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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1925-05-21, Page 6-r te- Q. A Pearance of Tea 9" Guide The only way to test tea is to tae it Many , . people have the idea that -a finely rolled and tippy tea is suoetior in flavour to large rough leaf. In reality this i not 6f necessity the case. The altitude at which - the tea plant grows deternkines the amount of essential oil and 4lca1o:41 theine !n..the leaf. Tile essential oil gives- tea its flavour; the ,theine contributes the stimulating value. The only way to insure alwaysre- ceiving a uniform quality is to insist upo3 a skilfully blended and scienti.fically seale tea like "SALADA" whose reliability, good- ness and delicious flavour have- becoine..a , household word. TraVel- This is tl e seas,on when, as tho von nal laureate Chancer averred, people long to goonpilgrimasest Even the of the Steamship literature, like scanning the eeedeina,n's cata, logue, brings a stirring of the i111, pulses of freedom end the gypsy long - Ing outward hound for wild, far -spaces. Of old, young noblemen and gentry as part of a liberal education made what was- called the "grand tour" of Europe elong a, beaten track and 'a careful; circumspect tutor wen along to make Sore no -wild oats wee afievaby the wayside. There were ocr- tatu plages set down on every Ooln servative itinerary, and the letters written hone to doting parents by duti- ful scions were of much,the same ten- The- lure. ot travel Persists and waxes in our time, but fortunately the long trail is not the luxury reserved for the enviable few; it is the •Privtleg of an' Increasing multitude. Even th steerage of an ocean liner, 110VT calle thitd class, is more Comfortable the, the beat tp be bad fin ?shipboard:when .Dieicens, Thackeray and Trollope dia covered .F.merica, , litet as the Artisan _ in . his has comforts not known to kings' palaces,. a hundred years ago, the eea vdyagerof niodeet purse nowedays comraanda accommo dations eot procurable for the' wealth of the -bides in the epoeh et sailing vessels at the inertly- of wind and the weather.And with our increseing • comfort 6i a third element and the abridgment ot a time and distimee by air trent, many Who Alive not the lei- • sure for a, mere delthe,tate progress over land or sea haVe nascent hopes of viettieg atrange areas that in youth '• they never exmocted to behold. They do uotelesere.to travel -who do , not lit themselves Mr It by study be- forehand, to learn how best to utilize the fleeting hours, The best kepara- Um-J.9 to lcnow one's neighborhood thoroughly. If -wenannot, Free what is beautiful or historic In our own en- vironment,-howhll 3VO know it itt an- other land? For we* tarry the flame 'senses abroad that we ene--or fail to eamloy—at home. There are nersone ; who ell their lives havirhean tethered 4n se narrew round or duty anti stikl, have seen and ret(lized the far hori- zons of those Who find einflniterlohea in a little room." ' S,hot - by a Candle. ,A. remarkable iteoription cut int the stone wan of the lowes ramparts of the Round Tower at Windsor Castle' has excited the euriosity of many visit- ors. No date is attached,- and there Is no explanation of its meaning be- yond the actilainworde: "C. Horne -- Shot by a Candle." Curiously enough, heweyar, an old Windsor diary has come Weight whieh continue, under the date Stine 8th, 1883, this remarkable ettry: "Chair Horne, Clever Lana, was killed Ity a man ehoottinaa insh-light at him from' a gun. 13urleduit Elton, June llth." _There Is no evidence that the /n- em:tenon on the castle wall and this eiley in a diary refer to the same in: cklent, but the probability 18 tbat they do. In reference to the event Itself .11 was probably the tragic end of what 'Wa.s meant for a joke LIM offender thinkiug 5 tallow candletwould merely flatten • Out against the poor fellow's loody and do him no Ware, whereas it has been .proved that a caudle balletic) ' fired through Au Melt board. • Our doubts 'are traitors and make its lose„ -the kped we oft might win by fearing to attempt it. --Shakes- peare. erePrmea cwire7 pi*" the\:- ' ; gwq.: the g,Partieeet r011gtiltiat :-.C4111--a•ts3"--804 832 eeteweateS , 'CORRECTLY DESIGNED," '82t -YS PARIS. , The straight lines of this one-piece slip-on dress are broken only by a narrow sash or material or Wide lees thee belt. Convertible collar rolls Softly with .the set-in 'vestee. long sleeves gathered to a tailored cuff are ineluded in the pattern. Linen, Flan- nel or Poiret Twill -will look very smart in thio sifyie with the vestee, dollar and facing on the bottom. .ot dressof contrasting' color. Ladies' dress, No. 1008,, cut in eizes 34 en 44 inches but. Size 38 requires 4% yards, 36 or 40 inch material, or 3% yards 64 inches wide. • - HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. • Write yourename and addeesstplain- ly, giving number end- size Of Such patterns as you went. Enclose 20c In stamps or coin (coin preferred; Wrap It carefully) for eaeh number, and address your order to Pattern Dept., Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Ade- laide St., Toronto. Patterns sant by return eair .- ..Tor Every Idlo Word." "now coad it have happened, Miele Turnern inquired Bleb Hampton in a puzzled tone, "Keating the affair of Clay Powers, auppose?" responded old Turner Gni, "Yes. Clay's parents are the finest people who ever breiithed, and Clay was one of the tnost promising young men I have ever known, Yet now we learn almost over night that he has been secretly leatling,an evil life for months,- and that he has corrunitted a cold-hlooded and cowardly murder in an attempt to hide the evidence of -one of his many misdeeds. How could it have 'happened?" ' "In the fleet piece, Bob, It didn't bopen," his uncle replied. "It grow just as the weeds grow in the field or the cancer grows in the body. Come- ifine,,someltow, the germ of moral tur- pitude entered into the beieg of Clay Powere and, secretly nourished, grew, ,uatil It gained the 'mastery ever him.' "'Would you say that hie parents are to blame that they dichitt bring -him up properly?" ,At is not foe us to -fix the biam_e in such oases, Bob e the question has. so many angles With wench WO„are net- Enowing Clay's parents as I clo, 1. fled it impossible to believe otherwise than they,trIecl to being him up• faithfullY, conscientiously° and prayerfully. • Their failure • is in the --1.1.Ands of Cod, who gave .thern their talents and fixed' their -limitations, They Will be severely criticized of eourse by many who are their interi- 009, • Beyond question the chief re- sponsibility for :bringing up children is with the parents, but many thhaga over, which they have no control enter into "you and I, Bob, have been More, or lessr'incalrttiiI,PV49la7 Palty-erst• I wonder' whethet it is poS7,4,,i;Itet-t481i, one of as may at -some tinie' or other have let fail. cionle carelese_ wordwet cynical exPreeeten perhap$ that We del' not really inean-,-that helped to lower the hey'e standard of entice? Thee° I8. more meaning than we commonly suppose ig the Biblical saying -that for every idle Word PEA will 'bring 118 to judgment," ' , • Bird Doclore Itself. ' • A famous Parisian surgeon states hs., Wiled e bird evilest), broken leg had been supported by a sort crsling,matle of,,,feathers hound into position by 'the 111;F:d 110210 mes Ohv AVLOVE EPIC OF THE FAR NORM to Pierrot, The look b , face a1aemer.1 her. WIIIt hu'IMPPolled, manper he ib,cl iPierrot clue:aged his shoulders. 411ething, mo Flepee.e---2-except that dien, have tensed a 'thousand devils in the heart a the -Factor from Lae Bain,..and syNorsts„ thu baisnzns, This was not a mo_ Hp stunned Lis he saw Barce, and tha paat trader, finding ment Tor him to show himself, .Whi Pointed at biln' Bwrer, tho wolf -dog, trappra m on of Lis heart drummed like a hammer ht s "La8t -niglit when M''oieu- the Fac- hig3 ga/g28 Bital•CN,, inck ;any, a. blow f Roe was fluisd with. joy. ,' tc't c"ught hil'nwIn a 'mare' he bit at:th, c?'ub. 7gego, he bnndled him into On her hands and knees the Willo1.11'siou'e hand. .1\i'sien's hand is tarol- w len twice its °size, and cad nee his a sack and carried him •te, .thrs-abiii was peering oVer the cage-. Hush 111C-. ot0f- °I;t1Z-7(;°,..atdI' It1,,!'let,:etrha:c/02)1Pct,rof' nv4e; ,goTangeglduetwnthillize dtilise8:PgPrrar WhaiAsAli blo'e'otdeettlir:si°,7"'ebn'l'a%eekiktd.iI.NIetei: trottper'g dat/ohl.,r The Cirl reSogt the w3te'' °±' her 11'1°1 ha closed eycs They were dark, and filled with a sini.ster nizen`,11anso and Whett.sho sem he had him -with a„, dull splash that was like ' been injured .aho' turned in anger at a chuckle, of triumph. He appeareglearn---s. flash of exultation, ehe thought.d. ellr.Tarregeft: ' Barge, fng honsell, now, beating anbut veith neths.enti taatoned hiaa,tecth im the facto -1.'0 log, ,legishstlot,skeveopishol,snasehlsi taoilolailtm, while the shot ilIcTaggart draw his revolver, but Ne- W into his eyes as he looked ever his shoulder and nodded. "I have hidden the medicine—and told him there is no time to lose in getting hack to Lae Bain. And he is arraid--that- He ie'weitin. W»h that ,blackening hand, hels afraid to start back alone ---and so I go 'with him, And listen, ma Nepeeee,,,Weettall he away by sun- down, and there is eomething you meet know before I go." _ , Bai•eft saw them there, cloee to- gether it the ehadows thrownby the tall spruce trees, fie heard the low min./nue of their voices-„-ehiefly of Pierrot's, and at last he saw Nepeese put her two arms up around the men - beast's neck, and then Peiwot went away• again into the forest.' peoae, ratsed the dog In her anta-6, fag cries."Iinte nob Bete .0,10! • CHAPTFR " "Lai, us leave them to fight:toiud, eaatSle down tmel dsunig asmahlilstaieektesayn;alrc„. d athltftgeT betWeeli themselves, misieu, hsa "They mee two little hrebrands, and Taggart,til1)11.1, satv looking up ni gainedp111lelaiehfts shis we are, not safe. IS she is hitten--" eti He shrugged his shoulders. A great over that she seemed about to fall, load had been lifted off them sudden- lleana 2;lo,nggiehanmaiindgs ihnontigiedteatn; eytIrs 1 . His 'voice was soft and persuasive. eher And now the angee had one out of were laughing while her lips taunted the Willow's face. A coquettish up.. him; he _could .818.8 1,1-M,flash of her lift oe her eyes naught MeTaggart, white °teeth. and she looked straight at him. half • "Beastl' Beast!" sn-141inItgipas josihne ysii„,1,1-kesatboahorrriufnatigir,e_l upHaet bheegran i4ngh,unstdilleclorig you 'and M'sieu the Faclor Awn Lae down the slw-going eurrent to he juts 1,, beach , of shale, wh.eitt, he. could' cilia Thee were undeniable little devils aut,.and 'a kalf of th" distane she in her eyes, leleTaggart thought—lit- fellewed him, laughing and tanntin4 Ile devillaughing full at him as she him, and flinging- that none of the deWn sticks an4'‘ spoke, setting his brain afire and his pebbles. He noted blood to 'running wildly. Those eyes sticksor SiOnes wei4} large ,enough to .t When at last his feet —full of dancing witches!' How he hurt him touched bottom, she was gone. would -tame:them and pay with them -t-very soon new. •followed Pier- Swiftly.Nepeese ran back OVer the rot outside. In his eitiltation he no tail, and almost inM Piereetisearinee longer felt the smart; of Baree's She was panting and laughing' whew teeth., - for a moment she stopped. . Half anhour later Nepeese- came "I have given him the ansWer, Noe; out of the ca.bin. She mulct see that catvel He, is in the pool." • Pierrot and the Factor bed been talk- NePeese was out of breath, he in about something that had -not been she "ranched- the Cabin. &nee,- fasten: - pleasant to her father. His face was ed to a table -leg by a babiche thong, strained. She caught in his eyes the heard` her pause for a moment at the smoulder of fire Which he was trYing door. Thenshe entered and came te smother, as--T)ne might smother straight to him. Dueleg the half-hour flames under a blanket. Mellaggart'S of her almence Bane had scarcely jaws were set, but his eyes flared up moved. with pleasure when he sew her. She knew what it was about. e The Fac- tor from Lac 13a1n had:been demand- ing his 'answer of Pierret, and Pier - rot had beeneolling him what shelled insistecl upon—that he must- come to her. And he -was earning! She ttu:ned with a quick beating of the heart and hurried down a little path. She heatd IVIcTaggart's footsteps behind her, and threw the flash Of a smile over her shoulder, But her teeth were set tight. The nails of her fingers wore cutting into the palms of her hands. Pleerot stood without moving. He watched then as they disappeared into the 'fofest. -Hermes° still a few steps ahead of McTaggart. Out of his beedet rose a' shaep.breath. "Par les mine cornes du diablei" he Swore Softly. "Is idepossible—that she smiles from her heart at -that beast? Noel „Tt is impossible. And yet—if it is Se----" One of his brown hands tightened centielsively about the 'handle of the 'knife in his belt; and slowly he began to follow them. • IVIcTaggartl. did not burry to ever - take Nepeese. She was folloveing the narrow path deeper into the forest, Fad he was glad -et ttat. 'They' would be alone—away from Pierret. He was ten steps behind her, and again the Willow.smiled at him over her -shoul- der. Her body moved sinuously and swiftly. She was keeping accerate measurement of the distanee between them—but McTaggart did not guess that this was Why she looked back every now and then. He.was satisfied to let her go An. , When she turned from the narrove-trail inbr. a side path that' scarcely bore. the mark of travel, his heart gave an exultant jump. ,If she kepi; on, he weeldsoon have her aleue-a geed distance froin the -cabin. The blood ran hot in his face, He did not speak to •her, through fear that She would stop. Aimed of them he' heard the -rumble of water. It vras the creek running through the -chasm. ' „ Nepeese wan 'making straight fon that sound-. With a little -laugh she started t� run, and 'when, she stood at the edge of the-Ahasm, McTaggart WAS fully' fifty yards behind her. Ttgenty feet. sheer down there was a deep pool between the rock wallet a pool so deep that it was like blue ink. She turned' to face the Factor from Lac Bain. He had neVer looked mege, like a red beast to -her. Until this moment she had been unafraid, .But now—in ail instant—he terrified her. Before she could speak what she had planned to say, he was at her gide; and had taken her face between his two great hands, his coarse Angers twin- ing in the silken strands of her thick braids where they fell over her shoul- ders at the neck. "Ea saluthetl" he cieed emssionite- ly, "Pierrot said you would have an ansiter fee mer But I need no answer now. You are mine! Mee!" • She gave, a cry. It was a gasping, broken cry. IIis arms were about her like band e of Iron, crushing- her Men- der body,' shutting off her breath, turning the world almost black foe her. She could neithey struggle nor cry out. She 'felt the' hot passion of his lips on her face, heard his voice -- and then came a moment's freddetp, and air fee her strangled lungs. Pier - rot was calleng! He had come to -the fork in the trail,' and he was calling the Willow's name! McTaggaet's hot hand came over her mouth. gpon't answee," she heard him say. Streegth--anger--hateed flared up in her, taed fiercely she struck • the hand down. Something ill her wonder- ful eyes held McTaggart. They blazed into his very soul, "Bete noir!" she panted at, him, freeing herself efroM the hist touch of his hands.. • "Beast—black beast!" Her voice teembled And her 'fece flaeied. "See -,-1 came to show you Iny pool—and tell you what you winired tfi hear -e -and . yea--you—have ertOed me like a beast—like a great tock -e --:- See! down there—it is My pool!" She had not planned it like this, jiitegtirt, to be s!nilinge_eyen laughing, at tdid Taggart had spoiled them—her care- fully made plans! And yet, as she pointed, the Factor from Lae Bain had looked for an instant over the edgd, of the chasm. And then she laughed—laughed. as she gave him a sudden shove -from behind. ' "And that ia my answer, alisieur le Facteur from Lac 'Balm!" she cried tauntingly as he ,,plunged headlong into the deep Pool between the l'Ocit waile • • .cl.i.AP,TER From:the edge of the ,opeu .Pierret saW what had happened, and he Ave CHAPTER XV iFor- a long time after Pier -tot left them the Willow did not move from where ghe had seated herself beside Baree. It was at last the deepening Meadows and a near rumble in the eket tbar'-roused her from the fear ef the things Pieirotehad told her. When she looked up, black clouds were massing •elowly over the open space above the eptuce-Mpe. Darkness was falling, In the' whisper of the wind and the dead stillness of the thickening gloom there. was the -sullen brewing of eteem. On that night, it may be, the Sphit of Storm was born in Nepeese. She loved. te face it, as she was facing it now. - made her forget all things but the sp1enfld might of nature; her }ler Much thrilled -hum It sent lit- half -wild so I thrilled to the crash tle throbs through his body, a• tremul-eapd fire of 1;; often.ihe hadereached ous quivering which.she could feel and ipp her bate arms and laughed with which deepened tile glow in her eyes. joy as the deluge burst -about eher. Geetly hen_hand stroked his head and Even now she might have stood there his back.It seemed to Nepeese that in the little open until tbe ram fell, he did not breathe, Tinder the ear- if a whine from Baree had`not turned ess of her hind his eyes closed. In an- her. As the first big drops struck other moment she Was talking to him, with the _dull thud of leaden bullet and at the soiled of thee voice his about them, she went with him inteyes shot o • "He will come here-vtliat beast -- and he will kill us," she was saying. -"He will kill you because you bit him, Bares. Ugh, I wish you were bigger' and. stronger so that you could. take hie head off for mer She was untying- the haliiche from about the table -leg, and under her breath she laughed-. She was net frightened. It was a tremendous air venture—and she throbbed with ex- ultation at the thought of haying the balsam shelter. e. • Nepeese shivered and rose to her feet. For the, first time Baree got up, and he stood close to her side. Above them a lightning-fienh emit the clouds like a knife of fire, followed in an inetant by a terrific crash of thun- der. &zee shrank back as if struck He would have stunk into the shelter of the brush .wall of the wigWalrl, but there Was sometfeing about the WillOW as he looked at her which gave hinCeonfifience. The than - beaten the man beast in ber own way. der crashed again. But he x•etreated She could see him irs the pool strug- no farther.. His eyes were fixed on gling and beating about like a great Nepeese, Once before Bares had passed through is night of terrible sthem—the night lie had hidden himself under a root eat SaW the tree iiven by light- ning; but now he had comPany, and the waienth and soft pressure of the Wilidtv'e hand on his head and neck fish. He Was 'just about -crawling out of the chasm now—and she laughed again as she caught Baree up under her arIn. • '''Oh-eopi-utioebut you are heavy!' she gasped, "And yet I must carry, 'you—because I am gding-to run!" She jenined outside. • Piertet had filled hene. with a straege, courage. He not come, and she darted swiftly into grotvled inftly, at the crashing thun- the balsam back of the abit 'With der. He warned to snap at the light - Bares hung -in the crook of her arm like a sack filled at both ends and tied in the middle. He felt like that, to, But he still had no inclination to wriggle himself free. Nepeese yen with him until her arm ached. Then she stopped and put him down On his feet, bolding to -the arid of the caribou - skin thong that was tied etimit his neck. She was prepared for- any lunge he might make to eScape, She expected that he would make an et - tempt, end for a few moments she watched him closely, While Harm, with his feet on earth once more, looked •about him. And then the Wil- low spoke to him softly. . • "You are- not going to run Away, Bares,• Non, you „are goieg.to stay With me, 'and we will kill that mee- t:mast if he darts do to me again what he did back there."' She flung back the loose' hair from her fleshed face, and. dor a moment she forget Bare° as she thought orlhat halt -minute at the ,ef:ecdlgolienoe,i, onhim again. fthe chasm. He Was jooki straight up At her when her glance not going to run away—you you are go- ing to follow e," she whispered. are They came at, "NenYou ; mlast inte an open, rt was a tiny meadow in the hetert of the forest, not more than three. or four times as big as the cabin; uuderfoot the grass was soft and green, and thick with flowers. Straight through• the heart of this little oasis trickled strearalet apron which the Willow, jumped with Bailee under her arm,' and on the edge of,the eill was is small wigwana made of freshly cut spruce and balsam -Soughs. .Info her diminu- tive inekewapethe, .Willote thrust her heach-to see that thin& were as She had left them yesteedaye Then,: with a long breath ,of relief, she put clown liefoue-le,gged burden and fastened the end or the babiclie to one of -the cut spruce limbo, Berea burrowed himsele beck into 'the, Weil of the wigwany. and With head, alert—and , eyes wide epee-- Watchedatitentieely what happened after this. Not a movement of the Willow estaped him. She was radi- ant—and happy. Her laugh, sWeet ana wild As a bird's teen, set ' Baree's heart throbbing with a desiee to flutip about with hee among the flowers. " For a time Nepeese seemed to for- get Barse. Her -wild blood raced with .the joy of her triumph over the •Fac- tor ' from,• Lac Bain. ,`-lhe Saw him again floundering About In, the pool —pectin:ad him at the cabin -now, soak- ed midangry, d'emanding of_mon pore where she had go/ie.:And mon pee, With 01 shrUfk of Inc .shouldprs„ was telling him that lie didn't ltnow—that Probably she- had -rtin 'off,into the for- est. Itedict not enter her head ,that tricking Bush MeTaggerf that"way eles, hod etear0d 'wittieciennehiM. Site die AO.{:-.rereeettlile peril that in an instant would have'stamped the mild ilush dram her, face andcurdled tde. blood in her veins—did not guess that MeTaggart Fad, become for her a deadlier, menace than even. There Caine an ineerruption, It was the snapping of ft dry stick. Through the forest Pierrot had come with the, stealth o.r a cat; and, -When they looked tm, he stood at the edge of the open. Baree knew that it was root Bush Mc- Taggart. But 11 was a met -beast! In- stantly his bed:tr.-stiffened under the Willov.oe hand. Ile drew back slowly and cautiously refire her lap, and as Pierret advanced,'Barcot seneled. The g. mug flashea. Under her hand Nepeese felt the stiffening of his body, and in a moment of uncar ny stillness she heard the sharp uneasy click of his teeth, Then the rain fell. ` • (To be continued.) „London Fire of 1666 Shown at Wengiley. Rt.:10.111MM scenes er the great fire of London in 1666 are shown iri the sPeo• Metzler disnneary, "Leaflet]. Defended," which opened the.Stadium seasen at Wembley. The fleet performance- took 0place 5,00e. .. ,op,ening. night of the new eiritith EE mpire xhibition, May 9 --and the displey emit:Mixed nightly through - The start of the great fire at e bakee's -shop in Pudding Lane is first shown: .rfom this small beginning the flames spread rapidly, the primitive methods of fire-fighting—mostly by means (4 men-handlei1 buckets, being vwahnoclelg. inadegeate, te stay their Ade A. striking Spectacle it the burning of Old 'St. Peel's. The Tower of Lon- don; 00015 in the digtance, 'was only saved frern destruction by the blowing op of the houees surrounding 11.. -The final scene .ahow.s' a camp of homeless. -refegees. In the chill hcier,s or" eaely morning hundreds of ivertten and Children. are seen huddlod together around fends:tee. To them comos the ICing, Oharles IL,' and his courtiers, with gif,4 of food and wine. ....AS.- tire ehoir Magi Tinto His alailesty" the scene shirts, and we see drawn up the modera protectors or a great city, the London Fare Bri- gade, the Royal Alr"Fbece, and the Metropolitan Mounted Pence.' Thee() ere 80111-13 W011d8111.11 dein 61g. Streeter/1S 'of modern grefighring enethods and rescue work in "Leedon De/ended!' • . Pita peril. from the aft is shown',in a 'thrilling air raid -at.iiight,.organized -and carried out by the, Royal Air 1i'orcee 111 1,7111811 41300X111110,8,, craft guns and, searchlights all play a 5501 1. " • -f-r/ or all washing! and clelin can't heat Is soa says Mrs. Experience, who chooses soap for its economy and labour- saving Nialue: Sunlight puts the sunshine of cleanliness int() Ithe home! For washing clothes, dishes, wood -work, lino- leurns, in fact, for anything that can be cleaned tbjith • soap a.ncrwater—I call on Sunlight. 'And Sunlight does its work so well anneaves everything relied and clean. "Sunlight really is economical', too! You see, every bit of it is pure, cleansing soap, containing no filling or hardening matefials, which are only waste as gar as we women are " concerned, 'You ges greater cleaning ',value, out of a pure laundry, •soap,—and so I say, 'Always keep a good supply of Sunlight • on hand'. It reOly iinproves with.age. And because of its purity, Sunlight is kind to your hands and keeps them smooth and comfortable." Sunlight is made by Lever Brothers Limited, Toronto; age „ea Fi Dust from Distance. , Nearly' every one has suffered the pain due to getting foreign bodies In the twee, but few realize, the origin. of some of these irritants. Recent re- searches by an eminent (menet Allow that many of the things we collect in our eyes cover vast d/StanCeS before finally ebtaining the lodgment that gives no much discomfort. exainple, the great deserts • of the East contribute prolifically to the nember of dust panic -lee we get in our eyes in the course a a lifetime. Heavy wind' whirr] tiny atoms of sand, the world over, and many ef them mine to rest la -the 'tureen eye. A micro- ecopic examination of a .pattiele of seed taken from a person's eye showed that it must have come °krona a desert three thousand titles distant! Voleanic disturbenees MEW cause discomfort In a similar way. Molten Java exudett- deeds of steam 'which conteln billioes, of particles, most of which fall to earth thousands of miles from the SC6110 of the eruption. Likewlee pollen from the larger for- ests may arrea our eyes, the ting mole- cules being bane into the upper air cereents and brown tar and wide. Microecopic excinfinations, again, re - reveal the striking fact that eue erms spmetimes collect mieute particlea of meteor dust, Which_ finds its way into our atmosphere with the heavy vap- .oinrscig:ouishspace. ,.. . dby theStar in falling t • Perheps even more cutlems is the lit- tle known fact that the acalitt or but- terflies' -wings are often found by oculists to be a source -of Irritation to the' Inunan eye. Thee scales are...in- visible except through a microscope, but they ate capabletor causing intense discomfort. Some on them, it has bden proved, ranch our oyee from tropleal lands, having been carried across the aeons be'the air ourrents. Largest Meteorite. What waa .probably theelargest me- teorite • known to have sena. the ,ground fell tn. Alsace in 1492. This gigantic:I.-lump or metal Weighed no less than 160 pounds. t ShakeSpeare s influence in the World of Mutpc. The great Elizabeihan poet, in one hundred 'and forty references in ilia plays, to music, voicadt-eis beautlei to the world.' Shiikespeare indiclitee not only an appreciatiee_ of the art, but also n. techeicel enoWiedge of it, a eel-- tein proof or -which is Inc apprediation or hermony above melody, Au the World loves Ts geed tune, but itis given only to the elect to- enjoy the tartan - Mos of liegmeny end ,eounterpoiet. Again, a praetor Shakespeare's techni- cal musicianship Is round in his know- ledge of *sol -fa -lug' as cited in eThe Tatting or the Shrew" and "Two Gen- tlenren of Verone." No one but a 44- er would undertake the mestery of the • curaberolis nomenclature and phrege- • Shakespeare's imethette 4pp-rector • thin of the ert is evidenced by the " praise given. to Wand the enthusiasm which it evidently excited in Inge NA, greater tributes carithe found than ftl his presentation of *the physical side of a character by Its appreciation of • noteappretiatIon of the art. „ "(ma, chant of Venice," Act V. &elle "lailtue Caesar" (Act I., Scene n intimates that a lack of mts1clkV preciation is to be tieWed with suit Shakespeare'd musical lefluence bee, been international Mid exerted %VW composers at three- centuries and the entire civilized, tverld. Few noble and useful lives_ have been lived on earth which cannot be traced M a Mother's hifluence. 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