eee voice be-| Late neki i skel- borage figure said, rs “Yes,” said, Jaspai 3 ee Sh Jaspar Hume; “he will si he raat “But he is dying.” Sine! , foes with me to Fort Provi- pire aay, to Providence he goes, but mide Qu ~ Any flashed went Hume's eye, but he said molest “T shall take him .to his wife; get the wood, Carscailen.” bi Jaspar Hume was left alone wil aie treet Tadian, “who sat be- uae ho is.” ire er was fica ‘a little "bie ‘it sopped inj 8U: ‘or a few eget eit eyes open Gaspe eae dazedly at the man tenting His strony jove him. Sudden! ce there ane DS abi ‘them a look of terror. “You- are Jam an_ awed whispe! 3,” me this, said: varre Lepage, the past is past and dead to me; let it be so to you, exe Was a pausi ow: uu know—al 6?’ “1 was ‘ort Providence; there ci ters ‘from the Huds sqi- Company, and from your wife, saying | that were making this Journey, “My wife, my wife jose!” “Yea, T have & letter for you from b her. @ is on her wa: his head eadly, but he pressed the let- bik ied Hume had just given ips. 0 ti take you to her, Varre Lepage.” if you wilt, "You owe that to hi 0 God!” “To her—to been ae Shoe But I) | alive! ng Bt ie have been true—to n To win her| I wronged you doubly and wronged her, too; cae wronging—| of you, I wronged That Other One. I have . T shal latent spark o tice that might tave deen peethe oh, my wi your fret duty is to eat and drin! ‘We start for Fort Providence to-mor-| ee row epee ing. sick man heghest ye a uk his ee © Pood! Food!” ‘h "ln tele bits, food nd eicink were} iven to him, and his strength sensib- |ameovera his f' increased. The cave was soon aglow | There was little speaking, for the pape nt to n fell asleep. Varre Lopage’s| ‘Lightenin' |-in-t! tal in in turned back and took refu; eave; how month by month they haa that way, and T had Yived-on what would hardly. keep a! ov Pabbit ative; and how at last his mas-| And w 4 cera urged mn “ save i said the weak “ol aa a: find fn ttt this da oy ng | most fi fate the. wilderness primeval with all ae refinements of the sitters 1a-|y tot ata Late Carseallen, sadly a Euume,” the voice recy in atvess pen eonbens do at him atte anes encanta river "full "of floating ce, and up from|woodstave pipe, the second run just Fig, Sarnbly Le poet Se rier Ancembed on tie 1d Orego: and ims, stand vine ty es | siven ang run of 2300 ae to the pied hou hi A mass a in. ees “No, T shill never see her again.” {is ‘voice Shpall “I tell you, you shail. You can live rig Ags The bu: aeaiee ae 18. mil 42-in. what comes to most men when pi Se im; and they'll be here to-night ora uu | Little be little He ele me et hat frost-bitten world Jeff Hyde written, He turneth the leay They are all inscr' and lette! s|He tke me by me hand to the hil le of vi! And ny acl is glad when I perceive e Trapping Mink / ‘The raccoon and mink try the trap- per's skill. aye instinct aut A ning warn them away from ti they can be profitably trapped ee rarae | the trapper. numbers if the trapper uses a soot since minks prey on the muskrats, Their favorite haunt it eae oa streams, and if the wi wad they will be found “wait p toward # a ground and, like biog muskrat, enter | stic wate i the holes through t! district where the nat A have moud- Is track they make is Us ch like that of a er aa but when the two are us- 6 atetrlct | it is easy to dis- n tl Nt w! if out of their burrows and feaviag on water same spot every 6 a log, paseed under or . At th point; just under the water and slight- fy sereenod with water-soaked leaves, the trap should ~ re = the a The trapper ee take is b) tak hs leaves ia own and pout tine” chi and trap, as well s¢ Wass. he stood minis ae a rover and wiil Scavat a mile or two up and down, Sh banks | night. of « siwall sear in a It 16 his heb:t to go nosing "avo ot bogs, Those asuue nis feeding grown jx Eyen though my eae be hard, not hopeless he becomes familiar with, rey he jing en: pet may be used. to good davantage 48 mY ate end of eacl fs 10s, Susur ise Me sth should sabi up to male | a loose wall ate t ‘ush fl ae two walls foin the walls it the ro! ass should rand “ high as the ro of the trap spoukt ve Bere ad" ith wet ‘Teaves t pei se > pul hts foot ont ‘of the tenn }usaally the sidest ‘Ferod aus the eg’) now make r life all & nee acl ; by getting. 2 ‘ett fe cident ‘¥en We = ened et a! pee building for eternity. Builders do! akes La ite.Guard were reunited,. and ‘arre-Lepage slept by the side of Pe ae Hume. (To be continued: |e Engineering Feat in Tasmania. Of all the feanilicat works. rch of civilization, that si the aes edie Tavralbginant is the! meat mantic figure. Indeed, itis at seg bh pioneer of Sagusied, ae ed ‘ished ‘Tt the United Ki der many of the war-time affecting | ordnay living ‘conltons, umbers: ders ssa Fodds Steve ‘Remained Under Ration System and” Prices Continued High. ‘Phe end of one year of peace finds ingdom still beet) waiis'| atopiied. ry; and always it must break oral ts tte own trail—roughhew its aati way against all the obstacles an un- friendly nature can devise. And be- cause nature broke her rule for once, and played engineer herself in the laying out of oe oe site for such a project, the of ‘asmania’s hydro-electric srelonment ig excep- baad interes ihe 8 sr end of the Great re sae flows the river‘Shannon. Paral- jel with the lake and the Shannon runs the river Ouse—120 ft. above lake plished ", re for the clectrical pioneers: and then. added, to clinch the ‘eal, a caters natural reser- * voir alongside the Ouse, just where it de.| was needed as a restraining. basin. | »,_ ‘All the builders had to do, then, wab |) ce ey a long list: of-articles: 1s nd as nature had bee en, this ae | without , improvements. low arthen dams were built,. Aas ‘80 to n line is 4ft. pipes of seen Steg 20% ‘| rail Gauge woode: br ‘The Lord is my teacher, I shall no lose the way. rom bie! bosom. He leadeth me in the lowly path of learning, to! pou ant ‘aod : “aid not visas Lites esters He prepareth a lesson for me every | day; S| He bring ans 49 thie, lear fountaipe} in n, ructio auty of ti trath The i ig a atone book He hath | n r me slow sd with imag ters, { ~| He ot light on the pictures and | he words. | intkasvaite iti) He walkettr beside! : In the dark places Ho whispereti to} m™; Fér ae Lord is lea with His slow lar; He will wait awhile for my weakness, And help me to read the truth through tears. ~Henry Van Dyke, Water on the Brain. Do you get mentally fagged—ani Are dd too quickly? @- you conscious that work suffers from what has been called “mind fog?” Is it pain and tribulation to you ‘to concentrate? to yourself—that your mind seems to he | have lost its grip, its freshness, its B oreipalte’ ‘Then it’s as likely as not that. what you Want is water on your brain! the matter with you is ab- hat is stinence from drink! Asa nation we don’t drink enough. Discern not the mines then tel bond of a prohibitionist here, but the je in- | ideal and natural drink is water. The brain, and the whole mn Li the fof it, Six pints-per day is the hes a of} mum, — And—with’ wat ig ML the log. to continue the} premier place—it dees . not pe int, n matter how you get that amow Tea, ¢offee, milit, cocoa, mineral arslanns gee ‘ail mainly water, and each Spirit; aro quite taboo ‘for os m! ink the iaite They way whip fer a} fhe, Ine ee Tat ls Stes ope ts “enon ici eeata a ana = of | whipped brain 16. tugan Drink more—-more sts Soin at “rappers ratie ee jie a alt! tome: You'll ase and ‘eel, oe brain } hen mee very 2k ‘Ani that's all sig is in it! Ws | § he wah 8 eee the SAS, brain thet does the work, | no! se tna | So water J Sao sf netic sun ot construct material houses without aplen. Have a plan and begin at ae 0 work it. have been res the food necessities hi living problem of the masses, however. ‘Dhere:is abla great t shortage mo a the signing of the armistice. rear eee ha | prices, t | ean men wiLi.tlie tiedere Australian Meat Welcomed. Butche é by att ie more meat, come advice for England. Despite the small ration, only oe 80 per 235 of the meg ailowance ae ca by was due cil either toa change ot cables since the Upeinalts: “3 ae wi f Paths ie a, sale pri tof modities, a the pray is the ae rehas a _alntelubtor sot chee: Bacon hah eel, dried ae 01 ow der, app eie milk ‘The fixing of the it must be noted, does prevent the sale of goofs for a snd mum n price, modified, says a London co pondent on November 24. So far as food is cagnderseny: sugar and butter are now rati is wed a few about ane reas after “ne Nise ot ae msumption of liquor, how-, ae & jae held down rigidly under. d rules. Necessities still ration- | mi shortas siecle Deiat both to the indlvid- industry. ministry of Sig has sone it at ie wea which it fixed for a panidara cine ber of necessities. art @ matter of food and crt has been removed ae been of restrictions on most of has not solved ay Scarcity Raises age rease is attribute! partly the world scareity of necessities, part- ly to the augmented ar Tati wi elve ounces for each person per | week, but owing to the shor allowance has bee: at mi for | amount siicwel ie the: aon eoushen we ea trades has bcen reduced nd a further redu Whei ct ek-0: was - ted to sell it to me my his customers. ey had al- respect! apd had their ration cr not. his ‘way some ‘people wi able to exceed we aegieunt previ idea. for by their per- much below the limit fixed by ork of Food Ministry. The ministry is bellies to Be a8 largest in the world. pel alate is about $1, oa, 000,000. ca the department isnot to make profit, but in Peikactions hte! msn: tude it is’ impo sites ct tite, pekets Dale it wing seine ay 1919. Gas sad piesa ‘Business 3. Pro: demand trom pelle sent countries, currency ee adverse f The las d _protounedt Asean th ased to eight ounces, and'ts cane re so ees - meat wasi rationed Sak a agi ch person ae ae. ve all ae fixes whole- ther ¢ thi 7 light OUse. lish writer. fee to build ad once became. | very much abused, and wi s-azenenally) man. pak ‘2 00. as One. Hoe sk BarvencrG0 On vane he ull a Lighthouse. course, the value then of owning a wguitaiee lay int ae money that was sir 1 ton from vessels pass- on the ekthicuies ¥Frot the cliffs of Dover we can Gris Nez an- swering our Foreland light. Thoug! to-day both nations loom greatly-in the rid, the lights re- Ey call a lighthouse.“un phare,”’ the wo being derived from the most famous Bs ‘the early lights, that erected in 270 B.C.,.on the aa mpeste of Rharos in the Bay of Alex: Th wer was one of the Seven ‘Wonders of the World, its rays being visible at about forty miles, and the cost estimated at $1,000,000. It was overthrown by an earthquake in about 1220. The first ae a ete seems o have been built at Caister in 1600. The ena ight is thenerected, and a named Frobi@er built a Tight at P aenabee) having to pay the Ago $41.25 annually. ‘avigation would-be almost impos- sible without pee one and conse- stentiy their v: he nation is wel ii it is as- make up wo: ©. terprise, peta em : ‘Gere of the Eyes. cecur to you that most he tS eye. ity yo Mess 6 glass: d or gained by the use of ater, eeciper rary. The rivalry of can honor of shee iny the locomotive png ltge 03 ion proceed the evol estes of the ha nie and frames not only ait and Crompton and C; but to numberless othe: rT WO} erful, in- | ventions which Save cat f ese men’s ffer ease a bupucee tims Thu nd independant claims tinve Deen mado for he discovery of ation, the interpre- ileroelyphites, the s ine, the shee tati of nd stars aa ie: in: the. fbr ap and. telephone, as well as many other casts making discoveries and inven-| hi for which have done so much aend Stas a Ee Easy— ‘To. apol To Seti ees Or, ‘Vo be unselfish, ‘To face a sneer, To be considerate, To shoulder deserved blame, an ugly eral ‘To maintain a high’ To recognize tho sliver gree But—it always pays eae iaes: France to Store Gnlnsives in Glaciev-fed Lakes. ‘The glacier-fed lakes of the -Pyre- nees are to be the storehouses for Be amiee Ee ash aceumalation of military sple e carat tn tes Se Ge of deputios, shew if ans aoe outright, 1 an ebwsan, ghd eves and tae trata power to us: ere is always ple! a ae which to capitalize a earnest brains, z olden aeye, a man ‘wht cee just today he Shite a Thentee— hoped te make a for: tune from i As a matter’ of fact, men who Samet pein iy place | ermanent hesco on dangerous. parts of our coast ma thousands of ee profit, says Baeiish is practice ae allowing private ind us that at one time they -were rj Count of shortage of’ teachers she de- ae board’ but the first crude lights which shone from. joulogne and Dover were those erect} ed by the Roman legions, ane weenes har 1 : modern times is ae within a a tre foot limit? ‘This means the belief of economic | a st become aut at they mut 0 ae us r close work y, the ae auces: % ured hims Some people and If ee eyes d to, sor a sol tution of Sous ut this should be only SS A Visit to the ead Behe i aa hands had eytdently rot seen soap Did < ever visit “yor yeater for” some. ‘time snd whose school? I é?d this pies T pepe ert unacquainted with comb, or | tered a> smail, rather = See {bras room in somé respects. ‘The doors of this building are never front. of the-room: hg the as ‘lécked, ‘there is. no. way to lock them. boards eos sides of the The windows lave no. secure fasten space. ie room, i at beteent pindiosys, aks ings, and often pupils are in the build- stretched squares of nee probably ing an honr before their teacher ar- intended for exhibiting good work or fives. ols respeet for person or prop- whatevgt the teacher wished to pin on, eX4¥ axe shown and ou it. A Tew stale samples of drawing taught. “at recess time cake noise and were pinned on one piece of purlap,| disorder prevailed that nd pas’ ‘on various parts “of the eae ‘0 ‘hold pada ti with walls, and. on the Exant ‘blackboard the, teacher. were Christmas ~decora! Seed is lacking, not only in "The teacher is a beiehe ied but she} the school itself, but in the Se cn ary missed her calling when she! this gested a your district? “Are took up teaching. She volunteered the | the this school? information when she first took the|# member of the school board of this n at she never intended, to) district? Are the father or the teach, but when the county decided! moth e of these childrer to-accept high school gradhates on ac-| Don’t blame the teacher, nor ld try it. ‘A lage clock hangs dead.on the! does not teach for nothing. Untih the ‘all and a small alarm « lock ticks on/ Salanies of..teachers are improved, it the ee a with its back tothe! Will be impossible to obtain the-serv- room. gram was in view, | ices of the best oo on women 4 ee the. jeraee thad one for her, this most importan ‘The 3 ae Five ‘classes recited during Pe¢y lies ‘with peed Mother, the time T'yaa'te the room, se an cast aE eblock till recess time, and one! pupil was asked to do any board noe | “Hired Man's Room.” ‘armer who is farming close to ie aa space is.small but there is ‘500 acres of land has put into practice a novel plan of handling his hired help five or six*t ai at - e thai 0 time on there eae ae that number in any one class. Every pupil in tee room ancweret employed, and ap-to fast etmamer she: it ang Ry Ae cn! pupils in iano ax and kee} hes te builta fine naw farm hom only four or five appeared to have d in drawing up the plans for it hit work to “cok after. A failure in reci- upon the idea of setting apart the tation ane Been sed by with a frown on lower floor of one part of the house part, or the. remark,! as a “hired man’s room”—1 a bunk- t more time on your,room, but a room that Bee serve No one was asked to| the men just as the living 100m serv- | ed. the family for resting, reading, et room: aie. built into opposite ‘sites! The ublity side was also looked of the building and equipped with a, after. r0\ 0 chemical’ closet outfit, Right here let! on one side wall where the men could say that our own small boy of six hang their coats shen oomig ie Dion s it is so filthy in the boy ae Oh, tha gihesiniie, be iebtalled teller soot Wa Seth HOE go into it. Tin waah® bowls.” This has. ineont'a big the corner next the boys’ toilet stands‘ saving of work to the how a very unsanitary open water pailand, the men now go direct to the room to | dipper. ee you want your child; prepare for meals instead-of usi to drink ther itehen. ¥ There are ie recitation seats, and e room is fitted up with comfort- of the a ks are so insecurely! able chairs, couches, a writing desk, ed, that they flop, and squeak,| and a cabinet for guns, fishing tackle, and wile qore freq Ghently than ic| and elma hinged Hens. the men peas | really havea home of their own, hildren from some of “our| owner declares that the plan ine es “families” whose Shaes and necks’ arena idly, BITS OF HUMOR FROM HERE & THERE ° but later on the doctor ito by accident, that he board ship, ked why his ‘order had pita found. ty i Ang not been obey Re ed the captain, “we tried to send him peng: byt a-ser- Eaaak of polite haile nd that s he io ite landed or Matrimonial Alterations. we'd be fined 2100, 0. we Just kept “Agnes married a self-made man, | him on boar . didn’t she?” “But did you not signal to the depot; “Yes, but she has compelled him to | as T said?” make S eanhy: aiteree ms.” “Yes, we did; but neither me not the signalman knew how to spell rheu Theitt: matism, so we called it smallpox.” “Dere Mister Baditer: Tam sending ' you a pome to print in yore magazine What's Its Use? worl elibiy ar sa Kepa in- at attempts in the same direc- | ‘The cotton industry owes | a ight, | dark that I didnét seo that one bh, Jimmy, v hand, ane: fo RvR eE NC ain the trang glove. gree. and some stamps for wer i case| Little Jimmy went with his mother eep | to stay with an aunt In the country. the stamps and I will call or ies ig oe his mother was very worried as tC” ow he would behav: An Apoloay. “Bub ta, WO surprise is Pa s angelic during the whole visit— s did as he es told, and never Se sridea: n as he got home, however, ho was iis Gabiral gel! again, .” she said, ope were so good Ww y, why do you start behaving badly now?" “What's home for?” asked Jimmy in pained surprise. “Tommy, I put three pies ‘e this morning and now there's only one. How is that?” ny—“Please, Auntie, it was so Reckless peome Doctor—“Madam ‘hall to paint your bane’ throat silts ni- trate of silvel “7s Profiteer’s Wite—"Pleasé use nitrate A Too-obliging Ocean, of gold, doctor. ‘The expense is quite) Cormelius on is frst visit e the |immate ate aside went down to the beach at low de and saw a big fining pei ii high and dry on the mud flats. “Hey, mister,” he geld’ top fohier- man, “how do pak Ree that big boa down. to the w “We don’t ta ee te boat ie to the a "Tho Moral eo be 4a will make three wishes,” said be aia: arhioned. fairy, My will aoe that “You're & tle alow seb the office shes laugh, come true faster’n you can think ’em z “Say, miste’ “T-may be” up.” trom the country, but Tati'e goin’ to yam swallor that.” in noah Rear In the zoology class at a primary Judging By Expericnce. At the local club the conversation mn the topic of the Hnglisn school the chvlarent a Just be mai ow fon fardon ‘phrases when speaking of a oman, Her cheeks are always ee her hands are smy~ Seed her nd, “t's a unicorn. You can ah by its periscope!” A Dosey “You've forgotten one,” broke in the 8 a distinct air of chasten- ' an with the sour face, who had hith- ed renlenatin abont him as he penned | orto heen silen hich one?” —I return herewith your kind note in|’ “Her tongue. It's a scarlet ‘ran: which you accept may offer ofmarrlage. pers” I would draw your attention to the iy fact that ft begins ‘Dear George,” 1 do not know who George is, but my She Made Sure. name, as you will remember is Thom- get was one of the new type of ‘vy vernestio help.” Sho knew all about the science of the thing. One day her How it Happened. employer—there are no miatr wadays!—vemarked to her, no Little Blizabeth es hn iar “phe water you brought for luncheon this morning tasted ee peculiar, Bridget.” Sa Trish ae ee hat only wey'of calling them “ matty ‘our thnesbridled as she replied: “Bure ma’am, there's wan nae abot T know there wasn’t a zbevhs oatiaenst | germ left in it, for Tren it all torouptt se Lik spent j the e niiicing-machine twice.” sit SE ODL Ax institation for(the blind in Lon- vet yt some excuse » Dares. the i A Matter of Spelling, sailor was. taken il with if} bad attack of rheumatism while mine: | ridden by twelve men, the steersnian ane on a trawler. being the only one required to have hi siek man was prompts y ordered | sight. Ligne