HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1926-09-16, Page 6DII�I dAtT PLANTS OE,:C IA
The gelhering of medicinal plants back snakeroot which ' yield medi-
the bark end'leaves, of trees, does'not l cines; and the well known Canada :
appeal "to*tlie average Canadian farm-' Balsam comes from the resinous exu-
er perhaps because of hick of know) -i dation of the Balsam fir.
edge of the varieties and parts which I It is, perhaps;not well known that
hraytreadily be ,converted into cash. carloads of the hank of the cascara
And yet, in many districts, this would tree are -shipped annually from Brit
prove to be profitable employment for ish Columbia to firms which manufac
spare time and certain medicmai i tune the well known cascara sagrada
plants could be cultivated With profit.' medicine from it. Thecascara tree
The ;ginseng plant found in the belongs to the northwest coast of Am-
woods'of Ontario has for matey years erica, and British" Columbia has the
been meet sought after because of the' d1stinotion of being the only portion
high value of seven dollars or morel of, the British Empire in which it is
per pound which the roots command. i n native, Owing to its rapid deple-
It has been largely exported to China tion •, in the States of Oregon and
where it is prized as a tunic and Washington, manufacturing druggists
stimulant by the Chinese. Ginseng) are looking to British Columbia fpr
and mandrake (the May apple or wild � feather supplies of the bark, but the
mandrake is a native of the woods of !tree is so little known that in :and
Ontario 'and Quebec) are regarded clearing operations it is ruthlessly;
with much superstition by the Chinese,' slaughtered when. patches of it might'
who ascribe to them almost miraculous be left to yield from time to time
powers, According to an old fancy' profitable crops. Prof, John Daviiis`on
the mandrake shrielue when pulled , of the Univensity of British Oo:um'bia
from the ground. The resemblance of says that on one lot 140 by 110 feet
its commonly forked root to the hu- (one-third acre) which canoe under his
man body, a resemblance elm shared by, notice, 94 cascara trees were burned.
the ginseng, is probably the ground of, The ::remediate value of the bark on
this superstition, The mandrake has these trees he estimated to be worth
been regarded as an anthrodisiac, and about $80, A piece of waste land: in
Used in amorous 'incantations, as e . cascara trees inay be managed to yield
love amulet,•etc, C. Elton, in "Origins -a perpetual crop and new trees may
of English History," says that the be easily started from seed. Cascara
mandrake was found beneath the pub- grows both in tree form and as spread.
lie gallowa and was dragged from the ing shrubs, and harvesting of bark
ground and carried home with many may begin when the trees are eight
religious ceremonies. ` - When secured or ten years old. •
it became a family spirit speaking in the climate of many parts of Brit-
°ratifies if properly consulted, and ish Columbia, as the Natural Re -
bringing good luck to the house in sources Intelligence. Service points out,
which it was enshrined. is particularly favorable to the growth
Ginseng and mandrake are only two of drug yielding plants, but one drug
of the many native roots from which is not sufficient for the establishment
medicines having well•.understood ef- of a manufacturing industry and so
festa are prepared for modern use in Professors J. Davidson and R. H.
the treatments of the ills of mankind. Clark, of the University of British
Among the medicinal plants which Columbia, have been making an 'in -
grow wild in Canada and for which vestigation, with financial assistance
there is a considerable demand is gal- granted by the National Research
den seal, seneca snakeroot or mountain Council, to determine whether or not
flax and wintergreen. Many other other trees, herbs and plants can be
plants of medicinal value native to grown to advantage. The results have
Europe, but which have escaped from been very encouraging. It has been
euitivetion, now occur as more or less found that not only the bark of the
common weeds in Canada, particularly cascara tree but also its wood posses -
3n the eastern provinces. Included in sea active medicinal properties. The
this category are white and black mus- British Columbia foxglove has been
tard, caraway, horehound, peppermint, found to be equal or superior in con -
spearmint, thornapple, and even the tent of the drug digitalin to that found
dandelion. All of these . foregoing elsewhere, while for the production of
plants can be cultivated as well as of the drug stramonium similarly
other varieties of zjiedicinal plants good results have been obtained from
such as coriander, dill, fennel, thyme, the thornapple which grows wild in
deadly nightshade or belladonna, gar- many parts of British Columbia. The
den chamomile, etc. spotted hemlock was found to contain
Among the trees or shrubs from a higher percentage of alkaloid than
which barkisgathered for medicinal the average found elsewhere.
purposes are the cascara tree, slippery The investigations commenced in
elm, witch hazel, wild black cherry or British Columbia might well be car -
rum cherry, prickly ash or toothache ried on in other parts of Canada. The
tree, burning bush or wahoo. Then medicine -man's drug chest must con -
there is the fruit of the juniper and tiiruously have its stock replenished
Mexican tea, the flowers of the hop and why not with medicines made in
and the sma'l'l roots or rhizomes of Canadian factories from home-grown
ferns, couch grass, white helebore and plants?
UNVEIL MONUMENT TO HEROIC CANADIAN, NURSES
At a brilliant function en Parliament. Hill, Ottawa, a monument to bhe
heroic Canadian nursing sisters was presented to the people of Canada by
Miss Jean Brown, of Toronto, on behalf of the Canadian Nurses' Association,
of which she is president. The monument was unveiled and accepted by Sir
Henry Drayton on behalf of the people.
QUEBEC NOW INCLUDED FINDS HIGH STANDARDS
IN STATISTICS REPORT IN CANADIAN SCHOOLS
Of
18, 844 LivingBirths Re- Bar Association Proceeds to
corded in January,
Were Reported from '
Quebec.
6,808
Organize Naiional Body
for Law Schools.
St, John, N.B.—The standard of
Ottawa.—The vital statistics for the .education in the law schools. of Can-
month of January last have been is- ado is high, as it is comparatively low
I sued by the Dominion Bureau oe Sta- in the United States, according to ad
tleties, and are of more than ordluary dresses' andreports delivered at the
interest in that for the first Lime in Thursday meriting session of the
such reports the Province of Quebec eleventh annual meeting of the Can-
is included. ; adlan Bar Association here. This was
Of the total of 18,844 living births brought out during the report on legal
during the month of January, 6,808 education, presented by J. E. Read,
were reported from the Province of ICC., Dean of the Faculty of the Dal -
Quebec. Ontario reported 5,481. For housie Law School at Halifax, and an
the provinces, exclusive of Quebec, the address on legal education in the Un -
total last January was 12,036, over. iced States delivered by Dr. Everett
600 less than for the corresponding 'Fraser, Dean of the Faculty of Law
month the year before, all the prov- i of the University of Minnesota.
inces showing a lesser number. The; J. F. H. Tweed of St. John reported
infants last January were 9,787 males an a meeting held by members of the
and 9,057 females. Montreal had 1,745 governing bodies of the Provincial
births and Toronto 911. Winnipeg had i law societies, at which it was decided
392, Quebee 311, Ottawa 268, Van- I to form a new organization as a sub-
couver 246, and Hamilton 216. Among sidiary of the Canadian Bar Associa-
the provinces Saskatchewan came next tion. The name chosen for the new
to Ontario, with 1,664 births, 'Mani -body was Conference of Representa-
toba 1,182, Alberta 1,155, Nova Scotia tives of Governing Bodies of the Pro -
839, New Brunswick 800, British Col- vincial Legal Societies. •
umbia 797, Prince Edward Island 118.
The average death rate for the British -Made Cameras
month per 1,000 of population. was at Hollywood
11.1, with Quebec the highest, 14.0, I FavoredyW
N!NE, 'VE. . LOST WI'A " a . 1 IAL RAIL
CRA : ON, CDl EN MTi AIS .
Monroe, Mich.—Nine persons were
killed and 19 in,iured, 10• of them ser-
iously, when two interurban passenger
'ears met head-on half a mile north of
the Monroe city limits., -Among the
reread is_ one Canadian, William A.
Rooney, .146 Randolph Ave., Sand-
wicb, Ont.
The wreck occurred on a 2,000 -foot
curve, , The motorman of the north-
bound interurban, which left Detroit,
city; :invite -at 12.45 pm., is said by
officials to have overrun Pine Siding,
one mile nerth af Monroe, the schedu-
ed meeting place of the two inter-
urbane„
nter-
urbans,A half .mile south of the side
ing the southbound car erashed'on the
curve into the car travelling from
Toledo to Detroit. Each car - was
travelling' about 40 miles en hour, and
the impact telescoped each car about
half its length.
State police, aided by members of
the Sheriff's :force, went . to the scene
soosr after the crash and assisted in
FRENCH AVIATORS
HOLD WORLD'S RECORD
Continuous Flight of 27 Hours
and 20 Minutes Covered
5,200 Kilometres.
Paris.—Further laurels were added
to France's aviation accomplishments
when a brief message was received by
the Aeronautic Division of the War
Ministry stating Lieut. Chalk. and
Captain Weiser had broken the world's
record for continuous flight in a
straight line by flying from Paris to
Bender Abbas, Persia, a distance of
5,200 kilometres.
The two Frenchmen left Paris at
6.20 a.in. Aug. 81, and arrived in the
Persian town at 9.40 a.m., Sept. 1,
Paris time. They -had been in the air
continuously for 27 hours 20 minutes.
The flight beats by 500 kilometres
the flight made from Paris to Omsk,
Siberia, made last July by two French Ontario supreme court judge,
airmen, Girier and Dorilly. passed away on August 24 in the
—^—o
Justice J. V. Teetzel
Canada Produces Flower Seed.
When England's gardens bloomed
,, to Get Helpfor Harvest
this year, millions of flowers were
from Canadian seeds. Each year sees -
an increasing demand for Canadian Moose Jaw,—Labor conditions here
flower seeds which aro found to grow are so acute that some farmers are at -
In England with )'emarkab:e success. tending Police Court sessions and
British Columbia seeds especially are paying 'fines of men charged with
earning an enviable reputation with minor offences on the condition that
the British growers.
badoee.
who
Bar -
Farmers Save Men From Jail
they go out and work for them.
SUFFERERS
WHENMILK
CHILDREN
PRODUCERS GO ON SRTIKEE AT HALIFAX
,
Halifax.—Householders in this city
n
are o short mills rations as local milk'
dealers, unable to get sufficient milk,
were forcedto cut down their sales.
The situation is serione.. The little'
milk served the first day was, for the
most part, two days old, Firm in their
determination to defeat the Health
Board, milk producers from the out-
lying districts sent practically no milk;
into the city. With the supply prat-
tically exhaused and with no milk ob-
talnwble from the producers, the prob-
ability is that many consumers will be
compelled to do without the staple,
commodity. •
Perhaps the most serious develop-
Mont was contained in the announce -I
merit by a local dairyman who supplies
the Tuberculosis Hospital, to the ef
-1
feet that that institution is practical- •
ly without milk. "At the hospital they
use 60 quarts daily,' he said, "and I
removing the dead and injured. It
was reported that sevei•a,passengers
were pinned beneath the wreckage. In
addition to those seriously injured, a
number were badly shaken upland cut
by broken glass.
An investigation into the cause of.
the wreck was begun immediately. An
effort will be made to learn why the
Motorman o'f the,southbound car fail-
ed to stop at Pine Sieiirg, as his ord•.
ers read. The bodies of the -dead' and
the injured persons had been: removed
from the wreck anhour after the
accident;
Windsor.—William ' E. Rooney, 09
Sandwich, who was killed in an inter-
urban collision at Monroe,, had lived in
Sandwich for about three years, com-
ing here from Buffalo` He made his
home at 144 Randolph Ave., and was
employed as, a,saleaman: for a Detroit
company: Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Lillian Rooney, and; a datighter.,
)lir. Rooney's parents reside at Bute
falo. 0 •
Miners' Officers Vested DIRECT` SUNLIGHT
With Power to Negotiate'-; NECESSARY TO HEALTH
London,—The convention of coal President of Sanitary Inspect-
ors Points Out Principal
Community Needs.
were granted a free hand on the geekeeeeBrantfordThe Sanitary Inspec-
tion of'wages and hours, ;and may tors' Association of Canada held a
submit any proposal:they considor• three-day convention here, presided
just, provided the agreement, be na-
tion-wide.over by Pres.E1-W:J. Hague; Chief
Health Inspector of Winnipeg. Mayor
This power was asked byf the exe3 A. 'D. Siemin welcomed the guests.
tives, and 'a conference of delegates, Pres Hague, in the opening address
after. a long session, voted by the large
majority of 557,000 votes against 225y
000 to grant the executives such
power.
The' union 'chiefs will seek to ar-
rango without delay a conference with
Government officials that negotiations
may be reopened with the mine own-
ers.;
miners on Thursday granted its na-
tional executive officers full powers to
settle the coal strike. The offleeg8
and Saskatchewan the lowest, 6.5, Al-
berta being 6.8; Manitoba 7.9, British! London.—The source of many of
Columbia 9.3, whereas the rates in the Hel:ywood's motion picture machines
other provinces ranged between 11 became known here this weak by the
and 12. announcement that a British firm had
sent to America an enormous reflex
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London to Broadcast Music camera, which will take poster size
still photographs in film scenes with -
For Country Wedding out interrupting the taking of pic-
ytures,
London—Fore-the benefit of one The production of the camera, made
happy couple, loud speakers will be for a Hollywood firm, has taken three
installed and the full power of the months, all the work having been
London and Daventry radio broad.'done by hand. It will be the first
casting stations will be called on camera of its kind in the Urdted
within a few days to flash bridal States. It is stated that England now
music through space. To the strains supplies: the United States with most
of Mende:ssohn's' Wedding March of the machines producing and show -
played in this city a young man and
his bride will pass down the aisle in
a church in Workington, Cumberland,
in the north of. England.
1, The prospective bride and groom,
anxious to have the march played,
were unable to find an organist avail -
pealed to the broadcasting company,
which arranged to have the organist
of St. Lawrence Jewry, London, play
, the march at the right moment for
was net able to provide them with a ranam as on a -
hes it under -
deo foe thepast two .days. I, just country. The coin^any vv s
P stood that the broadcast is to be staged
came from there a few minutes ao-o stood
there is not a drop of milk in only because of the exceptional cir-
the institution.” cumstances and that the innovation
This statement was later corrobor- must not be regarded as a precedent.
abed by the authorities at the Taber
^ifos lio,p`.',::',who stated that for Tax Blank Worries
two days they had had practically no, Britisher to Suicide
milk. They obtained a small quantity, i
e Governor-General
Nw
attributable to England's bewildering
George Hall
Hamilton, ereployee of the Hand Fire-
works Company, who was killed at the
Exhibition when a fireworks "bomb"
exploded laterally instead of into the
Mr. Heleaves a wife and:one young
child.
Heat In the Stars., •
The hottest stars probably reach a
temperature as high,as 40,000 degrees
Fahrenheit.
When washing flannels, never let
obis for their wedding day. They ap-
insufficient to melt their needs, At
the city home, it was stated, condensed'
milk had been used for the past two
days.
At the Children's Hospital a simi-
lar condition of affairs exists. This
institution has net been altogether
without milk, but the quantity it has
ben able to obtain has been much
smaller than it requires, and the
shortage is .felt. The Victoria Gen-
eral Hospital, more fortunate than the
other institutions, was able to' saoure
the regular quantity,
• e
London.—The first fatality directly
ing cinemas.
Good Yields Reported
from Western Points
•
Winnipeg.—Wheat at Nivervi:le,
Manitoba, is going 25 to 85 bushels to
the. acre, with the weight. at 62 to 64
and grading No. 1 and No. 2 North-
ern, according to reports received
hero.
The following points report good
yields: La Riviere, 27 bushels; Cart-
wright, 20 to 28 -bushels; Napinka,
25; Macdonald and Minnedosa, 20;
Westbourne„ 35 to 45; and Brad-
wardine, 25 to 85 bushels to the acre.
Saskatchewan—Grenfell, , 26_ bush-
els; Sinclair, 24;'ICisbey, 24; Rouleau,
30; Valour, 28 to 30, and Glamis, 35
bushels to the acre.
Moores tax sheets is reported this week 1 Will Arrive on October 2
from 'Enfield. The income tax blank
he- as unable to ;fill out worried. Qua/bee—The new Governor -Gen-
w C
George Jordon, twenty years bid. Ha era' of Canada, Viscount Willingdon,
refused to sesk advice and was found will arrive insQuebec on Oct. 2 next,
dead in a room with the gas jet on and after having met on the •ocean, follow -
the tae' blank on the table, ing the usual custom, the retiring
He had been a wireless operator, but (,overnor-Gene-rai, • Lord Byng of
changed hie husinesa to that of a Vimy., The latter will leave Quebec
draper inthe middle of the year. The, for Great Britain on Sept. 29, after a
coroner `recorded' the verdict of pub:;ie. reception in the Ancient Cap-
t "suicide while teinporarlly deer igen:"Tito).
discussed "Light and Health,' stress-
ing the necessity of natural light in -
living and working quertera. Sun-
light was"necessary for continued
health. He summed up by stating that
the four principal needs for the health
of a community' were': A clean atmos-
phere in cities and towns; the admis-
sion of direct sunlight to all working
and living quarters, particularly to
homes. where there were growing
children; the perfection of a window
ease to admit ultra violet rays; the
inculcation in the minds of the.'people
of the absolute need of direct sunlight,
M winter as well as summer, if health
was to be maintained.
Western Threshing' Produces
Remarkable Yields
Winnipeg, Man. -Reports from the
country state that threshing is pro-
ceeding at. many points in.Saskatchew-
an, but that little would be done- in
Manitoba the balance of this week be-
cause of the general rains. Some re-
markable yields are' being reported.
There were 284 cars of new wheat
on the inspection sheet, of which 258
graded contract.
Murder of Publisher
Is Charged to Employee
Montreal.—Henri Bertrand, former
manager of Le Prix Courant -and
other publications conducted by the
late J. A. Beaudry, who was found
shot to death in his office on Aug. 14,
was formally charged with the mur-
der of Beaudry before Judge Cusson
following the Coroner's inquest, when
he was declared criminally responsible
them lie long in the water. iihey fen. Beaudry's death. Preliminary
as quickly as possible.trial was set for Sept. 9,
should be washed and hung out to dry
THE. WEEK'S MARKETS
TORONTO. Ib.; 10 -Sb. tins, 12 to 121c; 6-lb.<tins,
1234 to 18c; 234 -lb. tins, 1434 to 15c.
Man. wheat—No, l North:, $1.8134, Smoked meats -Hams,. med., 33' to
No. 2 North., #1.46; Nn. 3 North., 84c; cooked hams, 48 to 50c; smoked
$1.39, irolls, 28 to 304; breakfast baciin, 35
Man. oats -No. 2 CW, nominal; No. to 40c; backs, boneless, 41 to 46o.
3, not quoted; No. 1 feed, nominal; i Cured meats—Long clear bacon. CO
No. 2 feed, nominal; Western grain to 70 lbs $23;, 70 to 90 lbs.,$21.50;
quotations in c,i.f ports, 120% 'lbs, and up, 522.84; ligtweight
Am. corn, ,track, Tor•into—No. 2 ,Polls in barrels, $42.50; heavyweight
yellow, 89c; No. 3 yellow, 88c. rolls, $39.60 per bbl -
Millfeed—Dei,- Montreal freights, Lard—Pure tierces, 16%z to 17c;
g •' 18%e;
bttgs Included: Bran, per. ton, $29.26, 1 tubs 171/x to 18c; poi's, 18 to
shorts, per ton ".31.25; middlings, prints, 19 to 19%sc: shortening, tierces,
$28.25; good feed flour, per bag, 52,80. 14 -to 1-oc; tubs, 15 to 15%c; pails; 16
Ont. oats -42 to 440 f.o.b. shipping to 161,tc; blocks, 17 to.17r/2c•
points. Heavy steers, choice, 57.50' to 58,50;
�i
Ont.good mEling wheat --$1.18 to do, 'good, $T to $7.66; butcher steers,
choice, $7.40. to 57.75; do,good,
#1.20,; f.o.b. shippingpoints, according
to freights. $7 to $7.25; de,, coin., 55.50 t$,50
Barley—Aialting, 56 to 61c. butcher cows. choice, $5 to $5.50; do,
Buckwheat -Nominal. fair to good, 54 to 54.75; butcher buss,
53.50 -to
Rye—No. 2, 83 to 85c. � good, 54.50 to $5:50; .lro:egt as,
Man.. flour—First pat., 58,40, To- $4; canners and. cutters, $2.50 to 53;
ronto; do, second pat., $7.90,. good. Belch cows, $70 M 5100; opring-
Ont, flour—Toronto, 90 per cent• ers, choice, $80 to 5115; med. ,cows,
patent;; per barrel, in carlots, Toronto, $45 to 560: feeders. good, $6 to 56.50;
55.60; seaboard, in bulk, 55.50: do, fait, -66 to 56; calves. choice,
Cheese—New,. large, 19 to 10Sic; 512.50 to $18: do, good, 59 to $11; do,
twins 19%/0 to °20c; triplets, 22e;. med.57 89; grassers, .55 to 56;
2 good' lambs, 514 to 514.50; do,;bucks,
Stiltons, 28c. 'Old, large, tc; twins,
27c;. triplets, 30c. $10.50 to 511; 'good eightaheep, 57. to
$8z heavy sheeps and bucks, $4 to
86Butter-• I` o, 1 . ee _.r v prints,• $5.60; hove. thick smooths, fed' and
No. 334 No. c creamery,yprin to, o .% stared 12.35; do Loh.. 511.75;.;
2, 34 to 35c. Dairy prints, 29.4a iv $ do,
country Points, 511.50; do, off' cars,
to „Og.a—Fresh "extras in eartcne•43 $12.75 eeectopremium, e2.42,
E4g 4 MONTREAL i
to 44c; fresh extras, loose, to'430;
fresh firsts 37c fresh seconds 30 to) Oats, No. 2 CW, 58%e; No. 8 CW,
Ole, I'54c. Flour, Man, spring wheat pats.,
dressed—Chicken,spring, , firsts,, 8.60; do,seconds, 57.90; strong
Poultry, � $
squabs, `1 to, 134 lbs., 35c; do, spring, bakers, 57.70; .linter' pais., choice,
over 4 'lbs., 42c; do,- 3 to 4 Sobs., 40c;� 56.20 to 55.80. Rode$' oats, bag 90
do, 2 to 31/0 ribs. 380; do, 2 to 21/9 1 lbs., $8 20.. Bran, ;$29.25. Shorts,
lbs., 35c; hens, over 5 lbs., '26c; do, 4 $81.25, Mirld:i les, 539.25. Hay, No.
to 5 lbs., 25c; do, 3 to 4 'lbs., 24e;12, per- ton. car lots, 514 to 515.
roosters 22e; ducklings,: 5 ebbs. and Cheese, finest wests., •1654 to 1634o;
up, 300. finest. casts., 17% to 173%. Butter,
pasteurized, 32c. Eggs, fresh
Boons—Can. hand-picked, $2.60 per No. 1, p , egg ,
Lushel• primes, 52.40. per bushel, extrss, 45c; fregh firsts, 40c.
�� o
6
., to3, coin,
n, Imp, Bologna. a hn'ds b 0
�, produce—Syrup, C KOl , �,
r Ma ie 1, P P g
p p
y.
_I
$2.25 to' .2.30 • .r• 5- .'2.i5 ;83 to .$4.60 • carves, 1.0 to $1-1;
gal., $ , Rr bal., $ cows, ,
to 52.25, per gal,; metre sugar, ib., 25', .$6 to $9 fes drinkers and
to 26e. ' I come to med. suckers ; hogs, selects
1 Ii ne 60-1b tins llya to 12c per 513.50; sows 59 to 51.0.50:
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Hon. Narcise Perodeau
Lieutenant-goveraor of. Quebec; who
opened the exhibit of wool, woollen
and knit goods, at the Exhibition, is
shown hare, clad is the coot of which
the wool was shorn from.the lambs
at Brantford only Saturday morning,
the floated coat being brought to
Toronto by airplane that night," con-
atitutdng a record for speedy nianufae-
ture of a woollen coat.
Brunette Males Win..
Prizes in Beauty Show.
London.---"Ladies prefer brunettes:
This was recently demonstrated at Vic-
toria Pier Pavillon at Folkestone,
where a .male beauty show was `held
and women were the judges. Fat men,
thin ,men, young men, old men and
notadle•aged men competed, fifty of
them in alit
Jack Dwyer, a tall, well-groomed,
slender brunette, with Grecian lea-
term,
ea
tures, won first prize: His hair is
alightly curly and was cut short. None
of the boy flappers wi.tit plastered
down hair got near the prize money,
Jimmy Adams, 25; also brunette,- was
second. Henry George Dodd, who has
such llghboolared brown hair that it
oomes dangerously- near:beleg reddish
gold, won the third prize.
Only one of the competitors had a
mustache. He was a tall sergeant mar
jos of fine proportions, also a brunette.
Though he ran the third prize, man a
close >raco, his mustache defeated hint.
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British Couple Hearty
At 102 Years of Age
London.—Probably the oldest couple
in England are J. 51. Taylor and Mrs.
Sophie Teylor, of Orpington, near
Brom:ey, each 102 years old. Mrs.
Taylor •oelebrated her two -over -the -
century birthday in August. Her hus-
band passed this mark last Aprf;. ,IIe
enjoys an occasional glass of ale' -and
is still a regular smelter. Mrs. Taylor
retains a good appetite and reads and
knits without glasses.
Mr. Taylor's greatest eomp:ainf is
that his own opindon that he is stile
something. of a'youngster doesn't coin-
cide with that of "his doctor, who has
recently ordered him to give up the
long country walks of which he is
fond.
Uses for Slag.
Even slag flora the steel furnaces
has many economic uses. Two of its
major rises are as a basis for cement
and as a fertilizer,- Soil requiring
lime and phosphoric acid are improv-
ed' by the addition of crushed or _...
screened slag and • some 15,000,000
barrels ef Portland cement .are being
made each year in the United States
with stag as an ingredient. In. Nova
Scotia slag is used in road construc-
tion and as railway ballast, ,Just as
the presence of certain base metals in
ore used to.rnake-the ore undesirable
to handle, but now through new pro-
Gasses of recovery •represent values
sufficient, to provide a profit, so, too,
someday, the slat may prove a source
of additional , rovenee , to Canadian
steel coninanies.
Forests -Pay Taxes
of Alsatian Villages
i.
less fortunate parts of France are d g-
dlans, weary of the way their local
taxes keep rising, may well envy the
Alsatione who ,inhabit the three val-
leys that run up into the Vosges from.
' this town. A dozen villages own the
timber -covered mountainsiidars which
surround' them. Revenue from the,
forests pays all community expenses,
including the village church.
What Is left over is distributed an-
nually among>the' citizens -at about
the same time, when the villagers in
Wessorling, Alsace, France.--Can-
ging down into their seviuge to pay the
tax collecthr. -•