ANOTHER DEATH A fortnight had elapsed since the recovery of Mortimer‘s body, and the inquest havinz reaffirmed the police theory of how he had met his deach, the wave of excitement had cobed. Malcolimn had start:d in carnest his apprenticeship to farming, but on this morning who seem:d to find increasing business to ‘ransact at Campsie, called him from his work on a broken plow. to accompany him They went direct to ths Campsie vyrcs, where indezd, the only was to be transacted, for there they found Cynthia, radiars in gum boots and waterproof, busy wgighing imilk. Malcolm ls Corneille to hslp her, and went to ze the calves. Tom was feedâ€" ing them, ‘and before long Channing came stridingâ€" through ~the orchard, and watsrproo{f, Malcolm l8fé€ Co1 went to ze ‘the ing them, ‘and came striding t and joined him. "Hallo, Malcolm," he said in high spirits, "now you‘ll see what chis counâ€" try can do. Man, I toll you that if we could have rains like this 2very month, there‘d be nothing to beat this couriry. You wouldn‘t get land for £10 a morgâ€" enâ€"you‘d pay £50 and have :o take anythinz you could get." "I‘ll buy next month or che one afâ€" ter," said Malcolm. "£5 during a droughs will suit me just as well." ~"Just a minute," Channing interâ€" rupted and turned co give an order to the boy feeding the calves; ‘"Tom tell Janavary to herd thoss Rasul.oland cattle on the ‘bult‘ today; and no nonâ€" sense this time. I don‘t to ze them in the plantation, even if it does rain; there‘s no grass there, and the Missis wants it for the milk cows.‘ doing another of your dea‘s in Basutoland cattle?" "Yes, but man. they‘re a rough lot this time," answered Channing depreâ€" catingly. There was a lull in the conversation, and Malcom turned to listen, fascinatâ€" ed, to onz of the farm boys, conducting, with astounding case, a conversation with another uy in the squatter village across the valley, fully a mile away. "It‘s amazing how threir voices carry," he began; but channing cut him shon‘. "What‘s that, Johannes?" he was shouting to the boy. ‘"Dead when? How did it happen? ? Tell him co tell you quickly." The routine work that a minuie beâ€" fore was being carried out so smaothly and placidly, had bescome hopelessly , R.Q. IN ROSNER EYESIGHT SPECIALIST For Appointment Phone 1877 BUCOVETSEKY BLDG. 23 Third Ave. Timmins Winter loses most of its terror if your home is easily kept comfortâ€" able and warm at reasonable cost~. 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Millkers had left the byre in a body, and had crowded around Jcohannes, joining in his efforls to communicate with the messenger of that startling news. Minutes passed before Malcom could get Channing to reply to his question, and when he did i was with such evident distress that Malcom fels he could not cztain him. "Man, Japie van Stellen is dead. He fell off his horse last night in the storm just ontside his his neck. The old man heard the horse and went ow but Janie was dead already. 1 must go and see the old man." "Have you hsard!" they burst out as they met. ! Malcom knew vhat he would want to out immediately, to offer his conâ€" dolence to van Stellen, but. hardly exâ€" pected to be asked to accompany him. ‘He ‘assented, however, never doubting that Adhemar â€"would his offer to drive him over by car. Eut with something of the sackcloth and ashes spirit of his Huguent ancesters, Ad-1 hemar seemed detormined to make the ordeal as unpleasant as possible, for he firmly declined the offer, saying that van Stelien, who hated cars, would take it just as an insult, and insisting. that they must drive over in a buggy. * MARAKA‘S QUEER BEHAVIOUR The shadow of tragedy was evident even soms distance from the van Stellen homestead. The very house, with blinds drawn across every window, jlooked more mornful than usual.. Half a dozen buggies were there already and their cwners, hat in hand, went furtively in and cut, their skins and awkward steps contrasting oddly with collars. Adhemar drew up among the earlier arrivals, and then he went into the house alonc, Malcom understood that his and Corneille‘s presenrce had begn insisted upon for moral support alone. â€" Awkwardy the minutes dragasd past. Then diversion came with the sound of cattering hoofs on the road ‘and they turned quickly to se a senagâ€" gy pony coming towards them. The pony swept up the rise towards i the house.. The rider was Maraka, and "Yes," Corneille replied quickly, "I‘ve seen Chan. This business has got me absoltiely Two msn, both good rid2rs on horses they knew well, coming home along familiar roadsâ€"and two fatal accidents, caused by who knows what, in less than three weeks. T‘ll soon be bolieving in what the natives sayâ€" that the distric, is bewitch:d. Come on, Malcom, let‘s get back. We must tell Father this." Adhemar was standing at the cop of the veranda steps, polishing his spectâ€" acles. "We must go over at once, Corneille; his father will expect us to go. You will come too, Mr. Green?" Distress and urgency were mingled in Adhs:â€" mar‘s tone. he was an astonishing sight. Over a pair of wellâ€"patched kahki crousers, he wore, apparently in defence to the houss of morning, an oldâ€"fashioned frock coat, grcen wi‘h ago, whose skir‘s flapped against his bare ankles, and above whose velvet co‘lar his bare neck and ‘head rose with vultureâ€"like prom!â€" nenc>. Dismcun:ing beside the bugzzy, he handed the overcoats with which ha was burdened, to Cornielle. "Maybe him plenty cold by and by, Baas," he said, ingenuously. And withowrs further cxplanation he tied his pony‘s reins to the wheel of the trap and betook himsclf to che stables, where he joined a group of van Stelâ€" len‘s boys. "I wish he‘d found some better excuce for his curiosity," said Corneille, stufâ€" fing the coats vindictively under ‘the seat. Bus Malcom‘s eyes were still on Marâ€" aka, who had now left the group at the stables and was wandgring mourniully away with a blanketed companion, toâ€" wards the rough track that led from the nomestead to the river. Sudcenly his cxpression changed. The blarketed boy was standing in the middle of the track, talking ani _ esticulating, buw> Maraka was cxamininz one of th: fencing posis :gu the of the track. The blanketed boy talked cn. Maraka crossed the {rack and examined anâ€" other post. Malcom watched them inâ€" tently. He glanced quickly at Cornâ€" eille, and he saw thcee he had seen nothing of what was happening. And Maraka was apparently quickly saitisâ€" fied with what he was doing; he was already ‘walking back towards the bugâ€" gy. He unfastened his pony, and anâ€" nouncing that if he did not go home «he porridge and coffee would be burnt, he leapt into che saddle and cantered away. ? y D P e "Japle," he said,"was only just dead l when his father found him. He‘d been out to put out nigks lines in the river. His horse muss have trippsd or stumâ€" bled badly, near the fence, and thrown: him." Almos immediately Adhemar rejoinâ€" ed them. Malcom hardly listsned; his thoughts were racinz blindly. Why had Maraka been so determined .o follow them, as his extreme flismy pretext proved? What had he seon or found now? Sureâ€" ly not more evidence of foul play? Were the two accidents even akin than, at first sight, chey appeared to be? That thought startled him. Japie had bien killed within a few yards of his front door. This death had not been acciderval, then they had indeed something to reckon with. The Quebec Bureau of Mines has just issued, with the authorization â€"of the Honourable Onesime Gagnon, P.C., K.C., Minister of Mines and Fisheries, two important technical parts, B and Reports Issuea by the Quebec Bureau of Mines E, of s anrual repors for the ycar 1936. These reports written by five geclozists contain the result of their 1936. fieldâ€"work. Four of these five works are printed in Part B and refer to four areas of Western Quebec, which are or may come interescing. The data presented on thess arsas will prove interesting to prospectors and mine operators, and the reading of the reports will unâ€" dovirtzsdly draw the atteriion of many cthers to the mineral possibiiities of those scctions of our provincs. The summary of Part B follows: â€"Simard (Expanse) Lake Lapâ€"Area, Temiscamingue Conuty, by Bertrandâ€" T. Deonis. / Suzorâ€"Letondal Mapâ€"Area Saint Maurice and Apitibi Counties, by Carl Faressler. Bruncau township and surrounding arma, Abitibi District, by G. Vibertâ€" Dcriglas. * Grevet (Kamshigama Lakes) Mapâ€" Arca, Abitibi District, by W. W. Longâ€" ley. The reports are accompanied by four geological maps, scale. One mile co the inch. Very dilferent from the aboveâ€"menâ€" tioned, but of immediate cconomic imâ€" poriance is the study contained in Part E and entitled: ‘"Sand and Gravel reâ€" sources of Vercherss, Saint Hyacinthe, and adjacent counties, with parâ€" ticular attention to moulding sand, by H. W. McGerrigle." The area 2xaminâ€" ed for the purpose of de:ermining the:> resources comprises some 1,200 square miles. The scale of the accomâ€" panying, map is four miles to the inch. These reports may be obtained from the direcvor, Bureau of Mings, Quebec. conversations per and per capia, Canada ranks first in che world with an average of 1934 total calls per telephon»> and 222 per capita. We do not know whether this means that we are the mac« gabby people in the world, but it does explain why the "line" is Kincardine News: In the number of (To be continued.) THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO Light Exercise Helpful for Middieâ€"Aged There is so much being said thess days about heart diseass and high blood pressure that many middleâ€"aged inâ€" dividuals are afraid to take light or mild exercise thinking it will increase both heart reve and the blood pressure. As a matter of fact the heart rate and the blood pressure can be considerâ€" ably increased by the exercise but this increase can really be helpful, ncouw narmf{ul; if the exercise is taken at a slow instead of a fast rate. In Hygzeia, the health magazine, Dudley â€"B. Reed records experiments showing how the speesd with which rxâ€" ercise is Saken affects the heart rate. Thurs an individual sitting on a staâ€" tionary ‘bicycle had a heart rate of 80 a minute and this rate increased to 108 at the end of the first 20 ssconds of operating or pedaling the machine, to 137 at t,ne end of the first minute and 150 at end of second minute. This person pecalled at a rapid and against moderate resistance. Dr. J. F. McCurdy (fsormerly Déan of the Springfield Training School for Y.M.C.A. physical directors) testing 18 young men, found an average incréase o f37 percent in the heart rave afier a fast 100 yard run, 44 per cent. after a fast 220, and 86 per cent after a fast quarterâ€"mile run. A pulse was vill 16 beats above normal after eighty minutes rest following a quarterâ€"mile run. It is the great spoed of the exercise, especialiy if maintained in such hard games as tennis, badminton, basketâ€" ball and volleyball the, not only inâ€" creases the rate during the exercise but keeps up the increase for minutes afi.erâ€" wards. It is the persistent increase after fass exercise that uses up the Prart reserve in those who are midâ€" rleâ€"agod. What about blood pressure and exâ€" ercise? "Exercises of moderate specd causo a rapid ris> of blood pressure during the first five or ten minutes, a gradual {all beginning as the work continues and a rapid return to normal when exercise is stopped. Vigorous exiercises of speed, strength, and endurance all cause a considerable increase of blood pressure whereas with vigorous exerâ€" cise, the sams amount of blood, one gallon, may circulate as many as nine times. This means that exercise not only nourishes the tissues better but the waste from the tissues is raemoed much more rapidly. ‘The middleâ€"aged, by taking mild exâ€" erciss, get all the bensfits of exercise and nonzs of its dangers. How , Is Your Blood Pressure? Is it hxgh" Is it low? Do you kZow what precautions to take in either case? Snd today for this interes.ing booklet by Dr. Barton entitled ‘How Is Your Blood Prossur2? Send your request to The Bell Library, 247 wWest 43rd St., New York, N.Y., enclosing 10 conts to cover cost of service and hanâ€" dling, and mention The Advance, Timâ€" Police arre:ted and quickly reâ€" leased four Danish Nazis after inâ€" vestigation of a suspected plot to kidnap Premier T. H. Stauning (ABOVE). The men were arrested in a car filled with Nazi pamâ€" phlets outside the premier‘s suburâ€" bain villa shortly after midnignt. Some hours later police said they were unable to prove the existence of a plot. Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act). (by James W. Barton, M.D.) Wife: "Aha‘! So you‘re reading that volume of ghost stories I gave you?" Husband:. "No, I’mhavlngabokthrwghthechflsmms bills." is -~Humo 6 Two Letters That â€" May Interest North One on Forestry Plans and the Other on Courtesy from Deputies. There were two letters last week in Globe and Mail shat may be of more thin passing interest to the North. The first deoals in rather ironic way with the question of forea. conservation as a means of reducing unemploymem The other {reats with the qusstion of courtesy, if any, usually said co be reâ€" ceived from the deputies of departâ€" ments t Toronto. It is only fair to say that if the writer of the second letter gives a truse picture of situaâ€" tion, there are some departments where very courtesy appears to be givn to enquirers. Here are che two letters:â€" Foresty Plan Debunked To the Editor of The Globe and Mail: I listened last nizht to a politician who proposes to end youth unemeployment by a programme of reforestation. Reâ€" forestation, in itself, is a wonderful thing and would be of great beneficv to the country as a whole. It is also wonderful thes a man who has spent his whole life in an office with a nice shiny desk and a thick rug on the floor can advance propositions which leave practical people miles behind. A practical man knows that the period when trees may be placced is strictly limited. Depending on weather cond‘tions, April 1 to May 24 of any year would comprise the average. By the time unemployed youth had is muscles hardened sufficiently that a day‘s work could be performed alongâ€" side men who are used to working on the land the planting season would be over. It is always wise skip the awkward parts, so one is left to speculate on what unemployed youth is to do for the other ten months. Perhaps, under the balmy breezes of political hot air, thess trees »will grow as none ever grew before and unemployed youth can be put out in the bush at logging operâ€" ations in the fall. Bd Up. Circumlocution Office To the Editor of The Globe and Mail: An extract from a leiter published in your paper is as follows: ‘"They seem to forget they are servants of the people, and as soon as they are elected they fancy they are little tin gods." I have been to the Parliament Buildings on several cccasions, and seldom have been received as if I were a citizen. No, most of these representatives of the people all acs as if they were extendâ€" ing to you a great privilege by condeâ€" scsnding to speak to you. You will rmecall the action of the Lgnds and Forests Depariment conâ€" cerning the timber deal in Timagami, on which The Globe and Mail publishâ€" ed an ed‘vorial. I had octasion to wish a clearer understanding of this matâ€" ter, and it was natural that I would wish to see some one who could give me clear view. I could ‘not get in to see the defluty iminister, Mr. Cain, but I was shuried in to see his deputy, Mr. Ferguson, and in turn another shunt to see his deputy. I must add that the deputy to the daputy of the deputy minister was at least courtcous, and gave me a really clear and concise view of the qusstion. However, my contertion is that no matter what party gets in, these deâ€" puty fossils still remain drawing a swell nonorarium. I think it is high time they were kicked out, lock, stock and barrel. Perhaps if they were, a citizen could begin to feel that he did have a right to live in this country, and to know that he would at least be treated with ordinary civility. (From Rouynâ€"Noranda Press) What‘s the bes<, buy among the junâ€" ior golds? That‘s the question Gold Magazine asked of 78 members of the Toronto Stock Exchange. The answer, from 67 of them, was East Malartic. Each member was asked to name the ten juniors (selling under $6.00) he {hougcht most likely to appreciate in vralue. A total of 60 mincs were named Brokers Pick the Best Buy in the Junior Golds but "Bast‘" was an easy favourite, Pamâ€" our was second and in the first ton, Pow?ll Rouyn and Beattis Gold places. : Grsat things are expected of Eas Malartic. Already the staiisticians are fisriring what earnings will be when the mill increased from its present 750â€"ton rated capac‘‘y of 1,200 and what the dividend shouid be a couple of ygears from now. Not so long ago, somcone remarked that if "East" had been in Ontario, it would long agzo have passed the threeâ€" dacllar mark and be headed for five, like Kerrâ€"Addison. Gathering the fiâ€" gures for each of these mines shows Timagami, Ont Harry Leonard some rather surprising comparisons. East is capicalized at 4,000,000 shares even, Kerr at 4,729.401. East‘s milling rate is 900 tons, Kerr‘s 700. ore reserves ars estimated at 1,500,000 tons, Kerr‘s at 1.000,000 tons. East‘s grade is estimzgced at $7.30, Kerr‘s at $6.50. Widest difference is in market price, which probably explains East‘s popuâ€" larity then with the brokers. It was selling at $2.40 on December 1, whils Kerr was at $3.50. On Tuesday, the relationship was somewhat reversed w‘‘h East at $2.80 and Kerr at $1.79. Powell Rouyn had 37 votes and Beatâ€" tie 34. well up among the leaders. Ontario Gold Output Increases 12 per cent Porcupine Area Still Keeps Well in the Lead. A statement issued by the Ontario Department of Mines Friday shows that production of gold from gold mines alone during the firss eleven months of this year reached $90,004,916 from 8.696,418 tons milled, for an averâ€" age of $10.35 recovered per ton. This compares with $80,023,463 reâ€" from 7,653,936 tons in the corâ€" responding period of 1937, for an averâ€" age of $10.45 per ton. . J will therefore be nciiced that inâ€" crease in the périod this year has been $9,981,453 in value, or 12.1 per cent., and in volume 1,042,482 tons, an inâ€" crease of 13.6 per cent. These figures do not, however, cover the entire gold output of the province, as gold derived as a byâ€"product of copâ€" per and nickel be add d Assuming the same rate of producâ€" tion in December as the avenage of the first eleven months, the gold production of Ontario from gold mines alone will reach a total of approximately $98,â€" 187181 for the entire year of 1938, to which must be added about $2,500,000 for byâ€"product gold from such properâ€" ties as International Nickel, Noranda, Falconbridge and others. 1938 Total Over $100 Million The tcoal gold production for 1938, with these additions made, will reach a grand total of around $100,687,181., and may go as high as $101,000,000. Porcupine district, with fourteen proâ€" €ucers, led all camps of the provincse with production of $40,369,751 from 4.364,4178 tons, an average recovery of $9.25, compared wi‘th $35,729,094 from 3.923,326 tons in the first eleven months of 1937, an average of $9.16. Kirkland Lake was second with proâ€" duction of $33,123,.390 from 2,391,406 tons in the first eleven months of this year, for an average recovery of $13.85 per ton, contributed by «en mines, inâ€" cluding three at Larder Lake, compared with $31,944,186 from 2,167,865 tons, for an average of $14.74 per ton in the same period of 1937. All Districts Show Increase Matachewan, Sudbury, Timagami and Algoma areas combined, with seven producing mines, produced $2,635,250 from 537,827 tons milled, for an average of $4.171 per con, compared with $2,032,â€" GSO from 481,161 tons for average of $4.22 per ton in the same period ofâ€"last year. The increase in recovery per ton is dus to improvement at New Golden Rose and to ore of higher grade from Cline Lake Mine. Northwestern Ontario, which includes Little Long Lac, Red> Lake, Pickle Crow, Sachigo, Kenora, and Rainy River districts, with nineteen producers, turned out $13,976,525 from 1,402,707 tons, ftor an average of $9.96 per ton, compared with $10,317,523 from 1,081,â€" 584 tons for average of $9.53 in corâ€" responding period of 1937. Dome Mines Will Have Paid $40,179,630 in Dividends In add‘ion to the 50â€"cenkt dividend, payable Jan. 20 to shareholders of reâ€" cord Dec. 31, announced by Dome Mincs Wednesday of last wzeek, company also has declared the regular 50â€"cent diviâ€" dend for the following quarter, which is payable April 20 to shareholders of record March 31. Dividend calls for distribution of $973,334 on the 1,946,668 shares ou.â€" Automobile, Sickness, Accident, Life Insurance Real Estate and Mortgages. 21 Pine Street North Insure your New Building or Improvements. Engquire about our NEW LOW RATES ; SULLIVAN NEWTON standing. Total already declared pay= ablse in 1939 is now $1,946,668. This year, sum of $3,893,336 was pald ow When the two dividends are paid in 1939, grand total distributed slnoe initial payment in 1915 will be $40;179,â€" Still Leading in the ‘ Production of Gold Porcupine Produced Over $40,000,000 in 11 Months. The following are the figurss in de«â€" tail for the gold output this year to Nov. 30th: Porcupine Belt: _ 1937 Jan. to June ...$19,163,261 July 3.340,497 August .............. 8,8335,350 September ........... 3,242,081 October ........... 3,380,458 November ... ... 3,267 447 Total .. .. $35,729,094 $ Kirkland Lakeâ€"Larder Lake Jan. to June ... $17,576,161 $ July ... oc ... â€"3,002,529 August ... ... 2,839,789 September ... 2,755,517 October ........ 2,829,218 November ........ 2,940,972 Total .. ...$31,944.186 $33,123,390 Matachewanâ€" Sudburyâ€"Timagami: Jan. to June ... 998,134 $ 1,294,529 Tuly! ie 195,893 227304 219,679 > 253,996 September ...._.__ 189,484 _ .250,8623 October ... : 208.671 _ _ 250,228 November â€" 220,799 258,741 Tctal ... ....$ 2,032,660 $2535250 Northwestern Ontario: (Includes Algoma, Thunder Bay, Patricia and Kenora and Rainy River districts). Jan. to June ...$ 5.316,909 $ 6,998,652 July . 991,475 _ 1,368,009 AUSUSb sls 1,005, 429 1,398,089 September ... 995,405 _ 1,407,470 October .. .... 980,540 1,399,251 1,027,765 1,404,964 Total . Total for Ontario: Jan. to June ... $43,054,465 July .222 7,580,3094 August .. 7400247 September .......... 7,182,487 October ... 7,398,887 November ......... 7,456,983 Terms in Jail for Having Still Near Kapuskasing Cochrane, Dec. 28.â€"Pleading guilly to operating a still at Williamson, a few miles west of Kapuskasing. G65â€"yearâ€"old Ambrose Blais was sent to jail for six months by Magistrate E. R. Tucker in weekly police court here. Mounted police on raiding Blais‘ shack found 80 gallons of mash and a complete still, while the accu.sed was in possession of a gallon of disvtillsd liquor. With the fine assessed being $200, Blais chose the alternative sentence. His 20â€"yearâ€"old partner, Leo Derouch who was charged with assisting in the marufacture of illegal spirits, was fined $100 and costs and took che optional sentence of three months. on First Mortgages Available in TIMMINS SCHUMACHER SOUTH PORCUPINE Paid Back Monthly over 3 to 5 Years. APPLY TO REAL ESTATE INSUI STEAMSHIP OFFICE 20 Pine North Ph Timmins 1135 SERVICE Timmins, Ont. $80,023,4063 Thones 1135 1580 1938 $21,105,523 4,174,770 3.933,146 3,688,990 3,766,435 3.700,887 $40,369,751 $17,692,307 3,124,614 3,244,150 3,066,041 3,076,541 2,019,737 $ 2,535,250 $ 6,998,652 1,368,099 1,398,080 1 407,470 1,399,251 1,404,964 $13,976,525 $47,091,011 $90,004,916 253,996 250,30623 250,228 2058,741