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facts about tea series no 1 tea as a beverage tea first became known in china nearly 3000 years before christ in that country tea was greatly prized both for its remark able qualities as a beverage and for the almost religious ceremony attached to tho drinking of ife up to the sixth century tea was used only for medicinal purposes even in the seventeenth century it cost 2500 to 5000 per pound all tea caddies were constantly kept under lock arid key today when even fine quality like salada costs less than onethird of a cent per cup it is not surprising that the consumption of tea is increasing tremen- dously 1 ames oliver curwod a love epic of the fafc hqum rock where thero was a warm soft ride over tho tops of the stubs and now and then one of them fell with a i startling crash j bare could go not farther an hour before dusk he lay down in the open weak and starved the sun disj appeared behind the forest the moon roued up from the east the sky glittered with stars asd ail through the night baree lay as if dead when morning came he dragged himself to the stream for a drink with hi3last strength he went on it was the wolf urging him compelling him to strug gle to the last for his life the dog jn him wanted to lie down and die but the wolfspark in him burned stronger in the end it won half a mile farther on he came again to the green timber in the forests as well as in the great cities fate plays its changing and whimsical hand if 3aree had drag- ged himself in the timber half an hour later he would have died he was too far gone now to hunt for crayfish or kill the weakest bird but he cams just as sekooscw tho ermine the most bloodthirsty little pirate of all tho wild was making a kill j as baree lay under his tree sekooi sew was creeping on his prey his game was a big fat sprucehen stand- ling under a thick of black currant bushes the ears of no living thing could have heard sekoosews move ment he was like a shadow a gray dot here a flash there now hidden be- hind a stick no larger than a mans wrist appearing for a moment thej next instant gone as completely as if he had not existed thus he ap- proached from fifty feet to within j three feet of the sprucehen that was his favorite striking distance unerringly he launched himself at the drowsy partridges throat and his and slender lines but much fullness is needlelike teeth sank through feath- often added to the lower poriion of ersinto flesh t s bv means of the circular sekoosew was prepared or what j flounce a smart combination of ma clothes last longer whenyashed properly- says mrs experience who tells how to wash them a variation of the straightlino r- frock a vapiation of the straightline frock tho silhouette stiit follows straight happened then it always happened when he attacked napanao the wood- partridge her wings were powerful and her first instinct when he struck terials is achieved by using a white and black printed silk for the main portion of the dress and soft black papayuchisew he had travelled a long distance and the rock under which ho made his bed this night was at least eight or nine miles from tho windfall it was in the open of the creekbottom with the dark forest of spruce and synopsis baree son of kazan and gray wolf readied the climax in the first chap ter of his education ivlicn he saw an oivl swoop down and kill a snowball rabbit then the gray oivl attacked baree the dog buried his teeth in the birds breast but the oivl fastened its beak on barees ear barces fangs closed on one of tho owlets tender feet and the dogs ear was freed to gether the antagonists fell into a- creek and the owl flew away chapter iii contd when he went on continuing in the direction he had been following yester day he slunk along in a disheartened sort of way his head and ears were no longer alert and his curiosity was gone ho was not only stomach- hungry motherhunger rose above his physical yearning for something to eat he wanted his mother as he had never wanted her before in his life j big as kazan sv his swns monster beside which kazan would little body close up to her and feel the have stood as a more pigmy he was warm caressing of her tongue and big if nature was taking this way listen to the mothering whine of her of introducing baree to the fact that voice and he wanted kazan and the the were more important creatures old windfall and the big blue spot that in the forests than dogs and wolves was in the sky right over it while and ows and crayfish she was driving he followed again along the edge of tho point homo with a little more than tho creek he whimpered for them necessary emphasis for wakayoo as a child might grieve j she rose satin for the collar circular flounce straight up now with agreat thunder j and loosely knotted string tics the bed of sand since his fight with wings sekoosew hung tight his model pictured no 1053 has short teeth buried dep in her throat and kimonosleeves with a seam on shoul- his tiny sharp claws clinging to her d and conver collar it is an like hands through the air he whiz- unusually smart d for a zed with her biting deeper and deep- o v er until a hundred yards from where wear made m s 34 42 mche that terrible death thing had fastened bust a pictured size 38 requires 3 cedars close on either sidefand whenjto her throat napanao crashed again yards 36 or 40inch material for the to earth upper part and 1 yards for the where she fell was not ten feet flounce if dress is made of one ma- from baree for a few moments he terial size 38 requires 4 yards of 3c the moon rose and the stars filled the sky baree could look out and see the water of the stream shimmering in a glow almost as bright as day directly in front of him running to the waters edge was a broad carpet of white sand across this sand half an hour later camo a huge black bear until baree had seen the otters at play in the creek his conceptions of the forests had not gone beyond his own kind and such creatures as owls and rabbits and smail feathered things the otters had not frightened him because he still measured things by size and nekik was not half as but the bear was a the forest grew more open after a time and this cheered him up a little also the warmth of the sun was taking the ache out of his body ho grew hungrier and hungrier he had depended entirely on kazan and gray wolf for food his parents had in some ways made a great baby of him gray wolfs blindness accounted for this for since his birth she had not taken up her hunting with kazan and it was quite natural that baree should stick close to her though more than once he had been filled with a great yearning to follow his father nature was hard at work trying to the bear weighed six hundred pounds if he weighed an ounce he was fat and sleek from a months feasting on fish his shiny coat was like black velvet in the moonlight and he walk ed with a curious rolling motion with his head hung low the horror grew when ho stopped broadside in the car pet of sand not more than ten feet from the rock under which baree was shivering as if he had tho ague it was quite evident that wakayoo had caught scent of him in the air baree could hear mm sniff could hear his breathing caught the star light flashing in his reddishbrown eyes as they swung suspiciously to overcome its handicap now it was j ward tho big boulder if baree could struggling to impress on baree that tho time had now come when he must book his own food with the thinning out of the forest the creek grew more shallow it ran ngain over bars of sand and stones and baree began to nose along the edge of these for a long time he had no success the few crayfish that he say were exceedingly lively- and elusive and all the clamshells were shut so tight that even kazans power ful jaws would havo had difficulty in smashing them it was almost noon when ho caught his first crayfish about as big as a mans forefinger ho devoured it ravenously the taste of food gave him fresh courage ho caught two more crayfish during tho afternoon with tho approach of night barees fears and great loneliness returned before the day had quite gono ho found himself n shelter under a big after every meal pass it around after every meal give the family the benefit of its aid to digestion cleans teeth too- keep it always v the house gj costs hide helps mucfj xf have known then that he his insigni ficant little self was making that monster actually nervous and uneasy ho would have given a yelp of joy for wakayoo in spito of his size was somewhat of a coward when it came to wolves and baree carried the wolfscent it grew stronger in wakayoos nose and just then as if to increase whatever nervousness was in him there came from out of the forest behind him a long and wailing howl with an audible grunt wakayoo moved on wolves were pests he argued they wouldnt stand up and fight theyd snap and yap at ones heels for hours at a time and were always out of tho way quicker than a wink when ono turned on them what was the use of hanging around where thero were wolves on a beautiful night like this he lumbered on de- cisivelybaree could hear him splash ing heavily through tho water of the creek not until then did the wolf- dog draw a full breath it was al most a gasp some women actually rub holes in clothes trying to get them clean with harsh ordinary laundry soaps which are only half soap anyway no wonder they say washing is so wearing on clothes the easiest way ive found to wash clothes easiest on clothes and easiest on myself is by using sunlight soap no boiling or hard rubbing is needed the pure sunlight sud3 penetrate through and through each fabric loosening dirt and dissolving grease spot3 then in rinsing all dirt and soapy matter just runs away and as every- bit of sunlight is pure cleansing soap it lathers generously does not fade anything washable and is far more economical sunlight keeps your hands nice and soft levers toronto make it t s55 looked at tho struggling mass of 4oiinch feathers in a daze not quite comprej pat mailed to any address on hending that at last food was almost f 2q b th wison within his reach napanao was dy- i r i j j n ing but she still struggled convulsive- publishing co 73 west adelaide st ly with her wings baree rose stealth- 1 toronto ordor3 filled same day as ily and after a moment in which ho received gathered all his remaining strength he made a rush for her his teeth t on the gray loon they had lived for sank into her breast and not until many years in great prosperity and then did ho see sekoosew the ermine happiness pierrot was proud of had raised his head from the death three things in this wild world of his grip at the partridges throat and ho was proud of wyoia hi3royal- his savage little red eyes glared a blooded wife he was proud of his single instant into barces here was j daughter and he was proud of his something too big to kill and with reputation as a hunter until the an angry squeak the ermine was red death came life was quite com- gone napanaos wings relaxed andjplete for him it was then two years the throb went out of her body she ago that the smallpox killed his was dead baree hung on until he princesswife he still lived in the was sure then ho began his feast j little cabin on the gray loon but he baree ate a third of the partridge i was a different pierrot the heart and the remaining twothirds he each- was sick in him it would have died ed very carefully at tho foot of the had it not been for nepeese his big spruce then he huried down to daughter his wife had named her the creek for a drink the world nepeese which means the willow ne1 looked very different to him now peese had grown up like the willow after all ones capacity for happiness j slender as a reed with all her mothj depends largely on how deeply one ers wild beauty and with a little of has suffered ones hard luck and the french thrown in she was six- misfortune form the measuring stick teen vith great dark wonderful eyes i for future good luck and fortune so and hair so beautiful that an agent it was with baree fortyeight hours from montreal passing that way hadj ago a full stomach would not have once tried to buy it it fell in two made him a tenth part he was now then his ing was for his mother t r still greater yearning had come intoter in his eyes as he saw what was in hs life for food in a way it was tho agents face it is not for bar- fortunate for him that he had almost j ter died of exhaustion and starvation for two days after baree had entered his experience had helped to make a his trapping ground pierrot came in man of him or a wolfdog just as from the forests with a troubled look you are of a mind to put it hewouldjin his face miss his mother for a long time but something is killing off the young lie would never miss her again as ho beavers he explained to nepeese had missed her yesterday and the speaking to her in french it is a day before lynx or a wolf tomorrow ho for another day and night baree shrugged his thin shoulders and smiled remained in tho vicinity of his cache when tho last bone was picked he moved on he hoy entered a country where subsistence was no longer a at her we will go on the hunt laughed nepeese happily in her soft cree when pierrot smiled at her like the real feast an interesting anecdote was told by agnssiz of his visit when a young mjin to professor oken a famous german naturalist the professor received his guest very warmly he showed his visitor the laboratory and the stu dents at work also his cablnot and lastly his splendid library of books pertaining to zoological science a col lection then the best in germany tho dinner hour approached and okens enthusiasm gave placo to ombarrass- mont herr agasslz he said with perturbation to gather and keep up this library exacts the utmost husband ry ot my pecuniary means to accomp lish this i allow myself no luxury what ever hence my tablo is restricted to the plainest fare thrice a week wo indulge in meat tho othor days wo have only potatoes and salt i very much regret that your visit jias occur red on a potato day and so thoso two great men dined with the students on potatoes and salt and the students declare that their conversation was both witty and learned chapter iv when barco ventured forth from under his rock at tho beginning of the next day ho was a much older puppy than when ho met papayuchisew the young owl in his path near tho old vitidfall if cxperienco can bo made to take tho place of age he had aged a great deal in the last fortyeight hourfo in fact he had passed almost j beautiful homo dyo- out of puppyhood he awoko with a ing and tinting is now rnd much broader conception of guaranteed with dlv j tho world it was a big place itj m0 dyes just dip i war filled with many things of which j co water to tint kazan and gray wolf were not the i to delicate shades perilous problem for him it was a that and began with tomorrow it lynx country and where there are always meant that she might go with lynx there are also a great many rnb- him on tho adventure he was contcm- bits when the rabbits thin out the plating lynx emigrate to better hunting still another day later at tno end grounds as a snowshoe rabbit breeds of the afternoon baree crossed the all the summer through baree found gray loon on a bridge of driftwood himself in a land of plenty that had wedged between two trees and this was straight into the trap this was to tho north just beyond ping country of pierrot the halfbreed the driftwood bridge there was a small i pierrot until two years ago had open and to the edge of this baree j believed himself to be one of the most paused to enjoy the last of tho set- fortunate men in the big wilderness ting sun as he stood motion ess and that was before la mort rouge the listening his tail drooping low his red death came he was half cars nlert his sharppointed nose french and he had married a cree i sniffing tho new country to the north chiefs daughter and in their log cabin there was not a pair of eyes in the 1 forest that would not have taken him for a young wolf radios lack tho things that come by radio are wonderful indeed we tune in on the little waves just as our faucies lead one station sends religion and tho others politics tho crop reports the fashion notes the latest ringside licks theyre even sending photographs and crossword puzzles fly with drama and grand opera across the teeming sky but well never fill our aerials with real oldfashioned bliss till station l0v learns to radio a kiss cella krcmer the suns distance a new determination ot the sun distanco lias just been completed at the cape observatory by hi3 majestyi astronomer mr sponcer jones tho result is interesting in showing the high degree ot precision astrono mical measurement lias now achieved lr although the methods o observa tion and calculation upon which tho now determination dopends are utter ly different from those employed la the same determination made from ob servations ot the minor planet eros tho two results differ from ono another by an amount not greater than one part in eight thousand- the othor determination made by mr hinks put the suns distanco at 92840000 miles tho capo valuo is only about 10000 miles shorter how she knew mr newwed my dear girl i must say that the pudding does not lasto very nice mrs newwed it must ho your imagination dear it says in the cook- evory book that it tastes excellent for soro feet mlnards liniment long courtships in ku central africa a couple must be engaged two years before marriage the primal understanding that it is contains directions the strong that prey upon tho weak slmploany woman was wakening swiftly in him can dye or lint ha lf ho could only find something to gerlo silks ribbons skirts wilslj cat that was tho master thought dresses coats stocking sweaters that possessed baree instinct had draperies coverings hangings every- not yot impressed upon him that this ihlng now which he saw all about him was star from behind a clump of young bal sams a hundred yards away pierrot and nepecso had watched him come over tho driftwood bridge now was the time and pierrot levelled hs rifle it was not until then that nepeese touched his arm softly her breath camo a little excitedly as she whis pered i nootawo let me shoot i can kill himl with a low chuckle pierrot gave the gun to her he counted tho whelp i as already dead for nepeese at j that distance could send a bullet into an inch square nine times out of ten and nepeese aiming carefully at i baree pressed steadily with her brown forefinger upon tho trigger to be continued the standard by which other irons are judged you can now obtain a genuine hotpoint iron for 550 this famous elec tric servant has for years been the first cbolco among discriminating housowlves tho thumb rc3t an exclu sive hotpoint patent elim inates all strain on the wrlsl this is the iron with tho famous hot point your dealer sells hotpoint irons a canadian general elcctrlo 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