The Clinton News Record, 1925-08-27, Page 6"7",fe•5;,",.."- aaa
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1.1 Over grOunft'ttko-,.
'ntIgh.listret felon
you can n he stirs):
,kKe' p2111 hL'i maoJar! .wages, r cOrt,
oa rogues. they .were
rovildn't worlt tor less)!,,,,
e i10"r bOlal false ',witness; (What 11
ird Flapper*" PijourLing
Maio Ordar le• *steed Hui.
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a Very- itenDocit-
ba(Tk'ni,ininniikOing to ,i.fulian p,
4 , . Xte.Y,,441140#14e4iox' ef..,7,00,?0.gY at
,"," 1-,6 Oxfd.rtietrAbeefefAttia a reetutrieat the
liale'01:i RoyalMV4*ig., tondct:ii.,' .
'to "..)i9:11;iiii;e6,,,iiinton wilrbiei.e (Oma t'
'eited wuId luetter the spring; the males come tirst" in
A`a$1 j,i;.' :.,
media, ,, r 'It' :04"...lito,;!.''.! .iieelie,' ha said, land they scatter over.
%.7.9pn...z. the cotintry-eat:Ir.-mule bird- picking
hiP,714: iii: he
termY nigh '4 tici 'sOnfo' tPr4ttehlar' piece hi territaity
...!. ., V t . ,
"'rib- which be holde' a ! ri
t 11 c e'rs
in vie,ar '
t,"Vhittiting'securect it he by
T a Jury, ,yijfeje atLfagillinY 'singing -that it, tagetti.e'r with hirmae,11,
ith the later, piuries Of 'Tiiirelt" ad is available for 'any' eligible winged
. .
ded tzglieement. ' .E,.stlier ,ited ".Spar - fiapper. 'the siuging also warns ether
tow •gav(l, evidence' as. to tlfe'ilinding males. '' When ' the feathered Wemeri
of then body, and the dee:tor-rounded folk arrfve; they fight each other for
off the list of witnesses. .Without tlie the, honor of heing the bride of the
east Contention: the jars' arrived at laud,' the' male bird watching the cant
i „ iii4 with atiparentindiffereace.
"Death by misadveutu- ald the ' "After ,the pairing lias, taken, Place it
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toroner. ometintes happens that the pairs seek
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*112141'6,7-M1' 'tin
S2,Therl.. An& ',S ,
very end' of her
yon .sta3.
'1oyt rurrderstrt114-not
yet.
• understand?'sc'reanied
"ure'nruttiously-. t't undcrtand
C ioug.li to icnow that 1(11 ba 11011 Upon
ei.arth. for ElSther ftom thl
f‘ntill"
Abruptly ho looked up. A nig,ht
Hite this one might easily steal un-
noticed on a roan up- there ire the
*dark. One might look for one's chance
• and at -the right spot," by S. sudden
unax-pooted. thrust, Send him toppling
over, dowh; down into the, ciluirrY•
There'd be but little hero for a rnau
• who went over the quarry at its high-
est, Just there by the spinney:
And -it Wouldn't need strength,
neither -just-, a quick -thrust un-
awares. It waseasy enough, -easy
enough And noono would ever Sus-
. ,
pect. In the village every.one thought
that Alf was half -Witted and, they
could know.„,nothing:, of his recovery.
If -if he went'over it would, be look-
, , - .
edon as an, accident. Folks _would
simply think that he had wandered
abroad iii his strange, purposeless
way. ph, it would be safe enough!
Dna had just to •track him down,
and to any one'who had done a littio
poaching that Was child's play., Like
as not Esther was sheltering against -
the. weather at some house in the vil-
lage, waiting for the gale to abato..
just a little, And Luke would hare
continuerd right, along the ,fieid path
without meeting her and -so passed on
down into the village. ' •
Easy,-cload easy, it 'was, and with
no Shred of sespieion to cling to -to
. any one. And Esther would be /tee
and clear to, inake another bid for
happiness,,and There would be an end
for .good and all th Aff's-beirdrisra.-
- 'Twee a rare chance -.-a chance. in a
• million! * *.*.,
It Was about. an hour later thEit
Esther returned,,breathless under the
acoreige of the 'gale. Oldsjeeeb Wee -
in his accustomed chair andlooked up
quickly at her as she entered.- •
She etotel a ',while 'to recover her,
breath.. Her glance fell on Burch's
empty chair.
went.out," said. jaeole
'Went eat?"
"Went out to meet you. That's
what he said. He.----"
"Which way did he go?"
"By the path. .At least he -he said
he wee going by the path." ,
• 'I came by the road. But."
"lied sort of recoverech" taid Ja-
cob. "'Twas a kind of wonder. Ono
tninute he was dull in his chair,,nfid
while we was talking in the scul-
l'ry—" ' - •
"Talking.? WhO?" ,
'Why, me and, Luke Miller: He
,carne down herd to see,you-,- H's' of
to-rnorrow, and when he, found you
wasn't here he was eoming back later
on, but I told hint to go-by the path
• and he'd be sure to meet you. Well,
When -he'd gone1 canie back in Ilene t
and theme Was Alf .standing straight
up rind hit eyes'wee Snapping and his •
lips was twisted -you know thet sort ,h
of a biting twist he uee'd to give to c
'eat? And he'd -heal 'overhead Inc
mid Luke, and he was• off eater him
to the spinney to catch you tveo to-
gether,"
""The spinney?. Thein' e the quarry Y
there! We must go to the quarry." c
"As. ye wieh;" said' Jacob, with a
shrug of his ehouldere. "Maybe we
coeld get seine one to come tiTOng
with us. We my need help to carry !I
him. And if sO be as he's -he's kills
cd, it'll have been an accident,' and
we shall need witnesses to prove it 2;e
was -sosa • 0
He lit the lantern -and went out a
• into the roadway with it, but the hour en
was late and no one appeared to be
abroad on euth a •night. Atter e
while, thotigh, they heard the -shuffle 'ur
, of footsteps and Jacob; style' iging ups ,111
his light, found that it was old Zeke
S-perstow,. coming homewsrd from es
,conie mysterious errand, • I
"Let him go there, then!" growled. Y.,
Sparstow when the urgenCY of the a
matter was explained to him. .
But you will come back With us?"
pleaded Jacob. • . '811
"Aye, I'll go back with ye. I hate.
to, bet since you're to set on it a
• e
go. •
Along the field path the three wont e.
and straight into the quarry, and ,u
there' they -found Ihurch,,lying hud- K
died at the haie- of a great boulder, !ta
dead. And the two old men half11
-
dragged, half-caMied the body back t.,r!
to the cotage, with Esther walking, e°
The inquest was' over., At he. end to elect each. other from !their territorY,
of a fortnight the. tragedy' was but and fight, the males always fighting to -
food for gossip at the tall end of a ether, and the lady birds together.
'"The buntings have what Is virtually
an engagement poriod alter taking
oyer a territory, seine time elapsing-
before.tiny egg's are laid.
"B.ineiteock -melee '015 'A
eiece of ground„--entell bird having'his
own Mtge` private apace upon. which
,
he shows ofthis best point& to the lady
birds, who strut among the essamaled
maleS to Pick their partnere, a. female
bird., having found a mate to her lilt=
dozen other topics,
.",Seeini° me," -said Jacob -one' dair
to Eether, "that, Stou keep yourself
out of Lultp'snway. all you can, He..
tieeni'-hardly ever abie to get
o word''‘Vith me to his?
SeV. , And you knows well enough
whY`he'e .henging on hero in the 011.
lage stead nof going ebroad -like he
meant -to." •
"Yes; IctiOw" admitted Esther
slowly."MO Wants'motte marry hien."
"Well?". prompted Jacob. "And
ain't you gent' tb, now that things is
right for youi"- .• .
She shook her head....
"No, Shall never marey him ri‘ow.
The way of Alf'secleath put an end
to aal that."
"Lord! ye don't think 'Luke had
anything to do with., that?" cried- Ja-
cob. ""Ye're, wrting.. there -r know
ye'ee. wrong! .Lulte -ain't' that sort.
Here,: wait. youl" he Ordered inipul-
sivelya. aThis.nmet be set to rights."
Heedlese of hr .neetest, he -harried
out ettel down'Atito the vileage, itd
tvhen he came' bialt'after avehile,Luke
Miller was With hinh '
You sent for -me?" Lulce eagerly
asked her. • "Your ,father 'ud tell me
nothing." t•
"Ne, I SIOVOr, sent' or you," she
anftwered.". ,"Nor ' never" resetild=-rtet
no*.'t • • - ,
-`.'See here," struck in: Jacob, "'tis
,best we 'should.get to , Understand how
hings be, "Slieal got an -idea, Luke,
-that you knOifittn*thieta you-marea
to, tell itliont-Alf's•adeidet." .
"She does .taiia' Wang, 'thee!" said
IVIiller. , own' I Met 'Alf •that
night 'I -was' sheltering against a
tree in the apinney :Whim he some
hhoutihg and sweering past nfe in the
clerk, mad with, rage.'
She turned and looked at him.
"Yoh don't believe I've told you all
I know!" eiteltdrnecl bitterly,.
"There's something -I can see it iri
youtf. eyes. You don't believe tne,
even- now." . •
.
"You ask me be marry you, Luke.
Hefter° I, eould do that the whole tenth
Must be told." • ,.• , . •
Vehenietalihe began again to prese
his innocence. gall an hour -later old
lacoli,' &big noiselessly past the win -
'de*, glericed in and saw -that Luke
was attiading at her side ad had bis
men -Remind her•shouIder.
"That's all rightf"asighecl Licobein
tl'a,st relief.
• A month had paesed and it was
willght of the day upon Which 'Luke
and Esther, married by the registrar
hat• morning', had set out an their -
Ong iedlin.ey. te. their. new home.-
, _
jeedb Wee. alone in the cottage. He
ad declined either to accompany the
euple or to rejoin them later. Ile
was- too old; he pleaded, for change.
. There was a tap at the deer and
Zeke Sparstiev came in.
"There'..s something ivarets to see
on about," said Sperstow, with Some
onstraint in his rnannele "Oen you
guess what" ,
-"Why,,now, I can't."
Siittr;stoir glanced at him doubtfuily
nd seemed in-- sante difficu:ty as ,to
ow to continue. '
i"Titit about Alf gurch,", he °b-
reed ,at last. "I never thought Much
f. him, as you knowe: r hated him
lways-hated him afore, he struck
es down that day afore ell theist
elks; hated him tee time as much
ver sinee, when he was away and
hen he was back. And -ad it ,doa't
atter to Inc how he cometsselle end, •
aireor , Ile deserved it, deaths's'.
a.tt dozen times over--thaVetwhat
thinks.And now reach me' deem'
Our:old overcoat hanging behind the
eor, yea -icier, Jacob Lawee teach it
own' arid let me look at. it." .
Wonderingly Jacob brought . the
rreent and spread' iton tho table:
wag- aeiegged, and -torn old coat;
nd of 'the big yellow button§ but
o remained in,,place. .
"I swear that r sharehasayaught,"
eclered Sparstow.- "Bet_ this I do
now, Jaceb Lawe, that it was bY no
eldent Alf -Burch met his end,
here was a struggle of sorts, and
at- Pd take my oath to, foe ell I
Ile my best to keep any one 'else
"Egret }throne have a distinct -en-
gagement period, during which the
lefty bird reets her head affectionately
on the he bird'e neck. Sometimes the
two hirde even'intertwine necks. They
take ±01-05 at sitting on the eggs.; ,
, "The, red-neeked phalarepe Isa very
heripeckefl husband.. Ilkewife is lereer
-than he is, and doe's most of thecr,t-
Ing.
-Certainly, he condeseends felay
the ogga, but she leaves 1(40 her hes-
hand to hatch them 811(1 te eeed-ehe
ypung while sho goee to join bachelor
pe.rtiefeof siMilarlYdninaell lady birds,"
LeoPard SEIVeattit Meat.
,
•
Tbe leopard'8. tastes are eatholle; he
lives on 'whatevet., the district of his
Choted,Mey provide, from beck to do-,
niestie poultry.
'
.121 the ,ShinIOni.district (KettYd Col -
oily, 'Africa) hie food consists 'ehleftY
of pig and monkey, both .of which are
plentiful; ' The forzaer ie the faVorlte,
prey, and the pieferenee of the leoimed
formork is aboutttlie only good mark
ehat• eau givetelina,mige,befng:ex-
cfaedingly,r0echitivous ire the culti-
'seated aratie,
In the Loden Swamp the leepard
feeds largely on the guinea fowl, which
literally swarm leifiet regit;n ; they al-
io kill the smaller kindeorbuck, each
as dikdik. Elsewhereeand outelde the
forests, palla are the commonest ar-
ticles of leopard diet.,
' He has a culottehabit, which is
quito in harmony with the cunning foe
-whlek he ta famed: ,Where his kind
le common ittis not 011(180101 to see the
eareass' of aotno mall buck wedged. In-
to- the forkedtbranch of 0 tree er hg,un
by the horn, thirty, or elicit 'forty feet
from the ground.
The remains. of Palle are most fre-
quently sten in such a situation. • Tim
!labials easily :understood, and reflects
-credit on'the forethought oe the beast
who thus bestows hie, Meat In safety.
Wore lie to leave the `rehiains of his
dinnee enthe groutea tLWould Inevit-
ably be stolen by.hyona or Jackal with-
in. a few hotirse The puzzle is how
such en animal as the leopard can haul
o palld ram, 'Which weighs aq much as
he does blnteeIf, u into - a tree. MY
Owe is. that; Wliena 'heaVy ear -
ease has thus to be dealt' with, leo,.
elude help each other.--aFrom A. BlaY-
ney Percival's "Game -11anaer`e Note-
book.' •
gaunt -eyed, iteeoretthernecarrging the I.':
lantern.
Miller came. down to see -Esther Pe
-that same trier/ling, but she was try- cn
ing' to snatch, a little sleete, and Jacob
would not -have her disturbed. .
'Tell, her I'M not ,gning away now
,
jest, pot,'- Was-, ',the' .eftesSege
• /..tilee-Sent to 'hes by her fathee, Ito
never heere nor- saw aught of
Alf. last' night in the aPineeY?" I of
hiated Jaehb. • I wi
. ",11; gethes,11Cc, &Ye -tenon whether Fl.ly
i'tet
MLICh Ado About, „(etimeet), Nothing.
Are :Fhere Really "Growing.
pains"?
this term 18 very often used
Jo dismiss a rarely imaginary ellthent
or to comfort a eervous seed over ,sensi-
tive• -child, it is ceriaie that many grow-
ing childretediteuffer from pains whiOh
apparently catinote be setolown to
definite disease. , ' .
It is, however,a certein . that such
pains ere not really dee to the actual
titinEngethe same. F.'.oin when svIsfeh" is a Perfeet17'‘en
ent up there 'again at brerfk of 1wtura' and: r's."ess. In m°S't
xt I/wetting iteeene emeeteime eying cases thee"' are a symptom of some
rhetzmatze troutile,-gozieraliy inherited.
le path up here at the edge 0
Ole cosarry. nicked it up, J .rrTf° lu the "Ystem affects tife
14'we' and ''119t 66tli '!"0017,0 11 up pains,,inflee s
• hins. Later on,. the
iniC iiVertsha'!i! And here.zit is."
Ins". hand. A. yeller; germs; and Abe Ceases, ;end.. we
rzt buiton lay 111 therefor'o, ts.soctate Maly With the
f
10 Joint:3, and21,30tfartMularly li,sble to set
body deveioae, Its.; (Mil mitten-6state
"That I Itsowt aught of the areliea • .• 1, '
it is a secret that goes teethe grave , gateeeon. Lill, -tow0c7 12Cdi0Oa7e '
th me," said'SParethw ialPreasivo- Egain recoveira masterY, se00.11- shee-'!
• "But I thought yolit s'nou:d know; 0101.100i or eveli heayt trouble 'being .
the Tiesuit. f‘itheteas, 'e, destne
been conenitoidi the fireit place with
the comnig of, Lae "srewing; pains," At ;,
111 possible ilia% "the whole oC111'SQ Of
the Irt-Iter :fat ,might
luiVe bean allured.
Aiamo
did or W120ihQ0 I didn't," he said
steaclitste and wont away with old
Jacob staring after Mtn.
Tliey hed the' inquest a clay.or two
after. It presented no difficulties to
tha ccvoner, whose horse and trap
were • he'd ent.eide for him while hi
dirisIsiy offioiat-1 withio
Jacob was". chief witness. and he
„
kept ltis datighter's name from rain-,
lion as 1101 01 licssih:e. To avoid the w
growth 61 ,111,?'.`,s scalidtil he suppress,. 01
I wanted you to know, for 1131 have
dent-, Iiitewise if I'd been yeb."
' Ile put the „button -down on the
table,'..196l;ted at'Jaeob and went aWity
without another word. '
"The old fool!" calcliled
thinks I done it! lrlihy, .1 raver
'red frera my chairl
den At
.1212e00t:i Airt-IT 1 as t0uri0i2219ne.7 play
Hc stoppedsharply and bent lan- e 1bn1 tree chElren who .
ad to ,Stare• al'', the button.' iic wig; ,t,pand daY out 02 10025 and are-nre-
rnambering- the high. sI Tao gal;, Tided ‘v.,t11 11552:all-La meal,- anit 551,
11611
• PIJAITED VULNESS INTRO -
DUPED TN 'SPORTS'..fitaRTS. '
•
The flannel s cirt on the left intro-
, .
duces panel down the; front and the
back, through' an inverted- plait at
either, side, wh eh is stitched to the
knee and flaring below, therabY giving
'ithe extra widt wanted for sportti,
This model 'le the straight type, and
is fitted to a litiltraW band at the waist-
line. Inlodice-top modets are Much
favorUil to glye Slendel' 1121eand this
design is partictilarlY adapted to the
larger woman, the panels having a
,.slinitherizinir effect., .Pattestri N.6., 1185.
is in' SizeS 28, 86,.: 32; 34, 36 aii'd
Inches waist. '$iie 80 witiSt recmires
yarde •of 36-4nch inat,erial for the
skirt Witheut bodice* for the skirt 1%
Yards, and loodiee. of eon:treating nte-
terial 1/t yards..0yerblouse No.:1146
.would • contribute in. -ma a smart
ttvettileee'spertS'eostume if warn with -
this skirt. Price 20 eehte•
Our Fashien Jjoolt, iltestra.tieg the
'newest. avid 'Most practical styles, will
bo of interest to ever'y•home' dress-
maker. Price a the boots 10 cents the
copy. Each. copy ineludes one coupon
good for five cents in the purchase of
any pattehla „•
,
toil be 'to go to gaolfor
Ho 110000 sWindled..--.`'wansic sharp
(bit cat hie cos,t,,lie te"6!iit hlta
drunitard? Ho Was always' "strict
And oft observed it.paid a men tp, be:
,
thief?"A cheat? A. illardter? A slIql?
iti'atirne wae (ho last resort he ,wialied
to tty;
-;1-le had, ,indeed, -(1, 112081, lSpeettta awe
ace ell the clear provisions of tho law;
But
Too till to pull It weight, a feeble
.71:1,e1:l Was grown
13t. whi7 "ved m
Well
Had that Poor lieasi, so near its final'
'Earned tho .sinall mercy of adecent
A -death by English hand e ea
That'difb'- might';entf„ where life was
'lived -1n toll? •
Ah no: ---a few More' shillings, come tha
of . who sells for foreigners to
• /Ana,
. .
, .
A. few.more ,earned tn. right-
• eous trade .
For all the- LIW'S, requirements .were
, ebeyea. ' .
The Law? What law can lighten -by de-
• treh
The ,teerer. ef the brolten'.b.easts.. at
tseef'' ' "
Whet.Engliah law can, ,bring tis-tibfood, .
erinic,'
And Watch thefts :where they stumble
,
Patrelitheelong, straight alien road ,or"'
[
I Turks Smash Tradition
, raf tlie Ages .
i
Few thingehave demonstrated More
c early the slow, gredual but. certain
absoeption of Western -Meaa. by the
Eist, than an order which aastjuat beee
issued by the Prefect of Cottatantin-
•Osae, •Emin Bey, -says a -Bagdad. dee--
patcha-' The peiteet bas authorized
visitore. to hie•reeidence and -Members
of hie 'person's"; feed office staff, to re-
move their headdresses if end. When
tliey . Wish -a statement .whieh, has
agitated some members of -the religi-
mie commithity-ratt little.
' Hithetrte et has been- the invariable
rule among the' Mosletns -to keep the
head covered et all 'UMW, the shoes
ewe beleg remov,ed-eas a mark o2. re-
s.peet. equirelent to tbe ;baring of the
lead of an Omedental. Matreeverano
headdresa ha e Over, been, atoWed.
Which inhale it imaassiblelor the wear-
er to toueh the -ground with his fore.
heed'when praying. • For this reason,'
the turban, the fez, the Italpak, the En-
verich field serviee leaddrees foe the
army,, the sarpugh. for the, army end,
the navy; ad 'glen- the helMete of the
ConstantiMmeeenee brigade blew!, been
either Soft or else without brims,
A RevoletionarY Order.
,Erain Bey's rbvolutionary order is
heallyan ontetanie of the resolutiot of
the army, nave and munielPal Mille° to
Wear peaked caPs, a clecfsioh which
Woeld neceseatehe the 'headgear 'being
removedeat least, when: praying, if. at
no 'other 'times,' ;The 'scheol children
of. nonstantinopie" hells defied an ages -
long traelitien by -petitioning that they
bo allowed to attendaschool bareaead-
ed, which perneselott prebably will be
given, -• Certain 'Perks' Prinkipoo
,
caused oonie eonstereationamong the
IVIosleme t by appearing In iia
straw hate; in feet, so concerned wee
the alellesious 00am-unity that the fame
lor Oast (Judge)hbf_TurkeY has iffsaed
along 'statement on the eubjecta,
The (east eudeavore to Paelfia his
counawroen by eleclaring that !Monty
to !sleet, ,not a Matter oe headgear-
anct that eny good Moslem ha, free to
weaKany headdress he pleases without
in any wayhdimietehinghle reputation
for piety. The' Cleat moreover etrinath-
ens his 'argument by quoting e text.
Ile refela to that paseage le the raoealt
itewhich it is lila dowel that if a Mos-
lem buys a oew front a Christian. who
1.e accustomed to wear a hat -instead of
a headdress, and if the cow refuses to
give milk 'to 'Memel* *muster, 1( 11 late -
tut for the now niastet.. to put. on a het
inhorder to Milk the' cow eatisfactarily:
This decetion (teethe Qasi seems .to
haver appeased the eloslenis.
What Canada -Produces.
&Though 'Canada has but a srualli.per-
outage of the world't'. populations she
produces:- . '
, SS per tent. of its asbestos,
85 per cent of its nickel; .
82 per cent. of its pulewood,
go eel; eerie of its lumber, .
20 per cane Of its cured ilsh, •
IS per cent. of• its- oats,
• 13 per cent. of its potatoes,
11% , per pent. of its -wheat,
eller cent. olf•iis barley.
The etinking shambles where the vle.
time bleed?' • • • • '
no--the.Law.,„ had nothing to pur-
•
And .11e, the righteous, tradee,,took/ his
1 sometiines think that down am"ong
, thetienmed
Tst
That righteou.maje bereafter will its
crammed, -
Witit agettis" cent he Saved a leaden•-
• weifilit „
To drag him deeper still and seal hie
And ?here' see 'him turn a puzzled °Ye
Tometelow,other lost ones 0811 hina
'
Turningeeside in that Abode of fear
And clutching at their Skirts as he,
draws neer. .
Aye, Hell's -appointed faggots shut
him there, „.
The very rackInd rabble of despair,
Their glance cenveying swiftly, each.
to %tell,
Tlihre -was one vileeeee that they
didn't reach, • -
-Gordon Phillips, ("Ledo") in the
"manchaster Guardian."
-
• Honk, Honkaand Sohangedi
• alost---e"You seein, greatly interested
ia my ,atedieval suit of 'steel 'armeai
'retell what viewpoint does it apPeal to
you eo much?"
Guest -'--"Why as a walking suit for
the .streete_ end crossings .oe a great
city, it seehis te me quite perfect, you
kaoW." ' • •
Everybody Traleed,Phyaleally.
• Physical training formed a large:and
'important tart of the '''ehool-curtice-
lurn at Athens and Sparta, Ile Ito doubt
generelly in Greece.: At Sparte eiren
the girls partiolpated 14. athleteesr; a
fact: that 111)111( 50 leo email extent ex-
-plain the sturdy bodies'', of the lads
thoee - Spartan. /maniere bore. ...Javan
when 'bile's seheol days were ended it
was the rule taz„exereise daily in' pa-
lestra or gymnasium'
Probleni of. Child Saving,.
. The IntobIont otfchild- tavlagt.exists
1n all the countries at -war; dueto the:
alminiehing birth rate anti the,tomplf-
cations of food'aud the mobalzation of
women •for industriesnes problem
is met 10 in peace times by the enroll-
tiee,'"Whrkers • toecentrating their at -
merit' of ft large number of social ser.
tention on the new-born and the moth-
er. •
'
There are 7It1nds of rodents that
damage feuit end shade trees by eta -
lag seed er' bark. '
. There 'Were'. 82 .dei(truett.eo earth-
quakes - In the Philippine. Lianas flar-
ing the first 22 yeare of this- cientnrY.
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11
Saips frcrn Ettgiand Sct11132i, Fru
n01 eiantreal.
ee'
e SeikAe A
'heir
aapan GaliallaCre
0,1
1.T04.E.
DIEARIERS WHO DID
"The Thoughts of Youth A
re Long, Long Then,„ s nd a.1
ly Phophetic.. Many o.,Man
13 oyhood Dreairia Come Trne. '
ployer atul engtheeted boring for ail.
Tithes. TheY 'Are eilrions
Now Alive` Has -ritiade J•lis
brow,mfaced, hard-handea, 'Ship
it- "There is oil ail riround hero," 110
boy's:toed on the fo'c'sle head of Eltsa
off declared. •
he Tile two Went into partneriship„Wil-
he ;lams puttinth, up tho nioney for ex-
te .perlmeetal luiring. Ono of the placeal
nd ehesen by young Roolcefellier for the
boring. 'pins the cellar of the Williams'.
til house, and the' drill vms drivczn into the
ing 'vessel -Wlifch lay in the Ito'crglY,
,Caleettta, and, with the rEitit of t
watch, herivect on the cag,stlin bar. T
story goes that, as the ship begin
mo'*, this, boy lcolcad at the share a
gold aloud '
"I snail, never return to ln.dia un
„
dante Id VICee'Dy,":
• The y;oung Rebel. 2
That bay lo nog, Earl of Beading an
eticereyof-the, mighty andleag
Although We hatve it uponlis euthori
thd tem etory is nothing' but a stor
Itis , yet true that ' there is' ne otb'
Man alive Idelay Who'a few& being
ehip's boy, has. risen to 'a positio
second only tot that of Royalty. ,
There are, however, other grominent
Statesmen ,etevlio have come up from
.mmiartiVglYtuab1beglnnn,g Mr.
LioylGresforex;Mpie,•
It was fit the early age of twelve,th
David Lloyd George first ehowed th
stuff thatevaeinehim. With other child
ran of Nonconfornilet Parents: ho a
tended_ a Churee school, at which. on
of the lessons to be learned *we th
Ale:fattest creed. To thleyoung Georg
a/sleeted on the grounds that it wa
opposeci to the teaching Of the ehahe
eateGwvhelicthehgeeinatettennt,ied, and ho orgiaril4
the°40.04junetY'lme adganya0t1esthwe'etsarijalltetenn4jd
ance, not one word of the Greed Woul
be. extracted train, the childwitn. mar
shelled on parade, - •
• • John Seine' Boyish Vow.
. ,
Tehttome. Years later, it was Lloyd
George who malle.peace betweea th
WeIeh Oherch and the Welsh Non,con.
fantasia,- when 'the .tivp'ainto.a:f bitter
ixIdst over the , administration at' the
iaducalion Act. , '
Mand' yeas ago a puny' boy tif eight
was helping hie mother tp carrY home
alrege beeket of washing' to eameati
house in a-Lbadon back street. At 'the
bottom ,.the btkeicet was a quantity
of broken food, given to the mother
by thsose who knew what a cruel
struggle she had to support her tainily,
It evasea; winter night, `a bitter: eaet
wind was blowing, rindahe little jmy's
Strength fiaggediedly. At last he stag-
geted, and bis *thee Made 'hitisaaeit
and sit upon the" basket, They were
than close, to the Muses of' Darna-
merit. • The -boy pointed' to the great
dim 'building and shivered; •
"'Alcither," he /mid at last, "If ever I
have thelealth and strenglit will go
there, and then no Mother will have to
work Ils•yott -do,- and no child will do
11
At a very small deisth oil was striluic,
and up came ',the black • sticky stuff
e. with such. a violent 111,S11 that it flooded
ty, the' betaeinnt' ant12-suinett the. Whieie
y house, Williams. was so disghstedehat
ej.'. he severed ttge partnembip and left..
ta the, yeang taageleon 01 eileee carry cid, •
• The Plot That Failed,
The greateet livitag-ITnericeneIs
Thoinas Edison, who, et the age of
seventy-eight, is still a .great
tual eeree. Many of ehe stories of Eda•
non's ybutil.are toe fandliar to repeat,
-4 -Yu:11113r Eetiii:ori°,11aettnerdta gverwy ehlalrditPt°1n17,
landed en 'Boston ead7fillhillo4. far • a
e job' at the' Franklin telegraph 'Office.
ee kTihnel: tmanager;houghtoWv,a,notulang,a0te so
-by
s tending to -give him a trial. A. garae'
1- was fixed ue to "salt" the neweamere
ed end the best operatoh wee' picked -Land -
told to send soaquickiV that the '
1 douid not •possiby •"talce'e. the matter.
t Edison was deaf, and se could_ not 'Jeer
4 the d•etails of the plot, '
, The, operater„begen,sending„ and
the other, men In the °face grinned as
they ..watched the ragged, rough -haired
youth. The tattle began to come et
.fortydive worde a -minute, but Edison
o. 'sat tight.. Re. seep .reaized, the game,
,but esede.no_sigm. Ile not -only took •
,all. that -was sent, but actually stoped
twice ti". sharpen hie. pencil, , The on-
Ipokers weee paralysed. At last Edi-
son opeee,d his key, and sent a message
biinsetf, it, was this: '
"Say, young fellose, . why don't you.
send with your other toot?"
Tropical Tool:
This pooLglistens too deep with shed -
Shadows of leaves, •
Green seklee iiito densee green,
Ahd beauty hide, •
Behind beauty thates seen.
This pool glistens too deep with sled.
ows--
Only the white • Petals of water-tilies „
•Close at twilight:
Shadoews -open still more wide.
Piirple shadows slide in circles sleek
And wide, and where
The tea poinsettias make
TheeMol fade to
.A. glietening pink and cool,
The night conies in. The night emnee
. ,
slowlyIn with, '
daahrrioraes 'l
sse water,
Share. begin to
Bnin a web---ghstening and thin:-
• -Marlon Btrobel,
Tokio neden-%strueticri Work.
The, softness of.the ground aeon
Which -Tokio is built Is interfering con.
aide -relay with theleconstruction work
isa‘v under way.' Becently Dr. Kiehl,
of -the 'Beconstnietion Ilurehu, recom-
mended that all work on paved streets
i11 the distriete where thee new subtveY
is, to be beat be . delayed until atter •
the underground Project has been cam -
"Opted. He based his recommendation
ulion observatioes Made during the re.
cent eewer construction.e
what I bavtetedo." •••
That boY Was John -Burns,
Ronset on the Rete -Bush. •
..The .name, 013 801. poineare has been
very mech before the .public both dur-
ing the great War and- after it.
is e. little serry Of the French statete
naarragyouth. A. Wend' was Veit anxt•
(Me that he should ienrn, to ride a
hicycleaind gave. Win a Melt lehsan oh
hie own Machine, in hie •garden,, He
helped young Polncare.into the Kleine
and 'geed him, a little push.
P.ohicare ehot down a path at ever-
increasing sveed, turned abruptly into
a rose -bed, and crashed into the finest
of the roses -et. traSif of a new variety,
worth a hat of money. 'The rose -bush
never recovered, and Poincare never
agein !attempted to ride aebleyele. •
.Ask Eityotie the name of the great -
eta of English compoeere, arid, like a
shot, e.aallitt,he answer "Edwerd Ei-
ger." One.'ef 6.641104 Modest; of men,
he Wee rather a shy boy:. '1I18 eater, a
country organist, eent.him. to Little-
ton 1 -louse School, and on hie ayrrivai
there the • -schOolreaster asked his
• "Edward Eiger," Was the brief 'rt.'
. . • •
ale master frowned. 'eetict the wised
" he said, sharply.' -
'Sin. Edward Elmira': seed the boy
gravely. It was:. curidusry prophetic
On his way to School i small boy
stopped before the witniew Of Glas-
gow' she') age stared et a notice! "Boy
wanted." •Child as he.'whe he already
realized thO poverty Of his perents,
aad what ft nieaat. He went In, and
wa4 engaged .; onthe spot --at the
munificent Wage ef half a crown a
Delighted, he rushed hones to tell
MS mother; but she shook 'her head
Badly, seeing he' was too '..young to be-
gin Work. The boy laughed
"Don't whrrY; nipther." he 'said;
"this, is hist a beginning. •Ey and 'be
im going to earn enough, to hey yeu
carriage and eehet
0
.4,s eleasingae think aitbodgle. • litesihateetleseiee,
arcs, Burns didMot live to SW) bet eoe's •• striekinq oe•ae-hese,'
• .
euecese, title metbhe 111± Tat e boy; 18- Work Its a
now Sir 'Themes Lipton. frc's.iweer,,
' There ,11 00 ,other milliosiairo alive -;
whoize carnet:- htM created „kali wetitl-
wide !thereof as that'olJohffD Rdoito•
feller, tho greatest -of oil re:agnates.'
Son of a very poor `farmer in New York
fjtate, 0,..7.(; 710t 4.0111111 hay.
Fortuna' in the Mood,"
I -1!s cirroer did not begin tin(ii anal'
Ills family had , tainted to ("1p:5etail:I,
01110, 'where 1 tIhn found work With
311 ittc•rman A 2Vi1iin3 o' manufac-
turer of (rain pipes, 'One day ,Tolni,
who was acting s be oit•it)mp-oT at. ft
salary ot re2()(1.a year, wont to his Cm-
• Keep Aerials, From Wires',
In erecting mu outdoor aerial, It hs
important to keep the wire won away
from ',other Wires earrying current. It
is dahgesous to attaehean amlal to a
polo on which ligbtning ,transformers •
are mounted, or to ren it over or under
electric wires..
eteat„.
ello Iladdf (foot
*get fftr4Pgr.
.Slip-a-aacha4e11
your pocket when
int'•Yon to home 8o41
rapt.
' Oive the voteigsteral
this whoiesome.lcng.
haunt sweet - for
isiessuremlfitt
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