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STUDY YOUR BABY.
Babies cannot talk, but they have
a sign language which the observant
mother may Mari to understand. By
. proper 'understanding of his crying
•and movements, •a great nianY a
baby's wants may be discovered and
...wisely cared. for. '
- A normal, healthy child gains regu-
larly in'weight has a "war& -moist
• skin, breathes. quietly; 'eats heartily,
sleeps peacefully, bee regularly one
or two bowel movements daily, and
Mies only when hbas huagry, uncom-
fortable, ill, or -indulging in a fit
teroper. ,
-Babittlaiii—The healthy baby will couldn't help it; truly I couldn't. I my
mother like lit."
, breathe easila and, quietly though the was just standing under the arbor, .
nose. Sornetinzes a perfectly normal and the grapes fell iM me. They feli cazae
"I will explain ' said ,Chrietopner.
• baby will. breatheeirregularly during on Pegayetoo; nobody could help it," straight' -from London pur-
nosely to see you—before it was too
the first weeks of life. This should _and finally the frightened Roaaleen
excitemo alarm unless aisoalated with who went slowly to he room for pun- "You came—to, see—me? From Lon -
other sig•ns of illnesfasuch as hot skin ishrnent and then sobbed herself rids- don? , Then it is about niumsey—"
aria flashed Joe. •-erably to sleep. . ' Her fears were returning. Oh, this
"Baby should breathe through the Though the thing had happened strange, cruelaooking manl
il0Se with the mouth closed. Mouth Weeks- ago, the, tliree leesaieens still "Yet -1r Mahar wrote to me," Chris-
1:teething or habitually holding the
mouth open indicates enlarged tensile
oi edenOias or some other obeixuation
••te the bieathing which needsetbe at-
tention of a physician.. .
Skin—The baby's skin should he a
healthy phis color and should feel
warm, smooth and slightly moist to
the toiach, The -muscles undea the
en Hearts Coinra
y EitsiZAt3HTli ,NeCiRk(
" Tr k PA hearts eotatemeul,
Fames
in the sagest colossellings depart"
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ClIAPTEit • e quently on Tjnele.Johri's undieelPlined
Me. Si -eerie, I—I'd rather you told tongue. .
me at once. Is,rnumsey dead?" said • That.was what it had all meant;
Alice.. • ' his queer speeches his little jealous,
er question stereled Christopher. les, h s generosityMr.
He had no clue at 141 RS to what had ahuat .knear. wise in the secret,
piompted it to.
. "Not that I know Of," he replted. , She would have cliallengeS Chris-
, I'She is 111 then? Perhaps she has topher 8maide's story ;had there been
had an ageident?" • . • the least bit a room in her mind for
"I haven't heard a it," said Chrie- doubt. But there wasn't any room.
topher. "May' I sit down?" tugged at. an • inside pocket and
'Oh, yesaapleaee do. You must for- brought out a bulky envelope. In -
give ine. didn'teunderstand: When etently she, recognized the handwrit-
your card mune up I could'only think 111.V,
that sgmething had happened to mum- `Your mother'e letter. 1 wotild like
, isey and that you had come to tell me. you te read it," he eaid. •
You—you are ssur,e? • ...Nothing has Alice Amok' her. heed,
happened to her." • '`INTo think yon, I'd rather
"Nothing that I, know of," Christer. - "In yase you imagine I've been too
pher :firmly assured his victim: "Bit- harella ' •
cepa that she appears to have lost all "No, thank you," '
sense a consciende. Thank you, I mill , "Vety ' wellaa .Christopher pursed
sit down if I -May." , , his lips, frowned, and returned the
"Oh, yes, yes! Dere at theavinclow, enVelope to. his pocket. The poor lit -
Mr. Smarla This chair leoka. to be tie bride's coldly stubborn manner set
quite comfortable.", him against her. .
ChriStopher crossed the .rooM with . "She didn't want you to know," he
sombre, heavy tread,. end possesned gala. • -
'himself of the comfertable chaii,• after "Apparently not'
Pointedly waiting-aor Alice to sit down ."And she got your ratiter to agree
first. to the deception. It was because the
She leaned forward, her hands wax- wanted you to make this, aclvantag-
.
lobsly clasped, her `white face drawn: erase marriage."
with perplexity. •Alice winced. •
.
"What da youhean?" she asked. "1 Christopher continued: "Your -moth-
don't underetand oua speakifig abut mas audacity went further than that
even. She allowed heraelf to believe
that I-`=/ might be persuaded to lea -
come a party to her wicked` plan. She
rather. misunderstands me. She 'al-
wayS' did." .
Alice ehivexed and'alightly changed
her pooltion. She wished Mr. Smarle
would ge, • The full -extent of her Oh, God, be pitiful, be merciful! •
Mumsey had. -done it 'deliberately;
tragedy was only beginning to dawn
on her; she felt the horror of it jlioehdo;when questioned, about uncle
taken an path, or offered to
hard On dreekings.. Paste a pleas of
muelin or velvet over the worn part
a. the shoe lining.
TAINS.
' Rosaleen'e Mother defended herself
for .whatohe had .done saiying'that
the ohild was too careleSe. Yet' um
comfortablY' three Rosaleens" haunted
her, .three Rosaleens 'ehaeging from
one. to another like pietures On 'a
dereen. • Tare Was a radiant, 'danc-
ing Rosaleen7 starting for hea -meaty,
then a frightened, atammerieg Passe
leen' coaning slowly 'beak' with 'the
stained gownl--aallit; .rnother, I
asseetaaaeleitee
Members of the let Bombay Troop of Boy'.;ScOnts, whS, rived In, Eng-
land for the big aamboiee, are shown enjoying a .joke • at their camp at
pidSues.
PlenitY •that had tortered his heart.
Letters like white flames, which had
seemed to burn away all the drose of
lifeealeaving only that which was
noble, beautiful, and self -sacrificial;
such letters as a man might write to
a little saint on her high and lonely
pedestal.
Time mid again—even to-day—sae
had felt that Philip had something he
feared yet wished to tell her. And it
?was this terrible thing, -
IVIUmeey had thought to trick ,and
cheat bim, but when he foand out he
played his eart like the fine, chival-
rous Beal he was.
crept back. Now Rosaleen and her topher went on. I. only, got her let. drawing closer and closer._ S0°1:1ale take one. '
mother were visiting Jennie Davolitho two oi
ter yesterday morning, and I left by would be drowned in it, and tthe didn't
and ber little Molly. There was some- ling ever since. I -reached Lucerne her agony,
clock train, I've been travel- want Christopher Smarle to witness -pain. She wanted to die, but death
The g.irl's heart contracted with
our ago, • Miumsey had dims this thing.
"rhe one thing which puzzles me" doesn't ceme merely by wishing it.
thing about Molly and her mother that lese than an IS "
Rosaleen's mother could not quite he continued, in his amoeth, quasi.
"Really? Perhaps you: --you'd like
understand; she kept watching. and oomething to eat." Alice made a move- judicial voice, "is Dr, Ardeyne's atti- Dare one hate one's mother?
'watching. • And then one afternoon ment as though to get ap but he way- tude in this matter. I met Dr. Ar- She got up slowly and wetinto her
7 ..r bedroom, feeling stiff, bruised, utterly
deyne shortly after your father's re -
had gone to a party ett a neighbor's, "r went nothing, thank you. Your z en her purse ----thanks her father's
skin should feel firm. Flabby muscles. and Molly lead corrie lea& with a elm- mother wrote to me coneerning your a: it seems incredible your mother din generosity—and her trunk was still
ot know, on the examining board of
she saw dear y, Molly and ,Rosaleeri ed her back with a decisive gesture, lease had been, decided upon. Re was larolzen. Theae was pronty of money
uanally indicate something wrong with olate stain on her pretty gown. After- ir"4134age' It was quite a long letter,
h sicians. The 'onl thin can think unpac
ked. It would take only a few
the feeding. . , Wards Rosaleen's mother remembered for her. It was a letter Which shock., P Y Y
Crying—A well baby does apot ery Rosaleen's swift glance at her. i ed and startled me very much. I hope of is that your mother tas in some moments to repack the contents a her
dressing -bag. But was there time to
very much, e.nd since lie has no other I you will forgive me for saying so, but waY tnanaged to keep poor Hugo hid- get away before Philip returned?
Melly was utterly fearless; she youe mother appears to be totally de- den from Dr. Ardeyne. Otherwise -a"
means of calling attention to his wants Certainly not time enough to ring fat
went straight to her Mother as to one void of conscience and a proper sense "My husband hag seen my—mY porters -and have the trunk talcen
eluring the early months of his life • ia f d t . • , father fre uentl " Alice. mane ed to ' '•
• '
" o er, o
• ha cry should be heeded. : But when "Mr. Smarle, I cannot listen 'if you
hother, see what happened! We can
he cries 'simply because he has learn- are going to say such things as that!
clean it, can't we?"
ed Irom experience that this brings don't know what rnuresey can have
That quick nestling against her waitteri, but certainly—"
hint whatever he wants, he has ae-) mother! The eagerness in her eyes! •el
quired one of the worst habits he can quite understand, Your feelings
And themJefinie kissed the eager face are but natural, and"you are in no
have, and one which it takes all the ae asked:
a wise to blame. Your mother has
strength and patience .of ;the mother' "Tell me, how did it happen, dear?" shirked her Christian duty, but that
• to break. „Crying should cease when 1 "Mina Ackers ,was having a second doesn't, absolve me tram mine. You
the mese hat: been removed. , helping of ice cream, and she spilled were not informed, I believe, that
A, certain amount of crying develops
the baby's lungs and is good for hirn. tome of it on me. Of course she dithat Hugo Smarie is your father."
mean, to, inOther." "Hugo Smarle?" Alice • repeated
• When children ery. for everything "No, dear, Pre sure she didn't .4.na faintly. "I don't anew who you mean.
them went, it is the result. Mf faulty your cousin, a 11 his
and cries • t d I it and -put on an old dress, and'I'll eharr nMayTnefawthaesr
training. If baby is =on or fretful Hwunggo Ca-rnay."
I think we ean dean it, Run upstairs
you how. Then If you ever have. a.
• does not mean necessarily that he is stain when mother isn't here, You'll
111, but there is somethiag wrong with Ithow what to do."
him. Learn what he is trying' to tell may danced upstairs as Hotly as
you by crying.
she lied danced down on her way to
Hunger Cry—A low, whimpering the party. A. strauge look came antis
ery sometimes accompanied by sti6c-1 Rotaletart's eye's, a look that pierced
Ina the fingers or the lips. If the
111°11. hemother'e heart,
is not forthcoming,sit nuiy change to ix'
r
1 In a moment Molly dented down
lusty screaman
, Babies are as likely -- , again, with the White dress ovezaher
ery Deem indigestion caused by over -larva Then'they ell went out into the
feeding as from hunger. •Ocitclien, where Molly leatned how to
a'retful Gaya -The baby is sleepy or fasten' the dress tight over a bowl with
azicarefortable. Ho may be too warm clothespins and to pear boiling 'water
tar tired of being laid in one position.1 through the cloth.
A tepid sponge bath and gentle rub 1 A's the stain faded out Rosaleetz
• or a chino a clothing and. taking said, "Mother didnit show me how to
.. him out will prove very restful and t ine t ,J
comforting. If the crying continues, Over the heads of their daughters
consult the doctor; the ehild may be - poot father was convicted as a crizn- not so grand as you are here—but ism entirely Its own.
III. tne glances of the two mothere"met. inal Iunatic. He isas been con ne in' comfortable. Lucerne is a very beau- j Examine the images of the Egyptian
sometimes rising to a shriek, wcarhyl, leen,
Molly's neother said to Rosa- of madness he shot a man, hit part- ' noon." 1
, will notice in the hands of some of
Cry of Colic or Pain—A lusty The eyes of Rosaleen's were dark with Broadmoor for afteen years. In a fit tlful spot, isn't it? Well, good after-. deities In the British Museum, and you.
"I suppose she loved to ea) it for ner in fact. Shot and killed is mend "Good afternoon," Alice repeated. ,
teare in the 'eyeS. In colic the knees you. You ask her next time to lot Of course, he is sane now—but, never -1 ,She sat shunted for a little while tileul a cross with a circular handle.
ed. A tight fist ia usualleaan indica- should have been told, Mutat-was your Then, bit by bit, all tho puzzling one of the oldest of all religioue sym-
tion of. pain. If the trying increases Roialeen turned her cleaa eyes Oh d II ' I ' 1 th" h' h had h d '
other's duty to te youi n view 0 Inge w icha since bols, denoting the power to open and
-with movirtg of an arm. or leg or when yrkl ler marriage, you undealstand. Yee Hugo's arrival at Bordigherza began' close the doors of heaven.
her mother. Suddenly the ran to her
placing the child in a certain position, and clung close. el will; oh, a willi" 'a-OW(11141re wished to know. Your—er to fit themselves together, She was • The key hat a magical Meaning for
she cried, • —your husband might also prefer to the daughter of a lunatic who ,had the Greeks and nomats. Their gods
—ae,__....— have been told. Partieularly a man shot and killed a man, ana had been were often given the title of Ito,
like Dr. Arcleyne, who, I believe, holds shut up in Breach -row for fifteen
How to Build a Tetnple. • rather strong views on the subject. years. bearer ae, for exempla, Jareee, the god
. Y
say. Her head was in an alzdolute .things which make the greatest diffi-
whirl. She only half comprehended eulties.
the meaning of these after -thoughts She would have to write a note for
of Chrittoaherts. •philip. No, she could postpone that
°arm," sifted Christopher.' "Then and. leave the trunlc. Suppose she took
Dr. Ardeyne, himself, is in the de- just her dreseing-bag and slipped
ception." away to the station? There would be
"Murasey didn't know. I'm sure she 0, train going somewhere. She could
didn't1" • a te egrap Ph lip from the station,
"Didn't know what? There's pre-
Ci01.18 little, I imagine---"
• "That Philip was on that board,
I'm sure the didn't,"
Christopher looked sourly indiffer-
and then write to hirn when she reach-
ed her destination, -wherever that
might be.
She put on her hat and did not no-
tice that she had got it back to front.
"It doesn't matter. I had my dutY toilet articles inta the bag, and- tben
Oflt Frantically she threw brushes and
Christopher shook his head sadly. to perform. If A.rdeyne hasn't been struggled intaaher coat. .If only she
"No, my child. Yoar fathezakname deceived so much the better. . But could get awayl It would.be so much
was Smeale. Your mother called her- that's no credit to your mother. It easier fca both oa there 'if bar shame
self Mrs: Carnay—fol a reason, She
posed us a widow—also for a reason.— wooagsedjutsit hanimacbcoiLernot.70Worerfeathyoeur ear;i: and humiliation were confessed.. to
Philip by letter.
but that was wholly unnecessary. rivediii.
She snatched up the bag and her
That was carrying deception too far,'
' "Ian afraid 1 carat talk about it gloves and turned towards the door.
The man whom you've been told icr any more," Alice stad faintly. "Would There stood Philip, staring at her in
your micle is really your father. flaw be so kind as to ?AMISS ins, M. blank stIrprise. Perhaps he had been
biselBieoviejsys_oloembleBenoiti000ll, that his name, wen."
I—I'm not feeling very watching her for as much as a minute
Alice sat tense and still. • Christopher took the hint. He rose, "My darling abaci, what on earth
or more..
She had thought that Miele johe maleetically solemn, and, noting that does this mean?" he demanded.
was really her father, but huanseY she did not offer her hand, made no •(To be continued.)
had SAVOIll to hex that it wasn't so. attempt at .cordial leave-taking. —.-0....-___.
She had taken her mother's word, be- j "Now that I am here," he said, "I LaCli .1.0.111.KeY l'...olre.
lived implicitly that her mother would may es well stay a few days to get
Most bf us, when wiz AlSO a IRt011.33eY
not lie.to her. 1 some benefit from the journey. If
"And—"—Christopher eleared•his, either yea or Doctor ardeene wishes la entering a house, have. ne thought
throat—Plan afraid the meet shock- to see me you'll find me. at the Hotel Of the historical significanee of the ac-
ing part is yet to come Hugo—your. du Rhein. It's a modest litte place—' tion. Yet the latchkey has a. symbol -
are • drawn up and the fiat% are clench- u theless, ail thla id something yal after the door had eloseci on him. 1 It represents the Ankh, or key of life,
he may have a broken borte...or other
dainage calling for the attention of
si doetor.
Sick Cry—The Very sick baby doea
not cry hard. There is a low moaning
or wail, with sometitnee a turning of
the head -from side to side.
CLEANING THE OILSI`OVE WICX
• Duieng the oalstove season it is well
to lam* art -efficient way of cleaning P
the wicks, as a clean, steady blue flame "Indeed I guess 'that is 'all," the tra-
gives the ma:chime of heat Use an veler said to hiluself; th.e men watt
' old toothbrush, tern the wick tip to listless and appareetly had little heart
the level of the wick holder, and in his work. •
• . .
brush- aeries from inside of the cyl- Passing' on, the traveler found a
hider toward the outeide, keeping the second laborer,' who was • working
brush always at right angles to the rapidly but earelessly. 'Wallet are you
° wick. When it seems smooth and doing?" he again inquired. -
level turn the wick down out of sight i "I'm earning ray Wages," the man
and brush all sides and edges of the Dermad. Bat° the wcrit was raugh, and
wick holder. Tuin the wick up again mortar spattered the wall,
and clean as before. This latter, .The wall ahead was smooth and true,
brushing' removes any bite 'of 'carbon and -workman was bending over it
or thread that may have been stick- with a °glowing face.
• Ina to the wick holder, and it is these "What are you doing?" the traveler
tin a bits of chatted, Material, falling asked hina —
• onto the wick during the proeess of The workman looked "I'm !Mild-
cleaninethe wick' or holder, Or sticks( ing a. temple, dr," he answered,
ing to the edge.of .the latter if we "Goct 'sr.eed YC11 them" the traveler
fail to brush it, that cause the high' replied:, "for a noble purpose even in
yellow points in our blue the huinblest work. betide a temple
,points which smoke if we attempt to hotli without mid within."
tura up the wick to the necessary
A traYeller Whose delight 'was to That. ie to say, on heredity. Person- AIM' Philip had elated her to maray
glean wisdom atom everyhien he met
was watching eeveira masons at work
oil the walle ot a building.
• "What are you doing?" he asked one
of them. • '
laying brick,' the workman re.
heighl, for cooking. Thewhole _opera-.
tion is 'quickly done, does not make
the finors smutty or oily, anca always
results in a clean blue flame.
Never try to cut a round wick, as
it will be found absolutely imposeible
to obtain an even- height and is also
• quite apt to leave threads.
WHEN HEELS RUB. -
• When the children's •heels rub paste
• a piece of velvet in the beak of the
shoe or slipper. This ie equally as
• effective as the contrivances purchased
for this purpose. The pile on the
velvet prevents rubbing and blistered
heels. Do not keep on wearing shoes
in which the linieg has rubbed
through at the beets It is extremely
• 'Plying Ileum!' t.he
, •
The cireurnfereece of the World is
24,000 miles, but the new air rottie all
the Way round is 27,000 miles, This
is due to the fact that the aviator does
not fly quite as the crow flies ,and the
circle he completes is elighOY larger
than the ,circle completed. a tra-
veller' on the World's actual surface.
_The route being developed by Imperial
Airways is calculated to take seveps
teen days—and Jules VOyi3,0'S hero
went round the world M eighty!
Truth beats fiction every Ulna,.
• SAVE THE WALL PAPER',
'Tosayoid marks.on your vealls, place
rubber-hea.ded tacks on the backs of
the picture.frarnes elose to the bottom.
I of gates, -Who Wil:S SOPPCZed tO Unlink
ANY, I don't agree -with all theee medi- him before he knew her dreadful his- the doors of war and peat°. In early
cal theories, But that has .nothiag to toil. Why, they had becieeengaged Christiain history the synibol of the
do with the facts. ' My own personal nearly a week before he even laid eyes key was emaciated with St. Peter,
opinion cannot be supposed to alter on 'Uncle Seim—that is to say, her with Ills. two keye of gold and iron,
Dr. Ardeyne'a." titan of
.,e, sat there, . she aemeiribered that alterno .n father. -
leaning forward, her betide clatPed the °lam grove when Philip's manner 1
•
If; for Insatance; a
ue-ed to assist In the Wei:talc In the Middle Ages the key was
Alice never moVed. Sh
tightly, Hatching with a senee of hot- had `suatly changed. it .was 00 he; glint,' Pgrarms-
ror. It seenied as though the thing' affectionate; but there had been u theft hook been committed, a key wag
could not be real. . She, the daughter difference. He had been more like an laid on. the-enen Page el a Bible, when
ef . a Madman 1 Uncle John *as, that elder. def other than a. levee. She real.' it was supposed 10 12101'0 towards the
madman, and he was not Ilnale John iaed now how he had been turning, eplirrit. Wedding rings had their at:
but era lee
whom ehe had been things over in his mind; how he must ,igln In the key, presented to tile Ro-
,
teld had died so bravely defending have suffered for her sake; hfia ow difman bride by aer husband, as a sign
his country. 1 -ler father, was not a cult it must 'have been for MM. . of her - authority in his household.
gallant Major Carney. Her father' And .these letters he had tyritten • . • . .,
was Alive; he had beef: ia a place from Genoa—now, knowing them all : ,. '
called "a Broadmoor. Undoubtedly pretty well by heart, she could read ' Tae haaat of a Greenland whale is
Broadmoor was That Place' so fre- b tween the lines and gather the per- ,often a yard in eliameter.
, , . ..
ae,,,----.---_,..-_-............----a,
Aladdifts of -U.S.A.'
,
The riehee described in "The Arab-
ian Nighes," the wondma of All Baba's
cave, mad the presents Aladdin sent tb
the Sultan seem atterie. fabulous; but
the .hemes of some of the. American
multiaalleionaires. outrival even the
palaces of tee geall. •
In their million -dollar homes are
e.rowded treesurc,s of nest and West.
Gold and silyer, ebony, Won', and Pre-
cious stones, elk from Samarkand,
wonderful artielet of Asiatic and
mediaeval avorkmanship—all contra
bate to make the dwellings or com-
mercial magnate.s placee of wonder
end delight
The contents of the late Mr. Pier -
pont Morgan's house, or instance, are
aimpst priceless. _One table alone, a
Louis. XVI. console, cost $350,000,
while some miniatares tiny gams
that can -be held in the palm ef the
I hand --;are worth a°1.60,000 and $200,000
:each. Amongst other treasures of this
home are pictures wozth over five roil.
lion dollars aad hooka toeting as
much as $40,000 a volume.
' The "Copper _King," who lives close
at hemd, has spent his raouey on
Oriental treasures, In his' hall is a
•PerSian rug, the pattern of which is
worked- in. precious Stones,- 1n keen-
ing with.ethis super floor covering are
winelowerot Damascus. glass. and won-
' clerful cared. walls, • .
1 Near by is the houee et Mr. Mazza
whiah was modelled eater Chambord
Chatea.0 and cost $2,600,000. Among
• its wonders is a gold dinner service
vrorth $60;000.
A similar lavish/tem obtains In all
the millionaires' honsee. T'he. cities of
the, world have .been rantacked for
treasures, with a reckless diaregard of
cost. Venetian and Damascus glass,
tapestries and velvets., jeweels; books,
and paintings, everything costly, rare
and beautiful that Can be boagb.t for
money has been secure& by -America's
uncrowned kings. .
Mr, Stephen. S. IViarchand, for ex-
ample, spent $1000,000 on his bed.
room alone. The furniture in it "ie
either ebony, inlaid with ivory, and.
gold, or irory, inlaid with ebony end
goId. The ebony inlaid bedlitead is
hung with purple diunask ourtaine
that cost SIX per yard, While- the pale,
oiled walls are hung with gold Genoese
velvet that coat $40 :per ;yard, Each
chair in this ramie worth $40,000.
Perhaps the moat costly buildings
of. ell, however, are the 'Vanderbilt
Pala.cea, one of villich cost IWO' /111111011
&elms to build and 'decorate, • The
lighting effects in the bait -room are
wonderful. In the Centre of the room
is a. gigantic crystal ehandeller, while
heartef etteh blowout This, roont cost
flowers, with a light placed it the
sro2uson,doosit,:e :yells runs a carving of
It is one of these palaces which it
to be .pulled down to make way for a
hook of •mallionalre flat.s on .the tame
iatIitseale,
Salyitig Sunken Ships,
Between ..8.,400 and 10;000 ships,- of
which neialy 6,000 are )3rItisb, it is
estimated arelying on the oaten bed.
These sunken 311113S ELTO reektmed to
• aacount fax abont 15,053,786 ,gross
tons, and their estimated value fs $34,a
• 038,900—at prewar ehipbuilaina rates.
With theircargcea, the shirs below
. the sea are worth a farbuleits amount
e --experts put the flgureaat80,001,014,-
400 roughly.
There is need for the ships as well
as their precious cargoes td be raleted,
and there is small doetht that the sal-
vage engineer will be kept busy for
years hence.
Ships of less than 2,000 tons can
usually 'he raised boclilyeeby means of
politoons; thips above such a mark re-
quire erten; More begeniletie handling.
Pontooning la enoiloyed 'whenever
possible for salving sunken ships; the
second method is for ships to be pump-
ed and iloateel, which means that
divers must go down, locate holes, and
mend them with plates, before the
ship is pumped free "front water and
raised again.
lit a third method compressed airifs
treed:to force the -water cut of the ship
atethe bottom of- the ,ocean,
•;An Am ericau has, invented, a selvage
silliblariae which ean have its door
open below water without lotting
water into the ship. A European sal-
vage company, too, have a patent un-
der -water ship which carriesseveral
divers, and 15 a complete repair -Shoe
fftted With teloPhoncs amt. Search-
leard Work Means Long Life,
Hdrsl work tends to long' life, be-
cause men and women who stick CIOSe
to t1101,1' profession misst bo reg -alar in
their habits, ,
A general veese is shown cif the iieId inil stands of, the giant Colombes SLaclium, France, where
war of sports toolt place. • Representatives Pf all the great nations Lock part in ler epening parade.
tee
he world
Canada produces 88 pm `cent. of
the world's asbestos supply all from
Ise mines of ,southern Quebec;
IUNTINC,ARES
, .
WELL KNOWN
• PRESENT,
Large a:nd Variod Rest)
'Are Protected, Agail'l
• Dangeouk DepReticnii.
•_1 Te'y gencril- imptiossion eaists
that the game resources ct Canada are
Confined to the heavily timbered pro-
vinceis of, the 'rnaiti t ean Danainlon WiOb
is a -tong way 'from being the -,-tetual
truth. `Pce attractions Of itce Prairlei
Provinices to li-unteri: and sportsmen
,are; not 60 Well'IMOW11 because tile
Sitbservient phases :Ot. that territory
are largely overshadowed by the re-
nown it has achieved in- agricultural
bro,duCtion, end' because this area is
not to:any-thing like as large an ex.
tent visited sbY spoirtsmen from other
countries. 'A's a; Matter et' fact few
are have greater or more varied at
traction, for the sportsmen, certainly
no agriculturally producing area, Very
many' contemplating.settlere totaity
ineglecti this phase o.t Westeru
which not Duly ,D1Pers. there engrossing
sport ,when oPportunity offers'
to the farmer 'a valuable isupplement i•
to kil& larder. '
That the game resources -of , the
Prairie Provinces, whilst found in an,
agricultural area and belonging _121, a
•peculiar manner to the ,farmer, are
'sufficiently- attractive to lure _sports.
men from elsewhere fa evident in the
annual record of one representative
province Maths regard. In Manitdba
last year 10,168 game bird licenees mid
1,801 big game perinite, were iseued
, by game wardens, and .the. returns
-from these licenses show . that 527
deer, 389 moose, .48,232 prairie chick,
.ens, 23,028 partridge, 1,359 grouse, 752
wIldigeese, and 188,909 brant and
ducks were shot. The Government
revenue from these lieenees amountmi-'.
to $1.,683.
Varieties of Game and Fish.
, .
Even the moriceettled districts oe.
the Prairie PTOVihReS (in feet, -ilianY
game birds increase. with zettleatent),
the prairie chicken, partridge, and.
,wild duck are to he fauna in large
nuMbere, Though the wild ,goose
Makes merely a halt in tilaz agricultur.
al areas on his way to and from the -
pig le..kes of, the far north, sportsmen
an& farmers -elan:Lys take aa certain
tell in Die epriag and fall ,migrations.
Da 'addition there are ptarmigan,
er,. woodcaca,„snipe, rails and coote:
All theseare essentially the property
of the settler, one of the aseetseof the
lonnestead, his sport as occasion o2.
fax's, end his pa:Wender. .
The fishing is scarcely lose. elaboie
ate -and attractive. A partial list of
what the .Pratrie Provinces -age r M
this Line includes pickerel, gold 151ee,
pike, whitefish, lake trout, perch ansi
a variety of trout. The lakes end
streams la thto wide area are so ex-
cellently distributed that no fernier
is at any distance from a SOUrCO of
flin supply and this Is a'regular artidle
of his diet. •Fishing throtigh the lee
in the winter months is equally lw0.
iltable and ensares 15 seastinal eetlim1y.ees
Sl e game ,In Alberta and Soitish,
• Columbia.
• As .Indicated in 'ate lieease figares,„
there is,a variety of bisa.gaino hantinfa
on tb,e inside.. Moose are to be ecrund
In snost of the -wooded distracts of the
Westera Provinces, remote train Oa
Pal. farming settlement, whiitt deer'
are to be faund even where08110151
titre Is being.followed, and are plenti-
ful 'Wand these areas. In ,the winter
mantas coyote hunting fregilently of-
fers entertainieg and. profitable 'aport.
Real big gante shooting Is offered by
the mountain section of Alberta mut
British Oolhabia where the mountain
shoerpn
curid,
eati.goat and the .gri.zzly bear
Eib
The game resources of the Prairie
Provinces are not only large, and var.
ladianbgous
uetrDrecadnetpliTtionsa.reBatogkse
n against
a-
ed to within reasonable 4imite; and
where it is found necessary restock.
ing takes place. A feve Chinese pheas-
'ants, for instance, introduced years
ago, were for yeam protected, -until
to -day they are found in some men-
berseyverea, large area. The Ilungar-
ifat partridge was alse introducoe to
the reglon, and, under year's et pro-
tection, has thrived and Multiplied to
a wonderful extent. Manitoba made
Nether importations of this game bird
last year from Ozecho-alloveikle.
„
•
By Loma Post:• .
, the diatrict mountes patrol of
the liregersdorp (Trailsv.aal) eolics
was at work destroying large swarms
of locusts on the north-western boun-
dary of the West Read at-Middetylel,
a rconstabie noticed one recast Which
teemed to hive a white body.
sale wave chase, ana on capturing it
fauns& tied round its body a piece of
paper besting the' follewing pencined
message: '126-0-24, Christiania. }Mere
teen Julie baste—J. du Tait." ,("Partu.
'era do your 'beet.")
The distance between Christiania
b.11(1 Miclaelvlei is more than 200
and the locust despatch flyer must
have , covered the,. distance With a
lislivgahrt7 about a mile Iong tv
tenty-
four hours, which Included a rest over -
Wood Dui -ability.
Why ere some Woods Mere., darab:0
tlah dithers? That is a question which
has apparently been answered Inc the
first time by investigators at Ilia for-
est service laboratory at Madison, Wis.
conisIn. They have.found that woods
that endure contain substances that
when eittracted by water on poison-,
non to the forms of bacteria and wood
deStrcying fungi responsible for wood'
decay. These toxic substances are
more abundant in the lieariivood than',
in the sapwood, exPlainisa the superie
or durability iief wood taken from that, ,
part of the tree. Tim presence of,
these substances in the wood pre, ,ii
vents the growtlt of the organismist-*
which, lf unchecked, would rapidly
destroy 1.1. Ficionce fiervioe.