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The Caned:tele Maallfecterers' Mae-
-elation woota tne Derelulort Gottern.
latent to toil it hoW to obtain an ex. I
Port treat After tab War, Senator
Nicholls wa earthed that when the war
was over and the manufacture of
rauatuons vtoppa4, the factories would
fasted lete ,uniees SOMA other mantle
theturee took the Ow of •tbe MUM,
tione, The manufacturers, themsevea, be eald, intow little about how
te create such a erede, and he asked
the Government to legit the Way. We
imagine that the members of the Gov-
ernment know as little about it as do
the MantlfaCturers. If the mauufac-
turere were to ehew the Government
what they want the Government might
he able to glee them data and put
them in e0mMunication with Outgo
with who rea they Want to do beeluese.
Sir Georgie B. neater bas always told
the mreautahturers that it is their bus -
awes to look.after trade; Were they
to hold a eauference wall the Govern-
ment they migl-tt get the intormetion
they Tient as Well Zia he able to !A-
tari:et the Governraent es to tete
aistance rehired. q'te export ta •ad-
vantage the manufacturers malt 11P:11-
ufa,cture cleectpty, and to do that they
must have cheap raw material.
Dealing ;Vith: trade after the war;
the British 13oerd- cIf Trade cemnate
tee$ appointed:to •consider theSnetter.
reeonmeetia the conservation of the
cotton and -weed eapply tor t firita'n
and her hilteitie A peace" of licenses
during the period Of reconeteuctien !s
reeoremended with prohibarm of ex.
port e to enemy countries thy a cog Pin
period, while eaporta to neutzal court
tries aeold bo partially restricted.
The growing of flax would also be
etimuleten. recomanon,ded that
an econentiC surfey Le.rnade of the re-
sources of tne, 'Empire, that the Iroi.
and steel mangeactexere aseotatte
themselves intO: a' tiataleeel selling or-
ganization, andethat.the economic pol-
icy of Great- Britaio and the Domin-
ions be co-ordinated.
This latter is somewhat ambiguous.
It might; look ,to free .trade within the
Empire,,or it mient mean a preferen-
tial tariff withia the, Empire. The
termer Would no; meet with the an--
proval ot the Canixdiarr manufadthrers•
The latter wouItteelloae llhelh be what
the Britieh Boarei t.Trade has in
-ether. Canadaehs elating up a huge
war debt. • T;o. meee these obligations
her faCtOriee•FilWo„.Ilie kept busy. 1Ju-
lees she= is to live °within herself she
mast ailiort, anetbf she is to export
she mut impert. ' 'All she can hope
for .is tbat the balance of trade be in
her favor, " • ,
THE 9',#)LAWAHA.
A Beautiful Byer in, the Heart of
riPrida.
Down throogh. the heart of Florida
winds one or -the most beautiful of
"American rliera aptly named by the
Iodians, Oklawhha, "Crooked teeters."
The ste,ataboattliat earriee you up the
etream 'scrapes It stilee against the.
„
river banks as. it tWiststhrough the
Pa1n:1604e a.ndi wlach Hate
the river De&
bwory, few minutee it imams that the
boat wiet ruo date/flee/banks which
Tofuee, tOstay, at tee sides, but are al-
ways si tjngse aa to gat directly ito,
the way; Joe es you decide what to
(lo whea teetaltpareninY taevitatne
itsion then occur, a long pole, dexter-
ously guided, Shoots, _out, 'the boat
swinge aroutalt feed you are safe until
next time. ,
tat presently the eborm of the tree -
lee 001240 you, and YOU forget to worry
about the boat'. You hear a suddea
"kerehunk," -Med a aloofly elligator
flings hitueelf from his sunny log into
the water. The swamps beside the
river ...are protuse with lilies, water
e hyacinths awl yellow _jasmine. Gray
• apaniele nioae wineeve; the trees.
The foliage is so defiee that you read-
ily imagine yeareelf in the Afrietin
jungle Instead of Oily t feW Miles
trLin cirlllration.t
The Water 3f the Oklawaha is black
as yon took dewn, but if you dip up a
cupful it is clear end sparklIn. DOWn
to join the dark river pews the Silver
Spring Run, a itrearo .aet clear as, the
OkIaWalaa is turbid. -11ore the boat
leaves the main titteeth of the Ohle-
waha and troVels up, the tributary to
let source, the niyeteriottsSilvcr
tho water gots into the cave. •and
wily it rttenee forth with such fo-ree
timing, a poo115 feet deeit cite°. How
are problems yet walttttg for lacteal-
fic axplatiattort. The great pool is
600 feet from Hp to hp, a diamond
In an emerald flatting,
Did "I ett: HnoW
That salt antt vitegith will
stains from tea eupe?
That a spoonful id kerosene andeil
to etarelt will prevent it front stick-
itet
'That a. lathe baltinrsoda Mixt With
Water and hung below the rots:later
moisturize the aver -dry -air of n fur-
nece..heeted roomy
retrieve -
That even envere liurha wili be in -
Blattner relletend be an epplieatich et
tweet on tine lane -water iefe.,d
kept an band for eraergetieles1
Maintaining Order in China,
rn c'.ca every ttiernbea fatally- is
rtvvers:bie for order ni that fandly ana
every 1nittl,4ant of a City is „Illittiy
reet'sible with every ether eirsert for
t;s treretuility. if a yo..inger ev,n in R
rumor thGuld .commtt ertrite, the older
$rftn Moly to be ted.,ett eugtodY
tn. the cffenCe, and, teerhe m puzdabed.
WIgg--111: i..•reat troublo aft% swo-
men Is that •tliey don't lock :amt.
Wagg-I don't know abglit lilt. Tee
average girl tea ioor rousaeau rind
wedding trial all tflifittft•tt long b,ifore
tlq• Mat prootiaal .cOrtlea.
It Is better to turn over a oneation
without ittelditig U tItte to titeltte it
without tatuittge It ever.--.Toabort.
At night eareetiraes he would give
is poisoned eoul over to loathing and
to hate of this man, now safe from
R11 accusation, all danger, all attaek-
twee forever as Arthur thougla wale
terrible despair. In the dusk of Ids
cell, with thee passioa-distorted and
with teeth barecitin a snarl -of hatred;
he would clutclt his blan,ket with fin-
gers that lusted to be at Slaysetne
threat, tearing the very life from that
cold, false, murderous being.
And new ambitious dawned in blin,
new desires to live, fresh hopes that
fanned Gee flame of his paesion for
freedom. One hope be came to cher-
lab in particuler above all others -the
hOPO that he =islet sonic' time go free
and live to settle this foul score once
and forever, to pay this debt in full,
to wipe it out, and look on the dead
face of Walter Slayten and spit upon
his corpse -and laugn,
'Shortly after the governor Iola re-
eused the Petition for a pardon, SlaY-
.ton's supreme insolence led hint to
Visit his victint in the sad place where
Each, day is like a year -
A year whose days are long.
Sleyton's purposter in making this
trip -like everything he did -was well
and cautiously calculated. He figured
thet the act would redound ta his
credit. • Arthur had accused and as-
saulted him. He would do his meal -
fest duty; that dutyihe was so fond ot
talking about, by returning good for
evil and by heaping coals of fire On
the head of this wayward boy.
„Then, too* a kind of morbid curios-
• ity possessed him to se,e the horrible
place where -save for his own quick
wits and diabolic skill -he hlmself
would now be awaiting death. He
wanted to behold the vicarious sacri-
fice. Arthur; lathing the bitter price
for the crime of hands still free.
Last of all the cashier figured that
• Arthur might do or say anything
which could be heralded abroad wan
the oftect of still rther proving his
guilt, and thus rendering Slayton's
own position safer still. All this time
the menace of old Jarboe had been
ghawitig at Slayton's withered soul as
rats gnaw n mouldy cheese. One look
at the cashier's face revealed the
wasting effects of that menace.
• Twice already he had paid the thou-
sand-doilar, monthly "iusurance pre-
bium"-as the repulsive Shyloek in -
gaited on calling it with cackling
nairth that hairowed his beina" to nee
roots. He knew perfectly well nen
that Jarboe was in deadly earnest,
and that a single defaulting of those
Payments would Mean accusation,
scandal perha.ps..fatal results. If by
any possible • means Slayton could
more thoroughly discredit the- boy,
mere deeply involve him or ruin him
more totally, the inevitable risks of
the visit would be welt worth while.
A coward at heart, he assured lama
eelf no real danger could attach to the
interview.' Arthur behind bars coald
not possibly injure him. It would all
be as sato as for ti cat to watch a
caged mouse. His ostensible motive
would be to beg some cOlifession about
what Arthur had done with the
stolen, one hundred and fifty
thou-
sand clollars-a motive that Chetteber-
lain very strotrily approved.
"By all means, zny dear Slayton,
do try to get some information from
him on the point," old Chamberlain
had said to bim witen lie Ilea men-
tioned his plan at the bank,
The bank, by the way, aad long
ilnce fallen into its old rats of
quietude aid peace. New tiles now
replaced the blood-stained ones where
Iteackenzie-aleettdy hi process of
being forgotten -lead fatten. A new
clerk occupied Arthur's desk. Al-
ready the crime was retreating into
the background, becoming a tradition
In the aistory of the iustitution.
"Do by all means add your eeforte
to all that has been done to gingen:a
trace of those missing funtlaa repeat-
ed Chamberlain. "So far, as .yoa
know, not the slightest clew has been
discovered."
"Nothing whatever," answered the
cashier, whose salary, by the way, had
been materially increased itecause of
his courage and his services to the
bank at the time of _the minder.
"Nothing whatever, Mr. Chamber.
lain. Peethaps r may have better Ittele
than the --the professional investiga-
tars. At any rate, even though I fail,
it
be my manifest ditty to try."
"Quite so," assented Chamberlain.
"I must admit I'm badly disappointed
In the Secitritas Agency. it seetus to
Dave signally- failed in this case."
"It doe.% indeed. I'm frank in tell-
ing you, Mr. Chamberlain, that I don't
belletee the money will ever be Vecove
eeod unless Mansfielh himself can be
induced to reveal its -whereabouts.
Sharp,that boy was. Sharp, keen,
and clover. He Muet have hidden it
smithy/hero in some extraordinarily
secure plate with the idea that le
might yet escape and get it, or at least
nee it to buy some epecial favors -to
heve the case reopened or something
Of !bat sort."
"Very likely, Very likely," muttered
the old banker wearily. "A sad, bad
Affair ell film -ugh. Well, do the best
you ea», Slaytert. to the very best
you ean• 1 know You Will, Without be-
ing told. Yottr duty and 'devotion to
the bankhave been beyond an criti-
Vista Some day, I hope, the institu-
tion may suitably reward you."
He Adak his head with dejettion,
anal° the cashier, his crafty tete
blinking behind his glasses, eyed hint
with great satisfaction. It staaned
hard to believe Chamberlain could
haVo aged se rapidly in a few short
months. The' loss to the bank, his
grid et Artithral Melte, and worry
°Yoe lead's prostration bad brought
him low indeed,
"GO, by all means," reiterated the
Pranident, turning to hie edesk with a
tired gesture. "Go, vita the unfor.
tunate treeing Man. Perhaps you eart
discover something. Point out to him
that etathealeaela can do hint 110 good
tow, and that he Can't exiled to buy
any Senora whatever by offering the
Money aft a brItest. Show hint hoer tile
:withholding of the sum tn question la
aropering the bank to a certain of.
rent, and. must, therefore, indireetly
tract on' Enid. Appeal to his sense
of
. tiiaytort laughed ironleally.
t "If he hats any left," tho old man
oontinued. "Appeal- to bit regard f•tv
And, though 1 hate to think et her
Zama being mentioned to him again
id spolom in that terrible place. Try
to hilte 14 soul. "no
"There must be sornething good
left in tho boy. God puts a little
Spark of the divine even in the meet
ertmlaal breast. You can possibly find
it and kindle it to do it little rigat
after so much wrong. Go, do your
best with him!"
, He dismissed Sleytont with a nod.,
The casaier, saying no more, returned
to aie work, Next day he visited Sing
eting.
CHAPTER XXI.
; It Was on Sunday, July 3, Met Wal-
ter Slaytonwith gulle and malice in
ale heart repaired to the bugo grey
place of pain beside the smiling rIver,
A liundred millions of Americans that
day were preparing to celebrate Lib-
erty. Slayton, worn and fearful as he
was, with) boding thoughts of Jarboe
ever in thew -background of his mind,
none the lees felt a real elation as he
made ready to celebrate Servitude.
; The thought of his victim, hivect
there in the vest, barren caravansary
of anguish, brought a smile to his
thin, straight lips as he came up" the
boardwalk near the prison. The grim
entrance of the penitentiary tilled him
with exultation. Ite very massiveness
and all the ingenious safeguards
thrown abotit the unhappy inmates
spoke to hint of tie own safety.
Should Arthur ever go free new and
terrible perils would -confront the
ceshier. But Arthur could never go
free, aud Jarboe was old-old--oldi
Arthur would remain buried alive, and
Jarboe would clie Some time. In a few
years at most all peril would be done
forever. Patience and fortitude would
win In spite of all.
helf-cougratulations mingled lit the
cashier's mind with brutal anticipa-
tion at the prospect of being able to
tritimph over the boy,eand subtly
sneer at him and torture him, from
a sato vantage -point outside steel
bars, Like all cowards, this man pos-
sessed vast depths of cruelty. His
soul lusted for the joy of taking ven-
geance on the man he had immolated
-vengeance for •the attack there in
the directors' room at the bank. Slay.
tote had not forgotten that moment.
He had not forgotten the strength
and precision et Arthur's blow, alm
never would he forget.
Thus a baleful joy came Into his
eyes as he stopped at minute in the
cbea July sunshine peered up solute
ingly at the gigannite steel -and -granite
Pile. and realized that one peril at last
wag buried there forever and forever
,without tend,
, The elm sparkled on his patent -
leather boots and on the silk top hat
he wore as he climbed the prison
steps. It brought out the eine quality •
of tie broadcloth coat and brightened
the carnation in his buttonhole -the
blossom whose fresh color contrasted
so painfully with his claylike skin
and lantern .law,
, since the critne Slayton's outward
aspect bad improved -so far as dress
could improve it. Despite his obvious
felang off in health, he had now ae-
suraed a new importance. His ores-
tigedaod his prospects, both increas-
ing, had raised his social status. Could
he be grooming- for the presidency
of the bank?
Thinner than ever though be now
eves ,apd somewhat aged .in aspect, a4
some said his griet over the boy' g mie-
conduct had made him, the cashier
none the less presented a fine, digni.
lied figure of a man ae he entered the
canoe or the pea.
, An automaton in uniform, to evhdat
he etated his errand, respectively ask-
ed him to sign the register and to lie
seated with some other visitors, all
strained -looking and hushed and nerv-
ous. Two or three of that sad com-
pany on the benciaes were weeping, or
hati. been. Nobody spoke a word.
Presently a warder came in, danglina,
a ring with many keys, and nodded to
Slayton, The cashier Mee and fol-
• lowed.
; Steel doors creaked to admit him to
inner places that were reached only
by• dint of much unlocking. Slayton;
hat it hand, blinked with real inter-
est at the cement Ghat, the stone
walls, the guarding bars of steel -the
kind or interests we all feel In
sons -a -the morbidity that whispers:
/ "\Vhat if I. were here?"
; Presentie the waraer usnered him
into a reception -room provided with
a double grating down the xaiddle.
The grilles were six feet apart. A
momentary illusoni came upon the
cashier. He seemed to stand again in
the grilled corridor in the bank.
Gloom shrouded everything, Before
aim lay a prostrate and distorted fige
figure whose bleared, dead eyes
stared,up at him.
Swearing beneath his breath, Slay-
ton recoiled. He felt a touch upon his
!arra, whirled round, and clenched' hi$
[fist. The warder, saluting, looked at
hinanvith astonishment.
, "What's the matter, sir " he de.
mended.
"Oh, nothing, nothing! Here -
thanks ever so' much!"
; And the cashier slid a "V" into
the offiefol's
. "I -I'm it bit agitated, that's all.
Dear friend ot bathe, very. Heehteom-
ing soon?" -
"rhight here now, sir. Thank Yea,
He motioned toward the other side
of the double grille. Steetoo, still
badly ehaken, peeredthrough the
cage. He felt a certain tightening Of
the heart. Ills breatlt ettught; both
hands clutched the steel netting. a
Within, it cottvict• was standing. A
eonvieteethe convict. The boy that
he himself, Walter Slayton, had put
there for tha term of his natural life,
tat first Slayton could hardly reeog-
nito him. The clipped head, the WM.
less striped clothing, the Wan and yel.
lowed face -already tinged with the
unmistakable marks of prison pallor --
had altered Arthur almost beyond re-
cognition. aleIltal anguish, "wretched
food, lack of exerelee, and the depri-
nation of light and air had all taken
their toll ot hint.
Put his elioulders Were kill erect
and strong. The finto broad brows,
had not altered. The Wide-eet eyes
Were atilt the genie, 14o, not quite -
tor now as they peered -Out at Slay,
ten, standing there buinatulate and
trim, they glowered with it light the
cashier 'neer Yet had Been there -a
moldering fiallle eloquent of hate
that nothing short a death could
ever satiefY.
rot it pregnant moment the two
men gazed at each other, while tbe
4rdatd looked on with only 11n Mit-
re:OM !stoa t. taite for him wait to
to many Mich, Scenes for there to
Domes any Meaning. The Very air
lee breathed Wee blended with thlreate
tragediee and licirrows past all tell -
fag.
Arthler gave io aign and Mena ne
aimed. He eiteply anted tbere at the
inner grIlle, dia No, 3265, ale fingers
booked over the wires, peering out at
Slayton With silent hete, nlayton
coughed uervously and, gnawed aboat
Went His eyes could eiot Meet Are
tbur's.
"What do you want here?" asned
the boy suddenly, bis voice trenthling
a little, •
"My duty-compele 1110-"
nYour -Christian duty, I %mese?"
"14 duty to my felloW man, MY
brother in dtstress."
Arthur turned, toward the warder.
"Haws I got to lieten to hirer" he
denutoded. "On to of all I have to
euffer here, have I got to see this that
low and hear his confounded ItYpoe-
risy?"
The guard shot him an ugly look.
The "V" that Slayton had. so WitielY
slipped to him wthe potent,
"Cut it, eta it!" he retorted, "You
ain't KWh a much to throw up a boi-
ler against nobody, Much less him!"
No. 3265 made no angwer, because
he knew that nothing he could Bee
woule possese any weigitt. Onee more
he peered out at Slayton silently,
There fell a strange, tense quietude
between these enemies, now so un-
qually matched. Slayton broke It.
"Arthur," said he in his most unc.
thew; tones, "tale is a most painful
occasion, but highly necessary. It
grieves xne to the heart to see you
Iheeeriein. gB.ut duty demands it. Where
speak fie you -without minims or 111
duty leads I follow, I am here to
"1 canna forgive you your crime.
Only God earl do that. But whatever
wrong you have done me personally,
whatever accusations you have made,
and 'whatever violence you bave in-
itiated on me, I an and do forgive."
Arthur laughed -a shuddering and
terrible laugh.
"You -forgive me?" he asked.
"I do,"' answered Slayton, feeline
the 'sweat start on his forehead, al-
though the air of the room hung dank
and chilly despite the July heat With-
out, "Fully axle freely I forgive you.
But that's not what I've come to talk
with you about, Arthur. I'm here to
goodask
make good whatever can be made
Yn.0
oolreasonably and honestly to
repair at damage you can, and to
what
"What do you mgan, Judas?" de-
manded N. 3265.
"Slayton blinked angrily, as if about
to repel the epithet, but thought bet-
ter of it and madeeno retort. Inetead,
adopting a meek, conciliatory tone, he
answered:
"I mean just :this, Arthur: Give
back the money!" ,
"The -money?"
"Yes; the one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars. You can't restore
Peer old Mackenzie to life again, but
you can make restitution of the stolen
f unds. The bank has felt the loos,
'Arthur; no denying that. In,spite of
It," he could not refrain 'from adding;
"the directors have materially: in-
creased my salary and. bettered my
Prospects. I am grateful, neturanY,
Lor this recognition of my seroices at
the time ot the--er--tragedy" I want
to do my duty by the institution. I
owe the bank a great deal, Arthur; a
very great deal-"
"You're 4amne4. wen right eou do!
You owe it one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars!"
Swiftly the words shot across the
grilled space, winged bolts of hatred.
"Eh! What?" stammered -Slayton,
his lean face puckering strangely.
"I said," repeated Arthur, "that
You owe the Powhatan National Bank
one hundred and fifty thousand dol-
lars. And I add that the man who
itoti:edv, Mackenzie with nty gun is
standing in front of m
e now. .And on
and when I do -when I dont- look
top of that, Slayton, 1 tell you that
I'm going to get out of here some day;
• Slayton, gaping, turaed toward the
warder,
• "Yu hear him?" be demanded.
"Sure I hear him! He's woody -
bugs, you know! Must be to throw
that kind o' bull. Maybe a touch o'
the cooler might bring hint out of it.
He's liable to get it, all right."
Arthur laughed again.
"Put me in the cooler all Yoh
ycliftep" he retorted. "I'm giving you
"Arthur!" cried Slayton, strangle
shaken. "Your conduct surpasses
every limit of tolerance. Mr. Citam-
berlain had intended to interest him-
nseol‘fv_in., your behalf, and so had 1; but
"Now you know that I know all
about the inwardnesa of the case," in-
terrupted the boy. "I've got the whole
thing on you, Slayttn. You got away
with the money, You killed the old
fmoarnfityer framed me, and sent ene 11P
"Sate now, aren't you? Safe, with
me %tried'? Guess again! The
story's not finished, Slayton, It's not
done yet. There's going to be another
ehapter Seine of these .days, and the
ending will be different teem anything
you've doped out.
"I'llenvait for it, Slayton! I'd wait
fifty years to get ty fingers on your
windpipe! So now you know what's
Corning. I've said all I'm going to,
Get out, and let ano alone!"
The cashier holding on t(N the Otiter
grille to steady hiniself, made no ina-
Mediate answer; but stood there, pa1.
er even than his victim, with a
strange look in his eyes -those Walk-
ing eyes that never held true.
"Arthur," he managed to say at
length, while the boy still fixed a look
of rnost intense Malignity Upon. hint -
"Arthur, My duty threes ine to for-
give you these slanders and overlook
these threats. Nothing that yell cah
say ebout nth can matter th the least.
Your idle vapOrings are impotent to
harm me. My only anthem now la
the recovery,of those ftinds.
"I know your better judgnient will
not wish to see the bank hampered in
any way, Whieh natst react Upien-"
"Not a word about her! Doha you
dare to speak leer naale, you Auk!"
"-lepon. Miss Chamberlain - Enid
-as I was saying," persisted the eash-
ler, smiling with cold Malice. "There-
fore, I beg you again, my dear boy,
let tis have the truth. Nothing can
matter to YOU now. You are here, un.
fortunately, for life'. Yon have done
Inn& evil. Do what good YOU can
now; tell M.e Where that money is."
(To he tontinued.)
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cleaning in 10 iceconas. No corners, eraelts or crevIceetCJ
tame. Operatee -with a, slight pressure of finger. No
strength or power required -vibration of steel springs does
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makes churning a, pleasure. Takes ail the drudgery out
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MEOGA, "ME =MO,
Capital of the New Hingdoin of
Arabia.
A striking picture of Mecca the
MYstic, capital of the new kingdom
within Arabia whieh was established
recently by the grand sherif of the
Moslem faith, is contaiued in a come
Munication to the U. 2, National Go -
°grenade society from Dr. S. M. Zwe-
Mer. A part <if the eommunication has
been iseued by the 'society as the fel-
lowing was geography bulletin:
"Of all the provinces of Arabia, El -
Hejaz, whIch recently revolted against
Turkish rule and eet up its own king.
dom, with the grand sherif of Mecca
as eavereign, undoubtedly has most
frequent contact with the outside
world, yet is the least known. Parts
lee It aave never yet been explored.
"El Hejaz is so named beceuse it
forms the barrier between Tolima,
the coast province on the south, and
Nejd in the 'interior. Its sole import-
ance is due to the fact that it contains
the two 'sacred cities, Mea and (eth-
ane, which for more than 13 centuriee
have been the centres at pilgrimage
for the Moslem world.
"Before the railway was completed
from Damascue to Mediae, the port of
that city, Yxenbo, was as flourishing as
eiddab is tow; but at present it has
almost the appearance of a deserted
etty. The whole pilgrim traffic has
been diverted, and even the caravan
route from the coast to Medina is at
peresent unsafe.
"'The iniportance of efecca is not dua
to its resident population of perhaps
40,000, but to the more than 200,000
pilgrims wine visit It each year from
every nation of Islam. Statistics are
hopelessly contradictory and confusing
regarding the number of annual yisit-
ors. According to Turkish °Melee esti-
mates, in 1907, there were no less than
280,000 pilgrims. It is a marvel how
so many tbougands can find food,
shelter, an, most of all, drink In such
it desert city.
. "The religious capital of Islam, and
r bought a horse with a IMP-
,posedly incurable ringbone for *40.00
Cured him with $1.00 worth of MIN-
ARD'S LINIMENT and sold him for
;MOO. Profit on Liniment $54.
310ISE EEROSCE,
Hotel Keeper, St. PhIllippe, Que.
now the temporal capital of the new
Kingdom ot Arabia, 'affords an hold
to the growth and strength of Moham-
medanism In various parts of the
world, for one can Tightly gauge the
strength of religious 'fervor in this
great non-Christian faith by the num-
ber of those who go on pilgrimage.
"From Java, Bengal, West Africa,
Cape Colony, and Russia, as well as
hoin the most inaccessible provinces
of China, thee come every aear and re-
turn to their native land -if they es-
cape the hardships .of travel -to tell
of the greatness aad glory of their
faith, howeeter much they may have
been disappoioted in the actual condi-
tion of the city Mid its geared build -
iv gee
"When We coneider Mecca, aloham-
aned's words of proplieey in the seemed
chapterof his book seem to have been
literally fulfilled: `So we have made
you the centre of the nations that you
should bear witness to men.' The old
pagan pantheon has become -the relig-
ious sanctuary and the goal of univer-
sal pilgrimage for one-seventh of the
lauman race.
"From Sierra Leone to Canton, and
from Tobolsk to Oape Town, the faith-
ful spread their prayer carpets, build
their houses (in fulfillment of an leto
portant tradition, • even their out-
houses), and' bury their dead toward,
the Meridian of Meeca. If the Old
World could be vievred from an aero-
plane, the observer would see concen-
tric cireles of letting worshippers CoMP-
ing an ever -Widening area, and one
would 'also gee vast areas of Moslem
cometerthe with every grave dug
toward the sacred cite.
• .... •
Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, Etc.
Quick to Catch On.
Edward had an uncle Who owned a
grocery and market. On Saturday it was
Edward'a delight to go there to help.
On this particular day a neighbor chanc-
ed in. Finding Edward there, she thought
She would find out how much the little
tellow kneW about business. Seriously sh4
Said, "Ed, have you chickens to -day?"
The youngster's reply was; "rep, we
have ail kinds, alive, dead, dressed and
uttdressed." •
#ait for Fishing.
A fleh tasn't a nose, taut it ean
smell, Recent experiments leave prov-
ed this, • .Anglers has lad so mueb
stress on the need ot exciting a fish's
intereet by the look of food that the
effect of scent has been overlooked,
A shark will bite at a hook contain-
ing a piece of fat pork, although the
pork doee not look like any kind of
fish that wims in the sea.
It may be heresy an angling to sug-
gest that a "fly" should emelt like a
fly, These scientific experiments
show how large a part anlell ply
itt the food pursuit er ffsh, Bait
each as small crabs, was found anti
eaten by the fishes two or three times
as rapidly when the shells were
broken. Bait placed iuside a gauze
bag was smelled within three min-
utes of being lowered in the water,
and tamest at the 'same time all the
fishes began nibbling at the bag.
When cotton was glutted into its so
called "nostrils" the (Wangle would
geldornt observe the food that eitiee
near them. -Chicago Herald.
PUTNAM'S FINE FOR
4.,•/!,„. CORNS THAT ACHE
Even a drop or two of Putnam's
Extractor talcae the sting out of (lore
corns, Mighty slick work leatutim's
does on a crusty old corn. 'Iran see
Putnam's shrivels the corn up quick-
ly, transforms it to a bunch of dead
skin, loosens it from the toe to You
can pick it off, roots and branches,
with your fingers, las painless --
that's way Putnam's is so popular, It
does really cure quickly -that's why
you snould take a quarter to tne Ong
store to -day and get a bottle of Put-
nam's eExtmetor.
Lizard Squirts Blood From Eyes.
We have about 14 species of horned
lizards in this country, and most peo-
ple still call them "horned toads,"
Some of their habits are extremely re-
markable, but none more to than
their ability to send at will a fine jet
et blood front their eye. This fact is
very rarely touched upon in litera-
ture; and the average reader of the
life histories of our animals has never
heard o1 this renharkable habit, says
a writer in the Popular Science
Monthly, in an article wattled "A Liz-
ard that 'Squirts Jets of Blood From
Its Byes."
- Blood -squirting is generally indulg-
ed in when the lizard is laboring un-
der certain states of excitement, The
attack con-ies on euddenly, at a time
when you have the lizard in your
grasp. It will suddenly stiffen its neck
and throw the head upward, as the
eye s bulge from their sockete. In an-
other second You can plainly hear 'a
peculiar hissing sound, followed im-
mediately by the finest imaginable jet
of pure blood from one or the other
of its eyes. 'With such force is this
squirted that the tiny stream, lasting
a couple of seconds, may be thrown
to a distance of fully five feet.
4
$100—REWARD—$100.
Catarrh is a local disease greatly in-
etuenced by constitutional ,00nditilons.
It therefore requires constltatiOnal treat-
ment. HALL'S CATARRH MrdDICINlt
is taken internally and acts through the
'Mood on the Mucous Surfaces of, the
System. HALL'S CATARRH MEDI-
CINE destroys the foundation of the
disease, gives the patient • strength by
Improving the general health and as-
sists nature In doing its work, $100.00 for
any case of Catarrh that HALL'S CA.-
TARRII MEDICINE fa.1Is to cure.
Druggists 75e. Testimonials friee.
Ie. J, Cheney ,e,•-• Co., Toledo, Ohio,
Rough On lVfedieus.
• The story about the decor who
sang a lullaby for the lady reminded
Medici's of a true happening that lust
the other might.
Medicus called on a child --patient
one afternoon, and while he was there
118 .showed the child it string trick,
or puzzle. It was a simple little
thing, but hard to get on to (he show -
led it to us, but we gave it up after
fa ball hour's practice). It amused the
child and the doctor left ter working
at it,
At 1.30 the following morning Medi-
ette was aroused front sleep by the
telephone, " Come right over to the
louse," said the voice of tae male
(parent of the small patient.
I "What's the matter?" asked Medi -
Ouse. "is the little girl worse?"
"Naw -she's asleep. But I can't do
"that string pilule, and you've got to
Vonto over and show me how We
done. I'll pay you for a night eall.
Murry over."
" And Medicus had to get -Cleveland
tPlainaDealer.
,
True honor leaves no room for hesi-
tation and doubt. -Plutarch,
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THE NINTH ANNUAL
TORONTO FAT STOCK SHOW
UNION STOCK YARDS, TORONTO
DEMMER 5th and 6th, 1918
The manageinent of the Shom wish to announce
the following changes over previous shows;
There will be no classes for female cattle.
All stock entered must be owned by the ex-
hibitor at least ninety days before opening date of
show.
In addition to single cattle C1aS8CS there will be
classes for three animals.
Premium List will bo ready for distribution
August 1st.
A My of 004:1100,
write only tropical city of Bolivia it
*lands setae 1600 feet above WM. level
so far from the_ outside world that tiuIt
deposited on January 7 reaaes NaW
York on March 11. Of them0,000. tiro
habitants of (sante, Crits sle la Sierra,
11,000 e.vc female.
"It Is a city of silence. iiipt6e.4iing
.over A dead -flat, lielf-SantlY, Jaagiod
,plain, Its right-angled streets ars deep
In rechileh sand lit which not only its
shod feet, by no mewls in the malor"
ity, though the upper class be almost
foppish, in dreas, hut even the solid wood-
en wheels of its clumsy oz -carts make
not it sound. There is no' MOROI% in.
dustry to lend its strident voice, thangli
the town boast three %team establish-
ments' for the malting of ice, the grind-
ing of maize, and the sawing of lumber,
and every street lades away at either
end into the whispering jungle. Narrow
sidewalks of porous red bricks, roofed
by the wide overhanging eavee or the
bowies, often upheld by tellittra or poles,
iine most of the streets. But these aro
by no means continuous, and being corn -
manly high above the street level and
often taken Ltp entireir, esPettelly ol
art evenlngt by the families, who con -
shier this their veranda rather than the
pedestrian's right or way, the latter
generally Mae it easier to plod through
the sand ef , the street Itself."-HarrY
A. rranck, in the Century.
4,
Minard's Liniment Cures Garget In
• Cows.
oo.00p000
AN "ACE" AT 62
Aged French Air Warrior
Has Great Record,
Paris, June 13.-A4Jutant Mountren
destroyed the tenth German machine
on June 7 as It was attacking an
observation balloon. Mountren en-
listed in the Infantry at the beginning
of the war, although 60 years of age,
and two years later paned into the
aviation service, His tint victory eves
won on April 20, 1917, twenty days
after his arrival at the front as a
pilot. It was Mountren who allot clown
the German aeroplane piloted by
"Fantornas," the would-be bugaboo of
the Pones, This German used to
erose the trenehee just at dawn, firing
uport outposts, eupply. troins and any-
thing else moving et that hour.
.0 • 0.
Hard to Hear Airplane at Sea.
• While a es widely known that an
airplane can be heard for some dis-
tauce off on land, on water the lap-
ping of the waves and the whistling
of the wind -through the rigging and
superstructure of a vessel make it al-
naost impossible to hear the power
plant of an approaching tieeplane until
It is almost overhead; hence the sub -
morale plying the surface has slight
warning of an impendiug seaplane
attack u`otil it is often too late to es-
cape.,
WELL SATISFIED WITli
BABY'S OWN TABLES
Once a mother has used Baby5s Own
Tablets for her little ones she will use
nothing else. Experience teaches
her that the Tablets are the very bat
medicine she can give her baby. They
are a gentle laxative; mild • but
thorough in action and never fail to
banish constipation, colic, coIde or any
• other of the many minor ailments of
childhood. Coneerning them Mrs. J.
tete, Clearest, St. Leon, Que. writes:
-"My baby tried continually and
nothing seemed to help her till I began
itsing Baby's Owd Tablets. These
Tablets soon set her right and now I
would not be .without them," The
tTablets are sold 'by medicine dealers
er by mail at 25 cents.a box front The
Dr. Williams' "Medicine Co., Brockville,
Ont.
HUGE DEBT
OF BRITAIN
Now Four Times Greater
Than ,Ever Before.
EverySix Months Adds
$3,1750,000,000.
Before the war, Great Britain's
debt amounted to 42,535,000,000, and it
has been increased through the war
laY$15,000,000,1100. Every six months
of war Deeds another net increase of
$3,750,000,000. By Christmas, 1917,
therefore,the national debt amounted
to about $450 per head of the whole
Population of the United Kingdom.
Britain's national debt is over 800
Years old. Its nucleus was laid in 1692.
William 111. found- it difficult to raise
money by taxation for his wars. In
the year mentioned the first step Was
taken In the authorization by Parlia.
ment oi a then of $5,000,000. 'Ministers '
grew bolder, and at William's death
the debt was about $80,000,000. Dare
ing the reign of Anne the famous vic-
tories of Marlborough raised it to
$270,000,00. Under George 1 it was
reduced by 40,000,000, but the Span-
ish, Frenele and German wars el
George H. added $150,000,000, and at
the conclusion of peace in 1763, in the
reign of George III, the debt amounted
to $695,000,000.
In 1775 began the American War of
indepennence. When the independence
of United States was acknowledged
in 1783 the debt had risen to $1,250,-
000,000, and after Waterloo it stood at
44,500,000,000. During the next 40
years $500,000,000 was eleared off. The
Crimean War added $150,000,000.
The $4,000,000,000 at which the cleat
stood in 1866 Was more than four
times the amount Which Ilutne had
geld implies disaster and eellapse, Yet
the nation Was In a mare flourishing
conditiou comtuereially than it had
been at any previous period of its his.
tory. Ity tins time, also it httd ba
come generally held that the onty
practicable Method of liquidating or
redeeming the debt Wae by raising a
revenue larger than that required to
• Meet the expenditure, and by apply-
ing the surplus to the ttetual paying
off of debt.
Minard's Lininient Cures Dietettileer.
Two Clams of Debts.
"avoid useless and unnecessary debt
0.4 )01 Would a pestileece," advises it
saceessful financier. "There are two
elassee Of debts, One IS constructive
credit, and the enter is a destruetle
Credit, On one henci a feamer oe 'begs
fl(1,4 man may barrow to buy more
lend, mere stock, blind Iniprovemenee.
On the Other hand, borrowing wee be
done eimply to buy he telioMobilo or
t) spend in 601118 way that the invest-
. mein itself Will nut pay balk the
leau."
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A.X411 WANTED-NINO 11QUBSi
,343r work; second man; machine
work; 000d wagoti. W. A, PIXon, ralt,
Ont,
PROPERTIES FOR SALE.
poa SAT4Z-COUNTIty STORE
erty on leading couittry road; Moe
miles front Barrie; good going btullnemoi
satisfactory arrangements can be made
with lessee. Itixecutor's estate of the
late 'lobo .Tory, Rox NS, Parrie, Ont,
MISCELLANEOUS.
WIIEN 'ORDERING GOODS BY MAIL,
send a Dominion klitpress Money
Order.
T.TATCHINg EGOS -BABY ORUNCO.
41 laYing strains. tggs 4.40
Per settiag. Barred Rocks, Rhode le -
land Reds, White Leghorn, White 'WY-
andottes, Cloiden Wyandottes. NVitite
Rock, Non -Bearded golden Polish. VIrrite
for price list. Setiefttetten guaranteed.
Tay Poultry Warm, Perth, oat.
sumass CHANCES.
p OR SALU-STAND.A.11.13 HOTEL --IN
L4nO2aY. 'With good lunch room and
boardere trade. A.Prfiy Box. 69, Lindsay.
$2 000 WILL BUY A SAW MILL,
eomplete, with all modern
machinery; only run a few years; situa-
ted in a good belt of hemlock and hard -
Wood timber; good reasons for selling:
only those who mean business need aro.
Ply, Poi, particulturs apply to Bo X 410,
Parry Sound, Ont.
FOR IMMEDIATE 8ALE-540 AOUZS
well timbered with maple, beeoh,
birch, basswood and hemlock; frontage
on Loon Lake, county of Peterborough;
logs cell be floated below Purdy's 11111,
and saw lumber shipped via C. N.
Bali -
way, coo Hui, or would sell the timber
only, H, Johnson, Coe H111.
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Unearths OorniGrinding Quern.
An loteresting relic of early' Scot-
land was unearthed in Cramond re-
cently. A grave digger was preparing
for a baria1, when he dug up, at a
depth of about five feet, the neat half
of the upper stone of a primitive corn -
grinding quern, measuring 18 inches
in diameter, and showing half of the
central hole, Sear% without success
was made for thee other fragments.
o .
Mlnard's Liniment cures Diphtheria.
Fashion Approves.
Washable leather gloves in the Soft
doeskin finish, with just one pearl
clasp for fastening and needle point
stitching on the backs for the only
embellishment.
Satin coats for *more formal wear -
lovely wraps of soft, rich texture, One
with wool and silver thread embroid-
ery was particularly handsome.
Little trinkets -bar pins, brooches,
necklaces and earrings set with the
initation lapis lazuli. This pretty dark
blue stone, set In dull metals, Is really
quite effective, and the prices are
pleasantly small.
Millinery with much flower and
'fruit adornment. The flowers are
most often used flat, which is a no-
tion of the French modistes, and the
• fruits are used in small bunches --
vivid -hued plums and oranges and
other never -before -grown varieties in
brilliant colon.
Lingerie dresses again -have you
seen how many are Of nets and such
fluffy cotton as dotted Swisses and
figured voiles? They- are 'summery
and lovely and most feminine indeed.
Milady will be glad to slip into one
after wearing one of the severely -
tailored war uniforms.
Mugging -To hear Wigwag talk
about the war you'd thiuk he wee full'
of fight. Buggins-Yes. even his own
statements conflict.
•
On Land
or Sea
The AutoStrop
an -
ewers the call effici.
ently—it is the only
razor in the world
that automatically
sharpens its— own
blades, therefore, it ir
the only razor that
is always ready for
service.
The AutoStrop will
give your soldier or sailor
lad the etinte clean.cOrnfort.
able shave he enjoyed at
home, no matter where he
is or under what condition
he uses it.
Oliva him an AutoStrop
-ine tho gilt he needs.
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