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The Clinton News Record, 1923-1-18, Page 12iruit over Now you can buy a fruit cake of the kind that you would make at horne---and save home baking. —a rich, fruity, luscious cake that doesn't crumble and dry —.4 tender, almost juicy cake with that rare flavor' of the raisins and the spice that makes you like .fruit cake., -a. cake that you'll be glad to serve to friends prize fruit cake, in foot the most delicious you have ever 'known. These pi p, tender, Juicy, tilin-skinned raisins ale ideal for cake. Taste the cake you get and oee. You'll enjoy fruk cakr more , often when you can secure such good cake ready-made. Mail coupon for free book o tested recipes suggesting scores rf other lusmous raisin foods. Just ask your bake shop -or confectioner for cake that's made with aisins Sun -Maid Raisin Growers Co -oh 0,o Compnstin 14,005 Grow, Members Dept, li-533-30, Fresno, California. ximoir smog ocing taws raw row momme savor woo logaue CUT 'THIS OUP AND SEND IT Son-D./laid Raisin Growers, Dept, 14-533-30, Fresno, Califor,rila., Please send me ropy of your free book, "Recipes with Raisins." Nmat Blue,Package , STE17717r Car 0111:42/1t6 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 , 1,nm-10em:To . . .. . Co ROB±rT (Copyright 'Ile iwoelt Rod/ GO.) 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. ' Germany 15 t110 ehdef purchaser of coW 'Indies from ,India, '