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atient ap n A I 1@ there knock In days of yore, there lived upon the banks of the winding St. Croix River, two men of the woods. . In the summer they guided for salmon and trout fishâ€" Ing parties. in the fall, they guided for hunting parties. And in the winâ€" ter they trapped the furâ€"bearing ant mals th miles of densely wood for a radins of twent; est extended. 1t was valnable stretches of t wood lands that one Dave and Sandy exer rights in settling on Sar cab pany , tiretv pany. realizit to earn his w it eonard agr rt The cabins of Dave Carney ndy Leonard were separated by les of densely wooded forest. ) were no Tul kâ€"omâ€"down and Punching and THE AWAKENING By William J. MeNuity ne now intage cabins of Dave Carney and Leomard were separated by two of densely wooded forest. And radins of twenty miles, the forâ€" ended. 11 was one of the most le stretches of timber and pulpâ€" lands that one could visualize. ind Sandy exercised squatters‘ in settling on the land. They cared away sufficient of the forâ€" allow for the building of the it t Ar t} ner was Carnew vood‘!ands office disdain of Dick maddened Carney w t mpany was an oppress is compan n# a cog > firm in ady at a U dain of Dickson and mber Company. He over the capitalistic age. and concluded to nothing at all that nature of aiding the )rogram . adopted by rogram _ adopted by And when remon Leonard, all Carney excuse for such talk dr th M cir ab VII t w the H t MV izâ€"emâ€"out clash _ Try be‘ng cheerfel when 3 <ing, gouging, troubles are heaviest and se> | ere awil in use. much .ichter they wi.l becoms. Sandy t d bevyo Ar nt at atter. a rathe tir ilong the violated. govern subje other wou!l aw comba roughâ€"an: for n allowed both ind mula In th ng ne h fu 1g | conservaâ€" of vital imâ€" stated timâ€" and alarm : along the â€" attontion att He e of Com n ping the mction by the the fir absolut very preâ€" rney and 1 in hand company s in the th th hi map mlo« the hys| it th 1 .. 0 We it 1 have #} f fires mnpa t n who e and would : need e fire 16 orâ€" v had lit Da l rdical ppot AU & th hi H N1 at m n Me "Say, Sandy, a fe at awful fool, can‘t he? "â€" to you here you cor is from sure death. D S8 started that fire" V )Y orders of the compan n Sir: Please send another cheque for ; £3 in moneys as cheques are no u.-e.! the one that was to hand this morning ; being on mantlepiece and withl draught cf door opening was blew inâ€"| to fire and was burnt up before stepn: could be took to save it. This is £1 10s. for loss of property as agreed un-f der threais and £1 10s. for loss of He had After an hour of give and take, prinâ€" cipally take, Carney weakened. Leonâ€" ard saw an opening and whipping over a stiff right to the body sent Carâ€" ney to the earth, for the latter"s quietâ€" |us. The victor revived the vanquishâ€" | ed. and each went to his cabin to reâ€" | cuporate, after the desperate battle. I It was soon after midnight, that lSandy Leonard intuitively smeiled danger. Although sore from head to !foot, he leaped from his bunk. and | peered through the windows. To the | east, was a red light just topping the | trees. | "It‘s a forest fire," he shouted. Roused from his semiâ€"sleeping conâ€" | dition by this rtartling news, be donâ€" | ned his clothes and ran <from the |\ cabin. Leonard hastened along the | river bank, to the spotithe woodlands | manager had told him of choosing as | the first telephone station in the link \to be constructed by the company. The fire was fast growing in intensity. Right in the path of the flames was Carney‘s cabin. Apparently, the fire had not been started more than an hour. Seizing the telephone, Leonard explained the situation to the Millâ€" "Say, Sandy, a fellow can be an awful fool, can‘t he? After what I did to you here you come and save me from sure death. Do you know what started that fire* Well, against the orders of the company I started burnâ€" ing some slash, above the cabin. I thought it was out when I left it. But that‘s what started that fire. You can say I‘m cured, and that in future I‘ll be as strong for fire prevention in this forest as you are. Beats all how blind a man can be at times. Some times he doesn‘t even know which side his bread is buttered on." . Carney took charge of the hose and hand pump and conscripted Leonard as his assistant just as Leonard was rushing for an axe to fell trees that stood in the path of the flames. Leonâ€" ard was so astonished at the change of heart on the part of Carney, he made no protest when ordered by Carâ€" ney to help with the pump and hose. Water from the river was soon pourâ€" ing on the fire. The wind was not strong and that aided the fire fighters greatly. So, in two hours, just a vesâ€" tige of the fire remained. When the work was over, Charlie Dickson thanked the two woodsmen for saving the company‘s timber, for he said there was no doubt that with a longer start, the fire would have desâ€" troyed the bulk of the forest. After the party had left for Millâ€" town, Carney turned to Leonardl and In twenty minutes there arrived from Milltown, the nucleus of the fire department that was in process of forâ€" mation among the employees of the St. Croix Lumber Company. The motor equipment of the company had been pressed into service. Fifteen men and each with a fire extinguisher. The cross buttock and the backheel!, were frequently in evidence. ~Carney wes reputed to be the champion roughâ€" andâ€"tumble fighter of the river. Leonâ€" ard was not anxious to use the quesâ€" tionable metbods of the roughâ€"andâ€" tumble conict, but bad he contented himself with using fair fighting mear® he would have been incapacitated in a very few minutes after the start of the struggle. town of@é@e. Then Leonard battered through the door of the Carney cabin and found Carney asleep. It was with diiticulty that Sandy could induce @arâ€" ney to arise. The flames had eaten part of the rear of the cabin before the two mey left the little structure. in a few mifutes the building was a mass _ of smouldering ruins. They went to the telephone station, and found the flames had burred the tele phone and some of the connecting wire. Animals of all kinds were seurâ€" rying from the woods and racing into the river, too frightened to see the two men on the river bank. @t h athe h uld t PI Roiling Up the Damages nt tak bad fo The Deadly Breath ~â€"â€""Just think, eve somebciy dfes." n who _ communication se send another who wrote d in Punch, calcomilating have prove t the party > his view « a small fire his view of the matier. i small dire at his house, ance company sent him ce pound ten shillings in Pwo days later they reâ€" cbedient Servant. Lauchlan MeSwither is over, Charlie two woodsmen ny‘s timber, for doubt that with would have desâ€" W had an originâ€" indebtedness, i profitable if of the second fol WY 0W The earliest sunlight picture of a human face is supposed to be a daâ€" guerrgqtype of Miss Dorothy Draper, and was taken by her brother, Proâ€" fessor Draper, in 1840. The subject had to sit motionless in bright sunâ€" light for about six minutes. Even fifty years ago, taking a single picture was often a day‘s work, and required such skill and expert knowâ€" ledge and such elaborate, costly, and cumberstone equipment that the few who had mastered the art were glad to capitalize their knowledge by utilizing it professionally. In the first attempts to make a photograph in the early part of the eightecenth century, the subject to be photographed sat between the source of light and a sheet of sensitized paper fastened on a board. His shadow blocked off a certain proportion of the light rays, and as a result his profile in silhouette was left on the paper. This image, however, faded in a few minutes. This snap shows a winter scoene on Lake Joseph, in Muskoka, where many people spend their vacations each year. The First Photographs. 1â€"Pushed 6â€"Smail contairers for liquids 11â€"A unit of weight 12â€"A precious stone 14â€"Anger 13â€"A small child 16â€"A note in musio 17â€"Barter 18â€"Blood % 19â€"Personal pronoun 21â€"â€"To disturb 24â€"Product of a tree 27â€"A singer 28â€"East Indian tree 30â€"Individual characteristics 32â€"Portions of bacon 34â€"Most unusual 36â€"A powerful nation 36â€"Farming activity (abbr.) 37â€"A letter 38â€"Decorative 42â€"Position In goit 46â€"Prophets 47â€"Inclines to ons side 49â€"A parent (French) 50â€"A leather fastening 62â€"To be borne along 53â€"A ship 55â€"Inside 57â€"â€"To escape 58â€"To beseech 59â€"An interjection 60â€"A dog 62â€"Part of the body 63â€"To place 64â€"To fondle 63â€"â€"Dried stems of grain 66â€"To wish for Start out by filling in the words of which you feel reasonably sure. These will give you a clue to other words crossing them, and they in turn to still others. A letter belongs in each white space, words starting at the numbered squares and running either horizontally or vertically or both, SUGGESTION3 FOR SOLVING CROSSâ€"WORD PUZZLES HORIZONTAL CROSSâ€"WORD PUZZLE 41 killed by professional rat catchers, orâ€" the bedside dinary householders and boys and fallen three girls. One verminâ€"exterminating com-:earu., "wh pany alone killed eight hundred tllOllH-: thought as and. But London sanitary officers are space?" not yet satisfied; they want the camâ€"| _ Trge to h paign to continue until the city is free aviator lit from rats. said : It is estimated that the wholeâ€"ale value o‘ the commercial crop of ail fruits in 1923 was $33,169,143. To wind a spring in a lathe is a simâ€" ple matter; to wind it without a lathe i8 also a simple maiter if one knows how. Select a bolt having threads about corresponding to the pitch deâ€" sired in the spring. Hold the head of the bolt firmly in a vise, pinch one end of the wire tight and wind the other end around the bolt. The threads of the bolt will guide the wire so that an equally spaced spring will be formed. Rat Campaign. Rai week in London was a bad week for rats. More than three million were 1â€"Scattered 2â€"Garden Implement 8â€"A preposition 4â€"An exciamation 5â€"Takes out 6â€"Order of proceedings 7â€"At hand 8â€"A preposition 9â€"Depreased 10â€"Cut of beef (p).) 13â€"Slightest 14â€"To disregard 20â€"Something insignificant 22â€"An article 23â€"To peep 25â€"â€"Implement on a boat 26â€"Imprisonment 28â€"More sparse 29â€"Part of verb "to be" 31â€"â€"In kingly fashlon 33â€"A weapon 38â€"Metal in native state 39â€"â€"Seidom seen 40â€"Those who test 41â€"Regard 42â€"Scalawags 43â€"With sloping ends 44â€"Line the root of 45â€"Limit 46â€"Pertaining to the eyes (pl.) 48â€"A legislative body §1â€"Sun god 53â€"Cabbage salad 54â€"Comparative value 56â€"Product of a tree 59â€"Possessive pronoun 61â€"A common carrier (abbr.) 64â€"Printer‘s name for mixed type Solution of last week‘s puzzle Method of Winding Spring VERTICAL 15 es nslz ies ; Â¥91}| ‘t \ \ There is one debt that you can | ‘ l\ \ \ | never pay in fullâ€"your debt to your.' | mother. She does not ask it or exâ€" eA Li 1olckd ( nelfike pect it. All she asks, all she hopes, is| just that you pay the interest on it. A )A & And you cannot pay even that in 5 monty, but only in patience and love] caer‘ fc.. and gentlenessâ€"the one kind of cur‘! Heâ€"â€" “""‘ t you travel through life rency that is legal tender in the place '“"h me‘.’", s i where mothers go. [ Sheâ€""Not on foot. A white topaz that weighs ninety pounds has been placed on view in the Field Muséum in Chicago. Tha head oi the department of geology, who led an expedition to South Amerfca, brought it from Brazil. Lapidaries esâ€" timate that it won‘d make at least a hundred thousand stones of one carat each, but the museum naturally has no desire to put it on the market. | The third biggest diamond in the | world has recently been brought to ll,ondon, and now _ reposes in the strongâ€"room of a city bank. This precious stone, formerly called the Excelsiorâ€"Jubilce, but known now as the TataJubilec, after its owner, Sir Dorabji Tata, came from the faâ€" | mous Jagersfontein mine. | It originally weighed 971% carats, ’ but was reduced by cutting to 239 carâ€" ats. Even so it has had the distincâ€" gtion of being the biggest diamond in 'lhe world belonging to a private inâ€" dividual, the two Cullinans, which ' weigh 51614 and 309 carats respectiveâ€" ‘ly. being the property of the crown. Valued at a million and a half dollars, 'it is easily contained in an ordinary match box. Heaps of Taith in one another O‘er the years what‘er the Memories and not one biter; Each for all in everything! "Why, 1 think the pressed me mosi was the only thing that w What Impressed Him Most. "Tell me," said the interviewer at the bedside of the aviator who had fallen three thousand feet and hit the earth, "what was your dominating thought as you fell through all that space?" Sheâ€"*"Sure. * could reform him Calling attention to wood waste in manufacture, where the consumption of wood is under control is of first importance. Losses by forest fires, by insect and fungus destruction, by windâ€"throwing,, and other causes are already heavy, and more or less beâ€" yond control, but when the lumbermen and millmen undertake to convert the tree into lumber it should be done with the minimum of waste. The Natural Resources Intelligence Service of the Dept. of the Interior.at Ottawa says: 1 At the recont meeting of the Canâ€" adian Society of Forest Engineers a matter of supreme importance : to Canadian industry was discussed, that of waste in lumber manufacture. Mr. W. Kynoch, Superintendent of the Forest Products Laboratories of the Dept. of the Interior, brought up the subject, and made the statement that the waste involved in the use and manufacture of forest products is treâ€" mendous. Waste in production of lumber, in cutting or making various wood goods, and waste through decay were some of the chief items of wood waste emphasized. \ "The waste in the manufacture of lumber in this province is appalling to one acustomed to more conservative methods. Huge slabs of absolutely clear wood, 3 to 6 inches thick, are sent to the fuel pile, and ends of boards and timbers which could well be used for some purpose are sent to the refuse burner. The burner is the most conspicuous thing about a British Columbia sawmill. The fire never goes out, and it furnishes a pillar of fire by night and a cloud of smoke by day. Heavy saws are‘necessary to "break down" the large logs, but it is not unusual to see oneâ€"inch lumber being cut with a saw that takes out a %â€" inch to %â€"inch kerf (cut). It is estiâ€" mated that at least 25 per cent. of the tree is left in the woods, and another 30 to 35 per cent. is wasted in the mill." Heâ€"Surely you wouldn‘t marry & rich man who‘d made his money dis honestly ?" In a report by R. D. Craig, on the Forests of British Columbia, the writâ€" er deals with the waste of forest proâ€" ducts as follows: A Fortune in a Match Box. Natural Resources Bulletin. Heâ€"Surely White s record a cigar Home one another what‘er they bring If Topaz. hat weighs ninety ced on view in the he were rich fo thought that that I was ab isn‘t going n coolness, the smiled and ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Al. im about _ Watching the attack of our division | of Water!oo Bfldg: | through my field glasses, I had my atâ€"| »antncsmams ‘ R R ‘tenlton drawn to a figure just behind| â€" After St. Paul‘sâ€"Waterloo !{ndz(-. our advancing lines, where enemy . While the controversy concerning 1311- ‘shells were bursting on every hand ; 'snfety of the dome of f‘amnus ‘.St, i’thc figure appeared to be busyâ€"mowâ€" Paul‘s Cathgdral was still raging, | ing gress! I rubbed my eyes in amazeâ€" Londoners with a taste of antiquar ment. To make sure I asked the comâ€" ianism were confounded by lh‘o recâ€" 1mandar of the artillery, who was ommendation of the London (ou'}')' standing beside me, to take a look for Council committee that Water oo bimself. He at once confirmed what Bridge, built just over 109 years ago | 1 had seen: yes, there was a soldier by John Rennie, be (-ompl.«t'; y demo!â€" \out there swinging a scythe! | ished instead of mereiy being restored. _ On the evening of the same day I At present there is a temporary saw the stableman of the Rylsk regiâ€"‘ span being buiit to the east of Waterâ€" _ment, happy and unharmed, elated at loo Bridge, which it has b('.?!; p!annovi having cut some nice grass for his to repair. As Wuterlt_)u Brndg'r is conâ€" horse. ‘The soldier never suspected â€"sidered the best archlbec',u.ru..,v of all that he had shown bravery cf the . across the Thames, the Society for the horse. . ‘The that he ha highest kind At daybreak of June 4 fire opened on the appointed targets by every piece of artillery massed along the sector of my division. After the, canâ€" nonade our division went forward. Our success was decisive; the entire Ausâ€" trian fortified line was taken. "What hay What horse?" I asked the queer fellow. "Why, I am the company stableman, Your Excellency, and in front of the Austrian trenches there is such nice, fresh grass." I could not help telling him that he was a moledets~(fine, brave fellow) for looking after his horse like that, and, although I never thought of takâ€" ing his words seriously, I wished him good luck in harvesting Austrian hav. "I dare say pretty strong, Your Exâ€" cellency," the soldier answered in the simple speech of the peasant. "But we are going to take it toâ€"morrow just the same, and then I‘ll get lots of nice bay for our horse." The "Brusiloff offensive" occurred on the southwestern Russian front in the spring of 1916 and ended in the crushing defeat of the Austroâ€" Hungarâ€" ian army. On June 3, the eve of our assault on the fortified positions of the enemy, I made a round of the frontâ€"line trenches. While going down the line of the Rylsk regiment where our wire entanglements were interâ€" woven with those of the enemy 1 stopâ€" ped a moment to study the enemy‘s position through a periscope. Next to me stood a private. From the expresâ€" sion of his face it was plain that he was anxious to tell me something. So I encouraged him to speak by asking what he thought of the Austrian posiâ€" tion. Much has been printed about the war, but comparatively little about those stirring, tragic or merely human episodes that passed on the distant front where Russia and Austria came to grips. In the London Times there have recently appeared some interestâ€" ing articles by Gen. Likomsky, who was Chief of Staff of the Russian Army during much of the war. From one of them we take this amusing extract: Examine bulbs and reflectors. Reâ€" pair or replace if necessary. See that the lenses are installed so that they cannot turn in the Jamp Examine focusing mechanism. See that it works freely but will not jar out of adjustment. Aim the lamps so «hat the top of the beam on the wall comes even with the crossâ€"bar or mark. HEADLIGHT ADJUSTMENT. [ Procedure for headlight adjustment is as follows: 4 Place car on level surfzce so that the headlamps are twentyâ€"/ive feet! from the wall or screen. | Measure the distance from the floor to the centres of the lamps. Subtract the loading allowance and set crossâ€" bar or mark the wall at that height. Light the lamps. Cover one at a time, and focus the other. Always focus with the lenses in place if the lamps have an outside adjustment. CARBON MONOXIDE. During the ensuing cold weather, you will be doing work on your autoâ€" mobile indoors, which you have late‘ly been doing out in the open air. Reâ€" member, jf you have your engine runâ€" ning in the garage, that the exhaust contains the deadly carbon monoxide, a gas which is poisonous to breathe. Play safe and either have your door open when the engine is rurning or make other provision for the rapid escape of exhaust gases. Carbon monoxide stupefies so quickâ€" ly and completely that its victims se!â€" dom have time or consciousness to save themselves. They drop before they can call for heip and once they drop they‘re done. Haying Under Fire. CX \London Decries the Rezine | of Waterloo Brids> Mauna Kea, one of the Pacific highest mountain peaks, recently dor ned a coat of fresh snow as a resa of Hawaii‘s "winter weather." The great mountain, which caps the island of HMHawaii, hid itself in the cloude for a few days while the res: of the island enjoyed tropical weather. When the clouds lifted, those who stood on the warm beaches saw the snow. Hundreds of tourists continue to visit the volcano, the largest party of recent date being that from the Rod Star liner, Belgenland, which stopped at the island on its way arognd the world. At present there is a temporary span being built to the east of Waterâ€" loo Bridge, which it has been planned to repair. As Waterloo Bridge is conâ€" sidered the best architectura‘ly of all across the Thames, the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings is organizing a strong protest against the proposal to replace it by another. Winter Puts Snow Cap on Volcano in Hawaii | Buch accidents are no fault of the , officers of the ship, who take every jprecnmlon to save passongers and ‘crew alike from coming to any harm. ‘‘One of the first things that every , junior officer learns when appointed to 1- liner is what to do when a storm â€" blows up. . London journalists who wear spats in winter because it‘s cheaper than buying stout shoes now wonder whoâ€" ther they may not be apprehended as confidence men or burglars. If you wear spais in Lon« respectable. That at leas. i clusion drawn in a newsp cussion on the recent burg‘s heart of London. Several pe two thieves back up a van i« of a warehouse and carry worth £1,200, but inasmvct} burglars wore spats nobod: there was anything amiss. "The Daily Herald," i organ, passionately attacks lic attitude in this respect, 1 bitterly: "With a good suit ¢ a good hat, a pair of spats a of cheek there is scarcely . to the frauds a cool swinde petrate." f shall not break awa of the ship. A hbig heavy sofa is a pog it is rushing from every roll of the ve In the galleys and everything | that "can made fast. Even so are terrible. Not on! crockery are simeshed and tables. One ba« crossing will mean a up to twelve of for pounds for breakages respective of damages self. In London Spats Hide Identity of Bandits The weather in the Atlantic was so bad during November and December last that even huge forty thousand ton liners were thrown about like cockleâ€" shelis, and one of the largest arrived in port with three passengers injured. In these days the captain does nof have to depend entirely upon the barâ€" ometer to warn him of the approach of a storm, for he gets news by wireâ€" less long before his ship strikes the bad patch, and can estimate to a niceâ€" ty just what is going to happen. Fixing the Deadâ€"ights. As soon as it is certain that there really is going to be a storm, various officers are dispatched on a round of the ship. One sees that all the storm doors are closed, and also that all port holes are not only closed but properly screwed down. If indications point to gale, the deadâ€"ights arc over the portholes and For, thick as is the glass WHEN THE STORM thei nly of a »sh ril L8 ed down porthol« 41 whe fi xo Ap