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Th; adoption oi the decimal system in money transactions and in wellllll was an event oi great import-m“ l1‘ the Maritime Provinces sixty-Odd years ago. Previously B11 n" “d” people and the children at school had been taught to reckon in pounds, shil- “n83. pa“; and farthings, which, stfangg w‘ say, is still the method in Great Britain. The change in the currency brought much confusion at first. For the Pound in England and the shillings and pence were oi dif- ferent values on this side of the At- lantic from what they were in E118- land. and also different in‘ New Bruns- wick from those or Prince Edward Island.

Tho. English pound in New Bruns- wick had come to be spoken oi as a pound "sterling," and the English sixpencc as a "York shilling." Much had to be unlearned as well as learn- ed 1n order that the farmer or the merchant should realizethe value in the new currency of what he was selling or buying. ‘Then, too. under the old order of things the ton had meant 2,240 pounds and there was confusion and misunderstanding! 0V- er "long tons," and "short tons," long hundreds (112 lbs.) and short hun- dreds (100 lbs.)__Many mistakes were made in translating old price values and weights into the new. No one who is now familiar with the dollar and cent currency would willingly go back to pounds, shillings and pence.

The metric system of weights and measures seems likely to be adopted in time by the civilized commercial nations and an equalized value of gold, silver. copper and bronze coinage throughout the civilised world isnow realized to be long overdue.

m reformed calendar of time re- commended by the League of Na- tions, we believe will yet be adopted, first in alternative form. the yearly printed calendars given out at new year, showing both the days and months as we know them, on the seine sheet side by side with the new iiiymonth year. in which every month will have 28 days, and the year, month and week will all begin on the samq day of the week. Printed double calendars in such form will familiarize everybody with the new style of reckoning time and the news- papers will spread its fame and has- ten its coming.

For obvious reasons the decimal system does not fit in with any meth- od oi reckoning time, old or new.

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ghosts make nightly promenade in the garden of a certain chateau. heg- end has it that there the wraith; of Benjamin Franklin and the Duo do Gesvres hold high discourse on mat- ters cf state. Curators of the Musc- um of Franco-American Oo-operation authorised an investigation. in the course of which flashlight photographs adult“). with Wu“ ’”_°d°m'

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This negative result will not shake lbfltabl.‘ mwnum‘ M the vmey and‘! tn; faith of any villager. Nor should *1 "W; °ld m"- wmflhl"! "l" “W15 i; be wowed tum, ML Tim.’ i, nu Carrols ‘ancient man, a-leanlng one,‘ reason why an astral body should 5'44- ‘lflF-l” “d exmmded l" n" the Pei-mi; imii to be piuiiiugmpiiuci To value ‘of this popular fruit. ache may be located a considerable m, gong-am iii," i, iiiuu uuiuoriiy He said that civilization was found- distancs from the head. in the court proceedings of the Middle ed on tho Macintosh. He said that

$11M the flu epidemic incl-o have A,” m, supposing mi neither 01d r».- was satisfied of the future of civil- bwn mm 0"" of headache lust Nick nor any of his satelites, although 1mm" 5° 1°"! i“ "W" and W°m=n above the eyes or at the back of the mm, 1n human 10m, uuuid cm u would consent to buy and eat Mac- head. This type usually comes on at ghwow m. beiwid his imu" iu a Intosh Reds. He said that. if the. ‘l "mm W") "In"! about the mirror. If there was truth in that “’°“‘°“ °Uh° Prmn‘ dill’ "W14 b= middle oi the morning and lasts a it 1, not ti, b, supposed m“ u uuiem as modest as the Macintosh Red, the few hours. There is no vomiting and gm‘; iuvestigaioi. iii“ Huukiiu wouid World would be a great deal batter‘ 1n 5 19W dill’! lt basses away. have failed to learn the secret so as ‘m’ H‘ “id m“ l" h“ “"19 they

If it continues longer thanthis, it to m“, ii, “iii hi, mmuiuuuu. iuu. were content to make their winter is most often because some secretion n such time, u i” duh-ed cumuieie intimate garments oi flannel that re_ has been locked up, or can't get away urivucsu u "scmblcd in c010,- iiie uppk oi which u . n 5.2211113? filltmuoihaallltttle cum” What everybody would like toknow he w“ 8° pmud? “m m“ u the" ' ' ' and poker hand-s ’ for Bid“). gm‘ ma’; ruquugwtbggd m‘: about the strange pair at Bierancourt daughter‘ wwld “fly dwemp "5 valuable presents» are 1n every

. i, mi so much wuuiuur they u” uu_ much sense the world might be saved. ,

opening mm u” m” b’ 91mm“! tuaily there after nightfall as what ‘m!’ Bu‘ t package‘ A and m’ “vuy mmm- it is they would talk about and how 5° I lush“ ‘t m!‘ ""1955 m"!

Then there is the one sided llead- Du Geumu uuuid do hiu tuiuiuu and asked him where he got all hi; ache which is usually (but not al- wouid he curry uiu head under his wisdom-dol- I am notoriously leary ways) accom, nied by nausea and um uud muuu it upuuu for him’ or 0g m, gdwi-giied wisdom oi uucieui vmmimg‘ Th“ “u”. "w" u’ b’ would he manage conversation in mm‘ ‘H’ dun‘ '°'m l” "murltllld hered ‘My’ but mum's ‘Pd ‘ ‘m? some other way even‘ more remark- that’ u“ 0’ ntwk‘ But "h" l" ""9 gish liver are unquestionably factors uuie? Ii is uuuy w uuueruiuuu why parting I asked him hi, “m, “d indts cause. Rest with a purgntivu is nuukiiu might wuut to hum out the he said it was Macintosh. And he illuuallurtigliuthat i; necuzssalury hell-la: hummus duke uu uomuuuiou. for nub had red hair. It was upon such little twig: august)” 5 e we ' urally he would want to know how a ism“ m“ m“ dvumum‘ l‘ mllnd‘

Where the headache is accompanied ‘i: gitdriluuxgzluznr: with?” if ->—————-——-. by dizziness it is frequently due w heuiiuu m, uuumuu wuuuaiigu‘ . _ _ some acute ailment approaching. and court uuuukiiu}; uociuéy uuruiy wouid 0v" hm and. 5°"! daulme fill-R riast in blzilsllzuiilulci be the ‘first though‘: bu u uiuuu ' i rad continulgd. But at last the 28mg. I no a o a eymp ms whic eeper can: t up with the tramp and might point to appendicitis are pres- wi1§i°:::'u:'v:::‘ufs‘:; "umgy seized hold of m, collar, mt H burgative may be taken, but it iuuu uuu huppefiu to be but ma“ “i; ‘Now, then," he demanded, what is much safer to let your physician bubiu muiuuflioucuuuduuuu Page; do you mean by trespassing in these have a look at you first, Duu d6 Geuwuu um of the u“ of m‘ grounds? Didn't you see that board

Then there are the headachesof Pom", who, uiiuu uuiuu u "on e "D It the sate?" which" heurasthenics complain, a. sort oi uuuuiduuubiu celebrity 1:“ T‘): "Whyuyug, sly," said the ii-iimiu of binding pain toward the top of the headed in the Reign of uumr Bu! "Well." roared the gamekeeper, head. This pain is not accompanied demise wok uiuuu oniyi m“ yeuus up "what did it say?" by vomiting or nausea, and the Pat- i" m“ u‘, the celebrated phfloso- lutramp shook hishead. lent is usually able to‘ get to sleep at Dim. wiih wuusu uuuu his u now “id "It. unno, sir." he replied. "I was night. This type of headache is help- i0 mu“ uucu duuuutuu ‘rum m the too periits to read any morn whgn 1 ed by the open air or col-i to the shad,“ ui Biuuucouii, Peiuu seed thefir-rtward we: ‘Private'l"~ _ head, whereas the patient with one- may buuuu their diuuunuuo in u?‘ ‘ " sided headaches prefers the heat and uuiuuu u! Muuumu Heivetuumm G e likes to “e down “m a "um ("k V"! mllht even have been presents; corner."

So if you have a headache try to fieniizlzuv:

way about British institutions. to be able to make up the minds of those who have no mind oi their own. so we are pretty well unanim- ous."

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From the luxuriously equipped mo- tor core oi todnyito the first horse- leu carriages of the last century is an amazing stride in comfort, con- venience and efficiency. Many of our readers will remember the appear- ance 1n Charlottetown oi the first steam driven vehicle which was the idi-Yq-linilerlotoll the automobiles that throng the streets today. Few. how-

' dViflyi-YO aware that the invention of the first practical steam carriage dates back as far as i802. In 1824 a num- ‘ber of these vehicles were construct- ed and used with considerable success m mclodd. ‘talilllg the form of stage coaches _~ propelled by steam. and weighing from three to four tons un- loaded. Some 0i them ran regular passenger services, attaining average speeds of tkn to fourteen miles per hour; but great, opposition was met wlthiowing tothe prejudice of those whose interests related to horse- haulage. and every obstruction was ofleleci in the shape of prohibitive toll-s and-legislative enactments. The result was that steam carriages were driven .off the roads in favor of rail- wayou The crushing blow came in

i865, when the British Parliament

.prescribed. among other things, (1) that theinumbcr of persons required to drive the vehicle should be in- creased to three; (2) that a. man should precede with a red flag; (a) that‘ tllc maximum speed should be reduced to four miles per hour, and

(4) ‘that they. should be forbidden ever to biowofif steam! It was not until Daunlcr’: invention in 1885 oi thointerriai »combimtion motor using petroleum spirit, that the first step was taken towards the production oi ms modern self-propelled road ve- hicle. the next step being the recog- nltion in 1887 of Daimlers system by a French manufacturer, M. Levassor, and his application oi that system to the propulsion of a carriage. Since that time the motor car has become one oi theineccsslties of modem civ- ilization, even in this Province, which was‘ the last to become reconciled in

Your first thought, if you have a hfiadlollo. ll to get something to ease llla P8111- Thll. of course, is a most natural thing to do, and I'm going to criticize it at this “mo. But if you are subject to headache, to some Appr- ticular headache, then your common sense tells you that there must be some reason for it. Pain, as you know, is Nature's signal to you that some- thing is wrong somewhere. This trouble which is causing the hem-

But there are many matters on which Canada's mind, nationally. does not yet seem to.be made up. Every now and again, we have a general election turning on some great issue, 811d W6 we CXDO-sed to the public gaze the motions of a nation making up its mind. 1t is not so long ago that we as a nation made up our mind that we are a. nation. And there are many other matters, upon which people of other nations are tending to make up our mind for us. We can remain a loyal part of the British Commonwealth of Nations without reflecting merely the mentality oi England or other sections of the British Empire. We have a national mind that is all our own, and we must keep it. At the same time, the Canadian mind will equally cease to be Canadian, if it becomes United states. And there is perhapsagreat- er danger, because of the greater proximity. It is a heavy influence to struggle against. Canada cannot buy enough magazine to make it possible for a Canadian publication to compete with the publications which come from across the border with circulations running to seven figures. Consequently, the United States publication is read in a dozen places to on, where the Canadian publication is read. The moving pic- ture is almost exclusively United States. Th: few British films that have been shown in Canada have been highly acclaimed, but there are not nearly enough to keep the picture houses busy. The same with dramatic and operatic productions. And even i! we could flood our Cana- dian theatres with English and French troups, our moving picture houses with British films, our ‘book- stalls with English magazines, would it make any improvement so far as the development of Canadian ideals is concerned? We do not Want Can- ada to become merely the reflection

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The , lation of Palestine, as given out by the best authorities, is 915,000, being approximately equal to that of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick tak- en togcther. 0f this number 650.000 are Arabs, 140.000 Jews and 75.000 Cilristians. The immense preponder-

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Drought did heavy damage to apple -

and hay crops in parts of xngjmd this year.-

flnd out whether it is overuse of the

its use“ Some oi our politicians, who now- drive~ to- the Legislature in their own cars, can recall the days when they bitterly denounced the introduc- (Jon of such new-fsngled devices. ‘Their speeches make amusing read- ing today. The motor car has come to stay, and the ‘crusade that was staged against it has become as un- real, even to its champlons- "5 the battle of Don Quixote with the wind- mill.

A CANADIAN MIND.

Speaking before the Canadian Club at ‘uiorrisburg, Ontario, a few days ggoLMayor Calnillien Houde, of Mon- treal. leader oi the Conservative party in Quebec, gave utterance to some timely remarks on the importance oi individual thinking and the develop- ment of a Canadian mind. In order that there should be a Canadian mind, he explained. the first essential is. that there should be a mind. Granted that, there should be some unanimity:

"so long as you have a collection o! individual minds. all acting along diflerent lines, you cannot have a national mind. They l" 1"“ "' collection of warring lnielllfllw“ punmg in opposite directions. But. on“ you get. on any particular subject. a reasonable degree of un- fforrnity among the individual minds. then you get on that subject a national mind. I specify the in- divldual minds. because the Peoria who have no mind of their own hardly count for much. Whatever flig- majority of tho individual minds of the community do, they will follow along?’ I

Mayor I¢Ioude~gav¢ a concrete in- staring of what he meant:—

"You people i-ncstly originated in Great Britain Ullforlsltiguh or size yblllfl-XQQIB worm "5 - You lire" nl molly attached toBnt- m; institutions. But- trio mncll- Canadian. whose family had never any direct connection with Great Britain, British institutions and the wimpy ‘wing just a little more loyal to the‘ British flag than some ghgrqughbred Englishmen. Because you have taken the British flag for granted for centuries. where" my

y 1Q by personalex- hidden worth to them.

w; your] not give it up for any ' "P! WT"! m‘ f , on that

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of two pictures, that oi the English mind and that of the United States

lmlnd. Having two pictures 1n the

mirror instead of only one, would not make it any the less a mirror.

"Canada. must be prepared to be. in the future, much more than a mere hyphen between the peoples of the United States and of the rest of the British Empire. That is a more transitory job which our Dominion has nearly finished. It is a stepping stone which will wear slippery and let us drop if we do not soon step from it to something higher. But if the majority of our people are mere reflectors of ideas and ideals poured into them by the literature, radio, entertainment and personal contact and example of an overwhelmingly more numerous population to the south, we can never aspire to any intellectual and moral supremacy. Even as a. hy- phen we will serve the purpose poor- ly. In time, by such process, we might become a good shock ab- sorber. Having absorbed the ideals of our neighbors until we have left not a single ideal of our own, we may be useful to absorb the bumps whenever they clash with the out- side world. I do not aspire to such a future for my native land."

Canada, which promises soon to be the world's richest repository o; min. e761 Wealth. must strive also for other and more enduring sources of power. We must prepare ourselves for lead- ership in spiritual and intellectual things as well as in material wealth.

"Let us try to develop a people amongst whom no man's ipse dixit is worth more than the solid facts he can put behind it,and noman's example is to be followed until we see where it leads to. and then we will have a people whom over- whelming numerical superiority can never carry away, a people who will remain stubbornly Canadian. independent in thought and action, independent in ideals and princi- ples. and capable of leading the world when the day comes that her natural wealth and industrial and commercial importance impose that Xflborlsibility upon her."

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EDITORIAL NOTES

A Toronto exchange defines the attitude oi the three parties in the OllllHO election (m the llquqf qua. tion as follows: "The Progressives will Rive a plebiscite within a year. The Liberals will give a pleblgcifg 11 and when demanded. The Corlsorvatives l" llvlng I plebiscite fight MW in

the shape of an election.” u“

anoe oi ‘Arabs 1s the serious problem of the present situation. Huge as the Arab majority is. it has no voice in the administration of its own affairs. The Arabs have never ceased to de- nounce the injustice of this. The Arab majority is under the rule of a Brit- ish High Commissioner with a Council ‘ nominated by himself.

The Arabs have repeatedly sent delegations to London to protest against being deprived of political rights in a country which has betn theirs for nearly 2,000 years. Lord Rothermere 1n the Daily Mail asks. "How would the people oi Wales, which is almost the size oi Palestine. have liked their country to be made a ‘Home’ for 100,000 Jews from Cen- tral and Eastern Europe. while they themselves. without any share in the administration of their native land, were placed under the rule oi a for- eign High Commissioner?"

It has been remarked that many families have names of diflerent col- ors. such as Black White, Green, Brown. and Bluc. This peculiarity is not confined to English-speaking countries, but is familiar in French names and doubrlus in those of other countries. Red is more common as a personal given name than a family name, Red Murdock.‘ for instance. Many family names are derived from metals, as Gold and Gould, Gold- smith. Silver. Copperfield. and so on.

News of moose and deer hunting is plentiful in New Brunswick papers of late. It is noted that although there has been much rain recently, the dry ground has absorbed it and the brooks and streams are not at all swollen. The game animals still haunt the watering places as they did in the long spell of dry weather. and are easily found by the guides and hunters, who are having a busy time.

Although the drought was lean on the Island than on the neighboring mainland. it is well that a plenty of rain has come to raise the ground- water level, and nil the wells and re- servoirs before tho coming frosty nights had made the ground imper- vious to water.

The newspapers or today give fresh tidings. not only from east, west, north add south, but from all the ages past. As buried cities.- caves an?! abcdes of primitive man are be- ing uncovered and explored, ancient .