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n of Indiference Taught luick Method Callic and of D 4 1@ ind 1% he 1ot ‘ut n 10 14 Fhe true manner of preparing for the last mement is to speud all the others well, and never to uxpect that. We dote upon this world as it it never were to 1ave an end; and we neglect the next, as if it were never to have & beginning.â€"â€"Fenelon. " | Seven hundred million years was the estimate f some members of the secâ€" tion of the length of the latter eon and they thought the former to be much longer. Grapite rocks in Manitoba bave been stated to have an age of two thousand billion years. } It is the opinion of the committee that geological time previous to the deâ€" velopment of abundant life on the earth‘s surface is at least as great as geological time from that development wntil the present moment. The sugâ€" gestion is that, therefore, there should be two major divisions and that these be known as "eons." ‘ Ottawa.â€"Standard time consisting of eons, eras, subâ€"eras and periods is the aim of the National Committee on Stratigraphical Iomenclature, Dr. F.J. Alcock, of the Geological Survey of Canada, chairman, told section four of the Royal Society of Canada here reâ€" eently. 1 2,000 Billionâ€"year Rocks Editor Lynge‘s newspaper is pubâ€" lished once a month, despite the proâ€" tests of Eskimos, who complain that they cannot possibly read a whole isâ€" sne in so short a time. _ Its foreign news comes by radio; its Greenland news is sent to CGGodthaab by local corâ€" respondents in all the tiny settlements along the coast. The paper is set up by linotype by the light of blubber oil lamps, and distributed by dog teams and kayaks to readers living within 900 miles of the North Pole. \ Ho is Kristoffer Lynge, a sturdy CGreenlander, 37 years old, who lives at Godthaab, on the west coast. His newspaper is Atuagagdliutit, or Freely Distribated Readingâ€"soâ€"called because the cost of printing and distributing its 3,600 copies is borne by the Danish Government. London. â€" Greenland‘s only news paper editor is in London to study Briâ€" tish newspaper methods and bring new Ideas back to the Arctie. lceland‘s Phis particular experiment or saludy was only one of many which Dominion scientists were carrying on last year in connection with fishâ€" eries subjects. _ Research is in proâ€" gress virtually continually at ihke four stations of the Biological Board, which operates under the anthom!‘ of the Dominion Minister of Fishâ€" In making his tests Mr. Smith used two small concrete ponds on the station property. From the one source he fed a thousand gallons of water into each pond. To one lot of water he added a pound of dried and ground herring waste from a warline cannery, but nothing was Placed in the second pond except the In the St. Andrew‘s experiment the addition of only a single pound of berring meal to a thousand gallons of water was sufficient to make the poud so fertile that it produced nearly a hundred times â€" as many plant growths as developed in a aimilar quantity of unfertilized waâ€" ter at the station of the Biological Board of Canada at St. Andrew‘s, New Brunswick, "a pond or lake which bhas not many fish may lack sufficient food for them, and by addâ€" ing fertilizer the substances needed by the pfants are put in and. as a result, the latter increase greatly in aumbers until finally all the life, in eluding the fish, which are most de{ wirable, is increased." "For instance." says a progress report by M. W. Smith, who was in charge of an experimpnt conducted Interesting tests made by fisher. ies research sclentists working un. der the Dominion authorities have ind!icated that water may be "fertiâ€" lized" in such a way as greatly to increase the plant and animal life within it and thus to make it capâ€" able of sustaining a larger fisk popuâ€" lation than could otherwise be proâ€" duced. Waters Fertilized For Fish Life Federal Scientists Study Fertiâ€" lizing Plan Whereby Fish Stocks May be Inâ€" Produced Under Difficulty "What‘s all this noise about?" Father demanded of one of the twins. "Nanny‘s given me two baths and says I‘m Freddie." _ How many more springs may I hope to see? . . . Five «1 six springtimes welcomed joyously, lovingly watch=d from the first celandine to the budding of the rose; who shall dare to call it a stinted boon? Five or six times the miracle of earth reclad, the vision of splen lor and loveliness which tongue has never yet described, set before my gazing. To think of it is to fear that I ask too much.â€"G. Gissing. BABY‘S OWN TABLETS now _ every â€" grumbling Spring, though men forget, A summer wisdom works behind the wet To bring the rose unfailing to the tree. Day after day I watch til dark, and she, A star of cvimson in a cave of jet, _ Still haunts the more. Unappreâ€" hended yet, Behind the veils of sleep she burns for me, And dreaming how my dear was once a child Who drew the common air with scarce a stir, While men destruction on destruction piled, Or greatly gave, I marvyel how, unâ€" sought, Softly as drawing breath or taking thought, l This haunting rose of womanhood came to her. _ â€" â€"Anor, in the Glasgow Herald. "My baby was so thin his hands were like bird claws. But be thrived wonâ€" derfully after I started giving Baby‘s Own Tablets," writes Mrs. L. Kennedy, Underweight? 3â€"inâ€"One, a scientific blend of minâ€" eral, vegetable and animal oils, is made especially for lubrication of household devices. It cleans and proâ€" tects as well as lubricates. 3â€"inâ€"One cost more to make than ordinary oil but it costs less to use. If you knew what expert mechanies know about Oil, you‘d never use anything else around the house. At good drug, groâ€" cery, hardware, department and genâ€" eral stores. For your protection, look for the trade mark "3â€"in=â€"One" printed‘ in Red on every package. When you consider how much you paid for your sewing machine, vacâ€" uim cleaner, lawn mower, . washer, and other expensive devices, don‘t you think it‘s foolish to try to economize on oil? The very best costs only a few cents a yearâ€"and is really cheapâ€" est in the long run. Always use best oilâ€" say expert mechanics wonder like a child how this can be, How THE BOON OF SPRING Gets theHyâ€" ;v;; time Red Rose Tea Red Label, 25 : Ib. _Orange P ekoe, 38 ; Ib. at reduced prices Hubby (as burglars are heard downstairs): "Shâ€"h, dear! This is to be a battle of brains." Wife: "How brave of you, dear, to go unâ€" .r‘ed." wered prayers And joys unasked, strange blessings, lifted cares. Grand promiseâ€"echoes! _ Thus thy life shall be One record of His love and faithfulâ€" ness to thee. â€"Francis Ridley Havergal. Grave on thy heart each past "redâ€" letter day"; Forget not all the sunshine of the way By which the Lord hath led thee; ansâ€" Through some unexplained means the volumes came into possession of the Mackenzie family after Napoâ€" leon‘s death,. _ Mrs. Bernard Heald, last of the family, died recently in Sussex, England, and her husband presented the books to the dominâ€" jon. 1 The story is that Napoleon orderâ€" ed this translation of Mackenzie‘s voyages that he might be supplied with information to aid him ir a proâ€" jected attack on British North America from the Pacific Coast. It was a fantastic scheme, of course, as apparently the Emperor learned when he read of Sir Alexander‘s advenâ€" tures in exploring the #ubâ€"Arctic and crossing the Rockies. ‘ Ottawaâ€"Three remarkable books, unique in the world, have come into the possession of the Canadian archives in Ottawa. They contain a translation into French of the voyages of Sir Alexander Mackenzie, said to be the first white man to cross the continent of North Ameriâ€" ca, and they bear the inscription, ‘‘Napoleon‘s Copy From St. Helena," and the stamp of the imperial eagle. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plainâ€" ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you wani. Enclose 20¢ in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Books Napoleon Used Presented to Dominion Size 4 requires 1 yard 35â€"inch for blouse, with % yard 35â€"inch for trouâ€" sers. 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The Pills built me up and put me in firstâ€" class condition." l Says Mrs. Doughty: "Dr. Wilâ€" liams‘ Pink Pills Built Moscow.â€"A 10,000â€"mile voyage from Archangel to Viadivostok, circling the long arctic coast of Siberia and passâ€" ing through Bering Strait, is an outâ€" standing ceature of Russia‘s plans for "I Was Terribly Runâ€"Down" st 10,000â€"Mile Polar Trip Planned by Soviet Pc0 o oi e ce on se ~Aiees HP has strength in spades and yet there is not a sure game in no trump. Thereâ€" fore. A should play the certainty and double two spades rather than bid two no trump. By opening the king of hearts, he should defeat Z by three tricks. Auction Bidding Z dealt and passed. A bid one heart, Y passed, B bid one no trump and Z and A passed. Y bid two diamonds, B passed and Z bid two spades. What should A now do with the foregoing band ? At one table A doubled two spades, On the bidding it is a certainty that B ww mpalclkr s C L Heartsâ€"A. K. Q, Clubsâ€"A, Q, J Diamondsâ€"J, 9, 4 Spadesâ€"9, 5 A must have spade strength to war rant his no trump bid, but saw no other way to give his partner addiâ€" tional information, so made the bid of At table No. 2, A bid one no trump, which Y doubled. B was on the job, however, and took A out of the double by bidding two diamonds. Z was now in a difficult position. He knew that two spades. A passed, for he _ A‘s proper bid at either Auction or Contract is undoubtedly a double of Z‘s one club. At one table, A doubled and Y bid four clubs. This was a good bid, for it prevented A and B from bidding. It also forced A to guess as to the proper lead. He led the ace of hearts and then the ace of spades. As a result, Z made fiveâ€"odd at clubs. No score, rubber game. Z dealt bid one club. What should A now with the foregoing hand? Hearisâ€"A, 10, S, 3 Clubsâ€"9, 7, 3 Diamondsâ€"K, 10 Spadesâ€"A, Q, J, 8 ones. In the play, partlculgrl;voi;;‘is apt to become careless with a big Bb Wdsc h s 0ct d s PB sc c i d in The writer was watching a new Club member playing the other day and, as dealer, he passed a very strong hand. When asked why he did so, he replied: "The hand was so big. I didn‘t know what to do with it." This is not an uncommon fault, so learn to be as careful in bidding and playing the strong hands as you are with the weak ones. In the play. partienlariv ana is Which are the easier to handle, weak hands or strong hands? Most players probably will reply that strong hands are easier to bid and to play and that is probably true. Weak hands, as a rule, offer more problems than the strong ones, but the latter are frequently hard to handle. Me Up" Clubsâ€"8, 4, Diamondsâ€"K Spadesâ€"7, 3 Meartsâ€"6 Heartsâ€"J, 10, 9, 4 Clubsâ€"K, 7 Diamondsâ€"none Spadesâ€"K, J, 8, en ow to play Bridee ?;"* AUCTIONL, / CcONTRACT »" $ wyone Perguson Heartsâ€"Q, 7 Clubsâ€"K, Q, J, 10, 6 Diamondsâ€"6 Spadesâ€"K, 9, 6, 5, 2 Heartsâ€"K, J, 6, 5 Clubsâ€"A, 8, 2 Diamondsâ€"A, J, ® Spadesâ€"4 was satâ€" ealt and now bid ARTICLE No. 26 Hand No. 2 Who can complain of being comâ€" prehended in the same destiny wherein all things are involved?} Hand No.1 With rubber at less than 24. a pound, merchants here are supplying distributors with bags of rubber cut into narrow Strips to be used as fuel for starting fires, London.â€"Rubber has now Joined coffee as one of the commodities beâ€" ing used as a fuel. One purpose of this expedition to‘ Northern Land is to take off an intreâ€"| pid arctic patural ‘scientist named‘ Ushakov, who with a few companions has now spent two years in this reâ€" mote and desolate arctic region. ' As far as Northern Landâ€"a large arctic territory which is separated from the northern coast of Siberia by a small strait â€" the Sibiriakoff will have a companion ship, the icebreaker Rusanoif. _ o In announcing plan: for the trip,, Professor Schmidt declared that, while it is hoped to make the voyage withâ€" out interruption, outside of brief halts for purposes of exploration, the vessel will carry provisions for 15 months. The Sibidiakoff will carry a radio apâ€" paratus and airplanes useful for scoutâ€" ing expeditions. | celebrating the second "internationa]? polar year" in 1932. Prof, 0. U. Schmidt, head of the Allâ€"Union Arctic‘ Institute, will be in charge of the ice-f breaker Sibiriakoff, which has been chosen for this exacting voyage. | Both of these hands offer problems of bidding and play much above the ordinary, so study them carefully. Ip C PCTT MCCC EV HRWE Y made & big mistake by not playâ€" ing bhis ten of diamonds so, when B played the eight, it held the trick, much to his surprise. From then on, he had little difficulty in making a grand slam by forcing Z to discard either spades or hearts and thus set up winning cards in either A‘s or B‘s hand. Work it out for practice. If Y had played the ten of diamonds, B could still bave made a little slam by allowing Y to hold the trick. No matâ€" ter what he leads, B can win the trlck.‘ set up his clubs and fore« Z to discard so that he must allow A B to win four heart tricks or a spade and three hearts. Try it out for practice. | Contract Bidding 5 Z should pass. A should bid one | heart and Y should pass. B should bid one no trump and Z should pass.l A should bid three no trump and all : should pass. The play then proceeds | as a: Table No. 2. | T Rubber Firewood monds or the ace of spades. He didn‘t care to do either, so ted a low diamond in the hope that Y would not cover, He then intended to play the eight and throw the lead into Z‘s hand. club. The hid of one no trump is very faulty. The only reason A B at table No. 2 gained by the bid was becaunse the player of A‘s hand at table No. 1 made a bad opening. With a trump opening, the proper one on the bidâ€" ding, Y Z can only make three odd in clubs. It is an ideal band for that opening. Note that the lead, of the ace of hearts, followed by the ace of spades, gives Declarer game. Study this bidding and think ever A‘*s proper lead. ding, Â¥ Z can only make three 6ddhi‘n clubs. It is an ideal band for that opening. Note that the lead of the club isfled with the twoâ€"spade bid and YÂ¥ was forced to bid two no trump or three hearts. He elected to bid the two no trump because it seemed a safer bid than three hearts. He just made the bid so failed to make game, a big loss compared with table No. 1. This hand is a good illustration of winning by bad bidding. ‘The proper bid wit» Afs_ hand is a double of one oA ce c c c oivnd n Eie JC Ee The following hands were played in a recent duplicate tournament and the bidding showed a wide diversity of opinion. The hands of all four players are given, so that you will thus have an opportunity of comparing your analysis with the actual results. )/ Topn ie saind, Ariirarcstains in zds w â€" 2 s t sc Ns i 23 the â€"maximum. Concentration â€" on what you are doing will win more rubâ€" bers for you than any other one thing. ts B dn sA it aie h cssA hand; but remember that bad habits are hard to break. You may lose a trick or so on & big hand and still go game but, if you are just as careâ€" less on the next hand, the trick you lose may prevert you from going game. The only way to become a good Auction or Contract player is to play every hand, strong or weak, for 16 DESTINY Clubsâ€"10, 9, 6, 5. Diamondsâ€"A, 8, 3 Spadesâ€"A, O, 1n Hearts Heartsâ€"9, 2 Chibsâ€"5, 4 Diamondsâ€"Q, 9, T, 5 Spadesâ€"10, 7 3 "’”‘ Then there was the little chap who U.:|on being sent to buy a cake of soap ctiC insisted on having one with a high l¢0'||>erlume. "What‘s the idea, sonny?" een asked the druggist. "Well, 1 want Imother to know when I‘ve washed my iP»| face, so she won‘t make me wash it hile | again." | Windy item from The Commanche, ‘Oklahoma, Clarion: "The bigh wind | damaged two school houses and injured 'three teachers, Miss Elkins, Mr. Tylie and Miss Bennfold. Miss Elkins bad a gable end blown off and was moved six inches on ber foundations." Another record bas been broken by a glider man. Eight times in the hos pital in one week. You can bardly blame the social lion if he longs to relax once and awhile and associate with a few roughnecks. After years of research, scientists have discovered that the kind of bens that lay the longest are dead hens. "Hello! Archie. 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This was the reply: "It didn‘t prove to be a permanent wave." Paulineâ€""Did the hotel you s at last summer overlook the sea Peterâ€""Yes, completely." Tinâ€"â€""What‘s an ppropriate gift for a telephone operator?" A Chinaman opened a laundry on a street between a drug store on one side and a restaurant on the other side.. The druggist put up a sign: "We Never Close.‘ Then the restaur ant put up a hign which read: "Open At All Hours." The Chinaman, not to be ouidone by his n=izhbours, put up a sign which read Me No Sleepy Too." Collarâ€"studs, we read, are never reâ€" ferred to as anything but "buttons" by Americans. We admire their restraint. Tackâ€""Why not give her some ear rings " Maiden Auntâ€""A girl who is enâ€" gaged should never go out with anâ€" other young man." Modern Maidâ€""Oh, it‘s all right! He‘s engaged, too." WOOL. wncimg harmiful acid porisons. 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