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HOW I MDE DOLLA.R.S FROM join each other; haying a small kit -
DELPHINIUMS. . ehen; traveling table; having tables
I had alWays loged fussing about the right height; oil -stove; electric
with flowers, so when I needed some lights; eleetric iron and electric
extra money I deerded to utilize my washer. What is your pet lalsor-
,
gardening experience. I Mvested V saver7
In seeds of perennials, including fay-orites, I
snch as hollyhocks, delphin-I LOVE'S LABOR.
iums, columbines, and BO Oil, all of I love the "homey" little thipgs ,
which are easily raised from -seed. I I-Ier hands of mine have made,
orderedthe seeds from a first-class And cherish, too, the joy it brings
house, for skimping in seed -buying is To know that Love, with folded -wings
folly. - „I Is with us, 'UM raid.
sowed them early in shallow box- • For life is full of little cares
es, where I could shade and water To fret us if we will,
them better than if they Were in the But each with each the labor shares
open grcituld, ' When the needlings And every day its burden bears
were reedy they were transplanted
into rows, ,and kept weeded andecelti-
vated. Early next spring I had a
stock of vigorous young plants ready
for sale.'
In addition, to my own stock I had
the.chance to buy very cheaply a large
quantity of gladiolus bulbs of ten dif-
ferent varieties. These I sorted dver
and put three or four varietiee to-
gether, offering them thus assorted by
the dozen. In addition I already pos-
sessed a' stock of ,violets chrysanthe-
mums, arabis, daisies, polyanthus, and
the like, which I had divided at the
proper time and multiplied into a
With calm and kindly skill.
The shelf behind the kitchen door,
The cushioned window seat,
The braided rug` upon the floor
And linen things embroidered o'er
Have made our lives Mdre sweet.
Because they Mark the tender thought,
And hearts atuned have learned
The finer lesson that is taught
By "homey" thinks our hands have
wrought ,
The joy love's labor earned.
' —Charles Dien.
A COMPLEXION - SPECIALIST
TALKS ABOUT COSMETICS.'
number of -thrifty young plants, with
the result that I had a -fair Variety I remember visiting an Indian Prin..
ofreliable. garden flowers. . , cess and she asked my opinion of her
That season my plants yielded "make -hp" over which she had taken
$25.60, simply through selling among special Pains for me. As she used
the neighbors in the district,' :The eea:m.etYlue more ' moderately than
gladioli realized about half as much most orientals I said that I thought
it'
again over the $10 they cost. In ad-
very natural looking. Her dark
Fliien I had rows `'and 'rows of them eyes clouding and tears choking her
voice, she exclaimed, SO I ave had
for 'my own pleasure- and for 'stock " h
,fed the following year: all my trouble for nothing!"
The 12 worth of seed grew into over Cosmetiques really all for a study
$20esho:romoio'gor of thy $25.60 corns of art. To understand the matching
ing from plants' Which by diviSion, of tones, and to'get-a clear' conception
of the great artists' ideals of beauty,
I made it long tour through Europe's
most f amens picture galleries. With-
out this I don't think 1 ,sliould ever
have realized how subtle is the matter
of coloring, and whats a variety is
needed in -all beentifiers---rouges, lip-
tintg, eye shadows, Powders, and even
preparations for. the, arms, throat,
shoulders and hands. Each cemplex-
ion, front the'cleepest olive brunette to
the 'palest blonde Calls for tones that
harmonize with its ovhs, color Scheme.
To learn, all ethis, or rather M begin
to, has meant. long years of, study.
main in the. greund ,:untilsthey are
• Wasted.
./ eftend piece; rhcm, side antP 'TiOW> 'Perhaps. 1. study f'shore
by side in a shallow trerieli.and rake earnestlY and Persistently, evensthan
earth` over the roots. -I mark each, when I was a giri—lha fever for
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trench astovariety, color and name. knowledge eized once and It grows—
It is then easy M take out the plants but 'there, is one great e'emPensatien
when, Wanted, anis lifting retardsfor the continuoue labor, the strain
growth, so that they. are -in. a better and responsibility which. compose a
eqndition, for late planting.beauty specialist's life. This is the
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!/ , think 'that in every commun y it gratitude and the responsiveness of
hereiro6In'for at lealit one 'person the many hundreds of thousands of , iCnIver shook his head. "Too deadly
t' s'
to make considerable pocket Money by women to whom her help is vital --for a weapon for the -worst thief."
getting ready plant's that:other people beauty is of, ten the deciding factor in "Ah, you no understand. You take
like and ,want, yet neVer, taise for a woman's happiness—and the intrin_ this box to. China -r -news spread—rob-
theingelves, either irons not knowing sic joy of creating the one thing that bers keep away from sacred ruby,
makes the grey, drab world -after all fle-Ss? b'oxT.heli'liseayy;c-bahroeuds—anndot doeilieclarlsine
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CHAPTER V. (Cont'd4
The Chinaman seated hitneelf ;Where
Culver had been, ,and repeated the
same' finger movements. This time
the result Was a slight click, and Cul-
ver's mystified gaze saw the top of the
table fly back, diselesing whet appear-
ed to be the inside of a large jewel
CRSO. But instead of the delicate tints
on which 'jewels usuallsi fest, the M-
ettle ef this was padded with black
Satin, and on its centre, in rather
singular contrast, reeted a box of
green jade about firm inches sentare.
Tung Yung toughed:another spring
and the square of glees protecting the
box slid back like a panel, leaving
Just enough space for it to ba lifted
out. He than took from another
drawer in the table a sinall glass -jar
with a perforated top, from which he
dusted 'his. hands. with a fine, yellow
powder,
Culver, impatient at what he con-
sidered' unnecessary ceremony, bent
Over the green box. He Was about to
teach out' a finger to. run over the
filllOah surface of this strange piece
of antiquity, when hoarse cry rang
through the room and he was reughly
brushed aside. He etraighteried up,
lgoking at the Chinaman' in surprise.
Tung Yung was livid and , Culver
noticed the hand which still, grasped
his arm trembled. " -
"You touch, that bol; you die!"
The. man's shuddering tone made
clear he was stating an undoubted
fact rather -than a threat,' but Culver
jestingly interpreted the latter.
"I see you prize the jewel box
highly, Mr. Tung Yung," he replied
lightly, "but 1. assure .you ray desire
for it isn't outsOf legitimate proper -
had supplied from My own steckrThe
_ °Utley in tiro° was small, by far the
larger proportion being Spent in sell-
ing rather than. inegrowing. The sell-
ing NVIIS the part I liked least. A wo-
man with a turn for bfisiness should
easily make much more than I did.
" I found it pays to have the plants
yrell-growb. • If you are near a large
town you may haveto sell a little be-
low regular 'prices. I don't expect
early orders., People just naturally
vvon'te order early While planta are
dormant; I allew the plants -to re -
But the Oriental didn't smile. In-
stead, it was in awed and impressive
tones he explained: "You not under-
stand me, Dr. Culver—you would
laugh at me, That jewel protector
deadly. A man tench it and he die
unceasingly. No, that not the word.
You 'scare my English away. What
I want to say is, he die for sure. It
was meant to be that way. It thou-
sands years old—and killed hundreds
people.'
.Culver listenedin amazement to the
man's statemerit. The old weird, mys-
tic influence of the East seemed all
at once to fill the room, and his eyes
rested on the piece. of jade as though
they were watching as sleeping reptile.
"This box," continued Tung Yung,
"once belonged to the Empress Woo
Wang. My family its custodian for
thousand years."
"Rather ,a disturbing article to have
lying about. ` How do you hypnotize
its deadly in:Titmice, Mr: Tung Yung,
if I may ask?" '
"This gold powder is the antidote.
So long as I have this on' hands
I can handle it as much as I please."
As he spoke, the Chinaman lifted the
case and turned it about for Culver's
inspection. Suddenly both hands clos-
ed over-the.box and he leaned towards
his interested spectathr and whispered
impressively -in his ear: "What I just
tell you, Dr. Culver, is great secret.
Only possessors of tre two sacred
rubies must ever liTIOW. You soon to
be custodian of my country's great
relic, so I tell you, see?"
Tung Yung, apparently satisfied
with' Culver's murmur of appreciation,
once again turned his attention to the
bOx, Culver watched interestedly as
the Chinaman touched a concealed
spring, at which the top of the box
flew back, disclosing softly tinted
green satin on which the dragon with
a thousand eyes was embreidered in
pUre gold. . ,
F"It's a wonderful piece of -work,
Mr. Tung Yung," conceded Culver,
"but in this base it is true that beauty
is only skin deep. It is almost too
gruesome a thing to live, with,
,"You not care to have it?" question -
lege, while 'his keen grasp of world
problerhs sometimes made them hold
their breath ang Wender if he was.not
deatined to hol up the torch for tho
Old World, the pagan world of China,
But -their creation a future ideals
was clouded when in the Spring of
1916 this youth, who was destined for
great things, stood before there` and
calmly announced that his place waS
on the soil of France, where he Would
do his infinitesimal Part to . stop the
hordes of evil from engulfing, the,
world,
Neither Neil Culver nor Irma Mur-
mured against' his decision, but tho
giother hunger In Irma's eyes could
not be concealed. As she looked at
the slim,' clear-eyed youth, and saw
high resolve Mid duty to the 'death
written on his face, terror., of the
inevitable gripped her, and turning
bevvildered M her husband she cried!
"Neil, Neil, why does Ood covet our
very beat? It is cruel, cruel!"
For the next few weeks, artificial-
ity, that hinnen mask, hated above
all things by the Culver, reigned sus
preme in their household. Sometimes
they even succeeded in deceiving each
other with it. Paul's gaiety appeared
so ',spontaneous, his Western wit so
ready', that his foster -parents con-
gratulated theineelves that the an-
guish their ,e(mls were undergoing
was known only to themselvee.
Irma watched over the boy those
lasg days as ,though he were her baby
of three again. When Paul had voic-
ed his resolve it seemed. the second
death knell to her hopes had been
sounded. The uselessness, the inanity
of trying to live to oneself came and difficult of solution.. This Is prob-
stronger upon her as she limited into ably attributable. in the main to the
the wide brown eyes, in whose depths continued dominance in nurnberS of
L
res.
VVHERE THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF. YORK SPENT THEIR
" HONEYMOON
The lovely' Surrey home of Hon. Nit' ' a Richard Greville where the ItoYal
. , • ' •
Pridal pair anent, ,their honeymoon, It Is Polesdon Lacey, near Desiring,
famored that Mrs. GI -ovine, who /6' an Intimate friend of the -Queen; 18 to
make the Duke Of York heir to -a considerable part of her ver,' great fortunes,:
Peoples That iVi,ahe Up the
As 'Great, As My
Mother Thinks Me
,
"1 will try to be as great .as ms,
Mother thinks I am." I am sure that
the man who has- this motto banging.
OD his, wall ie a better man, a, bigger
of foreign races. Toa very high and man than
he would have been but for
',leasing extent the progress of the It has meant for liira through all
Dorninion has been signally free from the years, fru° boyhood. to manhood,
other lands arid proVed so irritating How often we hear 'people in every
those racial and national . problems tile biggest ideal by which he 'could
which haveb t thed '• 1 f pattern his, life
' • • w
Comedian NatiOri.
Canada/ as a new country, achiev-
ing her deVelopment largely through
the introduction of flew peoples. front'
many lands,las se far in her history
compelled the adMiration and at times
envy of other young countries similar-
lY situated through the eqUable and
highly satisfactory manner in, Which
she has accomplished the assimilation
glimmered the beacon light of already,
thousands of the world's youth, and
the' barrier of inevitable' sacrifice
stretched before her,
But the months passed and Paul's
the two great races which founded the
nation and accomplished its earl,' de-
velopMent—the Anglo-Saxon and the
French.
The increase in Canadian popula-
young life had not been laid on the ,
altar of sacrifice. Instead, the risen! ton in the ten years 1911-1921 was
had now come that he had gone smil- 1,581,840, or. 21.95 per cent., as com-
ing and with head erect into the veryipared with an increase of 34.1'7 per
jaws of death, which had notgclosed cent. in the previous decade. Further
on him—had covered the retreat and particulars of the last Canadian cen-
saved the 'lives °f. his .eemrades• sus just published diselose the fact
France had invested him. with her , -
that 'Canadian development continues
Sort of vocation say, "I never could
have done thrs thing but for thy moth-
er. She believed in me encouraged
me, when, !others saw nothing In me.
Her faith In ray ability SllpSorried mo
in all sorts of hardships, troubles, 'and
disappointments!'" Thonras A. Edison,
now in his seventy-s.eventh year, a man
who has done,i(10113 than any other iii
his generation to eliminate drudgery
from life and -add to its comforts and
conveniences, says:
My mother was the making of Me.
She was so true. so sure of fue; and 1
highest•honor and Britain's King had , - . felt that I had smile ene to live for;
pinned the, Victoria Cross -on , his in - -
a very gratifying 'manner' to be . 1110 , . —
isio0mn: oornnelIanmst wnootriduls0aypeproltv.0 ptit10-
1ttributable to ite. two first
the news, gvhile her old regime tossed races and that more than 83 persent.0.
similar generous tribute to the rnotheie
breast, China herself had thrilled at largely a
—the sacred ruby of the East. . British and French racial stocks. In to do great things for mankind. -
'`• tl i 'S 11 ti th t led them
its most precious heirloom at his feet of Canada's population in 1921 was f Iv.°
majority of frail humans, -who believe and French races constituted hetWeeti uco—"I wile try to be MI great as, mY
would all take this for our
the 1911 census the. combined British If.. We
ITEM began to hope again. Like the
their possessions have in some inys,-, 81 and 82 per cent., which illustrates In111°ather thinks I ani' Vrhat a 71{Tad'er-
that d p'te" the flow froin other coun- fu1. world this, would be!. What super-
terious wa.Y the special gnardianship
to do it or from lack of tini
is 'surprising how many people will
hay plants if they. Isnd* they can get
their: when they want them.—M. For-
est Victoria, B.C.
LABOR -SAVERS.
"What is the greatest labor -savor
that 'you have in your ' home?" was
asked at a home improvement meet-
ing. Here are SOMO answers: Using
small rugs instead of one large one;
using a chamois,for Washing windows
and mirrors; a high stool in the kit-
cherir hooks to hang utensils where
they .are needed; drop -shelves til sup-
plenient table space; having the sink
higher than the plumber had ever
seen before; a wire dish drainer; oil-
cloth on shelves; wire dish -cloth;
elimination of thresholds; a dustless
dust mop; having sink and stove ad -
worth while—beauty !—Helena Rub-
instein. .
WHEN TO SALT VEQETABLES
If salt is added to the water ip
which vegetables- are cooked, it will
impro•ve their color and flavor. Much
less mineral matter is dissolvedout in
the process of cooking if salt is added
when the cooking begins, rather than
when it is nearly_ finished. When
vegetables are wilted and likely to be
tough, it is sometimes better to add
the salt when they are done.
Water Clocks. ' --
The Egyptian' Government's gift to
the Science Irtusettra at So-uth Ken-
sington of casts of two ancient Egyp-
tian water clocks, one of which is 3,000
years old, redans an old water- Mock
still in 118 a in Canton.
This' was first erected •!about AD.
1324. It has a history full of, incident,
and 'though it has been destroyed
many titn,es , during invaelone from
without and riots from within the city,
It has always beou reStored. To -day, in
spite of the advances made in mechani-
cal methods of measuring tithe, the old
clock is still Mit to practical. Use. s
• Atinftervals during the day the (more
less) correct time Is eSchlhited on a
board outside the building which
h,oeses it, and the native Cantonese
are quite content to pia their fate to
Rile- unique 'servant of old .Father
Time.
IA told roast has an
petizing zest
en served :with
hese delicious
ive
, hopped up in 55
filed, they add a
'OW Plqiirint flavor.
•thPorted direct
- otoSpain for the
arieclian 'People.
or' olive perfeet.
*very variety
Ii Grocers
feast ea
'AtAREIV'S
INOItILE
WS Loh ,
tea mid Winnipeg
sun NO. Alee
my business is pkikiiig
up."
' She --"That's rI fenny
Mat tie you pick up?"
hturatesti.
conic near., But I see you not like,
Dr. -Culver." 'So, saying, the China-
:lawplaced the 'gmen -jade box back
in its black and gold bed, wiped the
gold dust from. his hands and covered
the weird weapon out of sight with
the 'teakwood: table top. "Maybe in
China," he continued,, "the - foreign
healer change his mind. Then come.
to -Tung'Yung, .els?` Who know? All
future dark mystery."
Culver looked in surpriSe at the
serious face of the usually urbane
dealer. Tung Yung's smile had slips
per off. Standing there with his long,
Slim fingers groping nervously over
the-mysterieus,, centuries old heirloom;
he 'seemed to embody all the dark sup-
erstitions and paganism of the East.
' As Culver walked home from Tong
Yringls store, .tho spell of China was
still ori,him:He 'could no longer blind
himself -to the fact that the'East VhIS
where the real years of his life,' short
as they Were, had been lived. Rao-
lutely he had kept his eyes on the road
ahead.: Fear of weakeriing had' kept
him from -even .glinipsing the past.
But now,iin spite. of all his earnest
_n spite of the fame that had
Crept on him unawares, he knew these
years wore but bracketed milestones
Destiny was bidding him close the
bracket:and beckoning him forward to
contimie the past before the period
wee put int.° his sentence of life.
Sixteen years. before, with deter-
mined mbrpese, he and, his wife had
taken up new duties arisf,aims in life.
For sanity's sake, they Made their
,n1Pttoc:t—act in. l
the ivink 1
"APresent!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!"
Culver had -plunged iiito the very
heart of hospital work. His reputa-
tion grew, and, surgical finite swept
Direr hilt. Still- he dared not panse.
Instead of huinanity reaching out its
arms M him, the reverse happened.
He pleaded to -be of greater use,
Especially to little children was the
genius of, the man: devothd. In tithe,
work and Acquired philosonhy lighten-
ed the road ',with the Soft if diin light
of ratignation, •
At first ,Paul, an atom of the Fleet,
had been but, Pipet balm for the loss
Of his own child. Ile watched him
grow and doveiop 05 8 scientific ex-
narimenter might observe Both° new
development in his- laboratory. • Bat
the deep, staunch affection of the little
Lastorner, colubined with nnusual in-
telligence, made secret inroadS into
the hearts which had adopted hlin,
and Culver and Wife diecovered
one day that they wire bonny?' to ti -ie
boy with chains of iron,
They, followed with perSonal pride
his amazing progress 'through col.
tries they -are- maintaining their. men we would bel There wousd be no
- • • , es
of Providence, s e masoning n
philosophy slip away'and placed her
step daringly into••the misty, uncer-
tain future, forgetting that hollownesr
and disillusion, lay under 'the soft
white covering.
As Culver stepped into the hall, his -
wife's laugh floated out to him from
the library. A smile passed over his
face; laughter had been very rare of
late. Upon entering the room, a tall
form rose from the depths of an easy
chair and advanced to meet- him. His
hands were taken in a 'vice -like grip
and a familiar voice cried, "Here I
ant again, olcl- chap, bobbing up after
ten years of India."
Culver returned -the gripe genuine
welcome glowing on his face,. as he
exclaiined: "Just the way I thought.
yoiedsbe- cropping np, Chess Reynolds.
Tnrning native for ten years and than
'walking in as casually as though you
were our next-door neighbor!"
thetfact is, Neil, where you
are concerned I think. I've overcome
my abhorrence,for the pen, but Suth---
erland, *horn ran across out there,'
told me you and Mrs. Culver had gone
off on another globe jaunt"
"He was misinformed. We haven't
put a foot off America soil for six-
teen years, not promising the spell will
last," -he added, glancing at his wife,
"Jupiter! how time flies, and youth
too, but in the opposite direction."
, "(To be continued,)
Who's safe?
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cup-
board
To take just the tiniest swig;
She heard a loud nol-se,
Thought it only genie boys—
But found 'twas a raid by the League.
„In the 1921 census people,of British
origin constituMd 55.40,, per cent of
Canada's population as against a per-
centage of 54.80 in 1911. English
made up 28,96 of the population in
1921, Scottish 13.36, Itish 12.60,
French 27.91 per cent. and all -Other
European races only '8.59 per cent.
Asiatics accounted for, less than one
per cent. of this entire population.
In 1921 the Britigh races numbered
4,869,189 as against 3,890,985 in 1911
and 3,063,189. in 1901,, giving a gain
of 25 per cent. fdr the.past decade as
against 27 per cent. in the previous
decade. The pop:illation. of Freneh
origin increa.Sed from, 2,054,890% in
1911 to 2,452,782 in 1921,
World's -Time Clock for
Radio Purposes.
At the immense nevr central, trans-
mitting station in Berlim, it was lm
perativ-e that the sending operators
should know the exact time • -in any
other part of the world at a given mo:
,ment: Sbme form of clock was found
neceesary, that would indicate,day and
night, and simultaneously indicate the
time It ell other important radio sta-
tions .throughout the world. A map of
the world 1Vilfi' therefore placed on a
oircular glass dial, on the outer edge
of which two 12 -hour scales were grad-
uated at 5 -minute intervals. This dial,
being darkened arcked, half the- edge,
to indicate where it ianight, is moved
around by clockvibrIt. Arrows extend
from the statione on the map to the
edge, indicating the approximate times
at any given momeht. The deVice,
moving across the shaded area, elim-
inates -need for calculation by the
operator.
failures,' no -criminals, no. marplots
How quickly the race would climb up-
Wa,rd!.. For no- one else looks, at us
hist as our mother does; ,no one els,e
sees quite the man im us that she sees;
and glare your
altarmagta. a 110#,
Priggidees "the bit .4
youreest" baiseficial
2411.10.).
Blifips elleasseasas
late Eeealli end freer•
tnsene isesdithYs
9ri
Mg*
no one elSe dives below the -surface, of
our being, and sees the.possibillties •
that she 6,00S, 'All, what wonderful
thingestresthe' eyes of love ---our meth,
or's °gest._
• The mothiekr lege. IS a divine X-ray,
which sees into the soul of her child; •
sees the good there, whieh others '4,ism
not Bee: It Penetratea, beiow-tiro sitr•
face, beneath the changerees realitY,
the real being of'her ' The moth.
er 'sees only God's child, the ,perf.eet
one; not the one who has shined, who
has gene wrong. "1,•r- X-ray love ,sses
the Gbd hidden. in the criminal in 3n:ig-
on, She doesn't, see the criminal at
all; she sees only the child of Gad, -the
man the Eiather Intended him to be—a
good eitlien; clean, helpful, honest,
upright, anibitions man. ' •
You Can be as great as. your mother
thinker you are. You. Call measure al)
to the ideal she holds of you, because -
she Se els the real you, the' giant which
you ,c,an be, instead, of the dwarf that
wrong thinking, or wsong 'living may
have Made you: -• Nothing: helDs. us
more, ia our stiuggle tb make geed
than thergood opieion arid encomiage-
, n- other's aorta
thqught and high idea1. of: you ,will be
a trease,ndons, help yen .your
eb-
- fort to bring out the, best that'll, in
you, to realize your highest ambition,
Dont neglect your Mothet; don't for-
get to. give her the little kin.duessese
.the thoughtful atttentions, the espies -
0/110 ot love -that mean- so mach to
II O., S Marden
s In a few years•transpOrt by air will
,be cheaner than by rail, besides being
more rapid -and more coinfortable—
Maj.-Gen. Sit 13rancker.
• ,
Prince of Wales Likes Simple Dishes;
•
Eaglish hostesses, who have been
vyirfg among themselves to have the
popular Prince of ' Wales dine' with
them have been diireaYecl to find that
His Royal Highness has, -very abstemi-
ous 'tastes .and eschews' all 'except the
shuplest 'dishes', one of London's most
aristocratic and, wealthy families set-
a regal banquet before the Princelate-
1g, only Co find that the guest passed
it all by and chosen plate of.cold,hara
and 'beans,
Eriglieh physicians attribute the
Prince's good health to -his frugal diet,
abstentMn from all: rich highly e
soned dishes, especially flesh foods,
much outdoor exebcise, and -a cheery,
opthnistit disposition.
Jack Miner and Conservation.,
"I ani a forest conservationist first,
Ink ,and the'time," said Sack Miner,
the noted wild -life advocate, in a re-
cent interview.' "A limn couldn't run
fast enough to give me a home where
the ,trees are already grown, I want
to grow my own, 1 ha,ve studied the
woods all my life, and, while 1 have
never road any hooks, on forestry, I
hap , done some tell thinking . and
studying in the woods. themselves. In
the last tee, Years I.have planted fully
ten thousand tree,s en my own place at
,
Stories About Well-hown PeoP e
' Courage is a virtue which the
-
young cannot spare; to lose it is to
grow old' before sine's time. • 1,
It is estimated that nearly 70,000,-
000 wild animals are killed yearly for
the sake of their fur.
Ckaligiiig the' Earth's Face
Some remarkable figures are given
by 1)r. R 1, She,rhick in "The Geo'
grapis-Isal Jourmal" as telinnian agency
in altering the face of the earth, Many
• '
years ago Sir Archibald Geikie calcu-
lated that 'erosion by 1' ,s elements was
denuding the surface et the British
Is -loo at the rate of. 2.72 inchea In 2000,
years: Such reduction in the height
of the'land, and' consequent shallowing
of ii10 SCSS LS.. of vast importance .10
time as reckoned by geologists, but Is
LlSiiitelY to disturb human, being's who
'plan their Ratite in decades, Dr.
Sherlock 'States ' thht the quantity , of
rock removed by mini in various kiiids,
Of -excavation .in Great Britain IS about
.40,0000 mullion eubic yards, of which
approxiinatelY half hag bean taken out
at the surface and half mined.
Bk far the greater Pratt of this gnaw-
ingof the earth's, crust has taken .plaoe
In the last :century,' and if Spread over
the whole area uniformly would equal
a denudation of nearly 4 inches, In,
other words, human agency in Modern
timos Is at least five dines as aCtive
isa deriudatic•n, as all natural agencies
-
combined, Tile effects, however, are
far from evenly distributed, and.where
tImy are -concentrated they are pro,'
diming rapid and sometimes serious
local changes. ^
Where the excavationis subtor•
ritnean it may produce subsidence ,on
-a large settle. In the liltiolt. Country Of
Staffordshire over 2,30,000,000 cable
Yards of Waste have been (hymned on
an area of twenty-two staiare
that is to say, 8 mass larger than Was
excavated froth the Panama
the ground, level hag, been losvebed
cause thessubsidence due to egoavation
has" more than overbalanced ,the super-
ficial deposition of refuse, In other
cases the refuse rises in gigantic
mountains, of 'slags and ashes, compar-
able in size and appearance with vols
canis cones, ot has, been used to re-
trieve land from the sea, at iir. Liver -
p901, where what WM formerly St.
George's Dock is now built, over.
Still more ,curious, is the ease of
cities, which are • gradually tieing on
their own waste, the average eleiration
In London being a foot in tho century.
But there are Meal variations, and
when sewers weee being taken across,
trio city Welbreok was found to stand
o11 thirty feet .of the debris of cen-
turies. Pilo changes produced in the
natural circulation 'of water, are even
more striking, nuniping out the brine
In the salt areas of Cheshire it ceueing
local dieturbancee, but -is als.o sinking
large areas below the level of tin Sea,
and near hilddlebrough, la Yorkshire,
the danger point is being- reachods
Over the country generally rivers have
been diverted or deepened, marshes
'and lakes drained, or Reeds produced
which are'Utrning dry soil bite, marsh-
land.,
It Is, well that there should be COM-
pottmt geographers arid geologists able
to note Mid record, the reseite of the
fretting actielties of mail, for at pres-
ent, although theso are slibieet to vari-
ous kinds of lomillsed legal and exoca-
five conti^ol, there is no authority to
guard, the general Interests afteeted by
local eliatigeS, '
Kihgeville, and I just want to say that
consider it, One of the Most important
and satisfying dobs' I have ever 'done.
The last four , thousand trees I got I
planted In clay SOK where trees would
not grow. This bad been prov'ed 'be-
cause another fellow's father, and
Iincle'Dave, had, tried it and fbund it
couldn't be done;' but my old back-
woods, education sensed to be dis-
couraged. , I planted ' these tries in
1914, and although, when planted, th ey
were ne higher than ordinary tomato
Plants, , they are now, in the eighth
year, twelve to sixteen feet high, and
the naked clay fiord, as it was in 1914;
now attracts the public so, from far
and wide, that I Slave had to fendo 11
In, 'something I never dreamed of do--
ing."
Poinoare's Mother. ,
Ail, amusing ,story is, told of Prost.
dent Poincaro. When the president
of France returned' to his, house in the
Rue Commandant Martin atter his
election, his mother, neglecting the of-
..
Mal personages present, Itisied her
son in front of the mall, and then, pat-
ting his cheek, remarked clearly and
distinctly: g -
""I hope, Raymond, that you have not
nriderteken too difficult a jeb. YOU
were never quite so clever as you
thought ydurself, you know",
Just to wash your face and
- hands in Lifebuoy; is to be
refreshed. . •
The big creamy lather 'of
Lifebuoy thoroughly cleans
your skin.
The daily use of Lifebuoy is
the simple sure way .to skin
health.
Late