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/IOW use it to their u mos
satiation
Melissa's .Account Book.
Meantime Melissa kept a strict eye
on the cooky and dough -int outPut•
She always inade nine dozen cookies
and six dozen clouglinnts. Try lier
best, she could not shorten the cooky
ihn,e less than two hours; the dough-
nuts took an hour and a half. The
cokes had to remain in the hot fat
three minutes and cookies could not
be hurried in the oven without burn-
ing. Reckoning the cost as what she
had to pay for flour and sugar and
flavors, and what she received far
eggs, creani and shortening, plus
le.bor and fuel, she found that cookies
cost nearly nine cents a doze -n less
than doughnuts. Therawas one way
to save money but the time was long-
er. Why not ehorten the time by
dropping the cookies instead of 3:olleng
and cutting them?
And why espend so much time in
baking, anyway, she pondered. The
Tompkins family was noted for its
lavisi1 table, it was a matter of pride
'with them all. But born of her knowl-
edge acquired from studying how to
ifeed Danny, Melissa knew that rich,
leaked foods figured altogether too
largely in their diet. During the war,
'hen food restrictions were on, they
'bad cut out a large part of the pastry
and ate more vegetables and fruit.
This quiet. observant wife and mother
/mew that the simpler diet had
lbrou,e,ht about a decided improvement
to health and temper. But as soon as
irestrictiens were removed, Dan and
his father and mother had insisted On
a return to the good oldnia.ys of pies,
pudding and iced cakes end Melissa
Was forced to give in.
This morning she did a little quiet
thinking. AU great reforms come
hyenot re,fonn the fain-
ly table so slowly that theY'-would
never suspect? She really believid
that what they objected to in. war
times was not so much the idea that
they did not have the baked stuff as
the idea that they could not have it.
t she quietly substituted some easily
ibaaA.e fruit or gelatine desserts for
pies- and puddings, and oecasienally
was too busy to make anything, they
Would not suspect.. her and so -would
tacit oppose.
The dinner hour came all too eluick-
ler but with the help of Mother 'Temp-
s, the meal was ready on the dot.
• Melissa stole an appraising glance at
tPie new mareAe he entered the wash -
ream. Mother Tompkins frankly
stared.
"One et the lean ones, and eh
always hungry," she saiel
andertene to Mel's'.
be said that -
f011e'r-"'
ee
eniesk
eieed go .away from
hungry! There was
_reach Melissa had• fried, down en
eoctober, mashed potatoes, squash,
team, tomato relish, pieided peachee,
, brown bread, white bread, fresh fried
eakes, apple pie, cheese, a three -quart
pitcher a milk and tea.
Cassius, the new man, needed not
Dan's urging to "go to Melissa,
, flmowing the approximate weight of
ach slice of ham, estimated that a
I pound went to fuenish Oassiva
Ole calories, he needed to get through
the afternoon. She watched him,
fascinated, as mounds of potatoes and
squash, five sliceof bread, three
doughnuts and a pint of milk liee0M-
panted the ham before he turned his
attention to pie and cheese.
'Isn't there another piece of pie for
Cass?" asked Dan,
"He never can eat it," Melissa
thought as she brought it in, but Cas-
sius disproved this doubt of his gas-
tronomic ability by not only eating
the pie, but a ,generous slab of cheese,
washing all down with a glass of Milk.
Dan, paksing through the pantry,
spied the fresh cookies. "Hello!" he
crowed; "thought you'd hide 'em on
us, eh?' Help yourself, 0,a,ss! We'll
need a snack this afternoon."
A dozen cookies went out with the
men. Melissa could. hardly wait for
the door to shut on them to get at her
notebook. ,
"How Dan would rave if he knew I
was keeping track of what anyone
ate," she smiled. "But I guess he'll
rave worse when he sees. how much
that man's meal cost him,"
Housekeeping, never dull to Melis-
sa, became an interesting ,game. There
had been a number of things she want-
ed to buy but had given up because
she felt elle could not afford them.
Now, with her neatly -kept account
ibook _showing her endless ways to
save, Tshe saw how she could get not
only the things she had thought of
but many others, Just the saving on
cookies as compared with doughnuts
quickly gave her the price of the
magazine -she wanted to take. And
one crust pie, especially with low-
priced pumpkins as against high-
priced apples, made a great difference.
he sold a bushel qf apples, though
they were short their Usual winter's
supply and brought -a bfakele-feei.xer..
-nt'dhlanne-aaned, too, many ways to
save time. She had never been able to
attend the meethegs of her club more
than. two or three times a year, and
as to -getting an hour a day to rest
or read, she had never seen it. Now
she studied the clock as religiously
as she did her account books. Drop
cookies and hermits replaced rolled
cookies with fig filling. She gave Dan
his favorites just often enough to keep
him d'Oodenatured. Bread -making was
shortened by Triodern methods she had
learned at home economics demonstra-
tions.
dish rit Tompleins' horror,
Much to 'NT`
to tinsea nil, cut-
,
lerity
;Esse,
e„ ,. A aeavit fewer
towels to buy and hem."
"But Laan dry them, I've nothing
-else to-do," Mother Tompkins parrie.d.
"What will the neighbors say?"
"Just think ot all the other things
you can use that time for," answered.
Melissa, overlooking "the neighbors."
"You could get at that Log -Cabin
quilt you've been wanting to piece for
Danny. And there's that new' knitting
pattern you wanted to learn."
"But nobody sews or knit e morn-
ings!" Mother Tompkins died hard.
"That's because they've never had
time,' Melissa explained. "Let' e you
and me, make time --the way men
make nioneyl"
COia4iao..TaFc and lis Uses
Iimong neeful non-
,
adetallic mitierals, WO is probably the
>most adaptable and widel'iyused;
tering Into the flailshhig process o1
pane of the moat Cemmon corninodi-
teat
Talc, sometimes dostnated soap-
Vtone, aebestina ?renah chalk, miner-
sia talicIay and ''verdplite, 1 fouud
(In Cape Breton and In -Verne -se
PteScouu-
1. Nova Scotia; Frontenac, Haat-
' Inge, ,Leede, Lennox and ' Renfrew
taollaties and Kenoia, district it Oa -
feria; teance, Brome and Megantid
eounties in Quebec, and in the Leech
ever 'eection of tae ,Vieteria, mining
&neonof '13r1t1eli. delenabia., To color
tt ranges, trete *late to greyish green,
while to .the tench it hasa soft and
aPaarently greasy Or slaaaery feeling.
lt e, non -Conductor of heat and elec-
;Welty and it ev.elstant to meet Chem'.
cal acetic:in. .
It8 chief usesare aa a filler in the
nutaleinggf book papers and 'as a
(trdzeing for' white cottona, alto in the
Dishing of letiadeay.'bilad cloth, 'Pale
fargelY lista% i.n the itirmataotur4
goods, and toovercome the
-aka between .1tener tubae and the
covers of bicycle and automobile time,
FinelY-powdered 'Matte tale is used in
the makingof enamel and other paints
whilethe 'poorer grades are dusted on
roofing paper and tar felts before poll-
ing, to prevent sticking.: '
In the preparation, of toilet articles,
however, tale he moat generally known,`
being- the base for talcum powdees„
tooth pastes and powderse.Shoe, glover
and other lubricating pevedere, r. and
as a filler or loader for the cheaper
grades of teiliet soap
The coarsefgradee.of talc are used,
for 'eletilic-SWitchboarda, laboratory
table tops, sarettaiw fittinge, stove awl
furnace liminge and acid tanles, as a
dressing for fine leathers and, El),S
'
Tate, owing to ease with .which
it can. be served, is often, used in. the
pecianc,tion of statues, and oritain'enta,
end eau be ta,wirinita elate, foe sailac-
fug, The adaptability of talc Is tone
stoutly finding new. lieet for it, and at
increasing peoduction.lis 'evident. -In
1912 18,642 tont wet reined, of a valet)
of 8116,205. The- greater portion was
expoated t� the 'United States, and
Cuba, hat' a considerable ,portion Was
Marketed in Canada.,
With Den's threat of killing all the
elan:kens. kept .feesh lu mind 1)y his
weokly appearance with ono foe her to
(Trees, Melissa gave a great deal of
thought to the eoet, of eggs. It was
not fair to charge the hone up with
the c'ost of winter feed anti take no
account of what they did le suminex.
'Luckily she had always kept track ef
the eggs sold and the money received,
ad rummaging, among old bills in
Dana desk -she found feed liMs for
three summer menths, These, wieli
her accounts." gave her a pretty- fair
average of atheri's earning power.
(Concladed next week.)
• Glass from Soot.
We haie all heard the story of how
glass was invented—that shipwrecked
sailors built fire on the sands and that
the heat of the fire Melted the sand
and turned it into glass. -
Sad as it is to turn down the legends
of our childheod, this one must go
epithet:he rest. Apart 'from the fact
that Oasis was known to the Egyp-
Cane 5,20.0 years ago, no ordinary fire
could melt sand. _Another objection
is that glass is not made of sand alone
but of a mixture of fiMty sand with
an alkaline earth such as lime.
Few of as realize to wha,t: extent we
depend on glass._ We might pot up -
with talc or Oiled silk for windows,
but just think how Many people would
be reduced to practical blindness
without spectacles! •
Where would science be without the
'micros cope and telescope? Without
glass we &520,uld know nothing about
microbes or the causes of disease.
Botany and natural history could
never have progressed at all.
In old days the seed used for the
best glass was that brought from
Blount Carmer'qto the naouth of the
river Bolus; to -day we get our begt
sand from Epinal,- In Belgium, Paris,
and. Co. Donegal, in Ireland. This is
mixed with sulphate of soda in order
to produce the beat flint glass.
."AR sorts of things are used in the
manufacture of different kinds of
glass., including flue dust,. -which sup -
pike potash and lead in the form of
rednead or lead -rust. For coloring
glass, suck metals as iron, copper,
apkel, manganese, aluminium, cobalt,
and. chronaium are employed.
When Nations Make Gifts.
Belgium recently presented. Britain
with a beautiful statue, which has
been erected on. the Thalnes Ernbag-
ment, in ,gratitude for the hospitality
extended to Belgian refugees.
Just as iadividuals give eack other
prese,nts, so oc,easionally -do nations.
The Lincoln statue which has lately
been erected near Westminster Abbey,
Is the gift of the American nation to
the old Mother Country.
In 'Westminster Abbey itself is a
beautiful window, depicting scenes
from -Bunyans "The Pilgrim's Pro-
.
grew.,' which was a.lso a gift from
America.
ol3efore the war even Germany made
Engmud, a present of a statue. It may
still be se`ent. in' front of Kensington
Palace, in Kensington Gardena, in
which house Queen. Viceeriaawas born.
This statue, of of Oranges7
William. III. of England, was presentee.
to England by the extKaiser.
But undoubtedly the grandest pre-
sent of taia kind which one nation laas
given to another, is the great statue
of Liberty whieh greets every incom-
ing ship to New York. It was given
by France to the United States to com-
memorate the memorable connection
that exists betweenathe ,ereedein of
America and that -of France.
Prodigious Infants.
Long before the war it was boldly
stated that a man was too oldat forty.
But now' it looks likely that soon the
cry will be "too old at fifteen!"
A small boy of eight summers re-
cently tackled twenty or thirty of the
best chess players in the world, set-
ting them all problems they could. not
tackle; another chikl appears on the
scene, who, at the age of seven or
eight, peensa diary, which the greetest
literary lights describe as wonderful;
while we'll soon' have quite a small
library of jiivenile novels.
It was regarded , as a phenomenon
when Chattertan wrote 'immortal
poems at:the age of twelve, when
Mozart composed in his 'fifth year a
concerto so difficult that only the most
practised artistes could play it, when
the infant son of Evelyn, the diarist,
could read Latin and Greek at three
and a half, when Macaulay had written
a poem .as long as- "The- Lady of the
Lake" at eight, and when Millais car-
ried off a gold medal for paintingat
nine! But now it's becoming quite the
usual thing. '
Women!. Use "Diamond
Dyes."
Dye Old Shirts, Dresses, Waists,
'Coats, Stockings, Draperies•;
. Everything.
Bach package of "Diamond Dyes"
.0ontait5 easy aireetions for dyeing
any article of wool silk, cOttolt,
or mixed goods. Beware! Poor dye
streaks, spots, fades, and ruins' ma-
terial by giving It a "deed -look." 13uy
"Diationd 1)yes" only. Druggist has
,
Color Card. •
•
His Apology.
SYli y J in rnie, axe] aim et' the /no (h-
er of a precocious five-year-old son,
"aten't you ashamed, to call auntie,
stupid? .Co to her irt or.ce and tell,
her you are soeryt"
"Attnitie," said the little, fellow,
awfully-serry you are se sttlpid,"
Mloarci's Liniment"Relieves Colds, e o.
get what I Said. Come jast as you
"I am a violielst" Milo began'. That
WaS 1.-S far as he got.
Mr. Bloom- curtly interrupted
"If you want an orchestra job, go
to union headquarters. If you're look-
ing for a stage engagement, there's
nothing doing. We're filled up, abso-
lutely."
That definitely settled the matter,
it seemed; and Mil for the life of
him, could think of nothing further
to any. • His underlip trembling, he
turned to leave. Then his eye fell on
the viola?. He hesitated,,, picked mup
the instrument and examined it criti-
cally. He ieked up the bow and,ex-
ammed tha , too, and then looked
round at Mr. Bloom, who had not once
glanced up from the work on his desk.,
Following another brief hesitation,
Milo adjusted the violin and drew the
bow across its Strings.-
.The alluring music roseand fell en-
rapturingly, new lilting with joy, now
dying away tcn a whisper, and again
pealing fortlts golden felicity. For
tlie first timd dMe ;ric. Bloom really looked
up iomh
"What's your name?" he demanded,
when the melody hacl-aeased.e.,
'Milo Van Wynkoop." •
"Where'dyou learn to play like"
"In my native land, Holland. I play
much better," Milo added, eagerly,
'when I have lily own Stradivarius."
"Un-hunh., How's it happen you're
on your uppers.
Milo 'Shook his head with an apolo-
geticesindle. "I fear I do net compre-
hend." -- -
"You're :busted, broke, down and
out. 'How's that happen to a man who
can play like you? I ineeen," explained
the manager, seeing Milots perplexity,
"you need enoney. Tell me about it."
Light dawned upon the musician.
He gestured to his rags. "You ask to
know why I am so poor?" Then he
gestured again, more eloquently, as
one who would say: "It is a long story
and a pitiful, and most involved. 'I
despair of telling it to you."' How-
ever, lie did tell it, partly in his care-
ful English; partly in his native
tongue, but mostly in a mixture of,
both. He told how he had sought his
fortune in. Canada and found orily pov-
erty; how he had married, a young
woman in Montreal and come with her
to Toronto; how misfortune still pur-
sued him.
The manager listened with -a bored
air. Perhaps he was used to hard -
luck tales. - Presently, with an ill -
concealed yawn, he interrupted the
narrative.'
- "All riglito • that' a enough. What
d'you say to $75 a week. "
Milo was too dazed with delight to
say anything. .
• "That's settled., then," said Manager
13loorn, and reached for a contract
blank.'
Milo recovered Ills faculty of sneech,
"-If I may have just a little in, ad-
araniceaf he faltered. "1 will need sonie
uew clothes, a haircut."
"No, you won't!" broke in Mr.
Bloom, lifting a fat, white hand.
"You'll go on just as you are without
any make-up. Those rags you're
wearing and that shaggy hair are
worth as rnuch as your playing. Get
rid of either and the contract's void.
Picturesque stuff -that's what I want.
I'm gonna 13411 yoti actValentine the
Vagabond Violinist,' and you gotta
look the part as well as Play it. Get
me?"
Milo nodded, dumbly, somewhat be-
Wildered and mach disappointed.
"Now aheut that aclvance,"went.on
Mr. Bloom, inserting a hand in his
trouser's' pocket and -wibhdrawing a
fat bank roll. Here's-etwenty-five
hones. Be .here _at ten to-rnorroW
morning for rehearsal,' and don't for -
Ahout two hours, later Milo Van
Wyfilcaop staggered up tlie rieltety
stairs to the third floor back.. The verb
' '
is employed leteeally, staggered
because he was heavily laden with a
cargo of porterhouse eteak, potatoes,
onions, bread, butter, jana
pickles, other green things, coffee,
cream, sugar, ceal,for the stoe,
coal -
til for the lamp,' and a two -pound bex-
of candg:
'When he reachedhis door, he kicked;
on it right lustily; his hands and arms'
being already fully engaged. The door,
•was opened by his wife, clad in
afull-
len'gth apron, her cheeks flushed ros-
ily, her hands powdered with flouie_in-
dubitable ealdenCe of culinary activi-
ties. As healurehed in and allowed
the major part of has burden to slip
to the , oor, he be anie awoue, in a
detached iway, of an agreeable frage
ranee, n fact, of frying steak and
onions. He a so n.o e ,. an the same
subconscious manner, that, the table
was .laid for dinner, the laraP lit and
the monkey stove glowing with
warmth. . •
But his mind Was' too excited with
joy to let -him really take in. the sur-
prising situation. First of all, he naust
divulge his glad tidings. With -the
wire in one, hand and the candy- in
the other, he embracerhis wife, kiss-
„ing her on both pink cheeks, and told
her all about et. He showed her his
contract and what was left of the
$25; and he untied his parcels and
showed her those; laughing and talk-
ing all in a in eath.
vAN
iAng.RA
ka4
OTHER GOOD
% ,...te, Gettuine 21.11 )Vool Array
.."' ‘-,•••°11e,ribtote, the ones with the
bitteit'niril)e, dON'tOI' time centre, ,, None fte,x_1- 1.- A r.o.,,,,,le Ink-frF, HAS ADV A yt,T•,r4
tittle' without it.' ,fhese an no.t M..,14' ne,ANt,....rzzac,..
:i4latik0111, sarte as sonto are selling for '
ittalty• lilr,...uketth Those were purchased AGE OVER TRA.PPER
from the ,Q0 'ernmont.. Only a few lett, °
Do not miss this opporttmity to ptir..
elta4o at . . $8.75 and $9.50 per pair
la e Imperial ( el a oks ) tants, roads
' '' of I ure English 1V001 Worsted,
Will give in ore warrotit, and outweor,
ttny two nal) 8 of ortlinary pants. 111k1C10.
As the Ove 'star nit th
sire's 32 to 38 , . ... .. $5.95 per pair
1.)Qa. rh. g.;.:.,,,I,.11. . a.It.rr. i.t'e. t.-1.a.l. . . Ali . . ZTA:6)7:o9. Wool 1. r,...".3 ric or
s;11P2.an5iicorl
Pineeciaatitielo„.ejsial.a_tiso,s-p•i--ta.3.- , sa.h.0•13D•s: 1$2.50
'-' g"...a shirts, „ ,, ....a...... $3.50
Sizes 40 to 42 .
neat y A' 1! 6 . 6W00 OP17 °API airti ry
Underwear 1... nuw. weat none to
equal it,t at . , .. . $2.60 a garment
aAnyi'M' two 11)3aClur)Ft t'Sef•P4aO';'17didiPot.t.'11,1vvill•broluoetst ‘svcelatfl'
Riding Breeches Fatigue Breech-
es, to elem.,
.. . • . • • • . • • . ....-....:.....;..... $2.75
perirne7l.... ritish Colum.
bia Fur Farnaer May Have
iniportant Rezults.
Socks Heavy All Wool Army SOclts,
'e0C and 75e per pair
Phillips Soles and Heels
Stout, $1.85 . Leight, $1.00
,Halret'SaCkS -.
Off cer., 6 pockets a. ... . t ...... $2.50
1 pocket ... :ea.... .. ... .. .... , , $1.25
tA.h.e,rin:'..:../..„.G7...eit.vt:s.e:s.Aii:v-a,:.ro.k.liG:11.10:9.1e5s,p,:ela(i:itii:peadi)r,
, .Army m
English Twill Sheets. • °Will
.,. .. .. . $1.25, $1.50 and $1,75 per pair
wear for years. . None others to beat
Sheets ImPcrte
,
d from 'England. fine
1
.-...
'0><90 Inehee; $6.90, per _palr
.. . . ..... 66 x 80 1nche8,'$5.85 per pair
,
Special attention egad. to mail ordere.
AU orders emptied seine day, aq received;
,
Tird success achieved in the, "breed-
ing ot i.OXes has led ROlae fuf
farmers to eXPeritilOilt Witt' 011101' fun '
hearers. The ranaher has a groat ad.
vantage Over the trapper, in that he
can. kill his animals when the furs are
• prima end' thus realize the best prices,
As .the pelts of fisher IriPee been -tell-
ing from $200 'to more then. $300, while
those of marten have often, brought
over $1.00, there is a powerfal financial
inducement to rear thes,e two. related
specie, 'Unfortunately, the majeritY
•.of exPerimenters have found it difia
cult oe impossible to g,et, Giese
• ,
malt' to breed in captivity, a condition -
which has 'been attributed to lack of
exercise,
Mr. G. II, DeLey, Louis -Creel; )3 C
”
has siteceected `in, raising tWO "genera-,
teals of marten on his . lt lain a
pair ot-"wild ma'rtees, he raised a litter'
of 3, two females and one male;
one year. old the yoeng females gave
birth to 2 and 4 resiiectivelyaena all
were raised to maturity. Mr. DeLey.,,a
has supplied the. Commis.sion of Con_'
servation with the following,. account
'
of his'rnethods, which should 'prove in-
teresting to, fur farmers everywhere, -
as well as to all persons interested in
wijeact.pilifoealttion and COnSerVatiOn Of
"-My opinion on the raising of mar-
ten and 'fisher is that they .are tob
much petted and generally too much
confined. These animals require much
larger runs than generally recominend-
ed and, considering tiles actual 'value
of, their fur, it may be possible to al-
low, say, 1/20 acre per animal and
still be proflta.ble to raise. them.
Running -Water and -Shade.
• "The runs should be provided with
obstacles a.nd hiding places in. the
shape of hollow, logs, stone and brush
piles,,,scrubbyor low -growing trees or
bushes oresome. tall weeds. Sweet
clover,- fcia example, may he encour-
_aged to grow inside the 'enclosure.
There should be also running water Or,
a concrete trough about 4 feet in
diame,ter be each pen, this trough to
be provided with inlet and overflow
plies. The enclosure should, be board-
ed eao.se up to about 3 feet to -pre
undue excitement, and netting fura,
up to 6 or 8 feet.
"Outside the enclosure should be •
planted some shade trees -cut back' to
about 8 feet above the ground to in- .
duce the branches to spread out, and
provide a thick shady growth. Alder,
birch, ceder,. spruce and poplar are
very goad for this, purpose.
"The animals should not be made -
too tame and should not be fed three
tineeS a day regularly. Food .should
be provided either. in two,rdeals a day
OT a-full-do:3as ration at once; this will
keep them more active and. on the
, , •
lookout and _consequently keep ,theni
in betterlreeding condition,
"In my opinion no harm will result
in- withholding food for one day and
feeding them double rations the next.
Ili. the "-Orild state, tliee.e -alibi:mit re-
main several clays without food and
then; after successful. hunt, will fill
theniseliee to capacitY. '
awrhoeunndhutnhgerYentehleosannrie-
nsals 'will run andetake any amount of exercise and,
to- auffPlementa' their activiti6i, the
food -should be provided , aliVe in the
'form of • squin-els, woodchueka, chip-
Illinks, sparrows, crows, gophers., etc."
ett is for you, Rowena," he declared ' •REEVE '•
,CO.
happily, and kiseed her a&lin-1 "all is 6_5012e BLOOR ST., W. ." TORONTO.
for you." He gave her the Money and
the ban -bons, and waved to the great
heap of etuffaround him. "You shall
be rich-. You shall have fine clothes
and jewels., everything.." '
But something was wrong, and-
Milo's words were cut short -by be-
wilderment. Rowena was - strangely
anent and would net look at him.
When he lifted her face, he saw that
she was crying. Alarmed, he drew
her into his arm .- s again •
'Why, Rcievena, what hai happened,
my own?" .
She:smiled at ham through her
tears. "You're so good to me, Milo—
too good to me! I don'tocreserve
Be patted .her cheek indulgently.
Perhaps it was the •odor of burning
steak that abruptly reminded him,
made him. cograzant of another matter
which required some explanation.
"Rowena, 'tell me, how, clid you buY
the food?" .
Her consternation ,waa e. "I—
I—you se.e, I—oh! the steak is burn-
ing!"" She slipped from his -arms and
fied to the kitchenette.
Much pe61exedt; thorigh too elated
by has new suecess to pay great heed
to this new trouble,' he removed his
eoggy coat and walked toward the
glowing stove, intending to dry the
garment there. But he was -destined
not to do this to -night.. Midway to -the
stove he stopped dead in his tricks"
and stared, with distended eyes, at
the nail ,en' -which he had hung hie
yiolin, the nail on which he always
hung it. The ni.11' was empty! Slowly
he turned and •looked at the "table,
looked .on the chairs, on the bed and
under it, on the 'bureau and wash-
stand. It was of no use. -His beloved
violin was gone! "
Fine -filet. he turned to Rawena, who
had been covertly watching him from
the akove.with a face denoting sharp
stress of mind.
"Rowena, Where is my Stradivar-
ius?"
She shrank from him and cover.
her face with lier hands.
•
ene"!I--Ic}----,11 I Msoilid° itT'°'u"'4`1 never forgive
• (Concluded in next issue.)
When Power Comes.
. .„
It was in a Christlaa Endeavor meet-
ing- that he made the great discovery.
As is generally known, eacet Eadeav-
ore,r pledges. himself "to take some_
part, aside . front singing, - in -every
Christian Endeavor prayer meeting,
milese hindered by some reason which.
I can conscientiously give .to my Lord
and Master"—a pledge_ that has -been
of incalculable value to, the Christian,
church. He made his discovery th
evening on which' he was to make his
first attempt to fulfil his pledge. a
He was afraid. He was just a boy
fifteen years old,. but he wat .already
deeply conacieus of 'a ca1l, to the
neinistry. 1 -le longed to rise end doe
his part, but he trembled: at the
thought -of it. The Entlea-vorers, with
where he met had a high standard of
attainment; the speeches were
thoughtful, the prayers. lad a fine, de-
votional attubspheret , He did net
think that he could do so well mac the
,
others,
Ho decided that he would try first
-
to take part in prayer. 1 e did not
believe in actually Composing a prayer
beforehand, but he tried carefulla and
. ,
eonseiously to prepare , 1
he was sure that, tae inspiration that
he hoped feu would most .uiely camel
, .
Lo a Mind and heart reada to receive
it
It worried him ,to feel no nervous.
"Sanaa"' he thought, "since I have
prayed for " serength, 1, should have it.
may; yet I feel ,t1t4, weak as water." The
gdpal, mOrneint drew nearer and nearer,
yet he felt no fitter for the Orcl,020; if
anytiting, he grewntnore agitated.
"I am 'not strong eliough for it," lie
said to himself, "end yet T have prayed
for strength le do rey clatyand fulfil
my Plec1.5.C. -Why bas not €tonl MIS' \Per -
ed my arayer7" Then soddenly a
1
thought flashed into his /rand like 'a
ray of light a'nd probe
lem: . "How do -I know, until I try,
that God has not given me strength?
It is not for the --tinee of waiting but -
'air the action that e leave asked his
heap. I Will find. oui,hy trying." '
The great ma,meht had cornea He,
the beginner, was "en hie feet, aad it
-was as if some secret door hi his soul'
had opened, through wiach poured a
-flood of prayer. It was .notea long
prayer; at was simple, perhaps here
and there- it was crude; ' but it had
burning .sincerity that everyone felt,
So it was with this youth, who has
since become al nmst effective minister
of Christ, learned one of the greatest
neas,ons of -life—that God's power 1
cornea when faith is perfected in ac-
tion, "Fallth without a -cries is dead,"
• The Useful Lion:
Accordiag to some of the farmers .
of East Africa, the lion should. be'Pro-
tected ' as a ,11Settril Iiniuflai,' ' no ttV th-
standing the fact that once In a while
he kills a man, .Tlne lion, they mam-
tain, is a great destroyer oS pcoii6u
herbivorous animals, s.tieli Inc zebras
and ,antelopesawhigh are a scourge to
the "
prie dist riot, they say, no less than
346 limaswere killed in one season bY
hunters, and they estimate tleat this
represents the saving of 3,.5,000 to 40,-
000 zebras and antelopes, which would
otherwise heile fallen a prey to the
noes that were destr'oyed. Of course
the henters sa—t ze, ran an ante-
lopes h
also, but this faeta they think,
does not counterbalauce the des tree -
tion of those -anitimils that veduld have
been effectea irythe elate lieneo
."Haven't Got
Opportunity tapped at the door
' With a chancellor a brother within,
He rapped till bbs ling-el:a -were sore,
And muttered, "Come on, let me in,
Here is someteing I know you, can do,
Heee'sea, hill I know you. ean climb."
But the brother inside very quickly
• , replied: -
"Old fellow, I- haven't get time."
Opportunity Wandered along
senach of a man whOrivould rise,
He said to, the indolent throng:
"I-Iere's a chanCe for the fellow who
tries?' _ .
But each of them said with a sinile:
'I wish I could do it', but I'm very
' busy to -day,
Very busy to -day, and Pm sorry to say
That I really haven't got. time," '
At last opportunity came
• To a man who waa burdened with
cares.: '
. .
-.And said: "I new .offer the same
Opportunity that hasbeep, theirs.
Here's a duty that ought to be done, e
It's a clianee- yOu'yeaget time to
-take it." •
Said the man, with a grin, "Come
• along, pass it In!
Pli either fhla time or I'll make it."
Of all the excuses' there are
• liy which'thiS old world is accursed,
Thia "Haven't got time" is by far
• The poorest, 'the feeblest, the worst..
A delusion it Is, ,and -a snare; -
•`If- the habit is yours you should
shake it. "
For if pi -if Want to do what is offered..
to you, .
• -You'llafind time to do it, or make it.
Irish Economy.
,
'Mrs. Malone,' —a:Why, Pat, what
ever, are you doing? ' Why, that's the
third time you've shaved yourself to-
day!" ' •
Pat ----"Don't say a word! A penny
saved is a","speany eaXned; and Ii' S three
to/nes I've shaved Myself to -day,' an'
that's a shilling earned!"
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*Fore
The Dangerous Vine Trellis.
Managing- wives and henpicked hust
ba-ladi are not miconemon in. China, in
spite of the subordinate position that
women ase supposed to occupy in. that
1°111m5unotl'0f 'the. Cililie
i7.A1?slder:?I soneand
b I e•pa'crtapl'tehe
with households Where _the woman if3
master; one popular story, quoted by
a writer in. the Open,. Court, is -as fol-
lows:
A clistrict magistrate was sitting an,
his court, trying cases, When the
chief clerk appeared and took his goat
the magistrate SaW that his face was
full of scratches; so he .aeked
"What have you done to your faae?"
"Yesterday evening,"- rePlied the
man, "I was sitting under my vine
enje '
dn. o en
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