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Rattling Tire Chains.
The common method o£ locking
spare tires Is to use a chain and ttad-
loek. The only trouble with the idea.
le the noise incident to the rattling oe
the Chain and the fact that it tears the
lintel( of pints with which jt comes in
Contact. Some oar owners cover this
chain with a bit of hose, but this is
usually too stiff and is somewhat noisy
and even permits marring the finish.
A bit of leather or heavy substitate,
the length of the chain and wide
enough to forma tube to enclose the
chain offers a satisfactory solution of
the :problem. Turn in the edges of the
leather case and ii you cannot do the
job yourself, the nearest harness
maker will maize the tube for you.
Power Losses.
Leaks mean power wasted, lost. The
leak may be of water, fuel or oil, but
no matter what et is it wastes power,
Slight Leaks here and there may cause
a total loss of power that will be seri-
ous. There are dozens of joints in the
engine, and each one may spring a
leak under certain conditions, Good
gasketing is the best insurance
againet leak's, but it is not all the .bat-
tle. The joints must be inspected fre-
quently. If you are not sure of the
existence of a leak, squirt a little oil
over the suspected spot; bubbles will
tell the tale of a leak. Cylinder head
holding down nuts should he tightened
occasionally, The inlet manifold, if
it is outside the casting, should be
tightened to the carburetor and cylin-
der block. Remove the pan under the
engine and see if there is any drip-
ping. Go over the three major sys-
tems, water, gas and oil, and stop any
leak found. For :oil paper gasketing
is best. Use wrapping .paper and be
sure there is no break in the gasket
at any paint, around she stud' holes,
Asbestos coated with graphite makes
the ;best gasket for inlet manifolds,
carbureter flanges and similar loca-
tions. Joints that carry hot gases
- should be fitted with gaskets of copper
covered asbestos., In certain cars
special types of gaskets are recom-
mended for various locations. These
types .should be purchased from the
service stations and used as directed.
The ,important thing is to insure
against leaks, for every leak means a
power loss.
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Tire Chains.
Tire chains aro practically always
used in wet weather cued care is neces-
sary to keep them from getting rusty,
The chains should always he dried orf
before they are returned t,, the tout
box after use. Especially should the
clamps be looke+l after. .A. little cup
grease or vnseline will prevent rusting
and elim{nate the trouble of prying
them open or using a hammer to close
them, There should always be carried
in the tool kit a crosspiece tool and one
or two extra cross chains. With this
tool broken cross chains May be re-
moved or replaced very easily.
Overheating Preventive.
In cars that use thermo-syphon cool-
ing, the water system should always
be kept completely filled. If the water
level drops considerably, the circula-
r tion of the water will be reduced and man, even where the prime source
may even be stopped altogether. With was a British hunter. Now that ad -
a pump system the piunp continues to venturous business Is being tackled
force the water through the system, by us on new Biles, area.
regardless of how moth or how little One English veneerer hes secured a I Doctor Grenfell, who night string
of the liquid there may be, but the wild beast farm, or "safe-deposit,' in an alphabet of academia and Heraldic
circulation of the syphonie system is the Belgian Congo, 1n this game re- distinctions after his name if he chose,
simply a natural flow and this is in serve specimens will be kept and fed is a fisher of men fa a tossing world
terrupted in ease a considerable pore until in the pink of condition. This of cod -hunters made ricin or poor as
tion of the outlet pipe is empty, re- wild prevent many a seriouslose in the fish choose or refuse to "strike
suiting in overheating of the engine, transit, and the removal front native in" and to bite. Down the west coast
To See Inside. habitats will be so gradual as to ac- of Newfoundland in the Bummer of
customs the wild creature to the 1919 some fishermen Incl away in tin
cans in the hard ground their several
the eand dollars: on Gm east coast,
itt White Bay, were others who re-
ceived as little as $7.50 for the -catch
of a season --a quintal ("Rental") of
cod—that is to aay, a dry weight of
115 pounds from "green" fish that
weighted about five times as much
when taken. These fishermen in the
days that aro upon them new are liv-
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1(i P GRENFELL
IN HIS NORTH ATLANTIC
PARISH.
Healer of Bodies and Physi-
cian of Souls is At Home
in Arctic Seal.
There ere stole men whom It is a
butt' to meet and a recurrent ethnu-
lus to be with, and one tenth man is
Dr, Wilfrid Thomason Grenfell, sortie -
time of Oxford, the linyal College of
Surgeons, Vl'llitet•hap01 and the North
sea; now 01 Labrador,
I recently cruised with hila along
the coasts of Labrador and northern
Newfoundland in his rocking, rotten
littfo steamship the Stt'athoona, and
of that shipboard anti seaboard inti-
macy is born the desire to talk of hint
a little while to those who know him
through his books and his addresses
arm those t0 whom he is only a dis-
tant name foe sacrifice and daring, for
surgery and seamanship in a forsaken
A very handy weapon to make easy
the examination of the inside of a
casing when looking for punctures,
fabric breaks or weak spots, is a
wedge made of a substantial stiok of
wood three-quarters of an inch and
three to five ,inches long, depending on
the size of the tiro, This wedge may
be slipped between the beads and pul-
led around the entire circumference
of the casing with one hand, leaving
the other free to hold the tire.
Pipe Cement,
Brown shellac mixed with graphite
makes an admirable cement for pipe
joints and connections which are sub-
jected to heat and compression. The
two ingredients should be mixed to a
paste and smeared over the joint need-
ing treatment.
Cleaning Seat Covers.
Seat covers may usually be cleaned
very satisfactorily with a non -alkaline
soap and warm water. The best way
to carry out the job is to take the
covers off and give them a good scrub-
bing on the board.
RE -STOCKING THE
WORLD'S Z
S
WAR PLAYED HAVOC
WITH CAPTIVE HERDS.
In the World of the Wild Beast
Trader "Reconstruction"
Really Means Something.
Visitors to the famous Gardens in
Regent's Park are dismayed to see ee
many gaps in our national collection,
says a London writer. The lion -
houses sadly disappoint the children,
so empty are they now. Our giraffes
have gone to happier hunting grounds,
and only "Big Maggie" survives.
Of all the sportive sea -lions we had
five years ago, every one died- daring
the war, because the fish they needed
could not be obtained. It was the
salve story 'of loss all round, from
rhinos and hippos to the tropical birds.
It is not necessary to set out the
impressive figures of a day's proven.
der for the London Zoo. Bat it the
careful housewife were at bar wits'
end in catering, what of a scientific
body that has elephants to feed, as
well as troops of beers and every
Jungle creature, from monkeys to bur.-
faloes, and from crocodiles to birds of
paradise 7
The whole collection was rationed
in draetio style, with the inevitable re
atilt that specimens passed Pram Re-
gent's Park to the National History
Museum in Cromwell Road, where the
Boras shown are only stuffed ones, and
the big snake is a twirly arrangement
of whitened bone.
Substitute footle quito in the Ger-
man ersatz way, were tried; but
horseflesh, Camouflaged with oil, could
riot save the sea -lions. Tigers and
leopards wilted visibly on the nasty
stuff given them..
A Trade Worth $10,000,000 a Year.
Really, the feeding of a Large Zoo
in war -time was far from a joke.
Enemy cities like Vienna and Pestle
Berlin and Hamburg and Munich. mt-
douhtedly ate their Zoos --as beleag-
uered Paris did in 1871, when an Eng-
lish 'Mather contractees for camel
• meat, 'and smelt reetnttrants had on
' their menus elephala steaks and cote-
lettes de Hlgre et a g::at pl'1e'e.
We ihav'e big su::kes tend lizards that
uee+l fresh eggs dud other dainties.
Our tropic birds love to peel: at
oranges, bananas, and sueblike fruits.
Everyone knows the Price of these
during the war, and there were times
when it was simply impossible to buy
at any price for Zoo inmates the
special food upon which they thrive
behind captive bars.
But now the war is over, all the
curators, from London to Sydney, and
from .t uetet'dam to Buenos Aires, are
placing orders with wild beast trap-
pers in all parts. It is a little-kuown
trade, worth $10,000,000 a year, and
the men engaged in it wage perpetual
war against Nature in her most for-
bidding moods,.
The king of hunters was surely the
late Captain F. C. Sclous, who dropped
itis elephant -gun, and took a service
rifle to defend his country's cause in
the East African campaign, where be
s0 -nobly died.
Dutch trappers and traders have a
good stock of Zoo specimens on handl.
These ware quietly got togctber in
Holland during the war, with a view
to advantageous dumping when Peace.
should be signed,
Caught by Soldiers.
Otnr newest hippo comes from Atn-
sterrlem, where he was horn three
years ago. lIunting-leopards, hyaenas,
ibex,'., porcupines, and a gorilla,—
here are some acquisitions that re.
pimp our war casualties at the Zoo.
The wild beast trade was largely Ger-
changes of climate involved,
Forty elephants a year are looked
for in the Thysville district, Other
expeditions are out in the French
Senegal, the Sudan, Liberia, 'British
Bast" Rhodesia, and ltasailand, Rep -
wee and birde are sought in India,
Malaya, Borneo, Australia, and South
America,
Altogether, there are about 150 na-
f the Sign of the Straw
Soldiers roturnlug from oversells
have remarked that farmhands In Eng.
land solnetinles wear a wisp of straw
in their hats. It. Is a fart that in
Greet Britain cold in parts of Europe
a straw used in different ways means
a lot of things among fanning folks,
In parts of Ragland ends Scotland a
lad (tarrying It straw in his ]tat to a
plowman or stable -boy in search of a
place. Articles for sale. in 1001' i'c1•al
dJatr!rts, are narked. with a bundle of
straw. Farmers plant a pole on the
toad near the douse, end adorn its top
with the homely symbol.
A horse's tail well plaited with
straw, with the straw ends turned up,
marks him as for sale, but garulshed
more roughly with straw wisps intake
him as a kicker, Straw tied to the
stall also indicates a kicking horse,
and, in similar fashion, a bundle of
straw on a gate post at a short out
may give warning of an unruly bull
within. Some farmers give further
notice by fastening a bundle of straw
on the animal's horse,
In the country, in winter and spring,
the foxbunter always watches for
straw: when he comes upon it tied on
top of a tall red polo he must look out
for barbed wire; when hedges are
strewn with straw he must rein up to
keep out of new -sown wheat or clover
fields, During the shooting season on
the Yorkshire rpoors tail sticks are
placed along the pathways, and hung
with straw. They hid the peasantry
beware of the"stray shots of the sport.
ing gently.
Meiners, extending the eel r'uuntry
custom underground. warn comrades
of dangerous parts of the working by
means of straw thrown :Mout the
'Moving.
In Germany workmen repairing 1110
roofs of houses hang a bundle 01 straw
from the top window ae a 'danger Sig-
nal. to passers-by, while bricklayers In
Norway and I),nntark tie similar
bundles to the top of the seellold 1,0'e
I-Iancs an Index of
Character.
The halals sally tell more of a.
story titan most people realize. Long,
slander hands with tapering lingate
Judleate mn nrilstla temperament, the
eximession or which may be along
literature, art or misienl Ilse:+, or it
may rind an outlet In arrhicc(1111e, de-
slg'nhlt; or the pueeiit of teem! one of
the learner{ p1ofc •::ions.
It is quite ltoseible lo ghee a slightly
tapering effect to rather blunt lingers
by preseing them gently al the tine
to signify that the rhlnluaY P'li i 11'0 front childhood, hut, tater all, 1104 term
set and (heir world In 11,11shOd'
pennant or dleposition c'tuuot be
111 tett south of England a bundle of ,.banged by tturh mercer
stra1;011:111 in ct Held b: tt 5.11;11 that rho
1 thick, ;tort, atubbt hand is sure
gloa0iici not yet nllowell to gather l;, b lnnig to a thlclt-eel p)t.e'llt'al hues•
the left h,v the reapers. Vi hi 11 1,idtlal who is wu'appecl 1111 In the every
day, liec.'ssry affairs of We. Blunt
fingers nsnrlly Medicate a disposition
not oesrtuttful.
It is quite possible in keep olio's
hands in attractive eondition no mat-,
ter what their shape if the anile aro
carefully manicured, blemishes nvnld-
ed and the skin kept smooth.
As much of the natural oil of the
skin is removed by ronsLam,t washing,
it is 00009090y to replace this by suit-
able )(Slone and applications. The old•
time habit of having a pair of white
cotton gloves to draw on at night after
the Bands have ben arno111tod with
something healing er whitening was
really very sensible. It protected the
bedding, held Lilo medication just
where it was needed and hunted the
beautitying process, as tete warmth of
the gloves was in itself an aid.
A groat many people neglect their
hands, giving titan no attention wlcat-
]te• {1••
wheat. 1s being sown, a elicit crowned.
with straw is put up at each end of
the field in order to Snide the eawer
and prevent his going twice over the
same ground.
Secures. to the roof of a farmhouse,
in many parte of Ireland, it is an In-
vitation to passersby to eater and
drink the health of the bride and
bridegroom, who are within.
In the west of Eng'and, neighbors
show their disgust of wife beaters by
tying straw to the door handles of
the hooses in which such clue{ hies'
bands live.
Despite tem invention of knitting ma-
chines some elderly woolen in the
north of Ireland still carry wisps of
straw stuck into their belts. Tlhese.
form sheaths for their knitting need-
les, and are a further sign to all and
sundry who may chance to pass by
that their wearer is willing to make
knitted'gouds to order.
the half -eaten bread loaf reposes amide Prince Albert as a
the broken china, anti he calls a child
to Ills knee, presses down the tongue Speaker•
and takes an inventory. Sometimes The royal fatally of Britain is rapid -
he operates on the spot; sometimes Jy developing a goodly number of ore:
he arranges for a visit t0 the hospital tors, even the younger members having
at Battle Harbor or St. Anthony, taken to this role, trays a London des -
Ere he finished, a fleherman comes patch. One of the latest additions to
tiunal and ciia'lc Zoos awaiting recon- ing on bread and tea, ani. fur shoes in and begs that the doctor will go to the list is Prince Albert, the King's
strlhctioe in this way. Certain held they wear pieees cut from rubber the other end of the straggle of huts second son, who 19 a frerhman at Com-
ex -soldiers of ours aim at cornering boots• that make`" the village to look at his bridge. After having gone, through
wild beast supplies. and even forcing The Unseaworthy "Stralhcona," "old woman" All he knows is that the ancient ceremony at being made
the German, Austrian, and other Zoo- alit is in pain, and that site suffers a freeman of the Drapee's Company
curators to amity to this country for DoctorGrenfell's effort is to bridge "something wonderful," Sometimes it here, he delivered a striking little
tate new specimens they need. the gap between those who have and is a written note that is brought, ad- speech. Replying to a toast by Canon
The capture of jungle fauna will no
longer be left to native hunters and
beaters. Too often tate live -specimens
were badly mauled by crude weapons,
or snared in game -pits, and there left
over of t than the tagelation Isash-
ings with soap and wetter. end 'hen
wonder why they are roughened and
sore.
If the, hands become si:,inr•d it little
care will usually repair the damage. .
If they are stained by strong alkaline •
solutions they will often be turned
yoliow or brown. Wash with a 501511
Mon. of vinegar .,and water in equal
parts and rub with a cul lemon.
11 the hands are seemed with a
mineral acid they should be washed
with a good lather of soap and rubbed
in freely. Rinse in a anla1100 of bale-
ing ,.oda and water, a heaping tea-
spoonful to a lint,
those who are not, and this bridge .dressed In a weird diversity of spell -aloin Dalton of St. George's, Windsor, In case any strong acid eta; boon
is a little ketch -rigged etearner of ings. Doctor is often "ducker." and at a innd'haon after tate ceremony, tete spilled on the hands wash well and
eighty-four toes, *named for milord the name is Grandlield, Grempel, Prince seta, 111 part:—
who gave $5,000 toward her purchase.
She is now about twenty years of age,
for day::, a prey to hunter and thirst, and 'she has !alien apart by seams and
and cloudly tiles, tock beasts fur the
beassi so often th t she is like the
Zoos will now be properly handled Irishman e knife. renewed in every
and cared for, in kraals un specinl part and Yet the 501110. Icer catlins
g:nle reserves. are not Rt to hada a g'rackle's nest,
Here they will be watered and fedher plates in spots are little bettor
as well as habituated to the presence than If they were of eh:na, her 00.
of human beings. Not until the specs- ginos and hc: bolters 1x11111 t drive her •'p,:n't you over get fired:•' 1 esi:ed
through e sheeting, headstrong' sea, h1m.
and still the doctor whips and spurs ''1 don't ie:,= •rrrb.:r that i ever was
her to the rescue when hardy master- � ured in my tire" ha fleshes Windt, with
Greenfield, Grampnil--even C'ramlull. "It 19, I 'assure yon, a real pleasure
0n0 woman appeals for clothes for a to me to have the honor of replying
fanny "naked as birds," and a num to the (oast so kindly proposed -iny
wants nails and paint. A lighthouse Canon Dalton and received wth such
keeper telegraphs that the doctor cordiality by you all hero. For the
must come to operate un his throat pleasant things ho has said about the
and sere his life, and promises coal services rendered by my family ditr-
1'or Isis boat. The rain of inopportune ing the war, I would thank hien eht-
applicutions is incessant. t•erely.
"1 Call Only say that, shonbl the
chance ever arise, 1 have un higher
ambition titan to follow the dpi ::(ilii
example set the by lay father, another
' and eldest brother, and to emulate
thein to the best of my ability.
Re iescan
tf3;; t.
mens are at (heir best will they be
put in crates, and sent for shipment to
the coast and European ports. Mam-
mals, reptiles, and birds are to be marlvers who thumbed (hen dew• : his ready sa te.
taken by the ablest Hft-inflamed and Labrado
rittsh hunters r Pilot anal PreacF.es a Cheery Gospeh
with the aid of specially -trained ski- Guirle" long before he cr„ac frmn Jdng•
7'"e r1,• m
karts, who have 0 rest aptitude for
laud ttvantp-seven yee1- age t:oul,i b lrng never is ghtnt; he nares
bide safe in tleklc or bight or cove' [nulls a long fuse as he goes chane his
this fascinating wale business; he never etineitllnlze, as
� uud let the storm rave past. the head-!
Lase; of the African Slcphente. {and where the tileuithco,la banes she a martyr.
wind and the hldign=tut 009. finder the opening eyelids 11f the
Captive elepliato. are now broken
in to labor iu these. African -farms" I tonne the hrte beat at Battle Hay.morn you struggle out from beneath
oil the Indian kb.'ddah system, F,cen bor August 31, your Cans' double blankets in the
zebras aril eland,: are trained in The fisher -fol{; swarmed over tete wheelhouse and, them he stances in a
transport world, ut::l all are to be ac- roll et all hours with their fatuities •sun bath atter 0 sea bath of he cries;
c]tmatie'od by Ili^ gradual moving of and their symptoms, and tete doctor's "1've jest had my bucket on the
them to a lmei;ltt of 3,0110 feet above stock of patience and sympathy, islet deter and you Wright have had one, but
sea level. Moreover, ell the animals' store of medicines, never ran cut. I've lost the bucket overboard!"
He believes in the sun and the sea
as medicinal.
"Isn't it tun to live?" and "Isn't it
good to be alive?" are often on his
lige, and when he says it he means it.
"I try to teach my people that Jesus
Christ was a good sport," he 1015 me.
He Inas no ass for a frowning and
gloomy religion. He despises sham
and cant.. Itis mainmast flies a blue
Rag saying "God is Love"; on his hos-
pitals, his orphanage, the store and
even the bird house aro apt texts
taken front the bible—but there is no
pose in that, The words so seen, day
unto day, sink deep into the minds of
all who behold them.
It is a continuing inspiration to be
with a ratan Who is all ages to all ages
--who does everything the one right
way who !s genua and just, yet a
are to he shipped in May and June,
so as to have a chance of settling
down in European Zoos before the cold
and fogs of winter set in,
In the African ranch, gorillas and
chlrnpanzees wander at will, and they
come whooping to table at meal times,
with eerie cries of joy. A typical
home depot ot the now type for the
display of specimens to Zoo officials
Is at Haslemere, near High Wycombe.
Prices rule high, of course, owing to
This man had his tooth "hauled," for
it hart hint "wonderful." This woman
was "full of glams (glands)," and the
next declared that she "workecd'"in
punishment." Then came a boy with
a "rale equick bawling on his inside,"
and a woman who --her husband said
—had "overtopped{ herself and over -
east her mind."
Clinics at Se 1
Sea end on Land.
The doctor is humming the air of a
native wages, as well as food and gospel hymn as he hunts fora hypo.
ocean tranrpal,t. detente needle or antiseptic gauze to
The elephant is espy^!ally deal jttrt pack into a sinus, or sharpens a knife
now, and must mesas be sought fir the or paints iodine around an Incision,
He accompanies
remoter wilds. An o19 male -•t11 last 111l his sleight -of -band
in 7,ulnland -was recentlyk;ilOd. with a !tinning commentary. Ho
Snutheni Rhodesia has n° e-inpllants charms his patient with a tale of Trow
now. There are a taw in 1120 I9as Orn the fish down north are biting, o' not
Transvaal, and p1;011413, a c0.4,10 of biting, us the case stay be: he is the
hundred in the Adria Bush rie:;ervc, morning newspaper ns well as the terror 1.0 evildoers; who is as patient
c guide, philosopher and friend where- a uiagf.sswhen berly adjusting
near Part. Elizabeth.
Bert the Addo elephauto, cnnfiucd ever he [foes. lies( of all, 110 tikes to the prntrpritoef.ary tighsots 01 a pudtn-
in a fishermen's lout chatting with shooter on tt lone islet as it he were a
within 6,000 acres of unPenr"ed land, the inmates, but 50051 his roving eye supreme court sitting in august ses-
aro rondemnect by local i:a'Slrera' beholds wan children whose ]wings or atoll on a case involving millions. Tint
whose cattle they stampede, trtun{ding adenoids awaken his solicitude, carni you do not know Grenfell till you have
down Crops and terrifying human be- his peace of mince is gone. You can- behold shim in his boat at grips with
Inge, This herd—the ooke1 s last iSouth
Africa—is now looked not thongbtlesaly enjoy yourself for the sea. Than he is in his element
to as a source »rang the sick, you have the and then he Is at home. ---F, W.
long a
of supply by most ot the Zoo -curators quick, taut senses of the disgnosti-
of Europe,
Buy Thrift Stamps.
clan. Loudon policemen work seven hours
Somebody fetches a bona, worn
(Written in a field near Ypree, 1915),
In lonely watches night by might
Great visions burst upon my sight,
For down the stretches of the sky
Tho hosts of dead go marching by.
Strange ghostly banners o'er them
float,
Strange bugles sound au awful note,
And all their faces and their eyes
Are lit with starlight from the skies.
The anguish and the pain have passed
The peace hath come to them at last,
Hut in the stern looke linger still
The iron purpose and the will,
Dear Christ who reign'st above the
flood
Of human tears and human blood,
A weary road these men have trod,
0 house .ellen' in the house of God.
--Frederick George Scott,
Hall of Fame For Women.
1-Vomen in England are not without
their Hall ot Fame. In the Lady
chapel of the groat cathedral in Liver-
pool is a magnificent array of stained
glass windows in Commemoration of
the deeds of good women, All the
famous women of the 015 and New
Testaments are commemorated, hat
by far the most interesting are the
windows commemorating the deeds of
great Woolen of modern times, among
thenyl Susanne Wesley, Elisabeth Fry,
Grace Darling; Queer Victoria, Eliza-
beth Barrett Browning and numerous
ethers,
"Fortune will :call at the smiling
per day, andreceive at the rate of ry10 gate," says the Japanese proverb. A
boy who is good -no -timed and' polite el.
spoon from the sagging shelves witet'a per week, ways wine his way.
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soak In water to dilute the acid as
much as possible, if the halms are
burned realm u paetc of sola and
water and spread on. Cut ',mop or a
ripe tomato are polluter ituume reme-
dies for removing fruit and vegetable
stains.
•
How He Acquired It.
" One of our most popular actor., was
enjoyiug a little after-the•shaty 15015'
per with a small party of friends one
night recently, when the conversation '
drifted around to facial expression up-
on the stage, some contending that
actors failed utterly to achieve an ex-
pression similar to that which they
would wear if the stags conditions
were real, °there that the imitations
were genet'alty good.
"'Peke the expression of absolute
astonishment Will menages to get on
his face in that third net," one of the
latter cited, and then asked, turning
to the actor, "How did yeti manage to
clo it, anyway. It was s.) natural that
for an instant I thought something un-
toward had really occurred, off stage,
Flow did you get it?"
"Studied it from nature, nay boy,
Prom nature" the actor replied, with
well simulated pompo0Kness. "I al-
ways do,"
cI@ was this way," he continued, ig-
noring the good-natured grins. "1 had
tried for a.. week during rehearsal, and
couldn't work up the expression I
thought the situation demander!. Then
I got to thinking. I asked a good
friend to lend' me $10. He refused,
but this caused ane no surprise, Again
I tried, and this time the hill was
handed to me. I could see my reilec-
tion in a mirror behind my friend, and
while surprise was depicted on my, fea-
tures, it was not absolute astonish.
ment—such things had happened to.
me before---en0e or twice, anyway.
"Ily determination was now roused,
and I resolved upon a heroic course,
one which only my true. devotion to
my art could have induced eve. I re-
turned the $10 to my friend. It was
worth the sacrifice. Upon his ,taco I
saw that ssipression of utter astonish-
ment which I desired and which you
saw me red?roduce to -night+^"
Paris of Wonders.
In writing of the Yellowstone Park,
John Muir has Said: "In 110100 of the
spring basins the waters, though still
warm, aro perfectly calm, and shine
blandly ite, a soil of ovorleaning green
and flower's, as if they wore thorough-
ly cooked at last, and set aside to
eettic and cool. Others are wildly
boiling over itis if running to Wake,
thousands of tons oe the premieres
liquid being thrown into the ah', lo
fall in scalding Ioode on the olefin
Cant soar of the establishment, keep-
ing onlookers at a distance. Instead
of holding limpid pale green or azure
water, other pots and craters are
filled with csaaldling mud, which lit
tossed up from three to four feet to
thirty feet, in atlelty, rank -entailing
mass08 With gasphtg', bolohiug, thud"
cling aouuda, plastering the hraucltetl
of neighboring tread every (lash, re.
tort, hot spring and geyser has some-
thing spooial in it, no two being the
same In temperature, ceder or colt.
position,"