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Only one animal comes nearer to being the superiative embodiment of contrariness than the sma‘ll pigâ€"and that is the mature hog The discovery was made in a rather odd way. Prince Yussupovy had not entrusted the work to a Petersburg architect, but had brought a builder from a country estate, who came acâ€" companied by his twelveâ€"yearâ€"old son as helper. _ This little boy greow up Hidden treasure is adways in itselft a‘luring, znd how much more so when It is not the ordinary treasure hidden by the common or gaden variety of pirate or by that wornâ€"out and exagâ€" ge«ated character, Captain Kidd, but is instead the ancient hords of a family of princes who have been ruimâ€" o1, exiled, or massacred, as the case may be. The Yussupor family beâ€" longed to the very highest nobility of | Russiaâ€"if not in rank, at least by‘ virtue of the fact that they were kinsâ€"| menâ€"inâ€"law of the Tsar. They wore enormously rich, even in prewar Rusâ€" sia where the wealth of the weulthyi corresponded to the extraordinary povâ€"| erty of the poor. The income from| their factories alone exceeded a milâ€" lion rubles a year, and their ctptul,' excluding real estate, was estimated at a bundred million. To this one| The seekers did succesd in finding entrance to the picture gallery, where they found a rare collection of paintâ€" ings complete except for two Remâ€" brandts which a faithful servant had samuggled abroad after the family had fed, and which later led to legal proâ€" ceedings in the United States. So rich was this collection that, when the picâ€" tures were hung close togather and the whole third story was devoted to them, there were still five hundred for which no place could beâ€" found. When the Revolution came the Yusâ€"| supovse fled, but of the treasures thnt’ had been heaped up for centuries only fvo trunkfuls could be discovered. Everyone knew they wore hidden somewhere, but the aristocrats had #een the Revolution coming long beâ€" fors and had provided secret chamâ€" bors and caverns in the walls, "for any emergency," so skillfully conceal ed that discovery was imposs!ble. Unsolved Secrets. Secret chambars can be more secret than we moderns are ever willing to believe: to this day the library of Ivan the Terrible has never been recovered, though everyone knows that it lies | somewhere beneath the Kromlin in\ Moscow; and the secrets of the Yus aupoys deflied the best efforts of the Soviets. The Academy of Sciences was called on and failed. All the plansl of the castle had disappeared. The old family servants knew mysteriousâ€" ly little. | ul . krey, Four eye on that $2500 frst priss. | A man who fai‘s to get what he deoâ€" %Juv:%u-:?“m'mp'.::," wi â€" | serves should be thankful. [ wa-â€" leetion of synonym= to he! ‘ one you solvo them. 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That lttle lane The stanch old pines had heeded, And stayed to wait for spring with them, Though fields with snow were sown ; And underneath their singing green 1 found the courage needed To brace my wavering beart to meet A winter of its own. i _ Then for the first time a steel door appeared, behind which was a great collection of rare old gold wa‘ches and tobacco pouches studded with \ jJewels. Now two attendants offered ! to point out other secret stores for 'twonty-nve hundred rubles apiece. lHerre were found twentyâ€"five neck 'lacas containing sixtyâ€"three big emerâ€" 'aldo and eightyâ€"seven big diamonds; pear‘s, sapphires, and rubles; a neckâ€" |lace with eighteen emeralds, and anâ€" other with fiftyâ€"three big diamonds. Then came two hundred and fiftyâ€"fAve brooches in gold and platinum, in adâ€" dition to emeraids, pearls, diamonds, and rubies, thirteen diadems, fortyâ€"two bracelets, and ninotsen gold chains. I wondered would they go along, Those pioneerifig gallants, Go southward where the fluttering birds Had vanished down the sky; 1 saw them soitly shake their heads: "Let each consult his talents, _ ~ But curs is nct to run away While Winter‘s going by." | _ The administrator in charge of the | castle, who had known about the secâ€" ! ret all the time, was given a severe | crossâ€"examination, and revealed the existence of two other secret chamâ€" | bers. One was in the cellar with conâ€" (crete walls and ceiling and was conâ€" nected with the billiard room by a |secret stairway and trapdoor. . The |\ trapdoor was covered with a double \ door and armor plate and with linol ieum under the billiard table. _ Here | was discovered a collection of porceâ€" | lain of great artistic value, which was | ikewise given to the Hormitage Musâ€" eum. The next secret room turned out to be a steal chamber behind a bookease. In order to reach it, ali the | books had to be taken off the shelves. It clutched the fellowship of grass Whose fingerâ€"tips were graying, It hurried by the lazy bloom Of asters near a wall, And to the festive maple trees With whom some pines were strayâ€" ing It begged the counseling wind to cry "Make hasteâ€"the frostâ€"the Fall!" I happened on a country lane, A long lane that was turning Autumnwards from summer heights With steps of scarlet hue; And yet beneath its gayety Of gold and crimson burning The little lane I stumbled on Was runningâ€"that 1 knew. well aware of all the serret chambers. Soon after the Revolution he appeared beforse the owner and demanded money as the price of further silence. The majorâ€"domo at first believed the man was bluffing, but he informed the Acadoamy of Sciences, who sent an ofâ€" fcial to the castle. Two heavy iron | doubledoors were found which had ‘ been concealed with tiles. _ Behind | these were two other rooms crowded with shelves and cupboards. In the | first was a huge quantity of porcelain, ‘in the second the family silver, beâ€" neath this an allegorical group of silâ€" | ver statues weighing half a ton and | of such rare craftsmanship that the ' whole thing was given to the Hermitâ€" age Museum. The antiques among these came from the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries, and the total weight of the objects made of precious metal was 21,441 grammes, and the weight of silver was 210,000 grammeos. The total value is supposed to amount to five million rubles; and as the steâ€" ward of the castle died during the inâ€" vestigations, it is not certain that he showed everything. _ There is much reason for thinking that there are still other secret chambers that have not been found. Pine Constancy. Still a Mystery. T. Mcrris Longstreth a reward. 31. To fasten. 38. A chum. 39. A bone of the human body which was supposed by certain Rabâ€" binical writers to be indestructâ€" ible. 42. A title of respect. 44. Eggs of fish. 47. Pertaining to the infercourse of 4 s second year of a college course. 49. The head (s_lm‘x.g); *n 56. A stinging insect. 50. An artificial elevaticn used in golf. 57. Costly. 51. An exclamation expressing triumph This puzzle took fourteen minutes to solve. See how long It will take you to solve it. "Why cce you drinkin‘ outen the barl?" asked Mumb:ipeg. "Well," replied Hi Suction, "I looked around frot and couldn‘t see the â€"â€"â€"â€"" 29 31 32. 33. 34 35 53 CROSS WORD PUZZLE Every number in the form represents the beginning of a word, reading aither horizontally or vertically. If there is a black square to the left of the number, the word is horizontal; if above it, the word is vertical. The same number may of course begin both a horizontal and a vertical. The definitions for the correct words to fill the form are found below, with numbers corresâ€" ponding to those on the form. Run through the definitions till you find one that you recognize, and put it in its proper place on the form, one letter for each white square. This will furnish several crossâ€"clues to the words linking with it at right angles. Continue in this manner till the form is completely fAilled. If you have solved the puzzle correctly it should read both horizontally and vertically with words corresponding to the definitions. Horizontal. Vertical. 1. Of the highest quality. 1. Sacks or pouchs used for holding 4. On old English money of account. P agy‘thlng. . To do wrong. 1;" ‘:l::}:? iz; ef::.ljt yprod.uced by‘hons. 3. The principal member of a theatriâ€" > 3 * cal company. 12. Residence. 4. A Japanese sash. 14. A falsehood 5. A part performed by an actor in a 15. Highâ€"flown, lofty. play. 18. A slender stick. 6. Puss. 19. To emplo 8. Minth * poy. 9. An intoxicating liquor. 21. Delaware (abbr). 10. Arranges. 23. An implement used to stir up a 12. A viper common in Europe. breeze. 13. Exactly the same in measure or 25. A great deal (slang) amount. 27. Amount at which a person is rated 16. To incline the head. 52 12 14 15. 18 19. 21 23 married woman. Coupled. Though (contraction). Nickname for a student in the with reference to assessments. Professional (slang). Organs of sight. To wager. Belonging to you. An assessment. A plece of metal which serves as Pertaining to the intercourse of nations. Signifying the maiden name of a 22 1 2l . «2% »24 25°* (Kindly draw straight lines between t‘hâ€"e; "*" t ‘60.\?‘\ .‘ .20 15 19 14 alf 13 16 431 28 29 80 85 36 38 40 41 42 43 45 46 48. 49 20 22 23 24 25 26 *30 16 17 12 prizeâ€"fight promoter. A boy‘s nickname. A ccoking vessel. Metallic compound. To wed. Ghastly. * A kind of dessert. A collection of animals (siang). Triumphs. Part of a stair. To cook in a certain way. A division in a shield. Florida (abbr.) New or recent (prefix) _ The head (s:ang). An artificial elevaticn used in golf. An exclamation expressing triumph Regal. To tag anything. Deadly. A kind of food usually eaten at breakfast. j To allow. The nickname of a prominent Fuss. Mirth An intoxicating liquor. Arranges. A viper common in Europe. Exactly the same in measure or amount. To incline the head. An American means of defense anything. To do wrong. The principal member of a theatriâ€" cal company. A Japanese sash. A part performed by an actor in a (abbr.) rumbers) When it Comes to Business, Jeff Leaps and Then Looks | _And it was not without its larger recompense; potatoes baked in the ashes raked out with a crotched stick [and eaten raw and hot, with hard Qhearts and mealy outsidesâ€"just like some people whom we have come to | know later; potatoes with burnt skins _and unsavory appearance, mealy all | through, like some other people whom | we have also known. The leaping lthrough the flames with daring made { the small girls appear transfixed with ; admiration and terror, the bringing of | fresh boughs to hear the roar of the ‘flames as they bite into the pitch of the fir and hemlock, and finally the dying down of the fire into red coals , with groups of boys standing around silently and tuoughtfully in the sweet ; April night.â€"â€"Arthur G. Staples, in | "Jack in the Pulpit." Straight through my shuttered panes Rode in the light, Bringing a gift; Silvern rs dew, Starred by the skies, it shone Glistening, whiteâ€" God‘s thoughtfu‘nessâ€" "A day made new." I saw the dawn ride in, Dust dimmed and grey, PBearing the morn Jeweled with its star, Making the host of night Pals and give way, The ranks of dark, Break and speed far. But if you could find a bonfire, what exhilaration ! To see it from afar lighting up the evening sky and the surrounding barns and houses; to catch the shadows of the dancing children as you speeded up the streets and through the backâ€"lots; to see the ‘curls of the girls floating out behind them as they ran about; to smell the ineffable odors of the spruce, pine, fir, and hemlock, mingled in ecstasy of perfume on the altars of the vernal godsâ€"this was the apotheosis of joy. In line, just back of the lovely Maud, But soon he left, with a bitter sigh, For alas! her hatpin had pierced his trace, And to prove that she knew the writâ€" ing game, With many a flourish she signed her name. And the ballot counters, all of them, Pronounced her ballot a perfect gom. Then she said, on her homeward way, ‘"Well! this is the end of a perfect day." Over the way, by the village greon, The Judge was parking his limousine, And he took his place, with a cheery eye, And, as he muttered and shook his ling hand P And every word of it closely scanned, Then said to herself, "What a perfect So there in the booth at the old Town Hall, With a generous hand she marked them all, Wherever she found a vacant space A neat and black little cross she‘d | mind, She hadn‘t a thought for the price of beans P Or the bargain sales at the great Styâ€" lene‘s, For domestic blise not a whit cared she, Hero was Duty, with a capital D. And she thrilled to the very fingerâ€"tips At the splendid vision of man‘s eclipse As, with all the fervor of ardent youth, She tripped away to the voting booth, And tock her place in the waiting line In bliss ecstatic and mood divine. They knew it wasn‘t a prayer he said. Maud opened the ballot with trembâ€" y shame! There isn‘t a single woman‘s name!" And then and there made a mental note & "They‘ll all be women, when women vote. But long have I waited for this day, No selfish motive my hand shall stay." Maud Muller, on a winter day Went and voted, so they say; Beneath the brim of her jaunty hat She gave ber ear muffs a gentle pat, Long ago she had left behind The cares Maud Mullee Up to Date. â€"â€"Sarah Wilson Middleton. The Bonfire. The Gift. ;.hm deaden a woman‘s â€"Katherine L. Daniher TORONTO All Contain Starch Chemistry Professorâ€""N3 articles containing starch." Studentâ€"*"‘Two cuf‘s and ; But while it is satisfactory to all concerned that a child should be able to go peacefully to sleep in the dark there is no special advantage to be gained by his doing so. If a child, owâ€" ing to temperament or defective trainâ€" ing, is too nervous to be loft alone in the dark, there is no conceivable reaâ€" son why he should not have at least a nightâ€"light, and there are a good many cogent reasons why he should. Moonlight is sharp until I see * A rabbit sitting quietly. Then wall and fence and troe and burr Grow soft and touch the night with fur. Hence the uncontrolled development of the instinctive and emotional parts of the immature minds of very young girls and boys, expressing themselves in exaggerated and apparently groundâ€" less fears, Inexplicable frights, and unâ€" reasonable terrors. Naturally these are more vivid wheh the mind, workâ€" ing alone in the dark, can do little else but mirror its own terrifying oreaâ€" tions. To keep their charges quiet at bedâ€" time some of them think nothing of telling them the most terrifying tales, or of threatening them with visits of all and sundry of the powers of darkâ€" ness if they don‘t lie still and go to gleep at once! This process of intenâ€" sive frightening night after night acâ€" counts for the condition of many a pallid and nervous sufferer of tender years. It must be borne in mind that childâ€" ren are, to a greater degree than their healthy elders, the slaves of such inâ€" stincts and emotions as they possess. Grownâ€"ups have developed _ their powers of intelligent control, and these keep, or should keep, their emotions and instincts within bounds. During he early years of all little ones it is of the most urgent importâ€" ance that fear of the dark should never be deliberately imstilled into their minds. Much injury has been done to the highly impressionable minds of children by ignorant girls to whoso charge they have been commitâ€" ted. The simple repetition of this rhythâ€" mic lullaby will soothe many a troubâ€" led little soul to sleep. ‘I have known children who have been trained to love the dark, and indeed ask for the light to be put out, so that they may sleep; but these are exceptions to the general 777‘71‘7he little folk may be prepared in advance for this time of trial by buildâ€" ing into the structure of their developâ€" ing minds some such simple suggesâ€" tion as "The dark is kind and cosy, the dark is soft and deep. The dark will pat my pillow and love me as I sleep." It is possible, of course, teâ€"train a child from his cradle to be alone in the dark. It is not until a certain degree of intelligence is developed that childâ€" hood becomes fully aware of the multiâ€" farious emotions that surge up in its mind when left alone in the impenetrâ€" able blackness of an unlit room. Loll< Ricuda clfcn es > Ats 29 Many parents of the stolid, unimagâ€" inative kind seem to be under the imâ€" pression that their children‘s natural fear of the dark is a sign of cowardice, and seek to subjugate this dread by the most illadvised, often cruel, and always disastrous methods. A Sleepâ€"Producing Lullaby. It is not a question of cowardice at all; the bravest of men are often afraid. A timid child must be treated sympathetically and tactfully; it is 1imâ€" possible to bully his terror of unraâ€" lieved darkness out of his by various pains and penalties. It is not surprising that chi‘dren should be afraid of the dark.. The dread of unseen dangers is a racial inâ€" stinct, and is common to both young and old. True, there are many childâ€" ren who are quite indifferent to darkâ€" ness, but most of them people the enâ€" veloping gloom of night with "calling shapes and beckoning shadows dire"â€" with the most vivid reproductions of those images which to them are sufâ€" ficiently terrifying by daylight. There are many grownâ€"ups who retain for the whole of their life the fear of beâ€" ing alone in the dark. t I FSste _ligzaa w The Softening Touch. 3i and a collar." Name threa «W l Wnn in , Forests are continuous over the southern portion of Ungava with the exception of the summits of hills and )tho outer islands of the Atantic _coast. Forest fires, however, have created such tremendous havoe amonsg the timber that it is impossible to make any accurate estimate of the quantity remaining. Little prospect ing has been done in newer Quebec and the mineral resources are procâ€" tically unknown. Iron ore appears to be commonest, and is distributed over large areas along the eastorn part. A band running parailel to the coast and 200 miles inland is also known to cof tain large deposits of iron, but the interwnim: country has never baen prospected. Rocks resembling the Sudbury or Timiskaming sorios cover large areas. The lack of =o% forest cover in many paces shou!l! make prospecting casy, but the dif! culties of transportation and iahor are too great for present development With such a trem»mdons ares, howâ€" ever, the day wilâ€"eams whon the pro«â€" pector, the geologist and the surveyo WLI «arefully examine and make an inventory of the country‘s rosousce Until that is done the (ilt‘e infoom»â€" tion avalable does not porinit of foreâ€" casting the potential va‘ues of the forests, the minera‘s, the water powâ€" ers or the fisherics and the lands for agricu‘ltare. i# God conceived the world, that was ‘ â€"~posetry; He formed Iit, that was sculpture; He colored it, that was painting; He peopled it with living beings; that was The griund, difine, etercal drama. PR Charlotte Cushm2a. | A Candid Opinion. North of old Quebec, but now inâ€" cluded within the area of that proâ€" vince, is the district of Ungava, a territory comprising over 350,000 square miles, more than oneâ€"half of the land area of the province. The surface of this portion of Quebec is rough and rocky in places. The highâ€" est portion is along the eastern part, where hills rise to a height of 6,000 feet. In the interior clevations are over 2,000 feet whie along the Hudâ€" son Bay coast the surface is only a few hundred feet above sea level. Large rivers flow north and west, and the interior abounds with lakes, varyâ€" ing in size from 500 square miles to 50. In the connecting streams th> descent is usually abrupt, and a lar;© amount of water power could unâ€" doubtedly be developed, as the flow is fairly uniform. I willâ€"go further. This I now declare To all who live on earth or in the air "Tis my opinion, not in guile, contrived But one at which I‘ve solemnily arâ€" ter. This is my judgment: Earth no charm rived, This baby girl of mine, who mounts my knee Means more than she will ever know to me. Lovoll;tz:l;a_n"ne my' baby girl‘s carâ€" esses. Considering all things, this is my conâ€" clusion, Amid the world‘s great clamor and confusion, Its strange ideas and its notions curiâ€" ous â€" And all the queer contentions waxing furious Concerning life on earth and life hereâ€" after; Nothing is sweeter than my baby‘s laughter, * I am no bigot, but I‘ll stick to this, Though mad fanatics round me snarl * and hiss And sect and cult assail and bid me My voiced opinion, still I will not fal doubt, Considered carefully from any angle, With due regard to every twist and tangle And all the controversy which may My baby girl has most bewitching eyes. Sir Horace Rumboid British ambassador to Madrid, who will head the commission of the League of Nations, which will enquire into the reasons for the fighting beâ€" tween the Bulgars and the Greeks recently. It‘s my opinion, calmly given out Beyond the slightest shadow of Natural Resources Bulletin. _ ~*~ Creation. â€"ERdgar A. C iuest Post V teiepi TX Walking is euch a formance that hard gives a thought to the ing.. But there is a way to walk. from t shoulde wrong musc} the oc upia ing; Right and W argen Favorite such a mechanical ; at hardly anyone it to the manner of w e is a right and a wr th