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The Seaforth News, 1925-04-23, Page 3"off' the_ z n Girls BOYS ANI) FIREARMS. the bolt in a wire fencer Anothe". There are very few ,'Canadian boys who do not; sooner or later, own or have fereatms in their hands temper, arily.Every month throughout the year the newspapers carry etorie, o2 fatal shooting accidents, a consider= able percentage in Which boys are concerned. Here is a short list of headlines clipped from a single Western On- tario paper during one year: Little Girl Sbot by Brother. Boy of Sixteen Killed While Tient were three cartridge shells all show-, ing. ing the black sjrains of a backfire, one Shot at Tin Can, .Killed Compel -110M in addition showing a "burst" in the Victim of Stray Bullet Succumbs. head of the cap.) a . I Accdentelly Shot, Loses/Right Arm; It was stated .211; the inquest that' Child Toddles in Front of .22 Cal- the dengeroes character• of the rifles ibre Rifle to Death, had been brought to the attention oft Hammered e. Cartridge, Boy Loses the authorities, but that the weapons; ARISTOCRATIC RANCHERS FOR CANADA Lye, were still coming. into the: cotultry.; (des - Prominent passengers on the comedian Paeiilo S.S. 3larloch, which dock.' Rifle Used' to Knock Down Apples, To its verdict the Toronto jury add- Philippe iYOrleans tdes- Kills q'y. ed this: "We most urgent• recon- -ed recently at St. John, N.11, werepr'ino Charles l p ' yhev of the King 01' 115e Belgians) shown In 'Shot in' Beale Crossing Fence. mend that the attention of the author-' Cendant of Louis XVIII. attct nep. � Boy's Shot Kills Mother. — ities be brought to the unsafe class of the photograph wearing light felt hat; •Ilon,'John Stanley, nephew of Lord Every one of the above accidents rifles which sell at a figure little more the Dowager Lady Rodney; Masters George and John Rodney, sons g Derby; g wee the result of carelessness or than for a toy, and can be purchased et Lord Rodney; and Captain Guy Hamilton, Commander of ttte Alarloelt. ignorance. ' What can be done about apparently quite easily by boys un - See The are ort, their way to Lord Rodnsy s ranch at Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, it? I skilled in the use of firearms." Y i where ilio Prince will be apprenticed for a year prior to .taking up ranching Soe that every boy you know takes,, Tho boys concerned in the Torlmto all his,ow11 account. the Scout or any other firearms safety shooting were not Scouts. Unques- pledge. Herelare sortie items of a tionably, however, so dangerous are Scout pledge as set fortllIin "Scouts these rifles that they would be amen- and Fireartss,'l by Rev. S. S. 14Iae- ace even in the hands of Scouts who donell, of Stratford, One, aitd publish- •have taken` up marksmanship and ed byethe Boy Scouts' Association:' I have been es carefully instructed and "No. 1.-I will never, whether it be cautioned as all Semite ere supposed loaded or not, point a gun at anyone,• to be. nor will I allow the muzzle to cross The book above referred to, "Scouts another person when changing post- and Firearms, could well be placed. tion," - . `in the ,hands of every Canadian bey of a gun held byanother erson." the Stdres Department, Boy Scouts'. p I , p "No. 3.-1 will never@load my gun; Association, 20x3 Wellington Street, until in the vicinity in which I intend 'Ottawa. The Canadian Scout Diary' to shoot, and .1 will always unload for 1925 also contains a firearms before leaving the range or entering safety pledge which all parents of the city." Scents might make sure that they No. 5 read. I will always carry carefully study and. sign, my gen under my arm, mu. le point- ---0,-- leg _ 0,_. ing toward the ground, never over my shoulder." ' And No. O; "In getting The Poppies. through or over a fence I will always One of the moat impressive things put the gun.through first, with muz- in the years after the war was the ole pointing siva}, from ole and from .promptitude with which Nyg�ture began where I intend to cross." -the work of restoration. 'he did not No. 18 reads: "I will never shoot wait until treaties.had been signed, at a bird or a harmless animal," she began right away with healing and No. 18: "I will never leave a gun redeeming niinistr'les, Nothing per- - there is a possibility of al child haps was more wonderful than the pop - handling it." pies that il'bwered in amazing richness And finally, No. 20: "I will ase,,com- and profusion in the places „where a mon sense, take nothing :for granted, year before the tide of battle had roll - KNOW." ei . Of one shell -torn stretch of battle 1:—A .22 calibre rine will shoot ground a correspondent wrote: "It Is three-quarters of a utile, like some southern savanna or wonder- 2,--A bullet will lance off a stone, ful'iy rich and fertile prairie, an end. t; and off the edge of a` bottle without less tapestry of brilliant colors woven breaking the bottle, continuing to Into a background of green. The face travel in an entirely different dirce- of the ridge, which was snaked with tion, blood a year ago, is scarlet now with 8.—A bullet will glance off water popples." as off a smooth hard object. The poppy has come to be our flower 4.--A .22 calibre bullet will go of remembrance. Wd 'wear it on the through a board fence, day of remembrance and in silence 5.—A cartridge exploded outside of call to mind the great debt of love un - a. dee which we live, Yet it has a teep- a gun is most.dangerous: In this case the muzzle is toward every point of er significance. Its tritunph and ahal- tho compass, and all parts of the lenge are that it Clothes the forlorn cartridge are as bullets. and desolate places with beauty. We The fatal shooting in Toronto of a are to eec, in the' desert a potential 16 -year-old boy, Russell Guppy, by the garden, to believe that beyond the discharge of n .22 rifle when its butt calamity there is a future and a hope. struck the floor revealed a new clanger Europe had not been what it iso to -day for Canadian boys. if man bud lammed the secret of the At the inquest it was stated by a jOpDY• firea'rm4 export that the rifle used iaature of all three rifles was the very light "pull off," each discharging, at a very light touch on' the.teiggei'.', (It is not possible to discharge any'. properly constructed rifle in any. of the several ways mentioned,) Another defect• of the rifles. demon-,,strated during the test was an oeca-, sional back flare :from the .cartridge, I this being serious enough to barn the, face of a sliooter in the usual position. • (Accompanying the -letter from Assis-i tent Provincial Commissioner' Irwin e'No. 2. I will never get in front owning a rifle: It is sold at 10c by Most impressive is the beauty with THE TI-IEF'f CSF THE PEARL NECKLACE By Maurice Debokre Translated by 1Villialu L. atePhorson 'l When I came down into the hate lobby I realized that something cit • usual had happened, Grouped arount the marble colunins guests were talk ing excitedly. The manager and the head porter seemed disturbed, Sudden. ly Urate, Copieux emerged from tate hotel office. "What is the matter?" I asked. She led ole out on the terrace which ioverlooks the beach at Biarritz. "My necklace has been stolen," she explained hi an unsteady voice. "A. very beautiful necklace of eighty-eight pearls, Valued at 250,000 francs at least." "Did ' you ,questioir the chamber- maid?" ' • "Slee claims that site was not in my room from the time when she broegilt me Sty breakfast, to the time when I rang' for her to tell her about the theft. What a calamity! My season is spoil- ed! Such a beautiful necklace, which I valued more _than all toy other Jewelry! And the most astonishing thing Is that I left on my dressing table two diamond rings and three bracelets, worth as nutclt as my neck- lace. Now, the necklace was taken and the outer pieces were not touch- ed:' "That le very strange." "Tire robber would not have lost twenty seconds gathering up the other Jewelry. It is really extraordinary," The ease interested me, 'i have al- ways had a penchant for mysteries. "12Y' dear frleud,"' I said to Mme. Copleux, "will you allow nee to look in- to this burglary? Just as an amateur-, 'naturally." "I wish you would. I am alone In Biarritz at this moment. .The assist - LOOKING AFTER `'UMBER ONE' The world is divided into givers and telcers, Anil because of the generosity of the givers many of the takers, 110' thrall', good-hearted . and generous themselves, become self centl'eil 5.141 5515511, Prong the earliest clays of his child- hood Satiety is encouraged to think that he Is the inostimporlau•t member ot" the Smith. family. Hie every little ailment is treated as though it were a •eerlcus illness, -his tiny grievances as great sorrows, his little thoughts as Pearls of wisdom. Is It auy wonder that, as he grove up, he tltinke. and talks almost exclusively about him- self'.+ It there are always people to lettele. and carry for Yon, is it strange that, in time, you 'begin to take it all for granted? is it strange that these spoilt aces' grow so incurably selfish? Incui>abiy, did r say'? Do they but f "Is that all that you know about them? What are they like?" "Olt, monsieur, they are like turtle doves. Every time I go in there they are ]hissing each other," "Would you suspect M. Daniels or M. and IYime. Letillac?" The chambermaid made a gesture of needs, J -Ler own little broubles she kept out of his sight. Thee he grew to think his Itealtli', and contort the only. im'pOrtant things in life. Unwittingly, of 00511'se; she, fostered his Selfishness, One day 115 fell ill, and was 00I1- vineed he was going to die. He recover - eel, however, Owing to her skilful ours- ing, bet (luring 111s -convalescence her love for him was solely. tried.; Every minute of the day he expected her to be at his heck and call,' Slowly the realization ca'nte` to her that he thought of no one but himself, while she was heading for a break- down. Trying'the "Tired Look." "It's time he thought of me," elle ven- eered. at last, to own to herself. Once having arrived at this conclu- sion she set about working the miracle. It was meetly simple enough, She had catch a glimpse of themselves as rhes only to give In literally and encourage really are, do they but find someone the "tired look" which had lately come they love in need of their help, their to her eyes. The next time' the invalid self1 Iiness will often fall from them to talking about his ailments she sat looking absolutely played oat, and gently intimated that she couldn't do another thing. "I believe I've worked . too hard nursing you," she ventured, That wee all he needed. "dWllata brute I1101," he said, "think- ing too much about myself and forget-. ting you." The next. time the doctor' came the improvement. in the self-centred man' wee narked. 1 -Ie had been looking af- ter someone oleo for the flat time in his life, and it seemed to agree with 'like a cloak, Was she to Blame? One man- I know lorded his waY through a ,spoilt and luxurious Child- hood to an imperious and egotistical manhood. His pet•sonallty, undoubtedly charming, enabled hint to be a greet ells taker -Just as 'all those who came iu oontaet with ilial were nearly al- ways of necessity gr'aetons givers. He married, and the woman he mar- ried woe, a "giver" to her finger-tips. She was always willing to make things easy for him, to minister to all his flim! expect of you. Here is rho -etory In two words, I am married. I have spent my 'young wife's dowry in an unfortunate enterprise. I had In prospect a very good piece of business here. My wife and I were to take luncheon at Bayon- ne_to-day with my future assoelates. surprise. Bttt it was necessary to throw dust in "Oh! '14fousietu•—neither the one nor the others. Whoever did it was cer- tainly not one of Mme, 5Copieux's neighbors." I .thanked 107 informant anti after (laving completed my inquiry in the hotel. 2. went to see in succession nil the Jewelers in Biarritz. I was anxi- ous to ask them a particular question, which, in my opinion, was closely re- lated to the mysterious disappearance of the necklace. Satisfied by the ans- wer which one of the Jewelers gave me I returned to the' hotel. I' pursued my investigations further and ataliinner I said to Mme. Copieux: "My dear friend, I ant going to make a singttl.am proposition to you,. Are you willing to .change rooms with me to- night? That is to say, will you occupy thine on the third floor, while I remain in yours?" Mine. Copieux seemed surprised. But she acquiesced and said to me In a whisper: "Andre, do you suspect somebody?" "Yes,' and no. Iu any case, T want to make an experiment. communicating .door, and when your At 9 o'clock I discreetly took my wife returns from the casino tell her DOA. hi the roomon the second floor, not to worry any more about tbi"s• 02- lvhile Mine. Copieux retired to mine. fair." first before that she had gone out very "Oh, monsieur! I thank you!" ostentatiously in an evening dress. and "As for me, I will tell tate victim of their- eyes, It was necessary to make a show. My wife lead suggested to me to try to borrow a pearl necklace from one of the Jewelers of Biarritz,. She said to me: 'You see, if I have pearls worth 100,000 francs annelid ley neck these people will have confidence in You.' Alas! the jewelers aid not loon at it that lvuy, Then I noticed this lady's`maguificent necklace and I de- cided to take'it along. My wife wore it this upon, We concluded our affair at Bayonne. And Just at this moment to restore the pearls which served to pull me out of the hole i exposed my- self to being arrested by yqu. Men- sieur, I beg of you, have pityt" 111, teniae bueet,into tears. In spite of myself -,i was moved by his distress. He looked at me as a drowning man looks. at the rescuer who can save lila teem death. He was about to fall on his raises. ,1 stopped him with a ges- tu re. "Monsieur," I said to him simply, "we :have never seen each other and we shall never beset again. Close that in sight of most of the hotel guests. A quarter o1 an hour'later she returned by the servants' door.' My plan re- quired that she should snake everybody think that she had gone -to epend the evening at the Casino on the beach. My wait was a long one. Seated in the room, dimly lighted by the illttmina- tlon from the beach, I hid myself in a big chair. I counted the quarter hours, which ran away altogether too slowly. About 11.30 o'clock au unusual noise at tate door to the right gemmed lily which sold for as low as $2,95 in To- which Men have clothed the personal ante of an old friend liko you will be attention. The bolt grated a little; Tonto, and which had absolutely; no desolations of life, have won .gardens so much the more appreolated. Do the door opened a crack, A man push - safety features, was one of a ship- from tortured battlefields. A worker in everything You. can to find my neck- ed in noiselessly,' , Ment of more than 15,000 arriving in the shims of the East End of London lace. In my opinion it was a woman "Hands up!" I cried, pointing my re - Montreal from Germany. .•Purthhr, sa.Ys that he could. not keep on unless. that two other low-priced imported he almost daily read the vision of the rifles, the "Simson," also from Ger- many, and the 'Bayard" from Liege, Belgium, were°similarly dangerous. The rifle concerned in the shooting bore the name "Deutsche Werke Weri erfert." A test of rifles of all three types made in the presence of Assistant desert of blindness, and Buuyan's was Provincial Commissioner Irwin of To- born iu prison. They were flowers that ronto, showed that each could be lis- redeemed battlefields, lovely things charged in at least five ways without berm of calamity. the 'trigger being touched—by closing the bolt sharply (as is 'done with any good bolt riffle); by allowing the bolt to sip :from the fingers while 'draw- ing, by striking the butt on the family name first the individual, or grotnld,• by striking the end of the what we should call the Christian bolt' against at fence or similar ob- name, nett, and ellen- the honorific- stac:e; by catching the rear action of thus ---"Jones, Thomas Mr." , New City in the Book of Revelation. Yet that vision of the city that shall be rose oat of the ruins of .a city des troyed: That book with its visions and spaelous hopes, was itself- the out- growth of lonely an dunhappy exile. 141ilton's masterpiece blossomed In tbe, Names, in Japan. . People in Japan are •Called by the who stole it. I have a presentiment" I had no trouble finding the chane- bermaid, I brought iter into Mine. Copieux's room, and after slipping a raised his hands and began to speak louts Into her hand i asked• her: very' ra'pidiy in a Jerky voice: "Mademoiselle, Can you give the "Monsieur, I beg of you, don't make some information about the persons any scandal: I Came toPrepaia• my er- 'who.- occupy -the rooms next to this? ror.' You do not believe me? .Well, Who is in the room to the left?" my hands are in the air. Come yonr- "Monsieur, it is an American. M. Daniela,'2 believe." "Has he, been here long?" e• "No, He came for the tennis tourna- volver at the vieltor, while with my disengaged aria I turned on the lights. Tie man seemed panic stricken. He self and take out of thte lett pocket of my coat the. pearl necklace wlllel1 T borrowed tins:, morning:•• The meet sincerity was evident. I mlent.He is •a tall young ma.0 wed a pat my band le hisTpocket and. drew great sportsman, it one may Judge out Vlore. Copieus necklace. frolli the athletic outfit which he has "Are you . Monsieur hetillae?" I in rile recti'." asked.' "Who oecupfes the email on the - "Yes, monsieur. 40,1 you? A. de - right?" tectiv0,'no doubt? Listen to me before "lf.' and dote. Letillac. They are yotl arrest the, I. beg of yon. Show that Parisians." I: feeling of ltnmanity and pity which.I S'MATTER POP your impudence that in moviug the furniture about I found her pearl neck- lace hidden under the rug." Prayer to Life. Whatever -way thou °oiliest, Life, Go we with'h'igh hearts out to meet thee, Oue eager eyes gaze into thine, And with wide open arms we greet thee: Give ne of all thou hast, 0 Llfei And let tis nothing lack. Of beauty, sorrow, pain or Joy., \Ve pray, hold nothing back. 0 We ask no alms of thee, 0 Life! .Test as with all thy bitter steel, Make earth an anvil where our souls, Tby i1anuners strength may feel; Smile not too warmly on ns, Life! Beneath the lashes of thy thong, Vt \ itlr heavy hand upon us laid, Ve shall, at length, grow strong. B h of beauty, Life, y li:now the depth and E that we may sti11, 111 darkness, see the iight. ud when we' A ve gleaned front thee, 0 anst. give of tears anti B take the one-way trail. o tate .heareafter, I. Thomas in "Success." \ ut give enoug That we ala height, nouglt of joy : Lite, A11 thou c laughter ravely we'll That The -Lar gest Expense. Business Partner ---".1110, Your ex- Dense% are immense. Yon ought to cut offthe largest of them." Jim—"Sam, are you advising me to get a divorce?" The word acrobat is derived from a Greek word lneantng "to run on"tip- floe. " Sincerity, like Sterling sever,' has wearing qualities not possessed by any imitation. ` lends t -Iola 1\ Greetings in Japan. Nothing more &musing than to watch two acquaintances saluting in. the streets of a Japanese town. As they come in sight of each other they Slacken their pace, and approach with clown -cast eyes and averted face, as if •neither was wortliy of beholding the other; then they bow so as to bring alio face on a level with the knees. 011 which the panne of the hands are pressed. A succession of hissing sounds is next heard, made by drawing the breath between the cleated teeth, interspersed ! with complimentary pphrases uttered with great volubility, each trying to outdo the other. At last the climax is reached, and each, en- deavors to give precedence to `the other. For perhaps a full minute the Polite contest continues; then the cere- mony abruptly ere-monyabruptly ends, as if -the difficulty were capable of noue but a brusque solation, and the two pass on hurried- ly. with a' look of extreme relief. The Japanese gentleman who has many acquaintances rnnsterecinlre an hour to walk t.he length of a block on a city IMMENSE " LOSSES FROM FOREST FIRES CARELESS AND INDIFFER- ENT ND FFER-ENT SETTLERS ARE GUILTY. Many Hundred Million Feet of Timber Destroyed in Western Canada in 1,924. Conditions during the 1924 fovea firm Beason in Canada were etiactlY the: reverse of the previous year. In 1923 Eastern Canada Suffered heavy losses temp fire, while in the West ouly slight damage was done; whereas during lash Year the western provinces, and A.1 berta in particular, were visited by` 1,487 tree, while time East was prac- tically immune. The total area Aro- swept in the West was 1,'185,345 acres. 01 this gross area, 239,320 ace'es car- ried' merchantable timber and 299,832 acres bore new growth, the remaining 246,193 acres Comprising non -forested laude of .various classes: The esti- mated loss . of merchantable material reached the startling amount of 511,- 000,000 board feet of saw timber and 4,375,000 cords of fuel or pulpwood, the total combined value being $2,406,000. A cash expenditure of $81,725 together with rangers' time to a total of $11,099 was expended in the actual suppres- sion of these fires. Only 214 er 14 per cent, of the total forest fires in the West occurred on Dominion forest re- serves. The destruction on. the latter amounted to 84,588 acres of stature timber and 33,820 acres of yo0ng growth, .Arouse Public Opinion, Notwithstanding the efforts made to arouse public opinion to the immense losses which Cauada is . suffering through .forest fires, devastating con • - fiagratlons continue.': Federal, provin- cial, and railway -'forestry services were particularly, busy last year In spreading the gospel of forest protec- tion front fire. Of the 1,487 fires which occurred last year In Western Canada, 992 or approximately 70 per cent. were discovered and extinguished before tart-. area of ten acres 'in :any instance had bean covered. The percentage of fires detected and put out in the insipient stage reflects the efficiency being reached by forest protective organza tions, and Judged on this basis and in view of the specially hazardous aeason, the 1924 record is considered sane - factory. However the proportion of fires caused'by careless and indifferent settlers, 28 per cent., and camper's, 22 Per cent., shows no diminution from preylous,years and indicates the great need for further pitblielty and educa- tional work, as well as more rigid law enforcement. The railways caused 21 per cent. of the fires but very few of these eeaebed ten acres in area before they were extinguished: Lightning and incendiarism each were responsible for about 5 oe 6 per cent. It is en- . couraging to note that the proportion of fires marked "Cause unknown" ie being steadily reduced. Albertaes Losses Heavy. - Thrift. A farmer from the outskirts et Aber- deen sold. twenty hens to a neighbor; but only delivered nineteen. '7n the evening, however•, he turned up with the missing one. "This yin disna lay until the after- noon; he explained; One :lighted gas jet consumes as the corner I have a friend, much air as four adults. r eat city that has no and Around IlttliSgl Y Yet. clays go by.aud weeks rushee, And before I kuow it a' year 1s• gone, And I never see my old friend's face, For life is e. swift and terrible race. He Itnows I like .him just as well As in the days when I rang his belt .And lie rang mine. We were yolurgee then, .And now we ore busy, tired ,nen; Tired with playing a 200115a game, Tired with trying to rnalte,et name. Tomorrow 00111ee and to•tllorrOw g001, And the distance between us grows and grOwe. Around the corner! --yet miles. away , ":iere a': telegram, sir' Tini 11,4;1t-dtl " •, ANT th:ai's what We ref' Patel cit eO'e In the end; .Aiound .1.1ie corner a yautslied friend, —Charles 1-Taneole Towne. Proceeding from the East there was a gradual heightening In the fire haz- ard through the West, Manitoba had a normal season and despite the fact that 310 flree were reported, the total area burned over was only 48,000 acres, or 5.4 per cent. less than •1923. A total of 3,5500 acres of this was ma- ture timber., In Saskatchewan fairly heavy fire losses were sustained, Two hundred and forty-eight fires occurred, sweeping an area of 502,000 acres, and destroying 168,000 acres of merchant._;. able timber and 158,000.act'es of young growth. The summer season of 1924 in Alberta was unusual in that the weath- er conditions• is the northern and southern parts were very different. In the south half the fire hazard was about normal but north dt'Edmontoit, extreme conditions. existed until near the end of July. The inaccessibility of the country in wbteh these condi bone prevailed reeulted' in probably the greatest, forest flee loess in the 111510ry of the Province.; There were 641 fires covering an area of 615,000 acres. nI the Dominion Railway Belt of British Columbia the season was on.e of severe hazard, A total of 28'i fires occu'crecl, 67 per cent. of wlliclr, however, were under ten acres in area. The total area hurned over was :18,445 aer'i'e.' Around the Corner. " Pop Invited This one --By C. M. Payne. 0,c Sp I L L E'b• So ME SAL'7 'Sell MA !Al`i„ J A - 6t60 -CSP —r"R o LJI3 L SO 5 RGLIEeb •A13oU'f rr r AN' 'Jo r K NT 14 CJ 1, �Uii,1Nl,<W /`e At hF, r1l'by 1'.,e Beal 6 . dlcate., Trint the old whisk broom to apoint in the centre and it will be excelleet service in removing dust from the c0.rnel'9 of a room 00 the stairs.