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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1925-07-23, Page 2For Boys and Girls THE STORY BY EBBW E. OF A THIEF REXFORD. The last recitation of the day was ever in the old aoadetny among the map* on the 111'11, and the boys and girls settee gathered iu the chapel 1» listen to an announcement which Eroi!esaor Leith had told them he. 3visdted to snake to them. The room wee filled with the buzz f efeags!oe voices when he came in. urdoslty to know what the coming nnnouneernent was about was on the Alert, Some thought one thing, and me pother, and all of them agreed tat y didn't know anything about t > Y but it to 'd soon find out, now that e \Val here. So s alienee fell, and �e s ids "ria year, we have decided to offer l prize for goad scholarship. To the idtudent packing highest in each class, ve shall give something of practical Valeo as a reward for hie or her dillt- genre and application. In the gradu- ating Blass, the prize will be a set of hcokb, to the value of twenty-five dol- tars, the selection to be left to the for- tunate Wet:lent, from any in our lib- Paryi There are several members of thisse whose standing is so nearly alike ithat the reward cannot be made kin that alone, but will be determined by the excellence of the essays they prepare for the graduation exercises." Paul Raynor did not listen to what Was a member of the graduating el the book -case ever since his undo came home free college. It would be 'thee easiest thing in the world to pass it off as original with himself, But thee was the dishonesty in- volved in the transaction! To palm off this essay as his own would be to steal the property'of. another, Other brains than his had given birth to it, Hca bad no more right to use it than he had to lay claims o the farm across, the road. But there was no one ti i right i o one would dispute his rgh Coo t. N know! • a roU excuses for wr Of 11 dangerous a d g Qug- doing is there a more foolish one than that? If no one else suspected him of be - countable a thief, his own conscience would countable way, ins imposition had accuse him, and to be arraigned by been discovered. His face flushed known to this generation as the foster - guiltily, and then grew pale. Was he father of Miss Marie Corelll, yet eighty accused by our fellowmen, 1 to be exposed before the crowd? No; years ago his song, "Cheer, Boys, He did not yield wholly to the temp-; Professor Leith spared him that hu- Cheer," set te music and sung by tation that night. He went to bed milia -don- Henry Russell, stirred Britain. It is undecided as to what to do. He "I would like to sea you for a few probably by his songs that he will best 1 dreamed about it all night. It was minutes in my room, immediately be rentembered:— lthe first thing he thought of when he after the audience is dismissed," he. woke up ht the morning. I said to Paul. • 1'Ve a letter from thy sire, Baby mine! Ile read the essay over again. 10 And thither Paul took his way, feel- can read and never tire, Baby mine! seemed better than on first reading, It; Ing like a cuprit going for his sen- He is sailing o'er the sea; was certainly better than anything tenets. If he had dared to, he would He ie coming reach, to thee; Will Archer could write. If he used have kept away, but he saw that Pro- He Is coming. back to me, it, he need not be afraid of losing the' Baby mine! fewer Leith was indignant, and. he yn prize -that was certain, Professor isith said after that. Ile' Hi did t tothetemp Easier than beating drums. This African lade of the Nigerian village at Wembley finds mysteries of the gramophone intensely ..interesting. a When Paul heard m hasi hd t he e s P which Professor Leith laid upon the word, -he knew that, in some unac- A Poem You Should Know. "Baby Mine." Charles Mackay is perhaps best `knew him well enough to know that! e no give way ass, ter who was whispering plausible ileal as in his ear until after heheard some end he knave that he stood as well tiny ether in it. Ile had only one of the boys talking about the matter �?t� dtthe prize that afternoon. thin to do in order to secure the prize and that was to furnish the best "Archer's sure to get it," one of $ssa•7, them saki. "He's a better writer than I3ub, could he do it? There was William Arohen His scholarship ranked as high as Paul's, itnd he was a fins writer. His essays be outdone by Will Archer." *ere always of a high eharaetet% He So he resolved deliberately to be - Would try, of oourae, to outdo any come a thief. He despised himself for termer achievements in that line, and it, but ambition urged him to take the, e -Paul had to admit i4, though he die- step, and he tacked the moral courage; liked to—his chance for the prize was' to say "No" to what he knew was But he would net give It up without It was peceseary to submit the es - good; better than his, he felt sure. 1 wrongri n mighty effort. Not he He would' says of the different classes to the decide on a subject that very night,' faculty for inspection and correction, and he would write it up with more Paul copied his and handed it in to care and thought than he had ever Professor Howard, who acted as prin- given to an essay before. He would cipal in Professor Leith's absence. It ",work on it until he felt sure he could was given back indorsed "excellent" Make It no better, and—the judges; and "no corrections needed." would decide the rest on graduation Graduation day came at last. day. , William Archer came first, with a He was fond of books, He liked to fine oration, which was well received. road them, and he had always hada The three judges who were to,decide desire to own a good selection. Some en the merits of the orations and es - day ho meant to have a library. If he says of tho graduating class were very carried off the prize, he would have favorably impressed with it, Paul the nucleue of one. Why, twenty-five; could readily see, and he knew that dollars' worth of books would bo quite' the audience was thinking that he a library in itself. would have to do bettor than he had lie went home with dozens of sub- ever yet done if he excelled it. jecta running through his head. No He came test on the list. Ile felt Sooner had he half decided on one so confident of victory that he step- t'hen another would present itself as ped forward with an easy self -posses - being more desirable. If he only sion that became hint well, and he knew which he could do the best with 1 knew front the moment he stepped It seemed to him, when he thought upon the rostrum to the close of his o£ it afterward, as if the temptation effort that he was creating a stronger to which he yielded had bean prepared and more satisfactory impression upon for him, and was only waiting for this the audience than William Archer opportunity. For never until that had done. evening had he chanced to coma upon His essay was well -committed, and the yellow bundle of old essays which he delivered it with graceful gestures he found in the bookcase when he and good elocutionary effects. went there to find a book which he Ile sat down amid great applause, wished to consult. and many beautiful bouquets fell upon "I wonder what these are?" he said, the stage as a tribute to his success. as he untied the string that held them But something was not as it should together. "Some of Uncle Harry's be, He saw that the instant he glanc- essays when he was in college, I guess, ed at Professor Leith, for that gentle - for here is his name, and `McGill, man looked at him in an indignant 1840,' I'll look them over, and see how and surprised way, and seemed at a he used to write." loss as to what to do. So he took the essays to his room He decided upon a course of action and sat down to examine them. There quite readily, however, and went up were six of them, All were good, but to tho judges, whose decision was al- one was much better than the others. ready made, What he said to them Paul read it over twice, with a sense no one knew, but it astonished them, of envy in his breast. and they looked at Paul with surprise "Oh, if I could only write such an and displeasure an their faces, tore essay as that, now, I'd be sure of the Up the report they had made and wrote privet" he said. "I wonder—" a new one. And then he stopped and looked out Professor Leith stepped upon the of the window for a long time. What rostrum and read the report. he was wondering about was, if he "In the opinion of the judges the could not use this essay as his oven, best original essay was that by Wil- No cps would know that it was not liam Archer. Tho prize is therefore his tw rn work. How should they? These awarded to him" pale had probably been hidden in "For the best original essay." Raynor," "Yes, I think he is," was the reply. "I'd1 use it!" Paul said, "I won't! the wisest thing he could do was to face the worst, and have the mutter over with at once. "I was never more surprised in my; life," burst out Professor Leith, the, minute Paul entered the room. "I would not have believed it of you. I thought you were too manly to attempt1 to do such a disgraceful thing. I knew that you had stolen it before you had got through a dozen sentences. Your uncle watt a classmate of mine, and rend the essay to me when he wrote it, If it had been handed to me for cor- rection, the imposition would have been detected at once, but I was away, and Professor Howard knew nothing of the real circumstances. Of course your attempt to steal honors to which you had no claim succeeded until the critical juncture, and then the temp- ter deserted you and left you in dis- grace. I am grieved to know that one I have trusted and believed in is other that what I thought him. I shall try' to keep this painful matter from be- coming public for your sake. It is a bitter lesson to you. Let it teach you that dishonesty is sure M be ex- , posed, and that the tempter of human souls may tell a plausible story and lead you into wrong -doing, but there he always leaves you, covered with shame. For the sake of the manhood which you should prize above all else, he strong to resist when tempted in future. Success is dearly won when Iwon by the loss of self-respect, and it is never really success after all. That which is gained by dishonesty is never lasting. It turns to bitterness, and taunts us with the truth of our own weakness. Keep this lesson in mind, and turn over a new' leaf to -day, now, and when tempted to do wrong say ong s e .5 ea, y In his old, accustomed place, Baby mine! Like the rose of May in bloom, Like a star amid the gloom, Like the suuehine in the room, Baby mine! 'Not"' • And when Paul Raynor, with a flush of shame upon his face, bowed himself; A philanthropic man in the Middle out of the room, and went home with' West was once approached by a person a feeling at heart that he would never! so utterly disreputable in appearance outgrow the disgrace which he had1that any but the kind-hearted man him- self would have had him ejected from the office. "Can't you find any work at all?" asked the good ratan when he heard the other's recital of his woes, "I can find work all right," said the If We Only Knew—The fight he was seedy individual. "Plenty of it, but making we would never call him a everybody wants references from my down and Dotes last employer." "And cannot you get those refer- ences from him?" "No, sir; he's been dead for fifteen Years," Then wilt see him and rejoice, Baby mine! Thou wilt know him by his voice, Baby mine! By his love -looks that endear, By his laughter ringing clear, By his eyes that know no fear, Baby mine! I'm so glad --I cannot sleep, Baby mine! I'm so happy—I could weep, Baby mine! He is selling o'er:' the sea,. Ho is coming back t0 rhe. Ile is corning back to thee, Blaby mine! 1 PACKING UP YOLR TROWLFS Ways of Conquering Worry: By a Doctor. That "laaghing philosopher; of old, both stupid' and, illogical Hence his Democritus, jesting et mankind kind s an- xieties, lived to a great age We all admit that it is not work but worry that kills. Both of these cell for the expenditure of a proportionate amount cf nervous energy. Work, however, has tidefinite airs and termination, the result of which is the feeling df serene satisfaction we all have In work ace comalished. On tee other hand, worry, having no definite objective, 114 end- less,.achieving nothing beyond a pro - placid acceptance -TR the pleasing con- vletiou that, tor the time being, the laugli was on hie side; Most people, however; are prone to worry over trifles. It 1s dile piostly to fears and spectres of the mind -to that ineradicable human Inclination to crops bridges before coming to them, and to suffer misfortunes that never happen. Meet worrying 1s wasted over fears that melt as they approach, digal waste of energy, accompanied by Now this marked capacity for worry docs not stamp its vletlm as one likely acteal wear and tear of 'grey matter to be of little practical use to society and nerves that may iu the long run be productive of physical wreckage, Mind Spectres. .Obviously, the worrying habit Is a very bad one, to be rigorously elimin- ated from the mentalruake-up of every prduent person. "Don't worry! Abter all, don't worry over trifles.' We all say that, and mestofus, at sensee time r u• or other, have It said to s. Bat y B Might as well say todrowning man, "Don't dsown!" or "ever droa'ii it less than five fathoms of water!" All such injunctions are equally foolish and futile, Normal people have no wish either to worry or to drown, find would do neither willingly if they could help it. What they really peed to know is the technique of avoiding all such unplettsant possiiriiltles. Many people are temporamentelly in- capable of worry, They possess an 111 - nate sense of humor whleh, amongst other boons, enables them to see the inevitable disturbing indents of life in their true perspective and laugh at them, Thus the tenant who, linable to Day his rent, decided to leave his lane - lord to do the worrying was physiologi- cally hysiolo l-caily right, . though perhage morally Wrong. He knew that no amount of worrying hhnself would raise the re- quired money (however much the wor- rying of his friends' might contribute to that result), since he perceived that that particular mental process was The Coarse Dinner. Airs, Aristah Kraft—"Do you like a course dinner, Mrs. Nuvoriohe?" Mrs, N,—"Well, net such stuff as ham and cabbage, 1 don't," Handicapped. brought upon himself, and he knew that he deserved it all. Sentence Sermons. —Our own capacity for evil we would never condemn our neighbor. —A mother's heart we would neves again be unkind, —The troubles our friend passes a through we would never add another. Harry's Strategy. —Tisa responsibility the boss carries Harry—"Mother, won't you give me we would never shirk our work again. five cents for a poor man who is cry- - The honesty of the average man Ing out In front?" we would use the word "hypocrit" Mother -"Yes, my son, here it is, sparingly- and you aro a good boy to think of it. —How many good folks we shut out Poor man, what is he crying about?" we would not build our prejudices so Harry -"He's crying, `Fresh roasted high. peanuts five cents a bag!'" in this workaday world, 11'ar from it. He has the conselatiou that he Must be more sensitive than the rest, and sen- sitivenoss is by no means an unmixed ourse, The man or woman who des- cends into the depths' Is capable also. of soaring to the height8 ;the ons 00M- pensates Por the other, Again, sensitiveness Is not neves- i1 acin as}fly weakness.. The skied mui a winces at a discord. ' The thorough- bred trembles at the whip. The scien- tist's delicate balance is sonaitive to a hair. The sensitive mind is hurt by tj'ivial occurrences, a fancied slight, a (thence criticism, it hasty judgment a kepi sarcasm.. These things rankle in the mind, perpetual sources of heed les brooding' and worry. The worrying habit, because it de - Pietas the body's stores"of nerve orce and thereby lowers vitality, must be overcome like ally other bad habit, by the culiivatton of its. opposites. The habits of eheerfuluess, joyousness, optimism, of -alweye looking on the bright eide of things, of being moved to Laughter at the humorous aspect of situations that seem for the moment hopelessly traglo, ea11 be developed in- to the most impenetrable armour against "the slings and arrows et out- rageone fortune.' But to be effective when the testing time oomos, these habits of mind require consistent and persistent practice.. OTHER PEOPLE'S "UNION JACKS" Tho man who claims to know all. about flags will have to look to his laurels, for of late, mainly on account of the provisions of various peace treaties, there have been numerous peditloes to such emblems. Some et the new nage are interest- ing innovations. One, seen tor the first time last year, fs flown from W'est- miuster Abbey, and represents the Banner of the Abbey Church of West- minster. This flag is intended to is-. augurate a new custom. It is hoped that all cathedrals that have official coats of -arms will grace their towels with their own distinctive emblems,' and reserve the Union Jack or the Red Gross of St. George for the King's birthday and other days of special im- portance, Laws of Heraldry. This is in accordance with flag law, under which any person,or body with a coat of arms is se liberty to use It on a flag that tan be town on his or its house. When the Duke of Norfolk Is in residence at Arundel Castle, Sussex, his family flag may often be seen fly- ing from the staff, and the same cue- tom is observed at other stately homes of England. Certain new national flags also de- part from established usage. In gen- eral, the designere use only red, white, blue, yellow, and black, and strictly observe the laws of heraldry, If, Por instance, you want to have yellow in a flag, you must, to be hi order, have black also. The correct combination appears in the Belgian flag. But the new Belgian Royal Standard sets tra- dition and usage at defiance. It is purple, with a gold shield in the mid- dle, surmounted by a crown. Some of the new national flags, more- over are `distinctive without being indicative_ They have been created in nearly as haphazard a fashion as were many flags in our merchant service, The Skipper Scored, A good instance is the "duster" of a certain firm. Originally this was the Ited'Piag of St, George, which is identi- cal with the flag of an admival in the Navy. Ons day the admiral command- ing a certain station saw in harbor one of the firm's ships flying its house flag, whereupon he sent a message to the captain, ordering him to remove it im- mediately. The skipper had to obey, but he was riot defeated. q'wenty min• utes after the flag had been down, it was mu tip again, with a blue ellk ltandkercbiet sews in the middle, and this was afterwards file house flag of the firm as long as it oieisted, Well-known national flags were not created in this casual manner. When Napoleon made Italy a kingdom, he decided to have a flag which, while dis- tiuctivo, should indicate, by its close resemblance to that of Prance, the source to which it owed existence. The result was the tricolor of green, white,. and rod. This flag, though suppressed on the downfall of Napoleon, was re- vived by the Italian Nationalists In 1848, and, with the addition of the arms.ot Savoy, accepted by the King of ' Sardinia as the ensign of New Italy. Tibet's Triangles. Perhaps the most elaborate, and therefore most perplexing, national flag 1s that of Tibet, because, apart from the main design, which Is curi- ously complex, the spaces in it are filled up with alternate triangles of red and blue. The Canadian Oovernniept Js con- sidering the most suitable design for the Canadian national flag for use ashore. The Canadian flag now auth- orized is used only by Government- owned vessels and other vessels on the Canadian registry, In the former case the flag Is the Blue Ensign with the Canadian arias in the fly, while merchant vessels on the Canadian re- gistry use a similar Red Ensign. Some years ago It was provided that the Red Ensign, with the Canadian arms in the . fly, be flown over the office of the High Commissioner in London as well as over Canadian offices abroad, but the flag was never authorized, -.n Where Bugs Are Plentiful, The ports of Greece are to -day among the dirtiest places in thewhole world. When visiting Greece experi- enced travelers carry their own sleep- ing hags and big cans of inseoC powder. They sweep a portion of flooring, sot their beds and pour a circle of insect powder around their quarters, a No one is useless in the word who lightens the burden of it to anyone e1so,.--Dickens. Don't give a boy a licking. Give him responsibility. SEA LIFE ABOUNDS AMID ARCTIC ISLES SEAL THE MAINSTAY OF THE ESKIMO. Observations of the Depart mental Officer During . Ex- tended Stay on Baffin Island. Knowledge, concerning Canada's Arc- tic regions increases each year, and it is . of value 06 learn from competent obsea'vers that the lecttlle p1 life there that rises to the mind's eye et out- siders is usuelly too sombre. Lite, It is true, is strenuous but tho natural re- sources et the land and the sea provide a living in reW n for hard work, The. natives of the Far North are the wards of the nation and', in its efforts to pro- tect the Eskimo from any adverse ef- fects, of advancing civilization, such ' the n as the depletion of vel life De - id part -note of the Interior through its North West Ten'ritories and Yukon Breech, sends out officers from time to time to investigate and report on con. ditions. One of these officers, Major L. T, Bulmash, exploratory engineer, spent lifteee menthe among the Eat - mo of Baffin Island and the following account of sea life in the Arctic is . taken frons cue of his reporiia. ArMU° waters do not differ greatly from those of more southern latitudes, as the low tempereturee affect little more than the surface and there is an abundance -of life in most of the fauns en which' it opposite in more promising surrouleltngi. The sea mammals are the mainstay of the country. Without the various types of seal, the white whale, narwhal and walrus, even the Eskimo could not hope to exist, At many points along the coast linethese animals are found 1 in sufficient numbers. to guarantee a living for the native, whilst iu a num- ber of areds they exist Ise in excess of present day needs, Seal is Useful Animal. Of these the seal Is by far the most important. Froin it the native secures a large part of his meat supply; SUM. niter clothing, boots, kayak and topok covers, dog harness, cordage and hitm- es'ous other requirements, not the least of which Is oli for fuel. Types of seal found are the jar (Phoca hispida-, the square flipper (Erignathus earbatus-, harp (Phoca groenlandrea, grey or fresh -water (Halichoern•s grypus), and hood (Cistophora eristata). The jar seal le found in much greater numbers than the other types. Titus is fortun- ate because it supplies choicer meat, better light skins for clothing and bet- ter oil for fuel than do the others. The square flipper is generally associated with the herds of jar seals and is a very necessary factor in native life, for it •supplies cordage and heavy leather for boots and kayaks. The harp seal is fairly plentiful in the more southerly waters and, if need be, could replace the square flipper in sup- plying Eskimo needs. As the fresh- water seal is scarce it is considered somewhat of a luxury, supplying as It — does, a skin much sought after for or- nate clothing. The hood is also some- what rare. It is used for the same pur- poses as the square flipper, .. REG'LAR FELLERS --By Gene Byrnes. WHERE' BUMP HUDSON? } NES BEEN r INg'pPOR I WO WEEK! ! BROKE OUT ALL OVER, FEVER UP TO A 1-113NRED. 7 4.21 SHOULD SAY NOT! FIRST HE SHIVERS, THEN HTHEYESAY: 4 0 ;Yr (—II— If" CAN'T 144 EAT? NOT, AT Atli DONT GARE FOR. A 'fl -t &! HE'S NOT WANTRN' TO PLA! A 011 0P. EVEN READ! .Alarming Symptoms. ARE YOU Gu HE's 2 TMREAAEE1% WITH 6" SICKgESSI (Copyright, 197.5, 4Iy'IYw Soil. Syndicate, Inc,) Fish Not So Abundant, Where seals are plentiful the Eski- mo is not greatly concerned about wal- rus,, white whale or narwhal. Owing to their great size, however, the latter animals can be made to supply large quantities of meat for winter use mobilo the skins of the white whale and the narwhal are considered a delicacy and often form the "piece de resistance" In Eskimo hospitality. Years ago the walrus was a necessity on account of the ivory secured from its tusks from wbich wore made many of the native hunting implements and other tools. The coming of the white trader,- how- ever, with his supply of iron and steal tools, has made the walrus, in a sense, less necessary to Eskimo existence, Nevertheless it cannot he questioned that the sea mammals are the back bone of Eskimo life, Mussels, clams, sin -traps and sea crabs aro all found in Arctic .waters.. With the exception of the crab they are all somewhat under -developed, due perhaps to the darkness of the long Arc- tic night when they are more or less dormant; They are found in large quantities and form an important part of the food of the sea mammals and are, used largely by the natives. The crabs when full grown measure as much as 11 inches over all. Fish are not so abundant, It is true that a variety of salmon or Arctic trout is taken during the slimmer seasou in sufficientquantities to snliply t!te. sots" conal needs of the natives and that cod is known to frequent at least, one area 1n the waters around 13aflin Island, but • the seas as a whole cannot be looked upon as fishing grounds of snore than very local importance. Plant -life is found in profusion and a compiete deeeriPtfon of it is beyond the bounds of a short :article sucli as this. It may be said, however, that it 'supplies part of the food of all the sea mammals ' and water-fuwl and that farms of kelp or dulse aro used by the Eskimo to vary their diet. Fashions for. sheep. A bright Iltt1e fila-year•old miss was taken up to the barn to see some sheep and, alter looping at them for a mo- ment, she exrlaitned: "'Oh, auntie, see: the sheep all wear their hair banged{"