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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1922-10-12, Page 6BY ANTHONY CARLYLE CHAPTER LV.—(Cont’d.) “Ara'by’s through with me,” Kemp­ ton said concisely. “For keeps! She thinks the worst that is to be thought. And she refuses to listen. She wouldn’t be!ieve if she did. Can I have the job, Jasper—right away?” _ Waldron looked once, deep into his eyes. He understood, better than Marcia. Or he thought he did. “It’s waiting,” he said quietly, un­ heeding her quick cry, “whenever you’re ready.”* * ♦ ♦ Two evenings later Marcia pre­ sented herself at the Trasks’ queer little Chelsea home. *------------ . tie pale and a little tired, but there I was an unwonted brilliance in her eyes. It was the brilliance of happi­ ness, a strange, poignant happiness that had in it just a little of tragedy. During these last few days she had felt utterly dazed.. She was no' longer capable of caring very much what happened- It seemed to her that it did not matter very much, except where Araby Trask was concerned. Freedom wras hers, and the knowl­ edge overwhelmed her. The thought of afterward for her mother no longer was a torment. She had Waldron to turn to, his love to lean upon. She gave but little consideration a.s to how things were to be arranged without scandal, talk. She knew, vaguely, that somehow it would be managed. She knew that Lady Ross- laer’s tongue would be tied, and that, anyhow, the fact of Gordon inheriting, after all, would make her less malicious. . The rest lay between the two men and the little lawyer. So long as he proved reasonable the world need ■know nothing. Only there was Araby. Waldron’s voice in her- mother’s sit­ ting room. He was sitting in a low chair by the little log fire. Mrs. Hal­ stead, placid, sweet, was knitting on her couch. Marcia paused for a moment in the . doorway to look and to whisper to j herself thankfully that, after all, her I _____ mother would not be quite alone. She difficulty. with Miss- Halstead’s heart,” he an-J noun-ced. “It is a® sound as my own, j or your®. “According to What you have told me, when she visited Sir Hugh for consultation, she was in a rundown, j nervous state, anaemic, probably im-' properly and inadequately fed! She is! very young, excitable and impression­ able. “Since that time she hias been ut­ terly exhausting herself, while she has lived within the shadow of a terrible 1 dread hanging over her. Her nervous -system has suffered badly. Otherwise, there is no cause for alarm.” “You mean-----” Waldron got out the words with _____ _________ His world seemed to be would have Waldron to care for her. reeling round him. His eyes pleaded. She was smiling as she went for-. The little doctor polished his glasses Cr ward, but Waldron saw something of carefully. . her pain in her face and rose quickly, | “I mean,” he said, that all Mis® putting a strong arm about her slim Halstead needs is a change, a com- shoulders. With a little stifled breath pleto rest and a lot of care. I under- she turned and laid her face against stand you are to be married. Let it « J. ra.»n.» rchoWder :'be soon and’ take her to some placeShe looked a 1 - > understood, but only the she has never been before; avoid ex- I strength of his grip upon her told her citement, discourage recollection, and so. Then he set her gently in his in a year she will be a perfectly nor­ chair and Mrs. Halstead looked grave- mal, healthy, happy young woman! I ly at her across the top of her glasses.! will wish you good-night!” her p-ain in her face and rose quickly, ®o.Then he set her gently in his in a year she will be a perfectly nor- “You look worn out!” she observed. “Personally,” she added, “I don’t think tlhat wonderful doctor of Mrs. Alden’s did you so very much good, after all!” z CHAPTER LVII. Kempton Rosslaer, leaning over the 'She paused to. pick up a stitch la- d;e)(d{ rail, looking with haggard, bitter ! boricusly. Marcia leaned back m her eyes through a mist of rain and scud- ■ chair and closed her eyes. Her lips d,jng cloud at the crowded docks, start-; quivered. The hand that. Waldron ed and turned at the light touch of a ; bent to touch her was burning. Sne hand upon his arm. opened her eyes again and met him. j phe steamer was already throbbing < “Sometimes,” she whispered in a ,a.nd quivering under his feet, hoarse: broken half-sob, “I think it is too hard • -— ------s-~----! to bear! I want so much to be happy! I want—I want to live!” The man did not answer. The same revolt was in 'his own soul; the same. sick knowledge of that ever-nearing shadow. Mrs. Halstead’s needles be­ gan to click again. She looked up placidly. ............................, “By the way,” fcuru 11 “did you know he was dead?” “Dead!” T.................................. The steamer was already throbbing i Woman’s Sphere —. .............. .. i suits her; you may find it satisfactory also. She keeps a large sheet of white paper, neatly ruled, both horizontally; and vertically, tacked up on the inner side of the pantry door. On the left side of this sheet is a list of names of the vegetables anl fruit which she has canned, and after each name there are numerous little black marks, some of them crossed off. The housewife explains her system thus: “Every time I put up a jar of anything, I put down a mark to rep­ resent that jar. The figure 1 repre­ sents a quart j-ar, the figure 0 repre­ sents a pint. During the winter, when I use a jar of canned goods, I cross off one of these marks. It is really very simple. “I put five marks in a column to facilitate counting. It is easier and quicker to count by fives than by ones. For the same reason, to facilitate Pickling and Preserving. Tomato conserve: Peel, cut into small pieces and remove seeds from twelve cupfuls of ripe tomatoes, add eight cupfuls of sugar, and the juice and grated rind of three oranges. Cook all together until as thick as jelly. Put in sterilized jars and seal with paraffin. Chutney is made thus: Chop to­ gether two dozen ripe tomatoes (medium size), six. onions, three red peppers (remove the seeds), one dozen tart apples and one cupful of finely cut celery. Add one pound of seedless raisins, two quarts of vinegar, three cupfuls of sugar, and salt to taste. Combine the ingredients, and cook until chutney is thick and clear, then pour it into hot sterilized jars, and seal. Excellent pepper relish is made of__ _________ „„ __ __ __ one peck of green tomatoes, four red ’ counting, I begin at the right to mark voices were uttering varying com- ; mands. In a little while they would ! be swallowed in the mist and England would be gathering denser veils of it around her, shutting her from sight. So that, recognizing Araby, he gave ' a hoarse cry of amazement, then stood ! very still.. | “You!” he uttered!. “Great heavens! she inquired mildly, you here?” he broke off. ! ----- nc W2.2 dead”’ i .g,^ waSi smiling at him, a shabby! ------- Marcia sat upright m her; figure in a blue Tam o’ Shanter! chair. Her voice wa® startled, a little : an.d much-worn Burberry, her bare, metallic. Her mother nodded. _ ! hands clasped upon hi® arm. - She “So very sad. Especially the cir-1 utterly fagged, travel-woirn, cumstancieis. And he was such a 1 ^,eT eye.s glowed, young man. They say it was over-i - - work, overstrain that caused the ’ breakdown. It was in the paper the Prim SSm in the sound of Audrey Aide s . , ’: my workbasket, Jasper, if you care dictatoria.ly rising a^ove uph.to read it. Rather terrible, I call it.” She was, apparently, critlci ng . Marcia, sat quite still'; Waldron day s work. 1 - - - - - - - ■ - ..... L. ^1- ___________ ,Then she met Araby’® eyes and caught her -breath. And bef ore the girl could , rise or speak she began. _ • I “I’ve come,” she said, rather jerkily,! not quite steadily, “to tell you the 1 truth, Araby—the real truth! Come: to tell you that you’re all wrong about Kemp, cruelly wrong, and that you’re deliberately driving him out of _ your i life, out of every chance at happiness. For he loves you, Araby! He-----” “Loves me!” The young voice was hard, so hard that Mar.cia winced, but ’ :®he went on -steadily, ignoring the ■ interruption. 1 “Loves ycu. He ha® always loved you. Whatever wrong he has done, has 'been, almost, as much for the sake of your happiness- as for his family honor, for his dying father’s sake. And you wouldn’t listen to him; you wouldn’t hear any excuse from him.” She laid 'her hands suddenly upon the girl’s -slim shoulder® and forced her back into her chair. “But you’ve -got to hear me,” she finished breathlessly, and plunged headlong into explanation. The thought of the girl was like an obsession. She shook her head ait the old gray housekeeper’s attempt tx> re­ fuse her admittance, and went softly up the f amiliar stairs. She found Araby in the studio. y s work. .. , fumbled for the paper under the little I" 'be invalid's chair J He found the paper at 'last, searched l it for the paragraph. Then he drop­ ped it into Mrs. Halstead’s lap. “Read it,” he said. His eyes were! on Marcia. Mrs. Halstead adjusted her glasses and obeyed. “DEATH OF SIR HUGH DALLAS. “Sir Hugh Dallas, the eminent heart specialist, died yesterday at the Nursing Home in Bournemouth, to which he was taken after his seizure, a week or so ago. “His collapse was very sudden, but for some time his condition has1, it appears, been of considerable anxiety to his friends. Everything was done, almost as long as a year ago, to per­ suade him to give up practice, but without avail. “It has since transpired that Sir Hugh’s mental condition during this last year has been by no means sound. Many patients, visiting him upon se­ parate occasions, have found his state­ ments' contradictory. In some cases J this has caused considerable anxiety, • which has resulted in those under: treatment seeking other advice, Which, ’ edly, but she made it c,8ar, as women , S;,/Hugh’s opinion. I can. When she finished Araby drew j a long breath. Her eyes were wide. woudd have been quite unfit for thing! There was a dazed wonder in them, j p.na,ctice,» j For a long moment she sat quite;1 «Tac,r,lr! what is the matter’” still Then she turned her eyes quick-1 But Waldron, unheeding, was bend- ly from the gieat, dark, tragic yet;. over a, limp, slender figure that; smiling eyes bent upon her And it * &agge,d’sll!d,deniy over the arm of ■ was Marcia who broke the silence. b:? rdr“Kempton leaves for Liverpool this ! ' Kvffv tthat Mrs. Halstead had morning, she siaid. “That’s why I: came. I did not know he was going so ! soon. He sails to-morrow for Buenos ’ Aires, by the mail steamer. Are you; going to let him go?” tonright * Araby got rather stumblingly to her , '. feet. Her eyes locked unnaturally - -- large, more tragic than Marcia’s own. Her laps shook. “Marcia!” She whispered the word, i Then, a little brokenly, “But how can I be sure ? How can I believe-----” She stopped. Marcia’s hands were on here. Her eyes were very soft, tired, oddly sweet despite that hint of tragedy. “A dying woman doesn’t lie!” ®a™,‘ - i » j x 4. 4.T. / i i ' 1 I mg' eyes aiauso me biuhxds-xuuiii xauie. He had told all that he knew and the ' """ little doctor’s smooth air of satisfac­ tion had given place to a frowning alertness. He had even gone back to Marcia’s room, only to return within a very few moments He smiled in answer to the anguished, steady ques­ tioning of Waldron’s eyes. “There is nothing at all the matter i RHEUMATIC SUFFERERS Are Relieved from Pain by_J. SbhsDH | ___ _ Nrtu 2Iffe "Free as the air” is a saying as old as the hills, and we talk about empty air as though there were nothing of value outsiide our earth and water. “I only heard—yesterday!” she whispered, “that you were sailing by this boat. I thought I should be too late-----” She stopped. The throb grew heav­ ier. He laid his hands upon her shoul­ ders. “But we start in less than a minute. I’m going to Buenos Airets. I—good heavens-----” He stopped, made dumb by‘the won- ,der of her eyes. She slid her hands .up about his neck and drew his face down. “I know,” she said; And added, on a little, lilting sob. “I’m your wife, Kemp! I’m coming, too!” (The End.) —-----------O--------------- Faded Sweater Skirt, Draperies in Diamond Dye Dyes peppers and four green peppers (omitting the seeds), two cupfuls of celery, two cupfuls of sliced onions, one-half cupful of salt, six cupfuls of vinegar, one-half cupful of mustard­ seed and two cupfuls of brown sugar. Slice the vegetables and run them through a food-chopper. Add the salt and allow to stand all night. Next morning drain off the liquid, add the other ingredients and cook until vege­ tables are soft. Bottle and cork tightly. Preserved citron: The commercial product sold at grocery stores is the candied rind of a certain citrus fruit, not generally grown. Citron preserves are made of the citron melon thus: Wash the citron, cut in halves, re­ move seeds, cut in strips and peel. Add one pound of sugar to each pound of citron and allow to stand over night in a large bowl. Next morning place over the fire, add a small piece of gingerroot, and when nearly done, add one thinly sliced lemon to each three pounds of citron. Cook slowly until the fruit is transparent and the syrup thick, then pack in jars and seal. Plain cucumber pickles: When but a few pickles can be made at a time, the following recipe is invaluable: As the cucumbers ripen place in a jar and cover with cold water to find out how much vinegar will be needed. Then___ _____ ___ ____ make a brine strong enough to bear, good° care wards off the fatal day off my used jars. Do you under­ stand ?” Large Pores and Wrinkles. When the word astringent is used in connection with cosmetics, it means something which closes the large pores of the skin, or tightens the lax muscles of the face. An astringent of some sort should be kept on hand at all times, for even the young and fresh-faced woman needs one occa­ sionally. For ordinary purposes a little tincture of 'benzoin is very good. This can be poured into the rinse water—which, of course, should be cold—and the face bathed with this mixture. Half a dozen drops of the benzoin will be enough for the ordi­ nary sized washbasin. Used thus, benzoin will close the pores. If the pores of the face are enlarged, use twice as much, or better yet, mix half an ounce of simple tinc­ ture of benzoin with six ounces of rose-water and keep in a bottle. After rinsing the face in cold water, shake the bottle to be sure the contents are well mixed and pat a little of this over the skin, letting it remain on to dry. Apply with a bit of absorbent cotton. This treatment will help prevent wrinkles and sagging muscles, because it is good for the skin and because all _ . ° % i n l j- • • t uieainieia seeamg vuier auvice, wincu,P^ps she told lher story disjoint- J in f c hag confirmed lilrrr iKiii- .cR-sio. mo.Hn irf- y a,c WATVian !_,7„ , . . . It is believed that, had he lived, ’ Every "Diamond Dyes” package tells how to dye or tint any worn, faded garment or drapery a new rich color that will not streak, spot, fade, or run. Perfect home dyeing is guar­ anteed with Diamond Dyes even if you have never dyed before. Just toll your druggist whether th? material you wish to dye is wool or silk, or whether it is linen, cotton, or mixed goods. For fifty-one years millions of women have been using “Diamond Dyes” to add years of wear to their old, shabby waists, skirts, dresses, coats, sweaters, stockings, draperies, hangings, every- Washing a Hill Away. A remarkable piece of engineering • has been carried out by American en- Every'woid that Mrs. Halstead had gineers in preparation for the forth- uttered was ringing, clarionlike, in his coming centenary exhibition at Rio de ears. A dizzy, unbelievable hope was Janeiro, in Brazil. They have bodily throbbing in his heart. Hope! ! removed into the harbor a hill of re- Hei drew -a long breath and stood spectable size, called the Castello It’s all right,” he said steadily to MTx°stood nearly in the centre of the Mrs Halstead “Tell her maid to 11 stooa nedTiy 111 cem.ro oi me 1. a, ’ if ' to ~' j „x o city, and though it was picturesque itshow me her room—and send—at once ; ., , x ... ,!, .'_for ,a d;0,ctor!” I waB decided that its room would be a He sp-cke unevenly, like a man Who great deal more valuable than its com- -has h-ee-n agonized followed* the hall. 1 * . • An hour lateifhe faced a dappersne; little man with shrewd, kindly, search- - I ing eyes acros-s the sitting-room table. running. But his eyes were as he picked up Marcia and the scared Tcinette across *** and clung to her. As she released her­ self Audrey’s voice came again from the other room. Involuntarily both girls glanced across the h-sll. The door was sufficiently open for them to see in. Mrs. Alden was examining a can­ vas, her slim, bare shoulder ag-ainst Trask’s. Marcia tightened her hand ,suddienly over Anaby’s. Her eyes were brililant. “Those two,” she said, “are going to find out very s-con that they need each other more than anything or anybody in the world. Kempten needs you!” party. The removal of the hill furnish­ ed a site for a large part of the exhibi­ tion, and, after that is over, will add ' many valuable acres of building land to the city. The hill was removed by washing it ! away. Hydraulic power cut into the hill like a scoop into cheese, and the j earth, turned into liquid mud, was ! washed down through pipes into the ’sea much more cheaply and qu’ckly . than it could have been removed solid i in vehicles. Wm. Dixon, Toronto, writes: "For over two years I had been unable to raise my hands as high as my shoulders. Af­ ter using the first bottle of Dobson’s New Life -Remedy I was free from pain. Now, after using the fifth bottle, my general health is as good as it ever was. Thanking you sincerely for what Dobson’s New Life has done for me and trusting every sufferer may learn of your wonderful medi­ cine.” One bottle for One Dollar, Six bottles for Five Dollars, from your nearest druggist, or Snbsnit Jfrui itemeby Company 78 West Adelaide St., Toronto Canada hours, then strain. Add o<ne ounce white wax, one ounce spermaceti, and one ounce orange-flower water, and beat the mixture until it is creamy. Pour into jars and seal tightly. The Muskrat Knows. A furrier was trying to sell a musk­ rat coat to a woman customer. "Yes, madam,” he said, “I guarantee that this muskrat coat will wear for years.” “But suppose I get it wet in the rain,” asked the woman. “What ef­ fect will the water have on it? What will happen to it then? Won’t it spoil ?” “Madam,” answered he dealer, “I have only one answer. Did you ever hear of a muskrat carrying an umbrel­ la?” ' &--------------------- Minard’s Liniment For Colds, Etc. --------------------- Aids Deaf to Hear. A new device that aids deaf persons to hear closely resembles a walking stick with a slightly enlarged head. an egg, heat the -brine and pour over ’ when middle age shows in the lines the cucumbers. Let stand over night, | of the face. But if you already have! then pour off, make a new brine, heat wrinkles and lax muscle's and want: and pour over the cucumbers, allow' to stand over night and next day re- heat this brine and allow to stand, over night again. The next day re-1 move cucumbers from the brine, wash in cold water'and pack in quart jars.: Place a small piece of horseradish and a piece of red pepper to each jar. Boil the required amount of vinegar with; spices to taste. Fill up jars with the hot vinegar and seal tightly. Nastur­ tium seeds may be added if desired, and sweet pickles can be made by adding brown sugar to the vinegar. A recipe for piccalilli which is high­ ly praised requires one-half gallon of. best cider vinegar, seven ounces of, ground, yellow mustard, two table-! spoonfuls of salt, one and one-half, pounds of sugar, one-fourth pound of mustard-seed, four green and two red: peppers (remove seeds), one pint of; small onions, one pint of carrots - (sliced, boiled and cut into small pieces), one pint of lima beans, one pint of corn (cut from the cob after boiling three minutes), one large head of cauliflower and two level table­ spoonfuls of tumeric. Boil the car­ rots, beans and cauliflower in slightly salted water until tender, but not soft. Break pieces, pieces, Bring mix the mustard and tumeric with a; little cold vinegar and add with the ■ salt and sugar to the boiling vinegar, I stirring constantly. Allow to cool. I then add Mix well, DYEING the cauliflower into small' Chop the peppers into small peel and scald the onions. I the vinegar to boiling point,! Allow to cool, the remaining ingredients, bottle and cork tightly. Keeping Account of Your Canned Goods. Do you keep a record of your can­ ning activities? It is well to know just how much food has been prepared for further use, and to know also how rapidly it is being used. One house­ wife has worked out a system which something stronger, try ice as a mas­ sage. Ice is a powerful astringent. It brings the blood to the skin, in­ ducing a better color, draws up the muscles, and smooths the wrinkles.: Of course, as ice is very drying, it should only be used after a hot wash| and a cold cream massage. There is another astringent, a paste sometimes called a “pack” and vari-] ously used by facial specialists. There; are a hundred ways to make this, the; simplest form being as follows: Beat' up an egg, using the white only, if 1 you want this for wrinkles. If you want it to help cure pimples and for a bleach as well, beat the yolk in at the same time. Mix in half a tea­ spoonful of powdered alum—this will ; curdle, but that doesn’t matter. Add' enough white wine vinegar—cider • vinegar if you can’t get the other—I to make a thin paste. Or use cucumber juice and vinegar, half and half. This amount will last for a long time. Clean the skin with a cleansing, cream. Rub in a little of the paste,! lie dowm (this is important) and rest ■ for twenty minutes while the paste dries. The rest will relax your muscles and give the astringent a better chance to act upon the lines in the face and the tiny lax muscles of the skin. Wash off with very warm water, masisage with a good cold cream, and end with an ice-cold rinse. While cucumbers are in season, make this cucumber cream; you will find it excellent for the skin: Put into a double boiler four ounces of almond- oil and two ounces of cucumbers, washed but not peeled, and chopped into small pieces. Allow the oil and the cucumbers to simmer for two THE postman or express man will bring Parker service right to your home. Suits, dresses, ulsters and all wearing apparel can be successfully dyed. Curtains, draperies, carpets and all household articles can be‘ dyed and restored to their original freshness. We pay carriage one way on all orders. Write for full particulars. Parker’s Dye Works, Limited Cleaners and Dyers 791 Yonge St. Toronto 92H A SIN TO LET HAIR FALL OUT 3 5c “Dan.derine” Saves Y our Hair—Ends Dandruff! Delightful Tonic CHAPTER LVI. Marcia walked home through the soft, chill du-sk. She did not realize : how far she had come or how tired | she was until she was at her own door.; Her mind had been busy with a med- - ley of curious thoughts, at one time' uplifted, at the next shrinking from ' the knowledge of that dread beyond . which was creeping so close to her; now.Her veins were tingling with youth.' The call of youth was strong within ' her, of love. She wanted to live, to ! taste the sweetness and the warmth ■ of the best that life has to. give. Her; threat was throbbing a little as she passed into the flat; there was a faint! mist before her eyes. ! ,'he had had her day. She told her­ self that with a sort of indomitable pluck that was characteristic. But to­ morrow was so sweet—so sweet! And the darkness that called was so cruel, so empty, so cold! She steadied herself as she heard i ►Jladi ----- ----------- Keep Mir.ard’s Liniment in the house. & Competing squaws and papooses at the celebrations when the David Thompson Me­ morial was opened at Windermere, British Columbia. Hurry! It’s your duty! Each ddy 1 you seo a little more hair falling out and you are making no effort to avoid baldness. What a pity. Falling hair means your hair is weak, sick,—pos­ sibly dandruff is strangling it, or the hair root pores in the scalp are not firm and tight, thus wasting the hair­ growing oils. Danderine almost instantly stops falling hair of men or women and ; cleans every particle of dandruff away, ! then the hair takes on new life, vigor ’ and strength to grow strong, thick, and long. Danderine is delightful—not sticky or greasy. Go to any drug store now and get a bottle. Use it. Have healthy, heavy, beautiful hair and lots Yet the outstanding discovery of the present century is the fact that the air ; is valuable for many purposes beside . breathing. In another quarter of a cen- ury we may have begun to know what the cushion of atmosphere which sur­ rounds the earth is really worth. Already it is realized that the air can no longer remain a No Man’s Land, governed by no laws, and free tor anybody to use or missuse at will. For the present, while we breathe the air, we must also regard it as: (a) The pathway for airships and aeroplanes, which are to be the world’s chief means of transport and communi­ cation in a future by no means dis­ tant. (b) The medium through which wireless messages are transmitted. (e) The storehouse, apparently in­ exhaustible, of gases of a commercial value equal to that of the coal and oil of the earth itself. Possibilities and Problems. So every country possesses, in tire air above it, a most valuable right of way, a telegraphic system, the possi­ bilities of which are only dimly under­ stood, and a storehouse of chemical wealth. No laws govern it as pet.; but it is Impossible that the air should re­ main free much longer, because it is too valuable. One day we shall have definite air routes, and they will not carry the jumble of traffic at present seen on our roads. One lane for slow and heavy vehic­ les, another for light pleasure craft, and at least a third for speed maniacs will surely be the rule. They will require policing, weather reports, and a dozen other services ap­ parent to any ordinary imagination. The countries over which they pass will be responsible, and will collect dues and provide services. Like the Suez Canal, or any big railway, an air route will be worth something consid­ erable. Let us consider the question of wire­ less next. One of the most fascinating features is the mysteries upon which wireless operators are continually stumbling. At least two areas have been dis­ covered which are described as ‘dead." Wireless messages sent across those areas are subject to such Interference that results cannot be obtained. Just Fancy That! Elsewhere it is found that the range over which messages can be sent varies enormously with the condition of the air. These things are not yet understood, but their mystery will one day be solved. The result may easily be a set of laws entirely different from those ap­ plicable to aerial navigation. In the last war the use of wireless was for­ bidden; in the next we may have to protect cur air from being tampered with. In the last war, too, Germany proved the commercial value of the air. The blockade having cut off the supply of nitrate required to fertilize German fields, the chemists of the country drew upon the nitrogen in the air to supply the deficiency. With cheap power, cheap fertilizer can be made from the air, and more is now being produced every year. Other commercial gases derived from the air are oxygen, argon, and helium. The process of making oxy­ gen from air is getting cheaper as time goes on; when it reaches an easy stage of cheapness an enormous de­ mand will arise. Just as oxygen is now used for welding and other pur­ poses in which great heat is desired, not gradually but very sreeUly. it will be required for smelting and a hundred other purposes. The Age of Miracles. Argon, a much rarer gas, is used to fill incandescent bulbs. Formerly they were filled with nothing at all, but the substitution of this gas ensures a brighter light and a very much longer period of usefulness. Helium, taken from the air, is used to inflate dirigibles and observation balloons. It is not cheap at present, but it is safe as well as light. It is likely that these things c?.ly begin to indicate what the a.? is v;:;rth. Among its secrets, stiil withheld tie the mystery of rainmaking, and 0: bot­ tling sunshine, estimated by our scep­ tical fathers as impossibilities equal to that of flying. These possibilities are act co vogu? as may be supposed. Hardheaded farmers already pay lUnrnakers by results, and the harnessing of the sun has begun. Air is obviously too valuable to be adulterated by smoke anl ether noxi­ ous poisons. A charge for brei th’ng sounds an absurdity; yet there "r< big hotels where the air is purified and heated or cooled according to th? sea­ son, and the cost apper.rs in th? bill. So there you are, the ?.ir is no longer free. A Waste of Good English. “Bobby,” said his mother, “why do you keep telling Rover to ‘set up,’ when you know ‘sit up’ is what ycu should say?” “Oh, well, mother,” said Bobby, “of course I know lots of grammer, but I don’t like to waste it on Rover when he doesn’t know the difference, being a dog.”-------e------- In Holland there are 93C miles of cf it.canals.