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OUR CHICKS GROW ER Ra - orders. 1038 prices now ready, Chick Hatchery, Cornwall, Ont, GOD GRANT ME -- God grant that life shali bring to me «a harvest rich in golden deeds, And grant that gomehow I may serve in helping those in direct needs, God grant that with a cheerful smile 1 may allay another's fears, And. give me kindly hands to wipe -away my weeping sister's tears. I would not serve a multitude nor "touch the millions on the way, But grant to me that happiness of helping those I meet -each day. We'll take a today: ~ Wife--"Hello; darling, did you have a hard day at the bank?" ° Banker--"Hey, who are you?" Wife--"Oh, we've gone through that every day for nine years, I'm your wife." Banker--"Have you means of iden-- tification?" "= Wife--"Yen, here's my. -signature. You can compare it: with the one in your file." Banker--"Hh! Looks a little diter- ent to me, but I'll take a chance, Any news?" Wife--'"Yes, Ruth Higgins 'called up. They want us to go over there for dinner on Thursday." Banker--"Hm, How:do you know it was Ruth Higgins?" Wife--"Why, she said so, of course. "And besides, I recognized her.voice." _Banker--"Oh, she sald so, and you recognized her voice? 'Now isn't-that dandy? And you expect me to take a-chance of getting gypped out of my dinner; on flimsy identification like that, 'Before we accept, I. want to. see her myself, and get a written identi- "fleation over her signature! -- "shot" at the banker Read, It Or Not:--Thomas Parr, of Shropshire, England, married a sec- onq time at the age of 120 years, Phe old man was, at least, observ. ant: 'Rural Father--"Why do you spend 80. much' time on the crease of your pants?" College, Son--"It 1s very important, Dad, not to wear baggy. trousers.' Rural Father--"Important, is it? Did you ever see a statue of a famous man who didn't wear baggy trousers?" You can get people to give three cheers for a thing that you can't get them to give anything else for. The kind old lady had just used the public telephone for the first time, and had given the operator quite a: > [bit 'of trouble. 'Atter-she had finished" oF Fn train 'you for 961 ni On- Hi Guel ; exe atte, Dacence "her conyersation she called the ex- change: 5 'Kind Old Lady--"I'm very sorry to have given you so much trouble, "miss, 80 I'm putting another nickle in the. 'slot for yourself," A good way to pile up 'enemies is to sive people what you think- they want instead of what they ask for. / George--"I got a real kick out of "kissing Katherine last night." Charles--'More than usual? How come?" George--"Her father caught me," _ People don't hate you for doing 'them a favor, It is because you keep 'reminding them of it." Young and Inexperienced Father (looking at 'triplets the nurse had just brought in)-' We'll. tako the one in the mid le. ------ is | "One of the most iserable' meén on ae 8 te tellow with quiet, old- uld not stray ULE {Renee vas ort 3 gla glass. of Jot w water ou. v $ pein ins A my pt ei La otter, and, , daily, able to extend the arm more easily," --(Mrs.) P Rheumatic conditions » are often the fesult of an excess of uric acid in the body. Two of the ingredients of Kruschen Salts have the ove of dissalving uric-acid crystals. Other ingredien Nature "to 'expel these ed crystals through the Ea 8 -shop and slumped down in a chair. Man--"Give me a shave," Barber--'You are too far down in the chair for a shave. Ralse up a lit tle, please," - Man--"Al" right; just let ma be: Give me a haircut." ---- We don't mind children enjoying childhood it they'd let us : enjoy grownup hood. Railways Reflect ~Country's y's Upswing S. J. Himgerford, Chairman President of the C.N.R., Com- pares Revenues For This and Preceding Years. The year 1937 has witnessed a fair- ly steady:improvement in: this coun- try's affairs, and consequently: in: the position of the Canadian National Railways, as will be-seen from. the 'following comparison of system Trev- enues for this andi preceding years: 1933--Gross revenues, $148,600,000; net revenue from raflway operation, $5,700,000. 0 ~1936--Gross revenues, $186 600,000; 'Increase over '1933, $38,100,000, 269%; net revenue from railway operation, 000,000; Increase over 1938,- $50,500, 000, 34%; net revenue from railway operation, $18,150,000. How much better the picture might: have looked, had:it not: been for the unprecedented 'drought in, Baskatohe- wangsmay be judged from the crop fig- ures, . Canada's wheat crop for 1987 is 'estimated at 188 million bushels. as against 229 for 1936.and 567 for 1928, mated at 32 million bushels for 1987 as:'against "117 for 1936: 'and '821 'for: 1928, Rise In Lumber Carloadings Turning to the forest products in- dustries, it is encouraging to mote: the sharp rise in Canadian carloadings- of lumber, pulpwood, pulp, paper and ceeded: by 20 per cent. or more: the totals for the previous year. 'A similar 20 per cent. increase has taken place in Canada's tourist business, and a 16 per cent. increase in passenger traffic on 'the Canadian National Railways. Travel by Tail. hag been rendered more attractive 'by: the air-conditioning of additional; trains, and: by an average reduction of 10 per cent. in regular: passenger rates made: in 1936, It is believed that these measures, together with the continued-offering of frequent low fare. excursions, have contributed materially to the popularity of Tailway passenger service. Transportation Problem Canada, in company with many oth- portation problem . arising from the rapid development of commercial' transport which makes use of the pub le highways, Certain other countries. have, by. more thorough regulation of highway transport, come closer to a. solution than has this country, It can. not be'dented 'that tire failure 'of com: mercial motor yehicles to pay a fair .share of the enormous cost of public. highways constitutes a 'lildden subsidy to this form of: transportation,/at the, expense of the': private 'motorist as' 'well as'the taxpaying publfc. A Royal ' Commission, 'recently appointed, 1s now examining into conditions in the Province of Onfarlo, '. farhloned {sats and a very modern, RA A man wet. wearily into a barber and - $15,100,000. ETE UL a ea 1 ©1937 (Est. )--Gross. revenues, $199, ~Saskatchewan's-wheat-Crop is -estl- |.. other 'items which, during 1037, ex- | er 'countries; is faced "with a 'trans- 4 ; 'at one time : Somat close to the His findings, reveéa report of the Smit Washington, | , BAY "the old. 'concept. of al nent of 'Gondwayn South Pole; 20,000 Yeahs J Chief evidenee of 'the S@uthern con. tinent was scratches. of | lacial drift over rocks in these parts of the South- ern Hemisphere, as well "glacial de- posits of gravel. : He sald that some Fool {sts believe that the glaciated lands ormed part of a single land mass mare than 20,- 000 years ago, This mass floated like a raft across the South Pole regions. Continental Drift eory Dr. Watts explained that this theory tinental drift advanced by the Ger- man selentist, Alfred Wegener, Under this theory, the present 'regions ot 'South. Africa, Southern South Amer- ica, Madagascar, Aust New : Zea- land, Tasmania and:Antarctica: broke apart and floated away from each other:over the earth's crust like ice. ~borgs:in the ocean, = ent can be fitted together in fairly goad fashion considering the dates of severance, Dr, Watts sald. fitted in with the hypothesis of con-- Fragments of the supposed contin. -_--_-- Sapien of seed for snring Swit on Canadian farms are none too plen- tiful, according to information reach- ing the Department of Agriculture. "In most parts of the country there is sufficient seed grain to meet re- quirements providing it is not sold: and shipped out between now and seeding. There is, however, a defin- ite shortage of alfalfa and red clov- er seed and supplies of other ¢lover and grass seeds are none too plen- tiful. In the drought areas of Saskatche- wan and 'Alberta, 6,000,000 bushels of wheat, 4,800,000 bushels of oats, and 1,100,000 bushels. of 'barley will be re- quired for seed: Fair crops were harvested in areas' of Alberta, Sas- katchewan and Manitoba, and the best of this surplus, if obtained with- out delay, would be sufficient to meet the seed 'shortage. --- Decrease In Crint Supplies of ' clover. alfalfa and some of the grass seéds are variable in different. provinces. Drought in central and Western Ontario caused great: damage to 'red clover, The 1937 crop reached: only 1,100,000 pounds; 'a8 against 4,600,000 pounds in 1935 and 2,600,000. pounds in 1986. The requirement for seeding in 1938 is about 4,000,000 pounds, with 1,600, 000 pounds of Canadian seed to meet it. 1,300,000 Airport On Dotted Line Wright: Gory: ~1889- 'World's Fair, prs = Mayor F."H, LaGuardia of New York signs the warrant for $1, 300,000 which Purchases the North Beach Airport for New York City, from the Curtis- The. field will] ibe developed fcr use in =eonjunction w.th i the Trained Minnows Answer Food Call Rise to Surface at a Certain Note ~--Professor Claims Fish Make 'Sounds ie -Anglers tell us that certain fish are very sensitive to outside mnofses, and" therefore they keep as quiet as poss- ible on the banks, Others doubt this, . saying that noises have no effect on fish! E Professor K. von Frisch, of Munich University, tells us that some: of the more highly. developed species can hear as well as, if not better than, human beings, Biologists have always been sceptical about fishes hearing gounds, but there are many other "matters in which they are in opposi- tion to practical field observers. Can They Hear? In deciding the question "Do fishes hear?" it is as well to take the word of: those who have tried: practical ex, periments. Professor von Frisch test- ed a number of minnows, training 'food when a cértain whistle, 'was "blown. He tells us that bis: beat: min: Jnows could' pick up the whistle from a distance jof two hundred: yards. These minnows, kept fn: a' large "tank, were! trained to take food only on a certain note; if they rose to the surface oni the wrong note, they: re: "ceived a tap on the head with a twig, "They goon 'learned the difference he: "tween the food note and that denoting danger. 2 Two Methods of Hearing "The Professor tells us' his experi- ments showed that fish have two meth: ods of t hearing, one through the ears, jist dpb 14 ls uroally when your nervous balancs la upeet that you fue) ah health nd apr Reins iy tat yon parnd 'them to come to the surface: to take and the other through the skin. Pike, perch and eels are only able to hear by the latter method, and for this rea- son cannot pick up high notes, al- though there seems to be no limit to their range of low notes. I doubt if many of us have heard a fish make a sound, but Professor von Frisch has found in his experiments with minnows that théy utter small "peeping" poises not easy for the hu. man ear to catch. The total area estimated as sown to the principal field crops in Can- ada for 1987 is 56,678,900 acres, The output of central electric sta- tions. in Canada during October am- ounted to 2,365,062,000 kilowatt hours compared with 2,280,608,000 in October a year ago. "« More than-42,000 miles of railway miléage are in active use in Canada, a mile for every 245 persons of the population, Electri¢ current generated in Aus tria is'being 'exported' to Germany. England has started the laying of bicycle tracks paralleling highways. For Traffic Study Highway Néarly 100 Miles Long Part of Plan to Discover Haz- ards; Survey Carried Out Un- der 'All Conditions, A "test-tube" highway, nearly 100 'miles long, is expected to develop a basis for reducing accidents in Penn- sylvania, Typical as to communities, open country, paving types and dimensions, the test road will apply only to reme- dies which have proved effective, Fur: will 'ba restricted to those which can be put to state-wide use. In: an interview, Mr, Canning, the Engineering Director, expressed high hope for the experiment's success, "So far as we know," he sald, "this 1s the most extensive highway safety test ever undertaken, On a much smaller scale, certain. test observations have been made in the past, but we can find no record of an experiment such ag the one now under way in Pennsyl- vania." All 'Sorts of Driving Conditions The highway chosen has a relative- ly high accident record. through several types of communities and traverses varying landscape, so included. It also contains .widths of pavement common to Pennsylvania, and is paved with different types of surface used on the State's highways. "Complete accident records for the past 12 months will be obtained in a survey," said Mr. Canning, "and wherever it is fcund that highway conditions have been a contributing cause, the Dopartment of Highways will 'be asked tv» eliminata hazards. Major fmprovemierts vill pot Le at- tempiee, hut such riinov improve- ment: aa saper-'evation of curves, lengtl. ning of sight distances, re- mova: of roadside structures and wid- -ening at Lezardous points will be car. ried out as preventive measures," To Last a Year - the accident record for that period will be checked against the record for the preceding year. The result is ex- pected to prove the effectiveness of improvements in eliminating highway casualties, and from the experience gained officials expect to develop a safety formula for State-wide applica- tion. Engineering, education and enforce- ment are the principal weapons to be -|-used against accidents, Publicity-will inform users of the "test-tube" road of the nature of the experiment, so that complete co-operation may be ~ had. MINERALIZING PLANT FOOD NATURAL MINERAL PHOSPHATE Improves Yield and Quality of all Crops For full details write Dept. W. MINERAL COLLOIDS (Canada) LTD. 137 West Wellington 8t., Toronto Minister's Son Invenis -- Invisible Ear Drum The Invisible Ear Drum invented by A, O. Leonard, a son of the late Rev. A. B, Leonard, D.D., for many years secretary of the Board of For- eign Missions of the Methodist Ep's- copal Church, for his -own relief from extreme deafness and head noises, has so greatly improved his hearing that he can join in any ord- inary conversation, go to church and the theatre and hear without diffi culty. Inexpensive and has proven a blessing to many pe people. Write for booklet to A. O. Leonard, Inc., Suite A, Canada- Cement Building, 'Mont- real, Serle hive con. fidence i in the blue colour that assures safe economical, satisfactory heating, be treated killer, it is GRAPEFKO Ry Cometh ~ Test Tube Highway thermore, remedies and 'trafic devices It goes that all sorts of driving conditions are The experiment will last a year, and it br SOV EN transport 'business' in the half of Alaska away from b dog teams, said George M, an air line manager from Non 'he 'headed for the West Tndles 0 "thaw out", - Hundreds of boats of the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean "mosquito fleet" are rotting or being broken up, Taggart said, because his line and others are "dropping about everything that's needed" in villages of the Far North, Nome Is Booming =A "Esquimaux are the only peo who raise dog teams any more," Ble. sald, "and the fine breeds are rapidly becoming extinct." =. Nome, gart's father after being destroyed in. 1934 by fire, is enjoying "the biggest boom since the gold rush 40 years ago," the son sald, and 'the town |s wide open, Ai FR "With gold at $35 an "ounce," he sald, "fishermen and others are going out for it." Esperanto Would "Benefit Mankind {= os Lidia Zamenhof, daughter of the late Dr. Zamenhof, inventor of the universal language, Esperanto, is on this continent on a six months' lecture. and teaching tour, Miss Zamenhof is a graduate of the University of Warsaw, holding a mas-- ter's degree in law, She has travelled extensively in the interests of Esper- anto, Many well-known books have been translated into this language by Miss Zamenhof, Is Used In Parls Since the advent of international radio. programs, telephone serv! ete, 'it 18 an obvious fact that a versal language ds essential. While as yet Rsperanto has. been widely studied on this contingn. it is proving its effectiveness in fore cign chuntries as is Indicated by tis recent despatch from Paris, Fran "Ksperanto henceforth will figure alongside French and English in signs of all Paris railroad stations, designed to guide the wandering foreigner, The Parls Chamber of Commerce is offer- ing courses in the international lan. =~ guage and there are geveral score stenographers who. can take dictation for those wishing to send letters in it. The Lille radio station regularly broadcasts parts of its program in this language," It Is claimed a univepsdl language will be one of the great'factors in' the unification of mankind. Upset Emptied 'Mayan Palaces I 1 A violent social upheaval, rather "than a natural force, may have led the ancient Mayas to abandon 'their Central American temples and pal- aces, according to University of Penns sylvania archaeologists, The theory was expressed by Linton Satterthwaite, Jr., fleld director of an. oxpedition which passed four months this year in scientific work at-Piedras - Negras, an ancient Maya city in north- western Guatemala, Communities, Religious Centres "Many sclentists long have felt that it was the inability of the Maya In- diang to cope with the enveloping jun. gle, or some other natural force, that led to the abandonment of their many elaborate temples and palaces," Sate terthwaite said. Mr, . Satterthwaite explained ° that the communities of the anclent Mays" = as were religious centres, rather than cities 'in 'the strict sense of the word, The absence of kitchens or sleeping quarters in the palaces indicates they were used primarily for religious or civil ceremonies, he sald, Priests Perhaps Overthrown The' fleld 'director sald the palaces doubtless were erectéd at the instance of the priosts, the ruling class among the race, and that building of these sacred buildings probably would not have been discontinued unless there. was some change in the relationship between priests and laymen, "Possibly the change took tha form of a violent social upheaval fn which the priests themselves, and all; that they stood for, were overthrown. "That we do not know, of course. But the discovery of evidence that human agencies played some part in the destruction and removal of sacred oh- jects 1s significant," he sald. Canadian She Lj Show Hug ncrease TORONTO. ~--HFire losses {n Canada for the week ended Dec. 22 aro esti mated by The Monetary Times at i wsampared with $113,360 dure § at seeding "ng week, and with s DELIVERY 5. rtvanid 36 es v viitually re built "by ag: pol SRS A SRA = CN at A = Ye Tan =