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,f FIGHTING CYCLONE â€" : 8,000 FEET UP IN AR : Navigator in Plane Describes , Thrilling Descent to Calm EXPERIENCES DURING A BIC THUNDERSTORM An observer in an airplane describâ€" Ing an experience in u storm thousâ€" ands of feet above the earth writes: ; ""l'lonymotnnflththn- nants of a morning cirrus, as the climb was made carefully but swiftly on the wings of a warm wind. Eight thousâ€" and feet were reached with the merest effort. The salient features of the countryside could be picked out withâ€" out glasses.. The air had a milky tinge, but it was such as the eye eould‘ ‘speak‘ through, and it gave no impresâ€" sion of the moisture with which it must have been heayy. It â€" seemed warm and brilliant, and as the maâ€" chine throbbed its way through it two o cb us tevanovere Teevarile Wwack over warm sity streams flowed the wind screen. _ the WINW ECE "Some time must have elapeed beâ€" fore the pilot, in twisting the craft round to a new divection, caught a glimpse of a livid purpleâ€"gray bank of clouds which had crept up from lho‘ south. It had come quite unheralded by thunder, but although the sight was not attractive there seemed nelther eause for alarm nor need for a prema ture descent. . Even the growling rumble of thunder at a great distance, which came at last, failed to disconâ€" cert, and the airplane soared on with bracing wires singing and the engine in deep, fullthroated romr. Storm Burst Suddenly. "Then, without further warning, the storm broke in full fury. A mighty crash of thunder, which seemed to deaten and deaden and almost shake tha machine out of the skies, was acâ€" deaten and deaden and almost SNaRC | the machine out of the skies, was aCâ€" companied by a wild burst of hail and rain which lashed the machine merctâ€" lessly and made it toss from one side to the other like a cork on the surface of the sea. In & steaming cloak ot‘ rain and mist it was impossible for the eye to see the ground. "Peal after peal of thunder followâ€" ed in swift successton between vivid flashes of furlous summer lightning. The heavens had opened to pour forth the accumulated passion of centuries. $ F suimieectc® "Nass n1 o001 . d . o oustcin trenaiiiiete The heavens had opened to pour forth the accumulated passion of centuries. At nearly 7000 feet up It would be sujcidal to descend into the unknown «nd unseen. Which was saferâ€"air or land? To the pilot, anxious almost beâ€" yond endurance, came the thought, common to every Sying man, of fire in the air; and as If to confirm this horâ€" ror a flash in a moment {lluminated the whole machine as though it were caught in the probing beam of a searchlight at night. The sky was rent from vault to horizon by a vivid streak of electric fire. The indicating fingers on the navigation instruments oscillated wildly. Quivers Like a Wounded Bird. j It seemed the last moment; but it y passed, and still the machine was airâ€" worthy. The hail still tore fiercely at the fabric of the planes; the machine was becoming more and more un stable; but it still hummed on. Down below a cloud of vapor made it imposâ€" «ible to see the earth or to sight & stretch of ground whereon to land. The thunder broke with unabated fury at regular intervals, and at each onâ€" _slaught the pachlnc quivered like n: ;t_ 'ro;nlar intervals .-laught the pachlm wounded bird. equa machine dropped. atmesphorie Looo on ns tÂ¥ T "By the altimeter, watched feverâ€"| rriction, it is reckoned, raises it to a ishly, the descent of a few thousand | temperature of something like 3,000,â€" feet seemed to take many minutes. In | 000 degrees, so that, unless of large the thick of a swirling mist a mdden&s‘ze it has no chance to reach our and violent contact with the earth was plan'ot. momentarily expected. But downâ€" i e down; until at what seemed tho crittâ€" eal second there came a sudden inâ€" HerSoIfier. tush of steady grateful air from & T6â€" | Dear and young, here‘s the prayer I gion of smiling content and peacefulâ€" pray for you: neses, with the earth a thousand feet| Heavyen be full of new life and play below. There was no sunshine, but tor you! thore was also no storm. It had been | gwift as an arrow, light as a swallow! a cyclone of the upper regions only." | go may we find you, boy, when we folâ€" aimin n â€"â€" d _ low. Few people understand the mean Ings of the numbers and sizes on ar ticles of clothing. In hats and caps the size is oneâ€"hall the sum total of the long and shor diameters of the head. In other words 0 DULCLO apmiiL bos > enanan aize in hats is 6% e e CC C The size in gloves indicates the numâ€" ber of inches round the knuckles when the hand is closed. The length in inches of your foot is the "number" you take in socks. In P To ow saull Yaue ts ue Eamddes J29 9 women‘s hose the length of the leg hl t:g!y three times the length of 2& t. it s ‘ it a woman‘s foot measures Qin., her: size in shoes is 2. Every quarter of an iuch above $% increases the size bY "one. A man with a foot 11in. lw wear size 7 boots. The sizo by one in every %!n. in men‘s footâ€" What Size Do You Take? when three years old. Pu'hnvukl could play the piane :aps the size is oneâ€"haif ot the long and short ie head. In other words, measures 13%in., your trousers). Price, 25 cents, in o 265. 6 to 14 years. Size 8 requires 2%‘ yds. 36 ins. wide, or 1% yds 51 ins. wide; lining for coat, 1%, yds, 36 ins. wide ; waiot.'bmd and inside pocket, 44 yd. 36 ins. wide. 9262 â€" Boy‘s Suit (knickerbocker teamscor«). Price, 25 cents. ln‘éllilg!, 4w#\ is $262â€" Boy‘s Suit (knickerDo®"®"" trousers). Price, 25 cents. In 5 sizes, 6 to 14 years. Size 8 requires 2% yd-. 86 ins. wide, or 1% yds. 54 ins. wide; lining for coat, 1% yds. 36 ins. wide; lining for trousers, 4 yd. 36 ins. wide. These patterns may be obtairied from your local McCaill dealer, or from the McCall Co., 70 Bond street, Toâ€" ronto, Dept the ocean is COFOTOR *"" """ 0 ‘uga pumice stone. Still more remarkable is it to find the floor of the ocean covered in many parts with the dust of meteorites. These bodies whirl about in the heavens like miniature comets, and are for the most part broken into inâ€" numerable fragments. â€" L0 suu Nes Nes We are all familiar with these heaâ€" venly visitants as shooting stars; but it has been only lately discovered that this cosmic dust forms layers at the: bottom of the deepest seas. Between Honolulu and Tahiti, at a depth â€" of 2350 fathomsâ€"over two miles and a halfâ€"a vast layer of this material exists. 3 wik ueinl. | Heedcae cce Falling upon land this impalpable dust is indistinguishable, but, accumuâ€" lating for centuries in the sea depths, it forms a wondrous story of the conâ€" tinuous bombardment of this planet by Ask for Meteor‘s Trains. When a "shooting star"‘ passes athwart the sky it leaves behind it a L. ELC CHl e stt shining streamer. WO CV * the fact, but astronomers say streamer sometimes remaing for fifteen minutes or more. To an At first the streamer is a VITVIG b°**"* or scarlet streak. Presently it asâ€" sumes a snaky form, becoming more serpentine and irregular â€" until it vanishes. | Belief is entertained that the meteor‘ leaves behind it a tubeâ€"shaped layer of highly heated air, which expands and s finally dissipated. The atmosphere ;.long its track is electrified by the transit of the celestial projectile, and is thereby rendered brightly phosâ€" ?h,oregqent, Aig currents blow the | tube about, producing the snaky efâ€" | fect. 1 . ba isle ds ECCE Ovservations made simultaneously from stations far apart have proved that the average meteor when first seen is about eighty miles above the surface of the earth, and disappears from view at thirty miles. In other words, it travels fifty miles before the atmospheric friction burns it up. This friction, it is reckoned, raises it to a temperature of something like 3,000,; 000 degrees, so that, unless of large || éomotlry bodies Old Ocean‘s Minard‘s and take no other. Cut Down the Sugar Bill Grapeâ€"Nuts As a breakfast or luncheon cereal with cream AsSs a UICqmEIeMeL M AMAMMA C 1 o srec# + - or milk; or .pdnkledoverfi-eshfrgn_rmn Grapeâ€"Nuts a& to the meal‘s pleasureâ€"and : streamer is a vivid green treak. _ Presently it asâ€" ky form, becoming more and â€" irregular until it ous extent the bed of overed with lava and Still more remarkable the floor of the ocean 1y parts with the dust 1 Buy from your grocer. ; _ by eating a cereal that contains its own sugar selfâ€"developed from grain in makingâ€" this impalpable do not notice s say that the maing visible In 5 sizes, heaâ€" A Sure Sign That the Blood is Watery and impure. People with thin blood a{o much pdlivpnrenie . PCR :\ \T IRRet CCE more subject to headaches than IU}" blooded persons and the form of anaemia that afflicts growing girls is almost always accompanied by beadâ€" aches, . together with . disturbance of the digestive organs. M | Whenever you have constant or reâ€" }curfiu headaches and pallor of the face, they show that the blood is thin and your efforts should be directed toâ€" ward building up your blood. A fair treatment with Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills will do this effectively, and the rich red blood made by these pills will remove the headache. + L1 on k «Nh ‘ Ama PREQUENT HEADACHES \ cine Co., Brockville, Ont. The following story is the experl-“ ence of a woman who travelled a good deal in Ireland before the world war: Although she was naturally punt tual, she had grown & trifle careless through familiarity with the easyâ€"g0â€" ing manner in which time tables geemâ€" ed to be treated. One day she arrived at a small country station just too late, but she was so nearly on time that she could not at first believe her misforâ€" tune. She dashed frantically down 'the platform, waving her bag and umâ€" | brella; but the train glided away just ahead of her, gathering a speed thatf left her at last hopeless, breathless,T and a good deal abashed as she realâ€" ized the spectacular quality of her vain sprint. She turned, panting, to enâ€" counter the station master, who was holding out a magazine that she had dropped. "Sure, thin," he told her sympathetiâ€" cally, "‘tis no wonder ye hurried, u04 elusmit »ase ve madle of dropped. "Sure, thin," he told her sympathetiâ€" cally, "‘tis no wonder ye hurried, ma‘amâ€"and a grand race ye made of itâ€"with yerself near enough at the first of it to set yer little fut on the step, savin‘ only the width of a pig‘s \ear. They‘d not be having the hearts th EVCY B Emm SCY T of men in thim not to stop for ye. But | that‘s how it is, ma‘am, once folks do! get bewitched with the word ‘punctual.‘| Punctuality be hanged, says I, whin it interferes with politeness and the resâ€" pect due a lady! Meself would have held the train for ye a minut, and noâ€" body the worse, the days whin I ran me ingine; but these new lads, they stick to the timeâ€"table, worse luck, ‘ and a fine nuisance they make of thimâ€" selves. And thim well knowing there‘s not another train to Bantry the day! I‘d not blame ye, ma‘am, if ye writ a complaint to the management. . ‘Tis seandalous!" [d EHRCIUTTY "And the b‘y that drives the ingine me own son!" she proclaimed. "Black shame on him for desartin‘ and abanâ€" e ie e PEROTy MRDSORE! CC I} donin‘ his mother, and him knowin‘. well the thrain I was to take and the state of the ro‘d and the lameness of ould Maggie‘s forefut! Niver wud I have believed that my b‘y Thaddy could play his mother such a thrick!" "Whist, woman, he couldn‘t help himself!" someâ€" one suggested, "He had to run her on schedule." ind sn y 7 y _C% B . $A dn css dut "And if schedules are to be allowed Irish Punctuality. i en on ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO fullâ€" schedules!" A murmur of sympathetic greeted the wish. "In which," confesses tho traveller, "I felt an unholy desire to join. Some times I do get tired of u:ho({ulel!” Most of us are humbugs, not from wicked motives, but from lack ot\ character.â€"Mr. A. G. Gardiner. t A man will tell his wife everything in the world except how much money he is getting.â€"Lady Astor, M.P. People are not saving half as much as they should. Everyone should save, from the officeboy to the millionaire. â€"Sir Robert Kindersley. I have no patience with model young men. Model young men delight their mothers‘ hearts and ruin their wives‘ tempors.â€"Mr. Edgar Saltus. . Difficulties exist only to be overâ€" come; anything that presents difficulâ€" ties is generally worth the effort epent in their solution.â€"Rt. Hon. A. J. Balâ€" four. No one will ever persuade me that a girl who cannot do housework and cook well is anything but a fool, and just a devil‘s trap for men folk.â€"Rev. | Walter Mitchell. EEPRRRRmRETRTC C000 To be a Christian is no mug‘s gamo â€"Rev. H. R.L Sheppard. Nee 1 0 cave numbig«. not from sUMYER CONPLAINTS KILL LTTLE OMBS At the first sign of illness during the hot weather give the little ones Baby‘s Own Tablets or in a few hours he may be beyond aid. These Tabâ€" lets will prevent summer complaints if given occasionally to the well child and â€" will promptly relieve these troubles if they come on sudderly. Baby‘s Own Tablets should always be‘ kept in every home where there are young children. There is no other ;medic'.ne as good and the mother has I the guaranteo of a government analyst that they are absolutely safe. . The \Tablets are sold by medicine dealers | or by mail at 25 cents a box from The \ Dr. Williams‘ Medicine Co., Brockville, | Ont. " At last little Freddy was allowed 10 |, | visit grandpa all alone. They were | great friends, and had long waited for | the groat day. | _ Freddy had tie time of his life. | Grandpa saw that he wanted for nothâ€" :ing. The small boy ate more cream |\ buns in those three days . than he hwould otherwise have done in three | years, while his pockets bulged all the time with sweets. ‘ But there comes An end to everyâ€" | thing, and Freddy went home again, | pale yellow of complexion, and lanâ€" | guid and feverish. Mother promptly sent for the doctor, who ordered him "‘ to bed, and sent him some very unâ€" “pleas:mt, but doubtless healing, med{â€" ’ | cine. ‘ 4 Grandpa came next day and was perâ€" ‘ | milted to creep upstairs to see how +\ the sufferer was faring.> He fourd 1 the small boy lying wan and pale on A '5 his plllow, but received a watery smile 8 \as a welcome. d' "Oh, grandpa," said the weak little r | voice, "I‘ve been awfully badâ€"but it & | was worth it!" A doorâ€"step Shouid be made To face the Wes Bo that When a man He can sit And say: Go along â€" * With you! My job‘s done! "Â¥ou claim there are .aicrobes in kisses?" she asked the young doctor. "There are," he said. "What disease do they bring?" she asked. "Palpitation of the heart." Minard‘s Liniment for sale everywhere R watch the sun What Kiss Microbes Do. A Small Price. Careful Hubby. ISSUE No. 33â€"20. go down applause allowed to A farm and garden machine of great ingenuity is now being tested in the Bouth of England. Its function is to bestow & pick.meâ€" $0u ous etdtwamwite up of the cheapest As it is drawn a little hole, drops it one cylinder, and pinch of artificial other. The hole i ip, and from a th P 11â€"R M A% ces tnhecten uts‘ PAE w ittle hole, drops in a single seed from ‘ one cylinder, and simultaneously . A> pinch of artificial manure from &N other. The hole is inmediately flled ip, and from a third cylinder falls a pinch . of powdjgered lime, which enâ€" courages the beneficient bacteria that assist growth. If hopes are justified, the machine would: save & fourth of the usual amount of seed and an immense deal of artificial manure. Montreal, May 29th, ‘09. Minard‘s Liniment Co., Limited. Yarmouth, N.S. Gentlemen,â€"I beg to let you know that I have used MINARD‘S â€" LINLIâ€" MENT for some time, and I find it the best I have ever used for the joints â€"sleepless nights, constant sneezing, streaming CYO wheezy breathing :~~ AINNHS * _. _ " and muscles brings relief. Put up in capâ€" eules, easily swallowed. Sold by veliable druggists for a dollar. ‘Ask our agents or send card for free sample to_'l‘chpleton’-. lfl If you want to make life a harmony, hit the note "Do!" In some districts in Siam a girl who | reaches a certain age without finding a husband is required to wear & label, and thenceforth is a more or less priviâ€" leged person, under the special care of the king, who is bound by anclent custom to find a husband for her. The royal matrimonial bureau has leas difâ€" ficulty in arranging matches than might be expected, for it works on & very simple system. A prisoner in any jail in the kingdom may gain freedom and pardon by marrying one of the ‘king’s charges, and as many eagerly ‘take advantage of the right as there are available 1 reedomâ€"bringing maids. Whether or not the man is already married is of no consequence, as one wife is not the legal limit. King St. W. To stop falling hair at onceo and rid the scalp of every particle of dandruff, get a small bottle of delightful "Danâ€" derine" at any drug or tollet counter‘ for a few cents, pour a little in your hand and rub it into the scalp. After several applications theâ€"bair usually stops coming out and you can‘t find any dandruff. Help your hair grow lnrong. thick and long and become soft, glossy and twice as beautiful and "DANDERINE" FOR FALLING HAIR Plant Pickâ€"Meâ€"Upsâ€" Yours very truly, THOMAS J. HOGAN. he Champion Clog and Pedestal Dancer of Canada, RAZâ€"MAH For a few cents you can save your hair and double its beauty ASTHMAâ€" HAY FEVER is to bestow & pick.meâ€" apest and most stimulaâ€" every seed put into the along it punctures &A ‘The Irish of It. Maryâ€""Sure, Mike, ye‘re a boy aftâ€" ter me OWn heart." Mlkeâ€"â€"“Damnt!" * 1 M 6 Auak: SW How He Felt. "Did my husband appear to miss me during the month I was away, Mary ?" asked a matron. "Well, ma‘am, at first he was in very high spirits, but about & week ago he became less cheerful, and yesterday, ma‘am, he WaS Just miserable." Poor Cow. The seventeen-yearold daughter of a city man was visiting a farm for the first time. hi o gh n ie ol " ene esmmb :140 D sounbtd She immediately became in the prize cattle, and & questions. e ~do c sÂ¥ n \ lvabadid t s ‘ofiitel One evening, just girl was standing at the farmhouse talkin there came the low, a cow. $ "Just ilsten the girl, "mey mmg= r~«~ vin ‘ BITS OF HUMOR ;\ fROoM HERE Eun /42 Doesn‘t hurt a bit and Freezonse costs only a few cents. Doesn‘t hbhurt a b.ll DrOP "Freezone" on an aching corn, ly that corn stops hurting, the ly you lift it right off with Truly! AL0I) : Your druggist selle a tiny bottle of "Freezone" for a few cents, sufficient to remove every hard corn, goft corn, or corn between the toes, and the calâ€" luses, without soreness Or irritation, pegeeeeee e ns America‘s Pionser Dog Remodics â€""But yez Lift off Comns! Isten to that poor cow," said "mewing for her eolt." Aspirin is the trade mark (registered in Canada) aceticacidester of Balicylicactd. Whilo 4t is well k manufacture, to assist the public againgt imitations will be stamped with their general trade mark, the Not Aspirin at All without the "Bayer Cross , just at dusk, as the ng at the open door of talking to the manager, : low, mournful note of won‘t get it." bBO8 DBISEASES ONLY TABLETS MARKED "BAVER" ARE ASPIRIN 118 West 3ist Bireet . New York, U.8.A. . Clay Glover Co.. m Wast Sist Bu bit! Drop a little ecame interested and asked many ing eori:. instantâ€" ‘ting, then shortâ€" off with fAngers. ee to. any AC« the Author. en n N t 0 Conerey 4 Threepenonsontofmfour in New York City were orn under alien , Achâ€" | package which contains complete diâ€" 8 Nen-‘rectionl. Then you are getting real ralgia, | Aspirinâ€"the genuine Aspirin Yre- A?fln-smbed by physicians for over nineâ€" er" or teen years Now made in Cenada all. __|_ Handy tin boxes containing 12 tabâ€" sts of lots cost but a few cents. Druggists Bayer" also soll larger "Bayer" packages. s«inâ€""Bavezr"â€"You must £27y "Bayer" «California Syrup of Figs" Child‘s Best Laxative ~ Accept "Calilformia" Syrup Of r\g» onlyâ€"look for the name California on the package, then you are eure your child is baving the best and most harmless physic for the little stomâ€" ach, liver «nd bowels. Childrer love c Uily crnnew ce * REoTs eR C TTE F cred in Canada) of Baver Manufacture of Moneâ€" dio it is well known that Aspirin imeans Baver aingt imitations, the Tablets of Bayer Company trade mark, the "Dayer Crozs." Loan oft loses both itself and friend. Its fruity each bottle. fornia." ECIEMA NRSH & rach that we were told was eczemia. C Her cheeks got sore t ‘ end she rubbed causâ€" ‘ Nn ’n‘m d .lq The ‘l} breaking out was very 4W licky and burned so A that I had to tiegloves .S> * on her hands to keep Very ltchy and Burnet Troubled Sizx Weeks. ""This trouble lasted azout Six weeks before I used Cuticura. I used omlspbc:zolcukmlom with two cakes of Cuticura Soap wbznohcmbanhd-"(flm)“n- H. Stares, Dlenheim Rd., Galt, Ont. Cuticure Soep, Ointment and Tal« cum ere ideal for daily toilet uses. C B s‘&., 2&,‘82”8 2s oughou on. | Troacan. Bt Pect S i e care Sonp shaves MOTHER! "Our daughter‘s face came out in her from ecratching. t» lasted avzout Six e xn incskly * [ B Bs ul Aheit h: d3 it No one thing the profit of shee and sane system during the sum: sheep are health the kinds of fee Ontario farms t flesh condition, rapid gains, the growth and they Almost any goo with sheep d .l\d Srr,x,g mol problems are h during warm w made to £ fection. _ While th parasites . line, coal vermifuge clean shep} the pou the the not the N fir to no & will only wth « An from Summer « tainc of A have expor whor pastu dom ; the 1 the si ed in plem« sown &n ha 1 {s»= Fabric heer El