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Redind the forest fountafn,,;:i
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Farmer guide, Pedlor, ot-_,yourh
"Offarerht OlhEal-40)).farAl Onwez herlacic-L-" 1 stoppecl.L
„ unable to corn -
I was too cold •t6'-'4iii/thing but fplete once
my eat and my hen Yet what was this Mu t? A us N\'1111.° tb's igY°u* b°unaing
ra s -
Craig, icenii,edy, &Lase pieiee flashed thraugh say mind; could Of your dewy feet, ,
gs -',
'from the. icy:dainpneasthat pmietritt- this dead 'fernier have heettethe man Rinto that- old eborue--
the very marrow, impatiently runnel? Or was it possable•his death , °,111. flower an6. leaf.' -
rattled ors the antiquated lateb of the might have clime from the hazards '
a, • • oberon-Titatiiad ,
-door of the old .fatemh,ouse 'not far ene meets, in rum rumdn ?
,F • • 1b WaS
' the Canadian border, in Quebec, strange ,to me that etteli costume seem- with aha sone-ot Avon,
,s it t °Hulas' c0-1.1,11
No sound came from WI 00'1 was stintulated after watching-Ian-
Did your starlight mirth
Oat/G.4th
...-L21.000.0.=.000,5201%
PIES FOR:A WEEK.. •
The hous'ewite will save some valu-
able time if she will'schedule her Pies
for a week in -advance and do most
of the work for -them ofl oue of her
least busy mornings. The two -crust
iuky eie s which are to bo -used at
m
once, mince Rie which .ay be reheat-
ed, and pie shells to he filled when
tmeded, all mey be made and baked
,in one morning and whatever paste is
.left over -will keel) for several days
if put in a cool place. One can make
.the paste for a dozen Pies almost as
n
quickly as for one, and the saving i
dishes by preparing a quantity at a
time is very appreciable,
Two quarts of flour will be ample
for twelve 8 -inch, single -crust pies. On
that basis the recipe is as follows:
-f Two qts. flour, 2 level tbsps. salt,
31-g cups -shortening, cold 'water to
malce dough. -
Work the fat into the salt and flour,
lightly with the tips of the Angers.
Too vigorous mixing toughens the
crust and if the lard is too finely di-
•vided the crust will be less flaky. .A.dd
aboUt one cup Of water, The amount
of Water can not be definit,dy stated
becaUse different flouts differ M'hard-
%less and -very cold ingredient:9 require
more water, than warm. Pour the
water a little at a thne into small
viells made in the roixe,d flour rind fat.
Lift the dry ingredients through the
water on the tipe" of the fingers, being
careful not to knead the dough. When
'the dough ie sufficiently moist it will
clean the sides of the- mixing bowl.
Stop at this point. and handle eech pie
from then on separately. Materials
and utensils should at all tunes be
kept as cold as possible,
The two rnein bugbears -to be eyelid -
ed in malchig the juicy, tWo-cruit
fruit pio are the soaked crust and•lhe
boiling over 'of the juice.. Soaking of
,the crust -may be miniinized' in several
ways... A -coating of egg' white or a
APrinItling of flour may be spread over
the lower crust or the pie mai be
'baited at a high temperatureeori tire
....bottom of the oven for the first fifteen.
'Minutes to set the erust and. then
,Changed to a 'mere Moderate -temper-
' attire to cook the fruit. There are
many ways of preventing the juices
from minting out. One way is to
bind,the edge with a one-inchs.strip.of
whits -cloth rung out of cold water, re-
meiring it the miriute the pie is out
of the 'oven, Another way- is to roll
paper into small funnele and ',lade
several in the holes in the top -of the
pie, The iniee then boils' up ita the
funnela without running - oyer- the
edge. The best and simplestsnethod,
however, fls to rednce the temperature
after the first fifteen -minutes se that
the fruit will not boil and eteaui so
vigoriersly within th.e. Pie. Ali other
methods are makeshifts,;
The crest for we simile may be fit-
ted to either the inside or the outside
of the pan, To place the emit inside
is much easier than te turn the pan
over and very little is ,gained by the
latter method- exeeptta alightly larger
crust. Air bubbles can he prevented
'in either -case by Pricking the &net' at
half-inch intervals with ir-very sharp
Cork. The edge sheuid he built up
voey hie,it to allow es much of a mer-
gin,as peasible for shrinking. '
Baked' crests keep best , if Stored
„where it is 'Cool and -dry. They should
never .be put -in 'a cellar or refriger-
ator: Jaist before filling., they imiy be
crisped by reheating. -
A. simple ceearn fillingfor the shells-.
- is made as follows: ' '
c. sugar, Vs c. floor,. 14, tsp. salt,
2 c. mulk, 3 egg yolks., 1 tsp. butter,
1..th-Sp. 'flavoring. -
Mix the sugar 'anti' flour.? Stir in
Ithe Milk end -cook until the mixture
thickens .0.1c1 the .starchy taste dia-
appears. Remove front. the fire Find
addlhe beaten 'eg.gaatolkfia Matter, Van-
' ilia and salt, stirring rapidly; Thii is
merely a" .foundation cream -
which aiaY be .varied,indefinitely.
Variations of cream filling,:
1. Add a cup of shredded eta:oar:at
2. Slice a banana in the bottom of
the shell and 'pour over . it the ream
,
3. Spread a layer of, sliced oranges
in the shell and .add 050 tahlespoon of
, orange jnice and 'bite grated rind of an
orangt tothe filling, Pour ,the filling
0 VO1' the oranges. •
4, brain the juice complet.ely from
one cup o5 shredded -pineapple. When
making the filling -use the juice -thus
drained off in place of..an equal am-
ountof milk for additional flavor. Stir
,
.in the drained pineapple and place in
' the shell. .
5 'Car' mei', e four tablespoons of
grannlathd sugar' and add to - it, four
talalespoons of boiling water. When
blended add to the cream filling.
6. Substitute broivn. or maple sugar
. for the white. •
7. Molt two soaaree of chocolate
with one-fourth eup CC sager and two
tablespoons of water, When smooth,
add to the ere= fiuhisg. . -
After ,tile filling has cooked stifil,
Om-iffy,"cc tidut i onal ,cooking makes the
mixture thinner instead of thicker.
the fillings are in the shells,
cover With meringue and bake in a
ntedinni, ovee until nieely browned.
Meringue:
Yet, while green leaves glisten,
there should have been -a Walcome. nedy. Tie exainixietl everything Inost ,
Through blue lips I atnahageed to cautiously and cal:SSA-illy; I wondered -
chatter, "Force It, Craig! - Let's getwhat, if anything, he expected to find.
warm!" I,, too, beat on the panels Next he searched through th'e lire -
of the door. place rubbish without seeming there
- • • ith to fi de thin '
Two egg whites, 2 tbsps:, sugar, 14, branches over our heads made -that My eyes Would persist in wandering
sp. flavoring: silence MO more intense, more fore- back to that thing on the floor, The
Beat the whites until stiff but not healing It acerried- to suggest tragic man had not been dead many hours,
dry. Add sugar and beat until smooth poSSibilitiesMehind •th 't door - "Craig," I exclaimed finall ""11 •
and glossy. Add vanilla, spread on Some thne,befote Kennedy had been is more to this than appears: 'Surely;
top of pie and bake.," sent by 'the U.S. Government on the now, with this criniesbefore Inc,' you
If there are snutH 'children 111 the trail of 'a Man running an under- 'might. take me into your confidence'
family and you, do not care to give g,roend railroad from Canada into the
them. rich pastry, the cream States,, a gigantic and growing con -
itself makes e dessert which the little spiracy for smuggling in aliens in e-
tota, will like quite as well as though -it fiance of the new immigration law,
were in pie crust.. Befoie filling. the, I.had adeonipanied him not ony be -
shell take out a .sauce dish full for
each child, cover With. meringee and
brown as you would an -ordinary pie.
This makes a -:very wholesome dessert
for even very. small children.
For parties individual:pies or tarts
ere much more attractive than cuts
from a larger pie. The crusts may be
rolled out very thin and cut into five -
inch eircles, and Molded ot1er large -
size inverted muffin rings, If one -does of Quebec. ,At the Chatean_Frontenac
not ha--ve afive-inch. cutter, PPrhaPs12and about, Kennedy had met up with
t'lle top ef anmpt-y .eoff.ee earvnlaY be various Canadians, •rnestlyjarmer's of
:used. or ene may cut around the edge the beetee class who hail dropped into
of an inverted bewl with a very sharp
knife. A dull knife used for this pur-
pose will stretch and pull the crnst
and toughen it.''Priek the paste thor-
oughly with a shiiin fork before" bait-
ing to 'prevent air bubbles,
Any of the cream fillings given
above may be used for fillings. In
berry season the fresh, uncooked, be.
ries may be put inth the tart shells hedy I have found, that silence works
and hovered with- a syrup made by better than inquifitiveness. When he
is ready to inform me I find out.
Never before.c
,Several': times he had evidently
thoeght the end of the search fctr the
hea7d of this conspiracy had .eome. He
had felt he might catch his men in
the next move. But the reeult Would
cause my paper had assigned me to
write of it but more because I wanted
to be near 'Kennedy. Many times his
intrepidity, his forgetfulness of self
in hunting down a crhninal had made
my presence of at least some slight
Value in situations' of danger.
We had gone from Ontario into
Quebec, spent several days in and
about Montreal thence on to the city
Always his, desire was to talk to
farmers, both dirt and gentlemen
farmers, those of the Province pre-
ferred. I couldn't see why that was
necessary. What had farmers to. tell
of man running? I was getting a
little mystified. But in times like
theee during my association with ICen-
boiling one cup of .sugar with one -
halt cup ef water to the thread stage.
The syrup may be coleredloy the addi-
tion of artificial frnit Color Or byFeook-
ing in it a few of the lterrles.
. ,
French mustard is prepared 'thus:
Slice An onion, into a bowl, cover with workofiit differently.. The teal chief
good vinegar and allovi to stand two seemed ntWays to he a jump ahead of
or three days; pour, off the vinegar as„ ,braig ,had gone afield on many
into another.hoWl; add one teaspoon- strange/tips' and,I had -become accus=
ftil of pepper; one teaSpponFul of salt, tomed , to it: This was merely the
one talifieepoonful pf brown sugar, and latest,
mustard enOttgh to thicken. Smooth must See'this man Murat before
the mustard with a little of the vine- igo Walter. get in—wait till
gar, etijou would flour for gravy, mix, he collies back." Craig turne,d to ,nte
pface,over the fire in a double boiler with the optimism of a man who'fears
the worst. • ,
Slowly,the terned the lock with a
skeleton key."' '
SomehoW, neither of as hurried riow.
There was sensething unseen that de-
terred, that prevented us from fling-
ing open. suddenly the door even after
we lcnew the key had shot the bolt,
Just as I raised my eyes to Kennedy's,
This makes two „dozen delleious liiiMet mine._ In both was the same
oysters. , fear. With a shrug, Kennedy opened
• — 1 - the door slowly now.
I gave a gasp. There, lying on the
floOr, such it sight! Murat, the old
Canuck farmer, was dead!
That the merciful way to tell it.
For, What a story the old hunting
knife which Kennedy picked up, front
the floor might have told. Ferhaps,In
a way, it is a good -thing- some. of these
inanimate witnesses are silent.
The room wag' small; with may nec-
essary articles of furniture, things
ordinary and homely that would meet
the requirements of a humble tiller of
the soil, , The ceilings were low 'and
the floors rough, It was a man's
room.' There 'Were gun:s W
oh the alls,
arid tools and boots lying -about, be-
traying the convenient untrdineas of
the mile,
' The fireplace was large and in it
were , the charred, -remains of many
burnt papers. ,Long ago the fire. had
burned out. The room lacked even
the, beautifying glow %of' flames and
, their shadOws. Nothing but -that grue-
some thing.lying.in bleednn the floor -
1 looked about hastily. ,There 'was'
every' evidence of, a struggle, a losing
struggle for the silent,crumpiedtgure
at our feet. e Chairs were upturned,
the little table4that'rhad -been prepared
'evident:y.10r h- simple, frug-al break
t:
fasWas upset and rnoe,t 03 the dishes
h d been broken,• ,
' cloiet ddorastomhavidcobpen as if
'someone in haste had seatehed it and
had not taken time to 'Close it. In the
closet were six v);ooden pegs driven
Iwo ' 'h f thethree walls I gaped
when I looked at the contents of- this
closet, It)was a puzzle to Inc. There
on the pegs, hanging neatly, were
various costumes. What earthly use
could a Canuck farmve er hafor these
things.?
I stitched, the g:arments "carefully,
'Here was a lumberman's costume
hanging siessf, that of a priest. ' The
brightly checked plaid of red and
white relieved the sombre tones of the
robe." There were other costumes, too,
four of them in all, hanging upon Sour
,of the six pegs, with till that went
with each costume, such as scarfs and
hats and shoes,also arranged neatly
eaeh over its peg or Under it. The
outfit of a guide, the suit of corduroy,
with fur collar and deep pockets,hung
just as incongruously neat that worn
closet by a Jewish peddler, with a pack sit-
ting On the floor under it: -
Nosse•sof the costumes scented very
old er Much worn, and I wonded
re
why they -should be hanging in Can -
tusk farmer's closet. The man cauldn't
have been a costumer. Pcoss'se up there
in that section of the country certain-
ly cared nothing • for masquerades.
Kennedy smiled litlietlY at l'ItY
rad stir until it boils. When cold it
is ready for tise. •
• CORN OYSTERS.
.Beat'one egg until foEuny and Add
one oupful cern. Mix one-quarter cup-
ful: flour, salt and pepper and add to
corn., Beat well and drop hy spoon -
fulls hi deep fat. ;- Fry a golden brown,
A SET OF PLEASING.TOYS FOR
THE
. 2970., Here is a comfortable roly
'PolY dell and a cunning cat. Tdivehing
stuffed' with cork Woilld. Make these
inodoLe'fleating toys. tPlush, felt, flan-
nel, outing ,flannel; velvet, 'drill and
crash cbuld alsP be used. The doll
could,. be" made - of different 'materiel
below the arms. „ , .
TIM Pattern is cut in one size.
EitliO/' 'StYle. requires „.91 yard ,of 27
inch, materinl: , „
Pal -tern' mailed to any -address on
receipt of 15c ina silver, by the Wilson
Publishing Co.,.73 'West Adelaide St.
Toronto:: ,,Alloav, two 'weeicsefOr -re-
Ceipt of pattern...a,
Send 1:5e in silver for our up-to-
datia' Fall .and Winter 1924-1925 Beek
of Fashions. '
,
Feeding the Sp.a.renWe in
, Winter.
Trora my kitchen -window each day
I. noticed a noels of sparrows would
light, nil the sill 'al. could not imagine
why the birds flew to this one win-
11LOW alway,s; Unless there syas a nest
under, Ale aavesef tile' roof ahove,
• 'A fteraVatehing .theni day' ir and day
out, I reinarited 16 Mly: boy when he
cattle home from school one clay about
the birds. Idis face. beamed as he
fold me liow he was'helping the Spar
row).4 through, the cold spoil by feed,
tag them. Snow thiela son the, ground
had made it almost impoaeible for the
„Why 'waste crumbs when there are
hungry createres 'se near?" he , said
"flyeit.a sparroW.IiIce kind treatment.'
- 1, felt he was right, ,ariti; 00 eaah daa
the lairds received the •food nntil they
were able Is provide for ilieinsolv
,
Dutch Purchase War Planes. ,
The government arthe Netherlands
has ordered twelve high speed scout
planes and sixteee t,wesaeater, planes
for artillery observation, This
bary entipment ia to be delivered it
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Tor
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4 Lierea8e of -Forty-
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013e 1.811, 144,1 g Opt,. 14B(murities Features
ot Aintitiar O Sitare!-A4 Itte , Now Taal
'$461,828,769, of ..iyhich Savingg,..DepOSItB'effe $338,299,427. ,
•
The outatanding features of the's:a-
l:mai 'statement of The Royal Bank of
Canada for the fiscal year 'elided Nov-
''$e4m0b,0e0r0,02690th isa;r181 aptho itiSP" carr?daseci (g)allosy•les.ri.
high grade 'sectaltiee of $41,231,935, ef
Which amount mearly 5,34,000,000 fa ill
Government and Municipal bonds.
As was to be expected ander the con-
ditions -that ,have prevailed, mailing
forhe other .hand the 'Bank has adsled
1(7:fe7,.=.1 1.,?ttii•itar, there
a e. tar n oane, but On
materially to its 'quick assets these
now standing at $278,324,739,;.s cthn-
And
e bright urn, I pared with $233,125,474 at the end of
that,einagle niens'ory - 1 last year; ,
Oh retiarti return, ' An analysis of the' general state -
the strong position in. which th,e 01*1115
* =Pallets. Hein-ansinent of assets and liabilities diaclosee
,
. I .. ?
life and happiness, nuilaer.
'3 put you in tune with the infinite,
and' bring out,the b -est that isin yOu.
1 restore lost courage -and -stathina.
and help you to live up - to your...ideals.
I ant . that which IceePS: Yciti,fit,:al-
way,s 'at the top of your eondttien. And
o keep fit, physically: and mentally,
a secre 01 successand happiness,
am one. of the prime necessities
f aorthdiiife, that which helps to
ay, the foaxidatiops „of, your earect,
your health .and Well-being.. a '
I iroit. out your, wrinkle,rid you of
care aed• Worries., take years off your
ate: melee you feel like a boy, like a
girl, again., •
I clarirfy' your ideas; strengthen
your Purpose, renew your ideals and
)aise your standards ell eleng the line
Of your pliYhical and, mental being.
: I have helped -millions, to find that
Mther;self," th% bigger ma or Woman
that was buried- under the accuniu-
lated.cares.and anxieties of business
and explain." t
I might—en-rimy,' - he returned rip-
ing•from the fifmylace. "He knew too
„.much. Murat was snare than, jUSt all
old Canuck farmer. Tie was One of I
the best -and 'mot -trusted. secret
agents of 'tile Canadian government,
which is seeking to. aid the United
States in breaking u th • running`
acrois the border. That id all."
Inside, too, the farmhouse was cold.
Alternately we were slapping Our
hands about out sides and hunting for
soniething that might suggest a clew
to this Murderer.
Kennedy wentto the door. "I think
1 had better notify the Canadian auth-
orities imniediately. We must go on.
I must be onathe right track—so far.
He proves it." He nodded his head
back toward the room. "Poor devil!"
I lowered my glance from the sul-
len', threatening snow Meads scudding
overhead. If Kennedy had made uP
his mind t'o follow it trail when it was
warm, no quantity of snow or'ice could '
stop him. Only, the wind made me,
draw the collar of my mackinaw
closer about me. -
"How are you going to let 'the -po-
lice knout?" I aelted.
"Drive to the next tanh. AlxnetsV
every -farmer up here lia.s some.itind of
car. They cen get ever .with the
news while I follow the trail Murat
I bring You that which does more
than anything eine to- make you popu-
tar- end infignetic.„ I -do more to add
to your attractiveneas than all the Cos-
metic's. and beauty., parlors in ,° thee
world. •
I make you it healthier, saint, sound-
er, mere -vigorous, more -efficient man
or women; one who works on the
lever of his 'Strength -instead Of his
weakness, who use, the bigger golf
instead of th hittl& Inefileient fellow
who' spoils ,go niany lives.
ou can't afford to negleet me, 1er
I' play a Most important part in the
work 61 brain and.,„ body- building:
Without Inc life beeonieg, a 'dull me-
chaalcal, grind. ..You" become a -ma-
chine.You don't live; .yon only exist.
oultictaenlic..,611 `insu
eilial:ftt'e borfaou, glve.You a new
ranee againat p-egs1.-
inIsm, the 'blues" and physical"bault-
ruptcy. I• enable you to store up re.
serve Power 'whiCh, tarries .you safely
through trentedous emergencies, great
crises M the„bettie of life. .Without
the reserve that 3 give- you would go
down to defeat. .
I ant, the. great antidote tor depleted
„Vitality, the.,thing 'which breeda mere
noesness, deubt, IteaitatIou,
uncertainty, „vacillation—all the foes
of success. I build . assurance self -
'confidence, boldness: decision, prompt-
ness, courage --all the virile, Positive,
success qnalities, • ,
I am that which. -givee yen a new
birth, awakens you tothe joy of living,
which renews your consciousne.se ot
'oneness, With the One, and puts you in
vital connection with Omnipeteace, I
emphasize your conaciousness of this
connection,' and thus bend tha thrill
of tread:Ye ,fOrce'through every, cell
in your hody. ,
make you -fit for the bettle of life.
Every now and then nations talk -a
great deal about "preparedness," I•
ann one of the surest lateens for build-
ing up your life defences, making you
ready for enterprises that demand the
qualities of the, good soldier—courage,
endurance, patience; energy, resource-
fulness, persietence, tire will to win.
' I am, that which nabies. yea to get
the" most 'oat of 1114 because 3 heln you
to put' the Most „into It. I multiply
Yoer achievement 'and your happiness
by multtlying your ability, Jacking up
yottr ManhoodayOur 'Wornanhoed,;yout
physical :and spiritual , being by right
living, . right :eating, right thanking,
right' recreation, right, exercise.
AlYi• HEATITI-L—C.:S. M. in "Sue-
hong."
I °Was not enthusiastic over travel,
ing anywhere in the face of the im-
pending stolen. Too ninny tithes,thad
seen these snows in the inountains,
knew the discoinforts and the dan-
gers. (To be continued.)
1 ., Through My nervens mind ran a
parody of that old nurseryrhyme: l'a 011 tower for electricity.
Dreaded the Peace.
"Naturally you object fo War be-
tween yourself end your wife?"
."No—that's norinal enough -1t5 the
peace thatfollowe that gets tray goat."
- The Hissing Iguana.
le the Pacific Ocean, about 500 miles
off the' coast og \Etuad.or, flee it tiny
group of desert vbicanic islaeds,
known as the Galapagos Archipelago.
Here among many creatures that have
nevei: hefted. the 'Ioice of man, 'the do-
niinant sound of life is the hlee of the
stea iguana, a giant marine lizerd that
exists nowhere elee in the world. '
Darwin visited four of the isiandebn
1'836 and found wonderful materialler
his "Origin 01 Species," The great
marine Iguana grows to length of
four feet and looks like it prehistoric
ancestors, sonic) of -whieh were eighty
feet ions, '
It litee about the seashore andped8
on scaweedsa At night it sleeps in a
,burrow of the -earth' or In is lats., Cre-
vice, while in the daytime it conies out
and at low tido makes its way to the
'edge of the sail to, feed. It will not
live In. captivity. ' '
•
Alaeliale Pulpwood.'
-The forests of AlaSka 'under scion-
.
tine management ,can produce a 'Tenn,
lar annual 'crop of, about two millIon
cords.'of paper' pulpwood:
sp1aeecl itself Tot -al a stets now
. T ,
ansount ,to $983,789,509. ThIS coin -
Pares With $538,858,554' at the enc,1 af
theepreviouS year; rePresenting a gain
ot $45,430,955 tor the twelve ' month's.
Liqnid 'assets of $278,024,739 art equal.
to. 54.5% .of to Public
and, -the 'largest gain 'in' them -ie 'repre-
sented by the increase in' the value of
the -different aCcounts 'Oomprittimg high
'grade aecuritiesa Dominion' and Pro-
vincial e Government .Securitles now
stand ata$53,039,825,-np.frorn $28,783,-
050; Ganef:Mae - Municipal. securities,
and British, Foreign and Delortial Pub-
- ilc seeurithaaa'--other, than ..Ctinatilan,
amount to $25,634914; as against '$15,-
Ueinjurlous 'Pasting. '
'Arz eagle can live -twenty, days with.
Out food; while a condor can similarly
exist for forty days.,
Chinas Business Streets. -
Buisinesa Streets in China -take 'their
namese -front the.. ;sort. of Nisi/MSS"
transacted. In them. , ' .
Northern Ontario misses none cf the conveniences or cornforis esdaYerl
•
11y 3110 lama) tlilcitly settled parts ob tho provissee, Here is shown P. modern
, -EleinallE• desert waterlieloa.
. .
Large Cash Holdings,' '
Inchided In liquid asset) are also'
caelx'holtlings of 589,951,243; up from
281,6Q:4,539: The erincipal', accounts
covered by Urfa item are -Dominion
Notes 534,7301446 as against. 629,436,-
597 and T_Tnited .States' and .othezt for-
eiga. currencies $27,349,189, compared
with 823,111,772. Ourrent coin stands
at $16,881,608,, dewn. from 516,946,169:
The quieter business conditions
throughout the country have. resulted
temrirarfiatin slafor accommodcation,irehing off in de-,
ToMl. cur-
GroWth In poposits,
The gain -In depavits is marked.
Total deposits now Stand at 5451,828..
769 as againiat 4421,344,263, a gain of
$40,084,504. Of this amount 403051141, .
not -bearing hitereet' 't0 al- 5123,537,341,
as ,against 5109,576,137 and deposits
bearing, interest are 5338,290427
from .5311,759,127.
, u ,
The Profit and LasS Accont stlow 1
that even with general business some,
what -lessaCtive' eatainga .11ave heels
well maintained. Net profits for the
year amounted to 58,878,976, as corn,
Tared With 83,909,316 in the previone
year, -The profltS, 'added tq' the
amouncarried forward, made an
amount available for distribution of
54,964,806, This was distributed as
follows: - •
Dividends and•hotrue 2,856,000
PenSion Fund ......,.... ,100,000
Written' off Bank Premiaes 400,000
O o 111111 ion Government
taxes, including War Tax
oft Bank Note.'circiiiation 465,005
leaving to be carried forward 33„,143,-'
806, aa compared With,$1,085,830 at the
end of the -Previous year. •
The report will be submitted to
shareholders' ate -the afinnal meeting
on Thursday, January 8th .110xt.'
The principal accounts, with ' com-
parisons with' the previous year, show
as followS:-- •
' 1924 " 1923
, 5 5 '
'petal Assets...583,789,509 638,358,564
Liquid AsSets ..278,024,739 233,125,474
Cash on hand-. 89,961,243 81,604,539
Deposits.. : : -461,828,769 421,834,266
Loana...;,..:,...:257,225,355 264,722,967
Dorainiom ,and
P 'y '
Governm n t .
Securities . . 53,019,825 28,783,050
Canadian Muni- - , • •
cipal and Bri-
tish. and other
mants
rent loans and diseounts of $257,225,- Public secorl-
ties . . 25,634,e14 .15,900,363
865 compare with $264,722,967 a year Railway it n d
ago. • . Other
After appropriation of 5400,000, securi-
ows a ,net ties . . , 17,677,562 10,435,951
BdeacalreaPsereomfig09,A45crtint ,411. Reaepseitravle.p.un.a...., 2200,1440000:000000'j. 220%410000:000000
.Then the Clerks Drew.a. Long
Breath,
,
Among, other reminiscences of the
eerlY- days of the telegraph before
confidence in ite praetleal :utility ,was
firmly established a, recent writer rd.
counts a little incident that his grand-
father, an Engliehman.in the einploy
of the Bank of Englanl,'told,him,
One Saturday night, the . clerks ot
the bank' could net -make the balance
come' out right by a hundred pounds.
A hundred Pounds.•=efive hundred dol.'
lant---..wae no serious matter to. the
bank, regarded merely as Et 'sum of
money; but .aed arithmetical' error,:
whether of 'pounds or shillings or .
Polme,, was never regarded lightly in
that painfully accurate estublishmeut,
and ,the disMay Was general. ,There
wasscrutiny, and, examination aed
exantination;.addition and eeaddition,
auto no effect. ' Clerks 'were stinireon7 j
ed from all departments, put to work '
and kept at work; and some of them •
Worked all night. But nothing 'was
:found to eicplain. the, disappettrance of
the hundred pounds.
Next morning at chureh In the 'mid-
dle of the service the youngeset clerk
daz morning .to the worried' .and ex -
had ati idea, He imparted it on Mon -1
hausted_chief cashier, who agreed thet;
there might pe something in it. Some .1
boxes 01 speMe had been ,sont. on Sat -1
urday to Southampton tor,shipment to
the West Indies; It 'was possible, that
there .had 'been an error of eXcees in,
the 'packing. But if the ship h.ed al-
ready' tielled, there 'Would bp e. hong
waif. before any luvestlgation was pos-
sible, during which, if the gimes were
wreng; the :pursuit of ,otlier lines of
inquiry would be dehEyed. .
They, resorted rather desperately to
the telegraph. A. measagO was • sent
to Southampton, asking whtlier the
vessel had sailed. ,
"Just weighing anchor," came the
"Stop her, flashed frantically beek,
"She must be stopped. Stop .her!"
She Was stopped—to the diegust and
;sender of her captain, whe Was hardly.
placated by the message that follow.
ea, for It Meant much trouhle for no'
reason that he'conld Ace:
"Have up on deck all ,boxes marked
so and so. Weigh ,thein.marefully and
record weight of each.",
Grumblingly but' faithfully ',it was
dote; and one box Was .foued heavier
by the, known weight cif just one
packet. of a bunfired seVereigns. The,
weighta were telegraphed to the iiank,
'and the Teturn message came back;
'7`:I.mt her, go." - ' ,
The vesSer slipped out of lumber,
delayed lees than an honr upthi her
voyage; tbie Weat Inli
dia mn was dee
blted",wIth a extra hundred' pounds;
the error was corrected; ' and the
clerks ot the 13ank of tngland drew
a'Iong breath of relief and blessed the
electric telegraph.'
• '
. •
• To the Evening Star.
ci soft star of the.west,„ •
Gleaming far,
Tliou'rt guiding all things borne, ,
Gentle): star!
Thou 'bring'st all things" hernea,
Gentle Mar! ' .
Then bring'st from rockand wave
, The seabirdto her 'imst
The hunter froth the isliIs •
*Theetishenlbacleeto, rest,
Light:so a tlionS'ancl
G„learning far! '
AI) soft star of tlie west,
Blessed 85013
0 seri star.ot the svesti,
Gleaming ,far,., -
gilding all 'things }tome,
Gentle .ster1
Shine fi•ctia' thy reey heave)),
Peru' ou earth 4nil seat
Shine ou, thougis. no sweet eyes,
Look forth to watch 3m me
thotisaio strem,19,
Gleatning tar! .
0 .9oft star or the ts'cst,.
Bleseed Star,. - •
•
Guest Slippers, and a Queer
Bed.
The fascination of old hingliall inns
is . a 'familiar subject in literature.
Many 01 the quaint old buildingehave
cotne down, nnd mere of the quaint
old inir custerna have 'disappeared, Mit
there are still retired corners et the
kingdom where both are to be found.
Amorregpondent 01 the Boston ZeraIr
writes entertaininglynn the silbie0t:
You asked if there ore any Eisgllit
inns to-dayWhere the slippert
that, once waited for a guest are pre
served its curiosities? • 31 may be lbw
in large cities" where great hotels -have
eupersededthe bld.fashioned inn, and
the American shoe:black stand le •In
evidence, guest slippers are net ot
date, Mit ondiY bait visit to Aingiend a
Sew years beck ratopped at Ines with.
out number where I had put up twenty
five or more years before anti bound
that "Boots" still came into the coin-.
mercial room—sacred to drummers—
with. his basket .Of Slippers 'add 1115
piece ,of chalk.. 330 liaed the old for
raula: "Dots any gentleman wish fot
a pair of slipperi?" '
Almoet every one did want a pair
whereupon 'the:.rooni mireber and the
hour to be 'called'in the morning Were
duly ohalked Up 'on the soles of the
boots. le one lastatme 5 Icund' that
l'Boote" hinzieff -Was the seine num
who had asked ,the, same question e
'quarter O1 a century before. My jour
neying, I ought to ..say, took lu the
west of Hngland -and all of Wales.
Some thirty yearg ago I was the vie.
tint along wlth thirty or more other
the:inlets. of a practical joke With title
slipper, or rather boot -shining bust
neetl. I was at it large in Wales
where Mr. Funny Man got up in the
night and went round front door te
door, and changed all cleaned boeti,
so that, for example, the occupant of
room minther forty-five feund 31hie
door ttn "eight:congress" instead of a
ten -lace she% and la, many casee rt
,traveler foundmo,pair at all, The rile
ror in the morning was terrific. y lcd
to go without breakfast to cateh at
early train. The .landlord, a eniek-
tempered Welshman, wee enrly 013 tale
aesne, Ere Offered a reward ot a guinea
‚for rdiecci'very of the offeeder, Wife
having had 'the sense to change els
own boetd" also, was never Muad 'out
If 'he had been, two glorious blecli
eyes would have been his poetion. T
look back, it,seeaM funny, but the lin
mor was hot apparent at the thee.
II wencler'vehether Mr. Firehangit
his history of inns ever ran :across
!-Saracen's Head Inn. Miter than 'Pick
wick's; Thereals ono -it Ware, I -Teel
fordshire, where at. any ante ,dnn-in
theda'aet three hundred years lie weer
heve,eeen an extraOrdiarny bed neel
of heavy .oalt, .abolit twelve feet hot
Id length and in breadth, aria abau
eight feetrliigh. The, date it \vas mad
i is carved at the top; I think it wa
' early in thesizteentit center:a.
said that twelve persoes Pall lie in 1
sbakespeare alludes to the "bed
_ ,
Ware" in Twelfth Night. (Act 3, sem
2).
Within the past fen' years the 1)
has been removed a few miles awe
tit the famous' Rye Bouse, the scot
of the historic Bye House plot who
somewhere about 1683 Lord Rads
and other Whigs pissed to blow 3
Gharlea 11 '
A Mystery of the Sahara.
Speclinens of' fish ^that eavini benea
the sands of the Sahara :Desert a
being exhibited at Ufa Anierlean 33
Man of .Natneal
They were taken from sal:tear:Me
desert tvater-pools, and ere not 01 1'
species, as might have been expect,
One itind is 0 member of the minn
family. Others resemble perch.:
The presence of these fish. lit-
desett remains a mystery, One Lite(
in that the eggs are transported 51
In particles of mud, 01 weeds eery
in the claws of birds that visit