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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton News Record, 1921-8-18, Page 6Sipm0104, The 45ereic,. of .the ...01d.-Ch4tefiu By DAVID WHITELAW, •weak— (Coperighted) , Synopsie of Later Clientele>. Viler particular clasS of eceeincleel Dartin hi posSessam of Dertigny :You're so complete." forttlee, has te pay Haverter, silente, Daetin made a gesture of linnet Money, On Stella's birthday 11nd:enter, tience and rose from his chair. Th gives leer the DartIgny locket, Stelltne other smiled et his annoyance and Mother recognizes the crest it bctiee went on: as the seine as that on a ring handed' "Don't lose your temper, Dartin; i down frorn Stella's grent-grandmother,,eayeede ,engat to do tboit it's 1, sane the long loSt Sylvia Dartigny. ly. The gameei yours --se far. 1 at Bexenter, his suspicions aroused, elan ways fight to the leg and then se cepte Dartin's invitation to Adderbuyy 1 who teems 1 can make. It seems it' Towers. On the hall teble ready unn come to this now, What is it you the poet, Baxenter notices an envelope I want with me—money?" in the sanie handveriting• as the map There was a short laugh from Dar ' of paper picked up in Mortimer Tor -1 tin at this, as he reseatecl himself race.Haverton, unobserved, WaS mid lit a fresh cigarette, watching Baxenter, and the two "Hardly," he eaki. "I think, Par gaud et the grating„ lee 4 beacon of hope. It Wela evidently raining outeide; he coend see the blades of gram§ ShiYer agi the drone fell on bh• CTliis, he told himself, Pula be Tues- day, andt it Passed, et )engtb. Robert watehect with regret While the friend- ly p‘atiog. facled 106 thQ datitnees, Apparently it !Mewl the Weet, for the ra.y of the late sun shone almost horizontally into the calm, and cut red devices On the opposite wall, Thee rose higher and hIghert and theri they Were gone; atict the patch Of the grating changed to purple! to darker pueple, until at laet it lost • its shone and eternal blackness seem- ed, to fall on the Man's 'soul, Rabeet had purposely fought off all o inclination to ele,ep dining the hours of light, and wee rewarded by falling late a eireamiosa sleep shortly after f night fell It was still dark, howener, - when he awoke, and., as is often the ^ epee, his who were preternaturally a sharpened in those intense hours S which precede the dawn, for he thought he saw inwaY ef eseane. Dartin bad been clever indeed, but - Robert .smiled as he thought that there are none of US inaallible. The man bad moved the lantern out of . Robert's reach, thinking, Do doubt, / that with the flame of the 'mind% the t prieoner toad burn hie cords. But ha had not taken into account the carafe of water. What, Robert asked himself, wee to prevent his breaking this, and, with a Piece of the glass between his teeth, working at the cords which bound his wrist. Impatiently he waited for daybreak, and when at last hie frienil the grat- ing greeted, him, he put biz plan into effect. With the caution for which tbe young solicitoe was noted, he drank off the remaining drop of water so that it should not be wasted; then, raising the carafe, tapped it lightly n bbs stoiiefloor. By this cl . he was able to break it into fairly large pieces, and 17O prevent them from scattering. He put the largest between his teeth aad commenced op- erations. It was slow work, and difficult to obtain a purchase strong enough on the otklly shaped and brittle glass; time and time again they broke, but perseverance gained the day. In a little while, his hands were free mid he could use the glass upon the cords which bound his legs. It was quicker work now, and, by the timeit was full day, Robert stood free to move about. He felt very weak, and he was.bleeding from some nasty cuts in his lips, but his strength oune back to him with the hope that was in his heart. Escape, however, was not an ac- compliehect fact. The door leading out of the -cellar was locked, and the grating was barely barge enough to let a cat through. He stood upon the chair which Dartin had brought down for his own use and was able to bring his eyes to the level of the bars. (To be continued.) aeoundnels are an thear guard. Th°Y Baxenter, that I oak! buy You 111 Icellar: money." He paused a moment as though he CHAPTER XVIII.--(Contel.) e'xpeetedi a question from the num on Darien placed a hand eve): the heart the rugs; then he went on: and bent hie ear to the still lips. Then, "My berme, sinee you ,are good with a reassuring nod to Eddie that enough to mention them, are easy all Was right, the man made his Pris- I want you to remaiti here for three de oner fast with corhe had cut irom days. This i.s Monday. I have made the I:inlets of the ineleard-room. win- arrangements for a letter to be post dow, tieing skillful knots which allow- ed from Manchester on Wednesday ed certain amount of play to the evening, acquainting your firm with limba, but winah Dartin 'knew by ex- wee whereabouts, That will be perience allowed no loophole of Thursday 'afternoon, at least before escape. you can be found. That will give es m ample tie—Haverton and I, to eros tbe Channel to -night, You see, M Baxeater, I have read your notes an thug Basenter and hide his body in mee. a few mere like you. NO, it'S And se they left him—and, in a bedeoem in Made Vele, a girl aliened in her Olden as she deeamt of the morrow which would bring her lover back to. her, CHAPTER XIX. Escape. Robert Baxentees senses returned to him, slowly at fiest, then with a rueh of memories to his throbbing heed, Around him the earthy smell of a vault, and en the floor a candle in an ad lantern was flickering to extinction. With an effort he so moved his cramped limbs that he could turn and raise himself upon his anew. The movement, slight as it WU, proved almost too 'murh for him. Little pante of fire danced and shot before his cyce, and he felt as though his brain were mieten metal. Buthe gritted his teeth and waked motion - leas until, liitle --by little, the pain peened 'from him. ile leeked at Ne bendee and mar- e ailed at tne ingenuity which allowed lam fli, 1icnitcd 11EV of his hands and lces. whilst making, as he saw at a glenee., teepee inepeesible.. There was n earnfe of water at his elbow, and le held out his 'bound hands toward it, Then, befeee hs tcoaehed it, he drew teem heck and, taking his eyes from the .cineefe, peered hard into the gloom around. him. -For the surface of the •vater was agitated, and Robert knew t1t the carafe must have been touch- • ei within the lest few moments. He lay Mae niotiodess—letting his eyes ream fro-ni skis to side, searching the aerienrine between the atone pillars, "nlonie eat., wohecver's there!" Inis voice sounded harsh and strangato the your solicitor, and it :heed dismally through the arched reef of the clearway. He waited sileut- ly, but there was no reply. "Is that you, Dartine—Pm waiting. 'You needn't be frightened to come ou le" The master of Adderbury Towers Carri,2 slowly round the angle of the door and seated himself on a chair a few feat from his prisoner. He wee patting a beave front on things nail rather overdid the effort to ap- pear et his ease. He WM smoking a eigeretteand as he listened to Ro- i•ert he kept his eyes fixed on the glowing end. "Se it is you—thia seems a strange way to treat a guest. Let me see., I WEIS your guest, eraan't I?" Darein nodded. "And you are now, Mr, Bententen; seam •reora has been changed, that s all. Believe me, it is no wish of mine [het you should be here. I am aely sorry for the neeessity. I own but one mneter in thie world, Mr. Baxenter, and that is 'circumstance.' " Robert lamed been wearily on the pile o itigi. 'He was feeling a good deal cf Mini from lying in len crancp- il het he did not intend that 107 enemy should have the sansfac- nen eesing his ;mitering's, v.tyopotr, Mr. Darien, that there ie not the leest ego in my blustering weatteance—no doubt buve arranged matters to. make lhat quite useless. Do you know, I've elwaye had a eneakimg regard for areereeteeWeetaseneeeatete RICH IN VIIAMINES te• MAW', IN CANADA be te The importence. of Viibmitm3 in food• ia behte i.ecognieed et the Present time to a greater extent than ester • before. It hes been con - elusively demonstrated theei yawl is rich in this all irrepoetant eleMents 't. Marty people have re- ceived great benefit physically sfnaply by tak- ing one. two or three lficryall Yeast Caletei O. day.. Send name and Addeo= finfree °bay "Repel Team Cates fee Better ihaiih," W , alt4„or 4MPAN. Liternele tweet t° 1°1"w...fame is$04.610. really you have worked up your case well --tee well for your health, in fact. I am simply making -it pure that you are powerless in harm us until we are out of bhe country. I don't think it'll be worth your while to follow us." "And you ere the murderer of my poor cousin!" For the fleet time Dartin let his eyes rest en his prisoner's face, "AN There, lea., BaXenter you meet believe my word. It was an accident —but, I'm afraid, a criminal one. I have done many things in my life, but never wilfully killed, a man. Why don't I kill you now if I am a murder- er? Dead meats tales, you know!" "1 expect Mr. Harbin has some ex eellent mason why he ehould not do so. It suits your book, I presume. I wouldn't have thought that a mur- der mere or less would have worried you. Aftee all, they can only hang a man once." Dartin looked at his watch. "You can believe Inc or not, as you win, but 1 helve never ceased to regret yule cousin's death, and I -rather wel- come this opportunity of explaining matters. I have put the memory :from me as far as I can, but 1 would give all 1 poseess to eall him back. That's God's truth, Baxenter." A step soueckel beyond the door- way, and Haverton's V011ee Caldefl, and so, without -another word, Dartin lit o fresh candle in the leutern and left the cellar, locking the door on the outside. Baxenter lay still, laminating cat what lie had heard. Thursday—that was about seventy hours of this tor- ture. He thought of Stella ancl what she would suffer, Perhaps, not hear- ing from hira, she would call at the office; ehe knew where be had spent the week-end—might they not mete - Lae a search? Ile knew that the girl was leaving. by an aaternoon train to Cardiff to Join the company, and he had promised to call on her before she lat. She would hardly have time, after alit to visit the office. Than he .asked himself whether he was still at Adderbiley Towers. Was it not just as likely that the two scoandrels had moved Min during hia in.sensibility to Seine other hiding piece? All he .could be certain of was that bo was in d cellar, and th-at it etas not distended he should leave it before Thursday. He had listened to Dartin's foot- steps as they had died away on the stone floor, had heard whispering as he spoke to Haverton, then had fal- len this dense silence. It was the silence that he saw was to be his greatest trial in the hours to come. Oppressive ae it was, he felt power- less to break it himself, but could only lie there and listen, as one does when lying awake of a night, for the sounds which do not come The candle burnt steadily and threw out patches of ochre light through the panes of the lantern on to the flags of the floor. He estimated th-at it would take perhaps six hours for it to ,burn itself out, and he not care to dwell on what his situation eveuld be then. His bonds allowed him to reach the water and biscuits Uvalde hien, but any big movement was denied him, the cords which bound his feet being in some man- ner, which he could not see, made fast to the floor. He refreshed himself with a 'few of the hard bit:Quits .and a dra:ugat of water; then fell again to his strained listening. HOW fellevred hour—or were they mieutes that tvere passing with sue:h leaden feat? Steadily be eyeballed the candle burn lower end lower, and so at teet asleep. When he awoke again he was in darkness, and new the silence seemed the harder to bear, and: WaS broken at long intervals by trivial sounds which Robert knew were rats, Doubtless the ,anenals had beenheed in, check by the light and were new advancing oh his sleek of biscuite. He made a movement •aect heard their seurrying feet as they tempered across the cellar floor. Thee they be- came bolder, amid the man felt elm great follow as he ran across his ankles, • He .callea out at the horror of th.e thing, and the whets took his ery end sported With it among the arches of the roof, and Robert bit Clser.le into hts. lip taller than th•ut isa liould.oty out ageip to being theee mocking echo -emcee into play. And then hie .atteetion was talean by a stnall, vague *atoll et grey idg.h up in, the wall—eleeive at •first, bet gtaellealy growling id ;brightness until he siaw that: it ,Came from a mall gritting let into the wail and eviderit- ly on a levet with the ground oueeiae, for the man coted make out, as the light fecreased, bledee of gems actg. thg their way larotigh the bare, At sthe sight new life Wes born in Hebert Bexeitter"e beeee Tee peer tithe of daylight, this glimpse that told el the green earth, actedas 110- thicbg eettlet eh the Write Of the prisoner. Gene Was the fear of &A- neee,o blie eilenee; gees, toe, Jae dread a tao voteliade lie fleY tied The Call. I hear the voice of summer calling me To drop my burdens, bid my cares be still, And follow her o'er valley and o'er hill Unto the ways of gladness. Happily The Wiles star the meadows and the free, Gay morning winds the foreat path- ways fill With keen delight; and wild and silver -shrill A thrush flings wide his joyful ecstacy. The treetops weave upon a magic loom Greebnidns,ysterios to tempt the lyric ir The gardens breathe a spell of fra- grant words, The bees go buzzing to their honeyed doom; And Love cries all his promises ones more When summer beckons at my open door! In Kind. In many of the rural districts where money does not circulate with great rapidity, services are pair for "in kind." Farmers, tor example, will give potatoes, eggs, ete„ in payment for debts. A young surgeon, who had oc- casion to operate in one of these dis- tricts, hopefully approached the hus- band ot the patient and asked tor his fee, which amounted to $100, "Dos," said the old man, "I haven't much ready cash on hand. Suppose you let me pay you in kind." "Well, I guess that will be all right," replied the young doctor, cheerfully. "Whet do you deal in?" "Horsemadish, doe," an- swered the old man. $$0,900 -a -Year English Gardens., " The receet statement by the Mae Of DeYonshlre tilet 110 etenleali itlene eost him, In normal times, $50,000 a Mere kliTa tete acs funnueeive Iden of the denuteds made on the oWeere of great pleaeurelleusee In the Ole Lend, iftis difticult to bey whieh are the most costly gardens in Great Britain; but near the toP et the list are certain. ly thee° at Welbecit Abbey., Load Bute' gatdens at Cardiff Caetle, the world-faineus gardens of Chatsworth, and these of the Rothchilds, on whiell gold hesbeen lavieaed like water. One gets an Impressive idea of the extent of such gardens 48 thege When we learn that the leitcheagerden alone at Welbeck coven thirty acres; that the hoesee in whieh peaches, ,apricots, and nectarines are grown stretch for a quarter of a mile; &ad that to stock them costs as much as $50,000, When a millionaire sate his heart on making Icioinsits..elf a lordly pleasere-garden we mew he be sure that reeks little of the It lies been said that there are a score et noblemen in the United lelngdom who spend more every year on their gardene than would pay the official salary ot a Cabinet Minister, Further than this, there are, on the best authority, more than 5,000 "seats of the mighty," or at least at the rich, the gardens of whicis cost their own- ers anything almost from $2,600 a year upwartise while th:ere are as many mere which demand between $1,000 and $2,500 for their maintenance. On these 10,000 British gardens an eanual sum estimated at over $10,- 000,000 Is spent for labor alone; An- other five million dollars at least goes In the purchase of seeds, Planta, and manures, and tee general upkeep of the gardens and glass -houses. To this must be added the tens of thousands of gardens of the well-to- do classes, on which sums ranging from $100 to perhaps noo a year are spent; and the hundreds of thousands of more modest garden% each, how- ever, a source of prida and pleasure to its owner, which cost only a few dollars a year. Storms of Stones. On a recent passage the passen- gers aboard the big Cunarder, 'Sax- onia, were treated to a magnificent spectacle. A huge raase ot incandes- cent rock came hurtling out of the sky and struck the sea a couple ot miles from the ship, flinging up a great wave and a tall column of smoke and steam. This meteor must have been of very unusual size, for radio operators noticed disturbances in the ether for twenty -tour hours before its arrival. Still, It was probably,no larger than several known to have fallen in past times, such, for instance, as that un- earthed by Protessor Ward some years agola Mexico. This is so large that it took twenty-eight men a whole clay to Partly uncover it. It weighs about fifty tons, and is ninety per cent. pure Iran. In October, 1906, four great meteor- ites fell into the sea off Cape Race, and were seen by the officers and crews of tbe Pheenix liner, St. And- rew, and of the S.S. Brasilia. The largest struck the water within a mile of the St. Andrew. The chief officer estimated its diameter at fifteen feet, and says that it had a blazing tail a mile long. In December of the following year, 1907, the people living near Belloton- taine, across the Iin, saw a great ball of fire flashing across the heavens, and this was followed by in explosion heard for miles around as a mass of rock struck the ground near a house 'occupied by a Mr. Westhaven. The house was set afire, and burnt down. Later the stone was dug out from the pit which it had excavated, It was twelve feet in diameter, and had burled itself to a depth of twenty -live feet. There are on record a number of in. stances of meteorites falling in the British Isles. The largest of these, which weighs fifty-six pounds, fell near Bridlington in the year 1799, and may to -day be seen in the British Museum. Here may al,s,o be seen about tame hundred of the eaten aerolites which ten near St. Clears in Carmarthen- shire, in May, 1903. 0--. Length of life is desirable, but even mors desirable are breadth, height and depth. World's Most Wondrous Canal When the Pauama Canal was open- ed about seven years ago, there seem- ed little likelihood that it would over be inadequate for the world's com- merce, but experts are agreed now that it will have to be widened or sup- plemented by another canal. The weight of opinion is in favor of cutting another waterway, net at Pa- nama, but along the Nicaragnau route —from Greytown, in the Atlantic, to San Juan del Sur, in the Pacific, via Lake. Niceragua. The total length of the new canal would be one hundred and eighty-three miles. Begun in 1832, and opened in 1914, the Panaina Canal consists of about twelve utiles of sea level and thirty- one miles of leeks and canals, In the sea -level seetions the whit; is 500 It, and In the other portions It ranges at bottom from 800 It. to 1,000 It, To cut through from ocean to alarm necessitated the removal of 252,133,000 cubic yards of S011, end the eontinuous working of ono hundred and one steam navvies., each of whia could lift tea tons Of material tit a time. Inge locks had to be constructed. In all, there are twelve, arranged in pairs, -with forty -tax gates., containing 00,000 tone of steel. The concrete used in the locks totalled 4,500,000 cubic yards, Ono et the meet difficalt parts ot the work was the Culebra, Cut, a great Kash, ebout twelve miles in 'length, tbreugh the Culebra hills. When the entting Was Made et the ordinary slope, there were such enorneme land - elides that the Pectin engineers abaudobeil the jot in doseeir, The Athariciths, en taking it up, set a, deeper atid wider channel, blit the' slidee continued, and fleets of, wear. mous dredge* Utah etextble ef femme. fsIg 10,60,0 Wei of tnetorial it CieY Weld not keep pace with them. Indeed, when the shovels removed more sell than had slipped clown, meters were no 'better, becausematerial began to rise trent the bottom of tbe cutting just as it it were being pushed up by hydraulic power. In the end the difficulty was over- come, but only temporarily, Since the canal has been opened the cut has filled up frequently, the soil on one accaslen rising to a height of.sixteen test above the water level. elle greatest single work In the can- al is tlie Gatun Dam, which is an ellen moue harrier one and a half miles In length, leaf a mile wide at the bottom, and one hundred feet wide at the top, with gates in the middle capable of discharging the overflow at the rate of 187,572 cubic feet per second. This structure contains 23,000,000 cubic yards of material, The human side of making the Pa-, name Canal is a romance in itself. At one time forty thousand persons were • engaged upon it—enough, if lined up and touching halide, to form a living link between the Atlantic and the Pe- ak—and amen the workers was dile tributed a large proportion of the cast I of conetruction, which amounted to t about $500,000,000, Ono can realise that the new canal t will be a stupendous undertaking, and one witieh Will call for brilliant en, gincerlisg skill as well RS an enormous expenditure et time end meneY. But that It will be it continental suc- cess cannot be doubted. The distance from the elide of the Nicaraguan Can. al to San Peal -mimeo tied Neve Yerk will bo five hundred Mike shorter than e from the cede of the Panama Crime, atid fit cormection with the facilitatien I spend millione tot the sake of envies n of title:port 11 a geed leesinese topen} minto 6, 0/1(42/10 0'1a -woad --e•-=teeeteereefeetateeleeee After the Public Sehoel,• Wbat,7" I' spend Mitch One thieleing about you, ef feurteen or eieteen; You have finieleed the peak seaeol with flying colors and your dearest girl friends have entered the toted .begh school. But your parents do net see how they oan spare you or the meow with which to send you, You ate hot wnderatand why they go on to ocbool and heve sueh "glorious times.," while you must remain itt home "doing the dials" time times' per day. Tears Will 511 yOUT eyes at tlirae8 in spite of your effort to he brave. You see, I know whet you see thinking fee I was a little girl just like you net so many years ago. As I was so dreadfully unhappy and made so many blunders before I fine aily beearne adjusted to rny proper place in the scheme of life e, I hope that I May help you ever so little. After the first eruel disappointment has worn .eff a little you begin to wonder if there is not something that you tan do, since high eehool is out of the queetion, IVIothees usually have a lot of sympathy for (laughter's real or imaginary grief, so if you are willing to assist hefeall you can morn- ings •and evenin,gs, ahe wilt gladly allow you to attend the•coantry school this winter. The teacher will loan you her old algebra, English Liter- ature or any text 'book she bast You will derive a lot .of benefit from a caeeful study of theie hooks with a little assistance from the teacher. The review of the grammar school subjects will require only a little of your time every day. When the neat teachers' examination is bold at the .0euinty town you go up •and try that examination, even though you are too young to teach or leave never cared about teaching. It will give you con- fidence in your ability to do things "for yourself." During this thee you are also help- ing mother in the heme. Learning to took a good meal and bake whole- some bread and pastry is no mean ac- complishment and one which will serve you many eines in whatever calling you choose to take up. And remember that most of us are finally destined to become wives and moth- ers whatever our attitude upon the subject may be at sixteen, When spring comes get your father* to let you have a tittle garden of your very own, he will only .be too glad to do so. There is a joy in growing things that seethes many a hearta,che. That gaeden will probably be your "hobby" for the summer and you will rise a bit earlier every morning to. have a peep at the garden wet with th.e dew, before you begin the morning meal. Take what appeals to you most, flow- ers, vegetables or fruit, or a little of all of them. Mine was a raspberry and strawberry garden, Only one harvest did I reap from my cherished bit of earth. Before another season had tome, life bad opened up such new and, .to me, glorious vistas that it was all but foegotten. It became a source of joy to those left behind. We wish to consider a few of the occupations open to women -with a limited education such as mine was, and I assume is yours. Nearly all of the openings for women in a smell town are of the blind alley sort, i.e., no opportunity for advancement in your mental self or in economic tone sideration. But in teething, eursSeg aind to some extent in a 'business course, a broad' field opens up. In one of these three a girl of ordinary ability can succeed if she is willing to work. A lot of herd -work is al- ways et the bottom of real success. I shall take up teaching first as it lies nearer the home surroundings in whieh you have alwaya lived. Parents are esually more kindly disposed to- ward your ambitions if you can carry them out "at home." In the teaching profession you are doing a real ser- vice for humanity which I wauld not have you overlook. Mere salary may satisfy some but I would like to have you a positive factor' for good in the work of the world. Th.e hours that you spend in the echool room are not so long but they do use up a lot of nervous energy. But after the restless feet Have started for home at four o'eleck you may relax and the papers are SOOD corrected. and lessons pre- pared for the next day. The salary is fairly good when you consider that your expenses are not nearly so great its those of the teacher in towns and cities. There is earnest no limit to the amount of ingenuity you will be called tlpen to use. Sometimes you will vainly wish there was a set rule which you could follow in the many problems that inevibably .come up when dealing with twenty-five or thirty individuals of varions ages. However, if teaching is not to your liking perhaps a eouree dn ti nurses' training ochool•would prove more at- tractive. Here you are taken abso- lutely out •of the home for two or three Years. You heve •only a week or two every year to be at home, Your health must be very goodas the work is, very hard and the-satreundings not always to your lildng. But the Min- try-brect pee has always known what long 'hours were. Some over -careful friend will say you are walking right into chteger. Let tiet this alarm you isa yon are a soldier in e good came. There is a little denger, perhaps,but not enough to .cattse any alarm as you cairn how to -care for yourself. Then h. pr baton period et two ee three nonths kives yeti a glimpse of what he work is like. During this time you .get the most unpleadant Pitrt of the whole couns's, As .soon as you pub on the official uniform, life become% more interesting. Lastly, a leuein.ess totirs.e is very pi:maim With einno giels. The ealare vaeles a great deal, the hours ere not teo long, anti you van elwaeci do n bit ot humanita it general, outside ef '0111evenking ileum In titer eating '�u ate Wein entirely ett of the axle sixtrounditigs ,antt Must live yeer Ife te town- and *Mee, When It's Wet on Holiday, Every holiday season ande Many mothers et a loss to know how to a5 - envy their elnedren's minde when Pahl etakee outdoor excursions imeoesiele, Pew are prepared to buy extra toys 'and games for the reason that the family's holictay feed usually does not permit oe the expense. The following hinte will' be eseful to parents who ere feced with the .peospect of keep- in,g the eati/dren araused indoors, An interestieg occupation it the making of shell -boxes and photo - frames. Procure a number of empty mateh boxes, eover them with paper, and glue on to Uhem shells which have been collected on fine jays. Photo frames San be cut out of eardboard, while, if cardboard boxes are available, gloye-boxes, trinket - holders, and other useful articles can he made. A pleasing vay of decorat- ing a large box is to paste on the lid a picture postcard of a local view, er- rangeng bbs ekells round it in the foam ef a frame. Many a dull hour can be whiled away by making dolls' furniture. All that is needed is a supply of well - soaked dried peas and soiree match - sacks, sharpened at the encts. Par the seats of chairs., tops of tebles, etc., matchbox wood can be used. An instructive and entertaining pastime is the making of retief maps in sand, which the wise mother will persuade the children to collect on a fine day in anticipation of a wet ens. Borrow an old tea-tray, spread the sand on it, and let the children melee a map. Give them a specified country or county to .rnedel. With the aid of shells and small pebbles most chadren will amuse themselves in this way for heers at e time. ; University Extension. At the Conference of British Uni- versities held hi July at Oxford a good deal of time and thought was given to the various problems in- volved in the extension of University education to thoee people who, from force of circumstances, are unable to attend a university in the regalar way. Dr. H. Darnley Naylor of the University of Adelaide, Australia, spoke of the Workers' Educational Association; Dr, M. E. Sadler of Leeds University outlinedthe work being done there in the promotion c'..* tutor- ial classes; Dr. 11. St. 3, Parry, in the course of an address on university extension, said: "The olcl conception that a university is concerned only with the promotion of education and research within its own walls has yielded to the reiterated appeal from numbers of would -he steatite whose circumstances make it impossible that they could enter the walls of the uni- fvaelTra9leilitYer than most universities in eU"niversity of Toronto has gone answering this demand for adult edu- cation: Without lowering its stan- derils in the least, it has so far re- m.oved the extraneous obstacles that any citizen in any part of the province can obtain an education of university grade without giving up his daily em- ployment. Thia new plan is at pratent rather hampered for leek of funds but, should the Report of the Royal Commission on University Finances be adopted at the next session of the Ontario Legislature, the Provincial university will be in a position to de- velop its extension work so as to reach all parts of the province with its tutorial classes, its extension lec- tures, aud its university evening classes. The desirability of this demo- cratic development is universally ad - 'witted. A Dead Comrade. There is a nanie we have not said, so long That in our very hearts that name is shy. Yet who once loved him more than you or I? Oh, be more loyal to our love, and strong: Could we not name him, laughing, as of old, Here on the open hills this summer day, And tell again the things lie used te say— Lest love too lonely laid grew sad tend cold? Ah, it were griet indeed if a day came When this familiar road and friendly trees And the gay memories all entwined eetch to th th es° Should make us only sigh! And veli shame It we who knew such days, au& su a friend, ahoeld not go proud and smiling the end! • How Men Propose. A methodical but nervous professor had fallen in love with a young wo- man In the university town in which he lived and was anxiously watching Lor a chalice to propoee to her. Be heard that she was to be at a recep- tion where he might see her but where there was small chance that he eould talk to her long uninterrupted. He would have to use what time he could get te the best advantage, He must forget no argument that would help his cause. So ho made a memoran- dum and ales) in bis agitation dropped it on the floor. This ls how it read: Mention rise in salary, Mention loneltnese. Mention pleasure in hor eteciaty, mentioti prospects from We;stan soacei, Mention never hav- ing eoved before, n Vet the Ma ivr ,:e.eeeoved Up, Will the gentlemen please Move fOta weed a little?" celled out the polite eondector on the trolley cat se a dozon more passengers tried to Scramble In, "I withal" growled toe herd -faced men who eltine fee a Wail bear the door. "Ola didn't ttsk etie," Bald the eon, decter. NURSES Tetento Hospital for blow, &Woe, le atttitSttomi With. Mliov110 awl Ailted Iiveritain, Now, York Oily, °pore a throe yearie COUrtio or Train - leg to young woman, having tho re. gutted edeeetleie one deslroue et ea °exiling liars08. Thie Ifeenlial bas adOPIO(1 the elaht,imer eyetere. puplle revolve unifeeme or 111505110m, a monthly allowance ane travelling OrpOn868 lo and iron Now "Limit. roe furthar Won -nation may to the Suprrimeiment. WHERE COMMERCIAL COLORS CQME•FROM WE GET LOVELY BLUE FROM HORSES' HOOFS. Both Sea arid Land Contribute Their Share of Pigments -- Vegetables, Minerals, Ani- mals and Fish. Every boy who has a box of paints wants as many colors in It ces Possible —ultra -marine, Chinese white, ver- milion, crimson lake, and so on.• Have you ever wondered where all these different colon; come from? Both sesi and land --- animals, lisle vegetables, and 'Itinerate—co n tribute their share a pigments, aS the route dation of the eaters 18 called. The tiny cochineal inseete Provide varying shades, from deepest crimson to palest pink, Turkey red is obtained from the madder plant, white grows lu India. Yellow gamboge Is aitother vege- table product, being prepared from the sap of a tree growing in America and the Diet Indies. This sae has a bright yellow color, and is rather sticky. Discovered by Accident. That lovely hue, Prussiaa blue, Is made in quite an extritorcliaary way— by fusing horses' hoofs and other anl• ma refuse matter with impure potas- sium carbonate. As may be ineaglued, its.discovery was accidental; it would not have occurred to anyone to expert- ment akth these Substances. Blue Black is made from the char- red remains of vine -stalks. Ultramarine is perhaps the most beautiful of all the many shades or blue; it is obtaient by burning the lapis -lazuli stone, which comes prin- cipally from China, 'Met, and CIVIL Another blue is indigo, u,-.11 chiefly. as a dye; it is made from a plant which grows in Centrpl America and the WeA Indies. es soon ets the blos- sdrus uppeir, the plata 16 eat to the grcund and the stems dried. New shoots spring -up quickly, so (hut two or three harvests are taken itt it sea. SOU. Various kinds et earth and clay g:ve colors. In the neighborhood cf Siena, in Italy, is found the brown earth call- ed Raw Siena. When burnt It be - mines darker in shade, and is termed Burnt Siena. Yellow and blue colors are also na- tural clays or earth; they ere worked in the 'English countles of Devonshire and Anglesey. Some are fine enough in their natural slate to need nothing but washing betore use. Cuttle-Fish Camouflage. Real Indian ink, strangely enough, is prepared front a recipe of which the Chinese possess the secret; its chief constituent is supposed to be burnt camphor, Chinese white has nothing to do with China, being a preparation 01 c. boue-black, both made from chips oh The blacks comprise ivory -black and Sepia has an interesting derivatioa It is the fluid ejected by the cattle -ash when it wishes to conceal itself from its enemies. As the fluid spreads in the water, it serves the same purpose as the smoke elands with which Zep pellets ,surrounded themselves during the war. From minerals we get vermilion and scarlet. Cinaabar, the ore from which quicksilver (Or mercury) is drawn, al- so proeitles vermilion; while a lovely shade of sentlet is given by iodide ot mercury. Beautiful amens can be obtained from copper, Thirty -Foot Thunder -Bolts. eletearnee may be seen le almost every museum. rliavriele;aellealls firiolanstsele0sC ksyt.onlle utwthhiceby Ihave nothing whatever to do wilh , thunder or lightning, They are mere- ly pieces of some smashed -up planet I or comet which, whirling through I space, have been caught in the net of 1 the earth's atmosphere, In some museums yeti will find truri- Ious objects which resemble fossilized tree branchen They seem to be made of a glassy substance, and usually are They often are bard enougb to ,sceatch glass. These tire called "fulgurltes," "Fill- gur"is the Latin word for ligbtning, anti so they may be justly termed "thueder-beits." When a flash of lightning strikes a sandy soil, the heEtt liberated is so ht. tense that it fuses the sand, convert- ing It instartly into mi sort on obsidian or glass, The size of the fulgurite ae. pends upon the force of the lightning stroke and the quality et the soil, The largest ever discoeoreil have bees dug up In the Sahara, Desert, Some aro nearly 30 it. long end 4 in. In diameter. But esually Mey do not exceed 40 ft, in length n n 11 1 in. In thickness, while many are no thieeker than a lead A British ex -officer anima ti he the only blind el/aliened aecoentant itn Hes wored, 300 ILE- _ B EAKET The need car dealer wlto shows you how they run instead et talking about ehet they are iIke, USED Amos 100 Adually In otoek Petty Arotkey 4"/Yoggcr uroitto ithai Meet,