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DOVRIL FLAVORS STEWS AND HASHES ALL THAT IS G'OOD IN ecer A SON OF COURAGE 1 BY ARCHIE P. McKISHNlE Copyrighted by Thomas Allen. now and the (hicks were bc- tiiijf to come in fust, m-ort of them 'from off the bay; consequently the : shooters in tho front pond h(Kl always first chunce. But Billy knew they were having little or no success. Every ! duck that offered itself as a target to i tlvm he s>.iw almost as soon as they did and although tho report of t.heir guns founk:! at quick intervals the ' <!'acks Rt'enwl to keep on, straight ! across to where he crouched with the **&*!& the Stetad fallen b , ! F* the Low-Ceilinged Room. I "Well, then I go to my hen , box hind th* Car 'rim of fores', Ira was! Most farm houses an: low-ceilinged,! Iw S" 1 a ])o **" 1 * clipping aaout quite content with his evenings bag, 'and this low room means that th ei kinds of P e P le who ^7 e . th f which consists! of five Mack*, a pair! f umit ure must not be massive or; -who were so _ busy living bravely cf prey*, two blue winged teal, a pin- j c , e]se some delightful poMttO- *** the u y dl ? n l J"" time T, ail and a pair of green headed ir,al- .^ wi] , bc , ost For this best room about what they did not h.ve. There I CJMkfc'v !, , 1 th -,, 1 then-call it living-room, parlor or is the little French girl UUKKiy nt* tmuie the porttvge ana fnfVi^r haVprv wVi^n hp f, i j. TT wHfttav** VAII wiah U-P wnnf ph^irs idtntr s uaKt-ry wiwii nv ''i < 'S %<" .1 t PO Don ft ifto IP run,' 11 Iif wnnicvii y uu w i.** n \\ c wvuv vucu*v . . i 1. coiiU hear the of- tr < haters "ahead that shall be comfortably shaped and the colors, and there is cf him,, epe-akini* in profima toives o-f large enough but graceful. For an nd , scores '" between. Wnrmever l n .!:-giistt their luck. He fc/un-l them ; unupholstered chair the Windsor type hard Passed I go to _ them lot Ml? waiting fur him on th edge of the, in all its varieties is good. Sometimes! ' PPse y &** " s tunny ;bay, but he kept right on paddHn-r. j the seats are just wood, shaped for: ""* "' i: " *"" *" "Wnnt In Mr e/viiii** f t tt nnM^fl tVttt la ,* i . 3IAMME for Ntutterfnft overcome i , naiur*l iu(boUA permanently restore I iUitural8L>ecn. Graduate pupils every- | where. Free advice and literature. THE ARNOTT INSTITUTE KITCHENER , - CANADA But Sue's voice was quite free from -_ - -%* -. ^. -. . . ,_, - i me ott*fca * t> _'.' r - ' . , i ,, i 4 V i i t IT* "What, luck, sonny?" catterl the com f ort , sometimes of rush, making mockery. "\es, it's funny and Laune- p... , , . . . ,-,. . them slightly easier. j ish and dear. And it explains some- Hilly told Mm of his *""" The mail swore and said something to his companion. CHAPTER XXI. (Cont'd.) i the kid. We'd have been mir.nl yet ifi Lan l<in fcM. in his vest pocket and it hadn't been for him." fisht I <>ut a ten-dollar note, which he Tom allowed a shade of amiability hand, u to BiHy. "Maddnc an.l a party to creep into his tones as he said: of oth.-v men were cruisin' in a yacht. 1 "First time we ever shot these They .kxked here lct night," he ex- ; grounds, and we're kinder green on pkiii.cd. "Ix-ft at sunup for Cleveland." | the in* and outs of 'em. We re d "I w the yacht leave the pier.", ' ^" Jp J^!J5fc!Jf likc , th<wc " Mm] "<?* c ?P fcl * ' : i iV'the "type calleT'-Misslon" wited'to ,, :.i ULM,. "oiw. .-,,,.-, ,,...<, > i. .,,.! : iJOai our unu tnis mon iau HI mcst anv eptnM Whii^ if thv shnnM : ,t .. i ... n I send aero*, the lak, fcr a fishin' outfit, i^^S?tJ^^Jj^ i the small house. Mission has the merit so tni'iigrht we'd put in the tune . In unholstered chairs and caches i thing, never mind what. Isn't there a there should be nothing heavy. T^utl****** about a man ' s bein ^ known the company he keeps? It applies to "Hey. hold up! Want to cell pairtjha* teen a. wave of such things in, , of them ducks?" lie asked..- j huge lines suitable only for mammoth & lr - m y c "Nope." Hilly shipped his pads' le ! hotel lobbies or clubs, and of question- ami picked up his cars. Somehow he able beauty, even in thst capacity, felt snfVr them. He believed that men i They ruin the small home. Neither said Billy. "She sure was a dandy, w. isn't she?" "\, <.r m\v finvr lines than hers,' Landon. don't mind son now, Billy?" "You re sure you shoot in' a bit." Billv made no r*-plv. he?" companio-n. Kim now. There were two of them inj create someth.ng in- dependency of the Old Woild. In that ! fc * * uccL !:i d ' b t n ? as h beautiful ; might have ly as we could wish. Too heavy and been their thought, it was clear they , square in line, too monotonously The Consolation of Good Clothes. Who was it said that being well and becomingly dressed gives to one. a peace which even the consolation of religion can not impart? He may have stretched the truth somewhat, but he had the idea. Really, how can you, if you are a woman, feel real sweet in your soul if you know youri dress is an unbecoming color, or the, .. . 11. 11 i i n*v )i>iiiri jiudi. iiv/w a iiv i^ IVIILTV* rose, ngbed his cramped legs ttdlpfcrt you mesm by 'fishin'-outfit'? He ___ _____ __ _ __ __ _ knew bKter than pursue that swiftly brown in color, we must forego this I waist hitches up in the back, or the moving boat. Quickly they fell be- 'type if we would have our room beau-i sleeves aren't right or, worst offense' hind him and were swallowed up in ti f u ]_ of a ll, the skirt is too long. Being There are simple line sofas, not too well dressed certainly is the first step, large; gate-leg tables with great ! towards being self -possessed and con- *"','.. ami if Jacobs pets to hear of that, Bil.y shook his heed. I ve got a;^^^,. j,.,^ They wcire moving off, ami Billy did' CHAPTER XXII. Teacher Johnston Resigns. merit for just this kind of room, drop- tented. ' leaf tables, and small stands to use; Further, it is the first step towards Canadian Fur Farms. It is beginning to bo realized that before, long the main reliance of the fur markets of the world for supplies must be the breeding of fur-bearing animate under conditions of domesti- cation or semi-domestication. Even the uiuskrat-producing swamps will be managed as fur-growing farms. In that direction Canada h now far In the lead, the total value of fur-bear- ing animals on farms in the dominion being $4,C32,600. There are 306 fox-fur farms on Prince Edward Island more than half of Canada's total number. Nova Scotia has fifty-two fox farms, New Rrunswlck fifty-seven, Quebec seventy- six, Ontario forty, the Prairie Pro- vinces eighteen and British Columbia and the Yukon twenty-four. Nova Scotia has three mink farms, Quebec one, Ontario one and British Columbia one. Quebec has two raccoon farms, and the Prairie Provinces have one farm devoted to the rearing of caracul sheep for the fur (derived from the new-born animal), which IB known In the mar- ket as "Persian lamb." The total number of fur farms In Canada is 582. On the fox-fur farms there are 13,405 'silver" foxes, valued at $4,446,117. During the last year 9,219 silver foxes were born in cap- tivity on the farms. A first-class silver fox, alive, is worth $1,000 for breeding purposes. Ita pelt will (etch to the farmer $750. skiff to afternoon," he E three o'clock this "so I best get . .. Fr cs * ] are rfot hear the rest of the sentence. As to send her hazy heraWs far busy. Tell Erie not to ferget to blow i they ent ered the main run, the smaller the f<>K*<>ni when the ducks are ma n calfel: "Hey, sonny, whereabouts . Ls the best point in yonder?" Union went on slowly to the kit- , {il . ly F! . ittcil nis tei ,. h . H e resented chen \\ith h hand on the door- thwt . stran)feM coming into his latch ho paused end a smile lit his shooting pi-ounds i.nd acting as though Bimed fce. Above the clatter of thpy ,, wnwl th(MU For tncm to ex-, dishte came a gwl s sweet soprano: pec t him to she .v them just where the "Her voice was low and sweet, best point was to be found seemed to And she's all the world to my, him to In- going a whole lot too far. And for bonnie Annie Laurie He ddfllbed iind distrusted them. From I'd lay me d-own and dee." w at ho harl seen and hear/1 of them he belii've-l they were the nu-n who Jfh n't 4^ P M ""[I roi)b< ! lhe Twi " Oak stOTe ' H(? Want - 'h- ~l ^n E r'f S W h U H ^ to ^' !1 thum so I10W - 1>ut some t.hing oacK ag in. Duly mui-t nave nau told him to curb big temper and act . to , d , Z 1 ** 1 *'< } he ; t a the part of a fpcrt who could afford eookie he had! Ho opened the door to m ,, :<( . , cr . ain a .n ow , an;:e! ,. jently and enu-n I. He r nee.1 the ,. Thl . u .. i|lt , s glraiKnt ahe ad of ducks on tho table and softly with- you," he aiwwered. "You'll find a ni&h: dr^v aga.ru , ,,,;,, a!ri .,, Jy ,, ui . t cn it ." .It was late afternoon when Billy n ,. pi( ... (1(1 ,. ni , pa ,, M C an , f((1!ow j I into his punt am with swift, c- , in thl . wak( 1 . cf th(1 other b(;at The ,rortg "itrckos sent it *k imminpr to- , ncn v , ( , re ui , o ,, t th , vir ([e ^ ward the du-k-pond^. At thi- point Billy peS the point, mm the mere cur\-c-l abrupt, y h:- ..; v y , n| - ,..,!',! T- M " : f this is HfM his hat arid wav. ! 1,i the m.'m 1 ,.,,;, ..' ^.^^i K ' 00 j spcjt ' it - K a won '. and girl watching him frcm tho pier. ,.<.,. >()U t , i:ln . t ^ c it y:mrs ,; f . you MoH lookpl up into his faw aivd ha .| ,,, t:: ,- timt , to boat ug to :t di(ln . t wh:ncd. "Dun t worry, girlie," Billy y^?" told her, "we're goin' on, but we're," "y,, u Sapteinber P*fsed Iaden _ wit ^ suln j beside the 'sofa and on which a lamp| success nowadays. Other thngs being: equal, the employer looking for help 1 is going to pick the prospect who is the best groomed. Possibly not the ones whose shoes are most sharply w F f r , ; c , s * f ^T^'v can ** P la(led to advantage; there a blarAet of hoar frrst, October awoke QtnnU ^A tn ttlo ^SSCi n f * wooded i those uaf.v HonuuB i<ti mofwu . i i iplaml and open. S'.owly ' seat whlch - whon used fi'thiag mists ki-.=ed leaf and comfortable chair, gi stools made to the height of a chair a small ^ . J ^^ .^. _ive the tired fern, as though whispering:" "Rest member of the family a chance to re- j pointed, but the one who has given sw'ietly, until spring brings you back cline. And this small comfortable , the most attention to the little nice- 1 onre again." ! chair can be well-upholstered and still ! ties of dressing. The one whose shoes So it seemed to the boy, fis -from j have shapely, delicate lines. There are j are polished, clothes cleaned and thf brow of a hill he watched the tip-top tables or if you prefer "Pie- 1 pressed, all buttons on anu no bast- iawnWIvaze drift toward^ the newly- i crust> " wh j c j, arc l ar ge enough to hold 1 ings or loose threads flying, is the auti"mnaiwa S -fl f broi^hT " f '*' f a fcw hooks and a !am P- but not to onc who is goins to look after the Ht " sadness to B'iily He^m'ssed < the"u-it- ' Inl " ee for a sma11 room. There are i tie things about the business. So the tor of the binls the thou"nr.d and one sim P !e tab ' c desks and spinet desks, 1 employer argues. And in the same notes of th<> wild things he loved and a " ot which lend an air of permanent spirit the housewife about to engage which always passed out and away 'beauty to the low-ceilinged farm help chooses the girls who look neat. from his world with the summer. The living-room, first hoar frost had come; soon the leaves would turn grHcn and crim- son, the fern-c!.imps crum<ple and wither into sere. d;ad, scentless Laurie was quick, thir.'? Comrades. When she heard Knowing these things, isn't it queer, that so many of the employers them-| selves are careless? lin't it queer j that so many people who know better ?.s. Then with rhartening days Sue's voice at the top of the stairs she and darkcninjj skies th ,-e leaves nil thrust the photograph under a pile S(h o1 plants would Mff bo eartb .-nd the ; O f letters on I her desk. But Sue was are slovenly in dress? There is the who doesn't know why can't keep a s'-hool. She is a per - Ui. JCHUl 3 Ull lit I UCS(V. J-JUl. *JV " . j. . .. . iwiint arm-, cf th, l,re trees would quick too . She saw both the , ct and feet disr.plmanar.. and no one can; lift empty nests tuwarti snow-spitting Laurie's confusion {teach arithmetic as she can. Her talks ,, , . ." . , roii<riit on hygiene and health are gpms. But 8Ugh skies. No more wouH tho firc-flie,: weave j sho seldom cleans her own teeth, her : '- always need attention, her hair , . .i , - * h , a gauze cf Rc-Mon stars sbovc the ln the ct! l ******** what the *? naiN alwavs need attention her n-urshl.n!, at the foot of the C.u.x- *, hut you'd better tell me at once , " - ' B > " J at rf ^J "^ waj-. The Fc-nson of green an.l blue After a second of hesitation Lruinc ' ntl ' ! .y- ani hJ IK,, an , died *!? Si h"d drew out the photograph. It was a ^ -? a wh.te waist a ^ e , com in back agin soon :in have aiv-'y ou 7" j..,;,] [jji'y ,. j; v oth.-r o' Erie's duck dinnera. an', ..w hy ; , uro ^. ( . was> 'but we were TeadMr Stances gom to be with Bt uck tight. You might have passed us den 1 you ferget that. | US( r , liiy 'enough." As he -poke, he ERW ar.ot v-r Ixiat ..\ V i'll. we don't play the game that rcund the distant (rniss-rnmt and put way in these parts," said Billy and rrto Jerunla cut, the entrance to tho ,,.,; s , i ,.,_ unht-edful cf the uneomoli- rnam pond. Thp -mik- left his fare. ni( ., lt ,,.,. nnmc3 the chairrincd driller ' to it, Moll," he &igh'.sl to thri'W after him. r.'L-Iwl-.^o brown eyes had jilso n -If v. ay do\vn the long pond he ; was in the run first, wasn't l'e:'n born a se:i"on of dral) ar. 1 brc.wn. portrait of a man with a quiet face Summer \\v< gone. The s-.injr-hinU and steady eyes. had migrated. Soon the green ri'ih "\Ve41 Laurie Fair! fu'i,i would sway, grey I didn't know " ~r,hippe,! Who i, dil tl-.-y tarry after tho first frost. Afcng t!- creek the rtd-wingrd black- ' Laurie looked at the photograph . ... 11 fci-w * i\ PKUVI T \y U1U II ce at are thtm thr-y niif*. Well, turr. purtuge muc-h c-asior. Aeer UT>, s the deer, sensin- the -I.^.k.-, like a good fcedin' i.la.-e, ; in his voice, growled deep in Moll " IK- .-v! -iivssed the h'puniel :is he ! died -:.-\v!y across to the far shoro would be sour/iinj,' their up-;in !- silently for a moment. "Not a writer," away n^to:;. No happy c.irol to WL!- sho said at last; "only a hero. He WU torr.c the fii =t jr!-iw f f dawn! No won-! onc of the doctors who gave his life dcr Billy sijrhed. Then he liftf<I his twenty years ago in the experiment ;d quickly as high above him, that ended yellow fever." f-i.1 ; . wh:.<!Ieof witip. Up fr-jjii u llt _" For once in her life Sue the north a w.-lgi.h i^sd Ho.-k of wild nu /7led <!u:'ks came fpcoHing, white backs ; "?,,. . ., T ' >? as th-y pitchc-1 .!ownw;,r.| in' NVh y do l k< ' e P ll ? Laurle *"* unlirtkeii formation towards the c:ill- K p3tt>l1 - Wl,yoOM ' she bhish- bay-waters. (To be continued.) ed, but she met Sue's curious eyes bravely. "You'll laugh, Suc, but | sometimes I get rebellious over things the c. , !, ':y f.und the O f the slough, "(iooj Rrnys here Or having wrae djffMty hhlin', too; but net mu>h i-haiici, of i If you want friends you must be \ wanting to travel and have good m (,'.:tin- thf-ii- heavy skiff through Jandin' a down bird without a pood i friendly. :i'.\:,\v and deceptive wflor, a dc;r, an' I've got her eh, fiilie ? \\hirh only one Who W.T< MPWJ to Moll w.ij-f,', 1 her short tail gleefully. n-.iv n - (Wild hope to acromnlis-h N, lW , then, K ;Hie, it's comin' on to I i 'v. At th-a same time he f'i',ht-1inu-, S1 . we"! j< -t set out de- with a start, that the me.n ( . oy .j Hght here." Hilly j.i.'la.l u-< the kiff wore the mysterious drill- ' wor.je:i ducks and j !an 1 them as na-l en< row and Jack. ! turally cs he kncAV how some, twenty 'Hello, you!' he shouted. "You'll yanl out from shore. As ho drewl i . took up an' take tht> run to the punt well up among the tall rushes your left. ' hc> s. aw the first line of ducks drift in' larger of the two men (rninted from the bay. a suKv re-pi.n-<- and with much push- "Down, Moll!" he whispered, as he M.I/ i-.i\ 1 swearing they began to hi'xir- cocked the old muzzle-loader. "They're ouj!y back cut of the blind t-hannel. headin' straight in. Them driller fel- Btlly and Moll vratabed them, th<- <Iog J^rs are ffoin* to get a chance to make powlir:i' her antagonism of the inter- a clean-up on that bun-ch, sure!" As the skiff passed his bow Straight across the mash, following Bi.ly noted that the gun., lying across the cut, the doicks came on half a (MM* were Iwth of the new breech- ; dozen big "blacks," with long necks Uxi'lit:^ patteni. [outstretched and quick eyes seeking The occupants of tho skiff oast a. for feeding ones of their own kind, contemptuous look at his old nw/zl<v Then, suddeii'ly, tho leader gave a soft loader, as they passed, and one of qu<ick and Billy saw the flock swoop them laughed and saw! something in low. an aside to his companion. "Oh, goHies! Right into their de- J>o you expect to kull aay diucke coys," he groaned. "Now they'll give wi* tbut old iron.," he awer-ed, look- ft to 'em, Jest as they're settlm'." in* BflM at Bil'ly. A Jong, harrowing moment passed. Billy felt his cheeks turn hot. "I Then quickly iwi close together four miglit," he returned, "an 1 og'in., I ; shots rang out. Moll whined dolefully mightn't." ' and Billy, peering: through the rushes "That s one on you, Tom," laughed g,ve n low whistle of surprise. "Didn't th.- mam nanved Joak. "Quit roasting down a single bird," he muttered, "an' by g-oMtes, they've sent 'em right across to us^" AJmoat siinultaiieoiiBly with hU ^voTld the whistle of strong wings Rirew up wrwl' tlie six big blacks swopt in, low over his decoys. It wan a tire hand that raise-.) the old gun, a SUTO ye that glance<i along its brown barrels. At rh<- first loud report of the black powder the 1-ader of the flock crumpled up ami the sec- ond in command drifted sidewise from the flock. The left barrel spoke and a third diick twistexl fruiii the remainder of th fleck, to fall with H splash into Where one wil.- not quarrel, two cannot. Mlnard's Liniment for Colds, etc. When the school board week, visited the school there was a litter of books and papers and bits of lunch on her desk 1 which caused that august body to get 1 their heads together and wonder if it wouldn't be better to hire a girl who while she might not know so much out of books, knew a bit more about keeping slicked up. Being well dressed certainly pays well in satisfaction and in dollars and cents. Candy Made From Apples. Immense quantities of apples are j fed to hogs, or even allowed to rot, , because they arc "culls" that is, de- ' fective, or too small to bo worth send- ing to market. Uses for ^tliem ought to b found. The Utah Agricultural Experiment times like lots of girls. Of course I'm __ o ^_ ashamed of myself underneath, but in 'station ha been trying to tuni them spite of that I somehow can't keep from giviiur way now and then." "I'm sure I don't blame you," said Sue. 13311." No. 82 '21. ... . 1,...; > w ^ r U L the s<-,coml bird down, had alipped quietly away thro-ugh the rushes. Billy, hav- in-g lUTi)C'h*<l the punt *uid retrieved the two ibirda on the water, fouml her waiting for him on shore, the dead dc.ick in her mouth. He patted her brown gidu wnd spoke a word of com- 1 Tmamtlatioii to her; then quicldly he rs- 1 'loaded. | Tha win was almost on the western CANADA'S PROBLEMS REVIEWED BY OFFICIALS OF BANK OF MONTREAL The addresses of the -President and General Manager of the Bank ofvAIontreal, at tho annual meeting of shareholders of that institution, were the authoritative pronounce- ments of men of international stand- ing In mutters of finance, and as such they will undoubtedly be fol- lowed with much Interest both In this country and abroad. Every year the addresses at this annual meeting are looked forward to with keen anticipation by merchants and manufacturers because of the com- prehensive analysis that they pro- vide of financial conditions in Cana- da, and because they afford guid- provement can be expected In the present burdensome conditions so long as the roads continued un- der public- -which, as he said, means political ownership and Operation, notli Oreat Britain and the United States have realized the financial chaos Inseparable from such ownership and opera- tion, and have adopted the only remedy. Retail Forces Out of Line. Sir Frederick Williams-Taylor undoubtedly placed his finger on one of the weak spots in our pre- sent trade conditions when he said that while on the one hand the purchasing power of the products ance In the general business policy ! ? f ollr nat l resources was at the to be followed during the coming ^! 8t n le t ve ' !**S5*J. for , several 1 coming n t . , 1 years past, in other directions we year - still had high prices, and retail Must Deal With Railway Situation : prices were conspicuously out of In the view of Sir Vincent Mere- ' lin - It is on the purchasing power clith, the way to sustained improve- I of 'h 6 products of our natural re- ment in trade Ls not yet clear, but j sources that we must place our that improvement will be hastened : maln dependence for a revival In when labor realizes that war infiat- i tdfl and it is obvious that there ed wages cannot continue, and that : cnn hc no sustained Improvement more efliclency and greater produc- ] unt!I tne l"' 1 ^ of other commodities tion are absolutely necess-'ry In or-, n J' e powaensflrate with tnu ' Pr- der to bring prices down to a level \ cnaslng power. that will stimulate consumption Summed up, the most obvious and thus provide increased employ- needs of Canada at the present -Hiant uj VuiT/nig us to the evil time, in the opinion of these two enecto of heavy taxation In stifling ( eminent financiers, are drastic industry and enterprise Is one that i economy in tho conduct of public will bo cordially endorsed by all tlitnklm; inun, and one which those who direct our public affairs surely will not dare to Ignore. And Sir Vincent merits public thank, for the courageous way in which he dealt with the railway problem; In particular for his uncompromis- ing declaration that no marked 1m- the cost of labor affairs, a solution of the railway problem on the basis of private as against political ownership and operation, a vigorous Immigration policy for the peoplli.g of our waste spaces by diverting to Canada the stream of Immigrants Unit formerly flowed elsewhere, ami tlcfl:itiou in to account for candy making. During the war an attempt was 1 made to produce a concentrated form i of apples for soldiers in the trenches,! and a novelty evolved was "apple flukes." To make them, apples (after \ removing the sliins) were pared clear down to tho cores, being thus reduced to the shape of long thin strips. Packed In airtight cans, they would j keep good indefinitely and they were j pronounced delicious. Unfortunately, the method could | not be economically applied for large- 1 scale market purposes. It was too . expensive in labor. As a result of many experiments, ! the Utah experts have managed to j work out a process for manufacturing ' apple candy cheaply. They (, round peeled apples In an ordinary household meat-grinder, added sugar in the proportion of fif- teen pounds to 100 pounds of the fruit, spread the mixture half an inch deep in pans, and evaporated it for forty-eight hours. They culled the product "apple leather," because, while it tasted good, it was very hard to chew. This difficulty was overcome by grinding (he apple leather, mixing It with a syrup of three pound!! of sugar : to one pound of water, and drying the ' paste thus formed. The result was I a highly satisfactory chewable candy, which, if deolred, migbt contain nuts. They found that a delightful variety of candies could be home-made by taking apple pulp, or any other fruit pulp, minus skins and eeeds, putting It in a pan with plenty of sugar or corn syrup, cooking slowly till stiff, pouring out on greased porcelain or niar)>l" and allowing the stuff to oool and dry for Beveral days. When nearly dry, it should be cut in shapes, rolled in granulated or powdered sugar and dried some more. Store in airtight tins, Manganese From India. Revolutionary conditions In Russia have cut off the rest of the world from one of the principal sources of an in- dispensable metal, manganese. In the Caucasus there is one deposit of 100,- 000,000 toas of ore that is nearly 50 per cent, manganese oxide. The metal is related to iron, slightly lighter in weight and with a silvery sheen. It is very widely distributed in rocks both igneous and sedimentary, but high-grade ores are scarce. Now that Russia is abut off we depend fur our supplies mainly upon India and Brazil. Manganese has a greater affinity for oxygen than iron has. H^nce In the smelting of iron ores it is used to get rid of excess oxygen so that when the melt \a complete there shall be no iron oxide left iu the molten metal. H is indispensable in the making of virtually all steels, taking up the oxy- gen that has to be eliminated, after which it is "slagged out" in the form of a complex mangunebe oxide. Small quantities of manganese an added to steel to produce "uiunganese steel," which has great hardness and toughness. New Uses for Waste. It has been customary hitherto to burn the hull.-* of rice discarded in the process of preparing the cereal for market, no iwe for them being known. Now, however, means have been ft.uml for turning this waste material to valuable account. One. hundred ton* of rice, hulls, by the application ol hiprh heat after washing and boiling, can be made to yield seventy-five tons of cellulose for the m i.^facture, of paper, llncleuui and otht::- products, including puratliii, acetic acid and hydrogen gas. Tl;e importance of tins discovery may be judged frcm the fact that nearly one-third of th" total rice crop, by weight, consists of hulls. Luminous Star Aids Amateur Astronomers. The fascinating study of tho stars is the oldest of th.' sciences, and one which has intere:-;ed human beings for ages. Tho average person, who has not the time to take up this extensive study, but whom the stars interest as he ga-jes up at them on a clear night, is usually bewildered if he tries to dis- tinguish one from the other. As an aid to the amateur astronomer, a star map has been drawn which shows the stars of the first five infinitudes, and the different constellation grcnmdings. The stars of the first four magnitudes. and the lines showing the constella- tion groupings, are marked with radium salt, thus making them shine at night. Vaseline Trade Mark Mir, '-.I'- Liniment Used by Veterlnarlee An application of "Vas- eline" ' White Jelly brings grateful relief when applied to cuts, burns, chafed skin, etc. CHKSEBROtIl.II MANWACTURINGCOMPANY l880Chabot Ave.. Montreal. la tubes and jars at _ all drug- fif gists.