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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS. COLBORNE, ONT., THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1928 7 Red Rose Orange Pekoe comes as near to perfection as any tea can. Everything that tea experts can do to make Red Rose Orange Pekoe superior in quality, flavor and value is done in the great Red Rose blending rooms. Try it to-day. Put up in the bright, clean aluminum packages. _2-E_ Our breeder! are bred ft K egg production. White, Brow ■ and Buff Leghorns, Barred ar ■ White Rocks, R. I. Reds, A f conaa. Buff Orpingtons. Whi r Wyaoddttts. 12c and up. It Afghan Ruler Berlin Visitor New Ceremonial Introduced in Republican Germany Berlin.--The young German Republic recently for the first time officially welcomed a foreign potentate when Amanullah Khan, King of Afghanistan, accompanied by his wife and 17 high dignitaries and a large retenue of servants, arrived at Berlin. The reception differed-from the welcome extended to Royalties before the war, in that there was no German Emperor to greet the visiting ruler and no gaudy state coaches to bear the Afghans to their quarters. Instead, a new ceremony was worked out by the Foreign Office in which President von Hindenburg was the principal actor. The Oriental guests, after passing through streets replete with Republi can emblems, found generations of Hohenzollerns gazing down upon them from paintings and etchings in the various palace rooms. A Strange Tale Toad Alive After 31 Years Sealed in Texas Cornerstone Eastland, Texas.--A homed toad, sealed alive in the cornerstone of the court house here thirty-one years ago, was alive when the stone was removed recently, according to County Judge Edward S. Pritchard. The old court house is being razed. It is a West Texas tradition that a homed toad can exist a century without food or water. A skeptical newspaper man had the judge verify the report that the toad was1 alive when taken from its leng entombment, After the cornerstone was removed ~TEhe toad' appeared lifeless for s time, hut in a little while it opened its eyes'- In about twenty minutes it began to breathe. The mouth, however, appeared to have grown together. Efforts will be made to induce the toad to take food and, of necessary, the mouth will be opened by an operation. The toad is now on exhibition. AMUSING INCIDENT ON BOUNDARY SURVEY Cook Dispatches Marauding Bear With a Boulder-- Exciting Experiences Common So inseparably a part of the day's work hafe become the accidents and trials of the surveyor or engineer in Canada's great unexplored regions that the recording of exciting incidents in forest or on stream seldom occurs to these forerunners of settlement and development. An encounter with wild animals or a mishap on a tur- j bulent river is as commonplace to; him as the narrow escape from collision with a speeding auto is to a city dweller--an exciting and sometimes j exasperating incident at the moment but one hardly worth recording. And' so it is that many interesting events in the field experience of Canadian surveyors and engineers never come to light. The following incident, which occurred during the triangulation by geodetic engineers of a section of the International Boundary line along the 49th parallel, is typical of what is encountered by many survey parties during a season's operations. The party in question consisted of the usual engineers, rod-men; laborers, and cook. The latter Chinaman and around him this incident centres. The work of survey ing and monumenting had been com pleted on one portion of the line and the camp was moved forward seven miles to continue it. The cook was hustled off to make ready the noon meal and on his way he encountered a black bear. A spaniel, the cook's pet, was accompanying him at the time and it immediately rushed at the bear. The cook also attacked the forest denizen, assuming the best defensive action to be the offensive. There were no firearms handy and the cook had to resort to primitive methods. Frying pans and other cooking utensils were brought into play, while the spaniel annoyed the bear incessantly. The cook retreated to the top of a ten-foot cliff where boulders abounded. The bear halted below and endeavored to beat off the attacks of the dog, and taken off his guard, Bruin was laid low with a well-directed boulder. The surveyors reached the scene in time to meECi-fully dispatch the fatally injured bear. Many and varied are the experiences of Dominion Government surveyors and engineers during their months of work and travel in the newer parts of Canada and ways are they as amusing as the one related above. The loss of complete camp equipment in running rapids, the breaking of caches by animals, and other such misfortunes of the trail have been reported, but these and many others are all considered just part of the day's work. The baby galleryite booed loudly at the end of the pantomine. The rest of the gallery, who liked the play, objected to his noise, and a scuffle took place. "Chuck him over the rails," someone suggested. Whereupon a mild little woman in the stalls below stood up and cried excitedly, "Oh, please, please don't throw him over the rails. Kill him where he is." In South America an extremely intoxicating tea is made from the leaves of the local variety of holly. Why do you call your chauffeur a leaky vessel? Does he gossip about your affairs?" 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These pills enrich the blood, which tones the nerves, improves the appetite, gives new strength and spirits and makes hitherto despondent people bright and cheerful. Miss Irene Denne, R.R. No. 1, Washago, Ont., tells what Dr. Williams' Pink Pills did for her as follows:--"I suffered for a long time with my nerves and a generally rundown condition. I grew so weak that I had to lie in bed a part of every day. I could not do any work and was taking medicine all the time, trying one medicine after another. I was advised to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and I have reason to be thankful that I acted on this advice ,as this was the first medicine that gave me any relief, and in a comparatively short time restored me to the blessing of good health. When I think of the marvellous good these pills did me, I can most highly recommend them to all weak, nervous people." If you are at all run-down, or weak, you should begin at once to take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and you will soon be well and strong. These pill: are sold by all medicine dealers o: will be sent by mail at 50 cents a bo by The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. When I Am Dead A Glasgow university undergraduate recently died of exposure on the Cairngorm Mountains of Inverness-ehire, Scotland. The following poem was found in his rooms-, written just shortly before, and printed in the London Observer: When I am dead, And this strange spark of life that in i i lies -T- I REDUCED Use Fertilizer that gives DOUBLE WORTH One Ton D """"" - Tons 2-12-2. Send Mussolini Aims Drive On Sardinian Bandits Plans to Clear Up That Island Now That Mafia Has Been Chastened in Sicily Home--Premier Mussolini has decided to pursue vigorousl;- a cleaning-up process in Sardinia now that Sicily has been chastened by recent ai Mafia prosecutions and cinvictions. The decision was announcer rece ly by officers of the Carabinieri foi and appears to have been the o come of the Premier's intensi study of crime statistics for both those islands. The latest official figures, those of 1924, show that in that year the number of crimes per 100,000 inhabitants was only 1.623 in Sicily, while Sardinia's rate was 3,172. Sicily led Sardinia in murders, 24.1 per 100,000, to 16.2, but the smaller eister isle quite outdid her in thefts, the rate being 914- per 100,000 for Sardinia to 353 for Sicily. The crown prosecutors obtained 45,897 convictions in Sicily in 1924 and a total of 16,964 for Sardinia, the latter figure being commensurate in view oft he smaller population. Once Sardinia is chastened, as was Sicily--which is likely to be no easy job, since that island produces Italy's hardiest soldiers--observers of the Premier's campaign are wondering when he will tackle the region of Calabria, comprising three provinces in the toe of the "boot" of Italy. Calabria in 1924 showed 3,285 crimes per 100,000 the murder rate being 22 and the theft rate 741. The total crimes committed were 33,522, with 19,541 convictions. Thus Calabria, on the mainland, was ahead of both Sicily and Sardinia on the average crime per given unit, well above Sardinia in average murders and double ^Sicily in point of thefts. In discussing the situation with Carabineri officers, the Premier "Ordinary deliquencies had a rude setback, particularly in Sicily, but there is yet something to be done in Sardinia, particularly in centres i there ditry, which must be destroyed at r mater what'cost. The Carabiniei already are well trained in this wor and will finish it." Supplies of Lodgepole Pine Although exact figures are not available it has been estimated that the total stand of lodgepole pine in Canada at present comprises 13,050,000,-000 feet board measure of saw timber and some 50,000,000 cords of smaller material. Is fled to join the great core of life That surely flames beyond eternities, Bury me not, I pray thee, In the dark earth, where comes not any ray Of light or warmth or aught that made life dear, But take my whitened bones far, far Out of the hum and turmoil of the town. Find me a windswept boulder for a bier And on it lay me down, Where far beneath drops sheer the rocky ridge Down to the gloomy valley and the streams Fail foaming white against black, beetling rocks, Where the sun's kindly radiance seldom gleams, Where some tall peak defiant, steadfast, rocks-- The passing gods and all the ways, of men forgotten So may I know Even in that death that comes to everything. The swiftly silent swish of hurrying The lash of rain, the savage bellowing Of stags, the bitter keen knife-edge embrace Of the rushing wind, and still the tremulous dawn Will touch the eyeless sockets of my face And I shall see the sunset and anon Shall know the velvet kindness of the night. 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Evidence is heard in private by a committee of the Senate, which makes its representation, and the approval of both the Senate and the House of Commons is required before a petitioner is granted freedom. The other seven Provinces have their divorce courts, and periodical attempts have been made to establish in Ontario the necessary judicial Classified Advertisements POULTRY efsf^G." 0 and up. Pedigrre BABY CHICKS -WE free catalogue. Price 1 Switzer, Granton, Ont. In a London theatre the experiment has been tried of placing loudspeakers all over the auditorium. Usually they are seated just behind us.--Punch. Angry wife (to lion-tamer who has taken refuge in lion's den)--'You Coward!" w ■HIM Quickly Eases Cv Irritated Throats » sip of "BnckleyV throat. Singers, speakers and s should never be without it. Tl L bronchial tubes -- and there an B\ druggists and guaranteed ^\ W. K. 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The large Quebec Catholic representation in Parliament which opposes divorce on principle makes it improbable that there will ever be a divorce court in the Province and provides a serious stumbling-block for ' attempts to provide Ontario with more adequate facilities. Those who advocate the establishment of such a tribunal in Ontario are able to quote statistics to prove its necessity. At this time, for instance, 210 petitions for divorce are before Parliament, and 187 of them are from Ontario--116 from the city of Toronto. Quebec's quota is but 23, which reflects the power and influence of the Catholic Church in that large province. A Growing Problem. Divorce, whether an evil, a problem or just a condition, is becoming increasingly prevalent in Canada and the situation is causing a good deal of comment In 1913, the last pre-war year, in all the nine Provinces there were only sixty divorces. 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