Larrte Willie had gone to bring the is earing Williet"
"Oh, no." said Willie, "I'm earryi them very carefully by the handle Changing Times Wome, in my opinion, are differ ent now from what they used to be,"
"How's that?"
"There's my daughter, for instance she's taking up the law, whereas her mother always lays it down."
Not Guilt Maustaess: "Just look at the dust on this piano, Mary. It's at least six weeks ola!"
Calm Mary: "Phon it ain't nothing to do with me mum, Tve been here only four weeks.
Correct 'A went-dressed man had sat down ato. the painter:
"Why don't you put 'Wet paint' on, your seats?"
"That's what I'm doin', ain't replied the painter.
The Bagpipes Ow the subject of bagpipes a man-alarms quotes Wordsworth:
The bagpipes were in their day, triumph of Scots frugality and in-mity, making their pigs to live their sonority triumph= {ing over their mortality, Stands to Reason "Now, Charles," said the teacher, if your father can do a piece of work in one Hour and your mother can do it in one hour, how long would take both of them to do it?
"Three hours," answered Charles, "counting the time they would take in arguing'
The Real Fact Miuister—Why do you not get a wife, Donald?
Donald—I micht get a bad one.
Minister—Trust to Providence, an' you'll be all right.
Donald—T'm no s0 sure, parson, for ye ken Providence has to dispose of the bad as well as the guid, Precautionary "Sua, T ste that your mule has 'US! "branded on his right Teg. 1 suppose he was an army mule and belonged to Uncle Sam."
"No, auh, Dat sale dean' belong to no Unicle Sam, DatU.S,'doan' mean nothin' bout Uncle Sam, Dats jes a wagnin: *U, stands for unsafe, dat A Definition Tus phrase "eternal rest" occurred in a fourth-grade reading lesson, and the teacher tried to see if the chile dren knew what it meant.
Her first attempt met with no res-
"So came eternal rest to this good' man," and again asked the meaning.
This time a ttle fellow volunteer-Serhthin tt means he way out of The Psychologist Tue customer gazed pensively at the barber, Something about him seemed rather odd.
"Tsay," he said at last, "isn't it unusual to seo a barber with long hair and whiskers like yours?"
"The barber nodded and smiled. "yes," he replied, "but it's good for the business. Every man who sees how awful they look on me will fall for a hair-cut and shave, To Scribe "A"
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Head And Tale method of shining is known as "block-caving", and while it had been applied "to other minerals in Prisoner at Highgate police court: some parts of the United States, tossed up in my head what I should had never been tried out in relation
ne to asbestos deposits, until the eng-inoers of the Asbestos Corporation of 'The Reason Canada adapted it to the King mine. 'Mismmss: "Why don't you ever Thelford Mines is situated in the water the rubber plant, Norah?' south-eastern portion of Quebec pro-Norah: "thought it was water-vince, about 120 miles <rom Montreal, proof." and 60 miles from Quebec, and is early one thousand feet above sea Serves Them Right level. The approach to it from it Sherbrooke, the heart of the Eastern, "Huxpazs of people are injured 'Townships, is through 60 miles of their baths every year," declares rolling country that is a delight to a writer, Well, they should stop drive through. The last twenty singing. miles, particularly, as one passes Lake' Aylmer and Black Lake and Only Natural winds through the hills, offers pan-'Sunceox (to plumber, after operaoramic views that may be equalled, tion): You had a narrow. escape. but hardly excelled, in this province When we had you nicely under the Then, almost without warning, one anaesthetic you tried to come back reaches an asphalt highway and is for something. the midst of a group of mines. 'The easiest way to explain the Really Smal new "block caving" method of mining is to make brief mention of the "How can you stand these small open-pit procedure, and then point! apartments?" out the contrasts.' In the open-pit, "Oh, everything is in proportion, method of asbestos mining the ore we even use condensed milk." is simply dug out of the ground from Fatal and depth; all refining has to be pit that increases rapidly in area
Bunks: "Yes, I find the same oh-done above ground level, so. the Jections to the new 1995 models that surface rock has to be removed even Tdi to last year's though it is unproductive, and the J refuse must be carted away and piled Yon some part of the mine property. Under the "block-caving" system, Walking main shaft is sunk for $00 feet, and Hundreds each morning I behold rifts" are established at various 'Along the highway stalking; levels. 'Then' various blocks of ore Some are walking to reduce, of definite dimensions are plotted: at 'Some are reduced to walking. the King mine a section "160. feet square is the unit. "The bottom por-At Night tion of this block is cut and blasted was Billie' frst tip tothe ut and hauled to the surface. Then country. Outside the farmhouse he Into the hollow formed the rest of saw the farmer's wite plucking the block is gradually broken down fowl for next day's dinner. and brought Up s ofo. Eventually "I say, madam," he said, "do you the pressure of the top section as-undress them every night?" sists in the caving, and as the hollow forms on top the. mining refuse con Reproof be dumped in. "This weight of refuse, in turn, adds. to the top pres-'A canty of the old school, driving sure, and thus assists the operation. "humorous American round Edin-'The engineering. complications are, burgh, pointed with his whip and of course, much greater than said, "That's John Knox's hose." been suggested, but the engineers in John Knox?" said the visitor. charge are very modest regarding 'John, Knox? Say, who was) John their achievements. The finance difeutties of the project were, per-With a look of unutterable amaze-haps, the more spectacular of the ment not unmixed with pity, the two.' For the type of development cabby replied, "Great Scot, "man Have ye never read yer Bible?" requires that vast sums be spent in the constructions of shafts and tunnels before any appreciable. produe-Untouched by Wealth tion can be obtained. And this construction was carried on through-'Tue tailor was trying to persuade a client to settle his account. four the most trying years in the in-Understand, sir, that you hav Qustry-—from 1929 onwards. cently "come into quite a. la The milling of the ore has many amount of money. Couldn't you now points of interest, too, but the under~ age, to pay me?" he implored. tronnd operations in the damp and fea," replied the other; "but I Smoky atmosphere of the tunnels hate outward show. I don't want it were much more impressive. At the to be said that my newly-acquired Surface the ore is broken up, and wealth has caused a departure from the fibres are separated and classified my former simple habits. according to quality. Much of this is carried out by selective screening, after: which the bros are graded Division of Labour and. bagged ready for shipment. A 'Tur eldest of three little boys was Targe. proportion of the asbestos is sternly reproved by his mother for for export, but it finds its way, 100. his bad behaviour. into almost every industry in' this fou are the eldest, Freddie," said country in one form or another. his mother sharply, "so it is really to you to set a good example to Johnny" and Timmy.
His Mistake Freddie sniffed. "H'm!" he said.
"Wwene is that beautiful canary "1 don't mind being an example for bird of yours. that used to sing 20 Johnny, but I won't be an example Clearly, and. sweetly?" asked Mra for both of them. Jobnny's got be it for Timmy."
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