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"The maple leef our emblem deur,
The maple leaf forever."
So sang the poet. And as the
warmth of the Spring^ sunshine
learns through the brancheso of
thee
maples, myriads of danglinga
flower bells greet us in red and gold.
Leaves of three main lobes, set op-
posite an the twigs, and the twigs
set opposite on the branches—in these
are the plain signature of the maples.
The maple family is large, but the
ones we know best are the Silver,
Red, Manitoba, Norway, Sugar, Syca-
more, Striped and Mountain or Spiked
Maple.
The Silver Maple (Acer Sacchar-
inum) grows ninety to one l.undred
feet in height, and its branches form
a wide spreading head. The flowers
are greenish yellow on the twigs;
leaves are pale green and silver under-
neath. In late May or June pairs of
winged keys hang on short stems.
The RedMaple (Acer- Rubrum) is
a spreading tree of medium size with
slender erect branches. The buds
that cluster at the joints are red as
rubies; so are the leaves when they
open. Amid the brilliancy of autum-
nal forest it stands pre-eminent.
The Sugar Maple (Acer Barbatum),
also known as the Rock or Hard
Maple, is both useful and beautiful.
It frequently rises seventy feet with-
out a branch, and spreads its leaves
one hundred and twenty feet above
its base. It can grow as tall as any
of its forest companions, and it also
knows how to prosper while young in
the shade, so that there is always a
young maple ready to take the place
of a dying tree. The flowers appear
with the leaves, are greenish yellow
gold, and in clusters on thread-like
pedicels. The fruit or key ripens in
early autumn. This is the tree whose
trunk is tapped in the spring and the
sap boiled in great kettles over an
open fire in the woods. When the
water, isevaporated solid cakes of
maple sugar remain: Much of the
splendor of the forests in autumn is
due to the brilliant coloring of the
Sugar Maple. The grain of the wood
is fine, and takes a high polish and
shows accidental forms. These forms.
are curled and bird's-eye maple. Both
these forms are valued by the cabinet-
maker.
The Manitoba Maple (Acer Negun-
fo) is planted because of its rapid
growth, and is found hi our parks. In
spring pink fringes like corn silk
decorate the branches. This is our
only maple with compound leaves.
Sycamore Maple , (Acer Pseudo-
platanus), like the Norway, is an
ornamental tree, and holds its leaves
two weeks longer than our native
species. The sycamore was a fig
• tree of Palestine, and in the twelfth
century, when miracle plays were pro-
duced in Europe, one of the favorite
Prayer for Canada
From ocean unto ocean
Our land shall own Thee Lord.
And, filled with true devotion,
Obey Thy sovereign word.
Our prairies and our mountains,
Forest and fertile field, '
Our rivers, lakes and fountains,
To Thee shall tribute yield.
Where error smites with blindness,
Enslaves and leads • astray,
Do Thou in loving kindness
Proclaim: Thy gospel day,
Till all the tribes and races
That dwell in this fair land,
Adorned- with Christian graces,
Within Thy courts shiall stand.
Our Saviour King, defend.Us,
And guide where we should go;
Forth with Thy message send us,
Thy love and light to show;
Till fired with true devotion
Enkindled by Thy word,
From Ocean unto ocean
Our _land shall own Thee Lord.
leaves turn bright gold in the autumn.
—Owen Staples.
Wasting Our water Powers.
Canada occupies an outstanding po-
sition in regard to water -power
wealth, not only with respect to the
aggregate power at sites' already de-
veloped and in use, but even more so to
that awaiting development. The total
of our potential load -water, 24-hour
power is estimated at some 19,0.00,000
horse -power.
Although the greater amount of
power is produced hi large and effi-
cient plants, there are many ineffi-
cient small plants. Each of these
plants, however, is valuable as a pro-
ducer of energy and, owing to the
number, the aggregate amount of
power they represent is considerable;
scenes was the flight into Ebypt o moreover, these smaller plants are
Joseph and Mary. The legend says
usually situated in the more thickly
j populated areas, where power is at a
that they rested under a sycamore I ium.
tree, but no sycamores grew in the ei premfis interesting to note how condi- Once a another has used Baby's Own
countries where these plays werechosen
tions in some of the small plants can Tablets for her little ones she would
acted, and so this maple was ch be unproved at a relatively low cost,! not be without thein. They are the
to take its place, and such it has re- Iillustrated by the reconstruction I ideal home remedy for the baby; fb -
named to this day.
The Striped Maple Moosewood
(Acer Pennsylvanicum) is a little
tree with stripes on the smooth green
bark so that at a short distance the
trunk seems to be delicately traced
with white lines.
The Mountain Maple (Acer Secat-
um), another little tree, on which the
Rower clusters are much smaller than
those of the striped maple. The fruit
h t the grey
The Norway Maple (Acer Pletan-
oldes) is our most popular street tree,
on which great clusters of yellow
Mowers appear hi the spring The
deer and musk ox. `These;'Wands are.
reported to be suitable as to situation
and climate and to have sufficient food
available.
Mout Edith Cavell, the beautiful
peak named in 1916 in honor of Missi,
Edith Cavell, the martyred nurswho
was shot by the Germans in Belgium,
is 11,200 feet high.
Royal North-West Mounted Police
has been reorganized as the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police, with a
prospective strength of 1.,800. Air-
planes will be used.
In return for certain concessions, a
company proposes to bore for oil in
Prince Edward Island, spending $3000,-
000 within the next ten years, on op-
erating and development work.
WOULD AOT BEIY1TROUT
BABY'S OWN TABLETS
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of a small hydro -electric plant of ; ing guaranteed to be absolu e y
some 400 h.p., operating under a head' from opiates or other harmful chugs.
of 14 feet. !They are a gentle but thorough laxa-
The original plant was destroyed by i tive and have been proved of the
a washout, and, hi the design of the' greatest aid in cases of constipation,
new plant, all modern and efficient , indigestion, colic, colds and simple
practice and methods were utilized. i fevers. Concerning them Mrs. Ernest
The new plant is showing marked in-; Gagne, Beausejour, Que., writes: "I
crease in efficiency over the old, due' have useBabd 's Own and liablets for
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to the increased efficiency of the units constipation
and of the method of operation, The them so successful
that
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hangs late in the wri er on plant has carried for the past two be without them
buds.which are brightened by red more than twice the load that' commend every mother to keep, a box
buds The Tablets are sold
To Canada
O Canada, my Canada,
Name ever dear to me.
Tho' I may dwell on foreign
strand,
My thought are all of thee.
Thy wooded hills, thy rippling
rills,
Thy Emblem Maple Tree!
O Canada, my Canada,
-There is no land like thee,
O Canada, any native laud,
To thee my heart is true;
I love thy flag with crosses three,
Of red, and white, and blue.
It e'er shall wave o'er hoaxes of
brave,
• Who fought for -liberty,
Who gave their lives that -we
might live,
Co Canada, for thee! -
-Mary R, Ward
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® Peerless Canada.
O peerless Canada,
Our. beauteous (' anada,
Land of our birth,
Land that our fathers brave
On,battlefield and wave
Fought, bled and died to save,
How great thy worth! .
O land of forests rare,
Broad lakes beyond compare
And rivers wide,
Land of great mountain chains,
Land of vast prairie plains,
Land that our hones contains,
Thou art our pride.
Dear country, heaven -blest,
Refuge of earth's opprest
Who to thee fly,
Land of wealth, youth and might,
Laud of faith, courage, right,
Preserve thou -e'er from blight
Thy liberty.
0 Lord in Heaven above,
Save the great land we love,
Our Canada.
May she e'er`prosp'rous be,
Aye brave her sons and free,
Loyal from sea to sea,
Save -Canada.. •
—Wilfred Arthur Hunter.
Canada's Need
"What is'the need of Canada
at the present time? We' have a
great debt in this country. How.
are we going to meet it? We
are told to produce. We can
produce in the factories, on the
land, and in the mines of this
country, We have great natural
resources that only need to be
de•t*eloped' in order to enrich
this country; and if we could
only develop those resources to
the extent of one-fourth of their
value at the present time we
would have no trouble in meet-
ing our obligations as a nation,
There is no cause for any per-
son in 'this country to be ea-
couaaged about the future of
Canada. `All we need to de is to
move a o ,ud this Dominion' to
realize thele• great` resources'`we
'possesSi and •w2 canhelnot-p but
becdaiae'iiro'uder: bf,,oba !country
and cannot belula.p.t gloms r» the
fact that, in Canada, we eleeye as
great wealth and as great op-
,.portunitie's as ,are•to die -found in, .
any land, in the world to -day.
What is requisiter is to- encour-
age the development of .those re-
sources, and, given an oppor-
tunity to the people to take ad-
vantage of -the wealth that is in
the. country, there will be no
need for the Government to
worry about the future,. of Cana-
da and no need for the honest,
capable and ambitious citizen of
Canada to worry about it either,"
W. A. Buchanan, M,P., in
House of Commons.
UTTERLY HELPLESS
FROM ST. �'ITUs DAR
eat:
General Jnstraictions On Care of Baby,
1. It is easier, better and cheaper to
•prevent than to cure disease.
;2,' Everything - that protects - the
mother before here baby is born im-
proves the health of the baby after
its,b:rth. `
3. Most of the diseases observed in
older children and adults begin in"
infancy.
4, Healthy babies n'cake strong men
and women.
5, The 'baby's food, home and sur-
roundings play an important part in
keeping it well or malting it sick.
6. Mother's milk is the best food
for babies:
7. Cow's milk which has become in-
fected with disease germs kills many
Babies.
8. Extreme heat and impure air
kilts- many babies in the summer,
especially bottle-fed babies. .
9. The health and happiness of the
whole household are improved by
everything done : to protect the baby.
Never ,use a feeding -bottle with a
tube.
Never, give medicine to make the
baby sleep.
Never wake the baby, except lot°
nursing.'
Never give teething powders.
Never forget that`the baby's head
needs support.
Never give the baby a "comfort."
It - is a bad habit, for which the baby
is not responsible. -
Never let a fly, touch the baby or
the bay's milk.
Never let the' baby's skin get red -
or sore. - Keep it clean and dry. -
Never use a soiled diaper again be-
fore it is washed. --
Never wean, a baby younger than
nine months, ufiless your family phy-
sician advises you to do it. -
Never' put the nipple of the baby'e
nursing -'bottle into your own mouth.
Fire Loss in 1919.
Paid to insurance com-
panies . , .
Upkeep of fire depagt -
ments. and interest on
investrhent in equipment' 8,700,000
Losses not covered by:5,800,000
insurance ................ ...
A total of$ 4,500,0001
This was a direct charge against
the production of Canada for 1919,
and it was paid by those who produce;
it was the penalty for neglect of one
of the first essentials of property
protection—fire prevention. -
Canada is not in any position to •
continue this policy of laissez faire
in regard to the fire waste. Houses
are scarce and bui'_ding, costs are ex-
ceedingly high. To relieve the hous-
ing situation, governments and muni.
cipal councils are advancing money or
pledging public credit for building
purposes.
Regardless of this condition, how-
ever, reports of Provincial Fire Mar-
shalls' show that, .last year, fires oc-
curred in 5,792 dwellings in Ontario,
and in Saskatchewan 603' dwellings
suffered from fire.•
Undoubtedly the greater, proportion
of the monetary loss resulted from
fires in large properties, but these
dwellings. where fires occurred were
the homes of employers or. employees
in our industries. It is only reason-
able to, suppose that the careless
householder will be the careless work- ...
er—that the same degree of neglect
of precautions against fire will be
evident. - Private dwellings -provided .
by far the greatest number of our
fires; each of these fires is a potential
conflagration, and yet no authority
exists for a compulsory inspection of
dwelling houses for fire dangers. With
such a record as the above, fire de-
partments and fire inspectors should
be provided' with such authority, and
employers should' in every manner
promote education in fire prevention
among their employees.
The Sufferer Restored to Health
Through the Use of Dr. Wil-
liams' Pink Pills.
St. Vitus dance is a disease of the
nerves brought on by a morbid condi-
tion of the blood. It is a common dis-
ease with children, and attacks girls
more frequently than boys.. Irrita-
bility is frequently one of the first
signs noted. The child frets, it is quar-
relsome, and•does not sleep well. The
Jerkymovements that characterize the
disease come a little later. The pa-
tient becomes pale, languid, and often
constipated. The limbs and sometimes
the whole body - jerks • . spasmodically,
and in severe cases the power of
speech is affected. Such a child
should not be allowed to study,
but
should be kept quiet, given a nutritious
diet, remain out of doors'as much as
possible, and above all things given a
course of Dr. Williams Pink Pills to
build up the blood and restore the
shattered nerves. Without this treat-
ment the trouble may `become chronic
and the patient a life-long sufferer.
The value of Dr. Williams Pink Pills
in cases of this kind is shown by
e
following statement by Mr. Frank J.
Striven, Acton, Ont., who says:—"In
January, 1917, when I resided at Mil-
ton, Ont., nay daughter Gertrude, then
aged fourteen, had a bad attack of
rheumatic fever, which left as its af-
ter effects a severe attack of St. Vitus
dance. For weeks she was confined
to her bed under the doctor's care,
She was entirely helpless, being, un-
able to even hold a spoon to feed !her-
self. For a time she lost the power of
speech almost entirely, and only,with
great difficulty made herself un'er-.
stood, The twitching of her muscles
was so bad, it was painful to see hen
After a long time and taking" a lot of
medicine, she seemed to improve,'
Bait she did not seem to get along as
she ought to, . In November, 1917, we
removed to Acton, and - in January,
1918, she was again confined to her
bed .with St. Vitus dance. She was
again in a terrible state and quite help-
less. She was under a doctor's care,
and while there was an improvement,
she was still very nervous, did not
look well and was always- tired. In
May, 1918, wo decided to try Dr. Wil-
-- limns Pink Pills, and see what,,,they
would Co far• her. She took them re-
gularly according to directions, and
after taking several boxes there was a
decided improvement. After a further
use of the pills she is now as healthy
a girl a,s you would wide to sec. She
is fat, with a line, healthy color and
is strong and lively, The neighbors,
to whom she is well known, remark
on the wonderful change in her ap-
pearance duce taking Dr, Williams
Pinta fills, Both her mother and my-
self are convinced that the pills. hale
done her a world of good as she'is
now far healthier than wo at one time
thought she ever would be.",
Far all trouble due to poor blood
and weak nerves there is no other
medicine can equal Dr. Williams Pink
Pills. you can get those -pills from
any deal'er in medicine, or by mail,
post pail!, at 50 cents a box or ,six
boxes for $2.50 from The Dr, tirillianis
Medicine Co,, Brockville, Ont.
Produce and conserve.
Canada has over 4,00(1 head of
buffalo in the Wainwright National
Park—the largest in the world. Start-
ed with 500. -
A Dominion park has- been estab-
lished along the new Banff -Winder-
mere highway, to be known as Koot-
enay Park. A portion of the land has
years in the house. to been transferred to the Dominion by
the old plexp experienced
handled and has j
not yet. experienced the shortage of ; by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 the province
z of the Railwayol3eltbia, and
�vill be
water which formerly occurred each cents a box from The Dr. Williams ahpudeo.
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
year hi the late summer and winter ,�,, ••._ ---�-
i3rock'r
months. The results at this plant e 0 1 e �2 Im 0 0
illustrate what reconstruction can ac-
complish for small plants operating The Britsh
wastefully, either through antiquatedd
equipment, leaky dams or other in- j the ,a herla
efficient works,
Facts About Canada.
Canada is the chief forest resource
of the British Empire.
Canada has the largest fresh water
body in the world, in Lake Superior,
31,800 square miles.
Halibut to the value of $100,784 was
caught in the northern waters of Bri-
tish Columbia in March, as compared
with $39,787 last year.
First school opened in . Canada at
Quebec ih. 1632. Grammar Schools
were founded in Upper Canada (now
Ontario) in 1807, and common schools
in 1816.
The Dominion Government has seg-
regated Southampton, • Mansel•. and
Coats islands, in the northern portion
of Iludson Bay, as reserves for rein -
0 England, --burdened sore, yet so divine!
We, thy loved daughters o'er the oceans wizdr,,
Whose blossoming thy bosom fills with pride,
Our hearts, our all, declare forever thine.
How thou hast loved us I and how carefully'
School'd us in Truth, and shielded us from harrn,
Till, grown to nationhood, we the world charm,
Which, marvelling at thy greatness, honors thee.
Dear, glorious, wondrous 1V iotherland,'whose womb
Gave unto earth the grandest empire knov,rn,
Tho Time ( kind Heaven forbid!) should its bond doom
Thy glory aye shall ;row thio" good seed sown,
Ours be vain Niobe's fate if we e'er prove
Forgetful of our debt, thy trust and lw fi ed Agtlanr xlunter.
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Canada
130,000 Jews,
Ilitiplying the Teens
There are several ways to multiply
mentally what are known as the teens.
One of the sinipliest is tQ add the unit
figures, regard the result as tens, in-
crease it by 100 and aced the product
of the units. Although that sounds
complicated, it is really very simple.
For example, to multiply 17 by 18,
first add 7 and 8. Regarding the result
--15—as tens, you get 150; Increasing;
that by 100, you get 250; ens adding
to that 7 multiplied by 8, wlhich s ,
yott get 300,the correct answer, To
multiply 12 by 13, first. add 3 and 2,•
Regarding . the . result----5-W-es• tens, you
get 50; increasing that by 100 you get
150; and adding to that 2 multiplied, -
by 3, which is 6, you get 150, By that
method you can multiply mentally" all
cumbers between 10 and 20. - .
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Montreal leads Canada in use :*
electricity industrially.
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