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CAMPBELL, WILLIAM WILFRED (1861-1918), 

 a Canadian whose lyrical poems have placed 

 him in the front rank of contemporary poets. 

 He was born at Kitchener (then Berlin), Ont., 

 was educated at the University of Toronto and 

 the Episcopal Theological Seminary at Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., and was for six years an Epis- 

 copal clergyman. In 1891 he retired from the 

 Church and secured a position in the civil 

 service at Ottawa. His poems on the lake re- 

 gion have earned for him the title of "The Poet 

 of the Lakes." His first volume was Lake 

 Lyrics and Other Poems. His poem entitled 

 The Mother, which appeared in April, 1891, 

 is said to have received more notice than any 

 other single poem that ever appeared in the 

 American press. Among his later works are 

 The Dread Voyage and Beyond the Hills of 

 Dreams, two volumes of verses; Mordred and 

 Hildebrand, dramas; A Beautiful Rebel, an 

 historical novel ; and The Scotsman in Canada. 

 He also edited the Oxford Book of Canadian 

 Verse. 



CAMPBELLFORD, kam'belford, a town in 

 Northumberland County, Ontario, on the 

 Grand Trunk Railway, thirty miles northwest 

 of Belleville and thirty-three miles east of 

 Peterborough. Campbellford is also on the 

 Trent River, and with the completion of the 

 Trent Valley Canal will probably experience 

 a new development. There is an abundance of 

 water power, which is utilized for manufac- 

 turing purposes, chiefly in the making of pulp, 

 paper and flour. There are large saw and 

 planing mills, besides a foundry, tannery, shoe 

 factory and bridge works. The electric light 

 and power system is owned by the town. The 

 region tributary to Campbellford is known for 

 fruits and mixed farming. Population in 1911, 

 3,051 ; in 1916, about 3,000. 



CAMPBELLTON, kam'bel ton, N. B., a town 

 in Restigouche County, at the head of deep- 

 water navigation on the Restigouche River, 

 which empties into Chaleur Bay. It is sixteen 

 miles from Dalhousie, at the mouth of the 

 river. The town is of great importance for 

 its lumber, shingle and planing mills, but other 

 industrial establishments, notably machine 

 works and foundries, are worthy of notice. 

 Large quantities of the town's manufactures 

 are shipped by boat, and the Intercolonial 

 Railway and the International Railway of New 

 Brunswick, both operated by the Dominion, 

 receive the remainder. The vicinity of Camp- 

 bellton is 3, favorite resort for trout and salmon 

 fishermen. The town was founded about 1810 



and was incorporated in 1889. It was practi- 

 cally destroyed by fire in 1910, but was rapidly 

 rebuilt. Population in 1911, 3,817; in 1916,. 

 estimated, 4,530. J.T.R. 



CAMPEACHY, or CAMPECHE, kahmpay' 

 chay, a seaport of Mexico, capital of the state 

 of the same name, is situated on the west coast 

 of the peninsula of Yucatan, on the Gulf of 

 Campeachy, at the mouth of the San Francisco 

 River. Shipbuilding and the manufacture of 

 cigars are the chief industries. A considerable 

 trade in campeachy wood, sisal hemp, and wax 

 is maintained, but the harbor is shallow and 

 can be entered only by vessels of light draught. 

 Population, 17,000. 



Gulf of Campeachy, the southwest part of 

 the Gulf of Mexico, lying just to the west 

 of the Peninsula of Yucatan. Its land boun- 

 daries are the Mexican states of Campeachy, 

 Vera Cruz and Tabasco. It extends into the 

 Gulf of Mexico as far northward as lati- 

 tude 21. 



CAMP-FIRE GIRLS, an organization for 

 girls, intended to take the place among them 

 that the Boy Scouts takes among boys (see 

 BOY SCOUTS). It lays emphasis upon out-of- 

 door life, but has as its central purpose the 

 awakening of a realization of the beauty and 

 dignity of home-building and home-keeping. 

 Fire, the symbol of the home, of service and 

 romance, is the chosen emblem, and the three 

 degrees of membership are known as Wood- 

 Gatherer, Fire-Maker and Torch-Bearer. To 

 become a Wood-Gatherer any girl between the 

 ages of ten and twenty has but to learn and 

 repeat the prime law of the organization as 

 follows : 



Seek beauty. Hold on to health. 



Give service. Glorify work. 



Pursue knowledge. Be happy. 



Be trustworthy. 



To pass on to the degree of Fire-Maker a 

 girl must learn the Fire-Maker's song, a sort of 

 chant which runs as follows: 



As fuel is brought to the fire, 



So I purpose to bring 



My strength, 



My ambition, 



My heart's desire, 



My joy 



And my sorrow 



To the fire 



Of humankind. 



For I will tend 



As my fathers have tended, 



And my father's fathers 



Since time began, 



The fire that is called 



The love of man for man, 



The love of man for God. 



