HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1924-5-28, Page 2iiLERs TO A FARMER
Ay Way, Int, V. Kelly, 0.8,P.
Weatinuod from last week)
eat, unremtttiag to11, god, generally,
Ruthl000 Waste, the greatness is iii proportion to the
Wil g would you think, MY dear assiduitY of the toll, Whether we 0411
farmer friend, of a youug roan whose Sider paupers' spas of the sons of
father had made great eeeriileos to roYaity, the men of character, of
prepare hint; for a career in law or weight, of cap4billty, owe their
meddcine, who had completed his achievements to their Paithfulneefl to
en a river• 1 wont. The 'one who 1st truly to be
studios successfully, tak u )
ally deree, prRetised his profession pitied is he who rias never ]calmed to
s
for a. number of Years, and then do• erotic, who has never known ftte Pas-
tor
gave it up to drive a street ph suits of leerbeiniieabsorbed n in his daily
car or delivery wagon, er ethers pursuits, For him whose life has
boon ono of constant occupation, rio
spend his days attending some little other pastime can bo a substitute.
machine in a factory? Of course, you Give him in advanced years wealth
would say no sane man would enter- and opportunities of leisure, surround.
thin the thought, Did youever real. him with honor said friends, and con.
iso that this is precisely what many a tlemn him to idleness, will bis life
farmer has done when he deeidee to know any happiness? Your first and
seek a iivellhopod in a city'?6
last an tiety is the future welfare of
No other profession requires so
manyYears to fit for succesa
therein ae are required to be a suc-
cessful farmer, Your own observe. point of view i5 there anything else
titans have taught you that from will sur contribute to their happiness,
among the boy's who show some skill to a persevering satisfaction amid
in different farm operations, at the age life's uncertain terms, as an early
of eight or nine, few could be entrust. training in habits of iridusti'y and en -
ed with the management of a farm at durance of toil? The father who con -
twenty -one, and many not at twenty- templates moving 8 Young family to
the city must face the responsibility
of acquiringthis formation.
The acquaintances you will make in
task of years; many never acquire the city give ample evidences of this.
them. You have scan the case of one Only a small proportion of the young
who has bad the skill of an expert people who grow up there are trained
In any of the hundred little trades, the in the best habits of work. Rich • men's
ever -varying occupations day after 80118 aro generally a failure, chiefly
day on a farm require familiarity with, because, having never known what
and who failed through lack of man- 1t was to work hard as boys, they ob-
Yaur children. No matter what
you
de for them
nomatterhow much you
try to give them, from this world's
five. livery competent farmer has had
a three -fold trainingof a mechanic,
a'lauetness man and a professional
man. To acquire all three is the
aging capacity or of a practical know- feet to carrying burdens In later life,
ledge of the science of agriculture.
Ambition is an impossibility to him'
The averageboy or young man would who is trying to escape labor. Only a
learn a'foreign language in Loss time Tow working men's Ohildren in cities
spend their days in assiduous toil or
than he would Iearn all that is neves-
nary to handle a horse properly. While
get to look upon work rather than play
any obliged to Live a certain term as the rule of life. 'Their plans for a
among foreigners will learn their lang- future are based chiefly on avoiding
uage, many a one has lived and died on oecupatiens at 811 heavy or fatiguing,
For
a farm without during to, call himself dila very reason, the city boy, if
a horseman. This is only one ex- be is not disposed to look for a clerk -
ample. To grow up on a farm means "" or roma pasl[1on with starvation
wages In the civil service, would be
to be learningsomething new or tie -
found a few years later at some ,other
quiring further skill in some occupa- calling which in their daily °ceupa-
tlao or other, almost daily, Now, you tion, call for a minimum expenditure
have acquired these and gone through of strength
long years of drill; what use00 can you urom the begng,
make of it all when you 111up ;your their efforts lack vigor, they grow up
residence in the city? Simply a case unused to the idea of throwing real
of throwing it all away to begin with energy into their undertakings; they
something else, an absolute waste of never accomplish anything worth
woile, Are these the careers you
What years were required to garner.
would
The capitalist who spends the accumu- -open up to your Children and
grandchildren?
lotions of a lite time on the erection (To be continued)
el a factory and tben, -instead of de-
veloping a business, allows the plant — to fall to pieces with rust and ruin, Instructinos Obeyed.
is not more foolish in his wastefulness. The managing 0(11101' of a small city
The Only Education, newspaper wheeled his chair around
I should like to have another word anti pressed a button on his desk. The
with you on your complaint that farm subordinate Ranted entered.
lifeEntails too much hard work. Even 'Here,"' said the editor, "are a num-
though we had only this world to think ber of directions from outsiders telling
of, a life of work would be, perhaps, us how to run our paper. See that
the greatest blessing which could every one is carried out,"
come our way. There is no true great- And the office boy, gathering them
mess which is not associated with earn- in a large basket, did so.
This in the way they grow them in British Columbia. The picture shows
an ay.(rage-sized man and woman standing bafo•u a. gigantic hollow -trunked
ceder, the interior of which is large enough to hold a full-size touring car.
+--,-AND THE WORST IS YET TO COME
s1,(e�..,i�.�.Fr•7irrrsssiu7,fri�
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lillll0 1111 111111 17 i.
When YOU come to a beauty spot
that has been wrecked by an earlier
picnic party, don't complain, See that
you don't leave a similar sight for
the motor tourist who follows you.
A wildflower on the bush is worth
ten in the tonneau, withered and
trampled. Leave the flowers where
you can enjoy them most. If motor -
late are to strip Canada of her foliage
motoring will be stripped of one of its
fundamental assets.
Debris is dangerous. The carelese
smoker plus' the littered picnic spot
result in the forest fires that wreck
the countryside, literally and figura-
tively. Bare hills encourage swollen
streams and
e ms floods, Floods raint ho
roads and lay waste the valleys,
Nine -tenths of -wildflower picking
along the roadway is simply a bar-
baric desire to prove man's supremacy
4 of nature's handiwork, This is demon -
f
stated by the fact that few wildflow-
ere ever live to grace 'vases in the
.homes of those who pick them. Some-
where along the road other tourists.
will be annoyed by the sight of with-
ered flowers strewn about where they.
have been thrown away by those who
think that the countryside's beauty is
unlimited.
There are many roadways that will
never be attractive again, and the
Say It Aloud.
Do you talk to yourself -It may be
assumed that your reply is in the
negative, SW -talkers are often re-
garded as a tilde. queer,
Yet if you call to mind all your -ac-
quaintances who have this habit, a
not the nlajority, if not all, of them
men and women of considerable men
tal gifts? -
One of the greatest commercia
magnates in this country talks to him
A Washing Ceremony. •
Since the deaths of the Russian
Czar Nicholas II. and the old Austrian
Emperor Francis Joseph, Spain Is the
only remaining European country
where the Sovereign, observes the
re ancient religious ceremony of "wash-
; ing'.' the feet of twelve odic men on
i Maundy Thursday.
In Madrid the ceremony, as perform -
1 ed by Icing Alfonso, consists in his
-I kneeling on -a cushion before each of
self. It would be palpably ridiculous
to hint that he mast be "queer." He's
to much of a force!
Great preachers, statesmen, and
writers are nearly all self -talkers, Go
to - the universities and get to know
1 the leading professors—men : of im
manse learning and intellectual power
I—nine out of ten of them tack to them
]selves as they walk aboirtl.
The truth is•that there is no finer
jexercise for the brain, and no better
way of solving hard problems. Self -
talking is at once a clarifier and a
safety valve.
Strang, intense, silent, mental con-
centration Is really good; it strains
the brain. Arguments crowd upon one
another, and those that are rejected
are not really jettisoned. The mind
retains them.
But self -talking pulls .them out, as
it were, and throws them away. Tho
next time you have a knotty problem
to solve, try talking it over with your-
self, aloud, and you will be astonished
at the result.
One well-known author has admitted'
to the writer that he thrashes out all
the complications of his plots in that
way, His friends admit that he is
clever, but they also think he's
"queer" --a little bit "tcucbedl" He's
not. All that he does Is to use a
method which, as be ]snows from ex-
perience, Helps hint,
Self -talking is never a sign of idiocy.
One of the first symptoms of mental
affliction Is silence—a withdrawal into
one's self. Is Edisona fool? Not Yet
he talks to himself! Try it yourself
and see how it helps you.
the old Hien, who are seated with feet
hare. -
A Court dignitary holds a gold dish
; before the feet of each roan in turn,
;while the Icing sprinkles a few drops
of the scented water over each foot,
and then touches each lightly with a
•
cloth handed to him by one of the
Bishops present. -
Safety First.
"Great Snakes!" surprisedly ejacu-
lated Cousin Lank, from over beyond,
Mount Plzby, as they were going
homeward from the crossroads store
along in the shank of the evening and
paused at a burst oY sound. "V4'hat'r
that queer noise?"
"Aw, that's jnst9Oiiver Taken out
on the hillside, eome'rs over yonder,.
learning to play the oCcordton," re-
viled Gap Johnson, of Rumpws lodge,
"You can hear him right smart of a
ways on a still night like title."
"What's his idy of practicing all by
himself in the Clark?"
"He moves around jest about so of-
ten, and fellers going along the road
yur can't tell whur to shoot at him!"
Misjudged Him.
"Are you married?" asked 'Colonel
White of a negro epplit!nut for job.
"1NTawsuh, boss, was the reply. "I
makes rnah awn 11vbi'."
We Bet on Her. -
Father—"Are yob going to divorce
your husband, Mabel?"
Daughter—"No, I think we'll figbt
it out."
"Twinkle, Twinkle! ..."
Tivinkle, twinkle, Iittle star,
How I wonder what you are:
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky.
The centenary of the -death of Jane
Taylor, authoress of "Twinkle, twinkle
little star," was observed, recently at
Onger Congregational 'Church, wbera
from 1811 to 1829 her father was min-
ister.
A memorial tablet do the church.
was decorated and wreaths placed on
the grave. In his sermon the Rev. I2..
Newland said that 120 volumes of art,
poetry, theology, philosophy, and biog-
raphy had been written by the Taylor
-
family. ,
Joe's Ultimatum.
Joe wore the expression of a man
with a grievance as be leaned against
the window of the village store where
he had long been employed -so much
so that Harry stopped to inquire the
cause,
"Bello, Joe, ain't you working?"
asked he.
"No, 1 aitet, and I ain't gotn' to
work any more till the bees takes
back what he said."
"What did he say?"
"He said he didn't want me any
" declared Jou.
Natural Resources Bulletin.,.
The Natural Resources Intelligence
Service of the Department of the In-
terior at Ottawa says:
One of the most attractive exhibits
in the forest products display at the
British Empire Exhibition to the
business man is a roll of newsprint
eighteen feet in length. This paper
was made at one of the Northern On-
tario mills, and is but a portion of the
product of a machine which turns out
800 feet of paper of this width per
minute, or a daily output of 200,000
pounds. -
When consideration is given to the.
fact that but one, newsprint -making
machine is working at this capacity,
the output of the many mills with
many machines will be appreciated,
The woods to provide ,the raw ma-
terial for this industry is taken from
our forests. It is therefore self-
evident that they deserve all the care
we can give them, particularly from
fire.
Slightly Inebriated.
Irish barrister' (addressing the
Bencli)="Your honor, I shall first
prove to the jury that the prisoner
could not have committed the crime
with which he is charged, If that does
not convince the -fury, I shall show
that he was insane when he committed
it. If that fails, I shall prove an alibi."
number of beauty spots in Canada is
decreasing, The touriet always selects
the cream of countryside beauty and.
if each motor party leaves behind 1t a
trail of ruin it will not be long before
old -tinier$ will be talking of the coun-
tryside that used to be.
McNACI,"To eett lfR'S1DE,. '
This is what will happen if tourists
fall to appreciate the fact that the
problem is a matterof personal duty.
It• requires .only a few broken bottles,
some tin cans, a defunct, tire and a
few discarded newspapers to make an
ideal spot the last sword in unsightli
Bess. ,Inst one tourist party- can put
out of business aspot that might
otherwise be f unending el
e a d g d ight to
hundreds of other people, who take
pride in the country and who know
that if they do not preserve it no ane
else can do it for them.
When you are tempted M wreck'
some ideal location you have selected
for your evening rest or your noonday,
tour luncheon, just keep in mind the
fact that you'll .probably come back
again some day and taste of your own
selfishness. The country is not so
large that a million and a half tour-
ists nazi wreck each beauty spot they
chance upon and never return to it
again. -
Have Lived on Water So Long.
"No, I can't see why prohibitionists'
should make good sailors,"
"Because they've lived on water so
long."
Wistful Doubting.
Ali! to he as sure .
Of sunshine :again.
As plump robins
Singing through the rain.
Ali! to be as sure
That MY way is right
As the small gray moles
Digging without sight.
—Marion 81. Boyd.
ti
Shallow waters make most din.
"a < ..z' :. sem•. su'ic
One halos to think of H,It,'11. the :Duke•of York as being an ordlnarn
"housebreaker,"but what can one do in the face of such evidnhce es this?
The Mat is, the Old Docklands Settlement building Ile is alerting to demolish
1$ to be replaced -by a flne' new one: - -
THE ATOMIC
BOMB
We are whirled through sptim,e.
mere specks of humanity on the
earth's crust; it has always beenso
and that is perhaps Why we are un
conscious of the terrific rate at which
we are travelling and why, if we were
aware of the fact, we should refuge
to bo amazed. The atmosphere press-
es with a force of about 14 pounds on
every square inch of our body and yet
we move and have our being unconsci-
ous of our Burdon. We are in truth
"living - wonder$," We often reflect
on the dangers of living—on the pos-
sibilities of harm from fire, from ma-
chinery from gods of our own mak-
ing and from forces beyond our con-
trol, Do 'we over realize that this
out earthy paradise is, a structure
re
bombs
of tiny but tremendous ombs
and that our own material self 10
simmd? If struck the
percussionilarlycocap
poseof just we one of those
terrific atomic bombs we should be no
more and perhaps the old earth no
more!
It is rather a startling thought, but
the unlikelihood of our action ever
becoming so eli'ective leaves room for
consolation,
The atomic bomb is as yet merely
a figment of .the scientists' imagina-
tion. There is 710 doubt of its exis-
tence, but whether ave shall ever be
able to explode it is still uncertain,
And one shudders to think of the
abuse to which it might be put by s-'
militaristic government. -
ALCHEMY REALIZED.
The first glimpse of what has since
proved to be one of the most fertile
fields of science was given to the
world by Becquerel in Paris in 1896.;
Dr. and Madame Curie showed in 1908
that the phenomena observed by Bec
querel were due to a new element
called radium. Other more wonderful
phenomena were soon discovered by
the many workers who were attracted
to this new field for research. It was
found that the old alehemistic idea of
the transmutation of the elements was
heregoing on before our eyes. This
wonderful chemical element (elements
scientists had previously 'thought to
be incapable of division—the indes-
tructible primary constituents, of all
matter) was spontaneously breaking
up and giving rise to particles called
electrons of only about one-two then-
sandth the weightof the hydrogen
atom, the lightest gas known, and be-
ing shot off at a'speed of some 40,000
miles per second. The radium atom i$
thus like a most perfect machine gun.
Its bullets, usually called "rays," vary
in their speed and penetrating power.
They are of three types called by Sir
Ernest Rutherford, Alpha, Beta and
Gamma rays. The first of these are
stopped by a sheet of tissue parer,
the second by a thin sheet of lead foil,
but it requires ,a thirknoss of nbo'rt.
an inch of lead to .top the gamma
rays; and it is these which, are
brought to bear on rodent ulcers and
various types of ,cancer with good
results.
COUNT THE ATOMS.
Despite the smallness of these nein.
ute bullets they can be seen and count-
ed and even their speed m"asered
with suitable instruments. The accu-
mulation of the gas helium -•us d for
airships -in large volumes. under
surface of all earth is now explain-
able since. Rutherford and Soddy -
showed that it was''one of thea broak-
dowm products. of radium. In this
Connection it is worth recal'ln;, that
M the Canadian West we have t1
largest source of this '.alunble teas in
the Pritisli Empire.. Other previously
tntexpl8inable things have now neer
made clear by the discovery of radi-
um, but perhaps nothing so much
grips the imagination as the fact that
one pound of this substanee would -
if all the enoigy were 801813s,'.i at
once -give an explosion as violent as
150 tons of dynamite. And it is not
only radium that has all this pent-up
power but probably all the other ele-
ments which make up wlia.t we call
matter, or everything we can see, and
Louth. -
TO. DELIVER LECTURES.
Perhaps we have as yet only gleam.
ed a small portion of this harvest of
scientific knowledge. We shall look
forward to the coming to Toronto uT
some of the chief exponents of radio
notivity—at the meeting of filo lint -
isle A1.sociation to be held in August
next. After the Curies, hritishers
have been thepioneersof 11118 ultra
t,iiliputian world and the navies of
Ell':!Oiliest Rutherford who will sposk
071 tho "Disintegration of A..n.u::,,"..
Lord.Rayleiglt and Sir lYisham li:agg
are limon( the roremost oi'ieritist•: of
she 44id,
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c ,cult a gentle kindly 11ir1,
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Garr. he could tally he te ver had 10 -Ms
toll! 111180 to 2114111 11114 , 11.,171; "
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beer for work, isn't hot'',
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THE ATOMIC
BOMB
We are whirled through sptim,e.
mere specks of humanity on the
earth's crust; it has always beenso
and that is perhaps Why we are un
conscious of the terrific rate at which
we are travelling and why, if we were
aware of the fact, we should refuge
to bo amazed. The atmosphere press-
es with a force of about 14 pounds on
every square inch of our body and yet
we move and have our being unconsci-
ous of our Burdon. We are in truth
"living - wonder$," We often reflect
on the dangers of living—on the pos-
sibilities of harm from fire, from ma-
chinery from gods of our own mak-
ing and from forces beyond our con-
trol, Do 'we over realize that this
out earthy paradise is, a structure
re
bombs
of tiny but tremendous ombs
and that our own material self 10
simmd? If struck the
percussionilarlycocap
poseof just we one of those
terrific atomic bombs we should be no
more and perhaps the old earth no
more!
It is rather a startling thought, but
the unlikelihood of our action ever
becoming so eli'ective leaves room for
consolation,
The atomic bomb is as yet merely
a figment of .the scientists' imagina-
tion. There is 710 doubt of its exis-
tence, but whether ave shall ever be
able to explode it is still uncertain,
And one shudders to think of the
abuse to which it might be put by s-'
militaristic government. -
ALCHEMY REALIZED.
The first glimpse of what has since
proved to be one of the most fertile
fields of science was given to the
world by Becquerel in Paris in 1896.;
Dr. and Madame Curie showed in 1908
that the phenomena observed by Bec
querel were due to a new element
called radium. Other more wonderful
phenomena were soon discovered by
the many workers who were attracted
to this new field for research. It was
found that the old alehemistic idea of
the transmutation of the elements was
heregoing on before our eyes. This
wonderful chemical element (elements
scientists had previously 'thought to
be incapable of division—the indes-
tructible primary constituents, of all
matter) was spontaneously breaking
up and giving rise to particles called
electrons of only about one-two then-
sandth the weightof the hydrogen
atom, the lightest gas known, and be-
ing shot off at a'speed of some 40,000
miles per second. The radium atom i$
thus like a most perfect machine gun.
Its bullets, usually called "rays," vary
in their speed and penetrating power.
They are of three types called by Sir
Ernest Rutherford, Alpha, Beta and
Gamma rays. The first of these are
stopped by a sheet of tissue parer,
the second by a thin sheet of lead foil,
but it requires ,a thirknoss of nbo'rt.
an inch of lead to .top the gamma
rays; and it is these which, are
brought to bear on rodent ulcers and
various types of ,cancer with good
results.
COUNT THE ATOMS.
Despite the smallness of these nein.
ute bullets they can be seen and count-
ed and even their speed m"asered
with suitable instruments. The accu-
mulation of the gas helium -•us d for
airships -in large volumes. under
surface of all earth is now explain-
able since. Rutherford and Soddy -
showed that it was''one of thea broak-
dowm products. of radium. In this
Connection it is worth recal'ln;, that
M the Canadian West we have t1
largest source of this '.alunble teas in
the Pritisli Empire.. Other previously
tntexpl8inable things have now neer
made clear by the discovery of radi-
um, but perhaps nothing so much
grips the imagination as the fact that
one pound of this substanee would -
if all the enoigy were 801813s,'.i at
once -give an explosion as violent as
150 tons of dynamite. And it is not
only radium that has all this pent-up
power but probably all the other ele-
ments which make up wlia.t we call
matter, or everything we can see, and
Louth. -
TO. DELIVER LECTURES.
Perhaps we have as yet only gleam.
ed a small portion of this harvest of
scientific knowledge. We shall look
forward to the coming to Toronto uT
some of the chief exponents of radio
notivity—at the meeting of filo lint -
isle A1.sociation to be held in August
next. After the Curies, hritishers
have been thepioneersof 11118 ultra
t,iiliputian world and the navies of
Ell':!Oiliest Rutherford who will sposk
071 tho "Disintegration of A..n.u::,,"..
Lord.Rayleiglt and Sir lYisham li:agg
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