HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1932-08-18, Page 3Lone Scouts Don't Hitch Hike
• Although the number was not large,
there were last summer several press -
reported instances .of alleged Scouts
Cadging their nnscoutlike way across
the country -="hitch -hiking."
Bwia fide Scout hiking is not done
On the main highways; and except in
an obvious case ofemergency, any
ib.oy or man in Scout kit travelling
along a highway and looking for a lift
Vinay at once be put down as a fake-
Ocout tramp; and no assistance should
!be extended.
When such pretended Scouts 'call
expou Scoutmasters or Scouts seeking
free entertainment, a service would
be done the movement by securing
?heir names and other particulars, and
forwarding these to Provincial Head-
quarters. Local papers should be ad-
vised to. give no publicity to alleged-
Scout hikers claiming to be on a
f'world tour" or a "coast to coast trip
On a wager," etc. Such wagers usual-
ly are as imaginary as the Scout con
7zection.
All bona aide oversea foreign Scouts
!travelling in Canada carry credentials
.from the International Scout Bureau
at London; American Scouts carry
bredentials from National Headquar-
ters, New York. Purely local creden-
tials have little value.
Genuine Scout hiking involves an
incidental example of manly self-reii-
beece.- Hitch hiking is a complete.
nes.tive of this spirit of Scouting.
So real. Scouts don't hitch hike!
A Dunt Scramble For Boys
A job that any other Scout Troop
Would gladly have shared fell to the
4th (Elks' Own) Calgary Troop when
;they were called upon by the keeper
Of the Calgary Zoo to help catch and
move the water fowl to new quarters
on St. George's Island, The birds lost
tie few feathers, and the Scouts gained
few pecks and scratches, but the
job was done.
Assistant Scoutmaster One Spot
Edward One Spot, formerly of the
old 13th (Killarney) Calgary Troop, is
au A.S.M. of the new Sarcee Indian
Reserve Scout Troop. A.S.M. One
Spot is one of the first Indians in the
Canadian 'Serest to hold an A,S.M, War-
rant.
• Les Debuts d'un Scout ,
A Frenoh version of "Starting to
Scout" under the above title has been
added to the list of publications issued
by Dominion Headquarters. The book,
which is simile. in size and in its ih
lustratons to the English. verson, was
written under the direction of Major
A. A. Pinard, Ottawa District Com-
missioner for French Canadian Scout
Troops. The book may be had from
the Stores Department, at 15 cents per
copy.
is There One in Your District?
'The new 1st rower Troop, Ont.—ten
miles east of Cochrane—has demon-
strated its public service ideas by tak-
ing over the care of the neglected
local cemetery. The graveyard was
cleaned up and wooden crosses placed
at the beads of all unmarked graves.
This is a "Good Turn' which can be
clone by either Lone Patrols or individ-
ual Lone Scouts and will be much ap-
preciated in your local community.
Scouts and July lst Firecrackers
Don't overlook the July First re-
minder that Scouts do not let off fire-
crackers , near homes . where there is
known to be illness, nor near hospit-
als, old folks' homes, etc. Scouts have
their firecracker fun only where the
noise will disturb no one.
The Lone Scout Summer Camp
dates are rapidly drawing near. If you
have not sent in your reservation, do
so at once, or you may be too late!
Remember the dates: duly 4th to 16th
inclusive. The place is Ebor Park,
near Brantford.
Have you .lade and erected your
"Lone Scout Lives Here" signboard.
yet?"
Information regarding the Lone
Scout Movement can be obtained on
application to The Lone Scout Dept.,
The Boy Scouts Association, 330 Bay
Street, Toronto 2.—"Looe E."
Loudon's Underground railwaysuse
up well over two hundred tons of
;tickets every year.
Among the railway "lost property"
last year was a ba.by which was found
in a London waiting -room,
Great Britain consumes every year
out .35,000,000 cwts. of fruit, of
10,000,000 cwts.' Is homeei
rown. -
There, wax not one death sentence
passed in'Seetland, nor was there one
eAcution in Scottish prisons, during
ee31.
'Tortoise eggs take a long time—
from eight to thirteen months—to
batch, according to the conditions in
'which they are laid.
In the wardrobe -rooms at Covent
Garden Opera House are stored thous-
ands of costumes, sufficient to "dress"
about sixty different operas.
Mrs. Helen Wills -Moody, the famous
American lawn -tennis champion, re-
rently came to Europe, bringing with
her twenty-five tennis rackets.
Among the words "banned" on the
wireless is the English place -name
Cirencester. This is pronounced "Sis-
+sister," and so is toe sibilant for radio
use,
Baritones should try to feel they are
really in love when they have to sing
sentimental songs, accordng to Mr.
-Roy Henderson, the famous singer.
Nearly twenty-six million motor -cars
are registered in. the United States,
the owners paying about £70,000,000
in registration and license fees last
year.
It is estimated that there are some
three and a half million wireless sets
pi use for which no license is paid. The
ost Office thus loses £1,700,000.
By weekly instalments paid before -
band, the parents of babies barn in
eneral hospitals under the London
ounty Council can pay part of the
Dost of treatment.
Although blind from birth, the Rev.
T. L. Sowden took a high degree at
Cambridge, and is now rector and
vicar of Freckenham, Suffolk, He
reads his sermon and the lessons with
his fingers.
The explosion of a firearm is dulled
to practically the equivalent of the
sound of a book closing by a newly in-
vented silencer, which will not be put
on sale to the general public.
prisons as, year,'were, 'pA Trip:to
Kashmir," "With Allenby in Pa14
tine," "A Nicht wi' Burns,' "Peeps at
Famous Cities,' and " A Trip Through
the Highlands."
Tomatoes and grapes are grown in
England in glass houses covering 3,000
acres. Half of these are in the Lea
Valley, a large proportion of the other
half being situated round Worthing,
on the South Coast.
Railway passengers in the Gare St.
Lazare, Paris' famous railway station,
can buy clothes, books, and drinks,
receive dental treatment, telephone
overseas, have a shave or a hair -wave,
or attend a cinema while waiting for
their trains. Notices of trains about
to depart are shown on the screen be-
tween the films.
In building a War memorial on
Montfaucon, in the Argonne, the work-
ers discovered the foundations of an
old castle built in 1076. This fortress
was destroyed and reconstructed in
the eleventh, thirteenth, fifteenth, six-
teenth and seventeenth centuries. It
was also the scene of au American at-
tack on an enemy position in 1918.
A Birth Right
Emerson knew that each of us can
only receive that for which he has an
affinity, and can only give forth ef-
fectually what is by birthright, or has
become his own. To have accepted
this doctrine with perfect contentment
is to possess one's soul in peace.—P,
G. Hanlerton.
American "Apartments" m Thousand Years old
eeetee
Pueblo ruins common in New Meelco and Arizona. Even today,
the fast dwindling tribes of the American Indian, stili live in such
dwellings, carrying on the simple communal life and ceremonials of
the past.
Sunda3r :School
Lesson
July 3. Lesson 1—Chiidhobd and
Education of Moses—Exodus 3:
1-10; Acts 7: 20-22. Golden Text—
Train up a child in the way he
should go; and when he is old, he
will not depart feonr It.—Proverbs
22: 6.
ANALYSIS.
L THE CHILD'S PERIL, VS. 1-3.
II. THE CHILD'S RESCUE, vs. 4-10.
III. THE CHILD'S EDUCATION, Acts 7
20-22,
INTRODUCTION—The book of Gene-
sis closes with the Hebrews in great
favor in Egypt; the book of Exodus
opens with them in slavery. The He-
brews were pressed into. the Pharaoh's
forced labor -gangs. They were em-
ployed in the building of two cities
(Exodus 1: 11), one of which has
been recently excavated; they were'
also employed on work on the land—
extending and repairing the irrigation
system connected with the Nile, and
cultivating the soil, Exodus 1: 14. The
Pharaoh proceeded to a policy of ex-
termination—at first secretly, by hay.
ing every Hebrew male child mysteri-
ously killed at birth, and then public -
1., by ordering that every male child
be drowned in the Nile. But God was
mindful of his own. In the birth of
Moses God was preparing for the day
of deliverance. "God hath chosen the
weak things of the world to confound
the things which are mighty," 1 Cor.
1: 27.
1. THE CHILD'S PERIL, VS. 1-3.
Moses was born at a time when his
life was in deadly peril of being for -
frenzy ef, the Pharaoh.
N p tike"creckon
rag, litt e hope that he would escape
the general extermination. At first
his ulothee hid him, until the growing
power of his lungs made concealment
no longer possible. A mother's love
usually sharpens tier wits and makes
her resourceful; but Moses' mother
was utterly baffled. There was no-
thing more she could do—nothing but
commit him to the kindly providence
of God. To show that the life of her
child was beyond her, power and solely
in the hand of God, she set hint out,
or exposed him, on that same river
in which Pharaoh had decreed that
the Hebrew baby boys should be
i •'owned. She made a small boat of
a Lind frequently tr be seen on the
Nile; it was shaped like a little bas•
ket, woven of papyrus reeds, and ren-
dered watertight by asphalt. Some-
times in the inhuman cruelty of an-
cient society, children were set out and
left to die; but Moses' mother set him
out in an act of love and trust.
II. THE CHILD'S RESCUE, VS. 4-10.
Moses' older sister took her stand
to see what would befall the infant
There was more, however, than the
sister watching Moses; God had had
his eye on Moses from birth. Unseen
in the background, God was shaping
t: e most unlikely chain of events in
order to preserve the child, and to fit
him for the day of deliverance. The
daughter of the Pharaoh, attended by
her ladies-in-waiting, came down to
the river -hank at just the spot where
the little basket -boat lay floating am-
ong the rushes. The princess' maids
would probably pace the bank back
and forth while she was preparing for
the bath; but when the -ge eat lady.
bathed, her attendants would bathe
with her in order to protect her from
all danger. On spying the child, she
immediately judged -hat it was a He-
brew, for .Ione but a Hebrew child
would be thus set out, Her compas-
sion on the child was in strong con-
trast to the incredible cruelty of her
father. But if she, a pagan stranger,
felt thus, how did Moses' mother feel?
How also did God feel? . Now ..ollow
a couple of delightful touches. The
.princess was induced by Moses' sister
to employ a Hebrew nurse; and the
nurse procured was none other than
the child's mother! In the good provi-
dence of God the mother not only had
her child restored to her, but she was
actually given wages for nursing her
own child by the daughter of the
Pharaoh who had decreed that the
child should perish! Then, too, there
is grim humor in the fact that
Moses, a Hebre s child, was
brought to live in the palace
of the Pharaoh. Through the mysteri-
ous providence .,f God, Pharaoh, who
bad decreed the extermination of the
Hebrews, was really sheltering one
who was to be their deliverer under
God. The child was obviously given
an Egyptian name. The word "Moses"
means in the Egyptian language
"son"; it occurs frequently in com-
pounds names—Thutmoses, Ram -
(o) ses. It sounded similar, however,
to the Hebrew word for "removed" or
"drawn," and was thus understood
among the Hebrews.
XII. THE CHILD'S EDUCATION, Acts 7:
20-22.
The education of Moses in the lore
of the Egyptians became a matter of
elaborate speculation among later
Jews like Philo of Alexandria. In his
address Stephen briefly alludes to it.
The Egyptologist, Erman, points out
that a good Egyptian education com-
prised such things as "moral duties
and good planners, reading, writing,
composition and arithmetic," but also
such undesirable items as "mythology,
.astrclogy, magic and superstitious
uractices in medicine." Doubtless the
duration Moses received gave him a
}, th t he had
learn , n
before he could become the leader . of
God's people.
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Losses From Sinking Logs
The sinking of logs while being
floated to the sawmill is responsible
for a considerable annual loss to Can-
ada's lumber and pulp industries. In
a recent year the loss of logs in that
industry attributable to the cause just
mentioned was estimated to amount
to 225,000 cords, valued at about 2,-
700,000. Circular 35 issued by the
Forest Products Laboratories, Forest
Service, Department of the Interior,
Ottawa, is a study of one aspect of the
situation and suggests means of par-
tially overcoming this loss.
Tiber Fast Regaining Position
As Trade Gate to Rome
Ronne.—The Tiber is being burden-
ed with more tons of traffic each
year as Rome seeks to utilize her
water highway to the coast. Last
year 414 vessels came up to the
river and unloaded merchandise that
netted the customs office $3,200,000.
The previous year ships totaled 278
and the customs receipt $2,700,000.
Rome is endeavoring to increase
trafile on the Tiber because of the
•cheapness of this transportation.
The railroad deprived the river of Its
old primacy, but the capital believes
it can be restored.
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Moves On
The British Broadcasting Corpora-
tion has sent out its last program.
from its historic headquarters at 5a-:
vo Hill, London, and has moved znto',
more commodious premises at Port-
land Place, about a .mile farther west.
This is likely to prove an event of
cardinal importance in British radio
casting, for work at Savoy Hill was
carried on only in the face of great
difficulties. Portland Place, however,
offers every possible facility for radio -
casting under ideal conditions.
The B. 13. C. can look back on its
nine years at Savoy Hill with consid-
erable satisfaction. In that time Brit-
ish radio has acquired a cultural repu-
tation second to that of no other radio
service in the world; and viewed mere-
ly as an entertainment it stands very
high. It introduces millions of listen-
ers to the most famous statesmen,
actors, thinkers, writers, and scholars
of the day, and has " perhaps done
more than any other single influence.
to raise the popular taste in music.
It radiocasts regularly all the most
1:portant public functions, from the
opening of disarmament conferences
to the fighting out of cup finals. And
it successfully financed the famous
Promenade concerts when they were
in danger of being discontinued from
lack of sufficient support.
All these things are developments
of the B. B. C. while it has been at
Savoy Hill. Technically also immense
progress has been registered during
this period. Seven years ago there
were only 1,000,000 licensed receiving
sets in Britain; today there are 4,-
473,227, representing roughly 20,-
000,000 listeners. Its record therefore
encourages the B. Be C. to enter Port-
land Place with every confidence that
its achievements there will be a signi-
ficant contribution tc the history of
radio Christian Science Monitor.
Volcanic Ash Cause
of Colorful Sunsets?
Wellington, New Zealand. — Dr.
Ernest Kidson, meteorological director
of the Dominion, attributes to volcanic
ash, blown over the Pacific from the
recent Chilean eruptions, responsibil-
ity for unusually brilliant sunsets,
frequent aurora displays, and lower
temperatures in New Zealand this
month.
The light ash, he said, was carried.
more than 6,000 miles over the ocean
by the prevailing westerly air cur-
rents.
Arctic Islands Preserve
The area of wild life preserves set
aside for the benefit of natives by the
Department of the Interior, in the
Northwest Territories, Canada, has
been extended by taking in,all islands
under Canadian'3urisdf6tion north of
the districts of Mackenzie and Kee-
watin, with the exception of a part of
Baffin Island. This large area is now
known as the Arctic Islands Preserve.
It embraces a land area of 439,105
square miles.
Banff Park Set Aside in 1885
Banff National Park In the Province
of Alberta is the oldest of the Domin-
ion playgrounds, the original reserva-
tion having been set aside in 1885. It
comprises an area of 2,585 square
miles of territory. Reserved for the
enjoyment of all who wish to visit it,
it is also a wild life sanctuary, evi-
dence of which is manifest in the
large number of mountain sheep, deer,
and bear to be seen in the areas ad-
jacent to the highways of the park.
3,500 Motor Cars in Bogota
Bogota.—This city, the capital of
Colombia, had no automobiles ten
years ago and no streets over which
a car could have been driven in
safety. This year 3,500 automotive
vehicles have been licensed and
there are sixty-three miles of paved
streets.
Police Dogs Guard Museums
Boston—German police dogs, are
let loose as watchdogs every night
in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
and in the Fogg Museum at Harvard
University.
Best of 20
Kinda young to be "in his cups"
is Numa The Second, ten -day-old
champion at the El Monte, Cali-
fornia, baby lion contest. There
were twenty entries.
Rome -Buenos Aires
Air Service Proposed
Rome.—A project to establish week-
ly
eekly two-way air service between Rome
and Buenos Aires was presented by
Gen. Itale, Balbo, Italian Air Minister,: e
at the recent convention of trans-
oceanic filers of all nations here.
The scheme resulted from studies
conducted both before and after Gen-
eral Balbo's group flight to South
America in January, 1931.
The War Minister presented cost
figures and even a time -table and de-
clared that "even commercially speak-
ing the line would pay for itself."
Under the plan the 7185 miles front
Rome to Buenos Aires would be cov-
ered in 31,6 days. Two routes were
suggested:
Rome to Tripoli by hydroplane; Tri-
poli to Bolama, Portuguese Guinea
across the desert by land 'plane; Bol
ama to Parahyba, Brazil, by. hydro-
plane, and Parahyba to Buenos Aires,
land plane. . -,
Rome to Tunis, hydroplane..'d'u,;
to Bolama, landplane; along the coast
from Bolama and then to -Parahyba;°`
hydroplane, and Parahyba 'to Buenos
Aires, landplane.
The ship would fly night and day;
Both land and water craft would be
three -motored and a total of 11 planed
would be necessary, each manned by
two pilots, a navigator, a mechanic
and a telegrapher.
General Balbo indicated that he
would like to conduct experiments 15
flying in the stratosphere. He recom-
mended that a ship be hired to cruise
out from Bolama in less frequented
zones and that it have special equip-
ment to study conditions in high alti-
tudes.
en the projected south Atlantic
crossing a plane would be going from
Africa to South America on the same
day that another was going from. South
America to Africa, Thus each would
be able to inform the other about the
weather conditions.
General Balbo was elected president
of the transoceanic filers. Before the
meeting the air men visited the King
at Quirinal Palace.
Fur seal captures by British Col-
umbia Indians in 1931 totalled 1,463,
as compared with 2,297 in 1930.
Prices were so low that there was
much less inducement than usual for
hunting fur seals, which, under the
Pelagic Sealing Treaty, may be taken
by Indians only, so far as British
Columbia waters are -concerned.
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