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Perhaps the most curious ‘of these old standards was the inch in the reign of Henry III. of England. In 1224 the rule was laid down that three barley- corns- equal one inch. The barleycox‘ns were to be dry and were to be taken from the middle of the ear and laid end to end. T119 rule continued that How is this done and what is the purpose of such accurate measure- ments» the layman may ask. The ques- tion can best be answered by consider- ing the origin of someof the standards of length of the past and imagining the difficulties that would result were sur- veyors in Canada to survey valuable city lots with the statutory units of length of earlier times. -A Is the Accuracy Possible When Measuring Steel Band Tapes. A surveyor's steel band tape 100 feet in length can be measured with an er~ arr not exceeding one one-thousandth of an inch. This is an interesting fact mentioned in a recent report of the Physical Testing Laboratory of the Topcgrap'hicai Survey, Department of the Interior, at Ottawa. 12 inches equal one foot; 3 feet equal one ell 0r ulna; 5% nine. equal one perch; 40 perches long and 4 in breadth equal one acre. The measure- ment of land therefore depended on the fundamental unit of a barleycorn. One can readily see the multiplication of error which must result in the mea- surement of land and the trouble it would cause in this age where city frontage often reaches a value of sev- eral thousand dollars a foot. A Peculiar Method. Henry I. established the yard as the distance from the print of his nose to theend ofâ€" his thumb.~ It is not record- Ed how often he was ‘called upon by the surveyors of that day to render the necessary assistance in graduating their measures with the legal stand- ard or what ambiguitiss may have re- sulted from this peculiar method of measurement. Equally curious was the derivation of the mod in’Germany in the sixteenth century. Kosbel's work on surveying relates that “to find the length of a mod in the right and law- ful way, and according to scientific usage. you shall do as follows: Stand at the door of a church on Sunday and bid sixteen men to stop, tall ones and small ones, as they happen to pass out when the service is finished, then make them put their left feet one be bind the other. and the length thns obâ€" tained shall he a right and lawful mod to survey the land with and the six- teenth part of it shall be a right and lawful foot.” We are not told What authority there was to compel these men to stop and line up or what the penalty would be in case of refusal. I read whatever bards have sung Of lands beyond the sea, And the bright day when I was young Come Lhronging ack to me. In fancy I can hear again The Alpine torrent's roar. The muleâ€"bells on the hills of Spain The sea at Elsinore. I journey on by park and spire, Beneath centennial trees, Throughflelds with poppies all on fire, And gleams of distant sens. Let others traverse sea and land, And toll through various climes, I turn the world round with my hand Reading these poet's rhymes. 1M gjfler-‘Ex’my Meal Why be content with inferior tea. wmé’ifis When You Ca Songs of Sea and Lands. 7 Keeps teeth N clean, breath sweet, appetite keen and k digestion good. A vandards of length have varied ISSUE No.23â€"1'36. Great after smoking FINER THAN A SPLIT HAIR 601‘ Longfellow S Doubhnh [my hat The standard rules of the Tape graphical Survey for calibrating mea- sures of length are kept at the Physi- cal Testing Laboratory. There is equipment here for determining lengths to the fin-est of accuracy. While under observation the rules are kept in :4} bath 9f distilled water to ensure uniform temperature and measure- ments are made with the aid of special highpower microscopes. In order to avoid multiplication of error in ex- tending \Lhe unit measure over the length of 100 feet, measurements of the single unit may be made to an ac- curacy of one tiny-thousandth of an inch. throughout the ages, from country to country, from oounty to county. and even from one village to a neighboring village. Many attempts have been made to select a standard not depend- ent on a. recognized physical measure- ing rod. French engineers spent seven years in determining the length of the metre and even then failed to obtain the millionth part of the arth's quadâ€" rant to the accuracy desired. Others have attempted to relate measures of length to time by the determination of the length of a pendulum vibrating seconds thus establishing a measure- ment of length fundamentally related to the time of revolution of the earth. Dominion Land Surveyors are re- quired by statute to have a steel baned tape, of which the length has been de- termined. A certificate is supplied by the Physical Testing Laboratory for each tape tested. This tape must, in each case, be handled with care and on no account used for field work for fear of altering its length by getting bent or twiSted. W‘th this tape the sur- veyor checks his field tapes from time to time. It is therefore necessary in these days of very high land values that his fundamental unit of length be known wivh a high degree of accuracy and the testing of tapes is therefore one of the important functions of the laboratory. But the fact remains that the stand- ard of measure in Canada is a bronze bar similar to the Imperial standard yard legalized in 1835. Three copies were sent to Canada in 1874 but two‘ were lost in the fire which destroyed the Parliament Buildings at Ottawa in 1916. The distance between two fine lilies on the surviving bar in the custody of the Weights and Measures Standards Branch of the Department of Trade and Commerce is the legal‘ unit of measurement of length in Can-, ada as established by the Weights and ‘ Measures Act. Reginald Heber, Bishop of Calcutta, wrote two hymns that have begome ra- mpus: “Holy, Holy, Holy. Lord God Almighty,” and the missionary hymn, "From Greenland's Icy Mountains." He wrote the following beautiful lines to his wife during his voyage to India in 1822 then a long and tiresome one, to take up his bishopriczâ€" If thou, my love, wert by my side, my babies at my knee. How gladly would our pinnace glide o’er Gunga's mimic sea! I miss thee at the dawning grey, when, on our deck reclined, In careless eas my limbs i lay and woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga‘s stream my twilight steps I guide; But most beneath the lamp‘s pale beam I miss thee by my side. I spread my books. my pencil try the lingering noon to cheer; But miss thy kind approving eye, thy meek attentive ear. But when at mom and eve the star he- holds me on my- knee. I feel, though thou art distant tar. thy prayers ascend for me. Then on! then on! where duty leads my course be onward stillâ€" O'er broad Hindustan's sultry meads, o‘er bleak Almorah's hill. That course nor Delhi‘s kingly gates. Mrs Merby was instructing her Irish maid-of-ailâ€"work regarding the proper names of certain articles. “And, Bridget," she said ewersâ€"ewersâ€"don't call "Sure an' I won't, ma’hm get. “An’ Is all them 11 mine too, ma‘am ?” Fate, Time, Occasion, Chance, and Change, to these all things are sub- ject but Eternal Love.â€"She1!ey. Mlnard'a Linlment for Backache yon “To My Wife.” Canadian Standard. the 1‘ western main d Malwah dntain, a bliss us boLh awaits by Real Irish 1, “these are them jugs,” 1." said Brid- ittle- basins “I should say,” answered Methley, “from his speech and manners, a man who had risen from a somewhat hum- ble position of life. I remember that his hands were the hands of a man who at some period had done hard manual labor.” Mr. Cave smiled knowingly. “There you are!" he said. “He had probably been a miner! I am inclined to believe that he was most likely one of the men who stole my papers thirty- two years ago.” “Now,” went on Miss- Penkridge, “if the other half of the sheet were here, it would be ‘Bigglesforth, Bookseller and Stationer, Craven Hill.’ Everyâ€" body in this district knows Bigglesâ€" forthâ€"we get our stationery from him. Now, Biggiesforth has not such a very big business in really expensive notepaper like thisâ€"the other half of the sheet, of course, would have a finely engraved address on itâ€"and you can trace the owner of this paper through him, with patience and trouble. what do you see? One half of the name and address of the stationer who supplied it, in watermark. What is that one half?” “'I‘his gentleman met Mr. Ashton some three months ago at Marseilles, and Mr. Ashton then showed him the papers which you have recently de- posited with Mr. Methley hereâ€"~which papers, Ashton albeged, were intrusted to him by Lord Market/stoke on his deathbed." “J ust let me look at that typewrit- ten letter you were given by the veiled woman,” begged Miss Pen‘kridge. “You say there was nothing on the envelope but your name, Mr. Cave?” Mr. Cave opened his pocketbook aganL “There are the envelope and letter," he said. Miss Penkridtge examined them carefully, then suddenly turned to Mr. Cai‘le'ss. “There is a clue in these thin-gs!” she exclaimed. “A plain clue! /One that’s plain enough to me, anyway. Now look here: This letter has been typed on a half-sheet of notepaper. Hold the half-sheet up to the lightâ€" Mr. Carless held the paper to 'the light and saw on the top line, . . . . “sforth.” on the middIle line, . . . “nd Stationer” and, . . . “11 Hill” on the bottom line. “But here’s a still better clue! Look at this typewritten letter. In it, the letter 0 occurs with frequency. Now, noticeâ€"the letter is broken, imper- fect; the top leftâ€"hand curve has been been chipped off. Do you mean to tell me that with time and trouble and patience you can’t find out to 'whom that machine belongs? Taking the fact that this half-sheet of notepaper come from Bigglesforth’s, of Craven Hill," concluded Miss Penkridge with emphasis, “I should say that this docu- mentâ€"so importantâ€"came from some- body Who doesn’t li\(e a million miles from here!” Mr. Cave appeared to be much exer- cised in thought on hearing this. “Of what class was this Ashton?" he asked. “There may be something in this," remarked Mr. Pawle, glancing uneas- il'y at Mr. Oarlese. Min. Carless had follbwed Miss Pemk- ridge with admiring abbention, and he now rose to his- feet; “Ma’am,” he excl-aimed, “Mr. Viner’s notion of having you to join our coun- cil has proved invaluablbe! I’ll have that clue foliowed up instantly!” CHAPTER XXV. THROUGH THE TELEPHONE. As his visitors were leaving, Viner was summoned to the teiephone. “Viner!” came Felpham’s voice over the wire. “Is that man Cave stiil with “No!” answered Viner. “Why?” “Listen carefully,” responded Fell)- ham. “In spite of all he asserted, at the police-court, I believe he's a. rank imposter! I’ve just had another talk with Hyde, and he swears that the man is Nugent Starr. Do you think 91: would be wise to post Scotland Yard on to himâ€"detectives, you know?” Viner replied that he thought it best to await further developments. In the rush of events he had forgotten that Cariess had already given in- struct-ions for the watching of the pseudo Mr. Gave. He went away from his t'eiephone and sought Miss Penkridge, whom he found in her room, arraying herself for out of doors. “Where are you going?" he asked YOU n surprise. “I’m going round to Biggle-sforth The Thu Toronto Howlhl {or Menuhin. In Ifflliafian with Bellevue and Allled Hannah. New York City. offer. a three yurl' Couru ol Ynlnlnu to young women, having the renulred educa‘lon. and detlrou: n1 becoming nurses. Thll Hounltal has Adapted me alum. huur xyutzm. The pupil. receive uniform: at tho School, I monthly allowanco and travalmg expenm to Ind tram New York.‘ For vudher lnlormxflon write me Superlntcndent. CHAPTER XXIV.â€"(Cont’d.) Ir. C'axless pointed to Mr. Perkâ€" Cave opened his pocketbook NURSES Author of “Black Money," “Scathnven Keep," etc. Gave. away from his tieiephone Miss Penkridge, whom he .nr room, arraying herself Middle 6f TE‘Emg’S BY J. S. FLETCHER Letting himself out of the house, he ran to the nearest cabâ€"stand and beckoned to a chauffeur who often took him about. “I want to get along to Mirrapore Street, Whitechapved Road,” he said, as he sprang into the car. “Mirrap‘oor Street" he said. “Oh, yes! Second to your left, third to the tight. Pretty 10W quarter down there, sir. If you’ve business that way, I should advise you to look after your- self.” He turned away down the streetâ€" and in spite of his declaration, he felt that this was certainly the most doubt- ful place he had ever been in. instructions to one of his 1 a man named Millwater prowess as a spy he had 1 The chauffeur did the run to White- chapel Road in unusually good time. But the man had gone from one end of the road to the other, from the end of High Street to the beginning of Mile End Road, without success, when he stopped and looked in at his pas- seng‘er. The car swung out of Whitechapel Road into a long, dismal street, the shabbin-es‘s of which increased the fur- ther the main thoroughfare was left behind. Suddean the car stopped, and Viner got down. “Not afraid of going down here alone, sir?” asked the chauffeur. “It’s a bit as that policeman said.” “I‘m all right,” replied Viner. “You go back and wait. .I may be some time. I mayn’t be long.” sorry to trouble you, but we really do want a gentleman here.” “Certainly!” responded Vine-r. “I'll come to you at once. But where are “Come to 23 Mirrapore Street, of Whitechapel Road,” answered Mrs. Kit-lenhall. “There'is some bne here who knew Mr. Ashton, and I should Ike you to see him.” “I’Ll be there in half an hour, Mrs Kilvlenrhalél,” Viner said. the stationer’s, to follow up that clue I suggested just now,” his aunt an- nounced briskly. Vihé'r‘ look-ad at her with amused wonder.‘ He was about to argue with her but'thve ringing of the teI-ephonve interrupted him. " To his great surprise, the voice that hailed him was Mrs. Kili-enh-aiPS. “Mr. Viner can you base very kind)? Miss Wickenham and I have come down to the City on some business connected With Mr. Ashton, and We do so want somebody‘s help. Can you run down at once and join us? So you “Can’t see no street of that name on either side, Mr. Vin‘er," he said. “Have you got it right, sir?" “That’s the name given me,” an- swered Viner. He pointed: to a police- man si'qmrl‘y patrolling the sidewalk. “Ask him,” he said. “He’ll know.” The policeman, duly ques‘tioneci, seemed surprised. The house he wantedâ€"Number 23 ~â€"wa.s just like all the other houses. On the door was a brass plate, across which ran three lines in black: The door was opened by Mrs. Killâ€" enhali herself, and Viner’s quick eye failed to notice anything in her air or manner that denoted uneasiness. She smil‘ed and motioned him to enter, shutting the door after him as he stepped into the narrow entrance hall. h‘ Viner noticed that the house through ‘which he was led was very quiet, and 'larger than he shoulcl have guessed at from the street frontage. From what he cou‘d see, it was well fur- nished, but dark and gloomy; gloomy, too, was a back room, high up the stairs, into which Mrs. Killenhal-l presently showed him. There, looking somewhat; anxious, sat Miss Wickham, alone. U_Sâ€"o very good of you to come, Mr. Viner, and so quickly," she said. “You found your way all right?” “Dr. Martiana will bring him in,” said Mrs. Killlenh‘all. “Come upstairs, Mr. Viner." “Here's‘ Mr. Viner," said Mrs. Kill- enhalL “I‘ll tell Dr. Martin-2019 he’s come She motioned Viner to a chair and went out. But the next instant Viner swung quickly round. As the door closed, he had heard the unmistakable click of a patent lock. Unknown to those who had taken part in the conference at Viner’s house, unknown even to Carless, who in the multipi'icity of his engagements, had forgotten the instructions he had given his clerk, a strict watch was being kept on a man around whom all the events of that morning had cen- tred. Carless’ clerk had given certain lief. M perience Attendance: 3 to 6 p.m. Saturdays, 5 to 9.30 pm DR. MARTINCOLE THE DISMAL STREET CHAPTER XXVI made h LOW wl' f 346 To be thorougth sure of its smart- ness, this frock has elected to be fash- ioned of printed silk, and wears two - jabots of plain material-l rippling down either side of the panel front. The back remains entirely plain, and a narrow string belt ties effectively iabout the hips, creating a bloused 'ef’fect. The sleeves are bug and loose at the wrists. No. 1216 is for the HIIlSS and small woman, and is in sizes 16, 18 and 20 years (or 34, 36 and 38 inches bust only). Size 18 years (36 bust) requires 3% yards 36-inch figur- ed, and 1% yards plain contrasting ‘material for jabots, collar and be'Jt; .or 3% yards if dress is made all from one material. Price 20 cents. well acquainted with the so-called Mr. Cave’s appearance and Mivl-lwaters was in the police-court when Mr. Cave was lllwxpectedly asked to give evi- dence; he was there, too, until Mr. Cave left the court. It was not until he and his pursuer were in front of the Great Western Hotel that Cave found an empty cab, hailed it, and sprang in. It was a mere detail to charter the next, and to give a quiet word and wink to its chauffeur, who was opening its door for Mill- waiters when a third person came gently aiongsidve and tapped the clerk’s shoulder. Millwaters turned Lharply and encountered Mr. Perk- wite’s shrewd eyes. When Viper and his party went round to Markendale Square, Mill- waters slunk along in their rear, and at :1 Corner of the Square he remained, lounging about, until his quarry re- appeared. Within a minute Millwatzrs had observed what seemed to him a highly suspicious circumstanceâ€"Cave, on leaving the others, had shot off down a sideâ€"street in the direction of Lancaster Gate, but as soon as he was out of sight in Markendale Square, had doubled in his tracks, hurried down another turning and sped away as fast as he could walk towards Pad- dington Station. “All right, Miltlwaters!" said the barrister. “I know what you’re after! I’m afber the same bird. We’ll; go together." Mil'lwaters knew Perkwite very well and was not disturbed by his presence. It seemed to Perkwite that his com- panion kept no particular observation on the car in front but Milvlwaters Woke to action as their own car pro- gressed up Whibechapel Read, and suddenly he gave a smart tap on the Window behind their driver. The car came to a halt by the curb; and Mill- wat'ers, slipping out, twisted' Perkwite round and pointed to the mouth of a street which they had just passed. (To be continued.) 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After he had directed the meh who had been selected for the scene, he told them to report at the lot late that afternoon. “This scene we’ve rehearsed," said he, "takes place in Russia, and I want all you guys in fur overcoats." “Bud. mosrt of us ain’t got any fur overcoats," protested one of the ex? tras. “That's none of my business," re‘ plied the director. “If you’re not dressed for Russia I don't let you on.” Storytellerâ€"“And while the iittln boy was sitting in his chair all alone he hean a horxibi-e, horrible wail right behind. him. “"hat do you suppose it was?” The man ta/rried. “I tell you I won’t let you on unless you are dressed for Russia!" shouted the director. boy "But I’ve got on two suits of under- wear!” protested_the extra. "Here it is. father." "W'ha't! The watch I gave you had a. gold case, and this is Silver." “Yes. but, father, you must remem- ber circumstance-s altar cases." Minard‘s Llnlment for burns Modem Youngs Alter Cases. 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