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Foot of toL Ladder I J J I a I you you want to bo an arohltcot do you f Frederick Arnold lo tub young man who Ilia way into the inuor of v Arnold wag busy A doton of wore wult- attention woe ho coolly appropriating and him for werk dont think I know quickly Ignoring in the question Hum Arnold around in chair and surveyed luo in truder over of his glasa- It a good faco ho chin a linn mouth of room for brains She laughed- Blip had a way of An In a light his plucky little mother had give up his profession anil don over alls and jumper- without a mur mur sure had sho of brighter prospects- The first contract which War ren look balled for tho romoval of two thousand yarda of earth in a given time Before making bid ho looked ground over and If thoro might bo a stratum of building sand under the loam Idea was worth looking into one Twelve or flftcen years was not thought that Hydro- Power Commission could make of and ac cordingly pormitsto moroor loss freely given There Is now In round figures ah for and demand cannot bo satis fied A situation analogous to that In- which Niagara stood15 years ago now exists on the St River A largo capacity for of pover exists upon the St Law rence There Is a considerable brown eyes The lads others that they iauglicd at too was wiry athlotlo I Vow will they mil older man was not Vou bound to lie took up tlio You just wait chuckled of plans that Warren had rem I may uncover a bed of di- of pi brought us his beat recommenda tion and went quickly over thorn Those are not bad he said cautiously At least nothing ex traordinary These windows are rathor good and your chimneys BOOM to bo constructed with an idea of draft and flues RURAL UPS f of Inn on I Hod of fiddlesticks losing patience Willi Ills former employee Bhuro Its crazy are However in loss than four weeks ltd had cleared hundred dollars fully half of next work was the destruction of an old frame building which was room architect must able to dpi which was from sand sold His something else besides draw pret ty pictures Most of young men who come to me for work expect Ill set em 10 Car negie Libraries right off Libra ries when they hardly know a joist from a jowsharp J Warren smiled appreciatively wondering what Arnolds next words would be Nothing favor able ho decided after a glance at the grim features And he want as ho had wanted anything before in all his eighteen Nothing change in affairs at home which made imperative that he gel something to do in stead of spending his vacation preparing for technical school in the fall would ever have Induced him to ask Arnold for work Hill Disked architect youV father professor of Crook in Raleigh College Ho was until his death months ago Warren answered quickly Ah I didnt know Thoro was genuine sorrow in archi tects voice Wo were class mates at college I would like development in neighbor- complicate he position with re spect St Lawrence power by securing the privilege of private j development which will he fol lowed by contracts for ex portation of the power dovelopj I understand hat Cedar exports some thing like per annum An attempt was years ago lo secure the privilege of developing the Long the purpose being to ex port the greater portion of ho to be down to make rooml 1r for a larger more fOfportUon on he structure ft was a rush order American side of tho line This a premium of five dollars for I inject was defeated largely through our efforts A similar project is now being promoted and we are resisting it with all our energy and we trust fair prospects of success It is almost incredible that any re sponsible man should bo so shortsighted as lo favour this project in the faco of the experi ence which wo are now undergo ing at Niagara Within a very few yearsthere will bo a demand for every horsepower that can every day ho saved to Die com pany Theres good building materi al in it said to himself but I lo gel it out and I cant afford to done Id give it away if folks would only cany it off So the next day thoro appeared in each of the three dailies of the place ho startling advertisement Froo lumber Gome and get It Avenue To keep farmor on the when get has a greater problem than that of first attracting them to land are saidlo be leaving the land in thousands at present time and wo are told that millions of acres of land which had neon cupicd at one time arc now do- sorted and that present sys tem of land sottlompnt la pro ductive of much and da gradation these statements are or not the foot hat they are made by responsible people indicates a slalo of affairs that demands a remedy Whv do men hesi tate lo go on he land in the first place and find it uncongenial to stay in the second Why do women stnv with the tp rural life which Is caused by their absence The three outstanding reasons are First Mia numerous Ills caus ed the holding of arena of the beat and most accessible land and the want of for the economic rip and of the land the notions and he educational of the cities and towns and Hie of end for labor of the farmer because of want of rural credit When- Warren appeared the developed on St Lawrence to do something for Ids son but best thing I can do is sol you at very bottom of the ladder That is where I want to yin Warren answered cheerful Well then- Arnolds fingers wore busy with pencil and paper take this over to Casey on St and tell him lo give you a job They arc excavating for a big hotel Warren pock eted paper gratefully enough rand departed in far bettor spirits than he had come Casey ho found was a big burly Irishman in of a gang of Greeks boy was directing tlio men Six months ago the lad had confided his ambition to him and asked for and Italians were hard at work Ho smiled a little grimly River to which Canada is entitled for use upon the Canadian side Sir Clifford before Ninth Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation QUESTION OF The production of beet sugar in Trance Ibis year has been esti mated at only 207000 tons as compared with an average an nual production during five years before the war of Normal consumption in France is tons The beet sugar production of Holy has also been roduccd from a prewar average of tons to tons The prewar annual consumption of sugar in the United Kingdom was tons all of which had to be imported About llumphl he said to himself and I went in search of the boy who I Kingdom came from morning was a small army of men waiting for him The first wanted siding Take off and you can have it said Warren pointing lo the building Another had use for- the doors and Windows A third wanted flooring Another look down the for tho sake of the contained So the work went merrily on The men were satisfied with their bargain As for Warron why the was being torn down and carried off without any exponas to him In theinidst of it Frederick Ar nold suddenly appeared on the scene For a while ho stood si lent his following every movement of the workmen It was a good scheme a vory good scheme Used lo laborsaving methods though ho was lie had never of a plan like this work wilh pick and shovel Work is it ye want said Bhuro ye dont look like no as he thought of the task which ho had assigned lo his old class mates eon Shovelling dirt Italians weight but if Misther Arnold sent under an Irish boss ho mutter- Ill give ye a trial He stuck to it like a good find thai one Casey said he never had a better boy to work Most chaps would have turned up their noses It and hunted a fourawook job in a store or theyd have sat down and whined about not having a fair chance Chance faugh I like a boy who can make wait for him Ah no tennis court cellar Nothing daunted Warron grasped his shovel as if it wore right hand of good fortune hold out to him blessing ath letic training of the year which had turned the flabby mus cles of the student lo sinews of his own chance not iron Still it was very hot the someone lo hand it lo pit grow deeped Tho lion streamed down his faco and Well he said laying a friend mingled with the dual until lie hand on Warrens shoulder looked no the Italian how do you like being a con at his side His muscles aohed with the unaccustomed strain great Warron answered and he act his teeth and shovelled enthusiastically I never had until the foreman nodded hard work could be such approvingly Thats right ho Than ve a lot shouted youre a hummer about foundations Warren looked at his blistered Arnold nodded Its a good hands and smiled a streaked business and you would not want smile Away in the distance ho it up and take a position an office like Arnolds with office would you his own name above the door Would l In Warrens Oh Ill reach it yet ho Joy and ambition strove for lored Shovelling dirt at two There is nothing Id dollars per day isnt such a ik way to begin after all well then said Arnold very By the end of the first week his slowly shall bo glad to have muscles grew accustomed to the any time Hut warn strain his hands no l ftneJ oflce troubled him The work paid far v from faring down belter than many an easier post1 old buildings or sand- So when Casey moved to another job Warren followed with a slight increase in his wages Some Iwo months later ho looked up to find Arnold ar chitect peering down at him from tho rim of the The fool of the ladder eh lie quer ied Yes air Warren paused lo his streaming forehead hut I think I am ready for tho next rung How so asked Arnold corn- ink a step or two nearer Why one of our teamsters wants lo go and he has of fered to sell me his outfit for one hundred and fifty dollars live idea I could make more team ing than I can shovelling Got he money Arnolds voice was full of interest Ho only half of it Ive had lo some of my wages but the man wilt take a mortgage on the learn for the rest of it Dont you do it Let ma your banker then you can pay me the par without interest whenever it convenient for you I shant care said Warren so as it leads toward the top of ladder Young Peo ple Great minds have wills feeble ones have wishes Calvin If a man is to go higher he will show it by being faithful where he is by local they cannot the diseased portion of the ear There only one way to cure catarrhal and that by a remedy deafness by aa Inflamed condition of the rauc lining of the Eustachian Tube When the tube Is Inflamed you have a rumbling Bound or hearing and when It it Deaf ness la rsul Unless the can be reduced end tube to Ha normal hear ing will be destroyed forever Many cases of fro caused by which Is an Inflamed condition of the surfaces Halls Catarrh euro tijjij fturjcpeV lit viU countries from which it is now cut off by the war Great Brit ain France and Italy would re quire lo import about 2700000 Ions before the next crop and most of from new sources if they were to maintain their nor mal consumption But the necessity of conserv ing supplies of sugar which was emphasized by the shortage of shipping has resulted in stern economies among the Allies war England had the largest per capita consumption of sugar of any nation and I 3rd lbs per person per year This has now been reduced to pounds per person per year or about one ounce per day per per son In fiscal Britain prices have now been fixed for jams and There is no sugar for the homemade product In France the people are on rations of lbs per person per month which the Government distributes at about per In Italy the shortage of sucar the Government ha set a retail of SI for box containing Germany the present sugar ra don is onlv 77 pounds per per son per In the United Pln and Canada monlhlv of sugar is about pounds- The Food Controller has asked Canadians lo reduce their of least ounces per week- per person and in order lo provide larger to meet the require ments of the Allies a further re- to pounds per person month be urged Steps have already been taken to curtail the use of cane suitor in mnklncr and he use of sugar or molasses in distillation of not able Honors been About HO cenl of the fiugai consumed In North America is from Cuba so Dint the Cuban is the market factor The Internation al Commission Allied Conn tries as well he Slates Food Ad ministration and the Food Con troller fop to secure the Cuban production of a reasonable cur tailing consumption in this coun try that bo necessity of se curing he Cuban cron Is not so urgent he of Canada will he assisting he sfon the Allied nun in obtaining for and Summer lower than would otherwise Continued from page Deo at tho residence of Mr Jr W by Rev Mc Dowell Mr Wm Burling to Miss Claudia Smith all KingTp On Deo by Mat thews Mr Richard to MUs all of Aurora In King Dec 23 Mr in his at year Tho Markets Flour Fall Wheat Oats Eggs Potatoes bag Chickens pair I vim climbed The Insurance agent the steps and rang the bell Whom do you wish to see asked he careworn person who came to door I see the boss of the house replied the insurance Are you boss No meekly returned the man who cnmo to the door Im only Iho husband of boss Step in Ill call tho boss The insurance agent took a seal In ball and in a short time a tall dignified woman ap peared 8o you want to the boss repeated the woman Well just step into kitchen This way please Bridget this gentle men desires to see you r in boss exclaimed and for distribution of Bridget when the insurance man asked her question irnorove- not Sure here conies Hi boss now He who jiiisejj WKb ihlRVR his To real in rural and conditions we must In of lend hold for info flCbrtnujfl of in advance of to fake part at oast of ho social and eduoa of into he rural and and hat are forme a of of rod noil on Jim i Millions of acres of land have ehmidoned men who niiofl as formers Farmers Ad vocate XQ The electrical production of such products as fine steel cal cium carbide carborundum and other substances requiring high heat is growing and will un doubtedly utilize an increasing share of the electric energy de rived from Ontarios waterpow ers The high prices nov prevailing for coke and coal and for steel products make the electric fur nace very attractive and there is every indication that electric steel production jn Ontario will grow rapidly during the next year or two is anticipated that the electric furnace will not only be applied to the production of high speed tool steels but thai It will also be used lo the coarsoi grades now produced in the open hearth furnace There is also every indication thai electric smelling of iron copper and oth er ores will be an fac tor he mining districts of province The British Toron to has installed ten electric fur naces of a capacity of tons per heal each or an annual capacity of tons This is the largest electric steel plant in- world and uses energy at Niagara Falls This therefore furnishes an addition- reason why our should be kept under con trol lo ensure power to industries at the lowest possible cost sec- crib boy this Xsehorner of Vienna has boon wilh neat for fifteen years and has shown con clusively It at II has many aston ishing A been exhibited in which from the car nets on floor to he curtains in the windows and the on walls was made from neat The fibers of the remain of the reeds and Presses of which is composed have of coursetheir end chemical characters chanced hut he and fibers are very durable elfwlio anil non conductors of woven from hem found to have the of with ha wnrioUi of wool There is no ftvMlo fabric that cannot he woven f fihros blankets and ooverlntr used fop horses and have been found in excel In warmth and cleanliness of has and has hat rnftv of addition the resources of hat In th With at ton should ho doing something now- pointed lo a small boy of ton years who was coming to ward tho house Toll mo pleaded insur ance agent when the lad came in the kitchen are you the boss of this house Want lo seo the boss ask ed he boy Wolf Just come with mo Wnarily the insurance agent climbed up the steps was ushered into a room on the floor and guided lo tho of a sleeping baby There exclaimed thats tho real boss of A GOLD medal raw vino authority tolls how to dry up any corn op It right off You men and wo men need suffer no longer Wear tho shoes that nearly killed you before says this Cincinnati au thority because a few drops of freozono applied directly on a tender aching corn stops sore ness once and soon the corn loosens so it can bo lifted out and all without a bit of pain A of an ounce of costs very any drug store but is sufficient lo take off every hard or soft corn or callus This shouldbe tried as it is and is said not lo inflame or oven irritate the surrounding tissue or skin If your wife wears high heels she will be glad to know of this ICELAND PROM A LAVA WELL general impression that Iceland is a cold country is a false one says a writer in Travel Magazine In capital of the island I one day perched myself on one of the lava walls and at a scone of summer warmth and beauty Fa miliar cows and cats and hens were busy in the sunshine Children thinly clad were play ing about with shouts of merri ment Potatoes in full blossom and cabbage and vari ous vegetables added to the of homelike comfort But such days are oases in vast deserts of rain for if Iceland In summer is not comfortable IUVING AH A new story is told illustrating Sir By kindness of heart An old lady carne to him asking employment Ho telephoned lo his business manager inquiring if was any employment at theatre for The business manager answered Absolutely nothing nothing at all Irving suggested that she might look after the oats The manager telephoned back thai there were three womon already looking after cats Well said Irving you must find her something Let hot look after three women who are looking after -i- It is safer to hear and take counsel to give A few years ago It was an extraordinary thing to find a wo man working in fields on a Canadian farm But all this has boon changed by war In he Niagara peninsula last summer girls the work of men through tho long hot summer and doing it well m iVSr A Is to the HAIR Dr reeled Is ration hair to lis color fuSidVd not J J THIS is Thomas A Edison who although seventy years of age is now working eighteen hours a day For his country without pay or though of reward work Is being done but it probably thai United more reliance on thin other man except the President Mr conceded to be th greatest inventor the ever WW The Phonograph ivith a Soul Ediion favorite invention It the achievement in vWck he the pride Do you believe that here is any other man in the world or group of men who could invent good a phonograph Mi Edisons new phonograph This new inurnment is built by experts under the direction of technical men in accordance with laboratory by Mr COME TO OUR STORE Let us prove that The Edison give a musical result which no other sound reproducing device is capable of producing I R Out r IP IY0 AH I Then you know hi airaada If Its Anything a Yankee I ABOUT THIS CANADIAN If You Wish TORONTO 18 Local A riSfltfg i NEWMARKET OAR 8HINQLE0 ARRIVED I I ALL KINDS DUILDJNG MATERIAL I I from or by j Tony Allan IM I i nearly the Most Useful Gifts given in War Time Umbrella Stands Tablca Leather rows and Many AND COMPAQ WITH archives TORONTO