” a FW MAN FAILS HER 7 i | “You must choose between me end-this man.” A father stood before a daughter, black-| dash unyiel Iding. “Oh, F-cannot, father. I can- “You must. If this man—this you. what t final, Am; “Father, | oh, ey ae love bi oe up into his face, asked wh ae ce could do to bright- en EES ER WAR OFFICE HOAXED. Fooled With a Contrivance for Re- sisting Aerial Attac’ rriment by the public lately heen caused by a erank joke, For the last three months the has been in com- Bub the edce had closed the | ["1 “the Giesmatorsor door behind him. He wasdone. — | 41. hostile air craft in such a way Plummer, golden-haired, | that when a-wireless spark was sent young, beautiful, headstron; out from the ground station—even. her choice. She left her _iather’s at a distance of 100 miles !—the ere he she| propeller of the avion could be made te stop work. a clergyma: hen her baby| How anybody of men of even the morning he had behind him, though she had tried closed the parental ‘door. against her and hers forever. When her baby girl was 2 years old astorm broke over Amy’s house- |}. hold. Sho never knew quite how it] \ had happened. She-had been so busy with little Hvelyn. Her house- so 6 what was going Perhaps she had maudseed Will, Many evenings she was too tired to notice Will’s absence or his whereabouts. But one morning the scales drop- Her baby was do. They ia ried at ie law had. a mec) a ied singled Many iew fothing ob-tha law’. Te Gerrited her. She knew naught but of the house- he her iusband’e of ‘s tines but was ever turned away, ‘ation, the cast-off went n despe: to a friend to borrow the money to other city. Often she was hungry and her clothes yere i: b ily woman gave her Fons ment as a domestic servant. For seven years she lived thus, unknown and un ve ture inorder that those wed wine t be spared sverce of an aieretts “But—you—and — father — to- gether?” “Yes, I ran ane. fen my fa- ther’s home. t stand. it, and grandfather took me in. You see, grandfather failed rapidly after you went away. “seldom leave his side no ms to get so much aonitori from fee hrotding my hand. searched for you. ‘quiet because we want to take yo ~hom randfather needs you yes lighted Fp es ieee oe shies went to sleep eet “He needs me; needs m Bya big ia eee Seriockne @ park, Amy Plummer Fase her d daughter were standin; “Mother, I wish you ponte t make a learn to earn zy own liy- e have money ai put our trust i in “ourselves, Evelyn, not in men.” puces by the two oe, a bro- ken old man had entered the room. His wrinkled hand rested on his daughter's arm. “You are right, my daughter. We |e men fail our women, but out women never fail us. Ii women must learn to ughtsy and grander es < Bladed the old man in the ri most comfortable hair) with Eiekc fons and footstool né brought him his favorite gBok. The other selected one of that he liked best and al to him et he _ Then both sat perfectly still should come to disturb his comfort. _Aid when he awoke they smiled ‘Sl forty miles molested. When she went | 98°. t2-drinker rary ‘busy streeb one bends ¢ da: around something vil nearly human intelligence could have euavel a pret with oe 2 prepostero schem ee them Bs “threo eee is tery. t be understood that the War. ‘office has all sorts of technical pera at its call. Well; nyhow, after twelve weeks of ceatisies and discus- sion, the Secretary of State for -| War and his experts and advisers one fine morning last week motored through the Surrey hills and arrived at the Royal Air ictory at Farnborough. @ fer ae avions were put up td the. militant pilots were told olplane to earth at any time they found their motors inadvertently cut son button once and then a blac! one twice. ut nothing happened. Then they commenced. playing “Home, Sweet, Home’’ on the key- board. All to no effect! gamely after Col. Seeley, his ad- isers: erts gotten oe in their fingers, the Minister of War Suede the box This was not eas to pi Then up stepped the contrivance. Th wasn much to inspect, though. The box was filled with sand—and very coarse-grained sand at that! —— HEAT AND THE HUMAN BODY. Experiments Showed That It Can jtand 212 Degrees F. The human body can greater heat if it be be wet, and, strangely enough, far hotter liquids Pride For eat the aver- sips tea. at a tem- perature of about 140 degrees F But he cannot bear his hand in water at 120 degrees,-or his feet in water higher than 120 degrees. Few people can st a bath in water at 105 degrees. In parts of Central ustralia men live in werage shade sehen inthe sun, while er shies n register- ed. In the peated Gul ther- eae on ships vaty~ between 122 degr. 1 A ex. plorer Hinslagge enone trey, two- English scientists, desir- a to ascertain how hig a tempera- ure the human body could cas ati themselves in an oven, of which the heat was gradually raised, and they were able to bead it until the thermometer registered 212 degrees F., the boiling point of water. —_—___ STOPPED SHORT Taking Tonics, and Built ‘up on ight Food. The mistake is frequently made of trying to build up_a worn-out —drngs. material from which to build wasted nerve cells, is a Rata be supplied, gnd this can be |” obtained ae from proper sf rs ago I found myself on the wanes 3 @ complete peur col- lapse, due to overwork an and to illness in the family,”’ Aisitee and} a young mother “My spends became alarmed be- cause I grew pale. and 4 and “Reading of Grape- Nuts, I deter- mined to stop the tonics ‘and see wlat 6 chabgo-of diet ‘would. do. I ate Grape-Nuts four times a day a cream and drank milk also, to bed early after eating a Hae of Leaneeatae before retiring. “Tn about two weeks I was ae ang soundly. In a 0 Ibs. in weight an Siiecaee woman. ter w ‘of school jast spring on account of soe catarrh, has changed from thin, pale nervous child to a rosy, healthy girl and has gone back to this fall eGrane Nuts and fresh air were the only agents used to accomplish the happy results.” Name given by Canadian Pestum Windsor, Ont. Read <the lit- tle ‘pooklet. “The Road to Well. . “There's areason.’ A_now o} appears from tims to time. They re genuine, true, and full of humah yaterest. sometimes as high as 145 degrees. | ©’ _|deliberate effort above the tl “jon the pe nervous system on so-called tonics | *e¢! of blue moire, made wit ‘ide sash * | effect and ttimmed with collar So: si cuffs of civet. — ACCIDENT OR TENTION. peaee Tower of Pisa the Cause of Much Discussion. The Leaning Tower of Pisa, that | most eccentric piece of Southern of an almost continuous the ¢ause i Scientists and ae from the ordi This is the Jnereting theory tl Field, oundations tilt down gradually and evenly for nine inch- es in the direction of this lean. The Campanile of San Niccolo leans ward the perpendicular. In the Leaning Tower there i is a side—evidence taken tion according ‘to one theory having |. subsided as the result of their inex- we. Bickerstaffe points out, how- ever, that careful the downward dip was so ar- the overhanging This, he says, would have been quite unnedessary if the archi- + had Sire the tower to rise straight w its foundations. Equally Eanes is the fact that. He a be third floor of the’ Bro just’ des- oribea are taken. “PRISON OF SILENCE.’’ Horrible een a Prisoners in mbed in a grim eae on as These are inmates of Portugal’s “Prison of, Silence.”’ In this build- ing everything that ae ingenu- ler the ing torture is is piled tier on tier five stories high, extend from a common centre like the spokes of a huge wheel. The -cellars his fellow-prisoner. Fe endure this torture for more than ten-years. 7 SRE ee rothing is easier than fault-find- ing. No talent, no self-denial a character is required to set up in this business. Minard's Liniment Cures Garget in Cows, F E rs pocka wien ieee p A NEW FALL MODEL. many-colored lights; roots in the Designed by Bernard, Paris. _ | efforts to penetrate rth turn Model of blue satin jacket ng ri Romanesque architecture, has been | human Mr. Isaac Bickerstaffe upholds ar 4 To substantiate this view, he de- it NS. | crevice of in place 1 Frterfore with heir shea with the peculiar soil of Be ives | ty. PLANTS HAVE 10 STRUSGLET MUST TOIL FOR THE PRIVI- LEGE OF EXISTI Scientists Say the Biblical Quota- % ‘tion Is Wrongly Inter- miele 23 not, nei- o i= Ba 1d. tists say, but not the physical fact. The price of existence for the lilies of the field, Se well as = other forms of plant life, is gsant work; it is ae because eg placid of mien, an ot Taibly hurry and fret and strain, that we e of luxuri- book, i ; something of what might be seen if ned. eadow, & copse or a forest would seem all of A Vigorous Tremble, as if straining een yawn ox a i incumbent soil, like a powerful man at ses soa which has ee alien: upon oe rils swooping in curves through otha ait, gripping the first thing they meet and jerking their ort.’ Aoeieacae ments are too slow eyes, is going on within the Contin- plant structure; new gro being added, @nd external injuries ~|repaired and healed over. The life blood. of ae plant is forcing its way through ne fibrous. and. cellular oer and innumerable struc- ural as are hurrying about per- tornuee their varied and neyer-end- ing. may lodge in a pinch of earth in a A Granite Cliff, germinate and send tiny delicate. roots feeling ae way deeper into the en aperture, . Their pro- 3 fully slow, but irre- sciatic Te the course of time the little seed, which fell into such an unfriendly environment, grows ine a sturdy, towering tree roots haye split and rent ee ASSES streets frequently throw ponderous curbstones ‘that rons pace themsel uplifi edeby: aie pelea ars analy frail plants. Even soft- bodied fungi, such as mush-rooms, are le of bursting upward an asphalt pavement. Studente of plant life have found machinery, th pressure. “Every operation of plant life,”’ Professor Gamong says, ‘‘involves some movement, and therefore real work; so that animals and plants are working, and often vane hard from the physical int of view, when they Sale are keeping, alive —a conclusion from: which the read- er is welcome to draw any comforts he can.” Se Try Murine Eye Remedy| the tower | If yor Red, Weak, Watery Eyes or Granulated we lids. Doesn’t Smart ‘Soot! Eye\ Pain. Druggists Sell ‘urine Eye Remedy, Liquid, 25c, S0c. Murine Eye, oe in Aseptic Tubs Se,” 5 ¢ Books Free by Mail. gourd-like | ‘When a mi MEMORY. Degenerates Inte a Mere Deposit Unless Put to Legitimate Uses. Beenie have not only a mem- ory, but a tenacious memory, for some piaeer If for nothing useful, if not for ii ‘observed, for things learnt, for thought, for events, for persons, for the oe sides of things, for we names, for dates—yeb for follies, in the course of a lifetime on that dear self. duum of worthless refuse, degrad- | a ing the nature it should elevate, supplying the mind with unwhole- some food, on which it largely activity; a ought: to. t {or 70,000 pil KAABA’'S sila STONE. Visited er Centuries by Tens of Theu: is of Moslems. ome 245 aie south of Medina and os east of in @ eve desolate, es edited in by barren and only accessible throughs Py ieee: lies Becca, now known one of the most ancient cities of Arabia and the metropolis of all Is- lam, says the London Globe. Makoraba of Ptolemy and the capi- tal of the Hed; chiefly rests upon ‘it: the Kaal igrims annually. before Mohammed was born Kaaba attracted pagan pilgrims as wae, it attracts Moslems for, as eathen shrine, containing a mir- shaloud fetich,-it enjoyed wide pute in very remote times. to its reoonquest b 7 s under the control of the San from whom Mohammed wrested it. For several cent pre it remained un the rule of the humiliation, and 4] the unmannerly crowd of revived users tee it gives most annoy- an often we wish for Gibers Gas reverse of what we de- sire for ourselves! If they could He WEATHER BAROM ‘TERS, *|How Dumb Animals Act Before a torm. Cat’s fur is full of electricity and before a thunderstorm a cat is al- ways Stee eicly lively and playful, probably on account of its electrical condition, Before rain is expected you will see a cat assiduously wash- ing its sick ne eo bray loudly and continuously ‘at the approach of a to f cows lie down in ie ‘e- | early morning instead of feeding, or huddle together with their tails to windward, then there is rain about, up and dow hs field and bie imaginary Be tacles at such ti e phee fica: Ge. head toe wind when the day is going to be fine. But. if they. graze with their tails to windward it is a sure gign of rain, so experienced shepherds say. Like cows, too, they show an unusual liveliness sa the aes ofa storm. Even te pig is watched by piney weather pro- phets, for oe is always uneasy when rain is co Most ite ‘are restless when a change is expected. Rain is cated by guinea fowls and a anette by parrots whistling and by pigeons returning home unusu- ally early, country whic! ger a may be oa to remember, | “If the cock goes crowing to bed, He'll rey. rise with a watery ead.” ir BABY’S. GREAT DANGER DURING HOT WEATHER More little ones es die eae Tt eather than, at ai her time ot the requently faa that a8 pi eyon: id. oe Tablets should always be kept in the home where there are youn; ehudeen: An occasional dose 0! the Tablets will prev: and ‘bowel troubles, or if the tro’ le comes suddenly the prompt use of the Tablets will cure the baby. The Tablets are. sen by ee at 25 cents Dr. ‘Wilton is seach Co.,; Brockville, Ont. Phe for gue phone for a r—they won't need a polict ae i Winard’s Lintment Cures Colds, Ete. An Eye T Murine Eye meg ean Co., Chicago ene Truth is what man knows ; whalt a woman believes: ‘The Small Boy’s Question ost, my son, ‘eisouudia se4no suOWWIT s,pseulW e night? iT Bas="cAnd whi 5 is a perch, papa?” Parent—‘A Sure Hnough. : perch is what chickens perch on at Teacher—What’s the meaning of} night.’’ all Boy—' ) papa, e word transparent uld a chicken roost on rch P? ae Something you can see) Parent—‘‘Why, of course.’”~ Small thro Boy—‘‘And could they perch on a Poe fee Give me an ex-] poost?’”. Parent—‘“‘Certainly, of ample. course.’? Small Boy—‘But. if the Tommy—A ladder. _ ‘that HEY Sighs. ‘SIS as & ins BETES roosted on the perc! ie a roost, then the roost would be eletaaet » -- Bad and Worse, ieee have three daughters on ™ na Me That’s nothing. ED..7. aheee sons-in-law on min ed by @ sort of necessity to let loose | pened to r for; -get!—Blackwood’s Maga- “John, those purelare: ae in the | sale I haye : memory dissociated from sympathy, | enormous sums in adorning and re- recalling ee the things which storing it. In 930 it was sacked by the i who ried off e like—and for. xe. | the oe blak stone and retained it for over twenty years. subsequently fell under the influ- "| dynasty—Fati- Mameluke—hap- in Egypt. Finally it fell into an Sate of the Ottoman sultans, but their power on never more than nomin: From the earliest times Mecca has been a notable trading centre. ae barren soil renders agricultur- operations impr: and the Mechan are thus dependent upon traders one provisions, — but cca’s command of the principal pees Sar, both from north to south and from coi usual facilities for commerce—quite apart from the city’s reputation as a holy spot; which is, of course, the chief ne of its pee made wu ee mod- ern panies me 1 extending from Safa to Marwa, which must be tra- every. pilgrim. The regular bait mounting the hills upon each sid and are, for the most part, of ae ae fairly well built, sometimes be- a picturesque lattice windows overhanging the street, Eyer read the. above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interes! hk How Teddy Lost the’ Bear. RASH ON FACE HANDS AND ARNS Skin Would Cake Over Cake Over and. 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