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Deottiers is, Perilous Wor:i.
The erectionof war entangiements,
even when the treneion are some dela
Lancet apart, le av all timeo dangerore.
Tbe men kelp over the parapet elle
In. the first pleee pound lo the eup-
Porte. with mallet. the Leads er welch
ere taretully wrapped in cteralit or
ie to tieedea the mean n•we ,totee
taen Wry tee wIre. drane---a woodeu
(*.Under round Witten the trite IS roil..
ed -by Means. of a long note titrettglt
tne eentre. Mut a comrade etettehee the
Wirer, to the telePorte.
The work ie. SlOW and nerve. etre:111-
MM stteea, riter 'n the • LOUdon
Caphic, for star shells burst' often and
compel the men toerouch low tend re•
Wain motionlees Until the Dare 'bermi
, out.
To oath eolder who take?, part in
modern warfare thick glOveo ter g1111 -
ping wire and strong pliere for eut.
ting it ere as eesential ea the rifle and
beyonee
Before an aetault by bis own rege
meet tee eoldier cute los own wire,
and be must then entleavor eit best he
may to cut anti 'melt hi 's :way terouge
the eneznyee pulling, doyen a eupport
here, eutting the retro while the pea
chine gun 'batteries rap out their mete
:sage of death toward -him,: • en,
Thus barbed wire, Go eimple In
mita eo deadly when ueed in the ways
doscribed. enters into every Ow o:
operation in the tiring one,
• Enoch Arden.
"Briefly etated," we explained, "the
story of Enoch Arden was about as
follows; Ile went to sea and wat
shipwrecked on an iultabited islead,
where he remained for several years':
When at last he was rescued Mr. Are
den put out, tor home with consider-
able rapidity, only to fine that during
his ebeence 'Mrs. Areen. had married.
again. What do you suppose was hie
subseeuent; action?''
"Hard to figger," replied Mr. Cap
eohnson, of itumpue Ridge, Ark., who
had listened with deep interest to the
recital. "You can't tell -Which way a
toad will jump Wben you. poke him,
and tolks is just pecaliar. Peony/he
either took a shot at his wife's send
husband or else borrowed enough
money off'n him to get back to his un-
inhabited island and 1 wouldiet bet a
nickel on •either horn of witateieye-call
• .•
What Corns .Are.
Corns are hard growth which occur
on the toe or some other part of the
t feet. They are generally the result
of wearing it sleets too small for the
foot, says the Popular Science Month-
ly. They are thickeninge of the out-
er layer of the skin in the centre of
which is a nail -like peg which projects
downward and ' hurts when preseed
upon. Soft corns, form between the
toes and are only different from others
in that they are soaked with perspira-
tion all the time. The corn itself is
composed of a lump of the outer part
of the skin which is caused by the
pressure of the shoe at that spot. HOW -
ever, the corn would not result unleis
the pressure were taken off at inter-
vals, and this, of course, is done when
you take the shoe off. It stands to
reason that if the- pressure were con-
tinuously applied to this spot the skin
instead of overgrowing at that .precise
point Would waste away. The over-
growth ot the skin is due to the irrita-
tion produced by the pressure.
THE OORK OAK TREE.
There is Nothing "Just. as Good"
as Its Bark Product.
When a man goesinto a hardware
store for a supply of cork .for some
specific purpose he generally gets
what he asks for. The reason why
the dealer does not endeavor to per-
suade hint to try something "just as
good" is beeause there is nothing
else he could offer.
Cork is eheap, and for ages it has
stood alone hi its tield of usefulness.
It Is tough and diastic, and its spe-
ctre. gravity is only 0.24. This, added
to the fact that It is impervious to
water, accounts for its eise in life pre-
servers.
Tho Cork oak, whleh grow e prinel
pally in Spain, Portugal. Algeria and
salt:hero Prance, furnish'- the sup•
Ply. Only the outer bark of the tree
Is used for the eommereial product
When thetree has attained a diam-
eter of approximately five inches,
which usually it does by the time it
is twenty years old, the cork; as the
first sttlping of bark is called, is re.
f!'..„mOved. Thia ceric is so rpogie coarse
and 'dense "Thee ef Mee litternonimei.
cial value. But its removal does not
.14,1 thee treeee-e0a the .contrary it
• semi to proinete .deetelopuiente
The stripping is done in July and
Augest, and great skill le neceesary in
. order not to injure theeteee.-- it it Is.
injured at any place the ,growth there
ceases;,• and the elspot *entities ever
: afterward scarred and uncoverea.-
POputer Selenee Monthly.
1Viodel,
The fussy old irehtlernan' asked the
cliance travelling "'eofzeitenion: "Have
you- Any, children,. strr
Ves, she a,
weeeth„ incised! . 'Does he Milked"
"Net, sir, he !levee so much eteleuclo.
ed a cigarette."
"So much the better, sir; the use el
tobaettu„is a' poisonous habit. Dees he
frequ en tnetute.
"He hes-never put bus •foot in one."
bre' to: tongratUlate you.
Does Ine emeer omit home late?".
"Never, lee gooto bed edecetly
after dinner."
"A motlel eyoUng mate sir, a model
lam man.How old is he?"
siX 1110111hit." • •
• -Ohapoan Otnatnent,
• Burnt:tem'.
-Veit stripe.
Feather cones.
Feather bands.
Halos ot ribbon loops.
Flattened tassels of chenille.
_
tvoning Prinks.
Dinner piens for ail OcChsionA.
Lbw, tvIt LileeVes.
11igi3er neck;
Ef• ,P1011TNCY.
eWeehington State
"reiteeina la Owe 1"4.t.11 ii.Fs work than
-to 119•4•4 to 114."
Ito haq go,ten Into th, way of
unittime time for hinviolf and others,
ttllid:141 i0uu41 tali0117; eboto rite-
"
Etteft tbo ronatier apprecietee
teecttlare /Male — - . •
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Whether or eeot elle heard elm run
away, the song preatetly Ceased, eel
.troubled him no more that night, lie
returned to itie blankets, but not to
Leap agate.
Ile built a fire and lay beeido it
molting, He drove Away the vocal-
isation of the filettulaing lovellnette he
lied, seen by eounting over his injuriee
at her hands, notiriehing them and
Magnifying .them lxi hie Mind until
they filled it to the exclusion of every-
thing else.
It became as dark as it would get
Midnight at ,ehat eeason is no more
than an intensified twilight. By and
by the moon arose tar acmes the wa-
ter, looking !lite an old-fashioned gas -
globe, and set will on her brief voyage
low down in the sky from southeast to
elenthwest.
Sam ieceived the friend of lovere
With a SeOwl. He had omitted her
from his- calculations, "The niehta
aro ehort enough without that!" he
thought.
Thinking of escape, a new idea
caused itim to an up suddenly,
"Why bother with a raft?" be
thought. "Shea got to sleep Mile
time. If 1 eoulti sneak around the
beach and mush the dugout in! No
matter how quick she woke ()nee 1
wet afloat, Oh: it wouledo my heart
good to float juot out of her reach and
tell her a few tit -Ingo, On a night like
got some food and a blanket. Serve
her right, anyhow, I could send some
one back after her."
To thizik of it was to desire to put
it into inetant action, The n10011, hew.
ever, forbade. Sam eursed her again,
and sat -down to wait with what pa-
tience hi could Meter until it
should elowly sink out ot sight.
\Viten the bright eimitar edge sunk
this 1 could paddle anywhere. She's
behind Nine Mile Point he arose with
it beating heart. Making hie blankets
into it bundle, he took hie way Once
more around the strip of beach, his
raoccasined feet falling noiselesely on
the sand.
'It was about two o'clock, and the
afterglow had moved around to the
northeast. In an hour it would be
light again. The ielaod objects loom-
ed twice their size In this duak of
dusk, Sam kept cleee under the wil-
lows to avoid making a eilhouette
against the sky. A she drew close to
13ela's camp he saw that her fire was
out, from whioh he argued that she
had been aeleep for some time,
Comingilearer edit, he made out the
form of the -dugout againet the pale
sand. Bela had drawn it up higher,
and had turned it over. Still hugging
the willovre, he paused, looking for
her, He supposed she had made her
bed under the willows behind her fire.
He dared not approach to make sure.
Likely she was a. light sleeper. •
Following man's first inetinct, he
bent double, and crept across the open
sand to the dugout. It lay on its aide,
the bottom turned toward him.
His ,heart was beating like a steam
hazn.mer. H with one quick movemeet
he could nein it over and rush it into
the water, let her wake as quick as
'see -chose. If she attempted to stop
him she must take the consequences.
When a man's liberty was at stake he
could not be too nice with the sex.
lie took a long breath and turned the
canoe over,
Bela wae lying beneath it.
"Sam!" she said softie.
The keyed -up Sam grunted at the
suddenness of, the shock and ran back
for ten paces, gasping, Then he got
command ef himself, and 'tame hack
ashamed aud raging,
Bela stead. 'up. "What you want?"
she asked mildly.
"I -want to get away from here!"
cried Sam, 'and by George, I'm go-
ing, too. If you try to etop me your
pettiectats won't protect you, Get
back!"
Rather to hie surpriee she fell back
without a word, He glauced at her
uncertainly. Putting hies hande. on the
ca.antoe,
erhe started to shove it toward the
li
'llI,ogwortyloyt.i pin' mak' it go?" asked
Be
Sam came to it stop, swearing sav-
agely, In hie excitement he had nog -
fleeted to think of peddles, They .were.
not lying anywhere about.
"Where are the paddles?" he de-
manded .
"I hide 'eni," she answered coolly.
f'Where are they?" he cried.
She Waa silent.
"Tell me where they are or take
the oonsequenceo!" he cried, approach-
ing her threateningly.
"I not tell you if you kill me," she
replied, standing fast,
wee, an out ane out -challenge
tit him to strike he?. When in:nine-to
.e could not do it, of course.
eie turned away, wild wall impotent
rage. Must ithe alwityri get the -best of
him? If there had only been a man
of her people there that he could teem.
it out out He broke into patetionate
denunciatione of her. It wait so weird
ehough scene, there oh the shore in
the ditn dusk,
-'What are you keepteg incbeee
for, anyway?" was the burden of his
cry. "What do you expett to gate
by it?". e,
•
"You safe here," Bela muttered. "If
we go .to -the shore thcee men kill you,
I think."
Thisdid futt help soothe him. •
"I'll take- me chance ofithat!" be•
cried, "I know how to deal with meet.
I don't need .a. wonian• .lobk after
me! Do you ,think you're going to tretp.
me here all eutmiter?"'
•
• "NO," she returned. blehop
and the pence cOMMI-Vretty open.
Then e'en safe."-- ' • •
"It's elf your Malt: aziyhow!" eriert
Sam. "Why -couldn't yen let toe alone
in, the firet place; Whtet's your game
anYlIOW?"
Bela 'Wae silent.
"Ggve me a plain' answer!" be cried.
"What Was your idea in carrying me
off?" Ile' blushed at he geld it, "Oh
head!" he adma helplessly. -.
"I hear those men talk," Bela eititi
sullenly, "Say they gohe kill Yon in
the morniog. I think if I tell you, you
SW' lenge. So 1 tak' you tatay quiet."
It lied not the ring of trate, "Rode
eXelahned SAM,"Why eliould they
want to kill me?"
Having no anQwer ready, she re,-
meined
"You're lying nowt" OW SAM,
"'rho truth is, you were sore bonus°
I Wanit't alter yeti like- the rest, I
know women!"
lids made an angry movement, I
"What's- tee Matter wit' you?" elle
eald defientIY. "You VII* you so big
end eleVer! \Vett you know about me?
If you etop -canting inc all the tam
theybe yoa see Witt 1 ami If you act
good to me 1 good to Yen!"
"Do you expect bit to take off my
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being tied up and carried ot!?" t te
mantled Sam.
She hung her head, "I sorry for
, thee" elle Inuttered, sullenly,
' "Huh. Sorry won't mend ally
-
ting," eaid Sam.
"I want be friends," she murmured,
"If you're ltonest, you'll get the pad-
dles and put inc ashore."
She shook her head, "Not let you
go till you friends wit' me."
"Sam laughed harshl, "That's good!
You'll wait a long time. Hope you've
got grub euough, Friendship! Rubbish!
You let me go and we'll talk."
She stood in sullen silence. Sam
abruptly picked up his blanket and
turned to go.
At hie move a different sound es-
caped ion leer halide went to her
breast. "Sam -please----"
He paused. "What do you want?",
"Sam -4 say I sorry. lsay I fool."
He stood in uncomfortable silence.
"I say I fool," she repeated. "That
not easy to -say," .
Still he had no answer.
"Why you so hard to mer she de-
manded, rebelliously. "Can't you see
in my heart? There is nothing but
good in there for you. I want you be
good to me. I want you come wit' tae
so bad. So I not foulisio"
Her simplicity surprised and sud-
denly softened him. Alone with her,
and in the all -concealing dusk, his
queasy pride was not obliged to take
up arms. In return he was as simple.
and direct as she.
"Oh! I'm sorry, too," he said,,in an
uncertain voice -and regretfully. "If
you're like that -if you're on the
square, Something might have come
of it. But you've spoiled it. You've
put me en my guard against you for-
ever. A man has his pride. A man
has to choose. He can't submit to A
woman. You wouldn't want a tame
man. I'm sorry!"
They stood looking tit each other
with an odd wistfuln,ese.
"Go back to your own fire," Bela
said, in a muffled voice,
CHAPTER XIL
Sam was aivalteneci by the rising
sun. He arose sore in spirit and
unrefreshed. It promised to be a
brilliant day, with a gentle breeze from
the west. Such a wind would blow him
to - the foot of the lake, the nearest
shore, and, observing .% he immediate-
ly started to drag the logs he had col-
lected down to the water's edge, care-
less now if Bela discovered what he
was about. het her try to Stop him if
she dared!
Building a raft promised to be no
easy task. He was without hammer
and nails and he had not been long
enough in the country to learn how it
might be done without, llis only tool
was a pocket knife. .
After several fruitless experiments,
he hit upon the scheme of lashing- the
logs together with withes of willow.
It promised to be an all -day job, and a
clumsy one at the best. Still, if the
wind held fair and light, it might serve.
Raising a mast presented another prob-
lem. He deferred consideration of
that until he got the raft built.
Aftee a while Bela appeared around
the shore, bringing his breakfast. Sam
essayed taking a leaf out of her book
by making believe to be oblivious of
her. She put the plate down and
watched him for a while. Sam, under
her gaze, became horribly conscious of
the crudeness of his handiwork, but
he worked ahead. whistling.
Finally she -said scornfully: "You
can't get to shore on that."
No answeh from Sam. •
."When you sit down, her bend i in
the middle, Water come over Yee.
Raft got be hard lak a floor."
Another silence. ,
"W'en wind blow site all bus' up."
No answer being forthcoming, Bela
shrugged and at down in the sand as.
if 'she meant to spend the morning
there. She 'gazed across the lake. Sam
scowled and fidgeted, Something told
him that when it came to holding one's
tongue, Bela could beat him hollow.
He worked doggedly on, careful never
to look in her directitm.
After a while the astoniehing 41r1
rose and said calmly: "I tak youi to
shore in ray Canoe zloty." •
Sam dropped his willow strips and
stared. F.h?" -
"I say I ready talc you to shore now,'
she repeated. .
"What does this mean?" Sam de,
nuticied.
•
She shrugged slightly. "Ask no I
Question, Come, if you want,"
• "To what shore?" ' he demanded,
suspicieusly; .
"Anywhere. Better go to little river.
I guess. -Wind blow us there to•day,
ttlaybe blow. hard -after,"
: "riehtaed,,
"What .yolr. up to now?" he
inu
. .
She had already:. turned up the beach.
*eie go get ready," she said over bele
shoulder. "Better come (wick.'
She disappeared around the shore,
leaving him much pertubed. in •mind.
In a minute or two Ile stole After to
see if she were indeed getting ready.
It was true, Watching from behind
• the . -willOws, he Saw hee tie a poplar
Pole•in•the bow.of the dugout and stay
et with a retie. .
- "Cpon this rude nutst she bound a
yard, 'from whIch hung one of he
blankets, with a rope tied at each o
the 'IoWer corners. . Afterward she
_stowed her baggage in the boat. She
;Worked' with a determined hwiftnese
'that etiggested neree, particular .urg-
ency.
' • Matte"' Ate steeteelieeklalong the
beach, whereepon Sam teited and,.
hastening ahead ot her, resented operae
edat.lbotc:inipt.::. :bid; iotilatl 1:1.T:tie:I:at: it a 4 :1 t d oh: 11" 31. ° v er
"Now leguess you -"know why we
ehore," she stated,
returned
Sam.
"You got strong eyes, and not site
itoilittgl„?" she asked, scornfully,
i
1 Following the direction of her points
Ing finger across the lake, he made ottt
a black spot on the water, between
them and the head of •the river.
1 "Thoee men comfit' here." elle said.
"1 ani think before Maybe mine 10-
, dee, Yesterday I guess they ride down
the river and get Johnny (lagnon's
, boat,"
: When she pointed it out, the Obicet
wae elear enough. The Mee and fall
of oara wag euggeeted, Sam watched
it doubtfully. Ile Witt ready to WV1-
COMO relief in any tont from his hate-
ful eltuetion, but Was title relief?
"How do you expect to sail to tho
. • . . , ...
river when illeY'rs• valuing from
til'Illwilihtoetilal.rote close." she replied.
eagerly. "Tikeu go round oVer aide of
TbaY neVer catch me wit' nor
sail. Johnny Oagnon's boat got no
811'10 eagerness made bint etulPleiOtle,
What had she up her Sleeve now? he
wondered, 'While he mild ecarcely re-
gard Jack, fehante and Joe in the light
of deliverers,, lile galled pritle forbade
him to put himself in her hands again,
He suddenly made ep hie mind.
"Go allege!" he said, harshly. "Go
anywnere you, like! I stay here!"
Bela changed col
01'0 teed a real ear
fahowed in her eyes, She moved to
f
ward him involuntarily,
"They kill eou if they find you
ht040110,i," seld.
"Not it they don't find you here,
"They kill yob:" she insieted, "Two
days they are after us. All tam talk
together what they pin' de when MO'
Catch tie, and. get more mad. If they
tend rae gone away, they get more triad
again. W'en they catch you, they got
kill you for 'ceuse they say SO Many
Umes. You are ontthI
little island.
Nobody know. Nobeely gee, They are.
• f.e to hill you, You don' go wit' me,
you never leave here."
Sam, knowing the men, could pot
but be Oaken by her words, He paled
a little, but having aunounced his de-
eleion to her, pride would not allow
"Got°on,"ho shalt' "1 eta
telle old walled look came bazit over
Belo's face. elle sat down in the
sand, claspiug her kneels.
"I not
floungo wit'otit you," she au-
ced,
Sam affected to shrug. "Just as
you like, You won't help my clean-
ees any by eteyeng here."
"They kill you, anyhow," she fetid,
In at level voice. "After they kilt you
they get me. They not kill mi."
Sam started and looked at her
aghast. A surprising pain stabbed
him. He remembered the looks of
the men upon Bela' e firs; appearante
In the cabin, Now, after two days'
pursuit they ,would scarcely be men:
humane than then. The thought of
that beautiful creature being deliver-
ed over to them was more than he
could bear.
"Bela -for God's eake-dotet be a
fool!" he faltered.
A subtle smile appeared on her lips.
She was silent.
His pride made another effort. "Aa,
you're only bluffing!" he wild, earsh-
ly. "You can't get me going that
way."
She looked at him with a strange,
fiery intensity, "I not bluffine" she
replied quietly, "1' do wet 1 say. lf
I want say I put my hand in the fire,
I hold it there till it burn oft. 'You
knew that."
In his heart he did know it, how-
ever he might rage at being forced to
do what shemanted him to do,
"I don't care!" he cried. "You
can't lead me by the nose! I'm my
own •master! 11 didn't get you into
this. You'll have to take your chance
as 1 tako mine."
Bela said nothiiig.
Out of sheer bravado Sam set to
work again to bind his logs together.
His hand shook. There was little
likelihood now that he would need a
raft.
The approaching boat had already
covered half the distance to the island,
They Could now make out three fig-
ures in it, one steering, each of the
'other two wielding an oar, Tho lake.
was glorlotis in the strong sunshine.
All the little ripples to the east were
tipped with gold.
Five minutes passed, while obstin-
acy contended silently with bbstinacy.
Bela sat looking at nothing with all
the stoicism of her ancestors; Sam
maintained his futile pretence of bus-
iness, Occaelonally he glanced at
her full of uncertainty and unwilling
reininliOatinii. • Bela never hooked et
At the end of that time the boat was
less than a quarter of a mile Oi',hore.
They saw the steersman point, and tho
two oaremen stop attd look over their
shoulders, rvidently they _tied. die -
covered the two figures on the teeneh,
and ,wondercti at thele supineness.
They came on 'with increeeed energy.
Bela held the best cards.' Saen en -
ally threw down his work with an
oath,
"1 can't- stand It!" he cried, shek-.
ily, "1 don't care Omit myself; tut
I can't see a woman ssorificeelear.en-
if it's :yam' own mullehness! 1 deett
.eare ableut,you, • either -het you're a
woman, • :You needret think sou're
getting the 'best of me. 111 have you
foe thieetbut I can't etend it!"
• Belt eprang up swiftly and reso-
lutely.
!`Comel" slie exclaimed. . e'l donh
'cage -what mak you come, 4 you
come!" .
She pointed to the loueett wee
rQund the shore. "This way," the
Oirected, "I want thew follaw this
way, s 1 sail back ot'er side."
t, As they ran around the beach, o.
faint shout reached them from the
water . As soon as they had It:Isere
out of 'sight of the bolt, Bele, pulled
Sam into the bushes, nad thy iterked
back under .coverto it point whence
they could Watch their yitterd in
compegatiee eafety.
"Maybe they gain' land Ole aide,"
she suggested. "If they land, gun lak
-and-jump in my boat."
Sate never taught of smiling.
Five minutes of breathless etieeense
succeeded , Suppose the men landed,
the beech, what would they do? Hoe
ever, it appeared that they 'ntended
to row around the island and, as they
thought, cut off Bela's eicape by
water. But the watchers could not
he sure of this until the boat was le-
-Most upon them. Finally eels, lock
-
ell at SAM, entiathey dashed together
for the ,eugout,
14:I Wee ready for the start, the boat
leitiOting, bow first, into the lake, in
the excitement. of the lest few minutes
they had forgotten Sam's bituakets. It
was too late to think of them now.
Sara got in first and, obeying Beines
Instructions, braced hie red against
the bettosti of the Mast. She pushed
off Mut paddled like a wild woman
until she could weather the felled wi-
der her equate ail. They sueceeded
In making the point be.fore the row.
boat appeared. from arouhd the Other
side of the Wend. • Finally the white
blanket, with its wide black bars,
'eaught•the Mind and Bela ceased pad -
Mug.
To Sam it scented as if they stopped
Mewing mien the Stilling of that vgt
ereile ann. He looked anxiously over
shoulder. t. She was watchi\iu
ngtealli
r
progress through the water v
eelterlenced eye.
"Never catch nit if the wind hold,"
she Kid, ealinlyn "Johnny Gagnon'
boat vet" heavy boat."
They had a start of Upward of A
quarter of it mile when their perplexed
pursuers, having Almost tompleted it,
circuit of the island, finally eaught
sight of thein sailing blithely dowa the
lake. A great roar of anger cattle
deo% the WWI to them
(TO be eontinnett.)
Wai***14.44..16*
Wit rabbing Up against the world
that sharpens it man's point of via%
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WATERY BUSTERS,
FORMED ERUPTIONS
On Hands, Caused Otsfigimez
onent, Itohing and Burning.)
Cutieura Healed. w
'The trouble which 1 had, affected TAY
hands only. It first came in watery
blisters under the tskin,
and if they were scratched
they broke, catueng a mass
of &ore, eruptions that
Caused disfigurement,
itching, burning end loss
of sleep. The trouble
tested about one year and
after using the Cutlet=
Soap and OlotMent for
about three months I was completely
healed." (Signed) Miss Aileen Sweet,
Main St., Eastman, Que.
Keep your skin clear by daily use of
Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
For Free Sample Each by Mail ad-
dress post -card: "Cuticura, Dept. A,
Boston, D. S. A." Sohl everywhere.
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SANTA CLAUS WRITES.
North Pole, Nov, 1, 1917,
Dear Children: I have received
Many letters from YOU. Already, ;tad
Most of them ask me, rather wiste
tally, whether 1 am timing around
tide year (on account of the war, you
kuote). So I thought I would anawer
e lot of your letters at once by writ -
Ing to the paper in this way,
1 have been very busy for a long
time now, making things for .the sol -
diets aod sailors and sending them
away, across the ocean anit to the
training camps in this ceuntry.
have also been making and sending
things to the little orphan, children in
Belgium. aud France and, all those
other places where the terrible war is
being fouglit.
Not many of theso things have
been toys and such, Most of thenv
have been useful things, to wear, to
eat, or to really lute in other ways.
It is a long tittle since' I made so many
useful things, instead of so many toes,
and 1 can tell you that it was pretty
hard for me to remember how to do
it.
I know it was right for me to do it,
even if it has made me short a tee
things that I usually have for you. I
think -and I hope I am right -that
ya-hteioare glad to have 1110 do it and
that if I had written to ask you about
it you would have told me to go
ad.
So many of the soldiers and sailors
were 'children like yourselves only a
little while ago. Perhaps they don't
look forward to Christmas win/ the
sanre eagerness that you do, but I
like to think that the things I have
made and sent them make them hap-
• pier and more comfortable while they
are nfdiglnitoiwng ifoou
nsust.ver your questions
about coming around this year. Of
couree, you all know what Christmas
day is -that it was Christ's birthday,
and that is why we make it a holiday.
That is one reason why I have always
•
looked
dren's Special day. So; in spite ot the
wr and of all the time I have spent
bring for you with I hope, be more
au upon Clitii•listcmhtticeaos rhieb u nceh.11-
sending Wags to the soldiers and
sailorsoI expect to come around this
year as usual. No, not quite as
can bring y'ou will' bear the marles of
waat I have beep deleg fel. the oth-
ers. I shall not ering-so many toys -
or such expensive ones -but what I do
useful and just as pleasing., Certainly
it will carry Juet as much love and
• "IecidowPthseeseaos-hever,
should forget you
or pass you by entirely because of.
the war work I have been doing and
expect still to do. After an, it your:
day, d.Tmt
e
usual, because I expect the things I
Your Santa Claus.
-iag
Minard's Liniment CyresT,G.a_rget in
Cows. ,
Worth.Remembering.
lealt a, teaspeonfue of ei:tto a
quart of cooked starch wile:prevent
beans sticking to clothes: '
- •
. If you *ill 'soak new elothes pine
in coed water far a half hour 'before
using, they will not split..
When baby falls and gets bruised,
Put butter on immediately and ,it will
tot teen blace tutu blue,
Perspiration staius. may be r•emov
ed' with 'solution of oxalic acid.
Aufenmebile greise, tar, oil and or-
dinary grass spots can be taken out
by soaking with gasoline end then
washing with sti.ap and water in the
usual way, • '
Silk stockinge will wear longer it
rinsed 111 told water before being
worn and every time after they are
worn.
.A. little vinegar added to riming
water will help to keep silk blouaes
white.
Salted water, or water to whieh ter-,
pontine has been added will set pinks
and blue, Colored silk stockings may
be successfully washed by following
the seine rules.
If you eub tt bit of dry soap across
the new apOol of silk, you will not be
bothered by baying the silk mewled
106 quickly whee threaded tato the
Machine,
MAUL III TIM AIL
• 1. :.,. ,
ilkdety 'rho Ooss, With "I'ransi)or-
' te#0.9u 1;1 Aerqlsne.
It is a new idea that the aeroplane
)9 a safe Mena el tonoportotion iii
IfO banda, yet it is au idea that we
must firmly get into the popular mind.
Theaoyperrnagspeeecitr
t ioaenisleavingt hm
stili t roi ghtoeunne
atth
Mut having no emott except the air
itself. Yet at the speed which we ex -
Peet an aeroplane to maintain --seventy
or eighty utiles an hour -there 10 no
meas of transportation that is ao
sate.
The obstructions that cattle) acci-
dente with traios and automobiles do
not exist tor flying craft, A locomo-
tive has to follow it definite. track,
whicit may oause a frig•htful gala/elite.
The aeroplane Isnot eo circumscribed.
Its tracks are etheeeyer it evishes to go.
There are no obetructIon in, the air
-tieletis -we regard. "air pockets" as
such-eno, bridgee to cross, no Moun.
tains to penetrate, no signals to, run
by and uo switches to be misplaeed,
Or compare this new craft with the
rough road of tlae automobile. The
slightest Mlistake or even inattention
on the part of the driver going, say,
forty or fifty miles ao hour, may hurl
the machine over a precipice or over-
turn it on an embankment, But such
a bane on the part of an aviator has
no such deplorable results. There are
no precipicee to fall' from and no ob.-
etruotiona to collide. with.
The aeroplane is even tatter than
some forms of water -travel. The mo-
at orr bieti oaut gooirn ge it.tetn ssiece%le.edr ifsoraty 1111'4101 rees
risky form of tranepertation than an
aeroplane. If ouch a. boat strikes even
a small obstruction, such as a floating
plank, it side is punctured and it sinks
in a few seconds. But there are no
ouch dangers in the ain-O'rville
Wright in Harper's,
RHtUMATISM CURED
In the days of our Where and grant'.
fathers rheumatism was thought to be
the unavoidable penalty of middle life
and old age, Almost every elderly per-
son had rheumetism, as well as many
young people. Medical science did not
understand the trouble -did not know
that it was rooted in the blood, Inwas
thought that rheumatism was the mere
effect of exposure to cold and damp,
and it'was treated with linianeuts and
hot applications, which sometimes gave
temporary relief, but did not cure the
trouble. in those days there were thou-
soads o!. rheumatic .cripplea. Now,
medical science understands that rheu-
matism is a disease of the blood, and
that with good, rich, red blood any
man or woman of any age can defy
rheumatism, es.n be cured by killing
the poison in the blood which causes
it. There are .many elderly people
who have never felt a twinge of rheu-
=time, and many who have con-
quered it by simply keeping their
blood rich elect pure. The blood -mak-
ing, blood' -enriching qualities of Dr.
Pliik Pile, is becomingevere
ye er more widely known, and it is tho
more geueral use of these pills that
has robbed rheumetism of its terrors.
At the feret,sign of, poor blood,. Whigh
Is shown by loss of appetite, palpita-
tions, dull skin and dint eyes, protect
yourself higainst tile' further ra:vages
of disease by taking Dr. ,•Willieens'
Pink Pills. They havecured thou-
andsof people -if you give them it
fair triaethey hail not elisaphoint you.
through 8
You can get these pills rough any
dealer In medicine or by mail at 50
ants it box or sixeboxes for $2:60 from
ne Dr, Williams Medicine Co.; Bt'Oek-
ville, One
NgW^Onj
• .
Quilted ;tapanese VeSts With Satin
. •
'Outside. and Silk In.side,
•
Those-equilty japenese vests which
so many women like to -.slip under
their epees in eoid weather now come
with ....stetin oetsedee and habutait silk
insIde, Some have sieeties and some°
liaveph. •
•
• The shawl-shapel - collar is
particularly .faiittionable. and among
the new tpiec.,ee is one style of .Geor-
gate crep.e in thies.popular shepe. Real
ittee' trimming and a touch of hand
entbreitiery itnakelt Wee lovely.
,
An. extremely. . handsome new fur
coat was of Persian broadtail, with big
collar, and cuffs of thetuow feshionable
skunk.
A great neeny •women• now wear
Woomera in prefeeenee to petticoats -
se sa,y,p one shopkeeper who ought to
know. If •milady prefers tt e. bloomers
she. may have them in crepe be chine
in light 'colors or black satin ef she
wishes, something more. practical.
r
Minerd'a Liniteene Cures golds, Etc.
Metal' Lices.
Many are Freon.
Ana they are in voglier
And hats alike.
Thelee. are dull gold, ilver, bronze;
copper and gun metal effeets, as well
as brighter laces.
Metal soutaehe braiding on the, met-
al net is both new and attractive.
They are all quite lovely in their
gleaming richnese.
,,••••
"Hubby, de you love me?" "Why,
certainly, my dear. Just refer to the
letters e wrote you during, our eourt-
ship days."• --Kansas City Journal.
•
for gowns
•
It is hard to break the
chains df habit. It took
orke man six months to stop .
saying !.4. Gee Whiz."
Perhaps habit has kept you
ordering "the sane tea as before" when you
had intended to buy Red Rose. ..
This will be a reminder. ° So next time you
will order Red Rose.
You will be pleased, we
are sure.
Kept Good by the
Sealed Package
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HAMILTON, ONT.
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Killed Soul
of Germany I
In the oiaeu theye somebody once
asked, "What WWI it profit a man, if
he gain the whole world and lose his
two soul?" and Freesia, in these later
days, has answered- soldier, philoso-
pher and economist alike -that it
would profit immeasurably; teat the
loss of the soul was but it small price
to pay for the winning of the whole
world and the setting up of it state
wItieh, in power, wealth and prestige,
should ,overtop even the Roman Em-
pire itself in the znost august days of
the Caesars.
Just when it was that yrussia
reached the convietion that the soul
was a stumbling block in the way of
material and military suceessoit wotilit
be hard to say. Those of us who have
read the "Confessione of Frederick
the Great" will feel that as early an
the middle of the eighteenth century
the father of modern Prussisdlism had
"lost 'his own soul," having, cast it out
as being antagonistic to the prin-
ciples of the infamous Machiavelli, of
eivighhotzend hpeupwil.as an avowed and de -
Perhaps it will be as well, before
we go any further, to define our
Wine. The soul of which we speak is
the soul as recognized by the great-
est, moral teacher of all time, whom
we have quoted above. And when Ile
asked His question, nineteen hundred
years ago, theworld knew 'perfectly
well what lie meant by the soul; for
the term had conveyed a clear idea to
men's minds from the very dawn ot
civilization. It means the same thing
throughout the civilized world to -day,
except in those portions of it upon
which has fallen the dark eclipse of
so-called Prussian Kultur.
The Prussian, of ceurse, would in-
dignantly deny that he had lost hie
soul. Judging from the Kalserez
boisterous announcement of his co-
partuership witit the Almighty, :13 be-
lieves, doubtless, that in discarding
the soul of 'Christianity he has found
the supereoul of Kultur, the soul of
the superman. Be that as it may, it is
certain that the deceit, dishonor and
trickery which, as our State Depart-
ment has shown, marked everywhere
the course of Prussian diplomacy be-
fore the war, and the murder, rapine,
.pira.cy and unprintable abominations.
which the Prussian army has perpe-
trated during the war, prove that
Prussia, from -Emperor down to en-
lieeed man, has east out of hereelf
that very soul which.. has banded to -
teenier practically all the civilization
of the earth to break down and blot
out, once and for all, a military phi-
losophy which reduced to the lan-
language of everyday ]ire, stands for
mere burglary and brigandage.
, In Material things, at least, the
Prussian is nothing if he is not logi-
cal; and when he set out to conquer
the world by military methodhe de-
termined to apply to the problem the
acid test of material effleleuey. lie
passed in review the ,whole range of
mundane life, all that goes to make
up the. sum total of -human activity.
Everything that would conauce to the
winning of world domination he re-
tained. Everything that would not be
cast out. During this process of selec-
tion he came to consider the soul,
with its attributes of honor, mem',
humanity, fidelity, chivalry, charite
and moral rectitude. And he found
•The publisher of the best Farmer's
paper in the elaritiree Peovinees in
writing•to us staters;
"1 would say that I do not know
of a medicine that has stood the tett
of time like MLNARD'S' LINIMENT.
It hasbeen an unfailing remedy in
our household ever Shin 1 ea* remem-
ber, and has outlived dozens • of
weuld-bo competitors and imitators."
••. H • •. µ
••••••••••••..sommo........
that, to far from contributing to the
h;gilest military success, 'the soul of
Christianity and civilization, with its
obligations to magnanimity, generos-
ity and good faith, svas utterly Meow-
patible with that cold, remorseless,
material and military efficlettee by the
development and exercise of which he
hoped at once to Prussianize and
possess the world.
And so, With deliberation and with
clear eyed knowledge of what he was
doing, he put aelde the soul as likely
to prove not only unserviceable but
utterly destructive both of his unholy
philosophy ahd the barbatic dream
which it cloaked buthlid not entirely
eonceal.
Now in our modern civilization,
when a man deliberately casts out hie
soul, we class that man as it criminal,
It matters not what particular form ot
outlawry be adopts; whether be be-
rme safe cracker, house burglar,
horse thiet or counterfeiter -he is it
criminal by choice and by profession.
Nor does the possession of extraordin-
ary mentality, of rare versatility, of
many accomplishments in the arts and
sciencee, or of the social graces, :terve
to do anything more than make heav-
ier his accountability and increase the
detestation of his crime.
Ily the degree to which ClermanY
has been fruitful In art, seiettee, In-
dustry and social uplift, by so Much
the More was the murder of her OW11
50111 a foul deed, first against herself
and then, as the present frightfel eat-
aatrophe has shown, against all hum -
IAnity,
Therefore, when we read of a Ilern.
storff using the privileges of his high
and honorable offic3 as it channel for
treacherOue intrigue -of a Hollwee;
entlettnellig, without a titernOr of
8$17/$ NV, _11 . 1917
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hire,
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Street north, Hamilton, Ont.
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Please 'Mention This l'aper.
shame, that Prussia had torn tip a
treaty and envaded a small and friend-
ly state because it suited her conveni-
ence to do so -of a Von Klock stand-
ing silent and acqulescelit while his
soldiery fell upou the helpiees peas-
ants with rape ,robbery andeehe torch
-of a Tirpitz bescirchiog the chival-
ric traditions of the sea by the delib-
erate drowning of 'unarmed end un -
offending men, women and .childreo--
of the deliberate viOlatiou of that sac-
red symbol the Red Cross -of a Kaiser
standing -in the midst of his organized
deviltry and calling upon God, to wit,
ness that he ever was, Is now, ani
ever will be, the anoetle of peace an,:
good will -when. we read of such do-
ings, let us cease to cry, "How can
these things be?'! and- remember that
when it nation has Int, lts o*n soul
these are the very thingsetleat
happen.-Seientitic Ameilean.
Minard's Liniment C,ures distemper-.
. THE THINKEReea
Back of the baling hainet41.',
By wide!' the str'el is ‘vrought,
Pack of ttn. wuri.altoVa. entrAor,,
The ste:cer tinr.T4onght,
The Thought that Is ever master
or Ironand alen anti
That. relees-above disaster
And ciushes it under heel.
The drudge maynd.tirtlyer •
-Or Inbor•-•vitIr-itietj, tee et. •
But back ‘r hMi rtands the ThinkV,
Tie elear-ey•:-:(1, wen n•hn knowa;ct;
Fur' hitt, itrelt plow or vablIn
Bach ke and pert an',, mirepi?,
Must au the bra.lna :"r •
'Which gi.fvt!S the work it 4141;I!
Back of thedneterre hummlig.
• •
Back of the pelts that'sing„,..
Back of the liantnter,,, tfrutatnitik.
Back of the cranethat swink, •
There is the eye Iclik•It Scan!, I
Watching' through atro•se urn) strain,
There Is the Mind Whic:11
'Back motile brawn---thtt;Nrahr.
• •..
1.11Klit of the ioailina-;`batter,
Fume of the enginifet ‘thittst,
trength of the sweating:6)11.a,
ursatly In thc•so- trtnt, •••.
But beak of itt, 'u titand thn Rebrortar,
The ThInket• wl.o .1:1vPr, things tlfroursh
Bar ii,„of the., jr,b—tite„, 1,;i•r,arr.0‘, •
Who's niekort1ue:^11tr.ant bunts trui
_
Minaret's Lielmont ,citeteeneeiphinetriae
Colintirii the Sabn,,Rn.
The Weed eit-4 iiila&aThale been
closed to fleeing for many yeara,.-aud
is reeorted to for breeding purpoiee by
re.d salmon escaping the nets ineNesh-
agak bay. The counting of the saltioe
wee firat undertaken in 190e, .atielthae
been continued annually oinee that
ado poseibte e by
throwing a reek atreee the stream And
conWelling hrqugh a
narrow gate, teller& thee-a.re ettetily
vielble to persona immediately tiepee.
Agents of the fielteries bureau lin re-
lays are kept on duty day and'
night
for the -entire period ,of the rue, and
the tally' in kept by an auteneatio
counting deeiee manipulate( by'7hend.
The 'highest taunt for any one .day
hi recent yeareawaa 2.5,554.ea:New Itork
Sun.
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Pro° Features,
Draped-skirte.
Turkish hem.
Belt buckles..
Simplicity of .rut. ,
Combihed materials. "ee
Rieh, rolorful embroideries. .
Straighrand semi -straight !Mese
lien the rounder appreciatee
square deal.
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Don't say„93r4kftist
" Shredded
Wheat".L—far while you :no
doubt mean Shredded
Wheat .you may ot ene
of those mushy porridges
that are a poor substitute
for the crisp, delicious stireds
of baked whole wheat—that
supply all the nutriment for
A half .day's work. Two
Biscuits with milk or cream
make a nourishing meal
at a cost of a few cents.
Made in,
Ada.