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Canada from Coast to Coast H«iif«x, M.S. â€" Tfce eomiMreial ap- ple crop of Nova Scotia 1» estimated to be 622,800 Urrek, or 70 per cent. of the crop of VJiH. As these ftgrures represent the quantities of apples that will move to markot, approximately 3,114 ears are expected as compared with 4,449 cars hurt year. Saint John, N.B. â€" The convention of the Canadian Boads of Tra te here, with delegates from ail the provinces, opened under happy auspices with greetings and addresses from the Governor-General, the Lieuten«nit- Govemor of New Brunswick, the Pre- mier of the province, the Mayor of Saint jQhn and others. The confer- ence was' hailed as another factor in bridging west and east, in unifying national sentiment and maintaining a friendly trade basis with the United States. Lieut.-Governor Todd, presid- ing, remarked that trade was a great ctvilizer and that the present meeting of delegates from all Canada should help towards solving national prob- lems, including those of the younger citizens. Montreal, Que. â€" An annual grant equivalent to the grant given by the Domir-ion Government has been given to the British Immigration and Colon- ization Association by the Overseas Settlement Committee, a recent cable advises. This is expected to consider- ably expand the Association's work of settling: British boys between the ages of 14 and 18 on CanadiMt farms. Since the aocJety received it« charter four years ago about 500 boys per year have been so moved and settled. Kingston, Ont. â€" Ontario cheddar cheese again won the Imperial trophy In Ix>ndon, the entrant In this case be- ing W. C. Taylor of Burridge. Word to that effect comes from Mr. Rublow, Chief Dairy Instructor for Eastern Ontario. This is the third year Mr. Taylor has carried off this particular prize. Winnipeg, Man. â€" Paper making will commenco next month at Fort Alex- ander at the plant of the Manitoba Pulp and Paper Co. There will be two trains weekly from the plant to Winnipeg, transporting the fini.-jhed product, much of which is expected to be sent across the line. Thft plant is modern in every way and will employ a stnff of 300, while 400 men will be working in getting out logs. Saskatoon, Sask.â€" Saskatoon Clay Products, Limited, has been incorpor- ated witli an authorized capital stock of $50,000, to operate a brick-making plant in this city. Victoria, B.C. â€" British Columbia's apple crop is 750,000 boxes ahead of last year's production, according to W. E. Robertson, provincial horticul- ' turist. The total yield is placed ?.t 3,625,000 boxes p.s compared willi 2,- 359,000 last year. This year's total is the largest in tho history of the province. Characters Told by the Tongue. Some (rf u.M arw »<• occmplatl in Judg- iug others that we go through Hfe without pver recilly koowlng <>ur- ft&lvos: TUatt is a giv>at ili.sailvautagc, for if we are iinawarB of our weak points w<? cauuot. stre'nglli&ii llieui. If, h<)W«.ver, wo call to cur alii tiK' study of glossomant;y, wiii<-h I'.v^als wlih the loii^u* anil what that orgaai revealsi, we <Niu gal to know what w« really are. So stand iu front of a uilrror and put yc'Ur tongue right out. If it la short and narrow - there is an a3t<)uis!iin« varioly In tongues â€" ^!n- ' herent slyness and iM-teiui;er is indi- 1 calod. The owner of such a ton?ue I wouid n«ver he loyal to a friend. The short and broad tongue, with a wiile tip. Is a good- tongu-e. Uh owner will be honest, affectionate, sympath- etic, and could Iw trusted in all cir- cumstances. Ambition, how^iver, does not go with stich a toisgtie. If tlie tip Is narrow â€" well .that is MAN IS CUMAX OF EVOLUTION Descending From Trees, He Made Hu Hand* Organs of Mind. Dr. J. Gibb Wlahart of Toronto, elected a governor of the American College of Surgeous, la con- j ^j^;' ^„"g,,7 J aT'untnilhful 'i>e7son ventlon at Montreal. Natural Resources Bulletin. several large salt ponds, which, i^ labor was abundant, might be turned to a profitable account in the manu- facture of salt. Streams of excpllent water reach a game preserve by Mr. Menier of Paris, the famous "chocolate king," who has retained possession up to the year 1926. The syndicate now in pos- session is controlled jointly by the St. Maurice Valley Corporation, the Way- agamack Pulp and Paper do., and the Port Alfred Pulp and Paper Co. The ,aevv- syndicate Will at once proceed to of the ani- o,-,n â- < r I. â-  .,!,„. ,f exp.oit tko puluwood resources o 300 nn.os of sea coast, is about;. ,^ , >â-  , .r . ,. , ... -. , , o- „.i_ 1 1 :_ is.and which, it is esiimated, wi;'i mi -es long, and 3:j mi.es broad in ,. ^ , ', ,-n,\n,^^r^ j ,....io=^ „„,f ,„ifK „„ „,.„,,„„ ount .It least to 10,000,000 cords. 'Garden of the Gulf." «^ The recent formation of the Anti- costi Corporation to exploit the pulp- wood resources of the island of the same name in one of the tirst incidents I the sea on every part of the coast of in many years to draw attention to Anticosti. They are for the most part this iitteresting, valuable but neglected j too small to admit boats, becoming tI Q^e^.P-^o^ince. I jj immediately within their en- The nshenes around the island, L , \.i. i ^ e 1.1. â€" , . , , , , ... . . 4. trances, and even the largest of them which have been hitherto comparative- u j -ii, j *.- * , . ,. J 1 ui J • I. are barred with sand excepting for ly neglected, are valuable and import- ,_..,. , , . â-  »» tv. ' . » â-  I short intervals of time, after the ," .. ... , â-  I J 1 • «' soring floods, or after continued heavy Anticosti 13 a large island lying offi â-  . n,i. - . , 'j ., r> i. .1. i.1. • 4 „«;rains. There are a number of good the Gaspe coast, at the inner end °' i . f i h- b the Gu'f of St. Lawrence, and at the "' . -„o,.\.u • â-  j 1 j ,, » ., . . Ti. • „•,^,â- , In 188b the is.and was purcliased as mouth of the great river. It is situ- ated between the 49th and 50th de- grees of latitude (nearly the same as that of the north of France). It con- tains an area of 2,460,000 acres of land of the bet quality, similar, said the late Sir Willitim Logan, the emin- ent Canadian geologist, to the fine arable soil of Ontario, and the Genesee county. New York State. It possesses over 140 mi the v.-idest part, with an average, _, ^^ â-  ,. , , breadth cf27'4 miles. Anticosti slopes'^ Thus another picturesque and de- gradually from its elevated northern : '=^'^*^«d ^F-^' P/'^'f^ """" ^^^. ''=^"f «« coast to the grassy savannas which; ^'"•^""''r'''-, •â- "^.*^ ^''^ !t , skirt the .southern shore, and thus, in ! « ^J\ ^'"/ '"^â- '' *•> .-rf ^y ^^^' P"'?" a great measure, the fertile portions ! ^°«f 'â- ''Sf to paper ini. .s on tho miyn of the countrv are protected from , ^"^^f ' f'^'^'f • No doubt as has hap- severe winter "wind^. Its climate iJl^^-^^ e-.sewhere in Canada, the puip- very healthy. The winter's cold i, j won<i ofo rations wiil be fo .owed and considerably tempered by the waters ; '^'â- â€¢f"'P=^"''"J''y co.onization and apii- of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the | <='^'t"/'=, f that some day Pnnoe Ed- heat of the summer is,' to a certain ex-: w«rd Island may not be the only tent, moderated by the same influence.! Vegetation progresses very rapidly,! and crops come to jierfoction in good â-  season. The soil is of .good quality, ' beinji rich loam intermixed v/ith Iime-| ston"; valuable forests any to be found, on the greater part of the island, and | althnufzh thi? timber generally is not i of the largest size, it is of a superior | quality, and well adapted for ship- building and pulpwood. | The seal fishery, whii-h could be car- 1 ried on here as well in winter as in \ summer, n-.ight be tuniod to profitable ; account, lar*e numbers of these ani-j mals bein? visible during the former season, and thousand.'-, of them bein-^ cb.servcd in the summer and autumn r,t the entrance of almo.^t si! the ba'^'s nn 1 rivers, where they remain compara- tively unmolested. 1 Huntin.c: on the island i:s of consid- ; erab'o va'ue, though of far less im- ! portance than its fisheries. The aniv, mals found on the island, whose skins are of marketable value, are black bears, which are very abundant, ot- ters, martens, and the silver grey, red, black, end, .sometime..^ tho white fox. Great qusntitios of ducks, g^eese, and other wild fowl resort to the lakes and hays of tlie island. Thc-ro i.* also understood to bo a few reindeer on the island, placo<I there for purposes of climatiziiig. ! Lt. Frank H. Conant, U.S.N. A comvany w.ts once formed for the Wlm b'.-.)k;* a world's sjaplane^ rs-cord purpose of coonijiing the isiand of twice in 24 houts. Ho piloted the Cur- Artico.itl. :;r,d for working and devol- ilss '^^CHpian-,' of 700 h.p. at a speed of opi'i-g it." ro'-ources. They laid out 2jl.i> mV.':s p.?'" hour, which is 1V4 town >itc3 at Il'.li.< Bay. Fox Bay, and mlks faster th;m bis earlier record. <lt the ? iUlli We.nt Point, and diviried •lUo iireviouj record was 245.7 mllea. the isliii-.d int« twenty counties, of. about l:'-1,!>0!) acr>s, each subdivided "*" into five towivships. The scheme was! "The Hiils of Rest" Onflow. To-day they took the Old Elm down- That stately glory of light and shade That sheltered the ancient house, aiul made Homes for the sparrows in its crown. And, low la the branches stout and brown. Refuge for robins, who unafraid BuiWed their aeets with homely art Close to the great three's kindly heart! "Its loug beneficence is donel" Not so! Full many a winter night Shall be made wel-comtng and bright With warmth the great -tree gained from the sun-^ A golden treatiure. fairly won â€" Raying outward Its genial light Krom tho old fireplace, deep aiui wld«. With children cJustered on each side! Gray ash ! Tho end I It shall be spread (When Spring alights on the snow- streaked hills. Ami good brown Earth to her com- ing thrills) Over each dreaming (lower-bed. And the-re, with sunshine and rain be sped â€" Lio, Hyacinths, Crocuses, Datfo<lik>! , And the Old Kim's might shall be flow- ing there. In glory of coloj- and fragrance rare! â€" MiaiTle Leoiia Upton, in Christian Science Monitor. If the tongue is abnormally long, its 1 owner will be gifted mentally, bu; Willi be deceitful. A mirrow tODgu«, with a rwiad tip, is the tongue of the artist, sculptor, or i nnisloian â€" with the odds on the latter. I Temperamentally, the owner would be generous but sh«rt-tempered. A furrowed tongue Is quite- good. Its owner would have most of the vir- tues and no vices. But It Is not a "business" tongue distinct points on the right and Left I The two sketches iliuatiate lb;; progress of man. .\t the left is shown prehistoric man. At tho right, pe.rf-sci maiihc>od as exemplified by tho Gre-;.'k'd The latter has ' '^'""-"^ PtUm of .\,i>(>H<). and no defined tip. The owner of such a tongue has tho business instinct and win get on iu I he woVld. Secrets of Science. By David Dietz. I earliest ancewors who had sometimes Flippi'd in m-iking a leap and fallen* I but who had caught another branch .,, ^^'^^<" '"*>^*"i "'"'"Sy t'^aches that; i^^f^jre striking tho ground. A thla tongtie, with nit.h^^r a pom ed man is re.!ate<l directly to other forms | q^, ^.i^^,^ ,,^.1;,^ ^a^i much .0 do tip. is that cf the. born oraf.r. And a „f Uf.- upon .he «anh and that he is^j,,, j,,^ evoiu.iou of man, it is- the lon.gue which thickens towards Uhe thevdiiscendaat of a mamma! that was tip and has "mounts" or pronounced , also the common ;ui<-estor of the man- sweMingB on each side is the tongue Hko apes, it is a mistake U> think of of the happy-go-lucky optimist, liked j uiol^.gy as degrading the state of man. by everyone, but of unsuble character. I Rathtr, it ennobles him. poiutlug out that he is the climax of mllllona of j-e.irs of evolution. I31<>logists polul out that man represeuts a now depar- fact I hat certain of the primates des- ce.nd»id from the trees to live on tlie ground, wliich accounts for the d«-, veiopmeut of man. As a result of the descent to the ground, man developed the erect-stand- nome irums. out that man represeuts a now depar- j >^-,, j^^g^r needing his hands as a How seme men treat other men laâ€" tare in Ilia evolutionary process and 1 ,„eii„s ..f locomotion, he developed very seldom. j that he represents an a.si-vnt iu the ,. hem as the organs of the mind. Get on by all means, but mind they : evolutionary scale. lKo on the ground cut lUm off from are fair means. j ~»ie fad that most of tho man-like! the easily obtained tree fruit and ho Xothing is worse for tho memory ^p^^ \.ru.v?i\ from tree branch to tree ' became a hunter and took to living in â- ; liramli swinging by their arms after caves, tlis f.;shlon of acrobats, Is believeil to j That fre«d him from climatic re- thau to borrow money. Put your heart in your work, but i don't forget ycur head. | i,ave b&ea a significant fact whtbh led ' stricUons and led to tho development Th<? odd number that mauy have .(q uj^ L-volntlon of man. I of communal life, faith in isâ€" Number Ouf^. j Such a mou'e of locoiuotlou re<|ULre« ' Man. as we have said, represents an "Try, try again" is all right, unless ; jij^ .utmost precls'lon and judgmnuit, ' ascent in the evolutionary scale. Tho for a raise leap would mean a fall with ] Impiinant advances In inau include: the object Is all wrong. A little knowledge Is a dangerous ] posaibl© (^?ath. The Women's Poet. Coventry Patnu'ra was tho laureate of women. lie was- marrietl three times, and died â€" a widower â€" in 1S06. He had a varied career, being, in tarn, artist, scientist librarian and critic. Boon Nature to the v.-oraaa bows; She wa!l;s iu earth's whole glory clad And. chietest far herself of shows. All others heip her, and are glad: No splendor 'neath the' sky's proud uom'-. Uut serVM for her familiar iwear; Tlie far-fetch'd diamond find'S its home Flashing and smouldering iu her hair; â-  For her the seas their pearls reveal: Art and strange lands her pomp supply \^ith puvpU', chronic, aud cochineal, t)chr.?, and la~pis lazuli; The worm its golden woof presents; Whatever runs flics, dives, or delves, -Vll doff fur iier their ornaments, Which suit her better than them- selves; And all, by Ihis their power to give, Proving her right to take, proclaim Her beauty's clear prerogative To profit so by Eden 3 blame. thing. So is a little widow^. Saints may be made from siiuiers, but that's no cxluso for sinning. If >-(w're prcutl of .vour ancestors, put your desicendanty in the same position. Struiiige. but it's the mau v,ho can't meet his creditors who meets most of them. Mental ucutene.^s must have de- velop4;d as a result of this. .Jack Ijon- don. In his "Before Adam." iMilnts ont that men frequeuUy dr&am of failing but wake up bul'oro they ae-Jm to strike ground. He th-cuglit that this Gri>!it Increase in brain capacity. Devciopmeni of articulate speech, licveltipment of erect posture. Development of proiniueut chin. Shorter arms. Smaller teeth. Dtve!c;pu;eut of thumbs set in op-. Do Flowers Dislike Jazz? Flowers that develop a tendency to tuni away from music, and are to all apix^arances coosldvirably affected by tho sound of It, have been ob.verved recently. In experi^ncnts, cyclamisns, carna- dream was an luh-niitauce from our rosition to tho other fingers. Changing Time. "Why d>!es not the curtain rise?" asked tho King at the thoairo. "Uecause, Your Majesly," replied the Lord Chaiurellor, "because tho Que?u has not finished shaving." .4nd forsooth the Lord Chancellor was right, becauso in that day all of thii ' female parts upon the sfage v/ero j tions, and the lily were among thos_' ! taken by young men -female im'ier-J ! sonators. | When real women went upon the 1 most affected. Some of these piiyits were used as a decoration close to a Jazz band, and it was soon discovered that all the blossoms had deliberately turned their backs on the music. They were deversed, but before loug the flowers had repeated their i>erform- ance. Tea and Tongues in Throat. In Thibet it is th© custom of natives when meeliiig, to stick out their tongues as aTiiark of respect. .\ peas- ant who would acf ost a peirson of high- er rank without doing this would be regarded as grosly dlscotirteous. Tea Cows are rather oddities in Pales- ,.,,,, . . , , ^^ . . , ,. , , , _.,,, drinking is also necessairy at social ' . . tme, where goats and condensed milk, , ,. r, . , . 1 •« , 1.1 driving bniuiis in Lond; n in 16.'i'( society was shocked by the terrible immorality of I the- thing. .V change in the .ittitud^ of ; the public occurs with almost every minute. The music that was consider- ed insulTerable twenty-five years ago | is hailed to-day as the basis of u new j art. ( Any Fool Can â€" â€" Talk loudly. l)ut only a wiso man can listen quietly. â€" See a failure, but It taltes brains to discover the cause. â€" Drive fast, but good driviiis is safe , zi e 4.\. _:ii. i-u-k :, visits, the tea being emulsified with cans produce most of the milk that is ' ,_ J i- " ^. I buyttea- flavored with soda, used. A Califomian who 13 interested | in the Near East Relief work has re- | * â€" â-  â€" cently sent a milch cow to the farm â-  Experienced. school of the Relief at Nazareth, and; "Were you ever In a position where. â€"Give advice if he does not liavo to tho youngsters, lo.st in admiration of , you had to talk about something ot : take any responsibility for It. the useful animal, have christened heri which you wore ignorant?" I --Stir up trouble but it t:i!(. "Ladv Cow." I "Sure. I've been through co!Wge!" men to settle it. Tell the boss where to hear In, but it seldom pays big dividends. â€" Get his name printed in big type It he is foolish enough. # aS^"^ '-«? oiSt« Prof. Irving Fisher. Of Yala, who pnvdicts that men in t!io next century will Ilva to be tlie tra- I ditionai 100 years old. Ur. Fisher was " ^^! dlagucscd as LulK'rcular 30 years ago. I He went to Colorado and studied I lleyund the lust horizon's rim, â-  lleyonl a3Vr;-.ture'8 farthest quest, Soniewhvre il:s'y rise, serene and dim. The hapi>y. Imppy Hills of Rest. I'pon their sunlit slojves uplift ' Tho caslies we have built in Spain â€" While fair sniid the dimmer drift Our faied »;ardeins flower again. Th^y a'l are there: The days ot dr«am That build iho inner lives of men; The silent, sacred years we deem The mi.Eht b-. and thj might have ! been. Sonip cvcn'ns when llie sky is gold I I'll follow (Uy Into tha *e9t; ! .Vor pau-e, ucr heel, till I beheld ' The hapKV. h.appy Hil'-s of Rest. not a s'icccs.1. In 1880 the Govern- ment of Canada laid a submarine tela- graph c:'.b!e c^'nnecting the island v.'ith the mainland, an inestimable boon to the shipping tr.ndt'. Sir Willam E. Logan, in his Geo- granhi'.sil Report of Canada, after re- ferring to depv'sits of p^-'at, or )»at- bogs, in .-iifforcnt parts cf Canada, siys: 'Tti : tr.oit extensive peat de- posits of Cav.-ada i:ro f^'.yid in Anti- costi. ; long theJo'v Im-d on the coa.*t of tho 'sir.nd from Heath Poiiil to "Vjithin eight o.- nine miles of South West Point. Tho ihickrcss of the peat, OS obsi^rvoJ on the coe.>'t, was from thr«Mj to ten fe?t, and it appeal^ to be of an excfllent quality. Tho height cf th:.s f'.a'm »»iny be, on an! average, fifteen fiet above high water j Tho Port of London can store one ' mark, and it ca.". be easily drained and million tons of goods in its ware-! w<irk'si. r.elWKr South 'West Point : house.s; there is usually on hand there »nd the west end of t'no if land th vo sufficient meat to supply England's: nre mar.y p^nt-Vors. »R*y^ng in supt*.-- population for thrfc weeks, as well as f.o'cfl from I'V) to 1.000 aci-es." |a stiprly of tolmcco large enough to J.'cAi' Sc;!tii West Point thorv; .•• e provide llritons w.th a year's smoking. ; A motorboat on wheels was a f.\-iture .it the Motor Industries Kxhibillon at Holland Park Hall. London. It picks up its passengers on the streets, drives down to the shore, aud U»en goea for a crime oa the water. i Now is the Time. j"When the clock .strikes ten," he whis- pered To th.' Kin h<« Iov«d the best. "I'm going to a.-=K you something - I-'ut my fcrtune to the test." I In her cheel; upr-enred a dlinole. Laughli-r fille<I her eyes of blue. , "Do you know," she murmured, ^mit j Ing. "That the cluck is slow li'Kf> you?" I .>- j "Magnetic* Sense DIscovsred. A Frtnch Rr^Mip \i:\^ nime to the concJ'usiou that hc-ulug pige*>n8 haro wi:.H il cy chI! a â- m;iiJU?tlc' s^nsc The b'rLj us.^ the earth an u sojrt ot com-. P£93 anil high power ravlio or other I olijctrl-ral stations In their peth fro- â-  qiffntly giv? th<Mn trouble, it jji ex- : plalaed that the pigeon"? s-«ns^' of di- rection Hes in the response of the* .»:>nvsatlv3 par canals to t«>irre!<tlal mag- netic fieu'ls and tbHt wiili each change ' of dilre*<icn the bird I'^x-Is an el; irical 1 reapots:! in Ks brain. Planes Aid Doctors In North. Supplying me^idcinfe *.> the dootora of tho Arctic Circle when Ice and snow ' and bilndJng bHtzards isolate the F>ir â-  North from the all-world coiiita<^s, the I 8'Proplane now opens to the ph>i<>icaiia the-pe Immured oppcrtuaHleS' tor Larger aervlce.