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€} 48 FORTUNES HAVE BEEN FOUND IN OLD POSTAGE STAMP3 The other day an envelope was found in Vancouver with two old Cansdian stamps on it and was sofd in New York at auction for $4,000.| Whon burning up a lot of old paâ€" pers on occasion of cleaning up a Courthouse one of the caretakers noticed a lot of funny old stamps and just for curiosity fished a few out of the fire. They fetched several thouâ€" sand doars and the man is wonderâ€" ing just what size of a huge fortune ho burned up. Some sixtyâ€"five years ago a schoolâ€" boy in London took a notion and sent his pocket money, a few pounds altoâ€" gether, to some Postmasters in the various British Colonies and asked them to send him a few shects of halfâ€"penny and pesany stamps. In those days it took a number of months to geot a reply from such places as Ceyion, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland to England. By the time the stamps arrived the bovy had lost interest in to England. By the time arrived the boy had lost stamps and had joined When the reolies came t] with the stamps forgotten. The grown old and c an old lady goin effects in the att acrosgs the stams across the stamps. She called in a~ stamp expert and he helped her to get $60,000 for those stamps. . An old gentleman died the other day in New York State. He bad run a little business all his lifetime and had always had the habit of answerâ€"‘ ing his lotters, then putting them back into the envelopes they came in | and putting them away on file. When, bo died Ih‘s business was perhaps worth ten thousand dollars. He left it to his boys who had been through a commercial college course and had‘ medern and upâ€"toâ€"date ideas. The, first thing they did was to "clean up."l They hauled several tons of old paâ€" pers from the attics of the old busiâ€" ness premises and called in a wasts paper merchant. They sold him the lot of paper for $15. The paper man loaded it up on rigs and carted it away. When the last load was being carled through the streets, one of the envelopes futtered to the ground and as luck wou‘d happen, right at the feet of a postage stamp collector who was an expert; and then the fun started. After one glance st the stamp, ibat gontlieman ran after the dray end asked where the papor came frorm. On beirg told he immediately rushed to the two boys and they adâ€" vised him there was no wore but that the Blank Paror Co. bought the lut.l He took a taxi and rushed to the paper company only to be informed | that these particular loads of paper were already baled and furthermore that they were mixed with a dozen tons of paper and loaded into a railâ€" way car ready to go to the paper mill. Asking the value of the car of waste paper and being told it was over a couple of hundred dollars, he promptâ€" ly offered three hundred doliars, got car and had it shunted to a little warehouse where he rented space and began sorting it, with help of course. So far he has sold about a hundred MUTT AND JEFFâ€"By Bud Fisher. ECCC | «o $ 2 / * " ..' J ’_‘;; .,5"42:"‘:{;5 /’ § â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" (; ‘ / ,*, se a â€" "AP s A s J k&g” <‘/ap 13 3 r«»zz Nt >" ‘aé"l} C $ AY oY it PLACER MINING in ue ROCKIES d joined the navy. s came the envolopes _were laid aside and boy has long since lied. The other day ng through some old tic of that house ran jo spw ts thousand dollars worth of the old stamps and he is not anywhere near through yet. That gentleman made that money, by knowing that some old stamps hadi value. Thos» upâ€"toâ€"date boys who, "cleaned up" that old business and| only know waste paper as old rubbish| have a nice little ten thousand dolâ€"} lar business to be sure, but threw| away a dozen times that amount by rot looking out for the stamps. | Just a little incident by way of illustration how to handle stamps. A Seotch boy here in Canada a few] months ago found a trunkful of old correspondence that his grandfather| had exchanged between Scotland and, Canada. The writer was able to get‘ him $52 for the old Canadian stamps he found. Unfortunately the boy had picked the stamps all off the enâ€" velopes with his thumb nail or they would have fetched several times the price. Soaking them off a few minâ€" utes in water and drying them beâ€" tween blotters would have been betâ€" tor. Not only were a great many of theso stamps damaged when taking them off the way he did, but also old stamps are worth more if left on the original envelopes than if taken off. In old business premises, court houses, etc., etc., there‘s many a find to be made yet. Also, there‘s many an attic and corner in old houses in this country where old papers and letters repose with a fortune in stamps on them. It well repays the efort to make a thorough search. The writer of this article will be too glad to examine any old stamps for any reader. However passing exâ€" pert opiniongy on merely description is useless nor can it be done intelliâ€" gently on samples but anyone caring to submit stamp collections or accumâ€" ulations of old stamps I shall be pleased to give expert opinions and valuations. The envelopes or parâ€" cels should be securely packed and carry senders as well as my address on both sides in case one gets obliterâ€" ated. Address them to the "Hobby Corner Editor" of the Canadian Salesman and Agent Magazine, 160 Princess Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Did the Reeis. Billâ€""Gee, what a time I had at the dance last night!" Jimâ€""Why, you can‘t dance." BiHl (still siightly stewed)â€""Oh, but I did the ree!s." While tennis is rather a qulet game, it can‘t be played without a racket. THIRD OF NNE HISTORICAL SKETCHES BY JEFFERYS YÂ¥UKON GOLDâ€"RUSH DAYS In this year of Jubilee Canada is reaching out with an ambitious proâ€" gram of aerial navigation which the most imaginative of the Fathers of Confederation never entortained even in their wildest dreams. Flying in Canada was born of war. Peace came, and the young airmen, trained in war days, looked to the civil departments of government for empfi)yment. They were"needed and within two or three years of the close of the war many of them were in the Royal Canadian Air Force, detectâ€" ing foreet fires, locating smugglers on the boundaries, and mapping out by photography the vast areas of the hinterlands. Civil flying soon pushed its way to the front during the postâ€"war years, and the Government of Canada was quick to establish the necessary code of laws for aerial navigation. The administration of these regulations was given to a branch of the Royal Canadian Air Force, and toâ€"day the Dominion is safeguarded by a set of strict regulations governing the liâ€" censing of all mechanics, pilots, air harbors, international flying signals, and the inspection of air craft. P PRACTICAL â€"PROGRESS. The most conspicuous work done during these recent crowded years of FLYING IN CANADA YESTERDaAY ADAMSON ‘TOoOK IN A CIRCUS GlawT FOR THE i ADAMSON‘S ADVENTURESâ€"By O. Jacobsson. on T oT AND SAVE) flying history in Carada has been the survey work in which the Dominâ€" ion has led the world. Other counâ€" tries have put on spectacular flights of astonishing endurance, but Canâ€" ada‘s contribution has been along sound commercial lines. In 1926, 66,000 square miles of Canadian terâ€" ritory were photographed and mapâ€" ped with an accuracy which would have required years and millions of dollars if done by ground work. 000 was voted by parliament for the Royal Air Force to be divided between military and civil flying. Cities are being encouraged to set aside land for future air harbors, technical advisers ‘from Great Britain are visiting the Dominion to make recommendations for the future linking of the Empire The year 1927 has brought a pracâ€" tical acknowledgment by parliament of this valuable work. Since the war Canad# has never spent more tha»w $1,500,000 a year for air developâ€" ment. This year more than $3,000,â€" by airways, and the Post Office Dept. is taking the initial steps towards what will be an Atlantic to Pacific air mail route Canada‘s future in the air is asâ€" sured. So certain is the Canadian Government of the development to come that at the Imperial Conference of 1926, Canada pledged herself to the erection of a great mooring mast which will be one of the air ports for He Gets Kicked Out. ONE or tE WOPLD‘S GREATEST GoLp mMINEsS FUTURE BRIGHT TORONTO Jeff Establishes His Credit aend Also His Refreshing Ignorance d Cre* C _Â¥ the vast derigibles being built in England to cruise the world through the Empire‘s skyways. Perhaps Our Farmers May Soon Help the U.S. Out. The U. S. magazine "Time" gives us the following story, and while it may be a story only, it does hold the kernel of truth in ihat there is a wonderful opportunity for ouz Onâ€" tario and Quebec horse breeders in the near future. ACUTE SHORTAGE. A native of Detroit met a friend on Broadway, Manhattan. "When are you going back to Deâ€" troit?" asked Friend, "This evening," said Detroiter. "No, no. Don‘t do it. You had‘ better stay over toâ€"morrow and see the parade." "What parade?" asked Detroiter,l "Why, a woman is going to ride horseback from: Columbus Circle to’ 42nd St. dressed like Lady Godiva. You‘d better stay over and see." ! "Oh, boy! Will I stay?" shouted Detroiter. ©"Why, I haven‘t seen a horse for 20 years‘!" That the blase dinner guests who tell this story are being more apt than risque, was indicated by a reâ€" port last weck from Secretary Wilâ€" liam M. Jardine‘s watchful Dept. of HORSES! HORSES! MODERN MINING METHOD@® in| Agriculture, _ U.8. horses, said the gh report, and U.S. mules, are decreasâ€" | ing rapidly in numbers. Their popuâ€" |lation is 17 per cent. less than in \1920. The next five years will show | a 80 per cent. or 40 per cent. reduction |of their present scanty number. AY | Breeding, warned the Department, 1 must be stimulated to meet what is es‘ already an acute shortage on farms *\ where machinery is <mpracticable. BRITISH CAPITAL LOOKS OVER CANADA Income Tax and Succession Duties Affect Investors. Quebec.â€"â€"There is a tremondous amount of interest in Canada beâ€" ing taken by British capitalists representative of all branches of inâ€" dustry in the British Isles at the preâ€" sent moment, stated Hon. Sir Frank 8. Barnard, KC., M.C., of Cove Vaiâ€" ley, B.C., and there is little doubt that some interesting developments with regard to the further investment of British capital in various Canâ€" adian industries or for the opening of new industrial enterprises in the Dominion may be locked for in the near future. Sir Frank S. Barnard who was Lieutenantâ€"Governor of British Colâ€" umbia from 1914 to 1919, arrived at Quebec recently by the "Empress of| France." He was accompanied by Lady Barnard. 1 From what he had been able to gather from British financiers during his visit to England, however, it apâ€" peared, he said, that the movement of British capital to this country would be far greater than it is at present but for the prevalent convicâ€" tion on the other side that the Fodâ€" eral income tax and succession duties in the various provinces were high as compared with the rates of similar taxes in England and this acted as a deterrent to investmont on a large scalo in Canada. Finding Optimistic Viewâ€" | point. | Toronto.â€"According to a press reâ€"| port of en address given in Toronto recently by Hon. N. R. Motherwell, ; Canadian Minister of Agriculture, he| stated that "Caneda is now ready and | able to be mindiul of the injunction| to count her blessings instead of reâ€"| viewing any disadvantages." ’ "From coast to coast," said Mr. Mothorwell, "men were now looking for the optimistic viewpoint, finding it ard forgicg ahead for the greater development of the country and the réalization of its natural resources." Referring to agricultural condiâ€" tions, he said that though the present spring was somewhat late there was no reason for anything but the greatâ€" ect of optimism. He cited the big crop of 1915 and said that at midâ€" June in that year tehre had been no great promise of such‘ a development. "Why do you bring two young men as partners?" asked the dance hoste=s. "I a‘lways carry a spere," replied the girl. TENNHS EXPERT cIVES NEW THEORY The Old Idea of Anticipating Plays Branded as "Poor Stuff." The common theory which credits the great tennis playor with a chess champion‘s ability to anticipate "his opporent‘s next move is all bunk according to Major J. C. 8. Rendall, threa times professional tennis chamâ€" pion of Europe, and a recognized exâ€" pert on tennis technique, in an article in the current issue of The American Boy Magazine on "Tennis That Wins." Major Rendall carefully exâ€" plodes the old idea that brains and the ability to outâ€"guess one‘s opponâ€" ent count any more in tennis than in â€"sayâ€"boxing. He observes, "Many times I‘ve heard spectators marvel at the match player‘s ability to ‘anticipate‘ his opâ€" ponent‘s next move. Sometimes # have even heard people say that "anâ€" ticipation‘â€"the faculty of guessing where the next ball will landâ€"is the foundation of a good player‘s skill. To counteract this idea, let me say, emphatically, that the best players ‘do not anticipate!" MOVE TOWARD BALL *~ To anticipate is to gamble, to guess. The good player does not guess," points out Major Rendall. "His line of thought, if he consciousâ€" ly expressed it, would be along this order: ‘The ball that my opponent has just hit is travelling toward me. [ don‘t know exactly where it will fall. But I will gradually move toâ€" ward it, keeping my foet, my arms, my shoulders always in the proper position to address the ball. Conseâ€" quently, I can stop whenever I like and be ready to make the return withâ€" out any adjustment of position. "This is not anticipation. On the contrary, it indicates a distinct reâ€" fusal to guess. He guessos too soon, In his anxiety not to be late he sets aff hotfoot, fatal‘ly committed to a definite direction. In other words,he has anticipated. Often he reaches the supposed goal only to discover that the ball has not acted at ail as he expected. His plan of campaign is ruined and he‘s lost the point." HELPFUL HINTS. Some of She rules that have heiped Major Rondall in his twenty vears of match play throughout Englend, Europe, and India are as follows: Lean toward the ballâ€"nover away from it! Approach the ball smocthly and easily, using the slide. Slide with your left foot always ahead and your right foot always beâ€" hind. Never stand stillâ€"except to make a stroke! Don‘t sway! Swayingâ€"moving _ from side to sidoâ€"is ruinous to gooi balance. Don‘t run and stop suddenly, tak» too long steps, face away from the ball when retiring to the basclins, wave arms and raquet when addressâ€" ing the ball, stand with stiff knoes, or stand on one foot to hit the ball. All these cause loss of ba‘ancs. In playing a base line game stay five feet behind the line. In playing a net game get as close to the net as possible, And last‘y, concentrate so aarn»‘» that no rovyn is left for artside thoughts. Thirk only cf how to ht the ba‘l. This country‘s weicome should «stari on the disembarkation dock. It should not be delayed until the immigrant has reached his Costination. Strangâ€" ers to our ways and with the natural diffidence of the newgomer amid un nsual surroundings and nove! conti tions, many of the immigrants only need that gesture of cordiality to inâ€" spire tho~ â€"The Montreal Star. Moliicâ€""I wonder how the ©xgr > slon ‘an arm of the soa‘ originated ?" Harry (with a tonder 1oo0k)â€"*"Porhans romebody noticed that it huzzel the shove." A morry perty was going on of the rooms af a large hotel w festivities were interrupted by tendant, who said : "Gen'uem been rert to" ask you to noig*. © The gentieman in Teduant, who s210: "Gentlemen, I bave been rert to" ask you to mate leas noiss. . The gentlieman in the noxt room says he can‘t read." . "Can‘t read? replied the bose. "Co and tell him he ought to be ashame : to say so. Why, I coulbd road when i was fve years old." â€" Tide of Immigration. in one on the W LUCK AND FOG GAVE CHANG V Chang Reveal BHis Armored ‘Thase of Ca ## Poking morneing miraculo ie ches oluc » J pury 10%h wn0 Guino Impo:t pheosants ani fram Engand. The ( partan purtridges 1i 20 yours ago have n hundreds of thousan ported that the game | «d from the Estonian Kune ss well in wes The idea of the necess} sn Economic Union of Bu to preserve Ruropean | made even groater headw supposed.â€"Bir Alired Mo Russian Birds 1 i I< he I he Sense ¢ unB Stoy H