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ne at the present tirne. It here heat has to be furnished in be ge With an appreciative mind, cannot | a kind Crea tor, whay in is wisdom m pro- substance from 'which to derive heat. features relating to coal is the fairly even pughout the world. It is to be found in the Sy i So el mn may not agree that stributed ted in that we have no anthracite in ut ight be offset by saying that Providence Canada and the United States should be two Coal i8 god into two. distinct elasses<eAnthracite and ~~ Anthracite is the hard coal and varies somewhat in an, were in tro 4 " months and were very happy, live as cheaply as one--pro hod ut 60%. Nina gave me the figures, a with algebra with several X's to ? : quantity. "You see Norman gets $2400] con t i nce and I was getting $1200 teaching. I had Pe i that, so Norman gives me $1200 of his and that evens up, and then we split 50-50 on the overhead and if I am shor Na helps me out, so its as easy as anything." But, alas, a calamity had befallen them. The stork had paid a visit, 'and that, in Gotham, is a major catastrophe, for how can a woman expected to keep up her bridge with a sticky jnfant cloying her? or how can a man shoot his average at-golf when he has walked the fairway of the corridor at night with a crying child? It is not reasonable to gxpect it. There is also the question of airing the baby. Even an intractable husband may be cajoled into lead-: 'ing. a mongrel pup from a pet-shop on a leash, but where is the husband docile enough to push a pram? However our advanced civilization has eliminated many knotty problems, and proposes, in time to eliminate this one, by simply eliminating the children. It's a lucky break for some of us that birth-control was not thought of sooner. However, nature will take its coursq. cecasionally, and that brings me back to Nina and Norman. ey lived high up in a niche in the wall of an apartment house, I don't know how many stories up but I know they do not need to use fly screens, flys don't fly that high. As a member of the Humane Society I felt tnown | it my duty to lay off crippled cats for a while and help the helpless 'According to he supplied to us from a reliable source, is first Doh to the top of-the ground nized as coal by the casual observer, as oad of large slimy and muddy Jooking It is firs ~ nl a bath and washed, then taken "to the breakers Where it is broken up, after which it is put through| Ww 'what is called a separator to separate the coal from the slate, . bone and rock formations rs aboun d do the extent on in Wy use has uled away. an of ) Ie might be said that millions of dollars} at by coal companies in America for machinery for| 'cleaning ng coal and never in the history of the coal industry have Penarth c been able to buy 'coal as well cleaned as at the present time, After it has passed through the separator it passes over screens and eight different sizes of coal result. These sizes are te, which is used in large open fireplaces; Stove, used for large Jurusces and large stoves; chestnut for small furnaces and cooking ; pea for small heaters and faces equipped with forced dratt: the other three sizes can only be used where a forced draft is used, and are known as buckwheat, rice and barley. The appearance of of sual is Bot glwass a criterion. It may he bright and shining and ty, while another may have a dull cast and still ft dt uel. The onl way to know * what coal is, is to get the government analysis. This would be 'a real task for everyone to do, so it is always left to the local dealer to procure the best coal possible for their customers, In the analysing of coal, certain properties are determined as to the.amount of sarbon, volatile matter, moisture, ash in some cases, sulphur and in all AE the Wiles h thermal units, the latter which are the heat units ton: ig is determined by the high amount of carbon and the low content of the other properties. Another factor in coal is the fusing' 'point of the ash. Coal er high ar When this occurs 2 the runs fire and reaching the it is cooled and fo ore Or UE solid mass known as cli Ite Coals differ very much in this regard, in some the ashes melting at a mich lower. uch ib fh than others, From what information we have, the very highest grade coal to be found in the world is China, the next Rusela. The best Scotch and Welsh coals and best A: thracite are very nearly alike as far as B.T.U's are con ut the former have a considerable: advan- tage over the lai that of ash is somewhat In Canada our: Lh bracite and is found in} despised at the present anks yory high in heat nd} gang of these old time masons and carpenters and paying ,| more s| mind entirely but when the voice whispered; "Hick infant, so my response to their appeal took the form of advising a bungalow near the city with trees, green grass, a babbling brook, fresh eggs, fresh milk, fresh vegetables. honest neighbours, who told you the truth even if it hurt. "That's the only time our neighbours ever do tell the truth," interrupted Nina. Well, I d the-idea and I sold it strong, in fact I oversold it a bit, for n Nina asked; "Can you take us down there tomorrow 7" 1 realized that my dream bungalow was a castle in the air. Doubt- less there were bungalows for sale with babbling neighbours and honest brooks but I did not have the address of the realtor. "Would not the day after tomorrow be a little more convenient?" I sug- gested," 'of warding off the evil hour. This pPoved agree- 'able and T got out before more questions were asked, "That's what you get for being a busybody and it serves you right, "1 told myself as I reached the street, but even as I stepped out into the air a really brilliant idea came to me qut of the ether. "Go down to Hickville and see the House that Jack Built" coun- gelled the voice. I had come into contact with Jack a few years back and found him a reliable contractor and a good fellow. I was not quite sure whether 'Jack' was his surname, his given name or his nickname, but Jack is all I ever heard him called. When I brushed into Jack in Hickville, at the street dance, I was some- what surprised at meeting him there. Jack was ready with an unsolicited explanation. "T am down here on a little speculation," he said, "This town is a Sleepy Hollow, but even Rip Van Winkle woke up and I think these folks are coming to. The Highway will come through here and someone will discover the burg and I want a few houses ready to sell-when they do. I have hought that strip of land with the ravine on it. Got it for the taxes that were against it, they call it waste land" he continued, chuckling over his bargain. "Wait till I get the rubbish cleared away and the elder- berries and choke cherries cut down, then they will see something. There's quite a few trees on it. I will run a winding road down the valley and build a row of cheap bungalows up on the hillside." The word, 'cheap' grated on my ear and spoiled what was other- wise an attractive picture, I do detest that much abused word which today is coupled with, all forms of tawdry trash, dear at any rice, so I said to Jack, "Why cheap? Would it not be better to Pui uild something substantial at a fair price?" "That's just what Iam going to do," replied Jack. "When I say cheap, I mean cheap. These will be extra well-built and moderately priced. You don't understand," he continued. "It's this way, they have a lot of good workmen down here who still think they should do 2 4 gay'! s work when they get a day's pay for it." "Well, shouldn't they?" I.asked in some surprise. "That's 'what I say," said Jack, "but you might ask some of the union and give me the answer when you get it." "There's one old mason here who used to lay 1200. to 1500 bricks a day and he was that honest 'that if he laid less he would have to go down to the hotel and get tight so his conscience would let hinv sleep. I'm getting a em than they have been getting, they will do four times the Union schedule and you will see those bungalows going up quicker than circus tents and as solid as Gibralter. them, with a good sized lot, at $2500, $500 cash, the or| carry $1500 on a straight 5 year mortgage, and I will carry yi | balance, $500, on a second mortgage. That's my profit, when I soft] get it? Pretty soft compared to city prices." . Not being interested, this conversation had faded ie my sun came from behind a cloud, I almost started to run. ouse . Jack Built!" It intrigued me, I could picture the 0 'the big elm Jrece, the otiape 1 nestled in'the with the d oer window de eaves, the po blending in ale DT ain . | COUNTY EQUALIZATION To the Editor of the Port Perry Star: » Sir! ment, other muniei 1 will ba able fo sel sel A. Mackenzie, the subject being--""Canada's Position in Inter- pr 1 debate upon this subject. The County must raise a large amount of taxes for County 8 tax is' received by a levy of the County upon the municipalities comprising the County. The question then arises, what is the purposes to provide for debentures, education, roads, etc. relative burden each municipality should bear? The basis of this burden is usually its local assessment. We can readily see how this is unfair. For instance, assuming Port Perry wishes to raise taxes amounting to $30,000 in one year. If the value of Port Perry property is $600,000 the tax rate would be 50 mills. home assessed for $2,000 would pay $100. However, if Port Perry wishes to put the assessment to half its value, viz $300,000, the tax rate would be 100 mills. A property valued at $2000 would be assessed at $1,000 and would pay $100 taxes, so the amount each property pays is the same for local purposes no matter upon what percentage of value the 'assessment is made. If, however, the assessment of Port Perry is given to the County of Ontario at $300,000 and Port Perry is levied by the County as $300,000, Port Perry will be paying to the County just one half as much as it would if it were assessed at its full value. We will suppose that municipality A assesses at 50% for muni- cipality B at 40% and Port Perry at 100% the law requires and demands that these #8sessments be equalized by the County Coun- cil so that Port Perry's assessment be reduced and assessments of municipalities A and B adjusted, thus making all the same. The question for Port Perry now is this, has the County Coun- cil by its by-law of 1932 so equalized the assessment that the assessment of Port Perry is relatively the same as that of the litles. Port Perry assesses at 90% of its valuation --other municipalities do not assess at anything approaching this, 'more like 40% to 50%. Since an urban municipality whose total valuation is in fact much more than that of Port Perry, contributes less in County taxes, a gross injustice is done Port Perry that is now, and has been for some years, paying more than its share of County taxes. This subject is worthy of further careful investigation with' a view to lowering Port Perry's County rate. JAMES LUCAS. UNIVERSITY EXTENSION LECTURE ENGLISH HUMOUR~By Prof. H. J. Davis. The first of the University Extension Lectures was thorough- ly enjoyable. Prof. Davis gave a delightful outline of the char- acteristics of English humour, which pricks the bubble of self- importance and extravagant statement, exposes the ridiculousness of extreme presentation of ideas: in short, which takes a whole- some, common-sense view of life and its problems; and is not un- duly frightened by its difficulties, nor too greedy of its pleasures. Humour is an evidence of sanity--of clear seeing and thinking. Prof. Davis said that one of the most important tasks being performed by humour to-day is to save us from the shackles of complete standardization. Our modern system of life is such that it would eventually destroy individuality, The humourist is an individualist, who lives his own life, develops his own gifts, and serves his day and generation in his own way. His writings are aimed at the purpose of securing these same rights for other people. Most happily Prof. Davis illustrated his claims by reading from the works of Thomas Hardy, Charles Lamb, Bernard Shaw, and by reference to Chaucer, Shakespeare, Swift, Dickens, and other English writers. The lecture was a revelation of the wealth of English liter- ature, showing what gems of thought and riches of wisdom were given by writers now quite frequently neglected. This was par- ticularly true in the lengthy but very appropriate quotations from the Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb. The Parish Hall was well filled, and the consensus of opinion A sincere was that the lecture had been eminently worth while. and hearty vote of thanks was tendered to Fic: Davis. It is expected that the next lecture will be givin by Prof. N. national Affairs." This lecture ia scheduled for Monday, Jan. 3. THE COAL BUSINESS (Continued from column one) 9 Bin in the coal business, we might cite a case in point where a pure! at a certain price per ton in the U. 8. A. tion to the cost of the coal six other charges are imposed over one eye. "De guy was. a cemetery" the newsboy on the corner, |® "The oifiesr Slioud examine his liquor permit", snap- Aoi me i Gahan We better et not go inh aid till the day after tomorrow There has never been a subject which annually attracts as much attention, gives more annoyance, or contributes to as much small municipal politics as that of equalization of assess- I do not believe that the ratepayers generally have a clear ception of the meaning and importance of the annual county So a in n Toronto Seated in front of the gas range in the kitchen of his home waiting for some apples to bake, David Milne, 54 of 122 Cambridge Ave., Toronto, was accidentally asphyxiated on Sunday. Unnoticed by Mr, Milne, the oven door in being closed caused a draft which, according to the police, blew out the lighted burner, leaving the gas jets still on. Suffering from a bad cold in his head, Mr. Milne was unable to detect the odour of gas and he was soon overcome by the fumes that filled the kitchen. ) The body was discovered by his wife, who on returning home from : visiting friends discovered the kitchen filled with the still escaping gas fumes. Her husband hy dead on the floor. Mr. Milne was a resident of Port Perry, 4 number of years ago, being an employee in the R. J. Brute Hard- ware Store. HOCKEY SUTTON vs. PORT PERRY It was a bad game as far as Port Perry was concerned, for it ended with the score of 5-2 in favour of Sutton. The first period netted two goals for Sutton. These were scored by * A. Shup and J. Crozier. In the second period Port Perry was rewarded for their efforts when B. Keen scored. But just to show that they were not through, B. Pearsall, of Sutton, scored another, making the score 3-1 at the end of the second 'period. The first to score in the last period was L. McRea, for Sutton. Then Port received another in their favour when Fred Switzer shot a long one right on the Sutton net and in it went. " B. Thompson had the honour of scoring the last goal of the evening. There is an old saying, "three times and out," Port Perry lost to Uxbridge and Sutton, but won from Rouge Hill, so they can't be out. Uxbridge plays here in Port Perry on Friday, January 18th, but don't' be superstitious and stay away as it will be a good game. Line-up of the Sutton Game Sutton--goal, S. Summerhill; de- fence, J .McKilvey and A. Shup; r.w., B. Pearsall, Lw., L. McRea; centre, B. Thompson; subs, J. Crozier, J. Babbs, C. Carpenter, L. Smith. Port Perry--goal, M. Williams; de- fence, McDonald and DeShane; r.w., A. Roach; Lw., G. Raines; centre, F. Switzer; subs, B. Cawker, T. Beare, B. Keen and B. Ewers. County Council County of Ontario The first meeting of the Council of the Corporation of the County of On- tario for the year 1933 will be held pursuant to statute in the Council Chamber in the Court House in the Town of Whitby, on TUESDAY, the 24th DAY OF JANUARY, A.D. 1938, at the hour of two o'clock in the afternoon. All accounts to be laid before the Council should be forwarded to the Clerk, properly certified, at least three days before the meeting of the Council, Dated at Whitby, this 10th day ef January, A.D. 1933. R. D. RUDDY, County Clerk. SHARING Most of us gather goods that we do not need. The fact of the matter is that such goods are 3requetly ; in our way. They clutter up our premises and our lives. into fi ago wil on Nina and Nor- rk propedal pm costing $2.75 per ton at the mine| We really would be better hi payment--the landscar artist iches a cost price of nine dollars on the tracks at Port Peity | These extra costs include on hard coal, 50c. a ton duty; 3% sales | 6c. American emergency freight, carry other lines in connection by both. no. ~ thing in addition to some $4.83 a without. ~ Such articles run themselves. They may bent of. use to you: but just the i someone ols i