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The Buck
Oyait;nry Charles Suter
t hai pefeci iaiaoarcl ship when
the boys' were comingpe-
va back,: i -
va a Dale and Corporal Blake were
en oing a game of African golf--
Craps to you and me.
Private Dale rolled the dice and
missed itis pointe lie groaned,
"Atta boy,, Pay• ate!" bawled ,
Blake,
private Dale handed over, "That's
my last buck, Corp, but you won it
fair' and square. Take it,"
Corporal Blake caressed the $1
bill, It was crisp and brand new.
He hustled off down the crowded
deck to look up Sergeant Mullins.
"Hey, Serge," he yelled, "you re-
member on Bataan I hemmed a
buck off you?"
. "As though I'd ever forget it,"
the sergeant growled.
"Gosh, it's my lucky day," Cor-
poral Brown continued, so I'm
cleanin' up my debts. Here's your
buck 1"
Sergeant Mullins crooned over
that „bill and cried: "Gosh ani 1
glad, Long since I kissed that
buck goodbye!"
The sergeant pocketed the bill
and skipped titer to the ship com-
missary. After downing sundry
liquid refreshments, he gave the
new $1 bill to the commissary •
clerk "There, big, ,,boy;, a buck
,smaek ,pff the press. I(eep it as a
sGuvenic''
tlic clerk didn't keep it; just
watt
4t in the' till, and later slipped
it to Lieutenant. Hanson as .part
change for a five.
The Lieutenant was ,strolling
along the top deck whenb8mp-
ed Captain Salter, They chatted,
awhile. "Then the .captain recalled.
"By the ways 1 a n s o n, that'
pocket knife I loaned you—did you
- like it?"
"Sure did!" replied Lieutenant
- Hanson, "I'd like to buy it. Will
you take a dollar for it?" •
"Well now—I'd as soon give it
to you, but since you mention pay-
ment , .."
"I'd rather buy it," the lieutenant
said,,and peeled a $1 bill from m his
roll •
Captain Salter pocketed the bill
and walked aft. There he came
upon a ,roup of soldiers,
Aceptain•Salter, never could ,resist
testing' the I.Q. or his, men. He
reached cin his pocket for !a •couple
of coins, concealing them in ono
fist.
x T hold two coins in my hand,"
he• e.ftl, "that total fifty-five cents,'
One of alae: ccigs is not a ; iickt 1.
17ow what two coins am r hold-
ing?" t •
All gazed, at his.cl'enched id ---
bat said ndthing'f j.
"1 will give a dollar to the first
manyyhol'g'ryes,me, the-cp;redt:aii-,
swot, Sergeant MMullinu„hoav,•abeut.
you?” , r .1
Sergeant Mullins eeplied ,'I can't
figt,rc. ih'out, C,ap'n.' 1
'Corporal :Blake?
"IKcan'f
dither;' -sir."
The captain turned tb the -remain'
ing couple. The commissary cler&
admitted he was baffled So.'they
captni`tt suiil to `file haat than:
"Private you tell" rite
what two comp lio1,� ip tuy hand•?'
"Yes, sir,"4said'x'livatc'Dalc: t!I
can. You ache holdings silo r.,.}tatf
dgtihc i>s"pd a: nidkeI, air'.1
Captlaitt, S ell to r smiled. Thep
opanedellig' hand `td show the ttvd
coins that Private Da`b ifat[riathecf,
"This one," he explained,' touch-
ing thehalf,-citnllar in ,has-^palin,
not a: nu:(tei::iPriv+ate' Dale, yeftere
quick-witted. lieti.<rg''a dollar'",w
He took the new'$', lith from„jiffs
pocket and gave it- to Privele'Dalet
Prlvhte Dale stared at it, studied,,,
it front end baric.`
Then hedehberately tole the bill.
in two,
All gazer] at 1 inn, atu,ahhed, .:Cap;•'°.
taro Salter asked',
"Why lila*,lou dq that, Piiivate
Dala'y i ' • •
"Agetunse "air” 1�ri}'ate, ])ale e� '
plait tel,' `that °mill was cotettcrfeit.
It wasn't worth the paper:, it Wag/
printed • on, sir."
Catitktn ;Salter `uteri ,disto'ered
the counterfeit bill had paida,Bam-
bling deht to Corporal' Blake, who
had used it to square his stceegnti
with Sergeant Mullins, t ho had
spent it in the commissary, where.
it was given in honest. change to
Lieutenant Hanson, who had td used
it to buy Captain Salter's knife,
and,the captain had given milt to its
original dwteer Private Dale, who
knew 1• n•as counterfeit and tore
it up,
Everybody had been staid aft =all
around and' everybody was satin.
fied. But. alt A7te still trying to: figure
out, who tiacl-iostt'iu tiie deal?
When Gypsies Caine
Te 09 the Tinning
Ali of our utensils were of cop-
per, tinned gar the inside by the'
gypies who came in droves in the
springtime, The lieu's hair was
elwaya long, uneouubedr and un-
washed, as black a a crow's wing.
The women, young : pfl : nld, and
even the little girls,, wore soapy
full skirts, eyery one a different
color. Their hair was worn in two
braids, brought around in front,
one on each side .01 the face,, Also,
they had bright -colored cloths Over
their foreheads, The gypsies would
(tonne into the' yard in a sort of
whirlwind, all talking loudly among
.themselves in their own language.
The headman would ask if there
was any tinning for be dope, or
soldering; of course 'there was, for
we had been putting things aside
for just such a 'time, He would
give an order to his followers, and
at once they would hustle and bustle
ill a corner of the yard, starting a
fire with charcoal. One of the chil-
dren would use the blower, and
very soon the sparks would fly
high and bright.
The price for the work having
been fixed, the leader would call
and every :one of the gypsies would
swoop down upon the pile of uten-
sils and carry thein over to the
fire. There the Man world do the
tinning. As well,ae.we could make
out from the window where we
were, or from the front step (for
Mother would not allow us to go
too near), we saw the tsigane.:take,
a piece of tin, ppt ,it ill glop over
the fire, and' s;elt, it,, one ,of bis
childrenanunp,ing continyolrsly with
the' blon er to make the'fire as hot
as possible. When the tin 1t5tt,n1eit-
ed, ' hp would lip a Surf of mop
into the uioltcu,il{aes;and pse,Jt to
coat the inside, of ;a pre!•,, As to
whether. he •ijrst,,added, an acid,or
some other chemical,.I.caannot say.
The,: newly, • ,tt't)ntid "surface was
rough when it cooled; se it was
rubbed in a very.vigorous way,
Sotffetimes,,.as .they_,worfed,r• the
men would-stop,their,polishing and
pass their haef ls' over the inside
surfaces ,.of :Fie, 'utb"nsils to try
their 'smoothness; and when they
were -satisfied' with ttie' results, they
would put. one :pan .. aside and take
up another.
We had a large boiler for the'
laundry, and one of the gypsy m it
would polish' this, himself; Taki ,"g -
it out by the. fence- of the chicken
yard, he would put his ; polishing'
cloths and powders inside; then,
Zipper Sewing 4 a.sy Wh
1,11;ED 4 g
$I,+,RTING a zipper in a
dress o1"..011.1, t Often can be
a 4bugabot,`,5f�10r 11fo111ot1
e2ePM1eAee{1,"Nt, 1Qf1Ie sewing.
;It tel x,. of i't always
''come out snlwoth, sometimes
means a stretched sear.
That's why a new and sure
method of putting an a ziljper
is such Welepine,;news. It re-
quires' only
e-qulres'•only the use of cello-
plxane .tape and it's this use
!bat eliminates pinning, bast-
ing, ripping—end all,,the ac-
companying guesswork:
There's :little or nb hen
citing of the fabric.' This
means that, wills won't;
stretch and that you won't:
pull the zipper .tape out of
shape. Nor is there a need
for pins. When the' gipper
is in, it's there to stay. It
won't buckle, pucker or pull
the Seam.
We've chosen to show a
' slot seam, which is right for
sleeves ,or, the back opening
t,of, a dre s,' ',But exactly the
seine principle' applies t& the
,lapped: seam l9Pe .of , placket
used in either dress .or skirt.
n Using e: to .ane Tape
Sew the seam up to the point
where the zipper opens. ..Then
press entire seam into place.
Now run strip of cellophane
-tape along 'entire outside lengtlj
of opening so that fabric edges
will be Just torching.
Turn, the material and place
zipper along the seem • on tete
wrong side et the garment. VAC
strips of tape crosswise to hold
zipper treat to the 'seam. This
holds the zipper firmly in place
while you sew on the machine.
Now for the actual sewing..
Stitch it on either side of the
garment except it You have a
chain -stitch' machine. itun the
stitching down one side, across
and up the other side. ,Finally.]
remove tape and press garment.
stepping iu,and taking' hold of the
flute he would polish • with his
feel' s' ingiiti left and 'right and
tatkin'gtidudiy ell the while. A•fl,tile.
gypsies gesticulated, wildly, .,iif,tittg
their ighouiders• .end, stopping, their
l'philling just long enough, to throw'
their lands up to heaven; 'arid"
fhei,
rr aces^ changed'' dxpressiod 'as'
fast as&h.-iands'moved'aliout.'I. i
The work finished, the fire would
' be put out as quickly' as it had been
rl}}'i., tete tools returned to the bags
' ib 'Which they belong'ed. 'Then each''
one of .,the, gypsies would .,bring
some utensil to the hduse,,tbed fl
dren the small - One's, -the wonten
the large and heavy pots'aiid'pans,
After theirbags stuffed with
presents, the,gypties:°would 'vanish
with many a, loud and long addio,
and lye would, be Left with the feel-
ing that a,stoan had passed. Maria.
would have to. wash, alf'those uten,*
sits with -soap' and water, and; dry
-them and hang them up in the
kitchen, each one in its place—and
were they not wonderful to be-
hold?—From "And- Across Big
Seas," by Helen J. Jannopoulo.
TIE FARM r:
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Every year Canada pays a price
• for; forest fires representing the
timber supply for 85,000 five -room
'buiigalowl. •. E''the five -thousand
conflagrations betaking forth be-
tween Spring and Tali, at least
four fifths. -.are the 'pt'oduct of
human' negligende. Most of them
Miro-the-vtoek,of',eampers, smokers,
motorists, sportsmen, and the land-
clearime oiefations oi; A,etg, si ttlers.
Last summer, lightning struck the
.woodlands 940 times, but human
]lands, struck far more deingerously,
icafasipg.;4,400t outbre*1ch. .1
With' S0460 %'Catladiarls'•depen.
relent ,upon the raw material of
'foreSiefor their wages and the life
ot,;thousands• of egrumun'tiiee every
burned tithi`teelanii°'is al threat to
.s ,g4dy 1i eruplpl•ment.r1 'o industry
• can survive an amine! 'subtraction
t; 9?two,3njiliotr aSre'"s of its harvest -
field of wood material, especially
sw,f ent,one,co>zisicier that every' icre,
Corned into a ,barrens, requires
'front 75 to 100tyedts" fo`restore its
only q,useful crop. Nor can such
'de tistated areas ever be used for
r
Peter"''Turrtbfedown tapes as
much;wire of his old car as he
Groes of his buildings, imple-
ments, and livestock,' which is
practically. none. Then, catches
oti'the,doors, tiro so worn that
he has thrown Mrs. Tumble-
down out twice when ho made
too mbar!? .a turn; arid the doer
flew open: When he falls out
himself some day'rtaybe he will
• fix them—and' maybe not.
agriculture, except in , minor in-
stances,
* * *
What complicates the forest:fire
problem is the disastrous effect
upon the watersheds that safe-
guard hydro -electric development
and, not -less, ;neon" thet;flow of
tourist trade Canadaward's. Direct-
lyin the path of the forst-bprning
menace stands Canada's pulp and
paper idnustry with its annual dis-
tribution of nearly a billion -and -a -
half dollars through all, channels
of Canadian comdterce .S'ttch pro-
ductive actitities''deseEvw'bettet of
Canadians than to turn their fields
o1Atf.Netv"1Mtenifi Into; a .bonfire, ,•
,tt`AfE/er'a�l, the satinet hoiocausCue
y
".erieMforbe'f is fife 'lvorl2 of only'4400
t perso,ns,_ a few, of ,whom had;1male-
tfoltitit intentions, al 1" all were
`ifgdilijt.d£'eretckless' conduct: Nothing'
but incessant ,vigilante in 'handliiiga
any form of fire within' a forest
regteii`"'t�fll' keclf •'o tit''tlmllbr• in-
heritance,,as'a. national btilkwark,
'
We don't have many coyotes
' around Ontario - except human .
odes — but that's no reason why
any of 'yoti iztere3,ted R'atiiAi
life, and the' ability of certain ani-
mals to adapt themselves to•chang---
ifig ddnditions, should nuts reading
Frank Dob'e's highly interesting
book "The;foicct; of t'hes Coyote."
* * *
• Origin of the coyote on the..
North American continent is, '011-.
known, but he was famiiiar to
Spaniards in New Itlexico about'',
300 years before English-speaking
people were aware of his -existence..
The Lewis and Cleric' expedition
of 1805 observed coyotes on, the,
western plains.
Wherever the coyote has gene,
he has likely followed man because
of human wastefulncss..Attracted
by the'tlo'mestic animals which glen
drove' across the prairie' and the
opportunities offered an undiscrim-
inating scavenger, the coli'otb• fol-
lowed.'
Mr. Dobie tells how coyotes fol-
lowed hrgreal trail herds north
from Texas in, the 1-870 s. The
trailbosses had in,
habit bf' killing
every tnorning those calves which
had been born during the ,tight.
The newborn calves'' could not
travel .and the cattle, markets could
not wait for the youngsters to
learh. So` the calves were slaught-
ered and their cateautes left on: the i'
trail to , feed the- slipking,coyotes
wii,iUs followed the. drag of the
herd, It is possible many coyotes
cattle up into Cahada with the tram
herds
* ,t.
•.although -calvesand sleep still.
make ug p portion of,the coyote's
didf, adout 51 per' cent, of the
vblitttie of food consists' Of 'rabbits
aud'`rodents,'This was. -proven in a
recent e?tatnination of 44,;;,09 •coy-.-
otes which had, been, killed '{n farm
areas 'bye ' the American 1'Yifdlife
* *
In the percentage of volume, the
contents of the*: stomach's were:
•* * *
Rabbit s` '33.25 per cent '
Rodentia ,' 17,52: pet cent
Sheep,' gnat , , . 12.92:tper cent
pelf., ,colt pig . _ 0.67, percent.
t'oulti , . , . . 0,75 per cent
In percentage of occurrence in
the same stomachs they were:
* 't 1'
Rabbit ..,,..... 43 pqr cent -
Rodent , '1.. 32, per; cent.
Sheep, goat 19 per cent
Calf, colt, pig ]"per cent
Poultry: _ 3 pet' cent
;h # •'4'
77ese. -.examinations reveal
l that
abon't 78,640 s eep.tp1d. lave bgen
killed by these coy`btes fit one year.
* * *
This is taking into consideration
that the whole carcass is not eaten,
and that some of the sheep would
have died from other causes and
would have been eaten by the
coyote as carrion.
5 * *
Although this in itself appears
to be sufficient reason to wipe
out the coyote, his economicim-
portance is keeping down the rabbit
and rodent populajjon caannot be
overlooked, * 1, a
The same coyote at the time of
the surveje wotiid',ltave dates a'liout.".
15,426 'tons of rodents and, rabbits
in one year. If this was expressed
in field mice alone, it would total
401"076,0007 ..airerage 'Weight • •ro-1
dents. These nice, ayeipge•.12 to
the 3 alb e, `would ' show' 'that an
antelahtfeeding by `•thele Coyotes
wourcr be equal to the elimination
of field inice from 33,O09i0p0eacresi'
of land. '
The destruction caused by. such
a large nurnber':of Mite it 'very
great.
•
"I roran!.,.dofl t ;know What` hap-
pened. r 1 wasi'C even looking."
UNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON
B>>Rev: R B. Warren, B.A., B.D.
SiIPEME ,LOYALTY TO
GOP
Exodus ,20:1-0; Luke 14:25-27;
16.13-15
Memory Se1eetion: - Thou ' shalt
have ;no other 'gads "hefbrs me.
Thou shalt snot make unto the.
an graven' image Exodus. 20:3-4,
The Decalogue, opens naturally,
with ,,the command, "Tbou shalt
have,,no other gods ,before mel If'
we do not keep this command, we
shall not Keep all that follow, for
this is basic. God will brook no
rivals in the soul. He claims first
place in the affections of man. The
bowing to images lead forbidden.
Worshipping idols -was common
practise among, the neighbors of
Israel. But; Israel was to have no
part of it. Our',God' is a jealous
God.' Children: to the fourth genera-
tion, will suffer for the sins of
parents. But ,.God's mercy is -em-
pJtasized more than his wrath. It
extends to a thousand generation3
(Deiit:7:9). "•
J
esud Confirmed the command-
ment requiring supreme loyalty to
God. God must have the preemin-
ence over one's family, yea, over
one's very life. Discipleship calls
for an all-out surrender and dedi-
cation. Nothing less will do. Money
or the pleasures of this world have
won first place in the lives of many.
In such cases God is crowded out.
He is not content to take second
place.
In some parts of the world
people are learning in a literal way
what it .mcacis to love one's life
less than God. Many are suffering
for Jesus' sake. It's a big price to
pay for bcipgia Cteirslian tbut it is
, worth it.' ",Godliness is profitehle
unto' all .t Ings, having promise of
the life that now is, and of that
whieir isto tunnel,,
MONEY'S WORTH
Al Cohn, reporting the various
add hjghry profitable American
tours of the great Finnish runner,
Paavo Nurmi points out. that he
was as fast in't fttiancialdeal as he
was on the cioder paths, and need-
ed''O&'agent'to get all that was
coming to him.
.The, promoters of one, outdoor,,
meet agreed to pay Nurmi a thou-
sand dollars to participate,] bet
When hc_shon ed np handiiia
ia
check for=$70ekp:laintiig that thee;
had misChleulatdd: a•tpetises, : and'
Nurmi tools the check without
comment,,
The ,race ivas a rnilel'long—fpur
full: ikps;'. on that eat -fleeter track.
Nurmi ran this first three laps in
sensational style, and led the field
by a wide margin. -When he,com-
pleted the 'third' lap,: however, he
rahpply walked off the track, and
made for his dressing room. "They
pay inc three-quarters," he ex-
ptained yalmlq to reporters, "so I
rein three-quarters of a mile."'
Big .figures
How many species of mammals
would you think there are inhabit -
lug our planet? Perhaps you could
name one hundred, or even two,
`but few people have any idea of the
sheer:;weight and mass ofanimal.
life that exists.
There are 8,000 different species
of mammals alone, while the varie-
ties of birds more than doable this
figure. Then there' are 40,000 _known
species of •fishes, and new varieties
are being discovered almost every
On' top - of, this, scientists have
numbered 80,000 kinds of molluscs
-that is snails and shellfish.
This total alone outnumbers
every known species. of back-bon-
ed
ack bon-
ed animals ,which comprise mam-
mals, birds and .fishes, .
Coming down to the insect world
the figures become astronomical,
for there are no less than half a
million known species. - •
Scientists say that this whole
kingdom is almost unknown, and
many of them assert that we still
have to discover ninety per sent of
all the insects that exist.
More than half the insects so far
discovered are beetles, and one
fa
branch of the' beetle tally alone.
.—the weevils—contain more ape-
cies than there ate fish.
But these figures are nothing
d to the o
compared numbers of -Indi-
vidual
vidual insects that occur, A British
soil authority recently worked out
the number of insects under every
square mile of soil. His total was
2,240 millions.
The 'numbers of insects living in
the air over a similar area is equal-
ly fabulous, but most of them are
so small that we never notice
them,
"I'm asking you to marry me."
"No. I'm afraid I can't accept
you"
"Oh, come on. Be a support."
our!
pont Rush
It does not pay to rush the sea-
son with most gardening opera,
tions, and especially in the planting(
of things that will not,appreciattt
a frost. For the great majority of
seeds started there it ,little to bi,i
gained and considerable risk in, $et•,
ting them in the fround before the ''„
soil and the air have definitely
turned warm and our long 'Cart
adian wrintors are really, over, ]3ut,
of coutae, there 'are some egccep-
tione,
Jobs that might have been dons
last' fall, • if the weather or some
other reason interfered, are an.ex.
ample, Under this rough-olassi8.*
cation will 'conte the planting of
trees, shrabs, and most lawn work.
In this category, too, will be sweet
peas, which must be planted as
early as possible if they are to do
well, This sort of gardening . can
start just as soon as the last snow
has gone and the soil is dry enough
For Tender Vegetables
If there is any secret about get-
ting the finest quality iu vegetables
it is soon shared. The main thing
is. to grow these things quickly, es-
pecially the sorts of which the
leaves or roots are eaten. If for
some reason growth is checked,,.es-
pecially in the later stages, then
more fibre develops and the veget-
ables become woody. To avoid this
the experienced gardener pushes
his vegetables with lots of culti-
vation,' watering when necessary
and feasible, and using 'fertilizer
either natural or chemical, or both.
He will also thin •properly so' than
the plants have roots and will be
protected from insects .or diseases.
For A Big ;;how
Almost anyone almost anywhere
in Canada can have a showing of
flowers the neighbors 'will envy
with half a dozenpackets of. seed ` t-
or a few flats of started plants and
an hour or two spent outdoors -in
the fresh 'air and sunshine. "Soni,"
flowers do need a bit of babying
and they are worth it, too, but
what we have in mind now is a
big show for little money' and lit-
tle work. To fit that pattern will
be any of these: petunias, asters,
zinnias, marigolds, alyssum, corn-
flower, balsam, cosmos, nasturtium,
portulaca. All of these grow quick-
ly, come in various heights to suit
the, front, ,centre and back of the
flower beds, and given just a little
encouragement will provide a
wealth of bloom from July until
frost. Special planting directions
will be on the packet.
* * *
Growing screens end Fenced
In place of fences and wails one
can lose growing screens. and even
the fence or wall will look more
attractive if partially hidden in this
way. There are all sorts of plant-
ing material available for this pur-
pose. Itwinbe listed in any good
seed catalogue, The perennial types
are :well known. Many people do
not realize that one can get quite
good and quick results from an-
nuals too. Dahlias, ornamental sun
fllowers, cosmos, spider plants are
only some of the many things that
will reach three of four flet in
height irr1� a few weeks. And; there
are quick -growing vines, too, like
scarlet runner beans, sweet peas,
hops and morning glories.
How
FI -IT'
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HAROLD]
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CLEANING HIGH WAILS AND CEILINGS CAN BE
SIMPLIFIED SY,:SENt 14G A -G'OATHANGER AND,.
PUTTING ir,1N1 `1`HE, END OP A BROOM. 714E
CLOTH IS HELD SY A HEAVY RUBBER BAND,
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