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The Clinton News Record, 1913-03-27, Page 3Th O ChI,CtiCeat Product of the flnest Tea-Pro- duCling Country In the World • Its flavour and strength are ' preserved 'unkri- 'paired lo the sealed lead packet. Oo BLACK, GREEAdtnd MIXED. HOW ARABS FISK 1012 PEARLS A_ Record of Five Minutes' Under Water lies Been Established. The pearl -fishery is an industry that still retains the flavor of am- . tiquity, Nene of ita methods have been modernized ;‘, neither inachin- ery, nor the trust hes yet invaded it. A pearl -buyer gives to The Youth',s Companion this des,cription of the way 'the Arahs fish the wa tem of the. Indian Oeean and then Persian; Gulf, and of the bargaining that follows when they diepobe orf ' the i'eateh." A pearl -fisher's boat may contein as many as eighty Arab fishermen. Every two sr three minutes thirty of the men dive, made fa.st to ropee that their companions bold, The only apparatus theY use is a small bone clip that- empresses the nos- trils and leather finger -stalls to protect them from the cuts to which the fishernaan is liable in tearing the ehells off tge rocke. Eaoh man carries a small ba'sk-et in frontof hire, and a stone is tied to his waist t,o help carry hineto the bottom. - '4 dive usually lasts lean two to theee minutes, although a reeord for five minutee has been. estab- lished. When the divers eome be the surface, they are grea,tly ex- ' han'stecle -Often they are half -suffo- cated. However, after a rest of five minutes they a,re ready to go 'down again. • Most of them intrepid' toilers car- ry an amulet supposed to protect them from fioh, but they are often bitten. Art night they have a meal of rice and dried dates. Miring the fourte.en hours of their working -day they fake Only an occasional cup of Many of the fishermeu become deafo and it is eeldom that 00 man eoritanues at the business over five In the eveningthey open the oys- ters, among which it is mere to find a. pearl of value. But when this happens, the joy in the boat is great. Pistol -shots announce the • news, which spreads from boat to boat along the whole length of the fishing -bank, and finally to the mainland, where nothing is talked of except the water, shape and col- • or of the newly -found prize. On his Datum to his native vil- lage, the master fisherman disposes • of the pearls he has taken to the man who has 'allowed hitn food on eredit. This man, in turn, oelle the • pearls in the Gulf market or at Bombay. Here the Meth broker -bakes it hand. In the presence of the buyer and the vendor, he offers up a prayer to Allah. Next, he Goroplianefits the owner .of the pearl, oompares hie • voice to thee of a nightingales and praises his family and his intelligence. • So the eran- motion drags on. For a pearl -worth $2,000 the broker does not hesitate to ask $10,000. For a week, if necessary, he *keeps his client.sight; h ettts.;and sleeps with him. Finally, thby" °wale to terms. The dealer embraoes the other, weeps over bion, and, to sot a seal upon the bargain, repeats a . prayer. In the course of the nege- -batten he never quotes, a figure; a, handkerchief over his hands hides from prying eyes the movements of his fingers that indicate bids. Many • it white man, unaccustomed to this way of doing business, has been robbed accordingly. Old Coins Broken. They hasf an ingenious plan for meeting it shortage of small change In the old days before copper coins existed. Until the reign of Edward I. the silver penny was the smallest Oin minted in England, to the greet incenvenienee of the email purchieser of the, period. • Blit the difficulty wa,e to some extent got over by the issue of pennies indent- ed with a deep cross. The c-oin couldthen be broken into half- pennies and farthings, Our first real copper 'coinage only dates from 1672, and until the time of Edward- • VI., farthings of silver were coined, growing smaller and smaller 84 Ile' -value of silver inereitsed,e-London Chronicle. In but a few shoet weeks she'll say "My darling, grab thy meee And beat those rugs for me, I pray., Housecleaning's taking place." 47, For cal'. or f(i. Or, A Dark Temptation OC CHAPTER Hvelya.St, ,plaire.e next move' wae, to drive at once to the hotel nearest maiy Park, and while there 'to write nt ehort note. to Mr. and Mrs, Remiegton, ,clovegely imitating Gay's delicate chiro- graPaya,,sotting-forth. that gibe waa to ac. company Stt. Clairesback to: Paseale , on gthe five:twenty maim, and ,had not.. the to come home to tell their, 'of' "I Shall stay three or four weeks, so do '. not be worried or uneasy about inel" she ' added, but forgive your Gay's sudden freak, and be sure tu accord me your ' full pardon -when I return." "I think that will do;, and completely throw. them off the track for afew weeks at least... she thought taiumphantly, hast- ily sealing it, and dispatching it by , a messenger boy to the banker'e residence. "Ity the time they begin to grew uneallY and commence to inquire about Gay's pro- tracted aluence, I shall have married my handsome lover and- will be sailing over the blue oeas with him, his bonny bride. Ali! what a glorious '.Plottlrel" Her elmeli were flushed as she threw down the nun; her eyes burned unnatur- ally bright, . and the jeweled hand that rushed the ink -well thora her was anything but stolidY• "How much one rival will 'do againet the peace and happiness of another!" she mused with a wicked, resale:Is laugh. Then she drew a shuddering breath murmuring hoarsely: •All is fair in love and war, anyhow. I loved him beet. All thin would never have hanpened if the little fool .had not crossed my path again. 1 *Mild far re - Mier, see ,the man -I have plotted end Planned and sinned to • \via. lying ;dead be- fore me than maryied to' her:, Tip girl he'oat of MY path now, andliOyend-Perey's reach; still, I shall never feel quite safe until I am wedded to Perefaad fer"away, nutting the wholevzorld between hire and that girl -never until then!" liter =legion elided, she took the next train for home, for Perey's last letter had stated that he- woula return to Paseale the day Yellowing ma oan upon Miss Rem - Ile must' never know that she had been to the city, and the thrilling events which had eueued must never reach his ears. .1" t• Both the banker and his wife were amaz- ed when they read the hurried hote, which -they quite believed Gay had written. "Don't 130 angry with the lass for start- ing oft so unexpectedly with her friend, my dear., Young girle 1110 11111 Of just such freaks," exclaimed the banher, laugh- ing heartily. "'No doubt she won't stay there the week out." "The house will seem so lonely, without her," sighed hie wife, "I cannot feel e.ulto reeonciled to her starting off in that un- ceremonious manner. I don't like the in- fluence Mies St. Claire exerts over Little "I never did care for her Very ranch when. / used to meet her during our visits at Redstone Bale when the Old general was alive. She never impreseed me favor- ably, somehow." • "Pehatv retorted e ban wthe ker, 'charily. "Miss St. ,Olaire is a wonderfully pretty. girl: sweet and clever too," "Men never do see a woman's faults if she has a pink -and -white faoe," replied his wife, flushing angrily. "I ?meet that I do not like her; my keen 'Demotion of human natore warns me against her, I t " "Fiddlesticks, My dear!" returned her liege lord, ungraciously. ,'Yon know that's all rubbish_ You know you never could to/erate 'a pretty woman about the houee. I declare upon my soul, it's a mystery how you ever happened to teat!. to Little Gay,,,and weae BO anxious' for me to ado he• And with so good-humored, bearty laugh, the great banker hurried from the room just in time to escape the seething retort, Meat sprung to Ids wife's lips. Meanwhile, the long afternoon had drawn to- a closet evening 00.1110, and brought: with it Perey Granville to the Remington mansion. Ile was shown. lute the drawing.roorn. and the servitor took up hie card ao,the ladies. "Dear me, Gay Is not here! She must bave forgotten the young man who ren- dered her Buell a great eervice was to °all this evening," ,safd airs. Remington, lay - 0e: Itfrowt ihit of pasteboaransi il. hIhwill framing &Ilea: aningg Tonr OaV,; rude absent*. What will lie think of her, I:tioyuder?, Tell him I will be down da Whou the foothian returned with the message he fouad tbe handeonie visitor standiag Pale and exeited before a auperb oil painting of Gay whieb etood upon the Ho was so deeply absorbed in his own thoughts he did not hear the man's step on the thiok velvet carpet. Ho had barely seated himself on the 171c.v.et divan ere his eye fell on the paint - Like a flash Pony Granville wee on Ma feet and had sprung aerbes the -room and confronted 11 "Great- Heaven!" he cried hoarsely, drawing hie shapely white hand aerons his brow. "Am I mad, or do I dream? Is it a horrible hallutinatom or is it the face of Little Gay, my dead love, that smiles back to me froth. this canvas?" He leaned forward with the in,set in- tense, breathless intermit, scanning every feature of the pictured face. The oyes that looked wistfully into his so were startlinglY like lifslost -darling's that it fairly took hitt breath .away; the rosebud mouth, toe,' was like .Little Gay's bia the hair W-hich crownecrthia ehapely head was of the brighteet" gblden hue, while Gay's was darker than it raven's "51 is only a strange, unacenuntable sointisnee,'' he muttered. shutting . his handsome white teeth, hard together and turning abruptly away from the Por- trait; "yet it has disturbed me-given:me a terrible shcolt. If tins is Miss Rem- ington',, pieture, and. she is eo fatally like zuy , dead. love, it will coanpletely unman "That IS MSS Remingtbn's pieture, Emit? Percy granville 'wheeled- about with a flush of annoyance.' , "How long have you been standing thereia' he demanded of the ebony Bervi, tor, angry enough at himself for breath- ing bus thoughts aloud. • . : "I Just 001110 in sah-juet as you was wondering lf that pleture WELS M1SEI Remington's, I came to tell you that Mise Remington is not at hone, hut Mrs. Rein. ington will sag you," "It 'menet be that aim received my let. ter," thought Percy, with an iodefluable thrill of disappointment, A moment later the banker's wife swot' into the rirawingroona She held out her fait old white jeweled bands in cordial greeting to the tall, handsome young man,Who arose with a smile and bew, which quite capturea ti . her. heart -at onee.. • . But before ,they had the opportunity of exchanging nianY words visitore were announced: • . Time wanfate again Most cruel to hand- some, .Percy Granville., . If.the,y,could Imbibed bat a half bent's.. "convorsation,lthe startling storY,..that lost blade, Little Gay, and the lovely alise, Remington, the bankey'a adopted .41asugh, ter, were ono and the. same, would eprely have been 'brought to light; -but 'alas! it W100 not to be. Percy goo,5 after took his leake, prom. Ming to call when MR ies emington should be at home. • "What a hd aneome, .11013143 young fellow he is," thought the grand old lady medi- tatively, as the drawing -room door oloaed Lts011 him. "I would like to enolee just ouch a yonng man for Little Gar'e future huaband: I preaiet that it will ba vast of love at 1150 eight between them. What a pity she is notaiere-and he retuans to Paesaic to -night! Why, bless.met" she 0,1011bringing, Iter plump old liapds gethcr with a heavy dramatM gesture, "whY did I not think to tell him our GUY to Visiting Miss St. ()Mire' there? I 1111.10b' (Do not-be.misled— ASK FOR •••?../ , dpop hire a line , to that effeet by all Peiey tan lightly down Vie marble ateos, seeing nothing, thinking of nothing but the beautiful, arch, smiling, pietured faco he had loft behind him in the ilsoutug- tem alralaing-secan. 'I' believe that lovely girlish face has bewitched Me, it bearelia, ,sucetriking annthlaileel to IliagrOf mg moot loot Gaya yet why should'I-the betrothed husband° ef,Evelyn $t. Claire—give one thought to this pretty young, girl? She is not for me -the 'fates have forbidden it -that's certain." He had always thought it impossible for a great love to visit a mama heart twice hi a lifetinie-that there 3vae but One mate for each heart -but now he dimly realized that his heart, whieh he had firmly believed to be buried in Little Gay's grave, had gone out to tho young girl whose, lactated. face he had Just gaged noon \vith a passionate. Yearning long- ina that frightened 'even himself. He had ecarcely prOceeded half a dozen blacks ere a hand was laid heavily on hie ehoulder, and a familiar voice said courte- ouely: "Pardon me -this is Mi. Granville, I be- lieveP Ifyou ere not In too ninon of a burry, I should like a few words witax Peroy Wlieeled around ,saddenly, gand found himself standing lace to face with the famous detective within 'he had at one :time engaged .to disuover tho vrhere- abouts,of Little Gar, criAPTua, 'tam. Not until the door had elosed upon Eve- lyn St. Glair° did GaY hillY realize her awful position. "Oh, my, God!" wailed Little Gay. sink- ing 1101V11 on her knees with the bitterest cry that ever fell -from girlieh lips. "Is it true that I- am to be entombed la this horrible place among shrieking maniac') while ray life lasts? the veny thought al- most drives me mad.surely, it there is a just God in heaven who looks down win the suffering of the innocent, he will find some way of liberating me from this gliacitly living tomb.' Evelyn's taunting words rang in her Oars like the voice of doom, "I have brought you here to prevent Yon from meeting Percy Granville. Know this too, girl, and let it be the bitterest in your map of woe; Porey was never false to yen. lie was eleverly tricked in- to- the holier you were dead. It was I who answered, the letter you wrote bim --that letter that tore you two so Gern. pletely asunder." "I see it all now; oh, I see througli it all nowl" moaned Gay; "but, oh, Laia,ve distovered that my love was true to Mo, too later oh, Pero-, Percy, too late! "The long yen% will come and go, and no warning voice will tell you that your poor little bride, who was so cruelly duped by her fair, false rival, still lives; famed to draa out her weary life iu a mad -house until death frees bor. my lev550el" seriod atart' ing to her feet and wringing her little hands together in the most heartrending agony. "I will not believe her cruel words -that You are to bo wedded to her on the 1011, of the coining month. If I thought it could be true, that thought a one would drive me nad. • Poor Gap"s mental excitement quite counteracted the effects ot the drugged rcises, and when, a few unaraents later, the Preach doutar entered the room, ho WAS amazed to find her pacing frantic:ally nn 'and down instead of being fit a dead SW0011 as he had expeeted to soo her. "011 sir" gas ed (lay, pite-ousiy welly leaked the door upon the inelde and xemoved the key, "I pray you, for aweet merey's sake, do not attempt to keep me here; a vile plot has been planned against me, I—' The doctor of the private asylum laughed harsh/y. "Pray spare yonnsele unneoessary ex- ppuiation,' be gnawed, "5 am paid. well to keep yon here, and here you must re- main until the lady who brought you here orders otherwise. I am not inter- ested in the whys or Wbereforee Of the affair. florae with mo to the apartment you aro to,oceuay." ' "Oh, sir," cried Gay,.veheinentlja-strug- aline desperately in hl emu stelae strove to force her toward a door whieh opened into an inner thaartmeut "beton to me but moment -one brief momeat." "Not an inetant," replied Dr. Ladettu; and despite her piteoue screanie of mortal terror, he caught, her by the slender white lariats, and oSSoilinft the inner door, with its large spring look, he putilied her into the T00111 beyond, .and the door closed with a horrible Wok upon her. To descrth ibe e sight upon.which Little Gay's terrified eyes. gazed -to, portray with the pen the dreadful Connote that fell upon her eare-is ahnoet, importable. Gay found herself in a long, wide, wolf. Ranted room, upon either side of which wore colllike grated doors, and behind them) bars of iron ghosalike facet; flared Creatuaes that weaned scarcelY human- -with thrill' death -white faces and tuelaempt hair clinging arounda thern-crceuched about. the. long geerridor hero anti there, turning their glaring oyes in dull appre- hension toward the iron door RS it opened on ita °ranking iron hinges, to admit the lovely, terrified young strAnger. A very pandemonium emitted togreign about the plaeo-the ebrill cries, the babel of VO/001, the deep guttural nintherings and horrible shouts of laugliter-more piti- ful than the bitterest cries could have been -mingled with the elinking of man- aeled hands tearing 'at their iron fetters. "Oh,' gasped (lay, feebly, "sena me a quick release from this fearful place, or amid nm-deathr • A cold. Clammy hand touched Gay's; she recoiled in the greatest terror, finding bereelf standing face to face with the most singular creature .ohe had ever ba- bol-d—a woman, tell and emaciated, with great, burning dark eyesand hair wnite as a ewon.drift failing in matted MINOS about Ing eltduldere. "Hush!" commanded the woman out:Or- ly, "make no outcry. I will not harm You. I am not mad, much as my !appear- ance may be against me. Do not fear me." GNI, gazed at her Ivith dilated eYee. Oh, if she could bnt believe her shrowdlY .1Menect your case is Similar to my own,' she went en bitterly. "Some foo has oast you into dig ,place to be rid of yea -you are certainly not in- sane." "Indeed, I am not," Bobtad oarwi . th streaming eyee, "oh, indeed, 1 am not. You aro right, I was entrappea here to- day, and thauet late QM 0)000 through the vileet conspiracy that, has ever been perpetrated npon an intim:eat, heiplass girl; but ialfeaven does not mew rue some meano of couture, I know nly brain will that soon., watobing these poor crea- tures." 9/ lholight no; leo, when first0. 01120 h'ere,' replied her companion, e00115. That was long years ago; then at lapt: I Prayea•for the boon of forgetfulnese, but it wao donioa me." Fe,, a mement Gay forgot .her own ter- rible sore -Ow in ,ailent ritY -for the poor creature standing ,before her. "There must he :630M0 means of escape," she cried, abuddeaingly. -The woman shook her head, "Oulr.death,' she answered, sorroivfnl, "I owlet, I 3,611 not b,elieve thati wleaven intendto to ifninure me in this horrible place," Gay. cried out, vehemently. ."I will devote my every energy. to discover eome; 11100411' Of mane." "Was it a' relative who caused you to he ,brought here?" her eompanion eliGaV,Steflialciol; kher golden curls, Bobbing' ra‘Ogllito, lY 'it '- was a Young 5101 with a face fair as a /11y, but a heart blacit as the bleakest criminals. .She separated me from TOY love, and hoots to Nant MM.; but "I lhall pray night and day that my dar- ing rnaY be spared from the cruel melt. and LOOK for the trade -mark. You will thus besure of gloves fanutltus for Style, Fit atrd Finish. Gloves Mgt fare hot stamped with either the trade.mark or filo dilitMe "Perrirc's Make- aro hot the genuine..., 5-.01.12 trestattwora;asultir IT SATISFIES MILLIONS • OF PEOPLE Worth your w)4le,to test it LIPTON S TEA Sustains and Cheers. • inatione of Evelyn St. Claire, the beauti- ful fiend" who lured me here." The woman fell back like one who had received an' °Metric chock. "Evelyn St' Claire 1" she repeated in a vole() that Amok withconcentrated emo- tion; "whatl can this be more of her idiawsat.arully work?" he pale, emiteiated 5000 was awful to be - And the look of rage that wept acroso t "You know her?" queried Gay, in pained -..m").'ultdrneoty' /Jeri"' echoed the woman, bit- terly, "ay. I know her to my bitter coot, the fah., false, treacherous girl, the fiend inearnate! Come, eit.doWn on this bench, and I Will' tell you nay sad etory-it can be told in a few words!" , Gas took the seat inddd icate, an, after a monetary 'pause, her companion went onbrokenly' wreck now -yet a fe "Ianibw l'ears ago I was considered the .belle of --. L was an heirees-my one great sorrow in life being that I was all alOne in the world,'Itwas' then 5 met Eugene St. Pietro - a widower with one child. I married him -then the wretchednese of my life began. itis daughter, who was more lthe a fiend than aught else I. can compare ,her to, soon mused trouble 'between tie. She turned 111Y husband completely against me, and at last they both told me openly that it wag money he had married ma for -not for love. "Matters went on from bad to worse, and one (10.7 after a bitter quarrel I was spirited here while under the influence of a powerful drug administered to me; Om I awoke and found myself here, the horror of it timed my hair snow-white in a single night. "One day a letter <mine to me from Eye, lam St. Claire; it waa to the effect thaa her father bad died some time ago, and that she had inherited his wealth -ray wealth -which was aupposed to be his, and that with his death periled all hope that I should ever ba liberated to come back and claim my ewn, for it was not her intention to be hurled from luxury and wealth to become a pauper, "That letter nearly drove me mad; in desperation I tore off a diamond locket I had worn concealed about me and with it succeeded in bribing one of 'the attend- ants here to take a message for mo to a great and gbed man -General Granville, a mill -owner whe was oar neighbor. "I 'charged him to cense to Me and re- lease 1110, that'I-whoni my husband had Alvan out died abroad-waa confined in a, private asylum for the insane -though as sane ne emir I had been. I begged him to tome raid investigate the matter. I did not, mention thb e and Evelyn St Olaire had had in it. I spared bar - throwine the entire blame upon the Man who had wedded ine for glittering gold; Yes, I spared the girl who' was my evil genlT "Ia. not slappose the message wen ever delivered," the poor creature sobbed Iwo- terically; "tho man took my diamond locket and went away -lie neVer returned; the days have tonic and gone; hope ia dead, I never expect 'velem° 'now, unless it comes in the shape of death -there is 150 0050. UP from her seat, her love- ly face all aglow-hee little white Ilan& working convulsively. "We shall escape!" she eried exoitedlyi "something tells me that we shall.' 5(00' companion only shook her head; she had beon just as sanguine mice bor. self. It email never be -never. The days dragged their slow lengthe -a, fortnight had waned, and the dread truth had begun to force iteelf upon Gay's mind that nothing short of a mir- acle would ever 01111S0 these heavy iron doors to swing back from the solid mas- onry in which they were embedded and set her free. ' In vain she tore et the Iron bars with her little slim, white hauds-uselese, worse than useless. • Of what avail were her tears' and pita- ous bobs; those heartrending moans, 'Oh, Pena'. my love, ERY 1.01,0 I" 00111(1 never reaoh the young husband'a ears, who had almost worn .his life out in eorrowing for Little Gay -his lcet bride; the young hue - band whom cruel. fate was drifting fur- ther and further away. from her with, each PI? th iingdar not bee'n fer the .eompanion• shit, Of Agnes St (Metre, poor Little Clay would indeed have gone mad. • (To be continued.) • BROOK TO LIGHT VILIAGE. Yorkshire Stream to Supply Light and Power for 300 Pereons. Book to the days of the stage- coach --that is what ib means if you want to reach the pretty West Rifl- ing village of Ke.ttlewell, Yorks, England, which is Seen to have the proud distinction of being the smallest village in the ,Idngdom ,owning alt electric light • installs, - tion. , . Kettlewell, in the. heart Wharfedale, has as its nearest -sta- tion GeaSaihgboll, SIX miles distant. The beautiful country • round is streaked with foaming streams. But these streams are now to be more than beautiful -they are to be harnessed in .erder to make electri- city for • Iiettlewell, a village of seventy-seven houses and about 300 inhabitants. It was the KeitletVell beck (or stream), which first suggested the idea th Mr. Inman, the village postmaster, that here close at hand was a ready oneans of obtaining is,n- electric power station, The course of the rushing streana which is to supply the power is in the centre of the village, and just below a stone bridge .a weir is to be erected. The water will then run into it 15 -inch steel pipe to the power-hOuse, about 100 yercle.clis- Teste leave already been made in the driest part of the season, 'end it is ealculatedlhati the force of - the water even then will be sufficient to drive a 10 -hp, turbine, produeing enough electricity to light 400 lamps of twenty-five candle-power The capital of $3,123 has already been sub•seribed, and the cost of the light to users will be twelve cents PelmIilt. Portan An t dedsion is that, bit order to avoid unsightly standa,rds, the power will be carried by wires which will be attached from chim- tiey to chimpey in ,the village street. Work is shortly io be begun, and by Baster KettlewelI hopes to have, its electric light. Greater Capacity. 'What do you' mean by getting drunk when 1 send you out with a prospective enstomer ?" asked -the merchant. "You told me -to take the man's measure," explained the peoffigate son. "This man had a greater ca- pacity than I had." • Why does not a sneeeselitl man al- ways give 'his s friends' the same brand of ndyi,oie th.4,1; lieuses in his own buoineee,2 • , . • r EGGS MAY, DIVE MICROBES. --- IlousekeePers Should Avoid Those Broken or Cracked. At first glanceft seems atrocsf, imposeible that, there could bo mi- crobes irt strictly fresh eggs,' yet this is not only qiiite possible, but it frequently happens, There is always a condition aft, teched to this state of affairs, how- ever, and that is that the fresis ogge must be cracked and the, tough skin that, envelopes the egg muot aleo, he torn. .A fresh clean egg is sterile.." The bacteria *Mt are present ip bellen or cracked eggs, in ememercial. "dirty" eggs, ie desiccated eggs, and in frozen eggs, get limo the du'et from nest dirt 0/' the'onboicle of the egg or from the air during breaking of the eggs, in the process ,clesiecation or from the hands of those who break the eggs. When an 'egg is what is termed "dirty," a,nd when it in cracked 50 that the 'membrane is also broken., then colon bacilli may. gain access to the egg. Or, if dirty eggs are broken carelessly, or if the hands of those who break them are not clean, then colonie.s of microbes seon form. The white of the eggs are fs, great deal like gelatin, and the germs thrive and multiply rapidly in it. For this reason houseleeepers should &VOW buying cracked or broken eggs, no matter how fresh they may be. Housekeepers fre- quently buy broken fresh eggs and use them klf cooking. For a, long time it",hitS been held that these eggs were quite as good as the whole ones, except that they cannot he boiled. Consequently they are bought and used for Oakes and other cooking and also for frying, scram- bling, -nix?, in other forme. But. thio is a dangerous thing to do. No one eau tell just how the eggs became broken or under what circumstances they were handled and svhist the clangers are. The wholo. eggs are, of course,' quite sale, as,no microbes have had -op- portunity to reach the inside of the shells, and when they are boiled tho danger is done away with. A new effect in spring millinery-- the girl with the Bulgarian turban hat and sailor collar, TIIE SMALLEST ENGINE. Would Take 100 of 'them to Weigh Oiie Ounce: Weighing just four grains cam- . plete-the weight of aal, ordinary match -made of gold end steel, and so small that a, house -fly seems large in ccapparison, such ie "Tiny Tim," the emallest "engine in the world. It takes over 100 such en- gines to weigh one ounce, tamest 2,000 to weigh a pound, and more than 3,000,000 to weigh a ton, The ongine-hed and stand are of gold. The shaft runs in hardened and ground steel bearings inserted in the gold bed. These bearings are counter -bored, from the inside to form atoll -oiling- bearing. The fly - Wheel has a steel centre and arms, with a gold rim, anti the eomplete wheel weighs one grain. The cylin- der is of eteei, evith octagonal base highly polished. The stroke is 1-32 of an inch, bore 3-100 of an inch. Seventeen pieces- are used in the construction ef tthe engine. The ,speed of the en- gip,s is 6,000 revolutions per min- ute. When -running 100 per second no motion is visible to the eye, 'but it makes it noise like the noise df a mosquito. The horse -power is 1- 480,000 of one horse,power, Coin - pressed air is used to run it, and it may be of interest le note that the amount required to make it hum can be borne on the eyeball without, 55. ' A man may have great conver- sational abilities, says on'e . who is mdrri4, and still heye few eonver- eatIonal opportunitiee. RU -CO AXIKTIVES are best for nursing mothers. beeause they do not affect the rest of the system. Mild but sure. 25o. a box at your druggist's. NATIONAL DRUG 005 0000500 Co. Or CANADA, LIMITED, 113 BAKING POWDER pixkom, IN cc CON'TA1/411%.1 S Nub ALuN CONFORMS TO THE HIGH STANDARD OF GILLETT'S GOODS. 1111011111111111111111111111111111111111M11111 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 111 111111111 1 1 C%".•110011anielalit4aWalitafaaaellill 1 H 0 Saliaelaltafitliagaara-tt Walk - , Selected Recipes. Sauce for • Pudding. -Mix• in a laasin • one level tablespoonful of cornstarch with' ono cupful of milk, then Pottr it into the chafing dish anti boil,stirring all the time. Gook for 10 minutes, then mold half a tea- epoonful of vanilla extract and two yolks of eggs. Bweeten to taste and reheat -the sauce svithout boiling, or it will curdle. Strain and serve hot or cold with any sweet pudding Roelts.-Thi•ee eggs, one and half cupfuls flour, one cupful but- ter or part butter and partdrip- eppinoognhl no ,lotrie podtamddissolved , oinnn e, toeae. tablespoonful hot water, nutmeg or cinnamon to taste, a pinch of salt douenough to make a batter, thn,1 r will drop from a spoon. They must run a little in the pans and must be baked in greased tins. Green Tomato • lilinceineat.-Half peck green tomatoes, sliced'. Tivo tablespoonfuls salt. Let these stand together twill hours, and drain. Cover with cold water and boil for two hours. Prepare half a pound of chopped suet, two peunds raisins, chopped fine, two pounds brown sugar, one pint cider vine- gar, one teaspoonful each of cinna- mon, cloves, mace, and nutmeg. This will keep in jars all winter and is equal to mincemeat made with meat. Salad Dressing. -One-third of a, pint of good vinegar, tyro -thirds of a pint of water. Bring these to the boil, having ready the following mixture: Two teaspoonfuls of mus- tard, one teaspoonful of salt, four tablespoonfuls of flour, five table- spoonfuls of sugar. Mix these in- gredients well, ackl a little water and the beaten whites of two eggs. Stir well and pour in graduallythe hot vinegar and water. )3oil until thick, stirring all the time. Put in- to glass jars, and when it is cold cover with a close lid. Apple, Cherry awl Raisin Salad -- TWO cups diced tart apple, one cup diced celery, one-half cup raisins, dash salt, one-fourth cep olive oil, two tablespoons lemon juice, one teaspoon powdered sugar, celery tips, or lettuce leaves. dtew the raisins in a little water. Mix to- gether the oil, salt, lemon juice, sugar and a tablespoonful of the raisin juice, beating well. Marin- ate the apple, celery and raisins separately -in it for thirty binutes; then toss together and serve gar- nished with the green. Molding Pic Pastry. -Sift three eupfuls of flour into a, basin, add a pinch of salt, Melt four tablespoon- fuls of butter with half a cupful of milk, then pour them into the mid- dle of the flour, add ci.,,ne yolk of egg and mix to a smooth paste. Cut off a small piece for the lid and mold the large piece with the hands into a round pie shape. Ohep some ham and veal fine, mix and season with salt, Pepper and a little grated nut- meg, then fill up the pie case i'Vith them.• Pour in a, 11101a rich stock, wet the edges and cover with the smeller pieces of pastry. Brush over the top with beaten egg, 'lay on a buttered tin and bake in a moderate oven for 1 1-2 hours. • Scripture Cake. -One cup butter "(Judges 3. 96), three and one-half ceps flour (I. Kingi 4. 22), three - cups sugar (Jeremiah 6. 20, two cups raisins (I. Samuel 30. 12), two cups figs (I. Samuel SO. 12), one cup wager (Genesis 24. 17), one cup al- monds (Genesis 43. 11), six, eggs (Isaiah 10, 14), ono lablespeon honey (Exodus 16, 2,1), a Pinch of Belt (Leviticus 16. is), spices to, taste. (I. Kings 10. 10), two table- spoons baking powder (I. Corinthi- ans (5..6). Nuts should be put in last, the resins should be seeded, the figs chopped, and the almonds blanched and sliced, and all these well floured . to_preven,t their stick- ing to the bottbm. AiOs When Cleaning. If t.here are spots en the wall - epee try rubbing them with dry read. Often most persietent marks may be removed In this way. Marks caused by epratchieg m,atches on painted surfaces should e rubbed vigorously with a little m een. A wooden skewer will be found most lielpfnl for taking dust and iris out of eieviees avou:ael the window panes. Go oven, the place second time with a skewer wrap - ed. The dirt" from the eornerewill ot be carried on to the glass yflype he window-wa,shine% agjyao: '‘YTe01.11110,‘,WWilild°dWot °' ib7einellittiOble•kr ftlsa a aaliCkly, and has'la decided advant- age over water in that it may be successfully used in tact weather without danger of freezing on the g Combs and brushes are besi cleaned by dipping them up and down vigorously in warm water, to which borax and ammonia -have been added. Wipe+ frequently on a ;n a piece of soft cloth, for this re- moves much of the dirt. In im- mereing the brush, be- careful not to poet the back, for thie may loosen the bristles. Crushed egg shell end warm, strong soapsuds will remove stain from the inside a decanters and bottles. Shake vigorouslY, :chang- ing the water from time to time. Clean 0011 tooth brushes at least ofice a week by soaking for a little -while in diluted peroxide or other antiseptic. 01 course, ,eaeh brush should be treatechindependently. A cloth dampened with kerosene is excellent for cleaning porcelain . and enamel tubs, basins, sinks and such,gurfaees. Linoleum should be washed with- out soap if one would keep it in the best of oondition. After wash, ing, wipe it off with a cloth dipped in milk, and then wipe dry. If linoleum is varnished or given a coat of 'shellac, it will wear better. • Dry whiting, or borax, on a cloth moistened with alcohol bright- ens nickel -plated surfaces. • Kerosene is an excellent medium for cleaning zinc. Ammonia or salt will remove egg stains from silver spoons. If the cellar is damp, keep a box of unslaked lime there to absorb the moisture in the au', It will perceptibly sweeten the atmos- phere. Of course, the lime must be renewed from time to time. Posir a, Sew spoonfuls of kerosene down the drain pipes after Rushing thoroughly with boiling water and ' washing soda, '.A.fter 'washing the mirror there is nothing better for polishing the surface than an old handkerchief. Wiping the matting with salt water nob only cleans the surface, but will prevent the floor covering turning yellow. SACRED FLAG OF PROPIIETS. Mow Guarded in Peace and /low Powerful in "War. The secret' standard of the pro- phet is enveloped in forty coverings of green taffeta, and is enclosed in a naafi of green cloth, which also eentains a Iceman (the book of the law), written lay the Caliph Omar himself, and the silver keys of the kaapa, which Selim I. • received from the sheriff of Mecca. The standa,rd is twelve feet and the golden ornaments (a Oozed hand) which shrmounts it control:as another oopy of the koran, written by the Caliph Osman IlL, the suc-- *ewer of Mohammed. In time of peace this precious standard is guarded in the hall of the"Noble Vestment"; thus 'is styled the dress worn by the pro- phet. In the same halLin which the tunic hangs are also preserved the other teeth, the holy beard, the sacred itirrep, the sabre and the bow of 'Mohammed, and the arms and armor of the first ealiphs. In -war a magnificent tont is erected for receiving the sacred standard, whieh is attached by oil- -nor' rings Jto it lance of ebony. This custom brings to I-owned:ion the little temple in which was 'deposited the eeigle of the Roman legions, a.s related, by Dionysius Caesiue. • the e,nd of every eaan'paign the sa- cred piece of green silk which forme the standard is replaced with great solemnity in a richly ornamented chest. Down to the present epoch this standard has always been a re,a1 talisman to the Turks, and has seeved to rally the defenders of Is - holism and to intlame,their courage in battle against the Christians. This is,acred banner is, hosvevee, ne- ver displayed ,exeept 10 time, of wax as a lest extremity. It, is the sig- nal for instantly exerting every ef- fort to save the empire. Every Christiae is prohibited from stop- ping before or even casting a pro- fane look on this sacred pledge a safety. 617!--acree;?, -- 4'eeeraefeae 'We the etmatesT2.,.muume;•, um' REST 11010a, ,D513u iii -.5°° -1%-why you don't even have to ;visa via atgvata p051, 00,1,0 am tutv4 of—so lfs,tou,o OM Tospontitio, Send int Pre° Color gent, Sten,' BoOklot, Mid Booklet alvInif maul. of DvelnE OVer other eolom. Tho JOHNSON-RICHARDSON Oa, Ehntled, Mont.ol, Monde, pro of your' CORN ' CROP t I ? . tioni, --'-',.....,,,,....."7., ,_ w.on,-;_.............,,,. mg , our thateine 'and 500. I I I CEO. KEITI-I B. SONS, TORONTO i I Seed Merchants Sham 1806, ...........sesaeeeaseaseasees.easaaseaaeasegege