HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1925-01-29, Page 6PART I1. t the road except. a traveline- preacher
We drove silentlY over the 'other and one or two other strangero.
neeeeeted reed,: a few hundree yards Still we kept on going southward in
until we sesselemen near a (Plaint Old •'Pite of stees to ' gossip for a mo -
Quebec bartireTe't . ment at a time. At first I had an
"Are yeti else nearest neighbor to idea that perhaps Craig was followii g
-Murat?" queried' Craig. el a tip I knew nothing' about, but pre -
The man looked at us. Passing, sen the inquitics as to gams. and
trar,gees who wanted to stop weer the people visiting up there and pase-
uncommon enough and a chance to mg through made , me feel that pc
pick, up some gossip leas too good soLhaps Kennedy. himself was losing i 1 -
let slip._ , ' I terest ie the case. Before the murde:r
"Nigh as any." lIe was a leae, tent of Murat we had always seemed o
man o Yankee who had conie at:reset be a lap behind the man -runner cei f.
the border.. It seemed as if the char -I It had been annoying. Noe was 1 so
acteristies of his farm had imbued keen to continue this wild-goose garse
his personality. among tee hills of the 'Canadien 1301
The farm 'with its steny, light- der in the eace of the on -coming storm.
- • •
I wanted Kennedy to get the man run -
colored soil betrayed leen harvests.
But there was more then -the usual ner and the murderer of Murat. Some-
sagerness in' this man's countenance.
' Now I noticed a 1,*.,.ornan and eome chils
dein, end s'inother man walking rather
excitedly about near the house in the
• "'You ain't been seeire -yet any man
riien' a new flivver cae eh?" There
was anxiety, annoyance in the mates
"No, I haven't. But there has been
dirt done down the road at Murat's."
Kennedy made the announcement
abruptly and,solemnly.
The tnen's face startled, grew a
shade perceptibly more haggard,
thought and M a quick voice hoarse
how I felt they would be identical.
But I wanted personal safety too.
Thus it was that soon we found our-
selves approaching the Vermont bor-
der. Then I thought I began to see
that the Green Mountains was his ob-
For some mysterious reason, it
seemed to me, Craig was picking out
the most wretched of roads. I had
been up in othis vicinity before and
knew that some miles either wan there
were better roads. "
, It was getting grayer, darker all
the thneel. What was Kennedy thinks
Mg of? I knew what the weather was
up here. The winters Were long and
from restrained emotion he asked,
hard. t was me, and what was tete
"What was it'?" Without waiting for
an enswer he turned ane waved his
long, bony arms to the others. The
family and the hired man responded
with an awkwardeoPe.
"Murat's been murderece!" shot out
Kennedy. "I've come to your place
for help. I must go on."
fall farther 'down sotith was early
winter up here, I was clinging to
the side of the car, bracing myself in
the Seat. -StileKennedy kept on over
that mountain road, which seemed to
'rise almost like a pass over a divide.
' Suddenly I felt something wet hit
my face. Snow at last! I put out
The man's 'shoulder's squared, his. tey hand. There was a enowflake—op
e tares became slits of determination and that mountain read, sieister, fraught
suspielop. I may have imagined it,. with trouble and &Inge.
but I felt that the little group all ael, What le we should skid and go down
once became combetive. , the mountain side? Keraiedy stopped
dIee was exPeedue au% had newel long enough te get the chains freere
foe me, but he had no chance to tell under the seat and clamp them about
lee Kennedy unbuttoned his outside tillc tires.
coat, turnedeone flap over and Showed
- The snow began piling up alarming-
°. email shield.
The old farmer leaned over deter-
mined eo be certain it was a bona fide
'sliield; that ICennedy lia,d eeen Ocular-
ly deputized by the provinciaegovern-
Meet -
nodded, satisfied, -straightened
up. "Now, what can I do?"
"Co in your car arid notify the
authorities in the town."
"I eae't. I tell you my car, a new
flivyer, was took this mornIne That's
why I was such a doubtin' man. You
ale't seed it?" se
The mention of his own misfortune
ly. Soon I knew that if the road did
not stall as, the snow would. Bit there
was nothing eTse but to go ahead.
(To be continued,)
_mom
Queer Lake Salawik. •
Tbe rich placers 'of Klondike are not
the only curiosity of the country trie
versed by the Yukon River, Not far
from Dawson there is said to be an ex.
traordinary lake, whtch has been
nanied Seines* by its discOverer, eve°
is a missionary among the Indiana,
SO/ne of the statements In connection
'loosed his tongue. He leunclved into a with it are so strange that they muet
desetiption of the flivver. "I sent' ray be taken with considerable allowance,
oldest emy jest -so soon as we Sound but we give three here as a matter of
it, was gone Its motor hurnhei is interest.
10342806e' As he spoke he fumbled in This lake, which is ninety miles long
hie* pocket for an already soiled bill and fifteen miles wide, is perhaps the
of sale. "We airit got no telephones only one In all that extrerne northern
here. Most likely the fellow' what took rectal whieh (Meg net freezeover clue
it'll get off with it. The boy ain't Ing the whiter. No communciation,
back yete has been discovered between it and
"I must go on: ;Yet the polite must tlie sea, peverthelieese"at high water
knoW," repeated Kennedy in the till- Upon the coasts or the northeen ocean,
the leVel of the lake rises, and it tittle
again at low tide.
This sympathy with the sea doge not
extend to the paint of making Sala-
wik a salt lake; on the centrares its
waters, are good to drink. But another
of ite peculiarities ie that its tempera,
ture rises ill Willter and falls in suite
Mer. When all the watereintreee ef
She nefghbering country are complete.
ly frozen over, Lake Salawik beeomes
so wenn that It is really pleasant to
bathe In it. t)n the other hand in the
summer time the Neter is extremely
told.
This eeculiarity makes it in tile
winter time a Mee& of fishermen. The
"Yele late of people conies urehere
Inc ebundance of fish team lake Is so
for eheotine But it allus 'pears'to
great that a person can Memel. catch
like as more gees back than -comes -UP, them with thehand, and can kill large
Somehow. T don't know much 'bout
quantitiee with a club. Ilere for the
miners I'S a Bourg of food supply
-which certainly evill contribute 10
diminish the cost of living, especially
during. the 'Meter in thee inhospitable
region, In an hour a man can get
etiough fish to supply himself for a
month, and -of the very best miality,
including aalenon, ranging, from twenty
to ,lifte pounds- in weight.
Just then the farm-hand stepped
forward; pulling at his hat. "I be
Francois, eh? I like. Murat. He ver'
geed to me. • I wall'ver by read and
tell, eh' -
So it was determined. There was
Much advice as to route and Where to
stop for shelter in cage the threaten-
ing snowstorm should break, and
Francois was oft.
For a few minutes Craig lingered
quizzing the old farmer about Visitor
rum run/tinge hunting, svInter eports
in particular and the country in pen
5101 'there ruin rennin'. 'Spose there's
,a lot of ee, but my teighbors me
bean't in it. Lots OS cars goes by on
this lime beck road loaded up, and
sonnehnes if the cars ain't loaded ap
the people in 'em is 1"
"Ever eeen any fights with the rues'
runliera?”
"Never seed any. Hearn of some.
Most o' them folk would tether lose
their loads '11 their lives, Ten teller'
ye. Why, all they getter do is jack
up peiees ;an the next load melte
tim the lose."
It was my turn to be the doubting
man. Could. this fellow know more
than lie was telling'? Were we the
gullibls onee? Sometimes sit is diffi-
cult to distrust folks, and this was
such a case. I weinted to believe in
him, yet my better judgment thld me
to teust no one.
"Did I hear ye right when ye said
ye was going to bit 0001' the mountain
road?" eeoollected our farmer, point-
ingssignificently at, the row of peaks
before,o1s, '
Keimedy eoddecl. The old fellow
put ap his hand, studied the sky
above "I'd advise ye tiote"e- ssgain a
suspicion 'flashed over my mind. Was
theSe some reason for.Which he didn't
event us to go? "'Them clouds means
snosse A snowstorm with the wind
in this quarter's awful on them, moure
1,0i118. 1 ',news," -
rThanks, bet I retest oe. 1 thiiik
111 be retailing."
The old farmer ehook his head doles
fully. I must confess that 1 belt like
relying on les sage' advice,
"I've got to make it how, Walter,"
looseed Craig.
"I 'mew it was ergent, end settled
as Lae as Craig wes (concerned. We
wereeeir ',long the road with svhat
„epeePste.10 old make, Ilosveivee Cola,
'11"-elellY So reserved in ac-
,essetereg strangese, eow slopped a ma-
trairteend eaeSed the tbne of clay with
awe Ile, mei , The onversatioe stare
ed, Wieh tee huntMg in neighbor -
boodles -FS game aria how nee could
beet./ it. Inqueles developed time
no
'. FUR IS IN FAVOR.
• 'Many eljscareed furs could be made
use of, ie properly hanciMd, When
piecing fur be sure to fit it so it all
runs in the same direction. In thick
eur, where the direction is riot easily
seen, brush or rub it and see iu which
dieeceion the hairs lie. Cut fur from
the skin side with ia, knife and never
with scissore
Sew buts by overcasturg the edges
together with heavy thread which hes.
lreen Tubbed with wax. Use, a fur,
needle Make as small a seam as pos-1
"sible so it 'will not be clumsy. After
:the sewing is done, svet.,the shin side'
thoroughly then strelch tee fur on a'
board„ Ter :side down, fastening it in
place with 51,05, :When Saw it will be
ready to use. Line the fulowith a soft
lining if it is to be usecl for triniming.
GREAT INCREASE
IN TEA CONSUMPTI N
Th.e censeniptiOn of „tea, it M esti.
nutted, Mereaeed. sire 1924 thirty-nine
million mietads. The price, ea a result,
may go to 11.00 a pound, bet even then,
tea is the cheapest bevereee in the
World 10lde frem water.
Death Valley, California, where a
shade temperature ' 134 degrecs
was once registered, must now yield
the Wined icecord Sot heat to ezizia, N.
Africa. Ort September 1.3tb, 1922, the
thornier -eater there rose to 13,0,4, de.,
grees. Bradlee highest torn -
-wes 100 degrcieso on August 901i, 1911.
else Congo Womon andi girls, site° a
few- whose parolee have embraced
Chvis.theilty, aro really slaves,",saye
iiiicea. had gone thaough along a svoneui missionery,
Beene Hodges, -civil lord oeithe gd-
miralty in the Labor cabinet,: is going
back to sverk kr the minee, ie order to
regain 1 is Jetsam pomtion 01 secieteis
m the Miners' Federation
; ; •
,
Miss Sherlock Holmes.
Scoteed, Yaw; has decided to admit
women to the reeks of its Criminal
InvestigatMn slOcenuilment. This is
one of tile eflets oei the decision an -
flounced by, the Home Secretary that
thet b number of -women olice will
'be incretmed front twenty-four to fifty,
says a'London magazine. -
Women detectives will be chosen
Iran the ranks of those already. en-
rolled as policewomen, or to be selects
ed as candidates within the next fe*
sveeks. There is a long waiting list,
h.nd no fresh; apjelcations will be en-
.
tertained . - •
Hundreds of governesses, typists,
chortle girls, and girl clerks have ap-
plied for work as detectives, but with-
.
out success, - ,
The C. L. women of the, rutuee
will be trained on the lines of her
male counterpart, marl she will .serve
a beefed in uniform, ae every Scot-
land Yard man, from the "Big Five"
downwnds, has done. ' --
It Is intended to employ women de-
tectives on special duties., molt as ob-
servation work 'in connection with
night clubs, shadowing suspects en.
gaged in the 'drug tragic, and in Ob-
taining evidence against thetuneeell-
ers and charlatans. ,
Two wosnen have been officially- at-
tached to the 0.I.O. for months, and
their. work has been performed with
much success.
The ease vvith which the 'cotlatid
Yardewoman he able to disguise
her' features and change her appear-
ance will be one of the chief assets in
her new -careers- The "Yard" wornan
mey 'be called 'on to be a trim nurse
one day and e laundress the next -Her
I Mee may be bobbed this 'week, Seine-
rled the isext and the week after she
aliraY have to wear dresses like a sea -
1 side boarding-house keeper.
IWhy- We Doff Our Hats.
I Most people extend. the right hand
on meeting a friend, but fevs realize
that they are Imitating the cavalier of
the Middle -Agee, whaeheld out an um
armed. hand as 'token that his sword
wsa sheathed, and that lie was friene
arel not enemy, ^
, You take off your hat when you ea-
; ler a honsesebut why? It is because
I the knight of old deflect 'his helmet—.
the most vital part or his armor—when
he arrived to show that lie ,came in
pease, And as lie touehed Ills helmet
on moeting frimul to show that he
was prepared to unliehus hie aeacence
ant of to -Say. touches or raises his lat.
Even the 'clothes we wear are dis-
list showing allegiance to more an-
cient ones What is the Norfolk Jacket
but a reereduction of the ohain-mail
hauberk, with the beltfor the Swore?
The frock coal is the. old -thee waren-
rok, which wee worn ever armor.
The clergyman's cas.sock is a sur-
vival of, the deys when Merest all meet
were skirted; while 1110 wig which Eng..
land'e barrister dens links us with the
time when every gentleman 'AV01"0
horso-ba iv peruke.
Match -Making as.a BUsinets.
r Berlin hits et) fewerehrer le00 mar-
riage bolters.' They are divieed 'Into
three classe,s• firsteloes bolters, who
deal only with elieete of high s.ocial
ant ing , 1 0 o secon c
.who handle love alieth's et the bout
geeise; ane tee third -Masa brokers,
who Seal only, with the workers.'
One o tb e le id ing evokers, a. 10018811
with itri "uneer-chles"
boasts of haying mefle Itul six
matches in three Yeklre, 883',8" tee
photograph of ao client. him remained
111 lier albuie ter More than a eear.
, .
Many of the marriages she arraut;ede,
she ole 11350 terneit out ,te be I
love affene,
This broker athlete Una tlie those cif
her cl-ionts were women with 110 NerieS'
whose beauty- did not aerial feeir for-
-tunes. -
_
She said the most ennoying teattees
of tier Work "MIS the disposition,' heti'
by niee sea women, to tiederstatee
agate A pro p Mity a 111 hen deal ed levet
00111 Iice 0 ist en1 tree, bo' Mo.
duced, and lite truth often ted to the
'breaking off of- potential matches
Heat Waves by. Wireless.
-That 130 el light, end imwer will be
transmit led by. wirelesi' in. the near
future es a preetetioh.'nettre by iVIr.„
Jathes P. Kerr, onefen: 181' managers
of tiro eocent C.Sionge wireless exhibi,
Oen.
One of Aliericie's, Les Meg Maintfac,
teams. Alis Kerr says, ie 1185 CAlgaged
in the development 'os e System for
transmitting light, heire ana po‘ver
try eitiotess. i -ie 1,3,55 11 'have it
pertested , eine for tee wireless
World's foe: NOW 'York llelL1 5111
une.1inotlier. wireless engleeer le work
Ina, ora: a Syetena thr 1.reusniitting re-
frtgeratlon wireleee, ,wheell Mo
Korr .belleVes will he pe'rfeetett in the
slimmer
See eral Mearitees ere also working
on the teanetelselon and reception ate
icinerne etetneett, and Mr. teorr snys
Ito "lenowe that at 'lease throe of the'
sr -ate -as will lie a eomplele stro,se"
Apt 91Cillarke
The men Ilrho.ir. too busy' te talce
mire of his health is a workmen too
busy to take. care of his tools.
,oE
ere'S s INVALID. .-
Do you eerier -neer en invalid among
your frier -Ida? If so, choose the gift
with .special attention to its attract-
vebess and her needs. It is abstuel
and unkind to give- limit to some one
who is' on a restrieted diet, or a eoolt
to one 'who must spare her eeos.
'The Me -elicits 1avviiI suggest.,va'il
lens gifts. There ,is the tray 'it8olf,
which can be o'l ,wicker weir g1as6 top
and se letter rack to one sides An cm-,
broidered tea cloth mid napkin—even
a Wellited ""sileece cloth''-ewill be
appreciated to melte astrae attractive.
Iridivideal silver salt •and eepper
boxes-, a -folding silvei: ensit knefe, a
eup and °settees; Of quaint old pattern,
a. pressed glass goblet, a hot-water
dish to keep meat ane potato paha-
ablee Will' any of them elemecei the
table.service of an ervelid.
Several friends 'can soinetirnes .club
together eci-buy 1,edS1de table,Such
-tables, are made so that they can be
leased or lowered to swing over the
bed, NVith a eek -that. will: pull: osit
and hold a book. Other bedsidecon-
\ eniencesae: e flaselight, «i radiuin
clock (before giving on,e, be sere thet
the patieet will not be disturbed by
-its ticking), h tray for odds and ends;
a. Perpetual Calender 1.a leather or
metal case, a shaded lamp that eau
be clamped, to the hea,dboerd, an elec-
tric pad (if thepatientocere'be trusted
to regulate it-eitheevese decidedly
not!), a balsam pillow, eivacetun car-
afea silver believe electric,'faii end
a berometer.
Pretty bed garmente are: lace-
ruffled- dressing jaokets. of crepe de
Chine or allsetross, pale -tinted knitted
saegees, boudoir caps, ichnonose slip -
pees to match, -sheer handkerchiefs—
poSsiblY a little filigree' ball containing
a tiny, Wad iof cotton scented with a
favorite fragrance, to hang about .the
neck. And no cniee ex-es:et-the patient
heeself knows what a source of • ec-,
stacyri a string of beads or a _little
finger ring can bet ' •
Then there are many articles of the
toilet, that will please: bath Belts, deli-
cately perfumed soapse cold creams;
toilet .watersi sweet-smelling skin lo-
tiong, exquisite talcums. And. as to
fragrances, the invali& is eften de-
lighted, with an incense burner and
either the tabloid or the posedered in-
cense, in lavenderc.sandatesood, cedar,
Violet or any of a dozen other odors.
In gifts of flowers there is greet
variety. Bills ate always acceptable.
A bowl- of partridge ,berries is bright
and heartetung,-br, if you live itt the
country,- you can, esteem; a . pungent'.
riehtful Of spruce, pine, balsam and,
the tertilleg evergreen, to brighten the.
siekroom, . I
' I
USE MORE MILK AND CREAK
Some years ago a wornee, wbo- had
Itesit house for twenty years,
worked
tot me, • -She had /levee licerdef using -
'milk 'when 'strerieg lip thickening for
gravies and elie had never made ai
cream pie. Many of es could 'serve
more appetizieg' meats if we used
more milk and cream. i
:roast served with hot milk to which
ealt, peppereind one-half Cup of cream
has beep raided, is very palatable and,
initiations as a breakfaet dish, ,
To one can of salmon add one pint
of milk end -one-half eup of cream,
thieket with one tablespoonful of flour ,
Boil and Salt and pepper lo taste.'
Delicious with new t otatees or toast,
oe b�lh.".
Creamed selabbege—Sliee, a small
head of cabbage fine and boil insalt
water until tender, (about twenty
inin-
utos) not soft and slippery: Deain,
.add one cup of milk -end pne cup of'
cream and a little more' salt if needed.
'Bring ;to a boil. Serve, hot.
Creamed OrilobseeQuarter snadium-
sized mikes. Boil in salted water
until tender. Add equal parts of milk
and cream, a' little salt and peeper.
Bring to a boil. These -are
areEllY1 Pie --One egg, half cupful,
sugar, one pint milk, -rout -heaping tete;
spoons'of corn starch.
Beat pgg•svell, add sager and beat
again. Dissolve in milk.end bring to
boiling. pent. Add cornstarch well;
about five iterates, cool, add ohe-half
P00103 S' Before seeviuc, cove
or with sidepped eVeanl Whieb IleS been.,
slightly, 'sweetened' and flevoree, ' .1
Custard -7,i 112 de ; m y
with 'only two teitssmons oe ('1 I1
It naay ee served elope eoured over
different, kinds of fruit preverusly
svseeteried such as bananag oranges
pemappleo fresh or caritied strawber-
ries and peaches, 3.! ,1 or canned
eeeked ''prunes, or fresh ea;epberries.
Poer in individual, dishes when -sere-
ing with fruit. A lump of jelly placed
in the top of each dish makes it very
attractive, e.s well cis refreshing.
Mrs. B. R.
A -STYLISH IrRdCle.
4986. The girl who desires "some-
thing differ:sale will be, pleased with
the style here portrayed. ' It has the
popular front closing and a tiered
effect in the &Since%
The Pattern is cut' in 4 Sizes: 14,
16, 18 and 20 years.- A 167Yeat size
requires 4 Yards a 40 -inch inaterial.
If madeasillustrated '/4. yard of ben -
twisting material will be required for
collar and cuffs.
• Pattein maikd to any address on
,receipt of 15c in silver, by the Wilson
Publishing Co., 78 West Adelaide St.,
Termite. Allow two vveeke for re-
ceipt of patterre
• Send 15c in silver for our up -to.
date Fall and Winter 1924-1926 Book
of Fashions.
dissolved, in Milt cup of milk. Boil
anilla and poin
Who uses her heed, her head, her eyete
The /women who evins is the woman
teaspoon of v
s BUTTONS.
"Where I get a bright idea, alvvays
want to pea it along," said a lady,
as she sat watching a young girl sew-
ing. "Do your buttons ever conte off,
Lena?"
"Deer? They're always doing it.
They are ironed off, washed off, and
pulled off, Instil I despair. I seem to
shed buttons et every step:" '
"Make use of these twe hints -when
you are SeWing them on, therm and see
if they make any difference. When
you begin, before you ley the button
on the cloth, put the thread through,
so that the knot will be an the right
side. That leaves it under the- Mitten,
and prevents it from being worn Or
ironed away, and thus beginning the
loosening process.
"Then, before you begin sewing, lay
a large pin amoss the button, se that
all yottr thecads will go over the pin,
Aftee you have finished filling the
holes with thread, draw out the pin,
and wind your thread round and round
beneath the button. That makes a
compact stens, to sustain the possible
pulling and wear of the buttoehole.
"It is no exaggeration to say that
my ;buttons never come off, and I'm
-sate pours woe% if you tree my method
of sewing." -
TIE WOMAN WHO WINS.
The woman who wins is the average
; one ,
Not built on any particular plan,
Not blessed -with any particular luck,
lost steady and earne,st and full of
, pluck.
For the woman who wipe is the tele
• who works, -
Who neither labor nor trouble seleie•ke, They are very kind, .1 think,
And wish to comfo_rtzonce• ise Driscoll
s
Youn delrmou8 good.
TrY .
ichlr ° sALA:L)A t°,°%",aaj
Riess.
n r M tender
that yield
THE PRINCE AS SCIENCE SEES HI
• Science' busies itself very, much wete gransifethers ,zeade, treovo-metch with
pedigreee of every bride and bride- nd theie' "'a ()
ghreoroemditYh'e'5'oit•e7aolluoldwinlig'17;hteoMetaore'slignnite•i' leac1:14awed;tha'uweheaofietarhYaditn'wlieth0e.ate:8aer:gen6nitphr:Ctte:1:;:,
marelage register. But the seereh es with the reseit that sve can -find no
'Oompliceted by the vastness et the trace oCabout onet,fifte 'of tee Prinee's
number of everybody's, ancestors, as forlearS during the last' 350 Yeats
-
well as by the'scantiness 05 records. Still, this pedigree is probably as 00111-
11 is a edmmonplace eo say that un- plete as any other to be Sound in tho
known and self-made -men have uo world, and it 18 interesting to see'
ancestors, but everybody has anceat- What it tells science about hiin.
ors as countless as the sands on' the If heredity counts far 'anything; the
'seashore. Everybody has two parents, Prince they 'be described, as ; a-singu-
four grandparents, eight great -grand- larly fortunate young man., There is
parents, and so an Twelve genera- an extraordinary aoaocity ot degener-
tions eive 8,190 ancestors in the acy, among iess direct ancestors; al
courseeof some 350 years. - though in many oases degeneratea
,31 you went hack 24 generations, were present in the family,. ,
say tothe days of Megna Charter You. Gustavus Verse, that tremendously
Would have to racket', with 3e546,240 energetic rnan iwber liberated Sweden
indivishials, scarcely lege .than the from 'the 1.5aneS, hail Ave fainterinal
whole present population of England, chIldeen ,out of nine; one although four
and any one of them might have lett of these figure in the Prince'n pedigree
a trace on your character, sanity, only prie created' any sclindal ceeorge
strength, or feathres. IIIbecame insane In his later years..
' What is known as low birth merely but the Duke of' Kent, the 'Pritice's
meaussobeciirei birth. It means that greaegreaegrandfathea was certainly
little -or nothing is known 'abotit. the the most reputable of his sons. '
ancestors. If you were born afteralie 'The gloomy Admiral Goligny, who
death '-of gleindparents who make no perished. during the massacre of ,-St
mark in the world, alt you Immo- about' Bartheldneave William the silent; who
them is -What your father and mother led the Netherlands against- Spain; -
may have chanced to tell, Ask 'the Sophia "Charlate 'Of 1-IanoVer, Ammer'
average man what was his grand e as the philoaophic queen; Alberti of
mother's =ideal name and it is very 'Soxe,Cisien•g; and Edward VII., that
long odds that he will leave no idea. - brilliant diplomatist—all -contributed
You may be surprised—perhaps their hare 013 good coalface'. Courage,
aahaineiette find that the ancestry of energy, diploniacy, 'prudence., and inde-
pig,s and cats has been recorded far pendence are to be found in the pede
more carefully. The pedigree 05 a gree. .and in the Prince himsele,
racehorse Is nearly always available selenee ig• to be believod'
for more than ; dozen generations, And though people enay point to
whereas kinga and eueens, whose for-. signs of 151 b-ree5ing in the family of
bears gave their names to eistorical Sem Saxe -Cobh -roe scientists point out
epoces, can rarely traee back colne that Inbreeding is dangerous -only
Mete pedigrees bailee far, jemong the feebleminded.''When -good
Thus the'ancestors of the Prince of qualities predominate in the blood;
Wales are known only for three gen- even fleet cousinmay marry and hope
orations, , hecithse one 95 his great- to peodute a superior breed.
Years.
The years are not lost,
They stand whispering.
They tell each other wrote
And remember everything.
To -day is a mid
Between us and ,-the past,
Strange; how wo forget
What wa thought would last!
Strange, how the edge dulls
On our old pain, -
And we go quietly •
On old witYli again!'
Something stirs now and then,
When an old year calls, '
And we try to look back
Through high, grey walls.
Thd years are neeeti far
• As they seem to be,
titnes I think they mese
Close about me.
.And one says I leved,
And one' says "I lost,"
And.one "I svonld not eay the price,"
And one "Lcourit the cost"
The ,year come together,
• A close company;
Only the' New Year
Cornea alone to 'me,
The -New Year comeg and hides
The years that came before,
But hear, them whispering
And crowdiug at, illy dooi.
hear thorn whispering
of what used to be,
•
-". — How to•Train Your Memory.
"Poor memory is due to poor man-
agement ratites than to an inferior
faculty. of memory. • Any sort of
BLAZING NEW TRAILS INTO- WILDERNESS
, 7s'esesi .ese.• -
Lee
-ea TWO DISTiNGUISHED ,ISH ExPLoREFte
The leaders of Inc Fawcett ese edition, which helms to fine Proof 01 an
ancient civilization in the heari. of Brazil, are shown peeve. They aris: 'Col.
1: H. Fawcett, .0.5.0.„ 7.18.0.5:, arid his son ;rack. Col. Fawcett, who has
spent twelve' of the lase eighteen, years en the region be will now re-enter,
'is 58 years old: :KC estaca (110 1011(531 army M. 1886, serving in Ceylon. I,ater
he' served in Mo.rocco, Malta, Straits Settlemente ansi Hong Kone. In 190Se
Brazil and Bolivia became ineolyed in a controeorsy over rubber, in the Acre
'district in norerweelern 13r 311 The matter of botinclaries WaS loll to Eng-
land for arbitratioe mei Coe Fawcett was apF)inted one .0,5 commission or
truce to delianie the boundaries. "rifle -led to continuous exploratioe :welt in.
South' America. In 1914, Col. Fawcett re-entered the British army and seas
o ^ r '
given 501) 113803 of a brigade field artillery, eto was later a eetimes -hattei y
staff officer,: He svas menteneS four times in despatches. lie is a dis-
tinguished artist and an exhibiZ0r, the 'Royal Academy, .7-Iis.,son, Sack
raweeft., is also a eoemetent artist. , They plap to suppment the photte
graplue '5 mrd of their ,expedition with '01115 CVOUS sketchoe.—Photograpite
ineinory can be enproved ono 015-;
coverg eseactly what neede, te be itm
proVed, and if one, can play the ,gemo
heartily." • •
This, is the advice of I.)r R S: Woods
-
Werth, .g famous Ameriean.,psycholo.
"The first step tosvards effective
inernory training," he states, "is to de.
cide ersactly what sort of ineMore
work you need,
"If yen wish -to improve your mene ,
ory fel. names Mel &meg you mus1!
rmactise conneeting the name with tho
face If you wish to huprove your '
memory for telephone nulebers you
A One -Wheel Cycle.
Spectatore at the National Stagium
in Rome were gueprfeed not long ago
wben they saw a huge wheel, driven
by a Motor -cycle engine, rustling at
high speed around the track. Within
the wheel they sew tho driver, hi$
hande gripping an ordinary motor-car-
steerig wheel, his feet resting ene oe
(Unary motor -cycle pedals. His bode
kept the Wheel In perfect baleece, itt
every turn he would lean to one side
or tee other. WIten the spinning
whel dually slowed dow.n and camc
to a stop, he simply rested both of his
feet 013, the ground,. then let down a
standard to keep the wheel from tope
ping over! ,
• The &Jeer of this remarkable vi'
hicle was Davide Geslaghl, Having
a idea that one syheel would be more
efficient than two, he had pertecteS
whillmat hniador hetttehicalpitoodutoniesszonstsournblielyfo, roe
drie-wheel cycle that would run:
• The wheel has two principal tins
niug parts—a large pneumatic tyre
and an inner hoop of steel, 'The inner
circle carries the driving mezhanism
mad the delver, while the tyre moves
round it. On the outer eircuieforcum
of eheesteel hoop are rollers, eni thme
support the runot the tyre, Thus; the
two pieces, hoop ana tyre, are incle•
perident ot each other .as the Wbeel
moves, forward.
When the machine is -moving, the
inner hoop is kept- Stable by tee
weight of the engine and driver. But
opposing this there is a friction r011er,
driven by the;vehicle'motor, which
acts against the rim of the tyre ana
revolves it, This force is more posver.
ful than any retarding resistance.
• Consequently the driver -cloes not
teen with tlx wheel, but maintains hie
upright positioe, Ile balances the ma,
ante much as he \voile a tnotorceele,
and ragela.ees the . direction to lie
taken by the vehicle by inolining his
body to the right or left, and by a
steering wheel.
must practiSe ,00neecting telephone .
numbers settee the' name of aubscrile
I The Perfect Genticmsn
,t11.. your, wise eseeplases became you ! 'Iles a perfect gentlem'au, ymt
catmot remember' much, of interest think?"
"I do ---ho always rises. and gives a
frnm Your day's -experience te enliven
the darner table, what you need to ledY 1110000tnn the 15001101' shcile"'
practise- is the taking note of interest-
ing items as they occur and then se-
calliag them sveen the thee copies." '
•
Moon and Radio. „
ses the result of a long series of Oil-
$erv.iationfi made in England, it' was
learned that radio receptioio le best
during the eull moon period. When
the moon eliangee froni full 15 now
moon receptioe is peorest,
east foe Meals.
Bartlott.--"I hear that Your next-
door neighbors have a new organ. Do
you know how many stops A
eaeltson—"Only about throe a day,
and those eve only for meals."
The Largest Clodk.
Electricity plays , an impertent pert
111 what is claimed to bo the 100)131 '1
largest Meek. This is the new clock
et 0015 305 Coe which hates the
place ,oii one that for many years call...
ell attention to their Jeleey City fae-
Loi
The new clack, wound by a 14 h».
meter, lees e. dial diameter of kit. The
ineritte heed ie 38 ft. 1111 long, and tbe
hour measures 27 tL 0 i11.. the lo tuds
weighing together 35281bs •MOIT than
two hundred tempt; placed at regular
dieteneee matted the hands Melte It
as eaey to tall the time by elght as
by clay. •