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WINGHAM ADVANCE -T IVIES
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Sale
of
Fur
Coats
Clearing all Women's
Fur Coats at a Discount
of
20 °/0
'Off Regular Prices
• Best models in Rat Coats, Kalg-an Coon Coats,
•Seal Coats, Beaverine and Korean Mink.
ALL COATS ARE GUARANTEED
Women's, Misses' and Children's ClOth Coats,
plain or Fur trimmed, to clear at 20 per cent dis-
count.
H. E. ISARD & CO.
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BLUEVALE
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Messer of
Toronto spent Christmas at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Messer.
Misses Viola and Ethel Xathers
spent Christmas at their home here.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Fell spent the
Christmas holidays with Mr. and Mrs.
John Fell. •
The many friends of John Fell will
be sorry to hear he is sick. again and
confined to his bed.
Miss Grace Coultess of Listowel
spent a few days with Mrs, G. Snell.
Miss Ethel Johnston of Schudders,
Pelee Island, is spending the Christ-
mas holidays with her. parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed. Johnston.
Mr, and Mrs: W. J. Masters and
Mr. and Mrs. Goedon Hall spent the
Christmas holiday at the home of Mr.
John Hall'.
' Mrs. H. Berry, of Brucefield, is
epending a few days with her mother,
Mrs. John Smith. We are pleased
td hear Mrs. Smith is improving af-
ter her recent illness.
Mr. and Mrs.' Wm. Orr spent
Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. J. Case -
more in Morris. '
Mr. and Mrs. Robt. MusgroVe; Mr.
and Mrs. L. W, Ruttan spent Christ-
mas at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Milton Smith. at Browntown.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Aitcheson spent
Christmas with friends at Belgrave.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stamper spent
Christmas at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John Souch, 3rd line Morris.
Mr ,and Mrs. Harold Procter, of
Belgrave, spent Christmas with Mr,
and Mrs. Jos. Curtiss.
Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Smith spent
Christmas at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. fames Kerney,
jack Thrum of Tbronto was home
for a few days this week.
Miss Reta 'rurvey of Tozonto spent
the Christmas holidays 'with her mo-
iler and sister here,
Bert Hetherington, of Toronto,
pent the holidays with his parents
here.
' Mr. and Mrs. 54p1in Anger and fam-
ily of SouthaTpton,, spent a few days
with Mr, and Mrs. Alex McGee.
Mr, and Mrs. L t1liott arid family'
of Naive! Statiou speet Christina,s
, with frieads here and at Wingliant
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Falcoricr and
son spent Christmas with Mr. and
Mrsi Jos. Churchill.
Miss Mabel Johnston ot Mount
Forest is home for the Christmas
holiday.
• This district has had real whiter
and rots of snow the past week, al-
though the roads are tot, blocked,
trains have been running a few home
• late oWing fd heavy sndar AO heavy
Christinas treed. el,'
, Gordan Mundell and Geo,Veacock
who • have beet attending kiXi
Stratford,. are home for the holidays.,
Owing to the. heavy 'snow storm
the Chriitinas Tree entertainment at
Browntown was postponed from Fri-
day to .Monday night. '
Mres aja ,Cpatelle. of 16ntrea1, is,
spending the Christmas holidays with
relatives here. •
Quite a few People are suffering
from bad ,colds, also a few cases of
whooping s cough are reported.
Miss -MacLeod is spendiag the holi-
days atelier home at Riple'Y.
The annual school meeting as
held in the school ore Thursday at
It) a.m. The Same trustees will have
charge for the coming year..
Kenneth and Miss Doris Aitchison
are spending a few days with their
grandparents, Mr. and. Mrs. James
Aitchison, at Port Colborne.
Mr. F. Black received a carload of
bran and flour this week.
• Mr. F. Black shipped one car hogs
and thsee cars of cattle to Toronto
on Saturday and spent the week -end
in th. city.
Mr; Thos. Hemphill of Wroxeter
unloaded tWO cars of peas here this
week, •
Mr.; Fred Skiing has taken charge
of thi blacksmith shop which he pur-
chased.from Mr. Frank Scott, and is
now read y to ...do: altde.indi of general
blacksmithing and_herseshoeing. Mi.
Scotts has been in the shop for the
past 59 years, which is a wonderfal
record and still enjoys very good
health, and is quite smart 'for a man
of his ,age"his many •friends join in
wishiu hhu many more years of
health. •
•
Miss Muriel Thornton of Toronto
is spending the Christmas holidays
with het, parents, Mr. and Mrs. deo.
Oi Thornton.
The annual meeting of the W.M.
S. of the Bluevale United Church,
was held in the schoolrobrn on Dec-
ember lithe with the president, Mrs.
E. Johnston, in the chair, The meet-
ing aliened by singing hymn 225, af-
ter ekthich • all repeated the Lord's
Pray.er. ,Mihates were read and a-
dopted, and the Treasurer gave her
report. The Rev, Ma Mann took the
chair for the election of officers, the
result of mthich is as followpres,,
Mrs; E. Johnston; • Vice-pres.y • Mrs.
C. Hetherington; rec. eec,. Mrs. G.
0. Thornton; treas., Mrs, 5, 'Masters,
cote sec„ Mrs, G. Gannett, press sec.,
Mre. J. Curtis, Organist, Miss Beat-
rice Thorntorceseitt, organist, Mts,
W. Stewart, Christian Stewardship
sec., Mrs. G. Miseion Band
Supt., Mrs, [.H. Bosnian, Mite Box
sea, Mrs. 3 3reeketir1dge; Mission-
ary Monthly see., Miss M. Collie; As-
sociat\.e Helpers', s
Mr. M. Smith, Rev, A, 11/fann cleeed
he i.fliecting with prayer.
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MANCHURIA,
Has an L'uormona wealth a Natmlo
Juce0.14,ree8.
The. Chinese Eastern Railroad Ila
IVIanchuria is the ler which can make
available an enormous wealth of'. nat-
ural resources at present hacked hP
beneath the soil and in.4.he forests of
1VIanehitria.
Iron and gold 3".re said to be present
bi large quantities al hough at pres-
ent these resources remain pre.etleal-
lY untouched. There are two iron
mines in Southern ilifianchuria, one
operated by the South 'Manchuria
Railroad. In the northern region
there are none. Gold is washed on
the tributaries Of the Amur river up
near the boundary a Russia, but the
gold washers take only the most ac-
cessible metal and then go elsewhere
to do the same. There are as yet no
mines of ane- importance in the whole
northern region which is reached by
the Chinese Eaetern Railroad,
Manchuria is rich in coal. In the
northern section Peventy mines are in
operation, but only four of these are
modern qxtines. The majority are very
Primitive workings With an annual
output of only a few hundred tons,
The four principal mines are operated
by Russian, Japanese, and Brialsb
capital, says a Science Service bulle-
tin. In Southern Manchuria, the prin-
cipal coal mines are operated by the
South Manchuria Railroad and has
an output of 4,900,000 tons a year.
Three other mines ' in this district
have annual outpuis of over a hun-
dred thousand tons. The rest •are all
small workings that barely scratch
the surface.
Another valuable natural resource
of Manchuria is the large stand of
timber. Northern Manchuria contains
the great forests which were former-
ly reserved as hunting grounds for
the Manchu princes. The largest for-
ests are those along the Great Rhin -
Mountains in the northwestern
part of the country. The Chinese
Eastern Raileray cuts right through
these mountains.
WORLD'S STRANGEST BABY.
Mongolian Boy Created "Great DB -
mortal White Lama."
The anost remarkable child in the
world to -day is probably • the two-
year-old Mongolian boy who has been
created the "Great Immortal White
Lama," the spiritual head of millione
of Asiatics, and in whom part of the
soul of the god Buddha is 'supposed
to reside, says a writer in the Sun-
day. Chronicle. An amazing story lies
behind his elevation to the position of
"living Buddha." When the former
holy Lama of Tibet died the priests
believed, according to custom, that
the • spirit of the god living within
him had been reincarnated in the
soul of a baby born the same day.
Search was at once started
throughout Mongolia and Tibet for a
child born with the marks upon its
body which the priests held to be
proof that it had been chosen by
Buddha. For months the quest went
on until the preseet infant Lama was
discovered. From now Wattle day of
his death he will be treated exactly
as a god would be. No woman is
allowed to attend him; everything
concerning him is directed and or-
ganized by the Grand Abbot. All day
a watch over him is kept by priests,
who believe that at any moment the
living Buddha may manifest through
his lips. Every item of baby prattle
is carefully taken down by scribes
and analyzed by the priests in the
hope that it will reveal some hidden
message from the god. His rattles
are ornamented with skulls and bones
In order to scare away evil spirits.
Another toy is a huge drum made of
human Maine.
• "The Great Immortal White Lama"
of Mongolia is comparable to the Da-
lai Lama, the most important living
Buddha on earth. ke
KNOWS HIS JOB.
Became Triad Conductor and Motor-
ist In Order to Qualify.
Berlin's new special court to deal
with offences against the traffic regu-
lations is presided over by a judge
who took jobs as a tram conductor
and a motor -driver to qualify. Dr.
Fritz Kronheim is the judge, and the
court deals with all infractions of the
traffic regulations, and not merely
raotoring offences.
After a couese at a training school,
Dr. Kronheisn was granLed a con-
ductor's license and a motor -driver's
license by the municipality, and
worked at both occupations before
inaugurating the new court, He is
said to be the only judge in the world
so gettliiied. The appointment will
probably put asseand in Berlin to mo-
'torists' complaints of judicial ignor-
ance of motoring conditions, and .to
those of conductors and naotor-driv-
ers that judges know tothing of their
work.
Clever awl Dangerous.
The centipede abroad in Eastern
lands is a formidable, and often pols-
ouous, insect, but its wisdom might
well instruct human beluga of every
age and clime. Afraid of the :taran-
tula (a speciee of great spider), the
centipede always takes care to build
a cactus fence round itself ere it goes
to sleep. It is most enterteining to
watch the security of the eautipedes
as they lie at ease, rhile their arch-
enerniee cannot crawl over the cactus,
Whieli they will never tackle.,
Healthier Motoring.
To reduce the amount of carbon
ratinOxide breathed in towns, motor -
oar exhausts should be en top of cars
instead of near the ground, Sa,ys a
doetor.
If this gas were exPelled above the
heads ot pedestrians it would eon -
thine to rise and eseutse little trouble,
because it, Is slightly lighter titan air.
Wino 1,000 Years PhL
The oldest wine in the world is op
exhibitioa at teiiisyer, Germany. It Is
nortian Wine, reeently dag tip, and is
estimated to be 1,600 years old. It is
solidified. for Roe:mils pUt
houey ia their Wines
BECOMES PRESIDENT OF FIRESTONE COMPANY
Announcement has recently been made that E. W. BeSaw
(at right) formerly Vice -President and General Manager of the
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. of Canada, Limited has been
'promoted to President. Mr. BeSaw started with the company in
• 1909 as a salesman and has had a most brilliant career. Harvey
S. Firestone (at left) rubber pioneer and one .of the world's
outstanding figures in commerce and industry has been made
• .Chairman of the Board,
Nearl• y. 20 years ago a young fellow
by the name of Earl W. BeSawwalk-
ed into the office of Harvey S. Fire-
stone and asked for a job.
"T want a job selling tires with
your concern," he told the now fam-
ous rubber pioneer.
• "Why?" he was • asked. "Because
I believe in you, Me. Firestone, and
my judgment leads me also to believe
that there will be real opportunities
for growth and. development in the
Tire Industry."
Harvey 5. Firestone was just really
getting his own foothold then—he
was rnaking the first steps which
would later make him one of the most
famous men in commerce and indus-
try.
BeSaw got the job, For 20 years
he has been an infatigable worker,.
This week- Mr. BeSaw attended the
annual stockholders' meeting of the
Firestone Tire & Rnbber Company,
Ae the dose of the Directors' Meet-
ing which was held immediately af-
terwards, Mr. Firestone greeted him
with the following words, "Well, Mr.
BeSaw, you've been made President
of the Canadian Company."
• The story of Earl W. BeSaw is the
story of a boy with only a high school
education and whose parents were in
very modest circumstances and, there-
fore, not in a position to give him a
college education, but Earl studied
nights and holidays white selling tires
in the great undeveloped 'Western
States, in a way that pleased his sup-
eriors and he became branch manag-
er of the Des Moines branch of Fire-
stone.
J -lis raise was rapid, and in 1914
he was promoted to the post of West-
ern District Manager. His appoint-
ment as Western Sales Manager and
Assistant General Sales Manager fol-
lowed, and in 1919 'BeSaw was named
General Sales Manager, He next oc-
cupied the position of Vice -President
of the former Oldfield. Company—a
subsidiary of Firestone.
in 1920 Harvey Firestone decided
to expand in Canada. He foresaw
great possibilities in the Canadian ter-
ritory and made BeSaw Vice -Presi-
dent and General Manager of the
Canadian Company. BeSaw took his
new position in December 1922 at
Hamilton and supervised the produc-
tion of approximately 100 tires a.nd
200 tubes a day. Canada grew, Be -
Saw grew, and the plant's production
was turned into 6000 tires and '6000
tubes a day. Expansion in 1927 doub-
led the plant and the Firestone Com-
pany in Canada is now one of the
leading industries in the Dominion.
In expressing his keen appreciation
of his appointment as President of
the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., of
Canada, Ltd., Mr. BeSaw stated,
Canada's future is unquestioned. Her
national resources are only beginning
to be developed a.nd her export trade
is expanding rapidly. Our Canadian
organization is complete from Coast
to Coast and we enter the year 1930
with a most modern factory, a loyal
staff of workers, a sales force, train-
ed in today's merchandising methods,
and notwithstanding Firestone's rap-
id growth in Canada during the past
six years, we look for even greater
developments in the future."
BLUEVALE
Mrs. J. McKee and children, Nor-
ma and Jackie; of Montreal, Spent
christinas with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. JOS.
Mrs: Frank G. Fair of Ancasteil
spent Christmas at the home of her
uncle, Geo. O. Thornton.
The regular meeting of the Wo-
men's Institute will be held on Thurs-
day afternoon, January 9th, at the
home of. Mrs. Chas. H. 'Garniss.
Paper "Canada. in the Making," will
be given by ,Mrs, Alice, Aitken and 'a
discussion "Can we start a History
of our 'alum:unity"; led ;by Mrs. R.
Oke. Roll Call—Relics of Pioneer
Days. The February Meeting is to
be an open meeting and it ;is request-
ed that as mar& menabers as possible
bepresent to make arrangements for
the meeting. Ladies are always wel-
come.
News and Information
\ For the,Busv Farmer
' • ' '
A Unique Honor
Dr. Robert 'Harcourt, Professor of
Chemistry at 0.A.C., in recognition
of his services to agriculture, has
been honored by the French Govern-
ment with the Cross of the Knight-
hood of Agricultural Merit. The dis-
tinction comes as the result of the
visit to the college last summer of
a party of agricultural students and
faculty from Grignon, Prance,
Winter ConelitiOns
According to current reports • of
agricultural representatives winter
conditions have prevailed throughout
Ontaiie during December. The wea-
ther has been satisfactory except that
the water supply is low. Poultry
prices have proved clisapPoniting gen-
erally, at the height of the marketing
Season, Many sideroads irt all parts
of tlx provinte have been impassable
for motor traffic.
Sunahine for Poultry
• Hens need sunshine in their i,otx1.
try ration especially during the win-
ter months; when the sun shites but
little. Sunshine in the feed is as im-
portant 33s aUy one of the other in-
gredients in a poultry ration. Egg
Produetion, hearth, • (plenty of shell;
netritiVe 'value, of eggs end hatehabil-
,
•
iity are dependent upon it. Cod liver
meal is the best substitute for the
!direct rays of the sun. Both are
quite rich in the sunlight factor and
available at a reasonable price. Cod
• liver meal also supplies liver tissue
that helps to build up the blood. The
• better poultry mashes which you buy
already mixed either have cod liver
oil or cod liver meal as one of the
ingredients, so you can buy them se-
cure in the knowledge that your flock
will get all the sunshine they need in
their feed.
Clipping the cows' thighs and
flanks is a big factor in the produc-
tion of clean milk. The cleaner the
cows are kept the less dust -and dirt
is likely to get into the milk when
being drawn...
A good half-day may well be de-
voted at this time to arranging im-
plements and tools properly in the
iinplement shed. Clutivating and
seeding implements should be left at
the fronts' as they will be the ones
first required in the spring.
The British Market
A housewife in England out buy-
ing a little bacon for tomorrow's
breakfast or an apple or two for the
children's lunch, seems a far cry from
an orchard or farmyard in Ontario.
Yet it ig that housewife and, the mil-
lions more like her in Great Britain
who determine, to a large extent, the
price our farmers receive for their
products. In 1928 Canada exported
agricultural products to the valueaf
$815,000,000, and of this total about
$400,000,000 worth went to the Unit -
'ed Kingdom, Brit the competition is
keen and the British consumer de-
mands certain brands of food. Can -
dui producers, therefor, must make
every' effort to satisfy this market,
upon which they depeni so largely.
Feeding Scratch Grains
The amorint of ecratch grains to
feed layers varies with the different
Seasons. In winter when nights are
long and gold, hoes need mare of the
heat - forming, energy - producing
scratch grains than in summer. For
the next three months about one
quart of scratch grains to 2 hens or
14 pounds to 100 hens shot d bc fed,
'his should be supplied an hour be -
„iL
fore the birds go to roost so they
will have time to clean it up before
dark. Do riot' feed any.'"g'rain in the
3r3orning as the hens are apt to fill
.up o it and then will wait for it to
digest ,before 'eating any, mash and
obtaining the egg -building materials.
A hig-h grade rnash should be kept
before the liens all the time. The
more they eat, the More egg's it or-
dinarily means. Grit and shell should
be hopper fed and drinking water al-
ways av3tilable. Supply green feed
when you can,
The Seed 'Market
'The alsike and red clover seed mar-
ket continues draggy and with very
little moving at present from produc-
tion districts. • The export demand is
reported unusually low and uncertain
owing to a large visilele supply of
American and European production,
Relatively low prices are being offer-
ed to growers and there is a tentlen-
ey for them to hold theirseed. The
report from Toronto early this month
was that about 25 to 40 per cent, of
the 1929 crop of alsike and about 50
per cent, of the red clover was still
in the growers' bands. The demand
for alfalfa- seed is good owing to the
short crop of hardy strains this year.
Prices offered Ontario growers for
good quality seed range from 30c to
40c a pound. Timothy seed is also
in fair demand and at slightly higher
prices than last year.
Crop Report For Year
The final crop bulletin for the year,
just issued, comprises an interesting
and informative review of agricultur-
al production during the past year,
According to this review, fall wheat
was better both in quality and quan-
tity than anticipated. The average
over the whole province was about
4.0 bushels to the acre. The increas-
ed acreage in fall wheat sown this
year is about five per cent., rather un. -
expected under weather conditions.
Oats this year yielded but 90 per
cent, of an average crop. Barley,
though good in quality, was deficient
in quantity. • Corn on the whole was
disappointing. Tobacco told the same
story. Potatoes are returned a,s ex-
tra good in quality but only an aver-
age crop. Live stock generally is
said to be in rather good condition:
hogs are fewer on the farms. Sheep
and lambs are said to have done bet-
ter, and are increasing in number.
Farm implements are certainly de-
serving of more attention in the fall
and winter months than they usually
receive. The lifetime of an imple-
ment may be prolonged and the am-
ount of power required to operate it
very much *lessened by proper care.
Most farm implements rust out rath-
er than wear out.
Clifford Baldwiek, of Barrie, Ont.,
was one of three members of Can-
adian junior live stock clubs chosen
at the Royal Whiter Fair to represent
Canada at the international joint live
stock judging competition in England
next year.
Feels Fine Now
Want to exchange•-eRestland Mem-
orial lpt for furniture, or car, or any-
thing useful.—Dallas News.
Tri -motored airplanes are being
launched hi one of the most spec.
tacular fights in the history of
aviation. War has been declared
by the Canadian Government on the
• spruce bud worm and the airplane
is to be the principal arm ot the
setseice. Planes each carry 1,600
pounds of powder, and will dust it
while flying low, aver the tree
tops. •0
The blueberry Industry is show-
ing much improvement in Yar-
mouth and Shelburne counties,
Nova Scotia. Last year there were
only 4,000 acres of crown land
burned for blueberry growin.g; this
,year 10,000 acres have been 4urn-,
ed. Wee. bf crop last year was'
$05,000 and it is. estimated that the
crops value could be increased to
half a million dollars.
The province of Alberta has
adopted Old Age POTIS1011S, the
runds for which are provided by
co-operation between the federal
• and provincial governments. The
scheme has now been adopted by
all Canadian proeinces from the
Quebec boundary westward.
Though crops in several parts of
Western Canada would be benefit-
ted by rains, crop outlook oa the
whole is very promleing. Reports
from all parts of Saskatchewan are
generally encouraging. The AI-
berta report is good, especially the
Peace River country where proseet
prospects indicate one of the hest
erops on record, About 25,000,000
acres are sewa to wheat iu Canada
this year. Last year the Domin-
ion harvested over 523,000,000 bush-
els of wheat, the largest crop iti
the country's history.
The fourth annual midseunne'r
gathering of the Swedish-Cauedlan
League held a two.day cOnventani
at: Lao 'du llama Manitoba, re-
eetttly and decided to build a home
for Old Sevedish folks at Wirmipeg,
Another feature .ef the gither n.,
Was a pageant of old Swedish folk.
tie/MI.11,g aad swigs presented in old-
tiMe eoettnnes. Many of the Simm-
ers Were the saMe vho appee) rel
at the Re ilia festival held e.erlier
in the yea at. theSaeltatellewate
hotel in the it,. •
N gf. 0-T0NF
Berlusne Cookneatii Clqe
Through the Mots ri
Coloreal
eat
She went barefoot and were ragged
clothes like the rest, and like them:,
Ohe lived Ii it rahashaekle cable, 13n't
she was unlike them in that she re-
belled agaiest a life of sordidnesS.
She had had a taste of education
in a little mission Sellool, and she,
hut''yrered for more. Not only foe. her-
selfhutfor all, her rade see wanted
the better liPe that aldlleatien britiga,
And she achieved it.
Tllifeampoiloyr olifttil7,nuib1
ecoottoumwcourk:1:,oef.4
01 ait
race despised by the white people, of
the eolith, is now head of a great co-
education college at Daytona Beach.
Mary Bethune won her battle alone..
This is how it was done: For ?maul
Years she toiled as it servant, waxing,
money to pay for her own education
-
Then she opened a school for five
little girls. Her school was just a -
shack on it dump heap, amid old tine '
and broken beds and suph like rube
bleb. She found that she hacl a real
genius for teaching, but AO m.oney to
build a proper school.
Only the white peeple had naonen
and in the South few white people
believed. In educatina ziegroes. Al-
though the State of t'Fleirida guaran.
tees equal educational opportunity ter
all its citizens, it spent in 1927 forty-
five million dollars on the edecation,
of white people and only two and it
half million on black, although there
is one Negro child to every twe white
children in Florida. The result of this
system is that white people in the
South have to send to the North foe
Negro servants; the Negroes of tlap
South know nothing about the waYid
of a decent household.
Mary Bethune determined to mend
that, and at last she found a way til
get money. She had a magnificent
voice, svhiela had been trained at the
mission school. When visitors came
to Daytona hotels in the season she
gave concerts at which she, and her
scholars sang the great songs of her
race, the songs all London has crowd-
ed to hear Pail Robeson sing in the
Albert Hall this year. By this meats
she got money enough to buy. the
dump ground, a bit Of waste land"
which went cheap. Now it is covered
with flower -beds and fourteen fine
school buildings, worth $1,000,000.
So successful was her school foy
girls that it large boys' school asked
to be merged with • it, and the Be-
thune-Cookraan College began its ca-
reer. Some 500 students are now tak-
ing a four-year course there.
They work in laundry and kitchen
as well as library and laboratory,.
They go °ad; to teach domestic sci-
ence, or be clerks and accountant%
or elementary school teachers, or
chemists, or to follow some indus-
trial profession. Nevermore will they
be content with rag and dirt and
sordid cabins.
CALENDAR REVISED.
• Fewer Holidays rn China Thiader'14rei
Version.
The Chinese calendar, which had
threatened to contain more red letteg
days than black, to the detriment of
buoiness interests, has been purged.
by order of the State COuncil at Nan-
king, which announces tlie public
holidays to be observed in futurea'
Christmas day is not one of them,
though China has adopted. New Year
holidays in conformity with western
idea.
National independence day comes
on. October 10, with the birthday of
Sun Yat -Sen on November 12. AD.
Sundays throughout the year are to
be observed. The feature of the new
list is that China's famous "humilia-
tion days"—anniversaries of subjec-
tion to foreign indignities, such as the
Japanese, presentation of the twenty-
one demands—are missing. Consider-
able criticism has in times past beea
made that Caine observed more days
of humiliation than of jubilatiou.
The State Council has torreeted
that matter, While Octobea 10 is na-
tional independence day, January „Lis
recognized as the anniversary of th
establishment of the republic,.
Ton In a Match
The enormous density- of ee
stars, was the theme of an ad
recently given before the Instit
IVIechanical Engineers, in Lon
Prof. A. S. Eddingtona
two or three stars known t1
are believed • to possess
density. The best-known
the companion of Sirius
ity is found to be 60,0
of water. A ton of its
go inside a match -box
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