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From Four 1
The Revolt
By C. COURTENAY SAVAGE.
CHAPTER IV. -
Madeline Wardell- loved to putter
with a small garden that Guy had
spaded. In all her work she was
Joined by Rose Baker, a • charming
companion, blossoming -into woman-
hood as beautifully as the flower for
which she was named. She taught
In one of the Local schools hi. the
winter and •was to be married that
summer,
"I know folks think that I'm crazy,"
she tolylGuy and Madeline, "for they
don't understand. You see, my man's
In the secret service of his country
and he can't hang around me for days
et a time. S haven't heard from him
for "a month and I haven't seen him.
for two but I know that he. loves me
and I trust him. That's what married
Ife ought to be—trusting." ..•
Madeline nodded gravely, wistfully.
"In July he gets his new appoint-
ment to 'a more permanent post and
we'll get married. If I don't hear
from him until the middle. of July,
I'm going on planning to get married
around the twentieths"
All of which had sounded very well
to Guy Wardell and made him hope
that he and his wife were at last on
rho highroad to happiness. He was
going to do his share:
That was why he whistled as he
walked down the lane that warm
evening and why he slept dreamless-
ly that night until he heard a man's
strident voice outside the house say-
ing;
"You won't find the darn skunk at
home—I'll bet he's skipped."
He sat bolt upright in bed and
looked in Mad's direction; She was
lying wide-eyed, listening.
"What is• it?" she whispered, and
for an answer came the call of an
angry man's voice, "Wardell! Come
down here, Wardell!" It was not a
summons that a brave span would dis-
obey, and Wardell was certainly no
emote, so he pulled on his trousers
and slipped his bare feet into his
shoes. A quick glance from his win-
dow showed that there were four Dr
five men there, all neighbors and one
of thein, Horace Chambers, he knew
for a .very distant cousin. '
"Well?" he asked as he flung open
the door leading to -the verandah,
"weir?"
"Well?" one of the men mocked.
"Where were you last night? It's
been kind of suspicioned round, here
that you had something to do with
all the trouble about hired hands.
That cock-andtbull story about chuck-
ing up your job and living near the
land is all right in books hut this is
real life and there were those around
here that suspect you of having a
reason for conning here."
"I don't understand."
"No," Horace Chambers said quiok-
iy, "but last night you made a mis-
step when you hacked down my fruit
Trees. You forgot to take your check-
ered cap along. See!" and he pro-
duced the cap.
"Chopped down? I haven't chop-
ped down any trees! I haven't moved
From this place since I carie from
tvork at six o'clock. What's the idea,
anyway?"
"No, he hasn't moved from this
place since he 'came in from work."
It was Madeline who repeated the
statement. She bad hurried into her
zlothing and now she slipped through
the door, and beside•• --before, if neces-
sary, her accused husband.
Ycu want him good and healthy
You want him big and strong,
Then five him a pure wool Jersey
Made by his friend, Bob Long.
Let him romp with all his vigor
He's the best boy In the land,
And he'll always be bright and
smiling
if he wears a Bob Loin/ Brand.
`-Bob Long.
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LLQ:,
BOYS' PURE WOOL,
WORSTED TBIDJERSEYS
.dlnoWn froth Q1Mast to CoaitV"
POR BARD WEAR, COMFORT
AND
SMARTPF
A EARANCE
° .n A_tr.RCO. LIMO
nCOrONT4 . 4 CANA°
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145 Leek fa! ..its Labe,.
"Tain't likely that you'd admit it
if he was," ane of the men said sul-
lenly.
"Tell me just what happened!"'she
demanded, silencing Guy, and they.
told her of the discovery of the de-
struction of mite prize apple trees,
both of them sawed off at the trunks,
and of how Guy Wardell's checked
cap, with the Warren Falls nark in
it, was found just north of the trees.
"North of . the trees? Say, I
wouldn't have been going north. I
wore that cap yesterday afternoon and
took it off because it was too warm,
I was working in John Baker's south
field." . --
"Yeah," one of the leen agreed and
an angry murmur went through the
small group.'
"Wait!" Madeline Wardell advanced
a step, forestalling any movement
that would be made. "Don't you men
do anything for 'which you'll be sorry
afterwards. This isn't any time to
lose your heads. Guy didn't chop
those trees. If you'll think a min-
ute you'll know he didn't. Whoever
did it put Guy's hat there. I've
learned that there's 'been some trouble
' brewing all spring. Why don't you
get to the botton.of it?"
"It's been worse since you folks
came," one o€ the nien shouted.
"Well, why, didn't you discover
why it was worse?"
"Because we suspected you folks."
"Yes, - and because the agitators
are afraid of soy husband they have
cast suspicion on him—tried to run
him from the Point, Now you listen
to me—I haven't been asleep if ygu
have!"
A stir ran through the men.
"The first morning I was here,"
she spoke very deliberately, "I went
down by those raspberry patches and
was pulping out some of the dead
wood, when I heard two men's voices.
One of them gold, 'It'll be a cinch to
get rid of him, then you can move
back. Gut down a couple of trees or
kill a couple of sheep and frame him
by leaving some of his clothing about.
The natives will do the rest' Then
they •both laughed and the man who
had been talking said, 'Is he a dip or
a happen -so?' •I don't know what
'dip' means. Do you?" `
"A detective," Warren said quickly.
"Well, I didn't hear any more but
crouched low and got near the shore
to see if I could see them. All at
once I heard the splash of oars and
I looked out through the cedars and
saw a rowboat headed north."
"Him," this carie from Horace
Chambers.
"You didn't tell me that!" Wardell
said quickly.
"I did not want you to think I was
afraid. Besides, it didn't mean a
thing to me then but now I under-
stand."
"Could you see the two men in the
boat? Was one of them very tall and
thin—• ."
"Yes. And the other was tall and
very heavy."
"Now I understand," Guy said
quickly. "If you men will come up
through the cedars, I will show you
something. e •
He led the way, telling as he went
of his meeting with the ferret -faced
man the first night, of John Baker's
mention of the ;unrest of the hired
help, and how he had gone there and
discovered that the sap house had
been used as a hiding place, probaby
as the headquarters for the agitators
who were working in the • neighbor-
hood, When he reached the sap
house, be threw open the door.
(To be continued.)
Sculpture of 'the Alaskan. In-
. - dians.
lin art in sculpture not resembling
'any other in the world, unless possib-
ly that of ancient Mexico,' Is found
highly developed among the aborigin-
al natives of the Northwest coast.
Their material is always wood, and
is furnished by huge trees from the
forest, which are carved into the most
fantastic shapes. In this style are
sculptured the so-called "totems poles,"
which, often of great size t.ud height,
astonish the observer by the Intricacy
of their .workmanship and .the weird
Imaginativeness of their complex de
eigns,
Early missionaries in that part of
the world mistook the totem poles for
idols. As a matter of fact, they pose-
ess no such significance, being merely
heraldic columns. Each tribal clan has
It own wn traditions and mythe, Y , ivhicli
take the place of history, and thole
are symbolized by the extraordinary
birds and other animals, sometimes
human faces or figures,
rued on the
totemof
p es,
Thus the Bear clan will have
heraldic column topped he its
of
titaredh- thesni snip.
figure
a "ear• Tho raven
aliows ;.-
Il
11
oa
oi,. ary:.a eppicetougly as the totem,
.•,., of the Roust, elan; the whale
,or he Whale clan, 'end so on.
To You Or me a. !stein pole would
have no significance beyond its 'queers
nee -in -het It ie Its reality a whole story
hook 'carved in wood.
Pointers Gering and Storing Meat.
The two ways of curing pork and
beef aro brine curing and dry curing,.
Brine curing is less trouble than dry
curing. If ibrine is properly made it
Will keep for a reasonable length of
time,. If it 'becomes ropy ,it must be
poured off and boiled, or a new brine
must be made. A cool cellar is the
best place for both methods of cur-
ing. Rub the surface of the meat with
file salt and allow it to drain, flesh
Nide down, for from six to twelve
hours before the meat is cured, either
with brine euro or dry cure,
Brine eure; For each 100 pounds of
meat use eight pounds of etilt, two
and one-half pounds of auger or syrup,
two ounces of, saltpeter and four gal-
lons of water.In warm weather nine
or ten pounds of salt are preferable,
All the ingredients are poured into
the water and boiled until thoroughly
mixed. Then let the brine cool. Place
hairs on the.bottgm of the container,
shoulders next, bacon sides and
smaller 'cuts on top. Pour in . the
brine and be sure it covers the meat
thoroughly, In five days pour oft the
brine and change the meat, placing
the top ,meat on the bottom and the
bottom meat on top, after which pour
back the brine, Do this again on
the tenth' and eighteenth days. If the
bl'ine becomes ropy take the meat out i
and wash it thoroughly, also the con -1
trainer. Boil the brine or make new
brine, replace the meat in the barrel
and cover -with brine. Allow four!
days' cure for each pound in a ham
or shoulder, and three days' for each
pound in bacon sides and small pieces.
For example, a fifteen -pound haul
takes sixty days. When meat is re-
moved from the brine it should be
soaked for about half an, hour in
water before being placed in the
smoke -house.
'Dry cure: This requires more work
than brine curing. For each 100
-pentads of meat use seven pounds of
salt, two and one-half- pounds of
sugarw.an,d two ounces of saltpeter.
Mix all the ingredients thoroughly,
rub one-third of the mixture over the
meat and pack the meat away in a
box or ona table, The third day rub
on half of the remaining mixture and
again pack the meat. The seventh
day rub the remainder of the mixture
over the pleat and pack it to cute.
Allow a day and a half cure for each
pound in a piece of meat. A twenty -
pound ham will take thirty days to
cure. . When meat is removed from
dry cure it should be washed with
lukewarm water before being smoked.
Sometimes there is trouble in keep-
ing meat after it has been cured or
smoked. It should be stored in a
dry, cool and well ,entilated place.
If allowed to hang up unprotected
it is almost certain to be blown with
flies and become infested with skip-
pers. The most satisfactory way to
handle the meat is to wrap it up in
paper and then enclose in strong mus-
lin sacks, tied tightly at the tops.
THE 'WIZARD* OF
THE 'WILD' WEST
pounds• A father who had said be-
fore the experiment Was.atartocl that
he was in favor of. it, if it would
make his little son fat, merle a trip
to sehool to report,how pleased he
was because his boy had gained four
and a half, pounds in spite of being
sick a part of the time, clueing which
period the milk was carried to htsn.
A new elites that purchase the milk
used has been formed, and this boy's
father gladly pays for milk used by
the child.
The principal reports that the at-'
tendance was more regular and the
work better; and that Milk drinking
has become quite popular, n of only
y
among the children but the teachers,
too. The dairyman does a thriving
business at the school,
Household Helps.
Besides having a bag for your
clothes pins, make one for the clothes
lines. It is a'comfort to be sure that
it is clean when washing morning
comes. One care Tess,
Put a lump of alum about as' large
as a green pea into starch while !sot
and stir slowly till it is dissolved. Then
the irons will not stick and articles
will keep olea'n a long time. Use -that
amount of alum to a quart of starch.
If you are one of the wise people
who understand how to color gar-
ments, do -not forget to steep on hand
white thread silk and dye the exact
color of the garment to be made over.
Itis not always easy to match thread.
Wild grape and apple juice in equal
pants makes delicious jelly. Even
grape juice is better if part apple juice
is added. It will not crystalize.
When looking for a particular
saucepan cover, the average house-
wife has to upset a whole shelf be-
fore the right cover is found. A very
convenient way to keep them is to
have a small rack on the inside of the
'kitchen cupboard door. The best ar-
rangement is to have three laths, one
foot apart, screwed to the inside of
the door in a horizontal position.
Under each end of the laths a small
block, about one inch square and one
inch thick, should be put so as to al-
low for a one inch space between the
lath and the door, The covers when
dropped into the racks will take up
very little space, and any special one
can be selected at a glance.
With the price of paper steadily
advancing, I began saving all the cir-
cular letters which came into the
house, most of which are blank on one
side. By cutting the envelopes open
the children could use the clean side
of then and the letters for arithmetic
and their compositions; as they usu-
ally want to write them once or twice
before they are satisfied. When ready
for the teacher's approval they could
copy on their good notebooks. This
has saved a great- deal of good note-
book paper in`my large family.
What Milk Does for Kiddies.
The school nurse in one Missouri
town weighed and measured all the
children in the first four grades, find-.
ing only fifteen per cent. of them
normal. Of the eighteen hundred
children, forty-eight per cent., or eight
hundred and sixty-four were ten per
cent. or more below normal. Follow-
ing this work the nutrition specialist
from the university talked to the
mothers about food for children,
In order to reach other mothers and
convince then of the value of milk
in the diet for children, the home
demonstration agent acting under the
direction of the specialist secured the
co-operation of the teachers to carry
out an experiment, using fifteen chiI-
dren who were decidedly underweight,
for the purpose. The teachers agreed
to see that each of the fifteen chil-
dren should have a half-pint of milk
at each recess, and to weigh and
measure each child once a week.
The agent also found a dairyman
who would deliver the milk at school
each school day, the children going
to the home of the school nurse on
Saturday and Sunday. A local news-
paper explained the object of the
demonstration and solicited funds to
carry it out. This brought a contri-
bution of $50 from the Rotary Club
and $17 by private subscription,
The mothers of the children to be
used must'be seen and their sanction
and co-operation secured for the pro-
ject. This was done by the School
nurse and home demonstration agent.
The visits to the home gave insight
into the home life and enabled them
to understand conditions.
At the completion of the experi-
ment which was carried an for six
weeks, it WAS found that each child
had gained from one-half to five
When Bones„Are Broken.
Most people when asked what they
would do if anyone should break a
limb would answer. Send for a doc-
tor." Bet it is also important that
steps should be taken to prevent fur-
ther injury.
It is most essential that, from the
moment of breakage, the parts should
be kept perfectly still until the sur-
geon comes to set the bones.
Any movement, and the jagged ends
of the bones will tear the muscles and
cause a fearful amount of damage,
Whether the breakage is in an arum
or a leg, put the limb into a splint at
once. This splint may be formed of
a walking stick or any straight piece
et wood tied into place 'with handker-
chiefs,
The bandages should be tight, but
not sufficiently so to cause discomfort.
In this connection it is better to have
half-a-dosseu moderately tight ban-
dages than three tied so that they
press too hard.
Even when the limb is actually ac-
commodated with a splint, the pa-
tient must not make the least attempt
to move it. However long one may
have to wait for'the doctor, it Is im-
portant to keep quiet until the pro-
fessional man can deal with the dam-
age.
6
Gold In the Alr.
There is gold in sea water, and not
many years ago great interest was ex-
cited in a plant put up at South Hay -
ling, for the recovery of sea gold,
Gold floats in the air. The meteoric
dust which is always drifting down.
through oui'"atmosphere contains gold.
Not much, Certainly, but still chemi-
cal analysis has shown distinct traces
of gold, bath in meteoric stones and
meteoric dust.
German guns were recently being
destroyed 'under the Peace Treaty at
the rate of 1,000 a week,•
Tools and Their 'Origin.
The tools we are accustomed con- other rooks, were used in Egypt 6000
stantly to handle seem to its such com-
•monplace things, accepted as 'natters'
of ootiase, that we fail to realize what
wonderful inventions they are.
It appears that the world did with-
out scissors, cutting cloth with a
roundbladed knife, until 400 B,C., when
an Italian.geniiis invented the contrl-
vance, .Net until two or three cen-
turies later, however, were they fitted
to the fingers for convenient grasp,'
The chisel was a perfected tool 2500
years ago, though made of bronze, and
therefore somewhat lees efficient far
cutting,
T
h„
,
can•ta
was atflrs
nter s saw
.. re
r
toughly hacked along the edge.
By 4500 13.0it had acquired regular
teeth. About 000 years before the birth
of Christ an Italian hit upon the idea
Of giving a Ye ICs" to the teeth, a0 that
the AWN might cut in ono direction, in-
stead of scraping,
The ancient Egyptiafi cress sickle had
a detachable ett•ip of steel teeth, '
Drills With teeth of corned -um and
gem -stones, for cutthig quartz and
years ago. The cores taken out by
these drills were so perfect and clean-
cut that any modern engfn6er, provid-
ed with diamond drills, might bo proud
to turn out such good work.
Saws with similar fixed teeth, over
eight feet long, were used in Egypt
sixty centuries ago for sawing blocks
of granite.
ICnowledge of this method of mak-
ing saws and drills was lost for thou-
sands of yeare, The Romans had no
tools of the kind. and they Were not
reinvented until fifty ;years ago.
The principle e2 the screw was
known to the ancient Greeks, but many
Centuries passed before ;the nut and
tl 6 p ed
screw for fastening was invented, The
s g
se>yew to fasten wood first appeared
less than 200 year's ego,
The shears 'deed IW the l o Pis .s ancient
ngypf>ran6 hadone leg detachable, for
sharpening. It was held. in place by
two slots engaging T-sllaped pins, and
Such
eta h d In a seoond,
could be d tin
a facility for sharpening was a great
lvdv'antake, but ;to shears or scissors
are evade !halt way nowadays.
ROMANTIC MEMORIES OF
"BUFFALO BILL"
Some Incidents in the Life
Story of Col. W. F. Cody, . .
Famous Huntsman.
When he was twenty-one years of
age, Colonel W. F. Cody, the hero of
millions of boys (anti men) on both
sides of the Atlantic -•-a knight of ro-
mance and the finest showman in the
world—entered into a contract with
the Kansas Paeific Railroad to fur-
nish meat for the men engaged on
making the line.
i
He went out to the Plains and in
,eighteen months slew 4,280 bison -an
average of nearly eight a clay! These
exploits earned for hint the name of
Buffalo Bill, by which Colonel Cody
was afterwards, always known. It
was this fact that led one of the
railwaymen to make up the following
doggerel
Buffalo Bill,' Buffalo Bill,
Never missed and -never will;
Always aims and shoots to kill,
And the company pays his buffalo bill.
The incident is related by his wi-
dow, Mrs. Louisa Cody, in her book
of"Memories," in which she tells the
fascinating life -story of her pictur-
esque and daring husband.
Buffalo Bill was as brave in his
wooing as he was in his hunting ad -
'ventures. At twenty he courted
Louisa Frederic, and two days after
hefirst met her, sent her these lines:
The blazing sun of brilliant day
May veil the Iight of stars above,
But no amount of heavy veils
Can o'er deceive the eyes of love.
On the third day, Louisa was chaff-
ed by some- child friends, who had
noticed the handsome, dashing Cody,
about her new beau. "Yes," said Cody,
when he learned of their teasing.
"Pm the one that's coming to see
her, and if she'll let me I'll be coin-
ing to see her every evening from
now on. So run along' and don't
worry about it."
Louisa was furious. The children
would spread the news of an engage-
ment, "Well," said Cody, "it's the
truth, isn't it?" And so Louisa, with
whom it had been a case of love at
first sight, became engaged.
A few months later they were
married, and the two set out to seek
fortune in the Far West. Those
were the days of Indian risings and
the 'young bride soon learned of the
dangeres she had to face.
On one occasion, while driving in
a buggy beyond the township where
they lived,- they became aware that
Indians were closing down on them.
Turning for hone "Buffalo Bill hand-
ed his wife the reins and slashed the
horse with the whip.
"'Lou,' he called, above the noise
of the horse's hoofs and the bumping
of the buggy, 'I want you to know
that I love you better than anything
else in the world. That's why I may
have to do something that—that—'
"'Will!' I looked up, hurriedly.
Something had touched my head. It
was Will's revolver, and he was hold-
ing it pointed straight at my temple.
'They've got rifles,' he said, shortly,
'Pve only got this revolver. They
can outdistance me. I want to be
ready—so that if they get me I can
pull the trigger -before I fall. It's
better for a woman to be dead, Lou—
than to be in their hands. "
Help came and Cody was saved the
horrible duty. •
Buffalo Bill filled many parts dur-
ing his career, and in his later mar-
ried life his outstanding position in
Nebraska led to his selection as the
loeal "judge" or magistrate. He en-
joyed his position until a young couple
came to be married. There was noth-
ing' in the statutes of the district to
meet an emergency of this kind; and
the ceremony resolved itself into
something like this:—
"'You're going to take this woman
for your lawful wedded wife, and sup-
port her and see that she's got a house
to live in and everything like 'that?'
'I do,' 'And you take this man to be
your lawful wedded husband, and
you'll love, honor., _and obey him and
cools his meals and attend to the
house?' 'I do.'
"'That just about settles it. Join
hands. I now pronounce you man
and wife. Whoever God and Buffalo
Bill have joined together let no man
put asunder. Two dollars, please,
and ,if you'll pardon your husband for
half a minute, 110 and I will go and
have a drink!"
Healed a Domoetic Rift.
On another occasion another couple
called 'who wanted a divorce. Again
Cody failed `to find anything in the
statutes to suit the case, so he hand-
ed Sarah, the wife, over to Mrs.
Cody, while he took Charlie, the hus-
band, aside for a few words.
"Long' we argued," says Mrs, Cody,
"while Sarah told ire the story of all
her troubles, stopping now and then
to remark that everything Charlie
was saying to Will was the finest col-
lection of falsehoods ever fabricated.
A,n hour passed. Then the tears be-
gan to flow as Sarail detailed the dif-
ficulties of sailing the matrimonial sea
with Charlie as pilot. Will took one
look at her, then reaching ono great;
paw he seized Charlie by the coat
Dollar end yanked him to his feet.
"'Look at that!' he shouted, 'Look
at her crying. Now you just hit the
trail over there and make up!'
r ;
a -
o and sulked. 'I'll go
Charlie stood 1
half -way; he announced, finally. Will
turned towards me. 'Give'. Sarah a
push,' he ordered.
I pushed and they
met
in he
centre of the
room. Pot a moment
there. was silence, the; a i•esomiding
smack of ]ips.
Another great law
been settled."
case
had bee
By stilling sixty-nine 'buffalo against
hot b
the forty six s y Billy Comstock,
the famous scout, ina few hours,
ns-'
Cody won the buffalo -shooting clia
pionslsip of the world, It was ellen
' 1 suggested �o tris wife
that lie jolting y gg d t
that she too should kill me bufi'alo, SO
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A new end vary remarkable wing
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a British manufacturer is about to
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carrying problem in quite an unusual
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iniscent of soma of the early of -
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system of lateral control, which emu• : .
spats df whinged section in the centre
of each wing's leading edge.' Operate -..
Ing one of these flaps lecreeese the
reslstanee and decreases the lift tin
that side, with the result that the
moving of a single lever turns the
machine and banks it correctly at the
eam0 timo, without usingtherudder,
It was found also that the slip stream
from a tractor propeller, flowing eves
the wings, destroyed their lifting
power, and the new cargo plane will
have its two pusher screws mounted
at the sides of the fuselage, back of
the wings. ••
Cruising irate of only 72 miles an
Dour is made possible for the big
freighter. Two 450 -horsepower en•
gives will be need to drive tho pro.
potters, and with thein it will climb
410 feet a minute. But it will fly, and
climb 40 feet a minute, en one engine
alone, ensuring reliable service. The
landing speed is 55 miles an hour,
that she might really be called Mrs.
Buffalo Bill, Mrs. Cody pluckily
agreed to do so, but at the critical
moment her nerve failed her. •She
only wounded .. one old bull, which
might have killed her- if Cody had not
finished it with a second bullet.
"But my reputation as a buffalo -
huntress had been' tarnished, and I
said so," to quote Mrs. Cody. "Will
was for going home, but I wanted
another chance—and he gave it to me.
The main herd of bison mad stopped
its flight about a mile and a half
away, and: we rode towards it, this
time attacking the whole herd, WIil
riding just a few feet behind me on
the inside, next to the plunging ani-
mals.
' ut this time I needed no help. I
had reloaded my revolver, and riding
close to the herd, fired at the nearest
animal. It dropped. Then as the
bison behind it hesitated at the sight
of the toppling beast before it, I fired
again. This time the shot went slight-
ly wide of its mark, and I pulled the
trigger twice more before the animal
could turn to plunge at me. It also
fell. Then, as the herd went milling
away, I restored my gun to its holster.
"'There,' I said, proudly, 'I guess
that vindicates Mrs. Buffalo Bill:
"'It sure does!' Will agreed, hap-
pily."
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Fortunes Tossed Away.
Most people, it hags been said, throw
away a fortune in the course of a life-
time through waste in small things,
and certainly the "cheese -parings and
candle -ends" do count for more than
is usually realized.
Take water, for instance. A New
York crusade against dripping taps
produced some astounding figures:
In two years alone a saving of forty
thousand million gallons was effected
by a tax of two dollars for any defec-
tive tap. Since such a leakage will
waste 1,500 galena per day, this will
be readily understood in Canada and
elsewhere. '
Articles of food habitually wasted,
are fruit and vegetables. For even
in these times much fruit which might
be sold or bottled is allowed to • rot,
either from carelessness or tho diffi-
culty of finding a quick and handy
market. The thrifty country -folk of
France immerse their potato -crop for
a few seconds in boiling water before
putting them away, and this keeps
them sound until the next crop is
available.
How many nien bottler to untie par-
cels and preserve the string? More
frequently the cord is damaged by
cutting, and is then thrown into the
wastepaper basket,
Some idea of the loss involved may
he gathered from the known fact that
the rag -pickers of Paris have gather-
ed string to the value of 1«3500 a year
from the rubbish -boxes In the public
places of that city!
Few articles occasion more waste
than the ordinary match. A. cigarette -
smoker would be surprised to find how
many boxes, containing forty or fifty
matches, he has used in a week.
Nearly all the Bibles sent to Uganda
are bound in tin in order to guard
against the voracious African ants,
which frequently completely devour
the ordinary covers of hooks.
Chemical Composition of
Blood. •
In cases where new blood is requir-
ed to 1111 the depleted veins of a hu
snap being, it is not practicable to use
for the purpose the vital fluid of a•
dog or any other animal, because it!
would act as a poison, destroying life
instead of saving it.
This Is for the reason that the blood
of a lower animal is not chemically;
the same as that 'of a man. The fart
does not seem very surprising, but the
recent discovery that the various races
of mankind differ in respect to the
chemical make-up of their blood is
undeniably curious.
Experience has proved that it will
not do to introduce the blood of a
negro into the veins of a white man
or vice versa. And the same remark
applies to the Mongol, the Malay and
the American Indian, In any Such
cases a chemical reaction follows
which is injurious.
The problem is purely one of chem..
retry, as proved by experiments in the
laboratory. If a.small quantity of a
white Plan's blood be mixed in a test
tube with the blood from the veins of
another whits man no reaction fol-
lows, But if white blood be mixed
with Chinese blood there results a
precipitation of albuminous matter
upon the bottom of the tube.
Manifestly when we speak of a per-
son of "white blood" or "negro blood"
we are not using terms that are
wholly figurative. The vital fluid in
each instance is chemically different
The blood of a Malay Is more differ-
ent from white blood than is Chinese
blood, and that of a negro is still
further removed in a chemical sense.
Now and then there is a disputed
ease in the courts wherein the point
at issue turns upon the question
whether or not a person supposed to
be white has a touch of the "tar
brush," It might be decided by just
such means as the test tubo could
furnish. If a Chinaman were to try
to get into this country (as has some-
times happened) disguised as a Filip.
pine, the, same test could be applied.
In fact, tho discovery seems suscep-
tible of many developments.
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Origin of Curfew.
The curfew bell was first rung in
Europe about the time of William I.
It was not a warning to keep off the
streets, but to remind citizens to bank
or cover up their fires. The houses et
that day were of wood and thatch, ex-
cept the stone castles and palaces, and
the fires were in open fireplaces. Pop-
ping coals would often leap over the
hearth, and once a blaze began the
whole community was tbreatened, as
fire departments were unknown, snd
only -water by the pail was handy as
fire -fighting material.
When the bell rang citizens were
supposed, to cover their tires with
ashes, and so bank the hearth that fly
Ing sparks would not reach the open
spaces. When William I. conquered
England and began to impose his strict
laws, he added to the curfew or '
"eouvre-feu" the rate' that citizens
should retire for the night as well
as batik their fires. Henry 2, restored
the use of lamps and candles nt court
sifter the curfew hell.
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