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PART III. ofthe sq$ 4 "d> � Re�ii:
ne spoke for solve time, .'Rich- aftee nopri
elleed his pipe 10 1x $ lit lelapp r 1
'fled. leortunfi;teefergieAeoX of ing of the
ad come ashore, 'lent' they she toldee
,weFionec}at three pipefuls a day help
now,: ni I sinal
Any hopresently, "any- zz'e,; Cl t istuias to n,f4e- vYi r o1� g ee
low ` '' the e p how they g;
Y got' no coni any y tyre riettin on t t;1t9 pt
but "themselves, and the least of the I will be leichardson and ,, Syra And' Ir you.would help
stores. Pretty ragged when I caught ICarter" and Stella and Lane •aid . U1 right,
sight of them last; and, come to think Moly; I suppose. I liked Molly Been.
of it, they were laughing then. They're Eric?" i Begin at home;
I appy together. I neves thought they ! "Well, ]cid f,' tinta's toll
had ,their fair shaso, mat," ` "Isis Chrietreel t1
nt w
equak
"Was yen—were yon, 1 mean, Gott course we 'don't approve of them,
to study grammar nowadays, 'special- ,but everybody•Isn't Bo good and noble
lyvrith the ladies coining tornorrowl as you, yon'eee. Don't you think we,
Were You thinking of a little Santa. might Walk down to -morrow and wish
Claus business, Torn?" Carter asked, them a merry Christmas?"
"A suit for him and one of the . "I feel more disposed to walk down
cook's overall's for her," Lane sw;gest- and demand sono more clothes,"• he
ed, "She's a„big gal and could wear
it. Peace and -good will and all that
sort of thing, eh, 'mates?”
"Mightdo it," Richardson proposed,
"after we've taken things to the
ladies."
"And get plugged if we don't mind,"
Carter observed. "Best go in the
morning and let him see us coming,'
fair and open. 'Merry Christmas,'
says we, 'and a,truce'for• to -day, and
there's a 'tinned ham and plum pud-
ding, if you and your missus'like to
come le dinner,' That'll fetch him.'
Yon know; theYe didn't have ` their
share of the tinned stuff,"
"They didn't" Richardson .owned,
"and that's a fact. When e chap holds
a loaded pistol at your head, it doesn't
make you feel over generous, as dis-
posed t0 -Jae too friendly or fair after-
ward. Looked down en ns, ho did.
Still, iris Christmas time and I'd do it;
but what would our ladies say about
it? Refuse to meet them, most likely,
and bully us for suggesting it, I'rn
not going to make trouble with our.
ladies."
"We oan't ask 'em unless the ladies
'agree," Carter stated decidedly.
"We're not going to chuck away the
good feeling with them. Most like
they'dtake"it as showing we approved
of such things, and feel nervents of us
again. 'Mind you, it's a time we've
got to be careful with thein, remain-,
boring last year, - That's why: Tom.
was right to mention about the what
isnames—'toxicants, ain't it? 13ut he
might suggest it ,to them."
"I'm not going to be the one to pro-
pose it to them," Richardeon refused
emphatically. "Miss Green gave mo
a nasty knock last night. It was
awful, she said, to think what drink
could do with a realty nice man like
me; but of course it only brought out
what was in people, and made; them
do what they wanted,•te do.; Made
even harmless little. berries 'danger-
bus. We'd come upon some of those
white one;, and site shook her head
at them and laughed. You know the
way she has of shaking her head and
the rest of herself: • Loolced at me
and laughed! All a lady, and would
have my head off for doing it again,
but not aboye tantalizing me, neither!
She's, specially down on the girl.
'Pears as they had a row over him.
And the man's. worse, she holds, She
won't meet 'em."
"You never know what a woman -
will do," Lane thought. "As likely as
not they'll think of it, and Waite us
for not having the proper spirit for
Christmas; peace and good will :and.
all that. There's only one rule about
dealing with a Woman you want to
humor. Whe,tever you do will be
wrong! But they might have a feel-
ing about Christmas. Miss Brien
says to me tlec other d'ey, 'You can't
blame anybody for being kind,' "
"And had you been?" Carter asked
with a grin,
"Don't be a fool! I'd be kind enough
if ;she'd allow it; but you know She
wouldn't look at me. Though, as Tom•
says, a lady ain't above tantalizing
a chole."
"Well," Carter said, "they can't
Manse us for asking their opinion.
You put it in your fine way, Tom,
on another card."
In theend a eecond card was writ-
ten, as follows:
"Hon'r'd Ladies—
"This being a season of goodwill, we
do not know if you think we should
ask the West Island people to Cheist-
mas'dinner We have nothing against
thein for' a year, and they seem to
treat each other well, and some, stores
of clothes are owing to them, as they
are getting ragged. Cohsi'deririg• the
season we are inclined to, ask them,
if you do not object, but shall, strictly
obey your hon'r'd wishes. If they are
to come, please bang up colored hand=
kerchief aswell' as' duster, and we
shall act accordingly,
"Wishing you a merry Christmas
from all of, us, which make us sorry
for them, if you don't mind. -
"P. S'. We do not feel we are good
enough ourselves to throw stones at
others, though better for your hoa'r'd
company which might have good in-
fluence on them, if needed, which we
do not know. He appears to treat her
kindly.";
While the men were thus discussing
the current situation the ladies were
catching shellfish as a Christi/las
present for thein; and: after this they
sat: down and also considered the po-:
anion,
"I suppose," Ruby Grein said, "that
what ltdpleened laet year ought to
make us frightened of to -morrow; but
T' am not." .She sighed, as if it was'
ed a'
eat' thing not to be frightened.
x "Frightened of ' them!":: Stella
Raikes cried. "Why, we could turn
s them round cur little fingers."
r,7olly Erion•began to cry, -.
"Jsnd we ' mustn't," she sobbed,
r
`Mem u Vieire rescued, there 11 be an
slid of everything. They're impossible,
of course and-- Sometimes I shay not
to be rescued,".
in the Third Republic the question
Early on Christmas morning the
ladies set out to carry ' ehellfish in
great plenty across the ravine. They
found their Christmas presents and
the invitation and the letter : in the
barrel at their signal post, • They
looked in it -it' was therecognized,
post box -rather expecting some kind
'of .Christmas card. When they ran
across with their offering' and return-
ed, they hung up both signals as
agreement, and then they "cooed."
(To bo concluded.),
What is a Hole?
Though the Eskimo language is
polysynthetie and agglutinative, it has
a key—something you would 'hardly.
expect pf a language that'is described
by two such awe-inspiring words. -The
key fe "Kanolt atinga?" which means
"What is its'name?"•-Witlr ityou can
learn the Eskimo names foe all ma-
terial objects, but, if.you use it to in-
quire about a nonmaterial thing like a
hole, you znay--if--we can judge front
an experience that Mr. Donald B. Mac.;
Millan ;relates in the World's: Work-,
find yourself' in difficulties.
I:discovered one night, says the arc-
tic explorer, that the rising heat from
our oil stove had melted a hole
through the roof of stir snow house.
Pointing to the hole, I inquired, "Iia-
"nok atinga?'';- '
One of the giris,promptly replied,
"O o p -s lid's teen a o -eye,"
I jotted it ,down immediately In my
notebook, epolling' it phonetically. and
wrote after 1t the word "bole."
A few days later T happened:te tear
the knee of my'bear den pants on the
corner of an iron -strapped biscuit box.
Embodying; my newly learned word in
the seetoricc, I -requested Too -cum -ah,
one of the girls, toget her needle and
'sew up 'tha hole in my pants. Sha,
burst out laughing, and so did the
other glee-`
1lnally after I had repeatedly in-
quirecl tiro pause et their merriment
one ventured to reply: "You asked me
to take my needle and thread and sew
up the snow}' holo in the roof of your
pants!"
""What do you call such a hole?"
"Reed -la."
"What is it hole in the ground?"
"Poo -too:"
"What is a hole in ice?"
"That Is another word."
"What is a hole in ivory?"
"That Is another word."
"What Is`a'hole in iron?"
"That is another word."
"Now, listen," I. -said; "I do not
want any of these words; I want to
know the simple .word for ?tole."
She was: thoughtful for a moment
and then replied: "There isn't any
such thing. , If it" is a hole, itis a hole,
In something, or it -wouldn't be a
hole!"
The "Pink". Materiaie.
When washing pink, cotton goods
the color may be muscle fast by using
"red" instead of bluing. This': can be
made by belling a piece -of Turkey red
material In- water, bottling, and using
like ordinary bluing, being careful to
test for shade.
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There is a plant found in India and
Cuba named the ; "abrus,"" which is
supposed to foretell: eerthquakes
changing its color.
Weed your own garden Psi+
men's agent,
Before you ,planto till ,antitir�A'df.
005 chooses 1116 osrn leaders in the
world,
And from the rest He asks but NV
As rdl"glity mountains into, place are
hurled, ''
'While'patient tidos may only shape
the sands.
^Illlx Wheeler Wilcox.;
The Secret of the Machines.
"oh, ono miss won't count, undle;:
one little sin w'on't hurt," said. Dolly:
"My "dear— began Uncle Ned.
But .Doisy lifted her lovely Paco and.
smiled. "Oh, everybody does a little
wrong once in a while, now don't they?
They wouldn't be human, if they didn't
slip, nowwould they,"
"Doily, you love big machines, don't
you" said:Tlncle Ned. "They do'snch
wondthen1 things at the single touch
of a button or the swing of a little
lever. They reveal to us the great
powers that are round us; and that are
at the service of men who will use
them wisely. You know the little
poem, .the Secret of the Machines?
Man, says that be wants big things
done, bigger than have ever before
been attempted, and various machines'
snake answer: Hear them hum and
sing:
"It is easy! Give us dynamite and
'drills!
Watch the iron -shouldered! rocks lie
down and quake
As .the thirsty desert -level floods and
Rita
Ansi the valley we haus dammed be-
oom e a lake!
But remember, please, the law by
whloh wo live;
We are not built. to- comprehend a
lie;
Wo can neither love nor pity nor for-
give;
If yeti make a- slip In handling us,
you diel
"You know bow terribly true that 1s,
Dolly;.; for just a. few weeks ago one
of the finest men you over' saw, an ex-
port man' in his business, made the
first mistake and paid for it with his.
life. And ,just the other day there
was that'teislble explosion at the gas
factory. A workman had neglected to
tura the little safety valve."
Dolly was not smiling now,
"The modal forces at our disposal,"
coutintred her uncle, 'aro far greater
than all the physical forced of the uni-
verse, but the law is- just the same.
There le something terrible lie the
way' judgment follows a wrong turn,
an evil act; 'one little sin, as you call
It. Life, love, beauty, • hope, trust,
purity, sweetness—all blown to pieces^
just because a willful little person
terned.and said, '1'11 put this over just
once,' Pe careful to remember the
secret of the machines. .One ,slip may
end you and bring untold misery to
others besides,".. •
e
When Scotland Won.
An English housewife went into a
butcher's shop and asked tor a sheep's
Head,
"Gee the lady a gold sheep's head,
Sandy," said the Caledonian proprie-
tor to the redheaded assistant.
"It must be en English one," said
the customer aggressively. n '
"Sandy," just tak' oet the brains,"
was the patient reply, .
In planning, the farmershould al-
ways have i,t mind that high yields
make low costs per bushel._'
-ANA THE WORST I5 YET TO COME
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Then
xs neon
Yebe-
tub,.`faway I fill
to which has been
t Haley soap chips;
fo a suds anis pt ee his
ilieto soak foe live minutcs.
d chid of that time I gently
is et ^not wring, the little garments
and.'. then give'thern one sinsing`in
ar water of the same temperature.
pleni'equeezed out I g•etltly pull "diem
oei,p 1&pe and hang them up:
Muth' depends upon the' way they
aro hung. The little stockings should
have the feet stretched as ;far es _pos-
sible and be hung on the line with a
phi in the toe and in the heel. This
keeps the stocking foot stretched until
it is dry. ' The shirts should be hung
up by the shoulders or, better. still,
put on hangers, The flannel petti-
coets'should be hung by the shoulders
rather than by the seams of the skirt,
as the hem stretches out unevenly
when pinned, up by the 'here. And
when, ironing woolens, only a warm
iron should be used, as wool scorches
easily and is often ruined in this way.
Velma West:. Sykes.
WHIPPING . CREAM.
Inthe investigational work of the
Dairy -Department of the Ontario
Agricultural Collegethe following
conclusions have been reached.
The temperature, richness and age
of cream are important factors.
Cream rich in fat whips in less
time and stands up bettor than does
a thinner cream. -
Cream containing 2t per -'cent. fat
is a satisfactory whipping cream.
Cream for whipping should be cool-
ed to 45 deg. .F., if possible, and be
held for at least 24 hours.
if cream is not held at s low tern-
perature there is danger of havilig too
high acidity.,;
Lemon juice is a suitable substance
to add to cream when it is too fresh.
This will cause it to whip better and
give a larger yield.
Cream whipped at a low temper-
ature' whips in less time and gives a
larger yield than that whipped at a
higher temperature.
After whipping, the cream should
be held at a low temperature until
ascd.
If cream cannot bo whipped in a
cool room, the 'dieh containing the
cream should bo placed in very cold
water.
There is no advantage in adding
milk powder to: cream for whipping.
STEEL WOOL FOR SCOURING.
As n labor and time saver I believe
that steel wool can't be beat,` It is
good not only for aluminamwarre but
for pottery, enamel- and iron wares
as well; Nothing will remove the
scorch from these metals 'so complete-
ly and quickly as a little steel wool.
It will also put a polieh on the paring
an l' butcher- knives and kitchen forks,
By using steel wool for cleaning, the
process is accomplished in about half
the number of mot -Ione required when
you have to dip -in a cleaning com-
pound and then" back to the object to
be cleaned. The different grades of
steel wool give it' great adaptability
EIS a cleaning agent.—Ethel McDonald.
MY MAN'S HOT LUNCH.
Two years ago when the graveling
of the highway was in progress, the
work was done mostly by fanners.
They -worked well into December and
few of them wenthome,.fpr dinner.
With three 'email children it was
impossible for.mo to carry a hot din-
ner to the It.
A one -compartment fireless cooker
and a thermos bottle would have solv-
ed the problem but they were beyond
my reach.
T had a well-built egg crate with a
closely -fitting cover, a; pile of clean
old newspapers and magazines and a
soapstone'. foot warmer minus a
handle. With:these I went to work.
I lined the sides and bottom of the
crate with old; magazines, heated the
soap stone as hot as possible, without
burning the papers and placed it in
the bottom.
I; warmed some potatoes in a one
quart pan with a tight cover; put two
slices of warts, cooked meat on top of
them, put ort the cover and placed the
pan" on the stone. I filled a fruit can
with hot coffee, wrapped it in a news-
paper, fitted it ,beside the potato dish,
filled in all the space with crushed
newspapers and: laid a magazine on
top. There Gvas a'smail space' at the
top 01 the box where 1"put in a small-
er pasteboard box of bread and but-
ter sandwiches;. fresh 'fruit and cobk-
ies, The heat did not reedit these as
the magazine forrneci-perfect insula-
tion.
The experiment was a -success and I
soon'learned to pack potatoes, a vege-
table and meat -so that these and the
coffee .kept hot and) with_aandwicl es,
cake er cookies and. fruit, furnished
my husband out at work :with as well,
balanced. a Intel as we could serve on
our home table. We noticed that -Ile
health was sae better than hat of alio
melt who ate cold l incl=ea:
Now when the men work or a form
some distance from home, 1 use the
crate, and stone but put the mealoin
1 a six -qua, G kettle; the potatoes he a
pan that fits Into the kettle; the ket-
tie cover fits the pan so everything Is,
compact'
I send roa§t, meat of some iitind.
Have sent roast' chicken` and roast,
duck with the dressing. The pan holds
mashed, escalloped or fried pototpsd',
Another box or basket holds 04)
plates; forks, cups and other eatable
I have the middle of the day wS
they )er. away; to myself, knetve
they are well fed arid; will not aid
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A SIMPLE SE1RVICE{113LE
MORNING DRESS,
4523 This is a very pleasing' and
comfortable model. It will develop
well in gingham or percale, and
also good' foe damask,'jersey, serge
and either wool fabrics,' The sleeve
may be finished in wrist or ,short.
length.
- The Pattern Is cut in 7 Sizese-34,
36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and, 46 inches bust
measure. -A 38 -inch size requires 4)5,
yards' of 40 -inch mate/sal. The width'
at the foot is 2 yards.
Pattern mailed to any address' on
receipt of 15c in silver or stamps, by'
the Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West
Adelaide Street, Toronto. Allow two
weeks for receipt of pattern.
What the Sea Bottom is Like.
When -the ordinary person thinks of
the bottom of the sea,' said Dr. 0. II.
Townsend, director of ;the New; York
Aquarium, to :a writer' in the Ameri-
can. Magazine,' he lmaginee"it covered
with the - wonderful, plant, life, lie -bee
seen, either In reality, or in'picturee,
covering the bed of the ocean near
Jamaica or Bermuda or the, eouthern
California ooast, But such wonderful
sea flo-ra'is tie be found only where the
water is relatively shallow. It pelmet
exist without light.
More than half of the liundj•ed and
forty million square miles of water on
the globe is more than two thousand
fathoms deep, or rather more than two
miles. At that depth there is titter
darkness; the visible rays•oe the sun
do not penetrate deeper than a few
hundred fathoms at the most, Cense-
quently the ;greatest part of the bell
of the ocean does not have any plant
life whatever except microscopic. dia-
toms..
But even at the greatest d 'ht
there is animal life, . and in semo�
places it is abundant. The abundance
of life at the bottom of the sea is of-'
ten in proportion to ,the abundance or
life at the surface. 'lin those parts o
the ocean where there le abn'ioat 110 life'
an the upper waters there is little or
uono atthebottom. On the 'other'
hand, we once drew up sponges, which
are a form of angina] life, from a depth
of 4,179 fathoms, or some lour atul
three-quarters ,miles, That'liaul was
made near the Tonea'Islal;ds- in the
South:leneeflc, where isurfaoe life was
fairly abupclant, Tho explanatioe is :•
that deep-sea creatures depend on the
creatures at the surface for food. It
1e true that : :some deep-sea animals
prey on others,; But the other's in turn
must • be fed.: Virtually everything
goes to the bottom; there is a constant
"rain" of deadorganisms from the up.
per strata of the sea to its bed. Those
organisms form.the primary; food sup-
ply for the animal life below.
Immense areae of the bed of ,the
ocean are covered with deposits form-
ed.. bythe remains of orgamsnrs
the surface. Such deposits aro enlled
Oozes and are classified accordilig to
the kind of'.orgauisrhs drat prednsin
ates,_ There are diatom ooze, pteroped
ooze, gioblgerina ooze ,aed 50 on.
Other immense areas of the ocean 1
Mice beds of, red clay. There le 110
097,0 covering it, because in those
parts there 18 virtually no lire at thee
surface. The red -clay' areas are far
freen'any shore and so receive novo of
the -sediment washed lroip the. land.
They might Well be called the'.deeerts
of the sea; for they have no plant life
and almoStno animal life.
The red clay is perhaps the oldest
deposit at the bottom of the ocean. If
meet have formed very. slowly and
partly from volcanic naalter.eueh as
pumice and; volcanic glass; the frog-
menta were slowly worn to pieces,; and
the. verions -substances finally decom-
posed and feinted clay. The red colot
is owing to oxides of iron and of man-
ganese in,tlro-volcanic rocks.
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