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You send out your chain letter, with five names on it, your own name be. ing the last. You send it out to five different persons. Each one of them sends out a letter to five different perâ€" sons, that that 25 different persons receive a letier on which your name is now the filth on the list. Then 125 persons (five times 25) receive &A letter in which your name is fourth in the list. Then 625 persons receive a letter n which your name is ihird in the list. Then 3,12%5 persons (five times 625â€"just to keep you in touch with the systamâ€"receives a letter in which your name is second in the CHAIN.HEADACHES. Hold on to your poor head, dear reader (unless you were one of the dear readers who sent us one of those chain letters), and let us try to work it out together. It‘s only a little exercise in the higher mathematics and lots of figures in the nth power. BELIEVE IT OR NOT! Ripley has discovered a man in Milwaukee who sold tobacco for 50 years but never used it. Neither did Sir Williwnm Macdonald, who made an immense fortune out of the manuâ€" facture of tobacco in Montreal and who called the chewing of the plugs that he made "a filthy habit" â€" Brockville Recorder. WEATHER THAT SUITS. Fifteen thousand Doukhobors plan to leave woestern Canada to become reâ€"established in Paraguay, the climâ€" ate of which, we presume will be more suited to nude parades than that of the prairies.â€"Brockville Reâ€" corder . We submit that motor horns are much more troublesome, even in small localities, in recent years. There is a sort of thythm to the tramp of horses‘ hoofs to which one ought to become accustomed, but the rhythm is sadly lacking in the honkâ€" Ing of the average horn.â€"Border Citles Star. ‘This sounds like one of the most farâ€"{etched ideas that we have aeard for many a long day, One would alâ€" most imagine upon reading the news item that horses are driven about the streets for the specific purpose of rous‘ng howseholders. Surely there are not so many milk delivery wagons that the residents are actually kept awake . a.m. The sponsor claims dozens of people are being treated for Mervous a‘lments because they can‘t get sleep at nights. ALAS, POOR DOBBIN. Cortain elements in Forest Hill Village, fa hionable suburb of Toronâ€" to,. have become unkindly toward one oi man‘s best friends, the horse. A by aw is to be submitted to council which would make it a criminal ofâ€" fense to drive a horse on the street there after 10 p.m. or before 8 ©1 an s der The average farm dog in Algoma doubtless gets that way from chasâ€" ing wolves, and we are sorry he does not make an exception in favor of our travelling reporter.â€"Sault Ste. Marte Star. Sc it made Dan feel good to strike a Finnish seitlement where they rap their dogs over the knuckles after the first growl with ie result that Finâ€" nish dogs remain in statu quo when a visitor beaves in sight. It is alâ€" ways a pleasure, Mr McDonald says, to call on Finns anyway _ because their houses are always spotlessly clean, they talk good English, and there prevails an air of thrift and hard work. THE LEGGINGS. This column doesn‘t see anything more entertaining in this paper than Dan McDonald‘s record of his tribuâ€" lations while rambling around Algoma as the Star‘s travelling reporter. Mr. McDonald has no particular fancy for being bitten by farm dog:, and his theory that tin leggings would solve the difficultyâ€"or hoop skirts as anâ€" other member of the family suggests â€"â€"may have something in it. C CANADA THE EMPIRE "c C ~\| oC AN EXAMFP4.E CANADA >~¢ ht "SLAP BANGS" IN EGYPT. Shem el Nessim brought with it last Monday a far greater, sale to children of that mischievous explosive toy known as the "slapâ€"bang." Time was when the youth of the country were content to throw these miniaâ€" WEALTH. A woman has said in court that with 60,000 pounds to her name she would not call herselft rich. In anâ€" other court a bankrupt said that he did not feel wealthy on 6,000 pounds a year and sometimes was very hard up. An actress who had more than 6,000 pounds a year has told how she had spent 10,000 pounds. These people have missed a lot of fun. A man who feels rich because he has a pound in his pocket is 50 times as well off as any of them.â€"Manâ€" chester Sunday Chronicle. THERE TO STAY While (Russia apart) there has been in the last few years no tend. ency towards an increase in the num, ber of women in employment, the apparent stagnation masks _ great changes. Women are leaving agriculâ€" ture in most countries, a movement that he suggests is sound, economicâ€" ally since it is in sort the reflection of advancing mechanisation, and sound socially, for it means that women are leaving work that is often (especially in the peasant countries) excessively hard and exhausting for work more suited to their physique. In other inâ€" dustries, particularly the light indusâ€" tries, commerce, and nonâ€"manual ocâ€" cupations, women‘s employment has been steadily increasing. The evidâ€" ence of a sex war and of the ousting of men from jobs by women does not, in any general sense, exist, and the attempts to divert women from emâ€" ployment in the supposed interests of men find their ground only in the desperation _ of the depression.-â€"l Manchester Guardian. NATURE‘S WAY A negro in Chicago, hit in the head by a bullet, flattened it with his skull. Perhaps the people of that city are changing in physique in order"to adâ€" apt themzselves to the environment.â€" Hamilton Herald. A HEN CAN‘T BE HAPPY NOW And now it is the National Inventâ€" or‘s Congress which is in convention at Chicago. Once more the inventor bas picked on the hen, and there is a new device on exhibition. The hens go on the nests and if they lay eggs they open a door through which they can go out and mix with the producers. If no egg is produced there is another door which opens and the hen walks out to be numbered with the nonâ€"producers, and in the corner of tiis room stands the axe. It‘s not much fun being a ben any more. â€"Stratford Beaconâ€"Herald. Safety on the highways will not be assured until drivers of motor cars become impressed witi the consciousâ€" ness that they ave hand ing dangerâ€" our machines that requ‘re unceasing vigilence and caution. The Departâ€" ment of Highways in Ontario is doâ€" ing its utmost to promote safety in travel, but it can only succeed if given coâ€"operation by tae public.â€" Brantford Expositor. MOTOR ACCIDENTS. The O@tawa journal comments on an item which appeared in its colâ€" umns on May 10 last, reproduced from 25 years ago. It was to the effect that Ottawa had its first fatâ€" ality through the agency of the autoâ€" mobile. Perhaps it would be well for communities today if they were as greatly shocked and concerned when some one is killed or even badly inâ€" jured as they were 25 years ago. Canada has about 400,000 miles of highways, which provide a spending place of "travel wealth," and in adâ€" dition ty her own heavy motor trafâ€" fic, an even greater motorcade _ of 3,261,848 automobiles _ from _ other countries travelled over the Dominâ€" ion‘s highway systems during 1934. â€"Canada Week by Week. *Canada is a "travel wealthy" counâ€" try, having over 1,100,000 motor veâ€" hicle:â€"one for every 10 inhabitants. If the motor vehicles of Canada were mustered out in one monster parade with 100 feet of highway allowed each vehicle they would form a procession over 20,000 miles in length, and with a little crowding, utilizing trucks and buses, the whole population might be carried. And thenâ€"O, joy, perhaps, or perâ€" haps merely O, boyâ€"you receive not 15,625 letters in which your name is first on the list, But you receive 15,â€" 625 remittances of ten cents each, because your name is first on the list. And then you give a party.â€" Vancouver Province. THE EMPIRE WHAT A PARADE! o .25 THE WORLD ATlT LARGE We ~ exagerate misfortune â€" and happiness alike. We are never either so wretched or so happy as we say we are. â€" Balzac. ‘ This census announced recently by Leslie Horebelisha, minister of transâ€" port, in the House of Commons, will be carried wout during the week of August 12. Its principal object is to provide adequate data for road imâ€" provement on a scientific basis. They will_keep watch from beâ€" tween 5,000 and 6,000 specially seâ€" lected points. For the first time peâ€" destrians will be counted at difficult street crossings, With the exception of steam rollers, every type of road vehicle will bew included, from exâ€" press bus to market cart. London. â€" Ten thousand enumeraâ€" tors will be engaged or‘ the greatest traffic census yever taken in Great Britain. Engineers â€" estimated that the weight of the overhanging rock would eventually become so great the preâ€" cipice would part and the ledge drop nearly 200 feet into the gorge. Rushing waters of the Niagara River have gradually worn back the brink of the falls, from two to four feet a year. Table Rock, overlooking the great cataract, has been subjected to constant lashing of spray from the bottom of the falls, and this has worn away the soft shale lying beâ€" neath the hard dolomite crust. Greatest Census Of Traffic Will Be Taken In Britain The rock, known also as "Honeyâ€" moon Point," has been the scene of several falls, dating back more than 100 years. In 1823 there was a fall that carried away a large mass, though the platform was left in front of Table Rock House. _ Other falls occurred in 1842 and 1850. In Deâ€" cember, 1934, more than 200,000 tons of rock "let go." L. L. Gisborne, works superintendâ€" ent of the parks, described the overâ€" hang as a cave extending back 30 or 40 feet which undermined the guard rail, sidewalk and part of the roadâ€" way. |ture bombs on the pavement, for the simple joy of scaring passersâ€"by, This year saw a very dangerous departure, for there were numeous cases of boys and in some cases young men and women flinging the missiles at the screens of motor cars. A direct hit in the driver‘s face or a shower of te loading stones from the side of the screen would cause sudden blind. ness and probably a serious smash. The frequent dropping of the slapâ€" bangs from town balconies has now become very muci worse than beâ€" fore. We would therefore ask the Ipoli«e authorities to prohibit the sale of such things in Egypt, prescribing | a strongly deterrent punishment for lan vendors and users.â€"The Sphinx, | Cairo. Decision to blow up the 5,500 tons of rock in the 30â€"foot overhang was made by* the commission as a safety measure, feeling danger to sightseers through erosion and previous rockâ€" falls. The commission toâ€"day set Dominion Day for the "big boom." Niagara Fals, Ont. â€" Historic Table Rock, overhanging the Horseâ€" shoe Falls on the CGanadian side of mighty Niagara, wil be blasted with explosives July 1, the parks commisâ€" sion announced recently. "Honeymoon Point" To Vanâ€" ish July 1 As Safety Measure HISTORIC ROCK TO BE BLASTED "Mr. and Mrs. America", two lifeâ€"size dolls that will make a 25,000â€"mile journey in the in« terests of goodâ€"will between the United States and Japan, are presented by Mayor LaGuardia of New York to the Japanese Government represented by the Hon. R. Sawada (right), Japanese Consul Genâ€" eral, and M. Y. Indmata (left). Dolls will travel through Japan and be given official receptions. It is more difficult, and calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one. â€" Horace Mann. .. nuus 31 Whether the coin is of any parâ€" ticular value is not known. On the back is a shield which the best local knowledge interpreted to be the lions and castles of the Spanâ€" ish kings. _ Around the border are the abreviations, "PHS. V. D. G. HISP, ET. IND. R." On the face, the coin bears very plainly the date, and â€"the inscription "vtra qui vnum," together with the letters "om" one above the other at one side of the date. There is no disâ€" cernable figure. The coin of silver and slightly thinner and larger than a 25 cent piece is considerably worn, but as nearly as can be made out is of Spanish origin. How it arrived in Mr. Richards‘ back yard, is a mysâ€" tery. Leamington. â€" A coin dating back to 1774 is in the possession of W. Richards, who dug it up in his garâ€" den here. Spanish Design â€" Leamington Man Digs It Out Of Garden By what process fertilizer is made depends much on the region. Near Moscow brown coal is the source of nitrogen. In the Uralâ€" district, Western Siberia and the Donbass country it is the retort coke oven; in Transcaucasia it is the oil inâ€" dustry, and in Central Asia synâ€" thetic ammonia produced with the aid of hydroelectric energy. 200 â€"Year â€" Old Coin Is Found At present no fertilizers are imâ€" ported. _ But such are the needs of industry and agriculture that bigger and better nitrogenâ€"fixation plants are necessary. The professor estimates that 2,â€" 600,000 tons of nitrogen are taken from Soviet soil every year by crops. By sowing such podâ€"bearing plants as beans, peas, vetch, this loss is reâ€" duced by 1,200,000 tons; for the bacâ€" teria which brow on the roots of the podâ€"bearers have the miraculous powâ€" er of extracting nitrogen from the air and transferring it in chemically assimilable form to the soil. _ This leaves a deficit of 1,400,000 tons of nitrogenous fertilizer, which is met by the usual plants for the producâ€" tion of synthetic ammonia, calcium cyanamide, nitric acid and other forms of fixed nitrogen. There are also cokeâ€"oven plants that yield ammonia sulphate as a byâ€"product. Peat, brown coal, natural gas, blast furnace gas every possible source of nitrogen has been studied by the Nitâ€" rogen Institute of Moscow. e in Planovye Khoziaystvo (Planned Economics). He pictures the "capiâ€" talistic countries" erecting nitrate plants for the manufacture of exâ€" plosives and only incidentally of ferâ€" tilizers. _ How different in Russia! Farming needs are the prime considâ€" eration, according to him. Perhaps. But a standing army as large as any in Europe assuredly requires powâ€" der. With the development of agriculâ€" ture in Soviet Russia came the need of fertilizers, which means nitrogen in some fixed form. What has besn done in the last five years is reâ€" vealed by Professor P. Chekin in NITRATES IN Fixation Plants Are Needed For Industry and Farm THE SOVIET "It is sugested," said the specialâ€" ist, "that an endeavor be made to find out if this sharp rise has any relation to drugs given.. during the epidemic." s Among children â€" registered â€" in schools for the deaf in Southern States, said Dr. Wilson, 536 were born in the second half of 1918. The average of children born in correl-l ponding months was 200. 4 Toronto. â€" Possibility that the sharp rise in deafness among childâ€" ren noted recently by medical men, particularly in the United States, may be traced to the influenza epiâ€" demic of 1918 and use of drugs in treating this disease, was suggested by Dr. Gordon Wilson, ear, eye, nose and throat specialist, of Chicago, at the convention of the American Otoâ€" logical Society here recently. Ontario department of mines figâ€" ures show that 32 gold mines milled 9.2 per cent. more ore in the first three months of this ear than the 20 mines operating in the first quarâ€" ter of 1934 milled, but the value of ‘ the bullion marketed was 1.7 per cent. lower in the 1934 period. l Influenza Is Blamed For Child Deafness In the last quarter 500,299 ounces of fine gold were produced, compared with 506,962 ounces in the first quarâ€" ter of the previous year. Silver proâ€" duction fell off from 1,375,474 ounâ€" ces to 1,111,407, while copper in blisâ€" ter and ores increased from 39,351,â€" 411 pounds in the first three months of 1934, to 56,632,058 pounds in the first quarter of this year, and nickel from 26,964,806 pounds to 29,021.486{ pounds. Toronto. â€" The value of metalliâ€" ferous â€" production from â€" Ontario mines, smelters and refineries in the first quarter of 1935, totaled $29,â€" 517,953 in Canadian funds, compared with $27,864,983 in the corresponding quarter of 1934, an increase of 5.9 per cent. The increase was in nickel and copper, gold, silver and cobalt showing smaller declines. | Aboard the Bluenose as she slid into the harbor here were Marion Young, 17â€"yearâ€"old Halifax telephone operator; F. W. "Casey" Baldwin, aviation pioneer Walters‘ two sons, Robert 21, and Pat, 13, and Captain Harry Buke, _ veteran Lunenberg skipper. Originally it was planned to have the mistress of the North Atlantic fishing fleets race across the Atlanâ€" tic with a Gloucester fishing schoonâ€" er, but this project fell through. Capâ€" tain Walters hoped, however, to nit his ship against the Gertrude L. Thebaud in a series of international matches off Gloucester this fall for the fishermen‘s trophy now held by, the Lunenberg schooner. \ Value Of Mines Production Up Her skipper, Captain Angus Walâ€" ters who took her out of Halifax harbor on May 9, said the crossing was "uneventful." Bluenose is expecâ€" ted to engage in a series of races at ports aroung the English coast until September. Plymouth, England. â€" The barnâ€" storming _ Bluenose, Nova â€" Scotian fishing schooner has completed the 20â€"day crossing of the Atlantic and looks forward to a Summer season of racing in English waters. BLUENOSE CROSSES ATLANTIC SAFELY Nova Scotia Schooner Lookâ€" ing For Races Along The English Coast TORONTO ‘ ~ The happingss of love is in u:-l "When 1 tion; its test‘is what one is willing ty becomes to do for others, 3 Lew ""!",‘?‘,;,- Maurois. Every woman should strive to unâ€" derstand the business of life as it concerns her work, duty and comâ€" fort of her family, The housewife has a duty to provide a healthy happy environment for husband and children. To this end she must study the ways and means of running the house on modern lines with modern methods. â€" J How n.any could mend a fuse or give the correct voltage of their elâ€" ectric current and the cost of lightâ€" ing their homes per hour? Every housewife ought to know about doâ€" mestic electrical facilities as a man has to know about the cost of the goods he sells in the labor market, whether he is concerned with a shop, an insuranse company, a hospital, clinic, or an artist‘s studio. The minister‘s statement regarded with concern the continued increase in auto accidents, injuries and deaths, and asked for "increased coâ€"operation of law enforcement agencies" in the effort to bring about better obserâ€" vance of traffic regulations. Accomâ€" panying the statement were accident statistics for April, showing an inâ€" crease of 16 per cent in the number of accidents in comparison with the same month a year ago, and an inâ€" crease of 7 per cent. in the total for the first four months of the year. The April figures also showed double the number of deaths (from 19 to 38), from auto accidents and an 18 per cent. increase in the number of persons injured. To Get Results, Study Household Appliances "Since September, 1930, more than 15,000 suspensions have been imposed and 5,000 of these are still in force," he added. "I cite the figures to show that the threat of loss of driving privileges is no idle one. Those who persist in breaking the law, in vioâ€" lating the rules of safety, will be driven fromour highways." Toronto. â€" Hon,. T. B. McQuestion, Minister of Highways, revealed reâ€" cently that approximately 1,000 moâ€" tor vehicle drivers in the province had had their driving licenses susâ€" pended during the first four months of this year, as a result of the drive to check the alarming increass in auto accidents and fatalities by imâ€" posing more severe penalties for vio-{ lations of traffic rules. Miss Winifred Stokes presented the report of the Kit Memorial Fund, established in memory of the late Kathleon Blake Coleman. Since its inception $650 had been raised and this would be used to establish a scholarship in literature or journalâ€" ism for women at MceMaster Univrr- sity, Hamilton. The convention decided to estabâ€" lish for the next three years, a comâ€" petition whose prize would be valued annually at $25, with a suitable medal, to be known as the Members‘ Memorial Award. ‘ 1,000 Auto Drivers Lose â€"Their Permits An editor studies the crowds. It was his job to gauge as far as posâ€" sible the type of story which would have the widest appeal Many manuscripts submitted by Canadian writers were badly written, Mr. Moore said. H. Napier Mcore, editorâ€"inâ€"chief of MacLean‘s Magazine devoted half an hour to answering questions. Editors had a natural predilection for "big names," but _ good _ material by writers not widely known was, he said, more general. _ Mr. Moore adâ€" vised his hearers to get the trend of the day to work into their stories. Agents now report they cannot find sufficient good stories to satisfy the demands editors make on them, said Miss Muir, They â€" stressed quality. Fashions in stories changed, and writers must keep in step with the changes. Editors were avid for good maâ€" terial, Norma Phillips Muir, wellâ€" known fiction writer said, speaking on the subject of marketing. Three years ago the market for stories and articles had fallen to a low level of demand, with a high level of supply. Many who found themselves deâ€" prived of their rcrular means of livelihood turned in desperation to writing. _ Editorial offices had beeni flooded with drivel. Conditions today were different.. , Canadian Women‘s Press Club reâ€" cently. Authors generally seemed to lack the moral courage to interpret life as it really is. Minister of Highways Tells Of Action in Four Months eE s Et PE c gP T nommumeves | _ New York. â€" Comissioner of Note of Realism Often Lacking In Health John L. Rice points out in & Fiction Submitted to Magazines, | booklet just published that men may Editor Declares hope to emulate women in prolonging ssm their life span after the age of 40 j # f (:(ttnwa. â€" Canadian fiction writers :)ivd:e;;?ng"to run "with the throttle ack a note of realism in their /9 s 4s + stories, Miss Wilma Tait, editor of | Thfi. boo;let,. enuttlog rtu,.n: ;)l..n- the Canadian Home Journal, told the f}fr l';ne fd‘ltm 1. bec" y't thmt 4 seventh triennial convention of the' 'f.; C coll‘xi rt:y‘ in a" h ..: Canadian Women‘s Press Club re-!é. * wot:‘ t PM en"‘n u'»ddll)nven cently. Authors generally seemed '.o,| .lt'.e“e: It;e‘ lc wyg wit thn" n .U::t. }f!._ck thg moral courage to interpret | fr:cl::gce“ peuiog!$ Ms t gre® Writers Should Interpret Life As It Really Is _Isychology is already opening to us natural explanations of phenoâ€" mena so extraordinary that once their supernatural origin was, so to say, the natural explanation.‘ â€"â€" â€"â€"John Dewey. R Winipeg. â€" The oldest regiment in Western Canada has been honored by the King. It was announced recently that 90th Winnipeg Rifles, "The Little Black Devils," have been grantâ€" ed the right to use the prefix "royâ€" al." The regiment was the first unit to go into action when the Riel reâ€" bellion flared in the West. _ It also served in the Boer and the Great wars, stir. Beautiful, hateful, Lively thing, Sensitive as a swallow‘s wing! Here and gone as soon from sig As a raindrop falling bright, The serpent of fourâ€"footed kind, A body that is wholly mindâ€" All these wonders pass in one Flash of fur below the sun, And the hill is richer by The glitter of the weasel‘s eye. It is brighter for a breath So slender and so dull of death. Oldest Regiment in West Honored Robert P. Tristram Coffin in ~__ Scribner‘s Magazine» A coiled steel spring endowed with life, The perilous lustre of a knife, Quicksilver made of sleeky fur, Too light to make +a grass blade You must have a touch of linen somewhere â€" it is the season‘s most popular material. Stripes, checks or the polka dot will make cheery colâ€" lars and cuffs to a frock. A pleated or gauged chiffon front in beige, ivory or shell pink is deâ€" lightful in an afternoon frock. White pique collars with tab ends or long revers are worn with coat frocks and jumper suits. Bright Hungarian colorings have added their quota to make gayer our Jubilee tints .. .. .. red, green, blue and yellow sequins appear in geomâ€" etrical designs on collars and cuffs. Beaded collars on white grounds hafe briliant multiâ€"colored designs. Peter Pan and Toby collars give a Quaker look to schoolgirlâ€"looking frocks. "Psychology is Have you a frock that needs freshening up? Why not have a new collar and cuffs? All the interest in day frocks is centered above the waist this season. 0. One less pound of body fat for one more of tougher muscle. 10. One less helping of meat for one more of vegetables. 11. One lass cocktail for one more hour of sleep. A New Collar Will Freshen Your Frock 8. One less hour of work for one hour of physical examination by your doctor. 7. One less hour in the auto for ene more swinging along on foot. _ 5. One less banquet for one more quiet supper with the f{mily: 6. One less hour under the elecâ€" tric light for one more in the sunâ€" shine. 4. One less evening of formal soâ€" ciety for one more evening with a jolly book. 6 < _ 2. One less week of high pressure living for one more week of restful vacation. 8. One less luncheon conference for one more period of relaxation. _ Dr. Rice offers "eleven substiâ€" tutes worth thinking about after forty." They are: & _ 1. One less hour of worry for one more hour of laughter. "Many men are $0 engrossed in their business afairs that they disâ€" regard the cardinal rules of health," says Dr. Rice in the foreword to the boklet. â€" "They fail to take proper exercise, recreation, relaxation, and do not eat proper foods. They neglect to consult physicians for what they consider trifling ailments, although often such symptoms are warnings of the begining of serious discases." Men Of 40 Advised On Rules Of Health liberty is lacking, authoriâ€" s tryranny." _ â€" Andre The Weasel & ht m m + sight N4 fiak i’ some celestial We meet to part All cadenced to s And if a flower It buds again in l‘lbod my grief â€" haggard and a Then, hand in hba Faith, Went forth to Spring. While othe We live to But orc} And son "And w Dea I took my ; And set ben ..I'Nn, As ) To listen to Within my ; MHaunted the Bpeaking of Not of the : As hot, unw I heard th, owned b; Ing the â€" muting +« Jus 8. M his seas: 3e in dry Glenwood #hx tain fron not thre. ther. 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