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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1926-2-24, Page 3THE i3RUSSELS POST WEDNESDAY, F111. 21, anada's Iest iano ----Prices from $375.00 gap TERMS TO SUIT ALL Do not waste time sOlVing punies but get ill touch With the old established and reliable firm and get full value for your:anoney. as.n 97 Ontario St. 13C 1. Phone 171 Stratford 111901101.13.nameturrtnextrwinatsursam.,....a.m.wnsmoorauta. 0.••••••••, EMILY F. MURPHY Author, Magistrate and Mather By Eats, T. Connolly . head rm route. Did you think tivali was nathing in hereditary. Speed, efileiency and the legal turn- of mind are such besseuble here, I think. invorite bon mot of hers is "Al- most ahy good for a woman that doesn't kill her," Beeeese of her work for svomen and children threughout Canada end "Shakes! Adams! Everyone of slik.s; to be the brother to the wins , iva•„f b„r kn „Wlf+dgo of law and your the lover of the euirs; to breathe the (mill work, cumuli:in women mu, Could any snob palmogenial male- freedom of the sun -washed soaves aro , , , (fictions mine from anywhere but Eden? There was the Garden and there was the Tree. WAS it the 'free of Knowledge? . Not so, gentle, and honorable see, reader! Just an ordinary apple tree and an ordinary garden, but it ',het- tered more than ordinary 18-yeare Sunday School Lesson BY CHARLES Q. TRUIVIBULL (Editor of Tho sunday School "limos) \le. old girl bride of the 19th century -e- a girl who has since become ono of Canada's most famous public woin- s JESUS TEACHES RESPECT FOR LAW. (Temperance Lesson.) Sunday, Feb.. 28.—Matthew 22: 15-22; Golden Text: Think not that I am come to de- stroy the law, or the prophets; I zun not come to destroy, but to ful- fill. (Matt. 5:117). How constantly the Lord Jesus was watched and, how Closely He was questioned! Certain types of men W000 always trying to catch Him in His talk. But their snares were readily put aside by Him, no matter how shrewd and difficult the ques- tions seemed to be. , Representatives of the Pharisees, I that sect of the Jews which was self -1 righteous in its adherence to the let- ; ter of the law, and some of the Her -1 odious, representing a party among the Jews favoring the Herodian family in the national government, : approached Jesus with a question in- tended to draw from Him a state- ment either of disloyalty to God or to Caesar. -• Jesus, of course, sees through their device, and in this case, as al- ways, He strikes straight at the heart of the matter, first making it plain to His questioners that He un- derstands the wickedness of their , hearts, and then giving an answer to ; their question—an answer that en- snared them even while they were , trying to ensnare Him, Smite years ago the late Profes- sor Hermann V. Hilprecht, the fam- ous archaeologist, brought from the East a silver denarius of the' time of our Lord'—just . such g ;min as is re. ferred to in this lesson. Profeesor Hilprecht gave the coin to a. friend who showed it to Dr, William C. Prime of New York, an antiquary and Bible student of exceptional at- tainments, Dr, Prime took the little coin in his hand and examined it with great interest. "Yes, I know that coin. It is in- deed a denarius,” he said, in efiect. "Have you eyer thought of the way in which Jesus may have used this coin when the' Pharisees and Her- odians were questioning Him about the tribute to Caesar?" Then Dr. Prime took the coin between his thumb and forefinger, holding it so that the head of Caesar on one side the coin was visible to his listener. "I believe this is what ,Jasus did with e coin of this very kind. 'Whose is this image and superscription?' He asked, and held it up before the gaze of those who were trying to catch Him His words. They an - Caesar's, He then said, 'Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's,' " Then Dr. Prime- turned the coin over. "NoW," he said. "T believe , Mtlealtiftewel. that Jesus may have turned the coin in just this way and exposed this side of it to His questioners as He said: 'and unto God the things that are God's'—for on this side of the coin there is an •image, a god and his tern*. "It seems to me," said Dr. -Prime, "that the Lord may have used the coin in just this way to confute his questioners on their own ground as subjects of a Government which on one side of its coinage had the Emperor's image and superscription and on the othea side a picture. of a god whom the Romans themselves worshipped." Can you not see the confusion of those who had intended to confuse the Lord, as they hear His answer, glance at the coin, look at one anoth- er in wonder, and then turn away from Him whom they had sought to ensnare? No; the Lord Jesus was no( to be trapped into a declaration against obedience to the laws of the land in which he lived. Tribute was no more agreeable than excessive taxes are now to those who are taxed. Thre could hardly be devised an M- ier path to revolt than the awaken- ing of a disturbance against the tribute levied by the Roman Govern- ment upon its subject Provinces. But Jesus did not discuss that ques- tion with those who would like to have declared Him a disloyal breed- er of trouble. He turned the ques- tion back upon themselves in sucn way that there was no answer what- ever from their lips. Just now, in more than one land the establishing and the enforcing ol laws against alcoholic beverages are deeply agitating the minds of mil- lions of persons. Where prohibitory laws have been established and have been in force for a long enough per- iod to be thoroughly tested, the re- sults are simply overwhelming in their blessings' to all concerned. - The fact that some grow restive and impatient and lawless under the pressure of a desire to do exactly what the law forbids is no reason for setting up any argument in fav- or of the disobedience to law. One of the blessings of laws pro- hibiting the . sale of alcoholic bever- ages is in this heartening fact; that one may obey God's will and at the same time the prohibitony regula- tions set up. by the community or State without having any doubt that God and man are in this matter working together: Lawlessness is the enemy of per- sonal 'liberty. . Liberty becomes chaos when a man assumes that he is at liberty to do as he pleases. We are free to do as we Please only as we do what plesea God. EVERYDAY WONDERS Electric Lights When you hoist an electric light bulb in your hand, you can feel how thin the glass is and how very deli- cate it seems, for it weighs very lit., tle. This thin glass incloses an air- tight space, from which most of the air was drawn, out when the bulb was made. Perhaps yen blow thttt if you break off the tiny tip that some bulbs have or so much as crack the glass of any bUlb, letting air the light will go out at once. There are two kinds- of electric bulbs in common use, one made with what are called carbon filaments and the other made with tungsten fila- ments. Tungsten is a rare metal, now used largely for els:attic bulbs because it gives a better and more lasting light than carbon. The two ends of eithet the carbon or ,the tungsten filament are connected to the two wires of the electric circuit, so that when the current is switched on the electricity glows through the tiny filaments in the bulb. NoW if electricity fa Made to ficiva through wires that are too small, 11 will Malta those wires very, hot spine - times heating thole so that they glow or are •incandescent. This is what happens in the light bulbs—the cat - bon or the tungsten being very small' for the current passing through it, is made to glow brightly, giving off light. The bulb is made air -tight, so that the filaments do not burn up, but merely glow. any air gots IN the &absent will burn out at once, for when expoSed to the air any growing substance 'mites with oxygen and is rapidly consumed, or burned up. If your light bulb has a carbon filament, it will be In a single' looped coil, like a capital with a loop in the bend; ig it is tungsten, it will be almost straight up and down, running in capital V's over stiff supports. 1 A. Livesay in Salem, Oeegon, will invest a total of $500)000 in Nose, growing on the reclaimed area at StimaS, 13. C. 1 In 1925 Texas rahks first in Unit- ed States value of all (mops produc- ed, followed by Iowa, California, Illinoie, lVfienesota, and Wiscomtin. While there has been some change in the grading of the other States itt pratioua years, Texas has headed the Bat eVerY seasesi sinte 1•019, JUDGE MURPHY. en, Magistrate Emily P. Murphy, the pioneer woman magistrate, in the whole British Empire. It was in Watford, Ontario, this lovely May morning some years ago, that the staid members of the Ruri- decanal Chapter, of Lambton Coun- ty, Huron diocese, were shocked nearly out of their senses to see the resident clergyman's Wife pelting pink apple blossoms and different colored epithets at them indiscrim- inatingly. The Rev, Arthur Murphy strode purposefully through the orchard. True, the 'reverend gentleman had arrived too early (and we all know what adage applies to that), but din- ner must be. got. Ile was - almost stamping when he arrived at the tree where his gay young wife was venting her exuberance but one look and his righteous wrath vanished. He could not scold such a lilting sweet young thing for forgetting such a prosaic thing as dinner, so, instead, he lifted her gently down and set her smiling among his am- azed eonfeeres. Truly a new genus for a clergyman's wife! ' Before the year in Watford, For- est was their home, and in these two places Mrs. Murphy herself says she "was wildly. happy and loved every- one. Neither town could -dream at that time that it was entertaining, if in the chrysalis stage, the future first woman .magistrate in the British Empire. Short periods in Chatham and In- gersoll followed, then a year abroad, and after that Mr.. Murphy was ap- pointed mission preacher of the Dio- cese of Huron, and while living' in London, Mrs. Murphy. was an active worker in the. W. A. of the cathed- ral, ,During this period she lodged with Mrs. Sharpe, on Oxford street. At the time a fierce controversy was raging over the right of women to sit in the vestries of the Diocese of Huron. Mrs. Murphy wrote avo letters on the subject, which appear- ed in the London Free Press, and which excited much 'comment among the clergy. A canon of the church told her he would resign from office if weenen were so privileged. "Sial you present us with a ter- rible alternative," replied the auda- cious "janey," "but I have no doubt but that we shall become reconciled to your loss in time!" ' her stand for women as vestry- men she was supported by Mrs, Har- riet Boomer, Mrs. .Elizabeth and others of the older women who were prominent workers in the Church of England. Owing failure in health, Mr. Murphy took 'up an outdoor life in the West, -and it was at Swann -Riv- er, Manitoba, that Mrs., 1411mohy wrote her first book, "janey Canack in the West." This was published by Cassels & Co., London, and later by J. M. Dent & Sons for thole "Wayfarer &vies," the book run- ning into many editions. "T8 Janes/ Canualt," one paper says "must be given the credit for bringing the great reading Public into clOse touch with this wonderful Country." .The Bookman, at London, Eng- land, gives three pages- distussing her Philosophy, which it describes as "having literally sung its way through the dominions. Her work has the optinillon of the true lyric, -the song. of the open road, The rc- fealn .of the wind-swept spaces was toyer aet to a better tithe.. ," "Speaking of - 'Open is , rejoric-esa .1.)tiolt that 0111k05 yon -*ant. to go. and bury ,your lace in ,.the tool brooks, to • hear blackbirds i -ad Vobiris piping agaillet. thedear . . 11 p 1 c. a a is and to follow the trail through the urged upon the Federal Govermmut fragrant . pine woods and winding the propriety of her appointment to mossy ways. It is as refreshing as the Senate. I a hunch of spring flowers." 1(1 an artiele written last mouth Her .kcien interest in the opium s stern te),s ior ., 1, eMonthly, and drug drug traffic was the reason for titled "The Child I Used to Be," the welting of her epoch-making mrs. morahy says: slloweyer her "Black -Candle." The seriousness ideals may veer in later ltfe, as a of the drug menaesi requires the little girl ehe dreame of being awakening of the public eonscience mother --that is sure—and so arti- and the plain statement of facts cipant and clear-eyed, she etarte a preliminary practice upon her doll. humor that brings tears to the eyes, I And after. we have seen this far - is such as to arouse every •fighthlg seeing woman -with -a -vision go about instinct to go out and do battle upon , her many public spirited tasks at the this new, dragon in Our midst." I police .court, the juvenile court, the In 1925 Mrs. Murphy WAS decor- ; Press Club, the Social Service Conn- ated by His Majesty the King s a ----1 cil, the Canadian Council of Child Lady of Grace of the Order of St. Welfare, and many more important John of Jerusalem in hbnor of her Ibodies of humanity, somehow, we achievement in Canadian literature ' like to come back to her at her home and in recognition of her welfare ; just above Groat Park, in Edmon- work generally. On June 14, 1924, the Edmonton papers announced that she had been appointed magistrateof women's court and commissioner of the juv- enile court, and people out there hardly raised, an eyebrow. It was generally understood that she WES perfectly fitted for the position, and the fact of her being a woman was only an incident—not a cause. "A good word in court is better than a pound in the purse." Evi- dently the powers that be recogniz- ed the truth of that proverb 10 years ago when they appointed Mrs. Murphy to the post of chief magis- trate. She was amiointed to the at- torndy-general's department of Al- berta and is -paid by the province, but the facilities of her office are provided by the City of Edmonton. In an address before the Busi- ness Women's Club of Edmonton, Mrs. Murphy said: "Women often lack initiative. They are afraid to 1400011 out. That little experiment of Christopher Columbus cost $7;000. It was a good thing he had the nerve to try it. Every new continent of achievement lies over- seas. Many persons fear. to unde.e- take projects which they might eas- ily perform because they cannot see the and of them. They forget that at every point the question settles itself when all the facts are consist- ored. 11isa great day in a girPs. .Iife when she begins to discover her- self, The latent capacity in each of us is greater than we realize, and we may find it if we search diligent - With Coolidge, she evidently bce lieves, "The gods send thread for 0. web begun." Toronto and Calgary -have ap- pointed women at the heads of their women's courts since 191,1. Two years ago the Edmonton Bul- letin -conducted a contest for the 12 most distinguished Cana-dian Women and Mrs. Murphy's name was not left off one list that was submitted. Said one writer: "She willslive on the pages of history as .second to none on the continent for her ad- ministrative position of sewing up the seamy side of life." She 'is vitally -interested in the work of the Women's Institutes, and at the last convention held in Tor- onto was described as she sat On the platform as "keen, logical, aggres- sive and unafraid; 'Jamey Canuck' will enter the pages of Candaian his- tory for more reasons than as the first woman magistrate in the Dom- inion, Eloquent speaker, sharp sat- irist, ready writer and facile humor- ist, combining a political insight with forcefulness and an almost cru- sading zeal for justice far the wom- an and child, Mrs, Murphy is one of the strongest forces west of the Great Lakes." in 1914 Mrs. Murphy was the only woman member of the charter committee of the City of Edmonton and of the board of directors og the four municipal hospitals, •She is the honorary secretavy for Canada for the Society of Women Journal- ists of England, and past president Of the Canadian Women's Press Club. Some people, when they climb to the topmost pinnacle of fame do not tare for, or, at least, are not particularly interested in the opin- imis of the friends of their simpler days, but not so with -Magistrate tinily Murphy. "After AV she av-. os, "success in life means little un- leSe it is .apnroved and -glared in, hy one's own folk .back home." What delighful *expression of attraetive simplieity! Is it not true that it is "the heaviest ear of corn that low- liest ben& its head?" Three of Magistrate Murphy's brothers are, barristers in Canada, and one a noted surgeon in the 'Un- ited States, Her -gettrulfether„ tory - relates, once • cleaved All bard, gate; -cutting off art outlaw's "treated with a tenderly sorrowful ton, as there, among her beloved flowers, "clear-eyed" she digs in her own sunny garden and works out a philosophy whose keynote is con- tentment. WILL POWER Every man may have a stronger will power to -morrow than he has to -day. This mighty engine of achievement can be." strengthened every day if one will go at it rightly —and every ounce you add to its weight as a factor in making your life and your business success will be like laying away gold dollars in the bank and gold bullion of character in the treasury of your soul. How can this improvement come? 1 First, think We become what we ' think. "As a man thinketh in his heart so is he." Truer words were never spoken. Tell me what, you think to -day and every, day and tell what you are and what you will be. ' Men have weak wills because they fail to think strong wills. Their thoughts are too much of the hind - ratites, the handicaps, the crushing uncertainties and discouragements. 1. WHAT A. GOOD PAPER MEANS i A good . newsaper means a gond town—if the people only knew it. The town expects the editor and the clergy to uphold its morals but is shy about co-operating. The editor's innate sense of loyalty keeps him in I the community's serviee, whether 'properly rewarded or not. He is truo to his subscribers.- I like this I etmy in point told by Robert IL Da- vis, of the Munsey staff: , When a boy he eerved as printer's ; devil in the office of the Carson, Ne- ' vada "Appeal" of which his brother, , , Sam, was editor. Late one night as they were rattling the modest edi- tion off on the old Washington hand 1 press, a shabby little man crept in and asked if there were any -old clothes about that "a feller" might have. The hooks in the rear offlec were full of garments discarded by , tramp .printers after picking up a ' couple of weeks' pay. Ile was told to help himself. Shortly he came back to the press side comparatively trims -formed and watched the opera- tions of the clumsy machine curious- ly. . ' "What does the paper • cost?" he asked. . "Eight dollars a year," I He dug $8 out of his pant's aock- et and started to leave. I "Hold on," said the foreman, , "Where do you want it sent?" "I'll let you know," he replied, "when 1 git settled, I'm travelling." - He stepped out into the moon- light. In half an hour there WAS a clatter of hoofs mid rattling of guns outside. In came the sheriff of Car- son .ancl .a brace of deputies. Had the printers seen anything of it small man, half dressed and unshaven? ' Little Bob was prompt to make reply. "Yes, he was here half an I hour ago." I •"Which way did he go?" : BO started. to reply, giving the correct information, • "Shot up," said the foretnan in MS ear, "I'll attend to this." I He went on glibly to lay out a • route for the stranger, just the op- posite to the one he had taken— Idown the main road to the canyon, The Sheriff made it known that the visitor was Black Hart, a high- wayman who had just escaped from the Nevada penetentiary, and rode away with his deptitiee—on the Iwrong trail, "What did - you lie to., them for, Jim?" Bob asked .the foreman. . 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Chairman Marshal Foch, narrowly escaped injury in Paris when an automobile in whieh he was riding collided with another oar. The Marshal was not injured. Hen. G. P. Graham, former Min- ister of Railways, may be appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors. At present Sir Henry Thornton is both president and chairman of the Canadian National System. • Should Mr.. Graham be appointed, .Sir Hen- ry could retain the Presidency. paraffin accumulates, and as the flame burns, this meItcid paraffin is drawn up into the wick towardthe dame. Nearing- the flame, this melt - same attitude towards the editor, ed wax passes into vapor, or gaseous his lot would be easier.—Don Settz state. As a vapor, the paraffin is in, The Outlook. said to be combustible, and buries with the flame that seems to be com- ing from the candle wick. Really, the wick acts as a centre , for the flame, and is so placed that EVERYDAY WONDERS Most people get the impression, from watching a candle burn, that the flame consumes the wlelt. as a matter of fact, the flame feetis . upon the wax itself, orthe paraffin, so that in a very good candle there will be no wax to run over and run down the sides 111 melted streams, to gather in an unsightly mass at the" bottom. When a candle is first lighted, the wick is white and clean, but after that -the wick will be black anci greasy. If you watch the can- dle closely, you will see that when it is first lighted the heat of the flame froin'the wick melts the para- ffin, and as the panaffin melte it forms a tiny bowl around the wick. In this bowl a small pool of melted at the same time it melts •the para- ffin, draws it up, ana vaporizes it for burning. But, of course, the wick burns slowly too, which explains its black color—for all ashes of wood, nape; and similar things are black when they are Only partly burned. If the wick burns faster than the eupply of pitraffin, some of it must run over and make those queer bumps anti knolls of wax when the candle cools. Thus, it may be seen that the candle is truly a miniature lamp, for it has its bowl of "oil" (the melted paraffin) and its Vick. Th.e wick in a kenosene lamp acts precisely as. our candle wick, for it sucks up the oil from the reservoir underneath and brings -it to the flame for burning. Wet, fe.4)-zA rat': Pe:3 A Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen is a useful gift that always makes the boy happy. We'd like to meet your youngster ih our store and fit his little hand with a Water - man's. Yes, the clip fastener will hold the pen tight; he just Ctin't lose it. May we tell you all about the spoon-feed and Waterinaa*e IM-time.limit guarantee?, J. R. WENDT aWri.E/7 WROX EDER ,r