"mack loving quastelol with the Fac- cash might last for two years, but pes- _simists declared their belief that ® | rented house at Kildrummie, © Jamie Soutar used to give him "al : _ ing-byre, and he's speakin' aboot glass | dm taken at an enormous increase mnt that agriculture came by in- . brought him the latest mews: 'from business, Gormack, for the auld 'the merchant is up at half-licht, and tak the feck o' twa years," he explain- yon', but it'll be a lesson, neebors, an the father's forbears| on eta as long 0 Lord Ki ie's ancestors had been owners. t happened also in our time that Gor . tor about a feeding-byre: he wanted - built, flung up his lease in a huff; and a guileless tradesman from Muir- town, whé had made his money 'by 'selling "pigs" (crockery ware), and n. Optimists expected that his year would see the end of the "mer- chant's" experiment; apd Gormack watched the course of events from a ery," on his way-to the station, and "It's maybe juist as weel that ye retired farm's that spruced up, ye wud hardly ken it was the same place. The mer 'chant put ventilators Intoe the feed- windows toe keep the stots frae weary- in'; an' as for inventions, the place is fair scatted up wi' them. There's ane that took me awfu': it's for peelin' the neeps, tae mak them tasty for the cattle beasts," "Ye had nae method, man, and a' dinna believe ye had an inspection, a the years ye were at Gormack. Noo, goes over the whale steadin', wi' Rob- bie Du frat his heels,-- him 'at he's got for. idle grieve,--an' he tries the cor- pers wi' his handkerchief tae see that there's hae stour (dust). It would dae ye guid tae see his library: the laist day I saw him, he was readin' a book on 'Comparative Agriculture' afore his door, and he explained hoo they grow the maize in Sooth Ameriky: it was verra interestin'; A"ve never got as muckle information frae ony farmer in Drumtochty." "A"m gled ye cam in, Jamie," was all Gormack sald, "for I was near takin' this hoose on a three-year lease. Ae year'll be eneuch, noo, A'm think- in' With eighteen months of his re- moval, Gormack was again in posses- slon at the old rent, and with a rebate for the first year, to compensate him for the merchant's improvements, "It'll ed in, the kirkyard, "tae bring the place roon, an' pit the auld face on it. The byres are nae better than a pair ©' fanners. wi' wind, and if he hasna planted the laigh field wi' berry bush. es; an' a've seen the barley fifty-six pund wecht in that very field. It's a doonricht sin tae abuse the land like A'm no expectin' anither pig merchant 111 get a farm in Drumtochty." This incident raised Gbrmack into a historical personage, and invested him with an association of humor, for the rest of his life; so that when con- versation languished at times, some one would ask' Gormack--"What he had dune wi' his ventilations," or "hoo the berry hairet was shapin' this year." seam fe Isle of Pheasants Slowly Becoming. Attached to Land Paris, -- A historic little island known as the Isle of Pheasants in the | Bidassoa River, on the frontier be- tween France and Spain, is gradually ceasing to bes an island, according to a correspondent of the @hristian Science Monitor, and, through changes in the river's course, is becoming at- tached to the French shore. It was here that, in 1659, the conference was held which brought an end to the long war between France and Spain which persisted even after general European peace was established by the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, The island was then exactly in the middle of the river, and great care was taken to build the special pavilion erected for the use of the negotiators in the exact center of the island, which, it was agreed, should be: recognized asl belonging half to France and halt to Spain, The principal actors in the . drama of 1659 were Mazarin and Louis | XIV. on the French side, and Don Luis . de.Haro and - Philip IV, for Spain. Two hundred years later, in 1859, Na- poleon III, and Queen Isabella of Spain caused to be erected there a stone monument bearing an inserip-| . tion in French on one side and in Spanish on the other commemorating the happy event of two centuries be- fore. Althoug, thhe river appears to be partial to France, no international complications are expected to arise if tie frland should cease to. hel an island, job 1 1s 98 Bo fHpOFtaneS: strategically or economi cally, and ge monument will ¢on prevailing friendship idly the peo- ple on both sides of the frontier. ie? "*" A Woman's Advice h there is but little in wo- mans. advics, yet he that won't take' © it is not overwise--Cervantes, Ea, SEs j21 Lady--Conductor, where do 1 trans- fer?" Gantt where are you going, 1 \ 4 088 aor @ It's Even Better IT'S THE BEST me Knight Mfg. & Lbr. Co. Ltd., Meaford See your dealer Get our prices Owl Laffs We have it on good authority that it you begin saving right away you {may be able to buy the third and smallest toe of the left hind foot of a turkey for Thanksgiving. Gabby Ger- trude says she has used a lot of make up in her time, but never for her mind, "Handle With Care" has the same meaning to. the railroad man that "No Admittance" has to the book agent, A farm paper says that cows that are milking heavily may drink 300 pounds Features and attractions on huge scale. Costly exhibits: FER from every B country, ] "Otrientia," supreme triump Bore the pageant masters' artwilld Pia charm of the East Jightly be he dstand--St. Hil d (En d) five times world cham Band (Bre: Cavallo's and other bands . , . Exhibition 2,000-Voice Chorus most famous of all choral organizations in four concerts Sat., Aug. 29. Thurs., Sept., 3. Tues. , Sept. 8, Sat., t. 12, ou Canpomliy day national renown . . , Admiral of the Fleet Barl Jellicoe to officiate at impressive Opening Dey corumonies bling his year the LE ' + 4.46100, OFC Let us send {illustrated literature, local agents. Plan to visit J the other three-quarters." | But still a good goer. _{ then handed him 50 cents. |ister was a good sport. He fumbled, | hesitated, then counted out 20 cents of water a day. In the old days when we had to pump water for em we had the idea that the amount was nearer 300 barrels. ' The average girl's idea of a husband 1s a tion of Buddy Rogers, Rudy Vallee, John D. Rockefeller and Job. But you ought to see the one she eventually marries! Have you heard of the Scotchman who took his own tablecloth to a night club to-avold the cover charge? A street corner grouch was shocked yesterday when he saw .a girl with two holes in one stocking, but sporting a brand new permanent wave, and what do you think of that? "What we think is how in the world did he happen to notice the permanent wave." / Map's Ambition At 4--To wr pants. At 8--To miss Sunday School. . At 12--To be President. At 14--To wear long pants, At 18--To have monogrr mmed cigar- ettes, At 20--To take a show girl out to dinner. At 26--To have the price of a din- ner, At 85--To eat dinner, At 55--To digest dinncr. Hays -- "How come smoke quarter cigars?" Mays--"Somebody always smokes you always Caller (to doctor, who has already been awakened three times)--"Hi, Doctor, Mrs. Jennings' little boy has swallowed a mouse!" Dottor--"Tell him to swallow the cat, then." Myself A little bit grayer, A little bit slower, A little bit. older, A little bit wiser, A little bit kinder, To everyone's failings A little bit blinder. Cunningham (in restaurant)--"Per- kins, how can you eat with a knife?" Perkins--"It is not so easy as it looks, Look around at the other din- ers; not one of them can do it." Harris (to flancee)--"I haven't the courage to tell your father of my debts." Fiancee--""What cowards you men are! Father hasn't the courage to tell you of his debts." Esther--"I'm not on speaking terms with Jimmie. The mean thing would not give me his seat at the barber's this morning." J Old men who work are usually hap- pler than those who loaf. An old man hasn't such pleasant things to sit down and think about, that he can have very much fun loafing. Some men are chronic failures because they are eter- nally trying to do something they can't do. But more of them get no- where because instead of trying to do something; they persist chiefly in do- ing nothing. 3 Jimmy--"Did Moses have dyspepsia like what we've got?" 'Why do you ask such a question?" © Jimmy--"QOur Sunday School teach- jer says the Lord gave Moses two tab- i lets." FTIR pe 4 0 A minister recently partied a young couple. The Groom--"How much?" The Minister--' Whatever you think it's worth." - he young man hesitated, fumbled, | tr: sivaling the German Dorater DOX, £01 th - Daddy--"How on earth do I know? The min- Sinton mi of the alr, the largest ever built i thif coun- 1s nearing pletion at the Vickers Supermarine Works at Southampton and Is ted to be. b hed early next year, Fitted with six 900 horse power Rolls-Royce engines designed to pro- duce a speed of 145 miles an hour, and stated to have a greater lifting capac- ity than the German ship, the machine when tested will carry out experiment- al trans-Atlantic flights and may even. tually be used for a southern Atlantic mail service. Built as an experiment to the order of the British Alr Ministry, the ma- chine will measure from wing tip to wing tip 174 feet, the hull from nose to tail being 107 feet. Some indication of its size can be gauged from the fact that, with a full complement of pas- sengers and crew, and fueled, it will weigh nearly thirty-five tons, i ToHave Atlantic Test in 32 discussing the machine recently sald the metal which is being chiefly 3 used for the flying boat is liens aye (while being as Ifght as aluminum, is much stronger. It is heated by a pro- 'cess which makes it immune to attack by salt air and sea water. tery part of the machine likely to be . subjected to severe stress and strain will be put through tests on ma- chines constructed for the purpose, and when launched will take the water in precisely the same way as a liner. The wing is comstructed in metal except for the covering of the trailing portion, whigh is of fabric. The main spar structure is of stainless steel, in- cluding the nosc covering, which pro- vides the torsional rigidity essential to a monoplane wing. Wind tunnel experimen{s made with a scale model !adicate that the new machine will have a landing speed of 72% miles an hour, a rate of climb of 750 feet a minute, a normal rangeof 750 feet a minute, a normal range of An official of Vickers aircraft branch 1,300 miles. Graf Zeppelin Adds to Long Log Big German Dirigible's Trip to Arctic Caps Remark- able Record of World Voyages By Lauren D. Lyman, in the N. Y. Times, The Grat Zeppelin, which recently has been nosing about in the North Polar regions, although no lomger a novelty, is still one of the marvels of this aeronautical age. Finished in September, 1928, Graf started on her career as a world rover the following month and since then has flown close to 125,000 miles, has carried about 2,000 passengers and has returned many thousands of dollars in mail, freight and passenger tariffs to her owners. She cost about $800,000 and, although during her eventful career she has triumphantly vindicated Dr. Eckener's confidence in lighter-than-air craft, she has been close to disaster on two occasions. Once, members of her own crew saved her and another time a detachment of French soldiers, hastily mustered as a ground crew, went to her rescue in Southern France when propeller shafts on several motors cracked at the start of one of her six transatlantic voyages. Off to a Good Start The first voyage of the Grat Zeppe- lin started suspiciously enough, With sixty-one persons aboard, including the eighteen passengers, and nearly a ton of pay load in the form of mail and goods, the Graf left Friedrichshafen on Oct, 11, 1928. She cruised slowly across Europe over France to the Mediterranean during the day and then huggéd the coast line, crossing near Gibraltar to the African coast and then went out to sea, Weather to the north was not the best and Dr. Eckener guided the big dirigible on a southerly route for the first 1,000 miles of the ocean crossing. Everything went well until the Graf reached the vicinity of Bermuda and started north toward Lakehurst. Then, caught in the grip of vertical air cur- rents, the Graf swung out of its paral- lel plane almost to the perpendicular, Young Knut Eckener, son of the com- mander, was at the helm. In the cabins, passengers were tossed about as they never had been on a liner. Slowly the big ship responded, but the strain on the tail surfaces was too great. The fabric on the lower side of the port fin ripped and the wind, getting inside, whipped up a small hurricane and tore its way through the upper side of the fin, rending scores of square yards of the heavy cotton cloth. In two hours, however, the agile sailors had cut away shreds from the big fin and had bound the edges to the duralumin frame. They were swinging around up there over the water in violent wind and rain with every chance of falling and no chance of rescue if they had fallen. The airship reached land over the Virginia coast and came north to dock at Lakehurst 111 hours and 38 min- utes after leaving Friedrichshafen. On the way back Dr. Eckener elected a northern route and followed the Great Circle. 'The return trip was made in 68 hours and 46 minutes. came in March, 1929, when the Graf Zeppelin, with a passenger list of Asia Minor and return, a distance of 4,968 miles, with everything working smoothly. Two months later came as a preliminary to a world voyage. The start of the delayed voyage came on Aug. 8, and she made the westward passage to Lakehurst by the southern route in 98 hours, fiying 5,185 miles, Three ih ete spent In Bonen SLoed he Setort urea ing trip around the world, That fourth ship travel that still stands--b6 hours change sud handed the groom. QUST NNN world eruls Nothing great was ever achieved were vise am at the home port. without enthysiasm, -- Ralph* 'Waldo * Bmerson.. Aug. 14 she 'started for Tokyo, the the | The next voyage, of importance 8 20, visited Palestine, flying down} across Eastern Burope-and. Turkey to |} the second start for the United States | Atlantic crossing was a record for air- 30 minutes to Friedrichshafen at sh i average speed of close to 100 miles, 1) lon pour. 1 Ji-was a gat iarifor me ls : o ,and refueling 'and gassing | HI" " longest leg of the world journey. The course lay north of Moscow, and to Viatka the airship followed the 60th parallel. Then, entering Siberia, Eck- ener elected a Great Circle course, cutting up as far as Lat. 63 and then down again over Ajan and Nikolaie- vek and across to Tokyo. The dis- tance was 6,880 miles, and the airship made it in 101 hours 50 minutes, ar- riving Aug. 19. Four days later the airship started for the United States. Following gen- erally the Great Circle course be- tween the 40th and 50th parallels, she made the Pacific crossing in 66 hours 12 minutes between Tokyo and San Francisco, After circling San Francisco Bay the airship continued to Los Angeles, com- pleting this 5,500-mile leg in 78 hours 659 minutes. Here several members of the crew left the airship to lighten the load across the high plateau re- glon of the Southern United States. Coming by way of Texas, she visited El Paso, then swung north over Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland and Akron, arriving at Lakehurst the morning of Aug. 29, twenty-one days and a few hours after the start. It was a great achievement, and the record stood until this Summer, when Post and Gatty made the trip in a little more than eight and a half days in an airplane. The return flight to Friedrichshafen was uneventful, the Graf completing it in 67 hours 9 min- utes. Last year the dirigible made per- haps its most significant voyage when it flew with mail, goods and passen- gers from Friedrichshafen to Pernam- buco, Brazil, in four days. It contin. ued to Rio de Janiero and then turned north for Lakehurst, and after a refuel- ing stop, for which the navy charged at the rate of $2,000 a day, the wan- derer again sailed for home. The In that trip, which covered close to 16,000 miles, the airship stopped at ports in four countries, and Dr, Eck- ener announced that an airship ser- vice connecting Europe with the South American markets on a three-day schedule was feasible. . This "scheme is to be tried with three round trips this year, according to Lufthansa plans, in which planes and airships will combine to speed the tra- velers and the air freight, --tfe -- Vegetables Called Secret Of Quiet Life in China Peiping.--Chinese men and women take life easier than Americans or Europeans, because they eat vege- tables almost entirely, is the opinion of Dr, H, Necheles, German research physician, who has completed several months of study of Chinese diet and its effect upon the race at the Peiping Ulonn Medical College here, Dr, Necheles came to China from Chicago, where he had made similar studies of the effect of diet upon be- havior, He is returning to Europe to carry his studies further, Experiments here have convinced Dr. Necheles that diet will explain many important Chin- ese characteristics, as well as those of Americans and other races. PEED - STN You don't need to employ a trained nurse to nurse a grievance. ISSUE No. 33--'31 round trip was made in nineteen days.' Two Seasons Only Before the winter with a sword of ice Advances under flurries snowy-gaited, The leaves of bronze shall sturdily be plated And armored as the trees are! I shall twice Watch frost engrave the ground with its device, Shall once, with many a blowing branch, withhold The silver snow upon a leaf of gold. 80 do I fight the winter year on year, And in the spring, heeding the gentle quarrel Between the birds, the squirrel and the squirrel, The boys who play with agate marbles, I would hear No summer sounds--no morning chan- ticleer Or droning bee, or cattle munching cud; Would see no bursting rose deface the bud; Would have a world of autumn and of spring; Would have two seasons only, that I might Forever watch the flying, not the flight Of birds; forever hear the thrushes sing Of summer--summer be the unknown thing, Or winter be unknown--and never know That snow, in falling, only falls on ' snow. --Marion Strobel, ---- Swiss Fur Farms Thrive Since the first fur farm was started in Switzerland in 1923 that industry has thrived so that at present there are more than fifty such farms and the number of fur animal raisers has risen to about 3,500, reports the Ber- ner Tagwacht of June 17. The farm- ers are united in a nation-wide organi. zation and attach special importance to the production of high-class furs. UR, A Good Character The noblest contribution which any man can make for the benefit of posterity is that of a good character. --J. Winthrop. BICYCLES, AUTO HE SPORT REE--NEW 1981-1983 CATALOGUR, } Auto Accessories. Tires. 3ports oods. Bicycles, Radios. Bi, mopey sa ers. Toronto Tire and lo Co, 191-3-5 Dundas West, Toronto. City of Berlin Runs Farm Berlin.--Although Berlin with its more than 4,000,000 abitants sug- gests anything but agriculture, fits municipality owns and farms 49,400 acres within the city limits, The principal crops are potatoes and carrots, of which 28,600 tons and 17,600 tons, respectively, were har vested last year. Grains, hay and feeds brought the total yield to 55,000 tons. This year's yield is expected to show a considerable falling off because of a cool, wet Summer, which has retarded and stunted graine. ---- ete To be conscious that you are ignom ant is a great step to knowledge. Benjamin Disraeli, Pesky Flies Catch them with Aeroxon-- clean, convenient, hygienic-- the fly catcher with the push pin and wider and longer rib- bon. The glue on Aeroxon is fragrant and sweet. Good for 3 weeks' service--it will not dry. At drug, grocrey 8& hardware stores, Sole Adents J. EDGAR M, GENES? P.O. Box 23, Sherbrooke, Qué AEROXON FLY CATCHER Gets the fly every time 4 ~ Sai A admission: * My with pimples." suffer the em troubled her. out of sheer help others, we have on our files :-- ded me to h results. publish this, as I nerous in ts."--W. C, S, cannot She wrote to us entirely of her own accord--giving her name and address-- titude and a desire to is is the letter which " Some time ago ny sister recome Salts for 17 blood, as my Poppin oki pil les. 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