me five daughters born to Mrs, Olivia Dionne in North Bay, Out, Can.
shown beside their mother in the above picture. They were born in tone day and weighed only thirteen pounds six ounces altogether at birth {twey" continue owe they "wil Be. the Sest'quintuplets in. hundreds of years 10 do 60. the records of the fire rangers show that the vast majority of the fires are caused by the carelessness bf campers in throwing away cigarette butts or in failing to put out their camp-fires completely. Near Amherst, Nova Scotia, 2,000 men were marshal-Jed to fight' a serious fire; they are still fighting it, and the battle is a losing one. There is practically nothing that can be done to stop the tide of advancing flame as it leaps from tree to tree with terrifying roars and crackles, Only at night when the wind dies down can the Aghters seek to stem the advance by cutting down trees in the path of the fire to form a barrier, or by building a dock-fire to curb the main blaze There are many heroic acts in such fan unequal struggle of which the safe city-dweller never knows and—Sad to say probably cares litle Wheat Lands Doomed On the western prairies there are hundreds of square miles of seeded wheat lands that are already doomed by the early drought and the soil-shifting winds. Farmers in southern Saskatchewan and Alberta who have seen four years of successive crop failures, had the courage and faith to try again, only to see their seed. carried away on the wings of the wind as terrific dust storms swept the prairies. So serious were these storms that roads were blocked by drifts of dust and fences were actual ly covered over by them in a maner similar to that seen in the winter's blizzards. Clouds of dust swept over the main towns and cities, obscuring. the sun for hours on end, and finding their way into houses, stores and office buildings. Housekeepers swept their houses only to find a thin layer of dust over everything a few hours later, while those on the streets jed dust. The some of the dust particles as far east as Toronto, Out, and residents there noticed that the sun was somewhat hazy during one morning. the birth of quintuplets, while in the 30 odd cases that have been recorded in the past S00 years there has been no ease in which all five babies lived more than an hour.
Now, after five days, the quintuplets are all alive and apparently thriving, and their "attending phy-! si clan believes that they have an excellent chance of normal development. 'The many problems connected with such an event have been met with} enthusiasm, both by the members. of the community concerned and by welfare agencies on the whole continent, Offers' of feeding apparatus, and of Incubators came almost at once, and many physicians made valuable suggestions to Dr. A. R. Dafoe,—who Brought the infants into the world and is giving them every possible attention in their farmhouse home. Dr. Dafoe is keeping clinical records of the case that should prove of great value to medical men the world over.
Tt was almost inevitable that the widespread interest in the birth should have been taken to heart by showman. When the babies were but two days old, a group of the concessionnaires at the World's Fair in Chicago began Negotiations for. their "appearance there this summer, in the event that they live and are considered able to make the trip. The officials of the Fair agreed to the plan on the understanding that the utmost care would be taken in all the arrangements, and made ft quite clear that they were not sponsoring the visit. An agreement has now been signed by representatives of Mr. Dione, and in due time, all goes well, the litle French: Canadian wonder babies will take their place alongside Miss America, the Bearded Lady, the Man with Two Noses and other celebrities. It is 10 bbe hoped most sincerely that all diligence will be maintained during the Drogress of the plans for this public exhibition; the opportunities for sympathetic study of the development of these quintuplets should not be tacrifced for the benefit of showman, even for. the immediate benefit accruing to the parents.
Drought and Forest Fires In the matter of Canada's natural products, fire and drought have been playing havoc these past weeks in both East and West, until at the moment of writing the weather prospects are becoming a matter of national, concern, A dry and warm month of May has brought with it serious forest fires in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec, while in Manitoba, Sas-Katchewan and Alberta the lack of spring moisture has very largely nul-Med the advantage of the larger snowfall last winter.
For over a week now we have been. reading of the terrible toll taken by fire in many of the fine forest areas of the East.
For the first few days the scene of disaster centred around the twin mining towns of Rouyn and and its many consequent We are thoroughly smpetent to su} any prescription in alternative tinted Tenses. Prescriptions filled in 24 hours.
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