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nâ€"loving suppresâ€" acultioe. a child ladness om ang when it with its %¢, a na incement attention . Whilst this instlâ€" ‘sumption t, Its inâ€" omentous rortance. the main 1 for ths izing and year, to lan fish "v sug 1@ at 3c ® var.ous us â€" all Fe W tution C.Y0® Fisherâ€" ationmal bring ie of irred All ThÂ¥ tio®, rect ada api« The ort Sra i tels ty 1 & 4 % Well, to get on with my tale. One fine day in mid summer, Dicko and the aforesaid _ "kindred spirits" salled away in a fishing boat for Riviere de Portage. After an uneventful trip of twenty miles, the galleon arrived at the mouth The necessary equipment was thoroughly planned and discussed. A pot! An old time copper kettle must be acquired. Ingots of gold, jewelry, precious stones, strings of pearls, brooches, all must be en regle. Moulds were made in which leaden inâ€" gots were run and "KIDD‘" in large glaring letters appeared on each brick. These were all carefully gilded to dazâ€" sle the eye, carefully, solicitously wrapped in old tarpaulin, tarâ€"smeared and sanded. _ Empty tin tea sample boxes were all beautifully lined with black velvet and stuffed with cheap Jewelry, rings, strings of imitation pearls, sparkling rhine stones and gewâ€" gaws of many shades and shapes. These, in turn, were subjected to the same process of camouflage as were the other items. When ail complete, the treasure was stored in the old copâ€" per pot, tarpaulin, sand and hieroâ€" glyphics added, and all made ready for a descent on old Charlie. One item was lacking, a mineral rod? One hapâ€" py member of the conspiracy suggestâ€" ed a cornet (whether 1B flat or 2nd B flat the harmony would be comâ€" plete} and a cornet in its case was taken along as a mineral rod. Some freworks were necessary to disposâ€" sess Captain Kidd and his cut throat crew . but trifles such as these were mere bagatelles to this enterprising company of treasure seekers. Now, Dicko was the owner of a fishâ€" ing establishment near by and posâ€" sessed of a sense of humor, an unlimitâ€" ed supply of energy, and a reckless abandon just necessary for an enterâ€" prise as arduous and humorous as would be the delving for buried treaâ€" sure under Charlie‘s house. On one of Dicko‘s visits to the Shireâ€"town of Kent, he confided in a kindred spirit as irresponsible as himself, and one who worked in a general store, the the story of the buried treasure and the request made by Charlie to search under the old house. "She‘s dere, Dicko! I‘m very sure she‘s dere!" old Charlie insisted, to all of which Dicko agroed. Now the kindred spirit whom Dicko consulted, took in three other young spirits equally devilish, and a gathering so formidable devised ways and means that for subtle ingenuity could hardly be surpassed. These simple old men knew that the treasure wes there. Charlie had dreams of gold. He was troubled with these nightmares of buried fortunes, and one day confided to the hero of our tale, "Dicko" that the treasure was revealed to him, in a dream, as conâ€" cealed under his own house. Would Dicko make the search? Dicko would. There is an old legend, embellished by time and often rehearsed with bated breath and new trimmings that the famous"pirate Captain Kidd, visitâ€" ed La Riviere de Portage and there buried enor.icus treasure. Old Simon, who has :‘oug since been gathered to his fathers, was, at the time of our story, living close by Charlie‘s and in «aympathy wiih every feature of the lost treasure legend. Simon and Charlie oftea rehearsed to the writer the story of the "long boat"; how their forefathers saw the bold buccaneers come ashore in full piratical regalia, eutlass, crimson sash, red fez, the toute ensemble of the old time rover of the Sparish main: They came in daylight to spy out a hiding place, and under cover of a dark and stormy night, they again landed to conceal "pleces of eight, sacred vessels of gold and ropes of pearis." In a lone‘y, retired hamlet in the northern rart of Kent County, N.B., there lives a grizzled veteran of the soll. A â€"ce lined by exposure to the elements of the rigorous climate in which he has lived, hair whitened by years of avducus toil, summer suns and winter‘s chill blasts, Charlie has lived to a creat age. Sons and daughâ€" ters have grown up to manhood and womanhood ard left the humble surâ€" roundings of their youth for other scenes. The old man and his kindly old helpmate are still to be found struggling for an existence in their own simple abode. Tilling the meager farm, catchivg what fish are necessary for their humble table, and meeting and gosiping with chance pedlars ani fishing porties who may happen that way during the summer months. A True Story of Buried Gold. reasure Trove By A. E. Hal Hal Jocular Bugâ€"â€"‘"Hey, Snailey! I bet somebody gives you a speedometer for a Christmas gift!" | To a small bridge which spans the ‘stream below the house, the two ghouls carried their loot, and there "at the fead of night with the lantern ‘dimly _ burning" they _ summoned Charlie, Simon, and the neighbors to ‘see what the search had revealed. Whipping out a bowle knife with all the abandon of a John Silver, Dicko slashed the timeâ€"worn, mothâ€"eaten tarâ€" paulin covering the pot, and exposed to the startled gaze of the shivering {spectators a vision of untold wealth. Ah! How to get away with the pot? A fight? That was the idea, and a fight over the spoils ensued without delay. Threats were made, knives were branâ€" | dished, and in the confusion and upâ€" roar a confederate, James A., who was fishing at the Beach when taken in the , plot, stole the pot and made off in the ‘ darkness. Cuenca, a city of 30.060 in Ecuador, lies 8,469 feet above the sea. The Arab, who lives largely on dates, is extraordinarily wiry and can travel for days in burning heat that would kill a meatâ€"fed man. In consequence of this find, Charlie dug for himself a perfectly good celâ€" lar. He never found the balance of the treasure. Does he believe the genuineness of that find? Ask himâ€" tund you will hear the longest, most lurid and inflammatory vituperation of "Gros At" and Dicko that you have ever had the pleasure of listening to. Fews coll olsn eqetnh WChey earned it. The Swedes have a pretty word for the phrase "honeymooning." They call it smekmonad, or the caressing month. Now, to get awar with the swag! A few jewels more or less mattered 1itâ€" tle to these lucky mortalisâ€"but the proof, man, the proof! Laying the Ghosts. Then followed the laying of the ghosts. The ousting of the infernal spirits with many weird complaints.. The cornet was used in the cellar to much advantage. Although shown to Charlie during the day as a mineralâ€" rod, it played a splendid solo in the cellar. Such groans and lamentations no decent disembodied mortal could ever bear. These dismal sounds below were splendidly exemplified above by Dicko, who made capital use of the lantern and fireworks. From Charlie‘s description of hydraâ€"headed men and frameâ€"enwrapped figures which he swears he saw leave the premises, there was no doubt in the minds of our heroes that the exorcism had been complete. What a night! At about 11.30 our adventurers asâ€" cended the river in a skiff, and under cover of the night, accentuated by rain and fog, they succeeded in conveying the treasure to the house. After the departure of the inmates the pot of gold was taken to the cellar where. with the aid of a lantern and a crowâ€" bar, a large stone was dislodged, and the impression of the pot left in the excavation. It proved a perfect night for warâ€" locks and witches, ghastly through tho drizzling rain, a fitting night for stal‘c ing the ghost of the much maligned Captain William Kidd. Arrangements having been successfully completed that the family should leave the house at midnight, the treasure seekers left for the boat, there to await the solemn hour. of the river. There a council was held. Deeds such as this must needs be done under favorable conditions, and darkâ€" ness, solitude and inclement weather were necessary adjuncts to the sucâ€" cess of such an enterprise. It was deâ€" cided to proceed on foot to the scene and there notify the occupants of the dwelling that the time had arrived for making the search. The Zodiachal light illumined the Goat! The moon was on the decline and the tide would be falling at midnight! Pretty Phrase. Eats No Meat. A Lofty City. ’ Can Wipe Out Leprosy ’ Viscount Chelmsford, former Viceâ€" roy of India, in a circular sent out by the British Empire Leprosy Relief, says that leprosy can be wiped out in the British Empire in three decades. Hundreds are recovering from the disâ€" ease under present curative methods. The Association is still in the process of organization. The marshes have been brought into existence by the extraordinary power of the tide of the Bay of Fundy. where there is sometimes a difference of sixty feet between the level of the water at high and low tide. Large areas were therefore subjected to inâ€" undation at periods of high tide. The early French settlers built dykes ta keep out the tide from these lands, and the areas thus reclaimed form a vast natural meadow of approximateâ€" ly 50,000 acres in extent. This marshâ€" land retains its fertility in a marvelâ€" lous way, producing hay crops averagâ€" ing from two to three tons per acre. When the soil appears to be deteriorâ€" ating it is only necessary to open the dykes, allow the tide to flood the land One of the most interesting as well( again, close the as one of the historic sights of the cropping the land Maritime Provincesâ€"one that is also| it is necessary to a source of large revenueâ€"is the dyke| renewal purposes lands, or what are known locally as| ed, some of those the hay marshes. These marsh lands tions giving fifty extend around the head of the Bay of between floodings Fundy, in Cumberland, Colchester, The grasses w Hants, Kings and Annapolis counties better parts of t of Nova Scotia, and in Westmorland the English hay g and Albert counties of New Brunsâ€" quality. But one wick. While the term marsh lands is‘ is taken off the 12 applied to these low lying areas, they in the marshes af are far from being what the name forage for their c implies. Looking at them from an‘ of any kind are i eminence they bear the appearance of land, and the onl; great flat stretches of prairie lands or in an occasional 1 meadows, covered with rich grass, age once in ten 01 while almost as far as the eye can a single crop of 0: reach innumerable hayâ€"barns and hayâ€"| at once by grass. stacks dot the landscape. l in ‘nuknointene s â€"â€"AND THE WORST IS YET TO COME sommee iy mecronp gnserco, poobscmen Famous Dyked Lands of the Maritime IN RABBITBORO Timidity is a disease of the mind,| *â€"? obstinate and fatal; for a man, once Easily Rattled n persuaded that any impediment is inâ€" Turtleâ€"*"You look gloomy. superable, has given it, with respect! Rattlerâ€""I am. I just lost my job to himself, that strength and weight The boss said I was too easily rat which it had not before.â€"Dr. Johnson. tled." If there be one thing upon the earth that mankind loves and admires betâ€" ter than another, it is a brave manâ€" it is a man who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil. â€"James A. Garfield. The Natural Resources Intelligence Service of the Department of the Inâ€" terior has issued very interesting handbooks on Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, copies of which may be obtained on request. These famous dyked lands are toâ€" day, as in the past, a great asset to the provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and as they continue, deâ€" cade after decade, to produce their hay crops for home and export consumpâ€" tion, they bear testimony to the energy of the people who in the early part of the eighteenth century fought and won the battle with the sea for their possession. DP DEWIT bfvoiaiediiioh tistatiaten. Artcnsaceas 1 To the inland Canadian, unused to however, is not so distinctly twoâ€"rankâ€" the occan tides, these dyked lands or, ed as in the case of the true firs. ‘The hay m=rshes present a fascinating apâ€"‘ winterâ€"buds are sharpâ€"pointed and free pearance. Accustomed as they are to from resin. This distinguishes them but slight variations in the shoreâ€"line{from the true firs which have rather of lakes and rivers, it is hard to realize blunt or rounded buds covered with that but for the dykes these large resin. areas would at high tide be covered! The cones are from 2 to 4% inches with water. The value of the land, 1008 and hang gracefully from the however, was readily appreciated by branches. The true fir cones stand the original settlers, many of whom in erect. The cones are one of the Dougâ€" their native lands had been compelled 148 fir‘s best distinguishing features, to battle against the encroachments of Since they have a flexible threeâ€"pointâ€" the sea. How well these early settlers ¢4 twig which is attached to the base did their work may be judged froml omm mm aemmmmmmmemmmnzme the fact that at various points the' Observant Child. original dykes are still in existence,| "mother, must I wash my face?" after a period of close to two hvmdred‘ "Yos," years' SOeumeeus lc dcne wl oi sae Soke 2 P An extensive market exists for the hay grown on the Bay of Fundy marshes, and at good prices. Large quanéities are shipped to the West Indies, Newfoundland, Boston and other New England cities. During the war enormous quantities were supplied to Great Britain and France. The grasses which grow upon the better parts of the dyked lands are the English hay grasses, of a superior quality. But one crop of hay per year is taken off the land, but farmers find in the marshes after haying excellent forage for their cattle. No fertilizers of any kind are used upon the marsh land, and the only cultivation consists in an occasional plowing, on an averâ€" age once in ten or fifteen years, when a single crop of oats is sown, followed at once by grass. again, close the dykes and resume cropping the land. The periods when it is necessary to open the dykes for renewal purposes are widely separa‘â€" ed, some of those familiar with condiâ€" tions giving fifty years as the interval ' The leaves are flattened and pointâ€" ed, dark green above and pale beneath. They are from one to one and oneâ€"haif inches long. They are attached more or less spirally around the twig but their narrowed base or stem permits them to arrange themselves on opâ€" posite sides of the twig in two ranks | or featherâ€"like. This arrangement, however, is not so distinctly twoâ€"rankâ€" ed as in the case of the true firs. The ‘ winterâ€"buds are sharpâ€"pointed and free from resin. This distinguishes them {from the true firs which have rather blunt or rounded buas covered with resin. | The character of the bark varies with the age. On young trees it is | thin and smooth and shows those peâ€" |culiar resinâ€"filled blisters which ons , also finds on the true firs. The Dougâ€" [las fir, it might be well to state here, | does not belong to that group of trees called firs (Ables) of which the balsam fir (Abies balsamae) is our most wideâ€" ly known species. On old trees the bark of the Douglas fir becomes very thick and deeply furrowed. It has the heaviest bark of any tree in Canada, |sometimes 10 to 12 inches thick. The ; bark makes good fuel, burning readily ]but more slowly than wood. Your money is your goose, and the interest on it is your golden egg. Take care of the goose and do not expect that all the eggs will have double yolks. Languages of Britain. +In the British Empire there exist 800, possibly 1,000 distinct languages. There are 500 in India. No Bill. "There was a strange man here to see you toâ€"day, papa," said little Betty. "Did he leave a bill?" "No, papa; he just had a plain nose." l Attain Great Age. The Douglas firs attain a great age. {They have been found over 700 years old. The majority of them, however, do not reach this age before they are ‘overcome by wind, fire, insects or disâ€" ease. Comparatively few are found over 400 years of age. The tree, howâ€" ever, is remarkably healthy as comâ€" pared with some of its associated speâ€" cles and does not suffer to the same extent from insect pests and decayâ€" producing fungi. In early life the shape of the Dougâ€" las fir is sharply pyramidal with the lower branches drooping. Older trees have more or less flattened or rounded topped crowns. In old age it is usually ‘ free of branches for 70 feet or more, and the trunk is straight with very' little taper, # ‘The Douglas Fir (Pseudotsugra Taxiâ€" of each scale and projects consplcuâ€" xolia) is a tree of the west. Its Canaâ€"‘ ously about one half inch beyond the dian range extends from the eastern scale, giving the cone a feathered apâ€" slopes of the Rocky Mountains in Alâ€"| pearance. berta through to the coast of Brmnhl Differ in Size. Columbia. It attains the largest size of any tree in Canada and with the exâ€" on:lthough botanically there ts only species of Douglas fir there are ception of the redwood of California |,,,,, marked diferences in size and is the largest tree on the continent. It |__ "___ __"" _ Civerebces in. [ grows to an immense size frequently exceeding 6 feet in diameter and 200 feet in height. One of the tallest Douglas firs on record had a height of 880 feet. In Kew Gardens, England, stands a oneâ€"piece flag staff 220 feet high presented by the British Columâ€" bia Government. This staff was cut from a Douglas fir 300 feet high. Trees 15 feet in diameter have been found and a single tree has been cut that produced 60,000 feet board measure. It would require 1,200 logs of the averâ€" age size now being cut in many parts of Eastern Canada to produce this quantity of lumber. Observant Child. "Mother, must I wash my face?" ""Yes." "Why can‘t I powder it like you do TORONTO | THERE‘Ss A mrepose ABoutr l TE MoUTH TAT DPoes mor LSEEP’) RIGHYT !| â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" ~â€"# 73â€"‘ V B /0 , ) » ’ / ‘\\ â€" ‘ .-s".(" «éé/. & â€"<3 Lelpt ~, > e 2 es * $ M nB How to Know Douglas Fir By B. R. Morton, B. Sc. F. + RAO““. n | The Douglas fir has attracted conâ€" siderable interest in Europe and it has been extensively use in Great Britain and on the continc @e*or reforesting. The coast type has been found to make very favorable growth, eapecialâ€" | 1y in the British Isles, which have a ‘climate not unlike its native habitat. The British Forest Authorities are using this tree extensively for restockâ€" Ing areas denuded during the great | war and the Canadian Government has already supplied them with several | tons of seed for this purpose. A British officer, who was murdered in Northern India recently and whose death has brought to a climax the state of British resentment against the Amir of Afghanistan, who had underâ€" taken to suppress the marauding tribesmen. Pritain may be forced to use military measures to induce the Amir to fulfili his treaty duties. on interior mountains as compared | with those found in the more molst cllâ€" ‘mate of the coast regions. The coast | trees reach a larger size and are more rapid in growth. Such tests as have been made indicate the wood of the corast stronger than that of the mounâ€" tain type. The latter type, however, is a hardier tree, being loss subject to injury by early and severe frosts when grown outside its netural range. Where it is desired to cultivate it in Eastern Canada, the hardier mountain type is recommended in preference to the coast form. Since the Douglas fir has graceful proportions, attractive foliage and good rate of growth, it | might well be used to a greater extent than at present for ornamental plantâ€" ing. It has an exceedingly pleasing figure and when cut at a certain angle to the log, rivals quarterâ€"sawn oak in beauty. « It is therefore being used extensiveâ€" ly for doors, panelling, stair work, sash and mouldings. In fact it pracâ€" tically fills all the needs of a homeâ€" building wood. _ This tree at present produces one of Canada‘s most important woods. It is second only to spruce in the quanâ€" tity of lumber cut. No other single species is furnishing so much of Canaâ€" da‘s lumber. More than 750,000,000 feet board measure are being cut each year and this cut will doubtlessly inâ€" c#ease with the growing scarcity of large structural timber in FEastern Canada and as the qualities of the wood becomes more widely known. Wood Very Durable. The wood of the Douglas fir is one of the hardiest, heaviest, stiffest and strongest of our native woods. It also produces our largest structural timâ€" bers. _ Great quantities are used in bridge building, whart construction and heavy frame work of all kinds. The wood is very durable and large quantities are used for rallroad ties and mining timber. It is also extenâ€" sively used for the manufacture of tanks, silos and wooden conduit pipes. Although most widely known as a material for heavy construction the wood has properties which enable it to be used in a wide variety of ways. It makes an excellent hardâ€"wearing floor and when laid in the form of creosoted blocks, provides a longâ€" wearing, noiseless and dustless paveâ€" ment for roadways. Although botanically there is only one species of Douglas fir there are some marked diferences in size and general qualities of the trees growing Major H. C. Finnis Resolve that, whatever you do, you will bring the whole man to it; that you will fling the whole weight of your being into it; that you will do it in the spirit of a conqueror, and so get the lesson and power out of it which come only to the conqueror. broke my leg." "Yes," the nurse replied, "but 1 don‘t exactly understand." ‘Neither do 1," said the lumberjack. "The fool must have been crazy." In the Words of the Woods. A lumberjack with a broken leg was taken to a hospital for treatment. At ter the leg had been set, the nurse asked him how the accident occurred. He replied : "You see, ma‘am, it was this way: I was skyhooting for the Potlatch Lumâ€" ber Company and 1 had only one gEround mole. HMe sent up a big blus butt and she was a heavy one. I saw her yaw and yelled to him to give her a St. Croix, instead of which he threw a sag into her and guned her, and that a St. Crot: a sag into broke my a character worth having, a character that will not fail us in our need, & character that will enable us to serve the race and mequit ourselves like men, under the commanding vision of God. They would tell you that they are not running away from life. On the contrary, they seek life; full and free and glorious. But their idea is that life is a progress from one delight.fu& luxurious sensation to the next, an the minute it cerses to be fun they spurn what it brings and seek m dif. ferent amusement. Talk to them of the discipline there is in sorrow and frustration and loneliness, and you are talking a foreign language. If life is like that, they tell you, they wish no more of it. They must, at all costs, have "the roses and the raptures®; they see no reason why they should pay in salt tears for the dour, stark lessons of immitigable pain. But they will never find that "great good place" they imagine where trouble never comes. Trouble was ap» pointed that out of stresses and tenâ€" sions and torsions we might acquire Francis Thompson in his glorious poem imagined the "Hound of Heaven" persistent on the trail; and from it one might take the image of life itself, in ceaseless quest of those who forever strive to hide from it. Nor can one find a spot so sequesterâ€" ed and secluded that the walking figure of destiny will not follow and discover him where he cowers. We cannot evade the terms that life itself imposes. The line of least reâ€" sistance that we follow may twist like a wounded snake, as we try to make it lead us only through verdant meads and flowery vales. But sooner or later there are rocks in the pathway, harsh angles to surmount, fierce resistances that are not of our election, to be overâ€" come. Those who led easy lives, who safely reclined in the decision of others, who were surrounded by shockâ€" absorbers, suddenly find themselves confronted by the grim necessity of taking the firm initiative. The forâ€" tune is dissipated like a summer cloud and the wind of adversity blows chil! and keen. When the test comes, the weaklings give up and go under; the valorous summon a fortitude unâ€" dreamed, unguessed, and with a smile confront whatever Fate may bring. It is the rank coward that flinches from the ordeal and seeks to run and hide as from lions and dragons in the way, or the black spread of Apollyon‘s wings. E. P. Mathewson, President of the Institute, expressed the opinion that, although the misea of Cobalt have produced close tâ€". $40,000,090 ounces of silver. yet, in his opinion, the field will conâ€" tinue to produce the metai in important quantities long after the present miners are dead. This view is supported by the outstanding success being achieved in South Lorrain. These men are schooled to measure at a glance the extent of mineral wealth possibilities, and from remarks made it is clear that the unanimous opinâ€" ion has been reached that the mineral fields of Northern Onâ€" tario are earmarked as like‘y to develop into possibly the richest on earth. Not alone are the proved mines the guide in reachâ€" ing this conclusion, but rather is it the enormous area of rmilâ€" lions of acres of similar country as yet untouched on which those in search of opportunity are ixâ€" ing their gaze. When in August last the Amâ€" erican Institute of Mining and Metallurgy visited Northern Onâ€" tario an inspection was made of the silver and gold mining areas. The rich gold mines of the Kirkâ€" land Lake district proved to ve a revelation to a great many of the visitors, while one important feature which the engineers were quick to observe was that these vastly rich deposits are merely a small spot on the edge of a vast country in which the discovery of mines in multiplied numbers is an ultimate cerâ€" tainty. ment of the Interior at Ottawa The Natural Resources Intelâ€" Hiding From Life.