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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1920-1-8, Page 7cg. Tie Dame .of. Nations. $y DONNA SHHERWOOD BOGERT. CHAPTER Vl'L Duals( 0001, delightful, invigorating Canadian dusk, Axtee the heat of the clay, Trevanion breathed it in with a' deep sigh''tft thankfulness; What wretched time' he had been putting in far the heat month or. sol His ap- petite was Capricious, he'slep'tetfllily, his dreams haillited Illy the boy he had saved and the map etill in his possession, The police, headed by Bev- erly, had scoured the 'eotnttry, but the murderer had left no trace. Beverly thought it unlikely that he had 'sur- vived the 'winter, but Assail that, the ardor of the chase abated not one whit, At demes, members of the Northwest Mo>I'need passed the night under Herford s hospitable roof, At swell tinges Trevanion nneasily thought of the 'boy's tattered outfit, hidden in his trunk. • More than anything. else the city 'tan of affairs missed the light and color of human companionship. Len- nox was all right; Herford was a brick; but now that summer was here, their timeeivaa fully occupied with the duties of ranch and corrals, What a fool he had been to follow the sug- gestion of a girl and come to this God -forsaken country. • Ire had been strolling clown toward the river which flowed within a short distance of the watch, when with sud • den doteredinationhe returned, retrac- ing his ,steps, He would go home -- back to NevtYork! Any enterprise he embarked iron would mean un- limited borrowing of money; and wily. should landspeculation prove safer or surer than•barter and exchange on the beloved "street"? It was a gamble either way. As he passed the cowboys' quartets, lighted windows streamed out a joy-' ous welcome and the sound of bois- 'terous, happy voices assailed his eay. God! How lonely he was! that was it ,lonely! He paused forlornly to peer through•the shadows at a sturdy fellow unhitching a steak team, and he remembered hearing Flerford men- tion in a casual sort of fashion that he was driving to town _that day for provisions. "See Herford is back," he ventured, inaiuly for the sake of hearing his own voice, The fellow grinned without reply and Trevanion continued his solitary way. He felt old and tired. The packing Would have to wait until to- morrow. He would smoke a cigar or two on the verandah, and then go to bed. Heavy vines darkened the verandah, and he stumbled as he made his waY toward his favorite chair, paused in ;front of it and struck a match against: the heel of hie boot. A soft rustle startled him; sonic - thing rose from the depths of the old rocker, and Trevanion, holding the match high, stared Until the tiny fiamm died away. Close to him stood a girl; young and slim, dressed in shimmer - nag white. .Her neck and arms were bare, her tawny eyes; shy and startl- ed, Iooked straight Tinto his own. For an instant of incredulous sil- ence he atood dumb. Then his grop- -ing hand's found and touched het;, clinging to her nearness as •a,drown- ing man clutches et -his hope of. sal- vation. ' "You!" he tried, "you!" Peggy, who knew what that wide lone land could do to unanchored hinds and souls took his neriteless hands between her own warm palms. "I didn't mean to startle yon,' she explained, a_I1it,,tremulously, "but for a moment I actually thought you were going to alt down on•my itip," ' They laughed together., "In the name of all that's wonder- ful, how did ?you happen to find your way up here 1 • Throw -up your job? Sitpeed out fora vacation?" , "011, I discovered that I was tired of work, so I handed in my reaigna- .tion." Trevanion found another chair, pul- led it close to his own and began plying 'her with questions, relevant rind irrelevant. He was hungry for (human companionship, for the teem- ing city, for woman's voice and laughter --for everything! Ntennwhile Miss Dorothea lingering just within the doorway, longed to re- veal herself, but was teeth to break in upon the tete-a-tete. About to join the girt on Idle verandah, she had been an innocent witness of thetir meeting, and the fervor of Basil's 'tone had set; her 'maidenly heart afluttering in her bosom, "You!" he had said, "you(" as though in all the World, the one thing he'.greatly desired had taken shape before his eyes. Miss Doro- thea heaved a contented sigh, and blushing lin the darkness, wondered if they would name the first child after her. It • took her fully ten minutes to make up her mind to an 'interruption and by that time Basil was •waiting for her a:9 he stepped oat into the darkness. • "Of all the 'delightful surprisesl" he shouted and his greeting was all that could be •desired. He was pleased, them, pleased to"ses her 'as well as Peggy. Miss Dorothea, happier than She had over been in her life, seated herself on the' verandah step and clasped her .hands about her knees like a dreaming girl, while bellied her the hunt of contented voices rambled ort and on. With. the coining least.one person's undergone a radio io't no itmger thou ate return to the c ed a nutnbee of excel and Peggy dared hi the plains. of morning. at outlook on. life had at change, Trevan- rht of an imm,edi- ity, Herford own - lent saddle horses to to a rare ae'ose Descending to breakfast he found Peggy and Miss Dorothea in front a. f. the tenth house, lingeeing above e bed et *tented asters and dusty, blue xxorget•the-note. Theft' tinted floury feees'seeniecl the only touch of color til the arld dandecape. "T planted them heforcl T Went sway ""'exclaimed the girl (lel' 41 11 y, "and' they must h'a.ve.sprung up by thenlsalve'.t eac•is year, tJeer, 'heave, little posis l Yeti shall have one for' yonrr buttoeh'le, :lir, 'I'rreahion," A. moment 15 ter ,be could havo' skip -lied Miss Do'othcu i'o; the sign!fi- cari !: tuella hovering 01.ro.)1• hf>r. lips She ,lendet'ed et 'Trevatlion had noticed, and feat. of this possibility led her to an atees5 of grariouane.s toward I,enno.c when they mot at breakfast thee. Lennox.11is' mind sterled for e rebuff, I:ollnwed swiftly what he Mime - !Meted ns fhe 111V,Itatiolt itt her emi!ing eyek, He drew her ramie next his own, and hie big hands lroverrtl 1011. titittelly about- her, n v touchine a fell) of bar a3. tri, now viable; a barely 1, 1, eptlble ,r 55110'- ag, einet her sleeve. A msar`res, n'Nam•+tor^•�Phig• IA,Pc.s¢n®nw„PAMPA . A ti•.u3.-rexaGiSlF=5r<w.rra��.MAMAu4mm�Ntl q • Wes Dorothee drew down her mouth in prim disappros'al. Of what could her brother he thinking, allow- ing this_stranger to court his chosen one in midi a fashion? Apparently Trevanion'e attentio;t watt focused entirely • upon pancakes, Pancakes! Miss Dorothea gave vent see 0 die- dainful, tittle sniff; v Later, ahadieg her eyes from the sun,.she watchecl the two—het heel -- ride slowly away toward to l'ose-t(17- 1)04 mountains and n vague, oohing sensation rose in her throat flow ab- sorbed itt each other they seemecl's-- and how happy!. fled she, after all, in the seeutiity of her life with Basal, Wow! the one vital element which 'lakes toward ,youth? She never could be auto, 'CHAPTER VIII. The two riders drew rein in un- worded accord, and'^ -..their horses munched contentedly at the scattered mounds of bunch grass, Trevanion was breathing heavily, ".I'nl not en good. trial,' he "polo-. gized. "It's years since I've ridden. Your brother offered me the use of his horses but this As the fret time I've taken advantage of his kindness." "Let's get Bowe •and rest.awhiie," suggested Peggy. "There's a nice, comfy tree over there. And the sun is hot!" Trevanion :threw himself full length upon the scanty sward, and after an instants hesitation, daringly rested his head ,in her hip. r "Solid comfort!" he breathed as a deep sigh escaped him, Peggy's lids drooped over her tawny eyes. She was glad Miss Dorothea was not there to witness ant ' smile as she ran her slim fingers through his greying locks. It was indiscreet perhaps but—was it? "You'll put me to sleep," the man murmured. ".There's something mag- netic about, your touch" It sudden- ly seemed as though the menace of wakeful nights had slipped away. How good to rest—to be near some one who understood instictively just when to speak end when to keep silent! One small hand, palm upward, 'Med near him, warm and companionable. Im- pulsively he covered it with hie own. "You're a ,good little pal," h2 said, "do you know it?" • The slow crimson mounted to Peg- gy's cheeks and she withdrew her hand. "There's a ma11riding. toward' uS ' she remarked irrelevantly, "one of the Northwest Mounted. I can see the shine- of his coat in the sun" Trevanion. Gait ftp and watched the rider approach. "It'e Beverly," he said. "He's about here so often of late that I've learned to distinguish him from the others. They're still hunting for the fellow that diel .for Schneider, I. suppose" Straight toward them Beverly came and dismounted. "Thirty-six hours in the saddle!" he exclaimed. "I've been following a clue which ran into.a blank wall. If you don't mind, Miss Herford,( shall beg a bite and a few hours'' sleep at the ranch, 1 have to make Calgary begn.ight, but on my. word I ;feel ae- Dually done up." "We • were •suet going home," 'mid the unis s t thfuland together the three redo ,Peggy ack over the sunny trail. • At times, a burden of guilt oppress- ed-Trevanion, Had he • done right in plotting against law and order, that clean white service .these men of the Northn'est•. had held for years above Weenie -of shame or reproach? Then the' hunted,harrassed'face of the fugi- tive would flash before him, and he felt that he had done right. To -day. he Pelt a sudden desire to share' lbs eecret-to submit the map in his possession ter eyes keener than ,his. Impulsively die decided to tenet a Woman's intuition. Peggy should heat the story and -see the mysterious paper. (To he continued Mjsteq of "Next Yen's" Flies. No matter' how lout; the winter lasts, the chrysalis of the fly is safe. When the warm epring weather- comes, the fly inside the chrysalis goes on grab ing again. Set the right moment it bursts 0)1eti Its brown horny case, and cones alit liico a chicken from its shell. All that tt has to do is to dry its wings; then it can _fly away fall grown, Plies reach their (toil size before coming out of their sitelidike Dover'- Mg. When you see small tiles and Uig files Together. you mast not think that the little ones are young and the big ones'lci, They -are a different sort of flies, but full grown. Tlteyreaclt fall size before they taro released from the cradle in which they have passed the winter. It. Is because most of •the•old ones are dead, and the young plea Stilt in then' eggs, that w.e Beldon see flies in winter. The common house-dy when it wakes iii the -spring lays over a hun- dred eggs, which batch in 1t, day or two as maggots, These grow rapidly, Pe- tiole pupae, and within two weeks from the eggs aro full grown tiles,' ready to lay eggs thetnaolves. You, can see how many biltton flies there would be 1f 0nue were destroyed and' al1'the eggs hatched and grew Into flies. 'Che house -fly usually lays its eggs in filth. and it we 'keep our pre- ing:e1, elpan, wet shall have fewer (lies. Rats Welcome. Coal Mines eel .ruler mines are al.,wafull of ret .:hies become ex - 1's . 000111 1; t1,3,e and steeeS', tieing never 1 11c, 1 .:'5d by1!15 megevo,'fha' !steer 1•el .hat to kill One would' bring bad luck, lntleHd it may be s5ud 9;1331 1•ftCs.al.p very. It'rfdl ht 10(005, -Thee do good •=n3.eye ns •cat'engo:a; and, what 9•s mere (mporlaeit, they give lemming Int' their aellous 0f the 1Y('ese10C or daeg-' '('0115 Ire01' ., 1141015 more een5i11(1' Cod them. 1httn human 1,c•in50. lkhen' a "1'114 !t" is abeuh Le, 00'(11', 1110 rats ;.flan give timely noise ice, aran:peeing abowt ilt •:hu 013001al Manner, 1Jollrtless the preliminary cae,'lcinp i,1' the melte alaC11t:3 them. -A mites grain of intlig-1 dee will (1111 enc ton. i1b water, BIJRI D TREASURE OF PALESTINE BRITISH OCCUPA'TIO,N OF THE HOLY LAND. Opportunity F"or Discovery of Information Deo ing blip al Events. • Areftaeology is about to invade Pltlestine, When the histerye later written Into the Old • Testament, was borne made, 1110111 three to Sive thralls• and genre betore (1117113, Pnlectino was the,taion;ay, between the greatest of anelent elvilizations, Iiabylollla anti Egypt, and the- battlegreaind of na- tious from those Ittuds and of invader's from, the grout Montan Empire. and from Greene, For two thousand yenta it has been venerated by C1ir!stlans throughout the world as the place where the most lar-recletihlg of modern religions had its origin. Not even the discoveries of scion- tists le Babylonia c0n'traclictiug many things in the Scriptures that had been taken as stateinonts 01 Waterloo] fact have been sufficient to lessee the in teres( of all Christian peoples In the 0ouutfy around'Jerusalem. But for many reasons explorer's equipped for acientiiic research have been. unable heretofore to devote the attention to Palestine that it doaorved, Tho Turks, stilllerting 'gemthe invasions of the arusarlere,lhave been 111010 jealous 1n guarding this narrow strip of land titan anything else in their wide do- rlltlhls. Preservation of Holy City. After the 13riish army conquered this territory and Allenby marched victoriously into Jerusalem, ail sorts of, plans and projects came into being for tlse preservation of the. sacred n1o111mlents of the Holy City and the surrounding country. Now hordes the annouut•ement that the British. Gov- ernment is to invite accredited archaelogiste to submit proposals for exploration in the ruins and buried cities Lhat have been ignored for so many years. Without' doubt this will 'lean the opening oh a huge store. house of new knowledge of Biblical evelta'and.parsoinlges within (be next fow years. Burled Cities of Palestine. Science knows from its records front Egypt and Babylon, particularly from the clay tablets of- the latter country, that Palestine teemed with. life for thousands of years before the begin- ning of the Christian Jlira, But from the archaeological point of view tite country is more of a wilderness to- day then either of its great neighbors. A great part of Babylonia is .swamp or desert, and much remains to be done completely to pacify the wild tribesmen who inhabit squalid towns perched often on the ruins of what were its finest citios.,,,,Yot explorers have mapped most of the ruins and identified the names given 10 11(0111 in the writings of the a.ne:te1t. Greeks. They kudls, approximately where to look and what to look for there and in Egypt., In Palestine, however. it Is said, there are bin'ied cities that have been lost for more than ewo thousand years, the existence of which was not even suspected until recorde found in exam. vations elsewhere yielded up refer- ences to them. Hare, it is expected, will be found that wealth' of detailed information about the Patrlatthe sought for so patiently, elsewhere, par-' ticulariy within the last hundred years. Here Biblical. scholars who have been hard put to it sometimes to -uphold the historical accuracy et the Scriptures count upon finding the very raw material from which the books were written. Thirty yeses ago the first discovery was made that pointed to the exist- ence of detailed records in Palestine, when the collection known as the Tel En Anlarna tablets a -ere found' at the place of that name. Many of them consisted ,of letters written by early raters or warriors in Palestine. Later a tablet 0n Moabite state, also written in Palestine, was found. This latter (Recovery is eormidered of immense .import. Clay 1ltblets buried for thous- ands of years often deteriorate, anti when finally recovered the writing on them is almost illegible, net archoolo- giste hope to !Intl written records oil stone tablets of, this character in Palestine that will he almost immune to the action of the elements, Since the signing of the armistice setentiste have been looking forward to en era. of 11115 development, in their work under difficulties. or'all .kinds whepevei• their ca11110 havo been pitched, Climate is aga(nst'the mattes man hi most planes, and ,work is 'pos- stble only (luring some of the winter months. Pribesulen ailso interfere, transportation is 1)st e.ntigne, difficult methods, and labor is hard to get and harder to keep. Before the war Egypt was the; favorite country for archaelogists because of the generoue policy of and the protection afforded by the British. This 5ai11e protection ie assured fot' the flilnre in Babylonia and Palostine. No Wonder,. The old man was applying at the eye hospital for some spectacles and the doctor was malting a test of hie eyes. 5. pard w11S ilxot1 ou the wall a little distance away from where the old pian leas sitting and the doctor coked him: "!'!11.11 yon road that, n1y.11(5.71?" "No, tt(r " said the old man. "1 1313," 11'ite (Melee. toid hint to fro (nearer, ;'Can yet read that, my man?" And again the old leen replied: "No, Tire doctor argriiv 51111011 hint. for- ward jilt his nose cllnulst torched the 1)15 00131, "lireli, cot you road[ it: now?" • "No, sir," said the old mail et IIv, siiaking his heed, "You ane, sir, 1 neves learnt to read!" Average Leti Lb of Lite.ti 'flee average Ismer(' of life Is greater 15 Norway tran i, a 3.v other atull: v t111 the globe, Title ir,'11'.rlbute,l f.t the fact, that the (entperature is court an -1 miltenni ilfl`llrlph'eat lila year.' THE NE:,W vANC:QUV R S"Y"figTIC)P' '1100 (1715 Yauou115el•-517(100 1033(1 1g. (lenadlan 50,110111 16ailwayn 01 4 boat of 0 nlllIon Ohara, fled whielt 1t ono of the boat ognlppod wtd up-to•datu alat(unn le t„• (1olnlnloau 01 1, 011113trunthd );yprrall9 of 107(11, 1(1(1 atone 'dre50bigs 734 louts. ee bra Is uhlut al(•uethunren probably net 111 its rimpl-10u, of dealan, it has a fronton v1 0„l foot with a eneth of 1a'u, oe ((0 around floor Aro shunted t1,0 largo gemlril 5s Per x0511, n4jnuu,lt told 050n111g front orluc1 nae separate Wnlolng rococo for mon and Whin n. dlniag and 'hack contact., barberehup 401,01 041,7 fur roll Wad 5laOm0lrip• ,1110111(7C:,'• lelegenrho, bond baggage, general anted n3., 1101irnarent mall, 'x717153 and ,805,13, 7 1 dl Alnhhg .0x17 •U0r(mcn10, ('1 , t11'e upper 111,5111 s00onunodnlo 107 general O5e'n ro, I, antluoceo dlotnet trent the stnlinn proper, with olcynlo, 5'71'1,'1, Un am nal 0nu' ,f tbs stollen, directly opp5aito the mai, entr'uara, arc situated doors locator, 1' a 11101 commun3' 10 feet In eine, ruiutlug loo lvholo-lenl;rat of 11,cbaiJ,i:rn;. ('„,, In,., :(our(0 113.7 calla to too vorloun train platforms, which are 11110 covrr.d, 1,, ell U , le 1r(uaes loading into loo stollen, 1.111 ',corder., hmgib of ca,1, (')all, 1 bring d, 14103 (o,.1. 41'13” ' @/ ," ii3r 4 Aunt' Moilie's Household Accounts. "Hots much (lid you spend in town to -day, Pa?" Aunt Moller would ask as soon as .she had cleared a place on the supper table to make room for her account book. 3. "Well, let's see—" Uncle Charlie would reflect. "I got a hair cut for a tweeter, and Henry's overalls cost $1.50. Jed charged file 50 cents for fixing the 11ar,1ess." "What about you, Mary?" Aunt Mollie would say to the tient one at the table. • "I event to a movie with (1008(11 Jane ---site paid for that, but I got some candy afterward. Fifteen cents' worth it w'110. And the lining for your new waist was 80 cents. The lemons I 1 bought at the now ;tore were 20 cents, and the (thee groceries are on this ; 11lp"• Aunt $Indite Would write busily white. erten member of the fancily told her what he or she had spent during, the day. Sometimes there wouldn't bet much to put an her book, and again she would have a long column. I"What's the uee of Mothering with, all those little things?" I asked her one evening ars we started to•cloar off Animal Food—Meats, lard, fist , but- ter, milk, cream cheese. Fruits and Vegetables—Freels, clrled, and canned 'fruits; fresh, dried, and canned vegetables. Cereals --Cornmeal, hominy, eye flour, wheat !'lour, Hee, bread, crack- ers, Other Groceries—Tea, coffee, cocoa, baking powder. flavorings, spices, sugar, CloLhiage-•-Suits, coats, hats, clean- ing and repairing. Household Iftarnish ings---Furn!lure, linen, Carpet:, kitchen utensils, Running Eepeuses--1''uel, light, ice, telephone, stationery and postage, ac- cident insurance, life in;uranec. Advancement --Recreation: Picnics, Lepo, fair:;, movies. Education; g411o01111g 1'101' C11i1d1E11, )001;5, papers, lectures, Benevolence: Gifts, church, charity. • incidentals—Docto7, dentist, mead- cine, tobacco, candy, barber, Savings—Investments, savings -bank account, e "We Must watch what we spend o1 those first three classes pretty care- fully,'!. explained Aunt Mollie, "be- cause we don't want to -spend money for things that can I,e• grown -right toe tante. Isere on the farm. Last year Pa ,"They aren't little,"' she said, "not fign'Ped that we got 80 per cent. of our when you look at then as a whole. animal food and 70 per cent, of our Sometimes you epend'more than you fruits and vegetables from the form. ought for one kind of thing, and lsor, Thet's a pretty good record, I think. ora you going, to know it if you dont. Lots of farmers buy too much at the have some way of keeping emelt?' store when they could raise those very This way eve can see where we are. things at home much more cheaply. extravagant told where maybe we can But you don't realize how much you spend a little more. Last year we had.; are eponding until you have a record to buy a lot of earned stuff from the of !t m hlaclr and white. storo because our v%setable garciell. "I keep track of the farm products hadn't been big enough thel •summem used in the house :n another book. In before. This year we knel'v about howI it I have such headings as poultry, muds we would need, so we planned; .butter, eggs, pork, berries, etc. Every a nsu011 bigger garden. We bought few days I estimate the things I have ntor4 eggs during the lvititer than it; used, and at the end of the month I W118 sensible to do, because I 11ad 110, total it up and calculate the cost at idea bow many we would need or thatt market pniee, This is an earring.,af 1 the price t(3as going up so. I'm goittgl the farm just as w011 as what we get to put clown a lot of them to water) fere psoduets sold outside, glass while they are cheap, Then )vithi "A lot of work for me? Oh, it really what 1 will save by these two things isn't 0 great deal—just a few minutes 'lone there will he more money ahead a day, and I'm always anxious to see for a good winter overcoat for Pa and Mets• we are coming, out." a new suit for me," ,•____,_ "That's just like keeping a usaidt lie 'Exact in All Your Ingredients. and 1)11131 really scieutlf c, A table that provides propernour- I3.now how much ,you spend for each ishrnent is one of the bulwarks of good kind of expense and then sae it the health, Science is making remarkable proportion ie, anywhere sensible."I ' "Well, scignce or no science;" eaid strides ill the exact knowledge of food Aunt Molly, "I know we are saving,values and the purchasing of foods. money 'by,it,' Pa finds 11 easter to keep i' Haphazard methods of_ cooping are farm accountsif he some way relegated to the past. Every hou5e- lus .tit wife should have a positive, practical of checking up the cost of the house and up-to-the-minute knowledge that end the expense of boarding the hired will enable` her to produce attractive, Help. 1)2051 people don't ,stop to think Of the value of the foodstuff the farm appetizing and nutritious food at the gives them Hither, but Pa always lowest ,possible expenditure of time figures it in as part of his profits.: But, awl money. of -course, the only way you ean tell Relegate to the past all the methods of cooking of the, how much the farm is giving you and days gone by, The how much You •areebuying ie to keep carefulan 10 reader will have at het finger accounts. Then the next step lis to see tips exact, scientific knowledge of where you can make the farm give you food cookery' You cannot expect Pere more andcut°iiols*n the amount you feet results in cooking when you guess have to buy." at your Measurements, Too notch of •this and too little of that will give I got out Aunt Willie's book of ac- bad anti indifferent ptrodnets. All your counts one afternoon to see ,just how time, material and labor are ', lost. she did it. -Don't guess—be exact. No expetielva 1t was an ordinary day book with culinary tools are necessary; just the' it Stiff Cover, ab0310 twelve inehe•s long 01•1i0ar y half-pint 100s5„.1 115 5111), end moven incluse wide. There were table and tea spoons are what you 0.110110 d$ pages in ft, -and I suppose it' need. hadn't cost More than 25 cents, Aunt1 When the recipe calls for one-half. Mollie had rulf;d it in columns, end, cupful or ole -quarter cupful, just use had put a iteadling et the top of 08011, that much and n0 more, Never mind • Etch item was entered twice, s0' whet you think; just do what the that there 'wee a running aesount 01:I recipe indicates, Table and tea spoons all expendittfres es wed 31(1a etassi1isd are divided into ore and one-cpnlrte' arrangement, T1113 inlets of the differ -1 c11visiens. These must always be made eft rel0111119 were carried Over 10 6(110 the long 1:a\ ?met page in erlch 01385 and at the enc! - .--__ -.- .. _. T g , or the month the totals the that period were entered in 10 page at the hack of Britiin"s Pension. 1;•,'0111 t;ritlrili is peyiug, unt each' the book, 3.o that the tote] for the veal' 000111 110 50511 at a i;'0n_r. This 1,1011111 111 pe1151a111? Lo lil:iitblOd elle ells•. 1110010 -- H'on'ed Pur eemperia01l,1 of vim r 1gtel 10111(515 end detain/Wets li t,J• 1110111and roars, 111 crd el'0 save t 4.11 of C8,5I11,000, atteording to et1li5• y 1115115 1117311E 111 l'ar'.ilttnlreL by i';(1' welting the headings 011 each ;ratiara.i;es' Jag in her bookAunt ll�'tolhe 1111(1 ant `(01'105(0143111'5..1111 1x,5, `Pn1"1/11is n111 11; 1 aft' thH cogs of a ,rurni1m of 13303 sal ;yenr1;' cet:flnt1lan'( Of nearly Ci011; 1 r 1011. that one sat of head1n,s served for all. 001,1 , 1 She y r hal divided eil T1e1 expenditures 1' t.� 11 tree into ten rla..m,r,tand es, C studied het An 37111 t a garden 01 Perth., Lh.r book I :found then) to ('all into gron5s caw!, ,1''00(3'1! Wales, has Noe -mined; something bite this. Three bines this year, i New Meat Pr orkeinfi -Area .. The reeonlalendatlons of the cont• mission. hearted by 17L'. S. 11, Anther. fold, of which Vilhjamnr Stefa',soon, the noted Arctic explorer, was t: mem- ber, who were appointed to ("1'1,13• gate the C'anadian north 50 a meet. producing arse, m115' open me for Canada a new industry 311110 1 loss hi extent ---the teasing 0f. reindeee for meet, '['here has been a mufti den( of at• terti0n directed lately to the poten- tialities or the Arctic time sub -Arctic IIregions 01 Canata as a 515(21ng conn - try, and the report of the 1)10n;her.e of the eonlmiesten is that these 1u'eas are thickly covered with an nhnnaani growth of 1(511011011 in the ;Matinee which ferns nutritious fodder for grazing animate daring both (ea :':ins. lu the north of Canada there. ie at least It million square miles of etch ]incl, where the musk ox and the 1•ella- i deer grata 111 the open the year round. 1 The dimensions of the reindeer indus- try in Lapland ancd Siberia, and es. pecially the great development of the erns of .1111 ka. are suili(leet to urge he government end private enterprise I hale ut:lietag these 1ruiifui grazing v 11.15 3.o ere from enthirty 530a.h1l'•t1: r0l'bhclt 11(311155 outwthtyeseto north - c. a barrens, and biologically the ram- i deer 15 practically, idem', 11 with this ,f1(,bll 1. Stefensson, who probably 1(110315 1r01'11te1•11 Canada better than fitly other 111at1, is tin ardent advocate of the reindeer hedastre, and h1 his Icetiltee relates stories 01' fllbuleul" weal tit made by Alaskan ranchers. The development of the reindeer in - du 1...y in 110111(01n Canada 3110(1111 1e• present ft very important 51111!tion to the meet production of the Dominion unci of the ;whole world. The value and prt1ateblenes5 of reindeer flesh for fond purposes is well established, and 11.-11 115111' lutLcitiola. With tee de- pletion of grasjng lands the world over, and --the gradual exclusion in Canada of the rancher to make way for the fanner, the sub•Arctic. which can never be suitable tor the growth of cereals,. offers opportunities for a now and permanent industry. How the Big Potato Yield Was Produced. The ratan in .England who last Hem - sole produced the remarkable crop of potatoes weighing 568 pounds on a pleat of land sixteen and a half feet square has worked the soil in hisgar- dento the depth of three feet. This deulonstretes' the value,of deeply working the soil, which as frequently been advocated in these columns. . '111e ground the previous autumn was turned up in high ridges "to take the winter." In the spring a good dressing of soot and wood ashes was spread and the ridges Levelled. Wide thrills were opened to a depth of five inches for receiving the potatoes alul tver'e heavily dressed with soot and wood ashes and superphosphate before pis gong. Tfie soil is good loam, rather heavy, and was heavily fertilized the pre- vious year with poultry immure for growon tVhening theottlpims,lts came up they were worked along the rows and between the plants with a scratcher every day the 'weather peensitted and before hill- ing up, 1t little s'(rlphate of ammonia being put between the row's. The glowing crop was given ma- nure water twice and watered with n hose three times during -dry weather. When it was very hot and dry the plants had 11 light sprinkling. " The coed was dug white quite green, w111011 this gardener Olefins to be one of the secrets of getting good seed potatoes, The whole potatoes were planted and showed to have only four eprts, '.Cotthe yews were two feet apart. 011d the Trills eighteein i1153ee apart in the rows. A heavy dressing of lime was given the land In the spring, The variety was Ally, which ic; un- icnown in this c0tultlry. There are (32 miles of military roads on the reek of G(braltar. Fashions in ladies' dress in Japan have re011111 ed practically the same here i5 economy in buying large :roc 2,600 years. fish, as there is less waste. Quaint Mayoral Customs of England. Each November sees several hum fired luny mayors come into office, and fn many towns the old en5toni5 which attended their election were revived this year, says a London magazine, The new Mayor of Hanley, for in- stance, drank champagne from a glass a yard long, and so did his councillors. In ruder days anyone failing to finish his draught had the heel taps poured down his shirt front by two stalwart cup bearers. The Mayor of Wycombe was weigh. ed, while the Mayor of Cork cast a dart into the waters of the harbor as a sign of the corpor'ation's sovereignty over its waters, Limerick's Mayor re- ceived a ton of coal from the 50(1(0rs who use that port. To the Mayor of Cardiff 1115(8 the duty of presenting a marriage dowry to a domestic servant, one 'Who hn5 beau at levet eight years in the same place, and who boars 1 good 'lharae• ter. The money is the interest. of a gift'. of. 55,000 !rote a. former Marquis of Bute, and amounts lo about 5150. The nnayor on (ill oc011sion must de. live(' a short sermon or discourse on the solemnity • 01 mat rinuiuy, That i1+ not so batt as 1113.1315 to sing the "Old Hundredth." which fs the lot of the Mayor' of St. 1(05, in corn wall. Not to every rn5yor falls this task, for the partieulnr eerenlo0i5t tv11(511 involves 'it, the proc•es1ien of the Knill steeple, occurs only olive in live years. Tin 111ny0r of Ripon 1,ns (1 helm blown outside hie 3110y -oriel reside -Roo 1.11. nine et night. This hop11(010 every evening Intl nor"st beronro monotonous berme his year of office 1s over, Th a quaintest Of 011 Mil t•321i1 etlg 10l)15 is now extinct. 111 the ancient hor0111511 of Leicester the eandldtlles for oiilc0 sat in a circle, 0(3('11 131111 his bat full of beans on his lap. 'then an old sow wee introduced into the circle, and ile was elected mayor front w'11050 hot this ltnimnl fleet ate. 'w Dogs Talmed in Comedy Y fl. 18 not generally known, 11111, dogs are 1n Plana 1115tances. real comedians, Those who have mode a. close etndy of canines long ago cause to this con. elusion, The gift Is not roufirnted to any ono Meet. Some 0f. Che stunts clone by fey lerriet•c are not. only laughable, (1011 they show the deg to hn it nettled horn (11000,1100. A New \'o1k weaute receiely 11(vneft 11 VP1119(113' (3131 terrier 4 (Iioh 13113 50 11111(11 'IV a eoninlliee !hal 11e• kept the hopsehehl in a slate of rons11111 good hmrr05, '('b' do81 »ever haver, open, (might the trick; be pr'rented, and the, 0001 futeresl.illg pelt of 11 3,.i4, !3.c 1MLe'1 to 0itaw 1)11' when the (totter w11:3 filled with: guests The. tome se:'Irrd to know that (n' tray nre;,Uug 1;1115115- Yu thing 110 Ilia wan 31 it Irt Chat. 1101113 be herd fo' the average pewit t0 believe titles be w!tuessed 14, 11; 11'ss it performance he weirt through to avoid having his coat (.rut on 111 the winter months. when a Whirl took him foe a, wails, Whoa the clog"` saw the braid ap- preaching with the coat he would belie his head. One evening when s party of guests were present the ..dog 0ou- ceivecl a new Sahene of trying to 101'01150 sympathy, so he could get out OL having hie coat (1111 on. Whet the 159(31 tinned to !tins h1'. 10oket1 trotted the r0nln, and then, 5uid, as tl flash• be started to run to the different eor- ners as if looking for rats. Ile was 110 :.01'10119 ns a• ,iudgf' siding on It beneb. the or twice he stopped to see wi1P1, 3.1;rVI his p0110III anr.e leas ha9(715. thee he looked et the maiti, wagging his 11!i with 101 exps'efsiml on hie face •(31Nrh of:0111031 10 say: ".,env sett won't. •, e Jet n the loaf veer melte me n (1351 " 1 guests ren r it n hI l the ..l a, 1 •c The?l old. we're of Yearly 101155(10 1310" 5100 s1! sides,