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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1924-03-06, Page 6WINGHAM ADV.a.N E -rams. ID.Y.4.NCE ruggiretied Sit Winfoht9IIII. °TARA* Every Thurso:Jae Morning • A. G SMITH, Publisher Idubecription rata*: --- One gear, els menthe. $1,00 in adeaueta Aavertising rates OU aPPlicaticas, Adeertieements witleout. specific, da, mottoes' will be !inserted. watil !forbid wad caarg-ed accorilagly. Ghaltges for eontrace advert ,11141111:9 be. in till* °lace by aeon. BUSINESS CARDS Wellington Mutual Fire insurance Co. Estanilsaed 1840 Head Office. Guelph • Risks taken on all classes of Insur- ance at reasonable rates. ABNER COSENS. Agent. ' Winstead J. W. WOOD Office In Chisholm Stock FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE P.O. Box 366 Phone 198 WINGHAM ONTARIO .......:.1•0*...*••••••100.11••••••*4111•MON, For the Boys and Girls THE MAN AT THE WHEEL • if the wind We at, and aaotlier a the wind were abeam. After a mem who knew his job, had become acqueinted with the tricks of a shit), he woalet, on approaching the wheel, nete the exact directioa of the wind and reckon where his marked spoke ....0 should be, Unlike the man who mere - A eunard liner is noer steered across IY gave the ship so much helm, one the Atlantic by means ot a gyro pilot way or tbe other, to bring her to her apparatus -- christened "Old Metal course, he steered by judgment and THE CARE OF BIRDS. aot exterminated, sap the life of the tante"--which•autoinetically keeps the experience. Most girls enjoy owing birds, butbirds. If You suspect that your laid, shiP'head n the course desired. His skill was still more evident In s a not Otany utideretand how to choose is troubled with mitea, remove it fromThis Is the latest- wonder of the sea, heaclwinds, when the ship was tack - them, how to win their a- and to those who are old sailors and Ing. She had to be kept as near to • !gene and scald the perclaes. Air confidence, the cage, scour the cage with kel , the put in manY hours' work •at the wheel the wind as Possible. The neechanical woat tOOdo give thern or liow to ea cage thoroughly, then ' sprinkle . mite for them when they are sick, exterminator in it, and -take -sere to When you buy a bird make sure fill all the crevices with the powder. that you get one that is young and In the evening plane a piece of canton in deep water ships the change Is steerman was inclined either to keep startling and rouses memoeies of the the ship's head too tar away from tan struggle. of long ago. What weuld •wind or too cittee, losing distance the skiPpers of the famous clipper the one case and making leeway in healthy. If it is a canary, unless you flannel, with the farry side in, over! ships, the Cutty Sark, Thermopylae, ; the other, want one that has already learned to he cage. Mites leave the biad at sing, choose a loag, slender bird lese night and return to it at daylight; re- the who passed sleepless nights on i in following a micidle course, running t•i James Beale:is-etc., bave thought oThe real sailor took a spacial Pride f ft,1 than °tie year old, with smooth, thick move the cloth before daylight, and, the poop to make certain that the men ' as close as could be to the wind -with- feathers that lie close to the body, and rosy, transparent feet, For a singer you will find the insects clinging to l. at the wheel were taking advantage of out -a shiver Lot the, sails. By wetting Use the cloth every night and scald, every puff of wind to oreate another hie cheek, or by tratChing the clang - choose a male bird that is ten months ' record? ing ripples on the sea, he could some or a year old, and that has a variety Iter, sailing -ship men thought it a times sense an alteration of ten or of low notes. great revolution to hoist topsail yards fifteen degrees in the direction of the Make the cage comfortable and by steam winches instead of by the, timid, and be ready for It. After a few keep it clean. Place the perches so conabined, weight and chanty singing- weeks out of port the officers, without that the bird has •room. Do not use of the crew. By that time steamers looking at the man, could tell who was a painted cage, for your bird is likely were common; but no oae, in all my at the wheel by the way the sails were to eat flakes of the paint. Clean the cage and scald the perches frequently, experience at sea, ever suggested that drawing, so much opportunity was mechanical ingenblity would elehnete. there for individuality in the art of Since birds that have nothing else to occupy their attention will sometimes it every day, until you have g•ot rid of the mites. If your bird is in good health, its feathers •will be smooth and thick and, will lie close to its body; its eyes will be bright, and it will move briskly. If it is not well, it will sit in a corner of the cage with its feathers puffed out, and with dull eyes. Never.let 9. sick bird lie on the flocee of the cage; , ly steer a vessel without human, Elia, steering. it needs a soft nest.Place it in a Britons the Best Helmsmen. The Wheel's "Kick." out their Steering was an art in "wind -jam- In heavy weather, steering was hard suers." Some men were extremely work physically. More than once the prqficiene, others hopelessly inept. In writer has been flung right over the those days the hands on British ships wheel, owing to the "kick" given to it were a mixture of. different nationalle by a heavy sea smashing on to the ties, and -Britishers generally made rudder. If a man lifted his foot off, the best helmsmen. the brake to move the wheel, it would On joining a ship, the first clues- sometimes whip round at a tremend- 'alone a real sailarman asked an aP- ous pace. Consequently, tackles had Drente° *ere "What's the grub like? to be attached to the steering -gear. How does she steer?" The wheel, as During cyclones, or exceptionally big as a man; was on the poop over strong gales, two men were constantly at the wheel. e When ships ' were hove to under storm sails some captains would have the wheel lashed and send the ellen be- low. But that was seldom done, al- though any attempt to steer with the ship simply making leeway was of lit- pullythings in the cage to divert crarn feathers, arrange padded box and cover it ;with a warm, a few pla the bird's attention from itself .Pi light el0th* DUDLEY HOLMES ke: sei BARRisTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. a ' awry and Other Bonds &ameba and att Sold. to Office—mayor Stook. Winghern " in R. VANSTONE it ga EARRisTER AND SaLICITOR wl Money to Loan at Lovvest Rates. WI WINGHAM cu ------ fa, ------- J. A. MORTON th BARRISTER, Etc. Cs Winghara - Ontario th in. -OR G 11 ROSS bi • • • au lei aradaate Royal College of Dent a - Surgeons . lei Graduate University of Toronto Ye ' Facuity of Dentistry hc 0 FICE OVER H. E. isARD'S STORE th 'sr W Re HAMBLY, tI3 B.Sc., M.0„, C.M. - as Special attention paid to diseases of & Women and Children, having taken bi at ttgraduate work in Surgery. Race is teriology and Scientiflc Medicine. !Office in the Kerr Residence, between ea the Queen's Hotel 1..nd the Baptist Iti Church. w All business given, ear.eful attention. et Phone 54. P.O. Box 113 Ea a Dr Robt. C. Redmond t} a• M.R.C.S. (Eng). P L.R.C.P. (Lond). Y PlatisiCIAN AND SURGEON b tDr. Chisholnia old atatichl , . L STFWMIT h DR. R. . . 1 Graduate et Letianaveity of Toronto, b Faculty, of Medicine; Lieentiate ot tue o Ontario Ccdlege ot Physicians and c Surgeons, b Office Entrance: v OFFICE IN CHISHOLM BLOCK s -IOSEPHINE STREET PHONE 20 12 I Dr. Margaret C. Calder t General Practitioner t araduate University of Toronto. g Faculty of Medicine, i St., two doors sonth I Oface—Joeephine a Brunswick IloteL < Telephor.es—Office 281, Residence 151 1 aaaaaammaernefare e.....,....e......—..........—............**, , Osteophatic Physician 1 , DR. F. A. PARKER 1: . OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN All Diseases! Treated. ' Office adjoining residence next 1 Anglican Church on Centre Street. • Open every day except Monday and Wednesday afternoons. Osteopathy Electricity Phone 272 DRUGLESS PHYSICIANS , . Dr. J. A FOX ...., I ROPRACTQ R Office Renee: 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 Psak 'Wednesday Afternoons by Appoint - trout only. Telepone 191. , DR D IL McINNES CHIROPRACTOR tlUalified Grachlfte Adjustmenta given for daseasee of all kinds, epeitaallee In decaing with eaildren. Laxly atteadant, Night. calls re:mote-tad to. Oce oie Seott Winglaan, Out. tit hottse of the late J'ae Walker). Phone 150, 1111 nee, ()Meet 106, ileeideriee: /24, Ale 1 'WALKER FURNITtTltia DEA LEI'S and SISAL DIRECTOR Yotar Elaiattent OnalatitIO I ?' ilfati 14, 1r. on a ring or a clothespin will Few caged parrots are kept by their ve. Parrots are easily amused by' owners in the healthy, cleanly condi- email wooden ladder with a bell ticn Oat results in bright plumage ached to the top range they like and vivacious monologue. The failure elimb up and ring the bell. , is frequently owing to ignorance ra- en you have settled your bird ther than to carelessness on the part a sanitary, comfortable cage teach °f the pet lover. not to fear you. The best time to For example, dealers have beeP in its confidence is in the morning, kri°wn to tell the purchasers of par - en you clean the cage and feed the rots e:nd cockatoos that birds of Chase d, ma& and whistle toItT and epecies do not require water ether to the rudder, and there was always one tom it to seejag your hands and thank or for a bath, yet one of the spoke brasetipped, which, in a certain e close to the cage; but move gent,. most necessary requirements of Pol- position, indicated that the rudder If you rnove suddenly or joggle 137's existence is cool fresh water in was araidships•—straight fore and aft. cage, you will frighten the bird,. genelous supply. There should be a ' But that did not mean'that, wi:.h the Then accustom it to eing handled. separate cup for it in. the cage. and spoke „so placecl, the ship would go b tch it every merning by removing the contents should be renewed at straight. Each ship according to its side the cage, and following the It is true that parrots seldom ere d with the other hand from the wining to take plunge baths, but same tside. Whea you have caught it kind of bathing is necessary to their it rest comfortably and give it a health, and many birds enjoy ',he uce leaf or a slice of apple. After gentle shower from an atomizer. Ape u have done that a few times, try parently it recalls the heavy night ding a Piece of lettuce just outside dews that in their't•ropical birthplace e open door of the cage; the bird hrovide the usual means foe their 11 soon hop to Your hand. lablutians. Next teach it to fly round the house; Regular diet is most important. The at will give it healthful exercise breakfast should be crackers well d, a sense of freedom. Open the softened in millt. A half teaspoonful or of the cage every morning; the of condensed milk in half a cup of rd will readily return to it when it water makes about the right mixture. tired. Condensed milk is less likely to sear Cleanliness and proper diet are es - o,+4,1 to the health of all caged birds. in the digestive process and is there- fore preferable for birds of the par- ake your bird bathe every day. It rot family, the digestion of which, is ill do It mord readily if it is allowed Flow- „ st to fly round the room. If it still For the seed cup mix one part of ems opposed to taking a dip, place hemp with three 'parts of stinflowee fresh lettuce leaf in the bottom of seed, and fill the cup anew every •day. pu e upper perch, tting one hand least twice a daY" build and rig, its draught, and the dis- tle use. "Wearing" a ship was always attended with discomfort and possible danger. Let us say the wind was north, and the ship, heading E.N.E., had to be tribution of cazgcein flee. hplds, seemed to have her owa whims and fancies about steeriag, and, with wind and sea acting and counteracting on the forward movement, there was plenty brought round ,to The helm of ,scope for line judgment on the part had to be put over, and her head of the'ins,n at the wheel. Hence, on every wheel on every sail ing-ship of a respectable age, were the private maeas of innumerable sailors —notches, crosses, diamonds, squares, of us spent In steering ships and make hag sailors of ourselves! And now' science steers a liner across the At- lantic without the exercise i)t one human muscle. brought round to the south. She fell off before the wind and got Into the trough of the sea. Ah, theweary, dreary hours some Avoid giving much hemp or rawmeat, for both of them are heating foods and are likely to lead the bird to pull u have one that refuses to take a out its feathere, which is a habit of th, spray it occasionally wine an parrots. omizer. A bit of fruit each morning should Do not feed your bird on seed that be included in the dietary. Theegreat- as a sharp taste or that is gritty. er the variety the better. An occa- ape seed, which tastes sweet, is the sional raw carrot will be appreciated, est, with an- occasioaal lettuce leaf too. r a slice of apple and plenty of fresh, During the afternoon the bird id water. See too that a cuttle-fish one is fastened to the cage; the Wed 11 sharpen its bill on it and prob- e tub; it will jump in to investigate d probably will bathe willingly, arrots, however, detest bathing. If mad so on--surreptitmusly hacked out of the wood with sheath -knives. When a man went to the wheel by day he would look for his' own mark, and by night would not be comfortable until he had fingered it. , Changing With the Winds. , His particular spoke Was his ba.sigi for steeting. Ot course, the correct position, of the sppke varied with cir- cumstances. It would be in one place Wolf, hunting in Russia before the War was often done with Wolves which were kept in captivity and re- . leased only to be chased 'down by mounted huntsmen and swift hounds. The World's Most Famous Family The man who signs his narae "Smith" has every right to beprop.d of his signature; for it is that, beyond a doubt, of the world's most distinguish- ed family. Alraapt every civilized land should have a dry cracker and a fewihaa its army of fellow -Smiths, in varie nuts of any sort at hand. red pepper is an' excellent tonic. A sweet ous guises, from the Russian "SkraRh- 'ef owskia to the Mexican "Smitli," and in the parrot will eat it, a morsel of raw them all the name is rightly held in honor, In the British Isles, as in Canana, the ,Smiths stand alone at the hecul of the clan -lists. Even Jones, Brown and Robinson must pay their homage to them. In England, of every 72 persons you meet 'one writes the name "Smith"; bly nibble at it, and the salt taste 11 stimulate the appetite. Scatter onion now and then is an excellent ird gravel in the cage and renew it specific against colds and other dis- ree times a week. A bird's gizzard orders. rinds the food that the bird eats, and Tropical birds especially must be e gizzard cannot do its work without carefully' protected against draughts avel. The proper food for canaries and sudden changes in the temper- s a mixture of seeds—four parts of ature. Never leave the cage of a par - icily seed, three of German rape, two rot out of doors at night even in mid - f India millet and 'one of Turldsh summer. Parrots are extremely sus- in Scotland, the Proportion, strange to naw. Watercress, plantain, chick- ceptible to bronchial pneumonia. The say, 15 still greater -1 to every 10; weed, a fresh, fig or the yolk of a cage should hang in a room of even while even in Ireland the name take's fif ard-boiled egg with cayenne pepper temperature, but anything above th place on the list, We pritkled on it are relished by canar-iseventy degrees is too warm. ll might the Late It. Hon. W. 11. s es and. given from time to tizne, will i A cuttle-ffsh bone hung in the cage Smith ay: "I am proud of my name, ake sufficient variety in their diet.' is helpful at melting time,as well as for 1 um a member of the greatest ever feed hemp seed to canaries;it, ineful in sharpening the bill. family the world has ever known, not fattens them, causes them to molt out1 Few lovers of pets are awareethat merely in point of numbers, but in its f season and impairs their singing besides learning to talk a parrot can services to humanity." wers. Parrots and macaws need a be taught a. number of tricks: to Certainly no other family has pro - stronger and more varied diet than shake hands, ring a bell, climb a lad- daaad BO nlanY men arid women of dis- anaries require. Crackers and bread der, kiss its master or mistress, and tinction. British history for many a dry or soaked in eondenaad milk 'So forth. and water in the proportion of one -1 In teaching a bird remember how half teaspoonful of milk to half a cup -1 extremely nervous the creatare is ful of water—are good for them, and with which you have to deal. Unvary- so are apples, lettuce, celery tops and ing kindness and patienee are neces- an occasional Jump of sugar. A sweet sary, You will find the parrot rimeh ted pepper or an onion ie an excellent more receptive after breakfast than tonic for a parrot. -before it. Accustom it first of all to Do not hatig•the bird cage out of being released from the cage; then to doors in -warm weather; tudden perch upon your finger or hand. changes in the temperature may bring Never squeeze a parrot le handling it. Upon house birds eolds, bronchitis or. After each lesson reward it 'with a pnetimonia. At night cover the cage Piece of some 'fruit and talk to it in with a light cloth; sleeping birde are a loW but cheerful voice. peculiarly susceptible to the cold. To teach it to climb to your shoul- Birds sometimes suffer trom sprains der pin to your coat �r dress some- • rhettnatism. To cure them bathe thing that the Oarrot likes to at and gently rub the affected parts with — warm water with which a few drops of arnica have bean mixed. If your bird has inflammation of the feet arid legs, the probability is that the peretes are too small or that the bird's claws are too long. If the fault is with the perchea, but new ' ones- if it is With the nails, earl them. Holdthe bird in on hand, and with a pair of shatp scissors clip outside, and away from, the small red vein that you will see in each claw if you hold the elaw against, the light. Trim each nail smooth, If you clip the nail toe eloSe, dip the foot in Werra Salt wstet whichwlil cheek the pain and the bleeding. Another menace to tito health of & caged birIs the pres.oner of small red"littpcts, otitt-t, wbieh, if they are 6 century bristles with the name 11 Heavy, talent always liked fat gale, sxirl be bae finally succeeded in gettfrtg nia for a Wife." "Yes, lov linci a weigh." 'rhureday March 13, 192 _ By DOROTHY ETHEL WALSH. The Sun The sun room was the fourth room in the group we have de- scribed In the two artiwee preseaing this one. We have demonstrated howi a number of rooms may be tled to- gether by introducing some color common to alt. The brlde should re - Member that this will bring about the best results in decorattng :her home. Never sbould she select the furnishing for each without taking the others into considera- tion. - To -day's illustration, shows the sun room, which was situated on - . the ?rest side of the living room: Beenuse warm colors were used in the Mang room some warm colors Room, had to be introduced into ,this .small one which opened Off It. lqut :be- cause its -aicposu're was wetitand. It was restricted In sizc;- awes thought best to have the deporations neutral In tone. The dining ,room offered the cool color, but' green could .not be repeated too often throughout the group Therefore the furniture was made gray, sand colored cur- tainswith. green hands were hung at the' windows and •green cushions were placed on the chairs,' All four rooms described ,are In relation to - each Other. We will give -,a detailed description of their decorationsle . our next week's .artielesand ex- plain" to ,the bride to he how fur- niahIngs can be made to balance. • - River of a Thousmul Secrets The news that Sir Edward Eiger, the famous Britieh composer, has sail- ed for the Ainazon, calls 'attention to this reinarkable wonder river of South America. Two important scientific expeditions hays also been dispatched to investigate the numerous mysteriee of tae Amazon, and, judging from re- cent discover -See; Sir Edward should find the insOlicaion for more than one gymphoiay.. ' The Amazon is 4,700 miles! long. Many et its -tributaries have never been explored, while. there are huge tracts of priiiievia•I forests on its banks into Which no white man aas ever penetrated. As the explorer and scientist pushes his way up these tributaries and ven- tures into the dense forests, he is al- ways stumbling acro,sa new Wonders.: Recently' they discovered a hew tree whibh has,been givea-the name 0! the "Terpeatine Tree," because when tap- ped it Yields pure turpentine. 1.n a like .manner .a new 'variety of the abalata" tree has' been found, from the latex of -which manufacturers are now making gated to'. *boots aiid strong coireringe for electric cables. •• FloatingfIslands. Distinctly- weird and uncenny are the •floating islands. In the upper reaches of .the river portions of land, perhaps. an acre or two in extent, be- come detached and float awaY on the' turient. Then , you notice. another unique phenomenon: the yellow teeter • is streaked -with patehes of green, caused by. the .gtreentsh waters. 'of.,the Tapajoe 'einptying themselves into the main streatie. A peculiarity of the great river ,,is the earidus- colors , 'of ' its waters. First yam sail in jet-black Water, then emerge into an almost white, then green, aaa finally a deep Wave hue. • • NO river in the world contains such •curious Bah as ,the Amazon. There is the mail -eating pirantha. Although no larger than a herring it does not hest- ' tate..,,to attackanyone venturing into the water. Iii Ma.naos you ean lind na- tives minus fingers and toes which have been nipped off by these feroca bus creatures.' In the, prizneVaa "fm7q..Sts you enco.utet- er tree of every shape, size, and des- cription. , There ...aee rapper, tree, greenhearts„ -Cedars, and hu•ndreds o£: others known Only to the .bushmen. Swinging down, from tae branches, shooting upwards train% the earth, crawling °yea the gstiancl, are vines, and.Creeperi, Smite, delicate ae dilken threads, aXid'. others' tee thick as 1131*-ineh' hatyseri. Shouldyou venture into the forest, you meet eurpris.es at...every, turn. In-. nocent blades of grass Which cut like a keeu razor; beautiful orchids so lovely that you, are tenipted, to pick one, and thensUddenly, from hidden., reeesses, a hordic,of ants swarm forth ` and bite vielouslY at the offending Sometimes you encounter a huge •efto bita,„ lopping' up • ilwerining: ant' * antbearr, engressed, in tearing a dead tre with his yard -long tongue. Fierae • jagtiarS, oceleti; itionlieys;* and' a:hest ot. other, creatures abound in this won, - aerial world. has been borne by great soldiers and sailors, scholars and statesmen, writers, and se on through ' all the varied fields' of man's 'activities ever since (and no doubt long before) Sir Thomas Smith, statesmen and Greek scholar, flourished in Tudor days. Open any dictionary of biography tend you will see Smiths, by the hun- dred—from Sir John, a famous six- teenth century soldier, to Donald Smith, ,Empjre-founder, who died Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal; ansi on the way you will encounter such'well- known names as Adam Smiala Sydney Sarah, and the Rt. Hen. W. a SMita. And there are many Smiths living to -day to carry on this great Runny tradition; a glancer at the pages of "Wh.o's Who"' will reveal their names, -with their achievements, by the hun- dreds. There is, tOb, no social -circle that cannot point with pride to iLt Smilithrsee TSmiths, including an ex -Lord Chancellor, appear on Esritain's,roll ,of peers, which also includes a Smith - Barry. There are eight Smith bar- onets, not countieg a Smyth and a Smythe, and forty are knights of verl.. ous orders, 14kgtla KOK-- 3u6d' 300'1 Pi...3elt-C.,5 LOLeiro? roR, AtAo. Mt DINO Stetit -r6 Lom Sir Edward's deStination is Manaos, the "Parts of the Amazon." This elty lies a thausand miles up the river, yet the steeera here is two, miles., witle, You enter the river at Para- and then fox' a hundred miles pass through the Narrows, water lanes crowded with large and small islands clothed with tropical vegetation, When ,daritness falls the silencens betaken only by the harsh cries of howling Monkeyee but what impresses. you 'most, perhaps, is the soundless electrical storms illum- inating the dark jangles and 'streaks of eilver river. When arou emerge into the main channel you are In a river as wide as the English Channel at Dover. -It la so croweled with' large and small la lands, however, that you fail to recog- faze the hnmense Width of tile etream, ThWe Bornditigehrsof mustiuteBritish .h,thetreasure. Museurn. house of, the ages, 'celebrated its one hundred and sixty-lifth birthday a few weeks ago. Ask any Londoner to direct you to and In seven cages out of ten the correct route to,follow will be immedi- ately forthcoming; but how few of those wao can supply the information have ever themSelvee passedathe greet stone monolithca ' brought from Say. famed Easter Wean, Which stand at the entrance? There mat, -people, however, who Bpend their lives within its walls. They -are engaged on never-ending quests among the nallione of booke lia the 1.,ibiara. That silent Library With its rows ,ot polished desks and forty. waver' miles of tome -filled shelvee IS, at firgt 'eight, a depressing place, -Yet wonderful romances that have thrilled the world have been hatched there, Itundrods of time(' tvho annually pore painstakingly over its volumes are engaged in obtaining - the local color for their stories, Which may range from "fourpenny shockers" to full-length acreelS. In the museum, too, may be foiled professioaal "searchers" who delve among aoeninents and books fee clues to family treasures—mythical tree - sures ter the Meet part. One man, now decrepit and grey-haired, hae been diligently eearcIlliig for years for ealdeneei le proito his right to letids posseesed by another. 1 'alien there are others who do a re - gala'. trade in supplying genealogical trees to Americans anxious to beset ocat.ofarms. So long es the atiort, (eine are wealthy they need never covet this In vain; Indeed, for a baudsome ewe, genie eXescvators Of ancestors are perfectly willing to prove ,descent from royalty, . Mani ',ranters have. met, 'Cupid, ansi. thelit fate in. the 13rItish aleina. A chance word, ' a direCtifig anger, a, stray glance—Bald friendship has be- gun! Love atiCinarriage have follow- , ed. The WOrld's Biggest Parks, Hyde Park, London, isconsidered large by Most people, although it shrinks to arrant proportions when . comaared with,Richmond Parka' Buts Itelti :Oa this 'side of the Atlantic that. elle finds' 801166111g really big, in the Way of .parks. Jasper Park, for he 'stance, between' Yellowstone Pass and' 'the Saskatchewan. River, contains 5,000 square milee, whilst yellowetone Park, in Wyoming, tans to '3,575 square miles. ' The large size' of ,thrsee parks catt , be realized *hen it is, Stated that the Itgligh Lake Dietrict, which some day atayebecterne the National Park of Eng- land, does tot exceed 600 repiare miles. It' woald be afillouit, to determine where the most beautitul- National Park Is eltuated. The ttasealite Park in California excels all others in the height of Its trees, the depth of its waterfalls, "and its ,2,0 0 Oft..higli cliffs; while, the Yellowstone ineludes.,a lake' 7;18aftsaboYe see -level end four times' its big as Windermere. , New Zealand's Southern Park la- tracto tlioueaude ei togrists; for it is altaitted amid settee of woaderful oa- teral beauty. . Yet it may be dOtibtocl Pavk in the eceee-y. Motaitains, dominated by snow-cappal aettite and fast -running riverS, doee u.:1g 81Y)e'flic!":ii4611Pyaott'a(16pllatis(eirilecie°. 1 ly stealing. , '14141 elealial, alLolo I a .1 fkal.1“.