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TIII DEHYDRAT ION OFFRUffS
Marked Progress Being Made in Perfecting Processes for
Preserving Fruits and Vegptables.
In developing Canada's natural re- tables in the older settled areas has
sonrees two things are interlocked-- remained fairly constant, the supply
upon the relative prices of the fresh
through ecovoinic or ex
'F -
efficient production and conservation upon
Year to Year depending nairely
Prodnet and the quality of that pro-
ampleeevery fall, complaints are heard dect available tar drying. It is Only
that,' while fruit rots in the orehards, where the qnallty of dried products
people,in cities and in ether parts of has been maintained .at a very high
. the country suffer front lack of fruit,
standard, that there is any evidence of
awl the succeSsion of seasons of glut
increased eonsumption. In the non -
'and seasons of 'famine is so commn
o.
fienteproducing, areas, the consump-
aS scarcely to eite 'comment, . In
ti -on of dried fruitsis increasing some -
these instances it is not produetion.
„,ehieh legs; The De,. 'what but this increase is by no /teens. "
.but utilization as large as it should be. .
, minion Department of Agriculture is, Looking at the domestic field .de -
in .
do -
.01 cose,, engaged with both parts Of '
, hydration, when the details have been
this problena and on the utilization
worked out; promises several import -
side is making a Closestudy of (1-
,...... ant advantages. It will prevent the
hydration of fruits and vegetables. :To
ell.. /loss through glutting of markets, so
m
carry on the large aonnt of exp i that the surplus, which Would other -
mental work which must be done to-. wisego to waste in a week will be
ward the perfecting' of "dehydration! available for the year, and it will also
processes, the department has instal- prevent loss by extending' marketS for - -
led 'three plants for further study of tender fruits from Ola.des . near at :
Suitable varieties, dehydrating meth- '
!hand to intermediate and distant .
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110W s DoFlOw to.1111ake (IT.12(zelves
You Grow?
Good Ancestqrs.
The ayerage baby is nineteen mid ar
half inches in length at, birth, and tir-
ing ,first year of life grows nine
inches. . he—or site—kept up this
rate of,growth,for seventy years, the
result Wonld be a giant siitY-forir feet
in height.. .
As, a "matter of fact, the rate of
growth -slows -down amazingly after
'the drift Year, ''I3etween the ages at-
one and twa'a Child grows only three
and a half inches and duelug third
year two and a half Metes. After that
the rate comes down to an average of
one and -a., half inches, for the next
thirteen years. .
e From sixteen years upwards the rate,
of growth .-continues to diminish. Dur-
ing -his eeveateenth year a boy grow -s
one and a quarter inches; -during his,
eighteenth, one, inch. The nineteenth
Seei. him-, grew three-quarters 'of an
high, and the twentieth half an inch. -
The average young man does not at-
tain' his full height he is twenty --
pre Years of age; but the rate of in-
Bey:A and girls grow differently, The The Leopold -Loeb mu tr a
year of grei.itest growth in boys is us- served to set up a whole row of ,ques-
ashy '''the sixteenth or seventeenth. tions •In. the minds of many' le,
'That is to say, the weight increases How are such crindnale prat'
mast during that year, In girls the whet are the relative Male aa
chief increase -is in the fourteenth heredity, cnviron" ment, education, In
year. „ . , producing them or ourselves? How
I Girls usually reach their full height can 'we Preicrent the production of
at or about sixteen, and their full each monsters? I -low can we
„weight tel twenty; boys, as we have make , ourselves • good nneestoi‘s?
' seen, are slower in deeelopmenta If we do so can we pass on to
Boys are stronger than girls from our children and our children's child-
birth to the age of ele-ven; then girlseren valuable knowledge of how to live?
become siiPerior physically to These are .just. a few of the clues-
sevenieen, after Which age the tables lions pea -pie are askiug.. They open
are turned again. up a wide field of inquiry and touch
From November" to April children at many angles, the newest biological
gain little, etoithJeurlyinthieleyiggialtinorinwheeligghht4 "thviedge'
eugenics, the most advanced views on
the latest teaehings
but not in weight; while from July to so -oil refaim. The answers
to tnem
,00litya,egriraio. as;70mwtuhteeriatiinaitihht:oi;acte,, weight, ibsu Inch
cd -eh tuo'co)tenillyt , authoritativeeas-tomake, \1\141.00tnaliwriaayd'so., coin-
not
is en an average only six years-. !iuestioneas niust PnePared.te take ,
C bird's eye view, of s•o.Ciety*With, the
a -
a day, but the life' of ,each individual
,qat. and ,aiway,al. wealft hoaairgnro7jarg,t,elal anirdrivoef Many eXperte, if they Wish to
Then it -falls out.
It is perhaps with a knowledge Of;
at intelligent conclusians.
orease during the dye preceding years woman .seventy years old would havo the genei al ninger oi 0
ods and costs, marketing, etc. These 'parts of the country which desire them papoose is °Mir one-fifth of an inch a year. 't., .. , e along these and allied lines that the .
plants are (1) a laboratory plant at and stand ready to purchase, It must A Chipewyiln squaw of Northern Alberta is shown carrying her
7,lie height of a full-grown and well, 1 crises neaaly thirty-eight fe t in , ' -.
I Dyela,slies groey steadily, but are .,,, ,
Extension Department of Toronto Un!
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the Central F,xperimental Farm, Ot- be remembered that these are not ene- in a "moss bag." The method has its advantages in that, when the mother
proportioned man should be six and lengill. .
i not loh-lived. They last only vetwity in conjunction with the Cana-
, wishes to' rest, the child can be propped against a convenierit tree or rook- -. ,- e-- -, '
neenne____annnen— tni ee-quas ter times the length of his
, feur to clan Social Hygiene Connell, is intro.., .
tawa, (2) a two -tunnel commercial sided benefits but that both con -
plant at Grimsby, Ont.. and (3) a semi-
commercial plant at Penticton, B.O.
Last year a product of outstanding ex-
cellence as to q.uality, and markets-
sumers and producers--ean fact the
whole communitya-hene•at equally. •
In spite of the large quantities -of •
ith
trait grown in , ann
batty was prodtmed and much valuable
t e arge amoua a o i a -
information as to methods of proce•ss- dried fruits produced we import from
big was obtained. These three plants the United States huge amounts of
are being operated to a still higher medium and high quality dried and
capacity this year, and at the end of dehYdrated fruits which might readily
-the season it, is hoped that much in- he grown and processed in the Do -
formation. and material will be avail- , , 1 Li" due the
able to guide the establishment of im-
proved dehydrating plants aiouducted
on a commercial baeis.
Dehydration is a modern and ina-
proved method of drying fruits and
vegetables. It is an improvement over
the old kiln -drying method, inasmuch
as the product retains to a high de- these fruits been grown and dehydra-
gree its natural color and flavor. The I ted -in Canada, that money would have
product is "re-freshed" very easily by been kept within the country, and
soaping from twelve to twenty-four
hours and may then be treated in a
similar method to the fresh article.
It is it fact well-known to the medi-
cal profession that an. increase in
fruit consumption is always attended
by a higher health standard. Many
parts of the Dominion, however, such
*months of March and April this year,
'N4e imported 3,500,000' pounds of de-
hydrated prunes and plums, over 250,-
000 peunds- of dehydrated apricots.
*The total* value of theSe dehydrated
-fruits imPorted into Canada last year
amounted to over $1,000,000. Had
there would have been stimulated, in
addition, a much greater consumption.
which would materially assist in. the
solution of our marketing problems,
and in permanently upbuilding certain
parts of the fruit -growing industry. .
-In brief, modern dehydration pro-
mises to be a material aid in solving
as the northern portions of Central the problem of broadening out our
Canada and a large part of the Prairie markets and increasing .our consump-
Provinces are not fruit -producing areas-' ton of fruits and vegetables. It means
and trams:mita-4ml aad cold storage a saving of large sums of money now
problems render the supplying of being sent to the United States in pay -
fresh fruits to such districts a difficult meat for dehydrated and fresh fruits,
Like the Flowers in Grand- Thoughts With a Child.
mother's Garden. , The wings of soaring,
Mother set that out upavard of fifty
years ago," and elderly man said the
other day, pointing to a flowering al-
mond bush covered with a profusien of
small buttonlike pinkish blossoms.- "I
can just remember it. Aunt Ruth
Sherwin brought her the root wrapped
up in an old, blue -checked gingham ap-
ron. There's never been much done to
the bush. It stands there where it
was put and flowers every year when
the right time comes." •
Some months- since a . kindly dis-
posed visitor brought to the sick room
o g illuminated co- ,
of the Twenty-third Ps -aim to hang on
the Wall, over her bed. The old- lady'
smiledas e acknowledged the 'ft
"Yes I shall like to loci- at it," she
said in her low, gentle, patient voice.
"It, will be like having an old 'friend
come in, all dressed up., That psalm
was one of the first things mother
taught me. I've heard her say :often
that I knew it word for word before I
was five e .
tthean Much to -me then,—I
was-
young;to understand—but I can't
' to tell you what a comfort -it's b
to havedthandy when I .felt lonely
dew -ranee,' rted or was lying abed in -
e 11 so feom the fact d tam it will assist
The vague -wings of aloofness,
When they are broken,
What than May mend them,
What care restore us *
The first clear shining .
Our touch has- handled?
The golden shining our breathes have
dulled.
—Helen Hoyt.
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1 our liurs.S! Ancestors, .
I The unrivalled 'breeds of horses that
• Britain pegsesees .were derived origin-
ally. troth Arabian steak. • Arabian
horses are of two types, ' the Teadischi,
whose origin is unknown, and the
Kochlaiii, of whom written genealogies
exist 'dating back for 2,000 years.
The Kochlani are kept for riding
purpose -s. only, and are said to be des-
cended from ' Kings Solonion's studs.
, They can go for long periods with -out
food, being remarkable for their daunt-
less courage in the face ef danger.
Although 'neither large nor hand-
' sonic, the Kochlani are extraordinarily
too swift. Some types of this breed have
be_ a higher reputation on account of their
ecu -alleged uncontaminated nobility.'
Melva' of the tales told about Ara -
or
the -bian horses cannot be believed, for the .
Arab is naturally prone to: exaggera-
tion, and- in . his eyes nothing can be
too greed for••the steed that he loves
almost as much as his children.
that many of our fruits have a very
short season. Dehydration has a dis-
tinct field here.
The use of dried fruits and vege-
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stabil-
izing this line of agricultural activity,
Improving our standards of living, and
the general health of the Canadian
people.
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Surveyors of the Topographical Survey of Canada are shown fording
La Biche River, a hundred miles north of Ed-monton.
Brain Speed Tests.
Are you a quick thinker" If you are,
your chances of success in. life are
bright. If you are not, then test your
speed, and "speed up." •
If a friend holds a small red hand-
kerchief in one closed hand and a blue
one in the other, and you, not knowing
which hand he will open, have to throw
your left arm if he discloses blue, and
the right if he discloses red, then the
thought -plus -action should take under
a tenth of a second.
To tell, correctly how many letters
therd'are, say, in the word "helegraph"
should take half a second. But that is
not a good speed. It should be but a
third. The super -speed would be a
fifth.
Mental visualizations and the
thought -action should be practically
Instantaneous, Yet nine men out of
ten wcrald take two seconds or more
in dealing with "telegraph."
- Excellent tests of your mental speed -
can bi'S made with synonyms. , "Dis-
robe—undress," should take a tenth
Of a second. A readily speedy thinker'
Would need but a fifth. "FleXible—
pliant," "loquacious — talkative,"
painstaking—careful," are the other
examples.
What Is caned "jeinted" thinking is
good exercise, too, This deals with
ordinary knowledge and it worked on
the bell and response system. A
friend, for Instance, may say "Venice."
You have to respond with a word
'which has, to do with Venice, "Shake-
speare, canals" would he two re-
sponses, A tenth of a fieeond should
be taken-- no more. "Liverecel''
should bring the flash of "liners."
Then there Is "characteristic" think-
ing. An animal is nained, and
characteristic last be thought of and
spolpien. Donkey -eters anti zebra—
stripes are illustrations. os
tenths—for a start.
The testing of speed thought is not
a test of knowledge, although it may
reveal' the want of it. The idea is to
speed up the brain. - •
, Jolinn_y"Say, can't get these
arithmetic. examples. Teaeher said
something about finding the greatest
common divisor. ,
Father (in disgust)—"Great Scott!
Haven't they found that thing yet!
Why, they were hunting for it when
I was a boy!"
The Efficiency System.
Marjorie (going to bed)—"Mother,
I needn't brush the tooth the dentist
is going to pull to -morrow, need I?
foot' that of a woman, six and, a quar- tl tl clueing this fall a series of extra -mural
,
ter the length of hr -f hot.
Different parts of the body grow at
different rates. The legs double in
length by the end of the third year,
and triPle bY the end- of the twelfth.
When growth ceases they are live
times as long as at birth. Before the
age of ten the foot is sherter than the
length of the head; at ten they are
&Nal; ater ten the foot is longer than
the head.
e -mon len a nut -----Their. • : .• • .
inch we,ekly, SID1118 thirty-one lecturers, compris- .
and women, jurists
. Nails grow more rapidly than la gen- .ing medical mei?
• -orally supposed. The finger hails red juvenile court judges, magistrates,,
' new themesleves in a little over four clergymen of all denominatioas, atia-
.
The brain weighs' nine to ten ounces -hate instructors, educationalists, pub -
months.
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at birth. When a 'man LS, full grown slioecial workers have been formed into .
health experts, hygienists -and
one ounce; a woman's, twe pounds and a panel of speakers who will be avail-
able under exactly the same arrange -
his brain weight about three pounds
-ounces. merits as the other Extension 'lee --
ten
And then s owis , rearerentty
sue re-
peated the.pselm.
"My father always had a prejudice
against playing with chance," a man
of sixty years' replied when some
friends importuned him to take a
"fling" in the stook market. "He said
it was playing with a phantom., and
that what you. gained somebody elm
must lose. If you gained without giv-
ing an equivalent, it distorted your
ideas of values and made you discon-
tented with the ordinary routine of
working and earning. If you lost, it
was a long, hard task to re -place _what
had melted away in a moment." ,
Many of ,our choices flowering plants
are annuals and the seed 'must be
sewn every season, but some, of the fa-
miliar flowers in old, gardens are.pereia-
nials and were first planted long ago.
Perhaps this age -of novel ideas and
untried IES.CFleS is' an apt -time to in-
quire whether -Mint is really of most
worth and rarest loveliness in the gar-
den of the heart does not spring .frons
the Toot of an old-time planting. The
elements of stable -character are as- old I ,
as the race. Scund principles of con-
duct are of perennial growth. Trust
In God, friendship, home, the haunting
sweetness of old songs, the fireside
companionship of good books—these
are like the owens in grandmother's
garden, common, everyday flowers
I that -fill life with fragrance and beauty.
The Page Millions.
To Harness 'Ben Nevis
The .mountaan streams that leap
dossia the side's of Ben Nevis, Scot-
land's highest mountain, are to be har-
nessed. An area of more than 300
square miles that forms the watershed
of the famous p -oak will be used. From
the main dam a fifteen -mile, tunnel,
300 feet under the ground, will carry
the water to the turbines that will
drise the -genera -tiers.
It is estimated that more than six
bun -tired million gallons of water a
day flow in, the streains which pour
I, from Ben Nevis into L'och,'Treig-and
:Loch La.ggan. At --Pont William, a -lit-
tle town in the valley below the moan-
! fain, the generating station _will be
Ihuilt, and when the -work which is. to
begin during the present summer, Is
completed-, 75,000 electrical horse-
power wall be developed. a
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WembleY's sudden leap into fame
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from a rather obscure suburb of Lon-
don'to a sort 'of central magnet of nm-.
pire has -reviveci•intetest in the story
of th-e mysterious "Page Millions."
In, 1543 I-Ienry VIII. granted the
manor of Wembley to persons who
s -did it the -same year to one Richard
Since then the Court of Chancery
same "Dear, this is our first dip of the
'season."
„.„.......,_..:,
Page, whose descendant, of the
name, held it in 1795. • ,
"It might be for you but I've been.
dipping for every bell hop I ve- seen
since.sve've been here."
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It is a hopeless brain that craves
has had the matter in hand. Rumor
values the estate at $150,000,000.
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Nothing is fost-until you have lost
your courage.
Photograph shows the war memorial that- was -unveiled at Sault Ste.
Marie recently by Lord BYng.
Increasing the Reach of the
Oil Can.
Spring sneaks and body "chirpe"
are the bane of every automobile own- ,
el.'s life, but 'what can he done to eli1/1-
. . .
naa e them? The oi can will lea, a
all parts of the springs; neither WIll
it spreads oil round abrupt corners.
e •H-ere'is'an easy, simplel Way to sevee-
come' 'the difficulty and increase 'the
reach of yciur oil can, -Drill a quarter -
inch hole in a large, long 'cork. Slip
the spout of the oil can through the
hole until the end projects about one-
half.inch. Then fake a pie-ce of etiff
wire—copper wire is best--abmit eigh-
teen inches long. Insert one end of it
into the cork, parallel teathe spout and,
ltoliching it. 'Shove it in fair enough t
„hold. the, wird securelytin place. Your
eXtension iS`rioW ready foeUse. '
To Use it bend the wire into any
curve neceasary to get round corners
"or into•inaccessible placei. Invert the
can, ,press the bottom with the thumb
in the usual way, and each drop, of oil
will run down the length of the wire"
to the -en - When, -he wii,e s inserted
between the automobile body and the
frame or held in contact with the
leaves e -f the Springs -OH can easily be
placed 'where it is niest needed. •
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s.
Melons gain in flavor, but not 'in
Fla or of Melon
,sweetness, after being picked, --
Claimed as the largest in the 'world,
a sapphire weighing 10 ounces and
• byeaelunedexialitbietveder at Wembley.
recen. tly
eass.s.recisavasszaen
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A splendid ViOW: of the ?rinse of Waits' raneh ml Alberta.
Natural Resources Bulletin.
'The-- Natural --ReSourceseIntelligence
Service of the.; Dept. of the Interior
at Ottawa Ottawa says::
eCanada has an a'sset her, autumn
°
wocis that isjio"."6.s fully appreciated
as it shotild' be.
changing color of the fohagg,„ tile
What is more- beautiful than the
variegated leaves, that -are gradually,
but surely changing from green to
red and then to e yelloiiv, passing
through all the Varied shades of each
and then falling revelling to the
ground? ,
And again, what is `More entrancing
than a day spent in the woods, in the
bright sunlight descending thrbu h
the thinning trees, wading through
the fallen leaVeS, and breathing' the
health -giving atmosphere of the open
6)11TnhterrY,e1 is a fascination' about the,
,panadian which cannot be.
'resisted by many, .and should not be
by many others. ;Getting into the
open, if only -for ,the day, gives 'one
an feeling -'-of -freedom from the res-
traint of modern: community -life, and
,of being nearer to nature. More ,and
More hunters are going into the open,
armed, not with 'time -shotgun, but car-
rying the camera, that the pleainie
of seeing wild life in its natural con-
dition shall not be terminated by the
well -directed Shot of one hunter bUt
retained for future remembrance of
tneThmeag•Irily-eatest -nalural resource that
Canada possesse's . is her people, and
upon her people must depend the ulti-
mate development of' all other natural
,
res,marces. It is essentral therefore
that a healthy body and mina shall be
maintained. This can be greatly as-
sisted by getting close to nature and
learning to appreciate the beauties of
nature as shown'in the woorla of Can-
ada in the- autumn. e
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tut -ens. Part of the cost of the course
will he borne b3, the University, the,
remainder of the expenses being de-. '
frayed by the community applying for
one or more lectures by men and wo-
,men outstanding in their lines of work,
The list of lecturers includes Hon.',
Mr. Justice W. R. Riddell, President
of the Canadian -Social Hygiene' Coude
cil; pr. J. J. Heagerty, Dothinton De-
partment of Health, 'Ottawa; Dr. Gone
den -Bates, • General Secretary Cana- -
dian Hygiene. Council; Dr.
G'ecfr-ge D. Porter, Director, University •
Health Service, University of Toronto;
Dr. B.. P., McClenahan, Director, Di-
vision of Preventable Diseases, Pro-
vince of Ontario; Rev. Ronald Mc-
Leod, United Church of Rosedale, To--
ronto; Dr. H. L. Brittain, Directo,r,'
,Bureau of Municipal Research; PPO-
fessor J. A. Dale, Director, Dept. of --
Social Service, University of Toronto; .
Dr, C. M. IIincks, Secretary, Canadian
National Conimittee -for Mental Hy -a'.
giene; Judge Emerson Coatsworth,
County and Surrogate Court, -Toronto;
Dr. T. C, Routley, Secretary; Ontario
Medical „Asso-ciation; Mr. Ernest et.'
Chapman, Director, Athletics, St. An,.
drew'v*Cellege;, 1\1r. C. B. Chambers,
Commissioner of Parks,,, Toronto; Mee;
G. Tower Pergusson, St. Christopheti,
House.; TorOnto; Rai". L. Minehan, St' -
Vincent de Paul. Church, TorontoseRev.
H. M. PearSon, St. Enoch's Church,
Toronto; Dr. George W-. Ross; Dr- J.
S. Middleton, - Provincial Board' of
Health of Ontario; -Professor D. R. '
Keys, University of Toronto; .
Hugh Kerr, 'Board of Education, To-
ronto.," Mr, Frank Littlefield, Past
President of Rotary Club, Toronto;
Mr. ,Atigustus Bridle, Music Critic.
Toronto "Star"; Dr. Margaret Patter:
son, Magistrate, Women's Court, To-- e
rontn; Mr. W. H. Harrison, Secreta,ry,'*'
batiadian alsTational Newspapers and -
Periodicals Association; Dr. Grant
Fleming, Deputy Health gfacen To -
'mato; Miss Frances- Brown, Super-
VISOT of -Venereal Disease Nursing, De-
partm,ent-of Health, Toronto; Profess-
or Peter -Sandtiforil, University. of To-
ronto; Dr. Edna Guest; Rabbi Brick-
ner, Holy Blossern Synagogue; Rev.
Father Haley, Catholic 'Welfare Bur-
eau; Dr. Lillian La,ngs-ts.ft, Physician
to Women's Jail Farm.
As a Boy Sees It.
' The efiinailestr's,MIStal,fis' by a
British sehoolbey-lias been crowned
with a prize in a "howler" competition
organized by a London newspaper,
The boy was asked toitell the differ-
ence between a biography and an anto-
biography "A biography," he wrote
in reply, "is ,the history of the life of
a good man, A. naughty biograph
(mtoblogrnphY) is the history of the
'life of a lady,"
Three mee,ls a 'day and nothing in
between is a good rule for „children,
•---sDr. IT, Scum -field.
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The Unexpected, •
Much of the anxiety of human ex-
perience is due to theathing.s, that
never happen; and a great deal of the
joy" of living is derived from the unex-
,
pected. Not one of the least of our
blessings, is the fact that the future,
including the next minute, is veiled.
We cannot tell what is' to happen and
we are entitled to believe that what-
ever occurs will 'bo pleas,nreable.
is for us to nieet what conies in the
circling "round of the daily tasks arid
leave the iSSuo with the power tlaai
rules and overrules bayeed all human
ken „or cunning
Often, for all of Us, at a low ebb of
corn -age and cheerfulness, tho friend
-In need appears, who quickens and
restores at the touch of a hand, the
sound of a word., By the rn"ere sight
of one who cares for Its we are re-
freshed.
Was it a regrettable dependence
that -we looked to some one 'else for
help and healing instea,d of finding the
kingdom of heaven always in our-
selves? No; for the wisest and best
grow weary of their own, Society, and ;
we are so fashioned that "clay of -the'
earth whence we were made yearns
to its fellow -clay.", We nood not be
ashamed of it. Let its- accept the
bless -ed gift of friendship end be grate-
ful, and go forward in its strdngtli that,
the • other person may not be dieap-
poin'ted in our Performance, ,.
There are at 1)resent five drilling
rigs in the 'Wainwright oil field and
five more are expected to comnieuce
work within the mon'tli.,' Two will be
oPerated by -the' Crown Oil Cm •itild
one eaeli by th&BritaxxiX!..e Oil Ca ssri
the Pkte;,itailz, Oil Cixi