/ NO UNFORESTED COUNTRY HAS EVER BECOME GREAT. The Effect of Deforestation' is to Ren- der a Country Desolate, Unfertile 2 and Impoverished. Forests. and civilization are in- separably bound together. Not all forested countries have reached a high degree of civilization, but no unforested country has ever. reached a state of culture. Egypt, Babylon, and Assyria may be mentioned as exceptions, but the probability is that they were all forested at the zenith of their progress, and that their decline may be directly attrib- uted to the disappearance of their forest wealth. The whole north coast of Africa, Palestine and China were at one. time well forésted, and, with the vanishing of the trees, these civilizations waned and are now at a low ebb. China is probably the best example of deforestation which we have. _Origindily a country of great wealth, both in timber and agricul- tural lands the removal of the woods © Motsi, : has, over very large areas, destroyed This attractive little model owes its! the farms by allowing the rainfall to, charm to its simplicity. It is one! rush down the hilisides in the form o piece from shoulder to hem and has; 'torrents, carrying '!arge amounts of} the newest fall feature, the collarless| 4" neck. McCall Pattern No. 845 6, (up and destroyed the arable lands. | Misses' Dress. In 8 sizes, 16 to 20° To-day China is a desolate, treeless ! oou)d not tell time, but the'captain de- years. Price, 20 cents. country, forced to use dung for fuel / and to carry on the most intensive ! poverished soil. When Forests Are Removed. } and mountains by lumbering, fire al-| most always follows and burns not | only the timber but right down to the rock. also. the soil, worse, for the soil year after year into the fertile vat] leys, destroying them completely. In | the Cevennes and Pyrenees districts in France 8,000,000 acres of farm land | were destroyed by floods, and a huge} government in reclaiming them. Whege forests are removed in sandy |} of the meagre remaining cover carries the sand for miles over the surrounding country, converting it in- to a desert. This happened along the west coast of France, and millions were spent to arrest the devastation. An old friend of the writer, Senor Don Ricardo Codorniu, a Spanish foroster, has spent his life in this work of stemming torrents, replanting denud- ed mountain slopes, often carrying earth up on mule-back to start the Saal : . For the girl who is interested in, ° sports, here ig an ideal costume. features the sleeveless Jacket --_ is} so popular this season for sports w McCall Pattern No, 8458, Dress. In 4 sizes, 14 to 20 years. Price, 20 cents. These patterns may be obtaine from your locat McCall] dealer, or from the McCall Co., 70 Bond S&t., Toronto, Dept. W. ------_o- Where to Put Whalebones sands has been most interesting, es- ced to invade a village, burying the. houses in the sulurbs. d had first to be bulit, and between these pines were planted, and when. ;the sand had piled up against the first line of fence this had to be | | raised to prevent the little trees from | being buried before they could fulfl | tot function. Nor do we have to go| | oo. far afield to see the results of axe ey were reviewing the lesson #9 about the whale in the third grade a and | recog ounarel vehe tee Clewailion| the i -- oi ae how | Northern to Lake St. John, or the' much they ae with halebones?"; National Transcontinental to Winni- | "What do abet o with whalebones*" | hog, and see the blackened waste | asked the teacher. th | which should be one of our greatest | There was a long silence, then one | tourist attractions. On the Lievre | small boy raised his han River there is a large tract of coun- "Well, what do we do with whale- try where the hills are. of white | bones quartz. Fire has passed over it and | | " A and gravel, which have covered , ; but he could not trust himself to wake The African | at the end of the hour. termiritd to depend upon him, never- Showing him the dial of his form of agriculture in order to wring! | wrist watch, he explained that he wish- & meagre sustenance from an im- ied to be waked when the long hand short hand, he lay down, with arm Where timber is removed from hills | extended, and the negro crouched be- theless, reached there, and the there. Then side him, with his eyes on the dial. Exactly at the right moment the 'sleeper was called; and as he opened If the forma-| his eyes they fell upon the African, tion is not rock the situation is far! in precisely the same position, with is washed down something strained in his aspect that It appeared that look away during suggested inquiries. he had not dared the entire hour. "For sure him clock trabbel slow, "But spose sum of money had to be spent by the him stop go walkee, walkee? S'pose " massa," he explained. him go jump, jump Upon a river steamer ard in the adjoirfing main saloon: _ "You savvy them long arm catch them place, and them short arm catch them place you call me in the morning time." An interval of silence, another voice: "You savvy five o'clock? It nucleus of a future protective forest. | out His work in connection with drifting vie at the moment he desired to be called. Misses', pecially where the sand had commen- | The ignorant native steward, who. } , could not tell time and could not learn Wattle fences | , to, was yet sufficiently observant to place and remember the calls correct- ly; he never i mala them mix o--0--0 --0--__0 0 - 0-0-0 0-0 ANY CORN LIFTS OUT, ' DOESN'T HURT A BIT! | No foolishness! Lift your corns and calluses off with fingers --It'a tike magic! Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or any kind of a corn, can harmlessly be lifted right out with the fingers if you apply upon the corn a few drops of | freezone, says a Cincinnati authority. in Africa country the wind soon strips the soil! Miss Mary Kingsley, the English ex- and |plorer once heard other passengers 'giving directions to the native stew- six o'clock? When and then} When aN PSS Mig Sitrna ty SN Ee Sy. maa Nt 1 * vs a Syn Pats dh " The shell that stru.k this house saved the making of a door for a ft British canteen, THE COUNTRY CORRESPONDENT _ (St. Thomas PimesTouieat) Some of the overgrown papers in the big cities note the passing of so many country weekly journals and the 'amalgamationof dailies in some of the smaller cities and are deluding them- selves with the belief that this is is an evidence of the growing influence of the metropolitan sheets. In time they sey,the big dailies will cover the -en- tire field and the country correspon- dent who now writes weekly to the press chronicling such facts as that John Smith has finished his new barn or that Sam Jones hos purchased a car, will pass away for all time. The country correspondent, at whose expense the city newspaper man-affects to make merry, has his own place in the world to fill. In his sphere he is just as much of a community builder as the funny man in the urban centres. He records the events.that happen around him just the city journalist does, and any- g-- someone whosg name escapes us has said--that Providence is not too proud to allow to happen, no news paper should be too proud to put into | print. In many respects the country cor-4 ondent can give the city reper r lessons in the ethics and the deals he Sides He dag sgountry cor- with 8 warped idea ie his potas, 'ever Attends a magistrates court and essays to make jests with human derelicts as his subjects, a line of endeavor that is all-fours with chortling over the sad scenes witnes- es bef hospi The country correspondent describ- ing in his own way a service in a church st the crossroads, or a meet- ing of the Epworth League, is doing infinitely more to develop a_ sturdy brand of-national character than is the arrogant occupant of the city sanctnm out blood-curdling and cut- iele-lifting homilies on the political outlook or articles setting the differ- ent _ religious sects at war while that"he is the one man chosen the} an insane asylum or in a cas- : with each other flattering himself the n thenewspaper of to-day ris er spirit in political and every other , 'controlled by any faction or throttl- | ed by a particular interest, a press | that will recognize the reading pub-! lic as composed of so many individuals | who cannot be led around and made to play the game set by the journalistic dictator. ------ Was It Worth It? by's idea of heaven, but since war flour came in and fat was scarce he "Jam tarts unlimited was little Bob- j. style of dtscussion, a press that'is not * hadn't been quite so fond of them as before. Mother came into the kitchen one afternoon, saw ere ae at a dish of newly baked |w "What-are you iene, Dobby 7" she. asked sharply. "I was just wondering, mother." "Wondering? You Raven' touch- ed those tarts, I hope "Not yet, mother," said Bobby. was just wondering if they're enough to be whipped for." "J nice LEMON aoe 1s FRECKLE REMOVER Girls! Make this che cheap beauty lotion to clear and whiten your skin Squeeze the juice of two lemons in- to a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white, shake well, and you have a quarter pint of the best freckle and tan lotion, and complexion beauti- fier, at very, very small cost. Your grocer has the lemons and any drug store'or toilet counter will sup- ply three ounces of orghard white for a few cents. Massage this sweetly fragrant lotion into the face, neck, arms and hands each day and see how freckles and blemishes disappear and how clear, soft and white the skin becomes. Yes! It is harmless. = -- War Tanks 2,000 Years Old "J; the war tank not a brand new invention?" was one of the questions that came to the editors of "2,000 Questions and Answers About the Great War." Probably 999 people out of 1,000 would answer "yes" unhesi- | ® tatingly. On\the staff of the Review of Reviews, which produced the book, there was, however, a specialist on ancient wars, and he spoiled the whole thing by answering that the first war tanks were used exactly 2157 years before they made their appearance the British-German front. It was during the gigantic siege by Rome and her allies of Carthage, the "Queen of ifrica After many months of as- sault, which ended only in mounds of {besiegers' suddsnly approached under }enormous tanks shaped. like e these . huge wheeled shields, the- Roman soldiery lal to breach the walls, unmind- ful of the rocks, spears, boiling water and oil, molten lead and liquid fire which the desperate Carthagenians poured on them. Before that ancient devised tanks -- genuine nougiiia. watch for some such development this year. a Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, Ete MONEY ORDERS. A Dominion Express Money Order for five dollars costs three cents. Handkerchiefs Wik It will be worth while to} Ontario. Potato Bugs A.group of potato growers and a seedsman were discussing the damage which had been done by potato gp last season. "The pests ate my whole crop in two weeks," said one grower. "They ate mine in two days," said a second, "snd then hoemtt on the trees to see ~ 'if I'd pl "All tet is el remarkable," said the seedsman, "but I saw a couple of potato bugs examining the books in our storé about a week before plant- ing time to see who had bought seed." . Yinard's Linment Cures Distsmpes. No Use For Them x The Irishman came home beaming. "Bridget," said he, "Oi've got a job" "Glory be!" said Bridget, who was tired of supporting the family. "T shall want a new suit," said Mur- phy then. "An' yez can pawn me nightshirts to get it." "Your nightshirts!" gasped Bridget. "Shure." said Pat. "An' what for should I be wanting them when I've got a job as night watchman, and can only sleep In the daytime?" Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Gentleinen, -~ I > used MIN- ARD'S LINIMENT on my vessel and in my family for years, and for the every-day {lls and accidents of life 1 consider it has no equal. I would not start on a voyage without it, if it cost a dollar . bottle... APT. F. R. DESJARDIN. Schr. Stesce St. Andre, Kamouraska, Two Legs or Four Anma, aged five, was drawing a. pic- ture of her sister's beau. She worked very earnestly, stopping every few minutes to compare her work with the original. Finally she shook her hend Romani dead: under the fatal walls,the | sadly "y 'don't like it much," she com- ' mented. '"'Tisn't much like you. 1} yes Tl put a tail on it 'and call it ad FOR salu LY NEWSPAPER FOR SALB New Ontario. foing (i France, Will sell $3,000. Worth double that amount Apply c/o Wilson Publish! x Co. t ronto. EQU NEWSPAPER and job printing plant in Eastern $1.500. Wh n o for $1,200 on = ane... oreo 69, rilnon Putlishing . Ltd. phd Sato ad SEWROGuGLARD Puppies, that noble eed now so ---- uy We have some very fine R, A. Gillesple. Abbotsford. Que. a ah a [D> BLACK SIBERIAN Fu laa weighing fifteen pounds at mata Reasbeck, Van- rity kleek Hill, Ontario. AGENTS WANTED ENTS WANTED--$1,000 If the handkerchiefs are yellow, the {reason is that they have not been To overcome this! we ut plates," he said. 'em on the sides of our the rain has washed away the burnt; For little cost one can get a small soil, and to-day seen in summer, from ' bottle of freezone at any drug store, a distance, they look like snow-capped | which will positively rid one's feet of for the duty of saving his country| properly washed from social and religious degeneracy. | yellow color, put the handkerchiefs in' people are becoming weary un-| | cold water in which there is kerosene, to death of the arrogance of the big | about one teaspoonful to a quart and peaks. There is another hill of this character at Riviere a Pierre Junc- | . tion, on the Q. and L. St. J. R. R. At Lachute, Que., and along the line of the C.P.R., near Berthier Junction , may be seen the drifting sands which | have swept over several square miles | of once fertile country, turning it into a desert. sive Minister of Lands and Forests, | the Hon. Jules Allard, through his, chief forester, Mr. G. C. Piche, has! begun the work of checking this men- | ace, and..at Lachute has planted a large area with beech, grass, and young trees to hold back the devour- tt eel Pemetorvared amd etd Unaer Pred Cant rvaers (reveve Re 16m ne - of the finest teachers of food values SEER? sR TELLING THE TIME How Our Alsiesn 6 sors Watched the Hands Go Ri France has many one fighting men from 'Senegal in the field; nor are they the only troops recfuited from savage or semisavage 'races that are GrapeNuts t's brimful of Nourishment one night. by a mischance to his motor cycle, stranded by the wayside far Combines bs ce- from the destination he must reach Wi other at dawn. and with only a little group ods and Is en" Viewes tov take tevin tt . was very . g Delicious no sleep for many hours. One of the Requires Africans talked the pidgin English of » , . ' H coast town, and this' man informed ' little eyes "dl him that some motor lorries would be cream RO ga coming along soon, upon which it would be possible to get a lift. "Soon," in the mouth of an African is an elastic term; but the captain thought he could afford' to wait an and there's no e Give ItA Test ion, Meanwhile, he want} 3 Vanade License ed a nap--wanted it ~ desperately, -- Food Board f No. 3-026, ,@very corn or callus without pain. This siinple drug dries the moment it is applied and does not even irrt- tate the surrounding skin while ap- {plying it or afterwards. This announcement will many of our readers. If your drug- Fortunately, our progres- | gist hasn't any freezone tell him to cena get a small bottle for you from is wholesale drug house. --------_--_--__---- A Song of the Air This is the song of the Plane-- The creaking, shrieking plane, The throbbing, sobbing plane, And the moaning, groaning wires-- The engine--missing again! One cylinder never fires! Hey, ho! for the Plane! ~ This is the song of the Man-- The driving, striving man, The chosen man-- The pilot, the man at the wheel, Whose limit is all that he can,, And beyond, if the need is real! Hey, ho! for the Man! This is the song of the Gun-- The muttering, stuttering gun, The maddening, gladdening gun-- That chuckles with evil glee At the last, long drive of the Hun, With its end in eternity! ey, ho! for the Gun! This in the song of the Air-- The lifting, drifting air, « The eddying, steadying air, The wine of its limitless May it nerfe us at last to dare Even death. with undaunted face! Hey, hol for the Air! Observer, Royal Flying Corps. Stiiiia Bien Se SSUE 3S-- 33--18 interest party, papers that, blind and often ory halt themselves, are still as-, 'suming to lead the world and to a tate to men and women as to they shall worship and for whom they' shall vote. The people refuse to be | coerced. They have long since brok- 'en the party leading strings and are able not only to think for themselves but to find their way around alonc. Their is talk of newspaper changes | in the big as well as in the smaller' cities, But this talk is not in the line | --------==----------------S------== KEEP YOUR SHOES NEAT j | Hi \} li} } HOLIP, For MENS WCMENS and CHILDRENS SHOFS CAKE CUT FINE FOR CIGARE ae e@BeBeBaeeeas & 8 shaving of good laundry soap. Let ,the handkerchiefs boil in this about -three hours. Take them out, dry in , the sun, and they will be snowy white. This treatment will apply to any linen or white clothing. | Minard's Lintment Ouse Garret in Cows | German Dog Whips | That the German officers carried | | small whips with which to accentuate . their commands--given in a snarling lby Captain A. Radclyffe Dugmore in| | his book,""When the Somme Ran Red," i just published by Doran Company. 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