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British statesmen all seem steeped in Shakeâ€" speare. Often, no doubt, they quote his thoughts, his words, almost unconsciously. Likely Canning in using the simile of the giant‘s strength thought the words would be recognized as from a wellâ€" known source. Perhaps, it was no different with Premier Chamberlain. It would be an odd thing if Gladstone did not use the thought about the giant‘s strength on more than one occasion during his public life. Premier Ramsay Macdonald, who also knew his Shakespeare, would have been runâ€" ning true to type to use the words of Shakespeare, of Canning, of Chamberlain, at the appropriate Fishing, gardening, pigâ€"raising, the races, literâ€" atureâ€"at times it seems as if British statesmen considered these of more moment than interâ€" national politics or the state of the world at the moment. Perhaps after all they are. At any event, it is something to know and to remember that the statesmen who can turn from the affairs of state to discuss the fidelity of a quotation or the simiâ€" which we are accumulating remains as a guarantee that we can defend ourselves if we are attacked, we are not unmindful of the fact that, though it is good to have a giant‘s strength, it is tyrannous to use it like a giant." Premier Chamberlain‘s exâ€" planation of the similarity of the phrases is that it merely indicates "the continuity of English thought in somewhat similar circumstances, even after an interval of more than a hundred years." Other readers and writers line upâ€"some with the premier and some against. War and peace are but side issues until the question of quotaâ€" tion is solved. One friend of Premier Chamberlain explains that the closeness of the parallel in the passages about the giant‘s strength comes from the fact that Canning was using a wellâ€"known quotation, while Chamberlain paraphrased the words. It remains for some other writer to point out that the words about a giant‘s strength were paraphrased by Canning no less than by Chamâ€" berlain, and they go back three hundred years beâ€" fore the time of Canning. It was Shakespeare who wrote in "Measure for Measure" the words "O, it is excellent to have a giant‘s strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant." What is the absorbing topic in British newsâ€" papers toâ€"day? Something is said, of course, about Czechoslovakia and Spain and China. There is some discussion, for and against, the policy of Premier Chamberlain. All this, however, seems merely incidental. Premier Chamberlain has deâ€" fended his policy with earnestness and abiity. But he has reserved his fire and force for a defence of the literary, rather than the logical quality of one of his speeches. A writer in The London Times suggested that Premier Chamberlain in a recent address had used the words of George Canning when that statesman was foreign minister for Britain in 1823. Many a writer to The London Times has criticized the policy and practice of Premier Chamberlain in recent days, and the matâ€" ter has not seemed sufficiently serious for reply. But this matter of quotation appeared otherwise. Premier Chamberlain made prompt response that he had not read Mr. Canning‘s addressâ€"that the words of his speech were his own, the thought his own, and any similarity of expression was due to the fact that identical situations brought forth exâ€". pressions in words of like kind. This is the issue that is now under discussion in Britainâ€"and apâ€" pearing of more importance than war or peace or world affairs in general. It is solemnly pointed out that in 1826, Canning said:â€"*"There exists a power to be wielded by Great Britain more tremenâ€" dous than was perhaps ever brought into action in the history of mankind. But though it may be excellent to have a giant‘s strength it may be tyrâ€" annous to use it like a giant." With equal solemâ€" nity Premier Chamberlain is quoted as saying some days ago:â€""But while that tremendous power Visitors from Timmins to the Old Country in reâ€" cent years have been impressed by the fact that with all the danger of war in Europe, the newsâ€" papers and people of Britain seem to be much more concerned with other things. These visitors have remarked that there is much more discussion in Canadian newspapers and among the Canadian people of the fear of war than there is in Britisn newspapers or among the people of the British Isles. This is not because British people are less alive to the dangers. ~It is not because of any inâ€" difference or lack of appreciation of the facts of the case. Perhaps, it is because of a deeper conâ€" ception of relative values. No doubt, the foreigner in Britain finds it difficult to understand this British attitude. Ay, those British! Wllen the British troops went into battle singingâ€"singing in the face of death itselfâ€"the song was none of the wonderful battle songs of the Empire. Even the Highland regiments did not sing "Scots Wha Hae." Nor did the marines essay "Rule, Britannia." The troops all sang "It‘s a Long Way to Tipperary." The final results show that there is method in such madness. Timmins, Ont., Thursday, August 18th, 193 Pubjiished Every Monday and Thursday by: GEQO,. LAKE, Owner and Publisher Subscription Rates: Canadaâ€"$3.00 Per Year. United Statesâ€"$3.50 Per Year TIMMINS, ONTARIO Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association; Ontartoâ€" Quebee Newspaper Association; Class ‘A" Weekly Group OFFICE 26 PHONES â€"â€"â€"â€" RESIDENCE 70 PAGE POUR Obhe Yorrupine Advancer In several matters the present mayor and counâ€" cil have failed to act to meet the requirements of the present. This is notably the case in reference to such matters as the passing of a comprehensive building byâ€"law and the appointment of a cemeâ€" tery board. With the greater part of the summer passed on, without the adoption of a clear and efâ€" fective building byâ€"law, the town is much the loser. No doubt it has been a convenience to the mayor and his friends that the new building byâ€"law was not put into effect until certain buildings and adâ€" ditions to buildings had been completed. It may be that the passing of the necessary new building byâ€"law has been deliberately deferred so that in the confusion there could be in effect one law for mayors and another for exâ€"mayors. Whatever may be the case the public has not been fairly treated and the safety of the town has not been increased. The delay in appointing a cemetery The Advance has received a letter from an outâ€" ofâ€"town gentleman who says he has not yet made any money out of the purchase of a certain mining stock which he suggests that he purchased because | he read some favourable news about it in The Adâ€" vance. The Advance during the years has been t | careful to avoid suggesting the purchase of any I CR We Pout" + j particular mining stock for quick moneyâ€"making. There have been no stock tips in these columns, no attempt to pose as a guide to investors. The Adâ€" vance has emphasized the fact that mining venâ€" tures, especially in this North, do offer an opporâ€" tunity for pleasing profits to those who invest their money wisely and well. That is a fact that can be proved by the successes won by so many mines in this country. Apart from this, however, | The Advance has been content to publish the news about the mines as the news develops. In this reâ€" | spect The Advance has never attempted to make » T . i 4 F on‘ mm on mm does not turn into a stockâ€"selling or stockâ€"boosting news. For those investing their money in actual mining ventures The Advance has had the sincerâ€" est goodwill and the most earnest hope that they would win out. There has been genuine pleasure in seeing many of these bona fide investors win out after difficulties and discouragements. The news of these successes has been published with special pleasure. there have been many of them through the years. The Advance believes that Mr. James Reed, who had carried through diamond drill operations in all parts of this camp, knew whereof he spoke and told the flat truth when he said years ago at a Board of Trade banâ€" quet that there was not a mining property in the Porcupine area that had been properly financed and properly managed that would not eventually win out to success and profit. When he made the statement the Three Nations property was one of the properties from which no favourable news was coming. Toâ€"day the Three Nations Mine is part of the Pamour, where all the news seems favourâ€" able for the investors. When Mr. Reed gave his opinion, Preston East Dome was not a name to conjure with. There is much good news from Préesâ€" ton East Dome these days. The careful investor in mining property in the Porcupine may need a little patience at times, but in the end he will have little to worry anout. The case of men playâ€" ing the market is a différent matter. In that case, a man has to take his chances. If he wins out, he will do well. Many have done so, are doing so. But it is luck this speculator needs, rather than news. It is by no means a oneâ€"sided game. If a man has hopes of big profits coming quickly, he should also be ready to take a loss calmly. Nor is it fair to blame the news or lack of news. Northern newsâ€" papers in the mining area in general give the news as it appears. If the news helps the speculator, he may set it to good luck. If the news is less favourable, or there is no news, that may be hard luck for the man who has risked his money, but no blame attaches to the newspapers who have kept mining ventures in the same class as news of progress in other lines. So long as the newspaper organizationâ€"so long as it has confined itself to its legitimate functions as a newspaperâ€"as The Advance has consistently doneâ€"the newspaper has no cause for regrets. It may be repeated that such a game as the buying and selling of stock can not be a oneâ€"sided affair. Never yet has The Advance received a letter saying:â€""I‘ve just made $2500 from my Preston East Dome Stock, which 1 bought on the strength of some favourable news items in your paper. I must insist on you acceptâ€"|. ing $1000 as your share of the profits." Until that day arrives The Advance will feel little responsibilâ€" ity for any losses less lucky people may suffer. In the case at issue there is no question of the accurâ€" acy or fairness of the news published in The Adâ€" vance. The fact that there is no favourable news at the moment is beside the point. The Advance is not making the news. Indeed, the good news may return in good season, and the question thus resolves itself into a matter of the type of investâ€" ment made. If it was an actual investment in a mining property, the chances are not yet gone. Even if it were a flier on the stock market, the luck may turn. And The Advance will be glad to pubâ€" lish the newsâ€"and publish it first. larity of addresses separated by a hundred years, can turn back, if needs must, from these apparentâ€" ly lighter things, to the sterner and more cruel things of life and give these latter evils a singleâ€" ness of purpose and a devotion of wholehearted éffort that will win through the darkest days. Last year the total production of motor vehicles in the world was given as $,352,998. Of these the United States accounted for 4,808,974; the United Kingdom had 490,366; Germany had 331,894; and board has been equally disadvantageous to the general public. The condition of the cemetery is such as to make it a complete misrepresentation of the attitude and feelings of the people of Timâ€" mins who would show all honour and respect for the dead. Little can be done this year to remedy conditions at the cemetery, but the matter should not be allowed to drop with that idea. The cemeâ€" tery board should be appointed at the earliest posâ€" sible moment so that conditions of previous years will not be duplicated next year. Appointed now, the cemetery board could make a start this year in protecting the city of the dead and next year, with organization completed, the work will be started early and carried through to completion. In the same way, the new building byâ€"law should be passed and put into force at once. It would have little more effect in the way of unfairness for the balance of the year than has resulted from the present plan of using two byâ€"lawsâ€"one for mayors and one for exâ€"mayors. When the new mayor and council take office next year it would be a simple matter to remove any clauses that tended to perâ€" petuate that unfair plan of one rule for mayors and another for exâ€"mayors. With the new byâ€"law in force any necéssary amendments could be made and the opening of the building season next year could see one comprehensive and protective buildâ€" ing byâ€"law ready to serve the needs of the town without favour or discrimination. a |GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER| Well, you need not fear this. Theref has invented. It is suspected th were between fifteen and thirty thouâ€" ; beautiful, feathery antennae for sand insects making that nest their|instrument used for both the s home last summer, but not one of that |and receiving of messages, anc horde is alive in the nest now, and there | claimed that a female may send c are no eggs or larvae that will hatch j message: "I wanna husband!" into adults in the spring. Only the| male a distance of two and som young queens live through the winter, | three miles away will promptly re: and they leave the nests in the early "Coming!" and hurry on his way Flying with the wind, birds may inâ€" crease these speeds by nearly a third, while they are reduced to almost a hall when flying against the breeze. When pursued or excited, birds can increase these speeds a great deal, too, though the high speeds can be maintainied for only short distances. Swifts are proâ€" perly named, common species flying beâ€" tween 70 and 80 miles an hour on the average, while certain Swifts of India can cut the air at 200 miles per hour when they exert themselves. A Wasp‘s Nest in Your Den Perhaps you have been thinking that that old wasps‘ nest, as it hangs from a limb of a balm tree on a vacant lot near your home, might look good as a decorative piece for your den. But perâ€" haps you have hesitated to get, in case a swarm of the peevish little insects came to life after the nest was brought into the heat of the house. (By Kerry Wood) Ask a hunter the speed of a goose‘s fAight and invariably he will answer: ‘"Ninety miles per hour." He‘s wrong. The speed of bird flight has been grossly overâ€"estimated by early naturâ€" alists, and these erroneous figures seem to be well memorized by the general public. Recent tests by airplane pilots have fixed much more accurate estiâ€" mates of the average flight speeds of the different species, these tests made when wind and weather conditions wore normal. The smaller birdse average between 20 and 37 miles per hou; Crows, 31 to 45; Falcons, 40 to 48; Ploâ€" vers, 40 to 50; Geese, 42 to 55; and Ducks 44 to 59. Interesting Items from Nature‘s Album How Fast do Birds Fly? Moths and Radio. Don‘t Import Wild Life. 14 Pine St. N. "I Realize THIS EXPERT SERVICE COsTSsS LESS. the importance of good sight. I know from experâ€" ience in my profession that experience counts in optoâ€" metry. That is one reason I entrust the care of my eyes to Mr. Curtis, Not only has he spent years in optical work but he keeps abreast of the times by attending important conâ€" ventions and studying the most recent developments in his profession. _ Have Mr. Curtis examine your eves," ¢ ¢ 6 #% ¢ # Phone 835 There is also at least one animal that considers the Flicker an indispensable bird. Go through a spruce wood some early evening and tap briskly on every "woodpecker tree" you can find, and you will soon get an idea as to the great numbers of Flying Squirrels that den in these old Flicker holes. Moths and Radio It may be that the moth has as fine system of telegraphy as any that man has invented. It is suspected that the beautiful, feathery antennae form the ‘nstrument used for both the sending and receiving of messages, and it is claimed that a female may send out the message: "I wanna husband!" and a male a distance of two and sometimes three miles away will promptly respond : The insects come as stowaways among ship cargoes and thus enter the counâ€" try on their own account. We have suffered to the extent of millions of dolâ€" lars worth of damage because of the coming of the European corn borer, the Oriental peach moth, the Japanese beetle and Gypsy moth. Carpenter and the Bird Family The Flicker should hang out a sign: "Bird Architect and Home Builder," perhaps with the additional legend: "Payment to consist of Juicy Ants‘"! This commonest of all woodpeckers bores out a new home every spring, and as these cavities are permanent strucâ€" tures so long as the dead trees in which they are drilled keep standing, it can be readily seen that these birds leave a large number of vancant nesting sites scattered through the woods. Thus it has become the carpenter of the bird family, for many other birds make good use of these deserted holes. Sparrow Hawks, Bluebirds, Tree Swallows, Sawâ€" whet Owls and Chickadees are among the host that have to thank the Flickâ€" ers for their homes. Almost always the result has been disastrous. Everyone knows what the rabbit did to Australia, and our Ameriâ€" can muskrat became a pest indeed on European rivers, The English Sparrow is a nuisance in our cities, and as a return compliment, the American grey squirrel is rapidly making a bad name for itself in England. Once it is able to cross, the insect speedily strengthens the anchorage of its threads and starts the serious work of weaving a web. And a net placed on the air avenue above a stream stands an excellent chance of yielding a heavy harvest of insect food for the spider, so all this labour of beinding the bridge was worth the risk. Don‘t Import Wild Life If you go aâ€"travelling to a foreign country and take a fancy to some inâ€" teresting animal there, don‘t get enâ€" thusiastic and attempt to bring a pair back to see how they would like life in North America. Perhaps you would have to take a lesson from the spider whose webs are often found spanning small creeks. The insect waits patiently until a breeze is blowing from the bank it is on towards the far shore, when it climbs to a vantage point a few feet above the water and spins a silken thread. The loose end of their fairyâ€"like rope is carried to the far bank by the breeze, and when it is long enougzh to end tanâ€" gles on some bush growing there. Freâ€" quently the spider will be too cautious to venture across on this first thread, and will spin two or three such ropes and then choose the strongest. If you had to build a bridge across a wide stream that was too swift to swim, and where there was no chance of crossing by means of boats or rafts, how would you start the structure. fall and find warm hiding places beâ€" hind loose bark and wait for the spring. Then they wake from the winter sleep and busily set about founding new colâ€" onies, and these will flourish through the summer and produce their quota of young queens to carry on the race But when the hard frosts come, the old queen and her retinue of workers will die. Those nests that you see hanging from bareâ€"branched trees of winter are morgues. Bridge Builders "I never noticed before how many runs there are in ladies‘ stockings, or I‘d have had another license or tax to go along with the signs, coal chutes and fire escapes!" said the mayor of a cerâ€" tain town. Have you a dog? or a radio? or a bicycle? or a sign? or a coal chute? or a motor car? or a wifeâ€" or what have you? And have you a license for each and every one? Tell it to the judge on Sepâ€" tember 1st After visiting Premier Hepburn at his farm at St. Thomas, Premier Duplessis of Quebec is quoted as saying:â€"‘"Premier Hepburn knows his onions. He has a padlock on each of his barns." So much has appeared in The Advance about the "New School" that on Monday when the Midâ€" dle School results were published the intelligent compositor, thinking of the New School no doubt, set the heading at first as "Muddle School Results." The Carleton Place Canadian refers to the slotf“‘“ 41â€" I wife, art machines as ‘"iron pickpockets." It is only a few| Grie((, : months ago that people in Timmins were calling| Caughan them harder names than that. - wW., of P Canada was fourth with 207,463. With less than a sixth of the population of the United Kingdom, Canada produced nearly half as many motor veâ€" hicles. France, with four,. times the population of Canada, made only 201,934 motor vehicles, while Soviet Russia with a npnopulation of approximately 150,000,000, had a production of only 199,123 moâ€" tor vehicles. These figures could be used to prove something or other. (From New York Times) A girl blind from birth, whose case is reported in the British Medical Journâ€" al, was made to see for the first time by an operation. Her bewildered jJoy in the newâ€"found world of light was tempered by a tragic disappointment over the human faces she saw about her. She had thciugzht all persons were "beautiful and had happy faces." Another popular potato myth claims that they originated in Virginia, but the true spud comes from South America where the natives of old Peru cultivated them. Potatoes were never taken ,to England by Sir Walter Raleigh, either, for there were none in Virginia in his day. ‘The spandiards introduced them to Europe, and it was from Ireland that potatoes first came to North America. Know Your Potato There is a popular myth as to which is the best way to prepare potatoes for the table. The majority seem to think that if the little darlin‘s are peeled, boiled and mashed into a flavourless white pulp, they have fulfilled their destiny in the service of mankind. Well, that‘s one way, but there are three ways of preparing them. One of the hundred and ninetyâ€"nine other known best insists that the potacoes must be cooked in their skins to retain the finest flavour of the vegetable, boiled in salted water until their jackets start splitting. Then peel off the thin skin, gouge a narrow trench in each spud, and fill this trench with butter and a dash of vinegar before doing justice to their goodness. Blind Girl Who Thought All Faces Were Beautiful periments are being conducted at the present time to verify the scientists‘ belief that the vibrations of the anâ€" tennae are responsible for this marvelâ€" lous signalling, and it is already known that the insects with the largest and most delicately feathered appendages seem capable of calling mates the greatest distances. Another way that lady moths attract their husbands is by wearing scent glands on their wings, and a delicate but heavy odor is wafted down theé breeze and can be detected by the oleâ€" factory senses of gentlemen moths more than a mile away. This is surely a tribute to the kindâ€" TORONTO (Founded 1829) Preparntory School 8â€"14. Upper School for Boys from 14â€"18. A Boarding School for Boys Boys prepared for Business,â€" Universities and Royal Mxlntary College. Diversified curriculum gives the benefit of continuous training from preparatory school to graduation, with special attention to vocation or profession chosen. Fifteen Entrance Scholarships have been founded in memory of the "Old Boys" who fell in the Great War, Special Preparatory School Bursaries are open to younger boys. Scholarship and Bursary examinaâ€" tions are held in April of each year. For prospectus and further information, apply to the Secretary. Auitumn Term opens Wednesday, September 14th, at 9 a.m. T. W. L, MACDERMOT, M.A., Principal. 381 R CANADA COLLEGE The BANK of NOVA SCOTIA With over a century of successful experience behind it this Bank stands ready and willing to render helpful service with any banking problem. Keh OvVER A CENTURY OF BANKING SERVICE Worldâ€"wide facilities in every department of banking 60/911[ Serw’a’ Griese, and Miss Marion Helesn Mcâ€" Caughan, both at home; a sen, Thomas W., of Porcupinge; four brothers, Wilâ€" [liam, David and James, of Pembroks, ‘!and Hugh, of Alice; and two sisters, Mrs. Alex Coburn, Stafford Township, ‘and Mrs. Martha Edwards, Chicago. ’The funeral was held from his Jlate home on Sunday afternoson at 3 p.m. Rev. R. Bertram Nelles, of First Presâ€" byterian Church, officiating, and inâ€" terment was in the Presbyterian cemeâ€" [ tery. Kincardine News:â€"For those planâ€" ning a motor tour, it is best to get a large road map. This will tell you everything except how to fold it up agaln. North PBay Nugget:â€"A recent census shows 900,000 present members of the French Legion of Honor. Seems a lot, but the membership includes all exâ€" premiers. Pembroke, Aug. 17..â€"The death ocâ€" curred early Friday morning at his home, 441 Trafalgar Road, of Alex Mcâ€" Caughan, retired municipal employee, l1 for the past six months, Mr. Mcâ€" Caughan was aged 73 years. Born in Alice Township on January 10, 1865, ho was a son of the late William Mcâ€" Caughan and his wife, Margaret Moore. He lived on a farm in Alice for 12 years following his marriage to the former Elizabeth Jane Kennedy, who survives, then came to Pembroke, where he had made his home for 30 years. Mr. Mcâ€" Caughan had retired soven vears azo. A ~member _ of Church, he was a f: Alico L.O.L. Surviv wife, are two daugh Griese, and Miss M Quelph Mercury:â€"Poverty is like a lot of other diseasesâ€"it takes a lot of money to cure it. Then, alas! as we grow older we learn, like the blind girl, that even the most beautiful face may not be happyâ€" locking, that lines of care and hurt and sorrow come with experience, Evil, too, finds its way into a face and cannot be washed or rouged away. And who, even at peace with himself, lookâ€" ing on the forlorn world of today with all its cruelties and injustice, could reâ€" main happyâ€"looking for long? Yet, after all, the poor girl in her blindness may have been instinctively right. Faces were meant to be beautiâ€" ful and happyâ€"looking. Nature intendâ€" ed them to be and gave us the means to make them so. Perhaps some day they will be. Death of Alex McCaughan at Pembroke Last Week ness with which she was treated and the care which sheltered hor. But is it really a curious mistake? Isn‘t it cne which once we all made? A child at first believes that all persons are trautiful and happyâ€"looking. There is a magnificont "Portrait of an Old Man and His Grandchild," by Ghirlandaio, which shows a little boy clasping an old man who has a hideousâ€" ly deformed nose. The loving child sees nothing repeilent and the old man‘s face is so suffused with tenderâ€" ness as he fsels theâ€"child‘s arms about him that it has indeed become beautiâ€" ful. THURSDAY, AUGUST 18TH, 1938 Principal and Head Master Rev. Bort Howard, D.D. Tllustrated prospectus and Information regarding Bursaries and Scholarsahips on request. Eu'ly registration recommended. Ballevilie with Residential Accommodation G R A H A M ‘T H K Public, Lower, Middla School Honour Matriculation ond Year University (Queen‘s) Business Administration and â€" _ Commerce Music and Dramatlc Art Physical Recreation For Boys and Young Men L L Coursee OfNHerad Ts Presbyterian former member of ving, besides his htors, Mrs. Harold edy, whno survIives, okz2, where he had 30 years. Mr. Mcâ€" For Girlsa and Younsg Women vem years a20. 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