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MAPTER L—(Oont'd.)
The IslorlerOle Milton Waring'e
very pesitieri as a cabinet minister in
the government , of the day alsveYs
had seemed to carry ite own ereden-
dale. As a youth Phil had thrilled
with pride on occasions of peblic de-
monstration in his uncle's honor and
;here had been times of speech -making
when the Honorable Milton's eloquence
had swayed his audience to Unres-
trained applause. To the unsophisti-
cated eyes of youth a shiny silk hat,
a long-tailed froth coat, a gold -headed
cane, a diamond ring and a prominent
place upen the platform bad been indi-
cative of the top rungs of Fame and
Success and Honor among men. The
goings and comings of Society's run together in wideningpools of Pub -I strained his eyes to catch a glimpse or
votaries, the bright lights of the big tic opinion till the' mysterious forces' his mysterious companion, forgetting
Waring residence in Rosedale, the
which slowly arouse the "Great Come for the moment that even had it been
and bands and public pro -
mon Peeple" had broken loose sud- broad daylight the fog would have
orchestras
concealed her.
He tried to deeide what was the
beet thing 4o do. What sort of a
gamethis was is that he had stumbled
upon? What was this woman doing
over at the Island at 2.30 a.m. in wea-
ther like this? Who was she? Why
was she spying upon Stinson's little
party, if that was what she had been
up to'? It was a situation with which
any young man of zest and imagine
-
tion might find interest in dallying.
How should he :begin?
"Pass me a paddle, Joe. It's all
right to talk now." She gave a little
laugh of satisfaction and he noted
that her voice was contralto and well
modulated. "This has been the best
night's work yet. Did you think I was
never coming?"
Kendrick cleared his throat.
"'Excuse me, madam, but there ap-
pears to be some mistake." He could
hear her startled gasp. "It is evident
that you have got into the wrong
canoe in the dark. I am neither Joseph
nor any of his brethren; so heniust be
waiting for you still. Do you want
me to turn back?"
"Wh-why, who are you?" she re-
peated more evenly.
"The owner of this canoe which you
have commandeered so successfully. that
it
pardon me for pointing out at
it is your lead, madam. I would be
glad to -have you begin by telling me
who was. in that launch? Why all the
rn
exciteeaat? Where do you want to
go now?"
"You are inquisitive enough to be
a detective. Are you?"
"In that case would I need to ask
where we were going?" countered
Kendrick. "I believe you said this had
been the best haul yet. Whose house
was it this time?"
She remained silent. When she spoke
again Kendrick fancied a nervous note
in her voice.
(To be continued.)
"The Ghost Walks."
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tion: "Shut up, you fellows! No names,
"Grand Rally" with its- crop of cheer- please." After .that—silencee eXcept
strained throats was a thing of the for the slow chug of the engine and
Ipati. His' ability as a stainesspeeker , the .purl of water, direinshing. They
0 11 a 1.11$ hail-fellow-well-enet-and-how's I were gone.
-the-baby way of mixing with the A breath of evident relief came
crowd had popularized him to the from, the unknown passenger in the
bamboozlement of his admirers, Sol canoe,
that in election forecasts his seat in "Pretty close, that," she whispered..
the Legislature always had headed the, "I guess we can go now, but it would
list at party headquarters, while in be better not to talk till we get out
the. opposition camp it had been chalk- on the bay."
ed up as "election conceded," Without a word Kendrick shoved off
13 -et as is the law of it, there cometh with his paddle and turned the nose
a day when the evil a man doeth find- of the canoe foe the Yacht Club chan-
eilt him out. Whispers had stolen' nel. The launch had gone straight
abroad in the land and the rumors had down the main canal to the ferry pier
drawn men together in scatteredl before heading out into the'ba'y and
groups. Rivulets of resentment had; all eornul of it presently was lost. He
cessions and cheering and liege and
bunting --these things had contributed
to the awe wit's, whirls Phil had re-
garded the Honorable Milton Waring
in the days of laoyhead impressions.
The mere fact that his uncle received
denly in oue of those periodic reform
waves which sweep everything before
them. And into the arena with shining
sword drawn had stepped a brilliant
lawyer named Waring to pick up the
galege of battle a,gainst Rives and his
the acclamations of the people and corrupt associates, with Rives himself
held high public office by their gift as his individual opponent.
had' seemed to invest the Honorable The fight in Rives constituency had
Milton with all the attributes of an gone to bitter lengths. The govern-
hem:gable gentleman of distinction, ment forces had poured money into
the campaign and under the practiced
Such early Impressions are tenacious hand of Harrington Rives the "Ma -
of place. Yet with maturer years had chine" had gone to indiscreet lengthe
come certain doubts that thrust their
to defeat Waring. Bribery and cor-
shadows across moments of serious ruption, which for a long time had
thought. Phil Kendrick had begun to characterized the administration's
think for himself and his study of
political organization. had become
political 'history had awakened him to more open and Rives' opponent quiet -
the knowledge that there was a very ly had gathered the irrefutable evi-
"practical" side to politics as they dence which ended in the arrest of
existed throughout the country just Rives and several of his henchmen on
then—that successful politicians too the eve of the election. The exposure
often were men who regarded the
had been so complete and far-reach-
ing—actual misappropriation of pub-
lic funds in Rives ease—that the re-
form forces had made• a clean sweep
amid .great public rejoicing.
It would require a short memory in-
deed to forget all this, thought Ken -
whole things as a game wherein the
end justified the means, the end being
to carry elections. Was his uncle of
this ilk? It had been hinted. There
were those who said that the Honor-
able Milten Waring knew much about
assembling political machinery around drick. Remembrance ef the Rives
election time and oiling at for a smooth case, which he had taken the trouble
run. And such rumors aroused once to look up in the old newspaper
thoughts which Phil had been very files, never failed to re-establish his
loath to entertain, faith in his uncle and it was with' a
After all, though, did he really know sweep of irritation now that he dug
his uncle? Between them there had in his paddle—and veered sharply to
never been any veryclose bond of the left as the rustle of reeds against
sympathy—such, for instance, as 'Is° the canoe warned him that he was
ways had existed between Phil ami his close inshore somewhere. Mechanically
aunt. His uncle's share in the grow- be tried to peer through the dark.
ingelad's up -bringing had been of the This ought to be the sandbar -to the
superficial sort—a pat on the backe. left of the Island Park ferry landing
a "run along now, my boy ; I'm busy. if he had not gonereckon
-
Always out of his recko-
Always it had been Aunt Dolly. to ing. He waited for the fog -horn that
whom he had taken his childish alfh presently bellowed loudly off to the
culti.es for sympathetic adjustment. It left. If this were the sandbar he
had been that way from the first when would have to skirt it east to the cut
the sudden loss of both father and that ran in beside the Yacht Club.
mother had thrown him upon Aunt A moment's paddling convinced him
Dolly's care. His own mother could that he had guessed correctly. Some -
net have meant more to him and Kens thing scraped alongside—a yacht,
drick's smile was very gentle as he moored in the channel. He turned to
thought of his eunt. First and last, the right and presently was gratified
her happiness-- to find himself in quieter water. A
Ah, .but was she happy? That was moment later he was safely within the
the question._ She eretended to be, of inner channel that followed the park
i
course; but how much of t was mere embankment and led east past private
boat houses.
From the canal short streets here
cut south across the island to the lake
front, where nanny fine residences of
the wealthy faced' open water. The
steady rhythm of ..the waves against
the breakwater reached -him in sharp
contrast to the brooding stillness of
the channel water.
Kendrick was almost home now.
The, Waring'boathouse wes within a
stonesthrow. He edged the canoe for-
ward gently, close to the bank, feeling
his way toward the familiar landing.
And there was not one thing to
prepare him for what imediately fol-
lowed. A voice which seemed to be
almost at his elbow spoke to him out
of the darkness in low hurried tones
—a woman's voice! At the same time
he felt the bow of the e.anoe pulled in
pretence? Beneath her males Phil
had sensed of late a vague unrest,
disappointment --he hardly knew what
to call it, so illusive it was. She had
laughed at him fondly and called him
"a foolish boy" when he had ventured
to ask her if anything was wrong.
After that she had been careful that
he did not surprise. any look upon her
, face but one of cheerfulness.
The possibility that in some way his
uncle was the source of that subtle
change in, Aunt Dolly had «disturbed
Phil's peace of mind not a. little. In
his presence she had. been the same
I gentle, smiling, thoughtful. Aunt Dolly
that she had always been; but once or
twice he had read fleeting anxiety in
the glance with which she had, follow-
ed her husband's departure from the
room. Her love for the Honorable
Milton was un'qualified' , Phil knew. It against the bank. Before he could
was, in fact, the directingIt had en- force of recover sufficiently from his serprise
Aunt Dolly's whole life. to speak she had stepped aboard and
abled her to overcome her innate die- he could hear her adjusting a cushion
like for the everlasting round of social
trivialities and assume her place as a
society leader with a brilliance and
tact which had earned the conernen.da-
,tion of even her exacting husband.
What was going wrong in the Waring
household? Or was it all imagination
and Aunt Dolly's look of concern sum -
totalled by the weather in relation to
a change to lighter flannels?
Certainly when it came to consider-
ing his uncle's political record there
was' always the Rives case to fall back
beneath her knees. Then came her
tenee .whispered warning:
"Stick right here and don't talk.
We haven't time to get away, but they
can't see us. Shl Here they come!"
CHAPTER II.
Blind Man's Buff.
With difficulty Phil Kendrick res-
trained a desire to laugh outright. The
totally unexpected situation in which
he found himself paralyzed his speech
upon, to cast a halo about the Hort- and by the time he had recovered from
orable Milton's head.. The Rives case the first shock of it a further develop -
had provided a sensational aftermath meat held him silent. With senses
to a strenuous election campaign sharpened he listened in the dark to
which had resulted in the complete approaching footsteps and a murmur
overthrow of the former government, of voices, his wonder growing as he
The "Honorable" Harrington. Rives recognized the unmistakable accents
with his large head and bushy shock of Stinson, his uncle's personal ser -
of black curls had been a picturesque vant—Stinson who, by all the rules
figure on the rostrums of the country of valet service, should be up at Spar -
districts. He took a good photo—and row Lake at that very moment with
knew it! It was displayed in every the Honorable Milton Waring.
conceivable pose in the newspapers
and fought the weather on the side of
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A key was being fitted into the
padlock of the Waring boathouee. The
planking creaked as the strangers' tip-
toed inside. There appeared to be sev-
eral of them. A sloshing of water as
they boarded the big launch, then the
first fitful ruetlinge ,of the engine as
It was turned over. Soon its loud
staccatto rose above the wail of the
foghorn.
Had the honse been robbed? Phil
clismiesed this idea at once. No vete-
ablelikely to invite burglary were
kept at the Island residence, even had
Stinson'e long and faithful service not
placed him beyond suspicion. Probably
the valet had slipped away on a little
holiday and had been entertaining
few' of hie friends. With paddle shove.
ed into the Mud to hold the eanoe
sleady against the embankment so
that it would not capsize in the wath
of the lathieh, Kendriek decided to
sit still and, await developments,
The launch pasSed peesentlye eo
close to them that he held his breath,
Ote of the oectipanta was talking in
lova tones. Somebody laughed and
said: "That'a. good one, Niolciehy."
„itt, third voice spoke in gruff easel:nil-
This' phrase, meaning that pay-day
has arrived, originated in a travelling
company playing Shakespearean re-
pertoire. Salaries had not been paid
for a long time; and. at a rehearsal of
"Hamlet," when the line; "Perchance
'twill walk again,' 'occurs, the actor,
playing the Ghost replied: "The ghost.
won't walk till our salaries are paid!n
The phrase quickly became common
to express the payment of salaries.
Trained Lions.
It takes four years to train a lion
for exhibition work, and only one ani-
mal in, four is fit for training. A well-
trained lion is worth five times the
price of one untrained.
Minard's Liniment used by Physicians.
Baby's First First Wardrobe.
,
next to baby's shin. The edges enaY
As baby is very susceptible to both . be crocheted after ffret etitching with
heat and Q(114 the little •,‘' ---e a loose tension to prevent the cut
, le piccious must ,- '.,e
be protected against all trying Wen- stitches from running. me,
ther conditions. Several thicknesses ' Dithegabirdseye or outing flannel
menta. machine
garments will do this may be used for the diapers. They th
more easily than a few heavier gar e • should be cut by e thread. Use the
, machine attachment for the narrow
Baby should he so dressed as to ' hems. A medium size is 22" x 44".
Prevent perspiration, so his clothes Some prefer to have part of the diaP-
mustillallowbweee loproper
ni,ventilation
woven material ers 18" x 30" to use at first and later
which
to have them 25" x 50". The use of
tslieleousXiltat Iliel:i,n aneorb perspiration squares is preferred by many as being
easier to handle in laundering. Folding
A -s exercise 'is an absolute essetttial the diaper in an oblong and pinning
te his vigoeous. growth, Baby's natural on both sides. is fast gaining favor
exercises, breathing, crying nail kick- I over the older methodoffolding ding-
inmust not he restricted. I orally. For protection when visiting,
A.41124.'44,"SAf,
QU will be astonished at the re-
sults we got by our modern, system
of dyeing and cleaning. Pabries
that are shabby, dirty or spotted are
shads 'Use new. We can setOre. the
most delicate art iclea.
Send one article or a percel of goods
by post or express. We will eelpey car-
na,rt eolaTrwel)leY' °t;11. °Iaccg"' at°
ult
YSYnetingrl,k.othinkWhcii felnuv in and bi
PARKER'S,
Parker'i
ye Works
ifilite d
Cleaners and Dyers
791 YOnge St.
Toronto
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40....tateala SAWN, laketellise
The following. list of articles covers better than the rubber panties which'
wardrobe and, the number suggested is ted w°°Ion If the shorter length is to be used',
sufficient to weld against an accident tare very slowly, thereby protecting
slip -ens that absorb mois-
all patterns should be so adjusted and
those are 'adequate for baby's con;fort.lbaby comfortable when it is impos-
keeping the difference deducted from: the orig-
inally required amount of material,
while one set is being washed. Addi- the 'holder of the baby but also
tions ma be made if one wishes but'
3 Flannel bands (6"x1.8") to be -worn 1 sible to make the change in diapers which is printed on every pattern. This
first 4 to (i weeks only. immediately. Old muslin may be -torn amount has been estinia.ted by the pat-
tern reeler for one garment only.
3 Knit bantit with sh6tilder st s into squares, folded diagonally and
taps.
as summer shirts. placed inside the diaper to be discard-
ed when soiled thereby saving Much When more than one garment is to
3 Knit shirts. labor in washing.
The flannel for the under petticoat
, be made from the same 'material the
pattern may be shifted to better ad'
These rePlade the above and also serve I
3 Pair stockings. should be a mixture of wool -with silk vantage and less material is often suf-
fleient, so it pays to do some comput-
all of the essentials of en infant's stop ventilation, are crocheted or knit If
Dozen diapers,
3 Flannel petticoats.
or cotton. If one's 'budget cannot ing befGre
afford the woolen mixture outing
7 three pettscoats may be cut from just
. •
.
buying. ei instance,
43 seloipttsolot rpdetetiscsoeast.s. , most desirflannel is the best substitute.
ble materials for the
The g
. four lengths if these instructions are
2 Front opening ' wrappers �i' 'stockinette.
'nightgowns -are outing flannel or Observed. As a tiny French or felled
4 Nightgowns. m
sacques. For the cotton petticoat, longcloth,
2 Pair bootees (knit, crocheted, felt, cambric or nainsook may be used.
duck or pique).
1 Wrap.
1 Hood or bonnet. •
I. Pair thumbless mittens.
1 Veil. ....-
2 Small blankets. (A square yard of
flannel or eiderdown.)
Crib, carriage and bath accessories
I shall not have space to discuss.
All new garments should be laun-
dered before being 'placed on Baby.
The bands should be of 'part Wool
flannel or stockinette.
Considering the knit garments,
bands; shirts and hose, we knew that
wool is the poorest heat conductor,
but all -wool is too warm and also re-
quires -'kery careful handling in wash-
ing in order that it is not ruined.
Therefore a mixture of silk with wool,
or cotton with wool is preferable. The
HE .TONGUE'...
IN FIGHT FOR LIFE IN
EAST AFRICA.
Transport Agent Puts Both
Hands Into, Beast's Mouth
Heis Pined Down,
From Nairobi, East Africa, says a
writer in The London Daily. Mail,
e a thrilling, steryeof the death of
ncontireLaP Q It agent named Knonner,
who, pinned down by a lioness he had,
wounded, nugle a desperate bid for vic-
tory by putting both hands intoe the
animal's mouth and gripping. its.
tongue.
Africa is a paradise for the lion
hunter, and the literature of the chase
is almost endless, Not all /ion hunters
are strictly truthful, however.
"For instance, in a remote African
village," says the Writer, "I once came
.across a deeply taaned prospector
-
hunter, who swore that leis .favorite
method of hunting lions was to get
the animals to sneeze themselves to
as:°tonettlel,. just big enough to allew,1
" 'It is quite simple,' he, said. 'In
lion country you build a little arch .of
lion- to enter with comfort. yLai
must take care to build it of jagged
stones and to see that the centre stone
Of the arch is a particularly jagged
One. .
"'Then you go out and shoot a zebra
or some other toothsome creature
seam down the back of the skirt is net ..erera the non's point of view. You
objectionable, cut the front and one- drag the corpse under the arde pep -
half the back from one width of 8-6- per it heavily and then retire to your
inch material by inverting the 'beck tent to sleep.
" 'In, the night the lion' comes,
creeps under the arch to Itis feet, gets
his nose filled with pepper, and has an
overpowering inelination to sneeze. He
sneezes, and in the act throws up his
head and dashes his brains out on the
centre jagged stone of your arch,'
"I do not vouch for the truth of that
story."
More Hunters' Tales.
A party of men trekking in Rhodesia
in .an ex wagon heard a commotion
one night among their tethered ox.en,
and rushing toward the spot pumped
about a dozen shots into the heaving
by heavy wide facings, bands and mass from a distance of, say, forty
bindings. The eighth -inch and guar: yards.
ter -inch bias tape, sold at all notion The mass diminished, and they ad -
'counters, can be used to, great advan- vanceil to find one of their oxeu her-
tage for 'bindings and facings. These ribly mauled by lions.
They "dosed" the crops with strych-
nine and retired to their camp. They
yellow. The slips and dresses may be pattern. Cutting three fronts gives
The fourth length
Longcloth, however, has a tendency to
made from cambric, nainsook, batiste, us three half -backs.
gives us the fourth helf-leack and a
dimity, flaxen or voile. 'Ile fine crepes full back, completing the three gar -
prove a saving in ironing, but having menta' Oftentimes a raglan sleeve
terials. garment can be cut from less ma-
st rough surface, they soil more quick-
ly than do the smoothly finished =-
French and violin flannel, henrietta
.
and sacque. Avoid silk linings. Face
pees energy as this style can also be ironed
flat.
and cashmere are nice for eyrie
right side or finish with scallops or
ealrlocehdegteheig. 'with a shaped' facing on the In IIIIIking' keel'
dainty. Make narrow fiat -felled or
the garments
In dressing baby, the woolen petti- French seams. Make facings narrow.
coat is placed inside the cotton one Daintiness can be entirely, destroyed
and both placed inside the dress and
all three drawn over the feet in one
operation, easy for mother and less
disconcerting to the little one than
men ,. one choose , ... are folded t over the head If o--,
gag -lean he nicely used as casings through
the older method of pulling each
greater protection to the little abdo- t°
double-breasted shirt as perhaps a
use a straight -edged piece for the,
' which the tiny tape is run, if the.
Ienue aie folded under three -eighth of heard the lions busy at the carcase
all night, and in the morning they Am_
men than the single, but this is a '
skirt it may be atta-chetf to a shaped i 4all inch in op -poet's directions,
' ' found that the .dead ex hail practieellv
terial than a leimena pattern and it
maybe better economy to make extra
seams and same material rather than
point of,,preference each mother must
decide. The number of times the baby
must be turned. in dressing is a point
of conv-enien4 to -be-thought of in
considering styles. As the normal
baby donbles its weight in six months
and trebles it in twelve, it is advisable
to Pur.chase the second size.' The
stockings should cover the knees. Lit-
tle stipporters can be purchased which
pin the diaper at the side and hold the
hose in place with lese wear lapels the
-hose than direct pinning. Frames for
drying both shirts and hose are a. safe-
guard' against shrinking.
if, the cost of 'these tiny garments
seems exorbitant it is possible -to sub -
,statute vets snade from flannel or the
good portions of partallgewen, 'seat -
wool underwear.. In this case:Ilse
seams sfiltuld,:be 'flat -felled on the
riklit side placing the sraoth -side
Wonders the World Has
One of the many lessons taught by
museums is that clever craftsmanship
Is not a modern monopoly. Much 'of
the work done thousandS' of years 'ago
is unapproachable to -day, and many of
the processes which were comparatiVe-
ly common then are now practidally
unknown.
There is in the Wellcome Historical
Medical Museum an exhibit which baf-
fles the most 'skilled of modern' em-
balmers., says a London despatch, it
consists of a number of human heads
from Ecuador reduced by some un.dis-
covered process to about the size of a
small orange Notwithstanding the
great shrinkage, each is perfect, and
is rendered additionally interesting by
the sealing of the lips, which are sewn
up, so that the "spirit" of tha dead
should not escape and do harm to the
owner! a':
The museum in. the Royal College of
Surgeon's contains another remarkable
specimen of ancient workmanship It
is part of the wrapping from a mummy
more than six thousand years old.
So gauze -like is this material that
for a time its precise nature was a
mystery; but ultimately it was found
to be linen of exquisite fineness. Com-
pared with it, the finest that Belfast
can 'produce is positively coarse.
Equally wenderful is, the Portland
Vase in the British Museum, Though
It is' two thousand years old no man
living can reproduce it. The art it
represents has' long been dead',
It iS made, this vase, of two layene
of Slave, 'velsite on top and blue below;
and the ekquisite design It shown in
White This was effeetede by carving
away all the glass Where it was not
wanted—a feat ef well-nigh incredible
difficulty owing tO the brittleness of
the material No other example Of
IStieh worknaanelsip' is known to exiat,
just mi immitable is another Bri-
tish Museum treasure—s bronze Mer-
cury, found in 1794 at Paranaythia, in their process, has been loet forever.
ost
Epirus. It is, as remarkable for
wealth of detail as for. fineness of
craftsmanship. The marking of the
veins is distinut and prominent, every
lo'clCof,hair seethe 'as if,it could be
blown about by „the wind, and the lines'
of the lips, broyas, eyelids, etc, are
perfectly flaished. II Yet the Surface is
upper piece with the fulness takent It Is a foe' n 0 1 Oil a Y
out either in box -plaits under the armlekthes should all lbe made 'by hand.
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or in fulness evenly distributed. Di- e ne as properly
f
disappeared, but lying near the—S/teil
were five full grown lions—two males
viding the pattern snay be much pre -
always well cleaned and oiled, it and three females—all poisoned.
ferred by- seine for the plain woolen
petticoat, for with the woolen band
and shirt, it is not essential that the
waist section be so warm and a cotton
upper combined with the woolen lower
reduces considerably the amount of
the more expensive material required
and yet protects the little limbs.
The nightgowns and, slips are best
made kimono Style as these launder
easily. The neck and sleeves should
be finishedefiat with casings beading
or eyelets, to be drawn up the desired
amount with a tiny tape. Bobbin tape,
which comes in twenty yard bolts, is
especially nice for this purpose. Ayeicl
the close-weaye taf ee as, they bgebeete,
harsh with. washingeandhert the
roel
leaf skips Stitch the Middle- poinro
all drawstrings to prevent them .pull-
ing out at exactly the wrong minute;
Mothers must also carefully Con-
sider the outside garments, for baby
needs much fresh air. For the sum-
mer wrap of the tiny babe, cashmere,
henriettagnun's veiling and' albatros
are the most suitable materials. For
the baby who has seen a winter, bed -I than half this distance the shell, it is
ford cord, golfine, corduroy and piquel declared, will penetrate the stoutest
armor carried by any battleship now
will 'be found satisfactory materials. armor
should be made large enough to be afloat The Owari is designed to car-
sheuld not be difficult to run,, and if That was a very considerebe bag
correctly regulated, machine stitching ,got by illegitimate means, but here is
may he 'beautiful. Use fine thread, a the true story of a better bag got
correspondingly fine, sharp needle and legitimately. Incidentally, it is a very
adjust the tension and length of stitch interesting example of sportsmen's
so that the stitchir.g will be perfect, luck:
When the late President Roosevelt
Keep Minard's Liniment In the house, and his son Kermit went to British
East Africa, in pH, they were ac -
Japan's New Battleships. companied on their hunting trip by
the late P. C. Selves, one of the great -
According to reports which have
est hunters that ever lived.
reached London the Japanese naval
Salons was particularly- anxious tore -
authorities are preparing to "go the
Cure, a specimen of the East African
limit" In their new warships as re -
black -maned lion, but on the whole trip
gards size and fighting power. It is he never even get a shot at one. But
known that the first Japanese 184neh
Theodore Roosevelt got three'and Ker -
gun has been prqduced and tee& out,
mit Roosevelt eight—and neither of
a,nti this tremendous weapon will'prob-
them had eyer been on an African
-ably represent the Alain battery of the
game hunting expedition before!
Owari blas of battleships, which were
authorized 'last year, but have not yet Smne years' ago a party of Greeks
been laid down. treeking through Portuguese Zambesia
twelve months to were followed for days by a guant old
The gun took
lion, who took one of their donkeys
build, and has been under trial since
each nig
April. It weighs 170 tons, and can hl until only one of the Whole
team was left
throw a 3,400 -pound shell ... up to a
range. of 45,000 yards. At rather less This donkey the terrified Greeks
were determined to retain at all costs.
When they made their camp that
night they built around it a great
stockade of bushes and thorns, and in
the centre of it they tethered the sole
surviving donkey to their tent pole.
But not withstanding these precau-
tions, that night the pertinacious old
lion got the la,st'elenkey.
•
so .regula
,r thateven with a cy eight of these monster weapons,
glass no toorepresentations of the 'bunting
two summers. For a whit
lenark can be. detected. ' 'a -whiter wrap
suitable. materials are . eiderdown andl and will therefore hurl twelve tone of
Graphic magnifying
used
cloth. This should be made . steel at each broadside salvo.
Pyramids, as well as fragments of
those great sepulchral monuments,
further illustrate the Wonderful skill
of ancient craftemen: One of the prob-
lems of ages is how the ancient Egyp-
tians moved the great blocks embodied
in the Pyramids. The cubic contents
of the greatest weigh nearly 7,000,000
tons, and would build a city of 22,000
houses of ordinary eize. Basement
stones in, the Pyramid, moreover, are
30 ft. long, 5 ft. high, and 5, ft. wide,
The method by which the components,
and particularly those huge blocks,
were transpOrted and put late place
has never been discovered
But there are other mysteries no
less bewildering connectea with the
1?yramids. For instance, the jointing
is a perpetual marvel to experts, since
ills equal to that in the finest modern
oibinet-woek. It is amazing even to
thee() who kno-w.that 100,000 men were
employed for twenty years on the
Great Pyramid alone.
Little les.a, curious are much more
commonplace objects, such as. Roman
bronze bowl's found in; this country.
The puzzle here is. this: How did the
=ciente reduce' metals. from, their,
Ores? At that periodethere wast no
other fuel than wood, which was cone
Verted by slow burning into charcoal;
and though in comParatively Modern
times iron was reduced by charcoal ies.
Kent and. Sussex, adientlets do 'not
kneev by what method the. Romans
produced. the enormous heat required
to smelt iron and copper. Apparently
large at first; later, for the walking
child, the lap may be cut away and
the bottom hemmed.
Hoods may be made from wrap ma-
terials or may 'be knitted Or crocheted.
Batiste and organdy are dainty for
summer bonnets. dueed to six ,a ship. Japanese naval
opinion has always favored the heavi-
The old habit of such long trailing
garments for the wee baby has been
abandoned. The majority of infant pat-
terns are now cut for garments 27
inches long; but even these must
either be disearded in six months time
or made over for the first short
clothes; To be sure, the pieces cut
off may sometimes make short petti-
coats but really is not this a waste
of time and energy, if not of mater-
ials? The average baby is 20 to 21
inches at birth and grows about five
inches during the first six months, and
three or four during the next six. It
sleeps from 18 to 20 hours daily dur-
ing the first few, months a'ntil, for its
own best good, should be handled little
during its waking hours. If its feet
are properly CIPthecl in elockings and
bootees and the skirts are just long
enough to nicely cover the feet at first,
the baby will be cemfortable and will
thorn e
Guns of the same calibre will prob-
ably he adopted for the four later bat-
tle cruisers of the "eight -eight" pro-
gram, which are to follow the four
ships of the Amagi class; but in this
in
case the number of guns will be re -
glow Into eni short l oth es,
thereby removing the necessity of re-
modeling them. Therofdre, 21 inches
long is quite satisfaetory.,
The nightgowns, 'however, should be
30 te 83 inches, with a -drawstring in
the heene for these Will be used. until
worn out and the older baby must have
freedom to kick 'without baring its
feet, '
eit guns that can be obtained, and the
decision to build an 18 -inch type was
taken late in 1918, after Japanese of.
doers in. Europe had inspected the ex-
perimental British gun of this calibre.
Special plants were set up at Muroran
and Kure for the purpose. Confidence
is felt in japan that the Oyeari will
eclipse all other battlesnme in fight-
ing power,
"There ain't never been nothin' in
dis World yet," said Sambo, the negro
philosopher, "which ain't got some-
thing in it to keep it from being as bad
as what it looks like it is,"
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When your baby first begins to talk,
It Uses instinctively the oldest words
in creation., words as old as the human
race itself. - •
They are words whose- sound is an
Imitation of what they describe. A
chair falls over in the nursery.
"Bang!" says baby, Just as her great-
est of great-grandmothers said when
her father dropped his club in the cave
that was their home.
Baby calls the cow "moo" because
that is the noise it makes. To primi-
tire man the cow seemed to say "ltob"
--a name which has stuck.
What finer -imitation of the crow's
croak could you have than the Greek
Word "Itorax?" Crow (really corow)
Is derived from the same idea, Hun-
dreds of animals—birds in particular
retain their ancient naines, The
caekoo has always been so called; lie
matted himself,
A Whole hoat of, ether words des-
cribe noises --crash, slam, thump,
whack, eplash, beam, prattle, and so
on, One of the most beautiful of those,
Is murmur, which meana the sound
made by a gentle breeze amongst the
treee—marenurentir;
. Barbariaa is a word di'iv0d,Ili the
Saito way. The anolt,s gage the name
to all foreignere, clannot under-
stand these people," Um. g,aid; "they
Bay nothing' but logaSsaselaars We'll
call them bar -bat -lame'