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LI/KINGS uf THE HEART
'The old eOuntry uewspapers daily
carry columas of obituaries of mart
killed at the front. alany of these are
accompanied with versea lamenting
the lose a dear oues, who bate made
the etipreme sacrifice and 1:e in un-
known far eway graves. Theee verses
are the voices of fatlaers, mothere,
daughters, sastere aud brothers, awl
each touches a certaiu chord that seas
the emotions into play. Some are tun
utterably sad, as if the light of the
world had gone out when the loved
one "weut west." A few culled from
the columns of a Scotch newspaper
will give the reader an idea of what
the people at twine are passing'
through:
Somewhere in France he lies at lest.
For King and country he did his best;
With otner comrauee he played his
part,
And dM hie duty with a loyal heart,
We little thought his time so short
When he on furlough came,
When to the front again he went,
Never to .return again..
Ma country's call he answered -
The call was not in vain;
Ou Britain's roll of honor
You will find my dear brother's
name.
The cool, dark shades of evening
Fell down on my loved one's fate;
In the morning he was absc.nt rroni
roll -call,
In, heaven he had found a place.
With courage high he bade goodaiye
To all he held so dear;
No dread allowed in his steadfast eye,
Hie warm heart held no fear.
In these the words are commonplace
and the sentiment more or lees trite.
but the eiote of sorrow is there. in
the following four -line verse a whole
sermon is preached:
Oh, daddy dear, we think of you,
, And Daddy we often call;
But there's nothing left to answer us
But your photo on the wall.
• There aro many counterparts to
this domestic scene thus pictured to
be found in Canada and in Hamilton
as well. The refrain throughout is
that the dear one passed away far
from friends and home:
He did his duty uuoly,
Ana like a leer° fell;
Oh, now we =es our ioved one
Only we at home can tell.
His King and country called him,
So he only took his chance
To show his grit.. He did his bit,
And fell somewhere in France.
One of the beat that God could lend,
A loving grandson and a faithful
friend;
My days are numbered, my friends are
few,
Oh, Albert, laddie, I long for you.
Had we •but got one last, fond lock
into your loving face,
Or had we only got the chalice to
kited, down in that place,
To hold your hand, dear brother, while
your life's blood ebbed away,
Our hearts would not have felt so
much the tears we shed to -day.
Short was thy life, dear brother,
'Tis sweet to breathe thy nanie;
In life I loved you dearly,
In death we do the same.
There are across the *ea two soldiere'
graves,
In lands where1 may never be;
But perhaps some kind and gentle
hand
Will lay a flower, though in far-off
land.
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WHAT WILL RUSSIA DO?
The Allied political and military
loaders now meeting in Paris have a
serious matter on hand in the situatlea
in Russia, to say nothing of Italy.
It is learned -that German officers are
'low Id Petrograd, negotiating with
Lanais ana the other Bolshevik' lead-
ers not only for a separate peace but
with a view to make Russia an ally of
German,y and an active participant in
the war on her side. Were they to
succeed in their efforts it would mean
that a million or so Gorman prisonees
would be liberated to re-enter the
struggle. It would mean alao that
Germany would receive food and other
supplioa from Russia, as well as
active assistance in the war. Bail-
ment& Would be overrun and devastat-
ed and our forces in Mesopotamia and
elsewhere would be endangered.
It may be that the better element
In Russia will refuse to be a party to
such traitorous work and that a coun-
ter-revolution of some kind will devel-
ore prevent Russia committing such
a crime. But the outlet* is not very
bright.
a...W.Va./RPM
Liszt Fooled Them.
Wrapped in his dressing gcwn and
with feet encased in slippers, Franz
Liszt was eitting comfoetably one
evening in hie armchair ready for
work and inviting iespiration, On the
floor aboNe in the apartments of tt
banker a polity musical soiree was in
progress. Polonaises had succeeded
waltzes and nocturnes had followed
polonalses, when suddenly the door cf
the salon opened and Liszt entered
stillAvrapped in his dreassing gown.
The aetoaiehment of the conipany may
be.imagined. With slow steps Liszt
walked toward the Piano, and the
aouag key pounder who Was sitting
at it quickly left bis place. Liszt sat
down at the inetrument, careleoly
wept bis fingers over the keys :is if
to prelude, and then suddenly Pe shut 1
down the eovar and put the hey in
his pocket. And immediately, wctli
the ettne tranquil air with which he
i•ad irel, he went out and re.urried
11 Ws roten, where he Mild work te
Domeetie eourteey is a fine thing,
but It tneket meg,* a Inen tirea in be
tankfintlr Minding Up for his wife.
1
Sam appeared trudging through the persisted Bela. "Not laic us. What
sand, bareheaded, maim, tight -11P- good my waitin if he get sick?"
ped. His eyes likewise were fastened
eagerly on the dead goose. Reach-
ing it, he stirred it with his foot,
Dropping to his knee, he smelled of
It. So far so good, Presently he dis-
covered the cause of its death, a wing
shattered hy a bullet.
Seeing no tracks anywhere near,
he concluded that it had fallen wound-
ed from the sky. Aix ouch it was
treasure- trove. He set to work to
gather bits of driftwood, and started
a fire, His bright eyes and the eel.
erity of his movements testified to
his hunger.
From her hiding place Bela watched
him with avid eyes. No mask on her
face now, The eyes brooded over
him; over the fair hair, the bare
throat, the pale, hard young face
that showed the lassitude following
on violent auger,
Her whole spirit visibly yearned to-
ward him—but she was leaning seif-
control in a hard school, When he
began to pluck the goose she set her
teeth hard and stole silently away UP -
stream.
In the Indian village beside Ilah-
wah-sepi title, crooked, Musq'oosis
was squatting at the door of his tee -
Dee, making a fish net. This was
work his nimble fingers could still
perform better than any in the tribe.
aleanwhile, he smoked and dwelt on
the serene reminscences of a well -
spent life.
While he 'worked and medatatea
nothing in the surrounding scene ea -
Caped the glances of his keen, old
eyes, For some time he had been
aware of a woman's figure hiding be-
hind the willows across the stream,
and he knew it must be Bela, for
there was no canoe on that side, but
he would not give her any sign,
In aluscnoosis, as in all his race,
there was a coy streak. Let the other
person make the first move was his
guiding maxim.
Finally the mournful, idiotic cry of
a loon was raised across the stream.
This was a signal they had used be.
fore. Musq'oosis started with well•
simulated surprise, In case she should
be watching him, and rising, waddled
soberly to his dugout. Nobody in
the village above paid any particular
attention to him. He crossed the
streara-
Bele stepped into the bow of his
boat. .leac• greatang 'vas xchanged.
Each had the air of having parted but
a few minutes before. Bela had
learned Musq'oosis own manner from
him, If he wouldn't ask questions,
neither would she volunteer informa-
tion. Thus the two friends played
the little comedy out.
Sitting at the door of his teepee,
Bela said:. "Let me eat. I have no-
thing since I get up to -day."
He put bread and smoked moose
meat beforeher, and went on knot-
ting his cords with an unconcerned
air.
By and by Bela began to tell her
story with. the sullen, self-conscious
air of a child expecting a scolding.
But as she went on she was carried
away by it, and her voice became
warm and broken with ein at! °Me
Musq'oosis working away, gave no fire. "You travel late."
sign, but the still turn of his head "1 old," observed Musq'oosis cahnly.
altisci'oosis held up both les hands.
"There is not'ing lak a woman!" he
cried. "Go to your moVer, I will
paddle by the lake and give him a
rabbit robe."
Bela's eyes flashed a warm look on
bine She got up without speaking,
and hasteeed away,
About half past nine, while it was
still light, Sam found himself walked
out. He built a fire on the pine nee-
dles above the stony beach and sat
down with his back against a tree.
The goose provided him with another
meal, He was two hours' journey
beyond the mouth of Hah-wah-eepi.
Wading across the bar of that
stream, he had guessed his proximity
to the Indian village as described by
Bela, but his pride would not allow
him to apply there for shelter.
He had no reason to suppose that
Bela had already got home, but he
feared she might arrive before he
could get away, Anyhow, he had
plenty to eat, he told himself; it
would be strange if he couldn't last a
night or two without a covering.
He lay down by his iire, but, tired
as he was, he could get no rest.
Whichever way he lay, a cold chill
from the earth struck to his marrow,
He fell into a wretched, half -waking
condition, tormented by images he
could not control,
When he edged close enough to the
fire to feel its warmth it was only to
be brought leaping to his feet by
spark° burning through his clothes.
He finally gave it up and sat against
the tree, hardening himself like an In-
dian to wait for dawn. His fagged
nerves cried for tobacco, He had lost
his pipe -with his coat.
The lake stretched before him still
and steely in the twilight. To -night
the sun had withdrawn himself mod-
estly and expeditiously, and the clear,
cold face of the sky had an ominous
look. The world was ,terribly empty.
Sam received a new conception of soli-
tude, and a heavy hand of discourage-
ment was laid on his heart.
Suddenly he perceived that he was
not alone. Close under the pine -wall -
ea shore a dugout was swimming to-
ward him with infinite grace and
smoothness. At the first sight his
breath contracted, for it seemed to
have sprung out of nothingnesa—then
his heart joyfully leaped up. At such
a moment anything human was wel-
come. A squat little figure was hud-
dled amidships, swinging a paddle
from side to side with long, stringy
arms.
Sam perceived that the paddler was
the aged hunchback who had once vis-
ited the camp at Nine -Mile Point
across the lake. "Old Man of the
Lake" they had called him. They
had not learned his name.
A certain air of mystery enveloped
him. When he stepped out on the
stones with his long hair, his bent
back, and his dingy blanket capote he
looked like a mediaeval grotesque —
Yet he had a dignity of his own, too.
"How?" he said, extending his hand.
Sam, dreading the inevitable ques-
tions, received him a little nervously.
"Glad to see you. Sit down by the
persuaded her he was not missing
anything.
• When she came to tell how she had
fallen upon Sam while he slept the
old man was betrayed into a sharp
movement.
"What for you do that?" , he de-
Inanded.
Bela came to a pause and hung her
head. Tears dropped on her hands.
"1 don't know," she murmured. "He
look so pretty sleepin' on the sand --
so pretty! Moon shine in hie face. I
am pain in my heart. Don't know
w'at to do, want him so bad. I t'ink
I die if I go 'way wit'out him.
tink—I don' know w'at I t'ink. Want
him, that's all!"
"Tcha! White woman!' said Mus-
q'oosis disgustedly.
During the rest of the tale he mut-
tered and frowned. and wagged his
head impatiently. When she came to
the scene of the hearing in Ge.gnon's
shack he could no longer contain him-
self.
"Fool!" ho cried. "I tell you all
w'at to do. Many times I tell you not
let a man see you want him. But you
go ask hint marry you before all the
people! What you coins to inc for
now,,
Bela hung her head in silence,
"You got white womans sickness!"
cried the old man with quaint scorn.
"Tcha! Love!"
"Well, I am 'mos' white," muttered "I guess it was Bela,' eaid Mus -
Bela suddenly. "Why ,you not tell q'oosis, With kindly guile he added:
me 'bout this sickness? Then 1 look •aa aere xsene?"
out." "You ram eearch me!" muttered
"There is no cure for a fool," Sam,
growled Mueq'oosis. The tobacco was unexpectedly fra-
Bela finally raised her head. grant. "Ah, good!" exclaimed Sam
"1 am cure of nty sickness now," with a glance of surprise.
she said, scowling. "I hate him!" " 'Imperial Mixture,' " Gehl Mus -
"Hate!" said the old man scorn- gloosis complacently, "1 old. Not
fully, "Your face is wet." want mech. So I buy the beat to --
She dashed the tears from her haaao."
cheeks, "When he ran out of John,- They settled down for a good talk
ny Gagnon's," she went on, "I run by the fire. Mueq'oosis continued to
after. I hold on him. He curse me. surprise Sam. On his viola to N'te
He throw me down, Since then Mile Point the old raan had ibeen 'e-
l -late him. I lak make him hart lak ceived with good-natured banter,
me. I want see him hurt bad!" which he returned in kind. Alone with
Tho old man looked incredulous. Sam, he came out in quite a different
Questioning her sharply, he drew out character.
the incident of the dead goose, He Sam made the discovery that a inan
laughea scornfully. may have it dark skin, yet be a phil-
"You hate 'him, but you go put oeo.pher and a gentleman. aluargeoeis
food in his trail." talked of all thine from tobacco to
Dela hung her head. "I hate him!" the difference in. men,
she repeated doggedly, "White man lak beaver, All tam
Musq'oosis filled his pipe, and pita work don' give a damn!" he observed,
red at it meditatively for it while. "Red man laic bear. Him lazy. Fat
"You could get him," lie said, at in summer, Marva In winter. Got no
last. rsenee all,"
.Belo. looked at him with . a new Sam laughed, "You've ,got once."
hope. • he said.
'But you got do Vat I tell won. Musq'oosle ehrugged philosophically.
Crylif wen% get him. Mak' it dry "I not the eame lak oVer men. I got
Thee end let on yeu don't care 'bout crooked back, weak lege I got work
• hire at all. All tam laugh at him. aittin' deavn. So my head in busy."
You Can't do that, 1 guess. Too much He emoked with a reminieeent look,
fo011"• "When I yo'ng 1 feel moch bad for
Bela frowned teesentfully, "I can ettuee I got crooked back. But when
do it," he declared. I ola I think there is good in it. A
"All right said Musq'oosis. "Let etrong man iji lak a moose. 'Witi So
him go now. Iteep away from him big and 6Wift and 'an'eome. All ttun
it while. Let him forget his mad," go boy, got no tam t'Ink wit' his head
I "All Hein" agreed Bela. 'Amide, Se w'en he get old hie con put
"New go fl ee your Meer," entn- him dawn. He in poor then. Mt it
Mended Mustfoosis. "She gickeit for weak Man he got hottin' to do but
look lak eagle at ev'ryt'ing and re
member what he see. So w'en he ie
old he rieh inside. W'en a man get old
bad turn to good. Me, Wen I wail
yoltig I Gore for eauee no woinan wen
me. Now 1 glad I got no old wife
beat it drum wit 'her teama m
ly
teepee."
"Women! You're right there!" eried
Sam, explareively. "They're no geed
They're eavagee! Women ecinfuee and
Wealeele 4 Mane ePOil MIA for A, 'Menai
work, I'm done With them!"
I go when men sleep.'
He made himself comfortable by
.the fire. . To Sam's thankfuln.ess he
did not appear to notice the white
man's impoverished condition, He
had excellent manners.
"Are you going far?" asked Sam.
The old man shruggeta "Jus' UP
-and down," he replied. "I laic look
about,"
He drew out his pipe. To save him-
self Sam could not help glancing en-
viously toward it.
"You got no pipe?" asked the Ind-
ian,
"Lcat it," admitted Sam ruefully.
"I got not'er pipe," said Mutenooeis.
From the "fire -bag" hanging Trent
his waist he produced a red -clay bowl
euch as the natives use, and a bundle
of new reed ateme. He fitted a reed
to the bowl, and passed it to Sam. 4,1
bag of tobacco followed.
"A gift," he etated courteously.
"I say," objected Sam, blushing,
"I haven't anything to give in return."
The old man waved his hand.
"Plaintee tam mak' alusq'oosie a gift
some day," he said.
Sam looked up at the name, "So
you're Musq'oosis?" he asked, hard-
ening a little.
"W'at you knee about me?"
queried the other mildly.
"Oh, nothing!" reterned Saaa
"Somebody told me about you,"
A elOw smile lighted 7,iltotq'eeele'
ugly old. fee% "W'en, a Inn talk lak
that," he remarked, "I t'ink pretty'
Floon SOPas woman pia' get Ulm sure."
"Never!' eried Sam, "Net racer •
"I t'ink eo," peNdeted Mueq'oosie,
"Man say woman bad, all bad, Come
em
it woman ile so tweet, lie eurpriee;
he eay Ma one different from the
ot'ers,"
"Oh, I know how it is With Illeat
fellows!" admitted Sam. "Not wee
me. I've had my lesson,"
"Maybe," agreed Siugel'oeiee, polite-
ly allowing the matter to drop.
By wad by the old man yawned, "1,
t'ink I sleep little lio eald.
"Can I sleep by your fire?"
"Sure!" returned Sam. "Make
yourself at home."
o."
brought his blankettfrom
the eugout. "You gain' (sleep, too?"
he asked,
"In a bit," replied Sam uneaelly,
"Where your blanket?"
"Oh, I lost that, too," confeeseit
Sam, blushing,
"I got a rabbitenkin robe," said Mute
q'oosis.
Returning to his boat, he brought.
Sam one of the soft, light coverings
Peeuliar to the country. The founda.
don was it wide -meshed net of ord,
to which had been tied hundreds of
the fragile, downy pelts. Sam could
stick his finger anywhere through the
interaticee, yet it was warmer than a
a blauket, double lee weight.
"But this is valuable," proteeted
Sam. "1 ean't take it."
"You goin' to the head of the lake,"
eaid ,Musq'oosis. "I want trade it at
French outfit etore. Tak it to Isiah-
woolee, the trader, Say to him Mus-
q'oosis eend it for, trade."
"Aren't you afraid I might steal
it?" -asked S'ani, curiously.
"Steal?" said the old man, sur-
prised. "Nobody eteal here. 'What's
the use.? Everything ie known. If a
man eteal every:body know it. Where
he goin' to go then?"
Sam continued to protest a,gast
using the robe, but Musq'oosis, way -
Ing his objections aside, calmly lay
down in his blanket and closed his
eyes. Sam presently followed auit.
he
Trabbit-skin robe acted like a
charm, A delicioue warmth crept into
his weary bones, and sleep overmas-
tered his aeuses like a delicious per-
fume,
When he awoke the aun was, high
over the lake, aal
nd usq'oosis had
gone. A bag of tobacco was lying in
hie place.
At this era, the "settlement" at the
head of Caribou Lake consisted of the
"French outfit," the "company poet,"
the French aliesion, the Dnglieh Mis-
sion, and the police barracks, which
least housed as many as three trodaers.
you. She Is white, too."
Bela, however, made no Move to
g6. She Was palitetakingly plucking
blade of grees,
"Well, w'at you waitin' for?" de -
Mended MUS(1`00siti,
'Sam Welkin' this way," she said
With an inserutable face, "Got no
blanket. 13e Old to -night, 1 think."
"Wal More foolishness!" he cried.
Let him elvtite a little. Curti hie hot
toad maybe.'
'White man get itlek With told,"
These various eetabliahments werd
strung around the shore of Beaver
Bay for a dastance of several miles.
A few native shacks were attached to'
each. The principal group of build-
ings was comprised in the companY
pcat, which etood on a hill overlooking
the bay, and still wore a military air,
though the palieades had been torn
down these many years. •
The French outfit, the rival con-
cern, was a much humbler affair. It
stood halfway on the ehort stream
which .connects Beaver Bay with the
lake proper, and was the first estab-
lishment reached by the traveler Pecan
outside. It coneisted of two little
houses built of lumber from the mis-
sion sawmill; the first house contain-
ed the etore, the other across the road
was known as the "Kitchen."
Mahooley pointed to them with
Pride as the only houses north of the
landing built of boards, but they had
a sad and awkward look there in the
wilderness. notwithstanding.
Within the store of the French out-
fit, Stiffy, the trader, was audibly to-
ting up his accounte in his little box at
the rear, while Mahooley, his associ-
ate, sat with his chair tipped back and
his heels on the cold Gtove. Their
ProPer na.raes were Henry Stiff and
John Mahool, but as Stiffy and Ma-
hooley they were knovm from aliwasa
Landing to Fort Ochre,
The shelves of the store were sadly
depleted; never was a store open for
busineas with so little in it. A few
canned goods oS ancient vintages and
a bolt or two of colored cotton were
all that could be seen. Nevertheleee,
the French outfit was a factor to be
reckoned with. e.
There was no fur going now, and the
astute Stiffy and Mahooley were con-
tent to let cuetom paaa their door.
Later on they would reach out for it.
Mahooley was bored and querulous.
This was the dullest of dull eeagone,
for the natives were off pitching on
their eummer grounds, and travel
from the outside world had not yet
started.
.Stiffy and Mahooley were a pair or
"good hard guys," but here the re-
semblance ended. Stiffy was dry,
scanty -haired, mercantile; Mahooley
was noiey, red-faced, of a fleshly tem-
perament, and a wag, according to hid
lights.
"I'd give a dollar for a new eews-
paper," growled Mahooley.
"That's you, always grousin' for
nothin' to do!' said his partner. "Why
dont you keep busy like me?"
"Say, if I was like you I'd walk
down to the river here and I'd get in
the scow and I'd rush Oft and when I
got in the middle I'd say, 'Lord, crack
this nut if you can! It's too much for
me!' and I'd step off."
"Ah, shut up! You've made me lose
it whole column!"
"Go to hell!"
Thus they bickered endlessly to pass
the time.
Suddenly the door opened and it
stranger entered, a white man. As a
rule the slightest disturbance of their
routine was heralded in advance by
"moccasin telegraph." and this was
like a bolt frOni the blue. Mahooley's
chair cable to the floor with a thump,
"Well, I'm datnnetl!" he said,
staring.
Stiffy came quickly out of his little
box to see what was up.
"How are yeu?" began the stranger
youth, diffidently.
"Who the hell are you?" asked
Mahooley.
"Sam Gladdieg."
"Is the york boat in? Nobody told
1110."
"No. I walked around tho
Mahooley looked hire over front his
wornout ntoccaeins to his bate head.
"Well, 'aciu didn't bring Mach with
you" Ito obeetved,
gm frceivned to hide hie rising
blushes, He offered the rabbit -skin
robe to creato ct diversion.
"Musq'Ooele sent it, eh?" said Ma-
hooley. "Put it on the cottater."
ttul came beck to the red-faced
"Cali you give ene it job?" he
asked, firmly.
"Hey, Stiffy," gretyled Mahooley.
"Look what's askin' ter it jobs."
Stiffy linighed heartily. Thus he
propitiated his irritable 'Artier. It
didn't cost anything. Sam, blueldelg,
set his jaw and stood it out.
(T6 be otittrined.)
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It's all tight to soak woll ot ths
dead, bat 11.10'1er a tOnibstOne
tion ie a gra ie error.
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"The House of Plenty"
TORONTO
presents to the People of the province of Ontario
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE'S ADVICE TO A YOUNG MAN LEAVING FOR
AMERICA
"Yea soon depart for the Weetern arid 1 for tlic Eastern Hemisphere, A new
career of action is opened before me, and I hope to unite my name with new aed
aree.t events and 'wall, the unrivalled great nee s of the republic; you go to unite
yiourself onee more with a people among where whom I behold at one° the sim-
ple manners of the first age of Horne and the luxury of Lee decline; where
I. see the taste, the sensibility and science of Athens), Witli. her factions), and the
Yaror of Sparta without her discipline.
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langthage: Every man and every nalon is ambitious, and ambition grows
with power, aa the blaze of a vertieal sun In most fierce. Cherish, ,thereflore,
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Paris, and soldiers) are not made like potters). vessels in a initiate; cultivate
union or your empire will be like a coloceue of gold fallen ort the earth, brok-
en in pieces, and the prey et foreign and domestic Saracens. If you are wise
your republic wilt be permanent; and, perhaps, Watthington will be hailed as
the founder of a glorious and happy empire when the name of Bonaparte uhall
bs Obsoured by sueceed1ng revolutions." (Copyrighted).
Our advice to the Canadian people Is to see that our political institutione
are such, that the party in power will provide aufficient men for the neces-
sary relief to our boys at the Front, and that they will aim to keep thLe great
heritage intact, until our Boys come Home again. The Politician and not the
Autcorat guides) the destiniee of our Nation. Ther•efore, it is our duty to see
that the class of men whom we elect ae Politicians, are the class of men who
will hold sacred above all other things their duty to the flower of our ntanhood,
who are now fighting the battles of democracy In the trenches of Flanders,
GEORGE} Proprietors,
E. M. OARROLL
TENERIFFE.
Spanish Possession Has Interest-
ing History.
The most striking feature of Tene-
riffe is, of course, its famous peak, It
Is one of the great landmarks in these
seas, and the traveller who approaches
the island from,Madeira some 300
miles away to the north is not long
out of Funohial before he catches
sight ot the great mountain rising
slowly out of the water. And so it
may continue to rise all day, if the
weather is clear, ever gathering to
Itself more detail, until, as his boat
casts anchor off the mole at Santa
Cruz, the peak towers above him, more
than 12,000 feet. It gives one the im-
pression that all of the island must
be mountain, and the impression is
not far astray, for, with its supports
and spurs, the Pico de Teyde, as the
Spaniards call at, does, indeed, occupy
nearly two-thirds of Teneriffe. Its
summit, on a clear day, is one of the
great vantage grounds of the world.
All the islands of the archipelago
are visible from it, and the horizon is
140 miles away.
The island, of course, belongs to
Spain, and, like most other Spanish
possessions, has a long and Interest-
ing history. The story of Teneriffe
is concerned largely With tales of
high adventure on the higli seas; of
great enterprises, carried out by great
adventurers, and afterwards "regular-
ized" by the intervention of princes.
Thus, although its existence was
known for many centuries before his
timo, the Wand was officially discov-
ered early in the fourteenth century
by Jean de Bethencourt, a Norman,
who gave up his title to the King of
Spain. The Spaniards, however, held
their title loosely, and evidently
thought little of their poimessibn, for
Minard's Liniment Co., Limited.
Gentlemen,—My daughter, 13 years
old, was thrown from a sleigh and
injured her elbow so badly it remain-
ed stiff and very painful for three
years, Four bottles of MINARD'S
LINIMENT completely cured her and
she has not been troubled for two
years. e
Yours truly, .
J. B. LIVESQUE.
St. Joseph, P. 0., 18th Aug., 1900.
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when next Teneriffe came into prom-
inence it Was in the possession of
Henry the Navigator of Portugal, who
made it and the adjoining islands a
kind of base for his explorations in
all directions. In the year 1478, how-
ever, the Spaniards determined to re-
gain their lost possessions, and by the
end of the century they had succeeded
In completely conquering the original
inhabitants, and were masters of the
whole archipelago. They have re-
mained in possession of it ever since,
and, to -day, the islands form one of
the most enlightened provinces of
Spain, This is especially true, per-
haps of Teneriffe, which, only the
other day, registered its views on the
war in no uncertain way, when an
immenee mass meeting at Santa Cruz
passed a resolution sympathizing
with the Allies, and demanding that
Spain should place herself on the side
of the Entente power.
Santa Cruz, indeed, hae had some
notable connection with the world's
wars. It was bombarded by tho Brit-
ish fleet in 1657, on the memorable
oceasion when Admiral Blake attack,
ed the Plate fleet in the harbor of
Santa Cruz, and demolished all the
land defences in his "incredible at-
tack." It was bombarded again by
Nelson in 1797, and, although the town
Is defended by modern forts, the an-
cient batteries still remain. Santa
Cruz is, indeed, in many ways, remin-
iscent of a hundred yeara ago, It has
taken creditable advantage of
"modern improvements," but anyone
who visits Santa Cruz, with its low,
flat -roofed houses and its plastered
red -tiled churches, is surely reminded,
if he has been to Southern California,
of the relics of Spain in that country,
dating as they do from much the
same period. In California, however,
Spain is a thing of the past. The
Spanieh missions epeak of something
that has been l'eft high and eity and
has no longer any vital connection
with the preeent. In Santa Cruz de
Teneriffe, however, Spain is all very
much astir, and very Much a matter
of every day. --Christian Science Mon-
itor.
Painting a Battleship.
One hundred tons of paint, costing
approximately $25,000, represents the
initial color requirements for a new
battleship. The annual upkeep cost
may exceed this sum. since it is the
custom to repaint the different parts
of a modern war vessel every three or
six months. This would indicate an
annual paint protection outlay of
nearly $1,000,000 for the navy, If to
this sum is added the cost of painting
the thousands of lake boats. freight-
ers, river steamers and pleasure craft
some conception may be had of the
importance of marine painting.
Among the most important naval
paints are those which are applied to
protect the submerged parts of the
hulls from corrosion or fouling by
barnacles. The word barnacle is the
popular name for that form of mar-
ine crustacea which consists of a
clam -like body lodged in a shell that
is often formed in a series of rings or
plates. They adhere with great ten-
acity. Without antiefouling plants
the speed of vessels would be greatly'
retarded by the piling up of a thick
incrustation of barnacles and attaeh-
ed sea grass.—Boston Herald.
-.p.
Minard's Liniment for S'ale every-
where. v.?
—
SASH WINDOWS.
Probably a Dutch Invention of the
Seventeenth Century.
The history of sash windows is
somewhat obscure, but the probability
is that they were a Dutch invention
and that they were introduced into
England soon after the revolution of
1688. The derivation of the word
"sash" in this sense is the Dutch
a sluice—old English "sasse"
In Queen Anne's reign they were yet
so comparatively uncommon as to be
mentioned as a special feature of
houses that were advertised as "to
let." In the Tatter, for instance, May
27-30, 1710, there is this advertise-
ment:
'To be let, in Devonshire Square,
near Bishopsgate, it very good Brick
House of 3 Rooms of a Floor, and a
good Hall, with very good light and
dark closets, the whole house being
well wainscotted and sashed with 30
Sash Lights."
Fri= England they passed into
France, where the first to put them
up was Marshal de Lorge, at his new
house at Montmartre, Speaking of
this, Lister, in 1699, writes in his
"Journey to Paris": "We had the
good fol -tone here to find the marshal
himself. He showed ns his great sash
windows, how easily they might be
lifted up and down and stood at any
height, which contrivance, he said, he
had out of England."—London Stand-
ard.
Minard's liniment Relieves Neuralgia
CARE OF YOUR WATCH.
Caution Should Be Expected in
Method and Time of Winding.
Do you know how to care for your
watch properly? Of course you know
that you can't expect it to keep time
or even to run if you drop it 011 a ee-
ment sidewalk or tumble out of a
canoe with your watch in your poc-
ket.
But here are many finer details of
care necessary if you are going to get
the best results from your chronome-
ter, says the Brooklyn Eagle, Uncle
Sam, through his bureau of standards,
has investigated the matter and has
prepared a bulletin of instructions for
the benefit of watch owners. He is-
sues the ordinary Warnings, advising
you never to open the back of the
watch, exposing the movement, un -
lees it is absolutely necessary; not to
let your watch become raagnetized by
proximity to electrical apparatus; to
replace broken Crystals at once, etc.
In regard to the importance of
winding your watch regularly, the bul-
letin says:
"Even the delay of an hour in the
time of winding may cause consider-
able variation in the rate in sonde in-
stances, The winding should not be
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Mar Worth Protecting
A good article is worthy of a good package.
A rich, strong, delicious tea like Red Rose is
worth putting into a seEded package to keep it
fresh and good.
A cheap, common
tea is hardly worth
taking care of.and is
usually sold in bulk.
Red Roe is always
14/51d in the sealed
package, which keeps
it gond.
doiae jerkily, but steadilY, and not UK/
rapidly, and Itseencluelon eheuld be
APProitehed motility to AVOW iniurY
10 the spring or Winding Mechanism.
"It is generally regarded as sligntly
better to wind the wetch In the morn-
ing than at night, as the large varia-
Vona of the balance under the tight
spring will perhaps give more uniforra
restate with. the 11101,01nentii and jar of
the watch during the day than it the
balance wheel were subjected ta the
lesser tension twelve hours after wind-
ing. The differeuce Is, liowever, not ao
important as the regular winding of '
the watch; and it circumstances are
such that one is more apt to forget to
wind it in the morning than, in the
evening, the latter time of winding
should be adopted.
"It one has an opportunity to com-
pare his watch daily at a certain time
With some source of standard time—
as with the time sent out by tele-
graela or by wireless signals tr by reg-
ular coraparleon with some accurate
clock, as one daily passeis a jeweler's
store, for inetance—it would be well
to establish the habit or winding the
watch at that time, as it is better to
have such daily comparisons made at
the time the watch le wound, and
more regular winding will usually
ensue.
"At night, or when the watch is not
In use, it is desirable to leave the
watch in the same position as during
the day, and preferably ha some place
where it will not be subject to any
great temperature change. If it is de-
sirable to leave the watch in it hori-
zontal position during the nialit for
the sake of compensating any coasid-
erable gaining or losing of the watch
In the pendant up position during the
day, the same precaution to avoid
marked temperature changes should
be observed, and the regularity with
which such a change of position is
carried out may be as important as
regularity of winding."
Minard'e_ei aaa.nent Cures Burns, Etc.
Household Hints.
Turpentine will soften hardened
shoe polish.
The perfect preserve closet is cool
and dark.
Cold beefsteak makes a very good
hash on toast.
Pastry that has been standing in
the ice box will be soggy.
Raisins addedr—o the nut salad Val
make it taste better.
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Soiled candles can be cleaned with
a cloth dipped in spirits of wine.
' Bone meal is an excellent fertilizer
for the tops of flower pots,
Baked apples stuffed with raisins
are good. Take out the core and fill
the hole with raisins.
Spinach ehould be cooked so tender
that a fork will not hold it.
Always let the boiled ham cool in
the liquor in which it was boiled.
Cold fried ham minced and creamed
Is very good served on toast.
A coating of pure linseed oil will
lengthen the life of willow furniture.
•
Chopped English walnuts add a
delicious flavor to vanilla ice cream.
--
Never put vegetables to cook in cold
water. They lose their flavor,
The kitchen should be well aired,
No one can do good work in a room
poorly ventilated.—Exchange.
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LET a woman ease your suffering. I want
tyou to write, and let me tell you of
naS, simple method of home treatment,
send you ten days' free trial, post-
paid, and put you in touch with itib
women in Canada who will
gladly tell what my method tip'
has done for them. 4
If you are troubled sense -
with weak, tired tions, blad-
feelings, h ea d.`So% der weakness,
ache, b a C k- constipation, ca -
ache, bear- tarrhal conditions,
lag down pain in the sides, regu..
larly or irregularly,
bloating. sense of falling or
misplacement of internal or -
galls, nervousness, desire to cry.
palpitation, hot flashes, dark. rings
under the eyes, or a loss of interest
in life, write to me to -day. Address:
Mrs. M. Summers, ass 8 Wisher, Oat.
Worth Knowing.'
Tomato catsup, a correspondent
says, must bp eaten hot to get Ito
real flavor." Nobody knows how good
that is who pours it out cold from a
bottle. Heat a small quantity and
serve it in a small syrup pitcher."
When thin tumblers stick together
and there is danger of breaking them,
do not try to pull them apart, but put
item into a pan of warm sude. In
a short time they can be easily sep-
arated.
if housewives eno dislike to find
worms when cutting apples would
first put the fruit in cold water they
would find that the worms would leave
the apples and come to the surface
of the water.
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A teaspoonful of vinegar beaten
into boiled frosting when the flavor-
ing la added will keep it from being
brittle and breaking when cut, and
It will be as moist in a week as the
day it was made. Also, a teaspoon-
ful of vinegar added to each pint of
home-made syrup will prevent it from
candying after it stands.
Minard's Liniment Cures Dandruff:
SCOURING SOAPS.
Some Handy Reapes for the
Housewife.
A good scouring soap can be made
at home at practically no east at all,
while it will be found far superior to
many of the scouring soave sold in the
stores.
Save all the ends of soap loft in
kitchen, laundry and bathroom until
it fair quantity Is accumulated. Melt
these in hot water to the consistency
of a soft jelly and then add an equal
quantity of fine, clean sand or pow-
dered pumice stone. Pour off into any-
thing eonvenieht to harden, This soap
niey be used for the 'usual household
etouring, but should not be applied to
cattle becausa it may serateh or other-
wise destroy it. This dots not apply to
painted ' Boom. It is excellent for
kitchen tables and floor, where spots
of grealte are apt Z..ti fall,
Bite Of soap melted into a jelly and
Milted with fuller% earth makes it
Wald scouring soap for removing althea
front light cohered garMetati and Car-
pet".
ISSUE NO. 51, 1917
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SITUATIONS VACANT*
vou CAN MAKE ;26 TO ;76
weekly, writing show cards at
home. Easily learned by oar sita014
method. No cauvaseing or soliciting.
We sell your work, Write or partien-
lare.
AMERICAN SHOW CARO SCH001-•
801 Vonge Street, Toronto.
HELP WANTED.
WANTED PROBATIONErta TO
Irfor 'fgftPYw'"w"
feseitai.lg.ine.en4
WANTED—LOOM FIXER ON CROMP..
ten and Knowles Looms, 'Weaving
heavy blanketand cloths. For fUll
Particulars. apply The SlingebY Manw"
facturing Co., Ltd., Brantford, ()Atari°.
WANTTi.
ED—SLASPIER TNDER VOA
" SaJo-Lowell Cylinder Slasher, Grey
land White wraps for union Blankets.
For particulars, apply to Slingsby Mfg.,
Co„ Ltd., 13rantford, Ont.
MONEY ORDERS.
DOMINION DXPBESS
cheques are accepted by Field Cash.
lers and Paymasters In France for their
tub face value. There is no better way
to send money to the boys in the trench.
es,
MISCELLANEOUS.
p RAW PUBS WANTED—ALSO BEEF
hide, tallow, wool, sheepskins, horse
hides, calfskins; reference, the Bank of
Montreal; I have bought furs since 1892;
ships me yours. Henry O'Brien, opposite
Third Street, Clollingwood, Ont.
FARMS FOR SALE.
nflACRES—PARTS OF LOTS 26 AND
-Luu26, in third concession, township
of Haldimand, County of Northumber.
land, 21,1/ miles from Grafton, 9 miles
from Cobourg; large brick house, 10
rooms; large barns and poultry houses;
20 acres in apples, 10 el cherries; two
wells and cistern; also running water
In pasture; rural mall delivery 8,nd tele.
Phone; price $7,600; immediate possession;
owner overseas. Douglas Penton,
King street east, Toronto.
A T A SACRIFICE -4,000 ACRES LUM-
r1 ber, ties and ranch; 3,000 acres lulu,
bre and fruit lands; in Buckley and
Lakelse Valleys. Address, Box 789, Prince
Rupert, 13. C.
gm ACRES 0,600—TWELVE MILES
4-Pci from London on a gravel road; two
storey- brick house; bank barn; half tt
mile to school; two miles to station;
great bargain. 15 acres of wheat looking
well. Choice warm sand loam, T. A.
Faulds, 39 Victor Street, London, Ont.
r ARM FOR SALE—WATERLOO
4 county; four miles west of Galt; 168
acres excellent wheat land; two-storey
frame house; good bank barn. Georg*
I'. Moore, Galt, Ontario, Executor of 3.
D. Moore Estate.
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POULTRY WANTED.
A A. POULTRY WANTED or ALL
ri kincas. We pay highest prig*.
Write for complete price list. Waller's,
699 Spnclitut Ave., Toronto.
117E HAVE THE BEST MARKET IN
Western Ontario for good live or
dressed poultry. We supply crates 8.nt1
remit promptly. Get our prices before
selling. C. A. Mann & Co., London,
Ont,
BUSINESS CHANCES.
'1 'CST TWELVE SALES EARN VA
J premium and $36 in cash. ()poor-
tunity ta mato several hundred dollars
monthly. Write quick for detalle.
ter Phonograph Co., Foster, ()tie. , .
FOR SALE.
B LACKS:arra SHOP FOR SALE OP
1-/ rent, Apply, to C. O. Putman gt
Aims, R. R. No, 1, Ont.
Any odd piece of soap—even a small
quantity—would make a cake that
svculd come in very handy. Cleansers
are usually needed in a hurry and it
is very nice to have them on hand.
For removing stains from dark cols
ors, soap bark is excellent. Five cents',
worth put into it vessel containing one
quart of cold water and ssa over the
fire to simmer for a couple ofaleieers
or longer will make a strong solution.
When cold, bottle for use, and when
required sponge first with the soap
bark liquid, rinsing off with clear
warm water.
Soft soap is easily made at home
and any scraps of kitchen fat or drip.
pines can be used in the malting. An .
authority on soap making gives this
simple recipe: Take one pound of fat
to one gallon of water and three-
quarters of a pound of potash, Put the
fat in a Yew' and add the potash, dis-
solved in a little boiling Water. Add
the rest of the water boiling hot, one
quart at a time every 24 hours, stir-
ring vigorously with a stick. Tho soap
will be ripe for use in about 10 days.
It should be of the cOnslatency of
jelly.
There is a process of soft soap -mak.
ing by boiling, but I am assured the
method described is just as good,
while the trouble is lessened.
.Little bits of fat can be preserved
until a sufficient quantity for soap -
making is obtained by trying them out
'and steaming through a coarse cloth.
When ready to use the entire fat can
be purified by putting into vessel con-
taining a cupful of water and a tea-
spoonful of salt. Boil for a few min-
utes and pour out into a large bowl
or any convenient vessel.
The fat will rise to the top in a
thick cake, which is easily removed.
The particles found on the bottem
should be scraped off with it knife,
leaving the cake perfectly clean.
Hard soap can be bought so cheaply
nowadays that there is practically no
economy in making them at home,
since the materials must be bought.
When something that would other'
wise be thrown away can be utilized,
and if the result will justify the time
passed, then this is true economy.
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The ) Real "War
Bread" must contain the
entire wheat grain—not the
white flour center but
every particle of gluten and
mineral salts—also the outer
bran coat that is so useful in
keeping the bowels healthy
and active. Shredded
Wheat Biscuit is the real
"war bread" because it is
100 per centwhole wheat
prepared in a digestible. form.
Contains no yeast, baking
powder, seasoning, or chemi-
cals of any kindrood con-
servation begins with Shred.
ded Wheat niscuit for break-
fast and ends with Shredded
Wheat Ilisenit for Psuppers
Delicious with slieedbananas,
betties, or other rtuitt.
Made in Canada. •