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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1913-12-04, Page 5reat Love; Or, A Struggle For a Heart , CHAPPED XXIX. found hereelf. etalidinia on the Peavenieriteoatside the Manion. She aeae &Racereerie:nays otelesie uhe had gee there; 13he had Pat on ex. thingB meeh- an1oali'. hurriedly,,- and xad flob from • Meuse ,with 'Uncertain, feet, Je MeeliS4110A1191 htarriedlY, she r wente up the street, and, at the edge Of the, larger neidi •busier thoroughfare, etoed • gaging racalitly 'before hor. •,A paeeing 'Cabby hailed her, andshe got M. nut he did .not think to tell, the. -Man .where elM wished to be driven, and he had to.ask her twice through the Win- dow in the roof before, she could reply. At Lady Paulimee'door she stood a me.. • Inent, looking up and down . the etreet, " 'with the seine expression in her -eyee: for she WBEI aeking herself whether it wae really islje. Deoima Deane, who was standing - She rens at last, and the charwoman let he in; . ems, it le you, mien!" ehe geed, garru- , lonely. "I've lighted a bit of a fire in ...3,our room, thinking it would be more comfortable. Would you like to go up now, or.can I got you anything?" "I will go up now," said /Medina. 'Bomething in the girl's vole° rather startled the woman, and she turned and • • lookedat her. • eleott eeem tieed, miss?" she said. •eeclies-that is it; I am tired,' said De. • tema, dully. She wont into the bedroom. A fire was burning brightly. . The *woman lighted some candles, and ',looked round tentatively. ale, there anything I can get you, miss? I'm eorrythat one of the maids ain't here, Perhaps you'd let me take your • boots off for you?" Decima sunk into a chair, and thanked her; and the woman took off the web bootee "Wile', miss, you're shivering with cold!" she said. "Shall I get you a little momething? Lor', I forgot as everything le looked up! But I could run round the corner and get you eomething or Bones port wino." yeare, loving,' loving, and longing' for him IP She •ehrew' herself .on elle bed at last, but esho 'coald not „Sfeela The eeeaS 'she had gone through •Passed through . her brain,before her eyes, againand 'aga'n," It waslike the Scene in a PlaY.' 'OW and •kgain it 'seemed to her that he was bend - Ing over her, and, she put out her hand ae if to thrust him away; aebbing. "No, no! She ie your wife. It is .tihis whom you love, not me! You Must not touch mo, • kies mei" Toward Morning ehe fell into the deep sleep Of exhaustionbut the sleepwas' one long dream; In whioh Gaunt knelt be. fore' her, clutching at her arm, his voice rising and falling in the .anguieli of his entreaty. A little after eight (rola* the char- woman knooked.at the doom arid Deoinis awoke. Elbe tried to rise, bat could not. It seemedars if her limbs 1,VOT.0 weighted with iced, waif there.was 0110 1001 in per Main burnieg like a hoe coal.• as The woman kneeked again. and Deeima- ealled to her to come in. Her voice sounded weak and strained, and the wo, man hurried - to the bed with a vague alarm .which grew into...definite dallier no she looked at the white Moe with the two mots of crimson glowmg tmder the glittering eyee. "Lora mieel ain't you well?" sbe said; aghast. "Yoe look -you look ae if you wee in a fever, that you do! You xauet 'ave got a chill las' night." , Dogma eyed her with profound India 'ference. "Yes; I think I am ill," she said, Re if elle were speaking of some one elee, Borne one who did not matter in the least, wits of no possible importance. "I feel as if I could not move, and -and -my head ie on The woman WAS, alarmed. "I'11-1'11 go for a doetor," she said, half speaking to hereelf. "I don't like the looke of you at all, miee.", Deoinaa smiled indifferently; it wae a piteSus "Do you think I am going to die?" she asked, calmly, almost hopefully. Deoilna‘ forced a mechanical mile to The woman forced a laugh. her white, wan face. "Not you, 111160 1" she (mid. "Lora ites "Oh, 010, no, thank you!" ehe aid..ex only a feverish cold as 'ave took hold of sball be warm directly. It was kind of you "al" to make so nice a fire -and. good -night!" Deoimasigbed and turneri her head When the door bad closed, she Bunk away, and the woman, after looking back and shut her eyes. • round helpleeely for a moment, atole What was it that had happened to her? from the room and did the most sensible Let her try, and think. She had been co thing she could have done. There was a happy-eo happy -only an hour ago; lose telegraph office within a few yard', and than an hour ago I What. had happened she wired to Lady Pauline, and then hdr- ,, sinee then? ried 011 to the nearest doctor. But only the eauee of her happinese When elle came back, Decima was Mar - .:iamb' bask to her at flret. She lament- Ing at the ceiling with eyes which shone bared that Lord Gaunt had come in, that and glittered with fever, and her hands they had sat talking, that hie preeenee were clinched on the satin coverlet as if had filled her with a kind of gladness she were holding ou to conEainnoneSS by and pleasure. And then -he had told ber a supreme effort of will. that he loved her, and then, in a etrange, When Lady Pauline arrived,. elm found myeterious way, a veil 'seemed to have th° 4c)a°r' b°n`ling over D°e'ra'I' 0001V" been- torn aside from her' inner life, and ing toed bandages to the burning head. she la:d realized that she loved aim, that He greeted Lady Pauline with a client he had loved him for -oh, ever eo long, nod, and, in eilence, for a moment she ever BO long! knelt beeide the bed. Then she said in a The color utole to her white face, her tremulous whisper: eyee became suffused with tears, tears of "She M very ill! What is it?" joy and infinite delight ,and peace. "Brain fever," he said; gravely and • As elle eat there, she could hear hie aloud. There was 110 need to whisper, for Noice. "I love you -I. love you!" it had DOCitila oould not hear. said to her. Oh,, wonderful, life-giving "How did elle oome here? / know no- vrorde! She could zee his foe -1t stole thing!" Rho eald, as she took off her bon - between her closed lids and her eyes -the net and cloak. Ile wee her own doctor, handsome face . she loved so dearly. She and he spoke with the candor which he could feel hie•kieses upon her lips, upbu knew she desired and would msprove. her hoer: and a thrill ran through her, ''She came loot nightabout four o'clook, and the touch of midr grew to a burning so the charwoman tells, me. Then she blush. went out -to her brother's -and returned ,Ite loved her! He had said so; his at,011t ten. She was quite well on her eyes, had been even more e1onuent,,m0re first arrival, so the woman says, but convincing than hie words.looked pale and tired when ehe came in • Oh, how liappY ehe was! To be loved. later:" by himt aEvery thought ie of out I' "Brain fever!'' said Lady Pauline, calm and on the alert by this time. "I don't d " Ile ehook hie head gravely. "Severe brain fever," he said. Absolute candor was always required, demanded, by Lady Pauline, and he knew it., "There M no other trouble. Soreebbing was on her mind; something muet halm °marred between tbe interval of her first arrival and her return to this house." Lady Pauline stared at him. "What could have happened?" else said. "That we have to discover," he mad, quietly. "She mut be kept quiet; but you know the treatment as well as I do, Lady Pauline." Lady Pauline had for a time been a hospital nurse in her younger days. "rn come back in an bour or two. Keep the ice bandages going; and if ehe should recover coneciousneee before I re. turn, keep her as tranquil as poesible. Lady Pauline Stood beside the .bed with tightly compressed lipe and aching heart. What had they done to this girl whom she loved with a mother'clove? The charwoman Mole in presently, and love you with all my heart and soul! You hold my heart in the hollow of your handl" What worda they were! And they were true, true; for he could not speak falsely. •, . . How halillY she wee! Pena there °vex.. a girt in the world so blessed, 10 fortun- ate as she? To be loved by him! To know thea -hie love -was eo- great that he kept - • ribboree-the poor little faded ribbon! -next his heart day and night; just be - Daum she had worn it in her hairl How happy, happy, happy! Then suddenly a pang of anguiel emote ber. But what • had happened? Why did this terrible weight, this dragging fear and shame. crush Out all; her happiness? 'Then 'olio .forced herself to remember, • . add. ehe recalled the dimovery of the portrait, his words "My -wife!" and all • l that ad passed afterward, she opened • ,her twee and covered them with her hand, and a low cry of misery broke from her white and trembling lige. was married. Another woman wad 'hie. wife; it wae uot ehe, Dechna, whoni •he ought to love, whom he could marry. tee bob:Mead to some one else -the beauti- Lady Pauline questioned her. She could • MI woman whose picture he had held in tell no more than the doctor bad already his hands. Oh; what, should Ghe do -what told. Lady -Pauline sent her with a wire for the servants to return, and reedine3 her place beside the uncommioue girl. Tho doctor came in again within hie time. "Something has happened to 'her -some shock," he said. "I cam do nothing for her that you tan not do, Lady Pauline. Absolute quiet, tranquility, that is all" The Mum dragged through. Later Lady Pauline saw the white eyelidsainiver, and presently Decima leolted up at her. "Aunt Pauline?" ehe said in the thin, strained voice of fever. e Yee; it is e, Decie, dear!" The burnittg lips smiled wofully. "I ens glad you have come, very glad Aunt Pauline?" "Yes, dear."' • "Will you please tell Mr. Mershon that X can not marry him?" Lady Pauline repreesed a start. • Wae the poor child delirioue? But Deeima again, as if ehe read the queetlon, the doubt. "No; I arh quite seneible, deat," she said. 41 promised Mr. blerehort. But, .you see, I Mau% know then that I loved hrin." "Ilan? Who?" asked Lady Pauline. Deeixna stared at her as ifa eurprieed that the question should be neesesary. 'Lord Gaunt," elle said, quietly. Lady P11.1111110 could not repress the start now. "Lord Gaunt?" sbe echoed. . Decirea's hands clutched at the coverlet with feverish' violence, but her voice, thin and hollow though it wee, was calm and free from delirium. "Yes," she eald. ''Didn't you know? I love hire, and-" An exqu:eite smile lighted up her fads, making iee pale love- lineve angelic try ite inteusity. "Ile lovas Lady Pauline permitted 'a groan 1,0 escape her. , loves me," continued Decima.We ehould she do? She leaned forward, o,nd rocked' hereellto, and fro. The anguieh in ler heart was like a •physical pain racking and tearing,. at her. She knew what ehe ought to do, ,Sbe ought to ceaee loving hint from that mo- ment It was her'duty, her solemn ditty, to tear hi3 image from her heart; to love him no longerato forget him. But, alae, for poor human nature! elle found ;he tonal not, do this. It is only ;the impossible heroines in impossible, goody-goody novels who, when they have dieciovered that the man they love 10 'unworthy of them, or married to another woman, tise and nobly crush down their love, and cast it from their hearte. ' She ought to. do it; but -well, eho coeld Her face burned weth shame, her heert grew hot amid- its pain as she realized that, notwithstanding what she had learned that evening, notwithstanding ` that another woman was Lord Gauntr'e wife; ehe loved him still. Ah, where was all Lady Paulinea teach- ing? In spite of it all, she was bad and • wicked, for she could not cast him off. ' She loved him still. It was horrible, hor- rible! and ber guilt weighed upon her and crushed bete eo that _her head bent ;still lower Ilo her Banking hands. Yet,• how was she to' help loving Lim while his- last words of entreaty were , ringing in her care? He had knelt .eo her xte one kneels' and prays for life itoolf. He had eaiel• that he could hob live with - oat her. A1141, ales! at that moment her heart echoed his paesionate, despairing avowal- She felt that she could not live without him. . She ,slipped froea the chair and to ber knees, trying to pray for etreegth to bear tine awful 'sorrow which 'WM breaking her heart, lint Gaunt's face rose before Shall neyer see each other :again. Never! her; his voice rang in her eana Over and I.But I can not marry Mr. Mershon; not over again she went through the scene, • even to save father and Bobby. Poor Bola until it seenaed to be repeating ifeelf in hY1 1 em aorrye but I can not, do it! I • ,ehe very r00111, as; if he were atilt pre. could have done it if -if I had not neen .asent. She rose at Inet and began to un- hine-when was it? I forget: Was it long dram,' but still mechanically. Every now 'ago, years ago? Ilut / know that be loves and then. ehe paused and looked at her me, and I love him. I ehall never 000 him hand, 110 had held it; she amid feel hie again; but I can't marry Mr, Merelain or hand !peening it still. As oho parted her any one else. 11 is a pity, isn't it! But • hair from her forehead, she could Mel I can not! Will you write to him a ul • hM hand upon her head, the eareseing tell him? Ile lives at The Fire, Leaf- ,fingers,,the lingering kiss. . more." iler mind Wandered for a inc. "Oh, God help me; What shall 1 doPe menb. "Iieafraorel flow •lieantiful it el she Availed. 1 love him. Why did be If ho would only stay! The echools-the • make me love him so?'' eottagee-the church! How good he. el Thou, elle remembered hie inieery and Ile doea all we ask him! Now good be el anguish, .and a hot Wave of pity eseept And X love him --love him -love him! His ever her, and ewept away,. for a time, her wife! No I can't be hie wife! There is . own sorrow and bitternese. How he, toe, another woman- Oh,why did he make • must -be suffering' He had said that he me love him 'so!" loved her a thousand tinies better than She moved her head from aide to side he loved him. It eves not poesible, of with feverish eestlessne3s, then, as if with 'eotrese; but how he must be euffering! an offer% she came back to coresciouenets. • She ,remenaaerea the expreeeion eof hie "Write to -to Mr. Mershen.at onee, Aunt face, tbe agony ringing in his voiee. Penile°. Tell bim that I can nob-cen IAnd she should never see hisn again!' not Aek him not to he aagrea I know I ' The thought sketch her heart like ice. am very wicked. Well, that is all, isn't • . Never to see him again! All her lifel • it? 1 love him -love hire! 'Promise, Auto • And, oho wae so Young! Why, she might ,Pauline. I am .slipping away -the light live to. be; an old woman! All those- ter- -the fire, all is growing dim; I oan't eee rible 'year* stretching before her, in your Sneer, though I knovi you are there, • which oho (droned go on loving and long- Promise!" biga for him, and' with no hope of ,seeirig Lady Pauline bent over beir. him again! "I pronilse. Be satiefled, ''dearl'' ,ehe oh, way' could ehe not die? It would said; and Doeinia, closed her eyes and be eo good to die 110W, thie moment, with drew a long sigh of relief.• , his dear voice ringing in her 0010,, We kigges ti1l warm upon tor lips! She had alpenerae xxx. not beet so -very wicked; she had tried eo lead the good' MM. Aunt Pauline had hold Gamut found himself in the etreet up for her. WoUld not Heaven be motel- outeide the Mansions. vera Mizell in. the ful arid let her die? If they' could only condition in which Deolma, had been. both die- together, ho tin(1 else, hand an . Ilia ,brain wae in a, whirl. For him life handa..loeking into each other'e eyes, and bad, so to sneak, eeded. Ho mid Iva Do- aseedng', away' from this cruel world ,into eitna, the etralove who had 'filled, „hie that other of Peace and restt heart, who 10(1beenthe one eta &Ening She laughed piteously. In his darlamed life. Be had 'loot -"her, "No; I shall /Mt dial" she said; aloud. and it was well, alniddered as he, tl am yetIng and strong, and I ehall go thought of the rMk, she had run through OD living for years"-rde sluddered-for kis overwhelming, temptation. 11 Laura, te‘ilb4.10,0,44.4,40eseeeete‘eiaele ,Se "el'ear' "Yottconsee feronelagl e moment• you. see it 3rou will, want It is erystai clear --a puie, translucent green, the shade of violet leaves. Everywhere that this soap has been brought out, the demand for it has been in- stantaneous. Every person who sees it wants it. You too will want it. There are many other reasons why you will like this soap; its fragrant odor of fresh cut violets, its instant lather even inehe hard- est water; the glycerine in it, the finest skin food there is. Jr ems VIOLET Glycerine Soap 10c a cake. 3 cakes for 25e Got n quarter's worth eansdisn druggists from 00801 00 geese now have !his soaP. Ath yours for For a sample cake, send 2c stamp to the Andrew Jargons to. Ltd. 6 Sherbrooke Street, Pertli, Ontario, bie wife -hie wife! -bad not appeared, what- would have happened? Hearne, would have gone with him, and he 'would have wrecked the life of Die sweetest, the purest of God's oreaturee. Ile ehuddered again. and aneicy blaet eeemed to sweep over him. He felt cold and remembered his Inc coat at that moment, so absolutely physical was the eensation which assailed him. He could not go back far the coat. Ile buttoned the shoot- ing jacket, and wont on. For a time ho walked -without any thought of the direc- tion he was taking, but suddenly ha look. ed round and found himself before Lady Pauline's house in the equare. He gazed up at the windows: there wae a light only in one. It must be her room; she was there. Scarcely knowing what he was do- ing, he stretched hie arms out toward the Debt and groaned. No paced up and down for a /lament or two, until, indeed, a policeman eyed him suspiciously and ereased over the road to impost him more closely. Then Gaunt turned and strode on. Ile had put up for the night at a. quiet hotel in St. Samesee, one of those ed. faelioned please which men of Gaunt's tastes prefer. It vrae email and not by any meane gorgeous, but it was exalus etre and more expensiee than any of the modern palatial caravansaries. The but- ler -the head waiter was alwaye called the butler -met him in the small hall, prepared to help him off with hie coat, into whieh theMan "had aseisted'htni. and was rather surprieed at seeing Gaunt withoet it. (To be continued.) 1 • Fteyorite Redoes. , Beet Reliell.—One quart coolcecl and Chopped beets, one quart chop- ped cabbage, one' largo cup eelere''', one-half cup' horseradish, .one eup granulated ;Boger, one tableepo,on sielf`,' 'One-half teaspoon, 'black ...Pep- per, oneehall teaspoon red pepper ; , env ernevat e gar. ; Ilant and Noodles. — To make noodles take one-half cup flour and one egg, put the flour on a board and break the egg into it, andentix With a silver fork nntil it is easy, to handle with the hands, adding a little flour until it is quite ;tiff ; then roll out this and set In a dry place to dry about an hour, then eut into small squares and put to boil in -water, adding a little 'salt; boil about fifteen minutes, then take out of water and put a layer into a ba,king dieh and a layer of chopped, boiled ham, a little salt and pepper. When you have used all the noodles' take too eggs and beat, adding one-half cup of milk. Pour it over the top and bake about half an hour. Spice Cake.—One-half cup of but- ter, one cup of sugar, one-half cup of milk, two cups of flour, two tea- spoonsof baking powder,. two .eggs well beaten'one teaspoon each of allspice, cloves, and . cinnamon, Cream the beater and sugar, and the eggs, milk, and spices, then the flour, and beat well. Bake in but- tered gem pans. Prune Fluff.—The 'whites of four eggs beaten stiff,- one-half pound prunes chopped; add one-half cup sugar and juice of one-half lemon to prunes, then fold in whites of eggs, bake in a pedding digh (put dish in pan of water) for twenty minutes in a, moderate oven; serve with plain or whipped cream. The yokes can be used for mayonnaise or gold cake. o The Rest Was Easy. • "I understand you speak French like a native." "No," replied the student ;- "I've got the grammar and the accent down pretty fine, but it's hard to learn the gestures." A ring with a glass set in it will make any little girl happy until she meets another little girl with a ring that has two glass sets in it. 'Husband (at the Police Station) —They say you caught the fellow who robbed our house night before ,last. Sergeant—Yes. Do you want to' see him. Husband—Sure 1 I'd like to talk te him. le want to know how he got in without waking' my wife. I've beentrying to do that •for the last twenty years. 'eft_ friend of the•eamily -had been summoned to testify, reach against his will; as to doraestic disturb- ances in a certain household. "You saw those blows administered?" asked counsel. "Yes, sir," replied the witness. "Did you witness the beginning of the quarrel between Mr., and- Mrs. 1:41,Sh I" "1 clicl." "When was it?" -"Six years ago." "Six years ago? How is that pos- sible?" `41 was a guest 'at their we,dding," said the witness. . "See here 'exclaimed the ,s'bran- ge , ' a,e he stumbled into Ids eth intdalo, "I thooghe you geld. e • hinge of a squeaking doofe; ib Will efop the' squeaking. • ' The odd bite of boilet soap gather- ed together and boiled will make re spleneird shanapoo jelly. - One deesertspoonfule of castor oil, poured about the roots of dying plants will revive them. Theehest 'material for eirotecting threthe from winter winds is weber- pemel buildieg. paper. Make a framework of laeh around, the shrub and tack the paper to it. • Neyv stockings will laet„twice long if they are soaked in Warta W4- tpr, for Iwo, hours before wearing. Tile cooking apples, the more quickly they are cooked after par- ing, the -richer and better they are. A cake pan is not so apt to stiok if greased with sweet lard rather than leneter, and eift a little flour over it. The water rice' ha& been boiled in is very nutritioue and is a well -pro- ven remedy for all bowel troubles. • Scales can be removed /rem Palms by washing them in water to which has been added a. fewdrops of ce- • dereotl. ,. Roses will revive very quickly if their stems are clipped and 'they are placed in hot water for a min- ute or two. - Medium-sized Vegetables are bet- terthan the large sizes, as they can be, cooked and served withoub SO much waste. Dried corn at '20 .cents a pound' goes muoh further than canned corn; and is much more wholesome Ond better in flavor. When beating the white of eggs be.sure that there -is no grease on the beater, as it will prevent the eggs from frothing. ' • If water tastes flat after boiling, pour it from one pitcher to another. This will aerate the water and over- come the flatness. One teaspoonful of' lemon juice to O quarb of water will make rice very white and keep the grains separate when boiling. The ground alaeut ...a plant or, shrub should be frozen to a depth of at least two inches before winter protection is applied. To wash a rug, taek it securely to a bare, clean floor; next scrub with ammonia water and pure astile soap suds; rinse thoroughly and leave tacked to the floor until per-. feebly dry. Pork Chops and Escalloped Po- katoes.—Place thinly sliced potatoes in layers in baking dish, salting and pepperink layer and placing on each small pieces .,of, butter. Fill dish to within an inch of top and coyer all with milk. Bake one- half hour'remove from oven; and plaoe on top -six small, loan park chops. Salt and pepper these,' -re- turn to oven, and bake thirty min- utes .longer. Watch .carefully and turn chops when brown. Pickled Beaus. --Boil in cold -wa- ter uneil done, drain off the water, and pa,c1c as many as you, can in fruit jar., Take three cups of vine- gar and two cups of sugar; boil to- gether, with a little cinnamon and cloves. While boiling hot neir over. bhe beans and seal. The beans should be strung and left whole. Beets can be canned this way. Date Ple.—Bemove stones from half a Pound of dates, boil until ten- der, and rub through a colander. Tliicken two cups of hot milk with one tablespobn of flour, add a well beaten egg and pinch of silt, the date pulp, and sweeten slightly if desired. Bake in one crust and serve cold with a, ,garnish 'of whip- ped el:earn and stuffed dates. ' Salmon Salad.-e0ne can salmon, the skins -and bones removed; one chopped celery, 'one grabbed onion, stilt and pepper to taste. Dressing: oneeegg, well beaten, with one-half teaspoon' Mustard, salt, and one • tahlesnoon, Sugar. Boil- with one- half cup Vineger until it thickens, and add a lump Of buttein Pour the dressing When cool over the salmon; mixing thoroughly. Line a dish with lettuce, pour mixture on it. Chop a boiled beet fine, sprinkle on top, and edge with sliced egg, hard-boil- ed. This dish can be made in the morning and served any.thno dur- ing the day. , Coeoanut Drop Cakes.—Two cups of flour, two teaspoons baking pow - 'der, one-half teaspoon salt, three- quarters cup grated cocoanut, three-quarters cup sugar, one egg, Zne-half cup butter, tWo-thircle cup' milk. Silt together the flour, salt, and baking powder, rub in the but - iter, then add the eutear and cocoa- nut. Mix to a Stiff dough, with the milk and the egg well beaten, etad drop by speonfuls one:, greased bak- ing pan, ' 'lake about, fifteen min- ubee in a modeyately hot oven. Bordean Sauce. — One gallon white, cabbage chopped fine, One - hall gallon green tomatoes chopped fine, one-halif dozen medium sized onions chopped fine, one-half ounce celery seed,one-half ounce temeric powder, one-half ounce whole Cloves, one-half ounce whole pep-, per, one-half:ounce whole allspice, two 'ounces black mustard seed, two ounces white mustard seed, two tablespoon s salt, three-ceu arters pound brown sugar, three- eider vinega r Boi) thirty mi nu bee. Hanle Hints. • When making mint sauce, use hob vinegar instead of cold. , Good bacon has a'thin rind and •the lat is of a pinkith white. -• Geraniumsfor window flowerieg eh,ould have the growth -retarded. Wash marble with ammonia and Water rather than weep and water• . Water in which rice has been boil- ed will sbiffin !ewes 'and lingerie. When sweeping thieleTpiled car- pets,. always briish the way 01 the pile.Medi:eines, drink Or food should never be left uncovered in the sick roam. Tins cen be cleaned with soap and whibing, rebbed on with, a piece of flannel. . .„ To polish zinC, rub briskly with a cloth dipped in kerosene and' rinse off with boiling evater,', Pub a drop of kereeetic oil in ,the I you knew where all the- bad placee ax.11" "Well," replied the native wile ;had voluntpereel .tee guide bini ,threlegh tile dark; "we're a-findin' i them, -a,in't-eve1" FROM MERRY OLD EWAN) NEWS BY 51111, A.BOUT JOHN BULL, AND UIS PEOPLE. - Occurrences In the Land Thal Reigns Supreme In the Com. utercial World. The Post Office" makes 210,000 a year on issued postal orders that are not cashed. Liverpoolwith 99 people to the ahre, is the most thickly populated city in England. ' Ten persons are on an average run over and killed' in the streets of London every week. The longesb word of usual 'Occur- rences in the English language is ?eincomprehensibilitiee." The Royal Navy loses 2,5 per 1,000 men drowned yearly, while the merchant service loses 10 per 1,090. No leyeee than 14,000 claims for old -age pensions have been rejected by the London Pensions Committee. A memorial drinking-foun-tain 15 to, be erected`in'Ballahouston Park to the memory of the late Lady Primrose. God has so made the British Em- pire that it cannot be destroyed ex- cept by ourselves.—Mr. Norman Angell. — Since 1900 the produebion of beef in the United ingdom has been de- creasing, •and is now about 33,000,- 000 etandard.e barrels annually. It is calculated that in largo ocean steamere like the Campania more than 3,000 articles of glues and china are broken on every voy- • Threadneedle Streeb, in- London, is supposed 'to have gained it's name from the Three Needles used as the sign of the Needlemakers' Com- , • pany. 1, During last year the tramways of Great Britain carried over 3,127,- 000,00,0passengers, or about seven, by ,bunes• the estimated population of the country. It is much , herder," says the Bishop of Carlisle, for a, rich man to to be good than it is for a poor man to he good. Some of our ric•In est men are aenonget the ver' woreb of mem. „ • The ,cleate, is anno'iniced of Sir WITI. Henry Preece, author of many works on, telegraphy •tinel telephony, and mein:: was ongincer-in-ehief and years. elecerician to the Post Office, for England is importing much hon- ey front Weet Tacna Telex -AS peed the United States,. the home supply be- ing ,shorb, owing to ,the continned prevalence oe a, bee discaee known as the."Islc of Wight," Je B. Simpson, of 'Bradley Hall, 'Wylaen, near Newcastle, Who, 41 year or ewo ago gave .210;000 for the ereotion of the King Edward VII. School of .A.1.1, at Areuetrong College, Nem/ea:41e, has sent cheques totalling .210,000 to 47 charitable institutions in Tyneside. Sit' Thomas Lipton made an at- tempt recently to pureha,se gra,ve IVIrener,. tale family home of George Washington's anoesiore 111 England, with thet intention of tak- ing it aparb and having ie set up again- stone by stone -in the United States as his Ore to America. The new traine that ,are 1.10'W Tun- ning on ,the Great Western Railway between l'eeddington knel Windear aro -claimed th be fireproof. The ea rriagee -eine built, of steel', the NVOOd being the teotboard, and this hAGIC BAKING POWDER 1111111111111111IIMILEIllp Vr.. READ THE LABEL ,R THE PROTECTION OF -reit CON- SUMER THE 4NGREDINTS ARE ANNIMI • 1) : Plea 1.14 LY PRINTED -ON THE LABEL. IT EN, .1*1 THE ONLY IMELL-KNOWN MEDIUM - CANADA THAT DOES 'NOT.' CONTAIN •I'NOREPIENTS PLAINLY STATED ON ALUM AND WN,ICH HAS ALL ,THE F.RIC.E0 BAING POWDER MADE IN I I it ' MAGI° BAKING POWDER CONTAINS NO ALUM , , • • ' .."LUm tSvuNEETIMES REFERRED' TO AS SUL. PHATE -OF ALUMINA OR SODJC -teueP-Ha'Tee 'THE 'PUBLIC SHOULD NOT' BE MISLED BY THESE TECHNICAL. NAMES. E. W. GILLETT COMPANY LIMITED wietriereo . TORONTO, ONT, etomyeetee has been specially treated to make it non-inflaramable, the flooring is :of asbestoe. ' The ()est of London's municipal adininistration compareg not unfav- drably with that of mew or the Minor Eurepean States. From the local taxation returns for 1911-12 just issued it appears that the to- tal receipts of the 86 load authori- ties in, eielOm the administration of the metropolis is vested amounted ta the enormous eine of 224,521,476, of which.the London County Coun- cil received nearly 214,000,000, the Corporation of London 21,376,000, the 28 Metropolitan Borough Coun- cils 25,250,000, and the 31 Boards of Guardians 23,249,000. The, to- tal expenditure of all these bodies was about one and a quarter mil- lions less than the income. Educa- tion cost fully 25,000,000; high- -Neve, bridges, tunnels, etc., 21,- 683,000; police and police stations, 22,094,000; poor relief, 22,819,000; tramways, 21,487,000, and parks and open spaces nearly 2200,000. FROM DONNIE SCOTLAND NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HETI BANES AND BRAES. What is Going on In the Highlands and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. ' An Edinburgh :municipal commit. - tee are considering the beautifying of the waste places of the city. The price of household coal in Glasgow has mow been increased by merchants from 12 cents to 24 cents per ton, Sixty-eight patients from Hamil- ton, Fernbank, and Blantyre have been admitted td the Victoria, Hos- piEbttlitsc histula eart led that over 90 per cent. of iihe wheel pupils in the parish of Kilsyth have either defec- tive eyes or teeth. A handsome granite Celtic cross has been erected at Andrew Lang's grave in the Eastern Cemetery, St. Andreevs. Mr. Robert Angus, of Ladykirk, has presented a handsome trophy to the County National Reserve for competition. Recently the growing of flax has occupied the attention of a number of landed proprietors in the south of Scotland. The magistrates of Edinburgh have agreed to recommend that there should be no increase in the taxicab fares in the city. • The centenary-shf the birth of Robert Nicoll, the Perthshire poet, is to 'be celebrated •at a ,dinner alt Bankfoot on Jan. 7113. The death is announced at Gore - bridge of Mr. Robert Stoddart, one of the best-known public officlials in Midlothian. Daanage to the extent of hun- dreds of dollars was ,caused by a fire in the yard of the Dundee Ship-, building & Engineering Company. A ,six horso-power motorcycle with side car has been piloted to the summit of Ben Nevis ,by D. Bell, Groat Western Road, Glasgow. A strike of moulders employed in the Gothic Foundry, Oamelon, Falkirk, belonging Ito E. 11,. & A. Main, iron founders, has now been sealed, At the Bothwell and Ucklingben gas works the manufacture of gas the last three years ahows the a.b- normal inereese of over 50 per cent. The 7711 anniversary of the Edin- burgh Total Abstinenoe Society was celebrated recently, when a confereece Was held ab 50 Sout Bridges. The use of Dr. Bell's s•chool, Ed- inburgh, has been granted to the Cripple and Invalid Children's Aid Society foe the purpoeo of holding '`c ripple parlors.' Large croevels •watched, the 'dis- sectings of the ea,rease el- a whale stranded at Athemeth. The mam- mal has been ,accepted by am direc- tors •of tale British ISluseuen. There has been a further out- break of typhoid fever in Aberdeen, arid • there is considerable specula,- lion as eo whether the condition of the water supply is ithe cause. " Admiral of the Fleet Sir -Win. May,.of Brightrigg, who has come into residence on his Berwickshire e'state, ie to make 'considerable ad- ditions lo the 'mansion and leouse,s. A. case of anthrax has oecurred, at Shepherdlande Farm, Connie Caeble, The affeote,c1.•anienal was a two -Year-old bullock, which was killed and cremated by the police. The tipper Distriet Committee of Banffthiro have recolinnended, the County Road Board to enter into an agreementfor the conebruction of a new road over Corem'aul. Saxon—"It's a, foie morning, Sandy (Sandy grunes.) Saxon said it ivas a very fine morn- ing; Sandy." ' Sandy — "Ve-rra Weel, verra weel1 dinna want tele aegue." .'NOTES OF SCIENCE • • China now has 34 electric light plants and plane to add to the list. Beeewax and turpentine, mixed into a peat°, effectively clean bronze. Holland's production of potato flour is increasing rapidly from year to year. The German village of Rembora has a ,lixiden tee which is said to be more than 1,200 years old. By the addition of magnets and an oxide an extremely elastic glass has been brought out in France. X-ray apparatus has been invent- ed for killing the tiny parasites that eat small holes in leaf tobacco. There are 80 plants in the United Kingdom for the conversion of municipalities' garbage into electric power. A complete cooking outfit for campers, folding compactly enough to be carried in a coat pocket, has been invented. An Australian has been granted O United States patent for a pro- cess for transplanting living hair upon bald head. Japan's rice crop this year is esti- mated at nearly 263,934,000 bushels, a 12,000,000 -bushel increase over last, year. Recently deciphered inscriptions on Egyptian monuments indicate that artesian wells -were bored as . fear back as 1400 B.C1. ' A curious tree of the tropics, the matapalo, grows only with the aid of another tree, which it gradually envelops and kills. The Khedive of Egypt 11 an en- thusiastic (electrician and uses elec- trical appliances wherever -possible in his palaces and yachts. lefotor lifeboats carried by one of the newer trans-Atlantic liners are equipped with wireless apparatus having 200 miles radius, All previous shipbuilding records on the Clyde were exceeded in the nine months ending with Septem- ber, 193 vessels having been launch- ed. Experiments on the Philippine island of Mindanao seem to indicate thab the finest qualitiee of rubber can be produced there profitably. Amsterdam is considering the conversion of the 140,000 ton of combustible street refuse that is gathered every year into fuel bri- quets for boilers. Chinchillas, valuable fur -bearing animals which inhabit high mount- ains in Chili,' have been imported into England for breeding expern ments on' a farm. English figures give the world's i consumption of cotton n the year ending with Augusb at 20,277,386 running bales, of which 13,760,261 were American. ' The granite etatue of King Ed-' 'ward VII. recently dedicated eat Aberdeen is believed to be the first granite statue of a ruler erected since the days of the Pharoahs. That lightning flashes appear to zigzag is an optical illusion, ac- oording to a German scientist, who - says the effect is produced by the eyes twitching- when flashes occur. One of several types of light- houses being tried in Germany for e guiding aviators throws different numbers of flashes into the air, each combination eignifying a special town, Experts have estimated that • if the forests of the world were ecien- tifically operated they would yield the equivalent of frora 30 to 120 times the present consumption of wood annually, Na -Drat -Co Laxatives accomplish their purpose with maximum efficiency and minimum. discomfort. Increasing doses are not ' needed. 25c. a box at your Druggist's. 174.- -National Drag andCheinleal Card Canada. limited. The•Guaranteed “ONE DYE for ' Cpran,tapta,No Chance ofMitasker. 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