ey offered $5, 000 by Lebrun to a who has dubbed him “The Gray “Stella is now earning honest wages a fact me ner he gives ae Bolshevism. Vogel carries out his pact. be Sudge: Graham lies bownd in a shack a let certain prisoners off with a fine. : with the just Judge. Charlton becomes nee of “The Gray Wolt” and © yet hoping she would not find his ar- i iy," oF ge ae a “ateupted to conceal from her the fact rf, es informetion as she had was picked up : sean toog from those ef his associates “1 Miscou They kad none. met her in front of Massey's after the meeting of radicals f ollowing her re-| = heal to go to the movies with him. Neither had she seen anything of him By The Law of Tooth and Talon , * = i. sh By MERLIN MOORE TA VL OR 1 at) (Oopyright) oe of Peaaeding: Chapters. : ne 1, a notorious criminal, Wertned $0 kidnap e Graham, cong et re A Leb leaves “Silver Dann saloon is observed by Ralph Gestion: of the Departmen. of ‘Just- Vogel takes the $1, 000 given him ‘to bind the compact to Stella SROs a country girl he had, found | wh ing in tho city and befviended. and refases to marry ogel up his evil ways. She however, fallen a convert to ome miles out of the city: “The Gray olf” demands that the Judge should merely Threats of death for himself and torture for his son have’no weight %., harae hii waa ¢ HAPTER V- The Inner Council, Stetla Lathrop was sorely puzzled ae the fact that Louie Vogel had not Oe ese ene ars : several days thereafter, Anxiously e read the daily papers, expecting rest “with the goods on,” chronicled ‘there with elaborate details. | bat Louie” had never taken the girl into his confidence regarding any of lig exptoits. Neither had he at- that he lived outside the law, but such. who also were hers. It was to them wait sine now turned for news of his women. They arose ag Stella’s guide urged her forward. » “This is Miss Lathrop,” he said, and there was bowing all around, The girl was somewhat confused and embar- rassed by thus becoming the centre of attraction, but she quickly regained her poise. With two exceptions she had seen all these people and talked with most of them at the meetings which she had attended. - The exceptions sat at the head and | foot of the table, and although she did not know him, the one who sat at the head was Otbo Lebrune, known to agents of the Department of Jus- tice as-“The Gray Wolf.” The other had a face with an obviously Teutonic cast, fat, flabby, with pig-eyes. His neck overlapped his collar in folds, his hair was pompadoured and his bulk threatened the destruction of the chair into which he dropped heavily as soon asa seat had been pointed out to the latest arrival, “Before we proceed further, it is necessary that the oath be administter- ed to our new member and.that she be acquainted with the purposes of this body.’ Otto Lebrune was the speaker, She could mot tell why, but ‘Stella took an instinctive dislike to him, “Miss Lathrop’s sentiments have been too thoroughly investigated to permit of any reluctance on our part to taking her into our full confi- dence,” he went on in his oily tones, Then, ‘turning to her, he said, “Before i acim inister.to you the oath you have the opportunity to withdraw from our midst,” She shook her head. “I'll stick,” she said. “You will now repeat after me the following oath,” continued Lebrune. “T swear to ibe faithful and true to the mandates of the Inner Council, to cheerfully obey. them even at the ex- pense of my hfe, to give my best ef- forts to carrying out such plans as : “He's probably sore at me for what I ovd,” she thought; with some es she remembered the picture b had suggested to him of his being ek at the hamds of the police. “I guess_it’s up to,me to hunt him up} aml let him see my heart’s in the tie es Seat place.” is, about. the time that the city was be-| And to that task she devoted herself ing turned upside down in the search for Judge Greham. Stella went about : ee the matter quietly. She approached fem pee “such ercoks as might be e know if any harm had befa cted to len “Big .Louie;” she sought out the lawyer ee whom’ Teport said had been retained | , a _ from one of these quests that sihe dis- covered a note under the door. It bore neither heading nor signature and its| WIS to “spring” Vogel when, ned to be taken up by the’ Lice; or telephoned to those places e was. known to haunt. But her-ef- shy were fruitless. — It was upon her return to her room wording would have conveyed to any- one without the key the impression ware daar tclend wh it was merely a “Message from a o was appointing a meeting place for the evening. x ‘Stella, reading between the lines, | recognized it as a summons to a very . secret meeting of some of the leaders: ah of the most radical circles in the city. = noticed, that she had been sug-|1 e had been informed by one of them t her sincerity and earnestness had’ ted as an excellent person for some : ii eapoctant work if she were willing to undertake it. Notice would be sent i 3 ee here to be ready, and how to con- herself, Pibahaons hurried into the best clothes | the possessed and set out to keep tha aintment. The bookstore where: = had once seen Lebrune was’ gray r ed from the depths behind the rows Aas arog her as scon. as she had entered | : n mies?” he asked, bowing before her. is = wrung his hands continually while i ig thick-lensed glasses. what s he really did wish. ay to see «some books - out a hand ao | appeared ‘at the foot of > | Beclie away from ¥ ‘ e- Ess oes = discerned he appointed redezvous. An old man, fhuired and bespectacled, emerg- rows of bookcases and hastened ys “There is something you wish, he watched her closely from behind ‘Stella, fol- lowing instructions which had been iven ‘her, d her mouth with a nger as if ne htly in doubt as to "Yes, ” she replied, slowly. “Tl wish Sern: aries : ae oe , <pected 10 "A he ie j vy up e shelves and "ps piling upon well- oiled hinges; reneline way and, leading downward, a flight _of steps. The oid man pistapen to- ward them, she stepped he top landing, a dim electric lig mee bee expec it a Bd e flight and) the beokease swung to behind her. ; Stetia hed not expected just this, “sage she bravely began her cent. he foot of the was a tunnel that led she could ; tell where, but she followed it. re Was no ‘alternative but to re-; ace her steps. Perhaps a hundred feet from where ae a had ended scerned another che ‘in the dis-| nd ‘ita’ oer ar Fed a narrow door-! ! it may decide upon, to respond | promptly to any calls made upon me y any of its member's and, above all, to keep locked in my innermost bosom and to reveal to no one any of the things which I may learn in the In- ner Council, 90 help me God.” “Sounds like I was joinin’ a lodge,” thought Stella as she parroted the words after Lebrune, her hand up- lifted. Then she bent attention upon what he was saying to her. “Miss Lathrop, the Inner Council is the ruling body in this city for all of those who believe that the day is at | hand 1 when a new order of things will come into being throughout the world. ‘The common people have been trampl- ed underfoot long enough. Their suf- fering at the hands of those who have wealth and power must end. The class |which has been ruling everywhere in the world must now step down in favor of those who heretofore have been the ruled. “Our comrades in - Russia have pointed the way for wu’. ere they have overthrown thie cesipotic czar and substitwted the soviet form of govern- ment which is controlled by the work- ingmen. In Germany our comrades have followed suit. They have. upset ithe throne and substituted a govern- ment of their own. A harnessmaker who in other days would not have ‘been allowed within gunshot of the seat of government now is the rovern- ment’s head. In Engiand, in France, in Sweden, in all the countries. of Eur- ope, the hour is striking when our comrades there will launch their blow for freedom. “We in America are algo preparing for the day when we must strike. j Lhiose who have wealth must share it] with us; industries, factories, shops ‘and governments—national, state and city—must pars into our hands. It is our birthright. Deprived of it for on, generations, we are about to take it; peaceably if we can, by force if we must. Our comrades in Russia have nedly shown us how this can be ac- complished. We have no more use for the American form cf government than we had for the Russian system when the czar was ruler, It must. be overthrown, even though the country be drenched with blood to accomplish our ends.” He paused for eeu; ‘In his eyes glowed the zeal of the fanatic. About the table men ard women nodded their heads in- approval. Stella mtght not }have understcod all cof the words he used, but she had gained the ideas which he wished to convey. “How aire you going to clo it?” she > inquired. “People ain't goin’ to stand {for 1th” At once a ‘babel of talk ensued. ‘|Each one seemed to be trying to ex- ie plaie to her in his or her own way. how the end was to be accomplished. | Lebrune held up his hand for silence. | “It is not to be expected that you would gracp.the full breadth of the plan at onze, sister,” he said. “You must ebsoie it by degrees as you learn the work cf the Inner Council. ‘You say people will not stand for it. They Under our must stand for it. glorious banner,” he waved a hand | toward the red flag adorning the wall, ‘we will gather in such force that no resistance will be great enough to| overcome us. Throughout the coun-| try our agents are at work, quietly teaching the doctrines that will rally to our standard all of those who do| not belong to the rulin ng classes. The whole. strength of e Industrial Workers of the World, the Bolshe- vists, the anarchists, the majority of| (the Socialists, those who are dissatis- |. fied with conditions, the returning sel-| — - n'diers and sailors who gave up jobs to ents ooh the font nuillions taken from the te fo e' sma “anteroom, aoiit ront- d ty a } man whom. kts tee as | hroj i sit Te Ray id ky iron erg i ceo ““What'll th ; Basa sarees Sone ‘her: a ’ ,* re -¢ a ee , = he a sat ion t money tent enlist and returned to find there were}. ‘no other jobs for them, the foreign- ers with these ideas alr n the day arrives, _- oney? We have money. Our Rus- rades have sent to help us strong-boxes of the rich. ourselves we have fereess a other mil- lions. ae a will be plenty of ‘After that we eee) ‘need, take i ro sesame ha ee wher. it we ae Stitt ite? oe e ee be doin’ while} > «Ruse Stella was! Among ag eaeg a Sa that a toeaistibte, ce! Be 1? Te was: the fat] of vt . table who id the police] ery thing. | man. ‘ \fcree our plams. instilled |- . an} into them—all will flock to join hands win with Tet wh ce repre-| -——_— — 3 ier " we. will: kill ‘them if thes rH We will kill all those who interfere with U3. lood! Blood! It will run_ like water and it will be the blood of our. cacmies. Blood and fire, young wo- That is the way we will en- The.jails will give up their victims. Prison doors will cepen for them and yawn for those kil.” ~ Inwardly Stella shivered. “He looks and he talks like a butcher,” she \thought. Outwardly she was perfect- ly calm as she nioddied and said; “I get you,’ Evidently this was taken for indorsement of what had been explained to her. “Are there any questions you would like to ask?’ Lebrune put the query” to her. “How you goin’ to keep people from findin’ out about all this ahead of time?” she asked? “If we're goin’ to ‘have all of these people with us when the time comes we got to let ’em know beforehand, ain’t we? How do we know some of ’erh ain’t goin’ to turn squealer and tip off things? I know [’m green and all that and I suppose you’ve figured this all out. But I want to know, too.” “Quite right, sister,” sc cber ads Le- brune. Stella wished he wouldn’t call her that. She had no sisterly feelings toward this man. His face recalled to her, like it had to the government agent, the face of a cruel, rapacious wolf. “But those whom we will use as our instruments do not know the details of our plans. They are secret with the Inner Council. I, as its presi- dent, am in towch with the presidents of the Inner Councils of other cities. We get our orders from the council of presidents. Local details are left with us, We carry out orders: and plans to fit conditions, But outside of this council no one knows what what we want the mob to know... We tell them what we hope to bring about, but we do not tell them how we are going to do it. Is that clear?” Stella nodded. A big light was be- ginning to break upon her. She did not need to ask further quesitions~ to enlighten her as to what wa’ the real object of this Inner Council. Loot, robbery, riots, murder—all of them were permissible to bring about real- jization.of the Council's plans. Lebrune had mentioned Russia. Stella knew a little of what was taking piace there. In the factory where she worked she had heard several Russian girls talk- ing and she had gained some idea of the turmoil which involved that coun- try. But of the Bolshevists and what they stood for she was ignorant, She had eagerly attended radical meetings and listened to speeches predicting that a new day was dawning for the people of the lower classes and havd approved, but murder and robbery hac never entered her head as the methods by which it would be brought about. With sudden realization it burst upon her that it was to these very things that she had pledged herself. Her soul turned sick within her and whilc she appeared to be paying attention to the routine» discussion going on around the table she heard not a single connected sentence. (To be continued. ) Is Canada to Bar the Door? Labor leaders and the Labor Press want immigration stopped. Lobbyists have been busy at Ottawa for some time picturing before members the fearful results. in unemployment that would likely follow if Canada does not bar the door to immigration. The un- employment situation is not a new problem. Winnipeg and Canada have been dealing with it annually for the past twenty years. Any excess-in un- employment at the present time is due to the fact that the public stopped buying goods made dear by too high a cost of production, in which labor figures largely. There is abundance of work in Canada and there will be plenty for everybody .to do—immi- grans and all—for years to come. The present difficulty is that capital will not gamble on the present high cost of production. Therefore it is not the searcity of work that is causing the trouble but the scarcity of capital. The propaganda that Labor leaders have been spreading in the Labor ‘Press is of an entirely selfish and class distinction. The phase of the immigration question considered by them, is how will immigration affect Labor supply, or to be more concrete, how wil it affect wages? Labor lead- ers speak of possible immigration ag- gregates that will likely flood Canada, but they never eliminate the 30 to 40 per cent, of women, school children, and under, included in immigration totals, that ‘do not enter the labor mar- ket. Statistics show that of every twenty male immigrants over 21 years of age, the average. is about three skilled laborers,ten unskilled workers, and the other seven of professional and miscellaneous occupations. What would Canada have done in pre-war} years without immigration? Where will Canada®be if the resolution now before the Ottawa House “that all im- migration be suspended until! a normal condition of affairs is established,’ is considered. There is a general im- pression. that the only immigrants Canada néeds, are those going direct- ly on the farms. That is true, but will’ the immigrant coming to Canada gO directly to the farm? Mr. W. Ss: who oppose us and whom we do not} ‘tongue, to those plans are. We tell the mob just. Bennhtt: tar of the United States: Immigration Commission, who worked two and a half years investigating the question of immigration abroad, chal- lenges any statement that the cities are the wrong place for the immt- grant, so far as aie immigrant is con- cerned. Mr. Bennett goes on to say that the | Commission. found the } fact to be that 98 per cent. of the im- Immigration migrants in a general way, and some- times very specifically, know what employment they are going into be- fore they leave their homes, their wives and other dependents. The reason. why the immigrant goes to the cities, Mr, Bennett explains, is that he has a better chance to earn a little ready money and that there are also oppor- tunities for him, if he is of a foreign talk to men of his own people, who speak his language, which is most essential during the time that he is learning the English language and the local situation. “If the oppor- tunities on the farm are greater than those offered in the city, the immi- grant will soon find it out and act ac- cordingly,’ says Mr. Bennett. Mr. Bennett asks the - question should anyone blame the newly ar- rived immigrant for going to the place where he finds compatriots, a place of worship,: and helpful surroundings ‘for him to get the right start in a new land. If he cannot speak English, he has an opportunity in -the first few mouths to gain a wider knowledge of Canadian conditions from people of his own birth who are always to be found in the cities and towns. If when, the immigrant first lands. he is not trained or even equipped to go cut on the prairies to settle down and get a living from the soil, what is the use of sending him out there to be- come a disgruntled and dissatisfied citizen? Immigration is a problem of great consequence to the people of Canada to-day. Immigration has a great influence on industry and on our prosperity which is the basis of re- venue for the government. The pub- lic generally, should seriously protest against any governmental action which would prevent the entry of de- sirable immigration into Canada. A constructive policy of selective im- migration is needed and it is up to Canada to establish a-constructive policy based on a careful examination of conditions here and abroad to the end that it may safeguard our in- terests and promote the general wel- fare, regardless of any one class. Canada needs new people, needs them badly, on the farms and in all lines of industrial activity where it is now almost impossible to get men to do the great amount of necessary rough labor to keep industry moving. Certainly, there are people who should not be permitted to come into the country, because in the very na- ture of things their admittance means conflict and radical social disturbance in our midst. Canada already has its share of this class, Canada is not the congested coun- try that Labor leaders would have people think, Canada covers an area of 3,603,910 square miles. Now let us deduct one-third, or say 1,200,000 square miles of what might be classed at present, as undesirable or unpro- ductive areas. This leaves a basis of approximately two and a half million square miles. Canada could absorb the entire population of the British Isles (England, Scotland and Ireland) / and then have 350 less people to the square mile than now exists in the Old Land. Placing our present popu- lation at 10,000,000, that means an average of 4 people per square mile in Canada. The population per square mile for Great Britain and Ireland is 374. The population of France taken by the census of 1913, gave 40,412,220, or a population of 1938 persons to the square mile. In 1912 the population of Belgium was 7,510,418, and the popu- lation per square mile wes 658 per- sons. The population of the German Empire in Europe in 1911, was 60,100,- 000, or a population of 311 to the square mile. In face of the above, is there any wonder why the people cf Great Bri- tain, of France, and of Belgium, sheuld not be turning their eyes to a country. such as Canada where the possibilities for the future are so great? part of the Great British Empire, we should close our gates to the people of Great Britain especially, or to the people Be France, Belgium or the United States, from whence so many desirable ciizens have come to us. In the interests of the country, we should have a constructive and not a rastric- tive policy of immigration.—Employ- ers’ ee of oe OUR. 5 No ek William and Henry were discussing the ill luck of a fellow chauffeur named George who had been fined for taking out his employer’ s car without: permission, “But how did the boss know he had taken the car out?” asked Henry. “Why,” explained William, “you see George happened to run over him.” Surnames and Their Origin DAVIS Variations—David, Davidson, Davi- son, Davie, Davies, Davey, Davers, ‘Davye, Dayson, Days, Day, Dawson, Dawkins, Dawkinson, Dakins, Dav- idge, Dow, MacDavid, MacDaid, Mac- Dade, Kay, Dodd, Dodson. Racial Origin—English and Celtic. Source—A given name. From the foregoing list of variations it looks almost as if every family name beginning ‘with “2D” belongs tq the Davis group. As a matter of fact David has given rise to an exception- ally large number of family names, be- cause it was a far more popular given name in ine bpd caied than it is to- day. These family names ome in thé Mirst place from the unchanged name David, giving us, by the various pro- cesses of adding “son,” cutting it. down, to a mere ‘‘s” and the elision of the final “d” in some cases, David, ‘Davidson, Davison, © Davies, Davers, RTS tae ng bate ¢ rates But a most whtes prada vabiation of | sae ages name in ‘the ‘Miadle. ae es| was “Daw,” derived from the pronun- ciation of the name with the broad “a”? (like Daw-vid). The long “a,” as in “day” is a development of modern English. This variation gave rise to the family names ef Dawson, Dawkin- son (“little Daw’s son”) and Dawkins. The broad “a” pronunciation also sometimes led to Dodd and Dodson, though these names are more com- monly ascribed to the old Anglo-Saxon given name of “Doda” or “Dodd.” The given name of David also had a strong hold in Scotland of the Mid- dle Ages, and was borne by a number of the Scottish kings, where it is to be found, principally among branches of the Clan Chattan Confederacy, in the Celtic formg ‘Glan Daibhaidh” of “MacDhaisy’ and “Cuann Da‘idh,” whence the Anglicized forms of MacDavid, MacDaid, ‘Kay. Davis, Dawson, Dow also .afe found Macdade and The English forms of. Davie, as septs of this clan, known fo-day as Davidson. et The family name of Davidge is simply a variation in: meelline and pro- puboiation: ot aie > Is there any reason why as a- a {I put a dustless duster over the pad- hair took her ¢ With Basin and Towel. The vase that the class gave Miss Rachel was beautiful; but Hetty hod stayed away when they: gave rb to her. Sho felt she could not.be presen, since she had contributed nothing to- ward the gift. With no money how could she contribute? Nevertheless, no girl in the clasts loved hier teacher’ as Hetty lovied her. And now. Miss Rachel, with her lovely smile and her sweet voice, was going far away. } Slow tears welled up im Hetty’s eyes as she washed the supper dishes: 1 and set them iin orderly rows upon the pantry helves. She was a thin little girl with soft brown eyes and thick bracds of hair that fell below her waist. Old Mrs. Barton had urged her mother to cut them off; so much sitrength, the old lady, ‘said; but Hetty’s mother had shaken her head Hetty was strong enough, and her hair was her one beauty. As Hetty carried the last cup into the pantry she stood there a moment reflecting. Miss Rachel was going away. Was there not something she, could do for her?. And then, as she} sibood im the dusk of the little pantry and pressed her tear-filled eyes with her hands, the answer came. penables mie toeeiaus Miss Rachel heard a timid knock at her door and lifted her heaxd from her packing. “Come in;” whe said im her sweet clear voice, and Hetty entered. Miss Rachel .smiled at her, “Good evening, Hetty,” she said. Hetty smiled faintly: “Good even- ing, Miss Rachel.” Then for a mo- ment she paused. “I felt so sorry,” sho began .tremulously, “because I couldm’t give anything toward buying the beautiful vase that the rest of the girls gave you. But I didin’t have any money.” Again she pauiced a moment, then continued: “But, Misg Rachel, none of the girls love you more than I do. I love your hands, your eyes, your smile, and the way_you fix your hair, and your—clothes, and everything about you. ‘So I’ve come to-night to ae whether you'll let me do something for you, something I can do and some- thing I want to do very much. I've come to ask you, Miss Rachel, i you'll let me wa'sh all your clothes be- fore you go away. Mother says I wash beautifully.” Misis Rachel looked att Hetty—at the thin little face, lighted by its wistful eyes, and at the small rough hands fingering so nervously a fold of her dresis. “But, dear,” she said im a trembling veilce, “I don’t want you to wash my clothes.” Hetity threw both arm's round her. “Dear Miss Rachel, I’ve cried every night for a week because I couldn’t give anything toward the vase, You won't go away and make me feel I’ve done nothing! Don’t you see that I want to have a part in you; and if you won't let me do this, I can’t. Please, Miss Rachiel.” Seeing that Hetty’s heart was set upon it, Miss Rachel let her have her way, and a few minutes later she crept down the stairs with a big bundle in her arms. Two days afterwards Hetty brought back the clothes, snowy whilte and beautifully ironed. Miss Rachel was to go away the next morning. Hetty removed the cloth, and Miss Rachel saw them in all their sweet, clean freshness. “Dear,” #he cried, gathering the bit- tle figure into her arms, “what lovely clothes! How can I thank you? It is not everyone that is willing to gird himiself with basin and towel as the Maisiier did.” Hetty looked into the dear face, “And have I,” she asked, “really given you something, even though J didn’t have any money? O Miss Rachel, I wanted you-to know!” Miss Rachel nodded. “Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee,” che quoted softly. Then she paused and added, “Chefid, child, you have given me more than anyone.” A kalf hour later when Hetty took the empty clothes basket down the stairs her thin “little face was softly smiling. “Basin and towel,” she whispered, “Oh, I’m so glad Mice Rachel saiid that!’ White Coverlet From Scraps. I needed a new bed-spread, so I collected all the white material on hand, left-overs from underwear, ete. Those that had become yellow with age I washed and ironed; in fact, it is bes: to wash and iron all the pieces, as that will prevent shrinking when the coverlet is washer, I cut squares eight by ten inches from wornout whiite cotton underwear, end sewed the pieces on crazy quilt fashion and made a white erazy quilt. I cutlined the biocks after setting them together in strips, with blue san silk, and sewed the strips together. Then I pinmed the spread right side}. down into quilt frames, fastened a new | san} sheet on top and tied with blue sik according to the blocks. After finishing the edges with the lue thread in herringbone stitch, I had a very durable spread, and all it cost me was my labor and the new sheet, and I made use of scraps that would otherWise have been thrown away. Two Labor-Saying Devices. One of the handiest tools that I have on cleaning days is a wire mop- stick, which, by the way, was sharp edges were thoroughly covered, Over this put a piece af a wornout blanket, sewing it securely to the felt. When ordinary dusting is to be done, ding, fasten it to the mopstick and proceed to dust in the usuab way, The} : bee tee eh handie of the fioprtick pur-| chased for a small sum. The wire on \ the stick was covered with heavy felt material, being very careful that all} 1 all + if =, WNIOZIs | able (Wat asso A ite £9 ae est lini's, cor- news, tops of.win y anit doors other hgh pimees. It caves, time e ant labor and I Lever ha ave to P sea “he ar (esa tae ides asomas sary forme ely. ! The other handy « asics 3a piece of | ondinary rubber thiowve which has been > the oo f-the-way' eceiAces rerey and RS fees 3 I am tuct picture amet a wt reve e seer) Phners, HTC'S Tbe 3 | ject to d out. cf , ace Yonge plzeet 1 and | | a great help on wash clay. By the u se! of this hose which is six feet in lemgt I have saved myself many sveps eck a k as well. I can fill my wash which siaves nn Wh tired b: tubs with. cold water, carrying and lifting it, and, me time for many other necessary duties that invariably. occur on wash- day. Child’s’ Account Book. In this era of Canadian extrava- gance, why not teach our children the value of money? Try giving them a certain amount each week for duties well performed, increasing it to cover certain, exitria tasks, not enough to give them the impression that you are paying them wages, but a stipu- labed sum. Impose a small fine out of the allowance for duties neglected or forgotten. Have them keep an account book, and eredit themselves. with all they receive, and charge themselves with all they spend, and balance the book ‘once a month. Encourage them, to save the nickels and dimes until they amount to dollars, with which they ean start a bank account or buy some- thing wished for, instead of spending every -nickel for foolish toys or too much candy to impair their digestion. This first business training will be of benefit in latet years. ————— Flocks of Suns. Every new invention of the astrono- mer’s observatory enlarges the dis- tance he -can peer into space and measure its receding boundaries, so that one can never say widen is the farthest star. But we can say which is at the far- thest distance measured. This honor is at present borne by a tiny blur of light, which has no name, and a few years ago not noticed, but which is now identified in the New General Catalogue of stars as Number 7,006— or, more precisely, N.G.C. 7,006. It is not really one star, but a great flock of stars, probably containing more than the. equivalent of a quarter of a million of our suns; and it is so far away that if some unknown 4Ms- tronomer could flash a light-signal at us from one of the suns or planets there, it would be nearly a quarter of a million years before that message could reach us. There is good reason to believe that this flock of stars is moving toward us. It is hardly necessary to say that it will take a long time coming. The fastest moving star—it is not really a star, but a blaze of gas which will S40ome day become a ’star—travels at the rate of about 730 miles a second. If it were coming toward us from the same place as the “farthest star’ it would take 67,000,000,000 years reach us, ae “What is the highest form of ani- mal life?” asked a teacher. “The gir- effe!” replied the boy at the bottom of the class, to. | | “Why. the ‘dq’ is the letter REAKEY ‘SELLS z THEM; SED ears of all types; all cars sold. ca elivery up to. i 00 a me distance you w ae as purchased, or’ purchase — ded. Ried mechanic: of your own cree to look .hém ‘ car to city representative or ine pectien. Very large stock always on a o Breskey’s Used Car Market MERE TACT or OF HUMOR FROM KSEE THERE” ee eS Physiological ‘Keane: “Two pupils in a primary schoo) | were encountering difficulties: with | also gives! peir “First Reader.” i “Tommy,” asked one of the bien “how can you tell which is a and. which is ‘b?’ ” “Don’t you know?” returned Tommie stomach on its back.” “Cheapness” of Nature. Mrs. Newrich (in store)-—“My iittle boy was disappointed in not getting oe magnet among his sents. 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