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PLANT SHRUBS. FOR THE BIRDS.
In setting cut shrubs this spring
keep the needs of the birds in mind.
It is -a wise policyto provide them
with early berries 'whose attractions
cep j1irni away from garden cherries
find small fruits, for they prefer wild
fruits.
Tho Dogwoods and the ,Honeysuckle
family, including the .Elde s and' the
Viburnums, possess, every character-
istic to commend them to the land-
scape gardener and the fruit grower,
and the cultivator of the "back yard."
There are both herbs and shrubs and
trees in the Dogwood family. All con-
tribute: their white blossoms to the
glory of spring time; while their fruits
come in assorted •• .colors and range
through bright scarlet, dark blue,.
light steel blue, bluish white and pure
white. Cornus, Alda (white fruited
l'logwood) has blond -red stems ' and
twigs throughout the winter; deepen-
ing in color towards` spring. The great.
Canadian favorite, . Redosier (cornus
gtolonifera) bears its fruit up to
March.
The Elders are prime favorite with
2oth bird and gardeners. The family
le one of the choicest among native
shrubs, It is deplorable that farmers.
destroy the elders, dogwoods, pasture
;roses, sumachs, etc., growing by
fences and waysides. Canadian fence
lines might be as beautiful'. as Eng-
lish hedgerows by the , exercise of
some. forbearance in uprooting native
shrubs in many instances. Redosier
spreads by underground shoots and
soon forms of itself a hedge which is
a joy to the eye the year round. The
American or Sweet Elder bears a
pleasantly -flavored purple berry in
Juno, July and August, while the red
berried Elder is still earlier, and even
more ornamental
Another attractive member of the
family is the Arrow -wood, or Maple
leaved Viburnum, ' which ' carries its
deep purple berries all winter and is
an object of beauty into late autumn,
its coloring, shading from dull red
into creamy white.—Laura B. Durand.
The Gift Of
BY PPaARI, FOLEY
(Copyright,)
CHAPTER IIh—(Cont"(1,) I A familiar voice fell on her ears.
"You will think me a harping boor, "Why, ,Rod, If it isn't Tu Iles, the
but when I thinit, of those boys, Gr""ace,', mandarin's niece; What in the world
the finest the world has produced, live cap ,she be doing here?" ,
ing and dying in that hell over, there 'Tu ?lee glanced up quickly. Her
for lack of men with an ounce of grit cheart gave a big leap as she reeogn-
in them, while I'm out of it foreverg fzed in the stylishly dreesed, woman
a useless clog po far as, the War is near her the American from the
concerned, T tell you 'a man needs to neighboring hill. "Plense, please," oho
get a mighty tight grip- on himself began, but her captors, impatient at
to stand it." her elow progrese, hurried her for,
'David, I'll bite you with words in i ward to .the inner corridor, Isere; she
another minute. How can you talk and Lan were thrust into what looked
so! You know' your mission here is to be a big bird cage, and shot rays.
important. It may lack the danger of terlously up through space. A queer
actual warfare, hut • the path isn't seesattonof falling swept over her.
clear for all that, German snipers She felt Lun's hand close tightly on
are ready even here to get you: Be her wrist, but her voice sounded far
patient with yourself just for awhile,' away. "It's the devil's spell they're
dear boy. It's, the reaetion after trench casting on us:" And 'then the hated
life. Let me give you another cup of foreigners brought her back to vivid,
tea. The Chinese,are past masters in fearful reality.
this art, to say `nothing ,of *their :culin-1 •''.This way, Miss?' Tu Hee found
try'talents. I'm ravenous whenever herself on the.. level with the floor
again. ,
"Hurry, darlin'," cried Lyn, "before
the bewitched floor goesup again."
Lan crowded against her mistress
aa'- Eche spoke,, and they movedme-
chanically, along the coir}dor, a;guard
in front and, behind them.
The room they entered was large
and richly furnished. Tu Hee saw at
a, glance it was a typical Western sit-
ting -room. The yesnger man >sum-
moned a servant by,pressing a button.
After instructing him in a low voice
he turned to Tu IIee, "Take a chair:
I guess we won't denya-woman-a lit-
tle comfort,
it-tle.comfort, even if she is an enemy,"
But Tu Iles might have been a sta-
tue for all the heed she paid to him.
'Damn clever acting," he muttered.
Lun,, who had been standing close
to her mistress, her hands working
nervously,'. now approached the offi-
cial, and shaking her clenched hand,
cried shrilly: "No actress—Missee':Tu
Hee belong great Wang Toy family.
You all be- lcillee:.'He great ''man—
hees servants, hundreds of ahem,
stickee..you through,"
Measles. - It is generally considered a I think' of their savory`, dishes.
disease of childhood but adults also ,,B47the way, David, I'm beginning
suffer from the malady.' It is not so to think Fate, has interposed en your
often contracted ihy adults because ran behalf after all and turned mamma
attack' in early life has made them into a hard-hearted parent for your
measles -proof. - .: sake, for you, certainly need looking
As meet experienced mothers know after.' ,
and as the •inexperienced should learn, Yes; its a_lucicy thing for Inc she
chose China as yourplaee of banish -
an attack of measles begins just like ment.:, Tough luck on you, though,"
a common cold, with •a cough, slight Grace smiled reminiscently, ,as she
sore throat and running of the nose. dropped the second lump •of 'sugar' in
It is only after three or four days;' of :David's tea. "Poor mamma, she has
these synaptoms that the rash comes forced herself to come to this heathen
out on the skin and the doctor is called land to enable my heart to mend, when
to see the child, the fact of the matter is it'hasn't even
The measles germ has' never :yet a ceaick in it and never had to my
been seen but observation and expert- knowledge. All my protests that
macre in monkeys teach > that it `is Rowers Langton and I were only pals
fell on deaf ears- So, behold, here I
present in the discharges of the„Mose am whirled to the other side of the
and throat of thepatientand may be world and enjoying the change, while
passed on in the tiny droplets sprayed poor mamma believes this is her put-
out in coughing and sneezing. When gator•y.”
such droplets, loaded as theymust be David Joined in her, laugh, and.
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with these germs are breathed in and Grace saw to it
DIET.
The individual himself is the only
person who can have an exact knowl-
edge of what foods agree with him
and what others disagree. If he has
not acquired this information- by'the
time he reaches thirty years of age,
he is either unintelligent or he has a
stomach- like an ostrich. -In the latter
case it matters -not what he eats or
when.
Every adult should learn, in the due
course of living, the'`particular limita-
tions and, vagaries (kincks) of his
own body in relation to food.
There are certain facts in regard -to
the specific action and uses of food,
which the average person has no oc-
casion to learn, but the knowledge of
this 11 of service to medicine;
Growth determines the food needs
in childhood, Food here must be se-
lected with regard to. their body
building capacity.
Few children in this country need to
suffer from any prolonged lack of the
kind and variety of food needed to
assist growth,_preserve health, arid
furnish adequate heat and energy.
Early adult life makes drafts on
vitality, energy, and heat -producing
functions of the body and a diet cap-
able
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able of restoring the daily'exP endi-
titres and maintaining such balance is
required. This varies with body
weight, climate, and bed condition—
Whether lean r Y
stent. The active
adult has functions increased and
eliminates wastes more -easily than
those engaged in occupations which
impose a8. In reat deal of sitting, -
g
feeding due allowance must be made
for these conditions.
that the series ness
a
did'trot ereep-back.tohis eyes for the
settle in the air passages of one who next half hour at least.
has never had measles,, the -;germs
quickly make themselves at " home.
They find their way into' the blood,
increase rapidly in numbers, ,and at
the end, of about ten days the sufferer
begins to cough as if with a Bold. In
reality, it is the beginning of an at-
teckof measles. The disease is passed
along from one to others by the dis-
charges of the mouth and nose.
The measles germ is present in the
secretions of the throat and nose from
the very start of what may be called
the measles` cold,which, as already
mentioned, begins about three or four
days before the measles rash begins
to break out. ;
As we feel : sure that the germ is
passed along in the tiny droplets of
liquid sprayed out in coughing and.
sneezing it would seem to be a• simple
matter to prevent the spread of the spection since: the mumps'; -
iease. In reality:health officials are ' Ah—er—the fadt'is, I was just
almodisease. thinking,Grace, in England it. is quite
they arewith
helplesse for in -preventing it as customry for first cousins to marry,
they are µwith the "flu"for the same you know."
reason that the damage is done before. A :distressed flush crept over the
the true nature - of the beginning girl's face, and toDavid's surprise she
"cold'.' is suspected. The -best that Jumped from her chair and stood with
can be done le ,to keep children with her back to him, looking over the bal-
colds • from mingling with- others at cony railing.., '
David rose. Crossing to her side
he covered the small' hand resting on
the railing with his own. "Forgive
me, •Grace, dear, I wasn't speaking
lightly. You are the best little pal a
fellow •ever. had, arid I'd consider my -
"Have you noticed that feather -
footed porter, David? He's been pro-
viding me with no end of amusement
the last ten minutes. -If we weren't
so matter of fact I'd say he took us
for lovers. Poor chap, he doesn't'. know
we are merely prosaic first cousins.".
David turned ruminating eyes on
her. It dawned on him thathe had a
very pleasing, nay, raviehlng, - picture
opposite him. The brown eyes were
glinting teasingly, and, the breeze was
twining the stray tendrils of hair into
soft curls. The blush of health glow-
ed warmly under the tan, and;. two
dimples lurked tantalizingly,,;:one in
the left cheek and the other' in, the
round chin. A senseof something
missed dawned on him at the sante
time as the realization of her beauty.
"David, for mercy's, sake are you
trying to count the freckles on my
nose? I haven't had such a close in-
MEA.SLJDS.:
'Few individuals ,reach adult ,age
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without leaving had an attack of
Mr. Man—
You foe/ Lifobuoy's hoalthinees
right down into the pores. ,
After Lifebeoy — you fool
climber than you have ever felt
beforo,
Tho delight end comfort of
1111511 Lifebuoy aro :famous
eros ad
a tho 'world.
00, odesr ,oa hbe
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HEALTH 50AP
home, in school or in.,public 'places.
Those actually sick should be kept
away from other people until the rash
has all gone. ' This is best done in a
somewhat darkened comfortably
warm- room,, the: air of which should .self •the luckiest chap in Christendom
be, kept moist and soothing to the air if--"
passages by means of pans of water "Stop, please, David, stop, You
or by wet sheets orblankets which d
outsaying.realize what you are
may advantageously be hung across
doorwoys.
MUSIC HELPS THE MIND.
Says' a leading educationist con-
cerning the value of music:
I' cannot= think of : an ideal home
You are just lonely and unsettled
after your terrible ,experiences over
there. I'm not the girl' for you. No,"
as David took her arms and turned
her towards him.
'Grace I ` am lonely, desperately
lonely- Will you marry me''
A sudden glow lit up the girl's face,
without music, for it would aural be, which aa suddenly faded, but it -crept
ver" incomplete without it. To me as and answermade ed:
"Dear
bothe'by,
1 n eyes,
„y �,� she answered: "Dear boy, T missed
the beauty of music cannot be •de- the real foundation of your proposal
scribed in words. There sedans to be then, the words 'I- love you.' Loneli-
no state of mind that one can be in in ness isn't love, David, dear, No,
'which` music is not welcome. Even in say tt, You may think you do, but a
Lun's excited harrangue provoked
loud,. hilarious guffaws from the two
men'which, hoever, became suddenly
hushed ass,the door opened. Standing
erect, they saluted the young British
officer, who entered, accompanied by
The younger man, as usual, was the
spokesman.` "We have captured the
mysterious'Fraulein Kleiser,'sir. You
will find her acting superb. Her in-
nocent demeanor . would hoodwink the
devil himself, beggin' your pardon,
miss,"•and he apologetically bowed to
the girl.
ReluctantlyDavid Marsden:' ap-
proached thcaptive. Tu' Hee was
anding with her back to him., She
had not moved'' a: muscle -since enter-.
ing the room: David was a little non-
plussed at the stiffness of her attitude.
He wondered if he • were diplomat
enough to deal with a graven image.
As he paused in front of the slight,
girlish form he gave a perceptible
start. "Why, Creighton, what do you
mean? This is a mere child."
"Wonderful make-up, sir."
Embarrassment and a sort of hum-
iliation'-grew on David as he noted
the beauty and youth before him. His
eyes dwelt fascinatedly on the long
curling lashes, and sudden Impatience
seized him to see what the drooping
lids` concealed. `Innocence, he felt in-
stinctively, would
n-stinctively,'would leap at him could he
but induce those 'white lads to flutter
back. His impatient desire mastered
him, and impulsively he leaned to-
wards 'the, motionless form, "Won't
you please look at me?"
The white lids fluttered, and, David
looked into two eyes, the blueness of
which dazzled him. He' had seen many
blue eyes, had received softest smiles'
r
and
sauciest sparkles from m the
m and,
had turned away lightly and 'uncon-
cerned, but these were different. He
wanted to look and keep on looking,
and mixed with his desire was .a
bafflingfeeling that he might gaze
and search forever and still never
fathom their depths.
Was an electric current attaching
itself to To. Hee also? At first, hum-
iliation that a man dared look at her
with manner so unabashed swept over
her and dwarfed every other feeling.
She felt powerless to look away, how-
ever. The piercing grey eyes held hers
open against her will. Then fear grip-
ped her. An impulse she had never
experienced before, and yet seemed to
have belonged to her for aeons, took
possession of her, and with a little
cry she dealt' the brown face so near
her own a stinging blow.
She paid no attention to the startled'
cry of the foreign woman who Sprang
Reward. :A -sense of savage pleasure
parted her lips, as she saw the trickle
of blood discoloring the brown of the
face, where her jewelled nail shield
had broken the.flesh, -She was seized
roughly by the' tyvo officials, but she
was no longer afraid:. She had struck;
a' hated foreigner. Why had her nail
shield not been poisoned! Oh, why did
they tortureher so?" Her wrist was
caught asitia vise, The taintof their
touch would never wear off. Would
they kill :her, or would they give her
time to'clo it hersalf and enter eternity
In' theHighlands;
In the highlands, ir4 the country Places
Where the old `Warn melt nava cosy
feee a,
Alid the yonn(i fair maidens quiet eyee,
Where essential etlonco chills mid
blesses,
And for syer to the hill re008085
Her more lovely inusie
Al•ood5 Lula tilos-•-
o to mount again whole orst I haunted,
Whore tire old rod Bills are bird -en-
chanted,
And the low green meadows
Bright with sward;
And Se -see oven dies, the million -tinted
And tate night has -conte, and planets
glinted,
Lo, tate valley hollow
Le mp•bes tarr'd,
0 to dream, 0 to awake and wander
There, ,end with delight to take and,
'rgniler,
Through the trance of silence,'
Qu let' breath!
Lo, for there among the flowers and
grasses,
Only the, mightier movement sounds
and passes;
Only the winds and rivers,
Life and death.
Robert Louts Stevenson.
ARecognition.
Royal al Reco "
His Royal Higltnes: the Prince of
Wales has 'graciously added itis contra-
button to. the progress.•of forestry in
Great Britain ancl the Empire general
ly, in his aceptance of the office of
Provident of the Empire Forestry As
soelation. He presided on Mara. lst
at the annual meeting of the-Assoc1a-
tion, which was -held at the Guildhall,
London, England, In moving the adop-
tion of the annual report of the Conn-
ell of the Association, ,be said in part:
`fI have had, the°last three years, un-
rivalled opportunities. of realizing the
vast timber resources of our Empire
and of actually visiting lumber mills`
in
Canada and Australia. Without a
cheapsupply of timber, any prbgres-
'sive community, must face disaster,
having regard, to the many needs we
have for timber in 'everyday life, for
which a regular and cheap .supply is
:essential. This, 'however, eau be se-
cured only by cies° attention' to forest-
ry in all its aspects.
"If we aro to accept the evidence of
those who have made a study of the
rate of consumption of timber, the
world within the next twenty years
will be faced with "a timber shortage,
If not an actual famine. No time'must
be lost in making provision for future
supplies, steps must -be taken to re-
plant the -vast forest areas devastated
during the war, estimated in Great
tain alone: ' at one million acres, of
which probably net five per cent, have
been replanted. ..
"The need for systematic forestry
Twat be more fully realized and - the
doctrine of self -regeneration of forests
no longer relied on as the eel() means
of, propagation." - -
the Bible we read that David- played
on the harp for Saul to quiet his
troubled mind. We need music every'
day in our home more than in any,
•other place for, the good of our mind
and body. ,,
"The benefits of music are, also
reaching the hospitals, the homes of
the sick, and busy'peopleafter a hard
day's work find it refreshing to come
home and hear its soothing strains.
"We also enjoy music in our homes
of learning—the schools. The school
orchestra and the songs we sing in
assembly mattes us feel more like
starting out on the day's study in an
excellent mood."
Splendor In Excess.
'"The first carpet ever seen Ina Ne
vada town," says an old-timer, "was
in a parson's house, One ,day a' little
'Toney came froth the preacher's Homme
folks back East. With. 11 the parson
bought the ,cotton; his wife shun -it,
had it woven' and painted over in oil
colors, with a gay border around the
edge and groupsof flowers in the
''When the carpet was laid, the pee.
pie were astounded at the magnifi-
cence.of the,preacher's parlor. One
old chap, stopping at the door, was
afraid to enter.
" `Walk in,' said the parson.
"'1 cant' said the old fellow, "With-
out steppiu' 011 11. Do yo' think,' ;he
added, in wondering admiration, "yo
kin have all that and heaven, toe' "
•
".So the boss Is gtiug tr star Y(11.10
a vamp part" t'e0Ct 8 _ ranter? 1 sawn lee
Yoti had to -convince liinl )ioti. co lid
act the part?'
"No, His wife toavineed !ilii!
girl usually knows the signs of: the
fatal inalady. As you say, I'm a good
pal. 'Let me remain that always."
"You don't.care, then?", There was
a hurt, apxious note in David's;: tone..
"Not yet, thank heaven. Please help
meto keep from caring, David, ,dear.''
Turning from him she pointed across
the , street: ' "There's' mamma with
Major Bennett on her •bait, 'Poor
mamma, neither one of us will have
any peace 'til she -has inc in the net."'
" A discreet cough caused ,them to
turn, A. Chinese servant bowed be-
fore them
e-forerthein and apologetically announc-
ed that the master was wanted in his
sitting -room.
"Who wants me, Meng?"
"Tallee man black hair lip and
glasses: • Chinese lady; will she:"
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When the se'vant lady,
disappeared',
after much profuse kotowing for the
cash lie had:received,-David twined to
Grace. looks as though"Creighton
is going to draw me into some secret
service work: Word', has come from
England that a ' German spy in the.
guise of a Chinese'"woman is at large
here, after doing some dastardly wook
he Europe, I wouldn't be surprised if
he has landed' something. There may
be some excitemeht. Perhaps you
hadn't better come up."
"Oh, please,, David, have pity on my
lifeof inertia! Pil promise not to
scream or use profane language, even
though my fury urges me to scratch
the creature's eyes out, Don't' deny me
an opportunity to sec a domineering
Hun become crestfallen."
"Come then. clang it's being a wo-.
man, though."
CHAPTER IV.
As the car drew up in front of the
foreign hotel, Tu Hee's stoical calm
broke Si little and she ,shrank buck,
when the door was opened for leer --to.
alight.
Coyne, miss, our tune is valuable.
Act peaceably and it will be better
for ,you in .the long risk."
Grasping Lint's hand lightly she at1-
campanied the amen through the
cro`w'ds at the entrance. Aihum ed and :be boiled;'
bewildered, she kept her eyes doWe- _
cast, Poor child, suddenly and with Ile ,who;<tut take td1 to t 'is some -
out: any preparation, She had been
thrust Into a . trange world,' The net tinges greater than he who can give 10.
was closing tighter on her every min- -
t eat- tanto.. t
Sleet ' t
dared not
ntc: f�
• till she Crochet andFancyNeedle' come. \\µi.4 i1 flit!, this 117ek n jT C�V4�14161u t� l\\,4�A6"
wondered, that she lend bleak, tstcd
with Uncle Vona, after which they Workers.;Wanted '
had walked se gaily in the garden"! A n • '
mist tn°er leer eyes warned that tears \\'o s ti your '{tooda 00 'eonefgnment
were very near. '"list would be a sign out-of-town, send stantp for 1~dply Lin°
of weakness: Whatever the gods will- ge :e and SlfeelnitySi>xrp, 110 -Danforth'
ed must be met With fortitude, Avenue, Termite, 1
And theta a clear ,esti, -reachedher
cars, She wasn't heeding, but some-
how this voice, musical and resonant,.
reminded' her of temple bells, •soothing,
deep, and. clear. It was i.he foreign
officer. He was in front of, lier-again,
He was angry too, but riot at her. How
strange! ' 1te was ordering the men
to release her. Tu 'Hee peered more
Closely. The blood on his face fascin-
ated her. What a deep gash she had
made. Ilei• head scented queer—the
foreign officer was swaying away
from her. I -Io might bleed to death,
Fumbling in her dress she hold out a
tiny piece Of 'embroidered sills. But.
he had gone Everything Was black
--perhaps she 'was dying
(To he continued,)
Mixing Up the Baby.
The inventor of a eew feeding -bottle
for Infants sent. oat :the -followings
among his 'directionsto moLb,ers:
"When the baby ie done drinking it
meat be taascrewed and laid in a tittel
place and?cr the hydra.rt• 11 the baby,
trees not thrive on fresh milk, 10c11eula
Not Ready.
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Companion—"Get up, Clara, get up
at once. A man has broken into the
house!"
Miss Pass�ay—"I'm up, my dear, I'm
up! But what have you done with the
rouge box, I'd like to know?"
Canadian
Trade
Italy
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Following the recent trade treaty whether they passthrough direct or are
concluded between France and Canada unloaled.
In the last fiscal year Canada's total
er phase of the preferen
and as acerb p trade with Italy. amounted value, to
tial.:trade rogr`am "arranged for'-Sn f, ich exports emount-
P $18,723,1'88, o wh i
Europe by Canadian ninisters, 'the ed to 115,335,818 and°imports to only
terms of a 'similar favored nation $1,387,370. Almost the entire volunfe
treaty . between the Dominion and of exports was, attributable to vege-
Thou ,h the table products, consisting 'mainly - of
Italy aro announced.tc p ,
clauses are brief. they are extremely grain and $our; wbloh hadea value of
parent- t other•t o'ini-
full and. comprehonaive; and apparent- $14,643,787, whilst he . W
uld'-d,esir a It s' .were animal : "roduets, •:
ly all that either eruct', co portant � p, „
to ,foster a mutual expansion ofctrade. which; totalled 1871,214, and nonpmetal-
Canada's export trade with Italy has lif erous minerals totalling $103,625,
undergone one a surprising expansion, es- Curiously Canada's greatest item of
g p
tial- since: the outbreak of the'war; import , was in vegetable "products,
pe Y
at is -calculated to further amounting to .747;480, feilewed by
and the treaty 5,
the same µtextiles to the value of $322,
stimulate •this.trafiic, and at fibre
time, through' facilitating the entry-of056 and non -metalliferous minerals
Italian goods to Canada, augment the worth, $117,004.
from 2 C nadian;Italian trade
volume of the Dominion's'mports A survey ,o a
ti• - li :effects of: the now; in the last fifteen' years or sediscloses
thateelln,. Y ,Te.,, .:.. :. ,.
treat are eneraily sunim�edup in tb'e± the fact '• that whilst Canada's import
y g..
concluding clause, which, states that' trade ±has remained more or less -at a
in, all matters "governing 'the import, standstill there has been a surprising
e Domini
export and transit of merchandise lnereas.e in the volume of th
Ital grants to- Canada and Canada on's.expert'trade. In_ the year 1910
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grants to Italy the treatment :'of the the total volume of Canadian -Italian
most favored nation. Articles, the pro- trade was 11,774,761 in value, of which,.
duce. or manufacture of Canada, im Canadian imports accounted for $945, -
ported into Italy and similar, Italian 243 and exports $829,508, giving Italy
commodities imported into Canada, a small favoroble trade balance. By
shall ,not be subjected' to higher. or: 1916 imports from Italy had. increased
other duties: than these paid on' the to $1,507,548 and exports -to 11,340,910.
same 'commodities from �-otih r'coun By the year 1920. imports, had declined
tries, and similarly no prohibition: or to $999,040 and exports increased to
restriction shall be mutually imposed the surprising total of $16,959,557.
Which is. not equally extended to other While in 1921 there was only a rola-
countries. Articles from either coup- tively small increase in the value of
try passing in transit through, the imports,` export value had increased by
country` of the other shall be recipro- more than. three times and amounted
tally free- from :all transit duties to $57,758,343,
Floating Lands for Home
Sites -in Holland
Of all the' countries of Europe, Hol-
land affords,' perhaps, the best example
of how the topography of a country
affects the habits of ate people; and in-
fluences their lives: A considerable
portion of the Low Country lies below
the level of 'the sea, pond it was to re-
sist its cruel. invasions that the gigan-
tic levees; or dikes, were built. Never -
the less, some of the flooded regions,
periodically inundated by the sea, have
been ivater-logged for' centuries, and
one of these is the province of Overl's-
eel. Perhaps its quaintest. spot is the
floating; village of Giethoorn, . Taking
advantage of the condition of the soli,
these hardy Dultcliinen have' learned
how to cut away seotions of turf, and
then float -thein -to the shot where they
are wanted. Considerable- skill, cif
course, 1s'necessary 'to escape a duck-
ing, because the footing is uncertain
and slippery and 'the 'marshland !le•
coptive and treacherous. Poles, about
12 feet in length, ,are employed to
shove off the floating 7iome 'sites,
which aro crit away beyond the village
lthett5'and then guided to' town- Some
work. efchi•
8 or 10 men' follow this
sively and, naturally, are very adept
in the handling of their poles and the
"islands" in their, charge. Giethoocti
has been built up it this manner.
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Goats in Alberta.
lberta.
Goat statistics aro not to be found
in the livestock figures of the Domini-
on of Canada ae the 'raising of these
animals In Canada has never- reached
a status warranting Sts- inclusion. The
only province Where goat raising has
beconee.thoroughly established- and
,where It bas arrived at undoubted suc-
cess is British Columbia. Here there
are approximately 5,000 or these ani-
mals, which have increased to these
proportions from an original herd of
200 head imported from the United
States in 1917, whilst a goat breeders'
association. in the province formed in
the same year with a membership of
176, now has more than 400 adherents,
With its favorable conditions in
manysections there seems -:no good
reason • why the Prairie •Provinces
should not have a flourlsiting goat. in-
dustry, especially since this pursuit
has proved 5-0 profitable in the pro-
vince across the mountains. Alberta
has at length, its pioneer in W. A.
Schroeder, who came from Switzer-
land and settled near McLeod, and has
since' been engaged in proving the-
feasibility of the goat -breeding nidus
try In Southern Alberta and the profit
'.to be found therein which he would
concliisiv-ol .
seem rto�ha0ve.do ito Y
I u g
Ile. has one h hired^ oats, and with,
this substantial, Lerd, '.1s following
along the &auto piinclple's:of domostio'
dairying that: have for generations
been so successful in Switzerland. Ile
is .snaking fifty lotmds of butter and
oti,eeto'e every week, which lre,sends to
the -McLeod and Calgary nearkets,.
where it sells on even terms with. the
ordinary dairy brands. An advantage
in this industry lies in the claim t a
one gallon of goat's milk, will make as
muahi' cheese as two gallons of- cow's
milk,'. and each animal` .averages a
quart a't a nelnlasily laig.
Goats are eraised a Alberta,
according to Mr. Schroeder, who first
experimented with slieep,.espeeiallyon
hilly or broken -land 'such as is found
in certain sections of the province.
They aro economicalto keep because
they feed largely on brush and ,weeds,
the snow offering no deterrent to rust- ,
ling, whilst they seldom fall victims to
coyotes. The meat of the goat comes
under the class of wild game, and: Trona
ten to twelve pounds of tallow are pro-
duced from each carcass. The pelts
when well tannedare waterproof and
have a good commercial valuer
Mr, Schroeder's experiments have
been watched with a good deal of in-
terest throughout Albertaand his pre-
sent herd is in rather general demand,
for foundation stock for other herds..
Some have gone as far' north as the
Peace River country, where a'minia•
tura goat -dairying industry is in pro•
cess of being •establisihed. Now that
It has secured its tart and certain
proven advantages have been proven
for It, there.is every possibility of the
goat -raising- industry becoming esttb-
lislnecl ori •the :prairies- of Western
Canada, -•.
•
A novel boat, Novstis 1 1 Boat-. p
tout pro ellen and
`
steered ,by jets of water ejected from
z motor -driven pump in .any direction;
desired by the navigator of the craft,
After Every Meal
in we S k or
gitlay,'It igives
the poi's'e and
stein ;rix8eS i that
mean success.
.It Ira Ips dQgllestfon,,
allays thffrtsl, keep
stag the µneat!► µomit
and moist, iIIC 0Rnrona
s iuselne seRcasreal
and Innla to and ilia
noar',v,as at ease.
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