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Kelp Gives
Aid in War
Out of the pee haze above the sea
loomed giant shapes Which sent the
dwellere ou the, little is.and off the
Pac.fic coat scurrying to COM'. The
frigliteried islanders Were sure at
elm that a elerman fleet hi come
to blow them ail to itiuguum vowe. 111
mese days of camout.aee it este easy
Enough to mistake the big ken) liar-
veeting machines for super mensof-
war as theY moved about gatberina
this wonder eient whica yields ex -
Plosives and their antitiotes.
The harveeLers, with their bladee
submerged, float lazily alcna and take
off the tope of the gloat kelp, which
grows in eix ialtionis of water from
Lower California, to Oregou, often tie
half it mile from shore. The weed ant,
chars itself by a suction batten which
clings to a rock et the benaef tee
surge and keeps itself Mating by a
bladderlike attachment
up the leaves, often six feet loots,
The chemical firma mi.. tne beet
packens who are mowing thied marine
lawn every ninety dnys without hurt-
ing it any are eonterrine a favor ea
fistieruten, owners of motorboat a and
such craft, as well as helping them-
selves to one of the thiest of siaturei
war materials.
After the kelp is eut and cheepel it
is transterred to earges, clumped into
enormous wooden vats, mixed witi.
aater, anJ left to sour ten or Dftecn
days. By mixing the liquid w ith lime
and other re -agents am4 takine este)/
the producte of crystallIzetion one by
tine arseria.s are stocked and titanic
tome made read d; agaenst the toe.
The most valuable. chemical obtain-
ed 14 geetche. To he sore et having en-
ough of it the 'Hercules PowdeidCom-
Pany spent. $5,0.00,000. for a factory
near San Diego anti, the equipmeet,
Tne conpany had a contract to supply
smokeless powder to tee tirit,elt aev-
ornmeeti IL %las one t.t the ,arge.?
contracts ever awaraed in ties1 nstees
citates and earrieri tee cc:statutes that
in no ciroutastanceee wee Lae powaer
company .to compete a4itaisr.
te ar elfice for acetene. o maite
smokeless powder without acetone
%vomit be worse than bricks
straw.
The Imee of an sulokelees powder is
some form of guncottoss. Guncotton by
itself is loose iii textile:es:and for pro-
pellant purpc,ses it exp.oetee too quick-
ly. To retard its acteord gencotton
must .be more or- ies4 oomitim2d,
wince is aecomplished ley partly dis-
solving it. Acetone, usually made by
the destructive dietiliationi, of wood, hi
,
tne best solvent.
Then tnere is pateeh, Ever since
1914 we have been heeling about the
, efforte to tine potash 'to. replace the
German produnt whieh•theed to be SOW
se eneapie that competition was. sta-
led. Potash exists in. kelp. Even in
Colonial days seaweed was burned for
tYe. .Out at the sour vats. in Califor-
nia comae as a by-product a high
grade Potash invaluable .in the man -
ng :lack pewder. -
acetate of line, Of which the
Government requiree. all' it can get,
since from it can be deaived the ce..
lulose acetate. Thus the. solution of
cellulose, or cotton. whieh is used for
tightening up the -wings ;of aeroplanes
-"doping," the workmen call 'it -
conies into the shops of the' Aircraft
Production Board by the kelp rcutc.
And then kelp yieldmedicines for
the wottnde and jars of War. Out co'
the acidnfated Heater in, witich the
seaweed is steeped • coenee earioue
acide, including the v,aleeic,. whieh is
used to quiet the nerYee 61 shell shock
victims. The chemical is the equi-
valent of the actieeopienciple of that
good old. fashioned soothing herb, val-
erian.
.An iodine, se much 'seed as an an-
tiseptic dressing and as a counterel-
taut in acute inflammations, is also
obtained erom the kelied
Chemically this le 'Only the begirt -
fling of the etory, for there is a whole
line of organic compounds remaining
which can be made .in artificial flay -s
oring extracie that wins duplicate the
teste of nearly every fruit on earth.
Although a, amen library of pamph-
let, and. promotion circulars has been
pleated ebout the'elch yield of potash
from keip for fertilizers, this phase
of the matter bas been greatly ez
aggerated„ The harvesting of a ton
of 'kelp caste at least $1.25, and tie the
potash yield is only about forty
pounds to the ton a ton of- pataseium
chloride woUld soon mount to eCO to
70 a ton on harveating &rate alone.
Potash Will never go back to -the ihifl
a ton or before the war. Fortunately
we have discovered that aerieu)ture
vets en without It meek better thee
the Germans used to try to matte us
believe. •
I /
Bomb Looked Like Coal.
I remember, writeu n correspondent:
Of The Westminster Gatette, seeing in
tee -Bleek ..NIUSOUM," ..at Old ezotiand
Yard, malty years eince, among manY
other interesting 'souvenirs of crime
ll .
a sela'bemb.
To all appearances it was a piece of
coal; but in reality it was a hollow
piece et Metal ingeniouele chisied to
repreuent coal stratification, and then
painted black, but with certain .110) -
ter shades to render it the more de-
ceptive.
On handling it I fotteid a terich-hole
for a fuse. The wOrketaziehip of this
fiendish lithe thing was Admirable,
and tbe Milker of it must heve been a
mechanic -of .great. skill.
Had Ulla small bomb fulfilled Its
purpose there would nye been an ex-
plosion an an Atlantic liner.
No Mee or the K.
To l'etinepst3 they tell of st judge, a,
matt well Versed, In the law but ealrely
relf-educitted, who had to contend Wth '
the difficialties oe Orthography all his
life. In tile old daya he lived in Knox-
ville, arid for c long time he ineleted up
on Ppellitik it "Noxville." Finally Ms
friende edueated him •11p to the point of
prefixing a lir / ei thOroughly, in fact,
lies the lesson.learned, that a few years
later, when he moved to Nashville, no-
thing Could prevent hint from spelling
it "Knatitir Ile."
Then. some time later, the lawyer nlw-
ed Keehn, this Mite to Murfreesboro. On
the day that he began. to Write ble Sint,
letter from Una slace he seratehel, hls
+lad in pixplexlty and finally excl./tim-
ed:
give it up! How on earth Carl thele
spell the name of thie place with a X?"
Itatper's Magrielee.
'Vaiurebie Machine.
caotain Anderson Dana, reseney inars
tied at Plititsburge is n gran:1,qm of the
jeurnallet, enntriee A. Dana, and in an
Interview he said;
"My grandfather believed in ma-riage.
He thought it Wattled it man. 1
member a story he unel to tell, Ws
etery about a elan wile naked n roan:
'Have you etlir heard anYthIng about
it inaeldne for telling viten it nian its
lying?'
"'ore,' /said the men.
" leave yeti ever Seen one?' nU the
chap.
" 111 -en onnl" rh1 the. men, 'fly gosh,
C married the:" t.2tVnshtngton Mar,
"I can be that," he agreee seriories
le. "Hut -no promieesi I know W-
ater, too, you cee, I way ;break out in
a letter once in awhile,"
"What are you going to do?" she
Deiced.
"I'll lie low In a cheap hotel for a
• eouple of days until I catiget into
touch with Archie. When it'afe
Archie and I will atick together. Well
go for a trip until the thing is for-
gotten. But no more aliases. 'Neil Ot-
toway' and 'John Groat' aro both
I done for, He:Teeter I em plain The.
Inas William, as my father and mo-
ther lutendecl, You recommended that
itt the beaming."
I "Tore!" oho whispered. "That.
aounde like you."
"Oh, my darling! Must 1 go away?'
I "Please! ' she begged. "And -don't
conic to ace me until I say ise."
"That lo hard. You will never -eay
"But you wtil know when -if you
Leten• well."
When the reborn Tom Williams
bade good -by to elm. Colliflower and
Laura and went to seek an unobtru-
sive lodging, the firot editions of the
morning papera were en sale In the
subway stations. Taey contained fur-
ther particulare of Nell OttowaY'e
encl.
Tinling was overcome with grief at
the Ices of his friend. He wake quite
frank with the police. He said: "Well,
he's gone! There'e no lice keeping any
; thing back. You fellow!) have been
pushing eta hard the last two days.
1 "Two operative) picked me up at
the Hotel Vandermeer this afternoon.
I was leading them around town try-
ing to shake them when they ran in-
to another operative from the Game
1 ageney. He told them something that
oaused them to drop me and face
about;
"I was worried. So I took a spell
of trailing them. They went back to
the office of the agency they worked
for. I waited around outside and a
newspaper reporter came out that I
had a nodding acquaintance with.
He didn't know my name.
"I asked him what wail doing In-
side. He saidthe. detcetivea had lo.
cated Nell Ottoesay's hangout, through
a telephone eall, and were going -
down there with the police. He &aid
he had promised not to release tho
news for half an hour to give them a
ahow,
"There wiaa a telegraph office
acmes the street, and I ran in and
sent my partner a telegram on chance.
Then I beat it down thee. But when
-I got to our corner there was already
a fellow watChing frora acmes the
the street, and just then a couple of
detectiveeand a couple of policemen
met Up with him, Teo I made a run in-
to our hoisse to warn mY partner. But
as I wee'• telling him the police were
already on the (stairs. He ran for the
window. and jumped before I could
seep him. That'a
A gocd deal ot sympathy is ex-
. premed for the dead man's friend.
• ThOeng seeme io have had no motive
in opposing the police except loyalty
to 'hie partner. He has eatisfied the
polleo that he did not meet Ottoway
until atter the murder. No proceed -
Ingo will be taken against him.
The dead man left no evidenee to
throw any light on the mysterious
features of the case. He died aes he had
lived, absolutely and completely un.
known:. The notorious Toleen case ice
closed-uneolved.
And Tom Williams, reading these
Iaat words, mingled in ilia heart a
paean of pralsefwonderful Ac
and a. fervent prayer that the newa-
paper was right -that it wale closed,
and undolved.
CHAPTER XXIV.
Oa 'a fair May morning a taxicab
was making its way down -town to-
wards the eteamship piens. In addi-
tion to steamer trunks, -bags and lents-
dlee of rugs, it contaified three people.
On the back ceat sat a young man and
a young woman whoee faces reflected
the May morning. Thees two had little
to any. Pacing them was a tall Young
man with a shadow on hie eyes, He
- Made a deal of gay talk and laughter.
"What ass you grinning at?" de-
manded the happy Ming man.
"The fatuous spectacle of perfect
happintece" returned the ether.
"Grin away!" cal(' the first calneiy,
"With a wife on your arm and a
commission for a etatue of a favorite
son in your pocket -not to cipeak ot
tickets to Berri:Ludo, aren't you afraid
of the envy 01 the,gode, my son?"
"Oh, the gods; -are better-terapered.1
The happy young 'svemati, was not
paying much attention to their chaff.
Ing. "Geoffrey, will you go to see mo-
ther ac aeon as you get home?" she
ehe °Ake(' iri a moment.
"I will, my love."
"Tea her we got away safely and
that the ship looked staunch. And
Geoffrey, try to wean mother away
froth thet .rialculote doctor she sets
sueh store. by."
"I cannot guarantee that, My dear.
Why disturb her faith ef. uhe'et happy
in it?"
"13tit if she should get really sick
she must have a good doctor."
"I will see to it, lady,"
'And Geoffrey, be Gure to It ite
lolow if anybody in Baltimere starte
ati agitation for a new statue. YOU
Might Gtart something youreelf if you
gee a char ee."
"I will, gentle grafter!"
The tagieemb took Its place in the
long line approaching the pier, and
moved ahead a few feet at a time.
There Was -a efolmage =nowhere in
trot ar.d for a few mornenie they
did not tnove. One Of the fatteet and
rosiest poIlemilen, direeting the traa
fie, otood close bide them. He look-
ed, ham at the happy yoalig tnan, and
tInaly advaaccd.
"Hoy are you?" he said. "Do yon
remember Me?"
"Hartigan!" criect the young, Man
involuateriiy, "Glad to see
"eergettrit, Hartigan itow," said the
bluceoe,t protullY, 'l'm in command
of ih!e detail herd,"
"Ceingta tu la tient I"
Se we were wrong about the Tolsen
elide.. It was Neil Ottoway after all."
"Yee, poet devil!" sited the young
man.
"Aro yoU still interested 112erinle?"
atked ilerttgare
"Sure!" A. tneethievOue eXpreesiet
atieseed the young Mari% face. "I've
lett 1)f:en marrled," he eald, "I went
You to meet my wife. Laura, title la
Sergent Hartigan.
Tito offleer salutea deferentially,
"iilesaled to row he began -then
lour otheold eletayst bo trtetteured
r tife.:14
hie jaw dropped, "Well, rtn-"
The young man laughed outright at
nis diecomfiture. Hartigan euleklY re-
covered himaelf.
"Congratulations:, raise! May you
live long and happy!"
. "Thank you," elle said softly, "Same
to you, Won't you accept this flower
frora my bouquet? I eupPetle YOU can't
wear it, but you can put it in your
pocket,"
, "I ahall always keep iti" he said.
'Phe line of taxi-eabe moved on.
When they' alighted under the piee
shed with bag and baggage the ta,!
young man detained the ehauffeur,
i"I'm going back with you," he said,
"Ohe Geoffrey!" Geld the young We
man. "We have ;lair an hour yet."
'Na protracted farewells!" he said
jocularly.' "Ghastly. Good -by both 0:
3'ou, and God blew you!" He jumped
en the cab and wan gone.
, At the foot ot the gangplank the
young woman -caught eight of a little
round body of agitated mien, "Mre,
Colliflowerr she cried. "I-Iow Gweet
of you to come and coo us off!"
Mrs, Collifloweaapeechless with
agitation, nodded and blinked and
emceed a little oouquet upon -the
girl. It was earefully elddert under
'tsetse raper; the stents were warm'
and moist from her hand. As the
young woman etarted to. unwrap it
:Mrs. Colliflowor foundher voice.
' "Oh, don't open it!" She
faltered. "It's - itee only -
my geraniums. They would
Look so common among the grand
-
flowers. But I thought since You
praised them—"
"You dear!" said the young woman
warmly, and kissed her cheek. "They
shall have the first place in my ca-
bin!"
"My dear, I hope you'll be as happy
as a queen! 1 wish you were going
to be near so I could keep watch over
you. The firist year is so important.
Never cross a man, my dear. ,Got
your way by seeming to give in. And.
listen-"
From this point the conservalion
NOS carried on in whispers.
elediddvene, the absurdly happy yoitag.
manentea caught sight of a friend.,
"Archie!" he cried, reproachfully. You-
're a fine pal. Why didn't you ceeme
to my weddingn
-roc) high-toned for me," Archie
grinned.
"Nonsense! • There were only half a
dozen there. That was not friendly."
"I don't mind you," said Archie,
"and her -me and her get along fine.
But that Parma fellow -he's all reght,
toe, but he put me out of face. • He
don't mean to, but he remiods me
that 1 Mak like a mutt and act like
a book, Look here, kid, I brought
you a little present, a pair of binocu-
lars, for the voyage."
"Why, Archie, they're beauties!"
"Sure they are! Do you think I got
'em at a sale Of unredeemed pledges'?"
"You shouldn't have spent the
money, though."
"I'm making money. Got a five-year
contract with the biggest producers on
Broadway, Didn't I turn a frost they
had into a knockout? It was you put
me onto the idea that my best bet was
travelin' ahead ot aeshow. I'm Icnown,
now. I bought it little present for the
misses, too. A silver hair-breeh, She's
got such peachy hair! You give 11 10
her. 1 haven't the crust,"
"Hold on, man, you must give it to
her yourself."
I got to go. I can't stand this
good -by business. Makes me feel like
a fool. So long! So long! Don't for-
get Archie the Mutt!"
After the young man a.nd the young,
woman -had boarded the ship and the
lien was ringing for non -passengers to
go ashore, oneemore friend arrived to
bid them farewell, A tigure all legs
anti arms dashed up the gangplank,
clutching a hastily -wrapped bundle,
The two saw him coming and hastened
to the gangway.
-un, Tom! t was afraid l'd be
iatet" gasped the boy. "They made
me wait for this." He thrust the pack-
age on the young man.
-Look at the Kid!" said Neil.
"He grows overnight, What's in this,
son?"
"A model ot a cutter, I made It
myself, I just had it varnished. I'm
afraid it's rather sticky."
"The kid's goteg to be a sailor.," the
young man explained to the young
woman.
"Youbet!" saki the boy. "I could-
n't do a, thing in ordinary school. Got
a head like a hickory -nut, I guess. I
wits crazy for a life of adventure.
Everybody jumped on me until Tom
cisme along. lie said, 'Why don't Yon
be a Sailor?" Hit the nail on ,Q2
head. He got Ply father to 161 me go
to the school of navigation. I made
good teere. Next year 111 go to
sea,"
The young woman looked at her -
hueband inquiringly. "Is this— "
The young man nodded. Yes, Kid,
Doty. You heard his voice one night
lett year."
"That was some night, eh?" said
the boy. Some time, maybe, you'll tell
me the right of that cage."
"Well, everything is known, isn't
it?" said the youog man with an air
of extreme Innocence.
"Go on!" said the boy. "Do you sup-
pose 1 believed that tale you Stuffed
me with? That wasn't Neil Ottaway
jumped out of the window. I went to
the place where they took his body.
That guy's hair was dyed -it Vote
light-tolored at the roots. And he
had little, weak -looking hehde,
was no sculptor. You're the sculptor,
aren't you?"
"Wen, don't lose any sleep over it,"
said Neil.
"1 sheen't,"
"All ashore that' S going ashOret"
cried a sailor.
"Good -by! GOOd-bYI See YOu Sleet
Year if I have luck!"
The young man and the youlig wo-
Inao leaned on the rail and watched
the panorama of the waterfront move
ittetately Vie:ea:SIM
"Deareet, what do you think of (led-
feeY'ft remark?" he asked. "Do YOU
think the gods erivy our happinees?"
"Let theta:" else latighed. "We haVe
reached the zununit. To destroy us
now would riot be tO defeat us. If We
Were. gods We would jump corerboard
this nightie!"
l'M glad We're only 'M-
illen!" he taid, preesing elbee to her.
(THE END.)
Progi..ess
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.inCijthar
China Is to -day eeperseneing a ra
Id rejuvenatioa of education, accord
Ing to Chang Posting in a reeent in
terview with the Christian Selene
Monitor, eir, Chang Is founder an
Principal of one of China's Mostpro
greseive schools, the Nan Kai WW1
located at Tientsin, where results 0
hie ingestigations of edueatiena
methods all over the world are ap
plied. 1r, Lhaug is now doing ad
vaeced welt in Teachere' college.
"Only reeently," Said Mr. Chang
"have the Chinese people begun t
see that fOr a long time, before litter
course With foreign nations was per
witted, their minds bave become sta
tic . Boys, inticed, have always bee
educated. But asfor girls, house
keephig, as taught by their mother
has been considered until 10.'.1,•ly al
th'e'yeertilefettciceiuds towaknntael.
dvboys to learn
what they needed to use every day.
His teaching was not autocratic.
Later there grew up a line of emper-
ors who departed from the methods
of the Golden Age. That was when
a ruler di4 not of necessity hand
down his power to hie son, but rath-
er Eel:sated a id trained a successor.
They Made Education more formal.
These emperors established Oontral
examinations so rigid that if a can-
didate violated any one of the rules
he Ives marked as a failure. ,Even
when I went to eehool this same state
of affairs existed. Every boy in
China had to write what were known
as the 'el ht I ed' ezsays, whlch
have oely recently been abolished,
and our eharacters had to Ise placed
In a, sort of checker -board, arrange
ment, If we ran over a boundary
line of one of those equares in mak-
ing a character of our writing, that
was counted a failure. And juet as
Chinese girls formerly had their feet
bound, so Chinese scholarhad their
minds bound, With ouch a formal
education it was imposeible for 40-
ciety to grow.
"To -day things are different. In-
tareburse with foreign nations has
brought us bitter experience; but we
have learned one great lesson, and
that has been to rid ourselves of the
authority of an emperor. The Chi-
nese people have acquired some very
good passive virtues; they are obe-
dient, pereervering, patient and dili-
gent. What they need now are the
active virtues added to them; initia-
tive, progressiveness and stole; and
tnese will be acqcired. tarenghoedu•
dation. Recently Christianity has
done a great deal for China. I ad-
mire tremendously the dynamic force
of the teaching of Christianity. Do
you know what our golden rule has
always beeu in the east? It le 'never
do unto others what you would have
them do unto you.' The Chrietian
golden rule is so much stronger and
constructive with its positive 'do.'
We need more aggressivnesti. I agree
with Prefeesor Dewey's theory of edu-
cation; ft should help us carry on the
active work of life.
"The curriculum. of our schools in
China to -day has been adapted from
that of western nations, . but more
changes mast be made. The educa-
tion of to -day must touch life as close-
ly as it did In the time of Confucius.
We need great men, leaders who can
stand at the creseroads and direct us
toward those things that are good for
the life of the world and so for the
nation. We eteed moral help from
America, but we must do our own.
fighting. We want to serve the
world through our young men and we
must teach themto make the world
strong and thus to serve their nation
and families.
"Then, too, we must make peoeses.
understand the necessity for edueat-
ing the girls as well as the boys. It is
the old practice of ancestor worship
that is responsible for the belief that
It is worth while to educate beys only.
We must make peoplerealize that
every event, great or . small, touches
Women, even though indirectly, es
well as men.
"Few of the Chinese people know'
the modern true meaning of democ-
eacy, You underatand `goveroMent of
the people for the people and by the
people'; they now know only fevo-
thirde.of that, that Is, government 'of'
the people and government 'for' the
people. They do not know government
t'by.' Government machinery le a
modern discovery, which it tnketi
time to learn to ran, but it can be
done through education,
"China was not called poor bedore
intercouree with foreigners vine eer-
mitted; but after that it was found
that the old way of supply did not
measure up to tho modern
The remedy is to modernize the old
way of supply through industry, or-
ganization and technical educatlon,
by introducing implements, - loeger
arm, bigger bands, or un other Meads,
machinery. Modern guns, cannot be
made by ancient farmers.
"People are beginning to see that
their minds have been held stetic.
Changes, however, Will slowly cense.
leer instance, edueation for girls is
qulte recent, and even now the critis
clam is made that it is too academie,
that not enough stress is laid out
household accomplishments. Only re-
cently have Women been allowed to. .
teach in girls' schools and to follow
tertain other professions, working,
however, only among women. It seme
radical should open a law ischbol for
girls it is not probable that ite grad-
uates, at present, would have much
chance of practising law. Ali progress
must be practical. Time la the Most
important factor In any itiovenaent,
We do, to be sure, need somebody to
excite society; but bomb-throwere
cannot be eonstructive workers. Chine
needs all her man ilower. Without
that her natural resources aVall little;
but her man -power must be educated."
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Economy the Watchword!
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gives greatest tea-lraitte for your' ntoney.
Yields many more cups to the pound than
does ordinary tea.,— and then you have that
delicious flavour!
SOIENTIFIC ODDS AND ENDS
Although $1,800,00U,000 has been
a
spent on highways in the Tjnited
State a during the last ten Years, thee
are totally lacking in adequate motor-
truck routes between large cities and
distributing points.
The wireless installation for aero-
planes has been perfeeted so that it is
now possible for an aviator 6,000 feet
In the air to communicate with a sta-
tion twenty miles distant.
The increase in capital invested in
.American- chemical industries was, in
1915, $65,565,000; in 1916, $99,244,000;
and up to September, 1917, $65,861,000
over 1916.
The stnolte screen has been found
very °Motive in aiding captains of
vessels to evade the torpedoes of ene-
my eubmarines.
A new life-saving belt may be worn
as an ordinary garment, and is such
that it attracts no attention, but lin a
momeet it may be inflated to such on
exteeet that it will suppoet a heavy
man for an indefinite period.
At the end of the year there weI0
, 17,773 milee of railroads, with out-
standing Lecurities amounting to
$868,936,806, in the hands of receivers
in the United States.
A Swedish inventor is reported to
have devised a satisfactory means of
transferring electric power to self-
propelled motor plows and other farm
machinery.
The newest railroad snow plough
combines an endless conveyor belt and
a rotary fan -which cuts a way through
the heaviest drifts.
Before the war 40,000 ton.s of barite
were imported from Germany for the
manufacture of lithopone. Now five
companies are producing this article
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Xinard's Liniment Co., Limited,
Gentlemen, -In July 1915 I was. thrown
from a road machine, injuring 'my hip
and back badly and was obliged to use
a crutch for 14 months. In Sept., 1905/
Mr. 'Wm. Outrldire of Laehuto urged me
to try MINARD'S LINIMENT, which I
did with the most satisfactory results
and to -day I am as well as ever in my
life.
Yours sincerely,
his
MATTHEW x BAINES.
mark
in Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and
Missouri.
A new war weapon consists of
sword with a revolver incorporated in
the hilt.
The latest development of the tele-
graph inatrument is said to have a
capacity ofe6,000 words a minute. This
Is four _or five newspaper columns.
The United States now manufac-
tures practically everything along
chemical lines.
A mantel clock and savings banks
are now combined.
A shutter device on the radiator of
the automobile enables the owner to
regulate the amount of air supplied to
the engine. It is desirable that the
volume be cut down very materially
in cold weather.
Many old-time knitting machines
have been dragged from the garret
to do duty in the present emergency.
Exclusive of the engine, the average
airplane contains 4.326 Baits, 3,377
ecrews, 920 steel stampings, 798 forg-
ing, 276 turnbuckles, 65 pounds et
aluminum and relative quantities of
entrn10h, rubber, linen, wood, etc,
By means of a new "trouble truck,"
designed for the use of automobile re-
pair establishments, one man can load
on a damaged car and convey it to
the repair shop.
I
allnard's Liniment Cures Garpet In
cowea
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Half a Loaf.
- A colored congregation in Louisiana,
hearing that a college In Kansas was
.conferring the degree of D. D, for the
reasonable "consideration" of 250, de-
. olded to add tit their prestige by raising
Abe required sum and having their past-
- or decorated with those dignified init-
leis. Strenuous effort failed to raise
.
more than halt. the amount; but, nothing
daunted, they forwarded 225, with the
Irequest that the college would forward
, the first "D," so that they Could begin
addressing the reverend gentleman as
doctor, a favor which they were sure
would- assist them very much in collect -
Ing the price of his "Divinity."
A Long Cold Chisel.
There are a good many places where
the thicknesa of an adinary cold
chisel is such that it can't be handily
used. If- You want to ctit the nails' en
some siding and not take the boards
all off, a thin chisel will do the Work
better, and cut better, too, becttuse it
slips in between better,
'An old buggy spring is what I have
used for nail cutters for a long time
and it 18 good as A cold chisel for the
work, I take a leaf of ten old beggY
spring Mid Mit it between two big
poste and break it. It breaks- hard,
but -it will crack off all right. Then
Sharpen the slim ehd a little on the
grindstone, or, better yet, on the ear-
borultdum grinder, and you have a
pretty servieeeble nail cutter or 611341.
IL iti Farm Life.
Tommy -Pop, Oeorge Washingten
never told a lie, did he? TenIntre Parr
--So we are led to belle, rtiy sere
Totnrny -Jeleel I ellees he never Went
flahitt', did hot
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Envious,
One day when the citizene of St.
Louie were olfaetorialy aware of the
stock yards on the Illinois aide of the
river, 0, little apologetic) man, wait-,
ed an hour to eee a protainent down-
town phyeician.
"I can't smell good, doctor," the
little man complained.•
"Did you come to see me just to
tell me your smeller is out of order?"
the doetor demanded in en aggrieved
tone,
"Yes, doctor; I can't smell any-
thing,"
"Then get out of here!" the doctor
shouted. "When 1 get envious, I get
mad," ---St. Leafs Republic,
A paeeion for the dramatic art is,
inherent in the nature of man. -Edwin
Forrest,
"My customers take the cake,"
boasted the baiter. "Well. you've got
nothing on me," chuckled the ice man.
The unrest in the country has af-
-fected the mining districts,. several
strikes and disturbances being report-
ed.
Not for Rastus.
"Eph, I thiak I'll go to War." "Very
well, Rastus, but what branch am yo'
gwinter eine, de army, navy or de
aviation corpse." "De aviation
corpse-whut da?" "Oh, dat am de
tlyin' department." "You mean one
te dem airyplanes?" "Yeas." "No,
sub.! Looka-hese, niggah, when I
dies I doane•wanta dig ma grave wid
ma head."-Elorida Times -Union.
Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper.
Worth Knowing.
When using.dates for dessert, wash
and drain them; they will be juicier
and More palatable.
If the boy gets his rubber boots wet
inside, a good way to dry them is to
fill them with hot yellow corn.
Never allow the firebox Of your
range to be more than three-fourths
filled. When full the draft is check-
ed. se
Chicken fat may be substituted' for
butter in pastry end cake.
A bit of cloth or chamois should be
kept in the sewing machine drawer
to wipe off the machine before begin.
ning to stitch.
Paint spatter marks can easily be
removed from window panes by melt.
Ing soda in very hot tvater and wash.
ing the glass with it. ,
If the tops of pies are brushed over
with the yolk of egg they will be
brown and glazed when cooked.
RELIEF AT LAST
I want to help you if you are suffer.
ing from bleeding, itching, blind or
protruding Piles. I can tell you how,
In your own home and without any-
one's assistance, you can apply the
best of all treatments.
PILES TREATED AT
HOW
I promise to send you a FREE Wal-
e! the new absorption treatment, and
references from your own localsty it
you will but write and ask. I assure
you of immediate relief. Shand no
money, but tell others or this offer.
Address
MRS. M. SLIMMER3, Box 8,
Windsor, :int. s
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Promotions in Business.
In the American Magazine Thomas B.
Wilson, the Chicago tacker, says:
"I often ask a man why he is doing
a thing a certain way. If he tells me
that he does it that way because It has
always been don, just like that • 1 ant
inclined to. be somewhat dubious about
his ability. Not infreqperttly the fact
that custom has been in force for thirty
years is sufficient proof that 11 12 wrong.
We should be constantly on the lookout
for better ways of doing things. Any
business not showing constant advance-
ment usually deteriorates. Individual
positions are no exce,otiens.
!'One of the great roee to a good or-
ganization is the practice cf promoting
by seniority alone. John Smith is moved
into a vacancy because hi has been In
the department longer than FOInt? ()thee
fellow. This plan permits an itferior
man to block the way of a gooa mt.n.
There should be no ivies k et pr,
*on which can in any way hamper tha
selection of the best man for a place,
in fact, I do not like to havc too many
rules about anything:. Rules tend to
-make people follow Custom without
knowing why and without using much
initiative."
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All the world's a stage, and all the
men and women merely players. -
Shakespeare.
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LORD SHAUGFINESaY.,
Pr.sId,nt c.P.n.) Who Opened Toronto EXhitiltieri on Monday, Aug. 24, 1910
Anxious to Pay rues.
If faro register2 were to be placed in
the street cara of Lima, Peru, there
woule be a toed protest. Title is not be.
Mule it hi eaaler to dodge the conductor
under Use prevailing system. On be con-
trary, the trAvellariit OC Lima are wlUthg
even anxious, to pay their fares. Per -
/tape that doesn't seem human, but the
exPlansMon is that upon receipt of the
tare a eumbered ticket IS presented to
the passenor, and it is A valuable lot-
tery tieleet.
The car linea aro divided into four ince
lions for the monthly and semi-monthly
drawings conducted by the rallwaY Com-
pany. In the three important ecotone
a cash priee of inett is offered. The
fourth section offerie e, prize et Sea
Does the public approve of the lottery?
Does it? Well, 28.6600,000 persens rode
in 1916.
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As Wise 99 Anybody.
After Aunt Palmy had vainly striv-
en to convince Walter that he was in
the wrong ehe exclaimed; "Walter, I
guess I know a few things!" "So do
I," was his allover. "I know as few
things 0.8 anybody."
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Is Your Tongue Furred?
Rave You Headache?
How fewsfeel well this time of the
year? The whole system needs hewn -
cleaning: the bleed la impure; it
needs enriehing. Nothing will do the
work more effectively than Dr. Ham-
ilton's Pills. Telco them at night and
You feel better next morning. They
week wonders in the body while you
sleep, Being composed of pure vege-
table extracts and Nice% Dr. Hamel -
knife Pins are eafe for the young and
old ,alike. Try this wonderful family
Medicine to -day, it will do you a
world of good. Whether for billowi-
ness, headache, lack of appetite or
constipation, Dr. Hamilton's Pineal];
quickly cure, 2e per box at all deal-
ers. _
A "Hard" Ow.
The Stone fainny Ivor° in dire dis-
tress, and timee were even harder
than, the family !patronymic, and lit-
tle Johnny was getting tired of it.
Principally be suffered from a sur-
feit of bread and dripping. One day
he rebelled openly.
"I don't want dripping," he sob-
bed. "I want butter,"
yo'u'Berasotrheangkofoudl.,f,or what you get,"
cried his mother. "Dripping will do
"It won't. It's killing me. I've
been feeling bad,lately, and now I've_
found out from a book that it's dripee:
ping that's doing all the harm."
"Why, what rubbish has the boy
got hold of?"
"It isn't rubbish, it's the truth. It
said constant dripping wean away a
Bstiotsn.e; and it's right."-Londpn Tit -
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Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, etc.
That's About All.
Pandora. was an extraordinary crea-
ture. Every young woman le. She
will be atill, however, a young we -
Man -that Is to say, a mixture of
timidity and boldness, of prudery and
sh'amelessness, of divine kindness end
cold' cruelty of youthfulness, ane es-
pecially of profound knowledge and
abysmal ignorance.
It is mighty difficult to get di-
vorced from a crop of wild oats with-
out paying alimony.
You never can tell. A married
woman who weighe 98 is just as hard
to support as one that weighs 200.
National prohibition may demote.
strate that the man who carries water
On both shoulders will have some dif-
ficulty in keeping dry.
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Flies and. Infantile Paralysis.
Experiments in infecting mosquitoes,
houseflies and bluebottle flies with
the virus of infantile paralysis, eon -
ducted by Drs, Hideyo and Noguchf
and Rotusaburo 'Cud° in the labora-
tories of the Rockefeller InstituteeFor
Medical Research and reported ' by
them to the Journatl of Experimentel
Medicine, result In proof that these in-
sects are incapable of infecting mon-
keys with this disease.
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SAVE THE CHILDREN
Mothers who keep a box of Baby'n-
Own Tablete in the house may feel
that the lives of thelr little ones aro .
reasonably safe during the hot wea-
ther. Stomach troubles, cholera in-
fantuni and diarrhoea carry off thous-
ands of little ones every summer. In
moat cases because the mother does
not have a safe medicine at hand to,
give promptly. Baby's Own Tablets
cure these troubles, or if given occa- .
sionally to the well child will prevent
their coming on. The Tablets are
guaratiteed by a Government analyst
to be absolutely harmless even to the
newborn babe. They are especially
good in summer because they regulata i
the bowels and keep the stomach .
sweet and pure. They are sold by
medicine dealers or by mail at 25
cents a box from The Dr. William' •
Ofeditine Co., lereckville, Ont.
The Butter Fish.
,
The name sounds good.
Butter fish also tastes good.
It is a small and good-looking fish.
Its season is from spring to fall in
the North Atlantic,
The butter fish its a comein to tile
dolphin and the harvest fieh.
Around Cape Cod they cell It
"sheepshead," and in Norfolk, Va., it
Is known as "star fish."
In sortie notions it is called the
"pumpkin geed," and often it le given
the name of "dollar" fish.
The lag is bestowed because this ,
prolific fieh is In form slippOSeti to '
be round as a dollar,
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Vary Your Food.
Variety is needed.
'You will get siek On one food.
Too much fuel food le net good.
Oatmeal ca12 take the place Of
bread also in order to keep well,
Beans, peas, cheese, Meat or °thee
nitrogeneeus foods should be eaten
as well as starch, fat and sugar.
Fish Makes a pleasant change; eo
do eggs; fresh fruits and vegetables
should be eaten every day it possible.
A little Watchfehiess Over your bill
of fare and It little regulation as to
the tonsumption of acid and elkaline
foode will do a lot for health, and
make every day a healthy day.
"Our 011ie tkre not as aftlEitie itt
appearanee as they used to be." "Per.
haps not. But you're not euppooed to
keep them about you so long."
Washington Star.
ISSUE NO, 87, Iola
leELP WANTEO-FEIVIAL.4
EXPRIENGEPWEAVDR$ WA,InTieD,
also apprentteett. eteedy work. ItIoli..
est wages paid. Apply; Slitigsby *hr.
Co. Ltd. vtanttora, Out.
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misost„LANEoue,
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rieeedINION EXPRESie MONEY ORD-
.- ere are on sale in five thoUsand
orfices throughOut Canada.
C1.10IO2 SILVE,R ULACIC BIt4EIBING
foxes. Reid Bros. Bothwell, 0131,,
Can.
WANTBD sEcoND HAND /10118F1
Power Drag Saw, complete tor
elating wood. State price and. condition,
Address Jas. A.1kins, BoX 352. Niagara"
oes the- Lake, Ont,
FARMS FOR SALE.
p • A- .RM PROPERTY FOR SALE-.
choice Ontario stock and groin farm
for sale- two hundred and sixteen acres;
in high 'etate of cultivation and fertility;
soli clay loam; running water; first-
class buildings, including brick house;
f.i.rge bank ,Dam; ta.sonii1 enuiPPe0
with waterworks throughout; PlgirerY;
cement block silo; implement buildings.
Further particulareiselY Os B. eohnstoe.
Cannington, Ont.
4 WO-ITUNDEED-A.CRE CLI3A.RDD
farrn for sale-O,mitty Durham;
good sell, fair buildings; convenient to
rallwaY station And village; four thous-
and will buy; easy terms; pouneouion
after harvest. G. P. McKay, 44 Victoria
street, Toronto.
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ti Aunt CROP, STOCK, ImpLMIAINTS
-two miles Woodstock; fort Y acres
Oats, ten corn, ten wheat; balance hay
and pasture; twenty ems, lour horses;
county road. Apply P. A. StaplOa, 11. R.
No. 1, 'Woodstock, Ont.
112 AcREs - MORI] OR LESS -LOT
27, Concession 2, Eramosa, near
Speedaide, for sale; on the premises in a
good stone house, up -to- date bank barn;
good stables, with water; closed in shed,
silo, piggery; hennery, sheep pen, never
falling well, windmill, good orchard;
farm In good state of cultivation, well
fenced, well watered; five miles frena
Fergus, ten from Guelph; school -house
and two churches close by, Apply on
premises Mrs. Lena Leybourne, Rock-
wood, IL' It. No. 3, Ont.
BUSINESS CHANCES.
p on SALE -SO -BARREL PLAN SIF -
ter mill, in Markdale; good water-
power, J. W. Ford, Markdale,
OR SALE GROCERY, 130,4T AND
A Shoo Business, tong established. D.
L. Gilmour, Collingwood, Ont.
Explaining Migratory Flight.
One of the many explanations that
have been offered to account for the
'fact that migrating birds are able to
find their way by night and in cloudy
or foggy weather is that they are sen-
eitive, in some way, to currents of ter-
restrial magnetism, and therefore
direct their flight by the magnetie
meridians, says the Popular Scietice
Monthly. This euggestion was' put
forth by M. A. Thauzies, a Preece
pigeon fancier, who declares that the
carrier pigeons make poor flights dur-
ing the occurrence of magnetic storm',
He aleo asserts that the general use of
wireless telegraphy has diminished the
reliability of these birds to a Surpris-
ing extent.
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His Method.
Two Tommies were strealirg itay
along the street when they ehancise to
gaze into an attractive shop.Wilideee
Being soldiers, they both had ntt
for a pretty girl, and there 7,rjfhip, tho
shop WAS a real winner.
"Sandy," whispered MeV, "games
she's just the fairest colleen my eyel
hiv Sver rested On. 're.'silf that'il
go in and buy eornething, an' pnriv1,93
she will have a smile for me,"
'His companion came free. "ayont the
Tweed," as his answer proved.
"I'll gang vi ye," he aeld. "But,
hoot, rem, yo aeedna epend a bawbses
A' ye hey tao dim Is tee ask her fur
change 0'
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Mina r -f s Liniment Cutes Diphtheria.
4.
NEW OF Win. .1
Whe,t Ito Sinn le•ziat is Singing
Now.
reelablo correspondent of The
London, bang.. Morning Post sends to
pet journn) dett follewing lines, which
are being circuletcd in Ireland by Sinn
Fein. Fin elencribee them is "a speci-
men et tee 'ort of thing with which
the coeniey boles flooded." The
pr0ductiOn Jr entitled, "Hymn of
Hato," and runs:
ot Mercy, watching
O'er the Irish race,
Save our Nation's honor,
"reap us from easgrome.
Let Thy 7•os.,erful arm,
Right elexthrowing missed
Lead the German armies
In this gloriaus fight. ,
Ged of (loodness, watching
O'er oer country's weal,
Give ell British soldiere
Purest Essen steel,
Smite iohee British aulle.sgs,
Make It..0 cowards yen.
Seise Seem. God of Vengeeeee,
ti To their Place in Hall.
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Fertilizers the
Necessary Gear
vertifizers made hun.
dreds of acres strong
enough to survive the
bad conditions a last
winter arid spring.,
Do what you can to in.:
sure best wheat conditions
for this fall and next winter.
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Fertilize!
' Irti/s for free bulletin on Pali
Wheat Production
The Soil and Crop
Improvement Itureou
ef the 'Canadian Pertilizst Association
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