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!‘ f & ; o‘ #4,] T 1 CC POV wTk wWay couple who already had becom. ;"""’" friends of hers, She commisâ€" stoncd another, smaller portrait, head and shoulders only, which, she said, whe wished to give to her mother. She tfuily named the sum she was will. to pay, ignoring Araby‘s assur. mnce that she was mad. seeing only warming pleagure of Trask‘s oyes, It brought her a quick, keen thrill pleasure, such as so far she had expertenced. She saw before her new way of making her possession . a fortune delightfo} to her, and . knew in that possession a sudden,| enjoy ment | Often, after a sitting, she would upon the two lunching with her | at some littie Soho resiaurant, where \they would ampse t_hg*mso!ws like | ,Cbré-' children. l:u*armp.\' afterward‘ "Al'lb’ would he‘p her with her shop. ;M. It was afier one of thas, gay to he hans, fexy . "Jr'n \BWtom o. Ke hi Marcia T lc e oommee . Te or and the light for annoyance. She ung indignantly upon her father. Butâ€"reallyâ€"you are impossible!" deciared. "You had no right to | it without Marcia‘s permissionâ€" ! anybody!" * th S look The Araby p'l‘lsi!l anmi then Marcia. th backgro Her e with a | Trask had acted upon Waldron‘s suirgestion and had painted Marcia in ker black gown with the rose brocade cloak slipping from her shoulders. The black lont a queer sombre note, which he had accentuated by making the h:l"k;_'round entirely of shadows. I 2°6 round _ of H} % at her quickiyâ€"and then away ind the sunny, empty studio. There "¢ so many canvases with their *s to the wallâ€"so many little signs ! success had seldom smiled here. : _made a sudden, quick gesture. But, of course!" she cried. "I supâ€" ed Mr. Trask was painting it to in ue c EOE L WV The Begmning of the Story. Marcia Halstead, secretary to Mrs. Alden, is entrusted with some jewels while her employer goes out to lunâ€" cheon with Kempton Rosslaer, his tlepmother Lady Rosslaer and her son CGordon Ruthven. Marcia puts the Jewels in the safe but fails to find the auplicate key. She consults a noted ;;")‘sician who tells her she cannot | ive longer than six months; thâ€"n eanswers the call of a solicitor to flndl thnat she is heir to a large fortune Ofl" _tundition that sho musudas Iuultome . alus H To ueC use â€" WOmel C that ?" she added. ere was something in the wistfulâ€" of her tone that made the other at her quicklyâ€"and then away I 3 ©oanm en o EPy ter the secret marriage ceremony sslaer and Marcia go their several Â¥s; her improved mode of living wlits Marcia‘s health; she attracts admiration of her mews Feiomele awAd ‘â€"l for amusement. Or > exhibit ** paused tentatively. Tr rom his canvas and re me eye closed. is good"" he pronoun wn his brushes. "It is is already seld!" "a stared. amusedic interrupted hurriedly not mind!" she saj CHAPTER XxIv unconscious and which he had d just as he had seen it. But was the alluring curve of &A upoen her lips; youth was in the _ard rose loveliness of her face »or in the wonderfal cloak. ‘ _ whole was distinetly pleasing. ‘ said so with increasing emâ€" I unconse _eyos wore a little sombre, too, : wistfu‘ness of which she had »mgrht ht to sell!‘" she asserted ; slopped short, looking at ‘But perhaps you wouldn‘t 2o 1 0_ C E00 ready had become ors. She commisâ€" illeg portrait, head , which, she said, o her mother. She sum she was will. reia‘s health; é-hev;l.ti;';t.(:i: on of her new friends and Waldron. !,. amusediy. She was y now to this queer _ his almost childlike rding other people and entions. He amused 4 him. It was Araby for a moment in ng comprehensgion, ""ured pounds!" pushed his half the rest of his inadequate tin ie. Returning to Mrs. fin;is l(empton Roselaer ho d .2 es k. a. w ck.. A ven. _ Marcia puts the safe but fails to find the . She consults a noted o tells her she cannot The Gates of Hope pronounced, and .. "It is finished. ly. Trask stood Dial S@tG., would face a s I â€"(Cont‘d.) regarded it BY ANTHONY CARLYLE {] thig â€"Or, per is queer, «y e io 1 ogk epiigy¢s ; " SuUr mother and T have been rople and ing quite an Interesting talk! amu‘wd’w“'s saying vivaciously. "Isr e Ariby'"u"" oxtr::ordmnry that we shou s 4 connec e h"llr*tlis".q t:i(‘:cEC(.i.;l.,.‘_ dll:i_,nOt. .(‘!ream of palette NCéfui~ | She rose presently. took , stead‘s hand in both of 1 turned to Marcia. Hor j !l_,riuiant smile lighted un ruuld EEDITITC , , | Nempton‘s eligibility for what he t toiwould have racily dezcribed as "the ‘Uâ€" / matrimonial stakes." | _ Neither he nor his mother had forâ€" ?gotten the white flame of anger which & r}dl had leaped across Kempton‘s face, the t in fury of scorn with which he had ho. I aSain en d uk n 0 09e PTUP l "I have already suok band about youâ€"about : of our connection. Hs meet you. He has not lyâ€"does not go out muc have called with me her Yes, she would be really Kempton a good turn if she throw him and this girl. Marcia stead togetherâ€"cou‘d interest h K._ Kempton was so atrociously poor. _ Yet she knew that if he had money he wo‘. if not foolishly free with it, be gencrous. For the sake of the name he would help Gordon pay those debts which were pressing upon him. And it would be an immensely good thing for Kempton himsel{. _ The talkedâ€"of attentions he was paving Araby Trask could lead to nothing. | The girl was a nobody, hadn‘t a penny â€"already there was a widening | breach between him and his father because of the affair. Anything seriâ€"! ous in that direction would be utter madness., I two idle soil. 19y‘ obsiihagaiiadnialiiyep id dac l4 dt t fury of scorn with which | silenced the speaker. It had . them. It had also set them th Looking at Marcia now Lady laer wondered if, during his visits to Mrs. Alden‘s hospitab her stepson had seen more th had suspected of this girl. U impulse she skilfully broug name for a passing moment in idle small talk. She saw Marcia‘s slight move saw the quick, nervous color fAooded her face for an instant, t leaving her a shade paler than t and her beautiful eyes grew s} While still she talked she was t herself? that & maktilh luskuic.~ | Marcia looked at her with faintly ‘‘puzzled eyes, but she merely smiled. She looked fagged, and there were . blue shadows under her eyes. Lady . | Rosslaer, cbserving her closely, deâ€" cided that she was not nearly such a‘ ,’“pench" as her son had le({ her to!| believe. She was too pale, and alâ€" | together too thin. But her clothes Iwwere awanisis2 bnihiiiih in dilthea sc d L151 were exquisite. _ Lady Rosslaer gave a small, smothâ€" ered sigh of envy. Just for a minute there came into her brilliant eyes that same thoughtful look of calculation which had amused Gordon, and had prompted his rash remark about Kempton‘s eligibility for what he: would have racily dezcribed as "the matrimonial stakes." 1 F1 in o oty d a thing when Mrs. Ald us a little while agoâ€"it strangeâ€"meeting like : groat pleasure for me." Marcia looked at her wishned that Lady Rosslaer had not come; she wished it so intensely that she was surprised at herself. | _ She was not generally inhospitable ; she liked meeting new people, making new friends. She supposed that her Iuneasjness now was due tm the fane! ind dA older woman‘s voice 2 "24f100 2C 0_ eyes grew shrewa le still she talked she was telling elf that a match between these would be no bad thing. Gordon‘s suggestion had fallen wpon fertile Li i3 @3 _ Oselaer reminded her so vividly of her stepson. During the last few days esEecially the girl had managed to put him right out of her mind, and she resented the rememâ€" brance of himâ€"of the part she had forced him to play in helping her atâ€" tain her wealth, | She brought her troubled thoughts back with an effort to listen to the 0 7. MCramnunmeanne Thb moved to a chair beside her mother‘s couch and began pulling off her gloves. She felt jarred, troubled. She wished that Lady Rosslaer had not come; she wished it so inteonzaelw that "Thank you very moved to a chair b couch and began ~z, â€" â€" Cving to be very happy!" She spoke with a charming, friendly graciousness which with many would have been quite irresistible. Marcia‘s grave lips relaxed a little, but her eyes remained shadowed. She ansâ€" wered briefly : ‘ lew es po, 0 _ Smelmeediedt â€"â€"ARHIME] (her fingers closed upon it with a reâ€" [luctance which surprised herself. | Lady Rosslaer went on: ; "I did not call beforcâ€"thoug‘h, of | course, I have wanted to offer my conâ€" |gratulations on your good fortuneâ€" but I felt that for a little while you‘ would be unsettled. would prefer not to be bothered. When I learned you‘ and your mother had come here I felt| I eculd not wait any longer. I hope| you are going to be very hannv‘"‘ | He has m-;t. been 1 i hnfi i dreinidiitiunaie ty is lacle 21114 Marcia stopped abruptly on the chose to take an interest in her; her threshold. _ She â€"was . taken aback, Connection gave hez: a certain claim startled. This visit was completelyi“’ pursue an acquaintance. unlooked for. it was also strangely | A little wildly she searched her disturbing. The little look of Jred mind for some means of ascamns TPhLl Marcia stopped abruptly on thel‘;fl°; threshold. ~ She was ":f.kfn aback, conne startled. This visit was completely : to Pu unlooked for. it was slsn strnnuctul â€" 4 Â¥ Marcia‘s slight movement: quick, nervous color that r face for an instant, to ebb, WronRegih Rrek Wls h tb o EmCV merry days that s wearily, but in great the flat and found there. uooo uns EU C ady Rosslaer reminded 1@ v se t e â€"about the coincidenc. as rot been well lateâ€" oat much, or he would h me toâ€"day. _ Your lighted up her ad seen more than she of this girl. Upon an skillfully brought his hade paler than l;;fore » j rdinary that we should be I did not dream of such m Mrs. Alden introduced hile agoâ€"it seems so very eting like this. It is a Eie m svoken to rO: o would like to ours. She shivered a litâ€" t.‘cok _the extended hand: CHAPTER Xxyv really doing _Mrs. Halâ€" hers, then ifresist_ibl_e. ew people, 'maki};gy supposed that her s due to the fact much." Then great content, back to 0 nothing. I‘t a penny widening his father my husâ€" ! could’ ia Halâ€"! him m! whole she went rather into her been hav Lady Ros<aer "Isn‘t it many Much of the success with depends entirely on the soil, e the way it is prepared. Dahli, take kindly to soil that is t Even on clay soil you can g finest varieties of dahlias. If you want dahlias, plow Let‘s Plant Dahlias No matter what you may not hs_wg in your garden. i i s e Oe e w PE P 1e and yellow to put up whole; they mal ‘d the gayest and most Christmasy pr 4) serves! And over there against t E:/ wall is our ancient quince tree; 5; bears lots of fruit some years, an f, some people haven‘t learned yet the e ouinces make delicious jam. A ja n Oof that, neatly labeled and tied wit s red ribbons is sure to please anyon r. who. likes goodies. And who doesn‘t That‘s all, I thinkâ€"at least in th ‘ corner. But I‘m going to use all m *‘ rose leaves and preserve a few of ou ‘ strawberries whole in jelly. And di . you ever see parsley packed betweer / layers of salt in a preserve jar and , keeping green all winter? Andâ€"0 goodness, I was just going to mention what I‘m raising for you!" "Don‘t! I‘d rather be surprised. But if you should slip up on it, Prissy dear, I can assure you I‘d be quite contented with any of your other Christmas products. What I really covet, though is the grand idea of‘ growing them. Why didn‘t I have the | wit to make my garden help out my Christmasing ?" "It isn‘t too late yet," suggested Priscilla, consolingly. "And I have no copyright on the plan!" she " C o °C /"C Carly,. Dig deep, the deepâ€" "’3"' "Your garden always is the most| er the better. Do this as soon as the she| @ntrancing place, Pris. But what‘s in ground 'is workable. Then l_et it settle er‘s| that little corner over beyond the| and redig it just before setting out the her| trellis? You keep steering me awgy’ tubers. If your soil is fertile, use no She| from it, but it looks altogether too inâ€"| manure. If the ground is very poor.} not| viting to miss." fspread it with manure before dieging. | hat | Priscilla led the way, and stood| You do not need a great deal of maâ€" | aside, smiling, as they passed t.hroughl, nure. !€; | the arch. "Well," she said, "what do| There is a difference of opinion as !1?;:5 you think of it, Prue?" â€" ‘to the time to plant dahlias. Some act| _ "Of all the queer mixtures!" said 1 successful growers say, set them out | so| Prudence frankly puzzled. as early as possible in the spring. | he| _ ‘"It‘s my Christmas corner," said| Others say, wait until July. Personal | ad| Priscilla proudly. "Your present ha.p-' experience tells me that it is impos-,’ er, pens to be growing somewhere else;! sible to keep the roots in good condiâ€"| "â€"/ but my main Christmas crop is he'rc-.,' tion when you set them out so late.| 24| T can‘t spend lavishly in money; and| The end of May seems to be the proâ€" || *~| last year I spent too much in nerves| per time. Set them four to six inches | . ;; and eyesight. So this year instead of | deepâ€"no deeper. In order to leave . ; ie doing fancywork I‘m turning to my| room for future development set them | . garden. Here are the sweet things:| from two to four feat apart each way.| | vâ€") lavender and lemon verbena, to fill Allow but one stalk to the root. Cut! & e simple muslin bags for bureau draw-;Ofl' all others. \ * E4 it ers and linen closets; and here are my’ By all means* plant a few of the) . 8 oldâ€"faghioned everlasting â€" flowersâ€"| cactus varieties. They are the huge, b h yellow and crimson and â€"pink nnd:shaggy kinds that closely resemble‘ d purple and whiteâ€"for winter bouquets| chrysanthemums. Their colors are unâ€" i‘: and for baskets; and here are a fewjusuall,'{ beautiful. All cactus varieties . & clumps of my choicest flowers, like have vigorous constitutions, so do not! = y those in the main garden, but especial-‘ hesitate to plant them. it . ly reserved for seed, to put in pretty, Just before frost, lift the Hlbers.,l : packets for my gardening friendsâ€"‘"| Place them in a sunny corner of the‘ ! ("I‘m & gardening friend!" suggest., porch until the soil about them is| / ed Prue. | dry. Then shake it off and place theml' [ "You‘l like what I‘m planning for| on a closet sh€lf until spring, when| f you, Prue,â€"at least, I do, and I‘ll disâ€"} you can plant them in sheir old locaâ€" | own you if you don‘t appreciate iL!â€"â€": tion in the garden. s ; but you mustn‘t covet what I‘m giving rumnies : other people, piggy! See, here are! » sweet herbs: those are for the kitchenâ€"| _ .. , Ratk‘s Family. loving contingentâ€"thyme and tarraâ€"| ,, ,l“ all very well to talk about| gon and summer savory and sweet| !if¢‘} be’"F rich and full," said Sara | « marjoram. I love the very sound of| C"2Md@!l, "but if you had no flm”)', the names, don‘t you ? Some I‘ll dry at all,â€"no relative in the world nelr-' in bunches, and some I‘ll make into| °" th’an_ a . second â€" cousinâ€"you ‘ flavored vinegars, for salads and| WOUIdn‘t like it much yourself." ’â€" ragouts. And here are tomatoesâ€"the| . Ruth Lawton looked at her friend fi little plum and cherry varieties in reg thoughtfally. "I haven‘t" she aaiil e ce PBE i 1 udn nme agtet o0 0c ooo o +6 THIC mAQ "'l',‘;_' in it something of satisfactionâ€""if s« PÂ¥ /.; ~~l _of| lÂ¥3 ||| @ ‘onâ€" | ) y wl-\" |e~â€"f| “H | | > [ I '7 f 2l +s you) [( § .’; felt | ) t pe | Iilp | #1 dly f uld | ”“ L‘Iflm \/ a‘s | H Fefruiimint iigbodieiniet 0s 25000 2. 0 Af Sn is L stoorl,f | aside, smiling, as they passed through | the arch. "Well," she said, "what do| you think of it, Prue"" â€" [ W d Estt 1 2... 0000@ CV PUSsI0I¢ 11 _ "It‘s my Christmas corner," said| Others say, wait until J\ Priscilla proudly. "Your present hap-' experience tells me that pens to be growing somewhere e]se;! sible to keep the roots i but my main Christmas crop is here.} tion when you set them I can‘t spend lavishly in money; and| The end of May seems t last year I spent too much in nerves | per time. Set them four and eyesight. So this year instead of; deepâ€"no (leepgr. In or doing fancywork I‘m turning to my| room for future developn: garden. Here are the sweet things:| from two to four feet ap; favendet and lemon verhena +n 8lHl! Alimw w.., _ _ _ " , iePt ODs ’ "Your garden always is the most | entrancing place, Pris. But what‘s in | that little corner over beyond the | trellis? You keep steering me away f from it, but it looks altogether too inâ€" | viting to miss." ! | PrisciHta led the wayr ant standg! on j 5) . â€"_et0Udid she get all flushed [ and uncomfortable at the mere monâ€" ption of his name? And if so"â€"she leaned back with a lon« sigh that L. °_ . _ "_w_ V CA# SOH, espocially‘ it is prepared. Dahlias never lly to soil that is too rich. | clay soil you can grow the| oo ad oo o 9 PA Ees _ Later, as she drove away | cla‘s stammering murmur . still in her ears, she smiled "I do believe," she murmu her breath, "that the girl is tracted to Kemp! She must b on earth should she get al znd uncomfortable at the m _ _Marcia‘s lips framed a hurried exâ€" |cuse; but they did not utter it. With some dismay she realized that no exâ€" Icuse was possible without seeminz to | be grossly ungracious. Lady Rosslaer 5 waaln sw 0 c Nt om e S WB , â€" aon ) ~, mbPe Snd see us very soon. What about dining on Sunday? | Not a party, you knowâ€"just ourâ€" selves ?" w to put up whole; they make st and most Christmasy preâ€" And over there against the our ancient quince tree:; it Again she smiled‘ dazzlingly, and Marcia drew a quick, half startled, little breath. The sense of uneasiness wasvstronger upon her than ever. s mother tells me she is unable to visi at allâ€"but youâ€"â€"" "You The Christmas Corner T Ancennce no m ( fruit some years, and[ haven‘t learned yet that,f : delicious jam. A jar} lw Iali ib3 Sss 1 ure you I‘d be quite any of your other ucts. What I really is the grand idea of Why didn‘t I have the: garden help out myl n a preserve all winter? just going to zx for vou!" flWom ens @ phere and tied with please anyone who doesn‘t? a long sigh that had ° satisfactionâ€""if so she murmured under the girl is really atâ€" She must be, or why whous COd on e neseenc ol or dig years, an.dj w of our And did bet ween jar and And«â€"O‘ mention : the my with Marâ€" of assent 1| / °J ure the only ones I‘ve acquired | so far; of course no one expects fam. | ilies to grow in a minute. But I have { in mind one or two other persons | whom I hope to have as relatives soon. !I understand how you feel, Sara, I spent a miserable wasted year pitying | myself; then I suddenly realized that ;'if it were n New um‘ nuse .. Lo n "I am adopting a family," Ruth inâ€" terrupted, smiling in a halfâ€"merry. halfâ€"wistful way. "Grandmother and Billy are the only ones I‘ve acquired so far; of course no one exnante fa.. Sara stared incred Lawton, what do yo cried. "Why, ever si iyou you‘ve been talk grandmother and your I can‘t tell you how made me feel when yo share the good thing mother sent you, A brotherâ€"" Milinhailatraietcidi h a l 5441 43 Ruth Lawton looked at her friend thoughtfully. "I haven‘t," she said at last. "It‘s all very well to talk ubout,’ life‘s being rich and full," said Sara! Crandall, "but if you had no fnmily, at all,â€"no relative in the world nearâ€" er than a _ second (-ouiin,â€"you‘ wouldn‘t like it much iniraok " | TORONTO the ground early. Dig deep e e oi L d * ' Each package of "Diamond Dyes" ‘| contains directions so simple that any | woman can dye or tint faded, shabby ’sklrts, dresses, waists, coats, sweaters, | stockings, hangings, draperies, everyâ€" | thing like new. Buy "Diamond Dyes" |â€"no other kindâ€"then perfect home , dyeing is guaranteed, even if you have | never dyed before. Tell your druggist | whether the material you wish to dye is wool or silk, or whether it is linen, icotton. or mixed goods. Diamond’ 'Dyes never streak, spot, fade, or run. Synthetic Leather. A newly patented leather substitute, for soles of shoes, is made by boiling together leather dust, asphalt, cotton fibre and linseed oil, the mixture, when reduced to the requisite consistency, being formed into a sheet by hydraulic pressure. It is waterproof. Minard‘s Llnlme:nt-for I ce t 9e n o en I suddenly realized that a new gown or a new posi. haus. ap 1 C 2000 AERVEAFOAATEY WB thoroughly worth while. _ I fancy I shall manage so we s a good _ deal of each other!" _ (To be continued.) stared incredulously. _ "Ruth â€"then that‘s half the battle! When & woman wants a manâ€"â€"" _ _ She broke off, shrugging. For a while she sat looking contemplatively out at the busy street, As the car sgog'ped she sat upright with another sigh. "Anyway," she told herseif, comâ€" placently, "Marcia certainly is rich e}r‘)zugh kt'o make friendship with her +h nventami ic o2 ue al 7 feel when &ou invited _ good things your int you. And vour The $185 i Cut the ( ‘â€"â€"» ‘nc roots in good condiâ€"| n you set them out so late. | of May seems to be the proâ€"| Set them four to six inches | deeper. In order to leave future development set them . ever since I‘ve SPRYWHEET or Faded Draperies ur leet apart each way. stalk to the root. Cut talking about your| your little brother.| ou invited me to| &5 your grand-;‘ And your little| in Diln;Ol;IJ-Dy“ homesick you mean?" she > S COneite gpe .;x;‘g!-?" Cost of Cuitwatmg EDL andl musn in h s d e Burns, etc. factor (F.O,B. hÂ¥ c d m CBP known i _ your| ks .5 nen o o 52 colsorne STReer ©.â€"â€"___TORONTO I rather see quite Improved methods of handling and hatching the eggs of the whitefish are showing such results that this exâ€" | ceedingly valuable finny species is now steadily gaining numbers in the Great | Lakes. The work has been highly sysâ€" | tematized, and is being conducted by Jthe United States Fisheries Bureau lin coâ€"operation with our own Canaâ€" | dian authorities. The seale on which ; the artificial nrana watLam s# aon lng es . would I!" Minard‘s Llnlment'fc;r Dandruft. Poncita, the most adorable little threeâ€"| gqcina 000 00 ’)fla&râ€"old Spanish baby that Mth;ve:r| twice, $ saw. She is in the day nursery at the Tailor is a r}ussion, for her mother has to work.‘ one who fiu. Some one should make clothes for the fl'llo French; i child and teach her things that her Crap, and me mother has neither time nor knowlâ€"‘ Mantleâ€"maker, edge for, andâ€"" Ruth‘s voice faltered.| maker, is Ital Sara saw the appealing look in her| were called‘ ue friend‘s eyes and leaned forward. "O| gijy colled sfi R"uth!n she exclaimed. "Would i d.o" fl.“y Mlla.ner, Could I be your sister? Would eooce made teach me how ?" y°9 st.r:Lw. Ruth hesitated. "Next I want câ€"l! sister," she said. "If I had a sister I think that she and I could adopt | Poncita, the most adorable litthe thran. | tive? ple can‘t appreciate the value of an education. But Billy is working for one. I‘m going to be mighty proud of him one of these days." ‘ each other. As for Billy, he was in my Sunday school class. He is an ambitious little fellow, but there is no one at home to help him; his peoâ€" ltinued. "I realized that I had mimsed a whole year of having a grandmother. I had known Grandmother Barrett all my life at home and used to «un in tbo see her a dozen times a week. She had three children then. Now they‘re all dead except one son, who is in the navy. So grandmother and I adopted "Would I!" worlkd, and many of them were worse off than I, who am young and strong and able to make friends." Sara‘s eyes were wide open. "As soon as I realized that there were other lonely persons," Ruth conâ€" tion I wanted I‘d go to work and get it; and I asked myself why I should not also go to work and get a new family. I‘d been sitting there crying w‘hennllt}wwlfl.&aemtbou-i sands of other lonely people in the Increasing Fish Tribes. 90 oronto) Ruth cried to be your next relaâ€" wrand) | C ue3 i m / | | . 0 | AP V C } Ad # 2 % i C C | 1 * 24 Doesn‘t hurt a bit: Drop a little \_| "Freezons" on an aching corn, instantâ€"| ly that corn stops hurting, then shortâ€"|‘ ly you lift it right off with fingers. | _| Truly! [ Your druggist sells a tiny bottle of t "Freezone" for a fow cents, sufficient i to remove every hard corn, soft corn,| I or corn between the toe, and tho calâ€"| I luses, without soreneus ar imesul,i8 /5 "O, Sara, RCCSAT EKT remove every hard corn, soft . corn between the tog, and tho @s, without soreness or irrita Cases of soâ€"called "svicide" among animals are stated to be due to colic, the severe pain causing horses and other sufferers to throw themse!ves about in agony. | _ _ Ihe most puzzling word is haberâ€" _dasher, which has baffled many people and produced all kinds of weird exâ€" planations. â€" The haberdasher was formerly a pedlar who went round to fairs selling . ribbons, buttons, and. other small articles, which he carried in a sack. His name comes from two! old wordsâ€" hafer, meaning oats, and ; tasche, a sack. | lonable in the town of Mantua, and were called after it. Milliner, originâ€" ally Milaner, stood for a dealer in goods made of Milanese silk and straw. twice. Tailor is a French word mearing one who fits the figure. Draper is also French; it comes from the word drap, and means a dealer in cloth. Mantleâ€"maker, originally â€" Mantuaâ€" maker, is Italian,. Cloaks were fashâ€" days a a kind The we and is s days a costardâ€"monger. He hawked a kind of fruit called the costard. The word "menger" means a selier, and is still found in ironâ€"monger, fishâ€" monger, and so on, f Many of our modern trade names have curious origins The costerâ€" monger, for example, was in the old th 7o‘t corn,| L vov; and by t 4 the calâ€"| Lemberg is really itritation. of the name, by the Poles the Ukranians And waits to sea i . u. 1, 1 " OP Heb it puish away the clod white epruce There is n6 tu hoever plants 7 7. " NDVSphnere is enervating to the last degree. To halt even for a few l‘)m\;m was to be almost over. come by inertia, so difficult, it scemed, once the machinery had stopped and lost momentum, to heave it into mo tion again." C TAOnwy aojust itself to end 18(1“ the greater difference from n | mal atmospheric pressure 6,000 1 |higher. At aH events that alone . ! provide proof. | Tso Hot in the Icchields, ’ "Our greatest enemy, ms we w | on, was not after all the deep powde 1 snow. The work was arduous for t first reason but it was possible to p| Lon at a slow nace. rays, we seemed all the more incom moned because of them. "The atmosphere is enervating + the last m. To halt even far â€" wl d CORVT "llv\lU}" with a clinging garment from no escape was possible and, far ©NGH Esc ma . t P3 ‘°â€" "The heat was a di In the glacier furnace Tree Planting in Dominion Forests. ~AONARRTID ds d inect ult o d 114 5:+ | of from 18,000 to 21,000, Whore is t | limit of this process? Will the mul ’ plication of red corpuscles continue ’dut they may become acclimati; much bigher" _ There is evidence show â€" they may exist comforta» through eating and digesting hoa» meals and retaining their feoi;, vitality up to 23,000 feet. It may | that after two or three days quiet spent at that height, the body wou eufficiently adjust itself to en4u, OM AhB EBABKRE AUMWime l c _ 1 S â€",| body to make the efforts required 1 1/ lift itself up even on the simples: 9‘ ground." â€" Both Bury and Mallory «i found that the rapidity with whici, (the party acclimatized itself at a groal height a hopeful sign. "That it is ,‘ possible to acclimatize the syslem to ‘, live at heights is true," says Colonel I' Bury, "but only to a certain extentâ€". . up to 18,000 feet we could acclimatize / ourselves very comfortably but at ?zmter beights I think a prolonged | stay permanently lowors vitality." | ‘ /MBecome Aeclorktized Quickly, f "Nothing is perhaps so astonishing," ,sn,\'a Mr. Mallory, "in a party of re connoissance as the rapidity with fwhich they become acclimatized and [ospable Of @Bent BKBPLIDRS AF hainkhs. limit of this process? Will the m plication of red corpuscles continu that they may become acclima: much bigher" _ There is evidenc show â€" they may exist comfort: through eating and digesting ho: meals and retaining their fem g| _ _7YC ®CienUnc man mand no physi 8/ ologist or physician can say for cor + ‘ tain whether the human body by is "'lown efforts can reach the height o; ’f 29,000 feet above the sea," says Sir \Francis Younghusband. _ A}! three | stress the fact that it is this unknown *) quantity rather than mountaineerii > i,difliculfiel which will make or broak ‘/ this year‘s attempt. Speaking of th» actual physical obstacles of Mount 'JEvorut., Mr. Maillory says: "It is a; |least probable that the obstacles pre |sented by this mountain could )« overcome by any competent party i jthey met them in the Alps. But it i« | a very different matter to be confron: !d with such obstacles at elevations | of between twentyâ€"three and twen! y | nine thousand feet. We do not know that it is psychologically possible «: ':“fh high aititudes for the huma»n ®. 2" Adaition io the above, m experimental plots covering imately twentyâ€"fAve mores w erk with seventy fl&ung_n of ~tree about evenly divided beiwien pruce and jack pine. â€"â€"Annoual! Director of Forestry, Q+tawa. 5,000 sooitch pine, fack pine e spruce secdlings and trans ere set out in twentyâ€"sevan regating about twenty acros art of the planting stock was from the Forest Nursery at Indian Head, Saskatch» Rarefied Atmosphere at High I Altitudes is Almost Insuperâ€" * BLOOD PRESSURE TO BC the MAY BE IMPOSSBLE L viy Pol l*_ to'n' it Airintat 4 Ssd the German form / C Octvad. Th s 1 by the Russians, French, Leopol. n2ps so astonishing," , in a party of ro. the rapidity with me acclimatized and exertions at heighis I lent from which le and, far from t;he sun‘s Rerca different matter ce the thin mis: h enveloped us beneath th, came from on various is spelt ; by for the Of i1tâ€"some tent â€"was « as land eull a goodâ€"sized lake which is called 1. reason of this nar Arriving purchaser; pure white call it in the sea be thing was Even thi point is th Englandery longâ€"heade world, also #1 @llegie« perfect me? viestix 14 oi Tricks of If W iransportal The Chi: newsprint & immediate n were to ree its newspr qu Bourishing some Can, newspaper, lessly thro United Sta inner bi the resord 1840 I&T C the ( (B 0 T6 Ese