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The Brussels Post, 1926-4-14, Page 6WEDNESDAY, APRII. 14th, 1026, 0.1..arK THE BALLAD OF A BACHELOR. Listen, ladies, while I sing The ballad of John Henry Zing. John Henry was a bachelor, His age was thirty-three or four. Tvvo maids for his affection vied, And each desired to be his bride. Aid bravely did they trive to bring Unto their feet John Henry King. John Honey liked them both so well, To save his life he could not tell Which he best wished to be his bride, Nor was he able to decide. Irak Kate was jolly, bright and gay, And sunny as a summer day; Melia was kind, sedate and sweet, With gentle ways and manners neat. Each was so dear that John confess'd He could not tell which he liked beg. • He studied them for quite a year, - And still found no solution near, .And might have two years More Had he not, walking on the shore, Conceived a very simple way Of ending his prolonged delay— A wa3t in which he might decide Which of the maids should be his bride. He said, "1'11 toss it into the air .A. dollar, and I'll toss it fair; II heads come up I'll wed Marie; If tails, fair Kate my brida shall be." g. Then from his leather pocket -book A dollar bright and new he took; He kissed ane side for fair Marie, The other side for Kate kissed he. Then, in a manner free and fair, He tossed the dollar in the air. 'Ye fates" he cried, "pray let this be A lucky throw indeed for me' The dollar rose, the dollar fell; He watched its whirling tratesit well, And ofr some twenty yards or more The dollar fell upon the shore. John Henry ran to where it grucic To see which maiden was in luck. But, oh, the irony of fate! Upon its edge the ccin stood straight! And there, embedded in the and, 'Sohn Hernw let the dollar stand And he will tempt hie fate no more, But live and die a bachelor. MANY SOILS NEED LIME CHEMISTRY DEPT. AT 0, A, 0. HAS MADE ;We:VIAL STUDY. Is Your Soil Acid or Sony? If So Lime Will Help—eine way the Sub- jeet Is Worth Your Study. (Cautributed by Ontario Department of Agrieuiture, Toronto.) What is suit acidity? When we speak ot a substance be- ing matt we think ot it having a sour taste, something thet will put our teethon edge, like lemou uice, or vinegar. This is acidity. Chemists go much further and draw much finer distinctions, oue el which i$ the et - feat on certain substances that we term indicators. A common ono is blue litmus paper. This paper changes color from blue to red when it comes in contact with an acid. Many substances when dissolved in water have an acid reaction. One of these is copper sulphate or blue - stone. We know that if we dissolve It iu a tin oa iron pail it will "eat it." This teethe to acid formed on dissolving. There are niany com- pounds in a soil which have the same property—not copper compounds but compounds of silica, aluminium and Iran. For example if we heat ordi- tatty sand in steam under pressure it becomes an acid, snide acid, which has propertiee common to ell acids. Sour Soil. So often we bear the expression "sour" in speaking of polls. It to gen- erally used to describe a soil which is poorly drained, more or less water- logged and in poor physical condi- tion. It may be acid or it may not, and therefore the terra is misleading. There is only one term we ean cor- rectly use and that is "acid." If a soil behaves under chemical investi- gation in a certain way it is acid. So we will drop the term "sour" when speaking of soils. flow Soils Become Acid. The acidity of soils is, therefore, due to acid salts, those that have an acid action when in solution, or to free acids. These acids and acid salts niay remit from decomposition or organic matter or from changes which occur gradually, due to leach- ing or washing away of bases from the soil. Thus we have two types of acidity which may occur singly— and they eneralls do—or may occur together. Decayine mrganie Matter. Acidit: .10i decaying organic matter ieund in peaty soils vrhich an not affected by washings from sun' .nding high land. We find this cone len of affairs in Northern Ontario ;.. ;kegs, where the sub -soils which ne :ally might contain lime are burimi .aseply under a sail COM - posed cattle ly of decayed plant mat- ter. High Lands and Acidity. Thus, ladies, you have heard 711P ing The ballad of John Henry King. ACROSS CANADA AND BACK Marvellous beyond coneeption in. aptly desmibes the glories oi Can- ada's Rockies. To be fully apprec- iated they must be seen. To tart out on a trip by one's self into this unfamiliar but far-famed paradise - on -earth, to many appears quite task. Realiring this, Dean Sinclair Laird, of Macdonald College, an ("ex- perienced Rocky Mountains Travel- ler, for the third year in succession, has undertaken to conduct a party through this glorious wonderland. A special train of dining, standard :laming, and observation comparb inent cars has been chartered, to leave Toronto on July 10th via the Canadian Pacific Railway. Steps will be made at Port Arthur and Fort William, which together form Can- ada's greateg grain port; Winnipeg Beach, the poplar eummer resort for Winnipegers; Winnipeg, Can- ela's third largest city; Indian Head, the chief tree distributing centre of the Federal Forestry 13ranch; Rag- ina, the capital of Saskeitchewatm, Calgary, Alberta's largest city; Banff the world-famous mountain resort; by automobile for 104 miles over the Banff -Windermere ' Highway, the most spectacular driye in Canada; through Kootenay Lake to Nelson, the commercial centre of Southern British Columbia; then through the Doukhobor country to Penticton; al- ong lovely Okanagan Lake, and to Vancouver, thence by steamer to Victoria. Returning ,the trip' will be by the main line of the Canadian Pacifie, through the great canyons of the Fraser and Thompson Rivers, and through the Sellurks, and Rockies, affording scenery such as min be foend nowhere else on earth; Lake Louise, the Pearl of the Rockies, the 'most perfect gem of 'scenery in the world; another day at Bang, Dimon-. ton, the capital of Alberta; Saska- toon, the city of optimism; Devil's Cap Camp, on the Lake of the Woods, near Kenora, thence to Fort William, where one of the fine Can- adian Pacific Steamers will be used across Lake Superior and Huron to Port McNicholl, thee rail to Toronto, where the trip will terminate. Everything is incluled in thesprice of $280.00, Sewn Toronto; transpor- tation, sleeping cars, accomodatIon in hotelsand and bungalow camps, nleals in 'diners, hotels and on steam- ers; and sight-seeing tours at points vialted, The trip is open, to all, and APO - cations for accomodation, are being received, . Fares front other points than Tor- onto will bo named, and descriptive illustrated booklet sent Oft applica- tion to Dean Sinclair Laird, Macdon- ald College Pest Office, Ole. TH BRUSSELS POST High lands tend to become acid Arse This idea is neve or compara- tively so and contrary- to the belief of many. It he -s been generally un- derstood that low lying land is 'gen- erally acid but now the opposite has been proven. Lot us see how this is. In a climate like ours we get about 80 inches of rainfall in a year. As thls rain fails on the soil it soake in. In passing through the air it dis- solves carbon dioxide which is always present and forms a very weak acid. So weak is this acid that we cannot detect it except by very delicate tests. This acid dissolves the lime out of the eon, and though it is very slow In action, within a hundred years it dissolves out a great deal. "Many strokes will fell great oaks," and though the solution of lime is very slow we can readily understand how after a hundred years a great deal of lime will be removed. How do we know lime is dissolved? Look at the Inside of a tea kettle and ask your - Pelf how this lime gat there. Plainly from the water. The water tomes from the well or spring so that the rain water must have dissolved the lime in passing through the soil. We can readily underetand how higher areas are more subjected to washing and leaching than more level lands. Don't forget this—all lands will be- come acid in time and it is only a question of time; but the higher por- tions will lie aReeted first beeause the lime removed from them will largely be carried to the lower levels. Lime Concentratee In Lower Levels. Let us now look at the case of a more or less level field. The same dissolving action takes. place in the soil, and the water percolates down- ward carrying Rine with it. It then passes out of the soil by the drain tile or natural channels or remains In the soil, gradually being removed by evaporation. The fact has been established, however, that the capil- lary water rising to the surface to replace that lost by evaporation dots not restore the lime reMoved on its downward movement. So we see that there 19 a tendency to ooncentrate the lime in the lower layers of the :loth while the :mil at the surface may become dietinctly. acid. Another faet bearing an this par- ticular phase is that the water by the Rine it reaches the sub -soil Is aatisfied with respect to its solvent Power and has no farther effect. Therefore, the lime in the lower lay- ers of a soil is little affected and remains unchanged tor perhaps cen- turies. At the same time the acid layer is deepening 9,nd we roust, therefore, eupply the lime deficient/ before it becomes series/1a • Ask for Bulletin t11t and get the rest of the story.—Dept. of Ohtani*, try, 0. A. College, Don't Plant Dieogaod Potatoes. It would seem wise on tbe poet of everyone who plants potatoes to make a thorough examination of the steak before planthig. If people plant dim - eased potatoee they are cominittbsg a crime, bee:tune they are propagating a disease in the district whieh malt spread and do metch damage to an- other growerte crep. With dieeased geed potatoes being offered In many markets and by many who sell di- rect from the farin, it will pay the gnawer to Put on his specs and care.* fully look over the offering before ordering sllinnient,—L. Steven/ma, Direeter Of Fhttension, 0, A. Collet" Itinerant: "Please, lady, can you help a poor man?" Lady: "Can you saw wood?" Itinerant: "What grammar! You mean, 'Can you see wood?'" + • • • "What are you fishing for, my lad?" "For snigs," answered the boy, unhappily. "How long have you been at "All day." "But what are snigs?" "I don't know," came the weary reply. "I haven't caught one • "Where do the income taxes go?" "Pm not so bothered about that. It's vshere they're coming from!" • • • + Boss: "On your way to Smith & Sons, you will pass a football ground." Office Boy (hopefully): "Yes, sir?" Boss: "Well, pass it."—Lon- don Opinion. • • • • Diner: "See here, waiter, this is an extraordinarily small piece of steak for $1." Waiter: "Quite right, sir, but you will be a long time eating • • • • "What has happened to your bicycle?" asked the mother. ' "Oh," said Bobby, "the tire is punctuated." "You mean punctured, my boy." "Well, at any rate," said Rob- ert with conviction, "I came to a full sten !"—Pearson's. • at • • "Did you tell your teacher I helped you with your arith- metic?" "Yes, Daddy, but she said she guessed she wouldn't make me stay after school, because that • woull oe making me starter for someone else's mistakes." • + At a London cinema, sweets are distributed free by the inae- agement. We understand that, owing to the prevalence of sub- title reciting, the only variety provided is stick-jaw.—Humor- ist. "Dad, what is a chrysanthe- mum?" "A chrysanthemum is a dan- delion which has had a college edocation." • • • • Alumnus: "Professor, I have made some money, and I want to do something for my old col- lege. I don't remember what studies I excelled in, if atty." Professor: "In my classes you slept most of the time." Alumnus: "Fine! Pli endow a dormitory."—Kansas City Journal. "Be careful; the -floors are polished." ."Don't woery, missus," re- plied the plumber, "I have on hobnailed shoes." is. • • Visitor to Aunt: "Your little niece may not be pr -e -r -t -y but she looks b -r -i -g -h -t." Little Niece (speaking up sweetly); "I may noh be p -r -e -t - t -y but I can s -p -e-1-1." • • is • Mistress: "Did you water the rubber plant?" New Maid; "Why, no, mad- am; 1 thought it was water- proof."--Sandtonian. • + + + The band in a small town had just finished a vigorous but not overhannonius selection. As they sat in their seats, after bowing for what applsiuse there was, the tromboniet asked hoarsely, "What's the neXt one?" " `The Maiden's Prayer,' " answered the leader, consulting his program, "Go away!" ejaculated the trombonist, "That's what I've just boon playingl"—Pearson's. s4, A French. broadcast lecturer recently began a talk in English by -saying, "Good night, ladies and gentlemen," If only Borne of the others would, de alai— Punch, A True Prophet By VICTOR REDCLIFFE They were a strange coterie—three Men, a young remelt and her mother. He of the group wle»von care and attention, sympathy and gentleness, wits Adrian Warne. Ile had roamed Burton Grey front a burning hotel, overcome by flame and smoke, and that had endeared lam to the Greys, Lu- ella and her mother, . The fifth and enobtrusive member of the quintette WAS Dayton Rolfe. He bed known Warne before the Greys had ever heard of him. A struggling artist full of soul and ambition, but not prodigal of speed:, Rolfe had fit- ted into the circle of friends modest- ly, unostentanously, and the first time he had met Luella Grey he had lovetd her. Roffe had lived with Warne not far from the Grey home, and after the fire episode they became veritable mem- bers of the Grey family group, Warne was somewhat of a mystery, even to Rolfe. He seemed to have a small In- come. There were days, however, when Warne shut himself In his room and wrote for hours. He never revealed to Rolfe the character of this intense application. He was of frail physique. Often, even, when a visitor at the Grey home, he would be overcome by sud- den weakness and would be obliged to lie down on a couch. On such occasions Burton would look distressed and anxious and Luella would hang over the sick rnan with gentle and helpful solicitude. The gratitude she felt towards Warne for all he had done for Burton inspired her to do for bis rescuer as she would for her own brother. In this, mistakenly, Rolfe read the blossoming of a nnetital love. One day Burton gravely announced c to Rolfe that he and Virarne were go- ing itway. "There may be no occasion for alarm," he said, "but I have con- sulted a specialist, who says that Warne must rough It in the open air up among the far Canadian pineries. Warne has consented to go, and I am to accompany him. Rolfe, you love this man as I do, you are a true friend of our little family. alather suggests that you take a room in the house. You will look after mother and sister while I am gone?" "I covet the trust, and thank you for choosing me," responded Rolfe with feeling. "Rolfe," eald Warne Inter, "yen have beard that I am going north, chasing health. 'When you move to the Grey home I want you to take cherge af. that little trunk I have always kept In my room. Should anything happen to me, I make you my legatee, Its con- tents will interest you, and may bene- fit you." "Don't talk of all this," pleaded Rolfe with'sincere emotion. "You are going to come back, rugged and well," "And if I do," said Warne, "I feel sure that by that time you will bave reacbed youegoal with year new pic- ture. It was lin inspiration on your adapting Luella as your model." Warne spoke of Miss Grey so famil- iarly that Rolfe doubted not they were engaged. Rolfe had not met with =eh success with his pictures in the past; new he bad chosen a strong theme In width the counterfeit presentment' of Luella was the central figure. Then there began the ()Heat of a man, strong of heart in fidelity and service in behalf of those he cherished, yet daily suffering poignantly because of his chosen environment. At the end of six months there Came terrible news. A newspaper telegram announced the death of a party of ov•erlanders lost in a landslide, and the names of Adrian Warne and Bur- ton Grey were in the list. Now came the test of the true man for Rolfe. He was son to the anguished mother, brother to the • bereaved eister, Ills treasured picture promised popularity awl value. He sold it for half its price to carry along the family. One day 11e opened the old trunk Warne had intrusted to his care. With- in he found nearly a dozen manu- scripts. They were the result of Warne's secret labors, novels of, a high order. Within a month a willing pub- lisher was fonncl. Within two the name 'of Adrian Warne was familiar to a vast reading clientele.• < It was nearly a year to a day when Into the Grey home, beenzed, bearing signs of bardships and deprivations, Were° and Berton entered. There were hours et wild joy, of stories of • marvelous escapes, of restored health for Warne, who had come back to do- ilization to be greeted by both fortune and fame. "I am going away," he told Rolfe later; "but I shall never forget you, dear, loyal friend, or these othels whe have given Inc love and service. Tune going back to my wife," "Your wifel" gazpecl Rolfe. "Yes, Her purse -proud father, who parted us because I was poor and an idler and an invalid, is dead. She has written me she is proud of tnY fame, and surely happiness beckons me on 11))' WO)'. Hiss Grey know of this?" Inquired 'Rolfe. "Always. Why, man ! 1 see it all. You thought 1 was interested fn that eareetion? Absurd! It you bed a lit - lie more eonfidence In your innate merit men ivemid have seen that she loved you all along. De • doubt ine? Go and :telt her." Whieb Dayton Rolfe did, end found • Adrian Warne to be a true propbeti ON TARIFF BOARD 11 D. G. McKenzie, secretary of the United Farmers of Manitoba, who is a member of the Advisory Taeiff Board. HURON COUNTY ••••••=m1.1.11 Charles Stewart, of the firm of Stewart Bros., Seaforth, was confin- ed. to the hospital as the result of an accident while raising a window in his house. The box on which he was standing slipped and he fell, break- ing the pane and cutting an artery in hie arm. Four school teachers including Principal Geddes of the Public school staff and three of the Collegiate teachers at Clinton were off duty with the flu. , Rev. J. A. Davies, of Clarksburg, has been appointed pastor of St. Paul's Anglican church, Clinton. He will assume charge there on June 1. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Lucas, of Mack- enzie River Diocese, who was expect- ed to accept, has accepted a position as assistant to the Archbishop of Al- goma. There were four fro& Clinton and vicinity who won prizes in the recent contest conducted by the Mail and E "You have me down for four , songs. Don't you think my turn would be improved if one were omitted?" "Yes, 25 per cent bettee."— 1YeNt..IN , tOOQ.2.5,1?'; er.1 •,, +, b'at :i121C44 4$ 14110 „ adds to the eliciency of Watermanet Pens and Waterman's Pen adds to the efficiency of Waterman's Ink. To perfectly function, fountain pen ink ramt be free Goo' sediment; it meet flow freely and never clog. Waterman's Ink will do this. It's packed in neat boxes, so that you may keep one bottle at the office and one at hoine. We recornmend Water, man's Ink for use ill any fouhtain pen. ... J., R. WENDT JEWELER WROXETER If You Produce Good Cream and want the best results under the new Grading System, ship your Cream to THE PALM CREAMERY. Our Creamery will be operated 24 hours a day in the hot weather, and your Cream will be in our Creamery and Graded 15 minutes after arrival in Palmerston. Thus assuring the farmer who produces good Cream the best possible Grade and Price. We loan our Patrons cans and pay cash for each can of Cream received, You can ship on any train any day and be assured of prompt delivery and pay. Send us a trial can to -day, The Palm Creamery Co. - PalmerstonY Ont. t Bogey Laid to est Canadian Pacific President Outlines His Company's Attitude to Railway Situation in Important Statement—Believes Improvement in National Conditions Vtiill Provide Best Solutions of Railway Problems. In an address to the Montreal Canadian Club recently, la. W. Beatty, Chair- man and Presi- dent of the Can- adian Pacific, made an import- ant contributloa to public under- standing of the Canadian rail- sY a Y situation. , Mr. Beatty brief- ly outlined rail- & SY. Beatty, E.0 . way h Ls t o r y. When ambitious railway projects set afoot alter ihe completion of the Canadian Pact - etc had failed because far aimed of national or conunercial neceseities and were triken over by the Govern- ment to prevent their phygral dis- solution and to s,a,ve the -credit of nanacht and Canadian institutions, the action of the Government was vari- ously viewed. Some opposed it fear- ing the consequencee or the excur- sion of the government into bug - nen; others approved because they regarded Government ownership as a panacea for most of our transpor- tation and ecoaomie ills. Never Wanted C. W. It. The successive steps towards gov- ernment acquisition al these proper- ties 'was Pe:titled by some who fay- ered it by the bogey of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. When the absorption of the Canadian Northern iv as proposed the PeoPle were told that the Canadian Pacific had actuallymade a very favorable bid for thorn. "Pilo Canadian Paci- fic," said Mr. Beatty, "were ,not anxious to acquire them and had made no offer of any kind for them. Parliament was later urged to sup- port government acquisition of the Grand Trunk partly on the ground that otherwise those roads would be 'gobbled up by the C. P. It.' "There extsted objections that ren- dered that possibility almost ridicu- lottsly remote. There existed by statute,. absolute prohibition agaenst any arrangement oe amalgamation. Duplication by the Grand Trunk ot then existing 'Comedian Pacific faci- lities rendered ith acquisition unne- cessary and unwise. The Grand Trunk coulel 001 be divorced from the Grand Trunk Pactfie with its enormous 11abilit1e, which, I ima- gine, no corporation in Canada coUld think of eastiming 'even ff able to do so, LastlY, the aeqUisition of the Grand Truels had novembeen, suggest- ed to the Canadian Pacific, or by the Canadian Pacific, and had never been coneidered or contemplated in any way or by any means, direct or indis rect. It was the old familiar bogey, namely, that of securing an lenagin- ery secondary porohoser la. Oder to make the purchttse more at/tractive to these who had seine doubt as th wilottler or not they, wished to make the purchase at all, °lathe& have tiot changed and poriodleallY tonic tumours of con- spiracy to take over or in some way injure the property of our competi- tore and that these are encouraged by those friendly to the Canadian Pacific. So long a.s there is goV- ernment ownership, political consid- erations will be involved, and where there are political considerations there are many rumours and much propaganda and publeeity.The changes which have reduced Canada's railways to two large systems, one governmentally and the other pri- vately owned and operated, have in- terjected to a, greater extent politi- cal considerations as part of business administration. They naturally In- terest men in public life and tax - Payers, the former providing the neciessary funds and' the latter pay- ing the 'bills. Private Initiative Lauded. "The Canadian Pa.cititepays In red- eral taxes 0,479 per day for the pri- vilege of engaging in railway compe- tition with the government of its own country. The things upon which the progress ot this country has here- tofore depended are those upon which our future prosperity will like- wise depend. Private initiative and the effort of corporations, groups of rnen and individuals are what will make for Canada's commercial pros- perity and economic stability. I be- lieve with the late President Harding that there should be less govern- ment in business anti more business in government. And so, when you turn your minds to this railway pro- blem, remember that public opinion Is often misinformed because the fonts are not in the possession of those who advocate one theory or another; that where you have two houses and not enough guests to fill both there is bound to be some waste due to duplication, of facilities; that when companies are in -competition, each must preserve and expand Rs business elso it will die and that healthy eompetition is good provided the minimum of waste Is secured, by economical administration. "The burdens of the country are heavy and should be reduced so far as reasonable and with expedition. The Canadian Pacific has endeavored to give the best,eervice passible, and to show its faith to the country by reasonable expansion of its facilities where public necessities required. ',Nothing is more important to the successful operation of Canada's rail- ways than fair rat schedules. Pres- sure le periodically brought to bear looking to the granting of mete con- cessiona on ground of national or local interest, and 1 ;tear many Cane adians feel that a difference in Inc character ef ownership of these rail - Ways involves a difference ha attitede towards the matter of adequate revs. Mies, The only existing problem MS- pectinerates is their reasonableness and freedom from 'unjust diseris mination.' These aundamentals do oarnorship Of the two principal tome pnomit ccho.ange with the charaater of the "I hope I lain not live to see the day when Canadian railwaye aro an tionalized because I would regard nationalization of these huge proper- ties, 'without competition and poli- tically influenced in their adminis- tration, as would inevitably be the case, to constitute the greatest po- litical and comma/mini menace this country could possibly experience. As conditions are, there is no sounder or' safer principle than those laid down in the letter and spirit of the Railway Act which stipulates for rea- sonable rates and prohibits unjust discrimination and has regard to ser- vice and its costs as a factor in de- termining what a Shipper should pay. Spur of Competition Needed. "A. year ago a careful, unbiased enquiry was conducted by the Senate to obtain the personal views of men of acknowledged authority on finan- ce, transportation and business to develop a diSCUSSienIm resDeot ot a possible solution of oar transporta- tion problems. A.sked believed is a railway monopoly for this country, I answered that while no one should attempt to forecast conditions for the next few years with that certainty which would justify a definite and unchangeable ViONY, 1 did hot believe in. a monopoly. I said I thought a merger would involve difficulties in administration which were scarcely contemplated and which would in time affect the character of the ser- vice given. I did not know how it 'would be possible for an enterprise with one hundred to oue hundred and fifty- thousand employees to be main- tained in the highest state of efficien- cy without the spur of competition. "These 'two systems are strongly competing and the people of Canada are obtaining excellent transporta- tion facilities at lower rates than are charged in any other country in the world. The officers of the two sys- tems got along in as comegetc har- mony as you would expect or I would want. We both realize that our fu- ture prosperity ire inextricably linked with that of the country. "We gain little by living in. a world of critieism of our past railway raise takee—serious though they have turned out to be. It would, I think, be more profitable to devote our minds to methods of improving our national conditions. Our problems revolve around the necessity for more people, lower taxation and definite fiscal polieies national in their pur- pose and their scope. If we Will remedy these conditions we can face our railway problem 'with the cer- tainty of settling it whea our pers- pective Is clearer because ow' know- ledge le more precise, and when we see our ralltvays respond to the im- petus evideli the country alone dam give to them. Railveaat re -arrange- ments .can save money but they cati- no1 oreate new traffic arid in the last analysis traffic volume, Which means, the conntry'S development and tent- nurrelal presperittwill determine the extent of the transportation httr. dens,