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UNS QNETS W * i3 _ And they did, and after that one boy always came each day to play with the little gince. and as for wishes and want: "*well, he discovered theâ€"fun of wantarg things for other people and not for himself. _ There was no end to his commands andnoend to the hapâ€" piness in the kingdom where he lived. Calling for all twenty menâ€"inâ€"waitâ€" ing at once, the little prince ran up the garden, stumbling over himself ‘fairly in his eagerness! His "I wants!" and "I wishes!" kept the whole court flying, I can tell you, and before evening every little boy on the pixie‘s list had what he wanted. _ All the prince‘s ponies were gone but one, all the dogs but one, all the games but: one; in tact, there was just one of everything left. _ The boys had had so much fun with the prince‘s gifts that he began to wonder whether he and the doggie and pony and toys that were left could not have some fun, too! "Now you‘ve found them! Now you‘ve found them!" she cried over ind over again! "What?" cried the little boy curiâ€" qusly . "Why, your wishes and wants," laughed the pixie. "Didn‘t you know that it was more fun to want things for other people than for ourself! _ Here!" She slipped a long fist of names into the prince‘s hand and then disappeared like a soap bubâ€" ble that has suddenly burst. "Well, I wish they could have them!" sighed the prince. "See that little ragged boy, he does so want a dog!" But the pixie was hopping about, clapping her hands and laughâ€" ing with glee. of!" _ "Yes!" said the pixie, smoothâ€" Ingqg her roseâ€"petal apron and looking sideways at the little prince, "they do!" of! most. _ Some wanted bicycles, some wanted boats, some wanted books. "Why!" gasped the little prince, "they want all the things I‘ve got so many marked slowly. "Dear me! Dear! me!" _ "What do they want?" The | little prince looked up with new interâ€" est. _ "Look in the lake and I‘ll show you!‘" answered the pixie, skipping down to the edge of the water. So, he did, and there he saw hundreds of little boys and the things each wanted‘ marked slowly â€"® bhrendlat it issc s thos l a t id The pixie stopped awinging. _ "You| of the whole organizatior are the only little boy in the world|vide adequate overhead who isn‘t wanting something!" she re. | and inspection . 1 can‘t think of another thing for them to do for me!"‘ The little prince threw himself down on the ground and began sighing again. "If I only had something to wish for! K I only wanted something!" want!‘" _ "You would not thi;i{â€"i;'st funny if you had to keep twenty men. inâ€"waiting from getting stiff and tired Â¥ wa mds PCP 2 "What‘s that?" piped up ~a little voice. _ The prince looked down and there perched on a rose bush sat a litâ€" tle pixie! "There‘s not one thing left to wish for!" repeated the prince, regarding her curiously. _ "Ho! ho! ho! How‘ funny ?" chuckled the pixie, turning :' somersault, "A little hov withant a He could scarcely believe his eyes. He sat up straight on his golden throne and stared around in delight. Then down he jumped u? ran to the very end of the gardef, where he could not see one of the hateful toys. "There‘s not one thing left!" he reâ€" marked dismally. _ "Not one thing in the world!" "Leave him alone with them!* whispered one of the wise men, so the king raised his sceptre and all the attendants went backing away. Then the king and queen with a great swishing of silk and velvets went away, too, and for the first time he could remember the little prince wasl all by himself! "Choose any, my sonâ€"or all!" imâ€" plored the king. _ The prince sighed wearily and then shook his headâ€"so they left them all! Boats by the hundred, games galoreâ€"every sort of toy imaginable! Twenty menâ€"inâ€"waiting stood breathâ€" lessly at attention to execuce his slightest command and the poor litâ€" tle prince‘s head ached trying to keep them busy., "For," he reasoned to himself, "it must be very tiresome to stand still all the time!" This went on and on till the little prince could think of not one thing more he wanted. _ In the midst of his gorgeous garden and surrounded by his glittering attendants he drooped‘ on his golde n throne and nothing' could interest or arouse him! ' The queen and the king grew very much alarmed and begged him to tell‘- them what he wanted to make him happy. _ He only shook his he.d.‘ So off they hastened, the royal carâ€" riage clattering into town at a terriblel rate . tm# nounks Hler asne Mc unt c an °_ NINf of the sort. _ He was the unhappiest boy alive, becauseâ€"wellâ€" because he had not a thing in the‘ world to wish for. ‘ He had more ponies than ever he could ride, more books than ever he could read, more candy than ever he could eat and more places to go than he could ever hope to choose fromâ€"so | he just sat there feeling blue and dull. | Twenty menâ€"inâ€"waiting stood breathâ€" ’ lessly at attention to execuse his wWEcKes..s I the Gift of the Wise Little Pixic. Thére was once a little prince, who had everything he wanted and more beside, and I suppose you are thinking right away, "What a fortunate felâ€" low!" and "How happy he must have been!" [ voe The Gift ; }Wotbing of the ‘REPLENISH OUNG FOLKS | Your BLoop ZJN THE SPRING "I NO tTNINK it so keep twenty menâ€" _ Proposed amendments to the Onâ€" !tario Forest Fires Act will give the Provincial Forester very wide authorâ€" ity in the handling of the whole situaâ€" tion. _ One of the most important amendments provides for the adoption of the permit system of regulating settlers‘ clearing fires. â€" This action should go far toward preventing a reâ€" petition of previous disastrous fires in the clay belt. _ Similar provisions are now in effect in other provinces. "a number of inspectors to supervise the fire protection work of the sevâ€" ‘eral railways, in forest sections. The ;'regulations of the Board make the railways responsible for the prevenâ€" Ition and control of fires due to railway agencies . For the enforcement of | these regulations in Ontario, the Provâ€" ,‘ince last year provided eleven inspect-l ors. _ The work of these inspectors velated chiefly to rightâ€"ofâ€"way clearâ€" ing, the reporting and extinguishing of fires by railway employees, and the inspection of locomotive fireâ€"protecâ€" tive appliances. Coâ€"operation with the Board of Railâ€" way Commissioners will be continued, under which the Province will provide EVUCT EOOE M UTTE Ig o , technically trained forester and has f i had wide experience under Ontario |conditions, having been connected with |various lines of government forestry work in the province during the past 12 or 13 years. _ He will be assisted in the head office by J. H. White, of‘ | the Faculty of Forestry of the Univerâ€" sity of Toronto. _ Mr. White has colâ€" laborated in the preparation of reports on Forests of Nova Scotia, Trent Waâ€" tershed Survey and Forest Protection in Canada, 1913â€"1914, published by the Commission of Conservation. . Three district chiefs have been appointed, for the supervision of the work in the field. L. E. Bliss will be stationed at Port Arthur, Ernest G. Poole at ; Cochrane, and _ A. J, MceDonald at“ North Bay, Under these district . chiefs will be a large staff of inspect-" ors and fireâ€"rangers. _A strong effort will be made to coâ€"ordinate the work| of the whole organization, and to pro-“ Strong Organization Being Formed to Administer Protection System. Material progress is being made in the reâ€"organization of Ontario‘s forest fire protection system. The organiza. tion will be supervised by E. J. Zavitz,‘ Provincial Forester. Mr. Zavitz is a s x‘ T . P : |t _ _ 7 706UN. Fhen your skin beâ€" loomos clear, your eyes bright, your nery»s strong, and you feel better, eat | better, sleep better, and are able to i‘do your work. [ Begin your spring tonic treatment toâ€"day for the blood and nerves with Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pillsâ€"the Pills that strengthen., These Pills are sold by most dealers, but do not be persuaded to take "something just the same." _ If you can‘t get the genuine Pills from your dbaler they will be sent you by mail, post paid, at 56 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 by writing The Dr. Wilâ€" liams‘ Medicine Co.. Brockullia Ame renew and enrich your blood at once ’and restore tone to your tired nerves, | or there may be ; a complete breakâ€" lldown. The most powerful remedy for these spring ailments in men, women |and children is Dr. Williams‘ Pink |Pills for Pale People, because these tPnls cleanse bad blood and strengthen weak nerves, ] New, rich, rea bloodâ€"your greatest need in springâ€"is plentifully created by Dr. Willams‘® Pink Pills, and with this new, pure blood in your veins you quickly regain health and increase your strength. _ Then your skin beâ€" comes clear, your eyes bright, yourl BOFVHES SIFARS BW wass mecte ces 1 F ied uP ids k ie d c tz nanins: M "all tired out." Perhaps rheumatism is | ’flyflll through your muscles and joints , or may be your skin is disfigured by‘ rashes, boils or pimples. Headaches,' twinges of neuralgia, fits of nervousâ€" ness, irritability of temper and a disâ€" ordered stomach often increase your discomfort in the spring. The causeâ€"winter has left its mark on you. These troubles are signs that | your blood is poor and watery, that " your nerves are exhausted. You must | Just now you are feeling "out of sorts"â€"not your usual self. Quite exâ€" hausted at times and cannot devote real energy to your work. Sleep does not rest you and you wake up feeling smam is _1 U T 1 ONTARIO‘S FOREST 0., Brockyville, Ont supervision FIRES. There are signs toâ€"day in Germany, one cannot call it of repentance; it t ip rominigbt® anmeiierniin slkindnt hi it a Ant .3 is rather of sorrow, not for her crimes, but for the accumulating failâ€" ure of the object for which that crime of hers wa‘s committed. The process of killing quack grass is not complicated, but one thing must always be borne in mind, the work must be done conscientiously and thoroughly. A halfâ€"hearted effort is useless. ‘ of the grass roots. From three . to four inches will be deep enough ‘on sod or pasture land. Disk the land thoroughly every ten or twelve days until autumn, when the quack grass will be killed. Plough the land to a good depth the following spring to bury the dead roots which will supâ€" ply food to the succeeding crop. Plant corn or potatoes and cultivate thorâ€" oughly, or sow a smother crop as mil-' let or buckwheat. | _ As the quack grass roots are found closer to the surface in sod and pasâ€" ture fields than in cultivated fields, it is often advisable to utilize a field for pasture or meadow, keeping the grass cut closely or grazed before attemptâ€" ing to kill it. The work should start immediately after haying by ploughâ€" ing the infested land only deep enough to turn over a furrow containing most 1 Thoroughness an Essential Quality in 1 Method of Eradication. All methods of eradicating this troublesome weed are based on thorâ€" ough tillage. The implements found on any well equipped farm are suffiâ€" cient to eradicgte quack grass. i Mrs. W. J. Wilson, Carp, Ont., writes: ’“I have used Baby‘s Own Tablets for ‘the last ten years and can highly reâ€" |commend them for babyhood and childâ€" I'hood ailments. _ My baby was very ‘dellcate; in fact we never thought he ‘would live, but thanks to the Tablets |he is now n\flne healthy boy." Baby‘s Own Tablets should be kept in every home where there are small children. They regulate the bowels and stomach and never fail to cure the minor ills of little ones. The Tablets are sold by medicine â€" dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. _ "Aâ€"hem!" came the cough, more loudly. "But sin ye may think that extravaâ€" gant, we‘ll juist ca‘ them ten futâ€"" "Ahem! Ahem!" "Mon," shouted the parson, leaning over the pulpit and shaking a foreâ€" finger at the clerk, "ye may cough all nicht if it suit ye, but I‘ll na tak afl‘ anither fut! Wad ye hae the foxes‘ wi‘ no tails at a‘?" BABYV‘S OWN TABLETS USED TEN YEARS "The foxes in those days were much larger than ours, and they had tails twenty fut longâ€"" "Ahem!" coughed the clerk. "That is," continued the preacher, "according to their measurement; but by ours nae more than fufteenâ€"" The next Sabbath he described how Samson tied the foxes‘ tails together. He sgid,_ imprgssively: |__ The "meenister" of a country kirk iin Scotland, a century ago, was less humennble to reproof, even if he inâ€" vited itâ€"as Mr. J. R. McRae has reâ€" cently related in a collection of theoâ€" logical anecdotes. His clerk had venâ€" tured to suggest the ill effect of exagâ€" geration upon the congregation; the minister, rather offended, declared himself unaware of transgression, but requested that if he erred again the next Sabbath he might be reminded, by a discreet cough, to curtail his eloâ€" auence. "Indeed," he said â€" fully, "I have shed « upon barrels of tears draw. In the high tide of eloquence, even preachers occasionally forget that it exists. A committee of remonâ€" strance once called upon an oldâ€"time Newburyport preacher to protest against the unbridled exaggerations that he permitted himself in the pulâ€" pit. The preacher admitted his fault very humbly. | Story Which Occurs in a Colleefiu\of Theological Anecdotes. The line between purely rhetorical exaggeration and a reprehcnsible perâ€" version -of t‘rut!l_is_ not always easy to SLIGHTLY EXAGGERATED. QUACK GRASS. said to them sorrowâ€" over it barrels 99 Satisfaction, even after one has dined well, is not so interesting and eager a feeling as hunger. business had not kepf him a-t"h;;;e The average man thinks he would have been a perfect terror in war if wood. They propel themselves by paddling with their hands, and, havâ€" ing set the mats as a trap, they retire long enough to allow the fish to enter. They then return very dquickly in the same fashion, pull together the two parts of the trap, and retire with their haul. few small annual stream« Aaw i,,7| Ihis clock gives the time in the big a few small annual streams flow into capitals of the world, as well as the it The .t}shantis_ regard the lake as a | local hour, the day o’f the week and | f;g:z ieftl:h,pcl)):ll;i‘f’::l'g ::;t l:nl:rg:t};i ‘ month, the rising and hsetting of th; [BOdo s s a sun, the phases of the moon an ’:f;.:l: ::;f,h br;a;:fi;fi; lltls:;:f; 2;"(;:§:tides, as well as considerable other surface and making noises like thejnnformatlon. diacharge. of artillery. There are nu» | mMoNnEey oRrpEers merous villages round the lake, but no | hen ordering goods by mail, send canoes, paddles, fishboats or brass;a E:)minlon Express Money Orde;r. pans are allowed on or near to it. The | natives do, however, permit themâ€" | Mess M selves to catch the fish which abound | The disc;ver); o{) (;(\)me{lfi-n cct)st a lit. in the lake, aand they resort to an+tle more than 7,000, at least so say ingenious method of overcoming the;some documents that were found in disabilities imposed on them by its the archives of Genoa. These docuâ€" sacred character. Plaited reed mats ments give the valye of Columbus‘ with gaping mouths are taken out first fleet at $3,000. _ The great adâ€" from the shore by men lying face miral was paid a salary of $300 a year, downwards on cigar shaped logs of | the two captains who accompanied wanrd We aes uon uen c & & is & 2 c | Regarded by Natives as the Abode of ! a Powerful Spirit. |__In central Ashanti there is a sacred lake, Bosumtivi, which lies about | eighteen miles southeast of Coomassie, | and is the only real lake in the counâ€" |try. It is roughly circular in shape,‘ | with a diameter of four miles, and lies| |‘in a deep depression with sides rising‘ )to six hundred and seven hundred feet! above its surface. It has never been | fathomed. An attempt was made to | sound it by A. J. Philbrick, acting' chief commissioner of Ashanti, but the | line broke after five hundred feet had,‘ been lowered. The water is fresh, | though the lake has no outlet, and only | C e d P PX € very easily done as it is merely a darningâ€"stitch. _ McCall Pattern No. 7743, Ladies‘ Jumper _ Blouse, in 5 sizes; 34 to 42 bust; and No. 1737, Ladies‘ Twoâ€"Piece Barrel Skirt, 39 or 37â€"inch length; in 5 sizes; 22 to 30 waist. _ Price, 20 cents each. These patterns may be obtained‘ from your local McCail dealer or from The McCall Co., 70 Bond St., Toronto,f Dept, W. SACRED LAKE OF ASHANTL The jumper effect and barrel skirt combined make a costume distinctly smart, while its development in oysterâ€" white pongee and Chinese blue adds the artistic touch which is the aspiraâ€" tion of all women of taste. The emâ€" broidery used on this dress is the new kind of shadow embroidery which is tion of the food supply. Expensive high proteid foods, such as beef and pork, impose a heavy burden upon the liver and kidneys. They are not as nitritious as cereals and fruits Two Shredded Wheat Biscuits with milk supply all the nutriment needed for a half day‘s work at a cost of only four or five cents. Cut out meat and eggs, eat Shredded Wheat Biscuit with green vegetables and fruits, and see how much better you feel. For breakfast with hot milk or cream. Made in Canada. The High Cost of Indiâ€" gestible Food fails heavily upon the household where there is no intelligent direcâ€" A Fashionable Gown _ Careful consideration should be given to the planting of large trees and shrubs, as planting of this kind should be permanent. Flower beds may be changed more or less every year, but large shrubs and trees reâ€" quire years to develop fine specimens, so they should not be disturbed or‘ moved after they are once located. ments give the valye of Columbus‘ first fleet at $3,000. The great adâ€" miral was paid a salary of $300 a year, the two captains who accompanied him received a salary of $200 each and the members of the crew were paid at the rate of $2.50 a month each. _ At Beauvais Cathedral there is a clock which is composed of 92,000 separate pieces, having 52 dialâ€"plates. This clock gives the time in the big capitals of the world, as well as the local hour, the day of the week and month, the rising and setting of the sun, the phases of the moon and tides, as well as considerable other information. ( Minard‘s Liniment Cures Burns, Bto. British Railway Officials Find It Valuâ€" able For Road Ties. 1 As evidence of the remarkable strength of Douglas fir, an official of Ione of the great British railways in a |letter to an official of the British Coâ€" flumbia forestry department, stated that out of 616 railway ties of Dougâ€" las fir laid down more than 16 years ago, on a main line over which traffic of fifteen million tons per annum passed, only 23 had been renewed, the remainder being still in good conâ€" dition. me _ Others in this neighborhood have used Dodd‘s Kidney Pills and found that they are the greatest of all remeâ€" dies for kidney troubles of any kind. Dodd‘s Kidney Pills are specialists. They cure sick kidneys and that is all they claim to cure. The reason they are given credit for curing rheumaâ€" tism, lumbago, dropsy, diabetes and Bright‘s disease is that all of these diseases are caused by sick kidneys. "Yes, L was troubled with gravel and bladder trouble," Mr. Woods said when asked about his cure. "But since I took four boxes of Dodd‘s Kidney Pills my troubles are gone. I also had heart flutterings and shortness of breath. There were flashes of lights and specks before my eyes and I was very nervous. All these troubles have gone, too, since I used Dodd‘s Kidney Pills." _ Hadlington, Ont., Apr. 23rd (Special) â€"Mr. William Wood, a wellâ€"known farmer living near here, is shouting the praises of Dodd‘s Kidney Pills. He claims they cured him of two of the most painful and dangerous forms of kidney trouble, bladder trouble and gravel. STRENGTH OF DOUGLAS FIR. Mr. William Wood of Hadlington, Ont., is Added to Long List of Cures By the Great Canadian Kidney Remedy, Dodd‘s Kidney Pills. Says Dodd‘s Kidney Pills Cared Him of Gravel Well Known Farmer Gives His Evidence By means of this process tar, a light oil, acetate of lime, and charcoal are formed. The gas produced by disâ€" tillation is carried through a pipe nine imches in diameter and twenty feet long. In this pipe is an electrically charged wire, which causes precipitaâ€" tion of the heavy particles of tar. The tar, forty gallons for each cord of wood distilled, is of medium consisâ€" tency, and immediately marketable. The light oil, obtained in a water con-; denser, is immediately marketable for use in ore refining, and the yield is | twelve gallons to the cord of wood.! Eighty pounds of acetate of lime are | obtained from the pyroligneous acid | of each cord of wood.. Nine hundred pounds of charcoal are the final yield. 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