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col3 fisherfolk flock to yarmouth returning up the fiver from the open sea the drifteii jockey for moor- jill of the fields a roma ce by kennaway james definite improvement in trade of canada first aid for watches bank of montreal annual meeting rty f or herring season gay c-ec- make by peter lyne eng somber harbor assume i vai of a scottish herring in the yarmouth wharves here have suddenly a carnival tir with the an riving host of gaylyciad fisherfolk for the autumn season writes peter iyne christian science monitor across the wide dockside red and orange jerseys trace a colorful pat tern north sea winds play pranks with fanciful blue green and purple headscarves shiny black overalls gleam in the sun and rubber topboots beat a dull tattoo on the cobblestones s highland lassies prepare kippers and pickled herrings for dinner tables in four continents more than 2000 of these pictur esque girls and 551 trawlers and crew kft their rugged coasts and congre gated at yarmouth his year to handle probably the biggest herring catch in the world numbering nearly 90003- 0l fish in two months in a specially good season dances on the wharf appearances of men along the wharves seem to have changed little since the day when david copperfield paid his first visit to yarmouth and pictured peggottys nephew ham you couldnt so properly have said that he wore a hat as that he was covered in a top like an old cuilding with something pitchy at the pickling lots agile lingers f tile girls flash to the accompani ment of merry laughter the laugh ter is intelligible to an englishman out not the jests in broad scottish jrogue eightsome reels danced among the barrels of fish and songs scented with heather and spiced with highland lore enliven lunchhour re spites there is talk of the fish run there is talk of salty things that only sail- ormen understand but there is strangely enough also talk of poli tics and diplomacy discourse on in ternational trade relations has been rivaling songs and dances as spare time diversions the fisherfolk have found anglosoviet relations a vital issue to their livelihood nearly so per cent of the catch is exported and there has been a mark ed drop in sales with the tendency in recent years of countries to raise tar iff barriers and build their own drift ers deputations and appeals to the government and threats of strikes by the curers have reflected the serious ness of the situation whic has been aggravated this season by a glut of herrings there has been discussion as to how the government can help by giving credit to russian buyers who have been the largest importers of fish in the past in the first 10 months of 1932 when the commercial agreement was force the soviet union imported more than 100000 cwt of cured her rings from britain in the corres ponding period of this year in which the agreement was ended and has not yet been renewed the soviet un- iin has imported only 5283 cwts valued at 3g07 compared with 179- 721 in the previous period the in dustry was deeply disappointed that a new agreement was not reached in time to insure disposal of a big au tumn catch failure to find new markets means crly closure of the season with a re sult that many boats and girls have to return to scotland with little or no profit and sometimes without even earning their expenses this is doubly hard for them as they regard the yar mouth season as a means of setting aside enough money for the winter when fishing around their native coasts is on a small scale in critical state with then industry in such a criti cal state these folks might be excused for revealing signs of discontent yet they display a remarkably brave and cheerful philosophy it seems that in their constant contact with the greatness of nature with the salty tang of the wild north winds with the apparent dangers of the oceans they have learned the art of living with least possible concern for the problems of civilisation thus it was that a prominent har bor official could say there never was a more happy and lawabiding lot than the scottish fisherfolk fisher folk for whom the present season is one of tremendous activity ing positions stretching away from the harbor is the flat landscape o which david copperfield said that a mound or two might have im proved it and also that if the land had been a little more scpaiated from the sea aim the town and tide had rot been quite so mixed up like toast and water it would have been nicer eager eyes strain for the first glimpse of the boats as they round the bend of the river some are low ir the water indicating a heavy catch others ride high and will have to wait for the next outing for a better fish ing soon several hundred drifters have nade the wlmrfside a maze of masts the catches are swung ashore from the bows to come under the salesmens bell and hammer while coal is taken on amidships ready for a speedy re turn to the open sea crans of fish are whisked away to the curing and pickling yards nearby bigger steamers are busy taking on board barrels of herring for continental ports syvoisis motheruks jill ajorrow becomes on the death vt tier father owner or a eon- ldvrablt- farm ishe ilteides to take her fathers place tilie counts on lark ian- soii head man to assist her mark re sents some remarks made by a stranger who visits the farm he is phillip liat- bour who professes to be invvstigathtk the history of old eouity families till permits him to make notes which tie says he needs for the collek- pi qn returning to london f hel meets lo tv facts about fish there are about 10000 fish known from those that reach a maximum length of onehalf inch to those which have a minimum adult length of fifty feet the surfaceswimming fish of bra zil and the guianas have eyes which aie divided in the center horizontally the upper half is used when swim ming on the surface the lower half used when swimming below the sur face although fish are commonly thought to be silent many make vocal sounds the gurnards grunt like pigs the naigre bellows purrs and whistles the american sunfish emits sounds similar to the grinding of teeth and the south american catfish growls lruch like a dog the salmon the most productive of all fish has been known to lay over twenty million eggs at one time many fish are able to walk about on land and many can even climb trees the mudskipper and gurnard are able to flop about on land and are often found forty and fifty feet from the shore the climbing perch an inhabitant of ceylon burma india tnd the malay archipelago can climb trees of a goodly height by means of its extra powerful fins the eel is the most famous of the electric shock artists among the fish colony however there are about fifty different species of fish capable of giving electric shocks a few are the electric catfish of the nile the torpedo or electric ray of our own shores and the stargazer of the in dian ocean and many others belong ing to che catfish tribe i in th famous mammoth cave 0 ni to be s already foreigners who were expecting him chapter iii contd mr dodgsbodys real name was himmons he was a seedylooking per son very morose and did some mys terious business in antiques he had also acquired many years ago a good knowledge of heraldry it was because of this that barbour had asked the ethers to- bring him along ive got i little job for you dogs body said barbour taking from his pocket his notes of jills coatofarms hav a look at that he said mr himmons took the piece of pa per from him gingerly unusual he commented as he read it pity the colors worn off must be very old if thats all you can say about it dogsbody you can go home said barbour with a laugh i want you to go into it properly and let me know what it means gules and bar sims- ters and all that kind of thing very well said himmons ill get it done in a day or so youll get it done in an hour or so said barbour at least i should like it by tomorrow morning very veil replied himmons meek ly in that case id better be going so saying he drank up his wine and made a kind of undertakers exit when he had gone mertens a dark elderly frenchman gave a laugh whats it all about he asked in perfect english berthold who also spoke english asked the same question barboui briefly explained so yot have seen miss merridew said mertens in a surprised tone thats excellent what is she like bleu exclaimed barbour if i told you hat shes like you wouldnt believe me or if you did youd both want to go and see her this minute shes a marvellous creature the other two exchanged glances ard laughed be careful phillip said berthold dont forget its the formula you are after not the girl im not forgetting replied bar bour but she really is a lovely- thing cat lies on the farm herself too tell us all that happened phillip said mertens then he turned to ber thold and added perhaps it would be a good thing if our friend did fall in love with her he should not have much difficulty about the formula if she accepted him but tell us phillip have you got as far as seeing old mer- lidews ptpers not yet returned barbour but 1 have been in his study and i think 1 shall be there again shes not a girl to be hurried in fact shes half in- but kentucky the fish are all blind as the age of a tree can be told by its rings so can the age of a salmon be told by the concentric ridges on its scales also to an expert these ridges which are of light and dark shades tell its complete life history wooden soldiers declared harmful what a girl there was a ring of sarcasm in mertons voice as he replied im afraid we cant go back and talk to the minister about miss merri- dews beauty i know said barbour but your country wants the formula it must await its time it has waited a year so it can wait a little longer 1 suppose you are right said mer tens the formula to which they referred was one which promised a revolution in agriculture jasper merridew from his middle age had made a close study of agricultural science both in lon don and at stone town always think ing that somewhere could be found a combination of ingredients capable of producing a fertilizer which as mr jorrocks would have said could make two blades of grass grow where one grew before for many years he and a friend in london who was an expert chemist since dead had been on the verge of discovering the last links in their churn but it was not until shortly be fore his own death that old merridew stumbled on that for which he and his friend had so long been seeking he could hardly believe his good fortune he felt like some watcher of the skies when a new planet swims into his ken he did not mention it to jill for he had a confirmed belief in the inability of women even his own daughter to keep a secret his discovery con jured up alluring visions to his mind for he knew it was of incalculable worth he foresaw the day when he could buy back the land his forefath ers lost and restore a merridew once more as lord of the manor of morley his first thoughts were directed to wards selling the results of his dis covery in the best way he had a dis like for the international trust and combines which seemed to have the control of most fertilizers he had paid their prices long enough he decided that the importance of his formula made it more a matter for the government than for a combine therefore he discussed it with the board of agriculture who with true british officialdom kept him waiting for months and then refused to buy moreover the existence of the formula was not kept secret merridew was so hurt by this that he did little about his formula for some weeks and then to his astonish ment he received a call from a repre sentative of the french government who said his country was willing to buy the formula jasper merridew was very terse and gave a message tj the french government which its en voy dared not transmit the envoys ntme was mertens old jasper made another approach to the british government with the same result as before then he decid ed to offer his discovery to one of the great combires but on the eve of his approaching them a sudden cerebral hemorrhage ended his life neither his executors nor jill were aware of the great secret he had left behind but probably in that house of stone tcwr there lay papers worth striking indications of the improve- j rnent that has occurred in world wide trade as well as of the steady gain in i mauy industries o canada were among the outstanding features of the j addresses submitted at the annual meeting of the bank of montreal sir charles gordon the president id the address to shareholders stated that practically the world over trade was better than a year ago and that lu canada for the better part ol the year definite improvement in business had been going on canadas external commerce had also grown in volume sir charles also had a cheerful word regarding improved conditions in great britain the countrys faith in simple well proved methods had once more been justified with the result that bri taius credit stood as high as ever and london had regained her position as the financial eentreof the world royal commission on banking lu regard to the question or esiau fishing a central bank in canada sii charles pointed out that two members of the royal commission were cana dians thoroughly versed in the bank ing and ecouomic conditions of this country these two members are noi in accord with the rest of me com mission in their findings he drew at leutipa to the cost of operating such au laititutlou and the probability that the bank would always be under the coutrol of a political party aud there fore subject to political influence the history of the federal reserve and reconstruction finance corporation in the united states shows bow little the elimination of political influence can be relied upon he said bank in strong position mr jackson dodds joint general manager reviewing the auuual state ment of the bank pointed ou that of the total assets of i7us5uo000 the liquid assets aggregated 49250000 or 7115 of the liabilities to the pub lic ot special interest was the an nouncement that the bank now has over one million deposit accounts in canada in summing up mr dodds said natural correctives are working to- ward world recovery but many arti licial harriers still impede progress economic and financial disruption have been brought about to no small extent by the operations of central banks under political influence by ex cessive tariffs and quotas by exagger ated nationalism bordering on ancient tribalism the stoppage of free migra lion of peoples distrust and selfish- uess by impatience a loss of individ ualism on the part of citizens ana their surrender of independence in many former democratic countries in contrast canada is fortunately circumstanced in that it is a young country with an abundance ol natures gifts with a hardy people selfreliaut and free of traditional hatreds and with an inspiring past aud a boundless future good for what issue no 5133 toy tin guns also assailed by council of women toronto wooden soldiers and tin gtns are harmful nd dangerous to th peace of the world and should be abolished the ontario council of women decided in passing a resolu tion undertaking warfare against war toys and games this is one of the most ridiculous resolutions which make us women a laughing stock among men one dele gate objected we neednt be afraid of that men are already a laughing stock among us for many of the things they do another retorted yon can take military toys away fiom children commented mrs j cullen niagara falls but a boy will make a paper hat out of a newspaper put a stick at his side for a sword and play soldier just the same the resolution urged the council to undertake a campaign of education against the sale and display of sol diers and other toys of a military na ture and particularly at the christ mas season urge everyone to refrain from buying such toys for any chil dren and also ask parents and teach ers to discourage all games and mimic warfare applcsauce will appeal to the kid dies if used as a spread on raisin bread a whole wealth of health in that combination more than the farm and all that was upon it this of course was known to mon sieur mertens and his government who promtply gave him carte blanche to secure the formula it gave no instructions it impose no res trictions it just left it all to mon sieur mertens who in turn left most ot it to phillip barbour barbour was not unversed in agri cultural natters for not only did he come of farming stock bu- he had held a post under some agricultural organization until he lost it through overacquaintance with bacchus whom he had treated with much less devo tion ever since it was barbour who had originally informed the french government of the formulas existence the reason for denstis being cho sen for their meeting place was that it was unobtrusive for mertens felt himself fairly closely watched by the special branch of scotland yard which keeps a keen eye on the politi cal eccentricities of other nations and what is the next step asued this gentleman presently of philiip barbour well the next step is to get that coatofarms explained by friend dogs body said barbour that should be ready in the morning then i go back to the country and see miss merridew again lets hope she still loves you quipped berthold but he received quelling glance from phillip who de spite himself had come to feel slightly sensitive where jill was concerned and then i shall do my best hav- iig made this headway to persuade her to let me work in the house with the old documents which she says she hiis i suppose i shall have to spoof her a bit but i expect i can manage that fairly easily and you see she will be out on the farm most of the time i can have a good look round isnt there anyone else in the he use asked mertens yes several people but it is a very big house and old merridews rtom is well away from the main part splendid exclaimed mertens when he had listened to a little more im almost beginning to think 1 should congratulate you jill turned on george with assumed anger by thy long grey beard and glit tering eye she said ill stop your cider if you dont keep your nonsense to youtsilf george mumbled something into his whiskers and then recommenced to stamp his feet to be continued the happy valley california the land where they do everything but swim in bathing suits this is the finals in something or other at venice meanwhile jill had thought many things she had enjoyed her walk round the farm with phillip barbour and the intelligent interest which the man showed had amazed her she little knew that phillip was laboring to keep back his undoubted knowledge of farming lest she should become too curious about him she found him to be a companion able kind of man with a vivacity which she attributed to his french descent his knack of throwing little poetic quotations into his conversation pleas ed her for it was a knack of her own and they laughed together at the dis covery to find him practicalminded on farming subjects yet with something of the poet about him made a definite appeal to jill and she thought of him many times during the day when he had gone she returned to the cidermaking and was quite aware of the curious glances of her men moreover old george bowkers joke about wedding had remained in their simple minds on of them named larry luby a shawbacon with just enough intelli gence not to be a lunatic nearly got himself into trouble by addressing jill on the matter old george he been saying some funny things about you and that young man miss he said george himself heard it and stop ped stamping his feet to glare fiercely at the hapless halfwit who wilted isbly an appe festival has been held in canada in celebration of a very im portant anniversary preciselv three hundred years ago according to the ancient chronicles pierre martin a french settler in nova scotia in spired perhaps by homesickness planted a number of appletrees and found both soace and satisfaction in watching them mature and fruitify others followed his example and in course of time the valley where he and his friends had settled the famous aunapois became one of the finest fruitproducing districts in the world so rich has been the anna polis yield over the intervening cen turies and so bountifully has it be stowed its pecuniary blessings on the peope of the province that the ap ple festival was devised for the first time this year to mark their mind fulness of these mercies and their recognition of their responsibilities as growers the annapolis valley may well claim to be the very cradle of can ada itself nova scotia is the old est part of the dominion from the point of view of european settle ment john cabot having planted the flag of britain there in 1437 it was not until 1g04 that a permanent post was established by the french hut even then their little town port royal was the first european sette- ment north of mexico four vears later a church was built there and from it the torch of christianity was passed from hand o hand through out canada annapolis valley itsef lies to the west of nova scotia or aeadie as it was called by the french it is roughly one hundred miles long and its beauties notably in appleblossom time inspired longfellow to write his great poem evangeline the village of grand pre which he immortalizes there lies near he flourishing town of windsor the poem tells of the frngedy of the expulsion of tiio acadlans they certainly losl a rich heritage and british settlers won a great country today the province yields over 2000000 barrels of ap- i les every year pierre martins bout of homesick ness was a blessing for the empire its significance will moreover be come greater with the years for bri tain is eating more and more fruit in its search for greater and greater health and the silkeheeftied apple with the sweet crisp flesh is one of the most potent factors in the rental art of keeping fit long may the ap ples blossom in the land of evange line the empire review new device to rem ate oi j fyjr leave it here for ten days is the familiar request of the jeweler to whom you give your watch to be regu lated he needs all those days because he must compare the i ravel of the watchs hands with those of a stan dard chronometer the reason ot course is that eveu the minute band moves very slowly but why compare the seconds hand with that of a chonomcter or with some secondbeating device h m stoller e is morton and c h fetter of the bell telephone laboratories reasoned thus and at last produced what they call a stroboscoplc watch timer which makes it possible to regu late the finest watch in ten minutes with accuracy by stroboscoplc is meant a phe nomenon with which every one of us is familiar place two electric raus the one behind the other and the blades will seem to turn very slowly in fact stroboscope is the name of a toy which is much older than electric tans it produces the illusion of motion when a series of pictures is viewed through the openings of a revolving wheel any revolving object can he made to stand still optically if viewed through such a wheel in its more scientific form the stroboscope is an instrument for observing the succes sive phases of periodic motion by means of light periodically inter rupted the interval of flashing the new electric watchtimer is a form of stroboscope au image of the balance wheel reflected by a mirror is compared with the periodic hashes of a lamp the lamp illuminates the spokes of the wheel only during flashes since the interval of flashing is the same as the swings of the hal- ance wheel the wheel seems to stand still that can happen only if the watch is keeping step with the hashes if the watch is fast or slow the wheel appears to oscillate the amount ot error is found by adjusting the hashes until the wheel stands still looking at a dial electrically connected with the lamp the jeweler reads off at once just how far wrong the watch is everything depends on the correct timing of the hashes in the bell tele phone laboratories is a little dynamo called a constant frequency genera tor it generates 100cycle alternating current which means that every sec ond the current makes 100 complete swings back and forth iu the circuit between the lamp and the generator what we have then is a kind of elec tric pendulum the- current which makes 100 full beats every second the laboratories see to it that the cur rent is out not more than one in 10- 000000 swings the electric timer is about as big as a staudard typewriter by its means watches are tested in four positions inland airways bisect britain it is expected 20 lines will be working in the year 1934 london some of the results of working unsubsidized air lines in great britain this summer are now coming to hand the present year will be remembered in the history of british civil flying as the first year in which realy determined efforts were made to operate such services at one time no fewer than 11 routes were flown over regularly next year if all plans materialize no few er than 20 lines will be working no forced landings edward hillman to whom as much a to any man must be credited the revival of inland airways transport ed 1190 passengers during the 21 weeks season which closed at the end of september his aeroplanes all of them twinengined de havillano dragon biplanes flew over three main routes lbntonpsris loridon- clacton and londonmargate the clachton service which was the first tc be organized by the hillman con cern attracted 1543 passengers the paris service 1750 and the margate service 1191 j six planes were employed not a single service was cancelled and there was no forced landing a fact that is ceasing to cause surprise nowadays but yet is worthy of record as addi tional evidence of the dependability of british aeroplanes and aero en gines removes stomach to stop stomach ache newark nj vilhaijmur stefnns- son noted arctic explorer predicts that before 1915 one of the busiest routes to europe will be across the arctic wastes addressing univer sity of delaware students he said the safest places for aeroplanes are the tropics and the arctic and that the arctic has the advantage of being- the shortest air route across the at lantic because he air is heaviest in tie arctic it will also be possible to carry aloft bigger pay loads with less fud he said arctic and tropics best for airplane chicago joseph krall 33 no longer has that stomach ache because he has no stomach his stomach was but onefifth oi the normal size so dr karl meyer assisted by dr peter rossi took it out nov 2 krall has his esophagus connected to his intestinal tract which in medical books is called esv phegojcj unostomy krull has to do some extra cliewit g to make up for the loss of his sto n- ach and must eat six times a dy instead of three there is no more independence in politics than there is in jsil will rogers fe