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The Seaforth News, 1929-09-12, Page 7Former Emperor dives in Poverty, Boy Head of Manchu Family is Reduced to Straits LOSES HIS ESTATE Cash Reserve Disappears When Exchange Bank Fails Peiping —The "Boy, Emperor," once the ruler of all China; has moved into a email house in Tientsin with his wife and single concubine, because he can no longer affoed to live in a large house. With his fortune almost gone, the termer emperor is now dependent for support on the kindnelis of his old Manchu retainers', But they, item are suffering from falling incomes, and are not able to spare him enough to keep up anything resembling an 1m- perial menage. The Boy Emperor, now approach- ing the age of thirty, is not prepared to do anything to earn a living, He is not ambitious, and his friends say he has no hopes whatever of recover- ing his lost power. Ile is content to live quietly with his two women and a few Manchus who hove remained with him since his abdication. Income Gut Off When the emperor abdicated, an agreement was made to leave him the e possessor of his landed property and a large part of his jewels and curios. But succeeding so-called Republican governments have ruled against this agreement, and the ex -emperor's pro- perty has gradually been confiscated and sold. It is said that all of bis• in- come from property has'now been out off. The young ex -emperor also made an. anfortunate investment. He put 1250,000, almost all of his ready. money, into the Exchange Bank of China, a Joint Japanese -Chinese insti- tution. A few months ago this bank failed because of the deterioration in value of its investments in Chinese government bonds. The young em- peror's money was lost together with that of thousands of other unfortunate Chinese depositors. The ex -emperor felt his poverty. most keenly when the news was re- ported to him that the tombs of his immediate ancestors, the Manchu em- perors, had been broken into by the Chinese soldiers and desecrated and robbed, Scraping together all the money he could, by the sale of some treasures, he managed to get $1,000 to contribute to 'a fund for re -embalming and re- burying the bodies of the Empress. Dowager and other royal personages which had been taken out of their cof- fins, stripped of their ornaments, and thrown on the floors of their tombs. Other Manchus, once rich and power- ful, were able to contribute only an additional $4,000, and with this very simple burial rites were held. Kept 100 Servants The ex -emperor has been living for the past two years in. the Changyuan garden in Tientsin, located in the Japanese concession. Although the rent was given -him free, by the divis- ional commander in charge of Tient- sin, the place was so large that he had to keep more than 100 servants and other expenses were in propor- tion. Seeing the young man's plight, an old Chinese friend, Lu Ceungyu, of- fered him the use of one of bis houses also in the Japanese concession, and the ex -emperor decided at once to move with his household. It is estimated that the ex -emperor, his wife and his concubine, are now living on about $300 silver a month, or about $150 gold. Canadians to Try New Breed of Sheep Lethbridge, Alta. — Introdubtlon of the hardy Corriedale sheep, which has already become well established in New Zealand, into the western prairies, Is the object of a Joint re- search project undertaken by the federal Department of Agriculture, the Universities of Saskatchewan and Al- berta and the National Research Coun- cil. Prof. J;.P. Sackville, of .Alberta Uni- versity, will be in charge of the re- search for this province and will test out at the • Lethbridge experimental farm the adaptability to range condi- tions of this line of sheep. Range conditions in New Zealand are similar to the Lethbridge district, Such factors as humidity, tempera- tures rainfall and available feeds will be taken into consideration. The Al- berta University will co-operate with sheep ranchers throughout the pro- vince In the tests. Gels. Nobile Implies New Polar Venture • Berlin. .Gen. Umberto Nubile, the 'Italian explorer, has arrived in Berlin. Yt was conjectured that he wail VIM' ning 11i n- ning another arctic expeditiion, 1-X0 left for Gotha to confer wile "low natural eel:masts, lio also conferred with Berlin aeronautical exports. To the eueetion .whether he would undertake a third polar flight, he re - 2)1106: "1 em 44 Soars old and have 6tudicd aeronautics for 10 years. have oofstreoted 14 dirigibles and for four years have endeavored to find new :land for Italy. 1 am' still young enough." riti tom, rigidkap q age, 0 WHAT does "after VV forty" mean to you? Are you less capable than you used to be? Nervous? Easily tired? Run down? Try the effect of two or tluee boxes of Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills -the tonic ' s that has made hundreds of middle- aged women feel ten years younger; It will nourish and invig- orate the blood, so often thinned and devitalized .by advancing, years, tone it up to better service, make you feel strong again, eager for life 1 Buy Dr. Williams' Pink Pills now at your drug- gist's or any dealer in medicine, or by mail, 50 cents, postpaid, from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. s46 r ins PINKPILLS HOUSEHOLD NAME IN 54 COUNTRIES', The Graf Zeppelin and the Future Two-daydirigible servlce between tbe 'United States and Germany 15 pre- dicted by Germany's representative of the Ministry of Transportation, as: a result of the Graf Zeppelin's euccess- tul 6,000 -mile flight from Friedrich- shafon to Lakehurst, New, Jersey, in Iwo than four days, Tliis was the great airship's second voyage to these Shores and the return trip last year was made in less than seventy hours. A larger dirigible, we are told, not only could carry a greater number of pas sengers and more mail and express; but it . could ranee the westward crossing in less than sixty'honrs, Al ready, says a writer in the Baltimore Sun, plans hare been made far the construction of two American pas - imager dirigibles, each twice the size. of the Graf ZepPeiin and in Great Britain the giant British airship R-100 is nearing completion. But the Graf Zeppelin, we are reminded by the St. Joseph News -Press, "is the first rep- resentative of that mighty argosy of air -liners with wbloh the human ins aglntaion has for generations been painting the skies. Germany's "merchantman of the air" left Friedrlohseafen at 9.29 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Weednesd ay, July 31, She carried, besides twenty passengers, a stowaway and a crew of forty, 30,387 letters and 31,499 post- cards, some birds and animals, and miscellaneous frieght items, including a piano, A similar trip, attempted last. May; failed through defective en- gine shaftinge, recalls the New York Times. The voyage which began on July e1, we are told, "was a shake- down for the new equipment anda training trip for the crew in prepara- tion for the dirigible's trip around the world." At 10 p.m., August 1, the Graf Zeppelin passed. over Gibraltar, and at 7.05 p,m, the following day she was ninety miles south of Pico, the Azores. At 9 p,m., Saturday, August 3, her position was given as 1,035 miles southeast of the Navy's hangar at Lakehurst, which she reached. at 6.29 the following evening, exactly ninety-three hours out, She came, it is, estimated, 5,331 land miles. As a result of the Graf Zeppelin's second visit we are experiencing a re- vivalof the airplane -dirigible contro- versy. The airship enthusiats are loud in their praise of the potentialit- ies and capabilities of the dirigible, while the suporters of the airplane insist that the airship is cumbersome, uneconomical, and generaly impracti- cable. The unprejudiced ones are "from Missoudi. Certainly maintains the Washington post, "of the 'round - the -world flight is caried Out success- fully, Dr. Eckener and his Graf Zep- pelin will: have convinced many that the dirigible is not the ungainly thing it is so frequently painted." To quote the Philadelphia Evening Pub - lice Ledger. "There is solid significance to this second triumph of German ingenuity and enterprise. "Those nations which carry the wprld's trade have their minds turn- ed to the air as the next field of com- petition for supremacy in transporta- tion and ,communication. "Big airships are building in Eng- land and America, and others are con- templated elsewhere. The air liner will have many opportunities during the coming years to prove its possib- ilities." A large number of newspapers, on the other hand, are convinced that the dirigible is still in the experimen- tal stage; that the dirigible's margin of time advantage over the ocean -lin- er is not sufficiently great to attract passengers. In the opinion of the New Haven Register, "the Graf Zep- pelin's usefuleness will be seriously restricted until she can develop much greater speed," "If she Is to compete with the passenger-carying liner, she must function as regularly and be as safe," pints out the New York Times: A criticism of the New York World is that "the Zeppelin type of airship is very costly to build, house, and op- erate iproportion to- the useful load it oan carry." Then thereis the time which such a leviathan of the skies lases through being compelled by un- favorable weather to take a longer doute, Writing of the "commercial disadvantages" of the Zeppelin type Of airship, William L. Laurence says in the New York World: "First, are the enormous discom- forts of this mode of travel During these early stages when the newspap- ehs MUT give Zeppelin flights front- page publicity willing to pay 42,600 for the privilege of being coped up like hens for three days or more, eat- ing mostly canned footle, unable to smolce of bathe, or even to open a window to get a breath of fresh air Add to this the pleasure of being pitched and rolled over God's heavens, and it will not take such horse -sense out that while such ocean travel may be good omelet for baboons, gorillas, pigeons,' canaries, and grand pianos, it is far from attractive for individ- uals going aboard for purposes other than publicity." thtl Veal analysis avers the Nor talk Virginian -Pilot "it can not be said that the Graf. Zeppelin's flight from Friedrdcbshafen to the United States advaucds the development of lighter -than -air craft beyond theex- tierixnental stage." For example: "Airship disasters, such as the Roma, the Shenandoah, the R-38 in England, the los of the Dixutucle, and England, the loss of the Dixmucle, and Graf Zeppelin onan attempt to fly to America earlier this year, all attest I: Know a Bird I know a bird that sings at twilight, Sings, ori; sweet! when dusk is fall- ing. Sings from the shadowy deep green cover Over a tall dark clic to the southward. I know the song of a bird. Always the sun is sloping westward (Cooler the air on the cool blue water) ; Over the river silverly singing High, singing low, singing clear, sing- ing sweetly Comes the song of a bird. • I know a bird that sings when the clover Sweeter smells from the dew's moist falling, Perfume and melody softly calling, Plaintively calling over the water, The good night song of a bird. —Erica Selfridge. The Gold Drain Truth (London): "For some time past British gold has been flowing to France in alarming quantities." As to the gold drain, that is now going on, nobody appears to know wbly France Is 'taking gold, or, rather, why the French exchange has fallen to a point at welch It Is higbly pro- fitable to ship gold from this side. Evidently money is dearer in France than suggested by the level of the Bank rate (2 per cent, below Lon- don), and it has suited France to withdraw part of her sterling credits in the form of gold. While the with drawals are going on there must be anxiety regarding tbe future. Liberty There is no true liberty, nor right Joy, but in the fear of God with a good conscience.—Thomas a Kemple. U X O. FOR THE HAIR Ask Your Barber—He knows "Speedhand"— simplified shorthand—and typing mase tared in spare time at home. Easier. to learn and write. Typewriter sup plied. Write for Free Lesson TODAY. Dominion School Telegrapby-Ltd. Dept, W.L. 1 Toronto 1f' I LS WANTED FIARDRESSINO AND BEAUTY CULTURE' is the most remunerative orr.ession . wit OFFER IVY' MOOT UP -TO. DATE OOulsE IN CANADA. [3tmelevri Iloolorafl tee bt oirlot.ates. Toronto Hairdressing Academy lee Avenue Std., Toronto, neat. W — Canada's Advance As a Lead Producer SNORT TONS 175,000 150,000 125,000 100,000 75,000 50,000 25,000 LEAD PRODUCTION OF CANADA 1918-1928 404, 1918 1920 1922 The rico of Canada's lead output furnishes one of the outstanding fea- tures of the Dominioh`'s progress in mineral development during recent years. Lead has been mined in Can- ada for forty years or more, but within the past decade production has increased at a remarkable rate— rising from about 26,000 tons in 1918 Lo over y r 170,000y n o s last year. The t great Canadian source Is British Col- umbia, which possesses, in the Sul- liven mine, the largest lead and zinc mine in the world. 'Quebec, Ontario, and Yukon Terrltory,;also contribute to the output. , 1924 1926 Copper and lead 'are the two cheif items in the world's eonsumpt on of nonferrous metals, On a tonnage basis lead runs copper a close race. World's production of lead in 1928 amounted to 1,846,000 tons as. against 1,883000, tons of copper, According to the figures of the American Bureau of Metal Statistics, upon which the accompanying chart is based, Car - le ada took fourth place among the ad - producing countries. Australia held only a slight margin of leadership over Canada—a margin which, In view of the prospects for further growth in the Canadian output, may shortly disappear, the degree to which the dirigible is de- pendent upon favorable weather for its success. The present voyage, which was madeunder most favorable weather conditions, and which seems to have been uneventful, does not ap- pear to have done more than call at- tention to the desirability of further experiments with this form of air- craft" a r i t...:. KEEP CHILDREN WELL DURING HOT WEATHER Every motherknows bow fatal the hot summer months are to small children. Cholera infantum, diarr- hoea, dysentry, colla and Btomach troubles are rife at this time and often a precious • little life- is lost after only a few hours illness. The mother who keeps Baby's Own Tab- lets in the house feels safe.) The oc- casional use of the Tablets prevent. stomach and bowel troubles, or . 1f trouble comes suddenly—as it gener- ally does—the Tablets will bring the baby safely through. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr,. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. The Right of Asylum Manchester Guardian (Lib.): (Mr. Clynes has refused Trotsky admitt- ance to Britain on the ground that he might become a source of "grave em- barrassment" to the Government. One would have thought Sir William Joyn- son-Hicks, now more suitably accom- modated in the Upper House, alone capable of the apology which Mr, Dynes has offered for the Govern- ment's decision to refuse Mr. Trotsky admittance to this country Admittance of Mr. Trotsky, the ex - Bolshevik and arch -heretic, would an- noy no one, except perhaps the Soviet Government, which has exiled him, and the little group of British Com- munists. And ,the Labor Government would be wise to avoid -the appearance of caring too much about either. The entrance of Mr, Trotsky would no doubt cause some public excitement. I'Ie would nq doubt write vivid and en- tertaining memoirs, But there is no way in which he could harm this coun- try or its Government even if he would. In a few months he would be forgotten, like our other distinguished exiles, mainly of royal blood, whom the present Government appears to end tolerable enough., On Writing as. a Trade Ililairo Belem in the New States- man (London): Balza° said a very true thing when be maintained that the writing man gives more of him- self than any other kind of worker. Ile is the pious .pelican; he feeds the brutish populace upon his own flesh. I doubt whether there .is any interval more dispiriting than that between the moment when a man. sets out in his fatigue to attempt some writing, utterly indisposed as he is, because It is his miserable task,•hardly even a duty, certainly not a natural activity, but a bitter slavish compulsion and that when, perhaps an hour later, he bas screwed himself up to the pitch! Lord Lloyd and Egypt Spectator (London); It is not neces- sarily a condemnation of Lord Lloeyd US say that he was withoirt'concilia- tory conviction in regard to Egypt. He had the right to hie own Judg- ment, and his proved courage and energy would melte him a yaluable and mfnistrator under afferent' conditions. Indeed, we wish that it bead been possible for the "Government to offer him there and then some other post, Thus they might have avoided the mischievous rumours Which are bound to be set afloat by a suddenprocured resignation, Minard's Liniment for 'Neursliela, Appetising Dishes Ice -Box Pudding One cupful of sugar; one scant mile fur of butter; three whole eggs; one- half cupful of chopped pecans; one small canof grated pineapple, well drained; one dozen macaroons. Cream together the butter and the sugar; add the eggs, one at a time, stirring continuously; add the pine- apple andnuts, still' stirring; lastly, theh finely crumbled macaroons. Pour into a mold which has been lined with lady fingers, Set away in the ice box from 12 to 24 hours. Serve in slices, topped with whipped cream. Butterscotch Cookies Three cupfuls of flour; 2 cupfuls of brown. sugar; 1 level teaspoonful of soda; 1 level teaspoonful of oream of tartar. Mix well together and add 1,¢ cupful of butter, working it in as with pie - crust. Add 2 eggs, well beaten; 2 tea - Spoonfuls Of vanilla. Mold in rolls, leave overnight in the ice box, Slice and bake. Ice -Box Rolls One cupful of lard; 1 cupful of boil- ing water; WI, cupful of sugar. Cream the lard and sugar, then add the boiling water and cool. One cupful of cold water; 2 cakes of compressed yeast; .2 teaspoonfuls of salt; 2 eggs; 6 cupfuls of unsifted flour. When the first mixture is cool, add the yeast cakes dissolved in the cold water; then the eggs, well beaten. Finally, sift in the flour and salt. Beat thoroughly, and put in the ice box .overnight,' Mold in any preferred shape and let rise two hours before baking. Bake in a hot oven for 20 minutes. Clover leaf rolls, made by using muffin tins and Ailing each ring with three tiny rolls, are in high favor. This mixture will keep perfectly for several days and furnish several bakings. Baked Cucumbers With Lobster Peel a sufficient number of cucum- ber's, allowing one to each person; cut them into halves lengthwise, re- move the seeds and soft portion, then place them in a kettle and cover with boiling water. Leave to stand five minutes, then drain the cucumbers, blanch in cold water and dry on a cloth. leave ready a stuffing made by melting 2 tablespocnfuls of butter and blending with it the same amount of flour, then adding a grating of nutmeg and 5,,Q of a teaspoonful each of papri- ka and salt. Stir until frothy, then add 1 cupful of milk or cream, stir- ring constantly until the mixture boils. Add 1y,4 cupfuls of lobster meat out into small pieces and icy of a cup- ful of salted mushrooms t also cut in- to small pieces. Fill the cucumbers with the mixture, place in a buttered baking dish and bake until the 'stuff- ing is hot. Oer1 Roo Tea; coags dit 'ci to US froxr, l,;;,e finest tea gardens, there straight to your grocer --brimful o flavor and freshness. Every, package guaranteed.70 ED , 'l EA:is RED, ROSE ORANGE PEKOE Is extra: good Wild Birds Return To Parks in London London.—Bird sanctuaries, 'estab- lished during the last seven years, have induced large number's of birds which were tending to disappear from the London area, to nest once more in the royal parks. In Hyde Parer and Kensington Gar- dena, situated in the heart of an en- ormous urban area, and frequented. daily by a large number of people, no fewer than 17 species of wild birds now nest. there. Though seldom or never seen there for years, the following are wood pigeon, mallard, moorhen, great crested grebe, goldfinch, green- finch, tufted duck, pochard, common gull, spotted flycatcher, wood warb- ler, goosander, smew, scoter, scaup duck and redwing. Birds of commoner varieties, which have never completely deserted Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens, are now found in everincreasing numbers, states the report of the committee on bird sanctuaries. Keep Minard's Liniment always handy Does Wales Want a Capital? Welsh Outlooks (London, Edin- burgh, Dublin and Belfast are capital cities; but what of Wales?) We have a nationalmuseum, a national lib- rary, a national University, a national eisteddfod, nationalorganizations of religious bodies and of intermediate education, a `national orchestra, a na- tional agricultural society, a national institution to combat tuberculosis. A very large portion of our social life is organized on a national basis Ought we to have a national capital as well? . We have never had a national capital in tbe whole of our history. As our institutions show, our naticnal feeling is very much alive to -day. We have got on pretty well without a capital. Would we have done better with It? Does Wale really want a capital, and need it? FORTUNE Fortune, men say, doth give too much to many. But yet she never gave enough to any. —Sir John Harrington. sansenfigentilleteinnammliesnue I ROX0 N `&lith7he7 n TheloneyllyCatc°' er You Must Do Your Bit lin the war against the fly, carrier of germs and breeder of disease. 11'11 Is proven that AEROXON is one of the most convenient and most efficient means of combating this fly evil, It is convenient, because of the push -pity It ie hygienic, fees never gel away when once caught. 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