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Ww : ":srb remedy sunur®, rashes, j Â¥ENTIONS @GEON trar rk & | wal HoO M STUDY A1 VERSITT oUs LL ATISE NTS Inform:& anlo sauces CURI! wio 7 LV A skin food! LE e Street ¢ aND )i by pAVIS Physiciaas 1 YCUC ) Tuh 13 th th a NWTY ! She raised her hand and looked at him a strange loogk from so young a nrl. 1t was as if she were fighting t the subtle spell of his words, the deâ€" mand for her love which shone in his eves ‘No, I am not angry," she said at last; and her volce, though very low, was calm and unshaken. _‘ He made a movement towards her, but she shrank back, only a little, but perceptibly, and he checked the moveâ€" ment. the desire to take her in his arms. You are not angry? Thenâ€"Idaâ€"I may call you sof?â€"you don‘t mind my loving you?" Dearest, will you love me lust a little in return? Wait!" for she just & hed st ly! 1 that I while "No, don‘t a little catch thinkâ€"to und a moment, her tant hills, as helights she m 110 ND 86. 2s idfi it + hi PC ES md shrunk again, this time more plainâ€". v‘ 1 know that 1 have startled you, hat 1 ought not to kave -Yoien so s00n, while you only know so little of me~â€" vou‘d naturally say ‘no,. and send me .way. But if you think you can like meâ€"learn to love meâ€"â€"" C He took her hand, hanging so temptâ€" ingly near his own, but she drew 1t x Wiik V £ "No: don‘t touch me!" she said, with a little catch lrhher voice. "I want to think â€"to understand." She paused for a moment, her eyes stili seeking the disâ€" tant hills, as If in _ their mysterious helghts she might find something that should explain this great mystery, this wonderful thing that had happened to her. At last, with a singular gesture, so wirlish, so graceful that it made him long still more intensely to take her in his arms, she said in a low voice: 1 do not knowâ€" No! I do not want Her lips quivered, but she did not wak. and the look of trouble, of doubt, d not leave her‘face. He waited, his yes seeking lh;rn. I.:;.i."tll.n t'hh.m for »me sign which mig ® e ‘ fear and suspense with which : was ittling, then he said in a low .. volce it thrilled with the tempest of emoâ€" on which raged under his forced calm: A Foolish Yeung Man; the sweetestâ€"â€"â€" not beenâ€"â€"I mean m-; so bfl;ullful She ed at troub‘lrhmiooa. "No! 1 «an‘t thetre‘s not a 100 ure that I don‘t 1 learnt it. When I can see youâ€"â€"s clusters in soft 1 "No! 1 Can‘t explain. See, now, thete‘s not a look of yours, not a featâ€" ure that I don‘t know by heart as if 1‘d learnt it. When I am away from you I can see youâ€"see the way your hair clusters in soft little curls at rour foreâ€" head, the long lashes . sweep n1l your cheek, theâ€"the trick your iye? a.'\l’e of turning from grey to violentâ€"oh, 1 know your face by heart, and I love it for its beauty:®but if you were to lose it all, if you were not the loveliest reature God had ever made, it would make no difference. You would still be you: and it is you I want. Idaâ€"give yourself to meâ€"trust me! Oh, dearest, vou don‘t know what love it! Let me Will H CHAPTER XIV.â€"(Continued) H Her gauntiet slipped from her hand. ind he knelt on one knee and picked it ip, and still kneeling, took both her mands in his. 1t did not occur to him to emember that the woman who hesiâ€" ates is won; something in her girlish nnocence, in her exquisitely sweet canâ€" lor. filled him with awe. Dearest!" he said, in so low a volce ‘hat the note of the lark flying above them sounded loud and shrill by conâ€" trast. _ ‘"Dearest!â€"for you are that to me!‘â€"1 will not press you. I will be ontent to wait. God knows you are right to hesitate!‘ Your love is too great. to precious a thing to be given to me without thought. I‘m not worthfi to touch youâ€"but I love you! I wi walt. You shall think of all I have said; ind. let vour answer be what it may, I "Don‘t!" he . said. : Wait! Let me see : scarceiy know me. Ah I do. how can 1 win yoi ul 1d H You are good to me," she said, in & aintlv troubled voice. ‘"Yes. I know, I eel that. Perhaps 1 ought to SaY not‘ "Don‘t!" he said,. almost _ flercely. Wait! Let me see you againâ€"you wcarceiy know me. Ah,. Ida, what can She {nclined her head the very slightâ€" est, as she understood, as if she were @rateful: then letting her eyes rest on his with an inscrutable look, she spoke softlv to the horse and rode away, '“fh PDonald and Rese clamoring jJoyously afâ€" ter her. as if they had found the proâ€" ceedings extremely trying. es :i me 41 EERPCOME® POLCCHTSTE SOZ CE Stafford nun‘ his arm _ across his horse. and leanin@ against it. looked afâ€" ter her. his eves fixed wistfully on the @light. graceful figure until it was out of sight; then he gazed round him as it he were sudderfly returning Iroz'".?cv' mysterious region to the old\ Har She She drew her hands from his with a ep breath. e "iâ€"I will go now,." she said. "Will u_ let me goâ€"alone?" He rose and went towards the horses. is own ralsed its head and seemed his PE MR PAT SS OR EOVUT not knowâ€" No! 1 do not want\ touch me, please!" His hand is side. "I can‘t answer you. It o sudden! No one has ever o me as you have doneâ€"â€"" ighed from mere excess of JOY, pure innocense, her unlikeness, iznorance of love and all perâ€" to it, to the women he knew, e charm of her well-n{sh madâ€" To think that he should be the n to speak of love to her! not angryâ€"ought I to be? Yes, «e so. We are almost strangers seen so little of each other." say that love, all true love, t first sight," he said. "I used h at the ldea; but now I know ue. I loved you the first time ou, 1da‘!" ip â€" quivered and her brows If Â¥u th al n‘t want to force you to ansWer, . after a pause. ‘‘Yes, I do! I‘d !f the remainder of my llfe to m say the one word, ‘yes. B;glt t It‘s tooâ€"too precious. _ Ah, u understand! I want your love, ve, 1da!" | understand," she murmured. and 1 would say it Ifâ€"if I were ut Iâ€"vyes. I am all confused. It a dream. 1 want to think, to ask ifâ€"if T can do what you want." t up her hand to her lips, as if ) them from trembling. "I want lone to think of allâ€"all you have H complain. . Butâ€"Idaâ€"you mustâ€" get that I love you with all my and soul!" looked down at his handsome face, ce over which her lips had hoverâ€" v a short time since, and her lips 1 do not speak to me? Are you ely? Why should you?"* he vas just an ordinary man, our path for the first and e only time. Good heavens! no reason why you should ught to me, why I should our mind for half a moment s out of yvour sight. But for aven‘t I told you how beaut!â€" â€", Ida! You are the loveliest, stâ€"â€"â€" _ But even if you had L mean it is not because you utiful that I love youâ€"â€"" ced at him with a puzzled, so wonderful." she 8ald, [ do not understand it. The We scarcely spokeâ€"and I angry with you for fishing . And 1 didâ€"did not think gesture, repudiating the Or, the Belle of the Season. win your love?" _ hands from his with a she murmured. it Ifâ€"if 1 were all confused. It she said very slightâ€" he world. Passion‘s marvellous spell still held him, ‘he was still throbbing with a halfâ€"painful ecstasy of her nearness, of the touch of her hand, the magic of her voice. For the first time he was in love. In love with the most exguisite, the most wonderful of God‘s divire creatures. He knew, as he had said, that her answer meant life or death to him, the life of infinite. nameless joy, the desth of life in death. Was he going to lose her? The very question set him trembling. He held out his quivering hand and looked at It, and set his teeth. Heaven and earth, how strange it was! This girl had taken possession of him body and soul; every fibre of his being clamâ€" oredwor her. To be near her, just to be able to see her, hear her, meant happiâ€" tneu: to be torn from herâ€"â€"â€" _ 0_ _ and he laughed grimly "And this is love!" he said, between his teeth. ‘"Â¥esâ€"and it‘s the only love of my life. God help me if you say ‘no,‘ dearest! But you must notâ€"yOUu must not!" Quite an hour _ afterâ€" Stafford had started to meet Ida, Miss Falconer made her appearance, coming slowly down the stairs in the daintiest of morning dawn." She smiled at him with languid apâ€" proval, as If he were some paid jester, and went into the breakfastâ€"room. There were others there beside Lady Clansâ€" fordâ€"most of them young peopleâ€"It is, alas! only the young people who can sleenp through the bright hours of & summer‘s mornâ€"and a discussion on the programme of the day was belns carried on with a babel of volces an ;‘fi{e ‘:wv:at‘ vi)?oi'ew:)'u{ on his forehead in. m‘ > o OW PP C "Â¥Fou shall decide for us,. Miss Falâ€" coner!" exclaitned one of the young men, whose only name appearjd to be Bertie for he was always addressed as and spoken of by It. "It‘s a tossâ€"up between a drive and a turn on the Lake in the electric launch. 1 proposed a sail, but there seemed to be a mmflrm%d and genâ€" eral scepticism as to my yachting capaâ€" cities, and Lady Plaistow says she doesâ€" n‘t want to be drowned before the end gf ?gpe season. What would you like to 0 ; i F Mhuat bul * Td "git somewhere in the shade with 4 book," she repled. promptly but slowly There was a shout of laughter. "That is Rmt what Mr. Howard re plied," said Bertie, complainingly. "Oh, Mr. Howard! Everyone know that he is the laziest man in the whol world," _ remarked Lady Clansford plaintively. ‘"What is Mr. Orme goin; to do? Where is he? Does anyon know ?" ht io s P PHamE: There was a general shaking of heads and a chorus of "No‘s." "I had a swim with him this morning, but I‘ve not seen him since," said Berâ€" tie. "It‘s no use waiting for Orme; he mightn‘t turn up 111 dinner time. Miss Falconer, if 1 promise not to drown you, will you make one for the yacht? The man told me it would be all ready." . _ She shook her head as she helped self to a couple of strawberries "No, thanks," she said, with her muâ€" sical drawl. "I know what that means. You drift into the middle of the lake or the river, the wind drops, and you sit im a scorching sun and get a headâ€" ache. Please leave me out. 1 shall stick to my original proposal,. Perhaps, if you don‘t drown anyone this time, 1 may venture with you another day." She leant back and smiled at _them. under her lids, as the discussion flowed and ebbed round her, with an air of plaâ€" cid contempt and wonder at their exâ€" citement; and presently, murmuring something to Lady Clansford, who, as chaperone and deputy hostess was tryâ€" ing to coax them into some decision, she rose and went out to the terrace. There, lying back in a deckâ€"chair, in a corner screened from any . possible draught by the glass verandah, was Mr. Howard with one of Sir Stephen‘s priceâ€" less Havannas between his . lips, a ll"‘rench novel in his hand, and a morning paper across his knees. He rose as she approached, and checking a sigh of reâ€" signation, offered her his chair. 9 T e e o t y "Oh, no," she said, with a smile which showed that she knew what the effort of politeness cost him. "You‘d hate me if 1 took your chair, I know; and though, of course, I don‘t in the least care whether you hate me or not, I shouldn‘t like putting you to the trouâ€" ble of so exhausting an emotion." ___ _ ~â€" Howard smiled at her with frank admiration. Mn n . 2 on ant ies ePR URCOUCC "Let‘s compromise it," he said. I‘ll drag that chair up hereâ€"it‘s out of the sun, you knowâ€"so, and arrange these ecushions so, and put up the end for your feet so, andâ€"how is that, Miss Falconâ€" er? â€"‘"Thanks," she murmured, sinking inâ€" to the soft nest he had made. _ _ Py e e e o en d "Do you object to my cigar? Say so, if you do. andâ€"â€"* "Â¥You‘ll go off to find some other nook," she put in. "No, 1 like it." His eye shone with keen appreciaâ€" tion: this girl was not only a beautyâ€" which is almost commonplace nowadays â€"but witty which is rare. "Th?kl! Would you like the paper? Don‘t Resitate if you would; I‘m not reading it; I never do. 1| keep it there so that I can put it over my face if I 'f,eel like â€" sleepingâ€"which 1 generally 0." She declined the paper with a gesture of her white hand. "No, TA rather talk; which means that you are to talk and I‘m to listen. Will it exhaust you too much to . tell me where the rest of the people are? I left a party in the breakfast room squabbling over the problem how to kill time; but where are the others? My faâ€" ther. for instance?" "He is in the _ library _ with Baron Wirsch. Mr. Griffenberg, and the other financiers. They are doubtless engagâ€" ed in some mystic rites connected with the worship of the Golden Calf. rites in which the word ‘shares.‘ ‘stocks,‘ ‘diaâ€" |\ monds.‘ ‘concessions.‘ appear at freâ€" ‘quen( intervals. 1 suppose your father, | ha ving joined them. is a member of the Iall-powerful sect of moneyâ€"worshipâ€" pers DetZ. She shrug@#ed her shoulders. "I suppose so. And Mr. Ormeâ€"is he one of them?‘" she asked, with elaborâ€" ate indifference. Howard smiled eynically "gtafford! No; all that he _ knows about money is the art of spending it: and what he doesn‘t know about that _ CT _T LI_~ T+ aline through ~mI&nOrQ . ETi . Pss about money is the art of spending it ; | and what he doesn‘t know about that isn‘t worth knowing. 1t slips throu¢h| his fingers like water through a sleve: and one of those mysteries which burâ€" den my existence is. how he always manages to have some for a friend up a tree." "Is he so generous, then?" she asked“ with g delicate yawn behind her hand. Howard nodded, and was silent for a moment. then he said musingly: "Â¥ou‘ve got on my favorite subjectâ€" Stafforaâ€"Miss Falconer. And I warn you that if I go on I shall bore you." "Well. I can get uD and go away,." she said, languidly. _ "He is a friend of yours, 1 su ?"° By the way, did you know that he stopped those ridiculoys fbon“u' L"t night and probably saved my life?" , > "F dr good;n‘l' g‘h don‘t let ‘him lh..r mku that" or even guess _ that vou t it" he said,. with an affectaâ€" CHAPTER XV shaking of heads eryone . knows in the whole j Clansford, . Orme going Does _ anyone w o dn her 4220 06. lith 11202000 sc vetatints C3 y + Ne ppne t to. I‘m a poor creature, Miss Falconer." "A martyr on the altar of frlenduhiÂ¥. she said. "Mr. Orme must be very irâ€" resistible." _ onl o 2 ege 5. TeBt@UDie. "He is," he assented, with an air of profound _ melancholy. "Stafford has the extremely unpleasant knack of getâ€" ting what he wants. It‘s very disgustâ€" ing, but it‘s true That is why he is so general a favorite Why, if you walkâ€" ed into any drawing room and asked who was the most popular man in Lonâ€" don, the immediate and unanimous reâ€" ply would be ‘Stafford Orme.‘" Ee oe i c She settled the cushions a little more comfortably. "You mean amongst men?‘ she said. Howard smiled and eyed her quesâ€" tioningly. "Wellâ€"I didn‘t." he replied drily. She lauihed a little scornfully. a "Oh, 1 know the sort of man he is, she said. ‘"I‘ve read and heard about them. The sort of man who falls in love with every woman he meets. ‘A servant of dames‘!". ns ty mOTIWITL MR RATCUEROT Howard leant back and laughed with cynical enjoyment. _ _ _ _# Eddic â€" Springâ€"inâ€"theâ€"Crowd Is a Strange Character. Wherever a Northâ€"West Mounted Police has patrol work on an Inâ€" dian Reserve, he must have an Inâ€" dian scout to assist him. This offiâ€" cer is employed by the Mounted Police, lives at the barracks, and wears a uniform provided for him bi\; the department. He must be able to understand and speak Engâ€" lish, for he is the medium between the Red Man and the officer of the law in the Indian territory: Usually the scout becomes a very important personage among the Inâ€" dians, and is not muchn?oved by them. While they are not usually averse to police control, yet they cannot overcome the old idea that the Medicine Man and chief of the A NOTED BLACKFOOT SCOUT. tribe should be the only Indian auâ€" thority under which they must bend. ht . [ One of the most enlightened scouts in the employ of the force is Eddie Springâ€"inâ€"theâ€"Orowd, who, for short, is called plain "Eddie." What his father saw at the time of his birth to suggest such an uncomâ€". mon name for his child is not known. Eddie is one of the few Indians of the Blood Reserve who gets mail at the local postâ€"office. For some years Eddie has been‘a subscriber to a Canadian periodiâ€" cal, and while the police affirm that he does not read the literature, yet they believe the pleasure of having a magazine come addressed to himâ€" self more than offsets the small Isubsgr_iption he pays for it. _ _ Eddic has no aversion to sitting for & photographer. The accomâ€" panying photograph shows him atâ€" tired in a new serge with bright brass buttons. Eddic has also inâ€" vested in a new pair of boots. London â€" Tailors â€" Introduce Over One Hundred Shades. . Don‘t be afraid if your tailor happens to say you would look well in a "‘mauve and black sui‘t:”‘ or even if he suggests you would look well in a "dull blue and willow green.‘"‘ These are two of the 115 shades of the new colorâ€"blended materials for men that the principal London tailors are trying to introduce to a wider public. The titles of some of the other shades are : Gold brown and heather, amethyst and black, claret and blue, wine red and grass green,. Damson purâ€" ple, mulberry and sepia, mauve and chestnut, purple and brown. These names read like mixed drinks, but quite 50 per cent. of the |ob|des would not be particularly noticeable in a crowd if you did not \tic a label to the suit, though all of COLoRs IN MEX‘S CLOTHES®. ; 1 h. 0 T aous d n enc tnn F5 en t +/ W W D them look much brighter than the ordinary suiting and have a distineâ€" tive note. â€" _ ovres To be quite candid, there aro really only a dozen colore which could only be worn by a blind man or superâ€"nut, These include bright bl\l“' upmk’n “p\lrple,” um_ sy,"‘ and other vivid colors. The rest are carefully blended shades, &Mch;bx%n up the: room without offending the eye. 14. war Eddie Springâ€"inâ€"theâ€"Orowd (‘To be continued.) Cherries are among the suummer fruits that are much improved by cooking. Somehow they lose none of their freshness and are renderâ€" ed much juicier and more toothâ€" some by slight cooking. (Here are some receipts that make use of them : Cherry Tapioca.â€"To make a deliâ€" cious cherry pudding soak one small cupful of tapioca in water over night. In the morning add a pinch of salt and cook until clear. Then add butter the size of an egg and one cupful of stoned cherries (the sour cherries are preferable). Add to this a half cupful of cherry wine or a little lemon juice and sugat to taste. Flavor with vanilla and .bake until bubbles appear on the ‘to.p. Serve very cold with whipped cream. > Cherry Pie.â€"LEine a pie plate with rich pastry, Stone the cherâ€" ries and fill the pie dish, Then pur over them four tablespoonfuals of molasses and dust over all one taâ€" blespoonful of flour. P\}t, on an upâ€" per crust and bake one half hour in a moderate oven. When eool dust the top with a generous eorinkling of powdered sugar. Candied Cherriés.â€"To make a delicious confection, wash, stem and pit one pound of large, firm cherries, putting a pound of sugar to one pound of the fruit. Boil the juice and the sugar to a very thick isyrup. Put the cherries in this syrup and let them simmerâ€"not boilâ€"for ten minutes. Then set. them away in the syrup until the next day. Then take the cherries out of the syrup and put them in a deep dish. Let the syrup boil up once and pour over the cherries. This operation should be repeated for three mornings. On the fourth morning, boil the syrup almost to the thickness of candy, tfip the cherâ€" ries in it and let them get thoroughâ€" ly coated, then place them sepaâ€" rately on flat dishes and dry. _ Cherryâ€" Cordial.â€"Very ripe cherâ€" ries make the best cordial. Bruise the fruit and mash through a colâ€" ander, sweeten to taste and boil for ten minutes and then strain. Boll again until perfectly clear, skimming â€" off occasionally. To every quart of the cherry juice add one gill of pure brandy. Beal the bottles tightly and keep in a cool dark nlace until ready to use, German Cherry Pic.â€"Make a cherry pie, as usual, but omit the upper crust. When almost done beat one egg until very light antj add to it one scant half cupful of rich cream. Pour the mixture over the top of the pie. Put the ple back in the oven and bake until the cueâ€" tard is set. This makes a very atâ€" Eil:“htive as well as an appetizing ish. * Cherry Salad.â€"Here is a delightâ€" ful dish that calls for fresh cherâ€" ries. For a course in a warmâ€" weather luncheon it is very good. Either the large white or the red cherries may be used, and it is most effective to mix the two colors. The fruit should be stoned â€" without breaking the fruit and in the place of each stone is placed a nut meat. Hazel nuts are the easiest to use, but any sort will do. ‘The cherries should then be spread on lettuce leaves and used or they may be stewed with sugar, water and a litâ€" tle lemon juice.. _ _ i Dried Cherriecs.â€"The housewife who has an eye to the demands of the following winter when fresh fruit is not to be had in abundance, will welcome this receipt for dryâ€" ing cherries. Select the most perâ€" ftect fruit and cut the stems off close. Don‘t pul} the stems, as this bruises the fruit and allows the juice tbo escape. Now spread and allow to dry slowly in a cool oven, When thoroughly dry pack away in boxes and have on hand for next winter. They may be used when soaked in almost any of the ways in which the fresh fruit is used, or they may be stewed with sugar, waâ€" ter and a little lemon juice. Silver spoons that are stained with egg should be rubbed with salt. Home| New patchwork designs show large pink tulips on a neutral ground. Use a funnel in filling a hot waâ€" ter bottle if you would save the rubber. «7 4 _ The best way to mend linen is to wtretch it smoothly over an emâ€" broidery frame. â€" A paper basket folded over the outer edge and top of ice in the reâ€" frigerator will gave the iceman‘s bill. Stained fliour boards can be cleanâ€" ed by scrubbing with chloride of lime, using a tablespoon to a pail of water. If a little floutr is sifted into hot fat, eggs may be dropped in withâ€" out the objectionable eputtering and frying of hot fat. |â€"| _ If the hair is dry and brittle give it a good application of vaseline or pure olive oil on the scalp the night before w#hampooing. ~ |~_ _ C The tea kettle should be washed clean every night and filled fresh every morning, if you would have good coffee and tea. _ _ _ _ When there is a white deposit on the comb after shampooing, it is either from the towel or soap which has not been rinsed out. * It is a good idea to rinse muslin hangings, chidren‘s dresses and pinafores in alum water. It will render them nonâ€"inflammable. _‘ Good flour adheres to the hand, and when pressed tightly, remains in shape and shows the imprint of the lines on the skinof the hand. _ â€"~Tomatoes are delicious broiled. Cut them in thick slices and broil them over a hot fire ; then they are Cherry Dishes. Houschold Hints. w ie t Ds . 9P / AC done, butter and sprinkle with salt and pepper. To strain po“:t. pour it, while hot, through a muslin cloth which has just been "r\mgb;nt of ice water. When it has all been strained, heat again and serve. C 3 again and serve. A palatable® way to serve cold boiled potatoes is to put theim through the sieve. Season them well with butter and salt ; form into cones and briwn in the oven. _ __ When pressing tucks in crepe de chine use a piece of tissue paper beâ€" tween the iron and the right side. The tucks can be seen and at the same time protected. A baked apple is the most easily digested of any way of serving apâ€" ples. If a bit of butter is placed on top of each apple before it is put in the oven, the flavor will be much improved. a < eRU ED CCEC When tomatoes are dear try buyâ€" ing one large one and slicing it very thin on lettuce leaves. You will find that it gives the necessary interest and flavor of a tomato salâ€" ad, and is as satisfying as # you had used four tomatoes. o Li ut h cicdsioadii t eatuie‘s o csiniint 4 Asparagus when it comes from the market is bound to be a little wilted. If you cut about one inch off the bottom of the stalks and stand them in water about two inches deep, they will freshen and regain some of their natural sweetâ€" ness. Remember when sewing on dark waterial by artificial light to wear a lightâ€"colored apron, and spre‘od Remember when sewing on dark wmaterial by artificial light to wear a lightâ€"colored apron, and spread a white cloth on the sewing table. These things will increase the light to an appreciable extent, and the strain on the eyes will not "be so great FROM MERRY OL0 ENGLAN) KEW3 BF MAIL ABOUT JONN BULL AND HI3 PEOPLE Occurrences in The Land That Heigns Supreme in the Comâ€" mercial Worlid. Bristol City Council recommend the purchase of the tramways. il;liâ€"'i‘;;.fiiw;y” Committee have inaugurated one cent fares on the corporation cars. 5: B EPmd e us cce Large cracks have appeared in one of the buttresses of London Bridge, and repairers are now | at work. 4 _ Btaple Mill, near Sandwich, one of the few remaining windmills in Kent, has been destroyed by f_lre. Nce Emt NOCE e en n S > Wiheeden council has decided to proceed against dairymen selling milk from slot machines on halfâ€" holidays. 5 2 ind The new battleship ‘‘Marlborâ€" ough‘‘ has been commissioned at Deveng:rt as the flagship of the First Battle Squadron. Nottingham _ corporation voted $355,000 in relief of the local rates from the profits of gas, tramways, and electricity. wÂ¥ Damage to the extent of $100,000 was caused by a fire that broke out in the New Era Joinery Company‘s Fulham Depot. 9 Waltonâ€"onâ€"Thames district counâ€" cil has acquired a site for a public recreation groumftd, over six acres in extent, for $5,850. 6 In an amateur bands contest at Hayward‘s Heath the silver chalâ€" lenge shield in the first section was won by East _Grins’tead. o o BB scA n ie c nlomsnte t ie Owing to suffragette outrages the Royal Exchange has now been closâ€" ed to ladies, as damage to the very valuable frescoes is feared. Large quantities of cherries, necâ€" tarines and apricots are being landâ€" ed daily at Folkstone Harbor from France for the London markets, Over a dozen people had a narâ€" row escape from being suffocated by escaping gas from a balloon which had descended in East Greenâ€" wich. e . A young married woman named Short and her two children were burned to death at a fire that occurâ€" red at a shop at 101 Union street, Torquay. C C NeH P rnigcremat t A CC OPCCV C A report by the medical officer of health for Westminster states that in his district only 15,999 out of 53,â€" 224 women aged from 15 to 45 are married. i de 3 n . x A m:x; named William Jeffery of Cardiff, aged seventyâ€"three, died in a tramway car from “avhock on readâ€" ing the land. Without a single exception, 1,700 blankets lent to the poor of Southâ€" ampton for the winter months, have been returned into stores in good condition. Samuelâ€" Maddick, an electrical fitter in his fortieth year, employed in Portsmouth Dockyard, has been arrested at Portsmouth on a charge of ‘espionage. j Damage estimated at $250,000 was caused by a fire in a large warehouse at Goswell road, Lonâ€" don, E.C., occupied by Messrs. Hart and Sons, fancy goods manuâ€" facturers. & on .. #% London‘s latest dresm, a garden suburb ~for: dockland, seems like coming true. A number of houses are now being demolished at Silverâ€" town and the port authorities have purchased a garden area of 35 acres . Fredâ€" he 1 o seging A quick way to crowd is to go 4A« Bev _ __. _ J‘K Skeptic. ‘redâ€"â€"What kind ofâ€"a fellow is f § * § â€" tedâ€"It you ghould tell him that ing was believing, !:c wouldn‘t news of the Empress of Ire Ontario Produces 40 Per Cent. of Field Products of Canada. Bo much has been heard of Canâ€" ada‘s grainâ€"growing prairies that it is but natural the impression should be held abroad that %he‘ countrie‘s energies are devoted alâ€" most entirely to farming, and that on the plains of the West. Ontario, ‘with oneâ€"sixth of the Province‘s population of three million people, yearly produces forty per cent. of the total field products of Canada‘s nine provinces. It live stock and Lits dairy products are far in excess of those of the prairie and Pacific provinces. â€" This Western country has built up such cities as Winniâ€" I peg, Calgary, Edmonton, Vietoria and Vancouver. ©195,009,030. Great as these sources of wealth are, yet the greatest instrument for moneymaking, the greatest power toward national prosperity, is the machinery in the factorics and mills of Canada. The table that follows may dissipate a popuâ€" lar impression fostered by those who have endeavored to bring only the â€" agricultural | possibilities | of Canada into prominence. Canada‘s Production, 1913 Manufactured goods..$1,600,000,000 Farm products (grain, live stock, dairy, and all other farm products) \...... > 853,000,000 Forest$ ....0 ++ 195,000, 000 Mines ....â€" > 144,000,000 Fisheries .....}066> > 33,000, 000 These figures indicate that manuâ€" facturing has a greater capital inâ€" vested in it than any other form of national energy; that it must employ many more people than agriculture ; that industrialism is the largest force in the wellbeing and prosperity of the country. The railways of Canada, in which s aan mm i has been‘ invested, The railways of Canada, INn WI" / $2,500,000,000 has been invested, propose no restriction to the Cxâ€" pansion demanded by the growing necessities of the country. ‘ It is interesting to observe that | four billions of dollars have hecn‘ invested in the capital of companies promoting tho _ manufacturing. . financial and transportation interâ€" est of Canada, and that the aggreâ€" gate export and import trade for the year 1913 was $1,147,648,243. The trade balance against Canada, which has been freely commented upon, waAs materially reduced, the exports being $474,413,664, as comâ€" pared with $378,093,990 for the preâ€" vious year, the imports being $673,â€" 234,578, as against $645.547,512 the year before. To the year‘s increas© in Canadian exports manufactured L Cur mb n Gct.. l OAâ€"maP THE BANNEK PROVINCE. TORONTO cent Will Soon Be Never since the world began have there been so many merchant ships on the seas as now. There has been in shipbuilding a tremendous boom, which, though declining, still conâ€" tinues. By the end of 1914 it is estiâ€" mated that the total number . of merchant ships affoat upon the jooeam of the world will exceed 40,â€" 000. and that their total tonnage POoPULATING THE SEAS. contributed a Ships Afloat. $2,825,000,000 gain of 20 per 853,000,000 195,000,000 144,000,000 33,000,000 Merchant will be more than 55,000,000. Three fourths of these are stcamers, and the rest are sailing craft. _ The tonnage of the latter, however, i8 only about oneâ€"seventh of the total. In the number and tonnage of its merchant ships Great Britain is f?r ahead of any other country. Nearly half the vessels afloat are British. Acoording to the latest issue of Lloyd‘s Register the United States ranks next to Great Britain with a total gross tonnage of nearly 6,â€" 0009,000, «dlistributed among . more than 3,500 ships. Then comes Gerâ€" many within 500,000 of the United States total. _ Norway outranks France, and almost equals Gerâ€" many in the number of her ships, but her boats are small in size. Germany and France, however, are building vessels faster than the United States. With the opening of the gates of Panama five new ocean routes will be created, one to the West Coast of South Amerâ€" ica, a second to Australia and New Zealand, a third to the Philippines and Oceania, a fourth to the East Indies and Bouthern Asia,. and the last of all to China and Japan. Not even the most astute of the great eommercial Sea Lords who scan the horizon of trade from their watch ‘towers in London, New York, and Hamburg, can do more than hazâ€" ard guesses as to the reâ€"arrange, ments of trade and the shifting of fleets that the opening and expanâ€" sion of commerce and old markets will bring about in the next five years. On only one point do they agree unanimously, that the world is on the threshold of a tremendous commercial boom, and that its stimâ€" ulating cause is the opening of the great canal. The principal sufferer lfrom the impending changes will probably be the Suez Canal. CRANXK® ABOUND Mania of One Is Inguests, Another Gives Nightly Salute to Police. Punctually at 10 o‘clock every night, as the men from one of the largest metropolitan police staâ€" tions march out on night duty, & mysteriousâ€"looking man stands still and erect as a statue with his hand at the salute until the last blueâ€"clad figure has passed. Then be goes home without speaking a word. He has carried out this strange proâ€" gramme for years minug & bmfi. When he was questioned all the satisfaction a representative oofi obtain was that he thought metropolitan police the fin{fi@ body of men in the world, and this was the manner he chose to show his admiration. His nightly vigil outâ€" side the police station is an obsesâ€" sion. ‘ And in this he does not stand ‘alone. For there are numerous inâ€" ‘sumces which go to show that many Ather neople are tarred with the And in this he does not SMaUU alone. For there are numerous inâ€" stances which go to show that many other prople are tarred with the brush of the crank. What. for example, do you think of a man, who,â€"having a bitter feelâ€" ing against railways, had his seaâ€" son ticket photographed on postâ€" cards which he supplied wholesale to the collectors ? Such a man does exist. He has a rooted objection to showing his season ticket. Having founad that according to Enalish law that for which a man Having found that accor0ins * English law that for which a man has paid cannot be taken away from him, another eccentric individual, who used the Southâ€"western Railâ€" way, refused to give up his ticket. Not only did he fight for his contenâ€" tion, but he proved it in a court of law. His victory resulted in a modiâ€" fieation of the byâ€"Jaw.â€" Pearson‘s "Weekly. Imnortant to hnow. Mrs. _ Lubberty Here‘s some pills, Murty, thot Mrs. Hogan wa» afther sindin‘ over for yer. She says they‘ll aither _kill' or cure yer. _ Lubberty (who is ill}â€"Begorra, did she say which they would â€"do foorst ! The kicking hborse injures himâ€" 4c I~ 10 NXDON Â¥ #