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% * i 4 Oh, why could she not die? It would be so good to die now, this moment, with his dear voice ringing in her ears, his kisses still warm 'nr)n her lips! She had not been so very ked; she had tried to lead the good life Aunt Pauline had held up for her. Would not Heaven be merciâ€" ful and let her die? If t.)'Leonld only both die together, he and she, hand in hand, looking into each other‘s eyes, and passog away from this cruel world into that other of peace and rest! She laughed piteously. P .. NOuI shall not die!" sha caid alami (iull2 2O2k 20° & VIHC, NCP ©wn sortrow and bitterness. How he, too, must be suffering! He had said that he loved her a thousand times better than she loved him. 1t was not possible, . of course; but how he must be euffering ! She remembered the expression of . his face, the agony ringing in his voice. And she should never see him again! ;h. thought struck her heart like lee. «vor to see him again! All her life} And she wase so young! Why, «ho migh. live to be an old woman! All those terâ€" rible years «tretching before her, in which she should go on loving and longâ€" ing for him, and with no hope of secing him again! _ # Then she rem anguish, and a I d ET RmY uP HCF ie one kneels and prays for life itself, He had said that he could not live withâ€" out her. And, alas! at that moment her heart echoed his passionate, despairing avowal. She felt that she could not live without him. She slipped from the chair and to her knees, trying to pray for stfength to bear this awful sorrow which was breaking her heart, but Gaunt‘s face rose before her; his voice rang in her eare. Over and over again she went through the «cene, until it seemed to be repeating itself in the very room, as if he were still preâ€" sent. She rose at last and beian to unâ€" drese, but still mechanically. very now and then ehe paused and looked at her hand. He had held it; she could feel his hand gripping it still. As she parted her hair from her forehead, ahe could feel his hand upon her head, the caressing Angare the Wessuutul LLDZ l t s e e o that another woman was Lord Gaunt‘s wife, she loved him atill. Ah, where was all Lady Pauline‘s teachâ€" Ing? In spite of it all, she was bad and wicked, for she could not cast him off. Fhe loved him still. It wae horrible, horâ€" vible! and her guilt weighed upon her and crushed her, «o that her head bent still lower in her shaking hands. Yet, how was she to help loving him while his last words of entreaty â€" were ringing in her eare? He had knalt ia L. She ought to do it; butâ€"well not. Her face burned with shame grew hot amid its pain as e that, notwithstanding what learned that evening, . notw that another woman was Lo wife, she loved him atill. Ah, where was all Lade Pro.y VE AUD spedtt .. B sc i ds weight, this dragging fear and shame, crush out all her happine«s ? Then she forced hereelf to remember, and as she recalled the diseovery of the portrait, his words "My wife"" and all that had passed afterward, abhe opened her eyes and covered them with her hand, and a low ery of misery broke from her w=i!.o and trembling lips. How happy she was! Was there â€" ever & girl in the world so "lcosed, so fortunâ€" ate as she? To h* lvved by him! To know that his luge was so great that he kept her ribbonâ€"the poor little faded ribbon! â€"mext his heart, day and night, just beâ€" tause she had worn it in her hair! How happy, happy, happy! Then suddenly | a tnnc of anguish smote her. But what ad happened ? Why did this terrible weight, this dragging fear and shame, trush out all her hannine«s? im young and Nving for year He loved her! Ho had eyes, had been even more convineing than his words raid to her. Oh, word«e! She could between her closed handsome face she could fee! hie her hair, and and the touch biueh. The color stole to her white face, her’ eyea became suffused with tears, tears of jJoy and infinite delight and peace. 8 Ac .he' #sat there, she could hear hWa watos IF §10095 & 2ng 3 NC Ner with a kind of girdness and pleasure. And then â€"he had told her that he loved her, and then, in a ctrange, myeterious way, a veil seemed in . L.w‘ Decima forced a me her white. wan face. "Oh, no, no, thank y« swhall be warm directly. 1 to make so nice a fireâ€" "Why, mies, yo cold"" «he said. "Sh «omething? Lor‘, I is locked up! But I corner and get you port wige." 1 ul0 2C G0® DOCZ: qne SE "Yesâ€"tbat is it; I am tired," said Deâ€" cima, dully. She went into the bedroom. A fire was burning brightly. The woman lighted eome candles, and locked round tentatively. w "Is there anything I can get you. mis«» c enE a lousiy. "I‘ve your room, t comfortable. Low, or can I "I will go u Bomething i; @Slartled the w looked at her "You seem t ‘an an ho nee then? Bui only LE uTT CE 0C CCeRCEIE, e100d gazing vacantly before her. A passing cabby hailed her, and she #ot in. But ehe did not thisck to tell the man where she wished to be driven, and he had to ask her twice through the winâ€" dow in the roof before she could reply. At Lady Pauline‘s door she stood a moâ€" ment, looking up and down the street, | with the same expression in her eyes; for she was acking herself whethor it wae really she, Decima Deane, who was standâ€" ing there. Bhe rang at last, and the rl'ux'womanI let her in. | & "Oh, it ie you. mine!" shno sabk wrrew: P TE PMR LV Decima found herself etanding on the pavement outside the Mansions. She was scarcely conscious of how ehe had goi there. She had put on ber things mechâ€" anically, hunwfly. and had fed from the house with unceriain feet. As mechanically, hurriedly, she went up the street, and, at the edge of the larger and busier imoas‘l,0@E® of the TV SnIiQ its pain as she realized nou‘v.nhnmdinl what _ she had 6 tss " U aa clsant ul and swept away cease ft o# married. Another woman wa.s it was not she, Decima, whom o love, whom he could marry. d to some one elseâ€"the beautiâ€" whose picture he had held in Ob, what should she doâ€"what do? She leaned forwart ons and strong, and I «hall go yearsâ€"â€"abe shudderedâ€""for not die"" she s1id, alo@d. ove youâ€"I love you! ve lighted & bit of a % t)l-i_’l!li_l‘( it would be o tnd e e EC ‘id' _"ll‘lhgll I get you a little ‘ 0C~J love you!" it had Oh, wonderful, lifegiving ould see his faceâ€"it stole osed lide and her eyesâ€"the : she loved so dearly. She kieses upon her lips, upon & thrill ran through her, of color grew to a burning ‘! Ho had said so; his even more eloquent, more man was Lord Gaunt‘s him atill. all Lady Pauline‘s teachâ€" e n AeSiiy. An Would you like to I get you anything?> up now," eaid Decima in the girl‘s voice rather woman, and she turned and e ,fi'ff. mis#?" she said CHAPTER ®xIX Her Great Love; thank you!" she said it; butâ€"well, she could wave of . I forgot as everything it I could run round the you eomething or some He had knelt to her times better than « not possible, of nust be euffering! expression of his aunechanic.l mile . to her ears. Over and through the scene, repeating itself in he were still preâ€" you‘re ‘shivering 8 mieery and of pity ewept for a time, her cin get you, miss? the maids ain‘t let me take your shall I do?" Why did he t was kind of you and, goodâ€"night!‘ A Struggle For a Heart ghe caid, garru her heart \"re ever so fortunâ€" To know to_ go up kept fhre in + more vaunt found himself in the street qutside the Mansions, very much in the condition in which Decima had been. His brain was in a whirl. For him life had, so to mpeak, anded. He had lost Deâ€" cima, the ztrlâ€"love who had filled his heart, who had been the one star ahining in his darkened lite. i. had lost her, and it was well. He ~l.umddered as }4 thought of the risk she had ru» through his overwhelming temptation. 1f Laura, with UEene Poeth SS P PUHY "Write toâ€"to Mr. Mershon at « Pauline. Tell him that 1 ean not. Aek him not to be angry. am» very wicked. Well, that is it? I love himâ€"lovo him! Pron Plelin.o. l“:.q: alipping awayâ€" *#47ve. 1 om slipping awayâ€"the light â€"the fire, all is growlnc dim; I can‘t see your face, though I know you are there. Promise ! Lady Pauline bent over her. "I promise. Be satisfied. dear!" she zald: mn‘d Decima closed her eyes and Iew c Y oK SV 0Z F CR TT CTORCH drew a long sigh of relief ‘"He loves me," continued Decima. We shall never see each other again. Never! But I can not marry Mr. Mershon; not even to eave father and Bobby. Poor Bobâ€" by! I am sorry; but I can not do is! I could have done it ifâ€"if I had not seen himâ€"when was it? I forget. Was it long ago, years ago? But I know that he loves me, and I love him. I shall never see him again; but I can‘t marry Mr. Mershon or any one e‘ee. It is a pity, isn‘t it? But I can not! Will you write to him and tell him? He lives at The Firs, Leafâ€" more." Her mind wandered for a moâ€" ment. ‘"Leafmore! How beautiful it is! If he would only stay! The echoolsâ€"the cottagesâ€"the church! How good he ill‘ He does all we aek him! How good he i«! And I love himâ€"love himâ€"love him! Hi.{ wife! No, I can‘t be his wife! There is another womanâ€" Oh, why did he make me love him so!" » She moved her head from side to side with feverish restlessness, then, as if with an effort, whe came back to conscioueness, "Write toâ€"to Mr. Mershon at once, Aunt | Ns ts _ moul . 2 2 Lady Pauline permitted escape her. 1 + g ""I quile sensible, dear," she said. "I promised Mr. Mershon. But, you see, I didn‘t know then that I loved him." "Him? Who?" asked Lady Pauline. Decima stared at her as if surpriged that the question should be necessary. "Lord Gaunt," she said, quietly, Lady Pauline could not repress . the start now. "Lord Gaunt?" she echoed. Decima‘s hands clutched at the coverlet with feverish violence, but her voice, thin and hollow though it was, was calm and free from delirium. ‘"Yes," she said. "Didn‘t you know? I love him, andâ€"" An exquisite smile lighted up her face, making its pale loveâ€" lino.ga angelic by ite intensity. "He lovea. "Yes, dear." ‘"Will you please tell Mr. Mershon that I can not marry him?" Lady Pauline repreased a start. . Was the poor child delirious? But Decima smiled again, as if she read the question, the doubt. "No; I said. "I Ne ePR Udy, TECTD W CZ. The houre dragged thr: nfih. Later Ladj Pauline eaw the white eye ds quiver, anc presently Decima looked up at her. "Aunt Pauline?" she said in the thin strained voice of fever. "Yes; it is I, Decie, dear!" The burning lipe emiled wofully. "I am glad you have come, very glad Aunt Pauline?" EDC UTT NC PC UTC tell no more than the doctor had already told. Lady Pauline eent her with a wire for the servants to return, and resumed her place beside the unconscious girl. The doctor came in again within his time. "Something has happened to herâ€" some shock," he said. "I can do nothing for her that you can not do, Lidy Pauline. Absolute quiet, tranquility, that is all." mes i l2 & 1 ‘ 1 Wib w dnc vints Ahsians. B 3/ T â€" time been a hospital nurse in her younger days. "I‘ll come back in an hour or two, Keep the ice bandages going; and if she should recover coneciousness before I reâ€" turn, keep her as tranquil as poesible. Lady Pauline stood beside the bed with tightly compressed lips and aching heart. What had they done io this ’irl whom she loved with a mother‘s love ui n P V The charwoman stole in pr Lady Pauline questioned her tell no more than the doctor told. Ladyv Panline cant haw ‘Drain fever!" said Lady Pauline, calm and on the aleri by this time. "I don‘t understand." He shook his head gravely. "Revere brain fever," he said. Absolute C:zndor ~was always required, domanded, by Lady Pauline, and he knew it. "There is no other trouble. Bomething was on her mind; something must have occurred between the interva’ of her firet arrtival and her return to this house." Lady Pauline stared at him. '::’hat could have happened?" ehe Rald. "That we have to discover," he said, quietly. ‘"She must be kept quiet; but you know the treatment as well as I do, Lady Pauline." Lady Pauline had for a time been a hospital nurse in her younger :l{ayfiu ;I'l} come back in an hour or two. |_When ehe came back, Decima wie ctarâ€" _ ing at the ceiling wich eyes which «hone and glittered with fever, and her hinds were elinched on the satin coverlet 1s if ahe were holding on to consciousnes by @ supreme effort of will. |_ When Lady Pauline arrived, ahe found | the doctor, bending over Decima, applyâ€" ing iced bandages to the burning head. He greeted Lady Pauline with a silent | nod, and, in silence, for a moment she knelt beside the bed. Then she said in & tremulous whisper: "Bhe is very ill! What is it?" _ "Brain fever," he said, gravely _ and aloud. There was ro need to whisper, for Decima ecould not kear. "How did she come here? I know noâ€" thing!" she eaid, as she took off her bouâ€" net and cloak. He was her own doctor, and he epoke with the candor which he knew she desired and would approve. "She came last night, about four o‘clock, so the charwoman tells me. Then â€" she went outâ€"to her brother‘sâ€"and returned about ten. Bhe was quite well on her first arrival, so the woman says, butl !oukr(ll’ pale and tired when ehe came in "Brain fever!" said and on the alery by understand." He shook his head "Bevere brain fever later Decima «ighed and turned her head away, and the woman, after looking round helplesely for a moment, stole from the room and did the most sensible thing she could have done. There was a telegraph office within a few yards, and ehe wired to Lady Pauline, and then hurâ€" ri»d‘ on to the nearest doctor. The woman forced a laugh. _ * "Not you, mies!" ehe said. ‘"Lor‘, it‘s nnly'_‘a feverish cold as ‘ave took hold of Decima emiled indifferently; it was a piteous smile. "Do you think I am going to die?" she asked, calmly, almost hopefully. The woman forced a langh ® _ _Lor‘, mies! ain‘t you well?" she eaid, aghast. "You looi‘: ~you look as if you was in a fever, that you do! You must ‘ave got a chill las‘ night." Decima eyed her with profound indifâ€" ference. ‘"Yes; I think I am ill," she said, as if she were speaking of some one eles, some one who did not matter in the least, was of no possible importance. "I feel as it 1 could not move, andâ€"andâ€"my head is on fire." The woman was alarmed. ‘ "I‘lliâ€"I‘ll go for a doctor," she said, half. speaking to herself. "I don‘t like the looks of you at all, miss." 1 The woman knocked again, and Decima called to her to come in. Her voice sounded weak and strained, and the woâ€" man hurried to the bed with a vague alarm which grew into definite cirmay as she looked at the white fuce with the two spots of crimson glow‘ng under the glictering eyes. A little after eight o‘clock the charâ€" woman knocked at ihe doo~, and Decima awoke. Bhe tried to rise, but could not. It seemed as if her limbs were weighted with lead, as if there wae one spot in »er brain burning like a hot coal. L Loo C BP T VE Se one long dream, in which Gaunt knelt beâ€" fore her, clutching at her arm, his voice rieing and falling in the auguish of his entreaty. She ‘threw herself on the bed at lact, but she could not sleep. The scene she had gore through paseed through â€" her brain, before her eyes, again and uga‘n. It was like the scene in a play. New and again it seemed to her that he was bendâ€" ing over her, and she put out her hind as if to thrust him away, sobbing : ‘"No, no! Bhe is your wife. It is she whom you love, not me! You must not touch me, kies me!" Toward morning she fell into the deep aleep of exhaustion; but the sleep was im s Tmnp (omalh s kELC. 1 I years, loving, loving, and longing for Iolgn 1** am quite sensible, dear CHAPTER XXX ranquility, that is all." ged through. Later Lady white evelids quiver, and : looked up at her. @ll, that is all, isn‘t him! Promise, Aunt i fever, and her hands the satin coverlet as if on to consciousners by of will. angry. I know in presently, and groan She could if ahe OI reâ€" ‘‘Wel!l," replied the native who had volunteered to guide him through the dark, "we‘re aâ€"findin‘ them, ain‘t we ?}" ‘‘See here,"‘ exclaimed the stranâ€" ger, as he stumbled into his twentiâ€" eth puddle, "I thought you said you knew where all the bad places were on this road ?" A friend of the family had been summoned to testify, much against his will, as to domestic disturbâ€" ances in a certain household. ‘*You saw those blows administered ?"‘ asked counsel. ‘‘Yes, sir," replied the witness. "Did you witness the beginning of the quarrel between Mr. and Mrs. Dash?‘ "I did." ‘"When was it?"‘ "Six years ago.‘"‘ ‘‘Bix years ago!? How is that posâ€" sible?" ‘"I was a guest at their wedding,‘"" said the witness, ‘ Husband (at the Police Staticn) â€"They say you caught the fellow who robbed our house night before last. Sergeantâ€"Yes. Do you want to see him. Husbandâ€"Sure! I‘d like to talk to him. I want to know how he got in without waking my wife. I‘ve been trying to do that for the last twenty years. it Ro ' 85. i TeP %« ¢ (, ’%\,& Crâ€"4 esâ€"£€ > TTuâ€" @® a~. i A ring with a glass set in it will make any little girl happy until she meets another little girl with a ring that has two glass sets in ‘‘No,"" replied the student ; "I‘ve got the grammar and the accent down pretty fine, but it‘s hard to learn the gestures." "I understand you spea:k French like a native." He had put up for the night at a quiet hotel in Bt. Jamee‘s, one of those o‘dâ€" faehioned places which men of Gauni‘s tastes prefer. It was small and not by any means gorgeous, but it was excluâ€" sive and more expensive than any of the modern palatial caravansaries. The but lerâ€"the gmml waiter was always called the butlerâ€"met him in the small hall, prepared to help him off with his coat, into which the man had assisted him, and was rather «urprised at seeing Gaunt without it. (To be continued.) |_ NC hliddrred again, and an icy blast | seemed to sweep over him. He felt cold and | remembered his fur coat at that moment, so absolutely physical was the sensation which assailed him. He could not go back for the coat. He buttoned the shootâ€" ’inz jacket, and went on. For a time he walked without any thought of the direcâ€" tion be was taking, but suddenly he lookâ€" ed round and found himself before Lady Pauline‘s house in the equare. He gazed up at the windows; there was a light only . in one. It must be her room; she . was there. Searcely knowing what he was doâ€" ing. he etretched his arms out toward the light and groaned. He paced up and down for a moment or two, until, indeed, a policeman eyed him euspiciously and crossed over the road to ingpect â€" him more closely. ‘Then Gaunt turned and strode on. his wifeâ€"his wife!â€"had not appeared, what would have happened? Decima would have gone with him, and he would have wrecked the life of the aweetest, the purest of God‘s creatures. He shuddered again, and an icy blast seemed to sweep over him. He felt cold and remembered his fur coat at that moment. 10c a cake. 3 cakes for 25¢ Get a quarter‘s worth Canadian druggists from coast to coast now have this soap. Ask yours for it. For a sample Cake, send 2¢ stamp to the Andrew Jergens Co. Lid. 6 Sherbrooke Street, Perth, Ontario. There are many other reasons why you will like this soap; its fragrant odor of fresh cut violets, its instant lather even in the hardâ€" est water; the glycerine in it, the finest skin food there is. 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The longest word of usual occurâ€" rences in the English language is ‘"incomprehensibilities." Liverpool, with 99 people to the acre, is the most thickly populated city in England. Occurrences in the Land That Reigns Supreme in the Comâ€" mercial World. The Post Office makes £10,000 a year on issued postal orders that are not cashed. NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN BULL AND HIS PEOPLE. FROM MERRY OLD EN&LAY) To wash a rug, tack it securely to a bare, clean floor ; next scrub with ammonia water and pure castile soap suds; rinse thoroughly and leave tacked to the floor until perâ€" fectly dry. The ground about a plant or shrub should be frozen to a depth of at least two inches before winter protection is applied. One teaspoonful of lemon juice to a quart of water will make rice very white and keep the grains separate when boiling. If water tastes flat after boiling, pour it from one pitcher to another. This will aerate the water and overâ€" come the flatness. When beating the white of eggs be sure that there is no grease on the beater, as it will prevent the eggs from frothing. Dried corn at 20 cents a pound goes much further than canned corn, and is much more wholesome and better in flavor. Mediumâ€"sized vegetables are betâ€" ter than the large sizes, as they can be cooked and served without so much waste. Scales can be removed from palms by washing them in water to which has been added a few drops of ceâ€" dar oil. * Roses will revive very quickly if their stems are clipped and they are placed in hot water for a minâ€" ute or two. The water rice has been boiled in is very nutritious and is a wellâ€"proâ€" ven remedy for all bowel troubles. A cake pan is not so apt to stick if greased with sweet lard rather than butter, and sift a little flour over it. In cooking apples, the more quickly they are cooked after parâ€" ing, the richer and better they are. New stockings will last twice as long if they are soaked in warm waâ€" ter for two hours before wearing. The best material for protecting shrubs from winter winds is waterâ€" proof building paper. Make a framework of lath around the shrub and tack the paper to it. _One dessertspoonful of castor oil poured about the roots of dying plants will revive them. The odd bits of toilet soap gatherâ€" ed together and boiled will make a splendid shampoo jelly. hinge of a squeaking door ; it will stop the squeaking. Â¥a Baxonâ€"‘"It‘s a fine morning, Sandy.‘" (Sandy grunts.) Baxon â€"*"I said it was a very fine mornâ€" ing, Bandy." _ Sandv â€" "Yerra weel, verra weel. Idinna want tae twoâ€"yearâ€"old bullock, which was killed and cremated by the police. The Upper District Committee of Banfishire have recommended the County Road Board to enter into an agreement for the construction of a new road over Coremaul. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Wm. May, of Brightrigg. who has come into residence on his Berwickshire estate, is to make considerable adâ€" dit‘ionl tb the mansion and houses. A case of anthrax has oocu-r-re;i at â€" Bhepherdlands Farm, Connie Castle. The affected animal was a There has been a further out: break of typhoid fever in Aberdeen, and there is considerable speculaâ€" tion as to whether the condition of the water supply is the cause. Large crowds watiched the dis: secting of the carcase of a whale stranded at Arbroath. The mamâ€" mal has been accepted by the direcâ€" tors of the British Museum. The 77th anniversary of the Edinâ€" burgh Total Abstinence Bociety was celebrated recently, when a conference was held at 50 Bouth Bridges. The use 8f Dr,Bell‘s school, Edâ€" inburgh, has been=granted to the Cripple and Invalid %’i?;-.ldren's Aid Bociety for the purpose t6 holding ‘"‘cripple parlors." At the Bothwell and Uddington gas works the manufacture of gas the last three years shows the abâ€" normal increase of over 50 per cent. A strike of moulders employed in the _ Gothic Foundry, Camelon, Falkirk, belonging to E. R. & A Main, iron founders, has now been settled. summit of Ben Nevis by D. Bell Great Westgnl Road, Glasgow. Damage to the extent of hunâ€" dreds of dollars was caused by a fire in the yard of the Dundee Bhipâ€" building & Engineering Company. A six horseâ€"power motorcycle with side car has been niloted +o the The death is announced at Goreâ€" bridge of Mr. Robert Stoddart, one of the bestâ€"known public officials in Midlothian. The centenary of the birth of Robert Nicoll, the Perthshire poet, is to be celebrated at a dlinner at Bankfoot on Jan. 7th. The magistrates â€" of Edinburgh have agreed to recommend that there should be no increase in the taxicab fares in the city. Recently the growing of flax has occupied the attention of a number of landed proprietors in the south of Scotlandp. Mr. Robert Angus, of Ladykirk, has presented a handsome trophy to the County National Reserve for competition . The price of household coal in Glasgow has now been increased by merchants from 12 cents to 24 cents per ton, Bixtyâ€"eight patients from Hamilâ€" ton, Fernbank, and Blantyre have been admitted to the Victoria Hosâ€" pital this year. It is calculated that over 90 per cent. of the school pupils in the parish of Kilsyth have either defecâ€" tive eyes or teeth. A handsome granite Celtic cross has been erected at Andrew Lang‘s grave in the Eastern Cemetery, 8t. Andrews. An Edinburgh municipal commitâ€" tee are considering the beautifying of the waste places of the city. What ts Golng on in the Highlands and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. 683,000 ; police and police stations, £2,004,000 ; poor relief, £2,819,000 ; tramways, £1,487,000, and parks and open spaces nearly £200,000. FROM EONNIE SCOTLAY) The cost of London‘s municipal administration compares not unfayâ€" orably with that of many of the minor European States. From the local taxation returns for 1911â€"12 just issued it appears that the toâ€" tal receipts of the 86 local authoriâ€" ties in whom the administration of the metropolis is vested amounted to the enormous sum of £24,521,476, of which the London County Counâ€" cil received nearly £14,000,000, the Corporation of London £1,376,000, the 28 Metropolitan Borough Counâ€" cils £5,250,000, and the 31 Boards of Guardians £35249,000. The toâ€" tal expenditure of all these bodies was about one and a quarter milâ€" lions less than the income. Educaâ€" tion cost fully £5,000,000; highâ€" ways, bridges, tunnels, etc., £1,â€" NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER BANXNEKES ANXD BRAES. has been specially treated to make it nonâ€"inflammable. The flooring is of asbestos. piloted to the WINNIPEG TORONTO, A A i m id .A & al 44 4M M k & MISLED BY THESE TECHNICAL NA M ES. ALVM 186 $OMETIMES REFERRED TO AB SuLâ€" PHATE OF ALUVMINA OR §0DIC ALUVM iN iC sVLPHATE. THE PUBLIC §M OULD NOT BE . GILLETT COMPANY LIMITED [Fon THE PROTECTION OF THE con.â€" ‘ suMER THE INGREDIENTS arc PLAINLY PRINTED ON THE LABEL. it is THE ONLY WELLâ€" KNOWN MEDiUumâ€" rRICED BAKING POWDER MADE in caNaDa THAT DOESs NOT CONTaAin ALUVM AND WHICH MAS ALL The INGREDIENTS PLAINLY S$TATED on THE LABEL. MAGIC BAKING POWDER Experts have estimated that if the forests of the world were scien» tifically operated they would yield the equivalent of from .30 to 120 times the present consumntion of wood annually, One of several types of lightâ€" houses being tried in Germany for guiding aviators throws differeat numbers of flashes into the air, each combination signifying a special town. granite statue of a ruler erected since the days of the Pharoahs. That lightning flashes appear to zrigrag is an optical illusion, acâ€" cording to a German scientist, who says the effect is produced by the eyes twitching when flashes occur. The granite statue of King Edâ€" ward VII. recently dedicated at Aber.deen is believed to be the first English figures give the wor consumption of cotton in the y ending with August at 20.277 running bales, of which 13,760 were American, Chinchillas, valuable furâ€"bearing animals which inhabit high mountâ€" ains in Chili, have been imported into England for breeding experiâ€" ments on a farm. Amsterdam is considering the conversion of the 140,000 ton of combustible strect refuse that is gathered every year into fuel briâ€" quets for boilers, Experiments on the Philippine island of Mindanao seem to indicate + that the finest qualities of rubber can be produced there profitably. ed All previous shipbuilding records on the Clyde were exceeded in the nine months ending with Beptemâ€" ber, 198 vessels havin‘ been launchâ€" mo~ f ‘ P Motor lifeboats carried by one of the newer transâ€"Atlantic liners are equipped with wireless apparatus having 200 miles radius. The Khedive of Egypt is an enâ€" thusiastic electrician and uses elecâ€" trical appliances wherever possible in his palaces and yachts. A curious tree of the tropics. the matapalo, grows only with the aid of another tree, which it gradually envelops and kills. Recently deciphered inscriptions on Egyptian monuments indicate that artesian wells were bored as far back as 1400 B.C. Japan‘s rice crop this year is estiâ€" mated at nearly 263,934,000 bushe‘s, a 12,000,000â€"bushel increase over last vear. An Australian has been granted a United States patent for a proâ€" cess for transplanting living hair upon bald heads. A complete cooking outht for campers, folding compactly enough to be carried in a coat pocket, has been invented. There are 80 plants in the United Kingdom for the conversion of municipalities‘ garbage into electric power. Xâ€"ray apparatus has been inventâ€" ed for killing the tiny parasites that eat small holes in leaf tobacco. By the addition of magneis and an oxide an extremely elastic glass has been brought out in France. â€"The German village of Remborn has a linden tree which is said to be more than 1,200 years old. Holland‘s production of potato flour is increasing â€"rapidly from year to year. _ Beeswax and turpentine, mixed into a paste, effectively â€" clean bronze. READ THE LABEL China now has 34 eleciric light plants and plans to add to the list. coNTAINS NO ALUVM NOTES OF SCIENCGE OnNT. MonTRrEAaL in the yvear world‘s 386 261 @IT Efan hei the wf h Tj M oTT % 4%%% G44»4 m Young & % & 4 T * l &T d1