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(Banffshire Journal) We all know what tact is. One who found it difficult to define it briefly enâ€" larged his explanaticns of the term by declaring that it certainly would not be tactful to start a conversation with St. Peter on the subject of poultry. The major in the club the other night also found it necessary to give at some length an explanation of what he meant: Toronto Mail and Empire:â€"The exâ€"| kbout t premier of Lithuania has been acquitâ€" | es in i ted on a charge of attempted embezzleâ€"| that Tt ment, which strikes us as about as curiâ€"| referen ous a crime as we have heard of since) gard t J Geor!e Bernard Shaw‘s attempted| Here is "Speaking of tact," he said, "the best way to explain what I mean is to tell you of a simple little happening that befell a regiment I had the honour to be connected with in France in 1916. We had been taken out of the trenches and were ordered to billet in a little French village from which the Boche had just been ejected. After his beastâ€" ly manner he had destroyed everything that was destroyable in that unhappy town. Well, the first thing we did was to take stock to find out if anything had escaped his notice. The two most desirable things were a milk cow and a patch of strawberries in a neglected corner of an orchard. Naturally the colonel took the milk cow and the adâ€" Jutant the strawberries, and everyone was satisfied. You‘ve got to be in the British Army. Next morning the adâ€" Jutant, as the senior subordinate omâ€" cer, had to go out with the men to the outskirts of the village, leaving the colonel at home in prssession of the whole show, When he came back he went down to the orchard to look at his An Illustration of What is Meant by Using Tact a ol strawberries corner of an orchard. colonel took the milk c Jutant the strawberries was satisfied. You‘ve g British Army. Next m Jutant, as the senior s cer, had to go out with outskirts of the villag colonel at home in whole show. When he went down to the orcha: strawberries, but founc been there. Now, you colonel a thiefâ€"at les British Army, and so tact. So he prit up thi one taking strawberries will have his cow shot‘." The Report is accompanied by an exhaustive bibliography on the subject of Refractories and may be had by apâ€" plying to the Director, Mines Branch, Department of Mines, Ottawa. The subject has not been entirely neglected, hqowever. Mr. McMahon mentions, among others, the work being done by the Ontario Department of Mines on the refractory clay occurrenâ€" ces in the Moose river basin, south of James Bay, and the work of W. G. Worcester of the University of Saskatâ€" chewan in connection with the clay deposits found south and west of the city of Regina. The Ceramics Division of the Department of Mines, Ottawa, has conducted numerous tests on clays from different parts of the country and rach year carries out investigations in the field. Mr. J. F. McMahon ceramic engineer, and author of the Report, describes the more refractory deposits in the several provinces, and here and there makes special reference to the quality oi some of the clays. One such referâ€" ence (though not to be regarded as typical) concerns a deposit in Labelle County, Quebec. Here the clay is asâ€" sociated with a discoloured kaolin. Is is this discoloured material that he reâ€" gards as worthy of attention. "It is apparent that the material merits a thorough investigation as to its suitaâ€" bility for the manufacture of refracâ€" tories, being among the best possibiliâ€" ties in Eastern Canada," he states. From his remarks concerning the clays of the several provinces it is very evident that Mr. McMahon feels that more attention could profitably be giâ€" ven to the whole subject. There is a frank admission, that while it is known that deposits occur which appear to be suited for the manufacture of reâ€" fractory products, the amount of work done on them is insufficient to evaluate properly their ptentialities., This need for information has bccn' recognized by the Department ' Mines, Ottawa, and a Report (Memo{ Series No. 57) has been which is essentially a summary of in-| formation from widely scattered sour-i cos, | Deposits of refractory clays occur in every province in the Dominion, with the exception of Prince Edward Island, but, unfortunately it is only occasionâ€" ally that a deposit is found that posâ€" esses the requisite qualities. Also there is a dearth of readily available inforâ€" mation in respect to Canada‘s refracâ€" tory clay resources, and consequently no one is in a position to state just how extensive are these resources. Clay is one of those substances genâ€" erally regarded with disgust because of its adherent properties: but there are clays, and clays, and because of their wide application in industry, many varieties are regarded as a valâ€" uable asset to the country. Refractory clays are in this latter class. They are used for the manufacture of reâ€" fractory products, and the high temâ€" perature to which these products are subjected call for special qualities in the clays so used. Refractory Clays in Most Provinces In view of the reports of various types of clays in the area north of Cochrane a bulletin issued last week by the Dominion of Canada Mines Deâ€" partment, of which departrgent, Hon. W. A. Gordon, of Haileybury, is the minister in charge, should be of inâ€" terest, In regard to this bulletin or memorandum a letter form Hon. Mr. Gordon‘s department says:â€" Deposits in All Provinces of Canada Except Prince Edward Island. Memorandum Issued in Reâ€" gard to Refractory Clays in Canada THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13TH 1932 but found someone had Now, you can‘t call your can‘t â€" aist no he ha from this patch 5 no t call your 10t in the to use the new townsite ut James Bay, the visit of the members of the Legislature, and the more recent visit of the school teachers, all have resulted in very deep interest from a large number of people in the country north of Cochrane. There are so many questions asked bout the country and so much interâ€" es in its possibilities and Gdevelopment that The Advance has been publishing references from many sources in reâ€" ganl to the new country mentioned. able to rouse courtry north cursion to Mo Ontario‘s Coal May Repay Investment Chances for Profit to T. N. O. Railâ€" way and to the Country from Inâ€" vestment _ Made North of Cochrane. one from The Northern Miner You can learn the economy of the new large bottle, and at the same time profit by the purchase. Buy one dozen (or half dozen) bottles of this fine beverage and furnish your crystalâ€"closet with a complete set of these unusual glasses. at the opening of . â€"James Bay, the of the Legislature, visit of the school ulted in very deep number of people rtainly boen rest in the "But because lignits ssal is the Farâ€" Ncorth Ontario hope, in a formation unâ€" favourable to metals, there is extra imâ€" portance in the recent report on the "Forty millions of money has gone into the development of the Northern Ontario country north of Cochrane, for railway, port, power plants, etc. Now that the big Abitibi Canyon job is idle, the country isn‘t making a car of freight a week. For the railway on which 11 millions has been spégnt the big hore of salvation is coal. China clay would help, some. Opening of metal mines on the east shore of Hudâ€" son Bay would be a great lift, too. If there are mines thereâ€"and prospectors tell of lead, zinc, silver and go>d forâ€" maticn for goldâ€"they are in Quebec. We would have another example of Ontario‘s friendliness and assistance to its neighbouring province. of facts and figures and opinions tha should be of intecrest at this time t all readers in the North. The Nor thern Miner says:â€" should be intrCauced in government| buildings and T. N. 0. locomotives | during the testing period, and when "all the bugs are licked out of it" it | bex than ordinariiy used â€" points that pay $20 a ton their coal can now take no quir enter the It has les only 30 p Steam is I der 300 Ih: the impur al 50 p.c. The suggt nd muct TA O mAl iys about 70,000 tons s own best customer. If a million dollars pent by the Departâ€" the northern lignite ‘ernment has got its in the mining busiâ€" ny a group that has oney or more in a has some chance of id of saving the 11 °s Bay Extension as irden is too heavy is lo:s by dilution. rtion, half again is ire content. The ilf is recoverable "I declare this court open in the name of the King!" Chief William Shane voices this traditional reference to the British crown every Thursday morning, at the opening of police court in Kirkland Lake, and in doing s» closely follows a custom that undoubtâ€" edly has its origin back in English court procedure of centries ago. The King‘s name forms an important place in Canadian justice. Some years ago, in police court at Windsor, Ont., a case arose that revealed this. Provincial police were the complainants, and a woman, suspected of running a blindâ€" pig, the defendant. The case was arâ€" gued before Magistrate David M. Broâ€" die, formerly of ESudbury, who freed the woman on a unique point of law. A Safedge glass free with each purchase of one '30-oz. bottle of The Roving Reporter, writing a bright column of notes and comments eath week for The Northern News of Kirkâ€" land Lake last week had the following: PROPER WORDING FOR USE IN ARRESTS AND OPENING COURT more than right that private houses having some revenue coming in from the same sources, should also be taxed. According to the assessment act, the assessor should enter the private homes keeping tourist, travellers and boarders in the business column and ‘they should have to pay a percentage on the value home for illicit liquor, rapped at the door and gained entrance by the comâ€" mand, "Opten in the name of the law!" The woman‘s lawyer argued that this was the wrong method of obtaining entrance. The police, he insisted, should have used the words, "Open in the name of the King!" And since the lawyer undoubtedly was right, the woman escaped a penalty." hsuses who keep boarders or tourists may be charged a business tax. Hotelâ€" keerers complain that as they are reâ€" quired to pay a business tax for proâ€" viding meals and beds for tourists, travellers ard boarders, it is nothing Elmira Signet:â€"Owners of private