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James Oihik CUTWOOd
A LOVE 'kik Of THE FAR Nom
I shoulders, was small end compact"
rothr wolf deg, ad Ma2'ag- was canrYing hs /Iris in a eloth
tiZe trapper, 10 C'1" 0 at war. Elie- Jacket. And from cap to snowshoes
s ,(,)1cl, each, now cto e
Ilta.kiing; his )5)S00 (1 C71 0111,1j aa 11111, 077::
• he fris travel--woAm IVIcTaggart aiy-
Jeu a thousand miles In the lest few,
we'eks., It Was not -this thought that,
nent,the Strange and alUng tea iip
104.,[1,1aCk; but the sudden fear that In
,1,11
nth might have'found.1i ts ,do.arn
fto 'the soutfr-.-the truth ef-whal had
appened on.the Gray loon---andthat
gess, Wrotild' have said he had traVe
000:0. 13,0,,ge caflfle
1-. ' Tee galnec'te04':
thSft.:
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Selern strimger ,wor'e-under
1 ° west Mounted Police, IPor
n.,d; .cara. kifLSEiri coat the bad e of the
6 ) ROYa • ' g
hae install It -ryas almost -a terror
that possessed him, and he stood mute.
The stranget had uttered only, an
amazed 'exclamation before: Now lie
said, with hiseyes on 'Bane:
"Gad. Save tm, but „you've. got the
poor,' deyil in a. proper inessi haven't,
aches of'snow fell that night,
and, thd. whole -world 'seemed foram.,
Into awonderful,' afirite ,robe." Ialke
billows of featherS .tha snow' hung 'to,
thaetrees ard shrubs. gave tall -White
caps to the rocks, and underfootft
, wits' so light that a cartridge dropped
from thehand sank to the bottona
. .
it. Baree was on the trap-Imenear.Y. There was something In the voice
"that reassured MeTags.arta, It was et
a euspimous voice, and he saW t at
the stranger was Moreinthreded hi
the captured animal than In itself.
He drew a deep -breath. -
"A trap robber," he Said:
The stranger was staring Still more
closely at Baree. He thrust his g.un,
stock -downward in the snow ahd.drew
11041"015 to,hitn,
eaVe US 'again ---a dogl" isa
exclaimed,
...Proin behind, McTaggart wap
-Watching' the man With the 'eyes a
ferret. . -
"Yes, a dog," he answerpd, "A wild
dog,,half wolf at least, He's robbed
rne of a thousand dollars'' worth of
fur this winter."
The stranger squatted himself, be-
fore .Baree, witt his,mittened hands
resting onhis knees, and his white
teethgleaMing hi a half smile.
"You peer- devil!" he said sfrnpa--
thetically. "So you're a trap robber,
-
eh? An outlaw? And—the Police
have got you! Arid -.-God saveius once
raere—they, haven't played you a. very
square gamer,' .
He rose and faced McTaggart.
Ile was, more cautious this mornthg,
for there was no longer the scent or
snowshoe track of Mc:Taggart to guide
hini.. He struck the first trap about
halfway btween Lae Bain Juid the,
shack in which the Vhctor was Wait-
ing. It waS sprung, and there was no
bait. Trap after trap he visited, and
all of them he found sprung, and all
without bait. Ile sniird the air, sus-
_
meiously, stria4ng vainly to catch the
tang of smoke, n whiff of the man-
sniell. Along, toward noon he came,
to the "neSt"--the twelve treacherous
traps waiting for him with gaping
jaws half a foot under the blanket of
snow. For a NI minute he stood wen
outside the danger line, sniffing the
air, and listening. He saw the rabbit,
and his jaws closed with a hungry
click. He moved a step nearer. Still
he was euspicious—for some strange
and inexplicable reason he sensed
danger. Anxiously he sought. for it
with his 'nose, his eyes, and his ears.
Arid all about him there was a great
silence and a great peace. His jaws
mi'clted again. He whined- softly.
What was it stirring him/. Where
was the danger he could neither see
nor smell? Slowly he circled about
the trap -house; three times he 'circled
round it,, each Circle drawing him a
little, nearer—until at "last lila feet
almost tofiched.the outer :cordon Of
traps. Another minute he stood still;
his ears 'flattened; in site of:the rich
aroma of the rabbit in his nostrils
something was drawing him away. In
another moment ho wotild have gone,
but. there came suddenly—and from
directly behind the trap-house—d
fierce little rat -like squeak, and the
next instant Baree „saw an ermine
'whiter than the snow tearing hungrily
. at the fleeh of the rabbit. He forgot
hie strange premonition of danger.
He, ,growled fiercely, but his plucky
little rive' did -not budge from his
feast. '
And then he Sprang etraight into
the "nest" that Bus/a McTaggart had
made for him. • •
CHAPTER
The next morning Bush MeTaggart
, heard the clanking of a chain when he
was still a ,good quarter Of a mile front
the "nest.' Was it a lynx? - Was it
a fisher -cat? Wits it a wolf or a fox?
Or was it Baree? He half ran the
rest of the distance, andat last he
came to where he could see, and his
heart leaped lute his throat when he
saw he had caught his enemy. Ho
approached, holding his rifle ready to
fire if by any chance the dog should
free himself. •
Baree lay on his side, panting from
exhaustion and -quivering with pain.
A ltharse cry of exultation burst from
1VIeTaggart'e lips sas he drew nearer
and looked at the snow: It was pack-
ed hard for many feet about the trap -
house, where Berea had struggled, and
=It was red with blood. The blood had
come mostly from Baree's jaws. They
were dripping now as he glared at his
erierny. The steel jaws hidden under
- the snow had done their merciless
work well. One of his forefeet wee
caught well up toward +he first joint;
both hind feet were caught, a fourth
trap, bad closed on his flank, and in
Mannthe jaws loose he had pulled
off a patch of skin half aebig as Mc-
Taggart's hand. The snow told the
story of his desperate fight all through
the night; his bleeding jassis Eiliewed
how vainly he had tried to break the
imprisoning steel with his teeth. He
was panting. • His eyes were blood,
shot. But even now, after all hie
hours of agony, neither his spirit nor
Isle courage "was broken. When, he
saw McTaggart he Made a Mesas to
his feet, almost instantly crumpling
down Into the snow again. gut his
forefeet were braced. Tha head and
chest rearsined up, and the snarl that
• came from his throat WAS tigerish in
its ferocity. Here' at last—not more
than a dozen, feet 'from him—was the
one thirig in all the world that he haMd
more than he hated the wolf breed.
And again he was helpless,' as lap'was
helpless that other time in the rabbit
snare. ' '
The.fierceness of his :snarl did not
disturb Bush MeTaggart 'now. Ile
saw how utterly the other was at his
mercy, and with an exultant laugh he
leaned his rifie,agairist a tree, pulled
af his .inittens, and began loading hiS
pipe. Thi was the inuraph he had
loeked forward to,. the torture ha had
hi
-waited for. In ssoul there was a
hatred as deadly.as Bevies, the hat-
red that a man might have for a man.
Be had enSpeated to send a bullet
through the dog. But this wae better
—to watch hinS dying by inches, to
•tauatshiralfeshe-wmald have taunted
a human, to walk about him so:that
he could hear the clank of the traps
and see the fresh blood drip as Baree
twisted histtortursd.legs and hody to
keep facing him. It was a Splendid
vengeance. He was so engnissed in
it that he did net hear the approach
of ,.anOwshoes behind' him. It was a
voice—a man's voice—that turned him
round suddenly. - •
- The Mao waS stranger, and ho
was yminger than MeTaggart by ten
At leakt he looked ne more
3.1,141Y.five Or six; evem with'the
- "I' had to set a lot of traps like -
that," the Factor apologized, his face
reddening slightly under the steady
gaze of the stranger's blue eyes. Sud-
denly his animus rose. "And he's go-
ing to die there, inch brinch. I'm g0-
lug- to let him starve, and rot -10 the
lraps to pay for all he's done." He
picked up hissgun, and added, with, his
eyes on the stranger. and his finger
seedy at the trigger, "Pm Bush Mc-
Taggart, the Factor at Lae Bain. Are
yitta bound thatwaY, IVI'eleu?"
"A few miles. Pni bound up -country
—beyond the Barrens."
MeTaggart 'felt again the- strange
thrill. • e -
"Government?'" he asked.
The stranger nodded.
'The Police,. perhaps?'" persisted
McTaggart.
"Whys yes—of course—. the Police,"
said the stranger, looking into the:
Factor's eyes. "And now, M'sieu, as
a very great courtesy to the Law I'm
going to ask you 'to send a ,bullet
through that beast's head before we
go on. Will -you? Or shall I?"
"It's the law of the line," said Mc-
Taggart, "to let a trap robbo rot in
the traps. And that beast was a devil.
Listen—" •
Swiftly, and yet leaving out none
of the iinedetail, he told of the weeks
and months of strife between himself
and Berea; of the maddening futility
of all his tricks and schemes and the
still mere nuiddeniag clevernesS of the
beast lie had at last 'succeeded In trap-
ping.
"He was a devil—that clever," he
cried fiercely when he had finished.
"And now—would you shoot him, or
let him lie there -and die by inches, as
the 'devil ahead?"
The stranger was looking at Berea.
His face *as turned away front. Me -
Taggart. Ho said:
"I guess .you are right. Let the
devil rot. If, you're heading for Lac
Bain,'X'aMu, I'll travel short dis-
tance with you now. It will teke a
couple of miles to straighten out ,the
line of my comptuss,"
He picked up his gun. 3/4cTaggart
led the waY. At the end of...half an
hour the stranger stooped and pointed
north.
"Straight up there—a good five
hundred miles," lie said, speaking
lightly as though he would reach hotne
that night. "PILleave yeti here."
Ile Made no offer to shake hands.
But in going, he said,
"You might repert that John Madis
son -has pa,ssed, this way,"
After that he travelled straight
nothward for half St• mile through
the deep forest. Then he swung weds
ward for two ;Mks, turned at a sharp
angle' into the south, and an hour
atey he had left McTaggart he'was
one* more squatted on his heels almost
'within arms,resteh of Berets.
And, he was saying, as. though
speaking to a human companion:
, 'Prospectors trying a pen of dirt
British Columbia fleld.
races
in e
Whatr,,couittedrmant in,,the-,durre14,'
,nataaice'4'ii.4 the sefilsaitalidal "of.. thin,
'Marooned, beleaguered group 'with
s.
none but themselve..to depend .upon.
Vbe.liarclenedArnundsMi admits Olathe
the precious gold th
The irliSelf.
lie 'world 'looked inflow-4rd in tli
wake of Altrulialson'end Elln'wertik and
hung on their story when the grinding
Jaws of the Arctic ice released .then:
But the first interest of the heroic, liar-
ratiwo,,,as drain:flak) aS the SagaS, Was
-
not in the success or failure of the et
fort to roach tlic end of the eattIf's
l'ehry had been there and had
found, the''place, after all, pethiliarly
unexciting, Jusi.‘n white waste eimi%
lar to any other. region 'withinhn
drede Of mileS, of the.'spot, for which
nieri had travailed, and 'agonized
'thieugfi'thS cerifffileSa
'
thought: the experience past the
'bounds of his endurance. Man has
bean taught a new lesson In what n
-can do. It meant marc that these
ex-
gohsg out- of his face. "You pear A Paella YOut•Olight to Know:ploe
rers _should return—though the
deirill"
' 'In E I PI t Lund.' '1
flight is called a failure—t fan that
easan
-.the words Were liko' 4caress to. ng an J
'
Baice the first he had known since William Blake was misunderstood they should go and reach the obJec-
the less of Nepeese and Pierrot.' tive at which they aimed. '
droiied his head until his jaw lay flat
In e snow. Carvel could see the
blo dripping"Shawly from it.
and Aunder-estimated during, his life-
time. For thiii neglect he Was 'partly
responsible,.for he was very eccentric.
. 'lie Is best known by his wonderful
. For they' gave the race one object
lesson more, in the old, old truth that
in is crials,a man must call on Isis own.
"You poor "devil!" he repeated: designs, which make him resources to save him. All that has
the most in: ,110 . ...m
, There waS no"fear in the -way he counts for- or against ill
of book illustrators, but soine ever be.en
PIA forth hie hand. It was the ccmfl.. Ilired The strength he stored by exer-
donee of u great sincerity and a great di his lyrics have a quality and visiOn now.
CO:inpaSSiOn. I touched.13a_ee a head
, quite their own. e o ow ng s Iona CIS° and a sane regimen of. his life. be-
' friend him in his need; as the vicious
Th f 11 i I f '
' ' - t . ,
'Jerusalem," the introductory verses
and:patted it in a brotherly fashion., . .
to "Milton," ..
and-then—slowly and with a bit more
caution—it went to the'f.rap fastened
to Baree's forepaw. In his half -erased
Baree, was fighting to under-
stand things, and the truth came fin-
ally When he felt the 'steel jaws of the
trap open, and he drevr 'forth his
manned foot. He did then what he
had doneto no other creature but Ne-
vem. Just once hisshot tongue shot
out and licked Carvel's hand. The man
laughed.' With his powerful hands he
opened the.other.trapS, and Baree was
free. '
Far a few moments he'lay without'
moving, his eyes, fixed on the man.
Carvel had seated himself on the
snoviscovered-endsof a birch log and
was filling his pipe. Baree watched
him light its he noted with new inter-
est the first purplish cloud of smoke
that left Carvers mouth. The num
was not, more than the length of two
trap -chains away—and he grinned at
garee. •
"Screw up your nerve, old chap,"
he encouraged. "No bones broke. Just
a little stiff. 1VIebby we'd better—get
out," -
He turned his face in the direction,
of Lac Bain. The suspicion was in
his mind that MeTaggart migbt turn
back Perhaps that same suspicion
was impressed upon Baree, for when
Carvel looked at him again he was on
his feet,staggeringa hits he gained
Isis equilibrium. In another moment
the outlaw had swung the pack -sack
from his shoulders and was opening
It. He thrust in his hand and drew
out a chunk of raw, red meat.
"Killed it this merning," he explitin-
ed to Baree. "Yearling bull, tender
as partridge—and that's as fine a
sweetbread as ever came out from
under a backbone. Try itl"
He tossed' the flesh to Berea There
was no equivocation in the manner of
its acceptance, Baree was famished
—and the meat was flung to him by
friend. He buried his teeth in it.
His jaws crunched g. New fire leap-
ed into his blood as he feasted, but
not for an instant --did his reddened
eyes leave the other's fete. Carvel re-
placed his pack. He rose to his feet,
tiselt up his rifle, slipped on his snow-
shoes, and fronted the north,
"Come on,
Boy," he said. "We've
got to travel,"
It "was a matter-of.fact
as though the two had been travelling
companionS for a long time It was,
perhaps, not only an invitation,
partly a command. It puzzled Bane.
For a full half -minute he stood mo-
tionless in his tracks, gazing at Carrel
as he strode into the north. A sudden
convulsive twitching shot through
Deree• he swung hi head toward Lac
BainChe looked again at Carvel, and
a whine that was scarcely more than
a breath came out of his tlaroat.'The
raan was' just about to disappear into
the thick spruce. He paused, and
looked back.
"Uoming, Boy?"
(To be Continued.)
•
0.'ilyt'.11 bl.,91 heard he WoFe
th.
Wrtold lake t glli
ance; boyis
as ef at sort het the eererae
g s yet a man; 1.'4 clear eyes thai
looked out fsesskii faiiin under, the
rim og his fur cap, A form Lithe as air
Indiert's; and a face altogether -"that
(fid t,hear the hard linus of" the
' Idealyes'q. 'Yet ltIcTaggait knew be -
OA he had spoken that thi.k man Was
/ the wilderneso, that Ito was lieart
dri 'sow 'a part of, it, His cap was
laerehin. I -Te Wars it Windproof coat
tanned calibon slam belted
Fe waist 16% A lon# Sash, and
l'he inside ef the
_,_. ^th• eeici, the advent.,Lueri$ tom es bmi, it; waS•indit'a'..tft zto:erliuman e2orts to estabtish comp,
4.‘So that's what -you've been, old
boy. A trap robber, eh? An outlaw?
And you beat him at the gams for
two months! And for that, because
you're a better beast than he is, he
wants to let you die here as sldw as
you can. An outlaw!" His yoke
broke into a pleasant laugh, the sort of
laugh tit* warms one, even a beast.
That's funny. We ought to shake
hands, boy, by George, we had i You'le
a wild one, he says. Wet, so am I.
Told laim my name was John Madison.
It ain't. I'm Jim CarVel. And, oh
I,ord—all I said was 'Police.' And
that Was right. It ain't a lie. I'm
wanted by the whole corporation—by
every clanged policeman betweeli HU-
son'S Bay and the Mackenzie River.
Shake, old Min. We're in the same
boat, an' I'm glad to aleet you 1-"
And did these feet in ancient time
Walk upon 'England's mountains
' green? '
And was the Holy Larnb of God
On 'England's pleasant pastures
see/17
And did the Countenance Divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalembuilded here -
Among these dark- Satanic Mills?
Bring ine my bow of hurtling gold!
Bring me my arrows of dekiirel
Bring me my Spear! 0 clouds, unfold!
Bring me nay ehariot of fire!
I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall My sword sleep in mg
hand, ' , •
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green ,and pleasant
land. '
CHAPTER XXVIII:
Jim Carvel held. out his hand and
the' Sriarl that was in Baree's throat
died a,way. man rOSe to his feet
He stood there, looking in the direction
taken by Bush Maa,ggart, and childkl-
ed,in a.curious, ekultaut sort of way,
There as friendliness eieh in that,
chuolde; Thote was frieridlinese in hip
eyes and ip 'the shine of hie teeth as
he looked agelu at Baree. 4laeut flint
therb wbe" SonfethIng that. seemed to
make the gray day brighter, that
seemed to warm the. Chin air—a
strange something that radiated cheer
and hope and -comradeship just as a
het stove sends out the glow of heat.
Bare° felt,it, 'rot the first 'time since
the two inen had Genie his trap-to:1m
body last its;tense.,neeS; 4is. back nag-
ged; hie teeth choked he shiversd
in his agony, To this matf betraY,
ed his weakness, In lala bloodshot
eyes there was a Inaugarin 'beck aa
Envy.
Fat Lady Bui—"Ola, dear! wish I
was Mee and slender like Miss Weep!"
How to Make Her Laugh.
During' the fighting in Flanders, says
Mr. W. Pett Ridge, the English
immoristea nurse advised a wounded
man to send a few cheerfal worsts to
1118 home in the Midlands, He de.
reared. that be tied his emissus"' had
never written to each ,other, and that
a letter was altogether unnecessary,
"We'll make a start," said the nurse
resoltitely, taking writing pad and pen -
ell. "Just a line or two to cheer her
up. There, I have begun it: 'My darl-
ing wife.' "
"Ah " said the mang."that'll make
her laugh if anything can
Air Cushions Cars.
Pneumatic linings tor automobile
Jack -of -All -Trades.
The following is a true copy of a
genuine Md signboard which Is still
In existence in a curiosity Shop In the
South of England:
"Roger Giles, susgin, parish. clerks
and skule-master, greser, and hunder-
taker, respectably informs ladys and
gentlemen that he drors teef without
wateing a intuit, atiplies laches every
hour, blisters on the lowest terms,
ancl vizicks for a penny eepeace. He -
sells Godfather's kordales, kuts korns,
bunyons, dokters bosses, clips donkies
wance a month, and undertakes to
luke aster every bodies nales by the
rear.. Joe-eharPe. Penny wissels—
brass-kanel•sticks; trying pans—and
other moozikal ' hinstruments, hat
grately rodooeed tigers,
•••Young ladys and gentlemen lames
their grammar and iangeudge in the
puniest manner; also grate care taken
oft their morsels and spellinas Also
zarmzinging, tayching the base vial,
and all' other sorts of fancy -work,
quadrils, pokers, weazele, and all coun-
try dances tort at home and abroad at
perfekshun. Perfumery and snuff in
all its branches.
As times is crul, bad, I beg to tell
ee that 1 lista just laeginned to sell all
torts of stashottary ware, cpx, hens,
vouls, pigs, and all other -kinds of poul-
try; blaeltin-brushes, herrins, coles,
scrubbin-brushes, traykel, and. gedley
bukes and Bibles, mists traps, brick -
dist, whiskerseed, morrel polskerand-
kercheers, and all sorts of swath- Ing around on the serface of the
maltea, !Deluding tatters,- sassages, ground and even burrowing under-
ground, when establishing our living
tIllarters. The American skyscraper,
he said, while an improvement, 10 only
it semi -solution of the problem
Distance, he added, is it factor. which,
Owing to rapid transtiort facilities and
inedern technical methods, AO longer
exists. We can. live anywhere we like.
Inibit that ,he formed will clutch at
him like the talons of a demon to pull
him down. It takes"this test to show
him what he is. The cause of failure,
ilrst and last, Is. the collapse of one's
own will.
Hp.ve You Seen Canada?
Canada contains nearly 8,730,000
square miles, of which over 3,600,000
equare miles is land. How much of
this area have you seen? „The ques-
tion is asked by the Natural Resources,
Intelligence Service of the Department
of the. Interior. Canada has all the
attractions that any one could wish to
see. There are quiet spots where
those wanting a real rest may find
their heart's desiee; there are rivers,
lakes arid the sea where he who de-
lights to hear the -whirr of the reel may
tiecure the fittest of game fish; through-
out large portions of the tountry the
canoe routes beckon to those who
would get airay froth the nerve strain-
ing conditions of present day civiliza-
tion, and camping sites await those
aiho would live in the open.
Many thousands of miles of the best
of highways offer to, the ;motorist op-
portunity to tour Canada as never be -
Loh. Untold millions of money have
been poured out that road travel shall
,been
comfortable and pleasurable; and
over these good roads each year thous-
ands of visitors vievr the country and
recognize its beauties and appreciate
its natm•al resources. When outsiders
can see so many things to interest
them in Canada, why should Cztnadians
not pay More attention to their own
c,ountry's charms and see and admire
them before going out side to do their
motoring and spend their money. See
Canada, know your coentrl and be
proud and thankful that you have been
blessed with such' a -wonderful
Isati-
tage. •
Dwellings Built on High
Platforms.
Cities .of the future will be aerial,
according to FredericleElesler, young
Viennese architeet, who is directing
the Atistrian section ef tlAe Decorative
Arts Expos:Rion in Paris.
Houses will be built, on platforms,
he says, supported bet steel .girders,
several hundred feet above ground,
and perhaps higher. Ile thinks it ab-
surd that in these days of aeroplanes
and airships we ehould still be crawl -
TICIOSe Vale) e..ve used ,japeimp olzrk
u,4or Gitgvipgyi7402. Te6,-vniax ap
"eiate the' 61-1:P6Od'ait*
biencle'akwetv'S se ci6iiir'e aziii rich, Tr-, itc,
TEN YEARS ADDED TO HUIWAN LIFE
Mankind is Steadily' Winning. hi the Great Battle Agai
- • Dise2Se.
The averatle 'human life in many once with a natural law but la the re -
countries is now over, ten years longer suit of causes whieh can he controlled.
than was the case fifty years ago. In ''Of course people will- not live inde-
fact, the comedian who said, Cheer finitely but science can do much to
up, you'll soon be -dead, s short lite put , cheek the waste of ylfitlitY and esnsel,
a gay one!" can now change his song ally the waste due, to the increase of
long life and a gay one." . the chronic diseases so prOminent in
This lengthening of the average span the death rate at niiddledife.
of human life is a scientific fact, , The reasonable "way' to attack these
chief cause Of this increase 'in the daseases lies in regular. physioal :ox -
average duration of human life is the animations and In the mactice of pci
reduction in the deaths of babies ,and ',sena]. hygiene after. the particular
young children.. The -danger of death, ismeds of the ledividuals have -thus.
from .coMmunicable. diseases has de- been ascertained.
creased. Better baby feeding and -ma- I Although. the past ball century has..
tonal. nureing have saved dauntless witnessed an increase of ten years in
lives. The digestive troubles which! the average length ,of human life, there
kill babies were' formerly so 'common is 'good prospect that in the hext hall
as to be considered' quite natural ana century an even,greater increase will
almost inevitable'. Gradually the be olitainect Of the -many untitled
truth spread that bad feeling was more , fields of science none other gives greal-
dangerous,,to Infants tlaan .was strong ' er prestige of eclipsing in the future
liquor to adults; that the nursing hot- the achievements of the past. -11, G. '
tle was a greater menace to human
life than the liquor bottle. With the
increased appreciation, et the enor-
ealue of breast feeding and the
intelligent .utie .of -better methods .et
artificia.1 feedingatlue number of infant
deaths has Steadily declined so that in
many 'edinrtAnifteeelese thhn halroe
the former mumbee of babies Meet un-
timely'and uanecessary death from rtr-
correct feeding. , •
.
Gecreese Of Typhoid.
The Control of pertaimeommunicable
diseases has done much, to reduee Ilia
death rates. Smallpox is no longer an
IneviMble disease of childhood-, , It
used to be so- considered a diabase of
childhood because . nearly, everyone
caught, it in childhood.' The credit -for •
this great change Is due to vaecination,
but vaccinatimi, protects only those
who are 'vaccipated. At the pre.sent
time' So many -People ere not vecein.
ated that smallpox is a steadily-, in-
creasing menace. The neglect of vac-
cination increasing the amount of
smallpox each year. In Canada and
the United States the number of cases
of smallpox during 1924 was double'
tlie numbem for eat% of the two pre-
ceding years. - '
Fifteen years ago it was usual for
our general hospitals' to have whole
-wards set aside solely for the treat-
ment of typhoid fever patients. -At
the pre.sent time few Casbs originate
in a cerumunity with pure supplies of,
water and Milk. -NearlY all the sada
of typhoid fever tome frons
where sewagb,is allowed to Imitate the
water sepply. ' '
The- decree's° of typhoid fever in
and other garden istuft; bakky, Maass,
Janis) oyle, tsar kitties, and other-In"toireikatin inciters; a -dale of fruits,
hats, zongs, hair oyle, patting, bukkits,
grindirestones, and other aita.bles, korn
and bnnyon zolve, and all hardware.
"I as laid in a large azzortment of
trype, dog's mate, lolipops, ginger beer
metches, and other pickles, slob. as Aerial platforms can be erected at any
hansom solts. hoysters, winzer sopa,
auzetral, Old rage'bort and sold here . spa, above beautiful gardens or Shady
and nowhere (die; newlayde heggs by forests, spenning river's or eising from
me Roger Giles; tinging burdes keep. the bottom of lakes—a sort of gimes-
ed, sich as howels, donkieS, PaYkoks,. lake dwellings, after the prehistoric
I pattern. The .benelit to public health
lobsters, crickets, also a stock of a I could not fail to be enormous through
eelebrated brayder. " Agents for sell- the living in the fresh air, with a
.maximum of sunshine.
Ing gutty -porker -souls.
"F. 5.—I tattles gography,
cowsticks, jirenastick, and other
chynees. tricks."
tittle Riddles.
How does a stove feelashen full of
coals? Grateful.
Why is the letter like the sun
Because it is the centre of light,
What is an old lady in -the middle of
zr'elver like? Liee to be deownea.
Reetory' Aclinirals.
sonui of Britain'0. bast admirals In
the past have been ths sons of clergy-
men, the classic initance, -of eourae,
'being that of Nelson, whose father WAS
rector of Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk.
That the tradition still continuekee
Shown by the appoittment. as Com-
ma/ides-in-Chief, East Indies, of Rear-
- , Admiral W. M. Ellerton, Who M the
True Loveliness. -
'Tis not the fairest titan that holds
cushions have been invented that can The mildest, purest seal within;
be inflated to take the place of Springs 'Tis not the richest plant that holds
and padded un,holstery. The sweetest' fragrauce la,
son of the late Canon Ellertori,
Other rectory admirals include Sir
Reginald Bacon, who, when command --
fug 1110 Dover Patrol, was not 'many
miles from his' father's vicarage et
Wiggonholt, Sessex.
,
5. Flitherto itnpublished photograph shoWing tho discovo,.y, last SopteMber, Orl Herald Is'..and, of the., bo. dies, uf
-watched -,srve . se -con essec the iogt iefaneset art 0p10,1. by the snow Arctic, ex 3ediiion. Befi4.0 thoy perished from either SarvatioP, ur
uitt 0,40.a:ly, Ant iitn seia..e .
oni tUS.3-it P g §Ir 1,471°, Their ship was crushed GO tut9g awar
? from -the "
hoe; 140 P-rou oca' 41A41 sk fungi) sts
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.trouble,. when esing the- pattern for
civilized countries is dUe to 'the pro- in' the. new baby's ivardrolle se. meted -
this layette. Every garment required
"Odell. of pure water and -pure milk. 1 ed. ' The fiest long'dress of soft nein-
Every day more people - realize: that soak is made -dainty with tucks, and a
when typiroid fever is allowed' to break yoke With totiche of embroidery. A .
out ea ail epidemic someon.e should be second dress of the same material has
held responsible. Under conditions of :Lecke running into the shotilder, ern -
War, when pure. water is not obtain- 1 hroidery, .and narrow' lace, trimming
able, gelety from typhoid ie. given be' i the neck and sleeves. A gertrude
iYPhold inoculation together with. the skirt buttoning on the shoulders is
chlorination of water drawn foe the worn beneath the dress, and to pro -
troops. This was shown emphatically
by the records of the Great War When
ffeevWee; tElharnitisdhie. dsooldt lietraduerainugghtthetyspohuott
!Shirt- with kiirtono sleeves buttoning
Atritian War, despite the enormons 'tip the front, together, with nightrobe
difference in the size of the armies. ftt
the South African War there was an
average of 208,000 and M the Great
War an aVerage.of one and a quarter
million men in the ariny. e ;material, nightrobe 1% 'yards, straight
• The typhoid iMmunity - cif aritieh
!troops in the Great war WAS( due to
the protectien they recved from
typhoid inomilation. This le shown by
a comPhrison with the French soldiers
among whom there was ao general in -
!mutation - during the first sixteen
months) of the was' in fliatehort period
16,000 French soldiers contracted ty-
phoid fever. After this, typhoid Mesa-.
laded became general and the sol-
diers of the French army enjoyed the
atone, Immunity to typhoid as did their
British comrades.. ..
Abolishing Diphtheria,
aNso at bs oi a omkanenyemy eya 1:f agohjidicillopphatheArilal
patterns as, you wseit. Enclose 20c in
aver the "vroeld it -claimed e frightful stamps ov c,oin (coin pre.ferred; ,Wran
toll, And the tragedy was that three- it' carefully) for eaeh number,' arid r.
Quarters of its Vital= were.iittle tots address your order to Pattern Dept.,
under six.: -hardly more than babies.
There ,vas DO sure waY te.cornbat it. iWaiidlseonstP„uThloilsohnintqg ,Co.,pat7t,earnTstetnAt, dbey-:
Then came the antitoxin treatment and
but antitoxin is effectMe for only a "
return Antal. ' .
the diphtheria death rate was lowered, -
few weeks. It cheeks the progress of Cairnp Grounds. ,
. There is a tendency on the part of ,
the disease but it does not give last-
ing protection. NelVi Comes 'a great ,some of the thoughtless and caseless
triennial of medical science—the pre. °ampere to.fall to observe precautions.
venticai of diphtheria, V./here proven- If allowed to go unchecked Ulla evil is
has been DO mare diphtheria, Proven- eonim.on. If those ;who do not exercise
bound to beconae more and more um
tive treatment: has been a.dopted there
tire teeatment, for diphtheria stamps due caution against the possibility of
oughly as yaccination against small- -creating disease are prosecuted, the
faith must lie with themselves, . not .
out this disease as surely and as thor-
,poi otainpo out smallpox. . s with the authorities, who are but'dits- '
0 tie)li fill thOg '?' IfferelA .ige It Is 4),o, difficult metter for mine.
°legging an unpleaeant duty at the,
Tile saving of .;lfe dUrIng the pkit
ay contAry 1.14# not aSen Shared
i,,61it iifilliis. rp,. 061117 or Ilabloslas ers te Ceovide decent aCcomndo.dation
itktl_
Ors of th4161lit 'ftion.. irlyini the tor theraSeives and thus pre -vent a
i;,,,eyc 40:goy. a. ooyipe 4,11.sng, bab es nuisance; and an annoyance to neigle,
tr,je ri;rri,...itott il 6,. in,.4,0,y tp.e risks boas, if there be any. The health of
folg.§.ps 6:,A6 13856. During
pl-,;.;;Viiie , t will, follow .when mothers. , . .
0,,, .4., iat hb ever ofey wde, 1.4. the 601.11,111Dity -demands that the sins
see rules governing sanitation Shall be
'observed hi the country as well as in
p6,wm,.,x3. bottiir ,.a.a.re 100.020 birth ana populated entree. . The thee hes gone
iitfa4avo, .oaro etsvoo iipt sl, care eturiug hy when these primary rules are not
1.1'6 first. niontii 0 lif e. .
Hord will illiddle Age,
In . persele8 imyeecl middle ?go the
lesoeiC tilsoase4 -Of ilie heart blood Farmer --"Don't you see that sign, .
-.'"1eint, Icicinens still take a logo 'Pvivate—Ne Hunting Allowed?,"
. '
611. Thle increase id the death_ rate _..„Huntor-- "1 don't rear/ anything
• i
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vide extra warmth for cool days a
barrow -coat of soft wool with shaped
top should be worn. A diaper -band,
having extension buttoning from
back onto front, completess this lay- .
ettei which is cut in one size only.'
Dress requires 1% yards of 86 -inch
petticoat, 1% yerds, Shirt % yard,
diaper -band % yard. Price 20 cents.
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Our designers originate their'patterns
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