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Favorite. Shoi•tpake—i/ cup, butter, Pussy who supplies in 'a satisfying
set
2 egg yolks, 1.3a cups pastry flour, way the demand that there be sweets
4i, teaspoon salt, 1 cup. sugar, 23b on festive occasions.
tk These attractive favors need not bo
2. egg uhf baking s,easpooder, '/a cnilla, childr`en's ;- -parties—they
2. egg whites, ?/i teaspoon vanilla, confined to i p °
spoon,add have found'favor and created amuse-
Cream the butter with aementin' 'own -u circles,
the -sumer and beat until the mixture
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Add the beaten
d together.
is lights Sift the flour; salt,,.and bak= y WITH WARTS.
mg powder
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e yolks to the milk, and add this • When the children', have . growth of
ng yarts as ,the are apt t to have, send
and the flour. to the butter and sugar. w Y P
Fold in the'stiffly beatenregg whites'them out to hunt that old-fashioned
vanilla. Bake in layers plant; with the thick, oily leaves aitd
and add the
or, if individual cakes are desired, in the delicate blossom which is of a pale
muffin tins, lilac tint. It is the Bouncing Bet -L.,
F4liin oa SILot'tcake—I allow one the common soapwort -almost impos
17 f sible to root out or to kill, and for this
quart of berries or :fruit for serving s d in id fashioned
six ersons. After. the berries are reason *oftensu o' o -
pgardens or in cemeteries: As children
washed:and -hulled. or stemmed or the
tpulp^is we used to like to-take,a pin and re-.
fruit is pared, stoned, and the h skin th
fat leaf; then
As as Alice was established In
, London, Christopher Smarle and his
wife - would call upon her.
Jean realized' with horror that she
had, overlooked t1 s contingency. As a
matter of fact, it could be counted
upon as a certainty.
When the rest • of the little house-
hold had .composed itself to slumber
with her
warts, Apply the juice of the leaf that night shin"stole out i
tato masher, and aIIow the mixture candle to the -salon and resolutely set
to stand two or three hours, or until each night until the warts disappear. herself to the bitter 'task of writing
This fillingKeep; on, even if results after the first . to Christopher and flinging herself
the sugar :is dissolved.., Th s. few days do not seem to warrant the bodily upon his Christian mercy.
is placed between the layers of short effort for. Bouncing Bet js sure to be Christopher was of the sterner type
arra, and sweetened whipped Cheam is getting in her work, and some day the of Christian -he believed in reward
arranged on top of the calve: The fruit it loo noticeably`shrunken' for the good and in punishment for
or ,berry juice is poured in the dish warts
will k, h I d Thi punishment
`around the shortcake. If the cakes
are baked in muffin tins,' every cup
cake is split to make two layers.
Among -the fresh fruits- and berries
• that I use in making shortcake are
peaches, apricots, -strawberries, black-
berries, raspberries, and pineapples.
Sesnvnser Apple Pie -2 cups nn -
sweetened apple, sauce, 1 cup sugar,
2 tablespoons lemon ;nie, 2 table-
spoons sugar, % teaspoon cinnamon,
?,t teaspoon nutmeg, 1 tablespoon
cornstarch, 2 egg whites.
Rub. the apple sauce through et
coarse sieve or put it through a po-
tato ricer. Add the one cupful' of
Sugar, the:lemon juice, cinnamon, nut-
meg, and cornstarch; cook until the
mixture thickens. Pour into a baked
pastry shell, and top with a meringue,
beating the egg whites until stiff and
folding' in the two tablespoonfuls ,of
sugar., Set in a slow oven.for twenty
minutes. to brown the meringue.
Frozen :F'reit Crecnli—lM, cups of
fruit or. berries, 1 •cup., sugar, 2 cups
cream. -
Prepare the fruit or berries as for
table use, chop in fine pieces, crush,
add the sugar, and ,allow to stand
three hours, or until the sugar'is dis-
solved._ Scald one. cupful, of the cream„
and add to the fruit; stir in the other: '
cupful of cream, and. freeze, Among
hf hi hl
1' added to .suit the
move the"s in from e
d;.
s ice sugar is a a we would blow the skin up like a
taste The amount of sugar varies
with the natural sweetness of the bladder..
The leaves of this plant. are .a safe
fruit or berries being used: Then I relief for even an extensive growth of
crush the berries or.fruit with a n
o-
1p Louisa' carry' out the bag erect HeY Garden,
O's s trunk; Hugo had mislaid his hthlnl ear -.uo vel s know she 's Iced;
Piney and a, wild sea"ret was made for think
1 e ^levo Steele', d face{
it Alice was in the carriage before rirb
She remembered that she had left her Thrt i.l,e etipected back this year
now rather :valuable jewel, ease in her ", Ii x re vanidlred r rap tbeir'place9 ,
bedroom Jean discovered that on -,-- o£ And ail tiro garden under evorid
;the, ;bags had' escaped the labelling Tho etiicSzv c d,' dock and "sort tl
process, and'£oi a liorrf'nle moment 'Flaunt' yu1 at'faeeh to the slcy
'Hector Gaunt' thought. he had left the And with the peppier, quarrel.
railway tidkets at hmte =
Ica
,But,one-by cue these matters were 1'he vrcef,alyssnnr thatter shears
cleared up satisr actorily, and tinnily
they -were- oi-l-, lurching dowrf,the hill 'Copt in such perfect,
to the the station, brakes shrieking, the A. snowy file of graduates
I,hea'vily. burdened, vehicle rolling .en- Along the garden's tborder--
., , , , y n its deep,. sat springs. have straggled from their fragrant
• ahead{ o pp
CIIA1"' Eli XXV. Christopher Smarle s reply, No Jean eauglit sight of a distant puff aisle
After all Jeari wcnde ed hadn't she , eel say -What, Christopher s ; stern of white smoke, The train—their tram ; Where bees are sadly humming -
been very silly>.to let what,Alice had cteed would direct him to do in the. --yes jestpeiline•'outoe. Ventimiglia. And 'wander devvn the ii gstone path
said make her feel uncomfortable? matter. i In another ten mrnute.,—
Hugo' 'wasn't Alice's ::father; he
She . dreamed' about. Christopher, an I "Quickly—quickly!" She urged the To see if she is coming'
wasn't; even 'hoz; uncle. • 'Nota drop unusual dream', because the scene of �,driter to hurry.
of the tainted-Smarle blood ran In her it was laid in at -begone' age. There•wasBut -eventually the confusion sub- The fragrance of her lilies' breath
veins, a . 'village green, and.. Christopher,, sided and they were en route for That western winds arebear•ing
Yetit all. the' great difficulty of Smar1 It lsuiteduhiser eress--how long -lipped d severity'' erfect- Genoa,- (To be .continued.) IS like a That c {',fois l er tach to haring,
One lived in a practical world. al -
—frowning with folded arms, upon a I know the earth, the' gentle earth,
wretched woman he had condemned
though for years Nits. Carney had That linew her for a lover,
hidden herself. and her daughter from to sit ;in_the.stocks, And the woman I Know a Garden. In memory of garden days
its cold 'observant 0 thing red was Jean herself. A young and pretty I know'a arden• safe it lies
r co obaexvant eye, One
mg a g . Lies tenderly above her,
another had ant e e. to assist them and torrefied Jean, with little boys,Kram straying,foot and curious eyes,
But you may find it if you search: 'n •his to me the truest sign:
A garden that is l'ike'a church A d t s n
Whore never sed was fiung
,On sweetly solemn afternoons Or root was planted there t1 blue.
Of gentle Junes; i. >,' orget-me-not hasp sprung.
—Marian :hard lttcNeely, ,in Youth's
in the anonymous mode of living, not
the least Of which had been the;, war.
Alice was quite a little girl when the
War began, and for all those years
they had been cutoff from England.
They were retnembored less and: less,
and finally almost forgotten, except
by Christopher Smarts, who had the
handling of Jean's small affairs.
' Christopher was ,the great .diff;-
culty. Thera were several- things
which he did not know,` the most im-
portant of all being that. AIice was
not Biigo's'daughter. .Arid one could
not tell Christopher the truth about
that. Nor' did hie know that, Mrs:
Carney, had been passing as a widow,
even to her own daughter. He would
suppose that Alice was in the secret
of Hugo's identity".
soon
jeering at her, and snore virtuous
maidens than she passing by with
half -averted, seld-righteous eyes.
Christopher, grim as his own con-
ception cf God; gazed upon her with
moody satisfaption.
She awoke from this dream in a
cold perspiration. - Yes, it was ''true
enough—Christopher `Smarle 'loved
punishing people, particularly women.
If there had been r a' leg for him to
stand upon he woujd have blamed• her
fen .Hugo's misfortune. Undoubtedly
he would' disappreve'of. this crooked
business 'tee iettieg 'Alice ' believe 'that
Hugo' was merely her "uncle. But the
real: truth could; never in this world'
be revealed to Christopher.
After all, it was none. of his', affair.
Jean turned ever with a• groan and
tried to go rte alcep again,
In the morningshe'forgot all about
hes drea_ and put Christopher
Smarle completely ot of her 'mind
once .the letter had been posted.
What was the good of worrying
about it? Everybody saidsheworried
too much, and so far they had^been
proved right,,r•'
There was -t10 much to'dp that day.
that Hugo set' aside his financial ex-
ercises—which was a blessing—and.
devoted himself to the more menial
labor of packing' and assisting to get
the villa closed up.
alsofarmore cheerful u than
He wasor ch if 1 za.
he had- been- during ; the past; two
t e wie se . n were either white
weeks. Pessimism seemed o. have
and soon they will be been put away with his needlework,:
I black. A perfectly sound doctrine, Jean. thought she was right, that he
A NEW PATTERN SERVtCE OF but one could not help but feel that had been concerned about the money,
no man, not even ;Christopher was
,had
refusing to admit it. What
EXCEPTIONAL MERIT, good enough himself tc, sit in such else could have depressed him?' For -
heavy. and final judgment -upon his'tunately she knew. nothing about that
fellow -beings. I confidential talk between him and
For instance, if Christopher knewtAlice-concerning Hector Gaunt's,feel-
what she had done in her youth, he ing far her. 'Had she known that her
would; say that all the evil which -sub -'eyes ,freight have _been .opened.
sequently , befel Hugo' had resulted , This*•was a practical day in which
from that rash marriage of theirs. !-
sentiment had no chance to enter.
So the letter was very troublesome Gaunt;: looking like; a` cross between
to write. +an Italian farmer in his best clothes
To begin with, she broke with hien and` a nonconformist preacher, arriv-
light-heartedly the news of Alice's int- ed"in time. for tea. -
the fres suits w c use iu making
this dessert .arestrawberries, black-
berries, raspberries, pineapples, and
peaches, If you' like a frozen dish
containing more fruit and less cream,
Fruit Sherbet is well worth trying,
Fruit Sherbst-2 cups crushed fruit
or berries, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup cream.
Prepare the fruit or berries as for
table use, chop fine, and crush, Add
the sugar, and show to stand in a cool
Place until the 'sugat Is dissolved:
-Whip the ereani until Stiff, and fold
in tho fruit and sugar mixture.
Freeze. Ocasionally I use canned
apricots or gratedpineapple tp make.
this sherbet. -1 add. three-fourths cup.
fui'sugar instead of one cupful when
tanned fruits are being .substituted
for fresh ones.
Lightning Puddiizp-1- scivare ,choc-
elate, 4 cups milk, 3 tablespoons rice,
yi'a sup , raisins, 4 table6poonssugar,
d teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla.
• Cut the; ehoeglate• in small •pieces,
• and piano it in the upper part of the
double boiler; when melted, add the
mills, the washed rice, sugar,, and salt.
Stir constantly during the first- part
of the cooking to keep the milk from
curdling ,When the.rice.is very soft,
itdd the raisins, which have been put
U s-odgh a. food grinder. '! Continue;
cooking' until, the mixture has `a'
:sreanly':appearancerPlavor with van-
illa, and cook Serve with cream:.
Freels' of Simple-Elegaiice
Parisian import of tan Rat crepe,
and trimmings' of . brown satin.
Ono-Iiiece dress with :novel :,taped
yoke front and back,' and long
Sleeves or made sleevelesa and
folded bands used. Front of dress
is slightly gathered below yoke,
giving'the necessary graceful ful-
ness.' Straight applied ,bands across
;tont of drese and on the long
sleeves; are becomingly trimmed.
Tie.strings at sides art very smart.
Crepe ode °bine and summer voiles
are .; suitable niateriale. Ladies'
dress No. 1001, cut in sizes 34 tri=4g,
inches bust. Size 38 requires ,4j
Yards 36 or' 40 inches 'wide or 34
yards , 44 fetiches; wide.
Pattern sent to 'any address on
receipt of 20 cents in silver, by the
Wilson Pattern ,service, 73 Adelaide
St. 'W., Toronto.
MAKE-DARN11dG A PLEASURE: I,
To nuke stocking darning easy,
keep' on 'hand a cheap 'grade of net
Cut a piece large enough to cover the!
hole to be darned. Baste the net on
,1
being •- careful not• to' puck*. Darn I
with basket weave in the usual way. I
You will .use , less darning cotton;
Your work will be smooth and neat:
Darning will be.:.a pleasure rather I
than a burden, and youcan work
twice as fast, '
CANDY KITS.
Quaint little favors for children's
parties' may be made from pure gum-
- drops. :
-For each kit, select three gumdrops,;
plump and round in shape find soft
enough to be flattened out a bit. These
fora the body of the kitty. Insert
two' strong toothpicks perpendicularly'
tlirpugh these, pressing; the first` two
down slightly 'and leaving the third
quite round for the head;
Now, on the protruding ends of the
'oothpicks, adjust two smaller gum-
drops, oblong in straps, `to form the
kitty's ears. Next, insert a toothpick
through the 'lower and middle gun{-'
drops and finish oft' with four oblongs
which make the paws, Attach with :a
sorell bit of toothpick a fifth oblong;
ph`icing it at an angle to form a saucy
tail. Three "Cloves, stuck in fox eyes
The worshipers stand all so 5t111
Companion.
That I can count them When I will: •
Cornflowens;gay' in fringyfrocks,
Delphiniums In flne'..blue_`smocks, Destroy thq
Petunias- prinked, and .rank's of. tall," than the
_ The fly`kills'moz�e people
Berieffled, slender hollyhocks; maneating''tiger.
Daisies in starchedwhite bonnate; reir•.ethe
July,'August and` Septembe
small. months` -'When the Intestinal diseases
i e the Sweet Williams. grouped: Ues d h are most"rovalent' and Most deadly,
wall, p
and these are •also the -months when
Snapdragons in their very best house fliesa y .re bus selecting their
And many a litle noimeless bloom breeding places in any aeeumnlaiion
Tliee,'nudging in among the rest,
.A pion xi„A
m52d sxffreeuela
eetsec8 mad a
beeaeele ote
Good Yom.
fineBlti, .tla>ti�a4TiIIi
and dStyestlion
Mielscs; the
cacx8', algae
taste Eseteeine
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of filth they can find In the neighbor -
Finds soniehow•elbewroom,' . hood, The prevalence of files In payI
neighborhood is' an indication of, the
Once in a. while a wind is heard existence of manure piles or accumuhs
••
As quiet as a Scripture word; tions of decomposed animal or vege-.
Now and again.a bee's'Iow croon • table matter. It is.ntteu a short route
Ie like anold'hyAuis tender tune; from ,such accumulations to the lit -
And sometimes silence settles there, then door and the baby's milk bottle,
A 't ` n ui silence longunstirred, ra q 1 s a rr :and the result all too often ie�a severe
As perfect as a prayer.
case of summer diarrhoea with a fatal.
'termination.
The congregation bend and wait1 est -seem
To dwell on this ion n a question i Y
The benediction, still, sedate.. like harping on an old and time -worn!
Not ell of them are orthodox. ` subject, but at this season of the year
The wee pinks' whisper to the phlox we cannot afford to overlook wlrathas
nhalting
Whe , in the open gate
been fully described as the dirtiest
With sidewise head and questioning and moat deadly aniinal in existence.
eye; •if allowed to breed and roam uncheels-
A skeptic robin Rupee late ed, flies can cause more deaths than
Tolisten doubtfully. the wild beasts that rosin the jungles.
Sontetimes:a jeweled butterfly, ,.Flies carry the germs of typhoid
.An utter- worldling, .passes by,
Flouting the sermon; poppies nod
(And yet they have their dream of
God),
.but roses bend. in all their beauty
To think sweet thoughts -of lava and
duty; -- "
Haab pansy lifts a reverent face,
Petitioning. for gift of grace,
radia marriage, dwelling upon the' And even little outcast weeds
pending g , l Jean' thought with ,
worldly goods 'of Dr. ?hill p Ardeyne' his wide -brimmed black felt hat and Present their humble piteous needs
to an extent that seemed almost mer -(voluminous broad -cloth frock -coat, but
cenary. Christopher thought a great while she laughedher throat swelled
deal about money. luncomfoetably. Unless she was might-
'Then came cheerful news of Hugo s fly mistaken that was the sane coat
health and-somethingwhich would he had bought for their bigamous
max e—
please Christopher S I th e f a
ct marriage twenty years ago, straining
of his (Huigo's) recovery o.f a "had 'now a little at the shoulder seams, its
debt," matin it unnecessary for hitt 1 lustre reduced to enere well -brushed
(Christopher) to allow thole ` that 1 shininess, lint' undoubtedly the same
promised one hundred and fifty coat.
pounds ,a year.. I Besides his bag Rector had a rush
After this her pen glowed down basket which smelled sweet and drip -
and she wasted a few sheets of paper.1 ped with moisture. He let them have
It was even more difficult than she a peep at its contents, andbehold,
had anticipated. Qne might be casual -the bride's bouquet! White carnations
and just take for granted that Chris and rosebuds embedded in smilax and
topher would see nothing odd or hope-
lessly wrong in what she had done and
persuaded Hugo to be a party. to.
%'inished, it ran thus:
Oh, I almost forgot to tell you.
Hugo is • tailing himself John Baliss.
T believe he wrote you to address him
by that name, but didn't explain why.
You see, after that terrible affair,
when you " advised me to - drop the
name of Smarle, I• was a little con-
fused about what I ought to do, and
when people assumed me to be a
widow 1 didn't trouble to correct them,
It also savedme much painful ex-
planation to poor Alice. It was bet-
ter for herto think her father was
dead—for you know, dear Chris-
topher, we scarcely dared hope the
oor fellow would ever be released. So
Hugo thought it was much better to
go on as we were, and Alice believes
he is her uncle. You won't forget
this,. will you, &ear Christopher
Well' Hugo and I have grown so
usedto the idea that -I nearly over-
looked mentioning it to you. It's a
small thing, but important, really,
since Alice will be Hiving in London
and you will be seeing her.
There followed messages to the fam-
ily,
am-ily, a'little, more fulsome and affect-
tionate than usual, winding up with
the. remark -that : she really must cut
this letter short now as it was :grow-
ing late—a letter, theshortness of
which had run to eight crowded pages.
Jean crept back to bed at two
o'clock. She had ' done' all that she
could'. do, hilt no ' one could predict
asparagus fern, with yards Of white
satin ribbon to .tie it up with. He
had risen at dawn to gather the flow-
ers before the sun had touched them,
he said,
"I shindel think that Ardeyne would
have ordered a bouquet," said jealous
Hugo. "Otherwise I should have done
so myself."
But the little bride-to-be Was con-
siderably touched., by tints mark of
affection from her mother's .old ad-
mirer.
"If he has, I can carry them both,"
she said.
Hugo sighed prodigiously.
Gaunt clapped him on the back.
"Cone; old -chap; you'Il make us feel
like a funeral,',
- "Well—weddings are quite as sad.
Worse, I think. How time flies! But,
of course, I was years in That Place.
It seems like only yesterday Alice
was no more than so high. Just a
mite of a thing." '
"tbh, Uncle John, do you remember
me when I was a baby?, I didn t_-
lmoW -
Jean hysterically dragged them off
these dangerous.geicksands.
"Dani me, it's after five! Where can
the, Carriage be? Are you quite' sure
that Louisa-----" • '
"Quite sure, niunxsey." Alice calnied
her. "It's old, Genelli. He wont fail
us. He wasn't to 'come until five -
thirty. .
vethirty.... Oh, here he is now!"
There was a jangle of bells as the
roomy -old-fashioned carriage drew up
at the gate The driver came in to
1n that most, lovely place.
That garden holy as a church,
That is not meant- for careless. eyes,
Though you may find it when you
search '
It you are wise.
—Nancy Byrd Turner in Youth's Com-'
panfon,
p p
' Home,. "Sweet" Howie.
The rooms In some homes• ate
musty; others, are just ordinary; and
some have a most delightful and frag-
rant perfume.
DOM!
-Tltose five young °women 'itemisers
of.No: t Ladies' Vint Aid Tcarii, (aha-,
titan National Railways,•Montreal OLS'
fiefs, recently:' wen the: Lady Crue-
mond Trophy, •" emblematic of the
Chan iiionship;of Canada'iu First Aid
and Horne Nursing, The Canadian
Natlourl ltsilways have more men and
N ICN OF CANADA FIRST AID OHAM
rtomen-tekieg insti-oction in First Aid
work than : any otherorganization in
Canada, Already, more than 4;000 have
been enrolled. in the classes, and the
Xvmlt is beteg highly organized from..
coast to coast..' It is the 'airs, of the
Company to have employees en every
It is not strong, but the air holds•
it
and wafts it refreshingly towards you.
Sometimes it reminds you of roses;
now of the elusive honeysuckle; now
of lavender. ,
Somewhere in the room there la a
jar of potpourri—that is the secret.
And anyone With a. gareenn-not of
neoessitee Targe—can quite easily pre -
pate their own potpourri this •sunnner;
The main .ingredient is petal leaves,
picked fresh in the early, tnornieg and
driedin the sun. Roseleavaa should
be the greatest in quantity, ani to
them can be added geranium (sweet -
scented), lavender, eherry-pie, honey-
suckle, cloves, etc. The drying 1e
rather a lengthy business,' and ten
days' exposure on a tray is not too
long.
Then sprinkle over the leaves crush-
ed cinnamon -bark, orris -root (obtain-
able at herbalists', and chemists), and
-.bay Salt, A tablespoonful of each
would be.,sufUcient, Mix thoroughly,
and then sprinkle,,turning the leaves
as you 00 So, with about twenty-drolis±
.ql oil of cloves, oil of lavender, and
just a,litt;'le oil `of cinnamon. A minute
quantity of oil of niask can be added,
not only because A little suffices, but
because itis expensive.
Now put in a wide-mouthed jar or
tern -bowl, and there is your pot-pourri.
It should .be attired occasionally, and
now aud.again exa'minedto see jenny.
fever, diarrhoea and many other dis-
eases and the most effective warfare
we can -Wage against them is the, elim-
ination ,of.the .dint and filth in which
they,,are horn -rand, bred. '. Continual:
vigilance Is the price of safety. '
Which Hat is Coolest?
King George gave e Iead to his not
and -sultry subjeots•by wearing a Pain.
aina;lsat:the•other:day- If'.the Panama
t
rooclvod Its'°duo°rhe"T?;ing's wainie
t
would be universally followed, for it is
the eoelest het'oe record:'
This has been proved"by a"test, it
which seven 10150: wont out together,
each wearing a different kind of .hat,'
stayed out. an hour, returned, end iia•
mediately had the temperature of their
headgear •taken.,
The Panama hat eame 'first, with -a ,
temperature of 77.7, degrees.
Next came a soft -grey felt, a couple
0e grmer.
Thdeirdees, ou war. the list was the unpopular
hard ,straw. This was .considerably
hotter than the -soft grey felt, the thor
ntometer;registering 85 degrees.
You might, have thought the top -hat
would eome'last, but it did not, Its
place was fourth --bang in the middle.
—with a temperature of 89.6 degrees,
Exert hatters i1 o drat the reeled-
nese
eele -
P tt s s gg st i
nese inside helped to keep it reason-
ably ol.'
Fifthco, the cap-92".degrees,
Sixth, the bowler, or hard felt. Tints
was 94 degrees—a bad record.
And lastly, hottest of all, was Foot
Tommy's stiff khaki headgear, with a
temperature of 98% degrees. No won;
der they esometimes grumble in the
army{'
Wilding aleg.
The manner of the inert who sailed
our old•tiineships- is described byMiss
C, Fox smith in "A Book of mous
Ships;"
Sha tells of Captain :SamuelFas, stein
per of an American clipper, the Dread•
nought. During a storm he was near-
ly Rung overboard, and leis leg was
broken..
Several futile attempts were nrads
with tate assistance of three strong.
men, to reduce ,the; fracture, ands the
captain was dissuaded from an at
tempt to amputattehis-leg himself, •
.It was a fortnight later when the
ship reached port, where'doctors fixed
the lfroken deg to a tackle and throe
sailors pulled it into position. 13nt
the captain managed to save his limb
and lived to be ninety.
Watchers of the Skies.
compared with birds,'human beings
have a poor sight, It is well known
that ah eagle is capable of sighting its
quarrY front and.
a great height, is able
to swoop down and seize it exactly in
the {=entre of its neck.
Most birds have good sight, but in
some the faculty is more developed
than in others. The woodcock, for in.
stance, has' the remarkable power of
flying at a great speed through dense
thickets as though it were flying
through an open space.
It is also astonishing to see the pace
at which a bird will alight upon a tree
or building. OnIy most acute sight
enables 1t to do this accurately. Then,
bow .qulokly birds distant food that
bus been lett on the ground. Throw a
piece of bread down at a time when
no birds are near, and in a few mo-
menta a number of them will be on
the spot.
Ostriches; which can 'travel at a
trenaend__p
ousaee,-hold their wings out
when they run. They do not "fly,"
however, merely using the outstretch-
ed wings to balance their bodies as,
they sway and turn.
All experiences are valuable for the
wisdom they bring or suggest. But
when you. have once gained wisdom
and knowledge from any experience,:
there is little profit in repeating it,
especially if it has been unpleasant.
—Prentice Mulford.
44".a..ar.
it Isl
Fly—"t'h'ere ate a number' of
great inventions.."
2nd Fly—"The ily'swatter ain't one
of It thehas m,"
dbeen.iscovered that candles
having -a triangular croee section and
longitudinal grooves on the sides burn
note freely and give snore light than
round, ones. The grooves act as a
path tor the upward -flowing air.`
PIONS
train in eveeveiy sbop;and and :ca cable
of rendering First'Aid efficiently wleu-
ever theoceasion.demands, Tire names
of the winning team from left to
right are: Mlesos, May Neato, Olive
Doody Rcbina Moodie, captain; Sarah
N. James and Isabelle Tarleton.
leaf his mould on it, •Souretimes. a
leaf stalit. will not dry properly; ex-
amination will" enable you to, remove,
,Thejar. must be kept in a. dre.
place=not near; an, epee 'window, for
itistanpe--and you can add to it 'year
by year. It will retain lts'sebtle frag-
ranee indefluitely.
Don't Go In.
Don't go in on a soft spring night when
the latticed trees are swaying!
Don't go in when the elfin light on the
apple -bloom Is Playing!
Don't go iii when the mystic spell of
stars in a sea of blue
Is working -a change that yon cannot
tell. in the heart and soul of
:you!.
Don't go in and !Dave it have alone and
lovely {tail:, sweet;
Don't' go in 'olr a sett spring night, ,
when the lilacs trill at your
feet!
Don't, go in "when wisteria drifts, like
an attar cf neon on the air!
Don't go in when the fairy `:dreams' of
the spiritual dusk aro thorn!
Dos't'go in whet wavering trees leave
Wonderful shadows to die!
Don't go in ona soft spring night when '
there'n whispering low and high,
When the flowers and the birds and
the insects know that Home -
about to pass•1
Don't go in when, the feet of spring are
touching: the dew -sweet grass'._
A�g1assara,bottle
•of Coca-Cola—
ice-cold,
ocaCola..oe-cold, "with:
beaded babbles"
winkingat the
brim," invites
you to delight
taste, " satisfy
thirst and refresh
yourself.
Sold everywhere at
fountains and in boa•
des,-. The pcice isonla,
a few 'pounce. '
DeliciOus and. freaui
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