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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1924-6-25, Page 6SING PURPOSES CANADIAN STONE FOR nliisilited Choice of •Qualitynod ;Color for {{dude ;fid inside Construction and Finish. The pyramid et Cheops, the grated- other /moue, The cloaeegraaiue 1,' ane est inonuinent of all time, was built textured St. Mary's limestone io the with limeetups fieri the surtace Apish• chlef aueding atone le western Oa• ad with poligaed bloolre of oolored tarts, end. the majority of the eltkta ftranti•a so ingauiolie1Y lolned together and towns la that area have suede use that It Appeared to be a single slab of it. teem top to bottem; Romana palecee, Dicttaelve belts of erystailiae lime, apxldetheatree, apo monuments loom steno, covering r•oueley 100 equaro out of Watery in all their beauty and miles, are found to eastern Ontario, Perfection, because the Roman arch{- the Intermediate types being emir: ent- trots and eauterotere made full use of ly molted to arahiteoturel purposes, of their aeaourcea of building atone. Al.- We ],{guest order. 1e some places the though we are now living in whet is atone is Ane In grain and constitutes eeriest as the "Conorete Age," . says a true marble, latest in others it is the Natural Resources Intelligence too oeuvre and triable for building use, Service of the Department of the In- Some of the finest white marble quay terser, the erection of structurea tom- ried to Outar•lo came from the village bluing both permenetsoo and attraC- of Haloya, Renfrew County, much o1 • tiveneoe should still be a natural aim, it beteg, free from impurities ot any arid Ideal condltione min be obtaled in kind. Similar atone is also found' at a Large measure by selecting for build- Portage du Fort, In Qusbeo, and the lug purposes the finer grades of atones product from these areas is > an ox- treemly desirable material, worthy of development on a scale that would permit of building stone being always available, . a necessary condition be- fore architects and builders can be ex- peoted'to make full use of these re- soulifenhrCres. ion should also be made of the lithographic stone to Hastings county,. the red sandstones along the Rideau with which the Dominion is so richly endowed. In the past the style of archTteoture adopted tor our public butldinge and the more expensive type of residence has been largely tdueneed by the aheracterletie of the Canadian stones that have been extensively used for their Construction. Tire more modern use of structural sleet and concrete. has neoessartly ohanged the design canal, the purple banded sandstones, end created a demand for stone that of the Perth -Smith- Fails area, the can be more easily worked, such as the Nepeau sandstones• as used in the pee - Imported Indiana limestone, which can Bement buildings at Ottawa, and also be out with equal facility in all direr• the large amounts of exceedingly tions and which for all practical per- handsome variegated marbles which poses can be considered a freestone.. can be obtained in the Bancroft area Imports of building stone (exelusdve in Hastings country. These marbles, of granite worth $72,600) and marble together with those from the Missta- ted a value ot $370,000 and $294,000 quol and South Stuktey areas in the respectively. Eastern Townships can supply ma - There are many stones in the Do. tertais for Interior decorative purposes minion that can be utilized inateed of equal to mast of the imported vatic - ties, and certain beds are well adapted Tyn- dall limestone of Manitoba, which to exterlor eonatruetton work, Once ranks above any other Itmsestene guar. developed ao that supplies are readily ,led in Canada, and the Seckvllle obtaleable they should become the eendatone of New Brunswick, a red standard decorattre stenos of eastern freestone largely used in the Maritime Cana chief building stone quarried in Provinces and many parts of Ontario and Quebec. Another excellent stone the maritime provinces is sandstone, is the Wallace sandstone el Nova and desirable stones ot olive-green, Scotia, whtti k is suetable for Ane blue, brown and red colors have been aaavod work and largely used to the extensively used for public and private eon/erne-eon of permanent buildings structures throughout the provinces in eastern Canada, the trimmings of and also shipped to distant points the Victoria museum at Ottawa being both in Canada and the United States. a good example. Owing to the Dost of The province of Quebec produces lime - transportation these atones cannot al atone of structural quality in targe ways be used, and more local deposits al - amounts, Is rteb in granite of various must supply the greater part of the kinds, and is growing in importance demand. es a producer of marble, The Snest building atone at present produced from the sedimentary rocks of Ontario is the grey sandstone of Halton county, and this, together with the product of the Longford quarries ea Ontario sonar, rank amongst the moat important building stones In the province of Ontario, the latter being more wtdely used in Toronto than any As nearly every variety of stone may be used for building purposes, refer- ence cannot here be made to all the deposits worthy of development In eastern Canada, but those mentiloned are suilicient to point out that there are many excellent Canadian building stones that can be utilized to meet the demands of the construction industry. Romance of a First -Aid Invention. "Mummy bas asked us to write and thank you that we still have a daddy" This touching letter was received by a St. John Ambulance man from the four children ot a miner whom he had saved trona death to a mine accident by hes prompt and skilful first aid. The incideut has a direct bearing on the •tory of a wooden box which, has been Axed in the miniature coal -mind at the British Empire Exhibition. It is the invention of Mr, Charles Hamner, who began work le the pit at the age of twelve and e. halt, The daily round of accidents turned his thoughts to the need for a complete first-aid equipment in a box that would possess the following apparently im- possible combination of advantegea: It must be dustproot and easily die- cerniblo in the dark. It must be "thief proof," yet available to att. lie experimented. for fifteen years until he perfected the device which now van be seen et Wem•taley's coal- mine. Access to the key Inside Is obtained by striking a metal knob attached to a red fixed above a gi.t.i plata in the interior of the box. The downward action of fire rod beetle, ilia glass and allows the key, which is hung nn a clam, to drop through. When the box ie unlocked the loud ringing of hell warner the miners that someone is opening it. The ,rose of the Order of St: John of Jerusalem is enamelled on a rime ler glens in the door. Behind the glees a "lamp" perpetually shines thiongh the cress, and its glean, in the clerk tells the miner where to And the derma -aid box. World Tour in Seventeen Days. Complete time -tables for a round the -world passenger service which will accomplish the journey in seventeen days have besu worked out by experts of Imperial Airways, Ltd., the new Brltislt organisation, Fresh links have been mapped out for the 27,000 -mite airline, and tests are to be made with ati hips of enor- mous capacity. Passengers will Ieave London by the morning air express for Paris, which maintains a speed of 105 miles an hour. They may expect to reach Constantinople the following morning and Cairo by midday. A long-distance airship will take them from the Egyptian capital to Australla, arriving on the ninth day atter leaving London. The air travellers will cross the Pa - cine to San Francisco In another giant airship, and will cross the United States by aeroplane express. New York will be'reaehed on the litteenth day. This link is already established. The Atlantic creasing to Europe will be made by the great airship liner .soon to be delivered to the United States by rho Zeppelin t'meaty. The airship voyage to l;urope is scheduled se that world -travellers, gliding down at London. will eceome- fish In seventeen days what took Jules 1'erne's imaginary hero eighty days. Harriette Voloano. I i, A naw plan Inc harnessing voli:anoes woes trout Iiawaii. The territorial government has no/welted the Depart- 'iP l;, IMi N Vent of Commerce retold a suggestion, eeentingi•y practice!, for making' bricks of molten lava frontthe crater of Kt- What She Must faire, */feta. .Vhs Idea, le to stretch across Mother (pouring time easter Hili-_-; the crater a trolley that will carry au "ilow utu.:h must 1 give /Vials Inc a' e�ncdless chain of buckete to scone tip dose'," • the Mudd leve, bring it to the rem of Dad -- -''Itis price is tiny cents, I be• th.e vok'ano and pour it into mouldw. tisve. • Are You led% Successful end Happy? A tl plus at Work. tiaa this maasltring-attok as gouts. City S;dlter "1 don't k,sow whether self, taking meet cit ten ior each sub• that new copy reader lir a Mit or a jest 05 wbiah you lade oona4Amtinusty gaPi,lli'' p, a i n .. _'" ' . Weise it: Work send Dern, Reefed Hes Mang K rildiihr 'What s Itis he penditeree, flove .e Bank Account, done?" Casty age Ins'uranoo, Make a Budget, (`Ity 10riitor "1 told him to write a Make a Will, invert is Sate seeat-iuea, head ter it dispatch abeut the fight y Bit Prbtti (.y, Share with OVOr 'l'utaukbrttnen'e treasure and he Uther, t6wn Yehr Hattie, labeled it: "Greve eloo tom!s lames." -"M D THE WORST 1 1 .T TO COM w 3:JuNCS TRES. +ale eeetitereer Cortez and Cocoa. The lottrtb oentenary of the intro• duction of cocoa into Europe is shortly to he celebrated by a conference of Em- pire producers at the Wembley Ex- hibition. It was in 1524 that soldiers of Con, tez, returning from the conquest of Mexico, introduced the beverage to their Spanish fellow -countrymen, with whom it speedily found favor. Not until the middle of the seven- drink entreduced into England, ale tg with tea and coffee—all three in the course of a decade. The first Lonnon coffee house dates from 1652, the first chocolate house was opened in 166?, and .Pepys drank his first cup of tea itt 1660. Ati Hard-boiled eggs are being used as money in parts of Southern Russia. There is no bore like a man who talks about himself:—Sir Chartres fee Prayers for Sleep end Waking,: iaadt0MO. Here thou steepest geiitir lay Rivera troubled ttliottght aw,ity; Pat off worry and distress As thou puttest off WY drsaa; Drop thy burden and the tetra In the quiet arms 05 prayer,' Lord, Thou Iinoweet bow I live, All I've .done amber forgive;. All of good I've tried to-dos Strengthen, bleier, and carry throtigh; .All 1 love in safeetY keep, While 14 Thee 1 fall eeleep, 11. Night, Watch, ' i5 slumber should Dersako Play pillow in the dark, Fret not thyself to mark Iiow long -thou !lest awake, There is a better way; Let go the strife end strain, Thine eyes 'will doze again, If thou wilt only pray. Lord, Thy peaceful gift restore, Give my body sleep once more; While I watt my soul will rest Like a child mama T.by breast, - New flay,' Ere thou rieest.from thy bed Speak healed whose—wings were *spread O'er thee in the belpleas night; Le, He wake/ thee stow with light! • Lift thy burden and thy care In the nrigbty arms of prayer, Lord, the newness of this day Calla me to an untried! way; Let me gladiy take the road, 4 Give pre strength to bear my lead, Thou my guide and helper be • — I will travel through with Thee. —Henry Vett Dyke. • Say what you like on every occasion and you wilt be sure to hear some- thing you dislike. - tenth century, flowerer•, was the lHiron, London magistrates • Thousands Enjoy Scenic Wonders' and Sports of the Parks in Canada Reservations Include Forests, Plains and Towering Mount ains --- Big Game in Plenty, While Fish Abound in Streams --Variety of Recreation, By Frederick B, Edwards, the largest herd of buffalo in the Laurentides Park lees immediately There are more than fifteen thous- world. Two other preserves -are de - and square miles of public park do- main in Canada, and included in this fast area of national playground Is every variety of scienic splendor or garden primness a generous Creator has provided for the inepiratlon or the satisfaction of the soul of mankind, Canadians are a wisely wealthy peo- ple. having beneath our Bag a terri- tory larger in actual measure than even the vast areas of the "Gaited States, .our government has • yet for years ooneidered conservation of cer- tain of the choicest beauty spots a fundamental policy. Canada's entire population could reside comfortably in some ot the larger of the Donlnion'e natinaI parks; yet Canadians continue from time to time, an occasion arises, to say of this or that. acreage: "This yrs wIR set aside as a public park for all the ages, in order that our pna- terity may call us blessed." Postetities are notoriously ungrate- ful; but surely in the future centuries the descendants of the present genera - Goa of Canadians viewing as their heritage the magniflcences of Mount Robson, the awesome and glacier clad Precipices of Mount Edith Cavell, the emerald green lakes of the Algonquin region or the pine vied elopes and val- leys of t1 a I,oureulides will 11 It in their heartsto say "thanks' to the far seeing etatesmansbip whicb has made it possible for them to enjoy these. treasures trove free' of fee or restraint. Historic Sites Remembered, Some of the smeller Canadian parks have been established around hiatorto : sites and are as carefully tended as an. English tate te• Several Canadian cities have notable parks. Halifax, for example, has a public gardens wltirh rivals the fame of llnstan'e fa- mous arboretum, and Mount Royal Park, in Montreal, has been strictly preserved in its original wild state to achieve fame as the most unusual of all city parks on (be A.merleitu con- tinent, by ree'uh of its largo area, and the faitt diet it is artuelly a invest, clothed Inouutain ertciug from the heart of a tnetrnpolitan city. At Niag- ara, also, the Canadian and American gevernntetrte have co-operated in the conatrurtlon of nationally preserved areae adjacent to tine historic -Valls, but, reasonably, it is is the tremend- ous reserves of forest and mottntaJn country in (ermine, Ontario and the Canarlisn Rookies that loyal ('.unadlatma find their keenest pride, There Is no limitation save that of human desire upon the scope of atuuse- mant. offered by these conairved spaces. In Algongttlu Park one may fish, but trail not hunt, in the Lauren - tides area fishing and hunting both are permittee according to season, 'Phe enc'ulc glories of the Rocky moan - tains hark and Jasper, 1110 newest and mightiest of them all, offer complete satisfaction of soul to those whose hearts are sot upon the high trills, end there Is hunting within their •hound• arses mush es the aboriginal Indiana esperienoed,belore the days of Colette 1)110, the Cahote,'Or of .larquea (.artie).. At Wsiuwrlglit there is preaerved voted to anteiope; and the Takes ot Revelstoke Park otter to the camper throe series of comfortable camps canoeist a whole summer el delight--' Cul journeying upon placid waters. maintained by the government. Big The thousands of travelers who, game hunting,is permitted ill season, seeking the magnillcenoes of the and go le fishing in lima thone6nds oY Iakes which are everywhere in the north of Quebec city. It has an area of 3,700 square utiles, and there are mountains, incline every year to Cana, dian Rockies, devote their attention park. Forbearing animals may not chiefly to Rocky Mountains Park and hetrapped or killed. The lakes swarm Jasper, with pilgrimages to the small- with that particularly ganmeand tooth- er, but not leas splendid, areas of some fish the Canadian red 'trout. The Mount Robson, Glacier and Yoho, rules are simple, permits are inexpert - Canada has other public domains, which offer advantages of greater ae- oeestbitity and lower cost, combined with scenery not less beautiful, al- though less awe-inspiring than the Realises, and the virgin wildness of the Northern forest end Sake areas, There are two such reservations within easy reach --Algonquin Park, tawa, No firearms may be carried in - in. Ontario, and time Laureetides Park, to this reservation, but the fishing is in Quebec Province, Both these areas abundant and varied. Highland Inn are a. part of the great Laurentian is the most pretentious of the several Moulmtain retain, for whichm the realm is hotels. and camps, but the ohamm of made by geologiets that they are the the territory'Ices for wilderness, en - oldest identified rock ledges, in the tltusiaats• in the thousands of available world to -day. French Canadian v11- camp Sites. Camping equipment may Cages nestle in their valleys and in time be rented. Travel ie exclusively by brooding shadows of the pine -hung canoe, for -the only roads are old cote duroy lumber trails. sive and because the territory has never ]leen developed an have: the more luxurious tourist eentreethe pur• suit of the ahtmote in becomes, a mat- ter atter at inevitable routine, • Algonquin Park, one teethe first of the great Canadian public dontsins, is only a"'few hours' train ride from Ot, shorelines et their tiny lakes. THE JOB KILLER, - "i•'ive thouread Canadian forest leatratrlse, with their hMf ea trillion de- pertdantd :Ind 1 W 1110Uearid towilr4'are -•propped Ile ori liothlng more 1001re than sprues and nine ate Br trace, Helms' the people ot (laneda, who 050 the woods torr work or play, atop this' renegedealetsinece of st(srtlni; tweet Brea, Canada will he (need with ale exodus et population which 'a cetmtury ot effort will fail 10 rmmody," Canadian !forestry Assimilation, Fends in the Animal 1 orifi. Oat animate ent'r' ten-OMwith ether aailmalfi le a feet known to na• thrill battery authorities; but most tint - Vale Wee Prone to avetd 1r entitle» that will lead to nothing but wounds, • iiireaturW fully comprehend theh' own powers and those of others capable or intestina' injury, and they aro unwiltIug to reek possible hurt or' twee engage ie yioient effort to little purpose. Thee the punts acid the bear, though uniloubtedly possessing a haired ter each other due to their eeelileg shills' game, hold a truce rarely if ever broken. ;Feeds between dafferenx species, one of both of whletm threaten the safety of the other's young, are not Alcorn- BOeY.S, VERSUS GIRLS 1N THE HOUSEHOLD uShe was the ittotber of threes site; Manly, upstanding, intelligent' boys, she dared to bo proud of them and to bo contept. Then there entered the Pessltnistlg irriend, "Ail boys!" in tons$ in which horror and pity struggled ger the supremaaY. Oh, Mary, what were you thinking about that 70(1 didn't have girlie 05 000100," in, tones excusing Mees, "you cotildn'•t help it, but my- heart aches for the woman whose children are all boys. Who ie going to watoli over you mon, and this ds the chief cause of when you ere older it you have no suolt hatreds as exist between the daughter»? Who will do the thous - wild -cat and the wolf, the mink and the fox, the racoon and the weaesie. The enmity that the' crow displays tow wards the hawks is, an example, and it is shown also by tea sueplclon with which ail herbivore regard members of the larger felines and canines, Among the reptiles certain feuds exist that are more difficult eo explain; such le the king snake's desire to des- troy all .poisonous. and some non- veno- mous species larger and seemingly more powertul than itself. Nor It is underetod why the rattlesnake shows a readiness to Iii lilt its horribly` ag- gressive defence upon dogs, Gate, larger birds, and humans, and {regards With -indifference the - nearness of horses and cattle, nnlese trodden upon. iia enmity for the hog ea, natural enough, It may aeenr strange, also, consider- ing the small intelligence with which wa credit reptiles in general, that the skunk and some snakes readily dis- tingutah herbivorous from carnivorous animate, fleeing from the Latter and approaching deer and cattle to feed neon the flies .they attract. Smoldering .Fires. In: every man are Iatent aptitudes and gifts that are deephid till circum- stances call them forth and demand their aettye exercise. As In the spring one seas the forest floor and knows, the Sowers are''waiting the magic stir of the vernal ,quickening that brings them forth, so we are aware of hidden posalbitities In men and women, and I'd 'be lane I didn't. take thus to we are sure that in each of them aro afraid poteacfes unguessed, undreamed, till fix up- But don't tell nay daughter; they, shall be touched and awakened site rakes ree over the coals for doing things like that." On the way hone from church with a friend: "I am so tired I -sometimes wonder how I .can go. os,. You see, I greatest of ell forces to mold and have enough, to do with just raring for shapes a life ie that of a personal at- my family, but Betty Marie adds to It fection. We are different henceforth, because there .is one whom we seek to please, No longer can we live unto ourselves alone. To the end of satisfy- ing bile who inspires and counsels and'enceurages, we strive to build bet- ter otter than we know; We are revived when the spirit fails and droops; we and and one things for you that only a daughter can do? Your boys are nice, but they are pat atria. No,t' with a doleful look into elle future, "they will never be daughters to you," The mother hadn't thought of this, There wait a time when she had wish- ed the seoond or the third w'as a girl, but silos* soon grew to love them just because they were, boys that the desire, for a daughter grow dim, She began to reflect an her Peseimletio Friend's" predictions. Maybe," she thought, "she is right and we tad better:adapt a baby girl. But, first, I will look to the ways of my friends who hay°, daughters, I dent want ho make more mistake's." So quietly from ber seat in the col• iter, at teas, at luncheons, at recep- Rona, and oxenat church and in the subway, she began to take serloua4nb ' servation of the happiness of the mothers end daugbtera. "Mother," from the daughter who jaoket on one chair and her hat on the jaoket on one chair as dher hat on the other, "what 1)0 you mean sitting out here in the dining boom when you have a guest? Wiry DON'T you use the parlor? Have you no pride?" The girl's mother meekly gathered up her mending, and led the way from the sunny dining ream to the better furnished and gloomier parlor, a "Adella," she whispered, 'Ye. SO proud. ' At a meeting of the church sewing society: - "Oh, goodness," from lbs president, "If l didn't come from hone with'my collar on crooked, I was so by the right constraining Influence, The beauty of things baa power to bring delight, to convey peace, to min- ister content; but the first and the by filling the home with company. I AM glad she brings her friends to her home; I wouldn't have it otherwise, but she beet content tbat we should serve them with what Is good enough for the family. I must bavo out the best linen and silver, and make salads and deserts and cakes, and fuss, lues, say that Nee must rise through from Yeas, all the time. 1 tell you, you don't the dust and renew the effort, since we know what it means to have a young live and toll no longer sellls'hly, lady daughter to the house." It le a truism that we do not know A few days later. the mother bad for what we can do ,till the cburden we a guest a girlhood friend and the never thought we could assume is laid f'iend's daughter, who, having been born with the affliction of deafness, had never learned to talk. The visiting friend had known bare cupboards ail her married life and dis- played a child -like enjoyment in a good moat, but the deaf and dumb daughter began to snake strange WSW There was an angry shaking of the head, and a spreading out of both hands, as if measuring some thing, Evidently the girl was deeply stirred, "What does she want?" from the bootees. "Oh," declared" the friend, "she is trying, ea tell me 1 arast not take nny more of that pudding; Unit I`aln too. fat how." • Lata that .afternoon when the two women were "visiting; the daughter again made noises, accompanied by angry shakes of the head. The hostess gave a queetioning'look. "She deepn'( like the way 1 sit," from the girl's mother. "She Seer aI- weys ending fault with nio about. soinething:' "Even the mother of a deaf 'and dumb daughter doesn't escape crita clone" thought the little woman who had begun,the investigation. "1 won• on us,' (111 the irksome responsibility confronts us and aro cannot evade it. Then all our powems are eummoned Fund made manifest, and the issue Is surprising to auraelves. Allthrough the time of war soldiers and those who worked per soldiers were doing more than they ever knew they were cap• able of doing. The smoldering fires broke forth into a blaze that was more than a mere upleaptng incandeseenee, that died away as suddenly. A steady. Sante burned and warned, awl the glow of it, a beacon seen afar, is still remembered, and' it stili imager/rtes. For none can Manifest a. valorous spirit without bringing.to. othermlvae the light that sltlnes from the aspect of every' radiant example. - A Long, Long Road, A bill will slimily be presented to ttle,Britis-h, Parliament for the snaking of a motor road between London and Manchester, which 'may possibly set a pattern to the world. The new'rtad, however, willnotbe the first motor road, or by any means the longest. At the corner of West Forty-second Street and Fifth Avenue, Now York Key,. there is a sign wheel der why those who bay/amity sons are might bo passed ey tmnnoticed, yet so attucli to be pitied," which le safely one of the most re. She closely observed Mite tonduot of ntarkebte'in the world: "Linrotn High- her sons to see if site were in need of 'way: To Saularattesee, 3,334 mi'ies," sympathy. Shit dressed for c:ntrch. This. great motor roar!, 0onneetiag "Mother;"' ft'eut Iter oldest son, "ymm New York with San Francisco, was de• look llkea peaoh Sn that bonnet signed as a nternorlol to the martyred acro took Montt' to pis;' President Lincoln, It 1iaa aen average Tho boys broagbt a ehtani to diener. width of Nifty feet, passes in a direct '711'1'1'o% Ho wou't make al trouble,'"silo ah line through twelve. States, and is ter another of the three neuter uceasiva fourteen muilos longer than the 'trans. to whisper, "He likes eats like we ae• Contiueilesti telegraph route, ways lt'Ovu," Site purpoholy put liar Tarn roller on crooked. 'Tito second buy saw it arid adlaetecl it for her, "There," whirling her In trent of a mirror, "a daughter ooultitu't have done, a betla_rjaab than titpt, inatbir." "A danghtor wouldn't !tare dune a batter job," sets replied, her heatt anteing, eche--"They tell me late hout'p aro ad, tor ono," Ile- "Tett, but ,there are two u! us," Treat all living creatures kindly, Remember the (laltlen Rule: 1 Largest Saw Milling Pleat, ' 1. 'fide w'orld's largest saw mliling �ea with rtes ultimate- cap/tatty of ,0eata00 to 500,006,000 feet 9( lune. ber a yell', is to begin operations at i ongvtoir, 'Wast,, early this summer, a OId C1dt tml for 'Surtding, Peed; old clothes, sacking sell opuir ladautmabie'materials 'are made into Solt and notttbined with aeptralt sad minerals lit etch a way ae per ptxtdime !tt'epuoot al/tetthe acid sbittgese.