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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1921-1-20, Page 611 AVAcait y.V ol.t X19 f 1 n. 4e uard is the name 0720 r•+ hi„n 131.11e genuine, `tea of all teas'. . A e .O i els tet use Salads, send us a post card for a free t, syou use ,., slif � t �f:^t itand ,_, epay f a xxaf; t price otx now you AddressSalada,Toronto VW w,n.,,4,,. ,,, • _- I.•�''w„+�,.ww�r,wcra '�'mwar"'arw C rally of Mr, f tm nd Brig, ,By WILLIAM DUDLEY PELLET. 'v.:ae,rnroc�.W'+"1,,w+uuH,F,`.ai6uPoaaC.uaeCup,wo,eem<sc =of,fGuo!.�1NPNu. PART III. spoky place, and his eyes were hard The sun ',net cle•wn around four- ;and gltssy. tithes,. A wind blew up and overcast "It's only Nimrod Briggs," com- e:. Wiles with clouds, Outside was a monted the bby, as if there was no cirri, rew, slushy sprieg night. Six thing unusuol about his being there. n e•cc:l, came, The boys and girls laid "Good old Nimrod Brigge, Oh, I know down their work; the motor on the you, Nimrod Briggs. You gave me linelylae was shut cff; tliare„was the twodollars to get some food last :wen! usual jc tling, joshing crowd. washing , , , Mary, this is Nimrod Briggs ap around the sink. Only, this night, from the printing office.” ell the talk was about: the robbery The printer was startled. For a and. the whereabouts of the Robbins moment he thought there was a third bey and the possibility of his ever person le the roan. -Then he went he rse caught. Mr. Nimrod Briggs did into the room and closed the. door not join the crowd. He bent over his • Curtain and blinds were drawn—no tp^e case, his face a troubled study. Ione could see the Light from the street; Final:y he went over to his board-, so he set down the lamp, ing place and got his supper. The; "I see you found Fred Babcock's secede gave down a cold, raw spring keys, remarked Nimrod sociably. r en Underfoot it was slushy and "No, I didn't find 'est. Someone disagreeable. It Was ealeellent mien- answered the ad and brought 'em in recnia weather. Nevertheless, after that next', noontime, when I was in simper, having appeared to reach a de the office alone," ,the boy told ltim, caian. he- buttoned his eoat around "They left 'em- with nie to give to him, fortified himself with a pipe of the bookkeeper. But I had an idea'•i flesh tobacco, took an umbrella, and could save money, and--and—Mary, started- forth. this is Mr. Nimrod Briggs of the print- Down School street he went, across ing offiee—Nimrod Briggs I wrote you ltIill, over the flats—until he had left about." the town behind 'him. There were no' "Yes, yes!" cried Nimrod nervously, street. lights out on the North Fox- striving to soothe the boy in the delir- boro road. The going was very bad. ium of his fever. Yet,- the worse conditions grew; the. Nimrod Briggs sat down by the sick more resolute Mr, Nimrod Briggs boy's stolen bed. •For a long tinge -he seemed to become. sat there, only the smoky all la;np It was an eerie place—that old lighting the scene. Stevens house—as,. Nimrod Briggs, "Was you ever in Love, Mr. Briggs drew near to it in the murky dark- —in love with a girl that was sweet ness. He knew his location fairly and pretty and good and loved you well -from memory—from Sunday• like hell in return?" demanded the afternoon walks when he had Passed boy. it. But to came upon it at night in Mr. Nimrod Briggs said nothing, but the search for a• young thief—it was his withered lips closed hard. a job for a full-sized man with strong "We wes all alone in the world. Mr, nerves. Briggs, she and I," the. boy went on, Mr. Nimrod Briggs entered the yard. "I was only seventeen; she was Fie -meet up to the dreaky verandah. twenty, going on twenty-one—" He fumbled in his vest, found a match, "And probably twice as old and struck it. wise, for all that!" thought Mr. Nitu- By its.light he saw only the naked rod Briggs to himself. verandah, the dosed storm door's, the "But the difference in our ages drawn and fastened blinds. Leaves wasn't nothin,' Mr. Briggs. She loved from the previous autumn, packed me and I loved her. She worked in a down by the winter's snows, still lay candy factory; I worked in a news - in the corners. An empty skeleton paper office. That was while I was woodbine blew in the raw wind and learning my trade. After I'd learned tapped against the woodwork. my trade I ,was going to take a job Nimrod tried the door. It was locks' somewhere at man's wages, and send ed. Quaking inside, the little man went for her." _ to the front windows opening on the Mr. Nimrod Briggs nodded. piazza, and tried them. Both windows "The night before I came to go were locked too. He was about to leave away, we took a long walk, Mr. the piazza to try the back door, when Briggs. We tome to the edge of the n hill cwme in the wind washing bay across from the city. It was a through the naked limbs of the manles sort o' misty evening, Mr, Briggs, The out by the stone wall and the road. In whole world was raw and cold and that silence the blood of Nimrod lonesome; and we looked at the lights Briggs ran cold. For he had heard a of the city across the_ water, and it sound—a weird wild cry. More than seemed as if it was us two against that, the cry came from inside .the the whole world. There was nobody tenantless, forbidding pile above him, to mind, nobody to care. I was afraid With teeth a -chatter, knees quak-, of the morning, and the weeks that ing, the old printer waited.I were coming. I said, 'Mary, let's get It came again. It was a human married to -night; and when I've voice. it. was Crying out a -names} landed that job up in Bruce County Mr. Briggs waited. Then came an-; that's advertised in the trade paper, .oth'er iuii, 'anet again tire-try—clear, Ili send for you— �ag^"1aieme hysterical: • "You didn't have the money to take Meryl" her with you then?" asked Nimrod. , didn't havetre "No; I 1money,only i ht •ebate that ri s s fright din at Mr. B e moment. gHe picked up his fat old to pathe minister and the license, nntbreIla and: despite -thedarkness and my railroad fare to the job. And and; the puddles, he went down over I married her that night—oh, Gawd, it the steps and began to feel :his way seems years ago, and it was all over enema to the rear of the house. so soon, I Was frightened! At length he found a kitchen win- "And yet, it was' bindin'—bindin' dow that resounded to his upward for life, hindin' as they make 'em, push. and in the dark he crawled up son:" somehow, and went over the sill in- (Continued in next issae.) side. Tae lowered' the window behind him, TliOu ht Signs. and listened, fearing to strike a match, $ Pon "Mary!" came a moan again—a cry Have you noticed how a person, deep of anguish, the whole trailing off into In thought, usually forms the habit of senseless babble, • "Pin right!" exulted the printer'. repeating, ought gigs 7 unconsciously, some little Mr. 'Briggs struck a match. The action or thought kitchen in which he stood was One matt will stroke hie moustache, fur- nished for summer occupancy. On another his chin, one will rub his nose, the shelf above the dry and rusted while another will scratch his head, sink he saw a small brass lamp, He Such signs aro not confined to men; lifted it down and shook it. There women indulge in signs of a similar was oil inside. Ile- dabbed the flame nature. • to the wick, and with shaky hands got Mostly such actions are 'performed en the glass chimney, Then through the strange house quite unconsciously-, Now and again kir. Briggs started on tiptoe, nerving one remembers and strops for e. time; himself before,opening each door, then, as ohe becomes more and more Outside one particular door, at last, abaarbed in thought again, the ac - be listened—listened to senseless, pits- tions recommence. foil babble going on within; in the Why do people make these unaon- tele, and thedark, and the ghostly BelOus signs when thinking? Perhaps nlia»donment of the place and the it is because when in deep thought home certain nerves have a tendency to act ` fleprgiel".he cried. "It's only -me— in a certain anannor; in other words,, Nimrod 1?riggs teem the printing of- the movements are perhaps of a more f,re. Duet lie -scared, Georgie; i{'s or lees nervous nature, el, enneriel1l ie•gAr Pesten mem the emir into a small Agate, it may be that sitting per- feetly •quiet is a very difficult matter, and while one is comparatively (inlet when thinking; -the fingers naturally Alert. moving, As even the mast ab- e°nt-minclod •ter on Convulsiu,►ie in children. Ali young children are isuseeptible to eonvuleive +attacks, A convulsion in .a child often takes the place of a chill in an adult sand announces the onset of an infectious disease. In such A case it is the result of irritation of the brain by the toxins of the din'• else thatere circulating in the blood. 1't is often excited by some irritation at solve distant point, especially at one 'et' the orifices of the body; and it may be excited by a foreign ;body in the nose or ear, by the presence of intestinal worms, by indigestion, by poisoning, by a severe burn, or by mental excitement, eitherjoyful or sorrowful. Convulsions occur frequently in chil- dren who suffer from rickets; they may also result from tumors or from other diseases of the brain, but in such cases; they are more likely to be local than general. They may af- feet one arm or one leg or the muscles of the face, Although the symptoms are virtu- ally the rame,such convulsive attacks should not be confused with epilepsy; but if they occur frequently and on s slight provocation, they indicate a 1 nervous instability in the chid that may later develop into true epilepsy, The convulsion begins suddenly, with or without a preliminary muscu- lar twitching. The child falls uncon- • scions, and at first there is stiffness of the neck and the extremities, which is soon followed by convulsions, in- volving first. the muscles of the face and then those' of the limbs and the . entire body. The eyes open and. shut 1 and roll about, the mouth twitches, the ' jaws snap, the head nods, rolls from Iside to side and turns about, the arms !ate raised andto red the legs draw I up and kick out, and the body twists from one side to the other. During the attack there is fever, the pulse is rapid and sometimes irregular, and the breathing is loud and panting. These symptoms may persist for a considerable _time, perhaps even for a half hour—a fact that distinguides the attack from genuine epilepsy, in which the attack is usually of brief duration. ' The treatment of a convulsive at- tack depends upon the cause. If fever is the cause, combat it by cool spong- ing or by cold packs; open the bowels by an injection; induce sweating by a mustard bath and give an emetic if the stomach is overloaded or if the patient has eaten indigestible food. Although it is the fashion now to deny the occurrence of teething con- vulsions, it is certain that the difficult eruption of a tooth may cause much nervous irritation. In such a case, lancing of the guilt may give relief. Between the attacks an effort should be ovale to strengthen the little pa- tient's constitution and to remove any- thing that may affect unfavorably its nervous system. • w thriens's peered wi!•)iin. ,vy it • en a shceties, hid, Tie ware n ::i eipie et snmeliy old Herr h siiht e ler covering. Ile t -,'ed over esher, Nimrod Briggs entered the , s would barrily move them simply backwards and for- n`tree nneent es Iwards in the air, they subeona.ciouely JJsttm't ltm•fnrtning some little actino with no other purpose man to 1 giro idle fingers something to rio, After a time tees° actions become the mechanical thought signals. from which none of 115 *50*5 •' en .tircY of free, make a bottle of Bovril. k V.IL NEVER PROFITEERED Ilas not changed since 1914 Same Price. Same Quality, Same Q1lantity. The Chippaeta }Iedro Power Canal, of 1854 miles, is one of the greatest engineering feats of modern times, lie it will develop 500,000 horsepower at an estimated cost of $40,000,000, with a 800,foot fail of water at Queenston, r, Canada has 14 national parks, viz., Rooky Mountains, Jasper, Buffalo, Waterton Lakes and Elk Island in Al- berta, Yoho Glacier, Revelstoke and Kootenay in British Columbia, Fort !Awe in New Brunswielt, Vert Anne in (Veva Scotia, St Lawrence Islands, Point Pelee and Broder in Ontario, Diet for Young People. The body reaches maturity between the ages of twenty-three and twenty- ! seven years, and from this time until about the thirtieth year the young man and woman require substantial and nourishing diet to keep pace with their activities. Usually the boy and girl lead fairly active lives, dancing, skating and indulging in other sports, both in winter and summer. This re- quires an abundance of energy foods to keep the human engine an thd go. The proverbial sweet tooth usually becomes a fixed habit and unless she is careful, a girl will consume a pound or more of sweets very easily each week. Candy is a heat and energy food and should be eaten with discre- tion. Overindulgence in sweets usu- ally leads to a blotchy or pimply com- plexion. Eat plenty of whole wheat bread and a good creamery butter. Drink plenty of inilk and see that at lun- cheon and dinner there is an abundance of green vegetables, both cooked and raw—these should always be a part of .the daily bill of fare. Cabbage made into a salad and com- bined with raw grated boots, carrots or turnips may be served for variety, as also may celery, onions, watercress, lettuce, endive, escarole, corn salad, cucumbers, red and green peppers, young onions, swiss chard, with the usual array of cooked vegetables. Remember that candies and pastries are bard to digest and should never be eaten when hungry, as they destroy the appetite and a liking for the plain and wholesome foods, . The Road to F ertuno. The easiest way to prepare for this new game is to take a strip of paper long enough to reach almost across the room; and if two connecting roams can be aced. $o much the bettee. With h a yardstick and n &aft pencil or a wax crayon, draw crosswise heavy lines on the paper, so as to divide it into sections ten or twelve inches long. Draw a bine lengthwise throe, ;•'a,, the middle of the paper and numbs m- each space, putting the odd nt:mbers on on'e • side and the even ones on the ether. Draw a colored line across the pater thir a f t alt ut l It n c a. o diatom e from. the end where the nunesets begin. Write a number of `fortuneee on pieces of paper, and fold then and number a part Of them to correspond with the numbers on the strip of paper. legeta flat : tic a •• If os�siU s k ort • lt� n , about ° size of a eommon lash and as long o g as the paper. If you Cannot get one stick that is' long enough, tack three or four .lathe together. When you arc ready- to play the game unroll the paper end spread it it the floor; then place the stick in o middle of it, lengthwise, and see that the paper is smooth, The players start art the end num- bered 1 and try to walls on the lath, eepinig their feet so close together that the heel of one feet Goucher the toes e8 the ether, Vlach player must once which square the toe of Alis feet s 111 when ere steps off the sticks for e the b k n • that numriher contains hie fO tun's, Those wei0 etep of in the brat third marked off by the colored :eine hero to pay a forfeit or do some speeiel etdnt, Those who melt the end *M- oist stepping'off are allowed put thheir hands into a box and draw gut a for- tune; they also win as a prize a tiotrgh nut or an -apple, The game makes on can plenty of fun, for everyone play •ft, and it le not too boisterous for the house, Feed the Winter Birds. If you want to have some birds around to protect your garden in the spring, feed them a little yin the win- ter. It does not take much, A piece of suet tied to a tree, a little grain.or weed ;teed in an open box nailed to its side to a tree or post will Bost you nothing and will pull malty a bird through some rough places in the win- ter, They will soon learn about it and you will have lots of friends. Put the box where you can see it from the windows, and you will enjoy the company. They are not beggars; they will pay their board, Household Hints. Peanut butter .can be'made at home. Put freshly rpaated peanuts through the food chopper, first removing the red skins, Grind as finely as possible and add salt , Bathe a Meese with vinegar as soon as accident happens if possible; lay•a cloth soaked in vinegar on the bruise, renewing when dry, and there will be little discoloration. Olive oil will not become rancid after opening can if two lumps of sugar are put into it. Bacon will be crisp if the fat is poured off while it is cooking. Seeded raisins may take the place of sugar in cornbread. It is delicious. .Left over cocoa can be used in mak- ing gingerbread in place of milk. Ants will keep away from pantry shelves where a few cloves have been strewn. • A strip of asbestos or an asbestos mat nailed to the ironing board is convenient and useful. A ten cent dish mop is very handy to use where the floor stop will not reach. 011 and use under pianos, books cases, etc. Long handles on brooms, brushes and dustpans save the back, Put them away clean. Avoid using strong soaps and pow- ders . when washing fine decorated China. Keep empty spools and slip them over the nails in the hoohless closet. They are a great ,protection to tile clothes. Wien through using oven the door should be left open until oven is cold. This prevents sweating and conse- quently„rust. • A teaspoon full of vinegar and granulated•sugar will stop hiccoughs. Repeat if necessary. Pour -vinegar over fresh paint that has been accidentally spilled- It can then be wiped up with a soft cloth. Practically all ef. the electric power used in the Italian city of Milan is obtained from hydro -electric plants in the Alps. Forests Support Our Credit in the U.S. For the flrst.nine months of 1010 paper; wood and manufactures of wood were exported from Canada to the United States to the value of $163,- 941,802. The total value of exports of Canadian goods to that country for the same period amounted to $370,- 246,070. With our forests supplying over 44 Per cent. of the exports to offset our purchases, It. la not hard to realize what position our exchange would ho in but for tate forests. The depreciated value of our money hurts the patriotic pride as well as the pockets of all Canadians. Those who have occasion to`-risit the United States realize tune additional cost to them in purchasing with Canadian money, but it is hard to make the general public realize that tho forests of Canada. are carrying a tremendous load as the chief support of Inc credit in the United States, Every of?ort should beenacle to protect our forests from fire and to provide efficient for- oetry management to enable then to ceuUuuo In perpetuity the large part they aro taking in our foreign trade. A roan May figh fiercely to hobcl! his own in business; but he cloe•s not need to fight to get ahead of someone; in i:he elevator, at up the cur steps, er at the p :staff -me window. And no unit -,1. ter how strung competition is, business;' nil pevtonel courtesy stake it easier. iut•1 pleasanter for everybody,—W'il- li:nn. II. Hamby. • • .s.s.9a,u.,x usgr'anai. oar&.a,,.,i, Ft t1_, agia4 • k1 zs.2.+, af4 .a ,.t vn B i.' i . t n. 9- ti t ��155lJJ t s ' S1 14. w 44i� 3 � v ci sµ � -si '" FA I or° 'our ro �'s s . ks as I lO T,xperi,acnt Stet Mon ei sa 'nieces tip Inc the great loss le of plat food that leaches nit la 1t of manure before it reaches the ei 1Y fields, by the addition of ell lbs. ri r of Add Phosphate to every load ieof.rnanure. is to Reams of li(apecbncnti ail follows: .1 Value of Gain Over No Manure ec I q it Shod Manure mono - - 52e.e8 lis M Shod all; to pp 11 d Mutiure,prue AV:I Phos. 33.77 IM II Shed 39.12 111 at Make sinner gains on your form le A in 1021 bythe addition of Acid m 5Phosphate to manure, and -lay a el liberal application of Thigh. et g grade fertilizers to un -Smits M tired fields. p WI 1ClgOre out yo,ir fertiliser needs for X ; 1021, add 014.131;tt ssnLY, a. iM Write for booklets, Let us heb, yell. M R TEM son, AND CROP 14 IM IMPi:o'i'LMRNT BUREAU R el the Cnnndoan PertfiiCsr X Aseocl a don., A Ili* Tanmto fultlir,4 - a T6roatto M 10 14101414141411011141411I1411044041411111111414/41101110 Queens Who Wr°.ed ea TI*rones, tiome queens seem to heep been ee- peelalpy apt in cctusleg the downfall of their consorts; not only le the past, but in present time*, There can be little dobbt that the- ruin of the exe Czar off the Russians was brought about by the a*traordlnaey tnlluonce wielded wee Lim by his wife, The Elitprosa was et /Wart em presGerman, and this tact cost her hueband hie throne. Alteough at the time of writing the sun of Constantine of Greece loons as though it were in the ascendant, there seemsthe moon ii s to doubt thet a est of Tfno's political manoeuvres• and troubles were inspired by his wife, Sophie, sister of the ex'Kaleer, Poor, beautiful Marie Antoinette. brought everybody connected with her to the guillotine, Ler adoring husband among them, but her influence was more thoughtless and misguided than deliberately wicked, She firmly believed in the "divine right et kings," and wan unpopular with the French from the time she landed in their country on aceonnt of her Austr;ari birth. Finding that the populace would have none of her, she did everything in her power tomane her husband, Louis XVI„ show the masses how he despised them. ' One of the greatest royal tragedies teas the terrible murder of King Alexa ander of Serbia, caused entirely by the bad influence of his wife, Queen Dra- ga. The name of Drage was hated throughout the land on account of her intrigues• and the evil power exercised at the councils pf the king. ' Could she haveforeseen the night when she and the king would be drag ged from their ked to be murdered be the furious officers who ltad revolted through her conduct, perhaps she might have used her queenly right in other directions. These are only a few instances where reyal women have caused the downfall not only of a king, but of a country. To name all who have mis- used their wifely influence in this way would 1111 a book. - Fuse plug a Safety Device. -Many people have the idea that when a fuse. plug "blows out," it Is merely that a 'weak link in the light- ing system has given way, Perhaps the plugs frequently blow out, and the oecurrenoe is each time looked upon merely as one of those annoyances which must be borne. A fuse plug is a safety device, and is so adjusted that it will "blow out," or break the connection, as soon as the amount of electricity being used is greater than the wires can carry with perfect safety. Instead of simp- ly roplacing the plug—remedying the effect—the cause of the trouble should be sought. Fuse plugs are usually placed near the ureter, and the number of amperes to which they aro fused is stamped plainly on tate plugs. For instance, if the fuse plugs in your home are stamped "Ira A," it means that this ambent of current can be used at one time on each circuit without danger; using more than this amount causes danger from over -heated wiring. The electric wiring in a house is usually divided into a number of indi- vidual "circuits," each, carrying not store than 754 amperes, or the equiva- lent of 15 to 20 ordinary Iights. _1 five -pound electric iron, such as 1s generally used, requires live am- peres of electric current. If 7% -am - pore fuse plugs are in use, not more than five 50 -watt lights can be "on" the circuit et the same time as the iron without the fuses blowing out, .en electric toaster carries about the cane amount of current as an iron. Under no circumstances is_ it permis- sible to use an electric iron and a toaster on the same individual ordin dry lighting circuit at the same time. 11 fire, resulting from over -heating wiring, occurs when two such appli- ances have been used, insnrance com- panies are just111ee in refusing to pay claims for damages. if an early warning of fire danger is Method, fuse plugs which are fused to carry a fairly low amperage, say 714 or 10 amperes, on your individual distributing circuits should bo used. Sun rkicarest m Winter: It may seem incredible, but it is the feet uevc:•theless, that we are about tlu•eo minion miles nearer to the eon ear:y in January than we are at ntid- smnmer... The re'apete:ve distances, to be exact, are 01,8;1,000 nines in ;fame ary: and 04,450,000 mlleu at the end of June cr the beginning of July, Wiry, Ihma, la it toot warmer in win- ter their in sunnier? Shrrply because our part cf t to meth i3 tilted away trent the sun in whiter, tins giving us long, dant nights. .Another strong rea- son is that durh:g the whiter days the sunlight tis on nee roelen of the glceo at •such em clopieg ; nee as to give very little heat. no the casual observer the tun el- stases l- w es locks the same size when it ems re.....1 we 1 above the, haze which cli;1ga about the borsrou, '.The tnst.•rut:ni of the astronomers, however, cieetle show ]tow much bigger 15 is In Wieln then iii summer. if the earth's en1ln0l peel Were ne perfectly circular Me we v,cnld be, •.rf : Centre, ,sways et the same de -lance true our hun;m:ry, br.l as 1,: i, 'La, circular we al o eitiao; C lletantly t - ling farther away teem oi' 0711er Si; the sun, Another iuterestieg feet is that the nearer we aro the faster we hove. Our average spool round the sun is 18% miles per second, and that Ian brief time the earth departs from a straight. lino by only the one -ninth part of an Inch. i recent isisued pamphlet of the Bankers Trust. Company of New York, after comparing Canada with nine of the loadin. industrial nations of the world, say • "Canada is first in extent. setand in the aggregate of its hydraul- ic power, third in the Matter of roil., trays, sixth in the total production of iron in its natural state' and in the! business of export, and eighth in • FE 4f� � •�, �l?I' , , Besl4lnv,, Biizt ' ¢s .E�ssitrae a mote sarp le � • STONE 1t'•if»ERSOL11, OWrARt4 E'S How Kings Have Died King Alexander of Greece is prob- ably the first monarch who came to his end by the bite of a monkey, but the .occurrence recalls the fact that even kings have met death in as great a variety of formsas any cities of hu- man beings, Comglaratively few, especially In the good de days, were able to lie on their bed as did "the Merrie Monarch" when he made to his assembled courtiers the apology, as witty as it was graci- ous, "I am afraid, gentlemeu, I am an unconscionably long time a -dying." Priam, tate last King of Troy, a venerable figure in the twilight dawn of history, was stabbed by Achilles on the altar of Jupiter. Xerxes was mur- dered by Artabanus is 465 B.C., and Ptolemy X1II, of Egypt was drowned in the Nile while endeavoring to es- cape from the Roman legions. Stranger still was the death of Nito- cris, Queen of Egypt. Benito -tits re- lates that "she destroyed by craft many of the Egyptians;' It was .an set of vengeance. Her brother had been murdered, and Nitocris caused an underground chamber to be construct ed, and invited thither her brother's murderers to a sumptuous feast. While they were feasting she let the waters of the river into the hall by a secret conduit, and drowned then all. To escapeeho vengeance of the populace the queen threw herself into a room full of hot embers. For high tragedy nothing can ap- proach the manner 1n which the Ro- hian emperors quitted earth's stage. Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March, Tiberius was suffocated, Claudius was poisoned by his, wife, and Commodes by his favorite mis- trees. Galbe was slain by tete Prae- torian guard; Caligula, after having declared himself to be a god, was mur- dered; while Nero dammitted suicide to save hlmselt from the hands of the executioners, Our English kings Mee rrom wee, Otte causes, Edward the Martyr was stabbed at Corte Castle, Hardica,nte died of overeating at a wedding feast,. William I. and William III, died as the result of falling from their .horses.. Henry Beauelerc fell a prey to his gluttony, and Henry II, died of a broken heart when he found his favor- ite son John plotting against him, Ed- ward II, and Richard II. were murder' ed In prison, Edward V. was smother- ed in the Tower, and the hapless Charles 1, ended his days on the scat -- fold at Whitehall. Robert Bruce, the victor of Bannock burn, died of leprosy, St. Louis of France from Plague, and Louis "the well -beloved" from smallpox. Louis XVI. and his Queen, Marie Antoinette,. met death by the guillotine amid the - terrors of the French Revolution, King Alexander of Serbia and bis. Queen Drags were brutally murdered In their palace at Belgrade. King' Humbert of Italy was shot by Breed,. an Anarchist, at Monza, King Carlos of Portugal was shot in the streets of Libson, while Bing George of Greece' met a similar fate at Salonika. The whole grins story affords no. equal to the royal tragedy which end- ed the proud dynasty of the Roman - offs, Unique Exhibition of Live Silver Foxes. Moro than 350 foxes, the very cream of the silver fox aristocracy of Ameri- ca, were dipslayed at the exhibition in Montreal, November 24th 25t11 and 26th: It was'easily the largest exhibi- tion of its kind ever held anywhere and demonstrated that fox -ranching has become firmly established in Canada and the northern United Status. Financial assistance was given by the Federal Department of Agricul- ture and the provincu.t governments of Prince Edward Island, New Bruns- wick, Quebec. and Ontario, while the exhibition was managed by officials of the Commission of Conservation: Prince Edward Island easily held premier place in the nunzaer 01 and -I mals exhibited and also in the num- ber of prizes won. However, foxes from northern Quebec and Nova Scotia captured some of the prizes and in many other instances 'received highly creditable scores. Foxes whose forbears were brought from Al- aska made an excellent showing and, although Pew in number, carried off some of the loadingsizes P Quebec foxes also made a good showing and, with the experience gained at -Mont- real, their owners will provide still stronger competition at future exhi- bitions, Although exhibitors frons the .United States were admitted Wo the exhibi- tion on practically an equal footing with .Chose from Canada, the number of animals from American ranches was disappointingly email, As a conservation measure, the ex- ti:bitten was important. 'l'he rapid and seemingly inevitable depletion of furbearers n the wild state makes it essential that they be domesticated uutilelentiy to permit of their being bred in captivity. The exhlbiton will become an annual event and ether fur - bearing animals, such as red fox, and muskrat, which are being "ranch-• ed," wl]1 also be shown. Migratory Bird Treaty Endorsed. The Supreme Court of Prince Ed- ward Island has rendered judgment,. in an appeal from a decision .f a lo- cal maglstrate, upholding the jurisdic tion of the Dominion Parliament in passing the Migratory Bird Conven- tion Act, and enabling act to confirm the provisions of the Migratory 131r1 Treaty. The original decision of the magistrate was based on the opinion that the birds found in the province ivere the property of the province. This Prince Edward Island Supreme Court decision endorses the opinion • expressed by the United States Su- preme Court in rendering judgment in the case of a similar appeal by the State of Missouri, to the effect that migratory birds traversed many of the states and provinces in their flights, that they were the common property of the public, and therefore a national and not -sectional respon- sihil]ty. The, judgments of the Supreme Courts of Prince Edward Island and of the United States would seem to es- tablish the fact that the provisions of the Migratory Bird Treaty are amply secured by the enabling acts of the two countries concerned. The Dead Sen is salty, very salty. Ht fact its waters are eight or more times more salty than the ocean. Its sur- face, 1,312 feet below the level of the Mediterranean, is lower than that of any other known body of water. According to the census of 1911, 45,58 per cont. of Canadians lived in cities and towns (urban), and 54.47 per cent, in tate country (rural), Later figures will probably show a greater Patch fox, minis, fisher, marten,' beaver Urban percentage. Why the Leaves Fall It is the poets who have taught us to regard ilia falling leaf as an one Were of decay and death. "My way of life is l'a1191 into the acre, the yellow lent,":ccmpia'.ns Mac- beth, when he considers the wreckage of his life. "'i'be sore, the yellow leaf," beer. e:', 'a trot the useless thing that h i e pate would have us believe, ivies ie1 ft wee caught by autumn gales and whirled far from its parent tree or gently horro to earth by bcavy dew:;, the preneee Wile but the e eel tide td t ew 1CCvities. 1a the leaf lies ulna the ground nen 'nee Mlles elms c.'o 1111oa , 1n a , 'i bit ldti'ln, says a wt•11!ferand ,n cli . "]:fe'ell sec \dvortssco." What is of t al si i.l on;l by the 1011, and goes to fur:u the nc trisltmeot of plant and tree that will l,limseiu anew whoa spring returns. 1 -sere 1s Ito saddens or reclean teabut a living process that more life, makes for n o e But what of the tree, 5110011 of its summer glory, and now stretching its gaunt arms towards an inhospitable sky? Why must tine leaves fail? Na- ture is a wise mother, and makes no btmidcrs with Iset' children, In the curly clays of spring the mysterious sap, so full of life-giving properties; began to croon upward, Gradually it spreads to, every branch and -every twig 5111 it finally reached the o mbed haves, The food that had been held int solu- tion had been already taken up by„the tree, anis the leave.; reCanvea 111r Inds. tune, apt to eco,, hot to pass out into population,” the air' through the narrow oponiage 1 in their tipper and under surfaces. But this supply of sap, could not go on forever. Tho soiree of supply would fats, the roots would become ex- ;bausted by their task, so there must conte a pause, To !ern the tree full of sap exposed to winter frosts would be to court disaster, for, as water freezes in the pipe and bursts if, so. would the sap freeze in the branches and split thein. As the sunlmar wanes, the tree bo- gies to stake reedy for its annual rest. All that is al value in the leaf is wide drawn, end in the process the green coloring matter ie changed 1.o permit the formation of tate gorgeous autumn tints, The sap sinus down through .branch and atem, to be store, in the roots, and thus steeps the tree alive during the long winter days, when no uctu•i5hment is being eaten from the ground. The leaf is now no loner of any Y use In t its ori gi ni position, and the tree has already prepared for the inevit- able separation. A double layer of cells, called the separation layer, has been formed between the Ieaf stem and the branch, till et last it, is cone pieto, and the supply of sap aftectttaily cut off. The leaf begins to dry mol elided up, and the connection be- tween 1 oafi stout std branch la so weakened that the gentlest pressure brings about its fall, As it tines so, tho cell layer'divides, Otttt eh'tet of • cells remains to heal the wound In the Manch llmt would ct',nenefee Ise loft, while the other sheet tuners to earth attached to the loaf stem.