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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1921-5-26, Page 6wale w oweeeeeeeeeeeeeeea The -Secret of the Old Chateau seas.-.»— as -- By DAVID WT•IITFLAW, ,Y..;. , . air„•---^ (Copyrighted) my bare word to give you, Before I webs fifteen illy father jeinesi nam ex-, pedttiou to the Yukon. He 'lied had, heavy losses, and the tales of gold to be found in the North tempted him. He never returned, and I' wan taken care of by a good woman of tlha lage. I heel a little money, and when my protectress died I rounded the world I visited Aust ilia and India, and'` finodry relirfted back to Canaria, Where 1 have built up a good- little business, It is this business wliacb has brought one to London' -not this other .'pig• in a poles,' ,r he added, with a laugh. Robert Baxenter had referred to the patelhment when the old aidste- crest's name had been mentioned; now he put the papers' bask and sat for a moment drumming the tips of bis fingers together. I:Ie reasoned rapid- ly. Perhaps it was unwise to part with this trust to a man without writ- ten rreden'bialis; but again, his visitor in mentioning the motto diad done all that wee required. The transaction was a little loose 1'egally, but the Sole leiter was more than half anxious to see the end of the white elephant in his strongroom—and ho told hinleeelt that this Ivan was beyond all doubt the legitimate descendant of the ar- istocrat who had visited old Adam more than a •century ago. His mind made uip, Robert rose and held out his hand, "I am more than satisfied, Mr. Dartin. True, I would leave preferred some rdocumeatary evidence as to iden- tity—just as a matter of form. I offer you my very sincerest congratula- tions. Please come with are." As the solicitor crossed the room he drew from his pocket a key-ehain,•and selecting a flat key from the ring, proceeded, followed by Mr. Baptiste Dart!n, through the clerk's office and down a flight of stone steps. • At the foot, great double doors guarded the entrance to the strong- room. Each of these, fitted with cont- binetion locks, delayed the solicitor for a few moments; then he switched on the light of a couple of green -Shaded bulbs and Derain saw that they stood in w°hat was practically a large safe. The chamber was some seven feet in height and the air was hot and heavy, and even the electric fan, which the solicitor set in motion, did little to dispel the ,odor of musty parchments and olid leather bindings. Above the men the traffic o£ the Strand rumbled and rolled, and the confined feeling of his surroundings acted strongly upon the already dis- turbed nerve -centres of the visitor. But he mastered himself with aneffort and looked around him. It was diffi- cult to keep calm, now that the scheme upon which ho had worked so hard had cone to fruition and was about to receive the rewired. Ledgers rose, tier upon tier, to the height of, perhaps, six feet, and rang- ed upon them black japanned' deed - cases, like vaulted coffins of dead secrets, frowned drown upon him. Bap- tiete noticed that the names painted in white black letters on their sides had among ,them some of the eldest and proudest in the kin•gd'om. Along one side cf the c'h'amber a bench had been erected at writing height, and a pad of blotting -paper, together with quill Pens, an inkwell and a round box of wafers, were placed et one end. At the other a stack of heavy ledgers reached nearly to the roof. • The eeliolbor had 'bent down in the far corner and was dragging from its obscurity beneath the bottoan ledge a small wooden chest. It was a plain affair, bound strongly. with iron corner -clamps, and en the lid a rough device of the de Darti'gny arms had been branded with a hot iron, Dartin pointed this out and et the same time held out his hand and showed a signet ring bearing - the- same device on his finger—a shone that Vivian Renton bed. had engraved in Paris and set in a circlet of dull gold of antique work- manship. Had• Robert :Baxenterfelt any doubts of his visitor's good faith it would have needed but this to dispel them. A few formalitles over and the bold signature of Baptiste Dartin was put to the receipt which the solicitor then and there prepared—a document set- ting forth briefly the history.•. cf the 'rust and the manner of its claiming. The signet ring was pressed into red wax at its foot and the amen ascended to the offices above. To Robert's disappointment the new ewainr of the chest did not suggest opening it at once. Instead,•bhe clerk and the Loy were requested to .put it carefully into a cab, and, with ani ar- rangement to dine with the solicitor the next night to hoar the result of the inheritance, Mr. Vivian Renton, alias Baptiste Dartin, drove off to take his place in the ranks of the ancient nobil- ity of Franca. Left to himself, Robert Baxenter placed the documents et the case to- gether in an enveic'pe,' endorsed it, and gave it into Captle's keeping. With a smile he crossed the room and made an elaborate 'bow to the pietuee of Aclam Baxenter, Then his eyes rested upon the girl's- photograph on his desk and he looked hurriedly at his watch, Synopsis .of ''revinna Chapters. Vivien Rei;nn and Eddie liavertan, modern soldiers• of f'or'tune, have been trembling with Hubert 13exenter, n prosaercus attorney, in his London npar'ments, '•' fter their departing late at night Rattan returns to tate house, murders Baxenter' end hides the body on the roof. While waiting for night to •time again jn order to make his escape, he finds in a desk .carious old yellowed document telling • of a, mysterious rh'est left m the eine of ono of ax eater' ancestors by 3, French nobleman, the Marquis de Da.rtigny, of the Chateau Chauville,. The chest has been handed down from .one generation of Baxenbers to an- other end carefully guarded in 1110 hope that tome d:ay its rightful owner will be found, Renton decides to pose as the iris -Sing heir and claim the cshest, Fie goes to France to, make some peedful inquiries about the Dar- eigny family. The story of the mysber- sus chest goes back to the trembled days 'of the French Revolution •and the escape of the Marquis and little grand- dainghter to England, where the chest and document were given -to the Bax - oilers for safe .keeping. Now, snore than ane hundred years later, ,Hubert B•axenter's 'body is found, but• the pollee find no clue. Meanwhile, Renton changes his name to .Baptiste Berlin, arid virile Canada; then he presents hr,s fictitious claims to Robert Bax - eater, new head of the firm. CIIAPTER VIIL—(Coni'd.) During the last century our family ]Lias stifi'eract many vicissitu•ies, but in the main we have prospered. From father to San the tradition of our mot- to has been hander- down, It is said that the head of the de Darkigny fam- ily, a main of my great-grandfather, emigrated to England at the time of ate 'Tarror, and that this gentleman's son, who teak an active part in the Ilor -: 1st -cause, en his way to the gnid- lomtitt2, bsd time to whisper to a men dro:eccl as a peasant in the- crowd that he al,0ul-.1 go to Baxenton, in London, and that his "credentials a:neld be the motto of our house. That peasant, .Tarr. Baeenter, was my great-grand- father, Armand, who w.cnt to Canada in 1801. • - "Why he -lid not choose to act upon the a.l'vice I do net know. They wore' tinea of sires and when anyone who showed signs cf gentle birth was hcm:_'ad from pillar tc post. I imagine, too, that -he was very short of this wer',l's geode, and I expect the party of young bleeds Shout to start for a new loni appealed to him more than the vague utterances of a man abort to die. Ile, n'o doubt,- thought it bet- ter ''o join them than to take what night he a fruitless journey to Eng- land, "In'loter years. however, he hod not foegot'an, anal the L'axenton affair was looked upon as rather a joke. A ire -:ego was tree c•cnt addressed to 'Baer ntcn—Notary—Lon;lonm' This won,. T think, in the early fgrties„ and it c"ailed n•o response. There were no (thee cries then, argil it was I who had the i.'ea that perhaps a mistake had 'here made and that, the name was Beeen ter." Mr. B•trtistc Dartin leaned down and nick el , n his bat and gloves. "That is all, Mr. Baxenter. I fele I c u'1 not return to Canada without calling en you—one never ku•0ws, does one.? If i leave taken up yo'ir ralu- ab'e time needlersly, I can but apolo- gisn." The fo;loiler smiled. "There •wardd be no call for an apology in any care, my dear sir— akin. I think yaa, have bit the right nail <n tie hecid. Even if it were not, so, if would have been worth while to listen to your stay. Tnere,is.so little r.' romn_e nowadays to tin old- world of curs that we waleoms anythiieg'that saved cf it. May I ask you a few ques'.imes? You can answer them 'or not na yea like." "Ccrla it ee; hey-tliing that I oan anon:r you may lie sure l frill:' It'aett Iiauentei• leaned down and peel nub a drag er in the tight -hand pet'rs; a cf his Ceske le .tool: front it a fa' v r.a':ers, which lie placed upon tri, blot ing-r d before him.• ' I'c vete not laolcung at the masa in the, lair as lie 1 this cm •he. mvould hate •iibuecl it a;lden pellor blanch the t nrc'l cheeks, - The gray eyes fixe ; th n c.yc, Witlt, a faoainuticoi ufrn the 'parchment en,dar_ed in the anl;c_'•nr writhes cf tclam Baxenter. In his sena s cye Vivian again saw a. d rlc el mors, the Winter sunshine eutc.n_, th-ouglm the drawn blinds, Iie again, seared to hoar the tick -tack of the r c k mei to breaths the foul -air of the . huteep lure in Mortimer Ter- race .floe was a clock upon the offec• ii, and to Vivian's -ears it took ee the monotone:is refrain of thht other clack—'icl a:•k our--der— tick---'Ariel then the cool eo100 of the soli •iter came through the amaze of 110 ronin-- cues. nd with an effort, he braced .hiniself to lessen, ".` tel o " Robert ha.center was say- ing, "rc , tr . etc: -nay have heard of the n: r,e re thr ancost.r of yams, whim, you (link, -came to London?" "I b:iia—i. ,vas Marie Briseac do Dar Sena" "And can you produce any papers —any documents of family affairs?" Ilii visitor luel been evidently ex- peet n'g that 1els question would be asked 1-:n soon er or later, for he answe e,.l readily: "Ah? there I'tn afraid I '!rave only • ISSUE No 21—'21. CHAPTER IY , Stella. On the evening of the clay when Baptiste Berlin drove away from the offices in the Strand, Robert Baxenter was sitting taking tea in a well-ap- poieled flap situated not a hundred mites from Maida Vale, Bo w,ts mink comfor tacbly among i'he cucitions in a vicker-chair beside the Opel window, looking cut Upon a raalled-in square of lawnil end paths in which some chil- d'ton were at play, Thee" volcos rose shrill in the ever iatg air' with the sibanden of: little ones who lenow that bedtime is near and that the best must be made of the flying moments. At the ether side of the window a small, raiddie-a.ged lady, delicately pretty, was crocheting lace, and a bleak kit- ten 'dabbed hopefully at the ball of cotton at her feet, "I didn't know Stella had a rehear- sal to -day," As lis spoke Robert stole a glance ea at an oval .frame which hung o.n the wall 'between the two windows. It contained the portrait of a girl, young and •adorable, A debeln irted little face it was, square y Wilt, with a chin that spoke of a will -power strangely at variance with the roguish ----rand the worst is yet to come eyes that laughed out from beneath the level brows. "And so, of course, Stella"—the little lady was .speaking, and the toast came back to earth with a start. "I'm sorry, Mrs. Benham, I. didn't hear what you said—I was watching the children," he lied. "The little one with the plaid sash has lost her nurse. You were saying"— Mrs, Benham rescued her ball of cotton from the kitten and placed it beside her on the table. "I was saying, Robert, that Mies Foster was taken ill very seudden'ly, and Stella has to play her part till the end of the rum I 'thought she tele- phoned to you. Perhaps she forgot; the as very excited, and there is so much to learn in"— There came the rattle of a key in the outer look and the drawing -room door was burst open and a whirlwind entered—a storm of unualin and flow- ers and smiles. "Oh, mummy, it went splendidly! Olaf Mosenthal says—why, Bobby, I expected you to meet me. Oh, I for- got, I couldn't get on 10 your number: I'm crazy, Bobby, crazy with happi- ness!" Robert had risen and was leading the radiant girl to the chair he had vacated. She shrew herself into it and fanned herself with her long gloves. Mrs. Benham was handing the kettle to the trim maid who had followed her young mistress into' the room. "And so you have got your chance, Stella?" An observant man might have noticed a lack of enthusiasm mn Robert's voice. "No, Bobby, I've got the chance of e chance. If all goes well too -n'igh't I'm made, Bobby, made. The world will—why, what's wrong?" The young nian was leaning for- ward and looloing up into the lovely gray eyes. "I'm glad, Stella., that you ars so happy, but—„ You're thinking of my promise— my answer, Bobby?" "Morning, noon and night, dear. You see, I wouldn't like you just to taste the delights -of power, to inhale the incense of applause. You might not feel inclined to leave it all—for me." The girl turned and looked out over the gardens. She taak hold of the cool muslin curtain and pressed it against her hot cheeks. "Don't you think so, .too, Stella?" "Oh, Bobby, you know I think the world of you—you knew I do. But my art. I d'a--like that, too, Life is such a little thing, isn't it?—and I do want to cram so much into it and squeeze so much out of it. Why can't I give you my answer and act as web?" (To be continued.) Why English Roads Are Better Than Ours. One of the very interesting trips during our stay in England was to Choshunt, which is 20 nudes southeast of; Harpenden and a little to the north of London, says a tourist. Our trip across was nide by auto, over the •narrow but perfect roadbed typical of the English roads we travelled over. These roadbeds are often several feet lower than the adjacent fields, worn down by centuries of travel, and wind- ing abort to fallow the towpaths that first marked the route thousands of years ago. Much of 'the way -the roadside hedges had been permitted to grow until the fields beyond could only be seen through the occasional gateways. Piles of road material were passed at fre- quent intervals, and occasionally a me-, pairing outfit, consisting of a nmaunted tar boiler, a steam roller, and two or i three amen spereading ,,the broken i stone and applying the asphalt. This ' is the "stitch in time" -by which tang• , lis0 roads are kept in repair at a frac- tion of the cost prevalent in Canada. 1 Our roads are usually -neglected until their consequent injury to vehicles- and huipcdiment to travel have cost far more than would the timely re- pairs. In this matter of road•building and repair, it would seem that Canada can learn a great deal from a study of -Old Country methods, icor many of their 1 roads that date bath to Caesar's time aro in more perfect repair to -day than' some of our costly macadam roads that are tot yet live years old. Mollis and Freddy had been to a party, and were just leaving. "Good- bye," said Mollie to bine 110610.16, "Mother sevs we've enjoyed ourselves very much, thank you," AUTO USED PARTS We carry a full lino of user] parts for all n%mtkso of cars, cloaaod and fish frohm grans and dirt, Miinotes, stare, springs, complete onglnos, tires, oto, lifeboat prices paid for old oars, WHO, wire or phone AVTaiM08CTOIO trent P.aRt^m t10„ Speed Records in Writing. The man who lives by hie pen can possess no greater gift than that of being able to write easily. ome can sit down at their desks and rattle off stories or articles at the rate of a thousand words an hour; others toil .desperately, turning and re -turning every sentence, and think themselves lucky if they can produce a thousand words of satiafacary. copy within the working clay. The average novelist produces two books a year, each of about eighty thousand words. But there aro others —for .example, the late lvliss Beatrice Harraden—who take two years to pro- duce one book. To go to the other extreme, there are exceptional writers to whom the speed of a_bbousand words an hour is nothing. Mr. William Le Quenx is re- ported as having recently completed a whole novel in the space of three weeks. This is the story of the big Italian film—"The Power of the Bor. gias " The late Mr. Marion Crawford, whose work certainly never showed any signs Of slovenliness, beat this re- cord by writing "A Tale of a Lonely Parish" in the space of twentyfour days. This novel, considerably longer than Mm'. Le Quenx, contains on hun- dred and twenty thousand wards. Another amazingly rapid writer was Mr. Guy Boothby, wlad published twen- ty-six books in less than eight years, and a number of short stories into the bargain. He some'limes turned out eight thousand words at a sitting. This is a big feat from the physical point of view, let alone the strain of composition. The eider Dumas was not only the most prolific, but also the most rapid of authors. On one occasion he made a bet that he would write the first volume of a new novel within three days, time number of words being about' thirty thousand. He won his wager easily, with half a day to spare. Remember, too, that Dumas wrote everything with a pen. He had none of the -modern assistance of type- writer or dtctaphane. Working with a good stenographer, there are writers whose output averages thirty .thous- and words a week. One of these, who stakes a specialty of juvenile fiction, keeps five and sometimes six serial stories going at the same time. And the instalments average ilve thousand words each. Some writers of newspaper femille- tous are extraordinarily speedy. An author of this type has been known to complete a story of the kind within it week. It was one hundred thousand words• in length, and he received for it a cheque for $1,000. Old Age is Spiritual Decay. Youth is a quality, a spiritualenergy and, properly spealting, there is no "old age," but spiritual decay. "Tho foot less prompt to meet the morning dew" is no valid evidence of growing old, any ,more than to lose a leg in battle. Fussy physical activities are not the only tests of youth, That brain of Sophoclos which gave us itis greatest play at ninety is mere to the point, as also that famous saying re- corded of hind, in reference to the eat- ing of the. passions with the years, that to grow old wan like being set free from service to a band of mail- men, a' Because we grow wiser and stm'ong- er, less selfish and generally more Ifseful to our fellows with the passage of the years is not to ,say that we have lost our youth, I1 only means that we have learned how to employ it, We do not rttn In every direction as we did. We 'know a litho better what wo are doing, or what we want to cla; but the motive force that enables ns to do it Is that sante energy which once drove us to ntalro fools of ourselves at the beginning and still provides the same "swift meats toradiant ends." Decay, disillusion, weariness; We mean these things when we speak of "growing old," but we fall to realise that these aro no neceeeary aecom- Detriments of the years. We may, 111- fortunately, inherit them, or amnia: then-, like bad habits, or through neg- lect of a proper cane and exorcise of our spiritual salves. Spiritual and in- tellectual laziness makes most persons "old before their time." If we lose .iii- terssb in life, life will soon loss in. terost in ns, and it is just: as possible to ac!iieve a precocious 5snlli1y in the twenties as at any later peeled of our lives, Tunnels tlmree miles long have been diseoverecl excavated by Smith Ant- 1630 Dundas Bt. VJdot, Vol -colas erikan ants, Nether and Daughter, Usually, though nott,oclways, 'Vie 111- tinuaey between mother and dattighte'' is greater than that between father and 'eon. It is natural that it should be :aoi mother and daughter are 5n each other's company more than are father and son. Yet sometimes the very tact of such eanbinuotu associa- tion leads to impatience send bo fric- tion, especially in the years -when the daughter is growling up, The re- straints that the mother:then seeks to impose are often either rejected out- right or accepted with rebellious pro- tests: The 'wisdom of the older gen- eration appears folly to the younger. Between the soberness of mature years and the gayety of youth there is always'likely to be a clash, In order that Moine life may be 'happy and fam- ily 'affection unbeaten, it is important thatthe clash be averted. Of course the -preparation to avert it should begin in the girl's infancy and should be carried on all through her growing years. Tho only pre- paration that will inswre the safe passage of the difficult years is that of friendship, cultivated by love .and intisnacy. The soother who makes a friend of •hei daughter from the earl- iest days will not be confronted later by the necessity of "managing" her. When the relation of true friendship exists • between mother and daughter no' •quosbion of management •arises. Sbsnpathetie understanding and :mu- tual' confidence solve without difficult ty problems that in less 'happier re- lations demand discipline and manage - /nerd and leave a sense of soreness or rancor behind. Just as the boy should get his chief lessons from his father in the quali- ties that should .assist him to make his life useftm.l and measureably success- ful, so the -girl should •get her chief lessons to the same end from her mother. To share with her mother 'the 'homely household tasks, to acquire front her through i'ntimiate association cheerfulness, sympathy and courage, to be inspired by 'her with ideals that are tempered with •charity and sweet- nese, is to receive the best preparation that a girl can have for a happy life in a home at her own. The success of the preparation depends, of course, on the kind of mother the girl has, Mothers should feel—'mrd most moth- ers, we think, do feel—that their chil- dren are an incentive to them to be more admirable persons than they were before they had children, Or perhaps it would be truer to say that until they had children they never fully y'ealized their faults and defi- ciencies, or strove so faithfully to correct them. Destroying Household Insects. To aid the housekeeper to rid the home of insects the following direc- tions are mentioned: Roaches: Coal oil is one -of the best agents for the destruction of roaches and their eggs. It should be sprayed freely by means of a machine ail can into the cracks and crevices of the floors and other woodwork where they breed. Powdered :borax mixed with a little sugar is also a good remedy, but in the presence of other food borax is not very effective. It is euggested that cracks and cre- vices, which are their hiding places, be closed with putty or paint. Since these pests hide by dray and go forth at night to feed, it is essential that all foodstuffs be kept under cover and crumbs carefully swept from the floor, The kitchen sink should be kept scrup- ulously clean, while the kitchen closets should be thoroughly scrubbed from time to time. Ants—These little busy workers can easily he destroyed by pouring into their nests gasoline, benzine or caul ail. When using these substances, remember that they are highly m - flammable. Fleas -=Human fleas, dog fleas and cat fleas are familiar household pasts, the last being the most prevalent. The larvae or embryo young cf fleas live in time .interstices of carpets, meetings and in the corners and cracks of floors. Since cats and dogs generally bring these pests into the keine, care should be taken that these animals be_kept thoroughly clean. Special rugs should be provided for 'llmem to sleep upon anal the dust from the rugs burned. Hot water, soap end the scrub brush are very effective in destroying time pests, which hide in the crevices of the floors. Here, again, gasoline is one et the best destructive agents, Carpets and heavy draperies should be dtr.pensed with during the warm weather, ' ° Bedbugs: Gasoline is one of the most efficient agents abed in the ex- termination of time bedbug, and should be sprayed freely in cracks and ore- vi'ces with a machine oil can. Turpen- tine and kerosene are. less efficient and leave oily, stains after their use. Moths—Thoroughly brush and clean time clothes before they are put atvey for the summer, Pack them in large paper bags or boxes, which should be made airtight by sealing the edges with strips of paper. Wardrobes should be free from dust and Iher- °ughly cleaned. Naphthalene or tar balls should be freely distributed in trunks, -closets and in the pockets of is1' e cities 't the clothes. I a soa good lam n t to unpack these clothes occasionally in the summer and give them an ade- quate airing 10 the sun. Brown Betty With Caramel Sauce Use two cops of 000ked prunes and raisins in place of apple in the betty as follows: Butter a looking dish and place a layer of coarse bread crumbs itt a dish; then a layer of stoned osolted prunes and raisins. Repeat until the dish is gall and then sprinkle with brown sni:gar and oinnamon over each layer, Pour one and one-half cups of liquor in which the pltiaics and raisins were cooked over the top o the 'betty, Now place in a bowl ones half cusp oe flower, four tablespoons of brown sugar, two tablespoons of butter, one teaspoon oaf ciniiamou, Work to fine crumbs• end 'alien spread Mr the top of the betty end' bake in it slaw oven Pot Vhree•quarbers of an hour. Caramel sauce—Pleee ane -half eulp of sugar in en iron frying pail and cook slowly until a dark- mireogany police' and then- athi one end one half crapes of cold water, five tablespoons of eornsbarch (Resolved ill the water, two-bluinds crop of ewer, two table- spoansof butter. Being to at bail and cook far five minutes. Strain into a bowl and add'twe teaspoons of vanilla. Cool and use over the bobby, Lullaby. The mother bird site in her freer and sings, Under the twilight slcy; And her babies saddled under her wings, As the night time :breeze creeps by. But I hold you close dn'my arms, dear heart, And I sing you at little :tune; • And hiss your oheek, that is like a part Of the pinkest rose of June. The mother bird- sits in. her swaying nest, It the tap of a ball old tree; And her babies cuddle close to her breast— But, oh, little heart of me, I hold you tight till your eyelids fall, And frock in a comfy chair— And, dear, as the evening shadows fall, I whisper a little prayer. —Margaret E. Sangster. Qualities for the Housewife. Rcently a noted lecturer summed up bhe necessary qualities for the suc- cessful housewife as follows: 'Sense of personal responsibility, power of initiative and a real ability to distin- guish between the essentials and non- essentials. The housewife who -considers cook- ing as an opportunity for constructive and experimental work, and not just the means of putting food on -the table because the family trust be fed, will be a successful housewife. Nine Miles of Docks. No city in Europe has a wider fame than Liverpool, for whe•`evei' there is a creek that will sail a ship, the town is known, even in places scarcely touched by civilization. In the days of King John, the Pool was a small creek north of the Mer- sey estuary ---a resort of fishermen. The s•tery of the rise of the fishing village to an enormous shipping centre is full of romance. During the Civil war Liverpool was first occupied by the Royalist party, though the sympathy of the inhabit- ants was with the Purlt;ns. Three sieges followed. The Royalists were routed by the Parliamentarians, then Prince Rupert, after several attempts, retook the town, and finally Cromwell recaptured It and made It an Important military centre. ' By the seventeenth century Liver- pool had become Britain's third port, the two first being London and Bris- tol. In 1715 the great dock movement was started by the building of the first wet dock in the world. The rise of Britain's colonies and the extension of trade have been the cause of great rivalry between Liver- pool and Bristol, the farmer having pressed gradually to the front. The wealth of the town was in- creased by its share in the slave trade with America. This trade ended in 1807, and it is to the credit of this re- markable city that some of the strong• est opponents of the trade were Liver- pool men. It is claimed that Liverpool owns one-third of the total shipping of the Milted Kingdom, and one-seventh at the total registered shipping of the world; that she conducts one-third of Britain's export trade and one-fourth of her import trade, Docks stretch for nine miles along the river, and cover 570 acres, her quays having a frottage of thirty-five miles, . Looking On the Bright Side. A cheery little fellow of seven, whose optimism was 'e perpetual sur- prise to his parents, was being pun- ished by his father. He was sprawling across his parent's knees, and aftei' about six strokes of the cane he muttered to himself: "It won't matter. I don't sit down Hutch." Knew H.Is Bible. The school inspector was one day asking some children questlons of Bible lsnowledge, So far as he had gone the children did very we11, but when asked: "Where does ;the word 'holy' first occur in the Bible?" the children could not answer 101' a minute or so, till a ragged urchin stood up and said; "Please, sir. on the cover." In a new thermometer a flag auto- matically points the degrees of tem- perature on a circular horizontal scale. Used .Autos B1US4KIITC 1rl1f f..9 ml'111�M; Ii1 IS • eo cart/ or loll types; aur cars e, o4 aob- loot to dehvsr up to s00 ranee, or test run of neat° dstapoe It you wiah, in 04 l ecA order as porcine/AL or purebase tr lee refunded. BINcl p)lieltanlo of your awn e0oi01, 10 1.op1K thorn over, or milt uo to take any oar to city reprece mtat£vo for impaetlen, 'Very largo pstoohi always 00 band. Sreakey'e Used Gar Market 402 Toils 6ttaw.1, r furoate Vehemence: We obi 'chow thein, tltos;r iieoplo to wllomnm life Seems, t0 be x110 continual onet'getle gesture, . They carry move- ment, buistie, activity about diem and always live in a storm. Their weals soap and theminer, their tilougucts dam't and sparkle and sting, They argue a euestlon with you iia .if life at;1 death were dependent on it; with prompt. vivid, emphatic movements its if their argument m meet be driven home by physical effort as well es by forgo of simple truth. Anl the remark applies not only to the discussion of groat gneeeloas such, as religion and polities on which heat Is normal and expected; these sours of superfluous vehemence will metre an argument out of the simplest matter of commonplace con. duce. They will come at you with the same fury about the way you used Your morning or how you spent a dot lar as"theydisplay over your eternal welfare, Such vehemence is tiring to live with. People who have it are often charming; 'whole-souled, simple, kind. ly, unselfish, ready to give their time and their streugth to you. But they do wear you out. There is no repose with them, no forgetfulness, no chance to be off your guard in the sweet trap- quillty of friendship. They keep you always stirred and stimulated,,too of • ten irritated and weary. The mere bare facts of 1120 fret enough in them- selves without being barbed with Peo petual, fretting, heated comment. And it seems as if the vehement people must weary themselves, as if such constant strain, such an eager, strenuous grasp of life, with every muscle tense, must wear out ties nerves, wear out the heart, wear out the soul. You say to yourself, Do they never relax, never let go, never take things as they come, but always strive to force them and reason them into the arbitary mould that suits such a furious, dlscoitented spirit? There must be times of utter exhaustion when there is no strength for argu• idem left, Perhaps it Is so. Yet it is an odd thing that those vehement persons do not seem to wear themselves ant. In• deed, when you study them you some- times feel that the vehemence is main ly on the surface, and that quiet, re• strained souls exhaust themselves more le the effort of repression than the vehement with all their outward fury. Nevertheless, if you have one of those vehement dispositions, It is welt to remember that the more you hold it in the more grateful your friends will be. The day of the poorly lighted, badly ventilated, dirty and insanitary city factory is passed, So is the day of the badly kept nlilk factory—the cory stable. Read the Advertisements T HE publishers of this paper draw your at- tention to the advertising columns, and particularly to the advertisements of the local merchants: These merchants have in- vested their money in goods to satisfy the needs and desires of us all. Their enterprise is • a dis- tinct service to our com- munity. For this reason we should buy from them to the best of our ability and in so far as our needs and judgment of value dictates. Then, too, the general commodities advertised in our coltunns are worthy of consideration. It is desirable that readers should ask merchants to supply -advertised goods wherever possible. By do- ing so the cycle of trade is kept alive and inter - community commerce stimulated. We rep -int— read the advertisements. Send for In Book of 2, 5, and 12eci1y, 10 -ib. FREEes! , ' tins ;r� �o it��: • n j�/� ekes every dish—even bread pudding / W.L i dr and more papular with children grown folks. Rich, pure, wholesome, economical: To be had of all Grocers, TOTE -•CANADA STARC1 CO„ LIMITED, MONTRm1AL Cry �• �k *tom,d ,_.,.i• Vile _Great Sweetener' c5