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s RVOUS Thi cZemqa â€" Troubles o. 26 our H{ 0 â€"‘39 em K#li notes on that by mcetcorologists in tbe British Isles. Unusual Number What the north country calls a warm winter is believed to be the cause of the launching of the unâ€" usual number of bergs, and it was probably by their own strength that they made their way in such size :od numbers to the steamer lanes. They continued, on their way down, to contribute s0 much chill to the Labrador current that it was able where it met the gult stream, to overcome much of the force of the warm watér, in an efâ€" fect to turn it slightly away from Its course. There may be further The biggest sighted so far was €00 feet long and showed 135 feet above water, which would mean 1,089 feet below water, a Mass heayy enough to ruin any ship that hbit it. Thig year‘s conditions have comâ€" bined to send about 200 more than the normal number of bergs on the way to the Grand Banks, The paâ€" trol will chart about 600 of the 800 supposed to be in tho drift. Steamships @1 the lanos to Eurâ€" ope, which since early May had been using an emergoncy southern track, bave been advised by the International I¢o Patrol to swing still farther south until the danger has passed. Skippers and the ice matrol re port that the North Atlaniic is seeâ€" ing more icebergs than for many years. May Affect Course Of Gulf Stream Most orchards throughout Westâ€" ern Ontario are showing good blosâ€" soms with the exception of Spy apples which are irregular, Conâ€" siderable replacement planting has taken place in the orchards and there is a slight increaso in acreâ€" age of new planting. The season has been good for proper carrying out of spraying operations. It is slill too early to give an accurate forecast of crop yields, however, but present indications are that the yield will be good. The early potato crop in Western COinario has been favored with good weather and the first marketing in the Leamingtonâ€"Harrow districts was made the last week in June, according to the Ontario Departâ€" ment of Agriculture monthly crop report. The potato acreage shows a alight increase over last year, First Marketing in Southwestâ€" ern Ontario Takes Place Last Week in June Early Potato Crop‘s Ready Siender Build, Better Chance Ix. Raymond Pearl, the results of whose research work on life expeciancy is considered sound says that longer life expectancy is found among those with (a) low blood pressure, (b) low pulse rate, (c) slender build, (d) small meals even *if more meals than three are eaten, (e) cheerful outlook on life, and last, but not least, to bave longâ€"lived parer‘s. to b€¢, says Dr. James Barton, medicoâ€"journalist. Can you influence your life exâ€" pectancy? I believe it will be genâ€" erally agreed that folks live longâ€" er in the quiet places of lifeâ€"in hamlets and villages, rather than in towns and cities. The "tension" of living amid the noise and speed of cities keeps the nerves and muscles tightened or tensed, which means a rise in blood pressure and heart rate. And a continuous rise of blood pressure and heart rate means just that much more wear or use of the "reserve" powers of the body. The figures of insurance comâ€" panies amply prove that heredity is or has a powerful influence on life expectancy; the longer the life line of your ancestors, the longer is your own life expectancy likely to be, says Dr. James Barton, medicoâ€"journalist. On the Average Than an E citable Ouâ€"Here&ty'.n Factor In Life Expectancy Quiet Person The mistake was a mistake and no prank, it was explained. Police in the area of St. Thoâ€" mas were notified to be on sharp lookout for the couple, and the trousseau and belongâ€" ings of the groom were to be sent in a car as soon as they were located. mt o eaies with them. to seek coâ€"operation of provinâ€" cial police in an endeavor to stop the bride and groom en route. NMr. and Mrs. Gerald Mason, of Kalamazoo, Mich., left Windâ€" sor, Ont., on a honeymoon trip to New York City last week, but took the wrong luggage Wrong Luggage On Honeymoon €~ °2207 inlidence on ‘y; the longer the life ancestors, the longer life expectancy likely Ottawa. There is a limited number of the copies of the Handbook still availâ€" able, at twentyâ€"five cents apiece. Applications for the book should be addressed to the King‘s Printer, at Government Printing Bureavu, in The Dominion Bureau of Statisâ€" tics bas recently issued the 1939 edâ€" ition of its Official Handbook, "Caâ€" nada" in which the review of the country‘s economic progress and organization is brought up to date. It‘s a compendium of information usefiul alike to business people and the general public, . Production, trade, finance, labour and transporâ€" tation, in addition to such subjects as population, health and education receive detailed treatment. . This year a special article following the Introduction deals with the Unemâ€" ployed Youth Problems . . . Steps Toward Its Solution. You can‘t. ship bees by mail. The Dominion .Government | has come right out and said so, leaving only a couple of loopholes. In volume XIX, No. 958, issued by John A. Sullivan, Deputy Post Master General, it distinctly says: "Postmasters are informed that honey bees must not be accepted for transmission in the mails if baggage car service or catchâ€"post service is necessary." THE WEEK‘S QUESTION: Whai has General Franco (El Cauditlo) been busy doing in Spain since the conclusion of the Civil War? Answer: He has introduced the corporative state to Spain, modelâ€" ling it on Italy‘s Fascist oneâ€"party system of government; he is startâ€" ing a new totalitarian propaganda drive on South America, afming soon to establish on this continent units of the Epanish Phbalanx; he has set asido a $70,000,000 subsidy to build up a merchant fleet to "disâ€" play New Spain‘s prestige in Amerâ€" ica and the Far East"; he has deâ€" mobbed half the men under arms and held a victory parade with the Italian and Germany "volunteors" marching in it; he has sent Loyalâ€" ists to concentration camps by the tens of thousands; he has reafâ€" firmed his friendship with the Romeâ€"Berlin axis; ho has set up in Madrid eighteen military tribunals to try Loyalists, 688 of whom have already been exocuted. PLAY IYT DOWN: Although the danger of war in Europe and the Far East is increasing day by day, we‘re not supposed to know it over here in Canada. A number of the big business houses in the Dominâ€" ion have come to believe that conâ€" tinual featuring of warâ€"scaro news in the press and on the radio is parâ€" tially responsible for the slump in trade â€"â€" that it‘s, well, bad for busâ€" iness. It is rumored that they are exerting prossure on the larger newspapers to go slow on the scare headlines, and play up our fortlâ€" coming eleciion, and such, instead. & country this size, population alâ€" most, 12,000,000, can‘t boast at least 120 firstâ€"rate authors, one to every 100,000 Canadian people. Reason is, of course, that an author in order to be "firstâ€"rate" must devote his entire time to his art, which means the producis of his pen must earn him enough to live on. Easier said than done. So much easier, in fact, that we have only one poet, two or three novelists in the entire Domâ€" inion, who are able to live solely by their independent Hiterary work. PEN DOESN‘T PAY: The Wioniâ€" peg Free Press asks why it is that AWAY withH APPEASEMENT: The St. Thomas Timesâ€"Journal, in common with a great many other newspapers in the Dominion and a few thousand people of intelliâ€" gence, is showing considerable disâ€" gust at the "Fabian" (to be polite) policy of Prime Minister Chamberâ€" lain, who, even after the awakening of the British people to the seriousâ€" ness of the European situation and their readiness to back a firm stand, is giving signs of wanting to "appease" Hitler again, Is he ailming to "do another Munich," this time on Danzig, Rumania, Yuâ€" goslavia? Says the Timesâ€"Journal: "Tust when Mr. Chamberlain was on the edge of completing a strong peace bloc (France, Britain, Russia) that would be the only method Hitler would understand, he told Parliaâ€" ment "there are many concessions which could be made to Germany without great dificulty if one could be quite certain that those concesâ€" sions would be used only for the purposes for which they were given and not to boister up some strategâ€" it aim,." NEWS _ PARADE "CANADA 1939" The fingerlings were propagatâ€" ed in the Ontario hatchery during the winter and this spring and early summer are being spent in distributing the fish about in difâ€" ferent areas where it is known they will thrive. Some of the loâ€" cations chosen are reported as the Marry Ward Shoal, Nottawasaga Bay, in the vicinity of the Chrisâ€" tian Islands and possibly as far as Red Rock. Lake Couchiching will receive a good quantity of the young fish. FIFTY MiLLION FISH iN ONTARIO WATERS Fifty million young whitefish have been deposited in the waters of Georgian Bay and Lake Simeoe this year by Superintendent Geo. Andrews and his staff of the Colâ€" lingwood hatchery, according to recent reports reaching this colâ€" wmn. A.â€"â€"Before peeling the potatoes cover thein with very hot water, lct thenm stand for about five minâ€" utes, and see how easy it makes the work. > Q.â€"How can 1 make it easier to peel potatoes? A.â€"This can be prevented by covering the upper part of the handle with any soft material, sewing it firmly, tacking the lowâ€" er end of the material to the hanâ€" die. Q.â€"rlow can I avoid getting callouses on the hands when usâ€" ing a broom? A.â€"This film is caused by steam and water, and can be removed by washing the curtain in warm waâ€" ter and mild soap, rubbing with . soft brush, and then rinsing thorâ€" oughly in clean warm water. POPâ€"A Record Q.â€"How can I clean the rubâ€" berized shower curtain that has acâ€" quired a white, sticky film? A.â€"If the percolator top breaks and another one is not at hand, join the pieces with adhesive tape, and it can be used until a new top is secured. A.â€"Rub the surfaces of picture frames, lamps, ornaments, hard painted walls, ete., with laurel oil. Q.â€"What can I use as a subâ€" stitute for a broken percolator top? Q.â€"How can I keep flies off the surfaces of picture frames and other articles? A.â€"Apply a solution of muriâ€" ate of tin with a soft brush,. When the stain disappears, rinse and then dry the paper carefully. Q.â€"How can I remove ink spots from paper? Girls of the Canadian contingent are pictured during the mass rehearsal which preceded the recent empire a;lgearilt of physical fitness, held in London, England. Delegates from all parts of the empire participated in e rally. â€" BEEN GIVEN MY LAST CHANCE, ; ~»By, COLONEL. rnammcmeaiiznare en ieit By VIC BAKER N TARIO UTDOORS Canadian Girls At Empire Pageant of Fitness ‘"Four new guys in three days . . . 1 wonder if the warden is wise to Q{Q fact that we‘ve been stailing on the job." LIFE‘S LIKE THAT Fox breeders of Chipman, N.B., believe that two pups in a litter born there are platinum foxes, one being the ordinary silver type. When the pipers were fishing recently at Kildare none got a bite until Mackay siruck up on ms pipes. After that, fish began to bite readily, and withia an hour and a half the men had landed 20 fish, including one weighing 50 pounds. Tom Mackay, drum major of the Highland Pipe Band in Sydney, Australia, claims he can charm fish with his bagpipe, and other memâ€" bers of the band back up his boast. BAGPIPES CHARM FISH Even in fishing the old adage of "Try, try again" is useful, but if even this philosophy should prove svecessful, pull out your bagpipes and a tune will bring its rewards. At least the following â€"account seems to prove something along these lines. Distribution was delayed more than two weeks owing to the late ice conditions which kept the temâ€" perature of the bay waters too low to risk the transfer from the Collingwood Hatchery. This reâ€" cent stocking is expected to dispel any fear of a shortage or disapâ€" pearance of whitefish in these waâ€" ters. The hatchery will now turn its attention to the propagation of pickerel and some 25 million are expected to be distributed a few months from now. Prof. Morison explained the purâ€" pose of the voyage is to produce "triâ€"dimensional history â€" bringing to bear sight and feeling on the subject, not just sitting in a libâ€" rary and writing of it." He said he felt the only way to understand Columbus and evaluate bim as a seaman was to sail the seas he sailed and visit the places he visitâ€" €d. In an effort to rewrite more acâ€" curately the opening chapter in America‘s bistory, a Harvard exâ€" pedition headed by Prof. Samuel Eliot Morison will retrace next fall the routes followed by Christopher Columbus during his voyages in the new world, Feel What Coiumbus Felt Sailing aboard the 140â€"foot steel schooner Capitana about August 1 from Oyster Bay, LL, the party will study the discoverer‘s naviâ€" gation, seek out on the Panama Coast the site of the first Euroâ€" pean settlement on the mainland and view coasts and islands as Colâ€" umbus saw them. They expect to be gone until February 1 Harvard Expedition S ailing Follow Routes Of Columbus â€"â€"Hope to Rewrite History Accurately "Discover" Next Fall In Schooner Will By Fred Neher PANCAKES ON THE PHONOGRAPH â€" â€" _ The arrangements made _ all across Canada to greet Their Maâ€" jesties the King and Queen is an object lesson in organization and efficiency. If we would submerge politics and put ourselves wholeâ€" heartedly into the enterprise as Canadians have done during the month of May and those early days MUSIC IN SCHOOLS Music leaves a refinement upon the character not difficult to acâ€" count for, Little effect will be notâ€" iced upon the children now but they will go through life with the influence of music giving them something worthwhile to themâ€" selves and to others, â€" Kitchener Record. WE CAN SOLVE ANY PROEBLEM WHERE WERE THE REST? By a vote of 25 to 21 the Senate adopted the minority report of its special railway committee, . Full membership of the Senate, allow» ing for nine vacant seats, is 87. Where were the fortyâ€"one who did not vote? â€" O@wen Sound Sunâ€" Times, DUAL CONTROL Women control eighty per cent. of the wealth of this continent and fully an equal per cent. of the men â€"â€" Brandon Sun. Rich man Poor man CONTRAST iN EXPENSES ONTARIO Choice of Routes VC‘)lCE PRESS 1O BETU ROEE A weekly service to England and France by the mammoth *‘Queen Mary" and "Aquitania" . . . regularly to Cobh, Southampton, Havre and London in the new "Mauretania", the "Georgic‘ and *"‘Britannic‘ and frequent sailings to Galway, Belfast, Dublin and Liverpool by the 20,000 ton liners *"‘Franconia", *"‘Scythia", §‘Leconia", "Sameria" and *"Carinthia". Rates stert at $159. Cabin, $122.50 Tourist, $93.50 Third Class. The Faost Route from New York und Roston Two sailings a week from Montreal and Quchec on 1/ scenic St. Lawrence route to England, Ireland, Scotland arn France. Rates as low as $132. Cabin, $118. Tourist and $9; Third Class. The Short "Sheltered" Route from Canodo Cunard White Star is in the unique position of being able to offer a most comprehensive choice of routes to Europe . . . a vast fieet of modern vessels, led by the world‘s fasteer ship, the "Queen Mary" and the new "Maurctama", provide a wide range of sailings and variety of accommodatior i moderate cost. For full information see your jocal travel agent, or cw.l-nuw-r‘_m-m.wu ervesscess OWwEn iz ... Bix Twing â€" Montreal Star By J. MILLAR WATT EVERY TN "The greatest service that we writers can render to the cause of peace is to hold explosive words under jock and key."â€"Andre Manâ€" rois. "There is no sense in any one making war, and every argument is against it."â€"John Jacob Astor. of June, we could solve any probâ€" lem with which the Canadians are taced, We could clean up the railâ€" way mess, we could put unemployâ€" ed to work, and we could redeem the hundred thousand human lives who are panhandling their way ali back and forth across Canada. ~ Farmer‘s Advocate.