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The tendency has been to encourage the growth of softwoods, such as pine, spruce, ete., but from the farmer‘s point of view, it would be more profitâ€" able to grow hardwood, such es maple, beech, ash and hickory. The fue! value of one cord of hard maple or hickory is equal to 1,800 to 2,000 pounds of coal, consequently from land that is not of agricultural value, when conâ€" verted into a woodlot, which should nm in a comparatively fow years, thinning and windfalls, a conâ€" siderable quantity of firewood, per the returns would be sutisfacâ€" :u wes a3 providing an ineurance against (.«~ shortage. in every province unsuitable for ag Stony areas that be cultivated, or . not produce crops by the winds, to t Joining lands. T planted with tree supply. Woodlots of great value in as well as affordin storms and winds Few farmers a Few farmers appreciate the value of the crop that can be obtained from a woodlot. If even given a small proâ€" portion of the attention given to other erops was given to the protection and improvement of the "bush," a good financial return could be secured. A Livestock should be excluded as they destroy the natural reproduction and injure the larger trees. Defective and diseased trees should be removed first, then those that are crooked or very branchy that interfere with the growth of others. on every farm THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM. I used to tighten boits and nuts, And straighten things that were askew ; I‘d mand the tires, fill the cuts, And alwaysâ€"when the car was newâ€" To keep things clean I would contrive, I‘d bathe the working parts in oil Before and after every drive; My daily life was one of toil. What pleasure, then, did I derive? I dreaded every drop of rain; To shun the dirt and dust I‘d strive, From country roads would I abâ€" his garage. In a couple of minutes a sparrow fell at his feet and as he stooped to pick it up he felt a dizziâ€" ness creeping over him. He immediâ€" ately rushed out of doors and the fresh air revived him. Carbon monâ€" oxide gas fumes of the burning gaso line had kiled the sparrow and unâ€" ROOF VENTILATION FOR CLOS ED MOTOR CARS. of h DEATH OF SPARROW SaAVES MAN‘S LIFE. The death of a sparrow saved t Mfe of a prominent business man Bt. Thomas the other day. The man was warmingy the mot stain. But now 1 scorn the mud I climb high hills to g My car is quite disgracet 1 see worlds that I nes Natural Resources Bulletin. Foreign Population of Paris ine efi i oo oc Estimated at 620,865 1d Th Nat The Automobile hould, therefore, have a place al Resources Inte e Dept. of the Int â€"Harold 8. Osborne. 2. wb !amily of Noyentâ€"surâ€"Marne, France, were awarded the for a "large family." The parents are twentyâ€"four years hildren, the youngest being 18â€"monthsâ€"oldâ€"twins. rces inte.ligence »f the Interior at r the motor and rut, t the view & it run in | pleted an addition to its natural gas | supply from the Foremost gas fie‘ld. To make this gas available required bhe a trench 32 miles in length. Into this of : trench a tenâ€"inch pipe was laid. There are 8,500 lengths of the pipe, each 20 or feet long. The pipe was made at in Welland, Ont., and weighed 2,500 tons. es Calgary is now receiving its natural he gas supply through 221 miles of pipe riâ€":line. The four gas we‘lls at Foremost liâ€"‘ can supply 49 million cubic feet per he day, more than double Calgary‘s presâ€" "Good Americans go to Paris when they die," is the saying here, says a Paris despatch. To their infinite numâ€" bers must be added 38,623 living citiâ€" zens of the United States now in Paris. They are presumably good, since they have satisfied the Parisian police of their desirability as residents and have earned a place in the census returns. Italians, it would seem, prefer earnâ€" ing a good living now, in preference to enjoying Paris in future incarnaâ€" tion, since there are no less than 113,â€" 574 of them registered with the police. Most of these sons of Italy are emâ€" ployed in the building trades in and around Paris. The Belgians come next with 96,457. The Russians total 56,909 and the Swiss 53,571. The total number of foreigners registered as residents of Paris and its suburbs amounts to 620,â€" 865, of a population of 4,500,000. What has become of the oldâ€"fashionâ€" ed livery stable with its overâ€"driven, often â€" halfâ€"starved _ and _ suffering horses? Henry Ford could probably answer that better than any other man alive. Declared Dead by Court No whie Must Stay Dead August Freyder recently returned to his home at Gambsheim, on the lowâ€" er Rhine, in Alsace, after an absence of fortyâ€"three years in the United States, to find himself deprived of all his property and officially and legally dead, says a Paris despach. In 1881, when he was declared eligible for military service, Freyder, not desiring to serve in the German army, crossed the frontier into France and embarked for America. His relaâ€" tives, after waiting twenty years, had Freyder declared legally dead. Then they took possession of his property. Freyder has been told by the courts that he must remain dead judicially until the tribunal shall resurrect him. the interior of closed automobiles, & ventilator to be installed in the roof and which operates when the car is in motion, is being made, says Popular Mechanics. ent consumption. Canadians not so fortunately situated with regard to a fue! supply can hardly appreciate the advantages of having a gas supply for both cooking and heating purposes. Besides setting up cireulation on the inside of the machine as it moves against the air, the device draws out any â€" impurities, and comp.etely changes the atmosphere every few minutes, even in the largest sedans. It is easily and quickly put in place, and cannot be entered by rain or snow. The outer surfaces are finished in black or aluminum, arnd it is deâ€" signed so as not to mar the appearâ€" ance of the vehicle. Calgary‘s Natural Gas Supply. They do things in a large way on the Prairies. Calgary has just comâ€" 1 s.. AA e ‘ "The next afternoon I went to meet | them, as had been arranged. \ _ ‘"They occupied a rented chalet in | the valley. | _ "While they were busy with their ‘final preparations I sat down in a corâ€" ner of the hallway with my ropes, my bag and my piolet, to fill my pipe. We were going to have plenty of time on our feet. " ‘Yes, Lorenzo. I think I shall have finished my work by that time.‘ "He bent over her, touched the unâ€" finished purple sweater, and said, with & grin: "But it was all because of those three devilish Italians that I expertâ€" ence nights when I grope out of shadâ€" ows as stifling as a black cloud. "They came one morning to engage my services. The woman sat where you sit. The two men wanted to climb the Grepon. I saw that I was not dealing with novices and they did not bargain. We soon reached an agreement. "When it came to fixing the day for the expedition one of the men, a tall, redâ€"haired fellow who always had a joking manner, turned to the woman and asked her: " ‘I believe that you are making mo a fetich and that you will pin on it a medal which you bave had blessed.‘ " ‘Don‘t blaspheme. I wish to folâ€" low at long range the brilliant little ladyâ€"bird which you will be.‘ "The voice of the young woman, of whom I saw nothing but the massive headâ€"dress, scarcely reached us. Her words fell like a c@nfession against the bars of a confessional. "I understood all that these people were saying. I had crossed too many of our mountains not to know the language of those who live on the southern slopes. " *Will you grant us permission for toâ€"morrow, Bianca? "She was knitting. Not once had she lifted her head, and I did not know the color of her eyes. She ansâ€" wered : "It is my profession and I am proud of it. "When they went away their comâ€" panion, whom they called Paolo, had not spoken a word, but the other man continued to laugh. "I have climbed Mont Blane thirtyâ€" seven timesâ€"which is nothingâ€"and all the other peaks, and you can go and see for yourself that they are conâ€" quered more with the head and the wrists than with the legs. "A little later I heard the whispered adieu of the woman and I shall never forget those words of flame: " ‘Have all the courage that is necesâ€" sary, my love, and I will be your reâ€" ward.‘ * "No, Monsieur, not for a thousand francs would I go with you toâ€"day up the glacier. We guides have our gloomy anniversaries, on which phanâ€" toms pursug us. "We are accustomed to hear every thing. People pay no attention to us The bow of the newest of American submarines, the Vâ€"1, has the appearâ€" ance of the head of a giant whale. The undersea dreadnought is now in New York, being made ready for its trial trip to Portsmouth. shown in the above photograph. The value of the fleet lies chiefly in the enormous miss of machinery and brass and copper tubing it contains. t Salvaging operations being undertaken by Great Britain to raise the sunken German fleet at Scapa Flow are By J. Ad. Arennes Translated by William L. McPherson THE PURPLE SWEATER " ‘You are the one who wanted to come here, Paolo. You will walk last. Perhaps that doesn‘t suit you. Maybe you feel cold. Here, take the thick sweater which beautiful bands have knitted for me.‘ "I thought that they were going to fight like dogs. "But time pressed and the ascent continued. "I could have drawn him out furâ€" ther, but it is not wise to mix in other‘s affairs. " ‘Put it on, Paolo. Otherwilse I will not go a step further. On my word, I believe you are afraid. Beâ€" sides, it will soon be time for Bianca to recognize us through her glass.‘ "I complimented him on his vigor. He said, boastingly: "‘Oh, my comrade hasn‘t had as much training as I have. If I were last I would have to push him ahead.‘ "All went well until 9 o‘clock in the morning. They were then clambering up the last vertical walls, almost withâ€" out a footing. "What have I to do with that? You must arrange such a matter with your friend.‘ "Lorenzo, who had seemed not to hear us, came tranquilly between us, seized the rope and said, looking the other square in the face: "He offered Paolo the bright purple sweater. "The latter refused it, with a wicked look, like that of a beast caught in a trap. "In difficult places Lorenzo stuck to my heels, as if he were afraid of beâ€" ing overtaken by the other. "Sometimes, clinging to the smooth face of the winding rock, we could not see one another. hind you.‘ "His arbitrary tone did not please me, nor his secrecy. I turned my back on him and answered: " ‘Remember who is looking at us, Paolo,‘ Lorenzo kept saying. "While I was getting ready to atâ€" tach the ropes Paolo, the taciturn, drew me aside and said, brusquely: "In one of these moments a great cry filled the solitude. Instinctively I took a firmer grip so as not to be dragged down. I waited, my heart throbbing. Nothing happened. Then I turned back and found Lorenzo, motioniass and livid. "The climb up well marked paths is never interesting; it is mechanical work. We spent the night in a refuge, intending to start again before dawn with our lanterns. After that the real ascent begins. "I did not need to awaken my comâ€" panions. Neither of them had slept a wink. "I examined the rope. There was & clean cut, apparently made with a knife. "Paolo sitpped. The rope broke,‘ he said. "Without any vain discussion we descended. "We found only a corpse on a flat granite rock, the bones crushed, the head opened like a chestnut. "In fifteen minutes later we were on our way. But at the same moment the husband, Lorenzo, shouted from the upper floor that he was ready. In spite of myself I felt a cold chill run down my back. aim the one who will climb beâ€" ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO During the past three centuries, | however, the suburbs have recrossed the bay and included the site of Oslo, and the nationalistic spirit of Norway has emphasized its old traditions. The : Christiania Chamber of Commerce, in !hailing the name of Oslo, announces ithat "The Norway of toâ€"day feels | more than ever its unbroken continuâ€" ‘ity with the Norway of Harold the , fairâ€"haired who founded Oslo as his ‘capital in 1047." Christiania is Now "Oslo," Ancient Name of Capital On New Year‘s Day the capital of Norway changed its name from Chrisâ€" tiania to Oslo and all the geography books in all the schools of the world were made wrong. The city has been called Christiania for the past three centuries, but it was called Oslo for the six centuries before that; so it is now going back to the name of Oslo. Oslo became Christiania three cenâ€" turies ago after a conflagration which wiped out the city and compelled King Christian IV to build a new capital of Norway across the bay from Oslo. In his honor it was called Christiania. The United States Forest Products Laboratory will build painted fences at various points throughout the Unâ€" ited States in order to determine what is the best way to paint different woods. His most recent ruling was.against a West End company which was about to produce a new edition of its frothy musical revue. One of the songs in the piece was not allowed to be sung because in it four eminent politicians â€" Austen _ Chamberlain, _ Winston Churchill, Ramsay MacDonald and David Lloyd Georgeâ€"were portrayed in a lightsome vein. Such immunity in times of peace has heretofore been given almost exâ€" clusively to royalty. Prominent British politicians have been protected from the irreverent chaffings of theatre comedians by reâ€" cent rulings of the Lord Chamberlain, the official responsible for censoring plays and songs, says a London deâ€" spatch. "When the rescue caravan arrived at last the woman rushed toward us. Only when she was a few steps away did she recognize the survivors. British Leaders Protected from Stage Jokes dead man "Then, for the first time, I discoverâ€" ed the yellowish color of her distended "Thereupon Lorenzo gently laid his hand on her shoulder, as an execuâ€" tioner would do." "She gazed without understanding at the man standing erect, whom she had believed thrust out of her life forâ€" ever and at the purple spot on the rock. "The next moment she fell on her knees, overcome with amazement and fear. eyes "She opened her mouth. What a cry she uttered! When some irregular local police mutinied at Gardal, India, they took possession of a block house and defied the world. A small British gun, howâ€" ever, upset their calculations and they were captured. "Then we waited silently beside theFiye Poilus Cl...ed aAs > Aiarulas es * > g~;;,q"""§;i£’ g" es / * o lal 3 â€" a7 to a oo k oA erto olA e PSR 4t 5. ~ s L.# it . atv. $ with. " ;?¢ *o: 5t t rk,. P . w & | _ Probably few are closer to the actual ; forest than the farmer. As the pionâ€" {eer he is opening up the country to ' settlement and living on the very edge |of the primeval forest. As such, no |one stands to suffer more from forest fires. He usually has his allâ€"family imxd possessionsâ€"beneath the roof of |his first homestead. Clearing, of | course, must be done, and clearing fires are necessary, but care must be exercised in the setting of c.earing fires. Settlers should get in touch with their nearest forest ranger, who iis well acquainted with the danger of uncontrolled fires. He will advise |when it is safe for clearing fires to be set and if conditions are fnvorable,1 will issue a burning permit. , The latest figures available give the amount of firewood cut in Carada annually as neariy aine million coâ€"ds The larger centres of mopulation use coa: chiefly for heating purposes. ‘t, is the rural districts, therefore, that| are more intenseiy intcrested in fireâ€"| weed, not only because it meauns coamâ€"‘ fort in winter bnt it also provides a‘ great deal of employment to thoso who| require to help out the farm income.| In many portions of Canada large} quantities of railway ties, telephone‘ poles, pulpwood, etc., are taken out| every year and sold by settlers. who,| with a burned fore:t. would be withâ€" out this welcome help. in another form also the forest apâ€" peals to the farmer. It is large‘y in the forest and wooded areas that he obtains his sport. Hunting and shootâ€" ing is usually the favorite recreation of the farmer and his family. Withâ€" out the forest, or with nothing within bis reach except a partially burred over area in his immediate nsichborâ€" Lood, he would grestly miss this pleaâ€" sure. Then again, from the larger standâ€" point, the farmer is interested in the nrotection of the forest because it means so much in the wealth of Canâ€" ada and Canada to him means home. After agriculture, the forest and forâ€" est products are the largest class of our exports, and go a long way to pay for those things which we find necesâ€" sary but which we are unable to proâ€" duce or have an insufficient quantity. There is constant danger of forest fires, and the farmers of Canada can do a great deal, personslly ind by interesting others to assure a conâ€" tinuance of the forests, with all they mean as recreational regions, fuel supplies and, where necessary, emâ€" ployment. | I New hope for the war blind of the idea that a Home aiould be estabâ€" , France is held out in a report of the lished for blind babies or children. ‘work being done by Dr. G. Bonnefon, His kindness was Chris,â€"like. His oculist, who since the war has been method was unscientific. It is not | treating cases of blindness considered enough to have Christian or humanâ€" incurable. Out of 230 patients totally: itarian sympathies. _ Sympathy and blind he has found fourteen who could 80¢ial science should be synthetized. be successfully operated upon with at: Our kind hearted friend should have least partial restoration of sight, says Studied the whole subject before jumpâ€" a Paris despatch. "lng to the conclusion that a Home & a4 a 0 qo arca ca MHTe ccrund d K cens "Four cases of reâ€"establishment of the ability to distinguish forms and colors. In two of these cases an enuâ€" cleation operation had been made in order to relieve the incessant pains in the eyes. Since this operation, which was performed some five or six months ago, these men have been completely free from such pain. An Alberta judge not long ago assessed damages to a planted windâ€" break at $1,000. In this case the windâ€" break was not destroyed, but merely damaged and was quite capable of repair. "In three cases a second surgical opâ€" eration will be necessary and will be performed early this year. "Two cases of acting to light. In regard to the fourteen operations the eminent oculist reports as follows: "Five cases of reâ€"establishment of viâ€" sion, sufficient to permit the patient to resume his normal life. Dr. Bonnefon first operated on a blinded soldier almost three years ago, but for two years made no public reâ€" port in order not to arouse false hopes. His report this year, he states, was made only after great hesitation, but due to the encouraging reswlts of his work he felt justified in anreouncing to the blind that "they may have confiâ€" dence in science and in the devotion of French oculistsâ€"all whose condition can be improved or relieved will be treated to the last man." Pioneering in the Forest.. Totally Blind Receive Sight improvement considered enough to have Christian or humanâ€" mnts totally itarian sympathies. . Sympathy and who could social science should be synthetized. on with at Our kind hearted friend should have sight, says studied the whole subject before jumpâ€" l'lng to the conclusion that a Home ated on a should be established. We would have years ago, sought diligently for answers to such public re. questions as these: "Are there many ‘alse hones. blind babies?" "Why should there be in \ _ The paddler was George Smyth, the | navigator, who is making his way by canoe from Nova Scotia to Rome. His | trip so far has been successful, and | with the exception of the Atlantic | crossing, which necessitated passage ]on a steamship, he has made his way | alone with the help of a stalwart ! paddle. ’ The night watchman on the houseâ€" | boat of Marshal Joffre, a popular resâ€" | tuarant in Paris well known to tourâ€" | ists, was startled the other night when | a canoe drew up out of the darknoss | on the Seine and its occupant jumped | on the deck. The visitor asked if he | could leave his canoe on the dock of ‘the houseboat. Permission was grantâ€" ed. The watchman politely asked where the visitor had come from. The latter answered, "Nova Scotia." Buccess in Life is the reward won by that man who has developed those gifts and talents with which he was born to the utmost possible under the given _ circumstances and _ environâ€" ments, who has acquiz»d others, and thru proper spiritua!, physical, and mental experiences has found his place in carrying on the upbu#ving of Home, Church, Nation and the ‘World. Mathematically, Success in L4f® is the nuoolwhuumhuwluhecu Ra was forced to put back toward the English coast and was picked up at the South Goodwin Lightship after fourteen hours at sea. Most of the time he was forced to keep bailing out his canoe and barely escaped being swamped. Smyth immediately padd‘ed ta! to Dover after this unsuccessful atternnt and the next day started out azain. This time he was able to proceo4 on a straight course for France. â€" "rom Calais he came to Paris by river and canal, the most pleasant part of his trip, according to his reporis. His route from Paris lies up the Seine into the old Burgundy Canal, down the Eaone and then the Rhone, coming iats the Mcditerranean at Marsonles. l‘e will scirt the shores a% the Mediterâ€" ranean until he reaches the mouth of the Arno, and then paddle up this stream into the Tiber and (Uhen»e to Romo. The trip from Paris *~ Rome will take about ten weeks. The English Channe! represented the most difficult leg of his European travels and it took two attempts for him to make the French coast. On his first trip from Dover to Calais a wave washed his compass overboard. He Another fad of kindly but socially untrained people, is to launch the building of great orphanages for little children. Any worker of social exâ€" perience knows that to place these little orphans out in private foster homes is a much wiser thing and much less expensive. The only use of an orphanage is to house and care for orphan or neglected children until such time as foster homes can be seâ€" cured for them. And this is what the best orphanages are seeking diligentâ€" ly to do.â€"Dr. J. G. Shearer. Nova Scotia Canoeist Making Journey to Rome ped. How much better to put this money to such use rather than to establish a new "Institution‘" to be a burden and a source of perplexity to future generations of kindly disposed people? One such blind child recently in a western village was discovered by a worker for the Institute for the Blind, taken to a city, operated on, had its sight restored or bestowed and is now happy in God‘s sunlight and in all the matchless beauty of the wor‘ld and faces life almost who!lly unhandicapâ€" He had raised about $2,000 for the Home. This money, until lately, was on the hands of the trustees, who were perplexed to know what to do with it. They took counsel of an exnerienced social leader who advised them to conâ€" sult with the Canadian National Inâ€" stitute for the Blind. This they did with the result that the money is beâ€" ing handed over to the Institute to be used for the purpose of either caring for or giving sight to blind children, which is often possible, or in their educational work for the prevention of blindness in babies by securing proper care at their birth. A simple solution applied to the eves of the new born babe makes sure that it will not be blind even though there were in its eyes the seeds of blindness because of disease of the mother. any?" "Should blind babies be taken away from their mothers?" "Wou‘d the mother part with them?" "If so, ought not the babies to be placed in foster homes until they are old enough to go to a school for the blind*?" As a matter of fact, there are not many blind babies. There ought to be none. Blindness in babies is alâ€" most wholly preventable if doctors and nurses and midâ€"wives are as careâ€" ful and skillful as they ourkt to be. A Home for Blind Babies. A kindâ€"henrted gentleman conceived "The use of the telephone in everyday life of the new world reached a stage of development €reamed of in the old, and in this gard Canada occuples a very c Mecond place to the United States, two countries not being approache «ny nation of the globe. Of late y« the number of telephones in Car has been increasing at a faster than the population, so that the minion is to«lay served in a very quate manner . with telepho: 4 munieation. ph po! che tob wic t} W in gel trik Mre. | I‘ve poy abou Mre. W a single + priv 4s th gene the draw the grap teley Ated view "Maprit de corps érink. #6 our OBD C 1« tu ~vems pepers points and ) certain Wes per capita o seeds the tw "Beaux esprit‘"â€"Men mor! or magazine edit neare in E. there France, 1 lands, 2.6 cities olis ¢ those year ti laid cli in the phones alread y In 19 "Fauzx pas‘â€"Bidealip "In extremis"â€"Stony broke "Maguum opus"â€"Hard labor. "Obiter dicturn"*â€"Oh, bitter say "Prime donna‘â€"First subsorip "is eomioa"â€"â€"Comical apparan estert the Ir A n Some New Ones f7 the glo f teley reasing in Canada. an C