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1»- < "i t « •s-^ h t 4 < 5 V^ /F THE AWAKENING By Wtlllftm J McNuliy. <ic In d*y.» of rot; there lived upon the banki of the wlndliiK St. Croix River, two men of the woods. In the suniiner they guided tor Hitlnion and trout flsh- ins parties. In the fall, thpy (ulded for hunting partlee. And In the win ter they trepped the fur-bearing aol- malt. Tho cabin* of Have Carney and Sandy Ivconard were separated by two mile* of densely wooded forest. And for a radius of twenty miles, the for- est axiaitdvd. It was one of the most valuable stretches of timber and pulp- wood lands that one could visualise. Dave and Sandy eierclsed squatters' rights In settling on the land. They had cleared away sufllolent of the for- est to allow for the buiidiDg of the cabins and the starting of gardens. Although the St. Croix Lumber Com- pany, which owned the land. In en-, tirety, could have evicted both Carney anil I.poniird. at any time, the com- pany, realizing the right of any man to OHrn his livelihood, allowed both to continue living on the company's holdings. Came the day when forest conserva- tion developed Into a topic of vital Im- port. Forest Ores had devastated tim- The crosa buttock and the backheel, were fraquentljr i« «vld*B««. Caraey WB4 reputed to be the cbarapioh roufh- and tumble lighter of the river. Leon- trd was not anxious to use the ques- tionable methods of the roughaud- tumble coulct. but had he contented himself with using fair lighting means ho would have been Incapacitated In a very few minutes after the start of tho struggle. After an hour of give and take, prin- cipally fake, Carney weakened. I.,eon- ard saw an opening and whipping over a stltr right to the body sent Car- ney to the earth, for the latt«r"H quiet- us. The victor revived the vanitulsh- ed, and each went to his cabin to re- cuperate, after tho desperate battle. It was soon after midulglit, that Handy Leonard Intuitively smelled danger. Although Borc from head to foot, he leaped from his bunk, and peered through the windows. To the east, was a rod light just lopping the trees. "If« a forest nrc," be shouted. Housed from his semi-sleeping con- dition by this startling news, he don- ned his clothes and ran from the cabin. Leonard hastened along the river bank, to the spot the woodlands manager had told him of choosing ns the flrjit telephone station In tho link til be constructed by the company. The fire was fual growing In intensity. Right In the path of the tlamos was Carney's cabin. Apparently, the firo CROSS-WORD PUZZLE St Croix. Hitherto. little attention had been paid to fire preventive mea- hures along the old St. ("roix. But the dissKtrous fires elsewhere had awak- eniHl the executive of the St. Croix l.iuniber Company to the necessity of Are protection. As a part of the cam- paign that was organized, the two wuodAineii were called to the wood- lands office of the company at Mill- town. There. Charlie Dickson, the woodlanc'.i manager. Impressed on both tho need of exercising every pre- caution to prevent fireti. Carney and Leonard agreed to work hand in band with the new policy of the company and returned to their abodeB in the woodK. But no sooner was Carnew out of sight of the woodlands office than he expressed his disdain of Dickson and the St. Croix Lumber Company. He ranted and raved over the capitalistic tendency of the age. and concluded with a threat to do nothing at all that could be in the naturo of aiding the fire protection program adopted by the company. And when remon- strated with by Leonard, all Carney would offer a.s au excuse for such talk wai4 that the company was au oppress- or It was in vain (hut Leonard had pointed out to his companion the need of oach becoming a cog in tho fire lighting and prevention machine or- ganized by the company, t^aruey had become imbued with Communistic len- deucies. had been devouring radical literature, and was an apostle of Com- munism. A) u symbol of his hatred tor all others wlio did not agree with his rantings and ravings and his tni- poKslble doctrine, as formulated by I/enin and Trot sky. he started wear- ing u red necktie and learned the words of the Internationale, the Com- niuniHt "irrational anthem. " Not content with becoming a ("oni- muuisl liinvseir, Carney Insisted that his friend Join "the cause." But Leon- ard consistently refused, and this seemed to add to Carney's bitterness against capitalism as represented by the St. Croix Lumber Company. He contended that tho lire protection pro- ST W' 1 w 7 [â- â-  [fl y-fr ,PP- WW- ! r->J 4H '«3^H Ub -,-,P » SI NO -,P The Automobile HEADLIGHT ADJUSTMENT. Procedure for headli^t adjustniiMit ia as follow*: Natural Resources BuUetin. The Nnttiral R«!!our£.;i Inte'.lit«ne* Service of the Dapt. of the Interior «t Uliawa .says: At the recent meeting o( the Can-} adian .Society of Forest Knginear.s ai , , _. it .,. maltt r of supreme in.porlance to . PI*** «' "« »«**» /'"'fV' V^ Canadian industry was discussed, that' the headlampa are twenty-ftT« feet of waaU. in lumber manufacture. Mr.j '""^ ">? ^•"o' »«'««''• - W. Kynoch, Superintendent of the Examine bttlba and reflectom. R*. Forest Products Laboratorivr. cf the' P«'r ''^ "^P'*".'' n«*»«»fy- Dept. of the I subject, and mad thu waste involved in tht use and,'''**''- . . ' manufacture of forest products is tre-! Kxamine focui»g mechMira. nK-'ndous. Waste in production of '.that it vrorks freely but wi.I not j»r lumber, in cutting or making various out of adjuatnient. wood goods, and waste througii decay I Measure the distance from the floor were Konie of the chief items of wood! to the centree of the lamp*. Subtract waste ompha»iy.ed. tha loading alU>wance and aet croM- In a report by R. D. Craif, on the ba*" or mark the wall at that height. ForesU of British Columbia, the writ- 1 L'Jtht the lamps. Cover one at a pr dea.b with the waste of forest pro- time, and focus the other. Always ducLs as follows: | focus with the lenses in place if the "The waste in th,- manufacture of lamps have an outside adjustnvent lumber in this provin«pe is appalling Aim the lamps so ii».at the top of :ts Laboratorivr. of the P«'r or rep;««. ii necewarj. ntcrior, broui«ht up the See that the lenses are Instal.ed ao lad-- the statement that that they cannot turn in tha lamp See ber lands in other sections and alarm j,^^ ^^^ ^^^.^ started more than an waj exprotised for the limlis along the ^^^ seizing the telephone, Leonard explained the situation to the Mill- town office. Then Leonard battered through tlie door of the Carney cabin and found Carney asleep. It was with difficulty that Sandy could induce Car- ney to arise. The flame.'; had eaten part of the rear of the cabin before the two inea left tho Utile structure. In a few mli>ute>s the building was a mass of smouldering' ruins. They went to the telephone station, and found tho flames Ivad burned the tele- phone and some of the connecting wire. Animals of all kinds were scur- rying from the woods and racing into the river, too frightened to see the two men on the river bank. In twenty miniites there arrived from Milltown. the nucleus ol' the fire department tGat wa.s in proces.s of for- 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 tiro extinguisher. Carney took charge of llio hose and hand pump and conscripted Leonard as his assititant juet as Leonard was riishlng for an axe to fell trees that stood In the path of the dames. Leon- ard was so astonished at the change of heart on the part of Carney, ho made no protest when ordered by Car- ney lo help with the pump and hose. Water from the river was soon pour- ing on the flre. The wind was not strong and that aided the firo (igbtors greatly. So, in two hours. Just a ves- tige of the lire remained. When the work was over, Charlie Dickson thanked the two woodsmen for Having the comnany's timber, tor he said there was no doubt that with a longer si art, the fire would h:tvo des- troyed the bulk of the forest. After the party had left for Mill- town. Carney turned to Leonard and said: "Say. Sandy, a follow can be an awful fool, canl he? After what I did to you hero you come and save nie from sure death. Do you know what started that lire? Well, against tho orders of the comiiany I started bui:i- tng some slash, above tho cabin. I tliought it was out when I left It. But SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS-WORD PUZZLES Start out by filling in the worde of which you feel reasonably â- ure. These will give you â-  clu« to other words crossing them, and they in turn to atiil othera. A letter belongs in cacti wiiita •pace, word* starting at the numbered sguarea and running either horizontally or vertically or both. VEKTICAL HORIZONTAL 1â€" Pushed ftâ€" Small container* for liquid* 11â€" A unit of weight 12â€" A precleu* •ton* 14â€" Anger 1&â€" A (mall child 16â€" A not* In muclo 17â€" B*rtar 18â€" Blood 19 â€" Pereonal pronoun 21â€" To diaturb 24 â€" Product of a tree 27 â€" A (inoer 28â€" Eait Indian tree afrâ€" Individual characteristic* 32 â€" Portions of bacon 34 â€" Most unusual 36â€" A powerful nation 86â€" Farming activity (abbr.) 37â€" A letter 88 â€" Decorative 42â€" Position In golf 46 â€" Prophet* 47â€" Inclina* to one tide 49â€" A parent (French) 60â€" A leather fastening 62 â€" To be borne along S3â€" A ship 66â€" Inside 67â€" To escape 68â€" To beseech 69 â€" An Interjection 60â€" A dog 62â€" Part ol the body 83â€" To place 64 â€" To fond I* 65â€" Dried stem* of grain 66 â€" To wi*h for 1 â€" Scattered 2 â€" Garden implement 3 â€" A prepoaltlon ^â€" An exclannatlen 6â€" Take* out ftâ€" Order of procesdings 7â€" At hand 8 â€" A prepoaltlon 9 â€" Oepreaaed 10 â€" Cut of beef (pi.) 13 â€" Sllghteat 14 â€" To dleregard 20â€" Something Insignificant 22â€" An article 23 â€" To peep 25â€" Implement on i boat 26-â€" Imprisonment 28 â€" More aparse 29 â€" Part o» verb "to be" 31 â€" In kingly fashion 33 â€" A weapon 38 â€" Metal In native *tate 39 â€" Seldom aeen 40 â€" Those who test 41 â€" Regard 42 â€" Scalawag* 43 â€" With sloping end* 44 â€" Line the roof of - 45â€" Limit 46â€" Pertaining to the eye* (pi.) 48 â€" A legislative body 61 â€" Sun god 53 â€" Cabbage salad 54 â€" Comparative value 56â€" Product of a tree 59 â€" Poiteaslve pronoun * 61 â€" A common carrier (abbr.) 64 â€" Printer'* name for mixed type J - .,., ! lAJL-IS. ' L- the beam on the wall comes even with the cross-bar or mark. CARBON MONOXIDE. During the ensuing co'.d weather, you will be doing work on your auto- mobile indoors, which you have lately been doing out in the open air. R»- msmber, If you have your engine run- 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 running or make other provision for the rapid escape of exhaust gases. Carbon monoxide stupefies so quick- ly and completely 'that its victims sel- dom have time or consciousness to save themselves. They drop before they can call for help and once they drop they're done. gram adopted by the company was | that's what started that lire. You can Just another means of keeping tho ' say I'm cured, and that in future I'll be employees of the firm iu subjection by I as strong for lire prevention in this making them ready ut ail times to ro- foroaf as you ure. Heats all how blind Hpond to the call of the company, a man can be at times. Some limes There was no need of flre protection, he doesn't even know which side hii? It was but camouflage to turn tho em- bread is buttered on." ployeo« Into slaves. And in addition <^ lo enslaving their employees, the com pauy had availed itself of the oppor- 1 luniiy to "u.'ie" the two sfiuattors, at | (K) expense to the company. He would j see the company iu Hades before ho would act us a member of the flre poili'c. in sliort he would do absolute-] ly nothing to ies.iea the risk uf fires : He would serve ns no tool for iho com- pany, regardless of wlial Leonard ' clioselo do. In the end. allhuUKh l.i'niiuid wim at heart u man of peace a man who typified the very spirit of pcaci; and , haiinony as exftinpiifi'^d in (Ik proat outdoors, iimid tlie gigantic furesi.-i of' the northeast, the fri*-udslilp that h:)(I exUted for twelve years between the two guidcH. luniftd cold. N'ot that l^onard felt ill wiil toward lil.s or.«(- while pa!. H<- *aii really sorry Tor Cai ney. iuasmucli us the latter, n ratlier dc<eip| feliow dt hear', had itHowed The First Photographs. ^ In the first attempt.s to make a photograph in the early part of the eighteenth century, the subject to bo 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 tho light rays, and as a reanlt his profile In silhouette was loft on the paper. This Image, however, faded in a few minutes. Kveu fifty years ago, taking a single picture was often a day's work, and required such skill and expert kuow- ledge and such elaborate, costly, and cumberstone equipment that the few who had mastered the art were glad to capitalize their knowledge l>y utilizing it profo8hionall.v. The earliest sunlight picture of a huiuan face is supposed to be a da- guerrotype of Miss Dorothy Draper, and was taken by her brother, Pro- fetsor Diaper, in 1S40. The subject had to sit, motionless iu bright sun- lisht f-^r about six minutes. Solution of last week' a puzzle. A r 1 5 w t A R 1 T H E A G H e: L V C A 1 R K Z L P 1 E I e: A S T E R HHl A, y" pbsHu O T â-  â-  c L â-  n p â-  B E N T I. w 1 p A L R e R E AiHic ° R D 1 A ^â- n S olw 1 k R t N G â-  c a|t| S H A R 1 â-  p Y â-  T I I C 8 o o T t|h| T A. R G E C T| H E A T E D 1 R C 1 A s e: D 1 o R E P Z N P R l£j N E IN e w to one acustonied to more conservative methods. Huge s'.abs of absolutely clear wood, 3 to t> iache.s thick, ar» .sent to the ftfel pile, and ends of boards and timl)er.s 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 sawirill. The fire never goes out, and it furnisheii 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 one-inch lumber being cut with a saw that takes out a %- inch to ^i-inch kerf (cut). It is esti- i.iated that at least 2.') per cent, of the tree is left in the woods, and another 30 to 35 per cent, is wasted in the mill." Callir.g attention to wood waste in manufacture, where the consumption of wood is under control is of first importance. Ix>sses by forest fires, by insect and fungus destruction, by u • i f j c" wind-throwing,, and other causes are Haying Under Tire. already heavy, and more or less be- Much has been printed about the yond control, but when the lumbermen ^^r, but comparatively little about and millmen undertake to convert the. u,ose stirring, tragic or merely human tree into lumber it should be done episodes that passed on the distant with th" minimum of waste. [front where Ruasia and Austria came to grips. In the London Times there have recently appeared some interest- ing articles by Gen. Likomsky. who was Chief of Staff of the Russian Army during much of tho war. From one of them we take this amusing extract: The "Brusiloff offensive" occurred on the southwestern Russian front in the spring of 1916 and ended in the crushing defeat of tho Austrc-Hungar- ian army. On June 3, the eve of our assault on the fortified positions of the enemy, I made a round of the front-line trenches. While going down the line of the Rylsk regiment where our wire entanglements were Inter- woven with those of the enemy I stop- ped a moment to study the enemy'a position through a periscope. Xest to me stood a private. From the exprea- Bion of his face it was plain that he was anxious to tell me something. So Heâ€" Surely you wouldn't marry a i ^ encouraged him to speak by asking rich man who'd made his money dis- lioni\-;tly ?" Sheâ€" "Sure. If he were rich, I cou!;l reform him." I A Fortune in a Match Box. The third biggest diamond In the world has recently been brought to London, and now reposes In the strong-room of a city bank. what he thought of the Austrian posi- tion. "I dare say pretty strong. Your Ex- cellency." the soldier answered in the simple speech of the peasant. "But we are going to take It to-morrow Just the same, and then I'll get lots of nice hay for our horse." "What hay What horse?" 1 asked the queer fellow. "Why, I am the company .'^tableman. Your Excellency, and in front of the The Deadly Dreath. I S(/akley â- â€¢Juiit think, every time 1 â-  breathe, s oniehojy dies." I She (disgi ;tcdly) . "Wiiv dr.n'i you '' chew clove.5*" Rolling Up the Damages. I riic Mian who wrote llie tollowin.^ : leileri <)uiil<-d in Puucli hud au ori^in- biai..clf I.) be rairled :..w»y iiy fonv «i »'«.>â-  "' •â- .alnilatlng indelHedne^d. | iitiinist lil-'ialure. j Which u.ust have proved prolltMble If 1 he c«iuld got Ibe parly dI' (lie s-coiid . Rain at Para. The port of Para, near the mouth of i the Amazon, has a rainy season, when rain falls continuously, and a "dry season," when il rains ovory day. "I'll hee yiiH lomurrow morning after the shower." Is a common way of making an appointment. Vou Ktep into a cool shop to f.scape I lie burning sun, says a tVHvelc!. and while you are inuking a purchiiHO the street outside is de- luged. .\ clerk hastily clcses tho doors, or the place would be flooded. Ky tho lime you have paid your bill the sun U again shining brightly. But the Hliowor has cooled things off. Method of Winding Spring. To wind a spring in a lathe Is a sim- ple matter; to wind it without a lathe Is also a simple matter if one knows how. Select a bolt having threads about corresponding to the pitch de- 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 tho bolt will guide the wire so that an equally spaced spring will be formed. Rat Campaign. Rat week in London was a bad week for rats. More than three million were killed by professional rat catchers, or- dinary hcuseboldcrs and boys and girls. One vermin-exterminating com- pany alone killed eight hundred thous- and, lint London sanitary olflcer.-i are not yet satisfied; they want the cam- paign to continue until the city is free from rats. This precious stone, formerly called ' Austrian trenches there is such nice, I theBxcelsior-Jubllee. but known now fresh grass." ^ as the Tata-Jubilee, after Its owner,' i could not help telling him that he ; Sir Dorabjl Tata, came from the fa- was a moledets (fine, brave fellow) : mous Jagersfontein mine. for looking after his horse like that It originally weighed 971% carats. ' and. although I never thought of tak" but was reduced by cutting to 239 car- ing his words seriouslv, I wished htm , ats. Even so It has had the distinc- j good luck In harvesting Austrian hay ; tlon of being the biggest diamond In , At daybreak of June 4 flre opened j the world belonging to a private In- on the appointed targets by every : dividual, the two Culllnans, which | piece of artillery massed along the , weigh 516H and 309 carats respective- sector of my division. After the can- , ly, being the property of the crown. â-  nonade cur division went forward Out Valued at a million and a half dollars. ; success ws,» decisive; the entire \ub , it is easily contained in an ordinary trlan fortified line was taken. match box. "Watching the attack of our division What Impressed Him Moat. "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 felt through all that through my field glasses. I had my at- tention drawn to a flgure Just behind our advancing lines, where enemy shells were bursllUE; on every hand; the flgure appeared to be busyâ€" mow- ing grp,^»: I rubbed my eyes in amaze- ment. To make sure 1 asked the com- mander of the artillery, who was space: True to his record for coolnesa, tho ' standing beside r.;o, to take a look for aviator lit a clguiette. smiled and himself. He ai cnce condraie;l what said: It is estimated that the whole ale value of the commercial crop of all fruits in 1923 was $33,169,143. Leo'iard accuaert ra;ut> cI l.cUig a tool of (lie CDiupany. Sandy merely hctghfri. Tills Hiaddpi)'>d Carm'v. who ihreateued Ills old rri>.-nd with a boat- ing 4\nd tlii^i cui ed H;indy i<< laugh t'vun harder. Angered beyond cun- trill. Carui'v rika>(-d lo fullii! Ills threat And lliwe aniid the maple.'*, pop, art. sprucp. (<»da»-K, livK. hemlocks, til" two liumaii re.'ild*'b<i- oi' (he SI. t'roix fi»rpst hallled for physical supremacy I Ha<!< und forth over ,lic tiiif. tlif men .slruggl*-il Kii'sl <>n<' wmild have the RdvaiilJi(>' Then ll:c oilier would seize tlif li-ad In ihe si-e saw innibai It way thf niu:<i viuluiiH rougb-and' !iiiiiIi!b battle eyer seeu along lli»- Hi. I'rolx. No riilen werr- vlulaled. for ^ there were no rules to gnveru such kunckeni-down and drag em mil clapii w I'unciilng aiiil ki.king. gongiug. wrontllng. elh.miiiK, w«»rp all in use. pail -til take his view of Ibe matter. Ill bad b.i I a small lire al liis lums''. nml the iiisi;r.Tine conuiun.v .-cut him II 'beck for oi.e poiiii:! leu Khllliiigs in si''lleiiu'iii. 'I'wo daj.-i lalcr lhe\ re- reived ihih < ommuiilcalion : Sir: rice»»' tend another cluqiie for ILIl In monc-VH as chequoH are no u^e. ihf or.H lli:it was lo linnil this morning heInK 111 iiianllepiei •â-  and with druuglii III' dmii upflUinc was blew In- to flre and was burnt up before steps roilld be I link In .iinve it. This is £ 1 lOs./iir loHs of prinjcriy hj- agreed iin- lier tbrtatK ami L\. los. for Iil-is of cheque. Viiiir iibedleut Servant. Lauchlan .McSwIther. Try being cheerful when your trouble.* are heaviest and s;'e how much lighter th.'y will hocohie. "\ â-  f t '• ^A . du Jk ^^'^IWkm^' I' 'â-  â-  f '1 "mmm^^T" '•""^^^SJ^'^ipK ^^<X'VHBH^H^^^^^^Ii ^ â-  --^ Thiii !-i!MP shows a winter scene on Lake Jcseph, In Muskoka, where many people spend their vacatlcns each >ear. "Why, I think the thought that Im- pres.-e) mc most was that I was about the only thing that wasn't going up." I White Topaz. I A whUn topaz that weighs ninety ' poumis has been placed on view In (he I-Meld Museum In Chicago. Tho heal cf the department of geology, who led . an expedition to South America.! brought it frrni Brazil. Lapidaries es- ,' tiniate that it wcii'.d maiio at loabt a' himdrnd ihoKsand »:onc.i of one ciral '• each, but the museum naturally has 'â-  I no des're to put It on tlo mkrke;. j , Home. Heaps of faith in one another | O'er the yoar.i what'er they bring., i Memories and not cne biter; ; Kach for all In everything! 1 * ^ i I There_ is one debt that ymi canj ! r.svtr pay in tu'.'. â€" j-our debt to your^ mother. She does not ask il or e:*- pcct it. All she asks, all she hopes. i»; just that you pay the interest oti it.i And you cannot pay even that in ; money, but only in patience and !ove| and g-ntienes-s â€" the one kind of our-' rency that is legal tendJr in th? place ''''* ms?" where mothers go, I ^''â- '' "^"' jl had seen: y-i. there was a soldier out there .swinging a scythe: On the evening i-; the saius d.iy I saw tho .-tableman oi' the Uyhk re;?I- nient. happy au.l unbanned, elatod ai having cut «ome n!i.e gras,! i,ir hin bor;::e. The Kold'er never tuspected that he had sho-vn i>raverv if jh^ highesi kind. .> m m through '>n foot.'