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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1935-10-10, Page 5i United Kingdoin , “Main Street” Hiram Henpeck—Me and my wife are going ’to the: West Indies, - ) Next Door Neighbor—Jamaica ? *Hiram. Henpeck—Naw» phe. made . 'me. , . " /.’’•'■' '. stars—the ■ .soft - surge of the ’ .sea—' ■ . . ' /■' RETURNS FROM EXPEDITION Helping with the dishes all sum- . —men has more/to do with-wanting to yush back to college in the fall than the desire for a higher education; Scribbler,—Writing puns is a seri- oua proposition for Jqkesmith . these • - .- , ■ days, . • / ■ ■ ■■’’ . ‘ Dottier—What’s the matter? Did . . he sell some? ■" ■' Scribbler'—Np,.. but he broke one of . . "his ribs, laughing over one of the Jokes he wrote, ■ .................................- ^jg-> ’ frost is on/the pumpkin . and the. -Bleeves of last • year’s 'topcoat prove to be as frayed as we feared they Would' be. - . • . ' ■ 'Harvesting In Saskatchewan At 20 Below! £ Just) about the .middle of /Dec- ' /ember,. one of " the mogf* ju^ique- - • ?and; -interesting > . annual-Jjayvests-, to be garnered, on-. the. "Norlfi ’ American ' Continent . will be i'n 1 full ’ swing. No!' Not wheat — But" Mineral Salts. The scene 7-Will ibe, -Little-. Manitou Lake, Wgtrous . Saskatchewan. The harvesters will be the employees of the De­ partment of Natural Resources, of Saskatchewan.'; and the Harvest itself, will consist of the tiny crystals ofA mineral salt which .form .in. Little Manitou Lake each year^at “freeze-up.” "It/is orie ”of:- the essential conditions that .the . harvest be completed within a •period of ■ ten .days.- When the Prairie w-int.er comes*jn yeal ..ea-rnr .-est/ and the thermometer shivers’ down ’to ■ 2-0 ■ below zero, the De- ' parjmehtal'i ineh) - y?Ktln1y’’/-atitred»... and wearing waist-high rubber boots, .gather! up these crystals with specially constructed shovels, / , mnd store them in the Government ^warehouse at Watrous, from' •where they are later - distributed. /The. medicinal qualities of this . saline Jake,, known for many years,* are becoming more- and ... ■more widely recognized.' and .as a.' consequence these harvesting, operations 'are assuming ever^in- T?ireasing' ’ proportions;’ 1 and ' the ■■ ■: Uak’e""is proving to be brie of. the- Province’s most important natural resources,. - K- . . < ■. Vaudeville In New York (New York Times) Vaudeville’s diminishing realm in this city is npw cut in two. Of eight theatres which have been showing the old-style variety along with movi­ es, four theatres have gone over to straight pictures. The scholastics of the amusement business make a dis­ tinction b.etweeh vaudeville and “stage. s.ho,w§/’ If t.he latter are in­ cluded the e.cjipse is a little less com- .plete, biit it is' a sad enough decline at best. " ' ; / And yet .it'is the case here aS with < so many, other conquests,,. The pictur-. es an.d/the' radio, which ha.v,e so near­ ly “ made gn .end of vaudeville', -.have' assimilated perhaps “its ”two principal features? . . , Ac'robats- an d-; trained?-animals..and magic- counted'’for- a goqd deal^^buf the^backbone ,of .a -vaude(ville program was the* comedy teams and-the danc«- ing? Radio/"has taken over the comedians, and any night they r/ay I be heard asking each other the quest­ ions and . springing the answers-they; used.-to work 25 years ago.. - Movies have -talton over tile dancing. , Sourdough—I warned ‘Billy that J^iat girl would play the deuce if he ■^narfjed her. Shadbelly—Well, did she? ' ) Sourdough.— Yes. Haven’t' you heard? They’ve got twins. A farmer with hay. fever this fall . . . is in a. heck of a shape. He needs' a • frost to stop the, fever, and' needs a : frost free fall for his crops... . Tommy—-Say, dad, how much am I.worth to you?. Dad—All I have in thd world, ■ Tommy. Tommy—Well-,- could you let, me • have a quarter in advance?---- Geometry would’ be one of the most interesting?studies in the high school curriculum if it ■ could" show where -the fullback should- bisect the . line and the, best angle at which a halfback should run. ' The Good. Book tells us where charity' begins, but no- one knows _where it will end. ' ' Canada’s Trade Wi Monthly Bulletin of the Canadian ’ Chamber of Commerce in Great .-••■ . Britain. ) , Canada has first place in the British market in imports of wheat in the first six months of 1935 with 16,214,262 cwt., Argentine' being second with' 14,702,776, Australia third with. 9,221,482, and Rbumania fourth .with 353)886, ... ' Canada .was' third in barley with 1,453;,938 cwf. out of a total of 1,-. ~6”5^')i377?),TImpdi^^ori o^^K^TGreaF 473 jin., the same period two years agd, ~ 'hilt' ' the .requirements from Canada have ihcreased frdm 69'5,201 cwt. ' ■'■■■) .. ■ „,,/ „ ’ '■■ Canada was first in wheat-flour' with .1,946,346 cwt., Australia being seeopd with ‘ 773,2187,. France third with 577,205,..and Italy fourth with 224,)741, ' ; Canada”'■ was” secorfd "irr the “total" Li)oX-.gr.qin^,a.mr.fl^o^ of grain and flour with.a value of £7,787,902,- Argentine being first with £8,S48;163, Australia third with £3,072,733, and France fourth with £1,340,932. - Canada vCas second .in cattle" with 6,124 head- ; ' Canada was second in bacon 'with' 5'35,918 cwt." . Canada - was second .in -hams with 104,891 cwt.,- the -.United . States being jfirsL witb.:2T3J1D8, _and rPaiahil t third with 9^708. Imports from the yUnitcd States., haye .b.ee.n.7.decr.easijig,. rincreasing.. I !:i TJTOW the. faithful slave girl *saved her master’s life— , how the robber was . foiled through a ^reat -eastern cus­ tom regarding Salt—is told in picture and story in new book for Children! Yours free! . /Send coupon now for. '"Salt all over the-World”. Strange, ’ lands. Every Canada was, second in apples with 900,807 cwt., Australia being first with 1,2'75,722, tl^e United States third with 7'80,7^90, and New Zea­ land fourth, witji 277,480. . , Canada was first in. lobsters with 9,753 cwt., o.ut of a total of 11,012. Canada was second with unmanu­ factured tobacco with 5,984,714 pouhdfe. Canada was first in'* copper ore with 8,*723 tons, Spain being second ; From the French of "Victor Hugo. ■' : Under a .night of. .stars stood alone, beside the sea, '' ’ ’ ,No'. cloud • o’efspread the glowing. Heaven.;, no sail itoone luniin- - . ' .p-u.sly,,, /'■■'; ) Arid . far', beyond the bounds, of earth my searching vision pressed. . I To 'learn t-he^. secrets. Nature, .hoids with''14129. ■ ■ ■[.. /'--;'safe*guarded in ‘her breast/. ' / Canad'a . was second in wood, and ■ mountains, woods,, the silvery timber -with £1,900,696. . ') Canada’:was second in .hides.'.and? . ■■. ■.. • ■ skins, with a value of £918,851? -the”An. s«-em,ed'’' 1S°™e United States being first with £1,- 486,420. '’ ■: ' power, .tout -ruled their destiny. ...L.asked...the,stars, infinite hosts,. thOse_ T"cSa was second, nv unwrani-U f ""erin®, P?/tS d' Bd“ ■ copper ■■with 26.879, tons, Apnitedf;That; through .boundloss tracts ■Stlies being, first , with 28,A .' i/. - ,° gaven. the two previous years'-Canada wash n o._ te s.we 1 w. .far ahead of all other Countries with I _ . wl. 1 c an cul..-n^r " thaVconunoW.-^ ■ with. 47^92 tons, . Austaha • -• illd!Wka’iW;g,ad ac«.,.d - a. •■ , •first with 92,028, British India third c „ ' ' „T. . • i-t?h» -Witt-Mighty. Sovereign Lord!.”,%_-/ •... /' 7 . ; Alice Ka,-?hryp Gould. . Smith Falls,‘Ont.'.. witjii 47;292 " tons, .Australia b.ei'n- TWitlr 2470'507^nd". ]Me7ddo vdfom 8,350. ■ ' ■/ ■ ' '■ : Canada, wary first ifF crude.. zinc with'' 48)22-2 tons/ •'Belgium being second, with* 12,139; Australia third with-5,9-7-5. - “'•? " ' '’ Canada was first in the.,.total, of. . .horn-feAous... m.efals and ' manufac- j ■' tures .^vith -a value of £3,139^484): Australia!?.' third with ’£1,302,58.3,!. Northern "Rhodesia fourth-.wi'th. £1,-! -2-40,188,4 and' United -States . fifth with-£1,181,057,. . ■/ ./ - .Canada was third in machinery : with - a value of .£418,369; the. Unit­ ed States, being first with £2,959,- 120-.'. -Germany was seeded- with £1,-': 759,767. ",i. ■ . / ,' ■'■ ?■ ? ■ | Canada was first in patent leather i with 6,288 cwt.,. the United States- Lsecpnd.L .with, 2,458,.., Gerinany "third with 520’. ' . ■ !7T~C^nnnt:i'.-was'" beThg" first " with “ ^^i). L’inlandr third with 690,101, . .Norway fourth with.272,389. ’ " ■ \ Canada was fourth in the total df paper with ,,a value' of £69,3;,6.11, Sweden being first with ^1,325,2.39, , Germany second with £842r906> Fin­ land third with £751,9.89. 1 Canada was first in rubber manu­ facturers .with .-av value of. £287,978,. permany second- A phrasfe -or title • invented by an. author can°-so stick in .. the public1 mind that it becomes a nuisance. Kipling's .'-line? about Canada being. Lady of the- Snows'.- never brought, -joy to the travel-agencies... /- And."Sinclair .Lew isls tfMain . JSire.et”.., gave tpo tnany city folk an funwar^ ranted sense , of superiority '*.. over those ' who live in small towns-; ■ The .meaning of the word, main-is —important/. .essential' to; results,. . momentous,, in""consequences,. •In. the trade affairs of this Domin­ ion, Canada’s Main. Streets are- pre- .cisely that., ■ . ■=’ "... In .-the .125,000 . independent stores, Vf'Twh-ich a' large percO’ntage line' ?.5tl.eet§l,...’§uch:' as these? is J done,, sixty-’ BUILDING a fire is a very simple ’ job-blit-, as'iin everything else, tlfdre is a right .and wrong way' ■ of , doing it-. From .my , experience, , the quickest and. easiest way to light a fire;is. this: First'of all, if .there is a layer - .. of. ashes' oh the grates,. leave . it ; there;- About two inches of ashes ’ £). AAhe^gratesJietova lot.—J.-- 1 I ' . Thgn spread .abqut’ two inches / ~~Ttf^.eoai~i^foTmiy-over^he^ nine" per chnt. -of, the country’s'. re£’ fail business.- • - ' •• ) • The 146- departmental'. .stores in'-. .Canada do thirteen per c^nt.. of the Total -business..' The 8,4'76 ■es; eighteen per, cent... ' Pon'deg • that. fact.Si-xty-nin'e of every, hundred tctail sales are' made 'not by 'the big"departmental' stores;-, not by m.ai-l,--orger- houses in big cities.;;, not Jby the. chain stores.) They are ' made over" the counters- cross-roads, on the Main Streets -of' main.*stor- “When tunnies refuse "to bite,? or the weather ,is too-rough to go after these .gi’gn.t ■fi.~'h; -"have little reyol- poises/’, says Mr.. fW. W. Dowding, the young-British sportsman, who ' returned to'. Sc^k^orough .after a. tun­ ny-fishing - expeditu^a-^eaa^jwh 1 ch . he^<p caught’ a *484-pounder. “Porpoises,”' says Mr. Dowding; “are very numer­ ous, more, numerous than tunny .at times) and it ;is. great sport. taking potshots at .them. It, is just about im­ possible to get a porp°ise fa take bait on a: line,.. The only' way to kill them,; ■_,• you have ’’wery ''litMe chance-'-’ of landing-the-.fish, .of ®f harpooning "them, which .is very difficult indeed.’’ —Scarborough Evening News and Daily P.ost. ' ■ * '..•'. . / , Classified Advertising . ", <■;. " 1 INVENTORS I . , A. N ■' OFFER TO EVERY INVENTOR ■*, , List of -wd'nted inventions', arid full ■information sept. free.' -The- SKaauiBay.. Bank Street,- Ottawa, Canada. . . • .' . ■ r w .4 permany second- with ■ £.108,467-, United States" third with £82,293, Ja^ihn'.fourth with £18,97*4. | . ■ ■ ■ e.W:Hg.-Sf=rB:i:r dividual citizen. , ____ They are-Main. They, are essential ooi;T^RtrsRH“r3rs"'. n-&& .-post ’’ paid.- Guaranteed. Spin-Well ' Co. .Dept.. A1,' 203-1139' Hay, Toronto. ing of newspapers and light,wood. . Be sure that • theTurnDampr er in the smoke­ pipe and the *’ Ashpit Damper . are wide open and the Check Damper closed, -.<.hiswill create VUVVVUB \ ' ■ * . the strongdraft which is needed to ignite the fi.re. , Now light the kindling and when’ • it is burning freely, slowly add more coal. Tlie kindling will ignite ' the fresh coal .both above and below it, and you can then add more coal ’ and thus'quickly-build up . a good .deep-fire,. " . ; * ■ ■ ' Occasionally you may find, when the kindling wood begins to burn, .that smoke starts coming out through the crevices around. the furnace doors; This is due to thq ...'' fact.that the chimney, being cold, __dQe.s^o.^pxayide;.i.snMci.entj draft to--carry off the-smoke. This con- • dition-can be quickly remedied by openirig'wide the slide in the fire door—or by partially, or entirely • closing the ashpit damper—or by. b combination of the two. (1) •' •, >• <ho<h * damp ct ctote<, 1 not corporations. - ‘ ' il •to.-results iff merchandising;, they are, momentous in consequences. As a, people . .we . have, -been too. ready to. think that -it is size.* that Counts-;. that power always'must lie in concentration. Manuf-actui;ors, • ’ mesmerized " ■ by Mass Buying, have.-too often neglect­ ed to enquire into the importance' of. the .well-established independent deal­ er; the' buying importance of .the Community he. serves.- ■ “Remember, the Maine”' once rous­ ed the United States to patriotic’ fervor. . ' ■ “Remember Main Street” can show results too.'—Maclean’s Magazine. IN UP-TO-DATE STABLES —Old Reliable Minard’s ■When horses come -Jh- to stable with wire-, cuts or -saddle .boils, or cows have caked udder, the thing to' do is get the -Minnrd’s bottle at once, as Mr. Dowd of Glenboro, Manitoba, knows. He writes: "I like your Minard’s Liniment. • Like to have it In the house. I have found your Minard's • Liniment* -especially good for •barbed wire- cuts oii horses.” A‘family doctor prepared- Minard’s Liniment ‘•over 50 years ,ago.' 'Still invaluable in •very stable and every house. A <*an cel re <l I I »» Name^. Address * * ' * kit. found A SAFE OINTMENT new u§e,’ in1 1st Chester* 17th, Regina Troop, of Holy-Ros- Cathedral, a •member of. the fTo dte.at.ter use. : i at’: end the Jhmljoree. * every where ~ I A brother to evert/ other Scout, with'out regard to race or creed _v 0* Tear Off and Aldit Today 4 CANADIAN INDUSTRIES LIMITED SALT DIVISION «r t » WINDSOR. ONT, Without obligation please send special Children’s Booklet, “SALT all. ovor the World,” * • r . • lands. Every Your Mouthwash home Should | WINDSOR SALT h^ve this yS teaspoonful in glnes hnnlr t Spndof,<»ater in mild. OO.UM- • plcniant, effective and . COUpon nOW I harmless. , ■ Regal Table Salt ’ (Free Running) A Win.dsdr' Salt Pro­ duct, For tables cook­ ing and Oral Health. Vniformly pure.— maintained ■ no by * Chemical control Tribute to a. nameless construction \ worker who gave his life during the j building of the C. P. R. through, Nor* tliern Ontario was paid by Sudbury B'oy 'Scouts while, camping- this sum­ mer. The boys - erected a cross, and using^he legal name for am unknown ' person, added the inscription: “John Doe, who gave his life in Ihe upbuild-- I i'hg of Canada. Erected by toe Boy ' Scouts.’t ' " . ’. * ' $ :?• # ' ' '. * S'* ’**■;. ’ Nearly 5.000 Wolf Culrt, Boy Scouts and- Rovers took.'part in . the annual. Scout parade jl'iis .year, on the clos­ ing. day bl the Toronto fait. Tlie boys marched through the Princes Gate torth'e Grand Plaza, where they were revie'wed and addressed .by bieutJGo^. -Bruce.• . As usual, many hundreds of boys were taught swimming at th© camp of the 1st Smooth Rock Falls Troop, Ont. A dozen-boys learned to swim, four Wolf Cubs passed the-Cub,-swim­ ming ..tos , tw0 Scouts won the Swim­ mer’s Badge and three Scouts•passed the exactipg test for- toe Rescuer’s Badge. ,« • ■ • * ' 'y ' As a, district event Border Cities' Scouts started the new sea-son with a .big Scout' rally at. ShbnTs biish and a Cub rally*a week later at Amherst-' burg. • • . Further, reports of American .Boy Scouts'visiting Canada* this year in­ clude a . party'. of 32. Illinois • Scouts at- Halifax; New> England Scouts' ut Montreal ami 01‘egon Scouts at. Win* nip'eg arid.'Victoria, B. C. The A me 1-1- can lqds originally Had planned to . Washington •viincial CounciLof the Boy Scouts As­ sociation, and Chairman of the pro­ vincial Board of Honour, which deals wi th appointments of Scout . Icadcrs' a nd awards lor Scout act - pl- gall a fit­ ly and outstanding service. , ‘ \ ’ ’ Sefveh, teams of Rover Scouts re­ presenting "the 4tli, 10th, ll.th, 14 th, 1,7th, ISth .and; 3,'fni Rover crows took part*' in this summer's annua! Win­ nipeg RoverA 2 1-i Iquv iiiko Competi­ tion. The contest includes hiking equipment. ' carried, toe making of maps and notes,,details of the over n'lgh’^camn site-‘and conditions Soothing Healing PahirRelievinq A fir's!" aid the hands' of hoys of the v.ille Scout. Troop on their way'home from the summer camp.'Investigation of motor trouble revealed' that the motor fan had cut •through the .rub­ ber hose of the'colling system Wf' ing the water.-'Out came the fifbt Kfd;’) kit, there was a good.job with adhes- ' ive tape, fresh water for the radiator, I and''the truck -was Way with Tittle delay. ■ » ♦ ♦ ■-...’ a - Mr. A:. G. MatKinnon, K.C., recent, •ly appointed District Court Judge at Shrtunavon, Sask., is Scoutmaster of, the ’"„ i The Longer Evenings ” .01 Fall and Wifiter afford op­ portunity for mental improve­ ment. Voli can overcome Infer!- - t ority Complex, develop a power­ ful maniory; learn ' tlie secret of • success, arid Improve.■ ybur mental calibre by .- fascinating -.. correspondence courses which .- you can .study in- "your ,spare Mme- and. In the n*u-i-et of your ’ o%yn home. For full particulars!,, write .to ' _ The Institute of Practical and Applied Psychology $10 Confederation Euil ling 'jatOH-TRSAL,-. QUEBEC MONTHLY PRIZE CONTESTS ,■ For Amateur Artiste’(That is any­ one Who is not earning a- living from Art). ' ‘ ■AHtAXD Flt.HT PRIZE; of a. Com-' merffJal Art < urso or U Water .Col­ our ^Landscape- Course valued at $50.0’O for the best copy* •four''inches .wide,, made from this portrait' of thfe most, popular young, man .in the- British. Fmp'lre. Entry Fee) Twenty- fives reinis t’or-eaCh entry submitted. A valuable prize, for* everyone wh<>_ .-.•■enters this, contest, whici, close.'- ■ October Si, l'rtff.- - ' • . i. GIFF BAKER ,39 LEE AVB., TORONTO, ONT.