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PAGE 6 MEIER PAPERS’ OPINIONS A valuable feature of present day thoel training is the attention which schools. The many childre teens. can 01 grandfathers to think on which many thousands, h schools. The immediate result is that many children, barely started in their teens. can outdo their fathers and grandfathers as speakers. The ability to think on one‘s feet is an asset forg which many men today would give thousands, but it can best be devel- oped during early school years. It is also a splendid means of training the mental powers. One hears some clever nations at the township school fairs. Some of the orators are almost too eloquent and flowery, indicating that an older person has had a large part in the composition of the speech. Or- stions of that kind are not as valuable and it would be well to confine the subjects to those with which the pupil 4_‘£LL-..- A" vav- v' -__ is familiar and can handle without asâ€" sistance. Frequently a young debater who has delivered a perfect oration "5 given away when it comes to his extemporaneous reply or rebuttal. The am: he handles his rebuttal shows U -wv â€"- av.-- hates a good deal of attention should be given to the rebuttal speeches of the leaders.â€"St. Mary‘s Journal. ~’~â€"-â€". Students at Toronto University The city of Toronto does not pro- duce half the students who attend the Provincial University. According to the President's report. just issued. 2,631 students came from the city last *â€"‘---â€"- “A“ '"uuvâ€" year. and the total registration was‘ 5.986. The province of Ontario, out-l side. of Toronto. suppied 2,748; Saskw atchewan. 127; the United States. 103; British Columbia. 79; aManitoba, 60.5 Alberta. 49; Quebec. 28; Nova Scotia.. Canada and United States. 3 Of the counties of Ontario. it is not. always those nearest from which most! students come to the University of To-' ronto. The figures for the first fifteen? omrnties are as follows: Wentworth. 224; York 198; Simcoe. 152; Wellington 109; Carleton. 105; Ontario. 103; Wat- erloo. 95; Huron. 93; Grey. 85; Elgin. 784; Perth. 7'7; Middlesex. 76; Peel, 73; Bruce. 71 and Brant 68. From every one of the fifty-four counties and dis- tricts in the province of Ontario young men and women came to University of Toronto. The retail merchants of Ontario «and the largest number of students to the University of Toronto. C students entering the University first year. 148 were the sons and daughters of retail merchants. Farm- ers come next in order; they sent 139. Artisans sent 138 and clerks and sales- men 131. It would seem. therefore. that higher education in this province is very democratic. Manufacturers are not far behind. Their sons and daughters to the num- ber of 81 entered the first year. The clergymen of Ontario are represented by 76 entrants; physicians and sur- geons. 60; teachers, 53; business man- agers. 51; transportation men. 48; law- yers. 44: insurance and real estate men. 40; wholesale merchants. 30: “amnion mph 29: engineers, 28; financial men. 29; engineers, 28; iournalists. 21; and dentists. 16. Commenting on these figure... Sir Robert Falconer says: "It is obvious that far more students proportionately come to the University from profes- sional homes than from those whose reflects the changing soc1a1 conditions of the province.”â€"â€"Hanover Post. Farmers disposing of horses to'!; buyers here on fair days should in- '; sist on receiving the hard cash. Some E “Toronto buyers will purchase a horse md give a dollar to bind the bargain.‘: After the local banks have closed the: buyer will tender a cheque for the bal-5 (race. The seller cannot cash his? .heque till the next day and another; jay passes before the cheque reachesl the purchaser‘s bank. In Other words,; the buyer has the horse for threeE days before called upon to cover the:i cheque. We have been informed byg one who has been trimmed that in? those three days the buyer will have; the animal out and discover some al-E Ieged defect. The buyer then phones; the seller that the animal is not re-E presented. and to come and take it away. In the meantime the buyer has stopped payment on his cheque. andE the seller is left in the lurch. The purchaser then suggests reducing the prime.- S..5 or $50. and the farmer. real- izing what it will cost to have the horse returned. agrees to the cut, and 1‘s out on the deal. When Selling Horses Get Hard Cash Valmble Feature of Education stand it. yourself phat you are free, but so far as pecumary remuneration is concern- .of luck. We read of perfect oration t comes to his ’1' rebuttal. The rebuttal shows ;peech was just of somebody whether he has Of 1,413 y in the ior farmers have demonstrated suffic- ient executive ability to undertake in hand. It is time for the respective. organizations to render a larger service to their communities and launch a real movement for the improvement of agriculture in their districts. 1 o { The junior farmers could well un-i ldertake more work on their own ini- tiative and depend less on the Agri- cultural Representatives and outside |leaders. In this way, self-improvement twill be eflected, and greater service will be rendered to the communities in which junior farmers reside. i A greater efiort might also be made |to effect a closer co-Operation with iservice clubs and urban organizations. ERural and urban dwellers must, of necessity, come closer together in the ordinary routine of business and gov- ernment. If equality is to be estab- lished and prejudices banished. the LLA l y0‘ The newspaper has become so dis- tinctly a part of the community that it is difiicult to conceive of a commun- ity of any great proportion devoid of a local newspaper. Not less insepar- able and mutually dependent are the newspaper and business. It is virtu- ally impossible to point out a business success within the last two decades which has been achieved without the aid of newspaper advertising. On the other hand numberles failures can be traced directly to inadequate appropri- ations for newspaper advertising. Under modern economic, social and. commercial conditions a city or town would become an actual. reproduction. of the poetical reproduction of the “Deserted Village". if deprived of all business enterprises. Neither could a store exist where there was not some semblance of a community. The rela- ltions of the newspaper to both com- !munity and business is diflerent in idegree only. Town, stores, newspaper gand newspaper advertisements grow up {together. Taken as a whole one can gnot prosper and expand unless all lprosper and expand.â€"â€"Collingwood prosper Bulletin The small boy asked his father what a monologue was and was told that it was a conversation between his father and mother.â€"Galt Reporter. We wonder what significance there is in the fact that “applause” looks as if it were an abbreviated form of “ap- ple-sauce".â€"Topeka Journal You see all kinds of musical instru- ments in pawn shops and second hand shops, but you never find a bag- pipe. How come?â€"Kitchener Record. Nature doubtless is grand, but it was not a very brilliant scheme to put most of the vitamines in things you don’t likeâ€"San Francisco Chronicle. E. Thrasher has been re- -e1ected the Expositor. Will Irwin is less than encouraging when he says that he could promote good relations with Latin America if if we had better mannersâ€"Buffalo Courier-Express. The man who acts like he is the whole cheese is usually only a small picc;.â€"-C:ha<:m Times. The: dark mornings are ideal for sleep. if one does not have to get up and go to workâ€"Brandon Sun. The most ineffective advertising is tint which is better than the merâ€" chandiseâ€"Kitchener Record. Think of the joy those baskets create in poorer homes than yours, and then help the Santa Claus fund.-Galt Re- porter. t More than one gambler in stocks has become convinced in the last few days that there is no Santa Claus.â€"â€"Kit- chener Record. A book is being printed in New York on paper made from cornstalks. Now we'h see whether book-worms can weave cob-webs.â€"Border Cities Star. Japanese movie censors are limiting film kisses to 30 seconds. This seems almost long enough to express the most ardent emotion. â€"Ottawa Jour- Human nature is the same at all ‘* A baby’s first yell means 1“.-. 5""? 1" 5‘ .â€"Listowel Banner. -‘ no. a. -' The three bachelor political leaders at Ottawa have a new bachelor com- panion in the person of Georges Jean Knight, the recently appointed French minister.â€"Lethbridge Herald. but praise for the new minister. J. noticed that when they passed the collection plate around.â€"Sarnia Can- O A I ’ The silk stockng, we understand, is an invention of the sixteenth century,‘ but not until the twentieth _ genturyl adian-Observer. Premer King was fifty-four years of age last Monday. It is time he started thinking. abqut some one to take care She was a damsel fair to see; A gallant bachelor was he: He offered her, on bended knee, A richer rival came in view; Of maids he’d learnt a thing or two He flashed before her eyes, so blue. TWO DIAMONDS. They married. Next a. change of scene. 2115 love became a mere “has-been”; He spent his time (he said) between CRISP COMMENT Must Grow Together Fortesque says she"s_ pothing '_â€" v 5' - running order.â€"â€"Brantford of ii-_}ijé¢b§lered.â€"Montreal for CORNISHMEN ARE CHAMPION MINERS We doubt if many Cornishmen came to Canada with .the other British min- ers to try their hand at harvesting for a recent writer remarked: “Wherever a hole is sunk in the ground today-â€" no matter in what corner of the globe â€"â€"you will find a Comishman at the bottom of it searching for metal. Australia has produced about £620,- 000,000 worth of gold as well as other ‘minerals to the value of a few hund- ,red. millions more. Victoria alone has produced about $02,000,000 of gold. It has been said that the Cornish miners and their descendants have probably done more by brains and in- dustry toward that immense produc- tion than the maple from all the other English countries and all other coun- tries combined. I’ersistencc of Traits A volume recently published “The Cornish Miner: An Account of His Engineers, gives a very interesting ac- count of the life of the Cornish miner. I-le traces the progress of Comwall’s tm mining _from the time of the R0- _ -‘_A J .._L‘. A“:L:Aâ€" um ALWuaa - mans, and has ransacked authorities, often obscure, in order to set doWn the extra facts of industrial development and to portray accurately the life of the miners and their families at dif- ferent periods. He has had to confine his attention chiefly to the life of the Cornish miner in Cornwall, but there are brief references to mining in South Africa, America and Australia. The Cornishman’s racial traits and habits persist in any environment. When a party of Cornish miners ar- rived on an Australian goldfield they transplanted to their new land a sec- tion of Cornish life and character. In his book Mr. Jenkins points out that “Cousin J ack’s” dialect, expressions, sentiments, habits, sports, religious practices and general mode of life are much the same in his more prosperous Australian days as they were at St. Ives and Redruth, and his children. and grandchildren reveal the nature of their breeding. Moreover, those of other races who work and live among Cornishmen often acquire their pecu- liarities. and in many cases can hardly be distinguished from them. A Master of Tools ' Work at a mine requires the mastery of many tools and the miner is gen- erally a good all-round mechanic. The Cornish miner’s mechanical skill is notable. The mining towns of Vic- toria supplied thousands of examples in their days of prosperity. The, Cornishman, in his spare time, made , additions to his house, constructed . furniture, cultivated fruit, vegetables, ' and flower gardens, and did almost ’ any job connected with the household. He was his own carpenter, painter. . bricklayer, cabinet-maker, gardener l and laborer. The author observes that _ as far back as 1864 there were 800 miners’ homes in Camborne. (Corn- ' wall), most of them with beautiful cot- ; tage gardens, that were wholly built t; by their occupiers. The report of the t British Royal Commission that inquir- ed into affairs in. the mining districts .in 1842, stated that :‘w‘hen‘a.man is I not only a. miner. but a builder, a farmer and a fisherman as well, no surprise will be felt at his being both intelligent_ and. yell informed.” .A ___' - .1 __ Seekerz: After Knowledge. Although many of Australia’s early Cornish miners were almost wholly il- literate. there was no more earnest seeker after knowledge than the Corn- ish miner when he had opportunities. ~'J‘ery often. after working all day, he attended a night school conducted by one of his workmates who had made better progress. Some devout, self- taught miners have even gone to the extent of studying Greek and Hebrew in the hope that they would some day be able to read the Scriptures in the originals. That the Cornish miner was endowed with a species 01' instinct which made him capable of solving certain problems that seemed to de- emand the calculations of geometry is shown in the following illustration which the author quotes; _ A L --A--- -A 'V LALVAA voav wâ€"v_â€"-_ _. __ “However did you arrive at your re- sult?" asked a government surveyor on one occasion, with some astonishment, on being told by the working miner the solution of a problem he himself had figured out by the aid of trigon- ometry. “Why, sir” replied the man. giving a slight nudge to one of his companions, “I tell ’ee I mizured un up braave and careful. and I found the length of un was two showl bilts, three picks. a mallet. four lil’ stoans and, as far as I cud spit, jus’ ’zactly.” Saved. Many Miners The Cornish miner, although un- educated could give the tonnage in the |“backs” on the leg of one of Bendigo’s saddle reefs more quickly and as cor- rectly as the visitor )th set down formidable problems. in mensuration. “GUI“LU“ vvvvvv r__.._ to be a miner, and usually had his way. In Cornwall, it is said, and the same may be applied to Victoria, that “many a mine has been saved at the eleventh hour by some skilful trib- uter following up indications of the lode and thereby discovering new mineral deposi In AuStralia, as well as in Cornwall, the miner was always _ready ‘to. invest the few pounds __. L1... aka-“nae AF 1111‘! mining booms the chief investors were men who had come from the shafts and the stapes. Mr. Jenkin says that “considering the conditions under which they lived, and the way in :which they were regarded by the rest of society, it is indeed remarkable how loyal the mining population re- A group of Hungarians nuns uu the border of Bridgeburg and Fort Erie, Ontario, are petitioning the Fort Erie Council to provide a. night school finafion *mto‘ the life of Canada wo be greatly helpedâ€"Woodstock Sentinel Review. vâ€"vvâ€" ___- _ mans are seeking, _the process of their Nearly every boy who enters business’ life Without the advantage of a good education regards the position of of- fice boy as the most natural, if not the only door; and in the main this is true. There must always be office boys. no matter how many new busi- ness appliances are invented; but the supply, although equal to the demand in quantity is unsatisfactory in quality. An ofice bOy with the idea of obed- ience firmly fixed is already well equip- rped for his duties. In a Western city -m:-_ A: ‘ ‘IV“ -v- -â€"â€"~ a boy lately entered the office of a business house from a good home. One day his employer told him to do a certain thing, and having found it undone later in the day, asked the boy why he had negleoted it. . 2L '9 m-- IV --J _â€"v __ “Oh I didn’t feel like doing it,” was the answer, made naturally and withâ€" out a though t of being impudent. But the employer promptly knocked the boy down. . L A_-â€"_ -â€" U‘LV "VJ “v 'v â€"- The interesting sequel to the story is that when the boy went home, it was not to complain of the employer but to upbraid his parents for never hav- ing taught _hr_n . to obey. --â€".:--..4- m... ‘5 "“°--' â€"â€"â€"â€"_ er: v â€" - - His complaint was not unjust. To whom should a boy look for the great lesson of obedience, if not to his par- ents. A generation ago he might have} got some knowledge of the value of discipline at school. but the abo ’tion of corporal punishment and the changed public attitude toward pun- ishment of any kind have robbed the schools of most of the disciplinary value they once had. Only the other day the old teacher died who was credited by the late Roscoe Conklin with having made him a Senator of the United States, by a thrashing he lonce gave him in school. -_-L_ :-A :n wjf‘heavre'sponsibility of parents in in- culcating obedience is greater now than ever before. Not even a school for office boys can do all the work. Little Joe Saronoff had a yellow‘ dog that was a perfect nuisance, but so devoted was the boy to him that he could not be persuaded to have him klled. One day his father had been unusually annoyed by the antics of the dog. He called Joe in from play and said: “Son, I’ll give you $5 if you will get rid of that dog.” It will payyou to advertise in The Chronicle. Joe’s face expressed great amaze- The joke is on John Barrymore. Under the direc- tion of Ernst Lubitsch, he, Camilia Horn, Mona Rico and several other screen celebrities were to spend three weeks at Lake Louise in the production of an alpine picture “King of the Mountains”. With him he took a carload of Hollywood snow. This was fine business for the railway companies, but almost worse than carrying coals to New Castle as the party discovered when, from their windows in the Chateau Lake Louise, they looked across the lake to where Victoria Glacier hangs with crystal splen- dour the year round. High up on the mountain side, a short saddle ride from the Chateau they found plenty of snow, and hes; Mr. Barrymore is said to have amazed the professional Swiss guides by his dc ing. In portraying the role of a daredevil moun- taii. :er he scorned the use of a double and sprained 1201?: his ankles. Hobart Bosworth and Victor ‘ 1‘ r; "i support Barrymore in the picture staged at ”ska: Louise. ' I John Parrymore is one of the few Americans to MW :3 Swiss Government certificate for the climbing .6"? Mont; Blanc. Ha thereiore knows whereof he TEACH OBEDIENCE Getting Rid of Fido FADAQQ499 SPEAKER T looks as it sounds an sounds asgoodasitlooks. Ask for a demonstration. George McLaughlin arm‘mflWfi ment at the thought of so much mon- ey belonging to him. He looked long at the dog, and finally told hs father he would agree to the bargain. The following father and said: Fido.” â€" â€"â€"â€" w_ v, Here’s your money ;' you’ve earned it. How did you get; rid of him?” “Why,” answered the clever son, as he put the money in his pocket. I swapped him to Billie Snags for two yellbw pups." Raw Furs Wanted Raw Furs of all kinds for the European Markets for which I will pay the High- est Market Price. BEEF HIDES HORSEHIDES SHEEPSKINS HORSEHAIR and FEATHERS Bring them in to my ware- house or write or phone and I will call for them. 1 Door North McLaughlin’s Garage Phone 66. A. Tinianov $3815 $1531an so glad. Joe, ” said the father, day Joe sought his “Dad, I’ve got rid of speaks when he says that. the Canadian Rockies, for beauty,_ chagm anq thnlls may not be surpassed f__- __--_- Anc:‘-l\ n “11th’ 0‘ wwfifififii {he past few. years quite; a number 01 movmg picture. compgmes have “discovered” the Canadlan_Ro<_:k1es._ Wlth hegfigyarters say at Banfi â€"‘-â€"â€" A:A‘l\â€"AA A: uanauiuu nvcnaco. u Aves vawu‘â€"â€"_ --__ ___ U or ake Louise they are within easy distance of almost every scenic background which might be desired. The low rolling foothills give the color for the cBWboy variety. Somewhere, although perhaps high up, snow can always be found.. The myriad lakes, streams and waterfalls, high clifis and rugged trails, the motor roads and the railway, pack-ponies, dogs and wild life, the peaks and pine-clad valleys bridges and tunnels provide varied prOpertles m proximity obtainable 1n few other locations on the continent. Many of the thrillers one sees now were filmed in the Canadian West and with the estabhsh- ment of a Canadian film production company at Calgary, 3 Canadian Hollywood is in a fair way to becoming built up, particularly as the long. hours of sunshine and the clear atmosphere for which Banfl is famous are two of the major essentials forsaccess- ful camera work. The Banff Winter Carmval also 0’ provides a splendid background. Durham Professorâ€"“Can you give me an ex- ample of a commercial appliance used in ancient times?” Studentâ€"“Yes, sir, the loose leaf system used in the Garden of Eden. Tourist (in village store)â€"“What have you in the shape of automobile tires?” vâ€"uuvâ€" Salesladyâ€"“Funeral wreaths. life preservers invalid cushions and doughnuts. It will pay you to adz'ertisc in The Chronicle. Thursday. December 27 1928 U annoy-J “v v years quite "a. fifiifiber of .. 1.-.". “1Hannvoror‘” the x z BBS. JALIIESON JAMIESON Office and residence a snort dist- ance east of The Hahn House. on Lambton Street, Lower Town. Durham. Office hours, 2 to 5 pm., 7 to 9 pm. (except Sundays). Office and residence at the corner of 1 Countess and Lambton StreeLs. oppcâ€" ; site old Post Office. Office hours: 9} to 11 am., 1.30 tq 4 p.m., 7 to 5 11m” (Sundays excepted). Physician and Surgeon. 031cc Garafraxa Street, Durham. Graduate University of Toronto. Eyes tested and corrected. Oflice hours: 2: 10;) C. G. BESSIE McGILLIVRAl Chiropractors Graduates Canadian Chiropractic College. Toronto. Office in Maciarzanc 182130ck, Durham. Day and mgm phone DR. W. C. PICKERING. DEVTIST Oflice over J. d: J. i: unters don.- Durham. Honor graduate of the University 01 30C Toronto. Graduate of Royal College 3 A. Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Dentis- l‘ ‘ try in all its branches. Omce Calder ’1‘ Block, Mill Street. second door east 01 = MacBeth's Drug Store. J. L. SMITH. M. 8.. M. C. P. S. O. Legal Directorv J. H. MacQUABBIB B. A. Barrister. _ Solicitor. etc... Dmham. Branch office at, Dundalx open an day Friday. Barristers. Solicitors. etc. 2-. member of the firm will be in Durham or. Tuesday of each week. Appomtments may be made with the Clerk in the office. Licensed Auctioneer for GreyCounty Sales taken on reasonable terms. Dates arranged at The Chronicle office. George E. Duncan. Dundalk. 0111.. fli 1 ‘1 '10 9‘ Auctioneer. Grey and Bruce. Sales promptly attended to. Satisfaction guaranteed. Terms on application. Phone Allan Park Central 9r515: r on 00¢? J. F. GRANT. D. D. 5.. L. Hanover The Durham U. P. 0. Live Stock ASSOCiation will ship stock from Dur- ham on Tuesdays. Shippers. arc- requested to give three days' notice. James Lawrence. Manager. 'D'hnnn m1 r13 Durham. R. R. 1 Phone 601 r 13 The School is thoroughly equipped! to take up the following courses: (1) Junior Matriculation. (2) Entrance to Normal Schoo'l. Each member of the Staff is a Uni- versrty Graduate and experienced Teacher. Intending pupils should prepare enter at beginning of term. Information as to Courses may be obtained from the PrinCipal. The School has a creditable record in the mast which it hOpes to maintain IO . The School base crealname I‘L‘uuxu m the past Wthh 1t hopes to maintain in the future. l VIZ DURHAM HIGH SCHOOL COCKERELS BRED TO LAY B Your chance to sec Vollett, Duham. Medical Directorv Distinctive Funeral Service at Moderate Cost No extra charge for 11w use of our Parlurs. Phone RI 4344 'Toronto 122-124 Amen (M, John W. Bates R. Maddocks FORMBRLY OF FLESHEBTON Classified Adv Dental Directorv NOTICE TO FARMERS GEORGE E. DUNCAN DR. A. M. BELL 9' '1') .mf (Sundays excepted I! LUCAS HENRY JOHN AITKEN FOR SALE to secure 800d Durham 3112281) 24 2811 RENT C111 1:001 IN 1’00: SP2 on the t0 hl'