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. being endure the ne arth * d question is the bigâ€" rtween this year‘s pedition and success, Colonel Bury, leader edition; G. L. Mat. lerunt ty 6 p 135 1arq Imost lmupe;- stacle. opot URE TO BE ) WITH tho & by wal 1 % 14 at High parct Little Brotherâ€""Oh, ma says she can see through you, and I want to see K 1 can." A clergyman has invented a type writer which will print music. Mr. Johnsonâ€""Certainly, my little man; but why ?" Second Sight. Little Brotherâ€""Mr. Johnson, won‘t you go and stand before the window *" Even this is not the limit. There 1s a goodâ€"sized lake in Orange County, which is called Lake Swindle. The reason of this name is that the whole of itâ€"some three hundred acres in exâ€" tentâ€"was once sold to a "tenderfoot" as land suitable for a sugarâ€"cane planâ€" tation. Arriving on the spot, the unfortunate purchasers found that the land was pure white sandâ€""serubâ€"land," as they call it in Floridaâ€"and as useless as the sea beach so far as growing anyâ€" thing was concerned. Scores of people were caught, and! invested from twenty pounds upwards | in lots of fruit land, and the curious | point is that a large number of New, Englanders, _ usually considered “i longâ€"headed as any people in the | world, also bought lots. % pan, has mushroomed cout. Hundreds of young Britons have been trapped Jnto buying hardâ€"pan, and so bave lost all that they possessed. But your land swindler does not stop at tricks like this. His impudence knows no bounds. Some years agoâ€" it was a good while before the warâ€" this country was deluged with cireuâ€" lars most attractively printed, setting forth the advantages of a new settleâ€" ment on the Gulf Coast of Florida. It was called St. Andrew‘s Bay, and was ; alleged to be a perfect climate and a. perfect soil for orange growing. There | were pictures of a growing town, a map showing where building lots were | still to be purchased, and the pr!cesf were quite low. Plant fruitâ€"trees on such soil, they flourish for a year or two, then come to a dead stop, turn yellow, and slowly die. Dig one up, and you find that the taproot, unable to penetrate the hardâ€" enermous areas which, at first sight, leok to be fairly good soil, yet which are underlaid with what is called "hardâ€"pan," a thin but tough layer of yellowish rock, which is absolutely waterproof. ce en ol these gentry to spend £1,500 on 1 acres of orange land in California years ago, has now discovered that a tree will grow on his property. If all is not gold that glitters, 1 certainly all is not farming land w looks like it. Even in England, on the most fertile countries in the we there is much land which will not for cultivation. In the United St of America there are vast tracts w are absolutely valueless for agri Luve The land swindler is busy again, and is engaged in skinning the unfortunate emigrart in quite the oldâ€"time fashion, says an English writer. A British exâ€" UHRCOF, _ CRO WAS INMHGHE We ‘nus im °_ COTRâ€"BL supply ant an SA_S. was sent to the Abitibi Company at Froquois Falls in Northern Ontario. The paper company passed the $.0. S. on to the Canadian Pacific Railway at North Bay and, as soon ads they could be eollected, forty cars were despatched over the Temiskaming and ‘ Northern Ontario Railway throughg two hundred miles of forest and plain to the mill. Their arrival was eagerly: awaited and in record time the forty,' ears were loaded with a thousand tons , «4 newsprint, a goodly cargo but | merely two days output of the giant! plant. Away to the border thundered seventy thousand dollars worth of emâ€" DIYC REWSDADCYS â€"This unes s« m Tricks of the Land Swindler In some parts of its newsprint supply and was sent to the Abitibi C Froquois Falls in Northern The paper company pass S. on to the Canmiliars T.i "~UAl. _A serious situation for VaI;}: newspaper. Canada was the source of 7 elitegnn nteite & 1 some yo rewspapers. This n. Friday, March 10th A frosh engine was e iL. Even in England, one of fertile countries in the world, much land which will not pay vation. In the United States ca there are vast tracts which lutely valueless for agricu}â€" has now discovered that not _grow on his property. not gold that glitters, most l is not farming land which it. Even in England ana af engine was awaiting the ver the Temiskaming and ntarito Railway through miles of forest and plain Their arrival was eagerlv k a stately growing tree in the primal fastness of dian forest; the next, a was induced by one of the south there are sC00iy ca"go Dut output of the giant he border thundered dollars worth of emâ€" £1,500 on forty was at five two _ _ Mr. Stewart has assumed office at a period when the public mind has fastened greater hopes and expectaâ€" tions upon his post than on any other as a factor in solving the Dominion‘s most pressing problems. The charâ€" acter of his private and public exâ€" perience will be a source of public assurance that the policies of his deâ€" partments will be shaped by a thor-l‘ ough practical understanding of the services they must render. »Bpins? dnc Wnted t Pnd in s Aca d an exceptionally broad administrative experience and is, in addition, credited with much progressive legislation deâ€" signed to meet the peculiar needs of Western Canada. | _ To his new posts Mr. Stewart brir»gsIi Spiders, treeâ€"frogs, lizards, and Vp_f-rsopal] and tpublli(‘ ]meri%""(‘ Of’ snakes are often found concealed in _ eingularly practical value. orn at| 5 | Strabare, Ontario, in 1868, he removed | c?}r;goefs '.)tf }nng]e?l"r ba'nanas, and | to the west in 1905, homesteading near Oth¢r fruits from the opics. Killam, Alberta. As a pioneer western en mmmmmenemmmemmmemommmememmmanmemume \farmer Mr. Stewart acquired, first| enmmmmmmmmmemenmmmnremmnemmmmmmummmmum |hand, the intimate knowledge of setâ€" ,'tlvment conditions which is essential e # to a clear understanding of immigraâ€" tion and colonization problems,. He OR lp . | appreciates, as only a successful pionâ€" "~~% leer farmer can appreciate, the diffl-, ( & 6 /A Wi | culties that face tge individual settler| A e ‘\n&‘ 1 [and the lines along which public poli-l ‘ ‘ is ~/ V ‘cies in regard to land settlement must ie o oi lbe directed to ensure sound deve]op-’ * ment. 4j Mr. Stewart ;n’t,ergd; tho] All()ierfia A GOOD h egislature in 1909, ing elected by s acclamation in that year and again Oh, everything is bully in thi in 1913. In 1917 he became Premier paths are fully begarlanded wit} of Alberta, succeeding the late Honâ€" measles, the shingles and a wen, orable A. L. Sifton, At various periods heve killed my old gray hen; but during his provincial career Mr. Stewâ€" < t art held the portfolios of Minister of me sprinkle tears, or hand out v Municipal Mrairs, Minister of Public your ears. Cold winds no longe Works and Minister of Railways and come through. The day is bright Telephones. He has, therefore, enjoyed sevirb ns en uns S im on ie en oys n on oo an excentionally heaad adetlia n 9C |_ Minister of the Interior, Minister of |Immigration and Colonization, Superâ€" | intendentâ€"General of Indian Affairs, and Minister of Mines is the heayy share of administrative responsibility | borne by the Honorable Charles Stew-‘ art in t)‘;e new federal ministry. "l"he| functions of Mr. Stewart‘s depart-, ments, and the problems with which they are concerned, are chiefly deâ€"| velopmental. On these departments, | perhaps more than on any other govâ€"| ernmental agencies, the Canadian peo~’ ple are depending for the initiation of policies which will hasten business | recover}' and the return to substantial | national growth. | It has become a great industry in Canada, the manufacture of newsprint, accounting for a production of about 2,500 tons every day, of which the forests of Northern Ontario supply half. _ Taking a strip a yard wide, about the size of an opened newspaper, Canadian newsprint mills each day en-l circle the globe with their product. , t oo ol t e oo s Anatrnoui‘e The wood which was pulped and latterly became the paper to constitute this expeditious shipment, had come to the mill but a few days previous to the urgent demand so that a spruce or pine standing in stately dignity in a Canadian forest this week, may beâ€" fore the next elapses, be in the wasteâ€"i paper backets of a dozen cities of the United State«. l AN ONTARIO FARMER IN THE CABINET, enadian Pacific lines at North Bay and it continued on its way taking preâ€" cedence over all but passenger trains and making, in fact, fast passenger time. Latterly it changed to the lines of the Michigan Central and arrived in Chicago on Sunday afternoon March 12th, having acecinplished the trip of 1,059 miles in fifty hours. On Monday afterncon newsbeys were carrying a part cof the shipment about Chicago streets in the shape of newspapers. Readers in the great city received their papers just as usual, little realizing how close they had been to having the publication interrupted, and without a thought they were thrown away. auze O " ow YOTE Canadian Pacific lines at It‘s the one job that I dream of, it‘s the task I think of most, If I failed that growing youngeter I‘d have nothing else to boast ; For though wealth and fame I‘d gath» ered, all my future would be #ad, If 1‘d failed to be succeseful as that little fellow‘s dad. never gather gold, Men may list me with the failures when my business life is told, But if he who follows after shall be manly, I‘ll be glad, For I‘ll know I‘ve been successful 2s that little fellow‘s dad. E iee ind itc fltnsc Ts But the task my heart is set on is to guide a little lad And to make myself successful as that little fellow‘s dad. There are certain dreams 1 cherish which I‘d like to see come true, There are things I would accomplish ero my time of life is through, Fund ar 2 c 0s F I may fail to be as clevet as my neighâ€" bor down the street, I may fail to be as wealthy as some other men I meet, I may never win the glory which a lot of men have had, But I‘ve got to be successful as a little fellow‘s dad! may never come to Oh, everything is buily in this gay world of ours, and all my paths are fully begarlanded with flowers. It‘s true I have the measles, the shingles and a wen, and bobcats, skunks or weasles have killed my old gray hen; but illness or reverses can‘t make me sprinkle tears, or hand out vulgar curses that might offend your ears. Cold winds no longer hound us, and balmy winds come through. The day is bright and smiling, and any man‘s a swine who stands around reviling a world so good and fine. It‘s true my teeth are aching, and certain joints are sore, where rheumatiz is making itself a beastly bore; it‘s true my spotted heifer has foot and mouth diseaseâ€"but oh, that scented zephyr, that fragrant vernal breeze! â€" It comes from lands of spices, from islands in the sea, and in a brace of trices, it brings relief to me! This good old world we dwell in, in which we play our game, and paw around and yell in, is all the blue prints claim. Bometimes the skies are cloudy, and winds chant sad laments, sometimes the days are dowdy, and look like fourteen cents; but take things all together, the world is bright and fair; and much I question whether it‘s equaled anywhere. F, Cippl AAX 4 The Important Job. Rippli lappling hymes REGLAR FELLERSâ€"By Gene Byrnes â€"Edgar A. Guest A GOOD WORLD. glory, I may This is no lovuger a joke An oak treé of average s‘ze, with 700,000 leaves, lifts from the earth into the air about 123 tons of water during the five months it is in leaf. The writer, during the winter, has observed snowstorms raging at only a few thousand feet up, while merely a sprinkling of flakes have reached the ground. These overhead snowstorms are not to be supposed as occurring only in the winterâ€"time, for at a very great height above the earth it is always "*winter." Hence, an overhead snowstorm may be seen, even in the height of sumâ€" mer, taking place five miles, or even less, above the earth, In the same way, a snowstorm freâ€" quently occurs in the higher regions of the atmosphere without a single flake reaching ground level. The snow has melted, and the moisture has evaâ€" porated in midâ€"air. \ Sometimes these overhead showers are distinctly visible from below, as a sort of dark fringe to a still darker cloud. Often the fringe takes a twisted form, as though the cloud were mov-’ ing forward and leaving the lower part of the, shower behind. | of getting even into the lo-\;';r'ievels of the atmosphere, say, as low down as ten thousand feet above the ground. It may seem singular, but it is true that showers of rain occur without a single drop reaching the earth. This happens when the rain falls from a high cloud and meets on its downward journey a layer of very warm air.‘ This warm air causes the rain to evaâ€" porate long before it has the chance Showers Above, Fine Below ONTARIO ARCH TORONTO pa given to a tribe of plants, including 120 species found in Asia, Australia and America. The plant had its name from the early Spanish missionaries, who thought that the shape and growth of the flower were suggestive of the Crucifixion. 1 ‘"My husband is the most unselfish of men!" exclaimed Mrs. Youngwife. "I gave him a whole box of cigare, and he only smoked one, and gave all the rest away." ‘ the centre of the land, New Zealand of the Water. C ED ifaitinfiihsitattats td icatsic dark ages is crude in the extreme, and even the English 10â€"cent piece of 1,000 A.D. is childishly primitive in comâ€" Bome of these ancient Greek coins are valuable as art objects alone, the embossing being of rare workmanship and surpassing anything to be seen on the coinage of toâ€"day. It is naturally aAn example of the great height which Greek culture reached in that day. The course of civilization, in fact,. can easily be traced in these coins. The Roman coinage, some of which bears the head of Nero, is not equal in beauty to that of the Greeks, but nevertheless shows a high quality of | head on coins was instltutedrl;):-;ho Greeks, with the likeness of Alexander the Great, Man first had an opportunity to call "heads or tails" more than 2,000 years ago, when the practice of stamping a B B ceR o on 1 1 His Garden. â€""I have a little garden apot," Said Percival McGee, "‘I've planted it with beans and peas And beets and celery, And rows of onions succulent, In which I take delight When they are served with bread and salt nome dishes to adorn; And cucumbers and cantaloupes, All growing like the dickens, But won‘t be satisfied until I plant my neighbor‘s chickens." If the world be divided into land Bome dishes And cucumbers "I‘ve also planted cabbages And radishes and corn, And parsley, which is pretty stuff But the money of 122 CCCH NCCHI For an instant her heart stood still He persuaded as she realized what she had said | a keen operato and as she noted the wave of displeasâ€"| his set, and } ‘ ure that passed across the face of her| about it as his , hostess, ed to go in f. | _ She could hear people about her exâ€"| an operator‘s | pressing their astonishment with alfive weeks in quick, gasping intake of their breath.f passed the ex; | _But after a second‘s hesitationâ€" two per cent. : for he was himself taken aback byylfailed at the s the unexpected remarkâ€"Dr. Bell nns-, Robert is no wered with a merry twinkle in his| set for himself Upon a warm spring night When she was introduced to the inâ€" ventor some imp of mischief, she reâ€" lates, made her say to him, "Glad to meet you, but sometimes I wish you had never been born." It is said that Dr. Alexander Graâ€" ham Bell, the inventor of the teleâ€" phone, finds that device a nuisance, and will not have one in his own house! In confirmation, a lady has told the story of how she met him at a reâ€" ception given in his honor at Washinxz-l Birdwood once told a friend that while he was in the trenches a sentry shouted to him, "Duck your blinking head, Birdie." "Great Scott!" said the friend, "that was a ‘let off,‘ and what did you do?" "I ducked my blinking head!" the! General replied. I Some good stories are told about General Birdwood. One day he was going through the trenches with his helmet in one hand, revealing his closelyâ€"cropped hair. One of his staff, noticing that a certain sentry did not salute as the corps commander pass-‘ ed, asked the reason, the man replyâ€" ing that he didn‘t know who it was. The staff officer, walking away, beard the sentry say to himseif, "How can I tell with his head like that? Whyl doesn‘t he wear feathers, as any otherl bird would!" 1 "passion flower" Culture in Coins @M AMYTVMIMG SWM ANYmng ‘Stories of Famous People the succeeding â€"Minna Irving at Washingâ€" name ie s en n4 s ue P PR Realizing that Canada bhas been small for the silk. It is then enlarged ’ paying annually millions of doliars by an instrument caled a brochure. for stee! products purchased in the After a time the girls become exports l United States, and that stecl plants in detecting artificial pearls by meansiin the interior of Canada have been of an instrument like a stencoscope ,dependent upon the United States for except that it bas only fme ayepiece, | their supplies of iron ores, the Counâ€" This instrument shows the dlflemmo;c" for Scientific and Industrial Reâ€" in lighting effects. search at Ottawa has been investipa t munrmeâ€"nummenemmeay l ing the native fron ore resources, and Ih“ secured reports frem its commitâ€" the e ie e en C Te en ce on o Often the hole of the pearl is too small for the silk. It is then enlarged by an instrument caled a brochure. After a time the girls become experts in detecting artificial pearls by means They must be able to do many things. _ They must be proficient in sorting pearls for color and graduating them for size. They must also be able to work out fancy patternsâ€"most of them the designs of the fAirm, though sometimes a wealthy customer sends in a little pattern of his own, Artistry in the pearlâ€"stringers is encouraged , and many of the prettiest designs origâ€" inate with the girle themselves. ( Pearlâ€"stringing sounds easy enough, but girle have to serve an apprenticeâ€" ship of three years before they are considered competent. _ Lightness of touch and quicknees of | eye are the first essentials of the proâ€" / fessional pearlâ€"stringer. . Most girls | have both gifts, so they make better | workers than men. _ Yet there are | hardly more than a hundred girls enâ€"| gaged in this occupation in the whole‘ of London. | j_"_[TOCâ€"TZVC ~0 nsLruct them in their Three additional bulletins of the| wageâ€"earning obligation io the con.â€" series published by the Alumni F«l-‘ccrn they are hired to serv« eration of the University of Toronto| â€" Therefore let no man thitk that the have recently appeared. Number four contrivance of his own hand dispos deals with the university‘s sitnation| sesses him of his place and his neces. with regard to buildings and points sary function in the universe. Things out how carefully and economically| never will do his thinking for him. the University is managed. The need It is for him to direct and to plar, to for four additional buildings is stress-: imagine greatly and to fu}fi} his ed. Bulletin number five tells of the‘ dreams. The paramour operative original method of financing the pro-" power is not clectric energy or any vincial university and goes on to| force into which com} is ll;-vlwmulul. answer certain criticisms recently| Beyond the power of the sea, or the made regarding the "results" that the| sun, or of the w ind, or 6f radiq= university‘s work is producing. This activity, is the power of man bulletin makes the statement that "the m W nliiees rovincial university is the greatest «mt t.%* _ % ringle asset in the possession of the Directâ€"P .o.ltWC ‘ Homeâ€" people of Ontario‘" and gives reasons | Movie Camera. why this is so. The sixth bulletin deals mm« with the immediate financial needs of _ An interestinp developmen w is mage the univmity and compares the amâ€" out of the invention of th« sgallod ount spent on the University of Toâ€" "directâ€"positive" photographi paper ronto with expenditures on similar| is the directâ€"positive motionâ€"pjeture universities in Great Britain and the| eamera. This camora, in opevaiion a n United States. As the univeuityrappelrflllc"- resembles the ordinary problem is very much to the fore in| one, but instead of h« celln‘oid nega Canada at the present time, those in-,l tive film, it uses the new paper, which terested in this problem might do well eliminates printing and makes |+ pos» to secure copies of these bulleting so‘ gible to show the pictures within thres as to be thoroughly informed on both minutes after the exposure has been sides of the case. | made. The camera also offers a rea by ine youngest wireless operator in the world is Robert Garcia, the sevenâ€" yearâ€"old son of Charlie Chaplin‘s dirâ€" ector, Mr. Allen Garcia. Ever since his fifth year Robert has been keenly interested in wircless, He persuaded his father, who is also a keen operator, to teach him to work his set, and he soon knew as much about it as his parent. Then he decidâ€" ed to go in for the examination for an operator‘s licence. He had only five weeks in which to work, but hel passed the examination with ninetyâ€" two per cent. of marks. Many mcnl failed at the same examination. | Robert is now building, unaided. a : _qu Pe.arls Are Strung. PW an C000 6O memmerng old helpful, 1 should say: Read all you can and keep adaptable; learn everyâ€" thing you can of the story of the stuff you handle before you get into the shop, and get back towards the wholeâ€" sale f you can. I "The greatest danger that threatens a shop assistant is routine." 1 "As you know," wrote Mr. Wells, "I began life behind the counter (a drapâ€" er‘s counter) when I was thirteen, and I suppose if I had had a normal ability to pack parcels and respect my shopwalker, 1 should have been a draper‘s assistant all my life. What got me out of business was nothing but incompetence. I couldn‘t handle the stuff skilfully and I couldn‘t keep bright and attentive for long spells. "If I were talking to young assistâ€" ants and trying to be fatherly and| % 0g04 mc F U ter to the members of the National Amailgamated Union of Shop Assistâ€" ants, Warehousemen, and Clerks, asâ€" sembled at their thirtyâ€"first annual conference dinner. \ woP Tniilrnas fisiat P issc es cas The is L2 4 has never forgotten his early days as a shop assistant, sent a lively letâ€" sxeog s sn ol . 2i P eyes: "I don‘t blame you; I never the beast!" Mr. H. G. Wells Alumni Bulletins. University of Toâ€" "directâ€"positive" photog: ditures on similar is the directâ€"positive at Britain and the camera. This camera, in «¢ As the univ".uyluppenrancv, resembles ; The ewestest sounds to tees to the effect that it is time to Endertake the epecial treatment which the Canadian ores require to fit them for commercial reduction to pig iron, It is hoped thereby to establish a new and important home industry Keep Canada‘s Cash at Home | _ T77 e um is punched and cut into separate pictures by a spocial deâ€" vice, and the cut pieinres inserted intr In booklet provided for the purpose, By running the booked plotures be tween the thumb and index finger, the iNlusion of motion is produced, as in the almostâ€"forgoiten Edison "mutbe seopes" of the early nineties, The maâ€" chine utilizes perforated paper of the same width as the regular mothonâ€" picture film. . Nowever, it is not reâ€" stricted to the use of porforated paper; an additional device incorporated in the camera enables the operaior to use plain paper at will, which in nuumne made. The camera also off means of satisfying the « thousands of potenlial mo not to imention the million: â€"who sre anxious to se« themselves "reg ister " To show the subject in motion, the "film" is punch into separate pictures by a vice, and the cut pleinres jin imagine great "C27U0f and apparatus cannot make a going concernâ€"whethe it be a col lege for education or a factory for material productionâ€"without capable workmen, who have respect for themâ€" selves, a pride in their work, an active conscience to instruct them in their wageâ€"earning obligation i« the onn. k Manâ€"power is manifest itual conduct of Jife and E wb c a Cmy . mranory. They ask not merely what, but who is behind the words. [A single sentent| ous remark, offered by a man who does and is, has been known to overâ€" throw an extended, elaborate arpiâ€" ment offered by one of those who in vulgar parlance are styled "hotâ€"air merchants," IONCOORIMt itc d sc a ns ... A affected as one man arisos, asserts himself, and sways others to his plan. Nor does this mean the man who stands up and talks smoothly, at any length desired. For a while Kerensky stampeded Russia with his passionaite monologues. But mere talk would not serve; there had to be substance beâ€" hind and foundation below the "heasâ€" tiful diction." In fact, the mass of mankind, a« education proceeds, becomes increas ingly mistrustful of mere . oratory Moe 22c t e l C - t CO0, Comooee oooy Heor uoue to demonstrate by means of a workâ€" ing model. Behind every improveâ€" ment history records there are the thinking mind and the toiling hand of a human being. All the laborâ€"saving devices cannot dispense with a human PriRE HHOVEL, A BEPKGDKL nosse ~ w â€"â€"William Goldamith Browne, is a A Difficult Course. r at will, which, in ma,',‘; desira ble advantage mover, a personal agent. The of affairs is still powerfully _as one man arises, asserts _and sways others to his plan. uc chut es C 700 10 serve. t no man think tha; ‘ his own hand disg his place and his ne in the universe. Thi his thinking for h 0 direct and to plan, ly and to fulfit paramoun\ operat electric energy or & ich coul is transmut wer of the sea,. or : e wind, or 6f rad power of man. life and the answer of the s9â€"a tographic pa > molionâ€"plet in operation 4 * the onding 6 celln‘oid ne ex paper, wh movie stars in @ontina £ "fans" o% they im the hat 14 |.N|" callod paper e turre