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HEN AND WOMEN OF TO^AY The Father Returned. H*w masy noen oen rennember IJiei flrnt ttnwH th«T iV»'l «n h>v»? MATOomfB flret U>T» wa« the .t.>uirht»r of « houee porter lo B-^loftna. Sh* we* a ilolur litth) inhM. »od thre ecboolboy made aye^s at biar from a wladow. The tjlrl <levl,»d a imyJiod of "wIrwUw**" elg- . iiailluc wlMA ker (atlt«r waa out of tliA way. Stie moved the cage of a pet flDcli from otto aide of the oouirtyswM to thrt other, and jx>ung Maroonl wouW ooroe down to h«r. One d*y her father canve home uiie<»i>ectedly. and th* to- niaaoe eivdAil. The V«!et and the Viceroy. People wl>o Itnew the late Lonl Cur- Bffu oirty by h'Saraay nuutt have ira.^«- Inod Wm to be the last man to allow bie T»l«t lo be ml*t«JLen tor hlnmolf on seml-etaie occa'Kina while Vtoerny of InJia. liut h« has inad*> the conf«sakm hlmeedf In some ywpem written short- ly be*or« h« diad and Juat poiUltuhod. On one r>coa«k>n an Uwllan ra]a3i mlH- took Mr. tlarrto, Iho vaiot, for tli« : Vicroy ttttd toW him that altt*en ' tljiers tt«"r« waitln* In the JuiJijte near '. by to,- him tx> aho-yt them. At which M r. Ilarria dug thi> rajah la tho rlbe j aiwl told lilni to (}-.!arter the niunber. I Lor'l ()uT7>im, who wag wetchlng the , Incident, waa highly ainuaed. A Worm'e Turn. ' Mr. David Masters, wlioae book, 'How to Oonqwvr Oonaumvtion," ha« dlscloeed a bold idau for atamplng out the dhwaiM^ l» » weW-known Tym*m Jwimallat. He ha-i he-oo a etudetit of "eertne" for nawry yeair«-*ii<l wornia. When he Ilred In the oounto' b« '^ed t» eurm-leo vJ.iItora by asking them If they would like to nop hla pet worm. They would go f>ut to Uio garden and, mayl>e, there w<,\M he <mly th« lip of Uie worni'e tall »lk-ktt»« out In th« rorft«ry. Hut ho wouW atroke It with a blaxlo of Krass, and the worm M-ouad oome out a-nd arch It* haok. "You sea," ho would say, "even a worm likes a good turn." "Hisses" for John McCormack. Mr. John McCornu-ck, the famous trfah teuor, hae Juat retarned' from a tour In CMtui and Japan, where h« muig before iar«« native audt««icea. In Ja;>au, he says, the people awrfaud with a strange Intake of breath throiiKh pur.sod Upe. "I had previous- ly heard of thla form of appdaua*," said Mr. McCormack, "but I must oonfesa, novertheJesa, that for one InBtont af- ter my first number the wave of eub- dued sound that swept through tfae amdttorlujn seemed to me a lltUe too mU'Oh like the dreaded hiss of disap- proval. "I like to read crltlclsme of my sing- ing," he addods "but when a Japaoes* orlUc waa stated to have declared that I 'sRiftocatod' my audience I felt It waa too moich tor nvo. I found that the orltlclsm had be»a wronKl>' Lransdated' from Japanese lato Eng'lM, the critic havlog aclua4ily written that I left my audieuoe breath lees." The Flagship Itovenge with a lar«» party of the dominion premiere and otheir guests steaming out to Sot tho great naval display off Portland, Natural Res^>urces Bulletin. To the homesMker of limited means, biddin/- perchar.'.e, farewell to chLId- lio'id hcenes, tJ-e "newness" of the country to which he turns his face i» ono of its most appealing features. It meaTis free or cb'»ap '.and, social equal- ity and opportunities for financial success and persona' advancement that are practically beyond his reach in his native environs. Canada has lonff been a favorite field for honse- seekera. The avccesaes achieved by the many thousar.ds who have ventur- ed into this prr^eat Dominion have haetoncd thp sctl'.envent of the vast area of free land once available. Free ianda are now largely restricted to the outlying: and rapidly retreating "fron- tier" re^ons of the ao-catled "newer" provinces. In the rush and eonfufcion attendint^i the settling of such extensive arenas it; was inevitable, remarks th« Natural | Resources Intelligence Service, that thoroujrhness could not at all times bo i maintained. Hence for economic, po!- ' itical, or other reasons various smaller dlstrict.s were passed over. During the recent period of general readustnient a sU.ck-taking of resources hs.s thrown tho spotlight on many »ueh areas. They are to be fouiid in greater or lesser dimen.sions in K«ry province of Cunadu, including tlw "older," or eaftt<>rfl provinces, as well as the "newer," or western ones. Included in such districts are for- mer timber reservations, now culled out or cut over uioas formerly unlit for settlement because of lack of drainage, since provided; once inac- cessible area.s latxsr traversed with roadi>, and lands reserved for sundry purposes but now thrown open. Tim- ber and wild lands held by private owners for cutting or speculation and now forced on the market pr^bubly represent the greatest pro|x>rtlon of tho new acreage available for settle- ment thrcujfhout the variouH settled parts of the several provinces. Ruth tracts of new tancis nro of i).«re than usual interest and value. They give the pioneer his opportunity to make hts home nnf' wrest a living from the primitive land without hav- InK to fac<j thi! economic and social disadvantages usually entailed in so doing by reason of remoteness and isolnlion. Though luch districts are locally of a pior.ccr nature their more advanced siirroundings make available the nmori<,ies of civiHrntion and pro- vide sc>j|)e for the enterprise and in- dustry of the Kettler .Tnd an outlet for hif products. Opportunities in su:h di.sl riots are alike available to new- c tiie-R to Cur.ada and to tho.se in ad- ja-viit and more crowded areas. The IJnnk of Erffrland was fourvded by a .Sc rtsimir. who 'lied in poverty. When Winter Comes. The advent of the vMnter months of the year always hrlngc misery to those chU'y mortalti who seem to "feel the oold" far more than their fellows. Hot-water bottles at night, numer- ous blankets, and erery door and win- dow shut tlglit and fast seem to afford them little relief, aud thoy sUhrer their mlaerab'jo way from November to March. But the troth of the matter is that siuich superficial remedies as the above do more Itian good, the root of that "stone cold" feeling being a faulty clr- c-ulatlou. Internal warmth, engendered by means of beat-glviiLg foods, la much more effective than any Increase In clothing. Far from closing all doora and windows In the bod-rooms, a good supply of freeh air la most Important In wtutor. for people wlio breathe tn^ pure air get out of oonddtlun very quickly and thia is at the bottom of half our winter aUmeutti. Klnally, dou't fall Into that very com- mon eiTor of dropping all outdoor exer- cise when wlnt&r comes. Skating, ho('key, etc., can always be Indulged In, wlililOk for the elderly who do not feel up to , the exertion of games, walking will do wouiI«rs. E^.xtTcise, In the tresL cold air. warmly but lightly cle/J. does more than anything edse to ward oft that unpleasant feellnu that ooiues from always being ha'.f frozen. Don't Be Cold. It l9 beoause vitality varies cx>n- elderahly beiwoon Individuals that some of us feel the oold more than others. But many are cx>Id because j thoy don't know how to keep wai'm. If two persons, of o(iual vitality, weaL out on a coW day, aud one waa wrapped up in heavy and close-fitting garmeitts and the othor wore loose ok>thlug of medium weight, tho latter would be far warmer. Cloth e«. you see, have a thre>ofoM function. Thoy Interpose a barrier h> the outside air; tliey should coaaeiTe, within ventlla- tton limits, the warmth genoi-atod In the body, and (when looee) permit a tone of warm air to form between ths body and themselves. In woollen clothing, too, t-ho fabric. It loose-- a tight Wit la not halt as warm as a looee om â€" gatbeis In Its oolUi pfx;ket.s of warm air. lAirthar, ' heavy clothlnK s-ips vli^-ilUy, and that Instantly niakw the body nn)re sus- cepllblo li) cold. So â€" Ioikmj clothing; for witrirth. Make the practical test of wearing a muffler in tight toii», and then loosely. Then there Is food. Just as some coal nrodnce« more heat than other varlotlee, so also does food â€" the body's fuel. Forrld«e, baoon, herrloga, pork, and no on are 'warm" foods. The Day. The vUdon of that day ^Hten human stredugth ahaU serve the common good. And man, forever loy«l to the race, Kind, far beyond our seasons of dis- may. The guerdon of Its grace: One hope, one liome, one song, one brotheirhood. â€" George Sterlrtng. Amazon and Thames Rivera The width of the Ama«on River at Us mouth Is more than equal to the entire length of the famous Thames River In England. No man wrill ever write the true story of himself. â€" Jeronne K. Jerome. The Wireless Beam. Tl>- cheapest tariff ever devised for long-d isitance telegraphy came Into operation recently, with tlie opening of the new beam wireless system, says an Kn^ilsh writer. This system enables the charge for wlroiess messages to be reduced from anyUiIug between >>ne shilling to five shillings a word down to three-hailf- pence a woixl. ' The minimum charge la 28. 6d for twenty words or less. Toiits have been carried out over a long period between stations at Bod- min, in Clornwall, and Montreal, and mofisages have been dispatched at muire than a hundred words a minute In both direotlons simultaneously for eighteen hours out of twt>nty-four. Beam wireless Is work(>d with short waves of unusually low power and is diroctionalâ€" < hat Is bro«idr4ii.t mess- ages can l>e picked up only by stations in line with tho beam. At first many experts were doubtful about tho now system, but It Is exiwct- ed that a number f)f new statlona will soon Im* In operation In different parts of tho Kmplre. At presijpt nul:i>-tole- grams can bo sent to all parts of Can- ada, Newfoundland, tho West Indies, the United States, and other couutrles readied throuKh Canada. A CtMnpass Plant. A party of uavellers who recently returned to Texas owed their Uvea, when loet in a terrible storm that swept the prairies, to a .plant wrhtch haa, on more than one occasion, been responsible for saving human beluga. Tbts plant, which waa first brought to the attention of the sclentiflo world by Generad Benjamin Alvord, t; oao of the moat remarkable in the w«ii4d-. Known as the compass plant, it re celved Its name from the strange piro- perty exhibited by its leaves of pre aentlng their ^{aeea to the rising and sotting sun. - The compass plant la a perennial, and during Its first year bears radical leaves only. In its sec- ond year It is a flowering herb, v/lth four to five le>aves measuring from twelve to thirty Inches In length. It l9 found mainly on the rich prairies of the Mississippi Va.Uey, and its peculiar powers were well known to hunters and settlers long before General .\.lvord discovered it. When lost oa dp.rk nights they would search (or It and, by feeling its leaves, obtain their bee rings. A pliial which Is sa'id to be able to predict i-arthauakoa and ~^olcanlc eruptlonj* beara tho scientific name of Abrus piecatorlous. It Is a native of (.'ubsi, has 110 Sowersv and oonsists ^f a long stalk from which branch numer- ous twigs eontulnluK rows of delicate looking leaves. The Uvives frequently ch:uigu color or close, while the twigs bead themselvBii into curious poal- tious. This plant Is highly siensltivo to electric and magnetic iuttu?nces, and by being aWe to Intorprec the move meats of the plant In re.«iK>nse to (>ieo- trlc currents tho scientist Is enabled to predict great convulsions of Nature. The Drift to IIm Tmviw. THE ROYAL Abovfl is slii'Wii an exclusive BRIDE AND GROOM photograph of the royal bride and groom. Crown Trince l.eoixild of nelgliini and the OrowirPrlncess, fiwmeily Princess Aslrld of Swollen, posed ufler IlieIr clvU wedding In Stockholm. Use of Sponge. Rubbing a oar with spougva and chamois should be dene iii straight lines rather than in circles. To pre- vent water from drying and 8i>otting, It la well to clean ono panel at a time. Avoid applying chumois, and e-»pocfcil- ly the spongei, with any great pressure, and do not rub after the aurface is dry. * Happiness In Good. We must distinguish Iretwaon felici- ty and prosperity, (or prosiK-rlty leada ofteai to auibitlou, and ambition to dis- appoiotmeut; the course is then over; the wheel turns round but ouoe. while the reaction of goo(luo?« and happi- ness Is perpetual.â€" Landor. Knew What He Wanted. "My new car is gray, trimmed with red." "I bought en old one myself ar.d got the trimming myself." mr CBABUS w. Ws cannot eocapa tha eo»eliui«» that the drift from fami to city la tha direct caai* of a subsaqaant dxift from Cwuda to tha Umi»a SUtai. Also that the fonaar eanaot ba r»* Srardad at a mar* accident, but has a subsiantial social and acononie foun- dation. Whether or not tho eauaaa can b« wholly eliminated is a quastt<m which might possibly have to ba ana- wared in tik* negative, becaua>> they are to « very largs degree of world- wide occurrence. That this exodus from farm to city in Canada could ba aevereijr checked is, howaver, a fact which cannot ba saecssafnlly refuted. Our gross agricultural plant last year was worth 7^ billion dollars with a production of 1,716 million, which represents solid, new wealtli. If we take this total agricultural pro- duction and deduct the caah outlay of Canadian farmers for hired labor, seed and fertilizer, amounting to 385 million dollars, and allow 6 per cant. on capital invested in agriculture, or 460 million dollars, we get a net aver- agre return to the individual farm op- orator of J870 for his year's work, which must bo shared by. his wife and clilldren, if any, who diii productive, unpaid work on tha farm. Applying it all on account of tha farmers' own wages, however, on a tert-hour da;" baais, we get an hour rate of 29 cents. Compared with factory workers at 56.1 cents per hour, railroad workers 68.8 cents per hour, miners 83.4 cents per hoar, and workers in buildings, trades $1.06 per hour. It does not lookl particularly inviting, even conceding that the farmer lives rent free. We have apparently here ample -explana- tion of the drift to the cities of our young Canadian farm population. Mr. Otto H. Kaim, tha famous Aav arican multi-millionaire banker, deal- ing with the agricultural aituatlon in the United States, recently made the foUowing trenchant observations: "If there is one calling which has a higher claim than another upon tlve helpful consideration of the Stat« it is that of the farmer. The farmer's problem is part of oar problem. The farmer's welfare is an easential part of our welfare. "It is harmful and menacing to tha commonwealth that so numerous and so valuable a portion of the popula- tion should feel dissatisfied and re- sentful and be witiiout prosperity. The situation lends itself peculiarly to the incitements artd wiles of the demagogue and to tlia plausible fig- ments of the economic viiionary. "Both justice and aelf-interest de- mand of the community at large that every legitimate endeavor be put forth to the end that the farmer's griev- ances be redressed. If that redress can only be accomplished by methods which, while practicable and ecoiioraie- ally warrantable and promising to t>« effective, are novel and perhaps un- palatable to the established ways of business, then the lesa Important will have to yield to the more important^ i.e., business conveniences and cus- toms to the rehabilitation ^of the farming industry. " .... It is not sufficient answer to the farmer's complaint to refer him sternly to the rigid functioning of ths law of supply and demand and to the doctrine of the survival of tho fittest; because in reply the farmer will con- tend that, in other respects, for rea- sons which seemed valid to Congres.f, we have not scrupled ti interfere, through acts of govenuuents and otherwise, with the untrammeled workings of that law and that doc- trine. And ho will and does claim that we either adhere to them strictly all round or give him th© effective ad- vantage of dispensations similar to those which have been grunted in the case of other cal'ings." Mr. Kahn has a reputation for sound, constructive thinking, and his views might w«-ll be iieriously con- sidered by all classes of Canadians. Coupled with a viftorous immigration policy, we must develop a new ir,!;ere.st in tho problem of increased agricultur- al development. Silence Held Woman's Virtue. In Korea women are taught t\iat tho greatest feminine virtues aro Bllont'c, humility and timidity. Possesslcna. A fi;ie chiwactor does not d^-^^enl- on wliat you iw;Hse;i«, :i'i' UMse'asloiis (!o- I>e!id on Ciiarac4.t"r an we.'! cs evci-y other fii»i!ii ililiig which cow'cis to moa as lt:iUv!di;:'ls o.r as a comuiunily. â€" Soci-ateo. MUTT AND JEFFâ€" By Bud Fuher. Luck Was Against Mutt, That's All. HAue Beew SrtAweb opF Xov tooitj ^-rvtiRTV YCARi YouwceRl fve 6oT AN ibCA'. 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