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The Seaforth News, 1924-07-10, Page 7BY MARTIN HUNTEIC From "Rod and Gum in. Canada." ' PART II. The bright fire awed the wolves. Occasionally die would try and sneak around to approach by the side out of the direct glare of the fire, but Tom always had his eye on suen. He would stir up the blaze a little, pull trigger on the rascal, and he would drop; and that would end for the, time. The - main bedy a the beasts• made no mad rushes, nor did. they attempt to go over ,and eat the fallen wolf; and, with the exception of a stray one shot while skulking around, the night pass- ed without clangee to the boys. The weed near at hand had been all consumed keeping up the fire, and lit- tle George had now to go further bask into the mouth of the cave, or split, in the mountain side. From the excitement -and the labor of carrying the fuel, he was quite alert and smart, even after having passed the long night. without sleep. The break of day was now appear- ing. The wolves were moving rest- lessly as if undecided whether to leve the field, or make one last effort to reach the brave boy. All at once there was a sharp re- port of a gun from the edge of the forest east of the basieof the moun- tain, followed by others in rapid suc- cession; and at the first two shots two welves tumbled over. Tom gave a shout of joy, for he knew assistance was at hand, and, bringing his rifle up quickly to hie shoulder, • he gave a parting shot to the scampering beasts, and with joy, junmed down fibm the rock, and ran to meet his father, who was the one who,had fired the shots. Little George, on hearing the shets and seeing his brother jump down, Clambered up the boulder and gave a prolonged whoop, and waved his hat towards his father. The poor father's joy wies“unbound- ed when he placed an arm around each of the braes boys.: "Bey," he said, "your mother is awftillY anxious. told her you were all right; but, to tell the truth, my mind was ill at ease. Thank Provi- dence, you are safe. So let us hurry home as fast as we can." Little George now interposed, and said; "Hold on, Tom, I couldn't tell you while we were busy holding the wolves -off; but there is a queer block of shiny wood back in the cave., I tried to move it, and couldn't. There is some iron about it, too. You and father come and see." So the father and two boys 'made their way over the boulder and into the cave. There, . sure enough, was the object little George described. In getting the 'supplies of stuff to 'heed his brother teekeep the fire replenish- ed he had uncovered this, • Reims not a block pf wood, but an iron -bound oak boxe-about eighteen inches log by afoot broad. Old Ben and Tom got a couple of • sharp _sticks, snd dug about the sides and ends of the box Until they had laid it base; but their united efforts could only move it a little. • As to carrying it away—that was out of the question. • The mother •being alone at home, and anxious, they could not remain any longer. So the dirt Was thrown, back, some chips and branches put on top, and the father and his boy a start- ed off down the beach for home. The boys received strict instructions from their father not to mention the dis- covery of the box to anyone. That night about dusk, Ben and his, boy Tom dropped quietly out of the' bay in a small rowboat. Fortunately the sea was calm and they could thus poke along in shallow water in the shadow of the beach. Arriving oppo- site the boulder, the boat was shoved quietly ashore; lantern was lit, and Tom, earryieg an axe and two short specimen. He treated four of the punetured with his antidote, and went i'leveleth his lodgingtoe"sleep it.:off;" ' as he expressed it- Waking in the eveniug, e onnd '-a.rietiree wound which he hadesemehone oyerlooked.• Three ;hours, lataee,eeWasdead, ler hie antidote has no virtue unless. me • plied 1mshedlte1y... • ' Yana* fearnie anotheediseaee that has added to science's, long roll of martyrs. Whatwe know of, this dreed- ful maladrandets cane. teeleyeie _maize lythe result of the heroism of a little band of werits who submitted them- selves-. tb,, mettle-inexperiments: a few Years ago. Oneeot them, Nurse Ceara Meadealkewed -herself to be Meditated with ' the..geerne.. of 'Vie ellseaeak ,flhe died a few days afterwards. Regard. less of :this,, three other volutiteers agreed..t6..•be eeperim.ented on, and they In the effort to find an antidote to the poison gases used in the war more than one heroic life as jest., .Colonel Harrison, of the Royal Engineers, re- fused to give up experimenting on film - self Finall his s stem became so Canvas bags, climbed, followed closely by his 'father, up the "cache." The earth and • stuff were shortly thrown aside, -and" old' `Hem with' the axe, chopped a hole in'the 'covet Of the box, Then, bringing the light of 'the tan - tern to bear oe.the he saw that the box .witifilled With ..ceilne, of sev- eral Some more of the cover was now 'chopped away, and Tom, holding .the bags open,. 'the, .fatheri ladled the enoney• by. double .handfuls into them, dividing them into as equal portions as possible for -the two bags. • • There was not a scrap of writing of any kind—naught else but the coins. The old man bad to make two tripe weakened. that, when attaokd by pule down to the boat to transport the monary illness. he wasunabl to re - money, for indeed one bag at a time silt its onelaught, andin-a'feew days was all he .could haedle. A deep hole he died. was dug ih' the sand, and in it they - rilaced the broken box and filled it Camping With Daddy. full of sand, and the rising tide that night covered it all over smooth. The dark cede down quick as a thun- That fall, old Ben Bobbetts refused •derclou d, to sell his salt fish to the coast mei. And back of it the trees stood In a chants, as he had been in the habit crowd, of doing heretofore, but took passage Blaok, too, and farther, lay a shiny to Halifaic to dispose of them. The strip people, of the Bay laughed at him, Of river, and I heard the water Op seeing 1-Mhad only ten barrels worth, And lap and cum ° and go along the Ben let them leughe he. knew, that Po maskile°dreeep. pools where'll was dry at the outside, forty dollars. 'But Old those ten bitrreIs were worth a good e__ before— , deal niore. The fact vi,as, he hail uunl—an'd cool—and cool. sewed up the money in ten small bags, - and in each barrel of fish he packed 'And I got sleepy, and I c,ouldiet see, But only hear! nlay on daddy's knee, ene of the bags of money. Ben had My doggy by my feet: He dreamed, a sample coin of each kilid sewed into And feet he barked so feint, and then the inside of .his vest. These, on ar- it seemed • riving at' the capital of Nova Scotia, o.„ he showed to a merchant of steeling 'lin legs were tanning, only he was. honesty. Mr. McCallum, after' exam- Hurry--hurry7- hurry,— greatthe several pieces of money with. A-drearaing of that chipmunk on the great care, said: e. "Bobbetts, this is French money, i ' and Meet race -been' buried for years. The_pine trees. humm•ed, 'and, then it You gay you hateetenk,b'ags.,Ofethete, eacineleileigm a, cove. Kee py ere .e.Aw eo Still a riaiv•than.4,.2,1,1 fir That' y_Ce • Could hear it, 4114 Ahel:e. `. • . • Y 7 About three weeke"after the above came a trill, a capper. artitidibira of caetwittering and a -chirping like a bird, vas madeliefW•ai'hii'ilie thisi.....Afs Just Ince a Yellowbird that I onto she was a strange stall'ebYthe harbor,:„.„„,,,Llesawrede't_sereet,—• all thefisherecille,'Were With first a whistle, then a , little and :Ipeculieting,anning';th4nOelnee' to henclyniziessn, waa','Clc's And 'twee the'camp fire singing in its abetC" teethe ehorliN in fine stiajLhe .two jibo eareelet ,doeei byethol run, her. head came up grecefullyeto ilia -wind; her anchor. tipped, :out.,tettled ,eight or ten fethoine of chain- snd there she rode—a thing of nientY: indeed. Iler stern showed towaMsilie shiire as she ewun into nineee.,,yeyeelinge, in let- ters of raised gold on a black ground, her name: "Miry Louise, if Mutton Bay." "Boys," the old man said that night when • recounting the events of his trip, "when Mr. McCallum told me after cc -Meting the money what a large sum it amounted t�, I decided to buy a schooner' with a portion of it. I bought the finest one of her size in Halifax. Her name when I bought her was 'The Rainbow,' but I knew it would please you boys to have her called after your mother, so Mr. Mc- Callum got her name changed." The "Mary Louise" was well loaded with provisions, clothing and hoese- hold furniture, and the material all ready adjusted for a new and more commodious house, and a man was sent by the contractor to oversee the erection. To -day the young Bobbettes are prosperous fish merchants, sepplying • The.above photograph shelve (from lefeete right the Prince of *ales, the To uke OPYor'lL'and 'Prinee Henry, phOlographed while walking. across the paddock before the fuelling of the DerbY:' Queen Anne's Lace. Gentlemen's Ruffles and Queen Anne's Lace Ott country roads grow every place; Queen Armee ,Lace ie a.clainty flower Fit to glace a queen's own bower, Of many' tiny bleeeoms made ' And indented one &tem of jade, Venetfan point of creanry white Under the indon's enchanted light Wrought by an elfin lacemaker, Beneath a berried juniper, • Where Queen Anne's Lace displays its Snowy web in ram or shine Gentieniates Ruffles are always nigh, As they were in a wonderful spring • gone liy • When,Unne ' O'Malley the May Day queen Led the danoS' on the villagelteene And the ming .:eduine watched from the rest %nag'. With ardent and a leaping heart, The gay young 'squVe In a ,venvetepe.et With illmyruffles wrist and throat, And ed4ainonse,an#,..aul a: horse to And aersevoede:to bis gallant: Those- wereetke days of Vigil romance; Anne 'coquettishly caught his glance, Weved4e:i 1. nellea:111ef falev'sis;", 1: Tossed her•singlets and veiled her Twirlen 'on t1P0e, Uncelasite0 'fi 'theing, And meOlini, le* beOile theeetile,,. With the nese ninon glimmeriegeo her —Ruth Aughiltree in Youth's _ORM" which',bireeetreeet' ;- e' le; :trouldee yo'ci know, Paelon.. . .. 'then nest ' '- ....,,,._ Anne 'O'Malley returned no more , . To ter epining Weal by the Obttagi) en'ne . •deer, I ' eine, The yourig .squirees'esteed, was, gone . from the stall,' And he /ram his emend ancestral hall, :. But a ruffle torn me a wayside therm _ And a kerchief of lace' was found at es.514 le ee Just Opposite. "Weil, as the old goes, 'What goes up mast come " • -ma don't hold good old kid!' If you're on im ocean voyage' --es-- Smelling Two Miles Away. While elephants are known to have a wonderful sense of smell, the keen - the fishermen up and down the coast est -scented animal is said to be the rhinoceros. One big game hunter has each year. The "Mary Louise" and - stated that in favorable weather this another vessel called "The Wolf' go animal oan "wind" a man for two loaded with fish to Halifax, aid re- turn with a general cargo each year. through their feet. The bloodhound Yes, being beset by Wolves -that ow, "scent" night in the years gone by, the young the °bidet of it search many hours after it has passed. The Bobbetts consider a lucky adventure, (The End.) HEROES IN THE CAUSE OF SCIENCE - That science, like fire, is- a good ser vant but a bad master was made ey, dent recently by the death in Petia. of I a noted radiologist, who, shor417"after being decoratedwith teen', Legion of Honor for his eerviesai in the cause of humanity, died as a result of the ef- fects of /norays., with which he had ex- _porimeitad for many yeaTk onn, Je-o ce,..een tein, malty heroic stories 01 this kind, although not,'ali of them attain the prominence usually a'ecircleclter X-ray iartyrs Take for ,.example the greatly pro- longe.ci search foe a cure for .Leprosy, whidh dread 'disease now seemlikely to be stamped out following the, dis- coveries,mUde by Sir ,I,,peuard Rogers and Otheici:' • ' ••' 'Eating Poisoned Goods. Not quite thirty years ago Dr, Gedge Turn-er, an English, ,111edical Officer of Health, went out to. South Africa to investigate ;the ,tm•nlble cattle disease known as rinderpost. having found a euro, he devoted Isis attention to leprosy, working tirelessly and wlth GUI remuneration in the effort to bring relief to its victims. day, he noticed a curious mark on his lett hand, and immediately he knew that he had been stricken by the ap- • - palling disease. Not despairinf eletfiv:" The web of your life is of a mingled ever, he isolated himeeleene antinued yarn, good and ill together. his work. In time heolost the •use of his limbs. The Kieg, bearing of his sufferings atut,ele devotion to duty, honored him with a knighthood. Nine- years agb Sir George Turner died—one of an aver -lengthening list of those who hove not counted death too great a price to pay for the alleviation of the sufferings of their fellows Food poisoning has claimed a num- ber of victims in the cause of re- search An, American toxieolegist. died a few weeks ago after experimenting on himself with some doubtful tinned length of time depends upon arms- ph.eric conditions. On .aeeliarp, dry day, it does not -013 a damp day, however, the.. -odor Sticks to surround- ing olfiekirsi Professor Bruce White,' of the Till-, versity of Bristol, has...frequently sub- Jectecl himself . to, .exPeriments •_that have eridangerecl his life. He thinks nothing of eating samplieSifof fish paste, peeteemeats, and similar foodstuffs ifi 'which lurlt the germs of disease. , Sneke-liite, which last year caused the "death of nearly forty thousand persona. in India alone, is a Subject to which many scientists are devoting their attention Just now. Some time ago Dr. Fox, an Australian toxicolo- gist, went to the Calcutta, Zoological Gardens to test a new euro for snake- bite which he had discovered. - Later, he returned to this country While examining, some snakes be 10 comPle:4Iis reSearches. Then, one was bitten by a particularly venomous . • propped in the mint beside the brook, Along the path that the lovers took; ' Azad ho! when summer was on the wane Strange flowers appeared In field and And beside the road that wandered • down By wood and water toward the town Gentlemen's. Ruffles green and pink, (Colors worn by the squire I think, When he went Minting on frosty • morns To merry M11/41C of hounds and horns;) Queen Anneee Lace as rich and rare As Bruseels that brides delight to wear Grow and blew in the weedy grass, Dip and dance in the winds that past, And wherever Queen Anne's Leos you see, ' Gentleinan's Ruffles are sure to be. —Mune Trying. Black Hairs In White Wig. Wigs worn by criminal judges in nglancl are distinguished from those of civil judges by a little patch of black horse hair on the top. Cremation Wholesale. From thirty to forty bodies are cre- mated each day in the famous "Burn- ing Ghat" on the banks of the Ganges River in Calcutta. . l 11 BE,'TcAt's -rthe.4 Cee -M -DA Sesgte keetteniZE.0 allot.' 06-1 IL.1.10t4 -TONS OF 'COAL- ir -ne1e1 0064 CLOSED 0 OR THOUSANDS OF TONS OF PRECIOUS RIETAIS Canada Occupies an Important Place as a Producer of Gold .and Silver. To. the end of 1923 Canada had pro- duced oval. $512000,000 in gold. The Prospect of rapid increase in the Pre- sent rate of production is good, and there its reason tb expect that Canada will soon become the enema largest gold producing country in the world, says the Mine-l3ranch of the Cana- dian Department of Mines • • Gold is found in every provinceeof Canada, vsith, the %ception of ,Prince Edivaea.Iseaed, and, In point, et value, nit to ,cotil, is the most important mineral product of -the Doinheion. Pre- sgt indentions, indeed, p.oint•to the possibility of the value or Canada's gold output suribassittg even theof her coal Aiming tee next few yearis. 0 The openin'g up ef the Porcupine and Kirkland Lake gold camps marked the beginning of a new era in the his- topy of gold mining in °ataxia, which Uenow one of the importat gold pro- nuneig 'countries oethe vinrid. Though the fitet,broductIve"operation's fll,Por- Mineedate only teem -1909, and at Kirkland Lake from' 1913,, theee two camps had at the end of 1933 'laid, set in dividencln„eyee. $.3,4„0011,0e9, noarinevezae.Praducing min -e irioreas- ing both its.:proved ore 'reserves and - .milling capacity, andWith a num- 01 new Minevrapidly alnnoaching the prsoductiee 'Rage, the gold output of Onterto;'Whieh 10 .1993 amounted to $29,00,e,000, shoel4. show a marked in- crease within ilee,nexe few years, Canada's total gold production In 192$ was a little under $25,000,000, of which about 90 p.er cent, was produced 8,0 bullion. Silver collies second only to gold among the thetalseproduced in the Do- niinion in point of value of annual pro- deCtion, and among the silver produc- ing countries of the world Catada ranks third. Developments at Cobalt have made Ontario not only the premier silver mining province of the Dominion, put also one of the greatest silver produc- ing countries of the world. To the end of 1922, this and other northern On- tario silver camps have contributed a total of about 325,000,000 °tithes, or nearly 11,143 tons of fine silver to the world's stock. The maximum annual Production of 30,500,000 ounces was reached' in 1911. For many years the silver output of • British Columbia ranged between two and four million ounces annually, largely ,..from silver -lead mines in the Hootenuye, but. in 1e22 this was in- ereaaed to over 7,000,000 -ounces, due principally to the increased produc- tion from the Premier mine near Stew- art. In' Yukon Territory rich silver -lead pr es which are now being shipped froze Hem) 11111, in the Mayo district, give promise of a silyee productien ex- ceecling in value the present geld pro- duction of thi3territmee The greater part of British Galena. bia's production is recovered as re- fined silver at We Trail Smelter and Refinery. In Ontario, much of the ore, the ail - Ver •content .of the highest 'grades of wAieh may run into thousands of ounces per ton, is treated at the mines for the reoovery of silver Onry,the remaining ore and oonoentrates, to- gether withthe residues from the local rauction plants, whioh still eon- tain some silver as well as cobalt, nickel, arsenic, etc., are shipPed either ite.emeitere and refineries in southern .filitario, at Therokrand Belpre, or ex - Darted for final erestmene The final Prodncts derived from the Cobalt ores include, in addition to silver, metallic cobalt and cobalt compounds, includ- ing the alloy "stellite," nickel and nickel ceMpouncle, white arsenic and insecticides. To the end of 1223 Canada has pro- duced 450,000,000 ounces of .911Ver. The present 'rate of production is about 17,000,000 ounces. Of this about 75 per oent is exportes), in the Term of bullion and has been marketed chiefly in Great Britain, the United States, Hong Kong, China, and Japan, in the order mentioned. The enormous territory over which metalliferous ores have linen found, the comparatively recent development Of many ma.etellu.rgleal industries for the recovery of metals', and the abund- ance of hydro -electric power for elec- t trio -metallurgical operations, bid fair to show a vast increase lu the produc- , tion of these two important metals. The Mines Department of Canada is keenly interested in the developments that are taking place in gold and silver mining in Canada, and looks for much progress in this direction. The Hot Days. Whenever a number of days of very hot weather follow in succession we usually see in the newspapers a list of people who have died as a. result of the heat, and of others who have been prostrated. Heat prostration or heat exhaustion is a collapse tine to the effect of high ternperature of the body. It is meet apt to occur when one has undertaken heavy or unusual physical exertion. It is milder in form and less serious in Its after-effects than sunstroke, which is usually caused by prolonged exposure to the rays of the sun. In cases of heat exhaustionothe tem- perature of the patient rarely rises above 103 degrees Fahrenheit and may be below normal; the face is pale, the skin is tool and covered with a clammy perspiration, and, the patient is conscious. Sunstroke, on the other hand, is marked by a temperature run- ning as high as 110 degrees Fahren- heit or 112 degrees Fahrenheit; the face is flushed; the skin is hot and dry, and unconsciousness comes at once, the patient often dropping as if strack by a bullet. When -a person collapses from the heat, the first thing to do is to call a physician, but 'while waiting for hini to respond there are a number of things that can be done to make the patient more comfortable and to give bin a greater chance of recovery. In heat prostration the parson affected should be removed to as cool a place as possible, placed flat on the neck with the head low and a light covering thrown over the body. A mild stimu- lant may be given. In cases of sun. stroke, however, an e11drt should be made to lower the temperature of the body by ice packs on the head, ice water sponging of the body, and, if neceseary, a cold bath until the body temperature is lowered to arotind 102 degrees Fah rertheit and consciousness returne. Under nu conditions delay in calling a physician, for cases of sunstroke may result fatally, and ex- pert care must be given at once. She—"I want you to understand I'm not the kind of a girl you think I am." He—"Gosh! And I thought you were awfully oweet." Nature's "Hair Springs." Does one's hair really "stand on end" with •fright? Each individual hair has a tiny muscle at its root, which, in the or- dinary way, keeps the hair fiat and in • position. The sensation of fright, however, transmits a message from the brain to these muscles, with the result that they pull tight, causlug the feeliug that th.e hairs are standing bolt up- right. In short -haired animals, especially, these hair musdles are eailly affected. The hair steeds on end at the slight- est sign of danger, enabling the ani- mals to appear larger than'they really are, and thus—eornetimes, at least, frighten their enemiee. One. who has climbed the ladder should not Mill it up or kick it down, Ha should extend a kindly hand to the man er woman below. CURING THROUGH EMPLOYMENT ..,. "What a unique idea!" exclaimed a lady, holding up a long music -ease of soft brown leatheri exquivitelY meden - 4 led and,ornamented. It -wee one. of a nexuhmibbiebrianof aatitaiolreescesnhte choandrefienutinodzi oina Tomato. There was a great deal of leather .work. on the :table beside her, and bead work,'and brass work—quite an array of gift a,rtielee, in fact, about. which other delegates were clustered. They were each too ranch, absorbed in • the things they were themselves fin. 0ring to pay more than scant attain- • ' tion to her discovery. She could think of no PIVB taking music -lessons to whora'she could givei the ease, so she went on without it and gredually forgot about it. ' • • • joints. It is also a niest important fac- else his hands, as they • ought to be how to trataseorra the top of an old Therapy Departments. Oceuefitional Lions in onr various cities, For not Like znany others in hospitel, the self quite unexpectedly beginning to' Iii Canada vocupational therapy was extended to a feee civilian hospitals. It continues to be extended as the en- cahbnioirvPtdrenreer4ktbaoyunueriladecon'nestavrnaa:rdiumgui.,eolatTI:hcialatebnhylltelsinswomeulhgleliao:toste-ownerelathseohpal3vaigudralsiniiteastahnaioset. ployed, and, laeleteg other occunetion, a long convalescence to the beginning stiff joints making his hande almost look of progress, had discolored all his - do he was now given a tool that fitted ing his grasp strengthened and his grew interesting and he found him - get well.. The music -case was the last siderably. ' " ' • s - • • hospitals. It has more recently been, - only is it.oe value in limbering up stiff Rents became more ob-adient. • Life • of the twenty lead helped him to..exee- ....e, doubted benefite of the system' fire re- . toe In relieiring nervous • and mental • disabilities. It has been pofnted out in Canada should have Occupational dile trouble benefit by it. The sani- patient whops frame of ra-id plays an unusually important rale in bis re- • bad been turning to good acoount 'a" • knaok for doing this sort of thing. But thoughts of the present and the future. his hand comfortably' and was showri the lull and mast difficult. leaeh of th,e twenty bad coat:hen effort; each leg the period of •eon-rialeseenee coin: ' ' • first introduced formally_em militery Cognized by the directors ot institu- that all the up-to-date m,ental hoep4ials Therapy is useful in children's hos- pilule also, Patients who have ear- torium finds it. a valuable aid in en- suring ' she was quite mistaken. The iI7.17814. touch that had trenelated a man from of normal life at home again. uselese, and discourageraent with his bend his fingers severartimes a day as he used 'frequently to be urged to cigar box into a toy. With the oarv- at twenty articles he had finished:— exercised; each. had aided In shorten-. case • represented the last • healing patient had found himself disabled, - trodueed into the hospital. Instead a being told to try to •straighten and • ' Then Occupational Therapy was in. ntentine7 to the tuberculous . . alone there are thirteen • different hospitals which have adept - ed the principles of Occupational , Therapy to their own special neede. - In Toronto there are two Curative Workshops, also, recently established, • to which physicians may send patients , to engage in a particular type of oc- cupation prescribed towards their re- covery. Rere patients may work and learn in groups and enjoy the pleasant companionship of others whose in- terests correspond with their own. Those who easi go to the Curative Workshop consider themselves more fortunate than the patients who are . confined to their own homes, although the latter too may profit by Occupa- tional Therapy under the suPervlatou visitingofmaaa id:. Bach man whbas ban. efltted by his work, whether in hospital, workshop, or homa has become an enthusiastic missioner for the gospel of Occupation- al Therapy. The Village Blacksmith Swept Aside by Progress. No longer will visitoris to St. Mary Cray, Kent, be able to-etand outside the village smithy and recite "Under the spreading chestnut tree the village blacksmith stands," for the smithy im- mortalized by Longfellow is to be de- molished, says a,Lontion despatch. The chestnut tree was chopped down Soma time ago because it deprived' the cottages of sunshine and light, and now 'the forge le to go, so that there will be no trace left of, "The Village Blacksmith." Tse forge is being broken up as a result of street im- provemewts in the village, which en - elude the widening of Blacksmith's Lane anti the Eigh Street. Lengfellow' visited Eliza Cook, the poetess at her residence; Keyington, in the yillage, when he cacmo over to England, and it was _then that he saw the Porno and chestnut tree spired, his poem. - Tokyo's Population in 1,600,000. • 1 Tokyo's population is still neanly.a-•, million below its preearthquane total!, according to mutneepal, The present ixoptilation housed within the city liinits ie put at 1,600,000, as • against 2,500,000 on .August 31,st Oast This number does not, howevon bake .. into account the population of several millions living on the eutsicirts of the city, bet beyond the legel boundarlee, ; 1