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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-08-09, Page 64 PROTECTION OP BIRDS. The Dotainion Parliament has given the third reading to a bill which erubraceS an Act covering a Nevem lion between Great Britain and the United States for the protectlou of reli- geatory birds in CAnada and the Un- ited States. The cottvwetion has ben confirmed by both countries, but Lt is being nutde applicable to Canada, Which next to the U. S. is principally concerned. Tee high eontractine parties agree that, as aa effective means of pieserving migratory birds there shall be established the follow- ing close seasons during which no hunting shall be done exeek for scien- tific or propagating purposes tinder permits issued Ire proper authorities: 1. The close season on migra,torY game birds shall be between 10th itlerch and 1st September except that the close ef the season cm the lima collie or shorebirds la the Maritime Proviuees of Canada and in those tates of the United States borderiug .oa the Atlantic Ocean witicb are situ ated wholly or in part north of Ches. apeake Bay shall be between ist Feb- ruary and 15th August, and that Ind- ians may take at any titne scoters for food, but not for sale, The season Lor bunting shall be further restricted tp such period not exceeding three and one-half months as the high -contract - lag powers may severally deem appro, Priate and define by law or regulation. 2. The close season on migratory insectivorous birds shall continue throughout the year, 3. The close season on other Migra- tory nonga,me birds shall continue • throughout the year, except that En- kimos and Indiana may take at aby season auks, anklets, guillemots, mur- res for puffins, and their eggs for food and their skins for clothing, but the birds and eggs so taken sball not be sold or offered for sale. During the period of ten years next following the going into effect of this convention, there eleall be a continu- ous close season on the following mi- gratory game birds, to Wit: • Band -tailed pigeons, little •brown, sandhill and whooping cranes, swells,' curlew and all shorebirds (except the, black -breasted and golden plover, Wil- son or jacksnipe, woodcock, and the greater and lesser yellowlegs); pro- vided that during such ten years the elose seasons on cranes, swans and curlew in the Province of British Co- lumbia shall be made by the proper authorities of that Province within • the general date's and limitations else• where prescribed in this •convention for the respective groups • to whicb 'these birds belong. Special protection shall be given the wood duck and the eider duck either (1) by a close season extending over a period of at least five years, or (2). by • . the establishment of refuges, or (p) by such other regulations as tiny te sdeemed appropylate. The takihe cf nests or eggs of migratory game or insectivorous or 1 nOngame birds shell be prohibited, except for scientific or propagating purppses under such laws or regulations ae the high contreceIng powere may selderally deem appropri- ate. The shipment . or export of migra- tory birds or their eggs "from any 'State oh• `ProVince during the continu- ; ince of the cloSe season in such State or Province, shall be prohibited exsent for scientific of hropagaiing purpoees, ' • and the- interttational traffic in any birds or eggs:at such time captured cr killed, taken or shipped at any time - -contrary to the laws of the State or :-Province in which the same were captured, killed, taken or shipped. hall be likewise prohibited. The promiscuous •'Slaughter of these birds • have had a disastrous effect on both the United States and Canada. The great majority of these birds which have been ruthlessly slaughtered are insect and grub eating birds, which save millions of dollars yearly to the farmers arid gardeners. This con- vention has been formed with a view to preserve them from extinction and the countries from untold injury. EXCESSIVE PROFITS. Sir Thomas White, Finance Minis- ter, might consult Mr. W. F. O'Con- nor, Cost of Living Commissioner un- der the Dominion Government, if he is anxious to oonscript wealth. Mn O'Connor makes a public statement as te the business done and profits made in bacon by the company whose head I n Sir Joseph Flavelle, Chairman of the Imperlal Munitions Board. and bY the Matthews -Blackwell, Limited. Mr, O'Connor Says that these two compan- ies have practically a monopoly of the bacon business, and he charges that the Plavelle Company made a Profit of nearly five million dollars last year at a profit of 5.05 Cents per pound. Ho also states that there was no evidence of correspondingly in: creased storage or other costs, yet the profit was raised from 3.67 per cent. in 1e15 to 6.05 cents Dound. If the Flavelle profits were eliminated from the list, Mr. O'Cottraor says thet the profits pn bacoh of the other compan- les would amotint to only 3,02 cents per pound. The Fie:vette Company, aecording to Mr. O'Connbr, sold over five milliOn eggs at a Margin df prb• fit Of 7.02 Cents Per dozen. These figures speak for themselves: It May be that Sir Jeseph will be able to put a different complexion on the Matter, But the figures are in the entire of offiCial figures, and it will be for the GoVeratment to see if ans- thing ean be one to reduce the hige test of living In the matter of eggs and bacon. es *is - New England's Name. The pilgrims had nothing to do with the naming of New England, That Pante Wee coined by Captain John eStaith, of Pocahontas fame and one ot the feunders of the Vtrginie, colony, In 1864 he explored and mapped the itorthern coast, then called North Virs ginia, and fenamed it New England. The Mayflower pilgrim del not arrive until 1820, and the charter granted the neer cOlotly adopted the name ueed ftl SMith'il Man seVeral year before. HER HUMBLE LOVER 9996393.99misamems900100169.000MOMD310 +0.191011.019 10.0016044141301436112111111= E11 = "Well, if I were a wordati?" lieitelia, Ohcilling at her eratheeittsm, "Teu Would love the Place you were the happleat in." "Then I shall love, and do love thie," he saye. "But it down, darling; the air ie cold, for all the eenlight. Let ine put these fure round you, So," anti he draws the eoft eables reund her White throat. For titnee have changed, and he has resueaea his old dety of looking after her, Not that ehe seems to require nauelt loOliing after, for, al- though the face is tromewhat pale, there le health in it, and in the bright eye e that abine like violeta wail the dew Upon theM• "I hope Archie will come to the sta- "Late, of course! It always is wbon "Nor any woman," says Latira, pert- tion to meet us." she says, nestling you particularly want it to he pune- ly, in an undertone, clooe to him in her costly furs, "I trial,' Says the beauty, catching hint "And when I say that you are a wonder whether he haa grown? 1 Olean and arranging his Nat and collex for be quite jealous of Laura; all his let, the hundredth time, "Perhaps I'd better go and tell them to put the horses to the carriage, hadn't I?" he says, eagerly. "You know, I'm going to ride ou the box with the coachman, eo I shall we them before you do, Miss Derwent. Oh, I am so glad-ao glad my Signe Is ecaning back! And, I say, mamma says that I am to call her -Signa, you know -'my lady,' -but I sha'n't, yeti know -would you?" "Certainly not," assents Laura, promptly, "That's the way you inculcate obedi- ence to parents, is it?" says Lady Rookwell, coming out after them on the pretense of looking at the aky, but in reality to peer toward the station, and at the tall hall clock. • "eVhere's that boy gone now? He will break his neck runnind up and down those 'stales, LO.Ura!" "int going to see that the flag -rope Is all right!" shoat Archie, "I've left oue ot the girls to pull up the flag on the tower directly Hector and Signe come inside the house!" And he disappears from View. "Who is that riding up the drive?" asks her ladyship, as a horseman gal- lops toward the hodse. "It is Sir .Frederic." says Laura, "What a good fellow he is! How well he has discharged the trust Lord Delamere committed to him! The earl will not find a thing wrong, and the steward hiraself sue that Sir Fred- eric has worked harder than any paid steward would have done." "Yes," assents Lady Rookwell, "we shall have to call him Sir Frederic the Good, instead of the Great. He certainly is wonderfully changed! It was a sheep lesson, but it has effected ar marvelous cure. From a selfisb, self-opinionated country squire, tire man has grown into a humble -minded, unselfish gentleman." "Good -morning!" calls Laura, step• ping on to the terrace. Sir Frederic looks up, with a quiet smile, and lifts his hat; then crls mounting. comes slowly up the steps, As he does so, the change that has taken place in him can be detected in his face and manner. The old stili shyness and self.consclousness have gone, reserved gravity anct self-respect that have nothing of vanity or conceit In them. He is as quiet as ot old, not given to many words; and there is a certain vague sadness in his eyes a.r.s1 in the lines about his mouth, as if the eveats of the last twelve months had left their mark upon him.' "Well,- Sir Freneric, the time np- proacheth," says Lady Rookwell, giv- ing him her hand; and it is noticeable that she does not address him in the tone of half 'sarcasm, half satire, which used to come into her voice in the old time; there is more bi re- spect in her manner, but not less of liking. • "Yes," hesays, quietly; taking out his watch, "they will be here very soon now,. I think everything is ready; I have just ridden through the etreet,. and 'seen the arch; the ringers are- in their places. Perhaps it would be as wellato send the carriage to the station; better early than tate. I am glad it 1w:such a magnificent day. The old place-he:Ate well." And his eyes wander over the noble front. "Yes, thanks in a great measure to you," gays Lady Rookwell, "I ape sure Delameke will be very grateful to you ,for all. you have done. If he had been here himself the estate could not have been better managed, or so well; you do understand how to 'run an es- tate, Sir Frederic -I'll say that for you." "Thanks," he says, and he does not blush as he would have done a few months ago. "I have done my best, as I promised; I am sorry the task was not a harder one." "Well, you nave done all that was to me done, even to the' last moment. But come in now and wait for thein. I don't ask you- to sit still, for none of us can do that -we must keep moving about -but come and be restless." He hesitates a monemt, then he looks at her steadily, "Thanks; but I am going cay . , • , now." ' "Going away! Where?" demands her ladyship, sharply. "To London," 'he nee'. "My train starts a few minutes befOre theirs Err - view." s "Oh, Sir Frederie!" marmure Deere, who fully understands his motives, and the feeling that preempts him to shrink froni meeting Signe and Hee - tor, and Signe especially. "Oh Sir Frederic, nonsense!" ex- claims Lady Rookwell, mocking her irritably. • "What 'do. you mean by going away? You want to avoid them?" "Noe' he says, quietly, in a low voice. "You don't? Then why do you run away at the moment of their arrival, as if they had the plague?" "Shall I tell you?" he says, sadly, but firmly. "Became° I do not wisb .to be tete death's-head at the feast. ,They are homing back liappa, and tc ;fresh and. greater happiness, please Heaven! Do you think it would be well' of me to reneindthem by my presence of all she -they have under- gone"' "Now -1" "Down in, the village, here in the heenit, ate, jOYotie facee' and hearty vetoes to Welcome, them, and tempt them Ur- forget the paet. Why ehould I' stay to recall it to them? No!" --and he attfles a sigh --"I will take Ity inn 'welcome presence out of their sight." "I see!" says Lady Rooktvell, Sharply. "You alone of all the crowd are1 nbt glad to have thein bank, eh?" "You wrong tee," he Says, eiraelY• "Sincerely, hesually, 1 weleoraes than. There is no One, not , even yote who this day will Malt then% happitiess With greater eardestness arid Utah that shall!" "I belleVes it. That is to say that you are a generous -hearted fellow, %ha through traueh buffering bitve cast away hatted and envy, and have learnt to reiOlee ire their lot?" can Bay that, yea," he *aye, greVely. 'Sir Frederic, I have never flattered *My Zan In my good fellow, I mean it." He inclines his head, "That I value your friendehip and esteem, you know," he says, simplY, "But I say also that you make a great mistake If you think other people, Delamere especially, cannot be Unselfish, and forgiving as yourself." He turns pale. "Do I not think so?" he says, with sudden warmth, "Do1 net know that be Is one of the noblest men the world holds?" "Oh, then it is Signal" says the old lady, mercilessly. He looks her steadily in the face. "How do you think that I can per- suade myself that my presence can be arything but intolerable to her?" he says, in a low voice, "Oh, are you in love with her till, sir?" "011, aunt -aunt!" murniure Laura, crimsoning. "Leaveeme alone, my dear!" era claims the terrible old lady, turning on her sharply. "Let him . areswer my question." "Yes, I will answer it!" he says and his face is very pale. "I am still in love with her, Lady Rookwell. No man who has ever loved her -these aft; Delamere's own svords--cau ever forget her. But" --and his voice Is earnest with truth and dignitY-"my love is that of a brother for a sister, and he who deems it otherwise Wrongs me even more than I deserve." "Oh, aunt, I will go in!" murmurs Laura, the tears dimming her eyes. 'You are cruel!' "I am cruel only to be kind!" re- torts the old lady, grimly. "Yes, Sir Frederic, I am answered, and 1 ani setiefied. And now I will satisfy you that your place is here .aruongst the rest of us, and that it is no part of your duty to run away either from Hector or his wife. Listen to me, sir. This morning I had a letter front Signe, and there is this line in it; 'Tell Sir Frederic that we ohall hcPe and expect to see him at the Grange when we arrive, and. that hitt presence will be considered Indispensable both to Hector's complete happiness and inine! Now, sir!" she coucludes tri- umphantly. Sir Frederic turns his head aside, and la silent for a moment; then, with- out 'edging his head, he says huskily: "It is like her -like :ler! Yea, I will remain. Her word is law to me, and. she knows it! If you will go in, I will follow you," and he waves his hand. "Aunt!" exclaims Laura, indignant- ly, "you. have tortured him! It is a shame!" and her face crimsons with indignation, while tears of sympathy for him glitter in her eyes. Lady Rookwell grins. "Hefty toity!" she says, fixing ll'er piercing gaze on the beautiaul face, "Sir Frederic has found a pretty champion! He! he!" and she laughs. "Did I wound his tender heart? Well, then, you shall stop and comfort HMI" and utterly regardless of the beauty's indignation she goes off. Sir Frederic takes his horn to the stables; the carriage, now all ready, stands in the yard waiting to start, and Aichie runs down the steps and climbs eagerly. on to the box. "Off with you!" says Sir Frederic. with a smile. "Lucky young dog, you will see them first!" As he turns to enter the house, the rector and his wife appear. The rector, sleek and smiling, shakes hands with Sir Frederic. "Ali -happy day this, Sir Frederie! What a touching sight' it is to see a contented peasantry • gathered together to-ahenit-weleorae their lord and master from -ahem! -his sojourn in distant countries. 1 trust to see my dear niece, the countess, In possession of perfect health. It has been a try- ing time for my dear friend, the earl." "Ah, we have been so anxious," murmurs Mrs, Podswell. "The dear countess" -she always speaks ot Signe am the countess, and generaller man- ages to bring the title in twice as many times as there is occasion for in the course of her allusions to her - "the dear countess wrote us a beauti- ful letter. What he must have suf- fered! We don't quite understand yet what -really occurred," she adds, with 'sharp curiosity, but Sir Frederie does eat rise to- the bait. "I dare say she'll tell you," he says. "Your friends, Lady Rookwell and Mies Derwent are inside," and Aunt Amelia, with a sniff, passed on, balked and disappointed. And now the time is getting short Indeed. The crowds at the rallwaY statiob. and the arch grow thicker, and scouts posted along the line to give notice of the apPrOaehing train - the railway signal la mistrusted' by the simple village folio -pass the word ' along that the special train has left the last statiot. A hum wad murmur of expectant est- eitement runs through the throng, and the station -master, with a great white row in the button -hole of his best coat, donned for the occasion, conies out and shouts: "It's a coomin'!" In the salt= carriage of the ap- Preaching train, Delamere and his wife look out upon the familiar seen- ery. With her hand feet elasped in his, Hector points out the white towers of the Grange as they glide into eight. "Near horde, my darling," he says quietly. She rises and leans over him, "Dear old Northwell! How glad, oh how glad I am to see you again! Leok at the ,sea, Hecter. Look! There la St. Clare, and Whitfieldat boathouse, And there is the little bay Where first -where firet we met, you and I. Oh, the past le all a dream, and this is reality, Oh,' how glad I am to be back arrionget it all, Hector!" "Well?" he sees, watching her and delightiag ixi her delight., "/ wee going to Hay that we would never leave this spot, Mid, after all, why ;Should we?" "Hut what ie to become of the other Owe -the castle in Scotland Wed the house ht tmen?" he tam with te "Let them all go," she etys, fervent- IY. "Hera, in thbeautiftil pla0e, I ter s are full of her, Are you tired, dear?" amid her eyes grow anxious in LIXODa eat. He laughs, and puts Ms arm round her. "Tired! I wonder how long it win be before YOU lose the idea that I aeri an invalid," he nye. "Why, You re- quire a great deal more nursing than I do! You nearly killed Yourself in nursing nae, and you still keep it up, though the sharpest pangs I feel now are the pangs of hunger. My dear, you will find me riding to hounds; before the week is out if thie weather taste. By the way, that remiads me; I Must flee after the hunt; we must do our duty, you kuow." "Our duty, yes!" assents Signe, eag- erly. "Hector, dear!" "Well?" "I want you to settle at Northwell, and be quite -quite -what shall I say? -quite lord of the manor, you know._ I want you to keep the hounds; is that the right way of putting it?" "That Is near enough. Well?" and he drawe her uearer to him and gives her a lover's kiss; "seed 'go in' for feeding cattle like the Duke of Deer - toed, who thinks of nothing else?" "No, not like the Duke of Deerford." she says, with a smile. "Dear old duke. I shall always like hint. because—" "Because you fooled him to the toe of hie bent and talked short -horns, you that don't know one bull from an- other!" he says, laughingly. . "All the same, I like him, and I hope you will go in for short -horns and farming, and all that, and that we (Mall settle down at Northwell all our days—" "With a spell of London and Scot- land for a change," he says, with a emile, Thee he starts. "Here we are! and -good Heaven! -they have decor- ated the station!" "No! But -not -for us?" falters Signe. The train stops, and theestation- master and all the portere hasten to the carriage, and stand as if -they were a deputation sent to receive royalty. "1 hope your lordship and ladyship are well?" says the station -master, re- moving his cap. "Quite well, thank you, Saunders." says Hector, win) never forgets a man's name. "Is the carriage here?" Before he can answer, a voice in childish treble shrieks hie name, "Hector --Signal" and Archie is in- folded in her embrace. "Archie -Archie!" she pants. "Oh, ray dear, how glad I am to eee you!" "Yes, and so am I," he returns. "But, oh, Signe, dear, how thin you have grown! But you are still very beautiful, Signal Anti aren't you very, very tired? "What a lovely carriage, and Hector -1 beg your par- don -1 ought to call you 'my lord!'" "Hector win more than satisfy me, my dear Archie," says my Lord of Delamere, taking the boy up in his sxms and kissing him. "And how are papa and mamma?" "Oh, you'll see 'em at the Grange," says Archie. "Como along. They are all waiting. What a time you have been! We expected you an hour ago." My Lord Delamere, taking his wife upon his arm, and. holding Archie's hand, descends the step, and the crow,d collected at the bettom bursts out into a hearty cheer. It is so unexpected that Signe drops her veil to hide the sudden crimson that coven her face, but some one in the middle ot the crowd shouts, "three cheers for her ladyehip!" and as the cheers rise, she, with true in- stinct raises her yell and bows bee head in acknowledgment, while her arm trembles within Hector's. The crowd follows them respectful- ly but eagerly to the carriage, and when the horses, rather startled by the noise, plunges forward, the crowd run after it. Archie jumps on Signa's lap, and nestles amongst the costly sables, with his arms round her neck. "What a long, long time you have been away!" he says, excitedly. "I thought you were never coming back -and I have missed you so! And is Hector really better?" turning to look at him and snatch at Ms hand. "I wanted to come out to you, wherever it was, but there was no one to take Me! I shouldn't have been afraid to go alone, and I told 'em so.. And it's such a beautiful -but I wasn't to tell you! You'll see it directly -there!" and he flings himself, at the window and claps his hands, as the triumphal arel 11, ppears in view. "leeetor!" exclaims Signe, with child -like delight, and a little breath- lese pant; "Hector! Oh, how good and thoughtful ot them: It is beau- tiful, Archie, dear!" "Isn't it?" he assents, joyously. "and they've been at Work such a time on it, and Sir Frederic helped: he drew it on paper first, and built tip some of it himself." Signa glances at her husband quick- ly. "It was very kina of Sir Frederic , " she says, with sevetit gravity. "Ohl" and she -breaks off with a little cry, "Look at the people, Hector; all Northwell inust be there!" "There!" shrieks Archie; "there are the bells! I was listening for them! Isn't It grand? Signe, it is like the queen coming in. isn't it?" - Before she can reply, there rise ringing cheer, followed by 5 storm of quick hIrralis, and the horses grow restive -and suddenly atop. Lord Delamere looks out gravely, but with a pleased light in his eyes. Net for himself is he gatifiee, but for his darling. With a euddete impulse he lasts. and, teaching the spring of the hood causes it to fall bank, ahd Converts it into an open carriage, and still stands ing, takes off his hat. "Signe," Whispers Archie, in a fren- zy of delight, "bee ping to speak to thene," (To be continued.) 4 "YOU Say she ale`aya 'wears a touch- nie-not air?" "No; bet it's aleisys a case of fresh paint."----gmeeas City Journal, "Yes, aunt; John ie so earelees of his appearance. His buttons are al- ways corning off." "tut perhapa they knew Mora of haPplaesa Mad in all aren't-eh-sewe& on properly, the world bellide. All UYOu 'Were * "That's just it. John is so earelete WOman—u , With his sewin-Puek, Every Lea is of Vir in ualit Sealed Packets Only. Never in Bulk. stack, Mixed or Green. • t217 TOKIO IS YOUNG. Only in '60 's That It Assumed Place in IA/0 of Japan. In a way almost unique, Tokio rep- resents an epoch in the history of the country of which it is the capital. When, in the middle '60s, the Japan- ese made their momentoue decision definitely to throw in their lot with the West In the matter of civilization, they set &neat achieving their pur- pose with all that thoroughness so charasteristic of them as possible. If there was to be a change, then they would make it whole-heartediy, Kyoto„ the ancient capital of the country, was irretrievably bound lin with the ancient regime, and the ablest men he Japan saw clearly enough that, if the court was to take its proper place In the country, and the emperor was to become a real ru- ler, and not the mere mouthpiece he had been, for Many centuries, under the rule of the Shoguns, a clean sweep would have to be Made of the past. It was, therefore, in this spirit that Okuba Toshimichi of Satsumagone of the greatest statesmen of the new era, made, in 186$, a novel and startling proposition, He proposed nothing lees than that -the emporer should ab- andon the traditione which had grown tip respecting his person and his court, and rule his empire not merely In theory but in practice. To do this suceessfully, he recommended that the capital be transferred "from the place of its degrading supersti- tions," namely Kyoto, to a new home. A few years before, such a proposi- tion would have been regarded as something very like a sacrilege; but those few years had made all the dif- ference The proposal was received with favor by the emperor, e.nd the place ultimately chosen for the new capital was Yedo, where for 250 years the family of Tokugawa, the last of the Shogun dynasties, .had lived and guided the destinies of the empire. And so, on November 29, 1869, the emperor arrived at 'Foch), and took up his residence at the famous castle, nuilt there centufies before by Toku- Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. tients,-A customer or ours cured a very bad case of distemper in a valu- able horse by the use of MINARD'S LINIMENT. Yours truly, VILANDIE FRERES. gawa lyeya.su, the hero of Sekigah- har, He lett behind him lu Kyoto something very like consternation. To many people,- the removal of the emperor from the ancient capital was - the end of all things. For a thou- sand years and more Kyoto had been the capital Dal Nippon, and, for over twenty-five centurles, according to tradition, the emperors had ruled from spot near the sacred city. All the powers of religious fanaticism were drawn upon it to prevent the emperor form, carrying out his purpose, but in vain. Yedo was not only chosen the 'capital, but, to make assurance doubly sure, its name was changed to Tokio, which interpreted, means "eastern eapital," And some com- pensation to the disappointed and much -distressed citizens of Kyoto, their city was called Sulky° the "western capital." Tee severance, however, was definite and final, and marked for Japan, perhaps in the most forcible way possible, tlie final - break with the past. Thus Tokio is tar and away the youngest amonget the world's eapitat cities. Its history, however, stretch- es back far beyond 1869. Two hun- dred and fifty years befere that date the Shogun leyasu had'built there a great city, and not many years after that time Yedo had attained the po- sition of first city of the empire in point of population. As to the modern Tokio it finds a full expression in the imperial palace, which steads on the ancient castle of Yedo, formerly the residence of the Shoguns. It Is half European and half Japanese in its style of architecture. So Tokio, itself, la a mixture of the two. The numerous houses of the daimos, or vassals, the chief charaoteristic of the 'old town, have been largely swept -away, and government offices and new houses, lining new streets, have taken their placee. Tokio, in short, like the im- perial palace,' like all Japan, is a strange mixture of east and west.- Clarbitian Science Monitor. A rew drops of red ink added to a Pan of warm water makes a delight. Id l "last" water to rinse flesh -colored Georgette bious4 In, AS it restoree freshnees. GITIDE V.O.U'R BOY NOW. Keep Rim On Road -That Leads te /Ugliest Citizenship. 1U4ng' the Scrub PaUeetto. Only a prolific and troUblesome Mote product threlighout laloride, the tierub Palmetto la now beiug. developed into an aseet a great poesibilities. Not IMAY halt it been discovered that paper Qf good quality can be. made trotit, but the menufacttire of citePets, mat' tinge, twines, rope and burlap frene the pleat is already an iedUstry of high standing ip, the state. Ouly the green loaf or fan, is used. Claim Is Made that the palmetto leaves when ;shredded and epun are very much tougher than the grass now Used ter mattings, The green, leaves are fed just as they are cut Into the shredding and *pinning machines, and in three minutes they come out in twine, Title avoids the diecolorations and losses ecs cesioned in drying, storing and hated- liag greases vommonly used ter mat- ting, Palmetto can be cut every day in the year and immedle,tely made into twine. The •skelas of twine where hung up dry rapidly and uniformly. The twine is used Ete soon afterward as necessary.-Aggonaut. This Is a good time to think of your boy. If you do not leele after him in the rigat way some one Will do It in the wrong Way. Begin now. Teach your boy to folibw in the Toot ateps of his father, to respect the law, to obey his parents, to regard tae rights of all men, to honor virtue, to respect womanhood and •to depend upon no one but himself or his ad- vancement, Teach him that the golden rule of life will be found in the Ten Com- mandments. They are abort. They have survived the gges. They stand to -day unchanged art unchallenged. They comprise the first great writ- ten law by God, to man. Before these few commalidniehts all man made laws fade into insignificance. Teach them to your boy. There is danger ahead if you do not. The universal drift of raankind is toward decadence: 'Heredity pays its premium and- also exacta its discount The sons'of a good father arid an affec- tionate mother, brought up in an at- mosphere of parental regard, never will disgrace the family. • The boys of to -day are to be the men of to -morrow. • The destinies of the American, people are to be in the hands of their sons. If the boys are taught respect for the law (both hu- man and divine), obedience to author- ity, manly independence and the fear of God this great nation will be a no- ble mouument to man's capacity for self government and self control at a time when all the world is a seething cauldron of unrest, .unreason and dis- belief. Teach your boy to rule, but first to rule himself. -John A. Sleicher M Les- lie's Weekly. Miwnhaerdre.'sLiniment for sale every - 4., • Odds and Ends, The British army consumes 20,000 tons of potatoes every month. Germany did not pecome a ship- building nation until within the last generation. The torpedo as fired frau surface veseals is effective up to 10,000 yards range. The bread of.the Balkans is made in the form of chainsend sold accotd- inTghtecrolyeinuggoili. f weasels at the baying of dogs are considered evil omens by the Japanese, The ItiOntenegrin soldier wears his medals for valor on hie eap instead of across his left breast, , Within a radius of 100 miles of New York city lives one-eighth the popu- lation of all the United States. - Germany bas 40,060 Miles of rail- way, or about otie-sixth of- the. total railroad mileage in the United States.. The founder of the Rot -001111d alchea was born in a Frankford ghetto:, •the sons of a poverty-strickea dealer in eue ilclUsnder the Englielt UV= no Clergy- man can be arrested' within Ol'e wails of his church, or Wlaile he is g-oingeto or from his duty. In the United $eates there are no fewer -than 21.000 motion pictaee rhea - tree, representing a total infestraent of over $2,000,000,00eee The biggest gun. of. the 'United' States' navy is 60 feet in length, weight about 30 tons, and fires projective *weighing. 2,100 pounds. • „ • • The ordinary Chhieee printing office uses about 6,000 characters, while a fairly eqmplete Chineee dictionary 001/ - tains as many at 60g._,0e0. Minardet Liniment Cur; a Dandruff. • 4, The Starvation Point. To the question, "If there were a siege, how long do you think the sol- diers and civilians could live after the food .supplies gave out?" an English paper answers: Science tells us that if he can get drinking water an ordinary man eau exist for thirty days without food.. At the end of that. dine the ma- chinery of the body will not be spoiled and can be brought back to its former strength by careful feeding.. About a quarter of our' body weight Is fat, and it is mostly this fat that is absorbed as food during -the pesfod of starvation, We can abtiorb and Mimi up our fallacies Until 60 per cent. of their weight is gone. We -can do the same with from 30 to 40 per cent. of our livers and digestive organs and 20 per cent. of Our lungs. Our hearts can lose 10 per cent. and our brains and nervous systems can iose 5 per cent. It will be seen that the more vital organs-brale and heart -yield least of their valuable substance for the life of the body, while the less essential sub- stances -fat, muecle, fiber, etc, -are censumed first. -••- WeiAT HAPPENED TO JONES. "I see you bave a now man making up the elassitied-ad page," said the visitor to the eomposing.room, "Yes," an0wer4 ed the foreman, "What beoarne of Jowl, who had the job?" asked the visitor. "oh," replied the foreman, "we had to let him go. Jones was a good man, but he got rattled in the rush the other night and put the ad of an undertaker under `Ainusemento, " 110110111, "PuPea,iUncolored" The Three, FREE The Lamle Library of "goody secrets" Sent free if you mail us a Red Ball Traclentark,OUtfrOnlearton or saek ofLantieNre Cane Sugar. In 2 and 5.1b. Cartons : 10, 20 Dnel 100.1b. Sacks ATLAITrie SUGAR IMINERIES Lbxkited, Idetareal ,••••••••• .-•••—•••-•••0 BABY'S GREAT DANGER DURING HOT WEATHER More little ones die during the hot weather than at any other time of the Year. Diarrhoea, dystutery, cholera infantura and stomach troubles come without warning, and wb.en a medicine le not at hand to give promptly the short delay too frequently means that the child has passed beyond aid. Baby's Own Tablets ehould always be kept in homes where there are young children. An occavional dose of the Tablets will preveut stomach and bow- ed troubles, or if the trouble eomes suddenly the prompt use of the Tablets will cure the baby. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or my mall at 25 cents a box from The Dr, Wiliams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont, AN ADVENTUR-E IN ,SPELLING. 1 once went a -riding, although My friends told me not to do sough; As a matter of course I fell off my hourse, Who left me in tattlers and wough. A man passing by in a sleigh Saw my sorrowful plight as I Leigh, .And said, "You're a muff! But It is rather tuff. So I'll lust lift you out of the weigh." He fitted me into a seat - 1 was bruised from my head to my feat; I had rulned my clothes, I had broken by nothes. And truly the cushions were sweat! Then he hustled -me over the snow As fast as his horses could gOW• And drove me up straight To a doctor's front gaight. "HI, Doc! Here's a vision of wowl" The. doctor was drinking hia tea, But he came and considered of mea; "He can't use his 'tongue. And he's spoiled his right longue, • And his ribs were not where they should hea. "There's unusual puffiness here, ' And his shoulder -blades seem out of gere; This ear's coming off, And that singular coff Is rather less pleasant than queie." But he settled my various aches, And he splintered by' numberous breach- es; And the lesson I learned When my powers retearned I-'revents any future mistaches. -Christian. Endeavor Werld,, Minard's Liniment Cures Burns, Etc. • .4e Briefest Mention. Pendulum clocks were first used about 1650. The so-called briar of which pipes are made is laurel root. • There are 800 varieties of pears grown in America and 100 kinds �f grapes. The income of electric traction ser- vice as a whole in 1916 can be safely put at $750,000,000. The agricultural produce pf - the United States is valued for 1916 at not quite $6,800,000,444, which puts it easily next to railroads. Copper production in the United States:in MS Is eetimated at 1,941,900- 686 pounds, Zinc output is put at 672,800 net 'tons; nickel at 61,675,438 pounds, and lead at 583,498 net tons. Thrift Maxims. NotJAing waste ,nothing want. Thrift is an antidote against anxi- ety for the future. Thrift deals with the preseat day and plans for the future days. Thrift acquaints itself with true val- ues and keeps tab -on expenditures. Neither minute gains nor even small losses are underrated by the thrifty. e. To postpone to afternoon what should be dope in the morning is thriftiness of management- •• • RELIEF AT LAST I want to help you if you are suffer- ing from bleeding, itching, blind or protruding Piles. I can ten you how, In your own home and without any- one's assistance, you can apply the best of all treatments, Hues TREATED AT HOW I promise to send you a FREE trial of the new absorption treatment, and references from your own locality it you will but write and ask. I assure you of immediate relief. Send no money, but tell others of this offer. Address MRS, M. SUMMERS, sex 8, Windaor, Ont. A Story of Longfellow. In Longfellow's journal, in Which he chronicled daily things that came un- der his observation, he notes that upon a certain occasion he attended a ohureh where the minister took as his subjeet "Progress." Ile was very flattered when the latter quoted about halt of the "Psalm of Life." After re- peating the vermeil the minister said, "I could never eead that mai& with- out feeling the intipleation with which it was written." To this incident Long fellow adds; "But I had the coneeit taken out of Me on the evening of the Sanaa day, when I happened to meet a lady at Presoott's and in our convereation she referred to the ser- mon in the morning and added„ 'He quoted some beautiful Velem, but leo- body kneW whenee came the quota- tions.' " • -6,41 What is,Kawaiian? A correspondent intaeires whether it is proper to opetek of a Hawaiian as "Itanaka," The term is magiculine. A ."Kanaka" is a male trawallan. A "wahine" is an unmarried Hawaiian woman. A "wahineenare"it a mar- ried Havrailan evoMan. These defini- tions are froni the Hawaiian diction- Americite Revive,. There ate 8,000,000 Jews in the Unit. Statet. ISSUE NO. :42 1917 --4=ssogssom._ Hrt.p WANTED. AA/ANTED - PROBATIONERS TO se train for nurse*. ApplY, Wilmer& Xfospit•tti, at. Catharines, tent. WANTDD-A. GENERAL SURVAN'D for only two in ferrety. AOlallti 31 St. Mathee's Ave., J-letrillton, Ont. -.---^"""•-•••--10011stas tioNgv ORDERS. REUITBY DOMINION EXPRESiii money order. It loot or stole% Yoll get your money back. ALGERIA A NEW PRANCE. Result of a Century of Work Against African Savagery. After a vst epzrd1ture in lives and treasure Fgazmce is begflruing to ureap its rewardest of Algeria. A htindred yearsage the northern African county was the abode of barbarism, and piracy was the principal occupatton of ita people, The United States was the first nation to revolt against the payment of W. but° to the dey of Algeria for "pro- tection" to commerce ,and after a bruieee, fsbum - neer thrilling conflIct the bu- neer chieftain was brought te his k In 1827 the French took up the white maa's burden in Algeria and af- ter a struggle of thirty years subdued the country. Under the monarchy and the seemed empire the goverment of Algeria, was based solely on force, but the republic won the allegiance of the Algerians by withdrawing the mil- itary government from all the settled portions of the country, which have since been treated very much as if they were a part of France, each de- partment sending one senator and two deputies to the French chambers, gerians, save for a few of the tribes- men in the remote interior, are now loyal Frenchmen, regardless of color, race or religion, Algeria also sup- plies vast quantities of foodstuffs and meals to France, -New York World, 93. DRS. SOPER 61 WH1TE1 SPECIALISTS Plies,Eczema, Asthma, Catarrh. Pimples, Dyspepsia, Epilepsy, Rheumatism, Skin, Kfd- nay, Blood, Nerve) and Bladder Diseases. Call or send history for free advice. Medicine furnisi ad 3D tablet form. Hours -10 a.m. to 1 p,m. and 2 to 8 p.m. Sundays -10 st.tn. to 1 p.m. Consultation Free • DRS. SOPER elk WHITE 55 Toronto St, Toronto, Ont. Please Mention This Paper, Don't Be Afraid of Work. Charles M. Schwab, the w,e11-known Master of Bethlehem steel works, has ao more patience with the man who works with' the, time clock than has Adam Bede with his fellow workmen who dropped their tools at the sound of the whistle. In his book, "Sucated- ing With What You Have," he writes: "I have yet to hear of one inatance where misfortune hit a man because he worked overtime. Not long ago a man was promoted in our works. 'How did youhappen to adyanc.e this ,fellow?' I asked his boss. 'Well,' he explained, 'I noticed that when the day shift went off duty this man stayed on the job until he had talked over the day's problems with his successor, That's why.' The man Aim fails to five fair service during the hours for which ha is paid is dishonest. The man who is not willing to give taiore than this is foolieb.", • ' leinlmeat Relieves; Neuralgia Like Been° limn Middle Ages. The oldest and largest university in the world is El-Azhar at Cairo, Foliud- ed in 975, it has been from the start a national institution, the khedive being the rector. The minimum age of en., trance Is fitteen, and the applicant must know half the Koran by heart -if blind, the whole Koran -wad ba able to read and write. The curtieu- lum consists of virtually nothing but, theology and -canon law, the final ex- amination fifteen years after niatricula- tient being upon these, together with traditions of the. prophet: Grammar, etymology, rhetoric and /ogle. It is the same instruction which has pre- vailed for centuries, and one who goes into the great court where the circles of students are sitting at the feet or their Gainaliela looks upon a scene preserved from the middle ages, "a perfect specimen, living, breathing and entire." Squabs. A squab grows enormously the first twelve bours and still more rapidly after the third day. Squabs are at first sparsely covered with long dia- rneats of down, the root of each fila- ment implicating the point from which each future feather is to start. The down for awhile still hangs on to the tips of some of the feathers during their growth and it is thought by some to be finally absorbed into the shaft of the growing feather. .1........raimmshveavoosomor4 Is Breakfast Ready? The answer is easy in the home where Shredded Wheat Biscuit is the regular every day breakfast cereal. Being ready cooked and ready -to- eat, Shredded Wheat Biscuit is the joy of the housekeeper in Summer. Served with sliced bananas, berries, or other fruit; they make a nourishing, satisfying meal at a cost of a few cents. Made in Ceinada.