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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1935-04-11, Page 6fo; \ 4 7 ;/ ’-f ■ . * ‘ ! / : <. ♦ •' 1 ’■ ■ •■‘"•'i ■ ‘• ■'■•■r-’.-i ’ / • / I I®®- "W’ NRki ’fe. w,i V i v g>' il r • <1 I ft 2 If >1 IS Ml . 4 v *' £. r.r, \ ' > iFjV‘i• '-..1' -A...... | CANADA EMPII ft*- —* ? ,V> afo / ■ Trucks Dumped In Toledo ‘Drivers’ Strik^ y z . ■>X'w'Z A-'' Ls ‘VL‘' *'•' ' L . X I / A F/i W / YHB WORLD ? " AT LARGE BE * * / •• •'• . / <%. .-. - ,* »g s! CANADA *. ••;.; ; olB/car^ “• • jt is not fair to the. people, of On­ tario,. who have, spent millions pf dollars ,i®. the building of*' highway^ or to -that section of the public which T I^as invested huge sums, of money in r. siblp persons to. venture out/on. the’ highways with old- . and dilapidated ■• cars which have been purchased for $15 to" $20 in home backyard. The department ‘would have the ’ support, of the vast majority of the people if 4 it instituted a more rigorous exami- they are licens.ed.—Brantford, Exposi­ tor. /' / " A BAD THING TO START ■ A German .society woman was be^ headed in ..Berlin for1 revealing state ceorets; If alL the women in every country wtho revealed' secrets, were executed it would be necessary to. set up foe guillotine again.—-Ches- le.y Enterprise.-■ ' DON’T TRY IT. . . Car driven by' man from Toronto ■ collided with another Car1 near Brampton.’ It.rolled’'over three times alfter - which the occupants crawled out? unihurt. Don’t try it. Only a car driver from Toronto can get away ’ with tricks like that.—Stratford Bea- . con-Herald. “ 4 / “THE KING’S FOREST.” In England the forestry commisr obtained"-His-“Majesty’s“ 1 permission to name a tract of 600 • fores that fo®V have acquired for- affr in it they , intend to plant a three-' ’'pcOfle. aWniie 'of beech" trees, to be named Queen Mary’s Avenue. ■The forestry commissioners have likewise been granted ieave to name an area } ““ in Wales, hitherto known as Vaugh- • tgain means King’s Forest; and • it - is announced thauthey intend ito se* __.Aect^a^similarareain_Scotlandtobei named in association with the King, All this, is .connected with th® Ju- . feilee and the idea; enthusiastically , focedved to all appearances; of Jink^ j fog this; auniversary with tree-plan- (Hng.—Saint John Telegraph-Journal, FROM PRAIRIES. ^ Canada’s prairie provinces provide pxany items for the .world’s menu ■fords—even mustard. 1A carload of foat commodity was shipped from Al­ berta recently.' This was the first jponsiignment of an entirely new T—^fo^afitura_pau_tho part, of two prairie ' -^armerSi-who had eome 41,000 ppunds- • . . profitable' undertaking for the fer­ tile soil of the province yielded- an average of 400 pounds to the acre — Empire I Review. ; T^e other day when addressing the Worshipful .Company '. of Gardeners ' inWondon, foe Prince said he was< a freeman of six city companies. /’My only claim to b® a member \ of fob musicians’ ^ompany,”. he said, r “is that I wrote recently what I do not think’a„very good slow march for the pipes. Z ’'A t ^■^L.am'r^lsQ^masfoi^f2foe--.Mercliariti MarineT '^i^a^yTTI hold that ver/ high rank, of admiral in the navy, but .1. would neve? lad vise, anyone to sail, in a ship in which I was captain and in charge, of the - nayigatlqn.’L._ . That is foe spirit which blings him close to the nation. 2 ' A, y ~ . -I. ’He is, howeverFa ^real enthusiasf' for - gardening, hfe activities at' his own pro^terties show,, and on thia? oc­ casion be said that .“Though only a, young an.d amateur gardener,”...he found himself at home among gar­ deners, He hopes one day1 to carry away a number of prjzes at horticul­ tural exhibitions. . f .More power to him!—Sault 'Ste. Marie. Star. WITHOUT.A RIVAL. It has been demonstrated, In a , hundred^ and one "way's; that newspap-’ er advertising is ^without a rival, whether one wants to attract tour­ ists or self-a bill of goods. While travel and other literature have foeir value, they Cannot -begin to compare, as a; medium of publicity, with foe newspaper, advertisement. As we hav® pofoted out on other oc­ casions, advertising of all kinds at­ tracts some readers, but all readers see'~'hewspfoer’“aM s Border Cities Star. -jfBRIGHTER DAYS. '-: '— " The tax rate in St. Catharines may be 41 mills as last year. But there is fois much to be said about it; St. Catharines is maintaining itself in a Wffiity sound'edndition and if this is don®, there is a much brighter day aheadf orthe taxpay er,r; b ecaused ebt in the riext five years wlll be greatly . “redUced.-^St,’ Catharines Standard. 0 A.-, T ’ •/ i-te:? $ j>S: i -.••■■?' 'x-:$ n WK -i—ps. A “pick-up” crew is righting' ah overturned truck during a' lull in milk drivers strike in ■; 'Toledo, O. Deliveries to. all but iiKfant's gnd the infirm were prevented’in determined fight for union b ' ^recognition. . .’ ; ’■ ! • sons of such advanced years as Mrs. Annie ’ Morrison offer in response to inquiries Among the suggestions of­ fered by fois centenarian daughter, of the Scottish highlands, is. hard work and regular and;-adequate sleeping- hours.. Sleep eight hours al day, she suggests.- In this age otf fovmdii and rush, it is to be feared tbis ..good-ha­ bit is neglected by many. —- Regina Leader-Post. z . : ' REAL HEADLINERS Papa and Ma|ma Dionne make brave efforts to keep in the headlines but when all is said and -done there la more excitement over the first i/ •- .monton Journal. all the doing- of their parents.—Ed: THE EMPIRE OLD SONG8a£ us romeffiber that “ManSome ©n • the Flying Trapeze” being sung w our childhood days, although it $as been mentioned as a new song. ■ a copy, printed 70 years ago, . Jias been discovered In London. As a matter of fact, it anight be a good $ilng to go over some of..,the old • longe instead of some of. the things Which laughingly were called ’songs With music nowadays—Niagara Falls jRSvlew. , ‘ . . -WHY 18 HE POPULAR? One reason the Prince, of Wales ,1s Jo popular lies in his sense of fun nd in his humorous reaction to the many {honors that are thrust upon him by virtue of his position. ■ ■ . " • 1 A ■ i I v $ 0 (it <5* V iWI. n.L»Liji'i sity was 1.15 persons a died. Who will defend don Daily Herald. ./ ^PREPARING FOR THE room, , 93 this?—Lon- HONOR GUE§T.‘ - Mr. Welch had been dining out six nights In succession. On the seventh nightheturned-upat-homeforthe 1 -evening=meali=^foenr^e-=was==seatech Mrs. Welch then rose and addressed tho otiher occupants o'f the table:—• ^ “Children, we have with us to- ■ night a guest whom you have , all heard, ;even if you do not know him personally.’ He is a man who has a reputation for good cheer In every club in the city, and this evening we are to have the honor and pleasure of, being numbered among the admlr- ~ers of his entertaining qualifods.’ It sd;th=foerfgreafost4Bleagur-e-4hat-^ IN GOLD CASH. The loss, of India would ba even more serious than the loss of the. /^eaf’War ivould'havie^b'eenr In onb” -way -oy-another^t^would^deprive- this Country of something between £40,- ^000;00band£60;000;000 yearly,which- represents the profits of Great Brit­ ain’s association with India.' It is only yrith the aid of such Income that ^e™are-^ble^~to’“meet xmr [ over-seas- __________ _ JUBILEE. And the news. W,hich was published last week .from Yorkshire helped to, show foe progress: that is being made with the scheme for the chains of beacons to be lit by the Boy Scouts on high' land all over/' the British Isles half ah hour after sunset on Jubilee Day. i Once and for all, Mac­ aulay has sung of the beacons spring? : ing front end to bud of the .country, They will, spring again/next May as they sprang on that, summer night, in ^1588i-.i3ut-the-.cause^wjll-npt-b.e'.jwratli; 1^hd'"'feaf^’iT wiiTYe^ All true expressions of that joy and good will /are to»-be-welcomed ;< -but- all will- be Incomplete without the best; which is bhe .least spectacular ■ of all; and that is, a contribution to the well-being of. the King’s people —by choice through the National Ju­ bilee Thankoffering;—London Times. bill ' forfood^Mbondon ~Da)llyHMhilr— —;—THE-BEA-T-H-DU-TIESt-™ ~— When one man’s estate yields in death duties ihore than the increase in the Estimates for the three de­ fence Services, it can hardly be de­ nied that jnillionalres- are ■-------- Death duties alone last year yielded £75,488,476—more than enough to pay the ‘country’s t education bill. Of this sum nearly £13,000,000. came. _fr-omAthe—£26;000,000--O9tate-_-of-Jh.aJ ... ......... .. . " .......... ' ' BE RESTORED ------------...--------—---- 6-fowProcess^AiTfSunshine- FishwUrois Are Factors Syracuse, N.Y.—Air-^nd sunshine will supply new topsoil for areas now eroding in the midwest, if the ed. ... A r- ». This means literally that just plain' air and sunshine turn into dirt—'■ converted by the action of plants. The process. \ia slow but can be „ UKeful_ .proper"holding* Vegetation is plant- couver Province. GOOD ADVICE. Dr. Wynne, Now ___ _____ commissioner, says the golden rule .-of health is “Keep* .Your Mouth Shut.” But isn’t that the golden rule, of human intercourse generally?” — Winnipeg Tribune. much wealth a man or a family may” _ amask; most of.it comes back to the public funds in two pr three generar York’s, health'"^oris.—Manchester Sunday Chronicle. ■-' / The decay is hot primarily the nu­ trients already' in. the. soil which were drawn up throu^li the plant roots;.. Ten per,,cent, of the hew1'soil is that kind. Ninety per ebnt. of the new top­ soil is actually air and sunshine con­ verted into loam.. This 90 per cent, is? carbon extracted from the air by plants .in breathing carbon dioxide. Under the influence of light,, the plants change the carbon,* dioxide chemically into starches and sugars. They also use a little of the other elements from the air. - The lights energy passes' intp the sugars and starches, and remains / 0 •-' /■ • /♦ foe tundra seems particularly un-; promising for wind power ‘ because of. th® severe conditions foafc must be faced. Moving parts, except, fo® van^s, must -be protected;; the; d^iv- .irtg mechanism must be stout eriough to; withstand blizzards; repairs ar®* sometimes ifopossifile- fo^.make in Ay inter. z Six years ago an engineering'eixi/. pedition set up an. experimental/ windmill in Novaya Zembla. "The mechanism had two vanes/each 3.28 meters (10.76 ft.) in diametefo Eriough Electric energy was gener­ ated and’ stored for; a radio station arid for electric, illumination. . Two ’ years ago the biological station^oh .the Murmansk coast was supplied with k windmill eight meters (26.2;4<. feet) in. diameter^ It is said that the energy generated'whs f^d direct­ ly into a- .transmission line/halfoo^h it is not-revealed how volt^^^ere, - I , maintained and interruptionVbf ser- ” -viee-avoided-^irir-periods-Vf^imim— — With these-Successes to its credit;, the 'Cenfoal Institute proceeded to design a still Harger . windmill—-one . with three van-es .twelve meters (39.36 feet) in diameter. . With this plant 580 kilowatt-hours are to be supplied in. June and, 875 in De- ~cember; The’costfof foe"'energy is~ -said to- be about 7 ;cents a kilowatt- hour. , While this seerns ^cmpafable with the household ..rate charged by- highly efficient central station com­ panies in large American cities, it niu&t npt be taken too seriously. Cost accounting in Soviet. Russia is not What it. is in c^y.talistic1 coun­ tries.- • r . wp Possibilities of the Plan;. High runs the hope that, gales will -develop the resources of the North.' Fishing smacks with’ electrich J ■ motors and lights are to charge their batteries at shore stations. There artf plans for a factory at liiidinsk ■ to extract ’ iodine from sea-weed. . Wind-electric sawmills are to be erected in the forests south tundra.- After having demonstrated experi­ mentally that strawberries, onions, -eucuinberg—and"_'other scurvy-pre-’"^ venting fruits and vegetables can be grown under. ultra-violet light, Pro- "fessor-N. A. Artemyev of the Mos­ cow Agricultural .Academy indulges in visions- of electrically operated truck farms in a northern wilder­ ness Where only toiigh lichens now- flourish The crowning touch is a picture of electrically illuminated igloos so fascinatiiig' to nomadic J:rib.es^^fothe^win<=settle-ddWn^.and--- enjoy the blessings of stable govern^ ‘ment. ~ ~ of the -® / .../ • " /. L- ■ \J ■ ^thereZ'■ -’. ...A '7'". "'.j Professor. ■ Heiberg’s studies show that fishworms may be the most im- pbft“^t~f actor nh“festonng^ to a denuded soil/ provided nature’s other agencies are giveij an-oppor­ tunity to replenish the lost organic apd other soil materials. Fishworms churn and mix the soil better :th^n steam shovejs.. They may turn qver annually something like' ditions are right for their work. , 5> - ■onions. /M 7 Fashion and Potatoes . The slump of the potato market is jblamed^py, some, as the direct -result—-.- -- of dieting by women on a largs, scale. They have read thafopotatoes are fattening andnow potatoeaSars added to foe long list of foods that are,banned from the diet of the wo-, • man who is making a playe of her- A self for Dame Fashion^ . . Life ^mong certaifi groups of peo- > balanced- ration, proteins and carbo- , figure: that is in style. And Damo Fashion, if we can believe the de* signers who pretend to be on tht inside, insists that there is but one " type of flgure^-the one , you see is woipen’s magazines. And foe worsl of it is that many : Women, old enough to know better, prefer to believe it with the result that they diet ana drugf themselves 4n an effort / t<- change foe dimensions' Mother Na* . ? ture ordained vfor them. , • / Tests Made With Windmills TiTrWtHefnrRlissia In the north, of Soviet' Russia lies the drepfy tundra—a frozen desert. Geologists' have reported that be- neafo that waste, covered only with lichens, are rich stores of coal and peat- But mining ' seemed a hope-. less undertakiitig. ‘ "How are’ coal and peat to be transported in the ab-;k Institute fpr Wind’ Energy at Mo;sl cow have reached, the conclusion that foe windmill; may solve the pro­ blems thus presented. At Moscow the average velocity of the wind is only four meters (13.12 feet) a sec- ‘ond, but north of Latitude 62 de­ grees it is twice as high. Moreover, fop winds in the/tundra are fairly constant and particularly strong dur­ ing the long, cold Arctic night,' pre­ cisely th® period when the sparse population of the. fondra takes-to its huts and cowers there in the gloom.' So the experiment of developing the tundra with windhulls is to bo made. .Experiment With Windmills Fortunes have been lost in vain attempts to couple windmills - „to electric generators in the hopj ° "of charging storage batteries apd thus tapping an inexhaustible source of energy at low cost The outlook" in ________________________ been made in the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse Uni­ versity. - Prof.. S. 0. Heiberg has samples of soil, showing the whole process, •both destruction, and replacement, as it took place in New York State. The most dramatic exhibit shows the work of , the “Builder-Upper,” 'the coyiribution of air and sunshine. This is' .soil front, the oldest; planta­ tion in New York State, the Wood­ gate Place, at White Lake, -z I " - . The soil from |that place Is laid out in a panel, cross-sectioned, to a depth of about two feet. Various layers show what happened to that soil for more^^than' a century. / ' For the last 6(L yearg it has/been forest. ’ In that periqd the topsoil has built up by" depths of one to two , inches. This buildup is plant de- .cay. " ’ HOUSING AND HEALTH. A couple of documents are just published -which are worth the atten­ tion Of good citizens. The first is the annual report on, the Army. It re- veals that only about a third of the applicants for the Army were accept-. ed^Bad health was the main reason for rejection. The second is the third Tvolunje of foe Registfar-Geheral’s Statistical Review for 1932. It shows that bad health is directly related to economic position, and that the ine­ quality which disfigures the commun­ ity extends even into foe chance each individual has of keeping alive and fit. Of every 1,000 children born, ih' areas where foe density was 0.7 “ " 1 before their first birthday. Where the den- .j. A REGINA CENTENARIAN ► The Leader-Post herewith ^offers hearty feribltatlons to Mrs. Annie1 Morrison, 2070 Garnet Street, Regiha, who bn Sunday Last marked her lOQth birthday anniversary. Mrs. Morrison, a native of Inverness, Scot­ land, and who came to, Regina from the Wapella district’, whorh dlie set­ tled with her , late husband”-in 1883, observed her century of life with children, grandchildren and'' great grandchildren about her. ............... ,It is- well to reflect upon some ofi - persons per room, 58 died the formulas of longevity that per- PRETTY SMOOTH Fergus News-Record The palm- for this week's simile goes to Art Wesley, of Walkerton Herald-Times, who scribes a burglar entering a hotel beverage r&om '“noiselessly at ah eel slipping through a barrel a oil.’* ‘ . ... • ; ..." 7^. 21 r ’ . • ~^~1 best the . de* local 1 a4* / , r ■ / / A I u T ■ff3 ,Q r L\r t I 1 1 a. The Princess Marienins^way from her cruel Uncle,' the Prince, and her aged suitor, Don Carlos. Dis- g'-> 3d ks her own maid, Marietta, she is going to sail to Louisiana with the Casquette girls who are to marry./he French colonists. But on.her way; to the boat she is frightened on seeing a poster an­ nouncing a large reward for any information con-, ciu idnar her whereabouts? A - M /, 6 Hi -r- A 7 /oZ/ 0/3 » ■ I MEV*S' i r > // rf r ,2 A /jJzK ffflA Hi t Ki y M *4 / < ’ f i J, ' "I. . Marie reaches foe boat and mingles with the other girls. But before they sail the police board the ship. They are looking for the Princess. Quaking in­ wardly she allows them to examine her passport and credentials. They glance around suspiciously. To seen! more convincing, Marie asks another girl for some bread, then Stuffs it in her mouth and eats it in a course ill-bred manner. ■XeSFT. I » l.i ........ ......... ■ The police leave ancUtlmship gets under way with sails full-spread, while everyone aboard sings a rousing embarkation song. The.days pass pleasantly as the bdat sails over the white-cgpped waves and Marie makes frieiida with all the girls. At night she sings to them and they listen for hours, entranced. Soon the day arrives when their destination is'in sight. t 1 ^ctAyath . —"n?. • ■ One night as they sail along the Louisiana coast, a mile from shore, a shrill cry rends the air. It is the .Lockout For, paddling furiously toward them in the.path of the moonlight, are a number.of'.sailing ukif|s-iJ//e£ with pirates, What will they do? Has 1 Marie escaped from one danger to fall into another! Don’t miss tomorrow’s exciting installment of “Naughty Marietta.” <•...' p t a I • ’/ ■■ .......i ** 1 . ■ , 4* •s-Z A , y, ■il