The Clinton News Record, 1929-08-15, Page 6Sunday School
Lesson
August 16. Lesson ,VII—The Return
From Captivity—Ezra 1: 1-6; Psalm
106; 1.5,Golden Text—The Lord
on
hath de great 'things for us
Whereof we are glach—Psalm 126; 3
ANALYSIS,
L THE remise, Jere 29; 1044.
II. men PROMISE PELP1LLEo,:Ezra 1:
1-11.
III; A SONG ,OF DELIVERANCE,'Psalm
126:'1-6.
INTRODUCTION Both Jeremiah, and
Eiekiel predicted deliverance of the
captive Sews and return from Baby-
lonian exile, Jeremiah rebuked those
who, after the fali.of Jet:usalem and
depo.ta-ior of many captives in B.C.
97, predicted a speedy return, eh. 28,
The deliverance would come, hede-
clared, but not until after many years;
eh, 25: 12. Ezekiel, himself rt exile
in. Babylon from the year ].O. 597;
faretolc' to his fellow captives the
ftill`of Jerusalem, which took ula'ceen
134. 586, and after i;_ et foretold the
restoration. The.. Lord whe )ad scat-
tered the Jewish people ,.broad among
the 'nations, would bring them again;
would cleanse them froth their evil
ways and their /delete:a would give
them a new heart to serve him faith-
fully,and put 'his own spirit within
' them. Once more would he renew his
ancient covenant with them and they
would' be his people and he would be
their' God, ch. 36; 19, 24-28. He liken-
ed the resurrection of the Jewish na-
tion- to the resurrection of a great
army of the'dead whose dry bones lay
in the valley where they had fought
their last. fight. For the Lord .:4d
said: "Behold, I will open your graves
and cause you to come up,out of your
graves, 0 my people; and I will bring
you into the land of and
And
I will put: my spirit in you and ye
shall live. and I will place you in your
own n land."
But the most immediate ani strik-
ing predictions of return are those
lend- in the so-called, Second Isaiah,
Ise, alts, 40 to 55. There it is de-
clared that the years of banishment
are drawing o a close, that the Lord
will lead his retuning people as a
shepherd his flack, preparing' all their
way, that Babylon avhll be overthrown,
rind Cyrus, the conqueror,' will give
permission to rebuild emir city and
their temple (see chs. 40: 9:11; 41:
18-20; 43: 1-7; 44: 24 to 45,.17; 49:
8-23, etc.),
I. THE, PROMISE, Jer. 29: 10-14.
It was after Jerusalem had been
taken- by Nebuehadnczzar's army . in
B.C. 597 (cli. 29: 1, 2; compare ch.
24x1 and 2 Kings 24: 10-16), .nd
,teeny of the best of the people had
been carried away to Babylon, that
Jeremiah'' addressed to the captives a
letter,•the substance of which is pre-
served in this chapter. It seems that
other•letters had been sent, vied other
.predictions made quite different from
that of Jeremiah.by men professing
to be prophets born in Jerusalem and
in Babylonia, chs. 28: 1-4; 29: 8, 9,
20-23; etc.). Jeremiah condemns
these men as not only false prophets,
but also as morally unfit to be the
Spiritual guides of the people.
After seventy years, Jeremiah de-
clares, the Lord will fulfill his pron-
ise, will perform 'his good word to
them. Moffat: renders v, 11, bringing
out the meaning more clearly, "For I
keep in mind my purpose for you, a
purpose of weal, not of woe, to let you
have hope for the future!' The return
described in Ezra, ch. 1, took place
slto'tly .after the fall of Babylon in
B.C. 538, less than seventy years after
this flret deportation.
11. THE PROMISE FULFILLED, Ezra 1:
1.11.
The first six chapters of Ezra tell
the story of the return of the exiles
by the decree of Cyrus after the fall
of. Babylon in B.C. 638 and of the re-
building of the temple in the years
book tellslof. Ezra'satown missiontto
e
Jerusalem some eightyyears later:
The llest year of Cyrus is here to be
understood as the first year after his
taking possession of Babylon, that is,
B.C. 538-537. Previous to that time
ho had been ruler of the empire of
the Medes and Persians for eight or
nine years. His consistent policy
some to have been to cultivate the
good will of the subect people of his
empire, attaching them strongly to his
own central government by favors and
benefits bestowed upon them. Iie
seems to have aimed to add the rich
land of Egypt to his dominions, and
one reason of state policy. for the
restoration of the Jeish exiles to their
own land may have been the Planting
of a strong outpost of empire of tate
border of that lane which tightserve
some time as a base of operations
against it. Seethe promise of Egypt,
Ethiopia, and Seba as the ransom
price of Israel in Isa. 43: 3.
Gyrus is represented here (v, 2) as
recognizing the supremacy of the God
of Israel, the Lord God of heaven. The
language of the decree, however, .is.
most probably diplomatic, and is sim-
ilar to that of a proclamation issued
iafter the
takinlon
g
whichhe says thatMedch,the
great god of Babylon, gives .permis-
stun to all exiles to return to their
homes with their gods, and asks them
Ito pray for him. Of course it is pos-
sible thatthis was more than mere
ipylitical policy and the Cyrus was
Sincerely religious, but the prophet
.who predicts bis success .(Ise. 45:
.1-5)., and represents him as the an-
ointed agent of Jehovah's will, says,
distinctly that he did not know Se-
hovgh, vs. 4, 5. leo doubt Cyrus learn,
ed' from leaders of the Jewish core-
munities in Babylonia their desire
both to return and 'to rebuild their.
Itentple, and in his decree gives per-
mission accordingly.
The gifts of the people who remain-
ed in Babylon, who were unable at
this time to return, were generous and
abundant. No doubt the king'sgift
ofthe vessels of the house of the
Lord, which had been carried off as
spoil by Nebuchadnezar, was most
highly prized. Who Shehbazzar, the
prince of Judah, was is net certainly
known, but he was probably identical
.with Zerrubbabel (2: 2; 8: 2; etc).
(grandson of the king hhoiachin who
was carried captive in B.C. 997 bnd
who lived many years in Babylon, -
III. A sow or DELIVERANCE, ,Fsaliil
129: 1-6.
'While not very Winch Is told ip n
Bible history of the events of the r.•
turn from exile the evidence le 9tr1 r
stent to establish the fact beyond reit-
sonable doubtt, ossibl, the first corn•
pany to return wasfew in number,
Other companies followed from time
to time, and the list given in Ezra,
ch. 2, may have covered a hundred
years, B,nt there must nue been
•
mucic ••rejoice,;;. 'This simple "a Periodic
` `- y Gathering IJj9 the .Pieces "
beautt£ul slam` contain% both re oic- a Q+1"Xi�� • ,i JA,1L [�1 a Gathering
a • n.Lantds
Zeap►ela
ing and prayer joy beoausp of • What• • ua a t rtr s
had already been demi in the way Of -Examnrtations At I.al;behdn st
restoration, and prayer that the full
flood of return might soon crime, ns
the streams to the South when,swollen (General Secretary,' Canadian Social
with the winter rains and hope that
By DR. GORDON BATES
' Hygiene Ceenef
bho harvest long 'warted' Por. world )
soon be tipe for the feap:ng- I had a very good friend -a lead-
profeesional man, in raiddlo in I`ltad' weat a tragedy those
Dirigible Starts two
words can suggoste as they do in the
present fuetence. By hard work my
friend had darned a position of the
highest 'standing, He . was a leading
citizen, a gentleman. He was at the
top, •of his profession. In> terms `of
life generally, he had reached that
broad, calm plateau winch some for-
tunate men attain 'after the climb'
and the storms of youth re over. He.
seemed to be in the beet of healtht
Canada had reason to expect of him
long years of mature work, and
thought, and guidance.
And then one evening he (helmet!
dead.
What a shook to his family and
friends. What' a toss' to the' com-
munity. in which he lived—that this
individual of ripened, matured judg-
ment, of great force of character and
personality, this leader,. should have.
been stricken down lust when the
star of his 'destiny seemed to be shin
lag brightest.
And the greater, tragedy was tills`-.
'this itis death was unnecessary:
There ,.was no need iter him tohave
died for another twenty, or thirty
years,
There are thousands of deaths
like that, ovety year.
Door scores of years, people have
been flaying: "au ounce of prevention
is worth' a pound of cure' , If only
those who say that so glibly could
appreciate its profound truth„ If
only they would. .take. thetrouble'to
apply it to their own health and welly
being.
Month's -Inflation
London ainflation 'of the new Burn-
ey passenger airship 11-100;; designed
for Atlantic flights, has been begun at
Howden,` Yorkshire, •Fivo million
mete feet of hydrogen gas will be
needed for' the inflation, which will,
occupy nearly a' month, after which
the Air Ministry will conduct speed
tests.
These will be folowed by prelimin-
ary flights' over Great Britain, vary-
ing from 3 -to 49, hours, duration, and
by 7 days' at the .mooring mapt be -
foie Plight to Canada is attempted:.
AocominodatIon is prcivided for 100
paesengere, and besides a restaurant
seating 50 people, 'there are `prome-
nade decks • aed lounges: The maxi-
mum speed, an hour is still air and.
a cruising espeed of 74 to 75 miles an
hour. is expected. The cruising rattle'
when carrying a- fall load of fuel and
passengers, wi11 r be - approximately
3000 miles.
The Monitor is 'informed that the
entire, accommodation for the maiden
flight fro mEng1and to America has
been fully reserved, as much as.
£1000 haviug been offered for a
berth.
- The Mystery of the , Loaf
Victoria ; Times (Idb).; ' Several
weeks ago the price of wheat went
down to $1.05 a bueheI. But not a
word was said about reducing the
price of bread. When trading be.
gan is Winnipeg the figure stood at
'$1.75 and the closing price was $1.68,
We are now told, in a despatch from
Vancouver that we soon shall be coni -
pelted to, pay more for our loaf.. We
,have never been able to solve the
mystery of the price of bread. We
think of ten cents for sixteen ounces
here and eighteen cents for a four -
pound loaf in the Old- Country. We
grow the wheat from which the flour
for Britain's bread is ground. It has
been said that the Canadian loaf is-
more
smore costly to produce by reason of
certain preservatives which enter into
its manufacture, that wages paid to
Cahadian bakers and deliverymen
are much higher than the wages pail
in Great Britain. We have no reason,
to doubt the truth of this statement;
but It still seems exraordluary that
in a country where the wheat is
grown the price of -bread should be
just twice as much as it is in a
country which depende -upon our
wheat — and which is three thous-
and miles away.
Britain's Recovery -
Murray Williams iu his. Financial
Review: Since returning from Dug -
land the writer has been asked a
dozen times If the coal Industry In
Britain is dead beyond recall. Can it
be that Canadian newspapers have
failed to record the almost sensa-
tional recovery in the coal trade? Or
perhaps the newspaper readers have
failed to See the news. While it, Is
true that British coal production is
still far below the pre-war level and
also truethat prices are low and the
wage question is still a livo issue,
the coal movement has increased sub-
stantially, so much so in fact that at
times the coal companies have suffer-
ed from 'a scarcity of ships. More
British minors are at work than for
Years past and Britain is now export-
ing
xportiftg as much coal as Germany, Am-
erica and Poland combined. In one
week in June 600,000 tons were ship-
ped from ports in South Wales. With
lower sea freight prevailing Britain
is slowly recovering its lost markets.
The Aged Poor
New York Times: There has been a
lengthening of the average life in
America. This does ,not mean that
the •maximum span of life has been
Increased, but only that more people
live to a greater age, Child mortality'
has been greatly diminished— this is
the brightest achivement. But there
has been an extension of life at the
other end. This means that more
People live to be old, and in so doing
live further beyond the period of
greatest vigour, of easy adaptation
and of adequate earning ability. Thus
this lengthening of life makes the
problem of old age more onto and
difficult. It makes more 'dmperative, •
too, some friendly provision for care
in that period, even if there is in-
creased saving against old age and
its eeveraties,
Guests of. Canada
W:ndsor BorderCitiesStar (Ind.):
The American tcurist is welcome to
this country and to this Dominion,
While here, he is a guest, and is en-
titled to all the courtesy which we,
as his hosts, Can extend to him. There
are two things, however, whinii he
must not do, He must nct flagrant-
ly
agrantly abuse our laws, and he must dot
go back home and make unfounded
and unwarranted complaints when be
is brought to book fcr his misdeeds.
Liquor Smuggling
Saint John Times -Globe (Ind.):
The United Statescan hardly expect
Canada to make strenuous efforts to
aid in preventing the smuggling
of liquor :into that country, when It
declines to fasigt on clearances for
its own small craft so that a cheek
may be kept upon them;
My friend died suddenly of a heart
condition that was entirely unsuspect
ed.: He had never experienced au"'
symptoms, so had no reason to be-,
Have that anything was the matter
with him. To most people, that fact
is sufficient to indicate that the
death was absolutely unpreventable.
But that is not so,
Medical science has progressed far
beyond the knowledge of the layman.
The X-ray sees things that are hid-
den to the naked eye: And if lie
had, bean in the habit of subjecting.
himself to a thorough Physical ex-
amination every year, or every six
months, the heart condition or. its
Cause might have been detected long
ago. He would have been warned
by Itis doctor, cculd have dealt with
conditions which neglected result In
heart disease, or were the heart die -
ns already in existence could b•ave
so regulated his life as to impose the
least possible strain upo /this heart
-so that up to a point, that organ
would have overcome its disability,
and gotten better instead of worse.
There le no possi:ilIity of error
More; It is recognized by leading doc-
tors the world over, that the person
who has his system examined and
"overhauled" regularly fust as a sense
bla motorist has his • car overhauled
regularly, leas a, far better chance of
longer life than one who does not.
No one doubts such a reasonable
claim. it isn't public skepticism that
has to be overcome; it is public In-
difference. The average man is too
busy trying to add a thousand dol-
lars to itis Income to bother about
adding ten years to his life.
A very large proportion of illnesses,
if dealt with in their incipient stages,
will not become serious. During
those incipient stages, the symptoms
are so slight as to be scarcely noticed
by a layman. In fact, no exterior
symptoms may be present, whatever.
Furthermore, there are many physical
conditions that are forerunners pf ill-
ness -conditions that may lead up to
illness if not checked. It Is the lit-
tle things that have to be watched—
the inconsiderable acorns that grow
into great oaks of disease. Here
the importance of regular physical
examination looms large, High
Mon pressure, overweight, are ex-
ample. Or a men's habits may need
to be corrected. Cancer, syphilis,
tuberculosis are alt diseases that it
is supremely important to combat
early—and whose. earliest symptoms
are not always manifest to the pati -
out.
In a pamphlet issued to physicians
by the Dominion Department cd
Health, and compiled by the Canadian
Medical Assoclation, the follo'Wing
appears: "The average main habit-
ually accepts his variations from the
normal as something to which he
should be resigned. The Army eco-
perience demonstrates clearly . that a
very high percentage of supposedly
fit and active men among' rtoh' and
poor alike, , have some physical im-
pairment which in many cases, is due
to preventable causes. It 'has been
shown further that Improvements
may result anon the correction of
such defects and by the eetabli8h-
meat of proper hygienic and dletetic
habits." .
Periodic health examinations aftord
tate only systematic oppcntunity:—
(a) To observe the development of
the individual;
(b) To detect the earliest signs of
change from the normal and of im-
pending disease;
(c)' To observe the effecte of a
]hygienic daily regime;
(d) To note abnormal conditions. A , ,:5<'ast IT 915554 1 c�a Ott i s4? hili? ..>.. ¢ • sa
arising frons neglect of the laws of
health;
(e) To recognize the beneftt of ton
lowing advice given to correct these
abnormal conditions;
(8) To detect the early sigus of
focal infections an dthe results of
their persistence;
,(g) To accumulate facts regarding
,early symptoms of disease and treat-
merit;
(r) To investigate the possibilities
of cure in cancer, tuberculosis, yen-
oreal disease, etc.;
(i) To study the importance of
hygienic and dietetic treatment in
general.
Prom the foregoing, some idea of
the advantages of periodic physical
examinations, both to the individual,
,., .. and to society, may be gathered. It THE LEVIATHAN GETS SEMI-ANNUAL OVERHAULING
e* iss 99el answered that is u . to those who' desire to Partake The giant liner, flagship' of, the United-
ire pStates lilies, in yards at Boston,
sit r Isit when he popped the a t e to govern them-
selves
Mass;- o
lie t '9 p pp of these adv n ag s g for her semiannual ]rouse -cleaning, Her present three -blade pro.
sir n) 1 accordingly elf
WRECK OF CITY OF' OTTAWA CHANNEL PLANE'.
Remains of giant Imperial Airways plane, City•o1 Ottawa which felt into
tbe' Plaglislt channel•recently carrying seven of its pa'seengers to, death. •
His Excellency
Gives Tourists
Great Surprise
Lord Willingdon Offers Aid to
U.S. Tourists When Auto
Turns Tuttle. -
Quebec. — His Excellency tate Gov
ernor General, Lord Willingdon, enact-
ed the role of good`Samaritan, to 'two
stranded American autoists 'on the
Rivere du Loup _road, a couple of
days ago,
The Americans in' question were
proceeding, towards Rivere du Loup
in their automobile, when it suddenly
turned turtle ou them as it left the
road.
The, machine was, practically ruined,
and as It was in a remote couutrydis-
trict the tourists didn't know what to
do.'
Unknown to them a' big, shiny
limousine drew up close and a tall,
elderly man alighted. Approaching the
wrecked car and Eta' occupants he
asked there if he could do anything
for them, such as give them a lift to
the nearest village, or something
else, alter being informed of the mis-
hap. •
The Americans in question stamm-
ered
tamen-.
ered'out their thanks, but stated that
they preferred to carry on afoot and
make for the nearest farm Morse,
after asking the gentleman in ques-
tion hie name.
A short while after they reached
Rivers du Loup, whore one of them
started talking of the adventure, stat -
lug, among other things, that the car
had no -Bono plates but had.instead
a silver crown on a black plate.
The luau who was getting the story
asked if he remember what name ;the
gentleman had given him, to which
the American replied: "Yes, if 1 re-
member rightly, it was a Mr. Willing -
don." and he was greatly surprised to
hear that the gentleman who had oe-
tered hint a lift on the road when he
was s1-rnnded was no other than the
IXing's Representative in_Canada, His
Excellency, the Governor General.
The Sublime
The sublime and the ridiculous are
often so nearly related that It is 515
noun ;to class then] separately; one
step above the sublime makes the
ridiculous and one step above the
ridiculous makes• the sublime again,
Goldfish, Alt Kinds
Swim , Into - Favor
Washington Goldfish,. brought;
from Japan 50' years -ago by a naval
officer were: the beginning of one of
the Nation's -foremost 'fish farming
industries which .last season prod.
uced 21,500,099 eonimon and fancy
varieties 'to be' ,distributed "to' ponds
and aquariums all over -the country.
The story:of the industry which
last year produced 17,000,000 common
goldfish valued at $573,000, and 4,-
500,000 fancy goldfish worth $369,000,
is toil in a leaflet just issued by the
Bureau of Fisheries Department of
Commerce.
The most successful propagation'
farms, it is found, lie along the thirty-
ninth Parallel, in Maryland, Ohio, In-
diana, Illinois, Iowa and ,California.
Common, comet, nymph and fantail
fish are the species which lend them-
selves best to large scale production
in this country'. Fancier forms have
been developed by the Koreans,
Chinese and Japanese, and from Jap-
an last year the United States re-.
calved 380,000 exrttc fish worth $31,-
000 wholesale.
lender favorable conditions gold -
ash breeders here grow 40,000 to 50,.
000 fish per pond acre. When hat
oiled the fish are silvery gray In color,
like the original wild stack, but
change to a golden or, mottled color
sometimes after a few weeks, some.
times not for three or four years.
While goldfish were originally sold
at pet stores, tate majority of them
to -day are handled through five and
ten•cent stores and by drag stores
as as advertising feature, it is found.
Difficulties in keeping fish in, small
aquariums' at home Is usually due to
overcrowding and overfeeding, pet
shop owners have informed the bur-
eau. Golduish should have et least
one gallon of water for each inch of
body, exclusive of the tall, the bureau
says,
Buy at Home
St. Catharine's Standard (Ind,). If
Canadian wheat exports fall oft this
year as predicted, this country will
simply have to keep the Canadian
dollar at home. Otherwise the trade
balance will be against Canada to the
tune de many millions and our dollar
in New York may again face the eigh-
teen per cent. discount of a few
years ago.
In Drydocks
se vox accor ng y. p ora are to be replaced by four -blade type.
Second Atlantic Crossin
Beats Olcl Time • Making
Trip in 94 Hours.
1 Minute
CROWDS CHEER
Naval Air Station, L'akehurst, Nee
Graf Zeppelin, • mighty German mon-
arch of the air, landed oa sUnited
States'sofl to -day, completing its third
crossing of the Atlantic within a year.
Last October the hugs dirigible com-
pleted' its first round trip from its
base at`Friedrichshafen, Germany, to
the navy reservation here, where the'
naval dirigible Los Angeles has its
home. At 5.55 o'clock (eastern Stan-
dard time) this afternoon a speck was
sighted 14 miles away to the east yb
Coxswain :William , Bishop, lookout
man; for. the Los Angeles, and half an
hour later the huge silver bag poked
its whining nose into the sunset, over
the field.
Maneuvering in salute to a cheer-
ing crowd of almost ;1'00,000 .persons,
the Zeppelin disappeared over the
northern horizon and cruised over
New York City before, returning to
the reservation, where it dropped its
landing ropes. at 8.49. It was dragged
to a stub -mast ore the field, pending
its removal into. the -huge naval han-
gar which will be its home- until :it
departs, on the return.'ourney. The
landing was accomplished 94 hours
and. one minute from the time the ship
left its. base 4,175-: miles distant last
Wednesday night. "
TRAVELLED 5,331 MILES.
An average speed of approximately
45 miles an hour was credited to the,
big ship up to• the time it was first
sighted, but the craft slowed down as
it approached its destination and rode
leisurely to New York, and it was
believed . that the final computation
would reduce the early average,
Authorities :estimated the Graf
traveled 5,331 miles on its latest voy-
age, including the side trip to New
York City, in 94 hours one minute, as
compared • with the 109 hours, 58 min-
utes, required to cover a course of
6,275 miles to New York last year. .
When the Graf takes off on its re-
turn ttip it will be starting a cruise
around the world, which will be fol-
lowed next spring by a transArctic ex-
ploration cruise.
Dr. Eckeiter, commander of the Zep-
pelin, announced on his arrival that
if fuel and oil supplies could be taken
on soon enough, he will start back
Wednesday nigh; to Friedrichshafen.
The return flight will be the first of'a
fourleg cruise around the world.
----.—•y
The North-West Passage
Halifax Herald (Cons,): The peo-
ple of this part of Canada would not
venture to offer an opinion regard.
Ing the value of the Hudson Bay Rail-
way as a development route for the
transport of whatever products may
come out of that subarctic region,
but they always have been, and are
still, In an inquiring mind regarding
the feasibility of the Hudson Bay
water route, People who live by
and on salt water may be expected
to know something of the hazards of
sltlpeing and what militates against
shipping operations. It is very dif-
ficult to convince persons along the
Atlantic littoral of Canada that the
Hudson Bay shipping venture is a
spend One.
1.
Hertzog's Government
Glasgow Bulletin: In every way
during its term of office, which has
Just been renewed, this party bas ex-
hibited its dislike of the'imperial Con-
nection;.'it has finuted the old British
sentiment in Its "flag" policy, its de-
termination to "do what 1t likes with
its niggers," its preference for Ger-
man usiness over British, and in other
ways. How far the Premier, Gen-
eral Hertzog, will go in this direction,
now that the plebiscite has gone in
his favor, no one can tell. For our-
selves we can see no end to the ten-
dency to slip into a declaration of
independence,
g
The War on the Border
Toronto Star Ind.): The increas-
ed activity of United States preven-
tive officers has put a telaporary
crimp into the operations of those
who run liquor acroes the border.
The increased effectiveness of the
United States patrols, however, does
not weaken tate arguments ite favor
of neighborly action on the part of
Canada; first, because there -•Is clan-
ger of international complications
arising from poegible clashes between
armed patrol boats and armed rum-
runners, and, second, because it is a
reasonble assuinption that the co-
operation of both countries is re
quired'In effecting a permanent sue -
pression 01 the traffic. -
Privy Council Appeals
Ottawa Droit (Ind.) Appeals to
the Privy Council more or less
amount to a lacir of cottlidence iu our
Judicial ' system . and in our judges.
They retard the course of'justice,
Moreover, they are very eoetiy, and,,
for this reason alone, beyond the
reach Of 80 per cent. of the Canadian
popelatton. Only those wed are pre
vileged y fortune and the great com-
panies can have access to it. The
deoist^Rt-thitt P:r'etl of 82181er8il .ars
' ' ,t.w1Ye in cite geiinial inteieiit of
the cc untie,. . The Privy Connell
might be abolished anal Canadian Jus-
tice would only be so' butch the better'
off. -
' A Leaf
"—
Thousands of years ago a leaf fell
on the soft clay, and seemed tobe
lost. But last summer a geologist in
his ramblings broke off a piece of
rock with hie hammer, and tihere
lay the image of the leaf, with every
line and every vein, and all the deli -
nate tracery preserved in the stone
through , those centuries. • So the
words we speak, and the things we do
to -day may seem to be lost, but in the
,great final revealing the =allot of
them - will appear.-Jmes Russell
Explorers Find
Two Cities
Irl Palestin
Jerasalem,-In an endeavor to cor-
relate the little-knov,n Palestinian
archaeology with that of Egypt, an
expedition organized by Sir Flinders
Petrie; noted '.Egyptologist, has spent
two seasons at Tell Fara, 18 miles
south of Gaza, examining two mounds
of ruins on the Egyptian herder eta
Palestir-e, where two lost cities of
Judiea, Beth -palet and 'Gerar, have
been discovered.- '
The :.expedition,' says , a bpeciaf ac
count by Lady Petrie just received
here summing up the results of last`
season, revealed that Gerar was in the
midst of a corn country,' as borne out
by numerous sickles of iron and flint,'
as well as by the Biblical account of
Isaac reaping a hundredfold; and that.
Beth•pelet, described' in , Joshua, ,was
an iniportent:: military :centre from
which David drew'half Ile bodyguard.' .
In speaking of Gerar Lady Petrie
says: "Here was settled"Apimelech, a
Philistine resident for the corn ex-
ports. Very fine weaving was done
here in early times; iron, was brought
in by 1350 B.C„ andfurnaces were '
built about 1200 )3,C. early all the
gold is of 1200 B.C.; the allusion to
the Ishmaelites ; wearing gold marks
the record as, being contemporary. At
the time of Shishak the lozenge-
marked lance, the triangular arrow,
the arrow -with a barb, the broad dag-
ger, the chariot models, and humped
oxenof pottery, came down fzen,over
the Euphrates. The Assyrian inva-
sion brought in easternpottery, in -
cerise altars' and the lazuli cylinder.'
Lastly the Persians built immense
granaries here whichwould hold corn
for an army of 100,000 clueing three
months, so that the route to Egypt
was t-ssured. Few sites have so many
contacts with the history of surround-
ing peoples; the cities of Gerar-illue-
strate and amplify the ancient records.
Professor Petrie found that 19 out
of 38 areas containing cities men-
tioned in the Book of Joshua retail&
their Old Testament names.
In the present season the work has
gone lower, and under the fort and
residency of the Roman age have been
found an earlier fort and residency.
Before 1600 B.C. the Hyksos, or
shepherd • kings, bad dominated this'
district. Their history, as it ema1er'
will he helpful in determining theTutt
ing of the middle period of Egyptian
history and with it the dating of early
Europe, and this increases the im-
portance of the Hyksos. These people
had 'cut 'a vast earthwork round the
flanks of the Tell, with a trench 80
feet wide, descending 28 feet into a
aitch and rising 62 feet to the fort,
withsteep glacis slopes as in Egypt
and Syria, copied from Central Asia.
Their tombs contained daggers, toggle -
pins and many scarabs -one with the
name of a new king (raising the num-
ber to 34 known kings). It may now
be assumed that at the end of their
time they ruled Egypt and Palestine
under ono -lordship.
Naval Parity
Washington Post; (President Hoo-
ver's order to suspend construction of
three of the five American cruisers,,
now building, is strongly criticized.)
It is unfortunate in more ways than
one that the President has been per-
suaded
ersuaded to take advantage of a tech -
ideality even though his action may
weather the storm certain to arise
when the Senate convenes. Whoever;
advised Mr. Hoover to trade the ex-
pressed will of the American people
for a mess of British disarmament
pottage rendered poor service indeed.
In the first place it was calculated to
weaken the foundations of naval re-
duction negotiations at a time when
confidence of the Ambrican people is
badly needed to counteract the im-
pression that the United States is al-
together too likely to be the easiest
sort of victim to British diplomacy.
Tho ..atest 'thing in the way of
automobiles holds the Toad and t'nna
with el collet."
Artificial Butter
Sherbrooke Tribune (Lib.) : A
campaign has been launched in Mont-
real to ,put an end to the manufac--'
tare and sale, irk the Montreal dis-
trict, of'artielclal butter. Everybody
is interested iu thie campaign, both
Itl6llu£actarets and consumers, and it
is to be hoped that it will have good.
results, not only iu the district of
Montreal, but in the province as a
1 whole.. DO prat:110 et incl -i.34,.. tyro-'
Octal butter or permitting it to, be
sold could flea but have the moat dig;
estrous results on the dairy industry
of the province, -and should be over*
ry suppressed.'
No Harvesters Needed
SaskatdOif, Star -Phoenix (Lib.)i
Never before has Saskatchewan beer
able to get through the work of the
harvest season without help' front fled
East, It will he possible this year
for the first time because ,08 the reia'
tively small crop, use of labor sav,
iug machines such as combines, and'
the increase fa we tern industeketl