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MONDAY, DECEMBER 12TH, 1938 native s reasoning the sergeant had alr explained, would car Maraka‘s suspicior far more plausible 1 explanation, and if to be pooled he felt should be c borationâ€"native ant( wards a common g had shown so far, a #10¢2, was The answWwe "Look â€"] know tha only five that if y( jolice, but, af o reveal was narks on the t likely that ‘ounded on n sub‘le a theory as this coming from a nativs get much thanks for y sides the first thing t want to do, would be TA business | Malcolm, man, per. found C his lands ed to buy., lea tain Malcolm â€" "I have been a pretty place : Adhemar formg| mMmiss10n ‘khotlio. vÂ¥ery pri TIhs faddls o{ :o R DERLES‘*S 5 ? \:3 HORSE 4X * ,:‘_ '. ry prevly farm, n? added (to Mai Cvrohia offered to go with them live minutt if you ask Mortime: BARGAIN COACH EXCURSION THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15th, 1938 TO PEMBROKE JCT., OTTAWA, MONTREAL and QUEBEC Via North Bay and Canadian National Railways xcursmmsAravel will bs ired â€"of e was already dressed b flmflmaams of the rising he rondavel window. t get over this busine "‘ he began, when he alcoim *to face the new Bargain Coach Excursion Tickets NOT VALID on Trains 49 and 50. BARGAIN COACH EXCURSION FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16th, 1938 CH_APTER IX MALLCOLM WIN®S here Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway The Nipissing Central Raiiway Company WILL OPERATE Ll‘aigh | Marak thoug rsonitT t mad AanDnlit Forma shoul It‘s : € Oll VCE msAravel will be handled on Train No. 4!., connecting at North Bay with €. N. Train No. »+Qn the RKETURN journey, tickets will be valid for travel / Train No. 1 from Moentreal 8.00 ».m. SUNDAY, DECEMBER I8th and MONDAY, DECEMBER 19th. TO POINT® IX THE MARITIMES via NORTH BAY and CANADIANX NATIONAL RAILWAYS evidence of that kir hing more solid than ing from marks whi «d already »xaminred a| n goal wWiIilln, as CVOnI ar, a pull on the natliv ven remotely possib‘e . decidedly, no. old boy," ‘he â€"said. * cen in the cauntry fC ans? rder ild like to sho\ the show plac veling vou it he police him Vickets will be valid to leave destination points, 31 mplyv Vn rsâ€"you mignt JjUuSt it you knew someâ€" was up. It may art, but I think i{ ungconvintc | iorning teg old stroke, on local $ opinion : put theâ€" bsar tha Cynthia Adhema) 10 Mr. C oK rrying tter h 1¢€ your paln the police > to put : b, and jus ippea LYe, LynUMia, ind with your per ‘ to show him th )w place of this idded to Malzolm 1l8, ews and tha i casting vot which his na 1¢ DECEMBER 231 wOrneliiys. Campsi( vinced when ed, brin2zigg g tea. Malâ€" roke, even if ocal convenâ€" mion in front the point to maware tha} ee2em 1C ult In co working ALl wWoOu lt NCl PraC he t W LV CE even . uY faire, deâ€" 1ized him, vÂ¥ to Maorâ€" AI ul nt°fAl,. er Mortiâ€" ast write illn had psie, and t the old o. They ‘ ~out> for arried ff nk Wws nd 2exâ€" events 12@, wWC 1e boatâ€" enerallyv wOoulC p‘ait int Cl WCil doing hink| TUNNELS, SNAKES AND CAVES shuinâ€" ; The passage, which was quite soventy just| yards long, ended in a narrow tunnel meâ€" | beyond which the big trees came to an may | abrupt end, and they envered a minioâ€" ik if | ture jungle of scerub composed 6f stiuntâ€" . we l ed poplars. natural bush, and tall grass. botâ€" 'Huvh boulders formed a maze of pasâ€" '<1"es but they followed a narrow wellâ€" vyhen | worn path which wound through them. 1231993 ccming out a hundred yards fun her on Malâ€" | into a small clearing, on the right of en if | which gaped the low, wide mouth of ticulars anoly to Local Agent 111 131C V l1=~ r] known by its Sesuto name Of "khotlo." They walked through the orchards, and as they eMmerzed from the canopy of pink and white blossom they could agross a fairly narrow bw. deep valley, the farm natives‘ village, with its thatched huts clustering haphazard on broken rocky ground. To the left of the villago the valley widened 0o meet a sort of tributary valley coming from the direction of Bon Espoir, then took a wider sweep and opened out, some five hundred yvards further on, into the: highâ€"banked Caledon River. ‘ Walking along the edge of che main valley, which now became increoasingly wooded with weeping willows and poplars, they reached a point where it narrowed to a gorge choked with the silvery tops of poplars. "You‘d hardly believe is," said Adheâ€" mar, enthusing as over some treasure, "but under this is a cave." "Let‘s go down," said Cynthia. ‘"You must see it, Mr. Green." | â€" _ They Cescended by a stcep winding | footpath between high rocks, chat endâ€" | ed in a kind of long irregular passage, !wallod in on one side by the tmrunks ‘of populars, and on the other by solid i rock in the dopressions of which were faint remains of many Bushman paintâ€" ‘ ing@s. But Malcolm was no palaconâ€" tologi "It‘s hardly a cave." she admitted "The real cave is further on, and I hope you‘ll think it exciting enough, though it isn‘s really, because it is just a mass of burrows for rock rabbits and wild «ages, but they worn path whic ccming out a h into a small cl which gaped t It certainly was an extraordinary plaace. To reach it, one had to climb up a kind of uneven rock cerrace about four fest high, which formed the floor of the cave. Beyond th> entrance the rocky roof rose to a natural arch, quite seven feet high, and extended to a depth of over ¢ten yards; but the mosi remarkable feature was that the faces of the huge slabs of rock, forming the floor, wers inverted replicas tho portions of the roof, suggesting that they had once formed part of" the enâ€" crmous arch. "By Jove, this is more like a cave," said Malcolm admiringly,. "And a good sized one, too." : "You‘ve only seen half of it," said Adhemar. pointing to a black hole low down in the rock wall at the back. "This is only the veranda. Come inâ€" side." CA '{}Cz,u'Z f Scrambling through the opening, they Crscended into the inner cave, across whose sandy floor ran a little stream. It was dark and chill, and moss grew on its low, inoist walls. By the light of a succession of matches Malcolm manâ€" aged to ges an idea of its dimensions. It was quite as big as the outer cays, though at sither end it narrowed down to whs< looked like entrances into smali tunncls. "My brother Joseph," Adhemar anâ€" wered, "tried to find out many years eo, becaus the natives used to say How far does it caVve a cave ruched "The Northland." he said inquired Malâ€" that one passage came out at the river, and che other on the next farm. He crawled about for a whole day, and had to go to bed the rext day with a very bad cold. He found nothing at all, and he said it was just native superâ€" stition as usual." "Jolhn tried too, you know, Mr. Reâ€" coulle," Cyrchia said, "and he didn‘k find anything, either." ' "Joseph." continued Adhemar, "couldn‘t goet one native to go with him. They all said a big snake lived in her, ind it would suck you in and carry you away to the river. Native superstiâ€" tion." he added, reflectively, "has logic chat snake is the same favour river snake, which makes them dislike the river at night." "Is that why they dislike being told to come and cut wood in the ‘khatlo‘?" asked Cynthia. i "Of courseâ€"and they swear the snake has been seen here." Adhemar‘s fund of snake sc.orics was not yet exhausted when they emerged from the cave and crossed the valley. From its farther side the whole of the surrounding country camza into view again,, and they câ€":ild see the sandy course of thr main road to Brandfonâ€" tein as far as the boundary of van Stellen‘s farm o their rear, and, on rising ground to their left, the Campsie pump, with its protecting sysem of concrete and barked wire fencing. "You seem to value ycour water supâ€" ply, Miss Channing," remarked Malâ€" colim. Old Adhemar chuckled, and Cynthia laughed. "It‘s John‘s pet scheme," she roplied "As a matter of fact I don‘t blame him â€"whatever ¢the neighbourhood says," she added meaninely to Adhemar. she added meaninely to Adhemar. "Campsie is a good farm, but wo‘ve had wretched luck with water. ~We've put dow:xn four boreholes, Mr. Green, and always missed it, and we‘ve just gost to e to this system of pumping by hand every day, for a windmill or an engine would simply pump the founâ€" cain dry and then fill all the pipes with air. As a matter of fact, that‘s why John has put up all these ments; it‘s to prevent passing natives from intorfering with the pump." "WHERE IS VAN STELLAN GoOING?" "True. dear Cynthia," said Adhemar tolerantly., "but your John goes too far in his »conomiss. It is as if he finds ~happiness in making himself a martyr to wa‘er. That is why we others smile in our bcards, even though you have our deep sympathy in your bad luck. Ths: trough, for example,; at which the wheyâ€"cart horses must be watered every cay, by that unfortunate individual of a Tom, when he comeos back from thas chesse facilory at Brandfonteinâ€"it is nothing but false cconom®. Afterall, ‘he water they drink comes out of ths tank. and has therefore already been pumped up from the fountain. If the horses drank it more conveniontly at the stables, the only extra cost would "e the wear caused in the pipes. You [ s yilF * | muss agres, Coar Cynthia, it is a kind of story. that." "Oh, I know, Mr. Recoulle; yol John is a good farmer." "Oh, everyone knows that gosd old Chan is an excellent farmer. Ib ‘1s, after all, funny what little inconsisâ€" tencies we all have. Consider, for a moment the ways of our old friend van Eve‘llen . ;;." He broke off abruptly. As if to maks his consideration practiical as well as figurative, he had turned. as he spokys, towards the distant van Stellen hom«oâ€" stead. A wagon fitted with an archea ‘ont, relice of the days of the voof {rekkers‘ nomadic life, was as that very moment starting from the house. The crack of the drivor‘s whip came faintiy their cars. "Now where can that old man be "Now where can that old man be going at <his hour?" Adhemar exclaimâ€" ed, surprise and curiosity in his voice. "But of courseâ€"Nagmaal; that is what is taking him out." "Nazmaal? What‘s that?" Malcolm "Communion Service," Cynthia anâ€" swored. ‘"The Dutch Reformed Church ceclebrates it every months, and all the farmers go into town for it." "But what you sz2e," Said Adhemar, "is the little that is left from what usâ€" ed co tb a very grcot affair. In the old days, cvery one for miles round in the district trekked like that to Brandfonâ€" tein, and some people travelled for days; and they a‘l camped under the shadow of the great church, where they made a big laager. But now only old people still go like that. Old van Stellien up there, although he is so near the town, always inspans his black Afrikanders, and coos in by wagon. He will never ui9 laager. BV now oOniy i oid peoupic still go like that. Old van Stellien up there, although he is so near the town, always inspans his black Afrikanders, and gocs in by wagon. MHe will never give up the old custom." "Yes." added Cynthia, "and poor Japie will be made to go too. I don‘t mean that he wants to avoid the Serâ€" vice. but it does seem silly to go and spend an uncomfortable night in a wagon. in the middle of a town, when they could drive in sensibly by buggy, and come back home for the night." To be Continued) isked As if to maks ical as well as d. as he i Stellen THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO About Safeguarding the Health of Canada Interesting â€" Sidelights on Public Health in Address by Dr. R. E. Wodehouse. Toronto. December 10thâ€"When the time comes that the voters in demoâ€" cracies decide that they want a medical service for the masses, then the Govâ€" ernment will provide it, was the opinion expressed here on December ist, by Dr. R. E. Wodelyouse, O.BE., Deputy Minister of Pensions and National He pointed out that the Canaâ€" dian Government was constantly asâ€" sembling â€" data from â€" all available sources on the subject of medical care for all having incomes under certain fixed amounts. Whst form the serâ€" vice would assume would be evolved, but the speaker did not think the matâ€" ter of whether there would be such a service or not would be settled by anyâ€" one except those who had the votes, Dr. Wodelrouses address was given before the Royal Canadian Institute and covered the subject of ‘"Safeâ€" guarding Canada‘s Health." He gave a most comprehensive review covering the wide ramifications of the Departâ€" ment of Pensions and National Health., Among the interesting explanations given was a description of the methods used in nareotic drug control Narcoâ€" tiecs were not manufactured in Canâ€" ada but were sold under license. There were 110 licensed wholesalers in Canâ€" ada and every grain purchased had to be accounted for. "The tracking down of the illicit. trafficker is most intriguing" said the. speaker, "and the coâ€"operation between the enforcement officers of various countries is entirely satisfactory. The cleverness of the underworld and their agents of supply as unfolded in the departmental fyles is as exciting a reâ€" cord as any dimeâ€"thriller. The officers deal with the most ruthless of internaâ€" tional crooks and are confronted by interests making millions of dollars out of the addict traffic.‘"‘ He recited nuâ€" merous Cases illustrating the difficulâ€" ties of controlling the use of narcotics. The examination at Customs for illicit importations was constantly carried out, even the Xâ€"ray and fluoroscopic screen being used. Another activity of an international character was the supervisiom of shellâ€" fish areas.. Sanitation of international waterways was also an important reâ€" sponsibility. Laboratories both in Canâ€" ada and other countries, for the proâ€" duction ‘of smallpox vaccine and simiâ€" lar laboratory medicinals were subject to inspection and license by the Deâ€" partment. Its sanitary engineers inâ€" spected all water and food storage faciâ€" lities on international carrier, the U.S. Public Health Service reciprocating. @uarantine and immigration activiâ€" ties were also described. The Departâ€" ment maintainedâ€"medical ~officers «in Paris, Antwerp, Hamburg and London for the medical inspection of immiâ€" grants, who know before they sell their belongings and buy their tickets wheâ€" other days. Immigrants, however who Canada, thus avoiding the hardships of oher days. Immigrants,~however who within five years of their arrival come under medical care and are deemed to eventually have to become dependents of the state, are deported. Eostel and hospital accommodation of not less than 500 beds was mainained at Canadian seaports for assembling deportees; ships of the respective lines which brought them to Canada must carry them back free of charge. Dr. Wodehouse after outlining the are taken in the enforcement of the Food and Drugs Act and many other branches of the Service, referred to the establishment of three new divisions of activity, their real function to be coâ€"operative by invitation of the sevâ€" eral provincial health departmentsâ€" the Maternal anri Child Hyg‘cne Diviâ€" sion, the Industrial Hygiene Division and the Publicity and Education Diviâ€" sion. Referring to grants made by the Fedâ€" eral Treasury to national voluntary organizations, Dr. Wodehouse stat2d that the aanunts from the inception of the Department of Health in 1919 to the Spring of 1938 totalled $1,285,350, with which he coupled grants to Proâ€" vinces of $2,000,000 for assisting in the combat of venereal diseases. As to naâ€" tional voluntary vrganizations in the public health field, he said:: "I think they are indispensable. They | can do many things in a way not pcr-l missible to official bodies. They can| obtain money and coâ€"operation a f-ed-i eral government could even solicit,.| let alone receive. Some people choose | to keep harping on the possibility of | overlapping, particularly in educational efforts, I maintain you cannot too often repcat in many froms, the mm:h: nceded health messages of toâ€"day. The reckipt of grants by the organizations may limit their inclination to urge cerâ€" tain measures of advance upon the Government, but this has not uniâ€" Pormly affected tne Canadian organâ€" izations, at all times." The loan of personnel from the Fedâ€" eral Department was the most effective means of assisting Provincial Departâ€" ments of Health in their problems. Dr. Wodehouse pard tribute, too, to United States laboratories for their generous assistance in training Canadizn worâ€" kers and completing laboratory work. The Department of Health saved Departments large sums by purchase of medical suppliecs and by supervision _of sick leave for the entire Civil Serâ€" vice. Since the institution of this serâ€" vice four years ago, absence on account of sickness had been reduced by a value of approximately $600,000 a year. As to social services provided for exâ€" service men, the speaker said : ‘"*The Federal Government has 80.083 disability pensloner:s at present, with 17954 dependants. It has 15,192 vetâ€", erns in receipt of Wur Veterans‘ allowâ€" ances with 226 dependant wives. It issues on the average $178,000 a month of an international Hn UncmpioymnCIiL asssu®iiUt 10 penstoners. It has 2,500 men and nursing sisters in hospital every day of each year. It has 803 cases repuiring artificial eves and approximately 3,000 glass eyes, either bieng worn or ready | to replace breakages, already made to suit each eligible soldier. A pensioner with a disability assessed at 5 p.c, may enter hospital and receive full treatâ€" ment and compensation â€"totalling 100 p.c. pension or more while there, The total amount spent for all exâ€"soldier services by the Federal Governmont since the War to the 31st of March 1938 is $1,047.055,047. This year, we estabâ€" lished that at the age of 52 years, the pensioners have a longer expectancy of life than the civilian population. It seems to pay to give people the equaniâ€" | mity of mind that at least they and their | dependtants will not be allowed to | want" One of the helpful that was learned during the examination of reâ€" cruits for overseas service was the imâ€" portance of having normal feetâ€"free from pain and discomfort, One may have brains and ambition, but to be unable to be among others because of painful fect not only interferes with business and social progress but the consiant nagging of the nerves affects the general health and happiness of the individual. As most of {chese were young men who were presenting themselves for service, it can been seen that their foot defects were not due to any heavy work that was bzing placed upon them bus because as little children and later as growing boys in their ‘teens, proper fcotwear was not provided by their loving but thoughtless parerts; the narrow ‘trim shces for growing’g boys and girls did not allow the proper width for the growing feet. In writing on Fecet For Life", gia,. stailes: ‘ If you have comforts, keep !wc'uin" shoes ]fox' your foet, k ! running over } pairs before necessary. "Nor are teen age youngsters the only ones who are guilty of foot indiscretâ€" ions. While college girls and boys shaw sense about shoes as a rule, gradâ€" uates who enter business leave footness behind them. Men as well as women suffer all to nesdlessly from hammerâ€" toes, calluses, corns,. bunions, and inâ€" growing tc:nalls due vo ill fitting shoes. It is diffucult understand why a women is willing vo rmuin her posture. her gait, her facial expression and her cutlock on life by wearing patiecnt gesture, many a harsh word spoken, many a lined and wrinkled face, may be traced to the owner‘s feet." If you have any foot common sense should take you so an orthopedic physician â€"who can give you safe and scientific advice. Walk correctly. Do not t out or in, but straight ahsad cannot do this, your doctor you whether he advises a le: on ane side of your shoe‘s form of correction. unemployment assistance â€" to small FITTING YOUR FEET FOR LIFE Eisht helpful bcoklets by Dr. Barton are now available for rcaders of The Advance. They are: Eating Your Way to Healih; Why Worry About Your Heart:; Neurosis; Ths Common Cold; Overwsight and Underweight; Food Allergy or Being Sensitive to Foods and Other Substances; Scourge (gonâ€" orrhoea and syphilis»; and How Is Your Blood Pressure? These booklevs may be obtained by sending Ten Cents to cover cost of service and handling, may be obtained by sending Ten Cents to cover cost of service and handling, for EACH one desired, to The Bell Library, 247 West 43rd St., New York, N.Y., mention The Advance, Timnwns. (Rogistered in accordance with th Copyright Act). (by James W. Barton, M.D.) Health Booklets Available have no foct defects or disâ€" _ keep conditions that way by shoes wide and long encugh fcot, keep soles and heels from over by soling and heeling reâ€" fore they becoms absolutely Timmins y}@©, Laundry During this busy time of the yearâ€"â€" â€"â€"â€" why not turn over all your washday work and worries to the Timimins New Method Laundry? Then you‘ll have an extra day each week to shop, do your Christâ€" mas baking or look after the hundred and one things that must be done for Christmas. Just phone the laundry and relieve yourself of the washing and ironing. You‘ll like the way they handle everything for you. Your clothes come back all finished and as clean and pure as pasteurized milk,. Phone 153 now before you forget and leave the rest to the laundry. the subject "Fitting Beulah France, in Hyâ€" of PBout s ECbhat Bobp toe either ad.â€" If you r Wwill toll leather lift s_ hecls,; or Striking Colours In Christmas Cards Religious Motifs Popular in 1938 Cards. an infinite varie desizns. (By Mrs. Cornslius Becckman) Besides the many Chris¢mas card de signs of religious inspiration, there i As the designs koved to the religious significance of Christmas have, proâ€" phetic to our spiritual needs this year, shown a marked increase, so have che designs in striking color achievements of red, white and blue. One dramatic design shows a white Christmas tree with bright red candles against a panâ€" el of blue. Another shows a whits Christmas bell circled w‘th blue and tied with a dashing red bow. Roofâ€" tops are silhouetted in blue against a lighter blue sky while a swooping aeroâ€" plane in red writes in white "Merry Christmas." The traditional embloms of the seaâ€" son are, of course, with us again, many with the conventional treatments. Strikingly the new note in this year‘s Christmas cards is a clever combinaâ€" tion of an oldâ€"fashioned motif and a modetrn rendering and interpretation of this motif. The Christmas coach, for example, may \be used against a modâ€" ernized background. or it may become a screamlined train spseding its pasâ€" sengers hom> for Christmas, or a smart car or an aceroplane. Christmas candies are very populatr for designs this year . .. perhaps beâ€" cause they especially lond themselves to modern silhouette treatmeonts and to the new colour combinations. Christâ€" mas trees, wreaths, branchs of holly, Sarta Claus, snowmsn (and snowâ€" womrn this year, too!), the everâ€"popuâ€" lar Christmas lantern . . . we find them all, but usually with some new design treatment, some new colour or colourâ€" combiration, which gives them an upâ€" toâ€"date garb. Besides th»> usual number of designs of English inns and other English scenes, such as hunting and coaching scenes, this year we have charming cards in authentic colours, of Amerlâ€" ca‘s famous inns and historic notelsâ€" cards that show fine examples of Amerâ€" ican arch‘secture, entire buildings and details of Colonial dcorways and manâ€" ‘tel designs. Many of these American designs are etchings and ongravings, beautifully exesuted and of a generous size that suggests framing . . . a comâ€" bination cof gift and card. Cards destined to be treasursd for many a year are the cards of romanc? w‘ch their messazes of sentimens ... to Mother, to Father, to Sistoar, to Broâ€" ther, to Wife, Husband, Aunt, Uncle, Her, Him. The pet lover still has simple and clabsrats designs of animals. Scottics, of course. 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