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nudesâ€"“vans: .. 'gation canal. I wok-e at Muskoka raised the blind at my window and â€"~__.. LETTERS OF A son IN THE MAKING TO HIS DAD. â€"By REX MGEVOY [Mn McEvoy will write for 'this paper a series of letters 1[from the west. They Will ,appear from time to time un- y’der the above heading, and iwill give a picture of the :great Canadian west' from ithe standpoint of a young Ontario man going outthere to make hisway. These let- ters should be full of inte.est for every Ontario father.] Heron Bay, Ont., Aug. 9th. My Dear Father,â€" Perhaps it would be well to ex- plain the shakiness of my hand- writing before going any further in this letter. Although everybody in our car is in excellent spirits, we are all sober. The fact is, however, that in spite of the little movable table which the porter has fitted up for me, the motion of the ear occasionally makes my writing ra- ther shaky. They are great little tables that fit into the side of the car near the windows and they are supported at the other end on one leg. They come in useful for all sorts of things. We use them as dining tables, and just now an old man and his three sons just across the aisle are playing a game of cards on their little table. They are going out to take up some of the irrigated lands of Alberta which are watered by the C .P. It. irri- I got acquaintedl with them through mother not put- ting a cup in my valise when she packed the grub for me to eat on the trip. I [borrowed a cup fr- in them and traded two bananas for a cup of coffee and some dried beef. They are a fine jolly crowd_ in this car, and there is all sorts of fun all the time, especially at meal times. I am mighty glad already that we decided I should come out west this summer, even if I don't stop here. \Vhy, I never realized before what a. big place Ontario is. Of course, that big map of the Dominion hanging on the school- house wall, showed that the Prov- ince was some size, but here I have been travelling_ along for pretty near twenty-four hours, and we have to go over fourteen hours more before we get to Manitoba. We cross the boundary at Rennie, just 1161 miles from the Union Sta- tion, Toronto, where you saw me .off when I climbed up into this car in the Canadian Pacific train for Vancouver. Do you know, Dad, for all they talk of the West, we have a good line of country in Ontario. We didn’t see much of Muskoka, as we passed through there at night, but station and saw the trunks of the nearest trees looking ghostly in the electric lights of the station. Behind them was black mystery. Of course, I couldn’t See much, but it looked as ' though the folks that go there for their holidays ought to get a pretty good change from the cities. At breakfast time, on the first morning of our trip, we were in the Sudbury district, and it's some- thing to make us throw out our chests, and feel proud to think that the richest nickel and copper de- posits in the whole world are right here in Ontario. Moose Mountain Range is close here, tooâ€"the great- est known iron range in Canada. This ought to be a great manufac- turingr district some day. There is not much timber round the line just near Sudbury. The trees die when they get to be six or nine inches through. Poplar trees grow about twenty feet high and then they die, and everywhere u A ENGLAND’S LARDER. â€" round them, so that a number of [little bridges have been done away with. Long trestles filled in the same way with solid . ‘ banks in some places thirty or forty feet high. The line crosses ldeep valleys on these high banks. ly if She Had a War. and if there is a stream in the bot- of £434 worth every new channel for solid rock. I would like to see how provisions large enough they managed to get over this (year’s supply, some experts country in the days when they not enough for half a year. used to go to Winnipeg by oxâ€"cart. “Others doubt if we could hold I saw my first real live Indian out for three months without fore~ to-day. There are lots of lakes all ign supplies,” says the Queen, through this country, you are “and all agree that three weeks hardly ever out of sight of water war, or even threat of war, would in this part of Ontario, and just enormously increase the price of as we passed one lake I caught foodstuffs. In the ordinary way sight of an Indian tepee on an is- the proportion of food and drink land, with a squaw bending over a brought over the sea is over 4-2 fire. There was a birch-bark canoe per cent. of our total imports, be~ â€"the genuine thingâ€"drawn out of ing in round figures £250,000,000 the water and lying upside down, out of a total of £550,000,000. Of close to the tepce. You go for this sum £70,000,000 goes for grain miles and miles in the train withâ€" and flour alone, and nearly fifty out seeing anybody, and then you millions for meat, in addition to may come on a little clearing with sixty-three millions for food and a little bit of a wooden house, un- drink not otherwise specified, and painted and looking more like a excluding fifty millions for food, box with windows than a house. drink and tobacco subject to duty. But there may be a flagâ€"pole alongâ€" “What we as a nation have to side, where the Union Jack is run fear is not invasion but starvation. up on holidays. The children who To the great mass of the people of run out of these cabins and wave this country the question is not at the train, as it goes by, seem Shall we win or lose in wa-r’.l but, quite glad to see someone, even if shall we have enough food to live it's. only to shout “howdy,” as the on when the next big war comes? tram rushes by. g. It is to meet such an emergency We passed a grave to-day, where, that the use in this country of silos I suppose, some settler is buried. for grain, or national granaries, It was all alone in a small 01051er has been advocated. space among the trees and bushes. “The cost of creating and main- It looked awfully lonely in that taining silos might be considerâ€" wilderness, but there must have able, though we Suppose the cost been someone to think kindly of of a single dreadnought would the man who is taking his last rest .easily cover it; but as an insurâ€" there, for a wooden picket fence mice against panic it would well had been built round the grave, be worth the expense, while as a and a weatherâ€"worn wooden cross safeguard in time of war and stood at its head. against imminent famine it would Say, Dad, I do wish you could the invaluable, and might easily have been with me this last half 'turn defeat into victory and dis- hour. We have just come into aster to safety. view of Lake Superior. All day “Gibraltar is provisioned for two we have been rolling along be- years and Malta has silos which tween fairly high hills. Just as keep corn good for as long as four t.\: shadows of evening were com- years, thus supporting the truth of ing on we turned down the, valley the Biblical statement that Joseph of a river, and suddenly came in in the dry climate of Egypt fed the full view Of the wide expanse 0f people with corn stored for seven Lake Superior. It was grand. The years. The idea is the gradual lake was a bright blue, far, out to collection of an amount of wheat the horizon, where a blue mounâ€" equal to one year’s import and its tainous island loom-ed 11D- In automatic renewal by exchanging shore, a hundred feet or so below it for a new grain as it; arrives us, the waves were dashing in at the different ports.” ' snowy breakers on the rocks. All about the lake were high, rolling hills, their" wooded sides bathed in the mellow ruddy light of sunset. __ ' 11 track here winds in and out zikciund the hills, and sometimes If we get power from fOOd why . not strive to get all the power we goes through tunnels, Whlle. .at can. That is ouly‘po-ssible by use othertilmes ”3 11'1”}: along a liliefilpfi‘ of skilfully selected food that ex- 0‘15 wa 1’ at me ”Oh 0f wuc t e actly fits the requirements of the waves constantly dash. body. For some reason, the View of Poor fuel makes a 001, fire and those great hills, and the mighty a poor fire is not gamed steam lake in the sunset light made me producer ° . . . u . D 7 ., . , _ iii/[12}? {if “51105113131111 AsnghXEl? “h rpm not knowing how to select e iall' that verse‘ ' ’ the right food to fit my needs, I spec 5/ ' ‘ ‘ suffered grievously for a long time . . . . from stomach troubles ” writes a h ‘ . ’ 3 SWIEIitIIe 151251.056 ebbs out me S lady from a little town in Missouri. . . , '. a" . . . . . “It seemed as if I would rover Ealtjiiisislciii:a:rl-O“ dim, 1ts glories be able to find out the sort of food ’ v ‘ 7 f 7â€" Change and decay in all around I til-at was be“ £01 me. Hardly any 1mg that I could eat would stay see; . . . 0 Thou, Who changest not, abide on my stomach. Every attempt with me.” gave me heartburn and filled my stoma-ell With gas. I got thinner and thinner until I literally became a living skeleton and in time was compelled to keep to my bed. “A few months ago I was per- suaded to try Graps-Nuts food, and it had such good effect from the very beginning that I have GET libwnn. The Supply Comes From Food. Perhaps it was the thought that the waves of this lake were dash- ing about that distant island, and at the feet of those hills, for unâ€" told centuries without change, that made me think of the hymn. It was a sort of glimpse of eternity. . . kept up its use ever Since. We are runninor on 'with con- . . . D surprised at the ease With which I stantly changing views of the lake, _. . ‘ ' _ which is disappearing in the gathâ€" digested 115' It DIOVOd to be 1““ ering night. It is immense. I “il‘lgfilll neededl ‘ would sort of like to hear the hum my unp easant symptoms, of the separator at home now, and the heartburn, the inflated feeling I can imagine that you are about thh ‘ggve 1&6 so “infill 13?? dis- hitching up Nellie to go to the appeaie ' y weig t gia ually post office. Well, I must say good- increased from 98 to 116 pounds, bve now as the porter-is beginning my figure rounded out, my strength to make up the beds. Tell mother. came bat-1k, and I am now able to I will write to her. do my musework and enjoy it. , ‘ .' a Grape-Nuts foo-d did it.” Name 101“ 1mm" son, JIM given by Postum Co, Battle Creek, ' Mich. ’I‘â€"""“ A ten days’ trial will show anyâ€" you can see these young trees cov- WATER AND SALT FOR CALVES one some facts about food. cred with dead, shrivelled leaves. Low bushes give the only touch of green to be seen, and everywhere there are rocks of all kinds, sizes a large There are rocks that Calves three months 0f age Win ulna. true. and full of human interest. and shapes. you could play duck on the rock with, and others that are bigger than our barn at home, with all sizes in between. It must have been a tremendous job putting the railroad through here. It seems like, railroad building was-what V mother says woman’s workis-jâ€"zit's, ‘ ne'verfinished. ' Everyz-I little while, We pass a gang, of, men ,who are busy, doing something to the track. They build culverts . _....... -vc.. , , 0f 00110th the calf, as of other animals, and motions and turn streams through should be kept‘eontinually "avail- them, then they fill in solid all able. , . Read the little book, “The Road Calves, like other farm animals, to Wellville,” in pkgs. “There’s Iget thirsty even though milk forms a reason.” part of their ration. Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are gon- drink as much as five quarts of W»? water daily per head. They like v ‘p , _ 7 , to drink often, sipping a little at SULT’D FOR A LA“ YER S a time. A half barrel cleaned and OFFICE replenished bW'iCe daily, W111 serve Mrs. Casey (angwerino‘ nicely as 3' water trough. An- wanted” ad)â€"â€"“S’hure 831‘ other. good dance is an automatic ’ ’ Mamet. which. may b6. (easily ifor-anvthin -but- Oi hov another cleanedps‘itunted‘ailitt-l‘eab’ove the blioy that isi‘lt .50 pergikl‘er if‘ye'd floor to keep out thez‘litte’r.’ Salt maybe loike f0 5% ’im.” ’ .is essential to the development of ' “boy he’s It’s easy enough to be geod na- fiured if you have nothing else to 0. have been It Might be Stripped Pretty Quick- Wit'h ships bringing foreign food supplies into England at the rate . minute of tom of it, the railway may cut 22. every day in the year Great Bri- it through the tain cannot accumulate a stock of for a say] I was ‘ that truthful hewudn’t tell a lie ~ \\\\\\\\\\\\\§V .W’THEIBLUEPACKAES; , . es ’CAREFUQTO‘ ' SEETHAT LABEL-ON smermoeas BLUE-i. AMPDF, V R l NO OTHER COLOR EVER USED ON .\ Rovesvens-r "-a.\\REMEMBER‘THE coma BLUE. A ENG ILLETT CO. LTD. ; . TORONTO - ONT. THE SECRETARY BIRD . ._.__. An Interesting African Bird of Many Curious Ways. One of the most interesting birds, in both appearance and habits, is the secretary bird from the dry and open parts of central and southern Africa. The male is fully four feet high, the greater part of that length “being contributed by his neck and legs.” The general color is ashy-gray, the breast white, the wings, thighs, and ab- domen black. The middle tail fea- thers nearly reach the ground, and on each side of the head are two long black tufts which give the bird its popular name of secretary, because, in the days when quilll person,” is treated as a misde- meanor. Another new feature of the hill just introduced is the widening of. the scope of the clause which dc‘ fines a “prohibited place.” As Lord Haldane said, the places barâ€" red from public access under the old law were too few. Nowadays it might be just as important that persons should not go into a pri- vate doekyard where a British man- ofâ€"war was building as that they should not 'go into a government doekyard. Therefore the definition in clause three of the new bill is made very comprehensive, and now embraces any work of defence, factory, or doekyard, camp or office, telegraph or signal station belonging to the government, or any other place for pens were “SEd’ writers were m the storage of instruments or plans the habit of carrying them stuck of war over their ears, says Saint Nicho- las. The bird’s food consists of snakes, rats, lizards, and other living animals, which it kills with its feet, and swallows whole, un- less too big, when the beak tears them to pieces. When ready to kill, the bird lifts either leg as may be convenient, and brings down the foot in a terrific blow like'that of a great hammer, usuâ€" ally striking the victim on the head. If the first blow fails to kill, the bird follows it with others in rapid succession. When the dead animal is too big to be swallowed whole, the bird, seizing the head in his beak, holds the body down under his foot and stretches and pulls it until its flex- ibility pleases him, when he swal- lows it, generally head first. Secretary birds are usually found in pairs, each pair “having a certain huntingâ€"ground which they defend fiercely against intru- sion by their neighbors.” The nests are very large. They are built of sticks, and are generally placed ina dense thicket or in a small tree. The two eggs are bluish white. ,__>I< ._.__. 0â€",. NEW OFFICIAL SECRETS BILL. Great Britain to Draw Linc Against Spies Altogether. The publication of the text of the new bill w ich is to take the place of the cm Ll secrets act of 1880 in- dicates the changed opinion in the British Isles upon the subject with which these legislative measures deal. While the existing act was mainly directed against the theft or misappropriation of confidential documents, the new bill is of a dif- ferent character. In it spying is specifically de- scribed as an offence, and any per- son who, with a purpose prejud- icial to the safety or interests of the state, approaches a prohibited place and makes plans and sketchâ€"- es or obtains plans which might be useful to an enemy, will be liable topenal servitude. ' icould- only be: awarded to: a person communicating or ‘ intendingfito communicate secrets ' to a‘ foreign . state, but the last'namcd term <15 " absent from the new bill in which the wrongful communication‘ofin? ; . unauthorized formatim to “any 'In the old law this punishment ‘ Beyond this, power is given to be exercised in time of emergency to prescribe other places as prohibited on the ground that information conâ€" cerning them, or their actual de- struction, would be useful to an enemy. Thus, any railway, road or channel could be declared prohibit- ed for the time being as well as any works where war materials were being stored or repaired. a...” COULDN’T HELP IT. “Since you got married you are late every morning,” complained the boss. , “Well,” explained the breath- less clerk, “I have to button up the ashes, and shake down a shirt waist, and carry out the furnace every morning.” __ “mnm W .â€" '. Mrs. M. Barrett, " j (m Moreen St... I Montreal, says: “A horrid . _ rash came out all over my baby’s lace and . spread until it had totally covered his scalp. " 1 It was irritating and painful, and caused the little one hours of suffering. We tried I soaps and powders and selves, but he got- no better. He refused his food, got quite 1 thin and worn, and was reduced to a. very serious condition. I was advised to try an-Buk, and did so. . It was wonderful ; how it seemed to cool and case the child’s . burning, painful skin. 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