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DAN: 'PIID DOG THAT OPPOSED did not again attempt an interview
'AN OFFICER. with L3aby Nanette, when Danwas on
A Tien sneer:ex 1' RAweemee regime. .' duty, though bitter were the glances
Without a doubt, ;Dan considered he caston:.the, canine Parse at such,
hiinself the official guardian :of the times, butit. was ]bis great delight to
Dalton Farm and all the inhabitants get Dan fastened to his 'kennel out -
thereof, human
ut-thereof,.human and animal; Dan, let side and then promenade before the
it be explained, was a big St. Bernard, window 'oppostta_With the child in his
dog, with a fondness for ginger cookies.' arpis, whe:i the sigiit'of the 'dog's dis-
and a firth belief in his self-appointedtress and ., rage -brought: him great
role of protector. Tie was very strong
for protection, was Dan. I have no
doubt had he been able to sit•in an
office before a polished hardwood desk,
that word would• have formed the bet-
ter part of the mottoes on his walls.
And there was no little work required
to live up' to such a belief. Iiad not
the mistress to be protected from hands affectionately, but kept to his
threatening tramps who besieged the own opinion., Weeks passed and the
back door when the master was away? feud continued, though the dog's en-
Were there not young calves and year-'reity finical only when Nanette was
dings to be protected from mean- concerned. He was quite ready to be
satisfaction.
Mi, Dalton, secretly -much amused
by the rivalry of the two, strove to
'bring about a•recoeciliation in various
tactful ways: Jinn, 'she. assured the
dog, was a thoroughly reliable person
who could be trusted to handle Nan-
ette with great care. Dan washed her
natured aunts and uncles, at least a on . the old friendly teams 1
score of times each day? And then •around the barns ar on the daily milk ever your name is." '
the poultry—what a belligerent lot delivery; As far as he was concerned `"Gr -reg!"
the young things were! Never a day armistice began with the closing :of "Get down I say!?
but ban had to hold a -peace confer -'the nursery loci•. That Jim did not ""Gr -i• -r l"
tree take it in the same spirit caused hien'
""Nice dog Ned—fine dog --get down
eair in the barnyard over twoor three pairs of:hot blooded combatants bent much perplexity and sorrow. He sadly like a good chap."
on winningtheir s urs, His method missed the old time romps around' the «Gr-r-ri"
P hay mow, the long friendly trams at „
was quick and etiectnal; a sharp, �? y P Lilts: a beefsteak or a nice juicy
threatening bark and a strong deter- the heels Of slow,' cudding cows. Al- bone, Ned?"
vitt Ji
:S:ViiiiiWaieSe ••
The grim days of the Se
Great' War were recalled when the tank went into.action at the recent British army manoeuvres.
Jim down a narrow back lane. Then
a conversation something like this
took place:
"Down Towseri Dick—Tom, what -
mined nose -thrust turning them m gthe.' G
A Poem You Ought to Know.
Tennyson never saw a Pacific is-
land, yet his description of the scenery
which surrounded Enoch Arden—
wrecked, Crusoe-like, and all alone—
is vivid and realistic.
The mountain wooded to the peak, the
lawns
And winding glades high up .like ways
to Beaver,
The slender eocoie drooping crown of
plumes.
The lightning flash of insect and of
PURE SEED PRODUCTION IN CANADA
The proceedings of the annual meet-
ing of the Canad•ianSeecl:Growers' As-
sedation added further testimony of;
the very, valuable and tlietinctive work
which is being performed by this As-.
soeiatien and furnished additional evi-
dence .of the.healthy strides the Do-
minion is making both in the volume
and variety of pure seed production.
The points particularly stressed by the
to look mere particularly. into the re
quirenients of their own provinces and
work in co-operation with ofilcene of
the Association. Eachofthese report-
ed through a representative at the an-
nual l meetln the outstanding features
disclosed in these reports being mark-
ed increases in the acreage of alfalfa
and potato crops admitted to registra-
tion, and in garden vegetable and field
though he had laid his devotion at r -r -r!„ President in his address were the root registration, the latter being a
feat of the tiny, ' ink divinity, his dog ""Get down and We'll get you a greater general public appreciation of comparatively new phase of the As-
and
directions with sometimes, in P
t heart often longed for the semi+ate- bone."thek of the Association in produc• 'sedation's endeavors in which fine
the case of persistent warfare, a swift
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beholders But Dun's duties were not consolation in that quater. His eyes :here, T say, where. are you taking me Ev'n to the limit of the land the glows the Associ o reg Production and Die-
P of the
The lustre of the long c lvulueee aver
That coii'd around the stately. stems, ing and dSstributiing pure seed, and the Progress has been made upon the pre-
e limitary work,
and undignified scamper around the ship of mai, and with the master Gr -um -um!"
yard for the benefi tof all feathered away on a business trip there was no ""Come, old h let's stroke you d closer co-operation in effort betty en
ati n and the Seed Branch Progreso' In
And glories of the broad belt.o the Department of Agriculture._ In tribution,
co
were t least a half dozen neighbor's friend and followed -him aheeprshly, "`Gr -r -r!"' rid its signtticanee no less- than in work British
w a s g i 11 accon pl
chap
e s an ram
nfined to file faint alone. There grew wistful as he watched his old to?".
'world,
t ishad the year 1923
t t fling 3
one
He could not see, the kindly human e history
e work
Nor ever ear a kindly the year in ^ a comprehen-
The myriad shriek of wheeling ocean- sive way, there were inspected, of the
fowl, 1923 crop, over 1,590 fields of compeer -
The league•long roller thundering on tial size, an over tiff
crop re
The moving vrheiper of huge trees ed Extra No, 1 seed were issued. These
se acre
i 34bushels;
e
OY some precipitous rivulet to the • acres of barley yielding
rye ,
As down the shore he ranged, or all 23 acres of flax yielding 456 bushels;
actually Y `Columbia, with special attere
All these he saw; but what he
fain tion being paid to tate production of
from school and escorted uetoss the continued indefinrtel had it not been quarterwas of the mast o° s an
Y a of a mile distant, the dog had seen garden: and root crop seeds; reported
meadows, and every evening would for descended upont t the Association
t1i of the Assocla•
children wile must be met on the way and this state of affairs might have At the far end of the lane, almost
a little habit of the Irishman's,
STORIES :S OF< : WF .1
KNOWN PEOPLE
s
Mrs. Thor burn Meets Threo Kings
and Queens.
Ono of the most notable of the over-
seas visitors te'London this summer
is Mrs. C. 'I3, Thorburn, of Ottawa, le -
Cist.uiisiouer for the Canadian Gov -
et'nmentto the British Empire. Exhibi-
tion, to whom, in, her representative
capacity, no atnall degree of honor leas
been paid. in a brief interview re-
cently this well•lteown Canadian lady=
said that sine coming over here she
has met three kings and queens, and
been entertained by th!e.Duchesses
of Devonshire„ Norfolk, Atholl and
Wellington, as well as by the Countess
of Aberdeen and by Lady Astor, Miss
Bondfleld, M.P., has given her the -
most valuable assistance in carrying
on her Canadian propaganda.
Asa sample of Mrs.'Throburn's elo-
quence, we quote the conclusion clone
of .lien speeches at a function which
was- marked by patriotic addresses
from several ladies of the overseas
dominion. "Come to Canada," con-
cluded Mrs. Thorburn. "Come in'
bright day in January and see our,
'Lady of the Snows' bedecked in die -
monde, glistening in the sun. Or come
in the spring -time and see our millions
cif acres in their emerald -tint of blade
cued leaf. Or perhaps you prefer the
topaz tint of the golden grain? Over
four hundred and fifty million bushels .
of wheat Harvested in 19231 But, and
some of its think best of all, see _Cana. -
da in the early autumn when the first
frost has passed over the land of the
Maple, turning her trees to deep
blood -red ruby. Come, and see the
brightest gem in ...His Majesty'a
crown!„ .
Mrs, Thorburn, accompanied by
Mise Margaret Bondflald, kl.P„ has
left for. Geneva, where she will take
her seat as one of the Canadian dele-
gates to the Labor Oonferenee there.
Engineer's Apt Retort. -
d d d all fours, cavo bre th hi y o the production of 200,000 pounds of re -
ho clear ringof children's and Dans ignorance of the law. It meaning: look at the policeman and Pace Surveying gistered seed of such crops, accompan-
ied
voice calling "Din 'here Dan!" over was Jim's unfortunate custom to make gravely trotted back to the lamp post h ki dl voice butheard tion during
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the fields. occasional y nnthe rep
led by an effort to secure a wholesale
- • n•il stealth trips to a certain d repentant and grateful Jim. trade connection for the disposal of
r came length habitation known as the Red Lion• They wandered home'in the. small the product of the growers. Increased
Bnt there am a day tet eba After these visits he Was rover very
when tramps gazed boldlyat the back hours of the morning as,cheerful as 1 d v! a thousand car production featured the Alberta report
• , .steady on his feet, and was apt to reamited lovers, and, as might be said the reef, cafes of r p g stration of Register -
The when auntie cows bullied then d and Gradin
Plant maintained at Edmonton,. which
barnyard, an an . em sin ng Dan usually went along on perfect And blossom d !n the zenith or the a yield o
not That was aha day he discovered y a matter of n tagreement in the guarding
awes of oats Yi idiug 509 885 bushels 372 in 1923 handled over 68,000 bushels of
M ate Itthe f h these nocturnal jaunts; as of little Nan. P
b 1 18 172 bushels;
con-
der home.devious ways to the manner of fair stories, they an a particularly healthy activity in
mecca and cockerels fought fiercely in wan by in the: m Y the Central Cleaning a g
accompaniment of loud' and raucous were good friends ever after, sharing that branchd Compri d 12,803 sof wheat with
theh d and Dan disturbed th in 4483 9 261 acres
and
ane was o occasion o her fact he bite enjoyed them, Jim beim seed. There is increased activity and
first appearance -in the downstairs re q g As for Big Mike, that worthy
interest is Saskncrea ran, with more
glens, all rosy from her bath and coo-
always in a playful mood on the way. stable made no - attempt to bring Dan wave 49 acres of yielding 895 Uushols interest I Se paid to: tUe marketing
ing happily in her cradle♦ Dantip- Having decided upon a visit to the_to book for opposition of the law, He of seed.
crumpled
her cautiously, sniffed the
Red Lion one mild summer night, Jim called at the farm on the morning fol day long 46 acres of sweet aloyer yielding 200 The Province of Quebec, however;
• started of on a short cut through.the lowing his unique holdup, but his eye Sat often in the seaward -gazing gorge, bushels; 168 acres of earn yielding 12,• exceeded the record of the other Pre -
the
clue Bide baby fingers tossing a the
blue eiderdown and lest heart on cow pastures and presently found to had no rancor as ha locked at Dan. A hiPwreck'd sailor; waiting for a 926 bushels;'? acres of peas yielding
b
's oC. Here he decided was the his disgust that Dan was at his heels.! Indeed,: his. glance was one of .,pro- sail; 160 bushels,
p
dent upon whom'he could 1a all the "Following is it?" he sneered, "an'l found admiration and without a doubt, No sail from day to day, but every day
Y, P Y
ado •oiler of his dogstature . He tom- its spying on me ye would be, now for if money. could have bought the dog, The sunrise broken Into scarlet shafts
in
menced at once. on his devotions . bysural" (Jim had a fine imagination). � he would have straightway became an:Among the Palms and terns and pre-
watching
her with the air of jealous "Sure it's off to Big Mike ye'd better; honorable member of His Majesty's cipices;
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ownership which some dogs bestow he, a -telling liim to watch out for Jim Police- Force andthe'sole property of The blaze upon tho waters to the east;
upon a bone, and on that firt day, an Tiviius a -coming back drunk. Get
other duties were forgotten . home, sneak!" Dodging the handful
On the second he took a slight inter- of earth sent in his direction, Dan
est in the calves, and by the end of the dropped hack a few paces and then
week his administration was again followed patiently, as much out of
running smoothly, with Nanette tom- sight and -reach as possible. At the
mending the major part of the morn- door - of the Red Lion he lay' down and
ing hours. dozed lightly, head on paws, while
"No need of a nursers aid with Dan voices grew louder in the brightly
around," Mrs. Dalton would say, pat- lighted bar room and Big Mike passed
ting the glossy head, "He's worth a along on his beat. It was several
dozen paid girls—well-and he shall hours later when Jim came out and
have a cookie, he shall." zig-zagged uncertainly towards home:
Baby Nanette grew apace and seem The dog watched him is while then
ed well pleased with her strange rose, 'stretching his big limbs - and
nurse. She would soo and prattle to trotted sedately after, keeping close
him in baby language, which doubtless to his heels now, for Jim was in no
he understood as well as most humans, condition to notice his presence; hay -
and her exploring little fingers found ing broken forth into song. Jim's
much to do in his long tawny hair. favorite selection on all occasions was
But Dan's love, alas, was a jealous "Annie Laurie"—with variations. It
was unfortunate that Big Mike had a
love andresultedin the estrangement
of a dear old friend ,and it happened great objectiontothe singing of that
in this wise. Ono day, several weeks particular song, dating from a sad
after Nanette's advent, Jim, the hired experience with an "Annie" of his own
man, came tramping in with the milk acquaintance. On this particular
and decided to fondle the little one, night Jim's voice'rang loud, and the
Now :Jinn and Dan were excellent policeman, passing, heard and waxed
friends; they had great romps to-, exceeding wroth . -
geter, and on all matters pertaining "I'll put a stop to his warbling," he
to the management of cows and horses promised himself. They met face to
they were in complete accord, there - face beside a lamp post.
fore it was with no little astonish- l "A nice time of night to be singing
ment that Jim presently found his in the streets, disturbing decent folks,"
pathway to the cradle barred by a I said Big Mike with the calm of au -
growling, dangerous -eyed dog. 'promo authority.
"Wats the matter with ye? Ill -I Yes, said Jim, much offended,
natured .mongrel that ye's are!" he "like to sing—have a right to sing of
exploded, "Is it the thief or murderer, my little Annie if I want to—her—
ye's he makin' me out to be—an' is it • neck—was—"
a guarding her ye think ye aro? Sure: "That'll do," said Mike, "come vrit'i
as if the blessed little colleen hadn't me. I know a nice, cool•,pl.,,;a'to sing
all the angels in Hivin-a'rubbin their in." With firmness, 1 fiand descend -
wing feathers off to be near her.''ed upon Jim's -;,,,at collar and at that
Away! spalpeenl before I give ye the momentr;.p walked Dan with a slow
benefit of me booth" Having made his an i2d dly tread. Now being only a
sentiment clear he moved determ neteelog he could not be expected to. know
ly `dorward, whereat Dan loolcerleS or- that it is a serious offence to interfere
rowful, not at the langtla•- oaf his with a constable, engaged in the dis-
friend or the tone of v iene;'but rather charge of his duty. He probably had
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at the prospect of;.�^`Qxaitrfal duty. Jim' no idea that Jim was doing anything
•g, bent over the nnsidle with many Celtic' out of the way by walking round a
"m"i"d 5l , di, ienf ei s; and Dan secured a' lamp post, nor could he see any reason
`, -to_,
good-toothhold on his friend's nether., why, if his master chase to sing to
garments and pulled. - It ryas rather the noon (had he not often done it
fortunate that the mistress of the himself?) he- should . be deprived of
house should appear about this period, that pleasure. He was simply aware
else would' there have been,:much wail- I that Jim was being molested by a•big-
ing and gnashing of teeth, with strong, bei man, that he was in need of pro
language thrown; into the bargain. As' taction as much as baby Nanette, and,
it was tide violent swing, of, the cradle as before stated, Dan was strong for
caused by Jim's.. sudden jumpy jarred; protection. While turning his charge
poor Baby Nanette from•her slumbers in the direction of the police station,
with wailing protests. Jim shouted at: Big Mike was ,greatly startled to find
Den and Dan in turn growled at Jim, I himself looking into a" row of sharp
and there ensued a lively few.minutes, ! ivories, surmounted by 'e pair of giow-
In an attempt 'to make peace Mrs• ing eyes, while two heavy paws lodged
Dalton coaxed, Dan ,away and gave , themselves on his shoulders. The offi-
Nanette into the arms of her latest' ser was a big mean, but den on his.
admirer, where she eventually went hired feet meas°red fully as many.
`e c dated end his weight was consider -
to sleep; but from that episode rnebes, g
a bitter feud between the hired man able. Iic.hiha.; as a child under those
and the dog. Jim was crit ' nilly i.tt (lettwinine:l paws and quaking before
sensed. Not easily would 1' forget the hien teiug teeth so close to his
the tear in • his, new wiok trousers, face, .the policeman' .found hitnself
much less that in his self esteem, He bitc1lin6 slowly but surely .away from
one Michael O'i n,
Lake Ontario.
A sweet sou'wester blowing,
And all our canvas showing,
Golden drifts of buttercups nodding on
the lea.
And it's hey, and it's ho,
Ant. it's east with old Ontario!
Lifting with the current ou a dancing
sliver sea.
A spanking east -by -east,
Wave crests.of foamy yeast,
Blue rollers breaking shoreward with
spraying spume and roar.
Then it's. hey, and it's ho,
And it's west with old Ontario!
Our lateen adding music to the wind
and wave furore.
An idle silver sail,
'A high -flung star -dust veil,
A moon of gold, lake,mirrored• in a
path alluringly.
So it's hey, and it's ho,
Anywhere on - old Ontario!
While 'galnst the north aurora weaves
her eerie tapestry. '
-Kay Oliver.
The Need of the Hour.
Bring me men of lofty vision,
Bring me men of hopeful cheer,
Men of pride and high derision,—
Bring me men who mock at fear.
Bring nee men to wet°h my mountains,
Brtng,:ve,1iSto watch my plains;
lidler `nith blood like tossing' fountains,
' With new eras in their brains.
—S• W. Foss.
The blaze upon his island overhead;
The blaze upon the waters to the
west;
Then the great stars that globe(' them-
selves in Heaven,
The lroliower-bellowing ocean, and
again
The scarlet shafts of sunshine -but
no sail.
Right is Might.
Cover. right up with the shadows
01 falsehood', if you will;
Press it beneath the billows
Al hatred, It says Right, still.
Sink it -clear to the bottom
Of degradation and stain.
But remember, corklike
- It shall rise again,
1,897 acres of Alfalfa,
yield not estimated; and 147 acres of
potatoes .yielding 10,370 bushels,
Samples Sent 20 Trade Commissioners
In the marketing ' of the seed pro variety of wheat; and the distribution
duced by members of the Association,
the central office at Ottawa for the of 1,500 bushels of ealaeka oats In the
first time Published and widely lis- Abitibi and. Gaspe districts- Quebec
tributed a catalogue of the seed stocks farmers how have twelve cleaning and
of all members,. Another departure grading plants in operation, and it is
was the forwarding of samples of re- expected that the number svill be
gistered seed wheat and' oats to the doubled tbis year. The Quebec Board
Canadian Government Trade Commis-' also reported the registration of over
stoners In twenty foreign countries. 6,000 bushels of oats, several hundred
As a result of these endeavors in addl- bushels of wheat, together :with 10,000
tion to thelnterchange of seeds among bushels- of Extra No. 1 seed,
the pi'oviuces, and the large volume As a result of the last annual meet.
moving to the United States, commer- ing of the Canadian Seed Growers' As -
cid inquiries were received from Swe- sedation, it cannot but be realized
den, Finland :and New Zealand, As in that Canada is making marked pro -
previous years the best commercial gress in theproduction and distribn-
market for Canadian seed was the Aw tion of pure seed. Not only is an iues-
gentine Republic, Definite amine - tunable work being performed for
tions for agencies of the Association Canadian agriculturists, but to an
have been received from Buenos, Aires; ever -Increasing extant foreign coma
Hamburg . and Milan.
In 1923 there came into being five
Provincial Seed Boards for the -Pro-
vines of British. Columbia, Alberta,
Has Little to Say of His Skill,
Mary—"So your Husband is devoted
to the rifle—a fine marksman, I sup-
pose?",
1ttrs. Youngbride—"He's very modest,
but I've heard he's at the Crap Shoot-
ing Club -a good deal."
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vines, among its accomplishments be-
ing the distribution of sane 2,000
bushels of a selected strain of Banner
oats, especially developed- in the pro-
vince, the development of the Huron
tries are canting to leek to Canada for
supplies of pure seed of various sorts,
and the Dominion is yearly increasing
its prestige among the nations as a
Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec, producer of pure,sturdy seed,
Playing Tricks With Time.
A few weeks' ago the American avi-
ator, Lieut. Russell Maughan, created
a record by flying from New York to
San Francisco in one day—that is, be-
tereen dawn and darkness. He left
New York at 3.59' a.m, and reached
San Francisco at 9.44 in the evening.
The distance is 2,670 miles, and on
the face of it the aviator covered the
distance in 17% hours. If we allow
only 21/ hours for stops, this means
he was travelling at something like
180 miles: an hour.
Actually the case is quite different,
for the pilot was flying with the sun.
He thus gained six hours of daylight,
so that his flying time was not 17%
hours, but a little over 22 hours.
If he had travelled in the opposite
direction --from East to West --he
would have lost 6 hours of daylight,
and so out his flying thee to just over
10 hours.
For convenience' sake the degree of
latitude
• that mets through Greenwich
is counted as -the first degree, ,Sind
there are in all 360 degrees, the 180th
is exactly opposite Greenwich on the.
other side al the earth, and the result
is that a vessel crossing the Pacific
gains a day if going eastwards but
drops• one if going in the other direr
tion.
A year or two ago passengers on
the steamship Daaota, en route from
Seattle to Yokohama, -lost December
25th, Christmas Day. If the ship had.
been travelling in the other direction
they would have had two Christmae
Days.
Toput the matter as plainly as pos-
aible, it you travel around the world in
a westerly direction you are
.co
nstant
ly chasing the Sun, 00tlatsunrises
come at longer intervals thuYi if you
mere staying i none place. By the
time you have encircled the planet yen
have had one sunrise less than the
stationary observer. On the other
A quaint but very able engineer, F.
C. May, lord an unfortunate infirmity
which 'caused him to shake his head
continually.While he was one day
welting to see Sir Frederick Bramwell,
sdni-0 of the young men in the office
thought to raise a laugh at poor Mr.
May's expense, and one of them asked
him:
"Mr. May, why does your tread al-
ways wag like that?"
Ile replied: "For the same reason,
young gentleman, that your tongue
wags so, from excessive weakness"
Sorry He Was Alive.
One of the rnany unwritten laws
that barristers, ire supposed to re-
member is that it is not permissible
for counsel to cite` a legal textbook if
its author is alive.
Not long since a case Was being
tried in the court of appeal, where
Loral Justice Sarutton sits.
• Now, he is the author of many pen -
dome law books, and one of them
was cited by a barrister in a:case lie
was trying.
Lord Justice Seiuttan stayed hint
with a gesture,'
"The author of the book you are
quoting from is not dead yet," he said,
gravely.
"Oh, - I'm sorry, m'lud," stammered
counsel; and a ripple of laughter—in
which the lord justice joined—dis-
turbed the decorum of the appeal
court.
hand, if you have travelled eastwards,
you have had one more.
His Kind Deed. .
Little Tommy, usually so full of fun
and good spirits,` was so depressed one
day at bed -time ,that his, father noticed.
it and asked him wbat his trouble was.
Tommy answered that he had failed to
perform the hind deed, at least one of
which he was bound. as a Boy Scout,
to do per day.
"Well, cheer up, replied his parent.
"You can do two kind actions to -mor-
row to make up for it"
But Tommy did not quite sea the
thing in that light and became more
low-spirited than ever. In the morn-
ing, however, he had quite recovered.
"Got over your troubles, eh?" asked
his father, when he came downstairs.
"Yes," " i'ep lied Tommy, "I lay toss-
ing and worrying until two o'clock,
and then I couldn't stand it any longer,
so I carie downstairs and gave the
canary to the oat,""
A Few Spills.
"So you have gone in for horse -b
riding."
..
"Yee! I've fallen for it et
times.
The Fiances' Fair.
In order to encourage matrimony in
France, the Friendly Society of Paris-
ian Youth has organized a "marriage
fair" at Ghatou.
Three hundred and twenty-eight
young riven and women left Paris with
a band at their head, went to Ghatou,
and started the Fiances' Fair by an
alfresco lunch, followed by a ball.
Each of them had previously filled
up a form; giving details as to their
situation and prospects, and making
knave their ideas regarding their life
partner -to -be. Iu return for these
forms each -person •received a number -
ed badge. ' - •
If, at the ball or elsewhere, a young
woman was attracted by the wearer
of a certain number. she eould find out '
all about him by simply quoting his
number.
Most of the men wanted wives wlio
were "fond of home," while the princi-
pal stipulations made .be 'the girls
were that their prospective husbands
should have 'safe Jobe and eattsfactory
incomes.
ack
veral
Ants Who Work for Men.
lrfost people regard amts as a uuis-
at a
auce, esnocially in a garden or
tionic, but tbe` xlatiTid of: Burma have
Dnnd a 0110 for theni-
ThIe eoimiry grows and exports
sandal -woad, ono of the most valuable
and beautiful timbers in the world.
The greater peat of evory tree felled
i$ useless however, for only the tease:
neat scented hear'tIBL3'any commercial
Velem, and to transport the whole log
would make even that not worth the
cost of removes'-`..
50 ,the trees, atter being stripped of
then branches, are allowed to tie
where they have fallen. The soft, sap-
py wood, which is useless In tom-
meree, attracts. the billions of ants
whc infest the forest, and to whom it
is a titbit. 1n -helping themselves the
ants help the se/Moe-wood: inI'rohant,
for they leave the hard heart; the
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cF all its wet tl loss in-
tegument,
trunk stripped i n
tegument, and fling do for nothing 'thev'
work of many human laborers