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The Clinton News Record, 1919-7-3, Page 6STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ELABORATE PR4A1,rr)QNS ARE TAKEN FOR THEIR SAFETY. Ad/razing •r'Seorets" Apout the British Standard Pound and the Imperial s Yard Measure. • 11very person ]snows the important part that weights and measures play M. the oomme'oial and scientific ilio of a station, but how many know the ineaus that are'hadopted to keep the standards ofeweight and measure from deteriorating? - There are olgse on two hundred dif- ferent denominations of weights and measnres'in use in trade in this coun• try, says an Engish writer.. Notwlth. standing this, only two denominations are preserved, viz„ the Imperial Stand.. and Pound and the Imperial Standard Yard, All • other denominations are derived from these, The Standard Pound is a somewhat insignificant piece of platinum. It is cylindrical in shape, with a groove near the top, so that it can be lifted by means of tongs and not touched by hand. There are, of course, other stand- ards which were made from the Im- perial Standards, and they are deposit- ed at Edinburgh and Dublin, besides local standards iii use by Inspectors of Weights and Measures. The Imperial Standard Yard and its copies, which are deposited along with the Pound, are made of a bronze alloy of the following composition by weight: Copper 16,' tin 23f3, zinc 1. The alloy was selected. after numer- ous experiments, as possessing every desirable quality for a 'permanent standard at length, being strong, hard, highly elastic, and free from liability g to rust. The bars are of one inch square see - tions. The Imperial Standard Yard rests on eight equidistant rollers on a compound lever frame, so arranged as to equalize the pressure at the several points of support, while reducing the risk of bending to a minhnum. Near to the end of the bar a cylin- drical 11✓o1e, or well, .56 in. diameter, is sunk to a depth of .63, and at the bottom. of this well is inserted in a smaller hole a gold plug about 0,1 in. above the plane of the bottom of the well. On this surface of the gold plug are cut three fine lines across the bar, at intervals of about .01 in., and two lines about .026 in, apart d'long the bar. The middle transverse lines at each end are the defining lines of the Yard. They Aro To Be Tested. It is interesting to note the degree of accuracy attained in the construc- tion of the yards, In ssveral'eases no difference of length can be detected, while in one 0010 a difference of six millionths of an inch appears, An interesting cerennony takes place during the present Session of Perlia. mant, The copies of the Imperial Standards placed in the I3oi3 es of Parliament are to be verified, These copies are immured in the wall, of the staircase leading to the committee - rooms; and after the test, which takes place in the presence -of several high State officials, they are preserved similarly to the Imperial Standards; and: then put back into the cavity of the well, which is restored to its orig- inal appearance. •It might appear curious that no standard measure of capacity is pre- served. This Is not uecessn'1y, as a gallon is equal to 1.0 Ib. of distilled watereat 62 deg. Pah., with the bar - meter at 30 in. when weighed Willi bt'ass'weights, so that this can always be ascertained, provided a standard weight is available, CHAPTER D1—(Confit.) place, tool Maybe you, think 'this And tow delightful it would be What 1 *eaglet Would be—being when she was old Ououl'h to meet him married to yea! But I can tell you on kris own ground—to be .a comnnn- it just Well MMlayue you think I am 1 len for, him, the eompilnlon he had' tired of working and pinching and found weld slaving, and. nevor having any fun, incl being scolded and blamed all the time because I don't eat and walk and stand up and sit down the way you want me to, and— Where are you goin . she broke off, as her husband reached for the hat he had just tps sed aside, and started for the door. Burke turned quietly, I,is face Was very. white. .. "I'm going down to the square to He h ld 1 himself, P get something to eat. Then I'm g o- haps he would not let her marry at tug up to father's. Andes •you n0etln�t all.' He dict not think much of this sit up for me. I shall stay all night. marriage business, anyway, Not that . „All—night. he was going to show that feeling any -Per, . I d like to sleep for- ones. longer no'w, of course, From now. oAnd that's what I can't do—here." he was to show only calm content- The next moment the door had bang- ment and tranquility of soul, no mat- ,ed behind him. ter what the circumstances. Was he Helen, left alone with the baby, not a father? Had he not,in the, fell Whyc li"m y, " hollow of his h Why, Baby, he Sic— Then the anal, a precious young caught the little ink -stained figure to' life to train? g nd began to cr convulsively. y Again.; all this was very well in her and steet outside Burke stode theory, .But in practice--. along with his head high and. his, jaw Dorothy' Elizabeth was riot six sternly set. He was very angry. -Ile months old before the young father told himself that he had a right to he discovered that ptirentdlood changed angry. Surely a pian was entitled conditions, not people. Ile felt just to somo consideration! as irritated at. the way Helen' hut- In spite gf it all, however, there tared a whole sure of bread at' a was, in a far -away corner of his soul time, and said "swell"and you was, an unea.ey consciousness of a tiny as before; just as_impatient because voice "of, scorn dubbing this running he could not buy what he wanted; away of his the act of a coward and just as annoyed at the purple cushion a cad. on the red sofa. Very resolutely, however, he elle was surprised and disappointed. Very this voice by recounting again He told himself that he had suppose to himself how really abused he was ed that when a fellow made good It was a .long story. It served)to oc- resoltifions, lee was `given some show cure his mind a!I through the un - of a chance to keep them. Bat :.s if appetizing meal he tried to eat at the anyone could cultivate calm content- cheap restaurant before climbing ment and tranquility of soul as he was situat' 'dl notin his wife!he yvel be pretty, of course, sweet -tempered, and cheerful, (Was he not to train her himself?) She would be capable and sensible, too. He wonlii. see to that. To no man, in the future, should' she bring the tragedy of dis- illusionment that her mother had brought to him. No, indeed! For that Matter, however, he should not let her marry anyone foe a long time. e sou keep her Per - First, there +were not only all his ofd disappointments and annoyances to contend with, but a multitude,, of new ones. It was as if,' indeed, each particular torment had taken unto itself wife and children, so numerous had they "bcome. There was really now no peace at home. There was nothing but the baby. He had not supposed that one thing or per- son could to monopolize everything and everybody, When the baby was awake, Helen acted as if she thought the'earth swung on its axis solely to amuse it. When it slept, she seemed to think the earth ought to stand still -lest it wake Baby up. With the same wholesale tyranny she marshaled into line everything and eveybody on the earth, plainly- regarding nothing and no one as of consequence, ercept in its relationship to Baby. Such unimportant things as meals and housework, in comparison with Baby, were of even less than second consequence; and Burke grew to feel himself more and more an alien. and a nuisance in his own home. More - Elm Hill. . (To be continued.) • • CRUSOE STARTED NEW SCHOOL.! Defoe, When Past Sixty, Gave World a Real Literary Invention. Iu this year of. centenary celebra- tions we should not forget that Defoe's most celebrated story has attained the dignified age of 200 years. So much of ,a classic has this famous story become that its,authorship is of secondary im- portance, for the tale is so Unique in literary history that it is difficult to associate it with the personality of any writer. Rosier$ Louis Stevenson used to coin - plain that his literary work was judged, by the masses, on the basis of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,"rattler than on his other writings, which he considered far superior. Defoe might well matte the sante complaint, for the fame of "Robinson Crusoe" has almost obscured his really great stories, such as "22011 Flanders," "Captain Jacque" over, where before he had'found dis-' and "Captain Singleton." Still more order and `untidiness, he now found' unfortunate is the fact that the lory positive chaos, And however fond of "Robinson Creme" has overshad- Ise was of the Baby, he grew unlit- owed the important fact, in literary terably weary of searching for his belongings among Baby's rattles, balls, shirts, socks, milk bottles, blankets, and powder -puffs. The "cool, calm serenity" of Ms determination he found it difficult to responsibility of vulgarizing the Eng realise; and the delights and respon- lisp language, it is equally true that sibilities-of fatherhood began to pall he contributed largely to the creation upon him. It looked to be so long of the aggressive style which appears a way ahead, even. to teeth, talking; in eighteenth -century writing. and walking, to say nothing of the ` charm and companionship of a young Defoe was nearly sixty years of age lady daughter! when "Robinson Crusoe" was publish - Children were • all very well, of ed in 1719. The central idea of the course,—very desirable, ' But did they: book, that of a sailor marooned en an never do anything but cry? Couldn't tennis', was not novel, as Marivaux they be taught that nights were fort made use of it six years earlier in sleep, and that other people in the' his novel, "Les Effets Surprenants"; house had some rights besides them- sleep, And must they always choose but Defoe's treatment of his subject four .o'clock in the morning for a fit was so new in its freshness and of the colic? Helen said it was colic. sprightliness that no one has evef • For Ms part he believed it was no -i suggested any similarity between the thing more or Less than temper— two. in fact there is p nothing which plain, right -down temper! preceded!1'Robinaon Crusoe" which And so it went. Another winter can be cited as a model, and Defoe passed, and spring name. Matters was entitled to all the credit which were no better, but rather worse. A came to him for what Europe held as series of incompetent plaids had been „an invention, a p adding considerably to the expense— groat unexpected and little to the comfort --of the stroke of British genius." Everywhere household. Helen, as a mistress, was on the. continent the .story was widely nota success: She understood neith- imitated, its popul'arity1gave an lin- er her own duties nor those of the initiate inipettts to the new rolnanico- ntaid—which resulted in short periods realistic coneeption.of fiction. Among of poor service and frequent changes. Defoe's disciples •should be mentioned July came with its stifling heat, and Prevost, Rousseau and Barnardin de Dorothy Elizabeth, now twenty Saint -Pierre: months old showed a daily increasing disap'provai of life in general and .of Defoe's life was well calculated to her own existence in particular. supply .hin] with- ample material for Helen, worn and worried, and half lits writings, but probably the most sick from care and loss of sleep,-fol'tunate tiling for him in the gather - grew day by day more fretful, more ing of, material was the period he pass - difficult to get along with. Burke, ed in Newgate prison, serving 0 sen - also. half side from loss os sleep, and tente for seditious libel against the consumed With a fierce, inward ,re- government. Here, malting the most bellion against s,verything and every- of his opportunities, he studied thieves body, including himself, was no less Pirates, highwaymen difficult to get .along with. 1 and coiners to Of course this state of affairs could hie- heart's content, which easily ex - not continue forever. The tension blains the lifelike realism of the lead to snap sohetime. And it snap- characters which appear in the stories• • ped --over a bottle of ink in a baby's Defoe once wrote of himself: "1 have hand' some time ago sui111110d lip the scenes It happened on. Bridget's 'after- of my life in this distich: noon out," when Helen was alone with the baby. Dorothy Elizabeth, "No loan has tasted' differing fortunes propped up in her high -chair beside more, the ,dining room "'table. where her And thirteen times I have been rich mallet wee writing a letter, reached and,pome" Covetous hands toward the fascinat- ing little fat black bottle. The next instant it wild shout of glee anti an history, that Defoe was the inaugurat- or of an entirely new school of English prose fiction. ��'lzila it is quite true that he must assume his share in the Once a German Always a German.' inky tide surging from en upside- The :. naturalization' certificate of down bottle, held high above a t olden mieholas Emil Adolph A.hlers, the head, told that the quest hall been German ex -Consul at S11derIn]id, Etig successful. land, who was.uaturalized in 1005, has Things happelicd then very fast, ).'here were a dismayed cry from been revolted. The atlnquneement Polon, half -a -dozen angry spats on Wee, made In the "London Gazotto."' tiny hand, tt series of shrieks Froin This means that :1111ers will be deport- I)oret.hv Elizabeth, and . a rapidly' ed. Ahlors woe sentenced to death at epreadiug inky pall over baby, dregs Durham for high treason in December table, rug, and Helen's new frock. 1014. The sentence was gtiashod on At that moment Burke appeared in appeal, and he was liberated, but later the door. interned, He was responsible for the With wrathful eyes he swept the scene before hili, losiing not one de- historic plirese— Once to i Lerman A1-. tail of scolding woman, -shrieking hays a German," child, cl!nnerlees table, and inky •-•14-- . eltaps, Then he strode into the room, "Well, by tteorgel" he snapped. "Nitre restful place for a tired man secure a bigger there of after war to come to, isn't it? This is pour trade OV1i'sas is advocated by the idea of a• happy Homo, I suppose" Cenadiao Trade Commission, '1l16 °Vetwraught.wife and Mahone with' every ner0o tingling, ...tented slia�rp•7Ir. CYS, yes that's ri!ihi'--biotic Mal tains enc ; 0r evei;ythirrg ! Maybe yeti Mink I Wilk this is 'a ham' tertius Grouping pt Carnelian producers to y selcl goods valued at $3351000,000 to Cho 'British P)inpire in 1013. Canada's opportunity is waiting, the Canadian Trade Coin- nlssion sayr, There Are Several copies. Oh tate cylindrical ,curved surface to- wards the back, and about 46 deg. fronr''tlhe letters "P. S.," a platinum plug, haying a diameter of about 0.2 in. is visible, the centre of the plug be- ing % of an inch from the bottom of th'b weight, it will be leen that it is not aesingle .ltomogen00es piece of metal. One might ask what 'rlould happen If this weight were lost or destroyed. by flr0? The chances of this taking place are reduced as far as possible. The weight is wrapped in Swedish fil- ter paper, which is nearly frictionless,, and Inserted fn a tight silver -gilt case, which is placed in a solid bronze box, the lid of which is secured by four screws, This box is then deposited in a com- partment of om-partmentof a specially -made fireproof saf6, secured by two locks, winds the safe is kept in the strong -room in the basement of the Standards Depart- ment, OlcllPalace Yard, Westminster, One might still say that during the air raids London experienced a bomb might 'have dropped on this depart- ment, and wrecked the building and everything within. Further precau- tions are takon'to unsure that the Bri- tish pound will remain the somo in weight, even should the Imperial Standards be destroyed. When the Imperial Standards were made, sever- al other copies were also made, and deposited at the Royal Mint, Royal Observatory of Greenwich, the Houses of Parliament, and with the Royal Society of London, and the weights compared with the Imperial Standard Pound are within six ten -thousandth parts of a grain. Elaborate Precautions, The Baby's Second Sumfuei. facts plain many If the old diseases 'Uneasiness le often manifested by due to poor and impoverished blood 010111ees regarding the baby's second stream have disappeared. 'b'he • old sun3mer, It is generally supposed days of sulphur and molasses ah'e no that this period is ur•e of the most moxo. We ofr he twenti9l�ji century dangerous in the life, of the child, profsr to take our tonic in moxo palate While it is a feet that children often aUjo forms, outlier from digestive a1nd other "Thousand Isle Dressing—One, eup troubles during this period, it is not of stewed tomatoes, three onions neeeeserily . due to the fact that it chopped fine, one green pepper chop - is the child's' second summer. ed,fine. Place in a saucepan and cook The development of the child brings until thiels, , Rub through a sieve it in contact with: many sources of tufo a fruit jar and add one table- danger. It will spend muctil time spoon of sugar, one teaspoon of salt, upon.bhe door, either creeping or be- half teaspoonful of red pepper, ,one - ginning -to walk, often putting dirty half teaspoon of mustard, three things into the mouth and lin other quarters cup of salad oil, juice of one ways expose<lto dangers from which lemon, :two tablespoons of vinegar, it was immune while in its bed or ,juice of one-half orange, two'table- chair. The child is also allowed is spoons of .raw onion, grated, three more varied diet, and many times tablespoons of finely minced parsley. given foods that severely tax if they Shake until creamy and. then use. do not entirely upset the digestive This mixture will peep until used if ,organs.` Candy, pea -nuts, bananas, kept .in the refrigerator. sauces, pickles and other egtiallyim Italian Dressing—Dile-half cup of proper things find their way into the salad oil, four tablespoons of vinegar, child's : stomach without much one teaspoon of ;salt, • ono teaspoon of thought upon •the part of: the parents, red pepper, three tablespoons of save that "baby .wlnted it." grated cheese. Place in a fruit jar If the child had previously been and then shake the Mena. breast fed, wearing time has come, Sour Cream , ucumber Dressing— and often the milk given the child is Pare the cucumbers and then soak in too rich in certain elements or may Ice-cold salt water for one-half hour. not be pure or clean. Wipe dry and then grate. Place in It is for these and similar reasons a bowl and add two tablespoons of that the second summer is made so grated onion, three tablespoons of dangerous for the little one. Of finely minced parsley, two tablespoons course, at this period the child is of lemon juice, one teaspoon of salt, often teething, and a great deal too one teaspoon of red pepper, one-half much stress is placed upon this fact. teaspoon of mustard, one teaspoon of The eruption of the teeth does not sugar, one cup of sour cream, beaten cause so much trouble as the failure stiff. Blend well and then use on to remember that the digestive fish- or meat, salads, 'lettuce, tomato organs . are at :he same time taking and Iettuce or potato salad. on changes which require study upon Plain French Dressing—Place in a the part of the mother. fruit jar or a wide-mouthed bottle If the diet and surroundings re- one teaspoon of salt, one teaspoon of ceive as much care during this per- sugar, one-half teaspoon of red pep - led as during the earlier months of per, one-half cup of oil, juice of one the baby's life, many o£ the supposed lemon or three tablespoons of vine - dangers will be "avoided, and many' gar. Shake until creamy. • of the dreaded troubles of the second All of these dressings will sepa- stunmer won't appear. rate if left standing any length of time, but if mired in a fruit jar they Let Them Talk. may simply be shaken until creamy "She's got nothing to say for her- again and then used. self," was the unanimous verdict of Mayonnaise Dressing—Place the the drawing room as the door closed yolk of one egg in a soup plate and on a pretty but tongue-tied girl add one teaspoon of lemon juice, one - guest. • quarter teaspoon of red pepper, one - Probably the girl herself had quiet- quarter teaspoon of mustard. Beat with a fork until thick and creamy ly suffered agonies at her lack of before adding the oil. Then beat in social ability. Probably she will miss i the oil, adding'a little lemon juice or much worldly advantage thereby, for vinegar from time to time. This the world judges largely by exteriors, dressing may be made in a bowl with .and seldom has time to seek for the a clover egg beater. Add the salt last gold beneath. of all. More than one boy and girl have Russian Dressing—One beet, -one to thank their parents for ill -success carrot, one onion. Pare the raw in business and in social life. Not vegetables and then grate them ,into that education in the ordinarily ac- a -bowl, and add one and. one-half tea- cepted sense of- the word has beenlspoons of salt, one and one-half_tea- denied them, but because their par - spoons of red pepper, three-quarters ents have never tried to "draw them out" as children to express their teaspoon of mustard, two teaspoons own ideas, of sugar. i As a matter of fac£'the large maj- The Doctor. ority of people deliberately suppress what they please to call "chatter" in IIe entered; and the sunshine seemed childreai. I A golden graciousness he brought; If you want to 'attain perfection at As if the room, from eyes that boaaned singing 'you have' got to devote many 1 Benevolence, their warmth had hours to practice. This applies to; caught. almost any art. Why not to con -1 The air, that 'all night long had been versation . 1 A fevered breath, became as cool Self-assurance, an easy manner, a As ferns that. swing, a fretting screen Hard to Classify. Cie board of His Majesty's ships two d emotion were hotly engeged 1n an ar. o gulneut as to the class of animal a s hog belonged to Imo of thein asserting c it was n. sheep, :and the other' equally d certain it was it pig, Not being able to agree, one of thein p tanned. to an old salt who Was stand• g Ing close by, saying: "Hero, Bile you've knotticed about. e. bit. 'What is a hog? la it a pig or is s it a sheep?" c 1V.lherertp011 8111, after' dao considera. a tion, replied: "W'ell, to tell you the truth, amenity, 1 I don't know n1ucll 111ont Poultry." good flow of language, original ideas,s Of shade, above a sleeping pool; are more often than not due, ancon- ) sciously, perhaps, to careful home to- And. tender as a Shild's caress ition in the art. A home environ -1 His fingers touched the burning slain mens where children are heard, as With sympathetic tenderness; well as seen, where they,are eneour-' And cooled the scorching fire within. aged to ask questions, and to vent their own ideas, will, nine times out of ten, develop conversational ability and grace of manner -in the child in after years. The precocious child, of course, is Refreshing sleep, a breath's span long, as much to be pitied as its timid play- I had; and dreamed o6 sunny rills That romped in radiance, lilting song To heathered moors and brackened hills. I felt that I could sleep; and closed My eyes in one long sigh of rest; Anel calmly, for a moment dozed Like infants at their mother's breast. mate; but there is a happy medium to be struck between them, and par - tents, with their well-worn "be quiet, chilbl, do!" would do well to remember this. i Canning in Hot Weather. The lack of a gas stove often makes canning in summertime • exceedingly hot work, as the ordinary range heats the kitchen to an almost unbearable degree. In our home canning factory we have devised a method which has proved very efficient, especially if only one cooker is operated. First I pulled out from the old iron heap the standard .of a discarded sep- arator. The cooker) placed on this, is just the convenient height for working over it comfortably. The small iron cream basin shelf affords a convenient place for utensils, etc, Under the cooker we use a gasoline fire pot such as plumbers use in their work. It requires a little less than one quart of gasoline an hour to op- erate the fire pot And sometimes came, from 'voice- or eyes, An influence that seemed to swathe The soul'lwith hope; like sunset skies Whose golden °aline are creeds of faith. I know that, Boon, my song I'd sing, Of joyous life to sun and sky; And hear the litanies of Spring Which gladden as they glorify., _et ---- Money, Isn't Everything. "Money isn't everything," says the spendthrift as he scatters his wages to the i'our winds. Then Ino reaches middle life, with old age in the foreground, vainly wish- ing for the return of the misspent coin. It may be .true tlhttt money isn't everything, but ono thing is absolutely certain. Old Man Murrey, if he is cul- tivated through life, will not desert tho friend who has cultivated him. Ine!dentally, the fire pot 15 one of When every human friend has fled Ohl the most useful equipments wo have Man Money sticks, You can start hint on the farm. I use it frequently for off with five or ten conte a day in ear - soldering irons, heating nuts or coup ly life and keep fending him that lings that refuse to move, and many amount all through life, and in old age other eimilar purposes where a quick you will'have on your hands a rich old and intense heat is required.. Lastgentleman, albeit a pleasant and high - winter We took it into the woods with ly agreeable One, us and made hot coffee for dinner if you find the rigors of the north - quicker than 'could have been done at ern winter t00 sever'°, you may simply hams .on the It!tchern s`ove,tap Old Man Money on the shoulder, Some Delicious Salad Dres:lings. and he' ihios you to Bermuda; if you Etre.sick another tap on the shoulder Physicians tell us that a diet of brings you the best mars ea 0105 special - meat and starchy vegetables is re- is.ts the world affords. He's an agree- ponsible for many Of the ph'esertte able old man, never disputes orders ay ;ills and they urge a liberal diet aid is always ready for (luta. He f the uneool ed succulent greens, makes the proverbial busy bee and the ech as lettuce, watercress, celery, equally industrious ant look like abbage, cucumbers, corn salad, en- pikers, for lie never rests. 1:1e's cue ivo, romaine, green peppers,'raclish- size when yon go to sleep and larger es end the various herbs, such as whoa 'you wake up, : The older he gets arsley, chives, onions, lecke, taro- the stronger he bocohnea, 1f you are on, sorreland chervil a stranger iii a largo city, with no These leafy plants contain a value earthly friend to call upon, Did Man blc mineral elernenit which is necea- Money opens the doors of the best any for our daily growth Mich physi- hotels and stakes yon to the best tate a1 well-being, Now that'bheso footle town affords, ' re abundant, they should be served lint money isn't everything, nt that. the form of an appetizer anti a clad An elephant can Inch up tt needle Since rt! -thione hues made those with its trunk, Keep your eye a -on this Brand The one Tee, that new ar disappoints t1 ohost critical tastes. ' ' on a.•Seale'd� Packet as'�altai�:' e:y'a.r'i�• 673 Vickers = Virny, Successful Trans. f - Atlantic Airplane, Was • wilt For Bombing a�r.b r-ag Berlin. Both the Vickers-Viiny and the Handley -Page machines were con- structed in England during the war with a single object in vlow, to ralu bombs upon Bet'lIn .with the frequency and terrific destruction that the Ger- mans had hoped to reach in their Zep- pelin raids on the British capital, Their outstanding characteristics as bombing Plante, great cruising range, heavy weight carrying capacity, reliability and swift speed, madeethem almost ideal machines .for the trans- atlantic flight, toward which the eyes of British flying men turned when the necessity for bombing Beelln was past, The Vickers-Vimy, although over- shadowed by the huge Handley -Page, �n turn dwarfs the little Sopwlth in which Harry Hawker set .out to blaze the North Atlantic trail. • Tho Vickers- Vimy wing spread is 67 -feet, while that. of the Sopwith was 46 feet 6 laches. Tbe plane, like the Australian's, is a land machine, Capt, Alcock and Lieut. Brown tools the same chance as did Hawker, with the exception that in their case they had telt) engines to rely upon and did drop their land- ing carriage and wheels as he did. On the other hand, they carried 110 col- lapsible boat. Capt. Alcock and Lieut. Brown sat side by side in the rounded nose of the machine, with an instrument board containing all the oil, gasolene, air and engine speech and altitude gauges in front of them. The cockpit is just in front of the wings. On either silo of it, mounted between the wings, are the two Rolls-Royce. engines, with their spinning, invisible, fourbladed propellers in front of them acting as tractors. - Gasolene instead of Bombs. Equipped as a bomber, with a crew of three men, a bomb load of .1,146 pounds, 470 gallons of gasolene and other military material such as a ma- chine gun, ammunition. etc., the ma- chine weighed. 12,500 potnds and could fly at 100 miles an hour. The weight of the armament and bombs is, now used for the great gasolene .supply necessary, Botli the gunner's cockpit, behind the wings, and the bomb rack have beeu replaced by great tanks. 'Even with- one engine out of come mission the View -Vickers could "limp" along at seventy miles an hour. Cap- tain Alcock, before starting, firmly ex- pressed the opinion that. -his plane could finish the flight even if one en- gine failed many miles from land. In any event, he could stay in the air long enough to call by wireless for aid and to hunt for a ship neae which to land if motor trouble hit the plane midway in the journey. Great strain was taken off the pilot in the long journey by the fact that the machine is exceedingly stable, Its inherent stability is such, it la said, that, being fitted with a compensating mechanism, it can be flown upward, downward or on the level without a hand on the ."stick." In other words, the plane will fly itself, although `the pilot cannot, of course, relax hie men- tal es well as his physical exertions. The motors are RolIs-Royce pro- ducts, as are those o1 all the other British contestants. They are of 350 horse -power each and are generally believed to bet the most reliable Bri- tish airplane motor at the present time. They spin,. the great fonr-bladed propellers at the rate of 1,080 revolu- tions per minute. The diameter of the four -bladed propellers is ten feet, five inches, T e engines are built With a stream- line casing fitted about them so that they offer, the least possible resist- ance to the great rush of the plane through the air. The radiators, just behind the propellers are octagonal. Tho great bomber had lts trial flight in Newfoundland on Juice 9. At that time Capt. Alcock said his plane made 112 miles an hour, although this, of course, was not with the full load with which beheaded eastwar'd, Lost Wireless Apparatus. The breaking away of the pro1011er generating current for the wireless apparatus soon after the start Pre' is vented the men from oammunleatitrg with the shore, ?i'hen it happened, Lieut. Brown noticed that the propel- ler had carried away with it part of the stay wires, but 110 did not' tell Captain AlcncIt until aftee they had landed at Clffden, When Alcock learned of the accident, he said: '.nine would have tinned back had I known," Weather conditions were very bacl clueing the trip and Lieut, Brown bad to climb from his seat to clear the ice away from'ths 'petrol gauge. The two aviators said they were only once in real Clanger, when the machine went into a flat spin owing to the pilot being unable to know how the machine was moving,. Lieut. Brown, noticing that the compass needle was swinging from side to side was the first indication that some- thing was wrong, managed to get Cap- tain Alcock to understand the difficul. ty. The ntacbiuetraveled at a rate of 140 miles an hour at tines, and the pilot once found himself diving straight toward tite surface of the ocean. He was so near the water that lie had to "snatch" the machine from its dive so quickly that it almost loop- ed the loop, 1=Ie says the machine would have crumbled up had It touch. eel the water at the speed it was their ' traveling. FiAt Atlantic Postmen, Capt. Alcock exhibited a bunch of rain-soaketl letters which he hall been asked to mail if the flight was succese- ful, saying: "I am the first trans -at- lantic postman. and I think that with- in twelve months we'll have an aerial 'trans-Atlanic service." 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Ad/razing •r'Seorets" Apout the British Standard Pound and the Imperial s Yard Measure. • 11very person ]snows the important part that weights and measures play M. the oomme'oial and scientific ilio of a station, but how many know the ineaus that are'hadopted to keep the standards ofeweight and measure from deteriorating? - There are olgse on two hundred dif- ferent denominations of weights and measnres'in use in trade in this coun• try, says an Engish writer.. Notwlth. standing this, only two denominations are preserved, viz„ the Imperial Stand.. and Pound and the Imperial Standard Yard, All • other denominations are derived from these, The Standard Pound is a somewhat insignificant piece of platinum. It is cylindrical in shape, with a groove near the top, so that it can be lifted by means of tongs and not touched by hand. There are, of course, other stand- ards which were made from the Im- perial Standards, and they are deposit- ed at Edinburgh and Dublin, besides local standards iii use by Inspectors of Weights and Measures. The Imperial Standard Yard and its copies, which are deposited along with the Pound, are made of a bronze alloy of the following composition by weight: Copper 16,' tin 23f3, zinc 1. The alloy was selected. after numer- ous experiments, as possessing every desirable quality for a 'permanent standard at length, being strong, hard, highly elastic, and free from liability g to rust. The bars are of one inch square see - tions. The Imperial Standard Yard rests on eight equidistant rollers on a compound lever frame, so arranged as to equalize the pressure at the several points of support, while reducing the risk of bending to a minhnum. Near to the end of the bar a cylin- drical 11✓o1e, or well, .56 in. diameter, is sunk to a depth of .63, and at the bottom. of this well is inserted in a smaller hole a gold plug about 0,1 in. above the plane of the bottom of the well. On this surface of the gold plug are cut three fine lines across the bar, at intervals of about .01 in., and two lines about .026 in, apart d'long the bar. The middle transverse lines at each end are the defining lines of the Yard. They Aro To Be Tested. It is interesting to note the degree of accuracy attained in the construc- tion of the yards, In ssveral'eases no difference of length can be detected, while in one 0010 a difference of six millionths of an inch appears, An interesting cerennony takes place during the present Session of Perlia. mant, The copies of the Imperial Standards placed in the I3oi3 es of Parliament are to be verified, These copies are immured in the wall, of the staircase leading to the committee - rooms; and after the test, which takes place in the presence -of several high State officials, they are preserved similarly to the Imperial Standards; and: then put back into the cavity of the well, which is restored to its orig- inal appearance. •It might appear curious that no standard measure of capacity is pre- served. This Is not uecessn'1y, as a gallon is equal to 1.0 Ib. of distilled watereat 62 deg. Pah., with the bar - meter at 30 in. when weighed Willi bt'ass'weights, so that this can always be ascertained, provided a standard weight is available, CHAPTER D1—(Confit.) place, tool Maybe you, think 'this And tow delightful it would be What 1 *eaglet Would be—being when she was old Ououl'h to meet him married to yea! But I can tell you on kris own ground—to be .a comnnn- it just Well MMlayue you think I am 1 len for, him, the eompilnlon he had' tired of working and pinching and found weld slaving, and. nevor having any fun, incl being scolded and blamed all the time because I don't eat and walk and stand up and sit down the way you want me to, and— Where are you goin . she broke off, as her husband reached for the hat he had just tps sed aside, and started for the door. Burke turned quietly, I,is face Was very. white. .. "I'm going down to the square to He h ld 1 himself, P get something to eat. Then I'm g o- haps he would not let her marry at tug up to father's. Andes •you n0etln�t all.' He dict not think much of this sit up for me. I shall stay all night. marriage business, anyway, Not that . „All—night. he was going to show that feeling any -Per, . I d like to sleep for- ones. longer no'w, of course, From now. oAnd that's what I can't do—here." he was to show only calm content- The next moment the door had bang- ment and tranquility of soul, no mat- ,ed behind him. ter what the circumstances. Was he Helen, left alone with the baby, not a father? Had he not,in the, fell Whyc li"m y, " hollow of his h Why, Baby, he Sic— Then the anal, a precious young caught the little ink -stained figure to' life to train? g nd began to cr convulsively. y Again.; all this was very well in her and steet outside Burke stode theory, .But in practice--. along with his head high and. his, jaw Dorothy' Elizabeth was riot six sternly set. He was very angry. -Ile months old before the young father told himself that he had a right to he discovered that ptirentdlood changed angry. Surely a pian was entitled conditions, not people. Ile felt just to somo consideration! as irritated at. the way Helen' hut- In spite gf it all, however, there tared a whole sure of bread at' a was, in a far -away corner of his soul time, and said "swell"and you was, an unea.ey consciousness of a tiny as before; just as_impatient because voice "of, scorn dubbing this running he could not buy what he wanted; away of his the act of a coward and just as annoyed at the purple cushion a cad. on the red sofa. Very resolutely, however, he elle was surprised and disappointed. Very this voice by recounting again He told himself that he had suppose to himself how really abused he was ed that when a fellow made good It was a .long story. It served)to oc- resoltifions, lee was `given some show cure his mind a!I through the un - of a chance to keep them. Bat :.s if appetizing meal he tried to eat at the anyone could cultivate calm content- cheap restaurant before climbing ment and tranquility of soul as he was situat' 'dl notin his wife!he yvel be pretty, of course, sweet -tempered, and cheerful, (Was he not to train her himself?) She would be capable and sensible, too. He wonlii. see to that. To no man, in the future, should' she bring the tragedy of dis- illusionment that her mother had brought to him. No, indeed! For that Matter, however, he should not let her marry anyone foe a long time. e sou keep her Per - First, there +were not only all his ofd disappointments and annoyances to contend with, but a multitude,, of new ones. It was as if,' indeed, each particular torment had taken unto itself wife and children, so numerous had they "bcome. There was really now no peace at home. There was nothing but the baby. He had not supposed that one thing or per- son could to monopolize everything and everybody, When the baby was awake, Helen acted as if she thought the'earth swung on its axis solely to amuse it. When it slept, she seemed to think the earth ought to stand still -lest it wake Baby up. With the same wholesale tyranny she marshaled into line everything and eveybody on the earth, plainly- regarding nothing and no one as of consequence, ercept in its relationship to Baby. Such unimportant things as meals and housework, in comparison with Baby, were of even less than second consequence; and Burke grew to feel himself more and more an alien. and a nuisance in his own home. More - Elm Hill. . (To be continued.) • • CRUSOE STARTED NEW SCHOOL.! Defoe, When Past Sixty, Gave World a Real Literary Invention. Iu this year of. centenary celebra- tions we should not forget that Defoe's most celebrated story has attained the dignified age of 200 years. So much of ,a classic has this famous story become that its,authorship is of secondary im- portance, for the tale is so Unique in literary history that it is difficult to associate it with the personality of any writer. Rosier$ Louis Stevenson used to coin - plain that his literary work was judged, by the masses, on the basis of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,"rattler than on his other writings, which he considered far superior. Defoe might well matte the sante complaint, for the fame of "Robinson Crusoe" has almost obscured his really great stories, such as "22011 Flanders," "Captain Jacque" over, where before he had'found dis-' and "Captain Singleton." Still more order and `untidiness, he now found' unfortunate is the fact that the lory positive chaos, And however fond of "Robinson Creme" has overshad- Ise was of the Baby, he grew unlit- owed the important fact, in literary terably weary of searching for his belongings among Baby's rattles, balls, shirts, socks, milk bottles, blankets, and powder -puffs. The "cool, calm serenity" of Ms determination he found it difficult to responsibility of vulgarizing the Eng realise; and the delights and respon- lisp language, it is equally true that sibilities-of fatherhood began to pall he contributed largely to the creation upon him. It looked to be so long of the aggressive style which appears a way ahead, even. to teeth, talking; in eighteenth -century writing. and walking, to say nothing of the ` charm and companionship of a young Defoe was nearly sixty years of age lady daughter! when "Robinson Crusoe" was publish - Children were • all very well, of ed in 1719. The central idea of the course,—very desirable, ' But did they: book, that of a sailor marooned en an never do anything but cry? Couldn't tennis', was not novel, as Marivaux they be taught that nights were fort made use of it six years earlier in sleep, and that other people in the' his novel, "Les Effets Surprenants"; house had some rights besides them- sleep, And must they always choose but Defoe's treatment of his subject four .o'clock in the morning for a fit was so new in its freshness and of the colic? Helen said it was colic. sprightliness that no one has evef • For Ms part he believed it was no -i suggested any similarity between the thing more or Less than temper— two. in fact there is p nothing which plain, right -down temper! preceded!1'Robinaon Crusoe" which And so it went. Another winter can be cited as a model, and Defoe passed, and spring name. Matters was entitled to all the credit which were no better, but rather worse. A came to him for what Europe held as series of incompetent plaids had been „an invention, a p adding considerably to the expense— groat unexpected and little to the comfort --of the stroke of British genius." Everywhere household. Helen, as a mistress, was on the. continent the .story was widely nota success: She understood neith- imitated, its popul'arity1gave an lin- er her own duties nor those of the initiate inipettts to the new rolnanico- ntaid—which resulted in short periods realistic coneeption.of fiction. Among of poor service and frequent changes. Defoe's disciples •should be mentioned July came with its stifling heat, and Prevost, Rousseau and Barnardin de Dorothy Elizabeth, now twenty Saint -Pierre: months old showed a daily increasing disap'provai of life in general and .of Defoe's life was well calculated to her own existence in particular. supply .hin] with- ample material for Helen, worn and worried, and half lits writings, but probably the most sick from care and loss of sleep,-fol'tunate tiling for him in the gather - grew day by day more fretful, more ing of, material was the period he pass - difficult to get along with. Burke, ed in Newgate prison, serving 0 sen - also. half side from loss os sleep, and tente for seditious libel against the consumed With a fierce, inward ,re- government. Here, malting the most bellion against s,verything and every- of his opportunities, he studied thieves body, including himself, was no less Pirates, highwaymen difficult to get .along with. 1 and coiners to Of course this state of affairs could hie- heart's content, which easily ex - not continue forever. The tension blains the lifelike realism of the lead to snap sohetime. And it snap- characters which appear in the stories• • ped --over a bottle of ink in a baby's Defoe once wrote of himself: "1 have hand' some time ago sui111110d lip the scenes It happened on. Bridget's 'after- of my life in this distich: noon out," when Helen was alone with the baby. Dorothy Elizabeth, "No loan has tasted' differing fortunes propped up in her high -chair beside more, the ,dining room "'table. where her And thirteen times I have been rich mallet wee writing a letter, reached and,pome" Covetous hands toward the fascinat- ing little fat black bottle. The next instant it wild shout of glee anti an history, that Defoe was the inaugurat- or of an entirely new school of English prose fiction. ��'lzila it is quite true that he must assume his share in the Once a German Always a German.' inky tide surging from en upside- The :. naturalization' certificate of down bottle, held high above a t olden mieholas Emil Adolph A.hlers, the head, told that the quest hall been German ex -Consul at S11derIn]id, Etig successful. land, who was.uaturalized in 1005, has Things happelicd then very fast, ).'here were a dismayed cry from been revolted. The atlnquneement Polon, half -a -dozen angry spats on Wee, made In the "London Gazotto."' tiny hand, tt series of shrieks Froin This means that :1111ers will be deport- I)oret.hv Elizabeth, and . a rapidly' ed. Ahlors woe sentenced to death at epreadiug inky pall over baby, dregs Durham for high treason in December table, rug, and Helen's new frock. 1014. The sentence was gtiashod on At that moment Burke appeared in appeal, and he was liberated, but later the door. interned, He was responsible for the With wrathful eyes he swept the scene before hili, losiing not one de- historic plirese— Once to i Lerman A1-. tail of scolding woman, -shrieking hays a German," child, cl!nnerlees table, and inky •-•14-- . eltaps, Then he strode into the room, "Well, by tteorgel" he snapped. "Nitre restful place for a tired man secure a bigger there of after war to come to, isn't it? This is pour trade OV1i'sas is advocated by the idea of a• happy Homo, I suppose" Cenadiao Trade Commission, '1l16 °Vetwraught.wife and Mahone with' every ner0o tingling, ...tented slia�rp•7Ir. CYS, yes that's ri!ihi'--biotic Mal tains enc ; 0r evei;ythirrg ! Maybe yeti Mink I Wilk this is 'a ham' tertius Grouping pt Carnelian producers to y selcl goods valued at $3351000,000 to Cho 'British P)inpire in 1013. Canada's opportunity is waiting, the Canadian Trade Coin- nlssion sayr, There Are Several copies. Oh tate cylindrical ,curved surface to- wards the back, and about 46 deg. fronr''tlhe letters "P. S.," a platinum plug, haying a diameter of about 0.2 in. is visible, the centre of the plug be- ing % of an inch from the bottom of th'b weight, it will be leen that it is not aesingle .ltomogen00es piece of metal. One might ask what 'rlould happen If this weight were lost or destroyed. by flr0? The chances of this taking place are reduced as far as possible. The weight is wrapped in Swedish fil- ter paper, which is nearly frictionless,, and Inserted fn a tight silver -gilt case, which is placed in a solid bronze box, the lid of which is secured by four screws, This box is then deposited in a com- partment of om-partmentof a specially -made fireproof saf6, secured by two locks, winds the safe is kept in the strong -room in the basement of the Standards Depart- ment, OlcllPalace Yard, Westminster, One might still say that during the air raids London experienced a bomb might 'have dropped on this depart- ment, and wrecked the building and everything within. Further precau- tions are takon'to unsure that the Bri- tish pound will remain the somo in weight, even should the Imperial Standards be destroyed. When the Imperial Standards were made, sever- al other copies were also made, and deposited at the Royal Mint, Royal Observatory of Greenwich, the Houses of Parliament, and with the Royal Society of London, and the weights compared with the Imperial Standard Pound are within six ten -thousandth parts of a grain. Elaborate Precautions, The Baby's Second Sumfuei. facts plain many If the old diseases 'Uneasiness le often manifested by due to poor and impoverished blood 010111ees regarding the baby's second stream have disappeared. 'b'he • old sun3mer, It is generally supposed days of sulphur and molasses ah'e no that this period is ur•e of the most moxo. We ofr he twenti9l�ji century dangerous in the life, of the child, profsr to take our tonic in moxo palate While it is a feet that children often aUjo forms, outlier from digestive a1nd other "Thousand Isle Dressing—One, eup troubles during this period, it is not of stewed tomatoes, three onions neeeeserily . due to the fact that it chopped fine, one green pepper chop - is the child's' second summer. ed,fine. Place in a saucepan and cook The development of the child brings until thiels, , Rub through a sieve it in contact with: many sources of tufo a fruit jar and add one table- danger. It will spend muctil time spoon of sugar, one teaspoon of salt, upon.bhe door, either creeping or be- half teaspoonful of red pepper, ,one - ginning -to walk, often putting dirty half teaspoon of mustard, three things into the mouth and lin other quarters cup of salad oil, juice of one ways expose<lto dangers from which lemon, :two tablespoons of vinegar, it was immune while in its bed or ,juice of one-half orange, two'table- chair. The child is also allowed is spoons of .raw onion, grated, three more varied diet, and many times tablespoons of finely minced parsley. given foods that severely tax if they Shake until creamy and. then use. do not entirely upset the digestive This mixture will peep until used if ,organs.` Candy, pea -nuts, bananas, kept .in the refrigerator. sauces, pickles and other egtiallyim Italian Dressing—Dile-half cup of proper things find their way into the salad oil, four tablespoons of vinegar, child's : stomach without much one teaspoon of ;salt, • ono teaspoon of thought upon •the part of: the parents, red pepper, three tablespoons of save that "baby .wlnted it." grated cheese. Place in a fruit jar If the child had previously been and then shake the Mena. breast fed, wearing time has come, Sour Cream , ucumber Dressing— and often the milk given the child is Pare the cucumbers and then soak in too rich in certain elements or may Ice-cold salt water for one-half hour. not be pure or clean. Wipe dry and then grate. Place in It is for these and similar reasons a bowl and add two tablespoons of that the second summer is made so grated onion, three tablespoons of dangerous for the little one. Of finely minced parsley, two tablespoons course, at this period the child is of lemon juice, one teaspoon of salt, often teething, and a great deal too one teaspoon of red pepper, one-half much stress is placed upon this fact. teaspoon of mustard, one teaspoon of The eruption of the teeth does not sugar, one cup of sour cream, beaten cause so much trouble as the failure stiff. Blend well and then use on to remember that the digestive fish- or meat, salads, 'lettuce, tomato organs . are at :he same time taking and Iettuce or potato salad. on changes which require study upon Plain French Dressing—Place in a the part of the mother. fruit jar or a wide-mouthed bottle If the diet and surroundings re- one teaspoon of salt, one teaspoon of ceive as much care during this per- sugar, one-half teaspoon of red pep - led as during the earlier months of per, one-half cup of oil, juice of one the baby's life, many o£ the supposed lemon or three tablespoons of vine - dangers will be "avoided, and many' gar. Shake until creamy. • of the dreaded troubles of the second All of these dressings will sepa- stunmer won't appear. rate if left standing any length of time, but if mired in a fruit jar they Let Them Talk. may simply be shaken until creamy "She's got nothing to say for her- again and then used. self," was the unanimous verdict of Mayonnaise Dressing—Place the the drawing room as the door closed yolk of one egg in a soup plate and on a pretty but tongue-tied girl add one teaspoon of lemon juice, one - guest. • quarter teaspoon of red pepper, one - Probably the girl herself had quiet- quarter teaspoon of mustard. Beat with a fork until thick and creamy ly suffered agonies at her lack of before adding the oil. Then beat in social ability. Probably she will miss i the oil, adding'a little lemon juice or much worldly advantage thereby, for vinegar from time to time. This the world judges largely by exteriors, dressing may be made in a bowl with .and seldom has time to seek for the a clover egg beater. Add the salt last gold beneath. of all. More than one boy and girl have Russian Dressing—One beet, -one to thank their parents for ill -success carrot, one onion. Pare the raw in business and in social life. Not vegetables and then grate them ,into that education in the ordinarily ac- a -bowl, and add one and. one-half tea- cepted sense of- the word has beenlspoons of salt, one and one-half_tea- denied them, but because their par - spoons of red pepper, three-quarters ents have never tried to "draw them out" as children to express their teaspoon of mustard, two teaspoons own ideas, of sugar. i As a matter of fac£'the large maj- The Doctor. ority of people deliberately suppress what they please to call "chatter" in IIe entered; and the sunshine seemed childreai. I A golden graciousness he brought; If you want to 'attain perfection at As if the room, from eyes that boaaned singing 'you have' got to devote many 1 Benevolence, their warmth had hours to practice. This applies to; caught. almost any art. Why not to con -1 The air, that 'all night long had been versation . 1 A fevered breath, became as cool Self-assurance, an easy manner, a As ferns that. swing, a fretting screen Hard to Classify. Cie board of His Majesty's ships two d emotion were hotly engeged 1n an ar. o gulneut as to the class of animal a s hog belonged to Imo of thein asserting c it was n. sheep, :and the other' equally d certain it was it pig, Not being able to agree, one of thein p tanned. to an old salt who Was stand• g Ing close by, saying: "Hero, Bile you've knotticed about. e. bit. 'What is a hog? la it a pig or is s it a sheep?" c 1V.lherertp011 8111, after' dao considera. a tion, replied: "W'ell, to tell you the truth, amenity, 1 I don't know n1ucll 111ont Poultry." good flow of language, original ideas,s Of shade, above a sleeping pool; are more often than not due, ancon- ) sciously, perhaps, to careful home to- And. tender as a Shild's caress ition in the art. A home environ -1 His fingers touched the burning slain mens where children are heard, as With sympathetic tenderness; well as seen, where they,are eneour-' And cooled the scorching fire within. aged to ask questions, and to vent their own ideas, will, nine times out of ten, develop conversational ability and grace of manner -in the child in after years. The precocious child, of course, is Refreshing sleep, a breath's span long, as much to be pitied as its timid play- I had; and dreamed o6 sunny rills That romped in radiance, lilting song To heathered moors and brackened hills. I felt that I could sleep; and closed My eyes in one long sigh of rest; Anel calmly, for a moment dozed Like infants at their mother's breast. mate; but there is a happy medium to be struck between them, and par - tents, with their well-worn "be quiet, chilbl, do!" would do well to remember this. i Canning in Hot Weather. The lack of a gas stove often makes canning in summertime • exceedingly hot work, as the ordinary range heats the kitchen to an almost unbearable degree. In our home canning factory we have devised a method which has proved very efficient, especially if only one cooker is operated. First I pulled out from the old iron heap the standard .of a discarded sep- arator. The cooker) placed on this, is just the convenient height for working over it comfortably. The small iron cream basin shelf affords a convenient place for utensils, etc, Under the cooker we use a gasoline fire pot such as plumbers use in their work. It requires a little less than one quart of gasoline an hour to op- erate the fire pot And sometimes came, from 'voice- or eyes, An influence that seemed to swathe The soul'lwith hope; like sunset skies Whose golden °aline are creeds of faith. I know that, Boon, my song I'd sing, Of joyous life to sun and sky; And hear the litanies of Spring Which gladden as they glorify., _et ---- Money, Isn't Everything. "Money isn't everything," says the spendthrift as he scatters his wages to the i'our winds. Then Ino reaches middle life, with old age in the foreground, vainly wish- ing for the return of the misspent coin. It may be .true tlhttt money isn't everything, but ono thing is absolutely certain. Old Man Murrey, if he is cul- tivated through life, will not desert tho friend who has cultivated him. Ine!dentally, the fire pot 15 one of When every human friend has fled Ohl the most useful equipments wo have Man Money sticks, You can start hint on the farm. I use it frequently for off with five or ten conte a day in ear - soldering irons, heating nuts or coup ly life and keep fending him that lings that refuse to move, and many amount all through life, and in old age other eimilar purposes where a quick you will'have on your hands a rich old and intense heat is required.. Lastgentleman, albeit a pleasant and high - winter We took it into the woods with ly agreeable One, us and made hot coffee for dinner if you find the rigors of the north - quicker than 'could have been done at ern winter t00 sever'°, you may simply hams .on the It!tchern s`ove,tap Old Man Money on the shoulder, Some Delicious Salad Dres:lings. and he' ihios you to Bermuda; if you Etre.sick another tap on the shoulder Physicians tell us that a diet of brings you the best mars ea 0105 special - meat and starchy vegetables is re- is.ts the world affords. He's an agree- ponsible for many Of the ph'esertte able old man, never disputes orders ay ;ills and they urge a liberal diet aid is always ready for (luta. He f the uneool ed succulent greens, makes the proverbial busy bee and the ech as lettuce, watercress, celery, equally industrious ant look like abbage, cucumbers, corn salad, en- pikers, for lie never rests. 1:1e's cue ivo, romaine, green peppers,'raclish- size when yon go to sleep and larger es end the various herbs, such as whoa 'you wake up, : The older he gets arsley, chives, onions, lecke, taro- the stronger he bocohnea, 1f you are on, sorreland chervil a stranger iii a largo city, with no These leafy plants contain a value earthly friend to call upon, Did Man blc mineral elernenit which is necea- Money opens the doors of the best any for our daily growth Mich physi- hotels and stakes yon to the best tate a1 well-being, Now that'bheso footle town affords, ' re abundant, they should be served lint money isn't everything, nt that. the form of an appetizer anti a clad An elephant can Inch up tt needle Since rt! -thione hues made those with its trunk, Keep your eye a -on this Brand The one Tee, that new ar disappoints t1 ohost critical tastes. ' ' on a.•Seale'd� Packet as'�altai�:' e:y'a.r'i�• 673 Vickers = Virny, Successful Trans. f - Atlantic Airplane, Was • wilt For Bombing a�r.b r-ag Berlin. Both the Vickers-Viiny and the Handley -Page machines were con- structed in England during the war with a single object in vlow, to ralu bombs upon Bet'lIn .with the frequency and terrific destruction that the Ger- mans had hoped to reach in their Zep- pelin raids on the British capital, Their outstanding characteristics as bombing Plante, great cruising range, heavy weight carrying capacity, reliability and swift speed, madeethem almost ideal machines .for the trans- atlantic flight, toward which the eyes of British flying men turned when the necessity for bombing Beelln was past, The Vickers-Vimy, although over- shadowed by the huge Handley -Page, �n turn dwarfs the little Sopwlth in which Harry Hawker set .out to blaze the North Atlantic trail. • Tho Vickers- Vimy wing spread is 67 -feet, while that. of the Sopwith was 46 feet 6 laches. Tbe plane, like the Australian's, is a land machine, Capt, Alcock and Lieut. Brown tools the same chance as did Hawker, with the exception that in their case they had telt) engines to rely upon and did drop their land- ing carriage and wheels as he did. On the other hand, they carried 110 col- lapsible boat. Capt. Alcock and Lieut. Brown sat side by side in the rounded nose of the machine, with an instrument board containing all the oil, gasolene, air and engine speech and altitude gauges in front of them. The cockpit is just in front of the wings. On either silo of it, mounted between the wings, are the two Rolls-Royce. engines, with their spinning, invisible, fourbladed propellers in front of them acting as tractors. - Gasolene instead of Bombs. Equipped as a bomber, with a crew of three men, a bomb load of .1,146 pounds, 470 gallons of gasolene and other military material such as a ma- chine gun, ammunition. etc., the ma- chine weighed. 12,500 potnds and could fly at 100 miles an hour. The weight of the armament and bombs is, now used for the great gasolene .supply necessary, Botli the gunner's cockpit, behind the wings, and the bomb rack have beeu replaced by great tanks. 'Even with- one engine out of come mission the View -Vickers could "limp" along at seventy miles an hour. Cap- tain Alcock, before starting, firmly ex- pressed the opinion that. -his plane could finish the flight even if one en- gine failed many miles from land. In any event, he could stay in the air long enough to call by wireless for aid and to hunt for a ship neae which to land if motor trouble hit the plane midway in the journey. Great strain was taken off the pilot in the long journey by the fact that the machine is exceedingly stable, Its inherent stability is such, it la said, that, being fitted with a compensating mechanism, it can be flown upward, downward or on the level without a hand on the ."stick." In other words, the plane will fly itself, although `the pilot cannot, of course, relax hie men- tal es well as his physical exertions. The motors are RolIs-Royce pro- ducts, as are those o1 all the other British contestants. They are of 350 horse -power each and are generally believed to bet the most reliable Bri- tish airplane motor at the present time. They spin,. the great fonr-bladed propellers at the rate of 1,080 revolu- tions per minute. The diameter of the four -bladed propellers is ten feet, five inches, T e engines are built With a stream- line casing fitted about them so that they offer, the least possible resist- ance to the great rush of the plane through the air. The radiators, just behind the propellers are octagonal. Tho great bomber had lts trial flight in Newfoundland on Juice 9. At that time Capt. Alcock said his plane made 112 miles an hour, although this, of course, was not with the full load with which beheaded eastwar'd, Lost Wireless Apparatus. The breaking away of the pro1011er generating current for the wireless apparatus soon after the start Pre' is vented the men from oammunleatitrg with the shore, ?i'hen it happened, Lieut. Brown noticed that the propel- ler had carried away with it part of the stay wires, but 110 did not' tell Captain AlcncIt until aftee they had landed at Clffden, When Alcock learned of the accident, he said: '.nine would have tinned back had I known," Weather conditions were very bacl clueing the trip and Lieut, Brown bad to climb from his seat to clear the ice away from'ths 'petrol gauge. The two aviators said they were only once in real Clanger, when the machine went into a flat spin owing to the pilot being unable to know how the machine was moving,. Lieut. Brown, noticing that the compass needle was swinging from side to side was the first indication that some- thing was wrong, managed to get Cap- tain Alcock to understand the difficul. ty. The ntacbiuetraveled at a rate of 140 miles an hour at tines, and the pilot once found himself diving straight toward tite surface of the ocean. He was so near the water that lie had to "snatch" the machine from its dive so quickly that it almost loop- ed the loop, 1=Ie says the machine would have crumbled up had It touch. eel the water at the speed it was their ' traveling. FiAt Atlantic Postmen, Capt. Alcock exhibited a bunch of rain-soaketl letters which he hall been asked to mail if the flight was succese- ful, saying: "I am the first trans -at- lantic postman. and I think that with- in twelve months we'll have an aerial 'trans-Atlanic service." 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