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The Exeter Times, 1921-9-15, Page 6BY EUGENE JONES PAWV I. • Old lean z i � z I-' � engineer sneer• of the. 1p, g Limited tor ten years was dead: Who would take his la i> g d, p Ge. According to 'aseniority, -the job belonged to Adler ez yet Adley has never been popular "wit hen dcl,darters, Roundhouse No. st situated t. t a, good •i' lalf zazt„e from tlle`'Savannah aerliinatl station, on, Fs'as the spot.most likely fo i � Y the news to break concerning the per- sonnel of th i m ' G L ntlted's new:crew. to prevent. There was a dull s of' blows on flesh, a muttered' e nation, and Adler crumpled to p floor, Ur •1 u e U111 ' i aislliu %r 'o •wa d 1' gfz r,l Val • death-like—and Frank, whet ea' 1 vv'as terribly trfraid."" Hawthorne wet h!s„liia:;, You --•believe this, dear?" "1 don't know, flow could I know', I've never believed in gliosts -" He drew he to her feet gently. "'Then- you aduise me to pay rio tit-. tention to it?" Her startled. eyes:. :flashed- hilts . the answer he had been praying- for. he finislt- ! FIN, 'rio! If you CO"anytliin i; ahead t ,r of ,thQ.. L stilt d, )?. Even if at's a, shadoFY Please 1+ranlc ` ourt,d for my sake,,, , xcla- "Then Yell do care!".. e ill Big Cvpzess sto hed Frank. "Corner ” . ..lie, shouted,et ou :!" g here ---all of ypu. And for some son theyobeyed. y Hawthorne wits. , last to i s leave. As he slammed oor, er struggled o''his' ,feet. looked about dazedly,: felt his with careful fingers, rs, and sortie ward the entrance of e ro „ h . undho Before he disappeared eare he PP d paused fling back thickly; b "You'll hear from me --you and pet of yours!" Then h gone, e e wassta • •• ng rile' a $ g tie, with a bump on .his forehead �bigasan, eg.. gg Frank n Hawthorne went t 1 hone thoughtfully. h::, p . Passing- through h h t coni on depot b b he caught sight ofaslender blacic black -garbed g figure hurrying 'to meet i. r o him. It was lathleen Fi i s ' of •h F 1 A, daughterthe de- ceased e -ceased en in' e g err.. She e . was.pretty, .but ' onedidn't think d t nl* of that at first; one e tliou�,lll, about the sweetness of her, the simplicity, the utter lack of self-consciousness.: Her. chin and her determination h,ad been in ell from her father`. Her h was dark, her eyes a pansy black; T a hint of slumbering fire,.and. .7_ !south , well; Hawthorne co7iside it Mlle most lovable' kissable mouth in existence. -He took off his s cap. "Isn't this a bad timepoking to be around the depot, Katharine?" His tone suggested solicitude' rather than the ' I'Ie drew heoint: him• firmly «h rt no t �oi 1 t0.�.al, •, g v t ally::' Inng�ez•, 'deare'st you've rab< ,got to admit, 't now— you dp eare!' l:e lvhen they wailer ' of d home the girl' cheeks were, flushed and her eyes were some. Frani! Hawthorne, local engineer, young, steady -eyed, liked by the .flan, stood. near th doer, e.,,. Qi, SlltalclIlg;,l,ild.l)e- side hirer- lounged c.d tl>e oIdeyt fireman the !, en an aft, SwanipDivision. They were talk- ing in -low tt,nes,; glancingnow end then et the bulletin board. "You say y e're going to get it?" grunted the Iatter. "Sures thing tcu know, w Uncle �: . , 1 l. Superintendent had in e up on the' carpet this morning-.--sa.i ' d I d done all. right, and he needed <more express .k ss engineermen. Then he mentioned the Limited, . Of course, it's a mighty y ty b•ig'thing for a kid like me. Everybody thinks ' ` Y z s Adler's first choice; he's be , , been handling a throttle for five years. But. Adler— 1 we 1, you know what the 'chief dispatcher called hire when he ditched that Charleston local last month!" Uncle Bill drew on his pipe thought- fully. His shoulders were bent,` his face se seamed and wrinkled one could hardly fellow the line of his •features. Only his eyes hinted at the mental al and physical;activity which 'twenty years of railroading had failed to tire. And at the moment his eyes were focused. on Hawthorne, "What about theism ghosts in• Big Cypress Swamp?" I+'rank laughed. "Look here, a veteran like you can't get away with that! And you better net try; ' b T 5 , you xe go.in� to fire for nze.,, bl.hat. "Fact. I asked the boss to let you fire 99, and he promised to." If the older elan was overjoyed he didn't show it; he merely nodded with a trace of sullenness. And then a clerk from the office.. pushed through the crowd with a bundle of orders which he proceeded to"fasten.to the smoke-hegrinled bulletin board. Frank f was named as engineer of 'No'. 86, the Limited; Uncle Pill as fireman; there were other changes. Now it so happened that Edward Adler came in at that moment from h his. evening run.'Several of the men were congratulating Hawthorne when Adler strode up to the board. His eyes were a little red from the wind; t and when he turned abruptly toward h the group watching hint, there was • r something in his appearance sugges-h tive of an animal cornered "Where's Hawthorne?"' he growled, f "I want to see him." bright 'with a joy that not r ve ? h the father's 1 et ,cl s leatli could , thet.c,ip�e. (To be concs u ed' d He) head Ever a ` ? T st ed Pekoe, USE, The .iii ,�s _terio • 5. us names :given es iT en t die - Frank o, di. s d to - to ferent grades of tea do not, as is usual - that °ly supposed, refer to different. plants from which they are gathered, but t lit different leaves which idly grow on F as the same plant. A young shoot on a tea -plant has at its tip two ver ' small leaves, Y.' which are naturally t 3 hG juiciest and contain the least amount of fore. Of these: the I called 0 " smaller i s ca. 1 e1 ,fiowe and lY the 'other "orange" Pekoe. If the leaves are s even ..toaster still as in 501110 very expensive -brands the 11a1110 of "broken" 1'elcoe is 'given. Just below this,travelling farther. down the steep come leaves slightly a1 bigger. These are jut plain Pekoe. r Still, �• coarser ar - e the:: Sou h Tc ons lth (b I her _leaves, which are often the heals of red•! `2iousehald" teas Lowest est of all .collie the "Coligon" .leaves, which are, na- tu•ai z ly --not so well advertised since • thei1' z commercial value is small. The tea -plant sends out new shoots four times every year In China only •the first to a eat' u'e. ick PP p ed for the. best beverages, though the custom is not followed in India or' Ceylon To test your tea look at the leaves - after infusion They should be a' cop-. pery tint,' and all of the same color. At the end of the first five' minutes they should not have unrolled them- selves - It is by this "out -turn" test that the professional tea -taster forms his judg- ment, after a sip of the liquid has proved satisfactory. reproof. She laid her hand on his arm. "Frank, can you` take me somewhere where we sha'n't be interrupted?' I've something important to tell you." "When' a man and,.wornan fall` in love—" he grinned. "Who' said anything about falling in love? Frank Hawthorne, you're the most conceited, impertinent—" "You've got to"admit it some day. But meanwhile, if' you can think of anything more impartant, there's a quiet spot yonder in the park." Threading their way through the shrubbery -opposite the station, they ound a bench protected from prying eyes. She motioned him to - sit' beside her, anti her first words left him curt- usly apprehensive: "Father sent you a message befo e died!" Hawthorne moved uneasily; the old; man Fipps had been peculiar during' the last years of his life. Many of he strange" stories told of Big Cypress ad originated with him, and Frank' emembered certain evenings when he ad walked' home with' Fipps ' and rstened to the -older man's' faneies— ancies utterly incomprehensible- to outh and high -spirits and sublime in- difference.. Yet now he was to receive message front the dead! Something his nature hitherto dormant set his erves jumping. - "Believe me, Dad was never out of is mind; you know that, Frank. -I want, you to promise you'll think none e less. of him if you don't' understand f eel it's nonsense," Here' she hesi- ted, her eyes :brilliant with tears. He was a wonderful father; we loved him so dearly! Even if his message is odd, he meant it for the ;best—in your interest. And. it's --it's like a voice from another world! "Yesterday 'morning, the morning he died, he made me sit beside: him on the abed. Physically he was very weak, but he seemed bolstered up by a strength almost superhuman- I'lI try. to repeat Khat he .said, word for word. Ile took nay hand' and whispered: 'Daughter, this is my last sick- ness. Don't ask me how I know;_Peo- ple close to_ the .Borderland do know. And so I shall give you a message for. the man who will' be chosen to drive the Limited.' " 'You have heard, Daughter, of the hadow Ghost... . Don't Iaugh when ay such a thing exists. Back'when he road was young, there was just e fast train between Savannah and e South. 'The engineer, Tim Me- land, handled her for fifteen years. was a friend of mine. He always wed that after has. death his spirit old take care of that train. Later, en pneumonia had taken him off, anded hos job, but I never forgot "Remember," -he had said, y ever` get waved dow-m by a she in Big Cypress, give 'er the , 'cause it'll be Tim's ghost trying save you." ` 1 thanked him and so Fine- Weather, Weather is fine for livin'—and that's what most of us want re As much .• as -we do the shadows of glory that hound and haunt;. Weather is fine for loving, And dreaming and sitting by Hearing the harp of the evening wind, i ' The lark of the morning sky. • Weather is fine for laughin'--and that's- T what •most of -us need To hurry the heal 'of the wounds we er feel when the old, ,sore ,places bleed; a Hawthorne pushed. forward. "Well?" 'he said quietly, although a his jaw was set. Doubtless he sur-, in raised what was coming. The crowd n shouldered closer; the two men faced each `other in front of the bulletin h board, Adler white to the roots of his hair, Hawthorne sinilling a little, but til not provocatively, "You wanted to see me?" he hinted. t "Yes! Who's backing you?" The sneer was obvious, "Just what do eeou mean?" A brakeman laid his hand on- Ad- ler's 'shoulder. "Hold on," he advised kindly. "I know it's tough on you—you're the older .man—but it isn't Frank's fault. Get after the boss,., see your union. president—" "This is my scrap!" snapped the angry engineer. "You butt out! Now, Hawthorne, I repeat, who's backing you at headquarters?" Frank held his temper. "I'm, sorry," he said. "It seems to me T have sort of swiped your job. If you can fix it with the superintendent, you can drive the Limited as far as. I'rn concerned. But such generosity was beyond Ad- ler s understanding; he merely read •in it mockery. "Oh, yes, I can? You know blamed well I can't. You're pretty cocksure you can knife .me in the back and get away with it, aren't` you?" Frank Jost his smile instantly. "Stop!" and the' word had a certain explosive quality, "That's a lie -- everything. you've said. I- didn't ask higher up. If you want facts, the sh superintendent gave it to me because air he felt I was a better man than you. to 1 didn't thinksoat first, hut noir I'm beginning• to. You wouldn't accept my offer in a decent spirit. All right. You can; go to the devil! I drive the 'Limited, and that's flat!" c efore Hawthorne could guard him- self the other struck him fairly be tween the eyes.; He reeled back -blink- ng, caught himself. Then something happened so rapidly nobody had time S Is t Orb th Far He vo wo wh I1 for ;the his words `It job; I haven't any. friends "if you 'tom r1oNiAut lav l.',= No. 37—'21. did you we pre the rev sto fe acr sta Do san the ha offi Dau Mei tirn Hitt the its plac old and tru t out. K later beri thin as i Gasp as -he lay there—so serav e owes his life to wirelese.• eTlie ilVToi the otherboys—he-wasn't.-'the sort. could laugh at. For years `there re strange'stories told of Big Cy - ss, about queer things that walked rails; but I never told my story er until now. 'Do you' remember the night I pped the Limited three hundred et from a tree which had ,fallen oss the tracks? 'Nobody could under- nd how I'd seen that tree in time. you remember when the piling k under the trestle? We didn't hit cave-in, although you couldn't hay spied it a train length away. The ce swore I was a wizard. But, ghter, it wasn't me; it was Tim Farland keeping his,promise. Both es I saw Tim—he waved 'ine.down, ed along a hundred feet ahead of train like a gigantic ghost flapping arms. 'But now a new man will' take my ce, and this warning .is for him. he sees anythring from the cab of 99, tell him to give her the air pray for Tim's soul. `Before God,' I'm telling you the th, •girl, and- -a man about to. shuffle, wouldn't swear to a lie!' " athartne 'choked. That's all Frank. He died 'an hour, 1 don't understand,my remem ng his very words,, hut the whole g stamped itself on my brain just f --es if I were listening to the pet. I think' I shall'' always see his I Start •a, Little Country Theatr;e, i'112re and !amore since l±o 'boys came back,.co"ntr tl y folk'ai•G corriirig to z'sal- iZe that 'if we keep a 1, t,p the•youn„ folks on the farm we must not onlyelimin- ate .it`,1 3 of of th "d !ud x . 1 e vuemust n"" te•- 1 1'' 1 . t i i t i., 0 t#i . � e 1, 11 e t days ''when ,early r.' at,5 to bed'.and. early to, rise and , all play : i � and no work makes lack' a t. a : .r:* • m A 7 • � baT had oTve`'';: r,: e ,» , • p, r,, to ,move,. are long since as d e . ` I? s The• cities with theirs d �i '.ill c e halls -aiid movies ox`= er- ha s tIlP. el .� i COn(:ea'tS� and lecture course, r~ are too cos to reach. ' +. factories and stores after -t a both bo s olid iris Y g. means aft earning a living easily, wit several hours; of'fu Y, n besides. So 1 o • the country is, to hold its young fps• it must hustle up and establish son way of catering b to the pTeasizre-loiin side of normal, healthy boys: and it A' form of enteiitrin,zrient which i ro ' g wtni>• ,., more and.:. more ' o alar i countryl,,. P P P.icesislio-li7etat +- ent tllea�l cals: 'Ill coinnanlities where; the has been worked out thoroughly hl g yth method of organizing ,.has been. to: out'a uestie"'Se nnaire Askin • '� will:join to tell •those • d what they can. best d The volunteers are then , divided 'int scene painters costume makers o actors, according g to individual tale!), To be- successful the -Little County Theatre must be a realey communi affaiy,, .with,. everybody y amd"� Y his � 'wif working. A. one-person show r ow will ii ` wcxle, out ; Of course, a suitable hall must be found; - If you have' a 'consolidated soh nsolidated school with an assembly may be utilized. roam, this In lieu of eithe school or community house which is suitable, a town hall, or unused left over a store, br even a b barn, may: ;be made to do,.T'ith the 'aid- of• an ingen- ious carpenter. . Many, manuals are published which give' directions for building the stage, and on scenery and costumes mak-ing.up, etc. Pageants, int which everyone can take part. are as;much a part of the work as one;act playlets with a half dozen actors,''-. Ontario, with its wealth of historical stories,: all drip`- ping with:dramatic interest, offers un- ' ounded material for pageants.. Start- ing with the coming of the French and following„'with the many thrilling events `of the French and Indian wars, the British conquest, ; coming of the United Empire” Loyalists, the War of. 1812, and pioneer life in Ontario, there s much to .be ;drawn upon for pa- geants witlz.a provincial appeal. Theft nearly every' Locality has its even, par- ticular <history which is replete with oral interest: A pageant• written, di - reacted and acted'by-home, talent, should urnish.enough rnturteinenent to 'keep neighborhood'btisyealniost a season. Tasty Salads. A good little salad which the' house- wife should have at •Iter"-fingerar ends is made' of apples and celery chopped together and "dressed with mayonnaise. This salad can;` he charmingly served in apples. A `word ..about -preparing Your apples: Select, of'course, the prettiest and firtnest,you can ^`find;'peel them` Care - .fully; take out the core, and: scrape' out as much of 'the inside as is pos- sible without allowing your: knife to burst through. - In serving theme place each dapple on a bed of waterdress,•"1'ettuee leaves, grape leaves, nasturtiums, or other 1. dainty green thing.They may be. decorated-, too, with red beets infancy `s shapes. Many ',delicious salads - may s be served' in these pretty -apple: cups. h. A bit of crisp cabbage or lettuce S -makes a good combination with the apples and celery,, and a few chopped. nuts are always ,a; splendid addition. Different combinations of fruits n dressing instead`'`of mayonnaise will be relished by everybody. • To' make. enough dressing to serve salad to six people, pour- one and one-half 'table-' oonfuls of vinegar over one table- spoonful" of granulated ugar; ;flavor with a little lemon and vanilla extract; and just ;before serving 'add. th tablespoonfuls of rich amain,'oitl sweet or sour. Mix the L' In r . g edien pour •oven; the fruit or 'vegetable in tures, and toss lightly until �' ywell- tom- i ..zl{+•}ed.''. n}o tiyheil ve Gtaki, � l`k`S are used they'should b` g d• e, slightly seasoned with 'Salt and e ler l" pI `I o serve sal'ai ` d in 'cucumber ;boa 'snoop out our ciicun'ibrs • Y e after c ting them mint two lengthwise, and them in !boat 'shae, 'Then -refill refill wri your salad 3 om...�tlad mixtture; Take sotne waf -in the -shape " of trian>•les `- ' b and fas th a em •like 'three -corner ' > ed sails uplzg in- the fron' h t of the canoe -shaped c f .cumber, lay a wreath of g•reene ar ks ound on•the plate, Fein rle a very cos fly 'prepared 'dish , the -salad k lad order, there could i d be t'' b ..,]Oth1 ls. daintier and more 'appetizing :ti. 1 • whole tomatoes es served .with mayo i1'tyo liaise. The'tomatoes n are dropped pA i are very v car•' Full e't y stxipiie,d off. A 'each range' fomnt . of ;i e,o t a bed of gree g pour n- s oonfiil o` dp f dressing over i and :ef o chill' before serving re ler is The used 'oar. dealer who 'chowe yoii. how they ren Instead of talletae• about what they u'e nice,. USED AUTOS, 100 actually in Ctc)olr. Percy �'ireakey 40 i YOftiUf ST,, TO 12O'N,To irontionthis neper. the words that trip me till r can see them with my e es shut! Thank IL you,,. Mr. Copeland." She � ,h . � sen;;' -but 14iz-,.. G,opeltnd, da- << :�. tabled' her. •�, + "One zein utG, Mies, Ellis. We cannot afford to let a it 1go ts, g wkto. is determined t o ' � ce: ' _ Melee tie_m deEGots help her: t v'' z o actor ' . 'YGU are � cut Y' what .vs�e•eon- side r to 'be a r. ve o th ; very d tisk.. You will report 'as US ;.," Gr5 P nal :Monday morninb. And then with a blue.envelope Selo e still l�np clasped Gd ti }ltl in her hand, . •lt p tightly and, a dazed. ., but smiling girl found ; U- .. g herself out in ✓ I • An Airless ot 1F't1II, ng Were t �e earthe ' h d prived of its at- mosphere, and existence possible`un:; n- der such conditions;• we should' find in that no ro y' dawn w uid herald It s o the h rising of the - sun iii" Life'l0'1 s c < L ceue�d. east hot water to loosen the ,'� . - skins, h' ,wlc r- or gorgeous,.colors mark its setting in 11, the west The sky would be Y v d dark iJy. t, day as well as, by night. The stars' would shine brightly through ou 1 the entire twenty -font' hones, but we elr'ould see thousands more of e them than are now- visible on en ev the s cleanest, nights. They, would not f twinkle iii the least. Theywould ' w tld bei ren almost L ot i to the very Y edge of the- sun itself,_ but- izu- _ mediately round the sun there would1P be 7 T having gthe g appearance al ce (. epl 1 ot. - 'broad" wings, and red flames would tl 0. o Would -You, Spend Ten Dollars? In rconsideringthe matter of ' horn t. conveniences cot • z tag limon tendency i s to think in. terms of the 'hundreds ;p ty. doliar. s that ere ale necessary in order .buy b the 'furnace, Y nate. ; .a; r, . ; >~ the lighting' plan tile, ' ' t 'c�atel- system or other fairly ex ° .pensive necessities,-Every'farnl hoar is' entitled ° to such node rn convert iences 'but they,come only in time a the purchase money becomes avail able "• Did you evor.stop; to think that fol about ten dollars you can purchase p hose "a any good store some twenty five conveniences that will save you almost as much labor and •trouble a the more expensive improvements? You 'may have to wait for the furnace,; or the' lighting plant or the;water. system but you need' not wait for the little conveniences. Take for example the inexpensive dish drainer. It is estimated that a dish drainer will save at Ieast thirty minutes a day or total for one year of over twenty working. clays of nine hours each. This is only one of- a dozen' or ' more sinip'Ie, inexpensive conveniences 'that will, give the work- er in the home a total pf hours and. hours of leisure. Think:this over and. make a few . pur`chases the next time you go to town. Weather is fine for dancing, And delving with what liee sends To help us along to the smile and song . And the beautiful faith of friends. Weather is fine for fightin'—and that's what most of fis know As over the hills,and hollows strug- gling for joy we go; Weather is fine for singing And swinging and smiling away To the lilt of the looms of twilight, The boom of the mills of day. Building New Plane in - Secret. Much is expected from the tests of Great Britain's new secretly construct- ed heliocopter (vertical lying ma- chine), made at the Royal Aircraft Works at Farnsborough by, a few trusted workers, says a London de.s- Extraordinary precautions are being taken to insure that no spy will gain the slightest inkling of the principles of construction. The place•of the tests andethe time they will occur are kept secret and it is not improbable that the teats may be made at dusk. • Keep Minard's Liniment in the house. NGLJS POI IS FAVORITE DISH IN. PACIFIC ISLES. ��dy yP,ry gR /�.. I. Y41 V to 'r' cess Congress uS Will Find Cosmopolitan Land A and Odd Ctm S, •r,l a: pa�q, Zz i ., tars arriving zrivinm . In H analulu for the b t e first' time to attend. the 1. tYi'ld Press Congress, to be .held' in October c�oboz wi]t :,,,. find it hard to believe • at first flint*'' Mlle y are trodcling United, States teirri- tory, for in `idiomatic lau 'age this. €'ri h , toms, many„foods traditions- , ,vegeta. tion and timate til , 1 s outpost of the '- United States - differs from the main- land as night differs from day. As -bei i'` is its-- .., _„• positron at the cross- • roads' of Attie Pacific" --Honolulu rob -- p ably is. the most ost cosno oli ar - ' p t 1 coni= nlunity under the United States' fla g PIe re are Filipino -s, Japanese; Chinese and. natives of:all other Pacific Ocean 'lend and d island s inprofusion.'• Bearded and turbaned Hindus edits sta. - 11 the nari'ovr streets nia''est}c� re- presentatives - J filly and i e resen - p , tat�T e,5 ;' of .: practically every Yery othe riaceandnatin0 in the to world ar ., r u seen in town Or. along ala n the c g e )tion: 1 Y i well built -and ` n. . z tit litainled automobile boulevar Yis ,that. thread the island of Oahu, si . to of Honolulu. Avenues of .,Royal Palms.` Visiting newspaper nien will walk v through shaded aded 1;t11es of giant royal.. alin 'titres crowned. .with bunches of teen cocoanuts, In •other distrl.c•ts ley, will crudest fallen dates which arpet.the, earth. They ey will eat '`pgi,” o which; is attributed the mighty ath- tic powers 01 Hawaiians "Poi” - Yoi is The Blue Enyelope. Everyone knew. that the blue ere- vefopes were coming. Like hundred*. of other firms, Copeland & had doubled its busine,ss (hiring the war and new Saw it shrinking again to its normal size. That meant that many employees' cbuld 'no longer be kept. The fiein -had. given a Month's notice 'of the corning cut, yet when it came it nevertheless seemed like a -thunder, Eight of the office girls were ells- inissed. Florrie Evans went, of coufse; FlOrrie's attitude_ toward her work had never been serious. She only laughed at her dismiasal and remark- ed that she should not, let it worrY her. Nellie Scott, who also lost her place, turned pale but said nothing: Others of,the dismissed girls sputter- ed angrily. Of them all only Gertrude Ellis walked straight to Mr. Cope - She had to wait half en hOur before he could see hiM. At the end of it he was facing Mr.Copeland across he even managedle smile. "I'm one of the blue envelope girls, , Mr.• Copeland," she' said: "I've come to -ask yen for a little help. I know,. of course that I am' being. dismissed beca,use my work isn't so good as that of the girls who are steYing. Would ,yOu mind telling me where I have failed'? You. see, •I want to get some- thing out of this.'" I may be dismissed sbrnewhere else, but I don't intend that it shall -he for the same thing." " Mr. Copeland's keen eyes looked interested. He turned to his files and took out her rating card. "You understand 'Miss Ellis " he said, "that neither we nor anyone else would consider you a failtire. You do good average works—even abov'e the averagesbut naturally we are keep- ing tha best." "I, Understand. But I mean to be the best myself semeeday and I want to know what I have to cornet:" Mr, Copeland glanced at the card. "You are.alittle slow. Still, speed is not the first requisite. Youi.• chief trouble seems to be your spelling." "I was -afraid so. I'm a wretched speller,: I've worked and worked, at it, but evidently I'll have to work I'll piaster my walls with ay be used for-va,riety, and a cream A woman sat rocking her baby one Saturday at sundown in the stearnship Venetian, homeward banied Ire the BaY of Biscay-, from' Alexandria Far a week past she had nureed her dying child, and there '-was:no, doctor on The grey outline of a man-of-war ape peered in the distapce, and a -wireless .message was sent asking for help. The war vessel flashed back a reply.' The Venetian stopped, the war vessel drew ta within a quarter of a mile, and' in spite of the heavy swell a lifeboat put out to her. Passengers on the Venetian watched their progreas breathlessly as the lit- tle haat swung up and down in the trough. of' the sea. At jength the side of the' Venetian was reached, and the man whose help was so sorely needed mounted' a 'rope ladder prepared for hirn. The baby's lifeawas, saved; Th name of the bab'y was Elizabeth. ,Th name of the warship was, the Queen Man of the Canadian Pacific liner 'Alan, - mouth, was attacked in •mid -ocean with severe internal hemorrhage. He ,mouth carried no surgeon, but her' commander secured wireless Com- munication with. the- Allan liner Hes- toms, cincl received' daily prescriptions an. The fireman was welt on the road to recovery when he reached Mont - The captain of 'a ti-ariep stearner ia the Gulf of Mexico was taken ill with ptomaine poisoning. With death star-, leg him in the face on account of'in- adequate medical aid, he decided to call by -wireless for assastance from a naval'-s,tation many miles away. ed uP the call, and the ship's surgeon made haste to reply with the neces- sary- prescription, ,which was then -filled from the tramp ateamer's medi- eine-chest, and the captain recovered. The mail-pacicet was crossing from l'Ostend to Dover, and one of the pas- - sengers, donniag his „overcoat in half ;a: gale,•put his shoulder -joint out, and 'Was in great pain. A wireless ineasage wee sent from the ve,seel to Ostend and thence to Dover for a sargeon to aneet the ,boat, ancleon arrival at the Admiralty Pier- the. pessenger was promptly attended'tee '" acid their grandeur to the impressive e I scene, t le The Zodiacal light would' appear: as a. broad beam of light in the spring, tip to the left of the place where the; Sun ^p had set.- .It would be possible to study to this remarkable object,: and no doubt a to - solve quickly the 'mystery which v lents+, which resemble the sweet po- to or yam of the mainland. 1-Iaavaii• as eat with their fingera, and ,i -the arieties range from "one finger Poi" "four finger poi," the' variation be. g in the consistency The newe- apse men will End alligator pears, hich are a rare and expensive luxury Lae mainland,, common and coin - naively cheap in Hawaii. • Perhaps the greate-st diffetence be. eea Honolulu and' the mainland is the adoption by•nea,rly all- residents several dozen eative words Which e used in preference to Engliah uivalents., There is, for instance, no . ith it is "'ewe," toward the Ewa antation in the norehei•n portion of lin. South is "waikilti," for the med. beach, "Mauku," toward the -a cetntaerts, is east, and "malcai," to- , rd the sea, is west. A big comet would be seen months before it got to the aue and we should. witness it sweep round the suff with tw incredible speed and dart off into in space again. of Mercury and Venus could have their ar 'movements followed with ease, and ea any other planet there might be be- 110 tween Mercuidy and the sun would ao soon be discovered. • pr Oa s'Egg's Fight With Mogt: A. French naturalist receatly hed the. rare opportunity of observing an intenselyea inter,esting struggle.- ter de eXistence between an ,egg and: a moss de-- /eto -"kamaaina," or Old time rese- nt, ever thinks of sayieg "I are: w), which also means to stop.a. In - ad of saying "Stop tliat," one says ap." A "Keep out" sign is never n in Honolulu: Inste•ad is T.o almost all mainland -Americans word "kanalcah 'designates a .race people, the Hawaiians. .As a matter , factethe word in Hawaiian, means n is a "waking." Names Are S,ignificant., • eyery Hawaiian proper le as a meaning., That of Duke ance swimmer, • as aa example, ns boat. aleakala, the great extinct voldanio er en the island of IVIaui means use of the Sun." Halenaatunau, hty fire pit in -the volcano of a. means "I-Iouse of Everlasting ." All the namee Cf Hawaiian The egg was -that of a ilearel which rhos•s. It Was enclosed by a White Pete The ItOEG on which the tip, of the the ste had been deposited ori a . cushion of "p solv.ed the leathery' shell of the egg: ;el_ When.„ there -was, no longer any re- ma aisterice, the stem of thetmoSs• 'Plant penetrate& the ehell ..and sent ,its branches through,the substance of the P rnass inside the egg with a-membran- ale leut•the egg was equal to the emee- gency. It enveloped the stemapf the dit'.'t egg,•emerging at the opposite. end. . nan Kal ous coating that formed an insulating tube around the intruder. niee. -Then the moss sent out side branch- H' es through the egg, traversing it, but crat tahitsingsiruggle against the llialnige intruding moss, the -lizard, embeyo de- Piro veloped to all appearances normally Prie and finally emerged from its prison un - Garlic Blocks Fla.,rdening of Arteries. Eat plenty of garlic and,youre arter- ies will not harden, according to a re- port just made by three French doe - tors to the Biological Society -at Paris, The garlic treatment can be- taken in two ways. One may eat it, or a steep- ed solution of it may be injected into the veins., The advantage seen in the - latter method ia that the garlic solu- tion is -alcoholic, By steeping garlic' bulbs for three Weeks in four times their weight, of alcohol, a Illterinig liquid is obtained, a,nci by taking thirty deeps of this. daily, according to the report, a rapid softening' o'f the affected arterfas is certain to result. The Test. 'It is, not until we .put them to tlie teet that we can distinguish between our. friends, and our acquaintan sta, priestesses, chiefs and kings ending in "lani" or "kalant" signified that- pers•ons bearing those names Were asscieloted with heaven. A _literal translation of ukulele, musi- cal instrument of wide renown, is the "bouncing flea," as "uku"hmeans flea arid "lele" to jump : Anything that la good is. "ono," but "ona" means ir,toxi- catecl. "Pua" is loWer, hut "plias" is a pig, a distinction which Makes an Hawaiian lover extremely 'careful cnh I-lawatian wards on the mainland, is a greeting,end exPres'sio,ii of farewell -- at the same" time; °leen:instances dic• tating whether it maans "hello" el /' It is", expected that with all' 'these wards. of generel use and many more , which are common the visiting news' paper men will return to thamainland - with , far greater' vocabularies' than were th-eir when they eve,nt, to Houo- lulu, thing shred She keeP net b loud t She and k ShOUld She when have t would sentim to earl The Perfect Wife. d not resemble! , Should be like a town cleCk-- hat all 'the town may heti r should 1)0 like a snail --prudent, cep within her own house,' . She e upon her back. should be like an eello---sa,eak spolcen to. She should not be he last word, Bess to add, ao racelara mark liold enaugh to ;titer such cute as these, l'haa- date liack