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irden Service n t going a take it iinson, 0.k C., ‘s one of the for promoting espoonful of ind the plant, advized. One rtnight apart ! growth and ‘his, I".'". lown, so that dened before 1. Just now, y, slower linid manâ€" given, and advised. A h as pans» sturtiume, must ‘en‘t nice b, which harvestâ€" is popuâ€" o of into ould be, around develop, through & easily we and ‘ plants e depth nd _ at steady t their weather has ‘p culti zing. If id _ will roses, re ht ID 19 as ht at s umme well tivation t‘he first 8NX will for nue wht 7 h m he nd TD Ore 6i} to Tib ab cas "Germany toâ€"day is a strange mixâ€" ture of political and economic forces working in an atmosphere of uncerâ€" tainty. She is like a weatherâ€"beaten ship in a heavy sea under the comâ€" mand of an aged but experienced capâ€" \\aln. The crew, tired out by their struggle, have come to have little faith in the ship, but they inwardly believe that their captain will see them through. Aad so it is with Hinâ€" denburg, who from his armchair far in the background, uses his strong and moderating influence to keep the political scales batanced. On the one gide, the right wing of the Nationalâ€" Ist party and the Stahlhelm organizaâ€" tion have to be guided in the way they should go. To them Hindenburg is still the military commander, and as Prosideat of the Stahlhelm he is in ©@ strong position. On the other side, the loft wing Socialists and Communâ€" ists have to be restrained. To them his personality as head of a demoâ€" ergtic <tate has the effect of steadyâ€" tog thoir wilter schemes and activiâ€" Germany has come through an unâ€" successful war an a revolution which, milthough almost bloodless, was none tho less drastlc in its effects. And Major Newman declares that certain remarkable features in the new order of things throw important sidelights on the character of the peopie. Ho especially mentions the manner in which the German Republic has been mccepted by those who were formerly the strongest supporters of the Imperâ€" fal regime, and he advises us that former high servants of the Republic, which "tends to show that in Ger. many there is a very strong love of country, stronger, indeed, than any bonds or ruling dynasties." Yet, with all their tribulations and misgivings as to the future, it is asserted that the Germans possess that characterâ€" fstic mass patriotism which gives them strength to overcome difficultâ€" tes as long as they are united, and the Republic has "certainly strengthened‘ the unity of the German nation." Moreover, this British writer assures us that it is difMicult to take German: possimism at its face value, and ho adds that their pessimism, “although‘( to some extent justified, does not de-l teive the careful observer." Summing up his impressions, ho finds that: ' it scems to me that Germany, thanks to thewapacity for work of her people, and their desire to participate to the fullest extent in what the new Europe has to offer, has succeeded in recoverâ€" Int quicker than most countries would have done in similar cireumâ€" stances; but that the state of German Anance, industry and agriculture, comâ€" bined with the uncertainty of the F::mlcal situation, has given rise to ‘a state of affairs that can not stand llny serious shocks. But, although hhll may be the case, it is clearly in "the interest of Germany to face her [war debts with a genuine determinaâ€" Alon to meet her obligations, thereby Auspiring political gituation, has givenl ’!rlso to a state of affairs that can not stand any serious shocks. But, al-} ‘!houzh this may be the case, it is‘ Olcarly in the interest of Germany to hce her war debts with a genuine deâ€" etrmination to meet her obligation, ereby inspiring political confidence abroad and making her own path less difficult in years to come. It is only tural that the German people should feel a certain want of enthusiasm at the present stage, but thero are no | reasons to suppose that they will be slow in regaining that position whlchl was theirs before the War." the country is recovering by leaps and bounds, and therefore that her capacity to pay reparations is greater than it is in actual face, or they conâ€" tend that the progress of the last few years is purely artificial, that everyâ€" thing is based on false values and that the country is really on the verge of a serious crisis. While there are elements of truth in both these views, German pessimism of deepest dye geems to some to be prevalent in the mow Germany despite the fact that much credit is given to President vyon Hindenburg on the fourth anniversary of his accession to office for having quictly guided the country through a most dificult period and by so doing making an invaluable contribution to the general stabilization of Europe. But the heavy burden of taxation is weald to be always a specter before the eyes of the Germans, and they can not see the day when German enterâ€" prise will be free to develop to the material advantage of the German people. That there is some measure of truth in the statement that Germâ€" Any is recovering with groat rapidity, and that industry is forging ahead, is admitted by Major E. W. Polson Newman in the London "Fortnightly Review," but ho maintains at the same time that such signs of luxury and spending as may be noticeable "Cn estimating the financial _condiâ€" tion of Germany, most foreign obseryâ€" ers aro inclined either to think that in Berlin do not represent the true fAnancial state of the country. The average German is undoubtedly countâ€" ing his pfennigs, we are told, and personal economies, which are less noted than personal Inxuries, are obâ€" vious to any foreigner who takes the trouble to look. This British observe; of German conditions then goes on to Great Future Seen For Ne German â€" Republic by Major Newman in Lonâ€" 7 don Magazine Sees Germany Former North Sea Base Invites Visitors to Its Beach ‘ Hamburgâ€"Ton years ago a Gerâ€" manâ€"fortified â€" island, Helgoland | toâ€" !day is mainly a popular bathing reâ€" | sort and a station for the study of [Frieslan beasant culturd® and the obâ€" , servation of the 400 or more varietion | of migratory birds who find the fsland | a welcome stop in their long spring and autumn flights. The island, which is now preparing for its summer visitors, possesses a | climate so mild, that, with warm | winters and pleasantly cool sumâ€" mers, in spite of wind the Helgolandâ€" Ien raise figs, mulberries and Mmilar‘ plants. _ The native peasants, simple |fisher-folk and sailors tend their little flocks, their gardens with tho 5000 ffnmod roso bushes and entortain the crowds of visitors. 1st Bn‘, She certalu]y is l(e' and fi-â€"â€"â€"-â€"_.a.â€"â€"-â€"-. m attractive. J "LETS PLAY PiRATES" 2nd Bug: Yes, she is. Sho‘s a A group of English youngsters having a wonderful time at the beach playing "pirate" with the ald of an old daisy! hss l commandeered craft. The bathing beach is now unforâ€" tunately separate from the main isâ€" land and must be reached by motorâ€" boat. Until a few hundred years ago the beach was joined to the main land by a cliff of white chalk, but the Helgolanders broke off and sold this natural _ wall as building material finally letting in the North Sea. 3 The museum with its bird collecâ€" tions, the aquarium with valuable ex-} hibits of plant and animal life of the North Sea, the old church and the high lighthouse are all well worth a visit. A walk about the entire is land to observe the odd rock forma tions, the protecting dykes and quaint peasant houses only takes about an hour and a half, and feaves an ~indelible impression of rugged simplicity and beauty. self understood the difficulties almost as well as the explorer describing his adventures. While his kindly . disâ€" position is sympathetic to the human side of life, he has a strong sense of humor and loves a good joke. He will sit listening to something that amuses him for a considerable time without giving any indicaton of ‘his emotions; then gradually hisg face will light up and his eyes will twinkle with merriment. But when he hears a really good joke he literally rocks from side to side with laughter, Once Fortress > Helgoland Now Is Island Spa _ "Fortunate are those few who have been admiited to the presence of this grayâ€"haired soldier and statesman., None have been disappointed. The popular conception of a fire-eatlng Prussian general with a stern counâ€" tenance and a domineering demeanor fade away in the company of this charming and benevolent old gentleâ€" man, who shows a keen interest in everybody and everything. â€" With his intellect as quick as ever it was, Hinâ€" denburg has been known to follow closgly on the map every move in n‘ explorer‘s journ@#, and to ask quesâ€" tions showing that the President himâ€" sell understood the difficulties almost as well as the explorer describing his adacca oo PSTET V A vivid intimate portrays of Prestâ€" dent von Hindenburg is presented by this writer, who speaks as though he knew his subject from personal obâ€" servation : ’tlu. The President seldom shows ! his authority, and for several reasons , prefers to avoid the limelight. His advanced age does not permit of his | undertaking anything approaching arâ€" , duous duties, and he is only allowed, by his medical advisers, to devote a certain number of hours in the day to work. For this reason he only sees the highest State officials, and thenj pnly when there is the most urgent business to be considered. Further, | there is nothing more distasteful to | Hindenburg than any idea of pushing f hinmself forward. He occupies his posiâ€" | tion as President as a duty to his country, and he shrinks from anything | that might conceivably create the imâ€" | pression that he wishes to occupy the | positio nof his former master. In his old age he needs care and a good deal of rest, but from his modest pal aco in the Wilhelmstrasse he wields a power which is none the less effecâ€" tive. The President lives in the simâ€" plest possible way. A policeman at the gate, two sentrics in the small courtyard and the Republican flag at the masthead are the only outward signs that distinguish the palace from any other building in the street. Litâ€" Major Newman exclaims that the name of von Hindenburg "will g6 down to history as one of the greatâ€" est men of our time." Loyal to the Empire first, and then to the Repubâ€" lic, he is described as serving the true interests of Germany by sinking alt personal feelings and by placing the Fatheriand before all other consideraâ€" tions. The prediction is made that: "When his term of office expires, the question of a successor will be one of the most serious problems that the German Republic has yet had to face." "Besides, I‘ve lost my little receiptâ€" book, and old Bill Scraggs, up at the Manor Farm, borrowed my pencil last night, so I‘ll have to pop along to the Plough and get it back from him. Promiscd to let me have it this mornâ€" ing, he did. T‘ll Bill Scraggs him when I clap my eyes on him. Here, he‘s completely disorganized the Slowâ€" combe and blinking District Railway, and me with three passengers and two parcels." ‘ I told him I wanted a porter. "Now you‘re talking," he said. "I‘ve got a ticket collector‘s hat on just now, but in a minute I‘ll pop on my‘ porter‘s hat, and I‘ll soon see to you. But one job at a time. ,Eirst I‘ve got to pop into the old hut and put on my "That‘s ripped it!" he almost wailâ€" ed. "What do you take me for, misâ€" ter? One of those Robots I‘ve read about. Three pesky passengers, inâ€" cluding you, and two mouldy parcels, and now you want to pay me for a ticket. You‘ll have to wait until the rush dies down. "Phew!" sighed the porter, who had a beard which looked like a nesting place for used tickets. "Just my luck. Here was I expecting a nice quict day, and here‘s a hulking brute of a train. And look at the rush! Three pesky passengers and two parcels, and me here singleâ€"handcd. Three pesky passengers and two pouldy old parâ€" cels, Must be an excursion!" I told him I had not taken a ticket when I started, and offered to pay him for a hrough ticket to Little Pyeâ€" marsh. I lit my pipe and leant back. To my surprise, it didn‘t seem long before the train crept into_Compton Magna Station, picked out a nice comfortable place, and sat down looking thoroughâ€" ly ashamed of itseif. The 9.15 a.m. irain from Minchin Manor to Compton Magna is one of those homeâ€"made affairs. It travelled so fast that it was a real pleasure to sit in the carriage gazing out of the windows and ‘watching the sngils whiz ahead. The Story of the Nine Fifteen ADAMSON‘S ADVENTURESâ€"By O. Jac whaAt‘s THAT ? Oh to be a Kiddy by the English Sea Side "It‘s a goodish time, I reckon," he said. "I‘ve been on this line man and boy, for sixtyâ€"three years. Six‘yâ€" three years come next plowing match, and I‘ve known this station ever since it was a milkâ€"churn. Sixtyâ€"two years it be I‘ve been working this station, and the boss at head statior say if I look after myself I might be taken on permanent," I suggéested that ho must have seen many changes. "You said it, mister," he said. "Why there wasn‘t no railway®here at all when I came here. But we 5211 made I gave it up and thought of writing a note home to say where they would find the body. Then I asked him how long he had been working on the line. "‘SThursday," he snapped. "Missus made hash for dinner toâ€"day, and when thero‘s hash for dinner it‘s Thursday." "Timeâ€"table!" he sniffed. "We don‘t use none of those newâ€"fangled things on this line. Timeâ€"tables. Calendars is good enough for us folk. And I know the trail always goes to Pyeâ€" marsh on Wednesdays punctual." "But this is Weanesday." I exâ€" plained." & "Well, now, let me see what can be done," he said, scratching his head. "Maybe, if you are in a hurry, Joe Timple would run you over in his dogâ€" cart on Friday. Joe‘s sure to be going over on Fridayâ€"that is, unless his daughter Maggie comes home, and then he‘ll be going on Saturday." "But surely there must be another train?" I said. "Can‘t you look up the timeâ€"table?" I told him that it was absolutely esâ€" sential that I should be in Little Pyeâ€" ma_;}!l_gh.at evening. "Then your luck‘s out, mister," he said. "This isn‘t your lucky day at all. If you wanted to get to Little Pyemarsh you should have come yesâ€" terday. The train for Little Pyemarsh always goes on Wednesdays puncâ€" tual." stationmaster‘s hat and see this train off." o When this had been done he came back. "I want to get to Little Pyemarsh," I told him, "and I want to get there in a hurryâ€"whiz!â€"like that." "*Yes, sir, said the guard, ‘as a mattr of fact, she has been off the line for the last seve~ or eight miles.‘ That was a fair have, wasn‘t it? "Don‘t suppose you happened to see old Harry Snatchgrass when you were travelling down?" he went on. "Funny sort of chap, he is. He‘s got awooden leg, and he always runs alongside the 9.15, calling out "to the passengers, who throw pennies out for him." We had reached Compton Magna at last.â€""Answers." . "Here you are, sir," said a porter. "Compton Magna Station. All change here." Just then somebody shook me, and my pipe fell to the carriage floor. "And the funny passengers we have at times. Why, only last week one gentleman who got out here went up and congratulated the guard because the train had been running much more smoothly. A bargain is the hardest tking in the world to camouflage. "And, of course, things happen on this line," he continued. "I well reâ€" member in 1888â€"that was the year old Mrs. Sneegle up at Chewton Tinâ€" drip had some tiles blown off her barn â€"the 8.15 slow train left this very station one morning and was never heard of again, "Of course he cou‘l;i."w;q;li;&“tvhe porter, "but he isn‘t allowed to leave the train. "The trains used to travel fast in those days, too; and the company had to put notices in the carriage:: ‘Pasâ€" sengers are reque:ted not to pluck flowers on the waysido while the train is in motion.‘" I intimated that the train I travelâ€" led on wasn‘t very speedy, and asked if t’llo_ driver couldn‘t go any faster. "And we had no signals. Only a fow signalâ€"boxes. The man in one signal box would write a letter to the man in the next saying that the 9.15 exâ€" prss was coming through, and he was to let it pass. At the last signalâ€"box th treain would pull up and the driver would write a letter hkome telling his wife what day he was coming and be sure to have the dinner ready. one. We just let an engine loose and built s_tatioqs as we went along. ki Both are very slim and almost transâ€" parent, their bodies being practically invisible except for their large black eyes.â€"The Pathfinder, + # GOBY, SMALLEST OF ALL FISH FOUND IN PHILIPPINE CREEKS "Unquestionably| the smallest| fish and the most diminutive of all verteâ€" brates." _ That is the description of a tiny fish found in the tidal creeks near Manila in the Philippines. The fish is the goby and is barely threeâ€" sixteenths of an inch in length Only seventyâ€"five or so speciments of th« species have ever been seen by scienâ€" tists. The male is somewhat smaller than the female. "A man naturally thinks phrenology is the bunk wher he has his head read and finds there‘s nothing in it." Sheffield Telegraph: Though South Africa is endeavoring to establish her own steel industry, the South African railways have just placed a large orâ€" der for steel rails with a British firm. No estimates from Germany we inâ€" vited, which is not unnatural it we remember that the German locomoâ€" tives ordered by the South African Government last autumn have proved unsatisfactory both in construction and design. ‘The city therefore anticlâ€" pates â€" that engineering _ material needed for South African railways during the coming summer will all be ordered from Britain. Toronto Telegram (Ind. Cons.) : (Hon. W. D. Euler, Minister of Naâ€" tional Revenue, estimates that only from two to five per cent. of the liquor consumed in the United States comes from Canada.) Even in the liquor traffic, the United States adâ€" heres to its United States first policy : Why buy from Canada what can be made at home? And more especially what can be made more cheaply at home? As a matter of fact, Canada is only exporting to United States about enough liquor to flavor the homeâ€"made product. _ The latter would be quite as deadly if not quite so palatable without the Canadian flavor. â€" Under these circumstances there is little room for the oftâ€"expressed fear that Canâ€" ada is wrecking the morals or underâ€" mining the health of our dearly beâ€" loved cousins to the south of us. ‘ Sir Flinders pleaded for support of the British public in bringing to light the history of the wonderful Old Tesâ€" tament sites of Southern Palestine, It was Sir Flinders who, in 1923, discovered in Upper Egypt a fourth century copy of Saint John‘s Gospel, the second oldest known, â€" which thrilled all Christendom. Dealing with Philistine remains, he showed the strong Crotan influence in their pottery, which supported the theory that they came originally from that island. A Philistine dagger of steel, with bronze handle, was shown, and Tutankhâ€"Amen remains showed in what high esteem steel was held. CR Eds CCok OPomp POV TCPE CGrke Cew Beth Phelet of the Bible, provided, for the first time, a consecutive serâ€" ies throughout the period of the Hyksos. first appeared about 1100 or 1250 B.C. and heavy agricultural tools belonged to 1150 B.C. Earlies in the week, Sir Flinders, speaking at University College on the Hykos or "shepherd kings" of Egypt, who reigned before 1600 B.C., stated that scarabs found at Tell Fara, the seasons‘ work had yet hardly opened the subject. "We now know," he deâ€" clared, "how Isaac reaped his hunâ€" dredfold crops with sickles made of fiints, set with plaster into wooden handles." Flint sickles continued in use until 1350 B.C., and gradually fell into disuse by 1100 B.C. Overlapping these, the fron sicklos began about 1250 B.C. and wore usuâ€" al trom 1000 B.C. onward. Iron knives London.â€"Prof. Sir Flinders Petric, speaking at the Victoria Institute on the dawn of the iron age, said that clearance of the site of Beth Phelet, southern Palestine, would throw much light on urly Biblical history. Two Reaping Tool of Bible Times Found in South Pales â€" tine Diggings Not German This ‘"Tlus Canada and Prohibition ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Used by Isaac, Windsor: Border Cities Btar (Ind.)? i children were taken at birth from criminal parents, a very smali porâ€" centage would grow up to be the bane of lawâ€"keeping people, Undor proâ€" per environment and upbringing, there is no reason why they should not become respertab‘e ~4¢mberse of Bo old fashioned are the good people in this part of the county that a num» ber refuse to recognize summer time, Some have compromised by putting their clocks on halfâ€"anhour. The villagers work from sunrise tiH sunset, and thke their relaxation im the taproom of the old Fox Inn, where the youngsters were very excited over a "needle game" or darts, and the older men agrecing with cach other that the crops are a month behind time. There is one old man who has steadâ€" fastly refused invitations to listen4n, declaring, with all seriousness and conviction, that wireless is the work of the devil, and that evil is bound to befall those who have anything to do with it. Many of the inhabitants have never been more than ten miles from home, and the majority of the old farmers and laborers have never been inside a cinema or theatre; some have never ridden in a railway train or heard a wireless broadcast. 34 This little village, surrounded by cornficlds and towering trees, has hardly changed since the old cottages were built hundreds of years ago, The village was in existence in 1066, It has no electric light, gas, or water supply, shops, telephone, or moeting hall. There is not even a vilâ€" lage green, _ It shares a policcman with three neighboring villages, Nayland, Suffolk, Eag.â€"The loneliâ€" est yillage in England, which can boast of six namesâ€"Wiston, Wissingâ€" ton, Wisson, Wisseen, Wiscton and Whistonâ€"and one motor«cycle, "one inn, and one dartâ€"board, has just been found by a reporter. One Dartâ€"Board, One Radio Set and One Motorâ€" Loneliest Village With Six Names The explorers brought back one large jaw bone and a part of a huge skull, a thigh bone and half of a stone bowl as specimens, They said that most of the bones crumbled when touched. According to the men, another cavâ€" ern exists at a lower level, They were unable to descend to it, however, as a passageway was blocked by large boulders. Ferrara and Cusilidge were hunting when they discovered the cavern, They came across a small hole in the side of a hill, .Dropping a pebble in the opening, they found it took eight seeâ€" onds to hit the bottom. 4 FIND HUGE CHAMBER _ Later they returned to the hole, bringing with them a long line of rope. They widened the opening and lowered themselves to a point approxâ€" imately 60 feet underground. Ther» they found a great chamber, 400 13208 in length and nearly 200 feet in width. Using flashlights the men explored the cavern and discovered numerous bones. They found another cavern, 156 feet below the first one. This they also explored and there again they found evidence of a race of giants, Dr. Kroock cannot explain how the bones were preserved, for they apâ€" parently date back to the time when this section of California was the coast line, judging from shell fish reâ€" mains found with them. " The bowl is of gr:nite, five inthes in deprth and 14 inches in diemeter, and is said to be far superior in work. muhbe ip to any of the known Indian tribes. * The men noted one peculiar thingâ€" that leg bones were much smaller than those of the man of today. Dr. Kroeck believes that bones of the "giants" and those of a "race of diminutives® have become mixed. STONE BOWL FoUXND. That the ancient people, no matter what their stature was, were accomâ€" lisked artisans, is proven by a stone bow! discovered in the cavern. â€" ~"~"® 10000 in the cavern were much larger than those of the present day race. They said that awhones were twice the size of normal man‘s and that rib formations were nearly the size of a steer‘s. Ferrara and Cusilidge said skulls found in the cavern were larger than those of the nrecan Two rarway employes, Frank Forâ€" rara and Earl Cusilidge, have revealâ€" ed the discovery of a cavern in Calaâ€" veras county littered with the remains olmmtinmmletons.thebom of which are of unusual size. Stockton, Cal.â€"The theoy that a race of giant mon once inhabited the San Joaquin Valley advanced by Dr. J. Kroeck, professor of biology at the College of the Pacific, now is supportâ€" ed by new evidence. Bones of Giants * Found In Caves Railway E.mplo;ec Find Cav» ern in Joggqin Valley, A Matter of Environment IMMENSE sKULLS «>