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SEVENTH"EPISODE
The Elusive Pearls.
"We meet again," said Kelly, his
steel -cold gaze directed with a pierc-
ing look into Patricia's great blue
eyes, The girl permitted one of her
most bewitching smiles to play like
glints of sunshine over her pretty face.
"We do meet quite often, it; seems,"
was her reply, spoken In sarcastic
tones `that brought a quick flush' of
anger to Kelly's cheeks.
The Sphinx made a step toward the
girlextending her own dainty hand`to
meet the detective's advance, instead
of taking it, he slipped one of a pair
of handcuffs over her wrist and said:
"I must decorate you for stealing
the king's necklace.":' Then he snap-
ped the second handcuff over the girl's
left wrist aid she was helpless. •
"If you mean the people's necklace,"
said Pat, defiantly, 'it will do you no
good to take me now. ' The People's
League has the money and my work in
Dufrane is accomplished." Her smile
of triumph was not lost on the great
detective.
The king, who had been a spectator
to the proceedings, motioned to Kelly,
directing him to go, with his prisoner,
into an adjoining room. When the
king was alone Duke Heston entered
and said:
"I come from, the people, who would
acclaim you fox your good deed in giv-
ing them the funds raised by selling
the queen's jewels."
"Let them enter," said the king.
And then, while the king' accepted
their homage, peasants to the number
of a dozen or more, representing the
People's League, acclaimed him as
their benefactor in speeches express-
ing their gratitude.
Shouts of the populace, surround-
ing, the palace, added to the noisy gree-
ing that was being personally extend-
ed to the king. Phil ICelly and his
prisoner,' in the room, heard the shouts
and realized that they were nothing
less than intruders, now that the ling
and his people were reconciled.
"We will.see if the king you worked
for will help you now that you may
need him," Was Pat's taunting re-
mark to the great detective.
"He will help me and you, too, or I
shall know the reason," Phil replied.
And' then the detective called one of
his assistants to watch over the girl
while he returned to the presence of
the king.
Pat took the measure of the man
whom Kelly had -.ft to watch over her,
and began ,at once to ply her winsome
arts upon the near -detective.
She chattered with Kelly's assistant
and soon had him -engaged in friendly
conversation.
"These handcuffs are hurting my
wrists—won't you unlock them, like a
good fellow?" The girl spoke in her
most engaging, tones. You are a
big, .strong man, capable of watch-
ing me without having me chained
helpless."
It did not require much urging from
Pat to make the ma:- forget his in-
structions. "I'll take them off, if
you promise not to try to escape,"
he finally said, as he suited the action
to the words.
Barely had the near -detective re-
moved the handcuffs from Pat's wrists
when Duke Hester entered tine room
with a few men fry the People's
League delegation that he had quietly
called from the presence of the Icing,
and before Kelly's assistant realized
what was going on lie found himself -
handcuffed to the chair where Pat had,
just beech sitting. lie was along in
the room.
Kelly, meanwhile, was before the
king expressing himself in no uncer-
tain terms. The 'Sphinx was thor-
oughly aroused by the turn of events.
"If I hail known when you sent for
me that yon wanted me to rob these
col. people of what was justly theirs,
would never have taken the commis-
sion," said Kelly. "But When I got
Acre it was too late."
"Yon forget that'you are addressing
the king," said his majesty, as he made
a signal:to the guard who stood at the
door,
"Call the fullguard," "
commandedmantel
the king,
"and have e s
parson impris-
oned."
When the man left to fulfill
the command, Kelly was alone in the
room with the king.
The Sphinx did some quick thinking
and let his actions keep pace with his
,rapidly formed pians. He leaped
upon the monarch and the surprise of
his attack, easily overcome the king
and, rendering him helpless, Kelly
soon transformed the king into the
outward appearance Kelly had, him-
self, presented to the guard *hen he
had left the room.
When the soldiers returned they
found the man they presumed to be
Kelly alone in the room. His great-
coat was buttoned tightly around him,
his cap pulled down and a heavy' muf-
fler obscured his face. But when they
started to lead the man away, they
found their•, prisoner securely bound,
with his hands behind him and his feet
hobbled.
Their haste to remove their prisoner
on the king's orders gave Kelly addi
tional time to make good his escape.
Duke Hestor seemed to have been
waiting for the Sphinx. Kelly had not
gone far before the duke halted and
detained the detective, while hastily
explaining.
'There is a sleigh waiting just at
the corner. The driver is instructed
to take you to the border. Have no
fear—your friend, Miss Montez, has
explained matters to me. You May
' be sure there is no treachery."
. "I'll take a chance," said Kelly, "and
• I'll be grateful to you if everything
turns out as you say it will," .
Kelly was relieved when•he jumped
from the sleigh at the •boundary line
land entered the automobile that was
there in waiting for his use.
Just as Kelly was entering the ma.-
; thine to start for Paris, his assistant
!handed him a card that t'he driver of
the sleigh had directed should be given
to him. He took the card and rear it,
as his machine moved rapidly away.
"I could not see you suffer when
your intentions were good—," was
what Kelly read upon the card. He
looked back and saw the driver of his
sledge throw aside the great coat that
had served as a disguise.
ThenKell sawa girl knew he to be
•�Yg
Patricia enter another automobile and
speed away.
0 * * *
When Kelly arrived in Paris he
found waiting for him a message from
the police commandant. The Sphinx
hastened to headquarters and was soon
consulting with the chief,
"We have come to the conclusion,
Kelly," said the chief, "that your work
and usefulness in France has about
reached its end. We believe .that
you should go away=to America,
would be best.'
"Your operations since this 'Purple
Mask' girl has made herself so promi-
nent lead us to believe that you are
permitting her te do just about as she
wants to when you art assigned to
cases in which she is concerned.
"France will be better off if both of
you should leave the country."
As the time approached'for Kelly to
sail he became anxious about Pat's
welfare, but could do nothing. He did
find out, however, that Mrs. Van Nuys
had given up her home, placed it on
sale and with her niece had disap-
peared. The Sphinx was completely
baffled..
The commandant of police had
meanwhile communicated his desires
to Pat and her aunt. Because of a
close association of some of the Pari-
sian officials With the' Apaches it was
decided that Pat might better leave
France than remain and be open to
final' exposure,
In the United States she might still
keep her affiliation with the Apaches,
through their American agencies.
Thus she could continue her adven-
tures in the interest of the poor and
oppressed as •against thee rich and
powerful who used their influence to
evil purposes. Thus it came that Pat
and her aunt were booked for passage
on the same steamship that took
Sphinx Kelly and his assistants across
the Atlentijc.
(To be continued.)
Continued Thrift.
Canadians should not consider that
1917 will he the only year that rigid
economies must be practised, There
is no knowing at this date when the,
wat will end, and even after it has
ended there will be urgent need for s
Canada's surplus of food for many
months while Europe is being regen-
erated.
E NEW PERIL
FROM THE AIR
•
IT IS A. VERY REM, TIIINfa . IN
ENGLAND NOW,
An Englishwoman Describes the Ae
ful Scenes Which Follow a
hostile Air Raid,
To be bombed 'in broad daylight b
hostile aircraft)
In London we are growing ascus
toured to that highly unpleasant. sen
cation.
The Germane are determined tha
"frightfulness" shall hold sway eve
the London streets, writes an Eng
lishwornan,
Last year we Londoners could look
up on fine days into a sky of limitless
blue; We could dream very/ pretty
and quite harmless dreams of freedom
matching
that infinite
apace. . The
he
tow mightht be stuffy.
1're streets
might be dusty. The noise
of the Lon-
don traffic might be ,nerve-racking.
But there was the sky.'
Now, however, we live in times of
progress. As we look up into the sky,
and see a white woolly cloud drifting
idly across it, we remark: "I wonder
if that's a Hun aeroplane?"
There's a horrid little shiver back
of our question, too.
For the peril from the air is very
real and very potent these days.
We watch the little harmless -look-
ing cloud for a few minutes. Then—
bang! 'bang! bang! Yes, sure enough
it holds a hostile aeroplane. :
Perhaps, when evening comes, w
feel a little safer. We gaze up at
the deep blue sky and watch the lit-
tle stars come out, one by one.
How pretty and innocent they look!
But—is that a star?
"I say, you people there, is that
star, or a Zepp " The question come
nervously.
Bang! Bang! Bang! It's a Zeppelin
after all!
Progress? What next?
More progress, I suppose. And tha
means still less peace.
"As for us in England to -day, w
are no longer in a 'nice little, tigh
little, safe little island'—as the of
song says. Even in broad daylight
when the summer sun beams cheer
fully down upon us, the . enemy aero-
planes come hovering over our heads,
and work their havoc in our midst.
What a Day Attack Is.
"The people of Canada cannot com-
prehend the awfulness of a daylight
air attack. Night raids are bad
enough—but somehow one feels'safer'
during the night. But to be caught
in the full light of Clay—to be forced
to witness the most horrible scenes of
carnage and of death right in one's
midst—words can't express the feel-
ing.
In the heart of London, for instance,
I witnessed the removal of some of
the victims of a daylight raid. They
were about a dozen young girls and
children. The pavement literally ran
with blood. A handsome motorcar
hurried up and the chauffeur and the
owner helped to lift three of the girls
into the car. The delicate gray lea-
ther cushions and fittings of the car
turned into crimson and apparently
two of the girls were dying. A third
was conscious—her arm had been
completely severed and the chauffeur
tied his leather belt round what was
left of it very tightly, so that the
poor child might not bleed to death
before they got her to the hospital.
It's the easiest thing in the world
to read `about such things. It's the
most heart-rending thing in the world
to watch them actually happen.
I was walking in — street (the
censor will not let me mention names)
in the heart of London, when a day-
light raid occurred. At 'first we
thought that the whirring aeroplanes
were British and stopped in the street
to admire their graceful flight.
Bang Bang! Bang! The detonations
were terrific. Children screamed with
fright as the bombs fell. The crowds
had no time to get to cover. And the
enemy aircraft hung over our heads,
dealing death' Out with a terrible hand.
Scenes of slaughter followed which I
would willingly forget—if I could.
The Trail of Murder.
In the poorest quarter of London
there was a veritable trail of murder., I
think the crowning infamy was the
killing and maiming of many little
children in an infants' school.
In the roof of the school there is a
hole about two feet across, '• as
clean as though made with a knife.
The bomb dropped from the German
airplane went through two floors,
killing and wounding several children
on each floor, but it was on the ground
floor. that 11 exploded and worked its
most terrible havoc. About forty lit -
le tots between the ages of five and
even were at work here, and virtually
none escaped. r
All that Was left of the classroom
was a mass of blood -sputtered debris
—desks reduced to matchwood, with
here a book and there it slate show-
ing.
In the front part of the room, whore
the bomb -exploded, was a hole three
feet deep, Everything was smashed'
to atoms. Most of the little children
were terribly mutilated. The teacher
—0 young wo111a11—escaped WO adlne
elight injuries, and at once gathered
together the few who couldwalk, and
'marched them out of the room twee
the debris of amosllecl 'furniture and
the retnrtins of (bait little school -fel -
10w1,
Tho hotly of a pretty little fair -lair-,
4111 ilirl Was •fan11<1 00 00 first ficial' be -
Mao a ltini10. The overturned ;pinna
stool wns )!eche hot. She had been
having !c 01islo 108nen enol was )tilled
iitstnil1dy,
Cotlrnlroona Children.
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exerciso book, was drondful ta, wit -
Bombs dell clone beside anotik
•
se'hoo1, "I never ss1 A' !;dell a sight?
said 'en•Austi'itl!an soldier home from
the front, who had gong to the sellae
to 1 rin 111010 three 010000. ''"There
were the teacher's eoally standing in
front of , their 0101ses, while the
youngsters sang lustily, One bom
fell with a deafening crash Blase by
and tltf re were signs .of panie..anton+
the smeller children) when the head
master, pushing me into the class-
_ room, said; We're nil right, children.
See, here's a soldier! 'M'ho's afrekl?"
Then 11e shouted, "Ave we downheart-
ed?" The reply some' Immediately, in
a thundering 'No'!"
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DAYLIGIT'I' SAVING IN EUROPE.
t Hits Proved' a• Success and Means
✓ 'Saving in Many Ways.
Daylight saving has been a success
in Etmope. . Twelve eountriee are
working and resting with the clock
turned forward. The system is in
effect in Great Britain, France, Ger-
many, Austria, Italy,iHollaud, Den -
m rk
Norway, Sweden, Pertuga1 and
Iceland.
According to the London Times, in-
quiries in the leading ceases ofin-
dustry indicate that 'the operation of
the Summer Act is, among other re-
sults, having the effect of increasing
the output in shipyards and engineer-
ing works.
Additional evidence of the benefit
of the Act from the industrial stand-
point comes from the railways. It
hes been stated in the official publi-
cation of the railway men fn England
that the alteration of the clock has
been followed by an improvement in
, the working of long distance night
goods trains. It has been found that
e the extra hour of daylight has enabled
the trains to be made up and loaded
in less tinier.
As a step in national economy it
has proved a great saving in lighting
and heating. The special committee
a appointed by the Parliament of Great
s Britain to study the results of the
system .reported that an average re-
, duction of 20 per cent. for ]fighting
purposes was given by the power com-
panies; thirty-one private companies
t estimated a reduction of 23 per cent.,
and sixty-four municipal plants re-
s ported a reduction of 18:3 per cent.;
t the percentage individual cases ranged
d from 1 to 55.
, In France an inquiry into the ef-
- feet of daylight saving on the con-
sumption of gas revealed the fact
that an economy was being effected in
.coal or gas light of 18,000 tons a
month, or more titan 200,000 for the
entire year. The savings for elec-
tricity, placed at 100,000 tons, thus
give a total saving of $6,000,000 for
gas and electricity.
It is calculated that in Vienna alone
the people consumed 158,000,000 cubic
feet of gas less and saved $)42,000.
The city of Vienna required 14,000,000
cubic feet ofg as less for street light-
ing.
ig ht-ing.
From Berlin comes the report that
the municipal gas works e' perienced
a decrease during May and June, 1916,
to 508,500 cubic metres; notwithstand-
ing the fact that 18,000 new' gas me-
ters were put up during the first six
months of 1916, and the records from
January to April showed an increase
of 2.4 million cubic metres output of
gas as compared with 1915.
THINGS THAT COUNT IN LIFE.
Impossibility for War to Destroy
Life's Real Possession.
Fish is oxeellentfood and not eaten
nearly often enough.
One of the most profound -truths
brought out by this war is the indes-
tructibility of things that count in
the life of a people. This is the great
fact emphasized by Dr. C. W. Saleeby
when he says:
"Not the least iota of any of these
things has the 'war destroyed:
"Knowledge is unimpaired.
"Not one scientific truth, not one
power based upon such truth, is lost.
"Not one tiniest fact ever observ-
ed and recorded about the tiniest
subdivision of beetles or variety of
chemical compound has been lost.
"Not one fragment is touched of
the invisible, which is the invaluable
and the invulnerable.
"No principle of duty, no law of
kindness, no secret of service, no key
to the hearts of men or the heart of
Nature, is lost or can be. lost.
"Not one architectural idea has
been lost, or injured by a hairs
b'readth, for all the 'triumphs' of the
German guns.
"Not one line of poetry, not one
lovely tune in all our precious legacy
from the genius of the past, is injur-
ed in any way."
Brute force has its limitations, It
may destroy a beautiful work of art
that has stood for ages, but it cannot
rob the world of the inspirations and
ideas that create art,' There are
some things beyond the reach of the
biggest guns. The immortality of a
nation does not lie in its architecture,
or industricls, or in the things that
11100 call wealth, but in its power to
preserve and perpetuate its own
spiritual kingdoms.- What' of those
who yield their bodies a willing sacri-
fice on the battlefield? These, in the
Words of Pericles, will never die. They
live on, "far away, without visible
symbol, woven into the stuff of other
men's lives." They live on in the
freedom their death has brought to
others—
"Naught broken save the body, lost
but breath;„
BIRD'S NEST 114 TRENCH.
British Discovered Nestftll of. Warta
Eggs 0n Firing Line.
The following letter ;from a British
officer armoured in the London 'Clines:
"After the WT I:Se/tete Ridge had
been taken my servant told me that
when going across ii1, the evening 110
had fotmcl n bliukb!rd sitting en its
nest in the C;arntan;front•lInc trench.
I could not believe It 11,118 true, but this
'morning, having a :mere half-hour, I
got my eergennt to take mo to the
plaice, end, sere enough, there wee the
nest with five warm eggs hi it. It
WW1 ill Lite side of a rnnlnlimicatian
trench' leading beck drum cud about
15 yards from the eri(inttl Gerrnmt l
front line," s- 1
A ,COURSE IN HrOugraaHOr,r) SCIENCE COMPLETE IN
' TWENTY-FIVE LESSONS. t
Lessen IY.—Ceilelose,.
T11e human, body is the most won- to ?oilmen their functions properly, 11
derful piece of machinery ill existence.' is necessary to eat foods -which have
It has the power to grow and to eon- bulk,
shine its own tissue. • In some re- Of these foods the moat useful are
speets it may bo likened .to a' steam I vegetables, which not only contain
engine, because it must have fuel and mineral salts bet also contain eellu-
lubrication. And like. the engine,loss, a substance that is incombuatible.
which leaves a quantity of waste mat- By this we mean that cellulose is not
ter called ashes, pa, the body produces digested, is. not converted into blood;
waste products which must be elimin. but it is valuable because it assists the
stet, 1intestines to discharge the waste pro -
The process of digestion starts in duets.
the' mouth, is continued in the stomach, I Persons whose work doe:: not
and finishes in the intestiees, The 'furnish them with sufficient exercise
stomach And, intestines perform their often suffer from constipation, and a
I on r
duties
bycontracting And Bian
ring vegetable ble diet is
therefore afore es 1
aUy
ec
Tnt'
n
las vvay they ahporb all the nutri- goer for them. While grains also
meat of the food, discard the residue assist, and one of the best remedies is
and eliminate all the 'Waste from the a tablespc,onful of sterilized bran eat -
body, In order to assist these organs en with each meal.
Preserving Blackberries.
Blackberries are exceedingly rich in
Iron and they melee a. valuable addi-
tion to the diet. Spiced blackberries
aide frequently used for intestinal die -
orders.
To dry the berries do not wach
them; sort them, removing all soft or
bruised ones. Place the fruit on dry-
ing frames in the drier and dry either
in a sunny place with free draughts of
air or put the drier in a current of air
from an electric fan.'
Canned Blackberries,—,Fill the jars
with sound berries, shaking down Well
to fill the jar. Now cover with either
boiling water or a syrup made of two
cupfuls of water, two cupfuls of su-
gar. Boil for ten minutes and use as
directed. Place the rubber and lid in
position, partially tighten, and then
process in a hot-water bath for twenty
minutes after the boiling starts. Re-
move from the bathand seal. Test of blackberries, one pint of water, two
for leaks and store in a cool, dry place. pounds of sugar, one pint of cider
Label and date. vinegar. Place in a preserving ket-
Blackberry Jam.—Three-quarters of tle and boil for twenty minutes, then
a pound of sugar, eighteen ounces of strain. Fill into sterilized jars or hot -
berries. Place the berries in a pre-
serving kettle and mashwell. with a
potato masher. Add the sugar. Stir ing starts. Cork and dip into melted
until sugar dissolves, then cook until sealing wax.
thick, usually about forty minutes. Blackberry Catsup.—This catsup is
Care must be taken to prevent scorch- very good with cold ham, pork or
ing by placing an asbestos mat under poultry. Six quarts of blackberries,
the kettle. Pour into jars, crocks or one pint of water. Cook the berries
glasses and seal the jam by covering until soft, then rub through a fine
the tops of the containers with pare- sieve and add, one pint of vinegar, one
wax. Store in a cool, dry place, pro- pound of brown sugar, one tablespoon -
tooting the jars from mice. ful of cinnamon, one tablespoonful of
Blackberry Jelly.—Three pounds of mustard, one tablespoonful of ginger,
blackberries, one pint of watdr, juice one tablespoonful of nutmeg, two
of one lemon. Put the ingredients s tables oolfuls of salt,
one-half table
-
into into a preserving kettle to cook until spoonful of pepper. Cook until thick,
berries are sof t. Drain through a stirring continually. Bottle while
jelly bag. Measure the juice, Re- hot, pouring one-half teaspoonful of
turn it to the preserving kettle and salad oil into each bottle. Seal and
boil for ten minutes. Add an equal dip the top of the bottle in melted seal --
measure of sugar. Stir until the su- sing wax.
\BENEFITS OF FRESH AIR.
Proper Ventilation E- ssential to Good
Health and Efficiency.
Fresh air is one of our unlimited
natural resources, available at all sea-
sons and at all hours. It is essential General Birdwood passed in the
to life and good health. Of recent meantime. Neither took any notice
years more attention has been paid to of him. A lieutenant who saw the in -
its beneficent influence in this regard, cident rushed across.
but far too many people regard fresh He thundered: "Why didn't you
air as a means for the cure of such spring to attention when General Bird -
diseases as pneumonia and tubercu- wood passed?"
)osis; it is not adequately ilium "Strike me pink!" said the Austra-
as the' greatest disease preventive"Was that Birciwood?"
known.
Nature has done her part in sup-
plying pure air. Wherever the op-
portunity is afforded, the air is con-
tinually changing. by natural methods.
Man, however, has rendered this ef-
fort of nature largely nugatory by
building homes, factories and offices
almost air tight, in which the air be
gar is dissolved, then boil rapidly for
twelve minutes. Pour into sterilized
glasses or crocks, Cover with a sheet
of glass and leave for two days, then
seal in the usual manlier) ' This jelly
will bo firm and cut like eheose.
Pickled Blackberries:—Make a spice
A TARGE' THAT
SCORES ITSELF
HOW/ THE NEW MECHANISM 15
CONSTRUCTED,
Device Helps Soldiers and Sailors to
Average Fifty Points Higher In
Their Marksmanship.
A rifle taget that scores itself,. in-
vented by a former west coast navy
commander, er ha
s.be n tried t
e led o ttY the
b
'United t Stat n
eS army and easy and
Y n Is
Y
being used extensively by infantry and
marines at drill,
The target, las described in the 1,
lustrated World, consists of nothing
more complicated than a vertically ar.
ranged set of steel plates, actuating
electric contacts behind them, which
in turn drop ordinary hotel-stylean-
nunciators on a corresponding board
at the fining point,
When the rifle bullet smashes into
one of these plates the plate moves
back, establishing for an instant an
bag of one teaspoonful of whole cloves, electrical conta..at. This closes the
one teaspoonful of whole allspice, one circuit of that annunciator and drops
teaspoonful of whole mace, one small the right annunciator at the firing
stick of cinnamon. Tie in a piece of point. Then a spring returns the
cheesecloth. Now put four quarts plate and the circuit is brcken.
of blackberries in the preserving ket- The target gergerally,used in the
tle. If the berries are soft or over- army has a bull's•eye of eight inches,
ripe it will not matter. Add four cup- a "four ring" of twenty-six Inches in
furs of sugar, one-half cupful of vine- diameter, a "three ring" of forty-six
gar, one-half cupful of water. Add inches, and a "two ring" consisting of
the spice bag and cook for one-half the rest of the target, which is '4 by 6
hour. Now pour into pint jars and Peet. To make the self•scoring target
place the rubber and lid in position, register the hits on this mark the
partially tightened, and securely, and markets arrange their plates thus :
then store in a cool, dry place. The bull's•eye is ono round plate of
Blackberry Vinegar.—Three quarts eight inches; the four ring consists of
twelve plates, arranged like the hour
divisions of -a clock face; the three
ring of twelve more plates, and the
two ring of twelve plates of irregular
shape to conform with the shape of
ties. Put into hot-water bath and the rectangular target.
process for ten minutes after the boil- If the marksman hits the paper tar-
get, which is., set up about six feet
ahead of the machine, in the four ring
at a spot that would be 1 o'clock of
the clock face, that particular plate
moves back under the blow, makes
the contact and drops the annunciator
on a corresponding target.in miniature
at the firing point. Whereupon the
scorer says, "Private Blank, a four. at
1 o'clock," and presses a button which
resets the annunciator.
Like the colored gentleman's load of
shot which v there was t are ason
so as it
started, the whole process takes less
than two seconds from the bang of the
rifle to the fall of the annunciator, and
the next man may fire as fast as
the scorer can call off the shots and •
reset the annunciator,
The great value of the device is in
tIn His Hat,
Two Australian soldiers, while at
Gallipoli Peninsula, were sent clown to
get a box of munitions. When fetch-
ing it up the hill they became tired,
and eat down to rest and smoke.
conies stagnant and unwholesome. The
consequence is that the occupants,
continuously breathing the same air,
rapidly become drowsy and incapable
of giving of their best efforts.
In the homes of our people greater
L188 should be made of the body-build-
ing fresh and pure air. Rooms should
be thoroughly ventilated and aired;
sleeping rooms especially require that
the air be continuously changed. The
easiest and most convenient means to
accomplish this is by the opening of
windows. A cross current of air be-
tween two windows gives the best re-
sults; otherwise a change of air may
be secured by lowering the upper sash
to permit the foul air to escape, and
raising the lower one to admit the
fresh air. Roll the blind to the top
to facilitate the exit of the impure
air, or, if pulled down, insert a few
inches of netting at the top of the
blind.
Public health should be a primary
consideration. Pending the improve-
ment of housing and living conditions
people can do much to secure greater
health for themselves by snaking use
of the open window to admit fresh
and '•"1'e a11`.
"Yes," said the lieutenant.
"Well, why don't he wear a few
feathers like any other bird would?"
•
Midnight sun excursions are now be-
ing planned to the Yukon from British
Columbia ports,
the time and labor saving it makes
possible, At the official test at the
army school of musketry a company
of sixty-four men fired ten shots each
in one hour and `twenty minutes with
four targets in operation under the
old plt and hand•marking system.
The same company. of 'man fired the
same number of shots in one hour and
forty minutes on one single self-scor•
ing target without any crow required,
with scores that averaged three points
higher per man out of the fifty points
possible to make.
This is an economy, besides offering
what appears to be a far betteroppor-
tunity for' good scores.
Any old spot may be used for such,
a target, provided there is room be-
hind for stray bullets.
If your pride doesn't keep you hon-
est it's poor stuff.
HELP WI ;'THE WAR
It is the duty of every subject of the Allies to help
win the WAR, and they can best do it by preventing
WASTE and storing up for the COMING WINTER all
food products, especially those perishable foods such as
fruits and `vegetables.
This can be accomplished easily by using one of the
NATIONAL CANNING OUTFITS. With the aid of
one of these all kinds of fruits, corn, peas, tomatoes
and beans can be cooked, which will keep indefinitely
when properly prepared.
Our No. 1 JUNIOR NATIONAL for family use has
a capacity of from 200 to 400 cans daily or glass ,jars of
proportionate amount. These outfits can be put right
On a cook stove. Price $25.00, f.o.b. Hamilton.
We have larger sizes for hotel use, and still larger
Sizes for commercial use.
We have also Evaporators of various sizes for evaporating
every kind of fruit, apples, peaches, pears, berrlos, potatoes, etc.
Write for full particulars, giving size required, to
The Brown, Boggs Co., Limited, Hamilton, Ont.
B sail, lb, Cat' 0119*.
10, P0, a0 and 100 lb.'Bage.
No one ever doubts REDPATH quality, because
in its Sixty 'Years of use no one has ever bought a
barrel, bag or carton of pool' Redpath sugar. It is
made ill one grade only—the highest.
".!tet .Redpa'ttls Sweeten sin"
ar Ref'nrakag Co, Limited; Nio
Canada St
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