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The Brussels Post, 1919-4-10, Page 2E I mons in 1913 of the Anti -plumage THE ��IN I Bill have ail hurt the ,industry, which r �` ��� peviously was in a very flourishing SOUTH EEli1GRATTON JUST NOW way, There is, however, a strong belief „w,,,,, that ostrich farming will shortly re- vive, and that the feathers will real - FROM BRITAIN ize big prices as of yore. .AT STANDSTILL ! SUNKEN TREASURE SHIPS. Ostriches, Oranges, Gold, Blantonds and a Good Climate Await the Adventurer in This Fair Land. A friend a£ mine once went to South Africa to find geld, When he returned the first information he volunteered was that brown boots took polish better in 'South Africa than black boots. This was his method of Medicating that he had not found any gold,' and had been forced to interest himself in other things. Geld and diamond, do verily exist in South Africa, says a British com- missioner, There are millions of ear- ths of diamonds, and hundreds of nt'I- lions' of tons of gold, and 'Kimberley end Witwatersrand are names that lure adventurous spirits. But th sober emigrant who wishes for comfortable home minus risks, ha better put these things out of hi mind and turn his attention to farm ing and agriculture. The field is very comprehensive one, er-ibraein fruit, maze, eager, tn''niCeo, cotton cattle rearing and ostrich farad: m, No Emigration Now. It cannot be too often repeat: that at the moment, emigration t South Africa is practically at a standstill. I was toll at the Zealand office that it was next to 'an possible to get a p:1:.®age to Nei Zealand just now. When 1 mentioned this to an official at another emigre tion office, h:1 remarked that the po- sition in regard to South Arrive r.'21r.'21worse. The door could hardly have. been banged more cifeetivele in the face of: the would-be emigrant. Before me lies a letter from the MammaSoutMamma Commessicner':t office in which the following passage oc- curs. It. gives a very good Outline of the general position: "The resettlement of South Afri- cans who have served, is, of course, a matter of primary interest and concern, but it is unquestionable that a great many other ex -service men will desire to go to South Africa; and while there will always be a hearty welcome for them in the Un- ion, there is no organized Govern- mental scheme of general emigration. Therefore the High Commissioner cannot encourage emigration, even of such ex -soldiers, unless the emi- grant has means, or has previously, by correspondence or otherwise, ar- ranged for his employment. "To go on chance is certainly not prudent. "The demand for skilled labor, though ae yet limited, is, however, •constant. and South Africa has be- fore it an era of great development in its industries and manufactures." Where Africa Beats Britain. I imagine that some of the diffi- dence one encounters at most emi- gration offices is due to the fear that, in the peculiar mood of the country, emigration may appear over -attrac- tive. Be this as it may, the present phase is bound to pars, and when the emigrant to South Africa eventually reaches his goal, he will find a very fair world opening. before him. -The climate of South Africa is generous. Bright sunshine and bile skies are the order of the day, and sickness and disease ere remarkable foe their absence. The summers are very hot. The hent is felt less inland than on the coast, where tho atmos phere contains moisture, but if one has normal health, and wears light' clothing, the heat ,is not necessarily troublesome. Light helmets and` white drill are commonly seen during; the eight or nine hot months. The seasons, naturally, do not coincide with our own as they do in England and countries of the same latitude. Summer starts in Decemb-' er, and is now just about ending. The: • coldest months of the year are June July and August, If a man emigrates with a little capital, he should get a job before launching out on his own. However, experienced a man is in this country, he will have to pick-up innumerable, new wrinkles in South Africa, and the best axiom is to "go slow" at the Outset. When he has learnt what is necessary, lie can ,invest his capital and go ahead. Some Fruit Figures. A ten -acre lot near a populous centre should, if the soil is good, produce a fair living for a market - gardener and his family, In the case of fruit, unless he takes over a going concern, he will have to wait for his profits, Pear trees hear after from six to rine years, apples and plums after from four to seven, and orang- es, peaches, apricots, and grapes after from three to six. The pre-war zest of planting new trees, per acre, allowing 100 trees to the acre, or • 1,700 vines, was $60 for all the var- ieties mentioned, apart from orang- es, the average Bost of which was $75, and grapes, $100 an acre. Good profits can be made out of all these. The orange trade is grow- ing more and more popular, and of. fers an attractive field for men with capital. Ostrich farming,, which has always appealed to emigrants' imagination, has received a bit of a blow lately. Changing 4 ehions, the wart and the iutroduotion in tate House of Oom e d a g decidedly unfavoc•able, It was in an mita •, exposed at and the bottom was ewept by strong tidal enemata. Grad- ! dally it became hurled in sand, and d' all salvage operations had to cease. There are other rich treasures in o the sea, In Cunana Bay, Vene:suela, lies the wreck of the Spanish ilagship San Pedro, with $2.000,000 worth of gold on board, which so far has defied ati attempts to salvage. The richest treasure of all is probably a Spanish gallean, math off Lizard Point on the Coruielt coast in 1794, which is be- • lieved to have aboard $33,000,000 worth of gold. But we need not go so far aneld for valuable wracks. Our own lakes are filled with them. In fact, Lake Huron , Is known locally as the "Lance of Sunk- en Treasure." It is estimated that some $12,000,000 worth of gold and diver is buried in the deeps of the Great Lakes. BUFFALO MEAT FOR SALE. Herd at Wainwright Park, Alberta Has Become Too Large. The herd of buffalo or American bison in the Wainwright Buffalo Park 'alas become so large and is increas ing so rapidly that the Dominion gov eminent is planning to kill a limited number of the animals yearly and sell the meat in the public market, Three animals were killed this winter, When the meat was placed on sale in Toronto the public rushed to buy it. Buffalo stoke and roasts of buffalo hump, according to Toronto citizens, lived up to the reputation for juici- ness and tenderness given it by old frontiersmen, The Wainwright Park, situated in the heart of the rich prairie farming 1 country of Western Canada, contains I 160 square ratio and is the largest; wild game preserve under fence in the world. Prosperous farms producing thirty-five bushels of wheat to the acre, and with pastures filled with eat - tie and domestic animals, speed(' to the horizon outside its boundaries,' while within its fences remains g fra.g- lnent of the primeval West as it was known to the Indians and earliest' pioneers. Thee were 3,500 buffalo in a practically wild state in the park at the close of 1013. The park represents a $1,000,000 in-' i vestment made by the Canadian goy- - : eminent purely in an effort to save the buffalo from extinction. It was established in 1309, when of all the ' countless hods that once roamed ' Canada and the United States, only about twelve buntlrel buratto remain-. ed alive on the continent. The onig- final stock wits obtained from Pablo, an old Indian, who for years lead bred - buffalo on the Flathead Reservation! in Montana and whose herd then num- bered S00, Noblesse Oblige, Tho British officer, whatever his profeeelonaI qualifications, always has courage, solicitude fax his men and a strict sense of justice. I have woudo•ed, says Mr, Charles tit', Whitehair in his recently publish-, ed book, Out There, at the great love' and sympathy that seem to exist be- tween the British officer at11 his men. I bad seen it in India before the war, t I have seen it in all parts of the Bra tish Empire, I know the reason now, I have yet to see a British officer anolg the walking wounded who goes i ahead of his men to bicve his wounds dressed, ° Outside of one dre32s911g station sat t a young colonel with a bad wound. One of the secret ll) ; noticed him and 1 said, ":ou had irate r got late the dt•eseing Station at 0110e," "It is not 111y turn, I will not go out of tuna" One Sunk Off the Cornish Coast Had $39,000,000 on Board. One of the most interesting wrecks ou record is that of the British frigate Lutine, which was sunk off the coast of Holland in 1799, It was customary In those days to carry Much gold and silver on war vessels, and this partici'. lar ship was known to have 1,900 gala bars and 500 bar's of silver, with a total value of over $0,000,000. It was driven aground in a storm and sank Britain atwt at yt shaIse lowWas water, Great 111t -.,00005l "Olt, a,, you ready, nt:ree? You maeht just take baby Drita(n at that time was at ever with r" Y up France, and Holland, an ally of for a little while, bet don't loop hint --it always makes him rick." F'lanee, claimed for frigate as a prize Carried the 191?lsago to Mons, of war. The water was so shallow "-en a that at low tide It was possible for a QUICK SERVICE. A NOVEL BRAIN TEST. fisherman to reach it with memos and -- Visitor to Canadian Y.M.C.A, In Lo don Cs Favorably Impressed, Next iear7 grapples and recover some of its treasures. A salvage company or- ganized by the Dutch people to re- cover the wealth of the Lutine sum eeeded in getting not more than $600; 000 worth of gold and silver. The position of the wreck, however, was On my last momma in the Army went Into the cleaver NW -the Cann dian Y.M,C.A, hl the Strand -to breakfast. I found then very bus indeed; but instead of having a fun time to wait to be served, as 1 shoul n- Which Can be Used as a Contest For Guests at a Party. I When a professor of psychology at - one of the large uriverei11„s recently 1• ;tut Ills freshmen pupils through the Y brain test here set forth, his purpose g 12:35 10 find out how many' 0)' the young d 111)11 measured up to a certain stand• most certainly have had at 111e o:'di ary restaurant, cycle before the wo with such a melt. on, I was satin down et a table enjoying my breal fast in half a jiffy, The dining -room of this soldiers hostel was run on the "-.serve-yourself p1an, Just inside the doorway was Pile of trays, and I and the twenty 0 thirty fellows who came in at t9 sante time as I did each picked up tray. We then trooped down between loop counter and a railing, Upon that reaching the counter u wore up against the pucka food de pertinent, and the woman behind th n• mei of cliental capacity and enilcenntra- r, tem; but at the alms tinea he nitwit. le tingly .supplied material for one of r- the most missing evening entertein- 111en15 19at a host could offer to a gatbering of friends, Ile mese:'lod the following series a of gnev:tions, and announced that elle ✓ questions were Ib he answered IN the e reader went over them fur the !drat a time. Ile specified one minute as the time in which 1) 11111)11 511011111 aecoinp- a lish the work if be Was G) attain the mark pf one hundred, e Arne yon01(10 Mtn a pe,tril and - answer the cpoestiols es yon read e them for the !trot time. I)laee the ccr- counter asked us whether etre prefer red sausages and meshed potatoes o bacon and eggs, and whether we weal tante porridge, Our choice was thee placed on our trey, and we carried i farther dawn the counter., The next thing w0 came to was tray of bread and butter, and auothe tray of scones, etc. We helped ore selves. and continued our way down the counter', to be brought up by sante urns, and to be asked whether we would take tea or coffee. We had by now collected a very ap- petising breakfast on our trays. It only remained now to pay for it. Be fore the railing allowed us to leave the counter we had to pass the till, be hind which a woman stood, who quick- ly ran her eye over the Contents of ou trays, and charged us at a very mod- erate rate. We then- got knives and forks and spoons from a basket at the end of the counter, chose a table, and tucked in. We had been served 10 far quicker time than we would have hoped for in any othe•restaurant in London, The Difference. The "culture" of the Germans has left a curious harvest for the officers of our forces who have dropped into billets where the people have grown used to the ways of the Hun "gentle- men,' says "A Man About Town" in the London Evening News, Au Aus- tralian officer says that In ono of these places the W03112111 in whose house he was billeted with other officers, said, in answer to a request, that she was not able to supply sheets for the beds, and hllmoroaely- requested that tate officers should remove their boots be- fore going to bed. Later the sheets were forthcozning, then she 1000ned that her visitors were civilized beings --after she hacd recovered front leer amazement at finding 310 evidence that they had been fouling the room they used for general mess purposes, reel anslver in the bulb space that t1 ✓ follows ench question, end melte care- d ful record of e time eel:slim d in ec- complishing the task. t here is the test: With maze l:eucil slake a dot over a any oro of these letters, I', 0, 13, I, J, ✓ and a commie after the longest of these words; boy---mother--girl--. Then if Christmas codes in Marcia slake a cross right here --; but if it does not, pass along to the next queuton and tell where the stuff risno-----. 1f you believe that Edison discovered America, cross out what you last - wrote;I but if it was s0111e one else, put in a number to complete this son- _ teuce: "A horse has four feet." Write yes, no matter whether China to in • Africa or not---; anti, then give a wrong answer to this question; "Ilow many days are there to a week?"-. Write any letter except (0 just here -, and then write no if two times five are ten---. Now, if Tuesday oonles after Monday, make two cross- es here--, or else a square hero----. Be sure to mance three crosses be- tween these two boys' names: George --Henry. Notice these two mina bert, 3, 5. If iron 15 heavier than water, write the larger number here -••----, but if iron is lighter than ivater write the smaller number here---. Show by 0 cross when the nights are longer: In summer? - •--- to whiter? Give the correct answer to this question; "Does water run uphill?" and repeat your 0)151ver here Do nothing here (0x7 = ---), unless yon skipped the preceding question: but write the that letter of your first name and the last letter of your last name at the ends of this like •-, At a party you can use the test to excellent advantage by malting a con- test of it. Have double or triple- spaced typewritten copies and distat - buto them, folded, anlong'the guests. Start the guests all at the same time, nod to the first person who turtle hi a correct set of answershward a small prize, • Heats Whales From Air. With his airplane equipped with a machine gun, an army lieutenant re- cently went out on a whale -hunting expedition. Flying at an altitude of about a thousand feet above the Pa- cific Ocean, the airman saw las quar- ry about four utiles out to sea, and aw0011051 down before the great ani- mal could submerge. A short round from the machine gun was sufficient, and a motorboat was anon on its way to pick up the carcass, which yielded he hunter a considerable profit, The Wrist Watch. The wrist watch 1s about universal n the army and very freely worn m511g the eteilicul p0puletiot; but he watchmaker does not yet knew whether t.ito popularity of the wrist watch ie going to ce;ltten°. Sir Doug - as Haig has never worn one, and ho s content with the aid-faelhle)1od watch, which he carries In thi, breast ocket of his tunic with a 0001 guard moaned into 71 buttonhole, Sone four hours inter, the eeer(tary, passing net rood and drink, again noticed the colonel. "Here! Why haven't yon had your wounds dreeetei?" he exclaimed. "I tun whiting for lay turn" "But it was yon• turn long ago•" "Are you sure?" "Of course d a111. Colne, let mo help you," Into the dressing room 110 staggered. Ile had no idea that ho, lied done a heroic thing. "Wo make our fortunes end we tail them 'fate.": d)israeli, What He Doc, With It, "1 meal. (100114 see what a tramp does with his Unita" "Never could myself," said Plunk - villa's popular coneta1115, "until I fol- lowed One ar001111 just to find Out. Ile tato four breakfasts and six dinners," Canada's fire loss last year was $38,850,000 in 17,000 fires, It is a good thing to be rich, hut it is a batter thing to be 1111000(1 by many friends. -Euripides, - gm. A Witty Corporal The French still po;tsess the quick- ness of wit and neatness of please for which they have long been famous. A nameless corporal who was in Gen, ! Goraud's army in Champagne is the latest to uphold the reputation of Itis race ' A very raw French sentry-, mistaking this corporal for an officer, saluted j hi111, The "non1om," unaware that Gen, Gol1'at01 was close behind 1111n, Promptly retuned the salute, although he knew that in the circumstances it should not have been given. When 11e got hack 10 11lo quarters he found a1 order for hits to attend be- fore bis commander in chief, When be reported. Gen, Gouraud rebut bin loudly (1.11d 1)01021 wily he returned the salute whro he must hove known that he was not entitled to it. The net was not in the lost abael1 00, "Sir, f always return anything to wllicll 1 am not entitled," he said. His reply turned Gen. Gnnrttud's diselplinary indignation alto a burst of h'arty laughter, Honorable Mention. At the conclusion of the:, school terns prizes were distributed,- When one of the pupils returned home hie mother claimed to be entertaining 011110rts. "Well, (1uu•9ie," 11„hed ono 00 these, "diel you win a pi lee?" "Not exaellea" 081)1 Chortle, "but I bit t1 horrible nt5)1tioma At the Peace Table. Who shall sit at the table, then, when the terms of peace are made --- The wisest sten of the troubled lands In their silver and gold brocade? Yes, they shall gather in solemn state to speak for each living race, But who shall speak for the 10100511 dead that shall come to the Council place? Tho' you see theta 11o1 and you hear thorn not, they shall sit at the table, too; They shall throng the roost where the peace is made and knew what it is you do; The innocent dead front the sea shall rise to stand at the wise luau's side, And over his elloulder a boy shall look 0 boy that was crueilied. You may guard tho there of that Coun- cil hall with barriers strong and stout, But the dead • unbidden shall enter th 111e1•en e, 0111, 01)11 never you'll shut And the 11uu1 that died i1) the open boat, 111111 the babes that sufferedworse, • Shall sit at the table when 1,4 made by the side of a martyred11u1,00' You may see then net, but they'll all be there; when they smith you may fail to hear; You lu)y think that you're melting your pacts alone, but their spirits will hover near; Ind whatever the terms of the peace you matte with the tyrant whose hands are red, You must please not only the living Here, but must satisfy your dose. ---Edgar A. Guest, FIFTEEN MILLION GRAVES, One Estivate of Cost of Four Years' Warfare All Over World, ' These have been busy days in the harvest ileitis of doh lately. Fifteen million new -made graves are scattered I over the lands of the earth or hidden away In the depths of the sea. Froin the best information obtain- able the total deatu statistics of fight- ing ;nen are as follows: Germany, 2,000,000; Austria, 1,000,000; Turkey, 250,000:. Bulgaria, 150,000; Russia, 2,500,000; France, 1,300,000; Great Britain, 800,000; Italy, 500,000; end the 'United States, 50,000. In addition to which there are the millions who gave the blood of their hearts for Bel- gium, Serbia, Rumania, Montenegro end other countries, So, if all the sol- diers could cone marching back from their graves to -clay they would form an army not less than 9,000,000 strong, And who can count those other mil- lions who have been butchered in their homes, or have starved, or have perished at sell; or the millions more that still must go from wounds, lack of food and broken hearts? Even the pestilence of tailue0za, we are told by medical scientists, owes its 801111 success to war. Every great war in history bus been followed by 5( 010 kind of pestilential disease, and while the curse of influenza, which has caused a death roll of 0,000,000 huuulu beings, cannot he charged directly to the conflict, a very Iarge percentage of the fatalities must be so listed, This disease is known to be at 1ea:(1 400 years old, but never be- fore has it assumed such lnaligna01 form because the war Inas broh5ht about a general condition ft low physi. cal resistance among all mankind. "THUMBS UPI" Origin of an Expression Clmmon in Both Army and Navy. When Tommy or Jack wish to inti- mate that any particular announce- ment or happening is no, bit of orI- rightl" he M(1111503 in the cryptic ox- pres-fon, "thumbs up!" Or if it is "nag poolie" ho °Mingns t11„ phrase to "thulium down!" accompanied by ttp- proprfate action, But how many mem- bers of our Army or Navy know the origin of these actions? At dome, in the tiniest of the 0111. pe'e's, end' 1x11 over that. nighty n- llire, u groat feature Was ina,t5 of e1 1110 public games, One of the items always on the pro- gramme of the games was a 115111 be. tw11aors- 1'eenho favougl)11ritte fight was that between 1 the Iletiario (a man armed with a net and a spear) and. the Secutor (who wee armed in a much heavier maur*er1, - The Rotittl'ius would at- tempt to cast 11ds oat over the Seem tor so as to render 11in.'1 helpless, If be failed be had to run swiftly away, and the Seeutor ran tater him, The Reflarlla was armed with a (lima -pointed spear, and if. he suc- ceeded in cenne:.h11131 the Serutcn• the eeectntars 00100 "ll11bet1'' (3to-Imo (ta. After width, if they wished ihe_Sectt- tur to be allied they held their thumbs down, and if hie dlfe was to ho spared the:' held their thumbs Ina London's l'oy Guns, Loudun's ulnad popular piny110.inhd hi 11011' 190 311111, and the (11119105,1 Ger- ,3 tavorito toys, Heys ' 1)iariet" ,n 111e Weelmnbl- atee (ltlzette, (Mitres play ser -:,,1w nsdrt:ln of the eilli5150 K000l) btu•r,gs and let off Chilteee crnellOrn from the )nu02len of powerful 11ow;(zers1 A more netolishblg eo)irnst 01 pesos and war (multi scarcely be ltn)lglned. Nowhere does the war seem more re- mote, mat It fH (1i01etllt to realize that therm rows of detr8pit artillery gee not the relive of come dead and parted century, PROGRESS OF AIR- CRAFT DURING WAR ALL SUCCESSES PRODUCED BY PIONEER ESTABLISHMENTS, "Bristol Triplanes Are Famous War Machines Converted Into Paesenger- Carriers For Commercial Use, All the British nIrcraft 50c'ce5ses o the war, it la most interesting to ab serve, were produced by pioneer es t.ablislzments; that 15 to say, 'by 55 tablisllments engaged in airplan work before 1012. One, of course, in eludes the Royal Aircraft factory which turned etit the F.E. and 1h 5,1:5.. None of the numerous Orme That took up alrplane melting during the ever produced a 11)1510 sures=,;fu1 typo; most of them weal entirely en gaged upon machines to (lovo'nnlea 5110' 1fil•a11011. Among the 10adh15 500005104 •,;e• 111e Bristol airplanes of the Brills! and Colonial Aeroplane CO:, 109139 be gun Operations in 1910. The 1`rlsto Scout and the Bristol twu.•seete lighter are 12101210s War machines tha are invariably 1,pa)k0)1 of with en thusia0m to ;loyal Air Force circles The latest typo brought out Is bit high-speed bomber, that came too late for the war, and is new converted into a passenger -carrier, Thi:; n12101100having geine through exacting triple extending over some erecta, was es blblte(1 at the work, at Pilton, 100 Erlstol, 013 March 5th, 10 a number o exports and journalists renreseuting the daily and weekly newspapers and the technical press, An Engineering Achievement, FRANC% TO Miff ON GERMAN LUMBER WILL DEMAND LARGE RETURN FOR TREE CASUALTIES. Great Britain, Belgium and Italy Will Make Similar Demands -Plans For Reforestation,. f "Germany will find that Prance will - insist upon Germany's paying In lima ber for the casualties of the h 1'10011 - forests which were destroyed during a the war," declares P, S. Rldodate, Scc- - r51(uy of the American Forestry As. , 50eiat(ou, who has just returned v-1111) o a tour of the Allied eminence, says a recent Washington (lespateh, ,lir, Ridsdale went to Europe to Investi- gate invest losses (t France, Belgium,. Italy and Great Britain, s , that the t American forestry A55001 tun) might detonable how ArI:1011'a cm; 11. 1::dp to O replace the destroyed female 00 1 Europe by presenting foree1 :-,-231 to • the various governments. 1 '•In northern h•raueo many of the r forests," he says, "have been so Malty t smashed by shell, shrapnel 11)11 eit'0 fire, or so badly cue fur trend' (11,) bees, fuel wood and other supplies tar the (anteuding armies th•tt. they letve been virtually destroyer(. They can bo restored only by replanting, The agricultural land lying Letweeu the foreeto in various x0)0'011 of the bat tie front has been so torn to piece:: by 1• shell ere that It is ne Ramer eerviere r! able for agriculture, slid, litre the de- vastetetl forests, will have to be planted with forest tree ''-011, so fiat ill years to conte the :{911 " holes may be filled by gra lual 01-,.,2011 and tb0 boning of tho soil restored. Then 1118 00 1i1lted forests may be (1.11 (ban and the land wetted ever and re- - stored for agricultural W0,Estimating the Losses, What struck ev'3)'yere present, even Owe familiar with til' exenne)u''' of the workmanship put into 07151 11 ma chines, w•a0 the a01ievelaeet, 110 an engineering proposition, of this new bus. It did not need the export eye to appreciate the immense strength and the heantifull finish, The supporting of the four 410 11,1). 3.111w-rty 1110t0rs 011 the middle plane, strengthened there by P struts, vets 1,15913 eppl•uved, fur it is a satiefactOi'y sOluiiion if a some. what difficult problem of the multiple engine a111ilalne. The under -carriage too, is of a new type, consisting of four wheels 11114(1' big \'-shaped struts very snbstalltially sprung on steel spring sllock-allsorbere. Being a triplane, the necessary large lifting surface la obtained with- out excessive span from port to star. board, this dioer,sion being S1 feet S in., thus obviating the desirability of slaving folding wings for caavenfence in housing. The leading edge of the wings is not a straight line• but is slightly swept back from tIle centre- : ,t1 nmkhlg a ehalllow "arrow" fors) in plamasl,ect. The two rear propellers rotat° in the "slip stream" of the forward pro- pellers. All are twu•blacled, and the gement rate is 1,750 revs. per minute, The ening-arca is 1905 square feet, 1(11)1 the "loading" is 10 lbs, per D.ILP,, and 3.65 1La, per square foot of. wing, The lateral control is by ailerons on the two top wings only. The ''Ilraenar 111{2" (as it is scheduled) weighs (light) 10,060 lbs„ or "all on" 10,500 lbs. Its comple- ment is 14 pnaseegere (besides two pilots), who are seated most comfort- ably in a roomy, well -lit saloon rest- ing o1 the bottom plane, The petrol capacity is 450 gallons, which gives about seven hours' fifgtit at cruising speed (about 100 miles perilous:), The machine, however, can do 125 smiles per hour, and can climb to 5,000 feet in 0 /Mantes, a realty remerkuble per- formance, actually comparable to that of a modern fighting scout. It can fly, if need arisw, with any two If the Ecur enghtes mot running, This manhin0 is undoubtedly des- tined to be one of the first passenger - carrying regular service airplanes tient are to inaugurate the commercial fly ing age, THE MODERN HEN. "Hen Time" Is Now Valuable and Not to be wasted In Hatching'Ghicks. The Canadian ehioko11 of to•claeo Is largely an artificial product. Like the modern fashionable mother, the hen ti1r1111 00er her maternal duties to nurses, 111 her case, however, it is not be. 08050 site so wisees. Sbe would like to hatch and rear her own young, but she 1511'1 "tet," There 15 an old joke about the little va1110 of "lien tine." llut the truth is that lien time is very valuable and is not to be wasted in sitting on a branch of thirteen 0555 and clunking about a fow fledglings in pursuit of the elusive 0Or11 tike1, meet be persuaded to lay as many eggs (14 po5s11)lO, to be hatched in an incllhetol' ons mothered in a "brooder," Thus she becomes iu ef- ISet c wbol50010 pi'::duocr. in Bir: (•11111el fa'1110 nowac1)175 In. cnbalot;'n are mooted -In "batteries," turuing out the baby birds by tons of 1h01)0a1111,. 1'ontrolled by electrical 11)051(/,111011' temperature 15 at1011at1- el 111+ )stapled, and the output in- emaparahly more sure than any crop of beans or potatoes, The women`s section of the Sas. katchawen (.train Growers' Assoelaw Lion lute more than 4,000 members, Thera are Lo icO as malty blind peo- ple in 191551)1 as In the whole of the iota Of Merolla, "The peace delegate:; are now hay. ing prepared data upon the 151'' 11) the French forests, and France cleans to insist upon a large anemia of mit. dug 10 the German fore. is so that she slay be provided with lumber for re- construction purposes i11 n part of the indemnity which Germany will be re. quired to pity for the damages which have been inflicted. "Italy, Belgian and (treat Britain will slake shutter reque ts, for they, too, have suffered forest loeges, and they, too, need lumber in large quanti- ties and believe that Germany shoed supply it to tho extent of her ability." lir. Ridsdale expects that the Amen - con Forestry Association, by 11:marital* large quantities of forest tree seed next fall, will be able materially to . assist America's European Allies In restoring their forests, • UNINTENTIONAL PROFITEERING. When the War Department Paid for Supplies the Second Time. Although many stories are toll, with or without foundation, of enreas- , enable profits accruing to (inn trlu'tere who supplied goods of various lcdntl5 to the War Department, it is dotth1181 if such benevoleut mietaites as the following, which are retained from ,)England, have preetutably had fete duplicates. A wheelwright in 1;'aex, laving exeCILed a small job for some trelopy encamped near his workshop, hent t•1 the authuvities ills 111331111, 1,1(111 amounted to the modest sam of nice shillings and fivcpence. '1'o his emez., - meet, lie received in payment n cheque for ninety-11vo pounds, Bong the po5seesor or tt 0011501(11 e0, tho wheelwright wrote pointing out that his account was for nine sh(tlin o and fivepence only, and aching what he should do with the cheque sent to 111nt, In reply, ho received another cheque for ninety-five pounces. Nat knowing what to do, he consulted solicitor, wife advised him to h:utic the money and let the authorities apply for its return. When that story was told to the manager of a Surrey dahy be related a 5111111ar experience, Loot seaman. the military authoritles ctonm1nn(1oet•- ed the entire stock of tiny of a farm, and paid money down for 11, They re- quired only a portion of rho stock to be delivered at once, however, and gave instructions (o' the ren13(c101' to be retained until further orders. As the farmer :tearci nettling more, ho wrote to the military authorltieil, and an officer came down, inspected the lay, and explained wbo•s 1t was to be scut. Some time afterwards the flans mime." a chorine for one hun- dred end seventy mewls, Ho scat the cheque back, with the ) .1ltinder that the hay had been 1)11111 fol' once; but it was returned to him, and it ewe since been pnld into the beak, Royal Kiddies Lilco Others. lMany people are invade to bring. 1110110101005 to beiieve that the chile-` ren of Royalty are simnel. to those of other people; title story will he of special Interest to s11eh, The Royal party was eight -seeing some yeam 11 (1 in Scotland, and en the hattlemenle of a certain castle Pt needs Miry was doputod by the queen to curb the ar- dor of little Prince John for climbing into dangerous plates, She was per- haps over -of -Miens In ilor charge; 1t any rate, she appeared so to the Auld, Nolo was overheard to say: "011, stmt rt Q, Mary; vee 11159 as 1110011 1114 i',othel,"