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".the results may have some bearing.
AVORS STEWS AND I -LASHES. uPon the welfare ef-1—Your uncle. ii,-
'directly, perhaps your aunL
"Letme give you. a few facts:.12
'you've ,cut 'your eye teeth' you know
that 'just as rea,tn •doeS, riot: livo.. bY
bread alone so eel/tie/es. in this" fair
laud ,are net won noWarlays by maSs
nueetirgs' and: fine speeches, but by
hard. Celd" Mesh and orgatiset),01t
Things have. cometo such a pass that
ALL
•- I S ta.I) OD
I R4 tIElittt
e • it is irtutter otf ntalf..hieery,
the meet o'l—and 's 't:sure
-
of passini. the grandstand in the load
The oil Most important, and tang
TC ry an For 1- I Wore the face it is gathered into e.
large tank called the 'Party Campeign
Funia by henchmen who call upon
yarieue relendly corperate institu-
tions. You fol.:le-ye me?"
I "Right ,ab your heeds," smiled Ken -
thick,
I * "Well then, one of these substantial
while on its d,evions way to the Place
little contributions not lone -ince
mining Public oonficienoe ill the Pres-lof Burnt Offerings- wit's ambushed by
The side wits igges nuee me and
HOPKINS MOORHOUSE
(CopytIght by aluseon Company)
CI-IAPTER
As it had turned out, Kendrick's
evening hike back down the trael to
Thoplalesen had beten a' lucky thing'
Ler Pochnore too. Within. a mile of
the aiding,Phill had come upon
sibtingeTheside the track in. despair of
reacthing -human etiel before he cole
lameadecompletely. He h•atcl been badly
hurt in his fall Rom the train, and
aside froan these injuries leis hands
were sWealen and covered with dirt
ethici blood,' 111S torn 'clothes encrusted
with dried Mud, coll•ar and tie- gone
and his Shirt ripped open in front,
rev -calling neck and •chest smeared
with blood where the blacleflies had
bitten lobe -seirarely. •
"He had spent part of the nig",ht
sued the Whole clay in the woods and
swiss half out of his head, poor devil!
- said Phil. "I managed. to get him
down here and with the help of Mrs.
Thorlakson's homemade liniment 1
fixed him up as well as I could. He
insisted on me staying, with him all
night•—till you arrived, in fact."
'Ex -pecked use ph?" grunted Wade.
seise. News -of the--er--acci-
dent travelled up and down the line
pretty A track-svallosr pasts-
/no:ming just we weee starting cut I'men'eYi sandwi6jed between enuPle st•Fie beggaT had the cainhillati°h
tamax ,w9Frewogragsompoa,soweoasumm444FP,
ent addninistrati,on." s,apieboely veitla a 'henkeri,ng foa• tee
•
.‘ "Great Busted Reputations! Did, he
tell, you that?"
"VtrriKe bandaging him, He
said he was the reporter Who located
the evidence that heti convicted Rives
and elected nay euele, and that he was
acting- now as an ?gene of the govern -
f� reeeeer- the eenfidtentiede re-
ports that ,lea,d beep stolen from the
chairman of the Waterways Conunis-
siert."
"Trying to unload the envelope on
you, eh?"
"Yes. Ile asked me te poet it for
him—addressed it hims,elf td his ad-
dress in, Toronto."
"What did you do?"
"Posted it of course—in a hollow
etump over, there near the tank with
a sla of fungus on top for a Bell"
Ben Wade lan,gheel aloud.
"Knew What's in the thing?" be
demanded abruptly.
fleshpote, of -Egypt—fifty thonsand
dollar's cold, stollan slick as a whis-
tle. I happen td be one of the very
few; outside of the- prindiples, in the
transaction, who knew anything about
It; lor 'campaign fundecontributions
ere, among those things wh,iteh. men of • . • •
-'Aerd it ekeilairita'serriee.
thing, neer l'sn't there e
saying „about a (nari's 'heiaigkhocra 'b"
the •coriipany he' keep? : It apPliee to
girls too, .my: -clear!"'-•
,
Tho Con3clatl?.31.-.0t goad, clothes- bravely. "You'll laugh; Sue, but
W110 was it " said that being well sornetiines I get rebellious over things
and b000neingly .1Sressed gives to one ,—wanting to travel and have geoid
a peace which- -even the eonsolation times like lots of girls._ Of course I'm
oi religion can -not impart? He may ashamed ot thyself underneath; but in
have stretelied the truth ,samewhat, -spite of that 1 semelicw can't keep
but he had the. idea. Really: haw can from giving way new- and then."
you, if you are a woman feel real "I'm sure I don't blame you," said
sweet in your soul if you ,Irifove your Sue.
'dress is an unbecoming color, or the • "Well, then gm to my there box.
I waist hitches up ,in ,the back, ersthe,,Yve get.ajboxfUl of clippings about all
sleeves aren't rig:lit or, event offense kinds of people, whoplayed the game,
of all the skirt is too long. Bein•g —who were -.so ebusylivingbravely
tr,
well.dressed certainly is the ;jest step that they didn't have time -to .fillialct-
towards ,being self -pcesesSed and eon- about what,they did not hale. Theee.
I tented. ' is. the, little Prerieliegirl taitie rare 'lee
Further, it is the' fiTs't step 'towards fathee.s hakerY when he was -..dalledr1t10
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success noWadays. Other tillage being the -Dolor's,- arid there is Captam Scott
equal..„the ernipl•oyer- le•olcing for help and scores irt between. Whentiteee Pryt
is going to piek•the prospect who is hardepres•sed,e1- go to them Dar help.
Ithe best groemed. Plessibly not the suPPOsee You", thinh'-it's-farinYer--"'
ones whose, shoes are retest sharply But Sue's -Voice evasarinite free freni
pointed, but the one who has, given mooker3r. "'ir•es, it's funny•and Laurie -
discretion do. not disousS from the, the most attention to the little 'wee -
housetops. I'm not going to eay just' ties of dressing. The one whaie shoes
now how this ,information reached are polished, clothes cleaned and
ure'; but it is necesseay for you to pressed, all buttons on and ri b St
kriow that the Interprovincial Loan & fees or loose threads eyhegt iso
arthe-
Savings Com-Dany is vitally interested one who is going to look 'after the lit -
in the recevary of this .money, or at
tle things about the business. So the
least in the identity of the thief. And
when, we speak of flee Interprovincial enlia`11°Yer ar,g).:13. And irr the same
in Iti•ese haltcyon days we speak of J. spirit the housewife about to engage
Cuthb•ert Nickleby, its astute preei- help chooses the girls who look neat.
dent. A thing like' this could never Knowing these things isn't it- queer
have happ.ened if Nat Lawson had that so many of the•eri;pleyers them -
been in the s'n'ddf.e- selves are careless? Isn't it queer
"IVIention of Nickleby brin,gs me to
that so many people who know better
Pedmore Who is nothingmorethan a
"These stolen Gevernmeeo, decit- tool of Nrcle.leby's. I knew when I
manes ee hired Podanore as my secretary that I
"Fifty thous-art:I dollars, you mean!", Was hiring' at slay. I knew his record.
Yoti • -e f the feet
"The son -of -a -gun! mutterece Ken 11 sea, theyaware o
cirick, looking sAarblecl. that I was interesting myself on be -
'But 1-- doesn't happen to know half of my friend, Lawson. Podmore
ed the word to us yEstsrday that the bills are bogus --stage h•aclurt been with me two days before
as of
from. the ,cabeetie for the day's work. of genuine bills of small dello-lei/1,a- t.lie, sefe aboard this, car. He's a
' tion," chuckled Wade. He stopped smooth ene. But I figured to learn as
short and stooa fro -nit of Kendrick. much from him as he got from. me.
Before we get to Toronto I'll 'give you
with one hand on the young,er man's
shoulder. "Phil," he said seriously, t‘he in•sede history of that Lawson
"you've stumbled in on a little game situation; or it's mixed -up with the
rest of it.
that is behre played out with stacke,d
cares, 'We 111 talk aboutid after break- "But let me get back to this stolen
oney. It was don,e lip in an envelope
fast. We'll be running up as far as my
Indian Creek- to use the Y in the old Just like this one evhich Podmore stole
We from the ear theeother night; 'fact•is,
ballast pit. You're coming along.
can stop at Rutland's cabaass long
enough for you to pick up your
nightie and your safety razor."
"I don't think I understand, Mr.
Wade," said Phil, puzzled.
"Not supposed to," retorted Wade.
"Fact le, you're fired! You ca.n't work
for Rutland another minate—"
"Why, what—?"
"Because you're hired! I've got to.
have a sectetary. haven't I eleh`ere's
interes.ting work allead,--,o0y, and I
need you. Don't ,atsktessiestions. Break -
So I Ilan fleorlake•on get a message
off to you; he etuck it an a split stick
and the engin,e,er of a passing freigfht
caught it O.K. and took it up Inc line
to the operator at Indian Creek."
As Kendrick- finished speaking they
both turned to watch Cranston ap-
proaching, slowly-, supporting Pod-
more. Tlie—aeecretary's condition had
improved greatly -under Phil's minis-
trations and the food Which Mrs.
T,horiaksoin had pretpared 2017 him. But
it -wa.s apparent that he was still suf-
fereng from ioluctek and beneath the
banatege about his head the black and
blue evidence of the contusion was
visible, His Eel -rained arm was hate -d-
azed also. and he limped badly and
leaned heavily upon the detective.
"Hall there. IlantireY," greeted
Wade. "Wreaked fri-,,tai engine to ca-
boose. eh? What a '-wha.ek on the
they re direlticates. It was a little ex-
perireent which Cranston and I de-
. .
cided to try oat to get Podanore Where
we wanted him. We're going to have
an interesting sesetion with hem after
a bit, on the eft chanee ef,,,aseueing
same information. .1.1.-idien't a great
deal of -confidence in third degree
method, lauf letting Cran,ston
hS•roe'''-a. fling ,at it en the Chance that
Podmore will drop a sititeili. He's
yellow -enough for anything.
(Toabe continued.)
nd! Adlight've killed you. How'd fast first. I edn't talk without a cigar itv . F
elaLlmartIttlk.eiled Weakly. are gase'd I la -in -Omer to the stump and . Revolutionary conditions in Oussia
necortee- eta fall off?" ar-ld Treeirei smok-e before breakfe.st." lwagalle4e rom
far a ,iinomeee fig 111s -•-•-•Y- get the envelopel , asked .Kendrick -have cut og the rest of, the world from
log to collect his thoughts- T-h'eh he Nv'hen, he had re°°7ered from his firs'6 one of the principal sources Of an in-
eezelained that lee lead be,en troubled eurpeise. dispensable metal, manganese. In the
with insomnia end got lap to smo•ke a "Not by a jugful! Padmere thinks •
., Caucasus there is one deposit of 100,-
e:igen:Lee. He, -"Ica •c•eetn fool enou.gdi you're playino. his game,. cloe-sn t he. 000.000 tonis of ore that is nearly 56'
to pesseli up on the brass rail at the Alwiays drawto the aces, Phu. Leave
roar co" the peivate ear, thinking the the envelope where it is. Tlello,-Thor-• per cent. manganese oxide, ...
fros4 air might 'fnalise him sleepy. lakson. Hello, boys. Good work last The Metal is related to iron, slightly
The trein bad been hitting up a'fiatst night ,I want to thank you all.' Mr. lighter in weight and with a silvery
ik-i.te en a •down grade an.d. as theY Kendrick here has just been. telling sheen. It fs very widely distributed
- swung. a curve lie had lost his bal- me how well you did your duty. He in rocks both igneous and sedimentary,
ence and pitched clean, down a long wants you to have that fifty dollars but high-grade ores are scarce. Now
fill among -the rocks of -a creek bot- reward ---all of it." - .i".
tnat Russia is shut off we depend fOr
tera. The isll had 'knocked him sense- As he sPoke-be took from his, Docket eay supplies mainly upon India and
,..,. .,„, ‘,, • i. Brazil. ,
eannoionyeass he. had been tao ill to
less. IVistan .finalily- he had recovered a roll ofgreenbacks greenbacks -and peeled off - •
five ten -dollar bilis -which he handed
to the forem•an with a twinkle of the
eye. It was what they had been wait-
ing for with a vast interest. 'And
while Swenson, the big Swede, and th,e
two. Norwegians snlatahed off their
Caps and grinned, Thorla.kson eredeav-
ored to eonvey their entire satisfac-
,
-Hen. -
I virtually all steels, taking -up the oxy-
"Yaow, Meester Vale, sir, it is wery
gen, that has to be eliminated, after
suffeecient," he sesured in his best
English as he shook hands witih pro- which it is "slagged out" in the form
found respect. When he turned to of a complex mang`anese oxide.
fCendrick there was added his evident Small quantities of manganese are
admiration of the yotm,g risran's gen-- added to steel to produce "manganese
Manganese has a greater affinity for
reoVEs foe a long time. Th -an the hot
son had drivea him to crawl painfully oxygen than iron. has. Hence in the
into the v•.-octis where he had lain smelting of iron ores it is used. to get
heirle.ss most of the, day, with just
- rid of excess oxygen so that when the
eneugh strength to get water from melt is complete there shall be no
the ceeek. When he began to fee1. a iron oxide left in the molten metal.
.
- botrer toward reigfrefell he had
littia gene back bo the track •ancl started It is indispensable in the making of
for help. Just as Inc was ready to
give up Kendrick lead found him,
Cranston and t,he President ex-
changed glances, but Wade marely
nodded when Po.dmore Pequested to be
allowed to crawl into his ,berth be-
eauee he was feeling "swinemy in the enesity.
Smok-e was curling up from the kit-
chen end of the private car and the
welcome ,aroma of coffee announced
that Taylor had breakfast ready. They
climbed aboard forthwiffi, but the
special remained sidetracked to puss
a fast freight. IL thund,ered by before
they finished the meal arel by the time
Kendrick found hianeelf the-obser-
head." Cranston ancl the steward
'helpd him aboard and proceeded to
put him to bed. ,
) "From that little shalee of the head
that Crarisbc'n juSt Passed you, Mr.
11-t Wade, I gather tha,t h,e failed to find
any trace of the envelope that's miss-
ing," staid liendrick quietly. He smiled
at the alorantness with which - bh5
President of the- C.L.S. took hold of Vation platform at- the rear of the
his e.rie and walked him away from ear the s-pecial was, on its way.
the car.
"Let's go over there arid see Thor-
liakson at Minute, he said louidly.
"Now shoot," lie added in at lower
voice, ,c'What do you krvow about this
• v,
"Tic's been trying to fill me up with ficiaddes Bad wade rivight eee fit to
• 'the- amoothest. line of hunk ever impart. For some time, however, the
13gistened to• According' to him s•cirmfr° President of the C.L.S. smoked in
the sworn political •enalnY of Uncle „itenee, his shaggy eyebrows ptickersd
Midi and have had a finger in the theft in a frown and his gaze f•astened.
thoughtfully upon the serrated sky-
line of the spruce tope that ran rear-
ward unceasingly,
"We've come across two or three
places like that on this division the
past two weeks," said Phil to break
the silence. He nodded tcrkards the
disused station building that was re-
ceding down the track, its boarded
windovrs and 'broken platform elo-
quent of desolation. "I've wondeted
wthy perfectly good station like that
shotilicl he built in the first place if
it was to be abanclon,eci latcr-en 'with-
out eeen at day telegraph operator ?"
"Eh‘? Oh, there usecT. to be some
lumbering around here when we first
opened up, Also the road's required
to Put up a station, every sonmany
mile without regard to the surround-
ing Country—just a fooll charter obli-
gation, that's all; sometimes we li•se
an old bOx-ear—" Wade carefully
picked away the hats of bi)3
Wade .earefully shut the ,cloor be,
hind them. Podanore had. fallen into a
sound slumber While Cranston was
busy at „the writing -desk, and it was
'with a ,lively interest. that Philes,et-
tied. 'himself to listen to whatever con,
—thefts mind youl—of iniport,ant sec-
ret 1-titate documents Which would have
, been the cause of at financial panic al
they had rerriained in your p'os-seSsion
hunch longer, to say nothing of under-
. .
''it'e060044*.4.16c414t4.
steel," which has great hardness and
toughness. .„
Voice Tells Height of Water
by Phonograph Mechanism.
Warnings are usually given of the
rise and fall of water in reservoirs,
welle tanks etc., by the use of elec-
trically operated alarm bells, but the
system of bells has beep improved up -
On by an Englisla concern. The new
apparatus operates after the fashion
of a phonograph, has a telephone re-
ceiver placed -in front of the speaking
tube, and the mechanism is set in mo-
tion by the "zinging in," or connection,
af"a, telephone operator. Thus anyone
knowing the "number" of the machine,
can "call up" and be connected in the
same manner that any call is made. Comrades.
To the listener's ears comes the some- Laurie was ctuic.c.
When -She heard
what uncanny voice of the mechanical
Sue's voice at the top of the stairs she
sentinel, saying auything from "Emp,
tnrust the- p,hotograph under a pile
are slovenly in dre.ss? 'There, is Inc
she can't kee h 1 Sh ' During the wee tte t Pouring out on .ea 'el 1 i
Candy. Made ,Front Apples.
, .
•
•.Immenee 'quantities of apples are
fed to liege, pit even allowed' to'rot.,
because ' they are "builfs"'-:---.th,a,t, is., 'de-
feetiye, Or too small to be Worth eeed-:
to Market... Uses for them ought
to b 'found. ' • ,• ,
The Utah Agricultural Experirrient
Station has been' trying la turn them.
to a.deoeint for ,candymaking, -
a es pores a n ,o/
p a so oo • e is a per-
1049V tot= nicr tslkocicier,,,c0_090r4wit,I.#;0904,1044,14,
,nottical ppeech ,''QrAulpsteDuiall.s evPrY.
*here. Vreeachrklii:440.'11,terikture. ,
TFIK AR MOTT ,3•NaTITPTE
arrcusNm, ,cANAD4
'Trade. Mark
' PETROLEUM. ;JELL
application, of "Vas-
eline7Whitejellylaringe
grateful "wh'etr''
applied 'to cuts,: burns,
• ch,afedouSkEsiEll:p.,eout cc.tx
iviArittrAr-rOttlya c•OlriPseNY
h1188f:u64114.bro,4t7;:v.;4tele.,,iVi'l'ottr'ea'i.
alldjd'arr tit; -t
-61: candies 'could be h•onae-made 'by
diaking-,apple pulp, Or anY other treat
'pulp, miens, Skins and 'seeds,- putting
it in a pan with plenty of sugar or
school leacher who doesn't know why "corn syrup, cooking slowly till stiff
feet disciplinarian,. and no one can macie to -produce a concentrated fum marble, e-nd allowing the stuff to cool
• 1
,
toenahclyigaiielintlemainetdicileaasitshilealc.eaagl:eHmez.tBalkts °f anPles sc'sldj'ere the
and a novelty evolired wa,tsre`I'lacplipele 19;elladrlYdrIrYsif-°itrEhs:nylecriEt)le CleuatyS.1:n al1711.11)eeZ beea entirely overcome' Inc the. ample
IIIGHLYEFFICIElff
USED AT BiJRIAL OF U.S.
UNKNOWN 'SOLDIER,
esident, Haring 's Speech owl
Annaistice Day Heard from
Atlantic to Pacific,.
A mechanical device, operated i
oonnectionviith a' highlY efficient eolal-t
InUrtieatieii system, transnaittea Presit
cleat Harding's ,addresa, delivered o•vor
the remains .of the unknown soldier at
Arting,ten Cemetery on Armistice Day,
to Atlantic andt Pacific, coasts. Wi,th
the aid of this device thousands in and
around the beautiful amphitheatre at
ArlingtorarVirginia, other thousaele in
and around Madisan Square Garden,
Now, York -City, and still other thoua,
ands in and around the Civic Auditor-
ium ,at 'S an Francesco, heard the Prest.
every word.
Wisile speaking,, the President stood,
near a -small box, abeutal in. equaree,
-which rest,ecl on at little stand. In this
box was arblack disk like the ordinary
telephone transinitter, but, Sri fact,
new speeia,1 type, of transmitter ,d
vele,ped within the' last • feeti moa
and successfully demenetrated, for te
first time at arlingtori.
The commercial telephone transmit:
ter is efficient for its purpose:, but 1,1,
has a teetiericy to accenteate. certni'l
tones -in the, voice In ordinary= een-Y4
setter -is this is not particularly .notice,'
eble, but -when asel in. connecter))
with vciee-magnifying devices. these
einProperly, accented tones' beconi
very pron.-am-iced. This, diftleultY has
ehe sel•dom cleans her own teeth her flakes," To melte them, apples (after rolled in granulated ter powdered, -----------
ington with the nnua
nstils always needtransmitter. "
is 'always Untidy, and She boasts that
a,tteetion h r hair removing the skins) were pared clear sneer and dried some more. StOre'in
slue Wears &white waist a Whiele week. down ta the cores, being thus,roduced airtight tins,
to the shape ..Ot long thin • strips, working to this end the englueen
school there was a litter Luminous Star Aids Amateur te
nee ordinary tT" itt
of hooka and keel) good inidenilitely and they were
:said in s effect: "We are taking tit; e
Pa -eked in airtight ,can's,- -,theY-' would . voice of the speaker, as sent through
W,hen the,' school beard 'visited the
papers ,and bits of lunch on her desk Astronomers. perfections, arid amplifying it; sup,
their heads tmgrether ,and wonder if it not be eeonomicallY aPelied for large.
the oltdest of the scienbes a.nd one voice aud thenamplifying it."
scale market purposes,• It was too • • ' ,
wouldn'telbe better to hi --------1 o . . which bas ieterested human beings tor. Theory Proved Correct.'
• - -- _expensive in labor.
•er, s
• prenounced delicieue. . •
which caused that august body to get UnrcErtunated.Y' Usa rhePiad. c'°ald The fascinating study of tile stria's is P°s° we try reducing the' sound of thk
ages
keeping slicked eie the ta exper s ave nlanage ° stucly, but whom the stars interest as high frequency whieh transmitted true -
A result of many ex eriments Tne average Person, who has T ediowiag this 'theory they eeve.the-
while she might not know so much
work out a praces,s for Manufacturing
lie gazes up at them ,on clear night, vokte in it much weaker tone tnan the
• ,
out books, len,* bit more a'baut .TTh a• P‘ • ' • t the time to talte ,up this ev.tensive el a transmitter abnormally
•Beirig well dressed •certainly np.ayS
- -• ' '" 's
TPill'esycandrythdp
rleuheplLied64)1318,3 '' • tuertally,.beevildered if lie tries to uliS- ordinary tranru
eitter. _eaueeht--, the
well insetisfactiona g :
tineruish one .frore thee 'other. -. As • ea , eesential vibrations. lubsveyer,,, a,n'd
cents,
-,-
an orclin'ary • hauseheld meat -grinder, .
nal,acli5tohatsheb:omnadtxelaiwr ici.,screnterier, a star maintarated the, character ov iedivid.,
..which shows the trality of the speaker's wOice. With
., Fee the, aewecellinged Room teen pounds to 100 pounds of the
stars of he first ftve ing,nitudies, and. the aid Of the .6,1-nelifiers tilese essea; .
Mast farm 'souses are low-cleiIinged,' fruit,- spread the mixture halt an inch -.
the different constellation groundings, that vibration•s were built up. ' 7t44
•and this low 'geom. Means that the deep: in. pans, a.nd eve-porated it for
The stars ef`the first four magnitudes, theory prove,d correct- in practice, and,
furh..1411,re ' '11111s't, not be massive or1TortY-eight hours. They called the
apple leather
clumsyelse-some delightful posSibilpreduebeeause nd the lines stowing the 'constella- the President's- voice I was sent-eout -'
, -! t..- "," a
' ' thin' groupings, are /narked . with without ag irapartec'" tion, to the lie'
itiesawtill he lest. For this -best roonilwhile it tasted good, it was very hard •
radiura, salt, thus making them shine Ug thOnSarids.
then—call it livins. room parlbr • or to chew . -
was- ev.e.reoine by at night. - From the box, which steed near ib
whateVere yotie vrish—we event chairs This difficulty
,thatealiall4O-Ceinf ortablYleatherermixing' it
casket of tbe unknown soldier. wires
led to a room- beneath tliampb-iii
large eeectigThis isn't "gracefUlp For, an.; with,a syrup ofothree pound's of sugar Biroa1d °,19•YS gbasS- and'posa, th.atre stage Here all mks
i-uunn-Phdlitered-chair tlieXintleor type to one pound of Water, and dej-ing.the tfl,tasnelinnteen.bvYratsle!'.g.e.ctoirtnte,ley'efeiatitreibRiteloaseelaanr tii‘e- amplifiers liere doing, ther wori,
iriall its, varieties us good Some:tie/ 1 Paste' thus formed The result w
tlie -seats: are jUst a h.ig13-1y. s tis!act0.17. chewable. eandy, ItdOS•1. ycui nbe eisq Aftertot weren: ee- sent
t Iticle;gg:11 lt:h1 r es ret et 1 isced, e; e' 1. -1,e; 7r, altl,i
cm:rife-it. -.sometimes of 1,ushmaking, which, if, des red might contain nuts.tito
them -SliglatlY: easier.' -• 'They foui-itt that a delightful variety __
In unholefered` chairs and couches . , , ,
Minard's e ini rn esat- U sad isy,VeStertriariei
there should -be -nothino. heavy. There
ha is been a%Wave of sufch thing's, in
- ,
huge lines suitable milirs for -mammoth
hotel lobbiess'er clubs. and of question-
able ,beauty,' even in that -capacity.
They ruin the s,rnall, home.' Neither
is the type called "Mission" suited to
the small house. Missionhas the merit
of being all-Arnerican ,and was assin-
cere attempt -to -create something in-
dependently of the Old World. In that
it has succeeded, but not as beautiful-
ly as we could -wish. Too heavy and
square in too ' monotonansly
brown in 'color, we must forego this
type if we wbuld have our room beau-
tiful. •
There' are 'simple line sofas, not too
large; gate-leg tables with great
merit for just this kind of room, drop-
leaf ta-bles, and Sniall stands to use
CANADA'S PROBLEMS
BY 0 FAME OF
The addreeses of the President
and General Manager of the Bank -
of Montreal, at the annual meeting
of shareholders of that institution,
were the -authoritative pronounce-
ments of men of international stand-
ing inenaatters of finance,- and, as
such ,they will undoubtedly be fon
lowed"with much interest both in
this country and abroad. Every,
year the addresses at this aanual
meeting are looked forward to with
keen anticipation by merchants and
inanufactdrers because of the com-'
,prehensive analysis that they pro-
beSide the sofa arid oh which a lamp vide of financial conditions in Cana-
.
can'be placed to advantege;. there are .sia, aed becanse -they afford guild -
stools made to the height of a chair ance in the generaabnsiness, policy
seat which, when used with a small to „he .eollowed during the coming
comfortable chair i give the tired
member of the family a -chance to re- Pritist Deal VVith Railway Situation
aline. And this small comfortable In the view of Sir Vincent Mer,e-
chair can be well -upholstered and still dith, the way to sus -bathed improve -
have shapely; delicate lines. There are ment in trade is not yet clear, but,
tip-tep tableseor if you prefer "Pie- that improve/Rent will be hastened
crust," which are large,enough to hold
a few books and a lamp, but not toe,
larg-e for' at small': reOnl. There are
simple tableadesks and spinet des s,
-all of whieh lend an 'air of perinanent-
beauty* the low-ceilinged farm
living -room.
ty" up to "One do -able -nought s' which
means 100 feet.
NewUses for Waste;
it has been customary hitherto to
burn the hulls of rice discarded -in the
process of preparieg the cereal for
market, no use for them being known.
Naw,1'however, means have 'been found
Lor turning this waste material to
valuable account. One hundred tons
02 nice halls, -by. the aPplica,tion, of
hig,h heat after washing, and boiling,
can be inade te yield see'tenty-five,tone
of cellulose , for the manufactlike' Of
paper,' linoleum and other products,
including pa,rafilia, acetic acid and
hydrogen, gas. The ireportaric,e of•-tleis
diseovery may be jud,ged fieimt the
't'aPkhelitairs'rnomgeewinhgattounartesklaSitiolleeirionnuirovsclico,ilei fact that nearly one-third cf the total
for me with no very definite idea of er°P' by eonusta et
lio;t1s)tirlP'
what it may lead you into.. There may if 5„. v.vo,nt „friends -von niose,,be
o •
be even same danger attached bo it.
) • ,
It is thy duty to mention this possibil-
ottbetigh know you'll consider „,
010, ntli at' all when 1 4;11 you that ''' 11
cts•
a .1
peovement can be expested in the-
PreqQ.nt 1)urdensorac ec.iditions se
long as ite cofitinuett Ile-
, der public-7-Whleil, he ,
means po,liticad,,- ownserSlete and.
op'elation. Both: *Great anitain. and
'the 'United ,SIS,tes haVe
the 'financial, C11/10 .in.e,eparable'
tro,T4 :suell„,ownershiP. .a.rniss,.opera
, „
tion, , and- have adopted ',the only.
gemedy. "
Retail',Forces 'Out of Lirre,
Sir Frederick. Virillia,ins-Tazdor
undoubtedly. placed auger' on
'one of the weak. s•pots, in our pre-
sent tr.a de conditions wh ere he said
that while on. s the One hand tile
perchesing 110.9.1er of tlie peoducte
of our natural res•ourcee ,waeeat the
low e 3t level reached.' foie s,eve
years east, ia ether direct:Ilene WO
Still had high prices, and retail •
prices were coarspictiously out , of s
line. It is en•the purchasing power
of the products of oar na,iaral re-
sources that we must- place our
Main dep,enclence for. a revival 20
when labor realizes that wet in at_ trade and it is obv/ouS that there
ed Wages cannot continue, and that ncanntilbtoifenportscd,eisotfaiontTitleri,onolemrnolvoednittetonrib
„ More efficiency and greater produc-
tion are absolutely•necessary in or:- 8-r° commensurate, 'with th,M1 Purs'
der to brin,g prices. down 'to a level dressing Power.
‘11. -
that will'stimulate co sumption
and thus provide Increased employ-
ment, His warning as to the evil
effects of heavy taxation in stifling
industry and enterprise is one that
will be cordially entlorsed by all
thinking men, and one whicili those
vvho direct our public affairs surely
-will not. dare to ignore.' And, Sir
of letters on her cleslt. But Sue was Vincent- merits public thanks. for
quick too. `She 'saw both the act and
the ,courageous way ie.' which he
Sumined up, the ,most obvious
needs of Canada at the present
time, in the opinion, of these two
eminent folanciees, aro draetto
economy i11 the conduct ot public,
ataies, a solution of the raildway
problem on the basis of prisk)ate as
against political ownership and
operation, 0 vigorous Immigration
policy for the peopling of our waste
spaces -diverting to ea mu a the
Laurie's corifusion. ear , , - o , .. i.... ‘ t , , _
dealt svith the railvvaYr problem; sirGani o ..inimigrant, ul at foi ler ly
' titular for his uncomproieis flawed el(ewhere" an' defl-C Loll lo
in the act! I ci'on't lcriow. what the act ' ' -
"Caught!" she,otiori egayly. "Ca,ueedit irin,-I'doniaration. that no marked iin... tbe,cost 02 lainr,
is, but you'd better tell me at once.' r ..,......___
,
After a second of hesitation Laurie
drew out the photograph:, -It Was a
portrait of a man with a quiet face
and steady eyes.
"Well, Laurie Fair! I didn't knew,
you were a hero -worshipper. Whois
he, anyhow? SOirie new literary
Laurie looked at the, photograph
,silenely for a moment. "Not a writer,"
she ,sa,id 'at, last; "only a hero. He was
one of the doctors who gave hiS Iit'e
twenty yearsago in the experiment
that ended Yellow' fever."
"Bet -a -am' 'For once in her life Sue
iwas Pdizzled.e•
"Why d,o1„keep it?" Laurie sug-
gested,,, Wel, you sbe blush-
bn.t1 met Sue's obvious eyes
, , .
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Write 2 ua r
tuilees. Nati
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Seli-
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round.
The Great Canadian To Dirigible liaIkon
• 'Just like tho big ones! Size -26" long by 8" deep, Interesting and
instructive for both.childr,en and grown-epa. Send for one to -lay! '
Those of a meehanical and ceratructive tura ot mninri have) greet
feast re in assembling
THE dANADIAN TOYeAIRGH r" CO,
,247A T. PAUL 31'MONTR AL, IN,-
and -aretinils the amphitheatre 'at At -4
lingtori the other led. to, the long-dis-
tance lines ,forotriensmisston to re's
c efs- er nt Mad ohs Scjtuare Garden, ,
New- York-, and to roe -severs at the
Civic 'Auditbrigeni., San" *reticle, co_
,Tof insore, that 'the ,people
anaphithleatre, ancl -at other 'pointa
woald hear the- PrC,sitiont's address.'
with,out any echoing sounds, as- other.,
disturbances clue" tcs the amplifiers,
Many Problems in the ,correcc olaCind.
of receivers arid -of the horns tysdre
satistacterily s.ateed. Se perfectly
"vere..` the. difilcnitle,5, overcome -that it
wan impo,esible fon a pe,rSon to tell, ne
mattertwhereelm wae located at Arline •
ton, whetheus. he was listening to the '
president's actual voice, or his voice
alterit had 'passed 'throngli the amp!):
diet's. •
And 'to .l.a,sure just as. wonderful, a
performance, tor the listening- the'lls-
ands in New.York City t and -San',Frare'
01500f. every possible preeautionl was
tat -ken,
,
Canadian‘Fur Farms.
It is beginning to' be realised teat
befor,o long the maius reliance of the
Inc Markets ,of» the world for supplies,
Must he the breeding of; fur -bearing
animals, under con.ditionS
ca tips). or. 's eraidomes ticatian/i'
etlienagnsleea•tsuei.,,q1:Useiree-s•reareans,1.
managed as fur -growing farces.' ,
in that, direction 'Canada' is now
in the -lead, the total value of tar-beas"
ing animals on farres 20 tbe dominion
being $4,632.6,00,.., '
There are '366 P02E-fat, fariissd 00.
Pilince Edward more than -Dalt
of CanadasS total • number. • Nova
Scat,la has fifty-tive fax farms, New
1Bea11ewieli fiftys ev ea. Quebec seventy,-
ontario forty, ,tlie Prairie tPrb-
Vinces eighteen anti Drit',s1).
,
o.,tiji the Vulibii•tWetibS.rlfouur.-
Nova Scotia has ,tliree mink tarni»
Quebec a/re, Ontario 1ore,
or the fur. (derived from.the new:I/ere,'
'anindal), „which. Is lErCOWit
lc,6(', a "Persian
rrha "tata,", number 02 turtiariu,s20
Canada is 582„ Oil' the fox-fttr Innano
pelt will, fe,tclx,to the ,fareier $750.
. •
•
'Where' orta nriU v,ot ctras-&,
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