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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1925-11-4, Page 3SAFETY ,Defeated —The First •Go nsid eration The Safety of your Deposit in The Province o1 Ontario 'Savings Office Is Guaranteed by THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT Interest Paid on all Deposits Aylmer Brantford ilentiitdn (car, York and McNutt Ste ) Newtnarket Ottawa, (207 .Sparks Street) BRANCHES; Owen Sound Pembroke e Swami St, Oathurinee Toronto (University Ave.>:"and Dundee Street) 43-28 Defeate^ig 7t. Rt. Hon. George P. Graham, " Min 'tater, of Railways, was defeated in South Essex. POSTAL REVISION SENDS COST UP Higher Rates on Parcels to Swell De- partment Revenue — Late Act of Government — New Charges Add Heavily To Cost of Mailing Packets. Parcel post rates in Canada by vir- tue of the recent revision which came into force last week are not likely to be received with enthusiasm either by the public generally, which uses the parcel post extensively during the Yuletide season, or by business houses which dispatch large numbers of par- cels through the mails daily. The re- vision,• one of the last pre-election acts of the King Government provides for a general increase In charges and a grouping of weights at a flat rate. Business men, who, because of their extensive daily mailing of parcels, have already felt the increases,: de- clare the new rates will affect their trade materially, and the general pub- lic will have its turn when the Melee mast rush begins. Because the new rates were put into effect at this time, it is likely that the coffers of the Government will be swelled to an un-' precedented extent before the; new year, even if the -business. transacted is no greater than before, Rate Higher. I Paresis of one, two or three pounds mailed to any post office within a radius of 20 miles „including the office of mailing, will .in future require 10' cents in a'tamps. Hitherto, these three weights have called for charges of 5, 0, and 7 cents, respectively. - Like- wise, the new rates for parcels weigh- ing four, five and six pounds he 15 cents fiat,whereas they could former- ly be mailed for 8, 10 and 12 cents, respectively. rot- heavier weights tre rates are similarly increased. Conversion only is possible up to 11 pounds,, . the former maximum weight Which could be sent through the mails. The maximum is now 15 pounds, with the rates for 13, 14 and 15 -pound parcels 5 cents higher in all cases than the 11 -pound rate, Weights Grouped. The new rates for parcels mailed to offices beyond a) radius of 20 utiles, but within the Province of Ontario, are equivalent to an average of the Cornier charges, the differences being as any average entails, a greater charge for the- lesser weight and a lesser proportionate charge for the heavier parcels. This average is struck by the grouping of weights, three weights, being alloted to each group up to 15 pounds. Charges for parcels -nailed to any point IO the Provinces of Quebec or Manitoba have been nvoraged in a general way, and senders of shall parcels to offices within these areas will be required to pay considerably more than formerly. ]fates on heavy parcels have been decreased. The revision of rates has taken the same trend for parcels mailed to offi- ces in the Maritime Provinces and Saskatchewan, to offices in Alberta and to offices in British Columbia, and the Yukon. In all eases, no matter what the destination, the tnatthnum charge of any parcel lip 10 eight ounces shall net eiteeed one eat an ounce. x biome (Bay and Adelaide Sts,) Toronto (449 Dan- forth Ave,) 51. Marys Waik'erton Woodetock Two Lovers r Sy RALPH HAMILTON CROWDED JUNGLip'S' LIF1#. Amazing Quantity and Variety of Life. Just how crowded with entitle! life is the jungle of tropical. lands Is scarcely appreciated by those who have not seen it. William Btaebe, an English naturalist, has been at pains W make a minute survey 08'a -quar- ter of a square mile of 'land at Kar tabo, In British Guiana, with the. re- sult of uncovering an amazing quan- tity and variety of life. He found 73 different kinds of mammals, 464 of birds, 93 of reptiles, 37 o1 amphi- bians, and 150 of fishes. And, be- sides these, there were hundreds of spiders and scorpions, various snails and slugs, a perplexing mob of "worms" of high and lois degree, and so on down to simple creatures like - fresh -water sponges in the rivers. "Mere numbers leave one cold," writes Prof. J. Arthur Thomson, in John o' London's Weekly; "but it is striking that there should be more different kinds of birds in that quar- ter of a square mile at Rartabo than we have in the British. Isles, and over four' hundred of them resident, whereas the great majority of ours are mfgi•atory. Eighty-one different kinds of mammals have been re- corded from. New York State, but Mr. Beebe reports 73 from his little corner, 180,000 times smaller! Of small fry, Mr. Beebe' once dugs, up 1,000 individuals from a square yard of jungle soil," As 'to the kinds of animal 'life found, here are some details: There are opossums, such as the tiny Mar - mesa, the ttyother sometimes with -l0 young ones on her back; there are many bats, including the vampire, by which most of the jungle natural- ° lets were bitten sooner Or later; the kinkajou raccoon, whose glowing eye's the flashlight reveals; the mar - gay cat, that -feeds on an unpalatable diet of spiny rats,eating spines and all; the five-foot Capybara, .- a giant cousin of the wild guinea-pig of the interior; the red-rutt'tped contnion agouti, that seeks diligently for fall- en. fruit; the fearless tree -porcupine, that trusts to its spines and its over- powering odor; the noisy, olive - brown squirrel, the only jungle -mam- mal that dares to remain to scold the' human Intruder; the tree -sloths; mov- ing back downward along the under side of the branches, with green algae on their dorsal hairs; three ant- eaters, including the terrestrial ant bear, nine feet in length over all, and the half arboreal tamandua, in whose stomach 200,000 wbite ants were counted; the nocturnal armadillos, shy .scavengers of the jungle; besides Peccaries and deer, the tapir and.tite Jaguar, the manatee and the fresh- water dolphin, marmosets, and ha1e a dozen monkeys. A RUMANIAN IIOM1O. Floors of House Are of Beaten Mud, Clean as Scrubbed Boards. On the threshold stood the house- holder and his pretty wife, whose white teeth flashed from a winsome bronzed fade. The happy husband had inherited the house from his father, who was born in it. .lie and his bride were thus saved the trou- ble of constructing a home. TheY had to bend their heads, 10 save '.bumping, while they stepped over the stone,threshold and entered the plain room, the floor of; which was of beat- en.omud, as smooth and clean as scrubbed boards, Along the wainscot ran 'a wide wooden shelf, gaudily Painted. On this were pegs from whleh hung gaily painted jugs and and platters. Other wall decorations were pictures of saints paintedeon. glass and strips of wodllen carpets of many colors inwoven with gold thread. The candelabra, burniug the holy oil, meinoralized the permanence or home life; it is never extinguished. One side of the roont was taken up with a handsome bed, on which - lay huge square pillows, very beautifully . ornamented' with a cross-stitch em- broidery; they were piled up as high as the ceiling. On the topmost layer were brightly, embroidered counter- panes. On the other aide of the room stood a wooden chest, of which the sides were decorated with q naively executed dower pattern, On the top of it were piled up carpets, embroid- eries, and more pillows. A couplo.of stools and a small table were the only ;other pieces of furniture. From the rafters by eords,ornantented, with ribbons, hung a, tack with wooden soup -plates and carved spoons,'' and a funny oval box in which a 'baby might steep, although the accommo- dation of the utensils appeared to be the primary purpose of the doniestie trapeze, The Petard's cradle sug- gested by its altitude the apocryphal baby who slept on the tree; top. There was ,no chimney in the apartment, the,sine ke escaping through a hole in the roof. Another •1'001Y1 was' al- ntost entirely taken up by 01e1hand- 106ot, the ltaesboit, 'at which the wo- man and childreeti 40 all the weavlig, thus solving the problem of t•ahimele READ THE ADVT8 IN TEt Col. Edward M. House, once right hand- adviser of the - late Woodrow Wilson in regard to the foreign re - dations' of the U. S., and who was shunted aside when he ventured to disagree with the American President, now finds that Europe isn't worrying so much over the attitude of the big republic. • Every Kind of People A man still young, but wise for his years, wrote recently "Every street has every kind of people that there are." Doubtless many who read it thought of a book called, "Main Street," in which some of the people of the community are represented as narrow and crude and uninteresting. Some of you may have felt that way about your own town, an have longed to get away to some big place where people were broad and wise and charming companions. You think the inhabitants of the small town you call home are narrow. Well, you will find just as narrow minds in any of the big centres of populations. There are men who have had every possible advantage, who can talk of nothing but business, and women, who have been equally favoured, who are in- terested only in dress and how to keep front getting fat by a forst of diet. As for the broad, liberal people! Well, if you look around you, you will find some of them on the street where you live, perhaps under the very roof that shelters you. The most pathetic form of snobbishness is the assumption thatyouhave to go a long way off to find anyone worth associating with. Every street, even Main Street has every kind of people. - Tommy Church, bad an easy win in Toronto North West when he polled 16,278 and the combined voteof the other -four candidates was only 5,302. Cattle Shipment For. 1925 Shipments of Canadian cattle to Great Britain havebeenheavy dur- big the past 'few weeks, and prices this week are somewhat firmer, ac-- cording to Live Stock Branch cables. A few top-quality Canadians sold at Glasgow for as high. as .12% cents per pound, live weight, with "prime" stuff bringing 11% cents. Sailiatgs during the ;past week amounted to 3;139 head, which brings the total to Great Britain thus far this year to 82,232, nearly 20,000 more than for the same period last year, and 36,000 above the same fdr 1923. 2SYEARS SINCE TORONTO ELECTED LIBERAL, MEMBER It is more than a quarter of it cen- tury singe a Liberal has been elected to go to Parliament at Ottawa from a Toronto constituency. In 1896, Wm. Leant, K. C.,afterwards a Judge, was elected in Centre Toronto by 240 majority; acid after itis resignation, G. It. Bertram, also a Libel"al, succeed ed - him in a bye -election in 1897 with 250 majority. hitt in 1900, W. ft, Brock t•edeented the, riding for 'the Conservatives. It Was alleged of a }lrantfoed team- ster that he drove one horst: up Teir- raee Hill street, with a loud weigh- int; 2,500 pounds, 04,1,4,04,000,4 414~0{{4,10~8,...1.1.4 Copyright, iStI, by ttie Western News paper trelpn) The belle Of the village, . Gladys Marcy, )lite two aspitunts-for her favor, upon wheat she bestowed espe- cial attention. - They were Alan Kruse and Morton Bayne—opposites in every sense of the word., They had; each attracted Gladys and it was difiteult for her to decide which appealed to her liking most: :flan, with his flashing, fun- loving ways, or Morton, with a soul. enwrapt In music and seeming always in a poetic dream. -. Alan loved her, or fancied he did, and his vivacious ways bade fair. In the eyes of the gossips to ontvie Mor- ton so far as r'ourting went. it had begun to. dawn, upon Gladys, however; that Alan wee. somewhat frivolous. . It was all Morton With Gladys when, in the church choir at entertainments; or passing as evening in the Marey home he wrought from his violin be- 'Witdering witchery of harmony and ez- pression that caused her heartstrings to quiver with a rare!delight. He had never, however, hinted at anything more than friendship. His income was modest and seemed a steady one, for a number of his compositions had be- come generally popular and likely to remain so, and out of royalties he had received he had already accumulated several thousand dollars,: Gladys fluttered visibly one evening when Morton appeared at her home while Alan was already In evidence. Somehow the manner of the latter had indicated to her that he was on the verge of a proposal, and she bad won- dered how she could seek to evade a direct decision, feeling instinctively that she scarcely knew her oNVm mind as yet. A certain sullenness over- spread the face of Alan as he dis- cerned that he was not.to have Gladys exclusively for that evening at least. Be looked bored as the parents insist- ed on some music and Morton, ever accommodating, brought out his violin. It was inthe midst of a lovely so- nata that entranced all his `auditors save Alan that the unexpected hap- pened. Gladys was seated by the ,lamp on the table when there was a quick hiss and, then a sudden outburst of flame. , She uttered a vivid scream, her bands went up to her face with frantic suddenness. Alan shrank back, ;quite unnerved and affrighted. Mor- ton cast aside hisviolin with a fling and sprang toward' her, noting that one sleeve of the light, dainty dress she wore was all :ablaze. There was a second 'explosion, and he had extin- guished the flaming dress when his eyes closed with; a spasm • of `pain. Then—darkness, so utter for himself ' that he groped blindly about him. "Is Gladys safe?" fell front his lips In an eager, anxious gasp. "I cannot seel I fear—" There lie paused, appalled. In vamp he strove to strain his darkened vision. It was onlyd'from the exclamations of the others that be could trace what was happening: Gladys, insensible and sustaining frlgbtful face burns from the second explosion, himself helpless to assist iter, the injured girl ' carried to her -room, a collapse on his own part, a fading away of all con Sciousneis, its feeble, bewildering re- turn, and a realization that old Doctor Moore was at his side examining his eyes. "lIe probably saved Gladys by extin- guishing her flaming dress," Morton caught the physician's tones, "but at a terrible cost—he is utterly blind l" ' It was many days before the lives of those disturbed by the startling event of the explosion settled down into the old peaceful grooves. Only once did Alan Druse call at the Marcy borne. He was genuinely solicitous. A glance into the next room, a sight of Gladys so •shocked bin, that soon he left the house, never to return. And Gladys, understanding, turned her head on her pillow and wept bitterly. Then, when her nurse had left her alone, she stole to a' mirror with her eyes almost affrighted AS she stag- gered hack to the coach. Tier beauty was none! She realized now why Alan Druse had tied as from a pesti- lence. .. It was a week later that. Morton Bayne .knew the -worst; 110 was told that hts case was hopeless. For a tithe that gentle, sensitive soul was dints. • Then In sorrow, in self -coun- sel and prayer Ile emerged, chastened. ilntient, with a rime smite upon his face and his mind at perfect peace. "There 4s' music!" he whispered raptly . to, himself, :end then, half doubtingly, but with a longltlg quiver in his. tone: "There is Gladys to dream . of, to 'love, even though she never thinks of me save as a friend." The mother of Gladys one day led the welcome adored hero who' had Saved the life of her daughter into the room, where that daughter Sat Slie left those two - afflicted ones. alae, wont out and closed the boot'. Before that patient face seed the 'sightless ayes ami at a' ening t of twat title,' sacrifice meant to her, Gladys Itnpui- sively extended IMP trembling fiends to meet the groping ones Of her visitor: "Moistest" site sobbed that nnnte Only, anti Iter head tell upon his breast. The Tete 61' the blind men 1t'a8 1110• 111011110Y glorified• --heart to heiirt, be could feel the responsive thrill 10 his ardent own, and lo) theme flooded his Seiii 0 light that' mild never -ilii—the radio nee or InsUug, perreet Love, Steps are being taken to form a Pipe band at Q.uoen's Uliiversity at Kingston. L. C, Maxwell, engineer en Algcnta Central Ii, 12., saw 'a big .moose 'on tack, at Into 204.?,, Hon E, C. Drury, who was defeated in a straight fight in North Shneoe against W. A. Boys, Chief Conserva- tive whits in the last Parliament. New Markets' Overseas The Ontario Honey Producers' Co- operative. - has accomplished several important things; not only for its members, but fpr beekeepers at large, In the fall of 1929 A. G. Halstead, general manager, visited Great Bri- tain and Northern Europe and suc- ceeded in opening new markets that are taking an increasing quantity of surplus Ontario honey. Great Britain Holland and Germany are today im- portant consumers of Ontario honey, with smaller shipments going to France, Belgium and .the Scandina- vian countries. Another step forward has been the establishment of definite grades for honey, and the adoption of a distinct- ive container that is giving Ontario honey a widespread reputation with consumers and with the trade. The fact that honey shown . at the London Dairy Show by the Ontario Honey Producers' Co-operative has won first place, in competition with the Em- pire, every year since the co-operative started, is some indication of the un- usual quality of this natural Canadian food. Canadians themselves do not yet appreciate what' Nature is offer- ing them, for honey consumption in the cities is only half what it is on the farms. When they do, there is no doubt, that far less money will leave the country for imported table lux- uries and tropical fruits that, do not excel honey either in palatability or in health value. et The Ontario Honey Producers' Co- operative is just closing, its third seasonal pool, and will hold its an- nual meeting of members in Tor- onto on November 5th. Medals Unclaimed - NQ More Pketriseites "Whatever the future Ott dols Fro - rime array be, so far 00 regards the policy that many of you think direct- ly affects you, it will be decided by the Government, and not by reference dem or plebiscite. If we continue ea we have been doing, the Government will take full responsibility far that position and take the consequences. If it Is felt that any improvements ran be made, it will be decided by the Government's judgment, and if the public are not satisfied, there is al- ways the way open for them to elect a new Government, I never yet have endeavored to escape an, duty as 1>i public man and 7 don't propose to do 81 now, And when we make up our minds I will state clearly to you men and to the rest of the Province the reasons for my judgment, and I will stand by my judgment, whether you like it or not," This statement by Premier Fergus- on at the convention of the Hotel Association of Ontario, held, at the King Edward Hotel, Toronto, on Fri- day, and attended by delegates from all parts of the Province, drew cheers from his hearers. Before approach ing the question of the Ontario Tem- perance Act, Premier Ferguson out- lined the action of his Government in boosting tourist traffic for this Pro- vince. American motor cars estimat- ed to number 890,000 had entered the Province last year, he said, which he estimated, meant bringing $60,- 000,000 of American tourist money into Ontario. A total of 735,33$ war medals have Men issued to date, it was stated at the Department of National De- fense last week, made up as follows, 1914-15, stars, 72,332;. British war medals, 354,215; Victory medals, 308,291. Due to the fact that the addresses of those -entitled to. them' are not available, 2,541 1914-15 stars 7,770 British war medals 'and 45,994 Victory • medals are still awaiting is- sue. In the course of the last twelve months 84S stars, 11,041 British war medals and 5,768 Victory medals, a total of 18,15'7 medals, were despatch- ed. Any ex -soldier who has not re- ceived Itis war medals, any mother or widow who has not obtained the mem- orial cross, and any next of kin who has not received the memorial plaque and scroll should, make application for same to the Deputy Minister (Dir ector .of Records). Department of National Defense, Ottawa. Must Drink Water Every Hone. It is. said a tribe of fishermen. known as the,E1 Molo, inhabiting the desert wastes -in' Kenya Colony, Africa, lannot: live without water more than three, hours. As a rule they drink every 'hour during, the day, evert an hour and a half without water causing cracking antrbleeding of the lips. They spend -their days swimming in the water's of Lake Ru- dolf and fishingfrom frail rafts con- structed with palm branches. Fish is almost their only diet and they have no opportunity of varying their menu, unless they are fortunate enough to spear a hippopotamus. The water of Lake uRdolf is undrinkable to any the bet the hill Molo, for it contains a large.quautity of soda and. has an objectionable taste. The pro- portion of soda in that lake increases yearly, and 1t is believed• to be this fact that has caused the "tishermen" to become a deformed 'mem DUNLOP TRIAL FIXED LATE IN NOVEMBER Trial of W. W. Dunlop, former In - specter of Prisons and Charities, in connection with the alleged theft of $40,000 from the Province of Ontario will proceed in Coutt Judge's Crim- inal Court, Toronto, some time in the latter part of November. Sieh was the announcement from the Crown Attorney's. office, thought the definite date .was not divulged. BANDS - AND BANDS - They had been: to the summer con- cert in tine park, "What do you think of brass bands?" lie asked. "Ilrass bands are better than none," she replied, gazing contempla- tively at the third finger of her left hand, "but I prefer gold hands.' The -engagement has now been en- notlftced, - "THF. i8'i'il OF •W,1':." Title of the Only 1Votmu1's Paint 1 Published in lerland. "The 18th of Jens" is the enema, title of the only woman's pap,,r pulp lished in Iceland. The title con, =execrates the clay 10 1915 that 11 was first issued and when tat• women of Iceland got the franchise, but h only appeared as a monthly publieu- tion a couple of years later. The editor, Mise Larusdcttir, was recently. in England,'and in speaking there of hercountry recalled that it was peo- pled from Norway. "Norway was at one time divided into many kingdoms," she explained "the rulers of which fought amort themselves, and when one conquered all the others, somee of the chiefs with .their wives and families and serrants, took ship to Iceland in row- ing boats." Separated from the main continent the Icelanders have retained almost in its purity the old Norse language, so that MSS., written in the twelftb century can be read and understood to -day. It is in this language that the little women's paper is written, giving an account first of the proceedings of the Alting, the Icelandic Parliament, especially as regards the interests 01 women, but also including recipes and occasional articles on domestic subjects. "Like all the Scandinavians," said Miss Larusdottir, "the Icelandic wo- men are very fond ,of their homes. In former- times the houses in the country places were built of sods of earth used like, bricks and lined with timber. Now concrete is largely used." The chief export of Iceland is fish, and much of the fish bought in Lon- don may have been caught in the south of Iceland. Large quantities of salted fish are exported. to Spate and Italy, and numbers of girls go to the fish -drying grounds during the summer and then return to work as servants during the winter. Iceland is not as cold as many people imagine. "In the southern Part it is neververy cold," said Miss Larusdottir, "and the houses news - Defeated Hon. T. A, Low, Minister of Trades and Conuneree, who was defeated in; South Renfrew by over 1300, WHION AILD 16!l; k...biirvga *(T'r Age at Which Mart's ro wolties 'Resat, Highest I'lfehr. days -art: centratry •neaten, out: m older houses we still have high stoves, which are placed in a corner of the room." As in other countries, especially Norway and Sweden, there Is a con- siderable revival of hand weaving in Iceland. Interesting facts about the age et which a man's faeul'tiee reach their highest pitch of efficiency have been compiled recently. It was found,' for example, that the average age at which twenty of the greatest inventions were produced was thirty-two. The inventors of the steam engine and the ,.team turbin„ were each twenty-nine when weir labors resulted in these epoch-making devices.. The self -binding; reaper, wireless telegraphy. and the vacuum air -brake were Invented by mean in their twenty-rceaud year. The Inventor of tete sewing '.a - chine was twenty-six, while the dis- eoverer of the process of producing aluminium cheaply was only twenty- tares-. Edison was thirty when let made the fire:t incandescent lamp. Wilbur Wright, the:-pioneee aviator, was thirty-eight when he conquered. the air. The result ul ti'e'r; env stications points to trio t,,r'. )lett artists and. musicians as a rule• ds t,•I"n. their tsti- ents te.ry aarlj in itr. Authors se, in to attain the Ds (1 their ercaiiv,t , r the t,_,• o' forty- two.ewers at or ah t 1 Y p two. Iinanciers tied business hien generally react) tIl it x;'nith at fifty- three. Statesmen and generals are highest in the list of age's Many tit' the great- est acts or.diplorn.'' y have been Ini- tiated by men in the seventies and eighties. Military history shows that' some of the most crucial battles have been directed by men who were old enouhh to be grandfathers. But the would-be inventor, artist, musician, or poet who is rapidly out- growing his youth need not be'dis- couraged by these facts. There are many exceptions to prove the rule. William de Morgan. to name but one example, was sixty-seven before he made his bow as a :'uece,seiul novelist. Large Bose Trees. 01111.1011111111. As a rule rose bushes are not classed with yews and oaks among the long-lived and at,•;ent, but a. rose tree on the wail u1 Htl,l' i hi' in, Cathe- dral, Prussia, can 1 , ,:,;s.11 bark with certainty to the el t nth e.atul•y. Its math trunk etas a ih.ri;a .c o1' twenty inches, and the branches spread 'over • the wall t0' a height of twenty-five beet. The Castle of -Chilton, on Lake Geneva, in which lite 'famous "Pris- oner" of Byron's poem was interned, has a very large res,° tree of un- known age, and in the Marine Gar- dens at Toulon thea, is ane that spreads across a space of eighty feet by fifteen feet, and trhieh has been known to bear lifts - thousand blooms at the same time•. The 01,., -est rose • tree In Europe is it the Wehrle Gar-- dens ar-dens in 1'riesburg, Germany. ' Its stock is a wild rose on.which a "tea rose" was grafted torty years ago.. To -day the bush is one hundred and tweaty feet high_ I"John Agnew Memorial Scholar, ship" bas been donated to the Brant-' ford Collegiate Institute. 1 Customers, Cash Registers and Profits It takes a steady flow of customers to your store to keep the cash register - tingling with profit-making regularity. Advertising in THE BRUSSELS POST would help to keep old customers interested in your store and bring new•. ones. It spreads the news about your store and its merchandise far and wide to the women of this community. Adver- tising tisin g is the most efficient,economical business -building force at your command, Whynot investigate the possibilities ? g p PROGRESSIVE MERCHANTS ARVERIISE Issued by Canadian Weekly Newsp'apert! Aftso