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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1936-09-03, Page 3I 711 r rain has been reported here and there in f . there. is a .enough.he' was reputed to be worth a hun dred million, the old adage “Come easy—go easy,” seems still to express a great truth..—Chatham News. the West. And even though a drought there is still food “Easy Go” The estate of the fate Arthur ‘W. Cutten, former Guelph boy, who died EFTv-'rt-! ' in Chicago, is estimated at $.350,000-1 this beautiful country.” — Kingston Icessful operator in-the stoc. kmarket..| he'i was reDUted to be worth a bun- « % THE WORLD AT LARGE Canada Those Millions First we have the drought and we ' are told it'is going to cost the coun try millions of |g£lars. Then we have a shower and it id/ described as worth a million dollars | —a shower is -never worth two mii- ’ lions nor even half a million, it is al ways an even million! Then, we have a rain, and it is worth a million, too. Then there is another jdry spell tliat is to cost millions, which are partially wiped out by another mil1- lion-dollar rain. What we want to know is: What becomes of allthesemillioris, and ~whp™keepsr^fbs~on-Affiem^'—Wihdwrt Star. CANADA. THE EMPIRE Smart Exporting The Canadian Wait Company, Ltd., of Montreal, one of Canada’s oldest exporters > of ladies' dresses of all kinds, has introduced a new idea , in to the packing of goods for export trade. Their new shipping container embodies in a packing cage the prin ciples of the wardrobe trunk, tbe ar ticles being hung inside instead of packed, as is usual, thus eliminating creasing and damage, and landing ‘the goods ready for the show room or window.—Canada’s Weekly. other? places besides Scotland. Scotland, however, has been Buf fering economically as a whole and the Highlands-arHi Western Isles are describedUby one authority as a ‘‘tru ly distressed area.” The population is statutory’ at approximately 4,900,000 persons being threatened at the same time with deCline. ‘ ► Tbe new campaign is intended1- to create a desire to develop the coun try’s great resources in coal and iron as well as shipping and agriculture. If the slogan is taken up seriously beneficial results should be obtained, ■ as there is nothing likfe getting /all “classes1, aroused with the need of pro7 gress.—St. Thomas\ Timcs-Journal. LONDON PREPARES FOR THE CORONATION FARM WOMAN WINS PRIZE FOR WEEKLY NEWS COLUMN ? ; Joys and Sorrows of Thresh* ing Time Vividly Pictured By Competition Winner Too Much Speech-Making Telling of -the visit of the motor party of English tourists to Gauon- oqueandtheTlrousandlslands.our TSmfteQoqu^c'G'rresp^ ( some of the guests ^‘ stated that th^y ^fi^gfiUKturere'^'paiTi'e“^frd^“E’frgra1nd“' could re-arrange their visit so that there would be less speech-making and more time to viexv the scenery ot Considering the fact tliat at one time, r Whig-Standard, when the late Mr., Cutten was .a sue- | \ ------r- Our Language We do not bother to hold conver sation's any. longer, but we do make certain animal sounds in our throats, which- we can interpret and which, can-communicate' simple ideas, while we reserve our better notions for pol-' itical speeches, letters .to thle editor or. for sale. By this means, we have reduced communication of thought to a remarkably brief and compact pro cess. .I -'- ‘ : Where a man like Dr. Johnson would require several hours and prob ably twenty pints of tea and' several loaves - of. bread and a 'couple or cheese to convey a thpught to his companions of'the coffee shop,, a mod ern young person can'^o the whole job in a -word cr two. , . fll 111 “Zat you, baby?” “Yeah.” “How- ya?” “Okay.” ‘Howz ever’thing?” “Swell.” “Ugh.” “Hunh?"’ ‘WhatCha doin’ t'nightT’ “Nothing! V'How Jbout a show?” “Okay.; About S.” “Uh huh.” “Okay.” “Okay.” This is what we call a conversa tion.—B.H. in Victoria Timies. A Strange Case A strange quirk in the law of Can- “ ada is revealed in a speeding case dismissed by an Ottawa magistrate. A soldier of the Permanent Force was arrested for driving a truck at an ex cessive speed. Wbe. nbrought before the court, the magistrate , found „ that I . the soldier Thad been driving totefast and in a manner dangerous to the . J, public. Yet, because the driver was a soldier and because the vehicle was a government .truck, the magistrate found that he had no jurisdiction. The case was dismissed. That may be sound law. but it is not sound -flemmon sense. Supposing a soldier in a government truck killed some-, one, it would be' of little consolation to go to the bereaved and tell them it was all tight, the victim was killed by an army man in an army-car. The mourners would get no consolation from that. Just because a man' is in the Per manent Force, he should not enjoy unbridled license to go careening over the highways to the-peril of ev- J eryone else.^—Windsor Star. Insulation, of Houses t The Sault Star argues that use of insulation in al Ihotises in “northern districts should be made compulsory. That might be going a bit too far. But anyone who can possibly carry the extra initial expense would be foolish not do have a new . home insulated, for' the saving in fuel would pay for it '' within a comparatively few years. The saving is marked even if it is an old house that is insulated.—-Ed- inontOn Journal. ' Return of Canadians .The sight., of these -men in their crowds in the London streets re called1 vividly the war London, with its darkness and rumors! They are middle-aged !>o.v and had- little- of the soldier about them except the medals they all wore—1 saw sev eral with six—and the look of men who had come’through a lot. One remembered that itA was the Canadians' who withstood the first gas attack in the war and how their herwsna .thriled“lFn^and^aOhe“tiinar in their eves as they went about the new monumental London that hac replaced so much of the homely Lon don that was in their, memories. Some of them were taking their sons to hotels and restaurants tliat have long since disappeared, such as the Tavistock Hotel in Covent Garden -and the Golden jJ?Crd’ss at Charing Cross. They were relieved when they could show their sons St. Haul’s and the Cheshire Cheese. Now the Canadians have vanish ed, too, back to the land whence they had come. . so. , manfully and hopefully in 1914. The thing that many ef them took back , in their minds was that the men here still take off their hats as they pass the Cenotaph.—^Manchester- Guardian. Chronic indigestion may be due to parts of the Empire ip readiness for King Edward’s Coronation. The busts are cast in molds and sv.me'of them afterwards sprayed bronze. Tins picture^shows a worknia^' removing a bust from a mold. ter and Drought ■___ An American Scientist Exr plains a Mystery of the Bible • The locusts of the Bible were not locusts at all. just grasshoppers. They did not hop. They flew. Our grasshoppers hop. Query; .Why dqn’t our grasshoppers fly? And’ why didn’t the biblical grasshoppers .hop? Dr. J. R. Parker of the Department of Agriculture thinks he has found the answer. It has a bearing on the Ask 'Dr. Parker, and he will tell you that, hopping grasshoppers can drought. _ . . , —- -J -Ask 'Dr. Parker, and he will tell the simplest of causes, we are told. ’ J_ _ \\ e heard of one man who was a be Changed into fliers, thereby c.lear- martyr to dyspepsia for years and all ing up the biblical mystery. He kept because of a misprint in his wife’s,| Western grasshbppers in his labor cookery hook. | atory, juggled temperature, humidi- ty, food, (and noted the effect. Heat and hunger changed hoppers 1 into filers. Wings became Jonger and finer, bodies slimmer, colors brighter! What is the reason? Dr, Parker explains in terms of the‘‘survival of. the . fittest- ..When there is no food—; the case in hot deserts—hopping and walking are accomplishments of little aid in the struggle for existence. Fly ing ability. coupts. So the hoppers develop it. Fifty-years ago—in 1880 to be exact—clouds of grasshoppers darkened the European and Ameri can sky; The insects clustered three inches thick on some railroads. Wheels simply slipped. . The- conditions must be fight for the physical transformation. that Dr. Parker brought about jn his labora.- tary. Hence we are not likelt to see clouds' of grasshoppers. After all, , ’ ‘ ' ' ' ' ’ D HOW WOULD YOU , LIKE TO PAY BILLS FOR THIS FAMILY? The Croughs Use a Peck of Potatoes a Meal and 12 Loaves of Bread Every ; ..<-> ?; Day ''• ... New York. — Threshing time on the farm is a period of tragedy and , comedy; it is. exciting while it lasts ( and “only too soon do we country people have to settle back into our ruts and monotony.” ’ Sb ; wrote Mrs; Albert Eisele of Blue Earth', Minn-, -jn her weekly column of country c ’ respondence in the Fairmont, Mis Sentinel. ' . - !' . ■ • ■ “Threshing Time” and four cd 50 ^olumns have won -Mrs; Fisele a- ■prirze of $200 and a' trip to New York and Washington as an award for the best rural correspondence of. 1936 in» ' a contest sponsored by a niagazine. Mrs. Eisele’s work was ches-c-n from 3,600 clippings from country papers.; and the 'judges said that it was -■“Threshing ' Time” that brought the decision. Here is what she wrote, in'part:. _ ‘ ' “Unless you have taken an ai-.tuaf part''''ln''the“orama--02^rhe--th;resl:Yifg acters in this biggest play: of the - rural year .then you have missed one of life’s richest episodes. For into -the brocaded fabric of this season is... ‘woven and embroidered the most lavish and -colorful ‘of tall the skeins. “Threshers! What a tumult' the verv- word arouses in the heart of .every family in the ran; what a .tu mult even it arouses in-., every indi vidual > in every family in ■ the run;—' grandmother, -for a woman. gets just from-'the Littlest boy to. the oldest.' a.o exciied over her 50th dinner for threshers' aS' she-, did her first. “It creeps up, on you and before you realize, it ‘The -Threshers' are ; 'ing to - be at your place to morn. 'Suddenly ‘The• Threshers’^ become menacing, almost1 sinister, group, men—instead of being life-! .neighbors and friends, .you beg think --of them as .being, gangsters- Threshers cn tbe ? indeed! J, ' ■“As'Jlong ago'as last Wt-ek jou, ha! - the .cellar cleaned out, -'rafiefi sw» old odds and ends thrown out the pond, your apple pickles.- '.berry jam. pickled beels a; all handy'in the front new. p- tatces dug and sorts and turnips cn tap,* and ail to do down, there until the lam r. ute is get sweet corn. ; several heads of cabbage —■‘''“■.t much__ less, to work ateSutf 1 _T“ .'“Bur the multitudinous things that must be done yet: Get cut thg tablecloth, sort oct the silver, some extra cups and tumble.s, earth more bowls and dishes and plenty, of roller towels and < towels. Look up that coebanut cb recipe you misplaced, check up recipe for burnt sugar cake.' be sure and get the vinegar .jug' filled and don't forget. to get salad ere: “You. get feverish and bar.' decide. that the’ window iimve be. washed "on the outside, all dead flies and cobwebs; c to fix a place' on the fre the men to wash — th,' the flower bed, they’ve r^t pulled. “And after it is overt yen find a casserole' of spaghetti and trmrtt on the back of the stove, which ; the cooks forgot to p?ut cn the ta^ Titus does each threshing day unfi its tragedy and its ccmedy. And thus does each household expose its. iiy skeleton; and -so likewise, the nei^hbephood take on ucw ■! est —exaggerations and fabri-re. are in order. • An empty turpe bottle becomes a whisky bottle, your husband becomes a drunkard ycu are in the habit of hav!; parties and so it goe& And i citing while it lasts.' Only do we country people have lack into ruts of m.onoto; • Peterborough, Ont. — The Hiller “stork derby” is entering the home stretch in Toronto, with $500,000 go ing to the woman having the most children over a 10-year period, ac cording to the terms of the will of Charles V. Mlilar, but Mr, and Mrs.. Janies Crough ; of Ennismcre 'Town ship. are not' interested. I ‘ The Millar, contest applies only’ to Toronto—that is, why they are not interested. If they were not * barred by geographical location,. they would doubtless be very interested indeed; for with their 18 children; they would be right up among the leaders in the .derby. . . . Sixteen of their children are'living. Twins idled at birth 13 years, ago. The couple were married in Ennis- more Township 18 years ago last June, and the • eldest in their large ■ family is 17-year-old Timothy Crough. at present working as. a laborer and contributing to the support of his eight 'brothers and seven sisters. Next to Timothy comes 16-year-eld Vincent, followed by Carmel. 15; Ur ban. 14; Patricia.' 12;. Helen. 11; Peter. 10; Theresa, nine; Doreen, seven; Jack, live; Michael, four; Em mett, three; Paul, two; and the ba bies, Colette, 17 months and Shirley, Tour months. ■ , Ten of the children, including the twins who did not survive, were born at the fhrm home; the other eight in hospital. Every day the family consumes 12 large loaves ' of bread—representing 100 pounds of flour every ten days, A peck. of potatoes is used at each meal, so a bag and a half of potatoes a week is just right. Fortunately, says Mr.’ trough- his trop of'late potatoes .has'survived the prolonged drought. -Bread and pota toes are their main diet, he says— adding the family is if lrisfh des cent. I Honey Bees on Strike <. The peculiar type of weather that . has been characteristic . in Ontario this summer has produced quite a few abnormalities, including water shortage, bad crops, forest fires and ruined pasturage. From Lindsay comes a report of a strike. among the honey bees famed, for devotion to industry and habits of thrift exem plary for human, beings. It seems that'bees in that district have not done any honey-gathering for more than a ibonth. They quit their activities during that-spell of terrific heat a month ago and the owners will have to provide sugar to keep them from starving. The reason seems to be that there is virtually a failure of flowers from which the bees * gather honey. In tense heat and shortage of moisture has practically obliterated wild and cultivated blooms and consequently the bees are without the raw mater ial for their work. The net result will be that there will be a considerable shortage of honey during the coming winter for it requires a percentage of -the crop to feed the tees.—Sarnia Canadian Observer. ,i«f- ;a McGill’s Comeback ' Heartening news comes from Mc Gill University. » For the first time in over a decade, duting the past financial'year McGill met its budget without dipping into capital funds. The annual deficit was ^ut from $303,000 to $1S1,OOO, and this remaining deficit was met by the gov ernors out of their own private funds. That shows both generosity by the governors and real co-operation be-1 tween the university staff and the) board. For note that the deficit waS. ent by §122,000, involving the strict est economies, in which the staff loy ally co-operated.—Montreal Star. “Wake Up, Scotland!” in Scotland, the land of the hea ther and thistle a new slogan is be ing heard on every side. It is “Wake Up, Scotland’”' Such a slogan could be advantageously adopted by many —------—---------- -------,. THE wonderland of oz r . Ba&ed on the stories by L Frank Baumr « - ■Ba&ed on the stories by L Frank Baum we Need more ‘ IMMIGRATION FROM THE BRITISH ISLES I IIT«.er.:.’. —’ The British Empire should imr.\ed:awly face the problem of - immigration and dispatch more people from the British Isles to set tle in |the vast spaces of Canada- and .Australia. Eady Elibank told mem- tx-rs of "the Engiish-speak’rg uru-cip here. 8jxakjng at a luncheon rx'err.g. the Wife of the 11th Baron of N<.va! Scotia sa;d the ' immigration subject was a “thorny one;” but unless Eng lish-speaking people tackled;thej?rcb- lent for themselves, foreigners would do it for them. Hon. G. -Howard Fer guson, for-sser premier of Ontario; ex pressed appreciation for Lady Eli teink’s re'marks. ■ “The English-speaking union) stands1' for the binding together in bbnds of fellowship of English-speaking people of the world,” he said. Betention of world peace would be greatly assisted. Lady Elibank stressed, if all English- speaking people ■ would continue, to work together in close, co-operation and friendship. When Jinjur declared war upon Glinda and the newly discovered Princess Ozma, Glinda gave orders to her soldiers to attack. Immediate ly the army marched upon the Em erald City with- pennant's flying and bands playing.. But when it came to the walls, this brave assemlage made r sudden halt, for Jinjur had closed find barred every gateway, and the walls of the famous Emerald City were built high andrithick with many blocks of green marble. Glinda brains in deep thought, while the Woggle-Bug said in his most positive tt»ne: lay siege to th into submission we can do." Scarecrow. "We and the Gump cab Sorceress turned at smiled. “You have reason to be proud of your brains,” she exclaimed, ‘ let us go to tie Gump at once “We must . city and- starve it - t is the only thing /’ answered the still have the Gump, still fly.” , The this speech and It took but a few moments to reach the spot where the Gump lay. Ganda and Princess Ozma mounted first. Tbe\ Scarecrow and his friends climbed aboard and there was still room for i captain and three soldiers, which Glinda considered a sufficient guard! At a word of command, the Gutap x flapped its wings and carried -the jarty over the palace courtyard. There sat Jinjur, confident that tbe walls would protefct, her from beT enemies. The Gumu landed sateiy. and be fore Jinjur had time to do more than scream,, the captain and three ^soh •- diers . leaped but and made the former -queen a prisoner. This act really end ed the war for the army of revolt submitted as fedon as they knew of Jinjur’s capture. The city gates were opened and Mmidst stirring music the herald announced the accession or Princess Ozma to the throne, at which there was great rejoicing aUion men of the city. Junior—-Mother Pear, what /'segond-stciy .man”? • Mother—Your father is one. don’t believe his first story, he always ? ha£ another ready. I ‘ 1 Home Was Never Like Dog-E' -...,.. Sturgis. Mich.-—Elever, .year ' ,'.d Mildred 8addison, missing fretr. h : for four days, was' found living if. dog-house in her . own backyard ' cause; she explained, she' didn housFwcfk. ’ ‘ Her jannts. -Mr.- and Mrs. C SauuiSA' n. 'had enlisted‘p:lice a.: the search... for her. Mildred explained -she slept dog house at night, and left ne:ghb<rhocd during the 'day. . ■ . I" ■ ■ Regrets Are Mutual f " • • “Sorry I gave you the wrong nu bcr,“" said the polite telephone ope ator. • “Don’t mention it.” answered ti man. who had made up. his mind not to lose his temper. “I'm sure. the number you ■ gave ' me was much het- ’ ter than the number I asked for. -cr.ly it just happened. I wasn't able to use it.”' - . ’ ’ ‘ . 1 is' a* , ' If 11 have ever seen. She: I forget yourself. He: ^Jhat is the ugliest r*j3U I ‘Not.so loud, jdarlaitg., Y-'ta