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~ â€" "SALADA" n & 14 Mrs. Harper alone sat outwardly ecomposed, but she was far from feelâ€" ing as courageous as she tried to appear,. Numbly she watched Joe let the heavy wooden bars fall across the door. Charlie Jaynes was blowâ€" ing out the lamps. He left one bnm-‘ ing near the stove and came toward the mothers exchanged quick glances of apprehension. Then the sound was repeated nearer at hand and from a score of throatsâ€"human throats. "Indians‘" yelled Joe Baxter. ‘ As he sprang to the door, the woâ€" men and children swayed to the «entre of the room and clung to one] another, pallid with fear. "That‘s nothing but an owl!" volâ€" unteered Charlie Jaynes contemptuâ€" ously. He had been "spelled down," and was feeling somewhat acrimonâ€" ous in consequence. . But a little shiver ran through the listeners. Was it an owl? Some of Little Mattie Simonds, one of the best spellers of the class, was deliverâ€" ing herself glibly of the word "inâ€" comprehensibility," "Iâ€"n, in câ€"oâ€"m, com, incom, pâ€"râ€"e, pre, incompreâ€"" she shrilled, and then paused. Some of the boys, thinking she was "stuck," began to titter. Mrs. Marper rapped admonishingly on her desk. { "I‘m going for the men, Mrs. Harâ€" One Friday evening a spelling bee was in progress. The pupils had turned out in unusual numbers, and many of the mothers were present. The big stove was glowing cheerily in its corner. _ The heavy window shutters were closed, for the night was sharp with frost. , In addition the two Jaynes boys were placed in charge of the stock with directions to see them safely coralled every night. No one, however, beâ€" lieved there wasâ€"any real danger of an attack, for the Indians in the vl-l cinity had shown neither illâ€"feeling nor unusual restlessness. For the benefit of Jim and Charlie Jaynes, Mrs. Harper had decided to hold school in the evening instead of in the afternoon. The change workâ€" ed very well, as most of the boys preâ€" ferred to have their afternoons free. The girls, as usual, were glad to atâ€" tend any time. Ome Friduy evenin® a anaMine La. Owing to rumors of unexpectedl trouble with the Modoe lndian-,’ which had reached Ravayee shortly after the exodus of the gold miners, a guard of half a dozen men was permanently stationed in the town. Mr. Harper‘s wood yard lay seven! miles from the village, at the end of| a spur track. It was steep down, grade all the way. The road, which | had been built originally to accommoâ€" date a nowâ€"deserted silver mine, was ilâ€"laid and rapidly falling into danâ€" gerous disrepair. There were neither cars nor engine. The workmen‘ traveled to and fro by means of light hand cars, going down to the yard oni Monday morning and returning to their homes the following Saturday, afternoon. ‘ A few people, however, perlupgl Just then the voi two hundred in all, refused to desert younger girls rose i the town. This small minority was Péring wail. composed of families the male heads| "For the sake of of which were employed by Alpheus go, and may God he Harper in cutting cordwood for the 82id Mrs. Harper, b Pacific Railroad Company. Theyl The half moon P were not particularly concerned in}““dy light upon â€" the bursting of the gold bubble so, Charlie worked his w long as they still had their work to’ the street toward the do and received their regular wages,) from one splash of They had their homes, which were "CXt. No light bur comfortable for that time and re-["’h"e Larry Connor gion, and their children had the adâ€" 2&ent, slept, but Cha vantages of a school conducted by the| the car lay, and in‘ a enterprising and charitable Mrs.| tUg&ing at the heavy Harper herself. | deavor to drar it un When it was generally understood that the rumors of gold that had built Ravayee were false, more than two thousand miners gathered up their picks and their pans and departâ€" ed, as they had come, almost in sl single day. uumtmdngpg in they, Economical , Pure, Clean, | Preserved & sold only in 85746 U_sed in Millions of Teaâ€"Pot= Daily A Mile a Minute called Holland, is p {3. #ho Netherlands. mitted to not only France tire world. tion to this effect has been;pf'é;;& by the No geparc: ment W’f be subâ€" It is believed that with the close of the war the entire line of trenches in France, extending from Alsace to the Belgian border, may be converted into a sort of national sacred forest as a permanent tribute to the memory of ’m %E pflgl who died there deâ€" en eir Native soil. A pronosiâ€" fending their Rative soil. A proposiâ€" tion to this e?eqt_ has been prepared to the surface the dut;;y;;; would have no trouble in taking care of it." "I saw this feller," he said. "I used to know the International Morse code in the navy, so I tapped him the message with my hammer." "Was there a depth bomb, as you told him ?" "No! That was bluff. I figured that if I could scare the submarine Then up came the submarine, and a thoroughly frightened commander surrendered to the destroyers. The man who hammered out the message was a diver at work on a sunken ship in the harbor. wa The country in which William Hoâ€" nzollern sought refuge, commonly Clever Ruse of a Diver Resulted in Surrender of German Uâ€"Boat. Extraordinary things happened to the U.S. destroyer flotilla as they it io erme | When they had swung the car upon the rails, Larry took his place at the‘ handles with sudden alacrity. _ He! knew of safer retreats than the woodâ€"| pile on the mountain side. He bentf his broad back to the work; the car glided forward, clicking sharply at the switch, and went rolling down: the head of the long incline. | Eon Comee s C »inieeae‘ Disgusted with the man‘s selfishâ€" ness, Charlie caught up a length of pine and raised it threateningly above the mop of red hair. "You big coward, come out here, or I‘ll break this over you!" he said. The unnerved agent crawled out of ‘ his hiding place, groaning. | Larry shook his head. "I‘m more comfortable here, me boy. Listen till that, now! O Lord, Lord, them Inâ€" juns‘ll kill and scalp us, ivery wan!" Charlie looked up. A big, pallid face surmounted by a crop of standâ€" ing red hair confronted him. The rest of the station agent‘s body was concealed in the stack of cordwood loosely piled by the track. "Come out and give me a hand,‘ Larry Connors!" pleaded Chatlie., "I‘m going for help." | | said Mrs. Harper, brokenly. | The half moon poured down her | steady light upon the little town. | Charlie worked his way rapidly along | the street toward the station, darting | Praadvammedin irtwardbrordisâ€"ass "Whist!" in his ear. are?" next. No light burned in the room where Larry Connors, the station agent, slept, but Charlie knew where the car lay, and in‘a moment he was tugging at the heavy thing in an enâ€" deavor to drag it upon the rails. ‘ "Whist!" exclaimed a voice almost in his ear. "Is it trying to escape ye ww CAPTURING A MINEâ€"LAYER Just then the voice of younger girls rose in a s pering wail. car." Sealed airâ€"tight packets to preserve its native "Father‘s at home with mother," said Charlie. "He can hold out until I get help. I won‘t be long. I can run"down the spur on Larry‘s hand Memorial Forest Proposed thin night air. A number of rifle reports followed. (To be conf‘inuedr.vj Caip ies soiger will be subâ€" , but the enâ€" shadow to the of one of the a shrill, whimâ€" discordafht and out of rhythm with 4ng world and with his own nature by irregularity in sleeping and eating, and by inordinate or unbalanced diet. if you wind it three or four times a 3.‘.; She H:y. and let it run down the nekt day, and never wind it twite at the same flfi&xs}}, fust so much more can any child‘s life be made apaige ccez W WIAL NAD z‘&'fi yind it three or ;6‘; ay, and let it 6. A cold shower and rubâ€"off the first thing every morning. You kr; 7 _ <al zow wnat Happent to & Watch 5. Long and regular hours of sleep with the windows wide open. 4. A scientific diet in which fresh vegetables and fruits (not too much fruit on account of the acid) form at least 50â€"50 part of the entire intake of food, with a corresponding deâ€" creage in proteids, carbohydrates and sugar, dessert, etc. 3. At least two hours of quiet hapâ€" piness with older people daily; diâ€" rectly after the noon meal, with little periods of quiet happiness with older persons the first thing in the mornâ€" ing to key them for the day,‘and the last thinz in the evening to‘ key their minds so that sleep can do for them its proper work of regenâ€" eration. ‘ 2. Several hours of vigorous play and work ou§door§ every day. 1. Happy spirits, born of sympathy and understanding and loving kindâ€" ness on the part of the parents or guardians. # The absolute necessities for the child, if he or she is to be healthy and strong, are these: |__ _ The blowâ€"fly becomes active at the |first signs of settled weather, and its | progeny soon numbers thousands. It visits every place that smells favorâ€" | able for depositing its eggs and deâ€" veloping the larvae, for the fly is |impartial and will follow an odor no matter whether it comes from a palâ€" | ace or a hovel. Piles of decaying manure, decaying animal and vegeâ€"| table matter, etc., are all ideal places| for fly breeding, and it is in such }places that eggs are ‘aid. The fly can follow an odor as ably as any fourâ€"footed animal, and it | likes foul smells best of all. Itsi sense of smell is a very reliable‘ guide to food and breeding places. | It is plain, then, that cleanliness’ about the house, barn and the who]e; outdoors determines how many flies} one is likely to have. Garbage pails, pigâ€"pens, rotting vegetables and the uncovered outhouses should receive attention in order to forestall the[ flies‘ activity about your house. ‘ °| So with the selfâ€"denial made necâ€" ~ essary by the war, with everything 'possible done to encourage economy :;, in food and in dress, with thrift ; stamps and bonds to the limit of our | ability as a means of gaining the vicâ€" "| tory, it gave us a splendid start on +] the right road. Shall we allow ourâ€" ‘ selves to profit nothing by the lesâ€" ‘| son and drift back into our old habits ‘/of extravagance ard selfishness? | Shall we not rather, with our newly / acquired mental equipment for servâ€" | ice, determing from now on to devote | less thought to self and more to the | great Brotherhood of Man? Shall | we not be broaderâ€"minded, more sympathetic _ and char:table, less | ready to criticise and find fault, more | generous with time and means toward| | the unfortunate of all lands, and less | inclined to limit our efforts to those with whom we are more intimately associated ? "Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,|. iLest we forgetâ€"lest we forget!" Quekly, indeed, do we forget. Never: again will a similar opportunity preâ€", sent itself for getting a start in the | right direction. At least it is hoped and expected that the terrible ex-,' periences in battleâ€"torn Europe willl' never be repeated. The hope of the’ nations lies in the direction of peace| for all future years to come. So prone are we to follow along the beaten' path of habit that it requires someâ€"] thing very much out of the ordinary’ to arouse us to make an effort in a| different direction. I Essentials to the Child. ONTARIO ARC TORONTO %fi:fi'&".’ ’ ‘ hA f'-lf’ B â€" h F P %Z Will the Lesson Stick? Swat the Fly : e k ‘(g w L2 u2 a 07 EVC mark and serial nurmber is sewn in every garment and a complete record of same is kept. Hours, 2 to 5 pM. Please write or telephone for an apâ€" pointment. For no consideration nor for any money will a new creation or especially designed gown be dupltâ€" cated for any one else. She will be to Canada what Worth is to Paris. j a 2s 02 0002 22 7000,â€" INOHâ€" tles, etc. She will create new models or design special gowns for any perâ€" son desiring exclusiveness. In order to nrotect her art and n?*~_n« vaxwrâ€"moâ€" m l2 srP eCA t mmen., 000 0 SCBCIY claim to wear her creations, a trade | Toronto has made another step toâ€" | wards becoming the recognized centre | of Eashions for Canada, for it will now |have is own Creator of Fashions in \the person of Suzanne Berique, who has been established in Paris for some years and who enjoyed the patronage _ of many of Paris‘ foremost society women, including many Americans. The following are some of the leadâ€" ers she was privileged to dress: La Baronne de Bethune. La Vicomtisse de Sampignit. Madame Vanderbilt. Madame de Castanet. Mademoiselle Harrison, etc. ‘ Temporary apartments have been secured at 105 Bloor St. West, Toronto, where she will open an establishment catering to the very highest class of dressmaking in all its branches, inâ€" cluding ladies‘ lingerie, gowns, man. 5 The valves to be operated 25,920,â€" , 000 times. | _ The pump forcing water through the {;adiator to have a lift of 38,400 galâ€" |lons. TORONTO HAS NOW HER own CREATOR OF FAsH1ONS. The actual work performed by the engine would represent approximately 4,500,000 feet tons, which is sufficient energy to lift the steamship Olympic, of 45,000 tons, 100 feet in the air. The engine to make 2,160,000 reâ€" volutions. The piston in each cylinder to travel 40 miles, so with four motors of twelve cylinders each the pistons‘ distance would be 21,120 miles, What Hawker‘s Airplane Would Have Accomplished if Trip Completed. The following calculation by an enâ€" gineer of a company supplying motors for a majority of British airplanes shows what Hawker and Grieve exâ€" pected their machine to accomplish in the transatlantic flight covering a period of at least twenty hours: The blade of each probeller to travel 12,000 miles. which of the women do I admire? Which in your home would you deâ€" sire? Martha, the toiler, was not denied, But Mary sat at the Saviour‘s side. W WORK EXPECTED OF JACHINE clean And never a hole by chance was seen She thought she surely was doing right Though she never sang them loveâ€" She kept her dwelling as spic and span As the shining sides of a nice new pan. And prided herself she had done her best Though she never sat in the shade to rest, Her children‘s clothing was a]ways' a joy to 'his.iaz;{'efii-sr_a;dâ€"-; pleasure to their friends. | Upon the early habits of the baby | will depend her ability to fulfll her many duties. She can train the baby | to be entirely dependent upon her | during his waking hours, and thus [ let him become the spoiled child who‘ | later develops into a family nuisance, or she can begin even when he is in his tiny crib to sow the seed of selfâ€" reliance, which will make him the !responsib]e and desirable citizen. She would not be guilty of pulling up the sprouting plant to see if it was growâ€" ing; why carry her baby about in her arms or hold him in her lap when he can kick and crow so much more freely in his own bed? The baby who is bathed, fed, given his nap regularly, allowed freedom in which to grow and not hampered by too much attention will develop into a healthy, happy, helpful child and be From the instant a mother hears that first significant ery which proâ€" claims to. the world the birth of a new life, she is confronted by a probâ€" lem which increases in complexity with the passing of the years. \ Start the Baby Right. Two Women. ould falsely Dominion trade is rapidly running back to preâ€"war standards. Yet the largely increased debt which war brought us makes it imperative, says the Canadian Trade Commission, that this should be prevented, and that peaceâ€"time work can be on a warâ€" time scale. Canada has to remit to foreign countries a sum of well over half a million dollars a day simply to pay our indebtedness abroad; according to the Canadian Trade Commission. Thirty thousand fur seals will be destroyed at St. Paul Islands, Behrâ€" ing Sea, this spring. Every part of the seals will be utilized. in chin (may possibly have grown a beard by this time); grey eyes, heavy brown hair. Was wearing dark grey suit, blue overcoat with belt, green fedora hat and tan boots Any inforâ€" mition as to his whereabouts would be gratefully received by his parents, at 40 Madison Avenue, Toronto. Teleâ€" phore College 1107. July and August. Dcccm; t'o-;;;i-l 2€ GEO, Y. CHOWN, Registrar. Captain Grant A. Gooderham, re turned fiying officer, missing from home since noon of Friday, May 2. Was suffering from loss of memory. Age 27, short, height about five feet four inches; broad shoulders and walked very erect; clean shaven; cleft APPLIED SCIENCE _ _ Mining, Chemical, Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering MI SCHOOL _ NAÂ¥iGATIO® scHcor hm TS ot s â€" mt$ Part c the Arts course may be covered by correspondence, MEDICINE ___ EDUCATION Put the boysandgirlsinfl’fshoest}fis i 4 canhavetwoorthreepairs :hf;fimfor price of one pair of leather .elowpriceifl"randtl\eir sturdy wear, make them most satisfactory MISSING FOR STURDY WEAR QUEEN‘S KINGSTON, Oxtario The favorable trade balance of: $572,000,000 of 1917 had already dropped to half that figure in the last| fiscal year. The Dominion may have to face an adverse balance of trade‘ next fall, and that is why the Canâ€" adian Trade Commission wishes the‘ enormous importance of exports to be grasped even by children. | Salt in the oven under baking tins will prevent scorching on the botâ€" 5 A C T All grades. Write for ‘prices. TORONTO SALT WORKS @. J. CLIFF â€" â€" TORONT COBKING EASY AND DINNER DELIGHTFUL W. CLARK umires teed to keep 'Eif-“m’ ash for nine months and longer. & 60c box will do 30 dozen eg¢gs Get it from your dealer or send 60c to Fleming Egg Preserver Co. 16C Craig St. W. Montreal with Fleming Egg Preserver l!mrlo to use; a child can apâ€" ply it Just rub it on. Guaranâ€" CLARK‘S SGUPS Can be preserved at a cost of 2¢ per Dozen Cuoate Sose Bume Lo t se ti4 TORONTO ye. And I wish ye the same J»ck is getting away as I‘ve had." other side of the fence. "The bruto attacked me an hour ago, and we‘ve been struggling ever since. Pui =o long as ye hold his horns he can‘t hurt while I climb the fence and open : gate?" askeG the man polite!y. .Mhl’-” replied the st! And he did so. It isn‘t exactly a common rence to find a man standing in a lic highway holding a ram 6: Quite different was the honeyn enjoyed by a wellâ€"known cyclis his bride. ‘This resolved itself i: run across Europe, via the Balki: Constantinople by motor bicyc}: trailer, a trip which, although sn fully completed, would have da: most young couples. Needless this happened before the war It was a Scottish couple w! upon the uncommon idea of sp~ their honeymoon in a furniturs 1 which they hired and had fitted up f the purpose. In this somewhat » derous vehicle they made their w leisurely from Glasgow to Abordoon "Fortyâ€"seven days," he said, â€" spent running steadily agains: gathering ice in an effort to land the northâ€"east coast of Greon!» Very fine sport was had, and the } py couple, dressed in leathorl; sheepskin, were lucky enough to 30 head of reindeer, 100 seais and polar bears. Most Adventurous of Trips. When Major Powellâ€"Cotton led bride to the altar at Nairobi, in 1 tish East Africa, it was the prelin ary to perhaps the most remarks wedding journey ever underial Turning their faces westwards : brave couple plunged into the ~ heart of "darkest Africa," ima their way through hundreds of loam of dense forest, hobâ€"nobbing with ; mies and cannibals, who had noevoer | fore set eyes on a white woman. . ploring the wilds of Congo Land Uganda, and after a year and mo» such adventures as made Sta~: famous, finding their way back civilization, travelâ€"worn. but vos that they had had an "idea)l hon "Will ye please hold on to this | It was the fear of a boring h moon that inspired Mr. Max l man, the American millionaire spend $75,000 on an afterâ€"wedding : to the Polar regions. A special : was chartered and manned by a © of 19. When Mr. Fleischman reto» with his bride to Cincinnat he clared the honeymoon worth ev, penny he had spent. _ Even more strenuous and hazar) was the honeymoon of the Comt. Lesdain and his bride, who left altar on a perilous journey from 1« to Calcutta, climbing mountains 000 feet high, tramping through d« ate regions where for two months :\ saw no living soul, escaping drow in swollen rivers as by a miracle, ing on the game they could shoot wandering for days on vast d« and mud plateaux. At one time there was quite a craze for fresk honeymoons; they were spent on tandem bicycles, in caravans, on motor tours, whi‘e an American took his bride from the church to his small boat in which they were to cross the Atlantic. Honeymoon in Polar Regions. Anadventurous pair of Swiss lovers, both keen mountaineers, chose the summit of Mont Blanc (which is 15. 782 ft. above seaJevel) as the p}a« for their honeymoon, and there, ami) the snowâ€"clad peaks and under Arc like conditions, they braved it +. gether for over a week. , As long agd as 1879 (when acroâ€" _ planes and airships were probably not |even dreamt of) the late Sir Henry Colville, then a dashing young captain in the Grenadier Guards, and his bride | startled society by opening their | honeymoon in a balloon. ' Probably one of the most romantic and enjoyable of these aerial honeyâ€" | moon trips was that of M. Camille Il"llmmtrion. the famous Belgian asâ€" .tronomer. and his charming and darâ€" ing bride. For 13 hours they sailed | together "in company with the sunsetâ€" ’klued clouds and, later, under a canopy of twingling stars." ‘"My delight," Madame Flammarion says, "was incxpressible; to sit beâ€" side my newlyâ€"made husbandâ€"here in the sky, travelling I knew not where, We were in the starry skies, having at our feet clouds that seemed vast mountains of snow; an impressive unearthly landscape â€" white alps, glaciers, valleys, ridges, precipices. It was a scene beyond all words!" The aeroplane honeymoon of Major E. L. Williams, R.A.F., and his brido who recently began their wedded li(~ in this unconventional fashion, was |not the first example of a cloudland | wedding trip. , and the passerby was in Trip Through Cloudland, Sojourn . Mountain Pesk, Journey in Dense Forests Are Among These Bridal Exploits. ROMANTIC BEGINNINGS oFr wrop DED LIFE. SOME NOVEL Passing Him Along HONEYMOONS man from he 10 on e} it t7 sary 1 two f and al the like t want cultiv A8 so« not the now lost nee Manufacture Diamond of our garder the hot weath den looks like €roa miar Al T it C o al ‘.“ k“‘/ § ) MA W t} T he F t] f n Keep the Ga ir MArR ng P m MU th