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By FRANK HA MPTON FOX,
The storm shook the lonely little
schoolhouse on the prairie and would
have sweptit from thefoundation
if it had not been firmly anchored by
long iron reds. The ,loose .windows
rattled as 'the driving snore "piled
high outside and sifted through the
cracks, forming miniature mountain
is worn .in on me just now because ! will cook with very little fire, and
I've recently had a great Ileal to dol where gas is used for fuel the food,
with one or two persons who pride! will sometimes cook
alongsiden
side n
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themselves on certain virtues whic: other vessel, using but one burner.
to their friends are their
chief faults.' The man who invests in all sorts
them see their mistake They know! lighter, and lets his wife rub along!
And, of course, no one -.can make of machinery to make his farm work
that the thing they pride tlismsa1 , any old way, eight to change places
and the pupils caught a glimpse of upon is in itself a virtue, and earl not' with her fora While, By the trate
a smile. see how they are overdoing it. he has rubbed out eight or ten wash-�
"Teacher, can't we go home?"say- One is a woman •who prides herself' mss on a board that • makes his'
oral'asked• on plain speaking.' She says she sins- lcnttckles bleed, and 'has mopped.a
"No one must; bgoeen
out in the storm ply tells the truth at all times. Now,'rough kitchen floor'+twice a week for
alone, I have been ]loping that your of course truth in itself is a virtue a year or two, he will make up his
fathers would come after you, but Imind that thin s are somehow nett
dare not let any of you start out and one greatly to be desired. But g p yi
one -aided, and that he'' had better
ranges on the floor. alone." ( one can go:to excess even withthe think of his wife's' comfort part of
As the teacher turned away from "I don't see why Pete doesn't come truth. I rnoember it used to puzzle,'
the window for the tenth time, the with the big wagon," said Jimniy me as a child to get my mother's fine the time, and not of his own all the
pupils 'saw a troubled look in his blue Vogel. "He's always hero before distinction. She would sometimes tell time'
eyes, and noted that his reassuring three o'clock on stormy days."_ ! us that we must always beak the Try washing blankets this way:
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smile was' gone. Something has delayed him, exm truth, and then knockthe whole Fold so they fit in a. tub; then melt
Clement Hampton, the teacher, sw ered his eldest sister Blanche, ex thin over, for one at least,by say- in hot water one pound pure white'
graduated from an Ontario uniyer-
pressing a confidence which she did gy soapand one-half
and went not feel. She remembered clearly' ing the truth should not be spoken at to pound borax. Add
W s the summer before what her father had told her about all times. It was sometime before 'this enough cold water to mover
West to work to the harvest fleldls the storm in which her brother and I found out that she meant itis often the blankets and pour the mixture'
and to see rho country. In the fall
`if p over them, allowing them to soak.
he was engaged to teach the No, 7
Meter
erished fifteen pyears ue are, better to lcee still thantospeak the
School. Ile was determined to. gain.„ "H•
e's sure to come," said .1irnmy,I truth, If telling the truth' is" only
practical knowledge '' of western; and we must wait for him, because
life, for it was his ambition to own ---because—" Jimmy's lips quivered
and operate a ranch. That winter he and he could not complete the son -
suffered many hThose umiliating ,caper- tepee.
t ienees in his efforts to learn the ways Clement. \„He bed heard fromere anxious ts Jim draws no lines In her truth telling.
of the West. More than once he
heard, or rather overheard, the coy- Vogels own lips the tragic story of "I tell them all just what I think,”
ert remark, "Oh, he's just an editor- that blizzard in which his two chi!- elle says.' And she does. Friend and
ed fool!" I dren perished on their way home, foe, saint and sinner, old and young;
That was their estimate of rho i from school. One thing was certain rich and poor, all have the benefit of
out Universitygraduate who
—they must all be sowed or perish her views. No one is ever left in
young together,
could not "rope a. cow, ride a back-' Something must be done quickly, doubt as to what she'thiftk's about
ing broncho, or shoot a running jackfor the winter night—a night ever to them personally and all their fathily.
rabbit' I be remembered in the history of the Wherever she goes she leaves be -
Friday, January 13, 1888, the day! West as that of the Greet Blizzard hind a trail of wounded and bleeding,
of the storm, dawned warm and i was settling down rapidly over the or wrathy and apoplectic individuals,
springlike. Clement started to school; plains. The fire had burned out, the according to the temperament of her
without his overcoat but Mrs. Vogel, room was very cold, the children auditors.' Needless to say she is
the farmer's wife with whom he shivered in their wraps—and Pete about as welcome as the flu. Invite -
boarded, called him back and insisted, did not come.
that he wear it.
"You'd better take it along," she,hel'p if you say the word."
said in her motherly way. "It may i "No, Gus; I appreciate your offer,
be freezing by the time school is' but I need you here, and I'm afraid
out." 1you would not be able to get help to
About ten o'clock it began to snow. us in time."
By noon a peculiar haze had settled ( "I have my 'own doubts, sir, but
down over the plains and the storm. I'm willing to try."
broke into an ominous roar, Many "Thank you, Gus. Climb up into
titles that afternoon Clement looked! the tower and cut that bell rope and
longingly out of the window, hoping bring it to me. And, girls, give me
against hope that he might see some your jumping ropes; I want every
of the farmers come floundering one of them.
through the snow with their big wag- While they hastened to obey his
ens. When be turned from the 'win- request, wondering what .tile teacher
dow that last time he was convinced could possibly do with so many ropes,
that no help could come. Instead of . he called Blanche 'Vogel to his desk.
his accustomed smile there were the His blue eyes looked into her dark
close -set: lips, which indicated a''ones; for an instant soul spoke to
mighty determination to master the soul, and these two understood each
desperate situation in which his other. Each saw in the depths'of the
school was placed. His closely knit- other's soul a determination that
going to wound someone and do no
good, then say nothing. If it can
do good, then tell it. +
But the woman of whom I write
j "Teacher" said Gus "I'Il t;o for tions never come her way, and wel-
come signs are hastily torn down
when she appears round a corner.
Her acquaintances regard her as a
wicked woman, but she believes her-
self to be unusually good. They
think her excessive truth -telling is a
vice, a cloak for venting her spite,
but she really believes she is doing
the right thing.
Directly her opposite is a man of
her family who has her as an awful
example. Seeing where over -much
speaking }las led with her, he has
gone to the other extreme and won't
talk at all. Claiming that silence is
golden, he has over -played hie part,
too, and he keeps still when he should
talk. He is secretive, in the extreme,
withholds leis confidence where it
ted brows plainly disclosed his per- would not falter. She • was, seven- should be given, never blames any-
plexity az to how their deliverance teen, and could ride and shoot and one and never praises. It is as easy
was to be accomplished. throw a lasso with precision and to get an opinion from him as it is
For a few minutes he stood with skill. She had laughed at Clement to converse with an oyster,
folded arms taking an inventory of because of his failure in these typical His Dille has estranged ever one
the strength and endurance of the western sports. He knew how she Y Y
pupils in the room. He estimated discounted higher education because he knows. Hischildren shun him,
their ability and compared it with he failed in these, "practical and his wife is as far from him as one
the distance each was from home, as necessary things." Perhaps this was pole from the other, and his business
a general might weigh the strength the time when he could impress on associates have as little to do with
of the different divisions of hie army her the practical value of science, him as possible. His uncommunica-
with the possibility of taking the (To be continued.) tiveness kept him from advancement
enemy positions.
"No, they never can do it," he said in business and shut him out of all
half aloud. "They must not attempt 14,000 PHOTOS OF GRAVES social life. And his entire family
have to suffer with him.
A eh'ill in the room told him that So every virtue becomes a vice if
there had been a sudden fall in the British Authorities Dealing Exhaus- it is worked toe hard. The over -neat
temperature.tively With All Enquiries, woman who keeps her family from
"Gus," he said, I' wish you'd take enjoying their home is a sinner.
the scuttle to the shed and bring in The secretary of time British War Honest inquiry becomes inquisitive-
some more coal and boom the fire." Office announces that owing to the ness when carried too far. Ambition
Gus Anderson was a big rough; very Iarge number of enquiries which which interferes with one's fellows
plainsman of twenty-four, the one- have been received by the Director
time bullyof the district, who had of Graves Registration and Enquiries uiries is autocracy. So we might carry it
openly dclared that he would teach into everytltin8•. It simply resolves
the 'little upstart teacher from the since the signing of the armistice, itself into the •
axiom that over -in -
East some needed lessons before the and which are sticoining in at the
dulgence is intemperance or vice.
ch
sool closed." As he arose quickly rate of 1,600 to 2,000 a day, it has
to obey the request, Clement secretly been impossible to send out replies
thanked God for his presence. In a except after some considerable delay homelyWrinkle
flash he recalled the afternoon that amounting to as much as a month Cereals cooked in skim milk in -
Gus purposely ran over Richard or even six weeks. Every case Is stead of water are more palatable
Frees; the little crippled lad, hurting most carefully investigated, and full and more nutritious.
him badly, in order, as he afterward. replies will be sent to all; but it is When bakingcookies
acknowledged to force a showdown grease the
with the teacher. He'recalled vividly not pessibe to deal with the applfca- pans, then rime them with cold
the little drama which took place be- tions as rapidly as the public have water; put the cookies on the wet
hind a cloned and locked door that a night to expect greasy surlthee and they will not
evening after school. Ile experienced Every request for a photograph is stick 'when baking.
a thrill as he recalled how he had carefully noted, and directly the con- To prevent rust, or to cover it
thrashed all the bully out of the big inions permit it is taken, and copies after it appears, paint bed springs,
fellow, making him his devoted are forwarded to the applicants; but inside of the gas oven and ail ex -
'friend and champion of the weak. in this matter again there have 'been ce t the smoothin surface of the
After that Gus made real progress p g
in his lessons, and the two were de- unavoidable causes of delay, and flatirons, with aluminum paint. Tt is
beat resisting and makes a smooth
surface which is easily kept clean.
A three-minute egg -timer placed
in sight of the telephone can be
watched without tatting the mind' off
a long-distance call and may save a
charge for overtime.
Dustless dust -cloths can be made
of worn hosiery and underwear. Dip
them in a half pint of kerosene to
which has been added three table-
spoonfuls of linseed oil. Wring out
and hang in the air to dry. These
can be washed occasionally and again
dipped in the oil.
If onions have sprouted, chop the
sprouts and use them in potato salad.
Rubber mats may be cut out of
worn-out hot water bags. They are
useful to place on ice to keep dishes
from slipping Old jar rings will
serve the same purpose.
Make a substitute for a cedar chest
out of any tight box made of 'soft
wood, by painting the inside with oil
of cedar, letting the wood absorb ell
it will. If there are any open cracks
over night. The next morning pour.
this off, rinse' the blankets thorough
ly and without' wringing hang thein'
out to dry. Their weight keeps them;
in shape and clothes -pins are un
necessary. When dry beat with a
carpet beater to raise the nap.
Diet for Convalescents.
The patient recovering from influ-
enza or pneumonia requires a plain,
diet. Just at this time
the convalescent is tired of milks,
soups, broth, etc., and has 'little actu-
al desire to eat. It is here that the
real skill of the housewife mutt be
used to decoy these irritable, nervous
invalids to: take proper nourishment.
to help them on the road to recovery.
A few pointers that will aid results
are:
Do not ask the patient what he
'would like to eat.
Serve small portions in a dainty,
attractive manner.
Remember that persons r'ec'overing
Irons such diseases cannot eat three
large meals a day. Divide the food
allowance so that the required
amount of nourishment can be pro-
portioned into five meals, as follows:
7 a.m.-Fruit, `toast, hot milk,
chocolate or cocoa.
10 a.m,—Poached egg on toast, tea.
1 p.m.—Baked potato, salad, cocoa.
4 p.m. -Boiled' or broiled fish,
toast, tea.
8.80 p.m.—Hot cocoa, toast with
jelly.
Uses of French Chalk.
French' chalk is net nearly so well
known as it should be, for it is a
very convenient and economical pre-
paration to Have on hand for various
purposes. As a cleanser for silk, it is
effective in that it removes'grease
spots almost instantaneously, if ap-
plied in -the following way.- If the
chalk is purchased in conte -shaped
`lumps, it is well to shave them down
to a fine powder, which should then
he mixed with a small quantity of
soap suds until a thick paste has been
formed, After the ,paste has hard-
ened into round cakes, it is ready
for use. It should again be powder-
ed and spread on the offending spot,
under which cotton material has pre-
viously,been spread. Several layers
of tissue paper should be placed over
the spot and a hot iron applied to the
paper, with care that It does not
come in contact with the silk itself.
This method will leave the silk free
from blemish, if followed carefully.
•
CLEANING UP THE WAR ZONE
Soil to be Subjected to Process to
Recover Metals Which Fill It.
Europe's battle fields, -says an edi-
torial writer in the Mining and Scien-
tific Press, leave been showered with
steel and iron and brass from shells,
exploded and unexploded, and from
hand grenades. He goes on:
"Much of this metal will'be re-
moved as a necessary preliminary to
the resumption of peaceful pursuits.
The quantity of metal is so great
that it would be a source of annoy-
ance and even of danger to the tiller
of the soil A systematic sweeping,.
so to speak, of all the bombarded re-
gions will be necessary. A French
engineering journal describes an ap-
paratus which, though created for
this special purpose, can be applied
to other uses, for it will indicate the
presence of steel and iron not too
deeply 'buried in the soil. This, how-
ever, is a' slow way to proceed°where
long -continued bombardment has lit-
erally filled the soil with metallic
fragments. Methods of salvaging are
contemplated that involve passing
the soil tha'oug plants for recover-
ing the metal, and returning the ;soil
to its place leveled and ready for till-
age. It is also pointed out that the
concentration of fixed nitrogen in
these battle field soils, resulting from
the ,enormous quantities of explosives
used, will make these areas excep-
tionally fertile."
voted friends.
When Gus came back covered with
snow, Clefrtent saw on 'his face a look
of terror, "What's the trouble?" lie
asked, walking over to Gus and
speaking .in a low tone, so as not to
alarm the rest of the school.
"This is a mighty bad blizzard,
teacher. I can remember the one in
'73, but this beats that."
"How much coal is in the sited?"
"Not more than another scuttle or
two,"
"I wish you'd bring in what there
is, Gus, so I may know how long we
can keep up the fire."
Clement walked -back and forth in
the middle aisle of the little school-
liouse thinking and thinking, while
the storm raged without. By four
o'clock the last scuttle of coal was
consumed and the room was becom-
ing unbearably cold. ' The temper.
stare had. fallen 100 degrees since
morning. ` It was evident that they.
could not remain very much longer
in the schoolhouse.
"You may close your books, put on intention _ of following their new!
your wraps, and gather around the learned ti1ade, newly
-
stove," : said Clement in a calm'voice.
during the winter months, too, the
working day is short and the number
of days suitable for photography per
week is often reduced by bad wea-
ther. Since November 1, 1918, 14,000
photographs have been received
from the various theatres of war and
issued to relations.
The staff of the Imperial War
Graves Commission is also at pres-
ent seriously depleted by illness, and
it is regretted that in consequence
there must inevitably be considerable
delay in replying to the numerous
enquiries addressed to that office.
An innocent man needs - no elo-
quence; his innocence is instead of
It—Ben Jonson.
Fifty English girl carpenters en -
•gaged -foe several yeaxs..peat in buin:l
ing. haute for the. British soldiers •:in
France, 'have returned home with the
FLESH OF CARIBOU PRAISED
BY ANOTHER , EXPLORER
Canadian Arctic Travellers Declare
Northern Barrens Afford Ample
Food Supply.
Wilhjalmur Stefansson, recently
returned from his Arctic exploration
tout', said while at Edmonton recent-
ly that if the musk oxen of the Great
Barren were given' a little scientific
care and supervision they would af-
ford a new and abundant meat sup-
ply 'second only to the rapidly grow-
ing cattle indsistry of the great wheat
belt,
"Musk oxen," said Stefansson,
"have been left hitherto 'exclusively
to the Eskimos and Indians for hunt-
ing purposes, but their meat is as
good ass ordinary beef, and there is
no reason why it should not be sold
in Canadian markets. There are 2,-
000,000 acres of grass and moss -cov-
ered prairie in the Far North, where
the animals. can feed themselves
without shelter or protection. The
southern edge of this region is al -
read recognized as a superb cattle-
grazing district. Musk oxen multi-
ply rapidly and if an effort were made
to propagate them they would soon
develop into a prolific source of meat
supply for civilized markets. The
only supervision necessary would be
to guard them from decimation by
native hunters and the ravages by
wolves. This sunerititendence could
be given them by a'special detail of
rangers or Royal Mounted Police,
whose force the Government plans to
increase." '
J. L. Rouse, another northern ex-
plorer recently in Edmonton, direct-
ed attention to the Barren Lands
caribou as another source of meat
supply which he believes, if properly
husbanded, would be virtually inex-
haustible.
"I estimate there are 60,000,000
caribous in northern Canada," said
Me. Rouse. "They winter in the Bar-
ren Lands, but in summer venture in
search of pasturage as far south as
Athapupuskow Lalce and the region
south of -Churchill' River. They sup-
ply the Eskimos, Indiana, Bunters and
lumbermen with quantities of meat
and wolves slaughter thousandis of
them annually. Still they are in-
creasing in numbers. They are .a
species of deer about the size of a
reindeer and their meat is tender and
of 'fine flavor. They could easily .be
domesticated and, like the caribou
herds of Alaska, now becoming an
abundant meat supply.
"The vast herd's of 'caribou are a'
meat mine which should' be worked
by Companies,, with. organized bands
of hunters and equipped with storage
plants on the hunting grounds. It is
i pity to allow so much good food. to
i o to waste, If 'the slaughter of the
c eibeu is begun by market butte's;
the Government -should so safeguard
HUM GAS
AM) ITS WONDERS,
EXCELLENT SUBSTANCE FOR
IN FILLING BALLOONS.
May Furnish the Light of the Future„
a Brilliant and Cheep
lit uminant.
Not mall the next war will the dia..
the animals .as to prevent their ex- • covery that helium gas Is as serefee•-
tet mtuation, It is to be hoped the able as hydrogen for file filling of bol --
caribou will not meet the fate of loons render itself manifest as epoch-•
the buffalo in the United States, If malting for military lttt'1>osea. Being
the herds are properly conserved they nonnifumnialile, It will give to the
•.,1 Canada's
should add material to
i v
dirigible aid h observation balloon.
t to b, n
meat supply fo • an ea •s.
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a p. Y x m Y Y ? (hitherto so vulnerable to incendiary.
"The development of the food re-� bullets) a near immunity to attack.
sources of the vast mossy tundras What is helium?
of northern Canada will demonstrate It was discovered as far back as.
anew that the northern limit of pro- 1868, in the atniospliere of the,sun. Ii.
ductivity has not yet been reached, is naw known to be one of the iiinoi'
and that , a great fertile area of Can -I gases that help to make up the at --
ado., more extensive, than :her famous! mosphere of the earth,
wheat lands, rem?ains as yet virtually Weare accustomed to think of the•
unknown and unexploited." air we breathe as composed of four--
fifths nitrogen and one-fifth oxygen..
A UNIVERSAL COIN. But it is not quite so simple a mix-•'
lure as that. Nearly 1per cent of it.
May be One of the Outcomes of the is made up of five other and little-
-;League of Nations. known gases—helium, argon, neon,•
krypton and xenon.
What a comfort money would be
that one could spend anywhere in the
world, without exchanging it for the
local brand of currency?
As one result of the league of na-
tions movement we may have an' in-
ternational coin, We may even have
an international paper dote, or Certifi-
cate, or whatever we may choose to
call it,
An international coin (as tentative-
ly described) would be stamped on one
side with an international design,
stating its value in the monetary
terms of various countries. On the
other side it would exhibit design and
lettering to identify it with the coun-
try of its origin.
Every year many millions of dol-
lars -worth
ollars-worth of foreign coins are melted
at the mints of each nation of the
world and used as bullion for conver-
sion into that nation's particular coin-
age. It seems a pity, because an ob-
vious waste of labor. An internation-
al gold piece, in perhaps three de-
nominations, would do away with this
absurdity.
Men of perfect genitive are known
in all centuries by their perfect res-
pect to all law, and love of past tra-
dition; their work. in the world is
never innovation, but new creation;
without disturbing for an instant the
foundations which were laid of old
time.
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How Helium is Attained.
Chemists, a few years ago, discover-
ed that they could get helium in a..
pure state ley heating monazite—the:
stuff that yields thorium, out of which
incandescent gas mantels are made.
But the war has driven invention on.
at a great piece; and often accident.
helps invention—as, for instance,
when some folks in Texas complained
that their natural gas, though ade-
quate in supply, did not burn well.
Government experts, asked for ad-
vice, found that the reason it did not. -
burn well was (as analysis disclosed)
that it contained 2 per cent. or more;
of helium.
Helium won't burn. Why, then, not.
use it for balloons?
Eureka. In a moment the long -puz-
zling problem—that of finding- a non-
inflammable gas for filling balloons—
was solved. Practical experiments•
proved the solution satisfactory and.
complete.
To separate the helium from natural.
gas was not very difficult. All that,
was needed wes to chill the gas to a.
temperature where all the rest of the,
stuff was frozen. TIte helium, ,being
the last to freeze, was thereby sep-
arated, out.
Atmospheric air is a gas (ora mix-- '
lure of gases) only because of tem-
perature. Make, it cold enough, and
it becomes a solid, resembling clear
glass, Any gas. will become a liquid
and alien a solid if the thermometer t
descends sufficiently far.
Half the' Cost of Electric Light.
Beliutfi becomes a liquid at 518 de-
grees below the zero of Fahrenheit --
that is: to say, less than six degrees•
above the "absolute zero" that is ne•
temperature at' all, and at whieh-
everything in nature becomes solid.
At' the temperature of helium's.
liquefaction everything else in crew--
'tion is frozen solid, even including hy-
drogen,
It is interesting in this connection,
to consider that helium has before it,
a much more important prospect than
that of filling balloons, It may fur-
nish the light of the future—a move-
brilliant,
ovebrilliant, more beautiful and much,
cheaper light than any now in use.
If a glass tube be filled with helium.
gas, and a current of electricity be
passed through, the tube hecoines
brilliantly luminous with a light of
yellowish color, soothing and agree-
able to the eye, It costs about half as
much, for a given candlepower, as the
ordinary incandescent electric light.
Suggestion is made that it might -be
effectively employed by running a
continuous tube of it all around the
ceiling of a room, time diffusing the il-
lumination as much as possible,
•MADE PRINCE ALBERT PAY.
Canadian Gateman -Did Not Recognize
His Royal Guests.
An informal visit by the Queen,
Princess Mary and Prince Albert to
the Canadian battle photographs in
the Grafton Galleries began with an
amusing incident.
A lirench Canadian orderly held the
gate, and when the royal party ala
proached he demanded tickets,
"How much are they?" asked the
Queen.
"One -and -throe." said the Canadian,
whereupon Prince Albert produced the
required amount and they were ad -
mined pant the barrier. Being a zea-
lous businessman, the orderly follow-
ed this up by offering catalogues, and
again the Prince. smilingly produced
the required anioiont.
The distinguished visitors remained
in' the galleries for an ho11v. On leav-
ing, the French-Cavadlan,.. , ho had
lea}'ned' who lila guests were, tried to
apologize to Prince Albert.
"That's all right, old man," said the
Prince, slapping him on the back, "It
was worth it."
Turning around, the .Queen smiled.
"It was an iufoi•mal visit," she said,
and we quite expected to pay."
It is the Custom'of members •of' the,
Royal family, when visiting public
amueeinents,•, to pay the customary.
Charges for whatever seats they oc-
cupy.
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The highest ambition of a China-
man is to have a, fine coffin and a
fine funeral.
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