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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-10-09, Page 7For the _....�.. Boys and . Girl THE LIGHT 'KEEPER'S SON. A long, narrow strip of land, be- longing to the Canadian Government, and jutting out into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, was, at the time I write o known by the appropriate title o Cape Hurricane. On account of the dangerous condi tion of the coast, a magnificent ligh house had.been built at the extrem .point of the cape, and hard by stoo the cottage of the keeper, an old sea faring man, named Samuel Johnston Besides two 'daughters, he had fou sons, the .youngest" of whom, • Hal aged 14 years, is the hero of my stor One day in the early part of Sep tember, the boys and girls,' with th exception of • Hale, drove about te inland, for the purpose of bein present at a wedding the same eve ing. Samuel Johnstone, who was a wid owerwas consequently left alone with his little son. As night approached, the forme perceived, with some anxiety, that'th sky was' overcast by: heavy clouds, tha a cold, wet wind"was blowing fr the north, .and the experienced mar finer at once concluded that a grea storm was impending. "Hale," he said, entering the cot tage and addressing the boy, who wa reading by the open fireplace, "ru down to the cove and pull up you skiff high and dry. You'll' never' sat the little Sea Gull` again if to -night' storm strikes her." of every nook and cranny in the,prem- ises, Hale, with the stealthy motion of a cat, ascended the steep, narrow winding stairs. f; For the first time in his experience f they creaked beneath his weight. Up, up he. went, every slight noise sending a thrill of: terror through his frame; up past loopholes, which now admitted no single- ray of light;, up, e until the second last' round was very d nearly completed'and then' he stopped. What was it that made him. shiver e' as though afflicted with an ague? rIWhat caused him to crouch down in e, I the inky darkness, scarcely three feet Y' from the bottom of the last rickety flight of stairs? He held his breath el and listened. Deapite the fearful en I roaring of the tempest. without; Hale g distinctly heard the low murmur' of n-Lvoices, and the loud , -echoing sound of descending footsteps. el He recognized the wreckers. One was an Indian, the other Miles Perk- ier, a white• man, and both suspicious r' and dangerous characters. e,' "Ugh!" exclaimed the former,as he t I paused on the last step.'"Me hear fro um noise! 'Sh!" -The sharp -eared Indian had detect- (ed the almost suppressed breathing of Hale. The brave boy never moved a -I muscle, but the beating of his heart swas painful in•that fearful moment. n1 Two steps to one side and either of rthe rnen would have trampled' . upon 1 him wherehe lay. s Would they make a search? Would theystrike a Light? "Go on, you coward 1" said Parker, impatiently. "There, ain't no human e bein' but them in the cottage within e miles of us. Go on, I tell youl" e "Ugh! White man, him 'foolleethe Indian answered, muttering discon- e tentedly as he passed downward. Parker followed, and soon their s echoing footsteps died away' in the distance, and Hale rose with a prayer t of thanksgiving on his lips, for the of danger was past. r Quickly he ran up the Last flight of stairs, and one glance showed him all. The wreckers had not extinguished the lamp, but simply broken the re- volving apparatus .In another light- -house farther down the coast the. light was stationary. Pilots, therefore, would naturally mistake ,one for the other, and run their ships upon the rocks. The plan of the wreckers was perfect in its diabolical ingenuity and in its certainty of success. Hale, however, was equal to the occasion. Closing the heavy door of the little circular apartment, he bolted and barred it firmly. This was scarce- ly the work eta minute. Then, stand- ing on a stool, he found—oh, joy of joys!—that he could reach the' damp and move it easily with his hands—in fine, that he himself could perform the work of the revolving apparatus. "One, two, three, four, five, six," he counted with the regularity of a clock, until he reached "sixty," and then the brilliant light flashed' out upon the darkness and many a pilot, miles away upon the bosom of the stormy gulf, saw the well-known signs), and steered his vessel accord- ingly. It is. scarcely necessary to relate how the infuriated wreckers, vowing vengeance upon the person who had outwitted them, ran up again and again upon the stout barrier which separated them from the heroic boy. Suffice it to say, that amid the'howl- ing of the storm, the curses, threats and pistol shots of the baffled ruf- fians, five feet away from him, Hale' calmly and precisely continued count- ing the weary minutes of that long, terrible night, His arms ached; his limbs could scarcely support him; he was almost overcome with fatigue; but he never flinched -he stood with invincible de- termination at his post of duty, saving by his exertions the property of anxi- ous merchants and the lives of storm - tossed mariners. And when the anger of the storm subsided and the sun rose in the east, flinging its glorious radiance over the sparkling waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, it flashed brightly on the sails of many ships which, but for the heroism of a little boy, would have been shattered on the cruel rocks of. Cape Hurricane. ' . . The wreckers, who had made their escape before daylight, . were after- ward captured and punished as they deserved to be—by imprisonment fol'. a. long term of years. When Hale, on descending from the ighthouse in. the morning, releaeed. is father, the latter` wept tears of oy in thanking heaven for so heroic nd noble -hearted a soci. Later the little fellow "received a ronze medal for heroism from the government. Even at this day, visitors to Cape Hurricane, hearing this story told, unite in applauding the grand and noble deed, and in calling down bless- ings upon the; hero. Hale Johnstone, the lightkeeper's son. A Dress of Handkerchiefs. At a big bazaar in London recently one of the novelties was a young wo- man covered with handkerchiefs,. She had 140 dainty handkerchiefs, of all styles and sizes, displayed picturesque- ly over her frock. "All right,' father," the boy replied with alacrity, for he would not los his swift and beautiful little' pleasur boat for the world.' "I'll take car of the . Sea Gull. -Will you light th lamp?" "Yes. FIurry up, my boy, for th storm is breaking already. God help those at sea to -night! The wrecker will be happy in the morning." It may. be well to remark here tha along the barren shores of Cape Hur ricane were scattered the cabins fugitive Indians, outcasts from thea tribes, and here and there might be seen the shanty of some fisherman who could act'also the roles of smug gler and wrecker when occasion re quired. Hale found his task of placing the Sea Gull beyond dangermore difficult than he. imagined Hence, it was some time before he was ready to return to the cottage, and when he turned his steps in that direction, the wind was howling dis- mally, the waves were already' lashed into a fury, and the spray from the rocks dashed over ,the boy, drenching him to the skin. The lighthouse lamp constructed on the revolving plan, now flashed its radiance through the intense darkness of the night at intervals of a minute's duration. Hale stopped suddenly with an ex- clamation of surprise and fear as he approached the cottage. Something had happened which made the boy's blood run cold and drove the ruddy color from hie healthy face. He crept up to the window and looked in. One glance, and he under- stood all. Four wreckers, awkwardly disguised with masks of canvas, had captured ,end bound the keeper, wrest- ing from him at the same time the great iron key of the lighthouse. These men, for the sake of the booty cast up by the hungry, merciless waves, intended to sacrifice hundreds of human lives. A thrill of horror ran through the boy's frame as he thought of the enormity of the crime that these men were about to commit. A cold per- spiration broke over his brow and he trembled like'a leaf. • He crouched, down in the shadows under the window sill and in a few seconds had regained his presence of mind. His father was. helpless. It was his duty to act—to outwit these men—to save hundreds of lives now at the mercy of the wreckers. Hale had not long to wait. : Two men were left to guard the prostrate form of old Samuel Johnstone, while two others cautiously left the cottage and ran swiftly toward the lighthouse. The key turned in the lock and both entered. The next instant Hale had followed them. The storm was raging fiercely. At intervals lightning quivered through the sky and rolling thunder seemed to shake the very battlements of heaven. The wind howled like a' savage noir ster in search of prey, and flung foam - crested waves upon the beach, like a 1 packs of yelling wolves whose white h fangs glittered through the darkness. Hale`. quickly removed his shoes as .a he gained the entrance of the light. house. The door was left open. He listened. Both men ascended the stairs. The boy's heart beat ' with great . thumps against his side as he felt for the key. If he could secure it, it would he easy to lock the wreckers out when they came down and then to repair what damage they might have doneto the lamp. But, alas, • the key was gone. For an instant. Hale vas confused and disappointed, but it was -not long before he had contrived another plan, which he determined to put into exe- cution. At all hazards he would follow the wreckers to the top of the lighthouse. Trusting to his perfect- knowledge is The first step towards knowledge the discovery that you are ignorant. An Indian boat made of moose skins stretched over a wooden frame is shown lying at the waterfront near Norman on the Mackenzie River, North- west Territories. The boats are often sold for their hides, Thought's 'Dwelling -House." Don't muse on dreary things— On graceless deeds, Unfriendly words, outs, bitterness, and stings! For musing thus, the heart with sor- row bleeds, And memory wraps drab cloaks about us there— Girdled with care., zr Better to shut the door and bar it out, That hour of grey, When you and I walked through the. lane of doubt— Missing the friends who'd failed us, gone away! Look at the sky of blue=the sunshine bright: You could not see their glories yester. night, Yet they were there! . And love, and truth and faith; still make life fair- Though yesterday they seemed so far, God lights His brightest star On darkest nights, and happiness is still His gift and will! • So close 'the door on all that'spetty, mean-- Throw up your windows on Sonne . grander scene! • —Lillian Gard Double Keyboard Piano Patented in Canada. One of the most marvelous musica instruments ever patented in Canada Is a double keyboard piano, the paten tee of which is Enunanuel Moor, a Swiss. Although samples of the piano have appeared in Europe, as far as Is known none have reached Canada as The' Thing That Grips Us. While visiting Dundee, Scotland, an American who had heard much of Rob- ert Murray Meeheyne, . one of the "saints of Scotland," was anxious to fiad'someone who could give him some personae reminiscences_ of the great preacher: For that purpose he went to see an old man. "Can you tell me some of the texts of MeCheyne's great . sermons?" he asked. "I don't • remember them," said the old man, shaking his head. "Then can you tell me some of the striking sentences he uttered or some of his best sayings?" "I've forgotten thorn entirely," was the reply. p - The American was greatly disa pointed. "Well,". he said, almost in despair, "don't you remember' any- thing about him at ally?" "Ah," replied the old man, brighten. Mg, "that is a different question. One day when 4 was a laddie playing by the roadside Robert Murray McCheyne came along and, laying his hand upon my head, said: 'Jamie, I've been to see your poor sick sinter. I'm always glad to see her and help her as I can.' Then he paused and after, looking a bit Into my eyes added: 'And, Jamie, I'm very much :concerned about your own soul.' I have forgotten his texts and grand sermons, sir, but I can still feel the tremble of his hand and see the tear in hie eye." And so it is with Jesus and our own soils ;itis his peroral concern in our 1 ,salvation that grip us. The world is full of grecut.mottoes and fine sayings, and there are none hatter than thosei that Jesus himself has given to res. We may gorget his words of truth and his noble philosophy of life, we may fail to grasp the breadth, depth and perfect beauty of his spiritual -king- dom, but, having once come 1n con- tact with him and his Gospel, we can yet. Not long ago Ottawa granted the inventor Canadian patent rights covering this instrument, thus protect- ing,his interests in this country. The piano is named after the in- ventor, Emmanuel Moor, "The first thing you see when looking at it" states a party who has recently seen a sample of it in London, England, 'es that there are two keyboards, like the manuals of an organ, but the upper one is only a little above the lower; the white keys, In fact, are about level with the lower black ones, so that it is easy to play on both keyboards at once with one hand. The notes of the upper keyboard are an octave higher than thecorrespondingnotes on the lower, which means that intervals of more than an octave can be played with ease; also, by means of an extra. pedal, the two ' keyboariis can bo coupled so that, with every note play- ices on the lower' keyboard, its' octave is sounded as well. Octave passages. can thus be played with incredible smoothness, and chordal • of a fullness, only - Possible in duet playing, are equally easy. By palling out a stop the hammers,' instead of striking the strings direct, engage a series of little elastic plates that pluck the 'strings, making a sort of magnifiedharpsi- chord, capable of great variations . of power," We cannot look, however imperfect- ly, upon a great man without gaining something by him; He is the living light -fountain which it te„ good and pleasant to be near.—Carlyle. never _escape his interest In our per- i sonsl salvation. We are ever fasein- ated by him whose heart yearns for the return of the prodigal, who left all to I find the lone lost sheep, and who died cn the cross to prove his love for us. Since Jesus has looked upon us and awakened our souls to his concern and love, we are not the same; we never can be. A Poor Memory. Mrs; Worm -"Now remember, you have those knots tied in yourself, so you won't forget to bring back baby's medicine!" ' s A Chinese sailor whose adventures have got him into print wears a steel ring round his neck for good luck, No ring, of course, not even a wedding ring, is a guaranty of good fortune, but you would have a hard time con- vincing Ah Ding of that, for in six months he is said to have survived six typhoons, two battles with pirates, a fight with Swedish sailors, three at- tacks of foyer and the Japanese earth- ,•11.11M WILL'f Ou TtzusT tqy r- R p Mogi?' II.LQA't rtT Ukc.N 1rINEN op LIVES r.E THE NiCKEL i-IEOtJeS me u u . 0 0 0 0 v 11.-11+....x•. oh SCIENTISTS DISCUSS RESOURCES Toronto Meeting of British Associatioal Hears Many Papers on Canada's National Wealth. Baker (Queen's) and elaborated on by Prof. A. MacLean, De. S. M. Bell and Prof. Ellie Thompson.. The question of "Liquid Fuels' In Canada" was dealt with by Dr, G. H. Hume, of the Geological Survey of Canada. A general talk on the important sub- ject of developing the low grade coals of the British Empire was given by Cot H. D. Savage (New York) and Prof. W. A. Bone (London), both auth- orities on low grade and waste fuels. .Astronomy.—The Astronomy, Section heard the following papers by federal officers on matters directly connected with the country's development,— "Wireless Time Signals" by Mr. R, Meldrum Stewart and Mr. 1. P. Hen- derson, of the Dominion Observatory, Ottawa. "Correlation of Records of two .Dis- tant Milne -Shaw Seismographs" by Mr. Ernest Hodgson, Domielon Obser- vatory, ' The Spectra of Nebulae" by Dr, H. H.' Plaskett, Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, B.C. - "Methods and Results of Spectro- scopic Absolute •Magnitude Determina- tions" by Dr, W. E. Harper and Dr, R. K. Young, also of the victoria Ob- Theaneeting in Toronto, August 6 to 18„ of the British Association for the Advancement pf Science 'served to show, by the large proportion of the program devoted to thenatural re- source's of Cenada, the important place which those resources occupy in the minds of leaders of science in the Bri- tish Ernpire. About thirty papers were read on subjects directly con- nected with natural resources adminis- tered by tare Dominion Government, Most of these.papers were prepared by officers of the Government, though ow- ing to some of them being on duty In the field their papers were read by deputies, The subjects -dealt with may fpr convenience be grouped under the following general headings:— Forestry.—The subject of forestry was ,of major importance, being accord- ed not less than ten papers and two joint meetings for,dtscussion. Several Federal officers gave papers on the for- est problemsand practices that are pe- culiar to Canada, including Dr. J. M. Swaine, of the Department of Agricul- ture, who dealt with inseot menaces, and Messrs, E, 11. Finlayson, D. Roy Cameron, -and Roland D. Craig, of the Forestry Branch of the Department of the Interior, who discussed silvicul- ture, fire protection, and forest utiliza- tion, respectively. Other papers were by Prof. J. H, Faull'(Toronto); Mr, E. J. Zavitz, pro- vincial forester of Ontario; Dr. A. W. Borthwick, ,secretary of the Royal Scottish Arboriculturai Society, and Mr. lo. Storey, British Forestry Com- mission. Surveys.—Under the heading of gaol graphy were grouped . a number, of papers and discussions relatingto sur- veys. The work of the Geologteal Sur- vey was presented by Mr. W. H. Boyd; the Geodetic Survey by Mr. Noel Ogil- vie, and the Tidal and Current Surveys by Dr. W. Bell Dawson. The general work oftheTopographical Survey was dealt with by Mr. E. M. Dennis; Mr. A. M. Narraway gave a: paper on Sur- veys by aerial photographs, and Mr. W. H. Herbert one on magnetic sur- veys. Water Powers,—In the engineering. section 'a paper prepared by Mr. J. B. Challies, . of the Interior Department, was presented outlining the extent, usefulness, and administration of the Canadian water -powers The St, Lawrence power and naviga- tion question was reviewed by Mr. D. W: McLachlan, engineer of the St. Lawrence ship canal investigations, and by Mr. R. S. Lea, of Montreal, Mr. F, A. Gaby prepared a paper relative to the 'week of the ' Hydro-Eleatrlc Power Commission of Ontario. Minerals.—The' subject of the pre - Cambrian area of mineralization in Canada was introduced by Prof. Id. B. servatory Agriculture,—ln the list of writers of agricultural papers are the names' of Mr. 77. S. Archibald, Dr. G. P. Mc- Rostie and, Dr. F. T. Shutt, all of the Experimental Farm, Ottawa; Prof. J. B. Reynolds, of Guelph, and Prof, J. H. Paull, of Toronto. Wheat rust prob- lems were discussed by Profs. Blffin, Thompson and Fraser and a discus- sion on dry farming was given by Sir John Russell„ Hon. John Bracken, Pre- mier of Manitoba, and'otbere. Exploration and Research,—Papers under this heading weregiven by Dr. E. E. Prince, Dept. of Marine and Fish- eries, who, spoke on Marine. Research; Sir Frederick Stupart, on the meteoro- logical studies' of the Department of Marine, and Fisheries, especially as to Canadian winters; Mr. E. M. Kindle, of the Geological Survey, as to sedi- mentation on. the Atlantic seaboard; Dr. R. Id. Anderson, also of the Geo- logical Survey, who presented two papers, one on the scientiflc workof the southern party of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18 and a second on the larger mammals in Canada. Exhibits,—Several of the Dominion Government, departments had exhibits of features of their work which at- tracted a great deal of attention from the scientists, These . included re- cords, charts,maps, relief 'models, photographs, and ,special scientific in- struments; exhibits of native art work in beaten Dopper, carved wood and ivory, bead work and pottery; and an exhibit of Canadian minerals. Nature's Sky Signs. Autumn is the saason of shooting - stars, though few who see them now ever pause to think where these bril- liant bodies really come from, They are not stars in the ordinary cense at all, because the stars we see shining at night are immense globes of heated gas, most of them much big- ger than our own sun, whereas sheet- ing eters are tiny fragments of metal or stone which have been made bright by friction. It seems to be a rule with scientists to give all their attention to fixing the precise spot in the sky where 'shooting - stars first make their appearance, rather than to speculate as to their origin. 1111 1111 A friend of the writer's who could talk very learnedly about the exact "radiants of meteor showers, was. once asked if he could tell where the meteors came from, anti he replied: Singular, I never thought of that." There is, admittedly, an air of mys- tery about the origin of• shooting - stars, though they must have been ob- served by mankind for thousands .of years. ' Do they come from the sun? Have they -been ejected from volcan- oes in the far-off days when volcanic. energy on the earth was much more intense than It is now? Is the moon responsible for their birth? Are they the remains of cornets which have been shattered, or disrupted, by the powerful attraction of the sun or other-, large body ln,the Solar System? These are fascinating conjectures. Perhaps the last-mentioned is the most probable of all, fbr there are some fa- mous amous instances where a comet has disappearer or bas been known to have broken up, and a swarm of meteors (popularly known as shoot- ing -stars) has been found to be tra- velling in the cornet's path. For all that, there has long been a feeling that these brilliant bodies are earth -born, or that they spring from the sun itself. Perhaps the mystery will never really be solved, Expensive Weather. Jones took a taxicab to his home in the suburbs It was a rainy day. He protested when the delved demanded an extra fare. ' Why," said Jones, "you are clrarg- ing me Por four miles. I understand the dfstance is only two and a• half miles." "It is, as a rule, sir," admitted the taxi driver, but you see, we ,skicldod Thiel Shell of Nuts. Cultivated hazel. huts have a ehell only hall as hard as wild oats; Safeguatrding Flowers That Cost Fortunes. There .is more romance in garden- ing than even the keenest enthusiast realizes, Plant an ounce of sunflower seed and you will reap enough seed to sow a whole acre of ground. An ounce of tomato seed will yield in one gene- ration 1600 ounces of seed, or enough to produce 1,000,000 tons of tomatoes!' Some seeds are so valuable that they have to be carefully guarded. One well-known firm keeps its supplies of double petunia seed, for example, in a safe deposit. This seed In worth near- ly $2500 a pound. Still more valuable are the seeds of a certain kind,of glox- inia, which not long ago commanded asmuch as $3750 a pound. In both cases the world's stocks are se small that they could easily be carried in a coat pocket. Pew people know that although the best celery is grown in France, the seed of French 'celery planted else- where yields poor crops'. New Eng- land green pea is equally difficult to grow outside this country. Plant Eng- lish peas In Canada or America and you will be disappointed. Peas need years of acclimatizing before they will yield well in a foreign soil. Tales are often told of seeds that have germinated after centuries, Most seedsmen accept such stories' with re- serve, the number of instances in - which this has actually, happened be- ing very small. Not many seeds re- tain life', after ten or twelve years. Onion and parsnip seed will not as a rule, last longer than twelve months. Lettuce seed sold in the shops is al- ca ways two years old, the first year's seeds being unfit for sowing. The smallest seeds are those of the common fern. They are more proper- ly known an spores, and thousands of them can be got into a space no big- ger than a pin's head, KINDLY VEGETATION COVERS WAR'S SCARS WAVING FIELDS OF CORN HIDE CEMETERIES. Nature's Profusion Throws a Disguising ` Mantle Over Battlefields of France. From Lille to Bethune the road takes Mr through La Bassee and across the Red zone. Five years ago it was all wild waste of war -tormented land and ruined buildings- La Baseee lay level with the soil. Por mile* around the earth was pitted with shell holes and seamed with trenches. How does it look to-day?'asks C. R. Hargrave. 1n The London Daily Mail, One fine summer mowing I rod nut along the famous highway' to find :en answer to that question. Had the signs of war all passed away? At the end of the journey I said, to myself that they had not. And yet the signs are visible only to one who looks for them and can recognize there, For the man who had never heard of the great ,struggle the answer, I think, would be that there was no token of war to be seen. What would he note? A road for the most part freshly repaved; a large; number of people living in temporary hate; a vast amount of building every- where, especially in La Bassee and Bethune. In the former he might perceive the ruins ,of a church covered, almost ob- literated, by rank vegetation, and be- side it a barnllke timber structure with a cross over thedoor; but he might well 4nragine a local fire had done the damage, In the latter he would be astonished to find the whole of the centre, on the Ibilitop, composed of new buildings of brick or stone; but he might imagine there had been a local fire there too. Ile would comment on the ubiquity of corrugated iron, for where the roofs are not of bright red tiles they are all of this material. He would wonder why only a narrow wooden drawbridge serves to carry the highway over the canal. It was the drawbridge the Royal Engineers built to enable the troops to advance, at last, from lines which they had held for four years. But what re- mains- of those lines? For miles and miles before and behind the flat land is covered by swaying crops. There Is an interval of a Pew hundred yards. Your motor car stops and your driver points out "the trenches," You can perceive vaguely the entrance of a crumbling dug -out; you can trace with difficulty the broken line of a trench. It is all overgrown, • and the hollows are fast.fliling up. Why has this strip of the, earth not been restored to cultivation? The gov- ernment has preserved it expressly from the bands of the tiller of the soil to bear witness to the past. But na- ture threatens; to change it into a simple piece of waste land. She is fast filling up the trenches and the dug- outs, making this land look merely un- tidy and meaningless,' When the rebuildingis finished, when nature has done Tier work with the strips of earth that are intended to serve as memorials of the war, what will remain to remind the coming gen- eration of its havoc? In a backyard In La Bassee I saw an abandoned Bri- tish tank—still standing where it struck live years ago. They will surely move that to the village square and set it beside the monument to the vil- lagers who fell on the field of honor. Such monuments are rising in every little town and village, They will be the sole permanent reminder of the war—they and the cemeteries. But of the cemeteries I saw nothing, for they, too, were hidden by the wav- ing cora. Not What They Seem. From its name, one would think that, the titmouse was a rodent, insteadof a harmless, dainty little bird. The night- ingale is not by any means only 'a night singer; its sweet song is heard just as frequently by day. Small flies are not baby flies; they never grow any bigger, for the size, of. files does not vary once they are fully formed. The dragon -fly is often ac- cused of sting; in reality, it is perfect - 1 harrnle�s It is a fallacy to suppose that a cat n see better in the clerk than in the daylight, for it cannot, though its powers of eight at night are More highly developed than those of nfaa and many of the !burbler creatures. A beef -eater does not get his name from the fact that he eats nothing but beef. The original word was buffetier, a• French word, meaning a man who waited at the Royal table or buffet. Perhaps you have thought that it is steam which you acre coming out of the kettle spout` when the water boils. Steam is invisible; what you see ' is condensed nrotettire. Wise Old Dad. Mother -"Who told you Unions were bad for you, Alice?" ' Dad -='Cupid told her, my dear.'' The total valus of lime produced in Canada in 1922 was $3,18,:,006. The total 'production comprised 7,698,028 bushels of quicklime valued at $2,622,- 726 and 44,623 tons of hydrated lime valued at $642,279. Knew the Owner. There was nothing the ,professor l j I1ked so much• as to see the ignorant public (e( false ini'ornrat,ion—e5peelal- ly on the euhject of ornithology: • So when he observed that: an incorrect scientific name had been 'attached' to a cage of birds at the pars zoo, he summoned the attendt. "Don't your know dratanthese birds'.do . not belong to the family Paradieidae?" he asked. "Sure, I do," replied the attendant. "The zoo bought 'em last week," F 1- 7,ree