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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1920-9-16, Page 6Purity; glamour and ArOma 8'7A8 If yotl have not tried it send us a post card for a free sample, stating the price you now pay and if You use Black, Green Q*' Mixed, Tea. Address Salado,` 'oronto A LINE RODMAN The Accomplice eaaaneeeeeagee PART II. When Caroline came 'back to the fire she did not even try to read; she lifted the soft sleepily purring old eat into her lap; she let her mind wander as it would; to the desperate young horse thieves hiding somewhere out there in the storm; to the. farm that they had owned; and at last to hen own disappointment, She had come there just the day before with a. fine flame of enthusiasm for farming, and upon this flame her aunt and uncle had started at once to pour.the water age disillusionment. To her, eaineing had seemed the finest adven- ture in the world, fuel of explorations, just as' exciting as those .Arctic ones which have always held enchained the im'aginations of 'men, A. new Edea from a book and you infused it into your work and made a miracle hap- pen; two grains of wheat where there was but one before; or you yourself discovered •something which helped fill more abundantly the pantries of the land. Yet, ever since she had ar- rived, 'she had been looking at farm- ing ,in the gray light of her uncle's disillusioning words, and she had sod- ' densly seen it as a dreary routine, day after day, over and over, in the house or en the farm, always the same weary round of drudgery, This had made up her disappointment: And- it was a bitter disappointment, for she had dreamed of that farm of her own so long, all the while she was teaching school 'en the city. In the roaring, crashing noise of the subway her mend was among .green fields and pastures; during school hours she taught Latin verbs and yearned for dairies and farmyards; at night she would' often push aside the big pile of Latin papers she was correetmg_to take up a farm weekly, or the last bulletin from the Dept. of Agriculture at Ottawa, or a letter froni the Pro- v,ineial Experimental Farm -answering some eager question of hers. When tired almost to illness with the noisy, meshing, crowding haste of the city— Caroline knew that site wasn't meant for city lifel—slid would promise her- self on her honer that soon she could have the farm. Then to her joy the time came. A small legacy left to her recently, add- ed to her own savings, had made it possible. She made up her mind to go at once to her uncle and have him help her 'select a farm nearby so that she might have the advantage of his experience and wisdom. And here she was with her $600 in the trunk up- stairs, and her nice balance in the book. And now, after all, she'd have to go hack to teaching! That was what the wisdom of mid- dle years did for the enthusiasm of youth. She hated it. Why shouldn't the enthusiasm of youth ignore all that superior wisdom and go ahead in its own irresponsible way, making a j]orious venture of it all? That was ust what the Staleey boys had done, she reflected and somehow they had gat caught in the tangle or an econ- omic society which they had no hand in farming end which they didn't in the least understand. A mortgage, a foreclosure, the loss of their farm, and then their bewildered anger, their desperate revenge. And soon, she re - fleeted, their capture, their imprison- ment, end after that, ex -convicts for the rest of their lives. A sudden, terrifying Brash hi the front hail brought her to her feat, and held her there • hypnotized, her whole heart pounding, her eyes star- ing and wholly afraid to go to see the cause of the noise, She listened tensely, and when the ngle crash was followed by no other noire save the roar of the wind, she eummoned her courage to go into the hall. It -was the transom of the old door, loosened' from the shrunken wood and dislodged by the gale, that hid fallen in and by miracle was un- broken, Through the opening it left the wind was driving the sleet, which soaked the carpet end left an ley :scent on its surface. She knew she must get it back at once before more damage was done, so she clragged -a chair from the halls stood on it and tried to lift the tran- sem into place, But it was so heavy that her arms could not hold it high enough, and she was trying frantical- ly -to think of some substitute—a shawl tacked over the opening or something—When there wet a sharp knack- at the kitchen door. In relict she stepped down from herr chair and hurried into the kitchen. It wap providenbial, this conning of help when she so greatly needed it! But as she opened the door the three figures that stood in the dark- ness brought panic to her heart, With- out hearing then) speak or' seeing their facts she knew instinctively who' , i athethree take boye t wast it was re 1 ,S y Y —David and Jack and Paul StaIcey. "Don't lose your head!" she implor- ed !herself. "Oh, be cool! Don't lose yoer head!" Aloud she sand, "Won't you come in?" " i a k lee v tit n you," a to else. , , S Y Y "tee. on w t m saw u . we you iull4td�through the window "alit a be+ hbnde$ dery nleelq 110 drier. lute" 40reP+lind Vie all the n+ would end 111 ireful qt 4,, „ + .i�t' i�; wo ale '•t,. ma1d another wake. Ari,. ,a Mg*Ittt). 1Re*t, 1.1regaute ,Coile3tt it : rthb . t• ' enxaro lather g $" tho otit in if. yia+il 4 of titaiti ing sleet into Caroline's face and she drew back a little. "Even if you are going to rob a lady,' she said, "that's no reason why you need make her catch her death of col'd at' the door. Come in, I tell you," - A moment's hesitation and then, shyly. sad awkwardly, they came into the roonr. Caroline's eyes quickly searched their faces. After all, they were only boys, white-faced' and tired, with heartache beginning to take the ',place of 'their recklessness. And pretty -soonthe sheriff would find them, and then jail and, after that, ex -convicts for the rest of -Clete lives! Why, the youngest of them, this Paul Stalcey, was as young as those boys in her Latin class and there was still a trace of the child about the soft lines of his white cheeks. The next one, Jack, was wiping the moisture from his rumpled red hair and watching her with desperate eyes. - There was 'a straight, honest look about David, the eldest, which made her understand why her aunt had in- sisted that they would have been lovely boys if they had had half a chance. "Look here, you've got to hurry!" the impatient voice of Paul' broke the spell, Caroline noticed that there wee sori'tething glittering protruding from Paul's pocket and there was a sus- picious bulge at David's hip. She turned and flee upstairs. "You might bring us the wallet to keep it in,' Jack called insolently after hen, leer thoughts were racing madly as she flew up the stairs. •Her uncle's revolver? But he had taken it with him and, after all—after all, she didn't want to use- it. There was no trying to get out of the house, for there was only one staircase and they would see her as she came down. She couldn't summon help -for the tele- phone wires were cut. 'The nearest house was a mile away. There was no use, 'She must take the money down. As she passed the front door she almost slipped on the snow that had drifted through the transom opening. She remembered then that she had hoped that knock on the door meant help and she laughed ironically at the remembrance of it. As she entered the kitchen, her little black leather wallet in hand, she was oonfronted by the muzzles of three revolvers. "Don't!" she cried with a little gasp. "I've got the money. Don't!" The three revolvers went back to their pockets. She carried .the black _wallet to David, who opened it and looked in- side. Holding Caroline's eyes with his honest gray ones, he said: "This is a loan; we'll pay it back some day," Then he turned toward the door. (Continued in next issue.) Be Glad You're Afraid. We are apt to regard fear as some- thing' •oontenptibl'e—something to be ashamed of and quite useless—and fail to realize that without fear there would be no courage, As a matter of fact, fear Is one of our most valuable inheritances. To take. an extreme case, a caterpillar might conceivably 'imagine that it could stop a train and not be afraid to try the experiment. But a man, hav- ing sufficient intelligence to be afraid, would know better than to make the attempt. Worms and creatures below that stage of development are practically unalile to itppreciato danger—in other words, "they know no fear," That is why the worn invariably gets caught by the early bird. But the bird, being in a higher stage of development, knows all about fear. He is afraid, for one thing, of etarving, and there- fore gets up early in order to eat the worm! Fear does much more than make ua run away—it makes us stand firm and light. A worm doesn't fight. But you, if your house were •attacked, would defend it because you would be afraid of the damage that might be done to you and years. It is to the mind what pain Is to the body—a warning, We should not, therefore, despise•our fears, but con- trol and use them, Stage Letter Writing. "One thing that I never could tinder. otand," said a playgoer, "is the Man- ner of writdng and addressing lettere oa the thage Tho hem's pen fairly files aorose a and when he e R 9 cornea to a eio a one cadd a se ern sweep of the pen troth loft to right MOOS for that, though tiio addreea t�thue produced to stbe one that no Poet office clerk in the world 'could eder decipher, "I suppose, of antra., the purpose of this ,tnellner of letter writing is to give the air of action, despatch; to avoid :SAY benne of lagging in the limvement 91 the play; but would It be more roai4iktie and striking if Opt a it Wee done withsdAlctant leer else of precsitdn to tdake int reel iter till lottdf end lite Akita t'ottlet t st- ur,11y bit rdadr The Centenary of An Idea A hundred years ago the sole 1$ of photography was quite aukneeiee. Not MAO 1889 was' the secret Of the `pros sees given to the world, and not until 1840 was the time "sunlight picture" made of a human fade. But It 18 planned to celebrate the centennial of photography; for it ie a generally ae., Copied fact that as early es 1820. Do - guerre had naught the principle, which lie worked to perfect during the neat two decades. The exorcises will bo held at Bry-aur-Marne, a few miles out - Side Paris, where the distinguished ex- perimenter died in 1861. Daguerre started life as a scene painter for the theatres of Paris and woe; so suoeseful,thathe soon branch- ed out into painting,penoramaa of the' great cities of London, Rome, Naples, Jerusalem and Athens. Thte work evolved naturally intothe diorama, a kind of panorama withapeolal scenic. effects obtained by a clever use of lighting. Ifs painting from nature brought him his great idea. Like many other artists, he had used the camera obs- cure in making his sketches; he would often carry a small, dark tent with him in which he would sit and repro- duce the picture reflected on tiie white screen before liim, Soon lie became obsessed -with the idea that We phould be able to fix those pictures without having to copy them.•, From that time on he followed . the usual path of in- ventors and spent nine-tentlis of his time in his' laboratory= -to his wits's great disgust. For a number of years he struggled on alone; then he assoctated himself with Joseph Niepoe, who was experi- menting In the same field. It was by a happy accident that Da - guerre finally -came upon the discovery that led to itis euccess, Ile wa0 woi'li, ing with silver plates, tiying to Make: the outage- sensitive to light by ex- posing it to the vapor of iodine. After many failures, he removed a epoilod plate .front the camera, ono day and laid it aside 10 a cupboard, When he took the plate from tile' cupboard the peat morning he found lin exquisite pioturo upon it; It was a perfect pleturel Nothing approach- ing It Wide:ver been seen by roan be- fore. ,The plate, lying In the gnpbeard, must leave been affected' by vapors from some of the chemicals, But which? Filially Dageerre discovered that the "good 'fairy" of tea cupboard wee a dish of mercury. At first he tried to form a private company to finance And push his in- vention, but capital was shier of a novelty in those days than it Is now. However, in 1839 the distinguished French scientist Arago called the at- tention .of the Academy of Sciences to the importance of Daguerre's lis- covery, and the Frof ch government appointed him an officer'of the Legion of Honor, "I have seized the jlglitl" exclaimed Daguerre iii •his excitement "I have arrested his flight! The sun himself in future shall draw my pecturoat" The government bought the process and paled Dagnegfe a life pension that amounted to twenty-four dollars a week, and to the son of Niepco, who had died; about sixteen dollars a week, with a pension of half Aimee amounts -to their widows after death.. How much of the •predoss was Da. guerre's and holy much was Niepce's will probably never be known. But when the two men formed a.partner- ship, Daguerre ceded to the firm his interest on coalition that the process s'houle bear his name. Blind Babies—An Appeal. An Open Letter to the Generously Disposed.' A few weeks ago I came across in the London Spectator an appeal by Sir Arthur Pearson, in behalf of a special- ly helpless cuss of the com'munity,, in which he says:— "At Sunshine House, Chorley Wood, we have 26 babies' who aro being taught to be little normal human be- ings, so far as that is possible, from their earliest days until the age of five, when they are transferred to the residential schools for the blind, There are enough poor blind babies in the Kingdom to flit six. Sunshine Houses, and I want money .to enable me to start the other five," From this it would -appear that in England there is room and need for six hones for blind babies and only one 'in existence. But here, in this favored Canada, nothing has hereto- fore been done in this direction, ex- cept. a movement commenced last -year by the late Mr. T. Hope Church- ill, of Torpnte, who after collecting between one and two thousand dollars, specially deposited en a local bank to the credit of the fund, asked me to ald him in raising a suflicient•sum to pur- chase premises for the proposed home. • Having warm sympathy with Mr. Churchill's praiseworthy enter prise, I promised to give him the necessary assistance, bat cireum- stancas prevented me undertalting the work until the present titue, and mean- while death suddenly removed Mr, Churchill, Now, in order that the money collected may be utilized for the purpose for which it was sub- scribed, a Charter (without stock sub- scription) is being secured so that the incorporated company can legally and Properly lay claim to the money in the bank, andproceed to carry out the ob- jects for which the Charter is sought, viz.: "To provide a refuge for baby and infant blind, to provide free scientific care, training and maintenauce, to save the lives of oven a few of the many of such unfortunates Who, for lack of each. service, perish every year; and to return these little ones to their -parents; at school age, with normal healthy bodies -and sound minds." Such, in brief, is ..the task before the promoters. Money is urgently re- quired to carry It to successful con - platten. Canadians have never been known to turn their backs mi. any de- serving cause, claiming their aid, and surely this appeal will meet with a generous response. help new, with- out waiting to be called upon by a collector, so that the cloao of the year May see "The Blind Babies' Home, Nursery and Kindergarten" is success- ful operation in .the Capltal City of Canada. Cheques may be niatle pay- able to "Canadian Blind Babies' FIonne." A11 remittances will bo promptly acknowledged. ' C. BLACKETT ROBINSON, 168-Dufferin Road, Ottawa. • Some cotton mills in Lancashire are ,said to be paying a dividend of '800 per cent. Washing Out Gold .Nuggets.; Scarcely any metal is more widely distributed than gold. The trouble is to find much 01 It in any one i:lace. The ocean is full of gold, but at four cents' worth to the ton there is no profit in trying to extract it. There is gold scattered all through the sand of the beach on which you repose beween "clips" when you visit the sea- shore, but not enough to pay for sift- ing it out. The gold fn the sea has been de- rived from the land, being brought down to the Coast by rivers. Like- wise the gold in the. beach sand, which itself is the debris of inland rocks. In mole regions the mountains con- tain much gold, which is fetched down. to the -lowlands with the gravels borne by streams. Such gravels may be very rich in what is called "alluvial" gold. They furnished the "placers" in Cali- fornia, worked. by pioneer miners, with pat and rocker. Nowadays the stream gravels of California; and likewise those of the Yukon, are worked for gold by huge dredges, which, with huge scoop buckets mounted on endless chains, literally eat their `;ray into the stream banks, taking the gravel aboard, sep- arating the gold from It by washing and dumping the detritus overboard. - The principal by-product is pebbles, which are carried away from the dredge scow by a conveyor that de- posits them at a sufficient distance to be out of the way. In this manner small mountains 'of pebbles aro built up—a waste output, but worth money for roadlnaking and other purposes, Where Money Talks. An amusing story- is told by Col. John Ward, in With •'rho Die-Harcls en Siberia that well illustrates the ways of Bolshevik oflicialaj An Englishman wits stopped in the street in Moscow, lid says, by a com- missary of, the Teed Guard, who rough- ly demanded to see his permit. "I haven't one," was the reply, "Well,, you can't : stay. in Moa -cow without. one," "All right!' answered the English- man,. "Then 1'11 leave it, .1' dca't care about staying,"- "Iiavo yon a passe ort? "Then filo regulations will not per- mit you to quit liosppty. I'll give you live minutes- to d'eeltle what you will do," On the face of it the problem seem. ed impassible of solution. But the Englishman ,knew his Russia. He merely pulled out a.handful of ruble notes and :nye theta to the official, who promptly took his departure with a profusion of bows'and apologies, Snva Old Valve Stems, ' By all moans save old valve stems. Sometimes a valve stem is damaged and must be discarded. Tho valve stem out of an old -lube can be insert-. ed, cemented, -then' fastened by the ruing nut and lock unit, and the tube will be as good as it ever wee, Wasting, of Coal During Scar. Eaatei'a Canada is facing a serious. coal shortage. Due to labor troubles, the output 1s below the average, while railway companies are handicapped by shortage of cars. Hon. Prank Carvell, Chairman of the Railway Commission, which is now in control of the fuel sitnatier', lege 'stated that we will be fortunate to get coal, regardless of prime, Every effort' nusst be made to reduce the ceeleamptiol, and to se- cure the greatest heat efficiency pos- sible from the supply 'available. Much 1 e t otoo Muc coo is wast d by h_ ear- ly starting of turnaeee, The fleet chilly weather brings the furnace into use T fs Edlt n tem eratu is l- h 1 p. ro a Me¢t invariably followed by a waren penol•. If, by the use of other heat• , fug appliances, such as, kerosene or electric heaters, or by burning wood in the furnace, the period for con- 0Mmpti0n of goal could be shortoned, a oonelderabio saving of coal could be effected, During 1819,• Canada Im- Ooi+teil 4458,4i0 tons of antheaciee coal•In cleeetnut stove and egg Blies. Our heating egeeol1 is approielmately Se'tpn mpnthe,:a portion of wh(clt at the 'begluniisg Ahad self, is comparative• ly mild, Byan average lessening of the coal -burning period of 20'days say, five per cent. of this anthracite would besaved, or 238,000 tons, With coal selling at an average price of $16 per ton, this saving would represent' up- wards of 13,600,000. All of this coal has to be hauled by t rail To move this .288,000 tots 'requires '4,760 cars of 60 tone each. Economy in ftmia.eo operation would also considerably recluse the coal consumption. Mich uccton- sttnied carbon Isa,es im'ra ed with the ashes, and such of the heating ef- llcieney of the coal 18alyp Wasted through carelessness til firing' or in defective installation: 'Thein Male Branch ranee of the Federal Department of Mines has betted a bulletin, leo. 28, "Tho Economic Use of coal for Steam liaising and )Rouse Heating," by John: B1lzsard, B.So., which gives valuable information re- garding, tiled ecoiointc and 'efil'ciont operation of steant beaters and heating livery Caro slsotild he exorcised in the use of deal. With the liniltad sup• lily available, the eittravaganee o$ Seine means that others Wiltstiffer, 1 Hoarders in 8 y Rome. When I suddenly found Myself with nothing between nee and the world bele a, mortgaged forni, my two hands, and a little daughter, I thought it "all over" and decided to sell the land, pay what. I could on the house, and then' culti;va'te voi,etablee, chuckens, 'aridsummer �oarblerm, - During the next winter I planned, repaiired, polis'hec1, made' Curtains, eovor's,,quilts and rag carpets; I went to auction sales h the neighborhood and bought odd pieced which, when treated to several coats of white paint, furnished two vacant roomms. Mega - eines and books that lay past slim- mer's boarder friends had left behind I put away for the -winter evenings', some of the cagiest ones I- read to little Helen. In one of the books I found the card of a public library. I knew very little about the way pub- lic libraries are•run but I knew enough: to return the book to tho library. In the letter that I pent with it, I was moved to tell the librarian just how I was situated and asked 'hoe if there was any way in which• I, 'way otit in the country, could get books, Her letter told me how the library could eerie me, ho after that I have had books enough to fin ourevenings with reading and our days with happy' thoughts. Al first I allowed some of the board- ers to patronize me because I work with my hands, but I soon discovered that the people who are really worth while did not patronize ine. We met on common ground. A young woman physician who came for week ends often visited with me while I beat up a cake or molded bis- cuit. She did not • expect me to be kitchen -minded just •because I work in the kitchen. We had delightful conversations about her life in the city, my life in the country, books, biscuits or health. 'She ,gave me valu- able advice about the care of little Helen, Mrs. Martin, who had 'been in my home many times during all these years has done much to make me feel the dignity of honest and necessary labor: ' She has ample means and high 'social' position; but she is so in- terested in her home that she can, and often does, do any part of the work herself. She taught me to put clown eggs in waterglass; she did my First sun -preserved strawberries; she gave me a recipe for fruit punch which I have used at our church and neighborhood affairs ever since; she taught me how to bud.iny fruit trees and helped me plan a spring house trough en my cellar which serves bet- ter than a refrigerator. And perhaps best of all, she has proved to me that one can "do "bread work" and ,yet be an •accomplished and gracious lady. We have had several teachers with us for the entire winter. One of these especially, taught me to see a little of the beauty with which I ane sur- rounded. More than one of my sum- mer family has asked me questions about birds and trees and -wild flowers, Icould hot name even those in our own yard, and I had begun to feel ashamed of my ignorance. Miss Sautns' stay with us has enriched my whole life and of course my little Helen is en- riched too. I always thought that birds and bees and other nature things hacl to be .studied from books and that it took a long time to, learn. Miss Saums studied them wherever she found them, in the woods or fields, in the fence corners, on the way to school or to the store, enywhere. She was as happy as a child when she found a purple fringed orchid in the old wood road. She saw beauty in the clouds, the mists, a leaf, a seed burl•, a green bug; and winter did not put a stop to her pleasure. I have never had a friend who could get so much enjoyment out of snow crystals, ,bare trees and mosses. The winter even- ings gave us time to read about the things we saw during the day and to talk about ,them, so there was little time for loneliness or gossip. ,Many a time I felt that instead of accepting board money from her I ought to pay her for all that I was getting out of that winter. . In my boarder family there ,is a sweet young girl who has been around the world twice but is not •constantly talking about it; there is a surgeon who is a thorough boy, as fond of pie and cookies and pranks as any "hand" on the :farm, One of my interesting glees is a stenographer who was rear- ed in the back woods and has much to learn; she has good sense and quiet poise, and, keeping, in the background, she is learning rapidly, Not all who come under my roof become my personal friends nor even desirable members of my .family. I do the best I can to make the hone pleasant and restful for everyone, to give them what I think I should wish under similar circema:tances. Then if there are some who cannot fit themselves to the place I adopt my brother's plan with leis farm crops. Every year he tries out a few new var- ieties, and'icetains the most Satisfac- tory. I do the same. When my bro- ther finds it 'weed, like thistle or wild hellebore, that is a menace to other things, hi uproots it as soon as pos- sible: I ' watch niy boarder-obp as anrefully! A girl or woman who can have a hurtful ,influence on my family or. friends, cannot board with we Next fall when Helen ods away to sa.h0o1 h T s all miss her dreadfully, but I a no gong toy d (civil 14 t0ar.y and Iona hese. In ib a Rrsb Irlaee, I am so glad she can ge. She has her life to live as I have mine, heir,1 ons 'going to have two teaches'8 Il winter, extra guests frequently, wont for the coining summer, to say nothing of books And letters. Emerson days that the four Mesita of culture ate books, seeiety, solitude, and 'travel. " During the winter 1 'have books and solitude+ during rite susil mer I have society of eulturod £rtands for the present niy ttaVeling must the books or :friends like the 'soldier boy; alcote}tine gictitres of other lands. 11.4,"I not n great deal? And more ryi1l edm4 just es rapidly as I grow{ to need it. 'tested Recipes, Cream Fruit Pie—Line a deep pie pan With plain pis crust,. and bake, Then ley on the bottom of the crust pages of :fruit such as fresh, peaches, bananas, or berries, 'Sprinkle with sugar, .Then cover with a cream fllking, Oreain I'it1ing—lit .cup sugar, 1-8 cup flour, 1/e teaspoon salt, 2 cups milk, 2 eggs; 3h teaspoon flavoring. Mix the dry ingredients, and make a smooth paste with a part of the milk, Then add the rest of the milk and the eggs well beaten. Cook until. it thick- ens, and then Add flavoring. When cool, pour this over the fruit in the pie cruet, Just before serving, cover with whipped cream. Apple Pie with Marshmallows— Line a deep pie pan with plain pastry, and eover the bottom with well -flavor- ed apples cut in eighths. Sprinkle with brown sugar, bits of butter, and add four tablespoons of cold water. Bake until the apples are tender. Then cover the apples -with marshmallows, cut in fourths, and retarn.to the oven and brown the marshmallows, Pear'' Preserves for Christmas -2 pounds pears, 2 lemons, 2 oranges, 1 cup sliced pineapple, 1 cup pecan nuts, 1?n; pounds 'sugar. Cook the pears, the juice of the leptons and oranges, and the pineapple, which is ma in fine pieces,. over a slow fire for forty-five minutes. Then add the sugar and nuts, and cook until transparent, Place in jars, and seal with paraffin. Tho nuts and pineapple' may be omitted if one wishes. How Do You Like Gourds? Are you fond of gourds? Oh, yes, but you are, you know. The watermelon is a kind of gourd. It is 0 fruit that has an Interesting story, the vine that produces It being a desert' plant, native to South Africa, In Bechuanaland, especially in the arid region known as the Kalahari desert, watermelons are found grow- ing wild over extensive areas, a native fruit. One roads about. the "traveller's tree," the "water barrel cactus" and other dessert plants that yield stores of water for thirsty wayfarers, but the watermelon is the best and most satis- factory of them all. In Bechuana- land it furnishes drink for both man and beast. Nobody knows when this water - storing vine was first cultivated, but it must have been very long ago, for it was grown in Egypt and eouthern Asia in earliest historic times, and the peoples of southern Europe were well acquainted with the watermelon be- fore Christ was born. The Arabs, the Phoenicians and the Egyptians explored South Africa In very ancient days, seeking gold, slaves and other things of value, and doubt- less the watermelon was one of the plants they thought worth carrying home. The wild watermelon is of no great size. In this- respect it has been de- veloped by cultivation; and if more attention had been paid to slaking It sweeter and bettor flavored, it would be to -day far more excellent, Efforts In this direction, however, have re- cently been undertaken by the plant breeders. journeys of my imagination, as tit Dentists' Hobbyhorse Chairs. The average child has a rooted ob- jection to getting Into a dentist's chair, If compelled to do so it howls and otherwise creates a disturbance which upsets things and renders operative treatment difficult. A new invention by Walter F. Koken, of St. Louis, is designee to overcome this difficulty. It is a den- tist's chair in the form of a hobby- horse, with a saddla.that has an ad- )ustable back, so that the position of the child occupying it can bo altered at will, No child is likely to object to mount- ing a hobbyhorse, and so the yolls and struggles preliminary to tooth t:'c:,t- ment are avoided. Afterward the 1tt- tle patient's interest ite the steed he Is Tiding is -likely to distract his atten- ion from any sufferhnga ho may ex- perienee Many children become obstreperous when asked to sit in a barber's chair for a haircut. It was suggested by tho inventor, therefore, that the hobby- horse chair would be appropriate also for a barber shop, and it has already appeared in some cities in praeticel use. Don't Be Too Clever! Fal' more harm has 'been done to the advance of science by those who thought they "knew everything" than by the mistakes of those who have groped vaguely for truth. Moet of ns can remember how, when flying first began to show signs of de- veloping, certain queer people said it was wicked because we were never a' f we had' been that i antton m me fly,d we should have had wings! An instance of this fameofthing oe- curred in Paris when the first phono- graph was deinonstrated to the French Academy of Science, It was intro- duced toelle n sembl d s lentist s bo aMember Af tbaACl Pi avJaAOI IU ivloncei, ivhb explained kldlsbp'm jnv tion and then asked an Operator to show what tine machine could do, • s rcIthheor phitoioilongiif6a ph �it a ly w4 oef epgegfor a?bo Oitot i'b Othe Aradelnyil, name llouitlaud, rusted on to the plat- forni and, grabbing the operator's col- lar, shook him rind cried: "Black- guard!, Aro we to be made fools of by h vantriloguist7" That wee in %troll, 1878. Six months Cater the same tan stated that "after a close oxaniinatfon Of the consist mainly of t e two miles be. pheuograpli he count find nbthtng in tureen my home ail it the village, and trio • tn'ohttOA but ventriloquism," light feed a t r fJ sd mi Put a spoonful of Beirll' into your soups, stews and Mee, It will give them a delicious' new savouriness, aud.you will be able to get all the nourishment you require without making a heavy moat, TELLS OF MAR OFFAMILY ACCOUNTS BY BRITISH NEWSPAPER MEN. Boloheviki Who ' Performed, Deed Was Promoted by Premier Lenine. 0.11 possible doubts that former Bate peror Nicholas of Russia and his fami- ly were assassinated in the basement, of their prison house at Ekaterinburg on the night of July 10, 1018, seem to be dispelled by the accounts of two hide- pendeat investigators which are pub' lashed here, says a London despatch. One is printed by the London Times, and was written by its former Petro. grad Correspondent, Robert Wilton. The other appears in the •magazine, Niuetoenth Century and After, and is from the pen of Capt. Francis McCul- lagh, of the British army, who, before the war was a widely known news- paper correspondent, Both spent several weeks at Ekaterinburg, and talked with natives and soldiers who witnessed the affair through the win- dows of the 111 -fated house, Both writers agree on the important details of the story. Killed by Soldiers. The victims of the massacre, they say, numbered eleven, being the form- er Emperor, his wife, son and four daughters, Dr, Botkin -and three ser- vants. The assassination was ar- ranged by Yurovski, the jailer, in — charge of the deposed royal family, and was carried out by 12 soldiers, Captain McCullagh's story says all the doomed party, except Nlcholas, were on their_ knees, crossing them- selves, as Yurovsld shouted tho order for the execution of "Nicholas Roman - off, the bloody, and all his family." The former Czar then stepped quickie" in front of his wife and children, say- ing aying something which could not be heard, and was shot by Yurovskl. Then the remainder of the party was shot down with revolvers and later the sol- diers bayoneted tho bodies, he said. These accounts confirm previous reports, but it is known the former Emperor's mother, who is in Copen- hagen, and Queen Alexandra, of Great Britain, both have refused to give up hope of the royal family's escape un- til quite recently, when private reports furnished them by Captain McGee lagh and NIr. Wilton, at the request of relatives, convinced thein the mass- acre of the former Russian royal, family was carried out. Square of Vendence. After the assassination, Yurovekl, It is assorted, hastened to leIuscow to report the details to Nikolai Lenine, the Bolshevilci premier. According to Captain McCullagh, he was promoted to be commissioner' of life insurance in the Province of Ekaterinburg, and occupied tiro most handsome hoars0 is the town, which was confiscated from a merchant. Even the Bolshevik( of the city, however, are declared to shun him. On the square overlooked by Emperor Nicholas' Iast prison, the Bolshcvilcl local government has placed a largo sign, hearing the wards, "Square of National Vengenco," it is said. The Hilt of the Season For the Farmer's Boy Yon wept him good and healnay, Xqa hat BIM lag and strong, Than give hlni H nn•e Ivool Jersey, Mac by IliaN end Bob Yong. .e o ii ifsvi or th u r r~ k h vim , q w n /ifs �. Te t) ei10U�3g Po�o'ri th l'a MaC 3i ',,1 to013s be bright sad' m"hn It he wenrd a Bob Sans• 0rntd. = Bob tong B .ani Pure :. ow o tateEl OF -ii 8" +6r NA tile . tia . i � iMinna,.I Style; y Made for Herd a'cer, Comfort itid Smart Alme'eretibe R. 0. 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