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27 Years in Public Service.
ONE LESSON
BY HARRIET LUMMIS SMITH.
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PART I.
As Ar,lold came out from town in
his automobile he saw Ellen Dodge
walking ahead in 'the road, with a
basket on her arni and her head flung
back in the way that was Ellen's awn.
Ellen was the only girl anywhere
about who ever walked when she
could ride. But although she wan -o
plainly enjoying the wale, -she
promptly accepted Arnold's invitation
and scrambled up besicie hint in the
runabout.
"I'm awfully glad you canon along,"
she said.
Something in her nuteiler leeet biro
from taking her a ores as a compli-
ment.
•'Why'" he asked.
"Because I was ju:.t wishing that
I could learn to run an automobile,
and the next minute you cane along
to give me a lessen. it's lice a fairy
story."
"Why do you want t, learn?" ask-
ed Arnold curiously.
"I want to fit myself to do some-
thing useful. I'd like to drive an am-.
bulance, I believe. 'feu don't know
what heieless feeling it gives you,
being ., girl, while this war's going
00."
Th.e eh a'hw that erose,. d his face
made Ellen realize. how tactless she
had been. She looked at him in some
distre:.s. fully aware that it would
only make a bad matter worse to say
that she was sorry.
"I know it gives you a rather help
less feeling to be a man that's no
good," he answered bitterly. "It
makes me:tittle. when I look at my ex
emption card."
Ellen's expression was compassion
ate. It did nut occur to her to try
to console him by belittling his griev-
ance. for from her standpoint the
hpysical delicacy that kept him from
wearing a uniform was the greatest
of ni efortnnes.
"We11,' Arneld said, trying to shake
off his depression, "if you want a les-,
son, let's change places and start in.'
It isn't every girl I'd try to teach,
Elim, but you're one of the kind that
doesn't get rattled over every little
tbing. You could drive an ambul-
ance or most anything else yon had
a mind to."
The lesson was a long one, and
Ellen confessed that she was some-,
what bewildered. "I can remember'
what to do if I think long enough,"
she explained; "but by that time I'd
have ran over somebody or smashed
up the car."
Arnold smiled. "This is only the
first lesson. You don't expect to get,
very far in one lesson."
But when they parted at her door»
he abandoned the qualified approba-t
and stood looking at the shelves load-
ed with crocks and jure and bottles
and jelly glasses. Even if she could
nut fight in the trenches, those spring
days when she had toiled in the gar-
icn, and the summer days when she
had stood over the preserving kettle,
had net been wasted.
As Ellen approached the house
after bidding Arnold good -by, the
chimer of excited voices reached her
eel':. She opened the kitchen door
on a Beene of confusion. Mrs. Moran,
a neighbor, stood in the middle of the
• route talking vehemently, while El-
lertee mother male -an occasional in-
deectuat attempt to stem the tide.
"1'm going to start in this after-
; noon and bury 'em!" cried Mrs. Mor-
an. "They've taken a part now, but
:hey'fl come hack for the rest."
"Anything my countey needs," be-
gan Mrs. Dodge; but Mrs, Moran
l would not let her finish,
"If only I'd paid attention to what
my sister wrote me! She said sone-
' body told her the government was just
getting folks to do all this canning
so as to have it to fall back on."
"Some women have given their
sons!" cried Mrs. Dodge. "I'm not
going to grudge my country a ham
or two and a few jars---"
Ellen, oho had stood unnoticed in
the doorway, broke in. "Why, mother,
whits happened?"
it was the overwrought Mrs. Mor-
• an who answered. "Plain stealing is
what has happened, government or
no government. When I think of the
way I worked over that corn—"
"We worked as hard as anybody,
but I don't grudge it!" cried Mrs.
Dodge. "A man cane round just now,
Ellen, to see if we had more put up
than we ought to have."
"More than we ought," repeated
Ellen. "But they wanted us to put
up all we could,"
That was the tnivk!" Mrs, Moran
interposed shrilly. "So there'd be
more for them when they wanted it."
Mrs. Dodge disregarded the inter-
ruption. "He asked about the size of
the family, and then he went down
to the storeroom, and he said we had
two more hams than the government
allows for a family of this size, and
( he took them and a basket of canned
stuff. I say it's little enough to give
up for your country."
"Mother!" Ellen cried. "How did
you know the government sent him?"
"Why, he said so, Ellen, and be-
sides he had a badge—it was a but-
ton on his lapel."
"What sort of button was it?" El-
len asked.
"I didn't look at it very closely,"
her mother replied. "It was red,
white and "blue, I think."
"And did you let him have those
things without anything to prove that
he wasn't a common swindler, except
a red, white and blue button?"
Mrs. Dodge only stared at her
daughter. "A swindler," she repeat-
ed helplessly. The idea was so new
to ber that she could not adjust her-
self to it.
Ellen's mind was working quickly.
She remembered that during the sum,
mer there had been indications of a
definite attempt to discourage house-,
keepers from canning and preserving
food. Rumors had gone about that
the government would commandeer
theme home supplies, and, although
the county newspaper had pointed out
the absurdity of the tales, they had
found many believers. The more she
thought of it now the surer Ellen felt
that the man with the patriotic but-
ton was either acting in the interests
tion of the teacher for the enthusias-1
tic admiration of the friend. "You're
a wonder, Ellen. You've learned
more in this little time than I did the
first week."
"Have I really?" she asked, and'
flushed with pleasure. "Then please
give me another lesson before I've
had time to forget this one. It makes
me feel awfully good to get started
on something that really. counts."
"I don't know why you talk that
way! I guess everyone knows how
you worked in the garden this sum-
mer and how much stuff you put up.
And et was you that got the other
Adele in this valley started." j
Ellen wee smiling as she turned
away; for the stores' in off the Cellar
was the wide of her heart. Some -
;Imes when her feeling of helpless
tress passed the bounds of endurance
she went down the dark cellar attars
Fearful Ravages of Smallpox
Who, up to date, may be properly
called the greatest individual bene'
tactor of mankind?
Surely, Jenner, who discovered vac-
cination as a peventative of smallpox.
Of all the pestilence: that afflict
Winkled, eniallpox Inas by far the
worst record as a dostruyer, Not much
more than a. century ago it was reek••
oned that one-fourth et the human
race bore in blindness or disfigure-
ment traces of attack by tole fearful
plague which at times wiped out
whole communities.
The' malady wee t.,-, common that
those who escaped it were considered
lucky. It killed 600,000 people an-
nually in Europe. Thuar, when Lady
Mary Woitiey :Unritagu, L'l;tisll aul-
baesadress at St Petersburg, wrote
home describing a prneess of 1110c0-
latton with smallpox virus 5 practiced
in Russia for prevernive putpcaes, her
letter made a great. ,ensatlen.
This, hind you, was not vo'':1t .-
tion, It. Monet Ineetllation with the
tactual virus of te d i:ler;:e, Lady
Mary bad her "v.,-'hildten teemed
in tines way, .in 1,..-, Pttor P,urr'"arnftil
experiments ua • t eeeneierl (, m'r010,
two cbildren of Caroline, Princess of
Wales, were inoculated, making the
practice popular.
The treatment produced true small-
pox, usually in a mild form, but some-
times fatal, It was taken up in this
country, and Benjamin Franklin
caused his little son, four years old,
to be inoculated. The child died.
What finally caused the treatment
to be abandoned was the discovery
that the inoculated patient immediate-
ly became a source from which small-
pox was spread by contagion, the to.
tat member of deaths being thus con-
siderably Increased.
Long before Jenner was horn there
was a belief current in England that
, a certain pustular disease of cattle,
known es "cowpox," did, if aoeident-
aity contracted by a human being,
1 renter that p(-rsnn immune to small-
pox, A fllmmestershire milkmaid told
1 emitter that oho had no fear of Small-
! pox tweeze() the hail had cowpox,
, This set trim to thinking,
I Hh rrrat experiments wore perform-
; rd on children, and he Pulled his in -
1 m:elat.ir,n proeer,r vaer•inetion beams
'•151.15'' le the Latin wan! toe tow,
Tileee, pi to cel sive eeeful.
1 Ce.1in'; tee Child's 1',stlers 1
clic era atian.
Hee we 'd .l.i b'n is get .eat
,rift :u .n ciilldr',n! 'fLcra t.
,%,"1.1 net endnr•-• to i�r'=,Ire•
1'u^ tht•rn' .,, , , ae tante. or a•eal1ih.
But hsr' lr ;i r!.i t we may r'Pe• i+ We
will make 1' o proper effort. toad s ill
insure cndu,ane euurces of enjoyment.
It helps es;. i r,r "ei s 'rurtra, losses,
d •aupoll{n,r•d;-:,
and nr,,vides us osith
unending l+,i(rta1•nent and dkkr-
5100.
M n, ;wee!, t', P7 tea you that the
habit c' er''''ration is a gift inb,,rn.
.vhieh 1s. to a stein extent, tree.
But it can fro cultivated. just as eiter'r-
fulne.s, truthfnlnes, or any of the
other des:rabte virtues.
If an individual poseesscs a love of
nature and the habit of obse'•vation,
he has within himself a source of en-
joyment wherever he may go, in what-
ever circumstances he may be placed,
The baby at an early age, can be
taught to observe without taxing his
brain to any great extent. He can be
shown the flowers, the birds, the
trees, and gradually he can be direct-
ed to observe the fields, the woods,
and passing objects of. interest. Soon
he will begin to notice for himself,
and his outings will be of more de-
light to him and his mother.
Mothers will not find directing the
child's powers of observation arduous,
or tedious. It is most interesting to
watch the development of his mind,
and notice how his habit of observa-
tion will ,increase from day to day.
He will first be attracted by the larg-
est objects. horses, cows, and people
coming in for the first attention, then
smaller animals.
The wise mother in cultivating her
child's powers of observation will en-
deavor to train him to see the bright,
and pleasant things first.
If some mother hesitates to begin
to teach her child to observe, because
she lacks the habit of observing
closely herself, let me urge her to
begin to cultivate this habit for her-
self. Practice it daily, everywhere
you go—when with your child, or
alone. Your efforts will reap a rich
reward, for your interest and joy in
life will be immeasurably ,increased.'
Strong, Healthy Feet.
If we realized how much beauty
of form depended on the health and
beauty of the feet, perhaps there
would be fewer eases of feet partly
crippled by broken arches and other
avoidable ailments.
Sometimes an ailment of the foal
is not noticed because there is no
pain until the trouble reaches an ad-
vanced stage, and also, too, perhaps,
bedause of the fact that women have
accustomed themselves to the pain
of wearing tight, uncomfortable but
fashionable shoes. and are inclined to
let slip any irritation of the feet.
However, no woman can have a
graceful carriage unless she is sup-
ported by feet that are strong and in
perfect, healthy condition. Shoes too
tight or too loose make for all sorts
of irritations, and the tiredness of
the feet that comes to the busy
housewife who stands most of the
day is not a small temporary matter,
but requires immediate attention and
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It feet er aol.ltd aro tender t]1ey,
chuuhl he bathed in hot water at,
night, wiped dry, and then masear;ed'
with the hands fur Iso nights. Mier -
weld they man be iaas=ag'ed far two
Mf three nights with addition of a
helm •nt,
'Metesage the feet by tno:'inso the
lined: onward frent 1110 toes one after
the ether. This drives the blood up-
ward. The feet should be raised from:
the grot:nd during massage and note
rested on any. object, Then move the
hand from side to ride, beginning,
with the toes and working outward. , '
A good liniment -for the feet is 101
drops of strong solution of ammonia.!
20 drops of turpentii c, 1 ounce of
linseed oil.
This can he massaged into the feet;
anti will soothe then and keep the'
slain soft 'without being too tender.
The feet should be bathed in cold
water each morning, cu' if a waren'
hath is taken, spray the feet with
void water afterward.
Per excessively tender feet the fol-'
lowing foot powder; are helpful: 2,
drams boric acid, 2 drams zinc oxide,'
4 drams starch.
Another excellent foot powder can'
be made thus: el, dram salicylic acid,'
lira dram calamine, 1 dram boric acid,'
1 dram fuller's -earth, 2 drams talc,
3 drams starch.
This should be sprinkled inside the'
stockings eaoh morning, and will pre-'
vent tender feet from becoming un-:
pleasantly chafed during the day. '
Even if your feet give you no trou-:
ble they should be as carefully at-
tended as the hands, for only as long:
as your feet feel healthy and corn -i
fortable can you maintain beauty of
carriage and grace.
' Homely Wrinkles.
HEN you buy a phonograph you
want to be sure that you are get-
ting the best instrument to be
hacl for the money — one that will
give lasting satisfaction. But how can
you be sure unless you know what to
look for? This book outlines the vital
points that should be considered. The
author, Henry Purfort Eames, LL.B.,
is a renowned Concert Pianist, Lecturer
and Director of the Pianoforte Dept.,
Cosmopolitan ,School of Music.
The Brunswick "All Phonographs
In One" answers every one of the rigid
tests which Mr. Eames says should
govern phonograph purchases.
Mall This Coupon To -night
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Dept. W.L., 811) 7rongo St., Toronto, Ont.
Please send me fres of charge and Post -
raid, the booklet "What to loolc for in buy-
ing a phonograph."
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Province
Children should not be given tastes, Lead Poisoning.
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Chronic poisoning by lead or its
salts is less common than it used to
be, yet it still occurs with consider-
able frequency, and it doubtless will
so long as lead is used for such pur-
poses as cosmetics, paint, water pipes
and the solder of canned goods. The
chief source of lead poisoning is white
lead, and both those who make it and
those who use it are liable to be
Poisoned by it. But the poisoning
may occur from other salts of lead
and from the metal itself.. Water, es-
pecially soft water, by standing for
some time in lead pipes, may dissolve
enough of the lead to poison those
who habitually drink it without tak-
ing the precaution to let it run for
some time; and as hot water takes
up lead more readily han cold, you
should not draw hot water for the tea-
kettle in order to save a minute in
bringing it to a boil. Cooking vessels
lined with enamel that has lead in its
composition are dangerous; and so
are preserved fruits that have been
put up in tins with soldered rims.
The symptoms of lead poisoning
that are most evident are lead colic
and lead paralysis. The colic is us-
ually extremely severe. The first at-
tack is apt to be sudden, though there
may be niggling pains in the obdomen
for a few days. The pain lasts for
two or three days, and the attacks are
very likely to return from time to
time. Associated with the attacks of
colic and preceding them, obstinate
constipation is the rule. The pain is
most marked about the central part of
the abdonien, and Is relieved some-
what by pressure; that distinguishes
it from the pain of peritonitis.
Lead palsy is not so common as the
colic, and many sufferers never hove
it; ip any case, it is a Tato symptom.
It is a paralysis of the muscles that
extend the fingers and the hand, and
from the position of the hand that it
causes it is called wrist-drop. Other
muscles may also be affected, but
only rarely does this happen,
The least conspicuous but most fre-
quent form of lead poisoning is the
se -called cachexia. This is manifest-
ed by loss of appetite, indigestion,
coated tongue, foul breath, a peculiar
blue line on the gums where they join
the teeth, constipation, annoying
cramp-like pains in the lags, pallor,
loss of flesh, and a constant feeling of
fatigue. Among the later conse-
quences of untreated lead poisoning
are gout, arteriosclerosis and Bright's
disease. -
The treatment is first of all to re-
move the cause, and then to build up
the patient wig tonics and good food,
laxatives and frequent hot bathe;
iodide of potassium is often given to
expedite the removal of lead from the
system. Painters and workers in
lead should observe the greatest care
to wash their hands before eating,
and should take a warm bath and
change their clothes as soon as they
are through their day's work,
' A Friend.
"If you have a friend worth loving,
Love him, yes, and let him knew
That you love hien, ore life's evening
Tinge his brow with sunset glow;
Why should good words nne'Cr be said
Of a friend till he is dead?"
of grown-up food. Their plain„
wholesome food will taste insipid ands
unsatisfying after the highly season-
able dishes.
Loosen windows that are hard to
move by pouring a little melted lard1
between the frames and on the sash -2
cord and roller. Rubbing the window
frame with a cake of soap which has
not dried out will prevent the sash
from sticking fast.
Three scrubbing -brushes nailed in
a box so the brushes will rub both 1
sides and the sole of the shoe when
the foot is drawn through the contriv-
ante, will be a orksaver for then
w
farm woman these days—if ,she can
get the men folks to use it when
they come in from outdoors.
When hot fomentation: are needed
in sickness, wring a flannel cloth
from hot water and apply. Then lay
against it a bottle or a rubber bag
filled with hot water to keep the cloth
warm.
An extra hot fire should be watch-
ed, making sure that there is no ex-
posed wood -work about the chimney
or near the stove. Look around and
sniff for smoke before you go to bed.'
Never neglect the faintest smell of
smoke, but investigate at once and
let the investigation be a thorough
one.
of the propaganda to discourage con-
servation another year, or else was
an ordinary swindler.
"Did you say he came in an auto-
mobile? What was the number?
Ms. Dodge shook her head dismally;
she had not noticed. But Ellen's
timughts had taken a new turn.
"Ile came to Mrs. Moran's and then
here. Probably he'll go straight to
the Cutlers' I'm going to see if I can
get there in time to strop her from
giving him everything in the house."
"You want to be careful, Ellen,"
warned Mrs, Dodge. "If it should be
somebody the government had sent
out—•"
"It isn't. I'm sure it isn't. The
more I think about it the plainer it
05."
Ellen ran through 'the yard to the
barn, lbastily saddled Toby, the fat,
old horse, and swung herself upon
his back. Toby, still chewing a wasp
of hay, snorted) with surprise when
Ellen's riding whip stung across his
flank.
Mrs. Cutler was washing out some
things for the baby and crying into
the tubs. Waiting only long enough
to hear that the "government" man
had just gone, Ellen took the snort
cut across the fields to the next farm-
house. The road 'between the Cutlers'
and the Puttees' was especially bad,
and Ellen did not believe that the
man could have got there soon enough
to finish his business before her ar-
rival,
(To be tontinrod.)
What a Pity.
An untraveled countryman once
treated himself to a trip to London.
There for the first time in his lite he
saw a schoolgirl go through her gym-
nastic exercises for the amusement
of the little ones with whom she was
playing.
After gazing at her with looks of
interest raid compassion for some
thee, he asked a boy near by if she
had tits.
"No," replied the boy; "them's
grimes ties,
"Ah how ea1," slid the men. • Doe.,
lenges she had 'sur?"
aainatd's abilutest teelleve8 rcelu:ait'ia,
SHE DYES HER OLD
GARMENTS LIKE NEW
"Diamond Dyes" Make Faded
1 Shabby Apparel so Fresh
and Stylish.
Don't worry about perfect results,
Use "Diamond Dyes," guaranteed to
give a new. rich, fadeless color to any
fabric, whether it be wool, silk, linen,
cotton or mixed goods — dresses,
blouses, stockings, skirts, children's
coats, feathers, draperies, Coverings,
—everything!
The Direction Boort with each pack
age tells how to *diamond dye over any
color.
To match any material, have dealer
show you "Diamond Dye" Color Card.
Modern Eskimos to Have
Igloos of Concrete.
It is a matter of governmental re-
cognition that the Eskimo Indians of
the Pribilof Islands are rapidly gain-
ing in eophistication, as the prices of
the sealskins and blue and gray fox
pelts they sell mount higher and
higher, Those bits of frozen land in
Bering Sea, whose total area is less
than 70 square miles, have only about
860 inhabitants, yet they are being as-
sailed by all the aspirations of pros-
perity, and are beginning to buy the
most Interesting items the mall -order
catalogs offer. So united States en-
gineers are building them igloos of
concrete, thus substituting the most
Belistantlal of materials for what
seems, from the temperate -zone view-
point, the most ephemeral. It is to
be noted, however, that the builders
are careful to adhere closely to the
native style of architecture.
Crowded London.
Before the war It was said, that there
were in London 000,000 persons living
more than too in a room, tool 26,000
Instant:0e of six or ?tore. jr, a room.
'Plow:(, figaree hove been iher0ased
lately,
Chinese sweet Potatoes.
The staple Drop of Chineis said to
be emmeet.potetoes. 'There is to port
wilicb does not raise them.
An Explanation.
Exasperated Passenger (after long]
delay at wayside station): "Why+
dou't you keep better time on this i
wretched line?"
Irish Guard (confidentially:" Web
now, then, ma'am, I'll explain it all to
ye. The train before is behind, and ,
this train was behind before besides."
Aiiaard's Liniment for Bale everywhere..
In England the consumption of
margarine, which before the ,ear was
eight pounds a head a year, or about
one-half the consumption of butter,
is reported to be steadily increasing.
The Great West Permanent
Loan Company.
Toronto Office 20 King 8t. West
4% allowed on Savings,
Interest computed quarterly.
Withdrawable by Cheque.
6%% on Debentures,
Interest payable half yearly.
r Paid up Oapltsl 42,412,670.
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TN FUR INDUSTRY
O CANADA
ONE OF THE LARGEST
FIELDS OF 'TI -LE TRADE.
Artificial Breeding and Fur
Ranching General Through.
out Dominion.
Canada is now exporting to other
countries, according to honlinion Gov-
ernment neuron, $14,000.1100 worth of
fors and skins in the coned! of 0 year,
and a number are brought hack Into
the country, purchased by Canadian
dealers at foreign sales and resold to
Canadians. The value of furs and
skins exported during the fiscal year
1918.1919 was $13,737,021, Of these,
$9,743,464 worth went to the United
States; $3,763,966 to Great Britain;
and $230,202 to other countries, Some
extent of the values to which these
exports have risen can be obtained
from the fact that the value of the
export of vire and skins In 1917 was
but $1,837,359. During the month of
March, 1919, the value of these ex-
ports was $2,080,704 as compared with
$1,420,168 in the corresponding month
in 1918. It has been estimated that
eighty per cent. of the -diver foxes of
the world come from Canada.
For nearly four centuries Canada
has been one of the largest and most
productive fields of the fur trade, and
it is impossible to estimate the num-
ber or tine value of the costly pelts
taken from the traps of the Dominion
in this period. Yet, until quite recent-
ly, the fur trade was hardly organized
on a business basis, and beyond the
1
trapping and taking of the furs, the
various phases of the industry passed
out of Canadian hands. Traders
bought from the trappers, and then
the raw materials wont to tbo large
foreign markets.
Montreal to Become Important Market
There has gradually dawned a reali-
zation of the money lost in this way,
however, and in future Canada will
market her own furs and Itiontr'eel be-
come one of the most important fur
markets of the globe. For yeas Lon-
don, St, Louis, and New Yore: have
been the selling centres to which
Canadian furs have travelled, and St.
Louis had the world's premier tnr
mart. The auction at Montreal will
be conducted by a largo company
capitalized at $6,000,000 and will be
largely co-operative in nature. It is
the intention to hold three auctions a
year, the first about next March.
The opening of a Canadian fur mar-
ket Is a natural development of arti-
ficial breeding and fur ranching. This
industry Is fairly general throughout
Canada, and in Prince Edward Island
the industry, which has been in opera-
tion for more than thirty years, has
assumed very important proportions,
•
The Threshing Floor in
the Sky.
A very old method of threshing
grain, though not the oldest of all, is
to drive a number of cattle round a cir-
cular space of ground that has been
pounded very hard for the purpose,
as is still the custom in Spain and
countries farther east. One can read
of it in the Bible and In Greek and
Roman literature, but thousands of
Years before those days, even at a
time w'heu races like the 'Teutons,
Celts and Greeks and Romans had
not yet separated and gone far apart,
the threshing floor was probably
known, As a matter- of fact, it was
one of the customs 'that helped men
to begin to think.
When they looked up at the north-
ern sky at night and saw the constel-
lation that we call the Dipper circling
ceaselessly about the North Star, it
reminded them of the oxen going con-
tinually round about the threshing
floor. The Latin word for the oxen
that trample out the grain is triones,
and this explains why the Romans
called the seven stars of the Dipper
septentriones, which means "tile seven
threshing oxen,"—not ."the seven
ploughing oxen; as is wrongly stated
1n some books. Sometimes, it is true,
they call the Dipper the Countryman's
Plough, but that is doubtless booaueo
the primitive plough , has only one
handle, which suggests the stars that
form the handle. of the Dipper,
Sometimes a yoke of oxen is attach-
ed to a threshing drag made of boards
with sharp geese hammered into the
under side, which is still to be seen in
Palestine and Egypt, '.this drag the
Romans called tribulum, from which
we have the Christian word "tribute.
tion." At other tines the oxen were
attached to a rough wagon with board
w•lteels. Per this reason the Dipper
is often Called the Wain, not•because
it resembles one but because it cir-
cles round and round 111ce a threshing
Wain. Moreover, it inay be that the
tonnes Great Bear and Lesser Bear,
in Latin Ursa Major and Ursa Minor,
have their origin in the fact that a
bear in captivity spends most 0f its
time walking round the stako to which
it is tied, e,
Willie Answered,
A doctor who was supeeintsnclent of
the Sunday school in a smnall village
asked one of the boys this question:
"Willie, will you tell me what we must
do in order to get to heaven?"
Said Willie; "You must die,"
"Very true," replied the deetor,
"but tell me what we must do before
we die."
"We must get sick," said Willie,
"and :end for you."
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