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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1926-5-13, Page 6r r' e om STUDY OF -CA 'l ' ROVES There never has been a time since the entomobiee be'a'm a .factor in modern itfe when eo much. conslderae bort has been given to what eonsttitete the qualifications of a competent driv- er, It is genera:.y agreed that one of the fleet qualifications in proper • operation of a motor vehicle is a fairly thorough knowledge of the machine itsef, at least fami- arity with the various centrals which must be used. Secondly, the competent driver shoelyd either concentrate on his driv- ing or should have had steel a thor- ough training through years of ex- rreri,ence that he is able to prive prat ticay rzs 'automatically as he walks. The number of persons who arrive at a snare where driving becomes auto- matic is very few compared with the total number operating cars. With' the average driver it is necessary for hien to give more or less concentrated' thought to the business of operating the ear. Many +accidents era caused by people who allow their mins to wander away from the main business of keeping the ear where it belkrngs. This is especially true of those who undertake to drive witch one hand while the other hand is engaged; for instance, in lighting a cigarette or lowering or releing the window of a closed car. MUST HAVE CONI IDHNGT. A drivel must have a certain anie omit of confidence in himself and in his ability -to, drive a carr and success- fully cope with any ordinary situation which may arise in connection with such an operation. A. Iverson who lecke confdencee is more ape, other things being equal, to become invo:'ved in an accident than one who is fairly sure of his ability. A good driver must be able to judge the speed of his car, as " well as the speed of other oars. He must have a faih.•1y definite idea as to the distance :AI:R. TO QOOD DRI '.WNO. , it W.4: ha zeseessary for him togo be- fore bringing his nmrrhine to, a stop trevellog at various rates of speed. It often happens that a driver can judge epees gene aeeurate:y on high- ways with whieh he is familiar, c, on unursun :y level roads. However, when this sante driver finds himself in unfamiliar territory his judgment on speeds is apt to become less accur- ate. Espeei!ally is this true when driving through hay country or an oiled reads. RAPID DeotsIeer. The efficient driver must be able to make up his mind quiekcly at all tithes and his judgments must be particu-• lerly rapid when he finds himeeld in an emergency from which an accident might easily follow. Many .accidents do occur en account of a wavering de- cision on the part or the driver. A steady nerve is another requisite hi good driving. Not oti'ly shouldthe operator's nerves be steady, but he should have the nerve to go through with the decision he makes. For in- stance,. if a person finds himself in a difficult situation and snakes a de- cision which he considers to be the best under these circurnetanees, he should. then have the . nerve to carat' out his decision without hesitation. Of course,. lit is taken forgranted that be will have the power to make a. wise de C1_a1011 in the first place. The competent driver should have a sense of safety. Ile should be con- stantly operating on the baste oa= tak- ing xio changes which, will place the life or property of any one in jeop- ardy. He shouud have an appreciation of Life and property whist; will tend to develop thie sense of safety. It is important for a driver to know the rules of the road, and having learned them, to do everything pos- sible not to break them. Natural Resources Bulletin, Buttons, jewelry, radio parts, paints, door knobs, tortoise shell, abra- sives and cements manufactured from skimmed milk seems like a fairy tale, but modern science has made this all possible and more too, if one oan be- lieve a report by the Natural Re- sources Intelligence Service, of the Dept. of the Interior, Ottawa. According to this report, casein is the principal protein constituent -of milk, closely associated with lime and calcium in a form usually known as calcium caseinate. In the arts its sundry applications are legion. It eeeere-ent4-;the eon yosition of an a1 - moist endless variety of articles all the way from shoe polishes to radio parts; it has extensive use in the production of all kinds of waterproof and glazed papers; it makes adhesives of the very best type for aircraft and wood- working; and is a constituent of near- ly all the cold -water paints most fre- quently used in many countries. It is especially to the manufacture of a con- staratbr growing number of co nmodi- ties for which Canada is at present largely dependent upon outside sources that casein lends itself, for it has na- tural properties not easily found in any other so readily and- cheaply ob- tainable product. The manufacture of numerous plastics that serv., as substi- tutes for such materials are horn, celluloid, bone, ivory, ebony, amber, Chinese jade, lapis lazuli and tor- toise shell is now an important indus- try in many parte. of Europe. The industry has never been thor- oughly developed in Canada and this country import about half a .million pounds of casein aiiuueal+Iy largely from Argentina, although it woeld appear as if some day the dairy organ- izations of Canada will realize the in- dustrial possibilities of making "jewel- ry" from their by-products. Paraffin 011 As a Furniture Polish. Pure paraffin oil is a splendid oll fol fioore or furniture. When rubbed in- to antique roods• with the palm of the hand or a. soft cloth it does not leave the surface sticky or slimy, but gives it a soft velvety finish. No genuine Englishinan'will consent to take himself, or anything around him, too seriously.—Mr. T. P. O'Con- nor. A Child's Laughter. All the bells of heaven may ring, All the birds of heaven may sing, Ali the wells on earth may spring, All the winds ou earth may bring All sweet sounds together; Sweeter far than all things. heard, Hand of harper, tone of bird, Sound of woods at suudawn stirred, Welling waters winsome word. ' Wind In wa•rin wan weather..` One thing yet there iso that none Hearingg ere its chime be done I Knows..not well the sweetest one ' Heard of man. beneath the sun, . Hoe in heaven hereafter; Soft and strong and loud and light, Very sound: of very light Heard from morning's rosiest height, Wheu`the soul of all delight Fille a child's clear laughter. Golden bells of welcome roiled Never forth such notes, nor told Hours so blithe in tones so bold, As the radiant month of gold Here that rings forth heaven. If the golden -crested wren Were a nightingale—wby, then, Something seen and heard of men Might behalf as sweet as when Laughs a child of seven. • Algernon Charles Swinburne. Candid. Thomas was not a prune favors 'e with his rich uncle, In vain didhe:try to impress him, but 'the `old man was not easily impressed. One evening the young .man visited uncle's home. and in the course of con- versation asked; "Uncle, don't you think it would be foolish for me to marry a girl -alio was intellectually my inferior?" "Worse than foolish, Thomas," was the reply. "Worse than foolish—im- possible." Jade Tradition. That the wearing of a jade necklace was a cure cure for kidney trouble wad' at one tune a popular belief. In England sport s so u g P m ch an es- sential part of the life of the people that it forms probably the greatest bridge between classes.—Mr, C. F. O. Masterrnan. Orel 1NL$ P TRiBU'C T'0 TI -15111 FAL ALL COM RAIei .S': HEROES OF BATTLE OF ST. JULiEN REMEMBERED BY COMRADE$ The photograph shows the solemn and irpress-tve• scene at the cenotaph'in front' of -the City hail, when members of the Origivals' Club conducted a service to commemorate those who. paid the supreme op. the battlefield of St, Julien. In the foreground is -Miss Jessie Martin, as original nursing ..sister, who wreath on the cenotaph. The photograph was taken 'luring the sounding of tbe•las•t post. At a Rural Dwelling.' Matchmaking Gossip About Visit of Royalties to London When the innate stirs, the birds retire ' discreetly. The visits of foreign royalty, which 'will be common In London this sum - pier, have given those inclined to ivatchinaking at leant thrree royal sub- jects of speculation, in which the Prince of .Wales and his brother, Prince George, play prominent parts, The largest number of foreign royal- ties are scheduled to visit England. since the World War. Princess Astrid of Sweden, whose name has been coupled with that of the Prince of Wales by the King's sub- jects. will be the first to arrive. An- ether nother princess to visit the court will be the Infanta. Beatrice of Spain.. whom some think a good match, for Prince George, youngest of .:the English princes. The King and Queen of Spain prob- ably willeome to liinglaud at the•same time, but not on a state visit. , The visit of the. young Spanish Princess is causing much stir and great seecula- tion,but all that is definiteleeknown is that her parents are not anxious to stave Iter marry so young, Queen Marie of Rumania also is coming to London this spring accom- panied by her very pretty and eligible daughter, the Princess Ileana. Persistent rumors that Crown Prince' Olaf of Norway may marry a British princess have caused much specula- tion, Lady •May Cambridge, daughter of Lord Athlone and Princess Alice, is generally believed to be the...young wo- man who is in line for the Norwegian throne. Lady May Cambridge is a niece of Queen Mary and her mother is the first cousin of King George. Europe's youngest Queen. who only a few years ago was attending school near London, wit play a prominent part in social affairs here during the coming season. She is the Queen of -Jugoslavia, who has written the Duke and Duchess of: York that she will ac- company the Jugoslavian king on his visit to -England- withiiiethe next few weeks. She is one of the numerous great-grandchIid:ren of Queen Victoria, and it has been reported that while here she will see her brother, Crown Prince Carol, wiio renouuced.his rights to the Rumanian throne some months ago. Toronto, sacrifice laid the • The Call of the Morning. Vale of the waterfalls! Glen of the streams! Wake from your slumbering! Wake from your dreams! Wild sings the mountain -lark, Bird of the air! Calling the valley -birds, Up to hien there! Fresh breathes the ntarcing-wind, Bright looks the -day,- Up lay;-Up to the heather Bills, Lilian, away! a -George barley. From the window -ledge, whereon they whistled sweetly And On the step of the door In the misty morning hoar; But now the dweller is up they. flee To the ,crooked neighboring oodlin- tree; And, 'wizen he comes, fully forth they seek tike -garden, ,• And call froay. the lofty costard, as pleading pardon Por shouting ed near before In their joy at being alive:— Meanwhile the hamnieriug clock with. in goes five. I know a domicile of brown and green, ,Wherefor a hundred summers there have been • Just such enaotnieiits, lust such day- itreaksseen. .--Thomas Hardy. in "Hunan Shows; Far Pliantasies." Telephoning at Sea. As soon as,.the great liner Leviathan arrives in New York harbor, 11 ie pos- sible for passenger:rt-6 get immediate- ly into telephonic communication with any of •the 16,QOO,OOO eubscri.hers-seat tered over the North American con- tinent—and on-tineni and this without Leaving the ship! On reaching the harbor ' the first cable -to be thrown ashore; before the vessel actually docks, contains a tele- phone lead. This is.:proptly fitted into a socket on the quay, and the,great ship is at ante in touch with any part of the United States or Canada. It is likely that similar facilities, will be provided at Southampton and other of the large British ports in the eou.rse- af the next few months. The Only One. '"Well;:; at least have one friend who has never looked nue op in ('Bradstreet." "Who is that?'; • "My dog." Lost time is never found. ?:very mother thinks, there is no Baby like her ow.o; and every other mother is glad that, there isn't. Map of Red Lake District. The latest productof aerial photo- graphy combined with ground surveys is a map of the Red Lake District, in north-western Ontario, in which so much prospecting Is being done at pre- sent, By the use of this. method, car- ried on by the Topographical, Survey, Department of the Interior, Ottawa, in,• co-operation with the Royal Canadian Air Force, a wealth of detail has been collected, comprising lakes-° .rivers, portages, falls and similar information, which would have required'an. ini- nietiss amount of effort, to obtain by ground surveys. alone. The map has been published on the scale of one inch to two miles and covers an area about forty miles by sixty miles in extent, apreximately centred at Red Lake. Whereas pros- pectin:g has up to tb.e present been confined to areas close to Red Lake itself,' it is anticipated that with the ald of this map as a guide, the exten- sion o1 these activities over broader areas will be greatly facilitated: As an indication of the maze of, water. ways iu the district' it maybe stated that something like 700 lakes are shown. Indeed,so many lakes and other features have been suddenly brought to light that only a relatively small number have been named. This map, which may be obtained from the Topographical Survey for the nominal. charge ; of twenty-five cents per copy, will aid the prospector in getting through the district and will help him to choose: the most direct route of getting out to the Mining Re- corder's office. For properly record- ing bis claim also, he will be better able to indicate to th'e coining recorder exactly where it is situated. A :sys- tem of reference squares, into'whioh the map. has been divided, particularly facilitates this object. This is of especial importance on account of the large number of so far unnamed physical features. Lines- Inspired by Engine Trouble. O. horse,- you are -a wonderful thing; no buttons to push;• no horns to honk; you start yourself; no .siutch to slip; nospark to miss,••: no gears to strip; no license -buying every year i-tir1th plates to screw entrant and rear; no gas bills climbing up each day, steal- ing the -joy of life away; naspeed. cops. chugging its your rear, yelling sum- mons in your ear. Your inner tubes are all OK., and, thank the Lord,.they stay that way. Your spark plugs never miss and Luse; your motor never .makes us- euss. Your iratne is goad. for many a mile; your body never changes style;.. -your wants are few and easy niet; you've something eft the auto yet,—S.4 Croix Courier. Whenscrubbing deal tables or sh lves, add half an ounce of .powdered borax to, two gallons of water. Opop Country. Spring is usually a season of 04 0,• ekrus thoughts, Chaucer knew thie when .he seltt his oompany of nine anti twenty on, !their Oaluter1ntry pitgx�imt- age, Promoter's of travel to the end% of tide, earth and - those who manage carpe and every sort of playing ground .at home or its distant places appeal to that firmly rooted instinct in Most normal folk athlete tnakee us want to open doors and• 'windows to time bland; sweet, vernal influeleoes. There are •stirrings in tba blood of mortals, as in the woodland of singing choirs and thrusting buds -and running brooks. Our very Thoughts are .out- ward bpund in this season, and into the atmosphere within four walls i of sedate and confining 'aspirations that re-enfcrc•ud concrete itselfis. unable. to Shut out.. The trouble with a writer, says ae blunt and wise economist ,is that he has always lived in. a room, Literature.euffers and may altogether expire when it loses contact with life, wthieuco it is derived, They that ,are wies are aware of it. and therefore they close trite books, quit the narrow limitations of -thee houses made with hands and go in -quest of the free; el"e- mental verities of earth and stea_and sky. These are not to be found in' the Borhemie that has " come to mean a forced hothouse growth of self -Praia - leg estheticiscm, thelittlemutual-ad- miration spcie,ties and coteries et those who talk a lot about the• things they mean. to do -and berate the world for Its' supposed failure to :recognize their genius.. They buil'; upcults, they are fetich worshipers and they burn in - 'cense aid talk in, subdued tones about .soiree piaster, but the atmosphere thickened by the smoke of their adula- tion is stiffing and iinwholesonie. They ought to get out of "doors, into: clear sunlightand accept certain simple rules of diet, exercise and sleep which they now scorn as a concern of Gem- med' mortals. Much nonsense that is• heard and seen to -day in the name of music,• the.. pictorial arts or literature would not .suevive„ exposure to God's outdoors,; it can ' only •live, like any moldy, fungous growth, in a damp cel- larage shut away --from air and sun,. Woodchuck Hibernates. . The woodchuck abounds. nearly everywhere east of the Rockies.' In- stead, of storing tip food like the squir- rels it hibernates during the oold sea- son, and hien removed from its bur row in'winter appears, to be in an un- consbioims+ condition. The heartbeats but a few tithes per minute and •respiration is very slow, so that the food stored up Iargely in the formof fat in its own body enables' it to pass the cold season without eating. The prairie dog, ranging from Texas to Canada;, is a social animal dwelling in large colonies sometimes more than fifty whiles in, length, • Worse and Worse. Shortly atter an indina.nt neighbor woman had gone into the Brown Home,;. Mrs. Brown came to the door and called her son, _ "William," she said, "Mrs. Crabbe here tells me that you called her an olid fool. laid you?" "Yek'm. "Well," sighed the distracted ncotic er. "I amglad you are teathful," : ' An -d- • now she wonders why- Mrs. Crabbedoesn't speak to her, Fine 'Weather perils. Mild winter weather is favorable to the spread of 'infectious •diseases be- cause people move about more and so. come in for -contagion. Improve Garden Soil. Plenty of _organic matter in the gar- dea soil helps It Bold roisturt and makes; it more easily workable. Sup- ply. the organic matter with a• heavy coating of manure, or by plowing un- der a rye crop seeded; last fall. or a longer growing green crop, such as. one of the clovers. . Lotteries in Argentina. In the state lottery of - Argentina there is a drawing every day all the year round, with extra prizes on holi- days. Though : nearing 60 years of age when war broke out, he walked mote than 600 mailer to enlist in the Yukon battalion and saw active service over- sets. -.... MUTT AND JEFF—By Bud Fisher. eve Jost-i€b Mei Wt e se %tUCV\ SINCE SL-ie`S eeeN1 TreneeIG "Ca SeAkSt FY tke-teSL. `RAT TRIM< ace's Ge3Nein GIVS VP 'Cute ltC-Pt! Vane- Anuta FA AL . MASSAG'S Cor Mee i' ANt� T1 -lis 'oat<S Lel Z A LONG f `t-(Atob CALL t-tc-c t C('Love; (Wee, Senile W15Hcs To coNueRsc,. ,wJTK Ti -le -c oN , `pie P t o ts-1 , ,The Beauty Specialist Slips Mrs. Mutt An Earful -. Mom �..: `�+%i ''rr •7 eieneen iyrf 6, .1975, Ivy Itf4 p,sGn ch . Brit's+• rtfd IIF CONSIDER THE LII There are t?o many beautiful lilies that may be planted" an left in the ground year after yeer that one: • won- dere wiry there are net more grown. S.u ocess tvitlr til es clapen:ds to a great extent upon the .s,electlen of proper yerietlee, Wed giving them the, best' possible conditions•.. Failure'is thseally to be traced td a lack of iincierstandiug of the requiz'einente of the bulbs, No matter how poor the,soi'r nor Itow shady the garden same varieties may be grown suo esstuki'. The soil for ';;Most ;slice should be iva4e up f flbroue'koara, leaf mold and sand. The.bulbs Aimed be set in sand when planting. The depth of planting varies not only acoordiag to size but . according: to habit of growth. The Madonna lily should be planted twice its depth,. while. the uratutu, ,Rubrum, and .Regale require deal) planting -- from six to eight`inchee, The Madon- na lily is a •splendid ,tall growing lily with large pure white, flowers, .;It re- sembles the well' known Easter lily.. The flowers aro_ very fragranTf., It blooms. in 'June. multiplies rapidly and ehould be in every garden. The Aura - tura lily has large, graceful flowers of delicate ivory -white closely dotted with chocolate -crimson "spots. The centre of each petal has a broad stripe of gold, It' Is exquisitely eerfumee, T,he flowers ire large and showy. The new -Regale oily, le very •beautifa•l. In- •. side the throat of the flower Is bright canary yellow Shadingtoward white at the edges,, soiuetimes,, there is a pii<k , shade on the petals.. There are many y other lilies that should be in the ger- ` 'lee - ,den. There .all easy' to grow and the amateur need:ntot hesitate to plant the bulbs generously.—Mrs. Janette �. Leader, for the Ontario Horticultural Association. Welsh Mine Ponies Show Remarkable Traits. „ D. Jeffrey Williams; writing in "The Cardiff 'Times?). with reference to the untteual intelligence of animals used in the Welsch *oat mines, says „that pit horses and ponies infallibly find their way home to their underground, stables front any part of akis,tant working places, however devious and intricate the. roadways --.without 'alight. , -To hear pony drivers talk to and of their charges in; mines otie might think• the ponies . were supposed to be, the- equels; of men in intelligence. I ofteneliad, to remind` driveirs they were not human beings. But it is on such a "footing" that .boys:, and, ponies =work together as "a rule. A pit pony sometimes• will. count the number'of tubs it will pan— tie 'counts the 1oll of each coupling g as: he starts. hiss "load"—and if he thinkseix or eight to be a reasonable. "load" for; hint he -will x;etuse to+ take' more. And lie can't easily be cheated. One pony had a serious: -objection- to Working overtime, and always disap- peared°if given :the leaet•; chance. --to be found later in bis'stall in. stable a mile away. One evening •this, pony met a train of empty tubs corning dowxi the incline .as be, was ,running ' home..inatead.. of working, un,:aud .hav- ineenzeteoxu. ot.the sides, to pass the down -coming train he turned and gal- loped infrontof it, . allowing the ,first tub to touch hie hind• legs,then:heaved it off -the rails and stopped the tiain. Heetthus saved hislife to thesurprise of his men mates, who expected to find .• him dead under the train. Pit ponies seem . to Bayo a kind of "second •sense;' for any :danger. :They ,. will always stop. and.wait fora stone to fall from the recta little way ahead on mine ,roadways. This, "Sense" has saved many `huntan and pony lives. Another pone objected toworking in, a -new district, and 'took revenge by runningaway whenever he could. One day he got ituto an old working place through a Very low passage. Ile- could trot be got out, despite all efforts. At'" lasrt alto .driver, said loudly: "Let's go' out, boys, and leave him," They went a good distance, :banged. a doer, and waited, Ict a short tine thepony was also at ,the door! How he got in or ' out remains his secret,' Yet another pony would stop his ' "load" orfull tubs in a narrow and low Place on the road wherelhe WaS 81.1 o itis driver could not get at hint from behind the tubs. After taking big "spell" lie deigned to movo on again, Average Values of Farm Lands, The average value of Ilio uccutpieti. farm lands for Canada as a etole, ..1.h25, including berth improved and me improved land, ` as well as dwelling houses, barns atablos one other farm buildings, is. returnee as $33 per dere, according to the Ciinadian eloveuiunent, Bureau of : Statistics Be- Iu ovi,n•ces the avereges ata as follows: 'Pr incelilt; ward Ieland, $45; Nova Scotia, $37 New (Brunswick, $84; Quebec, e54; Ontario, $67 Manitoin, $29; Sas' katcliowair, $24; Alberta, $26; British' . Coi;imbia, $83.' Tho .nveuago vaitos itt 1925 of orchard and fruit' lad., inolud-' lug burldinegs, etc,,in lee flint -grow- ing districts, arta estimated as follows: Nova Scotia, $108; Ontario, $168; • Bri- tish Columbia, $301, Tall Wheless Mesta, :.:. The big.steelniasts - of the, hew wire- less statiotu hear Siugb*yr, Pimigglwttid, Weigh 8.00 fonts nail; and are 820 feet"' iu height, y