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more swine being raised i canada is found to have fewer horses sheep i and cattle ottawa recently small re ductions were reported in the number of horses cattle and sheep on can adian farms by the dominion bur eau of statistics as of june 1 last compared with the same date a year ago the number of hogs however increased by 23 per cent this increase in the number of hogs was sufficient to more than offset the reduction in other classes and the total number of animals on the papers say editorial comment from here there and everywhere canada wise ruling school means football and foot ball unfortunately always seems to bring with it a tragic little list of in- canadian farms rose from 18700- juries it is a hard bruising game 000 to 19207000 i an every yea- we read about a dozen the number of horses at june 1st or more boys eoin t0 the hospital was 2918900 as compared with 2- i tor participation in it 931300 cattle 8819100 as against luckily ther era ecortain things 8820000 hogs 4159700 compared i wnicn can be done t0 reduce risks with 3379700 and sheep 3370000 as against 3508000 in comparing the 1935 and the 1936 totals for the dominion allow ance must be made for the fact that the estimates for the prairie prov inces for 1930 are based upon the census returns while the 1935 fig ures were estimated from the card survey the census return for the three prairie provinces showed a compari son with the last census five years ago in all three provinces the num ber of cattle increased in the five years while the number f horses hogs and poultry decreased the number of sheep increased in sas- atchewan but decreased in manitoba and alberta some excuses a jaywalker makes a jaywalker recently defended his preference for crossing the street in the middle of the block he ar gued that it was safer comments the chicago daily news it may be dotbted it his contention would find any support from statistics never theless because of inconsiderate and unmannerly practices on the part of some car drivers use of the inter section crossing is often agitating to the nervous pedestrian the lightbeating driver for ex ample charges down upon the cross- in rs if lie meant to continue his hechng career in spite of all warn- in or obstructions he arouses in evitable alarm lest his brakes fail to check him in time to save those who venture athwart his path the roadhog driver pushes the nose of his car so far over the narrow crosswalk that persons ifoot must ei ther crawl under the car or detour into the lane of transverse traffic these are rude and ruthless types of drivers who suffer from automobile arrogance and regard pedestrians as being entitled to no more than suf ferance there is another type more subtle in method and almost sadistic in its gleeful annoyance of the walking pub lic the driver halts on the edge of a crossing when some limping man some aged woman or som mo ther clutching with either hand a toddling child essays to pass he starts the engine and creeps forward a foot or two as if to say hurry hurry ill run you down the lame man limps faster the aged woman hobbles breathlessly the mother scur ries for the curb dragging her squal ling progeny the driver grins and waits for the change in light some day one of these smartalcck teasers may encounter a toughmind ed pedestrian who will yank him out of his car and give him a needed lesson in manners and a good many of them can be dono en the high school fields school officials of one large city for instance recently agreed that in their high school games hereafter referees will compel all players to wear their head- guards to snatch off ones headguard and hurl it toward the sidelines is a fine romantic gesture- but it can be a costly one especially for the player who isnt as well schooled in the busi ness of avoiding injury as are older players if high schools everywhere would adopt this one simple rule it is prob able that at least a few names could be kept off the casualty lists guelph mercury means much to canada utilization of canadian iron ore in the canadian iron and steel industry was one of tha interesting topics at the meeting addressed by hon earl rowe ontario conservative leader and mr rowe promised to interest himself in endeavoring to secure an increase in the bounty in order to de velop iron mining in canada this is a subject in which algoma is very much interested for in this district there are billions of tons of iron ore waiting to bo mined the helen mine with its 100000000 tons of ore proved up is only one of many deposits in this district and in other parts of northern ontario should this industry be set in mo tion it would mean work for thou sands of canadians a new market for the produce of the farmer and the output of our manufacturing plants new business for canadian railways it would mean the reten tion in this country of large sums of money now sent elsewhere the mining of iron presents a big opportunity for industrial develop ment and any movement from any source to assist in setting it on jts feet will be sure of support fn this part of the country syult daily star wireless on lake boats possibly this tragedy the loss of the sand merchant will open up again the question ot wireless equipment on lake boats as a safety safeguard it it is too costly as will be readily ad mitted for many lake boats to have a wireless operator surely in these days of radio advances some sort of sub stitute for emergency purposes could be provided kingston whigstand ard cites the record of 6s9 conventions in nine of canadas principal cities during the last year where the reve nue wrs estimated at 21000000 sarnia canadianobserver monoxide poisoning if the invention which two local men are oreparing to put on the m ket is as successful as they hope a minor revolution in automotive sci ence jvlll be accomplished the in vention is a device to eliminate the deadly carbon monoxide from car t-x- haust fumes by so changing the che mical content of the exhaust that its chief constituents is harmless carbon dioxide every winter when closed garages are extensively used there are a num ber of deaths from the insidious car bon monoxide gas it attacks its vic tims with its invisible almost odor less fumes and suffocates them to render such a sly form of danger in nocuous would be a boon to the mo toring world a big revenue producer the entertainment of delegates to conventions in the larger cities ot canada has become one of the biggest revenue producers in the country ac cording to c k howard manager of the tourist and convention bureau of the canadian national railways he fuel is needed mothers who are puzzled to know how to make up lunches for their children to take to school will be interested in some instructions along this line issued by the health lea gue of canada they are reminded that the materials that make child ren grow and keep up their resist ance against disease come chiefly from fresh milk- butter eggs meat and fish vegetables and fresh fruit cereals that are lightly milled also help bread- potatoes and sugar are not as useful for growth- but they are great sources of energy they are fuel for the body the contents of a childs lunch- box- we arc told should depend upon what has been eaten for breakfast and what will be eaten for supper if the breakfast is hurried and small with no fruit and perhaps highly mil led cereals and tea or coffee instead of cocoa and milk the other meals must provide the fuel growth and protective foods milk and fresh fruits should be the chief ingredi ents the secret of all dieting is in vari ety and this particularly essential in the feeding of children back wardness at school is often due to malnutrition lack of the rjght kind of fuel to keep the child mind bright and intelligent stratford beaconherald new names appear once upon a time great golfers bore distinctively scottish names and outstanding boxers were of irish extraction now that is changed strange foeign names appear when golf champions meet and in the squared circle are fellows named ce- ferino garcia izzy jannazzo and fil- lo echeverrie toronto globe eat correctly for health and beauty modem science shows that many of our combina tions are erroneous elmer g carteon who set a new corn husking record at attica ind last year by husking 4152 bushels in 80 minutes shows the strength of his hands by holding three fully grown ears of corn in each hes in new york city to see the sights instances too- it has been invest ments outside the newspaper busi ness which have helped to keep newspapers going there is today among newspaper men- however as there is among other business men- a feeling of op timism canada is once again on the upgrade and during the next twelve months there undoubtedly will be a decided improvement in business this will be reflected in many direct ions and the hope will be that it will result in a decided increase in em ployment kingston whig stand ard a course in marriage should a modern university give a course on marriage this ques tion was raised in syracuse some time ago and when 613 students signed a petition asking for it the university decided to provide the course and last year it met with reasonable success five different departments of the university were concerned in it psychology biology sociology- home economics and re ligion and they all contributed their quotas but the question is- can this sub- ject be taught in such a way as to be of real benefit the professor may be a successful married man him self but can he tell others just what has made his marriage a success in some cases the true answer would be that the wife was the chief author of such success as had been attained she had learned how to make the best of what was- perhaps- most unpromising material and the husband may never have discovered the fact new outlook ken edwards going back to the grunt and groaners we see little jack forbes still in the x as third man and doing a good job at hat in his hey day forbes was lightweight champ country in the world in 1933 jim londos the golden greek wrestled in athens before a paid crowd of 65000 people and 100000 on the surrounding hills jeem as he is called holds tho at tendance record for canada it is said that thi3 greek idol who is an ardent lover of good books is worth from 1500000 to 2000000 here are just a few of the holds a wrestler should know doubleleg nelson front arm counter flying mare inside grapevine nammerlok and leg hold arm scissors stand ing head lock hips lock half nelson and hammerlock hcadlock the crab hold the back drop wrist lock etc etc they say there are over 1000 holds so long allowed to say and do things which would have incurred displeasure in others one day at balmoral castle a princess ot tho british royal fam ily was hailed by john with oh you aro just the verra woman i wan ted tae see deeply offended the princess went to the queen and said brown has just called rra a woman and pray tartly re plied the queen what are you newpapers kept going it is no secret among newspaper men that the depression has hit the newspapers hard services were maintained at the same standard while revenues were falling and too- often reserves built up during pros perous years had to bo seriously de pleted to meet expenditures prob ably in no other business wore wages interfered with as little in many two in a bed the empire what use is gold the bank of england has bought 40000000 of gold this year and there it lies- filling a hole in the vaults gold has some use in filling holes in teeth otherwise it is useful for us in the empire to dig it out of the earth and sell it to foreigners who are foolish enough to pay for it but it is useless for us to dig it out of one hole sell it to ourselves- and then bury it in another hole to re fuse to sell it is a piece of stupidity gold brought us near disaster in 1931 it will hurt us again if the gold policy is persisted in lon don daily express suburban heights fastest train american railroads arc now run ning the fastest trains irt the world for distances of 800 miles or more n statement issued by the associa tion of american railroads shows observes the detroit free press at the beginning of the year they were operating more than 400 trains covering more than 19000 miles on schedule runs timed at 00 miles an hour or bettcl isix years ago only 30 trains cov ering a total distance of 1100 miles maintained that speed while this speeding up of trains has been going on there has been a steady reduction in the number of accidents involving the loss of lives among passengers tho fastest time ever made by a railroad train appears to have been 120 miles an hour- or two miles a niinute- which a union pacific train maintained in october 1934- for a distance of two miles other trains in this country canada and great britain have reached great speeds for short distances when it comes to long pulls it ap pears that no other people can watch the telegraph poles go by so fast as americans can streamlined cars and locomotives electric engnes and dicscl motors have crabled railroad to cut their runnin tme both in the united strtv ii nbrca- by gluyas williams io1 fred terle t0ult nevjer understand why if alway5 took his wife s uh6 lb do the marketing untll he did jf fbr her one dav and saw how the 1ap1es parked in front of the market washington reported how about 530 one hot afternoon the presi dents great plains drought area committee pulled into a small west ern town and headed for the only hotel where they had reserved rooms they told the clerk who they were he looked frosty rooms are scarce said the clerk youll have to sleep two in a bed two in a bed two in a bed you mean two in a bed but look here we made reservations two in a bed thats absurd all right two in a bed or else oh come on lets get out of here they were out preparing to drive 50 miles to the next hotel as they were reloading the baggage wno should come along but the local con gressman hold everything he said after learning what was up inside he rushed and a moment later out fie came come on in theres plenty of room for everybody huh then what was the matter before the congressman fidgeted and hemmed and hawed well he whispered grudgingly its that hotel clerk he just dont like demo crats business week brief comment there isnt room enough in one head for a big tongue and a large brain st louis startimes the canny working girl knows it is one thing to be wed and quite an other to be fed winstonsalorr jour nal theres this to be thankful for the buse havent got around to the trail er idea yet stratford beaconherald rexle tugwell i3 just now engaged in the arduous exercise ot keeping out chance to regiment u detroit free press progress continues in aviation when you shoot for london now you make wales instead of ireland san francisco chronicle life they say begins at forty but it may also end there if youre going at that rate around a sharp curve kitchener scord if this is not indian summer will debunkers of the tradition tell us what it is and why it shouldnt be called indian summer toronto globe the oldest inhabitant now is the fellow who remembers when the towns filling stations had but one pump apiece kalamazoo sazette the building revival is much bigger than we had dreamed a local hotel tablecloth yesterday carried a pencil ed plan of a slxteenroom house detroit news in some parts of china an informa tion note tells us knives are still us ed in place of money this must make dealing with a billcollector a real pleasure boston herald when lady astor advised the stu dents ot the university ot virginia to prefer work to public office she show ed a keen appreciation of the nice dis tinctions of americri life boston herald canadian and british social service conditions compared toroxto english social workers said miss mary many of our pet superstitions about foods cooking methods and digestibility are being shattered by scientific investigations and research there are of course some persona with whom certain foods do not agree when this is discovered one should by all means avoid those foods but sometimes the idiosyn crasy is not real but fancied persons who are in normal health and do not overindulge may enjoy almost any palatable combination with no misgivings all authorities now agree that fish and milk are in perfejt harmony like all simple wholesome foods i quote from an article on this sub ject by a famous physician and die titian taste it poor guido the taste of food is no guide to its final reaction in the body for it is only after the system has made use of its fuel that the nature of the ash can be determined some foods after being digested and util ized by the body have an acid re action in the blood and others ar alkaline but you cant tell by tho taste thus although lemons ar sour because of the organic acids they contain their effect is alkaline apples muskmelons oranges and potatoes have been found experi mentally to be very efficient in re ducing body acidity the practice of eating acid foods in the same meal with milk or of sing milk or cream on fruits has been condemned however the acid is actually a help rather than a hindrance to milk in digestion it is a common practice to beat orango or lemon juice or tomato juice into milk or to sour n t k artificially for persons with weak digestion pancakes waffles muffins and hot breads of all varieties are not in themselves unwholesome focd but they have a bad reputation with many people in the first place they usually are eaten without proper mastication on account of their oft- ness then they often are served with much butter and syrup and the tendency is to eat largely to e ex elusion of more essentia roods finally they are so inviting tnjt they cause most of us to overeat eeteu in no larger amounts than piuir cold bread with no greater amounts of fat and hveft and chewed thoroughly tluy si ould be as easy to digest as cold iread veal fed to invalid veal is ii tioit iiidigcrhe than fish chicken or beer in france it is given to invalids as we give chick en in this country yet for years it laf had the i rtprtation of being a very difficult neat to digest of course tht art of cooking filters into rhs question ot rmgesti- irity npore- cooking methods fan ruin the dgestibility as well as tli- palatabness of fooin under cooked starches and oveliited fats certainly arj not easy fo- in- di- gestlce apparatus to take care of a d in many cases it ha3 been the cooking of the food rather than the food iisif that has eiised trou- lie bid to save industry london daily sketch writes the tragic widow quen elizabeth of belgium has seldom bci seen in public since tho death of king ai- tcnnis- j bert on at a local welfare meeting here i slie l concealed herself and uch more concerned her sorrow in the royal palace at laekcn there she as occupied her- of the a woman or a lady the laws of libel operate with ab surd strictness in regard to english newspapers and sometimes heavy damages are imposed against a paper for things which would bo settled here by tho publication ot a correc tive paragraph a few days ago a provincial paper published a report of an attempted burglary and stated that thclntrudor was caught red- handed by the woman next door subsequently tho woman next oor issued a writ for libel and it trans pired that the basis of her action was that sh had been called a wo man which she regarded as a dero gatory description whether she bo- lloves that voman was capable of being construed into some reoectlon upon her moral character or that sho ought to have been referred to as tho lady nextdoor will not lie known until tho case comes into court tho lino of demarcation between a woman and a lady is a very lino one and has no relation to so cial standing so far as conduct and manners arc concerned in this con nection sin interesting story is told about queen victoria she had a personal attendant john brown a scotsman for whom she entertained a high regard notwithstanding his blunt ways of speaking brwn was recently are with bettering the conditions people than with destroying cause of such conditions miss jennison relating her im pressions of the international con ference on social work in london said the english social workeis are much less selfconscious about tne spiritual side of social work than canadian workers tho meeting presided over by canon f j sawers passed a nto ticn urging the board of health in its estimate for health services fix a sum for healthcure of the adoles cent in addition to the preschool and the schoolage child hunters love song u harold villard gleason in the new york sun come my canoe stands ready stirs in the restless ripples loaded to thread the shadows of streams unstirred by the paddl eager she frets there yearning ever for silent waters brooding below the pinetrees bright with the blue of heaven dark where the forests mirror arching the trackless water come for the loons are laughing shrill through the moonwhite silence listen among the rushes yonder a moose treads plashing come to the broad blades bending let us glide forth together speeding our birch boat onwrid out through the fragrant darkness softly our peddles dipping driving our frail 1ark outward into the dusk together self in the education of king polds motherless children recently however she has so far broen her reserve as to bark a committee formed to foster revival of a revival of the 1j industry no englishman who hri ivvor in belgium has failed to see in bruges those picturesque olil lace makers sitting in front of their old- fashioned houses swiftly moving their fingers on the magic cushion queen elizabeth feared that tne lace industry might die hence her gesture ten years ago there voi still 11858 women lace makers in belgium now they number 500 till the queens intervention their art was slowly being killed by the mechanical lacemaking although the machines will never be able to replace tho fairylike hands of tho dentclliercs signs however are now noticed of a revival- of t hoel dindustry advertising gains shown new york newspaper adver tising in september showed moro than a normal gain printers ink tho journal for advertisers reported re cently the trade journals index showed a gain of 21 per cent over august that was described as exceptional in vlow of tho fact that the index is corrected to seasonal variations the increase over september 1935 of 151 per cent was the largest index gains thus far this year for tho first time in nine months newspaper advertising registered an increase of 94 per cent over the same period in 1935 the report stated