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The building of it Channel tunuel
'between Britain and larauce le again
live topic. Sir Francis Fox in a re-
-cent address before the Royal Geo-
graphical Society, London, said Wet
the great value of pitch a tunnel eau
be realized wlaien we consider hovv
strongly instrumental it would heve
been in the saving of lives, redeciaa
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' All right," said jack. "Anything thing, he was thinking bitterly of 1 er
to oblige," Turning, he opened the at that very moment; for another, be
door aud ehouted for Sam. eaw, or imaelned he saw, scorn in her
Sam presently appeared, tousled and eyes for Ms clumsy handiwork upon
flushed with sleep, his blue eyes scorn- the muskrat.
fully resentful. He haetily toesed the little earcass
ihnatvaintgliedownaotesr0,. and then regretted
"What are you speing on me for?"
he demanded, hotly.
The word was strange to Bela, but
the tone conveyed ite sense, She
promptly took fire from Ina heat.
Showing herzelf proudly, she said: "I
pot know spyine"
"Following me around," field Sam.
"Watching what I do without nly
W you for cause I want
talk," eaid Bela, indignautly. "1 think
maybe you got eense. If you not want
talk to me, all right; I go away again.
You ain't got sense, I think. Get mad
for notang. •
Sam was a little ashamed.
"Well—Prn sorry," he muttered.
"What did you want to talk about?"
She did not immediately answer,
Coming closer, she dropped to her
knees on the ltttle hummock of dry
earth.
"I show you how to akin him, if you
want," she suggested, pointing to the
other muskrat.
BaM swallowed his pride. "All
right, go ahead," he replied.
Cutting off the paws or the little
animal and making an incision over
his broadest end, she deftly rolled
back the skin, and drew it off inside
out over his head like a glove.
Then cutting a willow stem beside
her, she transformed it with two half
cuts into a little spring -frame, over
which she drew the late muskrat'e
overcoat, The whole operation did not
consume live minuteo.
"Limy enough when you know how,"
admitted Sam, sheepishly.
"Hang it up to dry," she said, hand-
ing it over.
They etretched in the grass,
side by side, and hanging over
she edge of the creek, washed
their hands in the creek. A silence fell
upon them. Eacle was waiting for the
other to speak. Sam was trying to re-
sist a great tendernees that threatened
to undermine all his fortifications.
Filially he asked again: "What was
It you wanted to talk about?"
Bela was not yet ready to answer.
She threw up little cascades of water
with her hands. Sam, watching, was
suddenly struck hy the fact that they
were not at all like ordinary hands,
the eufferiag of the sick and wounded . ',What do you want now?" he de -
and in immunity of skips front tile mended. "You mahe 2110 1041e Sleep
danger of mines and submarines. "Tbe last night,
eWell," said Jack, "all that is Over.
safety of cross Channel traffic amid we're asking Bela here to choose be -
the risks of submarine 'frightfulness' tween as and settle the thing for good,
under such circumstances must be We've all said our say, but she allowel
self-evident,'"ho said. The maximum site wanted to hear what the cook had
to offer before she closed. Speak up."
Sam was efficaciously startled into
wakefulness, He became very pale,
end fixed Bela with a kind of angry
glare. It seemed to him like a hor-
rible burlesque of something sacred.
He hated her for allowing it, He did
not reflect that she might not hal e
been able to Prevent it. She did not
look at him.
"Do I understand right?" he eald,
etiffly. "You're all proposing to her
in a body?"
"That's right," Bald Jack. "And
cut of goodness of heart she gives you
a chance, too."
Sam's jawa snapped together, and
his mouth became a hard line.
"Much Obliged," he said. Of re-
eign my chance. lan not looking for
a wife." Ile went back into the
houae. •
It was not what the other men ei-
eected to hear. Suspecting an insult
to the object of their own desires,
they turned on him angrily, They
would never have allowed him to have
her, but neither should he turn her
down.
"And a good thing for you, too!"
cried Joe.
"By George, I've a good mind to
thrash him for that!" muttered Jack,
His attention was attracted in the,
other direction by a laugh from Bela,
It had anything but a merry sound,
but their ears were not sharp enough
to detect the lack. Bela's noatrils
were dilated, and her lip oddly tamed
back. But she laughed.
"He is a fonny cook!' she said. "I
got laugh!"
"Oh, never miud him!" said Big
Jack. "He doesn't count! What is
your answer?" -
Bela stopped laughing. "Well, I
get think about it," she said, "I tell
you to -morrow."
CHAPTER VIII.
depth of tbe water in the Channej
would not exceed 1S0 feet. The cover
of chalk over the roof ot
would be about one hundred feet as a
guard against all eontingencle3, The
tunnels would consist of two tubee,
eacit with a diameter of eighteen feet.
The tunnels could be worked, venta
lated and pumped from a power station
'ten miles inland. The entrance and
exit of both tunnels would be under
gun fire of forts and \ essels in the
harbor of Dover. The plans also pro-
vide for a "dip" au the level ef the
rails, forming. a "water lock." By this
contrivanee a mile of tunnel in ease of
an emergency could be filled with
-water.
AUSTRIAN PEACE TERMS.
At a banquet in Budapest a short
time ago Count Czernin, Austro•Hun•
garian Foreign Minister, after dwell-
ing on "the brilliant military situatiou
of the central powers," and paying
tribute to the Hungarian army, re-
peated his declaration on assuming
office that Austria-Hungary was pre-
pared for peace by agreement, awl
whshed neither to oppress nor to be
oppressed. He declared that the war
had disproved the assumptioa that
Austria was in it moribund conditton.
The country was in a condition to
carry ou the war until a suecessful end
he insisted; but, nevertheless, lik2 all
the world, they were anaiothe for peace.
He outlined the peace terms which
would be agreeable to AustritedIungery
as follows: The situation at Nine -Mile Point
First—There ' must be secur:ty four hours site required for her an -
against the recurrence of a war of ewer 'eternised to be hard to get
revenge, and this could only ha through.
secured by world-wide gradual dis- The interim of waiting for a lady to
armament and obligatory InternatIonal make up her mind is sufficiently try -
arbitration. ing on a rnan's nerves under the most
Second—Theee must be freedom of favorable circumstances; but to be
the high E. eas, although special rules obliged to endure the company of all
and regulations must neeessarily ob-
his rivals meanwhile waa almost too
tain for the narrow seas. much.
Third—With these two first item Breakfaut was eaten in a dangerous
accepted, necessity for territorial
guarsotees- would disappear.
Fourth—Economic war must be ab-
eolutely eliminated from every future
agreem en t.
These are the terms they are pre-
pared to accept now. but if the allik d
powers refused them, they woel 1 le
altered and altered for the worse te
them. Now, as it were, 0; a 3 the
acaepted time. The allied pewees
might go farther, but they would fare
worse. But Austria is in no ioadition
to lay down terms of peace. See
unable to hold her own against Kane
Had Russia not been honeycombed
electrical silence. No man dared to
speak of what was in every man's
mind, and to make trivial converse
-
tion was impossible under that atmos-
pheric pressure.
Afterward, when Bela announced
her intention of going away for a
wbile, every man, much as he desired
her company, felt relieved, and no
word was spoken to stay her depar-
ture.
They let her go without so much as
looking out to see which way she
went. As a matter of fact, nobody was
'willing to let anybody else look;
therefore, he could not look himself.
Thereafter they breathed more free-
ly. At least, they were all in the same
boat. They were not under the intol-
erable strain of watching every look
with treason, , she would have
of her eyes and interpreting every
been at Russia's rnercy long ago. he word she spoke for a sign.
could not overrun Serbia wttliout The warst they had to look forward
to was one more day ot unutterable
boredom. Each man wasbuoyed up
by the hope that it might be the last
of such days for hint.
Sam went about his work with a
wooden faee and it sore and angry
heart. He was not much of a celf-
analyst. He called Bela all manner of
hard names to himself, without stop -
There will be no pewee until they Bate ping to ask why, if she were such a
able to dictate ttio erms. Austrla worthless creature, be should feel so
could have had peace before it eton11- coAncerned about her.
woman who took her pleasure in
lated Serbia., and thus ret the world provoking four men to the point of
01 fire. murder was not worth bothering
about, he told himself a hundred
times; but he continued to be very
much bothered.
"I'll never let her get me on her
hook!" hel cried, tinwardly—vaeaai-
nniis the hook was in his gills!
Atter he had given the men their
to be one of the largest in the world, dinner, he, too, went away from camp,
and is called "the bell with the wail bent upon Ma own devices. No one
or a child in ite voice." When first paid any attention to him.
A couple of hundred yards east ed
cad the bell sounded with a harsh the shack a good-sized creek emptied
and cracked note, and the eupersta into the lake, The stonee of the shore
tious emperor, fearing an ill omen,
conaulted with his mageciane, These over which it tumbled muaically. Far-
ther inland it pursued a slower, deep -
gentlemen held a hong tonfab and course.
finally atated that the bell wouhnev- , er
r
Astending its bank, he about a
er sound right until a live child was
given to it. The mass wan than meltel quarter of a mile one found it iseuing
agal.n, and a live babY wail thrown in •- out of a lovely little meadow, through
to the molten metal. The wail of ag- which it neandared crookedly, its
i
ony uttered by the little tot ea the course marked out by Willow bushes.
bronze engulfed It seemed t� be re- The meadow was Sam's objective,
had often been there before. It
pelted every tine the bell was tolled, He
and to -day the Coreans still claint that was about a quarter of a mile long,
and no more than a good stone's
the wail of a child can be beard in
the volee Of the metal. threw amiss from ines,
pinee to p
assistance of Germany. Austrea is ou
the verge of etarvation, and ie alrealy
defeated in the field.
The terms of peeve will be lail down
and enforced by tlx allies. They will
no more depend upon "gentlemen's
agreements" or "scr.1;13 of paper.
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Bell With !ihe Wail of a dhild.
A queerly shaped gong which oc-
cupies.a position of honor in the cen-
tre of the city of Seoul, Corea, :a caid
Iwent off Leto a rippling peal a laUgh-
ter.
Sam blinked and Scowled and dashed
the water Oitt of his eyee, Ws face
Offered a stutlY in varying expressions,
At first he tried to laugh with her, but
ber laughter , wile intolerable. Slid-
denly he eiteloded:
"Ah, cut it out! Sounds like a
chicken!"
The angrier be got the harder Bela
was obliged to laugh. it had an apelo-
getic riug, but the tears rotten down
her cheek% Sam began to think she
had done it on purpoee, eind said so.
"No! No!" muted Bela. She
pointed across the creek. "Shallow
there. You can stop in easy."
Sam, full of dignity, waded out and
started home,
Bela was suddenly sobered. "Wait!"
she cried. "Ain't you cominwit"
me?"
He affected not to hear her.
"I sorry I laugh," he said, genuine-
ly distressed. "But—but you look so
fonny!" The unruly laughter threat-
ened to escape her again. "Please
come back, Sam,"
"I can't come ince this, can. I?" he
said, scornfully.
"Sure!" she said, "I mak' good
fire. You soon dry off."
He gradually allowed himself to be
persuaded. Finally with dignity, some-
what marred by his bedraggled ap-
pearance, he took his place very gin-
gerly in the bow. Bela bit her lips to
keep the laughter in.
"I .not want to laugh," she said,
naively. "Somesing inside mak' me.
You face look so fenny when you sit
down in the water! Lak a bear when
him hear a uoise—oh!"
Sam glowered in silence.
She exerted herself to charm away
the black looks. "See papa mus'
rat," she said, pointing. "Sit so etiff
under the leaves, think we see noning.
Sit up wit' hands ou his stomach lak
little el ' man and look mad. Look lak
Musq'oosis."
Meanwhile she was nosing the dug-
out cleverly around the grassy bends
of the tiny stream and under the wil-
lows, It was like a toy boat on a fairy
rlver. Sometimes the willows inter-
laced overhead, making a romantic
green tunnel to be explored.
"Finally, as they drew near the woods
at the head of the meadow, she turned
her boat into a narrow backwater
starred with little lilies, and drove it
forward till it grounded as snugly as
a ship in its berth.
Leading the way up the grassy bank,
she pushed under the willows and in-
troduced Sam into a veritable Titania's
bower, completely encircled by the
springing bushes. This was her cache.
Her blankets lay neatly rolled with-
in a tarpaulin. There was her grub -
box with stones upon the cover to keep
Out four -footed prowlers. tier spare
moccasins were hanging from the
branches to dry.
She made Sam sit down in a patch
of goodly sunshine, and in a jiffy had
0. crackling fire' ot dry willow blazing
before him. He took -off his coat and
hung it to dry.
"Tak' off your shirt, too," she said.
"Dry quicker,"
Sam shook Ms head, blushing.
"Go on," she said, coolly. "I guess
you got ot'er shirt on, too."
The blue flannel shirt joined the
coat beside the fire.
She handed hint a towel to dry his
hair with. Afterward the produced a
comb,
"I comb your hair nice," she said.
Sam started away in a panie and held
out his hand for the comb. Bela let
him have it with a regretful look at
the thick, bright hair. She started
to brew tea.
"Don't be mad wit' me for 'Cause
I lough," she said cajolingly. "Some
tam, maybe, I fall In water. I let
you laugh all you want."
He looked at her startled. He dared
not glance forward at any future with
her. Nevertheless, in spite of him-
self, he was relenting. He would
have relented quicker had she not
continually put him out of conceit
with himself by making him blush.
Naturally, he blamed her for that.
. Meanwhile them was ,delicious
bodily comfort in sitting under shel-
ter of the willowe, warmed on the out-
side by the generous sunshine and
the crackling fire, and made all mel-
low within by hot tea. The corners
of his mouth began to turn ma
His curiosity concerning her was
still active. Remembering something
she had said bore, he asked; "Who
Is Musgooses?"
She Bullied at his pronunciation.
"Moul'oosise" ehe corrected, "That
name mean little. bear. He is MY
friend, He frierd to my fat'er, too.
He is little. Got crooked back. Know
everything."
"Where do you live, Bela?" he
asked.
"Over the lake by Hah-wah-sepi,"
she answered readily. On second
thought, she corrected the. statement.
"No; before I live there. My moVer
live there. Now I live where I am.
Got no home. Cot no people."
"But if your motherlives there,
that's your home, Isn't it?" said Sam
the respectable.
Bela shrugged. "She got stay wit'
her 'osbana" she replied. "He no
good. He w'at you eall 'olio!"
"What did yew leave for?" asked
Sam.
She frowned at the difficulty of ex-
plaining this in English. "Those peo-
ple are poor an' foolish, an' dirty
people," she said, "They not lak me
ver' moch. I not lak them ver' moch.
Only my mot'er, But I am live
there before for 'cause I not know
not'ing. Well, one day I hit my fat'er
wit' a Stick—no, hit my mot'er's 'o -
ban' wit' a stick, So my mot'el' tell me
my tether a white man. Her fat'er
white man, too. So I mos' white. So
I go 'way from those people."
"But you've got to have some home
—somebody to liVe wIthl'h said Sean
ankiously.
She glanced at her through her
lashes. She shrtigged. "Musq'oosis
tell inc what to do," she said simply.
"He is my friend."
Sam in his eoncern for her situation
forgot himself.
"I—led like to be your friend, too,"
he stammered. '
Bela smiled at him dazzingly. "I
lak hear you say that," she returned
simply.
They fell silent, mutually embar-
rassed, but net unhappy. There was
sobaething both delightful and danger-
ous in their preximity withih that
secret circle. The eyes of both 'con-
fessed it,
"Wilf yOtt eat?" asked 13e1tt, "I
have bread and fish."
Ile Shook bis head. "1 have to go
soon," he replied with a glance at the
sun.
Her face fell. "I lak feed anybedy
eOrite to my place," she Mid wietfullY.
"Oh, well, go ahead," assented Sam,
sinning.
(TO be etlittlinied.)
Trying to change places at, the steer-
ing wheel of aft atitofflebile 'steles to
have about the Same effeet as trying
Curious Old Clock.
In the tower of the town house of ally, was spongy and damp, with dry
Heidelberg wasan old clock so con- islanda here and there.
structed that when the hours struck The graas was amazingly luxuriant.
the figure of an old man pulled off his Drenched in the strolig sunlight, and
hat, a cock erowed and Clapped Its hemmed all round by the secretive
wings, and eoldiera fought with one vines, the place was the very plcture
anether. But this curietta piece of of a cheerful retreat. Silent, strong -
workmanship, with the castle and • winged water -fowl frequented it, and
town, was burned by the French in
la93.
Though the level of the ground was
several feet above the creek, the
grotind, like the creek bottoms gener-
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Animals and Rhythm.
Animals have no settee of rhythm,
though they may be taught to "dance. '
This is the announcanent of Dr.ttraig,
of the University (if Maine, "Horses
driven hi span," he says In the Guide
to Natbre, "Make 110 attenlpt to ear
together. TWO birds, however eweetly
they Still solo, never sing in tithe with
nn e another nor with any other music
Even the so-eitiled ,dance animals of
the eireue get their rhythm tom the ,
triiiner, not !rent the tune,"
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Goethe was the wise prophet who
once said: "The Pruselan 14 born
eruel and civilization will make him a
gwage." Many 'fele whit) who read. Iowa, he aaw Bela,
tbe statement in the past doubted its Prom * Variety of ettutes, he blush-
torreetness,---garisat Vity Jennie!, Ott to ths rota et Lk hair, For 0116
This was the first pair of. hands lie
had ever distinguished in his life. They
were most beautihul objects, the backs
ivory colored, the palms and finger-
tips a lovely dusky pink. They were
useful hands, too—in, strong, nerv-
ous. Watching them play in the water,
he forgot the argument going on
Inside him.
"You not mad wit' me now?" mur-
mured Bela softly.
This reminded him that he had every
reason to be angry with her—though
he had temporarily forgotten the rea-
sons. He turned his face away,
frowning, blushing again, the picture
of anger. It was partly directed
against himself, that he should have
BO little self -command.
"No!" he replied, stiffly.
"Then why you mak' wrinkles in
your face to me?" asked Bela,
"Ah, cut it out!" he said, exas-
perated. "Never mind my face!
What did you want to say?"
"I can't say it when I think you
mad," murmured Bela.
"I'm not," said Sam, "I want to be
Your friend," he added. "You can't
always regulate your face.'
There was another eilence, Bela
studied his averted face with a curious
wistfulness. He was very difficult to
handle.
"You want see my cache?" she
asked abruptly, at last. "Where I
stay?"
.Sam's heart leaped up. Old Prud-
ence shook his staff in vain. "Yes,
it you like," he said, breathlessly,
scowling harder than ever.
She scrambled to her feet. "Stay
here," she said. "I eome back soon."
She disappeared around the willows
without vouchsafing any further ex -
Planation. Sam lay as she left him,
scowling at the water, very much con-
fused as to his internal sensations.
As it had happened before, no
sooner was the intoxication of her
Presence removed than he began to
berate himself for his weakness.
:tore than once Sam bad caught a
glimpse of the noble figure of it moose
stepping from among the trees.
Sabi,. ever anxiotis to learn the lore
etf the country, Ware experimenting' in
trapping MilSkrate. Finding it ccatple
of the little beiteta seared and drown-
ed at the doors of their own dweltifigs,
he set to work to akin Mont His Mex.
verienced fingers made a mess of the
40b.
He Was sitting thus Oectipied On the
edge of a little eut-berik, with his feet
hanghig over, A clump of willows
ilatilted him on either side, The Clear
waters of the brook eddied aluggiehlY
a feV.0 inehes under his feet.
In the middle of his bloody task,
something caused him to look over hit
shoulder, and there, not twenty foot
from him,, peering through the wil-
"Weak as water!" he mentally
scolded himself. "Just because she's
pretty, you forget every blame thing!
There's a whole lot of funny businese
about her that needs explaining. But
You swallow it whole. What business
have you got fooling with any girl,
anyhow? You've got other problems
to solve. For God's sake, take a
brace!"
As he was eomneuning with himself
in this fashion, the graceful prow of
it dugout poked itself around a bend
of the little grass -fringed canal below.
Presently followed, kneeling in the
stern, Bela with her quiet face and
glowing eyes, wielding a paddle with
inimitable grace.
She floated toward him noiselessly.
bringing the boat's nose this way and
that with deft turns of the wrist. She
was as harmonious against the back-
ground of brown water and green grass
as a wild duck.
It was stick an intimate, eosy little
stream; the grassy banks seemed to
ernbrace the canoe as they let it pass.
So charmiug was lie sight that Sam
forgot Ms prudence and broke into a
beaming allele.
She brought her little craft to a stop
before him.
"Get ha" she said, pointing to the
bow, "Tak' ore!"
It Was Sam's first experience with a
native craft. It looked cranky, Ile let
himself Carefully over the bank on his
stomath. Finding the flew Of the dug.
out with his feet, he gingerly stood up,
It staggered alarmingly andel' hint, and
he hastily einbriieed the bank again,
unhappily etniSeIMIS Of a laek of dig-
nity.
A great piece of the sod came away
hi his hands, He lost his balance and
was Catapulted overboard. He landed
1n the Water lit a sitting position,
Wearing ah absOrd expression of Sur -
Wee. Bela, eceirig What Was toming,
saved herself from a like fate by
throwing herself forward in the eanot.
Sairi's streaming head emerged from
the creek with the sante look of stir -
pries o* his face, The water reached to tha,rige setae in a canoo.--Intlito.
to his waist. Dela looked at him, and apolis Nevve.
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The small furs of this year, says the
New York .Sun's fashion writer, are
really bewitching. So are the collars,
capes and scarfs fur trimmed, and
there are also many sets of hat and
Muff, hat end scarf, scarf and bag, etc.,
that without even the slightest sup-
porting touch of fur manage to be un-
consciously chic.
WITH A PIECE OF VELVET.
A Parisian milliner can take a piece
of black velvet, fashion from it a hat
wide of brim and high of crown and it
soft pilleog muff, give to each by way
of trimming a cord and tassel et blue
and red and rightly consider her duty
done.
HER MAGIC TOUCH.
Or she can make a soft little hat of
rose duvetyn and a knowing looking
cache nez neck scarf, give a narrow
band of moleskin to the hat and mole-
skin ends and buttons to the scarf and
accomplish as much in the way of ef-
fect as a lesser artist could achieve
through whole pelts of fine fur.
It's all in knowing the trick, and
while seine American milliners have
engaging tricks of their own, it is
Paris that gives us our best in hat and
neckwear and neck and muff sets not
wholly of fur.
THE CLOTH HAT.
The cloth hat that has sprung into
popularity offers admirable opportun-
ity for the launching of new cloth
neckpieces, and everywhere, or at least
wherever chic millinery is assembled,
one sees these sets as well as sets in
velvet.
A NATTY TURBAN.
Sometimes the cloth is enibroidered
a little at the ends in wool or chenille
or cord. Sometimes it is only lined
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Ten little nigger by walking in a
with contrasting material or color and
•depends upon the novelty and clever-
ness of its shape to give it cachet. A
small turban and neck scarf of green
and black check, the soft bright green
surface checked off with lines of black
lace into inch squares had brim fac-
ing, scarf lining and scarf end bands
of black velvet; and in the same col-
lection with this was an adorable little
muffling collar of soft gray velvet the -
back, bordered and collared high in fur
and accompanying a high, soft crown-
ed turban of duvetyn and fur.
CAPE COLLARS.
Cape collars and short capes of fur
bid fah, to be an epitlemic if the fun
viers have their way. Innumerable
models of this sort are in the shops,
many of them very attractive, some of
them awkward and bulky, and not by
any means invariably becoming.
On stepped off the curb and then
there were nine.
Nine little nigger boys idayed ou
rather late,
Forgot that light meant safety and
then there Were eight.
Eight little nigger boys looking up to
heaven,
Walked into a motor truelc, then
there were seven.
Seven little nigger boys playing sillY
tricks,
One hung behind a wagon then there
were eix.
4lx little nigger boys glad to be alive!
Played a game ealled' "Last Across"
and then there were five.
Five little nigger boys though they
were sure,
One forgot Ms safety and then there
were four.
Four little nigger boys going on a
spree,
One jumped on a moving car and then
there were three.
•
Three little nigger boys wondering
what to do,
Dodged about on the road and then
there were two.
Two little .nigger boys starting on a
run,
Pareed behind a street car and then
there was one.
One little nigger boy feeling very awl.
Always thinke of safety now and
wished the othera had.
--School Bulletin No. 91, Ontario
Safety League.
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Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper.
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The Shoestring Republic.
Chile le as long as from New York
to San Francisco and aa narrow as
Lake Erie. Truly a "shoestring repub-
lic." She is squeezed tightly between
the mountain range and the coast.
Her cities look up to the hills and
down to the sea, with, as Arthur Ruhl
puts it, "the Andes hanging like a
beautiful drop curtain at the eastern
end of every street." Chile contains
twenty-four provinces, and the larg-
est province la big enough to hold all
Pennsylvania, lVermont, Rhode Is-
land and Massachusetts. The Chileans
are the Yankees of South America,
aggreesive, keen, making fortunes
from nitrate, erecting a chain of wire -
lees stations from the near tropical
north tip of the 'Chilean shoestring to
the Antarctic email tip and preparing
for Panama trade by expending $12,-
000,000 on port and dock improve-
ments. ,Chile is elbowing her way in
among the moat forward pushing na-
tione of the twentieth century,—World
Outloolc.
14111,40E IN 01,OUDS,
The Speotor That Gave an Aviator
the Beare of His Life,
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An extraordinary story Of a mirage
in the cloudis tella by 4 young flying
Nana officer in the Britialt BerVice;
"I had often wondered what it would
feel like to see a Maehine coming
straight for one and to know that it
collision was inevitable. I had the ex--
perience one afternoon, enely the col -
listen did not teke place. I was on
.patrol with five other machines over
the lines and had just gone into a
dead bank. Just before going in I saw
the bus on my right turning to cross in
front of me. All of a sudden I gaw a
machine Just the same as my own ap-
pear oat of the cloud about fifty feet
away, making straight for me. In-
stinctively X jammed MY nose hard
down and went as near a nose dive as
possible. The other bus did the same.
I turned! The other turned into rae.
I was in a cold perspiration all over by
this time, so I thought, 'Here goes; if
I am going to crash it Might as well be
eoMpletea So straight for it I went.
We get closer and closer, and, biff, my
machine and—its mirage in the clouds
met—
"It seemed like a hideous aightmare,
and I can etill see that machine doing
its utmost to crash tato me, I think
I Can say I have had the full hor-
rors of a collision in the air without
Rs actually taking place,"—London
Telegraph.
Dressing Wounds With Sugar.
Dr, 0. Magnus reports to the
Therapeutische Manttscefte of Berlin
on his success in treating wounds with
ordinary sugar, This he sprinkles in
it thick layer over the wound, that has
previously been washed and dried. He
covers it with a dry dressing, which he
renews every day.
The Journal of the American Medi-
eal Association says a great advantage
of this dressing is that it does not
stick to the wound, but stimulates a
powerful secretion, which flushes out
the depths of the wouhd, while profuse
simPuration softens crusts and nem -
tic tissue and gives a chance for
healthy granalation below. Wlaen this
stage is reached salves or transplanta-
tioit take the place of sugar.
'There goes a Dean who thinks 111
terms of millions. 'He doesn't look to
me like a great fitiancier. In fact, I
woUld take him to be Some kind of
scientist." "Correct. hte'eit gernl ex-
pert."—Birmingharn Age -Herald.
EgInoloomw
M !nerd's
Liniment cures Colds, Etc.
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In the Shops.
Wash blouses of soft, warm wool
challis are in pretty striped effects and
have collars to be worn high or low.
New play suits for little boys are in
one-piece style, and made of sturdy
striped cottons..
.Glectining mid lovely are he new
metal chiths with satin finieh. There is
green, pink or blue in addition to gold,
silver or gun metal, and the cicala are
one yard wide.
New ribbons to make bags are in
peacock feather designs, with a satin
stripe. They are quite wide and not
too expensive to be prohibitive.
A dustless duster which absorbs the
dust instead of spreading it, and pol-
ishes while it dusts, is one of the new
and helpful articles for the hougewife.
And It is quite inexpensive, too.
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Madame's Belt.
Sometimes 'tis very narrow.
And then again it is a broad affair,
coming well down over the skirt.
Often it is a wee girdle of cloth or
silk or braid—quiet and demure.
Or it may end in loops and ends, or
perhaps a soft throw tie, or like some
other thing we might mention, appar-
ently have no end at all.
Cleverly used it may conceal or re-
veal much—Make her slim and not -so -
slim, just as she wishes, and give her
gown the moat piquant touch It needs.
Bill—Cart you repay that ten I lent
you yesterday? Bob—Certainly not,
Why, / haven't even spent it Yeti—
Life,
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RELIEF AT LAST
want to help you if you are suffer-
ing from bleeding, itching. blind or
protruding Piles. I can tell you how,
in your own home and without any -
One's assistance, you can apply the
best of all treatments.
aelamooft'i'mmailaa
Old Tea LkAll Right
Old tea and fresh tea; poor tea and good
tea, all look alike. No wonder a woman
often gets a bulk tea she doesn't like.
Red Rose Tea in
the sealed package is
always fresh, always
good, always worth
the price on the label.
Kept Good by the
Sealed Package
-eho-
REDR SE
TEXis go d tea
044
PILJES
UOM
I promise to send you a FREE trial
of the new absorption treatment, and
references from your own locality if
you will but write and ask. I assure
you of immediate relief. Send no
money, but tell others of this offer.
Address
ti,4118. M. SUMMERS, Box 8,
Windsor, Ont.
ISSUE NO. 43, 1917
Hgt.P WANTgO,
WANTED — VP,ODATIONERS, TO
,r train for nurse, Apply, Weila-004
Bosintal, St, Catharinee„ Qua
fallANITie CUTTERS AND LETTER-
'', ere wanted; fare advanced. Write,
Geo- M. Paul, Sarnia, tent,
e'aeL'N lehaNTED FOR TANNERIEli AT
A.ctott, on Grand Trunk, S$ intleo
from Totonto, mechanical tt»d laboring
work at good wages; healthy tbriving
town; excellent school; cheap house rent
and living. Apply Deadmore ee Co., 37
Front taloa east, Toronto.
IRST CLASS WATCHMAKER
WE% uted. leliebeet wages, fateaey
employment, Smiths, Jewelers, Nap-,
lince, Ont.
e----
wANTF.D BY J.W. aiEWETBON MICE
" Go., Rrampton, Ont. men experienc-
ed in manufacturing simes, geoll open^
big, will guarantee steady emPLOYmcnt
alid itighcst wages to Shoe Cutters and
experienced operators on Consolidated
Lasting 1VlacitIne.
WANTED -CLOVE; QM:RAI:ORS, WAX
,T thread, union special and 44-11 ma-
chines. The Craig, Cowan Co„ Ltd.
154 Pearl St. Toronto Ont.
Vacation and Efficiency.
It is the change really more than
the rest that is of so much value la a
vacation. Besides the absorption of the
fatigue products, there Is an opportun-
ity given those functions which have
remained inactive and aluggieh, and
even atrophic, to exercise and develop.
It is a restoration of balance. For con.
fined and sedentary workers even hard
and coarse country work is restful
and invigorating: For indoor workers
thia sort of a vacation means a new
lease an life. Very often a .border line
case of tuberculosie is maintained a lit-
tle longer above the line by a proper
vacation. The increased. tendency to
arteriosclerosis and other degeuera-
tive conditions, as well aa premature
senility, nearly all the result of high
pressure and efficiency, can be much
neutralized by periodic vacations, a
vacation free from the grind, of
course, but also from the worry tact -
dent thereto. The vacation is a thera-
peutic measure come to stay.—New
York Medical Journal.
MInard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria.
To Keep Baby Warm.
If your children kick the covers off
during the night this will interest you.
It is a counterpane which ties to
four corners of the bed and keeps the
youngsters safe in bed if they're in-
clined to fall out.
And it keeps the covers on, too—
even the most strenuous kiddie won't
be apt to gick this off!
It is not expensive and will more
than repay for its expenditure by sav-
ing the children from bumps and falls
and by keeping them warm and comfy
"all through the night."
...d11.410
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FOR SALE.
Among the New Silks
There is silk broadcloth—for blouses,
lingerie or Jinn's shirts. It is white
and washable.
Crepe meteors, quite wide, soft. lus-
trous and lovely, are in delightful aut-
umn house and street shades.
Taffetas, plain and in plaid designs,
have the soft finish and pretty lustre
that women admire.
Satins are much in fashion for street
or indoor wear—for afternoon or even-
ing use. The colors are lovely.
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F ORD STREAMLINE HOODS—COV-
e15 the brass radiator; eliminates
the bunty appearance; write for elreular,
Burrowee Mfg, Co„ Toronto___________
GUARD THE CROW
FROM AUTUMN COLDS
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IIONEY ORDERS.
S END A DOMINION EXPRESS
AtotteY Order, They are payable
everywhere,
i•••••••••••=01111MainolOomw
FOR RENT.
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p OR RENT -000D FARM ON YONGE
A street; 215 acres; near Richmond
Hill; lot 41; three spring creeks; flist-
chum house.; ample stabling for 10t
tittle and hogs; water in stables; Metro-
polltan cars hourly; Richmond Hill ston,
Inquire of Mrs. I'. N. Boyle, Richmond
oi Cook 8; Gilchrist, 33 inclueond
street west, Toronto, Ont.
The fall 13 the most severe season
of the year for colds—one day is
warm, the next is wet and cold and
unless the mother is on her guard
the little ones are seized with colds
that may hang on all winter. Baby's
Own Tablets are =there' best friend
in preventing or banishing colds. They
act as a gentle laxative, keeping the
bowels and stomach free and sweet.
An occasional dose will prevent colds
or if it does come on suddenly the
prompt use of the Tablets will quick-
ly cure it. The Tablets are sold by
medicine dealers or by Mail at 26 cents
a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine
Co., Brockville, Ont.
FARMS FOR SALE.
P OR SA.LE—TWO 01\1E -HUNDRED
a. acre farms, Wellington county, Peel
township; no better soil; good buildings
and sha.le trees; flowing spring on each
lot; if you want a farm look Ws one
over; wi,11 stand inspection; immediate
possession given; price and terms right;
will meet you at Gladstone or Drayton
station; phone in house; rural mail at
gate, Walter 13arkwill, R. R. No. 2
Drayton, Ont,
Two Freaks of Nature.
Two contrasting freaks of nature are
the Island of Fire and the Lake of
Snow. The Mend of Fire ie called the
Beene or Hot Devils. It le situated in
the midst of a large lake of boiling
mud in the 'slated of Java. The steam
and, gases which ariee from the sticky
mud form thelneelves into'bubbles, at-
taining a diameter of five or eix feet,
and sail high up in the air like bal-
loona, Carried hither and thither bY
the wind and finally eXploding with a
loud crash.
The bigge.st snow lake le seen front
the auramit of Hispar pats, in the Iha-
raker= range. It is More than 300
square Milne in area. In Switzerland
the sea or ice might better be called
the aea of snOw, as. the surface is bro-
ken up by solar heat, whit!' inakes a
minute fiseuring In the lee, giving it
the appearance of snow.
tee
Plain of DantaScus.
The fertile plain itt Which Damascus
is eittiated is about thirty miles In
diameter, and is due to the River
Mirada, evhieh is probably the Abana
of scripture. Two Other streams, the
Wady Helbon on the north and the
AV/0 on the south, indreasb 'thla ter.
tility, and thee two etintend ilir the
Inenor of representing the Pharphar,
tit* ether aerittural etroem,
IRON OF THE FUTURE,
11...1.1•01..m.Mplemai•
No Danger of a Shortage Because
of Increased Consumption.
That iron is the very basis of our
industrial civilization will be admitted
by the thoughtful, and many of our
greatest supplies of iron ere are being
rapidly depleted because of the in-
creased per capita consumption of it on
the world over, an increase which is
destined to be greater in the futuee
whea the races in Asia and Africa in-
crease their consumption of iron.
These conditions of increasing con-
sumption and decreasing reserves have
often in the past, particularly about
the beginning of this century, been
used to create a scare, on the ground
that our supplies of usable ore were
being so rapidly depleted that their ex-
haustion would occur within two or
three generations.
This is a preposterous point of view,
because as we lower the percentage of
iron in the rock which we call "ore"
the quantity of such ore increases al a
rate out of all proportion to the de-
crease in iron content, and as we use
leaner and leaner 'ores technical lee-
Provements will be made which will
minimize any tendency to increased
cost of production.
The sante thiug has happened in
gold, silver, copper and other ores, and
to -day copper ores are being worked
with only 1.5 per cent. of copper in
them,—Chemical
1Lngineering.
Minard's Liniment Cures Gar -get in
Cows. .
Accurate Timekeepers.
The most perfect clocks are used in
astronomical observations. One of
these has run for months, with an
average error of only one fifteen -thou-
sandth of a second a day. In order to
run so perfectly a clock must not only
be constructed and adjusted with the
greatest earl, but must be installed in
a special vault, where the temperature
Is practically uniform. It must also be
free frcim jar or vibration and must,
therefore, be mounted on a heavy ma.
sonry pier. Lastly, it should alvvayi
be kept under the same barometrio
pressure, and this may be affected by
inclosing it in a glass or metal case,
from which the air Is partially ex-
hausted. in order that the case may
not be opened or disturbed the wind-
ing la done automatically by electri-
city, the frequency of the wi Ming itt
some cases being as often as every
minute. Only pendulum Clocks can
attain the highest degree of accuracy.
—Wail Street Janoir.l.
For Him.
New English :ironing ISO WM, warm
and comforteble, In light or heavier
weight, and eheecskhleiodkeesse,ritencststyolers ptlhaaint
Newcolors, just oavsa
are both sensible aed good looking.
Some are all of cordovan, others hag()
cordovan vamps and calfskin tops.
Sellers of military brushes say that
ever so many wotneu are buying these
brushes to send to the boys in vamp.
They make practical gifts, and there is
cbroe.lee of various wood or silver backs
n
but oe ehould select bristles wita
are.
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A Pound of Whole
Wheat contains 1700
calories, says the chemist—
but it doesn't contain any
calories for you unless you
can digest it. It is what you
digest, not what you eat,
that supplies nourishment
for the day's work. It is a
time to cut out expensive
foods that generally contain
little nutriment. Shredded
Wheat Biscuit is 100 per
cent. whole wheat—nothing
wasted, nothing thrown
away. It is real man -power
food. Two or three of these
little loaves of baked whole
wheat with milk and fresh
fruits make a nourishing,
strengthening • meal at a
cost of only a few cents,
IVIade in Canada,