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_«* . * Fhe writer carries about with him «two littleâ€"ipressed Soldanclias," the «=sâ€"flower that cfter forms a blue boriler .x. on the edie. of the snows: 1t literally grows under the ice, meltthg a | way for itsclf by its, own internal heat. Its ms;: is shott dad 1t â€" must â€"neebd: reach the light, as scon as.may~ $ iâ€" sfand sonot finding a way, it makes oneâ€"Ore of the world‘s tinys â€" conâ€" querors,; so frail and delicate . seemâ€" ing, yet apparently so hardy and un afraid. . One has eccasionally wonâ€" dered if any way the gift of theâ€"stern mecessities of its "dwelling. ®, Illoness is emptyness; the tree in which the #ap «da~ stagnant xemaing fruitle««.â€"Hossea Ballou. :yz‘ .. 1 ue hnus ‘d2 2. _ _ _ _" Cq CÂ¥ mvunng Ise e have éver seen. in the case seeâ€" Ing alone is beliâ€"ving for the colors are bey nd "al} description,. wonderâ€" ’L They have a purity, a delicacy, *~‘*Rrot found away from the mountain ** Hights â€" Tt almost seems," as ‘one © »writer has sugzester, that the nearer "we come to the whiteness of driven snow,and : the blue of heaven, thel richer â€"are »the flowers colods." What pictures for those who have seen, do such flower names, l::-gmfiap, Priâ€" mala, Apgmone, Arn pine forâ€" eall up! "At ues M}?ndiant for getâ€"meâ€"n the little pansies _ w:d :;t&.q.l. one mu. his eyes, "the tower‘ng. whit summit@ . Udh{bom anil Higet and ~ Wetterâ€" revislon has "seemed to us + unquesâ€" tlonable. In fact, baving regard to the long list of generous concessions which she has made, sympathy could sarcely fall to go out toward any deâ€" mands _ which her representatives brought forward. The generally un favorable reaction to Mr. Snowden‘s policy at. The Hague ran against bis methods, not against the substance of his protest; > « ® = 1 New . York Heraldâ€"Tribune: . There bas been no disposition in this counâ€" try to attempt to prejudgeo the merits of the Youyg plan in detail, it should bo sald The right of Great Britain to protest its terms and utge their *~*The‘gneients, it is said, had four eordial flowers for cheering the, huâ€" man spirit. . Phere selection was rose violet, alkanet and the blue flowerâ€" ing borage. . The little Soldanella is one of my.cordial flowers. A glance at ~the pressed specimens in my pocketbook can sometimes do great things for my courags By, winning that beauty" on those. snowy heights, they have also won:the power to bid‘ me to beâ€"of good cheer. Bear me, some God! oh, quickly bear me hence â€" £ uc A â€" wholesome Solitude, the nurse of Sense: 7 & In Switzerland next in impressiveâ€" ness to the mountains, are the flowâ€" r8s. They dte unforgettable both in minute snd exquisice beauty, A field K. Alping floweds <i%y"like nothing Ise we have éver seen. in the case seeâ€" * y ritnia Arr Pvaiin,, ro Contemplation praunes her rutâ€" fiee wigy,": *?~~~ * *!"~"."=a the free soul looks down to pity Kingsl, .« . hi is :rE ‘PiF y disinterested, as Haller by no is kbpoke so highly of Voltaire,. !, well, it doesn‘t matter," ~reâ€" Voltaire, "perhaps we are both ikew," . o o youk »#an ton tells of Voltaire, ~W®D¢, _ on ng the name of Haller Mn{{oud i English Araveller, burst forth mpassioned praise. The traveller him that suchâ€"praise was corâ€" s uW AOS AeCa! ed, luxurious living, ar to this rigorous employ sequently they succumb f the ha: der Chinese stock accustomed to strenuous fort. f L detmyn Lynn, Chipese professâ€" or of law at ChacYang University in Peking, who g‘s made a®pecial study of the mane Us, predicts that in a few ‘decades the ‘former ruling race will be extinct or absorbed.. . Dr. Lynn points out that the principal single cccupation of the ©250,000 Manâ€" chus now resident in Pekinrg is rich sha pulling. The life ‘of a Ticksha coolâ€" le is not long at best and the Manchus, softened by many decades of protectâ€" wl Arreriefneas Ssi‘k 20 Dr, Jerm'y;_,vt:'; or of law at Chs &« > U Shanghai,â€" Tt eupatio ‘W j now ?‘l&lhi 'lr‘ of ricksha '%., Manrier Not Matter The Blue Snow Flower tb % 6L% '4‘3 ty ’i_,‘ A_'g! ‘ R n toâ€"day if the onee proud but emselve ‘ving, are ill adapted is employment. _ Conâ€" suceumb tamr)hqdh race of Manchus is that 6+ y oet "dorgmen , absorbed.. _ Dr. it the principal he ©250,000 Manâ€" Pekirg is richâ€" â€"Popeé Wh{ are more pbhysical .efâ€" impressrveâ€" e the flowâ€" le both in ty. A field Peking‘s Lo #.) 4 Rulers, . of | shoulders." "I wish I knew how to shake Tom." "It he‘s as handsome as his photo, 1 ean take all that worry ‘off your ly the automobile has contributed more than any other one factor, unâ€" less it be theâ€"common desire to lend a hand. Christain Science Monitor, _ ‘The weaving togeth«r of peoples of many nationalitics arfd interests, the mingling of trades and professions, the dropping out of provinciatlism and suspicion have brought about renewal and growth of courtesy throughout the land. To this happy result probabâ€" A. young woman in a _ politeness contest spoasored ‘by a metropolitan newspaper visited offices and shops in search ofâ€"likely candidates for the aâ€" warding of a $25 prize for courtesy She had some difficulty in deciding upon the winners, Practically all of her studied and oftentimes involved, jestions met with goodâ€"natured offâ€" instances did she encounter a disinterâ€" ested,. attitude,, is none absolute dis-‘ cofrtesy, ‘s ~* t +5 , ‘On the contrary, ho says courtesy has been shown himâ€" everywhere, partâ€" isularly. in New England, where formâ€" ality and reserve have sometimes been advertised as among the typical proâ€" duets The experience of many an< other wayfarer will doubtless prove the sounjncss of the conclusion that turtesy Has"not disappeared, but conâ€" tinues to thrive in most unexpected plates. One has ouly to drive up to‘ a garage for information about hotels, roads, scencry or the state of the ‘universeâ€"â€"quite apart from any sale of gasoline or‘oilâ€"to find instant, unâ€"| ‘grudging response to all queries. One hns not to ask passersâ€"by for story of seme‘ local institution, rhaps the way to a.certain shop, ‘to bring courteous . response, often, times ‘in fredt and elaborate . detail and warmly solicitons. es k mark that he has not found that courâ€" tesy has become a fa?ing memory, an oldâ€"time gesture of hospitality and gentle breeding no ‘onger ‘practiced in these hurrying days â€"= Aman who ‘has travéled far and wide across: the country riges to rsâ€" Courtesy Not a Lost Art . ChildrenCry forIt, failures and Insist on Gevaertâ€"the faster, better film. YÂ¥ou‘ll have fewer and enjoy the thrill of better snaps, Any Season or swift«moving objects. | ~It, invisible ourgelveg, we could folâ€" tlow a alngle human being through a day of hig. life ,and know all his secret thoughts and hopes and enxicties, his prayers ‘and tears and good‘resolves, his passionaté delights and struggles againkt tempttion, > we‘lshould have poetry:; enough .to ;fill ; a volume.â€" MHenry _Wadsworth Longtellow., _‘ â€" the value of tho rodded buildings desâ€" troyéd was only 7.7 per cent. of the total, although the number exposed to lightning hazarde was about 50 per cent. _Very similar conditions prob« ably ‘prevail ove rthe greater part of ‘the Midâ€"Western United States, whore It is believed that about half of the farm buildings, at least of the better class, Are protected by rods. The ‘Bureau, in eumming up the evidence available, reaches the conclusion that the chance of an unrodded farm buildâ€" ing being destroyed, by lightning apâ€" pears to be, about, fiftyâ€"seven times as | great as that of a rodded building.". . | ‘"Most fire losses from lightning ocâ€" oer in rural districts, . The proportion of farm buildings equipped with lightâ€" ningâ€"rods ‘s not definitely known, exâ€" cept in the State of Iowa, where a careful estimate indicates about 50 per cent: During the period 1919â€"1921 itwenty-elght rodded buildings in Iowa were destroyed by lightning, with losses amounting to $87,979. . In the same period 503 other buildings in the State were destroyed by ughtnIng,J and the losses were $1,060,668. Thus The U.S8. Bureau of Standards ha.-‘ recently published .zome intorestlng‘ evidence of the value of llghtnlng-1 rods, deduced from reports of fire marshals and id#urance companies ln! the United States and Canada, in which the logses on rodded and un-' rodded buildings have been .aepamted.' Says Charles Fitzhugh â€"Talman. in hl-{ Science Service feature, Why the Weather? (Washington) : I Never ‘talk your best,jn the cotmâ€" my, of Lools. â€"Lord Chesterfield, **~ In Summer When Childhood Ailâ€" ments Are Most Dangerous, Mothers who keep a box of Baby‘s Own Tablets in the house may feel that the lives of their little ones are reasonably safte d@uring the hot weaâ€" |ther. Stomach trouble®, cholera inâ€" "tantum and diarrhoea carry off thousâ€" |ands of little ones every summer,‘in_l most cases because the mother does t’not have a safe nedicine at hand to give promptly.â€" Baby‘s ‘Own" Tablets relteve thése troubles, or‘it given ocâ€" }cabfonany to‘the well child they will prevent their coming on. The Tabâ€" lets are guaranteéd to be absolutely ;hm"mfeu-‘sven to the newâ€"born babe.) They are especially good in summer becansoâ€"they regulate the bowds'and, keep the stomach swoeet and pure. ‘They ard sold by medicine dealers or by matiat 25 cents a box from The Dr. WilHams‘~ Modicine Co.,â€" Brockâ€" ville, Ont. ; SAVE THEâ€" CHILDREN cascading burn the road, and sc _ One might call it a demoseratic garâ€" den, For. in it all things grow with equal fervor, from the green grass, interspersed with the ‘ reddest of clover,to the most fashionable and aristocratic of blooms. And all this wonder glows and perfumes the. air on a square piece‘of land‘ tinder the shadow of the hills,; and is lulled tao‘ sleep at night by the sound of a From "Amony the tall graséss" peeps out a clump of . detpâ€"tontd" purple pansies _ ‘They come upon ‘on6 with such a shock of surprise, as ‘though they realized thai growing among tall grasses was not.quite usual, but be+ ing there, bless yon! they would. re» main, to gladden"the ‘eyes of those who found them, with their velvety richness. # * t Round the irises, tall and ‘stiff, cudâ€" dles a patch of Virginiastock. Lilies, statuesquely beautiful, rise « from amongthe pure foam of Snowâ€"inâ€" Summer, like beautiul maidens risâ€" ing :from a frothy sea. Campanula bells, their bluegess matchiry . the sky, swing their heads in the breezel and whisper words of wisdom to adoring sea pink2; and an orange lily )tops a bed of: lavender. Pansies, some rainbow colored some . blue, . some yellow, meet the gaze wherever it dests, In beds of catmint nestle scarâ€" let musk, Hke, rubjes on a lavender gown; while close to ‘this â€" crimson‘l and..lavender grows a lovely scarlet| roge., & ~ _A Man‘s Hopes Lightningâ€"Rods _burn which flows~Beneath and so past the garden. Momer-â€"â€""Wén.’Wll'u‘e, what did you learn" at. school toâ€"day?" | ‘Willieâ€""To say ‘yes and no tha‘am‘." â€" Motherâ€" "Â¥ou d1d?" Wilffeâ€""Yep." °> _ The Highest state of man ‘consists in his purity as a moral being, and in the habitual culture:â€"and ful operation of those principles ‘by which he looks forth to othor scenes and ‘dother times. â€"Abercrombio: *‘ t "Bwery moment lost," . said. Napoâ€" leon, on one. occaslon, *gives.An opâ€" portunity for. misfortune";> and. he used to say that he beatthe:Ausâ€" trians, because: they .never â€"knew the valie â€"of â€"time; while they .dawned, ho overthrew them.â€"Smiles, | _ She has a private museum in her home in Buxtorn (England), and has )exhlbited for charity her collection of curios obtained from all over the | world. . Arabla interests _her more lthan any other country. Her hobbies are astronomy, prilosophy and rug ,collectlng. hard because he‘s not .. selling . much beet?" Mrs, Cressyâ€"Marcks‘ jJourneys .. are made with the object of assisting naâ€" tural science and being a keen student of topography she has made many maps and has on many occasions been able to supplement the knowledge of many countries and places, , Leaving Moscow and skirting the Crimea, she rossed the Caucasus into Persia. _ There her mode of travel rchanged and from the primitive Lapâ€" ‘land "pulk" she took to the modern motorcar, airplane and boat in; Arabia. After visiting parts of that country. she come to Garachi (India) by boat and then went on a little trip to Balâ€" uchistan and thence to Bombay by rail across the desert, _ _ | ’ Bombay.â€"From the frozen arctic to | the sweltering: heat of the tmpicapb{: | the experience of Mrs. Olivia Creesy» Marcks, English.explorer, who. has« visited every country except pustralia. | * Last year, in‘ Noyember, ‘J'Irs.l Cressyâ€"Marcks set out on a journey | Wwhich . she . hoped= would© lead â€"her ; across the frozen wastes of Lapland.I‘ From . Denmark toâ€" the arctic. circle f was, comparatively . speaking, easy P travel. ‘There procuringâ€"reindeer and * guides ghe set out in a "pulk," the naâ€" G tive sledge, on her journey. of more ‘ than 1000 miles, crossing the northerâ€" h most parts of Norway, Sweden, Finâ€" ;r land and acrosg Lapland into Russia, | _ "He says his living‘s at steak." ‘"Why is .the butcher taking. it so Woman Explorer Travels Miles . _ Over Icy Wastes & *4 Value.of : Tim Dr.Williams‘ PINK PILLS Buy â€"Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills now at your druggist‘s or any dealer in medicine or Pink Pills.and: it wasn‘t long . until I weighed ninesâ€"five,» pounds ~and . my _ general . health was ~of the best. _ Every Spring since‘ then I _ and came home nly sixty‘five p« *A nousthoro wane IN 84 countrige * . Williams‘ Whosoever thinks that (he alone has wisdom, or a tongue, or a sou}, such as no other, thisâ€"man, when laid open, is seen to be empty.â€"Sophocles, Stop Colds with Minard‘s Liniment. Education What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to be human soul. The philosopher, the saint, gnd the heroâ€"the wise, the good, 'ou‘o great manâ€"very often is hid and cofcealed in a plebian which a proper education would have disinterred/and browught to light.â€"Addison. § Avij ‘ It a happy life youd‘ live, â€". .. ; Learn the proper way to give, . . ; For the happiest person lUving £ Is the man who joys in givib@; .. > Give your heart beside your gold, .. . Give your strength to help the old, Give your comfort, give your stile, Give your ‘soul to work worth while,; Give your coat, your bed, your cup, . Glve your allâ€"but don‘t give up. > | _ ""This information was sent ont by 'wfrelessj and t::;a nearest‘ patrolling ‘Car which picked" it up proceeded to 3: pubfié‘-&fou‘se, ‘gafted oufside till the gang emerged, and then followed them, with the result that the whole Ict were caught redharided shoplifting in a large store." The number of mesâ€" sitges sent out from Seotland Yard my wircless to the Plying Squad vanse is steadily "inc#easing, â€" and the" equipâ€" ment is ‘constantly ‘being improved." "Another.interesting case was one in whith, information was telephoned up to Scotland Ya:Ai to the effect that a number of ‘wellknown {omen ‘shop)ifters were: d;‘inking together in in ‘@ publicâ€"house, o cA inedithert car was fgund and,captured with the thieves in it at 1.15 a.m. h "As an example of the speed with which a capture can be effected I may mention & case which occurred. a few weeks ago, when a message. was reâ€" ceived at Scotland Yard at 1.5 a.m. that aâ€"car ha‘ been lost or. stelen. 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