om =i we} way i-| In e a square! mh given trick: on his hae t Ben: here at the lot id ji left the camp we hauled| the carcass home on a sled. It was when we reached the farm; the - chores for the night were "done, and| tl Be folks all in the house; through ig! ter “3 ee in the ‘Theodora reading a story and the ret listening, Abner Doane among “Shall te ree a sates, stde: Tne Saale ieee as “Wet play a joke on Ab with it. He ‘ha 3 put arn Peach Ab will run on*to him in the-darl Addison’ and sae gs no objection; > * t done, we tee in to greet the folks as usual, had our supper, and - ater chatting for an Shate retired 3 rae ‘ing things aie fixed, supponed) for Abnet as might ies cooing the cath one sae had calves in a pen hey hipe ae d Bese & a alate Se plaintive sounds roused grand- eee and after listenin; Tow, went za the ithe ne as it! get the barn lantern. But chanced, the oil in “the lantera had went on i: and wagon house to the passage that his own conceit, I to playing and me, as well as aa an after dark that evening hi barn t we call them Gat ‘to ee. the ‘There was a flared her blaze she plac- of course, prevented the faint ight from shining ahead; but Fie knew Fit juence, the ok old pe against that bear fore she saw the black object men in the dark! It eeieinten her nearly, to death, 's- shag! tak the Scented she shied. RSs it! She scream: ed and ti back, dro: ‘opping her Neale, Soul ye ferteeeale went ab but in the wagon house she in barn!” when down oe au at sae thing quite like a oe old gentleman a no tittle ad to revive her with the camphor moment she had sreeained | her tha: when he reached the passage in the ba Boor. es stopped short and beat x he had caught sight eaters ‘od, Me, standing up on the stairs that waked Addison and me. “Something is wrong below,” Addi- 0) p tl ball cartridge. haste and, going dow: the old er in, the ae of oe ping “Gram, nat is the matter?” we feted at o1 “Boys, there's a bear in the barn!” ne cee in coasiaaratle excite- Phases x eve a shame-faced look at me—and then of course! we: mad a yee reas As old squire was very atentrauk ee youthful follies; dlue eyes snapped. For a moment ee caeicideg shen: nets the anilaket carefully away and remarked ale ‘ now ne RES hitch up and go get Dr. gr Banat is seriously hurt. | oer for our Lia ot ae lady’s ee prov And tha‘ Aber ‘Dane age h the wile of came down smiling the next gta! FROM HERE & THERE é Sl saya th “What's egotism, Ned sort pf ingrowing Sain coe my ak . Their Own Dope. “The Gaxttans complain that it: is @ peace of hat “They shouldn't object to that. just the kind of a ut to PAeHe, It’s war they started The Easy Life. “You college men seem to take life sd easy.” es; even when we graduate we lo : by degrees.” uknaws _ ®eacher—Don‘t you know that pune- javing the Sfione Trouble. “Here, Blinks, I wish you’d take my save them the trouble of coming over after them. They inva Hard. “Mother. I'm so lonesome, I've no one to play with,’ ‘f see ees rane “Well, go and play with - “Oh, I played with him this “inept an’ I don’t Belay well enough to come out Ms eee ey Satisfaction. There en a terrible pele quake, oe nec henisely one lady asking another if she was nat terribly frightened. ‘Oh, no,” she said; “I rather. en- _ Joyed it, ie it was the first thing that evér happened since I was married es paaban did not 1 blame me fo) His ‘Fathers Bo: Ty year, Yes,” said Charl that! ’s what the ae dust ne uti me.” L walking very carelessly. Leaving eae iS. said the musi- 0 ® three each evening, but they never, never die. Not That Kind. “Griggs and his wife are not getting along very smoothly, I hear,” said ‘Brown to Smith. “No,” ire Smith. “and you can’t wonder Sees girl that ipoted ike s magazine cover, and then expected her to work like a cook ook.” plained. Aanoteag tena Sie AG indteloloey. peared before Judge Blank the other day for sentence. The he e looked OXEK ane Seen attor mage and ton dave” ig down to A prisoner ap- he an- 's the ten days for?” asked eee for the defense. tax,” replied the court, ‘ They Both Had Experience. injured man, “you mu:t hay§ b I am a very I have, been driving a ar on me,” m. yei you've wot nothing 1 “I've been qalkine r @ man. for fifty-four years.” ‘ood For Thou ugh: ashing-day, Ate “John had ucky Adam. sary day Adam was ie aaa 1d to ork for a living was ae ae of his life. He hi him to work aii no rel ane lick for drop of Crete shed upon the land watered his own crop, and he did not have ss fence against his neighbor's chicken: Spots | bscothexe to sa | battle zone. | as a national mon The B m afraid your] frst SUGGESTING OME oF THE TRIPS spon OPEN To TouRisTs, isnes and Belgium Are Already Mak- ing Preparations to Welcome Sight-Seeing Travellers, - Befo. 2 long there | will be a steady fow of visitors to tourists consi, the ae unconroled by military regulations, and unfettered ee euals passes,” mage = English of- ‘the tourist agencies are Cassel, Ypre: Lille. The th will, no doubt, be a third day may well consist of an early Rese start from Arras, do’ to Bapaume, and so across the most feats road of the seams, eeee by Warlen- , Pozieres, La Boel miei to whom sucht haste will b will reveretly set Igrimage to hh tiers eon son, or father “ites es ee and will plant flowers on the 2) ee Ready For cae wh thie ee to visitors, i8 not so far Ts eS ae no prospectus has yet been issued, ow- ing to the present entrSeo Re tt is well known that com} al- ready being formed to ecexplolt” the Both French and Bel- gians are also making ready to wel- me these guests. Ypres is to be preserved in ruins. Arras is to be re- stored, but the eathedral is to remain jutte de vaca on the Somme will probably be railed around, Ee already notices are posted up that , for it is to b wil ee trenches, shell vos EN ed. In order that nothing shall be miss- ing, I hear that a company is trying to buy up half a million brass shell cases, eed not expect trouble except from overerowded hotels and super ex- It Will Not Be Cheapo Even os at sete will tend to disa a landowner close to Typres is oat as land for “| sale had better hire out on a farm! And| tor expenses, the agenci cater for fi pockets, but probably at a day will be about the charge. I hear, however, of a possible tour- de-l luxe, on which all travelling will be d the guests in historic chateaux, which were formerly occu- fort would..at least work out to $50 a day, to eae Ge motoring, and full board and lodg Our deepest peuiattlen will not be extended to the cla: visit battlefields merely a timely word of advice may be given. Make Inquiries First. Even with the fullest directions as furnished by t Committee, it 1s ext xtraordinarily itary cemeteries. rs for one close e ee by the Somme River before finding it. ‘2 become obliterated un- ae. Ce val tre of ae various offen; t] pecially useful is a sketch map mad by has actually visited the spot himself. ‘Treasure all such records. You will need them when the present eesti eee withdrawn, and when, as is suggested by Winston Churchill, e the privilege of seeing the cee rmade seed for ever. an eae Job. Two charming damsels met nee ee ee oe afternoon, and ai srest ed each other . with capukrous kisses “Another injustice!” said a passing yout; just save AS his friend. ore unfair c a earth a che mean?” ex- Slaimed his companio: ‘Why,- there’s another men doing a man’s job “The Better the Day——” was smart-looking, at evi- aenty seas to ee ee the busi- ha fiice-boys and hey had. left him ease of wo- in ai sims: sceptical. “Are these all you have?” he asked, s-he turned over the applicant's testi- monia sir. Aren’t they enough? her’ one from my minister, and @ from my Sunday-School goer, «Well Ta have: lked ia tew “wor, from someone win knew you tg the week.” ; “Small Bo}: “B- ie you, won't ue Y-you’re scalped cele ants Nearly e Be oe a |, tarniliar and ing of “thei habits, sti etuxe, ade “of Wing, te: ey vary in size from the sepatter ait eat lives in teat pone or old arts ‘opical forests, and as the a zone to the arctic circle. The housewife goes to the pantry, | Some summer’s day, to get some and ae that the acting is covered \red ants. e, like “swatting the fly.” ping, » The fir: rt ey is to take everything With aro | TBE 06 oe word 2 ° a tiediy pnd erie dearer a ww | the r y. wit child's n nooling, erected ld strensth, and|_ i: impairs his future usefulness. Again—The Fly. ever-present menece—the fi ‘hi 0 be sure, no house hout a fly swatter and a ae and ee there’s a ought. to swatters, father and ee other for mother to eee and all kind , but it| to rey, ek shuts off their supply of per Tanglefoot—plety Han: kind that comes in sone. from the| 2 waging stop to think tiffs. g| may wrap herself in it, to her ter, ‘ood-box may be the seat of the feoablesar ts aeet ane If ants like the sweet thins in the] ed. the best cup! boards one of tl is to mix with twenty part edies grease eaters use grease instead of e honey in the same proportions as cia ‘ Te rae are troublesome in lawns s bee in, trance to the nest oak be eee iy. a blank- et or inverted ae placed over it in phases retain the chemical, The fumes of the isulpbide val eae slowly through the channels and kill the aie Child Laborers. joes the compulsory school at- tendance law protect children from ig hours i ree the best the period of attendance requir. ed is meagre. There is always a loophole through which children may be piped to work. lass of tourists who | th: farm life. But we have learned that mi i one oe = tartar emetic) a: xtract What have I done to-day, now let e in bed. Nor massage out the wrinkle in my lI 1 wrought as well—I sang my son rmaldehyde— best ot = ae = ‘ldanicet pup d of ten parts of formaldehyde seh relght “parts of of sugar in the sea fon dish on @ small sponge and set where it will not be es careful to keep well out res a of domestic animals, children and careless people. It’s the fly you are Toes i 's Labor. me think, I Aves? eet the book I should Tans pak Saat s all on Mrs. Brink. Nor spend the youth-restoring hour I sae ake the fruit-cake, but ne Bet Close cuddled and content upon my knee. What have I ae to-day?—I missed the Guild And ae forgot my shopping trip My sisted ante HS amply filled ‘iot left the cover of my organ down.| w I I didn’t sew the new flower on my y tent But son and I played marbles on e floor, And there was virtue quite as muck in that Perchance than though I had ac- complished more. What have I done to-day?—now let me se ve =e the paltry things from out! @™ hve smpthered Ladaie’ eth teu played And owes ve happy; making nie tare why God, creating hu- Made Mothers “ be guarded safe in| To. an a pees active, eager mind, To hold a little jad in loying arms. A COLORED SOLDIER'S FEAT. Won pea by Stopping 2 German aid Single-hande ae off a German Ste party aid not demand the hardest fighting of | Re ate Lae ig aoge mce 3 369th ne Infantry, French war cross, landed in New York he told the following story to a report- er of the Evening World: “You see, 3s was this way,” he be- gan. Robe! Eien tw cl said a ‘myself, ‘I hear some snippin’ of them wires out there,’ and I called Roberts, but while he was a-comin’ I reached/down and slid the lid offen a Ais of hand grenades. He didn’t come; ue put ‘em in a row up in front of “Phey kept on snippin’ my wires, and I Tet go with a grenade. Then I ebtet my rifle and let go with ae ty-one clips of bullets}, Some Germai bullets come flyin’ back, and I yells] down to Roberts, ‘Better come on up here! Every Dutchman in thi oods is out here, and I'm goin’ out and take dat eae 4 “Roberts shed but went Ses ee Ag in thet hip Ane cheoueb his arm. I was suah tossin’ out dem hand grenades, boss, -but ee a- fumblin’ with his arm, gd¢ in m BAS down in youah hole!” / T “Pass me them grenades from mah feet, And Then I grabbed mah erm | : to ‘em when h jes’ jumped up and started ater’ ‘em sees ah gun, a-swingin’ it hard and heavy. ee 28 Ah cracked a few it busted uj “Ah didn’t stop to ask no int rod. due- tions er excuse myself, but jes’ sailed in, Has out aah arena ve sore elled eta “Oh, eat bie ee has tna to nae I saw one guy that looked like a loot. him right over my anoe “Ah guess that sta lasted ciel pete ter eek let out to me. Ah was pretty well mussed up, and so was BE ie) took soot ut the eine a had Bees zee to Ge dees watery h wai When Fan Laughed. Have you ever seen Admiral Beatty smile?” The bluejacket took time to con¢ ones ae Bees and then we heard; him cl seen David smile?” he exclaimed. “Bless you, ma'am; I’ve done better than that. I've heard him laugh—; reg’ te for-an’-aft, Al, copper-bottom- ed laugh.” “Gme_bul it,” the sarcasm was com- pletely wasted, “that would be before the war ” Our sailor jerked himself,bolt up- right in his chair and slapped his thigh. “Net a bit of it, ma'am; not a bit of it. Til give you the date. It's one we've got logged 1B the Navy with ink that won't wash out. It was’the 31st o’ May, 1916.1 was standing: as at se time, and that’s’ how lsuehos a real tip-top ee ere WOMEN Seog cee a one of we Many Wartime Tasks a nglishwomy “Among the Jobs women sate relin- quishing with sighs of regret is that t | of bargee, says an Hnglish asrresenen Last bargee en on our pering black course between “Hayes anc Only te Very Ineky anos will be. dn: ing the same this year. — we day’s run is about 30 miles. The full 300-mile trip is thus accomplished in ten days, during the whole of ee time the girls live on board, stee: managing the boat's vce seeing to the cabins, Fae looking after themselves coher ae a rule the barges work in pairs, tea strictly, taboo. Somstines the stron beak is fitted witl “motor-engine. Sometimes. all the a work is done by a horse. Learning $a Walk is 3 Our little cherub learned to-day To stand alone and make her Pty With tears and oft-recurring dou From mother’s knee to father’s Aue With es a failure, many a pause, uke, now by applause, With Ree and oft-recurring doubt. She toiled her little journey. out. And ever as her faith declined, She strove anew, for there behind ‘Was ae sweetly erooned/ com- And on nitead her father’s hand. ‘And oh, at last when she survived Her tiny perils and arrived, ‘What depths of feeling unexpressed Were stirred within each guardian breast We older children of the earth shy doubt and pain and dank cee ttend the journey all the And all our pa for heart“ or mind that we shall find, The refuge of a father’s arm. pas Sets at A New nei suntie Jack and Uncle James had e to see their sister abd her sweet Tittle children, and, like the good-ne- tured fellows they are, they wore s00 inveigled into the nursery. For fe ae there was nothing more than amout of uproarious SES “denoted that the little ones that mamma hurried up to find ae the cause of “Why, children, ee eomnatey se she noise children!” is all this Beh Mitte Beas aa smiled. “It's all right, m are sieniie a new Gee ing into oe Tons? a you om and see us play?” ie grat Raamanied orier Sune" se million dollars, placed through the Canadian ‘Trade Commission, has been ae eRe BAG ey Have journeyed farther from our birth, | tition pious native believes ft number of revolutions o: ae prayer- | wh@el the better will ork prayers be answered, and,he either turns it hand, or lets the wind or water tu “The watercourses of India are now being, harnessed for the purpose | et md but one towing ime oe and four girls to | means especially in | the hot é may overeat : AND ISA GOVERNMENT GUARANTEE OF PURITY "W. 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