FSH Ee ee tet te tte tt +4 I "Women are very odd creatures," murmured Appleton Stewe when he had ad his godson's episile. He removed glasses and polished them with an unsteady hand. Indeed, both hands were unsteady. Yel he was neither in- xicated nor unwell, and he was only rty-six. He wae, moreover, chief mathematical master at Bolingbroke College, with a head of unrivalled sl th and clearness for abstract prob- - ie joggers especially .Muncas or dog iip, a.much younger master, of the Z : n side, a Blue who played for the emerge when they a him badly, charged down the corriddr in hjs flan- me "nels and thrust a passing set of fingers at Appieton's ribs. "Come and referee for us?" he cried. "1 think not," said Appleton. "And | : wish you'd keep your hands to yourself, : Smith." "You shouldn't be so fat and tempting, old chap !" Appleton glanced al the nether reaches of his waistcoat. Il was true, He pos- sessed a budding curve where, at thirty- six, no obvious curve is wanted. Boubtless it was quite otherwise with Nelson. His mind's eye saw this Cap- fain Reginald Greatorex Nelson, R.N., as the beau ideal of a man; brown. and sinewy and straight, where he--Apple- ton--was curved; gay, as a sailor i expected to be,--and so forth. rushing his godson's artless note in ; Jhand, he returned to his study, and gazed at the photograph of his godson's mother. He had often gazed at it with different emotions, ugh seldom with- out deep-seated remorse as the primal emotion of them all He had loved her when she was a child, His first bitter blow came with the news of her @ngagement, at eighteen, to that rich fellow, Clarence Muncaster. Il was her scheming mother's work. He had meant to propose to her when she was a little older. But Muriel's mother played her own game, and so his darling became Mrs. Muncaster, with the hand- be of some thousands a year. hen came the little son--Clarence Lawe Appleton Nelson Muncaster. Ap- pleton wes one godfather ett Nelson the other. Muriel did her best to console Appleton in thal way. But Nelson was another of her worshippers in those days, and there was something bitingly humorous still in the memory of this pair of them standing by the font, and of the two or three glances they exchanged. Muncaster died when Lawrence Lawe, ele., was six, and cre he was seven Ap- pleton made a special journey to Red- ecmbe to propgse. He returned with choice, if not cheering reflections. Nel- son had three months ago written a pro- pesal from Hong-Kong--he was then on the China station. Muriel told him this dimest sadly. She told him also that she didn't think she could ever marry again. But he couldn't forget hee. He pro- | posed again later on, and yet again. Il was now nine months since he had seen her, and he knew nothing except what bs _ the Y Sieapr wrot€ in his childish letters ~~» gpocoasionally. : "Shall 1 go?" he asked Muriel's bright, smiling eyes in the photograph. | The eyes said "Yes" unmistakably and, reddening faintly, Appleton stole upstairs. He put his dress clothes in a | bag. And then he went down to the station with a courageous determination to go through with the distressing duly before him. In the train he read his godson's letter once more, "My tenth bitthday . . . a party be- ceuse of it. , . mums does so wish you would turn up... . There's a: special reason, but I mustn't say anything about it... . And there's someone you'll he so awfully pleased to see. Mums says that doesn't mean her, of course. I's someone thal is a novelty. Don't J spell awful well now? But you aren't te think I want you te come because you always used to bring me something whenever you came. I swear f don't. And | hope you are, quile well and will be sure to come, especially as to-mor- row is one of your half-hglidays, and you can always please yourself at such times, _.. You will refoice to know I kicked o goal yesterday in our school match be- tween Under Twelves and Over Twelves.' An artléss-epstle! And yet Appleton didn't feel so sure now as at first. Mur- icl's own postscript seemed now to dis- court the artlessness. He hadn't thought so befgre. Probably, the whole letter wae her composition. "P.S.--Doesn't he wrile a lovely letter for ten? Do come, unless you would really vather not. Captain Nelson is here. I never saw him looking better. He was promoted last week to full com.' mand of the Snap, so you must prepare fo congratulate him. M." . Appleton felt more like preparing to punch Captain Nelson's head, whatever he commanded, Though thirty-six, and losing his shape somewhat, he still had boyish impulses; and he realized that his love for the godson's mother was as troublesome as ever, Hh. Redcompe in ils autumn weeds was a dull Jittle hole, and Appleton wars (its orily passenger by that train, "The nippet aight have met me on chance," mused Appleton, as he moved away wilh his bay. It was a bad omen, Th beginning, no doubt of as nasty a series of humiliations, great and small, as a radically love-sick man was asking for by his folly. He had just passed Dollard's, the con- fectioner's when something darted out and clutched him with a shrill "Hallo!" "(lallo to you, my boy!" said Apple- ton with a smile, nol.so very unlike a grown-up specimen of his godson's lively grin. "This is. jolly!' declared the godeon, who then darted baek to the shop with a shout of "Captain Nelson f° 'rhe -godfathers nretat the shop thres- held, and again it behoved Appleton to smile. The sailors smile seemed to. Ap- pleton uglier, than any Cheshire cat's, but Appleton was nol going lo be beaten in éordialily yet, jad Weee you agaif, old man," said the sailor, speaking and swallowing at the same time. "We were guzzling tarts, weren't we, Clarry.?" "You were, you mean," said the god- gen. "I hadn't sfarted." : "Then get back and start. You may : Rave three penny ones. 'Tell her I'll pay, and I'm taking Mr. Slowe home." ~The paternal-air already i Appleton's kings filled, and he felt that with a litle more provocation he could smile the arrogant, happy brute. WAl- Never had he seen his brother fu ook so-~so handsome, hang him | / His Taos radiated eénténiment, - f other arm and set the pace. He made al} the conversation until they were close fo the fine house on the cliff, which was much too large for one small widow and her still smaller son. He men- ticned the mild weather, Appleton's healthy appearance, a~new gun they were trying on his beat, the socialist bubbub, the godson's growth in bone and general wickedness, and last of all the main thing. "You'll be surprised to hear I'm going to be married, Stewe. What do you think of sthat?" 'he asked with, a chuckle. "tT am not surprised," said Appleton. "S expected it. I hope you will both en- icy yourselves." 'Thanks, old man." The sailor squeezed his arm, "Mrs. Muncaster thinks. we've a decent ehance of bliss, and all that." "You have, at all events," said Apple- ton, with sudden ferocity. "I beg your pardon, Nelson. 1 don't see why you uldn't both have. I'm a selfish beast, that all." The sailor chuckled on as if that was a rare joke. "What more do you want to be?" he asked, chuckling still. "Don't be so con- foundedly greedy. Your own turn will come." And then two ladies appeared at the gate of the house, and thie sailor, pinched Appleton's. left biceps and gave him amazing information. . "Thats my girl, Stewe, in grey. Step up and be introduced." . But for several moments. Appleton could only gasp and stare, with his hat iy his hand. He had bowed to Muriel, whose dear face was all smiles; but that was before the sailor's information. forth. 'Those others were already hand in hand. Even a sailor, it seemed, didn't mind making a public exhibition of him- self in love. He pressed Muriel's offered hand and read ineffable kindness in her eyes. The sailor and his young lady had already disappeared, * "Well?" said Muriel, looking up and down. "Aren't you pleased to see me again?" Appleton echoed the word. "Yes, pleased? And pleased with our little surprise? 1 knew he'd find some- one else to suit him in time. He wrole and asked if he might bring her down. { was delighted. But come and have some tea." "Why were you delighted ?" Appleton asked, hearsely. "ah, I don't think I can tell you! And vet, why not? It's because'--and she whispered--"he bothered me 80 terribly. You know what about. You both both- ered me, and I assure you it is a bother when there are two men and one likes them both." And then shout. "Muriel !? he exclaimed. "Yes, Appleton," said she. Her eyes rest.. Never was &@ man 60 abruptly translated from the cold regions of de- termined self-obliteration to the heaven af his best hopes' attainment. 'IVs quite true," she assured him, smiling on. "I don't mind in the least saying such things to you, because you are unchangeable as a--a triangle." "Muriel !? he exclaimed again. "My incredible Muriel !" "your incredible Muriel," she said, "is 1 forward minx, isn't she?" She ran, laughing, up the five steps to her house, but waited for him in the hall. "What do you think of me?" she de- mended, with charming defiance. "Am 1 changed at all in the last ten years? i sometimes think not." Every man and boy of Bolingbroke Appleton - felt inclined to the next moment. He deposited his bag at his feel. and clasped Muriel in his arms with mathe- matical precision. His hands met and clasped themselves behind her back, and he kissed her solemnly three times. "At last!?. he murmured, almost prayerfully, between each kiss.--Lon- don Answers. ---- SENTENCE SERMONS. The strong mind will not have a sore head. Arguing with a fool is only augment- ing folly. Every Sunday prayer wails for a Mon- day amen, Religion should be a good sword, it makes a poor shield. There is in this world for any of us what we see in it and no more. but beating about the bush. Some think they are firm in the faith who are only frozen in heart. If you are a true friend you never need to put on an.air of friendliness, A living exponent of the Bible is worth any number of the best expositors. Many a ehureh is substituting working the world for working for the world. An annual sprint in religion will not do much good in the heavenly race. The world might soon be made good it only. veligious people would » make good, It is as much'our duty to brighten an- other's way as fo lighten his load, {dle admiration of the master's teach- Ing' is no-better than utter rejection of it. The strength of a man's will is. likely to he in opposite proportion to that of his breath. Many a yeu? is a hero in battle because he has nol shirked the dull drill in days of peace. : i's no use praying for a clean city un- less you are willing to do part of the Lousekeeping, The neve a man uses the top of his head the more careful he will be as to the use of. the front of it. Lots of sorrow would be cured if we weuld own it as the fruit of sin instead of charging it-up to Providente, The kingdom of heaven is matiifest in any city not by the height of the steeples bul by the level of the people, ee FOR AN APPETITE. appetite," envidusly. fave a good remarked the -- thin zman, "What doa you lake fer Lt?" "my all my~ experierice," &You rast replied the plump. one, "I have found nothing more suitable than food." Pp FAL PIP: When_a girl tells a young man that she dreamed of him the night before it's up to him to propose or get out of the game. If there are no distant relations at a (man's funeral it's a safe hel that he died poor. The small boy may love his neign- bor even™beller than he loves himself --if she gives him a generous hunk of Muriel took pity on him, and. tripped | and her smile did all the | weuld have liked to see Appleton Stewe | oo By - ~VV VPs SOME DAINTY DISHES. To Bake Cake in Hurry.--lIf you will put a tablespoontul of boiling water on your buller and sugar when you are baking cake, you will find that it will cream in a few minutes. Creamed Carrots.--Take a few small 'carrots, boi] them, in salted water until tender, drain, then add two ounces cf butter. A lablespoonful of flour, sall, pepper, and a dash of nulmeg, milk or cream; simmer a few minutes and serve hot. One Hour Bread.--Take three cups of flour. three teaspoons of baking powder, éne teaspoon of sall, one teaspoon of sugar, sift together three times; one and one-half cups of sweet milk; eut and fold with a knife and bake slowly in a covered or double pan forty-five minules, Stuffed Celery.--One bunch celery; one cream cheese or one small ,soft cheese; ten drops onion juice; two. or three pounds cream; salt, cayenne; sep- arate, wash, drain celery, and trim into six or eight inch lengths. With a sil- ver fork work the sweet cream intio the cheese, season and' stuff into the hol- low of each 'celery stalk. Serve cold. Delicate' Turnip Dish.--Peel and _ slice thin. Boil till nearly done. Drain water off. Place a layer of turnips in a buttered dish, season, then a laycr of crumbs. Another layer of seasoned turnips, then a layer of crumbs. Mois- ten with a little milk 'and bake: in cov- ered dish. Just before serving remove cover and brown. Cook Celery Root.--A most wholesome ' vegetable, practically unknown to many, is: celery root, Peeled, cut in dice, boiled in unsalted water, and prepared like cauliflower, it is delici- ous. Boiled whole, peeled, cut in thin slices, and combined. with cold sliced potatoes, boiled with jackets on, it is a delightful salad. Whole Wheat Gems.--One cup whole wheat flour, three-fourths cup equa! parts milk and water, two small-table- spoons sugar, three tablespoons melted shortening, half teaspoon salt, and a heaping teaspoon baking powder, Mix all dry ingredients, then add milk\ water, and shortening, and bake in hot cven about twenty minutes. Makes six gems delicious enough for the epi- cure and economical enough for the slimmest purse. Beans with Tomatoes.--Get one quart of navy beans, soak over night, then drain all the water off. Put in a kettle with fresh water and a pinch of bak- ing soda. Boil for a few minutes, then drain. Put water on again and boil about one-half hour; then put the whole contents in a stone crock with 10 cents worth of salt pork, one pint of canned tcmatoes, two tablespoons of sugar. Put in the oven, cover until almost gone, then take the cover off and brown. Bake three or four hours. How .to Cook Pumpkin.--To cook 'pumpkin properly requires a show, sleady fire and long cooking to insure richness and flavor. It is almost im- possible to cook it slowly over a gas | stove without burning. A 'better and simpler way is to bake it as you would squash. Cut the pumpkin in two, re- move seeds and tissues, and bake unlil the desired shade of color and dryness is reached. The flavor will be much better than by the quicker method of boiling by gas. Raised Biscuit.--Scald one and 'one- half cups sweet milk, add a tablespoon- ful of sugar, when lukewarm add a half cake yeast (compound) dissolved in half cup of warm water. A tablespoon- ful of lard and flour to make a stiff dcugh, a little stiffer than fer a milk biscuit. Knead for about fifleen or twenty minutes. Set in a warm place to rise, allowing four or five hours; when. light flour board, roll and cut as other biscuit; place in a_ greased pan, brush with butter, let rise a Sec- ond time, prick with a fork, bake in a hot oven about twenty minutes, Potato Cobbler.--Peél and slice one pint of sweel potatoes, place in a porce- lain lined stewpan, with two cups of light brown sugar, half a cup of but- fer, and half a teaspoonful of cinna- The fruits of truth are not gathered by | }mon, quarler of a teaspoonful of cloves, fand quarter of a nutmeg, and sufficient | boiling walter {a caver nicely: boil until | potatoes are soft. bul not mushy; thick- ler, with a level tablespoonful of flour. | stirred in cold water until smooth; take | from the fire and pub-in-a- wineglass of | sherry and a tablespoonful of brandy. Line a deep dish with the mixture. cover with a erust of the paste, and i bake in a moderate even until a light brown. VARIOUS CAKES. Neat, Slices of Fruit Cake.--This fruit cake season, and one oOflen finds it hard-to euteit thin without it crun- bling. Heat your bread knife quite hot and you won't hayé any trouble. Nut Kisses.---To while of one egg well beaten add ten teaspoonfuls of pulver- ized sugar, one tablespoonful of brandy for flavor with vanilla if preferred), a lille ground cinnainon and.cloves; then add a-cupful of nuls chopped fine, Put tublespoonful of mixture on buttered paper on bollom side of pie pan and bake ten minutes in' a moderate oven, This makes one dozen. Almond Torte.--Beat the yolks of nine eggs willy three-fourths of a pound of sugar, until light and. creamy;*add- one teaspoon -of almond extract, one-half cup of flour, and small teaspoon of baking powder (sifted with the four); now beat the whiles of the nine eggs until stiff, and add"three-fourths of a pound of grated almonds, "Bale about forty minutes: in a moderate oven. Fig Cake.--Take one clip of sugar. one-half cup of butler, one-half cup of cold water With' a small teaspoon of sada dissolved in ify one and one-half cups of raisins, chopped a. little, nol fine; two teaspoons af cinnamon, two teaspoons. of nulmeg, two eggs, one- half pound of figs, and. a-dlittle «more than 'two eups of flour, « Bake in two layers. Pula layer of figs:in the mid- dle of each layer-.of dough. Put lay- ers together with a fig jelly or plain icing, . This is -as delicious ase frutt cake. ee aas Date Cake.--Take one cup of baking molasses and one cup of brown sugar, one. cup of butter, one cup. of. wine, '{hree @gg@s, one pound of datos, one- half pound of raisins, a cup of English walnut meals, ene teaspoon of nulineg, one of cinnamon. one of cloves, a tea- spoon of soda dissolved in hot water, and about one quart of flour. Use flour according to size of cup, Chop your is pie. dales, nuts, and raisins. This makes ~ e the grease. Salt the Grease.--If a "sprinkling of flour": over the greased pan fails to prevent sticking add a little salt to the grease before rubbing on pan. To Shell .Corn.--Put a few ears ol popcorn in a cloth sack, then hold the end tight, hit on the floor a few times, and your corn is shelled beautifully. This saves labor and time. Help to Irening Stieets--When pass- ing the sheet through the wringer be- gin at the selvedge edge instead of the hem and it will be found perfectly straight and smooth when ironed with- out any effort. To Iron Quickly.--In ironing chil- dren's dresses, petticoats, or tucked yokes iron garment on wrong side. You will have no trouble with the tucks turning up and will tron in one-half the fime. To Remove Grease Easily --Hot grease spilled on dhe kitchen floor or anywhere else need not cause the consternation that it usually does. Put ice (in the winter snew will do) upon it as quick- ly as possible and it can be lifted up with a knife. One light scrubbing will remove all the rest and much energy and worry will be saved. Save Old Corsets.--Take your ironing sheet, turn wide hem «n both sides, cut three pair corset backs (eyelet stays), and sew on each side, and lace instead of pinning sheet on. It can be done even better with front stays if they are mot broken, but a small-outlay of 30 cents will purchase new ones and your sheet can be placed in the wash each week and be a pleasure to put on. Dry Curtains on Table--Pull out din- ing room table the desired length. Put on padding, pull lightly around ends, and fasten with safely pins. At the centre on one side of the table, with four safety pins, pin a broad piece of muslin 'to the padding (part of an old sheet will do), pass muslin under ee leaves 'to tha opposite side of table, and, drawing tight, pin to the padding cn that side, making it firm. Pin on curtains. Can put four on at a time, using same pins. If curtains are too long fold back and Start another cur- fain as if it were not there. They soon dry and are perfectly straight and look like new, and edges are not worn, as on stretchers. WIVES FOR GERMAN SETTLERS. Women Form a Society 40 Send Girls to the Colanies. In the colonies of Germany there are wegions aggregating an area larger than the mother country herself where Ger- man settlers may thrive and make new homes for themselves. They may live in these new homes in greater comfor! than in the old country. At present there are about 10,000 white men in these colonies, but only 1.000 women. This disparity between the sexes is being much talked: about in Germany. Many of the leading Ger- man women are studying the problem. They are asking if it would not be a blessing tothe colonies if their white population consisted of some {thousands of German families instead of a few thousand German men, Would if noi dransform the colonies into new Ger- manys? The women say the German family should be the social unit in the colonies. In June last the Women's German folonial Union was organized under the patronage of Grand Duke Johann vlbrecht of Mecklenburg, Nearly every member of the managing committee is the wife of a Government official or army officer. In September the union sent its first party of young women to one of the eolonies. Thousands of German women are joining the society and a large scheme of work has been cut cut for il. In October thé union began the pub- lication of a sixteen page paper called KKelonie und Heimat. It appears fort- nightly, and is filled with fine pholo- graphs of colonial scenes and news ond comment of the colonies. This the organ of the union, but it-is only one among a number of means through rvbich the influence of the union is: be- ginning to be widely felt. It is working to interest German wo- men of all ranks in life in the colonies, giving advice and material support. to wonkn who intend to emigrate, look- Ss sng after women and children' in the volonies who are in need and: prepar- ing 'to participate in the planting of schools among the colonists and to pay the travelling exvenses of young wo- gnen to help them to employment bs which they. may pay their way and to establish agencies to lok alter their interests in their new homes. It is'a-mational work in which the sminion is engaged, a work that-aims to make the colonies the home of many shall plant German civilization there and build up new markets for the pro- cuets of German industries. Earlier societies had been formed in Germany to promote the emigration of women {c the colonies, but no-other has been «erganized on acnational scale or with prospects so bright of becoming a pow- erful influence in the development of the German oversea possessions, . ee oe USES FOR AUSTRIAN RECRUITS. Heir to the Throne Has Them Do Duty as Dummy Trees, Like the famous John Gilpin, the heir to the throne of Austria has a frugal mind,..and, it das been maliciously whispered, sees great chanees ta exer- cise this virlueoab the expense of the poor recrults, : Seores of who cameé fron. the country are drafied off to. the archducal estates and. do their military there, much of it consisting in heepe rs' duligs@hr ther Archdake's phea- sant preserves, The recruits ware also used when improyements in the parks and grounds are. being made, --Accord- ing to one slory squads of them are marched about and made to do duty as dummy trees while the heir to the throne stands at a 'distance and experi- ments as to where a clump. of trees weuld look best. The soldiers, being merely human, ob- ject all the more because there are no extra rations for this kind of duty. They have generally to shift for themselves and their niiserable pay only procures them food: far poorer than that which they would get in barracks, although that is not very sumptuous, atin: comntes Veeenae Possibly more men would want tq these service gunyie- smoke if it was aginst the law, \ ihousands of German immigrants who, Protecting the "Danger Area"--Precau- tions Taken With The Employees. For the discovery of dynamite and other cognate powerful explosives which have now become inseparable handmaids ef the mining and engineering indus- tries the world owes a debt of gratitude to the late Alfred Nobel, the famous Swedish scientist and chemist, since he was: the first to turn to practical pur- peses at his laboratory at Heleneborg, near Stockholm, the pewerful blasting agent- nilroglycerine, discovered by Sebriero and colloquially knewn as "plasting oil." This compound, owing to its extremely dangerous nature and the frequency of the accidents attending ils uSe, says an English correspondent of the Scientific American, was prohibited in many of the leading countries; and Nobel, realiz- ing these numerous disadvantages, con- certed. his energies for a considerable time in the quest for an agent with which t'2 nitroglycerine could be combined snd which, while not deteriorating in the slightest its. high explosive qualities, would at the same time enable it to be handled with comparative impunity. Tn this search he was ultimately successful by mixing the nitroglycerine with an al sorbent earth called "kieselguhr" and producing theaggmpound now known as dynamite. The result of this. discovery was an immediate expansion in the em- ployment of the explosive for blasting purposes in all parts of the world. Afier e abating factories in Germany and Trance in| 871, Nobel went to Great Bri- tain. : a Nobel himself selected the sile for his proposed factory, and his ultimate choice fel, upon Ardeer, ON THE WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND. A more suitable spot for the prosecu- tion of a dangerous trade could scarcely nave been found, as the natural con- figiration of the country is a series of waste sand dunes, which lend them- selves admirably to the work in hand by serving as natural barriers between the yarious sections of the danger zone. The factory covers an- area of over 800 acres, occupied by more than 800 dilfer- eul buildings. The works are entirely self-contained, and thus a number of different subsidiary induSuies are em- braced in the isolated colony established at a barren spot on the shores of the At- lantie. Nitroglycerine, as is well known, is a combination of glycerine and a mixture of sulphuric and nitric acids, The former is 'brought from ail parts of the world and upon arrival is subjected to a recti- fying process by which the various im- purities suspended in the fluid are re- moved. 'The nilric acid is prepared in large buildings in which are ranged long rows of retorts bricked up -- like ovens, . These rétorts are charged with suiphuric acid and nitrate of soda, and inimediately the two compounds come into contact-a chemical action com- mences, the nitric acid being released as a corrosive gas. The latter is carried through pipes on io a series of earthenware jars and other condensing apparatus, into which the eas is discharged and condensed. The nitric acid thus. obtained is further mixed with sulphuric acid, also produced in extensive works on the spot, and con- veyed in steel cars HAULED BY PONIES io a station at the foot of ene of the nilroglycerine "hills," as the mounds in which this powerful explosive liquid is prepared are called. There are five of these "hills," comprising lofty earth em- bankments within which are located the ruildings in which the manufacture is carried out. The provision of the surrounding mounds. covered with tall rank grass serves to arrest the flight of fragments ot the structure within, and the concus- sion. produced by an explosion should tne building within from any cause blow up. The hills are pierced in all direc- tions with tunnels, by which means communication with the secluded build- ings is maintained, When the cars filled vith acids reach the foot of one of the hills they are thence transported to the tay by cable haulage, In the "danger area" the severest dis- cipline is maintained. All entrances are carefully guarded by searchers who rig- Srously examine every individual that desires to enter, relieving him of any metallic objects thal may be carried upon his person, together with matches and other suspicious objects which ~ upon coming into contact with the dangerous chemicals used in this zone might pro- vcke trouble. No matter how often an employe engaged within the hill may pass in and out, every time he enters he niust submit to this preliminary opera- tion, There are also some 500 girls employ- ed. and these are under the charge of meatrons. Hairpins, ordinary pins, shoe buttons, metal pegs within the soles of the shoes. knitting and other needles, are all religiously barred, Their hair 'is tied with braid ribbon, and as with the male. employes every time they enter the danger area they are searched by the ratrons. WITHIN THE DANGER AREA the various employees engaged in the dif- ferent departments or phases of work are cerbed in special non-inflammable work- ing suils, varying in color according to their. respective occupations. The mixing is done by women, who knead the ingredients with their nands as if if were dough, the voperation being carried out wilh complete thoroughness, The mixture is then picked up by a big weoden scoop and dumped into a sieve with brass meshes. The dynamite is ribbed through the orifices in small par- ticles, AS il. passes. Lhrough the sieve it resembles a greasy finely divided. and the combination the constituent parts being completely accomplished, the product is ready for the manufacture" of cartridges, werk iscalso catried out by female labor, sizale-cabins about, ten feeb in and the same du-width. >; All the -build- ings for' the variqus phases of the work are divided dating frome four to-six persons, In fhe cartridge > house the machines are al- tached tothe two side walls. 'They com prise a conical hopper, into' which the dynamite is placed, and a small vertical prass rod or piston actuated by a lever resembling a pump handle, At the base of the hopper is a small brass tube in which the plunger slides. As the piston descends into the mass of dynamite contained in the hopper it forces the requisite quantity through the prass tubo at the bottom into the car- tridge wrapper, which the girl has twisted around the tube and holds in one hand. : When. the charge, about three "inéhes in length, has been inserted in the wrapper; the latter is removed, the top folded down, and the finished cartridge Golfee-colored earth of} This ; 'The cartridge louses are long rows of) lengli, | | { | } ; into small units, accommo: | 2 se Se ae eee . eran a c wars Tie a ES # = Se a ; _ E et d ' = / = dic Deo = : : of iy : bp. sss pa i on pe . ; . Fs 4444 44444444444444444 | "All right, cap'n," said the boy, touch- 7 saa. ri F Pe : 6 SSeS ae -- --_-- ing ree eR Ys Ft +4++oo+oe +t ee tete _ fine caxe and : ban keep a long Pac M AKING OF EXPLOSIVES whence it falls into a special receiver ] ; ees ' t "Now, then, "Was carry that thing for] + i ee Ft ae placed outside. The operajor replen- | UML EAM ENGINES eee Th e T wo + | you, Stewe, if you must tow ib yourself." | $ = : ; a ae yaad ihe supply of dynamite within the] | aS The mathematicgl master grimaced at / 2 USEFUL. HINTS. ; pper irom : Sige sagen ae eS : eh a ake nos is -- i About the ose t ie forctig Scene "a alk aes FACTORY ON THE SAND DUNES OF A BOX OF LOOSE DYNSRUTE WHAT A TURBINE REALLY IS AND_ 3 o, thanks," waid, "I pre! : : : ae E : ees =) . Godfathers eats tek outs waregns." prefer : lor white mosquito bar folded "and WEST SCOTLAND. placed outside the hut through a similar HOW IT WORKS. : p That amused Captain Nelson of the aes 3 stitched around the edge makes a ae slot by means of a wooden spoon. The : es : Grap. He laughed as he took Appleton's splendid dish rag that will not absorb ~ process of filling the cartridges is car- ae ried out with great rapidity, the result of continued practice, while the plunger of the filler is lubricated by the nitrogly- cerine itself. In another hut blasting gelatine cart- ridges are made, the process being some- what different: This explosive is 50 per cent. more powerful than ordinary dyna- mite, It is of the consistency of tough elastic paste, and comprises about 7 per cent. of nitrocotton to 93 per cent. of nitroglycerine. The material is forced through a sausage machine, and as it issués theréfrom it is chopped into three- inch lengths by a wooden wedge upon an india rubber covered table and wrap- Lpec into cartridges with almost lightning speed. There are in al} seventy of these cartridge huts. 'Owing to the fact that nitroglycerine congeals at 43 degrees F. and freezes at 40 degrees F., it is necessary to maip- tain the atmosphere within the building at an even warm temperature. team beating is employed, the minimum" lem- perature being 50 degrees F., the radia- ting pipes being completely and carefully enclosed so thal no loose explosive iy come into contact with the hot steam pipes. and possibly promote decomposi- tion. An extensive variety of explosives is prepared at these works, suitable for the various exigencies of commerce and war. The principal comprise various forms of gelatine and dynamite, such as cuhr dynamile, blasting gelatine, gela- tune dynamite and gelignite, the latter two -- combinations -- of nitroglycerine, nitrocotion, nitrate ef potash and wood meal. : There are two laboratory magazines cerresponding to the extremes .of tem- perature, the heat of the Wopics and the intense cold of the Arctic. These two magazines are appropriatly christened "India" and "Siberia" respectively. Of the two, the former is the more danger- ous. Belore entering the magazine the temperature of the interior is carefully neted through a peephole upon the large thermometer suspended within. In view of the extréme and nunierous precautions adopted at these works acci- dents are of comparatively rare occur- rence. At limes, however, catastrophes, despite the measures observed, happen, but they are invariably of a comparative- iy small character. es THE COLD KEY. and Ancient Remedy for the Nosebleed. A Popular In case of hemorrhage, especially in those of bleedingsfrom the nese,-our forefathers applied to the forehead and to the nose ointments. and even the pa- tient's own blood. .They practised liga- tion of the limbs, a means devised by Apoliomius in the reign of Nero, ligating the great toe of the side corresponding to the bleeding nostril, and they resorted to derivation by bloodletting. They plugged the ears with tow, a procedure recommended by Galen. But abeve all they sought to produce fainting. Locally, the haemastalic most employed was spi- der's web, with which they filled the nasa] fossa, Of all these empirical pro- cedures the most widespread and the one still employed in popular medicine is the application of cold. The most available source of cold, because it is everywhere procurable, is water; conse- quently it has offenest been employed. In Episiaxis the ancient physicians ad- vised bathing the face with very cold water and causing 1 to be held in the mouth; they also soaked the hands and feet in cola water. On the theory that cold things re- strain hemorrhage, many persons re- hung about the neck of the patients at- tacked with epistaxis coral. jasper, yel- low amber marble, or articles of iron, Physicians pointed out, indeed, certain regions with which it was preferable to make the contact. They realized that it was the coldness of the object, not ils nature, that did the work; no special property must be attribuled to the iron, said Guyén-Delois, for chains of gold, silver or lead would serve the same purpose. In popular medicine, however, iron has remained the material most employed in nasal hemorrhages, and the application of the key to the back is largely resoried to in the house- held. Dr. Helot possesses an enarmous key which he uses only as a paper- weight. One day a patient, pointing bo this massive key, exciaimed:---'It_ is to stop hemorrhages." sa We may Jaugh, says M, Helot, at the charm attributed to the key in epistaxis, but we must admit that cold has a cer- fain action in cases of hemorrhages, It contracts the capillary vessels,. When il is applied af a distance from the site of hemorrhage ils efliciency may be a mat- ter for discussion, bul ils effect is certain when it is applied to the actual seat of ie bleeding, and phinologists know the value of causing the patient lo swal- lew ice. Possibly the cold key has no olher haemastatic power than what is connected with the sensation of cold, which it produces; a cold compress would probably act with more certainty, bul if would be dificully to dethrone the key, which one always has in one's pocket, There is certainly some wisdom in ~the resources. of ow' ancestors and of the common people, even as the alchemists af old were no fools, as is shown by our modern Chemistry. ' ; diorsebee, SEAS USEPUL WORK. Mrs. Hayrix (reading)--"This paper says th' -dochurs hev . discovered an- other new disease, Hiram." Hayrix--"Huht | wish. th' pesky crit fers would stop jookin' fer new -dis- eases bone ewuft tew huntup. aw cure fer th yheamatiz, by grass!" Heo (sentimentally)--"May T hope isee you pretty s on?" She (jestinghy) think Vm pretly now." | rather i Deis to 1. An amateor punster informs "us that some houses lave Avings, aad' Ne Nas aflen seen a haw ty, We thought no part of a house save the Chinmey flue, Mannii--""Oh. "children. why ate You is) naughty | to-day?" > Giiklron Wh, Bisier Lif we were goed: she'd sing us to-night-" A minister who sets his fares szainst bazaars. once related. an incident em- "Once upon a -time," he said, "a man was going along-a dark strect when a fuatpad suddenly appeared and, point- ing his pistol, began to relieve his vic- tim of his money. "The: thief, hoaw- ever, apparently suffered same pangs at remorse,' 'Its pretty rough ta. be gone through lke this, ain't it, sir? he inquired. 'Oh, that's all right, my man, the 'held-up" one "answered, cheerfully. 'T-was on my way to a bazaar; yourre first, and there's an end dropped through a slot im the wall, to it!" placed water by solid cold objecis and' phasizing his feelings on the matter. } Jow does, know something. | Drive Great Steamships Through oe x Water at Almost Express : Speed. ; = There is one very striking fact which has doubtless impressed itself upon the minds of those who have followed the extraordinary development of Atlantic liners during the last ten or twenty years. Not only are we building floating Jeviathans to-day which are nearly three times as heavy and almost 200 feet longer than the biggest Atlantic liner of ten or twelve years ago, but these mam- moth vessels attain a far greater speed than their smaller rivals. : When in 1900, the Hamburg-American liner Deutschland, a vessel 660 feet in k.ngth, whose gross tonnage is 16,500, enrned for itself the distinclion of bein the fastest steamship in the world by. four a speed of 2334 knots hour+ Die yal fo 27 niles on lang someone said if was the last word quiék sea travelling. But, as everyone knows, the sitania, THE MAMMOTH CUNARDER, which is almost twice as heavy and 125 feet longer than the Deutschland, has proved that it was a bad prophecy by _ showing herself quite capable of main- taining her contract speed of 25 knots (nearly 29 miles) an hour. Even that, however, is not the Lusi- tania's limit; but it is quite sufficient or the Admiraliy, who have subsidized her building, as well as that of her sister ship, Mauretania, beth of whish will be avail as ar cruisers or scouts if requi by the Government. The speed attained by the Lusitania andi th jyrotanun, t ently a tri- umph for Cc huge success for t on. , but algo a a ' re A. Parsons, he "Tamous engineer'. we 3 developed the steam turbine to that Se of 8 - ciency which has enahjed thése fdatin cities to travel throu the water f such a speed. Until advent of | turbine the shaft of a liner's propel} was always rotated by driving a pist beckwards and forwards through a steam cylinder on the exact lines of THE ORDINARY STEAM ENGINE. In the turbine we have a cylinder, put instead of the steam driving the rod, which in turn rotates the sheft of the propeller, it acts in a more direct manner upon a huge drum lixed tp the shaft. On the outside of this d , and affixed to the inner surface of the cylin- der in which it revolves, are, in the case ot the Lusitania, 1,500,000 projecting hollow-faced blades or vanes, the Jongest being 22 inches and 134 inches wide. The fixed blades on the cylinder are slanted slightly in an apposite direction to those which revolve with the drum. Between these two sets of blades the steam is sent with terrific force. The fixed blades, acting as a sort of guide to the steam, pass it to the blades on the drum, and it is the millions of micro- scapic atoms of Steam, which fly like so many bullets against the sloping blades, which cause the drum to revolve. The Lusitania, being propelled by four turbine screws, has, of course, four tur- bine motors in her engine-room, and the combined push ofall thé~blades amount ie@ the 68,000. horse-power which is neces- sary to drive the ship at 25 knots. The rotating mass in the engine room weighs 606 tons, and revolves at about 200 REVOLUTIONS A MINUTE. Everything depends upon the proper "set" and inclination of the two sels of blades, which, if correctly placed, use up tc the Jasi ounce the energy of the stew in its passage through the turbine. Altogether. 1,000 tons of coal are burnt daily by the Lusitania to obtain fer 25- knot speed, and the quantity of coal con- sumed on a trip to New York would keep the fires of 3,000 working men's houses gcing for a year. No fewer than 250 firemen and trimmers are required to steke the 192 furnaces in the ship, while the brass and steel tubes on the boilers and condensers are 144 miles in length and weigh 600 tons, The adoption of the turbine means, not only increased speed to the same boiler- power, but also less cost of upkeep, a smaller engine-room Staff, anv a dimi- nished bill for lubricants, Furthermore. there is None of that vibrating which is so irritating to passengers on vessels driven in the ordinary way, while the smaller engine-room ensures More COnI- medious quarters and promenade spooe. Mr. Parsons Nirst demonstrated tho suitability of the turbine for the propul- sion of steamships by building the Tur- hina, a vessel of the dimensions of a {crpedo-boat. which in 1897 achieved tha then unprecedented speed of 32% knols (nearly 38 miles), ON A MEASURED MILE. 4 still more remarkable performance was that of the lorpedo-boat destroyer, the Viper, which, with turbine engines of about 10,000 horse power, reached a speed of 35344 knots, or nearly AL miles an hour. : Even more remarkable, however, is the power claimed fora turbine engine in-. vented by a Glasgow engineer, which," although little more than a feot in div- meter, is capable of developing 0) horse- pewer, Tt is said that this invention vill revolutionize turbine propulsion, and that a speed hitherto unknown will be possible, although only two blades are used as against the many thousands in each of the new Cunarders, Another en- gineor, living in Liverpool, has also in- yented_an engine which he claims is het. ter fhan the turbine, The cost would he jess, he Says, the speed and power greater, while there is no part of the en- gine that could not be made in a small engine-shop.* Jt needs the simatlest amount of packing and of], and, ashotnd- ing as it may seem, in its internal can. s{ruction it has neither aul nor bolt. = London Tit-Bits, : ; = * ee ed ROOM FOR) WORK, Stibb--"Yes, thal gentleman more open-faced a tan ds ahi likes) hing." Siydeod tts NOS HES A says the helicr "Penn Stibb " he qenthster? Contist,?~ j IN- RIPE, ' Jones "thinks «i? man" fortunate who has his will. contested hfter death only. THe says his will has heen Gan. teslal ever since -he "'wodded Mrs. Janes, cy : little Tommy, "where "Oh, F knaw," satd at. the sother "Mother," Said is Slumberland?" his brother Willie, end of Lapland." sya it's Back Rew----"Hi, yeu in the frat pow, sii downy T ean't see." Fron' Rowe "Hi. vou in the back pow, Swap your noise; I can't hoar." -- A-wise man is one who stands ready a to admit that perhaps te ofher fel. Ss x .