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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1934-07-19, Page 7"TRIMS DAY, JULY 19, 1934 THE SEAFORTH NEWS PAGE SEVEN. ..............................0 1 . 1 I 1 1 Duplicate I I Monthly 6 1 Statements . . i I, i a 1 We can save' you money on Bill and ' I ICharge Forms, standard sizes to fit Iledgers, white or colors. I 1 It will pay you to see our samples. , Also best quality Metal Hinged Sec- tional Post Binders and Index. I The Seaforth News a Phone: 84 A DOLLAR'S WORTH Clip this coupon and mail it withbl for a six weeks' trial subscription to THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR Published by Tim OHEISTIAN SCIENCE SIIVITSITEN0 SOCIETY Boston, Massachusetts, U. S. A. In S you will find tba daily good news of the world from Its 800 special writer,, as well as departments devoted to women's and chtidren's interests, sports, music. Amuse, edosation, radio. etc You will be glad to welcome into your home so fearless an advocate of peace and prohibition. 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Sandwiched in between the three great countries of .Belgium, !Germ - ..arty and "Prance, notorious .participants in the .world war .o'f 1.191144191118, are one thousand square Trifles of territory boasting a populatioa of 2130500 in- habitants. ;This territory is known as the ,Grand Duchy .of .Luxembourg. . With the sole exception of ILiech- .stenstein, the Grand Duchy is the .sinallest fully Sovereign State in Eur- epe..1 ,recently spent theee the most eenljoyable.leoliclay. During three clays ff heard tto .inention of the Crisis or ,af World Depression, and during three 'days I heard no sound of the (English! tongue. Englishmen 'who have found their way to ffauxem- bourg'e spectacularly beautiful capi- eat might be inclined to weigh the re - speeded advantages' of living in a 'vir- tually unknown State or ,o,E enjoying that particular citizens'hin evihiele only a Great Power can confer. The Lux- enebourge,ois knows nothing of pover- ty as we understand et, and as tie is now emderetood tleretigleout the great - ser part of Europe sow no Sheens inthe town, of ireexembaurg. I saw a 'town rich in its natinat beau ty ar d magnificently decked ,out, 1 sates a town, \vhich, con- ysidening its size, mast be one of the gayest and most luxurious in Europe. But 10 the theatripal mind perhans the chief charm of Luxembourg is its own peculiar atmosphere. With the fail of 'kings and the slow annihilation of petty Sovereign 'States, the mod- ern traveller looks in vain for those Ruritanias still so beloved of all good musical comedy librettists. But the Grand Duchy of ILuxembourg re- mains as the isolated exception to this general rule. Luxembourg survives as the last vestige of the glory which once be- longed to Central 'Europe. iNc, visitor to the Grand Duchy could fail to appreciate this Ruritan- ice( atmosphere. The passport officers who guard the trontiers, the police wh'o direct the traffic, the private soldiers who par- ade the ,highways, are one and all dressed in uniforms varying in pro- lific grandeur. The like of any of them can only be seen in other European countries behind the footlights of the extrava- gant mueicalacomical theatres. In the centre of the capital stands the magnificent Grand ,Ducal palace where the reigning (Grand Duchess and her ,family reside, It is .guarcled by a single sentry. In order to get as goad a view Oi it as possible 4 walk- ed both in front of the sentry and be- hind him, � was not challenged. ff...ater I diecavered some ,ohildren playing ball against the .palace walls. iT saw the ,prison. It was also guard- ed by a single sentry. 'While I was there was lucky enough to see the gates 'flung open and the governor himself clriv,e through them in state. 11 spoke to the sentry, /As he strolled up the road Inc told Inc there were 300 prisoners in Luxembourg, a few of them serving life sentences for mar - der. There is no capital .punishment. iIn the evening the }band starts play- ing. There are more bands in Luxem- bourg than I have noticed anywhere else. 'There are dance bands in every cafe there is the military band which plays in the central square, and I .fourici yet another band et a street corner conducted by an ,ereelnisiaseic musician in a straw that. He ruled over 00 players anti 'he asked no reward for his eervices• Per .while ,tile hands play the spec- tators sit around ,cerinking beer, liet- anol'auding and occasionally talking about that Iram wireless eta - tion which has just been erected, left peaceful 'little ILuxembearg very early ,cnie morning, On my way to the station I counted 20 soldiers out of the army of 1140. (Want and For Sale Ads; 1 time 25c - - A ,STUDY IN NATURE. If you are interested in authentic architecture, more ancient in ite funda- meatals tleatt the iPyramids, follow the path between the two big oak trees, just beyond ,the end of the lily ponc1, itt the general direction of over there. But you must ,follow it carefully or you may !pass this mighty project al- together, without .noticing it at all, 1Pollow the paeh between the two big o,alc trees them and take the firet turning to the right. Twenty paces further you will come to the Place where the robins nested last year, but you may not observe that 'becaase the remains Of the nest are 'well hidden tip anion 'the oak letares. You must take my word for the robin's nest, but tea paces or eo the left you can see the. pile •al grass clippings for yourself, and the brown .snake who fivesin them and SOW your are near your 'destina- tion and your troubles eee nearly over, Prom the snake you go past the hole where the white rabbit used to live, ((nem there to the wild apple tree, front the wild apple tree to the place where Nipper betties his hones .and 'from that place to the wild lily patch, which will be in seednoese and there you are. You must ttook carefully into the tall grass, though, or you .vdll miss ,it, for the big log le which this vast un- dertaking is .being carried on is like all other old, beef -rotten fir logs, except fOr the large helap .of saved'uet tying at one end of it, That is your guide. Once you perceive the sawdust, the rest is easy. 'It 'wet the sawdust which first re- sealed the great ,work going forsvatal in our midst, all unknown, We saw it one day, lying in a tcone-shaped .pfle beside tills old fir log, and wondered how it had remained there all the time since the tree 'was sawn dawn, years ago. It took us some :minutes te dis- cover the =ewer. As we watched the pile, we suddenly ibecame aware ef new particles of sawdust descending upon it in a continual shower, The mystery was solved when we examin- ed the end of the log .more. closely. In the end of the dog ere perhaps fifty quarter -inch holes, 'leading to a cavity within. At the mouth of each passage,a black ant .appears inter- mittently, carrying a flake of sawklest as Itarge as its OlAM black, •round head, This he drops down to fie pile below which, by now, is .perhaps large en- ough to fill a four -gallon Can. Within the old fir log a teem:Jag civilization, older than Sttmeria, is establishing a new kind one. There is no eight-hour day on this contract. ,Early in the, morning, When the dawn is just breaking aver the shoulder of our hill, land the robins are ,gathering at the pond .for that quick morning plunge and jolly chorus before they seek abroad for breakfast, you will find this army di eager labor- erc already tin the .middle of the day's labors. At dusk, in the last rays of light, when the robins' chirp is grow- ing weak and •sleepy, the work is still going on in the fir log with the cease- less energy of nature •itself. One, two, three at a time, the ants grope out of the dankness of their castle to the light, staggering under their loads. For over the outer edge they thrust their shiny heads, holding fast to the 'log with their last Pair of legs. Then, deliberately, they open their. jaws sideways and drop their sawdust ,burden. Having whisked away any remains .from. their mouths with their front feetuethey turn about and amble again into the gloom, like coal miners into a shaft. On their way they pass other miners, outbound, so it goes on. So it has been going, this extensive mining aad building, all summer and without apparent result, so far as out- side appeatiances indicate, except that the sawdust pile continues bo grow, ever so Slowly. Inside you can only imagine what gilded chambers and vaulted halls are being pre'paned to house 'countless future generations of big black ants. Perhaps, indeed, the week goes on forever, Mee some tower- ing Gothic tcathecleal, to which each generation has added a new wing. ,Left to themselves the architects and 'their labonens carry ;forward their work systematically, without plans to help them competent through imme7 =Tie' kneeviledge, but if you intenfere with. therm dif you try to introduce your ideas into their 'tnanigion, they be- come hopelessly 'confused. To test their capacity, we :placed a twig in one ,of the main ishafits •and waited to see What they ,Would do about it. The arichitects and fore- men icatne hurrying out and gathered about in peepaexity and despair. They climbed over the twig, inspected le from all angles and couldn't fathom it at ail. Meanwhile the ordinary miners confused in *heir 'directionby this, change in the .geograply the shaft, began to march over the twig and drop their sawdust .down an the far side, within ,the Shaft itself, instead oil' taking 11 to the damp ,outside. In a few minute's they had almost blocked the 'Paissege with titter ,before they could be stopped. Ov they web, Nothing Could halt them, until they were crawling ail over one another and roletieg in the accanatilated saw ITH -ANOE .A/4P P .,. A DLE ON CANADA'S (Th WA T E RA* 5 es, 0 • 01 eeeaeare. HANGE is the prime essence of a vacation and a canoe trip in Canada is one method a by which the stress of daily life can be ex- changed for a tranquil, carefree existeuce. It may be for a limitecl time on y but its effects are felt all the year round. Jostling crowds, rumble ot traffic, hob pavements and vitiated air have no place in the life of the canoeist. A large number of interesting routes are outliued in "Canoe Trips in Canada," a booklet recently issued by the National Parks of Canada, Department of the Iaterior, Ottawa, Following the routes described there- in one caze drift lazily along or re- live the strenuous days of the voya- geur. There are cruises which lead for a hundred miles through canal, stream and lake with alternating civilization and lightly wooded country. There are loug. smooth flowing rivers aad placid lakes on which one can travel for days, and by contrast rushing streams which ever and again break into foaming rapids and thundering falls. There are adventurous trips through wilder- ness country along routes once fol- lowed by Indian. and fur -trader, now almost forgotten so seldom are they travelled. Strange geological forma - time, wild life, good fishing, the charming and the picturesque await the advent. of one's canoe on the numerous and varied water trails of Canada. dust. The 'whale project seeased at a standeeill. Hied we not removed the twig just in time, they might have sealed themselves hp in the mine for- ever. BULLETS WASTE DOLLARS The following article about ama- teur sharpshooters and • • their target practice • on insulators and other rail- wayproperty is from. the Canadian National Railways 'Magaeine. youth and a rifle are not usually considered a potentially dangerous combination but when • the two are found on. a railway right7of-way an unpleasant sequel is possible in this year 1934. The Canadian National -Telegraphs do not find youths, rifles, and railway tracks a harmless combination. Shin- ing glass insulators make an alinost irresistible target. Last year the use of these insulators for •target practice coat the telegraphs -mote than $23,- 000.00. - An ineadater caste roughly seven cents: to install it another eight cents, or 15 cents for the complete reciacee meet work. One insulator is a small matter, but when there are thousands to replace, the story is vastly differ- ent, To illustrate the work involved: consider that one. Canadian 'National . quotations not a split 'second Must ,be might easily lead to a railway dis- lost. Other channel,: -mus•t be used to aster with loss. of life, When a telt a -- obtain aunbroken service. Other graph hisulator is destroyed a large feed wires meet be used until the. number of operators and clerks are break is located and repaired. There in:gauntly thrown out of work until are a nentber of "feeder poiatej it- 6 repaired..During the interval the throughout the telegraph system, but transmission of news is interrupts 1- to bring them into use involves both' Many of the youths use „3d calibre trouble and expeese. Here again the rifles . with high velocity bullets youth and the- rifle is responsible for So far no has been killed by these . • further turneceseary expenditure. high velocity bullets, but this will A chart of insulator replacements ehootinee may resift any day in a indicates greatest damage in densely serious: accident. 011 every 'count the Populated areas. There are more glass -Canadian National Railways author:- targets shattered in the vicinity Iii ties are justified in trying to stop the Montreal and Winnipeg than cloee dangerous shooting by these 'smart. to Stratford and -Brandon; but this Alecke,' " grading scale of population doe e' not The Toronto Globe- wes.. equa:ly act- strictly according to the rule-ofe strong in supporting efforts of the In - thumb. Toronto the exception vectigation Department to stamp out which proves the rale. On' the bor. this menace. It wrote, in part "If der of Toronto there is one mile of the Canadian National officials can line which has become the "bad put a stop to•this clangerotte practice lands" of the entire telegraph system. they will earn the .gratitede of the On (1114eite mile, between Toil- citizens." minden aed 'Oriole iu the Don Valley, A survey made bY .the Investi;a- during twu weeks in April, more 11)0 Department shows 'that rifles than 500 insulators were nipped by With high velocity bullets are used by target shooters. Last year more than youths ranging from 118 to 23 years 4,000 insulators had to be replaced. of age. Nur are insulators eltatteret A determined campaign 'has' been through ignorance. They are Tookel inaugurated by w D. E. Galloay, As7 upon as fair marks at which to sho.7.t. sistant ViceTresident in charge of "It may be .a big job to prevent the Canadian National Telegraph •Dee this practice," Mr. Galloway sail, pertinent, to put stop to this type "but we are determined to, stamp, it out, On the grenads of economy it is not only desirable but essential, There i sake the safety factore to ce- sider, would appeal to everybody te - make an effort to diseottrage this . form of amusement within the vicin- ity of the railway right-of-way, an 1 in educating the public it$ dangers and the waste of money entailed ia repairing damage when unnecessary." linC1114111 did nothing else in 10`,313 but repair damage done by youthful sharpshootere. Last year no fewer than P57083 insulators were broken and •replaced on the telegraph syetem, of which 98;103 were renewed on the Atlantic and Central Remons, and ot target practice. The drive opened in the Den Valley during April and lit one week -end the railway 'police seized a large member of catapults, air guns and eight 20 and ,33 calibre. rifles, 'The owners of the latter were summoned to -court, . while the boys 58,980 on the Western Region Of this carrying catapults and air guns were number it has been shown that 98 per cent were wantonly broken. fft takes 10 minutes to replace an insulator. Therefore linemen of the Canadian National Telegraphs spent 1e570,830 minutes of their working time- in dieing this job. This million and a half of wasted minutes reduces itself to 387 eight-hour days.. When cautioned and the weapons taken from them Subsequently. those sum- moned to court were convicted of trespass and their rifles confiscated, !Superintendent Flame of teh Inves- tigation ,T)epartment stated that not only had indiscriminate shooting upon the right-of-way proved costly to the Telegraph and Telephone De- thepartrnent bat it also endangered life 60 Sundays are deducted from the calendar year, a total of 3113 work- days are left. Thus it will be seen that to renew those 98 per cent of in- sulators needlessly braken by target practice, even more than a complete year's work of a single man is re- quired. The exact cost of renewing insole - tors in 1933,1was placed by the tele- graph officers as $213,662.45. This cost is based upon the wages and expenses of 'linemen, the amount of actual time involved and the cost of the insula- tors. Other factors which might be taken into consideration would send the total expense much 'higher, all chargeable bit target practice. Aleck in the Don Valley", the Mail 'Sometimes a rifle bullet not only shatters the insulator 'but also severs and Empire, Taranto, said: 'Rifle shooting under proper condi- the wire: sometimes the wire is brok- en but the insulatoreseapes. The re- sult is the sante. A fine of communi- cation is cut. When this chauces to be a 214echannel tarries' eurrent wire, such as those operating leetwen To- ronto and Winnipeg, then 418 opera- tors at the two telegraph terminals sit back in their chairs smell repairs are entecle. tAgain, should this wire be cut when the stock ticker service is op.erating over et, the ramifications reach even further afield. As many es 111n operators may .cease work, just what monetary sum is lost through such periods ofenforced idleness has never been determined. fall ultimately 10(0081 the citizens in Even here the complete story is not told: another ugly factor remains. ge,,ne\ rasi cio from the monetary loss this Telegraph service must be close to that miracle o'f instantaneou's cern- rascality has several serious angles. l'he destruction af a sigital light municatian, tis 'relaying stock market and the possible safety of railway op- eration. Yard limit signals at the To- ronto Terminals have been shot out Bate and again and sectionmen's hand cars or gas speeders have been struck by stray bullets. "We mast Protect the operation of our trains and the safety of our sectionmen," he said. "We are now issuing a public warning that in future all trespassers found carrying firearms will be im- mediately taken to court," The Canadian National's effort to stop target .shooting upon its right - of -'way has received cordial support from the press. In an editorial under the title of "Shooting by 'Smart Bons is 'fine exercise. But when the targets are 'glass insulators and glass signal lamps of the Canadian Nation- al Railways it is time to call a halt Each spring, boys aad. young men have indulged in this practice much to tht loss of the railways. 'For same reason probabty because they are out of work, these rowdies are espec ially nunteroue this year, The destruc- tion to property is correspondingly greater, These .malicious yoeths no doubt think, if they think at all, that the railway will pay forthe loss, They forget that the railway is the Property of the country and that the loss will TRAVELLERS It was a rainy daiy; in fact. it was the .fourth rainy day "in a row," and .Aunt Martha's boarder, although site flattered .herself that she was a fairly resourceful W0111411, was finding tee day long, Then Polly Pryor blew in, laughing and storm -beaten, and irs two minutes the Whole world waa changed. "What a dear of a girl!" the Meander exclaimed. "She is a Whole sky-blue summer day in herself; and what all interesting place where she vieited:" Vaunt Martha and Uncle 'Marshall exchanged amused glances. It was as usual Uncle •Marshall who spoke. "Green Meadoeve is a two-by-four Mace, about a third the size of this." he sealed. deliberately, "Ain't many places can frazzle me, but a week ia Green Meadows dune it ouce. But Polly Pryor — well, yon see. Polly goes 01 the theory that one pers.,* is about as interesting as another if you only git the right pi'm of vice, and that the world's a pretty good place aftywhere, "Of course we all know 'tain't so— there's lots of folks as dual as 'dish- water, Sett Polly just goes right al- ong and works eat the sum by her nt ru,le, and 1 'tell you What, she gill the answer every time. It's amaz- ing wee she does it, but ff ain't ever known her to fail yet. Talk about your travellers-1Polly Pryor'e, the biggest traveller to the square mile I ever see in my life." !Adventures, the aid adage .declares, come to the adventurous. °Now, what about some elastic ? " suggested the canemercial traveller tvAS getting an order front an Aberdeen shopkeeper. "Na. 113," said the Aberdonian. "I'11 hae nae mair o' it. I couldna measure wi'oot the stuff snapping."