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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE ONT. THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1935 Green GHos by Stuart Martin Africa Boasts a Sausage Tree o the already mical freak: recently found The dog lay down and the mulatto turned and walked slowly found thi house, his gaze fixed on the ground. Foster stood watching him as h< Went over every yard of the garden at the back of the house, his' eye glued to the ground, his high shoulders hunched, his jaws munching at his chewing gum. At the end of his examination he scrutinised the sides of the house and tie paths and lawns there before going to the " er followed, still watch- Inj window and that of Maud Barron's bedroom looked out to the front, and One-eye gazed at both critically for some time, then cast his eye towards the forest beyond the private, garden. Now and then his lips moved as if he were- speaking to himself, but his impassive expression never changed. The ground was hard and dusty, the paths were of dark cinders where they were not of cement. There was not a footmark The mulatto examined the flowerbeds, walked down to the gateway and gazed about the road; then he straightened his shoulders, nodded to Foster and jerked his thumb towards the town. "Found any clue?" asked Foster. "Ah think," replied One-eye, "dat we'll have de inquest jest before noon. Gness we'll see yo' den." And that was the only word that Dr. Foster got out of him all the way down to the town. They parted in the main street of Kingston, but Foster could not go his way without breaking the silence that had become almost unbearable to him. "One-eye," he said frankly, "I feel this affair keenly, perhaps more than you can understand. Will you let me say again that if I can be of any help to you in any way whatever I am at your service." The mulatto chewed slowly for a moment before he answered. Missy Barron is ver' nice gal, doc. She gwine get married one day, hey ? " "One-eye I don't know anything about that, but she and her father were my friends." "Sure. Cap'n Swathlin' one ob yo' i quite well. Wha ceedings opened quietly, enough. Maud Barron came down to give her story. She sat white-faced and stricken on the coroner's right while he asked his questions and wrote down answers. Then she was allowed go. It was with a sigh of relief that she vanished from the room. The servants were called, and they came and told what little they knew the mulatto detective moved from the window where he had been gazing out on the lawn and took his position beside the coroner, scrutinised every witness coldly and deliberately. The negro butler was first to give his evidence. The coroner asked One-eye if he had any questions to ask the witness. The mulatto stared at the negro. "Ever heard whether Mistah Barron had any enemies?" he asked calmly. "Enemies, suh? No, suh. Never a could say a word against de boss "Yo' "Yo' Mistah Barron's . s takin' photo- where he kept di pictures he took? No, suh." Yo' bin long in de employ ob de late Mistah Barron?" "Four years, suh." "Yo native ob dis island. "Yaas, suh." "Yo' Chilian?" "Yaas, such." "To' doan worship de green snake of de Obeah?" "Me, suh? Oh deah good Christian, baptised in de church "Yo' neber tell lies?" (To be continued.) about him The mulatto hitched his shoulders "Guess Cap'n Swathlin' can't ge heah in time to take a hand, doc yfal, you' an' Ah gotta mix, Ah suppose. Say, we'd bettah git back, docfl Ah locked 'em all in, y'know. Lissen, doc. Lissen t'me. Ah'll tell yo' one t'ing; what dat ole doc says at de inquest doan mattah a row ob beans. It's what Ah says." "One-eye, you don't believe it was suicide?" The mulatto spat far into the Street. "Mistah Barron didn't shoot him-seP, doc. Mistah Barron was murdered," he said; and swung round and walked off before Foster could ask Chapter IV THE INQUEST It was just before mid-day when Dr. Foster arrived at the Barron's home. The door was opened in answer to his knock by One-eye. The Mulatto showed him into the large 'dining room where he found the arrangements for the inquest all complete. The coroner was in the chair, the jury were seated ready to hear the evidence. The old doctor who had been called during the night was seated beside the coroner. The pro- I Going on a Holiday? We can give you the best whether you want to Rest Play Fish D. J. McRae ingerlong Lodge, Ardbegr, Ont. (Just north of Parry Sound.) Grow Supple and Slim In This Way In good dancing schools in England or on the Continent these two exercises are much used. Try them. They give suppleness to the figure and special elasticity the hips and thighs. Hold firmly by your right hand to the top of a chair. Put your shoulders well back. Swing four right leg backwards and forwards as high as you can manage, keeping the upper part of your body still, but not stiff. Do this a dozen times. Change hands and feet, and repeat. When you have practised a little (and, easy though it sounds, it has its difficulties), you should make the change from right to left leg and hand all part of the same swinging motion and without any pause. Then this: Lie on your back and imitate the pedalling of a bicycle with your legs. Keep in rhythmical You may be inclined to pant, but ycju shouldn't, as that shows you ai not in good condition. Practi-e the movements slowly an for a short time until you can d them breathing deeply but evenly a you do so. After these exercises imitate footballer and suck half a lemon. Refreshing -- and slimming in it (From a National Geographic Bulletin, Washingt. Add another plant 1 large collection of boti A Princeton professor a new -variety cf evening primrose. Its claim to distinction lies in the fact that its buds develop to full size but never open. Most interesting among peculiar plants are those which bear uncanny resemblance to something else. Central Africa boasts a sausage tree, from] whose widespreading -crown hang what appear to be bologna sausages, and a "poached-egg tree," so-called because of its huge white flowers with golden centres. Australia presents as rival a tree whose thick based trunk tapers upward like a soda bottle, and the black-boy tree, which thrusts a spearlike shaft six feet above its shaggy crown .. of leaves. From a distance a group of these might be savages on the war-In South Africa one may shrink from what seem to be huge red spiders lying on the ground. They turn out to be lilies. Equally sinister looking are that region's blood lilies, whose intense red blossoms and stalks are thrust up like the heads of dangerous snakes. Similarly, in hot desert canyons of the United States wanderers have quickened their pace toward the curling smoke of a friendly campfire only to discover it the deceptive bluish-green branches of a smokebush. In New Zealand some of the barren mountain sides appear dotted with sheep. Closer examination proves the large rounded gray masses to be haasria plants, or "vegetable sheep". Other plants, though undistinguished in appearance, are remarkable for their odors. Goats in Ten-are fond of a plant whicn s in rock crevices and exudes nusty odor of mice. Skunk of the plant world is the durian.' though its fruit is reputed deli through Malaysia, and it is said that Borneo head hunters will commit urder to get one, the fru: meated by a strong, unpleasant odor that lingers for days. An agreeable contrast is the umbrella bush. Its durable timber, appreciated W fence posts in Australia, has the delicious fragrance of raspberry jam..-^ In the Western United States grow powerful herbs, loc .veeds, which have a weird effect on animals Cattle, sheep and hpn them soon" lose their muscu. ordination. They stagger dr around for a day and may ually die. HALF A YEAR FOR GROWING TURKEY Ontario Theatre Tax Return Higher Toronto. -- Operative for the first time last month, Ontario's revised amusement tax has brought the Provincial Treasury almost three times as much revenue as did the old tax in June, 1934, Premier Mitchell Hepburn announced recently. ie new tax yielded $239,271 last month, compared with $80,778 a year Feature of the new schedule was the imposition of a five-cent tax oni 25-cent admission tickets to places of amusement. The former schedule' left tickets under 25 cents untaxed, i QUALITY FINEST IF GRADED Demand For Best Product Show? Increase; Reliability Doubled In Warm Weather "The reason for the gradual but steady rise in the price of fresh eggs recently," said W. B. Somerset, corner of marketing, "is that with weather the reliability of the average run of farm eggs is called o doubt by many housewives. 'The discriminating purchaser be-s to question her source of supply and sometimes goes to extraordinary trouble to get out to the coun-to obtain absolutely fresh eggs-A great many people do not >w, however, toat an egg which is v-laid is not necessarily a satisfactory egg from the standpoint of flav-and yolk color. Uniform rations and controlled-fed flocks will alter the quality of an egg very materially, and at this season of year the demand for the top grade of eggs, established under the egg-grading regulations, becomes quite active. The highest grade of egg is toe grade, which is produced only on is specially licensed after their nises have been inspected and their method of feeding and sanitation approved. "This grade can only be packed by these licensed producers. The eggs must be sold in cartons, sealed on the farm with each seal identifying the source of supply. This guarantees that all such eggs are not only produced under the best possible conditions, but in addition have been carefully candled for every defect before being offered to the public." Birds Should Be Ready By Early Winter; Clean Alfafa Range Will Give Results According to investigators at toe Pennsylvania agricultural experimental station, bronze turkeys gave con-tinued increase in growth during a 24-week period. Work carried on at other stations allows a 24-week growing period for turkeys. Poults hatched on April 15 to 30 are of market age on October 30 to November 15; while those hatched on May 15 to 30 reach market age on November 30. One must not overlook tft portance of having turkeys finished and in prime condition at time of marketing. It may be necessary In some instances to allow a longer period for market before the end of a -week period. Turkeys' eggs require more moist- e during the 28-day incubation per- d than do hens' eggs during their 21-day period. On the eighth day, all eggs should 3 candled, and all infertile ones removed. If an old type or poorly ven- lated incubator is used, toe eggs should be candled again on the twentieth day, and all with dead germs removed. On the 27th day, the incubator door should be closed and not disturbed again until the main hatch is completed. On the 28ttt day it is advisable, especially when using forced-draft machines, to remove the poults that have dried off to the nursery trays, chick boxes, or when available, to battery brooders, where they may be kept in a temperature of 95 to 98 degrees F. The shells may be removed from the traps and the unhatched eggs given more time to hatch. THRIVE ON. RANGE The poults should be confined until they are ten to twelve weeks of age, when they should be moved to a' clean range, preferably one of alfalfa, clover or bluegrass and white clover. The brooder house should be moved regularly, to supply green feed and to lessen the chance of contamination. A clean range is one on which no poultry manure has been spread and on which no poultry hai ranged for two years. HOW TO MAKE ICED TEA Infuse six heaping teaspoons of Salada Black Tea in a pint of fresh boiling water. After six minutes strain liquid into two-quart container. While hot, add 11/2 cups of granulated sugar and the juice of 2 lemons. Stir well until sugar ii dissolved ; fill container with cold water. Do not allow tea to cool before adding the coldwater? otherwise liquid will become cloudy. Serve with chipped ice. "SALADA Your Handwriting Reveals Your Character! Ail Rights Reserved Geoffrey St. Clair Graphologist Recalls Days Of Pioneer Church In - Western Canad< Experiences of 60 years in Alberta sre recalled at a church meeting at Pincher Creek by Mrs. John Mc-Dougal, wife of John McDougal, pioneer missionary of the western At Pincher Creek, she said, the foundation for the great Alberta nching enterprises were laid. She remembered the first service her husband conducted when they established the first mission post at Morley. They crossed the country from Edmonton by ox-cart in 1873. Building a home beside a lake, work was immediately begun to ict a church. Within two years had been completed, housing congregations of from 400 to 500 Indians. The little church still stands ;he stone cairn erecter to the •y of the McDougals by the Southern Alberta Pioneers and Old-Timers' Association, on the main road to Banff. Yesterday I received a letter from a lady in England, who wrote me some time ago asking for a character analysts for herself and two of her friends. Here is what she says: "We think each one of the three analysis you sent is true and quite accurate. I myself am very consi of certain of the traits which criticised in so friendly and thank you again for the remedies which you were good enough to outline. You say one thing of me In particular which although not always acknowledged by my friends, I feel myself to be absolutely true. That is where you state that 1 am a 'rather self-interested person'. In markable that you should sum up my character by stating that you should sum up my character by stating that you felt that the most suitable vocation for me would be that of nursing, because of the self-contained poise that you. say I have. I say you were remarkable because for the last 42 years 1 have been engaged at nursing, including 15 years in Canada, and I have acted as matron oh several occasions, sometimes for fairly long periods. But, though I loved the work, and nearly always loved and sympathised with my patients, I realise that always, in the back of my mind, was a fairly determined aim to acquire success and money". I have quoted this letter, illustrative as it is of many generous letters that I receive, because it proves beyond any doubt that Graphology does reveal character, and In many eases also, talent. Most of my work in connection with my newspaper Column is devoted to helping to solve personal problems, but it seems to me not inapposite that, now and then, I should remind my readers of the scientific basis of this work. This letter brings this out very clearly, more than any words of mine could do--because it is essentially practical; it deals with an actual case, and thus bring the illustration ' to the fore in a very personal way. real fro o very long ago, a Western tried to disguise 'his hand-obviously in the effort to wether I could discern toe m the false. From the point of learning something of the accuracy of what we claim for Graphology this was perfectly in order. But, this reader went further than toat. He had a very serious problem that was causing him a good deal of anxiety, not unmixed with unhappines.3 •--and he requested my help in solving his problems. this work, , the 1 of mail is so large that is 1 sible to give to each letter the at-. tention that it might deserve, and thus, from .the graphological angle, it is my practice to make a rapid summing up of the various characteristics shown in the writing, and then go on with the particular problem presented in the letter. I don't look for evidence of disguise--when a person writes in to me for a character analysis, 1 take for granted that he is serious, and is g quite fair wito me by giYing actual normal handwriting. If had to search every letter to see if there was any attempt to disguise the normal hand, it would take me six months to deal with one week's volume of mail. Happily, cases of this kind are rare. I am not criticising this particular correspondent: 1 was able t0 convince him that graphology is very helpful and he acknowledged this. But I have dealt with era who write to me to write always Mr. S^. Clai :end specim d like to know what las to say about your that of your friends, s of the writings you stating birthdate in lose 10c coin for each send with 3c stamp-envelope to: Geoffrey n 421, 73 Adelaide St. Ont. All letters will Time for a Real Five-Year Plan To-Day To day is the only day Of tomorrow we cannot To seize the chance as i along Is the way to make it se For every year is a si And this the truth sublirnej A moment misspent is a jewel lost From the treasury of time. ' year, "Dear Friend: reached its dim; The listeners were told how the McDougal family came west in 1870. RecRev. John and his father, Rev. George McDougal, built the first h in Edmonton, a log structure hill overlooking Saskatchewan , where McDougal Memorial Church now stands. The coming of the Mounted Police in 1874 and the railway in 1833 was graphically described by the speaker, who said she had lived through two wars and one rebellion. Her husband was a scout in the Reil rebellion in 1885; her son John was in the Boer war and she had three sons in the Great War when her husband HEALTH MEANS CHARM AND HAPPINESS and smiling lips speak of health and vitality. Clear skin attracts. The healthy active girl is both happy and popular. Perhaps you are not really ill day's work is done you are too tired to enter into the good times that other women enjoy. For extra energy, try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It tones up your general health. Gives you more pep--more Remember that 98 out of IOO women report benefit. Let it help (Frc the Vai Issue No. 29 -- '35 The London Times, which ^iost of the news from Russia with an appraising, austere and somewhat skeptical eye, has just got word of something going on in that country which it regards as really danger-Experiments are going on in Moscow, says the Times, the aim oi which is to prolong the normal span of human life to 180 years. These experiments are going on in th' Institute for Experimental Medi cine. The Times doesn't say what they are, and-..perhaps it doesn't know. Neither does the Times throw cold water on the ability of Soviet scientists to produce new longevity. What the Times does is to ask embarrassing questi about the consequences if the Soviet scientists should prove successful, What anyone can see, of cour is that if the Bolsheviks discover how to live until they are 180, they will have enough time in which to j work a real Five Year Plan, the I trouble about the other Five Year j Plans being obviously that they take ! much longer than five years. But the Times mainly objects to the project of getting people to live to be 180 that it would "introduce an unreasonable complexity into family affairs." The Times works it out by arithmetic. "Suppose a man married at 25 and had four children, each of whom had four children, and so on ad absurdum or nauseum or infinitum as the case may be." Then it appears that a have we take the Times' word for it -- great-great - great - great - greatgrandchildren and 21,844 direct de-' ' scendants, 84 of them over 100 years ( If you let your fancy play upon the implications of this project, you will see that it could be indeed, as the Times says it is, "very dangerous." All the scales and proportions of our human life, as far as the passage of time was concerned, would have to extended in relation to this new expectation of individual survival. We should know, if we had a Pattullo government, for instance, that it was in, and we in for it, of course, not for the statutory limit of five years, but for the new statutory limit, which we should have to allow, of about fifteen. There would probably be the consequence of a terrible lot of bad-tempered old people in the world, and there would be a lot of advertisements in the paper, beginning "Life Begins at 84." It wouldn't be a gay prospect for the people who had grown tired of life, despite those advertisements, at 100. On the whole, we shall hope that the Institute for Experimental Medicine a< Moscow will fall down on the job. The Mac After the sewing mach been thoroughly oiled use a ter and stitch a few rows t to take away any surplus may have been left around t mechanism. Pipe Smokers! fill up with "GOLDEN VIRGINIA" and enjoy a really