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The Clinton News Record, 1920-7-29, Page 6Hardy's Luck ,I. W, MARSHALL. , • "Welly Manly, old: top!" the .esner , of stairs nephew said, airily. 'Whatie bho news from No; 11 this,mOrnint7 Been up there, haven't you?" • ' The "old top" shook his head. "Yee, I've been up there, but there's n ething new $o far es f can see. T was just going to auggest that we work to - an the .dime this afternoon, and Bee if we can't dig out a cliagnosie? I'd like to see it cleared up before I ger," "Oh, get out, Seedy! I wmild if ° there were half rophanee, But when all the .big fellows rine stumped, I can't quite see the use, Tell you. what I'll lo, thought he added, with a laugh. Iles my -afternoon on; you're welcome )0 it, and while you're making a ristme kat yourself play' tennis. How eboot it?" " Hardy stored,blinking.. He could not understand this. young' mane could not,understand hew anyone- could ;pend four yeatts preparing for. n life week and then not go at it with all his might. "Of course I'll stay," he said, i'and Much obliged." Rising, he hurried out to the wards to make 'his' rorind.. It was after ten o'clock when he hurried -back again to the rotunda to wait for the visiting physician on his side, in order to escort him back to the Wards to make his rounds. . The vitiating physician had ust ar- rived, He stood inside the doors,. with . one hav,d on a sheulder.of the chief of staff's empliew; he was smiling as he Listened to some joke thet the young man was retailing. The head nurse same by, arid stopped to smile at the 'frank admiration in Dr. Hardy's face. "I wish rcould be Like that/' Hardy said a little wistfully; "but it just isn't in me. 1 couldn't stand and talk to Dr. Beard that way, not to save .nay life. I wish I could." "A haPpy manner and a glad -to -sae - you Smile makes friand.s, surely," she said. "The trouble is that too many depend on that alone. Big men dig deep for those they depend upon, Dr. Hardy. I've eeen all sorts .of intanes come and go, and—" But the visiting physician caught sight of them and strode quickly over. "Good morning! Anything -new with, that case in `G.,' Dr. Hardy?" he asked anxiously. • "Nothing, so far as I can discern, doctor: But perhaps when you see "We'll slip up for a moment and see hirn right now, and -then—Dr. Hardy, I wish you'd loolaafter the rest of my work here for me this morning, if you'll be good enough, There's a board meeting at one o'clock, and there Is some outside work that I must do before then. And as the two hurried away, the head nurse taught Hardy's eye for an Instant, and her glance was eloquent. The visiting physician bent over the patient, alert, methodical, painstaking, he made his examination and shook his head. . "I'd rather make the diagnosis in that case than collect a five -hunched - fee this day," be said as they went back' e through . the corridor. "Spend every minute with hini you can; and ape if you •can't dig out a clue. The poor -fellow's. in bad shape. "rye been doing that doctor, and shall while PM here; but I leave this afternoon, you know. The visiting physician stopped short. "By Jove, Hardy, I .almost forgot!" Re laid a hand on Dr. Hardy's shoul- der. "Stay on until after board meet- ing, won't you?" he went on earnestly. "Perhaps get a, chance to run up In iGi again for a moment." . And giving the young man's shoul- der a squeeze, he hurided Off and was gone. Hardy stood wheve he was. There wes a lumpin his throat; he could still feel the doctor's hand on his shoulder. Whet a chance to work under a man like that for a year! And the nian who was going to have the -chance did not care, For the first tilhe resentment against bis "change of luck" singed through him until his hands eleneUd Bercely, • "It isn't fair!" he muttered. "It just isn't fair, that's all!" "What isn't fair, Dr. Hardy?" It was Little Miss Maynard, off duty, dressed for the „street; and going out for a walk. Old Tommie looked do= into the • smiling, upturned face, and said to the dancing .eyes beneath the saucy little heti . "Well, by Jove, Mise Maynard! You certainly are—er--looking well!" - "Um( Um! Dr. Hardy!" said the little nurse. "Going about through the toeridors telling narsee in such siedent language they're pretty! I shall speak to the hospital authorities, stet"' And as she passed on down the coy- ridor, she flung a terming laugh hack at him, . With a sheepish grin, Dr. Hardy turned tretayi to his vtork. "I'd give Is dollar, now, to know what1 did $ay 30thatnurser . And then; in epite of himself, he laughed. Ile had forgotten all alma his revetment. Having drone his reutine work, he hurtled Vali to "G" and methodically etudied the case again, then went &owe to the ,ibray to reread hie findings, then back to the ward sts, seine new thotight occurred to him, So the morning paesed; he forgot hie dinner and no one renyinded him of it, On one of his; trips to the Ward, ribeat one 431e10.0c,*e discovered a thee. Ahriv.e the right carter a the apnea, IM of the natant 'Woe a tinyel:elation! 11 hati been there before. 'Open three flugera lie breethlesely enumerated conditions in which such eruption:I often occur. Two be discarded ao anest. improbable; the tlith,d ? .• rt ;Might be that, it one of its complicated forms and one that in our latitude is very rarg, rurthed away to the label:May, rloise back oh a half ram with an ob. eng glass slide, teak one tiny deem of 6d from the lobe of the patient% kat eat end hurtled beck to the lab- tratery. Breathlesety he slipped the eilide the intaostope ad glued hie eye to the eyelitece, Hie foe% fell; there Was tothing, Hisfalee tightened tegain—pigthent! With e treinbling finger he tamped the slide so that he teal& Sae a tow field. Arid' that sud- denly he had 'kicked ovet the stool hied Wm ensiling evilcily beck to the weed!' The 111411'S blood wee .estransingt He had made the diageoeiel Sharply now he iastituted Matt treatment, energetic, definite, curative aereseeesete‘eeseeeeeemeeserasarea"ear. treetment, Then he walked back theough the corridor; hie work in the.hoepael was done; it only vern.ain- ed for him to pack up 'mad go. When he reached the rotunda 1e members of the staff were just coming out from the board roome thechief was deep ineeenferenee :withthe visit- ing physician. . The thief looked up, saw Dr. IdardY, and beckoned him ogee, '"Yoting map I" .The chief of itaff's keen eyes were searching Ilerdy. "It Was bandied about the board room this afternoonthat you consider your- self lucky, shoeld like to hear of this great Incit from you," "Why/Yea, sir," said Hardy wondere ingly, "I've been . lucky." And he told of that•long run if lack from its beginning.- He finial - ed, stopped, and then turned suddenly to the visiting physician.. "Oh, by 'the way," he exclahned excitedly, I "diag- riesed that case up in `G' just n.owl I load just come back—" "What?" The visiting physician's eyes leaped: - "Yes, sit," answered Hardy cage1.1.3a "I was lucky enough to notiee a tiny eruption—" "Let's go up and have a look at that ease," interrupted the thm thief. "I ast i see t at once. And the three of them set off for ward "G." "r see! I seel" the chief kept re- peating ae Old Tommie explained that he had etudied end read and watched and gone over the case and finally just happened to notice the neW symptom. And thai they walked out to the lab- oratory. The slide was still under the nueroscope where Hardy had left it. After one glance ini the eyepiece the visiting physician wheeled and wrung young Dr, Hardy's hand. "Where's - that nephew of mine?" the chief of staff demanded. There .was such menace in his tone that Old Tommie hesitated, He re- mained awkwardly, silent. But the voices of the men playing in the ten- nis courts came in at the window, and suddenly the ehief jumped up and looked out.- He tuned' back with an impatient gesture. "Dr. Hardy!!! Ile entice sharply, hesitated, glanced, out of the window, and then went on slowly: "It does— yes, it does—give me pleasure to say that you will fill put the unexpired term of Dr. Johnston, who resigned." Old Tommie' stared at the chief, and then at the visiting physician, whose face Was beamiag. Hardy turned back to the chief. "But—but, sir, I thought the place lad already been given to your nephew?" "In my conceit," said the chief, with a grim smile, "I did tentatively prom- ise that place to my nephew; but I learned at the board Meeting this afternoon that. 1 do not entirely run this hospital. It seems that you have made some friend:, among the -staff, through your -luck, r fancy; they pro- duced the .recorda of you two since yea entered the hospital, and—well, they fought us to a standstill. The vote wain stir to -eix. I 'shall change my "'there was a lump in Old Tommie's threat His eyes were moist, and he had a little trouble an speaking. *"It's awfully good, in you, I'm sure, and I appreciate it tremendously.,But —but --well, it doesn't seem gnite fair, to your nephew, after all," ' The chief of staff snorted. "Don't Tet that worry you, young man," he said; "he'll get something better—for him. I shell take tharge of him my- self, and see if he can't be inspired into having even. a little of your qua.'• " (The End.) When the Telephone Was, . New: An interesting experience of Ole was once told me by Alexander Graha,m Bell in the early days of the telephone, bays Mr. William W. Ellsworth in A Golden Age of Authors. At the time of the Centennial Exposition in 1876 he was Milted to go to PhIladelpbta and exhibit his new invention at a meeting of men .of Scince. He w.as incllued not to accept, Dut the lady who has so often helped him and who was then his liandee—she ie now Mrs., Bell—in.sisted on his aping, lent him money, took him in a carriage with an assistant and all the necessary paraphernalia to. the station and start- ed him on his way. In Philadelphia a wire Was put up that reached about a mile, and on the evening of the test the assistant Was, placed at the other end, The most distinguisehed man of science present was asked to speak into the strange - looking receiver.- It was Sir William Thompson,. afterwards Lord Kelvin, He hemined and haata, while the audience waited for the words of vie - dont that would come from his lips; then he said,' 'Hey, diddle, diddle, the oat and the Finish that," He waited a moment then exclaimed, " The cow jumped over the mon!! Ile snld.it!' There was great applause. The telepluine was a suecese. SPoltea words had beee heard and a questiou ansteeted et the distanCe of niile When Prof. Bell met his aseistant he said to hiin, "Could You hear Sir William Thomson plainly?" 'il did riot hear bim 81 alt.". "Not hear him at all? What clid yoit say?" • "I :said,„ 'Please repeet! pleese• re- peat!' " That WEla all that had been snit] ih haply 30 Sir William. The question le, Sir William think he beard "The cow iturepe& Oyer the moon?" me like the gentlemen he was; wishieg'to Make a Yonne invettor'e eaperimeiet 6 sucesits, did he Merely arty he heard 137 Monet Robson Is Canada's highest peak (18,068 feet). ' Theve was to lie to guest for :linnet, and Bobbie; Who isa chatterbox; Was pronileed a penny if Ile kept quiet; All Went well until Ina law that hie faVaile padding was befilg served, Them hie eXeitedglellghti evite 1O11 Mad' for hint, Taking tho penny out ohie pocket; he 'bonded it to his Mallet With the reinatita "Thevett the peney back; muniniie, I'd- Tahoe talk!" The Gulden Bed. The atm a 4 lame heti teed by the 'toted traveller, Mr. Freclerlek O'Brien, illustrates humorpnly the loVe of MS - Play thet Is haracteriatie of upolvIl• ized 1104p108, In t110 fleet balite (limn of a 11010113 Sunday mailing, I landed oa Atagna beaell for the wand time, preparea te remain foe a Yeer emotig the cannibal peoples a Bloody -Hive - Go, oriental of the 0.0110491th group '61 the Megcomeas triancle, says MY, O'Brien. My latention lied been to re- turn with slaloming, star to Tahiti, but I could not leave the ditskY valleys without penetrating the depthe of the forost and eadeavoring to stir the COitt mew of legendand tale. The captain protested volubly, and Gedge, the trader., joined him i10 op. peeing the plan. But I W40 deter- mined to stay, though e must sleep he 'math a nreadtridt tree. "WelLit you will stay," mid Gedge at lest, "I've at* got the thing you wdrit. You don't want to be en a mat, where the thousand -legs can get you. I've got tlie best bran bed ever a king slept on. Looks like solid. gold. The swings would hold the sthooner; double-thlelc niattgoss, and sheete and pillows all ombroldeied like it be- longed to a duchess. 311 let you have it cheap—three hundred francs. What do you say?" A brass bed in the caunibal islands! "It's a go;" I said. The packing caste were brouglat up from the hold, my new purchase was loaded' in a Militia boat with a box that held my gold, and I arrived at Atuona for the second' time, high astride the sewed -tip matress on top of the metal parte' es of. Mciequesan chiefe hasteii- eli down to the shore. Their curiosity could not be reetrain:ecl. A score of Gager Mends stripped the coverings from the brasa bed and egposed the glittering.head and foot pieces in the brilliant sunlight. Exclamationts of amazement and delight greeted the marvel. This was another wonder from the white man's isles, indicative of wealth and royal taste. From all sides other' aatives came hastenies. My brass bed and rwere the centre of a geetieulating circle; dark eyes rolled with excitement, and naked shoulder jostled shoulder. Three chiefs, tat- tooed and haughty, personally ereeted the bed; then I disclosed the purpose of the mattress and placed it in posi- tion, Every woman present now pushed forward and begged to be M- owed to bounce upon IL This became O diversion attended with high honor. Controversies meanwhile raged about the bed. Many voices estimated the • number of mats that would be re- quired to equal the -thickness of the mattress., but none foam] Et compari- son worthy' of its softness and etas- tiaTitY In •tba midst of the melee one Wo- mam whose eyes and facial contour - betrayed Ceineta blood, pushed for- ward and repeated over and over, "Kisskisskissa? Kisskisskissa?" For the moment I was disposed to credit her with sudden affection for me, but I soon resolved her query into French: "Qu'est-ce clue c'est que ea?" (What is that?) She was Alvaro, wife Of Puhel, Great Fern, she said, and she owned a house lu which h.er father a Chinese, bad recently died. This house she earnestly desired to give to me iu ex-, chanie fosI the golden bed, and we struck a bargain. I was to live in the house of Apporo, and on departing to leave her the bed. Great Fern, her husband, was called to seal the com- pact. They agreed Co clean the house thoroughly and to give me possession at mace. .They were really mad to have the bed, They crawled under it, smoothing the mattress and Bogeying the springs; they shook it and patted It, and finally Apporo, filled with feminine pride, .arrogated to herself the eels privilege of bouncing upon'it. The golden bed begau its. triumphal progress iip.the valley on the shoulders a four stalwart chiefs. Next came my newly acquired valet Exploding Eggs, -puffed up with ImpoetanCe 'as keeper of the goldon bed, bat Jostled for poonion by Apporo, envied 'of wo. men. 'Behind them hastened the rest of the vintage, and I leisurely followed the barbaric proceesion, -Life or Death? To hope is life, to.fear is death, And life is blissful to the brave, . While cowards scent id june's sweet breath The noisome Odors of the grave, The hope of life is life In treth; The fear of death itself Is death, -And hOpe of fear, to age from youth, Delightor blights each mortal's - path, • Hope knows no fear, fear knows no . hope, .111111' earth is heaven to .those tyho While ounloss Skies shroud. those Who grope For eviedom 101 confasimrs Hope is the ever flaming star --- The orb of life's) suPernal seat— Biassing the trackless spaces far, * To homeward guide falth's eager feet. The craven fool who clailY dies The hero's one triiimpliant death Resigns to fear Ilfe's only prize, And bavlere heaven fur k breath. Knife Grinder. . . A new invention utilizes the bicycle for the business purposes of a knife and ecissore grinder. For thi9. ellIVIOYMent the "bike" is macle fa ta'ra tlahe beteg stationary, when the itinerant operator pauses to nudertake a jeb, being uplifted on a cemple,cat llght wootion'smmorte, The knife grinder ("Jemmies the Beat, as if riding,. and With' feet' on the pedals (helves 'the front wheel. • Revolving on the samo axis with the front evbeel is a smaller rim that erne 'riee a little' belt, which oraihects with Mid drailos the revolting grindstone filet: teateista6 le front of tho seat, When the Job la flashed the opera- tor diaeohnects the grindstone, lifte the bleYele off the supporta anti rides aveag, A good Motte for evevy, fermers "Save the settle fot next yealas needs," Ways a Drying Food, , Suegeseful drying is dependent on heat end on a free circulation of. Alt oyertheois pzlnerktevel of 011/InIsiiriengtolvihs ew;rietleict may be 'placed on trays cevered with mosquito nettieg, and kept in the sun 111 11 dry. The trayswith the freit should be brought ander ewer at night or during an oceasiael shower. .Where it is, difficult td dry fruite out-of-doore, and for those who wish to 'hasten the drying praess, a cook - stove drier is very convenient; With Olio of these the houlieWife can dry fruit and vegetables with the same heat she uses in ,preparing the meets, Where any lerge quantity of drying is to be done a drier makes the work much easier, A home-made drier may be hung above the stove can be ehoigiaelgtyeted with d little thne an Small ailments of fruits and vege- tables may be .dried by Plachig the materials on trays or baking this, which are put into an Oven with its doors open, to allow a free circulation of air. Great .Care MaSt be exercised to keep thefire low inul.well regulated or the products will burn before the drying is accomplished. Gaiden peas Mtended foT drying shoold be gathered when in ideal con- dition for Immediate table use; that is, when the seeds have attained full S144 and before the pods have begun to turn yellow and dry up. Shell them by placing -the pods 111 boiling water 'for live minutes, then knead on El wire screen baying El mesh large enough to perntit the shelled peas to pass through, with a box or basket placed beneath. Rub the pods vigorously over the screen with the hands. They will burst and empty out practically- 611 the peas much more quickly than they could be shelled by hand.iD the shelled peas one or two minutes into boiling water. Drain, 'spread to a depth of from three- fourths to one inch on the trays of an evaporator, and dry at from 116 deg. to 125 deg. F. as initial temperature, raising to 140 deg. F. toward the com- pletion of the drying, Raise temper- ature very gradually. Stir occasion- ally while drying. Properly dried peas will be -uniform throughout, showing no moisture near the eentrc -when split open. W,ax beans or mature string beans should' 'be gathered when full-grown but before the pods have begun to dry. Shell and dip for three minutes into boiling water or live steam. Re- move, drain, place on trays toos depth of not more than one inch. Stir fre- quently through the first hours of dry- ing. «Peas and beans an not be dried in a few hours. The thick outer coating of these legumes prevents the escape of the water content and many hours are needed for thorough drying. When peas and berms are thoroughly dry, they will show no moisture in the centre when they are crushed beneath a hammer. Pea's and beans may be dried in the sun with geed results. Spread 011 10110 trays and protect with mosquito met - ting or cheese cloth. Even a few min- utes' exposure may Tesult in infesta- tion by insects. Remove to the house ish rainy days or .at night when heavy dews fall. Peas and beans which are thorough- ly dry can be placed in permanent storage containere direaly from the drier. These are, preferably closely woven lamella bags which are tied tightly at the neck, and several of them are placed together in a larger bag similarly tied. • Corn intended fa drying should be gathered when in the milk stage, be- fore glazing and hardening have be- gun and when the corn is in an ideal condition for .immediate table use. . It should be gethered only as rapidly as it can be papered for drying, ae corn deteriorates rapidly. Husk the ears and trim with a knife to remove .any injuries. The silk need not be removed, as it can be separated readily from the corn after drying. Place the ears in wire baskets or wire - bottom boxes and plunge into boiling water fot from eight to twelve -min- utes, Or until the milk is set. A little salt may be added to the blanching water, if desired. Divide the corn into older and younger lots before blanch- ing, as the younger ears require some- what longer cookIng than the older ones. After cookirg, remove the corn from the water, allow it to drain and cool sufficiently to he hahdled, then cut from the cobs with a strong, sharp knife, taking care tleat none of the aph is removed with the Renee, Spread' the kernels upon traya to a depth of one inch if 'drying is done in a drier, or from one-eighth to five- eighths of an inch if the corn ie to be dined in the sun. Stir the.grains thov- ?uglily several times during the :dry - mg to beeak up any compact masses, It is practically impossible to bring corn to a sufficient degree of dryness by the unaided beat of the eun, 33 torn is dried in the sure 13 10 finished by being poured 'into bread pane, plac- ed 1,1 the oven of the steam, end warm- ed to 160 deg...0.165 deg, F. ler two hours. Drying should continue until the grains areherd, semi -transparent end will break with glean glass -like fractures if ceeshed. Before storieg, free the can of silk, ghillies end bits of cobs. This may be done by ponying the can from one vessel to another in a strong draft. When the corn is they, store M. closely woven muslin "bags or heavy privet bags. Tie tightly atthe neck and place within a larger muslin .bag, Which also should be tightly tied. Late winter varieties of apples end peers are best fa drylog becatise they poesees a higlmr- sugar content than the early varmties, In matey localities, however, there are plenty, of summer but few a 'the whiter var- ieties. In this event, the .summer vat* ieties should be dried, Apples intended fa drying shauld be reesonably mature. but not soft Handle with care in *eking and haul - hag see ae to avoid bruising, as bruised opiate become discolored and meet be trinnned off to make ..a good-looking product. Apples diecolor rapidly, 80 preparatione must be Medo to getthe peeled product into the evaporator as - rapidly as pessible after 13 10 paved, If several people ave doing the wait, divide the Work of paring, coring, Itelli„tellgptionfla7Ledasdhajnt`lytti ttNrviatyes,lootitte minutes. ati the Wear from the paving knife to tho drier, If Oily one pason is wetking, drop the paved fruit either aim water 01' 11110 a Ann soluton wide 1 y dsolving one tablespoonful of salt in four quarts ef -mate, Do not allow the fruit to titan& in the water any hanger then is Deemer)", because the \Yam: disgelve the stager and ether valeable elemente and the tipple will absorb water, which wiIl neceseffate longer drying In the et:epea. e:etCaeaully pare and trim the peochiet remove all discolored Make the slices SA nearly the :imam thickness' as poesible. Prom three, sixteenths to one-fourth inch is the beet thicknees, Apples may be guar - tared a cut into eighthe, but they do not dry eo uniformly or quickly as the sliced rings. For an especially white product, blanch the frat atm' it has been -pared, cored and sliced, by a short treatment of steam to peevent discol- oration. 10--410 this, place a false bot- tom in the wesh-boller foe1 . a live inches above the bottom, aed use 4 wire baeket to rest on the false bot- tom, Put three or four inches of water into the boiler, place on the stove, eover boiler and allow water to boil. Place. about two inches a sliced apples loosely in the wire basket, Iowa the basket into the boiler, tak- ing care that the fruit does not get into get ial contact -with the water. Replace the lid and allow the fruit to stand in steam for three otiour min - tiles. Remove and spread in a single layer on trays and place eithev in the sun or a warm drier. Apples when drying should be covered with muslin or mosquito netting to prevent insect infestation. 'A few minutes' exposure will often cause the products to be Infested. Dried apples which are brown or thecolate colored from the discolora- tion which results from dryMg with- out blanching possess as high nutri- tive value a»d Often have a better flavor than the more attractive -look- ing blanched products. • orator, start the drier at When apples are dried iin301111d eegya to 140 deg. F.- Keep this temperature until the fruit begins to wilt and le - conies somewhat leathery, then in- crease the beat by moving the paetial- ly dried trays downward 1 tbe evap- orator.. The highest temperature that can be maintained for apples without danger of buviiing is 180 deg. F. Ex- amine the trays frequently, especially at the end of the diking period, to avoid scorching or overheating. Dried apples will not be brittle when finished, but if t. handful of the pieces are pressed together they will have an elastic, springy feel and will Separate promptly when released, leaving no moisture on the hands. When one of the pieces is broken in two, it should -not be possible to press moisture out of the centre. When the Ice Broke Up. Some parts of Lake Supea•lor aro navigable all the year round becanse it is so large -that it never freezes en- tirely writes a contributor to the En - &nearing News-Ttecord. But the smaller harbors do freeze over, and when, about the middle of January, two Indians and I coasted along the north shore to the end of Niplgou Bay we found there landlocked nater and solid in. Hauling out our boat; we packed our goods on a toboggan, which we got 'from a nearby Indian camp. A feW nilies ahead was a bold point reaching far into the bay, and opposite it was a channel that ran out to the main lake. We had been warned by the Indians that the ice was new and that we had better port- age over the point, but It meant a, hard climb, and we coucluded to risk thAe 111"Went Well for some time. The new ice Was black and bare and fully four inches thick. BUt when we had got halfway across, I detected a. slight swaying motion, and I thought that I must be ill. Presently the swaying became real, and the ice began to un - delete, The wind had changed out- side, and the swell was coming iu from teaUlle*cl a little harder, but(Ito utlinNseea ciuTlulL jLion got more pronounced. Pre- sently the ice could bend no more, and e -r -r -ick! a big fissure opened. 'We jumped it and pushed on. Crack! Crack! Crack! The ioe was breaking in every direction. , Soon we were jumping from ono cake of ice to another. The shore was still a mile away, and the toboggan was very hard to pell. Not only did the cracks open everywhere, but they closed again with a bang, and we had to look sharp to keep our feet from beireg crusherl'or nipped off; PrOSelltlY the pack strap by which one maa was pullieg broke. He look -- ed round, for a moment and then started off on the jump. The cakes were now so smolt that they Would not bear our weight, and we bad to run On 1110111 as a I 1114berMall 111115 aCTOSS a band of seer logs. The other Indian pulled for a few seconds lon- er; then he broke' for th.e shore, now only a few yards away, and I followed. Luckily, for us, the little 'wind there WEIS blew on -shore, and the ice crowd- ed closer and closer until tt doubled en 151311 the edge of one cake ander that of the next, The toboggan was eartly submergedebut it stilt floated. In half an hour the ice was Packed closely enough to support us, and we went ok gingerly end brouglit the to- boggan ashore. Wo never „ventured again on young ice that was expesed to the swell trata the open. lake, Source of False Hair. Women who weer folio hair do not realize how likely 33 11 that their "add- ed extra" trenes are derived from the hoods, usually unclean., of Chinese people. Spodial grades, extra lino, are made into hair teas, Web most Canadian women wear he these dem The auto- mobile hes Made small hats fashion- able, and on thle account the hair is worn Compact: also in order that it may not blow about when the motor clift this 801)07111;01'1'1MP; ta kb OW pa UM 115111411 1141r imported 3ron1 China un- dergoes' Very °Mora° Moaning pro - mime before it 33 offered for sal,, in tide country, Still, on tho whole, one might with that It Mlle from SWIM. where oleo, The Shaving ServIce for Every Mon—Everywhere °osperity 037'OLJ would -Say that the rnan pictured here WAS Well-to-do.' smart appearance gives anai of Pros- perity that is a distinct asset in his business- and sociable. .Now imagrne him With a couple of day's growth of beard 1 Who new would guess his prosperity. Iie no longer holds his head so erect! , Yet a few 'swift strokes of his keen-cdged Gillette, and he is ready -to face the world again—sure Of respectful attention! Are YOU depriving yourself of far more than you can irnag,,ine by delaying the purchase' of your -Gillette Safety Razor? ryo you realize that there is sornething more than easier shaving, time saved, arid.a smoother chin coming from your investment of $5.00 in A Gillette? Look prosperous—it is the first. step towards being prosperous! NO. STROPPING—NO BONING Make a point of asking your town dealer lo shout you soma GILLETTE Safely Razor Sets, including the new "Big Fallout" at $5.00 the Set MAECANADA ietNWI":.'41r014/11 711-E:"'I'7477:'/e0R:0°;-->-OVER 723 The Concrete Mkter. A gang of fifteen or twenty men was engaged in building a concrete road. Some with teamand wagons wore .hauling sand and gravel. Some with wheelbarrows were tilling the mixer. Another man was carrying cement. Another was welling the sand and cement, as it churned about. Others with wheelbarrows were tilling the frames of the new road with the mushy material that was dumped from the mixer at regular intervals. "Is this machine a great deal faster than the old way of mixing the Ma- terials with shovels?" I asked the man who lied charge of the machine. "Yes," he answered, "it is fester titan the old way. but that is not the only reason why Itis so much bettor. The cement is mixed in with every bit of the sand and gravel; that makes It harden, uniformly all the way Utmost' so that there are 010 weak spots in the road to break and crumble. The olcl way left the reed spotted with hollows and chuck holes where the cement had not been work- ed into the sand and gravel properly." Sand is just earth in many places, I thought as I rode go, leaving the men at their .work. There are miles and miles of it, and It tends to take value away frcan land rather than add value to it. But when the worthless sand is mixed with cement and allow. ed to set between the frames, lo0 It becomes a perfect highWaY for the service of thousands of men and the means of communication between two cities. Then 1 thought of another "mixer" and anothev "work" that is going on all over the world. Life Itself is the mixer here, ana 011 that comprises life is the sand ana gravel and crushed stone that goes into it. What we have to put into life is al- most worthless of itself. It is not stable. It will not serve as material for eternal building,s any mere than sand could be piled up to form SOW! masonry. There Is need a something 'to give cohesion and unity, to matte character firm and enduring and see viceable, to sero us from the weak- nesses—the chuck holee—thet e01110 - times moan disaster lusteaa of service. Ethics, philosonby, culture, will not fill this place in the character or Um soul, although they are very valuable. Jesus CbrIst alone can do for men what the cement dons for the con- crete. It is not enough merely to be able to say that we have Christ. 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