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1 Byery CANADA COMPETITION. Of 58,000 radio sets sold in Canada during the first half of 1934, more than 8,000 were for automobiles, It .may have been discovered that they interfere with reception from back- seat drivers,--Woodstock Sentinel Review, SMUGGLING PIGS. Smuggling of little pigs from the States into the Canadian West is said to be on a grand scale, The prices are much better in Canada and there is also the premium on the Canadian dollar. It is a remarkable thing that the Canadian hog-raiser is getting a better break than the Am- erican farmer who has had govern- ment subsidy to reduce the number of swine stock by milllons.--St, Ca- tharines Standard, AN OPPORTUNITY, -Not so many years ago Ontario was rich in nut trees, beechnut, sweet hickory, sweet chestnut and hazelnut, but these have been gen- erally depleted until there is but a sprinkling of them left, Canada is a 'large importer of nuts in spite of the fact that the native puts are of fine flavor and excellent in food.! value. Thero are large tracts of land un- suited for agriculture which would show a fine return if planted to nut Arees,--London Free Press, NEW YORK AND LONDON, "If a man wants to know only what is mew, certainly he should go to New York, but if he wants to know what is sound and profitable, he should go to London," writes Herbert N. Casson, in an article on "British Lfliciency", Mr. Casson, who is a Canadian by; birth and Ilved in this country until he was 24, spent 20 years in the United States apd the last 20 years in Great Britain, so he fs in a better position than most to drew comparisons.--Sault S.ar, MOST FAMOUS NEGRO, The most famous negro on this continent, Richard B, Harrison, was 70 years of age last week, when he began his third American tour in the leading role of "Green Pastures." It was his regret that he could not open in this city, where he was born, of fugitive slave parents, in a house on Wellington Street, mnoar Clark's bridge, since destroyed by fire, But this time London will be included in the itinerary of "Green Pastures," and Mr, Harrison's "old home town" will do him suitable honor."--London Advertiser, , IN LINE OF DUTY. The epidemic of infantile paraly- sis in Nelson, B.C, reminds us that 137 doctors, nurses and laboratory workers in Los Angeles were strick- en during their fight agalnst the dis- ease recently, The layman seldom thinks of the risks to which these People subject themselves in théir efforts to save the lives of others. In some epidemics the doctor and nurse can bg protected by serums or vaccines, In others, however, there Is no certain protection. Doctor apd nurse must take their chances with everybody else--and, of course, by going into sick rooms daily, and un- dermining their resistance -through overwork, they simply increase the danger to themselves, This is a thing worih remembering. It is too easy to overlook the quiet unassuming heroism that members of the medical and 'nursing professions are constantly displaying, day after day, In the performance of tlielr du- ties. --Victoria Times. LEFT-HANDERS, No longer is a left-handed boy or &Irl compelled to use the right hand in most Canadian schools, and it has been found that the left-handerg are not behind their contemporaries who use the more normal hand, In the Puetonts Public School, it has beén ound that the eighteen left-handed pupils all are among the leaders fn heir classes. Fortunately, nowadays no effort is made to force children to Vase the hand found least natural and the results are all to the g00d.--Ni- agara Falls Review, PERFECT FOGHORN, It is said that the siren-of the new glant Cunarder will be the loudest voice on the seas, In time of need, as in an Aflantlc fog, it will carry fen miles over the waters. This mighty voice will boom forth from three "throats," and instead of belng - 'upright as other liner's sireng are, its mouths will stand out, like eight-foot Buns, in different directions from the funnels. A light pressure on a switch Will start the siren song, 'Its note may beg reproduced in minlature on Pe plato by striking the note A right own .among the unsingable notesg-- Wo octaves below middle A." But Whilst it will carry so far, its mellow opth is such that ft will not disturb Bengers, Of all the notes on the 1ano this was found to be the ideal for nerve-comfort.--New Outlook, PEDIGREE CARDS German will fn future be hides, paper, pulp wood Voice of the Press Canada, The Empire and The World at Large compelled to carry his pedigree card, Any admixture of foreign or Jewish blood, even if three génerations back, will be a black mark. The British people may be thankful their ancest- ors had no such foolish tests, They are a racial mixture, and that is one source of their strengih--London Ad- vertiser,' FIRE PREVENTION, It is not generally known, but St. Catharines has a very unique and ef- 'fective system of fire prevention. As soon as a here-today-gone-tomorrow merchandiser stocks up his premises, he is called upon by the hard-boiled Chief of the Fire Department and in- formed right off the bat that the pre- mises must be kept clean and tidy from fire hazards and that no fires at all are permitted in St, Catharines under any circumstances, The prem- Ises, too, are regularly inspected. The best part of the system is that it works.--St, Catharines Standard, SERVES GOOD PURPOSES. To teach children the dangers that attend motoring, a New Jersey inven- tor has perfected a toy which repro- duces traflic accidents, This saves the kids the trouble of looking out the window.--Border Cities Star. A SQUARE MEAL. A British United Press correspon- dent describes a gigantic eating com- petition which took place at Rouen, France, not long ago. It was open only to men weighing more than 200 pounds. This was the menu served to the competitors, and it had to be consumed within a specified time: A kilo ot brill 'with Hollandaise sauce, a plump chicken, a whole leg of mut- ton with suitable vegetables, a hefty Livarot cheese and a huge apple pie. The collation was washed down by two bottles of white wine, {wo bottles of Burgundy and four bottles of cider. The winner had no trouble in meeting the requirements, and is apparently none the worse for tho exploit, --Calgary Herald, CANADA'S BEST CUSTOMER, Canada's exports to the United Kingdom in September totalled in value $24,639,000, compared with $2,- 418,000 or 10 per cent. The wheat ex- port rose from $8,772,000 to $9,713- 000 planks and boards from $867,000 to $1,656,000 aluminum from $187,000 to $1670000 nickel from $422,000 to $774,000 stone and its products from §6,000 to $114,000. Other inoreases were in fruits barley fish,. furs raw wood pulp, machinery, acids, soda, -- Brandon Sun, REVOLVER MENACE King Alexander of Jugoslavia, dead by the fire of a small hand gun, is the successor of tens of thousands of peo- ple high and low, who have died by: such weapons in {he hands of mur- derers, No good reason exists why such weapons should be available to thugs or madmen. Such weapons are of no good u to anybody in the world, except*¥erhaps to policemen, No good reasons' exists way their manufacture or sale or possession should be permitted by the govern- ment of any civilized country.--Ot- tawa Journal. 'THE EMPIRE IN BLOOD AND TEARS Only when there is some terrible disaster like the tragedy at Gresford Colliery do we remember for a mo- ment the price that is paid every day in blood: and sweat and tears; on land, under the land, on the sea and in the air, to bring us home our daily comforts, Try to remember it always and bo grateful --Londop Sunday Ex- press, THE REALITIES OF WAR War in the abstract is a 'thing that terrifies nobody. Such sentences as "They're still fighting in South Am- erica," or "The Far Kast is at {t ag- ain," fail to arouse even the casual in- terest of the aver.ge European, But that is not a thing to pride ourselves upon, There is in reality nothing ab- stract about war, It affects the welf- are of millions of the world's citizens for many years after the firing of the last bullet, It is only when death stalks in dur own homes that we hu- mans take fright. -- THE GREAT HOUSES OF ENGLAND Lord Lothian has predicted that within a generatio, hardly any of the large. hifstoric houses of Great Britain will be lived in by the orig- inal families. That fg probably true; but need it be 'taken too tragically? Is it not possible to find some public use for these great mansions? In many cases this has actually been done al- ready, For good or evil, the old coun- try life is passing rapidly away; but the old mansions can still perform national service--perhaps greater than ever before--as centres of the new restless democratic life of the day, They may become museums or sanatoria or simply show places, They certainly need not become use- less,~London News Chronicle, Jimmy McLarnin came b Alderman Byrne, the Lord M on, House at Dublin to the champion welterweight. McLarnin was claimed by both Dublin and Be admitted the claims of both cities in his Irish tour, to Dublin where he was born, according to the family records. or of Dublin, is shown pointing out in'eresting history in the Mansion Ro Foster, his grizzled manager, at the right, looks fast as a native son, Like a good diplomat he has WHERE DEER ARE TOO PLENTIFUL That deer have become a scrious pest in many parts of New Zealand can no longer be disputed, The dam- age they are' doing entirely outweighs their sporting value and the Depart- ment of Internal Affairs should ac- celerate rather than check its cam- paign of destruction, Its operations have bee severely criticised by Eng- i lish visitors, sometimes in terms that i disclose complete ignorance of the | real issues, They dismisg in a word the case for destruction or assume . that it has been magnified .out of all 'reason. It certainly is the desire of the Dominion to provide for visitors the widest possible range of sport but as far ag deer are concerned far too much is at stake to allow the consid- erations of sport to sway policy.--Tae Auckland News, LEARNING ABOUT THE EMPIRE The. announcement that in future one of the requirements for candi- .dateg at the higher examiations for Whitehall is to be an acquaintance with the overseas Empire, is one of the most heartening that has been made for some time, If one could for- get that this is thy year of grace 1934 it might not be difficult for Colonists to wax enthusiastic over the new re- quirement which ought to have been enforced long ago, Even though the acquaintance is purely a paper one, it is all to the good that such knowledge should be.insisted on, The informat- ion possessed by the average English- | man on the affairs of, say the West Indies, is regrettably little, but if this innovation by the Civil Service Com- missioners has the anticipated effect on the educational system of English universities and schools, many nesg- lected outposts of the Empire may become much betler known--Trini. dad Guardian. Maple Products Increase Canada's maple sugar and syrup industry is forging ahead once more with an increase of $987,309 being estimated for the 1934 produition as compared with that of 1983. An increase of 580,186 gallons of maple syrup and an increase in value of $909,171 is estimated for the 1934 output as against the 1933 produc- tion, the figures being 1,842,500 gallons valued at $2,468,800 for 1934. as compared with 1,262,315 gallons valued at $1,559,628 in 1938. With regard to maple sugar the estimated production is 4,954,- 000 pounds valued at $577,860 for 1934, as compared with 5,785,180 pounds, valued at $499,713 in 1933. In 1933 the average price per pound of maple sugar was 9 cents against 12 cents in 1984, The combined va- lue of the industry is thus $8,046,- 660 and compared with $2,069,341 in 1938 shows an increase of $987, 809 or 47.9 per cent. The values for the 1984 crop are preliminary ana subject to revision as the full pro- duction has not yet been sold. Told By The Ring There is an amusing 'old theory that a ring worn on the first, or in- dex finger was a sign that the wear er was willing to marry, 'but. not 'bespoken," when the' engagement took place, a ring was worn on the second finger. On the third finger, of course, it sald that the wearer was married; while those indepond- ent people who desired to publish to the world that they were neither desirous of, nor interested in, mar: riage, put a ring on the litle finger. But apart from engagement and wedding rings, to which the third finger of the left hand is now de-. dicated, most people put rings on any finger they fancy, -- Answers Magazine, |PUNISHMENT ALONE WON'T BREAK CHILD'S BAD HABIT Parents Will Have to Exercise Patience, Perseverance and a Discreet Supervision The constant repetition 'of an act makes it a habit in time. Parents must rot think they can break a ha- bit in a child merely by punishment or scolding, As the habit took some time to form so will it take patience and perseverance to overcome, There must be co-operation on the part of the child, : If the little one is told gently and firmly that such a habit {s not nice; if the parent exercises a discreet supervision so that every indulgence in the habit can be checked, then, in time, the habit formation will be broken down and the child will for- get its existence. We should not shock or frighten children when trying to wean them from a habit of which we disapprove. A young child has no perception of wrongdoing and he will be unable to understand our vehemence and anger. "We cannot, however, agreéd with many modern writers on the -hehav- for of children when they state that a child should never on any account be punished for continuing in the ways from which we have tried to turn him, v Certainly, it is cruel and senseless to punish a baby or a tiny toddler. At that age we must distract the little one's attention either by ghving him a {oy to play with, by changing his position in his cot, and, most Important of all, by searching for and removing any underlying source of irritation which may have Induced the habit. But, as the child gets older, certainly when he is over three years of age, though the habit is not wrong in itself, yet the child must be taught obedience. PUNISH WISELY, A slap on the hands will make more impression on a lively child than any amount of talk. The slap must come at the right moment, it i not be saved up.and delivered at bedtime when the child has forgotten what it Is all about, ' - With an older child a reward will often make a very deep impression and will help him to remember that he must not please himself in all his fads and fanoles. FIRMNESS REQUIRED Parents must be firm in thelr treatment of children, A child who is allowed to indulge every whim is not the happiest child. Parents write often saying they have reasoned or trled to reason with their children, but that bad 'emper and obsiinacy have triumphed and the child has refused to obey, 'Please remember we are talking now of children up to 12 or 14 years of age. : Well, to' these parents, we point out as delicately as we can that they are handling their children wrongly. Certainly all normally intelligent children are susceptible to the voice of reason, especlally when it does not pronounc e too loudly against their own desires. But the voice of authority is the one to which they will listen at all times if they have been properly brought up. Many parents are worried about litle ways and habits which their babies manifest, Thumb.sucking 1s one which fs difficult to cure, Pro- vided the baby does not persist un. 'duly in' the habit, it is really not worth worrying about. - It 1s usually when the infant Is dropping oft to sleep that thumb. sucking fs resorted to as a sedative, Taking the thumb gently from the mouth when the baby {s drowsy will not disturb him. If baby indulges In thumb.sucking when he is wide awake, then it should be an easy | clubs, ; matter to distract his attention to other things, HARMFUL TO BREATHING The habit in itself {8 harmless, but there is (he same objection to it as there is in allowing baby to' suck a dummy or "soother" "practic- ally all day long. It induces a wrong method of breathing; the habit has also been said to causa the forma:ion of a high, narrow palate, Head rolling and head hanging are also distressing to watch. They may Champion Visits Birth Place : On Conditions n In Europe Dr. Geo. Wilson, 1n a letter to his aunt who resides 'near Ont., and given to the Penth Expo- sitor for publication, tells of his trip through Russia and other a ropean countries, and some of the opinions he expresses in this unpre: judiced and no. doubt candid expres- gion, are somewhat revealing. Dr. Wilson is Professor - of His tory in Dalhousie University, Hali- fax, and has the degree of M, A. and. Ph.-D., and is one of the many bright young men of Perth district who has won distinction in his chosen profession. ; The party are spending months on their tour, and are visit ing many of the FEuropean count- ries, meeting men there and going fully into conditions as they find them and paying 'careful attention to the many forms of government and how they are functioning. His experience while in Russia was not unpleasar#, and he saw much that revealed to, him that "Soviet" Rus- sia was not all as bad as it some- times painted His accounts and op- inions after his visit to Austria are enlightening. He writes: ; "We -have been moving in high society. Yesterday forenoon we met Dollfuss' successor, Dr. Schuschnigg. I have seen few men who madeja better impression than the new chan- cellor. He made us a little speech and then went back to his work of trying to govern this courtry. He ig 87, his hair turning grey, wears glasses and lpoks like a scholar and entleman. 2 "Tho more I see of Europe the more desperate seems_the situation. Nobody can be certain, but there might be a war any time. Hard times discontent, fear, hate are on every side. I doubt if there is a more stable government than 'that of Russia or one that wants peace more, Hiller, however is a most dangerous chara cter, Hitler can talk-and can Kill people, but he cannot give work or build up trade. Germany is faced with economic collapse - "Austria is just a cat's paw. Hun- gary is desperately dissatisfied. Jugo-Slavia is ready to fight Italy if she. interfeves in Aus'ria. I might go on and on. It i3 not just countries that are prepared to fight with one another, there "are 'lasses in the countries which are ready to fight occur in normal children who have one another too." discovered this means of passing the time , When present to a marked de- gree there may be some degree of mental deficiency -in. the child, or, again, it may be induced by a physi. cal cause, such as teeth-cutting or ear ache. As the child gets older this habit is usually forgotten, Toddlers may develop the habit of rolling over on the abdomen and go- ing to sleep wilh the face almost! buried in the pillow. The pyjamas should not be tight and the bed. clothes should be light and warm, A long pillow propped against child's side and legs in bed will pre- vent his rolling over on his face as he 'drops off to sleep. " In all cases where children do not which are disiressing to parents the child' should be examined by a doc-! tor, Where no physical ailment can be discovered, gratifying results have been "obtained by means of sugges-, 55,000,000; tion on these children. This means can only be applied, of course," to children who are old enough to un- derstand what is being said to them, One boy of eight was assured that when he had a favored toy in bed with him, all would be well. Such was hig faith that there was no sad accldent In bed that night and in time the boy was completely cur- MINOR HABITS. Nail hiing, finger cracking and other minor habits can usually bé cured by 4d firm patont, Children, pick up these habits from others, and we believe firmly in discipline in "such cases. They do not occur like, other habits when the child is asleep and' therefore not to be blamed; they are indulged in when the child fis wide awake and probably" bored. Plenty of occupation will soon give a child something more useful to do. Parents should remember that childhood is a period of novelty and experiment -- sometimes conscious and sometimes unconscious, Each child ds a problem in itself, but with encouragement and a little necessary discipline childhood grows into splen. did manhood. Bridge Players Realize North Bay, Ont., -- Four women to- day reported realization of the bridge Dream | player's dream, four hands with 3- card suits, \ \Y At the home of Mrs, A.\Brown last Friday night, Mrs, Brown, Mrs, T, Latrance, Miss M, Kelman and Mra. B, Cavanaugh were. playlng contract. Mrs, Cavanaugh shuffled, Miss Kel- man cut, Mrs. Brown held 18 spades; uy Lafrance, 13 hearts, Miss Kelman; 13 diamonds, and Mrs, Cavanaugh, 18 The women looked at thefr hands in astonishment so acute that they German, 80,000,000; | 000,000; Spanish and Italian, each i 50,000,000; Portugeses, | Among all i world, Chinese ilargest number, ire if ian dialects are included. i en by 160,000,000 and understood sleep soundly or indulge in habits' Languages of The World Whitaker's almanac estimates that among European languages, Eng- lish is the mother tongue of the | largest number, 180,000,000; Rus- 'sia second with 140,000,000; then French, 70,- 25,00,000. the languages of "the is spoken by the about 400,000,000 'Doctor Vizetelly's figures, as given in the World Almanac, are rather different. He gives English as spok- and used by 60,000,000. more who do not consider it. their native speech; German spoken by 90,000,- | 000; French spoken by 45,000,000 but understood and spoken. by; at least 175,000,000 - more; Spanish, Italian, 45,000,000; Portugueses, 30,000,000. : Football At Sing | Sing -- Admission of the public to a foothall game at Sing Sing is in keeping with the policy of that in- i stitution. Those from outside are | similarly welcomed at entertain- ments in the Winter. It is not yet the custom to permit the football team to- play return games. But all things come to those who wait, Next year, instead of the eleven from Williamsburg going to 'Sing Sing, the prison team may go ' to Williamsburg. Who knows? 1t "would hardly be mort surprising than it would have seemed a few years ago had it. then been propos ed to make a prison a sports arena and a theatre drawing patronage from beyond the prison walks. There was once a belief that it ' was appropriate to shut hardened offenders away from society, But that was before it was discovered that they might win fame on. the football field, with the murderer who made a brilliant play moving the visitors to join 'in' singing "For He's a Jolly' Good Fellow." «Boston Transcript. : Autumn Evening The air is a cool linen robe, a sacred And mysiic cloak; From eathern altars drifts the faintly acrid SAN Clean smell of smoke, os Upon' a walk whith elm-tree shadows dapple--t NS \iFrls Trees still bronze green-+ A squirrel lets fall a hard half bitten apple ~~ ' In sudden spleen, : cast-off serpent-skin of brown leaves crackles, Beneath my fread; Iike winged black stars of evening stream the grackles Low overhead, three' [4 7 * Heart Disease Take " Heaviest Toll Cancer Next on List of Dis< eases Public Health Ser vice is Fighting. Washington, -- A new list of pub lic enemies has been compiled in Wa« shington' but it has nothing to do with men and kidnappers. 8 ts a list of diseases against which the public health service is fighting. Heat 'disease ranks as Public En- emy No, 1, It causes more deaths than any other. The 'rest of the lst, according to the number of deaths caused by the aftliciions is No. 2 Can- cer; 3, apoplexy; 4, Bright's disease; < fant mortality; 8 influenza; 9, Sugar diabetes; 10, diarrheal diseases. There is another list, aliments that the most illnesses: eg 1, colds and bronchitis; 2, In- fluenza and grippe; 3, digestive sys- tem diseases; 4, tonsilitis and sore throat; 5 puerperal afflictions; 6, ner- vous system diseases, including head- aches; 17, accidents, 8 measles; 9 whooping cough; 10 rheumatism and lumbago, : Tuberculosis was once Enemy No. 1 among death's causes, but it has been beaten down to sixih place, Its rate 1s 59.6 in 100,000, ig guns of science dropping from se- pes ai to" tifth, with 69.2 deaths n 100,000, ! Heart diseases, topping the st for ears, have increased as a men- Bn Bars deaths to the 100,000 in 1933. A total of 286,356 persons died of heart disease last year, Ig nearest competitor was cancer and other malignant tumors with 128,470 'or 102.2 for ehch '100,000 population, Public healih officials said that while there had been some actual in- crease in cancer, which took sixth place 10 years ago, there also had been marked improvement in its di- agnosis, Ps This ferreting out of 'cancer 'cases, and marking up the true tally against the disease was, régarded as a heal hy { development, since the fight against cancer depends largely on improved diagnosis. . - 'Trade Climbs Washington -- America had a favorable foreign trade balance dur ing Sepiember of $60,031,000 with exports of $191,600,000 and im- | ports totalling $181,659,000. ys The department of commerce, an- nouncing prelminary figures for the month, said that Cuban trade as a result of the Cuban reciprocal tariff agreement which became effeciive September 4 showed a decided pick up. Aorta from that country were valued at $7,439,496 in September as. compared with $6,699,155 in August, 1934 and $6,762,872 in September, 1983. Exports to Cuba were valued at $4,380,392 compar- ed with $3,224,198 in August and $1,902,571 in September, 1933, Strange Surnames Listed To the New York Times: Sir:--1 was very much interested in "Queer English Surnames," in the Times because it happened that I had come across a collection of them that I had made during a six-month stay in England. What do you think of Hunnébun, which Dickens certainly missed and Lady Chattérjee and' Lady Allchin which sound like a Sherldan comedy, Puddephath, Smee, Roadnight, Nut- tin, Savoury, Sharp Gats, Ind Coope Fudge; Eatwell; Summerbee and Toogood were iaken down on the spot. But my American list taken direct from the New York Times numbers nearly 200, and England cannot beat them, How. about Lemonjelly and Jamrozy, Kittenplan, Clutterbuck, Dickensheet; Gingerich; Goodnight Godhelp; Hollowbreast, Halfpenny; Pingpank, Popenoe; Pursglove; Pip- grass, Parysis, Pickles; Panacea; PI- azza and Philipchuck? k You see the P's go the other letters one better every time, How very in- teresting it would be if we could find out the origin of them all,--M.C,A. of Noroton, Conn. ] Helped to Lift Photography ; To Plane of Fine Art New York,-- Mrs. Gertrude Stant- on Kasebler, characterized by eriilcs | as "one who has done more than any other American woman to lift phot- ography to the high plane of fine art is dead at 82, ! Born in Des Moines and trained as an artist, she early turned to photo- graphy as a means of expressing her geniul. She became 'a foremost ex- ponent of the "secess'cnists" who 'the mechanical' detail of photography One: of her most famous collections was a motherhood series, Interest Reduced To 2 P er Cent. Interest pald on savings deposits will be reduced to two per cent as { from Noy. 1,.1934, by all chartered banks in Canada, thio Dominfon gov- } revealed thelr contents cancelling the --Kenneth W." Porter In the New ernment post office Finance Minister bidding, | York Sun, : 2 E. N, Rhodes anaounced recently, Pneumonia, too, fell back before the ~ 'emphasized the emotional rather than. y Trea 'Bn i 5 Ppeumbnia; 6 Tuberculosis; 7, in- ~-- ad dd 3 : Crd ) ; 0.) 3 a y 7 A dl ot a EY / Reding z bt 2 2 a