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Zurich Herald, 1935-10-10, Page 7Scribbler --Writing puns is a serie ous proposition for Jokesmith these 'days. Dotter --What's the matter? Did. he sell some? "Scribbler—No, but he broke one of. his ribs laughing over one of the "jokes be wrote. It won't be very long till the frost is on the pumpkin and the ,sleeves of last year's topcoat prove to be as frayed as we feared they would be. Hiram Henpeck—Me and my wife are going to the West Indies. Next Door Neighbor—Jamaica? Hiram Henpeck—Naw, she made me. - Helping with the dishes all sum- mer has more to do with wanting to rush back to college in the fall than the desire for a higher education. Sourdough -I warned Billy that that girl would play the deuce if he married her. Shadbelly—Well, did she? Sourdough - Yes. Haven't you heard? They've got twins. A farmer with hay fever this fall is in a heck of a shape. He needs a frost to stop the fever, and needs a frost free fall for his crops. Tommy—Say, dad, how much am. I worth to you? Dad—All I have in the world, Tommy. Tommy—Well, could you let me have a quarter in advance? Geometry would be one of the most interesting studies in the high school curriculum if it could show where the fullback should bisect the line and the best angle at which a halfback should run. The Good Book tells us where charity begins, but no one knows where it will end. Gu4':'vie3' qt) T_TOW the faithful slave girl saved her master's life— how the robber was foiled through a great eastern cus- tom regarding Salt—is told in picture and story in new book for Children! Yours free! Send coupon now for " Salt all over the World". Strange, engaging Salt customs in many lands. Every home should have this book ! Send coupon now! • Your Mouthwash WINDSOR SALT 3i teaspoonful in glass of water is,mild pleasant, effective and harmless. Regal Table Salt (Free Running) A Windsor Salt Pro- duct. For table, cook- ing and Oral Health. Uniformly pure — maintained so by Chemical control. • Harvesting In Saskatchewan At 20 Below! Just about the middle of Dec- enhber, one of the nlbst unique and . interesting annual harvests to be garnered on the North American Continent will be ft full swing. No! Not wheat — but Mineral Salts, The scene will be Little Manitou Lake, Watrous Saskatchewan. T h e harvesters will be the employees "of the De- partment of Natural Resources of Saskatchewan; and the harvest itself will consist of the tiny crystals gf mineral salt which form in Little Manitou Lake each year at "freeze-up." It is one of the essential conditions that the harvest be completed within a period of ten days. When the Prairie winter comes in real earn- est, and the thermometer shivers down to 20 below zero, the De- partmental nien, warmly attired, and wearing wast -high rubber boots, gather up these crystals with specially constructed shovels, and store them in the Government warehouse at Watrous, from where they are later distributed. The medicinal qualities of this saline lake, known for many' years, are becoming more and more widely recognized, and as a consequence these harvesting operations are assuming ever-in- creasing proportions, and the Lake is proving to be one of the Province's most important natural resources. Tear Off and Mit Today CANADIAN INDUSTRIES LIMITED SALT DIVISION tit!) WINDSOR. ONT• Without obligation please send special Children's Booklet, '$Blit All over the word," Name Acitiresx as. Canada's Trade With United Ki Monthly Bulletin of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain. Canada has first place in the British market in imports of wheat in the first six months of 1935 with 16,214,262 cwt., Argentine being second with 14,702,776, Australia third with 9,221,482, and Roumania fourth with 353,886. Canada was third in barley with 1,453,938 cwt. out of a total of 1,- 654,377. Imports on oats by Great 473 in the same period two years ago, but the requirements from Canada have increased from 695,201 cwt. Canada was first in wheat -flour with 1,946,346 cwt., Australia being second with 773,287, France third with 577,205, and Italy fourth with 224,741. Canada was second in the total of grain and flour with a value of of grain and flour with a value of £7,787,902, Argentine being first with £8,848,163, Australia third with £3,072,733, and France fourth with £1,340,932. Canada was 6,124 head. Canada was second in bacon with :5'35;918 `Cel t7 .. ,., . Canada was second in hams with 104,891 cwt., the United States being first with 213,608, and Poland third with 9,708. Imports from the United States have been decreasing, but those from Canada have been increasing. Canada was second in apples with 900,867 cwt., Australia being first with 1,275,722, the United States third with 780,790, and New Zea- land fourth with 277,480. Canada was first in lobsters with 9,753 cwt., out of a total of 11,012. Canada was second with unmanu- factured tobacco with 5,984,714 pounds. Canada was first in copper ore with 8,723 tons, Spain being second second in cattle with deville In New York (New Yor)t Times) Vaudeville's diminishing realm in his city is now cut in' two, Of eight theatreswhich have been showing the old-style variety along with movi- es, four theatres have gone over ,to straight pictures. The scholastics of the amusement business make a dis- tinetion between vaudeville and "stage shows." If the latter are in- cluded the ,eclipse is a little less com- plete, but it is a sad enough decline at best. And yet it is the case here as with so many other conquests. The picture es and the radio, which have so near- ly made an end of vaudeville, have assimilated perhaps its two principal features. '"' Acrobats and trained animals and magic counted for a good deal, bat the backbone of a vaudeville program was the comedy teams and the danc- ing. Radio has taken over the Comedians, and any night they rtay be heard asking each other the quest- ions and springing die answers they used to 'work 25 years ago. Movies have taken over the dancing. Ecstasy From the French of victor Hugo Under a night of stars I stood alone beside the sea, No cloud o'erspread the glowing Heavens, no sail shone lumin- ously, And far beyond the bounds of earth gdom my searching vision pressed To learn the secrets Nature holds safe -guarded in her breast, The mountains, woods, the silvery stars—the soft• surge of the sea— All seemed to speak of some strange Power that ruled their destiny. I asked the stars, infinite hosts, those glittering points of gold That through the boundless tracts of Heaven eternally have rolled, And to the swelling waves I spoke, with white and curling crests,. To gain the secret df that force naught hinders nor arrests— And in the voice harmonious, sweet, all spoke in glad accord Saying, "It is from One Divine—the Mighty Sovereign Lord!" Alice Kathryn Gould. Smith Falls, Ont. with 1,429. Canada was second in wood and timber with £1,900,696. Canada was second in hides and skins with a value of £918,851, the United States being first with £1,- 486,420. Canada was second in unwrought copper with 26,879 tons, United States being first with 28,130. In the two previous years Canada was far ahead of all other countries with that commodity. . Canada was second in pig lead with 47,292 tons, Australia being first with 92,028, British India third with 24,050, and Mexico fourth with 8,350, Canada was first in crude zine with 48,222 tons, Belgium being second with 12,139, Australia' third with 5,975.. Canada was first in the total of non-ferrous metals and manuface tures with a value of £3,139,484, .Chile being second with £1,925,374, Australia third . with £1,302,582, Northern Rhodesia fourth with £1,- 246,188, and United States fifth with £1,181,057. Canada was third in machinery with a value of. £418,369; the Unit- ed States being first with £2,959,- 420. Germany . was second with, £1, ` the quickest and easiest way to ('7 ...,(59; -- . -----iighrt a fire is this: — t First of all, if there is a layer of ashes on the grates, leave it there. About two inches of ashes on the grates help a lot. Then spread about two inches of coal uniformly over the ashes. On top of this fresh coal put a good charge of kindling, consist- ing of newspapers and light,wood. Be sure that pe, the Turn Damp- er 'in the smoke - pipe and the Ashpit Dumper . are wide open and the Check n„„, Damper closed.°;;;;,' Thiswill create e, the strong draft which is needed to ignite the fire. Now light the kindling and when it is burning freely, slowly add more coal. The kindling will ignite the fresh coal both above and below Issue No. 40 '35 10 _ILD.UILDING a fire is a very simple job but, as in everything else, there is a right and wrong way of 'doing it. • From my experience, Canada was first in patent leather with 6,288 cwt., the United States 1 second with 2,458, Germany third with 520. , Canada was second in newsprint with 783,788 cwt., Newfoundland being first with 982,691, Finland third with t ,t01, Norway fourth; with 272,389. Canada was fourth in the total of paper with a value of £693,611, Sweden being first with £1,325,239, Germany second with £842,906, Fin- land third with £751,089. Canada was first in rubber manu- facturers with a value of £287,978, Germany second with £108,467, United States third, with £82,293, Japan fourth with •£18,974. Here There Everywhere (( }A brother to celery other Scout, without regard to race or creed Tribute to a nauieles;, construction worker who gave his ]ife during the building of the C. P. R. through Nor- thern Ontario was paid by Sudbury Boy Scouts while camping this sum- mer. The boys erected a cross, and using the legal name for an unknown person, added the inscription: "John Doe, who gave his life in the upbuild- ing of Canada. Erected by the Boy Scouts." * ', * Nearly 5,000 Wolf Cubs, Boy Scouts and• Rovers took part in the annual Scout parade this year on the clos- ing day of the Toronto fair. The boys marched through the Prince's Gate to the Grand Plaza, where they were reviewed and addressed by Lieut. -Gov. Bruce, * * * As usual many hundreds of boys were taught swimming at the camp of the 1st Smooth Rock Falls Troop, Ont.A dozen bossed the Cub swims learned to - fourr Wolf Cubs p ming tes`, two Scoots won the Swim - A SME OINTMENT 15c,35c (tube),50c,y1 mer's Badge and three Scouts passed the exacting test for tele Rescuer's Badge. * * * As a district event Border Cities Scouts started the new season with a big Scout rally at Sheul's bush and a Cub rally a week later at Amherst - burg. * * * Further reports of American Boy Scouts visiting Canada this year in- clude a party of 32 Illinois Scouts at Halifax, New England Scents' at Montreal and Oregon Scouts at Win- nipeg and Victoria, B. C. The Ameri- 'can lads originally had planned to attend the cancelled Washington Jamboree. * * * A lirsi aid kit found new use in the hands of boys of the lst Chester- vil.le Scout 'Troop on their way home from the summer camp. Investigation of motor trouble revealed that the motor fan had cut through the rub- ber hose of the tolling system los- ing the water. Out came the first aid kit, there was a good job with adhes- ive tape, f'eesh water for the radiator, and the truck was 17.way whit littie delay. * * * Mr. A. G. MaeKinlhon, K.C., recent" ly appointed District Court Judge at Shaunavon, Sa'sk., is Scoutmaster Of the 17th Regina Troop, of HOW Ros- ary Cathedral, a member of the Pro- and you can then add more coal "and thus quickly build up a good deep fire. Occasionally you may find, when the kindling wood begins to burn, that smoke starts coming out through the crevices around the furnace doors, This is due to the fact that the chimney, being cold, does not provide sufficient draft to carry off the smoke. This con- dition can be quickly remedied by opening wide the slide in the fire door—or by partially or entirely closing" the ashpit damper—or by e combination of the two. (1) "Fresh and mellow, lasting, too, Dixie Plug is the smoke for you. I've tried them all and 191 agree That Dixie Plug's O.K. by me!" LARGE PLUG 20c What "M Str A phrase or title invented by an author can so stick in the public mind that it becomes a nuisance. Kipling's line about Canada being Lady of the Snows never brought joy to the travel agencies. And Sinclair Lewis's "Main Street" gave too many city folk an unwar- ranted sense of superiority over those who live in small towns. The meaning of the word main is —important, essential to results, momentous in consequences. In the trade affairs of this Domin- ion, Canada's Main Streets are pre- cisely that. In the 125,000 independent stores, of which a large percentage line streets such as these, is done sixty- nine per cent. of the country's re- tail business. The 146 departmental stores in Canada do thirteen per cent. of the total business. The 8,476 chain stor- es, eighteen per cent. Ponder that fact. Sixty-nine of every hundred retail sales are made not .by the, big depnrtniental stores; not by mail order houses in big cities; not by the chain stores. They are made over the counters of stores on the corners of country cross-roads, on the Main Streets of our villages, towns and cities. And the owners of those stores are in- dividual citizens, not corporations. They are Main. They are essential to results in merchandising; 'they arg momentous in consequences. As a people eve have been too ready to think that it is size that counts; that power always must lie in concentration. Manufacturers, mesmerized by Mass Buying, have too often neglect- ed to enquire into the importance of the well-established independent deal- er; the buying importance of the• community he serves. "Remember the Maine" once rous- ed the United States to patriotic fervor. "Remember hlnin Street" can show results too.—Maclean's Magazine. vincial Council of the Boy Scouts As- sociation, and Chairman of the pro- vincial Board of Honour, which deals 'wile appointments of Scout leaders,and awards for Scout acts of gallant- ry . dry and outstanding service. * * * Seven -teams of Rover Scouts re- presenting the 4tli, 10th, lltb, 14th 17th, 13th and 33rd Rover crews took part in this suminer's annual Win- nipeg Rover 34 -flour Hike Competi- tion. The contest includes hiking equipment carried, the making of neaps and notes, details of the over- night camp site and conditions of site after use. ="o—_mss �ms......., The Longer Evenings of Fall and Winter afford op- portunity for mental improve- ment. 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