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The Seaforth News, 1939-01-19, Page 7THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1939 THE SEAFORTH NEWS APPLE DELICACIES The apple is a wohoesome toad whether fresh, dried, evaporated or canned. There is no' waste in a good apple. Due to 'the large amount of pectin contained in apple juice, .it ,May be used in ,other fruits t� give a consistency to jams andmarmalades and even the parings and cores of apples nay' be •utilized for jelly. The following recipes are taken from the bul(etiia '''Canadian Grown Apples," a copy ,of which may be obtained 'free on request from the 'Pulblicity 'and Extension Division, Dominion De- partment of Agriculture, 'Ottawa. Apples . Baked with Almonds Core and pare six or ,eight tart Canadian -grown apples; let game till tender in a syrup made by 'boiling 111 cap •of sugar and IL cup of water for three minutes. Turn apples often 'to avoid breaking. If desired, 'a littl lemon juice may be ,tided to the syrup. Set the apples in a pan and press ‘the almonds into then'!, the al monds having been previously blan cited and split in 'halves. Dredge witl powdered sugar, and !brown in th oven, Serve hot with jelly or whip ped cream and the cold syrup in which the apples were cooked, Home Canned Baked Apples In order to have the delicacy "Baked Apples" the whole year round, they may be canned in th home. The process is easy. Bake th apples as usual, taking care that th apples are kept as whole as possible Pack them in clean, hot, sterilizes jars, filling the jars with a thin 'ho syrup; seal •as in any canned fruit ant store a the 'usual way, Brown Betty 1 cup •bread'crunlbs seas JAtLN717ARY isus mr TO Wee mY rw. si I. 2 3 4 0 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 , i�eas�FEB)2l;TRtR7t ts� Y, A 1 2 3 4 3 6 7 8 910 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 LT yn•® rpS Ow .7e' aW w itN 3 4 0 6 7 196 b K iii leaeAMUCH nae ss � Nr W. Wie 91 SA, 1 2 3 4 • 6 7 8 9 10 11 : 13 14 15 16 17 18 1 20 21 22 23 24 2S :6 27 28 29 30 31 .1111 tele ..e A, ,Ar II DE rz 29 Virtt 3 111 5 7$$16 18149 29 Po 31 zs 26 base OCTOBERteas YY 140 um two Mu Am am 1 2 3 4 3 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 i 16 17 18 19 20 2121 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 leae-NOV£MBER leas pm pm 1Yl Me or A. rn, 1 2 3 4 3 6 7 a 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1(3 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3f t0�aeWA 111 r ii f 1 2 3 4 0 0 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ) haws SL-I311MWC VW �ER teas 11 1/338 �DECEMBERY ISO 1 Z . , r wn we .i, ,Z 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 IO 11 12. 11 l 4 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 1 17 18 19 20 21 22 23. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1__!!! 25 26 27 ?8 71 30 PAGE SEVE$i S sliced Canadian apples 1 cup sugar cup cold water Butter a ibalking dish, put a layer of crumbs, then a layer of apples. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar, and dot with bits of 'butter. Repeat until the dish is ,full. Insert a -knife in several places and your in the Water and sugar made luto a syrup. Set in a pan of hot water and bake 45 minutes. Serve hot with cream or hard sauce. Baked Apples with Strawberry Jam Core tart Canadian apples and place in a 'baking dish. Fill the cavi- ties with strawberry jam, pour a lit- tle water into the pan to keep from sticking and bake until the apples are soft, basting often. Serve hot or cold, with or without cream. The use of fertilizers has been a !much discussed subject for years, but as knowledge of fertilizers in- creases through , experimentation more facts are obtained. One import- ant point which deserves more emph- asis than in the past is that increased results from fertilizers are obtained when the 'humus content and the physical condition of the soil are 'kept on a high level; also when the crops grown suit the P. H. condition of the, soil, which means the relative acidity ,r alkalinity. One of the main reasons for the greater results from fertilizers in most European countries, than in Canada, is due to the thorough and intensive farming practised in Eur- ope. Thorough drainage of the land, proper rotation of crops, and the growing of cover crops to improve the physical condition of the soil and '6o supply humus, are in common practice there almost everywhere. 0. Hit McInnes CHIROPRACTOR Office = 'Commercial Hotel Electro Therapist — Massage. Hours—Mon. and Thurs. after- noons anw by appointment FOOT CORRECTION by manipulation—Sun-ray treat - Phone 227. ment, i cat OT fliq .tiob ft. ge • Grandma always was a keen shopper and quick to "snap up" a bargain ... but you'll recognize these BARGAIN OFFERS without her years of ex- perience ... you save real money you get a swell selection of magazines and a full year of our newspaper. That's what we call a "break" for you readers ... no wonder grandma says—"YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THERE!" ALL=FAMILY OFFER THIS NEWSPAPER, 1 YEAR AND ANY THREE MAGAZINES PLEASE CHECK THREE MAGAZINES DESIRED ❑ Maclean's Mugazine (24 issues), 0 Rod and Gun, I Year. ? I Year. 0 Silver Screen, 1 Year. ❑ National Home Monthly, I Year. 0 American Fruit Grower, I Yebr. ❑ Canadian Magazine, I Year. 0 Parents', 6 Mos. ❑ Chatelaine, I Year. 0 American Boy, 8 Mos. O Pictorial Review, I Year. 0 Christian Herald; 6 Mos. ❑ Canadian Horticulture and Home 0 Open Road (For Boys), I Year. Magazine, I Year. ALL FOUR ONLY SUPER -VALUE OFFER THIS NEWSPAPER, 1 YEAR AND THREE RIG MAGAZINES GROUP B SELECT 2 • ❑ Maclean's Magazine, 24 issues, I Yr. ALL FOUR ❑ National Home Monthly, i Yr. ❑ Chatelaine, I Yr. ONLY 0 Canadian Magazine, 1 Yr. El Silver Screen, I Yr. ❑ Sod and Gun, I Yr. 1,90 ❑ Pictorial. Review, I Yr, ❑ American Fruit Grower, 1 Yr. ❑ Canadian Horticulture & Home Magazine, I Yr. ❑ Open Road (For Boys), I Yr. GROUP A - SELECT 1 ❑ News -Week, 6 Mos. O True Story, 1 Yr. ❑ Screenland, 1 Yr. Judge, 1 Yr. ❑ McCall's, I Yr. • Magazine Digest, 6 Mos. ❑ Pdrents', 1 Yr. D Christian Herald, I Yr. • .❑ Woman's Home Companion, 1 Yr. ❑ Collier's, I- Yr. ❑ American Boy, I Yr. • SEAFORTH, ONTARIO. , Gentlemen: I enclose $ I am checking below the offer desired with a year's subscription to your paper. ❑ All -Family 0 Super -Value Name St. or R.R....... ... Town and Province THE• SEAFORTH NEWS Ouse zws1 les Ether ng Widely From One Ash In the Most Im- portant Aspects of fine.. Sikkim is In the limelight at pres- ent, with its road resounding to the. tramp of many fleet, and man at- tempting to conquer the hitherto um conquered, writes G. 3'. Mansfeld In the Illustrated Weekly of India. Up beyond Gaxugtok, In La -then, west of 13aachenjunga, and in Lar Chun, 'treat of %alnilhenjau, are two communities differing widely from one another in the most important aspect of lite, for in La-cben the custom of polyandry is practiced. The reason for this is a hearth tax, and it is cheaper for a family of brothers to share one hearth and one wite than to live separately. Chil- dren are scarce in La-ehen, In La- chun, up the other valley, the nor- mal custom of one man, one wife pre- vails, and children are as numerous there as anywhere in India In both villages there is a tremen- dous respect for the devil, and many are the devices to keep him away and to distract his attention from any particular person or 'place. Devil -driving is an uncanny busi- ness. One night we heard a fearful noise, shouting, yelling, screaming, laughing, as though the whole vil- lage had gone mad. The entire popu- lation streamed down the road, a man in front carrying a large, Sat basket full of earth, sprinkled over with rice and flowers, and stuck all over with little bamboo toys, like inverted crosses. These are bound across and across the fund ends with 'nightly colored wool, and are supposed to be Particularly efficacious In dealing with his satanic majesty. The basket was ' carried about a mile out of the vil- lage and deposited on a rock, in the hope that the devil would be suffi- ciently pleased with it not to come any further, and woe betide anyone who takes anything from the basket. Another device is for every man, woman and child to wear a little pol- ished metal mirror on the back. This has the signs of the Zodiac on the other side. "Potted Llama" is not a table deli- cacy. Wandering round La -then one day we came across a wooden shed over a stream. Inside was a huge prayer -wheel turned by the current, doing" the prayers for the village, There was a ledge about three feet from the ground all round the inside walls, and this was filled with little parr -shaped masses of grey .clay, cov- ered with cabalistic signs. Wondering what they were, I put one in my pocket. Later on we came across a man who was making these things, of ashes of cremated Lama and grey clay. They are very holy, and dire calamity 1s supposed to be- fall 'anyone who lays sacreliglous hands on them. When the Dalai Lama received a present he gives his "blessing" In re- turn.a F or valuable preeent, the v u e p e donor gets a little thick disc o!- red clay, about the Size of a pace. On one side Is the thunderbolt, and on the other a cobra. For a small pres- ent, a few tiny balls of clay are given. au big as very small peas. The women wear a mass of bar- baric arbaric jewellery. mostly rough tur- quoise set in gold or silver, and to ensure always having enough to eat, they wear a tiny silver spoon as well. Arithmetic Is not easy, as eounting Is done in animals and other crea- tures. Units go up to twelve, as fol- lows: 1, mouse (chi-wa); 2, bull (lang); 3, tiger (ta hard); 4, bare (yo); 5, dragon (drug); 6, serpent (drn); 7, horse (ta, soft); 8, sheep (lug); 9, monkey (ire); 10, bird (j'a) ; 11, dog (k yi) ; 12, pig (p'ag). Larger groups of numbers corre- sponding to our tens are only five and are counted in "elements". 1, wood (shing)); 2, fire (me); 3, earth (sa) ; 4, iron (chag) • 5, water (oh u). • The worst of bad luck should have befallen mo since my visit to La -then and La -shun, for I brought away with me a bamboo toy and a potted lama, but this must have been counteract- ed by also bringing home a silver spoon, a devil's mirror and several of the Dalai Lama's blessings, as the bad luck never came. MISSIONARY VESSELS. There Are Quite a Number Devoted to Missionary Work. Inthese days, when sail is fast vanishing from the seas of the world, every sailing ship is romantic, but there is a special romance attached to the John Williams V, a three - masted sailing barque. with auxiliary Diesel engines, that recently sailed from London for the South Seas, The John Williams V. has been built for the London Missionary society, practically the whole of her cost be - Ing. met' by the pennies contributed by children in the Congregational Churches of Britain. It is named af- ter a *unser missionary who was murdered in the New Hebrides. There are quite a number of mis- sionary ships to various parts of the world, one of the most famous being the'Strathcana II., in which Sir Wil- frid Grenfell visits the settlements an the; bleak Labrador coast on hue errands•of mercy. The Strathcona II. Is a hospital steamer, and her an- nual ertsiees are ainong the most not- able examples of practical Christian- ity An the world to -day. Twins Ii Omnadian Nomenclature. The word "twin" occurs fairly of- ten in Canadian place names. Per instance there are Twin Falls on the Moho river, British Columbia; Twin Peak`,' and. the Twins, the Tatter a double -headed moilntain, both in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta; Twin Sisters Islands in the 86. Lawrence'. river, Ontario; and Twintree Lake, Mountain; and Creek in Alberta Twintree Creek is a tributary of Smoky river, and the name originates to the fact that near the north end of the lake there are two small rock Islands with'a lone spruce tree en each, Prehistoric Belie. A bone needle 25,000 years• old, used by some rave man or' wnnsan `1q csaking :reindeer skin clothes; 'Man interesting relic •of preitdssaess eo1- tUre la Wane* IN, THE SOVIET. In a program of arctic development unparalleled in history, _ the Soviet Golerninent has made habitable and productive a ,subpolar empire two thirds the size of the`JU, S. containing coal, oil, timber and fabulous deposits of rare Minerals, Whole settlements; of pioneers have been deposited on the border of the pcslar seal with houses, livestock, 'boats, and radios to keep them in touch with the rest of the world. Last year and the year before, Rus- sia had more .than two score expedi- tions in the field—including g colo- gists, meteorologists, naturalists, soil engiaieers, miningandfishixperts,. all 'backed by government s. This polar exploration on a :1 scale is something new to se nd':6he investment is paying 'bi ods in platinum, gold, silver, p tones, amber, copper, nickel, gra phite and phosphates. The statement that th y -dis- covered gold fields of norb 'iber- is surpass Alaska in its ri .. days. has the official authority of our own Department of Commerce. More than 300 mile; or roads hare been built to exploit the"strike," so that a distance it took a month to cover in 1932 can now be traversed in two days. Russia had to import p'hosp'hate for fertilizer, until geologists discovered deposits near Murmansk that are es- timated to contain :960,000,000 'tons, NOW the Soviet Union supplies not only its own needs, but world mar- kets as well. Within the arctic circle, amidst a snowy waste once ,populated by a few nomadic Laplanders, the find has created the bustling city of I1irovsk with 40i000 inhabitants, Mo- dern apartment houses, hospitals, schools, and a movie theater seating 12011 have been erected at a latitude where the night is a month and a' half long, and the sun shines almost' un- brokenly for an equal period during the summer. Igarka, a, mushroom town on the great Yenisei River, bad a popula- tion of 4133 persons in /11928. Today it nunibers 20,000. Last year Igarka's sawmills cut up 1.000,000 trees, and yet used only two percent of the lum- ber that can be taken from the dis- trict before it will need reforestation. High wages and love of adventure attract pioneers to these and other busy settlements along Russia Nor- thern a--thern Sea Route, First arrivals are limited to those whom the Soviet calls "producers"—engineers, miners, der tor.. scientists, mechanic:. and. am st.r the women, machine operators. s.iro- titie assistants, and cook; an et'- resses for the comnnmity i n :. room. The following year, `'ter -.._ colony is running smoothly, th.• .. may bring their wives and. f, i Children horn above the 1+..,t: _r- ele enjoy exceptional' they visit the elm ib. where h 1� ly fail prey t, infectious dig e a ainst which they have 'milt :: , .,- i.taore in the into! -fret n.,rtaere .... Polar colonists art special die 1, 'tith'.y- ntedicci' a• :,t:inat''0. regular oltraviolet ray treatment- c.. the lnnY arctic ala!•:. Farming in the arctic supplies = . ve¢etahies whose vitamins :rami scurvy. from which earlier ex;tl•r;_^- perished. l';,tatoe.. carrots, beets. a'• - ha ee. peas. and rucumlier, are b a.1 grow 11 on more than 6000 acres of subpolar land. :\t experimental tions within the At, circle. scien- tists are crossing imported seed wit,: native varieties and creating ne v strains of vegetables and 'berries that will mature ilt the short arctic sum- mer. \\-indniills harness polar gales and generate electricity to warm ani light hothouses. 'Eland in hand with this program has gone what the Soviet considerq its greatest achievement—the opening of the Northern Sea Route which crosses the Arctic Ocean from the At- lantic to the Pacific and brings Arc- tic ports to within 118 or 30 days' sail- ing of London and Rotterdam. In 11932, when the icebreaker Siberiakov battered its way through ice packs from Archangel to the Pacific in a single season, it accomplished a feat attempted for 400 years without suc- cess. Ships of th'e only three explorers who had ever made the complete pas- sage before had been forced to spend from one to two winters locked in the ice along the way. Last year, 14 merchant ships sailed all the way across the Arctic Ocean. More than 100 vessels ,completed shorter voyages in the polar sea. r How has it all been done? ,No long- er do 'vessels trust to luck to find cracks in the ice, as those of early ex- plorers did. From gale -swept out- posts all along 'the bleak arctic coast, a chain of radio stations flashes hast - minute weather reports to arctic navi- gators, Airplanes zoom ahead cif their vessels to pick the best way through the ice 'field. With powerful icebreak- er in the lead, a string of a •dozen mer- chant vessels steams along ttl,e nar- row lane, smashed for them. These ace-hreakers are triumphs of engineer - of ire ten to twelve` feet thick, Duplicate' Monthly. Statements We can save you money •on Bill and Oharge Forms, standard sizes to fit Ledgers, white or colors. It will pay you to see our samples. Also best quality Metal Hinged Sec- tional Post Binders and. Index. The Seaforth Ne. rs-, Phone 89 APPLE DELICACIES The apple is a wohoesome toad whether fresh, dried, evaporated or canned. There is no' waste in a good apple. Due to 'the large amount of pectin contained in apple juice, .it ,May be used in ,other fruits t� give a consistency to jams andmarmalades and even the parings and cores of apples nay' be •utilized for jelly. The following recipes are taken from the bul(etiia '''Canadian Grown Apples," a copy ,of which may be obtained 'free on request from the 'Pulblicity 'and Extension Division, Dominion De- partment of Agriculture, 'Ottawa. Apples . Baked with Almonds Core and pare six or ,eight tart Canadian -grown apples; let game till tender in a syrup made by 'boiling 111 cap •of sugar and IL cup of water for three minutes. Turn apples often 'to avoid breaking. If desired, 'a littl lemon juice may be ,tided to the syrup. Set the apples in a pan and press ‘the almonds into then'!, the al monds having been previously blan cited and split in 'halves. Dredge witl powdered sugar, and !brown in th oven, Serve hot with jelly or whip ped cream and the cold syrup in which the apples were cooked, Home Canned Baked Apples In order to have the delicacy "Baked Apples" the whole year round, they may be canned in th home. The process is easy. Bake th apples as usual, taking care that th apples are kept as whole as possible Pack them in clean, hot, sterilizes jars, filling the jars with a thin 'ho syrup; seal •as in any canned fruit ant store a the 'usual way, Brown Betty 1 cup •bread'crunlbs seas JAtLN717ARY isus mr TO Wee mY rw. si I. 2 3 4 0 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 , i�eas�FEB)2l;TRtR7t ts� Y, A 1 2 3 4 3 6 7 8 910 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 LT yn•® rpS Ow .7e' aW w itN 3 4 0 6 7 196 b K iii leaeAMUCH nae ss � Nr W. Wie 91 SA, 1 2 3 4 • 6 7 8 9 10 11 : 13 14 15 16 17 18 1 20 21 22 23 24 2S :6 27 28 29 30 31 .1111 tele ..e A, ,Ar II DE rz 29 Virtt 3 111 5 7$$16 18149 29 Po 31 zs 26 base OCTOBERteas YY 140 um two Mu Am am 1 2 3 4 3 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 i 16 17 18 19 20 2121 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 leae-NOV£MBER leas pm pm 1Yl Me or A. rn, 1 2 3 4 3 6 7 a 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1(3 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3f t0�aeWA 111 r ii f 1 2 3 4 0 0 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ) haws SL-I311MWC VW �ER teas 11 1/338 �DECEMBERY ISO 1 Z . , r wn we .i, ,Z 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 IO 11 12. 11 l 4 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 1 17 18 19 20 21 22 23. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1__!!! 25 26 27 ?8 71 30 PAGE SEVE$i S sliced Canadian apples 1 cup sugar cup cold water Butter a ibalking dish, put a layer of crumbs, then a layer of apples. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar, and dot with bits of 'butter. Repeat until the dish is ,full. Insert a -knife in several places and your in the Water and sugar made luto a syrup. Set in a pan of hot water and bake 45 minutes. Serve hot with cream or hard sauce. Baked Apples with Strawberry Jam Core tart Canadian apples and place in a 'baking dish. Fill the cavi- ties with strawberry jam, pour a lit- tle water into the pan to keep from sticking and bake until the apples are soft, basting often. Serve hot or cold, with or without cream. The use of fertilizers has been a !much discussed subject for years, but as knowledge of fertilizers in- creases through , experimentation more facts are obtained. One import- ant point which deserves more emph- asis than in the past is that increased results from fertilizers are obtained when the 'humus content and the physical condition of the soil are 'kept on a high level; also when the crops grown suit the P. H. condition of the, soil, which means the relative acidity ,r alkalinity. One of the main reasons for the greater results from fertilizers in most European countries, than in Canada, is due to the thorough and intensive farming practised in Eur- ope. Thorough drainage of the land, proper rotation of crops, and the growing of cover crops to improve the physical condition of the soil and '6o supply humus, are in common practice there almost everywhere. 0. Hit McInnes CHIROPRACTOR Office = 'Commercial Hotel Electro Therapist — Massage. Hours—Mon. and Thurs. after- noons anw by appointment FOOT CORRECTION by manipulation—Sun-ray treat - Phone 227. ment, i cat OT fliq .tiob ft. ge • Grandma always was a keen shopper and quick to "snap up" a bargain ... but you'll recognize these BARGAIN OFFERS without her years of ex- perience ... you save real money you get a swell selection of magazines and a full year of our newspaper. That's what we call a "break" for you readers ... no wonder grandma says—"YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THERE!" 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Judge, 1 Yr. ❑ McCall's, I Yr. • Magazine Digest, 6 Mos. ❑ Pdrents', 1 Yr. D Christian Herald, I Yr. • .❑ Woman's Home Companion, 1 Yr. ❑ Collier's, I- Yr. ❑ American Boy, I Yr. • SEAFORTH, ONTARIO. , Gentlemen: I enclose $ I am checking below the offer desired with a year's subscription to your paper. ❑ All -Family 0 Super -Value Name St. or R.R....... ... Town and Province THE• SEAFORTH NEWS Ouse zws1 les Ether ng Widely From One Ash In the Most Im- portant Aspects of fine.. Sikkim is In the limelight at pres- ent, with its road resounding to the. tramp of many fleet, and man at- tempting to conquer the hitherto um conquered, writes G. 3'. Mansfeld In the Illustrated Weekly of India. Up beyond Gaxugtok, In La -then, west of 13aachenjunga, and in Lar Chun, 'treat of %alnilhenjau, are two communities differing widely from one another in the most important aspect of lite, for in La-cben the custom of polyandry is practiced. The reason for this is a hearth tax, and it is cheaper for a family of brothers to share one hearth and one wite than to live separately. Chil- dren are scarce in La-ehen, In La- chun, up the other valley, the nor- mal custom of one man, one wife pre- vails, and children are as numerous there as anywhere in India In both villages there is a tremen- dous respect for the devil, and many are the devices to keep him away and to distract his attention from any particular person or 'place. Devil -driving is an uncanny busi- ness. One night we heard a fearful noise, shouting, yelling, screaming, laughing, as though the whole vil- lage had gone mad. The entire popu- lation streamed down the road, a man in front carrying a large, Sat basket full of earth, sprinkled over with rice and flowers, and stuck all over with little bamboo toys, like inverted crosses. These are bound across and across the fund ends with 'nightly colored wool, and are supposed to be Particularly efficacious In dealing with his satanic majesty. The basket was ' carried about a mile out of the vil- lage and deposited on a rock, in the hope that the devil would be suffi- ciently pleased with it not to come any further, and woe betide anyone who takes anything from the basket. Another device is for every man, woman and child to wear a little pol- ished metal mirror on the back. This has the signs of the Zodiac on the other side. "Potted Llama" is not a table deli- cacy. Wandering round La -then one day we came across a wooden shed over a stream. Inside was a huge prayer -wheel turned by the current, doing" the prayers for the village, There was a ledge about three feet from the ground all round the inside walls, and this was filled with little parr -shaped masses of grey .clay, cov- ered with cabalistic signs. Wondering what they were, I put one in my pocket. Later on we came across a man who was making these things, of ashes of cremated Lama and grey clay. They are very holy, and dire calamity 1s supposed to be- fall 'anyone who lays sacreliglous hands on them. When the Dalai Lama received a present he gives his "blessing" In re- turn.a F or valuable preeent, the v u e p e donor gets a little thick disc o!- red clay, about the Size of a pace. On one side Is the thunderbolt, and on the other a cobra. For a small pres- ent, a few tiny balls of clay are given. au big as very small peas. The women wear a mass of bar- baric arbaric jewellery. mostly rough tur- quoise set in gold or silver, and to ensure always having enough to eat, they wear a tiny silver spoon as well. Arithmetic Is not easy, as eounting Is done in animals and other crea- tures. Units go up to twelve, as fol- lows: 1, mouse (chi-wa); 2, bull (lang); 3, tiger (ta hard); 4, bare (yo); 5, dragon (drug); 6, serpent (drn); 7, horse (ta, soft); 8, sheep (lug); 9, monkey (ire); 10, bird (j'a) ; 11, dog (k yi) ; 12, pig (p'ag). Larger groups of numbers corre- sponding to our tens are only five and are counted in "elements". 1, wood (shing)); 2, fire (me); 3, earth (sa) ; 4, iron (chag) • 5, water (oh u). • The worst of bad luck should have befallen mo since my visit to La -then and La -shun, for I brought away with me a bamboo toy and a potted lama, but this must have been counteract- ed by also bringing home a silver spoon, a devil's mirror and several of the Dalai Lama's blessings, as the bad luck never came. MISSIONARY VESSELS. There Are Quite a Number Devoted to Missionary Work. Inthese days, when sail is fast vanishing from the seas of the world, every sailing ship is romantic, but there is a special romance attached to the John Williams V, a three - masted sailing barque. with auxiliary Diesel engines, that recently sailed from London for the South Seas, The John Williams V. has been built for the London Missionary society, practically the whole of her cost be - Ing. met' by the pennies contributed by children in the Congregational Churches of Britain. It is named af- ter a *unser missionary who was murdered in the New Hebrides. There are quite a number of mis- sionary ships to various parts of the world, one of the most famous being the'Strathcana II., in which Sir Wil- frid Grenfell visits the settlements an the; bleak Labrador coast on hue errands•of mercy. The Strathcona II. Is a hospital steamer, and her an- nual ertsiees are ainong the most not- able examples of practical Christian- ity An the world to -day. Twins Ii Omnadian Nomenclature. The word "twin" occurs fairly of- ten in Canadian place names. Per instance there are Twin Falls on the Moho river, British Columbia; Twin Peak`,' and. the Twins, the Tatter a double -headed moilntain, both in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta; Twin Sisters Islands in the 86. Lawrence'. river, Ontario; and Twintree Lake, Mountain; and Creek in Alberta Twintree Creek is a tributary of Smoky river, and the name originates to the fact that near the north end of the lake there are two small rock Islands with'a lone spruce tree en each, Prehistoric Belie. A bone needle 25,000 years• old, used by some rave man or' wnnsan `1q csaking :reindeer skin clothes; 'Man interesting relic •of preitdssaess eo1- tUre la Wane* IN, THE SOVIET. In a program of arctic development unparalleled in history, _ the Soviet Golerninent has made habitable and productive a ,subpolar empire two thirds the size of the`JU, S. containing coal, oil, timber and fabulous deposits of rare Minerals, Whole settlements; of pioneers have been deposited on the border of the pcslar seal with houses, livestock, 'boats, and radios to keep them in touch with the rest of the world. Last year and the year before, Rus- sia had more .than two score expedi- tions in the field—including g colo- gists, meteorologists, naturalists, soil engiaieers, miningandfishixperts,. all 'backed by government s. This polar exploration on a :1 scale is something new to se nd':6he investment is paying 'bi ods in platinum, gold, silver, p tones, amber, copper, nickel, gra phite and phosphates. The statement that th y -dis- covered gold fields of norb 'iber- is surpass Alaska in its ri .. days. has the official authority of our own Department of Commerce. More than 300 mile; or roads hare been built to exploit the"strike," so that a distance it took a month to cover in 1932 can now be traversed in two days. Russia had to import p'hosp'hate for fertilizer, until geologists discovered deposits near Murmansk that are es- timated to contain :960,000,000 'tons, NOW the Soviet Union supplies not only its own needs, but world mar- kets as well. Within the arctic circle, amidst a snowy waste once ,populated by a few nomadic Laplanders, the find has created the bustling city of I1irovsk with 40i000 inhabitants, Mo- dern apartment houses, hospitals, schools, and a movie theater seating 12011 have been erected at a latitude where the night is a month and a' half long, and the sun shines almost' un- brokenly for an equal period during the summer. Igarka, a, mushroom town on the great Yenisei River, bad a popula- tion of 4133 persons in /11928. Today it nunibers 20,000. Last year Igarka's sawmills cut up 1.000,000 trees, and yet used only two percent of the lum- ber that can be taken from the dis- trict before it will need reforestation. High wages and love of adventure attract pioneers to these and other busy settlements along Russia Nor- thern a--thern Sea Route, First arrivals are limited to those whom the Soviet calls "producers"—engineers, miners, der tor.. scientists, mechanic:. and. am st.r the women, machine operators. s.iro- titie assistants, and cook; an et'- resses for the comnnmity i n :. room. The following year, `'ter -.._ colony is running smoothly, th.• .. may bring their wives and. f, i Children horn above the 1+..,t: _r- ele enjoy exceptional' they visit the elm ib. where h 1� ly fail prey t, infectious dig e a ainst which they have 'milt :: , .,- i.taore in the into! -fret n.,rtaere .... Polar colonists art special die 1, 'tith'.y- ntedicci' a• :,t:inat''0. regular oltraviolet ray treatment- c.. the lnnY arctic ala!•:. Farming in the arctic supplies = . ve¢etahies whose vitamins :rami scurvy. from which earlier ex;tl•r;_^- perished. l';,tatoe.. carrots, beets. a'• - ha ee. peas. and rucumlier, are b a.1 grow 11 on more than 6000 acres of subpolar land. :\t experimental tions within the At, circle. scien- tists are crossing imported seed wit,: native varieties and creating ne v strains of vegetables and 'berries that will mature ilt the short arctic sum- mer. \\-indniills harness polar gales and generate electricity to warm ani light hothouses. 'Eland in hand with this program has gone what the Soviet considerq its greatest achievement—the opening of the Northern Sea Route which crosses the Arctic Ocean from the At- lantic to the Pacific and brings Arc- tic ports to within 118 or 30 days' sail- ing of London and Rotterdam. In 11932, when the icebreaker Siberiakov battered its way through ice packs from Archangel to the Pacific in a single season, it accomplished a feat attempted for 400 years without suc- cess. Ships of th'e only three explorers who had ever made the complete pas- sage before had been forced to spend from one to two winters locked in the ice along the way. Last year, 14 merchant ships sailed all the way across the Arctic Ocean. More than 100 vessels ,completed shorter voyages in the polar sea. r How has it all been done? ,No long- er do 'vessels trust to luck to find cracks in the ice, as those of early ex- plorers did. From gale -swept out- posts all along 'the bleak arctic coast, a chain of radio stations flashes hast - minute weather reports to arctic navi- gators, Airplanes zoom ahead cif their vessels to pick the best way through the ice 'field. With powerful icebreak- er in the lead, a string of a •dozen mer- chant vessels steams along ttl,e nar- row lane, smashed for them. These ace-hreakers are triumphs of engineer - of ire ten to twelve` feet thick,