~s ot ™ ates ine eth a yon MUST STUDY 'Canada Should Endeavor to Meet we LUMBER eras wi Pe aS pti er 4 ; Ae ae Requirements of European \ Trade. ; A despatch from Ottawa says:-- That the Canadian lumber trade will experience some difficulty, in secur- ing its share of orders for recon- struction work in Europe unless more attention is paid to the requirements of the overseas market, is a warning given by, the Commission of Conser- ation to Canadien exporters of lum- er. Lumber from Russia and Swed- en, it is pointed out, conforms more to the size requirements of the British market, and the chief diffi- culty Canadian dealers must over- fs Ar rhea : NO LOSS ON WHEAT Surplus of Sixty Million ; in Canada Will Sell Readily. | Ee asmuch es the Canadian Government has guaranteed the price of wheat costs thereof, it is deeply 'interested in the disposition of the exportable .grain remaining in the country, Tt is, estimated that that exportable sur- plus cf wheat now amounts to from 60,000,000 to 70,000,000. bushels, At present the British and allied Govern- ments are not purchasing grain either in Canada or the United © States. Hence if prices in the world market come is the one relating to the "cant ' size" of lumber shipments generally from this, side of the Atlantic. "As far as British Columbia is concerned," says the statement, "the bulk of lumber heretofore imported by the United Kingdom has been in the form of large timbers . of the grade known as 'merchantable,' for heavy structural work, or for resaw- ing into any special size. "If British Columbia is to enlarge' her timber trade, then a range of all grades and sizes, including mer- chantable, but not dhe lowest grades, must be dealt in. = "Tf Canada," the report continues, "can deliver lumber in the various grades sawn to British standards at Swedish standards, then she can do sbusiness in a broad and -- general way." | This, it is pointed out, is practically rates at the present high level, but in two years freight rates may go low enough for Canada to compete provided we manufacture to the requirements with Sweden and Russia, of the British market. fe INCREASE TO BRITISH NAVY TO BE REGARDED AS BONUS | away .to corporate depots, and thou- os impossible with freight should .suffer an carly decline both countries would 'he called _to make | good their guarantees, It is stated here, however, that there is no reason 'to anticipate that the Canadian Gov- 'ernment will find itself cbliged .to dis- ; burse money to bring the price paid for Canadian grain in the world mar- ket up to the guaranteed fixed price based on $2.24% a bughel for No. 1 Northern. It is believed that the present suspens'on of buying is due to congestion in Great, Britain, that the British Wheat Expott Company will resume buying and will likely do' so on the basis which has hitherto pre- vatled. ¢ --_ UNBAGGING THE SAND Old. London Being Stripped of: Its War-Time Defences, Old London is being un-sandbagged. , Cellar refuges and Wasements and | bombproof shelters are being stripped of the sandbag. upholstery which has , been an essential , if not ornamental feature of their equipment for the last few years. It is a big business: There are tons of sand to be moved and carried sands of sandbags to be emptied. 4 - eam " Mo Busheis | - A despatch from Ottawa says:--In-| of the crop of 1918 and the carrying |' "A despatch from London says:--| Brick and concrete shells, which' in The Admiralty announces that pend- many instances encased the protect- ing the conclusions of the Committee ing bags, are being knocked down, of Enquiry on the subject, it has been and London will soon cease to be an ee. decided to 'increase the pay of all naval men, ranging from 'an extra shilling per day for ordinary seamen tired list, and the 'suggestion has | the: Westminster Gazette, "in which to six shillings for captains and high- been made that something should be! future generations may learn the hor- er ranks, with similar increases to the Royal Marines. This extra pay, it is declared, must be regarded as a bonus, and not as representing an increase "of the present pay, which may. ulti- mately be considered a just and equitable remuneration. -- ENGLAND'S BIRTH RATE LOWEST IN HISTORY A despatch from London says:-- Engiand's population is decreasing, So states Dr. Caleb W. Saleeby, the famous eugenist, on the authority of unpublished vital statistics sent to him by the Registrar General. They show that, for the whole of Engiland and Wales, last year's death rate would, probably, be found to he high- er than the birth rate. The year was the worst on record in this respect. In London the birth rate was 15.8 per 1,000 of population, and the death rate was 18.90. The smallness of the birth rate figures was unprecedented in the history of England. : (acetal Semen WILL NOT CALL ON GERMANY TO PAY ALLIED COSTS OF WAR A despatch from London says:-- The Peace Conference has settled one important point with regard to the indemnity question, the Paris corres- pondent of the Evening Standard says he has reasons for reporting. The Conference, he dec!ares, Imas eljiminat- ed any intention of calling upon» Ger- many and ther associates to pay the allied countries the cost of the war or to impose heavy indemnities upon the enemy nations. _ a TO PAY SOLDIERS 21 SHILLINGS WEEKLY A despatch from London says:-- The pay of the soldiers of the British army who will be retained until a armored city. , All the shelters are now on the re- : ChUTR : wenn a end Lowlands of Auld FROM OLD SCOTLAND NOTES OF INTEREST FROM WER! ®WANKS AND BRAES. s What Is Going On in the Highlands & i Scotia. During Y.M.C.A. week in Dundee the amount realized. was £10,200. Captain H. H. McKee,, Harthill, Bathgate, has been awarded a bar to his Military Medal. '| Northern, $2.2114;..No. 2 Northern, 192.1744; No, 4 wheat, $2.1114, in store Breadsiuffs é Toronto, Feb. 4.--Manitoba wheat --Neo. 1 N , $2,244; No, 2 Fort William, not inclodt Pax. Manitoba cats--No. 2 C.W., 6356; No. 3 C.W., 575c; extra No. 1-feed, 60%c; No. 1 feed, 56%¢, in. store Fort William, -- - ae American corn--No. 2 yellow, $1.45; No. 4 yellow, $1.42; January ship- ment. / » Ontario oats, new crop--No- 2 white, 59 to 62c; No. 3 white, 58 to 61c according to freights outside. The Military Service Medal has been awarded to Pte. James McNee, Black Watch, Campsie. ' John Given, the oldest postman in Stirling, has been awarded the Im- perial Service Medal. Mr. Laidlaw, the father of Piper Dan Laidiaw, V.C., has passed away at his home in Doddington. Provost Aikman, of St. Andrew's, has given notice of his intention to retire from .the civic chair. Dr. Josephine Cairng has been ap- pointed interim -medical officer for the county of Clackmannan. Major Francis Roy Tarleton, who has been awarded the Military Cross, it By Zeppelins--It only: been lately that the British censor has allowed any details to be published of the damage done by the various Zeppein raids over London. Now that all dangeris ended, the curtain has been lifted and the publication of photographs is permitted. This is a houso in the west end of London which was hit by a bomb from a Zep- YPRES RUINSTO BRITISH ARMY REMODELED BE LEFT INTACT Will Stand as a Reminder of the} 900,000 Hold Lines in Germany Horrors of War to Future Duriag the Transition Generations. Period. A despatch from London says:-- The regulations governing the The decision of the Belgian Govern- armies of occupation are dealt with ment to maintain Ypres, the scene of in an official statement issued by Win- several battles between the British ston Spencer Churchill, Secretary:for and the Germans in its present condi- War, says a London desputch. » The tion as a permanent memorial, is en- statement says: dorsed heartily by British press and "The British military Commanders public opinion. are of the opinion 'that 900.000 men "Ypres will be a memorial," says are sufficient for this transition per- done to commemorate their war ser- vice. Nothing very extravagant, of course; but it is urged that a neat inscription put up in every shelter stating its record and how it helred the nation would be an inexpensive and at the same time fitting way of recognizing he part played by Lon- don's "halls of safety," which saved so many lives. 2, te BRITISH PARLIAMENT TO MEET FEB. 11 A despatch from London isays:-- The new British Parliament, accord- ing to present plans will 'meet on February 11, with Prime Minister Lloyd George and Andrew Bonar Law, the Government leader in the House of Commons, attending. used in giving the oath to members 'will be shortened, and it is expected that an hour after the session begins both houses will assemble to hear the speech, from the throne. Sir James of the House. R2 ne 80,000 OF AIR FORCE WILL BE RETAINED A despatch from London says:-- The Air Force for the armies of oc- cupation, says an official announce- ment, has been selected on the same as the other branches of the service. six thousand five hundred offi- cers and seventy-five thousand men will be retained out of approximately three hundred thousand. ES EE TS, Future Army of Occupation Largely French and American -A despatch from London says:-- The British contribution to the allied armies of occupation in the Rhineland, The time | Lowther will be re-elected speaker , basis and with the same emoluments - peace footing again is reached prob- | says the Times, will be Jess numeric- ably will be twenty-one shillings a ally than that of either France of the week and food and lodgings, accord- United States, consideration having ing to a statement made by W. A.' heen given to the part played in the Appleton, Secretary off the General war by the British Navy and to Brit- Federation of Trade Unions, to the | jsh responsibilities in other parts of Daily Mail. the world. ir FRENCH CUSTOMS Line FIXED A Riis TAs "tag he ALONG FRONTIERS OF 1870 Home-Made Drinking Cup. cy mee eager. Many times on a train or in an A despatch from Paris says:--One | office it. is impossible to find a Irink- of 'first consequences of the re-|ink cup. Here is a little cup that can occupation of Alsace-Lorraine has be made from any ordinary sheet of been the suppression of the Customs | writing or typing papér.'°" Take an line of the Vosges. A decree appear-| eight-inch square of paper and fold ed in the Official Journal fixing the' it diagonally into half. Fold the two French Customs line along the fron- | opposite ends over each other into the tiers of 1870. The German Customs. middle, then bend back the two centre agents have been dismissed and an | triangular pieces left. On opening agreement has been made with Switz-| you will have a nice little drinking erland for opéhing the frontiers. cup. iod.- All the rest wil! be demobilized as fast as possible. "The new armies will begin form- ing February 1 and will be compos- ed, in the first instance, of those who have enlisted since January 1, 1916, and who do not exceed thirty-seven years of age. Volunteers will be ac- cepted for one vear's service from among men otherwise entitled to re- lease, while sixty-nine battalions. of young soidiers now on home service will be sent immediately to help guard the Rhine bridgeheads and re- lease the older men. "The men of the new armies will from |rors of war. 'There is nothing more impressive than the sight of the , stricken city with the skeletons of its | once wonderful buildings rising gaunt | into the sky. In a sense there are 'few things more beautiful. To patch ,it up would be impossible. Every- /one, therefore, will welcome the de- | cision. that the remains of the old city shall -be left intact instead of being cleared away. "The East abounds in the ruins of 'the last vestiges of once glorious | civilizations which have been over- thrown. Ypres witl stand for centur- ies as a reminder that civilization itself cannot be overthrown and as a monument to the generations sacrific- be raid bonues renvine ten shillines and sixnence per week for privates, to fortv-two shillines for Colonels, in addition to the ordinary 'ed in its defence." army pay. Leave'will be eranted en emis aie ojo Carp raed as generous a seale as possible. False Reports. ! «The oceunation armies will be the home army, the army of the Mark Twain has been outdone. When his death was prematurely re- ported, he complained that the report was "grossly exaggerated." Now Mr. W. H. Helm, the author, airs a simi- lar grievance, as follows: "In the new edition of 'Who's Who,' it is stated that I died on March 20th last.. So make the old © British regular far as I know the only foundation for! wet ie ne ko. upavider on a volun: this inaccuracy is that on that CA ante aoeraens garrisons and in common with many thousands of pee eka ions Sagiheod persons, I was buried in of » aTTeetiOn with the forecoing x finist f Labor annonces This is as neat a denial as one could ae ee bees a ea for release wish, and reminds me somewhat of | (o + a: 0:4..4] cffieers cr men on nivot- another man who, on reading of his ee ee death over his breakfast, immediately wired: "Please send date of funeral--- wish to be present!" e-- A Light Burden. The driver of the jaunting car of Treland is always ready to excuse him- | self if he is reproached for the con- i dition of his horse. | "I say, Paddy," said a tourist one: stand?" i day, "that is the worst looking horse | Private Spuds--"Yes, sir. Will we ee Nien Git oa tere tected beg 'Plow it going up or coming down?" | iy ? e (Ree AE. fatten him up?" | driver, as if he could not. believe his Rhine, and the army of the Middle Fast, a detachment of the Far North, and esrrisons of the Crown colonies and India. "These arrangements seem to be the best devisable for the year 1919. Drring the year. however, we must ed. Pa Be Explicit, Piease. Officer' (as company. is temporarily about to vacate trench which has been reported mined)--"You two will) re- main here, and if there is an explosion you will blow a whistle. You under- The cross mark instead of a sig- nature did not originate in ignorance. 'ears. "Faix, the poor baste can hard-| }{ was always appended to signatures ly carry the little mate that's on him | jn mediaeval times as on attestation of good faith. now!" Victims of The Huns--This photograph of human iskeletons is that of a batch of British prisoners just after their release from the German pri- son camps. They were literally starved alive. \ al or special grounds can be consider- | P 1 is-a son of Mrs. Wise, Dairsie. | Sam Brown, a resident of Stone- i haven, has grown a potato which weighs two and one-half pounds. Midshipman Archibald, - Douglas Moir, R.N., killed in action, was the son of J. W. Moir, Dunmar, Alloa. D. M. Lamont, M.A., Bo'ness Aca- demy, has been appointed classical master in Vale of Leven Academy. ' Major°R. O. Irving, M.C., Cana- dians, killed in action, was a son -of Henry Bell Irving, Millbank, Locker- | bie. | Major-General. | W.. H.~ Rycroft, | Airdgairney, has had the Hellenes | Order of the Redeemer bestowed on him. 2 The Town Council of Crief has decided to erect a memorial to the men from the burgh who have fallen in the war. Lieut, Arthur D. Binnie, son of Mr. 'and Mrs. Thomas Binnie, Longiddry, was killed as the result ofan aero- plane accident. The town of Peebles Council has acquired from the Earl of Wemyss the lands of Kirklands and the farm | of Jedderfields. Captain Perey Mackenzie, killed in action, was the eldest son of Count and Countess de Sierra Largo, of Tarlovie, Dornoch Firth. N. Kemp has been elected to fill the vacancy in Galashiels Town Coun- eil caused by the death of Councillor Thomson. Robert Hunter, who has been as- sistant teacher in Kirkeonnel Public apnointed headmaster. The death is announced of Andrev Rallantyne, town chamberlain of Galashiels. and president of Galashiels Liberal Association. Lieut. John Davidson, of Crossiea, attached to the Seoto Franco Motor Ambulance Corns, has been-awarded 'the Croix de Guerre. The: death in action is announced from Vancouver of. Arthur Laidlaw, a_ brot of Sir Robert Laidlaw, Wolfelee, Hawick. Siv William Robertson, Lord Lieut- enant of Fife, estimates that there are nearly six hundred Fife men in the hands of the Germans. The Croix de Chevalier of the Leevion of Honor has been awarded to Lieut.-Col. John Alexander Stirl- line of Kinpendavie. ! -Maior Dunrez, a relative of Field Marchal Sir Douglas Haig, has pur- ehased the residential estate> o Beech-Hills. Haddington. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fell, of Bew- | die Mains, Lillistea, have serving in the array four sens, éight grandsons. and forty-six nephews. e The engagement is announced of George F. Barbour, Bonskeld, and Telen Victoria. daughter of Colonel Seott, Master of Polwarth. her ne James Murray's Roval © Asylum, Perth. has been apnointed svperin- tendent of Aberdeen Royal Asylum. Lieut. Douglas Caldre, of Baith- gate, who joined the army in To- Lieut. J. A. Kirk, kiNed in action, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Kirk, Gal- loway street, Maxwellton. a at Néws From the Front. . If you find yourself with nothing to write, do not give ouyrself up to the situation or wait until someone forces you forward, like the English soldier, who---not having written to his tno- ther in two years, although he had in that time been almost constantly in | the trenches--was urged by the chap- lain of his regiment to write a letter home. two-weeks, and finally compased the following historie evistle: "Dear Mother. This war is a bling- ey, Tell auntie. Yours, Bill." | Dr. D. D. Brown, sunerintendent of yonto, Canada, is renorted wounded. | He dallied with the matter for | Ontario wheat--No. , 1 Winter, per car lot, $2.14 to $2.22; No. 2, do., $2.11 to $2.19; Nio. 8, do., $2.07 to | $2.15 to $2.15; No. 1 Spring, $2.00 to $2.17; No. 2 Spring, $2.06 to $2.14; No. 3 Spring, $2.02 to $2.10 |t.0.b., shipping points, according to freights. Peas-----No. 2, $2.00.. : - Barley--Malting new e¢rop, 73 to 78c; according to freights outside. Bueckwhest--No. 2, $1, nominal. Rye--No. 2, $1.25, nominal, . 'Maniteba -- flour--Old -- 'crop, quality, $11.35, Toronto. Ontario flour--War quality, 'erep, $10.00, in bags, Montreal Toronto, prompt shipment. Millfeed--Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights, bags included. Bran, $87.25 per ton; shorts, $42.25 per ton. Hay--No. 1, $22 to $23 per ton; i mixed, $20 to $21 per ton, track Tor- onto. ;. Straw--Car lots, $10 to $11, Torento. war old and track Country Preduce--Wholesale Eggs--No. 1. storage, 55 to 56c; selected, storage, 58 to 60c; cartons, new-!aid, 65 to 67c. | Butter--Creamery, volids, 51 to 52c; 'do, prints, 58 to 55c; choice dairy prints, 538 to 55c; ordinary dairy prints, 88 to 40c; bakers', 80 to 88c; eens (best grade), 82 'to C. Cheese--New, large, 28 to 28%c;- twins, 29. to 2944c; spring mare, large, 28t6c to 29¢; twins, 29 to 2944. | 'Comb honey--Choive, 16 0z., $4.50 'to $5.00 per dozen; 12 0z., $3.50 to $4.00 per dozen, ; Maple syrup--tIn 5-gallon tins, $3.15 to $3.35. 3 t | Montreal Markets Montreal, Feb. 4.--Flour--New standard grade, $11.25 to $11.36. Rolled oats--Bags, 90 Ibs. $4.00 to $4.25. Bram, $87.25. Shorts, $42.25 Mouiilie, $68.00. Hay--No. "2, per ton, ear lots, $22.00 to $23-00. Cheese--Fingst easterns, 24 to 25c. | Butter--choicest creamery, 53 to 54c. Eggs--Selected, 57 to 58¢; No. 1 stock 58 to 54c,. Potatoes--Per 'bag, car Iots, $1.65 to $1.70. Dressed hogs-- | Abattopr. killed, $28.00. to $23.50. | Land--Pure, wood pails, 20 Ibs. net, ;/ 28 ito. 3c. Live Stock Markets Torento, Feb.. 4--Choice heavy steers, $13.00 'to $14.50; butchers' 'cattle, choice, $10.75 to $11.25; do, good, $10.00 to $10.50; do. common, 1 $8.50 to $8.75; bulls, choice, $10.25 to $10.50; do. medium bulis, $8.50 to $9.00; do. rough bulls, $7.25 to $7.75; butchers' cows, choice, $9.00 to $9.50; do, good, $8.00 to $8.50; do, medium, + $7.25 to $7.50; do. common, $6.25 to $6.75; stockers, $8.00 to $10:00; feeders, $10.50 to $11.50; canners, , $5.00. to $5.50; milkers, good to | choice, $90.00 to $180.00; do. com, 'and med., $65.00 tto $75.00; springers, | in $80.00 0 $180.00; light ewes, $9.00 to $9.50; yearlings, $12.00 to $12.50; Markets , of the World! NEWS FROM ENGLAND -- 7 ee Cecurrences fn the Lend That Reigns Supreme in the Commers dal World. - ' The Mayor of Deptford hes given three pigs to the borroug' council to eut the waste from cho uational kit- chen. my : : A large number of Britisa prison- ers. have been 'released in Mesopo-. tantia, and a numbe-: are waiting re- lease in Smyrna. : the death is announced of the Very Rev. James A. Smith, dean of David's. since 1908, at the age of seventy- seven. ; : The next general annual meeting of the Institute of Metals will be the first peace-time gathering of the in- stitute in five years. General. Townshend, who was awarded the K.C.B. in October, 1916, was knighted by the King recently. at Buckingham Palace. The War Trade Department has an- nounced that export trade other than, cotton and wool with Holland may now be resumed. Miss Helen Edwards, of Malvern, sent £1,000 direct to his Majesty the | "ing for his fund for the' Disabled Soldiers and Sailors. : Miss Alma Tadema presented a re- presentative gathering of Poles at. Regent street, London, with a_ silk banner in the Polish national colors. The Duke of Connaught has accept- ed the office of Lord High Steward of Wokinghant, Berks. Sy The Town Council of Totnes, Dev- onshire, has conferred the freedom of that city on General Sir William Birdwood. Miss Jackson, the Mayoress~ of Rochester, has five brothers who have been at some time the mayor of an English town. A psalter printed by command of Henry VIT. was sold recently at Shotheby's for £110. 5 Joseph Henry, the new Lord Mayor of Leeds, as a boy stood in a queue with charity tickets and a pail to obtain soun for himself and brothers. Queen Mary has sent two auto- sraph letters and two oil paintings of herself, to the Women's Active Ser- vice Club, Easton Square. A motor omnibus, to run on com- pressed gas, was exhibited at the: British Scientific Exhibition, held in: London recently. Ernest Simpson, twelve years old,. of Wombwell, has been awarded the Royal Humane. Society's Medal for: rescuing a child from drowning. ; Joseph Walton, a chief engineer in the mercantile marine, has been awarded by the King with the Silver' Medal for saving life at sea. o One hundred bungalows for | dis- abled men are being built at Hackney at a cost of £50,000. A. small farm of thirty-one acres: was sold at Chelford, Cheshire, for £2,200. In a thanksgiving procession held Sheffield fourteen thousand children took part. The troops \ of Aldershot have spring lambs, $14.00 to $14.50; calves 'good to choice, $15.00 to $15.50; hogs | fed and watered, $16:00 to $16.25. Montreal, Feb,. 4.--Canners' cattle, $4.50 to $6.00; butchers' bulls and 'cows, $9.00 to $10.50; lambs, $12.50 'sheep, $8.00 to $9.50; milk fed calves, | $12.00 to $16.00; choice select hogs, $16.50. --o | The Fall of the Air-Child. He was so young--the strippling that | we lay ' | In this stern box--his mother, were she here { Would choose a white one; tie'a spray of dear White roses with a ribbon white as they. But war's for men, not children, and i the grim Sad trappings of a soldier's : are dark? Yet something glorious wraps this lad, for mark The rippled bands of scarlet over him. death Was the air jealous of supremacy, Unwilling men _ should dare its trackless ways, That it should fail his light keel, in the blaze Of a clear sunset--hurl him earth- ward, still? This boy died nobly, though he died while slim, Scarce hardened, laughing, and this side the sea; So, placing him in hero company, | We bring our best--our Flag--to cover him! * i eticaececcil Antonio Mango, a soldier of the Ttalian wrmy. has received no fewer , than. 101 wounds in the war. iin weight after the age of thirty; the matte not till ten years later, ak ILL SURPRISE MAGGIE BY STAYIN' IN 'TONIGHT! 17) NO USE GOIN' OUT IN THE RAIN=GESIDES DINTY 19 AWAY ON Hi = VACATION = « 2 HELLO +15 WELL: WILL You SEND THOSE TWO THEM €,0.8. x THIO FiFI's HATS | PickE ; ' SPEND THE MILLINERY UP HERE mee ak : se reson ' AWAN: MES SEND WHERELL NOW 'The female brain begins to decline | of saved seventeen hundredweight in. iwaste paner per thousand men one month. : | For retaining and using.the ration book of his servant, Philiv Gutmacher " was fined £20 at North London. | 'British women and children who: are in the United States may now re~ turn home. but not sightseers. i. The children in Northumberland elementary schools have subscribed }over £638,000 in War Saving Certifi- | cates. | The death took place recently at Hove of Colonel B. A. Bruce, a well- known Enelish cricketer. The death has taken place at Eq- ham of Sergeant Lanning, for many vears instructor at the Royal London Eneineerine College. \ The death is announced at Cater- 'ham of Canon Francis J. Roe, for | thirty-nine years chaplain at the Bri- gate of Foot Guards Denot. ; Sir Edward Stern hes sent a cheque.for £1.000 to the Metrovolitan Hospital, Kingsland road, London, in memorv of Constance, Lady Stern. Sir Edwin Lutyens has been asked to prenare a desien for a permanent shrine for Hvde Park, svmbolizing the triumph of Right over Might. a Folks. |I'm glad for tired people, Who still know how to smile; |I'm glad for laughing people | "Who pause to talk a while-- The blessed bluffing brave folk Whom worry ean't beguile. I love some little children With smiles. that still are youth, Like sweet old-fashioned flowers, Their eyes so pure with truth, /That keep their faith in fairies And fairyland, forsooth. I'm glad for gentle aged folk, | Who leisurely may stray About indulgent duties, That 'keep their trifling sway-- The well-content-with-age folk Who loved their passing day. I'm glad for busy people Who do not waste your hours Nor theirs, with endless detail. But just like hidden powers They brace you unexpectedly Where lurking veaahaes cowers. And for the young-in-heart folk Who never lose thein cheer, The optimistic, glad folk, Like sunshine all the year--+ I think of all earth's fine folk They are perhaps most dear, een Of One Mind, ey es a case of suicide. After sitting through the evidence the twelve men retired, and, after deliberating, returned with the following verdict: sa "The jury are all of one mind-- temporarily insane!" a A as "A jory recently met to inquire inte ay