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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1905-10-12, Page 3NOTES AND COMMENTS • !THE 1'E'.EF R m1sTAKE While ).� Ii s criticizing foreign (; fedi atilt 6 6 schools eta ttie• gruuuel that the bees are in danger of teiug (euttu- iTa'd through the influence of womenA Good Example of a Strong Man teachers, and while. Prof. Willcox is furnishing figures which show that rthe wttue teacher is relatively as ntlnu•ruus in Englund as lien., Ger- many also is making discoveritee '1'tw fernin(zaticn> danger is an old bugaboo among German thcoriste; 1 the new discovery is that Germany her>u•If is in danger. In a "critical review" of the situation the Pada- goglsche Tieitung announces that wo- men teachers arts by degrees gaining ground in taking charge of boys' clutises. According to the last official cata- logue of teachers published, that of January of this year, there were only thirty -eleven common schools for boys in Berlin in which no wo- man teacher is employed. On the other hand, in 102 schools there were at that. time 224 women In charge of boys' classes, and in twen- ty-two schools fifty women were teaching mixed classee, so that "al- together 274 women teachers, about one-sixth of all employed in Berlin, were entrusttel with tho education of boys," In many of these schools there might be only one or two wo- men, but in a greater number there were three, four or more, in a few six or seven. The majority of tate women teachers had eighth, seventh or six teatimes, but ten presided over fifth clahes, two over fourth classes and one over a third lass. Even the wnrii est friend of the employ- ment of women teachers, the Pada- gogischc Zeitung thinks, must soo in these figures a justification of the charge of feminization. The German critic finds this con- dition a sad affair for the male teachers, pad also for the schools. It laments the difficulties that the wo- men teachers have to encounter in dealing with their pupils on account of sex opposition. Still worse ap- pears to bin►, however, the case where, the teacher being "young, amiable and handsome"—as she gen- ..ernlly is, he remarks—disrespectful looks and offensive utterances are no longer leveled at her, but love -glow- ing hearts instead. 'These (german boys (coni the third class down must Lie precocious, but this is apparent- ly where the theory of feminisation begins to work. At this point( the German theorist considers that the dignity of the office of teacher is seriously impaired. Tho most sur- prising thing of all, he finds, how- ever, is that despite all hardships of the boys' classes the young women teachers have no hankering to leave them for girls' schools. Many jest- ers, he suggests, might suppose. that this lies on account of their col- leagues in the boys' schools, buthe thinks the real reason lies deeper. Ile enys it (s a known fact that young women are always far more interested in little boys than in lit- tle girls, The German observers Nems to be unable to account for the incrase in the•nunlber of women teaching boys. The obvious reason that they are loss expensive is regarded as being effect by their supposed greater lia- bility to illness. 'Pile simple fact that at least where very young_boys are concerned their natural attitude toward their pupils and their me- thods of control are apt to be more suitable three those of :nen has ap- parently no recognition. Front the tune of the Weenssion that has been started by the Pada- gogisehe 'beating it seems likely that concerted effort will be made to check the advance of women in this sphere of activity. The real intlu- "nce at work is probably that of the male teachers, who see a reduction In the openings for young amen and greater difficulty in getting their none too generous pay increased in the course of time if the competition of women becomes anything like what it Is in this country. The tnili- tnty instincts of the empire. how- ever. will most likely be invoked to With a Powerful Drawback Thou shalt know hereafter.—.john, sill., 7. Each individual seems to possess a nnrtualizutiou of diverse forces. to hien physical beauty is often neuti'ul- ize•(I by mediocre mentality. Intel- !lectuality is strikir:gly accompanied 1 by physical defects. Strong charac- ters are marked by special weakness- es, and milder ones are more normal in their daily dives. The Apostle Peter's fault was ot'er- eageruess. 110 was possessed with too ardent a desire to know, to see and to du before a fitting time or opportunity presented itself. Ile was impetuous, headstrong, self-eill- cd. All this tended to spoil his faith. It moved him out of his place as a follower of Christ. It weakened for learning of his Master. 1t hastened hitn into acts and speech that brought upon hint rebukes nhich put hien to shame. Peter forgot or did not realize that the broad actualities of life need not bo detnonstrutod to be understood; that the intimations we receive through our imaginative powers are sufficient to make us learn that "tho splendor of dawtn and the ten- der glory of twilight" ate as real to the physically blind an to our- selves, whose senses after all but drink in the phenomena of life. It is faith and love, devotion and duty, hope and sacrifice that penetrate the truth of our living, help us to ex- plain satisfactorily THF' DIVINE MYSTERIES and at the saute time Nupport us in our inquiries after the Unseen. "That," says St. 1'aul, "which is at present momentary and light of our tribulation worketh for us above measure exceedingly an eternal weight of glory. While wo look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen." Curiosity to know the mysteries of the kingdom npel the present gen- eration to go eyond what. the King himself dealt es. Even in our own sphere it is not given us to fully understand what the senses can drink in. La the last analysis, the physical creation is about as intan- gible as the air we brea?Be 01 the electricity that works such wonders. The natural mysteries are as puz- zling as the supernatural. "All things are hard; man can not explain then by word. The eye is not filled with seeing, neither is the ear filled with hearing." i -fence it is not strange that the eternal verities are not within the grasp of the hand. The conceit that inspires a craving for limitless knowledge involves us in a labyrinth of difficulties and com- pels the true loan to ackuewtedgo himself dishonest; for one of the most righteous dealings a man can have with himself is to realise his on it limitations. "In much wisdom there is much indignation," and upon such limits - tions can the wire assn build up a 'character of sturdy growth. E'en 1toraro said of those of his age, "There is nothing too arduous sur mortals to attempt. We nine at heaven itself in our folly." hgotisum is never ennobling. 'Under its in- , IUence spiritual breadth and depth become a stagnant pool from which are omitted the deadly miasma of misgivings and denials. Like a 'iv- ; Ing spectre depression follows the ir- 'resolute and begets a amoral insanity whose awful significance is indicated in the utter 'lovelessness of THE SUICIDAL MANiA. The individual who holds in con- tempt the laws of the higher life Ix> - cause ho cannot perceive their reas- onal>lenees may not pope to lift the veil that will reveal the secrets. While yet in the mesh of worldly de- sires even Peter was not to know the remains why, but only wlien ho was purified by the Spirit anti when tho weakness of curiosity yielded to the labors of divine love did he pierce the veil of the sacred shrine, where eye could see and ear cou:d hear and where the heart of man could appreciate what the God of trust had prepared for those whose faith inspires Itis love, For to know hereafter imposes on us the obliga- tion of faith and trust now. Incom- pleteness here is palet of the divine plan. The Divine Artist has but roughly outlined us for Hie present purpose until lie is ready to fill us in hereafter with "the beauty of holiness and the effulgence of angelic color." Let us strivo to fully comprehend rho misttako of Peter, and profit thereby. It is the lacking of know- ledge In its fulness that should he the foundation stone of our happi- ness here, and place upon our spiri- tus) nature the capstone of repose. In ilia own good time all the sub- lime mysteries that are now so puz- zling will give us a superior happi- ness in the great unfolding. And oven in this life real happiness could be anticipated if we were but mindful of Ilis promise that "there rernaineth a day of rest for the people of God" in the great hereafter where we shall know all things. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON, OCT. 15. Lesson III, Returning From Cap- tivity. Golden Text, Psa. 126.3. LESSON WORD STUDIES. Note—These Word Studies are bas- ed on the text of tho Revisal Ver- sion. The Man and the Book.—All the In- formation which we have concerning i:•za•n, the famous leader connected with Israel'+ return, is obtained from the books of leera and Nehemiah and the apocryphal writings of the Old Testament. From thecae we learn that he was a priewt, a scribe, and a prophet, representing in a way the transition from the prophetic office to that of the scribe. In tho cup - city of n scribe we trust think of hint, however, not as a mere copyist, nor yet as the author of the law, but nit a diligent student and teacher of the law. Ezra occupied a position of prominence under Artaxerxes, the son and successor of Xerxes, 13.C. 464-435. With the permission and under the protection of a special edict of the king, he led a Targe com- pany of Hebrew exiles hack to their nnUve land (I1.('. 458). The edict. of the king and all that is known con- cerning the return of the exiles under Fara and the subsequent work of Ezra at Jerusalem is given in the books of f•.ear and Nehemiah. Ori- ginally (hese two books were one. and it is pr.ihablo that they were put into their present forts by the same hand. They give ars not a complete history of the restoration, but rather a short sketch of a few important events of that history Passing over in silence long periods intervening between the events uu n- tionevl. Considerable portions espec- ially h1 Nehemiah are written in the first person. This first person in Fare everywhere refers to Fara, and in Nehemiah. to Nehemiah, though it is not certain flint these memoirs written by Ezra and Nehemiah re- spectively are preserted to us in ex - befog the issue. The fight will no netly their eriginal form. Parts of doubt be popularized by the cry that p u lthesetmemoirs seem 10 hat'(• 1 een s. it is impossible to bring ua na- Vt•rse 1. 1'erses -1-8 of the first tion of soldiers under the tutelage of chapter of Eire are almost word for women. This is still a strong argu- word the sante ns '2 ('hron. 36. 2'2, 23, and it has been supposed that trent in Ilse Germany, of to -tiny, anti the arnnru may yet hove to retire and Nehemiah formed one h k, but this larger hook contnined the hooks of Chronicles 01st; flint. ire flint there wile n time when Chroni- cles -learn -Nehemiah in some form or another constituted n single work. Cyrus king of I'e'rsin—Concerning the birth and early life history of Cyrus, king of Persia, then, are con- flicting accounts handed dawn to us from different sources. It is prob- able that he was the grnndson of Astyagrs. king of Merlin, ngninst. w•hurn he later led nn array revolt, gaining first control over Persin and ten. by the defeat of Astyng••si (550 11 (' ). elver Media alsolie• rapidly extended his authority over one country after the other, until the originally not only the hooks Ezra from the boys' schools of the em- pire. - It is n common mistake to count measles ns n trilling complaint that need not tee noticed. find few people realise how many hundreds of young children die every year from it. 1f mothers would only remember that warmth is essential. and that every Child with measles must be kept in bed. there would prohnbly be few fetal cases As it Is, however. this pimple precaution is neglected. and he branchlt iv or lnllnnunut n of he lung that supervenes is one of the commaeeM eans•s of death. whole of Asia Minor had become part of his empire. Babylonia was added in 538 11. C. Cyrus reversed the policy of deporation and dena- tionalization of conquered peoples which had been followed by the As- syrian and Babylonian kings prece(1- ing hire, and gave to the conquered nations the largest possible degree of 'melon), both political and re- ligious. The exiles which he found in Babylon and its vicinity he liber- ated and permitted to return to their own land. ITe thus became, in rslation to the Jewish nation, the instrument in (lOd's hands for the fulfillment of prophecy, that the word of ,Jehovah by the mouth of .lereminh might 1e accomplished. i'I'he prophecy referred to is ono con- cerning the aev(nty years of cap- tivity (.ler. 29. 10): "After seventy years are nccotnplished for Babylon, 1 will visit you, and perform 111y good word toward you. In causing you to return to this place." Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus—in nn inecript.ient of ('ynis the king hien'clf mentions the fact that he "restored to their horses the exiles who were in Babylonia as well 101 their gods," end concludes by preying that the gods which he has thus restored nine, intercede for hire before his own gods llel-Merrslach !and Negro. 2. •i(thotah, the God of Hen von — I Cyrus was not, as might be supporeel from this verse, if taken alone, a monotheist: but he recognized the local authority of the deities of sub- ject vacs, and often Implored their favor. ile hath charged nme—in Isa. 44. 124-28 and 45. 1-13 is described the divine mission which Cyrus probably uuconscious}y ilisc•hnrged in relation to the Hebrew people. Some have supposed that, Syrtis had he••ri shown Musa prophecies and v• -as influenced in his action by rending thein; (Altera hnvo thought that possibly Daniel's influence with the king has No110- thing to do about this action, but for neither supposition is there his- torical evidence. :t. Of all his people --Tile majority ul those• who returm(4 with Earn be- longed to the bilins of Benjamin and •latish, brit some also of the fen tribes which had been deported enr- ilier may hair returned with those of !the southern kingdom. ('yrus in using this (expression thought doubt - and Ilenjnmin. 1111(1 llenjnini11. 11' is (1(x1, which is in .lerusalen►- -Ile is the God who is in .1(•rusn- bee" 1 ginal rending, 11ec. Ver.), 1. Silver, , . gold. . . . . goods —For the• journey anti the immediate n(t'ds of the people after their ar- rival, besides the freewill offering, which was for the temple. 5. 1ic•tnls of fathers' houses—Eld- ers, heals of families, and groups of families, to whom, imrnuse of the tribal division of the nation. he - longed rank and authority. •Iugjth and Itenininin—'The t tvo tribes included in what is generally spoken of as the (nptit'ity of Judah. 7. Vesr•••Is of the heieee. of Jeho- vah. whine Neteachndneaanr hn(I brought forth out of Jerusalem-1{e- ferriug especially to the capture of ************* HOME. :************ IRIMI':S'I'IC RECIPES. (old Cutsup.—Cold tomato catsup is a great favorite. Peel half a peck of tomatoes and chop very line. A meat chopper 18 justthe thing for this work. Drain the ton/attire in coarse sieve or colander, then turn into a lierite mixing bowl and add half a cup of grated horseradish, one cup of salt, one tem mixed, beach and shite, mustard seed; two table- spoonfuls of block pepper; two red - peppers chopped line; also two routs of celery and a cup of nasturtium seed, a cup of beet brown ringer, ground cloves, allspice, cinnamon and peace to suit the taiste and 11 quart of strung cider vinegar. Mix well. arid place in bottles or small glare; Jars and seal. Chili Sauce.—Peel n dozen large ripe tomatoes and chop tine, chop lime two large onions and four green peppers of the hot variety. The vele.. table must be chopped very fine anti separately; then thoroughly mixed with two tablespoonfuls of suit, third of a cup of sugar, one table- spoonfel of ground cinnamon and a pint and a half of good cider vine- gar. Moil for one and one-half hours, stirring to keep from burning. Mot- tle and seal. Summer Chili Sauce.—Chop half peck peeled tomatoes, three stalks of tender white celery, mix with a cup of grated horse radish, two red pep- pers chopped fine. one cup white on- ions, chopped fine; a scant cup of salt, a cup of black and white mus- • tard seed, two tablespoonfuls of pepper corns, two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, one of cloves, and one of mace, a cup of white sugar and a quart of good cider vinegar. Mix well and bottle. 'Do not cork. Tomato Chuntee.—Pees two dozen ripe t toes and ehop fine, chop line four green chillies and four white onions, stole hal( pound of large raisins, rhred an ounce of dried gin- ger. Mix all together with four tairtespoonfuls of salt and three cups of white vinegar. Boil three hours, then seal up in wide-mouthed bot - ties. Apple* Chutnee.—Add to one (mart of vinegar two tablespoonfuls of mustard seed, two of ground ginger, two of salt and two cups of moist brown sugar. Stone and chop a cup of raisins, chop two large white on- ions and two green chillies, remov- ing the seeds. Add all to the vine- gar and let simmer two hours. 'Then acid one and one-half dozen sour green apples, pared, cored and chop - mei rather fine. (',00k gently for another hour or until apples are very soft, then bottle and seal. Green Tomato Soy.—Chop a peck of green tomatoes very tine., and sprinkle+ with salt; chop hail( a peck of white onions bene and salt them. Int stand three hours, then drain and squeeze off nil the water, and place in a preserving kettle with three ounces of white mustard seed, one ounce each allspice and cloves, half pint nixed mustard, an ounce of black pepper and celery s.•(�ct mixed and a pound of moist brown sugar. Cover with vinegar and boil steadily for an hour. (?ulnen Cake --A good cake that can be used as a dessert is the fol- lowing quince cakes: First make n simple sponge cake. Spread the cake in two even layers, each about half an inch thick. ie•t it hake slowly, so ns to keep tender and moist until it is done When cold, spread each of the Inyers with quince jelly and cover one with whipped cream that has been stiffened with a little melt- ed gelatine. The whipped crenin may be flavored with quince by ad- ding a lahleepoonful of hot, melted quince jelly to the. gelatine. When this cream is spread on one layer of cake, lav 1taside and spread on the other a meringue and bake it Jeres.tlem in 697 B. C., when Jehoi- ac'hin, his househt.ld, and ten thou- sand of the better claseee were car- ried off 10 IlabVlon. The despoiling of the temple is mentioned in '2 Kings '24. 18: "And he carried out thence 1111 the treasures of the hoes,• of the lord. acid the treasures of the king's house." His gods—The word in the original may be rendered tither ns singular or plural. Some have co'isider•d 1 ho singular the preferable rendering be - Cause of Nchuchuenezzar's devotion to one god, M.veslaeh, in whnree hon- or the king restored the temple of f'-sfigila with unrivaled rpleindor. ft. Mithredath the treasurer — The Hebrew form of the Persian ''111ith- radutn," (nniilinr to us as Mithri- dates-0 very common name runung the lf(du-Pere:in ms. Elh(•shbnzear the Prince of Judnh— Sheshbnzzar is probably to be iden- tified with '/erubbabel. Phis has un - GI lately been the commonly accept- ed view, and has still, an it seems to 118, the bnlnn•e of support. in Its favor. It was common for men of prominence, even for khigs, to have difTerent names, by which they were referred to te.lerelutngenbly. The lav- ing of the foundation of the t(tnplc which in Ezra a. 8 111 ascribed to 7A'rn1h4be4 is In 5, 10 ascribed to Shcmhbazaar. 'ihe prophet 1Ingeni (1• I; 2. 2, 21) reties to %erul,t •nhe•l ns the governor (1'ekhnh) of .1(1(1,111, which title is also given to ihrsh- bn•z.aar in Ezra 6. 1.1. Sheshbazrnr is called prince ("nnsl") in relation to his own people only. 9. Knives --Tia rendering is un- certain. since the word so trnnslnted occurs only here in the Billie. (ether suggested translations ha10 been. censers, rhnngcs of raiment. teasels adorned with net work , etc. 11. five thotis:eel and four han- d:1(I—Since the numt,er of cess/ Is enumerated in verses 9 end 10 when added together do net e.11:01 this number. it is eielesnry to as -era• that only the pr►mrtpnl kinds of tes- eels are specially tn.ntio►ied. slowly for about 15 or 20 minutes, er until it is a light brown. The edges of the cake should be covered with the meringue, so that It will not become dry in one oven. After the meringue has become cold. put the layer of the cake which is cov- ered by it on top of the cti.er layer contaieiug the jelly and cream. Tris is an ornamental cake, an 1 mice for dessert served cold. USEFUL DINTS. One of the st successful ways to darn wools and silks is to take rav- ellings from the 111uteria1 Split the thread into the needle with the help of wax. In this way the thread or silk matches the goods exactly. C kerosene is excellent in cleaning hardwood or stained floors. Sweep carefully and dust before ap- plying the oillee! only a small quantity at n time, wiping a small space, then rubbing the oil up with a soft absorbent flannel cloth. Fronds of maidenhair fern, if fully matured, niay be kept ten days or a fortnight if laid in the folds of et datnp towel. 'Phis is the tnethod em- ployee by florists for keeping cut ferns, and It is far more successful than the usual one of immersing tate fronds in eat, r. I7gg shells should be saved and used for cleaning bottles and cruets. Store them in a box and when you want to use theta crush the shells very finely, partly fill the bottles with them, and then shake the bot- tles well. Rinse them out in clean water and they will be bright and clean. To remove freckles the following lotion is a good remedy: Take one ounce of lemon juice, quarter of a dram of borax (powelerud), aper half a dram of sugar. Mix thoroughly and let it. stand in a bottle for three days and it will be fit for use. This should be rubbed on the face and hands occasionally. Salt will relieve the pain caused by insect stings and hitcst if dampen- ed with water; after apple ing this to the affected part, bind round tightly with a bandage. Ammonia is of great hervice, especially with wasps and bee stings, to which a blue -bag may also he applied. Flea bites are relieved by vinegar. The .laps excel in cooking rice. and their method is exceedingly simple. Put one cupful of rice, which has been thoroughly washed over the fire with five of fast boiling water. Add salt, and when it has boiled fast for fifteen minutes set the saucepan, uncovered, in a mod- erate oven. In fifteen miuut(e; the water will have completely evapor- ated and every grain 1►e distinct and fluffy. Not a grain will stick to the saucepan. A FORESTRY CONVENTION WILL BE HELD IN OTTAWA IN JANUARY NEXT. A Great Deal of Practical Good May be Expected From the Deliberations. The announcement of a Canadian 1•'orestry Convention having the sup- port of the Dominion and Provincial (lover •nts to be held in Ottawa on the 10th, 11th and 12(11 Janu- ary, 1906, is an important one for the Dominion, for the forests are one of her best assets and anything that will preserve them and increase their value is (deserving of every consider- ation. Finding the trees growing in maturity on the forest lends little attention was given to the fact flint they are living entities and grow according to laws which maty he as- certained 11110 by the control of which their development. inay 1)e regulated. Forests have been class- ed with minerals. The more that was taken away, the less, it was considered. would or could be left. fact that. where trees grew and flourished they could grow again was not thought of. As result the forests were cut or burnt from good and poor land alike and there are throughout Canada Inrge tra'•ts of land producing nothing whi• h might have been producing valuable forests, anti which may still 1)e, If only proper means are taken to that end. '1'he value of forest products for 19(11, according to the last cen- sus, tine 851.000,000 and provincial governments which control their own lands (letter large revenues from their forests. Strike out the iters of forest revenues from the provin- cial bud/eels and the Targe amounts thus raise+' st be provided by di- rect taxation in some other form. 'fill; I'U111.iC iNTEiRES'l'. in the question of forest preserva- tion is therefore great. It may be interesting to sketch the history of the forestry mnve- tnetit which is thus reaching such an important stege in its develop- ment. The question wee agitated for many irate; by Sir ilenri Joly de 1.ntbiniere, Lt r. William i.ittle and others, and in 1P82 n Forest Congress was convened in Montreal representing the United States and ('annda to consider the subject and /levee. means of dealing with it. There was n large attendance of loading Hien from the Ignited Stntes and Canada and during the two or three days' deliberations a number of vnlunhle papers were rend nnrl in flu• tliscussaennt n great den) (•f in - trusting rind tweed Inforn►slion was brought nut. The results wore t sornctvhnt ephemeral• howeccr, ay, although the proceealings were well reported in the newspnp••rs end ron- sidcrnhle public interest was areusect the presaw,re of necessity wens not felt in the rune wn3 ns it is nt the present time and no sustained effort was made to keep the >natter lie ore the public. At this convention, however, the American i•'or•st Con- gress wart organised o'hi•-h body met later Iii the city of Q(1elree in 11112. The most ear -reaching result of Ibis (onvent11)11 was the adoption of the fire ranging system. which has done so •h to preserve the forests ref Canada and whirls wits 6.440.st►tt. edly a direct result of the stimulus given to the interest lu the subject. This systte n was first adopted y Ontario in 1885 and the other pro- vinces have leen one after another following this example. 7i,* con. t•cntion was therefore fur Irma fruit- less and 11 the saving of timber from fire which the fire rangers have ac- complished run be credited in any way to that convention it certainly has more than justified to the peo- ple of Canada the calling of it to- gether. The different governments continu- ed to work out their forest adminis- tration on individual lines, but in only nuc province, Ontario, eels there A SPECIAL OFFICER appointed to make the inveectiga- tions of this question his particular sphere of work. This Branch has done splendid work under the charge of Mr. Southworth. In 1811u a Superintendent of Forestry for the Dominion was appointed, and short- ly afterwards lair. Stewart, the Sup- erintendent, called a sleeting at Ot- tawa to consider the organization of a Canadian Forestry Association. This Association has held meetings each year and has published a great many valuable reports and papers. It has been steadily keeping the Question of the forests before tho public and that it has done so in a wise and practical way is evidenced by the fact that it has the support of those whose interest In the forest is personal as well as of a large number who are interested from tho public standpoint. Among its sup- porters are such leading lumbermen as J. R. Booth, Hon. W. C. Ed- wards, ITiram Robinson, R. M. Price; leading business men like 1). McNicoll, General Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway; B. E. Walker, General Manager of the Bank of Commerce, and many others; leading educators like the Principal of the University of To- ronto and of Queen's University. The persevering work of the As- sociation ♦sociation has brought the subject to the point where the federal govern}• tnemt have thought it a wise policy to call together a Dominion Con- vention to consider the subject. Representatives will be called from the Provincial Governments, the Lumbetmen's Associations, Boards of Trade, Universities and Agricul- tural Colleges, Farmers' institutes azul other organisations. The main divisions in which the subject will be considered will in- clude the National Interest in the Forest, the Relations of the Forest and the Lumber, Pulp and other In- dustries of the Country, Forestry in Relation to Agriculture, the Influ- ence of the Forests on Water Powers and Irrigation, Reproduction of the Forest. All these are vital ques- tions. They are among the tnost important that are before the public for solution to -day. Forestry ex- perts in Europe are LOOKING '1'0 CANADA RS one of the world's great standbys for the lumber supply of the future; the United States is feeling the pinch of decreasing supplies and is already drawing largely on Canada to make up the deficit; the lumbermen realise the increasing value of their hold- ing's; the governments appreciate the significance of the large forest bud- get in their revenues; the agricultur- ists see more clearly the protective and direct value of forests and woodlots; and the railways and other industries feel the increasing difficulty of obtaining the supplies they require. At the Forest Congress held in Washington in ,innuary last it teas mucic clear that the United Stutr's consider the situation a grave one in so far ns their country is con- cerned. President Roosevelt, who addressed the Congress, mode the folie,wing statement: -- "if the prerient rate of forest de- struction is allowed to continue, with nothing to offset it, a timber famine in the future is inevitable. Fire wasteful and de{tru('tive forms of lumbering, and the legitimate use, taken together, are destroying our forest resources far more rapidly than they are being replaced. It is only AN the producing and rottener- cial interests of the country conte to realize• that they heed to hnvo trees growing up in the forest no less than they need the product of the trees cut down, that we may hope to see the permanent prosper- ity of both safely secured.:' Forestry is, therefore, a subject that should be given careful consid- eration in the Dominion in order that we may if possible hold our commanding poset ion. The Unrest ry Convention is therefore a tltnrly move. and that it is mo appreciated is shown by the fact that it has the support of itis i•:xnellency the Gov- ernor General and that not only the Premier of the Dominion, but NIr 1{. L. Borden. the header of t le • tip -- position, nee taking an aetite inter - era in Its success. -: IIARDANGi•:R MIM'S. I The prettiest, plainest set of line - danger collars n,td cuts were intent. e(1 the other tiny—with an utter air Bence of the heavy stitch and even the little "berry" left 03 Irmo the bar -stitch that harks the squarest. The coils were Jost two inches deep, half of the material Irft plain, and the other half, with the ext•. p. tion of n hem not much wider lino the divisions, was just the rep:!.r. •i, The collar tva8 aln►ost as deep tut the cuffs, and treated In the salt,) severely plain way Yet it tuns the most effective sort of set when worn. Buttonholing was neressery, of course, but it was (lone in the heavy sewing cotton. like the rest of the Work, Instead of the merceriz60 thread usually employed. It matters not how smart a man is, some Clay he will hump up against soothe, man who Is Just a little smarter,