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The Seaforth News, 1931-01-15, Page 3ome aids B.Y , Mato stNN Baer A New Year's Suggestion :Speak a shade More kindly than the year before, .Pray a little oftener, love a little more, 'Cling a little closer to the Father's love; 'Thus life below shall grow liker to the life above. / -A. Subscriber, • The Little Town It is said 'God must have loved the •common people for He made so many .01 them. Likewise He must fove that little 'town for He niatle so many of then, and its popularity grows since the automobile makes It more and more possible to enjoy rural life no Matter what the occupation. Is is any wonder that many people prefer the little town to the congest- ed city with its crowded streets filled with strangers, rte hurry and the deaf- ening noise of traffic. It feels good to return to the quiet and clean fresh alt -01 the little town where everyone knows everyone else. It is true Mrs, Grundy "sometimes allows her tongue ' to' be a little sharp at times, but peo- ple are mostly kind and considerate. Even Mrs,.. Grundy, during a crisis, turns in with a willingdesire to help if occasion, demands it. The nearby meadow and woodland are quickly reached if desired where the plump little gray squirrel with his saucy erect plume, balances himself high on a topmost branch, gently swaying with the breeze and busily -eating a nut precariously nipped off from the very end of a twig. 011, lit. tle gray squirrel, you too have your 1 troubles, but who would guess it, 'see- ing you gally swinging there. Thee gentle roll of the far off hill slowly comes to view, as the warm sun's rays 'qulotly dispel the mist, saturated with the atmosphere o fthe fresh country Ora How good it makes one feel to breath it in and rust the eye on the hill's curtain of green. ut 11 we have a preference for the little town and enjoy the privileges which It offer's, it is also up to us to 'Support it in every possible way. Al- together we are the merchant, farmer, •doctor, lawyer, editor, clerk, house- wife, etc. We are one of these, each earning itis 017 her livelihood. Then to create community happi- ness our support is needed at every turn to keep the wheels; going smooth- ly, Sometimes, thoughtlessly per- haps, it is felt a few cents tan be saved by going to the city, which, by the way, is more than eaten up in gasoline to carry us there, It is even found to frequently happen that things can be bought cheaper at house than in the city, At any rate, what does the small saving amount to, anyway when we consider that to exist the small town needs our support where - ever it11 possible to give it. The old proverb. "Do as you would be done by," Still holds good and is as true as in olden days. On starting out in the New Year of 1031. remember your town. Be loyal. Twilight Hour Story Chapter 0 What Mamma Hen Did About the Gold,Wlnd The next morning. Mamma Tien thought perhaps it.worild be warmer outside after the nice warmbright 'sun would come, up, for she: wanted to give her babies some fresh air and take them out of.the barn. So as soon as they were wakened up and eaoli little baby stretched itself and flut- tered its tiny wings they 011 started ou to be near the big barn door. They 'wore scratching around in the straw finding little tiny stones to eat. For mind you chickens like stones to eat with the rest of their breakfast. Their little stomachs are different from ours because they eat them to keep their little stomachs from aching. But if we ate these little stones we would have a stomach ache, wouldn't we? Just then the door opened and the farmer man's boy, Billy, came and opened the door to get George, the horse. This time he saw the ciilekies; Last time he came in, don't you re- member? they hurried and hid under Mamma Hen before he saw them. But • this time they were not so much afraid. When Billy saw them he laughed like everything because they' were so cute; not loud though, for he didn't want to frighten them. It's al- ways best not to make muck noise when little shy birds or animals are around, isn't it? For they are just. as afraid of you if you make a big noise as you would be afraid of a big horse if all at once it would jump ' around and stand on its hind legs. But Billy knew how to act with these little babies, for early in the summer they had a lot of them running around with their Mamma Hens. He said: "Well, Mamma Hen, you were a foolish chicken to hatch out four poor little deletes so near winter time, flow are you going to raise I them, I'd like to know, for it is cold outside even now? I guess you are not a very good Mamma to have little chicks. this time et year. Why, all the other chickens were little long ago." IMamma Han began to thinkshe was foolish too,and wished she had spoken i to the older Mamma Hens instead of running off by herself. Now, because she acted like that, she didn't know what to do with her babies. Yes, I'm just sure these little chickens really didn't have a very good Mamma. Next Week: -"The Cold Wind and the New Mamma," New Air Stamp Very Distinctive Color of Smaller Denomina- tions Changed to Agree With World Postal Requirements Ottawa, -A new pictorial issue of Canadian stamps, conceded by phila- telists to be of the highest artistic quality, is being sent to post offices throughout the couury by the depart- tment. The most .distinctive production of the group, according to departmental officials, is the new five -cent air mail .stamp. It beat's the figure of the winged mercury against a baekgrouud' of the globe 'with the North and South American continents delineat- ed. The color is brown, Many ex- pressions of admiration have already been received by the department from stamp colleotors, who describe it as the most attractive air mall stamp "issued by any country. Another striking example of the etc graver's art is the blue 50 -cent stamp which carries a picture of the his - Sunday School Lesson January 11. Lesson t1. -The Child hood of Jesus -Luke 2: 40-52. Gol den Text -Jesus advanced In wis dom and stature, and in favour with God and man. -Luke 2: 52. The early Church oved to invent and tail stories of the childhood c:' Jesus, Jany of these have come down to us in the so -cello 1 "Apocryph'sl Goa pels"; dreary'anc'. unedifying reading they make for the most part, and they bear ;heir ineredioility on the face of them. r"his story of the boy Jesus, arguing with the doctors in the Temple is the only narrative of his boyhood preserved for us in the Gospels, and there is nothing improbable about ic. In the boyhood stories given in the "Apocryphal Gospels," the writers are anxious, to show that his .divinity manifested itself, evei,in hisearliest years, by the amazing, and often gro- tesque, miracles which he is said to have avcohplished, Here, however, the writer seems to wieh us to under- stand that his divinity showed itself in his being a good son of his parent,. and in his wonderful character and spiritual insight. The occasion of this story seems ro be a special visit to Jerusalem in Jesus' thirteenth year, when he would' undergo a ceremony which was some- thing like a combination of coming' of age and of confirmation, or reception. into full Church membership: he be- came, in the phrase which the Jews still use, "a son of the Law." 1-1 was, :herefore, for hien a great and mem. orable occasion, in his life. He would partake of the Passover meal with his family. The ceremonies attendant on the Passover lasted a full week, but only on the first two days were worshippers obliged to. visit the Temple. On the third day, therefore, most of those who had come from a distance would return home, for there was little to detain them. We ntav assume, therefore, that on the third day Joseph and Mary took their de- parture, and supposed, it seems, that Jesus was somewhere in the caravan.' There was no synagogue or school" building in the Terip.e, but from time to time lectures ware given there by the rabbis; some of these would deal with technicalities of the Law, and be intenued for those who were making a professional study of it. Others would be of a simpler and practical kind, where, doubtless, questions from the audience and free discussion of diffi- culties would be allowed. Jesus, who was now a "son of the Law," would certainly be admitted. Imaginatieli likes to consider what questions Jesus may have asked, and what may have been his responses to draw forth the astonishment of the hearers. We can easily suppose that. into some discussion upon a matter of. ritual or legal detail he might inter- ject a question, or saying, penetrating to the very heart of religion, 1 ut this is only guess work. Jesus' answer to, his anxious parents may be translated, "Knew you not that I must be about any Father'.; busi- ness," et "Knew you not that I must be in my Father's house." On the whole, perhaps the former is more probable, but the meaning might be, simply, that, of course, he would be found in the Temple. The passage does not necessarily or even naturally, itnply that Jesus supposed God, and not Joseph, to be his Father, nor can we say, with any confidence that even in his boyhood he knew himself to be the Son of God in some unique sense. We speak sometimes as if we knew just what passed in the mind and soul of Jesus but the Gospels are reticent about his self-consciousness; his inner life was "hidden" in God, and must always be mysterious to us, None the less, the passage suggests a considera- tion of great importance. It suggests that to Jesus, even as a child, God was first and foremost the Father. To John the Baptist, perhaps, and to the Pharisees, he was first or chiefly, Judge, but not to Jesus. The idea that Jesus conies to save us from the wrath of God has little support in the Gospels. But the title' "Father; is open to misunderstanding today. According to Some modern ideas, a father should be the jolly and familiar playmate of his children, but little removed from a big brother, The. Jewish conception of fatherhood Was very different; in the New Testament the name, "Father," has in it awe and reverence and "godly fear." The Jewish father ruled his household, and his word was law in a way strange to modern democratic ideas, Stili, no doubt, not sternness and authority, bub mercy, patience, gentleness and love are dominant in Jesus' thought of the Father. "Jesus `waxed strong.' This odd phrase refers to his whole nature, both toric chapel at Grand Pre, N,S„ and the well of Evangeline. The one dollar stamp is dark green and bears a picture of Mount Edith Cavell in British Columbia. A prairie scene is used 1n the red 20 -cent atantp. It shows grain being reaped by modern machinery. In the background are grain elevators. The Quebec Citadel Is portrayed on the dark grey 12 - cent stamp, 'The ten -cent stamp, green, in' color, bears a picture of the parliamentary library. he the smaller denominations the colors have been changed to agree with international postal: conventions, as follows: One -cent, green; two. cent, red; five -cent, blue, and eight cent, orange. These all bear a por- trait of the King. Time The dearest friend to we mortals Is Time, We can. male up for a great many bereavements, but the loss of Time is irrevocable.-Pauley. g Living Words Ofour great met, Pass not from door to door and out again, But sit within the house. as to physical growth, and aceto wis- dom in the use o,: strength. Athletes often break down in early life, be- ea'use, being strong; they are tempted to over exertion. Jesus was a strong, sturdy, active boy, full of life, yet using his strength in helpful and Wise ways with the result that his body was wholly free from disease, and in the full 'powers of his manhood he was capable of great exertion. He took long walking tours throughout Giliiee, his perfectly healthy body becoming a valuable instrumentforthe carrying out of the great tasks of his public ministry." ' What New York Is Wearing BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON illustrated D'resstnakiseq Lesson Fur - MUTT AND JEFF=- By BUD FISHER Edison Presented With Questionnaire Declares .That Inventions of the Future Will Be In . Health Field New Yorlc.-Thomas A, Edison said recently the outstanding inventions of the future will bo In 'the tleld of health and that inventors will be biologists and chemists, ' Mr. Edison repiied to a question- naire from the Review of Reviews. Edisonhimself is famous for bis ques- tionnaires. "Sickness is pretty hard on the workman now," said the 84 -year-old wizard. "it's hard for them to get a good doctor, and proper Care is ex- pensive. There is too mucic sick- ness, Something will have to be it It, and that is where d chemistry come in." someofthe questions and 0 you think' your work would sier if you were beginning now 1 business ready to give money facilities for research? A. -Yes, as .for 40 years hustling for pay- 1s. Q. -Do inventors come from neces- sity --"The mother of invention" -or from scientific curiosity? A. -Moat inventors work to earn money to get a modest living for their families. All they want is enough money to ex- periment with. Deaths Due to Overeat:ng Q. -Will science tell us to eat less, as it has told` us to drink less? A.- Eighty per cent. of our deaths are due to overeating. After the age of 21 a large variety and quantity of food is unnecessary. All those things crowd the stomach and cause poisons. It takes courage to learn restraint, but all that eating is unnecessary. I find that my weight keeps up on a glees of milk alone, every two hours. Q. -Is there danger that life will grow too complicated, too speedy, with so many new inventions? A. - No. People will live tip to it. The brain, If used, has enormous capacity. People don't begin to suspect what the mind is capable of. Q.—Is there any inherent aifHcul- ty in making television ase common as the telephone. A. -Yee, cost and complexity. Locomotives are pretty well developed, but you wouldn't want to buy one and have it in your Ionise, u'oulci yen? Televisicu is like that. 2 703 A swagger frosts of wool jersey ie fashionable rust -red shade shows in- teresting buttoned front closing that adds a tailored air. Just to be different, it gores its circular flaring skirt and attaches it to the stip 'yoke in deep scalloped out- line. The collar and cuffs are of Iinen. It's so distirative and so practical. It's simple to make. Style No. 2703 may be had in sizes 3, 10, 12 and 14 yerrs, The 8 -year sizes requires '20-1 yards of 39 -inch ma- terial with 14 yard of 39 -inch con- trasting aid 2?!t yards of binding. It is also very smart be lightweight tweed in brown and white diagonal weave, just like the elders are wear- ing. It ntay be worn with a brown suede belt. Make, the collar and mugs of white pique with pert bow of brown grosgrain ribbon at necklit're, Trim the bodice with brown bone buttons. Covert cloth, wool crepe, challis prints and tweed -like cottons smart, HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and' size of such patterns as you want, Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (eoin preferred; wrap it carefully) fde each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Plans to Record Speeches Berlin—Alt attempt will be made to get phonographic records of all speeches and interruptions to speeches during the Reichstag ses- sions of the coming year. If tate effort is successful the records will be substituted for the stenographic rec- ord of the debates, Many tmerrtbers of the Reichstag look upon the proposed innovation dubiously, realizing that they will lose the privilege of striking from the of- ficial record those of their words which on second thought they deem unsuitable. But others who are not members of the Reichstag fever the plan strongly In the belief that it may bring more dignity and forethought into the debates. Poison Gas Not So Deadly Q. -Do you think the auto -gyro is the coming thing in aviation -the best principle so Inc developed? -Yes, and It came from Spain. The say that Spain is dead. But that man (the inventor) has the egg oe Columbus. Q. -Is it your opinion that poison gas in warfare Is efficient and merci- ful, or a horror to be barred? A. -I think it less deadly than bullets and bombs. On the wall of Mr. Edison's office in West Orange, N.J., where the ques- tionnaire was presented, hangs a quotation from Sir Joshua Reynolds: "There is no expedient to which man will not resort to avoid the real la- bor of thinking." Pointing to it, Mr, Edison sale to his interviewers. "That is what's the natter with us." "Did you sit up until the New 'Year came in?" "Yep. Our baby is teething." Thoughts Thoughts worth repeating will come to any man if he will, with patient at- tention, step from thought to thought. He may thus, happily, climb to a view or expression- of truth which shall Lighten and strengthen his own soul, and radiate through aa infinitecircle of lives and ,years. 20 Million Year Wood Preserved Northern Alberta Tar Sands Contain Most Ancient Deposit Ottawa. -The oldest deposit of pre- served wood in the world, its age esti- mated between 15 and 20 million's Years, Inas been discovered by Cana- dian Government engineers at Fort McMurray in Northern Aiberta. S, C. Ells, an engineer in the federal depart:' ment of mines and internationally known as an expert on bitumin depos- its, ' made epos-its,'niade the find which geologists claim tobe one of tate most import- ant scientific 'discoveries in recent year's. ..... Deep: in the far-famed Fort McMur- ray tar sands, the wood has lain for millions of years. Sealed tight from the devastating effects of air. When untombed last Summer, it was found to be in perfect preservation. The growth -rings could be counted inside! the trunks; the wood might be whit- tled with an ordinary jack-knife; even tiny insects which fed on the leaves and tender Shoots of the grow- ing trees, were preserved in the air- tight chamber. The leaves, them- selves were unearthed in fair condi- Dr. I, W. Bailey of Harvard Univer- sity. who leas been conducting a series of microscopic studies of the wood, practically, has established the fact that et least one of the preserved traps 1s of a type that grows today in Japan. Geologists look upon this as still another link in the chain of evidence pointing to the establish- ment of the theory that North America and Asia at one time were parts of one huge continent. Of Jurassic Period. Geologists, who have been working on the discovery say the wood belongs to the Jurassic period, which dates back between 15 and 20 million years. In constructing the process of preser- vation. the geologists say the wood drifted down Iarge rivers and lodged on sued bars. The logs and trees were buried by the action of the waves but before oxidation set in, the sand ab- sorbed an inflow of heavy Petroleum which was the origin of the famed Northern Alberta tar deposits. At the same time, the bitumin insulated the buried wood from the air, leaving it in Its original state of preservation until the hand of man forced the secret many millions of years later. Curiously enough, the basic prin- ciple of the wood's preservation, tar or bitumin. was the same as that employ- ed by the Egyptians in mummifying their dead. Make Further Studies. The Dominion Mines Department in- tently making further field studies at Fort McMurray next Summer and it is Probable that geologists from several Canadian and United States univer- sities will be invited to participate. In preliminary excavation .work last Summer, the largest tree section un- earthed was 40 feet In length with a diameter of 14 inches. Dr. Bailey of Harvard University, who is au author- ity on such matters, has attached so much importance to the find that he has signified leis intention of visiting Fort McMurray next Summer. In al letter to 'Mr. Ells, he described the dis- 1 covery as "a most valuable find, de- serving intensive study' ' Geologists say the find may alter, if not revolutionize, some modern theories on what phehistoric vegeta- tion covered this continent. It is the only known deposit 01 Jurassic period vegetation preserved hs its original state and is looked upon as a more important discovery than the petrified trees of Southwestern United States or tite semi -carbonized wood sometimes found in coal -beds. I -African Air Route Pi ns Are Ruth,ed I London -to -Cape Town Ser- • Dog Whip Saves Life Prince Albert, Sask.-Unerring aim of the whiphaud of Clarke Cheney, veteran dog -driver of. the north, re- cently saved the life of a tractor driver at Lac la Rouge. The trac- tor rayfor driver was hauling a "swing" of fish across Lac la Rouge, 200 miles north of here, when the machine plunged through the ice. Cheney tumefied the long, snaky dog whip, and whirled it toward the tractor driver, who grasped the lash and was hauled to safety. A Non -Stop Flight Across A Sirloin. z 60 -PTA i KELLY( /To mom EIGIiT�EN-DfiY M -M- 's St1 LotN is GRcAT+ Ko MoR� SPINACtF GRASS Fo MEJ • IMITATe SliiPtkilkk Ger f1WA1f MITT' AND flit$ 'Dt��a Thies .f . ieAi AND . f Iamo' iY ' ;. � _ "i: ;,K �. I '�:, ;/-µ+.,(%. . ' I 1 iNITIIl, .....: G WS'NAT 'l31*GAI<iNG N0 RECORRS You'RC ! fr i'` x°ice iM I I '; ` 6P nI4i I l . SNITCHING some NO, a �l 'illi REFUEUMG 13PEAt<ING . • 'Hl'1G. 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Expected to be in Operation Next Summer London ---The British air route from London. to South Africa over some of the worst flying country in the world is being pushed ahead as far as Mwanza in the African jungle and by midsummer it is expected that the whole 8,000 mile trail to Cape Town will have been blazed. Passengers will thus reach the Cape '1u eleven ,:. days as compared with seventeen by surface transport, Across Europe they will be' taken in huge Handley- Page andley Page four -engined Hannibal machines, eaelt, carrying thirty-eight, as far as Egypt, where there will be a great lying junction for India and the Far East. On the _southward trip passengers will be carried alternatively in air- planes and flyingboats which will fol - Ow the course of the Nile and Afrin can lakes to Kisumu, Along the main African route twenty-seven, air stations have been constructed, many cut out <00 the heart of tbe virgin bush, while at the main stations ho- tels have been built by the Imperial Airways Company which will operate the route. Thirty intermediate land- ing grounds have been made and at no point will the crews of the air- liners be out of touch with the air station. Liquor Tax Stimulates Bootlegging. in Scotland Glasgow, Scotland. -Officials of the customs and excise departments are now trying to throttle bootleg- ging operations in this cradle of a "wee drop." Because the tax on spirits amounts in some cases to two-thirds of the sale ,sriee of a quart of whisky, scores of illicit stills have been put in opera- tion in various sections of England and Scotland. Investigation showed the centers of bootlegging activity to be London, Leeds, Manchester, Car- diff, Hull, Birmingham, Bristol, Glas- gow and Edinburgh. Surreptitious hautlling of tbe pro- duct in gasoline cane has made the trade hard to check, Government of- ficers estimate the cost of dlstilllin; a gallon of "moonshine" at 10 cents, the stuff selliug for '512.50. Perfumes, which use considerable alcohol as a base, are also to be in- vestigated, officials said. The officers estimate a loss -00 03,500 la taxes on each 100 gallons sold con- trary to law.- -_ Japanese Immigrants Total . 100,000 in Sao Paulo Ri;, de Jauiero.-Japan ranks . as ane of the leaders among countries which have contributed most to in- crease ncrease Brazil's population during the last decade, official figures reveal. Tito State of Sao Paulo now has well over 100,A0 established Japanese im- 'min'tnts. an increase 04 15,000 in the last three years. Japanese immigra- tion is so well organized, by virtue oe a special treaty between Brazil and Japan, that a jebless Japanese is a rarity in 'Bruzil. The majority of the Japanese are devoting themselves to coffee Plant- ing. lanting. although a great many cultivate rice and cotton. Rice fields owned by Japanese in the Triangulo Mineiro district enjoy a reputation through- out Brazil for the quality*oftheir crops. The value of the annual production of Japanese residents in Brazil is estimated to total 512,000,000, with cotton worth ¢Y0,0110,000 leading the "lslar•�l of Solitude" Linked With World In one of the most lonelyspots in the e-orld stands a lighthouse which is "manned" by a Canadian and his wife and children. The lighthouse is that of Green Island, set among the maze of small islands that guard the entrance to the harbor of Prince Ru- pert on tile British Columbian coast. Here year in and year out, the. fam- ily light the lamps and safeguard the lives of the many shipe making ,for the harbor. Green Island itself is .0o small that it is only a dot even on big neaps and mariners' charts. It covers barely an acre at high tide - a grim wall of grey rock fringed with green weed set . in a tumbling sea. Every evening as ,dusk falls the keep- er ascends the long steps and setae the light shining. Today the "Island of Solitude" is linked with the snow- bound trappers, and the lonely-home- steader onely homesteader of the prairies, by the wide- spread league of wireless. The Itone3noon couple were about to alight from their taxi. "1 foal so nervous, George," she whispered; "they aro sure to know."' But George • was resourceful, IIere he said, "you carry the bag." An orator, warming to his task, took off his coat winch rather disconcerted ono of the stewards of the meeting, who thought that a reporter would make a sensation out of the iucideut, Toward the close, he said to the speaker: I don't emmose',3 you Icna0vp when you renleved mill• coat, that a newspaper man was present?" "Yea, I alel," was the reply, "but I kept my eye ou the coat all .,., time."