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THE ORIOLE'S NEST
A. splash of gold in the tree -top tall;
I
A glint in the white of petaled
splays;
A bird that answers its mate's far call
Across the garden and over the wall—
The self -same song of a thousand
Mays!
An oriole's nest is swinging low
Whore pear bloome whiten a gaunt
gray limb;
Where, pear blooms weave a ruff of
snow
And scatterr themselves in the depths'
below; I
Oh, rocking it is Lo e lulling hymn!
The nest is there in the shadows deep'I
When crickets _chirp at eventide;
The nestisthere when the world's
asleep
And stars clown through the new
leaves peep,
An airy bark in an ocean wide!
The nest shines out at the dawn's red
beam,
A thing of web and fibre and floss;
tilting . cradle where fledglings
dream -
a warm breast's: orange,
m,
ider the petals that soft
de toss!
est, the nest f the oriole,
Afloat in the aisles of the ancient
pear,
Adrift in a sky with a cloudy shoal;
Ah, it swings' with the earth on its
leaning pole;
It swings, it swings in the blossoms
there!
—Leslie Clare Manchester.
IN AFRICA IT IS "LE NJEK"—IN
CHINA, "TA PAN."
Far away in the "Dark Continent"
f
of Africa the dark boys play a game
called "I,enjelc" (pronounced "lay.
nyack.. ,) Like many of the games
nyack.") Like many of the games
of skill, to teach boys to do things
they will have to do when they grow
to manhood.
In order to play this game it is
necessary to have a large round disc
of some soft material. The Africau
boys use a cross section of a certain'
very soft and porous tree. The lad
Who is "it," armed with this disc,I
takes his place in front of the rest of.
the group. The other boys in the
game line up a few feet hack about'
two feet apart.
Each boy in the lino has a long,
spear, made of a straight piece of
tough wood whittled to a very sharp
point at one end.
The leader spins the disc through
the air ata height about equal to his
shoulder. It is thrown perpendicu-
larly, so that the Hat side is towards
the line of boys. As it whirls past,
each boy flings his spear, endeavoring
to pierce it. 'When one succeeds he
takes the place of the leader and
throws the disc the next time, the
former leader retiring to the foot of
the line.
This game trains boys to sewspeeding animals, When the missi3n-
aries introduced tennis in Africa the
natives thought that it resembled ,this!
game so they gave tennis the same
name, "Le njek,"
In some parts of China the boys
play a game similar to this except
that they use stones. Their leader
throws a large stone instead of the
disc and the other boys try to strike
it with'.smaller stones as it whirls
past them. This game is called "Ta-)
Pan."
CORN CROWING IN
WESTERN PROV NOES
RECORD ACREAGE DE-
VOTED
E-
VOTED TO CEREAL
AND FODDER.
Era of Experimentation and
Development is Over With
Favorable Results.
An outstanding feature of Western
Canadian agriculture this year is the
enormously increased interest exhibit-
ed in the planting of corn, and this
season sees a record acreage in the
West devoted to both cereal and fod-
der. It Is not long since the possi-
bility of growing corn in the Prairie
Provinces was regarded with the ut-
most:scepticism, which was followed
by the exhaustive experimentation of
a few enthusiasts with a more or less
desultory following on the part of
others. Any doubts of successful
growth have now been definitely dis
'sipated, Corn has been firmly estab-
lished as a 'Western Canadian crop,
and every iadication points to a gen-
eral belief in its assuming a more !m
portant place each year in the agri-
culture of the 'Western territory,
The first real profession of faith in
the mauve of Western Canada as e
corn -growing area was made. 10 South-
ern Alberta when, last fall, the Alber-
ta Corn Growers' Association was
farmed. Then, to prove that success-
ful propagation was not limited to the
southern area of the prairie, Prince
Albert, lit Saskatchewan, several hum
dyed miles north, held the fleet -corn
show to tape place in that province,
at which locally grown corn was ex-
hibited said to be the equal of that
grown anywhere, Nowehs Saskatche-
wan Corn Growers' Association has
been organized and the first provincial
show will be held in Maple Creek in
November next.
'Active Results Apparent.
A prominent visitor to 'tile prairies
this spring was responsible for the
statement: "For every. acre 'et corn
sawn in Alberta last year, ten is being
sown this." The provincial associa-
tion has indeed been active in encour-
aging the planting of further acreage
ht every way, Fton1 Calgary it has
distributed two carloads of Toro seed,
this going Prom the internationl beim.
dary'to Peace River and outside the
province as far as Victoria in the West
and the eastern Manitoba boundary in"
the East, The association now has
450 farmers growing,corn, who should
account for the planting of 27,000
acres of this crop in Alberta this year,
The movement of corn geowing in
Western Canada is of very anent
date, but has been characterized by.
startling rapidity, and' the develop -
meet of the last five years has been
little short p0 phenoinanal, Manitoba,
which in 1917 raised 47,600 bushels of
corn, grew 216,000 bushels in 1022, an
increase of over 250 per cent, for the
period. Saskatchewan in the same
time lnereased her production front
81,800 bnshels to 187,000 bushels, or
by nearly .500 per cent Alberta in-
creased her yield from 4,000 bushel3
1u 1917 to 82,000 bushels in 1922, an
incredible increase of 1,016 per cent
Manitoba last yoai• achieved an
average production of 7.60 tons of fod-
der corn to the acre, which was worth
then $6.00 per ton, or for the total
provincial crop 41,296,000. Saskatche-
wan's average was 4.86tons to the
acre with an average value of $7.00
per ton, or for the entire province $1,-
809,000. Alberta bad an average of
6.25 tons to the acre, each ton being
worth $5.00, making the total provin-
Mal crop worth $411,000. In all cases
the value of an acre of corn was Prac-
tically double the value 05 an acre of
wheat.
Leads to Much Silo Construction.
The possibility of successfully grow-
ing corn in Western Canada has many
aspects. Not only does it prove the
greater range and diversity of West-
ern agricultural production, but It has
a narked effect on other 'phases of
Western farming. The earn patch is
rapidly followed by the erection of a'
silo, and now, where one searoely saw
one of these buildings in a day's drive
a few years ago, they are becoming
the natural establishment of every
mixed farm. This Is -]raving a pro-
nounced effect on farm' feeding, which
is again apparent in the dairy indus-
try, in welch the Western Provinces
are making such strides,
The Western Provinces are only
starting out on their careers as corn -
growing areas. The era of experimen—
tation and development is only just
past, but past definitely with its con-
clusions most favorable. This may be
taken as the first year of really seri-
ous attention to the commercial pro,
duration of corn, . and those to follow
will undoubtedly see corn ranking
with other crops which have made
Western Canada Internationally fa-
mous..
•
The Answer.
Chain me in the deeps of night,
Lost from sun and star,
Some one with a flaming light
Coining from afar,
Threading paths of dusk unlit,
Brave through all alarms,
Shall walk where ghostly shadows flit
And lift me in his arms.
Lock me in a mountain keep,
Where the great winds cry
And the stars through spaces deep
Wing forever by,
There shalt come ane come to. me,
Mounting steep and rock,
Vanquished guards with vigor free
And barring gates unlock.
Though the years be long and fleet,
Paths In wandering strays
I shall hear .his calling sweet .
Down the wide world way;
Neither night nor mountain steep
Sunders heart from heart,
Nor can bars of dungeons keep
Love from love apart!
—Arthur Wallace Pesch.
And Could Have Saved' Trouble,
Wife—"Just• to think those Ameri-
cans had to go all the way to China
I le be hail up by bandits!,'
Ifuhby—"Yes, when they could just
h e to ed home for that"
CATTLr �s°il,, ��gyiPp�w areas Prom the Port of St. John. At
E 6;yIr189fl Montreal over forty vessels are this
summer engaging tothe cattle traffic,:
TO .GREAT BRITAIN
Up to the end of Jliire approximately
14,000 head aY fcnenu an cattle had
left from the St, Lawrence porta, and
it is belleved that 'before the end of
the season fifty .thousand will have
left this port far Great Britain, Tlltts
Canadian ports and transportation in-
terests directly ,benefit, from the
change of markets.
Bring Good PrIeeo.
• According to Mr, Marshall, the com-
plete ' coot of shipping cattle from
.Lethbridge, with teva days' feed In
Montreal, and selling them on the
Liverpool market, paying all fees,,
amounted to $3.93 per 100 lbe. ' The
25 head killed at Liverpool dressed
67.4 Per cent. They looked very well
hung up, except that tate flanks show-
ed a trifle dark as a'resuit of, the jour-
hey, The hides and offal of each steer
brought $17.50, and the meat brought
a gross average price, after deducting
all charges and freight to Landon,: of
REMOVAL OF EMBARGO
LIVE ISSUE.
Results ' Have Fully Justified
Ceaseless Efforts of Agitators
for Repeal of Act. -
Pew movements of recent years in
Canada held such concentrated agri-
cultural attention, or created :iamb.
united agitation, as that for the re-
moval 00 the embargo againt the ad-
miselon - of cattle into Great Britain. ,
A market for Canadian stars cattle
was the one question left by the im-1
Position of the United States tariff un
solved, and the solution apparently
lay only in one direction, At the same'
time there was a wide prevailing scep-
tielem as to the possibility of the re-,
moval of the embargo entirely solving 1
Canada's export cattle problem, and'
the fact of its being removed from the
statute books • did not dissipate the;
existent pessimism or immediately
raise the Western cattle industry out
of its depression.
The short time which has elapsed,
however, since the first shipments for
unrestricted entry were made, has
gone far to provo that the opening' of
the British market is tending to slow-
ly bring'bacic the Western Canadian
cattle industry to Its former import-
ance and profitable pursuit. The few
brief months have been sufficient to
create a brighter and more hopeful
outlook, which is slowly dispelling the
depressing attitude' which has for
some time characterized fallowers of
the cattle industry,
Ocean Transportation Taxed,
According to the Hon. Duncan Mar-
shall, Commissioner of Agriculture,
who recently returned from a four
months' study of the overseas situa-
tion, Great Britainoffers an unre-
etrictecl market for Canadian cattle of
the feeder type and the British mar-
kets can absorb as great a volume of
live cattle as Canada can ship, In
spite of the immensely longer journee,
112r. Marshall stated that Canadian cat-
tle compared more favorably on ar-
rival than animals from Ireland. Ship-
ments from Canada came all the
boats in excellent condition, showing
a shrinkage of only half of one per
cent. from Montreal weights: The
figures of sale of the shipment of cat-
tle which Mr. Marshall accompanied
across the ocean from Lethbridge, Al-
berta, definitely satisfied him as to the
satisfactory profits ' from the traffic
when the right kind of animals are
shipped.
Substantial shipments of live Cana -
(Ilan cattle has been an outstanding
situation In the first part of the year
and there has been considerable co-
operaivo shipping on the part of farm-
ers' organizations. Movement has
been steadily taxing ocean transporta-
tion to its capabilities, In the brief
period tattle shipments were in pro-
gress before the opening of uavlga-
$1.7.67 per 100 lbs.
Ocean freight reduced this to $14.43,
which was the net price in Montreal.
This was equal to a live -weight price
of $8.24 at Montreal, which,' said Mr.
Marshall, clearly- indicates: the value
of a live cattle market in Great 'Bri
tdin when prices ere falling.
Thai live cattle brought an average
of $11.46` per 100 lbs. In Liverpool,
which made a net price at Montreal,
ou Montreal weights, after feeding,` of
;0,08 per 100 lbs. The Lethbridge cat -
tie sold alive made a net price at Letb-
brldge, taking their weights on the
farm and allowing a shrinkage of 3ee
per cent., of $7.08 per 100 lbs.
ResultsJustify Efforts,
In the short space of time which has
elapsed since the removal of the Bri-
tish embargo, •results have fully justi,
fled the ceaoelesa efforts of agitators
who worked strenuously for the re-
peal of the Act. Gradually the feeling
of depression which had taken pos-
eeselon of the Western cattle interests
at the imposition of the United States
tariff was dissipated as overseas ship-
ments proved the profitableness of the
British market, and Western breeders
now face a new era tor the industry,
This, was very pithily indicated recent-
ly when Mr. M, Burns, well-known
rancher and packer; of Calgary, torm•
erly one of the biggest of Western
ranchers, and a man who always has
his linger on the pulse of the Western
cattle situation, after selling his eight
ranches some years ago, traded his
$400,000 Calgary business block for
the Glengarry Ranch, south of the
city, a property of 22,000 acres. This
was merely ane of the many indica-
tions given of a definite revival of
Western Canada's cattle industry,
Free Gas.
Motorist (frantically stagged on a
lonely road)—"What 's the _matter? Is
the bridge out?" •
Native—"It's my misses, mister.
She's gain' to prayer meetin' an' she's
got some grease on her coat. She
wants to know would you let her have
half a pint of gasoline?"
Only one person in fifteen has per-
fect eyes,
The sweet pea dates back to 1699,
tion on the St. Lawrence, over three when the plant was first cultivated
thousand bead of cattle lett for over- by a priest in Sicily.
L�Nv:
THAT MUSSOLINI FORGETS
—From the Pall Mall' Gazette, Landon, Eng.
Need of a -t Universal
Language.
Every so often scientists and others
deplore the lack of a universal or in-
ternational language, Dr. Max Tal-
mey of New York discusses this need
at length in the current number of The
Scientific Monthly, and makes out a
strong case for Ido, the moat modern
attempt toward this end. Ole tells
why Volapulr and Esperanto have fail-
ed, stressing the point; for instance,
that Esperanto has only 2,629 root
words, a number totally inadequate.
In urging the prefection and more
extensive use of Ido Dr, Talmey says
that when first established it had only
3,000 root words, but now, after seven
years, has more than 11,000. He.aiso
points out that it is as musical as
Italian, uses the Anglo -Latin letters,
and has just a single rule of grammar, mineral form. These are the Arabs of
The need of an auxiliary languagethe kladramaut, and the natives of the
for scientific papers is especially press Nicobar Islands. But the former live
ing, It being shown that Einstein's on roasted meat and milk, both of
theory was misunderstood- by all ex- which contain a certain proportion of
cept those with a full command of salt.
German, In diplomacy, too, the need Carried by Rack -Horse.
of a universal tongue is apparent, and it is worth noting that in Holland
SALARIES IN SALT
When paid your "salary," how often
does it'sonur to you that the meaning
of the term "is "salt money?" For the
word salary is derived from the salar-
fum, or salt allowance; which every
Roman soldier regularly received.
Our connection with salt 10, indeed,
closer than we may think. Being a
component of the human body, salt is
essential to life. Men, animals, plants,
all require salt. The amount neces-
sary to the health of a man le esti-
mated at half a nounce a day.
There are, go far as ie known, only
two people who do not use salt in its
the Portsmouth conference ending the in the Middle Ages, the worst punish -
Russo -Japanese war, and more recent- ment provided by a very severe penal
ly the negotiations at
Versailles,
be-
ing cited as ample proof of its lack. code was to feed criminals on bread
In bnsinesa, however,: rile need is unmixed with salt, the consequences
of this diet were terrible.
greatest, of all, not only to prevent bread contains half of one
do away
wbt th of contracts, but to per cent. of salt, and froshebeef 0.310
do away w[th the special Gierke and percent.
interpreters to handle foreign corres-
pondence.
Gets Ocean Breezes at Home.
Ocean breezes at home summarizes
the adaptation of certain standard
household articles by Prof. A. M. Low,
British inventor, during London's hot
spell last summer. Prof. Low took an
ordinary vacuum cleaner, removed the
refuse bag and brush and installed It
in an open window, Near the intake
he placed a large bath sponge soaked
in brine. The vacuum motor was
booked to an electric light socket in
the regular way and when in full
operation blew into the room a salt
laden breeze sufficiently like a real
ocean zephyr to warrant calling tae
contraption a success. Tho cost of
running the breeze maker was esti-
mated at twopence per hour.
The
V'zr. Flue of Civility
If I were a good fairy and could be-
s•tow a single gift on an orphan child
I might choose '+civility." We live in
a world of least resistance and good
manners give a being supreme advant-
age with all peoples, In,buslness there
is no one thing so vital. It "sells"
like nothing else. Courtesy impresses
because It represents control and it ie
the opposite of ignorance,
A really polite person snakes one
feel safe, sereue and happy. Ono can
get away with almost murder if one 15
only "rico" about It. People are so
sensitive to this that many tunes they
put manners before .morals.
There is one special, burniug,reason
why civility should be "stressed" just
now. It is this; the lack of civility Is
supposed by many to be the most glar-
ing fault of.Americau people. Euro•
peens say we know life and have it
most abundantly—but of "living" we
knew practically little. By "living" I
mean life's sweetness; . its little
graces; small sineulties, above all—
its charm.
Au awttil fact is that our manners
do not compare with those of the past.
And we are all dreadfully the loser.
What good does all out' material pros-
perity if we miss the finer things in
Me?
What a cherming thing a smile can
be --how ;warming, Peart-chnet ng-'
memorable. Yet a smile' 1s only a
thought. ' I knew a woman who made
a lifelong friend because of the way
the smiled and thanked is man just
for giviug her his seat.
Charm of Childhood.
What is more charming than a child
with fine manners? To Rd natural
charm it -adds' one liundi'ediold, but
de not blame the chili. if its manners
are bad; if its little blunders are
Laughed at as cute and smart; if it Is
mode.the cynosure of all eyes. , Tire
tragedy of this is that it mars the
whole after -life of the boy or girl, for
in after years the world will not take
trouble to correct, it will just ignore.
What are called "manners" are but
the outward eemb'.ance to Use inward
grace. ,Ballmanners show it terrible
barrenness within -like a house with -
BY ARTHUR W. ROW.
out furniture, like a church without an
altar, or it theatre with no stage.
Take the matter of eating, Iu Eng-
land and on the continent they make
eating a festive thing, a thing of the
highest civilization and art. There
people dress for dinner, as a custom,
and do not wait for somo special oc-
casion. They eat leisurely and there
is much conversation. They do not
"talk" but converse.'
The Personal Touch.
The whole thing is we are not ma-
ahines, The needs of all are ever in-
dividual. When one is waited on in
It store as a peculiar east—an indi-
vidual need -what a booster one be-
comes forever after of that particular
store! It 15 the human, personal
touch that has the lasting effect.
()•f course, one must never forget
that the head of any great business is
in a way its parent—its father—moth-
er. Unless all are happy, harmonious
Sees New Gra In Fuel,
Thomas A. Edison, .who believes
that a day will soon come when coal
will be 'converted into 'electrical ener-
gy at the mines, and the power de.
livered all over the country. He has
already been discussing the plan with
Nova Scotia mine owuere.
and interested, the service in that par-,
titular organization will be only medt-
ocre. The courtesy so rare and so
needed must first emanate from the
tmployer. Some large stores begin
their day's work with the community
singing. In title way the workers get
their emotions flowing, nerves tingling
and faculties keenly alive.
A Treasured Legend.
There is a legend in our family of
an encounter a distant relative had
with Edward 'VII, He came to. their
little English town to lay the corner -
stole for.some building. In. his position
as Mayor it devolved upon our kins-
man to entertain the Royal guests.
The party consisted of the Duchess of
Teck, the Princess. Mary (now Queen
of England) and the Prince 0t: Wales,
afterwards Edward VII, They arrived.
in the morning, laid the corner -stone,
had lunch and departed on the after-
noon train. All'seented to go off with
the utmost precision to 'the infinite
relief of the Mayoress, who was rather
unaccustomed to such a severe ordeal, .
All seemed to go well, but the Prince
sensed en intense"nuderlyfng anxiety
and uncertainty, on .the part of his
hostess. After the formal adieus had
been made.at-tbestation and the twain
was about to move out, the Prince,
who was standing on the step of the
train, suddenly got off, ran up to this
woman, took her by the wrist sncl
whispered ---"We did have an awfully
good tine -no bosh!" This little, In-
timate touch absolutely reassured her
and supplied that personal note that
made all well, at the sane time sup-
plying a etory that became •a treasured
legend in her family.
Finalby, 'manners are our attitude
towards people. They axe our gesture
to the world and determine our exact
status In sociotlyand regulate pre-
cisely the oondcat of, people to ue and
our affair's., . Bade manners are vulgar
not only because they are thoughtless
but especially because they are :me
,Gird, As Portia says. "Thus shines a
good, deed in a haughty world."
Good manners are the most flaming
advehit!semoni. any one can possibly.
have,- Sucess.
The part that salt has played, and is
playing, in the history of the world is
seldom realized, The oldest road in
Italy is the Via Salaria, along which
salt was carried, from the 'salt -pans at.
Ostia into the Sabine Country, long
before the birth of Rome.
London owes its foundation to salt.
In days previous to the Roman Con-
quest .the salt -pans of Cheshire and
Worcestershire provided salt not only
for the whole of the South of England,
but also for Northern Gaul.
The old pack route ran south-east
across England and over the Thames
—then a very broad but shallow
stream --.at the ford. of "Westminster.
Sometimes the river was too high to
cross, and the pack -trains had to wait.
Naturally, therefore, a village with
a fortified stockade grew up at the
ford, and this village gradually de-
veloped till it became the greatest city
the world has ever seen,
Food and Physic tool
The caravan trade of the Sahara is
largely in salt, which is scarce in
North: Central Africa. In Abyssinia,
for instance, bars of salt are still in
use as currency. Another ancient cara-
van route is that along which, daring
countless ages, salt has been carried
from Palmyra to the Syrian ports.
The only other source of salt in that
part of the world is the Dead Sea, the
water of which is a saturated solution
of sodium chloride. The Dead Sea
was formerly the personal property of
the Sultan of Turkey, and its shores
were guarded by armed soldiers who
prevented the Arabs from drawing so
much as a pail of water.
Salt has always provided revenue
for rulers and governors. In the days
of William III. the duty in England
was no less than fifteen .shillings a
bushel, or thirty dines the prime cost.
The salt duty Was not finally removed
in England until 1825.
Apart from its yaluo in food, the
rises of salt are almost endless. In
medicine, it is used in cholera and
other diseases, and as a solution for
injecton in cases of loss of blood,
while the value of salt baths does not
need to be emphasized.
No Help Needed,
1,Vifle (sarcastically) -- "I guese.
you've been comfortingthat unfortun-
ate friend of yours all evening—help-
ing
vening help-ing him to carry his load!"
Hubby (cheerfully) -- "No; must
say I never .in my life saw a man,car-
ry his load better than he did to-
night."
�'• 'IN MOVEMENT
TO WESTERN GA'G'E
FINDS OUTLET THROUGH
PACIFIC COAST.
Vancouver Plays New Role as
Grain Port and Site of Eng-
lish and Oriental Broker-
age Houses.
The proportion of the Western
Cauaclian grain crop, which promises
to exceed in size any previous yield,
are directing even greater attention to,
the amount of grain which will prob-
ably find outlet through the Pacifle
coast. The prospective marked in-
crease in Alberta's yield, which is put
as high as 100 per cont., is sure to
have the effect of sending an even
larger volume through the Port of
Vancouver that has gone through In
the current year now nearing an end,
and from every consideration it is ex-
pected that Vancouver will be called
upon, and will be in a better position,
to handle a larger' proportion' of the
grain outlet of the Western prairies.
In the crop year 1919-20, when the
first movement of grain took place
from Vancouver, a mere 16,000 tons
were moved. The Pacific port handled
7,500,000 bushels of the 1921 crop, and
by the close of the season will have
shipped about 18,860,000 bushels of
the 1922 crop. This movement was
divided between England via the
Patsanta Canal and the countries of
the Orient and Antipodes, from all of
which directions the demand for
Western grain is increasing.
The only handicap to Vancouver's
developmeut as a grain port has been
lack of accommodation facilities, to
remedy which condition great activity
in construction has featured the past
two summers. A substantially in-
creased storage capacity will be avail-
able at the end of the present harvest,
putting the port in a betterposition to
handle the greater bulk of grain it will
be expeced to send out. The Hon. J.
I4, King, Federal llfini,ater of Public
Works. who recently made an inspec-
tion of the port, stated that lack- of
ships was the only thing that could
prevent Vancouver from becoming a
greater grain, port. .With the increase
in Governmenthandling facilities and
the building of public elevators the
port would, he said, be in a position
to handle a vast quantity of grain.
Royal Commission Enquiry.
The Royal Commission which is at
present working on an enquiry into
the grain trade and has been gather -
Mg all
athertngall information possible on the
prospects of Vancouver as an outlet
!for the export of grain, says:
Grain will, like any other com-
modity, naturally follow the line of
least resistance, and obviously the
westbound movement will increase,
dependent only upon the relative ease
and security with which exporters
may make contract for water move-
menta to the United Kingdom, and.
Europe, and necessary additions to
I transfer and storage facilities.
As a matter of fact, Vancouver has
within the past two years come to be
gradually and definitely recognized as
,laving the status of a grain port, as
has been evidenced in the establish-
ment of a grain exchange, fixing coast
prices and the location there of Eng-
lish and Oriental brokerage houses. In.
thecertitude of its future in this re-
gard feverish activity has prevailed at
the port both on the part of the Gov-
ernineut and prairie enterprise to tor -
nigh It with the necessary qualities to
play its new role, Already, the rela-
tively meagre volume of grain it has
been able to handle has made Van.
couver the first grain port of the en-
tire Pacific coast, and its Past per -
formance in this regard is insignifi-
cant in view of the immense possibill-
! ties of the future.
Bedtime Stories.
It is an accepted fact supported by
psychologists that one of the most ef-
fective methods of instilling right
thoughts and habits into a child's con-
sciousness is by stories told at bed-
time, when the child's body is miles -
milt and the conscious mind' drowsy
with sleep. The subconscious self,.
welch is then in control, may be mold-
ed, by suggestion, into what we desire
it to be. The mistake isoften made
of relating at this hour tales of tlirll-
ing adventure and exciting wonder.
By such stories, the child is wrought
up to -a nervous pitch that often pee -
slats throughout the night. The bed:
time story should be 'one of Mother
Nature, or oho illustrating a certain
trait of character desired in the child,
and should be told with a, calm voice
sure. as induces a -quiet, restful sleep,
A Promise.
Never shall garden bloom again
Without'a tranquil thought of you;
Never the silver summer rain
Shall sweep stress the thirsty plain;
Never shall spider webs of dew,
Repeat the rainbow la the geese;
Never shall spring nor' summer pass
Without the thought of you who strode
Joyously down the summer matt
Into the duels and autumn shade
To meet the winter, unafraid.
--Robert H!llyor.
Silver was first coined in Rome in
269 B.C., when Fabius Pictor set ap
a mint.
There are 822 varieties of wheat
which have a botanical difference front
each other. l