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4 M . m s 6# 3 TX > 4 {â€" E+ "Yes," replied Brooks. "I knew it was best. The dear girl has no real feeling for that ass, Maine, and now she is as happy as the day is long. Lang and she are to be married next month, I could not desire her a bet. ter husbandâ€"true to the core, ana} a real man." | Gardner nodded. "How did you manage it*" uidl Brooks. | "You left it to me." "I know I did. It was not a bit of use my interfering. You know what girls are. If I had run the fellow dowh, Cecile would have been up in | arms, ready to see virtues in him which werse never ther3, and all the rest of it. You have been very ‘seâ€" eretive about it ali, but I think you might teil * Gardner ;'li.i‘i'f. head. "I mever doed enything partiqular Lang bent down and kissed her hand, and his action made the girl gaze at him, a new expression of tenâ€" derness in her soft eyes. "Oh, Jem," she murmured. It was a week later, and Mr. Brooks was dining at his elub, his guest being his lawyer, Mr. Samuel Gardner. The two old men often met that way. "So everything is as you wished, at last?" asked the later, leaning‘ back in his chair. "I will think it with a grave smile "It is word for wer?" Cecile was silent, with one of those silences which mean so much more than mere words. "You are offended?" . "No, I am not; but I cannot do things at express speed." "Oh, I see! Well, it is the only way. You can be angry, and tell your uncle to dismiss me, only it would be a pity if you did so, for he and I get on well together, and I do know the work. A new man wou!ld have everything to learn." Further and further did Maine fade off into the distance then. "I have no intention of asking uncle to dismiss you, Mr. Lang." "I am glad. And now about the other little thing I asked you." I "I don‘t know. | "Would it be possible for you to know before we got to Arundel andl turned ?" men or to himself lot of money aunt of mine "Thanks for the compliment, Miss Brooks. Please sit a fraction more to your left." The girl obeyed. "I im glad there is something which you consider I do well." | "Indeed!" last Lang said noii{in;;-"but merely shook his head, and Cecile sat back and watched him as he drove. "No, not for me. But what about the car?" cried the girl. PART II "I suppose a thirtyâ€"mile run will not be too much for you, Miss Brooks?" he said. I didn‘t mean that * SALABA'W Black ~ Green or Mixed :: Sealed Packets Or You do drive well," she said at DICIATED BY PRUDENCE the best way, you take my it. Now what is your ansâ€" «â€" Green or Mixed â€" over," said Cecile, By Clive R. Fenn. oranges artd throwing the peel all over the battlefield. So, of course, when I went to ask ‘Aig if the night was dark enough to have some fire. works, blow me if I didn‘t slip on one of them bits o‘ peet and cut my finser on a galmonâ€"tin," . | For love‘s soft voice, and robe of white. Truth is not true, and pity is A great task done is but a ll’ht. 7 equailled by no other z) gives Teaâ€"Pot results When Satan sends to vex the mind o man, And urge him on to meanness and to wrong, His satellites, there is not one that can Acquit itself like Envy. Not $0 strong As lust, so quick as fear, so hig as hateâ€" A pigmy thing, the twin of sordid _ greedâ€" Its work all noble things to underrate, Decry fair face, fair form, fair thought, fair deed. A sneer it has for what is hishass 7A Iis Richness inQuality *ne anutton bird of the Antarctic also carries its oil in the stomach, and can eject this oil through its nostrils as a means of defence against eneâ€" mies. fulmars only during one week in the year, but during that woek from eighâ€" teen to twenty thousand birds are desâ€" troyed. The anutton bird of the Antarctin The oil is also one of the things exported from the island. It is found in the bird‘s stomach, is amberâ€"colorâ€" ed, ard has a peculiarly nauseous odor. The old birds are said to feed the young with it, and when they are caught, or attacked, they lighten themâ€" selves by disgorging it. The Fulmar and the Mutton Bird Carâ€" r ry Oil in Their Bodies. The price of oil is a matter of no interest to the inhabitants of the Isâ€" land of St. Kilda, a favorite haunt of that animated oilcan, the fumar. So rich in oil is this seabird, that the natives simply pass a wick through its body and use it as a lamp. The F ’ The weights of some famous dia monds are:â€" _ Cullinan (Star of Africa) 3032 carats Kxcelwlos ............. 90y‘ * Rohilicor ‘.......:<..../ $00 * Dutoitspan ce . Fegont .......:........ 8y % Present find wÂ¥ +. .++. + . 3§8%g * Porter Rhodes ......... 150 * The Cullinan diamond was cut into twoâ€"one weighing 516% carats and the other 309 carats, the gems being presented to the British Sovereign, and are now among the Crown Jewels. W it weighed only 150 carats'â€"lés;-El;;n half the waight of this one. Color, Rather Than Weight, Deter " mines the Value of the Gem. __The new diamond found in the Jagersfontein Mine, Kimberley. and weighing 388@ carats, is small in comâ€" parison with famous gems such as the Cullinan, Kohinoor, Excelsior and Reâ€" gent, but more depends for value on color than on size, and this one, being described as a soft blue and white, is likely to rank high as a valuable find. As an instance may be mentioned the Porterâ€"Rhodes gem, found in 1880, which was valued at $1,000,000, though it weighed only 150 caratsâ€"lace thaw In St. Kilda it is legal to kill the But Mr. Samuel Gardner omitted the item, for reasons of his own. (The End.) * !he said. "I merely left a letter on | may desk one day when Maine was | there, and then was called away. I 'rather fancy he must have read it. Not my doing at all. It was merely 'a note I had drawn up on the hypoâ€" thesis that you intended to cut Miss Cecile out of your will; nothing more, 1 assure you; but as I took a great interest in her happiness as well, I was very glad to do it." % Brooks laughed. "That letter is worth more than sixâ€"andâ€"eightpence," he said. "I should call it priceless. Put it all down in the bill." | Teas on sale anywhere ANIMATED oilLcans BIG DIAMONDS. Envy nndrpity is not kind what is highest, but a pastime virtue‘s eating hig as stand the voices of the birds and | brooks, insects and animals; that sordia they may not be deaf when the soft ‘winds whisper to them in the treeâ€" errate, | topsâ€"it may speak to them of God. rils| _ Call the children‘s attention to the neâ€"| voice of the little brook that dances down cheerily through the meadow: « | "By day its voice is low and stitâ€" A charming, dancing little rill; of| But when the silent night is here, |Its voite is heard so loud and clear nd | And yet so sweet, it often seems xi | As though the brook brought pleasant an | dreams." | so| _ Help unstop these young ears that lthey may learn to love and underâ€"‘ aho ts . Feape o on compem we don‘t expect prices to hoar any| higher, but they may rotain their| present heightâ€"in which case few of | us can afford many new furbelows. | All of which is preliminary to .d‘.J vising a careful packing away Do you expect to use the same hat and coat next year that you have been wearing this winter? Of course we don‘t expect prices to hoar any Di M ens : We dn ui ite 190 P J 7 rney patient, soft, musical? Long, long years from now the tones of your vpice will echo and reâ€"echo in the megnory of that child of larger growth. _ Will the memories be tender and lovely to them ? Do not preach to the children; call their attention to God as the source of all that is beautiful and good. Speaking of sounds for young ears, is the sound of Mother‘s voice and Father‘s voice music or digcord to the ears of the child? Are tie tones harsh, impatient, nagging? Or are tfley patient, soft, musical? {.ong.] long years from now the tones of! your veice will echo and reâ€"echo in | _ Empty pitchers yawn to be filled | so we must teach the children to | hear interesting and helpful things. | Where are there so many intereatingri | sounds as on a farm, from chant.i-l‘ fcleer, who boasts loudly each mornâ€"; ing, "Cockâ€"aâ€"doodleâ€"doo! I‘m up beâ€"‘ fore you!" down to the musical chirp| of the crickets, and the "katydids, so impolite, contradicting in the night"?) Open the ears of the boy. Say to him, "Listen, son! that is a quail calling," as the old farm echoes with the shrill "Bob white! Bob white!" Teach him to distinguish between the call of the yellowâ€"shafted flicker, the note of the robin, and the squall of the catbirdâ€"to know the birds by sound as well as by eye, as he knows the whistles and calls of his boy friends. ‘ Ears were intended to be useful as well as ornamental and Johnnie and Susie hear a lot of things that were never intended for their ears! is then painted or stained to match the calor of the house. This makes a durable and artistic door, greatly imâ€" proved from the original readyâ€"made style. J Many homes are still without | screen protection against flies or | mosquitoes. The most inexperienced ,‘person would find it possible to make | screen frames if metal corners were ; used. _ Measure the windows, then !cut four strips of 1x1% inch wood to | fit. Put the strips togethor. The! lnetting should tbe stretchel ’.ightlyi and fastened with small tacks. If a| screer. door sags put stout screw-eyesi in twe oppos‘te corners and block us| the door until the sag is removed.| Now stretch a stout wire tightly be-" tween the screwâ€"eyes, and the door will be held rigidly in place. | A screen door which is in constant use sometimes needs re-enforoing.[ This can easily be done with the aidi of ordinary wooden laths. The laths | are put over the wire screening in the form of a lattice are placed from’ eight to ten inches apart. The whole | â€" wlh 700 to atilite on Bictainliisi Li A d of warm water. Wood painted with| this solution dries out a good shade | of brown. A coat of varni:l. may be: added, but the floors can be kept in | good condition by occasionally rubâ€"" bing them over with kerosene, apâ€"‘ plied with a soft woolen cloth. Reâ€" | move brushes from the permanganate ; solution as soon as the work is finâ€"] ished, as it destroys the bristles. \ _ To make a weod filler for floors, mix whiting with linseed oil and apâ€" ply to either hard or soft wood. This fills the pores and makes a smooth floor that can be waxed, painted or varnished. A good and inexpensive floor atain’ is made by dissolving one ounce of permanganate of potash in one quart! ow Lumap d sys Remember the Moth Paint, Varnish and Repair Time. Open Their Ears. y to the musical chirp‘ nd the "katydids, so| cting in the night"?! of the boy. Say to! n‘! that is a quail‘ d farm echoes with | white! Bob white!"| Annuals are splendid for purposes of ecut bloom. Some of the best for this purpose as well as for garden display are as follows: China‘ asters, The favorite annuals are those which can be depended upon to give results. The final results will deâ€" pend upon: 1, seed; 2, culture. 1 |_The old favorite annuals are the best because they have stood the |!tect of time. In\addition, they have | been improved and increased in size, ’form and color by the plant hybriâ€" dist and by the seedsman so that toâ€" ;day they have almost reached perâ€" fection. In one hundred years or less they have made as much advance as most other forms of life have made | in several thousand. The “poor, man‘s orchid" is the descriptive term for the modern sweet pea and the term is legitimate because the sweet pea of toâ€"day is wonderful. "It is a new creation as compared with the sweet pea of a century ago. _ The same is true of many other annuals., ‘ Annual flowers succeed exceptionâ€" ‘ally well in nearly all parts of Canâ€" ada. For the "Home Garden," wheâ€" | ther it be in the city or the country,| | the best annuals are the old favorites which have become so popular beâ€" | cause they have fitted in with thef needs of a large class of flower lov-l !.ers. The reason for the popu]arity, of the "annual" is that it can be ‘ raised easily and grown with but | very little expense or labor. A few! packages of seed costing five or ten‘ cents each, a garden patch and someâ€", one interested in flowers form aj combination which in the space of| four or five short months may proâ€"|. duce the most delightful results. ." ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Best Annuals for the Home Garden. A tried and true enemy of moths: is the mothbali. Its odor, however,, which is UGifficult to get rid of on‘ taking things from summer storage,! argues against its use. | |_â€" After everything has been cleaned,| , brushed, and well aired, pack in hat | lsacks and tie securely; or, if you! would be even more sure, sew red | pepper in cheesecloth bags and place: !Ehem between furs in the paper bags. Moths do not like the odor of cedar, and will not bother a cedar chest. One can also purchase cedar chips at any furniture store, and pack them w.th the woolens and furs. Another excellent way to pack winâ€" ter things is to wrap them securely in newspapers, and fasten the ends together with tape cr passepartout, making the bundle airtight. . The printer‘s ink on newspapers is a moth preventive because of its odor, so no other is needed. | If packing woolens, place the pepf)-er: bags between the folds. va Before packing, furs and woolens should be hurg on the clothesline for a whole dayâ€"a bright, dry, sunâ€" shiny day. Brush and shake the fu: , and be sure there are no grease spots on the woolens, for it is on these spots that m=ths live best. furs and woolen clothing for the summer months. Save every hat bag and paper bag possible, as these are most convenient things to pack furs and woolens in because the tops can be tied securely so that moths canâ€" not get in. ] | _ "I shall have to ask you for a ticket for that boy, ma‘am," insisted | a conductor, speaking to a quietâ€"lookâ€" | ing little woman. The woman declined | to pay. "You‘ll pay for that boy, or {I‘ll stop the train and put him off," | he persisted. "All right; â€" put him | off," she said. "You ought to know | the rules." "How old is that boy ?" | "I don‘t know. I never saw him beâ€" fore." ;;f We do ours up, boiling, in airâ€" | tight cans, and yet it moulds," writes ‘one. "What can we do?" ’d"' Ans.â€"In order to keep maple "*/ syrup through the heat of summer, 4| or for any length of time, boil it !d‘ down till it weighs 11 pounds to the ‘©/ gallon without the tin can or vessel‘ / which holds it. When thus boiled ‘"/ down it is allowed to cool and then s ‘ put up in cans or receptacles, which )â€"/ are filled to the full and practically Y airtight. Bottles may be used if filled s to the top and corked tightly. Keep t,! in dark, cool closet, covered wi ¢, brown paper, and it will keep "good h‘ as new" for years. 0‘ If the syrup weighs less than 11 !pounds per gallon, and much annuâ€" + ally made does, it will not keep well â€"| through warm weather. On the other t hand, if it weighs more than this )‘ amount per gallon, it is apt to crysâ€" | tallize into sugar in the bottom of|â€" s the can. Syrup that has started to’ , "work" can be brought to a very good | / condition by reboiling, adding hot[ ] water at first, if necessary, and | skimming all foreign matter fÂ¥om }the top. This clarifying may be hasâ€" |tened by adding a smell cupful of milk to a gallon or so of the syrup | while it is boiling; for a minute or so | it will look as though the whole mass| â€" | was ruined, but gradually as it boils | the milk will carify the syrup niceiy, jand all the scum will be gathored | into a thick mass eausy to remove. CROWN BRAND How to keep this delicious article‘ from moulding is troubling the| housewife, or will trouble her laterli on * * | Tall ‘Growingâ€"Cosmos, helichryâ€" sum, tall larkspurs, nicotiana, salpiâ€" glossis, sunflowers. Medium Heightâ€"Everlastings, alâ€" sams, coreopsis, larkspurs, gaillardia, clarkia, salvia, stocks, poppies; | Low Growingâ€"Pansies, California poppy, mignonette, petunias, portuâ€" laca, pinks, drummend phlox, verâ€" sweet peas, nasturtiums, sweet sulâ€" tan, sweet scabious, snapdragons, everlastings, zinnias, pot marigold or calenduala. ? 0 Ts Let PARKER Surprise You PARKER‘S know all the fine points about cleaning and dyeing. We can clean or dye anything from a filmy georgette blouse to heavy draperies or rugs. Every article is given careful and expert attention and satisfaction is guaranteed. Send your faded or apotted clothing or household goods to HOT PANCAKES:! Yes, But â€"â€" V« Maple Syrup. PARKER‘S DYE WORKS, Limited card will bring our booklet ot'houuhold suggestions that save money. Write for it We will make them like new again. Our charges are reasonable and we press or postal charges one way. c syrup is no other symu Cleaners and Dyers 791 Yonge St. 6 PARKER‘S bat are pancakes worth without up? It is the syrup that gives the syrup that tastes just as good as sulâ€" "The slave works because he is compelled to; the artist because he loves to; the fool does unnecessary work because he is a fool. The wise man is he who strives to be all three in moderation."â€"Prof. Andrew Macâ€" phail. _ "Such a building would be to Canâ€" adians what Shakespeare‘s house is to visitors to Stratfopdâ€"onâ€"Avon. When the transfer is effected we propose to convert this ground into a veritable fragment of living Canada amidst the ruins by planting maple trees and Canadian shrubs and flowers,. "Canaâ€" da in Ypres" would, I think be a good title for what we propose to effect here." Memoria! Building Wi!ll Include Relics of Galiant Defence of City. An offcer of the Canadian headâ€" quarters staff interviewed recently, said that the Canadian memorial building at Ypres would include a museum of relics connected with the Canadian defence of Â¥pres, also a library of everything published conâ€" cerning the battles of the salient, says a London despatch. Models of trenchâ€" eg, pictures and official photographs and a roster of all the Canadian dead would also be included. J 8 A J T All grades. Write for prices. TORONTO SALT WORKS G. J. CLIFF " â€" â€" TORONTO Babies‘ beautiful long clothes oulnts, daintily made of finest materials, $10.50 complete. Maternity skirts and dresses at modethe prices. Send for I dute. 1/ Lists â€"_â€"â€" _ _ _Mrs. woLrson 67 Yonge St. * â€" ' BABY CLOTHES "CANADA IN YPRES." Â¥%, Toronto pay exâ€" outfits, ‘The oldest reigz‘ag dynasty is that of Japan, said to have been founded Great Britain will send twelve warâ€" ships to tour South American waters. The fieet will leave Europe as soon as the peace treaty is signed. ’ "‘We ‘realize,‘ I said, ‘that this is hardiy a dfop in the bucket compared with your need. Moreover, it is not our job. The government intends to do the work of reconstruction. We go into the thing just enough to shelter people in this transition period. The money will be available to you imâ€" mediately through Fonds du Roi A! bert. You will not have to wait. You have made a definite concrete proâ€" ject which means giving work to these men, and shelter to some of these homeless families, and the American Red Cross is with you in it‘" ' "The Germans burned Termonds September 4, 1914. The responsibility was on General von Boehm. The Bel. gians say it was done to terrorize Ghent and Antwerp.~It was a very horrible affair, but only three or fou: | persons were put to death. Mr. Ver ‘\ mersch said one man who had his eyes put out was his clerk _ Of 1.400 houses in the town 1,200 were burned Strips of linen soaked in naphtha were placed in holes cut in the ceilings and floors to act as wicks for the flames Only one factory was spared, the Esâ€" cautâ€"Dendres shoe factory, from which the Germans sent all the shoes an| leather into Germany, 1 _ "I confess I was not quite prepared | for what I found at Termonde. I have | seen the destruction along the lines |of trenches from Rheims to Neuport, | both back of the Fremch, British and | Belgian trenches and back of the Gerâ€" man trenches, 1 have visited virtually all of the destroyed places in Belgium, Vise, Chappelle, Louvain and others not so widely known, but I do not re member seeing any place except on the fighting front so completely des troyed as Termonde. It does not look like Ypres or places which have been fought over for years. It belongs to that class of places deliberately des troyed all at once. Industrics Laid Waste, "Before the war Termonde was an Eastern Flanders town of 10,000 pe: sons. Half of them were engaged in industry, making | blankets, ropes cables and things of that kind. There was a wellâ€"toâ€"do middle class, many persons worth $6,000 or $8,000, and a half a dozen who were worth $100,000 which was rich in a country very cheap in which to live. The working class was unusually intelligent. Ther was never a strike. Skilled labor got from $1 to $1.20, unskilled sixty cents a day. The town was the centre of a rich farming district. "This afternoon I went to Termonde with two Belgian gentlemen," writes the American Red Cross Commission er for Belgium in a recent despatch from Brussels. J was reluctant to go because .J had seen all the ruins I wanted to see, and I was afraid of raising false hopes in the minds of these people by my visit, but 1 am glad that I went. At Essche, where we left the main route, Mr. Tibbaut pointed out a large house on the main street, number 249, and said that the Belgian who lived there was compe!l ed to house some German offlicers the day before Termonde was burned. The Germans held a consultation, and he heard them say, ‘Termonde must be burned.‘ _ We found the village of Sant Gillesâ€"Lezâ€"Termonde, on the out skirts of the city, almost entirely des troyed. On Sept. 4, 1914, General von Boehn Ordered Destruction to Terrorize Ghent and Antwerp. ‘mpero, Jinmu Tenno in 600 7000 WRETCHED BELGIANS Now LIVING IN Ruins. BY GERMAN ORDER AM ropes, There many and a H . MIL TON JOH Mangre TV