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Potemomble Events et
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Birth of Lord Charles Beresford
Eighty-one years ago, on the 10th
February, 1846, Admiral Lord
Charles Beresford, one of the most
distinguished and popular naval offi-
cers of the -Victorian ers, was born
in Ireland.
He entered the Royal Navy at the
age of 15, when he became a cadet
on H.M.S. "Britannia" but it was
not until many years- later that he
had an opportunity of distinguishing
himself on active service. At the
age of 28 he first became a member
of the House of Commons, and - be
then began his life-long fighe to keep
the strength of the British Navy well
in advance of the other great mari-
time powers. The splendid efficien-
cy of the fleets of ene Empire at the
present time is largely due to the
incessant efforts and agitation of this
great patriotic sailor.
In 1882 he was the hero of one of
those daring and totally unexpected
exploits which have made the British
navy the pride of our race and the
terror if our foes. The Mediterran-
ean fleets of Great Britain and
France had anchored outside tha
forts, of Alexandria in response to
an appeal from the foreign residents
of the city, who were alarmed at the
hostility of the native population.
In spite of the presence of the war-
ships a great riot and massacre took
pllace which resulted in the death
of 400 Europeans. The Egyptian
Government failed to comp!; with
the demand of 'the British admitel
for satisfaction, and on the llth of
July the allied fleets bombarded- the
city. OneAof the smallest ships in
the British fleet was the un -boat,
"Condor," which was eomnanded by
Beresford, who with the genius and
the daring of a Nelson he calmly
steered his little craft rignt up to
the guns of the forts, in which posi-
tion, risking annihilation at every
moment he was able to very material-
ly assist in bringing the bombard-
ment to a speedy and successful con-
elusion. For this act of gallantry
Beresford was rewarded' with a spec-
ial signal from the flagship of the ad-
miral: "Well done, Condor" and he
became a popular hero with the Bri-
tish public whose confidence and af-
fection he retained until nis death in
1919.
In the Egyptian campaigns of
1884-5 for the relief of General Gor-
don he again distinguished himself,
notably while in command of the
Naval Brigade at Abu Flea, and sub-
sequently by hie brilliant handling of
the river .steamer which effected the
re rue of Wilson's party when et was
we sized in the River Nile during the
., • at ere Khartoum.
, eentaign ended his brief ex -
n, :enc.• of actual warfare, but he
1. -'Swed his profession for a further
teen years and rendered invent -
service to the Empire bosh
re
and afloat. As commander-
lef of the Channel Sgnaciron and
the Mediterranean fleet he proved
a remarkable disciplinarian .and
possessed a wonderful control over
hi= men by whom ho was idolized,
while at the Admiralty and in Par-
liament he was always to the fore-
front of the eampaign for increased
naval strength and efficienc'.
He etired from the Navy in 1007
but until hi,c death ten yceire later.
he • ontinued his great patriotic ser-
-Ice and never lost an opportttnit•
of 1 i; ereusly advocating "prepared-
non land and sea.
CANADIAN SEED AGAIN
AWARDED HIGHEST HONORS
Laurels Go To Peace River Country
—Dominion's Representatives at
International Exposition Score
With Both Grains and Live Stock
(':,nada. as in past years, again
took e high stand in the competitions
'at the International Live Stock Ex-
position and Hay and Grain Show at
Chicago to liec•.inhc-r. The winnings
emina. d live tock as well .a grains
nut it was the- ;uecesses in :he latter
class which particularly lir •ere+i the
attention of the outride world to
Canada. The outstanding event was
the winning by a young settler is
the Peace River country, of the
worlds wheat and oats champion-
shig).s. This is the first occasion in
which these two Championships were
won by one man.
There are several significant points
about this success. One is ',hat the
grain was grown in the Pette!. River
district, the most recently opened up
of Canada's farming areas, lying to
the west and north of the arable
]and, which now produce the bulk of
the crop of the Prairie 'Provinces.
Thirty years ago and less, the state-
ment that wheat could be grown itt
Peace River district would have
sounded as fantastic to most ears as
a similar prophesy respecting wheat
growing on Herschet Island in. the
Arctic ocean would seem to -day.
Another, not less important, point
is that the Canadian West has car-
ried off the wheat championshin at
fourteen of the sixteen annual shows
held in connection with the Internee
tonal Exposition, On the other two
occasions the title went to a grower
in one of the states just south of the
:International Boundary, Canadian
growers also secured first place in
timothy seed, field peas, and alfalfa
and stood high in- barley, alstke clov-
er, sweet clover, field beans, flax and
rye. This brings out the fact of
which the old world has lone been
aware, that, in the northern hemis-
phere, the farther north any plant or
animal can be brought to perfeet'on
the higher will be its quality' and
that of its near descendants, 13y an
international agreement recently
completed alfalfa and red clover eeed
i'o' export must be colored to indi-
cate the eount3y of their arigie. To
Canada has been assigned the color
violet and that color has already
come a trade mark of welt value
throughout not only North America
but the rest of the world as well.
Favored as Canada is in respect
of. seed production the position she
now occupies has not been attained
by accident, and it is to be mated
that the winners in recent years
have ascribed no small part of their
sacces to the work of the federal
and provincial departments of agri-
culture, to the agricultural colleges
anal to the administrative oi•ganiaa-
tions .maintaining the stanclar l of
Canadians seeds.
TOBACCO GROWING 1S
SEEN IN HURON COUNTY
To Be 800 to 1,000 Acres of Tobac-
co Between Rendall and London
Next Year
I
There will be between 800 and
1,000 acres of tobacco grown in the
area between London and liensail
in Huron and Middlesex counties
next year, predicts Edgar Darling of
Clandl•beye, Middlesex County, a
ploncer grower of the district. This
prediction if well founded, means a
rather rapid advance of the tobacco
I crop into a country which has until
very recently been considered a long
way out of its sphere.
, Mr. Darling, states the Farmer's
Advocate (London), in 1925 grew a
trial plot of 113 acre, from which he
secured gross returns at the rate of
$887 per acre, and a yield of 2,120-
pounds per acre. This experience!
encouraged him to' make a more ven- 1 t
turesome trial of the crop in 1926,1
and he planted 181/ acres, He used
i the dark tobacco of the Yellow Prior c
variety, and while the crop is not l)
sold, it is estimated that pis yield of
melt crop for what has hitherto been
considered to beef rattle country,
that he plans to put in 40 acres in
1027. He is fortunate itt h to n 1., a
warm, w, It drained soil, and in b-
in,:;' able to get .plenty of brow room
for during the crop without more
than one baro. 11 plan;_ to erect
one Mum 100x..",6 next y ur, tori fig-
ures that thereafter he will be able
to take ,are of 40 acres ash year,
Not only is Mr. Darling '..M tested
in the crop himself, ],,ut 5100 be
new the crop for ole )2 tit' tob-
acco companies which furnm,lu s the
,...cd and guarantees a uri:e within,
a certain stated range, he is. also
acting As a alit for the conp'anv an11'
is signing up a considerable wreage
for 1.27 in addition to his ncwn Th's
land, authority to hi.; ••rpint of .t.„
areaslikd•ly to be sown in the• (iit-
1 trot
MOISTURE IN THE INCUBATOR
In the drier sections of Canada,
and especially where low tempera-
tures prevail in. early <tpring, great
difficulty is experienced in getting.
good hatches, due to an insufficiency
of moisture in the incubator. in
many cases, in spite of Meet mois-
ture conditions in the incubator
itself, poor results are still the rule
and the percentage of chicks dead in
shell is very great.' It has been
found that any considerable decrease
from the normal moisture content of
the machine causes the air to 'draw
too much moisture from the egg with
the result that the shell membrance
becomes tough and dry and cannot
be broken by the chicks at time of
hatching. Under such circumstanc-
es it is essential that moisture be sup-
plied 1sberally if a normal hatch is
to be obtained.
By far the most important method
of assuring a, sufficient supply of
moisture in incubation is that of sup-
plyin, water by soma method in the
>neubator itself.. It is absolutely
necessary itt attempting to correct
humidity in an incubator that mach-
ine be employed and the simplest
method is to use a wet bull) hygro-
meter. A relative humidity of from
00';i to G0r'i has consi•sten.:✓ given
the bast results on the Experimental
Farnt System. It is better to err on
the :isle of too much than too little
moisture.
One method in general use con-
sists- in placing water pans ur trays
of wet sand in the bottom of the in-
cubator. Under ordinary circ, tmstan-
res sufficient moisture is supplied by
till: method. Experiments were car-
ried on at Lethbridge and at the
Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa,
in which moisture was supplied by
using pads made of ,thin boards
wrapped to a thickness of ub.,ut o:�e
inch with cheesecloth or burlap, dip-
ped in water and suspended above
the eggs. The relative humdiily was
controlled by the frequency of mois-
tening these pads. Since tate air a-
bove the eggs is hotter than that be-
low, its capacity for absorption of
moisture is greater, and the maxi-
mum amount of moisture should he
supplied at that point. The slightly
cooled and moist air around the pads
slowly settles to the bottom of Um
machine and 0 fresh supply of hot
air is constantly coming in contact
with the pads. The eggs, being sur-
rounded with moisture lade•t
give, up less of their moisture to the'
air and a more nearly normal hatch
is tilt; re: ult.
At Lethbridge relative humidity in
the incubator was increased from
39M with moisture pans only, to
561; with pads above the eggs and
the percentage of eggs hatched from
42% to 78'; respectively.
WHY IT PAYS c
cs
It pays to read The Post because
it contains many important notices
that the public. generally are interest-
ed in. Aside from the news columns
there is always matter of irate:est and
importance, in the advertising colu-
mns. A man assigns; you may be a
creditor; the legal notice of the as-
signee tells when to put in your I
claim. A note is lost; it is advertise!
in the paper.; when it turns ap in the
hands of the wrong owner you are
saved from buying it by the warn-
ing. Horses or cattle stray away
from their owner; an advertisement
is seen by the finder and the. lost are
restored. There is something you
want to buy; and so the chain; of
usefulness continues, link by link.
As a medium of communication it is
valuable and convenient alike tose
howho have announcements to
make and those who are interested in
,
hearing them, and it is, :above all,
heap. Don't be without the local
aper, It saves you its price over
and over,
approximately 1,700' pounds per acre
will bring hint (between $5,000 and
186,000. He has been offered twenty
'cents per pound.
1 Mr, Darling considers the crop 10
profitable and so advantageous as A
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Perhaps the poster containing the
warning) "No fishing aloud" has
aptly answered the age•old ciuestion,
"Don't fish hear?"—at least by lin- , New Hngland to Old England is a
plication, tar erye—or used to be. 1
Here and There
Nova Scotia's coal output for the
Year ended September 30, was 5,-
000,000 tons, as against 3,200.000
tons for the previous' year•.
Tonnage of freight handfed over
the Halifax piers during the yeaesof
1920 shows an increase of nearly 18
per cent. During the season 1,012
traits- ttlnntic steamships entered
the port, as compared with 080 dur-
ing the season of 1925,
Herod's Pride, the mare imported
into Canada by the Prince of Wales,
and awned by Fred Johnston of Cal-
gary, since last September, has been
sold to the Brawn Shasta Stud Farm
in California for a sum in excess
of 35,000.
Wholesale fish firms of Yarmouth
and Halifax report that 1926 was
a record year, as to the demand for
fresh and Smoked fish in Canadian
and Unitoed States markets. Ship-
ments were frequently made front
Halifax to western Canada and
points in California.
Immigration to Canada for the
eleven months of the calenflar 1926
ended November 80, amounted to
130,569 persons, according to a re-
cent statement issued by the De-
partment of Immigration and,Colon-
ization. This is an increase of 61
per cent. over the same period. of
1925, when the total immigration
was 80,904.
The Maori Rugby Football team,
who have recently completed a suc-
cessful tour of France and Great
Britain, passed through Montreal
recently en route over the Canadian
Pacific lines to Vancouver, where
they sailed for New Zealand Janu-
ary 27. This team won, during
their eight-month tour, 22 of 31
games played.
According to recent compilation
by the Canadian Government, Can-
ada now leads the world in public
per capita distribution of electricity
from central power stations. The
figures of kilowatt-hours generated
per capita per annum by the five
leading countries are: Canada, 1,260;
Switzerland, 836; United States,
531; Sweden, 467;Norway, 370.
The: Russian Government is to
buy another herd of Canadian
horses this spring, it was announced
at the Alberta Provincial Horse
Breeders' Association meeting in
Calgary recently. R. E. Wilson,
Dominion Government agent, who
was responsible for the statement,
declared that from 2,000- to 5,000
horses would be required.
The year 1926 was a banner year
for the British Columbia coast
steamship service of the Canadian
Pacific Railway, according to Cap-
tain J, W. Troup, manager of that
branch of the C.P.R. fleet. The
"Princess Marguerite" and the
"Princess Kathleen," in the triangu-
lar service, make a fine record and
the Alaskan tourist business was
brisk.
For the first time in the history
of Alberta, alfalfa seed is being
shipped to Denmark. This is regis-
tered Grimm alfalfa grown by the
Grimm Alfalfa Seed Growers' As-
sociation, at Brooks, which this year
produced one-third of a million
pounds of this seed. It appears that
Danish growers have experimented
with this seed in the past and have
now placed an order for 50,000
paunch.
The Nova Scotia Fruit Growers'
Association has requested the Prov-
incial Department of ...Natural Re-
sources to appoint and send over-
seas a Commission to enquire into
the .conditions under which Nova
Scotia apples are marketed. The
suggdsted personnel is, the Secre-
tary of the Nova Scotia Fruit
Growers' Association, a representa-
tive of the United Fruit Companies
and the newly appointed Provincial
Horticulturist, Prof. Middleton.
TIME THAT 15 WASTED
It is said that Scotsmen waste:
three years of their lives telling stor-
ies about themselves; Englishmen
waste three years of their lives lis-
tening to Jews; Americans waste
three years of their lives trying to
find out where their fellow -citizens
got their drink from; a Frenchman
wastes three years of his life in rais-
ing his hat and deciding whish should
go through the doorway first; a don-
key wastes three years of it's life
braying; a good-looking woman
wastes three years of her life loop-
ing in,, a mirror; and a plain -looking
woman wastes three years of her life
looking for a man,
"It's young Ned who Is tra0111na
my mind;" spoke Abner Mills, w•ilh
something of an anxious sigh.
"Oh, 'tis?" rejoined bioses fart'.
crony nod familiar of hall' a century's
standing. "What's he no in, :Above?'
bis in 101,e," enitghmnod 11
other. "You know what marriage
means—misery, If there's a ntlsuiat-
iog."
"Why should there he that?" pro.
pounded Moses, You 111111 I have each
a son end our lives 111101 .111,1 nboat
centered about them since we becaum
lonely old widowers. Well, when my
lad got moonstruck iwo 3 rata) ,agar I
Just let him have his swing. But I
watched and looked up the girl—oh,
you bet I did! I hired an investiga-
tor and he made me a report, All
through one month. There wasn't
much that I didn't know about Mina
Blake and her forbears. Bless Iter
dear heart! It was almost cruel to
think of looking her up, as 1f site was
some common criminal, but I wanted
to be sure everything was all right."
"H'm 1 you give ins an idea," mut-
tered old Abner, "only I'll be my own
detective. Here's the facts: Ned was
away for two months with a chum who
ides down country. While there It
seems he met a bliss Eva Dodson va-
cationing with an old aunt. Froin
what I gather the girl is poor, mod-
est, respectable, Ned hasn't said a
word about it, but I ran across a let-
ter he had written and it revealed the
whole layout. I see what's coming—
engagement, marriage. I shan't try
to hinder it, if they are likely to be
happy, but I'm bound to be dead cer-
tain about just that."
So, unconscious of the fact that the
cherished secret of his soul had been
discovered, Ned Mills went on loving
Eva Dodson and writing to her. She
was surely his ideal! She wore no
engagement ring, for she had insist-
ed that Ned inform bis family of his
decision and try the test of a two
months' separation. But Ned Ind
procrastinated Cho making of a emit -
dant of his father, for he knew his
ways, and that his approval of the
prospective match night be a slow-
moving operation.
"1 am going to spend a few days on
business in the city, Ned," spoke his
father one day. "You look after
things around the store till I come
back, will you?"
"Sure enough and glad enough," an-
qulesced Ned in his usual hearty, ac-
commodating way, and SIL'. Drills de-
parted, proceeded, indeed, to the city,
but began a mysterious series of ac-
tions which, had the same been fol-
lowed by n stranger, would have pus.
zled and startled him. Always precise
and careful as to his attire, Dir. brills
spent an hour in the shop of a second-
hand clothing man. When he emerged
there writs little left of the prosperous,
well-dressed merchant. A faultless
suit had been exchanged for one coarse
of fabric, shabby and threadbare.
It wns to Ferndale that Mr. Drills
proceeded, and that was the place he
hall learner! Miss Dodson was living
temporarily. When ht loctit:ed the
home of her aunt, old Abner approach-
ed it in a labored, limping way that
at once excited the sympathy of the
loveliest young lady that he had ever
met. she 00010 to the kitchen door
attired in 0 neat enveloping apron,
beflounced to the elbows, as dainty
and fresh looking as the pies and
cookies she batt just made.
The sad tale of the aged arch -
schemer, posing tis au indigent wander-
er, won hint a metal, then work, which
he did mmifully. All he was after was
to have an opparttnity to study a pos-
sible prospective daughter-in-law. For-
tune favored him, Ile was given, a
room over the kitchen, he was engaged
to do odd jobs about the place. ile
fonud Eva the idol of all the little
ones itt the neighborhood, and dutiful
to her aged aunt, .n fact a model girl
in every wary. He wrote lIt his memo-
randum book the sentiment one day:
"Eva Dodson is poor and Imnthie, htit
she is well worthy my son, and I
shall tell Ned sol"
That -memorandum boost the old man
lost one day, and it ,was returned to
him by Eva, Then upon another day
he was confronted by a startler. He
was just outside the kitchen when the
aunt entered hearing a small metal
box.
"Eva," she spike, "how careless yon
ere, leaving all this money and bends
on your bureau. Is it the 310,000 the
lawyer brought yontj"
"Yes, aunty," responded Eva, "I sup.
pose I had better send them to the
bank for safe keeping," and Abner
Mins pricked up his ears mightily at
this extraordinary revelation. The
following morning he announced to'his
kind-hearted hostess that he must be
on his way, Eva accompanied !aim to
the gate.
"Good•by, Mr. Mills," she spoke, a
gleam of mingled merriment and mis-
chief in her eyes.
o"Bit, how's that?" exclaimed the as-
tonished Abner, "You knew all
along?"
"No, Mr, Mills, not until the day
you lost your memorandum book, and
I ask forgiveness for my strife glance
at it, and will you please tell Dred that
his humble country girl 083 become a
real heiress?"
"You have turned the tables on me'
pretty cleverly," admitted Abner Mins,
"and If you are willing to take an old
tt'anip for d fatherdn•law, I am watt
arxnegble to the relatlonahin 1•
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The Car Owner's Scrap -Book
(By the Left Fland Monkey Wrench)
TO DRY BRAKE LININGS
When brake linings get we: their
efficiency diminishes and it invariab-
ly happens when brakes are most
needed, on wet and slippery roads,
They can be "burned" 'dry by run-
ning for a short distance with the
brays set.
A LAW WORTH REMEMBERING
"The operator of any motor ve-
hicle, overtaking another vehicle,
shall pass such vehicle on the left,
'but shall not attempt to pass any
such vehicle a. intersecting, highway's
or a the crossing of any railway
i tracks. at grade."
USE TWO MIRRORS
In addition to the rear-view mir-
ror, many car owners now are using
an additional mirror to give a side
view. The purpose of this is to show
up the car that is just in the act of
passing. It cannot be .seen in the
rear-view mirror.
FIND THE HEATER LEAK
Any leak in the exhaust heater, or
in the flexible piping used to con-
nect it with the exhaust, can be
found by looking for parts that are
carbonized. Wherever there is ,a
place for the gangs to °scop), carbon
escapee too, blackening- .he metal
around. it.
CAMERA ACCIDENT CHECKER
Motorists should carry 't camera
wherever possible. One use of the
camera is to photograph scenery; an-
other is to photograph results of ac-
,cidents. Photographic evidence is
very rarely disputed and often proves
1 helpful in establishing an otherwise
stubborn case, -
FACTS ABOUT CHAINS
Every -motorist should Know there
is a right and a wrong way to use
chains. They may be placed on in n
way to ruin the tires or in such a
way, as to cause a minimum of wear.
At least two' chains should always be
carried in the car, and ,when travel-
ling over slippery roads they should
immediately be placed on the rear
tires. By having the clamps at the
back they are drawn around by the
whipping notion that tends to keep
i, them closed.- If they are applied in a
reverse direction they have a tendons
cy to open. Rementbor that if a chain
cannot creep on a tire it will wear
1.the tire continually in one place. • Do
not throw the chains in the tool box
when they' ere not in use. The pro-
per waY is to hang them up and give
them a thorough coating of cylinder
oil ands kerosene mixed.
KEEP TIRES CLEAN
The cleaning or a car is not fully
comlileted if the tires aro neglected.
Also, they will add a decided im-
provement to the appearance of the
car. It takes but a few minutes, a
brush and some water to do the job.
And while Laundering the car it
would be wise to scrub the garage
floor carefully, especially if it hap-
pens to be greasy or oily. Oil and
grease damage tires, and if the gar-
age floor is covered with than quite
serious damage will result to tires.
USE CHAINS IN WET WEATHER
Chains should be placed on wheels
when rain or snow begins to bill.
The most dangerous period is just
after the first precipitation. There
is usually more or less grease on the
streets, and until it has rained or
snowed long enough to wash it off,
there is danger. of skidding. When
the tires are worn treadles.s, the car
is practically certain to skid if the
brakes are applies suddenly. With
good treads, the danger is somewhat
minimized, but chains should always
be carried and put on immediately if
the pavements are at all slippery.
Properly fitting chains should be car-
ried for both of the rear wheels.
One chain is worse than none at all.
, DO NOT OIL SQUEAKY BRAKES
The use of a lubricant is not ad-
vised to take the squeal out of
brakes. Sometimes dry powdered
graphite, which will not collect dirt,
is applied, but even this is only a
makeshift. Application of an oily or
greasy lucricant is dangertus. It of-
ten leads to violent seizing of the
brakes, causing uncomfortable drly-
' ing and perhaps serious damage to
the car. Sheared rivets might re-
sult. Gears might be stripped aril
even a broken axle might be the dis-
aster.
i Imperfect battery connections will
affect the entire electrical system.
Renewing the storage battery on a.
car is just as necessary and as nor-
mal an expense as renewing the tires.
Keep the car well greased • during
the winter months. It is during -cold
Weather that moving parts are liable
to get the most wear.
The rattle of windshield glass can
be stopped by firing the apace in the
frame with she ac, This can be ap-
plied with a sharp -pointed stick, or a
brush, and should be,appliod slowly
so that it will pack tightly in the
opening.
i
ust(errs
a
This ever-present tasit of the business
man is one that Advertising can most effi-
ciently perforin.
Advertising in THE I3IEUBSELS POST
would carry any message you desire into
every house in this oommnnity. It would
spread the "news" about now •merchandise,
special sales or new store policies quickly and
'thoroughly.
Take a, 'friondly interest in telling the
"buyers" of this town what you have for sale
that is of service to [them and you will win
new customers constantly.
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