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deepair, For halt dan -hoe
Wearing M ith , his ',bask tbtdfr,
and hie tone to the etaelit w detnt s
as If there still remained the fleet eg
ames Oltv r-Curw hope thet Nepeeee might fol ow attar
him over the trail. Then he burrowed
himself a hole deep in the mow -drift.
A LOVE EPIC OF THE FAR HORTN
and paged the remainder of the night,
SYNOPSIS. and sent forth death -hoe -1r This time!
10,s047,,,i, thi, !hood, had fidget° it was for Plemet. In it there was a
different note from that of the hovel I
tire cabin of Pierrot, the tramr, at- he had sent forth from the chasm; it i
tempted to bond Nepeeso to his.ivish- was poeiti-ve, certain, In the chasm!
es, and, on ,Pierrot's an:expected/T-
he hdt, his cry had been tempered with doubt!
turn, ho4 shot him. Now, as
6)*aseci tire et/meg/Me ohri, Baree, the ---da cluestiemine hope' something that 1
doe, whom also he awl s..hot end who was 00 almost I'llinind that 'AleTatagart
408piii, his ihno.10:,, wild burie4 his new what lay in thrt freshly dug'
Moe at first thoujht to be seam d shivered:on the trail, But Bares
eth in the facto? s' tee, Nep,,,,,e, sDOW-eovered grav,e, A Mienit three
ensued by Mefl'aggart, ran mem the
°nee to a gorge -and 'plunged into a
fifty -foot abyss, to what looked like
sleatit.
CHAPTER XXII.--(Cont'd.)
It wee not sentiment that made him
dig Pierrot's grieve close to the grin -
cess mother's', under the tall spruce. timber, sniffing, tho air end lisMning.
It was not sentiment that made hint
Twice he went .back to the elia-sra.
dig the grave at ell, but 'caution. He,
Late in the afternoon there earne to
00 hh' him a sudden impulse that carried
feet of, earth teuld not hide its secret
from him, There wee death—definite
and unequivoccd. But for Nepees
he was still hoping and eeelting,
Until noon he did not me far from
the cabin, but only Once did he acteall
approach and ,eraff Rout the blac
pile of steaming timbers., Again and
again he circled the edge of the clear
ing, keepin juet within -the bush an
in uneasy dumber. e
-With -the first light of day Pane
resumed the trail. He was not so
alert this morning. There was the
disconsplate droop to his tail which
the Indians -call the Alsoonewine-the
sign of the sick dog. And Baree was
eiels---not of- body' but of. soul. The
keenness of his hone had died, and he
nolouger menected to find the Willow.
The eecond cabin at the far end of the.
trap -lino drew him on, but it inspired
in him none of the enthumasm with
which he had hurried to the drat. He
42' travelled slowly and epasmodicallye
his suspicions of the forests again re-!
piecing the excitement of his geest.!
Y
He ap-proached each of Pierrot's traps
lc and deadtalls cafitiouslyeand twice he
showed 'his fangs—once at a fnarten
- that snapped at him from under a
d root wheise it had dragged the tree,
in which it Was caught, and the seem
ond time at a big snowy owl that had
come to steal bait and was now a pris-
oiler at the end of a steel chem.
_There were plenty of rabbits in
Pierrot's treps, and Bane olia not
go hungry. He reached the second
trap -line cabin late .in the afternoon,
-after ten liners of travolling. He met
with no very great, dleappointtneet
here, for he had not anticipated very
much. The snow- -had , banked this
cabin even higher than the other. 'It
lay three feet against the door,, and
-the window was white with a thick
coating of eee-ee. At this Place, which
WAS el0S0 to the edge of a big barren,
and musheltered by aid -thick forests
farther beck, Pie,rreteliad built a ellen
ter'fer his fireviood, and in this shel-
ter Estee made his temporary home.
All the next day he remained. some-
Wbere near the end of the trap -line,
skirting the edge of. the baleen- and
investigating the short side -line of a
dozen traps which Pretrot and Ne-
peese had strung through a swamp in
which there had been many signs of
lynx. It was the third.,elay before he
set out on his return to the Gray Loon.
He did not travel very fast, spend-
ing two days in coveeing the twenty-
five miles between the fleet and the
second. timp-line cabins. At, the sec-
ond cabin he remained tor three days,
and it was on the ninth day that he
reached the Gray Loon: There was
no change. There vare no tracks in
the snoW but his °Wm made nine days
And then of a sudden, Baree made
a change, 'He spent a night in the
tepee. , After that, whenever he was
at the Gray Loon, during the day he
always slept in the tepee. The two
blankets were his bed—and they were
a part. of Nepeesse. And there, all
throug.h the long winter, he waited.
If Ne ese had returned in Febru-
ary an .could have taken him un-
aware, she would have found a chang-
ed Barns He was more than ever like
howl now, and always he snarled deep
a walla yet he never gave the wolf -1
in his throat When he heard the cry
of the pack. For several woke the I
old trap -line had Supplied hint with
meat, but now he hunted. The tepee,
in and, out, was scattered with fur and.
bones. Once—alone—he caught a
young deer in deep now and killed it,
(To be continued.)
buried Pierrot deeently.
poured -Pierrot's stock of kerosene
. where it -would he Most effective and
touched a match to it, He stood in
the edge of the forest until the cabin'
was a mass of flames. The snow wee
falling thickly. The freshly made
grave was 0 white meund, -.and the
trails were fillings, For the physical
things he had done there was no feat.
'fir Buell McTaggertte , heart as he
turned back toward Lac Bain. No
one would ever look into the grave of
Pierrot Du Quesn,e2 And there was
no one to betray him if such a miracle
happened. But of one thing his black
eotel world never be able to free itself.
Always he would ,see the pale, tri-
umphant face of the Willow as she
stood- facing him in that moment of
her glory when, even as she was choos-
ing death rather than hinig he had
cried to himself: aAhl Is she not
wonde.rful 1"
As Bush 1VInTaggart had forgotten
Baree, so Bared had forgotten the
Factor from Lac Bain. When Me -
Taggart had run along the edg,o of the
, choir), Baree had squatted himself in
• the foot -beaten ,plet of now where
Nepeese had last steed, his body &tiff-
. ened and his forefeet beacea as he
looked down: Ile had seen her take
-the leap: Many tithes that sumtner he
had followed her in her daring dives
into the deep, cmiet,water of the pool.
But :this was a tremertdous -distance.
Shp had -never dived into a place like
that.. He could see the black heads
of the rocks appearing -and disappear-
ing lathe whirling foam like the headd
of monsters at play; %lie roar of the
water fiXed him with -dread; Ms eyes
caught the swift rush oterumbled ice
between the rock valle. And she had
gone down there!
He had a great desire to follow her,
to juirm in, as he had always jumped
in after her. She was surely down
there, 'even though he could --not see
- her. Probably she was playing among
the rocks and hiding hereelf in the -
white froth and, wondering why he
didn't come. But he hesitated --hesi-
tated with his head and neck over the
abyse, his forefeet giving way a little
in the snOW. With an effort he drag-
ged himself back .and whined, He
• caught the fresh scent of McTaggart's
moccasins in the snow, and the whine
changed slowly into a long snarl). He
looked over again. Still he could not
see her. 'He barked—the short, sharp
signal -with Which he always called
her. There was no answer. Agein
and again he barked, and always there
was- nothing but the roar of the water
that came back to him. The for a
few moments he stood back, silent and
listening, -his body shivering with the
strange dread that , was possessing
The snow was falling bow, and Mce.
Taggart had returned' to the cabin.
After a little -Bares followed in the
trail he had triade along the edge of
the chasm, and wherever Meraggart
had stopped to peer over, .Baree pause
eci also. laor a space his hatred of
, the man was burned .up in. his .clesire
to join the Willow, and he continued
Along the gorge until, a quarter of a
mile beyond where the Factor had
: last looked' into it, he 'came to the
harroW trail down which he anti Ne -
Pease had many thees adventured in
quest of rock violets. The twisting
path that led down the face of the
eliff was filled with snow DOW, but
Bane cleared his way through it until
at last he stood at the e,dge of the
unfrozen torrent. 4 Nepeese-was not
here. He whined and .barkd again,
but this time there was in his signal
to her an uneasy repressiem, a whim-
pering -note which told. that he did not
expect a reply. For five minutes after
that he sat on his haunches in the
snow, stolid as a rock, • Whitt it was
that eatie down out of the dark inns-
'tery and tumult ,of the chaerii to him,
tvhat spirit -whispers , of nature that
told him the truth, it is beyond the
power of reason -to eapleim - But he
likened, and he looked; and llts =S-
ales twitched as the trath grew in
hinm, tied- at last he raieed his head
elowsy until his Meek muzzle pointed
to the white _storm in the sky, and out
of his throat there went forth the
quaverilig, long -drawn howl of the
huelcy who motirns oetside the tepee
of a master Who is newly dead.
On the trail, heading for Lac Bain,
Bush aleTaggartdheard the cry and
shiveeed. '
It was the .smell of 4111olce, thicken:
Ing in the air until it Stung his nos-
trils, that drew Baree at last away
front the chasm and back to the cabin.
There was not much -left when he came
to the clearing. Where the cabin had
been was a red-hot, smouldering mass.
POr a long tiriie he sat watching it,
still Waiting and still listenieg• He no
longer felt the effect of the bullet
that had stunned' him, but hie senses
Wee° undergoing another change now,
as strong and unreal tie their struggle
!against that darkness of near -death
in the cabin.- In A space that had not
covered more than ah hour the World
had twisted it.eelf grotesqoply for
Dame. Thab long ago the Willow was
Sitting before her little mirror M the
cabin, tgliting.to him and laughing in
• her happiness, while he lay in vast
coatentment 011 the floor, And now
ero was ne cabin, no Nepeese, ne
ieriot. Quietly he 'struggled to corn-
piehend. It was some time beeore he
reeved from under the thick. balsams,
tor already "a deep aml growing Ems-
icion began to guide his movements,
He did not go neater to the smoulder-
ing mass of the ()able, but slinking
havvemade his way about the circle of
the open to the clog-cdrsal. This took
him under the tall spruce. Foe a full
Minute he paused here, sniffing at the
feeksly made Mound under its white
mentle of snow. When he went on, he
elunk still lower, and his ears were
fiat against his heed.
The dog -corral was 0,0.n and empty.
him swiftly through tem forest. e
did nogrun openly now; caution, sus-
picion, and fear had roneed ,in hint
efresh the instincts of' the wolf. With
his ears flattened agniest tile side of
hie head, his tail droaping until the
tip of it dragged the snow,. and- his
baeJt sagging in the curious, evasive
gait of the wolf, he scarcely made him-
self distinguishable frcm the shadows
of the spruce and balsams.
On the afternoon of this day the
second 'big impulse came to him. It
was not -reason, and neither -was it
instinct alone. It was the struggle
halfway betweem the brute mind
fierliting ite.'best with the myetery
of the intangible thir)g—Something
that could -mot be seen by thadeye or
heard by the ear. Nepeese WAS Dot
in the cehin because there Was no
cabin, She was not at the -tepee. He
could find n� trace of her in the
chasm; She wag not with Pierrot
under the big spruce.
Therefore, unreasoning but sure,
he began to follow the old. teap-line
into the north and west.
CHAPTER XXIII.
No men lias over looked clearly into
the mysteryef death as it is impinged
upon the senses of- the northern dog.
it comes to him, sometimes, with the
wind; most frequently it must come
with the wind, and yet there are ten
thousand masters' „in the noethland`
Who -will swear that their dogs have
giveig warning of death hours before
it actually „cane; and there are many
of the'se theusands wlio know from ex-
perience that their teams will stop a
quarter or half a mile from a stranger
cabin M which there is unburied dead.
Yesterday Baree had smelled death,
and he knew without process of reas-
oning that the dead was Plerrot. How
he knew this, and why he acdepteti
the fact as inevita.ble, is one of the
mysteries which at times seems to
give the direct challenge to those who
Oncede nothing:- mere than instinct'
to the brute mind. He knew that
Pierrot was dead without exactly
knowing what death was. But of one
thing he was sure: he would never
hear his voice again; he would never
hear again the swish -swish -swish of
fiis snowshoe in the trail ahead, and
so on the trap -line he did not look for
Pierrot. Pierrof was gone forever.
But Berea' had not yet . associated
death with Nepeese. He was filled
with a great uneasiness; what came to
him from out of the chasm had made
him tremble with fear and suspense;
he sensed the thrill of something
strange, of sonlething impending, .aad
yet even aa he had given the death -
howl in the chasm it must have been
for Plerrot. For he believed that Ne -
pose WAS alive, and lie was now just
as sure that he would ovotake her
on the trap -line as he was positive yes-
terday that he would find her at the
birch -bark tepee.
Since yesterday morning's 'break-
fast with the Willow 13stree had gone
Without eating; he appease his hunger
meant to hunt, and his mind was too
filled with his quest ef Nepeese for
that. He would have gone hungry all
that day, but in the third mile from
the cabin he mune to a trap in which
there was a big snowshoe rabbit. The
rabbit was etill alive, and he killed it
end Ate his fill: Until dark he did
not miss a trap. In one of them there
was a lynx; it another a fisher -cat;
out on the white surface of a lake he
eniffed at a snowy mound under whieh
lay the body of a red fox lulled by
one of Pietro* poison -baits. Both
the lynx and the fisher -cat were alive,
and the steel' chains of their traps
clanked ehargy as they prepared to
give Baree battle. But Baree was un-
interested He hurried on, his un-
easiriese growing as the day darkened
and'he foal -id no sign of the Willow
It was a evondertul clear night after
the etorm—cold and brilliant, with the
ahadows standing out as clearly as
living things. The third idea came to
Baree now. He was, like all animate,
largely, of one Mee. at a time—a crea-
ture with whom all lesser impulses
were governed b5 a single leaditig
pelse. And this intpulee, in the glow
of the starlit night, was to roach as
quickly as possible the first of, Pier-
ret'a two cabins on the trap -line.
There he would find leepeesel
We won't cell the process by which
Berea came to this conclusion a pro-
cess of reasoning; instinct Or teasell-
ing, whatever it Was, a fixed and
positive faith carneeto Baree just the
same. Ile began to miss the traps in
his haste to cover distance—to reach
the cabin. It was twenty-five milo
from Pierret's -burned home to the
first trap -cabin, and Bares had made
ten of thesetby nighteall. The re-
maining fifteen were the most diffi-
cult. In the open spaces the snow wAS
belly -deep and soft; -frequently he
plunged through drifts in which foe
a few monents lie was hurietl. Three
times during the early part of the'
night Baree heard the' savage dirge of
the wolves. - Once it-WaS a ,wild pman
of triumph as the hunters planed down
their kill less than hail: a mile away
in the deep forest. But the voice no
longer called to him. It was repellant
—a voice of hatred and of treachety.
Each time that he heard it he stopped
In his tracks and snarled, while hie
spine stiffened.
, At midnight Bane mune to the tioy
amphitheatre in tile forest tvhere Pier -
rot had tut the logs for 'the first of
his trap -line cabins, For at ler.et a
'Meuse Baree stood at, the edge of
the clearing, hie care ery alert, hip
eyes bright with hope aed expectation,
while he sniffed the Mr. There was
no smolm, no sound, no light in the one
window of the log shack
The snow vvas drifted at the door-
way, and here Baree sat clowe and
Mei ergeam had 100,1 to that, Agale , whined, It was no 'longer the anxicase.
Teem a asemehe, emetlee whine of a few lieme mte.11(5
What Your -Eyes Tell.
We are told that the eyes et the in-
tellectual man are gray, and it Is a fact
that most men. of genius have gray
eyes. Brown eyes are said to express.
temperament rather then bitellect.
Although brown eyes flash -with an-
ger, light up with Joy, and change
ewiftly with Jealousy, blae ana gray
eyes can express greater sadness.
Green and black eyee are suPposed
to be.the most wicked. Becky Sharp'S
green eyes played an linportent part in
her various*ccinquests.
The "vamp" In modern fiction usual.
ly possessde flashing eyes of either
green or black. Actually, there ttre no
black eyes; dark brown or derk gray
eyes have the apnearance of being
black in ortaiii lights.
Notes About Noses.
One of the purposes of the nose is
to raise the temperature and hintidity
of inhaled air before it enters_ the
lungs. The colder and drier the air,'
the greater the need for this function,
so that in a race which has lived long
in a cold, dry environment the nasal
passages become long, and the nose
high s.nd narrow-.
After migration from ote type of en-
vironment to the other the adluetinent
is not inimediate, bet takes many gen-
erations. Thus, the high, narrow
noses of the don -anal -a castes in India
indicate that the latter are compara-
tively recall. immigrants from the
north. '
Fossil skulls found in Europe Midis
cate very high, narrow nose -during
the Ice Age; gradually becolniAg ehort-
er and broader aenfthe Palmate im•
proved,
Asking Too Much.
Patient — "Will that anaesthetic
make me sickl"
Dactor—"Not a bit."
Patient—"How long -will it be be-
fore I know anythirm9"
Doctor—"See here, young fellow.
Isn't that asking a good Seal oT er.
ally esthetic?
'REGULATION MIDDY BLOUSE.
For sports wear you should con -
eider the possibilities of the. middy
blouse: At camps 00 on a holiday to
the country, it is one of the most use-
ful and important seen -lents in the
wardrobe. White flannel, is used to
Make the regulation middy btouse with
long sleeves shovvn here. Detachalele
collar arid cuffs of navy blue flannel
trimmed with white braid are sou -rely
held in place with snap fasteore,
making it a simple matter to remove.
them when the blouse is washed.
Patch pockets and a loonely-knetted tie
form the other. trimming notes. It may
be made of copenhagen-lelue jean cm
khaki -cloth, trimming the collar, and
cuffs on the short sleeves, with match-
ing braid, and lacing the front open -
Mg through hand -made eyelets. No.
1108 wino in size's 16, 18 and 20
years. Size 18 years requires 23/4
yards of 36 -inch material. Price 20
ceats
• - Our Fashion Book illustrates the
newest and most practical styles.
Price 10 cents, including a FREE
pon goo or ve cents in the pur-
chase of any pattern.
HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS.
Write your name and eddress plain-
ly, giving number and size of such
patterns as you want, Enclose 20c in
stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap
it carefully) for each number, and
address your order to Pattern Dept.,
Wilson Publiehing Co„ West Ade-
laide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by
return mail.
Monkeys in Warfare,.
The ruse of monkeys in warfare goes
back many thousands of years. The
Chinese used one speeles that boon
of Its peculiar and harsh cry was tall-
edthe eevah-wIth." . The monkeys, tealt
'Was to capture enemy flags, which was
a highly important -part „of early Chin-
ese warfare. -
The war monkeys were captured
when eery young, and their training
continued for several years. A coin -
acme of young monkeys were taken -to
a seoluded hut where the trainer was
the only human being they saw. -Be-
fore the hut were little flags of differ-
ent colors—red, blue and yellow. They
were fastened to little sticks that were
thrust into the ground. The training
began by tying a cord mend the /leek
,of monkey so that it could not es-
cape from the trainer. , The creature
wa-s allowed to run Out to the flags,
where ite naturally mitichievous dis-
position made it melee- a flag and carry
Whack to the but. If the monkey nem
being traihed againet at enemy blue
flag he was, petted and ted when he
brought back a flag of that color; if he
,brotglit back a flag of different color,
he was punished,
As the training proceeded the mon-
key made no mistake and, shrieking
fiercely, would eagerly bring in a flag
oe a certain color. After a time the
card was removed, and a Monitey
would bring in the right fleg from a
distance of two miles or more. ,
d Each separate groep of menkeys
was trained against a particular color
of flag. In warfare a commander
wonld have in cages nionkeae that
would eapture an enemy flag of any
color. The color ,of the flag that a
monkey •had been trained against was
paintea on the back of the animal. On
the night before an attack the aloes
keysthiff were to be sent out to eap-
ture enemy. flags were painted thickly
with luminous paint; they had pfe-
viously been starved. for severe) 'days.
Eagerly they made off and, uttering
their 'wild cries, entered the ermaillee
meta' of the enemy like a pack -of
lurninents, shrieking devils. Seizing
the Sege, , the colors of which ,, they
could see by the light of, the great
camp fires that in ancient warfare
were always kindled, the -monkeys
would trimaphantly carry them off.
„ mwer;••••
• ' •
astifa etlifing
A C 3Sye,
greed. to our
, ,
11100
rc"TIshegottiiresiinirotitli allB;utaryoi'l
fling' ear,o' shim . oerteMlee trail); I -
jl
can piciteup aortae Fa viches at
Lent.' etoP,:anci I ean nialre you ;Mine
tea 10 you. ors for Itl
"Theeht)ye 'cell !ilea gooa eoolt. Bait
only. a
colt 4ourfesy. II can't
coals ' ansetitiugnant tee- Oh, wolf, '1
raialre glivy out of ,condensed mine,
gtihs pretty well poured over a
Sandwich. I've tooled the -boys lots
of tiniee into tbeakieg, they hal a aot
Metiers,- , a mati lias a hot milk
' graft- on lite' :land -weal and e, cep of
hot tea, lie till/11re he has' had a read
it wiliOh non't omen cook for passengers,
but once in a while it comes., handy to
be tines to melte a cup of tea. Last
September there was a, minieter re-
,
turning from a muleteer in the East.
His wile and mother were with him.
They had come on a thirty -day round-
trip ticket from Toledo. And the tic -
isms required. to be validated before
return. Ile , forgot to get them vali-
dated. They left 1;3,os:ten on this train
on a,Friday Justin time for him to get
homer and .preach..on the ffrst-,Sunday
in September. The .conductor pro.
posed to him to get off at ritchburg
and go back. to Boston and get.his tic-
kets validated!. but that would, get him
to Toledo too late. So.thore was noth-
ing to do but for him to pay his tars,
take the/conductor's. receipt and" send
back the tickets for:redemption. He
could- get' his Money back all right,
and. the. conducton had no choice ha
the !natter, . '
"The conductor passed on, 'and I saw
the three of them making up the
money, knew they didn't have,
.
enough, so I asked him if it would help
him out if I should fend him ten. dol-
lars. He, wee the most surprised man.
you ever saw. And the way that aid
lady beamed oxo me did me good!
"Hven.se it left them only three dol..
lars for meals. Three dollars won't go
far in the dining cah, but it wig buy
fifteen sandwiches. He' got oft at
Greenaeld 'and laid in' a supply.
"I went back into the tourist oar
and, Opening zny bag, got out the tin
pall I made tea in. I brought them
some tea and a hot gravy s,nd some
paper plates, I gdt off at Rotterdam
'Junction; but I had a good talk with
that minister, and- a more human. man
I never saw.
"I got .the ten dollars back by the
fleet mail, and e received a letter from
him anti one from that dear old lady.
Some time I think I'll frame them. Ile
said that the promise of the Lord to
those who gave a cup of cold water in-
cluded those Who can make a fill'eall
of tea and a het gravy and can raise a
ten -dollar '
What Every Boy Should Do.
1,0u.n. you drill a larger hole in the
end. of this?" the stranger milted the
machinist, holding up the propeller
shaft of a boat motor.
"Sure," Was the genial reply. Then,
fixing the obaft-in his vice, he touched
his file to it and said: "Ossd't do it—
case-leardened, Possibly Old Mose can
do it." --
'The stranger sought out Oki Mose
and found him in a email, rickety
Cradle building that looked like a junk
shop. As he entered Mose glanced.
over hie shines at -him; they were
perched far oet on his slender nose.
Ms eyes had an indifferent gaSel ho
looked tired.
"They tell me you San mend any-
thing," the stranger said cheerily.
"Oh, I ean mend some thinger," he re-
plied 'drearily as lie adjusted the
broken leg of an old stove preparatory
to welding the pieces together. ,eal
have been -art this kind of awls for fifty
yearseand I'm tired, of it. 11 18 not the
onljs kind of work I can do."
"What is yomr other work?" naked
the staanger.
There on the wall Was a flamed
landscape painting, eomewhat convern
tional to be euro, but not without
merit.
"That is the kind of work I like," lie
said, "but I never had a lesson in my
life."
When the two were back in the little
shop he poieted to a little portrait,
neatly framed, that the stranger had
not noticed. "I did that mornings
while waiting for the milk man to
come," he causually remarked. His
talent -was beyond question.
"My great mistake," he continued,
"was that I wouldiat go to school when
I was a boy. juet took the first job
that I couke get to earn a little money
and drifted into this machine shop
businese. Every bey aught to -go to
sehool until he has found. out what he
is, good for and would enjoy doing all
his life. The greatest thing in life is
to enjoy your work. discovered that
'too late., I am kitty -eight years old;
it is too late now."
"But you can be an MAW in' the
week you tyre doing," the -stranger suge
gcl4te:MI sunnose so," he replied mus-
ingly, "but it is a geese thing reallY
so tame poor wark."
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One' of the meet Pieteroserdis end novel photos Of WeinblSY 1 ShOW11 abaVe: It Was token smell thoir MajeS.
tedeterl the Thanirsgiving seimice and shows the clerical proossion marching across the arena.
-HOW
L s preserved in the air-tiOt SALADA
patitelt. Finer than any Japan or
Gunpowder. Inoist upon SALADA.
GUNPOWDER AS A CIIVILIZER
Students of history during the Met
Inunlred years have made the a.ston-:
felling statement that the Eiiropean
disebYery of 'gunpewder did more to
atlytince the civilization of the con-
tinent than. any other one thing.
Before gunpowder cans into actual
use allele Were only two thoughts in
the minds of. European men, one was.
eelialon, the other was wet. .Every
Mat Wee forced to enter the church or
lsecoine' a warrior,- .13aionS' and. such
nobles had their retainers and each)
.courttrY had_ to htnye its great'array it I
order to slaughter those who did, not
agree' with them in the -matter of,dog-.
ma dr ritual. There Was. nothing half-
Heligioue ware were always. being
fought -and for this, reason it was nec-
essary for every met to bear ernes.
Tiles gm human beings no meteor -
trinity to advance Mentally or scienti-
cally. ,
The lands vent to waste, the people
almost starved because the farming
wee left entirely aowthose who were
not phyeically 61 xrientaily able to
fight er enter the cirtiech.
With the coming of gunpowder'
there wee an reptant change. The
lords who had been slaughtering -with
mire swords found that they were'
-eowerieee and must hays' sheeting
weapons. Theme , cost money, and
there was little money, Naturally the
first -aemiee were Ismail- a,e compared
to the hordee..of old. '
One man -fitted with a s,hootingwea-
pon WEVs as deadly se tem men-- with
swords, and in a very- short period
amall Egan -ding ariniee were tee relie.
over the entire continent.
, That was tbe Civilading cause, leav-
ing as it did nine out of every ten Men
with nothing to do except to Aril the
Su-Mei:11y the dark and Middle :Ages
bagan to "pass awan with astonishlime-
ranidity.
Men found time for, something other
than fighting and dreaming end the
humble arts and sciences that had
been imprisoned for al thousand- years ,
began to slowly nizeke their way
throughont a new Europe. -
Twilight., _
Tiptoeing 'twilight,
Before you peas,
Bathe light my spirit
As dew bathes grass.
quiet the longing —
Of my 'hands that yearn,
As you fold the flower eee
And hush the fern.
Guard me with shadows
To fortify
My falling purpose,
My tired eye. •
That in your stillness
I may relight'
My faith's 'frail candle
Before the night.
—Hazel Hall,
1
A Pet Beetle.
in Egypt, ste.ye a woman traveler, I
visited tbe Tomb of the Sacred Belle
and found it ao interesting that wheal
came out I longed for a Souvenir of it.
Just'then, something went whizz over-
head and dropped in front let inc. 11
Wee a big black beetle. I placed it
up and at once decided, that it should
be my souvenir.
Putting it into my bag, I carried it
to the hotel and then transferred it to
a drawer, covering It with a veil, which
held it as securely as a spider's web.
When I packea to leave I put the bee-
tle into a crystal drinking cup pro -
toted by a leather case. I did riot see ,
my trunk again until I reached Vienna
three weeler later, but to my joy I
found,the beetle still ullve in the cup.
That evening at dinner I took froiu
the table a raisin, a nut, a grape, a
piece of bread and tome tiny buds that
I had found in a vase of gillyaowere.
The beetle eeemed to care nothing for
the raisin or the nut, but lie drank a
little front the grape and gad all the
bads. Front that time I fed him re-
gularly, and he traveled everywhere
with me. On the train once I Met a
Man of ectence, who classified nay pet
and told me that a little hread tvaa
all he needed to eat.
When at lent I was at home in San
Fraeolsoo the beetle became an inn
portant member of my houeehold.
When the earthquake came and fire
destroyed most of my treasures I was
suecessfut in rescuing him. He was
such 10 quaint littbe pet, walking up my
hand with his antennae raised toward
me in a threatening attitude. Then
came a dab at my hand as if to bite me
fiercely and a quick run back again to
show that it was all in play.
After enjoying his little entice for
two years and a half 1 found a corn
worm ote day and nougat at once
what a treat it would be Mr him.
Alas! That corn worm was his undo-
ing, for immediately upon eating it he
sickened end died.
Wispg of Wisdom.
Tho ;no who never has to get over
difficulties never gets very far,
Idleness travels so slowly that
poverty soon overtakes it.
The most effective sermon is that
given by a kood examplo.
After putting up a bluff a man is
sure to stumble over it.
The bank of contentmeat has to in-
terest for im uutil we have made in it
il deposit of service.,
Being a thoroughbred does hot de-
pend upon your ancestors, but upon
1
The Cunau us -,--A Fair
Weather. Cloud
By Willis Edwin Hurd
Cumulus). clouds artdfamiliar objects,
In the sky during summer in the North,
or in warm parts ot the globe at any
tine of the year. To the observer in
the country on a line June or July
morning, they seem to form almosb.
like magic out of the clear blue, and
on a favorable day they may then in-
ereeee In size and number until the,
whole sky Is denaely-flecked with the
'beautiful creations. This type of cloud
disappears at or near sunset.
A. typical eumulus of this kind may-
be recognized by ite flat base and, its
irregular more -or -less knobbed or
dome-shaped summit, Xt le a dense,
eloud With bright edges- toward the•
sun, The side of the cloud.away from
the eun Is considerably eliadea.
For the eormation of this "wool--
paok" cloud there must be a consider-
able difference In temperature between.
the air immediately touching the earth
and that of 0, little distance aloft, the
surface air being the warmer. As
Boon as the sun's heat begins to warm lattl
the lower layer in the morning, an,
action that -is called "therMal Convec-
tion" takes place, The cooler, heavier
air settles down and_the warmer, light-
er air is forced to rile. The warm air
cools as it riees until it reaches its
dew-point—the teMperatere- at which
the moisture in it can rio longer re-
main invisible. This moisture then
condenses into tiny particles, of water,
or dew, and the visible cloud beginel
to form. Each ball of vapor thus pro-
duced is therefore themooled summit,
or cap, of an ascending column of air,
The height of thie columa varies
with the temperature and htutlidity,
but the base of the eloed Is usually
lees than a mile high, -while the onl-
ine: under favorable conditions may
rise like a mountain peak thousands of
feet above tt.
The tumuli, if they remain mall,
are fair-weather aloud% or if the toss-
es ot vapor composing them attain
even a moderate size during the fore-
noon or early afternoon, the harvester
may feel pretty Sara qf good drying
conditions, besides experiencing the
relief occasioned by the passing shad.
ows on it hot day. If, however, Oros•
pheric oonditions are such that con-
vection is very active, the cumulus
masses. may become large and give
forth momentary "fair wearther"
SprIrikleS or showers of rain, or a
thantlereitorm may be produced.
Those who are freest with coth-
plaints usually have little else to.offer,
Little thoughts- sometimes dwell
longest ite memory.
The Madre never makes a safeenritic.
Fear that is foolish &mines the clan -
Try working instead of Wishing.
To -morrow is shaped by to -day.
Inkwell Covers Itself,
The annoyanee of removing the
(moor of an inkwell eve.ry Lime a pen t
to be Used has been ebnia,ted by an
ingenious cover that ie closed by a
small glass ball rolling on a. runway,
-When a pen isinsertora, the ball is
pushed back, easily. AS the pot is re- I
moved, the ball rolls forward, closing
the well from duet ana air.
Oely one of the "See -en Vdondere of
the World" has survived. This is ti -is
Great Pyramid of Cheops at Cthitohdt
Random Remarks.
A sayillg of my father's was that
"clever meoi are as common as black-
berries; tbe rare thing is a man of
character."—Dr. Huxley.
It is my expeelerice that romestie
servants nttaia e much higher stand-
ard of character thaa girt in offices.—
Countess )3athurst
A good character is a thing aeon
which a Man is entitled to draw in
time of trouble.—Mr. Justice Branson,
It is easier nowadaye to make a
Young man blush than a young wo,
maie—Printesse Bibesco.
Since bare necks have been in vogue
women have been much better tem-
pered than they used to be. --Dr. Leon-
ard Williams.
A man may win a 5001 just as easllY
at a billiards table as in a church.--,
Rev. Henry Cook,
Always be eiee to the ladies—but
001 too .,
too nice—General Si- m
ran /taII-
toI am, afraid the Yorkshireman is not
SO proud of York as df Leeds--AIr. G.
Ie. Chesterton.
MtTs--tP—lu—‘*"--g Their —Ears.
ThhAeetlyil, Boanninmoletseegnitle'lls, 8woeciaertyearwiptihnogust.,
The oldest clock in Btitain is non
it the Milseera of Patente at South
(ensilage:on. It was made at Glastern
bery Abbey by one of the molts in
1825, and in Elizabeth's reign was re-'
noved from Glastmantry to Wella
Cathearel. It worked there until about
or ly yev s ago, when. it was laid aside
e males, 50010 tor a 11011 clock,