i r i , * i < A SON OHDURAGE BY ARCHIE P. McKlSHNIE Copyrighted by Thomas Allen. CHAPTER III. had known far back along hi* check- 1 Appraising the New Teacher. I fred life, when he was a colt and a' _ j J bare-k'eged youngster fed him sugar The morning wood-mists we a ivd rJe astride hi* lack warm, -swwt-ace-nted; tibe wood-birds' al u ro * ***. , . , ... J son* cf thunksjrivinK ws glwd with "He oug.it a gt a baste o the gad the e*Penco of God-jrivcn life. But the hisself , muttered Maunce. "An' he's nun astride fhe deleted and woary | " to be our teacher, oh, Gosh! hor.c ira-w none of tiki beauties of his Well, I kin, see where me an Billy unrounding!), heard none of the har- mony, experienced r/ono of the ex>hdl- arjition of the lif-e all efcout him, as he Wilson gets ourn maybe." He patted the horse's thin neck. "Conic, ol' feller, Til stuff you with rode slowly do\*n the winding trail be- ; gocd cats fer once," he promised, tween the trees. He sat erect in his | The horse reached forward hu long saddle, evvs fixed straight before him. i muzzle end lip.pcd one of the boy's His f^cc'was strong and seamed with ta .ra. "Say horses don't understand!" , tiny lines. The prominence of his grinned Maurice, "Gos! I guess may- featurea was Kocentuated by the thin- bo they do understand, though.'' | ness cf the face. Beady black eyes ( He Rave t}ve norge nether pat and burne:! bentath the shadows of heavy )e<J Mm down the p^j, int> ^ e sta ble.' brows, A shcck of iron-grey hair As he u^sj^yi^i, tn, n Maurice noticed brushed his souhiers. In one hand he , he hickory w ^ n j whic jj Mr . Johnston, held a leajhi?r-boumt book, a long ; j.^ j^ t inserted be-tween the upper thumb fixed on tlio printed page from ' j^, O f a stirrup, which his attenU..i. had beoa mcnien- . "H u ii y g^i o [' foller look"' Maur- tan!y diverted by his survey of the, ice , xt racted the wand and held it up' woodlend -ene. 'btrfore the animal's gaze. "Oh, don't "Desolation!'' he murmured. "deo- p u t your ears back ar/ grin at me. 1 lation! U-,e ivntural home of ignor- I int goin' to use it on you," laugh- ance." i ad the lad. "Look! This is what I'm At the soutvd of his voice the old ; poin' to do with the ol' bruiser's point- horse stood still. "Thomas," cried the er." From a it-ousel's pocket he ex- rider srterrr'.y, "did 1 command you tj tractod u juciknife. "Mow, horsie, 1 jest you watch me close. The next Prom his leather boot-leg he ex- ' "me kc -makes a cut at you he a igom traotod a long irand of seasoned hick- to <* surprise of h.s life There, cry and brought it down on the bay , *' Jw cut II J"?^ Nt> . w frank with a cutting swish. The hick- 1 ]* "j^* ome_of this here clay to ory re.prei ented the syrmiwl of pro- gress to Mr. George G. Johnston, the new teacher of Scotia school. Certain K was it had the desired effect in this particular instance. The aged horse . . , it- ^There you be! If I bout Bessoned hickory, pourter 8 goin to spUt into "** h !f 5S^J ho . pe . the y i KO through his ol fist and clinch on: broke i-nto a jorky gallop which soon l " lt ' r I*" 1 *- carried the rider ouVinto more open Mauru* gave the tirod horse a feed; , m ,rrv ^ oats ' t(> sed a bundle of timothy; , : into th manger, aJanpod the bay flank Here farms hemmed in by rude rail , once ^ and WJ ^ u the th to; fences, looked up from vailey and hill-|jjj 8 ' >rea j(f us t side. Occasionally n house of Rreat" ) M * rs Keek> ; a swarthy ^ mun , al- pretenslons than its felws, and built ! mogt fls br(xuj aft gh( . was ^j, Hnd of unplaned lumber, m the cl<)ud of glwm on morning: sunlight in gay contrast to her features mct him at th<J door . the dun-colored log ones But the sh , e was deaf an<1 kc in ,., ct , trna l^ rt r !rt \ J"?" 1 J$ 5 'loud. 'Irulou8 tone so often u.oJ by of earths first substance obtruded : , e 8uffering from (hat affliction, even here, and tihc ruler's face set in . ..j jave ^ Wmr sh<j 6houtc-d> a frjwn as lie surveyed the vista be- j .. what you thijlk of hinlp Maurice?" fore him. Maurice drew her outside ami closed Descending into a vnlley he eaw t he door. "Oume over txahind tho that th farm homes, which from the ; woodpile, Ma, an' I'll tell you," be height seemed clone!/ set together, ! answered cautiously. were re?!ty (pit<' a distance from each j "tio, tell me here.' 1 other. He ruined irp before o small "Can't. Ho might hear me." frame -house arrf, ilismountirwf, allow- j "Then you ain't took to th<; new ed his hungry horse t-> crop tho grass, teacher, Maurice'.'" as he opened the Rate and made up j "Mot what you'd notice, Ma. He the path. A shaggic collie bounded | ain't any liko Mr. Stanhope. Ilia face around the corner of tho building and, ._i a jnt lifcin' it a lit. Hookies, Ma, down to meet him, J'ristles erect anli.he flogs has poor horse somethiin' n'! the antagonism of a bush-dog for awful." a stranger in its hearing. It was fol- j "How <l o you know that?" askod ths lowwl by a IMJT ni^n nd a boy. 'mother, eyeing him sharpCy. "Hero you, Joe, come back here and: "Cause he left long welts on him. bcih-ive yourself," tile master Uiun<k'r- ' Hc'o out in the stable. Go s-ee feri ed and the uVrg turned and slunk back yourself." <pnif Uie patli. "No, I ain't got time. I got t' fry ( "Hornta, sir," p.\*tcd Cobin Kl- some more egtr.s an' hsiin. Go 'long in to your breakfnst, an' see you keep! newly fried-, and scraped two generous stices onrto Mr. John&tnn'.s plate. "Now, sir, don't you be afearcd to -boiler out when you want more," sai>l the hospi- table housewife. "M' deafni-ss makes her mi- understain' sometilnvea," Co'bin explain- ed in nn umlertone to tho teacher. "But I was just about to tell 1 you Mr. Stanhope's strange history, sir, tn' about ol j Scrogspe'a wttl. You see the Stanhopca was the very first to drop in here arr 1 taike up land, father an' son named Frank, who wasnt much more'n a boy, but with a mighty good evldication. Roger Stan-hope cridri't live long but while he lived he wa a night goo<r sort of man to fol'er an' befot-e li died he had the satisfaction of eeein* the place in which ho was one of tho first to settle tfrow up into a real neighbor- hood. Younp Frank had growod into a bog, strappin" fe-llur by this time an' took hold of the work hia father had begun, an' I mueit say ho did marvels in the clearin' an' burnin". "So things went along for a few years. Then come a letter from Eng- land to Roger Stanhope. Frank read it to me. Seems they wanted Stan- hope back home, if he was alive; if not they wanted his s>on to come. j Frank didn't even answer that letter.' He ays to me, 'Mr. Keeler, this spot's] good enough fer me.' An' by gosh! i he stayed. "When this settlement growed big' enough fer a school, young Frank, I who iinl a school teacher's di-ploma, ! offered to teach it. His farm was! pretty well cleared by this tirn-a, soj he gat a man named Henry Burke to, work it fer him an' Burke's wife to, keep house. That was five yearn ago,; an' Frank has taught the Valley! Suhool ever since, tall now.' 1 Kceler paused, and ei-ghed deeply. " 'Course, sir, you've he*rd what hap- pened an' how? He was trvin' to savo some horses from a ournin'l stable. A LCazin' beam fcM across his face; his eyes they " Keeler's voice; grew husky. I "I've heard," said Mr. Johnston. "His waa a brave and commendablo 1 act." "But he did a braver thing than- that," cried Cobdn. "He give up the girl who was to marry him, 'cause, he said, his days from now on must bo useless OIK-S. an' he wouldn't bind the woman he loves to his bleakness an' blackness. Them wws his veiry words, sar." To this Mr. John-ston made no aud- ible reply. He simply nodded, waiting with suspended fork, for hia narrator i to resume. (To be continued.) o Mlnard's Liniment for Dandruff. In one hand he cnrric-J n huge but- ycur mouth bhut. durin' the meal. An' cher-knifo, in th* other a long whet- 1 l<xj.k here," cho adnwnishvd, "if I ketch I tune. More big kiiivea glitterod in , you apulldn' ti<.' cat's tail durin' after- i the k-alhor belt iftnut his waist. "Jest r^reakfast prayers I'll wallop you UIJ . ha r; ie run' my knives .g"in the hog- you cun't stand." killin'," he cxplainuJ, nuting the; Maurice meekly followed his mcth-j trwnger's fturtled lo'k. ; cr inside ami slipped into his accus-' The teacher advanced, his foars at tomed place at the ta'blv. ret. "My mime i Johnton," he said. I Mr. Johnston was certainly doing "George G. Johnsrton. I was directeu ! juBtki; to the rrisp ham and eggs on hen-, Bir. You r.- Mr. K(-eler, we the platter Ix-fore him. Occasionally you not, one of the trustees of the ho lifted his black eyes to flash n look fx-K ! <r{ which I am to have charge? "at his host, who was untertaining him, K't.'er thrust cut R huge hand. ! witih the history of the settlement and "TJvit's me,'' tie unswere*!. "You're , its- people. Jei.t in tiiiw ftr breakfast. It's nigh "You'll find Deacon llingoW a man ri-iidy. Ciime 'roun<l back an' wah , whoc word is s good ns his In/ml," up, Maurice, go put the teacher's ' Cobin was s-.iying. "I'm marril to horje in the w'jablc and give him n his sister, Har.nah, but I ain't sayin' feed." Thp t<M<-her follmwcd his host, gin- gerly rubbing th knuckls which had been left Mue by tin- farmer's strung grip. this on that account. The deacon is a right good livin' man, fond of his' own opinions n' all that, an' close on a Imrguim, but a good Christian man. Ho' 8 -bettor off thun jinylxly Th<- boy, who had been studying the 'else in those purU. But what he got| man Ix-fore him, turntxl away to exe- j hc> got 'honest. I'll sy thnt, even if cute his fwther'a ordar. If he knew he is my own anything afcont teadxT* and he did he an<l the other lad's of the com- munity wore in for a high old time, ha tol<l hinuvrf. Ho went down to tho gate, the d-g trotting- at his heela. "J>u<," he commanded, "go l>ack home," nnd the collie lay down on tiho path, hiNul I ii-t ..<:; hi fori-puws. Th 1>oy wcrot out through the gate ami approached the reeding hors-i; cautioualy. His quick eyes appraised it* loan RiMes and notexl the long wolt mad *>y the hickory on the clearly outlined rihn l>enetili thv bay hide. "I*M>r <!' IxKgVT." he said gwntly. At the miund of his vokn the horse KfUd his head and gazed at the boy in sec'inintc surprise. A wi&p of grass "Yee, yes,' spoke Mr. Johnston, im- patiently. "No doubt I shall get toj know Mr. lUngold very well. Nmv, ; sir, rdnctrning your other neigh- bors?" Mr. Johnston hefld a dripping yolk of ogg pois?d, peering from l>o-; ncath hi* brows at his husit. "Well, there's the Proctors, five fjunilik'.s of 'em am" every last one of 'ern a brother to the other." "Moaning, I presume, that there aro five bm-theTH by the name of Proctor living in th; community." "By Gosh, you've hit it right on the heiwl. Th'at'R what cddicntion (l<x^s fer a man mok* him sharp as rnxon-. Yes, they're brothers an' BO much alike ll I've got to lo i* danglol from W.s mouth; his ears j wribe one of *m nn' you have 'em alk" 7>:-ick< i <l forwiinl. Perruips something "Ri-murkable," murmured Mr. John- In tlw boy'i voice rooaJled a voice he ISSUE No. 28 '21. -.I'M "Romurkublci, indeed!" "Did you ey more taa>, tonchwr?" Mrs. K(!eler was t Ins elbow, stenm- bvg ten -pot in hund. "Thank you, I will have nnnthor cup," Mr. Johnston answered, and turned his cyc buck to ('ol>in. "You huve a ncMirhbor named fim- hmpc, my predecessor, I underst. n.i," he suul wlovXy. "I'm prom! to i*ay we ihave, r>," beamed Keeler, "an' a fvqunror, f-ipr yoning man never lived. A mighty >rd tojichcr ho WIIH, too, lut me tell you." "I have no doubt. I have heard sterling reports of hlim; if he erred in his ta?k it wan IxK-nuse ho was too lenient. Tell me, Mr. Kwlvr, is there not wmie history iittHchnd to him ooiv- ormnif n will or property left by a mtun by tho numi- <f Soirotfgie? I'll admit I havo no motive in so question - ing nave tihnt of <MirioaM.y, ibut one wisihi'H to kimiw all one can learn nfanit the mn otic ii to follow. Is that not so, nw'iim?" he nskc.1, t.urming to the watchful hostess, "More hum? OrtiMnly." Mm. Keo!cr cume forward with a platter, A Brigand of the Air. He lives In India, and Is called a kite-hawk. He Is one of the most brazen thieves going, and for audacity beats Raffles Into a cocked hat. Here IB an Instance of bis method of work- ing. A littJe girl eel off for school cany- Ing r.or lunch In her hand. There came a wnlrrlng of wings as a huge brown bird dropped out of the sky. Tho little girl proceeded on her way crying, while the klto-hawk overhead enjoyed the feed his talons had snutchod from her hand. Notwithstanding their thieving pro- pensities, these birds must not bo kill- ed, us they ure the natural scavengers of India. However, Drltish troops sta-j tloned In tho country have a method of their own of dealing with the kite- hawks. A blanket spread on the ground, with a piece of meat thrown on to It, forms a trap. A marauding bird sees the meat, makeH a swoop for It, and tri> - to miiku off. Mm his sharp taione have entered tho blanket, whtch lifts as he rises, and the soldiers who have been waiting soizo the blajiket and pull down and capture the bird. A long strip of paper, dipped In para- ffin, Is then tied to his tall, ignited, and the bird released. Away he goes up Into tho sky with a flaming tall be- hind him. Iloyond a slight singeing, no Injury accrues to the bird. This Idea is sometimes used at a football mutch, whoro birds are released with u burning strip attached to them to record euch goal. An old ayco, subject to flts, was once sent to u Imrnick stabloti with a sad- dle, nnd on the way was sotted with a flt. A native friend of tho old man, happening to pass along, and thinking to do him a kindness, took the saddle and delivered it to tho barracks. On coming round, tho old syce, finding tho saddle gone, walked on to the bar- nicks. An officer, knowing the saddle wus safe, but pretending to bo angry, oakml the natlvo where it was. "Klto-hawk took him, sahib," was Hi - amusing answer. Fighting Varslon. "Suppose, Uobble, that another boy should strike your right chook," asked the teacher, "what would you do?" "Qlvo him the other choek to strike," said Hobble. "That's right," said the teacher. "Y'sum," mild Hobble, "and If ho struck Unit I'd paralyze him." Proud Mother "Oluude haa learned to ply the p-iuno in no tim\>." Musi- cian- "Yes-, he's plnyimj* just like that now!" The industrious apprentice who Ixuries himself in details may easily Ix-como the most incffeictive of - lloimr I.IRW. Used Autos |>11RAKICY BBLL8 Til KM. UKBD M* car* of nil types: all mr *old iub- )M! to dnlUerjr up to 100 mtlea, .or teal run of Mm* Ul.ilnih-o If you lh. In a* gnrrf order HJI pnrchaMd. or purliaM Joe refunded. KINO maobanlo of roar own cbcta* to loot th*m OT*r, or a*k \m to . .* uny our tn rlty ropra*antattT for lnpr<-ilrHi Very Ur(* ctcmk lwav on 'Breaker's U*d Car Market M Too*. 'i ho PraeUcal Nurse. There are women who are past youth and have entered middle agre who are competent to handle certain casea of iHtvsse quite as well as the nurse who has had hospital training; and, as a rule, thtee prac- tical nurses expect fewer prhrHeffW and adapt themselves more readily to homes where luxuries are not common, than do the professional nurses. A practical nurse should never be entgiag-ed to take charge of surgkal cases, M.-ri<xus injuries, or illnesses re- quiring expert care. Such cases re- quire the best skill and the most up- to-date methods of treatment. But In caring for persons debilitated by old age, simpd-e accident cases, and casea requiring only faithfulness and gen- eral care, the practical nurae can render service which wiH be us satis- factory as that given by the profes- sional mirse, while the compensation will average from one-third to one- half the amount received by the pro- fessional. Unfortunately, families sometimes make the mistake of treating a prac- tical nurse as if she were housemaid and niuree combined. A faithful nurse will stay by a case until the patient is well, even though he has house- work put upon her, but he will never be eager to return to a household where the nurse's rights are ignored. It shows great lack of consideration to demand both day and night duty with the addition, perhaps, of chorea having no connection with the nurs- ing. Peopl who are unaccustomed to the care of the sick do not realize how much is demanded of the nurse durtuig tho night (wher. patients are usually at tb/elr worst) and how nec- essary it is for the nurse to have a few hours off duty during the day. For sensible, cheerful, tactful wo- men of twenty-five years and over, possessing hoaJth and some little ex- perience in taking car of the skk, a field is opening just now that prom- ises much. It is for women who can obey the doctor's orders, who have tact with sick children or elderly poo- pie, who can protect themselves from imposition and not break down in health, who can pick and choose thir places. Such women enjoy the work and receive good wages for almost fifty-two weeks in the year. The wo- man who contemplates such a career should be neat in dross, cheerful in disposition, not given to gossip, and should be sure that she will b equal to the tasks which a nurse is called upon to perform. There are diifficult cases and easy- cases, homes where good food is serv- ed and homes in which the food is poor. There arc families who realize that u nurse is a human being, and families who look upon a nurse as a machine, and mval'idu who are exact- ing ns well as those who are brave arxi patient. In fact, every profession has its own problems; and while thote of the nursing profession may seem somewhat more difficult to solve, the woman who takes up nursing has few expenses and the dmanrds upon her salary are very small. The family needing the services of u practical nurse should endeavor to find tho very best woman available for tlvis service, and should pay her promptly and without hagg-lin-g. They should also see to it that the nurse has her regular hours of absence from the sick-room, provide her with good nourishing food, a good bed and th* heartiest co-operation possible to give. Anything thnt hellipa conserve the health am ! strength of the nurse helps the patient and that U the important consideration after all. Nor should the family fail to pro- vide proper equipment for the sick- room. A practical woman will make no unreasonable domunds; but no one oan kwp a patient comfortable with but a limited supply of bod Unen, tow- els, old muslin nnd flannel, and evi rv patient should have a bathrobe, bed- room slippers and n goodly supply of nightdresses or nightshirts. Addition by Subtraction. "We must build on to the house this spring, .ii.hti, ' .-..I-. I Mrs. Ashby last year. "There ran t be any addition to this house until the cost of burldtag goes down," Mr. Ashby replied. "I know we are crowded, but If you'd get rid of tho things we don't need we d have room tiiciigh." Mrs. Arhby, of course, didr.'t 'relieve him, then. But one day she returned from a call on a neighbor and tried to too her own house with her husband's eyes. The neighbor's furnishing! were not elaborate a few well-chosen pic- tures, substantial furniture of good lines, a vase with a icarlet tulip glow- ing against a gray background; but the effect waa one of luxurious r-t- fulnes*. Tbe living room wo* not filled with a clutter of things; thtre was a feeling of spaciousness. Mra. A*hby's picturei wore not, as her fri-ends were, keyed to the name; note. She bad too m&ny chairs uml cushions, too many Jardinierea; her; desk was littered with magazines siXj months old. She could see that her crowded rooms would gain space and ; restfuLnesa if she could bring herself, to take out every article that the fam- ily did not use. Not only her living rooms, but her bedroom, the closets, the bureau drawers, and above all the ut tii-, were crowded with a clutter of j things that were "too good to throw j H'.VUV," and that "might com* inj handy." To the inherited instinct to hold on to what she had, Mrs. Aahby firmly Bald : "I must have the restful- 1 ness that comes from an uncluttered room. I am not giving these things away, though the Salvation Army will ' think it is getting them as a gift. No, I am swapping them for room.'* The next day the Salvation Army man cam with his truck, cleared out \ the non-essentials and left the wel- como space. Did it hurt? It did, but the attic became a fins bi-g room at the top of the house, ' which the children k>ve. The other! rooms have taken on a new charm. ' The Ashbys have not built, but they \ have the addition that came from sub- traction. NURSES TMi Toronto HonpltaJ for Incur- able*, In affiliation -ll.h Belltvue and Allied Hospital*, New York City, often a thr year*' Count of Train. ing to young woman, having- the r- qulred education, and de*lrou* of l- comlnf nurac*. Thl HewpltoJ ha* adopted th* elirtit-hour nyntem. Tb pupil* reoelv* uniform* of the School, A monthly allowance and travelling xpn*e* to and from New York. For further Information apply to tho Rhubarb Jam. Eight cups of rhubarb, cut up, five; cups of sugrar, one cup of raisins, and ' the pulp of one orange. Put sugar ; over rhubarb and let it stand several i hours, then add raisins and oranges and boil slowly for several hours. Can be cooked in the oven when it will not take so much watching. Or set it on on asbestos mat. Avoiding Accident*. Take precautions p.gainst accidents to the children. Never put a pail of hot water on tho floor or on table or bench where it can be reached by these rollicking, careless folk. Also be sure the spout of the teakettle is turned away from the outsitte edges of your gs range. The steam will not come out of it then on your child's face or arms as he rushes past, but! will escape toward the back of the stove. Tak th* sjuuo precaution with i the handJes of all kettles. Turn them away from the front of the stove so] that they will not he pulled down by inquisitive fingers. Rest Your Brains. Those who work their bruins stren- uously during tho greater part o( the day should take certain precautions. It Is a good plan, after sitting a long while over your work, to walk round the room on one's toes. A quite short walk out of doors will clear and freshen the head before go- ing to bed. If, however, this Is not possible, open the window, and breathe in the cool night air for a few minutes. A cup of warm milk taken the last thing Is both soothing ami sleep-pro- voking. Then, If possible, the last half hour before retiring should be spent In some entirely different occupation from that which has been carried on during the day. A student should in dtilgp In music; a business man read light literature; a woman who has been running about at household Jobs al day should sit down with an in- teresting book. In this way both nitnd and body will receive a kind of pre- paration for the repos of the night. A Forect of Gems. Among the many wonders of the south-western States, the Petrified Forest of Arizona must take high rank. On the map* It is called Chalcedony Park, but the people of Arizona al- ways speak of It as the Petrified Forest. Neither name 1* very des- criptive. It Is not a forest and It It not a peak; nor aro the trees petri- fied, In the ordinary acceptation of that term, for Instead of haying been changed into stone, the wood has been agatlzed. It Is probable that the forost once covered hundreds of square miles, for agatlzed trunks, logs, and bite of wood are found throughout a great radius of country. It occupies now about a thousand acres. None of the trees are standing. The strangest thing about them is that every one Is composed of semi- precious stones. There are millions and millions of amethysts; and there Is chalcedony of every hue, jasper, to- paz, carnelian, onyx, and every Imagin- able variety of agate. The greatest wonder of the Petri- fied Forest is the celel>rated Agate Bridge. Ti.Ls la a huge tree trunk, a hundred foet In length, spanning a sixty-foot canyon. The entire tree Is made up of agates, jaspers, chalce- dony, and other highly-colored and handsome stonea. In the canyon, di- rectly below the Agate Bridge, is a pool of water, and around it grow the only trees In the whole country. There are no true precious atones to be found In Chalcedony Park no diamonds, rubles, or sapphires; but tho chips and bits of wood covering the ground aro as brilliant as If they were precious gems, and tie specimen hunter Is bewildered by the rich dis- play and finds himself at a loss as to what to take and wLat to leave. For hundreds of years the Indians resorted to this strange forest for tie material with which they made their arrow-heads, and many samples of these arrow-heads, as perfect as any In existence, have been gathered Into various collections. Keeping Pace With Time. The division of the day into a. cer- tain number of hours, minutes, and seconds is a purely arbitrary measure Intended to simplify the process of keeping account of time and schedul- ing various events which must occur at the same tlmo each day. Since tho dawn of history the revo- lutions of the heavenly bodies have formed the basis for the measurement of time. These revolutions are three ID number the revolution of the earth upon Its axis, which forms the foundation for our twenty four-hour day; the changes in the appearance of tho moon, which consume approximate- ly twecty-nlne and a half days and form the basis for the month; and the yearly motion of the earth around the sun. The sub-division of the time the earth takes to revolve upon its axis Into the twenty-four spaces we know as hours Is comparatively recent. In the time of Homer only four such divisions wore recognized morning day, evening, and night. Early Jewish historians record tho fact that the night and the day wera each divided Into eight parts or "watches," a custom followed also by the Romans, who referred to the first, second, third, and fourth vlgiis of the day vesper, evening, midnight, and cockcrow. Each of these spaces was three hours in length, the first vigil starting at what wo call six o'clock in the morning. Hut as the Homaus tarttnl their daily time-keeping at sun- rlso It followed that their summer vigils were longer than their winter ones- a condition which led to the adoption of the modern division of time into hours, each of a certain exact length. Mlnard'i Liniment for Burns, etc. Cooking With Sunshine Direct Dr. C. Q. Abbot, director of tho Smithsonian Institution's astro-physi- cal obscrvatoiy, has during thi< last year perfected a very curious and In- teresting machine for utilizing the sun's rays. He calls It a "solar cooker," anil says that It will do anything In the cooking line except fry. A half-cylinder of aluminum, with polished mirror-like inner surface of 100 square foet. focuses the sun's rays upon a blackened tube the latter run- ning length wise of tho cylinder and occupying tho position of Its axis. Above la a metal tank In which aro two ovonn, one above the other. In these the cooking Is done. Thro abovtt-mentionod tubo Is filled with oil, "ml from the upper > u,l of the half-cylinder (which slants toward tho sun) It extonda upward Into thn tunk, through the latter, and down and out again, continuing downward to the lower end ot the half-cylinder, where It turns upward again to form the blackened "axis" pipe. It Is, In n word, an endless tubo, running through tho half-cylinder, up into the tank. cut again, and nround from below. The tube contains oil. which, ex- panded In the blackened part of it by the sun's hat, asi-iMuls into the tank to- heat the ovens. As It cools U des- cends, to be continually replaced by fresh heated oil. The operation Is absolutely automatic, all tho work be- ing done by the sun. and the ovene aro kept hot as long us the sun shtns. Excellent bread, meat dLh, vogc tables and canned fruits were cooked last summer In this machine by Mrs. Abbot, who was much onvied by the hul irs of tho neighborhood for her cool j outdoor kii i-th'ii and for the Ingenious ' apparatus which furnished heat with I out fuel. Sterling. In this country the word sterling, when stamped on silver, means simply that the manufacturer declare.; the ar- tlclo to be made of silver eleven twelfths fine; but the British marks, arranged in a column, give A sort of history of the article. Usually the first mark Is the maker's sign; next comes a mark that shows where the article was made- -for London, a leo- pard's head; for Birmingham, an an- chor; and for Sheffield, famous for its Bllvrr, a crown. Dublin has the Irish harp, and Chester uses tho city arms. The third mark, a lion, Indicates the standard of fineness. The date mark, a loticr usually comes last. 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