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I3y ItIARGARET BROWN.
PART II.
Her next letter in;'iuded her pictur
and many questions about the bey'
work and plans and the happy aur
ante that they really anal truly ,he
longed to each other.
The part about herself she did no
find so easy to write, -but she l unch
e.1 into it feariessiy.
`All must be fair and straight be
tween you and nee, my son. I al
ways think of myself as a widow bu
I am not that in name. I on Mies
Cornelia Baker. I will tell you abou
it, though it is not altogether easy
because I never speak of these things
to anyone but good old i\iary who
has loved and tended me for many
years.
"When I was a young woman of
twenty-three I became engaged to a
man tamed Erneet Gregory. He was
second mate of a merchant ship and
had eerery prospect of advancement.
'We deemed to wait until he should
have a captaincy, and then I was to
live with him at sea. He got his ship
in three years but one thing after
another interfered to delay our mar-
. riage. One night in an awful storm,
his strip, the Graying was driven
upon the Hampstead reef, somewhere
near Au tralia, Net cne was sated.
"It was rears before I could .,et
hold of my life again. I could not
bear the mention of the ocean Cr a
ship.
"When I read about the good wo-
man in Ilaiifax I suddenly wanted a
son who was on the sea. The thought
seemed to bring me, somehow, nearer
to him. Do you understand? All this
was twenty-three years age, five
years before you were born. But I
Think some way, that you will under-
stand.
"Don't forget to send me your pic-
ture, Do you have plenty of warm
::tothing these cold days?"
Miss Cornelia quite forgot that the
: Britannia was cruising • in the -south-
. ern Pacific; but the boy's next letter
reminded her and she laughed merri-
• ly at herself,
"Dear Mother Cornelia:
- I am going to call you that if you
like it. It sounds sort of cozy.
"And now I am going to tell you
something that will please you.
"We have been near Australia for
. two days now, and when I came on
deck yesterday morning I saw the
• water foaming over a long line of
rocks that lay )fist outside a stretch
- of sandy beach. I heard the captain
• talking to someone and I caught a
word that made me stop and listen.
' The captain is over sixty and he
knows all the history of these coasts.
`Yes,' he eves saying, 'that is
- Hampstead Reef, as ugly a little
stretch as the eastern hemisphere can
boast, I suppose it has done as much
wickedness as any half dozen reefs.'
-" 'Tell us' some of its crimes,' I
• heard someone ask.
" `Well, for one of its worst deeds,
it sent the Grayling to her tomb with
every man aboard, Captain Gregory
commanding. That was twenty—no,
twenty-three years ago.'
"He looked over at the reef and
his voice was softer than I ever
heard it before.
" 'Gregory was a fine chap. He
was one of the most fearless and one
of the best captains that ever docked
in Halifax.'
"That was all I heard but it made
- me feel proud of the man my mother
loved, and, as we passed the reef, I
took off my cap to him who had
.faced his death there so long ago.
"I like your peture. You are a Iot
like I thought you would be. Here
comes mine. It was taken a year
ago rind I am some heavier now. I'll
have some others taken when I come
home. Home! A real home with a
fireplace and a flower garden and a
chicken yard. And you told me I
could put rings and a punching bag
. in the big ba€ement.. Five more whole
months!
"I have some little things for you,
seashells and some little things made
of bamboo and a little ivory lion and
Something Else, I will not tell you
what till I came. And there's a Bom-
bay shawl for Mary and a piece of
pottery from Algiers. You mustn't
tell her though.
"There are heaps of things to talk
over together. We will talk together,
about everything, won't we? Some
fellows don't seem to feel the need
of some one to talk to, but I do. My
vacation begins in April, and I can
bade up your flower beds, Won't it
e fun?
"The other day the captain walked
ever to where I was workinfr and
'wlir'&d rrg a•,ortt;rk seems to go
sem-00 ma faster these 7ittyei era.-.
stood looking at me a while,. It
bothered me like the cliokens and I
guess I blushed and he laughed and
said, "have you adopted a another,
Durkan ?'
"I guess I looked astonished and I
stammered, 'Yes, sir,' and he laughed
and walked away,. Now how do you
suppose he knew?"
Mess Cornelia „read into title.- inci-
tbe
interest •o r ert f.
t an ri a the
den la
ea tain thatma
,do her happy,
�'Iie r4eeet be a little more than'
usual," she thought. "And his Ip�ie-
lure tells the ; 'Mee. The mouth °ted
c Tact
chin are firm, and the eyes—they are
e' fine.""Mary, the spare bedroom
doesn't seem just the thing. It does-
n't fit, somehow. Maty about the big,
-high north room? We have always
I used it for storing things but we
"•
can clean its and put everything in
t ; the attic."
i Mary agreed that the plan was an
excellent one and was for buying new
furnishings. But Miss Cornelia was
- • the wiser of the two. Hers was the
t; real mother -heart, after all.
•' Just a bed and ehair and dresser.
t We don't know his tastes. He may
have a fish net and torn old flag
and maybe scare strange knives. Just
a new coat of buff for the walls, and
• then let him arrange everything to
suit himself—Oh, Mary, Mary, it
can't be really truly true .that he's
1 coming home!"
The short winter days slipped
away and the soft spring skies brood-
ed aver the quickening earth, and'
almost before one could catch a
sharp breath April was in the land.,
Then began a greet bustling and
• baking and stewing, in and about the
old white house. Hot, spicy smells•
floated up from the kitchen, and a',
• :oft, clear humming floated down'
:from the big north room. Miss Cor-
nelia patted the pillows and wonder-
ed with wistful eyes if anyone had
ever sung him to sleep or kissed him
good -night. It was all strange and'
unusual but full of heart -comforting;
i pcs ibilities,
(To be continued.)
BiG DIAMONDS.
ay
' Color, Rather Than Weight, Deter -1
mines the Value of the Gem. !
The new diamond found in the
Jagersfoutein Mine, Kimberley. and
weighing 3884 carats, is small in com-
parison. with famous genas such as the
Cullinan, Kohinoor, Excelsior and Re-
gent, but more depends for value on
color than on size. and this one, being
described as a soft blue and white, is
likely to rank high as a valuable find.
As an instance may be mentioned the
Porter -Rhodes gem, found in 1880,
which was valued at 31,000,000, though
it weighed only 150 carats—less than
half the weight of this one.
The weights of some famous dia-
monds are:—
Cuilinan (Star' of Africa) 3032 carats
Excelsior 969 "
800 "
Kohinoor
Dutoitspan
Regent
Present find
4421,2 "
410 "
388l "
Porter Rhodes ... 150 "
The Culligan diamond was cut into
two—one weighing 516ee carats and
the other 309 carats, the gems being
presented to the British Sovereign,
and are now among the Crown Jewels. •
ANIMATED OiLCANS.
The Fulmar and the Mutton Bird Car -1
ry Oil in Their Bodies.
The price of oil is a matter of no ,
interest to the inhabitants of the Is -1
land of St. Kilda, a favorite haunt of 1
that animated oilcan, the fumar. So
. rich in oil is this seabird, that the!
natives simply pass a wick through I
its body and use it as a lamp.
The oil is also one of the things ,
exported from the island. It is found
in the bird's stomach, is amber -color- t
ed, and has a peculiarly nauseous
odor. The old birds are said to feed
the young with it; and when they are I
caught, or attacked, they lighten them-
selves by disgorging it.
Iii St, Kilda it is legal to kill the
fulmars only during one week in the
year, but during that week from eigh-
teen to twenty thousand birds are des- r
troyed.
The mutton bird of the Antarctic
also carries its oil in the stomach, and
can eject this oil through its nostrils
as a means of defence against ene-
mies.
Envy.
When Satan sends to vex the mind of
man, r�
And urge him on to meanness and
to wrong,
His satellites, there is not one that can
Acciuit itself like Envy, Not so
strong
As lust, so quick as fear, so big as
hate --
A pigmy thing, the twin of sorts;ii
Its woil all noble things to underrate,
Decry, fair face, fair form, fair
thought, fair deed.
A sneer et has for what is highest,
best,
For love's soft voice, and virtue's
robe of white,
Truthq
3. not true, and
pity is not hind,
A great task done is but a pastime
light.
Tormenting and tormented is the mind
That grants to Envy room to make
its nest, --Jean Illeweti.
• Paint, Varnieh and Repair Time. , furs and wooden clothing for the
It ,is well to remember that vary summer months. elm 0 °Very hat bag
islring should not be done in rooms and paper bag possible, as these are
when the temperature is below 70 most convenient things to reek furs
degrees, as such a cold temperature • and woolens in because the tops call
retards the drying too much. Nor , be tied securely so that moths can -
should it be done when the ventila. not get in•
tion is poor, as this has Somewhat the Before packing, furs and woolens
same effeet. Cold varnish should not ¢ should be hung on the clothesline
be applied to warm wood nor warm? for a whole day—a bright, dry, sun -
varnish to Calc! wood, All surftrces sli.iny day. Brush and shake the fur .,
t0 bc. `C^ a ,
t rrnt.hed should lac sandpaper-, and be sure there are no gretee spots
eta carefully so that a'1 dirt is rernov on the woolens., for it is on these
ed an a smooth surface obtained; 1 spots that re is live best.
The varnished surface is likely to i After everytmems l .has been Cleaned,
have a rough, sanded appearance if , brushed, and well. aired, pack in hat
ng
these rules are not ab ervecl•, sacks and tie securely; or, if you
Before applying pair"zt or varnish, < would be even more sure, sew red
'fill all cracks and holes, Putt will , pepper -in cheesecloth bags and place
do for small holes, !hut if they are them between furs in the paper bags,
' large, mix sawdust with glue until' If packing woolens, place the pepper
it is the consistency of pitste. Press bags between the foldsm,
this compound into the hales and itAnother excellent wary to pack win-
Will become as hard as 'the wood ter things, is to wrap them securely
itself. in newspapers, and fasten the
To make a wood tiller for floors,lin
ends
together with tape or passthe ut,
mix whiting with linseed oil and ftp -:making the bundle airtight, The
ply to either hard or soft wood. This; pr'inter's ink on newspapers is a moth
fills the pores and makes a smooth! preventive because of its odor, so no
floor that can be waxed, painted or 1 other is needed.
varnished. Moths do not like the odor of cedar,
A good and inexpensive floor stain i and will not bother a cedar chest.
any
is made by dissolving one ounce of Ons can also purchase cedar chips at
permanganate of potash in one quart; furniture store, and pack thence
of warm water. Wood painted with; all woolens and furs,
this solution dries out a good shade l A tried and true enemy of _moths
of brown. A coat of varnish may bei ie, the mothball. Its odor, however, i
added, but the floors can be kept in t which is difficult to get rid of on
good condition by occasionally rub- taking things from summer storage, i
ping them aver with kerosene, ap- I argues against its use,
plied with a soft woolen cloth. Re- __ �...
move brushes from the permang'tnate I Best Annuals for the Home Carden.
solution as soon as the work is firi-
ished, as it destroys the bristles.Annual flowers succeed exception -
Alley homes are still without ! ally well in nearly all parts of Can -
screen protection against flies or ada. For the "Home Garden," whe-
mosquitoes. The most inexperienced ther it be in the city or the country,
person would find it possible to make; the best annuals are the old favorites
screen frames if metal corners were' which have become so popular be-
used.- Measure the windows, then; cause they have fitted in with the
cut four strips of 1x11,4 inch wood to i needs of a large class of flower Iov-
fit, Put the steeps togethe e. The ; ers. The reason'' the popularity
netting should L'e stretch°a iig1it1 of;the "annual" is that it can be
" 1
aandfastened with small tacks. if - a, raised easiLy and grown with but
street. door sags put stout screw -eyes I very little expense or labor. A few'
in two oppos•te corners and blade i.•.) I packages of seed costing five or ten
the door until the sag is removed.! cents each, a garden patch and some -
Now stretch a stout wire tightly be -1 combination.
tesed fin filowers-form
the fof
tween the screw -eyes, and the door; p
will be held rigidly in place. four or five short months may pro -
A screen door which is in coi'i's`fant duce the most •delightful results. {
The old favorite annuals are the;
use sometimlis needs re -enforcing. , best because they have stood thel
This cden easdone with the ahs! test of time. In addition, they have!
Of orut ove wooden laths. The laths been improved and increased in size,1
aie put over the wire scrpeaing in the form and color by the plant formhybri-
of a lattice are placed from
eight to ten inches •apart. The whole dist and by the seedsnrxn, so that to -
is then painted or stained to match day they have almost reached per -
the color of the house. This makes a fection. In one hundred years or
durable and artistic door, greatly im- less they have made as much advance
proved from the original ready-made as most other forms of life have made!
style, in several thousand. ThepoorI
ra
man's orchid" is the descriptive ter
Open Their Ears. for the modern sweet pea and the;
Ears were intended to be useful term is legitimate because the sweet;
as well as ornamental and Johnnie pea of to -day is wonderful. It is a
and Susie hear a lot of things that new creation as compared 'with the
were never intended for their 'ears.1 sweet pea of a century ago.- The!
is true of man other annuals.i
Empty pitchers yawn to be filed The favorite annuals are those l
which can be depended upon to give I
results. The final results will de -1
sounds as on a farm, from chantli- pend upon: 1, Seed—Some seed; nnualslt are diffi'.
"
cheer, who boasts loudly each morn- cult to raise from seed and, there-
in,, "Cock-a-doodle-doo! I'm up be- fore, the best for the home garden
fore you. down to the musical chirp are those which product seed that 1
ght ?
of the crickets; and the "katydids, iso tvi l germinate well. The seed of such ! i
impolite, contradicting in the nican be dealt with in two i
Opentheears ofthe boy. Say to ways:
him, "Listen, son.t (a) It may be sown in pots'
that is a quail
caIIing," as the old farm echoes with or flats in the house and the seedlings 1
the shrill "Bob white! Bob white!"' transplanted to the garden, ox (b) it1
Teach him to distinguish between the may be sawn direct into the garden.i
call of the yellow -shafted flicker, the Latitude and climate must sett -lei
note of the robin, and. the squall of which method is better for the great-)
, reat-)
the catbird—to know the birds by est success although with many an -
sound as well as by eye, as he knows nuals either method might give'ggod
the whistles and calls of his boy results.
friends. 2, Culture—Tire culture of an an-
Call the children's attention to the nual flower is not a laborious task or
voice of the little brook that dances trial of skill. The cultural directions
clown cheerily through the meadow: are generally printed on the seed
"By day its voice is low and still— ^ ckages. Soil, cultivation and rain -
A charming, dancing little rill; fall are three factors of importance.
But when the silent night is here, Soil should be of garden loam qua!_
Its voice is heard so Ioud and clear hey' and neither too sandy nor too
And yet so sweet,it often seems heavy. Barnyard manure will stimu-�
As though the brook brought pleasant late good growth. Cultivation even
• dreams"keep the growth vigorous and
Help unstop these young ears that,'
healthy. Rain or artificial watering
they may learn to love and under- not less than once a week in the
stand the voices of the birds and • early stages of growth is almost
brooks, insects and animals; that; essential.
they may not be deaf when the soft Annuals are splendid for purposes
winds whisper to them ,in the tree- of cut bloom. Some of the best for
tops—itrde
may speak to them a•f God. 1 this purpose as well as for astern
Do not preach to the children; call i display are as follows: China a ters,
their attention to God as the source
sweet peas, nasturtiums, sweet sul-
tan,
ul
tan, sweet scabious, snapdragons,
everlrr,ting.i, zinnias, pot marigold or
calendula.
"AfY CLOTHES
fl tbithi beautiful long clothes outfits,
daintily made of finest materials,
$10 60 haznplete. Maternity skirts and
dresses at moderate prices. Send for
Lists.
Other good annuals are:
Low, 'Growing--Paneles, California
poppy, mignonette, petunias, Pottle -
1`,1,;,S WOLFSON
laea, pinks, druznmond phlox, ver- F,7 Yonge St, • Toront
belies;
Medium Height-'--Tlverlastings, bal-
sams, coreopsis, larkspurs,-gaillardia,
clarkia, salvia, stocks, poppies;
Tall , Growing—Cosmos, helichry-
sum, tall larkspc rs, nicotiana, salpi-
glossis, sunflowers.
Alaple Syrup.
How to keep this delicious. article
from • moulding is troubling the
housewife, or will trouble her later
on.
"We do ours up, boiling, in air-
tight cans, and yet it moulds," writes
one. "What can we do?"
Ans.—In order to keep maple
syrup through the heat of summer,
or for any length of time, boil it
down till it weighs 11 pounds ,to the
gallon without the tin, can or vessel
which holds it. When thus boiled
down it is allowed to cool and then
put up in cans or receptacles, which
are filled to the full and practically
airtight. Bottles may be used if filled
to the top and corked tightly. Keep
in dark, cool closet, covered with
brown paper, and it will keep "good
as new" for years.
If the syrup weighs less than 11
pounds per gallon, and -much annu-
1
i ally merle does, it will not keep well
through warm weather. On the other
hand, if it weighs more than this
amount per gallon, it is apt to crys-
tallize into sugar ,in the bottom of
the can. Syrup that has started to
"work" can be brought to a very good
condition by reboiling, adding hot
water . at first, if necessary, and
skimming. all foreign matter from
the top. This clarifying may be has-
tened by adding a smell cupful of
milk to a gallon or so of the syrup
while it is boiling; for a minute or so
it will look as though the whole mass
was ruined, but gradually as it bails
the milk will eariftr the syrup nicely,
and all the scum will be gathered
into a thick *Hass 'easy to remove. .
so we must teach the children to
hear interesting and helpful things.
Where are there so many interesting
"I shall have to ask you for a
ticket for that boy, ma'am," insisted
a conductor, speaking to a.,quiet-look-
ing little woman. The woman declined
to pay. "Yemen pay for that boy,. or
I'll stop the train and put him off,"
he persisted. "All right; put him
off'," she said. "You ought to know
the tales." "How old is that boy?"
"I don't knob+. I never saw him be-
fore."
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"CANADA IN YPRES,"
Metrorial Building Will include Relics
of Gallant Defence of fatty.
An officer of the Canadian head-
quarters staff interviewed recently,
said that the Canadian rneniorit
'building at Ypres would include'
museum of relies connected with the
Canadian defence of Ypros, also a
; library of everything published eon -
1 corning the battles of the salient, says
a London despatch. Models of trench-
! es, pictures and official photographs
and a roster of all the Canadian dead
would also be included,
"Suck a building would be 'to Can-
adians what Shakespeare's house is
to visitors to Stratford -on -Avon. When
the transfer is effected we p1'opose to
convert this ground into a veritable'
fragment of living Canada amidst the
ruins by planting maple trees and
Canadian shrubs and flowers. "Cana-
da in Ypres" would, -I think be a good
title for what we propose to effect
Here: ,r
T R ND r ,
BY GERMAN R.
7,000 WRETCHED BELGIANS NOW
LIVING IN RUINS.
On. Sept. 4, 1914, General von Boehm
Ordered Destruction to Terrorize
Ghent and Antwerp.
t1 "This afternoon I went to Terniond
with
two Belgian gentlemen," writ
a 6 g
the American lied Cross Con;mission-
er for I,+lgium in a recent despatch
from Bru sel:z. I was reluctant to go-
because I hacl seen all the ruins I
tot afraid wauwanted see, ..incl I was df a
• raising false hopes in taco• minds of
thcee peoiae by ray visit, but I am
glad that I went. .At 1£ssche, where- .
. we left the main ratite, 'Mir. Thibaut,
pointed out a la'r'ge house on the main
street, number 249, and said' that the. '-' `. •
)3eigian who lived 'there was eampell--
ed'to house some Gorman officers the _
clay before Termonde was burned. The
Germans held a consultation, and he
heard them say, `Tornhoude must be
burned,.' We found the 'village of
Sant Gilles-Lez-Termonde, on the .out
skirts of the city, almost entirely des-
troyed. e
"I confess I was not quite prepared
for what I found at Termonde: I have
seen the destruction along the lines
of trenches from Rheims to Neuport,
both back of the French, British and
Belgian trenches and back of the Ger-
man trenches. I have 'visited virtually
all of the destroyed places in Belgium,
Vise, Chappelle, Louvain and others
not so widely known, but 1 do"Trot re
member seeing any place except on
the fighting front so completely des-
troyed as Termonde. It does not look
like Ypres or places which have been
fought over for years. It belongs to
that class of places deliberately -des-
troyed all at once.
"The slave works because he is
compelled to; the artist because he
loves to; the fool does unnecessary
work because he is a fool, The wise
man is he who strives to be all three
in moderation."—Prof. Andrew Mac-
phail,
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Speaking of sounds for young ears,
is the sound of Mother's voice and
Father's voice music or discord to
the ears of the child? Are the tones
harsh, impatient, nagging? Or are
they patient, soft, •musical? Long,
long years 'from now the folie o1
Your ,'coke iv'Tl'I echo and re-echo in
the memory of that child of larger
growth. Will the .memories be
tender and lovely to them?
Reinember the Moth.
Do you expect to use the same
hat and coat next year that y of have
been wearing Oils winter? Of course
we don't expect prices to soars any
higher, but they may retain their
present hettght•—in which ease few of
us can afford many new furbelows,
Ail of which, is preliminary to ad-
vising a careful peeking sway' of
Lei PR -swpose o
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„ What are pancakes worth without
syrup? It is the syrup that gives the
other syrup that tastes just as good as
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Table and Kitchen uses, housewives with the widest experience
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For Marmalade and other preserves, we
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Industries Laid Waste.
"Before the—war Termonde was an
Eastern Flanders town of 10,000 per-
sons. Half of them were engaged in
industry, making blankets, rap.'
cables and things of that kind. The
was a well-to-do middle class, many
persons worth $0,000 or $8,000, and a
half a dozen who were worth 3100,000,
which was rich in a country very
cheap in which to live. The working
class was unusually intelligent. There
was never a strike. Skilled labor gat
from $1 to 31,20, unskilled sixty cents
a.. clay. The town was the centre of a
rick farming district.
"The Germans burned Termonde
September 4, 1914. The responsibility
was on General von Boehm. The Bel-
gians say it was done to terrorize
Ghent and Antwerp. It was a 'very
horrible affair, but only three or four
persons were put to death. Mr, Ver-
mersch said one man who had his eyes
,put out was his clerk. Of 1,400
houses in the town 1,200 were hurried
Strips of linen soaked in naphtha were
placed in holes cut in the ceilings and
floors to act as wicks for the fiances.
Only one factory was spared, the Es-
caut-Dendres shoe factory, from which
the Germans sent all the shoes and
leather into Germany.
"The Bequinage, a kind of lay re-
ligious order of sisters, •each one oc-
cupying her little hoose, all opening
on a beautiful common, was spared,
bui:not the church. The Grand Place
stands in ruins, still beautiful and dig -
nified.. The town hall tower is stand-
ing and the walls of many of the
buildings, but the inside of the bliild-
' ings are entirely burned out. It is
true of the linen market and of the
great solid Porte de Grand,
7,000 Living in Ruins.
"About '7,000 persons are living in
these ruins. It is a city full of home-
less and unemployed. One house I visit-
ed was made by roofing over ono of
the rooms in a ruined building. Until
last week it was occupied by eight
persons. Then another family of eight
came back from France and all were
taken in, so that now sixteen persons
live there, sleeping on chairs and t e
iarfloor. I went back to my automobil.
and brought them robes. It was Suet
a mite; but I felt a little better for it.
"We took prompt action for Ter -
monde while 1 was there. At a meeting
of the Burgomaster, the Municipal
Council and tyro deputies, they asked
for $1.0,00'0 to buy. wood available in
Antwerp, to bring it to Termonde in
two or three barges on the Scheidt and
build tiny two•room houses in a Month
with their unemployed laborers. I
told them the American Iced Cross
would give immediately 310,000 as an
expression of the sympathy of the
American people for Termonde, simp-
ly to start the thing going,
"'We realize,' I said, •'drat this is
hardly a drop in the bucket compared
with your need. Moreover, it is not
our job. The government :intends to
do the work of reconstruction. We go
into the thing just enough to shelter
people in this transition period. The
money will be available to you im;
mediately through Fonds du Roi
bert, Yon will not have to wait,' you
have made a- definite concrete pro-
ject which means giving work to these
men, and shelter to some of these
homeless families, and the American
Red Cross is with you in it,' "
The oldest reigning dynasty is that
of Japan, an
said t
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p , have been undo
e founded
by the Emperor Annie Torino in 600
13.0,
Oreat Britain will send twelve war-
ships to tour South American waters.
The fleet will leave Europe 'as soon
as thq peace treaty is s` r'ied.
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