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Zurich Herald, 1931-12-17, Page 6A ; "Lone E" hopes that all the Lope Unbitten oi" Scout Lariat work at the Stouts of Ontario will have a 'Very Happy and Prosperous New Tear: FIRST AID fjR: DOGS. What will be YOUR New Year Reece lilticn for 1932? If you are already Whilst a Louie's First Aid training a Scout, be hopes that you will re- is not primarily intended for use in solve to make your Scout Programme animals it works just as, well, full of activity and advancement, and . When a'Winni,peg Scout's'collie was if you are NOT a member of the run over by a trnbk"' anal had a leg Boy Scouts Association, he -hopes that broken, his young 1 eviler i provised d e You will resolve to join the great splints, used World -Wide Brotherhood. of Scouts necktie for bandages, r'a'ta carried the without delay. dog to a veterinary, where: the leg In any case, Good Scouting to youwas placed in a east.:"Vie believe that Doggie is well on the road to reoavery. PATROL NEWS. ANOTHER WORLD JAMBOREE. Arrangements are : beteg made for We are glad to hear from Lone some 25,000 Boy Scouts from 45 couu- Scout Dalton Woodward of Canning - ton to attend to' the effect that the L• onies in Jamboree to Hungaryhnext in ldThe that place have organized themselves Jamboree will be held et 1933. o,; the Into the."Owl" Patrol. If they use former estate of .the late'Empothe the wisdom popularly attributed to Francis Joseph I., which has been that well-known bird, •we know that placed at . the • disposal of the Scouts the "Owl" Patrol will be a success. by Admiral Horthy, the Regent of We wish them lots of fun and good Hungary. luck.• • • We wonder if any Ontario Lone The' "Hounds" at Milford still con- Scouts wilt. be there? , tinue to do good work, and they keep "On the trail" through thick and thin."..,The Camp equipment of a cetain Alberta Scout Troop this summer included a cow. She went along to solve the "Safe Milk" problem. We wonder how much competition there Ottawa Fair? We notice that they turned out in ful force to a Remembrance Day Parade recently. The Patrol at Lucan will soon be a full-fledged Troop, we think. TheY was to be the first up in the morning have already recruited themselves an to milk her? Assistant Scoutmaster, who has start- ed in to acquaint himself with the .SCOUT STATUES. Tenderfoot and Second Class Tests. Good work, Lucan Lorries! SCOUTS BECOME DOCTORS. Records at Dominion Headquarters, ice rendered by Scouts, including theM Ottawa, show that 50,880 Canadian location of de oration of the graves won't you .please replace your Gains- "Brass Brain % Boy Scouts have taken First Aid of the Fathers Of Confederation t;or, borough?r.. I •prefer the hat." Therej Training, and 15,631 have qualified for the Diamond Jubilee of 1927. have been a•good many times in a long; - the Advanced First Aid "Ambulance theatrical experience when a disclaim -1 i 'critic would much "prefer Two Boy Scgut Statues appear over a corner- window of the -new Govern- ment "Confederation Block" at. Ot- tawa. They commemorate public serv- r Chicago' Low.Cra Girl :and! Boy Mary Rico of Keewatin Minn,, and Charles Brown of Ground, Ind., with Sir Thomas, Lipton trophy cups awarded Club -congress in Chicago as "outstanding girl and boy." Battle at 4-H Mi1hio s Signing New hive tionMay ForDisarmament Eliminate xplosio Mammoth Petition Circulat' Device Perfected. by 0. A. C. ing Throughout World fessor May End I Thr eshing daze Gains Headway i London.—A. gigantic disarmament Hamilton.—After maUY years of ex. declaration, launched in all five con- porimental work, the professor of phy tinents by the Women's International sacs at the Ontario Agricultural Col - League, is gathering moinen u has perfected t ni as lege, Guelph, a contra the day for the world eonfees lcq on 3 vanes for testing threshing machines thisL great question approaches. which will practically eliminate the London is supplying ,0w signatures danger of ire, providing certain pre- daily to the document, which is de -II cautionary ineasures are carried out. signor to rive th sstatesm . head °e , Fire Marshal Heaton announced dur world drive n statesmen . p the , ing the special Wentworth lire inquiry world for�vaxcl on the path of Peace. at Rocktou, Every adult in a village in lntontgom-, The mechanical device has been iu eryshire, population ope, bas signed. So'has i,the possession of ofeviees of the.'C7ni- the- villages ponula ant of several frozeI versity of Toronto for some consider - tier villageu in France, able time, and has been found to be The league section in into Arabicr- has ren- i satisfactory after thorough inspection. doted the document and, Mr. Heaton said that efforts were is hard athwork colIndting. signatures I made to have the product available among the natives. India, Japan, Indo- for the present threshing season Ile promised that the apparatus woule be available early next year. The attach- ment records operations of the separ- ator, and detects defects which might result seriously. Static electricity within the blower was the cause of many Ontario farm fires last year, Fire Marshal Heaton added. Just what caused this peculiar condition he could not say, but. the feeling has been expressed that ma - d anted F rs i u " r the hat." Man" badge. Returns which are coming in to For quite a number one U r of Scouts this L Scout. 'Headquarters at Toronto I —May, 1582, - By Recording Changes in thefirst step to showthat these columns are being ay Predict Weather China, among the eastern .countries, are participating. In Canada the goal of 500,000 signa- tures appears in sight. A transcon- tinental ranscon tinental caravan tour which traversed the United States has visited 125 cities in 25 states . and collected 125,000 sig- natures. Holland, where the press has circu- lated a slightly different petition, has quickly amassed 2,500,000 signatures. ; - training has proven rs a es At a•recenteainner party in Paris the Strength of Sun Rays a he diversifiedvy Degree ini Medicine. throughoutrwith interest nby many boys host provided .a: novelty which mays:1` Washington.—The goal of success- BoyThe training which the this Province. Application possibly, become a feature of dinnerScout Programme gives to a boy for membership in the Lone Scouts .p Jul,Tlong-distance weather forecasting average one per day. Parties in the electric . age Beside ay be brought nearer through the in- frequently n frequently enables him to decide on each plate was a telephone, which was ention of a "brass brain" designed to the career for which he is most fitted. If you are not already a Scout and would like' to be one, why not write connected with a distant salon, whergure•changes in the sun's heat. at once -to the Lone Scout Depart- l a superb orchestra was playing. The l:4 The "Brain" was exhibited for the ment, Boy Scoots Association, 3301 guests were thus able, between the ti'irst time at the anneal meeting of the been on range all summer, Bay Street, 'Toronto. They will be { courses, to pass the,. time pleasantly `:'regents of the Smithsonian Institu- an Ontario farmer applied to the Ot- glad to send you particulars. Lone, in: listening to good music instead of tion. t d d f h in smalllm ing obvious remarks. about the ' It was invented by Dr. Charles G. ors for a Scout roping expert The � � ► .4and calcul 'gee and evaluates c an boy was taken out to the farm and'routes, where there is' no regular Although the electric boll is now rn, a the amounts of radiation h Treat promptly suec?Pded in lassoing "LONE E ", vogue in many hotels, its. use is notcoming tote earthfrom the horse. eaeas farmer had seen an exof- allowed many dthe leisurely': kith all life depends. Jokes of the Pas BOY SCOUT COWBOY. When unable to capture a horse that had be Tho whole population only numbers chines should be grounded. The ofli 8,000,000, tial thought the speed of the mechan- ism within the separator might pro - the Disarmament Conference is due to duce the current, and said that in begin, the league is redoubling its many places officials had demanded energies throughout the 45 countries.that ground connections be made, re- lated.iwhich the petition has been cireu- ardless oY whether threshing was, The declaration on disarms gdone inside the barn or in the fields. ment which the friends of peace are The fire marshal suggested that it asked to sign came into being at a meeting of the Women's International might be advisable for farmers to thresh in the field rather than run the risk of losing their barns,- and said that while operations were carried on indoors as a convenience, he doubted if the time and labor saved compen- sated the farmer for the risk involved. He thought it a mistake to drive�trac- tors into the barns, and expressed the opinion that some other means should be found to haul separators. taws District Boy Scout Headquart- Scouting is to en a or oys weather.—Aub., 1583. ' Abbot, see`-etary of the. Smithsonian, t towns and villages and on rural s gas the Scout Troop b ,i h sun on re "' League at Prague in August, 1929. It runs as follows: The undersigned men and women, irrespective of party, stand for world disarmament. • "They are convinced that competi- tion in armaments is leading •ala coun- tries ountries to ruin, without bringing them security; that this policy renders fur- ther wars inevitable; that wars in the future will be wars of indiscriminate destruction of human- life; that the governments' assurances of peaceful policy will be valueless so long as those measures of disarmament are habits of the .waiters if we may judge The radiation apparently rises and h thery landlord called for the rent • again next month!" it would by the. folloR'ing irectious, posted falls over regular cycles.: Dr. Abbot � en- to be the cause • A celebrated dandy was one evening ,he wanted a name for it he might call tertarnment at a seaside resort. „ of changfs rn the weathr. in company with a young lady, and ob- serving her kiss her favorite poodle ' he advanced and begged the like favor, remarking that she ought to have as alone one evening recently, were re - much charity tor him as she had hearsing how they would . dispatch a shown to the dog. "Sir," said the burglar if one suddenly appeared in belle, "I never kissed my dog when he the room'. One of the heroines )vas was a puppY." The fellow took the armed with, her brother': sword, and hint and went off instanter.—June, 1883. * * * have "Come good sale. So it would: and if over one of the bells in.a house of says these "cies seem aw'Push it the postphonograph.-Sept., 1882. Two ` brave young ladies, whilst the other nourished a hatchet. In the midst of a rehearsal a "frightful mon- ster" in the. shape of a mouse ran John Buil has a rooted objection to l across the floor, when one of the girls everything "new tangled." . When the I incontinently fainted and the other Act was passed requiring owners of l smashed a OW'mirror in attempting to "common stage -carts" to place their • climb upon the bureau. names upon their vehicles in letters of * * o * Gentleman (who has stepped upon her dress) : "A thousand pardons, madam." Lady (pleasantly): "it's of no consequence, sir." What she said. cumstance to circumvent the new law. of him: "Awkward, stupid fellow! My A wag of a baker at Guildford, in Sur- ,gathers are all torn out and I've got rey, scattered his name all over the to go home." What he said to him- , cart, placing a letter in each panel. self: "Confoundedly ridiculous fashion, The most ingenious device, however, those trains in the street! Make a was that adopted by an Acton man• i man look like a fool, cutting up such What he was required to put on his ; capers with them!" -January, 1886. a, given size, by a curious oversight no clause was inserted to secure that these names should be legible, and every advantage was taken of the cir-. the knob. It you do not get wex in fifteen of twenty;aiinu it again."—Sept., 1883. cart was "Amos Todd, Acton: a stage - cart." He re -grouped the letters in such wise that they read: "A most odd act on a stage-cart."—Jan., 1884, * * * A young lady said to her lover: "William, how far is it around the world?" "About twenty inches, my darling," replied he, as his arm en- circled her waist.—Dec., 1884. * * * * A. bicycle dealer has utilized the happy thought of presenting a pair of crutches and a box of court plaster to each purchaser of a bicycle.. He is monopolizing the trade. -Dec., 1886. * A fashionable young lady accidental- ly dropped one of her false eyebrows in her opera box the other evening; A fashionable lady witness fainted : and greatly frightened her beau, who, dead, away while giving her testimony, on seeing it, thought it was his mous- and the doctor who was summoned tache.—Dec., 1881. said it resulted from her corset being At a lecent'duel'near Vicksburg, the too tight. The incident was very pro- parties discharged their pistols with- perly entered upon the minutes of the case as "a stay ,in the proceedings." Out effect, whereupon one of the sec - Feb., 1883."..` tends interposed, and proposed that the combatants should shake hands, A man will carry twenty sovereignsTo this the other second objected as in. his waistcoat pocket, but S. woman' unnecessary. "Their hands," he said, ricers a morocco purse as large as have been shaking half an hour,"— one's fist, and too heavy to be carried Feb., 1882. * Jawson: "How dud.,your automobile turn out i Dawson: "Beautifully! Although I * * * I ran over two pedestrians and three's l bicycles and knocked two wagons into Eggs are; cheap in the Shetland Is -1 1 lands. A Young man went there, and , a ditch, my. motor Was net at all in - after a day's walking thought he would juror, and 1 arrived just on tune." - like some dinner. They had nothing Aptii, 1901. 1 but eggs at the house. He said, "Bring At a certain theatre not long ago 12 nts Worth." They brought two a entleman raked a lady friend 111' dozed and told him the others would' front of him if she had any objection I tomo pxosentiy.--Aug., '1582.. to removing her Gainsborough, • She': * * * '"Someone has sugge`ed that if the' had not, and gladly obliged him. The inventor of the phonograph would platy proved to be a miserable "oodge- bran out a little machine to be at- podge, and after. the first act tile gen. bring tlenian said, "Thank you great"ty; but tacked to the doer which, would says . • n ans- s, push Tasty. Bait The rity'visitorwas supercilious and inquisitive. He was wandering about the little'country town, noisily and of- fensively amused at its rustic sim- plicity. In. the course of his meander- ings he came upon a native fishing in a stream. The old fellow was gazing intently at an apple which. •dangled from the end of his line. The city man approached. • h d - Bessie—"What .do you think of higher education?" • Bert—"It's all right, except in the colleges where they let it take up too much time from football prac- tice."" TOUGH JOB Los Angeles. — Police were faced between a moose and an elk was re - with one of the toughest jobs they've codify killed in the Deerlodge National Forest, in Bear Gulch. The animal had a body and horns that were half elk and half moose, and was known by had stolen seven pet skunks belonging United States forest rangers as "the to R. N. Bawman, and the cops were elk with the funny horns." sent out to locate and bring back the animals. Gas masks were part of the. That virtue which requires to be ever. equipment taken along. guardedns scarcely worth the sentinel. • I say, old fe low, w at are you o ing' there?" he asked, obviously amused. "Fishin'," said the native, without looking up.. "Well, what's the apple for?" "Bait," "Bait? Aren't you using a worm a "Yes." "`Well, where is it?" "In the apple." Half Moo.., Half Elk • The first known specimen of a cross Arctic Route Declared Most Practical Air Link London.—The Arctic route is the delayed that should be the first result most practical air link between Great of the Pact for the Renunciation of Britain and North America, according War." to H. G. Watkins, leader of the British Artie air -route expedition. Winnipeg 1,200 Species of Bird Life Habitants of N. America There are more than 1,200 known birds on the North American contin- ent. Scientists have now found and recorded the eggs Of all of these spe- cies. The last to rbe found were those would be the Canadian terminus of the route, althiugh he declared it would be some time before it could be used com- mercially because of the lack of geo- graphical and meteorological know- ledge. From London, the .nost likely route -Would lie over Northern Scotland, the. of the Harris sparrow. That. bird is SO Faroe Islands, Iceland- aid.-aereee.• clever at concealing its nest and eggs Greenland about the latitude of the that ornithologists were unable to find Arctic circle. From that point the either despite more than 100 years of route would be over the lower portion searching. Dr. George Sutton, Pitts- of Baffin Island and down the west burgh ornithologist, however, wouldn't side of Hudson Bay to Winnipeg.,Ovcr give up the search. • He led an' expedi- the entire route there would be : no tion into the icy wastes on the western shore of Hudson Bay. There some 40 Miles north Churchill, Manitoba, he had for a long time—but it .wasn't any .tougher than that of the thieves they were sent out to capture. The crooks in the pocket, to escort live shillings, a couple of postage stamps, a recipe for making curry -powder, and two pat- terns of dress goods. --Web, 1882. sea . jump longer than 700 miles. The Canadian end if the route has been investigated thoroughly, said Mr, discovered several nests and eggs of Watkins, bu: the central portion is par - the elusive Harris sparrow. Each titularly inaccessible. The east coast nest, he reported, contained five tiny eggs smaller than those of the robin. They are pale green in color, with mot- tled brown marbling. Most. of tlietn were found 1n small bushes near the ice,—"Animal journey„ 'Gator` Mascot Ono Florida football team. lin o young- alligator as mascot. we • see "Billy” in the conmanyoll a co-ed and cheer leader. Millionaire Class Shows • • Big r a$ New York: A -decrease of 23,496 in strange animals that once lived in ; the millionaire list is shown. accord-' Montana and Idaho. The Montana ax- ing to a report issued•by the U.S. I pedition is hunting for the bones of Treasury Department. In 1928 static- distant ancestors of the camel and tics showed 43,184, while after the rhinoceros that lived there millions of stock market dollapse the number had Years ago. Under the direction of Dr. shrivelled to 38,550. - 'Charles W. Gilmore, of the National And last year, so heavy wore the Museum, this party also has an eye inroads made by the depression, only a mere 19,688' were left. •The Treasury Department defines a millionaire: as.a person with an income of the'National Museum, is centerin; of $50,000 a year, representing at 5 per its operations in the Snake Riper Val - cent. a capitalization- of $1,000,000. Iley of Idaho.. There it is seeking the Throwing further light on the tre- fossil remains of an extinct species of mendous losees suffered by the rich, 1 horse believed to be the "missing the statistics show that while 511 per- I link" between modern horses and the sons had incomes of $1,000,000 or more three -toed steed 'of ancient times. in 1928, there were only 149 in this category in 1930. Dogged! The housewife answered the door- bell's ring. At her heels were two r and poodles. A policeman stood on. the the time will inevitably come when step.• those who are carrying the' burden will '"I see you have a couple of dogs," he remarked. "Have you licenses for tell those who are unemployed to got them?" . "Oh, no," she replied, "they're too Greenland is mapped only roughly and knowledge of flying weather and conditions in that region is practical- ly negligible. Historic Expeditions Two scientific expeditious are now Sly inka In States searching for the fossil bones of open for the bones of animals that no longer exist. The other expedition, under the direction of N. H. Bose, also The Dole in Australia Sydney Bulletin: "The dole will no. lastt long. In effect it means that those who are in work have to main- tain those who are out of work. d j young." . • . . - I The poodles frisked round the po- work and snpport:themselves. Nothin• g Doing Smifins was one of triose men Who !iceman, and he patted them. like to get something for nothing, ane "Mice, friendly little things, Aren't when he called upon a friend and they?" he said. found that a nice fat chicken had just, "Yes. Ypu'd never think they'wMere boon placed on the table, he smiled. mother and dau—" j Then he sniffed appreciatively. The summons arrived 4n due time. "I say, old mat," he said, "that smells good. Are you going to eat it Two Wrongs • a.one?" Ilow do you like•lt now that mummy The other knew Smiiline. has gone away for a little 'while and "Oh, no," he said, quietly. With. left you behind?" asked governosh of splaach and potatoes and things • like her charge. that." "Pee got daddy," said 'the child. "Me — •a - - — hugged and kissed daddy last night." "Now, •boys," said the master, "T "Willie! You know that's wrong, want • to . test your knowledge at you : should say: '1 hugged and kissed geology.: Jones, tell me what you (faddy last night'." • know about alabaster." "Please, "That'd be wrong, too," said Willie, sir, lie was the chap who caught the. "That Was Friday night." " P ci'ty • Thieves!"