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01 Importance of the Home Library,
n every bedroom, guest -room,
ling -room' and Other' intimate
ces where one rnay relax, and in
elOrrnal library itself, there sitimild
konab1y be a single shelf set
• 1 purrnoe. As so
atiourided person, you are intereSt-
'tin a general sort a Way in all the
sin divisions of human knowledge;
aql suggeat new opportunities for
ou if you but bad the time to look
,rtilie single ,book Shelf solves this
rohlem. Place upon it at lehst one
resen,tativhbook di:pox:soh* each of
e, -half dozen .o.T. more .topics that at
naient 'ere teasi,ng yea for con -
';'on Then' Whenever 'those
,itionientS ;offer theniselves there
'tpmatica1ly be 'some One of the
o will inec,t the mood of the
Minent.: Pint' 411 of the topics lore
ssentially inte'resting "to yOu,all bre
asily aceessible, and -it Simply re-
olves itself into 'readily selecting the
arti6Uller, thing that , finds favor. •
lilthrary-living-roonfrshould have
o 1flikni00lt8,..and: corners aS 'possible.
eceSaes.inalte-fer tharin and coziness
nd "architectural intercSt anywhere,
at, in 0 lilirary-liVing-room ..where
everal groups are carrying foi-ctiard
boo'„independent intorests, they Inc
lmost a imee.ssity.
A library may be, made an Miport-
ant 'factor in the. character of the
growing e.mia in the household. ,Its
dignified :sionplicity, its invitinEr
mosphere create an environment that
lea,ve its mark and it shauld be
I oughtfully 602 -Isidore -it in: tho'. plan -
'mg of every foal Inane. A place quiet
ands dignified, removed from the ing.e
anI 0±05±0 of, the iousehold, whet&
ones thoughts may have a 'chance in
,this hurrying world, where 0110 may
l'retilly settle down with •cneSelf and be
'at atest-s-the be -Such a
Dross Up(loo en Closept.
It , -you 'wish toanapart, to your home.
an almottellere of conipleteness and
thorough self-respect try trimming
•
0,5000 c±0oots,
Thcro isn't, 0, ncolc or corner in the
house that Istria improved by a littio
dressing ,up. Even closet and clip-
board shelves grin hack and ,rairly
shout “Lhardc ,youl” for a -bit of ap-
propriate trimming, Making cubby-
boleig*tractive is the easiest, thing in
the,, vitlijd and pays 100 por tent. in
sat,i4Stion on tho time and money,
naves
Take the linen closet, for examplle.
This in' usnallY 0 hare White place ' of
paper -covered ,helves. it re-
ouiroS only 0 tots* to transform
into a beatrtiful spot :worthy 01 ita
character— Homing that 1t walis
aro White and that the soya 1005 009-.
trod with whfte paper or oilcloth, it
rennireS on'ly a few yarcle3 o44.
Worth elunv taciced along the osigns of
the ,shelves to make 10 100 feroinine and
ne 00 tinen closet' should be. 'rho
a -cal toueli of trimming genius, how-
ever, demands that each hhass tack
that holds the /nee in placo sln,t11
Covered With ono of those tiny chitron
hudo sold by the yard at triorming
conntex's,
The inside of ;the qinen closet, door
provides ati excellent place Cr a, wall
0?..f!,itet1 .stillidiyidetl, into section8 of
ekes initablo /or hold'ilf's° f.116
1403 t ti, linens • which Ore ,being
,
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01-1"4PTIt111, XIX.---((ioni)ir,) • I
Dave did mit press the trigger Lit
once. He took a fierce /lelight in tor -I
taring' ±hc man valio had wreeked h'siS
life --even evifile be idd himSelf be
cauld not believe his boast.. Now
watched the color fade f.rein Oon-1
ward's cheek; the eyes stand cut in
his face; the livid blotches more livid
still; the cigarette drop from his'
nerveless lips, •
"You are • a brave' rnan, Conwarill:
he said; and there was'tho.raap ehate
and contempt in his voice. 'You are
a very +brave man." -
Mrs. Hardy, sensing something
wrong, chine out fnoni her "sitting -
room. With a little cry she swooned
away.
' Conward taied• to speak, but WQ1%.10
Stuck' ±0 bi throat. With a dry
tonguehe licked his drier lips.
"De ,34r01,1, believe in hell, conward?°
Dave continued., "I've al a s had
Some doubt myself, but in thirty' sec-
onds—you'll limow."
Irene, attracted by her mother's
cry,happeared on' the stairway. For a
momentther.eyes refused to gi;.6sp the
Scene before them; Conward cowering,
terror-stricken; Dave s fierce, steely,
implacable, with his revolver' lined on
Conward's brain. Through seine
strange whim of her Itlitd her
thoughts in that instant flew back to
the bottles on the posts of the Pliden
ranch, 'and Dave breaking five out Of
six on the gallop. Then, suddenly, she
became aware ofs one thing only., A
tragedy Was being enacted before her
- eyes, ansi. Dave would he held respon-
sible., In -a moment. every ImPillse
within her beat' f • n in a wild frenzy
to save him froini -.such "a„corisemience:
"Oh., Dai e, don't, don't shoot
him," she cried flying down tho re-
maining steps. Before. Dave ebuld
grasp.her PurPose she was, upon
had clutched- IiiirevOlver;' had wrap-
ped her arm's 'about hia.h•Don't, don't,
Dare," she pleaded. "For my sitico,
don't do—that." ' •
Her. words Were' tragically- unfor-
tunate. For a moment Dnve stood as
one paralyzed; then his heart driedup withiro him.,
"Sco that's the way of sit," -ho said,
as -he broke her grip, and the liorrdir
in his own eyes would not let him
rea'd. the sudden horror in her's. "All
:right; take it,." and he placed the re-
- yogver in her hand. "You should knew
what to do with it."' And 'before she
could stop him ha had -walked out of
tloe house. She rushed to the gate, but already
the roar of his motor Was lost in the
hum of the eity's traffic.
hemmed and embroidered, as well as
fo_ tilos h t,are waitingtobo mend -
0(1 er remade or -cut into bandages.
This pocket:should be -white. It may,
be either plain or edged \vith 'Mee. To
be in diameter it slimild ,he made of
'rep pique Indian Head cotton poplin
er Similar heavy niaterial." .des
Beditiorn, closets" should be treated
with dignity, espema
shared by .l'he men of the family.. No
fussy lace and "rosebud 'effects here.
„Something ,skraight and substantial.
Linen or an imitation, with a heavily
embroidered shalloped edge; is appro-
priate. 'lisis prcfsrnbly should
dark. .for service, and sitsipg aama os
the. Color in the decoratiens of Vas
roono, Wall and -door pockets' of the •
sa-ne Inatome.; will complete the effect.
For ' the shelves of china closets
protected by glass doors, discriminat-
ing housekeepers lilce.an edge of hand-
Scallloped linen rather than the MAI,
quitons perforated shelf paper. White
oioaterial witlo an embroidered sCaPop
and dot the color of the china imparts'
an a mosp lere o±0 pernlanent
.Or a_ plain linen bordered with
-a bsind of, color' or bright cretonne to
'match the room s, draperies.
. • ,
Par,,icioxica.1 as it may Se0T11, the
kitehen is the real placd for frills. If
you doubt it try op: plying to the edge'
of various op.en shelves in pantry,
and' in the kitchen 'proper, narrow,
peiky little ruffles Of checked ging-
ham to match the curtains er the
colors in thehineletim. As an antidote
to' ' the drudE,sery. of , peeling potatoes
end washing dishes their bright, crisp
„sesbness. cannot be surpassed But
.CIIAPTER XX. •
When Dave "Sprang into his car he
gave:the motor a full head, .and drove
through the city' sirdets"inea fury of
recklessness* His rnind was numbed;
it was incapable of •assorting thoughts
ansi placing them in prclper relation-
ship to each other. ,Hissithisclesiguid-
ed the machine aPparentry Without
.
he had ridden unbroken hronehos in
his far -away boyhood. Only this dif-i
ference:Ahenihe had no sense of clan:
ger' now he knew the danger and de-
fied' it.. If he killed hanself, so muck
the ibetter; if he killed others, so ranch
the better - still: The world -0005 10
place without purpose; a chaos of
Mind, impotent strugglingm creatures,
,
0 stxu ggll ed, ,only .because they dal
. .
not know 'bhey were blind arid
inopo-
tent. Life was a farce and death a
big bluff sot up 'that men might take,
ths faree' '-
He was soon. Mit of the .city, soar -
i keep tlicni in-nit:emulate. . .
/' '
Dye Old Wrap,'Skirt,, - .. —
. ‘ire
9,,, - • ,,..
ater 'Curtains '
, , „.
. ,
In Diamond Dyes
. ,
. .
Eticlo package' 01.• "Diamond Dyes'
contains directiou-sso sinlple ailV
iisarnaM can dye or tintther 'old worn,
faded things new. Elven if sho has
dyel before, ,the 'chit pat a rich',
fadeless', color into sinibby. ';slth•ts;
'11E'; dc-, 00 . btocichi
sweaters, covering,s,' clraperie, itai7;g,
111n, evorYthdrig. Tiny Diamond Dyes
—no other kind—then perfect liame
dyeing is golarantc'ed, 'dust tell your
.thruggist whether the Material you
Wishetto dye. 1S,wool silk, or whether
it is linen, cottOn Or mixed goods.
Diamond Dyes riever streak; -' spot,
fade, or run,
A Puzzle.'
"I beg your partion,,,•sir. but what is
your name?" Ilso teller politelyIDo
Ole man presenting the 011 050110.
"Name," echoed,. the indignant cusi.
not "dont you see my d-lgs:ctturs on
the, 9150o10?"
'
"11 do" ansivetod the'tonet. "That's
what i.tnisecl my curlbSty "
=LT,101105
URE
The Toronto hospital for fotair.
aldaar 00 zftniation with hollor.io and
Allied hospitals', Now T ork 010y,
1.1fOro a (Moe yearn' Course of Tfain-
in* to young wooled, baying the re.
Mitred education, ano desirous of :bo.
00fillift Muses, 'ride OIOCrOto,i had
odepted the, elglifhour system, 'rho
piopllo rdOeirli ustirorma of the Sichoul,
a. Metall allOwanos and travelling
443tP01/790 anct troth 114W York. Per
uttber nformatIon apply' to the
upetintendPiat,
ing through the still antuina night
with undiminished speed. Over tor-
taous country roada,' across sudden
loridges, along slippery hillsides,
through black,b1nITS of scrub -land ---ill
some strange way he tried to drown
the uproar in his sod in the frenzy of
the steel that 'quivered beneath; him.
On and on; into the night. Bright stars
glegPled aver'llead; a soft breeze
pressed against his face; it wi-ys such
a night as he load driven, a year ago,
with. Bert Morrison. Ws that 'only a
year ago? And what had 'happened ?
'Where had he beon'?1, , o • line
the 'boyt—Cliarlie,' the. boy.' When Was
that? Under the cabin heaven . his
inind was already attempting to, estab-
lish, a .sequence-,. to set its' outraged'
liPme aga,in:in.eldPr: •
poiVC1111"43:11,'111111.5:1101.e'dki-Itillne,el' Ct3hle4','°111)d-,
PieWed 11.01111113 of•ar,tlb,
ricochetted against ;:a .obstai,,,L7Oit
1011et1mornent on tWO r lie 1 , t o
ecP:around skoPped. The Shock:
brought Dave to his•Sensea; he got ont
and walked about the car, feeling the
tires with. his hands,im the ciarkneSs.
„ ,
'lie could apprals,e no serious damage
,
a hen he sat on the rs,nn101g board,and
stolid for a 1011e v11115 into thio dark. -
110.00. •
"No use being a. damned fool, any-
way, Dave," he said'. to himself, at
length, "1- got it—where I didn't ex-
,
phit it—but I, guess 'that's the way
willrevcryane. , The troubles we ex-
pect', don't happen, and then the
trouble that We didn't e:xpect, gets us
milum we're not watching." Ile tried
th pholosop nse; to got a fresh grip oa
himself. “Vsrhate are we, auy-way?"
he nimtintect. P3111 un ;,,` looks
,I10 got ugi again and walk-
ed aboutafiading his way back to the
road. Ile went (clang it, a little ,way,
Vague impressions suggested that no
should know ths,sact, and yet he could
not identify it. T.AsStehl, There was a
SOund of water, -There 004E3 El $774.11.7111
•C',.t'q1s6 wind in trees; a Very low sigh -
mg, rather a whispering, of a gentle
\I:ma In trees. The plaee seeined alive
with spirits; SpiritS tapping on the
divar of sormo long-se:tied chamber of
,Inesnory.
.Then, With a midden sliocic, it came
to him, it was the hillside on which
Dr tIardy had conic to grief; the
hillside on dv,i eh lie iosd ills, seen her
brigil!1 face, her Wonderful eyes ----:—
A .toOlgnancy of' grief .eng,alfed
tiveeellltig away his cheap philosophies.
Here she stood,' young and, dean and
entrancimg, ilarust .before hi000 in an
inst,ant, 0111 of the wenderfth days' of
the past.' Ana WOnld ',she always fol -
law bin) thns; wondd silo stand at
every road soldier, every street COE'llOry
on every prairie -lift). in etory (Ace
hetV; must be eatch her fragrance. it
0/44..r.,:lgbezei see:Alio glint of her linir
ni,10fittity zurie,004, meet het eyes 'for
01/0440 'Nfet.titp.VY vtmorl til ,enrs and
Of, What Might, have
beetil With doi upytt4f4.0 sinking
116 Imew that' that, Vht the
from Irene Hardy. There Was ne
out, ,
He started hio Motor and, even' in
his despair, felt. 1E thrill ±0 pride' 0.
the faithful gears engaged, and the
ear climbedback to its place on the
trail. Was all faithfulness, then, in
thing's of steel andiroir,•, and none in
flesh arid blood? Ile followed the
trail, Why stop' riow ? The ilong
forgocten ranch building lay aaraa'a
the stream. and- behind the toogiie, of
spruce trees, unless some wandering
foothill ilre had 'destroyed them. He
forded the streaM ,without diffloultY,
That was where lie had carried lier
out, . . Ile felt his way clowl,Y 'along
the old fence. That was 'where she
hadset up ,bottles for his marskinan-
ship, .• He. stopped where the ' strag-
gling gate should be,and walked care-
fully into, the yard. That -was wliere
,henh
sheliade 0froautndthe
ealissled 11110 Dave, .
r,d0atep, a±0 sat,
down to wait.' • " '
When the -sun 'Was well up he arose
and walked about. His lips were parch-
ed; ,he found himself nibbling them
Pfte:'-it'cheilt
yliaSthlitsty, wbuethetd6the
only a nioUthfuls; the -water waS. flak
and insipid. . . The old cabin was in
better repair than he wouldhave
thought,' He sprung the door open. It
WEIS 11150513' and 'strung. With ' Cobwebs;
that was the room she had occupied.
He did Mat go in, but sat down and
tried to think. ,
Later he walked up the canyon. He'
must, have walked swifilyisfor the Sun
was not yet at the meridian -ivhen bes
found himself at the little' nook in the
iet vs ere he an Ilene hd sat that
afthenoon when' they' had -fifst laid
their hearts open to 'each other. He
tried to recall that longforgovteoo
.converoation,. lacerating hiniself With
thet.pain of its tenclern-esi. Suddenly
one remark ,stood,up in his memory.
"The clay is coming," she had said,
"when our country will want,men who
can shoot and ride." And he had saki;
"Well, when it does it ean call on me.
And to -day the country did want men
who could shoot ands:hie, and he had
• own into the foothills to nurse •a
broken heart. . Broken hearts ean
fight as well as whole' ones. Batter,
Perliapsabecausa they dari't care. Ile
felt hiss ,frame' •straighten. .a8 'CMS ,
tolfought sank home. He could be of
some Ilse yet. At any rate, there was
Some whiin led him through' the
grove of sprusce'trees• on his way backs
tos the ranch. in an oPenisPace,
he loOlced about, kicking in the dry
grass. , At length his toe disturbed a
fewwith
bi°alle'dit' bones,
e
sanecylhsfesatr°bada
cro'an
,I,ss
the shirninering ' .
."Brownie," lie said at length;'
"Brownie." ,-The whole, scene came
back upon him; the moonlight, and
Irene's-distress,sand. the 'little bleeding
body.. 'And he had, said -he didn't- know
anything ,c,lo,out the lustice of Gocl; all
kriew•was the crittur that .couldn't
run was the one that got caught. •
He had said it mitiO only nature. .
And then they had Steed ,aniong the
tre_es • and beneath the' white „ninon
• nci ',hedged their fail.h • • '
Again' Vas head went tip, and the old
light 'flashed in his eyes. "The sfihst
thing, is to kill tile wolf," he said
aloud. "No other innocent sholil, fall
to his fangs.' Then—my country." .
Dar tness had again fallen ' before
Dave 'fund his Car threadiflg the
streets of the -city, still feverish. with
Ito new-born excitement of war.. I -Ie
returned his 00,0 ±5) -aloe gmrag.er 01 at-
teridant looked up curiously—it ' wag
evident froir his glance that Dave hood
already been missecl--'-tbUt 110 1101{10
were exchanged. He stood for a MO,
inent in 'the street' collecting his
thoughts sand rehearsinghis resolves.
Be :was ninazed to find , that, even in
hii IiitterneSs, the -city reached a thou-
sand hands to him -7 -hands of habit,
and association, and nustoin of Mind—
all urging him back into tile old
groove; all saying, The routine is the
thing. be a spoke in the whedl" go
'round 'with 'the rest ofus."
" .
"No 110 reminded hirnself. "No
can't do hat. nave lan5111e08 on hand.
First—to kill the wolf,"".
He remembered' dult he had given
his reVolvea to Irene. And suddenlY
olso-sat with" him again 10± ,the teti,
table, .Wh'ere 'was ? Yes, .11
had given his revelver to Iread,
there was anotlieihinhis rE7,0111, 11:1'St•
.to lcill the wolf, r
In the hallway of the lilock in which
le karl isio±aohelcos' partmcni, ave
almost Collided with a woman. He:
drew back; and tlie light f.ell on his
face, but hers Was.in.the shadow. And
. _
hirtYt' •
"You—rildith," lie rnucd
"Whatever---" sd
$lie 'canna tOWard him and phicc,d
herhands on his., "I've been hel,n a
hundred tms--ever sinee
, ever since Bert MorhiaOsn ealled hi to
say you had disappeared—that -there
was stinW Mystery. There isn't is
there Dave? You're all right, Dave,
aren't 'yrrai Dave?" . • •
(To be continued)
Mere MOtiOnS.
HO o
wh. —co.7—nten:: himself with the
,
,
Tnero du1 mechanical, round" of a
task will forever be Mastered' by it
Mid stay in a, rut to the end of bb,
tinte oh earth,"
' Every one Of Gocl's iminan creatures
needs 0 spur of stimulus to,keen. him
fhom acquiescence' in 0 fiat and siire
and tame complacency. It is so easy
to "stay put," to rest ±0 a' place, to
decline to "move or .iiialce ianY change,
because that means trouble 017
. It seem's, to the harrow Mind or the
,sliort vision, so much cheaper.„to 're-
pair an old machine turd make it ,d,a
than 'toget a new one• atal it May 'be
am economy 'to' worry alopg with the
oldhapparatas for a While. hTo spend
money, recl/leasly- is not business gen-
ius:- But wheri the time Conies te part
with the ,outworn equipment,' than
there must he the courage to scrap it
and in.stall the new and the improved
. _
"Um -awl -be safe than Sorry," ' That
adage. of prodence has often knocked
in, the head a ,hold design, For every'
saying of the kind proveubial wisdom
might be que.itcd , the' other. side:
there 10 OD wise saw whielr 10 not con-
tradicted< by 'another wise eaw. "For-
thne favors, the, hiave" was' said th' en-
courage j..11 030- s•cierree. and
fOrethotight tool/ 'a chance and Were
willing to try something they hod not
done, before. '
. But if one's.' soul is of the kind that
-prefers td ,vegetate, to .tit• idle. „to
dodge risk, to evade burdens, to thirli
decisions', -then that soul needs eduea-
tion; and( it needs to be reiused from
its-noo-produCtiye torpor.- Ono of Sir
Isaac Nowton's,farnous physical laws
is that, the tendency- of a 'body is .10
reiii.ain at rest ,tHI some'Jorhe -comes
:along that moves'it.. There have been
lo,,s of /non arid women who never did
anything much with theiii _lives -.till
they' encountereaf some strong person-
al influence that made them eager,and
desirous Of being usafila,
as they' never wore before. T./m.37'1)-e-
-came displeased, wirti themselves and
_gave battle to their 'and Ciazy in-
clinations. '
When the "divine discontent" pos-
sesses' the one who nas not +been Wong
'all of himself 'nor employing to the
limit his natural endowment 'he feels
that he is not ;it/stifled. dinir.,g,the
'sante old thing in. tlm samd-old way', in
the spirit of a time -server and a hire-
ling. He nnist melte his little life on
earth,'"with darkness and the" 'death -
hour rounding it,' count ,g).'"eatly and
not meanly. He 'cannot satisfy Isis
conscience, or feed the insatiable fires
even count, as a citizen in 'plain:and
homely -duties, if he is only marking
time .and merely, dinging to life ,CS7 a
Mvalve addled's to 'wreck.' Ho, was p.4
on Zarbli by Maker for a -great
deal more than that.
• '
Trees fOr-Prairie-Farraners,
,
By a plan inaugmate in 1901, the
Departniont. of the Ulterior, through
the Forestry Branch; has' ,distributed
Over' . Sixty million, forest trees for
'planting Shelter -belts ori the farms, of
Manitoba, Saskateliewansand Alberta.
The plan is a CO -017,217041V0 one, the
Ge'Yertlinety!, sul111 lYing 'the seedling
trees tree, except In tlhe case ofi ever-
greens, and, giving instructions Tor
their planting and care, while the
farmer 'provides. the laboTt`.,--" prepares
the land in advance., .and agrees to
keep it permanently in trees. . Tale. re-,
SL1 0 11,- st,,eme lave, as- indicated
above, been nrost'satisfactgry,, and the,
wark 13..extenellng 70100 1)3' year. The
kinds serht• sout , aro chiefly ,Ikanitaba
maple, popirs, ivilloWs, green ash„ and
ea raga Ila.• 'Photo intecc++ted will 111 -
(
solve full, informed:on 'upon "applying
of 1 D to
te the, Superintendent , 1,,,ii cm in /
Itead,
SacAtat,ehewtio,, e.s to the, Superintend-
Fertist "Niirscr- Slats n
Sullicriand c'askatel '
The United States lost two billion
dollars by '015111051 in 1921.
,
' "
.E PAVE 8 I E..GLAND,
A very 1)01111.0'd tessellated Boman pav±soneool has beon recenlly
coVet ell 111 ColchoSte'r, fairgland, an important find Witted to the period of
Ithtlatolo occhpation 01 the pritish Isles, It le in peihiseet COM] itiOr. 00 the
1
A Winterflay. -
Dawmhlos,eumed th a laird laid deep i
Tloe sun'earese and adl the 51
seemed bright; ' ".
Tile river in the...valley far 1)e1ew
Glealoled isa the morning light.
The trees were flashing as -with. dia-
dems
Of rose and amber, and tine vibrant
air
Was cold antl clear, earth biazed'veith
' myriad gems;
Beauty shone everywhere.
_
The little valley lay the morning long
Beneath the sunlight of God's smile,
The heure sped by aS swiftly as a song
And" uchered in the noon,
The afternoon passed quickly, Ince a
The shadows deepened and the twi-
light fell,
4 wind blew clown the ever winding
etroam
Whispeting "All is well?"
Tire evening lights glowed from the
vale belbw,-
The evening lights gleamed from the
heave -n above, ,
Lamps, of the skY, tb.e stars. shine
steadfast, so
.Shidies, out the Father's love,
Daritiness, descended, all tiVe'world was
, Softly and, slew night, dropped her"
' mantle dawn, -
Enveloping , the stream, tlin„valc.V the
-The little
11510 tbink you ,darkness, 'verily, was
Nay, it was not, it but app,eared to
Night only.reigns for those who. de not
For those who will net see.,
Where God in+, night 10tot, SG have no
Thd little valle5e and the hills above
Are always the.ligGpt for he is near
And camill rellecte.HIS, love.
—)Dlizabeth Seollard.
- Dredging in Yukon.. I
A considerable proportion ot 00 1,
placer gold that comes from the Yukon.:
TerrillorY 1,0 mina by means of
dredges, sorne, of whiCh are anion,g the
larges,t in the world, capable of exca-
vating' and treating 15,000 501110 Yards
grav,di per` day. These ,dredges aro'
boie)ogrnattee[limbl teorebcioriemio)so'tweLtai:fd,c1t:toar37
The period of operutions, is not con-
fined to till/3 shan't summer •seasch
valeht in- that distizict, as they ,Can
operate long 'atthr winter has set in. '
On 0711O ,occasicii a dredge operating
on the Iciandyke niver was maintain -
sons
:1:1.6, yldiipcooill-atTinenri.,:,,Ilt,,p:3,,,M:t.eTri.le:ohearree
six dredges, used for thiS puPposo 111
cuted at,the preent,time on the lower
part of "the -ItIondylte River, 071 1-1111117
'er creeh,.0old 'Vim creek,. Dominion
creek „'and highet creek. In ardor to
/Mire the submerged beds of rliierS
and laltes,in the Yukon Territory, the
Department of the Interior, .Canada,
'introduced drudging regulations, -un-
der which dredging leases for sueh
areas arc. iscnied. ',there sue , shout
nine such leases, new iil force cover-
ing riVer stretet:es ill the' Yu'ltbar Ter-
ritery, and the taal 0090-1010' EltariVO(7
510111 11000 01.10001 to the 31,st of March,
'1,12'2; LI 71101/111.E7,71 YE $201,337.12,
'A Toctunbal Explanation.
PWo coalmoralal travelers en a train
,becalne involved' in an argumeitt as to
the action or tto vacuum -brake.
"It's the inflation, of the tube Lhat
stops the :trains". declared the lirol, t'a-
"WrOng, wrong!" sboued the second.
".10,0 the output of tho exhaustion!"
,10 they wrangled tor arl tient 'I'hon,
when' tio train pieiod into tile station,
they agneed to ,submit the 111 7Itter for
setelement to 1h0 engineer, That
smntleman, loaning fiend the window of
hiS cab, ilztObed With'. an, attentive
trown to iho two i0:100101s? statement
Of their argument. Thom he 05,11001,
shook his bead, and mid:
'Well; gods, yon'to bare: wrong
about the working or tho vacuum
bralco„ Yet try very ttnd easy
un,,der,ste,nd, When we want to stop
111,0 train 0,0., ti intri
,5 5
-EASY-- TaLeIS/
The Mystic /
Place two lioaps"..05 playing cards
OD the table; squaring, them neatly
105 you do. Ask' a spectator 'to aoid
a slip of paper'uhtil the.concluslon
of the 'trick but not to ldok at what
You have 'Written on it until you
give Mtn the, word:
Ask him to' place his right hand
on either heap.' Place gfeat stress
upon the fact that you give hire
absolutely tree choice and pe00111;
1,101. 10 change his mind it he likez.
In, a trick of this kind it is wel,Tfo
,try to make him think that yeti are
'071 X7 011S that he change ,111's mind.
'That' will, make hirm.,,thinkt that he
has caught you anewilimake 11011 -
...the more desiyorts 51 holdM,; to his
- first choice,' ,
Afteebe has made his choice, ask
h„„infi to 100,- whatayous\wrote. The
.,,ratt'essage '
"you will seteet the' se-ieis
This' le 'correct and everyone' is
satisfied that_ it 10 a good triek.-If
, you wdre tudWeVer,they
'would be les's puzzled,
' The secret is that one heap 'con.
tains;the lour seven spots, The
'',other contaMs ahy seven car.es, .01
. the first heap is sdectecr,' show the
'faces of th' seven spots, showing'
that, tile other heap is composed of
, 'odd dards. If the second heap is
"selebted, .do not show the faces.
Show, however, that there are seven
.cardeindhat heap and only four in
the other. -
(Clip this out and paste- it, oolbh
others of the series, 'iv, u
Fibte,,L,eirigths_pf, S0ftWeer.ls.
. The Forest pirocinets Laboratories oi
the _Forestry Branch of .the Depart:
.ment of the s'krtterior have tionductec
:ooneicletalide researcbo on the length el
flbres..in various- spftwoods, 513111010.117
'those huPortand to'hte map and Taney
influStry. By means ±0 worli involving
many thousands measurements, an
hpriroximatb average fibre length has
been determined, for sole -oral Canadian
woods. The fibre length differs con.
ac.a6riling. to spe.clee,,--.-tb..2
fibres of balsam example, being
alsolit hall ibos I fir 5-0, 100100 of Doug
lao 011. Itis of ihteri'
est to note that "in el;
the spcoica studied the length , of the
fibr,,so increaspd in each, successive am
01051 iaver et wood during the flint
fifty years 01 ±110 tree's growtin After
the fiftfe,th annual idug ±110 fthrtts,shoW,' -
ell no further inettease tn. 1,tnagth..rnr._
therrnorng
e, the leth-of 0±11dd ilbres 'Wag___
foundto vary according to their height
from the, ground, .The, longest /three
In the tree usuellY occurred at O height
of about 11 feed ha the vie'mity of the
fiftieth annual ring.
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Germany 15 t110 ehdef purchaser of
coW 'Indies from ,India, '