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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1935-07-25, Page 2(From Africa Boasts a . Sausage T r e e a National Geographic Bulletin, Washington), another plant to the .already Rainbow Gold Add large ..collection of botanical. freaks. A Princeton professor recently 'found a new variety of evening primrose. Its claim to distinction "lies in the" fact'that its buds develop to full sizq but never open. V’"'"'- Most interesting among peculiar’ plants are those which bear uncanny resemblance to something else. Cen tral, Africa Boasts a. sausage tree, from| whose- widespreading -crown hang what appear to be ** bologna sausages, and a "poached-egg tree,”. ■ so-called because ' of -, its huge white “flowers with' golden (centres. "■/ 1 Aus tralia presents as rival' a tree whose Birds Should Be Ready. By .Early Winter; Clean Al-fafa/Range Will' Give Results - HQW TO MAKE ICED Muss six heaping teaspoons of Salads Block Tea in a pint °J/.r.csh. water.v After six minutes strain liquid into two-quart .container. While hot, add 11A cups of granulated sugar and the juice of 2 lemons. Stir well uhtil 'sugar is dissolved; fill container with cold wAa»en Do not allow tea to, tool before adding the cold water; otherwise liquid will become dowdy. Serve with chipped ice. w M kerosene ' tin- by CHAPTER ONE “This about finishes the water," .said Pan Prescott to .his, mate, Gor don Wetherby, as. he painfully scoop ed‘the dregs of muddy fluid from the water hole into ■ a using a pint pot* as balefi ••Dead finish all right,” the other gold seeker agreed. ‘’We’ll need all that’s left in the. other, hole for dr'iUiing.” ■ They slung the two. full tins of watch oh a pole;, and, shouldering it, Walkdd. with, the burden up the slope of F.eather.top Kji^ flaking.'..cane-^nb-t.. to -spill any- of the precious, fluid. - . .- The camp of these two. Australian.' gold-seekers was for out in the Nev er-Never country, 200..miles from—the nearest cattle station. The camp edn- -<^Yted“of~ar-^nyaflLmdT~-sfrei-ter: oT bougbs', under ■ which-the ramshackle motor / car, so far,' of the sun. A nature which had carried them was preserved frpm-the worst direct rays of the blistering smaller lean-to of the kame served as an open-air . bed- roomY ’The?’restof. - the' •:camp ’“w'§"s“a" log fire, oyer , which ’some. .primitive^ cooking utensils da-ngled from a crosi- b:w. ’'. J ■ By the foot of Feat.he'rtpp Hili ran Leopard wood Creek, now a chain of depleted water, holes, connected by a dry bed of hot stones. During the. brief ra^ny season of'North-Australia ,tiiis_-cr^.ekLwas. fed, fromYtojne_,unfieJt- gr.ound river or lake, which" gushed out likei'a. spWng at' the foot; of the ^717"Dur .wgvthe"“Tong' "dry’’s'eaYbS'/S e creek subsided first intp- a stringAdL pleasant waterholes; and then, a-s evaporat »om •proceeded. a __d.yy . creek bed. The- dry-.season was-now Well -advanced, and there, was very li(ttie waferleft,.,'" . . Ths/iWo. pro'spgcto.re.; c'l&d. i.n;..dusj;y. moleskins, with strong: beards- on.; their tanned-'faces:' set. doggedly to' work with, the last of the water. Dan. Pr«$cott carried ..'h“s-can ' to a mark. • set—ee • -the- —hi ll s i d &s ■ 4a- nd -iw-feshed’-dfS'it- after. d: h»r.i the surface .soil, work ing ’ /teadily uphiil'.',' Weathei.by, ■'b.e- bottom, through thoSp highey up, up to the pegs I drove today.” “Only thing , to do,” Gordon Weth- ferb-y agreed, ‘i’ll do thefeame. Then we’ll continue our two lines until they meet.” ..... "And dig there,” Dan agreed. “Only ‘thing to do?’ - . '“Pity" the water, gave out,” mur mured his mate. ' ■ ■ ' -Can't be ‘helped/’- Dah yawned. “G’night.” , Five minuteshlater the pair snoring. ''' •> , ■ • ■ Eafly next'morning they.'were busy^ with stout cord, running' a, line -up the hillside to define the-fan’s ha ped are'a- over which the .gold had been washed. ’At the apex--of, f-lia-t- fan, it , their work was accurate, they ought -to-fi-nd^t-h-e-'S'.ouTce"of"goid:"Th"ey‘‘W‘OTk=“ ed, as gold-seekers do, like men pos^ sessed of tireless strength and inex haustible energy.'- Their- operation brought ■ them to a spot ■ where the hillside reared itr self almost. perpendicularly for a "beTgfif^f'^bMe"Ten~"fe"er_Here-T5e-t'wb’ .converging lines-,.met..tDan.x..the„.g.old?. -seeker of experience,1, regarded ..-this ..scarp with, a.kindling eye.;1 .. *.‘L<oo,ks good to me,”-, he-, said; “gimme the’pick.” Dry ?sand fgll away'in gushes from h|s attack on the hillside; His mfife Don laboured, furiously with a -long- -Irn-ndledr’-slmvelTTZTC'a'stog^rh'etvr^tuff.' aside. They had not been' Working ..veryJlong-jwham-th-t-polnt'ot—tbe-pi-c-k- entered something'' more, solid than if^st?" ; 'Dan gave'a jerk, and’ the'pick came away, bringing . With 'i‘tv some lump's upon-which the- two" men ‘flung them-, selves' with feverish intentness. were thick. basedr trunk taper’s tipward >; like a soda .bottle/ and the black-boy ;. treer Which thrusts a speaflike-shaft >'• six feet above jts shaggy, crown of ' ; leaves/ From a .distance , a group of ‘ these might be savages ori the war path. ■' / In South Africa'.one may shrink from what. seem, to be |. huge red spidery lying on . the ground. .. They ■turn out to. be. lilies;" Equally sinister looking are that region’s blood lilies. . whose intense red .-.blossoms and stalks are thrust up like the heads' of dangerous, snakes. Similarly, in- hot des'ert canyons-of the United States wanderers' have quickened , their pace toward.the. curling- smoke of a friendly campsfire’ only to dis-, cover it the deceptive bluish-green' branches of a. smokebush. In. New Zealand some of the .barren mouri- ‘ tain-tsides. appear dotted -with sheep. ■ Closer-examination proves the large .rounded gray masses to be haastia' plants, or “vegetable sheep/’, . Other I plants, though undistin-- ■ “guis-hed”--iin'~"app-earanceyta”are"'‘remark-" ’ able fob’. -their odors. Goats- in Ten- ■ eriffe are fond of- a plant, which grows in rock .crevices and exudes the • musty odor of mice. Skunk of, the plant world is the durian, Al though its fruit .is reputed delicious" i'thrmigh^Mai3ysTa7-am'd'~itTs^aTd“t;hat"* ■ Borneo,' Jfeead ..hunters „.„;®dlL..,.Jl..cpm,m.iL... ■ murder ’to' get one, the fruit‘is per meated by a strong,, unpleasant odor ■ that lingers for days. An agreeable contrast is the umbrella bush. Its durable timber, '■ appreciated ' for . fence posts in Australia, has/the de licious fragrance of raspberry jam.' In-the- W este.^?X^ited^States~grd.w- - powerful herbs, .locoweeds, . ' which ’ ..have. a. JW.eir.cLeffect_^_om—-.-animals...: ci Cattle, kheep- arid horses that eat "c<w | ordination,' They stagger, drunke'nly ■■^o'u'n-d^or'’"a"’day""a'hd’7 .may;; eve-nt- ually die.' ' ■ ' ' ' o. ■ ■ t A <r < ‘IT ta A -l.: a.- x . but' • The ga'sped- Dan ‘ Prescott; 'J (||T A | |TV FINr with gold. Shot through-' YVliJull 1 * 11’« with' itl . Gimme , that j J|* £ dratli" g;as.p:.ng"fiW" .wTt'H'1'..............■ •.... ' '/ v’ i'- a ' Defend..For’Best Product•'Shows and , through'. ■ “Quartz.'" *‘And rotiten and through ’hoyel.” ---Tb-ey-'were th&' work and the excitement. The.'ir faces were working-, strangely. in- e s 1 P p <?c ■Id ,d XJ th on :t O It? I -OIT ~^Tfie’lreason/TorTEi’ '^gfadtiAr ?Triit steady, rhe in the .price of'frbsif eggs T.EcenTly7”'^sTajd''.'W7; Bv Some missio.ner -of marketing, “is warmer weather the reliability of average run into' 'toubt b ‘•The disci gins ' to ,ques ply- and som< nary trouble to .get 'out to tne 0 ini :og- Prt ise re mad-e* ut -a.] ee. n‘ =;o; ■ ch' t .he. cam' he- hills me. as ;wo‘‘ dr i'p. The ■ide ab- m ri 4y they trips set .to :he,ir find. ten s h'ree. they' S'U Q. ... According to investigators at the Pennsylvania agricultural experimen tal, ^station, bronze turkeys gave con- 44-nued- increase -in -growth during a .filvweek period. Work carried on at other stations allows a 24-week grow ing period for turkeys. r P.oults •hatch ed/on April 15 to 30 are of market ' age on October' 30 ,.to November 15-; while’those hatched on May- 15 .to-301 reach market age on November 15, to 30, -. One' must not .overlook' the im portance of having- turkeys finished and “in prime condition at time ' of J marketing: It may be neceseary In some instances to allow a longer, per iod' for market before the end- of . a 24-week period.* • ' Turkeys’ eggs requlre-i-more/moist- u.re during the 28-day incubation -per iod than do hens” eggs, during their 21-day period- s " ■ On the eighth -day, all eggs should be candled, and all infertile ones re-, moved. , If an old type or poorly ven tilated -incubator is used," t-he eggs should be candled’again on th.e twen tieth day, and all with dead, germs re-, moved. On the 27th day, rhe in.cu- -bator- door should be closed and not .disturbed again until .the. main hatch is completed. " . ’ ; .... .On the 2Stn day jt iA advisable, es-. peeially when, using forced-draft -ma chines, to remove. • the poults . that ■have dried off to the .nursery.etrays, chick boxes, or when Available/ ■ to battery brooders, where they may be kept in' a t&mpqralpre of 95 to 98-de grees F; The-shells may be removed Jfr,q.m,,...the-.txaps.....and-„-the—.unb.atch.ed-. '.e.ggs g.iv-en more time to,.-hatch. ; .- THRIVE ON RANGE .. The -poults should" be confined , un til-they, are ten tofftwelve -weeks of age,. when they shpuid be moved toy a, clean range., preferably one of al- Ta Ifay/c’orver“6F‘bln egr as s~Tnd~^'w tut e~' ..cMver...-Th e. ^brooder— house- -sbbuM- -be- ■ moved regularly-, to supply green feed and to lessen the chance of contamh ! natiqn. A clean range is one on •which nd poultry manure' has been -spread and on which no poultry -have been ranged for. two: years. . ■ ‘ Recalls Days Of Pioneer CKurchin? Western Canada Experiences of 60 years, in Alberta ' were recalled at a .chqrch meeting at . Pi'ncher- ...Cr.ee.k^^/hy^5Irs..^'.'J.G.h.n-.-Atc^ - Dougal, " wife of I John McDougal,, pioneer .missionary of . the western plains. . ' . ■■■ ■■ „ A* -Fincher. Creek;....she.^said, the. foundation for ’’ the great '"'Alberta ranching ■ enterprises were laid. ...She1 ■remembered-the first service her hus-/ I 1 Your Handwri Reveals Your Character! fzL T- AM Rights Reserved Geoffrey St. Claif Graphologist ■ Yesterday I received • -letter—from.’ a lady in England; Who Wrotp me some time .ago asking for a 'character analysis for herself and two of her. friends. Here is-.what she says:' 1 “We think each one, of the three" analysis' you sent is true and quite* ■accurate.'I myself am very conscious of certain of fh.e traits which you criticised in so friendly a- manner,- and thank you again for-the remed ies which you were good enough . to Outline.' You say one thing of me- in particular which although not al ways -acknowledged ' by ‘ my friends, I feel myself , to be-absolutely’ true, That is ■ wh'ere you state that ! am- a ‘rather self-interes-ted person’.. In this, connection it seems to me Re markable that you should sum' up ,...Ki.y.:.....c.har.a£:t,er..,.. by.......sfaUn gm Ah.atiy.6u- should suni up my character by stat-' i'ng. that you. felt that .the most suit-- able vocation for me would be that of nursing, because of- the self-cori- taihed poise: tfiat ■'you say I have.. I say you were remarkable because' for t-he last-42. AearsJLhaye^heen-en— gaged fit nursing-,- inc-luding 1-5--'years ■'in"‘"Ca'n'a^'a;'"agd'’'"I"_fiave~'acTYd''‘'as''''m Aron on .several ..occasions, sometimes for fairly long periods. But; though I lovpd the work/and nearly always loved ,and sympathised with my pa tients,. I realise.', that., always,’- in -the back of my mind, was 'a fairly deter- ..mined aim to., acquire ■ success, and -m-G-n-e-yh.—:----- ------:------■■— -------— ~~T~have quotecT"tE]S~letter/”niustfatT -hve-a-s-it-is^of-Traany’-gen'ei'on^yi'et'tefS" -“tira±~l~receive, 'be'cause; it . proVeA’ireA" lyond any doubt-th^t Graphology, does reveal- character, and in many cases TTso/' talent;.....*■-■ ■■■■ .' Most pf my, work in connection, with' ruy" newspaper column is del voted' to helping to solve personal "pfobrems, hut "it seems to me not inapposite that,' now and then, I sh'Opld remind my, readers of fhe' scientific basis of this work. This- letter ^brings -this , out very ■ clearly'.. more than 'any words'.' of mine Could do—because; it is essentially pract- 4ca 1-; it* deaIs wjth.. an ■.agtual casq,i -■ Not so very lo-ng ago,, a Western reader tried to di-guise his hand-'' writing, o.bvi.buSjy in the .effort t<j find out wether I could.' discern ' toe real from the false. From, the point of. view of' learning'something of. the ■accuracy of what we claim for Graph-.„ ofogy this was perfectly in order. But, this, regder wont. further t^an ■ toat, He liad g .very serious prej^m that ■was causing liim a good deal' of anx/ iety, not unmixed' with, unhappiness —and he requested, my help in- solv ing .his problenis- ■ . Now 'in this, work, ■ in connection, . /with various -newspapers, the'volume of mail is so large....that. is Is-not pos sible .to give to - eabh letter the. at-' - .tention t-fiat' i-t ffitght - deserve.; and?, thus, from the graphological ‘angle,1 prwctrce"“;tO'"'"m "a rfipid. summing up' of the Wariou's character.," '.,, 'istics shown in the writing, ,'and ther^.. .' ■go on with-th© particular problem pre/ ,- 'sented in the letter.' ’• I don't look for evidence of dis* • guiseV-whcn a person writes...in . tab _ me for\a character analysis, 1, take! . 'f<^gra-mred~tliaW^ being quite. fair with me by giving his .actual' normal handwriting. if- , one had to search every letter to see •if there was any attempt to.disguise, the normal hand,, jt W9ul„d take, me ' six" months to deal with’ one week’s, volume, of mail. Happily, cases of tfiis ...kind- are. rare.. I- ■a.'m-’'no.t"<n'it;6i’'s;^ --i-n-g-rthi^"-parti'Cular"'n?'D'n’-eyp^mtefft7'“jL' -Avas~-a-b-le—ip^een-v-iu-ce-hi-m-^haLgraph-’~ -ofogyL-s-^v^i-^h-efp-f-u-l-YiTid "he acknowT■." B’ut’'.""r ha/e"'d'eaTt" with^ th’e';'t'pse, in order-tq urge,’m'y; -read-, ers who'write to me1 to write always ■in their normal band.. - _.- . ♦ * - * ’ ■. h ■ ...l,. I.Ly.o.y^w-0-uld—li ke- to-..know .-What Mr. St. Clair has to say’ about your character or .that ■ of your friends,1 send specimens of the writings you wish analysed, stating birthdate. in ...each .case. ELn cl-Ose A O-Lco i-fl-d-or- e a-c h specimen .and send with 3c statnp. ed addressed envelope -to;’ Geoffrey', ■We^t/Ly.0^ the implications -of-, this 'project: you . -wi-lLsee. that - it coul'dr’be ” ■-iTideeii;..as^~ _ the. Times' says it is, “vqry "danger-- ous.”-All the scales .and proportions' of" our human life,'.as far-..as fh^.' passage of time was concerned/' would have to .extended in relation;' to'this new 'expectation of individual' - survival. We should know, if- we Had; a-Pattu'Ilo government, for-instance,: that it was in, and. we- in for it. of: course, not', for the■'statutory .limit; of .five years, bu-t.,for the ,yiew .statu tory. limit, .which w-e should, have W allow, of about.fifteen/ * . *rhcre would probably' Ke the cons ■ sequence of a terrible'1 lot of bads tempered old people in the world/ and .there would be a lot of a'dvei^ tiseme'nl.s.. in . the. paper, .^beginning/../., ‘.‘Life .Bcgips at 84..” It wouldn’t' be a gaj prospect-, for the wh'q had grqy/n, .tired of,' Life, .despit^ • those advertisements.' at 100. On the whole, we shall hope that -the- Iri^ ‘slitute .for Experimental’ Medicine a? Moscow-will fall'down on the job. rset", com- ~ that with ■ the lied.da ■es. •Im mating purchaser.’ tion' her source of sup- i-times goes to extraordL cotin- of farm.eggs i y .'many house-w be- vor£. o; * :■ « Aicli J»' th utu/ic vuu l’j c-mcp vuuu-^W^ugcown earth and sand enough ,.^y To obuill absdlureiy-"fresh eggs- up*the face-'from ‘which the. d b--en taken'. . ' c. A K fl. e. church still; edirn erector McDougal's a Pioneers a: t-lGEj on * (From the’Vancouver Province) ■ The London Times,- which views .ost .of the pews from' Russia with jn|ny "people .do not ever, toat"an egg.which Is ■ cay they 'measured cut the ‘-new-laid is not necessarily a satisfac- , claim, to wLc.b, as first dis: Tory egg from th'e standpoint of fiav-. th^y were enLled, ■ They . or'■‘-and -yolk colpL^J/aiform rations in 'jhe pegs, which/d'efined the ' and controlled-fe-'l' flecks' will . alter n *b.e proper f.a.to.ic-n. After'that'.the qualiiy"’of .gp egg. very; material- ■ eat--the-stone out of sefne of . '-'and at 'this .season of year the arz 'tht-y‘had mined., leaving.1 de’niand for the.top grade of eggs, es- i-~H- Iqm;.- .of d'uil gold/' . . tabli'shed .under' th.e/egg-grading reg-J i-es1!'’ said Dan. surveytng the ulatic-n's. becomes quite'active. ci werk.".'‘Vve've''got a': “The highest'■grade of egg Is/toe id :quii.. ■::■ mere. In -‘.hat heap’ ■A-l -grade,’, which is produced only on ,e " ' -. ■ '''■ ■ " 'farm's .specially' licensed'.after their a day..:-/:, sb'-'nL Vl'e'herdy premise? .have been' .inspected and ei c n:e.’;':edly. “The water in . / ,e is al:done. If o.ur o'.d tin l: :2ms -ckr co . us new we'J ■■ Irish It: toe de/t-F.t- 'It would be ;".'l'jck t:; 'trike it-rich at last' .r..‘ore ti.^ ^-ery next'-day/'1' toll '.u: ..at s/nup 'imm/ow. ' ■: 1 :e ■ The told. .Don;' “A 'great know, ho-w- lea' jfemi.L. heir- met’Bod pi; feeding- and . sanita-. .;on- approved. • ‘■.This grade c. ■these.' licensed/ must be sq/1 i racked by “ Bulidthg"a ■ home. ~ beside ‘ a- 'lake, ■ Jw©i5k--’was-- - immediately .’"'b^guTr Jto erect, a^ church.. ■ Within two* year's it had .been • completed, .housing, con gregations of from 4.00 fo -500 In dians'. ..The , 1-ift’ ■near rhe stone ■memory of .the Southern ’Alber Timers’ Associ'a ■ road to Ba-r.ff. / •The listeners were' told how .the McDougal family came west in 1870.. /R^cRev/ John ar/dtf his ; father, Rev; George McQougal, built.,, the '’.first' church in Edmonton, a log 'structure on" a hill overlooking Saskatchewan ■'river, where' 'McDougal. Memorial Church now stands. The coming'of the Mounted Police ‘in 1874 and-the railway-in 183-3'was graphically described by rhe speaker, 'who said she had lived through two wars .and one rebellion.- . Herwhus band was a -scout .in th'e Reil rebel lion In 1885.; her son ■ John' was in. 'the Boer war and -she. had three sens. in the ..Great. War' when her husband, died. ■ ■ • " ' . ■ HE C er. l.ivl c f C. , Nt “Eb p i To-Day '4ay is :.'e --.y i;3V tfmarrew we car.r.ot Ye se.ze .t.'-.e chance as it ctmes ■ make it secure,. ear is a shorter year, truth sublime: isspext is a jewel ■have, sure; CJ iOSt Ontario Thfeatre Tax 'Return Higher TorOrdo/— Operative -for. the fir,?' tir.-.e iast rr.or.th. Ontario's revise: . arr,usemer.t tax‘has tri aghit' the Pro- vi'.r.cial' Treasury, airr.^st- three time- ! as much revenue .. as did the f/.d'tar in June; 1934. Premier Mitcheil Hep- ; burn announced recent.y. ■ i The pew tax yielded $239,271 ■ month, connatei with '$80-778 a. : ago. ’ ...... . I' .Feature' pD the new schedule the impqsit/G 25,-cent a-jihisVior. tickets to. places of ■| amusement; . ( The former schedule } left tickets urldex .25 cents ur.taxed. th ;ast vear wa: of a fi-ve-cen't tax oj HEALTH MEANS CHARM AND HAPPINESS , - Sparidihg" eyes ahd smiling lips speak of health and vitality. Clear . skin attracts. The healthy active girl, is bd th happy and’ popular. Perhaps you are hot,really ill yet when the day’s work is done you are too tired th dnt^r into .'the good times that •other women eq joy. For extra ene’rgy, try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable- Compound. It tone's up yo’ur general, hpaltb. Gives you more pep—-more charm; • ,• Remember that 98 out of 1OO •women report beiaefiu Let if help you"tool T '/'.... . I i- In an appraising, austere and -somewhat skeptical eye, has just got word of something going on in that Country' .which it regards as really ■ dan'ger- bus. ; ... ‘. ■ . "... : Experiments are going on in'Mos cow, says the Times, the' aim of which ;is-to prolong the normal span of human life to 18O'£eafsl These ■ experiments, are going on-- -i-n - the Institute for' Experimental ' Mcdi- I cine. The Times doesn’t say What they are, and ■perhaps. it.' doesn’t know'.. Neither does the Times throw cold ./water oit the ability of. the Soviet -'scientists to produce ' this, new longevity.What the Tinies does is to ’-ask embarrassing questions /about-»thq consequences if 'the Soviet |, scientists . should prove successful.. I What anyone can see. of eours'e. ’■is that if,', the/. Bolsheviks, discover haw'to live until they'are 180, they • will have enough time in', which . to ' work'a rea-l Five Year Plan, -the . trouble about the other Five .Year. ' 'Plans being obviously that. they.'take '■-much longer than live years.’ ' ;■ - But the' Times mainly objects to the project of .getting people to live -to be’ 180 that it would “introduce an unreasonable OoVplexity - family affairs/' The Times ' ; it’ out ,by arithmetic.. “Suppose .. a pian married at 25 and had' four ■children, each, of whom had ' four children, and- So* on ad absurdunv 'or r.auseu'm or'infinitum as: the , case may be.’’ Then if appears that a man of 1'80 'could have 16,384 — we'. , ,haven t worked .it out ourselves,, but , > . The Sewing Machine,I After the’ sewing machine has ■ been thoroughly oiled use a thin blot ter and srttch a1 few .rows through it ■ to take away any surplus oil that, .inay-havo been left,.around the needle mechanism into works we take the Times’ word jtor it — preaT-gr^at ■- great - great - gleat- gratxlchildreir and 21,8'44 direct de* fcendants, S-l of them over -100 years cf ace.W *• • . r *f you let your fancy play .upon ______________ tH-cTGARirffe tobacco]