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Zurich Herald, 1936-06-25, Page 3Green tea with a flavour and a delicacy beyond compare -0•4•4-6-0-41-4-+➢-M1•-6-6.0-64--0•0•0- 4 -4i -L-2.44 4,-4,0,-S q V 4.4. o- ?8•�-S' •C -O -.T L•4-CrW-4>!i-©•'.i-.+�-POR The tieen 5 By Adam Broome er 1 91-O-i•t}-wc-o-rso-v- O -+-O -m • .., o o 0-o-N-i.--s-11-O-a-o o -s -Y 4'•�-i Y •o -a>• SYNOPSss Signor Parelll of Milan, famous com- poser, collapses and dies while he is conducting his own symphony at the Queen's Ball, London. At the Inquest it. is disclosed that a rare poison, curare, caused the death. Inspector t-laynes receives a call from Oivford stating that a supple of curare has been stolen. In an up -country bungalow in West Africa District Commissioner Westeott receives a package of strings for his 'collo—he opens the package and a few minutes later collapses—dead. The .theft of the curare is confessed by un Oxford student, 13ranksome, who hands it over to a Dr. Rawkes, • who , believes to deadening pain of animals used for vivisection. Lettice Manton, her mother, grand- mother and HePhen Garton, of the :Foreign Office, are all keenly interested in the solving of the crime. Saxby had used his handkerchief to wipe away the mud which had ,spattered the girl's face when she fell into the ditch. The last witness was Sergeant Per- ikins. He had described the interview ;at the police station. He produced 'the card which he had found in Sax - by' spocket, and which he had shown ,to the Chief Constable before ,going t, the court. He admitted that the man bad seemed just as surprised as he had himself when it had fallen out of his pocket. The only explanation lie. could suggest was that it had fal- lien from the girl's pocket and that he had acidentally collected it when 'he had picked up his handkerchief, which had fallen on the ground after the had wiped her face, as described by the previous witness, Barnes. Saxby, given the opportunity of making a statement if he wished to Lsio, had said nothing except that he knew no more than he had already told the Sergeant. The girl had said nothing to him. When he had return- ed with Barnes she was dead. Lettice Manton, with everyone else - felt that he was speaking no more than the plain truth. She wondered how 1 was possible for the Sergeant to have decided to take the responsi- bility of arresting the roan and charg- ing'hitn before the Magistrates so quickly. She looked up at the Bench. Surely, after a few whispered words, Colonel Prost would dismiss the case at once and release the wretched Saxby. Who- ever night be guilty of this murder, if it was a murder at all, she was convinced, as everyone else in the `Court seemed to be, that the unfor- tunate man in the improvised dock was as innocent of the crime as she herself. But the expected dismissal did not come, The magistrates seemed to have a lot to say to each other, harry •Chesterfield turned round iu his seat and obviously expected a prompt de- cision- At last, after what to the pri- soner seemed an el ernity, the Chair- man spoke. "We feel that we should like to :have some private discussion before we make up our minds about' this important case." ' Without further ado, the little pro- cession of magistrates wended its .way in a rather undignified manner down the rickety flight of steps and entered the little room at the back, the door of which was respectfully closed after them by Mr. Chesterfield, their clerk. Issue No. 25 — '36 9 The scene in the magistrates' room behind the improvised court had been an animated one. The surroundings themselves hardly lent on air of be- coming dignity to the weighty pro- ceedings. When thebuilding was not` being used as a court of justice, the room in which the worthies of the County Bench were now assembled was used, as necessity dictated, as a dressing -room for the performers, a refreshment buffet for tired and hungry dancers, or an extra space for card tables when a parish whist drive was on. It was not a place where many people would have chosen to linger longer than was strictly necessary for the business that might be in hand, But the case on which they had been sitting was a serious one — a case of murder — the first 'of the kind on which any of them had been called to adjudicate. Colonel Frost, though he was no orator and knew it, had felt it in, cumbent upon hint, in. his 'position, to make a speech on the case. There was nothing of note in it; none of his fellow magistrates had ever expected that there would be. He gave a long summary of the evidence which they had heard, This, in itself, lett to a few disputes which might have led to leugthy discussion had it not been for the unwelcome presence of a draught. In conclusion he felt bound to say that a very thin case seemed to have been made out against Tom Saxby. To commit there should be a prima facie case, without the consid- eration of any evidence which might be given in refutation. But was there such a prima facie case? Colonel Frost very much doubted it. There was some suspicion—not very strong suspicion at that. Even if they were to adjourn the case for the result of the analyst's enquiry the Colonel did not see how much further they would have advanced whatever the expert might find 1n the organs of the vic- tim or the contents of the sweets. There was nothing at all to connect the giving to Mollie of the sweets with any action of the prisoner's. And that was the crux of the whole mat- ter. There was nothing to show that Sax - by had ever bought any poison; noth- ing to show that he had doctored the sweets; nothing whatever to show that he had even given the sweets to the poor little girl. All this, though there was nothing much to it, took a great Ileal of time, and the Chairman's fellow magi- strates began to fidget on their rick- ety chairs. The thin vinegar -looking spinster whom Lettice had noted, in- terrupted: (To be Continued) Britain Reports Fewer Jobless LONDON — Unemployed in Great Britain on May 25th totalled 1,705,- 042, a decrease of 126,188 in one month, it was announced officially this month. "Our culture is superficial today and our knowledge dangerous, be- cause we are rich in mechanises and poor in purposes."—Will Durant. OF COURSE, YOU LIKE YOUR BISCUITS FRESH That's why you'll particularly enjoy Christie'a light, crisp, flaky Soda Wafers. All Christie'a Biscuits are famous for, their maintained purity and freshness. Chridie's Biscuit "'r7here's a Christie Iliacu1t For every taste" Laura Wheeler Crocheted of Lasting Squares For Articles Wear 1,4 ittia...4fiterlp,s,5,,644.,,irit,,,,,,,,,r; lelidi:f ;:f1.4#fk 1 �, Also` dr t ifP @ru �q tye.. �,Q1i'Y�� •; 1'✓�. 131, ° 1 a :i4iia4 �rqq,, , ' 1•10+ 9,4�, f6, ae a -i AAs , ,1 �p'�4°I I 1's'� 74fP L 1 y6 �,Mb �, •®��wi7 $ppyl�6�y i' ti�yy±,.�/yt��,4'r,'' 1�•���ir � ra.��� Cys � ,�, .,�,. • cra�;o� .0444 eV. CROCHETED MEDALLION PATTERN 1198 Learn to crochet this simple medallion, repeat it a number of times, theft know the thrill of joining the squares to make a beautiful pillow cover, a stunning buffet or dresser scarf, or set of lacy place gnats for your dinner table. Done in string, their beauty and dura- bility will repay you a hundred -fold, You can use one or three colors to make the square, as you choose,..Pattern 1198 contains directietrs for making the square and joining it to make various articles; illus- -trations'of it and of all stitches deeded; :material requirements; color schemes Send 20 cents in stamps or coin (coin preferred) for this pat- ter to Needlecraft Dept., Wilson Publishing Co., 78 W. Adelaide St., Toronto. Write, plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and AD- DRESS. Splendid Results ,Are Claimed For Crops Grown in Water Tanks Ontario Barley Situation That Barley is assuming a Wore important place in Canadian Agri- culture and Canadian industry is evidenced by the fact that a National Barley Committee has been .set up and was in session in Toronto recent- ly. With these facts in view, the following brief paragraphs from "The Ontario Agricultural Outlook for 1936" should be of special interest and value to Ontario farmers who are just now laying their plans for this years crop production. "The 1935 barley crop in Ontario was the largest since 1930 and is estimated at 16,841,000 bushels. In 1934 the production was , 14,741,700 bushels. The acreage was increased from 484,900 acres to 523,000 and the yield per acre at 32.2 bushels was 3s bushels higher than in the. previous year. The Canadian crop of 83,975,000 bushels is much higher, showing i a gain of 20,233,000 bushels or 31.7 per cent. over 1934. From the 1935 Canadian crop about 9,250,000 bushels were export- ed to the United States, whereas in the years 1930-35 inclusive the ex- port to this market was negligible. The average price being paid for the 1935 barley crop is 40 cents per bushel. hat is a Fner 0 A farmer is: A capitalist that labors. A patriot who is asked to produce ata loss.' A man who works eight hours :a day twice a day. A pian who has every element of nature to combat every day in , the year. A man who is a biologist and econ- omist and a lot more ists. Who gives more and asks less than any other human being, Who takes unto himself for • his own substance and that of his family, those of his products that other peo- ple will not utilize. Who gives his boys and girls to the big cities to infuse red blood into society that is constantly decadent, and whose only salvation is the viri- lity that it draws from rural sections, Who is taxed more and has less re, presentation than any other citizen. Who sells his products for what the other fellow dares to pay for them and who buys the other fellow's products at what the other fellow charges for them. Who is caricatured on the stage and in the daily papers but who can come nearer taking hold of any busi- ness and making it go than any other. man alive and in captivity. • That's what a farmer is. —St. Petersburg Times. Crops grown in tanks of water, ra- ther than in the time-honored fields of soil, are a decided novelty describ- ed in the new issue of a trade journal. "Food Industries." Tomatoes yielding at the rate of 217 tons per acre of tank surface, as compared with the outdoor field yield of about five tons per acre, potatoes at 2,465 bushels "tank acre" as "'against 11 bushels per field acre, tobacco plants 22 feet high with leaf -quality under full con- trol — these are among the results claimed for the new method. in basic principle, the procedure is said to be nothing new. For many years, we are told, scientists have been growing plants with their roots in jars of water, to which nutrient minerals have been added in varying amounts for the purpose of laboratory tests. The reader can do it himself, with no more equipment than a few radish seeds and a tumbler of water with a piece o1 mosquito netting tied loose- ly over the top, so that its centre sags and gets wet. But the idea of doing it on a com- mercial scale with the hope of actual- ly making it pay for itself, awaited the pioneering of Dr. Gericke of the University of California, He uses a number of great tanks of concrete or redwood planks, it is explained. Over the tops are wire nettings, on which the seeds are planted in beds of peat moss, excelsior or straw. Their roots grow down into the water, which con- tains fertilizer in solution and which is kept electrically heated to the tem- perature best suited for rapid plant growth. - It is even claimed to be possible to dispense with sun as well as soil, or at least to supplement the sunlight with electric illumination, for plants can use this second-hand sunlight as well as the original article, for pur- poses 'of food manufacture and also growth. — The Quebec Chronicle-Tel- egi`aph. a Place of Execution Writes the Brantford Expositor-- There xpositor=There seems to be considerable ap- proval of the idea that the time has arrived when the death penalty should be inflicted, not in the com- munity where the murder occurred, but at some central place in the provinces, or at the penitentiaries. Tl.ere is a .good deal to be said for this view. If, after murderers are tried and condemned, they were transferred immediately to the peni- tentiary there to await the time of execution, which could be carried out with as little publicity as possible, it would save a lot of turmoil and curi- osity that invariably accompany I :ngings in small communities. Canadians are quite generally agreed that the death penalty for murder is necessary for the protec- tion of society and, if this is so, then it should ,. a imposed in a manner that will disturb the public as little as possible. risliemowamoremercasanisrm.amersosata Win... T .m,�.,. �.,.. A p THE SALVATION ARMY Fresh Air Camp, Jackson's Point (LAKE SIMCOE) . Per fourteen years hopes `have been icalizecl and health restored. by The Army's service at this Camp, DISTRIBUTE SUNSHINE Your donation to The Salvation Army Fresh. Air Fund will purchase joy and health for under -privileged children. Please' send cheques to:, Commissioner -John McMillan, 20 Albert St., Toronto Earth Girdled • By Sandwich Of Frigid And Fiery Layers Craver and Grass Seeds Reports from Central Ontario in- dicate that most of these seeds have mover from growers to the trade, largely to the local retail trade. Most of the timothy seed in the St. Lawrence counties has been sold. There still remains however, some 350,000 pounds. A fair quantity of timothy is still available in the low- er Ottawa Valley. Growers in south- western Ontario still hold about one- half of the red clover and timothy crops, or 750,000 pounds and 2,000,000 pounds respectively. Buying by the wholesale trade has declined owing to large stocks secured already. Most of the alfalfa, alsike, sweet clover and Canadian blue grass has been sold to the trade. It is expected that much of the timothy seed and per- haps some red clover wll be carried over by growers to next season. Reports from north-western Ont- ario indicate that there are at least 10,000 pounds of red clover and 15,- 000 5;000 pounds of elsike still in growers' hands as well as about 75 per cent. of the timothy or approximately 200,- 000 00,000 pounds. Prices being -paid growers, per pound, basis No. 1 grades, are: for red clover in Eastern Ontario, 12 to 13c; in south-western Ontario, 11 to 15c; for alfalfa 12 to 16c; and alsike, 16 to 18c; sweet clover, 3 to 5c; timothy, 3 to 5c; timothy, 3 to 61/, and Canadian blue grass, VA to 4c. Keep Young and Beautiful Is a Woman's Slogan TORONTO — Let depression do its worst, Toronto women have apparent- ly decided their first duty is to remain young and beautiful, W. P. Smith said recently. He is a Toronto druggist attending the Ontario Retail Drug- gists' Association convention here. While sales of virtually every other drug store commodity have fallen off in the years of depression, sale of cosmetics has increased steadily since 1929, said Mr. Smith. "Women might economize on other things but never on cosmetics," he said, "and not only are they buying more "cosmetics but they insist on the best." (From the Australian Press Bureau) A startling series of discoveries, following ingenious radio signal ex- periments by Drs. D. 1. Martyn and 0. 0. Pulley at Sydney University, Australia, may revolutionize scien- tists' views of the condition of the earth's upper atmosphere. Dr. Martyn has invented a new method of probing the upper air by radio signals. His method gives a measure of the amount of elec- trification, the amount of ozone, and the temperature throughout the whole thickness of the upper air, from 22 miles up to 120 miles. A new type of apparatus has been devised which, unattended, will probe the atmosphere. This robot sends out signals, catches the echoes, varies the wave -length, and plots all the infor- mation on a tiny chart. Dr. Martyn's first remarkable dis- covery was thatof another cold layer lying above the cold .strato- sphere, recently reached by Picard and other ballonists. Between the two a warm layer is sandwiched. Dr. Martyr's records show a see- ond stratosphere above the warm ozone layer. Here the temperatures again dip, reaching a minimum at 50 miles. From there temperatures rise, to end in a torrid zone at 150 miles. In this zone Martyn's radio re- sults directly contradict Prof Ap- pleton, who had the idea that this zone was hot only in "Summer Martyn's experiments show that the seasonal drop is from 1,300 to 1,000 degrees; that is, that the earth is girdled perpetually by 'a fiery ring of inconceivably rarefied air. Measuremens of the upper zone show fluctuations exactly correspond- ing to barometric measures on the ground, but ante -dating them. Its other words, a weather forecast cats be made from these radio probes a the sky. Australian authorities are so,i pressed that modern ozone mea urers are being installed at the Con - monwealth Weather Bureau, the So- lar Observatory at Camberra, and trio Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. The peace of the world would.tes more secure if governments could g:it their appropriation bills through without pointing the finger of alarm at their neighbors. A MOST ATTRACTIVE SPECULATION FROM THE NORTHERN MINER OF JUNE.4rh Darwin Grade Good 1st Quer. 4th Guar. All 1936 1935 1935 Tons Milled 3,977 2,103 2,103 Production $61,906 $17,750 $17,750, Aver, per ton $15.56 $8.44 $8.44 Daily Tonnage 44 Decidedly better results are notable at this new producer, following access to underground ore. Previously much dump rock had been handled. A later telegram from Mine Manager M. E..k'rohberg tells of progress on the new vein at the sixth level. This vein, according to preliminary assays, averages $59.50 over a three-foot section. On June 4, 32 feet of high. grade had been opened up on this vein. This, we believe, definitely marks an upswing in Darwin's prospects. Write for our new Analysis on Darwin. R. R. RAIN & COMPANY LTD. BAIN BLDG. 304 BAY ST. TORONTO, ONT. AD, 4271 Mit* nem rearie 04iki ammo mill.. .001d0 /44044 atom mem 0.200 inen•ri .10tere4 Gentlemen: PLEASE SEND use your new Survey on Darwin." Name .. Address :1,