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The Clinton News Record, 1921-12-1, Page 8TII MYSTL3RY OF THE GREEN RAY By William •Le Queux et e"reeieeeeeee...., CHAPT1!It II,--(Qont'd,) „ Ahl said L "It has conte, then. And I was surprised that 1 bad for- gotten all about the war, which was • "1 got yor telegram, dear" said Myra, as we strolled out of the sta- tion behind the porter Who had 'ap- propriated nay bag, Sholto brought up actthe cause of my presence the rear. Ho had too great an opine there. I noticed with some ceeioslty ion of his own position to be jealous that I•Iilderman looked out of the win- of me—or at any Tato he Was too dos with a strangely tense air, his dignified to show it—and he had al- lies firmly pressed together, his eyes wage admitted me into the inner circle. wide open and staring, He Was eer- of his friendship in a 'manner ;;hat tainly awake now. But in a moment •wee Very charming, if not a little con - be turned to me with a charming despending, sm!?ti, "Did ,you, darling?" I said, in reply "You an American;' he to ltfyra's remark• row, I'm snick "But this hits nee—hits me hard, Yes; it was delivered first thing. There's a calm and peaceful friendly ti morning, and father was very hos italic: about -this island of yours p e sed about it. that I like—like a lot, My own (sun. "ReallyP' T exclaimed, "I am glad. try -reminds me too lunch of my own I W s afraid he might be rather an - struggles for existence. For nearly novId• wasi MY - forty sears I fought for breath in a ]tile bit surprised n'- America, and, but that I like now and (elf," she confessed, "though. I'm sure again to run over and have a look I don't know why I should be, Dad's a perfect dear he always was and he always will be. ' But he has been very determined about our engagement. When I told Trim you'd wired you were coming he was tremendously pleased. He ]rept on saying, 'I'm glad; that's geed news, little woman, very good news. 'Pon any soul, I'm dooeid glad!' He said you were a splendid fellow— I can't think what made him imagine that=but he said it several times, so I suppose he had some reason for it. I was frightfully pleased. I like you to be a splendid fellow, Ron!°' reund ynu can keep the place as far es I'm concerned. I've' been about here now for a good many years— not just this part, foe this is nearly new to ane, but about the country and I' feel that this is my quarrel, and 1 sl+-nll like to have a hand in it" "Perhaps America may join m yet" I suggested. "Not she," he cried. with a laugh. " "America! Not on your life. Why, she's afraid of civil war. She don't know which of her awn citizens are her friends and which ain't, She's tied hand and foot. She can't even h'rn round long enough to whip Mexico. Don't you ever expect Ana - 1 erica to join in anything except fern;• Hy prayer, my boy, That's safe. You know where you are, and it don't matter if you don't agree about' the wording of a psalm. If an American wastold off to sheet a, German, he'd ten to one turn round and gay: 'Here, hold on a minute;.that's my uncle!' " "You think all the 'Germans in the" States prole: their fatherland to their adopted cduntry, or are they most of them spies?" • "Spies ?".said Hilderman, "I don't believe in spies. It stands to reason there can't be much spying clone in any country. Over here, for instance, for every German policeman 'in this country;• -for that's all a spy can be— ihere are about a thousand British policemen, .What -chane has..the spy? You don't seriously believe in thean, do you?" he added, smiling, as he offered me a Corona cigar. "I don't know," I said doubtfully. I didn't want to argue with my good Samaritan. "There is no doubt a cer- tain amount of spying is done; but, cf (nurse, our policemen are hardly. trained to cope with it. I daresay the whole business is very greatly exaggerated." "You bet it is, my boy," he,ieplied emphatically. "Going far?" he asked, suealenly changing the subject. "North of Loch Hourn," I answered. "Oh!" said ITilderman. with renew- ed interest.' "Glenelg?"' :'I take the boat to Glenelg and then drive back," I explained. I was in a mood to tell him just where I was going. and why, and all about myself' but I recollected, with en effort. that I was talking to a total stranger. "Drive back?" he repeated after me, with a sudden return to his dreamy manner. Then, just as suddenly, he woke up agar t.."Where are we now?" he asked. "Passing over Morar bridge," I ex- plained. "Dear me—yes, of course!" he ex- claimed with a glance out of the win .dens. "Well. I must pack uu my wraps. Good-bye, Mr. Ewart; I'm so 'glad to have met you. Your country's at war, and you leek to Inc a very ld.eely young man to do your best. WeU, good-bye and good luck. I only wish I could join you." '9 wish You could," I replied heart- ily. "I shall certainly do my best. 'And many thanks for your kind as- sistance." - - And so we parted; and returned to our respective, compartments to put our things together for our Tourney —the rail part of it, at any rate— was nearly over. And it was not until long afterwards that I realized that he had called Inc by -my name, and I had never told him what it was. CHAPTER III. Mainly About. Myra. The train slowed down into Maliaig" station. I thrilled with anticipation, for new I had only thejourney on the boat, and Myra would be waiting for arse at Glenelg. The train had hardly stopped when I seized any bag and jumped out on to the platform. The next instant I was nearly knocked back into the carriage again. A Great ;lane had jumped at me with a deep bark of flattering welcome, and plant - his paws on my shoulders. "+hope, my dear old Man!" I cried cxcitomeat, dropping my bag and 1: eking round expectantly. It was Myra's dog and there, sure enough, WAS a beautiful vision of brown eyes and brown -gold hair, in a heather- colored Burberry costume, running down the platform to meet me. "Well•—darling?" I said, as. I met her halfway, "Well?" she whispered, as she took any hand, and -I looked into the depths of those wonderfel eyes. Truly I was a lucky dog. lite world was a mast excellent piece, full of delightful peo- ple; and even if I were an impecunious young .barrister I was richer than C,r;oesus in the possession • of those beautiful brown eyes, which looked on all the world with the gentle affection of n tender and- indulgent sister,' but which looked on Inc with—. •Oh!' hang it all!—a fellow can't write about these sort of things when they affect him personally. Besides), they belong' to me ----thank God! ' • I was very glad to hear that the old General was really pleased to hear of nay visit., I had intended to',stay at the Glenelg Hotel as I could hardly invite myself to the Invermalluch Lodge, even though I had known the old man all nay life. Accoidirigly I took it as a definite sign ,that his Op- position was wearing edown ' when Myra told me I was expected at the house. "And he said," she continued, "that he never heard. such ridiculous non- sense as your saying you were com- ing to the hotel, and that if. you pre- ferred a common inn to the house that had been good enough for hire and his fathers before him, you could stop away altogether. So. there!" . - "Good that's great!" I said en- thusiastically. usiastically.. "But did you come over: by the -boat from Glenelg; or. what 71 "No, dear; y cause in the 'motor- boat, so we dont need to hang about the- pier here. We can either go straight home or wait a bit, which- ever you like. I wanted to meet you, and I thought you'd rather come back with me in the motor -bent than jolt about in the stuffy old S:, -".a." "Rather, dear; I should say I would," said I—and a lot more be- sides, which has nothing to do with the story. Suddenly Myra's motherly instinct awoke. "Have you had breakfast?" she asked, "Yes, dear—at Cranlarich. The only decent meal to be gut on a railway in this country is a Crianlarich break- fast." "Well, in that case you're ready for lunch. It's gone twelve, I could do with something myself, incidentally, and I want to talk to you before we start for home. Let's have lunch here." I readily agreed, and after calling Sholto, who was being conducted -on a tour of inspection by the parson's dog, we strolled up to hill to the hotel. As we entered the long dining - room we came upon Hilderman, seat- ed at one of the tables with Inc back to us. • "Yes," ho was saying to the waiter, "I have been spending the week -end on the Clyde in a yacht. 1 joined the train at' Ardlui this morning, and I can tell you—" I didn't wait to hear any more, Rather by instinct than as a result of any definite 'train of thought, I led Myra quickly behind a Japanese screen to a . small table by a side window. After all, it was no business of mine if Hildernan wished to say he had joinedthe train at Ardlui. He probably had his own reasons. Pos- sibly Dennis was _right, and the nasi was a detective. But I had seen him at King's Cross and again at Edin- burgh before we reached Ardlui, ro I thought it might embarrass him if I walked in on the tap of his asser- tion that he had just come from the Clyde. However, Myra was with me. which was much more important, and I dismissed Hilderman and his little fib from my mead. "Ronnie," said Myra, in the middle of lunch, "you haven't said anything about the war." "No. dear," I answered clumsily. "It—" It was an astonishingly dif- ficult thing to say when it came to saying it. "And yet that was what you came to see Inc about. "Yes, darling. You see, 7--" "I know, dear. You've come to tell me that you're going to enlist. I'm glad, Ronnie„ very glad—and very, very proud." . Myra turned away and looked out of the window. "I hate people who talk a lot about their duty," I said; "but ft obviously is my duty, and I know that's what you want me to do." "0f course, dear,I wouldn't have you do' anything else." And she turned and smiled at me, though there were tears in her dear eyes. "And I shall try to be brave, very brave, Ronnie. I'm getting a big girl now," she added pluckily, attempting a little laugh. And though, bf course, we afterwards discussed the regiment 1 was to join, and how the uniform would suit nae, and how you kept your buttons clean, and atlaousand other things, that was tee last that was said about 11 from thatpoint of view, There are some peolrle wlio never need to say certain things—or at any rate there are sono things that never heed be said be- tween certain people, After lunch we strolled round the "fish -table," a sort of subsidiary pier on which• the fish are auctioned, and listened to the excited conversations of the fish -curers, gutters, and fish- ormen, It was a veritable babel—the monrn'f sl intonation of the East Coast, the broad guttural of the BroomielaW, mingled with the shrill Gaoljc scream of the highlands, and the occasional twang of the cockney tourist, having retrieved Sholto, who was inspecting some fish which had been laid out to dry in the middle of the village street, and packed him safely in the bows, we eat out to seta, Myra at the en- gine, While I took the tiller, • Ae we glided out of the harbor I turned round; impelled by some unknown' in. stied, Ithe baryon's dog was stand- ing at the head of the attain pier, see, ing• us safely off the prettnscs, antbeside him was the tall' hued of any friend ,7, (i, Hilelerman. As l" looker} up at hila; I wciiletcd if he eecognized me; but it eves evident he slid', for he raised his cep and waved" to Ma I returned the compliment as Well as I could,, for,.just then Myt'a "funned and izn liored me not to :yen !into the lighthouse. (To be continue.), Progress in Canada. • The recently discovered deposit .of iron ore on the shore of Lake Atltabaa, Ca has been the subject of analyses by the University of Alberta, Speci- mens were found to contain approxi• mately 21% elliea, 70% iron oxide, ,03% phosghorne and .07%v sulphur, with equivalent of iron in the Iron, ox- ide 50%. Eighteen .carloads.of Jonathan ap- i ptes, packed u suitable 1 b o cases,.consti, tuted the first shipment of apples front British Columbia to Glasgow, Scot- land, this year. They'Were loaded on the Royal Mail steamer "Mbliere," and salted for Scotland by way of the Panama Canal, .The first oil refinery in Alberta win be in operation near Fort McMurray, next year, according to George T. Hann mond, a well-known Vancouver caps, talist. Control of 6,000 acres of tar sands pear Fort McMurray has been obtained by the Company which Mr. Hammoudi'epresents, and by a special process, Which has already been suc- cessfully proven,.4t is proposed to ex tract the oil and other by-products from the tar sands. The water -power' at Great Falls now being developed by the Manitoba Power Company is capable of 168,000 h.p. ultimate development. The first instaIIation will be for 56,000 h.p. and the power' will be distributee} through the 'Winnipeg -Electric Railway .Com- pany. The development of the first unit provides all the dem necessary for the development of the ultimate capacity of 168,000 lap., and In de- veloping further units it will only be neceeeary to enlarge the power house and install. the necessary machinery. High, grade stucco, known as Fire- stone Stucco, will be manufactured by. the Bishopric Manufacturing. Com- pany, of Ottawa, from magnesite ob- tained from the mines of Wilson, Pat- erson and Gifford, Limited, Montreal, located in Quebec province. Although quantities of :magnesite have been known for same years to. be deposited in Qttebec-province, nothing has been done to use this snaterhsil, except a limited quantity in clinkered form in the steel mills during the war. A, record was made at Port Arthur, Ont., recently, in loading a grain car- go. The steamer '!Westmount" dock- ed at 6.30 p.m. at the Saskatchewan elevator, loading was commenced at 7 o'clock, and at midnight 335,000 mallets of grain were in the hold of the ship. Only four wales were used in loading. A total of 116,092,134 bushels of wheat have been shipped from Fort William since navigation opened on the Great Lakes on April fifteenth last, Canadian bond issues continue to find their way to the United States, another $10,000,000 having been dis- posed of there within the last couple of weeks. These include $4,750,000 prevince of Manitoba, 61,800,000 pro- vince of Nova Scotia and 32,000,000 Province of British Columbia. The total Canadian bend sales for the ten months ending October is 3295,000,- 000, of which 60% found their way across the line. Between now and the end of the year the Dominion Govern- ment will pay out nearly $50,000,000 in Interest on Victory and other bonds. An iron and steel plant will ie all probability be erected at Nanaimo, B.C., by an English company. Messrs. Fraser and Lewis, Canadian repre- sentatives, aro now negotiating with publio bodies of the coal city. The company will advance 35,000,000 as soon as a site has been approved by its representatives. Extensive gold mining development work may be carried on in New Brunswick 'soon, according to news- paper reports. It is said that a syndi- cate is being formed, -headed by Miles Walker, an English mining engineer, who has spent ootisiderable time in India and Africa, where he was chief engineer of the largest mining opera- tions of British capital. The pros- pects which the syndicate proposed to develop, and for which the necessary gold -mining rights have been taken out, are located in Charlotte, Sunbury, Qeesns and Victoria counties, t g a 5 a it 0 r 1L f c m t r $15,000 to Light a Fire. The news that Britain's blast, fur- naces are being rekindled is encour- aging, 'says a London paper. For. months they have been cold owing to he j rohibitiye cost of setting then. ping. The -blast furnace, which looks like gigantic beehive, is steed far smelt ng iron. Its roaring crown of flames a a familial' sight in the Midlands. Few people realize .what it costs to et one going. Many tons of wood ate needed, and once this has ignited, load iter load of Doke is poured into the urnace. The heat is now intense, but is not nearly sufficient 10 smelt iron re. For three weeks the furnace must oar night and day to brlag the -clay /ling to a temperature great enough or the pua•pc,,se. All this time the fur - tree is producing nothing whilst ft onsumes coke worth :23,000. As there are about 300 of these Mistime volcanoes In, that country, he cost of setting ail of them going ins into something like £1,000,000, f Affirmation. "I am one with the all good." This is a splendid thing to keep in your mind constantly, Say it every day of your life, "I am one with the all good, one with the infinite life, one with omniscience, nae with om- nipresence ---and if I am, I partake of all these quail - ties. I am perfect'and im- mortal because I tun creat- ed by perfection, by iminor- tal'ity, "I am love because I ala the product of love's crew- tion," Odds and Ends he Time Savers. Almost every day one learns little. helps in the daily routine of work; One 'Sunday not long ago, my family made an unexpected visit to my sit- ter on the farm. My brother went out and dressed two chickens so quickly as to excite my wonder, At home we'. never have hot wetei' ready for fm- mediate use, I asked any sister about itnd she a he said,I kettle k eeptho tea cele full of water ia place where it Will always be hot." Since that Sunday I have, always had my tea kettle full of water, and hot, too. How rn'any of us in doing :our Mon- day's washing on-day's'washing finish the washing .be- foee•we hang out any clothes? I al- ways -thought this was the only way to do. But I have learned differently. Lately, I have been scrubbing out the first two boilers and flannels andeget- ting them all ready for ft/Celine; then with the last 'boiler on the stove, and the machine going, I hang the clothes that are ready on the line. By the time F am 'through washing those clothes, unless the weather is rainy, are dry and I bring them in and sprinkle them. Iii the 'afternoon while my two little girls are taking their naps, I iron the white clothes. On Tuesday I have only the colored clothes to iron and I can do some mending in the afternoon. I find I do not get as tired this way es I do when I wash.one day and do all the ironing the next. - My mother told me a fine thing in doing housework. Have certain things to do every day and your work will be twice as easy. I tried letting my work go one week 1n order to get some dressmaking done and when Saturday carne the house was in general dis- order. I found playthings, dust and dirt in the most unheard of places, It tools all day to go through and get the house in order once more. Since then I have followed mother's advice and have done the housework, dishes, bed -making, pi.ckiug up, sweeping and dusting, and then taken time to'do the other little things thatare sure to conte up, One feels much better and more satisfied if -the house is .10 order, ready for any emergencies that 'night arise. Another time-saver which I find to be a great help is always to keep some kind of' cold canned meat on hand for the unexpected visitor or workmen. Saimcn is good, but I find that a two - pound can of roast beef goes farther and also provides gravy which may be thickened or not, just as one cares to do. I also have marshmallow cream and confectioners' sugar on my shelves ready to fix up a cake or dis- guise cookies and' make them appear more appetizing. Sauce is ready in the cellar, and also vegetables, This leave( no cause to worry in regard to the hurried meal and one°'has no real son to feel that the meal was a failure with these or saniler things on hand. If there is an especially 'busy day ahead, peel fila potatoes the day before and cover with water. Cooic the meal, the day before and'"aleo get the des- sert ready. By ,preparing things the day 'before one gets time for the little jotareeure0 arise ae buoddsy dbsray when vesrythting -is 'huonstl and bustle.that Ono more help. Baby is just be- ginning to creep and takes up all the dust and dirt. Take the tops of old Stoeipgs and cut them down a short way. Then sew these up end place e rubber cord at the top'and at tha 'bot- tom of the legs and let her wear them around. The stockings take up the dirt instead of baby's clothes and the cost is nothing.' (It is not •a good thing to make a rule of allowing peeled potatoes to stand long in Water, as they lose part of their nutritive value. -Ed,) Looking Your Best. Cookstoves and complexions! You've never thought ..of them as friends? Well, most of us don't, but they really are. For, after all, what is cooking a big dinner but giving your face the preliminaries of the steaming treat- ment that •the .beauty parlors charge so much for? Only you mustn't stop at the preliminaries if you're after a pretty skin. You most follow the same course as the beauty shops do. After the dinner is cooked—that means after the steaming is over— take a clean towel and wipe your face thoroughly. Be especially careful of the corners where the blackhead is Most prone to congregate. You see, the steam has opened all your pores and brought every 'bit of oi•I and for- eign matter to the surface. When you wipe this away, you leave your skin very clean. But, besidesbeing clean; the .skin is now relaxed: and evcrypore is gaping open. To correct this,take the other end of the towel .and' dip it in the coldest water you can find. Slap it vigorously against the whole face, not neglecting the neck. What is the charm of a pretty face if it surmounts an ugly, dingy neck? Press your hardest against the muscles that are most likely to sag, and try to smooth out the little fine lines that fatigue brings so quickly under the eyes. This treatment closes the pores and makes the skin firm and smooth. It will only take a minute or two before you sit down to dinner. But you will find that it is a minute or two well spent. For if you persist in turning your cookstove into a beauty parlor you'll find that your skin is becoming more attractive. Bank of England to be Rebuilt. The famous Bank of England Build- ing, called the Old Lady of Thread- needle Street, will soon he entirely re- built, made several stories higher and renovated so radically se. to cause a Mange inside and out, says a London despatch. in the many years of its activities the bank as it grew necessi- tated taking premises for branch work outside the old Threadneedle area. Now it is planned to bring all the work together under one roof. Efforts will be made to Preserve as much as possible the original features of the building, but some of the gardens on the tour acre plot probably will dis- appear. Despite its cold financial pursuit, the old building is full of romance. During the Gordon riots in 1750 the clerks were armed, inkstands were melted into bullets, and the rioters were beaten off. w Moral keno, A young married woman who moved into tine country considered the keep- ing of liene a pleasant and profitable undertaking. As slip grew more ab- -sorbed in the pursuit her enthusiasm increased. During one of dice• animated descriptions of her success a friend in- quired: "Are your hens good laying eggs ?" "Ola, yes," she replied, in a delighted tone; "they haven't laid n bad egg yet!" C Luck is ever waiting for something to turn up. La- bor, with keen eyes and strong purpose, will -turn up something. Luck lies in bed and wishes the post- man would bring him the news of a legacy, Labor turns out at six o'clock and with busy pen or ringing hammer lays the founda- tion of a competence. Lucl: whines. Labor whistles. Luck relies upon chance; labor upon capital.—Cob- den. Where Girls Propose. A curious custom prevails in llimia, one of the little islands of the Greek Archipelago. Th -e girls of this tiny isle exercise the right to propose to the men! The inhabitants of llinaia are en- gaged almost entirely in sponge fish- ing. When a girl desires to, marry, she waits until she has obtained the number of sponges from the sea that correspond's with th•e'number of years she has lived. These she places In a silk net, which she presents to the man of her choice. Should lie refuse, his dimness of ob- taining another bride aro .'emote, as usually the 3Iimian maidens shun him as a punishment. -and the worst is yet to come ry . Success Nuggets. To hear always, to think always, to learn :always, it is thus that we live Lrniy; lie wino aspires to nothhrg and learns nothing is not worthy of liv- ing. Blessed Is he who has' found his work; let him ask no other teessed- ness. He his a work, a life -purpose; he has found it and will follow ea-- Thomas a—Thomas Carlyle, It Is only as a man puts off from -himself all external support and stands alone that I see him to be strong and to prevail.—Emerson. The more persistently we bold' the prosperity thought, the more we strengthen and intensify it, the more we increase its power to attract pros- perity. Whatever page we turn, However much we learn, Let there be something left to dream of still! Set all things in their own peculiar place, And know that order Is the greatest grace. —Dryden. Without Him, Heaven were an arid waste; With Him, a desert Heaven. A grouch and hie customers are soon parted. The deeper I drink of the cup of life the sweeter it grows. Julia Ward Howe. The most valuable "system" Is a good nervous system. Banquet Without the Hostess. A. procession of thirty-six elephants, painted green and rad, stet the Prince of Wales when he entered the territory of the only Mohammedan woman ruler In the world the'•Degum of Bhopal. The i3egutn is a:highly-educated, cul- tured woman who speaks English fluently. She is fond of music and painting, and has written one ar two books, notably an account of her pil- grfuaage to Mecca. attacked h Robbers er caravan, but the Beguni, personally leading her bodyguard, routed then.. This ruler was not present at her banquet to the Prince, for she is not permitted to take food in public. Gun That Sav es Life. Many things can be shot out of guns besides ballets and shells. An invent- or has just produced a gran from which a stout line can, from the shoulder, be shot a distance of one hundred and ten yards, The apparatus is particularly useful to ships, yachts, or lifebdats, when they require assts:anoe, or for sending a line on to a quay or over a wreck. Its use to fire brigades, it is believed, will be invaluable also. The mechanism is of a simple char- acter. The gun a -fitted wth a stand, and when planed on this the distance to which the line can be sent is even greater. A Ready Answer. An Trish waiter named Kenny was noted for his ready. wit. A party of gentlemen who were staying at the hotel heard of Kenny's wit, and one of them made a bet that he would say something that Benny couldn't answer at once. A bottle of champagne was order- ed, alto one who made the bet took hold of the bottle and commenced to open 11. The cork came out with a i "bang" and flew in Kenny's mouth. "Ali," he said, "that is not the way to Cork!" Kenny took the cork out of his r mouth and replied: "No; but It's the , way to lel-Kenny," Man was .made for action. mind The m ibeemploy- ed, i li must emu Y ed, and when it is employed normally it gives a great sense of satisfaction, and increases d increases health. The. in- dividual feels the exhilara- tion of constant growth, and there is no stimulant like that. It gives an uplift to the entire nature. There is no tonic, no stimulant, like that of the successful pursuit of one's highest ambition, Dog Derby Winner Drowned. Walter Goyne„ winner of the 1920 dog derby, and known as the "Going Kid Alaska," was drowned in Moose Lake, 80 miles from The Pas, . on November 13 last. On that date, Coyne set out from tiao Dupes trading post, at Moose Lake, far a fishing camp 26 miles distant, for the purpose of securing fish for his dogs. He was driving nine dogs attached to a heavy racing sleigia, and was followed by eleven pups. A couple of days later the eleven pups returned to Dupes, and the peo- ple there became apprehensive. Goynr's tracks were followed for 13 miles, where they disappeared, the general belief being that he encounter- ed thin ice at that point and went with (logs and sleigh, weighing 100 pounds, through alae Ice. Goyne had a number of dogs at :Meso Lake, whish he was preparing tor the .next dog derby, to be held on February 28, over a 200 -mile course, fur a Durso 01 32,300. I4e was engaged in hauling fish for T: Dupes, and get- ting his dogs in racing trim. He won' the 1920 dog race in easy style, intro. ducing new methods of harnessing, and the Alaskan sleigh as against the local carriage. FIe lac: previously done considerable racing in Alaska, and was a cripple on account ca hie feet having been frozen, necessitating his riding all the way behind the dogs. The Only Way. Tommy had been very troublesome at school. The teacher had instituted, a new form of punishment. She kept a roll of those children who made themselves conspicuous by their bad behaviour, and each month a list of the "awful examples" was posted up. This afternoon, when she thought she'd stood about enough, she suddeh• ly stopped the classwork, and ex- claimed xclaimed sternly: "Now, listen to me, Tommy! If you don't stop naksbeherving I shalt have to take your name." "Well, teacher," replied the small boy, "you'll have to marry me flrst." Beds Made from Fruit. The cocoa -nut Is more useful than any other fruit in the world, for every part of it can be utilized; nothing need be wasted. The actual nut, in addition to being' good to eat, is invaluable for flavor- ing purposes. Also, it contains a largo amount of oil which la used extensive. ly in soaking map. The milk is a favorite drink in the tropics, for It quenches tiao thirst better than any other liquid. The inside of the husk Is made Into fibre and yarn, .which Is used for stuff ing mattresses and making brushes. The cocoa -nut palm trey rises to a height of about 80 ft., and grows chief. ly in Ceylon. From that country 14,- 000,000 4;000,000 nuts are exported every year. Raccoon Ranching in Canada Tlae raising of wild animals for their pelts in Canada, which may be said to have had its inception in the cult at the silver fox in Prince Edward Island, has spread all over the Dominion and come to.include within the scope of its activities practically all fur -bearers of any value. One which has been some- what slow in finding favor in the Do - but -which has risen to greater popularity with the increased value of its skin, is the raccoon. The initial successes achieved in Canada in the domosticatioe of this little animal has thrown light upon the industry and the profits to be secured from its fol- lowing and has encouraged many to enter upon this interesting pursuit. Now raccoon ranches aro to be found all over the eastern andoccasionally in tate western provinces. Canada holds out particular advant- ages to those inclined to follow the farming of these profitable little fur - bearers. The climate and topography of the Canadian provinces are con- ducive to the production of richer and glossier furs of all kinds than .tiler countries. This is true of both the wild and domesticated animals and the raccoon is n'o exception. Coons found Wed or raised on ranches 10 Canada are Meted to he in every way superior to those In existence across lbs border, Easily Domesticated, AathoriLies are of tla,o opinion that raccoons are the most easily doanestf- eated of all the denizens of the wild, after a sltort tine in oonfluemont los, Ing all Inclination to stray from their new, homes and beoaming as home. loving ss itittene, If permitted to stray from their pons they will inV,u'i- ably roturn, They are less delicate in the rearing than foxes and It. Is almost impossible to kill them thratrglt ex- posure or neglect, They are bete meat said vegetable foedere, which eiratplk0ce the innpeeitiem of dieting. Their food in the wilds consists large- ly of frogs, honey and birds' eggs; domesticated they Itt the exceedingly on butchers' scraps eoatted and boiled corn. Gloss Is put on the fair by peri- odical administrations of castor oil. Not anly is this animal a fur -bearer but valuable in his products from three points of view. Besides his .pelt, which of recent years ]las greatly in- creesed in value, from twenty -live to forty pounds of palatable meat, as fine ars lamb, Is taken from his carcass as well as about a gallon of oil. Generous Profits Obtained, The raeccon is prolific, producing at a birth frons two to nine eta litter, so that a substantial ranch can be. built up in a very short time and the pro- position put on a profitable basis,'Pos• missed of a haute -loving instinct as these animals are, a ranch may sue- cessfully be conducted within a very, limited area. A very successful one, in fact, is conducted within' the con- fines of the city of Montreal where a breeder, after experimenting all his life with other species of furbearers, decided upon the raccoon as offering generally the greater profits, and has run lits ranch for six years, The Z0u11: dation stock he obtained from ani• mals caught by farmers and from other domesticated stock. There is a groat future for the. de. mestie rearing of fur -bearers in Cana, cin, and atoll year tits industry as al: Mining aupro important proportions, Settlement is gradually curtailing the natural haunts of these animals, and on the other hand national fur state leets at Montreal and Whanipeg are be. , coming important as world fur centres. As the richest4n'odeeer of wild inti 1!a tho past, Canada is dcteentined to maintain her peeatige in the faturo, against the inevitable dhatinetron of the catch, by cakt riaelve establisirineut of Lioliieotie rersciteo, rn'eviding levee, able openings for loony followers,