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The Brussels Post, 1921-12-15, Page 2The Kingdom of The Blind Xly E, PHILLIPS O1 ?.EN'l i M. (Gobi 1114031 • CHAPTER X3:XV,-(Cont'd.) ,eptly free) the falling clouds, voices, smouldering, were there to remind of (listributin„ the tasks more evenly others Mom year to year, I am giving It was all over in those few miteutes'unfamiltar and guttural warned' atm him ee the great tragedy, He looked and of relieving pressure during the the directions. which I follow; and Thomson found himself in the street again. He guidad his way by the railings into Whitehall. The black - mess seemed to him to be now less impenetrable. Looking fixedly east- ward he seemed to be conscious a Mine faint lightening in the sky: He urftY ac to o , each era were r have been boiled in water ileeeen min - the rumbling of carts in the ly fifty yards above hien, the falling each of the places where bombs had neighbor of my desire tor, can food east - beard g i d of a huge Zeppelin. He felt himself been dropped. Towards the Pall Mull, in every emanon ee the year, she smiled Utes, :These are placed on a false bot- Oh, captain! their the horses mostly being le by just outside its.range and paused, Arch the - people were standing' in t..._ kind one lets flicker across the tom in a large kettle and sufficient young Lady—"Dear me, captain, thea drivers. here and there, an odd breathless. With a crash which seem thousands, trying to get near the'i face when she is not solid on Your warm water is poured around' them to what do you find for the sailors to do -taxicab which and escaped the pbliee ed to pllt the air, the huge structure; wreck of the huge Zeppelin, which orders came aloes with one lam lit, se reach reach the shoulders of the jars and when you are out at sea? Areal the only to be stopped in a few yards and fa The far end of it, all buckled um: completely blocked all the traffic „ the Hacks of the bottles. If ars are ?" t edge of the avement, rested against the back of the Ad -through St. James's Park. Thomson Who ever heard of canning in win- used,the lids are half sealed while men very idle. escorted to he e g th was miralty. The other and was only ail paused for a moment at the top of ter?” she asked., Captain—"No, lady; I keeps them, Alt then way up Whitehallcsthere few yards froth where Thomson stood, Trafalgar Square and looked around "Well," said 1, "for instance,, if :t either a piece of .cotton or a cork, busy hoeing the sea weeds out of the one long line of taxicabs, unable to at the bottom of the steps leading up him, The words of the newspaper; is poor judgment to can pumpkin in whiah has been boiled, is inserted ocean current patch, ply fore hire or find their way unusual-tthe into Pall Mail, A dozen sear;lhlights were indeed true. London had her early winter, when it is sweetest, f x loosely in tine bottles. nese of until d2as elm The played upon it. Men suddenly appear -;sears, yet there was nothing in the use in ies durin late spring and This fruit juice is processed thirty Hess of it all was almost stimulating.g P g At .the to of the broad thoroughfare � as though from underneath. Some faces of the people to show fear, If summer; cranberries when they. axe in minutes, the water around it being Thomson turned to the left through of them stood for a moment and anything, there was an atmosphere alit season; onions before they sprout, kept simmering all the times When k there be- f t d t l d has suffered We regret deeply to en. Houma the death of a very dzstin- Grenzet young n epee yr, fapS r Alfredd Anselman, A bomb passed through' the roof of his house in Seekvilie Street, completely shattering the apartment in which he was sitting. IIis servant perished with him, The ether occupants of the building were, fortunately for them, awes, for the Why Every Moab Is Canning Season berries, strawberries; currants, elder - night" With Meberries- and cherries. It is easy to The paper slipped from Thomsons, I fid that bx extending the can- sot them put away in warm weathm?t fingers, He looked through the rhes. ning aaason fro• summer tq fall, and If jelly is net'meee then, dews of has room, across the Thames. house- l3elievi9tg anion, of you may wish g OWN ]:racily opposite to him a fallen chins- then into winter, I make my 1iA„f, Hey and four blackened walls, still work easier. We an excellent method � can gripe juice and some of the t is added t er a d mall 4» ant of water darkness As a ta The da kThere n Thw s cons downat the a again. t woe i paper a iweather. of who gp p gbu • hot w 1tl r. which loomed over him, took shape, no mistake, It was the judgnitnt 0f 1 It may sound' amusing to you to to the frzyt, Ms is brought to a boil Ire turned and ran for his life, Only a.higher Court than hist hear of a housekeeper planning her and allowed to simmer gently for a a little way above his head a storm Ile made his way down to the War we* few mixmtes, Then ice is of shrapnel now was streaming from Office at, a little before ten o'aIoglc, canning operations for the winter sea- the ,Dowered guns o£ the AdmualtY• The streets were crowded with people song; It was net common practice a'strained 'through two lame of cheese- f saw, scarce-rr u in fow ears ago When T first told a' cloth into clean jars or hallos, which T back 1 ok he aand th throngs su o nd g Y SOAP Boys jus -I love as smooth fro rant lather li?!.i-rrforBABYi- BEST` ' YOUf the Pall Mall Arch and passed into St. swayed like drunken men, o :round of greater vitality, q greater teeingtheir desirable flavor; and the' jars are removed, the i s are James's Park. He strolled slowly gan to run. Round the corner from intensity. The war had come a littleParsnips tightened immediately, while the cot- along ot- al n until he came to the thorough- the Admiralty Square a little company' nearer at last than the columns of the 1P ps when their taster is richest, fare to the left,leadingdown to the of soldiers came with fixed bayonets.: daily Press. It was the real thing it is not common sense to can peas,. "ton steppers are removed from the Admiralty. Thre he paused for a There was a shout. Two of the men with which even, the every -day Lon- peaches, and plums in summer -time, bottles and tightly fitting corks, which Y have been boiled are put in. When moment and turning around, listened ran,on. donor had rubbed'shoulders. From ' intently. He was possessed of pars' Thomson heard the crack of a rifle Cockspur 'Street to Nelson's Monu- ticularly keen hearing and it seemed - and saw one of thein leap into the air; went the men were lined up in a long to hint as though from afar off he and collapse. The other one staggered queue, making their Way to the re - could hear the sound of a thousand and fell on his knees. A dozen of • cruiting office. h 'fere there together with their when they are seasonable." I find that carrying out my around - the -year canning schedule is fun, as well as profitable, I always make acalso for puddings and sauces, ice fruit le i s the dayf belay from canned cream, sherbet, gelatin dishes, and fruit juices the before) Christmas, other desserts. and carry them, while warm, in holly- If the pot of steaming and nutri- decorated packages to my once doubt- tions soup is ao be servedminat the least ing neighbor. One Dominion Day she cost in the winter, the vegetables for and her family at delicious pumplan it are canned, not wasted, in the fall. the bottles are eold, the tops are dip- ped: in melted paraffin. I use these juices not only for jelly -making, but muffled hammers beating upon an the hands stretched to the skies. Then anvil; of a strange, methodical Thomson was conscious that one of tarbnnce in the air. He grasped the oil -clad 'figures was coining in his railing with one hand and gazed up -,d' t' kin for the ate run - (To be concluded:) Trees. In the Garden of Eden, planted by God, ward with straining eyes. Just at that' trey ion, ma g • There were goodly trees in the spring - moment he saw distinctly what ap- ning with swift, stealthy gait. A flash time sod-- peered od—peered to be a flash of lightning in fof or a Heigle gleamed wore ton he fugitive ae she ded, followed easharp by a report whichdr helmet; only his face, blackened With Trees of beauty and height and grace, ansounded like a clap ed thunder., Then instinctively he covered his eyes l grease, ate Hedcame sirehis n ht for Thorn - .es, To stand In splendor before His face. •tl i' h d F d 1 straight wi t us an sarom a ozen p aces • reathin he evil . son• b Y. —oneclose at hand—a long, level g, "Hands u Th mson cried. stream of light seemed to shoot out I The man aimed oa furious blow at towards the clouds. There was one of them which came from near the h Thomson, who quite uncon- Carlton Hotel, which lit up the whole sciously had drawn a revolver from of the Pall Mali Arch with startling his isocd pocket, hot jhimthrough r ughp the fheheart, distinctness. gave him a sudden vision' senshless. ma jump heap upon the to the it up, brought roof, and, toas he fps.; bottom of the steps, and, with a queer Paraved away, nd a cry his sips. beyond even the limits of instinct of bloodthirstiness, ran down the quivering line of light, there was the line of the wrecked Zeppelin, something in the sky which seemed a seeking for more victims. The soldiers little blacker than the eked. Even, were coming up in force now, how - while he looked at it, from the Admix- •ever, and detachments of them were alto roof came a lurid flash, the hire I marching away their prisoners. An- and screech of a shell as it dashed other company was stationed all upwards And then the sleeping city around the huge craft, keeping guard. seemed suddenly to awake and the; Thomson walked back once more to- night to become hideous. Not fifty wards the Admiralty. The sky was yards away from him something fell still lurid with the reflection of many in the Park, and all around hint lumps' fires but the roar of the gusts had of gravel and clods of earth fell ie, diminished, and for several minutes a shower. A great elm tree fell' no bomb had been thrown. With the crashing into the railings close by his; revolver in his hand still smoking, he side, Then there was a deafening ex - ; ran tAdmiralty. whom he knew slightly plosion, the thunder of falling mason- at the ry, and a house by the side of the arch! "Thomson, by God!"the man ex - broke suddenly into flames. A few claimed. "What are you doing with moments later, a queer sight amongstithat revolver?" r?all these "ed at it happen ngs,n aw fire denginnd e e dashed i "I don't know," he answered. "I've under the arch1 narrowly missing the Jut shot one of those fellows from , higoing?" eZeppelin. How are things s th broken fro meats f brick and stonyg . swung around, and a dozen fire -hoses! "Therepare 'six Zeppelins down in commenced to play upon the flaming different arts and a couple of dozen building. aeroplanes," the other replied, Wool - The darkness was over now, and the wich is safe, and the Houses of Par - silence. There were houses an ti a!liament and Whitehall. Heaps of re - other side of the river on fire, and ports to come in but I don't believe scarcely a moment passed without the they've done much damage." Thomson passed on. It was lighter now and the streets were thronged with people. He turned once more towards the Strand and stood for a crash of a falling bomb. The air for a second or two was filled with piteous shrieks drowned almost immediately by another tremendous explosion from further north. Every now and then, a moment in Trafalgar Square. One locking upwards in the line of the wing of the National Gallery was gone long searchlights, Thomson could dis- and the 'Golden Cross Hotel was in tinctly see the shape of one of the games. Leaning against the Union circling airships. Once the light Club was another fallen aeroplane. Sashed downwards, and between him Men and women were rushing every- ' and Buckingham Palace he saw a where in wild excitement. He made great aeroplane coming head foremost his way down to the War Office. It down, heard it strike the ground With:seemed queer to find men at work a tremendous crash, heard the long -still in their rooms. He sent Ambrose • death -cry, a cry which was more like for an orderly and received a message a sob, of the teen who premed with Ifrom headquarters. it. . . "Damage to public buildings and Every inoment the uproar became property not yet estimated, All dock- ` more deafening. From all sorts of yards and arsenals safe, principal unsuspected places and buildings came !public buildings untouched. Only the lightning quiver of the guns, fol- seventeen dead and forty injured re - lowed by the shrieking of the shells.lported up to five minutes ago. Great Right on to the tops of the houses be- damage done to enemy fleet; remaind- tween where he was standing and the er in full retreat, many badly dam- Carlton, another aeroplane fell, aged. Zeppelin just down in Essex, smashing the chimneys and the win- four aeroplanes between here and dews and hanging there like a gi- Romford. ' gantic black bat. There was not a Thomson threw down his revolver. soul anywhere near him. but by the "Well," he muttered to himself, occasional flashes of light Thomson "perhaps London will believe now that could see soldiers and hurrying people we are at war!" in the Admiralty Square, and along the Strand he could hear the patter i of footsteps upon the pavement. But he himself remained alone, a silent, spellbound, fascinated witness of this epic of slaughter and ruin. CHAPTER XXXVI. "London, too, has its scars, and London is proud of them," a great morning paper declared the next morning. "The Last and gigantic ef- Then came what seemed to him to fort of German 'frightfulness'- has be its culmination. High above his conte and passed. London was visited head he: was suddenly conscious of a before dawn this morning by a fleet downward current of air. He looked of sixteen Zeppelins and forty aero - up. The shouting of voices, appar- planes. Seven of these former mon- sters lie stranded and wrecked in var- ious parts of the city, two are known to have collapsed in Essex, and an- other is reported to have come to grief in Norfolk. Of the aeroplanes, nineteen were shot down, and of the rest so far no news has been heard, The damage to life and property, great though it may seem, is much less than was expected, Suelt losses as we have sustained `we shall hear with pride and fortitude. We stand now more closely than ever in touch with our gallant 511106. We, too, bear eee0 the marks of battle in the heart of our country." Thomson paused to finish his break- fast, and abandoning the leading article turned to a more particular account. "The loss of life," the journal went on to say, "although regrettable, is, s6 far as accounts have reached us, not large, There are thirty -ono Civilians killed,, a Minch -ad and two have been admitted into hospitals, and, curiously enough, only one person bearing arms r01it111ED E41,G TTAN I?E ao YeReereetAHANY, M„,,- leeeS No 49--'21, Apple and hickory, ash and pear, Oak and beech and the tulip rare. The trembling aspen, the noble pine, The sweeping elm by the river line; Trees tor the birds to build in and sing, And the Iilac tree for a joy in spring. - Trees to turn at the frosty call And carpet the ground for their Lord's. footfall; Wood for the bow, the spear and the Bail, The keel and the mast and Wee daring sail; He made them of every grain and girth For the use of man in the Garden of Earth. Then, lest the soul should not lift her eyes From the gift to the Giver of Paradise On the crown of a bill, for all to see, God planted a scarlet maple tree. —Bliss Carman. Imperishable France. Those who thought that France, "bled white," was doomed to perish, must marvel at the power of the na- tion to revive. Returning tourists who have had a good time there na- turally see things in a favorable light, but official accounts also are cheerful. For example, Le Temps reports that there were 623,000 marriages in 1920, or twice as many as in the same period before the war; the births were 44,000 more than in 1913, and the deaths 66,000 fewer. That does not make for race extiuction; neither does_ the 88,000,000 quintals of wheat tear - vetted this year in spite of the drought; a crop that compares well with that from a much larger area be- fore the war. An Interestingght. One of the most interesting flights ever made by man -Wok place recently in Germany in the soaring and gliding competition for motorless flying ma- chines. One of the aviators remained in the air thirteen minutes, "circling, turning and balancing like a soaring bird.” He travelled six miles be- tween start and finish and at one time was at a beight estimated to be at least three hundred feet. Weenies Liniment for Garget in Cows. Holland's Many Wheels. Two million bicycles are ridden in Holland, a country With a population of 6,000,000 persons. $15 lb. for Wool That's what you pay for it when you buy a suit. What do you get a pound for It when you sell the wool? Canadian wool has to be sent out of Canada to be prepared for the spinner. A pound of wool bought from the farmer is sold from one commission merchant to another, stored, shipped by train and boat, stored 1n England, sold and reship• ped until eventually it gets back to the mule in Canada at many times the priori You got for it, There i0 no place in Canada to prepare w501 for the worsted spinner. Isn't it a shame? Ls mill is now under oonsIderatlon, in Tot`onto, to ednvert raw wool for the splilnei' When wool can be sent divei:o ren for combing and gold dleeet to tee eptnner, then the farmer will get the full price. It this ie of interest 10 you, Mr, Wo01 Grower, write Dominion be. velupmont Corpo'ratlon, imited,- 700 Contleental'Life eildg.ellorento, and get the full plot: pies -the pumpkin I had put up. in December. Another year I sent her a can of cranberry juice to be utilized in making a water ice to serve with the seasbn's firet fried chicken. s i From month to month new reasons, justifying the wisdom of canning dur- ing late autumn and winter, are brought to my attention. And here are same of. them: 1. Many vegetables and a few fruits are at their best during these winter months. 2. Canning in cool weather is much more comfortable than in summer- time, when Ibe mercury is climbing. g th th a w use th ni th to ti a Here is a combination of vegetables which are found on most farms, and, incidentally, it is one of my favorite canning recipes d peck ripe tomatoes,15 s allcar- rots, 2 turnips, 1 medium-sized cab- bage, 2 red peppers, 1 pound string' beans. can,• Scald the tomatoes by dippingthat-JUN., acarraereaweffile into boiling water for one and .one -1 half minutes, and plunge in cold water Hl~ postman'and expressman will immediately. Remove .cores, stern. bring Parker service right to your ends, and skins. Cut'in quarters andl home. We pay carriage one way. place in •a large kettle. Blanch the 'Whatever you send — wheUrer it be other vegetables separately for five household dmperics or the most deli - d' l SUCCESS Lots of fertile egge. kiealthy chicks. Every bird trent in vigorous healthy, profitable con- dition, by Na- ture's tonic. PRATTS POULTRY REGULATOR Booklet "Practical Pointers' shows the Tray to profit and suc- cess. Write— PRATT FOOD CO. OE CANADA LIMITED TORONTO le 111 11 3. More time is availablefor the minutes, and cold -dip imine zeta y. cate fabrics—will be speedily returned work. The children are off at school, When I have sweet corn, I use four m their origiani freshness. When Yon e young chicks have grown up, the mars of it, cutting the kernels from the think of cleaning or dyeing arden-needs little or no attention, ear, after blanching them five minutes• nd with not so many men in the field ere is less cooking to do. 4. It is an economical use of cans, is e=strung throughout the year. pressure from 10 to 15 pounds, if the Dye Works Some of the jars filled in early spring pressure cookeris used, or one hour nd summer are emptied, and these with five pounds pressure. In boiling Limited may be used in canning the fall and water or a home-made' outfit and in Cleanerseanere and Dyer inter products. Moreover, the fuel condensed steam, process one -and one-'' lk 791 Yoa St. d serves a dual purpose, warming half hours; in a water seal outfit, ate acesonsmazwassmseesemstaToronto. e room and providing heat for can- 214 de ng groes Fahrenheit, process one 5. Instead of feeding and caring for 'hour• e unprofitable hens during the win - r, iswise to cull the flocks some m mt e before cold weather sets in. The urplus of fowls may be canned to 'vantage. Likewise, butchering th a and cold -dipping. The vegetables are think of PARKER'S. cut in small pieces, combined' with the tomatoes and placed in jars. They are Parker's sterilized forty-five minutes, with the Newest Square Wraps. Popular little shawls to be worn with the one-piece frocks or carried to an entertainment or when calling comes in cool weather, and no person, on cool evenings are made from large doubts the advisability of preserving squares of Canton crepe or crepe de the meat witch can not be used int- chore in .blue, black or grey. They are mediately, dined with vivid colors such as orange, Calling the roll of the fall vege-ade or tomato -red chiffon or geor- tables which may be kept in cans for.i jgette crepe. Very deep fringe finishes use in spring and summer is convine- the edge. The fringe may be in match- ing proof of the wisdom of canning ing color or two-tone colors arc often them. The queen of them all is the ' used. tomato, Then cern, string 'beasts, and sweet peppers. Somewhat later cauli- flower, cabbage, squash, -pumpkin, carrots, parsnips, sauerkraut, and hominy are found on most farms, awaiting the canner. Then there are the meats which may be successfully canned, particularly,hese, taking their babies and eggs when pressure canners are used. II with them, twenty-four haute betore know of no -greater comfort than that, the outbreak of a forest fire, while which comes from knowing there are rabbits will leave burrows made in cans ofdelicious friend chickens rab- bit, roast beef, pork, and mutton hi the pantry, ready for use when un- expected guests come, and for the day when there is illness and it is difficult to find time to prepare dinner for the men. Atter making.. jelly ins the winter, tasting of the newly cooked product and discovering how easy it is to boil up two or three glasses at a time, I resolved to have fruit juices on hand, whenever possible, for this purpose. Of course, grapes are about the only fell fruit front wMch one cares to ex- tract the juice for winter and spring uses, but in summer T always hurried- ly can the juices of raspberries, black - They are handy on nearly all oe- cnsions. Animals Have Sixth Sense. Animals have a weird sixth sense which few human beluga possess. Ants, for illustration, will desert their low-lying land long before a flood oc- curs. They have some weird prembni tion which forces them to seek higher ground before the danger is upon them. The First Savings Bank. The first British savings bank was started by a woman, Priscilla Wake- field, at Tottenham, near London, in 1789. It was for children, and wee followed by one for adults in 1804, Hope is an eager, living wish that what we desire may come true. Mlnard's Liniment for Colds, etc. EUROPE AND SOUTH AMERICA TO HAVE ZEPPELIN PASSENGER SERVICE The project of an aerial line con- necting the continent of Europe with ing the continent of Europe with South America by gigantic Zeppelin passenger ships is being worked out in Germany. Doctor Hugo Ecker, one of the chief directors of the Zeppelin works, Germany's most famous pilot, and for many years a to -worker of Count Zeppelin has just returned from a visit to Argentine and Spate, Dr, Ecker has errant several months in those countries studying routes and landings and assisting in the organ- isation of the company, He sage that he found Southern Spain ideally lo- cated for a European air harbor and as a port for a trans-Atlantic Zap- pelin line. The other end of the line will be neat, Buenos Aires, where it is declared that weather and wind con- ditions are very favorable. He estimates that a Zeppelin with 150,000 cubic metres gas capacity has a speed of 115 kilometres an hour, with forty passengers, can make the trip from Spain to Buenos Aires in ninety hours. One hundred hours will be required for the trip to Europe on account of less felolabie wind con. ditions, As the peace treaty plates ahnost insurmountable obstacles in the way of ol'ganizing and operating air ships front Germany, the organizations will be exclusively Spanish, with Germans' ib charge of all operations, f ail seline Trade Mark i PETROLEUM JELLY An application of "Vas. cline" WhiteJcllybrings grateful .relief when applied to cuts, burns, chafed skin, etc. CHEsEBROUCH TtANUUACt�• drtf 06i1'ANY 1880Chabot Ave., Montree4 CORNS Lift Off with Fingers �7 r Doesn't hurt a b11! Drop te HUD on. an aching corn, lie fat -tear that ecru stops hurting, thea shortly You lift It right off with flugere, Truly l Your druggist sells a tiny bottle of "Wreezono" for a few cents, suillelent to reldevd beery hard corn, eoti edt0 or corn between the toes, and the cal' (rued, without soreness or trrltatio PULPWOOD 4ALTH OF TIIE DOMINION FIRES HAVE LESSENED THE SUPPLY. Development of British! C • lumbia Adds to Diminishing Output from Eastern rovincese Though a s (Mewing on her am- ber 'wealth atisfy wide varietyY of needs, the principal phase of interest et the present time, both from an in- ternal and external point of view, is in hor pulpwood possessions. Teo Ignited States and other countries by reason the depletion ir once-valuofable resources are_ofthe.sonetaowent- ly drawing more heavily on the Do. minion's stored,' Wiiilat Canada, with the lamentable examples of timber.de- pleted lands to profit by, is moved by anxiety to intelligently conserve her possessions in a manner consistent With the necessary exploitation to sup, ply world needs. The heavy drains' put Upon the Umber supplies of the Eastern Provinces have led to a cOns• mencement upon those of British -Co. luimia, after which nothing relnains but the limited resources of the Prairie Provinces. Whoa been estimated that there are 600,000,000 acres of forest landin Canada, about halt of which l cover- ed with merchantable timber, On this there should remain, deducting the amount cleared and cut by lumbermen, according to estimate at 3,000 board feet per acre,' a total oe 3,279 billion feet: Owing to destructive fires this has beau lessened considerably. Just exactly. how much pulpwood is avail- able it Is impossible to state. • A state- ment put out under governmental authority in 1915, estimated Canada's '. supply pulpwood Of pul wood at 7 ,D $3 ,3 70 , 000, . A more recent estimate made by the Canadian Commission of Conservation gives the ketal pulpwood resources of Canada at the present time as 901,000,- 000 cords of coniferous pulpwood eeeciea, and adds that there aro also urge amounts of poplar and jackpine la all the provinces which aro, to an extent, used in the manufacture ct score Papers. The Situation in Western Canada. A study of the pulpwood situation in Eastern Canada by the Commission of Conservation gives a total estimate of actually available spruce and balsam In Quebee, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Seetle as, roughly speaking 308,000,000 cords, with a possible ad- dition of 38,000,000 cords in Ontaric with the extension or the 0emiskane Mg and Northern Ontario Railway. Accessible and inaccessible the Com- mission places the supply of spruce and balsam in the Eastern Provincea at 601,000,000 cords. The commission's estimate includes roughly 100,000,000 cords in Ontario, 18 per cont. of which aro privately Reid; 155,000,000 cords in Quebec,. 14 per cent. private; 26,000,000 cordo in Now Brunswick, 46 per cent. private; and 25,000,000 cords in Nova Scotia, practically all private. The annual consumption and pulpwood exports of spruce and balsam from these tour Provinces is between flee and six mil. lion cords. British Columbia is estimated to con. tain 92,000,000 acres of absolute forest_ land of which 33,000,000 acres eon. tarn merchantable timber, about half of which has been damaged by flre. There are estimated to be 225,000,000 cords of pulpwood 10 the Pacific Coast province. Exploitation in this pro- vince leas only begun, but already Bre Use Columbia ranks as third pro- ducer in the nation's pulp and paper industry, and very extensive develop- ments in the near future are quite as- sured. The totally unexpleited pulpwood resources of the Prairie Provinces are estimated to account for 85,000,000 cords. Great areas of young forest growth exist on lands previously burn- ed, and these should in time consider- ably supplement the present pulpwood supplies. -4----- Behind the Door. Hither, thither, little feet Patter on the floor; Still am I in my retreat, Hkl behind the door. It my hidtag•place is guessed, Comes a gleeful cry; But if vain shoulrk be the quest, There are tears to dry. $ * $ « In the House of Life, my dear, All is not so fair; Ilap'ptness is hiding hero, Sorrnw hiding there, May the gods your life andew From their boundless storal May you always find, as now, Love behind the door. j`le - IVlusic.Score Holder Turns the Leaves Automatically, Turning the feat of a piece of aheet music on a piano can be date so rapid- ly by 'a rodent device that the pianist can, to all intents and purposes, keee. both hands on the keys continuously. All that 1s accessary is to give a mo- i tiielttary touch to a saute hoolced bar thee' hangs . below the musicand the leaf is automatically turned Cabbage in 1155 wild soeall etoee mat form heads, 1,. t .s q ..