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the' busines ttep. KENNEDY MANUFACTURric, co., BM Ham} Junta Av-., "This fruit," F "Those in: hi We returned by the long street on the crest of tho hnll. There was a man selling oranges on a tray, and Blenk- iron stopped to look at them. I noticed that the man trhurBed tUteen into a cluster. Blenkiron felt the orange, as it to see that they were sound, and pushed two aside. The man instantly restored them to the group, never rais- (own. pmceerad from nies. give mar. rut. Homo 30 more work. Bun. in. from "a. by honor. Sapho tilt) all pan-ha. Stud Mn. " tiua.v. n will not Mr: or Inn-u. u 50::- tf,','dot',tP, to human. mind; or Ink. and can we: be Ann-d to we. lam up) cuts with“; Injury s Plate c t Fis 1/ : your :\y’7'4f-;'\ . Moclk SAlpb1iaiitlt The same Sapho Powder that This your home of flier, mor,- qultoes, roaches and other pests will protect your livestock, povrtry and pets from flies, pats, lice and otherparaaites. Ircitl C'rvr. no, u "Nu. q ' “Icy-I“ Poultry with (Copyrighted Thomas Nelson CHAPTER XlH.---fCont'd.) I “In GREEN TEA is the best at any price Superior ”SAMBA" were almost or dare I Messed Pp w 9 E Fi Milk? iin't the time of year to buy aid Blenkiron as we passed on. onnges are rotten as med- GREENMANTLE SAPHO #6nd Cot.voa My on our own door- d the meaning of to the flnqtat Japan, BY JOHN BUCHAN my naturalness was the same brand as that of evervbodv round about. and all the time I had to do unnatural things. It isn't easy to be going down to business and taking cocktails with Mr. Carl Rosenheim. and next hour being engaged trying to blow Mr. Rosenheiin'i friends sky high. And it Isn't my to keep up t part which is skinned. and there's always the risk of the little packet of dynamite going oft unexpected. But as these things co. I rate this stunt as easy. We've only got to be natural. We wear our natural clothes. and talk English. and sport a Teddy Roosevelt smile, and there isn't ane call for theatrical tal-i ent. Where I've found the job tight; was when I had got to be natural. and! my naturalness was the same brand; as that of evervbodv round about, and} all the time I had to do unnatural! things. It isn't easy to be pnino an“. "I want you to tell me one thing. Bienkiron." I said. "Pve been playing a part for the past month, and it wears my nerves to tatters. Is this job very tiring. for if it is I doubt I may buckle up." . He looked thoughtful. “I can't call our business an Ibsolute rest-eure any, time. You’ve got to keep your eyes? skinned. and thprn'c glam... n... __‘-L - _ _ - _.. nun-v “Ev Ill- formed man in Constantinople, for old General Liman only hears one side, and mostly lies at that, and Enver prefers not to listen at all. Also, I could give them points on what is happening at their very door. for our friend Sandy is a big boss in the best- run crowd of mountebanks that ever fiddhd secrets out of men's hearts. Without their help I wouldn't have eu,t.,myeh ice in this guy.” ,, V. .-...,v....... in Germany itself, and didn't want any foreign eyost-bearines. As you know, I failed where you succeeded. But so soon as l crossed the Danube 1 set about opening up my lines of communication, and I hadn"t been two days in this metropolis before I had got my telephone exchange buzzing. Sometime I'll explain the thing to you, for it's a pretty little business. I've got the cutest evnher. _ _ _ Mn " and“ "Why, no," he said. "But they gave me the key, and I oould make my own arrangements. In Germany I buried myself drep in the local atmosphere and never peeped out. That was my game. for I was looking for something in Germanv inn-If an”! At.a.os ---,-, ' purh. They're a lot of silver-tongues. no doubt, but it ain't oratory that is wantrd in this racket. The William Jennings Brvan stunt languishes in war-time. Politics is like a chicken- coop. and those inside get to behave as if their little run were all the world. But if the politicians make mistakes it isn't from lack of good in- struction to guide their steps. If I had It big proposition to handle and could have mv pick of helpers Pd plump for the Intelligence Department of the British Admiralty. Yes, sir, I tako " my hat to your Government slruths." i “Did they provide you with ready-' maria spivs hare?" I asked in astonish- mer push. They'AG no doubt, but it wanted in this I l ,, -- ___ r-..“ timo, and you shunned the theatrical ways of the Teuton. But you have the win-s laid good and sure. I calculate th, re isn't much that happens in any corner of the earth that you don't know within twenty-four hours. I dun} tee," much stock in your political l "My business is to get noos," he said: "and before I start in on a stunt I make considerable preparations. All i the time in London when I was yelp- [ing at the Itritish Government, I was lbusy with Sir Walter arranging 1thinzs ahead. We used to meet in queer places and at all hours of the night. I hxed up a lot of connections in this, city before I arrived, and espe-' cially a was service with your For-E eign Oftieo by way of Rumania andl Russia. In a day or two I guess our) friends will know all about our dis.) eovvrivs." I At that I opened my eyes very wide.! "Why. yes. You Britishers haven't any notion how wide-awake your Inn telligcm-v Service is. I reckon it's easy tho best of all the belligerent; You never talked about it in peace timc. and you shunned the theatrical ways of the Teuton. But van havn thes That afternoon. after Peter had cooked a wonderfully good luncheon. I had a heurt-bo-heart talk with Itlenkiron. 8634 isituation like this. I argued that un- N TEA Hess I had a very clear part with a It,', bluff an iff woulldéi’t get’the eonfl- - 'emwic nose. e'vegotto ‘y price Tear It. I',", at the heart of the Show. taking a -"""-"----e-eei-e-eree-reer. ireal hand and not just looking on. So I settled I would be a big engineer-- ' -- there was a time when there wefen't many bigger in the United States than John S. Blenkiron. I talked large about what might be done in Mesopo- IAN I I E tamia in the way of washing the JBritish down the river. Well, that "alk caught on. They knew of my ', tra',',",")',",: as l') Ihydrating expert, and t ey were tick et to deat to rope me BUCHAN. =="==---4 lin. I told them I wanted a helper, q . T [and I told them about my friend Rich- elson and Sons, Ltd.) lard Hanau, as good a German as ever " . . su ed sauerkraut, who was 0min I ly your mornintr's work finishedt"/t1"2fl'r, Russia and Rumziniac as (f 733d . , o" . (benevolent neutral; but when he got . If J'""'""" walk? hemsked In-, to Constantinople would drop his neu- '"1"i're?i'i, . .. , " l,.t.,r,ality and double his benevolence. H "l" /)1'f'i r, h They got reports on you by wire from . ," ’"“;""" 't!u.ryilsr. I reckoned the States-l arranged that before I Prti " WWW" to it. Thy, yes. except left London. So you’re going to be Kb.“ 1'xe "h?"' figuring still to do. welcomed and taken to their bosoms "I?" me be“ {when and 1'11 be at just like John S. was. We’ve both got your M'T‘Jlt'C. A ajor." 5 iobs we can hold down, and now ou're i'hat afternoon, after Peter had in these pretty clothes youve theydead rookod a wonderfully good luncheon, ringer of the brightest kind of Am-l 1” mil " heart-to-heart talk with erican engineer........But we can't goi "t'.i1i,"o/,y, . . " >back on our tracks. If we wanted tol ..-. I,', bunnesw is to get now, he leave for Constanza next week they'd, 'ill'.", nnd befor: lstart In on a stunt be very polite but they'd never let: I main- ('nnsi'lm‘nlnle preparations. All Us'. We've got: to go on with this my 3"" ttme Irl LPN” when I was yelp- venture and nose our way down into! Ir/tt at the Broth Government, I was Mesopotamia, hoping that our lueki PM}! with .Sir Walter arranging will hold........Gdd knows how we will? HUMAN v.head. We used to meet in get out of it; but it's no good going" Wm" plncrs and at all hours of the out to meet trouble. As I observed! ".urbt. l fixvd up a lot of connections before, I believe in an all-wise andl ? t,is "ity bvfore I arrive‘d, and espe-' brnefieent Providence but you’ve trot) '13 y " runs wrwce wit our For- . . ' " 'lL'n ”fl-100 bv wnv nf #',,,,y,',,".1,.,'., '.,'C'rtoyriveffim a chance. I I said. "Our mornintds walk norently. "I said 'work.' " He smiled blandly. you’d tumh!e to it. W' Why, no as I (-rosséd the Danube; He tore up the papers and enlarged‘ opening up my lines of on politics. "I reckon I've got the] on, and I hadn't been two measure of the Young Turks and theirs metropolis before I had precious Committee. Those boys aren't phone exchange buzzing. any good. Enver's bright enough, and I explain the thing to you, for sure he’s got sand. He'll stick out! vtty little business. I've n fight like a Vermont 'rarne-ehieken, t (-yphor, . . . No, it ain't but he lacks the larger vision, sir. He . It's your Goveri1rndkiV.MPesm't understand the intricacies of w, imbecile, or dotard, can the job no more than a !uttkine-ehild, 'ssaees--you saw some of so the Germans play with him, till his] --lout it takes some mind temper goes and he bucks like a mule.l pop, and it takes a lot of Talaat is a sulky dog who wants to) my enrl to work out the batter mankind with a club. Both: we day you shall hear “these boys.would have made good cow-l PSS it would please younlpqnchers in the ol.d_days, and they! 'ou use it?" I asked. 'mlght have got a IPI out West as at early noos of what is/the gun-men of a nbor Union.’ this cabbage-patch. Like: They're about the class of Jesse Janyss) "thentie noos of the rest or Bill the Kid, excepting that they're: nd I can send a message fellt!it-reere.d and can patter lan-, .,_.W,, , . -- ._- 7 __-__-__----, . .. _ - t I'm, the ban-EH: noos of what is Ike-patch. Like- 1003 of the rest _send _ message The notion that there is something holy in doing nothing, which results in a great d rl of Sunday Iotuinst, is dirticult to rr-dy, xx; -Deun of Exeter. 1393.351; QT; EXCHANGE IF YOU l' , “if ANY HOUSES stores. :.;\:.:‘.m»m houses. tarms, Western. Inn: ttr h waxes; to "change get in trmi- v. "' H " DAVIS & CO., 407 Eng ior L.r.e building. Toronto Nothing is more deep-seated in the American spirit and the American soul than agard for England. appre- ciation of England. and trust in the integrity and mith of England.--Dr. N. M. Butler. CttNre.r. But they haven"t the organ- izing bower to manage the Irish vote in a ward election. Their one notion is to get busy with their firearms. and people are getting tired of the Black Hand stunt. Their hold on the coun- try is just the hold that a man with a Browning has over a crowd with ,rttlkintr-stieks. The cooler heads in the Committee an mowing shv of them and M old fox like Djnviri is Mine low till hr; time comes. Now it tloirsn't want arguing that a rang of that kind has got to hang close to- m-ther or they may hane separately. T.htT've got no win on tho ordinary Turk, barrinvr tho fact that thev are active and ho is slap“. Md that they've got their guns loaded." (To be continued.) Mmard': Liniment te, Dandruff rr He shook his head. "r reckon not. _ In the first place we haven't finished our inquiries. We've got Greenmantle located right enough, thanks to you, hut we still know mighty little about that holy man. In the second place it won't be as bad as you think. This show lacks cohesion, sir. It is not going to last for ever. I calculate that before you and I strike the site of the garden that Adam and Eve fre- quented there will be a queer turn of affairs. Anyhow, it's good enough to) gamble on." 1 I Then he got some sheets of paper land drew me a plan of the t)ispositilms,! of the Turkish forces. I had no no-! 'tion he was such a close student of; twar, for his exposition was as good as; a staff lecture. He made out that thel situation was none too bright 'ny-l, where. The troops released from) Gallipoli wanted a_lot of teptttuit','l, and would be slow in reaching the: Transcaucasian frontier, where the) Russians were threatening. The Army,' of Syria was pretty nearly a rabble) under the lunatic Djemal. There' wasn't the foggiest chance of a seri- ous invasion of Egypt being under-' taken. Only in Mesopotamia did things look fairly cheerful. owing to the blunders of British strategy. "And you may take it from me," he said; "that if the old Turk mobilized a total of a million men, he has lost 40 per; cent. of them already. And if Pm, anything of a prophet he's going pretty soon to lose more." I I am bound to confess the prospect staggered me. We might be let in for fiehting--and worse than fighting--- against our own side. I wondered if it wouldn't be better to make a bolt for it, and said so. clean outside your ordinary life. I've never tried that. My line has always been to keep my normal rgehi.tg; But you have, Major, and guess you found it wearing." "Wearing'a a mild word," I said. "But I want to know another thing. It seems to me that the line you’ve pick- ed is as good as could be. But it's a east-iron line. It commits us pretty deep and it won't be a simple job to drop it." "Why, thathr Just the point I was coming to," he said. “I was going to all”. you wise about that ‘very thing. . hen.1 srtrtetl put] figur'ed on some if ANY HOUSES, on! houses. farms. wane-z: to "change H fl DAVIS & CO., Ii(illiil'i.ii' Ev x 1,i)ii) 'i), 'i. ’"§51'*P'x MHEMZ; Sweet Cucumber Pickles-One peek small cucumbers, two cups salt, vin- egar. one ounce of cloves, one ounce of stick cinnamon, two pounds brown OLD STANDBY PICKLE RECIPES. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of lik in silver or stamps, by the Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Allow two weeks for receipt of pattern. me’usure. A Medium size requires 4%, yards of 40-inch material. The width at_the foot is 2% yards. The Pattern is eat in 4 Sizes: Small, 34-M; Medium, 38-40; Large, 42-44; Extra Large, 46-48 inches bust 4425. Foulard is here portrayed with girdle and bindings of satin in a contrasting color. This model is good also for crepe, printed voile, or crepe de chine. CANADA h1rs:fitlcl Shoe Polish}; An ironing board hinged to a very narrow shelf, placed at the proper height on the wall, is another space saver. This board when not in use is raised up against the wall where it is hold in place with a hook. The outer end is supported by a stout leg that is hinged to the under side of the board so that it drops down into po- sition when the board is lowered for use.-Wrs. S. M. C. l Instead of the ordinary kitchen chairs, I bought three folding chairs that retire to a small place in the corner when not in use. These I dress up with slips on the backs, made like pillow slips, of unbleached or white nuislin, which I embellish with a wreath or initial embroidered in blue. Small kitchens are a blessing in the steps they save, but .there is little room in them for a table or chairs. I solved the problem of conserving space in my tiny kitchen, where the family like to eat breakfast, by pur- chasing at a secondhand store an old gate-legged table. This I enameled white and installed in a suitable place beneath the window. When not in It I can drop the leaves and it occupies very little space. I use it as a work-i table also, raising one side to work on.’ ANADA VOUNDRIES 8 FORGINGS Ll MITED JAMEis1!i.y,y1r.t.'T PLANT AN ATTRACTIVE NEGLIGEE, Havg_S_m_p_x_ncr Heat A KELSEY WARM Ant GENERATOR 'rhis'WiiitVr- A Warm house and a tool cellar day and night the win ter throngs: And a saving in your coal ills of frcm cti. a so; c_t8tagtortiie)Aiea' 2iaiiiiiii, properly and healthfully. MAY we SEND mu L‘Anncumns? in your cellar will ensure this, The Kelsey lube molt efficient and economical system of home heating ever devised and will htaOhe smallest iff?S SAVING KITCHEN SPACE. ISSUE No. 3s-ai. BaoknkViai, aE Woman's Sphere "Sure, it looks something like you," said Finnlgan; "tut who the deuce is the man on your back His friend Finnlgan came along stood gazing at the sign. "That's a good picture ot me, it?" asked Casey. The Portrait. Casey decided to go into business, so he bought a small livery stable and had a, sign painted showing him astrlde a mule. He had the sign placed In front ot the stable and was quite proud of it. Here during summer all vegetables brought from the garden are cleaned and prepared for use without being carried into the kitchen. When the work is completed all refuse had been dropped through the hole into the waste bucket and there is no litter to clear away or pans of waste to empty Mlnard’s Llnlment Hul- Cuts. I recently saw a handy back-porch! shelf for the preparing of vegetablesi The shelf was low enough so that the} worker could be seated. In the centre; of the shelf a round hole was cut and under this were hooks for holding a, garbage bucket. The shelf was cover-l ed with oilcloth so that it was easily? kept clean. l Spice Pieklea--Wash cucumbers clean and place in crock. Make a strong hot brine and pour over pickles while hot. Cover and let stand for twenty-four hours. Then pour " brine and put pickles in cans with layers of mixed spices between. Then heat vinegar to boiling point and sweeten to taste with saccharine and pour over the pickles and seal. Pickles will be found very crisp and good after two years. Dressing-Two quarts vinegar, one cup flour, one cup sugar, six table- spoons mustard, two tablespoons tum- erie (wet with vinegar). Put pickles into this mixture and can. Mustard Pickler-One quart small green tomatoes, one quart small cu- cumbers, one quart small onions, one quart eau1ifiower. Put these in brine and let stand over night. Then scald in the brine until tender. sugar. Wash cucumbers well, cover with boiling water and salt. Let stand over night. Drain in the morning and cover with vinegar. Add cloves, cinna- mon, brown sugar. Let just come to a boil and seal in sterilized fruit jars. A BACK-PORCH SHELF. Always '"l"aiirlilwstarrl on dk ttlift, ar/iii')'),')'))'),?))),), AU's TORONTO It’s Great Delicious and Refreshing " I - I I v - v - It's not just custom that makes people, take mustard with their meals. Mush: ard aids digestion and helps to assimi- late the meats. it is a good habit to acquire. Mix it freshly for every meal. - ' II THE COCACOLA COMPANY Toto-Io. Manual. Winnipeg. Vacuum on me, isn't and -.---_ - Direct "om Manufacturers to Consume. WRITE FOR PRICES w. £_._QILLQN co., Limited The first kingdom to be conquered is the kingdom of self. Corrugated Ga!vanized Steel itoafing 189 - 191 George St. Fteddée---"'rho,tt, how did he know he belonged to us r' Ma---"') baby hasn’t. any name yet." Instinct Probably. Preddie--'Na, what in the baby’s name?" 27A.t-=-=uL-TiLV-T-t."LL"t"i_gej" '""tlriFirTri""rnT'ii-iid - IIIIIIIIIIII '"eh.etIyyyt_ryteameANAn, "doo.rttattdiTriuiiit' themrthihetiif 1Nu'lllike Mem/ EDDYS MATCHES Tlterttortsarpeuse i “Moon-Mom Toronto l How Pigeons Find Their l War. i Until rewmly there was n “mural impression that pigeons taunt tho/n. t way home by Instinct and not try sight. ,Thts theory has been (unmoved. him- 'ever. as the following moment shows. I A phmn. released from a balloon ,a mile and a halt above the grrund. i was unable to see the earth below on Jovount of a thick blanket of clouda. EThe bird new around for some little Mme. then, giving up all hope or and- iirw its way home, settled down mm- itorqatrly on the balloon. I After a time I rm appeared in (ha idouds. The pigeon swooped from the Walloon through the [an In the vapor. "ltd two hours later had demand It. liiGiii. Letting a man go wrong because it is your friend is as foolish u spoiling a child [wean-e he is your; Batik is I long process, but when it is tinistMtd the Javanese has a gur- ment that utter tive years of constant wear will still be beautiful and. it donned only on festive days. will ro- lain its tttagrtihcenee for I lifetime. It is not unusual to see a Dutch girl in Java wearing a batik that, thuugh It appears to be in I newbaru giury. was worn by her mother and her grandmother before het". in middle Java, when tho meet typical batik: we made, the dyeing process consists at three steps: the indigo bath, the 503a bath tor the warm red-brown colon and the cream tinting ot the wax-tree goods. The task of dyeing in as tedious . task In preparing the goods. It may take weeks. The result. however. is color that is everlasting. the wax and remixes the every additional pure color. l The ripening process, which pre- "pares the goods for absorbing the “yes. consists in soaking and drying tit trom five to ten times a day usually 'tor a period ot from six to twelve days. iThe dip used is a mixture of peanut oil or castor oil and lye made from {the ashes at rice stubble. The treat. ‘tnent. which in one part ot Java lasts as long as forty days, gives the pussy- ;willow, velvety feeling of Java batiks fund changes the original fabric. so :that it no longer resembles calico but ‘suggests the texture of silk, cotton jend velvet combined. Now the batiker jstarches the cloth with saga. cassava for rice tiottr. Then she irons it and [begins to lay out the design. using horizonal. vertical and diagonal guide Hines applied with 1 stick. or merely Folding and creasing the goods as the i'pattern requires. It the design to be tapplled is one that she has not yet Ilearned by heart, she hastes the new (material on the old batik and by ', means of the light that shines through (the two pieces of cloth as they hang lover her bamboo rack traces in was the outline ot the principal "ttres The details she fills in freehand. When the drawing is complete on one side she turns the goods over and by means ot the light shining through traces the design in wax on the re. verse side. Thus there is no right and wrong side to I batik. Lon. Tropical Home. The batik linker, even with steady application during the twelve light hours of a tropical day, must squat for may days on her pander: mat be- tore her easel to Mtiah a m painting of fairly intricate design. Ot course she waxes her pattern Ind bails out Um English Cotton. The Javanese batiker of modern times. no nutter what hot sorta! Ma, (tion, insist: on hula: only the very laziest weave ot English cotton. She mu I closely woven material on which she can write as it on paper, and on which the wax will {arm a sup- erfteiat Myer intend of penetrating between the threads. Havinx bought the goods. she tears them and hung the edges with a tine hem. She mods neither pattern nor scissors. " the batik is to be a headdress for her has. band, it must measure each way forty. two inches; if it is to be a sarong, or skirt, for herself or tor her husband, it will be eighty-tour by forty-two inches: it it in to be a breast (“nth tor herself or a. sling tor binding her baby to her. it will be eighty-four by twenty- one inches. lining hemmed the piece she is ready to make it mateug, or ripe. The banker drawn by letting um hot we: now trom the minimum bpulll of I smell copper cup. or thump which is hastened securely to (aw "tsd at a short bamboo handle. Tim, Jio- new invented the instrument. but whether batik was original with tin-m or was introduced from abroad is not clear. All we know tor certain is that the patient Javanese have been mak- ing this lovely cloth tor centuries on centuries. up“ and China like to em'orc,it coior- on materials: Sumatrl dyr, :;,. tun-Ids and weave: them in; 'C, i; stamp: the material, and th" 51-.” tun islands paint it. But Java, G." ;. , In“ Minnie Frost Bands in Ava m; a method all its own. B. tik. its lio proces- ia called. in I science. an an on industry. a religion. a mystery, M inheriunce and a treasure perunzu 14 that tropical lslmd. Batik may” draw their design in hot wax on Mme cotton cloth and then color tin nu covered parts ot the pattern by In]. ping the waxed cloth again and up.“ into vat: ot vegetable dye. MAKING BATIK revues the pattern tor " " one” tion a In th under [slut tion Very gthvr‘ should any“ ehine ll on " cm at at o kept Ctr " my I mum th of u mu wh Wt " 'ur WI ine I 0H um TI STA} Tt rr