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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1926-6-23, Page 3NIA WE HANDLE Ail Kinds of Lltillber, Welder Esh 000re, Sash Gyp= Fireproof Wallboard. L me, HardWall Plaster 8, 0, and Quebec Shingle:8 Brantford Asphalt Hoofing gar- All goods delivered on short notice -WM Prim at Our expellee for prieee Gorrie 5 r 3 1 Wrogeter 626 r 9 R. J. Hueston ecr Son GCsreIE - ONTARIO 1,14entottabie pions in the hisiorti oldie Empire. Charies e011W Captain Cook's Last Voyege One hundred and fifty years ago on the 25th June, 1776, Captain James Cook, otie of the most illus- trious of British Maritime explor- ers, sailed away from England on the last of his three famous voyag- es. He was the son of a Yorkshire farm laborer, and at the age of 12 he was taken from school and ap- prenticed to a village haberdasher, but in short time he took to the sea and for many years he served on a lime of trading vessels, during which time he studied incessantly to remedy the scaritiness of his early education. At the age of 27 he entered the Royal Navy as a common seaman, but within four years he had risen to the rank of navigating officer, and it was in this capacity he was attached to Gen. Wolfe's memor- able expedition to Canada in 1759, when he was responsible for the charting of the river St. Lawrence from Quebec to the sea. Tn 1703 he was appointed marine surveyor of the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador, and four years later he published a book on navigation which attraetc;d vonsiderable atten- tion. He took part in the observe- ilon of the solar eclipse .of 1 767 and then established his reputetion as a inathematieian and aetroromer. He started on the first of his three famous voyages in 1 768. After successfully observing the transit of Venus from the Island of Tahiti, whieh was the primary object of the expeditiom he proceeded to carry out his secondary commission whieh was to ascertain whether the 'unex- plored part. of the southern 110111'18- phoro was only an immense mass of 'water or containel another contin- , lent. Ile explored the Society Is- lands and then eircumnavtgated and charted thy coasts of New Zealand, but he was unable to, explore the in- terior of the country owing to he hostility of the natives. Qn the 19 April, 1770, he sighted the eastern I coast of Australia, and on the 28th I of the month anchored In Botany I Bay, where he landed and hoisted Ithe Union Jade, thus taking posses- sion of the great sland continent for the British Crown. IIn 1 772 he commenced his etoond voyage, and made a perilous passage ! through the peter seas in a vain search for an Antarctic continent He afterwards visited New Zealand for, a second time, and then explor- ed the Wands of the Pacific and South Atlantic Oceans, where lie made numerous valuable diecoveries. His third and last voyage was undertaken with the object of die - covering the North-West Passage, After visiting the Cape of Good Hope, Tasmania *and New Zealand, he re-diecovered the Hawaiian Is- lands, and then proceeded north- wards up the Pacific. He thorough- ly explored the Canadian and Sib- erian coasts, but finding Bering Straits blocked with a wall of Ire, .he returned south to Hawaii, where he Met a tragic death. On the morning of the filth Fele. nary, 1779, he landed on the is- land with a small party of marines for the purpose of recovering one of • his ship' e boats, which had been stolen by the natives during the night. Finding that the islanders ware hostile and that his small force was perilously outnumbered he or- dered a retreat to the boats. He was the It to retire, and as he was nearing the short' he was felled to the ground by a blow from behind. He rose and nide a Vigorous fight for his life, but was speedily over- powered end Stain. His body was partly bunted by the native, but seine of his remaine were afterward recovered and buried. BARLEY AS A HAY CROP (Experimental Faieri Note). The use of barley as e hay crop has not received as much attyntioa up to the preeent as its importance would seem to warrant. This has been due partly becauee of the eatiefactory results obtained from oats groern for this purpose. The only apparent advantage that barley might have over oats lies in the fart that barley may be sown later in the season than it is nsually wise to sow oats. In Eastern Canada, par- ticularly, it often happens that new meadows are seriously winter kill- ed, with the result that farmer confronted with the problem , of growing . some other crop from which satisfactory hay may be made. With the rush of the spring's work these damaged meadows can- not usually lie ploughed tend prepar- ed for emeding until most of the other work is completed.' 13y this time the season will be advanced to a period when the sowing of oats would be considered a d oubtf ul practice. In such cases barley might be sown to advantage, providing suitable varieties be °sellable. In the past :few Years a good deal of work has been done by Dominion Experimental Farms, as well as by ; other Institutions, in seeking to de- velop a variety . of barley which might ,prove satisfactory for hay making purposes. 11 has beetle os- ; slimed that the peeserice of bearded 0.W1IS on barley would make this crop objectionable for feeding es ! hay. Special attention has there- I fore been centered on the develop- ment of varieties which are devoid , of awns, and, as a result, we now have a number of awnless vereetuis Which have been giving A fairly large tonnage of hay per acre. Un- fortnnately theft varieties .are not 1 high fielders of gratn and Usually the grain Abetters rather easily when matere, It is not considered prac- ticable at present to peonioto a bar- ley Which is a goad yielder of for- age but a poor yielder of grain. Ef- :Sons eke therefore being dieected. towarddeveloping a variety Whieh not only may be grown profitably for grain, but which if mit at the, P009110 stage, would produce a sat- isfactory tonnage of hay. Information is lacking as to what extent the beards of our commonly grown bearded varieties are objeet- , ionable where the (Top le cut green and cured for hay. Data thus far 'accumulated on this point would emelt to !indicate the wisdom of con- tinuing . our efforts in the direction of producing satisfactory varietiem both for grain and hay, and whieh • do not possess objectionable awns. le H. Newman, Dom Mien Cerealisa Poultry Lice and Mice • At this period of the year, ver- min unless controlled, multiply very ' rapidly. The fowls at the Experimented' Parm, Ottawa, are treated periodi- cally for lice. Blue ointment, to which a.° parts of lard have been added, Is used to kill the lice and nits. The addition of litt1e. tallow will give more base. This ointment i$ applieel to the skin below the vent , and under the wings. :Fowls treated ' in ths cheap and effective manner will remain free from lice for sev- h Med months unless exposed to fur- g ther infestation. Blue ointment t should not be used' op sitting hens c, until after the hatch, The fetnum h :Croat the oihtment will kill the germ in the egg. Unsanitary poultry hoses en- courage the most trooblesome of vermin, the red mite: These mites u THE BRUSSELS POST tfiereandThere 1 S. Jaw iloeki end 11. etteithatwor, tl former I'0114111 immigration dele- :Vile and the latter 11 delmeate from 11 e 3331,1' '1' of Agriculture, a o in Camilla for a siee -wek study o ' farming eonditione in vete:tern C1101W Of 1.111" Dominion. They will else leek 'Leto the distribution of work an3130thP e olhill colonies in Canada, Four fishermen from the United Stites went fishing on the Cains River, New Brunswick, for 13 days 1'13130011y,y, and caught 340 fish. State Senator Bradford, of Indiana, caught a 40 -inch salmon weighing 27 pounds. Others M the party were: Fred N. Peet, Dr. E. It, Zimmerman and I), II. Faxon. Only barbless I hooks were used so that no fish were either killed or injured. The second largest outdoor swim. ming pool in Canada has been opened at Lake Louise on the Terrace be- tween tbe .dining room of the Cha- teau and the Lake. The new pool is 100 feet long and 40 feet wide. It is surrounded by tall concrete col- umns between which there are gi- gantic sheets of plate glass, pro- viding a wind break against cool breezes, Approximately 120,000 live fish, fresh from American hatcheries, passed through Dominion Express Yards, Windsor Station, Montreal, recently, on their way to Beauehaive, Qeebee. They will be used to stock private lakes in northern Quebec owned by wealthy citizens of the U.S.A., who prefer the virgin hills and forests of Canada to the densely populated summer motets of their own country. Norman E. Wilkinson, London, England, inventor of camouflage paintings whieh was used extens- ively during the late war, arrived in Canada on the Canadian Pacific liner "Montealm" with his wife re- cently, for a tour of the Dominion. Sir Clifford Sifton, prominent To- rontonian, and Sir Stepforcl Prun- ton, M.I.M.E., famous mineral geo- logist, also arrived on the same vessel. Col. C. FL D. Ryder, C.B., 0.1.10.,D.S.O., chairman of the Air Survey Company of London,'England, inter- viewed Premier Mackenzie King end the prime ministers cif the vari- ous provinces with regard to find- ing ot the prospeets of surveying practically the whole of the Do- minion by air. Ile also wishes to know about the possibility of com- bined federal and provincial action for these eurveys. On his miturn from a recent tour of inepection of the Company's Western Lines, Grant Hall, Vice -President of the Camulian Pacific Railway, •stated that experts to the Orient in the form of grain, flour, dressed meats and motor cars were steadily 1110101(8- ing. in volume and that,trade with Australia had been considerably stimelated by the trade arrange- ment,: with that Dominion. Mr. Hall added that ,'((11111t30118 were good in the West. Thy minin30 industry in Britieh Columbia showed up well, .while lumber shipments were hie eavr than hist year. All roads led hi Windsor Station, Moutreal, for three days 3)11(1'3)11(1'to the opening of the tenth annual 31,100- 1)03)0)1,11 Kiwaia eonve11t1011, whieh opened on June 0. Net only was the (inn. station thy gateway through which an army of laiwaniens prised into Montreal, but, every one of the delegates, 131')) wives and friends, about 7,000 in all, congregated there as thy station had been .constituted regietratiou heedquarters of the convention, A force of 82 steno- graphers was specially engaged to handle the work. uglily before evening. Fresh air and sunlight 'are won- ierful disinfectants for the poultry ouee and combined with eleariliness re pr('venlatives against most of he poultry yard ilts. (Exhibition ircular, No, 85, "How to rid the en how of mites" may be had ree of charge from .the Publica- tioes Branch, Department of Agri- culture, Ottawa.) A good spray should be part of very poultry keeper's equipment. t get 10 fill ofblood at night and leave the fewi before dawn, to hide Ji cracks and crevices. The blood reddens the mite, hence tho riaMe, red mite. The hues at the' plant are thoroughly deemed and sprayed each •tnring, summer and fall with a spray, Composed of one part of car- bolic acid and foul parts of coal oil. The above treatment is very pene- trating and plays halme With the mites. The cleaning and spraying ia done during a Valley forenoon, Which Oa lows time for the house to dry there MICE INJURE ORCHARDS Appld orchards in Maine euffered severely during the winter from an onslaught of mice that burrowed an - der the snow and stripped the har1. from the trees. HINT TO BUYERS Good beef ia firm, fine-grained and bright red in color when ex- posed to the Poor beef leas wane flabby meaa dark color, and dark, ally tat, WORLD'S GREATEST 1,1,:m4rrilzi. Inspector Luck and Beteietive -('hance Were Irresietilde. Charlie) Elegeten, tiutteir of 'Dramatic 1).'e, In hi; Old di:on/oiling it r ,1310:3;;WC • writoo as foliage 131 e Lenilen n4 3' The late, 14/1' 11; I ril MitYlotlightcn 5111111' to the (emcee -ten epee a life- time :mew in (Tiede:it ittl '1111311131031 after the gee, teat cle+-etive in the world wag twqnwhir t,ueft. MI 31 IIIIn he t04140ele1 Detie"tivi.,Serta'ant Chanie., :dr Melville wee went pi de - elan. that 113 4,' gieo oilleere were ir- restetible, end 110 one will With 1,17,). ,C01. days th pollee have been look - leg for the 11187) who IY iiiipposYd to have murdered Iris Watkins, waiting ior chance to MI/ them. ?'Jr no quan- tity of clime men emapeneate for the abeenee of a lath. leek. Nurse Shore, who ente murdered merle six years ate, d"leing a train journey from erietoria te St. Lionarde, was discovered dying in circumstances which pointed to the impiety arreet of her ansailant. CII1PS seemed plen- tiful enough, but they came to noth- ing, and which the tiniest grain of luck would have made exceedlegly valuable. Muller, who murdered Mr. Briggs and thereby became the first of the small band of train murderers, was traced and convicted chiefly because In his hurry to get away from his victim he unwittingly exchanged hats with him, Similarly a Frenchman went to the guillotine because he mistook his victim's umbrella for his own. .Give the average detective the assistance of Inspector Luck and De- tective -Sergeant Chance, and by sheer hard work he may achieve a seeming miracle, though Scotland Yard does not believe in miracles and would find a genius uncomfortable a.nd difficult to discipline. A genius might have solved some of the sixty - odd murder mysteries of the resent century which still await solution, but at the same time it is likely that he would also have brought about the conviction of the innocent. Sir Robert Anderson, another one- time head of the C.I.D., explained the difference' between the detective of fiction and the detective of real life anceintly when he pointed out that in the case of the former the lock was made to fit the key, whereas it was the reverse with the latter. . Some of the most sensational trials of recent years have had their origin In apparent trivia:Intim, and justice, aided by luck, has hen indicated more by spade -work than brain- work. A solicitor invites a profes- sional rival to tea and presses on him ti buttered scone which tastes queerly. The sequel is the execution of Armstrong for the murder by poisoning of his wife, Scotland' Yard Is Invaded by a small party of music hall artists, who talk of a mihsing friend in numb the seine way that hundreds talk in the course of a year. But there happene to be some- thing In what they say, and the re- sult le the Crippen affair. Then there wets Seddon, who In his anxiety to become a, man of property, poisoned Miss Barrow, There might have been no Seddon triel had it not been that he failed to ea.rry out in its entirety a mime planned on the grand scale, The murderer displayed extraordinary nerve up to a certain point, but at that point It failed him, end he could not sweeten up the courage necessary to send an Invita- tion to the funeral to the ,husbands of Miss Barrow's eousime The omis- sion created re reeentful suspicion, 1'c181151 w(to the authorities In ell these reees—and It would be easy to multiply the list — pere (mance plug bard work was the de- termining Neter. Hay rever Pollens. Frequeetly the hay -fever pollens have beein known to appear as far as ten miles from their source. To asccugain haw the injurious pollens are transported front ragweed areas lo so-called "hemline" districts, a scienti1130 recently conducted interest- ing experiments be- airplane, At var- ious levels tio to 15,0310 feet he ex- posed greased plates to eateh the pollens. The plates were fitted into a specially -constructed holder at the aide of the machine. Changing tee01 was a difficult feat on account of the operator's cramped /mettle') and the intense cold experieneed at the higher altitudes. 'nhe experiment finished, the plates were dispatched to the doctor's laboratory, lettere they were stained and photographed. The p,ol- lens were found to be n.ost nutnerons at ten altitude of from 4.000 to 6,000 feet, where they are conveyed by as- cending air currents until they en- counter (tumulus cloud formations. Lateral air currents then earre the pollim clouds along, until viten or a downward. air current bringe them back to earth, to muse further dis- comfort to hay -fever sufferers. Elbninating Foreign Words, The German Language Society has get itself the task ot ell/nineties as many foreign words arid idioms from German as poesible. Inning the war the Germans began to write the word "telephone" with an "f" (telefon) before that, the English word "cakes," used for biscuits, was spell- ed "keks." One or the most extraordinary sug- gestions made, by the Language So- ciety is to replace the word electric- ity by "berekraft," sa14 to Mean "amber power," tut in comtneating on the suggestion one German news- paper points out that to -day eleetrie- ity la produced neither from amber nor by friction. Incidentally, both "telephone" and "electricity" are lint French or Eng- lish words, both coining from the Greek, Nor is the "1" peculiarly Gertnen, aa it is used in "telefon" 1(1 seveeal European /angtmges, and aiao in "telegrato," and so en, in Phelan and SI:neigh. The First Automobile. — In 1865 Gottlieb Daimler fitted a petrol engiee to a motor bleyele, In the sante year Butler constructed his Meter tricycle. Paniterd and Leto - °air adopted the Dannfer engine in 1$87 and congtracted a ear hi which eildieg goitre were *ailed for changing *Peed. 41..:!9,.+4,++4,1 -4f.4. -.,,v f'...-11'," ,,:!• I , qr ! I 44 MY LADY'S 44 I COLUMN. 4+ , v. ) •+++++.4.4-t.-4.4-0 , TAILORED EFFECT liege of eealloping, giving the .1 01. :3011:1,. Of ; froelea ' VERY EXTREME Peril:Ire the most et:minim lingerie a,e0 tide ,-.",300)01 111:1(3,3 Or r1 !(l!331tt :11111 With 14:1(10 ehantilly lace. FOR SPORT WEAR Red ano white plaid alpeatt 13 'teed iffeetively to line a wrap of heavy white ea. FANCY BELTS Wide and narrow !mite of gold or , :.iver kid an, Utif.(1 eff(iCtiViilY on ehiff on tailored froelcs. COLORED GLOVES Washeble kid 30100101 et/Int9 51 the new pastel shades, and shoee come in colored kid and buckskin ae ae in linen. LOOK COMFORTABLE Pumps of Panama :draw, or of woven raffia or braided leather, are much liked for summer. They may not be cooler than kid or canvas, but at least they look as if they were. TRADITIONAL FROCK The lingerie frock made after the French fashion with colored hand- kerchief linen or georgette and fine laces and embroidery is extremely popular now. • FOR THE ROAST If a roast appears to be getting too brown in the oven before it is thoroughly ecioked, place a dish of water beside it. The steam will not only prevent scorching, but will ook the meat better. • QUICK REMEDY An easy way to dry lettuce is to pat it between crumpled papim towelling. This absorbs the water but does not bruise the leaves. OVEN TEMPERATURE When baking (oleos remember that greater heat is required in the oven for a cake that is in layers than the loaf variety. FOR FLAKY CRUST A half timepoonful of Vinegar added to the void water with whieh you mix your pie (must will make the crust flaky and light. DYED LACE AND CREPE Sone. of the sin -tithed yet at taei etune time the most charming of the eluting. froeks are nook of dyoil lace 001,1" (Typo do chine sEps of the same color. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1325., Wanted We pay Highest Cash Price for Cream. 1 cent per lb. Butter Fat extra paid for all Cream delivered at our Creamery. Satisfaction Guaranteed Brussels Creamery Co. Phone 22 Limited 4,1341.4Va'aefil VERY DECORATIVE I A very decorative pink chiffon froek is very simply made and trim- med - only with a corsage of rhinee stones—a bow effect and long. fringe of the brilliants. FOR THE BEACH I Short coats of printed linen are particularly attractive in black and white, worn with p'Imk or bright red crepe de chine frocks. . AND IN ALL COLORS The fringed negligee is one of the lovelieet of this season's offerings, end comes in heavy satin or brocad- 1411 ' s. VICTORIAN MODE On many of the newest blouses and frocks there is a decided drop ' at the shoulder line. VERY EFFECTIVE Wide metallic ribbon with gold and ;diver threads interwoven to , form a pattern, is liked for sashes . and f or trieinnings for evening gowns. How to Handle Natural Swarms A swarm of bees will not abscond unleee it is accompanied by a queen hut, should another swarm, having a queen be in the air at the same time, the first swarm may join it, leaving its own queen behind. The first step then, in the handling of swarms, is to clip the wings 01 :131 mated queens early in thy eeieson, preferably at the beginnin30 of the flow from dande- !hen and fruit bloom. Clipping the queen's wings prevents her from leaving with the swarm, and the bees, finding the (omen is not with them, will return to their hive.. When the colony swarme, and while the swarm is still 3,3 the air, look for the old queen at the entrance of the 11 hive. Having found her, place her in a small box or cage and then more the old hive from its stand and in its place put a new hive fitted witle drawn combs or foundation. On to this new hive place the supers from the old hive. As the swarm returns, release the queen at the hive entrance and the bees, having satisfied their swarming instinct, will immediately start work in the supers. The old hive, or parent colony, can now be moved to another location or left standing alongside the new hive tor a week and then moved. If the lat- ter, then entrance of the old hive should be facing at right angles to that of the new hive for the firet three days, and then gradually 1110Y - ed around until it is facing in the same direction, and on the seventh or eighth day, moved away. With- in seven days after swarming, all the queen cells, except one, should be destroyed in the parent colony to prevent afterswarms. A swarm that has clustered can be brushed or shak- en down into a hive standing direct- ly beneath it or into a box and tak- en to the hive it is to occupy. Abusing Mother's Day. ' • Wholesale florists are abusing the . privileges of Mother'Day and are taking a moan advantage of the ' sentiment attached to that day. Mo- ther's Day was established a few yeare ago, with flowers as the med- ium in whieh the idea was carred out. By doublingthe 'price on rosee find carnationthe he wholesale flor- ists will eimply kill Mother's Day. We recommend the idea of that church organization which has de- cided to observe Mother's Day to- ward the end of June. Let us pass up the custom for Sunday, and ob- eerve any Sunday in June when garden flowers may . be secured in abandance.—Peeth Expoeitor. Try a email advt. in Tbe Poet. 18 Nations Represented at Girl Guide Conference ., , MNOWN,, 33 leeteta aeeia, geereeeeeetoee ATiall?‘ 11 Canadian Pacific liner Metro% leaving Canadian Metropelis with Girl Guides, epreseuting eighteen nations of Canigla and the rained Steles and the world., a party of tweety- prevailing cohditions than ever be - 0100 girl scouts lied guides sailed fore. They were returning to their from Montreal meth 11 y on the Can- OlVtt countries In Europe much bet- adian Pacific liner "Willa" after ter informed and much more Nee - having attended the Intermittent patent to earry on the work of the Conferenee of Cilia Guirlea in NM org$11117AtiOn. York, When the party arrived at Touching various phases of the Windsor Straton, Montreel. from eonferenee, Miss Lidholm said that 11 denotation of 5lontreal even though representatives tram offielals Met them and 5000103)80 led eighteen countries were a:wort/led theln to the pier, tbeY found that they had nlmost Idon- Mies Lydia Lidhelm, essistaet le tical views on Ole well and WerY ObltrPO or the party, eald that the satisfied that the great friendly .feei- Members of the delegation had a lug that had been created would greater coneeption or the 'spirit of last for many years and would be feltettaggeSeteerelleillateekeeee.. Srot/tsi datherctl Fur last view or 1811,1 1111 this ulile of .kt lam lc as Moil ta 11.31 port. inetrumental advancing the Girl Scouts 'Movement through a closer relationship. At present there arceghe econ1 and girl guide movements in elmoet every community centre in canticle anti the United States, utile neatly or the rural dietriete are showing Nagle of interest in theee organizetione. The Mumma' who arrived In New York Oft May 5, came to -sec for themselves the organisation systems hi force hero. They visited Boston, Waebington, Detroit, Mortal°, Tor-, onto, and Montreal. In the canrittlan metropolis the visitors were welcomed by Mors. G. IL Dmigan, provincial divisional coma- missionom Mrs, n. M. litarier, Monet commander; Mrs. 0. Camp- bell, preeldent Motircial 'Committee; Mrs. Ross McDonald, . district cone raissioner. There tiveLe slab a Msna- her of golds leaders cEd captains.