HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1926-7-15, Page 2Automobile
BETTER GRADE OF MOTOR OILS RQ13 ,T INK PILE$,
Roane ane has erected a Monument the operatieg parts and takes Out any
im reeaszory of a red n]otor killed by dirt whichh.anay ,get irate, the machine
poor '` gesoline 'and cheap oil, whish or diet which. may eoleet through
motor is Said now to "rest in pieeea." cazeles'a fiL i g, It care's also for the
It is very (likely that thousands of hard pertic.'es of carbon which drop
automobiles oaoupying spaee in junk off the under side of the piston, These
garde could appropriately have the are absorbed ,in the Alter. This dirt
Sarnia epitaph inscribed to their mere- can be taken out aa: the filter veld
MT. The situation in regard to the after a year's use the filter can ea'si'ly
use of oils is improving, however, be replaced, This makes; it, possible
Chemists have been steadily devil- for the motorist to travel further ou
aping a better quality of ;lubricant for the same amount of oil and at the
htetomobile motors, manufacturers• daises tine. get ',a better qualiy' cif
ave made exhaustive tests and most l'ubricatin'g substance.
of theta, now recommend a particular Another improvement is seen In the
grade of oil which they know wi"Ji give `pressure feed method of engine lubri-
the best resu•;ts in their motor. Motors cation.
have berm so improved that the con- One of the nios't approved methods
gumption of oil is very small, and consists of shooting grease intro the.
therefore the entoraolaithr owner well various fittings with a pressure gun.
can 'afford to gay whatever price is Another system requires the owner to
necessary to pzv cure the• best for his . keep oil cups filled with oil, which :le
particular motor. While the highest atupposed to be. an improvement over
iced on. Is not ncecessariIly the best, the grease cups; yet many maintain
gh first oust should; not influence the that grease is, preferable to oil as a
lubricant for the chassis: parte.
Another impaovenient ie, seen • in the eIte1en F, Normanton, British woman lawyer, first to be admitted to the
d rear Inner Temple and to practise n the highest courts • in Great Britain.
One recent development which has transmission gear houi3ing an I. i
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motor lubrication sy-stemn axle housing, where the tendency now
brought
nearer to perfection is the oil filter. is"to make the filling point about orae-.
Thee removes from the oil the metal third of the height of the housing in -
articles which have been worn off stead of at the top,
purchaser bo accept an. inferior grade.
VILTER Li7NDS ASSISTANCE.
In Nature's Study.
By *low degrees the.summer bloom-
ed. Green came instead of white;
t°ainbowe instead of icicles. The
grounds about the Hall seemed the in
carnation o1 a Bummer' whleh had
taken years to ripen to its perfection:
The very graze, seemed to have aged
into, perfect youth in that "haunt of
ancient peace": for surely ncwhez e. This sentie t thin whose hot thoughts
else was such thick, delicate -bladed, n g
delicate -colored grass to be seen. freeze
Gnarled old trees of may'stood like To shining slugs that' carry tragedies
altars of smoking peafiume, or each And mirth—abstractions and particu-
tke one million -petalled flower of up-
lam?
ved whiteness -•-or' of tender rosi-
ness, as if the snow which had covered
it in winter head sunk in and gathered
warmth from the tree, and now crept
out again to adorn the summer. The
long loops of the laburnum hung heavy
with gold towards the sod below; and
the air was full of the fragrance of the
young leaves of the limes. Down in
the valley below, the daisies shone in
all the meadows, varied with the but
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Natural Resources Bulletin. 1 from the atmosphere, and keeps it in
A fertilizer that would draw mors- the soil where .the roots of the small
ture from the air in quantities suf-„+ plants have a constant supply. The
Relent to carry' Drops through 'a period t use of gypsum in the soil may, during
Linotype. of draught would be an amazing boon a draught, draw enough moisture from
and iatricts' of the the' atmosphere' to save a crop.”
What are these whirring wheelsto agriculture in many d Mr. Dawson, his supplement to
rattling bars, world. Recent experiments indicateson to pp
This wilderness of cogs and cams and such a substanoe.does exist, in the Acadian Geology, in speaking of a -
t hat $rite says that 'for land it may be rere-
ksysy form of anhyrite, a sulphate of calcium
i large metaIlio. po "larl called,girded as more valuable than the hyd
This clicking buzz likeor, as it. is, sometimes p pii yroue Variety (i.e gypsum), as wanting
been, :"land plaster." the water which amounts to about 20
per cent. of the weight of the letter.'
industries representing more than
Singing its songs of fetid slums and Anhydrite is •closely related to gyp -
stars, sum and where found in Canada, is as -
Of rising Man and dull, decaying czars?
sociated with .gypsum. deposits. Its 9,0 per cent. ,at the gypsum producers
affinity for water is' well known but of, the United States recently adopted,
the application of this principal in ag- a unanimous` resolution urging the
riculture is something that is not so United States Bureau of Mines to un-
well established. is- dertake work on. the utilization of tiles
Anhydrite is acted on by the mo material, the possibilities of which are
;cure in the' air to form gypsum and it so Ilttle understood.
Its reaching rode are fingers• skilled is thta action in drawing the water con Should a widespread demand arise
and true f tent of the air into the soil that offers for anhydrite for use as a fertilizer, it
Compared to which all fleshy hands; interesting possibilities, where pro- would mean agreat expansion of the
are frail; . . I perly used, in the. interests of scientific pa
Electra tireless beating their fast agriculture. To indicate the relatively pypsum industries of the Maritime
� � Sri provinces.
tattoo, large quantities of water that this ma-•� _
The tell to men life's endlese, varied I terial will use it may be stated that
y}A to Si
tale. 100 parts of water, at 66 deg. F.. des- Song -
Here is the voice without which man solve only 0'.2 part of anhydrite.' When we have a song in our hearts
is dumb:
If it be stilled, silence and chaos • some. great beds associated with the gypsum 1 kettle on the hearth to the birds in the
Anhydrite -is found in Canada in all the world sings it to us, from the
tercup and th oelandine; w e
Canada from Coast to Coast
Ha;ifaix, N:S, Agricultural condi-
tions
g
tions. in the Maritime Provinces have
been unsatisfactory owing"' to cold
weather, according to crop reports re-
ceived froom practically all sections,
Pastures; however, look well with
good. crop prospects, Potato planting
is finished, with the. acreage probably
slightly below the average. Apple
trees show promise of an average
crop.
Fredericton, N,B.-New Bruuswlck
Rabbitres, Ltd., capitalized at $5,000,
is the name of a company incorpor-
ated for a:c:new enterprise in the, fur
raising` induatrg in this province. The
company has been formed to'carry on
the commercial breeding of •Chinchilla
rabbits at a farm on the Royal Road
near here, A foundation stock of 60
Chinchilla rabbits has been imported
from England.
Quebec, Que.—The trefnendbusly
`rapid development of the forest and
water power resources of the province
is evidenced In the recent forecast of
the revenue which will be derived be-.
fore • the close of the .present fiscal
year'. Officials of the. Land's and Fore
est Dept. are confident that the rev-
enue
ev
enue derived from lands and forests
and water powers in the province will
reach the sum of $8,000,000' this year.
The same resources produced a sum
of close upoh $4,500,000 last year.
Hamilton, Ont. — Arrangements
have been completed. for the re -open-
ing within the next few months of the
West End plant of the Hamilton
Bridge Works Co., which has been
closed down for some time. This has
been made possible' by Orders received
for` steel for the Welland Canal in ad-
dition to other contracts which they
have been able to secure of late.
Winnipeg, Man.—With a capital of
$4;600,000, John.Taylor & Sons. of
London, .England, a large gold mining
oxnpany, has definitely en
Lake Winnipeg mining area. Accord, Tile Cawuadfan `i rade comenigsioner
ing to official ennourice neat, negotia-1 ,'
tions have been closed for' he amalga- 're eptly ore, SiaaiLs Settii�n?estts, wlao:
recently returned on a,visit to Canada;
motion of three companies already in gage a pleating account ort the pro•
ties field• Aeve,opment wozk is to be. grecs of Oan•adion trade development
immediately undertaken, according to in Malaya, that broad and sronu'ewhat •
T. C, Anderson, vice-president of the
Central Manitoba Mines,' one of the vague area which comprises 'wrench
companies included in the amalgams- Indo-China, Slam, Federated Malay
tion, and in addition, construction of States, Straits Settlements and Dutch
a modern }pill will be started this win-
East Indies. Ho pointed out 'ha'
ter, whilst trnder expavnstion...we only o
under' onside'rtible d„
Regina, sasls.-Saskatchewan ex- j o ilted there G
ported last year '77.4 per cent. of its oulty, and understanding of the ,„pe
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production of crearhery butter, cellar conditions preventing in the varl-
according to a statement made by the out sections being neoessary, the -pleas,- Pravinaial Dair3='Commissioner; The ing state ;of business to=day with the
increase in production in 1925 over 'area was largely due to the aggres.
that of 1920 amounted to 126.8 per � sivenese of Canadian 'business men,
cent., the output"last year totalling though `further Progress" was being
15,948,233 .pounds.
Lake Louise, Alta.—The first auto-
mobile highway across the Great Di-
vide from Lake Louise to Field, B.C.,
running parallel to the Canadian Pa-
cific Railway, was formally opened re -
TRADE WITH . .
MALAYA
tared` the
somewhat hampered by an apathy, on
the 'part of other exporters,
Canadian trade to Malaya, a post=
war growth, has naturally suffered vio-
lent fluctuation$. In 1913 and 1914
anything like a volume of trade
Gently. A unique feature of the new tween Canada be -
and, that a.roa did not +
exist; the ,business exchenged'•was
road is that:in the sixteen miles'from
Lake Louise to Field it drops fifteen
hundred feet after crossing the Great
Divide and with no greater grade than.
8 per eent. The new '.road will be
known as,"The; Golden Highway."
Vancouver, B.C.—dor the first time
in the history of British Columbia,
green vegetables were sent from Van -
atelier to: Montreal and Toronto. Birt•.
ish Columbia fruit is well established
in the Eastern markets and: potatoes
from this province have .been shipped
to Ontario and Quebec in large quan-
tities on occasions when the potato
Drop in those provinces has been light
Up to the present, however, green'
Vegetables from Plorida have'*aupplled
the Eastern: market between crop sea -
sone there.
Romance.
And you must . surely come on'time,
. dear lad,
Clean -robed, bright -shod, _.unbowed;
your fervent eyes
Illumined with a quiet joy.; a chime
Within your heart; great expectation
Lighting your face. and gladdening
your step •
As -his is gladdened who has. inland
dwelt
when he is leaving for his childhood
seas.
—Read Bain.' deposits" of the Maritime provinces, 1 wood. The waterfall rushes it over You know the place, that fragrant,
damp
P places grew large pimpernels,
e•—- The gypsumbeds
resumebly were
t e rock ledges au.l swirls it clownn hill that leapse•
• • Glowing Ac
res.
- The moon rode high and c
lear, c
ut-
ting the dark, distant sea with a. wide e
belt of rippled gold; but the moon
looked far and pale; apainted inani-
mate thing compared with the thous-
ands of. living lights that glowed on
every branch of every tree. Even the
tall autumn flowers had every plant its
lantern. The terraces were picked out
with Light,, the outlines of the great
house sparkled with blue and green
and ruddy lights. Each tree and shrub
was heavy with a fruitage of radiant
lanterns. They swung fairy-like above
thegrass. A Junk of lanterns$ lights
meadow -sweet stood amongst the Eggs Laid by Fishes. formed as the result of the ova ora_ stream; the wind soughs it throughTo view hersilveryocean to tilesouth.rode on the moat. • The draw -bridge sloes of the river the
tion of seawater enclosed in a series the" tree -tops or turns the roadside And cranes her mossy crest, and flings was Jeweled with a network 'of Ian -
reeds at the very edge of the water. The United StatesGo ex-
vernment
breathing out the odors of dareamfui
s 1 -of• partly or wholly land -locked basins,' wires into an impromptu harp tohum white arms terns, each lantern lit.
perts have discovered soma curzou the ' lace of a' once con -it along our path, In the'meadow the To haven home brave ships: It was'a carnival. of colored lights.
sleep. The clumsy pollards • were each statistics relating to the number of ; which tookp
The ex-1tenuous and widespread sea. In some cricket gayly chirps it as, he takes fly- We shall down -clamber in the vening Half the shops in Britain that stocked
one mass of undivided green_ The mill eggs laid by' various fishes. ,
wheel had regained. `ed its knotty look, pests have waded massy en i t ' loca•�ztzes the gypsum beds have .a ing leaps over. the summer grass; the air, "Chinese -lanterns had ".been ransacked
_ghee_ee- witch its massp p,ant
ants di an
dei as food fishes,•
;thickness of 2011 "feet or more and are red squirrel on the lower limb of a' The stars sweet -burning in a moon -rid for these. An army of decorators had
it yielded to the slow water, which The cod takes first place as a breed -
;would have let it alone, but that there er, having been known to lay more
'has no other way out of the land to than nine million eggs in one year.
the sea- The halibut isnot so slow, having a
I used to wander about in the fields record of nearly four million, while
and woods, with a book in my hand, at the- sturgeon trails along with about
which I often did not look the whole six hundred thousand.,
day ,and which yet I liked to have with I The. ittle herring lays only an aver -
me. And I seemed somehow to come age of twenty-five thousand eggs a
back with most upon those days in year, but as the ocean is already full
underlain by anlz,eite•..to an unknown tree chatters.•eleethe bee hums it•:un-
depth, which in at least one case, ex-, ceasingly ,with'a great 'swelling Gree-.
ceeds 140,feet. Anhydrite is also found cendo as: he booms laden out of al
in the salt mines of Austria Hungary, ower 'cup; the dews -of corn nod their
in the Harz Mountains of Germany yellow heads and rustle it, wafting the !
and, to some extent, in the United gong on over the field in gentle ,
1 States•. It is a hard white or greyish- ` swishes of sound. From the grass at 1
I white mineral, usually granular in r our feet the lark suddenly springs and
I structure but sometimes • crystalline, ' carries it up to the blue fn a very tee- 1
1 and similar in its physical properties molo of joy. The sea sings it over and I
which I did not read. • In this manner i of herring it is a lucky thug for the ti to marble. over as the waves send their long,
eggs are'1 The -economic value of anhydrite has• shining rollers up over the shingle, I
I prepared almost alI my sermons that' other fishes that the herring ggthough we, like little- Paul Dombey,
never been thoroughly established, but
summer. . . I mostly eaten by other fishes, else the r can `never quite catch what they ars
For I always found the open air the' ocean would have room for nothing its growing use in agriculture may saying. It is heard in the voices re
but herrings. provide an outlet that ultimately may
most genial influence upon ell for the __ -^� reach very considerable proportions. little children and it echoes t, in the
aproducttion of religious been feeling and Star's Glow Depends on Heat. IAt the present time cargoes are -being heartfelt tones of a friend. The
thought I had been led to try in to Dr. Henry Russell, o'! shipped from Walton. Nova Scotia, to world and we are perpetually respond; :
.According S
whether it .might not be so withme Norfolk, Virginia, where it is used ing and inviting: "I have a song to
by the fest that our Lord seemed to Princeton University, some of the with success as a,dressing for the soil. sing O. Sing me your song O."
take' so much delight in the open air, stars are 1000 times as bright as the:Ground gypsum and anhydrite are "' " o
and late in the day as well as early in sun, says.The Pathfinder. Owing to considered ver beneficial on heavy.Australia Holds Record.
the morning would climb the mountain their great distance from the earth soils and on crops of a le s' Melborne, Australia, asserts it has
to be alone with his Father. I found many of the stars seem faint, when, asg one of the. busiest railway stations in
he are much larger . character. It acts indirectly as a ler-
that in hetlped me to give a reality to a matter of fact, y tilzer byreachingwith the silicates of the world in the 'Flinders Street ter -
'everything that I thought about if I than those which appear large. The urinal; through which 300,000 person„5
only contemplated it under the high brightness of a star, says Dr. Russell, potash, thus liberating them as a plant
y p n the heat Is food. It has also been used to great pase gaily. Believing London stations
untroubled blue, with the lowly green depends upon its heat, and a
van
adte according to Mr. J. P. JPM'es- couId show bigger figures the British
Donath my feet, and the wind blowing released within the star. g ' Raihvay. Gazette 'checked .the daily
servey, deputy inspector of mines for
on me .-----`the --- flow of passenger through London's
Depth, of the Amazon. Nova Scotia, around stables or man-
ure iles where it acts as a disinfect- largest stations, Liverpool Street and
The Amazon river is estimated to p the
Waterloo, but found the total at the
be 670 feet deep at a point 1,000 miles alit and also retains the ammonia, e former was only '244;336.
greater part of which is otherwise lost
from the manure. "Mary" Popular Stage Name.
"The Nova Scotia Department of
Mines draws attention to this interest- Mary, it is said, ies the most popular
ing material' in its latest report, when name among actresses. Next in num-
and, in order to do this, I thought all Pompeii? her are contractions cf Eleanor.
my sermon over again in the afternoon ,`Yes, my dear, but it-
), was frightfully it says: ��^
"As a fertilizer it may be applied to Season Before Painting.
the soil in drills or in hills, or sowed Paint will' peel from wet surfaces,
, broadcast in quantities from 200 tot either wood or plaster, and should not -
Carthage was once known as, the
500 pounds to the acre. It has an of . be applied until the surface is season-
twilight,—From `Annals of a Quiet finely for water and draws moisture' en
Neighborhood,,' by George MacDonald. "wealthiest pixy in the world." c•
sky, hung them -up busy at it from sunset
I therefore sought . . to find an
easy passage between the open-air
mood and the church mood, so as to
be able to bring into the church as
much of the fresh air, and: the tree-
music and the color -harmony, and the
gladness over all, as might be possible,
In Ruins..
"When you were in Italy did you see
sun as it -shone slantiugly through the in need of repair!
stained window, and in the falling light t—" '-
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thereof and the gathering dusk of the. Rich City of Old Days.
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We shall down -clamber to the singing 'till now. Rona—paper lanterns, tail
shore cylinders; odd shaped ones, great and
And go aboard, and come again no small, 'alone, festooned, in Sower -like
more. —A: E. Johnson. grdups, bouquets of lanlers—and every
�.* lantern lit; solitary Ianterns skillfully
Soft Collars for Nurses' suspended as if :floating in the, air;
Uniforms. crinkled lanterns, boat -shaped lan-
terns, smooth lanterns, painted Ian
-
Professional .nurses in England who, terns, tasseled lanterns, fluted lan-
almost since good Queen Bess aban- terns, , bell-shaped lanterns• — from
every point and crevice where string
would catch or wire hold, some Chi-
nese lantern • swung and glowed- for
pate•$" from such . old-time relies. glowing acres -the old plans glittered
Physicians who have started an anti- with their light. --Louise Jordan Miln
doned the ruff, have worn uncomfort-
ably high, stiff, white collars as part
of their uniform, are to be- "emanei-
stiff-collar campaign forthe relief of in "The Feast di Lanterns,"
these women declare the wearing of — ..o --
n 7e Clever r a loco of se se sa a Tom
lin n choke s Ys Tommy.
e
P - Y.
red tape and that the custom should be "Tommy," said the 'teacher, "come
abolished. Soft laundered neckwear to the map and point. out Australia to
Is advocated, and some pioneer nurses the class."
are reported as having already adopt- Tommyd4d'so.
ed thechange for which Dr. E. Graham "Who discovered Australia George?"'
the teacher asked the next boy.
' "Tommy did," was the reply.
Little, M.P. for London University, is.
one of the . sponsors.. "Women's
clothes, as a rule," he says, "are sin-
gularly sensible," but men are slaves Biggest Wine- Barrel.
to cumbrous, and overheavy clothing.' The famous Heidelberg :wine barrel,
Dr. Little regrets the influenceexer-epee the largest of its kind, in the
cased by each 'paterfamilias in trans -1 world,• le -surpassed. in size by a new
forming his small son into ''a cruel' barrel at F3l'tvil'le-on-the-Rhine, It
caricature of father's own too ridicu hold's 283,800 quarts of Rhine wine.
lolls self." He favors light weight, It is ,49 feet long, 23 feet wide and
yet warm; loose fitting clothing. nearly 10 feat high. 'Phe Heidelberg
barrel has been dry for many years
but in the days of Its. usefulness it
held 200,769 quarts.
Why He Laughed,
Teacher -"You must control that
laughing!"
James—"But I can't."
"Why 'can't you?"
"The :crystal of my watch is broken
and the hands keep tickling ine."
Young Bird Is Voracious.
A fledgling bird will eat more th
twice its weight in worms betwe
sunrise and sunset. •
If There's Anything Jeff Hates it's Silly Questions.
en
finitesimai. In 1916 the total volume
of Canadian export tradeto the whole
area was only about half a million dole
lars, In the upheaval caused by they
war, however, with trade, being divert-
ed from the old European channels,
opportunity came to the American con-
tinent and (Canada was able to share
in the :Wetness with this practically
unknown territory. Advantage was
taken of this, and the' tide of business
rapidly rose until it reached a peak in
1921, when the Dominion exported
goods to the extent o! four and a guar ,
ter minIioa dollars:
Exports Increasing.
With the cessation of hostilities
Canadian trade fell away as importers
in the territory went back to Eluropean,
shippers, and export figures rapidly
dropped to one and a quarter million.
dollars. .; The Dominion was forced to
slowly build up a trade again under
more difficult circumstances. As a re-
sult of the trade commission establish-
ed there and the .effective co-opera-
tion given by ' certain Canadian bust -
nese institutions', figures commenced
a new ascendancy, and for the fiscal
year ending March 31st, 1926, Cana-
dian exports to Malaya were approxi-
mately seven and a quarter' million
dollars, showing an increase of six
millions for the brief period. The year
was a record one in the Straits Settle-
ments, Dutch East Indies, and Siam,
'
figures in all three areasbeing ha„ter
than ever .reached before, _
In the case of the Dutch East Indies •
the previous zenith was reached . in
1921e -when trade was just under 24.
million dollars. This year it ie nearly
34 million dollars.. Canadian goods
exported to the Straits Settlements in
1921 ' bad a value of $1,800,000. This
fell'' -away to $.600,000,- and has now
again been built up until in the pr-
sent year the value is three and a ha
million dollars apbrotimate•1y. Th..
development belongs strictly "`"to the
most recent years, and a much larger
business is stated to exist for Cana-
dian exporters with proper study d•e-
voted'to the peculiar demands of the:.
various motions of this broad and 1i•t” ,
tie known territory. -
A Picturesque Custom.
A delightful ceremony"is that which
takes place annually in the little town
of Nanterre, near Paris, when a priz
of virtue is awarded: The girl wh
chosen is.and
"Rosiere". r called file " Ro..ce e" . d
picturesquely crowned,- The custom
is G00 years old, but it continues to•bo
practiced more enthusiastically than.
ever. This years Rosiere is Miles,.
Yvonne Pitioret, who for several years
has had charge 'of a household' of four
younger brothers, and who, by the un
animous testimony of the neighbors,
has. displayed exceptional selfeacrifice
and industry. In addition to receiving'
a crown -of rotes; M11e. Pitioret was
presented a sum of money subscribed.
by admirers. ,
100 'Per Cent
A school -teacher once asked a boy
if he could name an important. cityin
Alaska. _
"No, m'm" replied the boy. ..
"Correct," said :the teacher.
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Old Ruins in Germany.
Exte'hs>, eRoman remains et 'a ate'
tlement probable* dating' 'back to the
'first century have bceu found in Co-
logne, Germany:
FM Grease Cups 'Often.
An active grease cup is one that Is
frequently filled with fresh grease. If
this is overlooked, the passages he -
come caked and hardened preventing
the passage of fresh grease to the sur-
face needing it,.
1 l )osali Ie1.
Antiquarian "These ruins„are two
thousand years old,"
Tourist-- Don't be absurd. it's only
nineteen tw enty sin noiv."
The Blue Asbestos..
Blue :asbestos, which occurs only wen__
South Africa, la a better non-conduct-
or of heat than ordinary white asbes-
toe. ,
Ink for some high speed printing
presses is fed to them by aur pressure.
A piece oaf chW atcos placed in the
saucepan in which cabbage is boiled
i will prevent an .
y disagreeable emelt
arising during the cookitrbr of the veto-,
tables
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finitesimai. In 1916 the total volume
of Canadian export tradeto the whole
area was only about half a million dole
lars, In the upheaval caused by they
war, however, with trade, being divert-
ed from the old European channels,
opportunity came to the American con-
tinent and (Canada was able to share
in the :Wetness with this practically
unknown territory. Advantage was
taken of this, and the' tide of business
rapidly rose until it reached a peak in
1921, when the Dominion exported
goods to the extent o! four and a guar ,
ter minIioa dollars:
Exports Increasing.
With the cessation of hostilities
Canadian trade fell away as importers
in the territory went back to Eluropean,
shippers, and export figures rapidly
dropped to one and a quarter million.
dollars. .; The Dominion was forced to
slowly build up a trade again under
more difficult circumstances. As a re-
sult of the trade commission establish-
ed there and the .effective co-opera-
tion given by ' certain Canadian bust -
nese institutions', figures commenced
a new ascendancy, and for the fiscal
year ending March 31st, 1926, Cana-
dian exports to Malaya were approxi-
mately seven and a quarter' million
dollars, showing an increase of six
millions for the brief period. The year
was a record one in the Straits Settle-
ments, Dutch East Indies, and Siam,
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figures in all three areasbeing ha„ter
than ever .reached before, _
In the case of the Dutch East Indies •
the previous zenith was reached . in
1921e -when trade was just under 24.
million dollars. This year it ie nearly
34 million dollars.. Canadian goods
exported to the Straits Settlements in
1921 ' bad a value of $1,800,000. This
fell'' -away to $.600,000,- and has now
again been built up until in the pr-
sent year the value is three and a ha
million dollars apbrotimate•1y. Th..
development belongs strictly "`"to the
most recent years, and a much larger
business is stated to exist for Cana-
dian exporters with proper study d•e-
voted'to the peculiar demands of the:.
various motions of this broad and 1i•t” ,
tie known territory. -
A Picturesque Custom.
A delightful ceremony"is that which
takes place annually in the little town
of Nanterre, near Paris, when a priz
of virtue is awarded: The girl wh
chosen is.and
"Rosiere". r called file " Ro..ce e" . d
picturesquely crowned,- The custom
is G00 years old, but it continues to•bo
practiced more enthusiastically than.
ever. This years Rosiere is Miles,.
Yvonne Pitioret, who for several years
has had charge 'of a household' of four
younger brothers, and who, by the un
animous testimony of the neighbors,
has. displayed exceptional selfeacrifice
and industry. In addition to receiving'
a crown -of rotes; M11e. Pitioret was
presented a sum of money subscribed.
by admirers. ,
100 'Per Cent
A school -teacher once asked a boy
if he could name an important. cityin
Alaska. _
"No, m'm" replied the boy. ..
"Correct," said :the teacher.
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Old Ruins in Germany.
Exte'hs>, eRoman remains et 'a ate'
tlement probable* dating' 'back to the
'first century have bceu found in Co-
logne, Germany:
FM Grease Cups 'Often.
An active grease cup is one that Is
frequently filled with fresh grease. If
this is overlooked, the passages he -
come caked and hardened preventing
the passage of fresh grease to the sur-
face needing it,.
1 l )osali Ie1.
Antiquarian "These ruins„are two
thousand years old,"
Tourist-- Don't be absurd. it's only
nineteen tw enty sin noiv."
The Blue Asbestos..
Blue :asbestos, which occurs only wen__
South Africa, la a better non-conduct-
or of heat than ordinary white asbes-
toe. ,
Ink for some high speed printing
presses is fed to them by aur pressure.
A piece oaf chW atcos placed in the
saucepan in which cabbage is boiled
i will prevent an .
y disagreeable emelt
arising during the cookitrbr of the veto-,
tables