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RURNIN6 CLAVIE
Admit Ceremony Is Still Observed
Aronutlly at Bergbiead,
Scotiamal.
The •aneient ceremony of the
'burning a the Clavie," a aurvival of
the fire-worebipping customs of the
Norsemen, is still observed aanually
at Berghead, Scotlend.
Last year it was not only the
younger element in the town that
jothed la the event. Willie the crowd
at the formal lighting was solely of
Yeutha, this was far froxri being the
ease at ' the actual borniag on the
hill. By that time more than half the
spectators were people of Maturer
years, who hailed the cerenionial
benfire with a surpriaing degree of
enthusiasm,
The Clavie, explains the "Aber-
deen journal," eonsists of an Arch-
angel tar barrel, which is presented
annually by the provost of the burgh,
The barrel is sawn in half, and the
lower end is fixed to a sahnon fish-
er's stake, tile actual joining being
made by a nail specially forged by
Mr. William Sandison, the • local
blacksmith and hammered' by a
beach stone, the use of a hammer or
other implement being deemed irre-
verent.
The work of preparation complet-
ed, the "Clavie Ring," aud hiscrew
of three returned home to change for
the hazardous task of the evening,
At six o'clotin
k to the mute, amid
the cheers of the gathering crowd,
little Arthur Peterldn—a youthful
relative of the •"King" brought the
usual glowing peat front Miss Jef-
frey's, Brander street, who for many
years has had the honor of supply-
ing this means of Lighting the Ciavie.
Blown into ilaate t e "King"
and droppea into the barre now half
filled with tar -soaked combustibles,
the peat did its work, and cheers rent
the air as the flames shot upwards,
mounting higher as further food for
the blaae wes Added, a pailful of tar
&Wining the kindling.
Now burning furiously, the Clavie
was hoisted on the shoulders of the
doughty crew and rushed through the
principal thoroughfares of the Own,
Occasionally a halt was made and
blazing faggots were unceremonious-
ly hurled into Open house -doors, the
crew, whether by accident. or prefer-
ence, seeming to give precedence to
tenants of licensed premises as the
recipients of what are prized as
charms for the remainder of the year.
Arrived at the Doorie Hill, enthus-
iasm reached still greater heights as
the Clavie was set into the altar
stone on the summit.
Fearless as to their own •safety,
members of the crew mounted the
•stone and added pailful after pailful
of tar to the blaze, till the crowd on
the hill were almost hidden as clouds
of dense black smoke, interspersed
with sparks billowed upwards,
• The most exciting part was yet to
come, however. The half -emptied tar
barrel was emptied on the ground
round the altar, and the barrel plac-
ed on top, the Clavie sending flames
leaping still hieher.
A blazing faggot set the whole hill
afire, streams of burning tar running
front the summit almost to the road-
way beneath. The flaming tar bar-
rel tottered and crashed among the
spectators, splintering as it fell, vriaile
the crowd struggled to gain posses -
of one of the coveted pieces of
wood.The Clavie stick, the possession of
which is highly cherished, was after-
wards sold for five shillings.
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toettSine %Tundra! Coach,
Canedltat Bacon. Supreme.
interes e s*
tingliatsTaIh Meg•
recently issued whisk *hotrod the de).
crease in the bacon export trade with
Great Britain in the last eight years
or since hog -grading was entertained
as • a general practice. • Eight years
ago Canada's export of bacon
amounted to more than 100,000,000
pounds. In 1929 it had dwindled to
less than 38,000,000 pounds. • The
reason given is that grading has in
reality improved the quality of Can-
adian baron and that more of it is
consumed at home. The reputation
of Canadian bacon stands supreme on
the American continent and is equal
to any bacon offered in Great Bri-
tain. The most preseing need at the
present tine in relation to the Cana-
dian bacon industry is larger produc-
tion and continuous supply.
Made No Difrerenee.
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At a concert in Detroit, quarters,
were decidedly cramped and Madame
Ernestine Schumann-Heink, the solo-
ist, had to make her entrance from,
the rear, down through the orchestra
with its maze of music stands. All
went well till she came to the orches-•
tra where her familiarly large pro-
portions began kuocking over music
recite.
"Go 'sideways, Madame," hissed
the musical director in an excited
stage whisper.
Ernestine wrinkled her brow, gave
,a puzzled look from right to left, and
called back to the conductor in a
hoarse Whisper, "Mein Gott, I have
no sideways!"
Fortunes front Garbage.
An analysie has been made by an
expert employed by the British Min-
istry of Health, which showthat of
the 2,000,000 tons of refuse removed
each year from London households it
should be possible to retrieve 179,-
694 tons of paper, 77,606 tons of
metal, 88,976 tons of rags, 17,264
tons of bones, and 600,000 tons of
clinker. A scheme for the erection
of a reelaination plant and factories
near London with a view to utilizing
the material now betas
been prepared,
Could Feel Colors,
A few years ago Helen Keller tour-
ed the country and lectared on the
subfeet nr "Happiness." After each
lecture the aeldienee Was even the
opportutilty of aiklag he quesstions,
tverythittg 'frost the sublime to the
ridieulmis Was asked, Iler ready re-
Perteo as *hewn itt the follOwilag:
Gentleman:, "Gan you feel °lore?"
Nelens "Yee -4 easealseel blue,"
WUAM A VANC,0
a
• WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE
Dr. .Long, out :fishing svith Alexane
der, Pierce, a detective, tells of his
projected trip to Southley Dowes.
Pierce 'advises hitn. 19keep his eyes
open wide While there. On the way in
a train Dr, Long is attracted. by ,a
girl, who later faints, Dr, Long,
treats her, and looking into her bag,
is astounded to find a loaded revolv-
er.
.Dr. Long meets Ahmed Das, an
Oriental, who conduct' him to South -
ley Downs, where he meets ,Mr.
Southley and his son, Ernest South -
ley, Mr. Haywood andehis son VilaS,
and then Josephine Southley, who is
the girl he had met on the train. Jo-
sephine tells him the story uf South -
ley Downs and its ghost, which is
not the ghost :of a human .being but
of a. tiger.
Long has a quarrel with. Vila
Hayward oyer Josephine, and finds
tEat the Howarde have a strange.an's
thority over the Southieye. He is:or-
dered to leave Southley Downs. The
ram prevents him leaving at once. Dr,
Long and Ernest go out on the road
in the tail] looking for thetracks of
a tiger that Ernest says are there,
They find the tracks. Later Ernest
and Pr. Long see a prowling creature'
.the hall of SOuthley Downs. This
frightens the elder Hayward, who al-
so sees it. Ernest begins to feel that
Ahinad Das is perpetrating some de-
viltry:
NOW READ ON
The elder Hayward is later found
deed, his neck -broken by a giant's
blow.
"It is even an intruder's business
My51C-11,011.8 'Ways of dieappetteing,
We had no diffieulty inloisetille
the exact spat where the body had
been.. Even the rain lied not _washed
away all tile evideliee. My first 11r0rk
was. to look :all about fur footpriate.
There were no00 to: be seen‘ Thy
Place Was covered with a rich growth
of grass, and root...filled turf as a rule
does' not receive a \rt.:10r clear iiiipriat.
Besides, the rains would have washed
away any imprint that had been made.
We were to .91(n c suct'es8M in
finding a weapon with \\this'll the
ethee &Ade have aaamateat We
searched the hillside' \vitli the, gretit,
eel: possible care; and even weded
short' distanee into the swami), Of
course it seemed likely that any blunt
inStrument that .could heve inflicted
the wound could have been easily
tossed info . the swamp water, from
which: it could 1101 be recovered until
the waters receded again.
Although it was inundated . to a
depth of six feet now, it was tierfeet-
ly clearthat the isthmus Was Still
above the surface of the water at the
moment of the murdet. It was not
covered :until the final 'wreckage of
the levee, several minutes afterward.
It wc.,I.tid have been possible for the
murderer to. have raced across the
isthmus- to the opposite high lands
before the wail of Neater came. In
that case he :was still to be found in
the thick jungle beyond.
Since the light had made it pos-
sible, Wehad put a negro in an
stairs -Window :with a powerful pair
of field glasses. If the murderer was
indeed in refuge in the thick jungles,
the glasses would reveal any attempt
he should make to escape: His only
hope would be to keep the plateau it--
. . . Slowly it became apparent that the boat was drawing nearer
to be watchful; at a -time like this. 1 "Perhaps he conld make out a shad -
believe you'd Better try to get Some feat that would become- increasingly
sleep—" 'difficult as he neared the mainland,:
"Still the doctor—but there are to And it Was true. the_ Water Was too
personal wishes involved this time." deep to wade. He would either have
She even had the spirit to smile ,at to coestruct a raft, er else risk his
me,: ,:life in a long desperate swim. • .
BLit 1 couldn't answer that Smile.' The Watch was kept like the getai:d
The scene in the den :had struck home. of an army camp. It was co
n..nuous.
too hard. 'When the negro was obliged to leave
"Professional interest alone," I told his post another took his place.
her. I We picked up a few surface clues.
Maybe it was just the effect of the l We found a man's hat; but it was
dawn that her eyes seemed to lose perfectly evident that it was the hat
their luster before 'sly gaze, She hur- 'Hayward had worn. I had not par-
ried on up the hall, turning at the 'ticularly noticed it as he went out
door of her own room. 1 the door yet Ernest recognized it a(
"Thank you for your watchfulness,- the SaM e expensive felt that he had
she called to me. "And T'm sorry I ;seen the elder Hayward wearing on
spoke so rudely when you first spoke many occasions- h contained no in-
to me—and I desn't expect any other itials or any other sign rpf owrieriftip,
--but professional interest—now. If land it had the trademark, f a hatter
there was anything that I could say—lin the State capitol.
about last night—I'd say it, too, But But the place it 1a7 waa; eernewliali
T know it wouldn't help any." significant. It was ten full pates far -
"T can't imagine that it would." ther up the slope than the place where
"13ut at least—yrei are not going we had found the body,
home today?' "Could we have dropped it aff
"The storm decided that matter for when we carried the body to the
me, I'm afraid 13ut there may be a house?" 'Ernest asked.
chance yet." "When I lifted ifie head the hat
• The door shut behind her, The was already off," I replied.
early moreing hours drew on, and the "Then you see what it means?'
mist that was the twilight of dawn He looked at me darkly,
faded like the rain, "It means that either part of the
One of the rtegroes had built a lit- struggle ocetirred higher 1113 the slope
tie fire in the library, and Southley or else some violent action at that
joined me there. And itt a. moment point knocked the hat from his head,
Ahmed Das opened the door from the It seems to inc there wotild he signs
—deeper i p r ti t f the first was
the case; and more likely tliat he saw
or heard his enetny for the first time
when he was on this point of the
path."
"He must have been on bis way
down to the driveway (ben."
"Of course."
"He certainly tottld not have seen
well In the darkeees, He might have
heard, though, ot felt."
self betwela him and thc house,
T -ie stood straight and calm and un-
ruffled, not an expression that the
eyes of man could read on his irri-
passive face as he called us in to
breakfast. j
After breakfast Ernest and went
down to the serne of the murder- It
would be several hours before tfie
e(lr011er came; and I thought that any
obvious clews :Mould be collected and
preserved at Once, Stieh ihings have
1.3,koy tio In nth, mai 111
lint Tell off ett the first leap,"
'The leVee was aleoudy breakiine
then, lle Maat IttlVe heard ltafItiIiL
It eeemei lie: ll11181 have
kilown that ret teat by ..wayif
tho
rt)adWUY 19 the 04' W104 all'alda':
off, Then why" --anti the eyes bneed
mintee"did he ,rue i1. the opposite di-
tY0111 Ibe bAn1 ral her
toward. it?. We .foklutd Or :tit
eeeds farther ‘,lown the elope'
"Men in atteb. • turco as he 1111181
have
herr are Vle t‘kkidu
V1kh a' .tho..Y lam, Thee. Wile? Whnt
tl get 41aVea` 10 alt.)" threelitniss'
The large oath eoiataineel five men,
"Pau the tna,t frightened man will
1101 run ill the fees, oi danger, It is
:Pellet:11Y evident thee that hie 'foe
came behind eameashet. \even h
position and the house,"
"'Dial seems: to be iudisimtuble,"
"The 111.11raert.'r '11111 i ila1'0 ehased
"Of eoaree."
"And he must have been uubelievs
ably fleet. It Was tree that Hayward
was a large:man physically,' and would
ordinarily have been able to rila'..,ery
fast Rut in such terror as he was,
he would have run fester than .any
expert track man. Yon know, Long,
that no man ever really runs tintil he
is in terror. Smite:reserve: power and
strength comes to his aid.' You re -:-
member that from your own boyhood
—the way you could get away from
a watermelon patch when the Owner
got out his shotguns He ran some-.
what downhill 'so everv condition was
with him for a fast flight. And yet
his enemy caught up With him within
ten yards!"
"It is an important '.fact„ Ernest."
"It certainly is. Police -eCords
show that in very few cases have
crimes been committed by a Criminal
actua‘by overtaking a fleeing :Victim,
.wilep they were both on foots The
victim's fear makes him the ifleetest;
and the criminal has only the strength
of his Purpose to Make him fleet;
Yet- Hayward was overtaken in ten
yards."
:ayes."
"He probably ran screaming —
esaind that cottld not be heard above
the roar of the storm."
agreed to this, too.
"It's no ordinary crime, Lon. The
murdered had no ordinary motives.
.passion, his blood madness, if I
::'ay use the word, ninet have been
;est as terrific an 'emotion as Hey -
ward's fear—an emotion that inspired
a to run fast ationgh down that
elepe t )'.crtake his prey within ten
yards."
"I don't believe I like the word
prey in this capacity, Ernest," I told
him.. "There's an infereece ,in it that
isn't soothing to the spirit. But there
isn't any doubt about the fury an
intensity of the :slayea-There's an -
ether element that proves it even.
more clearly_than the fact that he ov-
ertook Hayward within ten yards,"
"Whet is that?" :-
"The terrible, rending violence of
tlie blow. A Cold-blooded murderer
wouldn't' have struck like this. The
slayer:would have Waited in the.darke
ness—struck from ambush with a bil-
ly or knife : or pistol. Pow look at
this." :
I showed Ernest the imprint in the
turf where the body had lain. It was
singularly deepand distinct.
,zi`sDkci,
occsitMean anything to you?"
"To you mean that the blow was
eo :violent that Hayward was simply,
knocked into the earth when he fell?"
Nothing else, It is likely that he
nevOr itur'ved or cried ottt„ after that
blow strieek him down. I -le was hurl -
d to the ground with such force that
he 'left; his imprint—as if a meteor
bad smote him. The neck was broke
raesa clean, violent break, I knew it
when, 1 examined the body."
We found one other Clue that for
a little while made us hopeful, it
Was and -half 'ef a cuff -link, broken.
sharply off. It W58 0 rich thing, of
'; geld and a single ruby. :Then we
walked back toteard'the house-,
"I suppose you'll know where ses-
i .
picion will point," Ernest Said,. just
'before we reached. the 'atetie.
We Stopped, face to face.
"Good Heavens, limn! Don't You
think 1 have eyes'? No atie can help
butsee the way things point—rted
there's nothing in this world to de
bit Cover our eyes and yell cOitiCi.,,
0110 1111.1L the detectives that .cOnie
lir 016 bo.At todaya-they'll be fresh
and have Clear eyes. And ehey'll sus -
pea Ahmed Dae, :He ,W.tie ths ohe
intli that Wits Mit 1141 hiliSido with
.141:11.,e,searil at the 11171011 of the 11111c -
"Of vourse, Altlennth it is true he,
41011 '1 ie another direction,"
"Vou remember that lie took a long
lime io go down to the garage, He
IniRlit have waited kir Hayward on
the trelleethen circled back to the
anrage and wily pretended le look for
1 diet say it's; trace but that's
whai the c.ilroner told the detectives
\di suggest,"
'111why didtct ho stake bail as
STt)ItY Pza
he went past, instead of chasing the
serautille, man down the hill?"
"Who knows! There might be
suelt e, thine* as missing his first blow,
and knowing that only by silencing
the tan's lips could he be saved from
an attempted murder charge, At least
Ahmed Das will be suspected. And
Ile crowning point is that he hated
Hayward."
"And Hayward hated him," I ag-
reed.
"Next after Ahmed the negroes will
be suspected, charged with being in
the pay of either my father or me,
or postibly you."
"Yes, Ycs,m , all of thewill be investi-
gat"Vilas won't be accused—very nat-
urally—and of course my sister won't.
It would take more than a woman's
strength, or even the strength of any
other than a large powerful man, to
administer such a blow as 'killed Hay-
ward."
We had now halted below the ver-
anda,
"There's one other thing to remem_
ber," P told him.
"What is that?"
"Another thing to wonder at. As
you say, only a powerful man, or
something very powerful, could have
dealt this blow. A man could not
have done it, except with some great,
heavy weapon that by its own weight
would gather tremendous momentum.
It was dark, and the two of them
were in mad flight down the hill.
Then think what wonderful accuracy,
what perfect muscle control, was ne-
ces-sary for the pursuer to swings his
weapon and strike the fleeing figure
in front of him in the darkness—a
blow as accurate as that with which a
butcher fells a steer. It doesn't seem
hardly human."
He started up the steps, and turn-
ed with a little laugh that was some-
how very grim, "Yon might as well
quit looking' for things to be human
1—around this house," he told inc.
:e,Abe,,Itdon all hope—ye who enter
i
Just then we heard the voice of the
watchman, Bellowing doWn the stairs.
His glass had revealed the shadow of
a boat upon the far reaches of the
At first the boat was just a black-
' :
speck so far distant that we could not
-tell whether it , was some °tie escap-
ing from the plFaeatt or a boat from
the mainland.
"If it's the mi.-is-dela:a and he's get-
ting away, • there's no chance to stop
Southley said. "We can't get:
'word to the other side* in time."
The speck was herd to follow.
There were so Many tree clumps and
thickets that bid it. gni slowly it
became apparent .thet the boat was
drawing nearer, andthat it . had a
smaller craft, evidently a large row -
'boat, in tow. And within a :half-hour
More we could dietingaieh its occu-
pants.
The large craft -La lOng, low motor
boat—contained five men. Of course,
one of than was evidently the it CVO
1. had sent, one was evidently the
skipper or owuer of the Craft, and
Iwo of the others were the coroner
'''and his assistant. My hope lay in
the fifth, If iny telegram had gone
true to its destina.tion, tonight there
would be new forces to eope with this
problem of Southley Downs,
Most of the nil e occupants of the
Thome were (Iowa at the edge of the
'water to greet the crafts. Their pro-
gress was stoat. They constantly fac-
ed the danger of snags and submerg-
ed shrubbery that might wreck the
motor boat. Ernest called to them,
and showed how they might Make
a landing in the deep water beside the
isthmuS.
At first we couldn't sec their faces
glitter of the '‘vatcr prevented
it. BM; wliitti at last they drew close
it was with the sense of the deepest
disappointment to me- I looked in
vain for the face 1 had hoped to see.
No one could mistake the toratier.
Ple looked the part—somber clothae
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end all; he bad the voice, too—those
iiiimietakahle„ tones of nconfirmed
mourner who knows all flesh is dust,
JJis asrilsiata was it rather sprightly
Ulf; Man, with the gloom of his
profession yet to come upon him, The
1.111il 1 W110 steered the boat was a eller-
fic ter Unfamiliar 10 ill use who kno-w-
tIic
waterways, He eeented to be a
quaint, good-natured old chap with
sparkling eyes and bushy beard—a
man evidently sixty years of age and
still sprightly as a chickadee.
The mistiion had evidently not af-
fected hini at all. He called Os a
cheery greeting as the boats drew up.
lglien he rose to make the motor
boat fast, all of us saw that his garb,
fitted the rest of him. He wore an
old, mud -bespattered suit, and queer
little rubber boots that were tied with
strings and came just to his ankles,,
making a ludicrous bag of each of'
his trouser legs.
Sam, the colored man, was in the -
back of the boat and next to bine
sat a lean, thin -faced man I had never
seen before. But he had an official,
air, and I guessed him right as an in-
spector from a near -by city—a Mall
on the plain -clothes force. He was,
an alert, determined man with a dis-
tinct air of authority,
"I waited an hour for an answer,
sir, and none came," Sam told me.
"I could not wait no more. The de-
tective gen'inan said we had to go
without him—and like as not he
wouldn't be no good, nohow."
(Continued next week)
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Here and There
While the Canadian Chamber of
Commerce is completing plans for
its official tour of China and Japan,
leaving Vancouver October on 8.8,
Empress of Russia, an important
group of Japanese manufaeturer
and merchants is due to arrive at
the same port July 25 on board the
Empress of Canada for a tour. of:
Canada and the United States.
To remove the prejudices of men,
women want to be regarded as their
partners and to be rewarded on
merit regardless of sex, is the view
of Miss Helen Cleveland, of Tor-
onto, holder of a "man's" job with
an internationally known bon&
house and recently elected presi-
dent of Zonta International at the.
10th annual meeting of this world-
wide women's organization. 'With
forty members of that body she is.
taking the Alaska trip aboard S.S.
Princess Louisa
The greatest living golfer IS:
Bobby Jones and the most enthu-
siastic golfer in the world is prob-
ably the Emperor of Japan, aocord-
ing to Walter Hagen, colorful U.
S. golfer. just back aboard S.S. Em-
press of Russia efter a tour of'
Australia, Japan and China. Both
Hagen ad Rirkwood who accom-
panied him, voiced high apprecia-
tion of Japanese golf courses.
Major Ian Hay Beith, noted'
author of "The First Hundred
Thousand" and many other plays.
and novels, arrived recently at Que-
bec aboard B.S. Empress of France
for a four week sojourn in the.
Dominion where he hopes "to fish
and do nothing, althoughT., may
pick up an idea for a play or some-
thing, for one is always on the look
out for likely material."
"Land of Heart's Return" is the.
description of New Brunswick by
Samuel Hecht in his Tourist Topics
column in the New York Americana
because it "always turned out to be;
nicer in reality than anybody said
it was on paper."
A million dollar contract ha -
been offered the Torbanite Products,
Co, Ltd., of New Glasgow, for Tor-
banite residue as it comes from the
Glinet retort. This order comprises
250,000 tons at $4 a ton and be-
comes effective sixty days from:
July 5.
Nova Scotia fisheries in 1929 had
a product valued at $11,455,491 a0 -
cording to a report issued by the
Dominion Bureau of Statistics,
Value of the preceding year's catch
was placed at $3,504,583.
Prospects are that Canada will
this year advance into second place,
' aniong the gold -producing coma.
tries of the world. South Africa
holds first place and 'Milted State,
second. Lest year the vain° Of
gold produced in Canada was ap-,
proxitnately $40,000,000. This year
it is expeeted to be about $80,000e-
000.
A. short course for departmental
itidgess Was held recently at the
Ontario Agricultural Collega•
Guelph, Over 126 were present,
ineldding Judgee of ploughins*
Matehee, standing field are.na; hear,
a.nd light horses, beef and &dr/
cattle, and ;ditto aiid seVine. CI se
:Were stetted some 16 yetere ago,
and are primarily to get e'ticigsSe to -
ether fOr perposee if
time ea that a Uniform etatidard
ItrutY he maintained for jtittigint $10
iiikOw$ and etinapetitiOtili
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