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Irian hen")) and kiddie 1•Iriv.ertou,
n.adein i:ola!ere of fortune, have been
;'anrbiing with Hubert llaxenter, a
tosper'cus attorney, in his London
; pertinent's. After their departure
late at night Renton returns to the
house, murders Baxenter end Wes
e body on the roof. While waiting
far ,night to come again in order to
make kis escape, he finds in n desk a
curious oht yellowed document telling
of a mysterious chest left 3n tbe care
of ops, of 13aeenter's ancestors by a
French nobleman, the Marquis de
Dart'(( V, of the Chateau Chauvin°.
The chest has been 1,anded down from
ane generation of Baxentere-to era
other and carefully guarded in the
here that some. day its rightful owner
will he found. .Renton decides to pose
as the missing heir and claim the
chest. ire goes to France to make
acme needful inquiries about the Dar-
itigny family. The nt'ory of the mysto--
ons chest, goes bark to the neonbled
days of the French Revolution and the
useape cf the Margefs and little grend-
daeghler to England,where the ceest
rind document were given to the Be: -
enters for safe keeping. Now, more
than one hundred years Inter, Hubert
idaxenter's body is found, but the
pollee Tina no clue. Meabwhile, Renton
changes his name to Baptiste Dartin,
and visits Canada; then he pressnts
kis fi.:titiora claims to Robert Bax-
nuter, new head of the firm, and, re-
reives the treasure chest. Robert calls
on Stella Denham where heart is set
on making a great success on the
etaq . She tells' him be must wait a
year foe her answer. Dartin is at first
gently disappointed to find only a
paltry thousand pounds in the chest.
hie is relieved to discover later a large
key and a parchment telling where the
real treasure is hidden. Giving Bax-
ente a quaint locket mei drain which
he found in the chest, Dartin goes to
France. By poring as en artist he
Tains admittance to tbe Chateau
Chauville.
CHAPTER XI.--(Cont'd.)
Vivian carefully oiled the wards 'of
the key from a tiny oil can he took
from hie ,paint -box, and, atter a few
attempts, the heavy key turned--grat-
ed—there was a rumble of locks. The
man stared in woraarment—nothing
had happened:
Then his eyes travelled to the fire-
place. The large slab that comprised
the back of the deep grate had rolled.
aside, displaying a cavity through
whith ho could, with stooping, crawl.
It seemed to yawn invitingly.
He thought rapidly and decided that
what was to be done had better be
done at once. It, would take old Herri
at least ten minutes to return, even
if he started back at that moment,
and Vivian could see that the old man
had settled down to his wood -chopping
and was hardly likely to Ieave the.job
he had put off to watch the sketching.
Vivian tip -toed across the hearth
and, bending nearly double, passed
through the apertures -
A circular chamber, choked with the
accumulated dust of ages,,perhaps ten
feet in diameter and with stone walls
which narrowed up, meeting in a sniall
dome about a dozen feet above his
head. Vivian told himself that he was
in one of the round towers which form-
ed the earners of the chateau. 7hhe
air was hardly breathable, and it was
so cold atter the sunshine of the room
-rage Vader el ivared site:Mate
arei same ort again- alenasi rmiaa.ei-.
ately into the dining -roost and passed
out through the French windows into
the garden. He Balled -to Henri and
waved a farewell, then turned the ear-
ner of the tower. 'There he waited out
of sight, watching until the old man-
servant entered one of the barns, when
Vivian returned to the dining -room un-
perceived. He screwed the apple again
into its place and slipped back to the
little chamber. There would be no=
thing now to make Henri return. to
the chateau, imagining, as he would,
that the painter bad gone, and Vivian
could work in poaee.
In bas varied career many jewels had
passed through the hands of Vivian
Benton, but never such priceless gem;
as these which he was unearthing from
their hiding places every minute. Dia-
mond's of a size whieb pointed to their
being historical, pearls matched into
strings, emeralds and rubies which
threw oat their hidden glories bo meet
the rays c:f Vivian's tiny electric torch,
es though overjoyed at their release,
There were vessels, too, of gold and
ti ver, richly carved and curiously de.
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being recognized rat
ti- present time to a
'greeter extent than ever
before. It has been con-
elusively deanonstrated
that yeast is rich in this
all important eletnent.
Many people ,,have re-
ceived great benefit
physically sfnaply lay tak-
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Royal Yeast Cakes a day>,
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sweetie counterparts of those he had
found in the .chest; jewelled rosaries
and devotional objects of the richest
workmanship,, Pictures, too, the valve
of which Vivian could only gaess at,
were stacked ,• against the walls, and
hooks and Jewel -encrusted daggere
were heaped together with other ob-
jects in heaps which glittered dully
under the thick layer of 'dust which
covered everything Likea pall
Vivian sat on an old oaken chew„
spellbound. Here were riches that
would make Monte Cristo• blush in
envy. With this wealth at his dispc-
e.a] the freedom of the world was ins,
friendships, pleasures, titles, were, at
his bidding. The man could hardly
boldeye'that within a few feet of him
the sun was setting over a f'dr garden
in which an unsuspecting old man
\vas chopping wood, and that °yea in'
this little chamber he was still in the
twentieth century,
How long he sat there he could' not
tell. and it Was the sight of a grating
in the stone floor which salted Vivian
down from the airy turrets of his im-
agination. This grating was, perhaps,
some twenty inches square, and as the
plan bent down and threw the rays of
his pocket electric torch upon it he
could make out, beyond the rusty bars,
the shadowy form of the topmost: step
of a flight that led down into obscurity,
He took a franc -niece from his pocket
and dropeecl it through theiron net-
work and listened, From the rever-
berations before the coin came to rest
the man judged the well -like opening
to be of some ceneiderable depth.
Vivian seized one of the bars, and
leaning back, exerted all his strength.
T''or a Moment the cement held; then.
with a sudden rending, came away. and
the man was thrown violently back-
ward. He staggered in a vain attempt
to gain his balance: then, as he f,eib,
his elbow came in sharp contact with
the sliding dear of the entrance. Vi-
viain all. but cried opt at the pain, and.
too late, he we the solid mass of
masonry and iron, set in motion,
doubtless by his fall, swing back into
place. There wets a dull clang as -it
stopped.
Even then it did not occur to Vivian
that he was ee prisoner, and it was
only after a fruitless search that'he
came to the conclusion that his trea-
sure -house bid fair to become a tomb.
As the significance of this came home
to him little beads of cold perspiration
broke out over his body and he totter-
ed weakly to one of the iron -clamped
chests.
It seemed to him that he had suc-
ceeded only to fail; that there wa i no-
thing for it but to attract the atten-
tion of old Henri. Even then it might
be impossible for the old man to re-
lease him without the key, which Vi-
vian felt pressing cold against his
breast.
He 'thought that even if he escaped
the hideous death which faced him he
would lose the riches which he had
risked so mutt] to gain. He imagined
hinnself dying 'by inchbs, aiavaged;"by
hunger and thirst and mocked by the
gleaming jewels around hint For a
few moments despair seized the soul
of Vivian Renton, and he sat dazed,
his head buried in 'his hands.
It was not long before the reaction
came. There 'was time. before him and
the grating promised more than a ray
of hope. Fortunately, the sketch in
the dining -room was unfinished, and
old Henri would see nothing
snpi-
.
.vUa 'tag; tailaitab0a 0„C,. -Heft
open awaiting its completion, baking
it for granted that the painter would
return the next day.
The prisoner did not wait to ask
himself what he would find at the
foot of the dark stairs behind the iron
bars. It had ever .been his motto that
troubles anticipated were twice borne,
and that bridges were made to be
crossed as one came to them—not be-
fore. He found his work easier nova
that he had t'he'leverage -of the loose
bar to assists him. In half an hour
Vivian was ready to descend. It was
part of the mat's character that he
should take the pick of the stones be-
fore he left the chamber. He handled
then carelessly, thrusting them into
the big pockets of his painting -coat.
Then he stood on the top step.
Then, and not till then, did he pause,
his face showing drawn and anxious
in the thin blue light. What was he
fated to find below? His indecision
was but momentary, and shrugging
his shoulders with an action that be-
spoke of the fatalist, continued his
way.
There were eighteen steps in all,
but they were high and narrow and
the descent was sharp. At the foot an
opening led apparently beneath _the
body of the chateau. With torch ex-
tended before him Vivian proceeded.
After a few moments the ale grew
colder and the walls, where he touched
them, were clammy and moss -grown.
The man.toid himself that he was not
beneath the old moat,' At intervals
he passed other dank entries which
ran in d11 directions—narrow little tor-
tuous alleys, :many of 'which he ex-
plored for a few feet, only to return
to the main way More than once, too,
a pit yawned suddenly at his feet, and
hadit not been fee his inborn caution
the Chateau Chau ill
v
e c would have
added yet another secret to its dark
history It was evident tb Vivian that
the builders o#,the hiding -place, deem-
ing .it.necessaby thet an emergency
exit should be at hand, had made it
so• that while egress Was difficult in -
geese was well-nigh impossible' for
those not kn'ewing the pitfalls and
the way ail it.
It must bane been after an hour's
walking that the; walls on either hand
seemed to recede front Vivian until at
last' they were host in the global be-
yond the reseh of theaters of tine little
torch, Apparently the tunnel had
widened'mit into a chamber,
The man hesitated, somewhat mys-
tified by the loss of the friendly walls,
and at the same moment his feet came
sharply into context with 'Some oh-
struotion. He stumbled, the torch fell
from his. halide, a thousand stars danc-
ed before hi_m.
lie cane to himself in bewilderment.
The darkness closing.; in upon him
seemed in the silence to be pressing
on Rip, itis head 40,0 iubgman(tibly
And there was a wane in the eentie
Of his forehead that was warm and
etieky to his tounh. Slowly it all came
back to kiln and he knew he must have
struck bit,heact tis he fell. He reached
out, groping en the darlences in the
hope of finding the torch uninjured,
In tiff lid Was disappolnted, but he
Made �ho lisedvbry that ha Wee lying
beside n Perpendicular, struhcitsurboanof
h*etoanursy »whu) elal, town rsae,oglt
of what
felt to l e table of. Stone, low and
letivlly uit
Painfully lie drew liluise)f ltp on to
his knees and, so to !)lie Oe1. Again
bis'hJrnds ditb'duty do' his oyes and
a' littio csy' of horror toy
from the
men's, dry lips,
Beneath .the touch of his seneitivo
hands a form was tasting shape—the
unmdsteka%)eshape of a .00ftin. It
seemed to 'him that in the darkness he
calld, make out the dila, outlines, the
enlister bulge of tho'sides. Feverishly,
now, he dropped to his knees and felt
for the friendly torch. Light to him
had suddenly become as necessary as
food• to a starving man, The walls of
darkness• hemmed him in so that he
felt that he, too, was in a coffin; then
he remembered that in his pocket were
a few wax vestes, Ire stuck one
upon the stone slab and'.gaged round
him as he held the flickering wax
above hie head.
Row upon row they lay, that noble
army of dead Dartignys, the square
ends of their earthly resting places
standing out each from its little niche.
On the slab before him lay.the casket
he had felt, a great coffin upon which
a rusty cavalry sword and the moth-
eaten remains of a flag showed in
sombre pageantr'yi.
Vivian Renton was not a nervous
man, and although the hand which
"held the flame trembled a little and
filled the place with dancing shadows
he felt no fear. After all, one living
man was morn than a match for a
whole array of dead warriors. By the
light of the match he recovered' his
torch, which, to his relief, he found
not to have stiff eyed in its tall, anci, he
began a syztematic investigation of
his surroundings.
He knew quite well, now, 'where be
was; old Henri had shown him pride-
fully, only yesterday, the chapel in the
grounds of Chauvin°, through the floor
of which the dead of the house of Dar-
tigny had froth time immemorial been
lowered to 'chair last resting places.
The .old man had, by means of a ]ever
concealed in the ironwork of the rail-
ing, swung back the marble slab which
covered in the vault so that leis visi-
tor might gaze into the gloom below—
and,
elowand, with a start, Vivian remembered
that the mechanism had in some man-
ner stuck and refused to muve when
the caretaker calve to replace the slab.
Henri had told him that he would
have to send into Blois for the lock-
smith, and the man in the vault, as he
held his torch high, wondered whether
this had yet .been done. Above him,
the oblong cut in the roof showed
darkly, and at ono end a corner of
the partially closed slab was visible.
Here, then, he told himself„was his
one means of escape. -
The distance, he judged, .was not
mare than ten feet, the stone table
reduced it to eight, and Vivian him-
self was but two inches short of six
feet. He unwrapped from his waist
the sash of red silk, which to sustain
his role as a Bohemian artist, he tvore
swathed'aroend him in place of a belt.
This sash he now twisted rope -wise
and, mounting upon the stone table,
peered up through the cavity. He re-
membered the little iron railings sur-
rounding the tomb above, but his ef-
forts to lasso a spoke of these with
the scarf proved beyond his powers.
Then iris eye fell upon the lid of
the coffin and, reaching down, he pick-
ed up the sword that lay upon it, At
his touch the sabretacbe 'and' hilt fell
away, but the blade itself, notched and'
red with rust as it was, still was
strong- enough to serve his .purposes
He made a slip -knot in the twisted sills
and, upon the point of the weapon,
raised it carefully and hooked it over
one of the 'corners of the tomb rails.
Vivian tested this fully with his
weight and found that it held. He
asked himself whether he should re-
turn to the treasure, but the thought
of the tortuous trap he had been for-
tunate enough to traverse in safety de-
terred him. Besides, in the pockets of
his painting -coat was c Considerable
iortnlie, anti he had bis key. The next
time, .however, that he entered he
would snake sure that his line of re-
treat was open to him.
(To be continued.)
When Nations Give Presents.
1f•the relations between the world's
countries were left to their Govern-
ments, there would he very few wars.
Instead of bickering, the actual rulers
of various nations are usually on the
look -out” to do others a good turn.
They frequently exchange presents.
The Milted States fonght Spain, yet
it was Spain who gave to the States
the beautiful model of the Santa
Marla, Christopher Columbus' flap
ship. The finest present the American
nation ever received was, of course,
the splendid statue of Liberty, by
Barthold!,whteh is the first thing you
see on entering New York harbor.
In Washington may be seen a most
beautiful desk, which was presented
to the President by Queen Victoria.
It is made of the timbers of the Re-
solute, the famous Arctic exploration
ship,
Nipped. in the ice, the Resolute was
abandoned, but found four years later
by an American whaler, The Ameri-
can Congress spent $200,000, had her
done up, and made J7ugland 0 present
of her, Years later, whoa she was
broken iia, the desk was made of her
timbers and sent across the Atlantic
as a memento of an' "act of internation-
al
nternatio -al courtesy;
It was Holland who gave .England
that famous old 0111111011 known as
"Queen Elisabeth'
Q s Pocket pistol,".
and
it ]vas Piano
o whom Britain 1108 to
thank for the most. magnificent Sevres
vase In the British Museum. This was
In return fora number of pamphlets
relating to the French Revolution
which the British Government had
presented tee France.
Just recently Britain gave the
United ,States two ancient cannon,
one at least of which 15 seppes'ed, to
have keen, cast for the Mayflower.
Not to be ailtclune in courtesy, the
Americans are giving England a hand-
some bronze statue of George Wash-
ington, whieb is going to be set up in
front of. the National Gallery in Tra-
falgar Square,
Chinese Alphabet.
Because the Chinese 'alphabet con-
tains. 40,000 characters it le estimated
that only 5 per cent. of the ttilrabi-
tants of that cumttry can read and
Write.
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!ar ptibliea-
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irattevosecl,and orchestrated. 4UL.ES
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EVENING HOURS. '
The day with its worrio$ is ended at last, its troubles and
hurrioo are things of the past; the sen has deseeneed, the eight
shadows elose,,tile evening is splendid, It brings ape repose. All
day I was drilling and sweeting around, and mowing and milling
and pawing the ground 1 weeded tiro 0»10)51' and wrestled with
1 1
trios until X had bunions on angers and lames And ot't in my
toiling I murmured "'Uy Samosl Whet profits Ode moiling?
'What good 'aro men's games? We labor and labor, and labor
50m0 more, till Death with hie sabre cameo up to the door.
We're plowing or hewing or building a wail; what good] 51'0 we
'doing? What use is it all? We 1111 up. the hollow, wo drain ottt
the weir; and people who follow won't know .wo were here."
And bow In the gloaming my rest 15 so sweat, I think of my
roaming around in the heat, and know that it fitted my soulfor
this hour, and toil is acquitted of charges so dour. I carried my
burden until the day's close, and title le the guerdo».—a tired,
man'srepose. -
Summer Drinks.
'Strawberry Shrub.—Placa twelve
pounds of strawberries in a large
crock and pour over them two cjuarts
of water; let stand forty-eight hours,
covered 'with a plate. Strain through
a flannel bag, add •one pint of sugar, to
every pint of juice and let boil twenty
minutes. Seal in hot sterilized cans
or bottles, being sure to make air-
tight. This may ,be diluted half Or
three-quarters water when served.
Raspberry 'Shrub with Vinegar—
Pour one quart of pure vinegar over
six quarts of red raspberries. Let it
stand for forty-eight hours, then
strain through a flannel bag, pressing
out all juice. Allow one pint, or pound,
of sugar for every quart of juice, and
boil twenty minutes. Seal' as the
strawberry shrub. These shrubs may
bo used for ices as well as for drinks.
Iced milk to which fruit juices or
chocolate sauce has been added makes
a refreshing summer drink, especially
if you can keep on hand carbonated
water and add a dash of that, To pre-
pare the drink use two-thirds of a sup
of milk and. Dile-third juice. A good
chocolate sauce to use with the iced
milk is made as fellows:
Chocolate 'Sauce Melt one ounce of
chocolate over hot water and add one
cup of sugar and one-fourth teaspoon-
ful of salt, and gradually, a cup and
a half of boiling water. Cook, stirring
five minutes after it begins to boil and
then add a level teaspoonful of corn-
starch, dissolved .in cold water and
boil ten minutes longer. Flavor with
vanilla and ehill''befos"e adding to milk.
Serawlier9illd'e and ciir'raiita-de' are
xefreshing drink's. . "To make either,
first prepare one quart of simple syrup
by boiling two pounds of sugar four
cups and two cjtarts of water—eight
cups—thirty-five minutes'.
Strawberryade—Add one pint of
strawberry juice, obtained' by crushing
fresh berries and straining through a
jelly bag, the juice of two lemons, and
two quarts of iced water, to the quart
of syrup.
Currantade—Crush one quart of
currants and one pant of raspberries
and strain through the jelly bag. Add
this juice and two quarts of water to
the quart of sample syrup.
For a party, French punch is deli-
cious. Grate one pineapple and boil
with three cups of water twenty min-
utes. Strain through a jelly bag,
pressing well. Lot cool and add the
juice of six lemons and a dozen
oranges, one cup of freshly -made,
strong black tea, one quart of any
fruit juice you may have bottled, as
grape, berry, cherry, currant, and one
quart of syrup made as above, Make
this early so that it can stand on he
several hours before serving,,, To
serve pour over aa cube of ice in the
punch bowl, garnish with bits of
orange, candied ehe'ries, slices of ban-
ana, er mint leaves, and just before
serving add one bottle cf charged
water.
Dental Hygiene in Childhood..
The relation between sound teeth
and sound health is close. Consequent-
ly a child's teeth should be looked after
mast carefully. The old way,—come
mon both to parents ane1. �to dentists,—
of ignoring the first teeth of a child
because they are temporary, has many
unfortunate remits.
The child whose first teeth become
infected oe who loses them preuattn'e-
ly is to be pitied. 1f he loses them,
he may spoil the arch el the' mouth, a
thing that is most 'important to facial
symmetry. If they become infected,
the nerve pulp cannot be kept in per-
fect condition; and df it is not, ir-
regular permanent teeth may follow.
Young children shoulebe protected
from toothache; yet how often it is
regardedas something they must ex-
pect to bear now and then! Moreover,
a child with •a septic mouth /makes all
sorts of communicable disorders.
The parent who does trot take his
young children to the dentist for regu-
bar treatment fails in a plain duty. So
does the community that does not
establish dental clinics for the poorer
classes. Bad teeth cause suffering that
can and should be prevented, indura
health, delay not only physical but
mortal growth and sols, the 'seeds of
troubles that may result in lifelong
invalidism The time to care for a
tooth is the moment the first break in
the enamel: occurs, and only the den-
tist tan know that moment.
Mishcdd.
As Lynn Mame tonna swlttgieg
down the road under the Juno maples
she seemed 'the very Writ of summer
jay, Bat she was feeling mast unlike
the •spirit el any joy; she was thot-
orighly angmy, if Lely Grantley 00111(1
not e'en stand ;her a post card in seven
efe
weeks,—after all the letters she had
written her,—Lynn was through: that
was all. She was so angry that she
dad not want to epeale to anyone and
pretended not to hear Miss Minty
Brook's eager tap on the window. But
Miss Minty ran to the 'door, and her
voACO made Lynn swing round in spite
of herself.
"What is it, Miss Minty?" elle ask-
ed. "Is Miss Vera. worse?"
Miss Minty's faded eyes filled with
tears. "Sister's 'been suflening all
night. I telephoned to the doctor., and
the sent some medicine cup, but when
I tried to read the directions I couldn't
find my glasses. I've been hunting
ever :.since the medicine came. Vera
tried to read it, but she couldn't either;
and there hasn't a soul pas00d since
the mail carrier."
Lynn patted one of the email bent
shoulders wlith. her .strong young hand.
"Don't you worry, Miss Minty, I'll
read you the directions, and then we'll
find those glasses. We've never failed
to find them yet"
This time, however, it did seem as if
Lynn were going to fail. She looked
in all the old places and in every new
one that her imagination could sug-
gest. She even hunted in the chicken
hones. Miss Minty was sure that she
had not been out of the house since
the carrier came, but then Miss Minty
always was sure. Finally, just as sole
was ready to give up in despair, Lynn
had an inspiration. She ran down to
the mail box and opened it. And there
she found the glasses.
"Well, that's anew, .place!''., ?foss
Minty ex'tlhime.d.- "I wonder what I'll
do with them. next. 'Seesns queer to
think .that they're always just, the
same, that it's only me that's mislaid
them and upset everything. I surely
am obliged to you, Lynn'
Lynn,went on down, the bill, smiling
over Miss Minty. Suddenly she stop-
ped.short. "I wonder!" s'he said: aloud.
She sat down on a stone wall to
think it out. Was -that the way it was
wfrth real •thinge sometimes, intangible
things like ideals and ambitions and—
friendships? Was her :friendship with
Lois Grantley only—mislaid? Down
in her heart Lynn /mew that Lois was
not the one to change. What kind of
friend was she to "get mad" even if
her letters had. been unanswered• for
weeks? There must be some reason.
She would write again and: peep on
writing until she found tbe 010 Lois "in
the mail box."
If Women Could Choose!
If women could choose their husbands
ideal nea.tiugs would be mo'e common
than they are to -day. For Eve knows
more than Adana in some maltose, and
she certalnly knows more about love,
seeing that she makes it her whole
existence, whereas to man it is a thing
apart.
\•Vise lilves, if the choice became
their business, would choose first and
fall in love afterwards.
They would give to the choice of a
Ole partner as keen an attentiau as
tboy give to n bargain sale. There
would be a List made out, numb test-
ing, close calculation as to whether a
bargain which. looked a bargain were
realty so or a "fake," and rejection of
remnants that could not be made use
of,
If Eve possessed. a quick temper she
would make for the man 10190 was slow
to \ventli, if she was not particularly
good at cooking, she would .never
marry an epleurb, (0' n poor fellow
whose digestive powers left. 1011011 to
be desired. If her Jdoa of happiness
consisted of a giddy whirl of Pleasures.
she wield latow that the quiet mien -
tic soul, who loved his own fireside,
was 110 ,nlito for hal'.
Some of 1110 happiest of nt:trrlagos
117.8 11loa0 which dike place between
two people who lunve come to years of
discretion, and wile are perfect, "pals"
before there Is any question of getting
ncerricd. Love fo1Iows with the sweet
"togethershipl"
In such 'rant:Inge women da actually
choose their lnsbau(is. They aha sec-
retly analytical; they calculate tileir
°hanoes of Nepalese, they search
themsolves and wonder if the two na-
tures would be tho ideal. And, having
realized that a particular man 10001(1
nlallo them happy, and over whom
they would spend the. ]seat of thein -
selves, they excreta° their charts,
Woman cannot propose, but she can
d0 the next best thing to it, which Js
Men' a very good thing for plan,
• 'Vary Good Reason,
"This lent e very good pietero of
year ]tttlo baby brother, is it?" said
the visitor, •
"No, lua'aln,"'relllied ilt1le live.year.
old Aliso, ",But{,then, 110 ain't a very
good baby."
"rc Dainty Dish',
Movies have always taken their wont
serieuely, 'W6s it .not Vatel, chef to
the i;ran<1 donde, who"'.tk'row bimeel1!
upon 'Ilia fiever i because th<t fish -'.for
the state dinnee at which his master
was to entertain Louis XII,. had not
arrived. •
Ina lextu'y-loving Jnr decadent age
the cooks are constantly 'torturing
their wits to invent novel appetisers
for their satiated patrons, Old people
have' ridiculed, and even children
doubted, tate tale told 1n Mother Goose
Of the, marvelous pie served to an ear.
ly British king that contained four and
twenty blackbirds, which began to
sing when it was opened. But the
story Is evidently true, for, as we may
Jearn from the Cook's and (loanfection-
er's Dictionary, such plus were by no
means uncommon at royal dinner
parties 111 the good old days The
author is John Nott, cook for the Duke
of Boiton, in Queen .Anne's time. The
passage, here.somewhat abbreviated,
fol Iowa l
1n the midst of the table, were
pieced two Pyes made of coarse Paste,
fined with Bron and washed over with
Saffron and the Wilts of Eggs, When
these were bak'd, and tine Bran taken
out, a Tiole was cut In the Bottoms,
and live Birds put into one, and ]Frogs
Into the other, and the Holes closed
up with Paste. The two Great
Pyes still remaining untouch'd, some
or other w111 have the curiosity to see
what's in them, and, lifting oft the Lid
of one Pye, out jump the Frogs; this
makes the Ladies skip and scamper,
and lifting up the Lid of the Other,
out fly the Birds, whieb will naturally
fly at the Light, and so put out the
Candles! End so with the leaping at
the Frogs below and flying of the
Birde above, it will cause a sut'pr'iz'ing
and diverting Huely-Burly among the
Cnests in the dark; alter which, the
Candles being lighted, the Banquet is
brought in, the music sounds, and the
Particulars of each Person's Surprise
anci Adventures furnish Matter for di,
verting discourse. •
Slips of the Pen.
Even your favorite author might
have been apt to make mietakes some-
times, as well as less favored mortals.
Shakespeare wrote of King John
and his barons fighting with cannon
many years before these implements
of war were invented. I.n another of
his plays one of hie characters• men-
tions a printing press two hundred
years before the art of printing was
known. -In "Julius Caesar" he speaks
of striking clocks.
Thackeray gives an instance of for-
getfulness when he kills and buries
Lady Kew, and afterwards brings her
to life. Anthony Trollope made Andy
Scott come "whistling up the street
with a cigar in his mouth." When it
was pointed out to him that this was
an impossibility, he refused to admit
it, and endeavored to show his critics
that such a thing could be done. IIe
did not succeed, and the cigar was
dispensed with in the next edition.
In Guide's novel, "Signa," Bruno
smashes Signa's violin. Sngna sits
up,al1 night trying to mend the instru-
ment, but it was quite useless. The
wooden shell he could piece well
enough, but the keys were smashed
beyond all ]rope of restoration, and
for the broken silvery strings there
was no haps." Certainly repair the
"keys" of a violin sounds a hopeless
task; to discover them would be the
first difficulty.
Who Stole the Pig?
The prisoner was charged with -pig
stealing. There was only one witness
for the prosecution, to whom the pris-
oner had admitted the offence.
The witness was Paddy Murphy. He
was called to the witness -box to give
his evidence.
"What I want you to tell is the
exact words used by the prisoner
when you saw him," said the Judge,
addressing the witness,
Paddy—"Iia said, my lord, that he
stole the pig."
Judge—"No, no, he would not have
used the third portion."
Paddy—"But, my lord, tbe'e was no
third person."
Judge—"Then he must ]nave said, .
I stole the pig; "
Paddy—"Begerra, and maybe you
did, but ho didn't split on you!"
It is the movement of the air and
not any chemical] property which en-
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Swat That Fly!
.After examining the rapidity with
wh141'1 the average house -fly breeds,
the question might be asked: "MY
are there so few files?"
4- single fly lays four tunes each
sutniner, an average of eighty eggs
each time or three hundred and been•
ty eggs during the season. One half
of these eggs produce females, so that
the I1ret forty females, whish would
also lay four times during 'the season,
would produce 12,800 flies. The first
eighth ofthese, or 1,000 teread'ee,
would produce 884,000, offspring; tha
second alghtb 280,000, anal the ttelyd
and fourth eighths at least 280,00a 8,a-
tween them.
Thew there would be 909,120 rises
as the result of ,the first of four batch-
es of eggs laid by a single iiy In one
mason. The second batch of eggs
laid by the original fly would produce
777,000 during the remainder of the
season; the third 202,400, and the
fourth 181,200.
Therefore the total number of des,
oen•dants• of a single fly during one
summer is 2,080,0001 A consideration
of this figure shows why "Swat that
fly!" Is a most exgellent slogan.
w
Many .gardens are through when the
first crops are taken off. Planting the
.same vegetables ten days apart as
long as possible will prolong the pe-
riod for fresh green food from the;
garden.
To Buy ®r Not to Buy?
There Can Be
Question
ul VERY time you spend a
> dollar for advertised goods
you create employment
for somebody.
Every time somebody else
spends a dollar for advertised
goods they create employment
for somebody—maybe for you.
That may sound far-fetched,
but if you reason It out you
will find that It Is so.
The world revolves upon indus-
try.
That which creates Industry Is
the consumption or wearing
out of goods, and the buying
of other goods to replace them.
Without Industry the world
would stagnate.
Without steady, persistent buy -
Ing, Industry would cease.
Those who refuse tn buy at
the present time, because of a
false Impression regarding
values, or for some frivolous
reason, retard industry, and by
so doing Impair the prosperity
of themselves, the community
they live in and the country
at (ergo.
The important thing to remem-
ber Is, to buy from those who
advertise In this paper. These
merchants and .manufacturers
have faith and they aro back-
ing their faith with money to
stimulate industry and pros-
perity.
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