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HAIf-APE PROVES EVOLUTION Lemur Show* How Monkey* Developed from Other Mammals. Natural Resources Bulletin. Thm strange-loaklEg b«a!.t la tliP 1^'inur. Hi* is t)i» coniisi-inK liuk be- tween man's first coubUis, the primates, and the other mammals. Secrets of Science. â-  He Is sometlmea called Hhe half-ape By David Dletz. | because of UIh ain>aront nvld-way posl- Lrt us return aga'.n to our Hurvcy ot tlon belwwn the prlmal^efi ftnfl lb© mammals and Finite out for ponsldora- otl;4'r mammals. tl<vti a Bpadal jrroup whkU UtologlRts have* named the primates. Kk.r whal<-ver our prejudices may be. hlologrlsts unite in calling the i>rl To lemur has nails on all hie digits Icxcopl Iho R2C0IUI digit o-t the foot, â- Â«hl<;h bears a claw. The other prlmatf.j have developed The value of agricultural r«««arch as carried out at agricultural colleges and experimental farms i.-t seldom fully Hppreciate<l sajii the Natural Re- sources lnteili](enc« .Service of the (>•- partinent of the Interior at Ottawa. Tho commercial vah.e of Marquis wheat 'lias been widtly heralded and undoubtedly it has added mi'Iiuns of dollars annually to Canada's wealth and RtatuB as a wheat-producing coun- try, but it is on3 of the few instances that have been sufficiently spectacular to catch the public eye, Agricultural research by both fed- eral and provincial governments alon? lines of plant culture and animal breeding, dist-ases and blights, feeding and i;o on hnvc 'undoubtedly added stupendous .sun-.s to the farming In- come of this country, much of this work being done without recognition and without appreciation of its econ- omic benefits. An excellent example is furnished in a statenicnt rcrently made by J. B. I Reynolds, president of tho Ouelph j Agricultural Society in particular ref- erence to the work of the Field Hus- bandry di'partnunt of that institution. The one department, according to Mr. Reynold.", has been successful in pro- ducing, by selection and breeding, im- proved strains of oats, wheat and bar- ley. These improved strains have been broadcast over tho province, and have enabled the farmers to increa.se tho yield per acre in these grains during the la.st eighteen years by over $134,- 000,000. This extra wealth would have ' maintained over this period of eigh- j teen years thirty â-  oUegcs in tho scale of the Ontario Agricultural College. New Ministers in Ferguson Cabinet mates tlw nearest relat.hes to our along two main tracks du« to geologl- human ra-.-e. The primaUi.i Include cal ct^nditions during the agea monkeys. ape«, bab<H3nfl. goo-llias, and ; The cno branch l>ecamo ls<»lated In South America. Tlieir descendants to- ^^ItUhe early davs of the Ago ot Mam- day are knoVm as the now worid apes, mula there were 'the grazing mammala and include the marmosets, capuchlna and the Ins-^cteatlng nuimmals. We howl-r monkey*, spldcff monkeys, and atlll have the Inswl eating mammals ; so on. , , , , , .u ^1th us In such types as the direw and ^ The other branch developed In the the mole ' "'â- ** ^'orli and Its des'cen'.lants are Gratluany two ne-w branches evolved known to-day a« the old worid apea from the vnseot-eattng mammals. One iuid monkeys li-K. became the fle-sh-c^. tcrs who hunt , Theso Include the nu>nkey.s. baboons, on tho grouindâ€" the m^immala of prey. ; macaques, and the man-like or anthro- The oth*-r Iraneh took to living In i pold apes. txot^ and eating fruit. This branch | Tho mcnke.>-s and baboons are char- bc<-am^ the primates. i aoterlzej by having 32 teslh as man He-> acaln r.v. lln.l a halfway de- does, and by having non-prehenslve velormont which helra us to un-der^ 6t;'jid what has taken place. Tho ;.n!ma1 who helps us uni«r!stand th« sluiation is the lemur, bemurs arc found nhlefly in Madagascar, al- ta.Vs.. That la, they have lost the power to gras'P treo branchea and the like by means cf their tails. The bab(«)ns have given up living in trees and live on the ground In though they are also fou^d In the stead. However, they do not have an tr. plcal foresta of Africa and Asia. | eroot poatDre, cs man does. Tho I*mur Is the most ancient type The macaque ti a specie j of heavily- of primal.. In exiatenoe. He most huUt moukey. nearlv n.tnx«*nts the ancestral prl- 1 Hx f^r tto most Intere-stiug how- mate'from whk:h In the course of the j ever, are the man-!Lke or anthro,«,id ag( s thi? others have grown. I "'P^''- Echoes. Amid the turmoil of the city street. After glad summer days beside the sea ' I listen still to music low and sweet --: Echoes that tranquUlzo and set me free. | I bear the robins call at dawn of day, The leagues of meadow grass that stir and sigh. The bobolink's enraptured roundelay The plash of oars as fishing craft draw nigh. I I hear tho crickets chirping their con- 1 tent, i The rippling bro(jk that fiowa beside the lane. The droning bees on storing sweetness bent. ! Tlie plaint of poplar leaves beneath , the ralu. \ I hear a whir of wluga as sea gulls soar. I I bear the night wind wandering by ^ the sbore! | â€" Harriet Appleton Sprague. French "Cabby" Punches Ger- man in Memory of War Days. Paris, â€" "You were the chief of the German prison camp back of St. Quen- tin during the war?" asked Jean Se- veillier, a French chauffeur, when his faro descended in front of the Monte Carlo Casino. "I was the commandant," replied the portly German who had journeyed from Nice to try his luck at roulette. "Well, then, take thati't shouted the Frenchman, landing a punch on the other's nose, knocking him into the gutter. At the police station Seveillier told the officials that he was willing to go to jail for a year if necessary, since lie had kept his vow to repay some of the cruelties he said he had endured during his days as a prisoner of war. The German officer refused to make a complaint, and Seveillier was re- leased after the desk officer advised him to read the speech of friendship delivered by Foreign Minister Briand at Geneva upon the occasion of Ger- many's entrance into the League. "I prefer Poincare's .speech at Bar- le-Duc," said Seveillier, referring to the Premier's statement that Ger- many's war guilt could not be for- gotten. â€" ^ Still, OT Couii:. Kf';irn''d Nallvo (vl«lting femetery ) â€" "I a,>9 al the old gravrs are iiiii Uoro ' Friend -"Of (iiur-,*, ili'.'y're s;i:! Did yoii expR"! ihem to emit a roar of weU.<mie berav«B yr.' ? hn k in Not So Old. Orandfalher TcUpr (to agel wife - 'I was atwllln' <!;.• niini.sl t yL-i«rd«y, wlfi", that you'U tw 92 years old to- m'rn)w." (Grandmother Totler (Indignsiillv) "Well, ye Imd no right to say n<t sqrh thing, John Totter; I';! only be 91. Ye o«?hi I«i>> mrre ke^fu! when you talk about a tody's «g» " Too mrny holi-s, due to os-crworkl:^ of the yeast, and lack of salt were two rommon fau ts in a recent bread- making comi -.'iition hald ftir ships in the U«!it«rraiv :. 1 uet I Druce Barton j American writer, and author of "The Man .Nobody Knows"- a life <^f fhrist has atluined fresh fame by w.iling an iuteivlev,- with t': ivMi Coolidge. in : wliich he outlines the per.-:o!iality of 'ih! I'lilleJ .Stutrts l're.sitlenl. Market Day. Who'll walk the fields with us to !owii. In an old coat and a t'.sded gown'f Wti take our r<..)l.'4 and country swcHs, Whcro ilifrh walls sliiid.- iht- steep old str?-t". >nj g:)l(len b.^l's and .lilvt r rhlnu's \V.t\% up Mild (l.iwn the tlo 'py tline.i. Uy H'auiing ways, in slant Ing sun. TiiroMgh i-larliel lapwingH now we run .Moiig the rale green hazs'.-patli. 'Ihriiugli .\prii'H liugering afl .Mmath OX !jd>'rt sn;;n k and iady's slipper; \V« stay to watch a nesting riijiper. Tip' rahhilH eye us while w»» | ass. Oiu of Ih' .isorrolirim^oii gra.tit; Th< hlavkbir.l fings, without a fear. Whi^re ho.:ey.-»i kle horns blew clear fool Ivory stained with true verinll lion. An I I- re. within a silk pavilion, Hmall r at t>i pillars lie at eaaa. The emdess shadow.'^ of the trees Are paiulni purple and cobalt; (Iran lllonuent. the rook Ales halt, iSsch one aware of you and me. And full of consriou."! rtlgnlty. If all folk lived with latM)r sweet Of their own busy haniis and feet. Such niaik^tlng. it seems to me. Would make an fOrt of poverty. â€" Uary Vv'ebb. Woman and Child. Deserted by its mother, a wretched, emaciated infant was left w^ithout a friend in the world and only through its weakness and misery could it make an appeal to the heart. The problem of what to do with it was generously solved by a sympathetic woman who just at the opportune moment made application for a bright, healthy child, and after a few minutes conversation -she agreed to take thi.^ al)andoned youngster. Her nssidiiou.T care and dovotion soon made it fat, healthy and cooing. "You would make a fins ma- tron for an Infants' Home," I remark- ed when .she called some montha later to show how her charge was getting along, "No, indeed," was her reply, •'a woman can love one baby, but when it comes to a dozen crying youngsters she is most likely to hate them," And so God wisely sends the babies one at a time and in His wise providence pro- vides that they may receive the un- divided attintio:! of one woman. He does not anywliere endorse or encour- age the "institutional" plia of carin;} for a baby. â€" J, J. Kelso, APPOINTED TO ONTARIO CABINET Above, left to right, are shown the new ministers In Premier Ferguson's provlnchii cabinet: Hon. William Finlayson, minister of lands and forests ; Hon. Ur. J. L). Monteith, provincial treasurer, and Hon. Dr. David Jamleson, minister without portfolio. Iti Great llritain the largest station is Waterloo, whc^re, i:i twen.ty-four ' hours, 1,400 train:', ar? dea t with at; I Iwenty-thrfc platform-J. The busiest; I junction is C"aphiim Junclion, through I whk-h tipv/ards of 2,000 trains pass eve'-'- fwentv-four hours. A Better Country. Very Interesting Is the comment .up- on the lives of those heroic men and women whoso faith, varloualy raanl- feat, makes up the honor roll of the eleventh chapter of iho Kplstle . ( tho Hebrews, "They seek a better coun- try." The adjective "heavenly" which follows In the next clause does not mean that they were thinking mainly of heaven; they wero so&klug condi- tions In a country on earth which they beJleved were like tho personal and ethical conditions of heaven. That Is to say, they were seeking a better social and political order. A really good political government has been the dream and almost the despair of right-minded men since or- ganized society began. Whether men ever yet have found it is a quest'on which need not here be discussed. Cer- tain It Is that men are less confident than they onco were that they know just how it Is to be secured. But of Noah, Abraham, David, Samuel and all the rest of the ancient heroes it is said, "They seek a better country." There were two ways in which they sought It. Some, like .\bral:am and Mos«s, went out from the country where they were, Abraham from Ur of the Chaldees and Moaea from Egypt, nnd they sought to establish In new lands a purer government and worthier worship. Others, who were not emigrantsv sought to make better the country where they were. History has shown both kinds of pioneer.-. The future must produce fewer of tho uieu who go out and more in proportion ot thos.3 who stay where they are and seek to make their own country bet- ter. The Mayflower an;l the covered wagon both t>elong to the past, hut the spirit that in them moved westward with the sun still must lind expression among i)eopl6 to whom new lands uro no longer possible. The hope of a better country and a better world Is one that has Inspired • both men and women to deeds of vaJor, and the faith that this could bo • was a direct product of religious faith, i God is the greatest ot al! adventurers; the first and most fearless of all pion- i oers. The urge nnd Initiative toward â-  better things, the faith, spite ot all human failures, that men and nations j can live worthily and happily on this j planet, are part of that co.smlc Impulse j which prophetic souls define as In- i splratlon from God. This, if anything, i will give ua a better c-ountry and a ' better world. It la the hope that | maketh not ashan.ed. Big Apple Crop in B.C. | It la estimated by tho Horticultural j Department of the Uritlah Columbia Government that the apple crop of the Okanagau District In Uritlsh Columbia ' will this year reach a total of 3,127.000 ' boxes, as compared with the total crop ! last year of 2,553,449 boxes. The eeti- j mate of the crab apple crop is for 117,- ; 8.50 boxes, as compared with 115.623 i boxes last ye-ar; pears l'H),900 boxes, ' compared with 10,484; plums and j prunes, 215,3i)0 boxes, as against 77,- , 766 boxes last year. Mountain Lakes. Placid pools. Above whose waters lean i The cragg". bowldered shores; Mirrors, each within a frame, . Of liemlock. Jade and gold, , Where vivid maples flame Upon the tree-rimmed hills, And pine trees, staid and old, Bend with the aspens. Beyond the fortressed brink. There to beiiold Uright Autumn preen Her plumage In the same j Blue ijlass, â€" I While from the fringfe Of tall shore grass. There floats a peacock sheen Of fleeting dragon wings: Two yellow butterflies Mount to some haunt unseen. As from afar a blue Jay cries Deflance to tho cold. Rock walled. The waters pale Before the day Is done, Mer^ng with dusk. Into the starlit skies. - -Sarah Wilson Middleton. I Aloof. : And nothing will ever matter again. I shall walk and talk witli women and I men. . Laugh their laughter and weep their I tears. And play the gay llttla gania of years; Sleep and waken, I'ld dine and sup On honey and cai-us and a fragrant ; cup; And nothing will matter, at all, to me, . But the bread and wine of msiiiory. t " ' , I shall mako a bright little song or two j (There must be something for one to I do), I And nothing will ever matter to me But a stur in tlit) night, aud the wind in a tree, Dew and mist and the rising tide. And the liill where One was crucified. I - Barbara Young. Suckers, of Course, "He made his money out of llsh. "Suckers, I supiose?" Just as Wcatorn women use powder to whiten their faces, .so do the women of one Fijian island emilay black paint to increase their ebon charm-. Unnectssary Sun. "What time is it, dear'." â- "Iho clock has stopped." "Well, go out end look ai the sun- dial." "Hut it is dark out there in the gar- den." "Well, can't you pet a flnihlight?" Tablets Commemorate Im- portant Events. Among the important sites marked by the Department of the Interior on the recommendation ot the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Can- ada during the past season were two connected with the early history of the city of Ottaw;i, which last month celebrated tho hundradth anniversary of its founding as Bytown In 1826. The one comraemoratee the death of an early Governor General and the other the turning of the first sod in the con- struction of tho Rldeau canal. â- â€¢Â» On August 17. a cairn, bearing a tab- let in memory of the services, self- devotion and tragic death of Charles Lennox, Fourth Duke of Richmond, was unveiled on a spot near the village ot Richmond, several miles from the city of Ottawa. The Duke ot Rich- mond was appointed Governor-in-Chief of the Canadas. Lewer and Upper, in 181S, and took up his residence in Lower Canada in .luly ot that year. It was during the foUowlug year, 1S19, while on an official tour of inspection of the LTpper province and while visit- ing the newly surveyed lands allotted to soldier settlers, among which was the settlenien: ot Richmond named in his honor, that' his death took place un- der tragic circumstances. An infected wound of th-j hand caused by the bito ot a pet fox and aggravated by the hot weither and rough journeying caused him 80 much suffering that his attend- ants Inportuned him to rest at Rich- mond when that settlement had been reached. He m-ade a determined ef- fort to push forward, however, and af- ter going a short distance was obliged to seek rest in the homo of u settler where he died In great agony within a tew hours. The tablet commemorating the hun- drodth anniversary ot tho begiiming ot the Rideau canal, in SeptPmber, lS2a, under the direction of Col. John By, R.K., was unveiled on August 19, 1926. This memoriul has bean placed on the central pillar on the nortli sida ot the bridge spanning the canal in tha heart ot Ottawa. Tho construc- tion ot the Rideau canal was under- taken with a view to obtaining an in- terior water route between Montreal and lake Ontario, by way ot the Ot- tawa river, nnd it has played a lead- ing part in tiie upbuilding ot the city ot Ottawa, and In the development ot southeastern Ontario. Lomond's Bonnie Banks. No Scottish song i'j Itaard mor;> of- ten than "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond." Everybody knows the chorus, which Is its chief charm: â€" Oh! you'll tali' the high road and I'll tak' the iow. And I'll be iu Scotland afore ye. But I anid my true love, we'll never meet again On tile bounle banks o' Loch Lo- mond. There fs a sad story attached to this refrsin. and few wiio sing It so luritily know that they are singing a man's swan Kong. Certain questions arise. Why should the traveller by tho low road i>o the first to arrive in Seotlai'd? Why cannot the lovers ever meet again? The hero of the soug was a follower of the fortunes cf J'.onnle Prince ("harlie. for whose sake so many Scots- men were wiKing to die. He was from Loch I.oniond<ilde ana was taken pris- oner at C'ul!<xlen. Hts sweetheart sst out to ovnaka the army end actually ilkl so Ut Carlisle. She managed to 820 her lover before lie was shot. The 3ong is the Highlander's fare- well to ths girl, and a Gaelic legend Is the very core and heart of the soug. It WES 'ielleveJ that anyone who suf- fered a violent and sudden death tra- velled instantly through the ground to hii birthplace, and from there passed to Heaven. Thu* the girl wo'.ild taks the high road back to the bonnis Uenks cf Loch Lomond, but her lovaf. going by the low road of death, wouW be there first, and would be gone rgain i>efnre she arrived. .Nine vtieraii royal train (l.lvfrs ware rr -lentel to tha king when their majeetiea arrived at Busion Staticn one inorulng lately. Th« wen were lined up on the platform. Women have invaded all but tUrty- scven of the cceupalions of (Iw wor'id. , There are aa yet no wucii rs enf^ne- ' drive; g. ur j fc«» # â€" I m ti mii^ itHmv^m iMMMJWMMMaiM | |iS !;i ii '' i > ' jUW,