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THE BRILLIANT HISTORY OF THE
ROYAL SOBTB- 'EST MOUNTED POLICE
The decision of the Canadian Gov
eminent to increase the Royal North-
West Mounted. Police force to more
than five times the number ever en-
gaged as patrollers of the far places
calls attention to this remarkable body
of men and their work as explorers.
Indeed, little has been said of the dar-
ing feats of these men in mapping out
huge tracts of unknown territory.
During the decade or so that pre-
ceded the war they discovered great
lakes, huge mountain ranges, mighty
rivers, vast herds of game, and new
tribes of Indians and Eskimos whose
existence was absolutely unknown_
Here it might seem strange to speak
of any parts of Canada as unknown or
unexplored. Yet it is an indisputable'
fact that there are still big areas in
the Northlands of the Dominion that
are unknown country, and it is the of-
ficers of this remarkable police force
who have done more than anybody
else in tiling in the blank. spaces. In
this work they have endured hard-
ships and trials as great as those ex-
perienced by the most daring of Afri-
e•.an or Arctic adventurers.
The recent Order in Council made
provision for increasing the force to
5,000. but, at the moment the number
mined at is 2,500 men. Recruiting has
been going on since May and has had
:: brisk response. The raising of the
force is due to several reasons—the
industrial unrest, the enormous new
area which the force is to cover, and,
not least, the decision to continue the
exploration work which was dropped
.when war broke out and of. which
virtually nothing is known.
lentil the Order in Council was pass-
ed the mounted police only had juris-
diction over the prairie provinces of
Saskatchewan and Alberta, and the
semi -arctic and arctic territories of
Maekenzieland, Hudson `Bay," and the
Yukon. Now they have had their
jurisdiction extended to the whole of
British Columbia, Manitoba, and into
New Ontario as far as the shores of
tbe Great Lakes—a stretch of terri-
tory almost as Iarge as Europe with-
out Russia.
When war broke out a unit of the
Mounted Police went overseas and
fought as a cavalry detachment. Large
numbers also enlisted in various in-
fantry regiments. So great was the
depletion caused by war's demands
that the force, the top strength of
which was 750 men in January, 1017,
went down to 400 before the close of
the campaign. Of this number 150
went to Siberia and served for some
time with headquarters at lladivo-
stock. With their knowledge of arctic
regions, the handling of dogs, wear-
ing cf snowshoes, etc.. they proved a
valuable corps.
The force was founded in 1573. At
that time the new West was just be-
ing opened up. The monopoly of the
Hudson's Bay Company ceased In
18119, and their territory was taken
triter by the Dominion Government by
purchase. Following the passing of
the territory from the rigid sway of
the fur company, a horde of whiskey
smugglers and cattle runners swept,
in from the United States. To com-
bat
ombat these Hien and retain law and
order over a wilderness half a mil-
lion square miles in extent, Sir Sohn
A. Macdonald took the matter up in
Parliament, recommending that a
force be organized "without"gold lace."
This famous epigram stuck to the
police for many years.
In May, 1873, the Bili was passed
authorizing the Mounted Police. Three
hundred men formed the first force.
Recruited at Toronto, under Lieut.-
Col.
ieut.Col. French, they travelled by train to
the then end of the railway at Fargo,
North • Dakota. From here they
marched eight hundred mites through
the prairie country and established
the first post at Fort McLeod, near
the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
Later Fort Edmonton (Pile -of -bones),
now Regina, the headquarters, ai.!d
fialgary posts were established, all in
what is .now Alberta.
Another large post was established
at Beettlefeei in what is now Sas-
tatchewan,~RThe most northern post
to -day is that at Herschel, right away
up on the extreme north-western tip
of Canada in the Arctic Ocean, Here,
too, is the "Farthest North" white
man's cemetery of any land, and from
the cabin windows one may look
acrbse ae narrow stretch ,of lifeless
barren land to the twenty-one .crude
wooden crosses that marl;: the graves
Of the twenty-one white leen. who
have been boiled here. It is nearly
twp thousand miles from civilization,
!but ,only ,only one of nearly similar deso-
late police stations in the wilderness
of.the..great Northland,
tl'l eriaeta of this remarkable polio
.farce perlihps' the: most famous Body
8n llee 3•i'itiea.:Eltnbir'e; have been the
very backbone of strength in the
building up of 'Western Canada. They
have gone ahead of the settler, in ad-
vance of the railway and the surveyor,
and they have made their uniform re-
spected and feared in a territory that
stretches a thousand miles east and
west and eighteen hundred miles uorth
and south. Although numbering un-
der eight hundred strong, they have
done the work of an army, A cattle
thief two hundred miles away from
the nearest officer fears the law as
acutely as the city lawbreaker who
works in the very presence of the
police.
"There is a white man who is .sell-
ing liquor to the Indians," said the
Inspector at Fort Macpherson to one
of his men. "He's down on the In-
dian Hare River, three hundred miles
from here. Go and get him."
The officer went. He travelled
eight hundred miles for his pian, and
he "got him." The assignment was no
more unusual to title dollar -a -day hero
of the Royal Mounted than it would
be for a city policeman to be detail-
ed to arrest. a man.in, the next street.
In 1917 the 797 men who comprised
the force • made 14,277 arrests, and
convictions resulted in 11,657 cases.
Their wonderful work can hardly be
appreciated until one pauses to real-
ize that this entire force, which pa-
trolled a territory half the size of
Europe. is no bigger than the p-oliee
force of a city like Toronto. The
Athabasca and Mackenzie River dis-
trict, for instance, is patrolled by three
officers and . twenty-five men, yet it
comprises an area of 620,000 square
miles -slightly less than a twelfth
of the North American continent,
about a fifth of the whole of Canada,
and some five times as large as the
United Kingdom. Nevertheless, no
lawbreaker is safe in the whole of this
vast country, for once bet upon a trail
a man -hunter of the Royal Mounted
le a veritable Nemesis.
•from six months to a year is the
tinge allowed for a "rookie," or no-
vice, to prove himself. After that
first year he becomes either a "re-
liable" of the Royal Mounted or a
"discard." In the fifth month of his
service a young, smooth -faced "rookie"
cornered three desperate cattle
thieves in the Cypress Hills, east of
Lethbridge, fought them to a stand-
still, and brought them into headquar-
ters single-handed, one of them almost
dead of his wounds. A little over a
year later, this same "rookie," whose
name was Barry, was sent out after
a man -killer with those words which
are epic in the annals of the Royal
Mounted: "Don't come back until
you get biro." He got his man, but he
was away seven Months and he tra-
velled over two thousand miles.
This is the type of man of which
the Royal Mounted is made up, so it
is not so strange, after all, that eight
hundred such characters should be
able to do the work of ten thousand
ordinary men. In a way the , Royal
North-West Mounted Police is a mis-
nomer. It is not all "mounted," as
most people suppose. In the entire
service there are only 640 horses and
nearly all these are to be found at the
posts in the prairie provinces.
An inspector stationed very close to
the Arctic Circle once suggested to
me that it ought to be called "The
Royal Mounted, Dog -Sledge, Snow-
shoe, and Canoe Police of the North:
West. That name would just about
hit the nail on the head, though the
writer, instead of saying "Police of
the North-West," would suggest
"Police and Explorers of the North-
West." For it must be conceded that
it is something of importance to "dis-
cover" a sixth of a continent, to re-
veal untold •minions of new potential
wealth, and to add lakes and rivers
and even mountains' to maps that
were naked white spaces less than a
decade ago. There is something in
this of deeper import than the ,."dis-
covery" of a Pole, whether at one end
of the earth or the other.
(To be Continued).
The Last Word.
Robson; da you know why you are -
like a donkey?" the witty friend asked.
"Like a donkey?" echoed Robson.
"Why, what do yoti mean?"
"Because your better half' is stub-
bornness itself."
The jest pleased Robson immense-
ly, for he at once saw an opportunity.
for a glorious dig at his wife. So when
he got home he said: "Do you know
why I'm like a donkey?"
He waited a moment, expecting Ills
Wife to give it up. But she didn't.
She looked' at him coldly and then
field: "I suppose you, were born so."
Setetireel 4nime: s ac Levee Neureleiii.,
1 -las Your Child Goat! Teeth?
When shalt I begin cleaning my
baby's teeth?" inquires a young
mother,
The day after he cuts the ilrst one,
is none too early. For in that way you
establish a habit which is absolutely
essential to his best physieal develop-
ment. Without sound teeth no ane
can be at his best physically, for per-
feet health depends upon perfect di,
gestion, and the first step in digestion
is thorough mastication--chewing---of
the food,
Wonderful advances have been
made in dentistry in the last century.
We are told that the EinPress Jose-
phine lost all her teeth, which may
perhaps account for Napoleon's cooling
affection. But with all our advances
in knowledge the examinations of
drafted men showed that many hun-
dreds had overlooked the attention
which good teeth demand. Not only
that, but a glance at the teeth of a
large percentage of the people, we
meet, adults and children as well,
shows that the doctrine of proper nu-
trition for the growing children, and
daily use of the tooth brush, needs
more emphasis.
If the child is to have good strong
teeth to start with, he must be fed
properly. The teeth are composed of
substances similar to bone and need
plenty of bone -making material. For
the infant the lime and phosphorus
necessary for proper bone -making is
found in the milk he drinks, As he
approaches and enters the second year.
this may be supplemented by egg
yolk, which is rich in phosphorus. In
the latter part of the second year
cooked green vegetables, such as
spinach., asparagus tips, young beets
and carrots, thoroughly cooked and
strained, help in the supply of miner-
als. Of course, the two-year-old will
receive well -cooked cereals and fruit
juice daily. As the teeth begin to
come the child should be given hard
toast, crackers or zweiback to chew.
This will help develop strong jaws
and teeth and teach him to masticate
his food well.
Proper food for teeth making should
not stop with the second year, how-
ever. Growing children are cutting
teeth at pretty much every stage of
their development. At five or sex the
baby teeth drop out and the perman-
ent set appears. During all these
months the diet should be carefully
watched. Milk should still form a
large part of the diet, a quart a day is
none too muck, and eggs are valuable,
too. If milk and eggs are not playing
a Iarge part in the daily dietary, feed
brown bread instead of white for its
mineral content. If the child is get-
ting plenty off milk and eggs, white
bread will be sufficient.
Cutting teeth does not stop at six or
seven. There is that period from ten
to- twelve, and even later, when the
child loses the first "double" teeth
and gets his permanent ones. He
should be fed generously on bone
making materials, brown bread, beef
or mutton once a day, still plenty of
xnilk and eggs, potatoes, fruits, includ-
ing oranges and prunes which are rich
in bone -making properties, oatmeal,
beans, dried peas, turnips, parsnips,
carrots, peanuts, walnuts and the
green leafy vegetables; lettuce, en-
dive, spinach, greens of all kinds,
celery, etc.
Having fed the growing child the
proper food to make good teeth, the
next important step is to see that he
keeps them clean. Teach him at the
earliest possible age to clean them
thoroughly at least night and morning
with a brush and water. A good tooth
paste helps, but clear water is better
than nothing. Do not buy every denti-
frice you see advertised, as many
which are the most highly advertised
are injurious to the teeth. Ask your
dentist what to use.
Teach the child to brush the teeth
downward with straight, firm strokes.
This is the best way to remove the
particles of food from between the
teeth. Brush inside and out and don't
be afraid to brush the tongue. Finish
with gargling the throat well and rins-
ing the mouth thoroughly.
After each meal cleanthe particles
of food out .from between the teeth.
For this use a bit of dental floss, or if
you absolutely cannot get this, use
a good quill or wooden toothpick.
Never use a pin or any hard substance
which will injure the enamel. And
above all do not let the child bite
threads, or try to crack nuts with the
teeth. Teeth are intended for but one
purpose, masticating food,
Take the child to a reliable dentist
every year and have the teeth thor-
oughly examined. This will cost you
a dollar a visit, probably, but it will
save you hundreds of dollars in later
life. Don't say you can't afford It.
Let him go without, something else, a,
toy, or the cheap candy you buy when
you go to town. You spend many
times tbe two dollars two trips to the
dentist would cost, for things be is
better eft without. Gut out those
things and look after his teeth.
Individual Birthday Oakes.
If tbere is no ,time to bake an ela-
borate cake, and you are unwilling to
let .your, child's birthday aitndve.rsary
page without observing the tine- hon-
Dred candle custom, try the plain of
decorating sulall cookies baksel in
Muffin
pans.
Give them an easily made icing of
confectioner's sugar, moistened with
cream and flavored with vanilla. With
bred candy pellets make a border an
the icing. Place a candle on each
cooky. When the cakes are placed ori
a platter and the candles lighted, the
effect isaltogether pleasing.
The novelty of the individual birth-
day cake will appeal to the child, and
call forth an enthusiastic appreciation.
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cested his ship. Nevertheless, when.
' in want of other food, he was glad to
eat them ---sometimes Chapped up and
' frozen into tallow balls,
He wrote; "During the long winter
night Hans beguiled his hours :of
watch by shooting rats with bow and
arrow. The repugnanca of my come-
»anions to share with the this table
luxury gave me frequent advantage of
fresh meat soup, which contributed no
doubt to ni,=. comparative immunity to
scurvy."
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WRITING HOME.
One day a teacher on her way to
school saw a young woman who lived
next door to her standing absorbed
before a shop window in which colored;
parasols were displayed. The teachot'1
spoke to her twice before she got any.
answer, and even; then the reply was
the .quite irrelevant remark, "I believe
that.lalferelar parasol ie just the shade
of mother's new foulard!"
"Your motber^'s new foulard?" the
teacher repeated. "Why, you haven't ,
seen it!" Mother and daughter had.
not met for years.
"No," replied the other, "I' liaven't
seen it, but I have a sample of it that
mother sent me. I'm sure it is just
that shade: If it is, I shall get the
parasol for her."
"But," the teacher suggested, "pert
haps your mother already has a para-
sol like her dress,"
"No, she carries her old blank-an:i
white -striped parasol when she wears
her lavenclar foulard, but' the white
stripes have turned a bit yellow. This
lavendar one will be just the thing, if
it is the right shade, She can use it
with her gray muslin, too; she weal's
that to church on warm Sundays."
"Ilow do you know all these little
things?" the teacher asked.
"'Why from letters. I write two O.
week to mother, and she writes two
a week to me. It is the way we keep
together. You see, when I married A.
Novo Scotian I knew that I should
probably live in Nova Scotia the rest
of my life, Father and mother have
always lived in_ Ontario, and very likeereeee'
ly always will. None of. us can afford
to travel back and forth very often,
so the only way we can keep together
is by writing letters frequently and
regularly."
The parasol did turn out to be of
the right shade, and the young woman
bought it. A few months later it hap-
pened that her mother was able to pay
her an unexpected visit. On the very
day that she arrived the daughter's•
one servant left without notice. In
her difficulty the young woman
thought of ber neighbor and friend,
the teacher.
"Could you possibly go to the train
to meet my mother?" she asked
anxiously. "Her train is due at four
forty-five. 1 must stay and take care.,
of the children, and Henry can't leave
his office. Could you go?"
"Of course; your mother has never
seen nie, but I think I shall know her
from her photograph."
ielother will know you, too, from
your photograph. I sent her -one
you gave me, to look at."
The train was on time, and the
teacher easily recognized ber friend's'
another. On the way up froair atie
tion the older woman said: vy
"I thought that servant would ben
leaving. l'ni not surprised. I could.
judge from little things in Mary's let-
ters that she was face to face with the
servant problem."
As they neared the house the oid
lady quickened her steps. "That is it!"
she said. "The pictures of it were `ery
good. And there are the roses shat
Mary has grown from the slips father
sent her from our garden! That west
window is in the room that I au: to
have, She sent me a plan of..the house
when she moved into it."
Frequent letters! Regular letters!
Letters full of the small, sweet, home-
ly, intimate details that make up so
Much of life! A family cannot always
live in one house, or even in tho same
town or province, but it can always
keep together. Lave will keep it to-
gether,
ogether, but love must be watchful and
active. The dear intimacy between
mother and daughter, especially, is
made up of litttle things. When the
daughter marries or leaves home to
earn her Iiving, she need not sacrifice
that intimacy; she can maintain it
by her letters.
Iceland's Hot Water.
The hot-water fountains of Iceland~"','
are on mounts averaging seven feet
high, the top of which forms the edge
of a sort of basin.
From this basin steam can be seen
rising, and hot water runs over the
edge. The water, although boiling,
is as clear as crystal, and one can see
to a great depth into an abyss. White
incrustations under the water provide
a pretty picture. Occasionally, the
boiling water will shoot up into the air
fifteen feet high, and this is followed
by a succession. of jets.
Somethne.3 the basin will become
empty, and on rare occasions a "steam
shoot," producing a white column of
spray and vapor at least sixty feet
high, provides a magnificent sight.
The boiling -water -streams from the
Geysers cause some delicate and pret-
ty petrifications, and such .things as
birch and willow -leaves, converted in-
to white stone with every detail;
grass and rushes, marble -like, aro'
be seen where the hot water flows.
The Geyser gives no warning before
it spouts, and when it does, it is sal
to make a noise resembling artiller
in action! The highest shoOt known
was ninety feet; visitors to the boil-
ing springs of Iceland have been
known.to scald their fingers and hands
5 verely in the endeavor to obtain
perfect specimens of white incrusta-
tions 'formed by the boiling water.
What a saving In coal on washing
days for the Iceland housewife! All
she has to do is to take her washing
to the Geyser, put them in gently, and
-trust to hick that they will not be
shot but into the air the next minutel
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Nees suck three flovt+ers to
gather one pound of Ihoney: