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I Smad a column all to ourselves. Now 'a' tremendous' asset. to Canadian THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson | \. NET, : CAMB, RANDOLPH , IOWA, FARM WOMAN, MAKES Oll.. PAINTINGS SIDER weas/ AVERAGE WEIGHT OF 11,000 HUMAN BRAINS WEIGHED WAS NEXT: Please plek the flowers! I: A Farm Wife Chats To Women by Gwendoline P. Clarke Woll, here we. aré¢ again--back for ariother little get-together, You: did read this column last week dldn't you? I surely hope: so; be cause to introduce myself twice would be altogether too much for my modesty. So, if you are won- dering what this is all about, just dig up last week's paper and you will soon find that you-and I have isn't that something? I expect it has been a busy week with you as it has been with us, except, that last Tuesday we did havo & farmer's hollday--fthat is to say It rained, so we took an hour or two off to do a few of the things that had been. waiting - for-- just - such an opportunity. We went to visit a neighbour who had been badly hurt in a fall When we saw him lying there in a cast, practically helpless and probably worrying about the work he wasn't doing, It seemed a mighty fine thing to be up and doing, even it one had only a mod- erate amount of health and strength to catry on the day's |: work. y v » hd On the way home, by making a detour, we came past the new iron ore mine which is being opened up near Milton: You haye- prob- ably heard or read about this mine, which, It the tindings are what the prospectors: hope for, will produce magnetic ore that will be war production. People in: the Mil ton district were quite excited when news of the "find" was first made public but now public inter- est has more or less petered out since, to the uniformed, there is Bearded Biker a = . ARR AE : War hasn't harmed, the possess sions of 62-year-old "Mr, Lld« English: traveler, phis, losopher and | writee--he takes them with, him wherever her goes, Cycling through. a Suse sex town, the roving author is, in: his own words; as "rollin go little to sce. However, if you stand around long enough you find plenty to interest you.: While we - were there the men--tlicro were 'three of them--were connecting long lengths ot pipe ready for dla- mond drilling; One length of pipe after another disappeared down a hole in the ground--and let me tell you this work was pretty steady going. On a log near tie drill were about a dozen small cake pans. One of the pans 'contained a test' sample of: soil, which I pre- sume, had been brought up from the bowels of the earth, No doubt. the other pang were to receive samples. taken. at various depths. All the equipment. was on such a massive scale. The. huge Iron grappling hooks: looked as if each one would take two men to lift it and the head of the churn drill would: make a well-driller's: outfit look like a toy. We were not able to speak to the men--they. were far too busy--and a guard around | the drill and: other .machinery "read: In. no' uncertain terms-- "DANGER: DEEP. HOLE. KEEP OUT." So we kept out--and after a while came home. Our holiday was over! * * . Here is an amusing little hot weather story--and- it.really hap- pened. Yes, right here in one of . our local banks where there aro both men and women clerks on the staff,' There was no one in. the bank, other than the staff, at the time. Suddenly one of the girls pald--"Look, Anne, here's your best boy friend come to visit you." Anne looked around quickly and what did she see-but a little boy, about four or five years old, ab- golutely stark naked. Of course overcome. Presently the little hoy" wandered on--and was just going past the manager's office: when the "head" stepped out. According _to reports it would have taken the brush of an artist to do justice to the bank manager's expression. of amazed bewilderment, After stand. ing for awhile between the double glass doors of the entry the little fellow finally wandered out to the J. street. No one knows who he was or how: he found his way to the back of the bank but he was evi dently out' for comfort, regard- less . . . We aro still worrying away at' - the hay. Partner and a neighbour, both of whom were working alone, 'decided to work together and to draw in from each farm on alter nate: days. Yesterday they drew In from Nelghbour's field. Today it. 'was our turn, And ft rained! But Next time It may be. the other way round, As for me, I have been house: cleaning, picking berries and can: ning; Yes, I've been away. in the wild woods after raspberries and . blackcaps. . I didn't get so very many, Where the berries were good the mosquitoes were bad and chased me out, However I have six jars of fruik put away, Berry picking seems 'to have, gone out my. neighbours say they are: too , old, others that the tramping: ; around {sn't worth what you get. 'Maybe they are right-I don't to pick berries, To: md it has A stone who gatherstno: tlio» whiskers," fascination all its own, It 1s some _ the entire staff was. just ~@&hout _ that's a chance you have to take. "of fashion around. héro, Some of' ! xnow. But I do, know" that as long, ii ap my legs will carry 'me I'm going. reign for ever and ever. ate moc I= DA 00 SO August 8 GOD SHOWS HIS PEOPLE THE WAY -- Exodus 13--18 PRINTED . TEXT, Exodus 13:17. ' 22; 15:17-22a. GOLDEN TEXT -- Jehovah is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation, Exodus 15:2. EA ....Memory Verse: He careth for you. [I Peter 5:7. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING "Time.--1446 B.C. Place.--The Israclites as they went out of Egypt gathered to- gether at Succoth, in the north- east of the land of Egypt. Other places in our lesson are to be found between Succoth and the northern end of the Red Sea "whore the eastern-shore of - the Red Sea. Out of Egypt "And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not by the way of the land of the Philis- tines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: but God led the people about, by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt." The shortest and apparently the easiest route for the Israel- iles to have pursued would have been that which led along the coast. But this'--route passed through the chief towns of the Philistines, a strony and warlike people. So God took. them by the most circuitous route possible --the way of the Red Sea and the wilderness of Sinai to the Transjordanic region and so across Jordan to Canaan proper. 'The barriers of life may be ranked among its greatest bene- dictions.' Bound By An Oath "And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straightly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Ethan, in the edge of the wil- derness." Joseph Lad bound their fathers by an oath to carry his bones with them to the land of promise. ' God Led the People---- "And Jchovah went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead thém the way, and--Hy-- night in a pillar of fire, to give Y L N 4 them light; that they might--go-- th "by day and by night: the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, departed not from before the people." The pillar was at once a signal and a guide. When it moved, the people moved; when it stopped, they 'encamped; where it went, they followed. Divine Interposition "Thou wilt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, the place, O Jehovah, which thou hast made ~~ for thee to dwell in, the sanc- tuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established. Jehovah shall For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Je- hovah brought back the waters of the sea upon them; .but the children of Israel walked on dry "land _in_the midst of the sea." These verses do not contain a -great deal of matter to be taught; and so the teacher should bring ~ to the class the truths set forth in the preceding verses, A sud- den and overwhelming trepida- tion unmans the adversary, and the people of the Lord are un- opposed in their progress. This was the natural result .of the divine interposition, and would have been the actual and uniform consequences, but for the unbe- thing that bolongs absolutely to - country life. The rustling leaves, the singing of' the birds, to me fit is just about perfect. At least it is until I hear the sound of a cow- bell in the not too distant vicinity. Cows . . . and maybo more than that , , , enough sald! I scram! * reversed "yearly caases it to grow brighter: The Book Shelf THE DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS OF NORTH AMERICA "By Francis H. Kortright This is a complete descriptive history of the migratory water- fowl), . It is published by an or- ganization whose sole purpose is the . furthering of wildlife con- servation through research and education. } Thoughtless drainage, wanton burning, ruthless trapping, whole- sale shooting and a thousand other atrocities prophesied from the beginning the ultimate march down the fading trail for Amer- fcan waterfowl. Thé increasingly rapid retreat to oblivion was luckily checked as the last mile- - stone was plainly in sight. In the single intervening decade, determined man, the same man that previously destroyed, has the fading trail and From a low of 28 million water- . fowl in 1935, the population grew to 50 million in 1939; 65 million in 1940; 70 million in 1941; over 100 million in it doubles in 1943. Plates in full color and many line drawings from tho magic brush of the outstanding Cana- dian artist, T. M., Short, add a great deal of interest to this book. 1 The Ducks, Geese and Swans of North Amgrica . . . by Francis H, Kortright . . . The American Wild. life Institute . . . Price $5.50. 'Road to Messina KCATANIA [cl canic Mt. Etna- and up to the point where Sicily is closest to Italy runs the road to Messina {cone classi¢ Catania, past vol- hat Is an Allied highway of conquest, lief and disobedience of the chosen people. The Waters of Marah "And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tim- brel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to Jehovah, for he hath triumph- ed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he throwa into the sea, And Moses led Israel on- ward from the Red Sea, and they went out into. the wilderness of Shur." When the people came 1942; let's hope to Marah they found tbe waters' here so bitter that they could not drink of them, and at once they began their customary murmur- ing against Moses. When Moses turned to the Lord to ask Him what todo, he was divinely directed to a tree, which, when he had cut it down, he cast into the waters, with the result that the waters were made sweet, 7 The chapter closes with the Israelites resting at Elim where there was'an abundance of water and welcome shade. 'There are more Elims in life than Marahs; and we encamp by them. We are not bidden to tarry at the one, but we may spend long days at the other. How refreshing the shadow of those seventy palm trees! How sweet the water of those twelve wells! How de- lightful those long restful daysl You say that they will never come to you? Yes, but they willl They come to tired souls. "There is no desert march without an Elim at last) a Re Eh ess ATRETICNT soldiers --take=over- tie gasoline rationting- protien -this- Sicitine-vitlage-as- they seize TF =e ans a station, with Mussolini's title "Duce" repeated several times on its walls, YANKS WILL RATION IL DUCE"S GAS Se dae Nh 3 PRE * ' It you have a dictionary in the house, see if you can find the word "Electronics" llsted in it. Unless your dictionary is a very recent edition, the word will be missing. While not exactly a wartime science "electrofiics" are going to war in a big way right now. No doubt you've noticed pictures of war action In Sicily, obviously taken just a fow hours before they © were published in the press. May- be you've wondered how such speed Is accomplished. Plctures from the battlefront to the front page arc now just a matter of minutes. Pictures by radio and wire are but two modern appli- cations of the science of elee- tronics. They'ro annihilating space and time. A war picture of troops in action Is taken, say, in Sicily. It's flown over to Allied headquar- * ters in Algiers, or maybe Cairo. As soon as passed by the Tocal censors, the photograph is radioed or wired over the Atlantic to _ America. Within a few minutes it 48 relayed by land wired all over the North American Continent. _Under ordinary conditions It is possible for North American news- papers to publish photographs from the wir zonds of Europe within two or three hours of their transmission - by radio or cable from overseas, ' . * . Some of the mee enquiring minds among our readers may wonder how it's done. The photo- graph to be transmitted hy radio or wire is wrapped around a cylin der with the picture on the out- side. The cylinder is then slowly revolved, and as this happens a amall beam of light is projected on the surface of the photograph. is picked up in its varying propor- tions between black and white and 18 recorded by a photo cell which converts the reflection into elec- trical impulses. The electrical im- pulses are sent over the alr ay radio or through = trans-ocean cables. On this side of the Atlan- tic is a "recelving set" which re- cords the electrical transmission on a sensitized film, such as you use in a camera, and which also is revolving on a cylinder. The film is developed, and lo and be- hold you have the picture ready fore wire transmission to the newspapers, Amrelca-wide. Actual- ly It takes about dight minutes to radlo or wire the picture. * * Many of our - listeners thrilled to the mystery stories of | the "Green Hornet" with their spine-tingling. episodes Saturday ,ovenings at 7 o'clock over CFRD, Toronto. From now on you can re- gerve your cold. shudders for Sun- "day evening, 6 o'clock, samo sta- tion. . The sponsors of the "Green Hornet" think they can work up that cold clammy perspiration of guspense better on Sunday even- ing than on Saturday. So thoy've changed the day and the time. There's less competition from the movies and the Saturday night partles, . . Almost as far back as one cans remember In radio, the Citles Ser- vlce Radio Concert' has-been a "must" on the listeners' routine | RADIO REPORTER x ros Tho light which is reflected back _ have d . the symbol of a delightful program of entertainment. The now "Cities Service Musical Re- view," a Monday-through-Friday feature of CIFRB, heard at 7.15 | each night over CFRB is just ono of those enjoyable features which seem to fit into a habit-forming category. . . * With the breaking of the long- awaited news of invasion, C.B.C.s "Comrades in Arms" joyfully changes all of its program plans from the "on the mark and ready" signal, to the "advance on tho enemy" presentation. For many months through the medium of this series of broadcasts Canadian listeners have been given an ac- curato and gomprehensive picture of what goc¢s into the making of a soldiér, sailor or airman. With Canadian soldiers now involved in active battle in the Meditexrinean zone "Comrades in Arms" 18 In- terpreting the results of that ine tensive preparation for combat. A vignette of what Canadian forces aro actually doing in the fighting zones will be given on Friday, July -30, at 1p.15 p.m, over the C.B.C. - and from all reports that is plenty. hd Don't Ask Service Men Any Questions Be fair to your service man, Don't ask him questions. Don't press him for information about what he knows, about what he learns, about what he guesses. A senior © officer, buying new equipment, mentioned it, with his sailing date, to a lady friend. He is in prison, Another officer, writing to his wife, described his arrival at a British port in a convoy of Americans and RAF, He was dismissed from the serv- ice. An R.A aiveraftman has been fined for carcless talk, OUTDOOR KING HORIZONTAL Answer to Pr evious Iuzzle 14 Beetle, » HPN . 1ictred (ys HOR Tv] [RTTTNI<] 16 Tossings. a 0B[1| [LINICIOME] JALE E] 18 The soul 7 It has -----, WOE R url siLiE]Y] (Egypt). 113 Tantalize. 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