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THE 1V1YSTERY OF THE feeling well enough to enjoy a Stroll.
and a 'very rocky stroll at t.hat, be-
cau,,ee, if I hadn't been feeling perfect-
ly fit, 1 s.heued have ,gone up the back
• way past the etabla, tee way you came
back this afternoon. So you see, I was
By William Le Queux in:doubter:11y quite \wee my bay. How -
j ever, to get on. with the tree. s soon
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters. us?" asked the Generae, in an anxious as I came in eight of' our meeling-
The outbreak of war sends Ronald . voice. plate I looked up to see if girlie had
Eeeaet, a young I laden barrister, to ! He was looking haggard and tired got there before me. ,She was not
the Higelande to- say good-bye to his out. there. I lotateafurther up streem, and
fiancee, Myra McLeod. On the train: "In what way?" queried the doctor. saw Shcito nova tosaing down over
he meets Hilderroan, who calls himself I "I mean that if she had—er—to., the reeks. I knew that he had seen
an American and, a granger in those tally lost her—the use of her eyes— me, and that she was following him.
Parts, but later Ronald finds that he foe all time, could you be certain, of I naturally strolled' on to go to the
has built a hut on a cliff above the that •or not? Or can, you give us any rock—I say I went--" Be broke off,
falls opposite General MeLeod's lodge, , reason to hope that the very fact of aria passed his hands across his eyes.
While eel/Um In. the rive,r Myra is anour not understanding the stature of "Yea" I mid softly; you went to
en:Mealy blinded by a flash of green, the case points to her getting wee- the rock, and. Myra met you—e
"No" he said; "1 didlna. I eitliet go
"Ah," said the doctor, "I'm not go- to the rock.",
•' CHAPTER IV.—(Contel.) ing to e seunfair yo
U SO • . But I dont unaeretand," I said. as
"Master Ronald! I am •al 4 V that. I -will say emphatically that she he remained silent for some moments.
-----'a.seu. Mary has not absolutely hopelessly lost her The old man leaned forward and laid
cried, when 1 aecepted her invitation a .treenbilang, fever-seomehed hand on
to "coane in. Mary.had boxed my sight, The nerves aee not dead, This
green veil may be lifted, 'possibly, ae mane.
the fact that we were old friends made medergy as it fell; but I am talking to "Ronald," he said, in a voice that
ears in.any times in my boyhood, and
it difficult for me to tell her my men. and. I want you to understand
cold shiver down my spine, ` I did not
shook with .genume horror, and sent a
terrible news. 1 ibroke it as gently as that'I give no idea as to when that
y be. I pray that it may be soon— go to the rock. The rock came to
I could, and warned her not to alarm very aeehe me,"
the serrante, aud -very, soon she wileed . (To be continued.)
away her tears and went downstairs i "I'm glad you're so straightforward
about it, Whitehouse," said the old _____.....____.
to see what she could do. I went out man, as he sank into a chair. "I don't
into the fresh air for a moment to need to be buoyed up by any false
pull myself together, marvelling at hopes. You can understand that it
the unreasoning cruelty of fate. I ie a very terrible blow to Mr. Ewart
turned into the hall, and met the Gen- and myself."
eral coming out of Myra's room. He "I can indeete" Saki the doctor sol -
was talking to Mary and one of the , emnly. "I 'brought her in to the world,
housemaids. I you kuow. It is, a tragic shock to. me.
"These things often occur," he was I'll get back now, if you'll. excuse me.
explaining in a very matter-of-fact I have a. very serious case in the vil-
voice. "They are unusual, though not lage, but I'll be over first thing in the
unheard of, and very distressing at the ' morning, and I'll bring a small bottle
time. But I am confident that Miss of something with me. You'll need it
Myra will be quite herself again in a with this 'anxiety."
day or two. Meanwhile, she had better "Nonsense, Whitehouse," declared
go to bed, ant reet, and take care of the General stoutly. "I'm perfectly
herself while Angus fetches Doctor all right. There's nothing at all the
Whitehouse. No doubt he will give matter with me. I don't need any a
her seme !notion to wash her eyes with, your begati slush."
and it will be only a day or two be- "Now, my dear friend" said the
fore we see Miss Myra about again medical ,man cunningly, "it's my busi-
es usual. You must see that she has ness to look ahead. In the next few
no light near her, and that she rests days yotfil be too anxious to eat. so
her eyes in every possible way. There I'm going to bring you something that
is nothing whatever for you .girls to will simply stimulate your appetite
get anxious or frightened about. 1 and make you want to eat. It's not
have seen this sort of thing before, good. for any man to go without his
though usual:se m the East.
towards the Chemist's Rock. I men-
tion all this to stow you that I Wil8
GREEN RAY
here
The old man dismissed the maids.,
and went into the drawing -room, while
I spent a few moments with Myra. I
was •clelighted- to see the General tak-
ing it so well, as I had even been
afraid of his total ccaapee, so I took eral was getting on for seventy; to be
what comfort I could from his ready exact, he was sixty-nine—he married
assurance that he was quite aceus- at forty-six—and when the medicine
tomes to that sort of thing. But when, came he took it, "because after all, it
some twenty minutes later, I went to was begad decent of Whitehouse to
look for him in the drawing -room, and have thought a it."
found him prostrate on the sofa. his I spent a miserable night. I went
head buried in his arms, I realized to bed early, and lay awake till day -
Whence Myra had eiarived her pluck. break. The hideous nightmare of the
Ile looked up as he heard the door green ray kept me awake for ninny
open, and tears were streaming down nights to _come. The General agreed
his rugged 'old face. with me that we must waste no time,
"Never mind xne, Ronald," he said and it was arrange:a that we should
lerekereiy. "Never mind me. I shall take Myra up to London the next clay.
be all right in a minute. I—I didn't "You know, Ronald," said the old
expect this, but I shall be all right man to me as we set together after
in a minute." , I closed the door softly the mockery that would otherwise
and left him alone. have been an excellent dinner, "I was
I feline Angus had harnessed the particularly glad to see you to -clay.
pony, and was just about to start for I've been very worried about—well,
Glereag to fetch Doctor Whitehouse. about myself lately. I had an extra -
So I told him to tell. the General that era -nary experience the other day
I should- be better able to explain to which I should never diare to relate to
the eoctoe what had happened, and, anyone whom I could not absolutely
glad cf the diversion, I drove in for rely on to believe me. I've been fidget -
him myeal. But when he arrived he ing for the last manta or two., and that
twee a long and sea-rching examine- wiralow that you say you saw, to -day
time ratted, Mpra's head, and told her has get on my narves. I've been ire -
the nerve lead been grained by the agining that it's a heliograph from an
glare cn the water, and rest was all
that was needed; and, as soon as he
got outside her door, he sighed and
seeek his head. In the library he
made no bones about it, and her fa-
ther and I were both grateful to him.
"It's not a bit of use my saying I
know when I don't," the doctor de-
clared emphaticarey. "I'm. puzzled' -
indeed. rut absolutely beaten. This
is a thing I've not only never come
across loefere, but I've never even read
about it. This green flash, the sud-
denness of it, the absence of pain—,
slhe says she feels perfectly well. She
could, see wonderfully well up to the
second it happened; no warning head-
aches, and nothing whatever to ac-
count for it. I have known a sudden
shock to the system produce instan-
taneous bliechiess, such as a man, in
a very heated state diving into ice-
cold water. But in this ease there is
nothing to go by. I can, only do her
harm by pretending to know what I
meals, especially when that man's get-
ting on far sixty."
"Thank ye, my -dear fellow," said the
old man, more graciously. "I'm sorry
to 'be such a boor, but I thought you
meant some ibegad tonic." The Gen -
Work and Weather.
It has been found that there is a dis-
tinct relation between one's capacity
for work'and the intensity of the light
in which that work is performed.
• After the sun turns northward, for
instance, at the close of the year, the
gradual increase of the natural light
leads to a rise in the average man's
working powers. This rise continues
throughout the spring, and is arrested
only when the summer heat begins to
have its effect.
During the hot months the favorable
influence a the light is a good deal
counteracted by the enervating tem-
perature; but when, in the late sum-
mer and early autumn., the tempera-
ture has fallen, the capacity for work
again increases.
Then, when the dark days return,
the effect is seen in the diminished
output of the worker. This apparently
becomes mere noticeable if the weath-
er is unusually cold with the darkness.
A dark, cold winter, therefore, is
much more likely to affect one's work-
ing capacity adversely than a dark,
warm one.
There la an additional advantage
with the latter, it seems to the writer,
namely, that a dark, warm winter
would mean a lower air pressure than
if the winter were cold.
This lower air pressure would most
probably be good for the health of
both the manual and brain worker.
enemy encampment. Simply nerves,
of curse; but nerves ought not to ac-
count for extraordinary optical delu-
sions or hallucinations."
"Ilallacinations-?" I asked anxious-
ly. "Wh.at sort of bellucinations?"
"1 'hardily like to tell you, my boy,"
he •answered, nervously twirling his
liqueur glass in his fingers. "You see,
you're young, and I'm—well, to tell
you the truth, I'm getting old, and
when you get old you get nerves, and
they can be terrible things, nerves."
I looked up at the haggard fare,
drawn into deep furrows with the new
trouble that had fallen on the old man,
and I was shocked and startled to see
a look of absolute fear in his eyes. I
leaned forward, and laid my hand on
on
his wrist.
"Tell me," T suggested, as gently as
I oould. He brightened at once and
patted my arm affectionately.
"I cc/didn't tell the little woman,"
he muttered. "She—she'd have been
don. t know, and you know as mueh as frightened, and she might have
I do. She must see a specialist, and thought I was going mad. I couldn't
the sooner the better. I would recom- bear that. I hadn't, the courage .to
nand Sir Gaire Olvery; that would tell Whitehouse, either; but eotere a
mean taking her up to London. Mr. good chap, Ronald, and you're very
Herbert Garnesit is the second great- fond of my girlie, and your father and
est oculist in the country; but un- I were pals, as you boys would say.
deubtetily Sir Gaire is time Mean- 1 daresay it was only a sort of wak-
while I evil give her a little nerve ing dreane or—" He broke off and
tonic; it will do her no harm, and will stared at the table-oletb. I took the
give her reason to think that we know glass from his hand and filled it with
how to treat her, so that it may do liqueur brandy, and put it beside him..
her some geed. She must wear the He sipped it thoughtfully. Suddenly
elle I brought bus, and take care he turned to me. and 'brought his hand
her eyes are never exposed, to the down on the table with a bang,
light." "1 swear I'm not mace Ronald!" he
"The fact that you yourself can cried fiercely "There must be some
snake eothing of it is for us or against explanation of it. I know I'm sane."
"What was it exactly?" I asked
quietly. "Nothing on God's earth will
persuade me that you are mad, air."
"Thank yen, my boy, I'll tell you
what happened to rne. You won't be
able to explain it, but you bal hear
just what it was. You may think ita
silly of me to get nervous of what
glautclis like an absurdity, but you see
it happened where—where to -day'
tragedy happened."
"What Myra ealls the Ohemistas
Rock ?." 1 asked, by this time intensely
intereeted.
"At the Citentiga Rock," ae replied,.
"It as a lovely afters -Mee just such
an abeamoon as. to -day. I had been
geing t fieh With girlie but I was a
little tired, and—er--/ had tteMe
lt-
tr to write, SO I said -I would meet
her Wet in the afternoon. It wee
agreed we should, meet at the Cheree
/gee Rock a half -peg four. I let
th hotse about a quartet past, and
IstrolAed down the river* to the Faille
Pool, CaOssecii the etreatn in the boat
that ties there. and Walked up the
81-41, olmaito batik past and.
bin's Not
The Farm Laundry. Mother at Eighty -One.
Doing the family washing is one What does it mean to bo eighty-one,
branch of domestic life that is often with the most of life gone by?
drudgery, hut since it is just as neces- It means a journey of many miles,
sometimes %oath a cloudy sky;
Sometimee the path was rough and
steo, -sometimes the sun shone
bright;
And in between were peaceful vales,
and a place to rept at night.
It means alternate sun and shade, al-
ternate smile and teas;
Sometimes to make a bridal wreath;
sometimes to deck a bier,
But now it means an eve of resit; the
busy day is done;
A time to think, to read, to pray,
watch the west'ring sun.
nary to our living as eating and sleep-
ing it must be removed as far from
drudgery as modern conveniences and
the housewife's intelligence can get it.
Since machinery is cheaper than
labor; a good washing machine is a
good investment Such machines are
very helpful for heavy clothes, and
for large washings.. The wear it
saves on the clothes will soon pay for
it, to say nothing of the backache it
prevents.
The machine must be kept clean,
free from dust. end rust, and out of
the weather. Use a wringer. Twisting
clothes is destructive, besides the
wringer presses out much dirty water
that the hands cannot remove. Keep
the wringer oiled and cleaned. The
rubber rollers will last much longer if
the thumbscrews are loesened when
wringer is not being used.
The boiler should be largely of cop-
per, not only because of greater dur-
ability and immunity from- rust, but
also because copper transmits heat
more readily than any other metal
which is used to make boilers. The
clothesstick may be made of an old
broomstick.
Most women agree that soaking all
the white articles the night before
makes it easier to remove the dirt.
Rather than spend part of Sunday
sorting over clothes, many women
have changed wasirde4y to Tuesday.
Another very good reason for break-
ing away from the customs of our an-
cestors in regard to "blue Monday" is
that as far as possible it is diesirable
to mend the clothing before it is wash-
ed. A two-ineh tear may very easily
extend to ten inches in waseing, hang-
ing out and ironing.
The garments should be looked over
for stains and the abain treated ac-
cording to the best means of removing
eaeh, particular stain, for soap sets
practically every kind of stain except
plain, ordinary dirt. If there is plenty
of .soft water, a little melted. soap may
be added to the soaking water, but if
one must use hard water, do not use
soap, but only a small amount of some
mild eoftetar such as washing soda,
ammonia or whatever acts best on the
water you use. Use only "a small
amount," for all those softeners are
chemicals, and too libeeally used, they
injure the fabrics and •cauee ,them to
wear out rapidier.
In the whole process 'of laundering
there is nothing as important as thor-
ough ringing. No matter whatecare has
been taken with the work, if the
clothes are not thoroughly rinsed they
will never have a good color.
Always wash colored fabrics in
warm soapsuds—never apply the soap
direct. Rinse in two or three waters
to remove every particle a soap.
Why Hair Turns Grey.
The color of our hair is due to the
secretion of a varying amount of pig-
ment or coloring matter, which, in
turn, dependslargely upon the per-
centage of -various chemical constitu-
ents in our systems.
For example, a person with a large
amount of iron in his blood usually
manifests this by dark hair and eyes,
while there are other characteristics
of blondest, brunettes, and red-faced
persons which have been worked out
to a varying aegree of precision by
students of human nature.
As we grow okler, this pigment loses
some of its intensity. The highly- col-
ored cheeks of childhood and youth
are replaced by- the Ballow, aslien com-
plexion of advancing age, and the hair
reflectsthis decrease by turning a sil-
very white. Prolonged worry, fright,
or bolt of sufficient light also have a
marked effect upon the pigment cells
which supply the hair.
On account of the fact that hair
needs a large supply of pigments,
brunettes turn grey much sooner than
blondes, while persons with extremely
light hair frequently go through life
without any alteration in color, though
usually their hair loses most of its life
and lustre.
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What are bhe thoughts of eighty-one,
when sinking sun dips low?
The thoughts are dreams of other
days, of friends of long ago.
They dream of childhood's sunny.
hours; of youthful joys, so fleet;
Of wedded love and happiness, of
motherhood. so sweet,
And of the many dreams of age, the
sweetest and the best
Are dreams about bhe liLlfe ones who
slept upon her breast.
Oh, -wondrous are the dreams of age;
so clear %would almost seem
That dreaming is the reel life, and
:real life a dream.
When You Hang Pictures.
A. few go a Lohg way is the general
rule—that is, don't hang too many
piottnits in one room. The living -room
should contain pictures which guests
would enjoy, while the bedroom may
be hung with the family portraits and
photographs of a more personal na-
ture. The shape of wall space elsould
be considered and pictures or prints
of similar shape or ones which • be-
long rice that space .should be chosen.
Meese a picture is hung with screws
directly on the wall, see that the wires
up to the molding are parallel with
the sides of the picture rather than
terming an angle at the molding.
Hang them as mealy as passible op-
posite the level of the eye when you
are standing, Whenever possible, hang
them so thatethey are under a side
light. A plain side wall is better than
a figured) for .setting off pictures.
A Hobby Party.
For an entertainment that is un-
usual, inexpensive and most entertain-
ing., try a hobby party. Ask every
guest to wear something that indicates
a hobby of his or hers that is not „too
familiar to the rest of the group.
When all are assembled give each per-
son a lead pencil and a white card with
a hobbyhorse sketched itt one coener.
Have everyone write on his card his
gusases about the lableies, that are
represented; then, after an evening of
old-fashioned games andi stunts, see
who has guessed correctly the greatest
number of hobbies.
At a hobby party one of the boys
carried a yeast cake, a toy flagpole,
and a sapling; his hobby proved to
be raising poultry, A girl who enjoy-
ed piecing quilts wore •small squares
of bright-coliored material pinned to
her dresa. Another guest, arriving
with a loaf of bread tucked under her
arm, definitely established her repu-
tation for disliking week of any kind.
There are any number a possibil-
itiese-for example, a tevelve-inch ruler
and a rubber ball for the :football en-
theelatut, a bagful of flour for the girl
whose hobby is her garden, a picture
of a tramp for eineeme who liket to
hike.
Have plenty of room iti 'which to
play the gemee. Serve ice cream nen
cake.
If you wish to give a prim, to the
person who utmost/311y guesses -the,
greatest nutitber of liabbiels, offer her
a pair of toy reins with whith tO hold
her hobby in cheek.
elitiarda Liniment fOr Med*, eta
Towns Built on Lakes.
One of the remarkable results of
the recent drought was that it lowered
the Swiss lakes to levels that have
not been reached for centuries. It
brought to light some of 'the earliest
houses built in Europe.
When our early forefathensbegan
to construct homes they were worried
by fear of the gigantic beasts of prey
which wandered over the land at that
time.
Some of them built rude shelters in
lofty trees. Others drove posts into the
bed of a lake, constructed a platform
on top of the posts, and built their
wooden huts on the platforms. The huts
were single -storeyed, with sloping
gabled reefs and around each was a
wide verandah.
Each platform was joined to that of
its next-door neighbor by a small
bridge, fl mo.hy cases the bungalows
were so numerous that they formed a
little town, which was connected with
the land by a long narrow bridge,
either end of which could be raised in
a nnament,
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$30 a Week Mechanic
'lumps to $750 a Month
Out in Chehalis, Washiugton, U.S.A.,
lives W. E. Perroe, "Electrical Expert."
isn't very much of a town,
somewhere between 3,000 and 5,000
People—and Pence doesn't pretend to
be a whirlwind "Master of Finance"
by any means. But his income is the
"talk of the town." With great pride
he exhibits the books of his Electrical
Businesa which show a net profit of
$750 a month,
Pence himself says that two years
no he never dreamed of earning so
much money. At that time he was
making $30 a week and wondering if
the time would ever come When he
could buy anything he wanted, like he
new is able to do.
Owes Success to Electricity.
Pence doesn't talk meal about his
success. Ile islet that kind. But
when he does talk about Electricity
and. the great future which it holds
for mensend boys—he hits "right from
the shoulder." Without any reserva-
tion he gives all credit for his amaz-
ing-am:ewe to the thorough Electrical
trairang which he has received in
spare'thne during the past months.
But let Pence tell hisown story.
Read his letter dated October 9, 1921,
to L. L. Cooke, Chief Engineer of the
Chicago Engineering Works:
Dees hope still live at eighty-one? Ah,
yes; but 'tis the truth
That hope in age is not the same as
hope in realms youth.
The aged hope that clouds will pass,
the sun shine warm and bright;
For tidings of the .absent ones'; for
restful sleep at night.
They hope that love and lender care
will fail not till the light
Of earlier days -shall fade away, and
God .shall send the night.
And hope most sure and steadfast
as they near the "silent" land;
Eternal life, a starry crown, a place
at God's right hand.
Finding Ships in Frogs.
Although, the use of the hydrophone,
the sound -conveying instrument by
means of whibh ships detected the
presence of submarines during the
war is in its infancy, steps are being
taken to apply it to commercial uses.
It Is suggested that it would be of
great use in determining a ship's peal -
tion at sen in a fog. Four or five
hydrophones would be placed under
water about five miles apart, each be.
ing connected by a cable to a record-
ing station ashore.
A second recording or receiving sta-
tion world be established at a suitable
distance, the two stations, forming the
extremlies of a base of known, length
and bearing. Any ship- within the
orking limits of these two stations
could have her position determined by
dropping a depth charge.
The position could be obtained by
photographically recording and mea-
suring at each station the differences
in time of the receipt of thesound of
the explosion. From these differences
of time a line of direction or bearing
of the source of the explosionand the
position of the ship could be ascertain-
ed.
'rho Sergeant's Sermon.
During the Great War some soldiers
of an English regiment in France
wished to have a religious meeting
among tberaselyee, They ellen a •
tumbledown oottage for their place of
worship and, screening the windows
and the :boles with turf and sacking se
that no light should show and attract
enemy 'aeroplanes, selected the hymns
and decided who should make the
prayer. Then arose the questieu who
should preach the sernsou. At last
the choice fell on a sergeant knowa
as Tubby, The nickname was a tri-
bute to his jollite: Tubby gave careful
thought to his task and after the
hymns and the prayer read the story,
of the storm on the Sea of Galilee.
Then he delivered his sermon.
"I don't know," he began, "whether
you chaps ever noticed that •it says,
'There were also with him other little
ships.' It's about those other little
ships I want to talk. What were tee',"
doe)! there I don't know; their duty,
suppose, same as you and I are trytn'
to do here. But, anyway, when the
storm fell on the disciples.' ship those
other little ships got it too. They were
tossed about like corks and had a
reg'lar bad time of it. Then when
Jesus rebuked the wind. and made the
sea till, and there was. a great calm—
well, those other little ships got that
too,
"Now, it's just the same, in the war.
The big ships are in it, but there are
ether little ships also. Denmark and
Holland and Switzerland and Norway
and Sweden -they're getting tossed
about and having an anxious. time. And
when we win the great peace those
other little shillala have it too.
'And isn't it the same with you and
me? If we get to playin' the foel with
drink and gambling and other sins,
we'll not be the only ones to feel the
storm. There'll be other little ships in
it with' us—wives, and children, and
sweethearts., and friends. They'll get
the storm too. But then again, if you
let Jesus have his way in your heart—
well, then those other little ships'll be
as safe and happy as you are. Isn't
it worth trying for, boys?"
Need it be said that every heart in
that little gathering .so far from home
and kindred, so close to danger and to
death, was deeply touched by the see -
manes sermon? Same time later
Tubby was killed in an attack, but his
words will live after him and tele to
make the great sca of lite safe for
"these ether littie ships."
"Dear Mr. Cooke:
Less than 2 years ago I was an ordin-
ary mechanic earning 325 to $30 a
week. To -day, thanks to you, I am au
"Electrical Expert," in business for
myself, and making over $750 a month.
My success, Mr. Cooke, is entirely
due to the invaluable help you have
given me. The thorough, practical
training I secured through your Easily -
learned, Spare - Time, Home - Study
Course in Electricity, has made me
financially independent, and a highly
respected business man in this com-
munity.
Sincerely yours,
W. E. Pence."
For 15 years Mr. Cooke has been
training men .at home during their
spare time, for Big Electrical P051 -
tions, and he has received thousands
of letters like the above. His system
offers every man, regardless of age,
education, or previous experience, the
chance to become, in a very short
time an "Electrical Expert," able to
earn $3,500 to $10,000 a year.
Electrically -Trained Men carce.
'Because of its prominent position in
the Electrical Field, The Chicago En-
gineering Works frequently is called
upon, by industries in the larger cities
in the United States an.d Canada, to
supply trained men for electrical work.
To meet these demands Mr. Cooke
is now enrolling a Special Class for
quick training. He expecis to develop
from this class "Electrical Experts"
who can go out and take over the big
Electrical jobs that are now open.
Complete particulars and actual
proof of the great demand for "Electri-
cal Experts" is contained in a booklet
entitled "How To Become An Electri-
cal Expert," which may be had with-
out cost by writing to Chief Engineer
Cooke, Chicago Engineering Works,
2148 Lawrence Avenue, Chicago, U.S.A.
Minard's Liniment Used by Veterinaries
Thought is another name far fate,
Choose, them thy destiny, and wait—
For love brings love, and hate brings
hate.
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Seeing Our Breath.
We "see our breath" on a cold win-
ter's day because the warm air which
we exhale Is condensed in the much
colder air surrounding us, and re-
mains visible until the surrounding
air can absorb it.
One day in the Antarctic, when
there were seventy-two degrees of
frost, Captain Scott found that by
standing still, bareheaded, and exhal-
ing a deep breath: he Gouldactually
bear his breath freezing a moment or
two after it had left his mouth.
The sound, it seemed to him, was
produced by the forming of the ice-
crystals-. It was he admitted, a sound
not easy to describe, but "rather like
that produced by the movement of
sand on a beach when a wave washes
up!,
We do not "sae our breath" in sum-
mer, generally speaking, because the
warm surrounding air has such a lenge
capacity for holding moisrure—water
vapor—that the warm moist air we
give out is absorbed immediately, and
therefore remains invisible.
A very cold wet day at almost any
season, of the year makes the breath
vlsthlo beoaetse the atmosphere at
such times bias enough moisture of its
own, and rejects, on the ground of non -
necessity, the moisture contalned Itt
the exhaled breath,
--a—.
Father's Admiration.
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Old Mr, Fatheletgh was seated it
his study with his pipe and the °vett-
ing paper.
To him came hie- Wife, stetting and
important,
"John," she said mysteriously, "1
peeped into the drawing room, and
guess what I saw?"
John -at.ited. He knew Abe would
net rem till she told,
"Gladatt our datighter, was seated on
the piano goal, end"—the mother's
YbitO was prouti—"that rich young
man was holding both her heads!"
"Ile made his money bl hht wit*,
that chap," rolled her eusband,
"That's a great ethernet, to keep her
frme playing the Outer
Belo* tiva httratted tabltome depth
1 the oesan thee is no light.
eamilsaffuneeespeaseseaseee....—.—.
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An application of "Vas*-
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grateful relief when
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chafed skins ere.
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Seeing the Earth Move.
With a bowl of water aud sonic pow-
dered resin one may observe the
earth's, motion. It is commonly sup-
posed that it is not possible to de-
monstrate the movement of the earth
without elaborate apparatus, which is
far from being the case. In the ilmt
place select a room that is fairly free
from vibration. Then obtain a good-
sized bowl or tub a foot or, more in
diameter and rather deep, and nearly
fill it with, Water. Place this on the
floor of the room in such a position
that it need not be disturbed for some
hours. Get some finely powdered re-
sin and sprinkle a coating of this on
the surface of the water. Any fine sub -
gene° that would float and 'not bo
dissolved for some hours. would do as
welle
Next secure aelittle Mal dust and
sprinkle some en the top of the resin
in a straighe line from the centre to
the eircufriferenre. Carry this line up
over the rim of the bowl, and make it
broad enough to be clearly seen—say
about an inch in width. The bowl
may now be left for several hours, at
the end of which, time it will be no-
ticed that an interesting thing has
happened. It will be seen, writes S.
Leonard Bastin in "The Scientific
American," that the line of the surface
of the water has changed its position
and that it no longer meets that which
runs up over the rim of the bowl. As
a matte r pelage _tee _Wyk pee oh the'
tsfeelhee of theasv.atei has swept around
from east to west.
What has happened is this.: The
water in the bowl hats stood still
throughout the time which it has been
left while the voseel itself has been
carried around by the motion of the
earth from west to east. Another way
of Mating it is teat the earth hae
swung around a considerable arc from
west te '0it.9t, leaving the 'water quite
station -era
Sentry Go.
True lad who shared the guard with
me,
That night of whirling- allow-,
What other nights have brought to you
1 shall not latow,
I never even heard yeur name,
And hardly saw your face',
Tat you poured out your heart to me
As we kept pace.
don't knew if you're living still,
Or fallen in the fight;
But in my heart your hetet is safe
Till the itiet night.
—Wilfrid Wilson. Gibson.
Stone Marriage Certificates.
Ott tee Inland of Jersey, in the Eng-
lish Channel, there is a curious but
pretty. marriage custom,
As soon as the ceremony is corer,
and when the couple are entering into
occupation of their house, a large
granite slab over the porta is
WHt
vrith the initials of the bride
and bridearooM, and between the two
a rough repro of tWo hearts
is entwined.
Vire *hole formsn ur.iquo marries*
rertqleate ter ell the anatlit to