in Bois are whisked from the lonell- ness of their trap lines to clviliza- tion in a few hours, Besides eliminating many weeks on. the trail to and trom the trap- ping ground, the aeroplane en ables trappers (o locate new ground quickly after old llnés have hean Patricia District-- Hon. W.-L, Houck. acting chair: man. of the Ontario Ilydrol lectric Power Commission, announced last week the Ontario Gdvernment had approved. by order-in-council the consty uction of a new 113-mie pow- er transmission line in the Pickle . Lake district of Northern Ontarid, - Work For Unemployed "Fhe line Is being built particular. __ly to nieet-inereasing requirements of the Pickle Crow and Central Pa- tricia gold mines. It will be exten- sion of a line being built from Earl Falls to supply power to the Uchl gold mimes. Estimated cost is plac- ed at $037,000 and the line whl be constructed to operate at 68,000 volts. The project will be undertaken under an-agreement reached be. | tween the. Ontario government apd | the federat-govérnmient in respect | to ald of Northern Ontario unem- ployment. Federal government wlll contribute 50 percent. of labor costs and approximately 500 men will be engaged in cutting. the Li. of- way for the line. 1938 Field Crops : First Official "Estimate Places | _. Gross Value of Canadian "Trapped out." : 'a 'After an X-ray-revealed a Som ring" in his stomach, -- Williay Thompson, of Glasgow, Scotland, was sentenivld to" prison. i "MAKE TRACK FOR-OGDENSI" 5 Hit the trailgight now to mote enjoy- -mentfrom the cigarettes you roll your- self | Slip into any tobacco store and et younelta:package ge-of QOgden's- ine Cut. Then--roll a cigarette with this fragrant, mellow tobacco, touch a* light to it and--man | You're therel-- you've found the Fine Cut that does, toll 'em smaother, sweeter, better. And don't for et den's folls best ; yh: 'Chantecler' re ogue' papers, f Cog of 6 Per Cent, Lower The tirst officlal estimate of the gross value of the principal -tield crops grown in Canada in 1938 is $527,149,000, which fs $30,968,000 or 6 per cent, below the estimated value of the 1937 production, and $84,881,400 below that of 1936. The value of the 1936 harvest was the highest since 1930 when the value was $662,040,900. Low yields in 1937" and sharply reduced prices in 1938 have resulted fn successive reduc. OGDEN'S FINE CUT tt = two years, These estimates are subject to re- vision and dé not represent cash in- come received from sales, bat are gross values of farm production. Se- veral of the crops, such as nilxed . grains, turnips, and fodder. corn, are almost wholly utilized on the, -farms on which they were grown. ~ "While the 1938 wheat production is nearly double that of 1937, the average farm price i§ only 57 cents - 'Thus the value of the crop is only about twelve million dollars great. - er. Increases in' the production ot oats, barley and rye In 1938 failed to offset declines in prices and the combined value of these crops is $35,604,000 less than in 1937, as compared with $1.02 "in 1937. | SuScratching ms poe In A ing thlete's { ook, Babes chad Ge ihe sw sosllag. sa . D, PRESCRIPTION, Its so Sibi Clear, greascless sod stelne = es fast, he moet {ntense Itching Ine tly. 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