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Durham Review (1897), 28 Aug 1924, p. 6

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At first only the bet- ter grades of hemlock were ”bible. hut with the increasing treareitr of the better woods the lower grades have now come into use for purposes when a higher Rude lumber is not required. Hemlock is a fairly all wood but rather aplintery. It holds 'tnits well, and where it is kept. dry or when it is continually under uni." it is fairly lasting. The dun-rid for lumber and the enormous losses of vnluuble species by forest fires Ire pudually forcing cheaper and poorer grades of timber on the market. While at present those bang used on quite satisfactory for ordinary purposes. there can bo no question that we will continually have to find substitute: as our better tim- bar grows team: M Natural Resources Bulletin. Taking No In”. 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The '.:oscher waddled through the wnler and peering upwards. asked: "Who are you?” The King smiled: Hou, i'ttt the King," he said. E The tishertntttt wu instantly re. lieved. "What a fright ye gave me," (ii excl-imed. "I thought ye were the new minister." our crop of it." and “I nlyzcd ov Watt tsirstg 83 she sent one daughter to gather up hail stones, which lay In heap- against the buildings. and the other girl fcr same cream. while the hor- "eithot out the (meter. and they made Ice ere " ti no pr Well, than!“ hedgerows And daisy-dotted meadows; cleaning sunshine And richly waited shaduws; April showers That crash-- then. strangely res’tlng. Una the flowers To budding, birds to nesting Cooling breezes Where Iovers’ twilight lingers: These your kingdrm And these your beauty singers. --D. Stewart Rcblnaon Soot "Well, you'll never tInd it In this crowd." remarked the bobble, "I'll tind it when the street clears. Come back to-night." o When thc'young man returned the bcbbie had none ott duty. but mun- time a road sang had been busy dig- ging up the street meaning tor 1 new pavement." . "sa." slid Scotly to himlelt. "tmt they are lborcugh in London." CREAM PIE. All the way from British Columbia comes this xccipe for a really delirious cream pie. It is sent by Mrs. George C. Curie, who says, "This is a rather txtravagrr.t reripe, but so good!” 2 cups trwert cream. 2 well beaten eggs, 1 cup granulated sugar. 1 tbsp. eornstareh, EA tsp. salt, fuvorintt to suit the taste. Beat the eggs well and add tho sugar, salt and cornstarch. Then beat again until smooth, add the cram and bake in a moderate oven like eulb. tard pie. Whipped cream or meringue spread over the top of the pie makes it espeeinlhy fine. Glad lt Wu the King and Not the Minister. The largest railway signal-box in Great Britain in at Glugow. and eon- tains 488 “pants levers. right he [have lost Sixpence." said the To My Enchautress. rl Thorough In London , y r". abuzz the King which , to most Waders. and which ', current not‘mn that British ', have 173! the idea ot cipline. a. this Leth You must In r the disaater, but Ma. y s-aid tn her (batman: . this Mum has taken Ill Lexy. have something out m ht us! knvm' U131. you've or o2e thing. this Ls and Lt another. this : Balmoral Castle, "y was enjoying a :o'elved a new min- '3 a was] bad man-- LortF.-wht: had seen ter :1” He King. ruins. the Klng hap- " 322113 the bank of he saw the pmcher [a The King stopped Ott, 99': out (n the open road to-day. With the dust of wheéls and test: Where the eager rcul moves on to its goal, And the frettul sweats in the heat; Where the stout heart laughs at the hill climb, ' And the taint heart whines in the way: Oh, it's cut on the open road betime. But heed you the nights of the road- side. Or it’s “teary the way may be; For the dust from beneath and the grit in the teeth ls not all thvre is to see: But green we the trees by the road. side. And the heather passing fair: And the blue o'erhead lights the grey we tread To the purple shadows' lair. And hear you tho songs of the road, Or For 1 But For And love you the routs by the wayside Or it's lane's: the way will be; And selt1tsh gain. with souls in pain, ls a thing not good to see: But a nirniy burden lifted, Or a womanly tear allayed, Or a childish laugh, as the drink we quatt, Will be good in the evening's shade ls Silent sin-ce 1918, when it was dam. age, by a shell frcm a German long range gun. the famous organ In the we Royale, In Lake Superior, is soon to be converted into a mamhless sporting reserve and placed at the disposal of the pttb1ie. On it are [crests and herds of deyr, czuibou and moose and other game. ls And rhurrh of st. (lervah; in Paris ii again in use. Although it wan not directly hit by the shell. winch killed scams of nor- shippers in the chum-h, the organ was seriously damaged by steel splinters which pierced the pipes and shattered the. case. The repair work was a mat. ter of laborious patching, and required mudiu-ahle time. It was found new vary to “mine cnly the bellows. The exact date of the making ot the organ is not known. hut it is believed to have been built in the early part of the sixteenth century. It was play- ed upon for generation after genera- tion by the noted family of organists, the Pampering. AM And And love you the Or it's loueh' Silenced by Germans, Organ Again is Heard. When the pipes were twins put in! order, it was tound that many birds', nests. swallows and mar-tins, had been _ built inside them. I The rays: of the sun taio, eight. minutes m reach our earth; More are stars Sn cistant that their light. must travel for 86,000 years before we see it, ind it's oh! for the end or the day Or mm) By the I And In On August 11 Brantford celebrated the formal opening of the new Lorne Bridge by a holiday pronounced the bridge open tor tramc. and Hon. George s. Henry, minister ot highways, was present. can $335,000. It is already recognized an one of the most beautiful structures in the province. " tt Calvary's tragedy the hope of the tlon, d the pledge ct t mm it hedgerow. the bobcllnk Iflts by the stream: 10 sough of the trees in the even- ing breeze The Open Road. s meaningless all will be ts, adrift with the sec: 3n’s 0 gzw'i ',.'iiijlr'lsj4"itii';i, fa"i _.)fi:irje)i':)fit,jii. ..,~ . Ti 'v,f, _iTiids'i:.j.iCi'4j". lodge of brotherhood, ng again to the souls ot ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO elf into our dream by the open road. B. C. Freeman e. WC s by in Paris is s redemp the road hill D. B. Knox has just compiled an ex- cellent volume cf "Quotable Ance. dotos," and since he himself dcacribes them as quotable, he will not mind if I quote a couple. One which is par. ticularly well worth quoting describes a conversation between a magistrate and a constable. " And what was the prisoner doing'."' asked the magistrate. 'E were 'avln' a very 'eated argu- ment with a'cabdriver, yer worship," xeplied the constable. "But that doesn't prove he was drunk," exclaimed the magistrate. "Ah," pointed out the constable, "but there wcrn’t no cabdrlver there, yer worship'." ' The next is about Ole Mammy Litre, whcse name betrays her dark and dusky origin even before we hear her speak. She was dusting her Southern mistress' drawing-room, and came presently upon a small bronze bust of Wllllam Shakespearn. "Mis' Juliet, chile," she said. as she went over the bard's face with her duster, "who am dis yere gemmun?" I said a couple. As usual, in such cases, I am egged on to a third. I'm sure you'll forgive me when you've read it. "The first time a man speaks in pub. 'de he suffers more agony in a shorter sinus- of time than at any other part of his career. A certain young gentle- matt--it would be unkind to give his name~feit the truth of this the other day when he found himself facing an audionvo of free and independent elec- tors. "He had prepared a very fervld orn- ttca In support of his father's Candi. dalurc far the local municipal council, but, for the 1irst few moments he could do mining but gasp. Thea, in re- su {ft-1‘ to an encouraging cheer, he be. gan to speak. " 'Mr.--Mr,-Chairrnan," he stam- mered, 'when I left home this morn- ing, only two people on this earth-- my lath” and myself-knew what I was going to say, but now-well, only my father knows.'"-). K. "That is Shakrvrpeare, Lise," replied \iiss Juliet, “a wonderful poet, who 'ied centuries ago." "Dat him, miss?" exclaimed Old Mammy use incrcuulcudy. "Lot', We done hyenr o' Mistah Shakespeare u lct ob times. Everybody seems to know hint. Weed I done hyear so much 'bout him dat I anus thought he was a white gemmun.'" Minus hare at. an Alden-sh Tommy Atkins Mirrcrs have recently been installed at an Aldmshct barracks to enable Tummy Atkins to inspN-t hlmrelf tttr fore going on parade. says an English magazine. It is an infantry regiment which Ot'- cupies this barracks, but mirrors have for some years played an important part in the training of a cavalryman. Most riding schools have large Squaw mirrors on the walls, tued at a mount- ed man’s height from the ground. The novice is directed to look in these as he passes, and so Warns to "hollow his bark." and to avoid the various faults Into which budding horsemen tall. Oursmen. tor, tind mirrors, useful as aids to training, though, to those ig. norant ct the value ot the device. the sight of a man rowing in a tub fixed to the bank and locking at himself in a large mirror may saem merely amus- ing. The kangaroo readily leaps from 60 to 70 feet. The greatest recorded leap of a horse is 87 feet. \ Mirrors for ‘the Military. Quctchle Anecdotes. " These conditions movcd her to turi- tate for improvement, and started her on a career which is, perhaps, un- paralleled in the history of working- class movements. Now known affec- tionately as "Our Maggie" to thou- sands of Britons in every walk of life. she has isron this description through her great charm and her ability to put her life and soul into everything she does. in 1898 she became Assistant Secre- tary of the Shop Assistant' Union, and held this post for ten years, until she succeeded the late Mrs. Ramsay MacDonald as Organizing Secretary of the Women's Labor League. Her great eloquence, sincerity, organizing ability, and active work in all women's movements, and her assistance in the creation of the National Federation of Women Workers, were later rewarded hy hcr appointment as Chief Officer of the Women’s Section of the Nation, al Union of General Workers. It was this rost that she resigned upon ap- pointment to tha Government. Miss Bondfirl4 was the only woman delegate at the historic Trade Union Congress at Plymouth in 1899, wnen the resolution was moved which re- How would you like to have a pigeon's nest right cn top of your dresser? That is Just what happened In a home in Minneapolis last spring, ind two baby pigeons were hatched and cared for in that strange nesting place. chs‘ral days later she was attracted to her bclrccm window by a pair of pigeons out on the ledge; they 5:1va mueh,exteited over .cnnething. Several times a day for a wrek she noticed Ahern there. Then one warm spring Lday when the bedrocm window was open one of them, the female, walked night in, but her mate would not (ol- Mrs. McGee. writes a correspondent ot the Youth's Companion, was out walking one afternoon when she came upon a p'.gern that had been hurt so badly that it trculd not tly. She talked softly to it and Mally succeeded in taking it into her arms. Carrying lt lzome, she dressed its wounds uni fed it. She kept it tor three days ttttd let it go when the little thing seemed anxious to be about its business. A contrast in ships is shown in this photo ot the old HMS. Worcester and the up-to-date D 22, submarine destroyer, photographed at Greenhithe. A Pigeon’s Nest on the Dresser. E735 TRIUMPJ ff (lf h GREAT WOMAN Lieutenant tatwcnrorHarry Cockshau. trttieithlly The bridge is 423 feet long, 64 (ea: wide and suited in the formation of the Labor Party. It was, therefore, a titting tri- l-ute to her ttr'mt abilities and service that at the Plymouth Congress last you she should have been apprinbed to perhaps the most imnwmut trade union post in the world-that of Chairman of the General Council of tho Trade Union Congress, whose membership exceeds 6,000,000, No woman had cver held the post before, and her abilities were soon tested by the recent boi'.er.makere' strike, which involved some 70.000 workers, and had, until Miss Bond- fie'.d approached the problem, lit-en in progress for seven months. Her skill as n n.eeotiator was proved by the sat- tlement of this dispute, which mile urhiewd in a remarkably short time miter her appointment. Slight miniature. with hazel eyes that smile at one from a charming face, to see her for-trotting at a Tyf Circle Club dance. or enjoying a joke among a 18roup of friends, one feels that he," (harm is direrent from that of anyer see. But to see her on a platform at the Albert Hall. rowing her audience by her eloquence and blaring sincerity, Is the picture which remains in the minds of all who have witnessed it. Miss Bondfield sails for Canada on September 13 to make a survey of conditions in the Dominion. _ low her. The next day, however, he consented to come in tor a few mo. ments. By that time the Mt-Gees were so much interested that they left the window open on purpose. sure encugh! Mrs. Pigeon began Bying in and out, busily bringing sticks and feathers. She did not care " all who watched her, but the male bird was timid. The nest was built on the dresser. and shortly after it we: thtish. ed two white eggs appeared in it. Mrs. Pideon would remain on the eggs all night and until late in the morning; then her mate would take up his share of the task for the afternoon. Ot course all the friends and neighbors were anxious to set so unusual a sight, but Mrs. McGee was careful to bring visitcrs only when the itmaie was on duty; her mate wruld tty away at sight of anyone. As I write the two baby pigeons that first saw the light in that strange home are growing flat. "The birds are extraordinarily tidy," said Mrs. McGee. "t thought at tfrat they might cause much trouble. but they haven't.” Min Margaret Borttmeld MF-ui-"""--" l really trratttrtr" - of the pout-w period in Canal which bu 'iatosttameterued by not: down!!! in .0 many plane: of the nutionll life has been the nut-had 3nd incrouinz favor with which the Dominion but come to be regarded by the people of the United States as a country ot 1usiidtt.divtrP"y Tourist mine from the Republic has developed at such a remarkable rate since the war that trom a quite imsieniticat1t worth it has come to be one of the greatest source: - .. __ An\n"il‘-n tourbt - -.. -- favor with which the Domlnlon - come to be renrded by the people of the United State- as 1 country of widarpItrtio'y Tourist tulle from the Republic has developed st such I remarkable rate since the wet that trom a quite tmsuuitictutt worth " has come to be one of the greatest source: ot revenue, and the America: tourist la now . molar Dominion resource. Each summer Cumin in new ttooded by tbusande of Americans holldny-bent who travel up across the border in every conceivable manner and pene- trate into every section ot the coun- try. Without actual "urea It hand it bu been perfectly apparent each I “_"""‘If“l at the summer since the war that. the tide , turning tourists et mud. and induce (allowing "v. Th 3 record in thll r summer will Gillan-u - ..-.. - lhie regard. Whilst it bu not been found possihlt to keep myth!“ like accurate tab on those thoueandn of American usu- tiouieu who enter the Dominim at All point: by the nilnyl. fairly reliable figure- m ominble on tom-int tref- tte by motor. In Increasingly popular method of holidaying. especially Mnce Canada has come to devote such af- tenliou to highway building. Figures ot motor entries from the Uuizoi States in the summer season have for years been swelling by Luge incre- menu. and in 1923 these tuutes mun tically doubled the very substantial total ot the previous year. ' Expend Nearly $123,000,000. There entered Canada in 1923, trom various wales of the Union. for trur- in; purposes, a largely iurrcaspli num- ber of automobiles and parties. Them were registered for a period cf from one to Ii! months 1,958 motor vehicles, for a period of from two to thirty days. 272,Hi motor vehicles; and for I period of twenty-four hours. 1S62,t00 motor vehicles. Assuming that each vehicle to registered at the different border points carried tour passengers. who went $5 per day per person during their sojourn in Camada, and tor the shorter period. an remained the {nil time of that permits, and tar the longer periods. one half ct the time, the amount ct money expended by these ‘tourists in the different pro- vinces ot Canada in 1928 wcuid Amount to nearly tiitis500.000. The mun number ct visiting can. The Lu'uli number ct visiting ca: amounting to 1.936.600 in 1923. cr pure: with 996,318 in 1922, I vir.u increase of 100 per (out. and wi 621.835 in IMI, 633.895 in 1920, a 237,953 in 1919. The total tiguren t 1928 divided by the var’ous proviac In as tcp.ows:--Ontttrio 1.736.139. Quebec 100.696; British Co'.utttbia 61',. 945; New Brunswick 7.11.3; Mani! :1; 6,328; Alberta 983; Sasliatcheivat1 346: Nova Scotia 381; and Prince Edward Inland 7. These tlgures of coupe. ru- ter to the points at which cars er.. tored Canada, and take 1n cognisatwe of automobiles whiting several pre- vlncol. There an ancgether " poms ot entry. of which " me in Ontariu. L") In Quebec. " tn British Columbia. 6 In Manitoba. 4 In New Brunswick. 2 in Nova Scout. and one each in Amen-a. Suhtchewln. and Prince Edward Is- land. Holiday motor mm to (fund. has in very rapid and retnaykah'.e, manner come to constitute a very itnpcrtcat source of Dominion revenue. to which. in vial of its annual expumlion and future possibilities one wculd natural- ly beliute to put limiis. Thin has been built up and developed with sur- prisingly little effort on Canada' ran, and in I tribute to Canada's beauty and opportunities for holiday diver. sion, and the return: cut of all propor- tion which accrue in (‘anadn to wisely pllnned road-building programs. Seituttness always dodeau its own purports. becaum " whines the very purge” cf our being. Whenever we do perry. mean, Fifi.ch this". we no up against an ittexo.'v,hle Paw; and the law thet we have Hamel will punish us and make up repay to the last tar. thing. . Whittier ml's uc.-- That to he saved is (my this Sllvniou from cur mllishness, The poet is right If " were no: tor MINING“ (hm would be no poverty and vary mu. ttrhtte or tannin: in the world. It it were not for te'.tult. ness. there would have been no “er In IOM. " it wens net fur -ltitrltttesa the not: unions of the earth would not In split by hniredand isotonic- nnd wrangling over ttu-ttttttals, a. they are te-dar. It it were not tor my1tishttttig thin world would be t Pundits. Bqlitgttttera is the yells-t I dam-Ion at "to human nee. Quite Bo. An Irish laborer who was than lute tor his work mused one morn- ing to at there only. In crder to encourage him, the tor.. man and: "Goe* morning. Pat. I no. yon have been gem“ here only at Ute. Before, you were alum. behind, but now you“ ttrst at lat" manas ox mun“..- - .ravel up across the border in conceivable manner and pene- into every section of the coun- Without actual "ure. at band u been perfectly apparent each 'er line. the conciuslon of the - .. A..- -.- swell!“ as re- The Greatest Delusion. ' line. the OOncluslon at me " the tide was swelling. as re- ' tourist: stBeient1r advertised I and induced . grater Bow we as year. The year "" created rd in thin regard. but it is al- very evident that the present I will establish a new one in I. in 1923. from Juiou. for tcur. increased num- parties. There period of trom motor vehicles. no thirty as” he trational "tet 1nd ”cm-m: Domlnlon h“ by the people defeats “I own Hate: the very _ Whenever we h things. Be no we kw: Ind the ate} will punish hilly," sue In" men d th: convert“ [madam-e than could ton jolt B4tt all! he'r h life. " and mu to one l preach-9 to ted up! and IN den in! Mer tl A Pair of Tom Trousers I ‘Ia brrugm up m a Hum-LP n Ill yt tl It " mun G( the '0) Mi “um A Ion To In?! He At And More boonic low little hours . nl th Ther 3l in are Mn: " 6 " Refuge

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