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THE UNEXPECTED HOLIDAY.
"You dears!" Flora cried. "Come
right in. If this isn't the most per-
fect ending to our wonderful day!
You'll have to excuse the looks of
things; Rob had an unexpected holi-
day, and the whole family dropped
everything and flew to celebrate.
We've been over On Black Mountain.
You see the fruits of Margie's day."
She waved her hand gaily to various
jars and bowls of flowers. "Stuart's
addition to his personal property is a
turtle and some pine cones; they're
all out in the shed."
"And I know about fireflies; father
told me," Stuart volunteered.
"I know about firefilies, too,"
Margie added.
"When I grow up I'm going ta
know all about bugs an' animals an'
everything," Stuart declared. .
"With so much before you, you'll
have to get a good start now," Flora
admonished him. "Now say good-
night and then to bed."
They said good -night, and after
;making her guests comfortable Flora
excu.eed herself and followed the chil-
dren upstairs.
",Just once in an age," she said
when she returned, "theFe's a day
that's clear blue from its first mo-
ment to its last. I thought it was
enough simply to have the unexpected
holiday, and then to come home to
friends--"
The evening passed swiftly—as
evenings at Flora's always passed. To
cne of her guests at least Flora seem-
ed beyond all other persons she knew
to have the gift of living. But the
other gue.st felt differently.
"I've known Flora Bruce for five
years," she said on the way horn,
"but I never dreamed she was like
that"
,VLike what?" inquired the other.
"Why, to go off and leave her rooms
=dusted. Did you see the floor? And
the way the children had strewn the
faiwers about! Wouldn't you think
shc'd want them to feel the atmos-
phere of order round them? It would
have taken such a little while to
straighten things up."
Flora's friend drew a hard breath.
"Things!" she cried. "Thingsf get
so sisk of the way we let ourselves be
chained to them. There are three
hundred and sixty-five days in the!
year to dust the room and mop the
flotrs, and perhaps not one other day
for such a chance for joy, something
to live in the memories of those chil-
dren forever—a chance to make them
realize the wonder of the world they
live in. You know how dainty Flora's
house usually is, bat she never con-
fuses values. Don't you see?"
USING GREEN TOMATOES.
Many housekeepers use chopped
green tomatoes in place of apples
when preparing their winter supply
of mincemeat and find them an ex-
cellent substitute. The tomatoes
should be used in the same proportion
as apples, two parts to one of meat.
To preserve the vegetable for use
later in mincemeat, chop fine eight
pounds of green tomatoes, to which
add six pounds of light brown sugar,
one-half ounce each of ground cinna-
mon and cloves and let stand eight or
ten hours. Then simmer slowly until
the tomatoes are clear and thick. Seal
boiling hot in airtight jars.
Use in Pies—The pie -eating mein-
Natealt10111,Nallginattalatellgkat
After every meal
Patealsara
mad eagereceialligta
stateet and a
benef aa
Geed gar
teeth, breath
and. digestion.
Makes the
next tiger
laste better,,
bers of the family will enjoy the p e
which is filled with the following: To
twelve pounds of sliced green toma-
toes add half a gallon of molasses, one
and one-half thinly sliced lemons
(from which the seeds have been re-
moved), ground spice to taste, and
simmer gently for three hour. Thia
will keep without sealing.
Green Tomato Preserves -- Few
housewives realize that one of the
very best preserves may be made from
green tomatoes, and as they are so
much cheaper than any variety of
fruit a number of jars shoulcl be add-
ed to the storeroom shelves.
If large tomatoes are used cut them
in halves, then quarter the halves.
Allow three-quarters of a pound of
granulated sugar to each pound of
the vegetable and one thinly sliced
lemon. Put the sugar with just
enough cold water to dissolve it in the
preserving kettle, add the tomatoes
and lemon and simmer until the to-
matoes are almost transparent and
the syrup quite thick. Seal tight.
Very small green tomatoes may be
preserved whole by using the same
formula, but it will take them longer
to cook.
Sweet Pickle—A very delicious
sweet pickle may be made fr•otn green
tomatoes. Chop fine one peck of the
vegetable, four white onions and six
green peppers (with the seeds remov-
ed). Sprinkle over them a scant cup
of salt and let them stand over night.
In the morning drain and add halfa
cup of grated horseradish, two cups
of brown sugar, two tablespoons of
mixed spices (cloves, cinnamon and
nutmeg), and enough cold water to
cover the ingredients. Cook 'd4awn
until thick, stirring often, and seal
hot in stir -tight jars.
Sour Pickle—Place in a granite ket-
tle two gallons of green tomatoes,
without peeling, but sliced; twelve
large white onions, also sliced; two
quarts of vinegar, one pint of sugar,
two tablespoons of salt, the same
quantity of black pepper and of
ground mustard, one tablespoon of
ground allspice and one tablespoon of
cloves. Mix well and cook slowly
until tender, stirring frequently so it
will not scorch. Put in small jars,
sealing while hot.
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PART I.
igea gas no heart, and that those who "Might not be such a bad Plan fee
enforce the law gradually begin to fsrisneioonf, u‘sal'cleleken°0111wInn esnot'neido iwnehOiseadul;ay I
lose all sense of the ordinary human
said that this last is especially true not eee--and I would have likedtto be!
see things that we sane people ,eould /
feelings and emotions. They have
there was ene case—, able to see those same things. She has
her own Wig Warn., and she's rather set I
of the Mounted. That may be so, but
at last from the fierce glare of the
and threatening apart from the rest of the band. She
leas to be that way. Curious name she
The sky hung gray
over lilackhoree Peak, restiag the eyes doesn't nund, I guess. Rather pre -
sun on the white, packed .snow, the lias-Wind Along the Waste. How's
the light intensified a hundredfold. 1 hue a
that for a name? Seems to me I read
crystals of which had thrown back
Sanderson the bused,soinething like that in old Omar once,
'ni not sure. Most of theae In-
, etrader,ihim- clian names mean semething, but no -
self in small talk with his friend, Ser- body around here knows what her
geant Waterman, of the Meuntecl, who name meant when it was originally
was preparing to make his rounds. given to her.
The door opened and an Ojibway, "She was young—sixteen Or seven -
squaw came in. Waterman sat quietly teen—about twenty years ago.
in his corner until the trader had Wouldn't think it, would you? But
completed his business with the shape- you knhav how these Indians age.
less hag, saying nothing, but noting Don't seem to have any middle age—
everything, ' "either they're young or they're old.
Like all Indian squaws in early ' The story says that she was goingto
middle age, she was not an attractive marry a young buck, nice looking
objet to look at. Middle age is prob- young fellow with a bit more educe-
lematical—she might have been that. tion than rnost Indians have. You
So might she also have been a hun- know, she was partly educated in a
1, Tthheeirre oilsd ango
e mines guess that's the reason she and this
telling convent ---couple of years, anyway—I
wthiethd ayesagrusawo,ldf.0
on as quickly as night in the tropics—' young buck were so gone on each
in one instant it is light and in an -
other.
other the heavy velvet black of the'
equator has fallen and f,ullfiedged' "Things were going all right until
a white man came along—one of those
enveloping. ' .
night is upon you dense and ell -
independent' traders there used to be
Thus it is with most In- around here. He wanted Wind Along
then suddenly they are old, and -that here for
the Waste. You know, after a man is
dian women—they are young, and
t. quite a while, he sees no -
is all there is to i ; thing wrong in marrying an Indian—
She was dressed shapelessly in the, his perspective sort of changes. A
odds and ends of bedraggled fur that woman is always a woman, and I
the female of that section are wont to understand that Wind Along the
wear. The skin of her tanned, yellow- I Waste was as good looking as they
ed face was folded into innumerable come. She didn't care about him, but
seams which surrounded the heady, 1 he had rnoney and kept promising her
sharp eyes which could, however, look father all sorts of presents and things
at you unwinkingly. She was short if he would consent.
and fat—rather more than fat, she I "Well, this part of it seems kind of
was formless. 1 hazy, but I know he did get her after
Curiously, there was a tomahawk in i a while, whether she wanted to or not.
her belt. Now this was peculiar for The young buck she wanted to marry
several reasons. The first reason is was away somewheres, and when he
that it is many generations since the come back all trace of them was lost.
Ojibways have used the tomahawk. .He wound up by committing suicide.
Secondarily, ever since the corning of He "
the white man, the Indian's toma- "Committing suicide I" ejaculated
hawk has always had a metal head. the sergeant. This was almost un -
The head of this tomahawk ' was heard of among the Ojibways.
sharpened flint, bound to the haft "Yes—committed suicide. Just will -
with a rawhide thong criss-crossed ed himself to die, and he died._ He—"
over the hard stone. Even when the "What do you mean?"
Indians used tomahawks, they were "Whygdon't you know? Guess there
in evidence only in war time—only I are more ways of shuffling off this
when needed At the end of a war I mortalcoil an you now .
.
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, ;you ever hear that a Chinaman could
they were burieo whence arises the
,
old saw about burying the hatchet. I it i id b ' d 'd' th t
he wants to die? He goes and lies
Yet here was this squaw not only I down in his bunk and in a day or
doing the trading at the post—which
two he is dead—and that's all there is
generally is done by the male—but; to it. Well, some of the Ojibways can
also wearing a tomahawk while she
do this. That's what this man did.
did so. And a stone tomahawk per- decidedHe .t was -.me to .
and he
haps two hundred years old. It was , just lay down and died. Thal,'s about
queer, aeflected Sergeant' Waterman 1 all there is to it, except that here's
Iidly, as he watched her. the girl—suppose she left the white
Evidently she could not speak, be -[man, or he left her—and she's a little
cause she gave the trader a sheet of touched!, He made a significant rim -
paper with her wants written there- tion toward his forehead with his
upon, which he busied himself to satis- right hand.
fy. Yet she did not have the vacuous, "Well, it seems to me • that that's
and at the same time sharp, appear- hardly all," commented the sergeant
ance of the dumb, and she was not slowly. "There's that Tomahawk
deaf, because the trader addressed and_a
her several times, and she answered "Yes," interrupted the trader.
with nods of her head. "That tomahawk is a couple of hun-
"Ienever saw her before," advanced dred years old—handed down from
the sergeant when she had gone. her ancestors. I think she has some
"No, she doesn't come in often— sort of an idea that it's her instru-
but she has been coming for fifteen inent a vengeance—divine vengeance
years." —anyway, she never is without it."
"Something peculiar about that "If she ever comes across the
squaw, Sanderson," said Waterman. man--" began the sergeant.
"I don't mean her carrying a toma- "She'll hill h'. 'And she'll h
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—Louise Richardson Rorke.
CLEANING WALLS.
This is the way a professional
housecleaner cleaned my blackened
and smoky kitchen walls:
Make a smooth cooked starch, a
little thinner than for starching
clothes, and put this all over the
walls and ceiling in thin coat. Either
a, clean cloth or a' brush is suitable
for putting it on. By the time you
have finished, �r in twenty or thirty
minutes, you can wash this starch.—
and the smoke, grease and dirt—off
with clean cloths wrung out of warm
soft Water.
It is really jest like magic and beats
a.hy soap or scouring powder I have
ever seen. An added advantage is
that it is not eo cruel to hands as
the usual method of strong suds.
SOAP ECONOMY.
Save all the odds and ends of toilet
soap of every description. Whorl
onoUgh has been accumillated, break
hawk—though that's queer enough,
I'll say; I mean in her appearance.
Did it ever occur to you that she looks
as though she were waiting for some-
body—or something. 1 inean, not the
usual look of dumb---"
"She's not dumb, sergeant," ans-
wered Sanderson slowly, interrupting thoughtful line. '
him 'She can speak when she wants "I say, there's some one coming," he
to. 'She -2' -said, glancing out of the window.
"Then why—" "Yes, I saw him ten or fifteen min -
"She never speaks to a white man." atee ago."
He turned to rearrange some of his, Sergeant Waterman instinctively
disordered stock, and remained silent disliked and mistrusted the stranger
for a Ian mho° mdeindt not
two.
o oWhenatWaterman;he spoke The men of the Mounted sometimes
. .fro rn the moment of his appearance.
he was looking out of the window at acquire a sixth sense of that kind;,
the long stretch of snow andpal;
e and it is -said that this sense is morel
woods. A figurewascoming-he could to be relied upon than all their other
see it in the distance, though it would senses rolled into one Waterman
be fifteen minutes Or more before it 'could hardly say what it was about
arrived. the man he had disliked, but from the
"I always have the impression that I first instant, when he had stamped
she'll talk to a whith man again only lint° the room on his snow -shoes, ten -
when that something that you spoke tatively opening and closing his fin -
of has happened. She's a little, crazy,Igers to restore the circulation, Water -
you know." The younger man looked man felt that he was simply not his
his interest, lighting a cigarette in, kind. ,
silence. ' I The stranger was burly and strong,
"Yes—at least, they say she is. I, bearded, about middle age—forty-five
got some of her story from one of the to fifty, with that In his:small, black,
Indians. He was afraid to speak of piggish eyes that was not good to see
it, because they hold' her in a sort of in any one up North, where a man
awe, but I got it out of him. You has to be, to a large extent, his own
know, Indians treat their insane dif-1censor of the moralities and the con-
ferently than we do. They make much ,ventions.' • , , . .
of them—the Ojibways do, anYwaY• 1 It seemed that his eame was Lan-
don—Wilmot Landon—and he had
been away in the States for the last
in very srnall pieces and put. through ten or fifteen years, though he had
the food chopper, using the medium
hen been an independent fur trapper in
cutter first, and t the fine cutter.'this very section previously. He was
To one cupful of this granulated on his way to Silver Cross, a settle -
soap add one and a half cupfuls of ment that he could reach by nightfall,
cornmeal and put through the food if he started within the hour, and he
chopper again until it is reduced
had stopped at Blackhorse Peak to
to
a coarse meal. When all will a
p ,ss get warm and to rest for a few min-
utes. That, in short, was his story
readily through a meal sieve add ane as he told it, but there was a story
ounce of olive oil to each two and a told in his face, in the sensual, gross
,
half cupfuls of the soap and cornmeal lips, and in the lines under the glisten -
mixture. Blend thoroughly. An •ordi- ' mg eyes—a story that he who runs
nary fruit j ar with the rlibber ring could readaif he was so minded And a
for.it, I suppose." •
"Yes, she'll hang. -Don't imagine
that'll make much difference to her.
Beastly shame, though. - Dare say the
beggar deserves to be killed," drawled
the policeman, but his eyes were sober
and his lips were stretched In
ift place makes a good centainer. A that was what Srgcaht "Waterman,
quantity of this soap powder kept on ,°1 the M9tni ted read.
the kitChen Sink or in the bathroom; 141.(To be concluded.)
will be found invaluable for cleansing
very soiled hands and keeping them I An Electric' Tractor.
,
soft and smooth. 1 In Sweden experimental use is 1)e-
-ele 1 ing made of at electrie tractor foi
Mlnard's Liniment Heals Outs. l'ploWihg.
were
Por to -morrow opened the county fair,
How yon shiyered anil thrilled(' at
•
\t ihe hainper packed
there ,
And the magical word, "We'll start
at four."
There were silver maples along thst'
way,
And they caught atthe moan and
held tb a moon;
while a mocking bird took shine for
day
And was trilling its morning song
too soon.
There had been n fog like a rain that
night; •
With the wheels of the spiders'
mist -gray lace;
And the road led under boughs drench-
ed white,
While they jelly sprayed each up-
turned face.
With a tinkle-tink on a shadoWecl ridge
There were cattle a-grasing down
the dawn; -
And wheels rang out on a ghostly
bridge,
And a whispering creek was past
and gone. "
Oh, the' sun came up on an unknown
land,
From a tapering hill you did not
know;
There were small neat farms on either
hand;
And a shimmering haze hung far
and low.
There were drowsy croonings like
broken rimes;
, And 'the wheels as they turned
seemed drowsy too—
Then you woke from dreams of fairy
chimes;
Lc)! a merry-go-round was calling
—Gertrude West, in Youth's Compan-
ion.
Finishing Lambs.
Those farmers who will eater to the
market demand for a well -finished
lamb ranging from 85 to 100 pounds
live weight, depending on the breed;
and season of the year, should find a
source of profit in so doing. Usually
the well bred lamb weighing from 60
to 80 pounds is the best stocker lamb
to put into winter quarters. The most
profitable time to purchase such lambs
is between August and November.
Heavy lambs weighing, from 80 to 110
pounds should be avoided as they
make small gains at a "high cost per
pound, although, if thin and not ex-
ceeding 100 pounds in weight, they
may with profit be given a short finish
in feed lot- and pasture. Useful in-
formation on the subject will be found
in Pamphlet Ne. 16, "Finishing Lambs
for the Block," issued by the Domin-
ion Dept. of Agriculture at Ottawa.
' .Tdrosto, ilO!ultat tor I nes6tIcs,, fl,
ed0tiotteit4.yrittt-tieltevue /toteAttieu JtosOitott,,
ttred York City, otfere, a taros yetwe'r Cour;,
et Trill ttioq ,to �1I5Yyloqieo. k rang 0,,
required edtteotioq, end, destrods et beeotutno
durees. This It oedital hes adapted the 6101.
hour ryttem. Tho PI:054 reeelve uniforms „Pt
Schent1, tpontlily r.kloWetpob-antl,,tcavellin4
expenere, to And front New etas. For further
Jntermatioo oddly tO, the Squerintontient. '
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,
Delightful task! to rear the tender•
I • Thought,
To teach the young idea haw to shoot,
To pour tile fresh Instruction o'er the
' mind, • . '
To breathe the enlivening Spirits, and
to fix
The generous Purpose in tile glowing
breast.
—Th o ins on—Th e Seas ens.
New latent' in Azov.
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For Sore Feet--Mlnard's LIntrrient.
Growing,Bulbs inWater.
"This is the time to plant Chinese
Sacred Lily and Paper White Narcis-
sus bulbs. They may be planted in
soil, moss sawdust, or water alone.
The cleanest and simplest method of
growing or 'forcing' them is by plac-
. ,
ing them in shallow bowls, arranging
pebbles around them to hold them in,
place, and then adding water until from
one-third of the bulb Is covered. By
using the larger size bulbs, more
flower :talks and better flowers can be
obtained. The boWls should be placed
In a cool, .airy cellar, garret, or store-
room in a dim light. The temperature
should be from forty to fifty degrees.
These bulbs are not hardy, so any
chance of freezing should be avoided.
The water level should be maintained
and they Should be kept in the store-
room from four to Six weks, or uatii
there is a thick mass of foots in the
water and the shoot has started to
grow. Then bring them into the light
and living-romn temperature and in a
short time they will bloom.
0-7--
A French scientiSt says there are
1,000 poisonous gases that are avail-
able for war, which makes a thousand
more yeasons why there Should be no
more war.
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COLOR TFIINGS NEW
Beautiful home dye-
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guaranteed with
Diamond Dyes. Just
dip in cold water to
tint soft, delicate
sliaclea, or boil te
dye rich, permanent
colors. Each 15 -cent
package contains di-
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or tint lingerie, silks, ribbons, skirts,
waists, dresses, coats, stocltIngs,
sweaters, draperies, coverings,, hang-
ings, everything new.
Buy "Dia.moini Dyes"—no other
kind -=and tell your druggist whether
the material you wish to color is wool
or silk, or whether it is linen, cotton,
or niixed goods.
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As a result of a terrific maritime
;convultsiOn a new irsland has sprung up
In the Sea of Azov, an arm of the
Black Sea. The island is, a dangerous
impediment t� navigators and beacons
have been erected to warn the sp-
.
Proaching ships.
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Dominion Department of Agri..
culture are obtainable free of
charge on request, with excep-
tion noted.
, They contain helpful informa-
tion on ail subjects relating to#
farming.
They number some four hun-
dred in all, and the following
are examples:
List of Publications.
Seasonable Hints.
Preparing Poultxy Produce for Market.
Winter Egg Production.
Wintering Rees in Canada.
Root and. Storage Cellars.
The Safe Handling of Commercial `
Live Stock.
The rilacon Hog and Hog Grading.
Pinishing Lambs.
Selection of Lamb Cuts,
rresetvatiort of Frulta and Vegetables
for 7leme Ube.
Insects Affecting l'Ave Stock.
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TION OVER. 2/7,
HORSE POWER.
ehec Lacking
Native Coal Deposits, Lead
in Water Power.
. The recent:revivtil of activity in the
mining industry of Canada has stress-
ed the necessity of ample supplies of
power available at a cost that willl
permit of the :production , and treats
'merit of 'large qtrantitie,s of raw .ma- •
teriels in the districts in which the
mines occur: The extent to which
this need has been met by the develop-
ment of Canada's advantageously lo-
cated water powers• has been made
the subject .of special etudy by the Do-
minion
Water Power Branch
The theory is often advanced that
Canada is likely to become the lead-.
1 ing mineral -producing country of the
world, and considerable ground for
this as,sumptiort is found in the fact
that the Dominion contains 16 per
cent. of the world's known coal re-
sources, has greater asbestos, nickel,
and cobalt deposits than any other
country, and ranks third in the pro-
duction of gold, whilst The diver,sity of
her mineral endowment is indicated
by the fact that the three main divi-
sions, metallic, non-metallic, and
structural and clay products, include
'ome GO principal items, 17 of which
had, in 1923, a production yalue of
$1,000,000 or over.
Average Annual Five -Year Value.
Figures of _total -production fail to •
convey thd proper impression of the
magnitude of the Industry on account
of the diversity of product and units
involved, whilst the varyleg prices at-
tendant upon uctuating market condi-
tions make computations of value diffi-
cult.. Probably the fairest conception
of tbe value of the output may be ar-
rived at by stating that the lowast
value inee 1910 was that for 1911,
$103221,000, the highest that for
1920 when, a value of $227,860,000 was
reached, while the average annual
value during the last five-year period
amounted to $194,967,000. - As com-
modiTy prices reached, a peak in 1920,
and have since receded, production
computed in terms of value is not a
fair basis for comparison. A weighted
index showing the volume of produc-
tion would undoubtedly mark 1923 is
the banner year in Canada's mineral
industry, new output records being es-
tablished in that year for coal, lead,
zinc, asbestos, and for the venue of
cobalt.
The principal uses of power in min-
ing are for compressing air for drill-
ing; -driving motors or engines for
'Misting; haulage of ore above and be- ,
low ground; driving oi:e crushers and
conveyors; pumping for water supply
a,nel for the remOval of ground water;
lighting;' heating; ventilating; -signal-
ling; machine; blacksmith anfram-
ing shops; 'and for various electrical
metallurgical processes. Even in, the
comparatively simple mining process-
es involved in the recovery'of coal, as
much as 10 per centof the product
may .be consumed, in generating the
power required.
Tots1 Ini-Aallation for Mining
, Purposes.
From estimates made by the Do-
minion Water power Branch it is com-
puted that at January 1st, 1924, the
hydraulic installation for mining pur-
poses in Canada had reached a total
of 277,600 h.p., of which 233,000 hep. is
purchased from central electric ,sta-
tions. An conservative estimate of the
capital investment necessary- to de-
velop this power is $74,000,000.
From the point of view of minerale
and the developfneut of mining, Cana-
da may be divided int() five main
areas, the Maritime Provinces, Que-
bec, Ontario, the Prairie Provinces,
and British Columbia, and tam Yukon
Each of these areas possesses largt
resources of water power developed or
available for development for mining.
With the exCeption of sonre of the coal
fields of the Central Plain there is no
mineralized area for which ample
power cannot be,rnade available, This
Is particularly the case in Ontario and
Quebec, which, being situated in the
acute fuel area of Canada, would be
almost entirely dependent upon coal
imported from the United State.s were
It not for hydraulic power. "
Available and Developed-I:tower.
The dcpartmen latoot table of
available and developed Water power
in Canada, corrected to Pebraury let,
shows a total available 21 -hour power,
at 80 per cent. efficiency, of 18,225,316
lap. at ordinary minimum flow, and
32,075,998 hp. at ordinary six IllOtithie
flow, filltia total turbine installation in
Canada of 3,226,414 h,p. Referent:3 to
the table shows the fortunate distri-
bution of water power throughout Can-
ada. The two.. provinces Without na-
tive coal ()nista) ard Quebec lend 111
the possession and utili'zation of water
power, followed closely by Manitoba,
where only lignite coal is found.
far as information is available, therf,
ie no proSpective mineral area in the
Dominion, with, tAte exception of some
of the eotil Beide of the middle plains,
where hydraulie energy cannot be
Made available.
Nature repairs her rsvages, repairs
them with her sunshin9 and with hut
:nazi labor.- --George P/,att