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ELA is always pure and fresh. So delicious | T™ it today, THE DANGER IN INK. A wise woman once removed the label "Poison" from an empty bottle and pasted it on the family ink bottle. "Why, mother, ink isn't poisonous, and besides, no one ever things of drinking it." "I know; but, if the label leads us to give a second thought to what we write, it will serve its purpose. Ink, my dear, has often proved to be a deadly poisan to the affection of rela- tives, to friendship, to love. It will kill every affectionate impulse if used indiscriminately." If it were possible to gather statis- tics on such an intimate subject, it would be found that seventy-five per, cent. of the letters in the postman's, bag are uninteresting, stupid, unneces-| sary, and are read only once by those who receive them. The letters of though .dear, was devoted to sugges- tions to the recipient for safeguarding her health. Father's letter was a homily on the heed of saving her money; brother wrote three lines, two of them about a new baseball mitt. Only one letter contained the news that her homesick heart longed for, and that was written by a child of ten! Guileless, sincere, loving, newsy, it was an ideal letter. "I laughed over it, and I cried over it. I read it when I was depressed, and I read it when I was happy, be- cause of the steadying influence it had on me. I really felt that I could not do anything that was not generous and kind, because of the influence of that letter. It visualized home." In writing a letter put yourself in the position of the person who will read it. If you are writing to one who is resentful or quick-tempered, sweethearts and those of children to avoid jokes; never make comparisons; their mother do not come into that | leave but all criticism of the recipient class; but even they are not 'above or of others who are common acquain- criticism, for the sweethearts write toa tances, Never write, "Burn this." It many, and the children too few. is a Jong way to the furnace 'down- When you are away from home giairs, Never write, "Don't show this what kind of letter pleases you most? ty So.and-So." If you must give a Here is one received by a woman: confidence, don't label it as "secret," many miles from her kinsfolk and set "private" or "personal." Slip it in aside as the one letter received in six casually, as you wld slip in a com- months that did the most to make her| ment on the weather. Leart glad: Never write your troubles; the read- Dearest Big Sister, We miss you er may have greater ones. Do not very much. This morning I wore my' mention your ill health; it may cause blue and white gingham to school, and needless anxiety, and you may be bet- the teacher admired it. We had waf-| ter when the letter is received. Never fles for breakfast. Mrs. Sparks' tiger| write a criticism. You might say the lilies ave in bloom. Oh, what do you game thing with a disarming smile, think? You could never guess. Min-' , but the smile doesn't appear in the ink. nie's gray cat has six kittens, and Min- If you have won a great success, only nie's mother says I can have every one| mention it when you write to your of them. Won't that be just grand?| mother. If you have failed, say no- Last night when we had lemon pie| thing about it. Never seek praise or '| greatly interested .and on his to the class astounded his f nl pills with his newly found and 10° him. marvelous knowle ' Enthusiasm is the very marrow. of gd 1 nature study. And the more you delve ii shou as she about. in nature's storehouse the more your | enthusiasm grows. the 'things o into fte mind and much appreciation. appreciation will come; and presently the child will conceive new and sur- prising ideas and startle you with an original train of thought. "Were all these shells made in a shell mint?" asked a little girl. "What put that into your head?" was tho re reply. 80 "Well, you told ime that dollars were made in a mint." A mighty mint indeed wherein the world was cast; a mighty Sovereign whose seal is stamped thereon! FORT WELLINGTON MILITARY CENTRE RELIC OF EARLY CANA- DIAN HISTORY. Restoration of Historic Block- house at Prescott Completed by Department of Interior. On the recommendation of the His- toric Sites and Monuments Board of Canada restoration work on Fort Wel- lington, Prescott, Ontario, has' been undertaken and completed by the Canadian National Parks Branch of the Department of, the Interior. It Is the intention of the branch now to erect a bronze tablet bearing record of the salient facts in the history of the fort. . The old fort is connected with the stirring and romantic events of the war of 1812, and especially with the capture of Ogdensburg by Colonel MacDonell and his Glengarry men, It was constructed in 1812-13, under the direction of Lieut.-Cols. Thomas Pear-| son and George R. J. MacDonell, as the main base for the defence of the com- "I+er-let Pi #Do you d you walk from there, here?" Mr. aon interrupted in a sar- castic tone of voice. "No, sir, I had a ride." "on 'a freight train, T suppose,' " still wa! You see people we pity on ine and ask me to ride oud ae automob answered Jack, Teer: ously. + yours Joung man, own up. 'What "Phere is no game, really. I wi down to my last % quartef and hur .{ Your house looked inviting, so Tst ped. Then I found you needed ai ance, and I needed a Job. So eri +4 am." "You know nothing at all about farm work, how--" "I have learned many afternoon, sir," interrupted er. "1 am quick" to learn if I set about it. Why, I milked a cow! And I learned, too, that there is a right and a wrong side to the beasts The corners of Mr. Carleton's mouth [rere ing. "Well," he said, gaz- ing ceilingward, "to-morrow you can learn that there is a right and a hy . it T mean." It-was early when Jack awoke the next morfiing. Some one was movin, about below. 'Bless me," he mutter: "I suppose it is time for the 'hired That thought the stair doo that t, the stair T Was open- ed, and Maida called softly, "Jackson." "Directly, ma'am," No one was about when he went be- | low. The row of shining milk-pails' was gone, so he went on {o the barn He could not but admire the neat, trim figure of the girl as she arose from ' her stool with a brimming pail of milk in her hand; and Maida decided milk- 1 mopotonous, . when . Bide to a plow. Maida will show |' Jee As if in answer to] hi Father said you ought to be here be- cause it is your favorite kind. He has a new hat, Mother is in the dining room mending a hole Uncle Jim burn- ed in the table cloth "with his cigar. Mother didn't say anything. I guess she wasn't glad about it. Auntie Green comes to wash to-morrow. Mother says I can put my doll clothes in. The new family across the street has a girl my age, and a baby. Mother says maybe they will let me take turns in sympathy through the mails--or in any other way. Don't write too many letters. If the recipient--unless it be your mother-- is able-bodied and has had a good education and fails to answer your first letter and your second letter, take a lesson in pride and do not write a third. If your letters are welcome, they will bring replies. When 7ou fail to receive a letter . don't blame the postman. The govern- t al 'munication between Kingston vag ing one ng wast at al one with whom to ex- Montreal, and named Fort Wellington ' change pleasantries. in honor of the victory gained at&Sala-| When they had finished breakfast, manca by the British under Welling-| Maida said: "Father. wants you to ton, July 22, 1812. It was here that plow to-day." A MacDonell assembléd the Torcesiwhiph |= "Yes. But 1 say," in a confidential took Ogdensburg on February 22, jn do you you ow right and the 1813, 'and here also, that Col. Young | py gathered the troops for the defence at he lay Rhed an 4 Rodded. ou will ba to cateh the horses first. the Windmill, :+November 11-13, 1838. "Horses? What for?" Jack seemed Figured in War of 1812, surprised. . Upon the declaration of war by the "To draw the plow. i him in his. {in Jeisure, ar joe girl. ae ohn have bis es, Agatha Trumbull will 'make GY Wile el - wax' 25 John Soloied "Why, she 't two a pe, OUoen of br > expostalated his wif obs n wife, "She is a dear, wonderful girl. » "Wonderful! Yes, wonderful be- cause old doughhead Trumbull has figures in his bai ! Pouf!" Big John called for his hat and cane, went of shutting the door impress- {vel bet nd him. | eanwhile, Jack was enjoying him- » self. He was learning ing new every day. He 'When he bought po what his fasth ous .and sister 'might say to see him in overalls, But, dad] was diferent: bu; farm, but Dad-h Hag vs once yh ob- d and--so had he. = Still, even Jee he would not care to live on a farm unless Maida could be there. He had known her less than two weeks-- to be exact, he had known her eleven days, and they had grown to be good chums. Even Mr. Carleton, who now began to hobble about with the aid of crutches, liked to be included in their pleasantries and more serious talks. It was Saprday. maming, Jack was cleaning up the barn aida called to him to bring: her: the step-ladder, Jack looked about. a what did she mean? A long I ® hung on some pegs at one side of the barn. He looked at it, then finally Jook 3 it "dot; with "considerable: trouble; and started toward the house. Maida turned the corner. by the house, as he reached it, - The end of the ladder, which was a'long one, "miss- ed her head hy a fraction of an inch. Be le, Stopped 4 short. "Gosh! i Akl returned Maid: Jackson, where are you him m Big «doubled up, then sat with laugh Ll § wheeling the baby. The baby buggy ment is not interested in keeping your is light blue. I think I shall be busy' mail from you. When you i with my kittens. I haven't told mother ter that hurts put it away until you about them yet. She seems too upset. are in a more philosophical frame of about the table cloth. It was her best.| mind, Never go near the ink bottle United States in June, 1812, the small | unfortified village of Prescott, then | ® consisting of about thirty houses, be came at once a position of "I hope I ---- a brighs pupil," he' oindows said, ith a resigned Maida watched him a he stalked off toward tHe Dastige to.e 'catch the horses. They that he was The one with the poppy pattern. I! have on my blue hair ribbon. Father says I look like a butterfly. The kit- tens' eyes are shut. With love and a big kiss.--Alire. There were letters from other mem- bers of the family. An older sister told of a party to which she had net been invited and the letter was in the nature of a wail; mother's letter, when you are angry. Don't make excuses for not- having written before. There are few. rea- sons . for procrastination that ring true. Devote no space in your letter to disappointment because the recipi- ent waits so long to reply. Perhaps there is a reason you do not guess. Answer promptly the letters from your father or mother and those of a Dusty hands are _ germ-carriers Bverywher every , the hands 5 enching ne cove red with ga times those dust-laden touch the face and the lips in'the course of a day. is 2 souitee of in- i nature. Do not glory in the number of your correspondents; limit the list to those you sincerely like, and who you know sincerely like you. To reckon your popularity by n 8 is able military importance. It was the !stranke, and, would not allow him to head of boat navigation upon the St.!come near them. Lawrence and the starting point of! 'Maida walked toward the "pasture, 7° ship navigation on lake Ontario, All also. Jack saw her, and called: "Is military stores and the mador. part of there a right and a wrong side to a other supplies for the garrisons: in Up. horse?" In Bugwer, she ye a pecu- i liar shrill white per Canada had to be conveyed «from ' dashed past h tan thtotah the gate he, Montreal either by water carriage or t by wagons or sleighs by the single iad Jere rd rug io the passable road, closely following the Jack, as she Jurned north bank of the river, and, in many followed by the willing animals. places, under: direct" hostile observa-| "Well, I'll be. dune" he (Specular tion from the opposite shore. . The ex- ed, as he ot back to th pulsion of the American garrison on! With Maida's help the ig el the St. Lawrence secured the line of a childish thing. Remember that old friends are more interested in the lit- tle intimate affairs of your life than new friends are. If a married brother does not write, do not Hag his wife. foation' from' Ihmediate den, to "put is hand to the plow." He, ger and interruption. Cogn eR dnd 4 the! by the bade of When the Immediate trouble Was the plow. "I wonder what those sticks over, work was continued upon Fort | gre for?" referring to the handles. | Wellington and it was made a place of | Suddenly, he pointe of the plow struck iderable strength. It continued | a stone and furrow, the handle be a military post, occupied by a emall | soil kind V4 a blow on the thigh. garrison of regular soldiers until the | dae Maida's Yolce soundad, autumn of 1837, when all troops were {oa she was auused. ia gu b ave fo withdrawn tq Lower Canada to restore steady y Ha on order there. In 1838 the fort again i became the scene of activity and Col. how" i wan one, snd § t him started Young was sent There with a ail and garrison to occupy it, though it had| "I'do fallen into considerable disrepair. Re- this fa pairs were executed bsequently and wrol harnessed, and Jack started off brave) balance, +4 ughter. i she ler Ee ary n, the Siacs, Final, 3 hel Netty spi it is alwabs hangs right vo the one Jack returned to the barn. There sat the innocent step-ladder, for had to remove it from its place, when he took down the der, hat 16 ladder, dgckaon. Maida } rt Fogg hack ® Xen on SEE somplishpent," he he and fell. With' a bound, Jack saving hor nasty fi he 1 being oS gon he held 'her in his arms so Slosely {hase for an instant he leaned agai im. Sime she relax until she pushed him from 'her, her face flame color, even to the roats of her brown hair. "Thank Jou, Jas Jackson," she id! softly. "You saved me. rom a bad "Oh! rg Ht Sanus from a special, gland. e Iv obnoxious. "The writer speaks from 'experience when he says that . there is. nothing else to compare with it, and that a whiff of it will make any human bo. | tng "deadly sick. A. sporting dog, if -| "skunked," 1s useless for days, Tosing all power of scenting game. There is a small beetle known as the bombardier, which. defends itself, when attacked by discharging a an acrid fluid. But this beetle : alton | is Tow Y Bittle pri, pop bombardier 'can firé a. of this kind in succession. There are other insects which have this peculiar habit, one a kind of ant i Hon of which a specimen can be seen in the London Zoo. The spray is formic acid, and the range is about twelve Inches. Another insect gunner is the peri- patus, which is something between a scorpion and a worm. If is about three inches long, and has legs and powerful jaws. Crawling up to its prey, it shoots out a 'pellet of intense- ly sticky stuff which renders its vic tim {necapable of movement. Minard's Liniment Heals Cuts. An Alpine. Village. Their world stands an onend; nq place '%. atall® Is lett for even the little fields to le th Tost, they have hung aloft like tapestry |! Upon the granite reaches of the wall 2. That towers around them. There they oss) o cling and crawl And su Shntrive 'between the earth inal To Tenp+ a uy of their brief indus-| NOV petore 0 the snows and the swift silence | vo falley Then in the church the meager women - Dray, \ : E| And in 'the huts the patient cattle sleep, And earth the vow of her white Peace fulfills, © breast the faith they keep 50 Jhsirveres ate those or 'of which is extreme. | came and heeds them not who with such | over, exclusively to the raising. tatoes 'for seed. ~ Little apr be is to be anticipated in the disposition: of the crop in the growing ty of the Maritime. product and developing potato market. In the past few years the, supply of seed at least. has not been able to meet the demand. Seed Widely Exported. . Years ago the Provinces .of Ontaf A a | Sturdy Maritime potato seed, and of Al recent years the. United States has 'comie to increase such impo:tations, until at present many sections rely al- 'together upon Maritime seed for their potato. crops. Every yea hundreds of cars of potato seed leave thg thrée 'provinces for United States points, and shipments have been made by water to Texas. A year or two ago the State of Virginia through its Po- tato Growers' Association, made a bid for the entire Prince Edward Island has taken place in the past five years. Canada in 1923 produced 55,497,000 cwt. are to,be aceredited to Prince Ed- ward Island, 8,311,000 to Nova Scotia and. 6,043,000 cwt. to New Brunswick, or 13,086,000 to the entire Maritime area. This represents about 22 for the year. . The amount of los: through rot, etc., was very low in these three provinces, amounting to 8 per cent. in Prince Edward Island, ¢ per cent in*Nova Scotia, and 13 per cent. in New Brunswick. The average acre potato production in Prince Edward 2120 cwt.; and on New Banpowlor 132.75 cwt. 'The ten-year average production from 1913 to 1923 in the three provinces was respective. ly 96 cwt., 108.5 cwt. and 109,1 cwt. Cuba the Heaviest Purchaser. Canada's exports of potatoes in the past three years have totalled re- spectively 3,765,529 bushels, 2,198,843 bushels and 8,030,828 bushels, with values of $2,936,676, $1,877,075, and $2,866,742. Small quantities only of Canadian potatoes move to the United Kingdom, but the United States is a very heayy purchaser. In the past three years the Republic has taken Te spectively « 1,822,004 bushels, bushels and 563,976 bushels, the heaviest purchaser of all potatoes yon a very Prince Edward Island, are being gi ron; ih ne and 'Quebec commenced to import erop, + This remarkable development = = owt. of potatoes, of which 2,732,000 cent. of the total Canadian potato ber fond Bim gd wae 111,60 cwte in creasing its imporiations of Cana-