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Ryard Kipling, poet of Empire
and incidentally. "coiner of the
phrase "Our Lady of the Snows"
as a description of Canada, has
now another view of the Dominion.
Making a flying trip to this coun-
try he struck Montreal in the
middle of a heat wave that boosted
the thermometer into the nineties
.and made' the poet wonder how he
laver got the idea that Canada was
a land of snow and ice. "My
chief impression of Canada, judged
by the past few days, is heat"
he said, interviewed on board S,S.
"Duchess of Bedford," on which he
is returning to England. Cut is
reproduction of a crayon sketch. of
Mr. Kipling from the gifted pen -
ell of Kathleen Shackleton, Cana-
dian artist of high repute. (Copy-
right 1980, by Canadian Pacific
Railway).
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Dean Sinclair Laird's
Sev 'rnth An ual
All Expense Tour
'Leaves MONTREAL - - JULY 20-22 Days
Leaves TORONTO - - JULY 21-21 Days
All Expense Rate
From MONTREAL - - - $371.00
From TORONTO - - $340.00
Other Points quoted on appticatton
You will travel by rail, steamer and motor • .
through Canada's industrial and agricultural regions
through the Rockies' with their crowning jewels,
Banff, Lake Louise and Emerald Lake.
.. to Vancouver and Victoria ... west by one highway
. , . east by another ...
Over Canada's Scenic Route
0Illustrated book et on application o
A Dean Sinclair Laird, Macdonald Colletlo P.O., Que., or
LAny Canadian Pacific Agent, or
WK. FULTON, Asst. General Passenger Agent, TORONTO, Ozer.
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Wash lay
Is Easy
Now
Particularly if you have
a modern Connor Elec-
tric Washer. in your
home. No tearing of
clothes, no back-break-
ing
ack break-ing work. Just fill the
tub with hot water, drop
in the clothes, turn a
switch and the work is
done.
Wingham Utilities Commission
Crawford Brock. Phone 156.
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eGitl! N YOUTikal,
i OMmissa riat of Agriculture blnnet
Boys Mil to leoolc After Foultry,
The Russian Commlesariat of Agr
culture has made a curious contract
with the "Red" Troy Scouts, oi$ciallx
known as the Congress of Pioneer.
Children, An connection with poultry
raising, Conferring on theta the title
of "Patrons of Poultry -Rearing." In
return for this the Pioneers took the
solemn oath to regard the hens of
soviet Russia lienee forth as their
special .care, to provide themWith
nests, to watch .thein, and, e0 tar as .
possible, keep account of the number'
of eggs laid by each.
It is onielelly.stated that there are
approximately 120,000,000 hens in
the U.S.S.R.. to -day, and that, owing
to the absence of "controllers nests,"
three eggs a hen are on an average
lost every year; the Pioneers will
prevent this loss by close observation
of the bens on collective farms of
"individual peasants" and by mak-
ing for the liens about half a minion
"controlled nests° from which the
Pioneers will themselves collect the
eggs of Yee that they are properly
collected,
Thus, says the .contract, the Soviet
Union will retrieve for export 1,000,-
000 eggs every day, or 2,500 truck
loads a year with a market value of
from 10,000,000 to 11,000,000 rou-
bles ($5,000,000 to e5,500,000)--e-
"enough
5,500,000)="enough to purchase` 5,000 tractors."
This plan has caused some amuse-
ment among the general public of the
Soviet Union, but, it may be asked,
if geese -were able to save Rome, why
should not Moscow be saved by her
hens and chickens?
GERMANY'S WEAlUTHIE,ST MAN.
Ex -Kaiser Owns Palaces, .Castles and
Works of Art.
The wealthiest man in the German
Republic is still the ex -kaiser, accord-
ing to Herr Rudolf Martin, a Govern
ment ofacial under the pre-war .re-
gime.
re -gime. As Kaiser and head of the
Rouse of Hohenzollern he possessed
no property, but as King of Prussia
his wealth in lands, palaces, castles
and works of art .amounted, 'before
the war, according to Herr Martin,
to about $75,000,000. The value of
the whole property which ales ''repub
lie has allowed the Hohenzollern fam-
ily to keep as their own is estimated,
without the castles or the estates,
and the palaces in the various capi-
tals, but including pictures and other
art treasures, at upwards of $125,•
000,000.
The Prince of Thurn and Taxis
owns 490,000 acres of land, of :which
144,000 are in Germany and the rest
in Poland and Czecho-Slovakia. As
the value of timber has largely in-
creased since the war his property is
estimated as being worth *65,000,-
00 0.
65,000,000.
Next in order of wealth is Frau
Bertha Krupp von Bolach, whose an-
nual income before the war was just
over $5,000,000. The value of her
property, now including the Krupp
works at Essen, and the numerous
coal mines, is eatima#ed at $50,000,-
0'00.
"DRY ICE."
Carbon Dioxide Facilitates the Move-
ments of Sea Foods by Air.
Solid carbon dioxide, or "dry ice,"
is coming into broad usage in ship-
ments of sea foods and other perish-
ables by air express, says the Amer-
ican Air 'Transport Association. Nat-
ural ' or artificial ice, due to its
weight, has heretofore 'made the ship-
ment of. perishables by airplane im-
practical.
A slim; layer of solid carbon diox-
ide has been used successfully in the
frying of shell food from the Mexican
Gulf to points of entry in the United
States, and in the flying of rare fruits
and flowers from semi -tropical sec-
tions to the large markets in the
east and middle west.
Experiments are now being con-
ducted, the Association says, to
create a new type of refrigerator air-
plane with special compartments
which . will hold layers of dry ice be-
tween the sections given over to the
storage of perishables while the air-
plane is in :flight.,
Fish Without Eyes.
Little more than sixty years ago it
was thought that no living creature
existed in the great depths of the
ocean, but we now know that this
belief is erroneous, for may remark-
able forms of animal lifehave since
been discovered dwelling therein.
The majority or fish dwelling at
a depth below one thousand fathoms
are quite blind, and Many are en-
dowed with luminous organs that
emit, a faint bluieli light; but a few
possess enormous eyes which serve to
collect the feeble rays of lightpro-
duced by their light -bearing kindred.
Blind fish are also found in the Sub-
terranean waters of certain cavern§
In both the Old and the New Worlds,
while in the shallow coastal waters.
of California there exists a species
of goby that cannot see.
Marvels of Space.
Who can comprehend the distance
of ,"twelve millions of billions of
miles" at which a picture, reproduc-
ed in the Sphere, was taken of a
spiral nebula in Ursa Major, famil-,
l,arly known as "the Plough?" hhren
astronomers find such figures un-
wieldy, so they alit them down, in
drastic manner, to "light- years", of
measurement. ;This is a trifling unit
of, sit million million miles, making
Ursa Major, in easy language, only
2,000,000 light-years away from usi
Incidentally, that means the light we
see left "the Plough" two million
years ago.
Early Roman Equeetriaas.4.
in the earlier ages the Romans
used neither saddles nor stirrups.
Saddles were in use in the third oen-
tury, and are mentioned as made of
leather in 804 A.D. They were known
In alegland about 600 AD. .Ante,
Queeiz of Richard Ii., intxodttasd side-
saddles for ladies.
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FAVORITE HYMNS
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COME, Holy Spirit, beaveniy Dove,
Mysinful maladies remove;
Be Thou my Light, be thou my Guide
O'er every thought and step preside.
The light of truth tomedisplay,
That 1 may know and choose my
way;
Plant holy fear within mine heart,
That 1 from God rosy ne'er depart,
Conduct me safe, conduct me far,
From every sin and hurtful snare;
Lead me to God, my final Rest,
la His enjoyment to be blest.
Lead me to Christ, the Living Way,
Nor let me from His pastures stray;
Lead me to Heaven, the seat of bliss,
Where pleasure in perfection is.
Lead me to holiness, the read
That I must take to dwell with God;
Lead to Thy 'Word, that rules . must
give,
And. sure directions how to live,
.Lead me to means of Grace, where I
May own my wants, and seek supply;
Lead to Thyself, the Spring from
whence
To . fetch all quickening influence.
Thus' I, conducted still by Thee,
Of God, a child beloved shall be.
Here to His family: pertain,
Hereafter with Him ever reign..
The Rev. Sinton Browne author of
this little hymn •furnishes one of. the
most curious instances known to
science of• that peculiar mental dis-
ease called hypocondriasis, which ex-
hibits itself in a variety of forms, and
often follows some great shock to.
the system.
According to an old book in this
present writer's possession, "Moral
and Literary Dissertations” by Dr.
Thomas Percival, published in 1784:
"Mr. Browne and another minister
were walking together near Hamp-
stead, in a part of the road infested
by a notorious footpad. His compan-
ion said, "Suppose the footpad at-
tacks us, what shall 'w e do?” "It will
be a shame," replied Mr. Browne,
"for two persons so stout as we are
to be robbed by one man!' Soon af-
terwards the
fterwardsthe footpad appeared, and.
whilst the other minister amused him
with the delivery of his money, Mr.
Browne threw hint down and held
him fast, but did not .strike him. The
companion ran for assistance, and
soon returned.. Mr. Browne rose up,
but on detaching himself from the
robber found that he had pressed him
to death! The shock of this event
with his previous agitation of mind
affected his brain so forcibly that he
thought God had taken away his soul
from him, and that He did it judical-
ly for his neglect of the divine rule
of our Saviour: "if any man take thy
cloak, let him have thy coat also."
Ever after Mr. Browne maintained
that, "God had caused; his rational
soul gradually to perish and left him
only an animal life in common with
brutes, that it was therefore profane
in him to pray, and improper to be
present at the prayers of others!"
And yet all the resources of a high-
ly trained robust mind were exercised
in full vigor, his judgment being clear
and his reasoning strong and convinc-
ing, I -Ie published a defence of Nat-
ural' Religion, of the Christian Revela-
tion, answering "Tindal's Christianity
as old as the Creation," far better,
according to contemporary opinion,
than ' any of the other disputants in
that once celebrated controversy. De-
dicating the book containing this ab-
truse philosophical work to Queen
Caroline he described himself as one
so visited that "by the immediate av-
enging hand 'of an avenging God :his
very thinking substance has, for more
than seven years been continually
wasting away, till it is wholly perish-
ed out ";of him', if it be not utterly
come to nothing.'{
While in that same conditionhe
also wrote learned and masterly ar-
ticles in defence of the Trinity, an
Exposition of 1 Corinthians, and a
complete Dictionary! Altogether he
published over twenty works. •
Mr. Browne, a Congregational min-
ister, a contemporary of Dr. Isaac
Watts was born at Shepton l(lallett,
Somersetshire,' about 1680 and died in
1782. 'He exercised his ministry in
Portsmouth, Eng., and at the Inde-
pendent Chapel in Old Jewry, Lon-
don,
He wrote some hundred and sev-
enty-five hymns which appeared for
the most part in; "Hymns and Spirit-
ual Songs in Three Books, designed
as a Supplement to Dr Watts.
Hymns and Spiritual . Songs," (first
published in 1720, and republished
(with additions) in 1741 and 1760,
His hymns were greatly used a •hun-
drod years, ago, but most of them
have by now passed out of use.
Our hymn for this week, "Lord at
The Seven Rules dor
Safe Driving
You must observe them and ALL
other precautions aU the time
' . .. ,
kiave your car in perfect mechanical condition --particularly BRAKES,
I STEERING GEAR and .HEADLIGHTS.
2 GIVE YOiUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION TO YOUR DRIVING.
In passing traffic, be sure there is a place for you in the traffic line ahead.
3 Never attempt to pass on curves or steep grades.
AIn entering main streets or highways, or in approaching a railway crossing
where a full view of the track is obscured—STOP and LOOK,
5 When other vehicles try to pass you—LET TEEM PASS.
faWhen making a right turn, keep to the right of the highway; when
making a left turn, keep to the centre.
7 Always SIGNAL before you slow down, stop, or change your course, and
never BACK UP before ascertaining that the road behind is clear.
The Keystone of Safety
on the King's Highway
and all other roads and streets -
The HON. GEO. S. HENRY, Chairman
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by feet we sinners lie," "0 'God on
Thee we all attend," "Eternal God of
beings first" and one or two others
are, however, still to be found in
some of the hymn, books, and all
breathe a tender trustful trust in the
loving mercies of God.
Mr. Simon Browne's Whitsuntide
hymn, of which the original is print-
ed herewith has suffered many cban-
ges as a glance at the hymnals con-
taining if will show. It will also oc-
cur
ccur to the acute observer to note how
many of the later hymns for this fes -
t tical have derived their inspiration
,from Browne's lines, which, though
simple, convey great thoughts well-
grounded upon Holy Scripture. With
the change in the second line to the
now well-known form, "With light
;and comfort from above," most peo-
le will agree. by
P Usually he g Y t ymris
!omits the last two verses in the or-
iginal as arranged for our church ser:
,vices.
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For Vilingham Merchants Only
Being one of a series of chats with Wingham businessmen
in which it is suggested how they may increase their
volume of sales.
ki
emand
PPIY
IN olden days the
merchant, who of -
times was also a man-
ufacturer, went from
house to house peddl-
ing his wares. Then
times changed; and.
methods changed, and
the itinerant merch-
ant disappeared.
In his place came the merchant of
today—the merchant who is a pur-
chasing agent for his community.
As a purchasing ,agent the merch-
ant buys as he believes the people in
his community will buy from him.
Sometimes his sales are many, at oth-
er times they are few. Always, how-
ever, his supply is equal to the de-
mand, But the demand, unhappily, all
too often falls very, very far below
the supply. Which means poor busi-
ness.
THIS newspaper has join-
ed with the town news-
papers all over the country
•
in a nation=wide campaign to
convince national advertisers
that they can best assist
small town merchants by ad-
vertising in the local, home
town newspapers of the
small town merchants.
Take your own case. You have, let
us say, enough of the goods you
handle to supply a goodly number of
the people in Wingham who require
these goods. -Do they demand these
goods in such great quantities as to
make your supply inadequate?
The odds are they
don't.
Still, you can't do
as the merchant of old
did and create a de-
mand for your goods
by peddling them
from house to house.
So you take advant-
age of the very best
means available and advertise in your
local home newspaper. Valuable as
this is there's still another selling
force—and that is the advertising of
the manufacturers whose goods you
want to sell to Wingham buyers—
which should also appear in your lo-
cal, hone newspaper.
And you can go far in getting this
aid by talking about Wingham to the
salesmen, through whom you buy
your merchandise — by inoculating
them with the thought that local de-
mand can be created and directed
chiefly through your local, home
newspaper -by making them see how
necessary it is to your business Wel-
fare to have the advertising of their
companies in your local, home news-
paper.
You -need the advertising aid of the manufacturers 'whose goods
you stock urge their salesmen to recommend your local, home
newspaper.
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iiigham AdvanceTimes