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i y » Scribbler â€" Writing puns is a seri- ons proposition for Jokesmith these days. Dotterâ€" What's the matter? Did be sell some? Scribbler â€" No, but he broke one of his ribs laughing over one of the jokes he wrote. It won't be very long: till the frost is on the pumpkrn and the -ileeves of last year's topcoat prove to be as frayed as we feared they would be. Hiram Henpeck â€" Me and my wife are going to the West Indies. Next Door Neighbor â€" Jamaica? Hiram Henpeck â€" NaWi 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 â€" I warned Billy that that girl would play the deuce if he married her. Shadbellyâ€" Well, did she? Sourdough â€" 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 â€" Say, dad, how much am I worth to you? Dad â€" All I have in the world, Tommy. Tommy â€" ^Well, could you let me have a quarter in advance? Harvesting In Saskatchewan At 20 Below Vaudeville In New York Just about the middle of Dec- ember, one of the most unique and interesting annual harvests to be garnered on the North American Continent will be in full swing. No! Not wheat â€" but Mineral Salts. The scene will be Little Manitou Lake, Watrous Saskatchewan. The harvester? will be the employees of the De- partment of Natural Resources of Saskatchewan; and the harvest itself will consist of the tiny crystals of 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 men, warmly attired. and wearing waist-high rubber hoots, 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 becoaiing 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. (New Yor'K Times) Vaudeville's diminishing realm in this city is now cut in two. Of eight theatres which 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- tinction 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 pictur- es and the radio, which have so near- ly made an end of vaudevijle, have a.jsimilated perhaps its two principal features. Acrobats and trained animals and magic counted for a good deal, but the backbone of a vaudeville program was the comedy teams and the danc- ing. Eadio has taken over the comedians, an<l any night they i^ay be heard asking each other the quest- ions and springing the answers, they u.sed to work 25 years ago. Movies have taken over the dancing. Canada's Trade With United Kin.^dom Monthly Bulletin of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain. Geometry would be one of the I 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. U^mxju,. "LTOW the faithful slave girl ••' -*â-  saved her master's life â€" how the robber was foiled through a great eastern cus- tom regarding Salt â€" is told in picture and story in new book for Children ! Yours free ! Send coupon now for ^'^Salt all over the World". Strange, engagingSaltcustoms in many lands. Every your Mouthwaih home should WINDSOR SALT have this Mteaspoonfiil in glass hnnlr ! i^finH or water ia mild, DOOK ! Oena pleasant, effective and COUPOU nOW ! harmlesa. ^ Canada has first place in the British market in imports of wheat in the first six months of l'J35 with 16,214,202 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. Impoi-ts 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 beinir second with 773,287, France third with 577,205, and Italv 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 second in tattle with 6,124 head. Canada was second in bacon with 335,918 cwt. Canada was second in hams with 104,891 cwt, the United States beins 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 beins 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 with 1,429. i 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 Leing first with £1,-' 486,420. i 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 bein;;, first with 92,028, British India third with 24,050, and Mexico fourth with S,350. i Canada was first in crude zinc I with 48,222 tons, Belgium being' second with 12.139, Australia third; with 5,975. 1 Canada was first in the total of non-ferrous metals and manufac- tures with a value of £3,139,484, Chile being second with £1,925,374, -•Australia third with £1,302,583, Xorthern Riiodesia 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,- 759,767. " \ Canada was first in patent leather: with G,288 cwt.. the United States, second with 2,458, Germany third with 520. ! Canada was second in newsprint with 783,788 cwt, Newfoundland â-  being first with 982,691, Finland third with 690,101, Norway fourth with 272,389. ' Canada was fourth in the total of [ paper with a value of £693,61 l,j Sweden being first with £1,325,239.1 Germany second with £842,906, Fin- land third with £751.989. Canada was first in rubber manu- facturei-s with a value of £287,978, Germany second with £108,467, United "states third with £82,293. Japan fourth witJh £18.974. ) Ecstasy From the French of A';ctor Hugo Under a nipht of stars I stood alone beside the sea. Xo cloud o'erspread the glowing Heaven;, no sail siione lumln. ' ously, I And far beyond the bounds of earth 1 my searching vision pressed To learn the secrets Nature holds safe.guardetl in her breast, The mountains, woods, the silvery stars â€" the eoft surge of the , sea â€" All seemed to speak of some strange Power tiat 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 w-hite and curlins crests. To gain the secret of that torce naught hinders nor arrests â€" And in the voice harmonious, sweet, all spoke in glad accord Savin?, "It is from One Divineâ€" the Mighty Sovereign Lord!" Alice Ka.hryn Gould. Sniit>h Falls, Ont. O.K. BY ME I "Fresh and mellow, lasting, too, Dixie Plug is the smoke for you. I've tried them all and I'll agree That Dixie Plug's O.K. by me 1" LARGE PLUG 20c IE PLUG SMOKING TOBACCO What "Main Street" Represents Heatikc Hints SCOUTING Here There Everywhere .4 brother to every other Scoui, without regara to race or creea ( ( ( Regal Table Salt (Free Running) A Wintlsor Salt Pro- duct. Fur table, cook- tnit anil Oral Health. Uniformly pur« â€" maintained to by Cbenilcal control. WINDSOR 5AIJ ^ Tear Off and Jl'aii Today CANADIAN INDUSTRIES LIMITED SALT DIVISION ,7{\ " WINDSOR. ONT. ^^ Without obUgaldon please send special Chfldren'9 Booklet, ^'BAl.T aU over the Nam*. Addnu^ Tribute to a namolttf^ construction worker who gave his life during the building of the C. P. R. through Nor. theru 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 t^anatia. Erected by tile 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 tihey were reviewed and addressed by Lieut. -Gov. Bruce. « * * As usual many hundreds of boys were taught swimming at the camp ol the 1st Smooth Rock Falls Troop, Ont. A dozen boys learned to swim, lour Wolf Cubs passed the Cub swim- ming tes , two Scouts won the Swlm- A SAFE OINTMENT iMue No. 40 â€" '35 s(tull«),>OcH iner's Badge and tliree Scouts passed the exacting test for ttie Rescuer's Badge. • • • As a district event Border Cities Scouts started the new season with a big Scou: rally at Sheul's bush and a Cub rally a week later at .\mherst- burg. • • * B'urthcr reports of American Boy Scouts visiting Canada this year in- clude a party of 32 Illinois Scouts at Halifa.x, New England Scouts at Montreal and Oregon Scouts at Win- nipeg and Victoria, B. C. The Ameri- can lads originally had planned to at; end the cancelled Was^iington .Jamboree. • • • A first aid kit found new use in the hands of boys of the 1st Chester, ville Scout Troop on their way home ' from the summer camp. Investigation of motor troit'ole revealed that the motor fan had cut tihrough the rub- ; ber hose of the colling system los- ; ing the water. Out came the first aid kit, there was a good job with adhes- ive tape, fresh water for the radiator, and the truck was "trway witdx little delay. • "â-  . • ♦ • Mr. A. G. MacKiniion, K.C.. recent. ly appointed District Court Judge at Shaunavon, Sask., Is Scoutmaster of the 17th Regiua Troop, of Holy Ros- ary Cathedral, a member of the Pro- BUILDING 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, the quickest and easiest way to light a fire is this: 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 the T'jrn Damp- er in the smoke- pipe and the Ashpit Damper are wide open and the Check Damper closed. This will create thestrongdraft which is needed to ignite the fire. Now light tlie kindling and when it ia burning freely, slowly add more coal. The kindling will ignite the fresh coal both above and below it, 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 oflf the smoke. This con- dition can be quickly remedied by opening wide the slide in the fire door â€" or by partially or entirely closing the ashpit damper â€" or by ft com bination of the two. Q2 vincial Council of the Boy Scouts As- sociation, and Chairman of the pro- vincial Board of Honour, which deals wi 6 appointments of Scout leaders and awards tor Scout act ^ of gallant- ry and outstanding service. • » » Seven teams of Rover Scouts re- presenting the 4th, lOlh, 11th, 14th, 17th, ISth and 33rd Rover crews took part in this summer's annual Win- nipeg Rover 24-Hour Hike Competi- tion. The contest includes hiking equipment carried, the making of imaps and notes, details of the over- night camp site and conditions of site after use. A phrase or titie 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 foils- an unwar- ranted sense of superiority over those who live in small towns. The meaning of the word main is â€" important, essential to results, momentous in consequences. In t,he 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, eig'.'.teen per ct':it. Ponder that f:ict. Sixty-nine of every hundred retail sales are made not by the big departmental 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. .â- Vnd the "owners of tho.se stores are in- dividual citizens, not corporations. They are Main. They are essentia' to results in merchandising; they are momentous in consequences. As a people we have been too ready to think that it is size that counts; that power always must lie in concentration. Manufacturers. mesmerized by Ma.ss 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 St,ates to patriotic fervor. "Remember Main Street"' can show results too.â€" Maclean's Magazine. RETURNS FROM EXPEDITION "Whan tunnies refuse to bite, or the weather is too rough to go after these giant fih, have a little revol. ver practice by shooting at por- poises,' says Mr. Vf. W. Dowding, the young British sportsman, who returned to Scarborough after a tun- ny-fl.shing expedition on which he caugb: a 4S4-pounder. "Porpoises." says Mr. Dowding, "are very numer- ous, more numerous than tunny at times, and It is great sport taking potshuts at tihem. It is just about im- possible to get a porpoise to take bait on a line. 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