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CHAP, XL—(Cont'd.) snug in my Arms, how, by and by,
'Mrs, Denby!' he eeisped. But in she'd lse a little girl, and then a young
stantly he fell back; for the young lady. And she was iso sweet ,,and
pretty, and—and I loved her eel" ;And
1 got to thinking how I'd feel If some-
body took her awasefrom ine the way
I took Berke away from his father,
and married her when I didn't want
her to, any tliore'n Burke's father
wanted him to; and L—I could seelhen
how he must have felt, worshipping
Burke as he did. I know—I t*ecl, to
see them together, when I was num
there with Mrs. Allen' q children. I
never saw e father and son so much
118 doted on Burke. I
know now how he felt. And•—and it's
turned out the way he said. ,1 hain't
been the one fol Burke at all., I've
—I've dragged tint down."
"Mrs. Denby, pleese—ee begged the
doctor,
But she paused only long enough to
shake her head.
teceriees for all the word like a ten -
penny -dreadful stage heroine, hissed
Put a tragie "Sh-hl I don't want any-
body to knew my namel" witha cau-
tious glanee toward the none -too -
rapidly disappearing Hawkine.
what does- .thie, •mean?" de-
manded Frank Gleason, when he could
find words. "Where's Burke?" '
"He's left me."
"Left you! Impossible!"
"Yes," She drew in her breath con-
vulsively. "He says it's only to
Alaska with his father; but that's just
to let me down easy."
"Oh, but, Mrs. Denby—"
"You needn't try to make me think
any different,' the interposed, sink-
ing wearily into the chair the doctor
placed for her; 'anise yen can't. I've
been over everything you could say.
All the way down'lhere I didn't have
anything to do only just to think and
think. And I see now—such lots of
things that I.never saw before."
"But, why—how do you know—what
made. you think he has—left tree?"
stammered the doctor.
"Because he's ashamed of me;
"Oh, Mrs. Denby!"
"You don't havetto says anything
about that, :either," said Mrs. Denby
very quietly. Add. before the dumb
agony in the eyesturned full upon
him, he fell silent.
"There ain't any question as to
what has been done; it's just what
Pm going to do," she went on wearily
again. "He::s'ent me ten thousand dol-
lars—BurIt'e's father did; and—"
"John Denby sent you ten thousand
dollars!" exploded the doctor, sitting
erect.
"Yes; a check. I've got it here,
He sent it for a playday, you know,"
nodded Mrs. Denby, shifting the
weight of the baby in her arms. "And
—and that's why I came to you."
"To—to me," stammered the doctor,
growing suddenly alertly miserable
and nervous again. "A—a playday!
But I—I—that is—how—"
"Oh, I'm not going to take the play -
day. I couldn't even think play—
now," she choked. "Ites—" Thdn in
a breathless burst it mime. "Doctor,
"Yes, I have. I know. I've been
thinking it all over—the life we've
led together,
and what he might have
had, if he hadn't had—if it hadn't
been for me, And that's why, now, I
want to see if— a I can't learn how to
—to make him not, ashamed of me.
And it ain't for me, only, it's for Dor-
othy Elizabeth. I want to teach her.
It's bad enough to have him ashamed
of me; but I—I just couldn't stand it
if he should ever be—be ashamed of
—her, And now—won't you help me,
please? Remember, Burke don't want
me at home, ritnes 46 I'm not displeas-
ing him. Won't you help me? It's
my onlY—cha-ncel"
, (To be continued.)
FISHING OOVESTS.
A Common"Eveni In the Rural Ws-
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tries 'of England.
Three'lundred anglers stand or sit
on the batik of the canal in the glare
of the suenner sun. They are in "ex-
tended order," and stretch nearly two
miles. A whistle is blown. Three
hundred rods aft lifted up, 800 lines
swish through the air and 800 baited
hooks fall lightly en the water. The
fishing contest has' begun.
This is Lt common sight in the rural
parte of England. In Yorkshire and
Lancashire there are thousands of
you can—you will help ine, won't you? fishing clubs, and every club has its
—to learn to stand and walk and talk match. Intleed; the match is some -
and eat soup and wear the right times the cause ot the club's exist -
clothes and finger nails and hair,you ence, for men who are not anglers will
know, and not say the wrong things, promote a club solely for the sake of
and everything the way Burke's the daY%i the counts), the match pro -
fiends do—you and all the rest of
them—you knew, so I can be swell The affair is worked on carefully
and grand, too, and he won't be regulated lines. A weekly payment
ashamed of me! And is tee thousand Is made into the club. Prizes are
dollars enough to pay—for learning bought ranging from a case of pipes
all that?" . to half a suite of furniture, and always
From sheer inability to speak, the including the favored copper kettle.
man could only fall back in his chair There are so many prizes that every
and stare dumblycompetitor may get _one, even if he
"Please, please don't look at me like does net attend the match; and some -
that," besotight the young woman times, if the prizes are given out in
frenziedly. "It's just as if you: said money, members may actually receive
you couldn't help me. But you can! more than they have paid in,
I know you cam And I can do it. I The day of the contest a tyro -mile
know that, too. I readeit in a book, length,of the canal is pegged out and
once, about a girl who—who was Like numbered. ' Competitors draw their
me. And she went away and got per- numbers but of a bag and proceed to
feebly grand clothes, and learning, and their stations. No man Inlows where
all; and then she came back; and he he will fish till he has drawn his num-
-he didn't know her at first—her bus- bered ticket. After putting their
band, and he fell in love with her all tackle together they study the' rules
over again. And she didn't have near while waiting the starting signal,
sb much money as I've got; Doctor, Bach man must stick to his peg apd
you will help me?" not encroach on his neighbor's length.
The doctor, with his shocked, emaz- Scouts patrol the lines to see that all
ed eyes on the piteously pleading face is fair and square. '
npposite, threw up his hands in When the match is over rods are
despair. taken clown and luckless anglers de -
"But I—you—Burke— Oh, Heavens, part for the village Inn, while those
my dear lady! How utterly, utterly with fish stay at their pegs till the
impossible this all is. Come, come, weighers -in come down the. ine with
. what am I thinking of?—and you with scales and book the catches in terms
not even your hat off yet! And that of weight and numbers These are an -
child! I'll call Hawkins at once. He nounced later at the inn. -
and his wife are all there are left here Do not jump to the conclusion that
just now,—my sister's at the beach. these affairs lack sport or, interest.
But they'll make you and little Miss No two matches are alike. Seine -
Dorothy Elizabeth here comfortable times a .hundred contestants may not
for the. night.' Then, to -morrow, after catch a dozen pounds of fish among
a good sleep, we'll—we'll fix M all up. tham, and a prize of a half a ton of
I'll get Berke on the long distance, coal may go to a man with an ounce
and—" ' , • of fish, Another time the catch may
"Dr. Gleason," interrupted Helen. be reckoned nearly in hundred -
Denby, With a calmness that would *weights, and the winper may, have 10
have deceived him had he not seen or 15 pounds of fish to his credit.
her eyes, "my husband isn't worrying
about Me. He thinks I'm at home
Who Makes Most Motley?
now. When he Ands I'm not, he'll
think I've gone to my old home town Mr. Booth ',Carrington, the writer of
where he told me to ge for a visit. "Montieur Bertucaire," Is one of the
i He won't worry thee. So that's 1111 wealthiest authors, ; It was stated a
right. Don't you see? He1s sent me few years ago that he had made els
away—sent me. If you telt him now 000,000 out of his writiegs.
that I am here, ,I will *walk right When success arrives, the Pea Is a
straight out of that door, and neither mighty producer of svealth. It is not,
you nor him tor anybody else I know however, more lucrative than cinema
shall ever see me agiiin." acting, Charlie Chaplin's annual
"Oh, come, come,' portested the earnings have been estimated at a
doctor, again helplessly, quarter of a minket, .and Mary Pick.
Once more Helen interrupted. ford, who has just declared her intern
"Doctor, why can't you be 'straight !Wm of. retiring, will relinquish et,.
with me?" she pleaded, "I had to 5Q0,000 a year when she ceases act.
comMg for the screen.e to yell. There wasn't anybody .
Opera eingere, like Caruso, ' tofu
else I •could go td. And there isn't ..
thousands of dollars in a few minutes.
any other eetty out of it—lbut this. I
tell you I've been doing seine thinking. So dll prize.winners in big competh
Gene. But tethaps boxing bringi3 it
All the way down here it's been just
think, thihk, think."
The doctor wet hit liPs.
"But, if—if Burke knew—"
"Look -a -here," cut in Helen raso-
hitely, "you've been to our house (mite
a lot Since Berke and nle wet Marripd,
;You think I made Burke real haPPY,
doh't eell?" ....
There 'mut no answ-evi ' ---- 1 1,1nderetealc14 0 ye, q lyr ker 1» tho
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with Your /ipa, Doctor, ?bur faCe tAff).utiiiillittaii. tliltilifIlbt it=
Said thein; °Nerved lilelen, it Iitt »I
dryly,
"Well -.r6, then;—,bat I feel No a it) 464 a Oltalelf rittmont at the
brute to say it," „I* , et llitetalltrb' l'r:nok% Oat int;
' "Yeti neetclift, 3 Made Sit, traitidos,, 0
Von glad to have ;eat say 9. Wo 'b ot 't r 044 et' Freis'Oft Deo)* 000.0.
right mit in the epett, now, anti May146 Oti to tee belellige lelettell, nitunnei,
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the biggest sums per millute, if we
&chat° epeculatore, and as au in-
stance; the recent contest between
Doinpsey and Willard maY be quoted.
Dempaey won in ten minutes and se-
cured $100,000, or $10,000 per minute,
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DEVON MEN HEARD'
DRAKE'S DRUM
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TME DAY THE quIMAN FLEET
SURRENDERED.
povonehlro sallore Eelleve Great Ad.
' rniral's Drum Beat In Channel
on Nevelt-Mos 21, 1918.
"If the Done eight Devon, Pll qut
the .port of peaven, au' drum thein up
the Channel as we drummed them
long ago,'
Every Dngliehman knows the pre-
phecY of Brelte's drum its Sir Henry
Newbolt Sets , It forth in bbs Weet
Country song, and this le the tale, told
by Mr. Arthur Mabhen in The Outlooks
of how Devon men heard the great
Admiral's drum on November 21, 1918,
the clay of the surrender of the Ger-
marl fleet,
"One Of the ships was. the Royal
Oak, chiefly manned by eaflors of
Devonshire. She was flying on that
day a magnificent silk ensign made
for her by Devonshire ladles. On her
Wedge, 60 feet above the top deck,
was a group of officers: •Admiral
Gran( Capt. Maclachlan of the Royal
Oak, the commander, and others, It
was soon after 9 o'clock in the morn -
Mg when the German fleet appeared,
looming through the mist. Admiral
Grant saw them, and wafted; he could
scarcely believe, ho says, that they
would not instantly open fire.
Heard the Drum.
"Then the drum began to beat on
the Royal Oak. !The sound was un-
mistakable; it was that of a small
arum, being beaten In rolls.' At 'het
the officers on the bridge paid .little
attention, if any, to the sound, so in-
tent were they on the approaching
enemy But when it became evident
that the Germans were not to show
fight, Admiral Grant turned to the
captain of the Royal Oak, and re-
marked on the beating of the druni.
The captain said that he heard it, but
could not understand it, Since the shin
was cleared for action, and every man
on board was at his battle -station.
The commander also heard, but could
not understand, and sent messengers
all over the ship to investigate. Twice
the messengers were sent about the
ship—about all the decks, They re-
ported that every man was at his sta-
tion. Yet the drums continued to
beat. Then the commander himself
made a special tour of investigation
through the Royal' Oak, He, too,
found that everyman was at his sta-
tion.
When Drum Stopped.
"All the while the British fleet was
cloging round the German fleet, com- ,When the screens are put away in
ing to onchor in n squareabont It, so the fall all fixtures, hinges and screws
that the German ships werehemmed should be tied in stout pieces of cloth'
in. And all the while that this was and fastened to the screen door to
being done, the noise of the drum was which they belong so that when spring.
heard at intervals, beating in rolls. cones there will be no delay or in -
MI who heard it are convinced that .conversience in putting the screens up.1
it was no sountlt of tapping stays er ; It is often found in screening a
any such accident The ear of the house that there is a slight difference
naval ()Meer is attuned to all the in' the size of the windows, making it
noises of his ship in fair weather and nedessary that eversi,. screen go into;
in foul; it makes no mistakes. All its own window in order to lit perfeet-•
who heard knew that they heard the ly. It is a tiresome and unsatisfactory
rolling of a drum, job to do• this either by guess or by
"At about 2 o'clock in the afternoon testing. them all out. It is much!
Taking Care of Fly Bereens.
Now that 'we have come to realize,
how important it is to keep Mee Red'
insects out of the hoese, fly screens
are as necessary as' a front door' or a
refrigerntor.
In the very nature of things, fly
screens are exposed to the air so con-
stantly that unless they are taken
proper care of, they soon deterloiate
and have to bo replaced. The materials
of which they are made and the labor,
to make them have 'all increased in
price singe:the war )*glin, ttnd 'se it
stands us .111 hand to take care of the
fly screens we have in order to save
the expense of new ones.
After screens have been up for part
of a season the moisture;s emoke end
duet make them look shabby in the
extreme. Many times they begin to
show actual signs of rust and break-
ing away. .Several times during the
season the screens should be gone oyer
and freshened up. The best way to.
do is to take them right out and turn
the hose on them,although if this is
inconveneeht, they can be washed with
an old black cloth (a stocking leg is
excellent), warm water and a little
soap dissolved in the watea. Allow
them to dry, then go over the screens
ir.side arid out with a mixture made of
equal parts of keroaene and boiled
linseed. oil. This will improve their
appearance materially. The kerosene
Coon evaporate and as insects do
not like the odor, it will keep the
tiny moths and mosquitoes away
which sometimes slip through the
meshes.
When fall comes the screens should
134 -cleaned, 'nnd ,if they require re-
pairing or painting, this should be
done, after which they should be •stor-
ed in a dry, dustless place until
spring. If. they do not require paint-
ing, oil them with a mixture of two-
thirds of boiled linseed oil and orte-
third kerosene. This 'will protect them
'from rust. A cloth or ft brush will
do to amity it with.
If the frames show signs of parting
at tte corners repairs should be made.
Very small breaks in the wire mesh-
ing may be mended in several ways.
One is to take a small piece of ieire
netting a little larger than the break,
and to stitch it in place neatly with
either a fine black linen thread or
piece of fine wire. Even a piece of
black mosquito netting neatly applied
is, better than a hole, When screens
beceme quite badly rusted, fresh wire
can be put on them, they can be paint-
ed and made as good as new,
the German fleet was enclosed and easier in the fall to label each screen
helpless, and the British shills dropped
Anchor, some fifteen miles off the
Firth or Forth, The utter, irrevocable
ruin and disgrace of the German navy
was consummated. And at that mo-
ment the drum stepped beating and
was no more heard,
"But those who had heard it, ad-
miral,- captain, commander, other of-
ficers and men of all ratings, held
than and ROW 01113 belief as to that
rolling music, They believe that the
sound they heart] was that of 'Drake's
Drum'; the audible manifestation ot
the spirit of the great sea captain,
present at this hour of the tremendous
triumph of Britain on the seas. This
is the firm belief of them all."
London's Thatched Cottage.
Lovers of old -thee practices will be
interested to know that, within three
miles of the city, a thatehr is now
busily engaged in putting n new root
on a charming old Camberwell cot-
tage, built well over 200 years ago,
says the London Morning Post. The
thatched house, probably th.e last of
Its kind in London, stands in the mid-
dle or Camberwell Grove, which at
one time formed part of the grounds
of Lettsom House. Sohn Lettsom, who
lived there -in the latter part or the
18th cenary, was one of he most ex.
traordinary men of his day. A (Seek -
et physician and a great philanthro-
pist, he used to sign his prescriptions
"I. Lettsom," which signature oc-
casioned the follbwing doggesel:
"When any patients pall in haste,
physics, bleea and sweats 'em;
If, after that, they choose to die!
'Why, what cares 1?,
1 lets 'em."
It was here where the hero of Wil-
liam Blacks romantic novel, "Madcap
Violet" stayed, end the cottage and
grounds are fully describd therein.
The house is indeediu singular sight,
and brings into London'a busy
thoroughfares a refreshing suggestion
or.the country.
A Thoucand Years Old.
A turtle 111CaSUP111ff SIX feet from
head to tail and five feet [IAMBS HS
Shell, the head being fifteen inchee itt
etteemfernco, Was caught by Japanese
fishermen and released by All 'Long,
Chinainan, who paid $50 for the privi-
lege .of giving the turtle its freedom.
The tattle weighed 600 lb., and itS
age WAS estimated at 1,000 Yeere.
The probable reapon for the purchase
and freedoin given to the turtle Is'
that the reptile is a sort of stared 001.
Went, and the Chinaman who can set
one free in the Keith considers him-
self eepeolally bleesed.
Aft fnteresting ceremony followed
the fleatoial transaction. Alt Long
fed the turtle with several bowls of
Wm, the favorite aleoholic drink of
the Japanese, and, Steconmanied by as
6411112'frienda 55 totild be acriommo-
dated 11 ,('90 eampane, sailed Out to
OW The turtle was released after
Many praYerS had been eald.
properly. A little slip of paper may!
be pasted in an inconspicuous place
ine'de and the details written thereon
with pen or typewriter, thus:
Left-hand dining room window.
Wddle dining room window.
Right-hand dining room window.
This Will show where each screen
goes, and if the work has to be hired,
will save time and money,
A well screened house is sure to be
a comfortable one, for it is possible
to have a free circulation of air night
end da, and fresh air is one of the
essentials of good health. Take good
care of your screens. It is werth
while.
The Up -to -Date Kitchell.
Health and time -saying are the'
main thoughts in its furnishings. The
desk is the big, glass -topped kitchen -
table, so placed that the worker, seat -1
ed at it, has a quick viiew of the
shelves with glass doors that line the
walls. It has no dark cupboards for
storing food and germs. The kitchen
of to -day has a complete filing and
storing system. Recipes and mems
that have been tested for their food
values, economy, and practicability
are copied OT pasted on cards that are
arranged alphabetically in a compact
box for card filing. Another such file
contains suggestions f or' cleaning and
renovating, a grocery list that dorn-
bine.s information as to where certain
commodities May best be purchased,
and announcements of new household.
devices and labor-saving appliances
that may he purchased later when the
family budget allows of such expendi-
ture. Class jars of graduated sizes
contain the raw foods, spices and
other condiments necessary for cook-
ing, and a glance at them shows which
need replenishing. 010 fashioned uten-
sils of tin and axon foundation arc re-
plaCed by the viewer materials, alum-
inum, porcelain and glass.
came first, singing the words and
Music of "Lohengrin." Following
them eame a flock of flower chi ben,
tiny girls and boys, scattering flower
petals from,the high -handled baskets
winging in the chubby little hands,
Last of all, four abreast, eame the
bride and bridegroom, the bride's
mother, who gave her away, on the
right of the bmitle, and the best man
on 'the left of the bridegroom. The
ribbon girls had accompanied the pro-
cession at the proper intervals, hold-
ing' the aisle ribbon, and 'the last two
brought up the rear,. winding up the
ribbon as they came. ,
The reception took place immediate-
ly afterward on ,the lawn, and the
guests were served with ice main and
eake wherever they chanced to be, by
the attentive ribbon girls.
In the' back yard, at a long table, a
caterer superintended the serving of
the refreshments.
Altogether it was a most successful
wedding and at the same time a fairly
easy one to plan, since •there was no
question Of overcrowding in the hous,e,
although in case of rain it could have
been managed there.
Quicli,Desberts.
In summer days we should eat less
of the heavy foods, A sensible des-
sert is a help toward a satisfactory
meal. There may be some new corn-
binatiens in the,,reeipes given here.
Custard Sponge -1 pint milk, Ye
tablesfoonful cornstarch, 2 tablespoon-
fuls sugar, 1 egg yolk, pinch salt, ee
teaspoonful vanilla, lea cupful almonds,
sponge cake, cream. Make a custard
SS follows: Heat the milk until scald-
ed; mix cornstarch, sugar and salt;
beat the yolk slightly, add dry in-
gredients, pour the scalded milk on
slowly, return to double boiler and
cook three or four minutes. Remove
from fire, flavor with vanilla. When
cold, stir in the blanched chopped al-
monds. Line glasses with one -day-old
sponge cake, which has been soaked in
cream. Fill up the glasses with the
custard and serve immediately.
Lemon Syrup -2 tablespoonfuls
lemon juice, 1 cupful sugar, ¼ cupful
water. Hoil sugar and water until it
spins a thread when dropped from the
tip of the spoon. Remove from fire,
add lemon juice and cool.
Date Pudding -2 cupfuls milk, 1
cupful stoned dates, 1,4 cupful sugar,
2 tablespoonfuls cornstarch, 1 egg,
teaspoonful salt. Mix the cornstarch
with a little cold milk. Heat the rept
of the milk to boiling, then add the
cornstarch. Add the sugar, salt and
egg well beaten, Cook together five
minutes. Wash, stone and cut dates
in pieces, put in serving dish and pour
the ciistard over them, Reserve a
few slices of dates for the top.
Cocoanut -and -Orange Cup -3 or-
anges, % cupful powdered sugar, lh
cupful grated cocoanut, whipped
cream. Slice the peeled oranges and
put a layer in a glass serving dish,
cover with powdered sugar and a layer
of cocoanut. Add another layer of
oranges, sugar and cocoanut. Serve
at table in individual dishes.
NATURE ALWAYS FIRST.
Well ProVided With Equivalent of Al-
most All Modern Weapons.
Mau pats himself on the back about
bbs newest achievements, but Nature
laughs in her sleeve at his conceit.
'knowing right well that she has fore-
stalled him nearly every thne.
During the war we returned to are
mour, just as we went back to hand
grenades, long thought to be a worn-
out device, and what is barbed wire
but tho chevaux-de-frise modernized?,
But. the eltinoneros was armour.
plated millions of years ago, and the
porcupine and hedgehog provided
Iwith barbee-wire defences, not to
mention the tough hide of the eta-
. pliant, the shell of the turtle and
and the impenetrable husk of
the armadillo!
There is hardly a modern weapon
which the big game hunter cannot
show samples of, taken from Nature's
armoury, The tusk of the boar is a
fine dagger, and that or an elephant
a wonderful bayonet.
In animals of the deer and gazelle
type one !gets every variety of sword
land lance and bayonet, short and long,
tli in an 1 thick the railer, ! 1
A Wedding on the Lawn.
A girl wha lived in a small town
and had a big lawn chose to be Mar-
ried outdoors in the latter part of
August. The 'blossoming hydrarbgea
hedge in front of the house WAS made
thicker with small evergreen hrenchee
stuck clown into the ground. One
corner of the yard, where there wee a
natural alcove curving in among the
shrubs, she picked out, for the wedding
itself. The verandah was decorated
.With Japanese' lanterns and flowers,
and beforehand the guests gathered bit
groups there or on the lawn.
When it was time for the ceremony,
some girl friends of the bride mar-
Shaied the guests to the chosen place,
and then returned to the howl° to act
as ribbon There wero alma a
deters of 1110A1 in light summer dresses
and the firet touple, holding the ends
of long white ribbons, preceded the
bridal groups, replete alt' An aisle
across 1110 lawn and among the spec-
taters
A chorus of yOurig musical Mends
(sword, the great two-handed weapon
of .Qoliath, and the tiny blade of the
French foneing-master.
Poison gas has its prototype in Na-
ture. The skunk can .keep orf most
of its enemies by the terrible effluvia
. it can create at will, whilst the poison
fangs of many serpents come under
a similar category. They are methods
of frightfulness in which many in-
sects take an active part. Thee we
have our own Poeseat, which is a
pastenaster at poison gas.
Electrified wire defences are an old
device in the animal world, as the ray,
the jellyfish, and the electric eel can
prove. Even the device of sending up
a smoke -screen is AS Old as the bins,
for TOOTO then one fish does this very
thing in order to escape from its
swifter enemies.
TAXING THE WEALTHY,
Filth People in Old Country Hand
OVER HUGE .SUMS.
According to on estimate prepared
by the Board of 'Mend Revenue in
Great Britain and issued as a White
Paper, there aro 148 taxpayers fit
England who have income of $500,000
and over poi' Year, The taxable hi -
Coins of these few people is no loss
than $137,000;000, and they pay in In-
come tax and super las $66,760,000,
In spite of the high wegos generally
prevailing there are no fewer titan
2,400,000 people who have incomes be-
tween $650 and $800 per year, the
majority of these being rlievocl from
the operation of dm tax by ante.
plants and allowances. There nre in
all 1,940,000 1.10.114011$ SO volleyed, while '
3,406,000 are chergeriblo with the
Finder as a Fine Art in India
Arl Anglo4nalan ITIelnhACt. 01108 had
ail adventure that nearly cosi; hilt his
life, This eXperience might"Well have
been it bit or iletion Invented by the
great Qulucey for use In his grotty
00 "Mercier as a Pine Art."
ThIS Merchant had got along well"
With the natives, hut two Of Ilia ser-
vants bad had a quarrel over it girl
whom they had wooed. The merchant
Interfered in the affair. The natio-
Oessful suitor, one Laj, began to make
trouble, and his rival, the 'husband,
warned the merchant against
Nothing happened for some months,
Then the merchant went away on !mi-
nes% On his return he was told that
Laj had been caught in his bedroom
and locked am
be the East this means trouble, The
merchant called his servants anti had
a thorough search made of the house,
They examined every trunk, bureau
and bedstead, every picture, statue
and crevice in tlie wall and creek in
the floes, expecting to 1111d a hooded
COUTA, CIT Some other polsontsns reptile,
They scrutinized every knob, handle
and garment to see whether It had
been emeared with poison or with
juices that attract venomous crea-
tures. Then they searched the wino
cellar, the pantry and the etoreroom.
But they found nothing.
The merchant was tired and after
eating went to the cabinet whore he
kept his digars.
It- was it large biitis ot .teek and
plate glese, With an eld-refiltiOnea
ver Indian lock,
Aa be was about te insert the lteY
in the keYitole Lare succefisful
wile had been active in the seareli,
cried out that some oue had beau med.
(Bing with th look,
An examination of the keyhole
'naked traces of wax, When the)
opened the case the 1nere1lant found
everything apparently untouched, Five
boxes ofeters were unopened. He
had opened the sixth before he went
away and removd a few cigare. As
he tools this box 00 hs, noticed on it
the marks of dirty
The cigars looked tie if they had not
been disturbed. Ile WAS about to taker
one when he noticed that something
was wrong with the head. A. soma
and a third were like the firet. In
each a smell, alMost imperceptible
some thorn had been inserted and 0/1
It was a dab of brown slime, still
moist, the same color as the cigar.
Feeling convinced that the cigars
were poisoned, the merchant sat
clown and wrote a note to the police,
in half an hour an °Meer appeared
with Lai under guard. The merchant
stated the came to the officer and, tak-
ing one or th dare, handed it to Laj
with the command,. "Take it and.
smoke IL"
The man refused, His guilt was
proved.
ENGLAND'S NATIONAL DEBT.
War Has Left a Legacy of Thirty Bil-
lions and End Is Not Yet.
As is obvious, no one of the various
8C011011110 questions stands by itself.
They are all more or less closely re.
lated. The matters of industry and
production intimately affect the car.
tering of the huge war debt. In Auff.
tin Chamberlain's recent preference
budget it was placed at $38,400,000,-
000.. If there he substeacted from this
total the loans to allies and the Bri-
tish dominions perhaps $8,400,000,000,
theannual interest- at 5 Per cent. on
the balance of $30,000,000,000 is $1,-
500,000,000. Not only must Great Bo -
thin carry this war debt together with
a sinking fund for the ultimate extinc.
tion of the principal, but she must
meet heavy demands arising from the
war, such as heavy pensions, aids to
families of dead and maimed soldiers
std all the outlays or demobilization
and reconstruction—in addition to the
burden of a normal budget for the or-
dinary expenses of government.
This estimate is the very minimum
for the future. For 1919-1920, how-
ever, the charge for national debt ser-
vice is 51,800,000,000, while the total
expenditure is $7,174,550,000. Tinder
all the high pressure of war necessi-
ties the total income for the sante year
Is placed at $6,005,500,000.- From
taxes alone $4,700,000,000 bit Counted.
upon,
Thus, in brief, we got a, view of the.
prodigious burden placed by the war
on British industry. Can her industry
withstand this pressure? The war de-
mands' can be met only by taking out
of the country's production enormously
'greater sums than was ever, dreamed
of in the past; If her productive et,
ficiency can be increased by greater ef-
fort on the 'part of' all the factors of
production, the task can be performed.
..But if anything should be introduced
into the situation which would lower
the output for the same units oE labor,
capital and management, then the task
may well be regarded as insuperable.
Maplep on Vimy Ridge.
Two hundred young maple saplings,
a girt from Toronto, have been planted
on Vimy Ridge in commemoration of
the exploits of Canadian battalions
during the war. No living trees break
the monotony of the tortured SOmme
country, while in the Salient the shat-
tered trunks have long Once disap-
peared in the all pervading mud. To •
the east of Noyoei every tree was
felled by the retreating enemy, and
around Arras waving branches are
the exception rather than the rule.
The harmonizing power of the
trenches has become a reality.—The
•Every vean
in the "Clark" can
Is perfectly cooked and the Govern-
ment legend guarantees absolute"'
purity.
With Tomato, Chili or Plain Sauce.
189 SOLD EVBRYWHBAD
W. CLARK, LIMITED • MONTREAL
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It's Sunday rriorning—blazing hot, arcs pretty near
a whole day before you for rest and recreation,
First, then --a shave. Whether you aro going for a
spirt in the car, taking the family to church Olf Visiting
a neighbour, you cannot go with a day's growth of
beard on your chin.,
The thought of shaving won't be irksome 0 you own
a Gillette Safety Razor—rather, yon think of five
minutes' cool comfort with the highest type of
shaving edge ever developed. No man in the world
can command a keene' blade than the one you slip
into your Gillette.
And if Gillette shavinn' gives ,you an added joy to
your Sunclay,whynot rake five minutes everymorraing
for a clean shave as the start for a better clay's work.
For $5.00—the price of the Gillette Safety Razor—
you have
your choice of, the Standard Gillette tete', the Pocket Edition
rots (just as varlet:4 but more compactl, and the Bulldog
Gillette with the stocky grip. As., to see there TODAY at the
iewellers", druggists' os hardware dealers.
MACE 111
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