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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1916-08-31, Page 6.11.0 • V,. -do :Win Against the Iless4 Fly TO °escape the Main Attack of the. Fty a a -40W your,Wheatslate. The early brood is Most destructive to young wheat and provides for future broods. Your own Experiment Station win tell you.. this. TtIR Beat Wheat Yields come from Planta „ that VIIC.Vt the winter strong and vigorous. Your own ex -per -lenge will tell you this, • • TO Win Against' the Fly, seed late, feed 4IL the crop with available fertilizers which will hasten growth to overcome the late start, and secure vigor With consequent resistance to later broodS. • Use 200 to 400 pounds per acre Ontaining at least 0 per cent. of ammonia. Acid phosphate alone does not give the necessary dui* growth and resistance to the 11Y. ' • , ' In. Pawners', Bulletin :No. 640, U. s. Department ot Agricul- ture, fertilizers are recommended to give vigor to late 'sat= PropPol and resistance to the. Hessian WIY. ' 'Write for our map showing befit dtes" for sowing wheal in , Year leeallti I alee our Bulletin, 'WHEAT -PRODUCTION," both mailed free. • Soil Improvement Committee •"Rottenr pronounced 4414, libartbr.i told Adrien, it wouldn't? spa Though I did my bost-dithet 1, Jul 'Vita 'true,* were xeally ilretoclaSe blue • satin and 'silver, witUi loads, of Pea* and My tutqualse arraletil, An right: •eh I" agreed Vermont, adding/ with a sneer "Perhapa the stupid piano got th4of loolang at the blue; satin.! ' • "Then they could haVe lecolted at Me instead," restorted Ada, tarty. "Rat Fee no patience with &hien. Why can't he get 'era Irinnetidng live- ly? A musical comedy now --I could make 'that 80,i you like!. Plenty of songs. and 71.0 talky-talki business. Besides, I can dance." • Mit can't act," murmured Jasper with his. sarcastic sralle. "Can't I!" 'cried Ada furiousTY, "That's all you know' otbout it. Why didn!t yen corne teat night?" , "Rusiness," he answered saarelessly; sharing his Witte; adding, as he saw her about to question Irina, . "With whieh I • won't tremble you, my .fair. Ada," • atm, won't your •was that ladY'a retort.. "'re mighty polite, 1 mitt, • say,' 1 suppose You were clown at that old • castle „again, •and o Adrien, tool. What were you:doing there : • "IVtinding our own business," he' .replied: sinilingly, AS he 1it cigarette.; • "Close. et a fox ' you she de- elitred; •with a ;Yenta disagreeable • latigh. • "Where's. Adrien? Down •there, still V'. • ** "No; at the Thessalieri,' .1 left him. there with Mortimer .Shelton." . •, ;,."I hate that man," sad Miss Lester viciously: • "Se do I," Agreed Vermont, "but I don't say, so. • Anyhow, Adrien't safe there for •antither .hour, and I came on to give you a word of warn- ing." •, He turned to her companion, who had been cprietly finishing her supper , as- it unconscious of itnyone't pres. ence. "Julia, you look tired; you'd better • ,04F THE • • National Fertilizer Associatitill „cllIcAoo • Dept; 175 BALTIMORE '11fROVGH: THE DARK :SHADOWS: Or ,The Sunlight of LQVC • r.• • : CHAPTER I.-(Cont'd). • -"I have no judgment," Vermont • „Vended Teprecatingly. "I am a Man • of no ideas' and I admit it. • Now Adrien is all acuteness; without him X should soon go .astray. X am sup- posed to leek after .his -interest; but; , by Jove! it is he who supplies the , brains. and 1 'the heads: I am. the -machitte-a mere machine, and he „turns the 'handler , He laughed gen-' ' tin At his own, joke, and held up his glass for replenishment • 6 0 , , "A pretty division of labor." com- • mented Shelton, with a faint sneer. 44Notv we give you the 'credit for Ali •,the tact and business capacity." • "Ali, whet a mistake!" replied Ver- mont, spreading pub ,his fat hands with a gesture of ' amritem,ent:, Well, • titnee you •giVe, Me credit, , I :will as - done the virtue, though I Ratote it note IT.. changed the subject tadrietly to dae of general interest. 'and as the wine came ,and disappeared, with , greater rapidity, tbe`talk rap on With ' more wit and 'laughter, Vermont al- ways handling the bali�f conversa- tion deftly .and it an additional a fillip when it seemed to ,slacken. Ad! iron Leroy spoke little; though when . he -did make a retriark., the rest list- , eeedwith an evident desire to hear his • • opinion.•: • o • - At length Vernton, rote, with a a • la zselo4k1-rOund. The wallswere addinecl With pictureir in the worse possible' taste and the most , • glaring colors: As. Vermont reached the first floor, a streng, sav- ory odor filled the air. rile smiled sarcastically, and sniffed aS.if the,perfurae 'were fainilialr to. "Miss Lester at supper?" he asked ..the white -capped maid, as she 'threw open the door on the *first floor,' • and steed, aside to let the visitor 'precede "Yes, sir; -Supper's*been served," Was.tne demure answer. " ' Vermont passed into the room., which was furnished with the • same lack Of taste as the staircase. . Two Wornen were, seated at the,table, eta- •pprently just finishing theirSapper. ' At •first glance they might have been •mistaken for:mother and naughter,:as the alder wornart Was, dad in a sOmbre black :velnet (hots and had a pale • thin face, crowned ynth, heavy massee of grey hair. On closerinspection, however, one Perceived that Julia Lester was ler from old -indeed, not more than about forty-five, and with p pecyliarly gentle, almost, child -like expreasienewhich at first took one al• mostby surprise. • ."Well; I mutt be off," ..he said smbothly. "Good night, Adrien • shall! he with you tO.rnorrow at • twelve." , ' •-Having bade the rest of the cotn: . a' batty adieu, ,he turned Once more ttibis.host, • • . • "Goodnight, Shleton;"- he said snulingly:"Thanks for the excellent • dinner,: 'Ronie Would. ade haVaper- ished had You lived •with the. last of • the'Cmsara." • • • "And Adrien Leroy Would not go '.•to dogs so gnickly; if You didnot shomehirn-the-way," -martini red shpl-- toh inaudibly, as Vermont departed; •. • With be bland 'still' hovering round bit than bps. ' • :• •' CHAPTER Outside the club door, Vermont's. ...Mater was drawn tip at the side welt- ' ifie for hirn. He .looltect at his watch, • and was surprised at the lateness of tb:e boar. Steapiegbast, ily_ into the -vehicle, he held up two fingers to the •chaeffeur; who apparently needed no ether ifistructione; for the -ear glided 90;.,..and >Vermont, as he passed the , '.40-4,.• looked up at the Windows with ' an telly sraile. • • • At Lord Standon had said, few knew. Irit origin t�r his businest; but, in . reality, his antecedents. were of a very ordinary nature Was the seri of a , • solicitor Who had:lived with but one object lir his Sordid life, namely, the desire to make his ten a'maa of Posi- ation with thg power to trilx As an egael among that "portion of soeietY which Only 'mime to Maleolm Vermont when it vianted Its.; scandals glassed over,. or to obtain 'Money:. Ill:natttred peo- ple were apt to hint that he had ' it- , • Massed his wealth by meand., of usury , • 'and• the' taking' up of shady rases. At • any Tate,he made ,sufficient to bring • Up his son in hixo'ry and send AIM to • 'Oxford, wbeielesper. hal • first .rotrie . • in oentant winh -Adrien Leroy ; At the ,'•denth nf his. father, Verrooht found 1 • himself.!possessed of an ,•ineonie 'of A thoustanda year, Which entiairect him to . becom ntnernber af Adrien*S set,• ,.."130twithataMinglthat the amount was .atuch. 'entailer one than he had been - led to expect, and; rn hid opinion, say., ..oured aristooratle .poVert•y4 •• • The. ear had,rolled silently into a ;tilde 'street off "St. James, where the .'elisulteur pulled up sharply at the • door • of one Of the -old:fathioried, ttiongh now . newly -painted houses.. VerMont sprang oith and•rang de kelt Vieth tester returned Yet ?" • to asked of the; Smart maid 'who. open- •t)it the deer. • . • •iltotot ;str,". she ans*ered, 'and platioptly led 'the , way tip a newly - • opted et8ireas9, -reddlent of Par*ti , riciat aoldeattotiog. witti *Imo woodtvotit aii4plaster .ctibta. • , 1•On the - other hand, her: sister,, thafigh only•about- ten years younger, wetint easily bave passed as :twenty.: eate an elephant? Again, is it not the -fiveaespeciallY- when behind-tfoot: birg-bt of folly to stick plaster Statues lights, Which was her usual* e vironal ment 1 on the staircase which he ascends daily; When you know this particular 4'.0h, it's you, Jasper, is it?" she geese detests, inritatioa art? In short; remarked -narelessly, . pausing in the t. my:dear Ada, if you persist in thrust: act of lighting a cigarette: "Dian't i , vulgarity down . his throat, hear yet 'come in. You're so quiet on al. - e ,' yotr will find yourself Very soon out of your pins." • Like the :house she inhabited, ndiss .Lester combined in her •person prodi- gality :of -colors with. a fine disregard I tattoo with the , fork which she still of taste. Beautiful she undo:MIA:redly i held in her. hand, sprang to her feet' Oee-thtrd "Lily White" Lo Iwo - ;birds $agar. by weight. • "Lily• MMus!' p ono $yrup pre. • vents fermentation and mold-' • brins Out the natural .11avoer of •fruits and herries,and. makes • mach more delielous Preserves, jams •and Jelliesthan you can • make with all.sugar., * • a, 5, lOwidpoun4t$fl m ' —atafldealori, Ilig" CANADA Stan CO. Llonme. . , YOUTH OF FRANCE. DIE '114 .FULL DRESS KATION OF TO -DAY' BORN SINCE • DEkt'AT BY GBAMANY. .\ Students lat Saint Cyr Gallantly Go To Battle in 'Gayest , Uniform. . The glorious heroism displayed at the beginning of the • war • by the students of the French military •school ef St.. Cyr was revealed in the course of a lecture delivered in Lon- don by M. Maurice Barres. • The aimual promotion of young of - get off to bed. .• • ficers at the Saint. Cyrschool of July She ,rose and hesitated or a mo- ment, looking from him to Ada; then 31; 1914 -just as the War was begin- ning -was the occasion of a rereark- quietly left the room. Vermont gaz- able demonstration ,of ' patriotism. ed after her, much as he Would have Not only the Men who had just re - watched 'a useless piece of furniture in course of removal then he leaat caved their commissions in the French army and Were about to leave back in his chair, and, before return- the school, but also the junior stu- ing, regarded fixedly.Ada's flushed, dents who Still had •another year of handsome face. • •. . •• studies before •them, swore on that • 'Well?" ' she queried, inipatientlyoccasion that they would proceed to striking the teble with her fork. , the front and go into action to • re - ' jasper leant forward and spoke with calm, unpleasant deliberation. . • . • "Ana," said he, 'therewas ohce a personwho killed the goose that laid him' golden eggs;. there wet another ho beat his honse, till it pitched him nito the ditch; but neither of these Attaihed such a height of folly, as Mist Lester bidefair to reach, if she persists in worryin4 her prize donkey into: kicking her to the ground and leaving her in the mad." • "Oh, don't be an idiet,,Jaap,er!" the, axelaimed 'irritably, "Speak out.plain can't - you?" ; • • , . "/, certainly can; and Will, •rny dear lady. • To put it ptainly, then, you are going to quickest way to make Adrian. tired of you. After all, if you happen te possess a goose with' the propen- sity to lay golden eggs,surely it • is wise to humor him. And if the said goose happens to dislike the smell of •onions; why, fill -the' house with that particular perfume, sufficient to suffo- the graces of our friend, Adrien Le- .. roy." a.„ Ada maid had been, beat4.mg a loud was, with the blaek-browed, dark - eyed beauty of a" Cleopatra, for there was some Italian blood in her veins. It -Was -given out,- oceasionally_bia the press that she had been n'theatre- dresser, • an orgah-grinder, and fifty other things; but nevertheless, illiter- ate, common and ill-bred; she had yet achieved fame -or rather, perhaps, notoriety -by her dancing and sheer animal good looks. • ' and struck the table with a- forc:e. which set the glasses jingling. (To be continued). 'Dainty Dlehee. Pepper 'dozen red M- yers. One dozen', green pepper. Three or fo:tor barge onions. Two ctws gran- ulated sugar. 'Three tablespoons 'salt. Three 'Mai vinegar. remove the seeds frem the peppera ond put both peppers and onions through the food chopper. Cover.witli boiling water, let stahd Om Minutes abd Ceta er again with boiling water, let cent() to the boning Point and stand agaha for ten minutes, "Drain, add the sug- ar, salt and vinegar, and cook fifteen -mieuted, seal in jars., • It is well to •wear rubber gloves "when •preparing the peppers for they sometunet burn the hands. ••• .Pineapple Orange Marmalade. -- Take six Well ripened PineapPles and six •tart oranges. Put both tyhrougn a food chopper and mix together. For .every c•up of the - pulp, taka.,one of sugar.- •pook until' the thickness of ordinary :jam, peur into glasses and let cool. • Apple tenserve.--Ingrediehts: Twn quarts apples cut in small pieces*; two quarts sugar, one •cup vinegar, One cup raisins, one . cup Walnut meats. Roil sugar and.vinegar, Add the fruits • and cook until clear and tender. P.ut In telly glassesand seal. Use 'Whit- ney crabs if obtainable. California Jam, -Grapes will soon be .ripe and this delicious jam may be made now or later in the fall, as one wishes. The basket of grapes' or a little fess than ingredients are as • follows: , One a peck, three oranges, two lemons, one mind seeded raisins, • one-nalf pou.nd English walnuts: Stew the grapes and rut through wire sieve, Wash and dry oranges and lemons. Remove seeds and put them, with the • raisins and nuts, through the food grinder., Mix together all ingredi- ents and after adding an equal amount of sugar boirthirty minutes. Should not be -boo thick when 'sealed, adda little boiling water' if necessary. . Corn Relish. -Take twelve ears of tender corn, one quart cucumbers, four nage onions; two quarts ripe tomatoes two green penrters, three red peppers and* 'he° large •stalks f3f .eelery. Cut • • ceive their ; baptism. of .fire veearing the corn from the cob. . Pee/ , and their fiill dress uniforms with patent chop the cucumbers; peel and eat the leather' •boots, white kid gloves and tomatoes in small pieces., Chop the onions; celery and peppers fine. Add one quart vinegar, 'orie and a halfeups sugar, one tablespoonful eachof salt, dry mustard and turmeric • powder. Mix thoroughly andcook for forty- five minutes. Seal while' hot. , This quantity makes about eight pints.. Pineapple Marmalade. -Run *pine- apple through food chopper, saving all Abe juices for refreshing drinks or by adding a cupful sugar to every pint.of j plumed kepis. • They all kept • their word, and were killed almost tothe last man, the Germans shaving no trouble in picking them: out oat' ac-: count of,their conspicuous dress. " • "Foolish valor though it may have been," added. M. Barres; "it was yet in, accord , with the traditional spirit of France and syrnbalized the enthusiasm with which the 'entire nation anise to defend its own existence." • • kt' • Gallantry Mar' Youth. Continuing his lecture, M. Barres uice and making a fruit syrup. For said one thing only counted -that marmalade take equal quanties of su- France should no longer be A beaten gar and shredded pineapple, let it nation. The • France of August2, stand until sugar dissolve; boil fifteen. - 1914, was born during the -forty: years' minutes and skim 'next day bring to boil for ten minutes more, aput in she had pasted under the menace of Germany. Sorrow, 'long 'humiliation, exploded at lost inhape, M. Rarres went on: ' "With the elder men.it vvas glass and .seal. ' - Mixed Pickles,- Three , quarts green'tomatoes. • Three quarts small onions. Two quarts string beans wise. Men of 40, •fathers of families; (cut in hal4es). Three quarts cucum- o not rush' to death with •the -7R -tine berdieut in sh-crer.----:-Two good -sired - careless 'gallantry that marksyouths heeds of • cauliflower. • Mir large of 18,o Gemens, spero, was their de- green ,peppers: .Four •red •peppers. vice, but they knew w'herefor they 'Make a brine sof one cup of salt to one gallon of water. Put all - the vegetable's together except ',emit, and cover all with the brine, beans by • koif quarts vinegar and tWe-teble. Strens of celery seed. Pour •over vegetables and boil fifteen minutee, then rem•ove front fire and add tWO- tabtOOPOOUO of turmeric powder die- toolVed alittlo. hot water. Seel up het. •' Rhubarb Fig Itelish.L.-One pint dila ed Age. : Two nearta treat rlanbarb. One-half • pint blanched absentia. Three pints sugar.' Oad...siatnenth teaspoonful each Of cloves, cinnemon, allspice And nutmegs.. Stew figs in pint of. wa and cook untd,tender. Drain eff an liquid and:mesh. Stew • rhuherla after ekinning. -Old breaking into small pieces in a pint of water • uutil tender. • Drain off any livid, • mash and mix in the figs, ,sugar arid spices .Cook two heurs on, le* . flame or on back of coot stove. 1.'410 'asbestos mat underneath pan to prey- •eht scorching; alosistir often, Add .brolcen nets ten minntee before taking ' froM'fire. •Place in jars hot and seal:. • This is delietous With fowl and meats. Tomato PreserVe.-Pare tomatoes-- • Cut ertosswise, -take a half in. • each hand and squeeze out all the juice" and seeds you can without loos - Ing tbe pulp. 'Put on Plow fire, and do not add a drop of Water. As the juice comes out of the tomatoes turn it off until you see you would loose pulp by turning off any Mare. BoiI down as close as you dare by careful watching. Add two-thirds as much sugar as you have tomato. Cook un- til they are think but not se thick that they are not quite liquid. About twenty minutes before- they Are dime: add one lemon cut in. very thin -slices. Put in self -sealers .and eat when jack frost is in the air. •• Household Hints. summer squash may be fried_ex- actly like 'eggplant. ' An egg becomes a complete food if rice is added to it. Dried figs are inore, nourishing than an 'equal weight of bread. Half a pint ol milk and half a pound of dates form a perfect mealt A red hot iron will soften old Patty so that it can be easily removed. Water can• be softened by boiling. A little borax or baking soda Added to the water will -also soften • • ,If a soft piece of home-made bread is rubbed on a scorch • on 'woollen goods it wilt remove it entirely. If labels won't stick on your glass fruit jari, Scratch. the metaltops of. the jars and paste the labeit there. • When it is difficult to turn • ice cream out of its 'can, allow cold Wa- ter to run &tier, the outside of the can. A piece Of cloth dipped in spirits of - wine and •rabbed upon soiled leather will remove every spot on it.•• A: little water in. the wash -tab after using will keepa it from drying Out when it is set away,for the week. ' • When shoes are too large at the heel and alip up and dawn fit a piece of velvet in the heel. and glite it there. HOme-machreotitage-eheete and geed .bread-and•butter, make e tandWielf fit for a king. • Just righefor picnics. • If the screen door bangs ton. hard fasten a thin strip df feltThor cloth on the door -frame for it to strike against. • • * Never forget that. the foiremast consideration in the feeding' of infants and young children is pure Milk. Always' turn off the, ctirrent :when- ever you stop ironing With an trie iron, even. if -it -is but foe. a mo; merit. • •• . • • • .The value of vegetebles lies in their inineral salts Vegetables should be steamed,'not belled, or the Salts are lest.• • Always bake the Paitry of a ens- t.terd pie -before nutting. the outta-ed in;:put it in the oven again until the, custard is brown. • • . • If rice is coeked in. water it Will : • fought, • Lula' their sacrifice was not 'less noble for being'. made With ,deli- benate heroism. At first there exist- ed a shadow AA sans • -culottisme themselves, and let' stand; overnight. among these citizen soldiers, an ex- In themorning bring all to boiling point in. the brine except beans, which must boil a !riffle longer. Then drain.. Take one pint of vinegar, add two tab- -.cessive felling of _independence. aBut in face of the comnion danger it rip- . enede and was ennobled. • • '• GERMANS IN FRANCE.. • Have :.beitroyed- More ..Than: 59,000 • Hoiuses and Factories. • A Parliamentary , investigation fate the material damage done during the been jtistified, seeing that it inspired . As a matter of fact she owed her war' has just been made. Statistics success primarily to Jesper, Veimont, I :nit. • ecollected frein, eleven of the our will to scare France?' They all felt the need and 'the. paide of •"These then centinuedto look 'upon lespoons of whole cloves and fcur each other witio*a severely critical eye,but took for their standard Tendered °f sticks of cinnanion. Let bell ten min- ' 1 lutes, strain, and add to .vineger! -one r eec to the common at" They re - judgment the services. . bYtetti)- of flour, six tablespoons of Mus- epected true superiority, 'that o, f the bard whieh has previously been rubbed heart and that of the mirid. , Betweento a paste with a little vinegar, then, thetn and their chiefs there grew uP add three cups of sugar, two and one - •a respectful brotherhood. As dne of thein, an internalional Socialist, wrote, 'Has riot -our internationalist faith who, as as a young man and duriAg. - escaping• all investigation as be it g y -s x epartments one (Ardenruil • ding their blood tor a just -cause:- quarrel with his father, had lodged in completely occupied. •- "We Have Thrashed Them." the .same holm with the handsome sisters, Julia and Ada Lester, the tat- ter then being,only about fifteen Years cif age. • He had fallen violently '-in thus ,.. love with Julia, then in the height of none has been comparatively her beauty, and had cruelly deceivedFrance it bdi Id d • No inquiries were Made in non -bombs. • fered from dropped' Or aero- "To perceive the .height of moral vaded departments which have set, feetirig .which they reached We must planes or Zeppelinsas. the damage u rideattand the symbolic action of. the heroic Lieut. -Col. Driant, who a't, the risk of his, life craWled to a' vorounded lieutenant; and. tinder the •enemy's her. ' To appease- the indignatioe of comuneil, and .; the number still -60fire reeeived his confession and gave -. , the younger sister he had got her in an , curcied by the enemy is 2.,5,54, slightly intromotion to the Manager Or OW over .7; per cent., while 247 'communes him absolution. Thus military units Rockingham 'Theatre, who was ahoub have beea electred of qheir Population acq,Ared 'a colleetive soul and lived. to Put on a new Egyptain ballet, and loierrauAeotiost These7 !.:.i)uTt! jai: r(;.i . , ' in an atrnosphiere in which saiatt.are freni that time .6triVards: it had been botn. A regiment, 3;200 strong, Spick filain sailing for Ada. Later on;IgParded as completely . deStrdyed or and span, passed - on its way to the very ,• seriously - danmeed; • but Omit trenches the remnant of another real - came a meeting With Leroy, Planned -statistics Could not be included in the molt reduced to 250 men and coin - by' Jasper's corinivance; • and Adrien, .• report for want of exact information. attracted_la_Alie vieman!Szipe beautyel :The number .e.f.-coaitintunes- affected mantled by a captain, Tore, Muddy; had been blind, se far, to the defi- ,•by the war V4'753.! the Departntrent -0-f-1-Weiliideci,. worn °tit,- thesetitatiing .ciencies of her mind arid charatter, '! ritillilligrol 3t:1161E lehoemgrirfueanteess tdastnuffa:7 heroes Cried to the newcdniers, 'We Te-•nighta the lookeda veritable The d have thrashed 'thern."As, We went number of hoitses destroyed In forward,' 'wrote 00 of .the 3200, nnov- ilaughter'of the South. Her iltess. was •these 753 communes is 40,253, 16,659 ed to the depths of our neing,.. to take Of Scarlet, toiichel. with:black., and : ; totally, and, 25;094 partially. ' ' - their places, they disappeared., With she was wearing • diamonds -gifts ; Pt.ilillebUildings have been destroyed their 'Oreary triumphal step. That from her many admirers -et such in. o in 428 communes, 221 linthg 610 halls,. day I : . .n, . • .• imgiED, Fifty. .01;fre.,!ninderstood'; ‘1..o_n 'beatite ..c_le la ' a 279 sch33 abls• and 1 churchea. trintic value as to- tend.er mahy six btiilclings• classified as historical , , , •,•• countess jealous . , - ' ' , . • Montmenta have bee destroyed or , . . . ."YPS; it • is I," sad , Vermont! severely:damaged; . the most notalild PREIGITIT MVP RE ,41Ortieis. and cigarettes! •I Al:eight lining Arras town hall, the cathedral, Layay °ejected. ta hew, . • . i Arehblehop's palace, $ts: Remy Church •, •i and OhY hall tit ,Rhelins. Three huh. •• Ackflaugbed. .. - . •• MenildemBlaltinewme / 4/ a 11,4 biLif YT MAKES PERFECT BREAD cs==.0.-=2:,,,r1w-rrso =Mee* er oTle le, absorb about three times its measure) if It is cooked onitk at least ,hal g itS/ Midi *04 Will be necesgurY, gill that is. to le belled will bo improved if it hi placed. in a dish con- taining melted butter, and allowed to Ovid fottaan hour.befora Instead of mixing c000a with boil. ing Water to dissolVe it, try mixing it with an equal amount of granulate4! sugar and then pouring it into. the boiling water or milk in the pot, stir -0 ring all the time. „ • ".• "SEND BIIJNI'TIONS.". • Fo.r Ood's..Bake Be Sure You • • Enough," The point of view of the soldier in tthhee trenchesfuuuwj4is vzpywpla.itnuly srattoedtibipn workers and all others engaged more directly in the produetion of material for the ArmY, submitted by nwound- ed Tornray at SeathaniPten. Ile was formerly a reperter, and the way aver nign pitehues' a setee:a_mer,. he wrote this • "All T want to say to the the people at home is', this: --You can • never a eat' yourdinneri 'Or smoki3 a Pipe, or read • a newspaper; or go tsi 'the *tures; but what, while yoU are'• getting, through with it, some alcores of Your, own country Men are knocked out by. Beebe bullet; and shells. • There's not the slightest 'need for yeti to be depressed about this. GO ahead with the dinner; and the pipe, arid the `pic- tures,' and the rest of it as !mien at . ever you like. We're nob giving away a• drop, of -your countrymen' blood; not this year. It's all being sold on a good busjness .basis fetching an an excellent .price, •thank you; a liettet,price it may be than it ever fetched before in all the history of the Empire. So don't grieve after us. •Our High Commands know what they're doing, and. Master. Boches doom is set; and he knoivs it, and we know it. We're doing our• bit , ell right. •Are you? • '• " "I'm pretty. sure you are by the way our heavies have been talking in • ‚the last ..fortnight. Keep- it up. We've got a htmdred miles front out there, and as far . as can make out. we're pressing Master Pbche pretty hard over every yard Of it. Ib's the • •only way to end the war.; and as for the tithe it Will take I reckon that's • largely. in year hands now: • Otir • Part of theanachinery is all right, • •• 1- don't- think- rait- -find4:any---faidure-aa-.-:-L--- there. For God'S•seke, don't you fail us. • "Everybody will know what ,t mean, won't they? It boils down to muni - bions of war -that's all, 'niunitions. of • ar; • You can't send; us •too much.' d'i" sake lie sure you send us. You'ean, measuile the blood ' • pay before it's over by shells and cartridges • he more you send the P117. 4 Send plenty. 'nd countrywomen, For enough. we've get t the guns an yeti send out. less' we'll have to My , countrymen send plenty?"• , • , 9.IRT 11 EST _, • Lengyeae City tiling, ,Town Hold ecord. ' Not only is ongyear City the most northerly m ing town, but it bids fair to become a place of iMportance, now. •that a 14orwegian company has taken over the vast -coal- Reins. of Spitzber- gen. The enterprise it on .a very large scale. The coal fields 'which, the wegian• company ilevelop.cover an area of 'over 656 sqUare miles, of whieb •one-seventh him been sueveyed; and it Is estimated that this alone win yield. something like 100,000,00d tone: of Coal from the first stratum, and -the second •stratum will probably 'yield as. much". • more; There are other coal veins of : which, little is yet knbwn. The enter. - .prise Is. regarded as a nathinal one, and eventuallY .thousands of • miners will be employed. 02F.ITH. Toatonal. • AOMMUWICIOWEIMMUIMMMOAMNIMMOO • • tired and tbirty .rietatifactories .have "It's the •smell he don't like, -she been IlestroYed‘ which , formerly stip7 parted -neerly 60,00 .People.. The ton of „ damage done will •of cookie be greatly lecretthed when de- tails Are•,aVailanie for the 2,554 tom- • mimed stilt occupied by the eriemy 'and the 247 tbat hayveen'evaeuated.. said lightly. • "HO'S., -se particular. But he not "emit* •to -night; leant - ways he said he wasn't" ' : "Ah!" said Vermont smiling, as he sostedkimeetf at: the table and took uP.a small kottle;' which provedto he:. . Is there anything left'. to. drink?" " ' •. • • "Itave Some •fizz," said "Ada hos- pliably. 4.`fting the bell, itifand give •me another chbp Well, Zasper, what's •the.• news ' • !Vast the. queation tWas about to. ask," hereplied,- as •the Maid -servant brought in a bottle of cliairipagneand glookres .on •a silver troy. 44110%e did the comedy go?" • '' • • A 'Rising Concern. . • • •"Sb you've invested your money itt. a beit'airship company'' • !tot,. If our airship gees up, the •stack Will go un."• • ' "But suppose it doestifin" •"Then the company will frq up," . People who do not believe an they hear are fend of reperohig Russia Sending 200 Cars Daily UVer ' Siberia Route •• ,Two ' hundred ears are leaving' Vladivostok daily for Siberia and Russia with th.e result that the freight 'Congestion bas beert relieved. Private cargo As wail st Gove ntrotent supplies is now inevong. Recently there has been a slackness in Govern- ment supplies. Consequently •the goods .of commercial °want' , have " the Red Diarnorid • Extra Granulated • in4he* 100 ib. • bags which as a rule is , the most econo Moved with considerable freedom. Here's the Way to Succeed • in Jam or Jelly Making, o—Use ripe -- but not over- ripe fruit. 2o—Buy St. Lawrence Red Diamond Extra Granulated Sugar. \ It is guaranteed pure Sugar Cane Sugar, and free from foreign substances which might prevent jellies . from setting and later on cause • preserves to ierrnent. • We advise purchasing 3,0—Cook well, —Clean, and then by boiling at least 10- minutes, sterilize your jars- perfealy before pouring in the preserves or jelly. Success will surely follow the use • of all these hints. • Dealers can supply thd" • Red Diamond in eitlier fine, • medium, or • coarse grain,0 at your choice. • Many additional slip for haveshius ..1 mica way and assures been arranged in the harbor, but this c i, . . bas not increated the capacity 6f the 0 i a soiutely correct weight. for general' trade to any cowl siderahle extent, as heavy railroad : supPlies comb* from •tho 1inItc4 'States rdenopolize the comp' muck Of tlitt tinte. • Manyother handy refinery pealed paekages, to choose from. St. Lawrence Sugar R fin*" eries;.Limited, Mortreal, *