The Clinton News Record, 1920-7-1, Page 6TOty ....ROorns.
lie EFFIE MAURINE PAIGE.
• Neighbors? Well I geese! Miss
Jane had slept in her clothes for two
weeks when Horace Wee sick, the
had taken awe cif mother in the long
illness that followed, When, Bob bad
Pneumonie, •how the neighboes did
stand by! On cold nights they heated
bricks loe the leey'e heel, while apples
roested or the midnight lunch of
coffee and sandwiches, Ilow carefully
they filled paper bags with coal td
lift noiselesely onto the flee, so that
nothing might waken or annoy the
Petient. Loving hands kept cover
over restless, fevered bodies and lov-
ing rieighbovs stood by ready to do
whatever was needed, stood unti
the sick one 'Wes returned to health a
passed on, and there was no coin that
could repay!
Father left mother standing in the
doorway and slipped out into the hall,
What was that—wes it a baby'e crY
that caree•from upetairs, mingled with
swift footeteps and the opening and
closing of a door? Ah, yes! How
well he remeinbered the dawn that had
beought him Jeanette, How, for hours,
the sun and earth and sky seemed to
have vanished into the night and he
had paced the porch and kitchen, help -
les to aid.rnother in any way. But,
like all dawn after darkness, he foued
happiness in the mother lighlein Bees'e
eyes and theiwonder of the liftle fain
that lay so e dose to has: ex-
Paiences had Rimed when Horaee
arid bob and Amy had corne.witletheir
love and leughter into the little home.
And, /Ike the herds hatchedeach year
in the *Oriole nest—they had gro'wn to
maturity and slipped out to try their
wings in the world. Like the awing-
ing oriole nest—the old hoine..was a
little ,shabby from the slider and.tear.
Climbing slowly up the back stair-
waY, mother stood at the open window
of -the west bedroom and, sure enough,
there weee three gaping mouths in the
nest below—three funny, fuzzy little
bodies streggling for food as hi the
summer times of years gdpe. The
elm tree had sheltered its little ones
and further down, nearer the trunk,
the old swing- rope, knotted and worn,
still clung! There was no swing boiled
• in it now, but she could see Bob's
golden head and Amy's dark one close
together—hear them laugh hysterical-
ly as they. clung. stoutly to each other
and the rope when father ran -under,
sending the swing far into the air.
and Jeanette stood frowning over the
difeeult • oPeretion of dreseing a
t chicken. Father, coming in from the
huaking, teased her,
I "Remember when mothee was away
you forgot the crop and we had grain
all over the tablecloth?"
Rosy4.eelte beetene rosier as she
struggled with the big .fowl and AmY
and Bob einggered delightedly. Out
' of the oven a big cinnamon cake is
turned onto the waiting cloth beeide
Cho loaveri of freeh bread and rolle •
Somebody sneaking along the hell?
, Yee! Somebody sneeked by thepantry
window jest now with a big bundle—
going toward the woodshed, Every
one Ati supposed to be blind theee daye
and on honor bound not to look wider
beds or into closets thet don't belong
to them. Stockings have been hunted
out and put in readiness for Christ-
mas eve, and father's short sock lute
been exchanged for •a 'long- one of
mother's for jest one night.
seeress fielde and through woods' the
childrendrag their slecia end' hunt
• ground pine and holly. •Over doors
and pictured and looped from the fire-
place the gems will hang, "
'Tis early. Chrietmas Morning—
"darknees still hangs ther the out -of -
.door, but Bob has wakened and rem-
entbers. True to custom, he dare not
• go down stairs until all the family are
ready. So, An the eriely dawn, they
all get dressed, helping Iibt e Amy's
excited.fingers to buttonhershoesand
apron, then, with father leading, hold-
• ing the lamp high Above his 'head,
. they "follow the •leader" down the
stairway into the living room where
a chair for each awaits and on it --
their. stockings are hung --full!
' Little gifts!' Yes—if money value
is questioned, but how large in thought
and. love!
• Again mother sighs, She sees the
fees and jewele—the bronzes, tapes•
tries, ivories that make. up her gifts
in the life in tome Costly and beauti-
ful, but they held no dearer place than
the little Eta needlebook, stitched by
awkward little fingers that found, its
way into. her stocking years ago and
still holds its place of honor in her
workbasket. •
isathe Sabbath day with its olefin
elotizee--eits; church -going -ea -the soeMl
talking together and the ride. home,
with some one coming elong to epend
the day. 7. Pahapi it is a jute day,
too, Perhaps.-..
A siren shrieked as a 'big car round-
ed the curve below the old house and
a heavy drnelorted car stopped outside
the gate, seareling mother from her
dreaming. • Footsteps come along the
path followed by othees swift and
sure, but mother andi-lather are not at
all frightened as tifey should be—
they only leek at each other and smile,
mo—theil"
Two weeds, Amit in them are volumes
when spoken in just that tone—Jean-
ette's affected club -room tone—and
usually another just -wilted.
"We've ban •waried sick, looking
siverywhera foleyou, antaall the guests
thought we .eveee crazy „when the but-
ler told us he bed Iteard you and
father planning to run away from
your anneverser'Y reception."
'
He. blhelt eyes snapped' and the
carefully coiffured head ,bobbed em-
sihatieally, •
"Fifty years—a golden.aeifiversary,
and you run away to ,spend it in—
empty. rooms!"
Father edged up a little closer to
mother, thinking of the beautiful
estate—the wonderful lawns and
rooms which•was their home—of the
servants who• bossed hini and mother,
and he felt a little afraid of what he
had done. But mother slipped her
little hand again through father's arm
and hes bent little figure steaightened
perceptibly as her black eyes chal-
lenger] Jeanette'.
"You are mistaken, Jennie—your
father and I have not been in empty
rooms—we have Asked with old
friends to -day!"
With step unhurried—stately and
becoming the parents of a rich woman
—mother and father walked down the
grass -grown walk, stood a moment in
the open gateway looking back at the
house, climbed into the ear ,and re-
turned to their daughter's home.
Sitting in the low rocker, sewing,
mother's foot wentoutand tatiched
the .eradle, .gently swaying it to hush
'the little pink-cheeked child toesleep.
The cradle stood between the big wal-
nut bed and the west window, chese to
ha Side at Sight. Over on that north
wall the wardrobe stood, .sheltering
the black silk; the blue alpaca and the
brown wool deesses from her Wedding
outfit that leeted for "best" threugh
many a year.
No—she was not tired .or tinhappy,
even if the pieces were to small to
make a coat for Jeanette—even if she
had tried all day to -place them satis-
factorily on the pattern. Perhaps, in-
stead,, s.he could uee that old gray
skirt -.—wash and turn At and trim it
with red from the waist she had 'dise
earded. Anyhow, father would soon
be in from the fields and she must
start the tea And get the potatoes fry-
ing.- Downsteies the children ' vete
roughhousing,' home from school; The
milk pails clanged in the kitchen as
Bob, gathered them -together prepar-
atory th going to the barn. It was
later than usual, for the children had
stopped to gather nuts an 'their way
from school and flour begs filled with
sheilharks, hickories arid black wal-
nuts lay piled in the corner. A fire
wet -0d feel good to -night in the open
grate—father loved it sol
Mother sighed ashe lifted the skirt
of her gray silk over the threshold—
sighed as she touched the diamond
brooch that held the rave lace at the
throat. Sighed again, looking down at
the soft kid shoe,- made to order. But
the sighs did not mean regret for the
busy, struggling years.
The little room under the eves!
It was midnight when mother Slip-
ped into Jeanette's room. The little
single bed covered with its hand -made
white quilteite knit -edged pillowcases,
bulged with the form that lay wide
awake in the moonlight streaming
under the white muslin curt*, across
the little mahogany light stand.
"Mother—is that you?"
"Yes, dear; may I come in?"
Two white arms drew mother down
to the little bed; a pair of warm lips
kissed her eagerly.
"Mother—mother—Pm so happy!"
That was all, but mother knew that
in the early moonlight Jeanette had
found her happiness, But Jeanette
• did not know thee a heavy mother
heart lay -back of the kiss and the
"I'm glad, dear; good night," and that
most ei 'that night prayers for her
happiness came from the'room nevem
the hall.
And in'13ob's epoin!
We11,13ca's rectea wag rather inspire
itg to say the leaSE, for fievas a chaos
of fishing tackle, Inteented and framed
biatterfliee, attack squirrels and erove,
a home-made book rack filled ivith gni-
mal stories'wild Iedian stories and
histories. The little -white certain
that should have -hung at his window
found use in the pantry, for usually it
hung like' a-hase's straight dawn
the centre of the window, knotted
heavily. Bob hadem use for,folderols,
but his heart was ---gold.
"Asleep, Bob?" '
Only a grunt for an answer, but
stealihg close to the bed and stooping
dev'm mother was sure to feel a pair
of strong arms shoot out and draw
her fiefeely to him, to feel the tense
love of his nature as he held het in
silence. No kisses, no other doinone
stratien, ju,st the big hug of a boy;
but it sent- her into her own bed 0011-
tented, euro that the Ind would always
meet lite square, ,
italfway down the stairway Moller
paused.
"Was that the oder: ef pickling time
Or the holiclaye7 Spicee of every
flarzer mingled with deeds of every
deseription, ginger, einnamen and
applerly sage and chiekehs. Yes, It
was both. Perhaps if father WTOUld
leek 'in the cellar fie would find an-
other crock of those eeed cucumber
pickles or the chow trhoW that Aunt
Hannah elways made. Perliape oe
the lititiging shelf theve might be a
glass of elderberry jelly oe 0 jot of
blackberry pteeetve,
In tire kit:ellen Reef eat Melting
efiellbarice arid picking out the mate
for Wily and enke. Little Amy Wfti/
eleteing up in 1110 for the fruit cake 3'
(The End.)
The Two Sympathies.
We may draw a u,setul and sugges-
tive distinction between sympathy for
others and sympathy wall others.
Sympathy for others is none too
common. We are all se inteesely and
naturally and even propaly preoeCit-
pled with ourselves: When misery
and actual suffering come directly in
our way, when they axe before our
eyes, few of us fail to be touched by
them. We are ready to think, ready
to work, ready to give: But the dark
comae of the world Soon 'blip frein
our thoughts when our own lives are
flowing. eapily, ,7
Still, there dre plenty of people wlib
ate keenly Med constantly alive to the
suffeeings of their fellows; to Whom
the wretchedness of the world even in
normal times la a' peepeetial bueden.
and a uightmare. Those people are
nobly touched with sympathy for
others, and stow It by giving their
money to relfaing dietress and at
least alleviating the mighty 'mese of
evil, if they cannot remove, it alto-
gether. -• It vvould• be majust mid un•
grateful to find fault with their effort
or their motives,. Only seenethues
sympathy merely' for ethere seems a
little abstract and gettoral, concerned'
with bielieri rather than ivitiv souls,
even a little patronizing in fie Yles'ire
to set the world hi tbe right way.'
Now and thee %orb conies eloeg
some one whose Sympathy is with
°there rather than tor,them, who per,
haps does not do so much in the way
of actual giving or working, but who
Just eaters. into ' others' hearts, end
souls, feels as they feel, Stint% as
they suffer, and not only stiffen but
boDes as thy hope, wrailee with them
as well as weepe. Work thine 115 that
spirit goes farther West money, means
ntore than sage advice or guiclanee,or
correction, The poor and -the amain -
ed appreciate yam isYmpathe- foe tisem,,
bat oh, they appree,tatti your sympathy
With Limn 'far. treerei
The (Meet ot that latter itYrePathY
Is stirely !eve, Elven' when Yo9 knee'
Poe are giVieg and working with all
Yolir Might, gap tweet -lomat end ask
oureelf-'whether yotrare loving.
•
Men .Who Died Laughing,
Llize (Merles 11, teeny men hare
Med with a Jest on then' lips, but there
are uot many (elope In IdetorY Of
people actually dying from .14/1011Mit
teo' heartily at'a joke.
This, however, Was the .0.-a4 -fate of;
Marton et Arreiroe, who reigaed from
094 to 1410. He had a feVOrite Neter
,ealled Parra) whe, It Is epee, lied Jim
nienee Influeeee with the Mug,
•,One day the Xing ,was eufferieg,
from indigestion, brought oil by too
geeedily devouring a, gowns, • As he lay
grcianing in ,becr, .13Orrit came e'kipping
into the royni apartment, and the King
Inquired of him whence he aline. "Out
of the next vineyard," answeeed the
Jester, ebeie 1 saw a young deer
hanging by his telt freni a tee, as if
someone had so puniebee elm foe
ritealleg Whereupon the
laughed so heartily that lie eied from
the) cembined onelaught of geese -end
jest. It seems a poor encle-to amnia)
• to a jest like 'that, and It it; obvious
that *het ireiried a laugh in Spain in
the fifteenth century- would not p10 -
dune even a -gliiiiniet• a a smile here
In the twentletIP. .
A:better joke was made by' another
feel named Jean, whir made merry in
the coed of „Charles the Sheple, King
of tlevenee, This fellow was exceed-
ingly trying be Charles' nerves, and
gave hie maoter a great ehook by rush-
ing into Mb' room one morning, ex-
claiming: "Oh, Sire, such mires! .foue-
thousand men have' riseli In the citia."
"What!" 'exclaimed, the • startled
ruler, "with what puepose have they
risen?"
eaie jean, "probably with
the intention of lying down again."
Teen's influence was so great that
the King one& remarked that he
gicinght they heid better change plaeda.
Jean looked :very, angry at this pro-
pose', and Charles' thereupon asked
hlm 'If he were not content with the
idea.
"Oh, cOntent enough," said he, "but
I should he exeeediegly ashamed of
having such a fool,"
A Quaint Sermon,
In one ei the gteaC Itallap cathed-
--
rats a noted friar of the order of St.
Francis, then newly founded, was
preaching. A great concourse of
people Oiled the building, and LW/light
deepened the heavy shadows of .the
dimly lit and heavily arched chancel
and nave. The friar preached ,almost
in 'darkness.
His theme Wali God's Love to Men
and Their Response. With the pas-
slenate eloquence of the period, he
pictured God's mighty act of creation,
the wonder 60 his gift of life to men
and the beauty et the earth. But more
especially he dwelt upon the gift of
the Only -Begotten Son—the matchless
beauty of Christ's life among men—
the glorious redemption offered in
Him to all who would repent said be-
lieve. The friar's earnestness deeply
impressed the people, and a solemn
stillness hung over the -east assembly.
The dEirknoss by this time had deep-
ened still further, and the congrega-
tion could only Just pereelKe the ..out-
line df the friar's dark -robed -figure.
"Now," lie continued, "let ne con-
sider how mankind has'iesponded to
the divine goodness and mercy."
With those words be left the pulpit
and passed slowly to the altat. From
among its many. candles he chose one
and lighted it. The one gleam of pure
light shone upon a great crucifix hung
above tbe altar,. Slowly and solemnly
and without,e, word, in'the breatlileee
stillness of that vast throng, the friar
raised the candle until 11 111 up 'first
on wound, then another,. in the feet,
the: hands, the side, and finally the
sacred Mad of the Cruelfied.
There the light lingered a momeat,
and flie hush deepened upon the awe.
struck congregation, Then he blew
out the light and sat clown. The set,
inon was over. The stillnees was
broken only by audible sobs.
Plane Fuselage Folds to
Facilitate Storage.
The hinged fuselage is themost
striking feature of a British two-seat-
er reconnaissance airplane- lately de-
signed to be carried in considerable
numbers on the decks or in the holds
of naval cruisers and floating air-
dromes, As may be imagined, there
tire no longerous, or longitudinta mem-
bers, M the fuselage structure. Rath-
er 11 is a three-ply and bulkhead affair,
devoid, too, of all wire bracing. The
hinges are placed just beck of the ob-
server's cockpit. When the fishplates
on the left side are unfastened, and
the tail end of the fuselage • swung
through 90 deg., It Iles snugly beside
the interplane struts. ,
Six hundred women were executed
for witchcraft in France in 1609, c•
,
q,lov , The Farming of Skunks
in View cif the eleing prieee of
all turbearieg 0,11114al0 capable of be.
/11g rearpd In eaptivItY, are being
made the eubJeet of eeeeiel study,
Maisy proopective fur-ferznere are
eaeleleg hifermation regarding the
skunk. This animal has not, in Calla -
da, •hesn very extensively or sueeeess
telly reared in eaptialtje It hell, hog' -
ever, been demotietrated that • the
farming ot eicunke Is quite i!easible.
The questioa is mainly one ot adee
(Mate returns. With the choicest
sile!no selling at over $10 apiece, the
time wbuld seem to be at hand when
skunk raising might be proiltablY 1111-
dertitifan, thopgh exPerimeni is need-
ed to etitablleb, it on a seem.° ceentner•
cial basis. A few a the mom iinPer•
tent facts coyeeing the fur bearer are
summarized below.
Traits-11re shank LE neither timid
nor vicious, and Jo easily domesticated,
The animal Is a fairly gooa burrower,
,but 1110 trot fond of climbing, Rs un-
suspicious nature Makes it easy IA
It isgeierally nocturnal in
Food—Skunka are nrectleallY
osis-
utvoi'ous. In their wild state, teey des
Your largo numbers of inseete, includ-
ing grasshoppers, crickets, beetles ancl
caterpithers. In captivity, they maY
be given meat, fish, cooked, cereals
and vegetables and milk. The oheaP
ea't way to obtain food 'would be to ar.
range with some hotel to remove the
garbage. Putrid or taluted meat
should, however, be carefully avoided.
Breeding—Only black or "star
hi,aelt" melee oilfield he fitted km hired -
Ing, There MAY ne one male fee eaoh
haiklezen feetralee. The mating 004-
)304 he Ceneda ivoUld eeliallY be iWareb•
The Poled el geetelloe le about eight
Weelf0.. There are trent 6' 19 12. In
litter,- The young are horn blind and
nearly naked,' They may he OWeaned
When two months old,
"De"enting"—The abominable fluid
whiob the triturate tweeas a_ine,nee 9/
defence le eontainea le tn." mos, otos
on: either side a the vent. 'At ebont
ilve weeks Old, these sacs may be cut
out, aud tbe.anhual rendered as
hatop-
loas as a eat, Tbe, operation be net
abOolittely pecesiary, as tame elfunke
are uabhie1y to use thole icent unless
badly frightened by some Intruder,
Pena—Wire fences for okunk ranch-
es shook] be of 1 inch mesh, No. 10
gauge, PealtrY netting, about 3 1:081.
high, with an evethang et the top aud
sunk 3 feet ieto the ground at the hot-.
tom and then, turned inwards, Tire
delis may, in suitable sell, be artificial
borrows, which the skunke will adapt
to their own requirements, But al-
most any sort oE hole or kennel, so
long as It be dry, will serve, .
Pelts—The fusi of skunks raised In
captivity is said to be inferior to that
of the wild animals. This has been
attributed to hick of exercise. The
darker the akin and the shorter and
narrower the strips, the more highly
Is it esteemed. Careful selection
should result in fixing the desirable
eharacteeisties. Skunk skins should
be "cased" tor maiecet. In the trade,
the fur ie often sold as "sable."
Original Needles Were Thorns
and Fish Bones.
Brass wire has mostly been employ-
ed lu the manufacture of pins. The
wire is cut into pieces, the lentil of
half a dozen pins, and the points '01 a
handful ground together. Pin lengths
are then cut off and the points sharp-
ened, and this process is gone through
till . the six pins are produced from
each length a wire.
Originally, pin -heads were attached
to the stem, being made of line wire
spun with a wheel. These small balls
of wire were hammered on, a heavy
blow securing the heads. But these
were not successful, for they were con-
tinually corning off, and eventually
solid heads were znade, the top of the
wire beteg pressed In a die to form
the head, The pins, after being Untied,
are polished by rubbing them in dry
bratNettles were originally made with
horns and fish-bonee. It es said that
South Sea Islanders still use these
awkward needles, which, otacourse,
have the usual hole Just the same as
our modem steel mattes.'
Steel wire is employed in the manu-
facture of needles, It being drawn
through successive holes, each small-
er thee the previous, until the re-
quired fineness Is arrived at. It Is then
cut into lengths and each piece of wire
is flattened at one end, where the ere
Is punched with a sharp steel die.
It is surprisliCg diet -so simple an
article as a needle should go through
se wady processes at'velfg tollowing: '
After the eye is pencheileethe cor-
ners are next smoothed off, a little
groove Med on each side of the Mead,
the point is sharpetted, and all rough-
ness removed,
It is now laid on a piece ot iron to
be heated over a chercoal tire, and
while Mt it is thrown into cold -water
for tempering and hardening,
Cold Water Thaws Frozen
Ground Better than Hot.
For years steam haa been usea tor
thawing the frozen soli of mining
claims in 2alaska, in spite of dttlieni-
ties. Now it has been diseovered that
cold surface waterwhich of course
Is warmer than tho ground, is it mneh
better thawing meal= than either
steam or hot water. This seeming
paradox is explained by the fact that
She superabundant heat units of eteam
rise rapidly around the pipe, and are
wasted, While the few heat units car -
Med by the cold water remain in the
ground and do their work slowly but
thoroughly. In one test in the Nome
district, a 2 -in. pipe was inserted In a
6 -in, drilled hole, and fed with 20 gal.
of water a minute at a temperature of
52 deg. IP., the ground being at 38 deg.
In 36 hours an 3 -ft, cylindrical thaw
had been made,
About38,000 of• Great Britain's
216,000 war widows have remarried,
Canada is larger 10 .area than the
United States, ineluding Alaska, by
111;992 square nyiles (Canada'3,729,-
",(ted States and Alaska,
3,617,673)
Men Who Would Not Fail
Failure Is not a pleasant vtaed, and
it is not a sate word.to else, for you
can gayer be -sure, Many a manvvho
has bort called, a tenure even by his
frientle Ilea Wetted out to be unussial-
iy a recent :writer •showe
by the eollowing. examPleig
When, Sir • Henry ,Beeeemer Was a
young' than he tneeteeted- a ,plan• fen,
:uning ,reventie Stamps that Proinesed
to say' e the Britielitgeverainent laego
suins, nod he Was proiuieasi a coM
'fortabie irositiorre in the employ of the
Weyer/prim-de Then it neve was reveal.
ed hi 'hie 'staniji plan, and the easy
posit:len Slipped: from 'hie geese. Al-
though lie lied, failed, he did -not -lose
courage; Within a few years he it-
ventea the process el making steel
that Made hits nein° femous and
Prerted of imalculable benefit to the
World, , ' •
When'Steplion GIi5rsi Wit,s twenty.
Six yemts old;'Inli was' the succdeeful
c.antattt of a Mierchant vessel sailing
trent PletteMpotti•to the West leditie,
fent tit Itlaye1710, garb mut tog (trove
hint into; lietilayearo Vey, and the 136
Irpfit,,,urisvpntori his eeettpitte He
landed ta,Piipadellihra, a captain with.
ont: ti ship,' it .seainan Who eould obt
ehe, Jana. 'Bat "ifithin two years
he wee Ms 'Altiericalt:Citizen, and
,fifteen-ieari ' Ito was tho leading
efliPOWnee ' ThIrty-eix
years later he !hemline hie Tipuntry's
leant ,dimIng tlio• War 'of, 1012,. end,
when after the war only $20,000 atee
subacribed to a $5,000,000 loan, he
stepped Into the breaeli and subscribed
for the rest.
Phillips Brook's first work atter
graduating from Harvard College was
school. thaeltine. He enjoyed it and
dreamed of succees; luit he foiled
that he wait not able to control the
lively boys uncles' his charge, The dif-
ficulties grew, and he resigned his
poeition. The head master, when
speaking of the suceessor he belied to
secure, very uegraciqualy add teat
any change, no Inattee what, could
haedly fail to be for the better. Six
months atter his resignation, Brooks
entered the theological seminary, and
three years later he began hie career
In the pulpit Beet made Wm. Simons.
Failure succeeded failure ht Abra-
hare' Lincoln,e life; yet every one, of
the seeming falluree had. Re Dart In
making tho man; Whet he failed ae-
a ehe,pkeepor, the fellyte0 brought out
the deep-seated honastystleat won for
him the conlitletee mut the affeetion
of those who knew him, are thought
of learnieg the bleeksniith's trade,
and even after Ite had committed him -
sell to being a lawyer he tficught he
might Datums do better' an a Carve/i-
tal.. Several tirne0 he Wag defeated
Whoa lie asked the favor of the people
at the polls,' but after eat% defeat ho
woe etrongee as a man end Mere papa -
Tar with the voteee.
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Why Worry?
Calamity loomed in the way;
My lips went suddenly gray,
For his sword was icing
And hia armor strong.
"No sword nor armor are mine,"
I said,
"I am but as the dead!"
But a thousand deaths I died
that day
.As -waiting Crilamity's blow I laY.
Calamity came end lifted my
head,
"I am no cur," he proudly said,
"That would slink to attack
A defenselees back!
I am not Worry, whose bark
Slays fools in the darlc.
Not so; I fight as a well-born
knight;
Nor shall you fall of the chival-
rous right
To 'equal weapons and equal
mail";—
When, 19! my body was girt in
steel
And a blade In my hand was
• bright.
Then did I feel a tenfold might. ,
With a tenfold zeal then did I
fight -
Then tlid I fall
With courage alight.
Deep and grievous my wounds
. were, ell;
But none in the back, and fatal,
none.
Already my confident flesh had
• begun
As the clemecutting steel with-
drew, to heal.
And the pain was as naught te
. the pain I had felt that day
When blinely awaiting. Catena.
• ty's blow I lay.
Canada is bounded by three oceans;
its 13,000 miles of coastline is nearly
equal to half circumference of eerth,
Canada has 8 canals, with 48 locks,
between Montreal and Lake Superior.
100 tidies of canals cost one hundred
millions.
QUEEN'S
UNIVERSITY
Kinsisto.;;, - Ont.
ARTS ;
Part of the AYER course
may be covered by
correspondence
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BANKING -
MEDICINE EDUCATION
Mining, Cbendeel, Civil,
Mechanical and Electrical
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Gloves
Overalls & Shirts
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them with tee eke that yon unght
want to stretch yonr 111111n and
legs occasionally,.
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GLOVES
will outwear tiny other make of
Clove On the market. &recluse
they are made by chilled work.
nion trom the strongest glove
leather obtairiable,
bidet on getting hob Long
13rands from your deeler---
they win save you motley
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BOB LONG 131RANOS
Known froth Ceeet 00 Coast
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Few vegetables are Se difficult LO
eau sneceestul/Y 48 peas, Spade) eare
elionla be used throughent, anti quick
',uric is °Wahl' frem the tine the
Peas gtre niched until the filled Jere
Are hi tile canner.
Vreeh, young peas are the best for
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quickly ao possible after shelling,
jars and tope should be in the boil -
Ing water for fifteen minutes befoee
using. Bulebees should he in readiness
in a solution combining one teaspoon-
ful of binenhonate oj soda and one
egaunanderefshhoeuticlivbaelehr.ea'tTinhge.water in the
Shell end sort the peas according
to size ancl maturity. Do not attempt
to eith ripe peas and young peas in
the same jar. Place the peas in it
cheese -cloth or wire basket -and blanch
in a soda bath (one teaspoonful of
biearbonate of soda in 'one gallon of
hot water).
Blanch according to size anti age
nntil beefier. Very young, tender peas
will require only a minute or two;
twenty minutes may be needed to
make the very old peas tender. When
done, remove from the blanching
water, drain well and ,pack quickly in
the previously 'Wilful jars.
Pack the peas to within one-half
inch of the top of the jar. Put one-
third of a level teaspoonful of salt
and, if desired, two-thieds of 'a level
teaspoonful of sugar in each quart jar
for seasoning. Pill the jar with hot
water and use, a wooden paddle or
knife to remove bubbles". Partially
seal the jar.
Quart jars of peas may be processed
in a steam -pressure' cooker for foety-
five minutes under ten pounds pres-
sure. Seal immediately on removal
from the cooker. If the intermittent
process is used, boil the jars for one
hour on each of three successive days.
Remove and seal tightly at the end
of each processing period. Loosen
covers each time before ,processing.
Forevery young peas, 'forty-five min-
utes each day will he sufficient.
Where only one period of boiling is
used, boil the partially sealed jars
steadily for three hours in a hot-water
batil
With either procedure, be sure the
water is boiling hard before beginning
to count time. When the steam -pres-
sure cooker is employed, live steam
should be escaping from the pet -cock
before beginning to count the time
needed for processing:
When processing is finished, cool the
jars, test for leaks, and store in a
cool, dry place.. Hermetic sealing jars
can not be used with the fractional
or intermittent sterilization.
Curiostity.
A child learns by asking questions.
Men and women lean in the same
way. Curiosity is the mother of
knowledge. Sometimes s child's curi-
osity is repressed, silenced, much to
to detriment of its mental develop-
ment. "Don't ask too many questions,"
Id the frequent injunctior of parents
to the child whose mind is being sub-
jected to the impact of stimulating
forces from every direction, and to
whom questions are just as inevitable
as the sparks which shower from the
white-hot iron under the blacksmith's
hammer. An idiot, child or man, asks,
ne geeetions. It is the awelsened in-
telligeno Which 110W—Vcan1Why?1
now? Whencel whither? smi nuns
through the 'whole gennit of intone,.
gations. In inntheer life we becoMe
more discriminating regarding the
questione we /101; some we recognize'
55 foolish or unwlee, but all through
our days, curiosity le largely the
measure of our intelligence. Many of
OUT (IlleetiOnS ATO 1101 fOTTOUhlted inte
words, but every them we eonsult a
dictionery or encyclopaedia; every
time we pick up a newspaper or ti
book•'every thne We tarn an intro-
epeetive eye upon our own minds, or
challenge the fats of the world abeet
mg every investigation into the nae
tire the erigin, the reasons for, the
conditione the poesibilities, the prob.
abilities, the consequences, and so on.
and on, or anything and everything,
we are asking queetions; and just as
these questions are aiiked end enswer-
ed, and as the scope of these investi-
gulaons progresses, broadens, deepens,
SO does the field of our knowledge be-
come mere extensive.
How Tlireshers•Are Fed at Harmony
Corners.
The community known al "Harm-
ony Corners" livee up to its happy
title, and the slogan "A long pull, a
strong pull, end a pull ail together"
was dopted early in the history of
the village.
Firet of all, Harmony Corner folks)
mime their church building so that a'
good basement emild. be built undee,
-11, and plermed fax parlore such as
some town churches 'have. The men
did much of the work, and the women •
raised the money needed to equip a
dining room. They bought plated
silver, most of the dishes were don-
ated, and the men built the tables and
benches, so that it was not loag before
they had enough furnishings with
which to make it modest start.
The first zummer the*women deced
to serve dinners' to the threshing
crews and found that they could se,rve
all crews employed within a radius of
five miles. They fixed their prices so
that they could make a profit of ten
per cent. The men quit at noon and
went back and forth in automobiles.;
They could reach the church in fifteen'
minutes, dinner was always ready,'
and there was time enough in which
to wash up, eat and return to work.
The plan is wholly successful and the
women find it much easier than serv-
ing the meals in their own homes.
Once a month during the winter the
women serve dinner to the ,farmer's
club which holds its meetings in the
front part of tha basement. After
dinner is Oaten ansi cleared away all
enjoy a social hour. Harmony Corn-
ers also has a woman's club which
meets to discuss household topics of
interest. The members exeluinge
recipes, dress patterns, crochet ;me-
ta:us and magazines.
In the spring, one woman rains
cabbage plants in her hotbed, another
raises peppers, ethers raiso tomate
plants, pansy plants, astoire cr snap-
dragons. Later they exchange plents.
This method gives every one a chance
to indulge in a hobby, and yet make a
fair exchange of the results of her
time and efforts.
And best of all, what Harmer -1y has
done any conununity can do with tho
same effort, and with the same assur-
_ance ot pleasurable reward.—E. L. R.
Grow the Small Fruits
at Home.
In the process of getting the meet
out of the backyard garden, many
amateur gardeners have ove'glooked
the cultivntiein of small fruits.
Fresh fruit on the table has tamest
become a luxury. The high prices
which these fruits are connuanding,
and their growing seareny on the mar-
ket, are due largely to lack of hell)
and the enhenced cost of picking and
transportation.
The growing of raspberriee, cur-
rants and gooseberries 144 Very simple,
and their value both for use as fresh
fruit and for baking and preserving
purposes, should metre their outl
tIon much more extensive. Them ure
no fruits that reepono mere quielfly
to good treatment, but they wIbI tilse
stanul a considerable amount or neg-
lect. Large fruit and produetive
es, however, can only be expected
when they are given proper- tate:Ilion.
Mother's Pres. rviiiiS-1
Tune Helpers --
IMPERIAL Parowlie is Mother's best *serving time helper.
It saves her time and labor earl guarantees the luscious,
natant flavor of her preserves—a perfect air -tight, safe and
sanitary scat.
Owell44
p47440iii=
—a pure refieed white svax, free froth odors, colon and all
• impuritico, No cimmicals or acids. The safe method to pre-
serve fruit dainties.
In the laundry it saves time, labor and wear' and teer of fiat;
clothee. It loons the dirt, bleaches the clothes, and adds
• Inette to ironing,
Saki by good dealers everytultore.
“tvIAM IN CANTATA"
ootareater.
t*ivrcessrugu,
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