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. OR, A DECLARATION OF WAR,
CHAPTER XIV, -(Crura,) ably have fallen a victim to its sharp
Now for the first time she had frosts and rude winds. While darn
heardthe language of love, and it was
langdage which strangely disturbed
her. If this was the way one ought
to feel towards the object of one's
choice, then certainly it was high time
to try and strike something warmer
outc thatbarely tolerant sing or
ing the socks of the men aher choice,
was it so absolutely certain that an-
other sanctuary would. not have --gra-
dually. built itself up in here heart
THE TOWER OP BABEL..
Description of This Most Interesting
of Old -Time Structures.
The successful ..translation, within
the last few years, of ancient Assy-
Sian inscriptions (including writings
on burnt-elay tablets) has made it
possible to give a fair description of
that most interesting of all the struc-
tures of antiquity, the Tower of Ba -
they could obtain from the heavens
was utilizable in their business,
The Tower was filled with golden
states and other treasures.- It was
p religious museum, So marvelous it
web that the tongues of men were con-
fused in trying to describe it.
The Babylon of those days -Was the
most populous city m the world; it had
2,000,000 inhabitants. It covered an
area twice that of London to-day—the
bel, Euphrates running through its tnid-
The Tower was a temple, only 140 dle—and was surrounded by a wall
feet high, but elevated upon an anti, fifty-five miles in length,
ficial terrace,` It. looked much higher
wherein another regret flourished, - than it was beeauseathe city of BabySFaASHELLS FOR WINDOWS.the regret, of the brilliant position lon (of which it was a principal archi- _
£ b 1 t 1 t 11] ' f sacrificed to 'sentiment? The mere tectural ornament) was built in the Usod Instead of Glass - in Humble
her declared suitor. at really it seemed tot she hpoint toad been able to the conclusion on acrifice wassnotl inggreat
inoielofty with that
whichthere
to Philippine Dwellinga.
not to be difficult, The idea of not that, although occasionally the world,
being able to'feel anything for so compare it, •One curious thing noted •in the
amiable and frreproarhahle person— may be well lost for Love, Lady At- The first of the "skyscrapers" was Philippines is the, nee by natives' "of
and one who evidently felt so much for terton was not one of those to whoin built of sun-dried brick, with only an seashells in lieu of windowglass.
her—was almost rather absurd. For this loss would have been pure gain outer facingof burned brick. All of
the first time she now began to wonder But Fenella was not at an age r t the buildins of Babylon, not except to the waters oflthet part mollusk,
the world, native
easily ACCn .
such
reflections
i feel
which c
what' itwas exactly that ho did f e
tre construct- tenet -h
ingthe royal elates we coeight
Ysshell seven or
hasa
n
which
for her. Could it be clesari re- ed in this ay, for the reason thatg
warbling what Duncan had described? CRAFTER XV. inches in diameter, so thin as to be
This speculation onlymade her more As he slow] mounted the hill, John there was no stone in the region, Na ranslucent. It plentiful and costs
anxious to reciprocate rocae ado uatel ', M`Donnell's eyes had that peculiar, turaily, they were impermanent, andothing.. Glass is expensive,
P q Y
All, then, seemed well ander unseeing look in them which chartists the. best of them tumbled down within , Aueprdgngly, the • poorer Filipinos
and Fenella herself most hopeful as terised thorn in moments of mental a century m' less. use the shells for window panes in
results when, almost on the eve of the abstraction. And a shadow too was The Tower had seven stories, the their humble dwellings. Windows
suitor's reappearance, her mind, which there. ago he had lowest one being 272 feet square.. In ; made of them admit as much light as
seemed settling down so satisfactorily, Only a few minutes Lo all likelihood it was crowned by an is heeded, and a•, ane is broken it
received a rude shock from the most made a discovery, which, although not, observatory, for astronomical pur-:eau be replaced offhand without a
unexpected of all quarters,—for who so sensational as the one wh-ichh and!
a poses, The priests of ancient Baby-;
could ever have discerned aclanger- Ella had once mutually fallen upon, Ionia had quite a smattering of know] -1 penny's worth .of expense.
signal on all the calmly dlecorous had nevertheless considerably disturb -Ig
countenance of Lady Atterton? ed him. edge of astronomy; but, from their ! In 1914. 200,000 pounds of wool were
Lately, indeed, Fenella had been It was Albert who this time lead point of view, the most important use; graded and sold co-operativelyin
re
aware of having become an object of operated upon his mental blindness, of the science was for the prediction
increasing interest to the tately and the instrument used in the opera- of future events, They were astrolo-I Canada. In the present year the
dowager. At moments she would tion had been a reproachful question. gists, and such alleged information as I amount will be 2,400,000 pounds.
"Dearest father, what can have •
her with an approval not easily ex-, possessed you to call away Fenella
Plained, since appreciation Ronald's r Macgilvray was
obvious intentions was scarcely to be here? I had just manoeuvred theme
catch her large grey eyes fixed upon.
1 d of R Id' Yesterday when M. g Y
looked for from any member of the so neatly into the garden, and
lt
family. i pretty sure that when next I saw them
But the solution of the problem was again the job would be done. It was
close at hand. 1 like, getting a knock on the head to
Albert, home for his week -end, had' see you leading her off to wait upon
gone over to Balladrochit, taking some old woman or other, who prob-
Fenella with him, presumably in the' ably wanted nothing but a gossip,"
character of a gooseberry. Upon which ,Tohn's bewildered re -
The talk having wandered to table Plyc
decoration, and Albert having exprss-1 But, Bertie, dear, it wasn't an old
woman, it was Mary M Laren s little
ed a wish to see the heather and brack Irl who has got to be kept in bed,
en arrangement in which Mabel had and Fenella's fairy stories are about
been experimenting, with a view to the only thing to keep her there. And
corning festivities,ewithFerella presentlygbesides, I don't understand—what job
found herself alone opened theh dowager- was to be done?"
Lady Atterton tete-a- "What job? Why, Macgilvray's
tete with a know, you nti sigh. 1
,[`-nose] of course, which, as anyone
P
Yudonot,that a
o w r
e e
e
expecting Rnald tomrrow?" she with half an eye can see,
has
been
asked, with a significance which sent hovering on his lips for ays. If
the blood shooting to Fenella's cheek, you had left them undisturbed yester-
making her stumble over her reply. , day for only ten minutes longer you
"Yrs I know " I would to -day have been the prospec-
"Don't be distressed, my dear., tive father-in-law of Mr, Macgilvray
There is no cause for confusion, only of Rockshiel cess of the home. Men, quick to know' pure there are no leaks, and then store
DOMESTIC SCIENCE AT HOME
Twenty -Second Lesson—Canning Fruits.
Wild fruits formed an important1a wire basket or colander and pour
part of primitive man's diet. The; over it gently plenty of cold water to
fruits were easily obtainable then, but:remove the sand.
civilization. has destroyed many of i Drain well and then pack in Tars,
these wild fruits, except in the forest! shaking the jar so that you can fill in
and mountain regions, so that -"at pre-: as many berries as possible without
sent theu'are! �withhot
onlyfruits knownto usjar o
crushing. the
c Fill •
s
g
all cultivated with the. exception of �syrup, put on the rubber and lid, tight -
huckleberries. Ien partly then put in hot water bath
Of late years modern methods have' and process for eighteen minutes after
eliminated from the house much of the; boiling has started. Remove and
drudgery and work that were formerly' tighten the lids as tight as possible.
considered most necessary for the sue -I Invert and permit the jar to cool. Be
for rejoicing. You must not think
me indiscreet but I'm an old woman,
after all, and I have been wanting for,
so long to tell you how much I symp-i
athise."
And, almost to Fenella's consterna-1
tion, she put out her well -cushioned
and carefully tended hand, and gave
a small, decorous pinch to the girl's;
fingers.
"But I don't understand," protest-,
ed Fenella; and really there was a
good deal she did not understand
about it.
"No; of coarse you would not. But,
I will explain, if you care to hear."
Here it was the dowager who, in
her turn, displayed the symptoms of
a shyness ever before observed by
Fenella—a heightened color, an avert-
ed glance, and a bosom which visibly l
labored under the faultlessly -cut,
bodice.
` I have hardly ever spoken of it,
but also I have hardly ever forgotten,
it, though it happened so long ago.
But just this summer, with—so much
going on around me, it has grown
more alive. I think you know that
1 was once a poor girl without fortune
or position, just like yourself, my
dear," she added, with a directness
which somehow was not offensive. "I
made what people call 'a good match.'
All my friends nearly died of envy
when I made it. I have been point-
ed at as one of the lucky ones of the
earth. Was ever success such as
my success? people asked. And yet,
do you know"—Lady Atterton leaned
a little forward and sunk her voice
by a tone—"it has not been success at
all, it has been failure.".
Fenella, seized with a sudden, acute
interest, said nothing, but the ques-
tions working within her stood written
in her eyes.
Agitated and a little touched,
Fenella gazed back at her interlocu-
tor. This discovery of this hidden
mine of sentiment stowed away so
carefully behind so measured a de-
meanour was almost overwhelming,
while the equally unsuspected kind-
heartedness increased her emotion.
"And you think that you would ac-
tually have been happier if you had
married the—the other .man?" she
asked inredulously.
"1 w,ould, at any rate, have known
what happiness is; I would have tast-
ed that young dream of which the poet
says -ah, how truly!—that nothing in
life is half so sweet. What more can
love want than to be put to the test?
To care for a man enough to be able,
for his sake, to fling everything else
aside, is that not in itself an ecstasy,
enough to support self-esteem during
a lifteime, by giving you fellow-
ship with the nobliest spirits of the
world? And I might have tasted that
joy, had Iso Chosen. I was pitt to
the test, and I failed."
On her way bark across the loch,
Fenella, to her dismay, discovered
that elutes had come again into her
so carefully tidied -up thoughts. This
from the arrivistei It was a blow in-
deed, And how explain the strange
concurrence of her views upon love
with those of so different a person OS
Duncan M'Donnell? '
Had Fenella been a little' older, or-
a little calmest she might perhaps
have been less impressed by the con-
fidence just received, She might
possibly have suspected that that blos-
som of sentiment, so carefully tended
in the depth of the ex-governess's
heart, owed half its 1u; ,`lance to title
very seclusion, and '.sat, free to
Spread its moves in the rough air of
rv:ryday life, it might not improh
"You mean to say that Mr. Mac- the value of canning, preserving,
gilvray wants to marry Fenella?" he pickling and jellymaking, have absorb- To Make the Syrup
ed .
asked at last, in a voice which waver- ed this work and made it into a mas-
sive business. They handle the foods! One cupful of sugar to every two
"And you mean to say that you directly, from the farms, so that the, and one-half cupfuls of water. Put
housewife has gradually let this most! in saucepan andstir until dissolved.
Then brie to boil and cool: for five
two months now?" he constant advancing' prices of minutes. If the sugar is pure you
Albert was gazing at his father food supplies have caused the prudentlwill have no brown scum to remove.
with a sort of affectionate amusement, housewife to view the market waist Use as directed.
as at a sort of natural curiosity, rare alarm. She may decrease the expensesThe Water Bath
materially, if she is willing to take the A. boiler for this purpose can be
time and trouble of canniig her fruits
andwhich has a removable tray.
and vegetables. , This boiler will last many years if it is
Economy and thrift are not merely Iused carefully and kept for this Pur-
a matter of money, but rather prud- pose alone. Use only the best grade
ently conserving materials within our ,ef jar rubbers. Do not try to do up
reach. Economy in the home means largo lots. You will find that two or
not only carefulness and watchfulness,: three hours' work at time will be
but also planning and buying; also; as much as you can successfully ac -
using labor-saving devices- -combined !complish. A few jars done carefully
with skillful handling of foods; using; two or three tines a week will prove a
up-to-date methods and reliable tools far greater success than canning a
in a dark, coolaplace. -
aren't aware of a fact which has been
patent to the neighborhood for quite important art slip from het g
of its kind.
"And Fenella will accept him?"
"0f course she will accept him,
since she doesn't happen to be an
idiot."
There was a long pause, after which
John said to himself, more than to his
son:
I wonder if she will be happy?"
There followed various minute in-
structions touching future behaviour
on the occasions of Mr. MacgiiVray s and the judgment to avail ones self crate o£ berries unless there is plenty
visits, all listened to meekly and
silentlyby John.
As he mounted the road, which from
this the south end of the village,
quickly of opportunities. i of help. This method will can straw-
thods b b
Learn New and Better Me i ernes, raspberries, blackberries,
Gone are the old antiquated methods huckleberries, eurants, cherries and
of our grandmothers' days. Using rhubarb.
wound 'up into the hills, his mind' the open kettle is as surely out of date Remember that bacteria and wild
overflowed with the revelation just as would be a car drawn by horses, ]yeast cells exist in the air and soil,
received. There was a sick parish -1 Latge proportions of sugar are also and therefore in all animal and vege-
ioner somewhere in this direction; but, relegated to the past. This method table substances. The cells are, so
to -day the sick -call was more of a pre produce i an oversweet article, which small that it is impossible to see them
text than an object. The first sharp ''destroys the delicate natural flavor with the naked eye. They multiply
wrestle with a disappointment is best' of the fruits. This is not only un -'very rapidly and thus set up a decom-
got over in solitude; and this latest' necessary, but also it has prevented position which spoils the article of
news was to John a most bitter many persons frum enjoying preserv-,food.
disap-
pointment. I ed fruit. ! To successfully conserve food for
all this summer, while so, The canners realized this, and Have: future uee it is most ngecessary to corn-
Duringmany air -castles had been building less sugar.ars Sugar not eion cessary can only beldonethese
by tl,e'applicationThis
of
around him, John too had been at for the successful keeping of fruits, heat in the form of a water bath or
work upon a modest construction of but it is used to make them palatable. boiling. So be positive that the water
his own, the first stone of which had; The intelligent use of sugar adds to is actually - boiling before countingthe
been laid on the day on which Fenella the appearance and taste of all canned time. When once the boiling tarts
had volunteered to accompany him to' fruits. The many grades on the near- it must be continuous for the length of
Adam's cottage. He had suffered Wet make it necessary for the house-, time given.
too long and too bitterly from the in-'' wife to be sure to obtain a pure grade' Do not plunge the jars into the boil -
visible barrier between himself and of sugar. It is needless to say that it' ink water, but rather ]ave the water
his children, not to rejoice almost im-' must be cane sugar. Beet sugar con- hot, say at a temperature of 125 or
moderately at this new departure, tains a larger percentage of acid and 140 degrees Fahrenheit, then bring
That help in his ministry which he does not give the same perfect results. I rapidly to a boil.
had once looked for in vain in his It must be^remembered that one cup-' Label and Date •
wife, seemed about to be realised in ful of absolutely pure sugar will ac -1 For future knowledge label and date
his daughter. A few more years of complislt the work more successfully' your jars and also knowledge
put a num-
common work, and then, no doubt, she than one and a half cupfuls of sugar bee so that you will know just how
would seek another field for those of a lower grade. i many jars, the amount of fruit and
activities which it would have been his
delight to, develop. What a helpmate
she would make to any earnest work-
er in the great vineyard'
And cruelly clear vith a wordsfew Albert lly i.,a de-: eve ything absolutely clean`. a Provide' How to Make the Label
How to Start Canning sugar that is hi each lot, This will
When planning to can, get the jars also give you a way to figure the cost.
ready and see that the lids are in per- Seep a book to record all your work,
feet condition. By this, I mean that, the number of jars, the cost, etc.
strayed the dream. The child in whom plenty of cloths for wiping the jars;]
he had seen a disciple was in reality a funnel to fill with, and a tray large' -+ STRAWBERRIES
a traitor. She too, like the others, enough Co hold jars intended to be I June 10 No. STRAWBERRIES
3
had gone over to the enemy's side,, fl1There is an appliance sold in stores)
had deserted into the camp of than hat costs twent pfive cents for
lifting
had been one long struggle. Even; burnt and many times its cost in pre-
vented
that her; decision was actually: serving hot jars from slipping or drop.
uncolored by smiler ambition, what, , g�
chances were there of the seed he rn8efore starting on the fruits or
had sown not being choked by the. -vegetables have a vessel large enough
deceitfulness of riches? To any, to hold jars intended to be used. Put
ppoor curate with the requisite qualities'' the jars and the tops into the recelit-
he-could -have surrendered her almost acts and cover with cold water, Bring
without a pang—but to Mr. Macgil- to the boiling point and then remove
vray of Rockshiel! To John it was as wanted, drain and fill with the art.
almost as hard as surrendering he isle to be canned.
tribe Power of Evil. Pour boiling water over the jars
I (To be continued.) rubbers just before using. This not
only sterilizes them, but also makes
Nature's food for the very young them pliable and easy to slip on the
land the very old is milk. jars, The Actual Method
Sort the fruit in ee arete dishes;
Put all bruised and soft berries in one,
Grade the berries by ]cooping all large
and small ones in separate dishes,
This is, not only necessary for the
succes of the fruit itelf, but also for
the appearance of, the fruit.
• Small clips inn be bought for five
dents to hull berries with, saving both
the appearance of the hands and of
X300,000,000 is the amount believed
to be hoarded in India. This refers
to gold alone, and does not include
silver rupees and silver ornaments.
•
The smoke of London in certain
states of the wind is found condensed
on the sen as far away as Devonshire,
blackening the water' for milts, the berries. Put the huller] fruit in
1 - To Make a Fruit Juice
each quart of fruit add one cup-
ful of water and one cupful of sugar,
!then put in a kettle and mix well.
l3ring to a boil and cook for ten min-
utes. Mash well and then strain.
When cool fill into sterilized 'bottles.
I Put the bottles in a water bath and
bring to boil, Process for ten min-
utes, Remove 'from bath and Cork,
and when cold cover the top by dip-
ping in melted paraffin,
Finally, the success of all canning
and preserving depends alone upon
absolute. sterilization. Work with
care, doing only what can he done
without hurry in a clean and cool
kitchen, with a supply of good ;ala-
terials and utensils. Many jars are
lost each year by the false economy
of using defective jars and lids or old
rubbers. Always examine each jar
before starting to store to see that it
is in perfect Condition. Fruits can-
ned h this method will cost ono -quit`•
ter ofvtho price of canned.geeds pur-
chased during the winter,
Note—Water in boiler should ranch
two-thirds of depth of jars.
rr
Worth Protecting
A good article is wartby of a good package.
A rich, strong, delicious tea like Red Rose is
worth putting into a sealed package to keep it
fresh and good.
A cheap, common
tea is hardly worth
taking care of and is
usually sold in bulk.
Red Rose is always
sold in the sealed
package which -keeps
it good.
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WING WOOD
FOR PROPELLERS
Ml7ST BE ONE• HUNDRED PER
CENT, PE'RF'JICT.
•
In Order to. fleet 'the Constant Ileavy
•
Demands Made Upon,
Airplanes:
To be trustworthy an airplane pro-
peller must be one -of the strongest
things in the world. Not only are
they subjected to gunfire but their,
normal action makes heavy demands
on their strength. The very speed of
their revolutions tends 'to disrupt
them.
. In a test run with propellers made
of wood 'Which had been dried to the
lowest possible 'moisture content, or
bone-dry, as they say at the Forest
Related By Harry Lauder. •
machine, and started at js-goii,, g, A id' Pyoduets laboratory, the ends of the
"When I was across in France sue- the discomforts of the past thirty-six blades actually exuded sap which was
ing the boys," said Harry Lauder, "I hours were sent into oblivion thirty-six
the'forced out by centrifugal action.
often thanked the inventor of the talk -machine calmly clmrtied out, When` Some air machine engilies run at 1,-
700 revolutions a minute and can be
ing machine for -not having lived in You Ccme to the End ' of a Perfect
vain. A record out yonder, where Day'' geared up to 2,000. An engine of this
the mud is lunch deeper than encu in
•
,--es--
End
power would use a nine foot six inch
propeller, and the speed of the blade
the tthe
Her Gift, P
h streets on
t of dear auldlea's
s Glasse ends would beinthe neighborhood of
worst winter day, a record brings. Her 'eyes, her month, her chin, so g
back the sniff o' the hills, the wee . strangely small, 000 miles an hour. at„.
Ingle neuk, and days o' auld lang, syne. IPer'very hands, in such frail like- I A good tlf usands of pounds of
It's iaun,I'm tellin'ye! pressure per square inch are generat-
g' What an in- gess made, ed by this action alone, says the
vention! Voices o' loved ones always That one caress it seems might crush y
wi' you; • sangs o' the homeland; the them all, American Forestry Magazine at
mountain and glen to inspire you, to> And, so I gaze and wonder, half Washington, anda propellerschave been
fill your heart and strengthen your am. afraid. knowp to 'split at the centre and fly
Aye, the talking machine is a thinking So wee a gift—yet'' wealth" of` many apart Even the smallest lack of bat-
machine, and the thoughts that it in- lands once between the two blades is very
spires are pleasant thoughts,— Could never buy it in the richest serious, since the pull of :one must
thoughts o' home and the dear ones marts! icount• In additiadditinte that of the other,
left.behind." So frail a gift—and yet those baby on there is the gyroscopic
Such is Harry Lauder's description - hands force which tends to keep the blades•
of music among the men at the front Take mighty hold upon two human rotating in the same plane. high
siseed this force is ]lard to oveve high.
in -an interview with"the London heartsl land the cross strains it jatrodubbea
Phono-Record shortly after his return • —Binges Johnson._ when there is a ' change of direction,
from his recent visit to the western !either up, down or sidewise, are enor-
front. "I'll tell you a wee story," he A good fruit garden makes a home mous.
proceeded in his own pawky and wonderfully attractive.
inimitable way, "an' it's no' a made-
up yin, min' I'm telling Jed This is a
story of how a gramophone ba ed up
the gallant soldiers o' agallant Scot-
tishday's
regiment. The da 's duties had ` z§wks. • v.. e
been long and arduous; and for hours
u•z under a
b Free at aliterature.
and ho rs the Jocks had bee. u d
fierce bombardment—without a rest
and„a edaygave A
without halt. Then
way to night. Shells were continually
bursting; Lazy Lizzies, Whistling ,
Willies and a' the rest o' the devil's
messengers. Now the rain came. on. ¢sj
Sheets and sheets o' it; rain that looked :
as if it never would stop, and made one'
wonder where it all came from. Even ; .,
the trenches were flooded. That nightI,
passed, and at dawn the Germans were
scattered and new positions were tak-
en. But still it rained.” t d The
at -this stage quietly chuckled',
puffed away at his pipe, and went on.
"Several hours later the boys were re-
lieved; and tramped miles back to their
rest camp --amid mud to -the knees all ;
the road, and with the water stream-
ing down their necks and squelching in
their boots. It was evening before
they arrived at the place where warm
tea, warm. clothing, and a good dry bed
awaited them, but, man, even before
a helmet was doffed one o' the Jocks
made for the company gramophone.
I3e slipped on a record, wound, up the
or
stun- methods odperm a ttly ue
C p r
nanurni rcit..Graduate
pupils
revery-
turr. where. read ice andepuaievery-
w er-.u advice and
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Wood Must Be Perfect.
Yet under conditions of modern
warfare, when an aviator has to "loop
the loop" or plunge, or ascend sharply
in manoeuviring to bring down or es-
cape
s
ca a from an enemy,
the machine e has
Y,
to meet and withstand these unusual
tests. ,
1 Wood for airplane `manufacture-
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articles there may be a slight margin
of imperfection, and this is recogniz-
ed in lumber grading rules, In air-
planes, however, the safety of aviator
and army demands entire freedom
from flaws.
Even with Sitka spruce, the favorite
wood for airplane construction, there
-is difficulty in obtaining the very high-
est grades. United States forests
service estimates that only 13 per
cent., approximately, is available for
plane construction. A member of the
Curtiss firm is reported_ to have said
that only 167 board feet, on an aver-
age, goes into planes front each 1,000
board feet.
The quantity of wood needed for
each plane varies, of course, with the
size of the machine; few of the pre-
sent-day types contain less than 250
feet, and it may take. 2.000 feet
in the rough.. to furnish this
amount. One lumberman is making
sure of getting only the straightest of
straight -grained stuff by splitting it
out of the log instead of sawing it. Ho
gets quality at the expense of con-
siderable waste in riving out choice
white oak cooperage stock or hickory
for spokes. But the resultant product
is sure to have straightness of grain.
For propeller blades ash and white
oak are used in considerable quanti-
ties, while some are made of mahog-
any, alternate layers of mahogany and
spruce or mahogany and ash. Black
walnut has been used in place of ma-
hogany, because this wood does not
splinter when- hit by a, projectile.
Maple, birch- and cherry have found
some place in propeller •manufacture,
Douglas fir has,been used in making
frames.
"CHARIOTS OF IRON" AT GAZA.
The Predecessors of the Present -Day
"Tanks" in Palestine.
Since the first of war correspond-
ents
orrespond
ents wrote the Book ofJoshuathere
has been nothing seen in Palestine to
compare with the onslaught of the
tanks on the sands and the monitors
on the shores. of Gaza,' says the Lon-
don Star.
t If that picturesque special corre-
spondeht to whom we owe the narra-
tive of the sun and moon standing still
in the Valley of Ajalon had witnessed
the onslaught of General Allehby's
auxiliaries he might have pictured be-
hemoth swallowing
e-hemoth."wallowing on the shore and
leviathan rising out of the sea. It is
related: in the Book of Judges that
though the tribe of Judah took Gaza,
they "could not drive out the inhabits
ants -of the valley Because°they had
chariots of iron.
Allowing for the intervening cen-
turies which have transformed the
"chariots of iron" into tanks, we see
that in this casae the omens are in fa-
vor of the invaders, and we may reas-
onably hope that the clearing out of
the Philistines will be final and com-
plete. We must not forget the hero-
ism of our gallant soldiers, fighting in
a sandy desert, "while a wind like a
blast furnace raises donde of dust"
from the "land of milk and honey,"
Cod from British waters are green -
eh or brownish olive, Those caught
as the` north tire of is much darker
mentamssizerimanesema.=sto color.
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