SATURDAY.

Strange But True

Ily F. H. MacArthur

Dark Lightning

Helen Topping Miller

The life of s whale is about 500 years; A crocodile, 300 years; ele- phants, 100 years; camel, 45 years; lion, 40 years, and dogs and cats laibout 12 years.

A seal can trsvcl on land by arching his bsck like s. caterpillar. d drawing its hind feet After it.

35”” J"-"1" hm ”'”” b”"'mOur native ”wild uu-rel" is red mrnbly ”"'5”t.udem' fesenbifmliri color and is grad-atgally becoming '"m.""'3" reading hm” ”lm,lscarccr. Gray and red squirrels w9r”9d M5 m”"h"'vB”L ,””5 b"-3-lcarxnot live together, strange but I10-'9 1” me C” I” p”a”m&l5 ltrue. Squirrels hibernate only part 9”-I" H” hm beeil Mound "T01 the winter. Everytime it turns zggldhgn HIE :':(T3;oS(?:h"'fi::'gi:3; warm they wslre up snd move I-

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wells and winding hot Il'lilCI'll'i aybnmf . game” cnnswmng of one I-""W'"'l3 ”m"”"- H” mm Vmlkcdlanro there would be approximate- ; pipe line throurzh the dust antljb, M000 mrm Worms. WI ””Lh" wlnmg" more uh nl Many years ago children were

3uI'a"5'”” ""1 C 5 iglven spoons at their christening. "'f'"'3'o 5"” 'f&m' ! grk , x lThese gift spoons had an Apostle

' ' A . .A1'lostlc spoons. g””' .::d, r'a1”;dLh0f;,ml1b:f1(3ff, Bricks arr amongst. the worlds ITS” '3 7? I d: f 5 UT 1; yoldest building materials. They 3' 9' mam" ,'”t"'”” Mm "'”R ”u't3l'c used in building the Tower my '"'epmmh"5 ”, gmd 5”:m' S1”,,of Babel and specimens are to has. tshroekids 0. her own. and be mum m Egypt End Babylon”, woo . . ' v ' A ' 0 I I like being Sllbsldlzfd very WP speak of mncrem u being ' t a new building DIRIHIEI. It's not ..:':'.':;":::.l:..':::I um we - WM fur and Him and (amckg 1130., and it went into the founda- minded Ilk0 Harvey. j

s;S.F'.i”ll.'.?.;””.'..E2 llilg”. .TcA To Operate thlnlc she's a lithe bit ost. he North Stars To Nfld.

has beaux hanging a.:'oun(l, but I

don't think she care: much about D. Kw MONTREAL. lCPr - Trans-Can- I tup A” ada Air LlIlES announced Thursday

gny of them." ”You", said the boy "have good hands for a horse lmo (Our an , y .5 , I - l,ZlllPfI North Star 311'- ,I:hmBra?h mfg! .5”,"' f :0(”'.0 I”:,t"icraIt will operate daily to Neil- C 9 0” mm"., "ate me 9” foundiand through Halifax, begin- nfic on horseback. nmg FCDA 1,

MG” Lee snmed I 1m”? S0"'i One flight will originate at Tor- I grew up m ' Mswm Smdmlonio stopping at Montreal Saint gmw?hC:nIg9:e:fLm'hT::k: adh0rSe,JOll1l, N. B.. ahd Halifax en rout-- t-houghamavbe alts pilre s:)tubl:)orn- to SL J”h”'5' NI” mu” t The second, originating here, wiil

stop at Moncton. N. B., Halifax. isydney, N. 5., and Stephenvllle and

caEE-Fa 1 Oontinued

your daughter ride, too"?

”She used to .And th h . mm: rxsugm rm . 11:39 Nf.cl.. terminating at St. Ind now she my! horses dont At present, five twin-enginezi

3” "N ."mugh' This 15 our PAMCEDC-air operate between here and "9g.u","1"',:;g::1'5g a:a',:?1l:'..fo2;;rOvgll-Ialifax ciaily, andktwtcg aigcrlnft or .d Gary rmnmmk the same type ma e e a y run

"Every last head or um herd is W 5” 30””-

ollgime for registry. Of course, ,U"ger the new wnem four DC." mm, 01 om. SW” 15 Just beef '35 mil continue to operate to Hall-

uungu ;fax mth the North Stars, and the "WW OUT!" WW1 W W- :'ITiI'rIIlI.lIIffIInd5g)al:I(I' b;clhfexouC33.1gin:3 It was Slim's fault, of course. lcliqn V

The fence should have been tlghtm O N .m st ,1” am on mm "d hog should never h”CAa ill;-cl)a!ss I.lu'I:I.:,ulIi(IoI)I'ell0 other

tin of Dslidoury Osthsthsl and for thc' wdls ad Con-fo Castle The early homes l.n England had wooden shutters instead of glass. Floors were covered with rushes And the fsmdly slept at one end of the hall while their servants huddled together at the other and The farmers milked goats and sheep in well as cows. Ewes were milked twice duily.

Evry farmer kept bees. as honey wss the only form of,swveeten1ng known in those days.

There were no health services. Most healing depended on the superstition of doctor and patient To bleed, a popular practice in those days, at the wrong time i.e.. when the moon was full instead of on the wane, was a bad error

soup was so scarce that it was only used to wash clothes. Spec- tacles were unknown, so that those who had poor vision groped their wsy through life. The Devil was all-powerful snd lurked in every

THE GUARDIAN. WN

l desolate place. seeking victims.

The statue of Liberty at the entrance to New York Harbor, is the biggest statue in the world.

Prior to the your woo, stone balls were used as shot.

The moon csn give no light of its own. It can only reflect to us the light which falls upon it by the sun. Without s moon, our tldes would be smaller and of course the nights vmuld all be dank. Astronomers tell us that earth And moon once formed one body. This body split into two parts, the larger becoming the earth and the smaller the moon.

In ideal growing weather 5. bom- boo tree will grow 11 inchu a day. Certain varieties reach 1 height of loo feet.

Did you know that bells were used to summon the congregation to worship before the time of clocks and watches? Why should bells be tolled at a funeral? To in- vite Ohnlstians within hearing to

prey for its paling duh.

Thoestbirdgctslts nsmsfran the est-like new it gives out.

It takes about sight weeks for domestic poultry to moult.

The femsls ostrich lays hot ass! in the ssnd and they no incubated by the heat of the sun. It is only during cold nights that the bird takes to the eggs.

Both the mole and female pl- gson feed their young on I while fluid which forms in their crops. It is culled pvlgcosrs milk. strange lrut true.

It would take five golden oral.- ed wrong to weigh one ounce. counting the isll it is only 3 1-2 inches long and is the unullcst bird in the world.

Why do swallows fly low when rain is coming? Because the in- sects upon which they live are then lowest to the ground. Dwai- lows make good weather prophets.

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During the rain of William 11

at Indus the you of A 00' IutwoshiliinlI.snoxhsd.I2 ounces of horny sold for is ad, a pater put you buck Id. People slqat in bags oi sinw and the poor as the purine Thar paid their master almost for the right to breathe. At times when their nwn crops needed to be cultivated they were forced to work for the buss hsts. Widows wsrs oltui us-and to run"! rain I0 lhll "10 master fsnnor could ranks uss of Iwir busbsn-d's loud and scvioss.

Bsbbsth-bromking wu punishable by the hon.

Indeed, conditions were so bad smom the poorer classes that dnunkumsss was s nntionsl vies; todmwnilhsmissryoftludrlives the poorer olsssss dnnk them- selves into premature gnvcs.

But extrsvsgsnces was the or- der of the day for tho royal fun- ily and their favorites.

who sun the world is getting

worse?

lllanada Strong Enough To n Go It Alone

VANOOUVIR. (OP) - ltusrt Keats. publisher of tbs Victoria Times. said To Osnsds is sufficiently strong "to go it IJOM" if predictions of an impsnalu depression in the United sum in 1954 come true.

In I speech prepared for deliv- ery at the mount convention of the British Oolumbls Truck Loggers Association here. Mr. Kat. um Osnsdlsns now srs "lass gengltlva to the fluctuations of the U. 3. economy than we were in 1029."

At the suns time, 11:. Ken, criticised B. O.'s social credit '9'. srnment and. mentioning his news-

Dlber hid -been rather I "stern

JANUARY 15. 1954

critic: ssid: "We think int Ioclgl Orcdit.'ss s theory. is s sun". to Canada and um. uu best wul to some it is at the local level."-

Ipsskini on "whst's in store in 54?" la. Kufo slid: .

"Almost everyone sgrsss than 106! was tbs but yes: in history and that the boom is over." Burl. nus men will have to sail harder, than will be a. decline in Ilvlng costs "which will give the sslsrled Ivorksn their first bank in young- unlous will be has consumed with, slrikss. more concerned with bold. in; the line on hourly wage: gm; striving for fringe benefits.

"In fact. the gloom rnsnifest in certain U. 5. quarters does not seem to have s counterpart in this country.

51'. FINPANI, Nud-. (C!) -N Nicholas Quiity found one of his sheep killed and snotbu so badly indursd it had to be destroyed. nods indicated the smoker was I lynx.

Reg S6950 CHESTERFIELD CHAIRS- covers: Frieze, Tapestry, Velour.

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Here's Your Big chance to Pick lip Furniturs

You lleed For Your Home at lioal savings!

It's magic all right--but the kind of magic that's simple as ABC. Your furniture dollars stretch so readily because we've slashed prices right to the bone-g-made floor and warehouse samples as well as one-of-s-kind items available at savings that will make you blink. So check every room in your home-list the items you need and dash right in to let this

dollar-stretching magic work for you.

THURSDAY, 14 JAN. to SATURDAY, 023 JAN.

PRESENT STOCKS OF LIVING-ROOM FURNITURE OFFERED

BROADIDOM by the yard. and HAL!) CARPETING by the yard-

AT VERY ATTRACTIVE BARGAINS. 33 USN DISCOUNT

been b1-owsin in that clum of . - .

tall grog reafly to dart out, pwith it”u,”I.t,1r1"Sh'..1n hm Mm shiegzzrz. porcine pet'vPrsltv, ivliere the cou- 'l1(,hl'I,HiCf' g)”3, SmmunC.'II.CA rel: crate abutment of a culvert st-uckl.) )3 ' ' C rage" D up. .rlont.

There was a. sickening swerve and; the our tottl-red on two whee-Isiher ears. and a man jumped down for n brontli before it 2-om-ml dnun l I)'f5l(If! he:-, the shoulder and into the cl1tch,l

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”Good gosh, Mrs. Mason;" It to end with a szckenlng. ,ioltmg"vt-ns Slim. Mona Lee began to cry CNSIT NW1 5ma5hlll5-' 01 81115-9 laud scold hysterically.

Mona Lee sol stunned for a mm-5 "H N15 that Nd 1108 - HBFVGY utz. hr-r stomach hurnnrz, her mck'iv01d YOU '0 UK U11": 19nC9- 130""- twisted. the broken storrimz u'liecll.V”l-l Mil ilh-W 1303' YOU mllhiv still in her hantls. Her hat. voslU1'”1i'ri 1115 hack Y9” E0 891 Somes off and her lap uas full of g 55" thin: to carry him on." and there was blood runmn: m'o "YNIT 3350 is CUV" 51”" W05 her eye, and her knees lym-m(;ldnbl)i1ir.' at a smarting place with and stung. Slowly she gm, rm.-k his dubious handkerchief. "Sure her lrreatll. opened her tout firm-Elllfklf 1011 31111 k111Fd - the Way era. looked around. though nim'e- that car's busted up. Easy now w ly moving hcr hcntl rnaclo hr-r 11M': 0n 10 me. 1'11 110! You hlmle giddy. and fetcll some help to take care

The door on the other side was M him" . up,” and hanzim, M B cmzy 811,110., "Hes breathing yet - but youd and of Gary Tnllman onlv his Mm” hlurr-V' . booted fret were Vlslble, sticking! she did not r””"' "hank Kwdl up Inside the mu .r 2d cxcrpt for the quaver

1 l voice and the tears that M Le r- i I P re Ha? 19”?” H” d”0' KCpL running down her face, she I e 19., but it uas sprung and was mm

::3Br1d(hT;0ib01:l:Vi3l.e2:0 511116 "Don't send him to any hosiiltsl straighten his body Hung tT'mSs4-.j.-ou bring him here" she order. me mnmng board Huh d ” ';,o:l. when Sum helped her into ' Ca ”” ml the houn-

ground. His face i'.IlS g1'e.m;sh gray I ' and th. sk . I .

3” his fflnhggd hlzevi-';s l lllll'; nrmnizl frantically and tole- ITKZ thinly throllgh his lnouih. (Slhr ( fzsoguganizgt (;.f.c::).ln::g' wizzexdl

b . T,:T1cTn::re:10ulr:E?:bI,”5mm5 ."g'7fllxttliat had happened to her hat. . - . an .nJul(d, ycomlmuedj

VPFSON. 50 F-"n" dr:l.llr:c-(1 sonic dryl rmss under his mad and s'..'i:;(-1. ed onrlt to sit ('I4.l'.l.ll on the (ill-

, And thcn. uhcn people were run-

CANTERBURY. England (CF1- Artist Svdncy Nash. 62 has phlniod r tll h . - t '9; 1 Pr hmd c1”"'d " hmei nncl sold nearly 15,000 water colors

or ears were ringing so that oi Cant:-rbury cntlir-dral in the lost. she did not hear the truck COHIITIIZ H0 yr-nrs. One of his custom!-rs was .ill the brakes squealed rirht at lthe late Queen Mary.

FIBESTONE

SNOW TIRES BARGAIN saua

STOCKS ARE LIMITICID -- YOU CAN MAKE A TRICMENIIOFS SAVING BY BUYING NOW.

670 x I5-4-PLY STIJDDI-ID-Rt-;.r,. 0: SALE 5523.95 with your old lire.

710 x 15-I-PLY STUDDEI)-Rog. 3334.60; SALE PRICE 5326.95

Other slam in stock 650 x 16' 6-Ply: 700 x 164i-Ply; 750 x 11 8-Ply; 825 x 20 .10-Ply. SAVE today while Stocks are good.

TIRE STRAP ON CHAINS SALE PRICE 51.35

llogulsr Challis - Engine Healers - D1-(rosters. etc. 3 0NI.Y-CARIIEATERS-Ir? PRICE

Best Qunllty SEAT COVERS-for :11 models 1r2 PRICE

Big Powerful CAR BA'l'l'ElllESa-313.95 up Trade In Your Old Battery

.55;

FIRKTONE

Bryenton & Maolfay co.

187 GT. GEORGE ST.

Colors: all colors for .. . 845.00

Save 1171-02"-i.50.

Reg. 392.50 RECLINERS with STOOLS- eovers: Frieze and Taposiry. Colors: Coral. Green, Win:-, etc. 861.75 Save 1'3--010.75.

Rog. siisiso LA-7.-ROY hmns mm STOOI5 in frieze snd velour S8000 Save 1K3-519.50.

Reg. S5'l.(l(l ROCKFIRS by Krorhler. Covers: Frieze. Tapestry.

Colors: A wide variety .. 842.75 Save 314.25.

Reg. 364.50 ROCKF.RS.hy Kroehler. Covers: as above 847.50 Save 017.00.

Rog. 539.95 ()CC.ASIONAI4 CHAIRS with arms, in Iil'09(IS and frlezes s'!(i.95 Save 1-3 -5151.00.

Reg. 021.50 OCCASIUNAI. ARM CHAIRS in txvrcds ...................... .. 031.00

3 pr. Suite luv Kroohlrr. 2

wine velour. 1 pr. green velour

2 pr. Suite by Snider. Green frirz:-.

219.00

rubber. 5209.00 for

1

pr.

99.50

Reg. 8439.50

Forum Sectional by

4 pc. in red frieze. sale Price

Save 25'.c -- 57.50.

Reg. 589.50 KITCIIEN CABIN while, high style ......... .. Save 20,";---3.'.70.00.

Ileg. 574.50 KITCIII'lN CABIN while, low lmffr-l sliie Save 20??--518.00.

20'fLi DISCOUNT

chrome

heavy chrome .

CHAIRS, 5 pr.

Reg. 559.50 CHROME TABLE Arborlte and heavy chroma

Reg. 842.50 CHROME TABLE Size 30x42-No extension

Reg. 82250 CHROME CHAIR newest plastic covers. spring filled seat

Hsirlock seal!

good covers-Hy chrome

To

ALL CHROME TABLES and CHAIRS

Rug. 3ilfl500 Cllllflfsll-I TABLI-7 and CHAIRS. 5 pc. set. ht-autiful star- burst pattern, in heavy plated

5105.00

Reg. 3114.50 CHROME TARLI-I and CHAIRS. 5 pc. set, nr-west pat- terns, durable arhnrito table top,

Reg. 3114.50 CHROME TABLE and sat--table size 30x42. Starhurst pattern

Size 30x42 -4- 12” extension

Reg. 817.50 CHROME CHAIR

Reg. 810.50 CHROME CHAIRS

. 869.50

. 5.36.:-u

. 101.50

"Rm 8 PC. Mahogany Suite. Chins. Table (Duncan Phyie double pede- stal) 1 arm, 5 side chairs.

Reg. ..... ..u1.w 3459.00 369.00 All pieces, including Cabinets. Buf- ggggggg ” '33,” tel, Tables, Chairs, etc., at dis- count 2096 e" mi” MIRRORS---Total mick of beauti- ful plate glass Wall Mirrors. at sum d'"”"f” 200 I35

PRESENT STOCKS OF BEDROOM FURNITURE OFFERED AT BARGAIN PRICES.

8 Po. BEDROOM SUITE made with Chest and Bed

- 89.95

Heavy, wall

Special

3 pc. suite by Kroehler. 2 pc. nylon rose, 1 pt. nylon green.

-- .... .. 350.00

Kroehler. 1 suite in brown frieze, 1 suite Regular 3309.00.

229.00

Period style ble Dresser, Table. Sale

Dresser. in walnut. Reg.

Broodloosn:

Rog. 848.00 Heavy tone-on-tons Brasil- loom, green or rose-beige. 9' width. per yard ........................................ -. III.” Save 1l3-816.00 per yd.

Reg. 848.00 Heavy Chintz Pattern Brood- loom. light green background, 9' per yd. ...-................--.................... 8l.C Ssvs 1-3-816.00 per yd.

Rog. 832.50 Axmlnster Brosdloom 0' width, tone-on-tone grey and grey-on-red. Per yd. ............... .. Ssvs ll3-811.00 per yd.

Reg. 87.95 HALL CARPETING. 27" width, sttrsctlve, durable, yd. 85.50

Reg. 86.95 HALL CARPETING 27" width, Axrnlnster, wine, yd. ...... 84.85

BUGS:

Reg. 8115.00 Beautiful CARP!-ITS. Axmlnster quality-almost every color. Size 9 x 12 .... ..

Reg. 899.50, size 9 x 10'6 ..

I7G.R

4 Pt. MALCOLM SFITE

Reg. &'l99.00.

Special .........

Reg. 868.00, size 5'9 x 9 ......

MATS: Reg. 87.95 Itxmlnster mats .....c..... 55.25 Reg. 813.95 Wilton Mats ............. -... 80.35

Reg. 79.95 DAVENPORTS (Armless) covers: tapestry, frieze. velour. colors: wine. green. blue, etc. 350.”

Save 2591:-2011).

' Reg. 8119.00 DAVENPORTS (with srnu)

covers: tapestry, velour. '. A 9.: . colon: assorted .......................... .. 088.00

. , - Save 259'.-830.00

Reg. 866.85 BED OUTFIT.

in mahogany. Dou- Chest, Bed, Night

Metal

bed, ribbon spring and Violet spring-filled mattress Reg. 856.00 BED OUTFIT. Metal bed, ribbon spring, felt msttress

...-... 880-95

LAMPS-Table, Floor and Boudoir. Be- csuse the stock is large you are so- sured or wide variety

AT DISCOUNT or Mi TABLES-End, Lamp, Coffee. Utility. , commode. Msgszlne. etc.-.. in blonds. mshogsny or wsinut

A'l' DISCOUNT or :55

CEDAR CHESTS-A11 in light finish or

in maple

,' AT DISCOUNT D5

CHILD'S ROCKING HORSE! -MI- 855 hasvy wooden construction. dursbls 84

CHILD'S KINDl:RGAR'I'EN.8lT- in Rug. 810.50 sturdy Table with two ' wooden chairs 135

CHILD'S UPIIOLBTIRID ROCKER.- Reg. 35 sturdy Rocker, upholster- Od( rod leatherette out and .6” c -.......-...... ...c............-..c. .

CHILD'S JUNIOR '!'IIC.'!CLI-

Mg. oiooo Ilssvily constructed by "Sunshine" ............................. ll-U5

2596

Sqnu-es site 9113 U2,

Congolsum SQUARES mrar. srocx nszpucno

9110 H2, 917 V2, 916

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