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Cow
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BY. ROBERT a, C. STEAD.
(Copyright The, Musson Book Co.)
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.
Dr. Hardy, famous •specialist, and
his daughter Irene, meet with an acci-
dent while on a motoring trip in the
foothills of Alberta and find, a refuge
in the cabin of the Elden ranch where
dwell *David ,and his ais‘solute father.
The girl and boy promise to meet
again in the future. Alter his father's
drunken death David gees to sleek his
ifertune in town, selling his horse for
eixty dollarec
NAPTER W.—(ep:111'dt)
'Tii'buy hini back in the morn',
I will, sure as hell," be .said in a
sudden gust of emotion. "We got ,tio
Feick together. I didn't pilay fair with
him, but Pli buY him back. Perhaps
caii get a job for him, too, pullin' a
light wagon, or sornethin,."
The resolution to "play lair" yritih
Slop -eye gradually restored his .cheer-
fulness, and he waikect .slowly .1>aek to
tlie hotel, looking in at any window
displays, as he went. Half shyly he
paused before a twindovr of women's
• "That is ;smooth," he said. "I'd a
sworn that was the black card"
"So it was—when you saw it," his
companion .eoeplairied. "But you were
just ;bike the sucker that played him.
You Icauldn't help glancing at the jay
getting out his money, and it was in
that instant the trick was done. Hee
toa quick for the eye, but that's how
Davie became interested. Re eaw
two or three otheTS lose fives and tens.
Then his companion pinahed his arm.
',‘Watch that new guyt" he whiSPered.
"Watch him. He's wise."
A new player had- approached. He
stood near the table for some minutes,
apparently looking on casually; •then
his left fist came down on one of the'
cards. ,".A. hundred on .this one," he
said, and began :thumbing out a roll
with his other hand.
"You ;ain't playin"," said the dealer.
"You ain't tin 'on this."
"Ain't I? What do you say, fel-
lows?" turning to the .crowd. "Am I
mn or not?"
4Sure you're in," they exclaimed,
wear—fine, filmy thangso soft and Sure youre 'repeated: a big fel-
elusive, and, he supposed, very ex- low, lounging forward. "If this guy
pensive.. He wondered if Reenie ;ain't in we .elean you out, see?"
bought clothe's. like -that to wear in! "It's on me," said the dealer, with
her city home.. And, then he began to, an ugly smile. "Well, if I must pay,
look for a 1,rown sweater 'and to move I -pay„ 'Turn 'er up."
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the , big •fellow. who InsiSted on his
ibeing -"in," end the other player who
had won a hundred .d.olliars a few min-
utee;betore, were all partners :with the
sballPeir, auct vmoblott at this moment
were avian, his ,.sixty dollars -411e
priae cf. iOld thena.
Early II'Met morning be was awake
and -a.stir, The re-oollection o.f his Ips
emit a sudden pang throug.h lies morn-
ing ;spirits, but he tried to .close his
mina ti› 'Ne use worryin" over
that," he said., jingling the few coins
that :now -represented his wlealth,
"ThaVs. over and gone. trade.d. sixty
dollars
for my first lesson: MaYhe it
was a bad trade, 93.nt, anyway, I ain't
gain' to squeal!' He turned that
tbought over in his. mind, It suddenly
oocarted to him that it expressed a
principle which he might very well
wieave into his new life. "If I tan
jts! get that idea, an live up to lt,"
he• said, "never to squeal, no matter
what• hits me, nor, how; gueSiitb
•wobhisixty 'dollars." He whistled
as he finished, dressing, ate his break-
fasb theerfully, and set out in search
• of employment. .
(To be continued.)
War Tax.
The man who ran the elevator of the
slry-seraper was 'talking te a passen-
ger,
, "The judge eertainiy, did -soak him,"
he said. "He sentenced ;him to three
years and ten days. Now I under-
stand the three years all right; but
what the ten days were for I'd like to
know?" .
"That was the War -tax," said a quiet
citizen who got aboard at tble tenth
floor.
In water, s•eund tray -els about foil
he es . and•ti. half times as fast .as in arr.
,
from window to winclow.'And present- It was black. The dealer paid out
ly he found himself at his, hotel. a hundred -dollars to the new player,
The men's sititng-room now pre- who quickly .disappeared in the crowd.
serited a much more animated picture Dave hadmade Ins decision. It .was
than when he had registered earlier gplain his companion's tip was straight.
in the -evening. It was filled with There was just one way to beat this
ranchers, cowboys., and 'cattlemen ,of game, but it was .simple enough when
all degrees-, breeders,' buyers., traders, you knew how. He sidled close to the
e'wner's, and wage-earners, with a table, making great pretence of in-
• sprinkling of townspeople and others [difference, but watching the cards
not dirsctly .engaged in some phase .closely with his keen :Hack eyes. The
of the cattle business. The room was 'dealer showed his hard, made a few
strong with s..arioke and language and
expectoration and goodfellawship to
Which the maudlin . carousal of the
quick passes, and the black card flew
out to the right, This was Dave's
chance. He 'pounced on iit with Ms
line-up at the bar furnished appro- left hand, while his other plunged
priate accompaniment, Through the into his pocket. •
.smoke he could see another room "Sixty dollars on this one," he -cried,
far -her back, in which were a. number and there was the triumphant note in
of pool tables; loud voices and loud his voice of the man who knows he
• laughter and occasional awe-inspiring has beaten the other at his own game.
rips of profanity betokened deep in- "You ain't playin'," said; the de•ale,r.
te•rest in the game, and he allowed "You ain't in on this."
hiniseLf to drift in that direction. Soon "That don't go," 'said Dave, very
he was in a group watching a -gaudily quietly. "You're playin' a public game
direeeed individual doing • a sort ,ef here, an' I choose to play with you,
• s-leight-of-hancl trick with three cards this once. Sixty dollars on this card."
on a table. • He was fumbling his money on the
"Smooth guy that," said someone table.
at his side. 'The remark was evident- "You ain't playini repeated the
Ty intended for Dave, and Inc turned dealer. •
• toward the speaker. He was a man "You're a butt -in. YOU ain't in thil's
somewhat smaller than Dave; two or ganbe at all."
1 three years older; well dressed in town "Sure he's lull" said the •criceed.
, clothes; with a rather puffy face and "Sure he'e in," repeated 'the big
'! a gcl&filled tooth from which a tor- feaow who had interfered before.
1 ner had been brq.en as though to 11C- "He's a stranger here, but you play
commodate the olgarette whicb hung with him or you don't play no more
'., there. He blew a slow double stream in this joint, see?"
; of smoke from bis nostrils and re- "That's hAting' me twice in the
peated, "Smooth guy that." same spot, an' bittin' me hard," whin -
"Yes," said Dave. There as it was ea the dealer, "but ybu got it on me.
I I :
: apparent the stra.n.ge•r was inclined to Turn 'er up."
I be friendly, he continued?, "What's the The 'card was red.
idea?" • Dave looked at it stupidly. It was
The stranger nudged him gently. a moment or two before he realized
, "Conte out of the bunch," Inc said, in that his money was gone. Then, re -
a low voice When they h•ad moved gardless of those about, he rushed
;.a. little apart ho went ,con, in a eonfi- throu•ghth•e orowd, flinging bystanders
, d•entialli tone. "He has a little trick right and left, and plunged into the
. with three loards that brings him in night. •_
the easy coin. Ild's smooth as grease, He walked down a street until it
but the things' simple. Oh, it's, awful lost itself on the prairie; then Inc eel_
Simple, It's out of date with the eir- lowed.a prairie trail far nito the eoun-
euses in the States—that was where try. The sir Was toad and a few drops
.1 got wise to it—hut it seems to get of rain were flying in it, but Inc was
'em here. Now you watch him for a unconscious- of the Weather. He was in
minnte," and they watched through a rage, through and through. Moro
an ope-ning in the crowd about his than once his hand went to his re-
tati.1e, The player held three cards, volver, and he hall turned on his heel
'two red ones and a black. He passed to retrace his steps, but his better
' them about rapidly over the table, judgment led him on to fight it out
; occool'onally turning his hand: side- with himself, Slop -eye was new a
ADVANCg
'Birds That Fell Trees.
as a house!' It
and you might
kind of super -
it is built by a
than a catraey,
birds like Com,
A bird's nest as big
sounds a tall .arder,
think that only s,rarre
0$.6r1011 could make it.
As a matter of tacit,
little fellow bigger
S outh African s,o cle ty
pony, They live in large coloniee, alt
the members of wbirh build in the
same tree.
Eaell pair constructs• a, nest of mud,
jOining its walls to those of its neit-
adsr pagailiors. As colenieS are
several thousand strong, the bird town
soon reaches a very respectable size.
'rate fellieleptig season the colonY 00-
cuPies the same tree, huittling new
nests on top of the old ones. The tree
creaks and groans, but the society
birds take no notice
• • •
Sometimes the huge mass of nests
collies, crashing down., and the air is
Ailed with dust, feathers and frighten-
ed squeake. But often the tree, itself
is Weighed Own by the industriouS
co•lonix•ers, urAril eventually it cOlJapses
beneath .the weight ct their hoines.
Titles in Trade.
The proudest names in Great Britain
are now the counters of shine
of London's most fashional shops and
department stores.
Stratagem.
Bby, (to his dad): "Dad, can you
sign your name with' your eyes &hilt?"
His •• Dad: "Certainly."
"Well then, shut your eyes and sign
my report card."
,
• He who swells in prosperity will
shrink in adversity.
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A Peaches -and -Cream Complexion. - to have a whitening effect .upon the
, , . , , ,
Wiashing the face is :Such an every-- skin. , , . '. ....
day .occurrence, that it ;hardly seems An active liver and regular habits
necessary to idllecuss- it, but the right
W5 y of .doing it brings the hest re-
sults, and results --are what we want.
Cold water, or that which has had
the taken off (not lukewarm); is
the Most refreshing for the morning
wash, and if the skin was prop.erly
.cleansed the night 'before, soap will
not 'Inc neede.d.
• A very oily skin sheuld be washed
with warm water. A person who is
exposed to ;dust and grime will 'feel
more comfortable if the ace is rinsed
several times ,daring tthe day, with a
good sertibbing at the close of the
day's -work or just before retiring
. . . -
The peres rnay be ',cleaned; by means'
of a 'cleansing .crearn or by means of
soap alone.
Cleansine' cream is lighter than
ordinary massage .cream and does not
nourish the skin, but it does soften
it land loosens the dirt. Work the
-cream well into every part of the face
and neek—for 'the neck gets more
grime• rubbed into it than you can
irrtaigine. You'll Inc amazed to see the
dust come from. the pores, and ib..) see
how fresh your ,skin will look. Wipe
off this soiled cream on an old soft
cloth., rinse the .skin with hot water,
then rub a lather V soap an the face-
cloth and go- over anidi over the f ace
and neck gentil•y. rinse with
hot water untilthe akin is free of soap,
then rinse with cold water to close the
pores. Better still, take a piece tsf ice
and:rub over and over' the face until
it tingles. Wipe dry b patting, with
are abeediutely necessary if one wauld
have a, clear coinplexion, and the im-
portance of the all-over bath cannot
Inc too 'highly. emphasized. Oranges:- and
lemons both assist the liver, and sev-
eral eranges a day (eaten without
sugar) will be of great benefit. A
half-hour before breakfast, take the
juice of one lemon in a cupful of hot
water, addin.g fa dash -of salt; this
combination '.acts directly on the liver,
whitening 'the :skin.
Javelie Water..
Why not make a jar of javeile water
this summer? It is a magic water
which, a,fter once using, the housewife
will never Inc without.
It can Inc used in a multitude ••of
ways, during ilrouisecleaning. It will
'remove stains from pracJticaliiy all the
cooking utensils, especially tea and
7
Had Your
Iron Today?
r11gi Mit
*iv( tit
oast
Delicious Raisin 13read
DO..,this some morning and surprise the
family: • Serve hot raisin toast at break-
fast made from full -fruited luscious raisin.
bread. Let your husband try it with his cof-
fee., Hear what he says.
Your grocer or bake shop can supply the
jomper bread. 'No need to bake at home.
Made with big, plumP, tender, seeded Surt,
Maid Raisins and if you get the right kind
there's a generous supply of these delicious
fruit -meats in it.
-- insist on this fun-fru/red bread and you'll
have luscious toast.
Rich in energizing nutriment and iron—
great food for business men
Make most attractive bread pudding with
left -over. There' S' real economy in bread,
Try tot -norm* molting. A real surplise.
Telephone your dealer to send a loaf tod ay„
:CeLeded ISMS
Make delicious bread, pies, p,uddingti,
,cakes,•etc. Ask your grocer for, them.. 'Send.
for free, hook of tested recipes..
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Sun -Maid Q. -severs,
)11 ottb e rs14.13 :000
Dept:1\1-4.3-12, Fresno',
bit of fresh frnit used sugar must
be added.
Cheese ;straws are expensive to buy
but ,can• Inc made cheaply from pastry
left -overs. Make the p•ieces into a lump
and roll out very- thin: Grate .cheese
(tha't which is t'C'o dry= for the tablc.
may Inc used), all over the pastier;
fold,. roll, grate more cheeZe; and re -
coffee pots. It icleans aluminum or peat. Then •eut the pas•try in thin
graniteware •equally aS well. It is fine e,beig,e and hake. •
to •bleach the bread heard, moulding
board, Or kitchen 'teibles.:-'1 will re-
moye •stains Irom the 'dish towels,
tablecloths, napkins, and. other white
-cloths. JaYellle water removes -all color
and should ,not be useci on ,colored
materials. io make, diseelve ene-half
pound of chlonide of lime in two ,quarts
of told watereand one pound -of wash-
ing soda in one miart of boiling,water.
Letboth settle andl pour off the clear
liquid. Mix, let the', mixture •siet-blie,
sit:rain through a cloth, pour into bot-
tles, .cork, and keep in a dark place.
For -stain removal, with ain
an old. towel; -and. you'll have a skin earbiaelievailnuint,ehiosf ilotil the stSalionak dtpse.
like a rase petal.
Ice brings the blood to .1th.e skin, aPPedis'i then• rinse tinermghlY: in
draws the pones, making the corn- several, cle'ar waters, and finally in'idil-
pleXion fine-grained, and pulls up the oc:ibeiotcte`asTn::enifarowniattewr.i);tFoolt'iliweheittea,nbianeg.
lax muscles that are the first signs
of ,age. If yeu .have no .iee, pat the Veen -IS of 'the 'liquid in the Tinter in
are boiled.
skin with a cloth -wet with a mixture whilch „elk:tithes
of tincture benzoin and water. A
Using Up the Pastry Scraps:
few drops of benzoin to a small bowl-
fnl of. water will 'Inc enough. The. housekeeper who makes a pie
Two -or t'hree times a week, just be- every day or two,eaves a great deal
fore retiring eldanse tine face with ef time, by :making enough short erteet
warm or not. water -ancl soap. The at one time to. last a week.' Kept in
face -cloth •sheold he wrung out of hot a cool place, Where odors from other the Wood to replenish the .small am -
body daily. A raisin
several Minutes. Repeat the process the end of the week than when fresh -1 °ftmt limt 137 the
A ipastry- turnover with a •fillinti of
;chopped meat. er Sausage' is an ac-
'-ceptabiee adjunot :to'' a lunch basket.
Keep Milk and Butter Cool.
Diiiing hot _.weather „the housewife
wh.o has neither ice noir 'cellar finds
great difficulty in keeping milk -sweet
and ;butter in good shape, The follow-
ing method, if used, will Inc of con-
siderable assistance in this difficulty.
Paok large stone jar, three, four,
ar five gallon capacity, in a box of
wet sand halving the sand; five or six
inches thick 'under 'and around the
sides• of the jar. Place a tight cover
over the jar and box and set Inc thie
shade. The milk and butter that is
placed in this jar will keep ex-
cellent drape for some time. Keep
the sand -thoroughly wet as this is
tbe., important factor.
Raisins Are a Valuable Food.
The iron 'content of rais•ins, long ad-
mitbect to excieed that of •oth'er ,fruits,
is a blead-builder, needed in: summer.
and winter alike., ,nl easily assimil-
able.forrn it is readily absorbed by
water and placed over the face flor food will not taint ib it is Itett .•
, a12
• product at least once a day, and pre -
until the pores are opened.- Next, wet lrrade4 And 'evil:limit the trouble of • • • • ' •
• ferably at noon when .the SIM is hot -
the fingers, rub them over the ;soap, making the pastry every thne, one teat, will work wonders in reetheieng
tun rub tine soap over the lace, WerIc-.• 'have a inc much oftener' blirkin2;' sapped -47her.gy during the .surnater
one 'it Well into the pores, Soap ap- freSal .0.n. the daY it is to be eaten, months.
,plied in 'this way getis righ't down instead of baking Several, the last of
where it is needed airdi cleanses the which is apt to be soggy' and stale mtnarcrs' Liniment for Dandruff.'
skin much more ,thoroughly thari ,oa,n after etan,ding a couni.e of days.
Inc done -with a faceecloith. After a
thorough robbing eitse off the soap,
eways so that the onlookers ,could see dream, a memory, gooe—e'one. EverY- filsg, with warm water entil.all,e0,ap
the position of the cards. Then Inc thing was gone; only Inc revolver 'and bee 4yee,n remved, then with cad
suci•denly threw them, face down, on a few 'cents remained. He gripped the ter , n ;order to etas* the ores
I p'
the table, each Card by itself. revolver 'again, With that Inc :we's ""__'"
"lhe trick is to locate the blacksupreme. NO man in all that town. agallt 11th4 'skin nm1•10
ibec's i°1$ a
card," Dave's campancon explained.
of moil schooled in the ways ef the 'healing lotion i applied. The rig:lit
1 "It's easy enough if you just keep 'West was more than his equal; while lotion to use m else an astringent .and
Should Inc'left On overuight. A good
lotion consists of equal parts of
lerriort-juice and 'gliYeerille.
Cucumber juice, totriato juioe and
buttermilk all haVe a whitening effect
upon the skin. The following lotion
is recommended for the girl :s.vho 'tans:
Bose -water, one-half pint; pulverized
•hora.-X, 06Jc-quarter ounce; et -rained
lemon -juice, one-half pint, Use :freely
after being exposed to the sun.
It is iinpossible to, 'recommend u
soap whieh Will agree with alt ekins;
therefore, it is best to experiment
until a ;soap whiten suits the incliviclu-al
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' your eye on the card, but the trouble that grip lay, in bris, palm. At the
with those rubes • is they. name . the point of that muzzle Inc could demand
card and then start to get nut their his rrienesr back --and get
, in onie.y, and While , .they're fumbling • Then he laughed. Hollow arid enipty
foe it Inc makes a change so. quick it sounded in the night air, but it vial's
f they never see it- There's just• one a laugh, and it saved his spirit. "'Why,
.i waY to beat bini. Get up elose, but., Imo fool," Inc ehuekled. mYou earne
I
ition't, Say You're going' to PlaY; 'ititt, 'ti> town for tolearn .somethint, didn't
!pretend ;you're getting . interested.' yott? Well, you're' learnin?. .8l1dST
' Then when you're dead sure of a card dollars a, throw. Education dotnes
i
ire -rack reit': fist down oh it, Glue your- high, •dortit ilt? Bet you Shan:Wit*
to Self eight it, and, got out . your' kick. He didn't ,aoa,x you irt, an gave
money -with the ether hand.' When he you every thartee ta back..aWay. Yon
eiees you do that he'll try to Muff 'You5, 'butted in and got Stung. P0111111418.
.t.e.ay you 'ain't in Olt it, but yon jttSt tell you've learried totnethin! worth sixty
,iihtin that :don't go, this :IS an Open dollars." .
iI gam.e.,,eanti hes got to come through; With :these : More philosophical
attd.the crOWcilll back you, upI stuck thoughts .he ttirrtedtownward again, 10 discovered, Two, er three applica-•
. .fhini tine -ea Whole 'hundred fint track :and as he tramped allOng his Augns. ht- 'tin•f. one kind of' soap will . enable .. '.
--eand then he barred, me. Ncfateh him." belatedness reaSserted:- itself. -His" one to judge its effecb upon the 'skin
Dave 'W,"at011iedj. • *Sou` the 'black eard sense' of 'fairness made him. feel that '
a, itioWn • at one 'corner of . th,o heard; he 11)11(1; 110, grip.,47,01Q0' against the ea od -
" dollar .:11,11.' Sat" the hiH. laid an the ways Of the aiaroe it frevar.00ourred .to 'lan'lls` ,
i . ,
, amid. if it. 'is net found agree•able :the
,,ovwet bimitandor 4,611,06i; and, in alio, intirje.,011,66 ,,eti„ the resit of the 4.alc.0,- can be rgatt fer the
sart' it turned., itp—and . it WnS blin that 'the.: El.:10/1(111 struntee .e,•the! .oreatirtS arid lotions
had ShOwed -him how to play it and • are Itig'hly recio ientrided tired are said
•
Short pastry -does not require butter
at all but enily pure lard, ancl"thiat 111
'the proportion of not less than seven
0111-1011S to a pound: of flour. Acid to
this a half -teaspoon cif salt arid lust a
dash o:f baking powder,- ar. a pinch of
,oream tart.ae. The laid is rubbed
itto the flour, and it is mixed With
very -cold water into a firm • paste.
Roiling is good for it, and makes it
rather flaky, •
When we have bits of pastry left
ovee which are not big enough for a
pie, we make them up into things for
lunch ,ba.skets, which will carry with-
out mussing .tip the more solid part of
the lunch, Eccles cakes are favorites.
A bit of pastry is rolled mit thin, a
tea sp o onfe of seedless ta i sins, a sin all
lialf-teaspoon of sugar, a clash of nut-
meg or cinnanion,eaniel :tiny :bit e.,f
hotter about the Size or
in the middle, The edges are then
gathered up, the -cake turned over and
ea:led out about a quarter -inch thick.
This is baked iin a • quick OVOTI.
duinpling made in the same way,
substituting half an apple, a preserved
ta-eaeh -00 pl , o r tease oo ii, I or
good ;hole The dem lel; ng notrollo ,
f, ed ges are pin:he d tight, if a
Subconscious.
. ,
To. . girls hal been asked to
wa,ter the flow-ers• in the garden, ana
afte they had done so they began dis-
outing'. as to .WhIltch„ hied earrleil, the
greater ilumber spribielkg cans. "4
know • I: did," insisted thee 'younger
child., "because -1 carried 'fire• that I re-
member and OSLO. that -I 'don't remem-
ben!'
• A Vast Expanse.
An incident that Sir Ernest Sha.cirle-
ton always repeated with, glee. was the
reply one of the Irish nrombens miaide
to him when Shackleton, asked: "Can
you imagine the enormoue extent of
thos,e vest Arctic snoW fields'?"
"Yes," replied the Irish member, "I
had the game sinsation the iir,st 'time
I .appeared in public wearing a dress
shirt."
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The fI, f 85 TractO'r (F.O.B Tofonto
Pays foi. Itself iiI,Loibor SAved
01.1,1013cultivating ns wfh a wheel hoc„
$prywhe'et wiU hart more than paicl fpr
itsdfby the: labor Oe.,toritise saved..
Ag4kcio.s open in amine IOd alities., • ,,,,.
• 62 Bpi,' 7,•0
140110Nite,
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• IA' Ora. laleadail;:iid`Xk'
,-,etoeegtki,ay, July 6, 1921;
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MENACE OF DUST
EXPLOSIONS
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The problem, of dust exploelons
flour India, and 'other industrial es-
tablishments is now exeiting seelous
attention for Inc first time. The Cana.
diem G•dvernment has undertaken to
co-operate with tIte 'United States od-
mlin.%'itrattvo authatiirities lin the matter,
and some of -the States have udividnal.„
ly taken...it •
intereot in the subject may
be said tO have beenbrought to a foetus
by ithe great disaster at 'South Chicago,'
when the Northwestern. Elevator, the
largeis•t in the. world, Wag blerwir up
with a leiSsiof six. lives and more than
$3.000,000. It was built ef yeeeime.te,
with a 'capacity of 10,000,009 bushels,
and ardS. deemed so •siafe.tha,t- the own-
ers refused td- insure ti..te structure. Yet
a mere Spark communteilted to wheat
dust reduced it in a marnont to a heap
of ruins. • '
Until very 'recently It was- not re,al.
ized that an explosion could result
from such 1 • OfrUS(0. but It is new
known that any kind of 'dust, it cent -
posed of eonibustible material,' may;
if distributed throng -h. ,air, h -as data-
'germs- as sio..1111/011'`guinipotir,die,r. „Dyna-
mite In largie ,quantIties could, pet ha y
-Mare eonKTIOtely wrecked tho elevator
In South Chicago. ,
Wheat dust, sugar -dust, the dust of
eforagirlading eork dust, soap -
:Powder 'dust, malt ..du_st, eVeli metal
dusitse • aro' equally dangeronS, under
sinytia,r cOncliticers. Not lOng ago a
candy' factory in Boston wars blown op
by the aCcid'entai ignition of' powdered
sugar used fur cowing marshmallows.
Ignitible dust of any kind -afloat ini the •
air, its -particles in intimate con -tact
wife, oxygen, burns, if sat era fire, with
such rapidity as to engender in:stain;
itaneousity a huge volume at gas, tine
,expansion -of 'Thiel' in a Confined space'-•
will rend the ,sibrougast,:wallt31-asunder.
Thu kylipiat bkic;', of tlie Soittli:-Chicago
elevator were'builit releafereed'ebn-' •
ecete, ThyTlndjricai in forme. each ef
• them pilusty-five" f.eeit high and thirty- •
three feet- in- d..lanneter. •Tba, exploSion
• .
exerted its Main undierneatla, 111
Ingeofrt,y of them bodily' into the: a,ir
ced teteely -wireeking •eighteen..,
- The Last .trvetive: ditit-explesionS Ini
Canada and the States killed:
154 persuee, injured 209, and 'caused a
irroney loss of S16,0-90,990. •
The present • method of ha•rielling
grain •at elevators is exceed:reedy' dan-
gerous. et le: la.1110r1ault ibik1 dust-ccii-
lectine, , apparatus—fans,' and pipesto
suck it u -p and remove it -,--should Inc
installed in all peaces wh•Ore. theeduist,
,created by attrition, of the grain, is
liable to be "kicked up."
• Lettters-as Newspapers. ,
At one tine there were no news-
papers, and new.S. had td be passed on
entirely by Word of moiriar.
The firs.t papers were in the form of
letters, iand the ,eiarilliest .o.f these was
the "ActaDiumna" (Daily Happenings-)
pupil -Stied in Rome in 691 B.C.
The laSit ,nervis,-1.otils.r was timed iti
America in 1704. This was the "Bos-
ton News 1,etten," seyeral copies of
which are to -be found in. the collection
of the. Roston.. Ilistorical Society.
The first newspaper , printed from
type was enAled the "Gazette," anti
was published In Bavaria itt 1457,
whilo, the first ,adverbisement that ap-
peared, was the aluloutteerneilit
of a roira,r,d ,or 'the recovery of two
stolen horses, and was centained' in
the: London -,P.Inreferi,ial. intelligcer"
New Telephone Mouthpiece
Prevents EeavesciropPing.
A telephone mouthpiece has been in-
vented "which gives, to the ordinary
desk phone all the 'privacy of a booth
,phone. It not only tramSraits whisper-
ing sounds, but effectually screens the
rodeo So that a person standing near
the. sneaker le unable to diStinguish
the words spoken, hearing only an in-
distinot nurrinar.
....Cold comfort,
A. man was almost frantic with the
toO,Lhache. The only other person in
the rooni was his pompous, •'pedanitc,
flja t,ter -of -fee t „a e
Presently th e man. h Lir-St out,: "Ok
I wish to giialicess people were- born
. ,
witho u t teeth"
I -Its• aunt giante,ed rip from her paper.
"A unntient's eninSitteiration inOr sdear
• Arlfred," she said, ternincl yoU
,that that is precisely what ,cloes
lien." And she ,wein t o10 reading.
my braiuie,".sairla leo-ung -su-itor 10 the
p
'Ole 1 ''ilaree.ey, you have Vito pis to -i,
all right," -so and lett lien won
cl 'et trig. '
Soon saner a hircl Or a Tatinkey
po
figs, e ,0 e:ticitiaott6; sA-fiic,a l•vin ti.111,do
bark, of Some other tree'tlie seed ger tri-
• Ma:tea and the youhg Plant sends ont, ,
reots reaching' to , thn ground and
-raises :a .crawn that quickly overtops
the tree that serves as •fin i:riveltuitery
host. Then, having escaped the clan-,
,uers of the jungie floor and Made sure
ei1 almectent sterlig,lit, the -Pro-
ceeds to envelop its host, which iS'snori
lcil , ;and ;buried w 1 thin the' lingo bill,'
1,1^.,sel trunk of the Rolla
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