Man Ate Oysters Before Stone Age They Have Been  Human Food For 15,000 Years â€" Shells Found in The Ancient Mounds 'Scientists are still on the trail of that lost hero who ate the first oys- ter. Dean Swift called attention to this adventurer in the remark: “He-was a bold man that first eat an oyster.†But Dean Swift, with his 18th century grammar and his " 18th century knowledge of prehis- toric man, could never have sus- pected how far back in time, liis light quip would be pursued, in the search of the missing pioneer. For Science Today says prehistorians in their studies of man’s rise to ci- vilization have trailed the oyster- eating custom back through the Neolithic settlements to prove that oyster eating was an old story then. They, have.also found evidence that mankind ate oysters in the preced- ing period called the Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age. That establishes the oyster as human food no less than 15,000 years ago. ! JOAN LEARNS ] TO PLAY POLO Mounted, on her favorite pony, “Sweetheart-', Joan Crawford enjoys an hour of relaxation by playing: polo. When.not before the cameras. Miss Crawford spends tier spare time on the polo Yields near her Brentwood Heights home. Home Repairs Loans Repaid .2-,000 or 52,600 Under Can- adian Housing Act Wiped Off F. W. Nicolls, director of the fed- eral Housing Act, reports that 31,- ,000 home improvement loans, have been repaid ' by Canadian borrow- ers. Under the loan scheme, put into .effect November 1, 1936, when Do- minion banks were authorized to advance funds to those persons wishing to renovate homes, 52,600 loans have been made amounting to .more than $21,000,000. The government technically en- dorsed- the loans by guaranteeing bank losses up to 15 per cent, of the amounts borrowed, but with more than one-third of tile loans already liquidated, the government has had to assume only one-sixth of one per- cent, of all commitments, Nicolls .said. Loans under the plan average about 30 months in duration, with .some in force as long as five years, the official said. Ontario Holstein Shatters Records Troy Cow Produces 25,606 Pounds Milk In..Year â€"World’s Champion Regasborne Alice Alcartra, three- year-old Holstein-Friesian heifer on the farm of Richard Sager, Troy, Ontario, had a brim-ful pail of rich milk last week to complete a 356- day record of performances test on twice-a-day milking. Alice shattered six Canadian and United States records. With total .production of about 25,600 pounds of milk in one year and butterfat test of 3.6 per cent., the champion eclipsed the high mark for her own breed, held by a cow in the herd of Elliott Brothers, Woodstock. The farm is 15 miles west of Hamilton. News Parade By Elizabeth Hedy CUTTING OUR OWN THROATâ€" A startling statement was made last week in Toronto by the China correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, H. J. Timperley: “The British Empire is slowly cutting its own throat, and Canada seems to have a good firm .grip on the knife.†Mr. Timperley who has been 15 years in the Orient explains that one of Japan’s main objectives at the present is to undermine the British and U.S. positions in China. “Carefully worked out figures show that during 1937 Japan got 81 per cent, of her essential war supplies from the United States, the British Empire and the Dutch East Indies. Canada’s share has been notably important. The Dominion has con- tributed nickel, aluminum, lead, zinc, scrap iron and wood pulp (used in making, high explosives). Thus the British Empire has been indirectly helping to undermine its own position." SLOW DRiVERSâ€"It isn’t a free country any more. You have to drive fast on Ontario's highways whether you like it or not. At a meeting of the Ontario Motor League and the Ontario Safety League last week, slow drivers were scored as the greatest menace on our public roads, worse than drunks, worse than speed maniacs. And there are going to be more convictions for this type of chiving henceforth, the Premier of- our Province announces. Here we should like to interpose a suggestion. Why not have all our trunk highways built on the conveyor style (like the moving sidewalks at the Paris' Exposition in 1908) ? Every car would then have to move at the same speed; you could watch the scenery with- out giving any attention to the driving, much; and think of the saving on tires, gasoline, oil! WAR IN 1941â€"Detailed maps and charts circulated throughout the world by Nazi propagandists reveal that Germany and Italy already have planned how they will divide up Europe. The first group of maps shows Germany in the spring of 19.38 after the absorption of Aus- tria; the autumn of 1938, showing the “taking over" of Czechoslova- kia, and Hungary, intended to be No. 1 victim of Nazi expansion for 1939. Second set of maps shows Poland coming in during the latter part of next year, and during 1940, Yugoslavia, Rumania and Bulgaria. The year of the big war seeming- ly will be 1931. In that year, ac- cording to the third group of maps, Germany is to make a real drive to both east and west, absorbing Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Swit- zerland and Northern France. At the same time the Nazi armies will thrust down through Poland and Rumania, taking all of European Russia south of Moscow to the Cas- pian Sea, including the great south Russian oilfields. A final large map shows Europe of 1948 under the dominance of the Rome-Berlin axis. Italy is to get Spain, southeastern France, .Pales- tine, Albania, Greece and the entire north African coast. And Hitler and Mussolini mean their joint dream to come true. THE WEEK’S QUESTION â€"Did October make a record for warm weather in Ontario this year? Ans- wer: Although the mean tempera- ture for the month was 10 degrees' above normal, 1900 has 1933 beat. The average temperature for Oc- tober of that year was 55.7 or 13.2 degrees above normal. Lump of Sugar Can’t Be Tasted Before we can tast.e anything, it must be dissolved. Nothing, can he tasted as long- as it is in. solid form. To test this, wipe your tongue dry and place some sugar on it. You can taste nothing un- til the saliva comes to dissolve the sugar. Try the same test with salt. Even in dissolved form, there are only four things we can taste : sweetness, sourness, salti- ness and bitterness. All other things which we think we taste, we merely smell. Flavors are smelled, not tasted. “It is the vision of freedom that has led on the human spirit from the first. Without it everything is in vain.†Ontario’s Youngest Bride and Groom One of the youngest marriages to be. registered in Ontario is the marriage of Donald Hewitt, 17-year-old mattress maker and Dolly Hum- phrey, 14, who were wed in Bothwell recently. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Humphrey, parents of the bride, consented to the marriage. | VOICE OF 1 THE PRESS j POSER FOR A PREACHER Wonder how a missionary ex- plains to a heathen what a gas mask is?â€"Brandon Sun. MEN IN PUBLIC LIFE We much prefer, to have men saying plainly they are dropping- out of polities in order to make a living than having them enter public life for that purpose. â€" Peterborough Examiner. â€"oâ€" WHOM TO BLAME? No government is to blame for neglect of Canadian defense forces, says Defense Minister Mac- kenzie. Under the circumstances, the culpable persons will be hard to find.â€"-Sudbury Star. SHE GETS IT, EITHER WAY The poor old hen ! During her lifetime, experts agree, she should lay 600 eggs. After that it is not usually profitable to keep her. So the harder she works, the sooner she gets it in the neck. Family Herald and Weekly Star. LIGHT-HEADED ARE WORSE Based on tests among 1,238 motorists, half of them with light eyes and half dark, two American investigators have found that the light-eyed motorists have poorer vision at night and are more sen- sitive to glare than drivers with dark eyes. Our view is that light- headed drivers are a greater source of danger than light-eyed. â€"St. Thomas Times-Journal. CANADA’S MARKETS The 10 leading markets for Can- adian commodities in September were: United States, $60,525,000; United Kingdom, $28,912,000; Germany, $2,616,000; Australia, $2,465,000; Netherlands, $1,278,- 000; Belgium, $1,227,000; New Zealand, $1,193,000; British South Africa, $1,082,000; Japan, $964,- 000 ; and France, $841,000.â€"Rre- gina Leader-Post. NAMES ON MAIL BOXES On different occasions in this column in past years we have urged farmers on rural routes to have their names plainly painted on their mail, boxes. A farmer subscriber in this office recently urged us to advocate again that this be done. They say that ad- vertising- pays and this is one way the farmer can advertise. Our friend pointed out that in the Brodhagen district every farmer A HAPPY REMINDER! While in town get your copy of this week’» Toronto Star Weekly. has his name plainly printed on the box. He also stated that if roofing pitch is used instead of paint it will last much longer and is easy to use. Why not have the Listowel district follow the good example of the Brodhagen farm- ers?â€"Listowel Banner. Forbid Plane Use In North Hunting An order-in-council was pub- lished last month in the Canada Gazette .forbidding use of aero- planes in connection with hunting- and trapping in the 69,400-square- mile Mackenzie mountains game preserve in the North West Terri- tories. The order noted that the use of aeroplanes by trappers had con- tributed to the “rapid depletion†of wild life and it said restriction of use of aeroplanes was neces- sary in the interests of conserva- tion of wild life in the preserve. ALTON TRADE-IN DEPT. 1222 Blocr St. VV„ Toronto Must have space, . Tradé-in furni- ture at your Prices. Large Stock. Must, be disposed of. <jî*?Q Three Piece Mohair Chester- v-** field Suite in excellent condi- tion. When new cost $150.00.. <t1Q Eight Pièce Dining- Room sjitj Buffet Extension table, G leather seated chairs. <SQ Kfl Simmons Beds Complete with new all , cotton filled mat- tresses, All sizes. $4. E?A Large, assortment of Dres- sers in oak. $24.50 ; $39. Chesterfield like new. . QQ Three Piece Walnut Bed- v room Suite, including* Spring. Cost when new $150. $4 Odd Chesterfield in Mohair N or repp. HIP QEjJ Singer Drop head Sewing* machine in excellent con- dition. Our prices are right, our merchan- dise is as represented. - Goods ship- ped same day as Money Order re- ceived. Bern ember Everything is sold on absolute m<mey back genar- "ALTON. TRADE-IN DEPT. 1222 Bloor Si. W., Toronto Technique Of Duck Carving Here Are Five Pointers To Sharpen It Up â€" Serve On Large Platter and Be Sure Knife Is Like a Razor Can your husband carve one? That’s a very personal question, yet it must be answered. I£ there is any doubt, leave this article on his dres- ser and let masculine pride take its course, (1) The carving, knife must be razor sharp. To make doubly sure, give it a last minute sharpening at table just before carving. (2) Use a large platter for the roast duck. There must be room on it for the pieces as they are cut. Serve the gravy in a separate bowl. (3) Press fork firmly into breast of duck, holding it there with the left hand. Place knife between the body and upper thigh joint, and cut down sharply to sever the tendons and make a clean break. If you do serve a piece of leg meat to each person, cut each of the drumsticks in two diagonal slices. (The neck and short wings have been cut off before roasting, because there is no meat on them.) (4) With the duck still on its back, cut down through the -centre of the breast bone. Cut each halt of the breast in three portions. And carve diagonally not straight down. Do not remove the breast meat from the bone. Cut right through the breast hone, leaving the bone itself with the serving of meat. However, if you prefer to serve the breast without the bone, carve it in thick slices. HEARTBURN KEPT HE AWAKE Afraid to Eat Square Meal What a worry he must have been to his wife ! No food agreed with him. Acid indigestion made him positively wretched. In this letter, his wife tells- how he got welcome relief:â€" “My husband developed a wretched form of gastric acidity,†she writes. “Meals were a misery to him. He often could not sleep for heartburn. Business kept him from home a great deal, but when he did get a spell at home, I gave him Kruschen Salts. I was amazed at the results. That weary look left his face, and his indigestion grad- ually disappeared. It is a treat to hear him say, ‘I’m hungry.’ It seems too good to be true.†â€" (Mrs.) K.M.E. The numerous salts in Kruschen help to promote a natural flow of the digestive and other vital juices of the body. Soon after you start on Kruschen, you will find that you are able to enjoy your food without distressing after-effects. And as you persevere with the “little daily dose,†you will see that Kruschen brings glorious re- lief. Stomach X-Ray Finds a Thief William Thomson, of Glasgow, Scotland, who performed a van- ishing trick with a ring, which was afterwards located in his stomach by means of an X-ray examina- tion, has been given a four months prison sentence. Evidence at the sheriff’s court revealed a jewelry clerk in a shop where the trick was played had seen Thom- son pass his hand across his mouth. He later denied he had the ring. Police took Thomson to a hospital where the cleric’s sus- picions were confirmed. A dam is being constructed across the Tigris at Kut, Iraq. ÂÛÎS FAST TO BUM BELIEF FROM COLDS This Simple Way Eases Pain and Discomfort and Sore Throat Accompanying Golds with Amazing Speed 1; 'â- <> pain and 2, If throat is taw discomfort and re- from raid, crush and Repeat in 2 hours. Just Be Sure You Use Aspirin â€" Do it the Moment You Fee! a Cold Coming on The simple way pictured above often brings amazingly fast relief from discomfort, and sore throat accompanying colds. I ry it. 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